The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1877, Page 15

. eae NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1877.-QUINTUPLE SHEET. 15 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Ministerial Movements--: Chat by the Way. PROGRAMME OF SERVICES TO-DAY. Synagogue Worship—A Challenge to Mr. Frothingham. “Christ's Monumental Hour” will bo named this morning by Dr. Armitage, ana the pleasure of “Ban. queting with Christ”? made known this evening tothe Filth Avenuo Baptist Church, At Lyric Hall Edith O'Gorman will speak this even- ing on “The Contessional, Her Escape, Conversion and Persecutions, “The Watchword of Christian Gallantry’? will be given this morning by the Rev. A. H, Moment, and this evening, in Spring Street Presbyterian Church, a call to the “Sleepy World Awake, Awake!"? “Sabbatarianism” and “Spontaneous Generation” ‘Will bo discussed before the American Free Uhurch to- ny by the Rev. C, P. MeCurthy. In All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal Church the Rev. ‘W. B. Dunneil will officiate and preach to-day. A reunion service will bo hold in tne Central Baptist Church this morning and evening. The Rev. Geor, Muller will preach there to-morrow evoning, At Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church the Rev. J. M. King will proach this morning, and in the ovening on ‘-Apprehended of Christ Jesua.’’ Tho Amorican Tomperance Union in Cooper Insti- tute, this afternoon, will be addressed by Judge Groo, of Orange county, N.Y. The Cecilia choir will sin; To-day is the anniversary of the Union Gospel ser- ‘Vices at Chickering Hall, and the Rev. Samuel Colcord will preach, “George Mullor and the Lessons of His Life Work’ will be presented in the Free Tabernacle Methodiat Bpiscopal Church this morning by Rov, John Johns, who, in the evening, will preach on the text “Look and Live,” The Rev. T. Do Witt Talmage will preach in the Brook- Jyn Tabernacle this morning and evening, and will Vecturo there on Friday evening on-current affairs of the day, ‘ In tho Bloecker Street Universalist Church the Rov, E. C. Sweotser will preach this morning and eveuing. The Lord’s Supper will be administered and new mem- bers receivod in the morning. In Christ Church (Protestant Episcopal) the Rey, , M, Thompson will officiate and preach to-day, Dr. Deems will preach for the Church of the Stran- gers at the usual hours to-day. Dr. John Cotton Smith will preach and admimster Holy Communion this morning, and préach in the evening in the Church ot the Ascension, Dr. M. R. Vincent will preach this morning and administer the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper this afternoon in the Church of the Covenant, “Balaam’s Self Deceit” will bo shown forth this morning by Rey. Dr. Howland, in the Church of the Heavenly Rost. Service in the afternoon also, in Calvary Baptist Church to-day, the Rev. R. 3 MacArtbur, having returned from Europe, will proach morning and evening, “The Pursuit of Happiness” and ‘‘A Question of Manhood” will be discussed in the Church of Our Saviour to-day by she Rev. J, M, Pullman, Preaching in the Church of tne Disciples of Christ ‘his morning and evening, Bible classon Tuesday avening. In Dr. Tyog’s Grand Union Hall this morning and evening the Rev. John Vine, tho English Evangelist, Will preach and W. W. Sontloy will sing. “Who Is Great?” will be answored in Eighteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Chureh this morning, and “The Inquisitive Man’? will be catechised this even- tng by the Rev. W. F. Hatheld. In the First Reformed Episcopal Church the Rev, W. T. Subine will prench this morning, and Dr, William M, Taylor, of the Broadway Tabernacle, in the even- ing. Services will bo held at the usual hours to-day in the Froo Chapel of the Holy Spirit, West Twenty-thira Btrect, “Christian Maphood’* and “Tho Mastor’s Cail’? will be discussed in the Free Baptist Church to-day by the Rev. N. L. Rowell. The Rey. J. S. Ramsay will preach at the usual ours to-day in the Harlem Presbyterian Church, drs, Nellie T, Brigham will address the Spiritualists ‘his morning and evening. “Tho Law of Progress’? will be laid down for the Madison Avenue Reformed Church this morning by Rev, William Lloyd, who in the evening will preach from the word “‘Almost,”” The Rey. W. W. Pago will minister to the New York Presbyterian Church at the usual hours to-day. Dr. Isaac Wescott will discuss the proposition “It Is Not Vain to Serve God” this morning in Plymouth Baptist Church, ard in the evening will preach on the “Lite of John the Belovea Discipie,”” The Rev. SG. Smith will preach in the Pilgrim Bapwist Charch at tho usual hours to-day. A reunion service will be held in Thirty-seventh Btreet Methodist Episcopal Church to-day. Dra. Fow- Jer ana Dashiell will preach morning and evening, and a general love feast will be held in the afternoon, The Rev. W. B, Merritt will preach in Sixth Avenue Reformed Church this morning and evening. In Stanton Street Baptist Church the Rey, 8, J, Kuapp will preach to-day, Dr. Ewer will officiate and preach at tho regular ser- vices to-day in St Ignatius’ Protestant Episcopal Charcb, ‘the Rey. W. R, Davis will preach in St. James’ Methodist Episcopal Church, Harlem, this morning, and in the evening on “Withered Right Haads.’? Leo- ture on Wednesday evening on “Thorns.” Services, sermon and communion in St. Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal Cuurch this morning, and sermon this afternoon, as usual, “Pho Christian's Enduring Home” will be described by tho Rev, Robert 8. Hull this morning, and “God Manifest in the Flesh’? presented in the cvoning to the Tabernacle Baptist Church, The pcoople’s service in the Church of the Holy Trinity will be conducted to-day by the Rev. 8. H. Tyng, Jr, D. D., who will preach morning and evening. Dr. E. N. White will preach for West Twenty-tbira Street Presbyterian Church this morning and evening. In Zion Protestant Episcopal Church the Rey. Dr. J. N, Gallagher will preach this morning and afternoon, “Plague Spots in the City’ will bo revenled this evening to Phirty-fourth Street Reformed Charch by the Rov. Carlos Martyn, who will preach alsoin the morning. Dr. J. F. Elder will preach in West Fifty-thira Street Baptist Church this morning and evening. Charles J, Guiteau, lawyer and theologian, of Ohicags, will lecture in the Kelormed Dutca Church, Jersey City, on Tuesday evening, on *'Christ’s Second Coming.” Mr. Guitean believes that that event took Place in tho first century of the Christian era, soou after the Saviour’s ascension. Rev. Joseph J. Muit will preach in Macdongal Street Baptist Church this morning, on “Tiihes tor tt Storehouse,” and this evening on ‘Scurcely Saved,” Services in the Russian Chupel this morning im tho Slavonic language. At the Greenpoint Presbyterian Church the Rev. Alfroa Tayior will preach this morning on “Tho King Woo Fell Into Bad Company,” and in the evoning will give @ sketch of “Suoday Morning Seenes in a New York Volice Gourt.”” In South Third Street Methowist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, E. D., Susannah Evans will deliver a tem- perance address and the Rev. W. CG, Steele will prove that bis church is a weulthy one. The Charch of the Disciples having been improved and the Sunday school room greatly enlarged and tho Revs, George H. Hepworth and A. C. Arnoid having returne! trom Europe, work will bo resumed in carnest to-day by them = Mr, Hepworth will preach in the morning on “The Church and tbe Work’? and in tue evening on “An Honest Lile.'' All the meet- Ings of the church witl vg started during the week. CHAL BY THE WAY. | Iisa notubis fact that the men and women who | talk most have the lenst tosay, Lt does not always follow that a man is @ profound thinker because he is | brothers nay say in “pride aad naaghtiness of hear Guid?! in urterance, 3s wa Vory Old adago. but not always a true ono, that “soft words cost nothing.” We have groat re- spoct for those didactic proverbs, but they want to be practised with caution. A gontioman who said some “soit words” to a spinster who was not disinclined to assume tho responsibilites of married life was in- formed by the Court that he must pay just $4,000 for breach of promise, He has written to say that he wouidn’t trast that proverb again, even if ho saw it in the Bible. How much easier it is to expross your sympathy than to give aquarter, There is balt hour sermon on the difference between faith sud works in a little incident which is just now floating about. A poor soldier was selling pies in the street, A richly uni- formed comrade met him, andat ence began to express his sorrow at the change of fortune which had be- fallen him, His eloquence was, however, interrupted by the sudden explosion of this sentence, ‘My friend, bang your pity; buy a pie.” The moral is easy to 8 and hard to follow. Don’t sigh over poverty, but send ‘& pailtul of coals instead, Roll a pretty speech up in a dollar bill, and the recipient will ieel that you havo discovered the secret of true eloquence. A proper intermingling of profession with practice is always desirable 1! either of those two ingredients of a noble life is to be measured hom«mopathically it is the safer way to be homaopathic in your professions and allopathic in your practice, It does not always follow, as the negro song runs, that in de loudos’ sings, wars de biggest wings. + your bad for- tune than to remember with gratitude the irequency of your good fortune. The man who is truly grateful bas tasted of the ripe fruit of true religion, and the man who jota down only the occasions of defeat, to the exclusion of the many mercies le reccived, as though hewould bring a bill of uamages against Providence tn the last day, knows vothing about the Almighty, and deserves nothing from the gracious hand that has lod him, ‘There ts half @ sermon in th Jew lines, which, while they miss the mark of rhythmic beauty, touch the very contre of a great trath:— Brodren! sisternt lif’ your An’ fix dar gaze on de stariit Kase de Lord am xood, an’ de Lord am kind; An’ ef you can’t see ii, you mus’ be blind. How much roligion there is in the world which is fairly illustrated by the following:—‘Maria, those wicked people next door are letting their cuildren piay in the yard on Sunday. Just wait till to-morrow, and see 11 1 don’t set the dog on thoirchickons, that’s all,” A man muy be 40 narrow that be will break nine com- mandments in order to keop the letsor of the tenth, Here is another old proverb which our advanced thinkers have disproved, How often havo we said to the lazy man, and in tones of crushing criticism, “Heaven helps those who belp thomseives,”” But if our lazy friend, struck for the first time in bis life by ‘a brilliant idea, sbould quietly wait round the corner ‘until we were called from town, and then sieal up the front steps and into the chamber, and ‘help himselt”” to whatever seomed to him to be at once portab'e and valuable, should we feel like commending him as an obedient servant of the law? Circumstances do some- times alter cases, It 18 hardly fair to conclude that clergymen are more mercenary than other people from the fact that they always “marry for money.” Wo have noticed that thoy are happy in proportion to the size of the tee, We bave known one or two who were so weak that they were atterly unable to refuse a fifty-dollar bill, If you have any doubt on this subject try the interest- ing experiment on your own minister, It you can bita man through his prejudices you ac- complish your object as well as though you convinced bis reason. A farmer refused to bay lightning rods because, he said, it was the thunder and not the lignt- ning that he was afraid of, Alicommercial intercourse with such an enlightened mind seemed to be cut off, When, howover, the salesman agreed with him in his electrical thoory, and added that bis silver-tipped rods were for tne lightning, but that bis gold-tipped ones ‘were jor the thunder, he had them put on every cor- ner ot his roof, Some men havo theological prejudices of the same character and value, The Rev. Mr. Pentecost, of Boston, may be said to bave checkmatod the close communion Baptists. Wo use a worldly game as a simile with which to express the religious condition of Boston because it so aptly implies that the opponents havo not a single move jot. Ho was arraigned, and was on the point of Deing anatbematized and excommunicated, because he said that he would sit at the Lord’s table (he had no reterence whatever to the Baptist communion table) with any mao who was aChristian, irrespoctive of tho quantity of water that was used at bis baptism. Such rank and audecious heresy was not to be tuleratod for an instant, ‘The offender was adjadged to immediate death, ecclesiastically speaking, of course. Mr, Pentecost at once retired bebind the earthworks of bis Church constitution, which declares that a man may, under certain singular circumstances, be a Christian, even though ho be not a Baptist, and he now asserts that the Courtand not he are guilty of heresy. © water, water! how many tollies are com- mitted in thy name! And this reminds as of a pleasant interview which we had, once on a time, with Mr. Spurgeon, He says that ove reason why he can’t come to Amorica is that the Scriptures do not allowa man to take a vachtion of over forty days, and if ho excoeds that time troublo of somo kind is sure to follow. He said that when Moses cams back from bis furty days’ retiroment in the mount he found that his people bad forgotien all about him and wero worshipping acalf, And congre- gations aro no better now than they were then. The best thing a minister can do is to stick to his work. He can’t expect others to do it as wellas bocan, Hence Spurgeon takos short vacations two or three times a year jostead of one long one, Sitting Bull is not a very devout man, but when he does pray he prays with a distinct purpose in view, It will be a sorry day for some people if his last prayer is answered, He asks the Lord, saying, *‘Make me to speak the truth, and make the white man to speak with a straight tongue, May be who lies to-day dic first,” There must have been a shaking of kneos among the government contractors when they heard that invocation, We shall certainly look forward to quitea number of funerals There will bea terrible “taking off” among both whites and reds, We have been greatly troubled of late by certain omens in connection with the Bible, Scientific men have attacked its various statemonts in detail so suc- cessfully that they bave convinced themsolves at least that the Scriptures aro out of date and past their use- fulness, But M. Rénap, who never does anything by halves, has, with one mighty effort, utterly annihilated the entire Now Testament. He knew more than Sam- son who stood inside the building and was crushed in the general ruin, Rénan bas blown the Bible up with the dynamite of a tremendous assortion. Perhaps wo had better modify that last seatence and say that he’ bas blown something up, but whether it is the Bible or himself cannot be vacertained until the smoke clears away. He says that Jesus Christ was not the autnor of Coristianity. He has discovered a piece of vellum on which is a hieroglyphic which undoubtedly means \bat the author of the Christiwn religion was an obscure writer of tho second ceutury. The said Livro. glypbic must mean that becsuse M. Rénan cénnov anything else out of it, and it ts with the utmost difficulty that be can make even that, So Christianity dics and from its ashes rises M, Rénan, the god of doubt. Christianity tas, however, died so many times in this way that we proposo to wait a little lost wo shed tears at the wrong funeral, A CHALLENGE TO MR. FROTHING- HAM. To twk Eviror ov ta® HkRALD:— Inthe Rev. 0. B. Frotuingnam’s attack on Chris- Vanity last Sunday, us reported in the HEraup, be said, “We believe it (Christianity) to be a superstition, a fancy, am imugination, and that it is pot founded im history, tm law or in reason,’? This 18 a serious state- ment by 4 SiroMy an Whose words arc heard by hun- dreds and read by hundreds of thousands, ho 14 doing great good, if wrong, terrible evil. But why does wot this Goliath of Gath give proois for bis faith? Why does he stand like « Jupr ver ‘Tonans, thundering —tulminations » from the clouds ot his so-called philosophy, without shed. ding some flashes to illume ine’ sombreness of hin sbrine? He takes transcendental ground and socks to hew temple ior humanity, but draws tho deop to lay its foundauons Hoe on ol Anak, 1 the armes Of the living God” “and bringing yroacy upou Israel” And while there have veon inauy mighty Suuls within range not one bas dircetly Tepiied tv fe vanotings, Meauwuile be, by ‘“guod words und init speectes, decolver the woarts of thu ” Loan tolerate it ho longer, Though shepherd. ing faithful sheep this side the Fiver, and though elder 1 spe yet in the ame ot Almighty G VPuilistibe insults, and in (ue Haine Of the Worid’s lie, which be daggers, L will yo out and fight with this Lowster ether on the piatiorm or through the press, Let m choose. Betore saying more | challenge him to prove his primal premise Ie right, | “that Christianity is a superstition, a fancy, an Imagination, ts not founded history, in Jaw or in reason.’? If he do got reply the public may be assured that he cannot prove his position, and his words emanate from a irantic brain. If he do reply L Propose to take him on bis own ground—‘with stones trom the brook.” JAME> BUYD BRADY, Methodist Episcopal Taberaacle, Hoboken, N. J. CATHOLICISM IN NEW ENGLAND. The growth of Catholicism in tne uncongenial soil of Now England is something remarkable. In 1613 the cross was first erected at Mount Desert, at the mouth of the Penobscot, by the French, and two Jeavit Fathers landed there—Fathers Biard and Masse, ‘The settlement was soon destroyed by the Virginians. This was seven years before the l’lymouth settiement, In 1650 the French Canadians sent the Jesuit Father Druilletes to Boston and othor points and to labor among the Indians on the Kennebec Riv In 1724 the English and the Indians killed the Rev. 8, Hale, a missionary who was laboring at Norriagewock among the Abenaxis Indians of Maine, In 1756 the Acadiars, who wore French Catholic settlers of Nova Scotia, were driven from their homes by the English govern- ment, and many of them 'e scattered through Mas. sacbusetts, When Washington took command of the Amorican army in 1775 he issued an order against the celebration ol the gunpowder plot, und thereby it is said gave th first blow to religious intolerance in New England, The Catholic Indian, Abenakis, who had ioug deen without & priest, joined the am Orono, wasever faithiul to bis religion. Catholicity tn Boston was founded by a convert, and a native New Englander, Rev. John Thayer, who’ joined the church in 1783, entered St. Suipice, in Paria, was ordained Priest, and appointed by Dr Carroll to Boston, then containing 15,000 souls, of whom the Catholics num. bered 1U0, ‘ihey occupied a little church in Schoul street. When the French Revolution broke out two priests landed in Baltimore, Dr. Matignon being one, wio was sent to Boston, and M.Ciquard another, who was sent to Maine, In 1796 Rey, Joun M. Cheverus arrived from France. The tirst Catholic church erected in Boston that of the Holy Cross, dedicated by Bishop ‘he first Catholic bishop of Boston, ed im 1810, but was afterward trangterred to Montanban, und thence to Bordeaux, where he was made cardival. Ho died in 1836, His successor iu Boston, Bisnop Fenwick, was consecrated im 1825, and by slow dogrees churches wore gathered and built until in 1844 the Diccese of Hartiord was sot off (rom that of Boston, and tho Rev. Wiliam Tylor, a convert, was consecrated its first bishop. The dio- cexe comprised Connecticut and Rhode Island, and had then a Catholle population of 10,000, eight churehes and six priests. Io 1843 tbe corner stone ol the first Catholic eollege in New England was laid at Wi costor, Mass., and in 1865 1+ was charterod and placed under the coutrul of the Jesuits. 1826 there wore only threo priests in New England; in 1846 tuere wore thirty-eight, In 1821 there were only seven small churches bout itty. In Conneo- ticut the first mass was cclebrated by a French cbap- Jain of the troops who came to America, at Weathe field, The drst congregation was formed at Hartiord, at the office of the Catholic Press, whore Bishop Fen- wick said mass, July 12, 1829. The first church, that of the Holy Trinity, was opened in 1830, In the State of Connecticut and Diocese of Hartiord are now bp ag Poca priests and 150,000 Catholics, In the State of Vermont aud Diocese of Burlington are now thirty priests and 34,000 Catholics. In Rhode Island tho dri ‘bolic Church was erected at New- port, if it is truo that tho Norwegians are to be cred- ited with the discovery of North America in the ninth céntury and with the construction of the aucient edi. Qice there, At any rate the French chaplain attach to Count D’Estain celebrated mass there, Father Woodley, however, hus the honor of fitting up the church at Newport in 1830, The Diocese of Irovi- donco was created out of that of Haritord. The State of Rhode Island is comprised in the Diovese of Provi- denco, which algo contains a part of Massachusetts, The diocesc bas seventy-three priests and 186,000 Catholics, Tho state of Massachusetts contains two dioceses, that of the Archdiocese of Boston ana that of the Dioccae of Spriugtield. The former contains 200 Priesia and 31,000 Catholics; that of Springfeld 92 priests and 160,000 Catholics. The whole State has Nearly 300 priests and nearly 500,000 Catholics ‘The Dioceso of Springfleld was formed out of Boston in 1870, and Kight Rev. P. T. O’Reiliey, D. D., conse- its tirst biehop, September 25, 1870. ‘The oof Portland, which comprises the States of and New Hampshire, was tormod out of Boston in 1855. It nas sixty-one priests. In 1619 Samuel de Champlain, a Frenchman and a Catholic, discovered the jako of that name. In 1665 Fort St. Acne was erected by the French on Isle la Mott and Catholic chaplains served that station. We hoar no more of Catholicity in Vermont till 1815, when Dr. Matignon Visited Burlington. | 1n 1830 Bishop Fenwick visited Burlingion where Rey. Father O’Caliaghan built the rst church in 1832. In 1853 Vermont was erected into a diocese, with Bishop Goesbriand first prelate, Zion's Herald had un article recently in which it ad- mitted that Mcthodixt churches had recently disap- Pearod from Boston and imposing Catholic churches replaced them. Tho fact ig that thero is scarcely a city in the country which can show a finer lot of Cathone religious edifices than Boston. There aré in New England, according to the last Catholic directory, 539 Catholic priests, 508 charch: 167 chapols and ‘stations, in a Catholic population o} about 890,000 souls, and ‘it isevident trom an exami- Ration of tho lst of the churches that a large propor- tion of them aro in the small towns and rural distric of the States. Nearly twonty-five per cent of thi resent population of New Engl: Vatholics, and nearly seventy per cent of the"births in New England are those in Catholic families, NEW YORK PRESBiTERIAN SYNOD. The Synod of New York will moot in the First Pres- Dyterian Church, at Nowburg, Tuesday, October 16, and will be oponea by the Moderator with a sormon, In the evening there will be an address by Rey. Dr. Hall upon tho Edinburgh Council, Dr. Gyrus Dick- son will make an address apon “Home Missions” and Dr. Booth will speak upon “Woman’s Work in the Church,”” On Wednesday there will be a discussion upon “Permanoucy in the Pastoral Relation,” opeaed by Wilson Phraner, of Sing Sin; Dr. Bevan will then make an address upoo “ “Foreign Missions’? wil! bo presented by Dr, wood. ‘fhe narrative of ‘+Religion’’ will be presented by Rev. Dr, Marling, of this city, RETURN TO APOSTOLIC PRINCIPLES. The Rev, Edward Hungerford, pastor of Contre Con- grogational Charch, in Meriden, owing to the pressure of the times and the hindrances to bis work caused by gn annual deficiency in receipts, bas offered to his con- grogution, if they will go back to the {ree pew system, to continue bis labors in the church without any stipu- lated salary, Ho proposes to release tho society from ite contract with him to pay him $2,000 a year, and, in lieu of it, to receive whatever is lott of the free will of- ferings of the peoplo utier the many expenses paid, In considoration of this the society, as such, 16 to have no further voice in the management of tho taternal affairs of the church, the church running apd appro- priating money in tts own way. During the six years ot the pastorate the congregation has reconstructed the church at a cost of $14,000, which has all been paid, Tho whole debt oi the church, which is now only $3,500, i# somewhat less than ‘it was at the beginning of the pastorate. The church is growing, its membership having risen from 213 im 1872 to 256 at present time, The pastor deciuros that he has long felt the embarrassincnts brought to the ministry of the gospel by the present system of bargain and saio to be so great that he hopes never again to preach for a stipulated salary, In Congregational, Baptist and other religious bodies the society and church, that 1s the atated congregation as well as the communic constitute one body for the monagement ot the fi cial ana secular interests of the church, It often hap. pens that the society ouivotes the church on important questious, which leads to embarragsments vi various Kinds A return to apostolic principles would keep nent of the church's affairs exclusively in tne hands of believers and communicants, where Br. Hungeriord now wants it placed YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCI. ATION. The advantages which New York affords a young man for soll-advancement are neither few nor small, Hundreds of young men with very vague notions of Iie, their education half completed, come here to seek their fortunes, Their deficiercies soon stare them in the fuce, and they begin to lament lost opportunities, Others, who have leit quiet couutry bomes and pure society, are here Irienuless alone. They have no social ties, aud aro beset by temptations. ‘To counter- act these evil influences apd promote bealthtul rec ation and profitavic employment of Jeisure hours the Young Men's Christan Association every sea son provid a@ series of lectures, entortain- ments, ln theit announcement tor tne coming Season mention is made of classes 1a French bookkeeping, history, phonography a course of tuirteen lectures, a xy in- a’ literary society, monthly enteriain- basium, bath mouts, a liberally turnished reading room and « choice livrary of avout twelve thousand volumes. Certainiy such advantages, Whon offered at a reasonable price, suould be eagerly ombruced by all Wuo are ambitious to excel, Mr. Joseph Cook has been engaged by the Now York Young Men’s Curistian Association t Ver six of his best lectures tu Axsociation Hall, Fourth avenue niy-third strees. se lectures will occur 4 December, and we question Whether Association Hali will be hail large euough to hold hosts of itiends that Kuow SIF, Cook well though they have never sevn him, MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS, REFORMED, The Reformed Dutch Courch has nearly ono bun- dred missionary outposts in the West, In connection With these there were Iast your minetcen precious re- vivals, Qn confession of faith 1,193 were added; oa certificate, 662—a total of 1,855 souls, Ot these, 353 came from the Sanday schools, The Board of Domestic Missions and Church Build- ing of the Rotormed Church has made an appeal to the churches to rally to 118 aid and pay off a deficit of $44,481 63 which has been accumulating for tour yours, aud also to contribute enough to pay the missionaries bow at work. One uundred and eighty-sevon churches sailed to contribute anything to the church building 4 is composed of. fund last year and to the domestic mission work for two years, The entire contributions of the Reformed Dutch Church to the Domestic Mission Church for four months ending September 1 is but $4,700, and to its chureh building fund only $424 And these sums wore to sustain ninety-nine mission stations and 113 bath schools, the costof which avers $360 each, ‘The General Synod recommended that special collec- tn be taken up in all the churches for both of these fo the 14th inst, Reformea Church has been organized at ‘ille, near West Hurley, Ulster county, N. Y, The late James Stewart, of New York, built the edifco 40 which the society worships, and alter whom the church and place are named. At a meeting of Relormed Church ministers and elders in this city afew days ago it was resolved to raise $10,000 at once to relieve the Publication Society of the Church from suspension, It has a debt of $15,000 on it now and is constantly runni bebind ; $2,000 were subscribed by the friends present and Rev. W. Tritt was appointed financial agent to carry Purposes of the meeting. fr, Ernest Gutwoiler has accepted tho call of the First Reformed Church of Long Island City, and will be ordained and installed October 17. CONGREGATION, The Grinnell (lowa) Congregational Church, al eDjoying the labors of the Rev. J, dM. Sturtevant, Jr., Jor half a year, have called him to the permanent pastorate, The North Congrogational Church of Wilbraham, Mass., whos house of worship was burned down a few inonths ago, are building a now one on the old site, The Fitth Congregational Church was recently or- gavized in the town of Lawrence, Mass, lt is known as tho Tower Hili Charch. Aleasra, Moody, thia wonth in evangelistic Vermont. St Albans, Mont Brattleboro’ are th ‘ence held with mi: A committee of seven was appointed to co-operate with nd Needham aro to spend a Gloversville, Fuiton county, N. Y., next Tuesday, ‘The sessions will continuo turee days. The secretaries of tne American Congregational Union, Drs, Kay Palmer, of New York, and Chris- tophor Cushing, of Bosion, have tendered thoir resig- atioas, which have been accepted. Tne committee who have been examining into the affairs of the anion for the purpose of ascertaining how a roduction of ex- Ppenses may be made have reported, recommending that but one secretary be appointe& ‘The measures which have been taken will effect a saving of about $4,000 a ye: PRESUYTRRIAN. OF the 635,210 communicants under the care of the Presbyterian Assembly (North), 308,645, of moro than hall, are in the Middle States. The oldest American missionary in China is now the Rey. Dr, A. ?. Hopper, of the Presbyterian Mission ut Canton, who went out in 1844 Rev. T. 8. Scott, of the last graduating class of Union bas takea chargo of the Presbyterian and jonal churches of ha , Ouio, M, Parsons, of Boston, has received a call to Street Presbyterian Churcn, Bufalo, Presbyterian socioty was organized a short time since at Stanton, Del, and a church edifice is being erected, A Presbyterian Church has been organized at Ucean Beach, N. J., and offorts are being made to erect a church, Lt the Northern and Southern Presbyterian churches Were united the sum total of meinbers would be 670,124, Iu 1861, when they parted, tho total number of members in the united body was 300,814 The Kev. James A Bartiott has lett the Methodist Episcopal Church and joined tho Presbyteri id become pastor of tue Second Church of that faith in Nowouryport, Dass Marbichead, Masa, was Mr. Bartlett's last charge as a Methodist. Sitting Bull but not all the Sioux. The mi nari ncan and Presbyterian boards have planted nine churches among the Sioux Indians, which number 784 members, here are iifty-nime Sunday scnools in the Presby- tery of ‘ork, with 1,900 teachers and about 20,000 scholars, Thirty-five theological students have been reculurly ompioyed in these schools and in house- hold visitation for the purpose of gathering in pupils, ‘The schools have coatributed for missionary purposes $8,575 during the year, The total expense of the work Sas Presbytery’s Committee on Sunday Schools was ‘The church at Gilbertville, N. ¥., bas been made vacant by the resignation of Rev. 8. H. Moon, The Synod of Columbia 3 id 34cchurches, The largest church churches in Washington Territory, one ot which has 470 members, The Preabytery of Columbia bas 112 ministers, 107 churches and 6,611 communicants, The largest church is Calvary, Rev, John Hemphill, Pastor, with 714 members, uxTaODIST. Bishop Gtibort Haven had an attack of apoplexy tho other day at Xenia, Ohio, where he was in attendance upon an anoual contercnce, Ho was removed subse- quently to Cinctonat!, That Journey to Africa was too mucb for him, The Rov. Mr, Hammona, the evangolist, will com. mence a series of religions meetings in the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, Yonkers, October 20, Bishop Bowman, in the Christian Advocate, accounts for the talse reports concerning eral Howard's In- dian campaign vo the ground that local and general politics frequently lead to misrepresentation. There aro parties all through the Western regious that can’t bear to hear any ove called “Christian,’’ and hence General Howard meets with their opposition, There are men scattered about who waut the Ludian agencies either for themseives or their friends, and they orig: Baie all kinds of talse reports, which they hope will them tn their plang, Tho Rev. A. P. Valier, of Wellfleet, Mass., has been obliged by sickness to give up ministerial work. The Rev. Wilham E. Dwight, of the New England Conference, and stationed Or powwted by Bishop Foster to Marbichoad, Masa, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Rev. Mr, Bartlett, who has c! red the Presbyterian ministry, The Raleigh Christian Advocate reports large acces- sions to the Methodist Episcopal Church throughout the State from the revivuls. Dr. CG. G*McCabe recently made a flying visit through Kunsas in the interest of the Church Ex- tension Society, during which he reccived $6,957 50 contributions to its funds, olfered in very prowiscu- icles, such as two mules, # car load of coal, six a sewing machine, six acres of growing wheat, 100 apple trees trom a nursery und kindred goods, in lieu of money. He bad to convert them into cash wherover he could, Dr. Daniel Curry has been absent in the West tora few weeks visiting tho annual conferences. Ho ro- turned in hoalth a day or two ago, Dr. J. H. Vincent hus gone on a briet tour to visit the Rock River Con- fe resby tei Ke; as been ap- rence. The Rev, A. Hamilton some time ago left the Meth. odist Episcopal Church and joined the Reformed Epis- copalians. At the lest session of the Cincinnati Con. ference he applied tor readmission to the Methodiat E Church, but could not be received, because his hot been submitted to a quarterly conter- agraph 154 of the ‘Book of Discipline” mak sary for u preacher who has not been orders’? in another denomination, But under para- graph 152, section 2, they may be received without the indorsement of a quarterly conferenee, The ro- fusal to receive this brothor lias created some com- ment in Church circles in the West, HOMAN CATHOLIC. The sixth Old Catholic Congress was held at Meatz September 28-30, Montz is an ultramontane stronghold. ‘A new cburch at Volcano, W. Va, is now under con- struction, 11 will be sixty feet long by nearly thirty fevt wide, and will cost $1,400 when completed, The Catholic Keview reports that a Roman bishop of the West received recently an application for a 0 among wh Milcations it was stipulated thi should be “easy kept,” a8 crops wore light in that sec- tion, Now, adds the Heview, nothing could be more absurd thao trying to be a Catholic and looking upoo the priesi mere professional mau, whose business is to Make his living by preaching and sinying mass, ‘The pricst is the representative, the ambussador, the agent oF factor of the Son of God made man.’ He speaks as Christ when be sacridces and absvives, A fallen priest isnot simply a degraded man; he isan ange! become a fiend. e Capuchia priests, exilos from Germany, who re- cently w no to Motamora, Ili, where they purpose to build a cloister and to attend the parishes of Benson and Washington, in that vicinity. A change im the pastorship of Trinity Church, Georgetown, D. G., will soon take place, by which Father Murphy, of the Society of Jesis, trom Wood- stock, Md., will relieve Father Maitrugues, who will return to the jurisdiction of the Western Province of the Jesuits The new Church of tho Redemptorist Fathers, Bos. ton Highlands, will be one of the grandostin Boston when completed, ‘There ts tholic tribe of Indians at Devil’s Lake They oumber 3,600, anu though thoy nave no U residing amung them they are viewed by mis- siouaries, Who say that they are f.ithiul ovservers of the precepts of their religion, ihe missionaries have baptized several others in tribes adjacent. The Assini- boines, Who apewk a language that 18 understood by the Sioux, reside in the Kame locality as the hall breeds, on the dik River, They number ubout four thousan. mostly Catholics, There are over Ofty Catholic churches in this city and about four hundred thousand members of churches bere, The Weekly U1 cellent suggestion to th hat, say, one-fourt each, or $50,000, to Ci of them pay fiity cents 'd the erection of » Metropolitan ih the several church societies ings, fwirs, Icctures and other en- b could be ict out aiso in oftices, stores, &c., aud in a few years thereby briug in a soll supporting’ revenue. Mishop Strossmayer, of Hungary, has an income of neariy $200,000 a year,’ Canon Lisden, who lately vie- Hed the magnificent Bishop. was charmed with the an and amazed at the medieval splendor of bis ectub- Nshment. Every aay in the year he gives dinners to jorty or fifty poor persons, “In ron buildin, other things,”? said the Bishop, e primitive way the better,’’ It the case of the Hunga- rian bishop iia ny 'p! itive way,” if such was the example of Peter and Paul, the Book of Acts has fatled to record it, Bishop Seghers, of Vancouver, has a freo fold in land fit be true, as he writes, that the Protes- cts are becoming more and more dismembered. The Presbyterians, he says, are divided. [tis nearly ten yea camps On account of the Anghcan Bishop missed his dean, From time to time the ne are full of complaints from the ministers Bishop, who does not pay them enough to 10 sapport their wives aud ctildren, Aud, on the oth nd, W sect has sprung up, and s increasing in bumpers, th c all the Protestant sects but Fespects the Catholic Church, whose teachings it poin 10 48 being always consistent with ltsell, Since these divisions have weakened the sects ‘heir proseiytism ages become less active, Uniortu- remains the Methodists, whose zeal since the Episcopatians separated into two Ving dis- and tapaticism surpass anything that could be imog- wed. The diocese of Vanceuver contains 5,400 Cat! olics in an entire’ population of 30,000 souls, It has eleven churches or chapels, one school boys and wo tor oo" two orphanages, two convents of nuns acd one hospital. BAPTIST. Several mbers of the iately disbanded Broad Streets Chu Ehzabeth, N, ave reorganized themselves ato a new church, and pow hold services iu one of the Methodist churches taken in exchango for their former place of worship. If “figures don’t lie’ the tena to backslide ts exceedingly prevalent in the only “gospel church’? in America, During a series of soven years the ‘‘exclu- sions’’ from the Baptist devomination have exceeded the deaths by from 4,000 to 9,000 a year, During nine years, trom 1867 to 1876 inclusive (omitting 1871), the the numbered 96,350 exclusions 132,120. of the Baptist Church are unconverted, and this result is chargeable, 1 evan- “converts” baptized in every feld they start for the next field, It sounds rangelist to be abie to count his *con- verts” by hundreds oven it the work has to bodone over a dozen times after him, The Rev. Dr, Henry C. Fish, of Newark, at last ac- counts was in a dying condition. His physicians had given up all hope of his recovery. Present Ander- ron, of Rochester University, who a few weeke ago was bot expected to live, is now recovering slowly but surely. Tho Rey, Dr, Pentecost, of Warren Avenue Baptist Churen, ed his resignation \. pas. Boston North Association bas placed The Rev. Dr, Eldor’s Chureh, recently worshipping jn tho building on Madison avenue and Thirty-lrst street, buve leased the building on Filty-third strect, near Seventh avonue, lately vucatea by Grace Baptist Church, aod will hold public services there to-day. They have the right of purchase also if the edifice shail be found convenient, Messrs, 3. R. Kerr und Georgo B, Simons were or- dained a few day ago, the former as pastor of the Franklin (Pa,) Baptist Church, and the latter as pas- tor of the Baptist Church at Lebanon, N.Y. Brother A. J. Lyon has also beon ordained at Newport, Minn, with a view to his entry on foreign mission work i Northern Burmah, ‘BPINCOPALIAN. Tho Rev. James E. Coley has resigned the cbarge of St, Peter's Chur Monroe. The Kev, Jonn F, Vottor has resigned tho rectorsbip of St John’s Church, Canterbury, Orange county, Tho Rey. John Coleman has declinea a call to tho charge of the Church of the Ascension, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, L, 1, and has accepted the rectorship of St, Jobn’s Chureb, North Haven, and of St Andrew's Chureb, Nortntord, Conn, Forty-cight years is a long pastorate to spend with 8 Ot chunge, Tho Rev. Dr. Sbelion has completed that term with St. Paul’s Church, Buffalo, N, Y., and the event was duly cele: brated by bis parishioners, Ho also passed his seventy- eighth birthd: Th es In of Minnesota ut this time; clergymen wishing to undertake work in the diocese would do well to apply tothe bishop:—St- Paul's, Winova; All Sainte), Northheld; Culvury, Rochester; Dundas; St, Luke's, Hastings; Christ Church, Austin; Wabasha, Mooretioad, Waneta, Somo of these are parishes ct considerabie importance and could juroish a decent support toa clergyman, Others aro mission stations and cannot do so much, But all should be suppiled soon with clergymen, Christ Church, Westerly, R. L, is to be enlarged and Improved at a cost of $4,500, By bequest the Protestant Episcopal Hospital of will receive $61,000 in bonds from the estate of ate W. L. J. Kiderlen, The Rev. Augustus C, Hohing, for twelve @ missionary of the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and attached to the China mission, has resigned bis connection with the foreign flold and with the Board and returaed to this city, where he is now stopping. ‘The Rev. Mr. Yokoyama, a Japanese student con- vorted at Kenyon College while pursuing hig studios thero, and having pursued a theological course at the seminary in Virginia, was recontly ordained, and is now under appointment as a missionary to his native Jand. He will sail very soon, According to the London Christian World the bishops bave pri ly agreed to exclude irom all preforment in their gitts the whole body of clergymen who aro membors of the English Church Union, tne Society of the Holy Cr or the Confraternity of tho Biessed ounting to some three thousand 1m nume if true, this ts cloarly a step in the right direc- ears past MISCKLLANKOUS, Rev. Dr. Bernheim, Luthcrau pastor, has returned to Wilmington atter a three months’ tour in Europe, Tne General Committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States will ineet in Philadelphia on the 10th of October, This body assembies yearly and ts one of the four General Synods Councils of Lutherans in this country, Tho law Lutheran sta- tistics show forthe United States synods, 2,795 ministers, 4,822 churches and 600,353 oommunicauts, The General Synod met at Carthage, Lil., May, 1877, and the Synodical Conference at Chicago, July 18, All these bodies aro independent of each other. The temperance people have opened twonty-five cocoa rooms in Liverpool, In one week they sold 4,000 galions of cocoa and tea, and took nearly £700, At those cocoa rooms no less than 3,500 pledges of total abstinence had been taken. ‘The consumption of whiskey has wonderfully do- creased in Pennsylvania, cither under the influence of hard times or the Murphy movement, A lew years 4go many counties in tho State had ten or twolve di Ulleries each; now, by the Internal Revenue Keport, there are only oine stills in operation in the entire uring capacity of 1,427 Il supplied with Saobaths; it hag three every week—tho Mosiom on Friday, the Jowish on Saturday and the Christian on Sunday, Mr, Moody’s health is so far impaired by his labors for the past few years that ho will undertake no series of meetings in the large cities, but work during tho ff New England, Mr, Moody has offered his services tor four weeks to Hart ford, Conn., aad the meetings will be begun imme- diately. A WEEK IN GOD'S WORKSHOP. SERMON BY REY. DR. HUEBSCH IN THE TEMPLE AHAWETH CHESED—-THE RULE THAT MAN SHOULD BE GOVERNED BY, The Rev. Dr. Huebsch delivered a sermon in the Jowish Temple Abawoth Chesod, Lexingion avenue, yesterday, taking for his text Genesis 4, 1—‘io the boginaing the Lord created the heaven and the earth.” ‘tas the dawn of morning,’’ said the rabbi, ‘re moves the dark veil of night, so the frst words of the eternal Book break through the tenebrity of myth and superstition, and proclaim the rise of a light that never shall be quenched. Could wo imagine a more sublime beginning of the divine truth than tne one line that heads thePentateuch? Thetree of human knowledge beara its blossoms, but they ure the short hyod children of the season; one series withers, another takes its place, and, as its predecossor, it is destined to be followed by its succossor, Thero is the dream world of the Hindoo “Nirvana,” the Egyp' mystery of hieroglyphic animal symbols, the Greek wisdom of elementary creative power; system alter system emerged and vanished; what was one time revered and admired as the summum of truth, a fol- lowing period severoly sentenced it as the migratory prowuct of chiidish fancy, the great analyzer Time de- clared one system after toe other as untenable, and as to our modern theories, though toey glitter in the Pride of many detuiiod observations, 18 it likely that they will escape the fate of similar theories ?’” ‘The rabbi hailed with pleasure the earnest efforts of human reason, He cheerfully admitted tbat not one blossom of the tree of human knowledge falls to tho ground without enriching mankind with sweet and usetul fruit; but as to the all deciding conse- quences, as to the solution of the great question “ilow came the universe into existen all human efforts would prove futile. In the rapid course ot ail the floating systems, like arock in the ocean, will stand tirmiy and unconquered the simple words of tho Scrip- ae ia the beginning the Lord created beaven aud earth. CREATION AS GIVEN AND AS ATTACKED NY SCIENTISTS, “The account of creation given in the Bible,” con- tinued she rabbi, “is attacked by our modern sciontists On account of the ¥ix days mentioned thorein, They 8 the divine law does not pretend 10 be a handbook for theology or any kindred science, Its great alm is to eda im man ; knows Woil that it speaks of God so as to make d. perfec: tion the mirror in which human virtuo and purity were reflected.” ‘The Doctor thought that the six days, with the suc- ceeding Savbath, Were # figuro taken from human life. The Scripture does so for two reusons, In the first place, by introducing tho familiar picture of the week, Tho whole narrative wins a simplicity and familiarity which brings it much pearer te tho heart and to the common understanding; and, second, tt holds before man thi should shape the work of success, ARKSESS, Thero we aro at the por Let man be wiser than the Seripture i in (dings whiéh are given to human wisdom; but Jet bin not touch two ideas whieh are above Luman wisdom—namely, the truth of a Su preme Creator and the truth that mau is created 1a the image of God, WHY, there is enough jor mau to learh iw the Lirst page of the sacr with light, #0 you beg the light of faith aod trast in God, | As God divided botween light and darkvess, and called the light and the darkness wight, 89 you shall distinguish be- tween good and evil, and call everything by its proper name, As God examined at the close of every His work and saw it was good, so let not one day in your life pass bat ask yourself at its conciusion. ‘How was my daily work?’ And do not foel satisfied anies® your innermost conscience ane awers, “lt was good!’ As God crowned the six days of creation with the seventh day of holy rest, so let the days of your honest labor become sanctified by the solemn rest and devotion of that day, wuien is the glorious crown of our week, And, finuily, a» the completion of His 1 ined ull w He made aod found ti good, so may all the days ol your hfe forma w ot good deeds; thut when your last hour approaches you may ca eted look in the past and in the iuivre and part trom this lile’s work with the con- Sclousners that it was good, Yes, believe firmly, the beginning the Lord croated heaven and earth, and it will be well with all to the iagt end in time as Weil ag in eternity, 1 Houk, A® God began ali your work with THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE, The quarterly account current which eacn of the 34,000 postmasters throughout the country is required to forward at the end of each official quarter to be audited by the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury (known as “the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post office De- "), 18 a rather formidable doc t, oF collection of documents, being accompanied by Vouchers for each item of expenditure. To prepare this account in such a manner as to guard against its return by the Auditor tor correction is @ task which even the average cross-roads postmaster, the basiness of whose office amounts annually to $75, or there- abouts, fads a severe strain upon powers, and it may, thoretore, bo readily imagined that in the case of an office like that of New York city, whose operations cover receipts and expenaitures of over $4,000,000 annually, Quarterly Account not only require a considerable time for its prep. aration, but would be speciaily lable \o errors and omissions, Asa matter of fact, however, the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, Mr. J. M. McGrew, says thas the uccount of tho New York office 1 not only the frst which reaches his desk, but that it 1s almost invariably free trom tho errors likely to occur im any account involving the large amount covered by its items, For instance, the New York account for the official quarter ending on sen- day, September 30, was received by bim on Monday morning, was audited as correct in every item on Tuesday and was so reported to the Postmaster on Wodnesday, This certainly speaks weil for the bust- ness promptitude and ability of Colonel Janes and hi official staf matter which does not cot the direct observation of the public, THR MONKY ORDER DEPARTMENT. “phe money order statement made by Superintendent Plimley to Postinasier Jamos for the quarter ending September 40, of businoss transacted at the New York Post Ollice, shows that $6,090,392 26 passed through that bureau against $6,749,215 bungled in this dep: ment during the corresponding quarter of last y: which shows a failing of in money of $657,826 66, Notwithstanding the decroase in money thore were ise sued and paid 11,113 more I sires orders than during the samo poriod vf 1878, The total namber of orders issued at the G 1 Post Office alone, exclusive of the niveteen stations, figured up 15,190, at a vaiue of $273,440 TL RKC Mr. Chai Forrester, Jr. istry Department, submitted the following inte ting quarterly report of registry business transacted atthe New York Post Office for the quarter ending Sepwember 30, 1877:— 7 itis —vuly, Aug, and Sept, 1576, 877. TERED LETIRRS, Superintendent of the Rogisterod packages and pouches Jor Now York city.........606 54,240 61,633 Registered packages und pouches in trap = 23,586 30,595 Registered rs delivered ia jew York city 89,665 98,238 Kogistered etter r olfices tor distribution, 54,095 64,212 41,646 46,266 Foes paid on same, y Postage stamp packages rogis- pose Lagi cove 95,225 37,991 Stamped cnveicpe packages dis- tribaved, + sees G41 4,276 Postal oard packages registered.. 2,074 11,633 Rogistered packazes aud pouches made up and despatched....., 39,865 50,246 Total pkgs and letters handled, 347,410 895,080 Letters rogis at stations and sent to Gen- ‘eral Post Ullice tor making up and despatcn., 13,289 ered letiers sent from General ost Oflice to stations for delivery bY Carrier... see.es-. 30,323 Roguetered lettera delivered trom pubito des Registry Department.........06. oe 38,476 Registercd letters dolivered by carriers from General Post Offlce.......seesees see 29,440 Containing Pouches. Wackages. 41,508 23,193 4,480 Total through rogistered pouches bandied. . descend 109,180 Registered letters trom toroign countries by steamship. . . 779 Rogistered letters sent ‘steamsnip. 3 ARES seseeeee 20,665 Ovo tundr fittecn registered letters, contain. ing $2,506 84, were received during the quarter un. sealed, no attempts having been made by the sende: to close them, Mr. bn H. Hallett, Superintendent of the Searchers’ Department, reports the corrected blunders committed by persons sonding out letters to wrong Addresses, and submits 10 the Postmaster the follow. ing statement of business of she loquiry Office tor the aarter ending September 30, 1877 :— faquirte received at desk of superintendent for iniesing postal ariicles. Letters returned trom AMali letters advertised and sent to Dead Letor 9,410 46,300 47,669 y postage sent to Dead Letter Oflce..ssees.eeeeseee Foreign letters “held for postage” and sont to Dead Letter OMce.. gee csescee=ceeee City eters “held for postage,” alterward pre- patd by writers and forwarded........ceseceee Unclaimed “hotel” letters seat to Dead Lets Omice o . ones Short paid ietters addressed to towos vicinity, charged up and forwarded, Unpaid und short paid letters torwardea Postmaster, prepaid at lis own cost. Letters imperfectly addressed receiv aminauon,. Letiers 6,403 ¥ dies sincebs SROTS reuddrossed fe vedaveniticnesace SANG Lotters imperfectly addressed received from bankers. . . 591 Letters impertectly addressed ut to Dead Letter Oflice. ateeee HAE Valuable dead joiters received from Dead ter Office fur return to senders..... Vaiuabio dead letters returned to writers. Valuable dead letters returoed to Deaw ‘Office ‘*not found: Lee Detained packages, OfflC0. «+606 seeeeossssccseeeceseerses QISE Detained packuges, &c., torwarded to dest na HON. seeeees oreeees 4 Detained papers, &c., sent to waste. . 14,519 Correspondence of this olfice, to wit—Loiters, notices of ‘held for postage an 8, &e. se Unaddressed packages received, Unaddressod packages returnot IMg...+ Succ vnedie 16 Unaddressed packagos forwarded to Dead Lettwr oifice. poreareaipe te “Unclaimed papers, &., city ad- aress, reovived at this office... cesses 127 “Unciaimed” packages torwarded to Dead Let. ter Offlco........6+ 588 Foreign packages in ‘exces ceived... seeees ur Foreign packages tn “excess of weight? Dead Lever Ollice.. 10 Foreign packages 1 turned to seadors. 20 RECKLESS DRIVING, Yorterday at about halt-past four o'clock one of those outrageous acts occurred at the crossing of Park place and Broadway which are now common occur. rences in this city, Stage No, 85, of the south Forry line, was rattling down the ecrow’' tnoroughfare without regard to the life or limb ©; the pedestriang crossing ‘rom curb to curb, when a lithe newsboy, | Charies McCrumb by name, attempted to cross the path of the cumbrous vehicln As rerybody knows who crosses Broadway, the drivers of stages go on in @ deflant way 4d coonider that pedestrians have no rights they are bound to re. spect, Stage No. 85 was ne 0 and almost before the throngs on either side realized danger vf the littl fellow he was ander the norses’ fect; the wheels passed over his legs, and w ery of horror went up from the passers-by who wi ‘he occurrence, It was supposed that he was tatally injured, and a rush was made for the centre of the Trondway to rescue the voy from tho wheels coming vehicles, The siage driver way, and did not stop to see left a dead boy behind, by carried the nveyed bo to wounds What Is techoically called ¢ alter his limbs were bandaged he was removed to his home, at No. 409 Greenwich street, where he waa woing Well jast eveuing. That be did not Jose his life Was bo fault of the recklexs driver. It seems sirange indeed, in view of the careless conduct of those who have charge ot stag New York, that lows many citizens Who witness barbarous disregard of bu denunciations against the dr THE FORT YUMA BRIDGE. Mr. C. P, Huntington, agont and attorney of the Southera Pacific Railroad in this city, ‘8 regarding the coatroversy relative to the Fors Yama Bridge which was discaesed in the Cabinet yesterday :— The Southern Pacific Company are authorized by act of Congress to build their roaa over government la, Th ‘eo jaid their tracks through the miliary rea ervation of Fort Yama, having writt a do so temporarily, and have built a oridge across the Colorado at that point, over which bri | bi sep Seniors bod Fort Yara is a sap. ply depot from which all she military posts im Arizona Are supplied,