The New York Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1876, Page 4

4 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGE MINISTERIAL AUC Chat by the Way—Revival | Movements PROGRAMME OF Uf MOVEMENTS. | A SERVICES. In Allen street Methodist Eptscopa! church Bishop Janes will preach this morning and Rev. Charles E, Harris this evening, on “The Poison and the Remedy,” At the Free Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal church the Rey. John Jobos will preach this morning and evening, as usual. The Rev. W. 7. Egbert will preach this evening in the Wainwright Memorial (Protestant Episcopal) charch on “Popular Scepticism." “The One Refuge” will be considered by Rev. George O. Phelps this evening tm Allen street Presbyterian ebarch. bad The Rev. William Lloyd will speak this morning in | Washington square Methodist Episcopal church on the | “Balm iu Gilead,” and this evening about ‘Opinions of | Christ.”” i At the Fifth Avenue Baptist church the Rev. Dr. Armitage will speak this morning about ter Sifted as Wheat,” andthis evening about ‘Noah's Raven.” The Rev. W. A. Dunneil will preach at the usual | hours to-day in All Saints' Protestant Episcopal church, | “Religious Revivals’? will be discussed this morning | by Dr. J.-E. Forrester, and ‘Spiritual Culture” this | ‘evening by Rey. ©. ¥. McCarthy in Bleecker street | | Universalist church. At the regular service jn the Church of the Holy ‘Trinity this morning and at the people’s service this jevening, the Rev. 8. H. Yyng, Jr, D. D., will preach. Mm the afternoon the Rev. J. W. Bonham will preach. Bishop Beckwith will preach in Christ church (Prot- stant Episcopal) this morning aud Rey. A. S. Woodle | ebis evening. 1 ‘The Rev. Mr. Purceli will preach in tho Free Will | Baptist church this morning on ‘Reaping as We Sow.”” Bishop Snow, the interpreter of prophecy, will an- alyze “The Seven Vials of the Wrath of God’ this af ternoon in the University chapel, Mrs. Bullene this morning and Professor Brittan this evening will address the Progressive Spiritualists in their hall, in West Thirty-third street, the latter on “The Materialization of the Spirit After Death.” “Christ a Healer” will be presented to the Pilgrim | Baptist church this morning by Rev. J. Spencer Ken- nard; “The Ambassador of Reconciliation” tn the evening. “Ambition a8 a Means of Culture” will be consid- | ered by Rev. J. & Seitz, in Harlem Universalist church this evening. The Rev. S. M, Hamflton will preach in the Scotch | Presbyterian church this morning and afternoon. | The Rev. W. R. Alger will deliver a discourse this | evening in the Church of the Messiah on “The Life, | Services and Fame of Benjamin Franklin.” Services in the Russo-Greek chapel this morning tn English, conducted by Rev. N. Bjerring, pastor. | In Willett streets Methodist Episcopal church the | Rey. J. V, Saunders will preach this morning on “False Jadgments Concerning Piety,” and this evening on the | “Intermediate State of the Dead."" The Rev. W. B, Merritt will preach at the usual hours to-day In the Sixth avenue Reformed Church on “Sow- tng and Reaping."” The Rev. W. P, Abbott will minister to St. Luke's | iscopal chureh at the usual hours to-da; “An Infidel’ will recetve the attention of Rev. J. L Lightbourn this eveuing at the Seventeenth street | Methodist Episcopal church, ‘The Rev. James M. King will preach as usyal to-day | in St. Johu’s Methodist Episcopal church. j “Tho Divine and the Human Estimate” will be pre- gented before the Stanton street Baptist church this | morning, and tho Dread Relapse” this evening, by the Rev, W. H. Leavell. Inthe Tabernacle Baptist church the Rev. B. W. Knapp will preach this morning on ‘Abidin, Christ;”” this evening on “The Decision that Saves.” The Rev. S. H. Platt will preaeh in DeKalb avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, this morning and evening. ‘The Religio-Scientific Soctety, in Ecclesia Hall, will be entertained this afternoon by H. B. Brown, who will offer a substitute for a supernatural religion, and in the evening by G. L. Henderson, who will continue the | story of his progress from a supernatural to a scientific | religion. The Rev. D. B Jutten will preach in the Sixteenth Street Baptist church this evening on “No Room for Christ.” The Rev. Chauncey Giles will discourso tn the Swe- Genbdorgian church to-day on “The Tree of Life.”* A meeting will be held in Association Hall to-morrow evening to further the erection of a hospital for the cure of chronic diseases. Ministers and physicians will Speak on the subject. Preatice Mulford will speak at Tronor’s new ball this oventug on “London Society, High and Low,” Preaching in Plimpton Hall this morning, as usual, for the Fifth Universalist Society. A Spiritual Conference will be hold in Harvard Rooms this afternoon and evening. Dr. EH. Chapin will preach in the Church of the Divine Paternity this morning and deliver an address this evening. The Rev. William Netlson McVickar, of Philadelphia, | ‘will offictate this morning and afternoon in the Prot- ‘estant Episcopal Church of the Atonement. The remnant of Plymouth Baptist church will meet ‘this afternoon in the German Evangelical church, West Fifty-third street, when Rev. N. H. McNaughton will #peak about David and Goliath. In the Church of Our Saviour the Rev. J. M. Pullman | Will preach this morning and evening as usual. The Rev. George H. Hepworth will dissect a fow | “Publicans and Pharisees” this morning for the Charch of the Disciples. In the evening he will tell the church that Jesus came ‘To Save the Lost.” ‘Wednesday evening @ young men’s meeting will be hoid there, and on Thursday evening Dr. Lorrimer, of Boston, will lecture to men only, CHAT BY THE WAY. Religion ts a littie like ether in one reapect—it evapo- Fates unless you look after it carefully. A true revival Is closely connected with spontaneous combustion, If the people, perhaps to their surprise, Hind themselves all on fire, the time has really come; if they have to be kindled and puffed at and blowed upon, ‘You may safely conclude that the time ts not yet There seems to be such a thing as having too mach Feligion. A passenger ence asked the captain of a ves. | gel on the coast of Africa if the natives kept the Sab. | ‘bath. “Yes,” ho replied, “and everything else they | PO vean lay their hands on.” | Original sin will always remain a knotty problem. Bhore bave been, and there will be, Jong and learned | ssayson the subject, but daylight is very Mimited. | | the inscription, are the | | The criticism is truer than we think. Some churches | professed conversi | | or | | | temper and wranglin NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 39, 1876*>-TKIPLE aavice is as Larges hed aclear north wind, Wall street is not the safest p! in the world for the investment of clerical funds, and we have heard of several mini: ters who, after a financial visit to that locality, went bome to the quiet of & prayer meeting and sung with tender pathos, ‘Fading, Still Fading.*’ There is only ope instance in Scripture in which the | salary of a priest is fixed, ana even that is slightly | Methodist tabernacle in Brooklyo that problematical Micah was a man who his public | career by stealing @ targe amount of silver from his mother. The Little unpleasantness was, however, am|- cably arranged, and then Micah built a temple for him- self and looked around for a private chaplain. He jon young mau that suited Ris purpose, to whom e said: “Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a | priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of siiver by the | Year, and a suit of apparel and thy victuals.”’ | And ever since this sad occurrence, which cog be | found in Judgea, sixteenth chapter, the shekels have | had a certain fascination to the universal clerical eye, | Mr. Frothingham’s assertions are always sufficiently | Startling, as when, for instance, says the Sermon on | the Mount is not equal to some things in the Old Testa- | ment, and that, so far from being an original produc- tion, it is a composition or compilation; but hisschol- | arship is seldom at fault, When, then, did he find out | that thew was written in Greek? The weight of | authority is on the other side, we are taught, jogic | is peculiar. This Gospel was written 'n Greek; tts sup- | pose bor was an unletiered tax gatherer and a lebrew ; ergo, a muddle, Sure enough; but if the Gos. | pel was written in Hebrew, then, ergo, no muddle at | all. It is burely possible that the Sermon on the Mount | may yet be proved to be not wholly worthless, “The of to-day,"" said Mp. Srothingham, “ts and not destructive,” and torthwith he teara | the fifth, sixth and seventh chapters of Matthew out of the Bible to illustrate that fact withal Well, taith may | be old fashioned and out of date; still we propose to hold | on to ita little longer, There are certain ‘unhappy reports about Pearsall Smith, of higher life fame" He bes, been advised. to reat, and to reconsider certain of his theories and prac- to discover it they are exactly “Scriptural.” | Theso are very vague charges and they are made against a man Who bas been suffering from some cere- bral disorder, and so have tittle woight. Still the | “higher life” theory is like a gossamer tissue and will hardiy do to cover the stern tacts of life, ‘There seems to be @ possibility of getting so very high that one | can’t seo ordinary obligations, and there are those who | do in religious ecstasy what ordinary folk, who don’t know anything about religious ecstasy,’ would call wrong. It is better to keep to the Ten Commandments, even if you are a disciple of the higher life. ‘By their fruits,” &c., is an old lusbioned saying, but it willstand. | The revival in Gloucester, Mass., among the bardy | tars has taken the form of temperance, That, at least, ig a practical and important work. There may possibly be less excitement in connection with it than in meet ings of a more strictly religious character, but the actual good done will be incalculable. When religion is strong enough, or when there is enough of it to per- | suade a sailor to pass by a dram shop as he goes on shore for the first time, or as he leaves his friends for | 4 trip to the Banks, you need have no doubt about the genuineness of the article, If a sailor has so much | réligion that when he is caught in tho bight of a rope | and knocked over on the slippery deck to the music of | the derisive laughter of his mates he forgets to swear, then you bave got a man whom you can put at the wheel in a noreaster while you take your watch below | without a care. It requires more religion to make some men half decent than to make others saints, but | when Gloucester throws mackerel bait with asober | hand you may be assured that the centennial has | Ddegun well. | The’ chie? difficulty with some of our fashionab!e | churches is an excess of dignity, Death through an | overdose of reapectability, given by mistake, 13 not @ | very uncommon occurrence, A church is’ a place | ere every one should feel at home, but the msthetics overéxpensive edifice and overnice upholstery | repel an ordinary man at once His homespun doos | not contrast well with the rich damask of the pews, | and his ungloved bands look deformed and ugly— | twice their usual size—when by the side of the pearl and lavender kids of others, and 60 he stays at homo | and trots the baby on bis kneo. The best comment on | modern churches that we bave seen is in this little in- | cident:—The old South, of Boston, has chiselled over | its porch these words, “Behold! I have set before you | an open door.’’ Lutely, however, the building bas | been used as a Post Office, and on the door, just below | (fel words, jo admittance.’? are for all—who are rich; other churches are for all— | who are poor, and very few are for ail—whother rich | oor. he reMgious papers are discussing the question of | the Bible fn connection with the pasiic schools with great good temper. Once in a while wo see the glow of afrebrand, but the motive, personal popularity, Is | 80 patent that the applause dies ito disgust. Lay the whole matter bare on the common sense of the com- munity and its love of fair play and no one will have | reason to complain. Tho question will probably re- | quire very littie “fixing”? by popular oratory when the | proper time comes to sottle it. | The Baptists may be said to have an explosive | temperament. They are not exactly in process of dis- | ruption, but they are in a state of exhaustive fermon- | tation, 'In the heat of debate a mild sort of clerical objurgation hurtles through the air and the strongest | adjectives that are consistent with a belief in retribu- | tive justice are freely used. It is all about loyalty to ‘water and it foliows the historic law, in that it is the | greatest possible excitement from the least possible | use, It might not be fair to quote the double-edged | words of Hudibras, and that these gentlemen are | not willing to affilfate with any one who will not | Dive like wild fowl for salvation, { And fish to catch regeneration, \ but if is a sad sight to sce an important denomt- | nation of Obristians fighting over the exact amount of | liquid which constitutes a new life, and denouncing each other for sitting at the table of the Lord with a | tellow believer of another sect, when there is honest | work to be doae, but which is delayed until this dis- | cussion {s settled. One sou! saved is better than all the | theology you can master, and more important than all | the ngages and maps that were ever fought over. Hot in the churches is the devil's | own imvention to mae infidels. If we can’t be chari- ° table toward eac! other our religion had better be sold | out to the first bidder and a new invesimont made. Nothing can be funnier than the fan which the re- j ligious papers are making over the singular assertion of br. Taimage that the Israelites feasted on Indian | corn, and that they gathered around their camp fires | and hopped ‘and ate to the music of victory. Its an awful thing to fall into the bands of the Philistines, but | we would rather take our chances there than make a | blunder in the presence of ministers. The “green corn” | of Palestine was only wheat, and Mr. Talmage Is to be | presented with Smith's Bible Dictionary, that such | mistakes may be avoided im the future, Here is acierical anecdote with a sting init, Of | course it is a hundred years old, and nut applicable to any member of the clergy in these times. A colebrated Frenoh author, after a very dull sermon by the Abbé C—, observed that the Abbé bad done better the year vefore “Why, be did not doe: then,” replied his friend. ‘That is the very thing I mean,’ responded the critic. | It ts asserted by some of the religioas papers that | migistors “pass the period of greatest usefulness at an earlier stage than other professiona) men,’ and search ig being made for the reason, The lay mind can take in the situation better than tho clerical. There !s no | walk of life in which there is so much dreary monotony, | voluntarily imposed, as in that of the ordinary country minister. He does not feel the pressure of rivalry, ex- | cept to a very limited extent, and after a while settles down toa gentle amble along the villuge race track, | which {s undisturbed uptil be gets beyond this magic lino of uselessness. The law is an arena in which blowa | are to be given as well received, and every attorney | must be up in the last legal dodgo, or be will lose his | caso and his client The practice of medicine | is assuming new phases all the time, | | also, and the profession 1s 80 crowded that the spirit of emulation and rivalry is felt everywhere. In both of | these professions a man is kept thinking whether he will or no, The stimulus is ad extra. jut with the | | clergy there is no stimulus except what comes from | within, If aman is naturally a student ho will keep jal entertainment will be given in the church. | up with tho advanced thought of the day; if he isan °c M earnost seeker after souls his work keeps bim fresh | | even toa green old age, and his added experience makes him more efficient until the day is far spent | But if be is not a natural student he will stick to the | catechism and become a fossil conservatr cling to the past asa barnacie clingstoaship, If he is not | ‘an earnest seeker after souls be will got lato # very nar- row circle of work and thought, be coasottod by a small coterie of eee seers of Law sexes, and, to his surprise, pass the line of usefulness at a very earl: siane aihbuting iiae thos, Dowever, te an lsseratable | Providence. The simple and unadulterated truth | is ministers are not manly enough as a rule. | ought to believe in and exemplify physical religion more. God's air isfree; take all you want and come again for more. A good horseback ride is better | than poring over an essay on election, if you want to | ‘de effective in the pulpit. Give us more sermons with the fresh air blowing throagh them and you wil! (ind that the point of usclessness will be indefinitely post- ned. Clergymen ought to be a little careful in the adminis. tration of sympathy. There are some beautiful doc- | trines which will probably bave to be modified. to suit | certain emergencies. One of the cloth was the other day consoling an afflicted brother on what he supposed to Le the loss of his wife by death, and assured him of | Tho stubborn fact, however, remains both asa bib. | Vical doctrine and « doctrine of experience. Mr. | Bevcher rather iaughs at the idea of a spiritual tumble, | end assures us that when he fell he fell up and not | Gown, The ead part of it all from hereditary gout, “That our ancestors had the good time, while we are left to pay for it” If the | orid is really the result of | falling up, how down Modern implements and improvements find their way Into the most remote and unexpected nooks and cor- Sere: ‘The caravans that plod through the ot of bo Eaphrates, calling at whatever bappens to be left of Babylon and making tho: terminus of the trip at ithe ruins of Nineveh, do quite a business in petroleam. Babylon and coaloil! And bas it come tothis? In the plains of Mamre, where Abraham effected a settlo- smeut, may be seen subsoil ploughs, while in more than one bouse on the road from Jerusalem to Hebron the Hebrew maided sings to the rattle of @ sewing ma. ching, Surely, antiquity has passed out of sight and vail things have become hew. David Suow eft will which ts as as a sermon. ‘He was a Boston merchant, and litle used to the dash | and risks of New York life. He gave some very liberal sums.to charities, and then, leaving a fortune to each _ofhis heirs, requests them to engage in some legitimate Dus:ness and pot to live on the Ltn . their Lage is cou be says, ouly an bonorab! Datalmort always the most satisfactory in the lor oon Fata’ condition of th: We ought to be that we didn’t | the certainty of meeting her on the other side, when the afflicted interupted him by saying, “I hope that what you say is not literally true, for 1 have just been | divorced, and expected that the bill covered this world and the next. If what you say is true, you would pity | as one said who suffered | ™¢ !ndeed, for my prospect is anything but enchant | Qnrist church, Detroit, Mich., to take efect on che 16th | of February, and accepted’ an election to Trinity ing.’ The medicine Is good, but it ought not to be given to the wrong patient. ; REVIVAL MOVEMENTS. } GLEAMINGS FROM KEW YORE, NEW JERSEY AND | NEW ENGLAND—OPERATIONS OF EVANGELISTS HERE AND THERE. From all parts of the country come cheering accounts of revival meetings and converts gathered into the “charches as thp result such meetings Tho | evangolists Moody and Sankey, whose jabors will | begin here so soon, are nearly equalled by Mr. Ham- mond, who (s operating in Pennsylvania; Mr. Earley who is laboring among the tsianders of Nova Sco and New Brunswick; Mr. Graves, who is out in the Northwest, and Messra, Whittle and Bliss, in St. Lonta, Mrs. Lowery, the converted actress, has been laboring in Warren street, Brookiyn, during the last week with ot Great success, Mrs. Van Cott, another of the evangel- | istic order, 18 attracting crowds In Newark the well own colored evangelist, Aman. crowns and souls in Maryland. the Quakeress, is preaching city and drawing bandreds to her Bible expo- sitions and exciting av interest in Bible study only second to the interest which Mr. Moody excites where- He concludes the investment of funds in stocks, and ‘Unat to the first place it is likely ‘to 0ond—as = og, iy arco es gamblin, Seerieus “abd. demoraliz The “old had been bitten by that souke days, and retained the scar of the fanze Hus er he and fe le, of lesser aote, who ond from | purposes and impair if not destroy | is laboring, and also from Atlantioville and Weathamp- | to France last year, sailed from Havre on the 24th of | of Ecuador, | Which sre all, a8 he contends, in reality political, so | Christ, but of the Pope, ‘he marriage at Farmiugton, Me,, of Rev. “Camp- | meeting John” Alien, aged eighty-three, to Mra, Sarah A. W. Fellows, agou sixty-live, is announced. city to city, East and West. Fred Bell, of Brooklyn, announced to bis congregation tz the Academy of Mu- sic last Sunday that he intended after the Ist of March to stars on an evangelistic tour of the United States. The Lord has been peculiarly fitting him, he thinks, for this work during the past year, A fow weeks ago, however, the Lord was fitting him to build a primitive accom- modi 000 or 4,000 people and should rival Dr, Tal- mage's or Mr. Beecher’s houseof worship, Bust since THE LORD WAS CHANGED WIS MIND, Mr. Bell has tendered his resignation to his church in rark avenue and at the end of February we shall peer have another added to the lengthening list of evangollsts who are springing up tn all the churches around us| Bat may not this reaction against a stated ministry 60 increase as by and by to defeat its own its usefulness and drive as back again to our respective churches and pastors? It is found that the majority of those who attend evangelistic services are usually church mem- bers. This was the case at Moody’s meetings in Brook- lyn and Philadelphia and very likely will be the case here also, Hence the statistical results are very meagre except in aggre- gates of attendants at such meetings So that while 875,000 people attended Mr, Moody’s meet- ings in Philadelphia there was not one out of a thousand saved trom sin in any sense thereby. But the work, nevertheless, goes on* with more or less interest an success, and the dozens here, the scores there and the hundreds yonder will foot up a respectable agaregate for the different denominations at the end of the y In this way the Baptists gained over 87,000 lasty the Presbyterians over 50,000 and the Methodists about as many as both combined, In St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal church, in this city, last Sunday fifty persons were at the altar as penitents, and bdif the number ¢: perienced pardon of sins, In the Free Tabernacle eighty new members bi been added and congregations. doubled. The revival which be- gan in Embury Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, three months ago continues with scarcely any signs of abatement. The church is in a eparsely svitled part of the city, whero it was supposed the little church would be large enough for many years tocome. But it is already too smallfor the member- ship, without outsiders, and the officials propose to enlarge it, Tho seventy-five members who kept house there in April, 1875, when Rev. Charles E. Miller took charge, have been multiplied more than three times since, 80 that the church numbers now 325, and fifty of the 226 converts have gone to other churches in that section, and there are still others op probation. An excellent band of young men has been gath- ered in from the neighborhood, who are now in the heyday of their Christian experience, working nobly for the conversion of comrades and friends. In GRKENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH, BROOKLYN, the Rev. A. G, Lawsou has baptized nearly 100, and every week some are added to the saved. The work 0e8 gen, aloug. The First Baptis: charch on Staten sland and the First Baptist church at Peekskill, N. Y., arealso resting under revival influences. eports come to us of revivals at Jamaica, L. L, where the Rev. A. M. Purdy, an evangelist from’ Rochester, N. Y., ton, L. L, where the Methodist churches are gathering in converts by dozens. In St. John’s Mothodist Epis- copal church, Newburg, N. Y., 400 have been converted within the last few weeks, and 30 have united with the church—150 were baptized at ono ser- vice two weeks ago. The church altars are crowded nightly with seekers and the interest increases. There are revivals in about forty of the sixty churches in the Poughkeepsie district of the Ne York Conference, and in Poughquag Methodist Epise pal charcb, N. Y., forty-five have been converted; in Glenn’s lis Baptist church twenty-four have been added; in Petersbarg Batis, N: Towlesville (Baptist), N. Y., twenty; at'Wurtsborough (s Y.) Methodist Episcopal church, forty-five; on Donough Charge, Phillipsport Circuit, New York Conference, filty; in the Baptist church at Carlton Centre, N. Y., sixty bave been seeking and twelve have been converted; in tne Presbyterian church at Almond, N. Y., twenty have been converted and thirty more are seeking, and in the First Presbyterian. chorch at Jefferson, N. Y., twenty more have been added and the meetings continue; at Mt, Sterling Meth- odist Episcopal church, Wyoming Conference, 109 have already united with the church on probation, the fruits of a revival still in progress, In Hartford, Canan- daigua and Boonville, N. Y., revivals in the Methodist Baptist churches are reportea. At Trinity Meth b, island, eighty hi fifty have united with tl In Prospect street Methodist Episcopal eburcb, Paterson, N. J., thirty, and at Mount Upton church forty-five been converted, IN MORRISTOWN, K. J., an unusual religions interest pervades the entire com- munity, The stores are closed every evening to’allow those engaged in them an opportunity toattend church. The churches are ail holding special sorvices, In the Methodist Episcopal church 200 have professed con- version, The Fifth Baptist chureh of Newark, N.J., | are enjoying a spiritual refreshing, Twenty-four have been baptized since the meetings commenced. Revivals are going on also in the Firat Baptist church, Newark, in the Roseville Baptist church and also in the Baplst church at Orange, N. J. In the Gravelly Run Methodist Episcopal charch (New Jersey) Confer- church at Jewell City, Conn., was dedicated om Thars- ‘he Methodist E Church Sonth collected for missions last year $107,) 46, an increase of $5,309 15 over the previous year. The Rev, William Taylor, list of India, will begin a series of meetings at Winona, Ill, to-day. to his From that place he Rood to Streator, Ill, Another veteran Methodist er has gop Reuben olds—‘“*Father Rey- Wonday in Brooklyn in rest. The Rev. nolds’—of Brooklyn, died last the eighty-Gfth year of his age. Father Reynolds had been a Methodist Church member over seventy years and minister about sixty-three years. His genial face and flowing white bairs will be missed nex} summer from the camp mestings in this vicinity. PRESBYTERIAN. The First Presbyterian church of Glen Cove, L. L, dedicated their new edifice on Thursday evening, Janu- ary 20. [tts one of the neatest and most comfortable churches on the island une, Brooklyn, and batit in old English chapel style, with slate roof and campanile tower and stained glass windows, The ge of house, beater and turniture is covered by $6,' The society was organized in 1869, The installation of Rev. Isaac Riley, Jatel; of this city, as pastor of Westminster church, Ba! }) N.Y, occu! on Tuesday evening, 18th inst, in the pres- ence of a and inverested audience. St Peter’s Presbyterian chu Buffalo, gave a hearty aod unanimous call to Rev. Herman 0. Ri of Rutherfurd Park, N.J., at a full congregati meeting held last week. There is no reason to doubt its acceptance, Mr. William Blewitt, s member of Dr. Hall's church, is doing successful jonary work among ice stations of this city, an interesting sketch of which be es in the Observer, Rev. Ferdinand D. D., of Greene, N. Y., aied suddenly on the 18th, while on a railroad train going from Norwich to Greene, in company with his wife and daughter. The Presbytery of Westchester, N. Y., at tts late session received the Rev. J. W. Morton from th 13 bytery of New York and dismissed Rev. James W. Coleman to the Presbytery of East Florida, in order that he might accept the pastoral charge of the church of Jacksonville. The pastoral relation of Rev, J. N. Freeman (who has been unanimously called to become the successor of Rev. Dr. Wisner, at Lockport, N. Y.), to the First shureh-st Fookstill bas been n dissolved. | %, e jv. Thomas Gray resign: eo at South Salem, N. Y., to take effect March ig The Third Presbyterian churen at Pittsburg has given & unanimous call to the Rev. Mr. De Witt, late of Boston, Ma: The Rev. Lewis 0. Thompson, of Cottage Grove, Wis, bas accepted a eali to the Second Presbyterian church, Peoria, IL BAPTIST. » Dr. Boardman, for many years pastor of the Tenth Baptist church, Philadeiphia, sw his pastorate, ‘he Rev. E. J. Goods; D. D., of Chicago, finds his health will not warrant the hope that he can dis- charge the duties of pastor toa largo church and has resigned. The Rev. D, R. Watson, of Lowville, has been called to Amsterdam, N. Y. ‘Atthe Berean Baptist church, of this city, since the settlement of their new pasior, Rev. L. G. Barrett, uite an encouraging state of things has developed The services are largely attended and a number of hopeful conversions have occurred. The Baptist Year Book for 1876 gives the statistics of the denomination in the United States for last year as 21,255 churches, 23,500 ministers, 1,815,300 members (not including the Anti-Mission Baptists, who number churches and 41,454 members) and 916 associations. The net increase during tho year is 87,874, or, with the Anti-Missions, 95,583; 359 aasociations, failed to give statistics, amd their figures are taken from older reports. The Rov, Dr. Behrands, of Cleveland, Ohto (formerly of Yonkers, N. Y.), has become so tired of the open communion controversy that he bas tendered his res: nation not only to the church of which he Is pastot but to the denomination ._He will henceforth labo! im connection with the Presbyterians or Congrega- tionalists, The Baptist Convention of this State employed fifty- four missionaries planting new churches or keeping alive teeble ones here. ‘The Rev. M. B. Scribner has resigned his pastorate of the Second Baptist church at East Providence, R. L The Rev. #. Dennison has resigned also at Woonsocket. The Rev. E. A, Woods, of Saratoga Springs, bas been called to Providence. Rey, Mr. Pendleton, recently of New York city, bas become pastor at Deep River, and is conducting meet ings of mach promise vening b; evening. jeceding members from the First Baptist charch of Ithaca have organized a Second church in that place, and on the 18th inst, a council recognized them as an independent society Tho Fifth street Baptist charch of Troy, N. extended a call to Rev. L. J. Mattesen, D. D., of Hamil- ton, to become their pastor, . The South Broad strect Baptist church of Philadel- pia has just been organized and on February 3, will be formally recognized. ROMAN CATHOLIO. A correspondent of the Monitore di Bologna, writing ¥., have ence forty-five have experienced pardon, A revival is | in progress at West Burke, Vt, and forty-five have | been added to the church, The Methodist Episcopal | church of Swanton, Vt,, is enjoying @ season of revival | influence, thirty persons having been added to the | church. "A revival is in progress in the Baptist church | ai Waterbury, Conn. Nearly a score are hoping in | Jesus and many others are awakened. At East Win- | throp (Me) Baptist charch twenty conversions are re- ported and in Claremont, N. HL, forty.one have been added, and all through New England similar results are noticed, CATHOLIC MISSIONARY MOVEMENTS. The Annals of the Propagation of the Faith gives the following movements of Catholic foreign missionaries during tho year 1875:— On the 24th of April, 1875, the Rev. Father M the Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Sacred | Heart of Mary, embarked ai Bordeaux for Hayt.. The Rev, Father ‘Bourgade, Missioner of the Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona (United Siates), having retarned rer, of April last to return to his mission. He brought with him three young missioners of the diocese of Ren- nés—namely, the Rev. Fathers John Mary Lecier Theodore Rouault and Joseph Menard. On the 23d of May last the Rev. Father Wenger, of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Sacred Heart of Mary, sailed from Marseilles for the Mission of Zanzibar. Thirteen Capuchins (twelve Spaniards and one American), students of philosophy and the- ology, embarked at Bordeaax for the Republic Their pames are as _ follows:— Brothers Balthazar de Sadvella, Gaspard de Galda de Monbuy, Meichowr de Tivisa, Francis Xavier d’Arenys de Mar, Olgaire de Barceelona, Cajetan gualada, An- gel d’Avinonet, Didier de Mataro, Joachim de Mataro, Raymond de Mataro, Joseph Calanzanz de Liexaueras, Stanislaus de Reus and James de Guatemala, Seven | Missioners of the Congregation of Foreign Missions, Paris, sailed (ram Marseilles, on the 4th of July. The Rev, Fathers Victor Joseph ‘Fleur Hinard, of the dio- cese of Coutances, and John Baptist Rilfard, of the diocese of Puy, for Mandchooria The Rev. Fathers Peter Mary Lellement, of the diocese of Nantes, John Francis Mary Gonibrel, of the diocese of Albl, and George Ritter, of the diocese of ag reky tor Western Cochin China (Annam). The Rev. Pascal Francis Xavier Roger, of the diocese of Coutances, for Eastern Cochin China’ The Rev. Charles Francis Patinier, of the dio- cese of Cambray, for Northern Cochin China, MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. " EPISCOPALIAN, ‘The thirtieth anniversary of Christ church, Brooklyn, K.D., will bo observed to-day, Dr. Partridgo will give | asketch of the church and its labors and results, a | reunion of old members, rectors, Sunday school super. Intendents, &c., will be held, and to-morrow night a | The Rev. Dr, Eccleston, of Philadelphia, bas declined the call to the rectorship of St, Andrews’ church, Rich- mond, & L ‘The Charchman thinks all agencies for getting money out ofthe churches should be done away with, and that the churches should, tise to the ideal which makes giv ing an act of worship and the offerings spontaneous, complete, without stint. The Abbé Michaud writes to the Churchman that in France “the well known and authorized chiefs of the Roman Churob are actuatly nothing more than mem- bers of avast Popish league.’ And he proceeds to demonstrate his proposition by an enumeration of new societies—literary, semi-religious and mechanical— that a Catholic Christian ts now not a soldier of Jesus ‘The diocese of Albany has at present 110 clergy, 26 candidates for holy orders and 8 lay readers. Grace church, Brooklyn Heights, recently took up @ | Magnificent collection $12,387 07. Bishop Jaggar is giving his personal attention to the formation of 8 new parish on Mount Auburn, Cinetn- nati, and 1s at present preaching there every Sunday. The Rev. J. W, Brown has resigned the rectorshi for missions amounting to of church, Cleveiand, Obio. The Rev. George W, Harrod, of Milwaukee, has been clected recior of the new St Peter's, Key West, Florida. Anew Epistopalian paper, to be called the Weekly Messenger, \s projected iu New York. It is to be @ cheap publication. ‘The Rev. N. Ellsworth Cornwall has resigned his osition as assistant minister at the Church of the ‘oly Communion, New York city. ‘The Rev. Frank Smith has been called to the assist antship in St, Peter's, Albany, N. Y. MxTHODIST. The Rev. James Morrow, of Ames’ church, New Orleans, bas been transferred to Le Roy, in Western New York Conference, and Rey. J. D. Adams, of the latter Conference, bas been rent to New Orleans. Rev. J. D. Brown, Rev. Dr. Johuson and Miss Clara A Swain, M. D., will leave India for America Febra- ary L kev. William P. Harrison, 0. D., of the Georgia Con- ference, bas become associate editor of the Baltimore Methours!. Tho first church ever erected in Rome for native Protestants bas just been opened by the American | Philadelphia, to-day, immediately after the dedication from Rome, says that the Sacra Penitensaria, a sort of ecclesiastical tribunal which decides as to cases of consience, &c., in consequence of the most earnest ap- peals of certain Catholics and of the Catholic Congress at Florence, has decided to grant absolution to all Catholics who, whether “4 yoters or as officials, take art in the government and the administration of pub- Re affairs, and Catholics are urged to become a consti- tutional party and cease their petty strifes, On Sunday, March 5—the first Sunday of Lent—the Dominican Fathers will open a mission at St Stephen's chureh, Brooklyn, Father O'Reilly yr. It will last for two weeks, closing on Sunday, 19. Subse- uently they will open at St. Paul’s, Court street, rooklyn, closing their labors there tor this year on Palm Sunday, The Prussian government will close the Ursuline Convent in Berlin on April L. ‘Allegany City, Pa., has been erected {nto an episco- al see, and the Right Rev. Dr. Domenec, pitherto ishop of Pittsburg, has, at his own desire, been transferred. and named first Bishop of Alleghany City. The Very Rev. John Tales, Vicar Foraneus, of Altoona, Pa., has been appointed Bishop of Pitisbarg. The Monks of Mount Carmel, from Clondalkin, near Dablin, have lately established a branch of their Order at St, Gatharine’s, Canada, Mgr. Auguste Clusel, Superior of the Lazarists, has been appointed by the 3 Father Apostolic Nuncio at the courtof the Shuh of Persia. Very Rev. Arnold Damen, 3. J., and his companio: from the House of the Holy Trinity, Chicago, will in @ mission at the Charch of St. Charles Borromeo, of this new edifice. ROMAN CATHOLIC. Rev. Father Barry, of Rossville, Staten Island, has now almost entirely recovered from a serious illness. ‘MISCRLLANROUS. Joseph H. Zartman, Syracuse, ts informed that the Riverside Press has issued Rev. J. M. Buckley’s pam- hlet on “Supposed Miracles,” and Rev. S. H. of Brooklyn, has published his “cure” in pamphlet form. By addressing either party Mr. Zartman can get tho complete story from both standpoints, which he could not get from the Hxxaup nor from any other local Paper's synopsis. ‘he Jansenist or Old Catholic Church of Holland has one archbishop, two bishops, twenty-six churches and twenty-five priests. J ‘As an indication of the increase of the religious son- timent workshop meetings are being held in different | parts of the coumry. The hour of noon is selected, | and workmen in the workshops spend their noons in prayer and praise, The size of the meeting varies with the style of business, from 10 to 100. The meetings originated in the worksho) bd Prana mii Dr. George . — who bas for Ty _ pastor of the pn ‘alley Congregational church, and ‘whose health has iately been very bad, offered on Sun- day, January 16, his resi ton to the church. A meet- ing of the church was held to consider the resignation, | and it was voted not toaccept tt. It was also resol’ to give the 8 gg ‘8 long leave of absence, to extend to Jane 1, 1877, or longer if his health required it; to con- tinue his ons we Lemnos ape re -ve to perma- nently supply his pulpit during his absence. Dr. Mitehel in The cl estimates the number of Protestant converts gathered in India during 1874 at 7,000, with 5,000 more in Burmah and Ceylon. The chief progress has been made among tho aborgines, especially the Kols and Santais. Among th more prominent conversions to Christianity have y bo those of a prince and two princesses in Travancore. RELIGION IN THE TOMBS. A petition, signed by over 200 of the prisoners con- fined in the Tombs, has been sent to the New York Presbytery, asking for the establishment of a perma- nent mission in the prison under the charge of Rev, John P. Betker, who for some time past has conducted Sunday services there, but who has recently contem- plated retiring. Another petition for the same purpose, signed by Warden Quinn and all the a wardens and ki has also beon forwarded to th bytery. A few days the matter was brought to the attention of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, and the result has been a third petition from the Commission. ers. It is expected that in view of the pressure thus | brought to bear the Presbytery will establish a perma- nent mission in the Tombs. | THE STEAMSHIP NELLIE MARTIN. The new steamship Nollie Martin, pioncer vessel of the Star Ball line, hence to Rio Janeiro and interme- | diate ports, was thrown open to public inspection yes- terday at Watson’s wharf, Brooklyn. Sho is 275 feot in length on deck, 34 foet 2 inches broadth of beam, % feet 8 inches depth of hold, draws 21 feet of water when loaded and is of 1,804 tons burden, Her ball ts of wrought iron piates, her decks of wood, and sho is rigged a8 a barkentine. The engines are of the vertical compound description, with cylinders 85 inches aud 67 inches in diameter and a stroke of piston of 3 fee. She has two tubular boilers, independent steam fire and bilge pump, fitted with suxiliary boiler; and her security and provision against fire are good The bull of the Nellie Martin was built in Middleboro, England, in 1875, by Mes: Rayton, Dixon & Co., and her ma chinery was constructed by Messrs. T. Richardson. & Son, Her cabin is on deck. She is owned by Mr. J. B. Walker and others and ie commanded by Captain ©. Jackson. WOMEN'S “CENTENNIAL MEETINGS. Mrs. Lina Fay Pierce, wife of Protessor Pierce, of the Coast Survey, will address women “with a view to the gradual placing of home and of society within SHEET. NO SEAT, NO FARE. How Passengers Are Protected in European Cities. It ts undorstood that « bill will be shortly introduced in the Legislature providing, under guitable penaltios, thas on all horse car or city railroad lines passengers are not to be obliged to pay fares unless seats are pro- vided for them in the vehicles, This needful measure is intended to stop the pernicious practice of over ¢rowding, which can easily be obviated by the com- panies placing on their routes at cortain hours of the day an additional number of cars. The profits arising from the trafic on nearly all city lines enable stock- holders to enjoy a dividend ranging from ten to fifteen per cent per annum, besides paying interest on debts which were not contracted for the building and equip- ment of the roads, Last yearasimilar bill was pro sented in the Assembly by one of the city delogation, but for some reason it was smothered in committee, Tho exposure and consequent suffering of passengers have been borne so long that it has come to be considered that the companies have the right to collect fares when the suitable accommodations Pp bed by law are withheld. It is time that a more pen pvr lege Foner be Lepeged e the public se- oir of person, and the co) jons compelled to fullll their duties under their Saree: THR ONLY PERFRCT RELIRP. The Common Council considerable control over the management of the horse car lines, but, if exercised, it is either disregarded or defied. “phe acts Incorporating the companies plainly state that the city authorities shall prescribe the number of ears to be run, the intervals at which they are to bo startéd from each terminus, and other conditions, all having in view the comfort and convenience of the public, whieh are now totally — Indeed, there sy no regard whatever id to these important matters, and the consequence js that thero is a very large amount of misery endured in certain seasons, without any effective means so far of bringing about a change for the better. Overcrowd- ing is the great evil on our city cars, and, ‘hapa, uo complete cure will be accomplished antil introdue tion of rapid transit, RIGHTS OF PASSENGERS As the law ts tn ted now a passenger can de- cline to pay fare un! he is provided with suitable accommodation in the cars—t ts, a seat, witha proper amount of s; and ventilation. If he 's com- polled from want of a seat to stand and he refuses to pay fare, and he is thas forced to leave a car, @ passen- ger thus ejected can recover against the company. But this would bes tedious and expensive process, and would not answer for the protection of that large army of working girls and men who travel on the cars, and they Ree shes inn the forimer— the chief sufforers. The bill proposed to be introduced ext week will provide a new remedy against over- crowding, and make it obligatory on the companies te Place a sufficient number of cars on their lines to meet the demands of travel in the mannor required by law. It may be addod that a measure of a like char- acter eae, horse car railroads) passed the lower branch of the Caliiornia Legisiature a week or ten It ig to be hoped that the Now York Legis- Jature will promptly pass a suitable law on this subject, It is very much needed. The enly objection to it would come from the companies, who are unmilling that their large dividends shuuld be reduced « cent, no matter who may suffer, STREET CARS IN RUROPEAN CITIES. In the principal cities of Europe tramways have been in successful operation for several years They have Proved a great convenience to the public, and have tn many instances increased business in the thorough- fares over which they pasa. The vehicles tn use are drawn by horses on tracks laid down on the streets, and in many respects are constructed and conducted on the system in vogue in the United States. But the authority under which the roads are operated roquires @ strict adherence to prescribed regulationa. The cars ere built to contain a certain number of passengers, and when the seats are all occupied if more are taken on the company and its agents are deemed liable to severe penalties, Overcrowding, consequently, never occurs on European city railroad lines; for it is made a part of the duty of the police to interfere when such in- fringements of the law come within their observa- tion, and it is incumbent upom them to bring the offending parties before the tribunals. Tho munici- palities, as a general thing, have control over the management and direction of the roads, as the Com- mon Council bas inthis city. According to the agree- ments between most of the New York companies and the Corporation the latter has authority to take ap and remove the rails on any line when the rogula- tions it is empowered by law to make are disre garded; but in London, Vienna, Paris, St Petersburg and Berlin a violation of the rales in reference to taking on passengers after the number permitted by law are on board is an offence cognizable by the po- lice magistrates, There is a feature in the Old World ears that might well be introduced here. Accommo- dation is provided on the outside of the vehicles, which is entirely safe and commodious, and a lower fare is charged to passengers travelling in this manner than to persons occupying seats inside. The tramways have proved most profitable investments, though heavy taxes are paid and the rates of fare are much below what aro charged in the city of New York. GREAT BRITAIN AND TRELAND. Tramways extet-tm nearly al! the important cities and towns in the United Kingdom. They extend over the Pprinctpab streets in London, and new lines are being constantly constructed. The charters are granted by Parliament after a thorough investigation, and are ac- companied by conditions that protect very fully the rights of the public. The corporations of the cities are empowered to make and enforce rules and regulations and to grant licenses with respect to all vehicles using tramways and to all drivers, conductors and other par. ties having charge of the same. In most of the acts pro- vision is made for the ronning of an additional namber of care at cheap rates during the morning and evening for the accommodation of the working Goan In the act granting a charter to the Dundee companies, in ad- dition to the usual provis‘ons, cheap fares can only be coliccted on Saturday afternoons between the hours of one ana three, In Hull the maximum fare is four cents outside and six cents inside, with a provision that whenever and Ca as the companies pay a divi- conte, in Edinburgh,” Debin, Bolfash, Glaagow, cents. In rg! i w Liverpool and other cities a tests le and collected on receipts; and in all cases the companies are bound i keep in repair the streets they occupy. provided against’ The num! passengers cle can legally carry is i ted outs: & greater number of mived to ride than the nomber the car ‘authorized to take the conductor and the company are deemed to have committed.a breach of the law, PARIS. A tramway on the American plan rans from the | Place de la Concord to Versailles. It is not eontinaed into the city, and the wheels of the vebicles, by ingenious contrivance, are changed without Inconven- tence before they enter the streets. There are two rates of fare. The road Is operated ander the direction ot the Mimster of Public Works, The omnibuses, however, supply am acceptable mode of travel. are fourteen seats inside, ten on the when these are occupied no other parties mitted to enter the vebicla. When such ag to cause the trip to be a very pleasant ‘The fares are very low, averaging about three cents for each adult The railroad companies run horse cars through the city at certain seasons for special accom- modation. ns wore granted imperial consent and subject to pol cont rates of fare are excessively low, and yet the profits allow dividends of over twenty per cent per annum, No car is permitted to take a passenger after the seats areall occupied. The snow is piled 1m the winter season on each side of the streets, bul Te convenience of the hcg i is such that this Ree | is La much regarded. cars are very po} ample room for pedestrians and trafic is lett on both sides of the VIRNWA, ‘The tramways in Vienna furnish a cheap and casy mode of communication within the limits of the city and also with the subar! Bien tho latter to live at very e@ companies are bound by the conditions of their grants to exercise great care as to the safety and’unin- terrupted intercourse of the public, and they are strictly inhibited from taking more passengers than Sou reasonable accommodation for im cars, BERLIN, ‘The tramways in Berlin are under the same control a8 other public conveyances, and are laid under condi- tion of keeping the streets and highways through which they ran if thorough repair. ‘here is but one ov, ar tans fare is Ri the rate of six coats for four miles. The overcro of passengers i vided against by law. _ oe STOCKHOLM. The work, construction and laying down of tram- ways (n Stockholm have to be performed acco to plans determined upon by the royal authorities and | under the control of government engineers. All inci- dental expenses, such as removing water and gas maing and street pavements, have to be borne by the companies. All regulations are laid down by the Min- Methodist missionaries. the new century of our country, just janing, apon a The new Mothodist Pemeae church at East Dayton, ere ber latall and moral basi of inspiring it N, ¥., was dodicatod last Thursday, The new church | Avith higher intellectual and wsthet 8 women at Pleasant Gap, Pa, will be dedicated to-day; andso , havehitherto attemptea in aniso! Se rst meeting siso will be the church at Hubertevilia M 1's mam | will tole Chickaring Hall to-morrow afvernoon, ister of Public Works with wo ha) ‘and width other that of line, the speed of cara, and may te eogeested by experience [nna Case can pnw senger is Dermitted to the cars are in Motion, and the companies are wired to ki streets in repair through which they pase cnaey MR, BERGH’S EPISTLE ON THE STREET CARS. New Yous, 27 Jan., 1876. To rue Eprrox or tax Heraup:— In Wednesday’s Edition of the Hato, you mention my authority, If you will refer to your own columns, for the past few years, you will there Ond recorded, that the interference spoken of, has been repeatedly exercised, and with what result? Abuse on the part of the Press, abase on the part of the dear Public, and protracted law sults against the Society. It is true, we have beaten the proprietors of the roads tn the courts; but then, the moaning Press, and the groaning public, have beaten us{n return; for they, like the Brooklyn’ public, who deciare tnat'swill milk is their natural beverage, they say on their => that they will be crowded—althoagh they don’t it, because it is bteangt on the part of Bergh, orany one ‘wo dictate to them in the matter! Now, I venture to ict, that were I to-morrow, to a car, crammed with men, women, and children, like thoet of tho paaswagers, chat ‘Bergh: is arbitrary, he 01 passe! as arbitrary, has too m: nF Cttoo much power;” “is s nul sance, and ought to be suppressed;’’ and finally, sug- gest that some one go to Albany, and, if not extingai the Society entirety; at least, render it harmless, to delay Wall Street Saints, on ihvir way to that pious local- iy. to play their Little games of ‘short and long specu- tion. The cruel and revolting evil, of which you complain, this Society could completely reform in a single week; and not violate asingle law, provided the Press, and the public would be really consistant in the matter, If, om some occasion, while the snow was falling; and you chanced to make one of the hundred figurative human mackrel referred to; and an officer of this Society were to interfere on behalf of the perishing horses; and oblige you to walk the rest of the way home; what would you say In the article of the follow. ing morning; headed, ‘Unprecedented outrage by Be~gh—”’ seventy-five merchants and twenty-five—shop girls compelled to walk through the snow, up to their— well no matter, it was so deep, that they could not walk— nor the horses pull the cars; but then this latter trifle a to mention—it is enoagh that you ‘go for’? ‘that ceed Bergh,” the author of snow, and your cold dinner! Seriously, now, why not take hold of thts disgusting evil in earnest—since transit’ is impossible; and adopt one of the many substitates for horsea which nave been invented | Tho rails are already laid, new cars could be double decked, and much 1o: , in which every bod} could get a seat Give this plan a fair trial, and 1 wil be found, that underground, und elevated roads, are not needed—for all the travelling public can be ac commodated, and the present abuses be abated. As tor the objection—‘*frightening horses,’’ it 1s shown to be incorrect, by observing the indifference which these an- fmals manifest to the Hievated road, on the west side, which is certainly the most alarming form in which the substitute could be presented to them. Respectfully— - . HENRY BERG: THE RAPID TRANSIT COMMISSION. Objections to the route of the New York Elevatea Railroad continue to be fled with the Secretary of the Commissioners, Chariton T. Lewis, No. 99 Nassau street Yesterday Robert Gillette, a large property holder, Dennis Burke and Jobo Dilger presented objectious, and Messrs. Sheldon and Brown, attorneys for the New York Central Underground road, also prosented written reasons why the routes suggested should not be con- firmed, The Commissioners will meet to-morrow te bear the arguments of the protestants. SALE OF THE OLD BURTON THEATRE The building formerly famoos as Palmo’a Opera ‘House and Burton's Theatre, in Chambers. street, was sold yesterday at private sale for $180,000. The prop- erty was purchased by the American News Company. ‘This old landmark bas had an eventful history. { 1842 Signor Palmo erected # theatre on the land, in the hope of permanently establishing an opera house He spent a fortune in the enterprise and was ruined by his venture. In those days the merchant princes resided in Beekman street, Park place, Murray and Warren strects. On Monday, September 30, 1844, Dont zotti’s opera of “Lucia di! Lammermoor” was performed. In the cast were Signora Borghese a Signor Antoquini (Sir Edgardo), and rhe ‘allellinia (Lord Arthur), ‘he Season was brief and “disastrous in a.pecuniary sense. Por a year or so the “place was not in good repute, but when Wilham K jurton, the famous comedian of that t:me, secured the house and opened it as Burton’s Theatro be organized a Gine stock company and at once achieved For over ten years Burton drew the town to bis cosey theatre, and many of the old time actors made their reputations on those boards. The elder Wallack, Joho Brougham, William R. Blake George Jordan, Tom Johnston, Dan Setchell, Mrs, Hughes, the Holmans, Charles "Fisher, Dolly Davenport and man others appeared there, and ned bine ae their earlier triumphs under jurton's m: ment. The old time tarces, which Burton's jwaint genius and humor made so popular in those 8, together with clever dramatizations of Dickens’ works, mado the theatro a tavorite one. [n such pieces as “T » <The Sertous Family,” “Dombey and Son,” “Nicholas Nickleby” and ‘David Coppertield” the company became famous. Charles Fisher played Carker, Burton Captain Cuttle, and Brougham ap- as Bunsby and Joe tock. These are only a ww of the many characters were made historic on the Now York . In 1856 Burton parchased the Metropolitan Theat which was originally known as Tripler Hall, and bi in the season of 1855 by Laura Keene, 1t was subse ef remodelled by Dion Boucicau!t and William tuart as the Winter Garden. When the Chambers street theatre was abandoned by Barton it fell into the hands of E. L. Davenport and Edward Eddy, who strove to gain success by iting standard dramas and ti but they had only a brief and ansuccess- t ful season. “Shoruly after that the building was leased by the United States government and refitted for the ‘nited States courts and offices, and continued in ovew pancy until last summer, when the new Post Office gave the requisite accommodation. MUNICIPAL NOTES. Governor Tilden called at the Mayor’s office between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon Mayor Wickham and bis secretary had left for the day, so Mr, Tilden did not remain a minate. The Committee on BRamors immediately went to work in framing the object of the visit Some said {t was relative to the removal of the Fire Commissioners, while othurs tnsistea it was intended for a general political chat Nothing positive could be ascertained on these points ‘The retiring room of the Board of Aldermen, on the first floor of the City Hall, known as the “Third House,” was closely barred and bolted yesterday. Hitherto this apartment has beea the headquarters of ward politicians, both great and small, during the em tire day. ‘It ts contempjated to exclude all but “prive leged”’ persons in the future But the ward statesmes to and the rule may be changed. Attachés of the Mayor's office—some twenty tm number, clerks and messengers—have not received cent of salary for the past three méntha A difference of opinion exists between Comptroller Green and Mayor Wickham as te which branch of her ye ernment controls the appropriation for » Permit reaa. In the meanwhile a hard-working and cfficient class of officials are kept out of their salaries, and eo New y legisiative return from Albany to their homes and ‘cronben’ ea Friday night om brit ina of paren - pend srolee sarge us ments brimfal of ie ni x ‘as NO OX tothe rule, Messrs Nich. olas Muller, Joseph P. Fallon, James T. King, and other lights of the “Lower House of Parliament” visited the City Hall Senator John Morrt was engaged daring the afternoon at bis office tn Chambers street, where he was waited upon by a crowd of the unterrt fled. John's legisiative star bas suddenly risen on his vigorous speech tn defence of the public schools. ir. Charles H. Swan, the Comptroller's legislative watch dog, still remains at his desk in. the Finance De partment, Colonel “Tom’? Danlap’s position as Commissioner of Jurors now rests between two dangerous fires—the Legislature and the courts. Mr. Douglas Taylor con- tests the legality of his appointment by Mayor Wick- ham, While a Dill haugs fire in the Senate, giving the felection of the Commissioner to the Mayor, Di Attorney and Recorder. Inthe meanwhile the ma. chinery for drawing jurors in the new Court House goes one” § party, the republicans and Tam: ‘Ss an man) Hall, having galdseed thelr principal omoere for 1876 we may expect the uswal calm tn city politics for a short tima Mr. Ira Shafer is President of the first organt- zation, Mr. Jucob Patterson of whe second, and ‘Boss’* Kelly rales the third. The chairmanship of tne Bx. ecutive Committ wil badly given to Mr. Thomas vay! gg deh aber DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. ‘The quarterly report of tho Department of Dockm made to the Mayor, for the three months ending De comber 31, shows that the recoipts of the department were $9,161 67 in excess of the expenditures, A NEW HOSPITAL. A necting of citizens will be held tn Association to-morrow evening, at eight o'clock, to take action t.. Teference to a proposition to build a hospital for the breatment of chronic diseases, gi