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8 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. - FOOD FOR EIT The Impossibility of Flesing from Duty. THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE. Controversial Sermon on the Supplication of the Blessed Virgin. ON THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS A Militant Preacher at the Old John Street Church. FUwrH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN (BRICK) CHURCH. SERMON BY REY. J. 0, MURRAY, OF PRINCELON— IMPOSSIBLE TO FLEE PROM THE LORD. The Brick chureh (Presbyterian) at the corner of With avenue and Thirty-soventh street, was but fairly attended yesterday morning. Tho pulpit was oceupfed By Rev J. 0, Murray, D. D., Professor at Princeton Wollege, ‘The text was taken from Jonab, iL, 3—“Now Jonah rose up to fieo unto Tarshi from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish, and he paid the fare ‘thereof, and went down into it to go with them unto arshish from the presence of the Lord.” Men, said Dr. Murray, have attempted the impossible ma great many ways. Men have ed impossible discoveries, as when the alchemists sought for the losopher’s stone, which wonid turn to gold every~ Bin it touched, and the clixir of life, which was to set oath at defiance. They have also sought to solve un- golvable problems, such as the existence of evil or the mode of divine existence, They have tried to recon- ct haman society on the basis of impossible theories; t nowhere is the attempt at the impossible more ‘commonly seen than in the sphere of religion. Jouah, in hia voyage to Tarshish, attempted a flight to get rid ofa plain, stern, but at the same time a most honorable duty, Jouah rose up to fiee from the presence of the Lord becanse he had been commanded by the Almighty— “arise! Go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against It, for their wickedness {s come up before me.” “Jonah is | po solitary figure, rising up out of a dim past, to which | bhere is no modern parallel Men are attempting the iu- ible in this way everywhere and at all times, taking for Tarshish or paying heavy fares to get there, | storms, too, and often swallowed up, if not by whales by something infinitely worse, an all-deyour- | $ng worldliness or the blackness of unbelief Dr. Mur- | Fay then painted in powerful language the futility of any | pffiort to escape from the still small voice of conscience, | gud in conclusiongeaid:—“No cross, no crown,” is an old | Bdage. It has a world of truth init. A supe formal, inactive Christian life cannot by any possibility w inuch of what is meani by Christian hope or peace. e path of self-indulgence never yet led to any high or | hoble achievement, Blessedness ‘in this life is reached more by giving than receiving, Aro you, my hearers, stifling the voice of conscience? Are you turning adeaf par to God's appointed ambassador? If so you are flying | from the presence of the Lord. You go to balls and partes ‘and places of amusement, anywhere to silence e monitor within; but know this ofa surety, that way lies storm and tempest and ‘you will learn in the end, { ‘nd, perhaps, alas! too late, that fleeing from the pres- | ence of the Lord is impossible. THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER. WHE STRUGGLE OF LIFE—SERMON BY KEY. MR CARTER, OF WISCONSIN. Rev. George Carter, of Washotah, Wis., preached at the Church of the Transfiguration, in Twenty-ninth street (Dr. Houghton’s) yesterday morning. He took | bis text from Nambers, xvi., 14—‘‘Moreover thou has | pot brought us intoaland that floweth with milk and | boney, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards,” | ko. ” | ‘The reverend gentleman said that the life of the | (eraelites, after leaving the land of Egypt, was not what | the Israclites had expected, and they were constantly | grambling and dissatisiied at their fate. They wanted | the comforts they had imagined would be given them, snd they could not see what had been gained by going from a land flowing with milk and honey to an arid rt. They could not become reconciled to all this. Fie’ Promised Land was always put off from time to wee and they at last despaired of seeing it, spite of the word of Moses and spite of the word of God. How many there aro to-day who stand in the Phristian world and who have not the conrage to keep along in the straight path of duty, but at every temptation stand aside an gilow themselves to be seduced from righteousness, Whey are quick to see that the world unsatisfles and ‘that it does not come up to what we expect. They aro ‘thrown into a new phase of existence and they forget THE PEACEFUL DAYS OF THE OLD one in the revelry of the new, and the soul becomes gradually blunted, The man who would be saved must be lifted up to a higher plana Ho who walks on the heights must tako heed Jest he stumble and fall. He must walk in the straight path or be lost. But this is to him too exact- and he cannot come down to the real exactions of Jife. We have along journey before us. How many falter and grow weary and long for the flesh pots of ! How few are those strong-hearted souls who can keep up to the standard God has set down! The Jower organisms grow quicker than the higher. They Ihave a mushroom growth which fades quicker away, and in life these are often mistaken for those whose ee before God. But it is notso, It is with struggle that the nature grows stronger and can re- sist the onslaught of evil. It is with those who have mot seen temptation that failure is most constant ‘When the Israelites had been many years in the desert they began to do more and complain less 8T. PETER’S CHURCH, JERSEY CITY. SERMON BY THE REV. DR BRANN ON THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, St. Peter’s church, in Jersey City, was filled al- most to suffocation yesterday, owing to the announce- ment that the Rey. Henry A. Brann, D. D., pastor of Bt. Elizabeth’s, Washington Heights, would deliver a sermon on the subject of the festival of the Assumption ‘The congregation comprised a large number of members of other religious persuasions. A solemn high mass was celebrated, in which Rev. Father Willetts, S. J., was celebrant; Rev. Father Marechal, 8. J., deacon, and Mr. John McClogkey, sub-deacon, After the first gospel Rev. Dr. Brann entered the pul- pitand read the gospel of the day. He then entered ‘upon his discourse as follows:—‘‘ Who is she that com- eth forth os the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array?” ‘These words taken from the sixth chapter of the Canti- ele of Canticles, are applied by the Church to the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God. To-day is celebrated the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Who was exempted from the common law of immortality and taken out of her grave on the third day after her death, body and poul, into heaven, wacre she site at the right Land of God. This is THE MEANING OP THE FRSTIVAL of the Assumption of the Bless4i Virgin. Fifteen hun- abo the streets of the Oriental.city of Ephe- sus wero ina state of commotion such as was never he crowd surrounded the conclave as tho Promulgated the decree that Mury was indeed er of Gad. This title is the source of ail the And yet it is not be- cause she was the mother of God that she was assumed into heaven. This title did not of eterna: bliss. Her came from WONDERPCL PERSONAL SANCTITY. “Blessed is the worb that bore thee and the paps that gave thee suck,’’ said the woman in the Gospel; and Christ replied, “Yea, rather blessed are they who the word of God ahd keep it.” Mary heard the | ‘word of God and kept it. At the marriage feast in Gal- flee Christ fail v her, “ What is it to me and to thee 7” oa thereby that the fact of her being His mother i her to no privilege in inducing him to work miracles. Again, Christ sad, “Those who keep the law of these are my mother, my brothers and my le said, moreover, when His mother sought sorrowing that her ‘claims were subordinate, * Dost thou not know that I muat be about my Mathers 7 When commending ber to the care of St. He did not eay “mother,” but “woman.” It was her pega A Sipe merit, her fidelity virtue, and especially ber humility, that made Bt Ambrose Hier humility was vo gress saya:—“ Her humility was #0 that, a God from the skies az iifted @ creature up.”” beautiful hymn, the “Magnificat,” ehe says, hath regarded the humility of hand- Seer ae, henceforth all generations ghail call = ” So great was ber humility that although was exempt from the Jewish law of purification, she ‘the law to the very letter. No natural gift of power or rank which you may 's blies, Jn we the sho r divine prayers, be- | the kingdom of God is in you.” give her aright to the | E yer. Erorring tat “the has power harm us. No man ‘Satan bas power to examples on this point, as, ee, ho sayé that the devil gocs about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. It is not logical to sup- so much power to His enemics He will give no power to his friends, the saints, and especially the mother of help us Mary had power on curth; should she not have it in heaygu? At her request Jesus Christ the laws of nature at the marriage feast of Cana by turning water into wine. It will not do for any one to call this devotion to Mary idolatry. If you make an attack on the devotion to Mary you attack the mystery of the incarnation. You cannot separate the mother from the son in that great mystery, With- out her there could have been no incarnation. "If Christ was not Ged you deny His divinity, which is the corner stone of the whole Christian Church. ‘The preacher closed with a burst of eloquence which electritied the congregation, After reciting the anec- dote of Ignatius und the Mohammedan, when the latter spoke dis My of the -Blessed Virgin, he said, And who would not imitate Ignatius? Where is the arm so pusillanimous that would not be lifted, and the voice so despicable that would not be raised, in defence 5E of a mother’s honor? YiRST REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ON THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS—SERMON BY REV, WILLIAM T, SABINE. At the First Reformed Episcopal church, corner of Madison avenue and Forty-seventh street, the services were conducted yesterday by the Rev, William T. Sabine, rector. Dr, Alexander R. Thompson, of Brooklyn, also participated in them, After the prayers, litanies and hymns for the day bad been concluded the rector began his sermon.. He took his text from Exodus, xiii., 20— “And they took their journey from Succoth, and en- camped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness,” Ho said:—Every soul takes Etham on its march to the heavenly kingdom. There are multi- tudes: of human beings who linger in this Etham, fearing to go on through trials and struggle to the promised land, and at last they die here, This Etham is a kind of border land between worldly mindedness and Christianity—between the gratifications of the senses and hard but simple self-de- nial and consecration to God, Ye cannot serve Godand mammon. We should day by day acquire more and more consciousness of the sinfulness of sin, aud every day we should put the world further behind us, Thero are many who tarry; the march thus far has fatigued them, This is thespiritnal Etham, It is an immensely fashionable place. ‘The vast multitude of nominal Christians regard it as a most eligible situation, Etham is popular and populous. It is frequented by those who count to get to heaven at as cheap a rate as possible. ‘They are most likely to be overtaken and recaptared in this place, We are called upon to warn these poor pil- grims of their danger. ‘They are, like Bunyan’s travel- Jers, on enchanted ground. Let us shun the ground ourselves. Let us always advance and assist others do likewise, After the rector’s address, at his earnest solicitation, | the Rev. Dr. Thompson concluded the service with a few brief remarks and the usual prayers. THE OLD JOHN STREET CHURCH. SERMON EX GENERAL WHITE—THE KINGDOM OF GoD ON EARTH. At the old John street Methodist church yesterday morning the sermon was preached by General D. B White. He took his text from Matthew xi., 12. When we take into consideration the joys in this lifo arising from the spiritual existence the temporal life falls into insignificance, Men do not exert themselves to secure the spiritual blessings as they ought, Above all things, men should seck for the spiritual blessings, because they are infinitely of more importance. In brief, the kindom of heaven is wherever there is a heart that is united with Jehovah, Under the oid dispensation the kingdom of heaven existed in tho outward ceremonies, certain routines and duties, and in accordance with men’s compliance with that code were they supposed to belong to the kingdom. But God changed this, and made it the test whether the heart was in obedience to Him—‘‘Behold What amazing words of hope are to be found in the Gospel for every sinner! How do the violent take the kingdom of Heaven? On ‘one occasion General Hooker wanted to bring his army to the foot of Lookout Mountain; but the soldiers were so impetuous that they bad climbed to the summit be- fore the order to halt could be received by them. This was the impetuosity that would make all of us members of the kingdom, ‘The people of God should move to- gether all in earnest to take the kingdom by storm, Without broken ranks. Who can estimate the power of God’s Church here below? If the latest ipfluences of the Church were developed there would ensue the de- struction of Satan’s rule. WESTMINSTER CHURCH. | THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE CROSS—SERMON PY THE REV. MR. MATTHEWS. The Rev, Mr. Matthews preached a sermon in this church yesterday upon the different effects of the Gospey arising from the difference between preachers and the diverse moral and intellectual conditions of those who receive it, His text was taken from the first chapter of St. Paul’s First Epistie to the Corinthians—‘‘For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolish- ness; but unto us which are saved itis the power of God.”” The reverend gentleman opened his discourse by drawing a parallel between the action of certain poisons when used intelligently for medicinal purposes and when used either by the ignorant or by such as do so with intent to harm. Strychnine, the most powerful of known poisons, was addiced as being the only known agent which, im given proportions, would act upon the paralyzed nervous system, On the other hand, its deadly qualities, when used by the unskilled or malevo- lent, Were brietly dwelt upon. The analogy between the action of these poisons and the Gospel then occupiod the attention of the preacher, There are PREACHERS WHO UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL as It should be understood, and present it in such a way that the mind of the hearer is disposed to receive it, There are others who, not understanding it aright, pre- gent it in such a way that the mere statement of it begets a repugnance in those whom it was intended to attract, This analogy was dwelt upon at considerable length, and was illusirated with considerable power by the preacher, who belongs to the Scotch school of theo- logians, and comes of a raco accustomed to think keenly’ and to exact logic in sermons. The preacher then adverted to the diferent intellectual aud moral condition of THE RECIPIENTS OF THR GOSPEL. The objections of those who contend that the Gospel is afailure because those professing to live by it are not | above the ordinary weaknesses of humanity were met % the simple, cogent rejoinder that the examples alleged bad never fairly come under its influence and control. An eloquent and appropriate exhortation con- cluded the discourse, SOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH. SERMON BY THE REV. DR DOWLING—TRIBUTE TO MOODY AND SANEEY. During the month of August the Calvary Baptist church and the South Baptist church have united their services, worshipping at the latter in the morning and at the former in the evening, The united congregations filled the church yesterday morning to hear the Rev. John Dowling, D. D., who has formerly been the pastor of each of these churches, His text was Isaiah Ii.,11—“Therefore the re- deemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing ‘unto Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon thetr head; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.” He said this prophecy is supposed to refer originally to the return of the children of Israel from their long captivity in Babylon to the promised land. For seventy long years they had, in the mournful language of tha 137th psalin, ‘eat down by the rivers of Babylon, ed their harps upon the willows, and wept when they remembered Zion, “O what rapture must have filled their hearts, when at length set free by the decree of the victorious Cyrus, they once more looked from the mountains round ‘about Jerusalem, upon the heights of Zion, and the redeemed of the Lord burst forth into songs of gratitude and joy that their long captivity was atanend! The text, however, mut have a further reference to the redveted of the Lord, the purchase of the Saviour’s blood, who will at just jom in singing the now song, “Thou art worthy, for thoa wast slain.” He showed that Christ gave himself a ransom, that ail who believe in Him and all who eerve Him will at last bo brought home to glory. In reply to the question from what are we ransomed, be 6aid we were ransomed from the power of Sutan, from the curse, penalty and dominion of sin, and finally from death itself. In the clos division of his subject Dr. Dowling showed that all the redeemed of the Lord shail lly be kept by the power of God through faith unto swvation and shall come to the heavenly Zion with songe—songs of joy; that they shail obtain gladness and joy, and sur- row and sighing shall flee away forever. In his prayer before sermon the Doctor made a touching allusios to the two faithful Christian men ly and Sankey) whose labors had been so won ily blessed in other lands; thanked God for their safe arrival upon these western wal and pray earnestly that their evan- ight be as ily blessed in this laud as gelical labors mi they have been in Great Britain. COLLEGIATE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH. SERMON BY REV, 3. M. LUDLOW—‘‘LovEsT THO’ ur?” Porhaps one of the most beantifal churches in New York, both as regards the exterior and interior, is Dr. Ludlow’s Collegiate charch, at Fifth avenue and Forty- eighth street, The style of the interior ia composite—a mingliag of the Norman, Gothic and Saracenic, The hw por | former style ia moat wrononnrad in thabiwh analao af | sai | ora vineyard in frnition or an orchard with apples he the roof, framed in heavy oak, while the arch of the chancel is Gothie, relieved at the sides by graceful Tonic pillars with elaborately carved capitals; the small Sara- cenic pillars are of polished porphyry marble, and extend along the walls of the galleries; the galleries themselves, as well as the body of the church, are finished in massive oak. ‘The pulpit is of massive oak, chastely carved, with two heads of cherubs, after Raphael, fn front; the heavy pulpit chairs are also of oak, surmounted by crosses. ‘The crimson upholstery of these lightens the chancel ‘1s by an Oriental sunset gleam, Dr. Ludlow, yesterday morning, read the 300th hyma, which commences ;— Hail my ever blessed Jesus, tly thee Twinh to sins ro my soul thy name is prec! hou my Prophet, Priest and King, After the singing he read the twenty-first chapter of the Gospel according to St, John—“‘After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias,’? The preacher ably considered that por- tion of the Scriptures in which Jesus said to Simon:— “Lovest thou Me?’ He said that in the Greek the word “he had two different significations; one referring to sacremontal and reverential sentiments, and the other the ordinary sentimental or common acceptation of word, JESUS ASKED SIMON these questions:—‘Lovest thou me more than the rest?” ‘Lovest thou me?! and, “Do you love me?” ‘The answers (o these were ably analyzed by the preacher, who laid stress upon the unstable character of the disciple who believed, when he was in the presence of the Master, and would cut off the ears of the high priest, yet had fallen the same night before the snares of the serving maid who a the high priest’s robes. The pastor touched upon the different kinds of love, and drew a tender picture of love for a@ mother. He concluded with an appeal to all to serve God with faich and fidelity. ALL SOULS’ CHURCH, BROOKLYN. ALLOWABLE AND SALUTARY DOUBTS—-SERMON BY DR. PORTEOUS, ‘This church was well attended yesterday morning. The discourse by the pastor—Rev. Dr. Porteous—was upon “Allowable and Salusary Doubts.” The text was selected from John, xx., 25, Individuals, said tho Doctor, are like ages. Some men cannot belicvo as much as other men. They are incapacitated by their mental culture, by the quality of their genius, from at- taining to the same condition of belief as their oppo- sites, Faith ebbs and flows, In some periods of the world’s history there have been times when men have believed almost spontaneously and naturally. Other ages have been eminently unbelieving, Time has been when belief in God was considered childish and a belief in immortality selfish, There have been times when not to believe in God was considered a chief virtue, Such periods, doubtless, occur to you as characteris- tic of the last century, The speaker deemed it to be a fact of history that men were not to be charged with virtue because they believed; nor were men to be charged with viciousness because they disbelicved. Ho held it to be an impertinence to tell a man that he must believe thus, and thus, and thus, unless there be evidence not show ITS PITNESS AND ITS MORAL TRUTH tohim. He thought it was equally as wrong to ask a man not to believe simply because a truth to his mind ‘was not symmetrical as it was to ask a man to believe a truth without investigation, The speaker conceded that {t was just as UNHEALTEY TO BELIEVE T00 NUCH as itis to believe too little—that there was a vice in credulity quite as much as in scepticism, There is evident healthiness as weli ag moral culture in hold- ing the mind in suspense. ‘The incident, as told in the text, fs often cited as ad- monitory the unbelieving mind in relation to re- ligious thi The difference between Thomas and the eleven w hat they had proofin the presence of the Master, « dhe, being absent, had no proof, Ho said, with my Jewish education, I do not believe the woman's tale, It seems to be contradicted by the whole tenor of the prophecies upon whieh Ihave ‘based my belief of the Messiah, Thomas was a typo of that HARDY RACE OF MEN AND WOMEN who have occupied a large place in the religions world, souls that have believed too much and have found out a lio; souls that have relied upon reeds; souls that have taken to themselves delusion; souls that say “We shall believe nothing but that of which we have proof.” This is allowable, The historian of science tells ‘us that but for the condition of disbelief science would never have progressed; the arts would have gone back into | almost idiotic barbarity. But for this suspense of judg. ment and this doubting mood of mind mankind Would fiction and fable, when supposition could be imposed | upon mankind’ and be taken for fucts, as among the rugged nations of the earth, Take, for example, astronomy. What would have been the effect upon science if Galileo had beheved the theories laid down by the Church? If he had not doubted he might have postponed the advancement of that scence for cen- turies, but he pointed the way for KEPLER AND NEWTON. Thus scepticism was salutary to the welfare of the world, Over every gateway of knowledge, the preacher id, are written two legible mottoes—the first 1s for rest, the other is for truth. God is no hard master with us, He says if we want rest we may have it; but if we wantrest we cannot have truth, A man who Wants rest will’ accept the first religion | that comes, very likely his father’s or his grand. mother’s; he does not want to intrude into the domain of sci for that means investiga- tion, The man who secks for trifth knows there is-no such thing as repose, and from indications it would scem that the world just now is'very much in the humor of those who want repose. In Europe in Catholic and Prot- estant churches the cry is “Let ushave done with this debating and analyzing.” In the English Chu is “Let us have oue ship that cannot be wreck this ery is the cause that sends so many to the Roman Catholic Church, They want rest; somebody to think for thero and do all the analyzing and debating. They say the truth that satistied their thers 13 good enough for thém, but they are tired; they do not want to investigate, Touching upon the importance of every onc seeking the truth for its sake, and not taking hearers to encourage doubt—not the doubt that springs from stubbornness, not the doubt that comes from carelessness or wickedness, but the doubt which rises up in the soul naturally, which is the true growth of God’s spirit within us, SIMPSON METHODIST CHURCH, BROOK- LYN. THE CHBISTIAN HARVEST—SERMON EY REV, W. R. DAVIS, Rev. W. R. Davis, pastor of the Simpson Methodist church, corner of Clermont and Willoughby avenues, is one of the few Brooklyn clergymen who have declined vacations and remained at their posis during the sum- mer months, Yesterday morning he preached an elo quent and interesting sermon toa largo congregation, choosing as the text of his diseourse the sixth verse of the 126th Psalm, as follows:—‘He that gocth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him,” He said, in the course of his remaris, that man must not only be the sower, but he must also be the reaper, And it often occurs that between the time of sowing and the time of reaping he suffers the greatest anxicty, This is caused to a great extent by a natural aversion to waste, The good thing which is done is sure to come back on the man’s life, giving to it a great beatitude and a full fruition, Every good action brings a harvest, and the gathering of that harvest should be le(t to the hands of God. His timo for gathering it may be fur- ther down the line, further on in years, but this should be no source of discouragement. God says J can’t pare your energy out of the energy with which I am trying to win the world back to life, There is nothing 80 exquisitely balanced as the work a man hag todo and the power given him to achieve that work. God proposes to win humanity to Himself through hu- manity. Jesus Christ’s way of getting into the héarte of bumanity and saving humanity is God’s way of sav- ing all men, Redemption, in its true approach to the world, ig not a great uprooting of things. Christ said, in the parable of the tare, “Do not root them out; the good can take care of itself, and when it is brought in at the barvest there will be a time for separation.” There are men who would get at evil in a shuttering way. ‘They would go out into the world with an axe or sword and cut and crash and smash wickedness, God does not teach us anything of that kind. If you would save men, BR A MAN, When Christ came He iad neither axe nor sword ; He hada swoet voice and a great heart, He,siood where the shadows were lon; and spoke sweet words and goiden truths, and by turning men’s faces toward God* and God's face toward men He began the work which is now being carried oat. You cannot get harvests with out work, Hvil does not require any care to make it grow and flourish, But when a man wants a blessing, must work. God does not grow apples without cultivas tion. It is the same in the inte! fi moral field. Thero must be the same cultivation, God says, would you hie light in your soul? Be it; live it, Amman can have his thorn harvest and his wheat bare vest, but he cannot ve both at the same time, He can gather his black harvest of evil and have its black bloom and suffer its black results; but no human heart cae and great that it can at the same time bring fo THR GOLDEN ManvesT or winar, There is a life that lies in perpetoal sunshing, He who lives it can bring the sheaves with hit, because he had the s One day when Martin Luther was ying up a pur of stone stairs on hie knees seed fell in is heart and sprung up eo that he rocked two conti+ nesta by his eloquence, The preacher closed by saying good, Lot it spring up in your Learte and you shall come aguin. You shall come in the ing shadows; there slutil be no tears in your eyen: you shall come rejoicing. Every tear that fails on your path here God will take t@ heaven and preserve it asa jewel for ony crown. Every drop of sweat shed in God's work He will keep as a diadem for your coronation, A man shail reap the harvest in time. Therefore be not weary in well-doing; look at the light that iv dawning on the ultivate this hills and think of the welcome He will give you when shown to that man which appeals to his intellect, No | man should be expected to believe anything that does | have relapsed into a condition of sheer credulity, when | it from hearsay. the preacher concluded by asking his | RELIGION AT LONG BRANCH, BISHOP SCARBOROUGH SHOWS HOW MEN IN HIGH STATION MAY BE RIGYTEOUS. The fact that the fashionable world sojourning at Long Branch for the summer does not forget that the Lord’s day comes once in seven was attested yesterday by the large congregation, composed mainly of visitors, which assembled in St. James’ Kpiscopal eburch at Long Branch, where Bishop Scarborough preached @ very earnest sermon, taking for his text Danicl, vi, 5—They shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” The story of Daniel’s exaltation to place and power, while it reads like a romance, stands as witness of God’s love of justice, Daniel was as faithful in high estate as in low; Prosperity could not shake him from his right estate. ‘In whatever estate ho was his integrity remained un- shaken, The King noticed this and contemplated his removal toa high estate, and this favor made his com- rades jealous, They set watches on him and scanned his life through and through, but all in vain; they could find no fault in him; he stood amid temp- tations like a rock. How upright emnst that life havo been which enmity could _ not aseail, Fearlessly true and faithful in the dischargo of his duties his enemies confessed their failure in gaining an accusation. They said, “We shail not find any accusation against this Danicl except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” Wo can fancy their joy. At last they are rewarded; but, like every triumph of wickedness, it was of short dura- tion—in the pit which they digged for others they fell. We have here before us a man who can meet the de- mands of an active business life without d ‘ing, in thought even, from the great principles of right and justice; at the same time a man who served God, so as to render unto Cwsar the things which are Cwsar’s and unto God the things that are God’s, If there is any lesson we need it isthisone, It isalmost a maxim among men that the laws of Christianity aud of business are at variance. This conclusiop may not be stated in those plain words, but it is the meaning of the answer given when urged to religious dutics that they are too much engrossed with business, and go they delib- erately Postpone the one till they’ are free from the other, and they seem to think this plea a valid one, not ‘A DEVICE OF THE ENEMY. But granting all such a sweeping accusation can {m- ply, that in business the temptations are many and strong; but, even so, 1 should be gorry to think that there are not many noble exceptions, I should be sorry to believe any worldly calling is so utterly corrupt that Christian disciples cannot ask God’s blessing upon it, “I pray not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but keep them from their evil ways,” was the Saviour’s prayer. The same laws govern secular and re- ligious life, aud if our profession of religion is sincere it will go with us to the counting house and the bank, making even DRUDGERY DIVINE. Remember that there are dangers and temptations and snares besetting even the path of the upright. Daniel was surrounded by enemies all bent on his speedy downfall. Even the solitude of his chamber was invaded by the sleepless eye of malice, and think you that the temptations that asaailed him wero less than those which assail the integrity of any man in our day? ‘The opportunities for fraud and dishonesty were abun- dant, but anenemy being his judge he did nono of hese things. Some of you may be called upon to oceupy high places, Let your walk and convergation be such that even an enemy shall not find an accusation against you, except he find it in the law of your God, Krom this text next we learn the strength and power of integrity, Daniel was a captive without even po- litical influence, and yet by God’s blessing and his own merit he was made to sit with princes. Yet he was not corrupted, Oh, that those who hold high trust in our day would copy such alife! Let us, who profess God, govern our lives by the same holy principles that governed him, and let us not forget that the eyes of men are upon us, and our principles are tested in many ways, though we know it not. It behooves us to be watchful always, so that our enemies can find no occasion against us. [beseech you let no sophistry lead you astray. “He that doth righteousness is righteous.” LETTER FROM DR. DOELLINGER. ‘Tho following highly significant letter from the Rev. Dr, Dollinger to a clergyman at Baden recently ap- peared in the Heidelburg Journal, Tho ultramontane press has said that Dr, Dollinger bas not only of late turned his back upon the ancient doctrines of Catho- licity, but that he has never been in sympathy with them, It is an appeal the promulgation of which through the press can. only be productive of excellent results:— Momicn, Oct. 18, 1874. Reverrxy Sm—Gladly do I answer the questions addressed to me, although briefly, us is necessary in the case of an old man upon whose time there are many de- mands. So far as Iam concerned, I class myself through conviction with the ancient Catholic communion, lieve that it has a high mission to fulfil, which is three- fold. rst—Witness to give for old ecclesiastical truth against the n erroneous doctrines of universal power and infallibility, and to stand as a permanent and eloquent protest against the new article of faith that owes its existence to the arbitrary determination of thielast Pope. Sccond—It is, accord- ing to my opinion, the duty of the old Catholic com- munion to draw back gently and by successive steps this j Church, disturbed by united superstition and error, to | the simple and ancient faith, ‘Third—It should serve as | an instrument and means of producing in the fture a union of the now divided churches. A step in this di- rection, if only a small one, was made some weeks ago at Bonn, I trust in @ successful issue to this work of Pe have; at the ‘same tists, M0 hops Miah anaes the next, or even the succeeding Pope, anything of great importance will be accomplished, and so far as 1 per- ceive all who understand the position of the Roman Curia and the clergy are as hopeless as myself, In the whole Roman Church there is one irresistible power be- fore Which all others—bishops, cardinals, spiritual orders and schools—stand passive. This is the Jesuit Order. It is the soul and the ruling spirit of the whole Church, This wil! remain the same under a new Pope, because this Order is indispensable, and at the same time it can- not exist without ruling or wishing to rule. Earlier, before 1773, this Order had many others in the Church to counterbalance it because the other orders were strong and full of life, Now these latter are either powerless shadows or else half willing or half unwilling satellites of the leading Jesuitical stars, and the Roman Curia, in orderto remain Curia, must lean upon the Jesuits—that is, serve them according to their demands in order to preserve her churchly monopolies and her money. And the Jesuits are the incarnation of super- *stition with despotism. To rnle mankind through the means of Popes that are subject to themselves, that is their intention, their aim and the art through which they obtain such mastery, To this end are their struggles to render religion me- chanical, the sacrifices of the intellect that they demand, their pressure of the soul toa blind, unthinking obedi- ence, &c, As it now, since the 18th of July, 1870, appears in the Roman communion, what we may expect the next time is that the most monstrous action that ever took place under the dominion of theological doctrmé may be accom- plished without any loud voice in opposition—I mean the solemn proclamation of Alphonse Liguori as Doctor Ecclesia (placing him thus by the side of Augustine, ‘Ambrose, &c.); the man whose fulse morality, whose mariolatry and whose constant use of fables and false- hoods make his writings a magazine of errors and lies, ‘There is in the whole of church history no example of such a frightful and dangerous mistake known, ‘And yet every one is silent, and in all the seminaries will the rising generation of clergymen be poisoned with the books of this Liguori. Certainly such a condition of affairs cannot long en- dure, Sooner or later a reaction toward something better must come; but from whence or how is hidden from our eyes. To your third question, What I would advise yon to do? Lanswer:—Follow your own convictions and do not let yourself be deceived by the pretence of unity that must be preserved, and unconditional obedience, with which every delusion and disfigurement that su rounds religion is palliated. What we should do in this miserable state of affairs is:—To offer to God and the world and to truth, as it is known to us, the tes- timony that is due to them, The common indifference that thinks only upon its own conscience, the stupid submission and passive endurance of the clergy has brought this evil from the Vatican upon us, The greater the number who will thus recognize it and de- clare their resistance to this obedience and these falee doctrines the sooner may we hope for remedy. In haste, with all esteem, J. V. DOELLINGER, A “NARROW” ESCAPE, . PROBABLE FATAT, RESULT OF RECKLESS PILOTING. Ag the steamer Twilight, plying between this city and Long Branch, started on her morning trip yesterday, the steamer Northfield, of the Staten Island line, left her dock. Seeing the Twilight the pilot of the North- field, with the usual carelessness and reckless disregard for human life that characterize those public servants, undertook to race with the Twilight, running over a mile out of her course in her efforts to beat the Long Branch boat, After entering the Narrows the North- field made an attempt to cross the bow of the Twilight, but failed of success, The speed at which she was going was go great that she could not bo stopped in time to prevent a collision, Her bow struck the Twilight on her port after quarter, tearing away her after rails and smashing in some of her windows, 0 Twilight had a large number of passen- gers on board, and it is a great wonder that many of ther were not hurt or killed. Fortunately only one person was injured, When the collision occurred the passengers at once became panic-stricken and imado a rush for the forward part of the boat. Among them was Mr. Saxon, of New York, This gentleman was unfor- tunately caught up in the rush of frightened passengers and crushed against the upright timbers of the forward deck, and go badly injured internally that the blood gushed outof his mouth. It is feared the injury will rove fatal, Upon reaching the Branch Mr. Saxon was taken asbore and medical attendance procured, SUBMERGED IN A SEWER. Lena ahn, seven years of. age, residing at No. 299 avenue C, fell into the open sewor at Eighteenth street and avenue€ yesterday and camo very near drowning jn the fithy, slimy water, She was rescued by the exertions of homas Fitzsimmons, who sprang in after unm some tabim with vayr arid {ull of phoavus,”? bar and vniled Apr oul Tbe- | THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT. Third Letter of Ex-Commissioner William Welsh. Why Charges Against Officials Were Never Proven Nor Disproved. MUNCHAUSENISM IN REPORTS Mr. William Welkh, of Philadelphia, is continuing nis recital of the improper acts of Secretary Delano and the officials of the Indian Burean of the Interior Depart- ment The following letter to Professor 0. C. Marsh, of Yale College, is very interesting, for it shows just why all the investigations of charges mado against employés of the Indian Department have failed. ‘There is a vein of satiric humor in the closing paragraphs. Yet that also discloses something as to tho practices of the In- dian Department with reference to persons who havo revealed the corrupt ways of its officials, It is the easi- est thing in the world for aman who has been a hypoe crite all his life, when he is finally exposed to be ascoun- drel, to point to his record, saying that his accuser must be insane, and then calmly rest, as if disdaining to dis- prove the accusations. Officials of the Indian Department have apparently acted as the basest kind of hypocrites, and the department has upheld them, Yet the people would not believe in them, and théy will not be per- mitted to rest in calm disdainfulness) The end is com. ing, and their paths to the outer world and away from the department are being made by the Heraxo, Mr. Welsh and Professor Marsh:— In accordance with my promise, I will now give you a sketch of the powers and resulis of the investigating commissions raised by Secrotary Delano, as I under stand them, after close observation and’ careful con- sideration, ‘The Secretary of the Interior has no power conterred on him by Congress, of which Lam aware, to appoint investigating commissioners; therefore he can confer no powers on others, but he has absolute power iu the expenditure of certain appropriations, ‘The friends of Secretary Delano who have confidence im him naturally suppose that commissioners are selected to ferret out frauds, or, if none such exist, to remove suspicion from innocent mrties, Ido not believe that the iriends of Secretary clano imagine that he selects commissioners to ascer- tuin if the Secretary of the Interior cennives at frauds, or ig, in a still greater degree, a partaker in the sins of the defaniters. ‘Those who hive not confidence in Sec- retary Delano and dirmly believe that he has long known of frauds systematically practised on the government and its helpless wards cannot suppose that commis- sioners are selected with the hope or expectation that they will expose frauds known to the Sec Interior or reveal to the public any ev Tetary’s guilt, Secrctary Delano’s Investigming Com- missioners, not having the power to compel the uttend- ance’ of witnesses, can only examme such us are brought to them by’ parties interested in the prosecu- tion or in the defenee, As no prosecutor has ever been willing to waste his time before such a commission, the Witnesses are almost invariably those produced by per- sons interested in concealing {rauds, ‘Lhe commissioners having no power to administer oaths, to punish perjurers, if false swearing in such @ ‘caso be perjury, or to compel a witness to tell all that he knows, or to answer when cross-exammed sharply, testimony taken under such circumstances is usually 4 mere blind. As these investigations are usually held in the midst of « lawless community, and as @ voluntary witness for the prosecution is usually threatened and jays himself open to a churgo of mulice, few men of respectability are willing to volunteer, Such commissioners usually have no funds to pay the travelling expenses and a per diem allowance for Witnesses, but Une ring is liberal to such. If the commissioners felt authorized to go out sepa- rately as detectives they could accomplish much good; but there is usually on the commission a judge or a lawyer, or some other exact person, to remind them thai their dutics are semi-judicial. No attorney is ever employed to conduet the prosecution, although the De- Jano commissioners allow the accused to appear and to have counsel, therefore the most honorable commis- sioners are usuully compelled to unite in the report “not proven.” Before the award is announced the ti- | dings start from the Interior Department and fly through the land that the accusers have been completely routed. | RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS BY THE DELANO comaus- This would be a chapter of deep interest and in- | struction if I had the heart to reveal what I know of commissions to ascertain how the Indians’ pine timber scrip, excursions by Assistant Secretary Cowan, Mr, Jotur L. Delano and ‘other members of the fumily and of Congress, and of certain members of the board of unpaid commissioners, &c, I will pass over all this, as its humiliating recital might seem like personal animos- | ity. I desire to coutine myself exclusively to promi- nent official acts. I will now give the result of a special | commission, composed of Messrs, Kemble and Alvord, | appointed May 17, 1873, to visit the Spotted Tail Agenc: had beon | ile at that | ency. Iwill quote from the official report, an exact »py of which is now before ime. It is dated | Red Cloud Agency, Wyoming ‘erritory, June | 16, 1873, and is signed “by Edward C. 'Kembu and Henry E, Alvord, special commissioners:— | “With reference to the specific charges as to beef issued | at the Whetstone Agency (that is, Spotted Tail’s), no | report can be now rendered, chielly because the ‘late | agent, together with his ouly clerical assistant, suc- | ceeded in leaving the place just prior to the of tho commissioners, removing all documentary evidence | as to the business transactions at that agency prior to the present month, and leaving a class of cmployés s0 wnprincipied im’ character and evidently so in- | terested themselves in the late operations there! that no reliability could be placed on any siate ment made by them. In goneral terms, however, | your commissioners express their opinion that the | indefinite charges of irregularity in the Indian | service in this region, and expevially the ‘leakage in | beef’ referred to by Mr, William Weish, result from CY. the state of affairs at the Whetstone Agency. Tho | quantity of beef actually recaived by the Wlictstono | agent during the past was unquestionably greatly | less than that receipted for to the contractor; the | amount really'delivered to the Indians is far less’ than | appeared upon the provision returns, and the Indians | reported thereon as receiving subsistence are much in excess of the tree number. In brief, while unable for | want of specific data to muke a detailed report on tho | point sprcially referred to them, your Commissioners found such a state of irregularity, confusion and cor- | ruption at this agency, the result of the manngement of the late agent, that they recorumend a special investiga- tion of its affairs, covering the whole term, and the sus- pension of his accounts, with ail outstanding vouchers and indebtedness certilled by lita, until such investiga- |Mtion can be had.” ‘These Commissioners also reported that they had in their possession many facts and details which would be | OF USE IN DETECTING, THE FRAUDS, 4, te at the Red Cloud as well as the Spotted Tail Agency. The agent to whom Colonel Kemble and Captain Alvord | referred had been highly recommended, avd, as I be- | lieve, entered upon his duties with a firm determination | tw act honorably in all respects, As he grew out of | favor with me he seemed to increase in favor with the | Interior Department, until I demanded his resignation, Employés and cattle contractors, acting under a show | of authority from the government, disheartened and demoralized that agent. ‘These Commissioners also ex- | hibited to me the details of small cattle charged ut large rates, &c, ; but the Secretary of the Interior sup- | pressed their report instead of giving it publicity. In- | stead of acting on their suggestions—to suspend the | payment of vouchers—he seul a newly appointed Indian | inspector, who, when an agent, as it will appear | fn the history of the Red Cloud Agency, had | yielded to evil influences exerted by the government | wnd by contractors, and had signed vouchers for cattle in excess of delivery, both in weight and number. He gpent two days at ihe Spotted Tail Agency, beginning | | | Oinaha, with papers connected with his duties as agent, I wili now quote from his report, dated August 30, a copy of which is before me:—"Alter a full investigat: into the affairs connected with the Whetstone Agence: under late Agent Risley, I do not find that there have Deen any more supplies receipted for than were rece The issue of rations was tade upon the number of lodges as given by the Indians themselves, and state- | ments of disinterested parties, both whites and Indians, are that there were from 15,000 to 20,000 lodges present to receive supplies during the fall and winter of 1872 | and 1873.” This Comisioner’s report must have | greatly relieved the mind of Sccretary Delano, who had | paid Vouchers that Kemble and Alvord had tainted with fraud, also setting aside the action of the Board of L dian Commissioners who had suspended those vouch The connivance at fraud in the report just quoted from is shown by the Commissioners report | ing what ho heard from disinterested _ par. ties, ‘that there were from 15,000 to 20,000 lodges present at the Whetstone Agency to receive sup- plies.” Seven Indians to a lodge is the estimate in tha region, giving 105,000 Indians us the lowest number | present to receive eupplies. ‘This is more than ten | times the number that ever were present, and fully | double the number of the whole Sioux nation.” Thus the | only commission that ever seemed to look for fraud | found it recommendation nullified by the report of an Indian inspector who acts under the’ direction of | the Secretary of the Interior, and whose report bore on its face the evidence of its worthlessness, Commis sioners Kemble and Alvord also reported informally ‘on cattle frauds that occurred under their own observa- tion at the Red Cloud Agency, 1 never heard of any notice having becu taken of it. Indeed, Secretary Delano accused me of being filled with suspicion when 1 called his uttention to it. It is probable that Kem- ble and Alvord’s report would never have seen the light had it not been for my intimacy with one of the Commissioners and the desire of the Board of Indian Commissioners to justify their refusing to approve these vouchers, SHCRETARY DELANO'S MINNRBOTA COMMISSION. This commission, appointed November 8, 1873, rised Judge T. C. Jones aud Nelson J, Turney, of Ohio, th intimate fricnds of the Secretary, the latter his appointee on the then Board of Indian Commissioners and the former an associate of Commissioner Sinith on Indian serip researches; James Smith, Jr. @ lawyer, of St. Paul, and William i Jennings, a lawyer of Pitts- burg. ‘these Commissioners ‘were appointed by Mr. Delano to examine cortain specific charges made in the newspapers of St. Paul against the Rey. E. P. Smith, ie ‘a a o y | fearful thougut that your family should watch all your lands could be secured, to discover half-breed Indian | 4 | in August 16, On August 29 he says I met Agent Risley in | U | restraints! | morning, near pier 4 was agent for the Mississippi bands of Chippewas im Minnesota, Some of those charges of misfeasance and malfeasance will be referred to in a subsequent letter on ape Semone, : Niger Pager gine mo Lamy gent - me a fore it, and, not being able to go, at the ycorety of Secretary Delauo, just what he inainies on your doing—made out a series of charges to be ex- amined into by these Commissioners, Kvery one ob them could then have been proven before any gribuna} competent to enforce the attendance of witnesses and to compel them to testify, A friend of mine in St, Paul employed John L, Gilmin and George L. Otis as ‘attor- ueye for me, These gentiomon, aller examining into bes authority of the commission, wrote wo them as fol- Wim “A number of parties have become interested in the Wilder, Merriam and Rust contracts, and the united in- fluence of such interested purties brought to bear to suppress the facts in connection with said contracts, and volunteer wituesses in support of the charges can- not be hoped for. Fyom many prudential considera. tions they are unwilling to come into collision with Commissioner Smith, the [ndian Department and those interested parties who wish to uphold the contracts. You have no power to subpeena a witness, or in any way compel his attendance, or com| the production of a paper, or to administer an oath, or to compel a witness ttestily if present, or, if testifying, to an- swer any question that he might'not choose to answer. Under these circumstances you can gain no informa- tion, except rh as is volunteered, We must, there- fore, in view of the want of jurisdiction, and the ne- ur part in the premises, respect- x belore you in the matter, We ther remark that, from copies of letters and papers before us, we are of opinion that a thorough in- vestigation by a cornmissioy clothed with these neces. sary powers will reflect unfavorably upon THE OFFICIAL CONDUCT Ov sKCRETARY DELANO, from whom you liold your appointiaent, Before such & commission We are avail times ready appear and pro ecute our charges.” The Commissioners then went through the examina- tion of such witnesses as were produced by E, P. Simitty and by A, H. Wilder, of the beef and pine land ri It then adjourned to meet in Washington, where t access to every letter that | had ever written to any oill- cer or clerk of the Interior Departinent, and, as 1 wat credibly informed, sought out from scandal mongers alb the reports that had ever been in circulation in regard to me and my doings, Of course the Rey. E. P. Smith was triuinphantly vindicated, These Commissioners proceeded a step further than is customary with men acting in a somi-judicial capacity wy atiributing my want of confidence iu the Rey, E. P. Smith w some “mental peculiarity, Some of the more timid of my friends were quite satisfied with this verdict against my sanity, as they thought no sane man would the Department of the Interior, Iwill not ¢ longer on this commission, as its doings. wero p in a pamphlet of 146 pages, which was widely circulated. by the Interior Department. By comparing the t mony taken befure a commission, where the lawyer of Sunith and Wilder was present, with that taken’ [ow weeks afterward before a committee of the Legislatur: a verbatim copy of which { procured, it will bos how utterly unreliable is tho testimony before such a commission as that sent by Secretary Delano, The dit- ference was most inarked in the testimony a3 to the value of pine timber lund, for the sale of which Mr. K. P. Smith bad made immense contracts with A, H, Wilder, Mr. Wilder testilied that no one was interested. with him in the purchase, and that he had not bar- gained for the sale of any part of it or mado any trana- fer. When Mr, Wilder's attorney was put on. the wit~ ness stand before the Legislative Committee he testifled ‘that he had drawn @ trausier from A, H. Wilder to Mr. Dwyer for one-tifth of a large purchaso of timber, That. gentleman’s (Dwyer’s) agency for the Delanos is wgld known, A. H, Wilder seemed YO MANIPULATE THE COMMISSIONN! and to entertain them courteously, and [udian Commis. sioner Smith showed his appreciation of this kindnces by giving Wilder contracts for supplies to Indians to the extent of s: J hundred thousand dollars in defi- ance of the United States laws obliging him to advertise and to confer with the Board of Iudian Commissioners. ‘We will now returu to your old hunting ground at the Red Cloud and Whetstone Indian agencies. As I hayer before stated, the permanent Board of Indian Commis- sioners appointed by the President had rejected youcuers- to a large amount, becanse of real or alleged frauds at these agencies, and their conddential clerk, Mr. Samuel Walker, had, afier pe al inspection, reported that. the Board was fully justiiied in refusing to approve sucty vouchers, Secretary Delano, having paid them, deemed it necessary to send’a commission to see it he was justi- fied in so doing. The agents aud the contractors were duly notified of the approach of this commission, com» prising the Right Rev. W. H. Hare, the Rev. 8. D. Hin- man, I. H, Smith, one of the newly appointed perma- nent Board of Indian Commussioners, and J, Ds Bevier, an Indian Inspector, A care(ul perusal of their report, comprising fifty pages, will show bow thoroughly the spirit of the Secretary ef the Interior and of thor Aseistant Secretary had been infused into them. Tho Commissioners had an easy time, as the agencies were well prepared for them by sending away all the small cattle, A comparison of their report with that of Mr. Samuel Walker will show to any one accustomed to ex- amine testimony the folly of sending men called to and trained for the sacred ministry to play the part of the detective, One of the most experienced men in that. vicinity thus wrote to me immediately afterward:—“E offered them my services and wanted to make a fow statements, but not a single question was asked me, o¥ vho was not directly interested in yiving aff- davits in favor of the agents, The Luterior Department. ig rotten to the core, [ had, 1 think, seven affidavitay from Bernard about issues of beef charged and never made, and other similar swindling operations. -[ showed them to General Siaith, aud thea left them with bim,’? It is certain that THIS COMMISSION WAS DECEIVED COMPLETELY; but the eyes of its most estimable chairman are, I bes lieve, now being open After witnessing a delivery of” very superior cuttle (he chairman gaye Mr, Bosler a cor- tificate of approbation, which, to the astonishment of Mr. George H. Stuart, chairman of the executive com- mittee, Wao knew him thoroughly, presented to cluitn that the restriction on his bidding for contracts: should be removed. it will not be necessary to dwelk on the report of this Delano inve ing commission, as it is now understood that they were deceived, as was shown by the concurrence betwéen your report and that of Mr. Samuel Walker, As to the commission now in the fleld, to examine the accuracy of your report, little confidence can be placed in it, owing to its limited powers. The only hopefub feature arises from the presence of a reporter for one of the New York papers, Some of these ubiquitous gentle- men, a8 you well know, aro thoroughly intelligent, an@ just as persistent as a tly on a sultry afternoon, like the- one on Which Fai writing, lighting just. where it lists, and if shaken off from one point going immediately te another. You are fortunate in having one intelligent man with the commirsion, who is free to observe with- ‘out being restrained by the rules of evidence. There- fore the condemnation of your letter may not be quite £0 strong as was that of Mr. Samuel Walker’s report. And now, my dear sir, having written a very prosaic letter, I cannot restrain’ an inclination to givea Ite more sprightiness in the conclusion. I do not wish it. understood that the rather extravagant Munchansenisra in Inspector Daniels’ official report. is literally prose, and the remarkable feat performed by the chief officers of the Interior Department ean hardly be so styled, as it exceeds the performance of ANY OF THM PROFESSIONAL, JUGGLERS, When a child 1 was amazed at the account ofa snake swallowing an entire ox, but my amazement is sul? greater that men were able to swallow 15,000 upis, or Indian tents, with the cepacity for 20,000 if hard pressed, From recent accounts it appears that the younger of the Boslers is a tender he n, there- fore he cannot, without a violation of feeli parave the yearling oxen from their mothers, In my most in- nocent days Ido not think that I ever fully believed ‘op’s story of the frog equalling the ox in size, It igs | now a mystery to me how these yearlings, that cannot be separated from their mothers, are extended untid they reach the size of oxen and average 1,000 pounds im woight, us is testified to by one of Mr. Delano’s investi- gating ‘commissions. ‘These Commissioners may have been experts in the use of Fairbanks’ scales; but Lam ined to think, with one of the fattest Indians on the reservation, that with balancing scales he would oute woigh some of those yearlings that loomed up sv large in the eyes of investigators, You can hardly tell how much I am relieved by the presence of that reporter, who will undoubtedly provent- the commission from taking out & cominission of lunacy for you, as was no doubt contemplated. When [ read nud, Co my fumily, the report of the doings of the Min- nesota Commission, in which insanity was charged upon me, the merriest peal of laughter broke forth. It did sect ridiculous that a merchaut who had plodded on for fifty years of mercantile life shoald become so Quixotic a: to tilt at windmills, Youre a stranger to me, bat] have- fancied that you have « highly nervous temperament, ‘efore there might be serious consequences if'an inful- Tible Delano Investigating commission should decide that u have the premonitory syraptoins of insanity. What » Taoods and movements, and have a straight-jacket always within reach and powerinl men at hand to apply ite» You cau readily understand the measure of relief that I feel in the presence of a reporter who Waa» hot appointed by the Interior Department, Yours, very sincerely, WELSH, 1,122 Spruce street. 'y WILLIAM Pimapenruia, August 14, 1 A RIVER ROMANCE. Officers Kehoe and White, belonging to the police boat Seneca, while patroling the North River yesterday: , heard the eries of a woman for help. They immediately directed their boat in the direction from which the sound proceeded, and some distance from them they saw @ woman struggling in the water, The officers succeeded ip bringing her to the shore, and after the use of restoratives she recovered, She gavo- her name as Annie Frost, thirty-five years of age, and said she resided at No, 825 Greenwich street, Annie told | the officers that an unknown man had brought her on board the steamer Sea Bird, at pier 35, and throw ber from the boat into the water, ‘The policeman went om board the steamer, but none of the crew had ejther seen Annie or thrown Ler overboard. The police say that Annie appeared to be intoxicated, and her story 1s doubted. Her condition being very weak she was sont to the Chambers Street Hospital, DARK DOINGS ON THE DOCKS. Hugh H, Cosgrove, a liquor merchant, residing at No, 310 Monroe street, called yesterday afternoon at, Police Headquarters, aud informed the Inspector that when he ‘was leaving the wharf of the Harlem line of boats, at tho, foot of East Ninth streot, he was assaulted by a man unknown to him and beaten about the head with a club, Ho exhibited to the [uspector a severe scalp wound on the back of the head and several minor cuts, received from the club, Mr, Cosgrove was all covered with blood. | He asserts that he called an officer to arrgat hip Lad Assan bik Lhe ollicer rafaged bo do