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4 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. ‘The Work of the Evangelists—What a Rabbi Thinks About Religious Revivals. | up during the current year, } tions all over CHAT BY THE WAY. Ministerial Movements and Programme of To-Day's Services. At Stanton street Baptist church the Rev. W. H, Lea- voll will preach this morning on the ‘“Signifeanee of Baptism,” and this evening on “Escape and Neglect Incompatible. "’ “The White Robed Multitude” and “The Tears of Jesus” will command Kev. William Lioyd’s attention to-day in Washington square Methodist Episcopal | church. | Tho Rev. W. N. Dunnell will minister to All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal church at the usual hours to-day, | Dr. Armitage will talk about “Snow”? this morning in the Fifth avenue Baptist church and about “Mary of Bethany’ this evening. | In Allen street Methodist Episcopal church the Rev. | J. V. Saunders will preach tnis morning, and. in the | evening Rev. Charles B, Harris wil] talk about “The New Year's Call, or the Knock and the Visitor.” Rev, Messrs. Peltz and Lowry will address the | Brooklyn Sunday School Union to-morrow night in| Hanson place Methodist Episcopal church. | The Rev. ©. P. MoCarthy will discuss the question, “Does the Mosaic Account of the Creation Harmonize with the Known Facts of Geology!" this morning in Bleecker street Universalist church. “The Gates of Hell” will receive consideration this evening. | In the Church of the Holy Trinity the Rev. 8. H. | Tyng, Jr., D.D., will preach this morning and evening, — and the Rev, J. W. Boubam this afternoon. Rev, H. B. Chapin will minister in Canal street Pres- | byterian church this morning and afternoon. | Rev. J F. Jowatt will officiate in the Church of the | Holy Apostles this morning and evening. “The Redeemed Soul” and “The Cripple at Lystra’’ will be presented in the Church of the Disciples to-day | by Rev. George H. Hepworth. | ‘The Rev. James M. Pullman will preach in the Church | of Our Saviour this morning and evening. In the Harlem Universalist church the Rew. J. A. | Settz will preach this morning on “Woman’s Work.” | Bishop Suow will) preach in the University chapel this afternoon on “he Temple of God Opened in | Heaven,” Mrs, Bullene will lecture for the Progressive Spiritnal- ists this morning at No, 65 West Thirty-third strect, Professor Britton will lecture in the evening on | “Women’s Rights Under a Democratic Government.” | ‘The Morning Star Sunday School will hold its monthly | concert this afternoon, Revs. N. L. Rowell and W. P. Abbott will address the school. Rev. §, M. Hamilton wiil preach in the Scotch Pres | byterian church this morning and afternoon. \W W. P, Abbott will minister in St Luke's | Methodist Episcopal church this morning and evening. | “Ministering Spirits’? and “An Infidel” will been- | tertained by Rev. J. H, Lightbourn at Seventeenth | Street Methodist Episcopal church to day, The Rev. James M. King will preach in St John’s | Methodist Episcopal church at the usual nours to-day. “Christ's Baptism and Temptation’ will be com | sidered this morning by Rev. J. 8. Kenuard, and “The | Barren Fig Tree Spared,” this evening, in the Pilgrim Baptist eharch. Dr, William Adams will preach in Madison avenue | Betormed church this morning. | “Christian Fellowship and Evidences of Disctple- | ship”? will bo considered in Laight street Baptist church | this morning, and “The Heart Swept and Garnisned,” | this evening, by Rev. H. W. Knapp. | The Rev. G. M. McCampbell will preach this morning | in Spring street Presbyterian church. The Baptist Sunday School Teachers’ Association will | de addressed on Thursday evening, in Calvary Baptist | church, by Rev. Dr. Randolph, of Philadelphia; Rev. | W. H. Brooks, of Richmond, Va, and Rev, HM, Saun- | ders, of this city, In Sixth avenue Reformed church the Rev. W. B Merritt will preach this evening on ‘The Ultimate Triumpb.’ | Rev. Dr. Foljambe, of Boston, the preacher of the annual sermon before the Massachusetts Legislature this week, wil! Gil the pulpit of Hanson place Baptist | ebureh, in Brooklyn, on Sunday. The Rev. Dr. Helmer, the newly-clected pastor of Tompkins Avenue Congregational church, Brooklyn, will preach to-day on “The Morality for Christians,” The anniversary of the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Socioty will be celebrated this evening, in | the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Dr. Joho N, Galle | her will preach the sermon. | Dr, Edward Bright will preach in the Tabernacle Baptist church this morning, on ‘The Mediatorial Lord. | ship of Jesus Christ” Dr, Miller, of Greenpoint, will preach there this evening, on “The Lamb of God,” | Tho Rey. G, F, Siegmund will preach on “German Liturgies,” before the Church German Society, in Trinity chapel this evening. At the Froe Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal church the Rev, W. McAlister will proach this morning, and | the Rev. John Jobns this evening on “The Wise | Chotee.”” | At balf-past two P, M. to-morrow Dr, E. A. Wash- | burne, of Caivary Protestant Episcopal church, will de- liver an essay before the Church Conference in bis Sunday school room on ‘The New Testament Idea of Regeneration.” Baptismal regenerators may find it interesting to attend. In the Church of the Epiphany the Rev. U. T. Tracey, rector, will officiate at the usual hours to-day. The Rev, W. T. Sabine will preach in the First Re- | formed Episcopal church this morning andevering. | “Catholics and the Public Schools” will receive a share of attention from Rev, W. T. Clarke in Unity chapel, Harlem, this morning. The gospe! hymns and spiritual songs of Mr. Sankey will be sung at the people's service in the Charch of the Holy Trinity this evening. Dr. Tyng, Jr, will | preach. | The Rev, W. R, Algor will preach in the Church of | the Messiah this morning and evening. In the Church of the Divine Paternity the Rev. Dr. Chapin will preach im the morning deliver an ad- | dross in the evening. | Tho Fifth Universalist Society wil) meet in Plympton Hall this morning. Preaching at eleven. The Spiritualists will hold a conference n Harvard Rooms this afternoon and evening, The Rev. C. C. Goss notifies non-churchgoers that he will adiimister the rites of marriage and baptism and bury the dead and give religious advice and coun- sel to all who way call upon bim at No. 97 Varick street. | The Liberal Socicty will be entertained by G. L. Henderson iu Ecviesia Rooms this afternoon. CHAT BY THE WAY. The Very Rev. Dean Stanley, of Westminster, | whose liberalism bas made lim anpopular, bas reached his sixtieth Virthday, and somo of the ritualists of the realm think he bas done quite enough in that di- | fection. | President Porter, of Yale Colloge, preached last Sunday for Dr, Rufus Ellis, Unitarian, of Boston, | This does got moan that Congregationalism is growing | lax, but that Unitarianism is becoming conservative, Dr. Armitage has written an essay for the Pulpit and Pew of “Our Pastor's Wife,” The writer seems to be favoring ander the delusion that @ minister's wife is not a part of the minister himself, and ought not to be called on to do pastoral work unless slo is engaged for | that purpose and paid for it, This statement indicates | @ degree of ignorance of the exact state of afairs, which is deplorable indeed, Why, we thought every one knew that a minister was made to preach, and his wife was made to be criticised and found fault with, ‘That is what they are paid for, and if in the financial | agreement the lady fs not mentioned, it is always dis- | tinctly uaderstood that in the bargain the wife is, as it wore, ‘thrown in.” Bi Hayen ought to have quoted Scripture when | he his plea for Grant The whole matter ia | found inl, Corinthians, xii., 14—‘Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you.’ The President's Methodism may be of some service to him yet, ‘The Marquis of Lorne seems to be a very devout man, He has assumed the réle of evangelist or lay preacher, and delivered discourses and Bible readings, which The Rev. | going to do about it?” | the house in which Saal | dents which are said | should all be reading the Koran. | th | on St Helena, then what he tolls us pusses into veritabio | letter, that 1s all, Somebody, | pendent’? movements and that of Theodore Parker. | ton, the Spencer and pretty ni | don't you believe that some will be damned forever, | decisions and ends the matte | many curious ane Bible. Some politicians who happened to meet grew ' composition was where he had seen mitted that the whole thin, mind that it was impossible to make a more definite assertion than that he had, somewhere or other, heard or read something like ft, ‘The other party, however, | origivalty of the composition, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1876.--TRIPLE SHEET. have been attendea by muitituaes and by good at the same time. Dr. Cumming inststs that the world is to be burned He bas looked his caloula- | and can't possibly be imduced to extend | the time, We remember years ago seeing scores of | men and women dresed in white robes, on a clear spring morning, gathered im the fields, ready to bear the last | trump. They gave their property away to those who, they thought, were deluded in receiving it, and were to go Up. Uneneumbered. Alas! the prophet | otten, in adding up the right hand column to carry » and that mi; erence of about 1,000 | years, De, Cumming have to engage the L = ning Caleulator before we can accept his figures again. We were 80 disappointed on the previous occasion that | we shall watt 2ow until we bear the ramble of the first earthquake, and theu our real estate will go to the first | bidder, In Mr. George Smith's “The Chaldean Account of Genesis” t jons are given of fragments of As syrian tablets of great interest to the Biblical scholar. The author believes the inscriptions to have been made ‘as far back as B. ©. 2000. If this shall prove true a vest deal of testimony will be discovered corroborative of the Biblical account of the creation and the deluge. It ts a very curious fact that while science ts sneering at the first chapter of Genesis to such an extent that its nasal organ has already assumed a decided png rel- jes are being discovered, tablets and monuments are being unearthed of evident anuigulty with inscriptions which are only a paraphrase of Holy Writ’ Now, then, il the people who were there or thereabouts say that it was so, and science says that it was not so, in the chaste language of our chased friend, “What are we | He was dying at thirty-two years of age. Having been awakened to. the religious life by a Methodist he desired to be received into the Church. that he might leave @ testimony for Christ. His family, however, | were close communion Baptists, and insisted, against the prayers of the dying man, that since he couldn’t be | immersed, be should not join the Church, And so he died, sorrowful, Is this’ paganism or Christianity? | Common sense says the former, but a blind bigotry says | the latter. A Mr. Powell, of Chicago, in an anti-revival sermon gave a list of clargymen who had assured him that a | Very small proportion of converts made under Moody and Sankey circumstances hold fast. Jt was not ® particularly encouraging sermon for those who are g ready for these evangelists; but then ft was de- d by what is called a “radical,” and that will perhaps account tor the sueer. When a ‘liberal’? defines Tadicalism he says it is the spirit of investigation which goes down to the radiz, or root, of the matter; but when a conservative detines tbe says tt is a kind of rapacity which tears everything up by the roots, Concerning those converts who grow to be very hot and become very coid, we are reminded of the answer of the Scotch woman. When ove asked her if many of the new-born had ‘allen back,"’ she said, ‘There are none fallen back, but those that didna tall far forrad.” | It seems that even time cannot wholly obliterate the footprints of history. The accumulated dust of ages canvot cover from hungry and determined eyes the localities where great evenis have occurred. Lieutenant | Condor, of the Palestine Exploring Expedition (Brit- ish), has identified nearly every important spot tn the Holy Land. Hoe bas worked up the details to such an extent that he can point out the very place where David and Goliath had their unpleasantness and almost visited the Witeb of Endor, ‘This whole work of exploration, east as well as west of the Jordan, has been attended with very encouraging results. American dollars are well spent when they help to dig up forgotten facts, Mr. Moncure D. Conway, who is the author of some very pleasant and instructive essays, is suffering from an anti-Biblical mania in an acute ‘form, He told Mr. Frothingham’s audience on Sunday morning last that the Bible has no intrinsic value whatever, and that we believe in the book in consequence of one of those acci- to make history, The tide of Moorish conquest in Spain was checked, therefore we believe in the Bible, Had the Moors succeeded we What a narrow escape Wo have had, tobe sure, We were educated into a dim notion that the Almighty had something to do with the Bible, but it was only the Moors after all, yell, by and'by we shall get hold of ‘the whole trutli,”’ and then we need not believe anything. The Nation has a thoughtiul article on “authority,” in which occurs this curious statement :—‘‘Hardly aby- thing is beheved among us, by either young or old, be- cause somebody has suid {t.” ‘The sentence looks (or- midable, at first sight, and bas a certain axiomatic ap- pearance which makes you feel like saying, ‘Just s0, my friend, just so.” And yet it will contain jast as imiportant'® truth if you make it read the other way, —Almost everything is believed, by both young aud old, because somebody has suid 1s," “The whole of history, sacred and profane, is believed simply because “somebody” says it is true. If we have contidence in the “somebody”? who was with Napoleon history and assisia us to orm a judgment Nearly every conviction of the universal mind rests on the author- ity of somebody's testimony. We accept the genera facts of scienve, which are lar beyond the reach of our personal {uvestigation, on the authority of “somebody” in whom we have conidence, Christians, when they accept Holy Writ, spell the word with a capital Some of the son between pers are engaged in making compari- r. Swing’s and Mr. Murray’s “inde- Nothing can be more obvious than the diflerence. Dr. Swing’s and Mr. Murray's is the independency of preach- ing, while Theodore Parker's was the independency of thinking. There is not the dimmest blush of reason why tue two former clergymen should hire bails and theatres and robe themselves in the dull gray of mar- tyrdom, There are ecclesiustical organizations which copes to them both, Their independent attitude is simply a clerical eccentricity. It they like to mduige in the usury of an outside position no ono can reasonably’ object. Theodore Parker, however, was an outsider because no one under beayen would Jet bim inside Even the Unitarians got scared at his huge neguuyes. He lived out of doors all his life, and reaily tasted some of the sweets of a mild sort of mar- tyrdom, It’s all very well to be independent when the ecclesiastical Medes and Persians decree that you shall use only the crossbow or the flintlock, but when you find in the Christian armory the Sharp, the Reming- rly every other arm thai has ever been invented, and are at liberty to make your own choice, to be independent then ts simply to be crotchety or dyspeptic None of as want to wear chains, netiher do we propose tu; bat we ought all to be willing to pull im harness. ‘The advantages of Presbytertanism over Congrega- tionalism as a inechod of Church government are again illustrated. Rev. Mr. Macdonell, of Toronto, preached asermon on “The Hereatter,” in which he expressed a doubt conceruing eternal punishment asa Scriptural doctrine, Ofcourse there was blaze and an explosion. Heresy on that point was fatal, He was aot even in the position of the clergyman who, in answer to the horror-toned inquiry ot the dear old lady, “What! not even a few!” quietly replied, “Madame, it ia barely possible that a very few may be, but not many.’? The old lady cried out hopefully, ‘Well, | that's better than nothing, at any rate.” Poor Mr. Macdonel! bad doubts even about the few, The matter, however, will be settled quickly and decisively. He is | simply Tequired to give im his assent to the West- minster catechism within a week or seek another pas- torate, The Congregationalisis would haye debated the matter for six months and then have loft it unset ed, They would have called advisory councils, mu- tual councils and all sorts of conventions, simply to | prove themselves powerless. Every church get on better when tt has a court of appeals, which renders its In the city of Benares there ts an evangelist who is an improvement on Sankey, He not only sings de- lightfully, but plays the violin as well, and he does both at the same time, Entering a bazaar, Le collects | acrowd about him by means of his Stradivarius, and then, when they are just about to take their olive-eyed partners for a dance, be sings like Brignoli, with a low, Sweet accompaniment on bis tiddie, and the people's hearts are groatly stirred, The spiral stairs that lead to heaven sce made of musical notes. It's bet- ter to sing our way than to ery it there. Popular ignorance of the Bible is the basis of a great jote, We all remember the story ged to of the member of Congress who, when chall | repeat the Lord’s Prayer, began, “Now I lay me down | to sleep,’ at which the challenger said, “I give it up, | I didn’t believe you knew it," It is said that when | Mr. Chase was Governor of Ohio his Thanksgiv- | ing proclamation was made up of quotations from the it. Une party insisted that the jarism, and when asked to tell er the sentiments or words, ad. was 80 indistinct in hi very much excited ove laughed the accusation to scorn and insisted on the Quite ® number of our | most popular quotations are from the Bible, such as, | for instance, “God gave the King;”’ “There ts death in | the pot; would not live alway; “The King of Ter- rors,’ “Iam escaped with the skin of my teeth; “He Riveth his beloved sleep;” ‘Evel will be me dhng;" “Remove not the ancient landmark ;” “There ts no discharge in that war," and many others which have become part of our dally conversation, REVIVAL GLEANINGS. HOW THE WORK PROGRESSES HERE AND THERE— OVER FOUR THOUSAND SOULS GATHERED INTO THER CHURCH WITHIN A PEW WEEKS. While the evangelists, Mooay and Sankey, are labors ing in Philadelphia, other evangelists, male and female, fre gathering in converts by tho score, halfscore oF bupdred tn diferent parts of the country. Mra Low. | ery, the cohverted actress, who has created such « | furor in Port Jervis, N. Y¥., where between four nan. | dred and five hundred were gathered tnto the evan. gelical charches there, including thirty-nine into the Baptist church and about 250 into the Methodist church, is now operating on the sinners on Staten Island, In Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, West Brighton, last Sunday, eighteen persons were received into the church, the fruits of her labors there, Mrs. Van Cott | is laboring in the towns and villages along the Hudson, | and with great success also, Asa result of ber labors recently in the First Methodist Episcopal church, Yonkers, 159 were converted and taken into the church. In Nowburg, aiso, whee she proached fora fow weeks and many were converted, the meetings | have been continued, and last week, in St, John's Methodist Episcopal chareh, in that place, 100 adults | Were at the altar seeking salvation. Thirty united with the church last Sunday, Three other fomaie evangelists are operating in dif- ferent parts of the West, and it would seem that the prophecy of Joel is receiving its secoud fulfilment in | most of them | church at once. The membership of the churcl | ext continues to incre | @Xtensive revival is in | leita hope in the Baptist chureh, and at Centre | Conn., for the past three weeks, and about 800 have | sought and many found the Saviour, | every one has been spoken to; thus many who remain, | meetings from nine o’clock until nearly midnigat | week and seventeon have found peace in believing. | church 2, and Hope Mission, Philadelphia, 22. At | awakened, | in Christ,’ The meetings continue, and the house is these days, when the daughters as well as the sons shall prophesy. The denommations complain that young men wil! not enter their colleges and seminaries: to study for the mimsiry, and as @ co! juence about seventy-three of all the Presbyterian churches, and seventy-two of the Bapt'st and Congregational churches, ana seventy-four, perhaps, of the Episcopal churches in the Innd are without pastors. The Roman Catholics and Methodists are the only sects that make provision for the supply of all their churehes and for the waste places of the land with the ordinances of the Gospel, There is not @ great stir spiritually in many of the churches of this city or Brooklyn; and yet there is in A STRADY AND HEALTHFUL GROWTH. Last sunday ninety-seven were added to Dr. Scud- der's church an twenty-nine to = Piymouth church, The gracious outpouring of the spirit at Embury church, Brooklyn, still continnes, The work has now been in progress three months, and over 200 | have made a profession of religion, while 160 nave | joined the church. The congregations have greatly increased, s0 that it has been decided to enlarge er) as more than doubled since Kev. Charles E. Miller's ap- pointment as pastor. At East Norwich, L. 1., J, T. Thomas, pastor, about doris persons have been converted. Ashland, N. Y., F. 8. Wilson pastor, fifty-five converted. Cayuga, N, ¥., GW. Reynolds pastor, twenty-five converted, South Stirlin, Y., J. F, Williams pastor, ninety converted. ast Homer, N. ¥., H. W. Williams pastor, torty-five converted. Thirty-two persons were added Sabbath before last to the Presbyterian chureh of Chester, Orange county, N. Y. The Baptist church in Rondout, N. Y., Kev. James Cooper, pastor, is having the most powerful revival ever known in its history. Between twenty and thirty rise for prayers some nights, and the inter- In the Baptist church at ireene, N. Y., @ revival still in progress has added sixty-four to the membership. The revival in Rome, N. Y., im connection with the labors of Rev. H. G. Dewitt, was one of great power. The churches of the city united, many merchants agreeing to close their stores in the evening, that they and their clerks might have an opportunity to attend the services. More than 200 were reported as the fruits of the revival. Dr. Stryker, of tho First Presbyterian church, formerly of this city, received twenty-live new members last Sun- su part of the harvest. Mr. Dewitt is now labor- ing amovg the Baptist churches in faltimore The Reformed church at Westerlo, N. Y., has gathered in forty-one persons in its revival. GLEANINGS FROM NRW JERSEY, Turning from our own State to others we find the same state of things. In Hackettstown, N. J., 120 con- verts added to the Methodist Episcopal church and meetings held daily in a saloon; in Rockaway, N. J., twenty-cight added to the Fresbyteriun church, and in | Knowlton twenty-two. At Boss River, N. J., where an rogress, a lurge number have been converted and the Methodist charch altar is nightly crowded with penitents, The entire com- munity is said to bein a serious mood, Over twenty. | five persons have professed religion at St. Paul's, New. ark, N. J. Ten persons have recently joined St. Paul's, Elizabeth, on profession of faith. In Eighth Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Newark, ten joined the church a week ago and fifty or more are seeking salvation, In St. John’s chapel, same city, fitty-eight conversions are reported, nearly the same ‘numbers in Prospect street church, Paterson, and the First Metho- dist Episeopal church, Orango, N. J. In Madison there have been twenty conversions in the Methodist Epiavopal church, Mrs, Lowery is to labor there in a few days. At Danville, N. J., twenty have been added to the Methodist Episcopal church, and at High Bridge thirty, At Lambertville forty have iil, Pa., an out-station of the sapust church at Stock- ton, N. J., twelve have been converted. The Second Congregational chureh, Jersey City, Rev. ©, Pickett pastor, are enjoying a precious work of grace, A young people’s meeting has been organized, carried on princi- pally by those who haye recently professed Christ, THE WORK IN CONNECTICUT. A successful series of daily meetings has been | held durmg the past month in the South | Presbyterian church, Bridgeport, Conn., the pastor, Key, Edwin Johvson, being isted by Rev. Messrs. Northrop, of Hartford; Griffin, of Milford, and Underwood, of Brooklyn, Many Chris: tans have been quickened, and fifty or more persons have been converted, The church in Thompson, Conn., Rev, J. A. Hanna, has been holding special services tor two weeks, during which the church has been re- treshed, and nearly seventy persons have come into the inquiry room asking what they might do to be saved. All classes have been reached. In ono instance five sons in one family now begin the Christian life. A re- markable revival has been in progress in Woodvury, The work com- menced and progressed in the Methodist Episcopal church till, over 100 had ~— sought the | Saviour. Members and pastors of the other | churches coming in more or less and catching the fire, and numbers being present from ail the other churches | or congregations, it was thonght advisable that the work should extend, consequently union meetings were | appointed. The union has been wonderfully blessed. All the meetings have been under the direction and preaching of Rev. E. Davies, evangelist. A large pumber of heads of families’ have been eonverted, among them some that had not been in church for fif- teen years, A WONDERFUL REVIVAL IN HARRISBURG, PA. But the most remarkable revival work now in pro- gress in the United States is that at Harrisburg, Pa. It exceeds im its practical results anything that Mr. Moody's preaching or Mr, Sankey’s ‘singmg bas pro- duced among us. The Rev. E. P. Hammond, evange- list, bas been Jaboring there for a few weeks andyno building in the city has been large enough to contain the multitudes who have desired to hear the Gospel from his lips, Hundreds who have never been in the habit of attending church have been at these meetin, daily. The number of conversions has been very lar; Conviction of sin has ber overwhelming in many cases. Mr. Hammond says he bas not seen any- thing like it for years, Many have been in such terri- bie distress they would have talien upon the floor and laid there in agony had not ministers and Christian | friends literally held them up. Nearly every one of those who were in such agony of soul are now rejoicing in the finished work of Christ Cries at times have been so loud that even in the large Opera House during the inquiry meetings, when the singing stopped for a moment, they were heard beyond the precincts of the building. These remarkable manifestations have aston- ished Mr, Hammond and the ministers laboring with him. Over 1,500 covenant cards liave been signed by those who have professed conversion in these meetings. Many have come in from the surrounding country and gone home fFejoicing m the hope of eternal life, Mr. Hammona’s method of conducting the inquiry meeting is such as to awaken the care less as well as to bring sinners to Christ. He not only contrives to induce the anxious to go into an adjomimg room where they may be spoken to by Christian workers, but contrives to hold ail who ba’ heard the sermon in the audience room. He divides the house up systematically, so as to make sure that though not under very deep conviction of sin, have words spoken to them by ministere, Christians and, perhaps, young converts, which lead ‘to their conver: sion, From 1,000 to 2,000 thus remain in his inquiry Last week Mr. Hammond went to Laucaster, Pa, t labor for a few weeks. A PRECIOUS WORK OF GRACK Progress in the Presbyterian church of Wount’ a. Meetings have been held nightly for over isin Joy, Christians are greatly revived and are praying and working. Tho interest is very deep with all classes, In the schools, in stores and on the streets the one | topic of conversation is that of religion. ‘n Philadelphia, also, as might be supposed from tho presence of Moody and Sankey, @ deep religious inter- est pervades all the churches there. ‘The North Broad eet Presbyterian church has added 68 to its tmem- bership recently; the Tenth Presbyterian church 26; Mr, Newkirk’s ‘church 77; Bethesda Presbyterian Frankford, Paui street, T, A. Fernley; Frankfora ave- nue, Rev. O. Grifiths, and Orthodox street Metho- dist Episcopal church, Rev. P. S. Merrill, there are re- vivais in progress. At Orthodox street, whichis @ new charge, about 150 conversions, At Greentield, Pa, the Baptist eharch bas received 27, and at Goshen, Pa, 50 have given evidence of conversion in the Baptist church there. In Washington (Pa) Presbyterian church more than seventy persons have been and many have professei faith crowded at all the meetings. At Crooked Creek Bap- tist church eleven, and at Mahoning, Pa, Baptist church six bave been added by baptism. In the Meth- odist Episcopal church at Frederick City, Md,, seventy souls have been converted, nearly ali of whom have joined the Church, and there is a deep and wide spread religous feeling inthe community. These gleanings cover only a smal! portion of four States and that cov- ering only from two to four weeks and yet tho resalt shows 4,860 converts gathered in to the cliurches, THE WEEK OF PRAYER. The Week of Prayer has been more gencrally ob- served this time than in any previous yoar. Meetings were hold daily in Dr, Ludlow’s Reformed charch, on Fifth avenue and Forty-eighth street, where Moody and Sankey’s hymhs were sung, and such a lively ins terest prevailed that they are to be continued until the coming of those evangelists to New York next month, or until further notice, If the interest ceases of course the meetings will come to an end. But for the resent they will be held at the same hour as last week. Tfectings were held in Dr. Rogers’ Reformed church also, and, like the others, they were led by ministers of different denominations in the neighhorhood But there was a ‘drag’ in them every day. It was due, doubtless, to the lack of a ready singer aod ready tongs, which the uptown meeting had, for Professor Weeks led the musical devotions there. eetings were held also im Association Hall, Brooklyn; in Hanson place Baptist ehurch, ip Strong place Baptist chureh, in the Central Congregational charch, Brooklyn, and im several of the Methodist churches in this city and im Brooklyn, A noonday prayer meeting was started in Mr. Page's Presbyterian church, in West Kieventh street, New York, and sustained, im es by young men from the Greene street meeting. They will prob: bly be continued this week. The Sunday afernoon Union service, held last Sunday in Dr. Burchard’s church, will be held to day in Rev, Mr. Browner’s Bap- “ist church, on Bedford and Christopher streets, Laat Sunday th jad & most interesting meeting. 4 Israelite, who bad been converted by the reading of Bible during a recent confgement in hospital, related his new-found experience with thrilling effect, Sankey's hymns are Sung by those who carry their books with qhem. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. wertoprst. Dr. John R. Vincent, the indefatigable Sunday school man, of this city, has been confined to his home by sicknesa for a couvle of weeks He is recovering now, however, and expects to be at work again very s00n, Dr. A. M. Osbon, the oldest effective minister in the New York Anoual Conference, will preach the centen- nial sermon before that body at its next session, in this city, Bishop Foster was invited to perform this service, but declined because of other engagements. Drs. Dashiell and Reid, the missionary secretaries, left this city inst week to attend the Southern and Southwestern Conferences and to plead the cause of missions before them. Mr. O. H. P. Archer, of this city, has erected a memo- rial church to his father, in Allendale, N. J. The build- ing is said to be one of the most imposing in the State— 28x50 feet, with a spire 27 feet high. Its cost is $6,000. It will be ready for dedication this month. The Rey. J. R. Wood, son of the Rey, Dr. Aaron Wood, leaves Baltimore January 15 for South America, A neat stone chapel in West Norristown, built by the Oak street church, was dedicated last Sunday by Bishop mpson. The following are the Methodist numerical returns for 1875:—Episcopal Methodists in the United States, 025,427; non-Episcopal, 147,802; Methodists in other countries, 1,015,876; total lay communicants, 4,189,105. The total number of itinerant preachers is 27,391, and of local preachers, 61,474, an increase during’ the year of 3,325 itmerant ministers, and a decre: A Jocal preach: EPISCOPALIAN, Mr. Peter Herdic, a millionnaire of Williamsport, Penn., made the Protestant Episcopal church of that piace a Christmas present of a new edifice, fully fur- nished, with an organ and other requisites, the value of which is said to be over $400,000. Tne Rev. H, N. Powers, D. D., late rector of St. John’s church, leaves Chicago, having accepted a call from the Episcopal church in Bridgeport, Conn. Dr, Powers is an able preacher and most accomplished scholar. The Bishop of California bas organized three new mission parishes in Lis diocese in San Gabriel, Central Santa Barbara City and San Francisco. ‘The Rev. E. O. Flagg has resigned the rectorship of the Church of the Resurrection New York city, and is now residing in North New York. The Rev. G. Zabriskie Gray, rector of Triuity cburch, Bergen Point, N. J., has accepted the position of Dean of the Episcopal Theological Seminary at Cambridge, M ass. The Rev, William Chauncy Langdon, D. D., has been elected rector of Christ church, Cam.ridge, Mass., and gone thither, The Rev. William P. Tucker, late principal of St. Au- gustine’s College, Benicia, Cal., has accepted the rec- torship of Trinity church, Claremont, N. H. Dr. Matson Mier-Smith, of St. John’s Episcopal church, Hartford, has been elected to a chair in the Philadelphia Divinity School. PRESEYTRRIAN After six months’ travel and sight-seeing in Europe Dr. Field, of this city, has gone into Asia, imtending to spend a few months more there, and then he will make a brief visit to interesting parts of Africa, His letsers from Europe to the Evangelist have been of great in- terest, and extracts from some of them have been pub- ° lished in the Hexatp, The Doctor 1s a clear and force- ful writer, and no doubt his future letters will be as in- toresting as the past, Rev. A. H, Corlis, of Lima, has resigned to take charge in Utica’ The Rev G. L. Hamitton, of Roches- tes, New York, bas gone to a charge in Niagara Presby* tery. The Rev, William B. Waller, of Norristown, has re- ceived and accepted a unanimous call to the Green Ridge avenuo Presbyterian church in Scranton, Pa., entering upon his duties iast Sabbath, In Union Theological Seminary, in this city, aro six sons of foreign missionaries, all born on foreign soil and retaining in their vernacular the languages of the several countries from which they came and to which they intend to return, This knowledge of Arabic, Turkish, Hindostanee and Tamul will give an immense advantage to these young men in taking the work at tne hands of their honored fathers. A hopeful sign for missions. There are eight others in the seminary who, in addition to their knowledge of English, speak Gor- man, Spanish, Welsh and Greek in their vernacular. Rev. William Durant, pastor of the Sixth Presbyte- rian church, Albany, at the request of « large number of gentlemen, published a discourse reviewing a Romish priest’s views of what the public schools should be. He shows, with decided vigor of reasoning and copious illustration, that the education given by the priests is a bad education, aud for political par- poses worse than none at all It unfits the children to be citizens of the United States. Rey. A. Templeton, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., has been called to the pastorate of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, of Pittsburg, Pa, in place of Dr. Squier, re- signed, ROMAN CATHOLIC. Last Thursday was the feast of the Epiphany and as such was religiously observed in ali the Catholic churches in this city and Brooklyn and in many Prot- estant Episcopal cbarches, Five Dominican Fathers open a mission of two weeks in St. Poter’s church, South Brooklyn, Rev, Father Franstoli, pastor, to-day, In St. Cecilia's church, Brooklyn, a temperance so- ciety has been organized, with 200 members, as one of the fruits of the jonist mission which closed there Jast Sunday, On Tuesday, January 4, Fathers Taaffe and McElroy, of Brooklyn, leftior Cuba Neither of these reverend gentlemen ts in very good health, Father Taaffe will hot remain very long. Father McMeel’s place at St, Stephen’s church, Brook- lyn, hag been filled by Rev, Father O’Brien, who for up- ward of five years discharged the daties of assistant priest at the Church of the Assumption, Father Charles Gallagher takes Father 0’Brien’s place. The Rey. Father Penney, of St. James’ church, New York, has been promoted to the charge of the parish of Piermont, New York, as the successor of the late Father Quinn. The Rev. Father Brophy, having purchased the Bap- tist church on West Fifty-first street, is about to establish a now parish in that vicinity. One of the tinest religious edifices in the State of Vermont is the Catholic church at Rutland, erected by Rev. Father Boylan at a cost of $120,000. Vicar Genera! Lynch is erecting a convent for the Sisters of Mercy in Burlington, The Rev. J. Keiley, pastor of Beverly, Mass., bas three churches to attend, one of whieh is ten miles and the other nine miles distant from Beverly, He cele- brates mass in two of the churches every Sunday. Rey. P. Cunningham, pastor of Middlebury, built a handsome church in Vergennes, Vt, for abou! $45,000, Rev. P. De Fraine, of Louisvilie, has been sent to Bardstown, Ky Rev. P.'A. Toohey has been appointed chaplain of the Penitentiary at Kingston, Canada. Rev, John Reed has been appointed pastor of St. John’s church, Louisville, Ky. Rey. P. O’Carroll bas built a church at Fairhaven, Vi., at a cost of $45,000. . Michael Cavanaugh, C. M., tne popular treasn- rer of the Niagara Seminary, has beeu an invalid at the Sisters’ Hospital the past’ two weeks. A building is to be erected tor the Catholic Orphan Asylum on the Boland Farm, near Peekskill, N. Y., where various trades will be taught. The Dominican Fathers will begin a mission in St Peter's charch, Brooklyn, to-day, Rev. Louis Orengo, 0. & D., ior many years so well known in the Dominican missions of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, but who has for some time past been stationed at Castel Vittoria, Italy, has been transferred from the latter place to the House of San Domenico di Taggia, Ligeria, Italy. ‘v. Fathers Fenger and Kreutzer and Brother En- gelbert, of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost and the Sacred Heart of Mary, recently left Havre, France, for the American missions. The collections in the Cathedral, Newark, December 25 and 26, amounted to $3,300. Of this sum $300 were given to the poor and the remainder to St. Mary's Asylum. There are 1,000 convents and monasteries, inhabited by 21,000 monks and nuns, in Belgium. The income of the religious orders in that kingdom is $100,000,000. Rev. Charles J. Gallagher, late a professor in Moant St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Md., has been ap- pointed assistant pastor of the Church of the Assump- tion, Brooklyn. BaPTisT. The First Baptist church at Graniteville has extended acallto the Key. Mr. Garrone, of Perth Amboy, N. J., to become their pastor, and he has accepted, Rev. Mr. Kelsey, of the Sixth avenue Baptist church, Brooklyn, opens the year with the baptism of five con- verts aud the addition of fifteen members to the om peat Ag | fair month’s work. A proj has been made to have the Sunday school come ina body, which went out from this church under Mr. Cleaver, The Baptist Ministers’ Conference last Monday, blinded with bigotry, rescinded an invitation previously extended to Dr. Jeiirey, of Brooklyn, to read a paper before them, lest it should be construed as an indorse- ment of his open communion views. The Doctor's latest offence in this line is his acceptance of the editor- p of the Baptist Union, It is the old story of strain- tagnat and swallowing a camel ding care- ful the tithes of mint, anise and cumin, but neglecting the weightier matters of the law. [1 Chris tianity fails to make its followers ordinarily courteous, or, being courteous, makes them boorish, no wonder that the world wants little or nove of it’ Out upon such barrow. mindedness! The First and Harvard street churches of Boston are to be consolidated and a more eligible sie for a new church building 18 to be secured. ‘Dr. Banvard, late of Paterson, N. J., has accepted a call to Neponset avenue church, Boston; Rev. Joha Love, of Albany, goes to Chelsea, Mass; Rev. H. G. Safford, of Concord, N. H., gue to South Framing- ham; Brookline, Mass., takes Rev. H.C. Mabie, from Chicago. ‘The Bethel church th Boston is undergoing extensive ropairs, This is a noble building, once used by the Universalists, but purchased for seamen by the lamented Phineas Stowe, the sailor's friend. ‘The First church in Lowell, Rev. 0. © Mallory , Will celebrate its semi-contennial early in Foucuary, at which time there will be a gathering of ‘old pastors and old members. Rev. E. J. Foote goes from Red Bank to Middletown and Rev. William B. Pelan trom West Philadelphia, Pa, to Irving street church, Rahway, MISCRLLANROUS. In the Sunday schoo! lesson for to-day it is said of David that be was “raddy and wtthal of a beautiful countenance."’ The commentators on the lesson say that ‘David was, like Esau, a red-haired man.” That 18 the meaning of “ruddy.” Some simple minded min- jeter at a distance writes to Dr. Curry, of this city, to know whether this interpretation 18 correct or not, and the Doctor answers toat he does not know hor care; that if our Sunday schoo! teaching has drivelied down to the discussion of such questions it 1s time to intro- duce ‘Robinson Crusoe” or “The Vicar of Waketield.”” We think 80, too; but the time came long ago. Some of the international lessons are the collection ‘of bosh that a sane committee could bi selected, Thero is neither point nor pith to them. They are sunply makeshilts for lazy veachers and lazicr scholars, and we believe do more harm than good to a majority of our Sunday schools. The Fis« University at Nashville, for which the Jubilee Su (colored) have been singiug in this country and in Ew for two or three years, was dedi- cated on Now Year’s Day. it was in 1866, chiefly through the aid of General Clinton B. Fisk, of St. Louis and New York, The cost of the several build- raleed S10 008, $120,000, and of this sum the Jubilecs Sunday school scholars are familiar with the letters . E.,”” which stand as the sign for the author of many books in their libraries, y stand for “A Lady of Old England.” The real name of the writer is Miss Charlotte Maria Tucker. She is of the family of Boswell, the biographer of Dr, Jobnson. She bas just gone with eight other English women to India, to en- gage in Zenana work in that country. She goes at ber own ex) Dr. William M., Taylor, of this city, has written one of the most interesting books we have yet seen on Elijah the prophet (Harper's). The Biblical history of that nee eee is very meagre, but Dr. Taylor has exhausted all there ts in it about him, and gleaned what was known or traditionally believed about him | from, tue socroan fe Gal mprelyas-a literaey pro: duction the composition of the work is a marvel. The new Reformed church at Greenville, N. J., is al- most ready for occupancy, but at a meeting of the Con- sistory held recently it was resolved not to move into the new building until the debt, amounting to about $1,800, is tully paid. The Seventh Day Adventists observed the Ist of January this year ag a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer. Rev. J. L. McNair, of Watkins, N. Y., accepted the eall to the pastorate of Bedminster Reformed chureh, and entered upon his duties last Sunday. The Classis of Raritan, N. J., will meet on the 11th inst. in Somer. ville, whon arrangements will be made for the installa- Uon of Mr. McNair, SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP. HOW TO ARREST SPIRITUAL PAUPERISM—A RABbI'S ESTIMATE OF RELIGIOUS REVIVALS. In the temple on Lexington avenue and Filty-fifth Street yesterday the Rev, Dr, Huebsch discoursed to a large congregation from the prophecy of Isaiah, xli.,17— “The poor and the needy seek water and there is none; their tongue is dried up with thirst; 1, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.” Bichly, said the Doctor, has the Lord’s mercy set the table for man and provided for all bis earthly necessities, Sea and land, plain and mountain, abound with the choicest store of blessings. So copiously, in- deed, are these gifts bestowed that it puzzlesthe mind to know how such deep poverty can exist amid such abundance, The solution of the problem is found in the shortcomings of man and not in any faultiness of God’s provisions in nature. Men may refuse to ac- knowledge a Supreme Giver, but they won't refuse the gifts provided by His kindness and care And herein the atheist pears most inconsistent and ungrateful. He inhales God's air, lives on food and water provided by God, lives and finds a final Testing place in God’s earth, and yet after enjoying all the comforts and pleasures of life and earth he says, like the fool, there is no God. A subtle philosophy may fabricate syllogistic excuses, nay, justifications, for such a course; common sense, however, in its unso- pbisticated way will abide by’ the sentence; he who enters a house and finds there kind hospitality and says there is no host to whom I am boynd in gratitude is a poor sort of philosopher, I do not know whether in face of the tmmense universe, witb its duration of millions of years, man with bis threescore and ten years of earthly life is entitled to the boast of being the chief work of the Creator, but I know that the di- vine part, God’s image, that man bears within him, ele- vates him far above the rest of creation. The number- Jess stars rolling in the infinite space have their stream- ing, silvery light, the suns have their golden rays and warmth, but earth has man, and man has pirit, and this fact gives to our obscure little planet the foremost rank in the system of creation, and justifies the statement of the Scriptures, that sun, moon and stars were created for the service of the earth, and the earth herself for the use of man. The Psalmist says:— “Man was made a little less than angels and been crowned with honor and peer; God has given him do- minion over tho works of His hands; everything bas God piaced beneath his feet’ These words are not the outpourings of an overbearing human vanity, for a few lines above tne same bard says in deep humility “What is the mortal that Thou rememberest hin And the soo of man that Thou thinkest of him? Theso words are rather solemn, the recognition of man’s spirituality and the unreserved admission that we are ‘bound in gratitude to Him who has laid all this glory upon us Let our wisest socialists provide a scheme to arrest the spread of pauperism and they will lind no better weapon than gratitude toward God. Cold and selfish in heart is the man who deems him- self tho sole creator of his prosperity; meek and benevolent is a mind deeply imbued with the con sciousness of {its dependence upon the Supreme Power. When poverty appeals to such a man his motto will be ‘a beneficent soul will abundantiy be gratified, and he that refresheth others be also re- freshed himselt.’’ This fact, however, that man {a endowed with a spark from the Divine Being, leads to the conclusion that God dia not @ His mercy to | the care and provision for man’s wants only. In His fatherly grace He has set thé table for the soul also with the best spiritual invites us all to partake, But we do not and heed the call of our Divine host Many stay away and think they will get along just as well ip life without religion, But they wander on and on, always looking toward earthly goods, until the time comes when they are seized with spiritual hunger and thirst to hear the | word of the Lord. And sooner or later every one of us experience the truth that without God there is no bap- piness for mau, But some do accept God's invitation | and sit down at His table, but they take the vessel for the contenta Spiritual pauperism is spreading every- where, spiritual socialists try to cure the evil, and the dioscurt of revivals shines on the borzon of rel yen ; . but what is their ‘modus candi ? tead of eternal truths dark myths of olden times offered to the listening mul- titudes. These are not apt to promote love and peace and common brotherhood, those unmistakable prod- ucts of true religion It is, of course, highly proper to think and care for the poor in spirit; but it should be done in the proper way. Give them the genuine | bread of heaven and the true water of salvation, and noteleed them with old husks, which can never still their hunger or quench their thirst, The Doctor, in closing, exhorted bis congregation to | the right enjoyment and the right dispensation of God’s worldly and spiritual gifts, so as to remove want and need and to spread the knowledge of God, true enlightenment, peace and love among maukind. DUPANLOUP IN “THE LIONS’ DEN.” New York Faemman’s Jounnan, New Yor«, Jan 7, 1876 To rue Eprror ov rar Herat — You have been such a special admirer of Mgr. Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans, in France, that I think you will not be unwilling to admit this note from me, In this morning's Hxtato you treat Bishop Dupanioup | as if he had forgotten, in his many occupations, both the text of Holy Scripture and tho Catholic lessons of his youth. While lam very far from counting Mgr. Dupanloup as among the greatest of French prelates, either in genius or in learning, | am very sure he never made the blunder ascribed to bim in journals of France, and translated by you ia this morning’s Hexarp, Mgr. Dupanioup bas the misfortune of having as his friends people not much up in sacred traditions. To one of these he wrote the letter you publis bes cyto none of the plainest, and where he wrote fosse his “‘liberal’’ {friend transcribed It, naise, Dupanloup undoubtedly wrote fosse, “den,” the den of, lions, which the sense of tho context requires His ‘4iberal Catholic” friend made it fournaise, the fiery furnace. Respectfully, JAS. A. MoMASTER. CUSTOM HOUSE POLITICS. HARMONY RESTORED IN THE TWENTY-FIRST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT REPUBLICAN ORGANIZA- TION. It ts now stated that Collector Arthur, as the arbiter between the hostile factions of the republican party in the Twenty-first Assembly district, has suceeeded in effecting 4 compromise The former leader tn the district was William Haw, Jr., who, before bis insub- ordination, as it 1s called, was the trusted and FAVORED POLITICAL ALLY of the Collector and other local managers of the repub- lican organization. His popularity increased with his power and patronage until the number of bis dependents had reached 400—a email army of placemen—who felt indebted to their chief, and who, with few exceptions, were willing to follow bim in any project With this | array of friends Bill Haw sought the nomination in his district for the Assembly, which aspiration the Custom House leaders thought ill-timed and impolitic, | They prevailed upon him to recede; but he afterward put himself in an attitude of deflance to the Custom House. He declared most determinedly that he would henceforth run the political machine in his district to suit himself. In retaliation for this COLLECTOR ARTHUR DRCAPITATED some few of Haw’s most reliable friends, who held comfortable places in the Custom House.’ Captain | James M. Thompson and Colonet Ketchum we designated to succeed Bill Haw in the management of district organization. Both were familiar with "s tactics, and neither, although they had the Custom House at their back, were rash enough to | jeopardize the organization by resorting to barsh measures. They cleverty avoided his mancuvres, confident that he would sooner or later succumb, although he re tained the odds tn his favor in the control of the dis- trict organization. All his victories were barren of spoils and Haw soon saw that he was a ae and the terms of an honorable surrenger being to him were accepted, They wore, that an inspector- ship of build: under Commissioner Adams, should be given Haw, and that Harridan and Wallace, two in- | spoctors, who were removed by Collector Arthur for | assisting Haw tn disorganizing the district should be restored to their positions, and Frank Raymond and Munson, two active of the Haw school, should be’ appointed to ipa. These ngements, it is said, the Collector has to, on rondition that Bill Haw forfeits all claims to the leadership in the district, The piace obtained for Bill Haw as Inspector of Buildings is worth in salary about ng ‘but there are other ver guisttes attached to the | contirmation of General CITY POLITICS. What Is Thought of the Appointment o: Police Commissioners. A TAMMANY-CUSTOM HOUSE BARGALN, Can General Porter Hold Over if Rejected by the Board of Aldermen ‘The peculiar position assumed by Mayor Wickham and Governor Tilden in the removal and appointment of Police Commissioners has led to a good deal ot speculation and criticism among city politicians during the past week. Ib is certainly entertaining and in. structive to witness the “ground and lofty tumbling” of those distinguished democrats in selecting two re- publicans for such important positions, Bargain and sale have been openly charged and no denials come. Tammany Hall and the Custom House are supposed to be the bigh contracting parties. A prominent poli- tician gives the names of the gentlemen to the bargain as follows:—Mr. Jobo Kelly, Mayor Wickham, Mr. Salem H. Wales, Governor Tilden, Collector Arthur, District Attorney Bliss, Jackson 8. Schultz, Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer, Senator Robertson and Senator Gerard. The considera- tion for this surrender of Messrs. Tilden and Wickham to the Custom House Ring is understood to be as fol- lows:—No spring election, in order to save Tammany Hall from further disaster, and preserve the handsome bead of our present Mayor from rolling into the politi cal basket; no legislation at Albany this winter which might interfere with the frothy popularity achieved by Governor Tilden in his canal policy. Other considera tions may exist, but these are the principal stipula- tions upon which it ta alleged the contract has be cemented. WILL IT STAND? The question here naturally obtrudes itself. Will this bargain stand? Some are ready to bel that such an unholy compact between two formr dable political rings—the Custom House and Tammany Hall—cannot possibly be carried out. When the compact is fully understood by the people and the batteries of the independent press are brought to bear upon the alliance it must melt like snow before the midday sun. The era o successful ring combinations is passed. Tweed was the first of our city political leaders to perfect this system of unholy alliance between democrats and republicans for the purpose of robbing the people. If these rumors are true Tammany Hall now follows the example of the fugitive ‘Boss.”” ‘Talking yesterday with the Hematp representative 4 1 known politician said:-— ‘The people are aroused to a close inspection of the peculiar mancuvres of our Jocal politicians A few years since a careless, lethargic spirit permeated the masses of voters. They followed blindly the councils of a few men who claimed ta run the machine by right of inheritance. A subsidized press, in many instances, eulogized where honesty would have condemned, and covered up what ought to have been exposed, The question now arises, Are the same tactics to be pursued this spring? Is the will of the people to be thwarted in their pet scheme of sepa- rating the municipal from the general fall elections, by machinations ofa band of conspirators, who assemble the Custom House, Tammany Hall and tbe Union Leag Club? It may bo all very well for the republican ary: who are in a minority in this city, to make al. liances with whatever and whomsoever they think will give them additional power, Tammany, howaver, can only burn her hands badly in attempting to carry out the rumored bargain. The people will watch this political game of chess ch lively interest and should the warfare be transferre to Albany, Senators and Assemblymen had better look to their jaurels if they attempt to sell their prineipics at the dictates of a Tammany-Custom House Ring caa- cus, In the recent election it has b clearly evi- deuced what the mass can do when aroused against the ‘one-man power” and caucus dictation. AN ANTI-RING WAR of the people's party might again sweep the city and county of New York. Riags have been organized ia every conceivable form throughout the country, com- mencing at Washington. The Tammany Ring con- trolled us for years under Tweed, aud was fostered un- der other auspices until crughed to pieces at the last election by the victory of Recorder Hackett. Nowa more dangerous ring is formed by the joint labors o: the Custom House and Tammany Hall, in order to di- vide the spoils of State and city for the coming year. Let the calcium light of investigation be turned immediately upon this latest conspiracy to undermine the political liberties of the voters of Now York, aud the scheme must be frustrated. Tammany works mainly through her agents in the hails of logislation, ‘They Swarm around the State Capitol, and come back here weekly to report ty the “Boss,’’ The “Tammany; School,” which assembled at the Wigwam on several occasions during the past session of tho Logislataure, has been abandoned, but the seeret conclave and coun- cil chamber have not been given up. The conspiracy to defeat a spring elcction now looks successful, but the steady and persistent exposures of the dark lantern doings of the conspirators wil! scatter their schemes ta the winds, and redound in the end to the interest of popular government." ‘hese sentiments were cordially indorsed by a num- ber of other politicians with whom conversations were heid yesterday, THN COMMISSIONRRSMIP OF PURLIC WORKS. A rood deal of speculation bas been also indulged in around the City Hall within the past few days as to the nomination of General Fitz John Porter for Commis- “sioner of Public Works. Rumors of every description are tlying around as to the probable chances for con- | firmation by the Board of Aldermen. A session of the committee appointed at the last meeting of the Board— Aldermen Cole, Lysaght and Purroy—to take the mat- ter into consideration will be held at the City Hall to- morrow. It is stated that Mr. Jobn Kelly is in favor of the confirmation. If this is true of course the Tam- mapy Aldermen will have to take the back track from the ‘stand taken at their meeting of Tharsday last. This course, however, will prove a bitter pill for them toswallow. The laborers in the vartous districts while holding Tammany responsibie for the reduction of their wages have closely allied General Porter's name with that act, It must, therefore, be considered a very baz- ardous proceeding for any of them to venture upon s ‘orter. WILL PORTER HOLD OVER? But there ts another movement whispered around, Under the charter the Mayor is compelled to send In the name of his nominee within ten days after the ex- piration of terms of office. Should the Board of Alder- men reject the name of General Porter the law does not compel the Mayor to send in another candidate, Ia the meanwhile General Porter can hold over and dia- charge the duties of his office until the appointment of @successor. It would be a singular state of affairs if the friends of the present Commissioner of Public = hit upon such an expedient to retain bim in office, WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS. That section of the charter of 1873, which bears upon the nomination of Commissioners and heads of depart- ments by the Mayor, is as follows:— Sxc. 25.—The Mayor shall nominate, and by and with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, appoint the heady of partments and all’ Commiaso Gomsaslestocee eh jem ice ‘Ist day of January. in 1973, that ia to nal the 1° ler, the Commission. Comptr: ! Public Works, the " to the Corporation, the President of the Department Parks and the President of the Department of Police, whick omptroller, Commissioners and Counael to the. . shall hold their respective offices, a@ such troller, Commissioners and Coansel to tly jon gheetl the expiration of their for which | they were appoint cause as herein provided), shall, in like manner, all bers any Board or commission — suthoriae au tend the erection or repair of any bei to oF to be paid for by the city, whether named in any jnted by any local authority, and also members of any other local board, and ail other officers not elected by the people, inclnding’ the O ‘of Jurors, whose ap- ointment is not in this aet ‘otherwise provided for. Every head of dey named, exceptas heeeka other office for the term of atx ae appointed im Srst appointed herein otherwise of his predecessor. That of ‘the above section which alludes to tne filling of vacancies was amended by the Logisiature o ‘1ST4 as ws ‘The Mayor of said shail hereafter ith denlpmation of the Beard of Aldeewon, "a sttwon St Teesoes to fil any y Of vacancies which now exist orm tos euprrecion of the fall term tn ony oles bre Be : 4 C ' of che 25th section of chapter 335" ot the Loawe ti he is empowered to appoint 0; id wit Gfthe Board of aldermen, Yas the ‘This is the only law, so far as could be as the case of the Commissioner ot pune Works No mention {s made in the charter of what the is to do in case his nominee, General Porter, is rejected: next week by the Board of Aldermen. As it pow the action of that body must prove a « perfect indifference to both officila,