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BROOKLYN'S NEW MAYOR. His Inaugural Message to the Com- mon Council. DEBT AND TAXATION OF THE CITY. Retrenchment and Eeonomy in ail partments Foreibly Urged. De- he inaugural message of Mayor Schroeder to the Board of Aldermen was read immediately after the organization of tnat body yesterday afternoon. The usual number of copies in English and German were ordered to be printed in pamphlet form. A synopsis of the document is appended :— Tho nee opens with the remark that the Common | jayor enter upon the duties of office at a | Council and tume when, in, consequence of the general and. pro- tracted stagnation in business, the resources of the gre are smaller than they have been for many years, e condition of Brooklyn has been discussed | during the past year more generally than ever. The | administrators of its affairs, who held the rems of gov- ernment while extravagance and lavish expenditure was the order of the day, have been denounced by the almost unanimous voice of the press of the | United States as a band of robbers, second only to that which for many years controlled the aifairs of our sister city of New York. However extravagant, un- just and at variance with truth some of the statements which have ap) may be, sailicient evidence has been presented to induce the Attorney General of the | State to order that actions 1m court be brought against | some of the accused parties. Whatever may be said in favor of the utility of such improvements as the Park, the new reservoir, the bridge, the Wallabout improve- ment, the patent and improved pavements and the | great sewers, the great majority of the taxpayers are agreed that the expense of them is far greater than it would have been if those who advocated and carried into effect most of these improvements had been | guided solely by their desire to benefit the city. ‘THE DEBT OF BROOKLYN. The liabilities of the city on account of its bonded debt and on account of the debt of Kings county are as follows:— Permanent deb! Temporary debt Kings county debt, 19-20. Tax certilicates, . BOMB. Sou hocassy'- ab ceaev dle stein’ < cntesisiry EU EROVARD. In comparing the above with the city debt on Decem- der 31, 1874, it is shown that in the year just closed there has been a decrease of $5,226, The changes in the various loans of the city are ulso given in detail, the permanent loans to be met by the city at large and ‘the temporary loans to be paid by the parties directly benefited. Since the year 1871 no new improvements have been authorized by the Legislatare which would swell the city indebtedness, Still it bas taken five years to reach a point which may be considered a turning point in its financial career. The net increase in 1872 amounted to $1,591,411; that in 1878 to $2,426,516; that in 1874 to $612,089, and the decrease in 1875 to $5,226, Since the year 1871 all the city officers and members of the Legislature have refused to sanction any schemes for increasing our debt, and it was high time they did if the city’ was to be saved from bankruptcy. The Mayor will continne to advocate tho same financial poles in_ this remnant which he sup- ported during the years 1872, 1873 and 1874 as Comp- troller—namely, the policy “of paying as we go,” and opposing any scheme, however plausible it may appear, for adding another dollar to the already too heavy bur- den of abilities. We must collect all outstandings and reduce the amount of the debt in order to enhance our property in the imation of those whose aitention we desire to attract as purchasers and residents. ASSESSMENTS AND LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. The coliection of assessments has not been as rapid as required to redeem the assessment and sewer bonds at maturity, which 18 recommended to the earnest con- sideration of the Common Council, Some of the assess. ments have been set aside for one of threg reasons. Either the Common Council or other authority had ho pe to make the improvement, or the assessments jevied on the property benefitted were in excess of the percentage which the city could legally levy, or by the | apparent carelessness and neglect of those having charge of the improvements, contractors received payments to | wsich under their contracts they were notentitled. The: 3s no doubt that some of these liabilities were incurr through unpardonable negligence or by the arbitrary and unauthorized exercise of power by officials, as in the cases of the Reid avenue and Sumpter street pave- ments under a former Street Commissioner, and as ia the repaving of Seventh avenue and other streets un- der the former Board of Water .and Sewer Commis- stoners. The ease with which money has been pro- cured ever since the year 1861, when the system of selling bonds to raise money for local improvements was first introdaced, has led into many errors. The taxpayers at large have been heavy suflerers in conse- quence of the carelessness of officials and the cupidity of parties benefited by the improvements. Legisla- tion procured at Albany by parties directly benefited has often resulted in saddling the city at large with bills which they should have paid; and we have not seen the last of this yet, nor shall we until this system of issuing bonds for local improvements |s abolished, | and the Mayor hopes that no further local improve: | ments of any kind will be ordered until some other mode is provided for paying for them. It may havo been desirable in former years to adopt this system in order to facilitate necessary improvements which could | ‘got have been procured readily in any other way. THE NEW RESERVOIR. The Mayor calls attention to the incomplete reservoir, and, discussing the law in the case, recommends that the Common Council directs the Board of City Works to advertise for proposals for Mnishing the dam under the specifications heretofore adopted, and that afersuch estimates shall have been obtained to make the appro- priation required in order that, the work may be done. f the contractors have any claim for damage in conse- quence of this action, let them prove it in court. Tho amount they could possibly recover would be insiguitl- tant as compared with the amount of damage that the tity would peenely suffer it it should wait jor the ter- mination of the litigation, At the same time it is recommended that the Legisiature be asked to repeal the act of 1875, providing for an expenditure of $500,000 for the completion of the reservoir, as the Mayor be- lieves that without that act the powers of the Common Council are amply sufficient to guard the best interests of the city. THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE. The Mayor says that after the East River Bridge was made a public work between New York and Brooklyn a new board of directors was appointed, and the private stockhelders received certificates of indebtedness for their subscriptions from the company. These certi- Fon were made payable in the month of Novemver, i875, The time for payment has passed, and, for want of means, the certi! remain unpaid. The authori- ties of New York city have neglected to make the ap- | secsieorge of money called for by the act and the nancial officers have refused to pay the money. Sev- eral of the stockholders have sold their certificates, and a suit has been ht for the money now over- due on some of them. This suit, with others which are likely to follow, may result in a sheriffs sale and in making stone quarries of the bridge towers and anchorages, unless the city of Brooklyn will hasten to issue its ponds for the redemp- tion of the certificates of the company. Tho‘ city of Brooklyn should not—and is believed wili not— Ps and finish this immense work alone; it is to ve oped, theretore, that the directors will succeed before \ong im getting from the city of New York the assist- snce provided for by the law of 1875, so that the work may be speedily completed. ‘Though the tax pita ts ch larger ough the per capita is mach Ia! in most of the large cities in the United States, the im- pression prevails that there are none more heavily taxed than Brooklyn. While its population consists of | nearly 500,000 of Souls, we show but $225,000,000 as ‘ho assessed value of our property. Boston, with only about myc inhabitants, 40 assessed valuation of $775,000, of property, Boston’s expenditures an- Bually exceed Brooklyn's by far. But the tax rate there varies from 1.35 to L.50 per cent j. and if we should spend as much as Boston our tax id be over | ‘ive per cent. In New York the tax rate is two and a | half per cent, and Brooklyn’s is 441 per cont; still, if we were only as economical in all our pubtic expendi- tures as New York city 1s our taxes would be above Six per cent per annum. As compared with other large cities Brooklyn has not had an extravagant govern. ment when the total sam of its annual appropriation only is considered; and even if we compare the amount of tax which is bere paid on !mproved property with that paid on property of a similar kind in other large cities it will be seen that our taxes are no bigher than In making improvements and issuing bonds for them Brooklyn has been more extravagant ‘than any other large city in the United States, when the value of sts taxable property, which must bear the Durden, is considered, and here is where our mam dif- ficulty lies; unimproved property cann dens Which are imposed on it. In som mepta also we have been more liberal in our appropri- ations than other large cities, and wherever this can be shown our first reductions should be made, The Mayor shows that the pre for the ir shows riations for current year amount to $8,141,088 0%, while the items 1t provided for under the laws reach $6,07 ade we c G4, leaving $2,063,212 44 subject to the reductions whieh may be m: y the Common Council, Then with the amount remaining the streets must be lighted, cleaned and red, sewers cleaned and re; su) pile purebased. the Fire aerengao and Parkes ean: ‘0d salaries of clerks met ‘THE YIRE DEPARTMENT, @ reduction In the Firemen’s und rents are ing, provisions havo been for many years; thou- mechanics ys looking about for she service of tne aepartment, 1 a0 not believe tha® the absence of @ complete system of lines for the use of the department adds sufficiently to the danger from fire to warrant us ip tnourring at pres- ent time the large expense which would be required to procure this improvement.” DEPARTMENT OF CITY WORKS, ‘tment the Message refer’s at length. It t a President for some time, because of a lack of be poeee- between the Mayor and the Com- mon Council ag to the proper person to be selected for | that position. In order to avoid any further embar- rassment of this nature it is suggested that the Mayor | should be empowered to fill all vacancies caused by | death or resignation, witbout requiring the approval of | the Common Council, or that the Common Council | should have abe power. The salary lists ae by na 359 | men are mostly permanently employed by this depart- ment at an expense of about $570,000 annually, besides | those who are from time to time actually engaged in the labor and inspection of street repairs. WRADS OF DEPARTMENTS. The Mayor deprecates the continuance of the tice of either State commissions or three men at the head of any department in tke city. By reduction to one bead th: im of $34,000 in salaries may be saved, The abolishment of the office of Auditor, on ‘piration of the terin of the present mcumbent, is recommended, | and his duties be transferred to the Comptroiler. One | rk officer only at the head of the wepartment of ‘arks is advised, and that he, as President, with four | citizens without compensation, should bave control and management, POLICE AND EXCISE. The Mayor practically admits that the police force is | insufficient in number to protect the city | against crime. One great ‘ufheulty es in the circum. To this di | bas been wi | Stance that the number of men detailed from patrol duty to the various courts and offices in the city and county is much too large, considering the small number of men at the command of the Department, 1 The Common Council is recommended to take up the | regulation of matters appertaining to the admuinistra- tion of the Excise laws. fhe number of drinking sa- loons in the city is much jarger than the wellare of the population warrants, and much beneiit would result from the enactment of such ordinances as will render the granting of now licenses more difficult, and espe- cially it is advised that the license fee for selling spirit- uous liquors be jargely increased, in order that the low groggeries where poisonous alcoholic liquors are sold, and where the victous and profligate mostly con- grogate, may be abolished, The judicial power vested in the Police Commissioners, in regard to the adminis- tration of the Excise laws, is, in the Mayor’s opinion, misplaced, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, The Mayor hopes to see the laws so amended that the moneys of the rd of Educati hall be considered and disbursed in the same manner as those raised for other departments. He recommends the study of the German language in all the public schools, LIGHTING THE STREETS. Of this the Mayor says:—‘‘One of our largest items of expe is that for lighting streeta. We are more extrays in our expenditure for this purpose than any of the principal cities in the country, New York, | with its population of 1,056,000, appropriates for 187 ‘fare tie $741,500; Philadelphia, with 800,000, pays but $67 Boston, with 840,000 inhabitants, pays $835,000; more, with 350,000 inhabitants, pays $267,000; lyn, with 483,000 inbabitante, has appropriated for 187 500,000; this is $75,000 less than we have appropriated for many years, though the number of lamps has rown from year to year. It is proper to state that biladelphia manufactures its own gas, and that in none of the other large cities the price charged for gas for street lamps was less than $2 50 per 1,000 cubic feet in 1875, which is the price demanded by the com- panies supplying our lamps. In New York three-foot burners are used, while we use four-foot burners, Last year and the two years pre- vious a schedule was prepared © by the Bourd of City Works, providing for lighting the streets for a limited number of hours per night, in order to keep within the appropriation, which then was too small to keep all of our lamps lighted all night. This year the number of lamps is larger and the appropriation smaller, and the hours for lighting the streets must be further reduced unless some other plan for reducing our expense is devised. The gas companies stili maintain their pris while the price of nearly all other manufactures has been reduced, Ma- terial and labor are both cheaper than they formerly were, and it is my belief that the time has come when a determined effort should be made to procure a reduc- tion in our prices of coal gas from our gas companies or to look about for some other mode of lighting our streets. Storekeepers and others are making a large saving in thew expenditures by substituting oil for gas. ‘This material for supplying light is, | however, open to many objections; but I see | no reason why the lighting of our lamps with certain candle power should not be thrown open to rp competition ¢ rn on can be ol ro bee hat ths size of the baruers in al lamps be reduced to three-foot burners; that for the present we refuse to make a contract at a higher rate than $2 25 per 1,000 fect for gas; that no lamps be lighted for corporations or citizens at public expense, and that unless the gas companies reduce their price to $2 25 per 1,000 feet we advertise for proposals for light- ing our lamps with a cortain candie power during cer- tain hours of the night, and that until a satisfactory ar- rangement of this matter is had we reduce the number of lamps lighted in the city sufficiently in order that under no circumstances wo exceed the appropriation made for this purpose.” The Mayor believes a large reduction can be made in the item of corporation advertising without injury to | the city. In 1875 itcost $88,000, BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL. BREAKING THE REPUBLICAN ‘‘SLATE”—THE | DEMOCRATS ELECT THE CITY CLERK. The members of the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen, twenty-four in number, assembled in the Common Coun- ctl Chamber at two o’clock yesterday afternoon for the | purpose of organizing for the year 1876. The republi- can “slate”? was broken by three of that party, who refused to work with their recognized leaders. Alder- man Fisher was on the “slate” for President of the Board, and the Chairman of the Republican General Committee of Kings county, David Williams, was down for the office of City Clerk, Aldermen Fisher, Gris- wold and Shepard were “the bolters.”” Alderman Rowley wasealled to the chair, and the rules of the old Board were adopted. It was moved 1 ‘tbat a recess be taken for one houf. The object was to | enable the republican leaders to look into matters before taking decided action; but the motion did not provail, It was next moved to proceed to elect a City Clerk, and Alderman Ray presenied the name of David Williams for the office, The nomination of Williams was non-con- curred in, s#rancis B. Fisher was nominated by Alder- man Ray for President of the Board. Alderman Black nominated John French for President. A vote by bul- lot resulted in no choice, French and Fisher receivin 12 votes each. On a second ballot French receive: two majority, much to the delight of the democrats, He was declared elected President. William G. Bishop, br yegring was then re-elected City Clerk by a vote of | to Mayor Schroeder then read his message, a synopsis of wich will be found elsewhere. The Mayor subse. ba 4 sent in a communication nominating General . H. Slocum for President of the Board of City Works. The nomination was confirmed by 18 in the affirmative to 6 in tho negative, four democrats voting with the | republicans. The sealers of weights and measures ap- pointed were George Geol, James Riley, Samuel Frost, lames Irwin, Godfrey L and John Guischara. John Woodward, Parr Harlow, Jarod Dodd and W. J. Tate were chosen assistant city clerks by a strict republican vote, The action of the Board in filling these places is said to be illegal. Edwin Roper was appointed License Clerk and Isaac Crane clerk to the Law Committee. THE SCANDAL. LOADER AND PRICE RELEASED—THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ENTERS A NOLLE PROSEQUI IN THEIR CASE. The case of Loader and Price was finally disposed of yesterday by District Attorney Britton, who entered a nolle prosequi before Judge Moore in the Kings County Court of Sessions. The District Attorney said that Mr. Loader made the affidavit under circumstances which properly and fairly would lead him to believe that it would not be used in court, but to affect the p ublic mind upon the question in the controversy Judge Moore, in granting the motion, said the affida- vit was extra-judicial, and whether true or false no per- jury could be assigned for it. The fact that the very es- sential averment of the indictment was untrue, it seemed that it could not bo sustained. The affidavit was not mado in the Tilton-Beecher action at ali, and the mo- tion of the District Attorney must be granted. The Court th ted the motion in the cases of both Loader and Price, and ordered that the bond of Loader should be cancelied. Price, who had been in jail since the confession, was released yesterday afternoon. THE MUTUAL COUNCIL. Another conference took place last night between the Plymouth Church Committee and Judge Van Cott, counsel for Mra. Moulton, in reference to the calling of the Mutual Council. The meeting was at Jedze Van Cott’s house, No. 188 Henry street, Brooklyn, and was attended on the part of the church by Dr. Edward Beecher, Thomas G. Shearman, Rossiter H. Raymond and B. F. Blair, Atter its close Brother Shearman said it had been a pleasant session, and Mrs. Moulton’s counsel informed the reporter that Plymouth church had been agreed upon as the place for holding the council, and tho list of churches and ministers to be invited had not been com] Probably the 25th inst, will be the date of the council's meeting. FOUL WORK SUSPECTED. The attention of Coroner Simms, of Brooklyn, was yesterday called to @ case of alleged malpractice, Mrs, Lottie McKenzie, @ young woman, died at No. 284 Clas- son avonue on lest Saturday, She had given birth to & seven-month-old child, and Dr, Jules Lamadrid, of Franklin avenue, had been summoned to give the cer- tificate. The deceased bad been separated from her husband, George D. McKenzie, for the past two years, and ical the latter informed Coroner, on intimate terms with a certain lawyer, whose name cial, . Lamadrid, who was called in at ga qT off alter tho ve appears as , Supposing that to | Thursday morning when I heard great groaning in the name. asband suspects foul and thi Goreme caused pacer ‘dsinyed antl epee marie Alval haye been wade . ANOTHER BROOKLYN TRAGEDY. MR. JOHNSON, THE WELL KNOWN BOAT BUILDER, SHOT—-WHAT HE SAYS AND WHAT THE 64~ PIENT POLICE BELIEVE. i A tragedy occurred in the Ninth precinet of Brooklyn at an early hour yesterday morning, which will result, it is believed, in the death of the victim. The case is involved in considerable mystery. Mr. James Johnson, of No, 739 Lafayette avenue, a member of the well | known boat building firm of Smith & Johnson, No. 404 | Water street, New York, left his house, according to his usual custom, at half-past five yesterday morning, in order to catch the De Kalb avenue car to tho Fulton ferry. He walked down toward the corner of Throop avenue, smoking a pipe and having his coat unbuttoned. On the corner is @ man- ufactory of paper patterns, and between that building and his house isa vacant lot. The lot is en- closed by a high board fence. He was distant about seventy-five feet from his house when two men sud- denly sprang from bebind a tree. One of the men was tall and the other was a short man, Both wore black clothes, The tall man, who came up on Mr, yobnson trom behind, on the left hand side, put one arm round Mr, Johnson’s waist and placed the other hand over his mouth, so that he was unable to cry out for help. The short man caught hold of bis hands, so that he could not extricate himself. The tall man then drew a revolver, and, rapidly placing it against his breast, ex- claimed, “Damn you, 1 want that $400 you have got!” The next moment the tall villain fired. “The ball entered Mr. Johnson's left breast under* the ribs and passed through the lungs. They then forced “Mr. Johnson down on his knees and turned his breeches pockets inside out, ‘The fellow was going to fire another shot, when the short man exclaimed, “We have got the wrong man! This is not the man we want!” The ruffian then threw down the revolver, which is a new Smith & W Son seven-shooter, with oue chamber empty, and, jumping over the fence into the lot, disappeared, Mr. J. B. Whitaker, the artist, who lives on Lafayette ave- nue, within a few feet of where the tragedy occurred, heard the shot fired, and, ranning out, found Mr. John- son lying bleeding on the sidewalk, He assisted him to his home and summoned Drs. Hutchings and Bald- win, The wound was oxammmed, but the doctors were unable to find the ball The pationt cannot recover, it is said. To Mr, Whitaker and his wtie and others’ he tuld the substance of the narrative as above given. The other side of the story—that which the police ive credence to—is that Mr. Johnson shot himself. ‘They assert that he has at times exhibited peculiari- ties of manner. A watchman, who was in the vicinity of the lot which the highwaymen apd assassins are supposed to have crossed when fleeing, says that he did not see any one about the neighborhood, though he heard the shot fired. He hada dog with him, which he ys would have barked had he heard any ranning, ptain McLaughlin, of the Ninth precinct, and his of- ficers aro actively engaged upon the case, and St was reported that they found a memorandum book and a pipe in the lot, which may tend to throw some light upon the subject. Coroner Simms visited the house for the purpose of taking the ante-mortem statement of Mr. Johnson, but found that gentleman too low to talk. Mrs. John- son stated that he had not been absent more than five minutes from tho house when he was brought in wounded. The day previous he accompanied his wife and their two children to St. John’s Catholic church. Ho shed tears upon his return from church, but did not evince any depression of feeling. He was tor sey- eral years foreman for Ingersoll, the boatbuilder, and built the Jittle craft Red, White and Blue, which crossed the Atlantic to England a few years ago, in charge of one Boughton. Mr. Johnson, who is forty- five years of age, is an inoffensive man, hot in the habit of drinking strong liquor. A man named Mills was ar- rosted during the afternoon and was held for exami- nation by the police in connection with the tragedy. THE MINSTER TRAGEDY. VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY YESTERDAY, Tho verdiet of the coroner’s jury was given yester- day in the case of the terribie tragedy which occurred in West Fifty-third street last Thursday morning. The following is a synopsis of the testimony taken by Cor- oner Croker :— Mary Broderick, of No. 822 Monroe street, and the | sister of the deceased Sarah Minster, testified that she last saw her sister alive on last Monday ; was told by her that her husband acted very strangely, and that she was afraid he would do something to her; on the following | day Mr. Minster called at witness’s house and asked her ff Sarah had said anything about there being any trouble between them; witness replied ‘No, except that she suid she was afraid of you;’’ Le then asked ber to come to his house next day, and she went on Wednesday about twelve M., and found that the shooting had taken place, and her sister and her hus- band had been removed to the Ninety-ninth street Hos- pital; was of the opinion that Sarah and her husband did not live bappily together; 1 could not say what the cause of their disagreement was; whon Mr. Minster came to wituess’ house on Jesetes: lhe was very much excited, and cried; he said Sarah was a very hasty woman, and if he said anything to her she would be. come very angry; they had had some words that day; never saw her sister uuder the influence of liquor, but had seen her drink a glass of beer. Patrick Flynn, of No, 346 East Fifty-third street, de- IT live on the same floor as did Mr. and Mrs. last saw Mr, Minster alive about two weeks ago; last saw Mrs. Minster alive on the night before the shooting; she was agreeable and not in liquor; I re- tired about ten o’clock on Wednesday night, and atter- | ward heard Mrs. Minster say to her husband, “Sit on the chair like @ man; | awoke @bout five o'clock Minsters’ room; when the milkman came he knocked at their door, but could obtain no response; I became | uneasy and notified the landlord; I heard no shooting during the night, Julia Ebringer, of No. 346 East Fifty-third stroet, gave the following testimony :—Knew the deceased, who lived in the same house with me for about a year last saw Mrs. Minster alive on last Monday, about noon: | neard her singing on Wednesday night as she went to the sink to draw water; Mr. Minster cume to my mother's room, some littic time ago, and asked who it was that visited his wife; said no one visited her ex- cept the ice man; about three weeks ago, when | waa iu their room; Mr. Minster said, ‘There's Sarah; there is my sunshine; she is drunk; she was at that timo suffering from a sore foot; cainot say that she was druak; never saw either of them drunk; have heard him scolding his wife and calling her all sorts of names; I have heard Mr. Minster say that he would kill bimself; this was after his little girl had fallen down and cut herself in | the face with a knife; he appeared to rogret that she had distigured herself; on Just Thursday morn- ing Mr. Flynn awoke my father and informed him that ne heard groaning in the Minsters’ room; my father went for a policeman, and I climbed imto the room, through a window, and let them in. Officer Brady, ot the Twenty-second precinct, swore thut he was called to No, 346 East Fifiy-third street by Mr, Ehringer about half-past six o'clock A. M. last Thursday; he went there and, with the assistance of Julia Ebringer, got into the Minsters’ room; Mr. Minster was lying on bis back on the bed, next to the wall; his wife was lying on one side, facing bim, and the child was facing its mother; the cuild was dead; ‘a pistol was found on the bed, between Mr. and Mra. Minster; they were removed to the Ninety-ninth street Hospital. ‘The verdict of the jary was, shot himself, his wife and child. FUNERAL OF JOHN BR. DILLEBER. ‘The faneral of Mr. John R. Dilleber, who was ghot | in the hallway of the Westminster Hotel on New Yoar’s Eve, and died the day following, took place yesterday from the Church of the Holy Trinity, at the corner of Forty-second street and Madison avenue. The coffin was carried from the Westminster Hotel about one o'clock. It was followed by Mrs. Dilleber, the de- ceased’s brother and a few of his most intimate friends. On arriving at the chureh it was found to be crowded with people who had known the | deceased during life and had loved bim. A large proportion of the mourners were ladies. ‘The coffin was literally covered with funeral embiems—hearts, | crowns, anchors and broken columns, formed of tube- | roses and immortelles, The coffin iteelf was a rich rosewood casket, with silver mounted handles, and a late bearing the inscription, ‘Jobn R Dilleber, died Saauary 1, 1876, tnt forty years,”’ (\Rev. Dr. Tyng, Jr., read the psalm. “Tam the resur- rection and the life,’’ and a8 the coffin was placed near the chancel he read the lesson, The choir afterward sung S01 ‘erses of the hymn, ‘‘Nearer, my God, to Thee.” The services, impressive in themselves, seemed | to have @ more than ordinary effect on this occa- sion, After the services the funeral proces- sion was formed, Dr. Tyng walking before the cofin, which was carried on the shoulders of six stal- ‘wart men to the train at the Grand Central depot. It was followed by Mrs. Dilieber, leaning on the arm of her brother-in-law, with her two littie children, who are too young to understand the loss of a parent, and whose infantile gayety, as they followed their mother down the aisle, was more affecting than the tears of the elder people, All those in the church, with few exceptions, followed to the depot and went to Woodlawa Cemetery. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held on Thursday afternoon at the rooms of the Chamber, 63 William street, It is ox, pected that some action will be taken in relation to the eee building of an Exchange for merchants and ippers, NO MORE RELIEF FOR THE POOR. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment having reduced the allotment of the Commission of Charities and Correction to the extent of $100,000, Superintend- ent of the Out Door Poor Kellock was obliged to refuse nearly 1,000 applications of persons desirous of passes to the Poor House on Randali’s Island yesterday. FOUND DROWNED. B. Mulholland, aged about thirty years, was found in effect, that Minster drowned at the foot of East Tenth street yesterday forenoon about half-past eleven o’clock. He had ap- rently been in the water about eight or nine bours, NEW. YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1876.-TRIPLE SHEET. RACING IN AUSTRALIA. THE MELBOURNE CUP—THE QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH IN CARNIVAL—EIGHTY THOUSAND SPEC- | | and Polo Club took | the club grounds, | weather bemg fine. There was’ a | and although no TATORS—-THE ROAD, GRAND STAND, LAWN, HILL, FLAT—A DESPERATELY EXCITING RACE. Mutnounye, Nov. 15, 1875. The great event of the year in the Southern Hemis- phere, the Melbourne Cup race, came off last Tuesday, 9th November, on the Flemington course, two and one- half miles to the northwest of Melbourne, in presence of agathering estimated at 80,000 spectators. Mel- bourne was full of strangers from all parts of Victoria, | New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and | New Zealand, and the past week has been a carnival. | Tuesday broke fine, and the road to the course pro- | sented | throughout the forenoon. Eight or nine four-in-hands turned out, prominent among which was that of Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of New South Wales, the equipage being of four magnificent bays, driven by himself, and brought over per steamer from Sydney. Another beautiful team was four cream-colored little horses. The squatters of Victoria, who are forming a | powerful landed aristocracy, abounded upon the road | in their grand landans and such high class vehicles, reminding one of the luxuries of the peerage in Eng- land, For three hours THE CAVALCADE STREAMED out of Melbourne, The view of Flemington racecourse, obtained from the public gates on the crown of a bill, was superb, Spread below was the running ground, like a billiard tablo, with the little white piths marking the oval track. Far away to tho right stood the lofty mound known as “The Hill,” crowded with an assein- blage of 50,000 people, like a beehive in full swarm. ‘The roar was borne in the air tor a mile distant. Below the Hill is the long range of the Grand Stand, only one | story, but accommodating 3,000 persons, It is A VERY FLOWER PARTERRE of the beauty and tashion of Australia, In front of this is the lawn, where hundreds of magnificent toilets abound, and are trailed about with the glory of pea- cocks, Some costumes were had from Worth, of Paris, and one was mentioned as having cost £700’ sterling, This will give a sample of the way in which it is done | here, Of course the cavahers were not lacking among such a throng of fair dames, Let us mount the Hill and take another view of the festival, To the leit stretches for half a mile AN IMMENSE CARAVANSARY of vebicles, many with fluttering white tops. This 1s | “The Fiat,” the great picnicking ground, Behind it | ig seon the railway line, with trains of serpentine length slowly crawling up from the city. No less than 87,000 visitors came by the railway, and the enormous rush of traffic may be imagined. Seventeen booking windows were kept open at Melbourne station and yet were inadequate. Between the Fiat and the Hill is the carriage paddock, a wilderness of vehicles of the upper ten thousand, covering a whole acre. Round the sides are tethered the carriage horses, a thousand in num- ber, fit to mount the grandest cavalry regiment in the world, To our right hand and down below is the sad- dling paddock, with the racehorses stalking about in their cloths or stalled around by the fence, Here is THE BETTING RING, ‘a mass of white hat tops, like a sea, agitated with fitful breezes. The bell rings to clear the course for the Mel- bourne Cup race, which, like the Derby, is preceded and followed by others of less importance. Mounted | troopers clear away the iwob, and upon the strip of beaten sward the racehorses begin their prelimi- nary cantors. Betting 18 eagor, and the fever of gambling seizes almost every one. The strident voices of the bookmakers then, this cap 1 want to lay!’ * ree to one Linpe- | rial!’ “Lata open to lay against Goldsbrough, Hari- | cot, Richmond!” “Who says Kingsborough?” The race was avery open one, Imperial, who beaded a lit- tle in public favor, had won the Sydney Gold Cup early in the year, and Guldsbrough, several months later, had won tho great Sydney Metropolitan, Kingsbor- ough was a splendid horse, belonging to Sir Hercules Robinson, and many Sydceyites saw nothing in it but him. Old John Tait, the veteran, who has carried off | more Melbourne cups than any other owner, had in. | trusted his | PAMOUS YELLOW AND BLACK COLORS this year to his horse Goldsbrough anda game little one called Melbourne, Goldsbrough is of the highest Eng- lish racing lineage, and the par in blood of Galopin, the English Derby winaer. Wilson, and tho great St. Alban’s training stable, Gee- long, was represented by Kincraichnie, a clipper filly from the West. Tho Messrs. Chirnside, whose light | Diue and white carried off last year’s cup with Hari- | cot, again had entered that rattling brown horse, ag also another dangerous one nainead Nimrod, Dilke ‘was a famous one from the Island of Tasmania. Rich- | mond, a clever little three-year-old, had won the Sydney Derby. Wollomai had shown pace, and be- longed to tho most popular bonifage in Melbourne— John Cleland, of the Albion. The Cup field altogether | bumbered twenty-five, the evenest lot ever gathered | on an Australian racecourse. Tho distance was two | miles, and the starting post was at two high flags half a mile to the left of the bill. AS THE HORSES WHEELED about at the post they were watched anxiously throngh thousands of lorgnettes. Then the red flag was noticed to fall, and the shout arose, ‘They're off!’ The atomies fn the distance were seen rising and falling like birds in their flight—all abreast. The murmur along the army of people rose like thunder. A mare— Coquette—was leading, the youngster upon her whip- | ping away like mad, knowing that his only chance was to keep in front, Then they came past like a flash of | lightning, the turf flying and EXCITED SHOUTS ARISING TO RAVEN from the throats of 50,000 men. Rounding away tothe | left the horses galloped in an oblique direction across ‘the piain and were bunched 80 that all was in suspense for afew moments. Again, halfa mile distant, they were lengthened out and passed in fair view before the eyes | that were strained after them. Almost every one holioaed something to relieve the pent-up feelings—'Coquette |’? “Duke!” “Kingfisher is last!” “Imperial flagging!” “Richmond coming up!’? Another turn and the bores e heard:—‘Now, | make for tho straight run {n. THE PACE 18 TERRIFIC. No holding back in this race, 1t is run out from end to ena, Now they turn into the straight, and, coming direct toward us, the leaders appear in alive, The spectators with opera glasses: te out yells of informa- tion, ‘“‘4t’s Wollomai!—Wollomai, by Yes, Wollomai is leading, and the Jockey glances over his shoulder, laughing. Goldsbrough makes a desperate effort to beat him on the post, and the shout arises, “Goldsbrough wing!” Tnen Richmond is seen thrash: ing up quite outside the rack, which, as usual, hugs the inner fence. “Richmond! Richmon is shouted, “Goldsbrough!”? “No; it’s Wollomai!”” And WOLLOMAI WINS KASILY, Time—2:38. Richmond second, Goldsbrongh third. The quickest time the Melbourne Cup bas ever been won in is 3:36, by Dou Juan, in 1873. The distance has always been two miles, Tho race is a handicap. Wol- lomai, 6 years, carried 7 st. 8 1b, He was an outsider, | betting 100 to 6 against him. CENTENNIAL RACES. The following are important racing events, which, with those usually closing at that date, will close on the | 1st day of Murch, 1876:— THE CENTENSIAL STAKES, for all ages; $200 entrance, $50 forfeit, with $2,000 added; the second horse to receive $600 out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. To be run for atthe spring meeting of 1876. Two miles and three quarters, THE CRNTENSIAL cur, a sweepstakes for all ages, of $250 each, $100 forfeit, with plate of the value of $2,500 and $1,600 in money added; tho second horse to receive $750 out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake, Tobe run for at the fall meeting of 1876. Four miles, SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD. The time oceupied by Regal in winning the Sandown Park steeplechase on December 15 was 9m. 475., the distance being about four miles, ‘The steeplechaser Westley broke his fetlock joint while contesting a hurdle race at Sandown Park Decem- ber 15, and was subsequently destroyed in the pad. docks. At Tattersall’s, on December 20, Mr. Skipton’s horses | were sold at the following prices:—Conseil, by Consul, dam ,No Chance, 4 years old, brought 500 guineas; Jardiniere, by Biinkhoolie, dam Princess Beatrice, 2 years old, 180 guineas; Mozart, by Scottish Chief, or Costa, dain Morgan Ay, 6 Fears old, 100 guineas; | and Pacha, by Knight of the Crescent, dam by Wud Dayroll, 6 years gu. ‘arious reports e been in circulation recently re- specting the Just Derby winner, Galopin; but the jatest rumor is that Prince Batthyany has sold tne horse. The value of Middle Park Plate race is £3,430. Mr. St. James purchased Sybarite for £400 before he Tan at Sandown Park, December lo. ty, by The Count, dam Maggie (half breed), by won eleven races Jast year, this being the umber won by one horse of any age. in London bas issued a notice that it charges two and a half per cent on all money staked paper for matches leas than £20 a side. The Duke of Cor fht left Gibraltar on the 6th December, in the yacht Vega, on a boar hunting expe- dition at Tangier, ire, Mr. Maclaren; the Heron, Mr. F. Biackwood and party, and the Sallie, Mr. J. Aveling, bave ali left England for Flushing, on a shooting cruise in Dutch waters, Jobn Clasper is building a new boat for the Oxford crew, which is fast Cp ahew ar hag ones The new craft is built of cedar wood. She is fitty-eight feet in length, and 1s constructed for a very beavy crew, th stroke being on the bow side, This from the ordinary principle has been made specially to suit Mr, Edwardes-Moss, who seems destined to row the after oar in tae popain. Aan eee the spring, ’ On Friday evening, mber 10, an important trot- ting match was decided from tho White Hart, Spalding, to the Chequers ba to Mr. B, Teesdale hav- ing backed Mr. Torley Whitset’s Jack to trot the dis- tance (eight miles) against Mr. Howell’s chestnut maro Apology, for £500 a side, staked in the hands of Mr. Harper, White Hart, Spalding. ‘They started at a ouri- ous hour, @ quarter to seven P. M., both owners di ing, and after going a mile Jack took the | | the first; | fell to Captain Gordon-Hughes (274s); Captain The silver and black of Billy | 1 lead, ually increasing it throughout, won by more th: yards, im 22 ‘alnmtes, Shot m ren be con- sidered a over a heavy road. Yell-contested match at foot performan B ball took place at Kennington Oval petween the fu; Union players of Oxford and Cambridge, apd the result Tas. viclory for the Oxoniana by a try to nothing, by means 60 decisive a vy; what gain od dark blue last year, Prise , The usual weekly meeting of the International Gun on Monday, December 13, in at Preston, near Brighton, the very fair company, oial prize was advertised to competed for, along afternoon’s sport took place, no less than ten sweepstakes at handicap distances being got Coup Captain Leighton (27 yards rise) won 'r. Pelham (25) took the second; the third , took the fourth after tying with three others; We the fifth Captain Gordon- Hughes killed all and won; Mr. A. . Crawshaw (26) took the sixth, but in the seventh four tied by each kflling two, anda long contest wok | place between Captain Gordon-Hughes, Mr. Green and Captain Leighton, no less than thirteen pigeons hav- ing to be shot at previous to the sweepstakes being decided in favor of Captain Gordon-Hughes. Captain Leighton killed all his birds in the next two sweep. stakes, and won, and the last fell to Mr. Green, atter tying with Captain Gordon-Hughes. TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK. Afer several attempts, all of which were rendered | failures by bad weather, the boys in habit of attend- | ance at Fleetwood Park were enabled yesterday to have a little trotting ‘just for a holiday, you know,” as one ofthem remarked, The day was pleasant over- head, but the going was quite heavy. Tho first trot was under saddle between the geidings Red Cloud and St. George, The latter won (fe first heat, but Red Cloud won the second, third and fourth heats, and race, the last heat in very excellent time, as will be seen by reference to the summary. The second trot was for a sweepstakes between Miss Drew, Blind Boy and Revenge, to wagon, and Panic in harness, The race for the first four heats latd entirely between Panic and Revenge, with Panic a strong !avor- ite over the fleld at 10 to4. But in the fifth heat Blind Boy got a trifle the best of the start, and, getting the lead in the first turn, kept it, winning the heat easy. He also wou the sixth heat, afier which it was so dark Uhat the deciding heat was postponed until to-day at two P. M., each of the three contestants having two heats to their credit, There will also be two other trots, SUMMARY, Fuxetwoop Park, N, Y.—Trotting, Monday, January 3, 1876. Match $100; milo heats, Lest three’ in five, under si re J. George’s ch. g. Red Cloud. J, Taggert’s r. g. First heat... Second heat, Third heat 1: Fourth heat 147 1:20 2:59 in SAME Day.—Swoepstaices $100, mile heats, best three n five. P, Mance’s s. g. Revengo, to wagon... 2.1 2 1 2 2 J. Murphy's b. g. Panic, in harness. . 212338 H. Van Valkenburg’s r. g. Blind Boy, NOWERORE Cvs tars ttacdetiscasaccs OO a8 bY HL. Peterson's br. m. Miss’ Drew, to WAZOD,...4..005 seveee @ @ 8 4dr, Mile, | First heat. 8:07 | Second heat, 3:04 Third heat. 3:08 Fourth heat. 8:05 Fifth heat. 3:06 | Sixth heat... 8:10 THE BIRD-MASON MATCH. The following are the moves in the twelfth game PETROFY’S DEFENCE. Bird, Mason, 1—PwoK4 Ptok4 2—KtwKBS8 KtwKB3 3—Kt takes P P to Qs 4—KttoK B8 Kt takes P 5—P OQ4 PwQs 6—B to Qs QBto KtS i—Castles Btok2 8—P toQ Ba Castles 9—P takes P KttoK B3 10—Kt o QBS Kt takes P 1—BtoK4 Bwks 12—Q to K 2 Kt takes Q Kt 13—P takes Kt Po QBs 14—B WQB2 QKttoQ2 3 Peto K Kt 3 Kt two Qkt3 BuoKBS B takes B BwoQBsS BtoQ4 Qu KBs QioKKt2 PtoKRS QRwK sq R takes R Rw K sq B takes R P Ktrtog4s PwoKBSs t BtoQBS S1—Kt to K 5 P takes Kt 32—R to K Kt3 P takes BP 83—R takes Q ch K takes R 24—Q to Ktd ch K toR sq 35—P toK R4 Rto K 8 ch 39-—K toR2 Kt to K6 87-—-Q toQBSch BwK Ktsq 38—B to Q Kt3 Kt to Kt 5 ch 30—Q takes Kt B takes B 40-—Q takes K BP RwKks 41—Q to Kt 8 ch Resigns. Mr. Bird was of the opinion thatif he had moved 37—K to Kt2, he world have won the game Time, three hours and ten minutes, It ts but fair to the English player to state that ho is suffering severely from an attack of his old enemy the gout. Score of the match at the conclusion of the above game, Mason 6, Bird 3, wn 3, Mr. Alberoni has gone to Cleveland, Ohio, to play a match with Mr. Max Judd, of St, Louis, who be Jormer city on business, The match ts for $100 a side, the winner of the first seven games to bo en drawn games to count one-hali to each player. HANDBALL. ‘The handball match between Messra, Madden and Gil- martia and Mesrs. Lenihan and Curry was won by the latter as per the annexed score:— First Game—Madden and Gilmartin, 11; Curry and Lenihan, 21. Second Game—Madden and Gilmartin, 12; Lenihan and Curry, 21. ‘Third Game—Madden and Gilmartin, 21; Lenihan and Curry, 14, Thig day week Philip Casey, champion of the United States, and his brother play a match against the Mc- Quade brothers at the Madison street court, the occa- sion being a benefit to Mr. James Moore, of this city, a veteran ball player. THE HANDBALL MEDAL MATCHES, Yesterday the second and third of the series of hand- ball matches among rising players, for the gold medal, were played at Casey’s Court, corner of Hoyt and Doug lass streets, Brooklyn. The gallery was crowded and | the interest quite intense, ‘The first match of the day was by Richard Towns- end and James McEvoy against Dennis McDonald and | Joseph Grady, best three in five. The play, which was pated esulted in victory for Townsend & McEvoy, as follows :— First Game—Townsend and McEvoy, 21; McDonald and Grady, 7. Second Game—Townsend and McEvoy, 21; McDonald and Grady, 19. ; ‘Third Game—Townsend and McEvoy, 21; MeDonaid and Grady, 14 SECOND MATCH. The second match was by Matthew Belford and Michae! Dunn against John Grady and Wiliam Court ney. After asevere contest the match was won by Belford and Dunn, as follows: — First Game—Belford and Dunn, 21; Courtney and Grady, 20. J Bernt Gamo—Belford ana Dunn, 21; Courtney and rady, noe and Dunn, 21; Courtney and irady, In ‘tecordance with the conditions of the contest for the medal, the winning men in each of the matches must play sobeaeed and then the winners must play a single handed match for tho prize. By agreement the next match is postponed for two weeks. On Tharsday next Philip Casey, the champion, has agreed to play the two experts, Kagan and his brother James, best 3 in 5, ‘A CHALLENGE. Philip Casey writes vo the Herat to say that he can name two Brooklyn players, other than himself, who will play any other two men in this country, best 3 in 5, for $600 or $1,000. AMERICAN RACKETS, Two of the serios of racket and handbafl matches now tn course of progress at tho Madison street court, in this city, wero played yosterday afternoon. The first layed was between Messrs. Burngand Lonihan ana losers. Moore and Hicks. The result was as follows :— First Game—Burns and Len! i Hicks, 18, than, 21; Moore and Send Game—Burns and Leni 21; Mi id Hicks, 20. saad papal aa Third Game—Burns and Lenihan, 21; M and Hicks, 15. nee THE NEXT COLLEGE REGATTA, Delegates from the various institattons to the Col- loge Rowing Association will bold an adjourned meet ing to-day atthe Filth Avenue Hotel, The business to be transacted is of an important nat ag the loce- tion of the next regatta will be decided. New Eng- land colleges, {t is are anxious to have the event take place at New London, Lake Saltonstall or Spring- field, while the New York colleges fe! Bowdoin, Amb! Cornell, Colamb: nity, Prince- ton, Harvard, Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Brows, Williams, Union and Hamilton will be represented. YACHTSMEN AT THE CENTENNIAL. ‘The Williamsburg Yacht Club have decided to go to Philadelphia during the Centenaial Exhibition for two vi 5 THE METHODIST MINISTERS, THE RESURRECTION AND ITS ANALOGIES 16 NATURE—SECTARIAN LEGISLATION 10 BE LOOKED AFTER. The Methodist preachers’ meeting usually devotes the iret Monday in every month to purely religious exs ercises, Some ot the number or an invited brother from another place preaches or addresses the meeting. They have had during the past year, since this feature was introduced, many excellent sermons delivered bo- fore them, but none in the pictorial and emotional line to surpass, if, indeed, to equal, that which the Rey, John Johns, of the Free Tabernacle church in West Thirty-fourth street, presented yesterday to the meet- ing. His theme was the analogy between the death of | \corn of wheat and the death of Christ—‘Except = corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abideth alone; but if it die it bringeth forth mach fruit” The death of Christ and the death of the grain is analo- gous in its preparation. The ploughshare govs before the seedbasket, ‘There was ® long time of Preparation for Christ’s coming, but the plough- share of truth was busy im the world all the time, Four thousand years, according to our chron- ology, were'spent iv this preparation; but, in the fulness of time, Christ, the great seed corn of the race, came to die, Many of us wouder why so long @ time of prepara- tion was necded. This is God’s way, Time 18 an im- portant element in ail that He does; and, when His work is done, it Is done forever. Not so, however, with man. Ho is continually pulling down bis barns that he may build greater. He does his work hurriedly, and hus to do it over and over many times. The analogy extends also to the need. But it ditfers in this that with man the need exists before the remedy. Small- POX comes before vaccination, fire before the water «up- ply to put at out; but with God the remedy goes betore tho need. Hence, Christ is not enly the Lanb of God, but the Lamb slain from the foundation of tho world. Long beiore man was wounded there was a balm in Gilead ; there was a good physician there. The analogy i secn also in the setual proces Tho gran is BORIED BEPORR IT 18 DEAD, but as soon as it 1s buried it begins to die, It does not dhe instantly; it is days in dying. Here Mr. Johns drew a highly pathetic and emotional picture of the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, in the judgment hulls and on Calvary, and remarked that His death was not the act of an instant, but was a slow process. He suffered long and keeuly for man. The death of the seed is the death of necessity, Don’t put it away and it won’t come back; don’t put it in tho graye to die and it won't live, f it does not die we die; it is tho staff of our life. The analogy agrees also by Way of mystery. It dies to live, and if it does not die it does not live. And out of the death of one little corn comes 100, and it has been known to produce xs many as 2,000, ' Why don’t men reject the loaf because of its mystery as they do the atonement of Christ on the same ground? ‘The analogy is seen ulso in experi- ence, and the results are much fruit The discourse | touched the emotions of the preachers, and the exer- ciaes were more like an old-fashioned revival meeting than an ordinary gathering of Methodist preachers. But a moment or two served to bring them from the emotional to the practical When the report of ‘the Gray Nans Committee” was called for the committee asked for more time. Their work seems to grow on their bands. Dr. Wheatiey remarked that itis not only the Houso of Retuge that is being depleted to fill the Catholic Protectory, but the schools on Randall's Island, from whence lave been removed lately between 400 and 500 children to be placed in two Catholic insti tutions and forty-six to Protestant institutions. Tho cost of the support of those children on the island is $53 each per year; the cost in the Protectory is $110. Dr. Curry remarked that the committee had belore them three distinct matiers, and yet which are closely related, THR GRAY NUNS they had heard of, but the worst features havo not yet come to light’ The orginal charter secured them im- munity from interference by the Courts of this State. The next is the Catholic Protectory, to which Dr, Wheatley had referred, and the third ia one that was re- ferred to by a ‘morning paper a day or two ago and from which the Doctor read. This piece of legislasion takes out of the hands of the city authorities its care for the poor children, and transfers this duty practically to Catholic institutions, while the city pays $57 more per capita a your for the privilege of the transfer. There is only one worse place this sido of bell where they could be put, and that is in the county poorhouses of the State. Aud if they must go to the bad place the Doctor would prefer that they go by way of the Catholic Church. The Doctor opposed these laws, because by them the State recognizes the religious profession of the individual, and it has no more right to do this than to notice his color or condi- tion, The Doctor will speak next Monday on the con nectional union of the Methodist Episcopal churches, THE WEEK OF PAYER. Yesterday witnessed a more general obsorvance of the beginning of the week of prayer than has beem known in this city and vicinity for many years. Meet. ings were held not only in Dr. Rogers’ Reformed church, where it has been usually held for years, but also in Dr. Ludiow’s Reformed church, whore Rev, Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., presided, and in Second street Methodist Episcopal church; also in Strong place Baptist church in the evening; in Hanson place Baptist cburch at the same time, Rev. A, G. Lawson leader, and in the hall of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion, Brooklyn, in the afternoon, where Dr. Talmage presided. At tho meeting in Dr. Rogers’ charch Rov. R. S& MacArthur took the chair, and, after singing and prayer, referred to the theme for the day—thanksgiving and confession a retrospect of the past year. These cannot be separated. It would be difficult to recount all our causes for thanksgiving. Many of them aro personal, social, family, commercial. The financial pressure throughout the land 1s God’s metuiod of teach- ing us tho vanity of all things cartaly. One cause for thankfulness is the deep religious feeling that is abroad in the land. There has been nothing like it seen since tho days of the apostles The whole Continent of Europe is shaken as it never was before; tho shackles of Popery are being thrown off, and lvoking at our land we seo Philadelphia on her knees, and from our own city there goes up avolume of prayer greater and more carnest than wasever known before, Mr. MacArthur does not expect as large results in conver- sions from the ministry of Messrs. Moody aud Sankey as some do; but thoro will be talking about them and their work at every dinner table, and every newspaper in the land will carry the tidings of the Gospel that they shall minister. And this is no small matter to be thankful for. If their hing sball make ministers and people more simple and Christlike in devotion and in Retbods of work it will have done a great deal. He blessed God for 1875 and believes that 1576 will be one of the years of the right hand of the Most High. Mr. Raiph Weils also confirmed by his personal expe rience among the outcast and abandoned poor of tho city the suggestion of Brother MacArthur of the deep religions feeling that prevails here, even among tho Jowest and most hardened classes of society. vr. Rogers spoke to the point that what we want to pray most for now is the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, without whose infuence nothing can be accom- plisbed. | MOODY AND SANKEY. Operations commenced at Gilmore’s Garden yester- | day to render it fit for the occupancy of Mesara. Moody and Sankey, for whom it has been rented for three months, About fifiy men were set tawork yesterday to erect partitions, which are to divide the garden into three parta The partitions are to be about forty feet apart, ramping across the building at either side of the stand on which the band sits. This will provide an “inquiry room” in the centre of the batiding and leave either end free for the entertainment of double con- regation, the preachers being at liberty to pass quickly fra o1 ide to the other through the inquiry room. The brs apy ure expected to commence their ser- vices withia a few weeks. CLERICAL CHANGES IN JERSEY, Bishop Corrigan has appointed Rev. Patrick Corrigan, pastor of St. Bridget’s church, in Jersey City, to the pastorate of St Mary’s church, in place of Rev, D. Benes — a 4% mtn — J. ta wow —— Frond remooked jary’s, has been appointed pastor o! the Church of St Paul of the Cross, aitherto in charge of the Passionist Fathers, who are to be relieved from parishes now in their charge in Hudson county, Now Jersey. The op has not yet appointed any pastor in St Bridget’s church. A NEW CORONER. | Coroner Ellinger, who was elected at the fall elec- tions, entered upon his duties yesterday. His maiden fort the caso of Heinrich Karser, of No. 43 Sec- ond streot, who died of apoplexy, in regard to which it ts said that be did not feel at all girlish, Dr. Leo Goldschmidt is his deputy. MALARIAL POISONS, At the meeting of the Board of Health in Jersey City. yesterday @ report was presented from the special com- mittoe—consisting of Dra. Lochner, Freeman and Caso— setting forth that the extraordinary prevalence of diphtheria and malarial fevers is duo to the want.of Draper Grateags 0 well as to fi 0 erated fo the sewers a be conveys re Sean wore by means ot papea kel thes aie: Ata fature meeting a will be read on system ip the city, id the to the the. ‘be offered