The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-13

DR.. Hawks al the Uhsurch or the Ascer,,,u.
This eloquent divine, who has been 90 long shining
light in tho Episcopal Church. being In town yssssr
day preached, In the morning and afternoon In the
Church Of the Ascension Fifth Avenue. Although the
day wet and dis agreeable, there was large At.
tendance both occasions
In the morning, his discourse was exceedingly slo
quept and srgume ntstive, and seemed to make sen
sible impression on all who heard 1t.
In the afternoon ne pre.one6 IRON tne second epls-
9th" For 70 know the grace Of Lord, Jssas
Christ, that though he rich, yet for your sakss,
became poor; that 70, through his poverty, might,
The reverend gentleman then proceeded to enforce
ssd s. Paul snsrssS Of ~ h
perceived to be unity and he loved to view II Ia eli
points that themselves to his vie~ His great
d not accord with this standard, he rejected It. In
expounding the doctrine Of manfestng liberal
tlnued the reverend gentleman. aepesi to ths COM
mon principles Of our nature to the bless
ings which would Be conferred on society-o those
with great propriety and effect? No-ths grounds
he rested bis appeal on were very different He turned
on, In strain Of great clog uenoe to show how the
virtue Of charity had been commented to us BY the
him on behalf Of her father on bshsf Of
his dsughter-the mother that living monums ut OF
helpless wo, on behalf Of her SON the Ioathsons
leperthe helpless cripple-the wretched psrsl vito
all found from loving Saviour mercy -rstiou
and relief. He gave back the brother to the sister
to his mother-he cured the Samaritan ieper. ana
made whole the wretohed paralytic But his A.
fection for his creatures went far beyond this He
rrlinq uished the alteration Of Heavens Inhabitants
and to the emphatic words of the sorin,ur n
"stripped himself of al"of glory praise honor hap,
pness and majesty he took upon himself the for 81
msn-simple man and he who was the Lord of Heaven
and earth, became Q waudsrer through the world He
assumed the lowest garb Of humanity, and as II that
not sufficient endured all kinds Of insults and
indignitirs and submitted himself to the most iruo
mipious Of deatts-sven the death of the GROSS He
spontaneous ofering-of his npara,leled ~ ntv
and lad he not done the to yeu would
have been endless suffering and endless despair The
human race had ne claim Whatever upon this moon.
oevabe love After dwelling upon this point Tor somo
time the eloquent preacher concluded by saying that
he would not appeal to hereafter urge motives
taken from consder alton of future reward and nun
ihme but would appeal to the OF gratitude of
ju.tce and Of honor for the personal kind ness e,ch
one of them had received from the Almighty Thsre
not one In that congregation who would M a nd
hundreds Of instances Of this kind If he took the
trouble TO examine snd apart from or motiyes
and grounds on which he appealed them. he ex-
horted them, by every remembered instance o. ths
favor OF gr3co1s God to cultivate and pract az thu
virtue Of charity and lbsrality towards tbs poor.
City Intelligence.
THr PRorosrp FERRY TO BROOKLYN In the month
of October 1s47 the citizens of BROOKLYN ceeded
In getting law passed by the Legislature, app Uniting
board of ferry commissioners This was done With
view to estahis when and VIII. re they pie lsed a
ferry ferries between New York aud that city: nd
such law has probably never found its way on tue
statute books Of any state country before L. pro-
vides that that board OF commissioners shall ave
power to license ferries whenever they may deem the
public convenience requires it, aud that men of NC.
prejudiced minds might compose that ard enc was
chosen from Albany another from Washington coun.
ty, and the other from some place entirely Unknown
toNew York. The object Of the movement was to es-
fahi fsh fr0n fho f0nf If yVail
city to the foot Of Montague street In Brooklyn The
commissioners, with the mower of their appoi
monslty of this city a5judged that ferry was &C.
tualiy necessary at that place la the Law
they have 50 a RI. that l. tn. ovosrs Of
corporate authorities of New York should refuse
to dispose of suoh property for the purpose by
county should be notified by the commits stone e. nd
jury Of twelve from that county shoud j aies the
value Of tn -: desired and the
fine caper Twelve men from Westcheser COM y
who look upon $1Co an acre fair pric- for 10 i'd
in the city of New York are worth All having ham
done In Brooklyn that could he done without the
knowledge Of the corporation of New York on Friday
their chosen committee called upon the Mayor and
LAID before him impertinent for the a.
eideration Of the Common Council Az soon !, the
Mayor understood the nature Of the document he told
the committee that he thou IL would not meet with
the sanction Of that body. It has been ct ted
the fact nor was there the slightest ,ndic.t,on ~
unpleasant feeling among the parties. He did
not look at the proposition at the time aud knew not
Of the nsture OF It, from le. ter dirAc hi
tef aud far he was no rned would
not commit the city in any manner whate vpr The
the most careless observer Jeseus OF the prosper
of ork. some Of the thorough going Brooklyn
improvement men endeavor first to occupy all the
shipping Of the port may be drawn to the opposite side
of the river which they suppose would be the means
of establishing custom house and other ation Al Of
av hat NIL
belonging to them obliged to make their uriss and
cesrances from the custom house in this city, to tbs
great injury OF the prosperity Of that city. Well,
strange things will come 20 pass who would have
thought, ten years ago, that Ia 1s4s the commercal
that custom house would be necessary for IL, trsns
action? True their daily imports are considerable
but 1t Is not probable the consu would be will ug
they obliged to look to New York for 1.-THE ieeisia
tuie OF the violation of the charter of York
CITY have the privilege ofgranng to other cities what
privileges they dema nd after the
rights and franehise,, then the Mayor aad C,mmou-
atty ere u,eless and should not be supported stthe
before the Common Council. this evening, and will
without doubt, receive pro mpt and just denial With
now ferry tach side Of the place proposed or d.
manded which sufficient for all the purposes the
not, refuse; but to be driven into a messure vhjoh
they know will be injurious to the interests OF the
CITY they will not submit to- The principal movers
In this matter are doing business in this city
and residing In Brooklyn, whereby they escape taxa
ton. Then the citizens Of New York must be obliged
TO pay the expenses OF police force to take care Of
the property tf individuals who are making every
effort TO In lure the pro prrty Of the city by driving
the shippn g from the most mporta ut indus places
In the city The idea of such a me Mt is absurd,
and csnnot possibly expect TO meet with favor. The
Common Council are sufficiently alive to . proper
sense OF their duty to consiyn such a demand to
merited oblivion, knowing as they do that they are
only sustaining the will their constituents.
AcoiDErr ON THE New jersey RArLRoAp-An
accident occurred on Saturday night on the New Jvr
fey Railroad, which, had it not been for the great
precauton used by the conductors the would
have proved m,st fatal. The Brunswick train LEFT
jersey City at four o'clock, and the Philadelphia train
a half hour after When near Rthway, the Bruno
wick train broke down, from uufore seen cause
Immediately the signal light sent back that the
engineer OF the Philadelphia train might discover the
accident in time to stop the train sequence OF
there being descent in the grade Of the some
be Inh nnftn kilA Il,