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” RTIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, Ministerial and Church Movements, Religious Persecution in Russia— Correspondence, SERVICES TO-DAY. Ia All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal church to- @ay the Rev. W.H. Dunnell will preach at the ‘sual hours. In De Garmo Hall L. S. Crandall will speak on “Death and Life,” and Rev. E, R. Swackhamer on “The Religion of Humanity,” this afternoon. Im the Berean Baptist church the Rev. P, L. Davies will preach this morning and evening. The Rev. D, B. Jutten will minister in the Six- Teenth street Baptist church to-day at the usual hours, “The Law of Waste and Economy in Human Life” will be considered by the Rev. Mr. Alger this morning in the Church of the Messiah, Divine service in the Slavonic language this Morning in the Russian-Greek chapel, Rev. N. Bjerring pastor. “Moses Praying for Israei’? and “‘Abraham Plead- ing for Sodom” will be considered this morning and evening by Key. Dr. Deems in the Church of the Strangers. The Rey. R. 8. McArthur, in Calvary Baptist church, will take a “Retrospective and Prospec- tive Religious Outlook” this morning, and in the evening will indicate to nis people “The Untrod- en Way.” The Rev. D. R. Van Buskirk will minister at the jual hour to-day in the Church of the Disciples of brist. Dr. Thomas D. Anderson will preach this morn- ing and evening in the First Baptist church. In the Free Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal | church there will be preaching to-day at the usual hours, In Forsyth street Methodist Episcopal church the Rev. J. W. Barnhart will preach at the usual hours this morning and evening. In the Fitth avenue Baptist church Dr. armitage ‘will preach a sermon this morning to the aged afid this evening to young men. The Progressive Spiritualists at No. 1,195 Broad- way will be entertaitied to-day by Miss Nellie Bngham. This morning and evening, at the usual hours, the Rev. Halsey’ W. Knapp will preach in the Laight street Baptist church. In Seventh streeg$ Methodist Episcopal church this morning the Rev. W, P. Corbit will preach a New Year’s sermon, and this evening will deliver “God's Call to Young Men.” The Rev. S. M. Hamilton will preach this morn- ing and afternoon in the Scotch Presbyterian crurch. In St. Mark’s Protestant Episcopal church the Rev. Dr. Rylance will preach this morning and evening. “Chrisv’a Sympathy with Weak Believers” will be illustrated this morning in the Tabernacle Bap- Vist church by the Rev. J. B. Hawthorne. In the evening a farewell missionary meeting will be held there to bid “God speed” to departing mis- ionaries, This morning and afternoon services will pe held as usual in St, Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal ehurcb. The Rey. Dr. Dixon will preach this morning and afternoon im the Presbyterian cburch in Forty- mecond street, near Seventh avenue, The Rev. W. H. Boole will preacn in Seventeenth street Methodist Episcopal church this morning and evening. In Zion Protestant Episcopal church the Rev. J. N. Gallaher will preach this mornivg and evening. In Eighteenth street Methodist Episcopal church the Rev. M.S. Terry will this evening talk about “The Barren Fig Tree.” In Anthon Memor.al Protestant Episcopal church the Rev. R, Heber Newton will officiate and preach to-day at the usual hours. Dr. Porteous in Ajl Soul’s church, Brooklyn, will fnquire this morning what the unpardonable sin is, and who commit it, and this evening will examine the orthodox doctrine of eternal punish- ment. In the Church of the Resurrection this morning andevening the services will be conducted by the Rev. B. E, Backey, of Cooperstown, New York. In the Church of the Atonement the Rev. ©. C. Tiffany will preach this morning and evening, A full choral service, litany, communion and Sermon are promised this morning in the Church of St. Mary the Virwzin. Vespers this afternoon, The Rev. H. R. Nye, of the Church of Our Father, Brooklyn, will this evening show that Universal- | ism is the doctrine of the Bible. Divine service at the usual hours to-day in tne First Reformed Episcopal church, Rev. W. T, Babine, rector. “The Toiling Christ’ is the subject of Dr. Thomp- Son's discourse this evening in Christ church. In the Church of the Holy Saviour the services this morning and evening will be as usual. The Rey. W. H, Pendicton will preach tats morn- img and evening in Filty-third street Baptist enurch, The Rev. George H. Hepworth will tell his con- gregation this morning “How to Begin the New Year Aright,” and this evening will talk about “Religious Moods and Reiigious Principles” in the Caurca of the Disciples, Mr. John B, Woitt will make up the issue for the Spiritualists this evening in Harvard Rooms. In St. Ignatius’ Protestant Episcopal church the Rev. Dr. Ewer will preach at the several services | to-day as usual. At the People’s service this evening in the Church of the Holy Trinity the Rev. s. H. Tyng, ar., will officiate and preach, The kev. W. T. Egbert will mimister in the Wain wright Memorial cuurch this morning and even- mg. vo “PRUDENTIVS' DEFINITION OF ULTRAMONTAN- ISM AND PAPAL INFALLIBILITY, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Tne “reptile press” of Germany has had re- course to the clever trick of bestowing on the BERALD the appellation o! ‘‘ultramontane,” in the Nope of thereby destroying its influence on pub- Mc opinion, These are familiar tactics with Prince Von Bismarck 9nd with the uitra radicals and ultra Protestants, who are the unscrupulous and B@nprincipled apologists of his home and foreign policy. There is not an independent journal, writer or statesman in Germany that has not been called ‘‘ultramontane” when daring, I do Mot say to oppose and denounce the daily crimes committed by Bismarck in the sacred names of country and liberty, but even when presuming to femain silent. Did not the whole of the “reptile press” before the commencement of the late Von Arnim trial, as well as during its prosecution, raise persistently the ory of “ultramontanism” agalust the ex-ambassador? And yet itis notorious that Von Arnim showed himself at Rome, as weil asin Paris, the most perfidious and most uncem- promising foe of the “ultramontanes.” His fauit lay not in hating the Pope and the Catholics with as thorough a hatred as Bismarck or Hohenlone, ‘but in bis conservative tendencies and monarchi cal sympathies. He had no love forthe Roman Pontifl or those who favored or advocated his spiritual prerogatives aud temporal independence, but it will yet be made clear that his leaning was ‘oward a restoration of the French monarchy and some shadow ot political sovereignty tor the Holy See. The great conservative classes of Conti- nental Europe and Great Britain are jar from ap- plauding the violent and unjustifiable suppression ol the temporal power of tne Papacy. ‘Ihe late M, Guizot, who was anything but an ultramontane or a Catholic, may be taken as the representative of sound Protestant opinion on this point, But far drom Me be it to compare jor 4 moment that great | Statesman and publicist with your Von Arnims, | superficial The term “ultramontanists” la quite new tome, impracticable and foolish faction.” Who these | vitramontanists are here in America or m Europe | It is in vain to auppose that the discipine of our | bee | 1 am puzzied to Know distinctly, unless they Very small fraction of tie great Catholic body Whose temper Would lead them to advocate a cru- sade jor the expulsion from Rome of Victor Em- manuel or to bush legitimate Catholic princinies | capabie of being a teacher who has a peculiar You designate them as ‘a mischievous sect,” “an i NEW YO RK HER ALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. and doctrines to extreme and unwarrantable con- jusions, ve th ever has been a body of Teilgious Meo OF a great political party, with a well Ceflned aud consistent creed, with definit aims and lofty aspirations, among were not to be founa suco extreme the good sense 0! mankind has never allowed the | hovest, righteous aud conscientious convictions of the body to bear tue blame that may attacn to the | opinions of the extremist lew. ‘This leads me to protest in the name of the great body of Cath lics the world over aguinst tois con- fusion of the honored appeliation o: “ultramon; tauea” with the new nickname of “ultranontan- ists.” The word “ultramoatane”’ has veen anu | now 4 local term limited to France, and designat- | ing tnere all Catholics who maintained tne su- | prenacy 1 the Pope tn spirituals, his official in- jailibiity When explaining to toe whole Church the revealed law ol belle! and morality, and bis just official prerogative uf watching over the religi- ous liberties, church property and discipiine within the Kingdom of France, as well a3 in every state in Ohristendom, ‘Tue appellation was | in contradistinction with that of “Gallicans,” hamely, French Catholics, who matntained tuat the Pope was not iniaiubie in detining matters of faith and morals, that his doctrinal judgments and bis every other decision were reformabie vy the Church or by the body o! bishops assemoled in council; and, 1p fine, that he had and could have no power over episcopulelections, the appointment to | ecclesiastical dign,ties, the disposai oi clurch reve- hues, or in regulating and restraining even in its Worst aouses the civil power, It will be seen from this statement that Galli- canism, 48 suck, Was only One local form oi! na- lionalism, which asserts the absolute indepen- dence and autvnomy by divine rignt of every na- tional Guureh, and denies the ope any right to interiere in the concerns of religious bodies out- | Side of Italy—nay, outsive of mis own diocese of | Rome. For, this 18 now the ayowed purpose ot Bismarck, and Of ovher statesmen, to restrict £ne Bishop oi Rome to the care of his own Immediate flock; to cut off every Dational Charch from all jurisdictional dependence on the Pontiff; to make every vishop in every diocese independent of ail otuer bishops and solely dependent on the State. ‘This was the ultimate conseqpence of the reiormed doctrines of tue sixteenth century; it was, at bot- tom, disguised Presbyterlanism 1a alhance with Erastianism, or the supremacy of the State in apinituals. The Council of the Vatican, in defining as a dog- ma of reveled faith the oficial iniallipuity of tne Roman Pontiff, as above declared, only made con- troversy OD that point tmpossibie as between Catholics, What the Guurch nad ever hed and beneved for upward o! eighteen hundred years Was proclaimed by @ solemn and irrelormable jucgment, Just as in the year 825, at the first Counc ol Nice, the Son of God was deciared to be God and of the same essence and substance with the Pather—a belief which nad been that of tne Apgsties and of ail true Christians for the previous buree centuries, Catholics even, then and for a | good long tine afterward were Calied “Consub- Stautiausts;” but the Consubstantialists have Jong outlived their opponents, though under the | reign o1 more than one Emperur tie odds were | feariully against them and in favor of the heretic | Arians. SiuGe 1870 there are no more Gallicans in France, save only a 1ew Jansenists, Or “Old Catholics,” who, though long cut of from Catholic com- munion, kept up their intercourse with the Jan- | seuists, or “Old Cataolics” of Utrecht. Tnere 1s not @ Catholic bishop, priest or layman in any couutry under the sup who does now tirmiy be- lieve the doctrines ae styled ‘“ultramon- tane.” It was a uickname In its day, signiying pretty much What “Papist” did in Great Britain @nd ireland lur centuries. It had an odious, national and political meaning; out Catholics Who gloriea in the name of “Papist,” when to be one Was to jorieit Civil and religious liberty and even liie itself, are not likely to be ashamed now of the name of ultrafontanes. Catholica of every rank in Church and State, and they not a jew, did indeed beiore the Council of the Vatican and during its discussicns, oppose the Opportuneness Of agitating the question of Papal mMJallOuity, aituough, Woen it Was once deciwed, they submitted bouh judgment and will in periest acquiescence. But pending the final decision, | there Were many who, like Dr. Newman, con- sidered as “factious” the vehemence wita whica the “opportunsts” urged the definition, If by “ultramontanist jaction” are meant the | Overbearing extremist few, who inthe press or | ; elsewhere vilified their opponents, called them | | “heretics” and all kinds of hard names, allow me | 0 say that Lhey did not represent the true ultra- montanes, Nor do the very iew who, among our- selves and elsewhere, reflect upon the men, emin- | ent alike im Church and State, who opposed tne deiinition on conscientions grounds, ana term their conduct as @ “lalling away irom the Jaith,” rep- | Fesent the great body of Catholics, In both hemis- | pheree every true Catholic is now a Papist and an ultramoptane. We are so here in tne United | States, every one of us, but we are not a faction | and we repudiate the denomination of “ultra- montanisis.’” PRUDENTIUs. IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS ON THE SCIENCE LIFE. Yo THE EpiToR OP THE HERALD :— | There can be no doubt that the New York HERALD has done more to liberalize public senti- ment and to prepare the community at large for { universal emancipation from mental and religious | slavery than all the combined efforts which have been put sortn by superficial thinkers. For thirty | years great strides have been made in the | amelioration of human society. Tne sympathy | and the charitable institutions which have come | invo existence deserve the applause of the world. ; They prove that our people are all right in their | nearts, even if they are not always right tn their oF | heads. But to the HERALD beiongs tie pratse of | | preparing punile sentiment for more liberal aims | abd uiguer aspirations in juture. Agitation | arrests the @tteation of the community and sug- | gests uew thougnis, The writer regards the oeral | Movement founded on Ciristian sympathy and | charity, whica nas lately brought into ieliowship | so many religious denomimations, who in lormer year. were Kept apart by their creeds, as one of | the best movements of the times. The co-opera- | | tion o1 the varied interests which have been so | diametrically opposed to each otuer ts conclusive | evidence that the radical principles which they | | policy has urged seifishness to that extent that | the whole world is in a state Of unrest, and all | feel toe need of a general revolution in every de- | partment of society. This being conceded, how | are we to improve the condition of humanity? [ | | auswer by changing our modes of educating the | rising generation tn the science of ite, in Which we are sadly defcient. To confirm this statement | We have only to look at the great number of speci- | Mens of humanity among us who are miserably distorted with mental and physical tmperiections. Impuisiveness and nervous irritability have almost | | become the rule instead of the exception. ‘there | | Dave also appeared within a tew years a frightful | number of hail-grown women with jeebie organ- izauions, unfitted for the duties of iife, among | | which there are an undue number of. vlondes. | | Nearly all of the above types have come into extst- | ence through wrong relations, which might have | been prevented by comprehending tne laws of | being and the sctence of life. Everywhere do we | meet the wrong-minded and strone-minded women seeking right relations in Wrong directions. | It 1s IN Vain for us to advocate isma or specula- | tive tueories fo reform the worid; they will not succeed. It shoulu be remembered that God has | accomplished all that man cannot do, and has left | Undowfe all that mankind can accomplish, bt ap- | 1ormeriy pursued have been wrong, and individual | condition of man In regard to nis physical, mental, moral and spiritual nature, what he was, woat be now ls, and comprehend the laws which control him, we may by analogy know what he Wil be thousands of years to come. The laws of beip @nd the science of iife operate with a mathewal ical precision, and adherence to their demands ig imperative. It 1s necessary for the rising generation to comprehend more of the {i- Donderable forces of nature which are so poten- Malin the realm of life and witch contro) all physical forms, bower is invisible, and it is necessary jor intelll- quainted with those westations are every- where apparent. Unless ihere are means de- vised to change the current of thought and action the present unhappy conditions will continue for thousands of years to come, bie and eternal principles, The world is overbur- dened with knowledge, but very deliclent in wis- dom. The writer would her true position. | bave not yet seen any one who bas jully comprehended the powers which lie slumbering within the Jemale portion of the race. ‘Tue power of a mother over her offspring 13 won- deriui, She can daguerreotype herself in ber chil- ; dren and furnish the world with angels in human Jorm or monsters to prey ou humanity. A woman elevated to the trae standard 0: womanhood and educated in all faculues of her being will be an object to love and to venerate. What the world now needs are men and women whose natures are ip unison With the spirit of God, who can comprehend all the leyitimate needs of humanity in tueir several departments, Schools should be based on princi- les different from any yet recognized. The moral euciencies of the world are presumptive evidence that someting more 1s needed to afford 1 salutary induence to future generations, The people seem to ve ignorant on all suvjects in regard to the true conditivns Of Iie, Marriage and maternity are among the most holy themes; yet they have, with lew exceptions, been left to tne domain 01 ignor- ance, ana by a never failing law like begets like. The writer would have children eaucated so as to shun ali vices as readily as they do the devour- ing elements, We attach too great importance to the education of the inteijcct, which is but one of the innate lacultes, | would eaucate cmidren so as to estabitsh an equillorium between the body id the soul, and by this harmonic relation mea and women would become a law unto themselves. With such an eancation the coming genera- tions could not tolerate dishonesty. These principles, in all their practical details, Qre the only means to reiorm the world. Our country is ruled by coercion, but coercion is | not reiormation. Untoid millions of doliars are | annuaily spent. out our conditions are not improy- mg. I! Cougress should be petiuoned for $2,000,000 to establish impsoved educational imstitutions to Tedeem humanity from its vices and physical diseas ‘she appesl would probably meet with @& general opposition. If there are any philanthropists who can comprenend the imporéance of such a thorough chinge as would peepee the health and virtue o: humanity, and ave the means and a disposition to embark tn an enterprise having that end in view, the writer would like an interview with such. ° JOHNSO! A. No. 111 East Twelfth street, New “kk. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTIONS RUSSIA. The ‘Rey. Professor Rauschenbosh, of Rochester University, writesto the Hramuner and Chronicle of this city, giving an account of recent persecu, tions of Baptists in Russta for religion and con- science sake, which he has complied trom private sources. He says the German Baptists resident tn Russta have ireedom of consience and of worship, but converts {rom the Orthocox Greek Church are denied both because of the hostility of the priests, About two mouths ago the Association of Baptist churches in Southern Russia met in Newstadt, and about fifteen hundred delegates were present. The proceedings were conducted in German, and government officers, who were present, reported favorably on the gathering. The imperiat govern- ment 18 inclined to permit liberty of worship, but the Church in different provinces uses its power and influence to persecute and oppress all dis- senters, Last spring the joyiul news went through the religious. press that the prisoners arrested for conscience sake In Southern Russia had been liberated. This was indeed the case with a major- ity O1 them, but not with all, Moreover, new ar- rests Nave since been made, And, what 18 worst, the mosi stringent measures have been taken by the authorities to prevent all meetings of the Rus- sian Baptists, @ large military force occupying all the villages in which they live. Most of the villages are situated in the district of Tarasatcha, Depart- | ment oi Kiew. Owing, perhaps, to the fact that Kiew, the ancient metropolis of the Greek Church in Russia, ts considered as a “holy city,” bigowry and superstition are stronger and more violent ta the Department of Kiew than in the Department of Cherson, where there are Russtan Baptists too. Ana yet those in the lavter department are bap- tized, Whue those around Kiew are not, vecause up to the present they could not get an adminis- | trator, tue German Baptists being too far distant, | They are, thereiore, known as Stuudists oply—i. e., | a8 people wno hold prayer meetings, irom the Gers man word Stunde—t, e., hour (01 prayer). As samples of the severity of this persecution OF BAPTISTS IN writes that to the prisoners in Kiew and vicinity @ messenger was sent Irom their brethren in an- other partof the country. By the good hand of God he succeeded in coming unobserved near the Villages Where they live. With great caution he made trquiry for the Stundists, and soon found | one of them, who led him to the others. He saw several women, Whose husbands are still in prison, being thrown into the most dismal dungeons, where only murderers are kept, and to which no- body has access. cently died, remaining steadfast tothe end; bis wile had just returned irom his luneral, ren and sisters Was in a forest, for here oniy could they be sale from constabies and spies. They weptfor joy as he told them that he was sent to them by their feilow believers. They imagined no- body knew of or cared for them. So, when they learned that others at many different places, even io distant countries, prayed for them, they telt greatly strengthened. They valued this sympathy Nigher than the money which the messenger var- ried to them, One sister, when she received ald. wept bitterly saying, ‘‘Would to God that my poor hasband, in bis prison, could get some of 16? But this is impossible. Nearly ail these good people are very poor and live by the labor of their hanas, They suffer in various Ways irom the tnjustice and oppression of their persecutors, The priests forbid people to give them work or tu pay them full wages. The magistrates for various alleged offences fine them und seize their property. One brother, for conducting a meeting, had trom 200 to 300 roubles’ worth taken irom him. Still, amid all these persecutions the number of converts has | greatly increased, At Kiew six brethren and two sisters are still in prison who have been there over two years. The Golownaya Palata (bigh court) had sentenced them to only hall @ year’s imprisonment, buat the Procuror (proctor) thought this insni- cient and appealed to the Senate and tne Minis- trv for a prolongation of the arrest. Now the poor prisoners were constantly tola, “No answer has yet come Irom St. Petersburg,’? and thas they have It should be remembered that all | Men Dave lacked judgment in grasping immuta- | ropose as one of the | principal means of reform the placing of woman i | one ot Professor Rauschenbueh’s correspondents | One of the prisoners had re- | ‘The place where the messenger met these bretn- | le, With spire, and built with Philadelphia brick oi tens atone trimmings. Mr. Jardine, the ar- chitect, estimates the cost at $35. | ‘The Rey. E. H. Bronson, a late gradnate of Mad. | ison University, hus accepted the call of the Bap- ebureh fi paden Cogn. ne Rev. Hienvy Variéy, (ie noted evangelist of London, has been in New York for a few cays. He ia a Baptiat, but in bis labors seeks the cu-opera- tion of ministers and laymen of all evangelical de- nominations. His meetings for “Scripture Expo< sitions,” at Association Hall, have been largely at- tended, and Mr. Variey impressed All who heard him a8 @ man of richand magnetic soul, eminently adapted to the work in whicu he is engaged, On the 22d ult. Kev. C. V. Patterson waa ordained to the ministry 4nd installed pastor of the Baptist | chureh at Aimond, N, Y, The Rev. ©. R, Blakeman has resigned the pas- toral charge of the Baptist church at Richburg, N.Y. The Baptist church at Flushing, L, I., have called the Rev, U. C. Kirkham, of vattersun, Putnam county, and are now awaiting his response. ‘The Rev. Samuel Sproul, pastor of tne Baptist | eburch of Kingwood, Hunierdon county, N. J, hua accepted the call of ‘the Schooley’s Mountain Bap- | tist church, The Rey. Mr. Davis, of Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, nas accepted a cai! trom the Baptist cburches tn Marathon and Freetown, Cortland | county, N. Y., and will commence his labors to- day. The Christian Standard sums up the additions | to the churches of the Disciples of Christ tor the year, and finds the number 'o have been 30,254, ROMAN CATHOLIC, The Seminary collections in the diocese ot Newark amount to $7,353 38, now all paid in. The co.ored Catholics of Washington, D, C., are about to start an institution for aged’ and desti- | tute women of their own race, somewhat alter the | pattern set by the Littie Sisters 0: te Poor. Witbin tive years the following distinguished conversions to the Roman Catnolic Church are an- | nounced to have taken place in Germaay:—The | Duke of Saxe-Copurg Gotha, Princé Henry of | Schoenburg, Count Ingenheim, Prince Frederick | Augustus of Hesse Darmstadt, the Duke and Duchess of Anhait Koethen, Princess Louise of daim-Bayreuth, Princess Charlotte of Meckien- burgh-Schwerin, the Countess of Stolberg, Schoen- berg and Bloome; Baron Seniilt-Pilsach, Scnlegel, the Queen Dowager of Bavaria, and Harless, Chief Counsellor of the Consistory. Tne Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of New York, will lecture in the Catholic institute, Newark, January 20, in aid of the new St. Augustine’s church, METHODIST. Fevers of one sort or another seem to be taking hold of the ministers. Dr. Van Benscnoten, of Jersey City, N. J.; Rev. D. A. Pierce, of Indepen dence, Mo., and Key. W. L. Molloy, of Jefferson, Texas, have been down for several weeks with the disease, but are now recovering. Dr. J. P, Newman expects to sail for America early this month, The Rey. W. E. Tompkinson, of Cutchogue, was Married December 23, in that place, to Miss Julia &., dauguter of the Rev. B. Redford, who offl- ciated. ‘St. James’ Methodist Episcopal church in New Brunswick, N. J., the innocent cause of the !amous trial ol Rev. S. H. Tyng, Jr., a few years ago, was in the nands of the Sueriff, to ve sold ior a debt of $26,000, On tne day of sale one of the trustees bought tt tn for that amount and thereby saved it to the denomtnation which was likely to lose it. New Methodist Episcopal churches have been dedicated during the month of December tn Jack- sonville, Texas; Jefferson City, Mo.; Elsah, IL; Port Leyden, N. Y. and at Cedar Grove, N, J. new church will be dedicated to-day at Jackson- ville, Ill, and on January 20, another, which has cost $70,000, will be dedicated at Springfield, Maas, The Third Episcopal district, of the African Methodist Church, bas provided a fund of $20,000 to endow a theological chair in Wilberforce Uni- versity, Xenia, Ohio. EPISCOPALIAN, Ten years ago to-day bishop Coxe was conse- crated Ordinary of the Diocese o1 Western New York. He has therefore appointed a special eight days’ setvice in Geneva, Where his consecration took place, and where he has invited as many o: the clergy and laity of the diocese to meet hin as can conveniently do so, On Thursday last the corner stone of a new Protestant Episcopal church was laid at Galena, Kent county, Md. Tue Rev. S, S. Chevers, of Washington, Pa., has removed to Old Point Comfort, Va. ‘The Rey. C. H. Page, has taken charge of West ern River parish, Maryland. St. Paul’s church, Lynchburg, has presentea a beautiful communion service to the Episcopal church in Marion. The diocese of Exeter, England, huving become too large for one bishop, Cornwallis to be set off as @ separate diocese. It is Said that three other | dioceses are Lo be formed also, of which Notting- ham, Dover and Bradiord shall be the centres. The Canada Christian Guardian declares tnat that country. And tt brings to light a work re- cently published, which calls Protestantism a hollow, disreputable sham, and calis upon “the Church” to discard the name, and upon Catholics to throttle ttas their first duty. It recommends auricular confession, penance, prayers to the Vir- gin Mary and the saiots, and indeed all the doc- trines and practices of Catholicism. The Rey. Samuel R. Fulier has accepted the rece torehip of Trinity church, Pawtucket, R. 1. The Rev. Thoinas Beits has entered upon tne rectorship of St. Paul’s Parish, Wyandotte, Kan- sas, | The Rev. Daniel G. Anderson has entered upon | the rectorship of St. Luke’s parish, Troy, N. Y. The primary convention jor the new aiocese set | Off irom Onio will convene in Columbus January | 13, to name the diocese and provide for its episco- pate, PRESBYTERIAN, The church at Franklin, Macon county, W. C., | has extended a call to Licentiate A. J. Morrison to become its pastor. Rev. F. G. Clark, because of ill health, has re- signed bis pastorate of the Tompkins avenue Presbyterian cnurch, Brooklyn, and the society is | itkely to disband, The Key, Dr, Eels, of Oakland, Cal, a couple ot Ubatus ago baptized and received into his church six Chinamen who were converted under dls min } The 3’ Christian Union will observe the | week of prayer by a datly meeting at eleven A. M. | in the chapel of the Broadway Tavernacie, The new Rutgers Presbyterian church tn Madi- 800 avenue Will be dedicated to-day. MISCELLANEOU! Rey, Dr. R. 8. Storrs, of Brooklyn, «has received the degree of LL. D. from Princeton College. The Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D. D., of the Broadway | 1829 and entered the ministry in 1852. He has been | in this country a little more than turee years, Rev. Dr. Pritchard, of Raleigh, N. C., nas come to New York for surgical treatment of his eyes. The Free Religionists have arranged jor another Where are the Congregationalists and the Uni | tarians? Have they abandoned the field? Dr, Berry, the medical missionary of the Amert- can Board in Japan, on a late tour, found him- self greatly assisted by the ladies of the mission | who accompanied him, and around whom the Japanese women gathered e¥erywhere in large | numbers, He writes that he hopes never to make | a tour into the interior again Without being ac- | companied and assisted by female workers, | Tho Rev. Mr. Nash, of Michigan, has veen catlea | to the pastorate of the Universalist cuurca in Little Falls, N. Y. held in Clinton, N. Y., next Wednesday, to deter- mine whether or no they will found @ first class | school for the denomination in this State, that | pears that toe Ownipotent saw ft, in His infinite | been lying in prison over two years. They are | they may thereby save the children to their’ faith | creatures, and make them instrumental as co- | laborers to accomplish His desigas upon this | earth, and we are responsible tor results. God | | does all He can to assist us consistently with the | opportunities we alford Him. We find ourselves | | chained to conditions; herein rests man’s ré- | Sponsibilies. We have our labors to perform; | God has His; the external conuitions belong to | us. These principles hold good in every depart- | ment ol labor and knowledge, and all is governed by irrevocable laws, which control the puysical, | i eth ee anys erayne! conditions of hu- | manity. e 2TQyni cultivate which possesses a ee ee TSN uy we always | have the highest results; if, on the contrary, the | ground 1s deficient in chemical properties | or other essentials our efforts will, tn | & corresponding degree, prove abortive. | If cattle or poultry are to | be raised Skill 18 displayed to Obtain the best resuits, but | When we come to the human species everything | 18 leit to animal instinct aud bind impulse. The truth oi these remarks 18 confirmed by tne alarine | ing degeneracy of the race. Everywhere do we | benoid the seeds of disease, wretcuedness, discord | and dishonesty. are there any effec- | tual means known whereby these conditio! | can be altered. Physicians exert their energies | to relieve physical sufferings, woile clergymen minister to discordant svuls, Yet one generation | after another appears and disappears, entailing its diseases of Dudy and mind, and age aiter age these faise tendencies resuit in more deplorable consequences, All that is required to produce a | radical change is common sense and science anda | | lollowing outin detail Oi all the laws against which | | we nave so long revelled. When mankind become | | Willing to forsake selfishness and ignorance and | Tespect themselves and Others jor what they are, | instead of wnat they have, then we may look for | @ better state of aifairs, But tn order to arrive at | such happy resuits we must adopt God’s means, which wii alone save humanity from all tts ills. | A scientific education and the elevation of | | Woman through its tnstrumentality will redeem | the world trom disease, discord and strife. Sucn | | 18 the fountain from which alone the pure stream can flow. Lt we want good crops we must have | @0od seed and good soil. We must commence at , | the foundation ana proceed correctly through ali | subsequent stages {n order to insure the hignest results. The world has Dot advanced lar cnough | | to produce many profound logical think- | ers or scientific anaiyzers, There are but | Jew who can weigh, with a lawyer's Subtlety, evidence without prejudice or | partiality, The great bar to the progress of the | Worid in the higher department of lie bas been | Z | Ignorance, the mother of seifisiness. Our edaca- | | tional institutions have been too limited and in their instructions, No man is theory or sect to sustain. Every teacher should adopt for his motto, ‘Goa, humanity and truth.’ Organizations and educational institutions are Tight while there is 80 much corruption, All these pom require knowledge, wisdom and right action, ‘ Mf we have @ inst conception of the primitive | Wisdom, to throw responsibilities on His finite | kept in @ dungeon designed only tor such murder- | who are now educated in other ers as show themscives untractable, and even | such may lawisully be kept there for three days | only. But these prisoners tor conscience sake | have had to suffer here lor so a a time in very | al narrow cells into which but @ Iignt can penetrate. | A brother by the flame of Baladan, who hatbeen | recently dismissed trom prison, has veen suf. { jected to stil! greater severity. He was one of the leaders in the religious revival. For this offence he Was thrown into a ceil just large enougi to per- Mit him to lie down and rest with his feet drawn up; but this was made impossibje by chains on his hands and feet, a large iron ring ground his bod and a smaller one around his neck, both being con- nected by an iron bar. His hands being fastened | to the ceiling, he bad to stand erect for twenty: | four hours, This cruel chastisement was inflicted on him about ten times, He has been in prison two years and a bait at Odessa, Tarashtcha and Kiew. His eyesignt and hearing have been permanenily tujured by the cruel treatment he nas | received. These stundists in the vicinity of Kiew are not yet baptized; but nearly all hold Baptist senti- Ments and 100k upon Baptists as their brethren, | | MINISTERIAL AND CHURCH MOVE- MENTS. BAPTIST. Rey. Jabez Marsnall ciosed his labors with the Matteawaft (N. J.) Baptist church lastSunday. He enters upon his new fleid with the Second Kent | church to-day, where a revival is already in | | progress as the result of a ten days’ meeting neld | Was adopted with them at the beginning of the past month, Professor Edward Judson has accepted the call from the church at Orange,‘N. J., and intends to return home, after an excursion in Palestine, in April next. Rev. E, G. Taylor, D. D., of New Orleans, has been invited to become pastor of the First church, in Providence, Dr. A. J. ¥. Behrend, lately of Yonkers, but now | of Cleveland, Onio, bas espoused the cause of open communion and preached an able sermon in its support. Deacon J. 8, Colgate, # good triend of writes that “In close coulmunion Baptists have a sogical foothold, where they can sately stand, But wien they depart from this they place themselves a an inclined plane, with no iooting this side of ‘opery. The Nev. A. B, Earle has just closed a ten days’ meeting with the Reformed, Presbyterian, Me (ho dist and Baptist churches oi Mott Haven and North New York, preaching twenty-two sermona, It has been @ time of deep solewnity and neart searching. The Baptist charch at Morristown, N. J., have adopted plans tor a new church edifice, which will have ap audience room fifty by eighty feet and a large chapel 1 vhe rear. Jt will be semi-gothic iy wv schools and go away from Universalism. Rev. Dr. A. BE. Campbell, formerly Secretary of | the American and Foreign Christian Union, also successor of the Rev, Dr, Cox in the Spring street ton a jew days ago, aged seventy-three years. was the eldest brother of Judge Wilham W, Camp- vell, aud Was widely Known and respected, THE SCHOOLSHIP MERCURY. At the mecting of the Commissioners of Chari- } tes and Correction yesterday the anuual report | Unciaimed, hotel.. of the Commander of tie Schooisnip Métcury Was read. The number of boys on board on vanuary 1 was 247, Of these 212 boys have been received since January 1, 1874; 172 have been discharged, 20 were transferred to other institutions, 10 “eloped,” 2 died and 55 have veen sipped tn seagoing | Vessels. During the year the ship has been at sea 146 days, touching during the winter cruise at Ma- deira, Barbados, Trinidad, Thomas, and during the summer craise at New London, Guilford, Newport, Gloucester and Sandy Hook. Among the naval officers who visited the ship was Sir Lambton Lorraine, of the British | Navy; Captain Clark Wells, United States Navy, the latter giving proot of his interest in the scho andoah, “A year ago,” says the report, “the plan of admitting no voy to the | ship until his arents or uardian had | been consulted and their consent obtained, no | boy being admitted for a greater misdemeanor than pettit larceny.” No boys have been dis- charged until they merited, by good conduct, the approval of the oMicers, That this plan has | Workea wellis shown by the fact that out of 172 boys discharged this year but five have been re- turned’ to (the ship. A very smiail gumber of | vagrant boys have been received—a circumstance which is regretted by tie Commander. Camilo Chili, One of the first boys received, in 1869, is now in command of @ Spanish saip, and several others ; have risen to the position of first and second mati es. | The heaith of the boys has been excellent up to | the Yonkers church, regrets this departure and | December i. Since tien bronchitis tas been very prevalent. tion, ucates and starts in ab honorable profession boys | Who wonid else have been a burden and an éx- | pense to the city.” He recommends that the snip | be sent to & warmer climate at once, the clothing jurnished to the boys being altoget uDsuitabie | for cold weather, During the winter cruises, When | the weather is fine, the | ing, faring and making sail and the other duties | of seamen, the first and secona Classes being also | Instructed in navigation, many of them becoming | skilled navigators, | The Commissioners have inquired into the facts relating to the receat mutiny, and acquit the Com- “The schoolship is & paying institu. ral Ritualism of the most Roman type ts growing in | Tabernacle, New York, was born in Scotiand tn | course pf Sunday aiternoon lectures in Boston. | A delegate convention of Universalista will pe | Martinique and St | ship by enlisting ten of the boys in the sloop Shen- | says the commander in conclusion, ‘as it ed- | joys are exercised in reel- | for the revott, They | be en orced 10 reuder milar mutiny, and javly be eruminally mander of all responstbilir: fay that stringeat rules will possible a recurrence of mete Tingieaders wiil prol AT THE POST OFFICE. A DOUBLE FOREIGN MAIL AND HOW IT IS AS SORTED—-THE OLLA-PODRIDA OF A GREAT DO- MESTIC INSTITUTION-—-PREPAYMENT OF NEWS- PAPER POSTAGE—A POST OFFICE MUSEUM— DELIVEBY OF A SUNDAY UPTOWN MAIL. In Engtand the working of the Post Office De- Partmens 18 considered at once one of the best evidences of the civilization of the kingdom and an index of the progress of the nation in domestic economy. In America our advancement may navurally be gauged by our approximation to the perfect system of the MOTHER NATION. If this be so, 1t may well be @ question whether we have not excelled in some of the details of the Post OMece, which contributes in no smal! degree to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” of the human race. To illustrate this fact it would only have been necessary for an unprejudiced observer to have stepped into the New York Post Oifice yes- terday and to have watched the sober, watchful and intelligent zeal with which the double daties of the clerks were performed, the almost marvel- lous and mechanical precision with which the ac- cumulated mats were assorted and the celerity with which they were prepared for delivery. In the first place there was a double foreign mail, which arrived by the Cuba at twenty-five minutes past eleven A. M., Including the mail of the steamship City of London, which put vack dis- abled, and therefore there was an ommiwm gathe- rum of the experts, who seemed to take an espe- | clal pleasure in a generous rivalry of dexterity, and the way the newspapers and letters were “ghyed” into their canvas and leather receptacies was a caution to the uninitiated. Postmaster | James seemed to be ubiquitous; ne seemed to bave a double person; one moment appearing suave and biand in his inner penetralla or private ofMice, and the next upon the floor of the distribut- ing room with Albert Anderson, the chie! clerk of the Newspaper Distribution department, giving directious to the employés which suould ex- pedige the delivery of the retarded mail. There were the ENGLISH CLOSED MAILS, bags sealed with read wax and authoritatively Stamped, with destination clearly stamped on each, which needed no redistribution at this point. There were ptles of foreign newspapers, which the clerks sorted with a sort of nonchalance akin to prestidigitation and a@ precision which put one in mind of the elder Hermann’s throwing of cards in the Academy of Music, and, lastly, the order—without disorder—which came out of all j this ebaos with @ surprising and unanimous movement, Then, to return to the ordinary busi- ness of tne department, with tables cleared for action, it was a sight worth seeing to watch the mail bags for north, south, east, west, New Jersey and Long island filled by the intelligent directors of distribution, with missives tender and true, sighings of swains and prosy balance sheets with equal carelessness. ut there was a Jroideur, which made one mindtul of the croupiers of Baden Baden, in the actions of the oflicials who superintended the DROP LETTER DEPARTMENT. These men possessed little rakes—as who does not/—and as each white-enveioped message of love or business slid throug the incline it was mercilessly gathered tothe mass ana coidly sent to tts destination, as if it did not contain a heare | sob, & compliment, a cry of despair, a bili of par- ticulars or a mis-speiled message which should make or mar 4 human fortune, Then, in the box department, there was an ordered regularity, a cold system—a stcb-stch, a8 each letter Was dashed into its grated and celled receptacle, which put one in mind of a prisoner being Consigued to a numbered room. But one of the most interesting features of our Post Ofice is to ve ound in the Searchers’ and Dead Letter Department, where there is a fi CURIOUS MUSEUM, In looking through this strange collection of un- considered trifies the HERALD representative found the following :— Jiem—One sliverplated door lock, with keys, highly Quished, with postage prepaid religiously, and — no address, dtem—One package of ostrich feathers, markea “Hayes & Gibvons, 692 North Front street, New | York.” It18 needless to say there ts no such ad- dress, item—One dress pattern (cut), marked tn the following legible manner Leonora, No, 112 New, New York." ‘he carriers are stiil looking for this young lady—among the opéra douse performers. Tene homeopathic medicine chest (filled), inside address, “P, W. Dana.” ‘The editor of a cer- tain daily newspaper has been applied to in vai | Sulphur predominates in the miniature chest, tem—Iiron stove cover. Jem—Sskein of woollen yarn, enclosing a cheap set of jewelry. Item—Bag of seed. Item—Tin box, enclosing a ravaging Western | grasshopper. Item—Leather gaiter shoe tops. No respectable suoemaker will acknowledge to have muauufac- tured the same. In the Regisierea Letter Department the clerks | Were all busy, the cost of a registration only being eight cents. All sorts o! peopie use this means of salety in preierence to money orders, and as pack- ages—no matter of what size or weight—are only cnarged three cents for each additional half ounce, the tucrease of business is enormous, But the most important change is in regara to the PREPAYMENT OF NEWSPAPER POSTAGE. A reference to the jollowiny order iuily explains this:— Post Ovrics, Naw Yorx, Dec. 29, 1874 Pusuisner or | The “newspaper and periodical Postage stamps” (spe- | clalty prepared and issued by the Post Otlice | Depart | ment for use on and after the Ist of January next, in tne | prepayment of newspapers and periodicals by weight in | Baik When sent to reguiar subscribers and. cxchansest are now ready for sale to publishers, and may be pro- cured at this office at ali hours the stamps Are of twenty-four denominations, viz, :-— 2o., 3e., 4, 6c., Be. luc. 2o., 36c., 480. 6 ay $1 92, $5, $6, $9, $12, ir use in combinatio be required for the prepayment at one time of postage on @ay quantity of mali Matter, trom one pound to up- ward of a ton. they are to be used solely for the prepayment of the | class of mail matier mentioned above, but Are In no case to be affixed to such matter nor to thy’ wrappers or sacks containing it. ceiving clerk at the time the matter which th tended to prepay 1s deposited, who will give ine receipt for them and atiach them to the stub of the receipt aud | cancel them as prescrived by the regulations of the de- partment. Publishers will procuring, before the Ist of January, a supply of the | stamps for use as occasion may require Kespecttully, | ken 1. L. JAMES, Postmaster, | Inthe bead Letter Department the eae int glimmer of | Presbyterian church in this city, died at Castle- | return has been made, and ft may be premise He | that this has been a reduction from about 1,600 dead letters:— OFFICIAL 't Ovrice, New Yorx, Seancnen’s xp Dua Lurran Duranrwnxe, Jan. 2. i575. § Weekly return of unmanlable letters from New Yor! Post Office sent to phe’ Dead Letter Office tor the week ending January 2 1875;— | Domestic, held tor postage foreign, held for postag: 2 | Misdirected.... | Blank or no address. | al ef | To-day another reform wil go into effect. An | uptown mail will be delivered at nine d’clock to the clubs, hotels and dwelling houses above Canal | street, and thus gut merchants and ciiizens will have cause to dongratulate themselves on postal facilities that are second to no city in the civil- ized world. |THE WILL OF A CLERGYMAN'S WIFE. | Mrs. Martha Vogell, of Oyster Bay, formerly Mrs. Jackson, some few weeks ago gave food for gossip | by marrying the Rev. Dr. Vogell, the Presbyterian | minister in the village, she being eighty-five years old and he being seventy-three. She died about a | month ago, leaving a large property. It was sup- posed that she would make various bequests for religious purposes, Dut such appears not to have been the case. She made her wili on the 29th of September, only @ few days after the marriage. It is how in the Surrogate’s office of tne county of Queens, and will probably be admitted to probate to-morrow, It provities :— | -Fursi—tn the payment of the debts and funeral | expenses, ond—The bequest to her “beloved husband, the Kev. Henry C. Vogeil,” tne house in wich sue lived, with all its appurtenances, to hold during his iie; aftwerward it goes to her nephew, Rob. | ert A. Johnston, Dis heirs and assigns, Thivd—the bequest to ter “beloved husband” | of her carriage and team, household furniture, &o,, and everything about the house or grounds, “whether the same be ior the necessaries, tuxu- ries or comforts of life.” | Fourth—The rest of the estate, real and per- | sonal. ts put in charge of ter husband and nephew | 8 executors, to be used In the payment of be Vests as /ollows :—$25,000 to Mr. Vogell; $5,000 to | ed relative | Robert H, Johnston | Augusta Austio, oF ; $2,000 to a nice Yonkers; $500 to | to her old coachman, John Goady; the remainder being equally divided between Ebenezer Van Veisar, Hannah Schoonmaker, Sarah Elizabeth Longstreet, Sarah Johnston, Mary Theall, 4 poe Odell, Ano Emery. Alonzo Austin and Louisa ee. § on ———eee | THE CITY HALL Mayor Wickham Assume@ the Reins of Office. A New Park Commissioner Aps pointed. Closing Meeting of the Board o8 Aldermen. ——— Deserved Tribute to Ex- Mayor Vance. Mayor Wickham entered bis office at an early hour yesterday morning and took hold of the reins of the city government like one intent on busi? ness. He had his hands full all day long; but, despite the stream of visitors which poated in upon him, he managed to dispose of a great many routine matters requiring both mental supervision and physical exertion. During the day the Mayor was called upon by the numerous heads of depart ments, the city Senators and Assembiymen and ofMice-seekers ad Liditum, Indeed, a perfect tidak wave of politiciangswept tuto the office yestere day. Meanwhile the bammer of the carpente® was busy at tne work of reconstructiots Hitherto “the rooms set apart for tno eliief executive officer of the city and his atrachés’ have proved altogether unsuitavle for the purpose intended, The proposed changes will, therefore, most decidedly prove More comfortable and con- venient ior the transaction of the business apper= taining to the Mayor's office. The large outside Teception room is to ve the Mayor’s busiuess office and the room herevolore occupied by tne City Mar- shal is to be his private office. It ts understood that Marsha! Joel O, Stevens, who also formally entered upon his duties yesterday, will occupy one of the spacious apartments at present devote to the use of the clerks of the Common Council Mayor Wickham intends to have matters 80. al Tanged that he can communicate at once with hig cierks and immediate suborainstes, an innovation that will contribuce much tu the prompt despatch of business. Altogether the new arrangements are of an exceedingly satis:actory character and will tend, doubtiess, to reheve the gloomy impressions which the stranger, on ascending the City Halk steps, would be apt to form of ite interior. Ina word, Mayor Wickham purposes having an office adapted to the requ.rements of his important of- cial position. He was busily engaged the entire day, and, among other things, disposed of & con siderable number of warrauts, ‘To some of the documents, however, he took exception, especially those which were without'date and uuregistered, These he returned, on the ground that bis signa ture should be the final actin their completion, and it was understood that he would hereaiter insist that when the warrants signed by the Mayor were returned to the Comptrotier they showid be paid without delay. From ail indications it would seem, indeed, that tne Mayor's office will not henceforth be an appendage of the Comptroller’s Department, The arrangemeats for the new Oilice wii! probably be completed in a few days. THE NEW PARK COMMISSIONER. Mr. William R, Martin, was yesterday ape pointed to be Park Commissioner, to fill the vae cancy caasea by the resignation of Mr. Bissinger. Mr. Martin is a lawyer by profession and an exe tensive property owner. He has for some time been a prominent, member of the West Side Association ana has interested himseliin city improvements. His brother i8 proiessor im the New York University. Mr. Martin's appoint- ment has given general satisfaction, BOARD OF ALDERMEN. LAST SESSION OF THE OLD BOARD—TRIBUTE TO EX-MAYOR VANCE. A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon, Alderman Falconer pre- siding. The minutes of the previous meeting hav- ing been approved, and all business having been disposed ol, Alderman McCafferty, after’ some introductory remarks, proposed the following resolution, which Was unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That the thanks of the members of this Board are ‘hereby tendered to the ‘fon. samuel B. H. Vance, its presiding officer. His rulings have been dig- miled, firm and impartal. His intercourse with the Personally abd officially has beeu of an agreeabie and pleasing character such as to entitle him to the respect aud esteem of his associates. As presiding officer and legislator we have bad opportunity to jadge of his merit. As Mayor oi this city during the short time has cocupied that posiuon he has carned for himselt = reputation for honesty, capacity ani efictency ag an executive officer seldom achieved by person in so brief a tenure of oifice. such qualities are asrare as they are invaluable m a public officer, and we take oo- casion to assure him that they are appreciated by and to give expression to the belie/ that such rare at- tainments will be brought into constant requisition by & fateful constituency. In now severing our offic lations with the Hoi Samuel B. H. Vance wo carnesuy desire to assure him of our heartfelt wishes jor his fu- ture welfare, prosperity and happiness. Ex-Mayor Vance then rose and said:—] ask the indulgence of the Board jor a moment. Mn. PRESIDENT AND M&MBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDER. uux—For this expression of your confidence and regard. thank you. Otten as 1 have had to reiy upo duigence you have uever failed to extend it to Kind consideration. It was you who conferred upon im the distinction, which through the occurance of a mo sudden and nilooked tor calamity, placed ime tor the brief period of one month, in the chair of the Mag- istrate of the city. To have discharged the duties of this high office ina manner which has met your ap- royal isa matter of thankfulness to me. Really, all £ Bia do. was merely, when the opportunity. preseuted itself, what I felt to be my duty. The importance to the city of the faithiul discharge of thedutes of the mayor. alty canuot be overestimated. There is not aa act of the administrauon in the government he cannot watehfulness iniluence. Oarelessness or indifference in the office is about as certain to prove prejudicial as direct overt acts. Ifmy brief term as Mayor hasbeen felt tor the general £203 am more than gratiti higher reward could not be conferred upon m Alderman Billings, in proposing the brie | resolution, which was uuauimously adopted, pai a high tribute to the services of Alderman Flana- gani— dd. A | are They are to be handed to the proper re- | ar Promote their own convenience by | , the Board adjourned sine @ Resolved, That the thanks of this Board ot Aldermen due and we hereby cordially tender them to the Hon. Richard Flanagan for the ability, efficiency and impartiality he has displayed in presiding over its de- liberations as temporary chairman, and we hereby ex- | tend to him our must fervent wishes tor his future pros- perity. Alderman Cooper seconaed the resolution, and took occasion to observe that during the tempo- rary presidency of Alderman Flanagan he had ex- hibited qualities which endeared him to every member o! the Board of all shades and opinions, Alderman Monbeimer moved a vote of thanks to the press jor the impartiat reports o| the proceed- ings which had been made during the year. Alderman Kehr offered a resolution to the effect that the Board adjourn until Monday at eleven o'clock. Alderman Cooper, in opposing the motion, sub- mitted that the term of the Board expired on Sunday night at twelve o'clock, and quoted the section of the charter of 1873 in support of his argument. Alderman Billings, followed on the same side, and Alderman Kenr Fase STAORAWA us motion THE UNLUCKY PAIR, The irrepressible brace of statesmen who declare | they were elected Assistant Aldermen of a Board named George Latimer Odell, of Hastings; $1,000 | which has been abolished were on deck at the City Hall yesterday morning to assert their rights, It Was understood, moreover, that the late Board of Assistant Aldermen were to meet for reorganiz- jog purposes, In pursuance, however, oi @ re- quest of Commissioner Van Nort, who has charge of the pubite buildings, Mayor Wicknham-issued an order to Uaptain Leary directing him to guard the chamber recently set apart for tne use of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, and prevent all per- sons (rom entering the doors, This carder was carried out, and the would-be legisiators were compelled to chew the cud of disappointment, ANOTHER RESIGNATION. Mr. E, L. Donnelly, who was recently appointea a Commissioner of Charities and Correction and whose acceptation of the duties of the office gave such general satisiaction to those familiar with his qualifications jor the important post, has, {t is understood, intimated ms intention to resign, on Account of his extensive business engagement. Mayor Wickham stated yesterday that as yeo he had not been offictally notfied of Mr. Don- | nelly’s intention. THE REGISTER’S OFFICE. Generai Patrick H. Jones entered formally ‘on the duties of his office yesterday. He isnot by any Means unfamiliar with the routine of this depart~ aving acted as ita chief after the death of tue tamented “Myles OReilly.” General Jones. atated yesterday that his predecessor bad leit the omce in excellent working order and ti he would not make any changes for the present, Whatever new appoiitments may be in contem- plation will not be officially announced before ten or twelve days. SMALLPOX IN THIRD AVENUE. Yesterday a gentleman reported at theCoros ners’ oMce that on Friday morning Jonn Green, aged five years, residing on the second door rear of No, 668 Third avenue, died of an aggravated type of smallpox. He reports that the motoer as been druak for several days and the child nad received no attention or medical atiendaneé, The case Was referred to the Board of Health,

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