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t 4 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. I . January 4 ? Pulpit Exercises To-Day. HERALD RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. THE WEEK OF PRAYER. movements of thb clergy. Service To-Omy. The Inchoative services or the Reformed Episcopalians, in stem way Rail to-day, will begin at halfpast ten A. 11., Bishop Cuminms, the later Luther, preaching. Dr. A. 0. Osborn will assume his new charge (South Baptist) to-day, Breaching at the usua^ morning and evening services. Dr. Dowling will give the "hand of fellowship" to his successor. The new year will be ushered In wltn appropriate services la Ply mouth Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Miller officiating. Bong service and addresses in the evening. "Which Shall I Choose ?" lathe basis of a New Year sermon by Rev. Waylaad Hoyt In Steinway Dull this evening. At the anniversary and reunion services in St. Mark's (Methodist) Rev. Dr. Curry will deliver the morning and Rev. Dr. Foss tne evening discourse. A new mass, a new "Yen! Creator" and a grand processional march wilt be performed at the Chnrch of Sts. Peter and Paul. Williamsburg, this morning, under direction of the author, Mr. Keens. Proceeds lor distribution among the parish poor. City mission and church extension will be advocated this mnrninir In VYashmirton souare Methodist church by Rev. Dr. Brown, P. E., and Rev. Mr. Abbott. "Misconceptions of Cniversalism" will be cleared up by Kev. Mr. Pullman (Church of Our Saviour;, In tue Standard Club Hall, this evening. Rev. Dr. Fulton will this morning furnish the Hanson place (BrooKlyn) Baptists with "The Key that Unlocks the Problem of Christian Union."' Services this morning anu afternoon in Canal Btreet Presbyterian cnurch, beginning the week of prayer. The customary services will be held in Bercan Baptist church, Rev. Mr. Davies. In Central Baptist church, Rev. Mr. Evans. In the Church of Christ, ltev. Mr. Dawsou. In Fourteenth street Presbyterian church, Rev. Mr. Sloss. In Lalght street Baptist chnrch. Rev. Mr. Knapp., In the Methodist Free Tabernacle, Kev. Mr. Cookman. In St. Thomas', Rev. Dr. Morgan. In the Mauison avenue Zion, Rev. Mr. Galieher; and In Fiftr-third street Baptist church, Rev. Mr. Pendleton. Kev. Mr. Hamilton will minister to the Fourteenth street scotch Presbyterians at hall-past ten A. M. and hali-past three P. M. Sacramental services in St. Luke's (Methodist) this evening, Rev. Mr. McClelland preaching. Dr. Surah J. White preaches this evening in De Garmo Hail on "Humanity and Its Relations." Rev. Mr. Sweetser will sermonize upon special subjects to-day, at the usual hours, in Bleecker street Universallst church. Services In English at eleven o'clock in the Bus-' slau-Greek chapel. This morning, in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Rev. Dr. S. H. Tyng, Jr., will officiate, and Rev. Dr. Washburn, of Calvary church, in the evening. Dr. Tyng will deliver another of his sermons to the people In the evening in Cooper Union. Rev. Edward Everett Hale preaches to Dr. Bellows' flock (Ail Souls') tuis morning, and Professor William Everett, of Cambridge, in the evening. Special subjec.s will engage the attention ol the i Rev. Mr. Hepwortb, in the Church oi the Disciples, to-day. that lor the evening being "A New Year's Sermon to Y'oung Men." The North Presbyterians will be favored by their pastor with a discourse upon "Debts" this morning. Divine service will be held at half-past ten A. M. and lour P. M., in All Angels' church. Rev. C. F. Hoffman, rector, officiating. Rev. Dr. Dix preaches at half-past seven P. M. In St. Peter's. The rector of Christ church, Rev. Mr. Thompson, will ministrate at the usual morning and afternoon services, and discourse about "Constance and John Hess" In the evening. Rev. Dr. Flagg will conduct the customary services in the Church of the Resurrection. In Anthon Memorial church Rev. Mr. Newton will ministrate at tne usual services. "How Christ's Second ConiiDg is Now Taking Place" will be elucidated this evening, In the Church of the New Jerusalem, Brooklyn, by Rev. Mr. Ager. Rev. Mr. Pycott will officiate to-day in Cutler Memorial church, Brooklyn, the evening discourse of the practical course being abuut "The Poor Man." The Robinson Hall Spiritualists will be lectured morning and evening by Mr. Lyman C. Howe. There will be another spiritualist Conierence at No. 64 Madison avenue to-dav. Advice to the "Sceptic" Who "Want* Light." To thb Editor of the Herald:? The article In a recent Sunday's Herald, nnder the title of "A Sceptic Wants Light," has arrested my attention, and I beg space in jour valuable paper to say a few words. From tout article I j learn that the Rev. Dr. Smith, the amiable and j learned rector of an Episcopal church in Filth ; avenue, is. or has been, delivering a series of lectures on "The Authenticity and Genuineness of the Gospels." The writer of that article attended one or more of Dr. Smith's lectures as an avowed sceptic, but not in the hope of being convinced of bis errors, nor even willing to be thus convinced; lor be distinctly says, "I went in the expectation of learning something new and convincing;" and he is "glad to say, lor the honor of God and manhood, that bis expectations were not answered." lie is glad of his disappointment, because be can still honor "God and manhood" as a sceptic; whereas, If he had been convinced by Dr. Smith of "the authenticity and genuineness of the 'Gospels,' he wonid no longer be a sceptic, and therefore be compelled to dishonor 'God and nianood 1'" The first ten lines of tne communication bring out the animus, the calibre and the spite of the < writer; and no one need be surprised at the sentiments of tne rest of the article or of anything else he could write. The egotism, vanity and suallowness of the writer are evidenced In every remaining sentence. He says, "This is a disputed point and one which can never be settled, and, even If it is settled, viii amount to nothing." Indeed I n ngcpic. i lC(iij uj nam' log, By whom u this point disputed t?i. e., the authenticity ana genuineness of the Gospels. By a few sceptic here and there wno, like this sceptic, are glad to say for the honor Of God and humanity they remain sceptics! lie says It "can never be settled." 1 sftV it has been settled for ages, and, If this sceptic does not know this as a historical fact, he Is too ignorant to write a word on the subject. It Is settled, and has been for ages settled in the minds of millions now in the < Church Expectant, and of millions more m t),e 1 Church Militant; settled practically lor every \ Christian who has lived and now lives; settled i,j evidences a thousandfold stronger than those 1 which have obtained credence In the world, and thereby practically established ail the so-called physical troths. And, too, it has been settled in the minds of millions who are not avowed Christians, upon historical data merely. This is the writer who can gllbiv write about Mahomet, Oarwin, Mormonisui, spiritualism. Simon Magus, Apollonios and jfcsculaptus. and In the same sentences deliberately insult the christian world by speaking familiarly of Sinn's Matthew, Peter mid John, and our Blessed Lord Jprhs, just as it they were common mortals?wen with whom he bad transacted bnsiness on 'Change, men not deserving reveient, much less honorable, mention?Mat their. Peter. Joan and Ciuut. Bah! Iius is me KEW rc man who insult* Christendom by deliberately I w riting, "Certainly it is just that we should treat tiiem" ittie Gospels) "wth tUe same respect as we do otner ancient writings, and when we tlnd any- ' thiutt unreasonable to doubt it and put It down as \ a niyta, s-ayiug to oui selves that tne author Is \ either deceived tnmseii or w trying to deceive us." That is to ?ay, the scep'ic has spoken and the case isseiti-d! llus is the man who insults Christendom by deliberately writing:?"Win n I read that Apollouius raided the .lead, or, like Peter, was contlued in prison, and, like him, released In a similarly miraculous manner, I think that somebody must have started a lie not only .n Apolloniua' case, hut in I'eter's also; aud when 1 read that ACsculapius and Christ also raised the dead 1 am inclined to think that others can spin yarns us well us the sailor." That is to say, this sceptic is inclined to think the Gospels are "yarns," or, In plain English, lies All this, Mr. Editor, may intended as venom; this sceptic may be inclined to think it Is smartthat it is a stab at Christianity. L'ut what a mistake, and just such an one as a sceptic only can make, out oi conceit aud vanity. Veuornr it is ouly mud. Bmartr It Is only meanness. A stabr A mere straw. Before and since tae days of Voltaire aud Paine?yes, more than l.uuo times, just such or worse things have been said and written by sceptics, "lor the honor of God and humanity," and yet Curistianity lives. Sceptics have railed against astronomy, geology, chemistry and many other systems and sciences now settled as such, j and they are to tins day, and I am in- | clined to tnink they will continue to be i read, studied and believed In to tue last. | This sceptic is convinced by his lailor, shoemaker, grocer, carpenter and doctor, because tbey know , more about their busiuess than he does. This Is reasonable aud right, If ne is going to law tie believes in his lawyer. Kight again. There are ' law books he cannot comprehend; so he a-iks Ins lawyer to explain to him the luw. The lawyer hunts up the decisions of the I courts because ne kuows tnere must oe a rule of j law 8omewuere. Now, law had an existence be- . lore courts and lawyers; but only courts aud lawyers can tell what the law as a whole Is or what a 1 odes uuthorit&t vely exactly what the law is, aud further, not what one judge or court decides, hut what has been deeiueo in auy one point by all the courts- a concurrent judgment. Neither Palev's n?r Alexander's evidences can establish the authenticity and genuineness of the Hoiy Gospels, for tUe simple reason that they were established long bemre those writers were born!?settled, absolutely settled tor the whole wot Id, long, long beiore they were born. The lloly Gospels, and, indeed, the wuole of the Hoiy Bioie, consist ot history and dogma- the history and dogma ol the Holy Cathode church. That is to sa.v, tne Catholic Church existed beiore lis history could be written or its dogmas detlued. The very existence ot the Catholic Church established the genuineness and authenticity ol the whole of tne Holy liibie. Christianity is no myth, because it belongs to the Catholic i hurch, w.iicli has always existed. The Church, therefore, is or has the rule 01 lairh which determines the ineauing ol the Hoiy Bible, because it?the Church?is oluer than the Holy Bible. I 'l> v any lu.iu, or set ol men, to establish the authenticity auu genuineness ol the Gospels, or of the Holy Bible as a whole, by the Gospels or by the Holy Bible. This has been done, most merciluliy tor the world, bi the Catholic Church. It is a settled poiut. christians read the Holy Bible mr comfort and guidance iu liie, and to prove thereby the doc:rinesoi the Church, so that the process is, ihe Catholic Church ttrsi aud tne Holy Bible uext, because the Church only dan tell us wnat the Holy ] Bible menus. It there arises between two or more persons a dispute us to the meaning oi any verse or chapter oi me Holy mble, who or what is the 11 in pile?tne lni&luble umpire? The Catholic Church only. Hi conclusion I offer the following advice to this sceptic who wants light:?Head anu study the catechism, creeds and collects oi the ritual or the Hoiy Catholic Churca; believe what that Church tells him to believe, us saving truth; repent, be unmanly to be a sceptic wheu the Holy vjatholic Church comes to the uoor oi every oue with ner creeds, sacraments and Holy scriptures. A CATHOLIC. Tike Kfflcacy of Prayer. To the Editor of tub Herald:? In last Sunday's Issue you Inform the reader tnat at Sion Hill College Dr. Carpenter, the lecturer, remarKed, to the amazement of the audience. that nature had never been invaded by anything arbitrary, preternatural or supernatural, and that liturgies, litanies, collects and prayers never had influenced, never could Influence the course of the universe nor mankind in the slightest degree. Dr. Tyndall put the question to men of learning and intelligence, "Can you have any belief in the efficacy of prayer to affect this unt- i verse in the slightest degree t" Nuw, Mr. Editor, 1 will add that truth will in the end prevail, and, as l stated in a former communication, "A religious chat witn the Lord is no better than a Wail street swindle." As to prayer, every honest, intelligent man, 1 think, must agree with "Zoroaster" tnat "he who tills the ground w itn care and diligence reaps a greater harvest of religious merit than ue could obtain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers." When t, e Creator maue the world is it not reasonable to suppose that He understood His business 1 If so, did Ho in lend that ilia work should receive a finishing touch lrom a party 01 well paid priests 1 1 think not. "PuRi'ilYKY," Free Dormitory for Women, To tiie Editor of the Herald:? As it never would be believed that yon would refuse a place in your columns-under the circumstances, I have a lively faith in the success or my appeal to you and the public for the above little Institution?an outgrowth of the idea ol the "Dormitory for Destitute Men" in Spring street?and with those who knew that something of the kind was necessary lor destitute and deserving women it was started at No. 20 south Fifth avenue July 14, 1873, by combined action and contribution or Christian young men?the "Fraternals" (Church of the Strangers), clerks, with small salaries but ample souls; and since then, and the removal to 54 Amity street, has been sustained by their devotion and subscriptions irom their surplus necessities. Experimental in its nature, irom such sources it has proved to be a pencct success as lar as this? namely, the house is lull to overflowing, such success, though extremely gratifying fo the proprietors, taxes these \oung disciple* severely, for everything is lurnlshed "without money and wit flout price," and it is substantially settled that great good can be accomplished by so doing, but it is paiuiul to those engaged uot to be able to meet ( require merits ami emergencies. 1 Mv offer to lav their case before von has been . thankfully accepted. It will reach the public. No similar appeal na* been made, and the mission is comparatively unknown. It should be otherwise < now. The enemy, in the shape of necessity, Is , upon them m lull force. The little irar- , rlson has no reserve. It sadly needs relief and reinforcements. Wiibout these the battle this , winter will be simply desperate. Tnere are hun- j drills?yes, thousands, th.mk God:?of Christian ( men and women in tins city with ample means, . but ready. If necessary, ior self deniai. even at tins season oi n-siivity, uraurig to Him lor the opportunity to do great good where It is most needed. Through vour kindness they win attend to this case, contributions oi almost anv kind?fuuds, lood, fuel, clothing, anything that will minister to sullerlng delica'e bodies and relieve distressed minds?will here llud perfect appreciation and proper application. "As we sow we shall reap," and "A cup of cold water in His name" constitutes a brother or sister in Christ. VOLUNTEER. Interpretation of the Syllabus. To TBI Editor ok the Herald:? An article appeared in the Herald of last Sunday purporting to give an interpretation of the forty-eightn proposition of the Syllabus. Were not the subject so serious a one we should not notice the interpretation given. This Catnollc priest tells ns tnat the condemned proposition refers only to the schools of the diocese of Frlburg, but does not affect the common schools of this country. His Reverence, however, must know that the letter to the Archbishop of Frlburg was one of quite a different character from that of the Syllabus. The former was directed to one pastor of the Church, the latter to "the patriarchs, primates, arebbtshops and bishops of the universal Church having grace and communion with the Apostolic See." The doctrinal teaching, thereiore, oi the letter to the Archbishop of Fnburg Is explicitly and in an absolute Bense promulgated in tne Syllabus as binding tnrough the whole Catholic church. The breaking up oi tne Catholic schools of the diocese of Frlburg was the occasion of the condemned proposition of the SyU lalnis, much as tin; Augustines <>i Janscnius was the occasion of the con<lemnatlon 01 his doctrine. It is not the manner ot dis,ommg latth and the authority of the Church, as the writer says, that is condemned, but the disjunction Itself. "Catholicit virut prvtMiri potrM m juventntia iuatitueiutce ratio,1'kc.?This system 01 instructing youth, Ac. The article "the" prefixed to the word system In the priests' translation takes from the lorce and general natnre of the proposition, what may be the circumstance under which catholic children may frequent common schools? This, as yet, is left to the determination ol the bishops In their respective An effort, indeed, is made by the writer to nar- ] row the meaning ol the condemned proposition by the context of the letter. But the truth Is that , even the context shows the Pope's intention to be ( quite contrary to tnat attributed to him In the , "hove mentioned article. Here is one extract:? "Therefor* the schemes and efforts of excluding the power of tne Churcn irom common schools proceed iron, * spirit most adverse to that Church itself, arm irom the attempt to extinguish from I airi ng the p. opm the divine light ol our most holy , faith, i his is why the Church, which founded schools of Mils kind, has ever lostered them with regard an i r.ire ai,,i looks on them as the principal i part of her charge ami rule, and regards any dls- I junction whatever 01 them irom her authority and control as an injury equd\t, vo the fr.iurch imd to I these schools." ( Moreover, U bofftiiftr to th? church and to her t >RK HERALD, SUNDAY, . teaching is to limit her condemnation 01 error to the place ol Its birth what becomes ol the wuole syllabus? Is t .e condemnation 01 Dun'tier's doctiriue to lie confined to Uermany and that ol lantennais to trance T The writer 01 tne article, we are sure, ls far lrorn holding such a heretical theoiy. A ROMAN CATHOLIC. Temper ABC* Prayer Meeting. To THB EDITJB or TUB llKKALD:? I'lease allow me space In your columns to call attention to a very interesting temperance prayer meeting, held every Sabbath afternoon, at tour o'clock, In the chapel of the Church of the Strangers, Urcene street, between Waverley place and Clinton place. The exercises consist of earnest prayer, good singing and brief addresses, participated in by all preseut. It Is not confined to any particular denomination, but Christians and n<>nChristians, high and low, rich and poor, white and black, old and young, are all heartily und affectionately welcomed and made to loei that they are among warm hearted Christian brotners and s.sters, anxious to better the condition of their lellow heimrs. Mr. A. T. McMullon, tne chairman or leader, Is a true Christian mun and earnest temperance worker, and through him and the influence of this meeting much good nas been accomplished. At every meeting a temperance pledge Is oflered lor signatures, and over a thousand names nave been attached to it thus tar. I advise your readers to attend this meeting, as nowhere can an nour be spent more pleasantly and profitably. C. C. L. The Conversion of the Jewi?Ex-Rabbl SetWamovitz Rises to Explain. ro tub Editor or tub Herald:? I am one of tbose personi who dislike exceedngly to be misrepresented, for two reasons:? Firstly, because I love the truth better than anything else marl sav. (or Instance, better than 1 .ove even my own nation, the Jews, or any of their iradttlons; anil secondly, because 1 do not like to tee any one damage himself by trying to uiisrepreient his neighbor. A correspondent in your Issue >f December US has thought fit to speak of "Concerted Jews, like ex-Kaobi Sci.lamoritz, who iranted to prove their sincerity and zeal tor their lew religion by belying their brethren and dlsurbing the peace ol the country." He is also ileased to assert, yet without one word of proof, hat the making Christians out of Jews by >ersecution was once a notoriously success!ul ncthod. I think I am also safe in saying hat he repeats to my discredit a very >ld accusation made by our nation against the )ivinc lounder of my religion auu His apostles? lamely, thai 1 desire to "stir up the people" and rente a tumult. As to his insinuating that I am an unclean leper," I have only one reply. "If hey have called the Master of the house Beelze>ub, how much more them of ills household?'' ioino other hasty words escaped your corresdond;nt, which show that when he wrote his letter to he Hekald he was out ol temper. My advice to llin is never to do so again. Wnen one writes for he Hekald he ought to oe periectly calm, or he will luialubiy make niiuself a lauahiug scock to a -ast multitude 01 people. Having premised this much, I wou'd like to nake an explanation to my Hebrew brethren. I ruukir acknowledge that 1 seek their conversion ,oChristianity, auu purpose, with Cod's help and inder the d.reclion ol the Ho y Ouurch, to labor lor uat, and by ail legitimate means. 1 am a Jew, of lie seed oi Abraham, and thereiore 1 love all my ireturen in the flesh who claim the same lineage Altli m.vseli, be tuey rich or Door, wise or Ignorant, lonored or desp sed. Hut there is one Jew wuom 1 ove more than all others, who is our Messiah, the Kedeemer or all men, the Const whom men an'd lugels adore, because He is the Son oi God. As a lew 1 am the son of a Hebrew mother, whose wemory I love aud cherish with more affection ;han 1 can express; but there is one woman of our ration who is my mother m a higher and holier sense, aud wnom 1 love and reverence aoove ill, and lor tue best of reasons, lor 'behold all generations sha.l call hor blessed." She is the mother 01 the Messiah, through whose divine Maternity all the precious promises made to our roreiatherB have been luifilled, and lultilled tar beyond either our de.-erts or our expectations. One act is beyond dispute?Jesus Christ has proved not only to be tne Messiah 01 promise and oi prophecy to the very letter oi both, out lie has also proved to be a Redeemer ot holier lineage, of greater power, the Teacher or a purer morality, tue Reveaier or more divine truth and or tne Knowledge oi God and ol the uestiuy ot men than the most laithtul oi Jews ever hoped to a e. lie is not less the Messiah because He is more. If lie has become, as Isaiab prophesied, "the light ot the Gentiles" and "their salvation even to the lurtbest part ol the earth." lie has not thereby lorieited His claim to be "the 6ervaut who was to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to convert the dregs of Israel," wulch tue prophet calls "a small thiug" to do. Cau we lo?k lor a greater Messiah than the Sou ot God? Or snail the Gentiles boast of- a Messiah in comparison with wnom ours would be unwoithy of mention f That the holy Catholic church is now the true Israel that ul) the holy patriarchs aud prophets would immediately recognize ana sanction her authority, if they could appear among us. that every Jew, being sufficiently enlightened, Is bound, under pain of losing bis immortal soul, to enter her lotd, receive her baptism and confess her to be ins jpntoal mother aud teacher in Jesus Christ crucitied Is so true aud, at the same time, so evident, that I am sure 1 would lose my own soul if 1 denied it. Is It any wonder that I am anxious and ready to make this truth Kcowp to my own people? "God forbid that I should glory save In the cross of our Lord Jesns Christ;" but yet I daf&jo say that, as far as mere human learning goes, I ftW able to prove all that 1 proiess to bedeve. WhetheronfljprcJ.will make use oi me or not 1 leave to ilis own bless6fl will. 1 pray all good Christians who may chance to read tlus to commend my desires to the Hi vine mercy In their prayers and good works, aud to give me their aid and encouragement in a mission so honorable to our holy faitn, and if by my humble labors even one only ol the lost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back into tue one true lold ol our cord Jesus Christ I shall count myself and all 1 do as uiore than fully rewarded. EMMANUEL HENRY SCHLAMOVITZ. Paulist Convent, Eitty-ninth street and Ninth avenue. The Week of Prayer. Meetings will be held on the evenings of the :nrrent week, at halt-past seven, In the order of the following churcheschurch of the Strangers, spring street (Presbyterian); Macdougal street (Baptist); Greene street (Methodist Episcopal) and Janal street (Presbyterian), the pastors of which will preside in turn. The flrst of these will thus be iieid on Monday night in the Church ol the Strangers (Kev. L)r. Deems). There will also be a noon prayer meeting during every day of this week in Uanal street Presbyterian ctiurch, entrance N'o. 17 Sreene street, to all of which the public arc corHallj invited. The Case of the Rev. C. E. Cheney. A commission has been sent to J. E. Wiikins, Barrister of the Inner Temple, from the Circuit Court or Illinois, United States, to taxe the evidence of the Bishop of Exeter, Dean Stanley and the Kev. T. W. Mossman, of Torrlngton, in Lincolnshire, upon various points of Chnrch history and canon law, as bearing upon the Important ecclesiastical suit which has been pending lor some years between Bishop Wnitebouse, o( Illinois, and the Kev. C. E. Cheney, of Chicago, one 01 his clergy. The Insertion of Ur. Temple's and Dean Stanley's names In this commission speaks for itself. The mention 01 Mr. Mossmau's name, we suppose. Is due to the publication ol his "History ol the Early Ctiurch," in which he treats ol the original organization of the Christian ministry and the rise and growtnof episcopacy ana canon law. Dr. Posey on Confession. Dr. Pusey baa made pnbllc a document setting forth the views which he and his coslunatarle* entertain on the subject of confession and absolution thus:? They "believe and confess" that Christ has Instituted "a special means for the remission or sin alter baptism and for the relief of consciences, winch special means the Chnrch or England retains and administers as part of her Catholic heritage." This "special means" is defined to tic absolution. The last clause of the declaration Is a quainytng one. The signitarles say:?"While we hold that the lormulanes of the Church of England do not a .tliorlze any pr est to teach that private conlessiou is a condition inuispensable to the forgiveness oi sin after baptism, and that the Church of England does not justlly any parish priest in requiring private coniession as a condition of rccfivlng Holy Communion, we also hold that all who, under the circumstances above stated, claim the privilege oi private coniession are entitled to It, and that the clergy are directed under certain circumstances to 'move' persons to such coniession. In Insisting on this as the plain meaning of the authorized language of the Church ol England we believe ourselves to be discharging our duty as her faithful ministers." The signatures are almost exclusively those or the most pronounced members of the Iitgh Anglican party. They Include those of Dr. Benson, Mr. Carter, Archdeacon Chnrton, Archdeacon Denlson, Canon King, Mr. Ltddell, Canon Lidrton, Mr. MacColl and Mr. Mackouochie. Cuuon Gregory's name does not appear. Prosecution of Prelates in Prussia. The German government huH obtained a conviction against another Catholic prelate. The Bishop 31 Bresiau has been condemned to pay a fine of CI, 140, or in default suffer two years' imprisonment, lor 39 Infractions of the new laws against die Church. The catholics have resolved to put every German ilshop Iorwnrd at the approaching elections as a :andldate for tho Kelchsiag. The object is twoold : lirst. to obtain tue moral effect consequent JANUARY 4, 1874.?TRIPLE! 4 upon tneir eiocnon; ?*cona, 10 secure their Im- Yuiuuitj u* legislators against judicial proceedings? cs lo Ministerial Movements and Changes. ol BABT1ST. J* Nine persons were baptized In Roxborough Bap- cl tint c bur cb, Philadelphia, last Sunday evening; 12 a persons were baptiz d In the Bereau church, Pniladelptua. a so on last sabbath. The new Baptist Gi church In Manatawna, Philadelphia, was dedicated 11 on Thursday?New Year's Day. llev. W. S. Crow- "j ley, pastor, was taken til in this church during his L sermon on last Buuday evening. Ten converts j'1 were uap'ieeu tu iuc nauiw uiu oaptist wiuiuu, Philadelphia, last Sunday evening; eight were bap- W tlzed also at the same time in the Fiftieth Baptist church; six converts were received into the g, Church at Monongaliela City last Sunday; Ave cc were baptized in the Thirty-seventh street Baptist church, Pittsburg, and eight in the Sharpsburg g( (Pa.) church on Saboath, December 21; at Haddon- m Held, N. J., four were baptized last Sunday. The Pj Baptist church at Lafayette, lud., has secured the )H pastoral services of ltev. J. W. T. Booth, of Mans- ct fleld, Ohio, to replace Dr. Pearson, of Pittsburg. ^ Rev. F. K. Roberts assumed the pastorate of the j5 Marshall street church, Minneapolis, Minn., December 21. During the last 11 years there have been distributed from the mlssiou press of Rangoon jg 19,407,773 pages of the Scriptures and 32.418,394 cc pages of tracts. Rev. Mr. McFarlan, formerly a student In Spurgeon's College, London, has be- cij come pastor of the Baptist cnurch in Port Huron, nc Mich. Rev. Peter Keay, of St. Andrew's, N, U-, re- ^ turning from Frederlckton, N. B., on the 30th ult., cl slipped irom the platiorm of the railroad car cc at McAdam juuetion Just as the car was moving. His bead was severed lroui his body by the cars re passing over him. Rev. A. K. R. Crawley, a re- at turned missionary of the Baptist Society, intends to ^ go again to his iorcign Held of lubor during this w mouth. Rev. George Armstrong, oi Bridgeton, N. lie h., has accepted a call to the Baptist church at Sydney, C. B. The Bithesda Baptist Mission or this c, city is to be removed shortly to a cuupel on Thirtythird stieet, between Second and Tnird avenues. m Rev. Dr. saiusou has suggested to the Baptist Mis- tu siouary Onion of this city the expediency of estub- tj, lishingan Italian mission here, uud inviting Father g, Urassi, oi Rome, Italy, to take charge oi it. A com- u mi t tee has the matter under advisement. The Fust l0 Baptist cnurch of Detroit are trying to get Dr. S. j? D. Plieips, of New Haven, to oe their pas'or. Rev. tu A. c*. Osborne, of Brooklyn, will to-day be metalled pastor oi ine South Baptist church, Twenty-ilfth street, in this city. The Rev. Mr. De W oil, of Roches- tj| ter Theological seminary, has received a cordial j,( invitation to become pastor of the Fust Baptist g church of Flatbush, Brooklyn.?1 he ltev. W. W. Williams has taken charge of the Baptist church at n, Catsktli, N. Y. The Rev. A. M. Prentice, oi Rhine- ar beck, accepts a call to Brockport, hi. V. I he Trcn- jj( ton (N. J.) Baptist Ministerial Couierence have sent a memorial to the New Jersey Legislature jj petliioning against the proposed constitutional (j, amendment, which makes all church prop- y, erty subject to taxation. Rev. Dr. Thomas, lr the newiy elected pastor of the FTrst i;, unrvhar elm rrn lirnnL'lvri will Iip inrmuliV inducted into office to-day, in the churcn 011 0I Pierrepout street. Mr. npurgeou's liealtu is re- yj ported to be so poorly tnat he can attend ouiy tue L( Sabbatn services, The other nioetin.s are e nducted by oti.er ministers, iianson place baptist },. church tooK in nine persons by baptism last Sun j.( day. Kev. J. J. White recently oaptizea 14 ut S( Avoca, N. Y. Kev. J. P. Pay has removed from J.), Wayland to Kalamazoo, Mich., and become pastor ?. 01 tue second Baptist church. Kev. G. P. Watrous, T, of Mansfield, lias accepted a call and enters on bis tn duties ut canton, Ohio, to-day. Kev. T. T. Kutchin, t() lately a Methodist minister, has joined the Bap- U1 lists at Fond du Lac, Wis. Twenty-seven Baptist m associations in Indiana report a net loss of 1,011 last year on a membership oi 31,121; 1,833 were UI added by baptism, 669 died during the year und 1(J 76ti were excluded. Kev. James U. Portman has iD removed trom Benton llaroor, Mich,, and taken lu charge oi the church at Goshen, Ind. Kev. Theo- tJ( dore T. Potter, late of Warrenville, has accepted a call irom the Baptist church at Mendota, ILL, n( lately vacated by Kev. W. M. Haigh. m ROHAN CATHOLIC. i>, Rev. Dr. HcGlynn, or St. Stephen's church, Is the only member or the Bureau or Charities of this _t city. Bishop lie tirosbnaud, oi Burlington, Vt.. is fu expected hoiuc irom turope abont Paster. Bishop Heudricken has returned from Canada, where he received a cordial reception from catholics. Kev. William o'Mahoney, oi Canauu, lias come to tI) the United States on a "mission." The Kev. M. w Breuuun lias been elected President of St. Ma- *, lachy's Society or St. Louis. Kev. John W. Nealis ? has been appointed pastor of the missions in , Faxon, Jessenland and Henderson, Minn, canon d' Koche is deceased in Dublin, aged eightv-three 67 years. The Catholic Church is malting numerous ... converts in India. The propaganda has a stair in ' that country which has lor its chiel the Arch- V, bishop ol Goa, under whom are no lewer than 19 y bishops in partibus, with oetween 8o0 and 900 fh priests. The returns made by the ulshops bring the . total ol beaevers a Ut tie o.er 1,000,000, being lour ,, times the number of Frotcsiant native Curistlans. The Archbishop oi Pans, acting, it is be- J:, lieved, under auvice from Kome, has Jv, ordered tbac the Galilean liturgy, which has Deen used in the Catholic churches of {vj Pans and other parts of France since 1736, snail be h! superseded by the Koman liturgy. The collection in the Boston Pro-Cathedral on Cbristmss Day .V* amoonted to $1,827. Kev. 11. McMahon, .late of '' C'edarburg, Wis., has been removed to Iranklin, MiiwauK.ee county, Wisconsin, xue uerinuu uisu- _h ops propose sending to the i'ope a memorial, entreating Uls Holiness to order tue continuation of . the process Oi canonization oi Blessed Albert Mag- f*{ nus, and also of the investigation as to bis right ot , being accorded the title ol Doctor of the Church, p. There are only ao Catholic bishops in Spain. Ave ' of whom have joined the Carnst insurrection. "/ Bishop Dubois,-.Of Galveston. fef a?,- Is hLout to S1' leave France, where' ne has resided lor some time VT| past, and return to his diocese. He will be accoin- ii' pained by 2i ecclesiastics and 18 nuns, who nave a, volunteered to leave their country for the Amencan mission. A magnificent shrine ol gold and r. silver has been recently constructed at Milan to JT contain a portion 01 the minor relics of St. Ambrose, tbe great Doctor 01 tbe Church and patron , oi that city. The city of liicbmond, Va., has a }. catholic population of 4,583 sonis, divided into ,rt three parishes. Each parish has two parochial schools?one lor boys, the other lor girls, in these 01 schools 925 children are taught, and there are not more than 20 Catholic children going to the public schools. The authorities ol Bavaria have made a distinction between the Reuemptorists and tho Jesuits, in favor 01 the former, whom they have U permitted to remain in the kingdom. The editor 01 tue Louisville (K.v.) catholic Advocate having lately published certain articles without the approval ot the Bishop ol the diocese, the otllclal approval of the journal by that prelate has been withdrawn. The editor does not worry mucn, but announces ma intention to continue tl< to publish au independent orthodox Catho- bv lie paper. Mr. Benjamin Keiiey, brother of ap A. M. Kelley, Mayor of Richmond, was ordained priest tn Richmond, Va., on Tuesday last, th The pastoral letter lor advent of the Bishop of th Piazza Armerina, Naples, Italy, lias been coufla- , cated by the Italian government, simply because it contained a phrase designating the Pope as "the to august prisouer of the Vatican." There were Too <jc communicants at St. Ignatius' church, Baltimore, Christmas morning. Archbishop bayley will ad- ac minister confirmation in St. Ignatius' church, Bal- he tlmore, on .Sunday, January 11. St. Ann's church, j8 on the Vork road, Baltimore, will be dedicated by . Archbishop Bayley on Sunday, February 1. Rev. in Henry A. Gallagher, recently ordained priest in th Brooklyn, has been assigned to the Church of SS. co Peter and Paul, Williamsburg, Rev. Father Malone pastor. Al PRESBYTERIAN. Cl The two Presbyterian churches in Nashville are gt both flourishing, no much so that a secession iroin . botn churches has resulted In the establishment of 0 a third Presbyterian church, with a membership of th ncv. ucurj A. oiuuuiu*, ui xuvciuait;, in iu u? tu installed pastor ot Uruce Presbyterian ctiurch at gc Oswego, N. Y., to-day. The Eoaiujellut publishes a pr list ot 63 Presbyterian ministers wbo died In the ha United states during the year 1873. The New York ge Sunday School Union la likely to be disbanded shortly. The Baptists have already withdrawn C< their Influence and aid, and now tne Presbyterians th have determined to withdraw and to manage their K| own Sunday school aflairs themselves. The ab- m surdity of denominational distinctions was made m sublimely manliest recently In Crab Orchard, Ky., tr where the Assembly Presby.crians organized a re church with 10 members and the Southern Pres- th bytertans organized another with seven members, ar Seventeen Presbyterian Christians could not wor- Tt ship peaceably together In one bnildiDg, but must fit provide two, with the additional expense at- la tached. Fifteen persons united with ti.e Filth ni Presbyterian church, Chicago, at its last cli communion*, 12 ol them heads of tarnllies. The m Seventh Street church, Washington, has cnanged ar Its name to that oi the Westminister Presbyterian In church. The Seventh Presbyterian church at In- Mi dlunapolis received at Its last communion 20 per- ui sons. Perryton church, Mercer county, Illinois, if bus recently been revived by the addition of six bj persons on profession. The cnurch at uvermore, a) CuL. is abont completing a new house ol worsmp, lo to cost f4,ooo. The new Herman Presbyterian la chapel erected at Portland, Oregon, under tlio cj superintendence of Kev. H. Hans, and situated st about 11 miles northward of the city, Is nearly m ready lor dedication. The Kev. John JL Young, of gc Clyde, N. Y., has accepted a call to the Preaby- ar terian church, at Tecumseh, Mich. The Kev. s. P. gi Bacon, late of Canton, has accepted the call of the n< First Presbyterian church of tfoliey, Orleans cc county, N. Y. Kev. J. s. L. Tomb, late oi Wynants- tu kill, lias removed to North Chatham, Columbia th county, N. Y. Kev. J. P. Dysart bus left the Sprague st, Presbyterian church oi Albany, N. Y. Rev. Charles 1L Shelling, formerly ol the Methodist episcopal pi Church, now pastor of the Presbyterian church, tn Sacramento, lias been elected Chaplain ol the Bi California State ass mbly. br kpikcopaliaw. w There is to be a new episcopal cathedral church bl at edinburgit, the costoi which will cxceeJ ?tif?,ooo. Jc Tue late Miss Walker, ot Uoates, leit the money (or th the purpose. T he diocese of Wisconsin is to choose th a Bishop on February 11, in the place ol Bishop Ar- e\ mitage, deceased, or. On Kov n, of Uacine, who m barmy escaped being made Bishop oi Maasachu- in etu. and Or. Thotuosou. of Chris t church, New x I SHEET. ork city, we the leading candidates for the vault Bishopric. The churchman reports the loiwing secessions to the clerical list 01 th<; diocese ' Delaware since the lust Convention, viz.The ev. Messrs. James H. B. Brooks, recior of St. uke's, Heaiord: L. W. cr>s?n, rector 01 Christ's rurch, Dover; Wiiilatn C. Butler, rector of sr. nil's, Appoquinlxnluk; Dudley D. smith, rector of linst church, ChrlBtiuna Hundred, and (by rdinatlou) (leorge W. Johnson, rector of St. eorge's, Indian River. The dioceBe of Kenicky has 47 clergy and 39 congregations ad 3,678 communicants. The churches In uulsville number 1,926 communicants, and exlngton, Newport, Covington, Henderson and iducab together toot up 1,282, so that the remainig parishes are numerically weak. The Rev. Lesir M. Dorman, of Manchester, and the Rev. H. hltiock, oi Hockviiie, were recently ordained at Iddielowrn by Bishop Williams, oi Connecticut, le Bishop of New Jersey, in Bt. Mary's chuicn, urlington, recently admitted to the Order of Beams Mr. George W. u. Van Winkle, ol Jersey City c glits, and advanced to the priesthood the Rev. tmuel Gregory Hines, deacon, minister ol St. lephen's church, Florence. A great Protestant eettug is to be held In London January 27 to ex*ess Kuglish sympathy with Germany in its struge with the Papacy. The Cnuroh ol England lias lilt during me present century 4.1U0 new lurches?recently at the rate of 120 a year, one indred millions of dollars have been expended in is way, or at the rate oi $3.ooo,ooo a year lor lOor years past. MKTHODI8T. Our Methodist exchanges lor the past week conIn statistics of 1,011 conversions in diiterent etbodist Episcopal churches throughout the tuutry during the preseut revival season. Bishop Qdrews and Rev. H. T. Davis are to olticiate at e dedication oi the new Methodist Episcopal torch, weeping Witter, Neb., January l.i. ine iw church ar Bar port, L. I., on the Sayville large, Kev. H. Krlstellar, pastor, will bedodlcated -day oy Drs. E. O. Haven and W. c. Steele, ot this ty. Trie Kev. Andrew Doel, 01 Diss, Nonolk, has settled ironi the Baptist Church and joined tuniBclf the Weslevans. He was educated at Spuigeon's ibernacle College, Bishop Foster had a lorrnal caption lrom his friends In Cincinnati on Friday, the Old Wesley chapel, and measures were ken to procure lor him a suitable Episcopal resimce. Kev. William Wilson, or the North Indiana >nlerence, has been compelled by continued ill talth, to resign his charge, Bluffton Station. i'v. Or. Nelson, 01 tnis city, leit during the eek on an official visit In the interest of the Book luceru to the southern Coniereuces. He will be >sent about a month. Ors. Oasluel and Eddy, isslouar.v secretaries, have also gone on a month's ur among the Southern Couierences in behali of le Missionarv Society, or. o. H. Tiffany cele ated his silver wedding on Friday. December 28. ic new Methodist Episcopal church at Middle>wn, N. Y., was dedicated last buuday by Bishop ines and Dr. Curry. Dr. Newman, when reiruing lrom Tslcn Fu to Shanghae, Octo:r uo, was thrown from a wild Mongolian ?rse and suffered a fracture of the clavicle, near ie lelt shoulder; but alter six days' coiiiluemont ) was able to resume his Journey. Rev. J. D. ing, of the New Jersey conieience, has gone to uliornia lor the benelt ol his health. At Osage t.v, Litiwood and Peoria, Kansas, church erections e going forward. Bishop Merrill is to opou the JUlslana Conierence at Baton Kongo. January 7. "v. J. a. Lansing has been tranaierred i>y bishop aven from toe New England Commence to the >orgia Commence, and stationed at Atlanta, shop Andrews has transferred Lev. K. II. Sparks um the North Indiana Commence to the oper Iowa Conference and stationed ut at Iowa City. The new Methlist Episcopal church at Alourgn Centre, t., was dedicated on New Year's Day. The jutsiuna Conference has an eloquent colored eacher wlio is blessed with tne grandiloquent tine 01 Emperor William, with the prefix reverend. 2v. T. D. Sleeper has been trausierred by bishop ott lrotn JUullica Hill charge to Moorestown large, New Jersey Conference. Grace Methodist aiscopal church, Jacksonville, ill., is to dedicated. ie Christian Guardian gives the Pillowing reins, so tar as they are heard lroin, 01 the vote in e Wesleyan quarterly meetings of Canada on lion:?Turee hundred and eighteen quarterly eetings reported vote as follows:?For union with istern British America?yeas, 316; nays, 2. For lion witn the New Connection?yeas, au8; nays, . For representation In the General Commence stead of the veto power of the quarterly meet gs?yeas, 292; nays, 28. Change iu the constitum oi the quarterly meetings?yeas, 293; nays, 26. >r lay representation, whether there is union or it?yeas, 263; njiys, 55. There are a considerable imber of clrcui s that have not yet leported. sv. J. J. llrown, Proiessor oi Syracuse University, is been appointed assistant astronomer on the ivernment expedition to take observations on e transit of Venus. MISCELLANBOITS. Faith is an especially important element In the res of the Lutheran ministers in Missouri. Of e 475 in the Missouri Synod there are not 10 ho receive more tnan Sl.oou; not20 who receive ,000; not loo who receive more than {500; the st receiving $500 and less, or, indeed, {200 and ss. Slxty-oue Congregational ministers died iring the past year; tne average ageoi 51 was years, 10 were upwards of 80 and 2 were 90 and iwards. Seventy-two new churches were gauized. Kev. O. J. Squires, District Agent oi e American Bible Society ior Northeastern New irk, reports a total of $24,013 04 from his field lor e Bible cause during the year. Bev. James arshall resigned his pastorate ol Warren street ingregtioual church, Brooklyn, last Sunday, iv. S. G. Clark has removed to Brooklyn Village, lie, from Highland, Kausas. Kev. Charles Kiugsy, of England, is soon to visit the United states a lecturer. Centenary Church, Newark, Dr. lumbers, pastor. Is enjoying growing prosperity, e membership going within five years from 35 260. Kev. Phoebe A. Hanalord, the pastor of e Universalist church at New Haven, accepts her 11 to the Unitarian church, Jersey city, but e wiu not leave her piesent church, over which e has been settled for three years, nntil April. v. J. B. Miller, or New Franklin, Ohio, has been ipoluteu financial agent oi the Lutheran Board Publication. Kev. E. J. Wolf, ol Baltimore, Md., is accepted the Professorship ol Church History In ittysburg Theological Seminary, and will enter >on his duties April 1. Kev. S. Kautman, forerly of Memphis, has been elected minister of the mgregation "Bnai Abraham," Portsmouth, Ohio, sv. J. Schwcd, the Jewish minister oi Charleston, . Va., recently opened both branches ol the ate Legislature with prayer. The California mgregational churches have taken a step forard in organizing a Woman's Board of Missions r the Pacific Coast, and already local auxiliary cietles are forming at different points. The meUnn ftf 11 n inn KM ttiA AlliPriPltl liml ireign Bible Society and tbe Baptist Bible Union being considered by committees trom the Boards the two societies. LEXINGTON AVENUE SYNAGOGUE. nbellef and Its Consequences Illustrated by tbe Fate ot the Jewish Spies of the Lsnd of Canaan?Discourse by Rev. Dr. Huebsch. Dr. IlnebBch yesterday preached as usual a prao:al discourse which was attentively listened to ' a large congregation. His subject was the conquences of unbelief as illustrated In the late of e Bples. His text was Numbers xlv., 7"?And ey spoke unto all the company of the children of rael saying, The land wnicti we passed through search ills an exceeding good land: If the Lord dlght in us, then He will bring us Into this land id give It to us, a land that floweth with milK and ney. Only rebel not ye against the Lord." Had rael displayed such a development or faith as e maniiested mercy of God required of them, e Doctor remarked, they would have followed in nfldence their appointed leaders, Moses and iron, and the desire to explore the Land of muan would never have entered their minas. it a certain dlstrnst which lurked In tbe depths their hearts prompted them to propose to Moses e appointment or a party to search ont the land, ascertain and report by what way tbey might i up und Into what cities they should enter, the oposal pleased Moses, because he was glad to ive to show them by their own chosen messeurs what AN EXCELLENT INHERITANCE >d had in store for them. He hoped also that ey who could not be induced by the miracles in jypt, by the revelation in Mnal and by all the lghtjr acts of the Lord to put their trust 1n Ulin l?iiiuowuii.mu fv ? m uti Willi uuu a nil ust in the Lord by the favorable port that they might receive and by e near prospective entrance of the my and nation Into the Promised Land, us measure, too, was to be the last test ol the ness of that generation to enter Into the goodly nd. It only proved their unfitness. They could it enter in because of unbelief. Wherein the Inination of the heart and the conviction of the ino fall to bring men near to God, material hopes id worldly Interests will not succeed la producg in them a true attachment to the creator, an's best hopes when coupled with distrust and lliellef are but empty dreams, and the successes, there be any, thns accomplished arc so wrought r one's own strength and not by Ills help, whoso one Is the might and the majesty and the glory rever. The appointed messengers explored the nd for 40 days, and brought homo samples of Its [cedent fruit; but, at the same time disbelief iuliled its bitter essence of distrust and discourageent into their report. "The laud," said they, "is >od. Nevertheless the people that dwell in It e strong, and the cities are walled and cat." This was not part 01 their mission. It was it for them to decide whether they should suoied In the proposed expedition. That was enrely dependent upon Him who had conquered for cm greater and mightier enemies than the rong people of Canaan. They had to think of im who had crushed and annihilated the mighty iwer of the infidel Kgyptlan monarch and. divided ic raging sea. so that the people might pass over, ut there were two among the explorers who ought a different report in the excellent words nicn lorin trie text. But the people were too iuded to hear the voice of truth. Caleb and isliua pleaded In vain ami assured tbc congregaou that the power 01 God is more irresistible inn all human strength. The people were, howior, too deeply sunk In lalthlessucss and were iucU more inclined towards the report of the j lithless than of tne faithful messengers. Forty gars' wauilering through the desert lor the lortj I (lavs' explorations, vrns tue sentence of the I-ord lor their unbelief. Ihe whole generation had I* die in me wilderness aud a new generation, grown up In fbksdom and faith, were to enter the land. In ills application the Doctor remarked that many men nave to pay for a day ot unheliei ana distrust with a year and sometimes ?ltn a ll'e of sorrow. There is no man who has not his twoiold Inheritance, his spiritual and worldly portion, ana each of us has his Moses and Aaron appointed by God to lead him In the right path to a desirable end. Duty is our propbet and couscleuce is our high priest. Whoever loliowa them reaches safely the blessed goal; but want of iaith causes us to murmur against our guides. VTe send our owu messengers to explore ior us the promised land; our wishes, our plans are entirely at variance with the dictates of dutv and coor science, and bear a decided and Imposing Influence over us. We trust their lalse report, Out the tw? messengers, Culeb aud Joshua?moral courage and trust in God?are not heard and followed By us. How can we expect to enjoy our worldly portion If we lorsake THE FOUNTAIN HEAD OK ALL BI.BSSINOt Wherever a man stands the piece of earth that hia eye encompasses la his horizon and is bordered with heaven. To tear asunuer heaven and earth la to destroy our own world. "1 say of the earth," said the Doctor, with Caleb and Joshua, "The laud which we passed througn to search it Is ua exceeding good land." But, at the same time, with Catch and Josbus, I share the belief, "II the Lord deiightcth In us, then He will bring us into thla laud," and with them I admonish my Israel, "Only rebel not ye against tne Loid." There can be no perlect worldly nappiness without a true attachment to the eternal source ol happiness?to Clod. THE IAEDAULETTE CHIEF JUSTICE. Senator Edmunds' Independence. [From the Burlington (Iowa) Gazette.] Senator Edmunds is blamed by the President with the most of tne disgraceful delay In the con flrmation of Williams. Grant has fastened upon hitn as the guilty one, without taking time to consider that possibly Edmunds is a representative of quite a number 01 other ol the "loyal" and "ultra loyal." Edmunds was by no means the first .senator to lilt his voice against the confirmation, but he is the chairman of that pestiferous Judiclnrv Committee, which, with inquiring turn ol mind, has gone about raking up reasons why the UiSunguisUed oregonlan is not ney General, or to hold any other oillce in the gift or the Executive or the people. Being such chairman, Kdmunds is held responsible lor all this untoward c induct, llndrr the circumstances, ot course it becomes the President's painiul duty to make an awlui example 01 this person, which it is understood he will proceed at once to do. senator Kdmunds has conducted himself as no true republican Senator ought, and ho will be made to ieel the weight of the displeasure of the White House manager of the party. The Bitter Troubles of President Grant* [From the Vlcksburg Herald.J The troubles or the President's tavorite for the Chief Justiceship seem to multiply. Oregon exposes corruption and fraud, Iowa shows that three-lourths of his decisions while on a circuit in that state were reversed by the Supremo Court, a Loudon letter exhlhits his ignorance and Incapacity /or any prominent legal position, and now conies a committee or investigation on the part of Congress, witu a receipt from William Joyce for $l,tioopaid out of the National Treasury lor one landauiette or carriage purchased by Mrs. Williams, the ruling power beh.nd the throne, who has already shed tear3 oi bitterness and woe over the cotllns of several husbands, ibis last disclosure produces a growing uneasiness In the Presidential Household, yet the President shows no signs of weakening In tne least, indeed, thougu extremely sensitive on the question oi the confirmation, he takes occasion to speak oat plainly and rather bluntly his contempt lor those senators who are not disposed to endorse and approve his taste and judgment In the attair. He speaxs more In anger than in sorrow, and his leehngs are frequently Irritated by surprise at the audacity of s lew of those who have not heretoiore been blesaed with a great deal of independence. Grant's Dogged Obstinacy. [From the Canandaigua Messenger.] Attorney General Williams has not yet been confirmed as Chief Justice, the Senate hesitating to consummate so ungraceful an act tn the face of overwhelming evidence of his utter unfitness for the high position, as well on account of inferior legal qualification^ as other objections founded on transactions in Wisconsin and Oregon with which his name is associated. Involving his honor and integrity as a man. Ttie President, with dogged obstiuacy, persists in forcing the Senate to a vote iustead ot respecting the popular Judgment aguinst the appointment as one uullt to be made and withdrawing the nomination, and it reina.ns to be seeu whether the Beach and Bar are to be humiliated ami Insulted and the country outraged by the triumph of Kxecutlve dictation or whetuar Senators possess suillcieut courage to assert their imlependeuce and reject au appointment which their honest judgment must condemn. A Superficial Upstart. [From the Rutland Herald.] The office of Chief Justice has ever been regarded by our people with a respect which foreign writers describe as amounting to veneration. It adds dignity to the court, and while we should not be willing to consent to its abolition as a distinct office, we do thiuK that it would add greater dignity to the Court and strengthen the regard of the people if the incumbent was required to possess some experience upon the bench before he was called to preside over it. The duty of selecting good men, of ability and learning lor Judges is as strong as that of selecting a proper man lor chief Justice, and certainly a man to be fit tor a Judge ought to be tit, with experience, lor Chief Justice; thereiore it might be policy to change our system so as to have the Judge of the Court having served the lougest be the Cliiet Justice. This would lorever remove any possibility of sucn men as N'athau Clifford, Samuel K. Miller, Noah II. Swayne, David Davis or Ward Hunt being placed in an lnierlor position on the Bench they have honored lor years to some superficial upstart like George H. Williams. If Mr. Williams is confirmed it will be a strong argument in favor of trying so make some such change. A Republican Paper Wants Him Rejected. {Prom the Norwich Bulletin, republican.] If the President is the executive we tbiuk he is he is desirous of having the Senate do their duty in rejecting Mr. Williams if they regard it an improper appointment, as he performed nis duty la nominating him tor the office. Believing that Mr. Williams will not be confirmed, we do not think half as much of the charges against his character as 01 um utisuuu uiiuvikss. iue uruaiur uck-ci is lu (lunger of being overlooked in making prominent tne delects 01 cburacier. Let the Senate confine itself to his rejection on the former ground and the right thing will be accomplished in tha proper way. Searching for Landaulctte Precedents. The Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette says 1 hut Williams has been searching (or landanlette precedents, and thus apologizes Tor him Williams has done nothing more than follow tha general custom ol the staff officers of the present auuilnistradon. It has become customary for several of the Cabinet Ministers and a great number of officials ol lower rank to keep stylish carriages tor the use of their .amides and to detail messengers whose names are upon the pay rolls oi the departments to perform the uutles 01 coachmen and domestic servants at the homes of such officials. The Difference?Genet v*. William*. [From the Tiffin (Ohio) Adverttser.J Henry W. Genet, a Tweed politician in New Tork. used the public funds to balid himself a house, and on being brought to trial was found guilty of felony lor doing so. The democrats control New l'ork. George H. Wildams, Attorney General of too I nited atutos, took $1,600 lrom the publio lunds to buy himself and wire a carriage, and President Grant rewards him by nominating littn as Chief Justice oi the Supreme Court of the United States, and insists that he shall be confirmed by the senate. The difference in the treatment of rascals should be apparent to the most prejudiced mind. The President Attempting to Force an Improper Man Upon the Country. [From the Huntington (L.I.) Democrat.] The people nave not lost sight of the fact that the President of the United states Is attempting to force an improper man upon the country for Chief Justice. To tue credit of the Senate, let lc be said, tliat up to ttiis time the uoininatlou of Williams has not been continued, should the Senate withstand the blandishments and the threats 01 the White Mouse, tluit body will Know that their course will be commended by innctcnths of the people, Independent oi party. A Party to Fraud. | From the Now Orleans I'tcayune.] His career as Attorney General furnishes abundant evidence that he is swift to prostitute whatever legal attainments he may possess to the servico of the Executive; to pervert and even to Ignore tire most ordinary principles of law tn tho interest of a party or a laction. It was William# who furnished Grant with the legal opinion on winch he lent the military forces of tho United States to the conspirators, who, by armed violence and judicial fraud, overthrew tho government of Louisiana and stifled tho voice of her people. If tho nomination of this persou should be suffered to <lio in committee or be ignomiuivmsly rejected tne country will have sonic reason to be thankful that the Senate has a decent respect for publla opinion*