The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1877, Page 6

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Ministerial Movements— Chat By the Way. Synagogue Worship-A ‘Clerical Spertsman. OF SERVICES. ——— PROGRAMME Rev. J. 8. Dodge, Jr., will preach in the Church of Our Saviour this morning on ‘The Grounds of Faith’? and in the evening on ‘Our Pather in Heaven.” Dr. luawc Wescott wii) tel! the Paptust Charch tn West Forty-eighth street this morning why “Every Man Stood in His Place,” and in the evening will lec dure to young inen. Dr. David Ingtis, of Brook!ynm, wilt preach tp the Dollegrato Reformed Church in Fifth avenue and Forty- bghth street this morning and Dr. Vermilyea this sveoing Dr. M. 5 Hutton wili deliver she usual Wedneaday evening lecture. In Sixth Avene Reformed Churen the Rev. W. B Merritt wi!) preach 2: the usual hoars lay. ‘e In Spring Strcet Presbyterian Church the Rev, W. D. Micholas will preach this morning and evening. Bispop Potter will administer the rite of confirma. fon in Su Mark's Protestant Zpiscopal Church this Afternoon, and Kev. H. 1. E. Pratt will preach there ip the morning Dr. Ewer will officiate at the usual hours to-day tn Bu Ignatius’ Protestans Episcopal Charcb. Dr. DB. H. Wheeler will preach this morning and evoning in St, John’s Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. W. H. Leavell will take his farewell to-day of the Stanton Street Baptist Church. Rev. & J. Knapp will take cbirgo there next Sabbath. The Rev, G. 8. Pilumley will discuss “God With Us” this morning in the Fulton Street Reformed Dutch Church, anc tn tho even:ng will consider some things about “Abraham tho Western Emigrant” “The Mediator,” “Breaking Hedges,” are the themes that will be discussed to-day in the Tabornacie Baptist Church by Rev. R, B. Ball, The annual rermon for the Home for Old Men and Aged Couples will be preached it Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church this evening by Rev. Frederick Courtney. In Triu:ty Baptist Church the Rev. 8, Alman will Preach this morning, aud in the evening G. W. Hill- man will conduct a song service. Atthe Harvard Rooms the Spiritaalisty will bold their usual services to-day; also at Republican Hall, in West Thirty-third street At Willett Street aeigpsies Episcopal Church the Rev. John E. Searies wifftell the people this evening “How to Make Money and the Right Use of Money.” Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church will be ministered to to-day at the usual hours by Rev. J. M. King. ‘ “Contrary Winds" and ‘Saved’? will be considered by Rev. 3, Colcord in Chickering Hall to-day. “The Coldest Word in the Enghsh Language” will be spoken this morning by Rev. Fred Bell, in the Acad- emy of Music, Brooklyn, and in the evening ‘*A Great Deceiver” will be exposed. In the American Froe Church the Rev. C. P, McCarthy wil! discuss ‘The Being and Unity of God” thia morn- ing avd “The Trinity” this evening, Dr. Armitage preaches in Fifth Avonue Baptist Church thie morning on ‘Infuence” and ip the even- Ing on “Upbuilding.”” Kev. Edmund R, Sanborn will preach before the Church of All souls, Newark, at Park Chapel, this morning and evening. The Kev. J. Johns will preach in the Free Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church this morning, and in the evening will lecture on ‘Orange Peel on the Pave- ment.” In Bleecker Street Universalist Church the Rev. BE. | ©. Sweetser will speak about ‘House Cleaning and Heart Cleaning”’ this evening. A Sanday school con- cort wil! be given in the evening. Rev, 8. H. Tyng, Jr., D. D., will preach in the Church of the Holy Trinity this morning and evening, and in the afternoon the Sunday schoo! anniversary will be belt, Rev. B. B. Chapin will preach in Canal Street Prew- byterian Cnurch (his morning and afternoon. Rev, K 8, MacArthur preaches this morning and evening tn Calvary Baptist Church. Dr. J. B. Flagg will officiate and preach this morning In the Church of the Advent. ~The Blessedness of the Forgiven”? will be discussed by Rev. Dr. Deems this evening in the Chareh of the Strangers “The Great Promise” ond ‘The Female Warrior’’ will serve Rev, W, F. tHatHeld for lessons to-day in the Eighteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, “Overcoming” and ‘Remembering God” are the themes on which Rev. N. L, Rowell will proach to-day ip the Free Baptist Church. In the First Reformed Episcopal Church Rev, W. T. Sabine wil! officiate and preach to-day at the usual bours, Friendship’? and “The Death of Moses’’ will convey lessons through Rev, J. S. Kennard to Grace Baptist Churcn. In Madison Avenue Reformed Church, this morning, the Rev. William Lloyd will encourage his people to go From Strength to Strength,’ and in the evening will discuss the first of a series of vital questions con- cerning Christ:—“Who Is Jesus Christ?” A meeting {n bebalf of Italian evangelization will be held this evening at the South Reformed Church. Rev. Ma Millingen, of Constantinople, and Dr, Van Nest will deliver addresses, In the Pilgrim Baptist Charch the Rev. C. P. Farn- ham, of Rochester Seminary, will preach this morning and evenin, Dr. H. W. Koapp will preach in Laight Street Baptist Church tals morning and evening as usual, Rev. D. B, Jutten will preach ip Sixteenth Street Baptist Church this morning op ‘The Law of Activ- Ity—Do What You Can,” and in the evening on “*Sin- Leprosy and Its Care.’ This church and Sunday schoo! have just lost the efficient superintendent of tho Jatter, Deacon 8, D. Burdick, who has removed out of the city. He was fourteen years superintendent of the school. To-day being the birthday of the Czar Alexander Aiter the usual service in the Russian Chepel this morning a Tz Deum will be sung in his honor. Rev. WN. Bjerring will officiate, A service of welcome will be given to-morrow even- Ing to Rev. James M. Gray, pastor in tho Reformed Episcopal Charen, Java street, Greenpoint, L. 1, Bap- tists, Methodists and others will be represented in the service. In the Chureh of the Heavenly Rest the Rev. Dr. Beer will preach this afternoon, Services also in the morning. “War and Trade” will be discussed by Rev. R. Heber Newton this evening In Anthon Memorial Church, Mr, Newton will preach in the morning also. “Ephraim isa Cake Unturned’ will be proved by | Rev. W. . Alger this mornicg to the Church of the M ah, will discuss the Immortality of the sou: in the Church of the Disciples of Christ the Rev. D. BR, Van Borkirk wil! proach this morning and evening A public Bible class lecture ts given by Dr. Van Bus kirk on Tuesday evening. Th fatisiaction of discussion of * Cunsolations,’”” Mr. O. B. #rothingham will speak in Masonic Temple thie morning ov ‘Seif Cutture, the Alm of Life,” and | fu the afternoon on "The Doctrino of Atonement." “The Chief Corner Stono” will be discussed in the Church of the Diseiptes this morning by Rev, George Hi flepworth. In tho evening the anniversary exer tines, of ho American Congregational Union will be held, when Dr. Dana, of Norwich, Gonn., wili preach. Gu Tharsday evening ao Vid Folks’ concert witl be given in the shuren at which ovor‘ove hundred singers will appear in the costames and the songs of auld lang apne. the Kev. Georgo B, Vosburg will supersede the preaching of Chriat In the Bergen Baptirt Church this eveuing with a talk about “The Ideal Wife,’ OHAT BY THE WAY. The truth can always bear ite own weight, but a lie aust bave something, goverally another Iie, 10 lea: Cheertuiness ts ono of the cardinal virtues A maa In the evening Mr. Alger ; oclety for Fitveal Catture in Standard Hall | thie morning wil! be entertained by Protessor Adiorts | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY. APRIL 29, 1877.-QUINTUPLE SHEET. - can walk further with a song than with a wail, Noth- \pg tries us 6o much as grumbling: Uf we jor in hay chorus The dail bighway will mucb less bore us Obituary notices have become a distinct department ofeurrent iiterature Here is one which economizes words suMciently:—‘‘Led by curiosity he peeped into the muzzie of his father’s gun The funeral was wel! atrengea. We have just heard of a man who has written = Dock on “Haif Hours with Insects.” hac a gad time of 3. Poor mai found {4 quite im- | possibie to teil in one volume aii he did and al! be said im that perilous ‘Half Hour. Dr. Howard Crosby saya that if a man wi!) arink he will drink, and that all the iaws in Christencom can’t stop him. = The total a! yn the contrary, that whether # man will drink or will not drink, nevertheless he shall not drink, and that’s the endof 1. Dr. Crosby bas tho sense and the others have the sentiment. A theological student declared that the reason why | the Good Samaritan promised to pay the innkeeper more when he came again was thas he bad a letter in bis pocket which made :t necessary tor him to start lor the East the next day, and he never proposed to put up at that hotel again. Poor Beck, who was lately execated in Georgia, looked about on the crowd assembled to see him die, and said naively :—It was rum and bad company. Wendel: Phiilipa bas never had a moment’s unalloyed | happiness It has been the work of his life to exam- ime the machinery of government and the doctrines of the Church, Ic order to Gnd a screw loose somewhoro, Whea he finds it he grown wildly eloquent, and with a magnificent command of all the superiatives of the Janguage demands that the whole concern be torn down as worthless, if you ask nim to put something better in ite place he sakes his bead and tells you that every man has bis mission and that big owa mission 18, Gret, aot to do anything bimself, and, second, to | find fault with overytning that anybody eise does, Mf this be really so then no man in the country has fulfilled bis destiny so completely as Wendell Phillips, His statue ought to be placed on Boston Common with this inscription ander 1s:—‘fhe only man in the world who never once forgot that !t was his mission 10 grumble.”” A colored mipister in Georgia having received a call to a larger field of usetalness sent to New England for a pair of shoes twenty inches long. His reason was that his new parishioners demanded a man of enor- mous understandings, | A great deai ot the popular religion 1s illustrated by the story of the little girl who, when she wanted to stay upa litle longer, forced herself to get into bed by crying “Rats!” which frightened her so that she got betweon vhe sheets as quickly as possible, Nothing so fascinates the ordinary clerical mind as the story of the second advent, Sem are constantly fixing the date of that event and as constantly making mistakes, We remember the great Millerite excitement, Everybody, at ienst those who had more imagination than judgment, gave away their worldly possessions, put on their white robes and @ither climbed into the branches of trees or went up to the roof tops, assured that this world’s affuirs woud be ciosed up and that the explosion would occur at or about half-past ten ip the morning. News came, however, that the prophet in reckoning up the figures had forgotton to dot and carry one, so there wasa flash in the pan. It is well enough to get ready for the second coming, but quite unnecessary to fix the exact date of It We have great respect for the colored sceptic who said, "You jess get a blue glass sesser, and see the ‘foct when you go ter raise de coliecksbun, I! dat suc- coed I’m ready to b'leeve in de science of blue glass, and not befo,”” The reason why Eve was persuaded to oat the apple bag at last been discovered by a Frenchman. Satan said to tho listening couple, ‘EM Mons, Adam eat ze apple, he will become iike our Dieu; but you, Mme. lv, cannot become more of a goddess than you are now." This compliment closed the question with “Mme, Iv,,"" and she determined to accept the fruit which the gentiomanly devil offered her, even though she ruined tho universe by doing 80. The clergy are divided as to St. Paul’s meaning when ho lightly and vaguely touched on the subject of women preachers, But St. Paul exhibits no ambiguity when he says that women who “profess godliness’ have no right to wear ‘*broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.” You may read that text in English, Hebrew or Chaldaic, yot you canvot misun- derstand it, Now, then, gentlemen of the pulpit, your work is beiore you, This epringtime, just as tho Jadies are aboutto biossom in all tho gorgeous variety of new costumes aud to robe themselves in such ta- describable fascinations of color that they make a con- 1 servativo flower garden hide its head in very shame, will alord you an opportunity to open tho campaign. ‘You had better, however, make your wills and prevido tor your families beforo you go into the contest, tor no man, lay or clerical, can hope to live through the sum- mer who dares to tella woman that she really ought | got to be so feariuliy and wonderfully made up. We are always ready to laugh when somo one tells us that atthe touch of the Pope’s fingers a certain disease was cured, That 1s, of course, al! Romish fanaticism. As for us, we have got beyond all that sort of thing. Mut the other day the Bishop of Ely told the people who came tor confirmation that when they were sprinkled in their infancy they were regonerated, -abough they were able to see only indistinctly. “Bat,’’ he added, 1 now lay my hand upon your heads Jesus will touch your souls a second time, and then you will see perfectly." Thore may be only one real Pope, and he 1s at Rome, but thereare a great many other people who would be very glad to think themselves popes, Now please don’t say anything against Romanism, because it is ip very bad taste to deny to others the rights. which you yourselves claim, The Free Religious Association is not so vory treo after ail. Colonel Higginson said something which The Index did not like, and on the instant the Colonel was put into the editorial mortar and pounded with the eaitorial pestle until be was nearly reduced to his original ciements and dust had almost got back to dust, Tho (unny part of it all is thatthe quarrel was between those who !nsist that everybody shall think | just as he hasamind to, A profound knowledge ot human pature bas led us to believe that aniess every- body thinks as he hasamind tw ho should ve com- pelled to do 60; and, further, that nobody can possibly think just as he has a mind to unless he thinks exactly as we do, 1's a queer world. Rev, Dr. Duryea has lately developed a degreo of muscle and exhibited @ puguactous tendency which cau no little alarm in pacific clerical circles. While | speaking of tho way in which the mmates of insane | Jums are treated be said that of avy inmate of bis Jamaily were stricken and the health officers were to Attempt a removal to a su-called asylum he would stand at the front oor with @ revolver ip each hand, and probably end the controversy by becoming an in- mate of Potter's Field himself. This is the strong ex- pression of a strong man, who knows what he is talk. ing about. It has long been @ question with us whether the keepers of the insane woulda not be benefited by an exchange of piace with the lupatics for a litte while, Just to see how their bumane methods would work if applied to themselves. They would at leary acquire tome wholesome information op @ very im- portant subject, The Bishop of Manchester has been hiring some of the theatres of England and delivering addresses to actors and actrosses, This i# @ move tn the right ai- rection, A great many fninisters taik about the evits of theatre-going to audiences who know more about the subject than the speakers do. Actors and uc- tresses are not the incarnate fiends which they are painted, and it does Iittle good to make extravagant rtions from the pulpit which the pows kaow a not true. Facts are facts, and though ono-hall of the the other true, yet they fall without influence becau | half of their truth 19 sometimes equivalent to po truth at ali, A CLERICAL ORNITHOLOGIST AND SPORTSMAN, The Presbytery of chester hog 43 churches, 26 of which own parsonag They have con- tributed during the last ecclesiastical year $100,000 | ite Downd& 16 hat the honor also of a sporting par- sou, A. B. Lamberton, living in ite jurisdiction, Hoe 1s a member of the Presbytery of Brooklyn, according | to Presbyterian polity and usage, A your anda halt ago he asked this Presbytery to drop bis name from Ite rolle because be bad given up the minis | taken up secular work, otherwise Geld sporti He must bave | assertions on this subject made by the clergy may be | wertions arc manifestly false, Half a | for Jocal expenses and $20,000 for benevolent purposes The average benevolent contributions per | member 1s $222, and the membership is 6,000, The | | Presbytery has 68 ministers and 4 ieentiates within | Presbytery, however, look opon the ministry as some- thing that can never be wholly demitsed, and by the constitution of the Charch they are prohibited ‘rom | @isposing of © minister in thas free and easy way. There are three doors through which @ Presbyterian snister can part company with hie clerical brethren— @eath, deposition and dismiss ‘© another corre- ponding bod: r. Lamberton yas found » va | ot nis own } Brookiyn wished bim to go Dy one of the cons! ‘| ona: exits, and thereiore sent him a of dismission an¢ good standing to de pre- sented to the Presbytery of Rochester, That body was also notified of the fact and 12 members’wrote to | Dim and sought interviews with him, put never suc: | Ceeded In geiting 4 word or a line from him. — So that be still remainée pominaily under the jurisdiction of | | his Brookiya orethren, who have twice cited Bim to + appear dDelure them and give un account of himself. | | This the constitution of the church requires, andit Mr; | Lamberton ‘ails tc make retura before tne fal: meeting | ; Of the Presbytery he will be suspended and afterwar | deposed trom the ministry. Bat meantime Mr. Lam. verton is busied with the stacy of ornithology and | for five years n record of the migrations of | ' i kept birde 12 that latitude [5 1872 the Aret rovine wi observed by him there on March 28. Whic geese w: fore north March 29 and enipe were tound Apri 13. | hal wav a backwar¢ year, in 1873 robins came Marcb 15, sparrows 17th, bluebirds 18th, pixeons 19th, | aud woodcock were found at Victor March 28 in | 1874 biuevirds arrivec March 19 and snipe were shot | ‘arch 21. 1c 1878 the tirst rovins were seen March + | ! Supe and snipe were touud apm it te found by (8 tha: the male soug birde migrate North k deiore the hens, and When oot disturbed round wll reyurn to the same piace tor : s. rgreen swamps are the loc the birds y 19 be found frst, ug they are ‘armer thap other regidng, ang there are some tn. ances of robin remaining al! winter in snis latitude in dense swamps Orioic# and bovolinks sre the lass birds to arrive, and do nos grcet us with their songs until about May & TIMELY TOPICS. The world moves, and with tt also moves Italy, The latest surprise in Rome was a parlor entertainment given by Mme, Ristori for the beneft of the Gould Memorial. The audienco, which was very select, and } consisted of English and American tourists and t! dite of Rome, crowded the parlors of Mme. Gajani. Ristori recited in English, French and Italian, Mrs. Gould, an American lady, bad spent time and money for several years educating the poor children of Rome. It was ber pucpose also to founda homb for the aged aud orphanet, but death cut her fife and her work sbort, and now others are prosecuting it in her stead. The boys of the school have been aimitied to the gymnasium by a speci! permis of the Mayor, 4 on ierms of equality with others. ‘Iwenty ycars and more ago the Free-Will Baptists erected 4 beautilul and commedious church fico adjoining Broauway and Iwenty-eighth greet. The neiguborhvod was at that time one of the most desir- avie tn the city. The charch had varying tortuoes, | and fuaily gave up the struggle. The buslding was sold some ten years since to the Disciples of Christ (Caimpbellites), 1s waa refitted and decorated, and is | now oue of the most elegant and convenient | church edidces in the city, The march of jmprovement (f) hag utterly destroyed the 1 neighborhood, iirectly opposite is a theatre, adjoining which 18 the monster poo! room, tn the reur a mipotrel hall, and next door to the cluurch « | great Wotel and restaurant, the beadquarters of the tportiog men of the city. ‘To approach the pluce in the evening is to run the gannties of rowdyism and shameicss vice. The church retused $110,000 for the | property a tow years ago. It was oflered for snie at | auction a few days ugo aud $74,500 offered. Bat it was protected by a id of $75,000 vy the owners, and there was no sale. When the property 18 sold it is proposed to go higher up iown. This is the church in which Logersoli and other ‘Ring’? men worshipped and held ollice, Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, of Brooklyn, bas been thir- ty-ove years in tho ininisiry aud seventeen years pas- torot the Lufayette Avenue Presbyterimm Church, one of the dve largest churel 1D the entire denomina- ; tion. The Doctor began 118 miniétry mn oF near Wilkes- barre, Pa,, but made his mark easy edough to be calied to New York, and trom this city be went to Brookiyn. A | couple of sundays ago he commemorated his en: tutu the ministry by a review of his work, During nis ministry he has preached 4,600 seriaons, received into the churcties of which he has been pastor 3,835 mom- bers (1,700 of them on profession of faith), and pub- lished about 70,000,000 copies of religious articles, Few rs can show a record like this, and we should like to hear of the one who as done more work in a similar time. Dr. Cuyler is well kpown asa successtul pastor, a sound and effective preacher ana a prolific writer for the religious press, CONSECRATION OF BISHOP SPAULD- ING. The consecration of the Right Rev. Joho Lancaster Spaiding as Bishop of Peoria, 11)., 18 settled for Tucs- day next, May 1, being the Feast of Sts. Pnilip and James, Apostics, The solemnity will take place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Now York, Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York, being the expected conse- crator, Bishop Spalding was born June 2, 1840, at Lebanon, Ky. He was ordained pricst December 19, 1663, He will luck thirty-two days of being shirty- seven years old on the day of his consecration, Tue following programme of music will be per- formed under the direction of the organist of St, Pe- ter’s Church, Mr. William T, Pecher:—Grand mass, No, 16, 8 flat (Haydn), solo, chorus, orchestra and or- gau; Gradual, “fu est Petrus’ (Desvignes), choras, orchestra and organ; Offertory, Laudate dominum, alleiuya chorus (Handel), chorus, orchestra and organ; Te Deum (Anton Andre), chorus, orchestra and organ. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. PRESBYTERIAN. The Presbyterian press aro a little troubled just now to know whether tne Churcb hag too many ministers ortoo few. They are on both sides of this question, | | some maintaining that the ministerial marker ts glutted, while others insist that churches are multi. plied faster than ministers, A correspondent of tho | Observer shows from the Assembly minutes that last year there wasa net gain of seventy-eight ministers and of fifty-two churches, though the contrary appears to be the result. Rov. Dr, Thatcher Thayer, of Newport, R. I., bas received a bequest of $10,000 from the late John Alston, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev. Dr. E. W. Blyden, of the Presbytery of Weat frica, has been appointed Consul at Monrovia, in the Republic of Liberta, by the King of Sweden and Nor- way. The minutes of the Cumberiand Presbyterian Church show 1,239 ministers, 263 licentiates and 191 candidates, making a total of 1,693 at work or In prep- aration for the ministry. An approximate estimate } gives 2,000 congregations, 100,000 communicants, | | 65,000 persons in Sunday schools; valuo of church property, $2,250,000; contributions during the past | yeur, $350,000; twenty-cight ministers have died j during tho past year, Kev, Norman Seaver, D. D, accepted the call of the Fourth Presbyterian Caurch of | Syracuse. The Kev. W. S, Stiles hus accepted a call to the Secund Prosbyterian Church, Pittsburg, Pa. ' BAPTIST, Mr, Carl Damm, who has laborea earnestly end efticiently among the Germans of South Brooxlymand | guthered a church thero, was inst week ordained and | insiailed pastor of the ame, | j Dr. Rambaut, pastor of the Tateruacie Church, | Brooklyn, has baptized forty-three persona into Its | fellowship since Janua; Dr, Rambaut 13 to be one | Ol the preachers tn tt Sunday School Meet- | tng, to ve held in Boston th, and also one of | | the oriftors at the next © tot the Walia | | Jewell College, in Missour:, of which Le was atone | | titoe president the Rev. J. svencer Kennard was installed pastor of | Graco Baptist Church i thia city last Tuesday, The | Rev. William Hayne Leaveli, of Stanton Street Church, New York, fas accepted a'call to the First Baptist Charets, of Manchester, N. H. He preaches his tare. well sermon here to-day ant wil begin bis ministry there nest Sunda late of Brooklyn, has | ‘The Rev. C. L. Van Alen, of New Marlborough, Mass has accepted a call to Pawling, N.Y. Rev, st, Bal win, of Albany, us acceptod a cail to Oxford, N. Ys | and'Rev, James Rainey beging bis pastorate with th church at Mehoopany, Pa, to-day. The Rev, J. 5. Carr has closed bis pastoral work ai Piermont, N, Y. Yhe Rev. D, Macgregor, who recently returned from | Onio to Great Britain, hag settled as pastor at Rhyl, | North Wales. | _A movement ts on foot in Philadelphia to have o | Baptist orphanag’ The revival 10 Baptist Cherch at Cazenovia has } Dect awe of great power, Forty-four have been re ceived since the spot February, Mev. B. Lucas, pas- tor of the First Cutret at Trenton, N. J., bas baptized | seventy-two since January 1, ROMAS CATHOLIC. Rev, Thomas Keutiug, D. b., paren of St. Mary's Church, Hudson, N. Y., died last Monday morning, Bishop Corrigan, of Newark, N. J., returned from Europe last week. He was weleomed by his brother, ev. G. W. Corrigan, of seton Hall College, and other clergymen, who accompanied him home The Pope haa devorinined to send a special delegation to Canada. Dr, George Conroy, the Bishop of Ardagh, Ireland, has been chosen for this important oMce. He Was for'soine time secretary tu Cardinal Cutten, Hie Jurisdiction will include tbe whole of Brian North | Ameriea, He ts now in Romo receiving Instructions ' trom the Propaganda, He may be expected here to- | ward tho latter part ot May, aud in the fall be will re | turn to his own diocese, which during his absence will be placed in (he hunde of an adtmipistrator. fhe Rev. Stephon Huber, of Wheeling, W. Va., haa recontiy. commemorated Nis “silver jubilee—the | twenty-0tth year of lis eutranoe into tue Catholic | priesthood, METHODIST. The Methodists at Fayette, lown, recently dedicated } a now chur ttlee wiich cost them $5,000, Mise Mary Porter, who went out to Jaj of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Soctety | (Lo, has returned to her bome tn Vavenport, iler hewith rapialy improved during the home- ard voy ay Su Paul's Methodist Episcopal Chareh in this city ontrivuted sc benevolent objects during the confer- cnoe year just closed the gum of $14,774 65, besidew current expenses about $8,000 mora the & Missionary Society received $16,305 48 of this sam, Suan” Church Extension and Missionary Society During the sures yeara’ pastorate of Bev, W. 0. ander the | probat phemy was, we read t suid the Doctor, of an instance of the crime ein’ Moses was not prepared 40 uct. hen read trom | Leviticus, xxiv. the account of a man who was con. | Breele, just elosec at Fleet Street Chureh, there was a net tucrease of 123 members and of aay syn Mr, Stecle ts a parc worker io any goes to. Parightecntn Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Brovkiyn, added 125 converts during the month. The Metbodiats of Cuba, New York, dedicated a new ureh edifice there last Thursday. Bishops Simp-on, Harr:s and Haven were !n this city last week. Bishop Harris 1s stiil bere, and next month will peony settle here permanently. The Sour Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopa! Church bas voted in tavor of reducing representation in the General Conterence and again: any modification or change of the itinerant characte! of yscopacy. ‘The statistics show 4 goin of 7 mer ip full, but » loss of 1,007 probation makiMg a net loss of 300. There is a net gain of 44 toca! preachers, 26 churches, 5 parsonages, 34 Suodey scnools, 156 olllcera and teacuers and 1,072 scholara, RVISCOPALIAN, The Rev. Kmerson Jessup hastak@n charge of Cal- vary Church, Suifleid, Conn. Kev. Philips Brooks, of Boston, i going to Europe In June for a tew months® needed rest. Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, wil! reside tn after May L haa livea in Hoboken, N. J ral yeuré past, Pistoral resignations are reportei of Ri Burtora, o: Calvary Church, New Oriouns, Georze P. Hibbard, ut St. John’s Churen, ithaca, N.Y. to take effect October 1, of Kev. J. BL Andrew's Charch, Seguin, Texas; of Rev. T. W. pringtield, Mo, apd of Mitchell, at Christ Church, » Rov, W. 0. Jurvis, at frinity Cuurch, Fredonia, . ‘Acceptances of pastorates sre also apnounced aa fol Jows:-—By the Kev, 5, Moran, Trinity Church, Bristol RL; by Rev. W, F, Nichols, Christ Charen, dartiord, Conn. ; by Rev. C Mellvain Nichoison, triusty Chureb, Sencea Fuils, N. ¥., aod by Rev. R. £ Thorne, Trinny Chapel, New Hi Conn, The Rew. J. son bas accepted the rectorship of the Charen of the Goud shepherd, Hartford, Conn., to Make eflect next Sabbath; ana Rev. George 5 Telier that of St. Joun'e Church, Mount Morris, N.Y. f Rev. C, Duwe, bax wccepted the cali to st Mary's Charch, Franklin, La, Rev. W. L. Githens, of 34 Louis, Mo., gous (0 Eureka, Cal, next month and Rev. 5S. H. Greene to St. Matthew's Church, Dalias, Texas, The Rev, C, 1. Fischer has accepted the rectorsbip of St Paul's Chere, Cuiliicothy, Onio; Rev. J. W. Dunn that of Caivary Church, Seuaiia, Mo, and Rev, M. V. Averill that of St. James’ Churen, Manitowoc, Mich, AEVORMED (DUTCH) Tne Reformed Church at Babylon, 1. L, 19 tn grease strate It bag a big dept and a smail congregation and no pastor. The Sunday school hes 150 pupiis and the field is a growing one, where a good man might build up sstropg church. ‘A inctury i# shortly wo be burt; there that will give employiment to 400 persons, | The Rev, Mr. Garrison, of Laure! Hill, 4. L, bas tendered his resignation so the Reformed Church to thut place, Reason on his part, ebilis and fever con- tracted there; on the church’s part, inability to pay up salary over due. Tho North Long Istaud Ciassw re- fused to dissolve the pastoral relation and urgod Brother Garrison to hold the fort a little longer. ‘The Retormed Church at Newtown, L. L, has been donated jour lots in the beart of that village, # most eigible location, The pastor, Rev. Mr. Wernsch would luke either to move the old edifice to the new lots or eH) itand rebuild, Buttois wil! call for money, and ther his church oor Lhe classis to which they, be- Jong hus that articie to spare he und they must stay where they are, The church dnds difficulty in paying $300 toward the brother's salary, and the Board of Do mesuic Missions which promised bim $400 fell short $100, and the classis which paid tim $100 finds ttselt unable vow to co that, The poverty of the churches ig a universal cry, Brother Wernsch, too,, would lixe to resign and get a better field, H ‘The Retormed Church at Fallsburg, N. Y., wili cele- braty the sevonty-fith anniversary of tts organization May 15. ‘The church at New Utrecht, L. 1, will com- memorate tho 2u0th year of its founding about the sume time. ibe Rey. N. Pearse, of Now Salem, N. Y., bas ac- cepted a cali to the church at Now Lots, L. 1. The miasionary receypis lor March’ amounted to $5,299 79, and for the fiscal year trom Muy 1, 1876, $40,022 14. Tho treasury needs $20,000 before May 1, but 1s not likely to get 1b and the missions must suffer in consequence. Dr, J. Halstead Carroll, tato of Brooklyn, is succeed- tng admirably in Newburg. Tove American Retormed Church at that place, at its last communion, received éixteen new members. The Presbyterian Woman’s Board of Foreign Mis- sions for the Norinwest inet ou Tbursday 1 Chicago. Mrs. Rumler, of Cincinnati, conducted a model mis sionary meeting for tue venelit of the large audience present; Mrs. Young, of lowa, read a paver on “*Con- soeration;'? Mra. Ferry and Mrs. Robinson, of Michi- gan, read papers on “Christian Steadiastness.”” Other briet papefs were read, officers were elected and the 20- ciety decided to muet pext year at Cedar Rapids, lowa, ‘Al enthusiastic temperance revival 18 going on att Middletown, N. Y. [i ts ied by Rev. Chariow Wine chester, 0! Brockton, Mass, About eight hundred per sons have aircady taken the piedge, Hundreda nightly are unable to gain admission to the ball in which the exercises are held. Rev. E Payson Hammond is holding daily meetings 1p Seneca Fails, N. Y., and tne whole regiou is moved, Over four hundred persons protess to Lave been con- verted, und among the number are some of tho load- ing men of the place, About two hundred persons huve accompanied Mr, Hammond twice to Waterloo and crowded meetings have been held there, That locality was never so deeply moved, The Rev. Dr. Sunderiand, a noted Unitarian minis- ter, of Chicago, resigas nis pastorate to-day, having embraced more evangelical views. ‘The Church of All Souls, Newark, N. J, (Umit ), have removed to Park Chapel and fitted up preity place of worship. The society ts without a pag. tor, but regular Jay services are held vy various mem- be with occasional original discourses, aaa i PROFANATION OF GOD'S NAME. SERMON BY THE REV. DR. MENDES AT THE JEW- ISH SYNAGOGUE-—‘‘THE GATES OF PRAYER.” The Rev. Dr. Frederic De Sola Mendes, Rabbi of the Jewish Synagogue in, Forty-iourth street, callod “The Gates of Prayer,” delivered a sermon yesterday tore- nvon on tho subject ot the profanation of God’s name, taking a8 histext—trom Ezekiel, xxxvi., 20—"Wnen they ever came among the najtons whither they went | they profaned tho name of My Holiness.” The Ret Doctor commenced by alluding to the depreciation of biblical commands by modern Bible readers, who, tor- gotting their'present advantages, looked down upon ancient legislavon, They think it unnecessary that such njunctions as those concerning lying and theft should be formally pnt into syllables and words when they already exist in the unspoken language of (ho mind, But this feeling is an artificial one brought by education, handed down until tt becomes aportion of every one’s intuitive knowledge. Uf ail the large amounts of this received instruction, said the lecturer, there 1s no sentiment more universal among civilized and uncivilized mankind and in every phase of religion or superstition than that of venera- tion for the Detty, No matter under what shape the people thou, of God, whether ag the tnvisible Adonai of Judaism, or as a Deity who commanded dro aud sword for intidels—or whetber the natives made a Diock a god, @ stone their protective genius, ihe person of the Deity was always beld im tho Dighest venoration, To that sentiment, espe- ciully powerlul among Israel, a certain Hebrew, 1,800 years ago, owed bis condemnation, and Judaism eciated form its spread atmong half humanity. Universal and poweriul us thie sbuorrence of &! victed of blasphemy. ed his remarks upon that inctient, aud , fret, of the man, and, second, of tie crime, Scripture did not hand ‘down the huine of the aman, but certainly not to spare bis reparation with posterity; for various malefacturs are therein, as in ail true histories, held up for our con: Sempt and perry be reason was, probably, that | he waz oot a tull Tsrac . bong the son of an Kayp- | Man me heathen origin bore wretened iru | He biaspnemed wae put to death, The lesson was | that Genie views and Goutile training cannot be | eradicated. MIXED MARRIAGES, The question of mixed warttages ts one of Interest. ‘That such 1 discounionances by divine jaw every ond Kuows, trausgressors presuine upon their otrength. “Hear pot for me," says such a ove, “Iam too good a lieorow to be swayed by my wite in religion oat | ters and she too good a» Woman to atiempt to unter: | fere,’’ Ever the game vaunt of sirengib and power | over temptation, [he world bas seev the reauit a | fsbousand times Hight as str, arises, wt ; Fesident of that block jor tweive ] 1 think 16 is time thay Gaigaeay P | sionere to the lurge limbs on the tree standing directly ] Wilhameburg ferry to Jersey City terry, but tasiead | they stop a lo a GIVE US CROQUET GROUNDS To waz Epiton oy rae Henato:~ 1 would join your eufterers of to-day in the request for the opening of croquet grounds to the Park. and at the same time would suggest that “the powers that be’? act a little more liberai than herctofore, and allow ladies and gentlemen to piay wet Logethet In the Brooklya Park ! bolieve 1 1s done, and why should our Commissioners zhow suck an illiberal _ oe 4 SOURCE OP DISEASE. To tux Ev:ton ov rus Hrraup:— I would like to call she attention of the Board of | Health. through your valuabie columns. to the cond) | tion of Ninth street, between avenues Band C, with | wonder that the scariet fever anc dipn. | contagious this winter tn this neighbor. hood and tamilies losing their children. If our Legis- lature cannot help us what will the peopie of tne neighborhood do? SUBSURIBER, ROOT THEM OUT. To ter Eprom ov THB HERALD“— A gang of small lonters congregate trom four to eight o'clock 1D enth street, between avenuca 0 and D, and render the block # perfect nuisance. Will the captain of that ward please seo to it and oblige TAXPAYERS? i To tax Epiton ov 788 HaRALD:— Your ‘Complains Book,” which really does eo much goud, induces me to draw your attention toa very | dangerous, boisterous lot of men and women gathering nightly between ono and tree o’clock in Sixth avenue, between Twenty-cighth aud Twenty-nintn streets, If | Captain Willams wii! look to tos nuisance be will | 0 @ good work and prevent a gooa deai of miscoiel. | Bf} | AN OLD RESIDENT OF SIXTH AVE To tw Eprrom ov tx HERALD :— The attention of the Park Commissioners ts callea to the indecent conduct of the male and female char- acters who occupy the benches as night in Wasiiing- ton square, Respectabdio parties who pass through the | Park are shocked to observe actions of a doubtiul kind pas between the sexes, Let wire gates be placed around the muateal stand so that such persone may be kept ous. LD RESIDENT, To rus Eniror oy tum HeRALO I write in behalf of the residents of Thirtieth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues. Thero isa gang of well dressed loafers, who continually bang around the corner of Eighth avenue, susulting most every passer of The samo corner 1s alse blocked up witha lot of chiidrea’s carriages: ME STREET OBSTRUCTIONS To tue Epirorn or tas HeraLv:— Enst Fqurteenth street and the south side of Union square, near Fourth avenue, aro stil) obstructed by carts and trucks belonging to the livery stable there, Mr. Dowglass, repeatedly informed of this fagrant nuisance through your valuablo paper, has either no will or no authority to act in the matter, aud all com- Plaints meet with the utmost {ndifforence, UNION SQUARE DIRTY STREETS. To tas Epitos or tHe HeraLp:— The residents of East Eighteenth street, between First ang Second avenues, are troubled with an ac- j cumulation of filth and a on our block, which i am sure has uot been swopt as long as I can remember this year. ltisreaily ashame, What an immense iot of Mmeney we pay tor taxes every year, aud in the bargain | we get dirty strecta and are obliged to swallow tho dust we pay to get rid of | Lo To tux Epitor or tat HeraLp:— Forty-fifth street, between Broadway and Eighth avenue, bus not beon visited for so long a time by the | city scavengers that it has got to bea nuisance and a | danger to the neighborhood. We aro taxed a bigh | enough valuation, and pay, tvo, und 1 ask this boon of cur ‘masters’ :—Do have ‘8 cleaued at once; anyhow, wach end of the block, AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. YLL-PAVED STREETS, To tne Eptror or THe HERALD :— I desire to draw attention to the condition of the pavement on the south side of West Fifty-fourth street, between Seventh avenue and Broadway; like- wise Lo the pavement in some purts between Broadway and Eighth avenue, A glance at bad sidewalks ueur Seventh avenue algo calls for an carly remedy. FaIR TREATMENT, To tne Epiron or tHE HERALD:— would like to call the atvention of the Street Com- missioners to the condition of the pavemont tn Perry stroet, near Waverley place. It ts 1n » horrible condi- tion—full of ruts and the cobble stones so loose thi the ooys have pulled outa good manye | have deen a rg, and never, to my knowledge, bave there bocn any repairs made, and ‘as done, OPERTY OWNER. PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHTS, To tae Eprron or tux Herarp:— I noticed in your “Complaint” column of Saturday, 14th inst., an allusion to the blocking on H. K, Thur- ber’s aidewalk, Reade street, and desire to add my testimony, seasoned with a just and righteous indig- nation, respecting the eleven entrances belore which wagons are over backed. Francis H, Leggett and Fitts & Austin should be added, tor there ts scarcely egress between boxes, bi and skids during business hours, rly and late. Duane street, oelow Hudson, begin= ning at George F. Gantz & Co, L. Schell, Bear & Cottrell, ending at George v. Trigg & Co. always more or less impeded und annoying to travellers. [ pars through Reade and Duane streets twice every day, and oo Friday, the 13th inst, Gantz had a heavy wagon, horses also, on the wak; scbell, two heavy lomber wagons; Bear & Cottrell one, 2o that { was compelled 'to pass out tu tho middle of the street in the mad, la there no law insuring pedestri. ans the first right and bring redress ior wrong? If oue civilly proests ® saucy und jusalting roply je given in return A LADY PEDESTHKLAN. i; and oblige, yer's good will wi Nimth ward A BEAL NUISANCE, To ras Epiror oy ta¥ Hrxap:— Seeing every morning the many complatnts recordee under the head of your “Compiaint Sook,"’ ! thought J woule speak of 6 aulsance frequently eccurring ip our streets—that of beating and shaking ont door ang office mats, knocking them aguinst Jampposta, doses, &c, op the exdewalk, creating a clond of dirty dost that hiteral!y covers ai! pedewtrians who happen to pass that way, t stores where doora are open. Only bis morning a party i our street near us deat oul two large nats that created a cloud of dust almost enough to write one’s name tn Caguot tht be stopped? | think by the complaints appearing in Four paper some notice by the proper dificiala may ve taken of 1, Hoping that thie may be tne meana of slopping the nuisuuce, | aus yours, ke., i ‘ bik MOSEMAN. HELP THE BLIND. To te Evrron ov Tix Berato:— By giving a place to the toliowing In your “Complaint Book" you wih confer» iavor ona great number of our anfortunnate citizens—the biind By Laws 1876, chapter 404, the Commissioners of Charizies and Cor. Fection are authorized and instructed to pay the eam of $50 to sach bind person who has been a resident of this city for a period of at least two years and who is not ‘an inmate of any institution, either public or private, Th 18 not exaggeration to state that no class of our citi. zene suflered more trom tho effects of the late bard winter than ¢he bind, but they !voked confidently tor. ward to receive this money varly in ibe spring. which would enable them to repienish their exlausted stock tn trade, consisting of articlos tor peddiing, bat tp thig they were doomed to disanpointment, They have called trom time to time at (he olfice of the courteous ané polished Superintendent of Outdoor Poor and invae rably receives ap auswer to the effect that ‘the press. ure of business woutd not permit attending to It just now; caliagain in the course of w week or s0."" Cannot she Commissioners be persuaded toatiend to this affair immediately and thereby relievoa considerable amount of suffering? By giving thie immediate publicity you will earn the gratitude of these afflicted people, Very respectfully, ae Til Chairman Executive Committee, Adult Blind Aid ciation, No. 680 Eleventh avenue A BOY'S LOVE FOR THB OLD FLAG To tas Epiror oy THB Henatp:— Many thanks are duc the ‘*Complaint Book’ for be ing the medium through which *‘wrong tipgs have been made right,” and through which many things have had attention which otherwise would have re. mained dead to the interest of the public, end | thing another drop woald willingly be added could you sue ceed In showing some of our citizens (?) the shame of using our country’s flag for advertisements Some few men wrote to tne ‘Complaint Book’ about this matter, seemingly without effect. Now, Mr. Editor, don’t you think any American citizen ought to be ashamed te use the American flag to advertise on! Why cav’t they nse « plain white banner? Surely, the words woula show clearer op {t than on a colored one, A ceriin turniture house tn fwenty-third Btrect, between Sixth and Seventh avenue: ave a large American flag with tho wor “Furniture”? on i in large black — letters, utterly spoiling tno looks of our flag, and using i ine way very much opposite to the way “Yankee Dodie” used i. Let the manager of that house (or any one who has no more honor than to use his country's flag that way) walk up Broadway and look only once vo the picture of *Yankee Doodic,” and see the old white headed patriot marching, leading on, aud our flag by the side of bim, and (nen let those purties whodo not bono: our flag be asked if they think it ougbt to be used for such purposes alter so Victoriously carrying us through our wars. Our forefathers would not have done it, Why should we, who ought to love our flag? Will not some loyal American men help me keep the bali roil- ing and shame those who apparently have no shame in them? Please publish thia in your valuable ‘Com. plaint Book” if not trespassing too much on spaco, BOY PATRIOL WANCTITY OP THE PARE. To ras Epiror ov THE HRRALD:— I took a stroll in Central Park last Sunday, and oo ticed the uncivil manner (a whicb our citizens were treated by the Park police A poor woman, accom- panied by her child, was taking a walk in the uppes part of the Park, when she was suddenly accosted by a policeman, who grossly insulted ber and threatened to lock her up because her child, having been attracted by something in the grase and io stooping to pick if up, had pieced with it a handiui of grass. On comin, home | saw one of the keepers having in custody tee respectable young nen. | learned that shey bad beos insnited by some rowdies and had attempted to chas- tise them lor tne insult, but when partly successful the keeper stepped up and took them to the head quarters, letting the guilty-escape, 1s thie proper, and are we to have no redress? This is oot the first time I bave witnessed thos for I have also been GAMRLJNG IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. To tae Eprror ov Tax HEeRaLp:— . 1 bog leave to call the attention ef the public, through the medium of your excocilent “Complaint Book,” to a disgraceful system of gambling taught ané practised in our public schools, At the end of eack week tho children of the primary department whe have distinguisned themselves by their good benavior, prompt attendance, &c, have thei names inscribed upon ao “roll of honor, | said Inscription entitling them to “draw tor the medal.” Should there be, , ten “good iy boys,” or as many “good girls,” whoso namet are thus inscrined, all of thom ure therevy deemed worthy of recetving ‘the medal;” but instead of each one of them receiving (his recompense they are 1m vited by their teacher to gamble for it, and the re cipiens of the much coveted prize is simply the one whom the wheel of turtune in a game of cuance desig nates, The modus operandi of this peculiar method 1¢ as follows :—Thv teacher writes a number, not seen d} the coildrep, on a slate—if there are veo children com- peting he chooses « number trom one to tev—and thea calls Upon the litle ones, one atter the obuer, to nate CREMATION OF GARBAGE, To tur Eviror or THk Henao :— You can get rid of the *%sarbage Nuisance” very readily through the agency of your Board of Health and Police Department Let them direct every pa- troiman to notily every housekeeper to burn it in their atoves and ranges ps fastas itis made, {hen there will be uo accumulation, nu stench, Ge rate, mice or other vermin, Ths 14 a very easy aud cheap meivod, PHILADELPHla, TWO HINTS FOR THE PARK COMMISSIONE&S. To Tux Epiton or THE HERALD: — iwish to call the attention of the Park Commts- back of the Latayette statue; they obstruct tne view eauty of the statue very much, aud should be be tree would also lo much better. [t eitoer tush she fountain i Madison Park or Mllit up, as it haw beer a auisance lor the last Hive oF Hx yeni OBSERVER THE GRAND STREET CANS. To rae Eprron ov Tite Hka Permit mo to complain of tue Grand Street Cross. towe line of cars Tney are supposed tw ran from tance from the ferry oo G Dass reel. ty douge of the way, A little tri lender aso spider’y thr makes stout as the wa rope; "a tiny fit within the jute, that épreading makes the muse mat the gap widens, and words | are spoken (hat stig ‘forever, urn tnemselves inte | the Dram end form festering wounds uo time can heal, PAOPANITY While we condemn the iiaa and acquiesce in hie pupishment, said the lecturer, we must ov caretul we | are wot gusty of his crin a less degroo, There | were three varieties of ashim \protanity)—ot the | dillereuce of op which constant tongue, the hand and of 0 {4 many beases | Goa's Dame Is need th triviay On te round ' sentence, io givo impetus to fy tuss a fie | use tur the name ot ali th ancient Ji od, as to be administerod—evidently 18h Courts OF justice, if the partice flatly contrady each other no ont one would swear to 4 falsehood Aud yet we con- | stantly drag God's name th on the shalitest ocension | und “pardou strong language” because its thought Ought we not te conacinu iF because 14 1s thought Tench our children that gentiemen never Use tt, (ruin novef requires it, language may be firm without tt, and {tg use Is a mark oF iutamy or trrevereuce, Profi on by the hand was © ited by those who were | tuithless te the mission jor wuich God set them upon varth—tho weltare of mankind, ry act of Wroug, | of violence, 18 a Hitlelhashim, Though other nations | walk in comparative darkness Leractites who boast of this distinction must act op tothe plain int they have, setting the example in tamily hie, in busineds und Other intercourse of tbe sanctification of God's name, The third species of proaoity is hap. | iy rare israel, The insanity of some philosophers depy the exisicuce of Goud. Is it not strange that those whose occupation ace the imprints of the creator in piysi And astrovoms yet deny the hand tha Mankind are ike children im the dark | room of & cameri—through (he shutter comes the veam Of light tbat paints the outside Inndseape on the wall opposite, showing suiilng clouds, Waving trees and fing birds. Phivosophers bow seem vo be there who persistently turn their backs to tue shadow and deny that the origin of that beautiful picture ty out Let ua endeavor to point ous to men the source h by liberal and ar God and made them f | To rux Korrok ov 7 are kop! well watered and no attention } moss popular drive on Manbatias Island (tue av Bi, Nichols), The dust ou the aflernoon of the ! earning au bonest living. would wise be a splenaid iden tf the commission would | F% | certainly be excluded anumber, One says four, another’ exclaims s:x, the tmird eight «a, the chtid who is lucky enough ; $0 guces tbe number written on the slate by the | toacher wins, and, consequently, receives a tittle | suver medai with ‘good girl? or “good boy” engraved upon tt, which (he recipient may wear a certain num- | ver of days us a mark o! honor, e laken tbe | trouble to imvestigate this matser, and hay |, the subject to one of the teachers of oue of our public schouls, [ asked vis young lady why, if a certae nunsber of children were desiznated as being worthy of “the medal’ they did not euch one of them receive one? The answer was that the medal, veing furnished atthe expense of the teacher, she could pot afford | to supply a suficieas number of them for all of the pupils desiznated as worthy recipients of the same, and therefore, irom necessity, disposed of one medal by Joutery, thus giving each *xood boy" or “good girl” a chance. Now, | submit that this aye | tem is simply a contemptible policy shop, faro bank arrangement, and ask {tf such a practice should be allowed to exist 1 an institution for the rearing of the | Young, where any¢tnin ving the odor of the *tapw | vert.” the “pool room" or the lottery scheme should Would t not be well for tbe {| Board of Education to give this matter their attention f JOS, POGNANSKL, FRIENDLY COLLEGIANS. ! | ONGANIZATION OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE PHI SETA KAPPA SOCIETY. A meeting was hold yesterday afternoon at the office | of United States District Attorney Stewars L, Woods ora, 1m the Post Oltice building, tor the purpose of orm Ganizing wo alumni asgociation of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Among those present were Professor Clarke, Union, Proiessor adolpb Werner, Coliege City of Allow me through your vaiuabie paper to ask the Department of Public Works how i116 that all th vie ‘ he drives leading troia the upper part o. Central vark was so dense thai | found 1 almost impossible to see the care 01 iny horse, piaint Book”? you will be doing m creas savor Wo many OL) ROAUSTERS, 4 GRIEVOUS WRONG To rae Epiron oy TH HERALD: — {unfortunately belong of did belong to that class | considered outcasts. My object im troubling you Is to find oot whether a policeman has the right to point me out to others as # shief when he koowa shat I am Loan give tuo highest testi- moniais from my employers, For the last year | have struggled to win back the contidence of men, but I out niet, 1 can get soveral mou to testify that while J have ‘veen In their employ 1 nave boen mtrusted with large Fumd of money, and tbat 3 bave never while in their employ acted dishonest. NEMO. ure ti Peter pwren's siox, * New Yors, April 26, 1877. To thr Eniton or tits Henainim ‘Your success in abating nuisancea has beon so great | that i wish you would turn your attention to a | occupied by Peter Dwyer ang used by him to hoid | meetings in, The sign, dearing she words Dwyer’ Mission House; everybody come up and dnd Josus; open every night,” ts a source of real annoyance to the God-tearing people who live about Barrow atrooy whole duty sa | and the victpity. meetings are looked, aly JO Rot agree with bie BY \oserung thivin “Oar Com. | Gna that it # aphil work when the police take pleas. | | cloth sign stretched acrose the front of the buildiny | | New York; Stewart L. Woodlord, Columbia; L Wy | Hawss, Harvard, Thomas Sultra, Harvara; Edward ; D Bese Harvard; W. 4. Washbvara, Amnerst; | Ernest Ho Crosvy, New York University, Lefferts | Stutegh, Columbia; Frederick W, Hinrich, Columbia; | James Godwin, College Cuy New York; Wiliam | Richmond, Harvard; Hor Detning, Harvard; ross, Bowdoin; CG C, Skilon, College City ork, B. W. “Fisher, liege City New York; Ss: &. Gross, Bowdoin: Willard Bartlett, Co- | Jumma; Mr. Strauss, Columbia; Mr. Root, Ham | {tou, Genera) Foster, Bowdow, and’ Whik ‘iam G. Davies, Trinity. The meefing was called to | order by Mr. Woodlord and Prolessor ke wae | called upon to occupy tue cunir, Me. Willard Bariiew! | reac the constitution, which wae approved and signed by the members, The following ollicers were elected L Woodiord, president, Generai Webd (Co City of New York}, vice presideut; H. Crosby, | urer and secretary; Genera: Foster, Wiliam Rich | mona (Harvard), Mr, Root W. G. Davies and Willard Executive Committeo, A resolgtion Was adopted lnstracting the committee to arrange lor @ social meeting of the mombers af aD early date, SALE OF OF Tho salo of Mr. Sato’s collection of Ortental goods was concivded at their auction rooms yesterday altor hoon by the Messrs, Louvitt Owing to the raim tbe attendance was sina!l and the prices were very low. | Au old bronze openwork candlestick sold ior 613; & {| Qne pair ot Ota vases, #14 cach, an old bronze vase of Bodahiet design, $18, a bronze chariot drawn by a bull, | $24, ure Of Shoki attacking ah imp, $17, © faring top, €15; an old Incquered laneh vox, £15 $0; 4 Kioto porcelain vase with rich design of dowers, $20, s hanging silk serull, $14 50, suit Japanese armor, stiver bronze inlaid w: gor, $11, old bronze and brass fire box, $10; daim lacquer despatch box, devorated with peonles of heavily embossed goid and stiver, $10 50; pair owart Vuuge, $41; porovlain shippo teapot, $1e