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WHAT EXTRAORDINARY CONVENTION Wow Secrets Will Crop Out When Men Disagree. RELIGIOUS OATHS. tl Che Issue of Fact Between Bishop Coxe and Professor Seymour. THE Statements by Ministers of the Gospel. The following is the latest contribution to the @scussion which has been going on tn regard to the action of the recent General Convention of the Bpiscopalians. As will be seen, it is an emanation from the Rev, Dr. Seymour on an issue of veracity eetween him and Bishop Coxe :— Dr. Seymour’s Explanation, One of the most pa.ntul and distressing results of She long secret session vf the General Cou vention is the forcing upon me a direct issue of veracity with | Bishop of Western New York. In regard to $his, 1 would cheeriuily keep sileace and bear the thjustice diu it concern only the question of the | Bishopric of Limois, which I never sought or de- tired; but, since it bears whoily upon the dis- charge ol my present duties as acting Dean of the Seminary, it is, unhappily, my duty, so loug as I femain in this position, to defend mysel! irom any ehurges which would weaken the confidence of the Church in the institution, On the seventh | fay of the secret session, and only about two hours before the time first Axed tor the decisive Vote, Judge Sheffey, of Virginia, read tue Urst of the following letters. He had it in his possession, 1 have been told, tour days before it was read; aud I 8m informed that wien asked by one of my friends for a copy of it in advance he reiused, on the ground that he was gpeciaily sharged only to reid it to the House and to show i to hone but to certain members. Alter it was nies &@ copy WAS again refused, on the ground that ‘Was “1 the possession of the House,” and that the proceedings were “secret.” Wuaen the obliga. Mion of secrecy was removed a copy was unattain- able, because the documenta Were “in the hands @f the printer.” The first sight of them was ater only on the Friday evening atter the ques- | ion was decided, when I received proof shects eontaining the letters. And since then Mr. Wil Mam Weish, of Pennsylvania, through whom the second and third letters of Bishop Coxe were brought belore the House of Deputies, on the last day Of the secret scasion, has published a letter in eorroburation of them, wiieh he inserted in the fast number of the Dally Churclunan, to Which, OL course, that issue bein s the last, there could be no Feply through the same channel. I mention these facrs, not to complam of anything which others Bave done conscientiously, or whicn they | wegard as the work of @ special “provi- @ence,” but simply to. explain the dis- advantages under which Thave jabored in learn- ing the exact nature ai the charges and the neces- | wary delay that has occurred in preparing my de- fence. Morcover, ‘the charges aguiust me rest solely on the statement of one mau, and the ‘only corroboration is what Mr. Welsh says, that somevody _ else says, that | he remembers hearing said, @ year ana a half ago. Qn the contrary, every word of my statement which follows Lext ulter the letters of Bishop Coxe, and every word of the evidence given by the Rey. Mr. Graiton and others who were present and Knew the tacts of their own knowledge, 1s gisen under the solemn sanction of an oath. The Fesult 1s humbly left ia the bands of God and to the judgment of all honest men. BORGE F. SEYMOUR. GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Noy, 6, 1874 BISHOP COXY'S LETTER. ofbeed by Judge sheffey, of Virginia, on Wednesday lernoon, the 21st of October. | Nuw Yor, Oct 17, 1374. My Dean Jupgx Surru—The tacts are substantially as they have been reported to you. 1 could say many things in favor of this candidaie with entire truth, and testiinonials might be multiplied in his favor without any | duplicity, But the whole trutl id reveal another | elass of facts, and 1 suppose Dr, 8. himself woud aot der AS a professor in the seminary, he has Meadtasily resisted the noble eforts of his collvaxues, such as Drs. Seabury aud Vinton, who have labored. 10 Maintain the doctrine of this Church, respecting the Moly buchurist, and the provisions of the Kubete tor its imn celebradion, pure and undefiled. ‘these things becdine Known. to me In the discharge of official dnty axa “Visitor” and a member of 2 commit- tee, aud I regret to say that the learned professor was forced to contess to ne that, wiih his knowledze and eonsent, a reverend gentleman, weil known as an active | agentol the ©. B.S., or of the system it sustains, was cture to students mary, i “Holy iu. } h extreme regret that I mention these facts, which {have desired an opportunity of stating im the Board of Trustees of the seamary, aid only there. As you well know, however. the impossibility of assemblin, that board, or any fair proportion of thein, has operate: to render ‘the investigation of tacts'an impossibinty tor | Buy years. ‘The iacts ought to be knowl however, andthe Church must be awahened to her résponsibitt: ies in such momentous concerns. ours, A. CLEVELAND COXE, Bishop of Western New York. The Hon. Judge Surtn. SPATEMBN EPLY. Mtis not true that I ever “introduced” Father | Grafton as “a volunteer Professor” “within the Wails of the seminary,” baving never introduced | er oxen invited him to the seminary iu any ca- acity. vitas not true that 1 “permitted” Father Grafton “to visit and indoctrinate the students last win- ter,” or ut aby other ume, baving never been asked lor, aud laving never given, any permission ef the kind, it is not true that he “was permitted” by me “tolecture to students Of the selimary in a pri- Yate room,” as if L were ashamed or afrald to ask Bim to do it openly. No person has ever been permitted by me to lecture to the students except | openly in the chapel or library, and with tne knowiedge of the Faculty. It is not tue that | ever * coniessed” to, or “ac knowiledged,” any such action as is denied in the above three paragraphs; ior 1 have never thought §% Honest to conless or acknowiedge what I never Rad done, Itis not true that I was “forced” to confess tt; for no compulsion can well draw from me, to m; OWN prejudice, @ laise confession of a thing whic! T never had done. Every statement ever made by We at any time on this subject has been treely and Voluntarily made, It is not true that the bishop has “my own ac- knowledgment that [ permitted ‘ Father Gratton?’ ‘Wo Visit and indoctrinate” as aloresaid ; for | never made any acknowleagment of the sort, it is not true that Fatner Graiton lectured at the seminary “ with my knowledge und consent,” jor iknew nothing of nis lecturing until some days aiter it was allover, and uever gave any consent thereto. | I is not true that the object of Father Grafton’s Jectures was to inculcate “his pecullar views of | the Holy Eucharist,” or the suidents who were present testy that there was only one incidental allusion to the Holy Eucharist during the two | evouings. Itis nottrue that in this incideatal allusion | “extravagant and false views of the Holy Bucha- | sist were inculcated,” anless it be ‘extravagant and false” to say that the bvenedt received in the Holy Communion will vein proportion to the tn- ‘‘Censity of the faith of the devout receiver, con- @ucing sometimes even to tne recovery from y disease. This remark was in @isproof of the assertion of Romanists that sacramental grace among ua is without eMfcacy. The expianation here given is drawn irom notes of Father Graiton’s lectures, taken at the time by gue o! the students present, but which I never Baw or Desrd of untilulter my confirmation was defeated. Itis not true thatin this matier there was ‘a Very gross abuse of power” on my part; for there ‘Was no exercise of power at all, nor aby Knowl- edge, at the time, on Which any power could be exercised. It if not true that Bishop Coxe obtained his Version of the matter when ho was in the semi. Bary asa “visitor” of the same iu the spring of 1878; for at that visitation the moment the fact, yy Father Graiton’s icctures was mention 4 17 stated to him, in terms too strony <q cjear to permit she possibility of Maes, that those lectures Were delivered ‘ierout my knowledge or consent, and that; Gad known of them in time I should wertailly have prohibited them. The Bishop then aeked tow such @ man Was allowed to set soot Bpen the seminary grounds at all, and used very Baren language toucting Father Uraiton, sayin; that 1 ought 'o bave “taken hint by the neck ani Marched him of the groands,” or words to that effect, it wasin Pid to this denial ol a right even to visit a student whom he happened to Know that some things were said which have been altogether misa) plied, It should be remembered that the seminary students are almost all college Graduates and that the seminary course corre. Bponds to a pi No American @ollege und kes to prevent students from ever Receiving # iriend as @ visitor in their private rooms unless previous permission has been re- ceived from the President. In @ post-graduate course such 4 Severity of exclusion would nat be submitted to for a moment, and ought not to be, by any body of American young men, It would be More aosurd, i possibie, to require it of young men preparing tor the holy ministry than of those Bear nk for any other provession, such as the Jaw or medicin®. “It hus never at any time been attempted in the General Theological Semimary since its foundation to the present «day, hala the Bishop stated that it was my fa c physical force ventured re. to eject bad Gratton summarily to ind him that the Rev, Father Grafton was a yter oi the Church in good standing, that he cond to no man in the Church or ous of it In all jt appertuins to bi omeer ig character, social position or holiness oi life, aud thatevery respect- abie persou—Bishop, priest, deacon or layman— had the Iree entrée to visit lis friends among the students, a6 inevery other American scminary, without obtaining special permission for each cll visit, This was the ouly connection in ‘which anything was said of futher Grafion's right an ‘a presbyter of the Church,” I wouid add here that such extemporized i pt vate .ectings among the students, though rare, have not been unorecedented. Some vearg agg ' NEW the Rev, Dr. Kreck found himself beset by a crowd of young men in the room uf a student Whom be Was visiting, and they persuaded him to relate the history of Nashotab, though the Dean and profes- sors knew nothing of it unti) some days aiter, Still later, a similar thing toox piace during a visit by Bishop Tower, and on neither occasion Was any jault found by the Dean or Faculy, though ao per- mission had been asked orgiven, [tis bot true that 1 have “steadfastly resisted the noble efforts Qi my colleagues * * * to maintain the doctrine Of this Church respecting the Holy Eueharist.’? This con-truction of the course which I pursued in opposing an entirely novel, despotic and un- American policy of discipline, was energetically dis- Claimed by me at the beginuing, was reiterated by me at every stage of our unhappy controversy on the subject, and was finally abandoned by the very colleagues who made it, when, ip the presence of the bishvps as vistors, they signed their names to adecuration that what they hat done “was not intenucd to impeach the general conduct and teaching of Dr, Seymour, either as a proiessor of tee s*uiluary or as a presbyter of the Courch."’ It may be true that Bisnop Coxe has “desired an Opportunity of stating in the Board ‘Trustee! and only there.” his version of the Grafton in dent, But be has been present at ali the three meetings of the Board held since his visitation, and has never given the slightest evidence of his desire by word or deed, It ig now leit to all unprejndiced and candid persons to consider the above, together with the sworn evidence which follows, and then say whether, in regard to my acts, there be any foundation for Bishop Coxe’s assertion that ‘no- thing but a very extraordinary duplicity can put any construction on these iacls which gova meu accept us satisiactory.”” fat a GEORGE F. SEYMOUR. Sworn to before me the 6th day of November, 1874.—U, P. SMITH, Notary Public, New York county. I, Rundall Cooke Hall, a presbyter of the Diocese of New York and a Professor in the General Theo- | logical Semimary, was present at the Visitation heid by Bishop Coxe in toe spring of 1873, reterred to by Professor Seymour tn his above afiidavit, and Thereby testity under oath that, to the best of my recollection, know.edge and beliel, Professor mour’s statement of what took piace on that o sion is substantially correct, RANDALL COOKE HALL, Sworn to belore me the bin day of November, 1874.—O. P. SMITH, Notary Public, New York county. RECTOR GRAFTON’S STATEMENT, J, Charies ©. Gralion, of Boston, Mass., Presby- ter, Rector of the Church of the Advent in taat city, on oath say :— * Thave been luformed that the Rev. Dr, Seymour, acting Dean ol the General Theological Sewwina: New York, has been charged with Inviting or pe: mitting me to deliver, or Iu some way countenanc- ing me m the delivery, of a lecture or address on the subject of the Roly Eucuarist or on the Conira- ternity oi the Blessed Sacraments, in privaie to tne students ol the seminary. I hereby declare this to be untrue, I would turther say that the only visits 1 have ever made to the seminary, since Dr. Seymour's connection with it as Dean or Professor, are the following :—When I was in this country for a lew ‘weeks in 1867 I spent two evenings in a@ friend’s room in the seminery. Dr. Seymour was not Dean and had _ notbing whatever todo with m; visits by invitation or otherwise. I talked wit some of the students who came in tosee me on the religious life, and said nothing concerning the Holy Communion. I never learned from any one 2s. my visit was objectionable to any of the Jaculty, I wag there again in 1872, on my return to this country from knogland, under the following cir- cumstances:—Having occasion to be in New York while my brother’s house was closed I was asked by a student whom I had invited to become one of my curates, and who was considering tue matter, to come aud occupy fora nigot or two a vacant bedroom that was at his disposal, his roommate being absent. I did 80, and quite iniormally, and without any previous arrangement or plan on my part, several of the students cume in (some Invi- teu by him, others at their own motion), and, at their request, I talked to them on the spiritual ille and its temptations. I believe 1 said something afterwards against the ciaims of the Koman Cburch, and Imay have answered a question about the Holy Communiou—] have forgotten what. Tamm the better able to recall the subject‘of the evening’s topic because I stated it to the students of the Protestant Episcopal Seminary, at Cam- bridge, Mass., In the presence of one of the pro- fessors, the Rev. Dr. Wharton, wien I visited that institution and addressed the students, at his fuvitation and in his presence. I bave uo reason whutever to believe that Dr. Seymour had any knowiedge ol this mterview in my friend's room with the students. My acquaintance with Professor Seymour is very slight, and on the one or two occasions when we have met l have never mentioned to him the Jact that 1 had an interview, such as Lt have de- ascribed, with the students, for I never supposed it @ matter of importance. Since 1672 1 have been at the seminary but | twice, eacn time on private business only, and on neii her occasion having any conference with any of the students on reijgious matiers. These are all the visits | have made to the sewioary, J have spoken of visits to tie Seminary. It may be proper to add that I have never had any con- ference with any of the students away fiom the seminary by tue invitation, permission or pro- curement, directly or ind:rectly, of br. Seymour, I will further state that, although @ member of the Coniruternity of the Biesged Sacrament when residing in England, I gave up all active connec- tion with tt on returning to this country and left it, declining, on this ground, an invitation ex- tended to me oy the Coniraternity here to join it; and on no occasion have I talked to the students concerning this society, its organization, work- ings or better, CHARLES C. GRAFTON, Commonwealth af Massachusetts, Suffolk County:—At Boston, in said county, this 6th day of November, A, D, 1374, personally appeared the Rev, Charles Q Gratton, and made solemn oath that the ioregoing aitidavit, by him subscribed, is true, before me.—N. AUSTIN Parks, Notary Public. STATEMENT OF RECTOR HIGGINS, 1, George Henry Higgins, a presbyter of the dio- cese of lilluois, rec.or of the parish of Trinity, in the city of Lincoln, in the State of Mlinois, uaving seen in puplic print cerrain stutemonts having re erence to the Rev. G. F. Seymour, 2. D., and the General Theological Seminary, in the city o} New York; ana Knowing of my Own knowledge that such statements are falsc, und, a3 I believe, are uttered with tention to deceive, do now, irom @ sense ot right and duty, make the following true relation of facts:— First—-That 1 eutered the junior class in the General Theological Seay in the ‘all of the year 1870, and that | graduated therefrom and re- ceived my diploma in the year 1873; that during the terms of each year I was resident in the Sem- inary, occupying dunng my whole course room No. 5 in the east building. ‘Tnat during my course 1 was socially intimate with one Henry M. Torvert, now a priest of the dlocese of New York, then a member of my class and resident in the same east bduildivg of the General Theologica Seminary. That at the time mentioned in the false state- ments above referred to | was mvited by the said Mr, H. M. Torbert to meet in his room the Rev. C, C. Grafton, of Boston, who was temporarily m the ep o1 New York, on his way to or jrom Boston, That I accepted the invitation, and met, beside the Rey. Mr. Graiton, three or four of my fellow students, whom 1 knew as the intimate iriends of Mr. Torvert, The evening was passed in pleasant general conversation, and towards its close a sug- | gestion was made elther by myscll or by one or the students present tiat if Mr, Graston’s stay in New York was prolonged over the one night we might be allowed to meet him again the next evening and that be would tell us something of the work carried on by the Order of St. John the Evangelist; that by permi a Of Mr. Torbert, asked and obtained, | invited other of my friends among the students to.be present. That om the second Srening Wo met some addi. tonal students invited by Mr. Torvert, and, all having been introduced to Mr. Grafton, wé reé- cited the hymn, “Come, Holy Ghost,’? and the Lord’s Prayer, after which Mr. Gratton gave a slort lecture of instruction and advice relative to the ministerial Iie, which ne founded on the counsels of Our Lord, mentioned in the seventh and nineteenth chapters of St. Matthew's Gospel. Alter singing the hymn and the benediction the stadents dispersed, witb remarks of approvation and thanks to the reverend gentieman for his timely and acceptable counsels, Thes, i am tuily persuaded, tis was, the gale i ‘ume during my stay in the seminary that Mr. Gra ton met any of the students tn such manner, and 1 positively assert that on this occasion It arore solely irom the courtesy of Mr. Torbert and our own utterly unpremeditated action thereupon. Furthermore, that about two weeks after the event just related the Professor of Systematic Theology stated to our elass during recitation that the Head of the Coniraternity of the Blessed Sac- rament had been visiting the seminary and had there propagated its abominadle opinions, 3 words of like effect; and this statement being utterly foreign to What-really took piace—as above stated at Mr. Graiton’s visit—was received by the students with @ great deal of merrimetit; and Tf desire to state that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the Kev. Dr. Seymour was totally igno- ant of aliand any part of the occurrence, until the rumor of the assertion made by the Professor of Systematic Theology brought the matter to his notice, Since that time I have twice seen in the col- umns ofthe Church Journal the same utterly false statement in regard to the Confrateralty of the Blessed Sacrament and the visit of Mr. Grafton to vhe sominary; therefore [desire to state—as one of the parties by whom the matter originated— vhat each every statement of the matter which differs from the account given above and the stat ats made below is utterly iaise and unrelia 1, The visit of Mr. Grafton was of a private social nature and to Mr. Torbert. The first evening we met Mr. Grafton soctally as the iriends of Mr. Torbert. 3, That toe meeting of the second evening was simply the result of an unpremeditated request made by us, the students present. 4. That sowing in regard to the Holy Vom- Munion was the subject matter of either evening. 5. That nothing in regard to the existence, the affairs or the doctrines of the ©. B.S, much a8 mentioned, nor was anything said which could possibly be constracd or misconstrued into having any relation thereto. 6. the manner in which the meeting orte- imated it was impossivle for any one to have know! thereof, except the stadents invited. 7. The meeting was in no wise secret, but was the subject of general conversation for two or three daya aiterward, a ‘was 0 | 8 That the Rev. Dr.‘ Seymour knew nothing whatever of the meeting, 9 That the whole matter of Mr, Grafton’s ad- dress related to the personal purity of life neces- sary for those who are calied to holy orders. _ G. HENRY HIGGIN Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of Oetober, A, D, 1874.—-lENRY W, Da! Notary Public, FROM THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. We, members of the Senior Class in the General Theological Semimary, make tue following state- ment of fac We were prea2nt on the occasion of the delivery of two discourses by the Rev, C. C, Grafton, Ina stndent’s room, on the evenings of December It apd 12, 1872, We were there, with some twenty others, at the Invitation of the occupant of the room, whom Mr, Graiton was visiting. We had no reason to belteve that the mectings were effected or authorized by the Dean, and the fact of thelr beimg held im a private room would give the impression that the student acted on his | Own rexponsibinty. The discourses Were, on the first evening, on the temptations peculiar to the clerical life, and on | the second evening he presented the arguments lor the so-catied rehgious Stile, made of the “C, B. S.,’’ and only an incidental al- lusion to the Holy Eucharist. We bave digests, nade immediately after the dis- courses were delivered, Which are at the disposal Oo} apy one concerned, (Present Dec. 12 only), Ff. W. TOMKINS, Jr., FRANK SMITH AMOS T, ASHION, Present Dec. 11 only), ROBERT WYLLIF. Rovert B. Drape deciied to be present, because he understood that the Dean knew nothing about the matter. F. W. TOMKINS, dr. FRANK SMI1H, AMOS ‘1 Sworn to before me this 2d day of Novem! 1874,—0, P. 5MiTH, Notary Public, New York county, WYNANT VANDERPOOL'S TESTIMONY. Tn the fall of 1872 my roommate, now the Rey. Ht. M. Torbert, priest of the Protestant Episcopal Chureh in the United States, invited the Rev. C. C. Gratton, of Boston, Mass., to call on him at the General Theological Seminary. At this time Lwas boarding outside of the semi- nary, and having no use tur my bed there 1 wrote to the Kev, Mr, Graiton, and asked him to occupy my room. Mr. Grafton acceptea my invitation, and spent the nights of Wednesday and Thursday, December 11 abd 12, 1872, lu my room. On Wednesday evening, December 11, Mr. Torbert invited some of the students tu cali on the Rev, Mr. Graiton in our room, There, at the request of some of these students, the Rev. Mr. Graiton talked, in an iniormal man- ner, on the subject of the spiritual life, His conversation was not in reference to the Holy Eucharist, and he did not allude to the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament so tar as I remember. Neither Mr, Torvert nor myself invited the Rey. Mr. Grafton to the seminary for the purpose of delivering a lecture on the Holy Eucharist. Mr. Torbert desired to consult him on personal matters. 1 was not present on Thursday evening. ‘This was the only occasion, during my seminary course (irom the fall of 1871 until June, 1874), that any such thing took place, so far as I know or belleve. Had any such thing occurred I should doubtless have heard of it. The Dean of the seminary, the Rev. George F. Seymour, D. D., knew nothing of the interview | which the Rey. Mr. Grafton had with the students, | from me, untilafter Mr. Graiton bad elt the city, and, 80 far as I remember, I never told him of it, State af New Jersey, County of Essex, 88,— Wynant Vanderpool, of full age, being duly sworn, on his oath saith that the above state- Ment, so far as his own acts are concerned, is true | and accurate, and that so far as the acts of others are concerned, he belleves the same to be true, according to the best ot his Know!edge and in- formation. WYNANT VANDERPOOL, Sworn ana subscribed at Newark, N. J., this 2d day of November, A. D., 1874, before me, W. VAN- DERPOOL, United States Commissioner. MR. GRAFTON STILL. Having heard from various sources that the Rev. George F. Seymour, D. D., Dean of the General Theological Seminary, has been charged with in- viting to that Institution in the years 1872 or 1873 the Rev. C. C. Graiton, rector of the Church of the Advent, Koston, forthe purpose of lecturing to the students of the seminary upon the subject of the Holy Euchariat, said I desire to make the following statement :— I was a member of the General Theological Sem- inary in the years 1872 and 1873, and during that time the Rev. ©. C. Grafton never remained but | two nights at the seminary, and to my certain knowledge that visit was mare at the especial re- quest o1 the gentleman who entertained lim, And I have tue very best reason to believe that the | Rev. Dr. Seymour did not know of the Rev. C. O. r, | Grafton’s intention to visit the seminary previous | to his arrival upon the ground, Furthei more, neither at that time or at any other time while was in the seminary, did the Rev. C. C. Grafton, either ina private room or any other room con- nected with the institu'ion, lecture upon the sub- ject of the Holy Eucharist, He did, however, at the request of a number of the students, talk to the gentlemen who, by invi- tation of the persou who was entertaining him, were assembled in the room where he was stop- ping. The subject upon which he spoke was sug: gested by ourselves, It was “The Temptations was to remain in the seminary over a second night, lowieg evening. At that time he spoke of the Hoore of the fire to which he had devoted him- Li, and of the work in which he was e: red. ‘The commuaity life had, and continues to have, the most decided approval of @ number ol the bish- ops of the English aud American churches, and the students felt, as doudticss did tie Rey. Mr. Gral- ton, that he was doimg no more wrong in talking thus informally to us upon the above subjects than if he had chosen the prophecies or the in- sptration of Holy Scriptures as bis topic. Tt be mentioned the stibject of the Holy Eucharist it was in the most incidental way. Certainly he did not Ing or even comment from those wio possidly may have differed trom him. JOSEPH H. JOHNSON, Sunscribed and sworn to before me on tuis 30 of the Peace. . ‘A SURPRISE AND A BENEFIT. NEWBURG, N. L, Nov. 2, 1874, MY DEAR DR. SEYMOUR—Having noticed in the | New York Times a statement to the effect that Bishop Coxe had sent a letter or letters to one or more deputies of the Lower House of the General Convention, which were read before the Conven- tion, declaring that you bad invited the Rev. Father Grafton, of the Church of the Advent, Bos: ton, to lecture to tne students on the subject of | the Holy vommunion, for the purpose of having | them indoctrinated in what are kKaown as “ad- vanced” viewson tus holy mystery, | determined to write to you, to correct so tar as I am able this false statement of Bisuop Coxe, and to explain to you the real facts of the case, and how Father Graiton came to be within the seminary close, L feel that this statement of Bishop Coxe must heve taken you as much by surprise as it has m One day auring the latter part of the year 187 my friend and classmate, Harry Torbvert, now abroad, came to my room and told me that father Graiton was in the city aud that he intended to call on him that evening at the seminary, and he | further said wouldu't it be nice to invite @ jew of the fellows in my room to meet him, and he migit We US a littie talk. [ gaid It would be very nice indeed. But let us make it @ ganeral invitation to all the men, no matter what their views may be. He agr d with me, and we invited every man in the minary. The Father remained two di and on the two succeeding cae he spok us on the elementary principles of the Christian Hfe. and. the. religious life. The first evening it was @ very general talk on the trials and tempta- tions of the Christian life and how to meet them. The second evening it was oa the relig:ous lie, I deciare-host emphaticaliy that the subject of the Holy . Eucharist Was not once mentioned, | im" a controversial manner or otherwise, ‘and, if alluded to at all, i¢ was in | the moat incidental, mancer, on the frst evening when speaking of the trials and temptations of the Cbristian iife, Itis@ very sad thing for me to know that Bishop Coxe could have made 80 untruthiul a statement, because tie must have been better iniocmed. There were present three of his own men on one of the evenings re- ferred 70 and vwo on the other. So nad he cnosen to have been informed of the exact nature of the lectures. of the Key, Mr. Graiton he could easily have done so, During my entire course at the som!uary I have never known o! any otner presbyter of the church (or layman) to give talk or legcures to the student without the knowledge or cousent of the Faculty, I regret eXceedingly now that we had not rst ob- \einéd your consent for the Rev. Mr. Grafton’s; vut coming, as he did, as a iriend of one of as, an without ay intention or idea of meeting any of the students, iis talk was as much @ surprise to bim- seli as it wi pleasure and a benefittous, Wo did not think we were violating any of the rales ofthe scminary, Trusting that this letter may rove of some benefit to you, | remain, my dear octor, faithfully your friend and brother in Christ, GEO. W, HINKLE. The Rey. G. F, Ssymour, D. D, Sworn to before me by George W. Hinkle this 24 day of November, 1874—M. H, HINCHBEY, Notary Public in and for Orange county. TUE DEAN DID ROT KNOW OF HIM, In the winter of 1872 one of my fellow students im the General Theological Metalipad now the Rev, H. M. Torvert, informed me that le was ex- pecting a visit irom the Rev. C. U. Graiton, of Bos- ton, Mase. T told Mr. Torvert that I would like very much to meet the Rev. Mr, Grafton. that there were other students in the seminary ofthe same mind. The day the Rey, Mr Grafton arrived at the seminary Mr. Torbert and I agreed that we would each at supper time invite suc students to his (Mr. Tor>ert’s) room as we thonght would like to meet nm, When we were assembiea there were 80 many each individual to converse with the Kev. Mr. Gratton, thut it was suggested that he make some & OF address, ‘pon bis inquiring What lie should speak about, ‘The Spiritual Life” and “Per- sonal Religion” were suggeared as topics, Accord- ingly he addressed us av some length In quite an foformal Way on the above-mentioned subjects. Having conciuded, he asked us to unite with him in prayer, j Bow prayers used were collects from the Prayer oul No mention was | and Triais Inctdent to a Student's Life. Ashe | at our request ho talked to the young men the tol- | give enough promineuce to it to arouse any fee. | day of November, 1874—JaMES M. KNAPP, Justice | rejeiTing to the Uraer of St, John the Lvangelist. | | its I also remarked | h | debt 13, present, and there was so little opportunity tor | ‘The next evening at I again aesistea in laviting students to Mr. Torbert’s room. When all were assembled, twice as many being present a8 On the previous eveniug, all shades of minary theological opinions being represented, the Kev. Mr. Graiton introduced his remarks by saying that there were certain counsels in Hoty Scripture which were intended by our Blessed Lord for those who could receive them. He cited Matthew, Xix., 16 to end, as substantiating ‘the statement. He jilustrated’ his remarks prin- ¢ipally by means of St. Matthew, x. He closed by calinmg our attention to the lives of the holy apostles and spoke of the revival of the religious life in our own Church, Tam unable to recall any allusions to the Holy Eucharist in either addr The OC. B, 3, was not mentioned There Was some Giscussion the next day among the students with regard to what liad been said, but it arose principally from his interpretation of St. Matthew, xix, It was without the knowledge of the Re | Dean o1 the seminar, was extended to the Rev, C. C. Grafton, that the several students were invited to the room ior the purpose of meeting him, and that the suggestions as to the topics upon which he should talk r made, WALTER RUSSELL GARDNER, Deacon of the Protestant Episcopal Churcu in the diocese of.New York. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of November, 1874—WiLtiam L. DE Lacey, Justice of the Peace, Amenia, N. Y, permission, consent or *, seymour, D. D., NEW JERSEY EPISCOPACY. Ihe Burlington Convention—High Church Defeated—Rev. Dr. Seurbor- ough, of Pittsburg, Elected Bishop on the Fifteenth Ballot. The New Jersey Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church convened to elect a bishop, re- sumed its labors yesterday at Burlington, and de- clared the Rey. Dr. John A. Scarborough, D, D., rector of Trinity church, Pittsburg, Pa., the suc- cessful candidate on the fifteenth ballot, the vote standing as follows:—Scarborough, 381 clerical, 86 lay; Brown, 22 clerical, 11 lay, and 8 scattering. Whole number cast, clerical 83, Jay, 60; necessary toa choice, 27 clerical, 26 lay, The contest, up to the fifteenth ballot, tay be- tween Rev. Drs. Hoffman, of Philadelphia; ©. H. Hall, of Brookiyn, and J, H. H. Brown, of Cohoes, N. Y., with the prospect all along in favor of Rev. Dr. Brown. Dr. Hoffman’s chances would have been better were it not that he isin ill health, The election of Dr. Scarborough is attributed to the combined support given him by the friends of Drs. De Koven and Hoffman, and he is considered to be the compromise man between the “low” and “moderate High Church” men, Alter the fourteenth ballot @ recess of fifteen minutes was ordered, when the lay and clerical delegates met in separate caucuses and, it is pre- sumed, agreed on ‘‘the coming map.’? The elec- tion of Dr. Scarborough was made unanimous, and @ committee was named to apprise bim o! his election. The choice seemed to give entire satis- faction. THE NEW BISHOP, The Bishop elect ts torty-eight years of age, of large stature, robust health and pieasing address, and is, as @ reverend soerate remarked to a HERALD reporter, “a moderate High Church mano.” He isa graduate of Trinity Coilege, Hart- ford, and afterward of the General Theological Seminary, New York. It is said he 1s possessed of great missionary zeal, good executive capacity and of more than ordinary talent as a preacher, He at one time officiated at Poughkeepsie, N, Y. The Standing Committee of the diocese now consists of the Rev. Drs. S, A. Clark, Elizabeth; Alfred Stubbs, New Brunswick; George Morgan Hulls, ale seh J. F, Garrison, Camden, and Messrs. Abraham Browning, Camden; Charlies A. Milnor, Navesink; Joseph A, Thompson, Salem, and Richard S. Conover, Princeton. Alter the usual evening exercises ana the pas- sage of some complimentary resolutions the Con- Vention adjourned sine die. METHODIST MISSIONS. Appropriatious for Missions to Foreign Populations in the United States— copal Church—A Committee to Consider the Benevolent Finances of the Denomination. Bishop Bowman presided over the morning ges- sion of the Missionary Committee yesterday. A Proposition pending at adjournment on Thursday, to appoint a committee to consider the ratea ot reduction on the home mission work, came up and Was discussed pro and con., and tue matter was then laid on the table, and the committee pro- ceeded to make the appropriations for the home mission work. Bishop Ames thereupon offered a Tesolution that the sum total of the appro- priations to Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North- and Western Texas be the same as last year. Not that each conference shall recelvye the same sum. Bishop Simpson moved that a general reduction of 25 per cent be made, and that exceptions be | made to the individual conferences as they went along. The Swedish work in the Central Ilinois Conference and the Lake Superior region re. ceived $4,000; the Erie Conference received for its Swedish work $200; the Minnesota Conierence received $2,000 for its Swedish work and for tts Norwegian work $2,000; New York Conierence re | celved $2,000 for its Swedish Bethel Mission; the New York East Qonference, after a good deal of pleading for $1,000 for its Swedish work in Brooklyn received $750. The Norwegian work in the same city got $1,200. Newark Conference received $460 for its Swedish work. The Scandi- navian work in New England was recognized and $500 were appropriated to the New England Con- ference for this work. The Norwegian work in Wisconsin received $2,250. The California Confer- ence got $500 for Scandinav'an work in San Frane cisco, The Danish work in Des Moines Conference got $200. St. Louis Conference received $200 lor its Swedish work. At this polnt Dr. Nelson moved to reconsider the motions by which appropriations were made to those new missions so that they might be left of, Lhe society is in debt and must curtail its work. Bishop Ames wanted the Finance Commit- tee to instruct the treasurer not to honor any draft unless the money is in the treasury. Dr, Curry wished it to be understood that the credit of the society was good and there was NO DANGER OF FINANCIAL EMBARRASSMENT, The missions of the Church will not be cut of, tuough their appropriations may be curtatled, The members of the committee tnen took a re- cess. * Upon the reassembling of the committee the motion to reconsider the appropriations to the | new Scandinavian missions was taken up and dis- cussed Ot great length by Bishopa Foster, Peck, Haven, Simpson, irry, Love, Ives, Reid, Dashiel and others. Indeed, the, importance of the subject Involved deemed of such impor- tance that the entire afternoon was given to its consideration, ‘The discussion brought out ugly facts not much to tne credit of the Methodist Church at large. It Was shown that the great. Methodist body, with 1,500,000 members and five times that Dumber of nominal adherents, and weaith mich qreater than that of any other denomination in tuts Jand, contributes: to all the venevolenves of toe Church the very small pittance of sixty-three cents per member, the probationers and congre- gations not beiug counted at all in this average. In certain districts of the Church whe average 1s only forty cents a member. Toe Philadelphia Conference, with Members, marches in the van with missionary contribution of over $55,000, The Bal- timore Conference follows with thirty-one thou. sand and odd dollars—nearly $1 # member ; but alt the rest go behind, One of the brethren said he knew men in the West who were worth $100,000 and who thought they had performed their duty when they gave $5 Bishop Foster, who led the discussion, in an elo- quent address remarked that it was a disgrace to the Church tohave auch tnings stand agaiust it, But the fault ta not with the peopl THE MINISTERS FALL TO EDUCATR Some of them hardly allow the connec- | tional interests of the Church to be brought before their congregations, The Church, it was sald, was detertorating, but this statement was ignantly contradicted, For notwithstanding tue fiuancial pa of the last deca! year the Church has given into the missionary treasury $675,000—a noble offering, and yet not nali what she should give or can afford to give, The Wesleyans of Great Brit- ain, with less than one-third the membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church and less wealth, give an average of $2 memoer, an when the present missionary secretaries came into office there was @ balance in bauk of $42,000, At the beginning of the last year there Was nearly the same balance in bank, but against tt thero | atood dratta for $50,000, which lett the treasury in 10,000, It has @ balance in bauk now of , and $7,000 undrawn from the foreign treasury, it which are drafts for $136,000, which will leave the treasury in debt about $115,000, The contributions of the people have not kept pace with the increase of membership, and the Charch and the Missionary Soctety have been going on from bad to worse. The aggrogate CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BENEVOLENT OBJECTS for the lust ten years is nearly $7,000,000. It was urge: brethren in debate that the committee should have more tart in God and in the people; and that if the Missionary Societ did get into debt the people, when they knew it, would wipe it out. Againat this, however, were placed the arguments for present casb, The pole Penuriousness of the Mcthodist Epls- | western Iowa, Kansas, Southern Kansas, Texas | to the cause of missions, | it was considered @ shame that they | should so far or at all exceed the gifts | of American Methodists, ‘Two years ago YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET, fey of.the General Committee it was shown is in- jurious, It goes on appropriating every year more money than the Cunreh gives, and yet, at the end of each r the nalance sheet seems to come out right. re KHOUd Not be a dollar spent bat as itis received from the Church, and every dollar of debt should be brought hetore tne conter- ences the Churet, to be paid off. {t was urged that if Bishop Harris, who has just returned from an extensive tour among the Joreign missions of the Methodist f£piscopal Church, could be relieved of episcopal duty tor one nd and allowed to go through the length and eadth of the Jand, he would, vy his simple stat ments of facts, obtain more money than al! others, and the society should not longer complain of debt and reduced contributions. The outcome of the discussion was that the motion to reconsider | Was lost, and a committee, consisting of Bishops Foster, Haven and Ames; Drs. Love, Ives, Pierce, | Curry and Rothweiler, and Messrs. O, Hoyt and H, J. Baker, was appointed to consider the whole question of churci benevolence and to report next week, SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jowett, Master of Baliol College, Oxford. (Prom the London Times, Oct. 24.) The Master of Baliol College preached be- fore the Oxford University yesterday morning. The Vice Chancellor and nearly al) the heads of houses were in their places, and the undergrad- ‘uates’ gallery was filled to overfowing. The preacher selected for his text a part of the fifteenth verse of the first chapter of Colossians— “Who ts the {mage of the invistbie God?” He re- | marked that the frst principles of religion often | seemed to retire irom us when lesser questions | and lesser tles were unfolded on the mind, and | every man, or at least every Christian man, was | thought to know them by intuition, whatever be | the tgnorance of them which formerly prevailed in the Gentile world. Tiis was especially the case with the truchs which related to the nature of God, They Were buried underground, gna one considered whether this founda- tion of our religious ilfe was straw or stubble in- | geniously hidden in the deptis of the earth, or the | divine rock on which the temple wag to stand for | eternal ages. They were regarded as truisms | about which little remained to be said, ana of | small importance in comparison with the religious topics of the day; yet it was quite clear that with- | out them we conid never really attain to the | knowledge of God. The superstitions of religion— Catholic or Protestant, pagan, Jew or Genthe— differed more in name than in reality. The lowest things which directly affect the iiuman soul are far more costly and precious than the highest re- finement in decorations and art, He pointed out the nature of God and His dealings with man in the | physical world, and how we might rise ont of thas | to the moral and spiritual, and the dierent | aspects in whicn God had revealed Himself to | us as @ God of nature, and also how we ought to | worship God and hold communion with Him. In the first place, we must acknowledge that God governed the world by peculiar laws, and did not | alter them at man’s wish or request, ‘I'he natural philosopher was capable of seeing creation, not with our modern notions and hazy fancies, but with @ really scientific insight into the world in which we live. The light which was shown us by natural sciences was regarded with suspicion, es- pecially by religious meu, Who seemed to be afraid | | that the wit of man was devising a plan of stint | ting out the world which God had made, They Wished there might be exceptions to the | Tule expressly for them, a8 tf Goa could be | seen through chiwwks or might be peeped | at with a candle in a corner and seen visibly in the light of day. If, however, suctt wen were | .| Dot bound fast with chains, they would no longer | | repel the admonitions of the jaw. Was there any- | thing in the controlling power of law which pre- | vented their coming between right and wrong, or | which hindered thetr holding communion with | God? It they looked upon the world a3 a scene of | Jaw of laws, upon which countiess multitudes were | walking along the highway of God’s province and did not break their ranks, but were obedient to | the will of God, they would, instead of shutting | out God from the word, be restoring the world to | Him. Mankind was divided into two camps—the scientific and religious ; and now for the first time in the nineteenth century man might be said to | | have a mastery over iife; he kuew where he | was and recognized in himself more and | more the power of controiling. Was it} not obvious that ag their power increased their re- | sponsibility toward other men also increased? | Did they not rather seem to want, he would not | say @ new religion, but a new application of relig- | jon, which should teach them that they were an- swerabie for the consequences of their actions to Which they had bitherto seemed indifferent; answerable for the good they neglected as well as \ for the evil which they did’ If another genera- | tion grew up in this country similar to the last, tn | the same state of poverty and misery, who would | | \ be responsible for it? A small portion of the en. ergy and industry which was shown in the accu- mulation 01 Wealth would suilice in a few years te change the moral aspect of this nation, Might | they not regard the physical well-being of their fellow creatures as the direct service of God, and | even as @ sort Ol Worship quite as much as that in | churches? There have been some -in this world who seemed to have reached the utmost height of religious devotion, and who might ve said to have been burned up with the fire of Divine love; but their conception of the character of God had been narrow and meagre and they never thought of asking who governed the world or how they were to co-operate init. Their religion had been the principie of separation quite as much aa of union, | | and they imagined that allthat was contained in | the Scriptures or taught by the Church was alien and | antagonisuc to them. ‘Ihere were others who had | been animated by a sincere love of truth, whe had | | calmly surveyed the world and set out all that | could be knoWn Of nature and man; but to them | the Gospel of Christ had been a dead letter. | Both had done a part of the work of God on | earth, and boti had lived in mutual mistrust of one another. But if ever there was atime when | the spirit of perfect love and knowledge met to- | gether in the same person or {fu many persons, tt was the present, and they now saw in the im- provement and condition of the poor and laboring classes greater harmony of diferent ranks and in the renewal of their own lives, AN ENGLISH BISHOP ON RITUALISM, Right Rev. Dr. Ellicott, Protestant Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, England, concluded his visitation at Yate October 30, when he stated in What manner he intends to use the power given him by the Public Worship Regulation act. On a complaint of omission or commisston—for neglect | must be provided for as well as excess—reaching | him he shouid require that the complaint be set forth clearly, definitely, and with specifications of | | rime and place ana circumstances, ‘This com: | piaint he should send at once to the clergyman, asking Bim two questions—tirst, whether the | Statements were true, aud, if they were true, | whether he was willing to be guided vy the | Bishop’s counsel. If he was willing ne should re- | quest an interview and explain the law and ad- | vise hum accordingiy. it would be found that in | most cases the Matter would at thia potnt | drop absolutely. I the clergyman was cone | scientiously unable te follow the Bishop's advice pe (the Bishop) should assume a partly legal chars | acter and do his very utmost under section 9 ot the act—namely, confer with both complamant , and defendant, and try to indace them to yield to his counsel and directions, and a very | large proportion of cases would be jound to weld to thig mode of treatment; but if the interview broke down, and the clergyman, after a weer’s | grace, still remained im opposition, he should de- lay no longer, but send the case to the appointed judge. result wonld be separation, moxt | robably, parties and limited, but still separation, | ecause they could not expect men who declared | that. their ‘asages eae doctrine to give | them ap. The Olu Catholic movement, he be- | leved, would have an important bearing on the developmenté of the future. MUNICIPAL NOTES The Board of County Canvassers will probably conclude their labors on Tuesday next. The | tedious work of calling off figures on each candi- | date, and also on the constitutional amendments, | | ends'to-day, All protests will be attended to as | | the last session, Yesterday a lawyer named Mr. | W. 8S. Wolf again appeared before the Board and requested that any votes cast for Assistant Ald | men should be counted, on the ground that the | law legislating those gentlemen out of office was | unconstitutional. No returns of this character have yet come before the Canvassers for their ace tion, but it la underscood that in an uptown dia- trict candidates have been rum as a test, The con- stderation of the master was laid over tor the rese rae p ronage of the Sheriffs office has been materially increased in consequence of a new rule | Just estadlisoed by the judges of the Marine Court | Compelling all process issued under their jurisdic. | | ton to be given to.tpat department. Hitherto nearty all tho business of this Court was transacted by marshals appointed by the Mayor. The Board of Assistant Aldermen had a short session yesterday. An application from the Managers of the American Institute was received asking to be relieved trom payment of water tax | and alleging a8 an argument in favor ot the re | quest that Industrial exhibitions were exempt in | this connection in St. Louis, Chicago, Crcinnati and other cities. The matter was laid It might be well jor the gentlemen making this ap- plication to understand that tho Board of Assist. ant Aldermen have no power Whatever in the | premises, The removal of the Commissioners of Accounts was the suvject of considerable discussion in the various departments yesterday, Various reasons @re assigned for this arbitrary act of the Mayor, His Honor is perfectiy non-committal on the sub ject, It isrumored that the ola Commissioners ‘were at loggerneads with Comptroller Green in the examination of accounts, particularly of the Com- missioners Oo} Charities and Correction, Then it ta | stated on the part of the Comptroiler that ti | did not discharge vheir duties impartially 10 new Commissiouéra, Messrs, Joy at : 5 “WILL GOVERNOR TILDEN MABRY?” ———_-—_—__— Anxiety of the Public To Have Our Bacheloy Governor Become a Benedict—Can Mr. Tilden Resist the Earnest Entreaties . of His Warmest Supporters? We have received a large number of letters fronz our readers in regard to the absolute necessity— in thetr opintéa—of Mr, Tilden marrying at once. itis very certain that Mr. Tilden will please nim- Sell In the end, no matter what may be writtea by | Our interested readers, yet we feel it advisable to Select afew of the letters and we give them be- low In order that our Governor elect may be enabled to judge of the throbbing of the public pulse in regard to his bachelor life. A Fatherly Advice to Mr. Tilden. WES? SEVENTERNTH STREET, Naw York Cr OV. 9 1874, } To THE EpiToR ov rae HeRanp:— 1 do not desire to force myself on the attention of our Governor elect, Mr. Tilden, yet 1 think with the HERALD of the other moruing that he should seek & partner to add to his joys. Itis in the possibilities that Mr. Tilden may become President of the United States subsequent to the expiration of his Governorship, and how can he possibly act as the chief of the nation withonta lady in his household, connected by blood or murriage, to re- ceive the guests whom he may-naturally expect ta call upon him, Please, Mr. Tilden, do lead some beautiful and accomplished young lady to the hymeneal altar, and at the same time that you gratily the great State of New York you will see cure your oWn happiness and my sympathy. A FATHER OF SIX CHILDREN, “What My Girls Think.’*® BROOKLYN, Noy, 9, 1874, To Tae Epiror or tae Heraup:— Tam the mother of three well-bred and accom plished girls, and the young gentlemen who visit our house are loud In praise of their beauty. Now, | girls will discuss public men and public affairs, ag Well as gentlemen, and the subject of Governor ‘Tiiden’s bachelorhood came up the other evening attea, Julla is our oldest girl, and she is natu- rally quick and an excellent conversationalist. “Ia jt not strange,” said Clemence, my youngest Gaughter, to her eldest sister, “that Mr. Tildex does not marry? Why, at his age, with his success in life and crowned with honors, he could make » home so happy for any woman, however exacting she might prove in marriage.” “It is my honest bellef,”? replied my daring Julta, ‘that’ Mr. Tiiden must have awiul trouble with his washerwomen. Think how neglectful they are of buttons and buattonholes, and what horrid ironing they do, and think of their incessant cheating. lam sure Fred, who is be ing uot we get married, is really wretched when he thinks of the manner im which he has to face his odious Wwasherwoman and the terrible fights he has to get all his collars back.” “Bat then, Julia,’ said Jane, my second eldest daughter—she is sometimes quite shappish because she has not had the advantages that Julia has had—*‘you must remember that Fred has only & small salary, and he spends s0 much for his nasty cigars and in driving you in the Park tnat he must sometimes be in debt to his colored wash- woman,’? My Julia, whose feelings are very sensitive ever since she had a fail down stairs, when in her twelith year, became quite indignant at this un- Jeeling remark, and sald, “Jane, perhaps if Fred had seen in you what he has seen in mé and had made up his mind to suit you as he did ber, tt 13 quite possible that you Would not discuss the dear fellow’s paltry debts,’? Of course this little escapade rufied tbe temper of my dearest Julia for afew moments, but only for a few moments, and she was soon smiling like asunveam, As Fred was just turning the corner or the street at that very moment, Juila added; “4 do think that if a vote or the ladies of the State were to be taken as to whether Mr. Tilden should be compelied to marry or not, [ think that. the resuit would be positively against Mr. Tilden any longer rematning a bachelor, And Iam posi- tive, girls, that he must live in agarret somewhere and quarrel with some odious cat. If he takes his Seat at Albany and acts as Governor will he not have to give balls, receptions and dinner parties? And think of the lovely receptiuns that were given by Governor Hoffman and his wile! ldo hope he will marry, 2nd marry soon, and all of us girls will be so glad.” Aud now, Mr. Editor, I have given you the barm- less prattle ot my darling girls on the matter of the bachelorhood of Mr. Tiiden, and if he sees this, in print, andI nope you will print it, Iam sure Mr, Tilden will make np his mind and take a wile. A KNICKERBOCKER MOTHER, Marry, Mr. Tilden, or You Cannot Ba President. Furr AVENUE, Nov. 10, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HeRaLp:— 1 have been a democrat for twenty-five yeara, and never voted any other ticket. Iamessentaily conservative, and the last vore thrown by me was tor Samuel J. Tilden for Governor of New York. But [ married early, and have a family, and I coins cde with the HERALD in demanding that Mr. Til den shall take to himseifa wife, It is the only state fit for a respectable man to live In, and if he -does not marry he shall never have my vote for President of the United States, It ts true that Mr. Buchanan was President and yet was not married, but then it must beremembered that Miss Harriet Lane, his niece, a beautiful and accomplished girl, kept house for htm and did t« most gracetully, And yet apiece, however beautiful, can never fill the place of a Kind, thongntful and loving wife, Ges imarried soon, Mr. Tiiden—as soon as you like—and I promise you, as a wedding present, a dozen of the most solid and best made knives and forks that Tiffany can turn out of hisshop, And I piead to you to do it for ihe sake of our common demo- cratic faith, For you hold that no man should shirk any or even the Jeast duty of the citizen, and 1s not this one of the first duties of a good eltizen? A FIFTEENTH WARD DEMOORAT, A Litule Tootsey, Pootsey Wife. LEXINGTON AVENUE, Noy, 9, 1874 To THE Eprron or te Henan Before the ciection I was Informed that Mr. Til- den was @ bachelor, and I was at first donbtfal of the statement. JT have since then been assured of its truthfulness. I understand that our Governor etect Jives sumptuously, and that nts hospitality is as great as his legal attainments. Batl found out since Ihave beam married that 1 live for less than I did while single, and there is no waste. Now, Mr. Tilden has more than once dectared ht selfin favor of economy in national attairs, and why not marry timselfy Why not have a number of young Tildens, brave lads and gallant, to inherit the wealth and honors of their father? Matriace is conducive to economy and would not Governor Tilden be the Most apt illustration of tisown doctrine? Think Mr. Tilden, how comfortable it would be after a late evening at the Manhattan Club or after de- livering a speech in the open air on fundamental Piha tl toadmiring thousands, to have a darling ittle tootsev pootsey of & wile to bring a foot bath, and to anpoint her husoeud’s throat sore from pub- le speaking, with goose grease. And think how badly Mr. Tilden must fare for warm Aanacts and other comforts in tie cold nights that will soon be here. Do marry, Governor Tilden, and no tonger remain a lonely old bachelor, full of care amd with nO one to \eave your money to. ANTIUS. “Beware of Such a Fate, Governor.” YORKVILLE, Nov. 10, 1874, To THR EDITOR oF THE HRRALD:—~ Itis well known to all married mon, who, of course, have been at one time ina state of single biessedness, that there is no consolation in defeat or adversity like that administered by a true wife, Rad Mr. Tilden been defeated by General Dix, who would have poured balm into Lis aching sores, and who would have bouud up his wounds? Alas$ the picture of a lonely old bachelor’s home! Whag a terrible place it must be, and what bitter tears are shed there as the nelor Jooks at hee ictures ip the fire. What visions teens nm the lonely man’s bran’ iow the old days come back again of boyhood ana ado~ lescence, and the myriad faces, with brignt eyes, cherry lips and golden aureoias of hair that were once realities in the mind of the dreamer, And then sue bilious and dyspeptio fits and the terribia blues that haunt the bachelor’s stomach, liver and brain. With the marricd man how different? Health, happiness, good spiriia and a houseful of lovely children, guarded by an adoring wi‘e, whose sntie (g ke the breaking of the morning om @ dis~ tant hilitop, Look upon this picture and upom that, Mr. Tiden, and take ne counsel, Bxperi+ entia doceh = A MISERABLE OLD BACHKLOR. OATHOLIO OHUROH DISOIPLINR IN ENG. LAND. (London (Oct. 27) correspondence of Manchester Guardtan,} It fs understood that the resolutions passed ag the recent Synod of the Roman Catholic Bishops Will make consideravie change Ia tue manimor Of conducting religious services in the Roman Catho~ io places of worship tn tuiscity. At present ona or two churches -notaDiy ‘St. Peter's, me Taian ch, Hatton G: and St George's Cathe Southwark—frequentiy announce the per- mance of some such celebrated piece of 8 @ mags by Mozart or tho “Stabat Rossini, A resolution of the Synod, recommended the discontinuance Nowncements as calculated to give th ance of a theatrical periormance to were biassed against him in their reports, Kingsley, have formally entered upon their duties be @ sirivtlv relieiogs BEF VICe