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RT TIT OG Om een atv ee EON PLM TTT MAR nT ODEN SON RT ToC a eee ey cc enn ne nn nn eee ee ee eee eee eee RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, Ministerial Movements— Chat by the Way. SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP Programme of Services To- Day. “Divine Humanity” and “Home in Heaven or Hell— Which?” will be discussed to-cay by Rev. C. P, MeCarthy before the American Free Church, The American Temperance Union will hold their Meoting this afternoon at Science Hall. Tho Rey. Fred Bell will reveal ‘Secrets’? in tho Academy of Music, Brooklyn, this morning, and in the evening will have some “Good News for Sinners, even for Broadway Gamblers.”” At Washington square Methodist Episcopal church the Rev. J. Bayles, of Indianapolis, will preach this morning, and in t! ening the Rev. William Lioyd ‘Will comment on tho text, “Give us of your oil,” Tho Rev. Father McCarty will begin a course of ser- Mons on tho “Passion” this evening in St. Augustine’s church, Brooklyn, Father Sheehy will proach on Thursday cvening to the same place on “Porunce,’? Bisbop Lynch, of Charleston, 8. C., will lecture in Bt, Bernard’s church, New York, this evening, on “The Dangors, Past and I’resent, of tho Church.’ Bishop !eck will address class lead ers this afternoon in Fleot street Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, ‘and will preach in Seventh street Mothodist Episcopal burch this evening. At Chickering Hall the Rov, Samuel Colcord will Preach on “Gr: this morning and continue his sériecs on ‘Light’ in the afternoon, All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal church will receive the ministrations of the Kev. W. N. Dunnell, D. D., at the usual hours to-day. Dr. Talmage wil! address insurance people this morning tn the Tabernacle, Brooklyn, on @ subjoct with which ho and they are quite familiar. In Bleecker street Universalist church tho Rov, F. G Sweetsor will preach this morning and Rev. J. M. Pullman this ovoning. Bishop Potter will officiate in # confirmation service for Ltalians this afternoon in St, Ambrese’s church. in the Church of the Strangers the Rev. Samuel Car- Nsle will preach this morning and evening. ‘The Rev. Dr. McVickar will preach in Christ church this morning and Bishop Quintard, of Tennessee, this evening. The Rev. W. F, Hatfleld will give an invitation in Eighteenth street Methodist Episcopal church to ‘Come to the Wodaing’’ this evening. Dr. Armitage will give the Fitth avenue Baptist church tho frst of a series of sermons on the ‘Men Of tho Great Week,” this morning, beginning with “The Pharisees.” In the evening ‘‘The Woman at the Well” will command his attention ‘Tho Rev. Leon Pons will minister tothe French Episcopal Church Du St, Esprit, this morning and evening. Tho Rey. E. 8S. Widdemer will preach to the Free Church of the Reconciliation at the usual hours to- day. In the Free Baptist church tho Rey. N. L. Rowell will preach this morning and evening. ‘The First Reformed Episcopal church will have the ministrations of Rev. W. T. Sabine to-day as usual, Grace Baptist church will bo instructed und en- souraged to-day by tho Rev. J. Spencer Kennard, who will lead rovival services on three evenings of the week, Lyman C. Howe will address the Spiritualists this morning and afternoon on “Temperance.”” Maud Lord wil perform somo Spiritualistic tricks in the morning after Mr. Howo’s lecture. The Rey. Dr. Patton, of tho Baptist Weekly, will Preach In Madison avenue Baptist church this morn- ang. br. John De Witt, of New Brunswick, will preach in Madison avonue Reformed church this morning, and Rev, William Lloyd this afternoon, on “Watchman, What of the Night?” Dr. J. 8, Holine will preach for the Pilgrim Baptist shurch this morning and evening. Dr. 8. H. Tyng, Jr., will preach this morning and evening, and also afternoons and evenings during the weok, in the Church of the Holy Trinity. This evening the Rov. J. H. Lightbourne will discuss the query, “What Must 1 Do To Bo Saved?!’ Ho will preach in the morning also in the Seventeenth street Methodist Episcopal church, Dr. E, Clay, of Halifax, N. S., will preach morning ‘and evening in the Central Baptist church, The Rev. H. W. Knapp, D. D., will preach in Laight Btreot Baptist church at the usaal hours to-day. “Tbe Triumph ot Faith’’ and ‘The Boy in the Hands of Jesus” will be discussed in Trinity Baptist church this morning and evening by Rev. P. Franklin Jones, of Catskill, The people's service in St. Goorge’s Protestant Epis- copal thurch this evening will bo conducted by the Rey. W. W. Williams, D. D,, who will preach, In St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal church the Rev. A. B. Hart, rector, will conduct the services and preach this morning and afternoon. Dr. Ewor will preach in St. Ignatius’ Protestant Epis- copal church this evening on “Wisdom and Under- standing,” being the second in the series on the “Soven Gitts of the Holy Ghost,”’ St. John’s Methodist Episcopal church will be min- istered unto to-day atthe usual hours by the Rev, J. M. King. “The Sermon on the Mount,”’ giving “Christ’s View ot Murder, Divorce and Oaths,” will be considered this afternoon by Dr. Jobn Cotton Smith in thoChurch of the Ascension. In Sixth avenue Reformed church the Rev. W. B. Merritt will preach this morning and evening. kev. R. B. Hull, of Lockport, N. Y., will preach in the Tabernacle Baptist church this morning and even- ing. Dr. E. N. White will preach at the usuai hours to- day in West Twenty-third street Preabyterian church, “The Soul’s Gibraltar” will be discussed in Thirty- fourth street Reformed church this evoning by Rev. Carlos Martyn, who will proach also tn the morning. Vrosiding Eider Fletcher will preach in Willett Btrovt Mcthodist Episcopal church this morning, and in the evening the Rev. J. B. Searles will preach on “Sadden Conversions.” Atthe Spiritualists’ Conference jn Harvard rooms, Mrs, L. M. Kerns will give tests this afternoon, At the Second Congregational church, Jersey City, Rev. Alired Taylor, of New York, will preach at the usual hours to-day, Subject in the morning, “Tho Frightened Prophet,’ Evening, ‘The Joy of a Free Gospel,” In St, Casimir’s Catholic church (Polish), Brooklyn, the Forty Hours’ devotion will begin next Sunday morning and end on Tuesday evening toliowing. Vespers cach evening at eight o’ciock. Before the Society for Ethical Culturo in Standard Hall, Vrofessor Felix Adler will Jecture this morning onthe “Lilo and Services of Benedict Spinoza,” in commemoration of tho 200th anniversary of his death, In the Charen of the Disciples the Rev, George H. Hepworth will utter some **Things to bo Remembered” this morning, and in the evening will speak on “De- cision of Character,” a sermon to young men, To. morrow evening Mr, Hepworth will givo the sixth of bis illustrated lectures on the Holy Land, which havo become very popular. CHAT LY THE WAY. It was Brooks of the seventeenth century who said, “Ly is not race nor place, but grace, that makes a man truly woble.”” And it was Bernard who prayed, ‘0 Lord, I never come to Thee but by Thee; | never go trom Thoe with- * out Theo.” What @ gain it would be in those hard times if a mirror could ve invented which would make an old bounet look ke anew oue, Enough might be saved to send a Moody and Sankey hymn book to every savage Yo Africa, \ ‘To hold ono’s tonguo 1s acknowledgod by the Serip- tures to be the hardest task which man has ever un- dortuken, ‘There is @ Frevch proverb which ought to be written on ovary life, 1118, “He who does not tire tiros ad- versity, All comes right to him who can wait” ‘There is a great doai of noeded advice in the answer NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1877.—QUADRUPLE SHEET. of the little girl who said, “Well, mother, if God is going to scaod for us pretty soon, and we don’t know exactly when, hadn’t we better buy a trunk and begia to get our things ready for packing?” How strangely ludicrous mere inappropriatencss sometimes 13, When the congregation were standing on tiptoe to see the bride aa she passed out of the church the choir sang the cheerful straius of “What Shall the Harvest bef” 1t almost inakes one feel that marriages must be discontinued or Mr. Moody sup- pressed. It is said that the only game which ministers ought to enjoy 16 blind man’s buif, aud they should indulge in that on every possible occasion, because 1t consists of a fellow feeling tor a fellow creature. That mtomperance 1s unadu! ed paganism no thoughtiul man can doubt. When we have listened to the flowing periods of the lecturer on this subject we have been impressed by the debate which was going on in the minds of the audience as to whether they would give up their Jug-or-not, That we have thou- sands of these idolators in New York calls for quick work on the part of our missionary socictics, If it shall ever be your good fortune to be baptized keep your purse in your pocket during the ceremony. A great many people make the mistake of laying aside the pocketbook at such a time, and the consequence is that while they are themselves baptized their pocket. books are just as worldly asever, The better way is totuke everything with you inty the water, thas the cleansing may be complete. We are boing tossed from hand to hand by three thrilling excitements. First comes the reformed arithmetic of the Returoing Board. The American people are taking a lesson in simple addition, and are greatly surprised that according to the judgment of the gentiomen who are looking into the mysteries of Florida and Louisiana one and one ouly muke two, wheroas in former times they were so clastic that under political manipulation they made a majority, whatever that number might be, Next to this comes the clatter and consternation among the dry bones in the valley of Boston rationul- ism, when Mr, Moody, torgetting that there 19 such a thing as w grammar, denies the old story that if a tan was born in Boston he need not be bora again, and asserts that oven the shadow of Harvard College won’t count for much on the Judgment Day. This 1s such a startling assertion, and the doctrine is so entirely new, thut the philoso- phers are becoming bewildered and are heard to say, “Well, if Boston 1s really not the Hub, then the under- pinning of the universe 1s gone und chaos will have it ail its own way.’? And noxt to this comes the panacea of all the ills to which flesh 1s heir, the last and greatest miracie of tae imagipation—blue glass. Rheumatism and sick head- aches are quietly folding up their tents, und, like the Arabs, will silently steal away because their carcer of usefulness ia ended, We are about to enter on the millennium of good health, And yet wo are theologi- cally troubled by the question, “Why did not the Lord make the sun of blue glass, and so save us the neces: sity of this great discovery?” Woe shall, howover, get over that little difficulty by taxing the people to root the city with blue gl: nd then we shall all be happy and liveforever. Tbe frst and last dogma of tho new gospel is—Evory pain of the body gives way to a pane of glass. ‘That a nowspaper reporter should sometimes cause the unregenerate part ofa man to come suddenly to the surface ts not to be wondered at 1t is not always Pleasant to sco in accurate and impartial type what one has said uader the afllatus of extempore speech ; but to buve a reporter add his own blunders to yours, and give you credit for both, is something which few men can endure unless thoy bave been very thor- oughly regenerated. As an instance of the ridiculous Possibilities which are sometimes reachod, we give the following. A youthful aspirant for clerical famo quoted in bis sermon the lin © come, thou goddess fur and free, In heaven yclept Buphrosyne. imagine jhis theological horror the next day, when he read lines thas phrased :— O come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven sho crept and froze her knee, In tho midst of these hard times charity is an es- Ppecial duty. If one could only drop his dime into the really needy hand it would be a satisfaction. The other day we thought we wore giving the means of bread to a beggar, but we really gave tho means to get a mug of beer toa tramp. At first wo were indignant, but we soon said to“ourselves, “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all” Itis a good rule to give alms to the deserving poor, anda good strong shoo of large size to those whese facial expression of agony is thoir capital in trade, Feminine tascinations are always powerful, and yot it must be admitted that the spell which the young wife throws over her husband when she tenderly cries out after him, By, by,’? is vory differently spelled when she says ‘Buy, buy.’ This is oneof tho de- moralizing influences of married life, which even the most jealous cannot guard against. it is the general improssion that a man’s iife is groatly improved when he concludes to ‘“tura over a new leaf.”” And yet, curiously enough, history affords us ample evidence that it hus not always been a saio proceeding, and, indeed, that it has in times past been met by a severe rebuke, as, for imstance, when Adam and Eve, after a certain act of disobedience, “turned over a new leat,’’ it was not regarded as an !mprove- ment, Still it will, on the whole, bea sale oxperimens for you to try. How sadly truo it is that unless, as watchful parents, you keep your boys in check in the midst of the obstreperous excitements of thoir youth, you will find it very difficult to keep thom in checks when they come to be boys of a larger growth. It is said that certain clergymen, in consequence of the hard tines, have requested a reduction of salary, Their wishes have, in almost every tnstanco, been ac- corded with with an alacrity which makes one fee! that the vestrymen are anxious to economize in éverybocy’s famities except their own. But what is the secret ot this des:ro for retrenchment on the part of the clergy ? In some instances it is undoubtedly owing to con- scientious scruples out taking very much money for the amount of work done. -In other instances, how- ever, it hag arisen from the jact that the minister who has received a pominal salary of $1,000 per aunum has bad so much worry and troubie in collecting that amount that he is compelled either to have his salary cut down and his task proportionately lessened or to giveup his parish, The congregations have univer- sally syinpathized with their overworkod pastors, and voted unanimously to give eaeh one only half his tormer salary, and to let him raiso that the best way he can. He must expect no donation parties, however, since they have materially lessened his Jabors, and done hin a favor for which he should be grateful to the end of his days. The peculiar characteristics of intolerance are very distinetly defined when they aro exhibited by so-called “liberal Christians’? Mr. Moody’s visit to Boston seems to bavo the same effect on this class of thinkers that a red cloth 18 suid to produce on the noble quad. Tuped of tho Spanish arena, Mr. Savage, a Unitarian, published @ book awhile since in which he declared hia tolerance for tho fetch of the barbarian, for the illusions of the Mussulmaos and for the Juggernaut of India, Indeed, he was wiiliug to embrace even the Catholic servant girl who piously prays with rosary in hand, Such a degree of toleration was regurded as the proper attitude of a man Who believes that once on a time we wero all tudpules and croaked in the same pond, Bat now that Mr. Moody bus como upon the stage, he (Mr. Savage) discovers that although he can tolerate auything and everything else he cannot tol- erate old-tashioned Christin, Liberty of speech for every ony except the man who believes in the Bi- Uie is his inutto. He turns pale at sight of the crowds that throng the tabernacle, and declares that Moody’s God 14 “a tyrant,” “a fool” and “a selfish monster.” Altor all, that kind of hiberty moans the right to think Just as 1 do, or us {tell you tw. There 18 no intoler- erance so bitter as the intolerance of a man who makes toleranco « professivn, TEMPLE EMANUEL, SERMON YESTERDAY BY DR. GOTTREIL. At Tempio Emanuel yesterday morning Dr, Gotthei! deliverea the fires of a series of lectures which he proposes to give in English, The subject waa the dif- ference between asceticism and true self-control, ‘the speaker said:—Ascoticism is a desire to subdue tho natural desires to ® self-imposed restriction, to mortify the flesh and make it the willing wol of the mind. It is not that control of the body which it is hecexsary for every one to obtain who wishes to lead a virtuous life, asceticism moans the torturo of the body for torturo’s sake; it means war against the most beneficent instincts of our nature, The ascotic flees tho world; in some in- stances scorns the most sacri duties of Ite 1 wilt oply say this, that if we consitt history we mast come to this conclusion, that the healthiest and INOst progressive nations were those that checked the tendency to unnatural holiness, which called men and women forth trom the seclusion of monastes Placed them in the midst of this busy world to do their share of iabor and take their part of our joys and sorrows, Ali modern legislation bus had to deal with that bequest of the darker ages and reduce its limits to the measure withiy which Moses tried to keep it so many thousand years ago. Judaism is the only retigion that afforded no room tor asceticisia, [+ never made its followers afraid of the world; it never preached the mortifications of the flesh as in itself weritorious, vor clad piety, cbarity und Virtue in rags and sent them begging baretvoted from door to door. Judaism gave a law binding alike upon all, ueither burdening nor exempung one before another. Judaism made marriage a sacred ob- Jigation, and stamped voluntary celibacy as a derelic- tion of duty—let our bachelors Who desire to be good Israelites nake & note of that, Judaism makes joy a religious obligation, does not allow a man to take a scanty meal when he has means to procure an #bun- dant one; it restrains, but guides him; it exacts, but it heips to build up a healthy, active, traitful lite, "No re- Jigion emancipates its followers so much irom the con- trol of priesthood. ‘Yhousands to this day hve de- voutly and die hopetully without having seen a live rabbi NINETEENTH STREET SYNAGOGUE, SERMON BY THE REV, HENRY P., MENDES. The Lev. Henry P, Mendes, of Manchester, England, preached in the Ninoteenth street synagogue yesterday morning. The reverend gentloman has been invited by the trustees of that board to preach for several Sat- urdays, probationally to his election us preacher to the congregation, Mr. Mendes selected his text trom Deuteronomy, xxv., 17, 18. The speaker said:—What 1s that vast host which I seo rising in my vision, marching boveath the buraing brilliance of an orient sun, wending its way throu arid desert, men, women and children, tn uno: crowds, all marching in the same direction? What, tuo, ure the hostile bands which appear above the horizon and ever apd anon cut off some of the feeble ones? They are not manly enough to attack the main body, but they attack the stragglers, 1¢ is tho army of Egypt, and the bostile bands are those of Amalek, Like our fathers of old, wo too are journeying forth trom un Egypt of oppression, and are tasting the sweets of freed We, too, have our weuk ones, and our cowardly Awalek attacking us, Let us seo who are our enemies; let us exumino ourselves; let us seo who and whut are the bostile ones who wage continual war against us. Our army may be separated into classes—those who have tasted tho sweets of freedom and those who ure leobio and faint and weary. — It ts the boast of this country that it is the only one in which Hevrews have not veen oppressed, In other countries thero 18 scarcely a town whose streets have not run with their blood It is with the memory of men whose heads are not yet touched with the snows of time bow Hebrews wero looked down upon io cy country which boasted toleration, but at last the sum of justice bas dispelled the bigotry and projudice, Let us see who constitute our feeble, tuint und weary, They are those who ure left behind, they are those who think religion a very good thing, but Dave not time to cultivate their taith. Worse toun those, there are those who use religion as atgarment, and cot and alter it to suit the fashion. Man alone of ali creation is gifted with reason, und With this reason he says, “I question thia urticie of faith, I doubt that one; I, with my Sniallivility, declare that one absurd,” And bow let us examine the forces of Amalek, and see what he muarshuls against us. First, marches the brilliant battalion of tnterest, tho gorgeously arrayed squadron of pride, And see, too, another and yet worse enemy. He marches not with the pride and circumstance of war; with slovenly and stealthy approach he comes; nevertheless be is the most deadly enemy that attacks us, Do you rec- ognize him? Do you know bis way of making war? Ho 18 callod “Apathy,” and be waits till we are lulled mto fancied repose und then ho 1s more fatal thun all the battalions together, gradually and yet surely getting bts vict into bis power, ‘Thor is yet one more foe promincnt in the lines of ‘Amalok. He'nevee changes his tactics, throws out long lines of skirmishers, then suddenly he will disclose the whole force of his argument and try to sweep all bofore hin. Philosophy says:—"Lite is sbort, lot us enjoy it; let us scek our own comfort, and whatever cauaes discomfort put aside? ‘Thus religion which imposes restraint is disrogarded, But a wise man unawors, “If life 18 short it is pot comfortable to re- flect that our enjoyment also 1s to be short, aud our philosophy offers us no future lite’? But religion steps in and declares this world ts hko @ vestibule leading to she world to com prepare thyself fo the vegtibulo that thou mayest enter the palace, Why, thon, shall we barter our religion jor materialism? 1t ig nothing but a makoshift shield. Ciose up the ranks; let there be no stragglers; none feoble, faint or weary. Let no Amalok overtako us, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE POPE. This forenoon con:ributions will be taken up at all the masses at several of the Catholic churches of the diocese of Brooklyn, in accordance with announce- ment on last Sunday, for the benefit of His Holiness the Pope. The money willbe enclosed in envelopes, with the Bame of the donor and the anount contained therein written on the back, These envelopes will be sent to the Bishop, and the names of the faithful who may contribute will be inscribed in an album and pre- sented at Rome on May 2i—the fiitieth anniversary of the consccration of the Pope as bisnop. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS, PRXSBYTERIAN, The Rev. Horace Staunton will be installed pastor of the Third chareh in Albany, next Tu: 'y, u@ suc. cessor to Dr. Halley, who has resigned because of ago and infirmities. Tho Presbytery of Albany, at its late ion, re- ceived trom the Reformea Church the Rev, B. A, Rartholf, and from the Congrogational Church the Rev. William Bird, of Great Barrington, Mase., who has been for a Jong tine @ foreign missionary in Syria, Those brethron will hereafter occupy Presbyterian pulpits, the former 1 Mayfeld, where ho will be in- stalled March 8. Tho Rey. 8. A. Hayt bag resigned tho pastoral charge of tho Presbytorian church at Ballston Spa and ac- cepted a call to Watertown, N. Y. Rev. W. Stiles, of Wyoming, Pa., has been called to tho pastorate of the Second Presbyterian church at Pittsburg, Pa., left vacant by the accease of Dr. Howard. The Presbytorians of Dunlap, IIL, have erected and just dedicated a church building which cost them $5,000, Rev. Henry C, Foulke, of Cumberland, Ohio, has been called to the pastorate of the Sixth Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, Pa. Rev. W. S.C. Webster has accepted a call trom the Presbyterian church of Port Jefferson, L. L The resignations are announced of Rev, George Rogers, at Gilmanton Iron Works, N. H. ; of Rov. 8. J. Stewart, at Steubenville, Ohio (Mr. Stewart was for- merly a pastor id this city); of Dr. Jimeson, at Morgan- town, Va, to take effect March 15, and of Rev, J. H. Broukes, D. D., at St. Louis, Mo, Accoptances ure reported of Rev. E. Sherrill, at Se- guin, Texas; of Rev. R. Morrison, at Potosi, Mo. ; of Dr, H. M. Robertson, at Kenton, Onio; of Rev. J. A. French, \o the Fourth Church, Chicago, Iil.; of Rev. J. G. Mason, to Metachen, N. J.; of Rev. William Brush, to Luke Forest church, Chicago; of Rev. Jobo Service, to Lisbon, N. Y., and of Rev. J, H. Gibson, to the United Presbyterian church at Coultersvilie, Lil, ; he Will be installed March 13, the Eighth Presbyterian church, of Chicago, have called the Rev, Mr. Chichester, of Altoona, LIL, to their vacant pulpit, and he has accepted. ‘The Rey, F, H. Marling has been one year with the Fourteenth street Presbyterian church of this city, and, according to their late annual report, sixty-one pervons have been added by profession of faith and thirty-three by letter; seventeen have been dismissed to other churches and one died, ‘The Sabbath school has 400 scholars and forty-five teachers, and the mis- sionary assuciation Of the school contributed $1,154 during ea oe Kev, U. H, Seymour has resigned bis charge of the Presbyterian congregation at Truwansburg, N. Y. BAPTIST, protussor of theology in Mills. dale College, Mienig: bas left the Freo Baptists aud returued to the regular Baptist Charch, Rev. J, M. Luke bas entered upon his pastorate of Baptist charch im Elizabeth City, Ne There are over 50,000 colored Baptists in North Carolina, and many of ‘them can repeat as mach Serip- ture ux many of their educated vrethren Nortu or Weat, and sing the pone of Zion with more of the spirit and the understanding than any choir in Atnerica, Thousands of them are Methodists, but they are im. mersed Methodists. Rey, E. M, Green has been called to the church at Danville, Ky. An excuilent choice, The churches in Jersey City aro enjoying tokens of goow. At the First church the Rev. H. G. Dewitt, has been assisting the pastor, and pearly 150 prolessed aversion, of whom ten were baptized last Sunday eveuing., At the North ebureh, Rey, G. K. Allen, pus- there is promise of a large mgathoring, ‘the Rev. W, H. Leavell hus weodered bis resigua- tion to the Stanton street Baptist churehb, New York, to take effect May 1, He has made many friends in this city, and bis removal will occasion general regret, He returns to the South, ‘The Central Baptist Soctety at Plainfield, N. J., have in contemplation the erection of a church edilice on Park avenue, near Ninth street. Mr. Martino, the owner, oflers to givo the lot if the auciety will pledge themselves to crect a good builaing. The Rey. T, W. Conway, formerly of New Orleans, bas wscepted a cail to Vineland, N. J. ‘The Baptists are about to build a new eburch in Stockhulm, Sweden, Their congrezations in that city are in good spiritual condition, aud growing, The average age of Baptist minister® who dred in 1876 was above sixty-six years—a very bigh average. Dr. Rambaut, of Brooklya, tho torwer presigeut of William Jowoll College, 1s to’ be tho orator betore the literary socioties of that institution next summer, University place church, Chicago, is tryiug to seoure the services of their old pastor, Dr. jue, pow of The Rev, Dr. Jam th ot) | deipbi Boston. The Rev, J.J. Irving has closed his labors at berry avenue Baptist church, Chicago, and goes to . J. Donoally, of Englewood, lL, has goue fieldin lopia, Mich. Kev. J. Putsersou has left Downer’s Grove, Ill, after only three months’ work, Tho Halstead street church, Coicago, has culled to its pulpit the Rev, Brother Kermott, of Coventry street church, same city, CONGREGATIONAL Rev. A. H. Bradiord, of Moutelair, N. J., has ace cepted the call of the Ving street churcy, Boston, The Shawmut avenue church, Boston, gave $3,000 as its annual contribution to foreign missions. Rev, Mr, Howard leaves the church in Benton Falls and goes to West Avon, Conn. Rey. 8.G, W ian Who has been supplying the church at Vernon Ceutri Conu., tor tue pasi year, accepts an invitation to con- tinue during the present year, For the tirst line the trustees of the Con; Ministers’ Fund, at their recent avnual meeting, found themselves unable to make auy appropriations lor the appheants for wid, Only 114 chercbes vutor nearly 300 contributed to the fund in 1876. Rev. VP. 'f. Holley will close his labors at Bark- hamsted, Coun, March}, Rev. D,B. Lord bas re- signed his pastorate of the church at Lebanon, Conn, He goes to Goshen, Mass, He had been eight years with the church that be hax ief, Rev. W. 3. Colon goes trom Washington to Warren, Coun, A church of thirty-two mombers bas been gathered Under the mibistry of Mr. L. F, Berry, a student at Yale Seminary at Stony Creek, Cona, ‘It was recenuy recognized, Thirty years ago the Firat and Third Congregational churches of Guitiord, Ci arated on the subject hurch, being without Third charch to unite with itand re be pastor of the latter over the uuned body, The offer was declined, and each will hoe its own row probably jor thirty years more. The metmbersaip of each is about 250, and had they united they would have become the strougest society in the State vutetde of Hartford and New Haven. ROMAN CATHOLIC. Heury, of st. Francis’ ehurch, Mount Kisco, beon transierred to St Joactim’s chu N.Y, He will be suc eceded in Mount Kisco vy the Rev, M. W. Newman, The Rey. J. M. Finotti, who had resigned his imis- #ions 1m the Kast to spond the declining years of his life im retirement at Mount St. Mary’s of the Welt, has yrelaed lo the invitation of bis highly esteemed ‘and ola friend, the Vicur Apostohe of Omaha, Neb,, to fil & place in the Vicariate, and tor the present resides at the episcopal residence. ‘The reverend gentleman bas thus far experienced the benotit of that genial clinate, and feels as if Le bud received a new lease of lite. Bisbop Persico, formerly ot Savannah, Ga, hus been assigned to a diocese in the provivce ofNaples, Italy, bis native country. The Bishop was a missionary in India ior sixteen years, atter which he came to the United States, where he spent ten years, and after his resignation of the bishopric of Savannah he spent a little ume in Quebec, he climate of this country did not ugree With bim, and he returned to his own sunny chime. St, Paul’s confereaco of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, BrooXlyn, reports a pecaliar collection iu their poor box for last yeur—91,600 penuies, Their total re- ceipts were 6 41, ull ot which they expended save the sum of $657 42, which they have on hund, Tue Rev, Father Heflernan has erected a tine chureh in Sag Harbor, L. 1, at a cost of $20,000, und a parsonage at a cost of $6,000, all froe of dent. He ts now opening schools, and ty March 1 will bu of uuns from France there to take charge of tho schools. i ‘Tho temporary Caureh of St. Paul in this city is com- pleted, aud at an early day the Fathers expect to translate with becomiog ceremony the relics of tho Diessed martyr which they have preserved in their old churen. Rey, Father Goodwin, of Kast Hartlord, Conn., 1s said to be seriously itl, The Rev. . J. Doherty, of the Cathedral, St, Louis, has been a City, Mo. The Rev. P. Dominec has recently been installed Abbé of the Trappist Monastery of Little Cluirvotx, in Nova Scoua, Five years ago there was no Catholic tn the vicinity of McComb City, Miss.; now there are more Catholics than members’ of any other sect. Recenuy Rev. Fathers Enright and Lamy gave a mission there with abundant traits. Enghsh Kitualists continue to prepare neophytes tor the Catholic Church in Rome, and the conversion of four English clergymen, who have courageously re- bounced their rich livings to enter the Church, 1s an- nounced by tho Unita Cattolica. ‘the conversion to Catholicism t@ announced of Rev. Mr. Cochrane, of Cupar, Scotland, a reuowned theolo- gian of the Presbycerian Chureh. Rev. Mr. Colleth, Baptist minister ot Ringstead, England, woll known lor bis lectures on Spiritual- ism, has become a Cathonic. The Redomptorist Fathers under Fatber Wayrich are nowlags mission in St, Alphonsus’ church, Balsi- more, It hax been in succossiul operation one week, and will be continued during the present week, ‘The churches of Baltimore last Sunday took up a collection for the Pope on his upproaching*anniver- sary. ‘Ten of them wiready report $2,500, and there is more to follow. Most Rev. Archbishop Bayley has gono to Richmond, Dat, us far as bis most intimate friends are aware, it is not his intention to go to F.orida at present, : KPISCOPALIAN, The Rey, Nelson R. Boss has resigned his position 8 assistant minister of the Charch of the Epiphany, Washington, WD. C., nis ignation to take effect at Euster. ‘The Biahopric of Rochester, England, which will be- come Vacan$ in the course of a few days by the trans- ference of Bishop Cluughton to the uewly formed seo Of St, Albuns, will bo conferred upon the Very Rev. Edward Bickersteth, D, D., Dean of Lichteld. ‘The Rev. A. A. McDonough has resigued the rector- ship of St. Paai’s church, Weston, W. Va. A missionary of the Russian Church in Japan writes that there aro now 3,600 orthodox Christians in that country, and the mission presents a most encouraging aspect, The Rov. W. H. Phillips has romovod from Belts- ville, Ind., to Morristown, N. Y. Tho Kev, George P, Schetky, D. D., has resigned the rectorship of ‘Trinity church, Bay City, Mich., to take effect on the 4th of Avril. The Rev, G. T. Le Boutilier, of Oacida, N. Y., has accepted a call to Grace church, Watertown, N. Y. ‘The Rev. 8. B. Moore has uccepted temporarily the bree of S& Barnabas’ House and chapel, New ‘ork city. ‘The Rev, T. B. Lamson, D. D., has accepted the rec- torship of St. Stephen's, Shermun, Texas, Tho Rev, Mr. Richmond, of South Bend, lod., is ex- pected soon to tuke charge ‘of St. Joun’s charch, Munkato, Minn., and the mission station at St. James, tho Rev, EK, G. Hunter, a graduate of Soabury Divinity School, has been ordained to the priesthood and tuken charge of Red Wood Falls and Marshall churches in the diocese of Minnesota, MRTHODIST. Rev. W. H. Kincaid, of the Pittsburg Christian Advocate, celebrated his crystal wedding on the 13th inst. He wi ity lust week attending the ses- sions of th k Committee, The Hymna Book Revi- sion Committee was tn session here last weck, Kev. D. Y. Johuson, of tho Washington Conference, has been transferred to Rome, Ga, At Sheepshead Bay, Long Island, a blessed work has been in progress, At late dates there wore eight con- versions, Among those who bud sought Christ was aa, old man of seventy-seven. The pastor, Rev. J. Nel- son, during bis term thero has repaired and beautitied (he chureh building and prerie’ for a debt of $1,300, the greater purt of which has been puid already, and the valance ho hopes to clear off before the meeting of the Anuual Copterence, At Heading Methodist Episcopal church, Jersey City, ninety-two converts have united with the church on probation, and the revival continues unabated, At Vort Chester, N. Y., twenty have recently been con- verted, and at Stamford, Conn., during the last three weeks, ninety have entered on probutionin De, J. Hi. Buckley's church. At Nesqueboning, Pa,, two sundays ago, fifty-six re- cent converts were received. in Vort Richmond church, Philadelphia, 64 recent converts are on proba- tion ; at Mount Holly, N. J., it Bloomingdale, N, J., 92; at South Vineland, N. J., it Woodstock, N, Y., 50, ‘Simpson Mothoalst Episcopal churen, Brooklyn, has advanced its missionary collection (bis year from $700 to $1,000, Eleventh street Methodist Episcopal chureb, New York, gives to the cause this your $90; laxt your it gave nothing, Aren street church, Phila: has given $5,500, instead of $3,900 last year, A number of the students in the gradaating class Drew Seminary ure asking for recommendations t spring to Westerp conferences, ‘The Kastern conter- ences are 60 crowded that they cannot receive any or many for years tg come, MISCRIA.ANHOUR, The Board of American Israciites are collecting a census of the congregations of their faith here and the Denevolent institutions maintained by Israelites, ‘At the receut Hebrew charity bull in Philadelphia the income for one night amounted to $10,000 net. This g9e8 Lo support the different Jewish charities of ti city. ‘The Rev, Dr. H. M. Moades, of Manchester, England, bow on a visit to bis brother, minister of the Forty- fourth street synagogue, hus received a call from tho Nineteenth street synagogue, and ts preaching there how on trial, ihe Hebrew Reliet Society of this city expended last year in their work $3,496 2L They cave $23,100 per- Iiauently imvested, Signor Gavazai says ot evangelization in Italy :—Fit- teen years ago there wero only five Protestant congre+ gations and about 400 communicants throughout Italy, while there are now 121 congregations, 8,000 cants and about 41,000 hearers.” Ele ‘sa: originator of the evangelization of T i who, when he was Dictator at Naples, told tim (¢ Yazz\) that he was at liberty to yo and preach to his heart’s content, which he d: The Univergalists at Potedam, N, Y., have nearly comploted their beautiful stone church, and expect to have a pastor and resuine meetings in a few weeks, ‘The Sunday school has been kept up and frequent Sun- day services held. ‘The Rey. ii, Hersey, of Watertown been called there, a pastor, maue The Rev. John N. 2 $ N.Y. b NEW YORK, At the sixth annua! reunion dinner of the Alumni of the Medical Department of tho University of New York, beld at Delmonico’s on Friday evening, the “James Bryce” gold medal was awarded to Dr, Ghis- lant Durant for the best essay on ‘pulmonary con- sumption,” In 1865 Dr. Durant was the recipicyt of tho Valentine Mott gold medal, and in 1871 the Medical Society of this State awarded him tho “Corliss Prize’” for the best essay on “consumption.” STEALING THE STARS AND STRIPES, A largo and very valuabic United States flag and pendant was stolen from the rool of the residence of Mr, M. L. Begley, Second avenue and Eighticth street, early in the evening of Washingtou’s lirthday, e acolony | igned to the pastoral chargo of Pierco | A SWEET BONANZA. SEVERAL SEIZED CARGOES OF SUGAR RELEASED ON A TECHNICALITY, “There are tricks in ali trades but ours” is @ trite saying, but if reports are to be believed the importa- ton of suger and its alleged manipulation embodies more tricks than almost any other, it was shown (brough the Hrxanp on the 10th ult., that the importa. tions of sugar tor the past year amounted wo the en- Ormoys total of 1,033,899,008 peunds, vulued at $43,422,905, A very largo part of these tmports ista | a crude stato aud brought here for manufacturing pur- poses. The prescribed mode of collecting the duty on sugar is fixed by law, and consists of a comparison with samples, accordipg to “Dateh standard’’—tbas ia, tho lighter the color the heavier the duty. A TRST SEIZURE Mapx, Several weeks ago it was reported to Collector Ar- thur that Jarge quantities of Demerara centrifugal sugar was being imported at a less rate of duty than it properly ought to pay, on account of its being arti- ficiaily darkened, It was at first claimed that the dark color wag produced by certain tropivcat dye stuffs, char- coal, ke, but a thorough analysis made by Mr. Habir. shaw, a chemist connected with the Smithsonian Insti tution at Washington, showed that the coloring was eilected by burnt sugur, known ua caramel. Several cargoes of these sugars, consigned to Messrs, Leycralt Co., of Now York; Trowbridge & Suns, New Haven, and J. ¥. Whitney & Co., representing Boston reiuers, Were temporarily detained pending such investiga: tions, but were reicased yesterday on the ude Vice ‘ot United States District Attorney stewart Le Woodiord, Coilector Arthur deeming thai the interest Ol the goverument cun as well be subserved by insti- toting a test case und retaining caretul samples of all | cargoes arriving prior to the decision of this suit, and, M the decision 18 1m favor of (he government, th institute suits aginst the Importers of these cargoes, Such a course prevents tying up enormous quantities of this staple art dd thereby Linders the bulla from advancing the price of sugar. AN ANALOGOUS CAE DECIDED, The only seemingly muitlar case is one tried by Judge Ogden Hollman, of the United Sutes District Court of Calitornia, iu 1869, entitled ~The United States Axuiust 12,347 bags of Sugar; the San Francisco and Pacitic Sugar Company claimants,” In tas case was involved the sum of $120,000 in value, aud under the decision of Judge Hollman the goods were contiseated, This case dillers from (he present int the sugar, Wuich came irom the sandwich was colored by an admixture of charcoal, in of orders by the importers aad afier the proe cess of mauulactiring was comple This conaem= ton also touk place prior to tho passage of the act of Jun 1874, Lhe sixteenth section of which provides that no inerchandise shail be condemned unieas the jury shall speciticaliy flud as a digiinet and separate Issue that the fraudulent intent on the part of the nn- porter ig established.” WHAT TUK LAW suoULD BE In order to obtain some specitic iutormution on th question a roporter calied on Mr, Johu Ro Lydee! Special Deputy Collector, nnd bo expresses the opinion that the proaent mode of collecting toe revenue accord jug to the standard, igafraudonthe law. The go erumeutexpressly imports samples by which to grado the “standard,” and it 1% the easiest matter in the world for importers to get around 11, us the color 18 the only determining point under the tariff [np bis judg- ment Congress should pass aiuw by which the tax on sugar should be collected on the amoent of saccharine mater contained ta the staple ina ‘similar manner as liquor 18 judged by the proof, as both can be readily adulterated, PICKING UP A COIN. Whilo a messenger was footing up his identification checks to sea whether they corresponded with tho amount of orders he had presented for payment at the examining window of the Post Odice yesterday, ho was accosted by a well dressed man, who asked nim if a two-cent piece which was lying ou the floor was his. Thinking that he might possibly have dropped it the messenger’s mind was diverted from his checks, and ho stooped and picked upthe coin, While dog so the stranger adroitly inapaged to Ket possession of a check for $28, which ho immediately presented to tho paying teller for cashing. The teller, happening to be Jamiliar with the nume the check bore, bad his susp. clon aroused, and turned to call the clork who exam. ined the order and made out the check, to satisty tim self thut all was right, but the stranger who had stolen the check took the alarm, fled from the window, aad Was s0on lost to sight in the crowd on broadway, VERY LIKE A MURDER To tae Epitor or tur Herato:— On Wednesday tust the body of an unknown man was found on tho grounds lately occupied by tho Grangers’ encampment at Elm Station, about threo miles from the Centennial grounds, Philadelphia, ‘The body had been partially buried beneath 4 heap of dirt and rubbish, and hud apparently been there some months; but, owing to the cold weather and tho” snow and ice with which it had been covered, was in ao tolerable stato of preservation. ‘he man was about five fect sevoa inches in height, between twonty-live aud thirty years of age, hada light mustacho and enin whisker and a romurkabiy fine set of tweth, was delicately built and had the appearance of'a geotieman. The body had been stripped, with the exception of two shirts, a Piccadilly collar and a black necktie, The outer shirt had a finely embroidered bosom; the under was a night shirt of Irish linen, long enough to reach below the knees, fasteved by buttons of pecultar shupe, and had upon it, Worked in red cottup, uo initial ‘letter or monogram, apparently an H or a combined FS. Over the left eye of the corpse is a decp wound, made by some sharp instrament like a hatchet or small ax while the right side of the head battered in by the pole of the same weapon, stranger is supposed to have been a foreigner body 1s ut present in possession of Josiah 8, Pearce, Ardinore, Pa., the deputy coroner. By giving this a place in the Herkapp you will serve the cause of hu- mauity and may uncover this horrible mystery. 8, Very littlo was dono yesterday mofhing at the Real Estate Exchange, there being only two actual sales Theso were:—By Louis Mesier, Ambrose Monell ret- eree, forclosure sale of a house, with lease of lot, 20xt5.8, on the north side of East Fifty-sixth street, 503 feet cast of First avenue, leased Novembor 1, 1870, term nineteen years and #1x months; groand rent $240 per annum, Bought by Peter Goeler for $4,000, Also, similur sale, Stephen H. Olin referce, of ove Jot, 265x100, on Eleventh avenue, southwest corner of Forty-sixth street, Bought by H. J. Meyer for $13,800, TUANSFE a, 195 ft. w. of 2d av. tnd wife to tlign Livingst * 5 tte, of Willis av, Robinson and wife to of 115th 25x00, ¥ Wall, Nom, ay., 0.8, 7 Sinclair Ist ( 80) ny plac q Brigham to D. G. Crosby. @2d #t., n. #., 150 ft. @. of Luth nv, Reick and husband ty George 6, GAG Mh Ist av, 20x102 2x20x ‘ik. Ki'patrick and wife to LG. Brigham... 72,000 . corner Chatham st, $4.0x00; J r 3,981 4,009 5,000 7,000 Ba "av., 18 0x oJ. MeUloskey.. 7,609 of fd ay, ’ 18, Hx aud wife to 7,509 . Nom. 4,500 Av. Be. #8, 400 tt. re of Clit st. Charles J. Nehrbas to bli Hoste ‘on 69th st. n » K Root to Nom, 40,750 : Nom. 14,000 375 7,900 * 10,600 + 10,500 5,000 Livingston, 8. ut UDth wt, we 10 Wo SAIN, BB OF |. Samuel C, and wite of ipth st, @. Delaney, Mari of I7UH st, & DRTUAGES. band to Bank for Savings, y ‘ ay. ith ste, vii ay, (ad war to William L + 5 years, 10,000 Haein. 8. OF Tbh sty your. . + between Ist and Jd mi Ist wad 2d avs wine, me & OF TOLL 2 yonrs. Same to same, ri) 3 years. L. to Wilitam Cattlug, . Rone, n- Todd wt, (48d ward); Tye. B. A. to Delaware and Hudson Canal Cou fue Cortiands a Lye | actuary of the company. LIFE INSURANCE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONDUCTING CONTH NENTAL EXAMINATIONS BLYORE BEFBREB DEWITT—WHAT RECEIVER GRACE ¥OUND AMONG THE ASSETS. Proceedings before Referee DeWitt In the Continental matters were continued at No, 22 Nassau street yestere day morning. A large number ot attorneys wero pres ent, including the Attorney General, who conducted the examinations, William Barnes, John H. McKeon, Robert Sewell and others who did pot appear in the case. ‘The first witness called was Mr, Chandler, the formes He testified that be had made @b estimate of the outstanding risks of the com- pany and the amount required to retnsure them, He read the following statement :—Number of policies ou standing, 19,754; amount of insurance, $38,894,213; amount of reserve required by the American tabie estie mated at four and a-bulf per cent, $5,365,614; matured endowments, 28; valuo, $50,350, TUM RECKIVER’S TESTIMONY. Willlam R. Grace, the present receiver, read a list of the assets belonging to the company now in his charge, It comprised cash equivalents, given into bis bauds by Jon J, Andérson, $164,500; bonds and mortgages, $1,031,000; building om Nassau street, estimated by Johu J, Anderson at $600,000 A long list of col laterals received by the company in various transace tions was read, It included torty-five shares of Conti neutal stock, nameless; thirty-six shares of Atlantic stock, certilicate noty of William R. Blake for $10,625, with forty-live shares of Continental stock as | collateral; a second uote of William R. Blake for Continental $11,500 $10,625, with forty-five shares of stock; note of J. H. Reisenverg for with’ fifteen shares of Continental _ stock; 25 shares of Continental stock, inthe name of R, C, Frost, with blank transter attached; 45 shares, L. W. Frost; 170 shares, G. Hilton Seribacr; 30 shares, L. W. Frost; 30 share ye Fy 25 share L. WwW. Frost, 25 shares, LW. sbures, L. W. Frost, 20 snares, L. W. Frost; 30 shares, L, W. Frost. all the stock of L. W. Frost, R. C. Frost aud G. Hilton Scribner hud biank certificates of transter attuched, There was a note of William ©, Whitney for $33,500 cured by 335 shares of Metropolitan steamship stock, ‘This joan 18 part paid, and securities are valued af much more than the loan, BAQUESTS PROM TNE LOANRKS’ BANK. Receiver Gracy also read a list of securities delivered to nim by John J, Andersou, which were received from the Loaners’ Bank as collaterals, It comprised 1,600 shares of tho Coounentat Railway and TrastCompany’s ock; two second mortgage bonds of the 3t, Louls and ‘Terre Haute Railroad, $1,000 each; 200 shares of the Grand Central Bank of Now York, par value $25 per share, $0 shares of the City Gastignt Company's stock of Long Island, par value $60 per share; shares of the stock of the Citizens’ Steam Railroad Company, par vaiue $100 per share, trausterred in blank ; 11 bonds, tor $1,000 euch, of the Adirondack Company, and two due bills of $2,550 50 each from Thomas C. Durand, Receiver Grace said he also received from Mr. An- derson au enveiope containing betes wad one-halt shares of the St Louis Chemical Works, par value share; un envelope containing a mort, sonal containing one mortgage of the Phosuixburg and Gordon Raijiroad Com. pany, un envelope contaiming two memorandums, aud unother containing a mortgage deed and papers relating thereto; an envolope containing a mortgage wnd papers from A. 8, aod A. F, Lorings; ap envelope containing a deed of trust from KE, M, Proaty; also an envelope containing a mortgage for $17,500 from @ Hilton Seribner on property in Yonkers. MORK QUESTIONANLE ASSETS, A long list of stock of the Empire Mutual Life Insur- ance Company, beld among the Coutinental securities, was read by Receiver Graco. Then to.lowed a number of deeds of property situated in Yonkers, where the Frosts resided. Awong these were deeds trom J. HL Sanderson, releree; Rovert Merchunt, roterce; Mary E. Cainpbeil and Davia Verplank. Among the bills recervable read by Receiver Grace were a very large number of chocks, Dotes and dratts, ‘There were inciuded « worthless draft from Luther W, Frost of $12,750 und draits by Lutuer W, Frost ov the New Jersey Mutual Lite Insurance Company, aggregat- A part of this had been accepted vy H. Stedwell, President of the New Jersey Mutual. ‘The receiver also tostitled that be had in his posses- sion a weil-iilied envelope, marked worthless notes an checks, He could uot give any estimate of the real value of the securities caumerated above. Mr. Chandler, the actuary, was thon recalled, and testified in reference to the death clanns agaiost the company and to the fact that tne amount of notes heid us loans against policies was $1,203,087 86, The reieronce was then adjourned until March 6, at twelve o'clock. TRAVELLERS’ LIVE INSURANCE COMPANY, Judge Bevedict, inthe United States Circuit Court, Brookiyn, yesterday rendered a decision to the sult of Kato L, Bayless againat the Travellers’ Life Insurance Company of Hartford, The action was brought upon a policy of insurance tsaued by defendants to the father ofthe plaintiff in the sum of $10,000, The policy, among other conditions, however, excepted to making | the payment in caso death should bo shown to have been ‘caused by surgical operation, or medical, or me- chanical treatment for disease,’’ Tho case was tried lust year before # jury in che Brooklyn City Court, whea a verdict was rendered for tho full amount ju favor of the pluintit The defendants appealed from the judgment on the ground that they were not liabie, the Insured having broken one of the provisions of the contract contained tn the ey It appeared that the insured died August bts A k previous to death he nad been sulfering from am id ovver complaints ensued, ‘The doctor in attoudauce orderea him to take twenty drops of opium and chloral at bedtime to quiet his nerves, The patient acciavntally, it is supposed, took too large a dose and died, The Court held that ‘death was caused by medica! treatment for disense,"’ and 11 80 de: fendants would be exempt Irom payment by the prow visions of the policy, Judge Benedict, alter reviewing the prools, said “This consideration compels to the denial of the motion for judgment in favor of the plaintiff and the direction that judginent for the de- fendants be entered. "” THE OPEN BOARD OF BROKERS, FACILITIES OBTAINED AND BUSINESS TO BP COMMENCED ON MONDAY NEXT, Tho New York Open Board of Brokers met yestem day afternoon at fifteen minutes past three in the Now street room of the Broad street Delmonico’s, President B, M. Nevers took the cbair. After adopt- ing the minutes of the previous meeting, Mr. J. F. Underhill, chairman of the Executive Committee, stated that they had procured both temporary ang permanent buildings, For temporary use they had rented the first floor of No, 21 Now street from Mr, Wizemman at a rental of $1,000 per month, commence ing on the lstof March. The rent was certainly ex. orbitant, but as tne rooms were suitable tor their pur. pose, and their permanent quarters would be ready oa May 1, it was deemed advisable to takethem, The temporary quarters can be heid after the 1st of May at 1 the au nial of $3,200 if required. Mr. Under- wood said :—"*Everything 18 ready to commence buat- ness on Monday next, and for one am ia favor of goimg to work at once, ev if it is ouly to show the members of the Stock Exchange that we mean business, 1 believe wo have tho sym- pathy of the public, and 1 am sure wo will bave the support of the majority of the operators who at present mako the business of the Stock Exchange, They have presumed to dictate terms to the puvuc, aud now the pudlic will have the privilege of making eqaitable terms with us”? On the motion of Mr. Underhil tt was then resolved that the New York Open Board of Brokers will com- mence business at No, 21 New street on Monday* morning, a ball-past nine o'clock. At that time telegraph instruments will be working in the rooms, bringing in the prices in the Stock Ex- change and European and other tureign markets, All securities at present dealt in by tho New York Stock Exchange, and the securities of the Philadelphia, Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad companies, will be bought and sold, Membe: ill be sappliod with take ets that will admit them to the rooms. BUSINESS Tho compromise proc port, batier, of No, 99 Nassau street, and bis creditors havo been completed, and sottioment made at fifteen cents on the doilar, It will be remembered that Mr, Davenport had tho first contract for Curnishing the pow lice force with the Derby hats, A meoting of the creditors of Emeline Smith, who keeps a hotel in Forty-fourth street, near Madison avenue, was held yesterday before Rogistor Fitch, Alter proving their claims thoy elected Messrs, William M. Gaimvling and William J, Underwood assignees in baukruptey. Tho fuilures are reported of W. S. Taylor, hatter, of Elizabeth, and K, 8. Bloom, druggist, of Bloomsburg, Nod Ex-Alderman Danjel D, Conover, who w into bankruptcy in 1873, has applied for a discharge from Dennis Suit Muarice Cauldwell was discharged from bankraptey yesterday by Judge Benedict, ninety per cont of the creditors consenting to the discharge. Mr. Cauldwell, who 1 @ prominent momber of Viymouth chureb, is engaged in the chromo pictare business in this oly MUNICIPAL NOTES, The following moneys wore received in the City Hall departments during the past week:—Tax office, $70,358 85; Croton water rents, $5,063 76; Marshal Delmour’s, arr of personal taxes, $3,469 87. Comptroller Ketly yesterday paid the the Police Department $50,701 85 of account ef sireet cleaning {und for the month of Februazy.