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SHUT SATING.S.
Yesterday's Topics in Metro
politan Pulpits.
Beecher on Individual Concep
tions of Q-od.
WHERE IS OTJR FAITH?
The Duties of Patience and Faithfulness
Discussed by Rev. John Hall.
DR. DIX ON SELF-DISCIPLINE.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTIONS OF GOD?MR. BEECHES
WANTS MEN TO BE LIPTED ABOVE TUE CARES
OF UrE BT THEIR PRIDE AS BOMS OW GOD.
Most ot the strangers who occupied pews in
Plymouth church yesterday were evideutly from "tho
provinces," and uo doubt were making the visit to
Mr. Heeclior's a feature of thetr trip to the big show
at Philadelphia. The subject of tho sermon waa the de
velopment through faith ot a higher manhood in
Christ and a consciousness ot, and priile In, our being
ions of Uod, such as shall lift us above tho petty carca
of this transient lite. For his text Mr. Beecher read j
from Hebrews?"By faith he forsook Kgypt, not fear- |
lng the wr*tb of tho king; for ho endured as teeing I
btm who is Invisible."
These words, the preacher explained, were spoken of
Moses, perhaps the most remarkable figure in anil
, ouity. Tracing the romantic life o! Moses from tho
titu^vbc lay amid the bulrushes till ho became a mem
ber of the royal household Mr. Beecher dwelt upon the
fact that tho prophet never forgot his hatnble origin or
the people from whom lie sprung. The man, said be, j
who comes to greatness und who is ashamed of his
father, mother or brethren is a man whom nothing can
make great or noble?ho Is essentially mean. Moses,
for the sako of bis kind, renounced all that men usually
seek for and went into tho wilderness atuid
a people who wero substantially barbarians,
it eighty years ol age he assumed the legis
lative, constructive and Judicial cares of the great
horde of his countrymcn. His patienco and endur
ance, being by nature Qery and impetuous, was one of
the marvels of time. And it was worthy of being re
counted in tho Word of God how ho bocame lor forty
fears so patient "He endured as seolng him who is
Invisible." It was the sense of Uod present with him
that gave him that power.
Tho preacher called attention to the fact that he en
dured **as" sooing Uod, not because bo actually saw
Him. Nobody, bo udded, can soo Uod. He is to
evorybo-Jy but an idea. It is an idea, too, which wo
fashion iu our own inind and projoct into some ex
ternal form; for, the preacbor held, every man In this
life most put into form anything which be distinctly
concoiveb of. Tho mode ol loruiing that Idea makes
the difference between barbarians, bcuii-civillzcd and
clviltzod tnnu all the way up.
Al.L KI'RH THK liOU THKV WORSHIP;
souie by gdu method ami tunic by another; ijomc with
higher materials representing ibc elements or thought
sua beauty?ihut is tbe Greek; some witb moral quail
tics and dispositional aflcctiouK representing the true
Christian ivnception ot God, not magisterial, but pa
reutnl, as il paternity Itself was tbe highest conception
of which the liiininn mind is capable, aud as if, under
tbe element of divine paternity. Justice, power and
liw rank themselves us subordinate; love being tbo
highest, and parental love tbu noblest, conception, and
all tunrul quality Inhering in tbe supreme, superlative
Idea ui love?an Idea yet struggling lor birth Into
human life, not yet born or grown.
W e havo, too, "the preacher continued, a sense of per
sonality. II we are to have a God, be said, thnt Is to
be of use to us lie must be a person, lor though there
l>e heme minds which can concoive of a Pantheistical
God it does not come home to men. Wo surround the
person with attributes, and the latter will depend upon
what we have been taught to ascribe to the notion of
tbe supremest good. Wo lorn; tbe idea of personality,'
group around It certain attributes, giro to II a scop ' ot
government, and we add to this a disposition. Though
these are baaed on wise Instruction, yet in tbo process
?f using them each man will color and shape by his
iwn notion and experience what that Being is w'ho is
tuado up ol attributes, who has functions ami bears a
Imposition. Nor is it prol>ublo that we over eouio
tearer together In this matter than the generic idea
!l we could throw upon a screen, as objects In science
ire thrown and magnified, the real conception that each
Christian man forms ol GckI it is not probable that they
would come nearer together than the generic. Speci
fically they would difler oue from another, aa one man
does from another man. 'Ibis lleiug is repre
sented to us as compassing the universe?as
having scope that is simply Immeasurable.
The element of time. Mr. Reecher said, ns well aa
scope ot being. must needs heloug and does belong to
our inherent conception of God. Front eternity to
eternity (lod Is. The preacher, to show the course of
Mo*?* own mind In this matter, read largely from the
jtalmsin which the eternity ol God is illustrated.
IT *AS IN SITU A CONCEPTION OF OOtl
is this, the preacher said, that Moses dwelt, and the
rffect of constant companionship with such a Being
was to clothe himself with such power as baa seldom
keen vouchsafed to man. never probably In administra
tive realms. Its efloct was to till b'm with a mighty
conception of tho majesty of (tod and to make him con
siderate m tbe uso of the power he hell. A strong
rontldence aud trust tn God was also begotten In him.
He koked tip, and day by day through the years he lalt
that God was his companion, Jim counsellor, his
strength.
Great things, the preacher said, had more power for
?orrow or joy than small things. Bui these were rela
tive terms ouly like rich and poor. What would be
considered prison faro under ordinary circumstances
would be regarded as a luxury if a man were starving.
One man thinks himself rich with $l,0UU. wbiio
another looss upon himself as a beggar with $10,000.
This relativity of affairs exercises its sway and domin
ion on every fide and in every relation of human life.
Men only indistinctly conceive how it ailects them, tor
It has really nioie to do with joy and sorrow than
almost nn.v other element in life.
Mr. Reecher ended his sermon with a fervent and
eloquent exhortation tn his people to develop lu their
souls a high standard, by wb<ch to measure the events
of this world; to regard the aftalra of this llto not aa the
only ones in which they were to figure, but as simply
auxiliary; to live for the lile to come. The events of
this world, he said, constitute tho glass that takes the
portrait, while tne latter is flashed beyond into the
?ther lile whore every men's portrait is perlee.ted.
Hen, he said, ou;ht to t>e larger in that pride which
God Inspires and which should carry men above the
petty troubles and afflictions that make the wear and
Mar'of human life.
FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
THE DUTIES OF PAT1KNCK AND TBUSTFCLTfBM?
8EBMOK BT TliK BET. JOHN BAM*
Psalms, xxxvit, 7?"Rest In the I.ord aud wait pa
tiently lor bim. " John, sill, <?"Jesus auswered and
Hid unto b:m. What 1 do thou knowest not now, but
ibou sbalt know bercalter." From these combined
Mssages of Scripture Rev. John Hall delivered his dia*
nurse yesterday morning. He observed that tbe join
ng ol these quotations from different portions o( the
J.hie bring logetber the utterances of David, the la
ipired psalmist, and of the son of David, who spoke as
?lever man snake. Certain troths that came belore us
In the Bible often present themselves to us In a disa
greeable light; they are so much above the reach of
?ur common nature that it is as if there were a great
gulf fixed between them and ua, and in our highest
ispirttions we can never cease to remember that wo
ire bnt Quito creatures. We must always
ke content with the limitations imposed
spon us by a power mightier than our
selves, the power thst says to all human
effort "thus far shalt thou come and no fUrthor;" that
to not induced by narrow jealousr. nut haa it* founda
tion in tho wisdom of God, the Creator. Yet we are
Inpatient; we murmur and even sometimes question
tbe Judge Himself, und daro demand tne reasons whv
tertaln things should come to pasr. Mow, when we do
this, the words of the psaimtst should come home to
M with all their lorce ?*'Kes! In the Lord, and wait
patiently tor hiai. " He m?y be, in the words of Jesus,
ioing things that we do not und rHand. When Christ
?poke thus to Peter in answer to bis murmuring. He
spoke reprovingly, Me did not intend to distinguish
Feter irom the rest of the disciples or eelablish him
?aacbieiovcr them; He mereiy seemed lo wish to
prove to them bow one couid be superior and yet show
Bo arrogance. Peter did whst you or I might have,
done, impulsively . he was abnekpd at what appeared to
him to oe the unseemly humility of h.s Master, and
said, "fhou shall never wash my feet." Jesus bad
laid to him. not yet, but by and by th?u sbalt know
thy own heart better and know the mystery hidden In
My act Tbe same teach.ng ia given to us In the
promise ot the psalmist, aad the lesson may not se<m
so hard il you simply oompare it with the course
taken by your parents or instructors in your early
secular education Tbey did not thiak of giving you
t?k why ok waKMrona or avaav ?ibi
ISNl by them in forming year mind, nor did you ask
tf what uae were the tiresome preliminaries to many
or your studies. Now you cm see their neoeesity, saril !
understand why you were compelled to go through i
them. Wm It uureasonable ol yoar parents to ao- |
mand tboM tasks of you. or would you be cruol to
corniwl your children to uuderiake them?
Latit autumn, when the It-ayes and gr iss were falling
and dying, if memory and observation had not made us '
aware that they would bo renewed with the commis '
spring, what terror would have entered into our souls! .
But we know that the hand ol God ia at work in all the i
processes of nature, and <re can only stand still and j
trust Him. We sow the seed in the spring time, and it
appear* lost forever; bat we wait for the harvest, and
acco ding to tho laws of nature we are repaid au i
hundred fold.
(tod's creatures do not comprehend what He is doing
with them; tbey cau only wait and sec, and in many
Instances the ignoranre in us Is a link in the chain of
Divine Providence. Iftlio great inventor* and schemers
for the advancement of the human ruoe in knowledge
could have foreseen the difficulties that beset thuir
paths they might have recoiled frotn their tasks and
stayed the march of civilization for years. The grand
lesson ot patience id all in all; we can but wait, be still
and trust in God.
TRINITY CHURCH.
"SELF-DISCIPLINE AND THE CORRECTION OT
OCR FAULTS"?SERMON RT REV. DR. MORGAN
DIX.
"lie that believeth shall not make haste," furnished
Kev. Dr. Morgan Dls, of Trinity church, the test for
an impressive discourse yestorday on "Self-discipline
and the Correction of Our Faults." He staled that
faith is ono of the bost gifts of Ood to man. With
Uod there is no such thing as haste; it bolongs ex
pressly to men. Between God's work and man's work
there is this difference?that God takes His own tune
to work out His own good purpose*, while we are al. .
ways in a hurry. God never makes haste; there are j
twelve hours each day with us in which we strive to I
do groat things. God's time is a never-ending day.
These thoughts suggest tho necessity (or self-disci
pline und the corroctlon of our faults. Mou hear God
say, --Blessed ure tboy who huuger and thirst alter i
righteousness. for they shall be tilled." They thirst .
alter this righteousness uud expect it at once. They !
qru in a hurry; they think that to-morrow or
within a wouk at least it will be tulQUod,
but when they Und ilioy do not get it
they become Impatient. God promises to* give us It,
but Hn does not t>ay when His promise will l>o In.tilled.
This habit or imputieuoe. the rector showed, was nat
ural to man, and lie characterized the religionists who
tell sinners that God wlllchango tlietn in the twinkling
ot an oyo as calculated to increase the impatience ol
men atid cause tliem to lose faith in God's holy prom
isee. There are meu wha promise to teach us French
and (ierinaa in twelve lessons. Just so we are prom
ised by some religionists great spiritual changes at
once. ? In the twinkling of au eye
THK SIKNKR IS TO BK KAVKD. *
Do God's works and bide His time to make His works
manifest. Now a man cannot have laltli who is in
haste. You want to master something; you become
impatient; you do not succeed quick enough; you
think you are going to fall; you distrust yourself and
.vour laith declines. II you had faith you could wait.
You grow furious and excited. Apply these principles
to spiritual things and tho cure ol your faults. God's
grace, be it remembered, is sutlicient to cure all
ditca*es of the soul. Your faith in Him and His
grace must bo llrm. ? All * man must do is to put
his laith in God's promises. What a man wants done
in twenty minutes God may take twolve years to work
out. Man must just take things quietly nod not mako
haste. Sin is tho malady, graco tho cure The cure
will come without hurrying. Impatience is aa much a
sign ol decreasing faith as a parched tongue and u hot
Rkin is an evldenco of tho presence of the fever in tne
system. When you become impatient yoti doubt God's
power. Do you'doubt His promises V 'Then
"win ARK YOU IIISCIH'RAUKD?
Why spoak of God's do'ay? If you believe in Him,
why be In haste and a hurry 1 If you wish to bo cured
show that you have latili m Hltn. They that endure to
tho last will somowhere have their reward. Look at it
rs you will, thero is no reason for Impatience. Heal,
and spiritual changes come very slowly, and as you
strive against sin not one of you knows how hard bis
heart is until ho looks into it He sees what ho did not
see bolore; he feels what ho did not feel before. Now,
let us go to work, not haitlly, but slowly, with full
faith in His promises. With patience we nre, brethren,
suro of beating our spiritual enemy at the last.
CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY.
WHERE'is TODR FAITH??SBRMON BY THE BET.
DR. CHAPTN.
At Iho Church ol the Dlviue Paternity, corner of !
Forty-fifth itroet and Filth avenue, yesterday forenoon I
Dr. Cbapln preached on faith. The congregation, |
owing no doubt to the boat, waa nut a very large one.
Dr. Chapin took Tor his text Luke Till.,'id?''And he
said unto tbetn, where Is your faith!" These wero
Christ's words on being awakened by His disciples in
their alarm while sailing with Him during a storm on
the Sea of Galilee. This narrative, said Dr. Chapin, I
often gives rise to criticism of the disciples' faith in I
bo mo such wise as mis:?"We would not have i
doubted," or "Did they not know that He whom they j
carried was competent to save?" Rut such sur- i
prise at this apparent lack of faliii is only an '
indication of the oaito with which people ;
can criticise aftor an event. We know that the dis
cioies had no reason to tear, bnt then, it is fair to ask,
would we in tuoir places have shown greater or less
faitti ? I'eople are not all subject to the same tests, or,
tnore properly, that which would be a lest lor one
man's laitli would lis none ol another's. Therefore, in
ordor to gauge our own laith we should consider how '
we would meet our own peculiar tests, not how we 1
wonld have met those that tried ethers sorely. But,
continued the preacher,
THSKK ARK TURKS CONDITIONS OF FAITH
to which I would call your attention?the object of
yonr faith, the nature of yourluith and the readiuess of
your faith. First, what is it upon wnicli you empbatl- I
cally rely? Speaking of this point Dr. Chapin said
that there is scarcely any rann who has not laitn j
In something. Sceptic, it is trne, sav that faith is i
very goou in lis place, or that they will not believe j
auuht that they cannot see. and others i-peaK ol faith ,
as though it wero put in the pla-e ol works. Hut they '
are entirely distinct, notwithstanding that there run
be no good works without luitb. Afain, no ni.ui lives
in absolute scepuc.sni, lor he who believes in life us it
Is, without anything behind It, has more credulity than
he who believes in the Ideal. The most genuine object
ol a man's lalth is that for which he sacrihces the
most. Christians show by their lives, and the martyrs
did by their deaths, their faith in an uuseon
reality, und practical men are the meu
who make the ideal the real. A roan's acts will
also Indicate nls faith. Speaking of the nature of faith, i
Dr. Chapin condemned traditional. Iibrr il uud formal j
faith. To be useful and good, laiih should be reasona- ,
ble, he thought, lor true faith Is founded on reason, and :
men of laitli are the men who moved und will ever
move the world. Then a man's faith should be worn
so as to tee a safeguard arainsi sudden surprises And
the true Christian should always have his laiih availa
ble in iho hour of temptation and other emergencies.
These three conditions ol fnlth were necessary, and im
plied, In the words of the text?"Where is your laith?"
CHURCH OP TH& DISCIPLES.
LAYING VP TREASURES IN HEAVEN?SERMON BT
RF.V. OEORGE HEPWORTH.
A very large congregation oasembled In the Chnrch
of the Disciples yesterday morning. In reading the
notices Mr. Hepworth said:?"I have acted under the
advice ol the wisest men. Our debt over and above
i the $100,000 was 190,000. which It seemed impossible for
us to carry. After a great deal or exertion we have
i discovered the hopeful and pleasing lact that If you
I will raise about (30,000 we can secure this building and
I land to ourselves and o tr children. The organisation
1 will bo unencumbered except by a debt we can easily
carry and which we shall try to pay off. It all depends
upon ourselves. Within the next sixty days it is abso
lutely necessary that 1 should have S30,000i If there
are fifty people who will purchase pews the thing Is
aocomplisbod. I state this triumphantly because I be
lieve it will be perfectly ea?y to raise this amount of
money. We have sever called on you before for any
j thing except our current expenses, but wo now call on
you for all you can spare. 1 have stood by this movement
sines IK Inception and I have sacrificed everything for
It, and 1 am willir* to stan I by It II you will stand by
nse, but I cannot go on alone."
The reverend gentleman then preached a very
earnest sermon, taking for his text Matthew, vlM
i 19, ao, 21?"I<ay not up for yourselves treas
urn upon eartb, where moth and rust doth cor
1 rupt and thieves break through and steal, but lay
J up for yourselves treasures In heaven, where neither
| moth nor rust corrupt nor thieves break through and
, steal. For where yoar treasure Is there will your heart
be also." The advice of Christ, said the preacher, Is
always equivalent to the command of God. Indeed,
any statement of truth Involves and Includes moral
obligation. II1 tell you, with an authority that satisUes
you of its correctness, that in a certain portion of the
city is danger, you would be more than loollsh
to go through It. ll we were climbing
a mountain together, and I should tell you and show
you that I know what I am speaking about, that a cer
tain path unfrequented but one which you have ex
pressed a desire to enter upon Is fraught with perils
; w hich may engulf you at any moment, there is a cer
tain moral obligation contained in my statement of
this fact, and yon are bound lo .search lor the path
which will lead you salely.'and to avoid with groat
caution and prudence any asd every way concerning
wlilch you have i>een warned.
Now let me speak to you lor a moment about a little
bit of itnascial economy, ll haa been my babit ones
is a while to take my position lor a half-tiour in some
business man's office. I h.<vo watched you very ilosely
sod have tried to get Into the motives that prompt you
to So this sr that, and I have discovered one or two
th'ngs which I think It would he well to apply
not only to your business relations with
men bat Is yoar relations with Ood. If you
have mossy ea hat^d tfcere are two things almo
lately necessary. First, the messy must bs invested,
invested safely. Security la tbe primary object yoa
have In view. Glittering; promises amount to nothing.
What you want 1* absolute Mourity. and you don't
look at anything till that point la Milled. The next
object you have in view la tbe amount of income youJ
can receive from tbat uionoy after It has been placed
in tlx secure position, and I bar* noticed that you have
benn so careful about the security ol the investment
that you have hardly stilted about tbe income. It
seeuis to tne that this is a sound financial policy; U Is
one pursued by the sagacious business men of New
1 York to-day aud baa been pursued for ages. Why not
apply these general rules of
I-OMT1CAI. KCOSOMT
| to matters of spiritual lifer You cannot be the first
i man who baa done It, because in tbe first sermon ever
j preached Christ established tbe spiritual policy ot tbe
: world on tho world's common sense.
Suppose you invest your powers in this world, what
| do you get? You put all your heart Into your vork.
: You receive nothing beyond tbe present, practically;
theoretically you may. "You want money; you get It.
| There Is inoney lor every one who Is willing to aaort
! flee enough for it Well, after you buvo received your
money dooa it give you happiness? I think not. Your
cry is'for more, and more It shall be. Now you want
I honor. Well, wnat comes after that? Does it give a
! salislactioa that is lasting? What comes next? Old
! age creeps on you. Men may respect you, but Time
: does not. Time 'is an autocrat who does not oaro
| bow much you have or what youi position la. You
cannot bribe bim nor coax bim; he must |
| and will have bis own w*y literally and j
I absolutely. Tbe lime oomes wben you must die; how
i about your investment tbe moment alter you bavo
I died? I take it you have put your treasures whore
I Jesus told you not to put them. You bave put your
| treasures in a bank that has come out bankrupt, and on
the other side you start a beggar.
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
THE FINAL SERVICES Of THE SEASON?THE
OBEAT WORK 07 THE LAST TWO YEAB&.
Services were held at the Brooklyn Tabernaele yea
' terday for tbe last time prior to tho departure of Mr.
Talmago on biB summer vacation. After tbo morning
service flfiy.flvo new members wore formally received,
making a total of 1,062 since tbo erection of tbe new
Tabernacle, a little ovor two years ago. While making
bis announcements iu tbe ntorniag Mr. Talmage said
that, owing to tho ill-health ot Mr. U. R. Corwin, tho
gentloman would resign his position as trustee, ana an
olectiou would be held to Oil tho vacancy on next
Thursday evening, lie could not lot the opportunity
pass without gtviug some testimony as to Mr. Corwin's
services in beball' of tho Tabernacle. Ho thought that
tbo congregation would boar him out in tbo regret
which ho felt that Mr. Corwin should be obliged to re
sign, on account of ill-health, his position as trustee.
Uo had never witnessed suoh zeal, devotion and conse
cration as hud been shown by him in tbe up-building of
this church, and they all hoped that Mr. Corwin wfeuld
be completely restored to health, and return with his
old vigor to the service of Christ and tbe church.
Mr. Talmago preached briefly from the text, "Thou
shall observo tho feast of the tabornaeleB aeven days,"
the sermon being appropriate to tne principal service
of the day?iho celebration of tbo holy sacrament
He thought this was an occasion of great Interest, be
cause it cominciuoruted a death scene. Tho death
scene to which ho alluded was a peculiar oue. Jesus
might have walked in tbe gardens that sloped to the
sea Instead o( being tossed in the fisherman's boat
hn might have gone across the lake in beautiful sun
shine. Instoad ol being howled at by tbe unwashed
rabble be might , have charmed sanhedrims with his
oloquenco. But no! It was a sacrifice, and, therefore,
it must bo torture?tho good for (he bad, the kind
for tho hateful, the loving for the bard hoartcd,
tbe divine for tho human. Ho had been guilty of only
one crime?tho crime of saving the world, was there
ever such a criminal? Was tbero ever such a crime?
Another consnierai ion, gitlng tenderness to tho occa
sion that morning, was that It was a rounlon. On
other Sabbath days, perhaps, tbero nuchi be something
liko caste, dividlnc oue class of people from another,
although they professed to be Christians; but, on com
munion day, they camo on one platform, sat at one
table, made one confession and anticipated one heaven,
li was also, tho preacher said, a day ol recruit. If only
one soul came and nnnounced his faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ it would be a matter or congratulation
on earth and in heaven; but, when the aisles of tbo
church would be crowded with men and women for the
first time
normuio thkir faith is cubist,
who could count the doxologtes ot earth and heaven?
Anothor thought, giviug great iulerest to tbis occasion,
was the sacred ussonaiions that clustered all rouna
about it. Their minds went back from tbla com
muuion table to tbeir childhood, wben they aat in
church while their parents partook of tbe holy sacra
ment. How sacred all these associations have becoino.
The tact that it was a confessional likewise gave great
interest to this occasion. There was a time when they
prided themselves on their honor, and if a man should
have suggested any frailty in them they would bavo re
sented it; but now they were willing to confess them
selves sinners before God. As they stood In tho pres
ence ot
THIS GREAT SACftiriCX,
and remembered that Christ, in Urn last boor, askod
them lor Hia service, and then tbought of what a
lite tbey baa lived, if there wore one place tuoro bau
ble Ibau number thoy ought to lake it, and If there
were one confession more bUter than another they
ought to express lu In oonoluaion, Mr. Talma^e said
that tbts service was an antlclpative one. They were
not going to tarry Id .tbts world a great
while, but the grave was no place for tbern to
stay In. The Lord of tbe resurrectiuu \*oul<l
tome down aud pick His cbildron out of tbe.dast. aud^
they would put ou tbe wblie robe of tbe resurrection.
AUer all tbe toils and struggles of their earthly exist
ence bow sweet It would bo to real. No more sorrow,
no moro mo, no more death, no more parting. In the
evening Mr. Talmagc preached a sermon In which h#
recounted tbe work of the past year. After the ser
mon he descended from tbo piailorm anu shook hands
with hundreds of his people, who preyed forward to
bid bihi ,'arewcil. He will spend his vacation at Mnr
thu s Vineyard, where ono ol bis congregation, l)r.
Tucker, of Clinton street, has placed at his disposal an
elegant and newly furnished bouso. Tbe Tabernacle
will ho open every Sabbath morning during the sum
mer, and tbe services will be conducted by Dr. Thomp
son, of Chicago, and other divines.
ST. PATBICK'S CATHEDRAL.
the company wk keep and bow we should
ACT?SEBMON BY THE B*Y. PATH EH O'NEILU
There was a fttlr congregation at St. Patrick's Cathe
dral yesterday morning.
Tbe sermon was preached by tbs Rev. Father O'Neill,
ono or the recently ordained priests. Uo took his text
from the last gospel of the third 8unday after
Pentecost?"This man rocciveth sinners and eatetli
wlihtbem." We do not need, said tbe preacher, an
interpreter to explain to us tbe moaning ot tbeao words.
When the Scribes and Pharisees uttered them against
our Lorcf tbey had nothing worso to say, and
tbey intended to convey tbe idea that be
cause Christ was in the company of sinners
Uc was a sinner HiraselC But It Is possible to be in
bad company without being contaminated by the
associations. Chemists have discovered'a substance
which, when It envelops tbe hand, protects Irom hurt
even when in tbo midst of flames; and so, also, is there
protection Nm tbe soil of sin even when we are In
tbe midst nl danger. God has appointed toe means by
which we can preserve ourselves unharmed If we
adopt His cotnm iodmonl and lollow the wise rules the
Church lays down for our guidnn'-e under every possi
ble necessity. It is not to be understood that wo are
eucouragcd to lorm bad associations, hut that we must
make use of the time and place In which we llnd our
selves In order to perform ?ur duty, to do what little
j we may by example or by precept, or to avert by tbe
i absence ot acquiescence sinlul incentives or contem
plated wrong. Not always by woras or argument, by
i Irowns or open condemnation, is the bad deed thus
i acted or tho evil motive frustrated. Great caro should
: be exercised lest wo rush to conclusions about
tbo sinfulness of our neighbor. As a rule we aro In too
| great a hurry to condemn. Tbcro are very few of us
who have not some time or other in our owu experi
ence done wrong in this vay and been driven to ex
cuso ourselves by attributing our error to tho head and
not to tho heart. The recollection ol our own weak
ness ought to make Us judge leniently ot our neighbor.
Many people seem to have a mania to discover or to
| pronounce upon other people's laults. Cod says,
"Judge not lest you bo judged." Neither good cum
? piny nor bad is a sale criterion by which you i an form
a judgment about other* la tbe interest of charity
wc should pauso before passing sentence upon our
I neighbor and pronouncing him an enemy of the Al
I minhiy, especially as God has reserved to Kim sell the
! right ot passing judgment on His creatures. lie alono
1 understands the hidden heart, and tho.-e who under
? the outward seeming of virtue are corrupt within shall
meet with the reward that justly belongs to tbein.
! "Woo to von who are clean without and
i foul wit bin.*' Hut It is necessary for us al
ways to foe on our guard against tbe evil one.
He wbo keeps bis eye ever open to dangers has the best
chance to escape them. The only sure principle by
which we can guide ourselves is to follow constantly In
the p*th Al virtue. There is a light always shining
that wil'. lead us securely along the way to tho end If we
only wish not to wander awav Irom it. But while wo
! thus charitably view the associations around us we
must never latl to remember tho evil which may come
irom bad company, and especially when, those ot tender
age are exposed to the danger. How many young
peoplo have to ascribe their ruin to companions who
ttrst Instilled into their minds the poisou that cor
rupted them. Fathers and motherj bave a grave
responsibility In this regard, and no care on their part
can be too great in watching over their children and
guarding them against temptation. The economy ol
God in governing tbe world has thrown the bad and
tbe good together, and, while we exert every reasonable
means to allow virtue to appear in heautllut and at
tractive form, wo must be carelul that our own hearts
gel not tarnished by any effort In seeking to promote
the advancement or others. We always have at o?r
disposal the ottering up ot t rnyers to God in behalf of
thooe wbo are In the thrall of sin, and to this we should
bave recourse. The blind cannot lead tho blind. In
: spiritual things we should not run the risk of having
our own souls destroyed and rendered powerless for
gpod.
CHURCH DEDICATION.
The solemn dedication of tbs Church or the Sacred
Heart was performed Very Iter. William Qulna, V.
O.. in the unavoidable absencc of His Eminence Car
dinal McCloskev. A solemn high insas was celebrated
at ten A. M., Rev. Patrick Mo> arthy officiating. The
1 sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. MoOlynn.
W, DNETEBSITT MIS.
The Yale and Harvard Crews
at Fractioe.
THE RACE NEXT FRIDAY.
Springfield, Mass., Juno 24, 1878.
The raoe to be rowed on the Connecticut at four
o'clock ou Friday afternoon promises to be one of the
foremost In ictereat and real merit among tbe very un
usually numerous and interesting contests of this year,
1876. If It proves suocesslul, and it now seems likely
to, it wiU inaugurate a new era In American rowing,
and will establish among our students exaetly the came
system of rowing and raco which has been In vogue
among tho Oxford and Cambridge University men
sinoe they first met In friendly rivalry at Henley oo
the 10th of June, 1829. Xot tbat there has not been
racing in eights here, for in the first race between Yale
and Harvard on l.ake Winniplseogoo in August, 18&%
YaJe sent two oigbt-oarcd bargeB, tbe Undine and Hal
cyon, while Harvard won in the Oneida.
When they next mot, however, In 1855, and by tbe
way right here at Springfield, tbe eights bad been dis
carled by Yale, two sixes taking their place and keop
Ing it In all American student raoing emoe. Tbe idea
of returning to tho large boat this yoar was partly tho
result ol the dislike of both Yalo and Harvard for go
ing out of New England Ad so far from home, partly
from preferring a raco between themselves than with
crows Irom a dozen other institutions with whose
students they wore comparatively unacquainted, even
though in their live meetings with tbe laitor they were
both beaten every time save one.
TIIK ARRIVAL OP TUB ORRWH.
Both crows were late in getting to tbelr racing track,
Yalo taking lior tlrst spin ou Thursday afternoon, and
then not really over the course, while Harvard did not
launch till yesterday, thus giving oach barely a week
to learn tho road, while iho English 'varsity eights
usually try to bo at Putnoy nearly twice as long. But
with reason, lor tne course lrom I'utnoy to Mortlako,
while three lurlongs longer, Is lar moro tortuous thaa
this one, keeping the coxswains constantly ou the alert
to tako advantage of the various bends in the river.
THK COURSK.
A nearly correct Idea of tbe shape ot this track may
be lormed by taking the letter 3 by the onds and pulling
them out until It begins to look quite attenuated, tho
top half indeed unbending almost entirely. This top,
or the start, will be from a line crossing tbe river where
tno Town Brook empties Into it, Just above the Hamp
den Coonty Agricultural Park, and well on to a mil*
above the bridge of the Boston and Albany Railroad.
Averaging Irom 1,200 to 1,600 fool In breadth all tbe
way. except where tho 1878 start was made, thero
narrowing to 800, It finishes off Long
meadow station, not far from tho Ionic
flat shoal so fatal to Cornell that year. Like the Put
ney course It was under two bridges, but unlike It, from
being twice as wide and free from Its strong tide, thoro
are no troublesomo swirls and eddies and the water
varies in depth from four to twonty feet. It has risen
lately and is nearly a foot higher than In 1873. Starting
from near midstream and passing under probably the
contral one of the sevon spans of this railroad bridge
tbey will noed to vary slightly and rather suddenly to
avoid the pior of tho old turnplko bridge hardly threo
blocks bolow. Working gradually to tho right there
will doubtless he a sharp race for the corner on tbo
west or Agawam bank, which they must round, and
the one having tho polo hero will have a commanding
advantage, sufficient if the crews are really equally
matched, to Insure tbe race. The drawing lor position?
which, by the way, does not take place until a few min
utes bolore tbe race?lb us becomes a matter of vory
great Importance, whoevor wins the western or West
Sprlngfleld station making al! of a boat's length, if not
two, when they como to rounding tho point Nor la
this alL For when a milo more is rowed and tb'oy are
a little below tbe landing of the Agawam ramshackle
ferryboat they again round a point, not so valnable a
oue as the oilier, but bringing an advantage to tbe pole
not to be sneezed at by a tired crow. Thus lb* crews
do not, as at Saratoga, row exactly the same distance.
Nor have they the famous lanes to prelect them
from fouling, ibelr only safeguards being tbe cox
swains. While those lltilo fellows will aocomplish tbis
they add to tbe load 100 pounds, and with tho lanes a ;
perfectly useless 100 pounds, tbe case being quite dlf
tereut in England, tbey being necessary there owing j
to the narrowness and crookedness of tbe streams,
while the crews whicn carry them weigh usually nearly
ten pounds a man more than either of these. j
YIKWIKO TDK HACK.
To see the race will be practically impossible. No
road runs along either bank, except fur about a mile
ana a half along tbe neat aide. Irom the Agawam ferry
to tbo llniab. Thia will be one of tbe best placoa Tor
getting a look at tbe crewa for any diaunce, having a
decided advantage over the east bank and tbe grand
stand at ita foot, bccause tbo son will shin* on tbo
spectator'* back, not iu bia lace. Tbe brldgos will not,
a? Hammersmith and Barnes' brldgca on tbe Putney
course, afford favorable standpoint*?tbe rail
road bridge, because the company will not,
or certainly ought not to, allow foot passen
gers on it, and tba turnpike bridge because, baving
been bnilt In 1818 and looking aa if it was. It is entirely
Inclosed by a suingled shed, giving It tbe appearance ;
of a protracted one rtory barn, tbo only cbanco lor tbo ;
spectator being from nno of t e eight or ion portholes ;
which appear on Its aide* and are m?ant to admit light.
But as they average tint about two feet by three apit-oe
tbey would hardly accommodate all Vale's friend* or
Harvard's either, at least before tbe race.
Up till noon to-day Yale, though this la ber third day
here, haa rowed over tha track bat onoe?that was at
about half-past eleven yesterday morning?while Har
vara did the same last evening, a little before seven,
though ska haa been over parts of It several times.
Tbe long moadowa on the west side, varying in height
above the water from Ave to twenty feet, let in the
westerly bwexes so as to cut np the suriaco at tiroes
very badly?this noon, for Instance, there being white
caps on the lower balf ot the oourse and waves nearly
a foot high. This in part accounta lor Vale's putting
up the river toward Cblcopet*, where tbo southwest
winds rufllo tha water lest than on tbe course,
and where, too, she la less likely to be observed. she
has brought up ber Kngllab boat, by Clamper, of Ox
lord, which Is 58 feet long. "J teet wide, anu to top of
washboard about a foot deep, and which weighs 348
pounds, two p >nnds more i ban the one Harvard
brought from Cambridge. Harvard's new boat, from
Fearon, of Yonkers, arrived safely this morning, aud
waa paddled to quartern. Her length and breadth are
almost precisely the name as thoae of Yale's Kngllsh
boat, but she seems shallow, and hardly large enough
to carry her crow rightly over the rough water so ocm
mon on portions or the course.
TUB HARVARD CIIW
Is composed of three of her last year's Freshman crew,
Bancroft, tbo stroke; Morgan, the bow, and La Moyne,
Mr. James, of tha 18T3 University crew; Mr. Thayer,
one of tbe subatitutca, and three men wbo never rowed
In class or university race. Mossrs. Bolau, a
Senior; Jacobs, a Sophomore, and Irving, of tha
Scientific School, averaging exactly Ave leet ten
in height, all sit up woll in tbo boat, bow not being, as
is often the case, a short mau, but 0110 of the tallest.
The experiment ot promoting a man from i umber two,
tbo least honored place iu the f realmin boat, to stroke
of tbe I'nivorsity eight, bazardoux as it is, bccius to
have worked well, and Mr. Bmcrolt's action In tbe
boat shows many marks of fitness for the trying placo.
With a back perhaps least straight of any he reaches
well out. la in the water at ouce, hia arms never seem
ing to bend until ibe stroke Is almost through. Ho
arches his neck noticeably whtl*> at work-, so drawing
in his chin and giving him tho appearance of not
throwing tbo weight of bis bead on bo vigorously
as the rest Nothing in the action of the other
seven catches the eye so much as this different
pitch ol the head unless it ba that *1 hay or at
three rather outdoes the rest by throwing bis head
further over tho other way. tine |M>lnt very
prominent la the men are uncommonly well together.
Almost tbe only irregularity noticeaoie, beyond those
already named. Is ttiat occasionally on tho starboard side
one oar featners higher than the reel, but not oiten. -As
Is known in some quarters, there is n very radical
change in Harvard s stroke tms year. Instead of feel
ing about any longer, and trying Irom this man and
that book to get some idea ol th? stroke rowed at Ox
ford or at Cambridge, or by the Loudou Rowing Club,
or any other stroke thougut to be alow, she baa gone
bodily over to her old fant stroke, which stood ber so
well Irom '84 to '70, and has, fortunately, been able to
avail herself ol Iu very best exemplar?Mr. Alden F.
Lorlng, stroke or her '07 and '#8 crewa, and ol the four
which rowed Oxford in fw. a lawyer, practising in'
Boston. Alter much urging he wat prevailed on to step
lorw rd and see whether he could not aguln organise
victory. I'iob tbe results, of bis work as aeen
to-day It Is clear that if bla crew do
not win it will not be for lack
of plenty of thoroughly excellent coaching and abun
dant aud sensible bard work lor over half a year, but,
barring accidents, either because this Is not the fsster
style ol rowing, or because there il more power in the
Yale boat They will not, ol course, row precisely aa
taring's craw u?ed to row, but as far ax they can do
so, and yat use tha sliding seatn. The old stroko aver
aied lorty-foor and ? hall and lorly-Ore to the miuute
throughout tbe race, with two or three extra in tba
spurts Tba sliding seats, by making tbo legs do lar
inoro work, make eacb stroke a harder and far more
effective one. but render it impossible to pull quite so
many a minute. Yale, for instance, only rowed about
thirty-three a minute at .Saratoga laat year, and only
thirty-lour over a nart of the track here yesterday
morning. Mr. Wondgate, a well known authority
among tba t'nivenuy oarsmen in Kngland, saya that
the sliding earn is found at Henley to reduce tho time
of rowing a mil* by about eight seconds. This advantago
then must be secured, and ?o tha number ol strokes is
dropped to about thirty-eight, at wblrh Harvard ex
pects lo row the race. Nor is tbia more, or b?rely one,
than bolk the English university teams rowed this
spring at Putney, the London Timet saying that ibo
number at um<-s reached quile lorty. 1 !.<? unly other
nottoeabie cbaage, Mr. Luring allows. is tbe adoption ot !
the quick ahoot of the hand* oil the body the moment
they touch it at the end of the stroke. tbua getting
them far out and well on toward getting another grp
of ihe water before the should em begin to move for
ward. Tbe old shoulder action was far quicker, the
men jumping or bucketing forward so sharply as to
cause the stem of tbe boat to nettle at each ctroKe, ana
of course such a style was unnecessarily severe on ibe
wind. But as prominent a difference as any between
their present stroke and that or Vale is that, instead of
balancing their oar when tbeir bairns are
out and plainly delaying to catch tbe water j
?ntil tbo blude is just poised to suit, so losing not only
a Utile ttBM and letting tho boat lose headway, but a j
very Important thing? losing some of tbe best of tbe
stroke, tbe oar goes in at once; in otber words, instead '
ol any pause between finishing. going forward and be- !
ginning to get the oar into the water, it is all <>ne mo- I
lion. Then keeping the arms straight ail tho way J
until tbe body Is well past the perpendicular, the bunds
are dropped till they touoh tbo waist snd then shot
out (or u new stroke. This low dropping of courss
raises the blade proportionally and bring* about one
result likely at least to do us harm on this pumpy
water?namely, a high leather. Indeed, the Harvard
feather is noticeably higher thnn.it baa ever been since
1808, and It la questionable, whether John Biglin did
not impreaa them with some of its advan
tages, years evon before that. Another and
extremely important feature of tho present
Harvard stroke Ib that Instead ot the oar slivering out
of tbe water before tbo bands are entirely home and
so feathering in ilie air, the blade is palled completely
through in a vertical position and tben turned sharply
over und out This utilizes every Inch of the stroke,
snd in tbe close racing, which is fortunately becoming
common, these inches grow constantly in importance.
The high feather, of course, also causes tbe hands to
rise correspondingly as tbe oar drops from iho highest
point into the water. Tbe dip, ton, seems deeper than
in a boat without a coxswain, and, (Joubiless. works
well In this load carry lug business. The effect of
the entiro stroke 10 tbo spectator is that
the shoulders, being back ao much of tbo time,
seem never forward over the feel, and the
line from tbo feet to the bead seems to grow
almost straight, thus apparently, and doubtless
aotually, getting a roost telling brace auai st Iho
stretchers and letting the man throw 111* whole weight
ou to the oar. Indeed, except In the legs, ibo mus
clca hardly appear to have much to do with tho pulling
part; but ibey do with the pushing?that is, tbe ox
tensor muscles of tbe arm are called Into play vigor
ously in tbe modern way ol shooting tho hands sharply
off tbe bodr. As tbe crew rows uway at thirty-eight
of tbeso strokes a minute, while the boat does not rise
and fall badly, it is ol necessity noticoable at every
stroke. Of course tbe coxawain does not steady tbe
boat not share In tho motions ol the rowers, but,
silling bolt upright or as nearly so as be can,
unless the crew row very steadily and iho
water Is quiet hia plaoe is' no sinecure. Hold
lag ibe rudder lines taut and his hands by
bis hips and on or near the washboards, his eyes must
catch his course la that part of Ihe stroko when tbe
heads are down and lorwarU. If be docs not handle
the lines very delicately, and make Ihe very gentlest
vibrations ol ihe little rudder, the way ? checked in a
moment, and perhaps tbe raco Is lost. Of necessity a
very small man, there is danger that ho will lack ibo
nerve to steer the truest course in the keen excite
ment of Ibe race. Still, Harvard has a good degree of con
fidence in young Cheney, and they say that he has always
shown nerve whenever railed to. Facility coines by
practloe in this ss in most other aria, and tho only
thing be cannot well Icaru beforehand is not how to
steer a good Course, but bow to act If the other crow
gel ahead and eommeaca to give him their
wash. ? This reprehensible practice, so com
pletely done away witb by rowing in lanes, is in
serious danger or bMng revived on this curving course;
ungsnllemanly and jockoying as It is, it is so easy to
fall into thai Oxford and Cambridge caunot always
bring themselves 10 avoid it, and tbe result is that the
head crew rows 1b smuoih water, the other in that so
lumpy tbat It would take half a minute moro to row a
mjle in it, so rendering the contest the opposite of fair.
WHICH STItOKK WILL STAY ?
From the different strokes of the two crews snd the
widespread belief and appareot probability that the
shorter stroke of Vale Is ibe likelier to slay, it will bo
natural if Harvard gets away with the lead. In Eng
land, however, whore they are more lamtliar with tbia
length and style of racs, it is common for tbo crew
with Ibe quicker stroke to lead, often through the en
tire earlier ball of Ihe race, tho rear crow tben passing,
when about two or two and a half miles out, ?'
and coming In ahead. Should tbe like come about
this time, the place where the crisis will happen, and
hence the part to see, will be somewhere in tho halt
mile abovo the ferry ami in full view of any one on
tbo railroad track. And Ibis suggests an excellent
plan, which, if tbe railroad company will adopt it, as
ibey oasily can, will not only r rove highly remunera
tive, but go Car toward proving Springllcld a good place
at which to have a race. Let cars be run?platform If
there are not enough others?from tho bridgo till the
road leaves tho river bank at Long Meadow. This
will give unrivalled facilities for seeing somo
or tbe first mile, all of tbo second and
third uad a part of the fourth. For nearly two miles
the river cau be seen almost constantly. To bo sure,
on the Journov for tho flrst half mile many a fragrant
shanty and an occasional headlrss cat will have to be
passed, hot these will only servo to lend variety to tbe
ride, possibly al.-o to give a timely suggestion or two to
the Springfield Health Board. No ordinary difficulty
should be allowed to stand in tbe way of carrying out
this plan. The present grand stand is altogether loo
near ploughed land, and should the wind be at all
fresh there is danger that a oloud of dust mav render
It aavthing but attractive. Cover, too, mtgbt prove
scarce thereabout should a shower come up, while ibe
sun makes a good deal of heat also at four o'clock in
the afternoon. If the railroad will come to the rescue '
tbe Springfield course msy yet become a popular one.
LONG BRANCH RACES.
THE JULT MEETING?THE OATHEBINQ OF THE
HOB8E8, AC.
Loao Branch, Jane 25, 1876.
Tbe Hammer season baa commenced at Long Branch
moro than usually early and with increased attractive
ness and brilliancy. Many improvements have been
mado in the drive* and walks since last summer. New
cottages have sprung up in ail directions, and additions
bare bees made to several of tbo hotels. The New
Jersoy Central Railroad bave erected a new and com
modious depot at easy distance from tho hotels, and
aro already running full trains morning and evening
lor the accommodation of tbo increased number of
visitor* Thero is a freshness and sweetness about the
Branch at tbis early season peculiarly attractive, and
the relreahlng view of the sea is alone worth the trip,
to say nothing of tbo delicious breezos and the daily
plunge In the salt waves.
Great preparations are being made for the race moot
ing at Moo mouth Park, to commence on Saturday,
July 1. The race course is in fine order. The club
house and grand stand bave been repainted, and pre
sent a very handsome appearance. Iudeed everything
about tbe park la in excellent condjtlon and in readi
ness for the crowds tbat will, no doubt, throng every
available apace at tho meeting. This is ouo of the
bandaomeat raco tracks In America, with the advan
La gee of beautiful roads leading to it (watered during
tlie meeting toGreevant dash), an easy drivo of three
miles from tbe main ocean uvrnue, and at all limes a
glimpse of and a breuh from the sea.
The races this season will be of more than ordinary
Interest, as tho entries are very numerous and the
stakes large. The first day, July 1, is tho Great Jersey
Derby Stakes. On Tuesday, July 4, tbe Moumouih
Cup. to be followed, according to programme, with
other days and ruces of equal interest.
Many of the horses aro already in training at tbe
park, and others are arriving by every train. So nu
merous have been the entries tbat the ample stabla
accommodations at tbe track hnvc been insufficient,
and the club hive been compelled to leas* nil of the
available stable* fn tbe immediate neighborhood.
That some idea may be bad of the interest and im
portance ol the meeting to commence on Saturday,
July 1, there Is appended hereto a list of the horses
now at Mnnm utli 1'ark in training for the great con
tests then to take placo:?
v Mr. Bklxokt's Annie. ?Olltipa. Fiddlestick, Ber
tram, Sultana, Patience, Daunt lex.--, Clematis, Hibernla,
Susquehanna, Baroness.
Mk. Gkoih.k Lobillarr's Stahlk. ?Tom o-.htltree,
Leamier. Siniburet, Ambush, Warlock, Lucifer, Lot
tery, ladylike. Olieasler, I.ouuger.
Mr McGrath'm Svaiu.k.?AristMes, Chesapeake,
Aaron Penamgton, Leonard, Krauk Jones, DalguUlan.
Mu. Cotiiill's Stable.?Mediator, Asses. Colonel
Nelligan. Stampcdo, Ascension, Adventure, Itiaibe H.,
General Harney.
Mr. Hitcrcim k'h Stable.?ftalway, Cariboo, Spring
let, Busy Bee, Vineland mid five teo-year-old colts.
Ml bAiicocK'a Stable.? Kgypt, Oxrnore, Wood
land. *
Wbldox A: GtnxiT'a Stable.?Wcstonester, War
pentac. Hail Columbia.
Mr. Coffer's Stablr.?Charlie Mull, Donnybrook,
Ida Wells and several fine colts.
Mr. CiiARBRRLiii'a Starul?Lord Zetland nnd lone.
Cabi^ it Co.'* St a n tit.?Victory, Britxk:i. Bull and
Blue. Klla Wotton, Rifle, Mignonne, Blunder, Carte
Blanche, Simoom, Storinaway and Juun.
Beside these Mr. Donohue has ten horses, P. Loril
lard ten, Governor Bowie six, Mr. Puryear four, Mr.
Clayton four. Colonel McDamel ten, to arrive on
Wednesday from Philadelphia, where they have beea
attending tbe Centennial meeting at that city.
CANOE VOYAGE ACROSS THE ENG
LISH CHANNEL.
[From the Cork Examiner, Jane 1&]
Lieutenant Colville, of tho Grenadier Gnarda, a young
man whose courage Is only equalled by his modesty,
amnsed himself on Derby Day in astriklng and original
manner. Starting from Cbariug Cross on the Tuesday
ni^ht by tbe Dover mail, with a light summer canoe
one of the Maidenhead '<oockle shells' ?weighing
about sixty pounds and measuring about fourteen feet
In length, with a change of clot bee and * bottle of oold
tea he prepared himself for the task ol paddling across
the Channel. There was no may<>', no crowd, no rpo
eial correspondents to see bim oil, his only conUJaat
being a coast guard man who had taken a rough fore
cast of the weather. At three o'elock?daybreak on
Derby morning?he started from Dover harbor, and
paddled himself into Calais Harbor by hair-paat nine,
doing about thirty miles xigtag across tbe Channel ia
six hours and a half. Hla reception on the Fr?neh side
waa not enthusiastic. Ho went on board tbe mail
steamer, lying ready for her midday paaaage to Dover,
and waa follow*! by n French official who demanded
harbor dues in that icjurod ton* which ? Frenchman
knows no well lo assume. He did not pay the duet
but changed hi* clothes and had his breakfast on board
tin; (learner, return ng tho mum dajr to London.
As an effort dt pur* courage the voyage beats both
Webb's and Boy to a'a.
yachting!
THE INTERNATIONAL OCEAN t!lg*?aww. BE
OATTA?NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
To-day, according to the programme arranged bjr tho
committee havlug charge ol the Centennisi Regatta,
the ocean racc- la to come off From present indica
tion! all tho yachts entered may not start. The fol
lowing ore counted on, however:?The schooner
America, belonging to General Butler, of Boston; tits
Alarm, Commodore Kingslaud's vessel, and tbe stoops
Windward and Kate. The starting place will be the
buoy opposite the point of the Hook, whither the com
mittee will pruceod on the steamer Raymond. Tho
course ic to und around the Cape May lighubip and
back.
A Union regatta will be sailed to-day from the club
house at the foot of .Seventeenth street. North Klver,
uuitor 100 auspices of the Hudson River Yacht Club.
The ninth annual regatta ol the Columbia Yacht
Cluti will take place on Tuesday, 27th inst.
Yacht Maggie, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Osborn, from New
York, pa*sod Wbiteatone, L 1., cruising eastward.
Yacht Fleet wing, N. Y. Y.C., Mr. Osgood, from North
port, is at nuclior off Herald Telegraph station,
Whitcsione, L. L
THE SCHITfZEN CORPS' excursion.
Nearly 1,000 members ol the various sobutzon corpi
of New York and vicinity departed (or Philadelphia
yesterday afternoon, to participate in the great Ban
dislest which commences there to-day. The variona
corps assembled at Harenburg's, corner of Faiton and
Greenwich streets, marched to tho Corilandt street
ferry and took tho hall-pust flvo o'clock train. They
were all in unilorm, and a splendid band accompanied
them. A largo number ol persons assembled to see
them ofl. The companies that left were Now York
Schutzen Corps, Captain Aery, New York city; Cap.
tain (ierdls, Jersey City; Captain Schumann, Brooklyn
and Williamsburg. They will remain there sis days.
THE COURTS.
COURT CALENDARS?THIS D-Ot
All courts except the following have adjourned for
the term
Slpkkmk Court? CkaWimrs?Held by Jadge Dono
huei-Nos. 0, 10, 30. 39, t>5, 69, 70, 80. 81, 83, 83, 84,
89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 101, 105, 113, 117, 119, 121, 123, 133,
134, 136, 154, 103, 164, 1?6, lrtti, 167, 170, 175, 178,189,
192, 211, 213, 214, 223, 226 to 230, 232 to 234, 237, 238,
241, 246.
supreme Court?circuit? I'art 1?Held by Jadge
Wettnrook.?Case on?No. Ilia Short causes set
down lor trial in this part will bo called by Judge Larre
more, In Part 3, ou Tuesday, Juno 27.?Part 2?Held
by Judge Van VorsL?Nos. 3232, 3201, 680, 3210, 1824,
736. 2404, 1318, 2110, 2808, *98, 1011, 1436, 1437, 1876,
1164, 3012, 1028 >i, 770, 2U46, 1322, 1061. Part 3?
Held by Judge Larremore?Case on No. 1750.
No day calendar. Short causes set down lor to-day
will be called to-morrow.
superior Court?Si-ecial Term?Held by Jadge
Sedgwick.?Case on No. 41. No day calendar.
Common Pi.kah?General Term?Meets for the par*
pose of rendering decisions.
Common Pi.eas?I rial Term?Part 2?Hela by Jadge
Van Brunt?Nos. 2441. 2540, 2340, 2487, 2322. Part 3?
Held by Judge J. F. mly.? Nos. 2207, 2443, 2494, 21?4,
1098, 1680, 2072, 2342, 1441, 1097, 2128, 1104, 2121, 1308,
2118.
Marine Court?Trial Term?Part 1?Held by Jadge
Shea lor the purpose of trying causos which were eo
penally set down lor the 2<Hh, 27th and 28th inst.
Court or General Sessions?Part 1?Held by Re
corder Hackett.?The People vs. John Keenan, man
slaughter; Same vs. Moses I.auber, burglary; Same
vs. Marcus Buckin, burglary; Samo vs. Andrew Espen
osa and Juan Souiau, uraud larcony; Same vs. Johl
Connelly and John I .ark m, grand larceny; Same va
Michael'Mullln, grand larceny; dame vs. Hyman Gold
stein, grand larceny; Same vs. John Alexander and
John L. Saulsbury, grand larceny; Same vs. Alice Til
ton and Susan Johnson, grand larceny; Samo va Frank
Williams and Edward O'Koefe, grand larceny; Saint
vs. John Malonv, grand larcony; Samo va Georgt
Smlthsou, grand larceny; Samo va Sheffield George
cruelty to animals; Same v& John Flynn, false pro
tenccs; Same vs. John Glynn, sodomy; Same va Allot
Fitzgerald, homicide. Part 2?Belore Judge H. A-Gil
dersleeve.?The People va Charles Williamson, for
gery (continued).
FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT.
Before Jadge Kilbreth.
A DANGEROUS MAN.
About three months ago Charles Scharrer, of Na lit
Second avenue, made an attempt to kill himself bj
cutting his throat. He recovered, however, nod hi.
wile, whose threat to leave him had caused him to at
tempt suicide, changed her mind alter this proof of hi*
love and they have lived peaceably together sine*.
Saturday night last the husband's violent temnor again
broke out and bis wilo caused his arrest for threaten
ing to kill her. Sho said sho was really In danger ol
being murdered by ber husband, and to prevent buch *
catastrophe the Court committed bim lor six month!
in default of $300 bail to be of good behavior.
POLICE COURT NOTE&
Jacob von Vieleu, a cane maker, of Hoboken, on Sat
urday night, for a bot ol $6, drank thirty glasses oi
lagor.bcsr in a Bleecker street saloon in order to prove
It was not intoxicating. He was awarded the wager,
but subsequently walkod into the North River at th?
loot ol Leroy street. He was rescacd after much dlffl
cuity by Officers Ward and Malaskev, of the Ninth pre
cinct, and locked ap in tbo Cbarlos street station. Ol
being arraigned before Jastloe Smith, at the Washing
too Place Court, yesterday, be was discharged
A somewhat unusual case of aoaudonmoot cane u|
before Justice Smith at tbe Washington Place Court.
Three days ago a middle-aged woman, who gave her
name as Ann Brewery, of No. 119 West Houston street,
came belore tho Justice and stated that William 3.
Seaman, a truck driver, of No. 43 Scammel street, with
whom she had lived tivo years sad by
whom sho had a boy four yean old aad a girl
three years old, had abandoned her. and that
sho aud her children had not eatea
anything for Torty-eiglit hours. Justice Smith gave her
$2 and issued a warrant for Seaman's arrest, which
won placed in the hands of Officer Fleming, of the
court bquod, lor scrvice. Officer Fleming found thai
Seaman was employed in Gregory k Jones' drag mills,
in Cherry street, but on applying there for Information
tho existence of such a man was dented. By dint of
patieut watching the officer succeeded in arresting Sea?
man, who denied his identity. On being arraigued be
fure Justice Smith be claimed that he merely boaraed
with the complainant, and never sustained any other
relation toward her. Justice .Smith, after carslully sur
veying iho situation, said"Seaman, those children,
although they cannot testify, are Mill fatal witnesses
against you. 1 will commit you in default ol $600 ball."
And Mr. Seaman, who surprised tho Court with a sud
den burst of proianlty, was brought down stairs by
Sergeant Berghols.
On the complaint of Officer Muhr, of the Twoatyw
ninth precinct, Justice Smith, st the Washington Place
Court, yesterday held William A Wbittemoro oa ?
charge ol cruelty to animals in shooting a dog.
At tho Esacx Market Court, before Justice Bisbv.
Hugh Cleary, a driver ol' car No. 12 ol tbe SeoonV
avenue line, was beld lor running over Charles S.
Christ, aged tiro years, of No. &tt First avenue. The
complaint was made by Officer Waters, of tbe Seveifc
tornth precinct, who stated mat the child's left leg
was broken and its right Iool badly lacerated.
John Kllcnburgb. twenty-two years old, was ais
raigned before Justice Blxby, at tne Essex Market
Court, yesterday, charged with snatching a pookoiboot
containing $2 from I,my Matter, ol No. 81 Kidge street,
while shr was walking through East Broadway oa Sat
urday night. Ho was committed for trial la doiauli of
l&OObaii.
Early on Saturday Mary Ann Leland, of N& TO
Irving place, hired Thomas Nolan, a waiter, living at
No. 33tt Ka*t Thirty-second street, to carry her trunk,
containing $43 worth of clothing, from her then resi
dence, No. 216 avenuo B, to No. 70 Irving place. He
did not deliver tbe trunk and lailed to give any ae?
count of what he had done with It Officer Rittner. ol
the Seventeenth precinct, arrested him, and on hit
being arraigned before Justice Blxby, at tbe Been
Market Police Court, yesterday, be was held In $601
bail to await tho action of the (Jrand Jury.
At tho Essex Market Court yesterday moraln*
I.izzie Smith, ol No. 356 Kaat Tenth street, wss heU
for i rial on complaint ol Officer Nagent,of the Eleventh
precinct, lor having on Saturday night aasaulted Mar
garet Smith, of No. 330 East Tenth street, with s wood
axe, injuriug her severely about the bead. She wu
held lor trial In delault of ? 1.000 bail.
Jobu Meaban, of No. al Norloik street; Andrew Mo*
Iniyrn or No. 110 White street: Charles Cheliffe. of
No. 147 Third avenue, aad Miobaet Feeney, of No. 121
Stanton street, keepers of the fsro bank
No. 1A1 Hester street, raided on by Sergeant
Kars and the police of tbe Tenth precinot oa
Saturday evening, and the eighteen men and boys who
were playing against tbe game at the time it was
pulled, wero arraigned before Justice Blxby, at the
Essex Market Court, yesterday morning. AH the par
ties arrested were discharged except Meaban, Melo.
tyre, Cheiide and Feeney .who were beld lor trial it
default ol $600 ball each. The police confiscated a
faro table, layout, cue box and 490 chips, which were
taken to the Property Clerk's office at Police HeaA
quarters.
HANGING IN A STATION HOUSE.
John J. I.ogtie, arrested early yesterday morning oa
the charge of disorderly conduct and locked up la tho
First precinct station house, Brooklyn, was found
shortly alter bis srre.?t hanging from the door of hta
cell. He was immediately out down aad hla life saved.
FIRE IN BROOKLYN.
The shoe store of John Detweller, No 711 Tsteo
avenue, Brooklvn, was damaged by Or* yesterday to
the extent nf $$00. Covered Wf in?aao?