The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1879, Page 5

BRITISH DISTRESS. ‘he Last Straw on Corn- wall’s Back. FAILURE OF “TWEEDY'S.” Glimpses of Cornish Country and City Life. —e Pxnzancz, Cornwall, Jan. 8, 1879. The sanguine people who thought and hoped that | the year which is past and gone had seen the lowest point of the financial barometor are mistaken and | disappointed—the hind remains at “gloomy.” The first week of the mew: year-had not slipped away be- fore another disastéf' fell upon-the west of England— the Cornish Bank, whose headquarters were at ‘Truro 4n Cornwall, and whose business extended over the central part of that, county, stopped payment. Sit- nated 2s it is, or rathor was, with its various branches, in the very centre of the mining district, the principal indus of the county, with which it had the most intimate business connections, the an- nouncement was received with astonishment and blank dismay, for the bank, established so far back as the year 1770, Wus regarded as having its very fonnda- tions laid in safety and solidity. Its proprietors were men of the highest integrity, and were regurded us being possessed of wealth far more than suiicient to piace them completely beyond the effects of a panic, however severe. But a variety of circumstances have compelled them to succumb, and the disaster, following so closely upon the Glasgow and South Wales and West of England Bank fail by has created a fecling of alarm which is not ses confined to Cornwall, but has made itself felt over almost every part of the country. From the ex- treme north of Scotland to the far west of England Gient Buin has stalked with rapid strides over the island, and the distress, which’ has followed in his track it is impossibie to exaggerate. EFFECT OF THE FAILURE ON CORNISH MINING. / In Cornwall this latest bank failure has created quite a panic, for it means the probable suspension and abandonment of some of the largest mince in the county, followed, it may be, by poverty and ruin to large numbers of persons who are connected with them either as shareholders or employés. For many years past the mining interest of Cornwall has been in a state of great depression, and during the year now ended this depression has, perhaps, been. unexampled. The extensive importations of tin from Australia, Tasmania and elsewhere, have had a most disastrous effect upon the staple industry, the price both of tin and copper having been brought down to so low a figure that many mines have long since had to cease working, while not a fow of those that have held on owe their existence to the large assistance which they have received from the now defunct Cor- nish Bank. Among the mining community it was kuown essentially as an “accommodating” bank, and thus it enjoyed the confidence of most of the leading ten of the county and had the business—good, bad and indifferent—of nine-tenths of the nminesin the central pert of West Cornwall. But so severe has been the prevailing depression and so misorably low has been the price of metals, that some of the largest of these mines have long since been compelled to con- siderably overdraw their accounts.. -OVERDRAFTS ON TIN IN STOCK. Six years ago the price of tin ore stood at £100a ton, but it gradually receded until, when it had come down to £60, the managers of the mines do- clured it would not pay to sell their produce at such. a price. Some of them forthwith commenced to stock their tin, borrowing money from the banks on the security of the stock, and from that moment the mischief commenced which now threatens to end in such disaster for them. But the folly of stocking s00n became apparent, for the market, instead of im- proving, beceme rapidly worse, and this policy was discontinued. But heavy debis to the Cornish Bank had «lreadly been incurred, snd although a few mines have.since then somewhat reduced their liabilities We are probably within the mark in stating that the diferent miines in the county are indebted to the bank at the present moment in no less a sum than £100,000, If the adventurers in the mines are called upon to make good this deficiency immediately, or within what nf&y be termed a reasonable period, it is easy to foresee what must be the effect upon a lurge and important industry, already overweighted with the burden of depression and adversity. THE DOLCOATH MINE. | Prominent among the mines heavily Hable'to the Cornish Bank is the grand old Dolcoath mine, the “pioneer of the district in which it is situated, and said to be the decpest and richest tin mine in the world, It has made an enormous overdraft, and, although at present it is somewhut premature to say what its liabilities to the bank are, it is generally be- lieved that they are not less than £20,000, an amount which would be nothing iike met by the sale of the ore which isin stock. Such has been the immediate effect of the stoppage of the bank upon the mine, that between Saturday, the 4th inst., whea the doors were closed, and Monday, the 6th, there has been a depreciation in the valug of the shares, taken in the aggregate, of no less a sum than £11,000. To have to make good the deficit to the bank would be a strain upon the adventurers which comparatively few of them would be able to bear. A heavy call would mean absolute ruin to many of them; and to sell the stocked tin would involve a serious sacrifice, as it ‘would not realize much more than one-balf the amount that was obtainable when: the stocking first began. The only other way out of the difficulty is that some other bank in the county will take over the acdints of the mine and become responsible for the debt. There is strong reason fur hoping that thia will be done in more cases than one—even in those cases where the mines have no such security to offer as the far-famed Dolcoath. In one instance that has already been done, and should the example ‘be followed in the others there can be no question that much misery and disaster will be avoided, and that the ultimate effects of the failure, at any rate so faz as the mining industry of the county is con- corned, will be reduced to # minimum. ‘TUR WEST NAMED MINE, West Basset, another large and important mine, not long ago owed the Cornish Bank something like £25,000, This has since been sensibly reduced by ineans of tin gales aud calls uponthe shareholders; buteven now it is believed that about £16,000 ro- mains to be paid—a heavy tax to meet at short no- tice. The West Heaset, however, has been relioved ous of ite difflenity, an eminent banking firm at Pouzance—the Messrs. Bolitho—baving undertaken to become reaponsidlo for the amount. But there are other mines that are not as yet so fortunate, and in the absence of any sach assistance from outsde, there ia too mach reuson to fear that they will have to suspend operations, This more particularly u) Plies tb Wheel Daseet and. South Crofty, bota vt Which have for years been fighting hard the long prevailing depression. Theo fow 1» Alto = wpart euilering which will accrue to ty yuck of Cornwall, and vory many of whom isd every ir many of w! bin, the, . are safficiont to in- co! viuma, divate how closa. the WHAT THM BOOKS Max KHOW. At is said thas the bank is a solvent concern, and that whon ye to be examined—they have Leon placed in the of » London firin of account ante—it will be found capable of bre Oyen of t' in the pound. But depositors are not hopeful of any such » result. The same thing was promised when the Glasgow and tho West of England to rience st to de Posi ders Of them at e considerable dis- count. rumors are afloat, and, pend- Many ing the result of tho examination of the books, a very provails, THK BANK AND [8 FOUNDEAS. As I have siready said, thes {the bank was a complete surprise, In Coruw: it was universally use ® snen phrase—as save ow the Bank of a re tablished banka, ight be suid, not conuty of Coruwall, but in the wits soos he ‘Was originally by one of the Pracd a vs fA ed predecessors are now #o well knowir ussociated firm became known Williams & Ov., » Who ie chair- his three sons, Mr. it. ‘weedy aud Air, Uhavles R way: Milore Tweody, Afr, Williams 7 Z NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1879.-TRIPLE SIEKT, page and the late Sir Frederick Martin Williams, Bart., M. P.; the latter being himself the uthird share in the bank. paee Frederick Willams’ father, bevides ine partner in the Cornish Bauk, was connected with Many important commercial firms, an’, besides this, be was a si bold and suecessful mining ad- veuturer, ir jeading SIR FREDERICK WILLIAMS’ WILL. ‘Lhe Western Morning News saapiion some interest- ing ond important facts under this head, and from these we gatuer that Sir Frederick, among otier valu- able yo rtics, an estave in the adjgini: county of Devonshire worth £200,000. He died sud- denly in fon, temey Jast, and the terms of bis will are now the subject of considerable comment, as having no ttle bearing on the subsea tout failure of the Cor- nish Bank, was publistied as followa:—Lhe will of the late Sir Martin Williams, of Goonvrea, Porranarworthal, and Heanton Court, North Devon, who died on the 3d of September, was Paper the 7thof November by his widow, Mary shristian Williams. Sir Frederick beneran all his real and personal estate to his widow, iy Mie 4 absolutely, no other gift whatever being named. porronait was sworn under £160,000, and tho large hold roperty in Cornwall and Devon was strictly en on the eldest son, the present William.” Following this there came some curio rumors anent the bank. It was stated that Lacy iums had determined to withdraw all her husl money trom the yarious undertakings, including the bank, in which, during his litetime he had been eu- ed. Tt does not appear that this lid any material uence onthe general body of depositors, but the slight rumors which it gave rise to reached the ears of the remaining 5 Messrs. ‘f'weedy, and those gentlemen regurded the matter as sulicton iy serious to indnce them to send ont @ circular whic! contained some very ominous sentences. AN AMBIGUOUS CIRCULAR, In this cireular they said ‘Dear sir, of madam, we have the pleasure to intorm you that arrange- ments have been made to replace tho one-third share of the capital of the Cornish Bank, held by our late partner, Sir F. M, Williams, Bart. We think it right, ‘as we understand that rumors to the contrary have circulated, to inform you that by Sir. M. Williams’ death the resources of the Cornish Bank are considerably strengthened by the money which has already and will cone into it from his estate. We are yours faithfully, Tweedy, Williams « Co.”” Looked at in the light of subsequent events this circular is now regarde’l as a huge mistake, and there can be no question that to its issue the Cornish Bank owes its downfall. Intended to allay some supposed disquict, it had the very opposite effect. It created doubts where a exis! rea vaiers short space rought about the disaster which it sought to avoid, The cirenlar, there can be no doubt, is a very serious maiter. From this it would appear that Sir Trederick ‘Williams, immediately before his death, entirely relinquished his share in the bank. If this be so, of course his liability has ceased, and the creditors would tyeaads even if there were no other cause, not be able to come upon the estute of the late Sir Frederick for a peuny. AN OVERDRAWN ACCOUNT. ‘There seoms, however, to be something more be- hind. It is stated in the circular that “the resources of the bank will be considerably strengthened by the money which has already aad will come into it from his estate.” This is very gencrally inte: ted to mean that Sir Frederick's account at the ik wes considerably. overdrawn. Among other things, it is said the account was overdrawn something like £30,000, and it is further asserted that instead of re- ceivipg anything when he retinquished his one-third share in the he had to make the arrangement, al- luded to, whereby money had ‘to come into the bank from his estate.” This policy of the circular ‘was, at the time of its issue, and still more since, severely criticised, and, instead of increasing confi- dence, it had the directly opposite effect. + OfHER “RESOURCES.” When the resources of the bank come to be still furthor examined the pro: certainly docs not brighten. If Sir Frederick Williams at the time of his death held one-third share, the other two-thirds aust have been held by the remaining partners, Messrs. T'weody; but the nature of the resources of the Mesars, Tweedy are, so tar as is known, somewhat intangible. Generations of financiering may have enabled them to accumulate capital; but this appears to have been invested almost entirely in commercial undertakings, some of which have never paid 2 penny. Mr. Robert Tweedy being chairman of the Cornwall Railway, it is presumed that he held largely in it, But no return has ever been got from it. The real estates of the family seem to Le nil, so that in that direction there is very little hope for the creditors, ‘THE SEQUEL OF THE CIRCULAR. On Saturday last, the 4th inst., the partners, still retaining the titie of Tweody, Williams & Co., issued the following circular, which brings the record of the sad events so far as they have at present devel- oped:—Dear sir—We deeply regret to say that in consequence of the injurious rumors which have been in circulation severe pressure has been placed upon the bunk, and we have, unfortunately, reason to apprehend that it would further increase. We have therefore felt it to be our duty, having ard to the interests of the general body of our creditors, to suspend further payments for the present. Oar books will immediately be placed in the hands of Mess@i. Harding, Whinney Co., Old Jewry, Lon- don, public accountants, who will prepare a full statement of our affairs, to be submitted to a meet- ing of our creditors at the eurliest practicable mo- ment. Yours faithfully, Tweedy, Williams & Co. THE FALL OF THE “STONE PUM." ‘Thus one of the oidest private banks in the coun- try, which has during its career of a century and a devade weathered manys violent financial storm, has gone down before these last gradual, but long con- tinued and ‘complicated adverse winds. The bank had a great deal of political influence in the city of Truro, the partners were prominent members ot the conservative party, and at election times its influence m favor of the conservative candidates was eae exercised to such an extent that it came to be fainiliarly known by the ¢, given to it by the liberal oa of the “stone pump,” or te, quaries.” There can be no doubt that individual tradesmen whose political principles were of the right stamp had plenty of “accommodation” from tie bank and were allowed largely to overdraw their wcounts. But their position now 18 anything but an enviable oue, for the alternative before them is an immodiste payment-—wheresoever they may obtain the money—or, the Bankruptcy Court. In other re- spects the country will suffer considerably, because the confidence in the bank was so great that many public bodies had Jarge sums of money deposited ‘THE NEW CATHEDRAL INVOLVED. Some £30,000 or more bas been subscribed toward the erection of # new cathedral in the city of Truro, following on the appointment of the new bishop, A portion of this money—about £3,000—was deposited in tae Cornish Bank at the time that it stopped pay- ment, and this amount stands an excellent chance of being materially reduced. At any rate, the new odi- fice will have to take its chance with the rest of the depositors, for, excellent in their way as cathedrals may be, the law will draw no distinction between them and ordinary individuals. It is hard lines, no doubt, tor the cathedral, but the individual suficring which this bank fuilure will bring with it calls for o tar larger amount of public sympathy. THE EFFECT IN FALMOUTH. In Falmouth, a neighboring town, where Messrs. ‘Tweedy, Williams & Co. had an important branch establishment, nearly every , Sraced body and local institution was in some way interested in the bunk, ‘as well ax some of the largest employers of labor in the locality. Already — many workmen have been unable to obtain their wages, ready cash uot being available for the purpose, aud unless funds can be obtained at the other banks much privation must necessarily follow, The local institutions at Falinouth connected with the bank are the Borough and Parish local boards, the Board of Guardians, the Sewerage Board, the Savings Bauk, the Freemasons, the Penuy Bank, the Odd Fellows, Co-operative So- ciety, Gas Company, Port Sanitary suthority, Sailors’ Home, Ritlo Harbor Commis. sioners, the Docks Company, Rural Sanita’ authority, Cornwall mmpany, Falmout! Hotel Company, Her "s Customs, the Work- ing Men's Club and most of the charities. The Harbor Commissioners are depositors in the bank to the amount of £1,000; so also are the Gas Company; the Board of Guardians deposit amounts to £600, and besides this (ho church offertories are locked up in the bank, a# well as a sum of mouey ratsed for the purpose Of questioning the legality of the vector's rate. A RUN AT BEDKUTH—RANK O¥ ENGLAND NOTES nE- USED. rr a At Kodruth, where there was another branch of the bank, the announcement of its suspension of pay- ment caused the greatest alarin, Redruth is tho centre of the mining district, aud when people began tw contemplate the probable couseyueaces of tue failure on the mines iu the neighborhood, which were known to have largely overdrawn ticir ac- counts, the consternation Leese general, A run was made upon the other bank—the West Cornwall Bank"--of which Mr, John Michaei Williams, believed tobe the richest man in the connty of Cornwall, is the head, Mr, Williaws met the demand as tast as it caine, but people had wo lost their hoads that they positively refused to take Bank of England aotes in payment of their claims, They insisted on having hard cabh, and, a there was not suficient gold iu the bank to pay them, Mr. Williams was compelied to exercise his leyal right and call upon the de- ann to give a month's notice of their tutention withdraw. Large quantities of goid have been vrought do’ from London to meet auy demands that may be ». The Redruth Local Board had a sum of money deposited in the bunk, and, although not large in amount, it is sufficiently large, assuming the m to be lost, to involve the inbabitants in a rato which in theao times uf extreme depression they can ill afford to pay. OTUMA DEPOKTIORS IX THE MINING DISTAICT. At Chacewater, another important mining district, tho suspension of the bank cansed gencral cunster- nation, as there were a very large nuinber of deposi- tors in thin district. Persons, and more esposially those who havo returned trom abroad with tueir savings, have all ther money invested in tho bank. They are inostly Ft gta fom Pere ghd lose the money, and tt worst fears should bo realized-—tor to have but lite faith in the hope held ont that the bank will pay anythin like twerty shillings im the distress and misery must follow. similar state of things is reported, a people Having their savings it in the bank, many of them to a largeanount. Nurherous miners of St. Agnes, Who are now in California and other places abroad, have been in the habit of sending their savings homo and deporiting them in the Cornish large amount o! At St, Agnes a it number of Bank. They had the most im confidence in the stability safety of Bank,” as it was popularly called, and y ot are tors to the amount of several hnudred pounds, FILING & PRTUEION, It has now transpired that Messre, Tweady, Will iams & Uo. have, through their solicitors, Med a petition in the Truro Vounty Court tor the ligyida tion of their affairs by arrangement. Tho liabilities are set down at £658,000, 4 very much smaller sum than was anticipated, some estimates Saving Placed the liabilities ut as much as €1,750,000, The assets ws yet are not mentioned. So far thix statement is revssuring, provided, of course, that the liquidation is not ace: anied by any costly litigation. The ArstSuocting ob ayeditote is "ised to be held at Truro on the 2th inst. It is further stated that ar- rengements have been completed by which banks of position in West Cornwall will take over the dusi- ness of the mines indebted to the Cornish Bank. JERSEY’S BROKEN RING, ANOTHER OF 17S MEMBERS IN A BAD vREDICA- MENT—WVRANCIS M'DERMOTT Is FOUND GUILTY OF STEALING COUPONS AND ARRAIGNED ON ANOTHER INDICTMENT CHARGING HIM WITH CONSPIRACY—CONTBADICTORY TESTIMONY— HUMORS OF THE TRIAL, Bexviere, N. J., Jan. 21, 1879. The city of Phillipsburg must have been almost depopniated to-day, because it seemed as though the Greater portion of the inhabitants were here, ‘The hotels, saloons «and astroets wero crow with strangers, The conrt room, the galleries and the lobbies of the Court House were of course crowded to exc@is with an audience about equally divided in sympathy. The interest in these Philipsburg cases is very great und constantly in- creasing. ‘There are some fitteon or twenty indict- ments against some of the most prominent citizens of the city, aud they comprise couspizacy, larceny and forgery. District Attorney Henry 8. Harris, Counsellor Roderick Byington, Attorney-General John P. Stockton and Counsellor J. 7. Dumont ap- pear:on behalf of tho State and the Phillipsburg “Citizens’ Committee of Safety and Reform,” The counsel for the defendants are Judge William H. Morrow, J. G. Shipman and S. C. Smith, ‘THOSE STOLEN COUPONS, ‘Tho case against Francis McDermott, ex-member of the Town Council of Phillipsburg, wes continued at ten o’clock this morning. ‘The outline of the caso was given in the Henaup of to-dpy. It will be remembered that the prosecution charged that Francis McDermott stole some coupons from the office of the Clerk of the Board and presented them to Jesse F. Curhart, the City ‘Treasurer. Tne bonds from which the coupons wexe taken had been re- deemed and were consequently worthless. Notwith- standing this, however, the Treasurer, paid McDer- mott one-half the amount called for By the coupons aud kept the other halt himself, He paid McDev- mott by a check. A number of wituesses were put on the stand by ‘the prpeeeution: to prove McDermott’s indorsement of t check. McDermott then acknowledged his own signature, but claimed that he got the check in return for un order which he had given the treasurer. He had purchased the order from a Mr. Brakely, a druggist. Mr. Brakely swore that he hud often sold city orders to Mr. McDermott ana that he had sold the order which McDermott claimed he had, For this he brought with him his account book, but was unable to find any entry that exuctly corres- ponded with the amount of the order. OPINIONS OF THE CITY TREASURER. The defence then introduced witnesses to prove the bad character of Jesse F. Carhart, the principle witness for the State. The first witness, whose name was Norman Frantz, in response to Mr. Ship- man’s question of whut was Mr. Carhart’s reputation for truth, suid, “Very bad.” ‘The next witness, in response tothe seme ques- tion, said, “Very damaging.” Joseph Pierson, who seemed to have an extraordi- nary respect for the democratic party, said, very solemnly, “Several good democrats speak very dami- agingly of him.” (Great laughter.) ‘This same wit- ness, When asked if he could name many persons who had spoken of the lack of veracity on the part of Carhart, replied:—‘‘Well, there is John Wilson, a ood democrat ot Phillipsburg, who once said that fio would not believe him.” (Prolonged laughter.) ‘The next witness said that in his opinion Carhart was “rather slippery,” and another that he “knew Carhart would cheat the town when he was elected Treasurer, aud” he ‘had told the Council so.” After he (Carhart) had left thie office the witness told the Council that he “‘knew he would steal.” ‘The next witness, P. R. Hagerman, who, like the others, was called by the defence to prove Carhart’s bed character, astonished the prosecution and astounded the defence by roaring out that he had known Carhart man and boy for nearly forty yeurs, and never knew anythis his discredit. SHIPMAN'S “POETHY. Another amusing incident about this tinie was the calling out of the. poetical thoughts of Mr, J. 8. Ship- man. Onone of the bonds offered in evidence by the prosecution was written, across the twe, “The party who redecmed this bond may learn there is a bore- aiter if they continue to practise this kind of trade.” Mr. Shipman in all soberness asked the wit- ness if he could tell who wrote that poetry. ‘The laughter which tollowed was tong and loud. ‘The case was summed up for the deiendant ina long and eloquent speech by Judge William H. Mor- row, and for the State by Attorney General Stockton, after which Chief Justice Beasly charged and the jury retired. In about an hour they returned with a verdict of guilty. ‘M’DERMOTT AGAIN. District Attorney Harris next moved another in- dictment agaiust the sume defendant, Francis McDermott. This indictment is one of about thir- twen that has been found agaiust him. It is tor con- spiracy, and is similar to the one for which he was found guilty this morning. The prosecution in this case charge that in 1877 sDermott aud Carhart went to the house of William Hoff, a member of the Town Council of Phillipsburg; that Hoff had a large number of coupons which had been cut from war bonds, and that the idea of the mecting was to look over them and see if there were any that might be again, While in the room MoDerniutt became thirsty, and Hoff went out to get the we that he begga oe, was gone. Meb took from package three coupons, aggregating $185 50, and put them in his pocket. Afterward ho presented them ‘to Trensurer Carhart, who cashed them, and, as usual, kept half the money, giving McDermott the other halt, Jesse F. Carhart went on the stand and swore pos- itively to the facts as stated above. Ho was put through @ most severe cross-examination by the de- fence, but his evidence was not shaken. Shields, ex-treasurer of the city, testified that the coupons in question had been paid before in the ular course of business, ‘ter a number of other witnesses had given evi- dence concerning minor points Mr. Hoff went on the stand aud swore that neither Carhart nor MeDermutt had ever been in his house. Mr. MeDermott, the dv- fendant, in his own behalf contradicted overy- thing Carhart had testified to. He explained his cashing tho check which been offered jn evidence bearing his indorsement, by. sayin that ic was for legitimate city orders whic! 5 ty had purchased. He had = been in the habit of baying orders from any one aud doin @ broker's business in them, Hoe frequently bat from $1,800 to §2,500 worth of small orders at one time. The counsel tor the defence then examined a number of Phillipsburg shopkeepers, policemen and others who had been in the habit of selling city orders to McDermott, the defendant. ‘The case is still on. st. DR. LORD'S LUCTURE ON EPISCOPAL AUTHORITY-— ST. AMBROSE AND THE EMPRESS FAUSTINA. Rev. Dr. John Lord lectured et Chickering Hall yesterday morning ou “St. Ambrose and Episcupal Authority.” Bishops in the fourth century, said the lecturer, were chosea more for their executive ability than on account of their picty. The see of Milan was all-important and powerful, and needed a wise aud conscientious bishop. The period was a critical one, and Ambrose was selected by the people as a fit man for the oflice in those stirring times. He belonged to an illustrious Roman family and was born in the year 310. Ho was reared in pomp apd luxury and no pains were spared to give him an education equal to his intelligence, At the ago of thirty-four hoe was selected for Governor of Northern lialy, When ‘the people were looking out for a Dishop the voice of a child was heard through the cathedral, eaying, “Let our Governor be our bishop.” ‘The people, echoed the ery, und. the Gov ernor became Archbishop of Milan. Ambrose bad not been baptized; he was nothing butalayman. The reasou he was elovated to the bishopric was because he was the ablest man for that position. One of the services Ambrose rendered the Churcl was to establisa purity of faith a8 one of its prin- cipal attributes, Anabrose took sides florcely aginst the heretics, whose doctrines extensively prevailed among the, barbaric chieftains. Ho had powerful enemies to contend with, among whom was the Empress Faustina. Arianism was then fashionable, and Ambrose saw in it a dau- yerous cnemy, so he ined to make no concessions. There could be no compromise on such @ vital question as the divinity of our Lord. Ambrose did not shun the conflict. Never betore had ® priest dared to contradict an emperor, brose has the exalted name of being the tirst to resixt his Emperor. He was tho flrat u meu to raise the standard of spiritual authority. ‘This law. aren | about Church matters is not your concer he said to the Emperor. 1 see in this dediance the rise of a new power. In all spiritual matters emperors were subject to bishops. The Empress cailed upon the sokliers to eject him from the gity, Ambrose sought shelter iu his cathedral, and prayed to Abnig) =| dod. ‘The people followed him in and erowde: around him, but the people were unarmed, The armed soldiers surrounded the church, but dared not enter—and way ? Because the cathedral had be- come a consecrated place. The Empress was do- featea and Ambrose triumphed, She tried to com- juise, but Ambrose would not, He refused the Keaperct admittance to the cathedral until he had repented of his sins. He remitted legacies trom cou- acience stricken men who lett their families to starve. ‘Thus has St. Ambrose come down to us from on- tiquity, a great ruler and @ stalwart giant tu pros- trate the kinus of the wrth, BRUSH VS. PEN. ae Mr, Whistler Treats the Public to an | Arrangement in Prose. STUDY OF eee BS i i i i A DRABS, } Trony In Return for Gall and) Wormwood. | “THE PETER PARLEY OF PAINTING.” ee Ce eae Loxpos, Jan, 9, 1879, ‘The following is Mr, Whistler's latest pamphlet on Mr. Ruski ‘The jin mot and spirit of this matter seems to have been titterly wissed, or perhaps willingly winked ut, by the journals in’ their comments, Their corre: spondents have persisteutly, wud not unnaturally a4 writers, seen nothing beyoud the immediate case in z., the differeace between Mr. Ruskin and my- culminating in the libel with a verdie Pp . Now the war, of whieh the opening | tought the other day ut Weatininster, is between the Brash und the Fi as the Attorney Ge. ; 7auison d’ére ot the critic, ‘Lhe ery on the! fant viere,” Lmost certainly meet, in this case, with the appropriaieanswer, “Je n'en vois pas la ncecesitaté,” Far trom ine, at that stage of things, to go further into this discussion than 1 did, when, cross-ex- amined by Sir Johu Holker, I contented myself with the geueral answer, “that oue might udmit | criticism When emanating from 4 man who had passed Ins whole in the scie hich he wt- ftaeks.” The position of Br. Rus rt aunt thority we lett quite unassailed during the trial. ‘Lo have said that Mr, Ruskin’s pose among intolligont men, us other tan a liddratews, is tulse and ridieu- lous, would have been au invitation to the sta to be burnt alive, or stoned before the verdict, not what Lcame into court for. Over and over again did the Attorucy General cry out aloud, in the agony ot hi use, “What is to become of patating if the critics withnold thei lash?" 3 well might he ask what is to become of mat atics uncer simi- Jax circumstances were they possible. I maintain that two aud two the mathematician would coutinne to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the ery of the critic for five. We are told that Mr. Ruskin has devoted his long life to urt, and, as a result, is Slade professor ac Oxtord, In the same sentence we have thus his position and its worth. It suilives uot, Messieurs! A lite passed among pictures makes uot s puinter; else the police- man in the National Gallery might assert himacif. As well allege that he who lives in a library must needs die a poct. Let not Mr. Ruskin flatter himself that more education makes the difference between himself and the policeman when both stand gazing in the gullery! ‘TRY VIRST GREAT CRITIC. ‘There they might remain till the end of time; the one decently silent, the other saying, in good Eng- lish, many high sounding empty things, like the crackling of thorns under # pot—undismayed by the reseuce of the masters, with whose names he is sacri- legiousiy familiar; whose iutentions he interprets, whose vices he discovers with the facility of the in- capable and whose virtues he descants upon with a verbusity aud tlow of language that would, could he hear it, give Titian the same shock of surprise that was Balaam’s, when the first great critic proffered his opinign. ‘This one instance apart, where collapse was uuntediate, the creature Critic is of compara- tively modern growth, and certainly, in perfect con- dition, ox recent dato.’ To his completeness go qu: ties evolved from the latest ligbtnesses of to-lay; indeed, the fiue slew of his type is brough: forth in Paris, ahd-beside him the Englishman is but rough hewn and biundering after all; though not uukindly should one say it, as reproaching him with in- feriority resulting “trom chances negiccted. The truth is, as compared with his brother of the Boule- vards, the Briton was badly begun by nature. To take himself seriously is the tate of the humbug at home and destruction to the jaunty career of the art critic, whoxe essence of success lies in his strong sense of his ephemeral existence, and his consequent horror of. enauyer'ing his world—in short, to percetve the joke of life is rarely given to our people, while it forms the maiuspring of the Parisian’s savoir piaire, The finesse 01 the Frenchman, acquired in long loating and “clever cgé cackie—the lib yo und easy assurance of the pelft crevé, combined with the che of great habit—the brilliant biegue of the ateliers—the uptitude of their argot—the fling of the Figaro and the kuack of short paragraphs which allows him to print of @ picture, “C'est bien écrit!” and of @ subject, “C'est bien «it!""—these are ele- ments of an ensemble itnpossible in this island, LIEE—LET Us WUDY Ie. ‘Stull, we are “various” inour imens anda sense of progress is noticeable when we look about amoug et Ludications of their period are perceptible, and curionsiy enough a similarity is suggested by their work between themselves und the vehicles we might fancy carrying them about to their livelihood, Tough oid Tom, the busy city ‘bus, with its heavy jolting and muny halts, its steady, sturdy, stodgy continuance on the same old niuch worn way; every turning kpown and treshness uaboped for; its patient dreary duiness of daily duty to its cheap company— struggling on to its end, nevertheless, and pulling up at the ! with @ flourish from the driver and a joke trom the cad at the door, Then the contributors to the daily ; 80 many hausoms bowling along that the Momient may not be lost and the apropos gone for ever. The one or two broughams solemnly rolling for ws, while the lighter bicycle zigzags itre- ‘spol iy in among them for the happy halfpennies, What a commerce it ali is to ve sure No sham iu it either !—no “bigod nonsense !” they are all “doing good’’—yes, they all do good to. art. Poor Art! what a sad state the slut is in, an theso a 94 shall help her, The artist alone, by the way, is to no purpose and remains uneonsuited; his work is explained and rectified without him by the one who was never iuit—but upon whom God, always good, though sometimes careless, has thrown away tue knowledge retused to the author—poor devil! WHY DO THEY Exist ? ‘The Attorney Generai said, ‘here are some people who would do away with critics altogether.”” 1 agree with him, and am of the irrationals he points at— but let me be clearly understood—the art critic alone I extinguish, ‘That writers should destroy ings to the benefit of writing is reasonable. Who but they shall insist upon beauties of literature and discard the domerits of their brother (éterateurs? In their turn they will be destroyed Ld other writers, and the merry game goes on till truth prevail. Shall the painter then—I toresee the question—iecide upon | ing? Shuil he be the eritic and sole authority ? ressive a8 is this supposition I fear that, in the length of time, his assertion alone has established what oven the gentlemen of the quill accept as the cauons Of art and recognize as Uke masterpieces of woek. A DLISTER—PAINFUL BUT NECESSARY. Let work, then, be received in silence, as it was in the days to which the penmen still point as an era when art was at its apogee. And here we come upon the oft-repeated apology of the critic for existing at ull, and Aud how complete is his stultificatiou. He brands himself as the noceseary blister for the healtix of the paintor and writes that he may do good to his art. Inthe same ink he bemoans the decadence about him and declares that the best work was done when ho was not there to help it. No! let thee be no crities! they are not a “necessary evil,” but an evil quite unnecessary, though an evil certainly. Harin they do, and not good. Furnished as they are with the means of furthering their foolishness, the spread prejudice abroad, aud through tho papers their servicg thousands are warned against the work they have yet to look upon, And here one is tempted to go turther aud show the crass tdiccy and imperti- nance of those whose dicla are printed &s law. How he of the Dimes (sec June 6, 1864) bas found Velasques “slovenly in execution, poor in color-- ttle but acombination ot neutral grays and iu its forms’—how he grovelled in happiness over 4 Turner—that was no Turner at all, as Mr. Kuskin wrote to show—Ruskin! whom he has since derended. Ab! Messieurs, what our neighbors cull natice des choses Was Uuthought of, and the sarcasin of fate was against you. How Gerard Dow's broom was anexample for the young, and Cunaletti and Paul Veronese are to be swept aside, doubtless with ii. How Rembrandt js coarse, and Cario Dolei nob with more of this kind, but what does it muti “What does anythiug matter!” ‘Lhe farce will go on, aud its solemaity to the fun. GOD BLES’ MEDTOCRITY, Mediocrity flattered at acknowledging mediocrity, aud mistaking mystyication for mastery, enters the foy of dilettautism, and, graduating connoisseur, ends itsdays in @ bewilderment of Orw-d-brac au Brunmagem! wie” hus long been confounded with cap- acity and accepted assuflicient qualification tor the utterance of judgment in music, poetry and painting, Art is joyously received as a matter of opinion, and that it should be based upon laws as rigid and defined us those of the known sciences, 1s s supposition no longer to be tolerated by modern cultivation. Vor creas no polished member of society is at all ai- footed at admitting himself neither enyineer, mathe- mstician, nor astronomer, and theretore remains willingly discreet and taciturn upan these subjects, still would he be highly offended were he supposed to have no voice tn what is clearly to him a matter of “taste,” and #0 he becomes of necessity the backer of the critio—the cause and resulé of his own ignorance and venity! ‘Che fascination of this pose is too much him, and he bails with delight its justiication. desty and good vense are revolted at nothing, and the millennium of “taste” seis in, FROM BAS TO RAPHARL, ‘The whole scheme is simple: the gailertes are to be throwu opep on Sund: and the public, dragged irom ther beer to the British Museum, are to delight in the Elgin marbles, and appreciate what the early Italians have done to elevate their thirsty soule! An iuromt into the laboratory would be looked upon as an intrusion; but before the triumphs of art the ex- pounder is at his case, and points out the doc- ting that Raphaci's results are within the veach of aay beholder, provided he enroll “himewelf with Ruskin or hearken i Colvin in the provinces. ‘The people are to bo educated upon the proad basis of ‘taste,’ foreooth, aud it matters but litte what “gentleman wud scholar’ undertake the task, Aivguenvy aione slull guide them, aud the | ing the readiest writer or wordiest talker is perforce their’ the professor, ‘The Observatory at Greenwich under Mizection cf an apothocery! y Physicians with Tennyson as pr that madness ix about, Buta school of art with an accomplishet lidcrateur at ity | aud is actually what the worls reovi ves as rational, | while Ruskin writes for pupils and Colvin holds forth at Cambridge. . still, quite alone stands Ruskin, whose writing 19 | art, and whose art is unworthy his writing. ‘To him and his example do we owe the outr: proffered assistance from the unseientific—the meddling of the immodest—the intrusion of the garrulons. AM. that for ages as how its own history in marble and write | ten its own commenis on canvas, shail it suddenly stand still aug stammer and wait for wisdom trom the passer-by ?—for guidance: mt the hand that holds neither brush nor ¢ Out upon the shal- low couceit! What greater sarcasm cau Mr. Ruskin pass upon himself than that he preaches fo youn! men what he cannot pertorm! Why, unastistied with his conscious power, should ‘he choose to become the type of incompetence by talking tor forty yeats of what ho has never doue! iwt him vesign his present professorship, to All the chair of cthics at the University. As mister of English literature he has# right ‘to his laureis, | Wale as the popularizer of piettres he remains tho Peter Parley of painting. COLLEGE OF THE OILY OF NEW YORK, ELECTIONS TO FILL THE PLACES OF THE RE- ‘TIRING PROPESSORS—-A SHARP CONTEST AND VOTING—ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT WOOD, ‘The trustees of the College of the City of New York heli their tirst meeting of the new year yester- day afternoon, Mr, Vermilye in the chair. An election for chairman of the Board of ‘Trustees resulted in the re-election of William Wood. Lawrence Kiernan was clected secretary, Mr. Wood delivered a lengthy address, in which he said, in geference to the re- moval of certain professors of the college:—“[t seems to me that the reforms indicated should be made with the least possible delay, and that when professors have tenderétl their resig- nitions, aud these have besn accepted, it is for the highest interests of the college that no time should be lost in filling the vavant chairs, and that an impor- tant Zactor in the qualiiication of the new appointees ought to be their power to begiu their official duties promptly. I perhaps ought to remark here that the disor which have been auimadverted upon dur- st six weeks by some of the trustees have heen for yours confined to a few reoms presided over by gentlemen who have failed to secure the attention of their studvuts. tn point of tact the diseipline maintained in general is so rigid and yet kept up with so much eass by the large majority of the in- structors that perfect order and quiet have been at all times secured in cvery part ot the buildings, ex- cept in the few rooms to which I have’ referred. While the professorships of pure mathematics, moral philosophy and Grock language and literature ave all of very high importance with regard to the result of acollege course, in my opinion the two lust are of prime importance, and I hope that in sclecting the professor of moral philosophy care should be tuken to sec that he holds correct views upon political economy. * * * “In conclusion, let me suggest for your considera- tion whether it would not be well to provide a build- ing within the college grounds fitted up with a certain number of small lwboratories where our students would have an opportunity of putting into practice the theory of the ‘science which they have been taught by our eminent professor of cheinistry. And I would again cail the attention of the trustees of adding to the curriculum of the college a secretary on principles aud methods of teaching or pedagogy. Good male teachers for our common schools are scarce and difficult to be got, so that while the bylaws of the Boa: of Educa- tion require un experience of one year as @ teacher in the common echools of the city of New York before a female junior teacher can be advanced to the salary and position of an assistant teacher, the same bylaw admits a junior male teacher to the posi- tion and salary of assistant teacher after an experi- ence as a teacher anywhere in any school, so few are the male teachers of our own raisin; THE NEW APPOINTM The following gcntiemen were appointed members of the Executive Committee for the care and govern- ment of the College of the City of New Yor! Stephen A, Walker, chairman; Rufus G. William Wood, William Doud, Eugene Kelly, E. Wheeler, William H. Wickham, b. F, Watson, Samuel G. Jelliffe, Alexander 8. Webb, and William Wood ez officio, ‘Trustec Jelliffe offered a resolution that Professor Docharty receive full salary until September 1, 187! and that he be an emeritus professor until Sept ber 1, 1841. The resolution was carried without disr cussion. ‘The election of professors to fill vacancies in the college was held. Edward H. Griffin was appointed professor of moral and intclicctual philosophy by a vote of 18 against. Trustee Jelliffe proposed Tutor James Godwin for the positionof professor of pure mathematics and read a pamphlet of testimonials sus- taining him. Trustee Wheeler argued in tavor of James Weir Masoa,who was the candidate of the Execu- tive Committee. The discussion was very wari, and when the vote for the substitution was taken it re- sulted in an equal number of votes beiug custon both sides, A majority vote being necessary, the subs' tution was lost. ‘The vote on the resolution appoi ing Mr. Mason resulted in a majority of one tor that gentleman. The Chairmen ruled that he could only be elected on a vote of the majority of the en- tire Board. The decision of the Chair was ap- pealed from a:d overruled, and Mr. Mason was elected. ‘Trustee Jelliffe offered a resolution substituting the name of Fitzyerald Tisdall for the professorship of Greek Gan yo and literature in place of Austin Stickney, the candidate of the Ex- ecutive Committee. The resolution was los A resolution substituting the name of Mr. Ober! was offered by Trustee Wetmore, and was lost. Pro- fessor Stickney was elected by a vote of 19 to 1. The now professors will begin their duties on the lst of September. MILITANT CHRISTIANS. DR. FULTON EXPLAINS HIS CHARGES AGAINST DI, SAMSON—-HB THINKS THE DOCTOR IS A ‘TRIMMER AND SAYS THAT HE WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING A REBEL SPY, “No, I won't say a word about it,” was Dr. Ful- ton's sharp answer to an inquiry yesterday as to what he would do or intended touching his challenge to the Baptist Conference on Monday. “That report in the Hrnaxp," the Doctor added, “was awful, *twas wicked, I don’t kuow what the Henatp has against me that it should publish such a report.” The writer asked what was the matter, and remarked that the columns of this paper were open to him for correction of anything that has ap- appeared injurious to him. This proposition opened the pores or the Doctor's good nature, and he put on his biandest and sweetest siniles, so that when the reporter left lam he was in w stiblime state of happi- ness and joy. Getting under the gastight the Doctor and the writer read the Hxua.p report ot the Baptist Confer- ence procecdings through together, The former in- dicatud the injurious parts. But when looked at calmly they did not appear so mountainous as they had seemed. They wore two. First. the Doctor de- nied that he was “boiling over” tosay anything, second, be was not “mad.” “Iwas no more than Iam now,” said the Doctor, “Do Tlook mad now?’ ‘The writer assured him he was as calm and placid as a lake in summer, “I was no more mad b Sea! (Mouday) than I am now,’’ said the ctor; “but I was carnost, as lam always, And if you saw ine preaching you might think I was mad in the pulpit also. Nor was I beiling over to «peak. When brother Potter read his essay three weeks ago T said nothing, though the brethren around thought Ishould have spoken. And I didn’t want to speak yesterday, but Drs, Read, Hedden and other brethren near thought Lought, I did, aud I don’t regret it, I wanted to inake these points and I made them.” WAS PEIER KVER IN RoMR? “Now,” added Dr. Fulton, “Dr. Samson went out of his way'to take up an old tradition introdaced by Treneus 150 years after Christ that Peter was in Rome. It cid not belong to the discussion of the Beast of Revelation at all. Tt was like two-thirds of his paper, that bad no rolevancy whatever to the matter in hand. But he did it to curry favor with the Roman- ists. It was of a piece with his letter in the Hxeranp of Sunday, I was earnest, 1 admit, us any man with my record oe the war might bo, in the presence of @ trimmer. wanted to show that there is not a single hint offered by Peter himself nor by his Inspired compunions—Luke, James, Jude Paul or John—that he was ever there. This omission is continued by apostolic men. Clemens, Barnabas, Hermes, Ignatius and Polyc make no mention of it. Lhave gone through them all. Irmnous, trusting to the prattloment of Papias, recoded the tradition which waa afterward followed by Tertulian, Hippoly- tus, Origen, Cyprian, Eusebius, &c., &c., and Dr. Samson. The tradition seemed doubtful Eusebius, and he iutroduced it merely something reported but not certain. ‘The glory w: toc to Rome in the reign of Claudius. Ireneu at the close of the second century refers to it; his contemporaries say nothing about it, nor does Peter. He could not havo the bishop had he been liome, for & bishopric is confined to a city, Chrysostom, but an apostieshiy is common to'the whole earth. Why this trim + Now,” added the Doctor, “if you admit that Peter was in Rome at you lay a foundation for the traditions and assumptions of the Church of Rome, My second point was that New York is the greatest Catholic city in the world, and for Dr. Sumson or any other Baptist minister to stand up and say tothe world through the secular press that this tradition and thowe assim ptions were well founded was something that deserved to be rebuked. It is bad enough for politicians to encourage the pretensions of that Church, but for a wy of Baptist ministers to do it was hardly the thing.” The third point was the political and offensive one for which the Doctor has been abundantly thanked since and has re- ceived ofters of proof of Dr. Samson's unpatriotic spirit. One man went so far a8 to prove that Dr. Sams¢h acted as a rebel spy ih the Springtiold Ar- mory. ButDr. Fuiton has refused all such offers: Me hae no quarrel with Dr. Saison, he says: In. deed, they are good friends. Whether he will go aguin to the Conference or withdraw anything he bus suid Cd he did not know, He has & Week to think over it, 5 ae MONEY CHANGING IN THE TEMPLE, ABOLISH THE ENTRANCE FRE—THE GOOD OLD» ‘TIMES. To rue Eprror or rue Hegatp:— Ihave been reading, with much interest, for the last few mornings the articles in your valuable paper relating to the receiving of money at the doors of eur Catholic churches in the city, This is a subject on which so much cau be said that Iam afraid of tres- passing on your time, while, like Jip, I am trembling over my own growls. I must, however, being # woman, have my say ond relieve my mind onasubject which has beon on it for the last few years. Iwas accustomed to sve the blind, the deaf, the lame and the poor come into the church unmolested by any oue, and all who could find a place seated themselves on the steps running round the altar or sat on the floor in the aisle to hear the sermon, and no pew- holder ever refused a seat to @ creature necdin; one, All this is mow done away with, as «a lute muss you seldom see 3 of whom I speak, uid if they do attempt to go. beyond th » thoy are’ dragged baek by one of tha gentlemanly ushers aud ordered out of the chureh if They have not the required ten eemts, The pastors are said in some cuses not to be accountable for these insolent fellows’ conduct, but they should be, You are told that such is the rule, from which no one is exempt; and I have seen a lady, with her son and daughter, stand at the door during mass apy because she had not thirty cents to pay, and, hn. miliatiny as the position was, she preferred it to losing mass, It woukt be well if our clergymen would remem- ber that where there may be four or five in a poor family to go on Sunday ‘morning, that fifty or sixty cents is # consideration, and often not when thoir physical wants Lave been but poorly supplied. Of course they will say you can go to an earlier mass. That is very exsily said, but where such ple may not be able to go to bed until twelve o’clock. or later, five, six or seven is very early to go out im the morning. Do away with the entrance tee at the door. Appeal to the people's honor to give what they can, and let the people sit on the floor, as they have a rigitt to do in the house of God, and as they do all over Europe. A CATHOLIC. “Iv YOU Do! LIKE IT, LEAVE 17.” To tax Eprron or THe Hexanp:— All who have the welfare of the Catholic Church in this country at heart, whether Americans or not, owe you their thanks for the publicity you have given to the young lady’s complaint who wasejected trom the Church of the Epiphany under cirewn- stances which need no recapitulation. Were thisan isolated case it might, perhaps, be charitable to pasa it over without further comment; but asthe un- pleasant experience of this lady has been shared by many others it is both just and charitable—just to the sufferers and charitable to the Church at large— to denounce a practice which is hurttul to the highes interests of allconcerned. I am astrangerin thia country. Having extensively travelled in Europa and some parts of America where Catholic churches are as free to the people as the public streets I waa considerably surprised to find that the priesthood of this city exacts au entrance fee from Sunday worship- pers, Desirous to ascertain whether this was a gen- eral practice of the New York churches, without distinction as to creed, I visited a number of Prot- estant temples, but found not one in which this ob- jectionable custom prevails. If the Protestant clergy of this great city en afford to tollow Christ's injum tion and preach the Gospel to the poor, why not the Catholic ? Lasked myself; but as I feel no calling for the office of a church reformer I kept my thoughts to myself and paid the demanded tee, which always happened to be ten cents. One Sunday, more than a ‘ear ago, 1 went toa church in which {had not been etore, and thinking that teu cents was the char; erally exacted put down my dime upon t neychanger's"” little table. ley you, come back here; you have to pay twenty-five cents for a ticket.” Thus rudely addressed by the man I hastily re- traced my steps, ‘Is there no admittance to his charvh without a ticket?’ I inquired. “No,” was the short reply. “And what becomes ot the poor who are not able to pay that sum?” I asked again. “Now, don’t bother. cannot let you in any cheaper. I have nothing to do with ull that. Iobey Father ’s orders.’ : Sickened at the vulgarity of the thing I left without saying another word. But, thinking that it was but tair to give the pastor of that church an opportunity of effacing the disagreeabie impression Jnade upon me by the rudeness of his employé, and laboring un- der the misconception that all priests were yentle- men, I called on the following day upon the incum- beut and gave him @ faithful account of what had oc- curred. It would be too long to give the details of this interview. Suflice it to say that J bitterly regret- ted having exposed myself to the @most insulting discourtesy of this man. “These are the regulations of the Catholic Church, and if you don’t like it, leave it,” were his conch words, which still ring in my curs, and which would not hesitate to follow did I not know that this priest, and others like him, cannot be taken as being representative of the Church whose garb they wear. but of whose spirit they have uo conception. I sub- join my card aad am willing to give the nume of the. church in question should you deem this necessary) to substantiate the truth of my statement. M.G. PLAIN SPEECH VS. PLATTERY. To tHe Eprroz oy tHe Heraup:— ‘ Father Flattery comes down on poor “Truth,” that quality seeming to be especially obnoxious to him, He says that if the writer of the letter over that sig- nature presented the facts to any Catholic priest sha would be refused absolution—that is, if she went toy confess her supposed sim she would not be absolved. Thad been taught that any sinner, even one wicke® enough to dispute the right of a church ushem to ill-use you, would, upon confesgion, obtain absolution. "If Father Fiattery beiieves as he says he: “should return to colioge and ‘resumo his theological studies. Father Fluttery boasts of the peculiarity of his faith. It is indeed peculiar aud equal to his bu- mility, since he prefers himself to ail the Cutholics off Europe. If it 18 un abouination to say that we pay to hear mass for what purpose is the money taken at the doors, and why are we refused admissian~unless itis paid? Ithink from the kindly tone of the good father’s discourse on Sunday that he would like to. jook lovingly after the objects of bis displeasure wiih a shilielah in his hands. TRUTH. WHO I8 RESPONSIBLE IF NOT THE PasTOR? ‘ko The Eptror or tat Henacy:— On looking over your valuable paper Monday morn~ ing I was attracted by what the reverend gentleman in Harlem calls a practical sermon. If practical, will he tell us what the ten or fifteen cents is paid for if not for hearing mass? And while he calis the gentlo- man who complains of an occurrence which took place four years ago 3 mountebank for recurring to it atter @ lupss of so many years, I have no doubt the gentleman has seen same thing occur several times since, which has kept it fresh in hls memory, as it has in mine, aud makes me speak, contrary to my ee ot silent on the subject. While ‘Truth’ anathematized oxactly the same thing me at mass. After having been abused all he the service by one of the gentlemen whom the Sax- ons had failed to demoralize I did cxactly what the reverend _—— advises. Iwent to the pastor and told what had ned. LHe said that they were not responsible. not, who is? In conclud- ing Imust say that the remarks made on religion abroad was in SSi. bad taste. He See toa much proves nothing at all. A PEWHOLDER. THREE CRACK REGIMENTS. HIGH STANDING OF THE TWENTY-THIRD, SEV= ENTH AND TWENTY-SECOND IN THR INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT. General John B, Woodward, Inspector General of the New York State National Guard, in his last report to the Adjutant General, mays that the aggregate strength of the uniformed State militia last year was 20,179 men of all rauks. Of this number 14,512 were Present at the inspection parsdes made by him per- sonally, and 5,667 were absent. From the number of absentees must be deducted 816, men of all ranks, be longing to disbanded orgnuizations, thas leaving under arms an effective force of 19,303, ‘The por- centage present was 75.91. The disbanded tactical uuits were the Twenty-seventh of infantry, Firtieth battalion of infantry, the One Hundred! ot catabiiuing # figure ct marie emoty Ge ngtmane &s to attendance mt &c., Cound obliged to ve the three most. tive corps in thia Tespect in the follo order:—First, the Twenty- ~*~ fe poems of oe yf sae amar mf . commanding; secon: Seventh regiment of infantry, New York, Colonel Eimmous Clarke com. manding, and, third, the Twonty-second regiment of infantry, New York, Colonel Josiah Porter command- ing. cir respective figures of merit are as fol lows :—Seventh it, present, 866; absent, 1B. ‘Total, present and absent, 7%, Percentage pres ant—Othcors, -95; enlisted mon, .88. Twenty-secont Tegiment:—Present, 547; absent, 98; proseat and ab= sent, O40. Percentage present—Oilicers, .¥3: enlisted men, .4. Twenty-third rogiment—resent, G48; ab- sunt, 43; present and absent, 6vl. Percentage pres- ent—Officers, 100; enlisted wen v3. The companies that have entisted an excess ot privates are B, Laud K, of the Seventh, and B and D of the Twenty-secomdl, In the matter of equipment the positions of the three crack corps aro:—First, the Twenty-third re uty second, the Seventh; third, the Twenty-secon General Woodward recommends that a further ap< propriation of money be made this year for the equip. tment of the National Guard. The total nomi ot rifles and carbines issued to the First division, N.G.S.N.Y,, was §$,919, of which 8,158, were inpected, leaving a defleion:y of 725 stand of arms, of Whicla, Livgqument 400 wore Duaued is the digit Armory, a