The New York Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1876, Page 7

od a x RALIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, | Ministerial Movements--- Chat by the Way. The Hippodrome Convention---The Pres- byterian Assembly. PROGRAMME OF SERVICES. Tp the Sixth avenue Reformed church the Rev. W: | B. Merritt will preach this morning and evening about “Heaven,” In the Tabernacle Baptist church the Rev. J. B. Hawthorne will preach this morning concerning ‘‘Look- Ing Unto Jesus,” and this evening on “Intensity of Bpirtt.”” The Rev. W. M. Dunnell will offictato and preach at — * the usual hours to-day in All Saints’ Protestant Episco- pal church. “One Substitate” will be presented im Allen street Presbyterian chureb this evening by Rey. George 0. Phelps. Rev. Dr, Morrow, of New Orleans, will preach in Washington square Methodist Episcopal church this | morning, and Rev. William Lloyd this eventng on | “Babel and Its Buiklers,’” Dr. Armitage will speak in Fifth avent church this morning about ‘Vineyard Work, ‘evening about “This Stranger.” Services-conducted in the Greek chapel this morning by Rev. N. Bjerring, pastor. ‘The Rev. J, V. Saunders will preach this morning in | Willett streot’ Methocist Episcopal church on “Tho | Christian Veteran,” avd this evening on ‘Why Men | ‘Are Not Saved.” Sankey’s Gospel songs are sung in | the evening, | In Bleockor street Universalist church the Rev.*C, | P. McCarthy will speak this morning about “The Mys- tory of Temptation,” and in the evening Rev. A. Gun- | nison, of Brooklyn, will consider the ‘Perils and Safe- guards of Our Civilization.”" | Bible readings will be given afternoons this week, a8 | Jast, in the Chureh of the Holy Trinity by Misses Logan | and Beard, of England. Rev. 8. H. Tyng, Jr., will preach there this morning and evening, and Rev, J. W. Bonham in the afternoon. Drs, Howland and Weston will occupy the pulpit of the Church of the Heavenly Rest ths morning and — evening respectively. { Dr. Deems ts to preach for the Church of the Stran- | gors this morning and evening as usual. Bishop Snow will discuss the ‘Present Condition and Prospects of the Papacy” this afternoon in the Univer- | sity chapel, At the Free Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal church | the Rev. John Johns will preach this morning and even- ing. Revs. Messrs, Lloyd and Corey wil! address the Sunday school in the afternoon. 6 In tho Chureh of Our Saviour this morning the Rev. J. M. Pullman will answor the question, “Why Should I Join the Church ?’? and in the evening will discuss, | “Universalism a Dangerous Heresy.” . ‘The Rev. B. E, Backus will minister to the Church of tho Holy Apostles at the usual hours to-day. Rev. Dr. Osborn will preach im Fifty-third street Baptist church to-day. 7 “The Spiritual Life” will be discussed this morning | by Rev. J. A. Seitz in the Harlem Universalist church. | A lecture on the ‘‘Apocalypse’’ will be given in the Catholic Apostole church to-day by Rev. W. W. | Andrews. Mrs. Brigham will instract the Progressive Spiritual- ists this morning and evening. The Morning Star Sunday School will be addressed by Rey. Alfred Taylor this afternoon, and Mr. George B. Weeks will conduct a song service. Rev. D. B. Jutten will preach at the usual hours to- | @ay in the Sixteenth street Baptist church. Baptism, “w the evening. ~ Rev. 8, M. Hamilton will preach in the Scotch Presbyterian church this morning and afternoon, as | usual, | “The Moral Coward” and “The Meeting Between tho ‘Two Greatest Antagonists’? will be considered to-day | in the Allon street Methodist Episcopal church by Rev+ Charles E. Harris. | The Rey. James M. King will preach morning and eveuing in St, John’s Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Booth will speak this evening m Association Hall. Rey. J. Spencer Kennard will preach, morning and | evening, in the Pilgrim Baptist church, Revival ser- ‘vices three evenings in the week. Rev. W. P. Abbott will proach in St. Luke’s Metho- | dist Episcopal church this morning and Dr. Morrow this evening at the usual hours. “The Walk to S&mmays” will be traversed by Rev. W. H. Leavell this morning in Stanton Street Baptist church and ‘Death and Judgment” will be considered in the evoning. Rev. W. D. Nicholas will consider “Three Gifts in One” this morning in Spring Street Presbyterian church. Spirit manifestations will be given this evening at | tna Hall by Mrs. Stoddard and son. Dr. Jobn H. Raymond, of Vassar College, is to speak this evening in Washington Avenue Baptist church, Brooklyn, on “Woman's Share in Our History an Argument for Her Higher Education. ’’ Religious services will be heid this eyoning, in the Old Chatham Theatre, Chatham street. Mr. Marchant, pf London, England, will preach. No collection. Moody and Sankey’s hymns will be sung. “The Union Praise and Prayer Meeting will be held in Washington square Methodist Episcopal church (Rev. Mr. Lioyd’s), Fourth street, near Sixth avenue, to- day, from four to five P. M. Led by Rev. Dr Burchard. Overflow by J. T. Sproull, Albro continues his Friday evening prayer and praise meetings at No, 353 West Thirty-sixth strect. gSan- | key’s and other popular bymns are sung. In St, Ignatius’ Protestant Episcopal church the | Rev. Dr. Ewer will preach this morning and Rev. Dr. George B. Draper in the eveatng. The Rev. W. T. Sabine will minister in the First Re- formed Episcopal church this morning and Rey, William Postlethwaite in the evening. A conference of Spiritualists will be held in Harvard Rooms this afternoon and evening. The Rey. Chauncey Giles will speak this morning in the Swedenborgian church on ‘The Blood of Christ— ‘What It Isand How Salvation is Bffected by It.” The Religio-Scientific Society will be addressed this afternoon by G. L. Henderson on “Survival of the rit- test Religion.”’ In the evening addresses by land re- formers. Dr. Fulton will lecture on Tuesday evening in Trin- | «ty Baptist charch, this city, on ‘The Force That Wins.” In the Church of the Disciples this morning the Rev. George H. Hepworth will speak about “‘Goa’s Word,” and in the evening about “The Journey trom Jerusa- Jem to Jericho.” CHAT BY THE WAY. Tne Romans had a practice of lighting up their tombs by placing lampe in them. The Christian hag | bo need to follow their example, for since “the Light of the World” lay there the better part of three days the darkness has betaken itself away. ‘The divine value of Christianity !s not impeached by the oblique lives of its professed followers. A man whose religion 16 simply brass with a thin plating of | gold cannot throw discredit on a revelation whewy solid gold has for ages been the currency of saints aud martyrs. The nan who seeks to be entirely contented with himself will fret and worry for many a year to come. + The best rule is to be content not to possess perfect contentment; to hurry through the shady places as fast as you can and sit inthe sunny places as long as you can, Here is a good definition of a bad word:—“Where is | etl?” asked @ scoffer of a Christinn, ‘Anywhere out. | side of heaven” was the ready and truthful answer. In this worlda manis likely to get what he gives. * Jon's hearts are like a whispering gallory to you. If you epeak softly a gentle Whisper comes back, if you teold you get scolded, “With tho measure you mete it is'moosured to you again, Father Hyacintho writes that bis heart is on this side of the Atlantic, but bis body must remain on the wher side, Tho Old Catholics do not meot his ex. Jectations. for they aro somewhat turbulent and an- Baptist and this ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1876—QUADRUPLE SHEET. "et elsaealii easy, and need to becarefily watched or they will says:—~There 1s nothing that this country so pro- | one or two of these clergymen be allowed to monopolize | enue Baptist chureb, of Rrookiyn. The pastor, Rev. | the services to the exclusion of the others. For in- | stance, there are two priests of the Episcopal Church | Rev. J. Spencer Kennard baptized six converts on last | who evince an unfortunate proclivity for coming “to | Lor@s Day evening. } break harness, and either go back into the Mother Church or rush headtong méo radicalism. The retorm party has discovered that the hardest thing to do is to reform itself, Swinnock says very quaintfy, what it would do some | of the Hippodrome Christians no harm to ponder upon, | “We lie to God in prayer when we fail to rely upon Him after prayer."”” Half the professed Christians of the city pray without the slightest idea tbat the Al- mighty will pay any attentionsto what they say, and they would be surprised beyamd expression if they | should get what they ask for, Here is one of the romanoas of city life, whose dé- | Bouement occurred yesterday. They were young and | she was beautiful. After beim: betrothed for some months he lost bis situation and, of course, his pros- pects It seemed necessary that they should be mar- ried at once, but the former sultar was disinclined, had grown indifferent or bad caught sight of another pretty | taee, and declared his Intention to go West. The next morning she was found ip ber chasnber—dead. The first quarrel, that between Cain and Abel, was e good illustration of the way in which family difficulties | have arisen ever since. An old legend trom the Tarquin gives us this edifying diadogue:—‘*When the two brothers were one day in the field together, they said, ‘Let us divide the world.’ Then one of them said, ‘The earth you stana on is my soil,’ and the otner re- sponded, ‘No, you are standing on my earth,’ Ove said, ‘The Holy Temple shall stand on my lot,’ and the other ‘aid ‘No, it shall stand on my lot.’ So they quar- | Felled, and it ended in tbe murder of Abel Half tho troubles of to-day bave no better foundation, A little | less peevishness and self-assertion and fretfulness, and there would be more harmonyand more happinos: It is a slighty suggestive-fact that aman is com- posed so largely of the several gases. Dr. Lancasier, of London, has lately done a “subject” the honor of | reducing him to his simple elements, and as most of as are made of the same materials it may not be neces- sary to take any one else into his laboratory in order to discover what human nature is made of. Woe are composed of a little me, iron, potassium, silicon (his latter, probably, contained in the heart) and phos- | phorus, or genius, The appalling tact, however, is that these mgredients aro mixed with 6,000 cubic fect of oxygen and an untold quantity of bydrogen gas, It seems hardly possible, but still we have heard somo men talk who contained a great deal more than this amount, which 1s said to be only the average. Mr. Moody met about 150 of the Jeading clergymen of this city in the pariors of the Young Men's Christ- jan Association on Thursday morning, to consult con- cerning the future. It was unanimonsly voted to bo expedient to continue these religions gatherings in- definitely. It is a great pity that New York has no building that will seat more than 3,000 persons, Ifwo | may judge by the interest that is apparent, we should | not hesitate to predict that a congregation nearly as large as that at the Hippodrome could be easily gathered for months to come for day and evening ser- vices. It isa pity that this tide of feeling, which has been gradually rising to high water mark, should be allowed to ebb, As for a minister, Mr. Moody has up- ‘set all our notions about polished periods and what is generally termed eloquence, and shown that what the people want {s not sensation nor oratorical display, but stmplo, downright eagerness for souls, The man of the time ts he who can hit sin hardest. An old farmer once said, with moro trath than ele- gance, ‘‘fhere are two talks in this world to one do."? It is pretty cheap to serve the Lord with your tongue, and some folks give Him a good deal of it, but to serve Him by sending two feet of wood, cut ana split, to a poor family, or by giving $10 to acharity, without having your name in the papers, ah! that is a very different thing. ‘The King of Spain, after his triampbant entry into | Madrid, instituted @ series of old-time bull tights for tho delectation of the people. The next day Castelar, with his silver tongue, delivered a four-hour oration on religious liberty. The contrast between these two events ts significant. The King must keep tho atten- | tion of the people away from himself, for the moment they look at the throne they remember their oppres- sions and break out into a revolt, So long as the fire- works and the illuminations and the bull fights iast he is safe. “But the fireworks will give out sometime, and what tion?” , then, Castelar will deliver another oration over some coup d'état, or some other form of popular rebellion—that is all. Such ts Spain. Mr. Moody has attacked rum with a vigor which would defeat any common enemy. His voice rings through the vast auditorium, bearing anything but compliments to the 20,000 dram shops which are the feeders of our courts, jails and prisons, If Satan pus- sosses the personality which church peoplo attribute to him, it may be a duty for him to attend the Hippo- drome meetings to look atter the black sheep which congregate there daily, but it certainly cannot be a Pleasure to hear Mr. Moody talk about ‘his tricks and his mancers,” Luther Is said to have thrown an ink- stand at his ubiquitous majesty’s head; but Moody throws the whole ible at bim, pelts him with texts, stones him with chapters, prods him with sharp- pointed claases, and, indeed, gives him such a cordial Invitation to go home and tet the New York peoplo have a little peace, that if he is the gentleman whom _ Milton paints he will cergainly depart. Mr. Spurgeon says, very pointedly, and with a cor- tain virtuous indignation in his tones, that it will never do tu boast of your own goodness and freedom from sin and then call it ‘the bigher tife.” Whena man boasts of his sinlessness the “higher life’ rises ; beyond his reach. When a man sits down in the lower seat of the synagogue, grateful tor what he has found, you may be pretty sare he has found something wogth having. $ The Hippodrome 1s a grand clerical rendezvous. The clorgy of ali denominations meet there every day and enjoy a fraternal hand-shake. All their peculiar isms and ologies are dispensed with and they strike palms | on the common ground of faith in Christ, There ha been more introductions among ministers during the | Moody meetings than for a whole eration previous. More ministers have heard their brethren speak and pray than ever before. They have been enabled to get a glimpse of each other’s methods and manuers. The Hippodrome bas been a kind of huge cauldron into | which ministers and congregations have poured them. selves like so many chemical ingredients, and under the influence of the fire whioh the evangelists have kindled the various atoms have lost their eccentricities of nature and been fused so compictely that an entirely new mass bas resulted. its peculiarity will be less of self, personal and denominational, and more of the Bible. You may never havo thought of it, but it is impossi- ble to get downright angry without raising your voice. Control your voice and you are sure to control your temper. Tho present may be called the childless age. Tho average American has very little stamina and vitality. Children are not only few, but feeble, Indeed, the old time love of offspring seems to have beon obliterated, A century ago a family of ten, or even fifteen, children | was nothing uncommon, and there are ‘records of fam- lies, the number of whose children ran far up into the twenties. Even this, however, sinks into insignificance in comparison with the fecundity of the Hebrew race when captive in Egypt From Rabbinic sources we Jearn that this vigorous people often produced at a sin- gle birth as many as three children, Under such cir- cumstances tt would not be difficult to account for the marvellous increase of population—the seventy who went down to Egypt in t lt may be agreeable to conceive of a Hebrow family gathering, with its jollity and its gamos; but just think of washing day! Try to compute the butcher and pro- “vision Dilla, for doctors’ bills were infrequent; and | then think of yourself, with forty or Ofty children, of ase. tted ages andsizes! With your present income the problem would be dark. ~ The Spiritualists seem to be reaping a harvest by their multiform jugglery. Mrs. Hardy is ready, for a reasonable sum, to produce a paraMine hand moulded vy some celestial architect, and Miss Fay, who has the recommendation of Williom Crookes, of London, is will- ing, for proper compensation, to give an evening’s en- tertainment such as Hartz never dreamed of; Mr. Slade, whose ways are also di: contemplates taking Russia by storm and rapping on all the tables and writing on all the slates in St. Petersburg at so much in gold for each sitting. There are some people who will believe anything under heaven except the Bibl They accept immortality from a paraffine mould bat not from the hand of Christ. They believe in a -‘cloud of witnesses,” not because they are spoken of in holy writ, but be- cause certain ones aro delegated to come out of the “cloud’’ and playfully touch the banjo strings or strike | very able and pious ei the cymbals in a dark stance, This is indeed a singular world. ‘The editor of the Index, an extremely radical paper, Ume of Joseph becoming — something like 3,000,000 ima little more than 400 years. | foundly needs so much as a little unadulterated Pagan, ism.” We confess to being somewhat exercised over this longing of the editor, Surely, be doos not intend — | to imply that the demand for Paganism is greater than | the supply. By caretully overlooking the positions ot | trust which are heid by various American citizens, and | then noting the number of “vacant chairs” on which | the word “dofaleation” is written, one would think | | that apy reasonable man ought to be satisfied with the amount of Paganism on hand. Itis the conviction of | most people that we have at present in this country about the best assortment of the products of Paganism that any country can show, So far from increasing ovr stuck of this line of goods most of us are auxious to Sell out and enter into a new partoership. Whas we | really want in America is a little unadulterated Chris- | tianny. That would surprise us more than ‘anything { els¢ and do us more good, Here is shown the beautiful side of « mother’s | heart:— “How many graves aro in this world?” His mother answered, ‘surely there are two.” | Archiy he shook bis pretty head and smiled— “I mean in this whole world, you kuow I do,’’ | | “Ldo not know; I may have beard or read | Of more. But should I search the wide grass through, Lift every flower and every thorn,” she said, “From every grave, oh! I should see but two,” THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL AS- SEMBLY. | A GREAT GATHERING IN BROOKLYN NEXT MAT— THE OVERTURE ON BEPRESENTATION. A few weeks moro will bring us to the great anni- versary month of the year, and as our Centeunial | shows in Philadelphia will bring people hither from all | lands, as well as from all parts of our own land, tho | great denominational church gatherings will be held conveniently near to the Centennial grounds thts your, The General Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church will assemble in Baltitnore, where it bas | not convened since 1840, The General Assembly of the | Presbyterian Church will gather in Brooklyn about the | | same timo, Since the two schools (old and new) | { | “Oh, child,’”* | united ‘here, About seven yeurs ago, the As- | sembly has not come near this city. But last year the Tabernacle of Brooklym gave tho | body such a hearty jnvitation and welcome they | | could not refuse, and hence*they will be here | in May. The Assembly is a very large body and very | unwieldy. So convinced were the delegates last year | that their numbers hindered their usefulness they de- | vised a plan whereby the representation could be re- | duced, but that has not been cordially entertained by | very many of the Presbyteries to whom it had been | sent. At present the several Presbyteries elect dele. | gates*to the Genoral Assembly, and the overture of that body seeks to transfer this representation from the Presbyterios to the Synods, the next judicatory of ' the Church between the Presbytery and the Assembly. | The Presbyteries are represented in Synod by dele- gates, and it was thought that by distribawng this rep- Tesentation the Presbyteries would not suffer, while the Assombly would be very materially reduced. But THE PRESUYTERIGS OFPOSK IT because they favor direct representation in all their | eburch courts, The Presbytery ot New York, the largest but one in the United States, has given a unanimous negative to the overture. The Presbytery of Brooklyn not yet taken (inal action thereon, though it has discussea it, Next week they will prob: ably act. As at present constituted the Assembly num- bers about 640 delegates, and together with the frater- nal commissioners, who will come from other Presby- | tertan churches from over the sea and from the aiffer- | denominations in this country, the number of dele gates to be provided for will be nearly 700. All these will be entertained by the Tabernacle congregation, | and Dr. Talmage, together with Elders Freeman, Hath- | away, Corwin and Stlcox, have been spose { } @u executive committee on ebalt of the Chureh to | make de necessary arrangements. The Tabernacle is well oes for the sessions of the Assembly. A wel- come wull be given to the delegates on the evening pre- | ceding the formal opening of the sessions of the As. | sembly, May 18, in which representatives of the vari- | ous denoxninations will participate. Most of the Pres- | byteries will hold their spring meetings within the next | | tWo or thaee weeks and elect their commissioners to | the Genegal Assembly. The Presbytery of Newark, | N. J, wilbaneet io Montclair, April 5, ana the Presby- teries of Monmouth, N. J., and Long Isiand will meet | April 11, and that of Westchester Apri! 18; that of | New York April 3, and Brooklyn and Nassau April 10, | The Presbytery ot Troy elected its delegates last month, and adopted the overture on representation. The Presbywry of Champlain did likewise, Thus far thirty-eight i PRESRYTSRIES HAVE VOTED ON T! ree | | | those for ama.against it beimg evenly divided, There are about as many more to vote on it next month, and | | it may be adopted before the meeting of the Assembly. | It requires two-thirds of all the Presbyteries to adopt it betore it cam become alaw of the Church, The As- | | sembly thus gathering here will be conveniently near | to the Centenmial Exposition to ran down there on Sat- | urday and rewsrn on Monday. The Methodist General Conference onthe other side of it can run up trom I timore also for. day or two, and with those ponderous | bodies of divin y and theology on either side the ap- | prebended wickedness of the Centennial visitors and managers oughtto bo kept sufficiently in check. Ina | few weeks the final arrangements for both great | | gatherings will 2 made, and we shall be able to publish | the results, { \IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THE | CHURCH 08 THE POOR? DOUBTED. | To rae Eprron oF tik Henato:— | Somo fifteen or twenty years ago, or thirty years | ago for that matter, when I’ was a child or boy growing | up, attended then, as Ido now, morning masses and ten o’clock or high mass at the Cathedral in Mott street, | It was then expected that any one who had nota seat | would be allowed. to go into one, provided the owner ) oF occupant was n@, present during the mass. This was the rale or castomeat high mass. In the mornings the | poor were allowed free entrance into any pow, as it was understood that pewholders had only exclusive right | to their seats cturing high mass and vespers | on all the heres A) ag principal fes is of the year. | What do we behold, row? The spectacie of men at the threshbold of he doors who will not allow you | Into a seat without payment in advance, whether rich | Or poor, It is true, at you cannot pay you wil not be | prevented trom ‘hia ring mass,” bat you will be signed to asmallané narrow ‘portion of the church | where there are no pews and where you are readily | | distingnished in your poverty, Even this last place, it | seems to me, is mace smail on purpose to force pay- | ment from those whe do not wish to be placed so cob- spicuously, 118 tree that in some churches the early | or six o'clock mass is entirely free and for the poor. | Yet no Gospel is ever preached to them at that mas The pewholders and paying portion of the congrega- | von only have the Gorpel preached and expounded to | | them. How are the poor or the ignorant then to hear the Gospel, particalatiy those wuo cannot read? nas. much as the Catholic Church requires its members to attond mass, why deail thus the two classes of persous? Does mommy make such a differences If clergymen cannot trugt to the generosity of Catholics or their parishioners then let them pursue some other | calling or vocation. “Were it not for immigration to | the United States andihe natural increase of Catholic | families in this country it ts doubtfal to my mind | whether all the creditaciaimed for our zealous ‘clergy- men is due to them, orreally to the good and charitable spirit of the people themselves. Will you please ventiiate the above subject and much oblige a CONSTANT READER, OVERSIGHT oat DESIGN—WHICH? To the Epiron ov Tues HewaLp:— | Was it merely an oversight in Mr. Moody that tn his | | sermon on regonerationson the evening of the 16th ult, niformly failed to -quote the Saviour’s answer to | Nicodemus correctly? What gives special significance | to this question is the fact that although he took this | answer for his text, and made frequent recurrence to | it during the progress of his diecourse, yet he invariably | Jeft out that part of ite which imseparably associates with the new birth the very ordinance which Mr. Moody's attempted facetiousness is fitted to bring into | contempt. Referring to this answer, Mr. M makes | the following remarkable declaration:—“it says | plainly, and so_ plainly ‘that there need,not be any mis- take about it, ‘Execpt you are born of the spirit yo cannotenter the kinglom of God.’” And then he asks, “What has baptism to do with being boro again ?”” ‘Now what the Saviow: does say, is this, “Except yo | be born of water and o€ the spirit ye cannot enter ti kingdom of God.” —Jobn tit. & Did Mr. Moody. per- ceive that the corruet quotation of the Saviour's language would have a-damaging effect on his favorite, witty, refined, elegant “‘water buck: illustration, by which, either wittingly or unwittingly, he casts odium onan ordinance of tint Redeemer whose name and authority he professes vo revere ?. If the above mistake be simply an inadvertence will Mr. Moody have the Christian manhood to mako the correction from the setae platform trem which be per- | petrated the blunder’. If it be a purposed concealment | of the truth will Mr, Moody give simners whom he is calling to repentance ran illustration of the doctrine by his own sin and seeking f er presoneo of dying ers, | eternal judgment ? yD, R. VAN BUSKIRI Noo. 438 West Forty-third street, qentijamanteni THE “REVIVAL.” SHORT PRAYEWS AND NO CLAP-TRAP, To Tun Error or THe! HewaLp :— Ip fartherance of theegreat work whieh all true Chris- tians have so much at. heart at the present timo I beg to offer suggestions on “‘the trae methods of revival,” which 1 sincerely trus€ that faithtal evangelist, Mr. Moody, may adopt, As there are a large sumbor of ‘men in this city who sustain Mr. Moody in his noble *work, and whom our own citi- zens as well as those from a distance would like to bear occasionally, 1 we abl respectfully euggost that ne | did not constitate anew church. Surely the reform: the frent” on every occasion when anything luke & sensation or popular excitement is in progress, Nearly half the hour allotted for pense. aud exhortation ws recently monopolized y one of those clerics to the exclusion of a consid- erable number of other ministers on the Hippodrome platform of equal ability and piety. Now, extempore prayer is an unheard of thing in the Episcopal Chureh, and 16, in fact, Frobidited by canon in the services of that Chareb, It Chureh ignores and repudiates utterly, both by canon and im every other possible way, the claims of the great evangelical bodies around her to be called charebes atall, and charitably tarns them over to the “uncovenanted mercies of God.” The only churches which this modest race of orders” through ‘apostolic succession, and theretore true branches of the Church of Christ, are the semi-pagan Sepsis Abyssinian, Greek ant Romish communions. | peed scarcely add, therefore, that the Episcopal Charch, as a church, opposes in folo, stands aloof from, aud bas no sympathy what- ever with, Messrs, Moody and Sankey and their blessed work. HONESTAS, THE HIPPODROME CONVENTION. A GREAT GATHERING EXPECTED—TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED. Next Wednesday and Thursday, 20th and 30th inst. , a Convention of ministers and laymen interested in revivals of religion is to gather in the Hippodrome, where the services are held daily by Messrs. Moody and Sankey. It is to be constituted similar to the great Convention held in Philadelphia toward the close of the evangelists’ labors there. From this city and ‘State, and all the States, near and far off, the churches are’ imvited to sond their pastor and a delegate, with- out regard to numbers of churches, There will doubt- less be rooin in one or both of the great hails of the Hippodrome for all who assemble. The wisest and best mipisters in all churches are in sympathy with the work, and will give to the Convention, in the form of brief addresses, their expericnce and reflection, so is well known that the Episcopal | rly, both by | of the Presbyterian church, Springileid, Le I, ttle sect recognizes as porsexsing | | | | that whatover good things have been devised may be | erystallized into permanent methods, and evils inay be criticised and avoided. Mr. Moody will conduct these conferences, Mr, inkey will lead the serviees of song, and any church wishing to be represented by its pastor and delegates will reonive tickets ,of admission by forwarding the names and address to § Thorne or RK. C. Moese, Hippodrome, uch church is entitled to tive de ts will be reserved at the Convention. Topics of vital imterest will be discussed, and ene hour will be | given to each. Cominencing atten A. M. on Wednes- Bervices, to be followed the next hour with how to conduct prayer meetings, noonday prayer meetings, inquiry meetings, and how they ean be made a part of | our ordinary church services; the training of young conyerts and lay to.chers, with practical suggestions, In the evening a general service will be held, open to the public without tickets, On Thursday at the same hours the topics will be, How shail the servico of son; be conducted in the Lord's work? answers to que: tions that may be propounded; the usual noond: prayer meeting; how to get hold of non-churchgoer: what more can we do tor our young men? to be fol- lowed by questions and answers on prifctical work. Tho usual evening services without ticket, will be conducted by city pastors, while Mr, Mdody will look after inquirers and young converts at the hall of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association, Tickets will be issued to pastors of churches, editors of religious phpers, prolessors im theological seminaries and ministers engaged in church work, except that tickets will not be issued to clergy- men and others who now hold platform tickets, which are good for the Convention, MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. ROMAN CATHOLIC. A mission is to be opened to-day by the Dominican Fathers in St. Paul's church, Brooklyn. Yosterday was the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessett Virgin, and as such was appropriately observed in the churches of this city and vicinity, A Lenten retreat for women commences this evening in St. Francis Xavier's church, New York. A similar retreat ‘for men will be held in the same church next Sunday. The Christmas collections in the churches of this city for the orphan asylams have just been published, They aggregate $20,615 28, A memorial tablet wiil at once be erected in the Cem, etery of the Holy Cross, Brooklyn, in honor of the six- teen victims of the conflagration at the Home for the Aged. In the two German Catholtc dioceses of Posen and Gnesen, 58,021 persons have been deprived of priestly instruction and comfort by tho imprisonment or ex- pnision of their pastors for non-conformity to the Falk laws, “The unmber of clergy !mprigoned tn botn dio- ceses under the May laws includes the Archbishop, two bishops, five canons and ninety-three deans and other clergy. Professor Von Sehulte, the German old Catholic leader, advocates the abolition of compulsory clericay | colibacy, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will attend a re- quicm mass in St, Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday morning, 30th inst., in memoriam of the late Dr. Henr; J. Anderson, who Was, at tho time of his death, presi- dent of the Catholic Protectory and the Catholic Umon ot New York. METHODIST. Jobn O, Middleton, of the Hedding Methodist Episco- pal church, Jersey City, has been elocted Manager of | the Sunday School Department of the Centennial Ex- hibition. The Washington (D. ©.) Conference (colored) now represents 23,000 members, with more than 375 churches. It will pay this year $30,000 into the ¥ sionary Society. Sixty persons have been received into the Methodist Church at Hempstead on probation since the Ist of January this year. St. James’ Methodist Episcopal church, Harlem ts in the midst of a precious fia oa Dr. Foss, tts former pastor, od there last Sunday and evenings durin, Tewece * Over 200 ts the fruit of tho revival in the Methodist Episcopal church at Sing Sing, N. Y. Rev, Delos Lull is the pastor, but there is no lat! inthe good work. The Greoue street Methodist Episcopal church prop- erty, which has been in the market for the last three years, has been sold for $100,000, and the targe and havdsome stone chureh on University place, opposite Washington square, has been purchased by the society tor $80,000, with all its tarniture, including a large or- gan. Farewell services will be heid in the old church | next Sunday. This move appears to lack wisdom, beimg but two blocks distant from the Fourth street church and a half ablock from Dr. Deems’ Church of the Strangers. As a real estate speculation ft may pay, bat not otherwise. ‘Class meetings have been looked upon as the spirituality of the Methodist Kpiscopal church. is igo to calla class leaders convention here within the next six months. RPISCOPALIAN. The Appeat, organ of the Reformed Episcopal Chareh, say’ Reformed Episcopal Church has a new name with the old doctrines: the Protestant Episcopal Chorch bas the old name, bat with new doctrines. She retains the name, but makes the name consecrate new doctrines; we have anew name, but we retain in the Reformed Church all the old scriptural doctrines, And it does not follow that because we had a reformation we made anew church. We retormed the old church; we tion of that which is wrong vation of that which is new. The Reformed Episcopal Church will send delegates to the Presbyterian General Assembly and to the Gen- eral Synod of the Reformed Charch. * Preparations are already being mado for the holding of the next a ion Church Congress at Piymouth this rear. The Bis of Exeter, who at first objected to aving it held in his diocese, has now given nis consent and jomed heartily in making the necessary prepara- tions. It seems everywhere abad year for sectarian ot necessarily the inno- rejudicos, i Mr. Bi neourt, y Shurch in Mexico, arrived in New York last . He was years ago a erate Cuban, and since his connection with the Chureh work in Mexico has labored zealously. He waa severely stoned at Cuantia Morelos last November for preaching the Gospel, as one of the Rev. Dr. Riley's Iny assistants, aud nar- rowly escaped death. as increasing m numbers and interest, and the people earnestly looking forward to tho consecration of (heir first Bishop. 3 Twenty-seven of the leading oishops of England and Wales, includ the two Archbishops of Canterbury and York, ve am aggregate annual salary of $773,000, in sums ranging from $21,000, tho lowest, to $74,000, the highest. And these ali are couservative on the money question. The Re oe Scott ix-/ ay teens ha pony of the Episcopal chareh at West Fi . ¥., and ae. ce ed @ call in California, ee ‘be Rev, Obaries If, Bixby, rector of All Souts’ Episcopal charch, om Fifth aveour ew York, has re- signed. an evangelist of the Protestant artists. The Rev. R, A. Grifin has resigned his pastorate of the Market street Baptist churcti, Zanesville, Ohto, and lett the denomination beewuse he was too st therein. His views reached out toward Unive: Two Baptist churches in this cny lately dis- -third street and one in Harlem. lying ever since it was organized, three years ago, The former has been in decline for many years. It is now proposed to unite the weak so- cicties im Sixteenth, Twenty-fifth, Thirty-third and Fitty-third streets and thereby vo form one strong church. Twenty-ftth street church 18 to take the Fifty-third street property and receive ali others by Jotter. The Tabernacle Paptist church, of Albany, is about tw build a new house of worship with a seating capa- etty of 750, Since the Ist of February the Rev. Dr. Mickols bas received into the East Baptist church, of this city, twenty-five converts by immersion, Dr. Peddie, of Philadelphia, has received into his church 143 converts bapa the year and raised $10,000 to pay off an old debt on the mesting house ev. W. H. Reid, formerly pastor of the Greenpoint Baptist eburch, has received a call from the iorkimer street charel, Brookiyn, The Rev M. R. Forey is gathert congregation with hopeful prospects on the boule var: Niwety-third street, in this city. The work of grace ts still going on in the Union av- i) | day, the first topic will be how to conduct evangelical | i | but itis apt to lead men into materialism and infl- He reports the Church missions | | out of five of the anc: | could not | given on Sinat, which is offered freely to all the human | with more iavor on one tah than onanother, You may | | ont money. } heart, | claims on us only as it has on the world at Jar; stroction rough us are all the families of the earth be blessed, e rightly under. stand the mission and purpose of Judaism? This is the question that we have to ponder. | | Of the text, and invite all mon to come and buy the D.C, Hughes, baptized nine during this mooth, The An extensive work of grace very suddenly developed | itself in tne last two weeks at Eatontown, N. J, Over | 100 persons have requested prayers, anda large num- ber profess conversio PRESDYTERIAN, The Central Presbyterian chureb, o: Orange, N. J., | of which Rev. Alfred Yeomans is pastor, has been mueh biessed this past winter, Last Sabbath forty united with the charch. The Kev. Alexander Miller has resigned his pastorate A document has been issued, signed by Victor Em- manuel, granting the Rev. Donald Miller permission to erect a church in Genoa. The Free Church of Scot- nd is, therefore, the first foreign Protestant chureh that bas received such a deeree in italy, A site has been secured and the building 1s in progress. Several her Protestant churebes bave been erected bout al now successfully operating the populations. Sarah F, Smiley t# preaching at the Rev. Dr, ‘8 church, Rochester, N. ¥., to immense audi- ences, The Presbyterian Council which was called to meet in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 4, 1876, bas been post- Poned at thegrequest of ‘many American Presbyterians Who could not consistently be absent trom their own country at that period in the centennial year. The time of the future meeting of tne Council will soon be announced. Rev. C. B. Austin has recently resigned the pastoral charge of the church at Cohocton, N, Y., and bas corh- menced ministerial work at New York Mills. In Rey. Dr. Cuyler 8 church, Brooklyn, a steady re- | ligious interest has prevailed all winter. One hundred and fifteen have been added to its membershtp, and the Prayer meetings are crowded. Dr. Jobn Hall, of this city, is to deliver the address | this year at Auburn Theological Seminary. } It is proposed that Presbyterians throughout the United States make a cententilal offering to the Lord Jesus Christ by paying off the debts of their churches and teaving them ali freo at the end of this year, A good idea for every denomination. MISCEDLANKOUS. ‘The Methodist preachers of this eity last Monday signed a petition to tne Legislature protesting agatast the proposed licensing of prostitution among us. The Rev. H. M. Scudder, D. D., pastor of the Centra Congregational churct, Brooklyn, will sail tor Europe with his wife, son and two daughters on Saturday, May %, to be absent four months. The Doctor's tour is solely for pleasure and sight-seeing, aud not connect with any religious movement During his sojourn on the Continent he will spend the first month in Italy, tho second in Switzerland and the Alps, and the third in England, Ireland and Scotland, returning to Brooklyn in tho early part ot September. The Central Congr tional church will in the interim be occupied by the ev. Messrs, Barret and Braden, both eminent Con- gregational ministers from the eastern part of Eng. Jand. The expenses of these gentlemen will be borne by the church, the members having specially engagod them to sapply the pulpit during their pastor's absence. | An interesting work has just been resolved on by the Itahan government—the repair and restoration of two at churches at Cimitile, These churches are 8: to be the oldest places ot Chris- tian worship in Europe, dating from the early part of the fourth century. Threo of the buildings are in a hopdies#ly ruined condition, but tbe other two, which contain some interesting mural paintings and seulp- tures of the fourtn century, are not considered beyoud the reach of repair, Tho work is undertaken at the ex pense of the government, under the direction of the Antiquarian Commiszion of the Province of Terra di Lavoro. Rev. G. Yagor, for six years Protessor of Languages | and Literature in the Pennsylvania Military Academy, near Philadetphia, nas received a call to West Boxford (Mass.) Congregational chureh. | Rey, Wilham 5, Park, son of Professor Park, of An- | dover, and recently partor at Lawrence, has accepted gat to the Congregational church at Gloversville, The Rev, William M. Taylor has been elected perma- | nent Chairman of the Evangelical Alliance in tho United States. No better choice could be made, The Bergen Young Men’s Christian Association, Jer- sey Vity, 18 erecting a handsome building, forty foot square, lor their association purposes. SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP. THIRTY-FOURTH STREET CONGREGATION—REY. HENRY 8. JACOBS ON THE MISSION OF JUDA- ISM, Yesterday was bad for religious attendants at syna- gogue or church. Congregations wero, therefore, rela- tively small—so small indeed that in the Forty-fourth street synagogue the sermon was omitted altogether. In Thirty-fourth street synagogue, however, the Rev. Mr. Jacobs discoursed on Isaiah Iv,, 1—“Ho, every | one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and ho that | hath no money, come yo, buy and eat; yea come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” The present state of the religious world he remarked is eminently interesting. To go no _ further than the facts that are transpiring in our own midst you will find cnongh to attract curiosity, It will not, therefore, be unprofitable if we devote ourselves to the subject:—What are the claims of Judaism to our regard when brought side by side with other religions? | Now, I hesitate not to declare that Judaism is not that sectarian isin that it has been represented to be, and that to-day, as 3,000 years ago, it treats the whole hu- man race with the same generous invitation that it dia of old. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come yo, buy and eat, without money and without price, History and experience combined to demon- | strato this fact that there is a voluntary desire on the | part of every human creature to make a divine being, the creator of heaven and earth, one whose wrath is to be propitiated, it is an instinct that leads men to look for something higher than man can offer. It was this that showed itself to the untutored savage, in the worship of the Druids, the Greeks, &c. And in later years {t was seen that mankind still gropes after some high and holy object to worship. And that fecling which comes from the heart appeals to the beart. It showed itself in that JACODIN ROMESPIERRE who said t] if there had been no God the churches fo abetter thing than to create a supreme being. The water referred to in the text is the law | | | race, Now, this book of revelation, w nich we have reserved, ‘is the great need of all mankind to-day. jon may pate a8 they please about natural religion, dolity, It is this revelation that has given us such knowledge as we bave concerning the Supreme Father, of bis goodness, mercy and love. Now, it Judaism had done no more than this preservation of tho revel tion of God, it would have been a great voon to | the world that mankind should be thankful for. Judaisto holds out this book of books to the weary travetier as the water ot lite, It has no gluomy or ascetic doctrines, It does not appeal to us on tho ground of threatened desirpction, but it says to every (| one that thirsteth come ye to the waters, Judaism | may claim to stand high in our personal regard side by | side with the other isms of the day. The newspapers | have told you that more cases of insanity have been produced by the seusational isms which have taken | the name of religion in this day than by any other cause, And itis questionable whether it is not a fit SCRIECT FOR THK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Judaism portrays God as ther holding out his loving arms to receive all his r ge children. It points out where the waters of life can be bad which is to slake the soul's thirst. And as the Psalmist says:— The Jaw of the Lord {8 pertect, quieting the soul, Judaism represents religion as a free gift of God, It makes no hierarchical or aristocratic distinctions be- tween inep. Itcalle to him who has no money to come and buy wine and milk withoat money and with- | out price. It docs not snutthe door of salvation against any man nor barter it to any class of men. But it says, como one, come all; itis free, It does not look Inck bread for your family and clothing for yours vut Judaism, nevertheless, says to you, “Come with: "It speaks to you as sinners not to con. | sider yourselves outside the pale of salvation, but, | though you may be poor, it says come and pubchaso | wine ana miik without money and without price. And Judaism has this tender regard for every one of us. If we only knew this religion and could place the right value on it; if we only thought in our pros- pority that JEDAISM 18 RQUAL TO ALL OUR NERDS and requirements for joy and sorrow, how much should it be taken to our hearts and its precepts be prized by us, And to show you how well adapted it | is to all Our wants, tor young and old it 1 called wine and milk, suitable for the strong and for the | weak, The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the | Itisan idle preteuce that Judaism has its | and keep | that Israel is fuifliing her mission when we the commandments that God gave to our fathers on | Sinai, Judaism is not merely tor the Jew; it Is for all | mankind, We aroactnally to-day carrying oui the in- Let it, thon, be our endeavor to make our lives so pire i the sight of God thet we may show that wo | avo not forgotten the trusts committed to us. Let | it be our parpose ever to jabor for the good of man- kind, and let us act anselfighly to promote all good purposes for the general wolfare of mankind, And let us show by our practical efforts for ourselves, and for the world at large, that we can stand to the words best gifts at lowoat cost. SHAKER MEETING. | A Shaker meeting will be held at the Brookiyn | Academy of Music on Thursday evening next. An in- teresting programme has been arranged for the occa- sion, including appropriate musical selections, ad- dresses and a lecture by a new member on tho aubdject of Shakerism, FALLACIOUS OLD SAWS. Prentice Mulford will deliver another of his Brond | Charch Sermons at No. 838 Broadway, pear Thirteonth Street, this evening. Hie eubjoct will be ‘Flaws aud Fallacies in Old Adages," | mens, abouta dozen of which are | Father ‘Regan, after which tho congregation took | present it w. | rades atter go long a separation | until Monday evening, April “10, 7 AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION. * Mr. Jess Young, observer and nataralist of the ex- ploring party Gtted out by Hon. Thomas Elder, of South Australia, has just arrived in New York, BIS WORK AND COMPANIONS. This memorable expedition, under the command of Ernest Giles, left Bettuna, Central Austratia, May 6, longitude 139 deg, and kept along the twenty-ninth parallel of latitude as nearly’ ag possible, The explorers were fitted out with twelve moaths’ provisions and twenty? two camels, only two of which were lost on the way, The travellers arrived at Perth, Western Australia, on November 17, the first settled place being struck a fow days prior to the above date. GROGRAPHICAL OBSERVATIONS. The country traversed was a continuoas sandy and scrubby desert. On ove particular occaston the party travelled for seventeen days (387 miles) without dis covering a drop of water. THE ENTIRE DISTAM travelled was about 2,700 miles, occupying 197 days. From the Western Austratian boundary to Perth only THKER WATERS were found, and the distance, some 980 miles, was crossed in two months, mn. ors | Is now exploring the watersheds of the northwestern Fivers, and after completing this he will retarn to | South Austratia, Much valuable mformation 18 @X+ pected from his present labors, THE COMPANY, Beside Mr. Yo the party consisted of Leader Ernest Giles, Knight of the Crown of Italy, second im command; two white men, one Alghan eamel driv and an aborigine boy. All'had good health. MY NATIVES on one occasion attacked the little band in. large pume bers, but they were said to ha BOTANICAL © Mr. Young colleeted man. andred botanical spect. entirely new, aud many others of great value to that science, ’ THE GROLOGICAL YORMATION of Western Australia ts granite, and it is now knows that the tertiaries form the bed of that immense tract of country. FUNERAL OF REV. lL. J. RHATIGAN. Yesterday forenoon the church of St, Augustine, ow Fifth avenue, near Bergen street, Brooklyn, ws filled by the parishoners of the late Rev. L. J. Rhatigan, the deceased pastor ang founder of the parish, whose memory they had assembled to honor, and for whose eternal repose they offered their prayers. In the sanc- tuary inclosure were Right Rey. Bishop Loughlin, Rey. Fathers Cassidy, Kiely, Hand, Keegan, Criegh To Maguire, O'Hare, Fransioli, MeKenna, Michael Hi McCue, O'Neil, D. J, Shechy, gud. others. Tho church was draped in mourning. Tho cofin resied on a bier in the main asic ip front of tho. sanctuary, and was adorned with beautiful floral tributes: from members of the flock who mourned the departure of their spiritual guide, Shortly after eleven o'clock the office for tha dead was recited, the chanters bemg Kev. Father Hickey and Kiely, On the conclusion of the oMee t Bishop was ducted by Rev. Fathers Sheehy and O'Hare to the altar, and a solemn requiem mass was of- © of the soul or the deceased. T! James O'Bierne, of St. John’s, N ; Deacon, Rev. Father McGuinness, of the Church of the Natiy! b-Deacon, Rey. Johu McGuire. While the mass was in progress the coffin lid was raised, dis- closing the body, which was robed in sacerdotal gar- | ments, with hands clasped around a chalice renting on the breast, The funeral oration wos delivered by Re farewell look at the jeatures of the dead, The remai wore interred in the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flat. bush, THE DURYEE ZOUAVES, A meeting of the surviving members of the Old Fitta New York, better known during the war as Duryoes Zouaves, was held yesterday afternoon at room 38, second floor, of the new Post oflice. The object of the gutherig was to take the necessary steps for organi ing acompany to visit the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, Genoral Abram Duryee, the organizer and first Colonel of the regiment, was called to the chair, and George L, Catlin was elected Secrotary, Alter a free exchange of ideas among the members decided to appoint a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Parker, Creighton and Williams, who are to make a report as to the means of organizing the proposed company or battalion, The sentiment among the men, many ot whom came long distances to attend, was that the “Old Fifth” should do something tm this centennial year to perpetuate the memory of the Zouaves and go to Philadelphia and greet the boys in gray, who are also showing their real attachment for the Union, Judging from the speeches made the “Centennial Guard” will be a large one. The qreetings by the coms were cordial and hearty, and though of middiv age they were all vigoro’ and evidently able to don the uniform and shoulder the musket as of yore. A motion was carried that the rovosed organization should be known as the Fifth New York Duryce Zouaves Veteran Corps, and Gen- eral Abram Duryee was unanimously elected president and commanding officer, The Secretary then took the addresses of all present, aud the meeting adjourned at seven o'clock, im the same room, the use of which was kindly tendered by Postmaster James Any of the Zouaves wishing to | learn further as to the aim and scope of the organiza- tion are requested to send their addresses to the Secre- tary, Mr, Cutlin, at the office of the Commercial Ad vertiser. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Work on the Brooklyn Bridge having been suspended for some time a feeling of anxiety has grown in the public mind as to when {t will be resumed, A Hrnaro reporter calted at the office of the company in Brook- lyn yesterday to ascortain if any steps had been taken looking to an immediate return to the work of con. struction, and was informod that all the money nad becn exhausted and a resumption of work was contin. gent upon tho payment by New York cily of the $500,000 due from her, It will be remembered that by act of the Legislature, passed May 14, 1875, the bridge was made a public work, and it was provided that the Mayors of New York and Brooklyn should cach ap point eight directors, to hold office until the bridge jhould be completed and open for travel, This prelim. iuary requirement was fultifled, but the directors com. plam that section 3 of the some act bas nol been executed by New York, as the Comp troller reluses “to carry out the provisions ot the jaw without the sanction of the Com mon Couoeil. The section spoken of reads:—**And for the ipa of comploting the saine, the cities of New York and Brooklyn respectively, in adaivon to the ounts already subseribed by them, are authorized to issue bonds bearing interost not to exceed seven per cent peraunum, and to provide and pay to said com- pany, 19 the manner heretotore paid by them, the fol- Jowing suins of money, viz. :—The city of New York tl sum of $500,000 in each of the years 1874 and 1874, and the city of Brooklyn the sum of $1,000,000 in each of said years and tho cities of New York and Brooklyn shall hold and be in- vested respectively with the stock in said company, im addition to such as they may otherwise hold, equal to the amount so to be paid by them as aforesaid, for which purpose the capital stock of said company shal ent, be increased to the amouni thereof from time to tr paid, One million dollars ed trom’ the Brooklyn treasury, but New York has not yet made the payment of $400,000 which was d Brooklyn now refuses to pay anvil her contingent of arr financial deadiock work hae been s naed and can not be resumed until Comptroller Green pays the $500,000 called for in the law. CONDITION OF THE WORK. The Brooklyn abutment of the bridge is almost com. plete; nothing remains bat to oap the great pillar, and this cannot be done antil the cables are stretched, TI New York pier could be finished in about three mon if money could be obtained to prosecute The key to the situation is in the hands of Com. mon Counetl, and it ts for it to have the bridge tuished oF leave it in Its present condition, MUNICIPAL NOTES. Republican politicians around the City Hall do not favor discussion on results of the Syracuse Con- vention. The majority of them are office-bolders, and entire harmony of action on the part of the delegates wauld have beon far more consonant with their wishes for political advancement. Tho Tammany District Convention, to elect delegates to the democratic gathering on the 26th of April at Utica, will not take place until next week, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Duplap yesterday tendered bis resignation to Sheriff Conner. Financial em. barrassments of Mr. Danldp are understood to have bees the canse, The amount of indebtedness is said to be smal, and no tfouble 1s anticipated by his suretios. John Henry Bode, implicated with James E. Heddon in defraeding the Marine National Bank, yesterday gave bail tn the eum of $4,000 at the Sherift’s office. William Johnson, proprietor of the St. Lawrence Hotel, in the Bowery, was yesterday arrestod by the Sheriif, on complaini ‘of Sophia Otto, charged with a criminal assault, He was locked up in detantt of bail, A judgment was yesterday filed in the County Clerk's office against the city, at the suit of Dame! Leamy, for the sum of $433 07, for services rondered as court at. tendant, The orig!nal claim amounted to only $66 66, but costs of litigation brought it up to the first men. tioned sum, OCEAN Postmaster James reports that the ocean matle leaving this port yesterday were as follows:—By the Adriatic, for Liverpool, 27,700 letters, 62 bags of news: Papers and 258 rogisterod letters; by steamer Mosel, for Bremerhaven, 28,461 letters, 27 bags of newspapers MAILS. 1 487 registered ie by Reading, for Havana, 1,953 letters and 2 i newspapers, ~~ 55,119 ordinary letters, 90 bags of nowspapers and registered letters,