The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1875, Page 15

RELIGIOUS — INTELLIGENCE, Ministerial and Church m\ Movements. ‘The Jewish New Year—Rumors and Facts About Moody and Sankey, So ee PROGRAMME OF SERVICES TO-DAY. The Rev. William Lloyd will this morning speak ‘about “Limiting God” and this evening about ‘Echoes from Oulvary’’ in Washington square Methodist Epis- fopal church. In All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal church the Rev. ‘W. N. Dunnell will preach to-day as usual. At the Free Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal church the Rey. John Johns will minister this morning and ‘evening at the usual hours. ss Rey, J. V. Saunders will preach as usual in the Wil- {ett street Methodist Episcopal church, near Grand ‘street. Morning subject, “The Christian’s Reward;” ‘evening, ‘The First Step Toward Heaven.” Dr. A. ©. Osborn will preach in the South Baptist ‘ehurch this morning and evening, Rey. W. H. Leavell will speak in Stanton street Bap- ‘tat church this morning about “Campaign Expenses” sand in the evening on ‘Repentence,”” “Waiting for Moody and Sankey” is the theme on ‘which Dr. Talmage will speak this morning in the Brooklyn Tabernac! The Rev. W. H. Thomas will preach as usual this morning and evening in Boekman Hill Methodist Epis- ‘opal church, Bishop Cummins will preach this evening and Rev. George Howell this morning in the Morning Star whapel. In the Central Methodist Episcopal church the Rev, 'C. 8. Harrower will preach at the usual hours to-day, } The Church of the Strangers will be reopened to-day and Dr, Deoms will preach both morning and evening vas usual, Tho Church of Our Saviour will be ministered to this ‘morning and evening by Rey. J. M. Pullman, “Three Indispensable Prerequisites to Efficient ‘Church Work”? will be indicated this morning by Rey. .B. 8. MacArthur tn Calvary Baptist church, “Tho Final Glory of God’s Children” will receive the attention of Rov. Alfred Taylor this morning, and {Paul's Shipwreck” this evening in the Jersey City Tabernacle. Mra. Hyser will speak this morning and Mr. Olcott ‘this evening before the Progressive Spiritualists, In the Church ot the Disciples of Christ the Rev. D, R, Van Buskirk will preach this morning on “The Christhood of Jesus, the Foundation of the Church and the Crood of Our Religion.” Dr. Armitage will preach this morning and evening a8 usual in the Fifth avenue Baptist Church, Bishop Cummins will preach this morning in the First Reformed Episcopal church, and Rey. W. T. Sabino in the evening. - Dr, Cyrus Dickson will speak to the Fourth Presby- terian church this morning and afternoon, “The Valley of Achor the Door of Hope for Zion” will ‘be explored to-day by S. 8, Snow in tho University chapel, Tho Rev. J. W. Selleck will preach, morning and evening, in Lexington avenue Methodist Episcopal eburcn, “Christ's Transfiguration” will be discussed this morning by Rev. H. D. Gause in the Madison avenue Rotormed church. The Rey. C, P. McCarthy, of Albany, will speak in Bleecker atreet Universalist church this morning on “Where Art Thou?” and this evening, ‘The Head of a ‘Ministry of Repentance.” The Rev. Dr. Ewer will officiate and preach to-day at ‘the usual services in St, Ignatius’ church. The Rev. Mr. Krans will preach this evening in St. Ann’s Protestant Episcopal church. Rey. A. 8. Patton, D. D., editor of the Baptist Weekly, ‘will preach in Plymouth Baptist church to-day. . Inthe Church of the Resurrection the Rey. Dr, Wiagg will officiate and preach this morning. A spiritual conference will be held at Harvard Rooms this afternoon and evening, to which a general invita- tion fs given. The Church of the Incarnation will be ministered to ito-day by Rev. Arthur Brooks. Rov. H. W. Knapp will preach in Laight street Bap- ‘fist church this morning and evening at the usual ‘hours. The Rey. W. P. Abbott will minister to St. Luke’s ‘Methodist Episcopal church this morning and evening. Rev. 8, M. Hamilton will preach morning and after. moon in the Scotch Presbyterian church, ® Rev. W. H. Giffert will preach in Canal street Pros. byterian church morning and afternoon, “Revivals” will be considered: this morning by the Rev. J. Spencer Kennard in the Pilgrim Baptist church, In St. John’s Methodist Episcopal church the Rev. J, M. King will preach to-day, as usual. Rev. N. Bjerring will preach, in the English language, ‘this morning in the Russian chapel. In Seventeenth street Methodist Episcopal charch tho Rev. J. R. Crook, LL. D., will preach this morning, and the Rey. J. H, Lightbourn this evening, on the “Destruction of the Earth by Fire.” “Christ's Compassion for the Weak” and ‘David in Exile” will be considered by the Rey. J. B, Hawthorne in the Tabernacle Baptist church at the usual hours to- day. Rey. J. 8. Willis will preach this morning and even- ‘ing in Seventh street Methodist Episcopal church. « Rev, J. F, Elder, D, D., of New York, and Dr, Ful- ton, of Brooklyn, will preach this morning and evon- Ang at the dedication of the Tabernacle Baptist church, Brooklyn. CURRENT TOPICS. The poor Indian is in a chronic state of discontent, He ts beginning, however, to see through the tricks and the manners of the white man, He complains that whenever an appropriation of food or clothing is made by the authorities at Washington a flock of harpies at- tends the feast, and when it reaches the Red River there is nothing lett but bones and tatters, He is un- Teasonable enough to complain, and then we send out (soldiers to shoot him for grumbling. Tho Christianity of the nineteenth century seems to be something of a imystery to him, « Strange! Rev. Dr. Fulton, of the Hansom place church, Brooklyn, though an admirable gentleman, lacks the one virtue of resignation, Last Thursday evening his trustees and deacons came to the conclusion that, though Baptists, they preferred cold water to hot, and Fequested the pastor to be on the lookout for a larger field of usefylness. The Doctor, however, keeps tho pot boiling, and the chances are that in @ short time steam enough will be generated to blow up the whole concern, It has been suggested that an uptown daily prayer Moeting ought to be held. The Church of the Disciples has been offered for that purpose, This is a good move ‘and ought to be heartily seconded. Such a mcoting is to be held in Lyric Hall from day to day. Rey. Stopford Brooke, one of the most popular ‘elergymen of London, {s about to retire from the pul- pit. Many a man might be sooner spared. ‘The Baptist Weekly has opened tho war on the public School question by a couple of editorials which its sub- Beribors at least will read with interost. This matter is to excite some lively discussion before it can be settled, ‘and itis of such grave importance that all hot blood and bad temper should be kept out of the controversy and tho calmest and eincerest thought of the people given to it, It will probably obtrude {tself upon our at- tention in a way to demand settlement before long, and too much careful and honest and charitable thinking cannot be given to it, When we do meet it let us do it calmly, and when wo settle it let us settle it forever, All the religious papers have something to say about tho revivalists, Moody and Sankey, this wook. They do not agree as to the value of tho work pronosed nor @s to the way in which it should be dono; =~. they all admit that something ought to be done ané ‘hat somo- body ought to do {t, On the whole there ts about the Average amount of agreement that gonerally exists in y Feligious bodies, Mr. Beecher is bound to keep ahead of everybody, Ho was last seen accomplishing this feat by riding on the cow-catcher of a locomotive, There is considerable excitement Just now among the (Methodists concorning what are rashiy callod faith NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1875.—QUINTUPLE SHEET wures. 10 1s claimed that broken arms ana acuse diseases are cured by “the laying-on of hands.” Perhaps; but there is just room for doubt, and in that obscure corner we stand. If our arm were broken badly wo firmly be- Heve that we should send for a surgeon rather than a mesmerist, Still there is some truth in the general theory, as we can ourselves attest, ‘The other day a boy approached us in a stealthy way and abstracted our Pocketbook, “The power” was great for a rmo- ments, and we ourselves cured that boy by the laying- on of hands, Moody and Sankey have stirred up the enemy. They refused to use the Unitarian chureh in which to preach orthodoxy, which was @ mistake, and then the slighted clergyman took up the cudgels and proposed to make warm work. Well, theological squabbles are mean. things at best. There is always a loud noise, torn clothing, bruised faces and nothing settled. ‘It is” is the small sword of one party, and “It is not’ is the bludgeon of the other, ‘That is the way the battle be- gins, and that is the way itonds, Dust, dirt and soured tempers are about all the trophies that ever leave such & battle feld. Our advice is to let theology alone in the coming campaign, and to depend for our estimate of its value simply upon the faith and honesty and sweetness which it puts into people’s lives, Dr. Fulton lately said that there were several churches in Brooklyn which held weekly dances, This is a wholesale assertion and needs corroboration. The Doc- tor is a little impatient of the curb, and when he takes the bit between his teeth his best friends admit that no one knows where ho will run, If he means that several churthes in Brooklyn have dances, superintended and. led by the deacons, they ought to be looked aftor, because there is already scandal enough in that respectable section of the country. It has very properly been suggested that the pastors of New York meet every day for a week preceding a public move toward the revival to pray for each other, Nothing could be better, and no class of men need it more, They are all good, no doubt, but oh! they could be so much better! The Colosseum has been talked of as a fit place for monster meetings when Moody and Sankey arrive, It would cost, it is estimated, about $10,000 to make the necessary alterations. A large tent is regarded by others as the better shelter for the crowds that will rush to hear and see this double team of evangelism. Others, still, insist that New York will not be visited at all, and that Brooklyn will be tho grand con- tre of effort. We are ready to admit that the city across the water, our friendly suburby needs all possi- ble religious attention, and we are grateful for the implied compliment that New York-is as far ahead of the rest of the world in spiritual progress as she is in all other things, Still we will modestly suggest, by way of self-depreciation, that a moderate dose of plain Gospel trath-tolling would do us no serious harm, How dehghtful it is to see brethren dwelling together in unity! Perfect harmony is a grand thing if you can have it. Tho next best thing is, perhaps, a first class quarrel. There isan old story somewhere, in a book which seems to be little read, about the ointment that ran down Aaron’s beard, and the is that among d@cent folk everything ought to go concerned were evidently out of ointment, A good old gentleman, determined to see his money well spent, gave a large part of his property to the Clinton avenue Baptist church, A minister was secured, the organ- strong element on the close communion side of the people trudge along on dry land, Well, after a while, in accordance with the poem which tells us that “the young may die, the aged must,” tho old gentleman was laid in the grave of his forefathers, Thereupon the younger members of the family set up @ claim to the church property, brought a suit against the society and won it. The will was broken, the society was shattered, and a snug little estate reconverted to worldly purposes, All this may | be a smail matter, but it is after all somewhat romantic and very suggestive as to the way in which history is made, for the disbanded church has gathered together its broken fragments, organized itself under the name of the Adelphi street Baptist church, and called for its pastor the Rev. Georgo Pentecost, formerly of Brooklyn, but now of Boston, ‘This throws the whole weight of the church on the side of open communion. Mr. Pen- tecost left Brooklyn some time since because he was not sustained in his position as an open communionist, and one of the churches that voted against him was this very body which now accepts his platform and calls him to its pastorate, It is not true that any portion of Hanson place church membership will go with the new organization, Ecclesiastical affairs are a little funny after all, Thero seem to be as many quips and turns and summersaults there as elsewhere. What next? MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS, ROMAN CATHOLIC. The Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of this city, assisted in the dedication of St, John’s church, Providence, RB. I., last Sunday. Rev. Fathers Thiess, Ebel and Hersch, three exiled priests from Germany, have just arrived in Baltimore, The first named will remain in that city, the others will go respectively to Chicago and Annapolis, The Rev. Sherwood Healy, of Boston, is still danger- ously ill, Bishops Domenee and Ryan (of Buffalo) dodicated St. Peter’s church at McKeesport, Pa, last Sunday. The annual convention of the Catholic Total Ab- stinence Union of America will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 6th of October. Rev. Father Dufresne, pastor of the French Church of the Precious Blood, Holyoke, Mass., 1s building a splendid new church on the lot recently occupiod by the small frame building whose destruction by fire ob- tained sucha sad notoriety by the death of eighty persons. The newedifico is of brick, with granite trimmings, In the Gothic style cruciform, 125 feet long by 65 broad in the’main body of tne church and 90 feet at the transept, The door accommodation will be spa- cious, The front doors will be hung with double hinges, so as to swing both ways. When completed this church will be one of the finest parish churches in the diocese of Springteld. ‘A mission is now open at St, Clement's church, Paschalville, West Philadelphia, Pa, Roy, Eq McKenna and Rey, P, 8, Coilins, Dominicans from New York, conduct it, ‘The new St. Joseph's church, at San José, Cal., will cost $80,000, The Paulist Fathers from New York began their mis- sions in Minnesota on September 19, Several par- ishes of the diocese are to receive visits from them. The Catholic Church is making rapid progress in the Southern States, and especially in the State of Georgia. The number of Catholics is daily increasing, conven' academies, charitable institutions, churches, paroanial e multiplied; @ vigorous breath enlivens the ody, BAPTIST. Rev. I. D. King has accepted tho office of Financial Secretary of the American Baptist Historical Society, and ‘will at once enter on the work of raising the pro: posed $50,000 for the society’s new buildin Rev. Dr. Buckland, Professor of Church History in Rochester Theological’ Seminary, has beon tomporarily relieved of duty on account of illness, and his chair will be filled by Rev. Howard Osgood, D, D., of Flush- ing, L. L fav. Wayland Hoyt will sail for home about Novem- ber L. His health is almost restored, A an of Baptists havo contracted for seventy acres of land on the east side of Chautauqua Lake, just opposite the grounds of the National Sunday School Assembly, at $500 per acre, which is designed as a sum- mer resort for Baptist ministers and laymen, whoro neat cottagés shall be erected and an auditorium for religious services, Tho Rev. David Moore, Pastor of the Washington ayenuo Baptist church, Brooklyn, will spend the winter at the Arkansas Hot Sulphur Springs, The Rey, Dr. Jeffery Baptized several recent converts on Sunday evening last in Marcy avenue Baptist church, Brooklyn, in the presence of a crowded congregation, ‘The Clinton averrue church, Brooklyn, has disbanded, title of the Adelphi street church, Boston pastor enterprise, The Rev, J. B. Cleaver, who, upon retiring from the pastorate of the Sixth avenue church, Brooklyn, organ- ized a new congregation, closed his short period of pas- toral service last Sunday. Ho goe 0 serve a congrega- tion of Disciples, at Troy, N. Y. The Rev. Asa Randlett, for more than twenty years an esteemed and successful mini in the Freewill Baptist denomination, united with the Baptist church, in Groton, Mass., on a recent Sabbath, Last Tuesday evening the Rev. W. H. Coleman was ordained to the Gospel ministry and installed pastor of Shiloh Baptist church, Harlem, The new Tabernacie Baptist church on Clinton stree' Brooklyn, will bo dedicated today, Drs. Elder, ol New York, and Fulton, of Brooklyn, will proach, ‘and the dedicatory services will be continued through tho Rumor has it that a 8 to be invited to take the lead of the week, ‘The Boston North Baptist Association comprises 36 churches, 28 ministers and 10,367 communicants. Their contributions for benevolent and church Ly! hd dure {ng the last financial year amounted to $103, 63, METHODIST, ‘Tha Mathodist Rpiscavai chureh at Salisbury Mills, son drawn from it | smoothly. But here is an episode in the history of ono | of the Brooklyn churches which shows that the parties | ization went on swimmingly and became a pretty | Long Island Association. Close communion means that | @ given amount of water is necessary to salvation. The | Baptists of this order sail to heaven, while other | and a new organization has been agreed upon under the | Now York, was rededicated last Friday by Rev. W. P. aire The pal church in Bath (second c New York, be dedicated to-day by Dr. W. H. Du Puy, of this‘city. Bishop Kavanagh, though now seventy-three years of age, Ofty-three of which he has spent in the ministry, is still active aud 18 now visiting the Pacific conferences of the Church, South. Rev. J. 8. Iuskip is recruiting his health at Clifton Springs, N. Y. Rev, Dr. J. W. Lindsay, of Boston Untversity, arrived here from Europe in good health last Monday. He spent four mouths abroad. Rev. I. G. Bidwell, of the ow England Conference, has also returned from his European tour. The Northern Methodists have opened another new church in a convent at Puebla, Mexico. The Southern Methodists have also dedicated a new church in tho City of Mexico, Rev. C. W. Drees is pastor of the former and Rey, Joel Daves of the latter. ‘The Christian Advocate notices as @ remarkable fact that Bishop Jaggar, of Cincinnati, and Dr, Cooper, of Philadelphia, both Episcopalian officiated during their summer stay at Jackson, N, H., without either robe or book, in the villago Baptist church, a church of the real aquarium species, Miss Campbell and Miss German will leave in the steamer of October 1 from San Francisco for China as missionaries. Rev. W. E. Newlon, late of Drew Sem- inary, goes out to India to work under Rev. William Taylor, Rev. F. W. Wheeler will return to India about November 1. He is here on a recruiting vacation. Rev. De Witt C. Challis, of Detroit Conference, has been appointed a missionary to Bulgaria, The statistics of the Southwest rman Conference show an increase of 412 members, 2 local preachers, 11 Sunday schools, 86 teachers and 546 scholars. The Detroit Conference statistics show:—Members, 21,204; churches, 246; parsonages, 128; collected for missions, $7,200; Sunday schools, 414, and scholars ip schools, 20,304, PRESBYTERIAN, The great religious interest which has been witnessed in the Brooklyn Tabernacle for the last two years still continiies, 100 persons last Sabbath night after sermon arising for —— Rev. Dr, Wilham Spear has resigned the secretaryship of the Presbyterian Board of Education that he may re- turn to China as a missionary, The Rev, G. L. Hamilton, of Rochester, has been called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Rose, N. Y., and accepted the same. The Rev. J. 8. Pattengill, of Holland Patent. has Sees his pastoral oversight to Binghamton, The Rey. Arthur Potts, of Morrisania, has accepted a call to the Presbyterian church at Little Falls, N. Y. The Presbyterian church at Downsville, N. ¥., has | called to its pulpit the Rev. @, M. James, of the Senior Class at Auburn Theological Seminary. ba The Rev, 0. H. Hazard, of Billings Station, has just been chosen successor to Rey. E. P. Roe in tho pas- torate of the Presbyterian church at Highland Falls, N.Y. On September 14 a new chapel was dedicated at Mansfield, Pa, and on the 16th the corner stone of a new church editice was laid at Troy, Pa, The Highty-sixth street Presbyterian church of this city is reported to be in a very weak condition. It must have help, or it will surrender, Rey. Alfred Taylor, one of the editors of the Christian at Work, will probably be called to the Tabernacle Con- gregational church o! Jersey City, EPISCOPALIAN, The Reformed Episcopal Church leaders have resolved | to hold a council in Chicago for the purpose of dividing | Illinois into synodical districts, after the Presbyterian | mode, It is proposed that each synod is to have a bishop, all of whom are to be supplementary to the present missionary bishops Cummins and Cheney The Rev, William K. Eigenbrodt, D, D., professor in the General Theological ‘Seminary, has been unan- imously elected rector of St, Paul’s,’ Edgewater, Staten Island, N. Y, The corner stone of Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal | church, Philadelphia, was laid on Thursday afternoon, with appropriate ceremonies. Bishop Bedell, of Ohio, sailed from Europe for home September 18. He is expected here, therefore, during | this week. The Rev. Robert B. Peet, having returned from his | pail fs England, has entered upon his duties as rector of Emmanuel church, Newport, R. I. The Rey. J. B, Landers, of St. John’s chapel, Roches- ter, N. Y., and Rev. C. W, Leflingwell, rector of St. Mary’s School, Knoxville, IL, have both returned from Europe in renowed health. The Rev. Thomas R. List.will enter upon the rector- ship of the Church of the Redemption, Philadelphia, | next Sunday. ‘The Rev. Joseph N. Blanchard, of Greenwich, N. ¥., has been elected rector of St, James’ parish, Fordham, | He 8. H. Tyng, Jr., sailed from Liverpool on the | 181 MISCELLANEOUS, The American Presbyterian Church, the Church of Jesus, the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Metho- | dist Episcopal Church South in Mexico have associated themselves for Bible work in that country. They rep- Tesent ninety-five Protestant congregations and fully 6,000,000 of people who are open to and anxious for tho Bible. They have sent to the American Bible Society arequest for grants of Bibles to be distributed there, During the last three months 1,460 copies of the Bible have been circulated in Uruguay, South America, 1,395 of which were sold in eighteen different towns, Mathew Hale Smith is supplying the Park Congrega- tidual church of Brooklyn, At the last meeting of the American Bible Soctety grants of books to the value of $7,500 were made, and funds to the amount of $3,000, for expenditure in’ for- eign lands, were also given. ‘The receipts of the society. for August were $31,765 65 and the number of copies of the Scriptures issued during the month 49,462, ‘The Sixty-sixth annual meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions will bo held in Chicago, October 5, ‘The tenth annual convention of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of this State, which met in New- burg last Thursday, will close there to-day, ‘The next annual ‘conference of the British Branch of the Evangelical Alliance will be held in Belfast, Ireland, October 19 and following days. The foreign missionary treasury of the Reformed Dutch Church is in debt $36,000, and bills for five months are due, An appeal is made to the Church to wipe out this debt and to contribute to the current ex- penses of the missions. One dollar a member would do this. The debt and expenses amount to $70,000 and there are 71,000 communicants in the Church, Professor Perry, of Williams College, was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregational church at South Williamstown, on Wednesday of last week. The closing service for the season in Lefferts Park, Brooklyn, will be held to-day. The Brooklyn Young Men’s Praying Band, W. ©. O'Donnell, leader, sustain these meetings every summer for four months, and the meetings are uoually crowded. Ministers of ‘different denominations preach there alternately. The Rev. Mr. Julian, of New Bedford, is spoken of as the Erotably pastor of tho newly organized Congrega- tional church in Tompkins avenue, Brooklyn. THE GREAT EVANGELISTS. THEIR SENSATIONAL PROGRAMME AUTHORITA~ TIVELY DENIED—THEY DON'T KNOW YET WHERE TO BEGIN WORK, Such is the anxiety of certain persons to bring the Great evangelists, Messrs. Moody and Sankey, to thi city, and so much injerest do they digplay in th future plans and operations, that yesterday some of our city contemporaries published a sensational programme of their doings and thinkings for the future, which con- tained, as we have the very highest and best authority for stating, not a word of truth, save the single guess that about November 1 the evangelists will begin their work. Mr. Sankey was here last week on his way home to Newcastle, Del, and he stated to friends that they had not yet agreed upon any programme of operations, and that. thoy | would not commence anywhero until tho Ist of November, They have tnvitations from | Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago and other | large cities as well as New York, but they have not yet | decided where to start. Coming ashe did, fresh from Mr Moody’s home in Northfeld, Mass, Mr. Sankey expressed Mr. Moody’s purpose as well as his own. | But we havo the assurance also of a prominent mem: ber of the Young Mon’s Christian Association of this city that no such negotiation and no such plans as were published yesterday have been thought of or could be | carried out. When it was understood last June that Messrs. Moody and Sankey.wore to return to this country @ preliminary meeting of ministers and lay- men of different denominations was held here, and resolutions were adopted cordially inviting them to visit New York, but to this invitation they have received only @ general reply. ‘The evangelists, | not having decided where to begin, have not, of course, indicated New York as the favored place. | But as Messrs. Moody and Sankey leave the financial | and material interests of their labors to the Christian | people of the different cities where they have been in- vited certain members of the proliminary committee appointed at the June meeting have been looking around to see whether and where @ suitable building could be obtained for revival services to be held, and, among others, they haye looked at the Hippodrome. But nothing definite has been or is likely to be done in the matter at present. The Young Men’s Christian Association have had XO SUCH NEGOTIATION WITH aR, MOODY 8 1s indicated in the publications referred to, nor have they thought of such a thing, The only connection of the association with the matter is the fact that certain of its | members and directors have been appointed on tho committee already named. And this being the case, the association invited that committee to use its rooms for their meetings, and ono meeting of the com- mittee has been held. Besides, both Messrs. Moody and Sankey refuse any compensation for their work. They did so in England and they will do 80 hore, savo the voluntary contributions of those interested in their work. Indeed Mr, Moody would not go to any place where an attempt would be made to make money out of his meetings, or to pay their expenses by the sale of books and tracts, as suggested, The Young Men's Christian Association, in common with other Christian people of this city, have a hearty sympathy with the religious movement begun and 80 successfully carried on by the evangelists, and believes that if they should come to this city, great good might be accomplished through their ministry, But no extraordinary intluence, yecuniary or otherwise, has been or will be brought to fear upon them to induce them tocome here rather than go elsewhere, They must judge and decide for themselves in this matter, When they have decided on a programme the public will be apprised of it in due season, . ‘Tation of the South, There no religion oo! | The machiner, | says wonderful excitements produced on the publio mind by causes in their origin the most insignificant, which resulted often in disastrous consequences. “Law's Scheme,” the “Mississippi Bubble,” the “Great Plague in London,” ‘Fessenden’s Terrible Tractors,” the “Morus Multicaulis Mania,” to say nothing of the “Fox Spiritual Manifestations’ and the great revival timos.of Jonathan Edwards, and later the same system of protracted meet- ings, by Finney, Burchard, MaMit and Elder Knapp, o¢ which Jonathan Edwards sad in his day, “It ewept over New England like a prairie fire!” And he might have added, lett a burned and blackened desolation be- hind! And now comes “the Moody and Sankey re- vival’’ in England, to “come o’er us like a summer's cloud, and not escape our wonder!” Multitudes, that no man can number, flocked to the mootings of those two men, so that many were crushed almost to death to hear an unlearned man expound the Gospel, while the other sings in melting strains :— Come to Jesus, come to Jesus, Come just now! : Bishops, priests and deacons, lords and ladies flock to hear something they think they have missed in West- minster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, in Spurgeon’s Tabernacle or in Rev. Dr, Parker's Pavilion, The movement began, as all such movements begin, with the undertow. Indeed, barring the singing feature, there had been a failur is tho Irishman would say, before it began. The religious world has been set agog at this modera inovement, begun when all was quiet, and {fy now wondering , Whereunto it will grow. Now to ridicule the honest endeavors of ignorant ople to diffuse a knowledge of Christ's re- igion among men, the real Christian will never do, for itis a ot Christ's teaching that the woman who ept the house and found the piece of silver which sl lost naturally called in her friends and neigh- bors to rejoice with her, And so it 1s with all w come to partake of the joy of the Gospel salvation that by a law of Christ's ‘kingdom, a knowledge superna- tural, must be expansive in its growth, as we see in the case of Philip and Nathaniel, who said, “Come and see if any good thi can come out of Nazareth.” At the same time, who shall say it ts uncharitable to question the conduct and actions of those gentlemen who set themselves up to be teachers in thi din England? They certainly ignore the experience and wisdom of thoughtful men who have given long lives toa careful study of the Scriptures, and do, in effect, put forth their crude sayings as of more worth in bringing sinners to Christ than can be found in any other way. It is true they can point to the multitudes who flock to their services as an evidence of their success beyond the staid methods of preach- ig the Gospel in the churches, And they may Say, also, can ~you deny that God {is blessing our work in this direction? Well, let us see, Tho careful survey of the whole enterprise shows two things:—First, there exists in our large cities, such as London, Edinburgh, New York, Chicago and other places a mags of ignorant, degraded and besotted poeple, whose lives are little above or beyond that of brutes, who cannot read, write or think beyond what they hear from better informed people. This class are among the most impressible and excitable of dur population, as demagogues can very woll attest. The same food for ex- citement has always been found among the slave popu- be genuine that was not provocative of excitement— shouting, swooning andavision! The advent of Mr. Moody (in England), who aimed his shafts of fiery vengeance against the impenitent by startling anecdotes of sudden deaths as ‘“‘awful warnings’—found a read; response and a powerful echo in the hearts and min of those whose lives are spent amid scenes of debauch- ery, restricted comforts and pleasures, That the zeal and piety of all the clergy of all denominations fail in reaching the masses, gives, as nothing else will give, a color to the need of such work as Moody and Sankey are do‘ng, there is no denial. But are such spasmodic efforts likely to prove of any permanent advantage ? Thoughtful Christians, of long and large expe- rience, say no permanent g may be looked for in this or any kindred movement. is not new; It ts the old patent of for- mer leaders of revivals, without the merit of previous experience to excuse the blunders which they honestly made. The godly Edward Irving croated as great @ furor in the deserted slums of London as Measrs. Moody and Sankoy have done. Wesley, Whit fleld and their compeers found the Church of England in a@ comatose state, when they took off their surplices and went down among the miners of Cornwall to preach the Gospel to them. Hence permanence is not to be expected now, when England can boast of a Shaftsbury, a Coutts, a Kingsley and hosts of othera ready to podr out their treasures or their hoarts in ameliorating the condition ofthe poor, But the danger lies in a relapse into a dreary doubt and distrast of all religion not having its origin “in the storm and whirlwind” of religious ex- citement, STILLWATER, ROSH HASHANAH. THE JEWISH NEW YEAR—ITS ORIGIN AND OBSERVANCE—DISCOURSE BY REY. & M, ISAACS, Next Wednesday evening, the seventh month in the Jewish ecclesiastical year (Tishri), will begin a new year (5,636) since the creation, according to Jewish chronology. On that evening and the following day tho shofer or cornot will be sounded in the synagogues to prociaim a solemn assembly to tho Lord, and to call the people to repentance and an examination of themselves, in view of the Day of Atonoment that is to follow. Two days are generally observed by the orthoaox Jews to commemorate this event, The first day, originally instituted as a day of alarm sound and remembrance, has been gradually invested with the character of the beginning of the new year, the day from which tradition dates the creation of man, On that day the wave of devotion rises higher than on any other throughout the year; itis the link, as it were, which combines the past with the present and future, the toils, sufferings and joys of the period | closed with the hope and fear, the expectation and tro- mor of the coming, Not one of the vast multitude who shall gather in the synagogues on that day but can re- call some incident to cause pain, and feel how much we are dependent on the great God of Israel, who does all things for some good and wise purpose, The clarion notes of the “Shofer,’? reminding all of repentance, heralds the approach of a time for general contrition— “Forgive, if ye would be forgiven.” ORIGIN OF THIS PRSTIVAL. The authority for commemorating this day and oc- casion is found in Levit. xxxiri., 24, and other scattered passages of Scripture. {ts annual coming has a tempo- rary influence for good over Jewish minds, but when the | holidays are over a season of mirth and revelry ensues, and the good impressions made by this memorial season disappoar liko the wasted fabric of adream. “Happy,” the Jewish Messenger contmenting on this subject, “happy those Iraelites who, on the morning of the New Year, will resolve to lead a better life, to determino to look at the Decalogue adorning their religious shrines notas an ornament connected with tho edi- fice, but as a monition to them to observe the words written with the finger of God.” But happier they who shall put such resolves and determinations into daily practice, Yesterday, being the last Jewish Sab- bath of the old year 5635, the Rev. 8, M. Isaacs deliv- ered what ho called a valedictory on the declining year. He took his text very appropriately from Psalm xi, 9:—"Our years are consumed as a tale that {s told.” Experience, he said, teaches us this fact had not the inspired writer penned it at all, We are closing the year, and nothing is left of it but its troubles and sorrrws as a memorial. Let ustrace in our minds tho results of the past and take a look at accomplished facts. The springtime has come and gone; the summer, too, with its fruits and flowers, has passed away, andthe autumn is now here and winter is not far away. We area year older; but are we a year better? Let us remember how we havo employed tho year now closing. ll things around us have fulfilled their geen task. The sun and the moon have lighted the eartl and the earth has performed her annual course aroun the great luminary; our fields and gardens have given us their fruits and flowers; but we—what have we done? Three hundred and sixty-five times during the year wo have had the opportunity to do good or evil. © Which have we done? Have we served our God as we havo served ourselves? or have we allowed the days to pass away as a talo that is told? Have wo taught the law of God as we ought? Have we remembered that this law is our light and our salvation? Have we sown in our pathway tears or smiles? HOW MANY HAVE WE RESCUED from lives of abomination and vice? Have we dis. charged our duty to the young committed to our care? Have we taught them to be good and to shun vice, and avoid evil associates, and to obey their Heavenly Father? Would to heaven that we could answer these questions satisfactorily! then we should be enabled to say to the old year, Blessed art thou at thy depart- ure, Our children have @ right to ask and to expect us to teach them the law of our God, and if we have failed in this our years aro ag a tale that is told, ‘This occa- sion appeals to every Jew and Jewess, and, in tho words of Moses, allofthem stand before the Lord our God alive and happy to-day, Some among us may be 80 full of fashionable life that they cannot adopt such measures as we do; and, alas! how many there are who forget that they are mortal, and who try to banish all ideas of religion from their minds! But Tot us who aro hero give a bettor tone to our feelings, This has been a year of trial to many commer- cially, It bas shown how frail is the structure on which our hopes are built, Every head is sick and every heart faint and sorrowful. Socially it has proved that we have lived too extravagantly, pf the year has taught us that we ought to be Fenske for tho better or the worse. Religiously it has been a year for pull- ing down the strongholds of our faith, Mr. Isaacs here referred indirectly to the movement toward reform in the Thirty-fourth street synagogue (which edifice was crowded with worshippers enersayt and added, to his THE PHENOMENA OF REVIVALS, To rus Eviror oy THe HeraLy:— Persons at all familiar with certain phenomena dur- fma the past century will readily call ta mind the own people, that while others were violating Jewish law and custom by introducing organs, female singers, family ht &c., they shoul do everything in their power to. uphold their religion, He regretted, however, that they were at more prompt in their places on Friday evenings ‘and | remarked, and and on Sabbath the present falling off, he the congregation, Let organs peal but let the organ of our voices us, at the close of the ink of the days of our uth The year gone as a tale that ig told and no carthly power can obliterate the record of our errors that {t carries; no human ney can ab- solve us from them, But there is hope, ‘For though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as woo! and though they be red like crimson they shall be as snow.” And now, in parting with the old year, let us be impressed in i God wt sh with its teach: and let our young ones enjoy them- selves in this and fear the God of their fathers that their days may be prolonged. Mr, Isaacs closed with an appeal to parents to be faithful, A NEW ART SCHOOL, THE YOUNG ARTISTS SETTING UP FOR THEM- SELVYES—WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO AND WHAT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY HAS NOT DONE, Now that the winter is drawing near artists are re- turning to the city and cleaning their well worn brushes, while the students sharpen their pencils and Jay their palettes in preparation for a season of hard work. Matters at the Academy of Design consequently become of great interest to all connected therewith, and tho subject of what arrangements will be made for the instruction of pupils during the coming season is one of vital importance to those concerned, It is doubtful whether the advantages for pupils will be as great as formerly, and it is certain that many who-studied in the Academy last year will study there no longer. A large number have determined to change their place and means of instruction for the sake of remain- ing with their former instructor, who bas resigned his position as teachor in the academical schools, Among the younger and more ambitious students who have been connected with the Academy there has for some time past been a feel- ing of restlessness, caused by certain restraints and drawbacks, which has hindered their proper progress. It has boen found difficult to make satisfactory advance- ment, despite their own hard work, and since last spring they have met with additional discouragoments, In the first place, Professor L, E. Wilmarth, who had charge of the classes, and whom it was customary to Te-engage for the coming season upon the conclusion of each term, was not re-engaged as usual and had not been spoken to in regard to resuming his professorship this winter, nor had any arrangements, apparently, ‘been made to secure any one to supersede him as head of the Academy classes, Later in the summer a well authenticated rumor got afloat to the effect that at the last meeting of the Acad- emy Council it had been decided not to re-open the wthools before December, instead of in October, as in former years, Also that it had been determined not to omploy any professor, There is an old rule for the government of the classes which says fhat students will be required each year to study from the antique before being admitted to the more important privileges of the life school. This rule being revived last year, the pupils who had finished with the antique school and had already been permitted to study from life were required to return to a study from the antique, thus causing a needless delay of ten weeks im their proper work. If, therefore, the Academy schools were not to re-open till December next, work in the lite senool would be delayed until the latter part of Fobruary, leaving less than four months’ of study in this most important branch. It was clear to the pupils that under such an arrsnge- ment their progress would be almost hopelossly re- tarded, and if any headway was to be made it must be through their own independent exertions. A meeting was accordingly hold and a visit made to Mr. Wilmarth’s studio in order to ascertain from the Professor himself how the case actually stood and what the prospects were. As nothing had been said to him about acting as teacher this winter he supposed that no instructor would be engaged. In fact, he had heard as much from a member of the Council, The students con- sidered that, under the circumstances, the best course they could pursue would be to cnt loose from the brug and, having secured proper quarters, to invite Mr, Wilmarth to resume his position as their instructor. An organization being effected under the name of the “Art Students’ League,” with about seventy members, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Wilmarth consented to accept the position of President of the new society, to take charge of the classes and conduct them on the i of the Parisian ateliers or studios, Bor the time being his services will be gratui- tous. Immediately upon organizing, the League pub- lished a circular explaining their intentions and the immediate causes of their determination, Their ob- jects, as stated, aro attainment of a higher devel- opment in art encouragement of a spirit of true friend- ship among the members; the imparting of valuable { formation pertaining to art as acquired by any of the members, such knowledge to be made the | geste prop- erty of the society; the accumulation of works and books of art, and such properties and material as will best advance the interests of the members; mutual help | in study, and practical assistance, if need be, in time of sickness and tronble,? The question of dues is to be managed as economically as ‘ible, im order to make the privileges of member- ship available to all students, ladies and gentlemen, whose characters are approved and who are thoroughly in earnest in their work. In its new home, at the cor- ner of Fifth avenue and Sixteenth street, in the rooms formerly occupied as a photograph gallery and directly above Weber’s piano warerooms, the League intend to establish classes for study from the nude and draped model, of composition, perspective, &c, The publica- tion of the circular containing some of the facts given above elicited a letter from President Whittredge, of the National Academy. Exception was taken to para- graph referring to the rumor which had operated so | strongly on the minds of the already dis- satisfied students, Mr. Whittredge stated that the intention was to reopen the schools in November, instead of in December, as rumored. Bee sides, the Council, which was reported to havo taken the objectionable step, had no power to do so, as the term of the majority of members then in’ session would expire before the customary time for the fall opening, and at most the outgoing Council could only recommend the measure to their successors, who would take such action as they pleased. But the young art- ists had fully determined upon their course, and had no idea of changing their plans. Their present inten- tion is to open the new school about the Ist of October. When the Academy was established, just fifty yours since, the use of its models and rooms was allowed to as many students as could be comfortably accommo- dated, No instruction was afforded them, For man: years the plan was as successful as might be, thoug! necessarily inadequate for the requirements of beginners in tho study of art. Whon, several years later, the building originally occupied was sold, the casts, &o., used in the Academy were stored in a building at the corner of Broadway and Thirteenth street, where they lay until 1863, being then transferred to the building now occupied, At tho same time students wore re- stored to their former privileges. But the plan which had been comparatively successful forty years carlier failed almost entirely, and no step tending toward improvement was made before 1870. Then for the first time an artist was employed to take charge of the Academy classes, whose members were so few and far between as to be almost lost among the statues, &o. from which they were studying. When found and counted there proved to be scarcely more than a dozen in all, But work was immediately begun with this little band. It was determined that, in order to obtain admission to the privileges of academical tnstruction, applicants should in the future be required to submit a drawing from a ‘oe cast of some part of the human body—head, hand or foot. The number of pupils tn- creased, and at the commencement of the last term twelve ladies and twenty gentlemen had joined tho classes, Before the season was over the number of gentlemen had nearly doubled, and instead of twelve ladies there wero fifteen. The term, beginning In October, ended in Juno, a period of eight months, during which time the three classes into which the schools were divided met every Monday, Wednesday ana Friday. One class of gentle. men received instruction for two hours in the morning, while another worked from seven till nine in the even- ing, the class of ladies meeting in the afternoon. This latter class did not begin work last year until late in February, instead of in November, a3 customary, but this was owing to no fault of the Academy, , Tnstead of three times a week, the members of the newly organized League will meot every day, the classes being arranged ag formerly, working, bowever, three hours at atime, Having already acquired sufficient proficiency in drawing from the antique, they will con- fine themselves chiefly during the coming wintor to study in the life school. Com; sition and perspective—two necessary branches which were never taught in the Academy—will be carefully studied, and tho now ar- rangement of study hours will make a gain of over 100 hours of the work each term. Mr, Wilmarth, who has undertaken the arduous and unremunerativo task of instracting the classes of the Teague, states explicitly that he Mas no desire nor intention of opposing the work of the Academy, On the contrary, he is an acad- emician and considers the National Academy the proper school for art students in this country. As the distin- niished sculptor, Mr. J. Q A. Ward, remarked toa ft ALD represontative, “It is difloult enough for art to exist and make any progress whatever in this country Without being retarded by the internal dissensions of {ts votaries, Thoy ali havo the true interests of art at heart and should, if possible, work together for its en- couragement.”” Although working according to their light {t seems that some academicians are not as alive as they should be, and consequently appear to retard the mattors in which thoy feel the groatest interest, Just now the Academy is in need of additional fands, and the plea of economy would, it was feared, be found a ready excuse for rotrogression the coming winter, Tho members of the League have almost, without exception, been pupils of the Academy, and feel a natural gratitude for their past instruction in that institution, but con- r that under existing circumstances they will be avio to work better by themselves. Their course is ey approved, and it is thought will put new ife into the mauagement of the Academy itself. Mr. Wilmarth thinia that President Whittredge’s published eS FI 5 only are allowed to borro its shelves while the pupil Connected with L’Ecole des Beaux H - 5 F A borrow as many as three volumes atatime, Is it not significant fact that the art students of our Academy should be deprived of the invaluable assistance of booka on art and that the use of these volumes should be re- stricted to men who are supposed to have read them years ago, The Academy of Desi has three Sources of revenue which, ho! inadequate for its proper maintenance. These sources an endowment fund of $50, left by Suydam, the j the receipts from annual exhibitions in the Academy building, and a tand derived from the sale of fellowships. The fellowship fund was established about twelve years ago, Subscribers of $100 are entitled to five season tickets annually, for life, and other privi- leges, while persons subscpibing $500 have all the privi- leges of life fellowship and may convey their privileges to an heir. ‘The fellowship plan has increased the ree ceipts of the Academy by about $150,000, Another im- portant item isthe immunity from taxation which is secured by the free schools connected with the Acadr emy—a saving of about $2,000 or $3,000 a year, COULISSE CHAT. Little Lotta is drawing well at the Boston Theatre, McWade is playing “Rip Van Winkle” at Robinson's Opera House, St. Louis, Tho Carroll Family make the chief attraction of Cole onel Sinn’s Brooklyn Theatre. Maggie Mitchell is on the bills forthe Providence Opera House the coming week. The Kiralfys have the daring ambition of introducing Wagner to the American public The Vokes family have had a brilliant reception at the Grand Opera House, St. Louis, Mr. Lawrence Barrett is making ‘The Man o’ Airlie’? Popular with the San Franciscans, Mrs, Henrietta Chanfrau has been playing ‘“‘Was She Right?” at Ford’s Theatre, Washington. Mile, Bouffar by her singing and acting put the cap sheaf of popularity on “La Vie Parisienne.” The Theatre Comique will to-morrow amuse its num- erous patrons with an entirely new programme. Miss Panny Herring is to appear in “False Colors’ in Rochester—in the play of that name, we mean. ‘T. ©, King, announced as the “great English trage- dian,” is playing at De Bar's Opera House, Montreal. A number of new people have been added to the stocls of the National, St. Louis, but prices remain the sama, Mayo is playing Davy Crockett in Rochester, where Kate Fisher's intrepid acts of equinity are the wonder of the town. Liszt’s “Rhapsodie Hongroise” {# what Gilmore in- tends shall be the great musical sensation of his gardem concerts this fall. “Julius Cesar” hasbeen produced at the California Theatre, San Francisco, with Barrett as Cassius, Ed- wards as Brutus and Hill as Marc Antony. ©. T. Nichols is the reigning star at the Bowery Theatre for the present, Studley, with his ‘Sta of Diamonds,” shone resplendent for a week. Rignold is doing very well with “Henry V.” at Balti more. The Baltimore girls think the martial monarch makes a very brave and gallant appearance, To restrain an enterprising manager in Indianapolis from produeing “Around the World” the Kiralfy broth= ers have sent the necessary legal documents out there, No matter whether the ‘‘Mighty Dollar’? be a finished work of art or not, through the agency ef Florence it is made a finished piece of fun, and fun is what is called for. At Wood’s Theatro, St, Louis, Haverly’s Minstrola have been attractive, while Dan Rice’s circus has beem giving and receiving a “good show” in the sawdust line, Before Mlle, Titiens left Cork for New York she was given a grand reception, Her farewell representations in Great Britain and Ireland were a series of triumphal ovations. Theodore Thomas is preparing for a grand Westerw tour with ‘his popular orchestra during the coming bright October days and nights. He appears in Roches ter October 1. Mrs. James A. Oates and hor comic troupe are playingg “La Princesse de Trebizonde,” in English, at the How ard Athenwum, Boston, while Byron’s “Our Boys” having a fine run at the Globe. George L. Fox is not entiroly lost to us. As clown hg will appear in pantomime about Christmas at Booth’e, It is to be the Eighth regiment this time, Fox being ayy old member of that organization, The San Francisco Minstrels are in full blast ong more at their pleasant little temple of Momus on Broade way. Ham continues to be served up in a variety of ways by Birch, Wambold and Backus, J.N, Pattison, the distinguished pianist, has rea turned from a successful Western tour and has been engaged fora series of piano lecture recitals in this city and vicinity during the coming month. Boston is anticipating very lively musical season especially in the oratorio line, in which, of course, Handel and Haydn will take a leading part It is pro~ posed to produde Bach’s Passion Music complete, Gilmore has engaged for the Garden next week a tal- ented young vocal organization, known as the Young, Apollo Club, which includes, among others, some of the best voices of the original troupe of Madrigal Boys. The old Chestnut, Philadelphia, has been opened un- der now auspices, with “Our Boys” as tho initiative Performance, Itis pronounced as “hearty and honest @ piece as has been dono in that city in many a day.” The Boston Museum is given over to the sterling old comedy lino, such as “The Rivals,” &c., with the veteran Warren as the fixed star par excellence, “Rich elieu” is to be produced, with Barron in the title rdle, The reconstructed Handel and Haydn Society of Brooklyn have in rehearsal the cantata of “Ruth and Naom.i”” Tho cantata will be given on November 80 at | the Academy of Music for the benefit of Dr. Damrosch. There {s no truth in the report that Mr. Edwin Booth intends going to London to fill an engagement of 100 nights in “Hamlet” at the St. James Theatre, Mr. Henry Irving occupies that field, and we want our Booth at home, Lewis, of Daly’s, who is never indifferent and gener- ally excellent, makes a great deal of the character of Porkyn Middlewyck, tho retired butter dealer in “Our Boys.” His humor is like dry wine—quiet, but very insinuating. The ninth season of Theodore Thomas’ symphony concerts will commence Saturday evening, November 13, Arrangements have been concluded with the direc. tors of the New York Oratorio Society which will en- able Mr. Thomas to produce at oneef these concerts Beethoven’s Ninth (choral) Symphony. Ifthe Grand Opera House couli be put on wheels and moved over town to the intersectien of Fifth ave- nue and Broadway, at Twenty-third strect, it might turn outavaluable property. So far ithas proved to be the splendid marble mausoleum of more theatrical enterprises than any theatre in Amertca, Hartford appears to be pretty well supplied with en- tertainments at this time. Edwin Adams has been playing Enoch Arden at the Opera House- The follow. ing engagements are in the programme for the Opera House:—Bryant’s Minstrels, Mra, Howard as Topsy, he Georgia Minstrels and Mrs. Oates’ Opera Company. A French comedy company will appear at the Lyceum October 28, and render such well known plays as “La Dame aux Camelias,” “La Princesse Georges,” “Le Sphinx,” “Tricoche et Cacolet,” “Le Reveillon,”’ “Leg Deux Orphélins” and ‘Rose Michel.” Mmos. Juliette Claronce, Lorniani and Gueymard, and Messrs. Leon Leroy and Dalbert are among the artists engaged. The Philadelphia critics have been galvanized into a state of semi-activity by the appearance of the “rival Hamlets,” E, L. Davenport and Barry Sullivan, in their city, They do notall agree in regard to the morits of the latter, while the former is received with the lavish praise of an established favorite, They have respec- tively gone through the réles of Hamlet, Richeliou, Sir Giles, Richard IIL, The Stranger, &¢., during tho past woek—Sullivan at the Walnut and Davenport at Mra John Drew's Arch Street Theatre. ILLICIT DISTILLERS IN GEORGIA, The Savannah News of the 16th Inst, states that the internal revenue mon have been busy of late picking uy the small whiskey thieves in the northern part of Georgia, Within the last fow days upward of 100 illicit, distillers have been arrosted, and the capture of fifty, more in the samo section of country ts reported. The fine in the average of these cases will amount to $1 and imprisonment two months, This raid has a baaal made without some loss, as a local agent by Fy | of Greer, belonging in Pickens county, Ga, aie riously disapps and it is feared that he has ; foully dealt with. The authorities haye also picked um Atty whiskey thieves in Virginia,