The New York Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1877, Page 15

. — i! p Joho’s Metuodist Episcopal Church this evening with ~~ RELIGIOUS. INTELLIGENCE, ‘Chat by the Way-—Ministe- rial Movements. SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP New Jersey Methodists in Couneil—Blection of Deacons and Elders. PROGRAMME OF SERVICES. In Brooklyn Tabernacle to-day the Rov. T. De Witt ‘Talmage will preach an Kaster sermon in the morning and discuss the question of rum or temperance rule 1p Brooklyn im the evening, An Easter sermon will’ be preached by Rev. E. 0, Sweetser this morning in Bleecker street Universalist Church and in the evening “The Victory that Over- cometh the Worid’? will be discussed. The Spirituahsts will celebrate the twenty-ninth anniversary of their ism to-day in Harvard Rooms, “Resurrection and Excarnation” will be considered by Rev, ©. P, MacCarthy this morning and ‘Mormon- iam Ecclesiastically and Socially” will be considered in the evening before the American Free Church. ‘An Easter singing sermon will be given in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, in the morning by Rev. Fred Bell, whoin the evening will talk about Rich and Poor People.” “The Transforming Power of Carist’s Glorified Pres- ence” will be presented in Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church this evening by Rev, J. E. Scarica, fhe American Temperance Union will hold their meeting in Science Hall this afternoon, At Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church ‘@ floral service will be held in the morning, and in the evening Rey. William Lloyd, who goes to the Reformed Church, will give bis “Benediction” to nis old asso- clates. The Rev. W. N. Dunnell will minister to the Church of All Saints at the usual hours to-day. The Rev. Samuel Colcord will repeat (by request) bis Sermon on ‘‘God’s Great Love” this evening, and will preach an Easter sermon in the morning. At tho Free Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church the Rev. John Johns will proach this morning on “Death No Foo,’? In the evening a service of song ‘will be held, In the Church of Our Saviour tho Rev. J. M. Pull- Man will proach this morning on ‘The Spiritual Resur- rection, '” Easter services will be held in the Church of the Heavenly Rest at the usual hours to-day, Dr. Deems will preach as usual to-day in the Church bt the Strangers, Au Easter service and sermon will be given by Ret W. F. Hatfeld, in the Eighteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, this morning. In the evening a sermon on ‘The Opening ot tee Books.’’ Bishop Potter will administer the rite of confr- mation this morning tn the French Church Du St Esprit, Tho Froe Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation ‘will be ministered to to-day by the Rev, E. A, Widde- mer. Tho Rev. N. L. Rowell will preach morning and evon- Ing in the Free Baptist Church. In the First Retormed Episcopal Church the Rov. ‘W. T. Sabine will preach moraing and evening. Dr. Armitage will continue his series of sermons on “The Men of the Great Week,’’ with special roference this morning to “Christ’s Judicial Murder—His Roman Trial” In theevening “Christ the Source of Resur- Fection”’ will be exalted. “The Penitent Thief” will serve a good purpose by Rev. J. 8. Kennard this morning for Grace Baptist Church. In the Madison Avenue Reformed Church the Rev, ‘William Lioyd will begin bis pastoral term to-day, Preaching in the morning on “Risen with Christ” and in the afternoon on “The Sepulchre Sealed and the Beal Broken.” Miss Auna Oliver will preach in Beckman Hill Meth- dist Episcopal Church this morning and evenin; Rev. W. H. Leavell will preach for the Pilgrim Bap- {ist Church at the usual hours to-day. “The Resurrection of Christ’? and ‘The Character of Jesus’’ will be discussed by Rev. J. H. Lightbourn in Beventoenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church to-day, Rev. J. T. Walden will preach in St, Mark’s Prot estant Episcopal Church to-day. Rev. H. W. Knapp, D. D., will minister morning and evening in Laight Street Baptist Churcb, “yypes and Prodictions of Christ’s Resurrection” and “Proofs” of the same will be discussed by Rev. J. D. Herr in the Central Baptist Church to-day, Dr, Isaac Wescott will discuss ‘Punctuality” and “Sabbath Schools’? to-day ia the vestry of the Forty- aighth Street Church. Rev. H. G. De Witt will preach in the South Baptist Church at the usual hours to-day. Dr. Ewer will speak before St, Ignatius’ Protestant Episcopal Church this evening on “True Godlinesa.” The Rev. J. M. King will close his pastorate at St Beacramentalservice, Sermon in the morning. The Rev. W. B, Merritt will preach in the Sixth avo sue Reformed Church at the usual bours to-day. In St, James’ Protestant Episcopal Church the Rev. ©. B, Smith will preach morning and evening, In the Spring Street Presbyterian Church the Rev. A. H, Moment will preach this morning on “fhe Twelve,” and this evening on “A Man Secking a country.” The Rev, A, B, Hart will officiate for St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church at the usual hours to-day, The Rev. J. 8. Holme, D, D., will preach for the Tabe trnacle Baptist Church at the ‘usual bours to-day, “Immortality” and “The Publican” will command the attention of the Rev, Carlos Martyn and tho Re- formed Church in West Thirty-fourth street to-da; In the West Twonty-third Street Presbyterian Church tho Rev. KE, N. Whito, D. v., will preach this morning and evening. To-day being Palin Sunday in the Greek Church ap- Proprinte services will bu held in the Russian Chapol this morning, Rov. Father N. Bjerring, pastor, “A visit to the tomb of Jesus’ will ve paid this morning by Rev. D, B. Jutten in the Sixteenth Street BaptistChurch, In tho evoning tho ‘Fact and Proof of Christ’s Resarrection” wili be given. CHAT BY 'THE WAY. ‘The great tragedy is over, and the Easter sun wel« tomes us to the scene of the Resurrection. The mmor music of the Tenebrw has changed to the jubilant song Of the believer’s faith in immortality, Nove but an angel could have rolied that ponderous stone away from the door of the sepulchre. If the body of our Lord had been found in the tomb wo should never have known the triumph of this Easter morning. The stone that was roiled away has become the corner stone of our Christian faith, No man can be rovengeful without deliberately keop- ing his own wounds open. Let your wounds heal up, and then you will be ready to forgive; but if you probe them every day the pain you give yourse.t only serves to inflame your hatred. To many people solf resembles the sun—t, e, itis the centro of tho entire systeim—and the whole effort of their lives is to give a centripetal impulse to every- thing. You will not forgét that it is in perfect accordance with tho law of **naturai selection” to pick out the bigger and better part and keep it for yourself, ‘The smallest things are sometimes well adapted vo Pout a moral. A clam, for instance, belongs to a very Insignificant order of creation, aud yet we beard a petulant critic say of & prolix preacher the other day, “1 wish that nan knew as much ay actam.” Our habit being to seareh tor information at all times we asked, “Why do you say thau? know that is 80 important?” He replied, with a cer. tain acidity in bis voice, “Sir, every rospectubio clam knows just when to shut up, and that ts more than cun be vaid of some taikora,”” We at onco became silent and sad, All your talk about this or that Church being better than another because is more conservative is a slip of the tongue, That Charch 1a best which works hardest for humanity, Neither money nor eloquence can make a@hurch last unless it has the good of the What does the clam At does not ask you what you profess nor wnat are the articles of your belief, bul, ratber, what are you do- ing, and if you are resting on your respectability aud on the fuet that in all the vast congregation to which Mr. Touchemlightly munisters there is not a single calico gown, not all the big diamonds tn the broad aisle nor all the carriages that are drawn up before tl door can cure the dry rot of unbelief which will sooner or later cause your death, A little boy swallowed by mistake tumblerful of lye the otber day, aud bis parents were greatly alarmed, The physician, however, calmed their fears by saying that the potion would do no harm if they would send bim away trom the farm and train him to political lif, ‘The more lye he drank the more he would be likely to succeed. At last a sensible man has been found who ts willing to face some of the inevitable tacts of married lile, When dying he made a wili, in which he expressed & bope that bis wife would not be deterred from & second marriage by any romantic ideas connocted with bimseif, a clause which {t 1s not always necessary for & man to put into bis will, and thea bequeathed to her $10,000 extra as @ wedding gift wheuevor a suitable number two could be found. 1t {s entirely unneces, sary to add that in due time the donation was claimed, and the injunction of the first husband to make another matrimonial exporiment was tried, Here 18 ® characteristic Americanism which every one will recognize. He was in the company of some of those who fought in the late war, He bad jast re- Jated a little experience of his own, The landlord ip quired, “What position did you hold, sir?” He answered, “1 was only a private.” The next aay a ro ceipted bill was handed to him with these words, “You need not pay adollar tor your entertainment at my hotel, sir, for you are the only private Lever heard of ‘The rest have all been officers of the highest rank.” Human nature delights im the various epidemical forms of humbug. As one time all the world gocs mad over Grabam bread, while tho author of the excitement qai@tly sitsdown to bia beefsteak At another tims the repugnance to Spitz dogs rages like aconflagra- tion, und the pet of the parlor fds his coflln in au ash barrel. Now, again, we are delightfully crazed over blue glass. Wo put our plants, our babies and our rheumatism under it Tho plants are expected to be- come trees in a night, the babies to absorb genius enough to enable them to become politicians, or feminine evangelists with the broatbless Presbytery at their heels, aud the rheumatism to vacate the promises and to take forcible possession of our neighbor's joints and muscles, What would life be worth without some quiet delusion of this kind? Pope Pius IX. 1s @ pattern of genial temper and un- ruffled kindness in his old age. His yeara begin to bear very heavily upon him, and be is making activa preparations to go the way of all tho living. As wo Jook back on his public career we gladly accord bim the meed of great praise. He has been exceedingly patient under unusual suffering and trial, and has en- dured the reverses and the imprisonment which the ebunces of war and rovolution brought with acalme ness and fortitude unsurpassed, Fewin the long list of illustrious sovereigns can boast of a brighter or moro auspicious rule than the Holy Fathor Pius IX, What could better illustrate the peculiarities of the boy of the period than this tncideut? ‘Are you Jost ?’? said a gentioman to a littie fellow who was rub- bing his eyes and making the welkiu ring, “Are you lost?” He replied, *No, I’m not Jost, but my mothor fe, and she can’t -find me.” Domestic economy is undoubtedly the prince of virtues, Nextto this comes domestic affection, Whea there arises an emergency, and one of these virtues must prevail to the discomilture of the other, then economy must be tho victorious party. The stern logic ofthis assertion was exemplified the other day. A husband, in his last agonies, became somewhat restless, His spouse smoothed out the shoets several Umes without a murmur, bat at last she came to her economical senses and said testily, *‘Now, John, do be quiet; thro i no uso in kicking around and woarmg out those new sheets, even if you are dying, Just keep still and die quietly.’ I your congregation happens to be inattentive the best way to cure them of this bad babit is not to scold and fret, but just to say something that is worth listening to, This may bea medicine which they aro not in the habit of taking, but if it is administered in large doses it 18 sure to eifect a cure, ‘This sensitivoness.to right and wrong of which we hear so much in sermons is a very curious quality, Sometimes tt is the result of moral principle and some- times of business shrewdness. We got out of tho car- riage onco and over a stone wall to take a few upples from a tempting tree. Our father-in-law cried oui, “Don’t take them.’ Wo replied, “Why not?” He answered, **Because ils wrong.’’ Then we wero abashed, We recovered our cicerfuluess, however, when the old gentleman continued, ‘There are two ubjections to taking those apples. In the first place, asihbave before mentioned, it ia wrong, and in the second place, if you had looked a little more carefully you would have seen that those apples are not ripe.” We are undoubtedly on the edge of yreat ecclesias- tical changes, Two inventions have burst on tho as- tonished gaze of tho world, and the coincidence of their coming at the same time is proot positive that the whole method of pulpit administration 1s to be chungod. Smatl ministers are doomed, and the sooner they begin to look for more lucrative and more secular employment thau reading poor sermons to their houses the bettor. First, we have the telephone, It is proposed to erect a marble retreat in Union square, with tubes connecting with every church in the city. Ou Sanday the congregations wil assemble as usual, but instead of gazing into the minister's tace, middle of the chancel A popular preacher wilt be placed in the marble retreat, with au eloqueut and surring sermon. Ho will preach at about 500 open tubes, and his eloquence will pe trans- mitted to as many congregations, and emerge from the bell-shaped projection in the chancel with ail the various modulations of the preacher's voice. Next we are to have the pyrophone, an organ with copper pipes, whose notes can be distinctly heard over the whole city, We can sit in our own houses and listen to a sacred concert or gather on our front stoops and unite ta a congregational hymn while ® precottor up ina balloon beats the time, This 1s certainly an age of labor-saving invention and spiritual improvemeat NEWARK METHODIST? CONFERENCE. CONDITION OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLISH- ING INTERESTS—ELECTION OF LEACONS AND ELDERS. After the opening devotional services of the Confer- ence yesterday the report of the condition of the Elizabeth district was made by Presiding Elder Arnut, ‘Two new churches have been built during the year and the preachers bave been generally paid ther salaries, On the Newton districts Elder Opdyke re- ported that pastors’ salaries and missionary colivctions would be Jurgely deticient, Kevivals had ptevailed iv inany churches, and the temperance cause bad been attended to, KH. Conkling was admitied into full connection in the Conference. L, D, Harris, who is an ordained elder, and who was for a ime a mission- ary iu China, was continued oo trial for another your, Hoe has bad a hard parish to work ja during the past year, but has bad a revival which brought sixty Converts tothe church. But because be had not been two years on trial in the conference work it was duomed best to give him another year’s probation. Both can didutes were examined by the Bishop tn the disciplin- ary questions and by the Conference as to their use of Lobacco, which they fortunately diseard, A resolution was adopted by the Conterence (hut no tan be received tuto ull connection or on trial except by a counted vous of a majority of te members ul Conierence, DRAGONS tL The following named per elected to deacons? orders: —Silus Van Duyne, Lewis T, Janes, so of the deceased Bisbup; Hoyt B. Hunt, Join Crawtord, J. F. Androws, H. B. ‘Mulyneoux apd Jonw A. Guu ridge J. K Wright and Truman Weed, stugents ut Drew Semmary, and wembers on trial of the South | Kuneas Comerence, will, with the others, be ordained | dew i# morniag in Hedding Cburel Leer, | will returb 10 a few weexs to K ton . dounetol ed and will dar 4 1v the sume place tuis atternovn, rot the (rust: esol the Converence Seminary at Hacketstown was presented, It suows that the proi- 1s Of the WwStiLUtion last year were $2,550; that there retains a debt of $36,200 On tha property yet, and that its uneolieet tions and Otner promised agsets amount to $524 It has & ue property valued at nearly $200,000, ¥ rou 186 to 218 students of boub sexes have spent one of more terms within Its Walls daring the confereuce yeur; thirty-six are the cliliren of mine isters and forty are prepwring tor the ministry, Tn tb vaduating Class Of twenlyslive there were twelve # Who recuiveu the degrees of MK. Le or M. Le Ac (Mistress of Eayish Literature or Mistress of the Lib- eral Arts). ison, agent of the Book Concern, addressed plorence on tho pUblishing interests, aud told them that the net profits for 1876 amounted to $71,626 46—u yood showing, as bo thougut, for the People at heart, Progrews is despotic and iron-handed, hard times, Dr, Fowler, editor of the Christian Advo- cate, and Dr. Curry, editor of the National Repository, also addressed the Conference in the interests of their pudlicatrons Tho teehug of the Conference was very clearly manifested toward both of those doctors. Dr. Fowier, the present editor of the Advocate, was re- celved coldly but politely, without any demonstration plause, while Dr. Curry, the former editor, was upernumerary re lation, Mrs, Rouse, of Sussex street, imvited tue Con- Jerence to a reception at her house on Monday, trom five to eight o’ciock PM. APTERNOON SESSION. In the afternoon Dr. Van Zandt presided. Revs. Paimer, Tuttie, Little, Bosweli aud Morrow were ap- inted a committed to nominate Conterence oilicers, Dr. J. M. Reid addressed the Conlercnce on missions He urged that every pastor should take up cvilectiona for this cause If cach pastor tulls off only $5 the treasury will lose $50,000 in a year. Tho Missionary Committee have appropriated $360,000 tor this year, $50,000 less than was raised a year ago, The collec: tions in the Eastern conferences will about equal those of 1875-6, but th the Wost the collections will tail off and the debt of $262,000 will hardiy be relieved this yeur and the work may be embarrassed There are 8,000 missionaries in the Held and they must be sus- tained. Ki Isaac J. Lansing, president of the Atlanta Unt. Addressed the Conierence oo the Interests of education for the freodmen of the South, He regretted that of the 209 charges 1n the Newark Conference 111 failed to take up a collection for this cause, Slavery made the colored people poor, They were torbidden to have schoois, and even to-day you cannot Gnd schools In many places In the South, and tgnorance 14 Mkely to continue. Vanderbilt University, of which 60 much has been suid and written, 18 closed to tbe blacks, The policy of the South to-day 1s, a8 before, to keep the laborer in ignorance. The immorality entailed on the blucks was even worse than the:r ignorance. And because a Northern man goes South to teach he 4 socially tavooed by Southern white men. Mr. Lansing lived two years in Atlavta, and neither ota Christian nor ministerial character bud been recor. nized by any Southern clergyman. General Conlerence of the Methodist Episcopal Church bas drawn a colored line aud received Its only rebuke trom the President of the United states, RB. Hayes, and the speaker stood with President Hayes agatnet a color ine, He would rather rot in » dungeon with the black man wronged than rido tp 4 chariot with the white man who wronged bim. There are 170,000 colored members of the Methodist Episcopal by 74 in the South, gatherea in during fittecn years. The Roman Catholic Church bas spent $135,000 tn that section during 1876, aud sixty Jesuits have Tecently gone down there They are opening free schools for tue freedmen all over that land, and he hoped the Netbodist Church would try and do the «ame, end not report 3,700 charges in wh: collections for this cause shall be taken up this yet ag was done Inst year. dr, Lansing’s addrese was {re- quently applauded, Tho officers of the several confer ence societies, temperance, tracts, Sunday schools, education, &., were then elected; and after some rou- tine business had been transacted the Conterence ad- Journed until Mouday morning, A tomperance meeting was held in Heddiug Church in the evening, which was addressed by Kev. #letcher s they will look ata huge unnel-shaped projection in tne Lummis, 8. B. Rooney aud others, To-morrow mora- tng tho Conference will receive resolutions und reports of committees, and will probably adjourn on Tuesday morning to admit of Bishop Peck getting to Hartiord, Conn., to open the New York East Conference there on Wednesday, AMERICAN PRIESTS IN BELGIUM. The Belgian correspondent of the Catholic Review writes concerning the recent ordination tn Louvain of the following named American priesis, whose parents reside in this city and vicimity:—On January 26, at Tronchiennes, near Ghent, His Graco Seraphinus Vanoutelli, Arehbishop of Nice und Apostolic Nuncio to the King of Belgium, conferred the tousure and minor orders on the following Amertcaas, all members of the Society of Jesus belonging to the mission of New York, aud now pursuing their studies at Lou- vain:—James Fagan, William Gaguleur, Francis X, Sadlier, George Fargis, Rapbuel O’Counell and Joseph Zwinge. On a former occasion the following Americans were also promoted to the samo orders and at the same place by Mgr. Bracq, Bishop of Ghent:—Joba Keveney, Daniel McGoldrick, Francis W. Gunn, Lucas, Michael O’Brien and Joun F. X, O’Conor, OPEN CHURCHES FOR EVENING PRAYER. To tus Epitor ov Tuk HeraLy:— Allow me to reply to “Agatha.” 1 agree with her touching tho order of services in tho Episcopal Church, and I hope her communication will have tho efloct of correcting the evil complained of specdily, but Ido not thinn any person who believes and pro- fosses the Protestant doctrine would become a Roman Catholic merely because the Roman churches are kopt continually open, The convictions of Episeo- palian may Jead him to embrace the Romeu Catholic religion I grant, bat tuat ho is converte oweause they keep open churches 1 don’t believe. f do not think 4s church religion and church prayer that the Epsco- palians noed most, bat rather that which 1 eartied intu the duties and details of everyday lite. Aud al- though one may have more devout feelings while pray- fog in church, yet lL doubt not an earnes Christian will find suflicient comfort aad help prayer. For Ghanemy of an ove, Whew none but God is neue. EPISCOPALIAN, MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS, RVISCOPALIAN, Some torms of church work admirably succeed where others fail. The Presbyterians tried ten yeurs ago to establish a church at Washington Heights (141st strectand Eighth avenue) but fulled. A year anda hall ago # student trom the Episcopal Seminary in this city went to the sume ground and began tw hold ser- vices in the room of a dwelling opposite which he has now built a newt church edifice, and now has a society of forty or filty communicants and a Sabbath school of eighty or 100 scholars who rejoice to call him pastor, ‘There is a debt of a few bundred doliars on tho church property, which the members are trying to pay off by Little and little, ‘The Rev, itichard M. Hayden has accepted the saper- intendency of the Leake and Watts Orphan House, New York city, alter to-day, Rev. Dr. Riley, Bishop-ciect for Mexico, has labored in that country since 1859, He reports the Kpiscopal Church property tuere as worth $1,000,000, and the prospects as most cheering. Hos at present in this country lecturing in the iuterests of his Mexican mis- sions, ‘rhe Rey, John M. Heffernan, recently rector of St. Paul's Church, Paterson, N, J., died at Charleston, C., on Toursday. He was a graduate of Columbia Col- lege und of the General Theological Seminary, and for a brict period was the incumbent of All Angels, in this city. He was thirty-five years old and ieaves a wife and family, He bad gone South for bis houlth’s sake, There ia a growing conviction among Church people that too mach has been paid for music in tho larger churches in New Havon, and the vesury of St. Paw’s hus just decided to reduce their expenditures in this particular from $2,700 to $1,000, The Rev. John H, White has resigned tho position of assistant minisier of St, Andrew's Church, Meriden, Conn., to take effect this week, ‘The new church of Trinity parish, Rockaway, L. 1., which is rapidly approaching completion, when fin- isbed will be a handsome structure, capable of seating 400 persons. ‘The Epiweopalians of Brooklyn are about to build a cathedral tor Bisuop Littlejoba, and they have now a Vill Detore the Legislature to incorporate **be Catho- dral of the Incarnation"? Tue Bishops and Dra, Jona- son, Schenck, Mali aud Snively and Rey, J. ©. Middie- tou, of Glen Cove, together with Judge Gilbert and Messrs. J, A. King, Prince, Husted, Ure and W.G, Low, of Brooklyn, are the trustees named im the bill ReVORMED (DUTCH). Tho Rev. Mr. Du Hurt, of tit city, bas gone to be pastor uf the Church in Jataica, L.’ L, whose pulpit has been Vacant for several mouths, ‘The church at Flatlands L. 1, has closed five weeks? revival mevtings, With eigut converts und iocreased aticndance and marked interest in the services, ‘The Rey, Minor Swick has resigned the pastorate of tho Reivrmed Charcu of Oyster Bay, le 1, take etluct May 1. That Was a rare pastorate which the Rev. GP, Mas- dep revcheu on the first Suoday im this month, when he preached his filieth anniversary sermou as pastor ol the 5 nd Retormed Church of P Dare ing the hull century Mr. Musden ree bd » Chureb, apd at the lost communion wirty- ed. The Sabsath school numbers 750 seuolars and 71 teachers, The Reformed Church at Warwick, N. ¥., at its last counpunion, March 4, added eigatocn vo its member- ship, thirteen being recent converts, and there aro Sighs Of “router awWakeuiugs berentwer, At the le Yorwed Dutch Chareh vlyme Y., thirty-six were received at the Marcel con hiaking seventy- 100, | four since last ial added througit the faitaiul ministry ot Rev. De, West Y¥., twenty-nine wero added to | hi at the Jast communion aceasi wenty- } at Centres N. ¥., it i suid coat all the highest 10 the lowest, seem from touched us by u live coal trom off the witar, BAPTIST, According to Baptist iogic, as laid down by the conditions, Examwner and Chronicie, My, Haynes aud every other tminister Of w Pedo- Baptist churéh must be reordained as well us rebaplized belure Lavy can become Baptiet ministers, The Kev, Mr. Farmer, an ex-Methudish, who recently became pasior of tue Baptist church of | Pern Yan, bas Vioiated Baptist order aud tugie by ac iby the pastorate Wilbout sub reordinauion, The tole succession of Episcopalians 1s not 4 cireuin stance (0 that ot the Bapuisis thus enunciated by the doctors of theology, Mr. Haynes has been ealied to Who pastorate of the Wasuingwon Avenue Courch, Brooklyn, alter he bas been reordaiged, Mr. Haynes in his baptismal address, 1t would seem, dis vd Ubat the “distinguishing feature” of Bape Lists 1s Hol Immersion nor close communion, as ther selves und others havo supposed, but onerae | bones, NEW YORK ‘HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1877.-QUINTUPLE SHEET. church membership.” A layman writes to the Exam. tuer tndorsing this statement and demwoding that the other “distinguishing features’' shall bereatter take back seats while this one takes # more prominent place in the pulpits aud ereed of the Chureh. But bow, then, can it logically differ with Methodists and Presby- terians, Who bave for # century or more enjoyed this ‘aiatinguishing feature 7” Within a few weeks or months, at most, the Firss Re- formed Episcopal Church will take possession of their hew house of worship. It 1 the purpose then of the bow homeless Madisoa Avenue Baptist Church to pur- chase the building on Madixon avenue bow occupied by their Episcopal brethren, and then vegin house- keeping again without the loss of their name, unless the courts shail take that away also, And such an event is within the possibilities, Mr. Milbank, the resident of the trustees who hold the property on | jadison avenuo and Thirty first street, has written to the Examiner yo suy that bis corporation t# *the origi- nal Jacous,"" the genuine Madisoo Avenue Church, aud he wuts that journal so to speak of it In avy rot- erence it may make to “his side” hereafier, But there i danger of contusion with two Madison Avenue churches, At present one is # society withour house, the other ts a house without a society. fhe'Rev. i P. Hammond, evangelist, 18 operating Very successfully, at present, In Syracuse church: Dronkards and dealers in liquors ure espectaily 4 subjects of grace ander bis ministry und the labors of Messrs, McKoiney and Frost, reformed drunkards, Many of this cliss of converts will be reevived into the Central Baptist Chureb of that city soon, ir. J. B. Thomas, of Brooklyn, hus been called to a pastorate tn Baltimore, lately vacated by death. MuTHODIST. The Rev. J. M. Buckley, of Stamford, has gone to Texas for six weeks to cscape the rough winds of this climate, Rough on Texas, though. Rev. William Tuylor bag goue to San Francisco, hia old battie ground, woere he bogun a series of revival micetings last Sabvat Dr. A C. George ts New York to West been transferred from Western ce. Bishop Ames ie Rev. Henry Hatéeld, eignty-three years, amem- ber of the New York Kast Conterence, and resident in Brooklya, aua Rev. Richard Parker, # local preacher of this city, were buried Inst wock. Sutiable notice of Who death of tho tirst named was taken by the preach- ers’ mevting last Mouday. Dr. J. H. Vincent, of thie city, left Inst week for a trip across tho continent, , He will be absent about two muoths, He wax to addres¢ tue Sunday School Cou- gress and attend the sessions of the International Les. son Committee 1 Indianapolis yestorday, And next week he will attend a Cougress at St. Loute, then at Lawrences, Kau. Going tneuce to San Francisco be will take in another Sunday scuool gathering there early in May, and revurn by way of Des Mommies, lowa, where another Suaday school hult will be made, Mra Jenne F. Willing closed a mveting of eighteen days in Jodianap on Wednesday of last week, More than 150 proiussed conversion, Another Methodist pastor bas changed his donomi- nution; Rev, Edward Wilson, of New Bruaswick, N. 4., becomes pustor of the now Kelormed Episcopal Church at Raiway, N. J, It4s said that Mra, Van Cott’s brief stay tu this city resulted in the conversion of more than 1,000 persous, 400 of whom were the product of ber meoting Sixty-tirst Strect Methodist Episcopal Church, aud 300 or over at Thirticth street. Fieet Street Methodist Episcopal Charch, Brooklyn, has contributed $040 to the missionary treasury ; $500 of this amount was given Mr. M. Lugrabam aa @ memorial offering in honor of ins deceased wile Sixteen conferences of the Methodist Protestant Church have responded affirmatively, and four couler- euces negatively, to tho call of the Maryland Conter- ence for a convention of the Chureh, w be beld in Baluumore next May. The wdverse conlerences have chosen delegations to the convention, notwithstanding they vote against it In the Methodist Church thoro fs quite a prosperous condition of things Kev. Mr. Craig, the pastor, bas raised money and ts completing the large new church cditice in that place, A fund 18 being raised sor a new organ, Attho leit of the preacher's desk ts a room communicaang by folding doors with the maim augi- ence roum callod tue ‘Presvyterian room.’ ly is often well seated by Presbyterians, who go from the Presbyterian Church to hear Rev. Mr, Craig. KOMAN CATHOLIC: Albany, N. Y., has a popuiation of 99,000 souls, and the eleventh Cacholic church has been opened there, It ts not yot ready, however, lor dedication, ‘The Benedictines have estadiished a mission for colored people in Savannah, Ga, aud left it in charge of Revs. F, Osward and M1. Kadir, Mgr. J. L. Spaiding will be consecrated Bishop of Peoria, 11., this month, in St, Pari Jathedtral, by Cardinal McCloskey. Bishop Foiey, of Cnicago, trom whose charge the new see is divided, will be an assist. ant olshop on this occasion, If any comfort can be drawn from the fact that 12,469 Roman Catholics and 10,194 Protestants, unve- hovers, atheists, kc., were buried trom this city in | 1876, The Cathohe papers give the figures, But they buse another set of figures on this—namely, that Uieso represent a population of 655,000 Catholics and Of 625,000 Protestants, Kc, leaving 60,000 Jews, with a fow others unclassified, to make up an aggreguty of 1,250,000, supposed to be the present population of New York. ‘Vho Catholic Church of tho United States has a popu- Jation ot 6,200, according to the latest and best eattatos, ‘atcbed over by a cardinal, 10 Ops, St bishops aud 5,207 priesia. Tho ehure! hunber 6,202 and the schools 1,557; 1,200 students are preparing tor the prie-thood, The Swiss National Catholic Church dispenses with celibacy ag un essential of the clerical uflive. American Catholics who propose to travel in Ger- many or Switzeriand this summer will be interested to know that confessions are heard in English in tho Cathedral of Cologne, hy Rev, Alphonsus Beilesheim, B.D. und in St Gallen, switzerland, by Rev. Canon Otto Zardetti, at tho Cathedral, A new Catholic church has been opened tor services at Grinustone Island, N. 8. ‘There ure 8,000,000 Catholies in Russa, ight Rev, Matthew Quinn 1s ubout to establish a Catholic college in his diocese of Bathursi, Austrulia. PRESDYTERIAN, Rev. Dr, Charles Houge, seuior professor tn Princes ton Seminary, resigns bis position, and his son, Dr, A, A, Hodge, of Alleghany Seminary, will probavly be lis successor. Rev. John Hancock, late of Andover, has acceptod a cali to the 1oms Kiver (N. J.) Presvyterian Church, and bas removed thither. The Examiner and Chronicle says:—‘*Won’t some- body wake up Dr. Creven, of Newark, N. J, greatly needed im Chicago. Miss smiley been preaching to several Presbyterian churches fu Chica She dign’t call it preaching thougn; oh no! She gav ‘Bible readings,’ that was all, und gave them in Lhe Jecture rooms of the churches, But on a recent occa sion the lectare room was tilled and a throng stood outside unable to obiuIn admission, The pastor, Dr. J. M. Munro, not having the tear of presbyteries aud synods belore-his eyes, had the audience room opencd, and Miss Smiley preached trom the pulpit, Aud peo- pie said it was a good sermon, too.” The Rev, Wilson Pheuner, of Sing Sing, 18 reported in lo stuty of health, utterly unable vo do any uty. Tho Kev, Norman Seaver, D. D., lato of the First Church, Brooklyn, has received a call to the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Syrucuse, and w.lb accept, Dr. Joseph 1. Duryea has beeu chosen his successor ag Chaplin of the Twenty-third regiment, N.G.s.N.Y. Hie 18 to preach wo them some time toward the end of this mouth, Women seer to have a design on ministerial charac. ter visewhcre as well as here, Chargos were recently made by one of them agalnst the Rev, Mason Noblo, Jr., of Springtivia. Mass. ‘The Church held a public trial and exiuined witnesses under oath, and concluded by a vote of 136 to d that it was @ caso of blackmail aud that thu character of the minister was pure aud bis conduct that of a Cbristian geatieman, asrs. Moody and Sankey deny the statement that they will conduct un Immense teeting on the Capitol steps at Washingtonton to-day. Their lavors in Boswo | wil pot couse Unul about May 1. Mr. Sankey 1s in Brooxlyn louking for a house to make his permanent home liere, He 18 the guest of Mr, KB, L. Kaibflewen, Tho Westheld (N. J.) Church difticulty seems havle now to be broaghs up again in the Eectosiastical Courts, Mi, MeKetvey, notwithstanding the repeated decisious by the Synod of Now Jersey aud the Geceral Assembly, sUll remains in the Wesifeld parish and occupies the Many of tho ministers an ot the Pres- 'y of Bngabeth who sustained him at first now intain that be should vot remuai in West- ik of a new eleetion | wad yet another itis now | nearly luar yeurs since the trouble originated and the congregation desire peace, | The Presbyterians of Westfield have contributed liberaily to the Methodist jmprovemeats. and many have liken pews in the Meciodist Church, while we | Presbyterians are $0 unsettied, ISRAEL IN EXIL) SHALL ISRAEL LIVE AGAIN?—SERMON BY Dh. MENDES IN THB FORTY-FOURTH STREET 6YN- AvOGUE, A much larger congregation than usual assembled in the Forty-fourth Sireot Synagogue yesterday mornin Dr. Mendes began his discourse by saying:—One o tho most remarkabie—at the same tme one of the least known of the prophets is Ezekiel The timo im whiten he lived was a portentous one for the Kingdom | ot Judah, Like bis elder contomporary, Jeremiah, | his efforts wero directed toward suving his people trom | destruction at the hands of the King of Babylon; but | big endeavors wore vain and tho catastropbe camo, | Ezekiel, like bis brothers, mourned his country’s dowutall, but, wiser than they, he urged them to yield | to circumstances, to bow to God's decree, Though displaying #0 practical a spirit tt 1s the chare acteristic of Kzckiel that be allowed his poetic fancies to carry bim to great heights, The book of Ezokiul | abounds iw figures and allegories drawn the whole kingdom of uature, aud trom we supernatural be found language i trees, books in the towing brooks, SerMOns 1m #L0Des aud yood in everything be saw, Ol ail the surprising symbols be emp.oyed there 18 | perhaps nove more remargable than the valley of dry Babylon bad conqnored Palestine; the question was wore the eurvivors wo think their God had been vanquished tov? The Jewish state bad ceased to exist; Was It HOLA fair question Whether the Hebrews had not also come toan endy To hls question the prophet returns the answer ‘No, the busk bas beea shuttered, but the kerne: 18 there, the spirit lives en ad 18 | Henwortal?—suen the — prophecy, The Hebrews bave become accustomed to being a pation without a country; even our priesttiood hus paseed away. if we do Hot hang our harps on the willow tree in our exile it ia because we Hebrews, with all the desire for qhange and novelty, some aro so fond of reprouching Us with, cherish Our musical enaowinents, Lf we do not weep in our exile it 18 be cause we bow our heads to circumstances. For 1,800 years the Hebrews have proved the Latin motto, “Wherever I ain woll off, there is my country." OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. COMPLIMENTS AS WILL AS COMPLAINTS. To rx Korron or Tax Exwato You should have a compliment book, The firstcom- Piiment should go to ihe Henatp for opening # *Com- piatpt Book." The second should go to Commirsioner Campbell, because he attends to the Hezanp's “Com- plaint Book.” Por the first time in eight or ten years we Lave water on our third story. Two months ago the Herat complained we bad not, und we have had it ever inca Otuer Commissioners have said the aqueduct was not large enough to supply toe eity, Mr, Campbell has demonstrated that it 8, and, at the samo time, large evough to tll the empty reservoirs boxides, Let the public officers attend to the Henatp’s ‘Com. viaunt Book," and they will accomplish the purposes for which they were electod and their offices created, FIPTY-SECOND sTREBL DROPPING INTO POETRY, To tu# Epiron oy rus Hexaty;— Dear sir— Please excuse This item of new: But reaily 1 Hyuk ita shame; And if you've a mind i think you can dnd The oue who is really to blame A great big black cat, Sleek, glossy and tat, Was run over a few days ago By & passing street car; Abd now from war Asench to my nostrily doth go. He lies on the track, And forward and back Dowls ¥o wll the dirt curts at might; But still there be {i Ob, where are the e; Of our ditt men! | think they’re shut tight, 1 ive in Tenth street, Ro quiet and neat— The number 1s one sixty-four; Buel, or that cat, Must move out of that, If to Jersey I have to cross o'er, 3. A, W, SEATS IN LADIES’ CABINS. To tag Epirox ov tus Hknatp:— T take the liverty to add a few lines to your ''Com- plaint Book,” which I hope every one who wears Pantaloons will read, My triend and I, having oceasion to cross Fulton terry every morning and wight, would not feo! at all uncomfortable tp a seat in our own cabins, which we obtain only about ouce a fortnight ‘The other morning there were but sx ladies seatea, the rest being selfish men, Why can they not be cone tent with their own cabin, or else stand until the ladies aro all seated ? TWO PLAIN-SPOKEN YOUNG LADIES, THE DUNKIRK MAILS, To tax Epiron oy tk Heraup:— “W. D. W.,” writing from Dankirk, complains thatnis letters do not reach their destination as soon as he desires, Now “\W. D. W.’? is in error nearly one hour when ho says tho mail arrives tn New York at half. past six A.M. It leaves Dunkirk, as ho says, at five minutes past. one P. M, om train No, 12, carrying that mail, but is not duo in New York when on time until twenty-flve minutes past seven A. ML; late, ag 1 bas been often this winter, owing to the se- Vere snow storms and other mishaps that railrouds ure subject tu, It Is often two to tour hours late. Why then the mail would not arrive at the Post Vilice uatil about eleven o’clovk A. M., leaving about three hours tooverhaul and examine about one ton of maul matter and deliver **W, D, W.’s” letters at Thirty-fourth street and Broadway, LONG DOCK REMOVS THE BARRELS, To tam Eprror ov tHe Henatp:— I wish to draw your attention to the fact that there has been no ash carts through Thirty-sixth street, bee tween Seventa and Eighth avenues, for one week, Cannot there be sowe mouus Of having this atiended tor A TENANT, THE MILL BROOK SEWER, To tus Epitox ov Tus HeraLp:— 1 seo that the trustees of 5t. John’s College are goe ing to protest against tho Mill Brook sower. The fact tg that Mill Brook runs from the college through Ford- ham, Tremont, Morrisania and Melrose to the Harlem Kills tide water, The brook roceives the sewer pipes from the offices of the Harlem Railroad, the school houses of the Twenty-third and Tweuty-fourth wards and St. John’s College, waking an open sewer, run- ning tour miles, through villages contaimug nearly titty thousand people, As long as the people will sud mis to this illegal use of the brook the college trusteca Wili protest against buing assessed ior the building of the Mill Brook sewer, 1 win a taxpayer who will bo assessed 500 lect euch gido of tho proposed sewer, * TAXPAYER SIXTH AVENUE CARS, Yo Tux Evrrox ov tux Haratp;— Many of tho passengers who want to go to Vesey street are landed at Canal and thus compelled to pay another fare. Now, 1 grant that durizg the evening a person with rage eyesight cannot go wrong pro- vided he carries a code of signal lights in his pocket— but inday time! Unless you are apprised of the fact that the Canal street car of the Eighth avenge line has agreen dasuboard, and that the Sixth avenue “car riage” bas a brown streak along the Lop you are cer- tain to take the wrong conveyance. Thesraudis palpa- bie from the fact that the Canal streev car conductors always cail out, “West Broadway |’? and generally stop. tno teams, Dy appeal to you 1s made in behalf of the NEAR-SIGHTED, GIVE EACH A SEAT DIVIDED Ors, To tux Eprron ov riu HeraLy:— I desire to call your attention tothe manner in which passengers on the horsecars are treated by the conduc- tors, in being rudely ordered to move up or down on the seats, Plense ase your Valuable ald by the power of tho press In compelling these compantes to divide off the feals, us In thu terrybouts, so tliat each passenger ag he enters may see a Vacant scat, should there be on by such division, DECENCY, A COMPLAINT ANSWERED, To tux Epiror ov tue Heratp:— Your complainant against the construction of the gal- leries in the Temple Beth El, in Lexington avenue, cor- ner Nixty-third atrect, Is assured that the trustecs have already taken Flag $0: provide, Jor auditioual exits, aud plans havo beeu prepared for that purpose, 4 MEMBER CLOTON YOR STEAMERS, To tux Eprron ov Tes HERALD; — Lrespectiuliy call your atteution to the inadequat facilities tor obtaining Croton water along the Kast River tor tugboats, Water cannot be bad above Seven- teenth street, which causes considerable 1oas of time to beats plying further up the river thao this point; wher alung the bulkhead much Valuable time woud be saved, Contractor Cauliield charges each tugboat plytug tn the harbor the exorbitant sun of $90 per annum ior tho privilege of using Croton water, Cunnot the city au- thorities compel Mr, Caultioid to devote a small portion of this amount to making the desired improvemens? Yours, F, P, RASIMAN, THEATRE PROGZAMMES. To Tux Evitor ov rae Herat 1 beg to call your attention and that of the theatre going public in general, especially those who intend to visit the Filth Avenue Theatre shortly, to the scarcity of programmes in this place of amusement As it is, that part of the audience Which does not arrive very carly las to do without programmes, 1 visited this theatre twice within the p 10 week: there each time avout turee minutes betore pote mencement of the performance, but got uo programme, THEALRE GORR, A CHANCE, FoR MR, JaMus, To tua Epiror ov tue HuraLy:— Can Str, James inform the wodersignea why a lotter dropped into tho city delivery of the General Post Office, at eleven A, M, does not reach ita destination— Madisou avenue and Twenty-utth sireet—uatil ive By MY ABEUASSIS, A QUESTION OF SPELLING, To tae Epiron oy tHe Henan :—~ City directories promise to give to purchasers lists of numes and residences, &e, They cortainly aro | boand to give the names correctly, such ax they aro, and not such ag the publishers would prefer to make them; a wiltul negiect of this ts equivalent to swind- ling purchasers. E, F, Russell, agent tor Wilson's Directory, this morning reiused to take wriler’s name, such us It happens to be, except on payment of a cer- tain eum, achog, a8 be says, under instructions of nis employers; aud the sume has happened tor a number of yours with different directories und regardiens of complaint by lever, When persons refuse to give their humes directories are ever ready to publish the fuct, Why should they not also pabish the fact that they theniselves reiuse to priut names correctiy? F, THE CROTON WATER QUESTION, To rie Eviron ov tae Hears In the tesue of your valuable paper of the 28th inst, I noticed an urticic, “Have We a Suflicient Supply ot Water?” It states that a statement has veon made by the Croton Water Bureau that there ought not to be any deficiency in the supply of Croton water to the fesidents of the upper portion of this city, Lam a resident of Kast Seventy-ninth street, and the water supply in this jocaiity is, und hes been Jor a long ime, & great annoyance, 1 can say for & cortainty that there is nota house In the neighborhood where water can be hud above tho second story. Li the reservoir contains thirty-five feet of w: why aout wo got if hydrants were placed sy ten blocks apart | some of it? The bureau Iabors under » Mt says po complainte have beou made. apd petitions dilea with signatures of becn presenied te them, and po notes lakea, bo remedy made, We were willing 10 submit to the tuconveaience last ham when the water Was scarce and low, but now we tainty ought to enjoy the luxury for a while Soom the summer will bo upon us again, a Will Lave more trouble; but lett while it is there. Hoping yoo can devi this luxury to us, | remain, respe HOD. OL, Bast CASE YOR TUE 5. P. To tux Evrron ov Tus ExtaLpi— Will you please cali the attention of the Soelety lor the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to the case of « young girl, apparently German, and about fitteen years old, She iseither paralyzed or simulates 11 #0 weik that itis hard to know, She may be acen almost every day in Barclay, Murray and the other streets in thas neighvorhood, balancing herdelf ou one leg while ebe Vory slowly nioves the other, taking a couple of wine utes to gel in or out of a store, where, O9 aecouut of her youth and (wpparent) aillietion, be is peneraily successtul in begging. The above society might take her up, aud in aay cuse prevent ber being used as sie uow ia, by, perbaps, some drunken mother or PATHER LADIES’ SEATS ON FERRY BOTs, To tus Epiror oy Tak HrRann, Your lady correspondent ‘J, A.’? wishes to know im yesterday's Henauo why gentlemen should use the cabin. The words ladies’ cavia do not mean that no gentleman should use it, bub a strict way of putting no smoking ailowed. It would bea pretty dng thag in & civilized city to part busvands from wives fathers from daughters, and force them, with peop’ troubled with astiina add those who never smoke, inte the smoking saloon to be choked With other people's swnoke ali for the sake of allowing & lagy now and tb @ seat Ww. a WHY, INDEED? To tas Epiror or tits Henanp:— Why 1s Purroy, Gule and their hike at Albany lobby. ing, and should not their ely sulury be stopped whea Avseat? As tue mass of the people go party no more, cannot the independent press united give vs a column of printed ballots of seicctad houcat mon, 80 we can rout thege party Allermon, Senators and Assembly- men at (he next election. Tho people ure mpe for it aud only bide their fine, NO PRIMARY HUMBUG, THE LOANER'S BANK, To tuz Eprron ov rus Henap:— What of the Loauer’s Bank ana its recelver? Eleven months since 118 fulture, and we aro uo wiser to-day than wo were on tho ot of May last, UNFORTUNATELY A DEPOSITOR, EXTORTIONATE NEWS BOYS, To tue Eprron ov tux Heraty:— 1 wish to put before you a baretaced outrage and one which should be stopped, On the Northern Railroad ot New Jersey the boys are charging ten cents for the HERALD on Sunday, and at Sparkill, Rockland county, N. Y., only twenty-five miles out of the cny, they are charging the same, and L know there aro # great many poor people that cannot atlord io pay such a price tur the Henao on Sunday, though they would like to take: ih a4 VicTbL BITREET ANNOYANCES AND NUIS\NCES “V. M.”? writes to say that the "Complaint Book” bas succeeded im clearing two Third avenue corners of a crowd of young rowdies who insult ladies and annoy every passer-by. He add I would avk that your attention be turned toward the corner of Srxty-second street and Second avenue—a spot given up toa party of young roughs, headed by Reid and Chase, who in- sult every girland woman who by any mischance pass that way, ‘The police keep their ears and cyes closed and complaints at the station house receive no aliens tion, Perhaps’you can do more than the people and police of the Nineteenth ward."? “Questioner” humorously states that in Roosovelt Street yesterday a monument of mud was erected to the me:nory of the Police Commissioners, Tho street was cleaned yesterday, but the dirt was allowed to re- main in piles three feet high, Why not have tho carta sent at the samo time to carry this stui! away? “J, V." thinks it isabout time for Division stroet, near the Bowery, to be cleaned, ag the same has not eon cleaned since Inst tall. “A Resident of Forty-second street” would ike to ask the Park Commigpgioners why 1% was taat Union und Madison parks were lighted, opened at night and takon care of while Reservo'r Park was closed at dusk, lamps never lighted and walks allowed to remain in @ dilapidated condiuon, pover undergoing repair? It ts certainly a public playground, as probably more chil- dren occupy 1t tor recreation during the day than any other park of its sizo in the city, “Short Growls’’ says that ashes and garbage have not been removed at all during all this weei from Wess Futy-fourth street, betwoen Seventh and Eiguth aves nues. “Anti-Mud Puddlo” states that directly In front of the Catharine ferryhouse, 1m South strect, whenever there isa rain, a large pool of water, covering the railroad track, 1s formed, owing to imperfect drainage, causin; passengers to and from Brooklyn to go much out o their Way through the mud to avoid it, It bas been there moro or jess all winter, aud 1s a eerious aunoy- unce to pedestrians, “W, 8."? writes briefly to say that the ashos in front of No. 246 East Filty-seventh street, have been stand- ing there for some timo, and are bein: piled higber every day, It ts about time the Sercet Cleaning Bureau attended to this, “A Taxpayer” asks why doos not the Commiesioner of Public Works or the Board of Aldermen have avenue A, from Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth street, repaired ? It is the worst block, without exception, i the city, and lust summer funerals at the rate of ten a aay passed this block to go to the Greenpoint ferry, “HLT, C.” writes that whjle passing throagh Thirtiett street, between Broadway apd Niath avenue, be noticed ash barrela which had stood on the sidewale for along tine, ome of them pinnacled very mucti re= bilng barrels of sugar as seon in front ot grocery 08, 3. M. HL. asks a place tn the Complaint Book to show up tho dtigracetul condition of avenge A, bee tween ‘fwenty-third ‘Twenty-fourth streets, Although it is the principal street tv the Greenpoint terry and {8 extensively used by carriages and heavy trucks its coudition is such as to render tt absolutely dangerous to life and Jimb if you ride on it taster than awalk. It 18 full of holes aad has not been cleaned since last fall. “A Disgusted Person” intimates that the people im the noigavorhood of Filty-seventh street, between Second aud Third avenues, are always complarning of the ashes whica are wed to he about in the ash boxes im front of tenement houses for two or three months at a Line, “Mangia Streot” says that there isa street ranning from Guerck to Mangin sircet, between Grand and Broome sirects, called Ruchol lane, Sat better known to the residents of the locality as “Pig Alley.” 1s ie always ina fiithy condition, and tho sWewalk on Maus glu treet has never been ‘payed except with cobdie stone; and the refuse from the alley flows down acrosa the sidewalk, making it very unpleasunt, “i, ML” writes to say that Thirty-first street, bee tween Seventh and Eighth avenues, contains moun- turns of mud and garbage, aud on each side of tho street you will notice trucks and various kinds of wagons blocking Ube thoroughfare, “L, 3. W." wants to koow the reason why 119th set 18 not paved below avenue A, which is at the ut time ina nornbie condition, and bas been so Whon all the surrounding streets are clean aud dry, Lb te almost impossible for wagons to pass through this street, “one Who was Ineulted” cails the attention of the Captain fof the Nineteenth precinct to the gang of Toughs who congregate ou the corner of Seveuty- erg ttt strect and Thwd venue nightly and insult decent people. “A ly’? inquires :—"Is there no law to deter boys jovipedes on the sidewalks, destroy. mes aud Knocking down ebildrea? [f bink the captam of the Nineteenth ct would stop them, particularly on the Sab- “Verbum Sap’ wishes to inform the authorities thas Gresuwich aveuue, tear Eighth avenue, opposite and adjacent to Jacksou Park, ts a place to examine, There the fith of four streets coagulates aud dispenses its odorous flavors, “J. BG." wishes to say Uhat the ashes and mud to Thirty-tourth sireet, between First aud Second ave. hues, have vot buen removed since last November, To a car vou Lave to wade through filth two , bot only in the rendway, but on the sidewalk, Junius” avks if pedestrians are to have any rights In thiscuy, Sidewalks are supposed to be tor the ab- solute use of pedostrinns, and crosswalks are provided for tnem, The Mayer aud the Corporation Counsel aro supposed to chiurce the law, yet if ether of these ofll« cialis Were ly Walk through Reade street, irom Charelt to West Droudway, they Would find it difficult to pags, because the sidewalks ate bicckaded, “A Constant Reader’ remarks that they have no Hixnatv Complaint ook in Hoboken or else the Street ssioner of that piace would perhaps pay a ithe | mor tention to bis duty than ho has shown so far, | Over cigntecn months ago, anech property owner ree moved over twonty-tive tect of figs from tm front of No. 26 Monroe sureet, between First and Second sirecte to one of is ois in Another street, and up to the press ent day, never replaced them, — Nugerous peutions io the Couneil had been made by the property owners of said Diock LO Instruct the Street Commissioner to havo these lags replaced, oF at least the owaer compelled to do & but bo Heed Was paid 10 it .)) wishes space enough to complain of Thomas between Hudson streot and Weet Broadway, eful state, with asbes and garvag sud will cover your shoes to cross th axpas er” wants to know if it is poseible to abat ’ Dulsanee im East Forty-eigath street, where from eurly morn until dark carts filed with manure procession the street, dropping and sifting itto the ground as they proceed to their dumping places, Sullerers’’ would like to know why the sabe by dare re not removed frotw their promises on West