The New York Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1852, Page 1

_ Points, and to one portion of its popvlation, at least, THE NEW YORK HERALD. © WHOLE NO. 7330. MORNING EDITION----FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1852. THANKSGIVING DAY. THE GRLEBRATION HERE AND ELSEWHERE, ‘TRE REVOLUTION ON THE FIVE PoInTs. errr Tnteresting Sermons and Addresses. ‘The Lecture of Thomas Francis Meagher, ei, Se, de. Scenes on the Five Points. NINTH AMNIVERSARY OF THE LADIES’ HOME MISSION socIETY ‘The bright, clear sun which ushered in the annual day Of thamkegiving and rejoicivg. poured ite bright and joy- ous beams into that quarter of our city called the Five brought hopes of pleasure and enjoyment for tho day. Freman early hour in the morning the side door of the Old Brewery in the Five Points, was bosieged by hun- dreds of beys and girls, eagerly stretching for and snap- ping the tickets which were to procure for them not only @ comfortable and plentiful dinner, but @ suit of uew clothing to appear in at table. The appearance of these young denizens of the Five Point» was indeod far from being encouraging to thoro benevolent ladies who have undertaken the work of regeveration amongst them. They were all, without exception, as unclean aud reck- fess a set of urchins as could be found within the same in apy city. Mrs. Deuel, the directress of the so- took on herself the ti ying task of distributing the ‘This is the third year that the ladies of the mission eremeerites a dinner for the poor children attached to | the |. and the mavy otber unfortunate children who arm im the neighborhcod From their benevolent and exertions in behalf of tiose lowly chiliren of ‘and intemperance, the ladies of the mirsion have enabled to procure one thou-and garments, com- Bisting of shoes, pants, juckete. uni shirts. for boys aad entire dresses for girls. which were yesterday moroing distributed to the children The preference was, of course, given to the regular attendants of the rociety’s sehool, who mumber about two hundred. and the remain- were distributed among the “outsiders,” in the hope may be induced to attend. and reap the bene- @ regular attendance at school would com- Yesterday was the ninth anniversary of the Ladies’ Home Mision. Tho Five Points is the eighth mirsion occupied by the society, for the scone of their j and there, where poverty, intemperance, and crime,s0 much abound. they have s qide field for the practice of their benevolence The Executive Committee of the Ladies’ Home Mis. blon Society, composed of some of the wealthiest and most influential of our citizens, have determined to do down the Old Brewery itself, and to erect a new building on itasite. Vor this purpore they hare comnelne the | purchase of the Bre' and have in the neighborhood, @ large quantity of jing materiuls. Tho now build. will compartments for a mistion room, roome for boys and girls, &c.om the basement ‘The upper portion will pe entirely allotted ‘o tens- an to those persons who will con- form to the rules and regulations of the society. None Others will be admitted. ‘The rents will be very low; in sddition to ye oy the Lean d will Brag te the Cocupants, wi tioable. “y us en- industry end comfort throughout the es. tablishment ; and happy will it be for those unfor. tumates, even at the eleventh hour. who shall take ghelterwithin its walls, and strictly observe ita rules. Mrs. Deuel, the directres: of the Society, kindly under- took to pilot us through the Uld Brewery and all its in- jies. Many families are etiil osoupying the old but most of its former occupants have left, ia an- mm Of its being torn down; snd, indeed, it is time that old building should be destroyed, and mot bo | ‘allowed to be a disgrace not only to our cily. but to depraved neighborhood in which it stands. With- He ii ree Ls I i in its walls aod jeus have been committed most of the | crimes which ace that portion ofthe city. In cue | yy it is led that no less than thirty murders from time to time committud. But its | arms these viotories were how great was the valor Wherever the star banner thrive and prosper ith ite folds He was umequil to do justice to the physical excellence of this country, still less was he able to do justice to its mental excellence; for if they wished to know who ft was thnt was entitled to the name‘of the “first in war, first in peace, and first Sone hearts Ke his ee men,” it a payee ‘acbingtom, (Cheers speaker compliments to Jeffereon, Webster, Fulton’ and Morse; eaob, hy said, deserving to be the foremost of his age But while the whole civilized world profits by their labors, their fame and glory was ours. 4 were the children of the land, and as such he would exhort his hearers to imitate their fame and greatness. As an Israelite addressing Istaclites he could mot conclude witnout speaking of the moral yness of the land they live in, Here is America in her moral ' groatners, founded on the spirit of justice. nurtured by liberty, and upheld by hospitslity, beneficence, and love of truth it is the asylum of the oppresced; and thus the country stands in the contclousness of her moral dignity. It is this whieh gives public opinion im America its weight and power; end if avec have cause to do honor to that course of public opinion beyond all other classes of men. it is Is- Twelites, . (Cheers) They could bequeath to their chil- dren sspirations more pure and liberty more genuine than they inherited from their fathers; aud this the owed to * the land we live in.’ Let them, therefore. still remain united; and may the Lord above us, who has blesaed this land, still ex! His protection to its inba- bitants. and may the latest generation still exclaim, God bless and prosper “ the land we live in.” ¢(@heers.) Tho following toasts were them proposed : — 8, The City and State of New York, and its consti- tuted authorities—May its trade and commerce prosper, its agriculture flourish, and its administration be crowned with success, To this toast Mr, Recorder Ti100 responded, 9. Our Sister Societies—Thelr aim, Me ours, is beme- ficial and their effort is to do good. 10. Our Visiters of every comntry. Severel other volunteer toasts were proposed, songs sung. and meek delivered, and tho company se; ted with had parat 5 ited the entertainment iu which they Catholic Ceremony. pated. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF HOLY CROSS CHAPEL—jMYOSING CHRBMONIES BY ARCOBISHOP HUGHES. Tn accordance with the announcement that the Right Reverend Archblshop Hughes would lay the foundation stone of the intended Church of the Holy Cross, in Forty second streat, between Highth and Ninth avenues, yesterday efternoon, a vast crowd of people, principally Trish, assembled on the spst at the appointed hour and commenced at once taking up positions which com- manded a good view of the ground whereon the intended ceremonies were to take place. On a dais there was erected a temporary altar, surmounted with a white cross, ornamented with a flowered wreath, the whole pre- senting a symbol of the Roman Catholic religion and of the name by which the church is to be designated. Be- fore deecribing the ceremonies connected with the Inying of the foundation stone, wo will premise that the building Will be erected under the direction of Mr, Welsh, the ar- ebitect, and will occupy a square of ons hundred feet. The structure will be of brick, but the front is intended to be ornamented with marble. There will be two spires, running up to the height of one hundred and sixty feet, and the total cost of the building will be about $50,000. As the appointed hour wore away. the crowd begaa to manifest considerable impatience, for not a few wore suffering from the intense cold that prevailed. At length the Archbishop's carriage drove past, and the spectators solaced themselves with the refloction that their shiverings would soon be ended. When all the nocessery arrangements had been made, the priestly cavalcade set out from @ house in the rear of the ground, in the following order :—Four boy® clothed in white and bearing wax candles, Arch- bishop Hughes and Bishop Whelan, of the Wheeling Diccers, Virginia, the Rev. Mr. Krutil, the Rev. afr. Kear, and the Rey. Mr. Ambros Buchmeier followed by a choir who chanted “ Heavenly Jerusalem” at the altar. been sealed. and in a few days there shail not be left ding upon another. The scvnes wo wit- ing through this wretched abode of misery ait not be earily forgottem. The nufortt- who, in thefr poverty still cling to its and mise walls as a thelter, are for the most | Irish. In one room into whioh. Mrs e, chowed as, | a and rather goou tooning Irwtrwomen who | folded £0 her bresat a dead ehild of avout one year | 4 child bad died rome time during the night; but | the wretched mother would not part with her dead , and mo persuasions could induce her to relin- Some of the rooms bore a striking coutrast to ra few were extremely clean, and the occu- | med to be cheerful and industrious ~ | far has this benevolent society successfully strug. | ugh the many difficulties it had to eucounter. It ently plesed its standsrd iu the very the most abandoned portion of our city where all | ever effecting any good hed ceased to be enter- | ; and it now remains for a generous public Ladies’ Home Mission Society in their great | They have for their object the reclaiming from | the children of misery and crime. the chil- | ! i 4 E it @ | EEE pa EEE z = 2 2. z 1: i 5 & . FH : a Ft ¢ intemperate and desolate. and teaching them | good and useful members of society Eye ‘up with tables, and thers the chil¢ren partook of most excellent dinner. The tent was ned with evergreens, aud at the head of each table was s large ‘vase of flowers; on the north endof the two ceatrs tables ‘were two beautifal sta‘ues of plenty, holding cornucopias in their hands; they were very tastefally decorated with flowers and evergreens, At five o'clock the cnildren be- gan to enter the tent—tho girls came first, two and two; after them the boys in the same manner. wotil the tables were all ocoupied There wors then in the tent about 37d children. Before commevoing to discuss the good things | before them, they rang sweetly and in good tone, “Praise | God, from whom all blessings fo after which, a bless- pel invoked by the Rey Mr Luckey, who presided. Whe children were assiduously waited upon by the ladies | of the society. who paid every atten ioa to their wants, On their retiring from, the tent. Mre Deuel, aueisted by other ladies, banded to eas girl a doll, cornucopis of candy, and some fruit; to ths boy were given drums bu- gles. dy, fruit. &e In this way very nearly one thou- gand ehildren ate their thank-giving dtoner io the big tent. The ladies of the Mission were indebted to macy ‘of the hotel keepers and private citizens, for their con- tributions of turkeys, geese, hams, tongues, bread, sn Od Brewery itself was illuminated, and hundrods teok opportunity of visiting the old building, of which ro waeh bes been raid and written. If its misery was 0 apparent in the day time how must it have logk- ed when lighted up with the mockery of an iliuuination. ‘Thus ended the aluth anniversary of the Ladies’ Home Mission Society. wi The Hebrew Festivat. The thirty-first anniversary of the Hebrew Benevolent Societygwas celebrated Jast evening, by @ social dinner, at the Chinese Rooms, Broadway. The attendance waslarze and highly respectable. and hermony, social feeling and Dilarity characterized the proceedings, The diuver was provided in excellent style, and nothing was wanting cal- @ulated to promote the festivity. In the ciroulur lesued Dy the Board of Directors, they state that “they have ‘peen enabled to meet the unprecedented calls that were qmade on their funde during the Jast twelve months, receipts end expenditures for sbarity, during this year. have by far exceeded those of any previous yrar sinse the formation of this society. The Board also feel great pleasure in stating that, nolwithstsnding the liberal ap propriations made for upwards of one thousand poor ap- nta. they have not lost right of that article of the constitution which binds them to invest acertain portion Of their inccme in the permavent fun is ” The dinner room was occupied by four tables, two ex- horizontally for the acoowmodation of the Pregi- dent, Vico President and invited guests and four dowa the room between them, tor the members of ths society. Grace was said in the Hebrew language. bet dinner, by Rey. Dr Leo. and after dinner by Rey H Lyons. all resent. [according to the Hebrew fushion, covering their their napkins The "President then proposed the following toasts in 1, The day we cetebrate—the thirty first anniversary Of the society—its infancy was promising—its youth was blessed. May ite riper years continue to realize the pro- mise and perpetuate the ble-ring 2 Our brothers in all parts of the world ‘ 8. Religious Liberty—God's cheicest gift, and man's right. 4. The dent of the United States. . Aanonson, the President of the society, gave a statement of tho affairs of the imstituiion. He saw that they were here once mire assembled im the good old cause ; and yet it seemed but yesverday they bad ail met ot this festive board, But they came here for » far more noble purpose than mere enjoy ment, and that was chari- ty. No tees than one thoursnd persons © been ta Hevea by this society within the last tweive moni lis, at an expense of $8,750, He (the President) trusted he weald to-night see ® noble exemplification of their spirit of charity, ro that this rocie'y, which is composed of two most noble words—Hebrew and Benevolent—shoula be able te claim ite t Tho filth regular toast was then proposed--Charity, Rey, Dr. Issac rerponded in eloquent terms Mr. Manx Levy then read the names of tho subsoribers to their charitable fund for this year, and the amount ted by each othe niztb regula tonst was “Ednoation,’ and tho se genth “The land we live in” to the latter of which The Rev Dr. Rarnace responded, He said hoe found Binet atinched to this land by the dearest #feoi “The land wo live in’ is the republic of the Us States, whore present position sod fulare destiny oosupy the though*s of the post, the rtadent and He was not 1 culogist of military greatacie fr be & that the goddess of pends and not the grddeas of ‘was the protectress of this country. ite would not sprak to them of Baratogs wor of Yorktrrt;- ter yet, Whom he though; of tae nation sgeiasy Whose | ofgolng into the pulpit the Right Rev. gentiemsa do o | ordod overall things—to acknowledge our entire depend “big tent’? on the Five Poiuts, was prepared and | The | Archbishop Hucnes than atcended the stairs that had beom erected at the end of the,eliar, ¢o the pulpit, which had been placed on an elevatfam eb the side, but instead livered the following address immediately in feont of it We aro abovs, dearly betored ‘Bevtlitam, to jay ius ove ner atone of achurch to be dedionted to the service of Almighty God, with those ceremonies and prayers which religion has appointed as appropriate to be used on such occasions. This service and these ceremonies are intend- ed for the double relation tor which divine publio worship has been by God instituted. Oue part relates to our great | Creator and Redeemer—the other to omrselves. One part is appointed to recognise and acknowledge the soverei, ence upon him—to manifest our gratitude for the favors he | has bestowed——in a word,to render to him the honor'and the | homage which belong of right to the Great and Eternal Being by whom we have been created and placed in this world. in order that we may obey his precepts here, and artake of the happiness which he has prepared for us Eereafter. Bence, therefore, the blessing of the oorner- stone of e Catholic Church bas, so far as it relates to God, the object to invoke the Divine bensdiction upon the | work which faith has conceived. and zeal and eharity pro- | | poses to accomplish, “ Unless the Lord,” seys the | Pealmist. “build the house, they labor ia vain who build it.” And hence the first object of this ceremony is | to invoke the biesting of Heaven upon those who uave | contributed to accomplish this work of religion, as woll as | to recognise the sovercignty and supremacy of God over all things. With regard to ordinary edifices, whether | they are of private or public natura, antiquity, neither | under the old law nor under the now law, has appointed proveribed rites for inaugur their con- struction, because all those busidings, whether they be ined for public, social, or’ political use, or whether they exe mansions ‘of families. belong to an ordination entirely different from that to which bes long the foundation atone, and the completion of a tem- | ple to be erected and to be dedicated to God alone, But | under the ancient Jaw, as regards everything that has reference to the service of God. the Almighty himself has prereribed the form of prayer and the solemnities by | which those things tobe employed in public worship | shall be designated as set apart and taken away from the j | ordinary or profaned use to whieh they might otherwise have been sppropriated, and consecrated, as far as mate- rial things cam be conecerated, especially to the service of God. Hence, we read of the forins by which —the ancient temple—ofhis people was consecrate 1 hence, in each period of the ancient history of the poopie of God, you find the Almighty directing’ them to dedi- | cate anddo consecrate rome mysterious stone to mark the spot upon which he manifested his gooduesa to his peopie: and the church, juberiting that divine precept | and instruction—the meaning of that divine precept and | | instruolion--has from the beginning directed that | upon ail such oconsiony the undertakiag suall be consecrated to God, that the motive of it might be senctified, and thet his benedictious might de- | | scend upon those who should take part in ils accomplish. | ment. Now, these temples are not meant in the sense in which infidel philosophers might suppoee, to be mere sanc- | tueries, in which God isto be restrained or included, | Notat all. We know well that the holy heavens are the only appropriate temple for the presence of the Being who | has gloriously created and continnally sustains them; | | and we know that originally. when mau was crested in | innocence, and to long as he,cbeyed ihe easy precepts that | God had imposed upon him as salutary marks of his de- pendence, that he foee.) fm the garden of Eden, was a | High Priest, and that, without ceremony. and without | the outward forms of devotion and prayer, he became tho medium of eae ates, God the reflected glory of all the works which this Almighty power had calied forth. But when sin came into the world. from that period it was necestary that man should have outward signs sad | rites, arid formsjof prayer, by which he should be kept | in constant remembrance of two things. Ono was that | he had fallen from his original inheritance; that te had | fallen sway from his obedience to God; that his very | ature was tainted with sin, and that except through the | efficacy of the Divine mediation he never could recover bis lost inheritance. Religious rites and “ceremonies were instituted and Sprints by God to impress more fixedly upon his mind this great and important trath. In other words, however, that the painful memory of his fall and bis degradation—that this spectacle which was brought before his eyes, of humanity now grovelling in ruins, should mot be without its consolation, there was blended with every rite and ceremony, the recollection of ® Divine promise, and the hope of its faliiment; thet through the Saviour, Niger to man, be should, if he would oorrespond with the graces thus to be obtained, be restored to the privileges from which bis race and nature had fallea by ein. Hence, therefore, with regard to all those rights and cero- moniee, they have had that double reletion—one to God, in recognition of his supremacy over all things, and the other in reference to man For you. dearly deloved brethren, who were fnsiructed in the principles of that faith which ie to be taught in this place, and soquainted with the grace cf there divine racraments thet are to be adminis- | tered in this place, you need not be told that hencefor- ‘ward, or nt lesst, after its completion and solemn dedtea- tion to God, it will bes place especially set apart. It will | be eo much of thi: earth, which bad been profaned by the sing of men, set part, and by Divine benediction render- ed, ap far ae possible, bely and sacred ground, in which you and your children will find yourselves in communion | With God; in whieh, amidet the toils, the anxieties and he appointments, and the trials and persecutions of ou will bring your proud hearts to look for consola~ tion; and before the altar, to be erected where chat cross now stands, you will bow down your rouls in ecknowledg- a Here it is that parents will ir children to be covrcorated to God in the « tament of holy beptixm. Hero it is that the grie/-siriokes | borom fll of sim ard raffering. will come to obtala retiv! | | which o | which it made its entran desert, miraculous as it was, shel! be distributed in the holy communion. Here it is that the sscred affes- tions of Christian marriage sballbe consesrated and san2- tified im the presence of God and his angels. Here, in a word, itis that the followers of Cbrist shall hear, feom day to day, the repetition of those divine truths which the Son of God bas revealed, and faith, tie weaheneoe and everlasting fuith of the holy Catholic Church ere will be no place for the speculations of Jiumem opinions with regard to Divine revelations; but he, who sh Il bs authorized to speak, in the mame of God, from this place, shall know his message, and he sball deliver it as he ro ceived it, without alte: it by any of his own dark or even proud conceptions of human fancy. besause he will be of ove faith, of one Lord, and of ono baptism forever. At this place, therefore, whether as regards the perpetue- ton of divine teaching, or as soppis the reception of the holy sucrament, henceforth is pli at least, after ibe completion, wiil be sacred and holy ground What might be lawful elsewhere will be suoreligious in this place ‘What might be proper elsewhere will be profunation here, for this place ia set apart with o Divine benediction, and Gesignated to be. hereafter, the house of God—not the houre containing His infinite majesty, et least in its re- vealed form, but that house of God in which fe shall be cored in cpitit and in truth, by thousands upon thou- sends of faithful adorers of every condition,through gene. rations to come, and in which He ehull bo prosent to grant their legitimate petitions. This, therefore, breth. ren, is the reason why these ceremonies are employed on Such occasions, and we do not mean to suppose, nor to let it be eup that these dead materisis which may be employed in the construction of the sacred edifice are susceptible of any sanctifying influence. Prayers are not for the walls, but for the people who take in constructing the temples of God, and for those who for- ever shall hereafter come to render their petitions to the Creator. It is for the souls of men, and ié {4 on this ac- count, as regards mankind, and ae regards ourselves, that these rolemnities are employed, and ave been employed by Divine eanction, to impross upon us the distinction be- tween the house which we call the house of God, and any other edifice, however grand in conception, or however finished in style, or however glorious as x monument of art and science, and that in none of those is there expected that feeling of reverence, and that condition of purity which the hotiness of the house of God ought to inapire in those who enter its sacred portais. There, then, dearly beloved brethren, are the few reflections which I heve deemed it expedient and proper to make on this ocoastom. Tmust congratulate you on the prospect of having a church, & Catholic church, with its Leese im, aon lasting. and certain feith, ina neighborhood wi 80 many members of that church are row found to have settled down. It bas beem much wanted, and who shalt Geubt it will be an occasion of mush good. not only in sexctifying those who desire to be at peace with God, and to scoure their eternal happiness, but also under another point of view, in promoting social order, in imposing upon men who would forget themselver, the salutary restraints Of divine religion, and the neceseity of observing in thelr eocial and moral conduct, those laws, under which the peace and goed order of society so much depend? Under every point of view may we mot reasonably hope that it will prove a source of benediction as regards both the spiritual interests of men, and the temporal welfare of that society im which we live. and of which we form no insignificant portion? Once take away the influence of religion, and what will the meauing and value of law amount to? Law can have no force exeept where it is based on some principle which religion alone can sustain. Law, otberwiee, would be berg ay peval evactment, and obligatory upon no one, and fall only upon the man who hed not adroitness enough in accomplishing his crime to conceul his guilt. This is a poor dependence for law; and society cannot subsist without law. So neithor can law subsist—ita true, wholesome, and ealutary application—except whore itis based upon a principle of religion, which is an ac- knowledgment of the accountability of each man to God Almighty, the judgment and sentence of whom are to be eternal, So that even, although he flatters himself he would eecape the temporary penalty of haman legisia- tion, he wiil know that he cannot escape the divine and all-seeing eye of that inscrutable Judge, before whom he must appear to render an account of his words, his thoughts, and his actions. Under this point of view, therefore, aay I not congratulate you, beloved brethren, and this neighborhood also, at the prospect of soon hav ing Se you a temple near enough for your conveul- ence, to whieh you can have recourse to revive in your minds those divine lessons of the true religion which will sustain you amidst your difficulties. and which will point out the rule of conduct and life that you cught to foliow; which will be a school for the Chris- tian education of your children in the principles of Christisn doctrine ;" in which they will learn the sa- ered duties which they ought to perform towards you. In # word, the whole religion of Christ, as established by the Holy Catholic Church, shall be commenced ani per. petuated for unnumbered generations. And if these be the chjects and these be the reasonable consequences or results of orecting @ house to the honor and the glory of God, will you deem it be game if I should, before concluding the chservations I have made to you. exhort ae you have already manifested your liberality, so oven On this ovremon you should make some sacrifice to the great ede which 2 bave so fecbly poiated out—somo small contributions at the foot of that cross, in testimony of your recognition of the Divine Being by whom it has been fenctified, and even some liberal contributions to- wards the expenres necessary to be incurred in the con- struction of this house of God? Today is calied “Thank«giving day,” end the meaning of it is, rightly understood, not a day simply to multiply orations frou one point to another in a large community like this, bat it is @ dey when men, Christian men, should bow them- selves down before God in thelr closets, or in their tem: ples if you will, in acknowledgment aud thauks for the benefits and kindnesses which he has so bountifully showered upon them And if there be gratitude due to God, if there be reason for thankfulness, not only for temporal but also for spiritual benediction, how can you better attest your gratitude than by offering to God, and offering to his honor, a portion of that sub- stance With which he has blessed you during the year that has just passed away? Can you better conrecrate it to promote bis glory than by giving it towards the erec- tion of atemplo, in *hich his holy naiue is to be adored — in which divine worehip—the true divine worship—is to be offered, day by day, and from year to year, on the eoered alta? that is to be erected on the spot now marked by that cross? Let thus be seen your gratitude, Let this be the evidence of your zeal et this be the confirma- tion of your faith as Christians. Let this, in a word, mark your desire to see accomplished successfully the work which bas co auspiciously begun. so that when you shall bave been called away from this world. you, having made your peace with God. may be admitted into that eternal temple—even holy Zion itself—not built with hands, but rendered glorious by the presenee of God and bis holy angeis—that you may be sssociated in common vith the church tritmpbant, and that, ae a member of the church upon earth. you may so be recognized that you are a Obrictien, and your thanks have been something more than simply bearkening to a diseourse, which nay be heard one moment and in the next be forgotien. On the conclusion of the address, Bishop Whelan. follow- ¢d in procession by the otherclergymen. proceeded to con- secrate the foundation stone, On arriving at the appointed spot, which lay about twenty yards from the alter. his reverence gave out “Beata coll visio,” which was chan- ted by the choir. After uttering a short prayer and seattering holy water on the stone, the Bishop took the trowel from Mr. Quin, the attendant mason, and marked the figure of the cross onthe sides of the stone. He then tock off Lis mitre, and. assisted by the attendant clergymen and the choir, chanted ‘Juam Delects Taber- nacwa,” After the siuging of the “Litany of the Saints” the Bishop put’ oa his mitre again, and gave out “Nisi Odiferunt Domiais.” The stone was then turaed yp on iis edge, and after bloneing 1 ‘and distributing holy water, bie reverence placed in the receptacle a tin box, contain- ings copy of this week’s Freeman's Journal, the Boston Pilot, a New Orleans French paper, a volume of the Lifo of 8t. Petrick, a colored portrait of the Pope, nds Latin tion in manuscript. The stone was then covered up, the Birhop walked round the walls distributing holy water, preceded by the boys and followed by the attendant clergymen snd chuir, who chanted “Miserere.”” Returning to the stone again. he gave the episcopal benediction to the people, who knelt down to receive tt, and the procession then departed in the samo order in Baptist Sunday Scheol Missionary Assocta- tone ‘The fourteenth anniversary of the New York Baptist Sunday School Missionary Association, was held last evon- ing at their church, corner of Laight amd Varick streets ‘The caored edifice was filled by @ very respectable andi- tory, the mejority of whom were (as is generally the case on such occasions) ladies. The exercises ¢f the evening were commenced by the Rey. T. B. Smith reading a portion of the 45d chapter of Isaiah. In the absence of the leader of the choir, the first hymn was dispensed with, and the Kev. J. H, Eddy offered up a suitable and impressive prayer, The Corresponding Secretary, Ricnann C. McCormick, Junr., then read an abstract of the annual report. It commenced by eaying: The year which this evening closes has been one of progress with most of the organiz«- tions constituting the New York Baptist Sundsy Sehool Missionary Arrociation, and sueh it should have been. for the elements which missionary socteties have been created to war aguinst ure yearly, yea duily, rapidly, gaining round, fastening thelr withoring blight upon our fellow Oetags, and corrupting fociety on every cide, particularly in this great city, whore the movements of vice and sin are far onward, as yrows this metropolis of the western world in alation, awd as she stands un- equalled in magnitude at this side the broad At antic. So, though it be a disgrace--go, though we plush to speak it, in auch proportion stand the crimes and depravity of her people—rising as # blick cloud and spreading a deep, dark, almost impenetrabls gloom over the city—by the aid of God, whose merey is great, the 60 cleties comporing this satociation, with kindred ones, faithfully sustained by the few who are devoted to the service of their master tn our midst, are enabi od to pre- rent the complete suffocation and annihilation of wll ap- pertaining to righteousness within its boaads. This as Aoviation 18 composed of the Juvenile Missionary 3o@letios couneeted with the Sunday schcols of the ptset churchesofthiscity, * * * & #8 ¢ In the enrly pert of tho year the association pleosd a missionery upon the barren waste Known #5 the city of New York, and the societies very o ly came to his support. Fle has, we think, cconpiod ® most interesting end which needs much cultivation. in ary. the Rey, Thomas Davies, bas, we trust, beon the means of doing extensive good; bi practioably and bt tried the 80 strongly to recommend, but never fice, im our city. Our missionary has influences of ion &t “4 to bear upon in. tho watks of vice have hitherto entirely untouched; be has labored from one ito the of our great m and attacked boldly it wherever ho has discovered it. His labors have been especialty directed to the improvement of the moral condition snd welfare of the thousands of we hope to present in our printed report. lected during the year, $226 19, having had baivace of 75 cents from last year, making altotal of $22694 Wohavo G. Harris, $1 and the printing the cless, and other expenses, amouut to }. leaving a balance of $11 41. then read communications from the pe og ed the Assoviation, by ae RG 9p) aggrega Feceive them during the year, was $1,409 92. After the reading cf the report, the Rev. @. L. Maaoo: addrested some humorous and ewcouraging obvervatior to the children pres: raed with anecdote little boys and little girls. which were received with muni- festatione of great delight by the juveniles. ym was then sung. last verses of which were ry spirits, go. im has planted woe Sound the far and wide, wild birds ace on the wing—the native dog slinks away in the cold light to his hiding place among dead trees, The sleeper awakes—at ) and the climes that is softer than the wooded regions of Arcadia, more fruitful than the sunny island from whose fields the daughter of Vesta wove her fariest garland ; but his brow is flushed, his eye inflamed, bis pulse beats, anxiety, impatience, be- wildermont, a world of care and wonder is written in his look. He has dreamt of gold.- Along thet road over the biue mountains, where o few years since a little band of brave adventurers went in search of pasture for their ebeep. ® multitude, denser and moro motley than that which treads the eands to Mecca. movesom, And down that rivor, where the seamen of the Caloutta frigate a few years since bad picked up the glittering atoms, but threw them away, thinking it was mica. ships steal ing with riober means a Legg geo al ver are out fem. reapeot to this dis- e ae, at the credit of itis due to Mr. Hargraves, a colonist of New South Wales, who, on his return from California at the end of 1350, being greatly atruck by tbe analogy that appeared to exist in ‘tho geologi- cal strueture of the twe countries, was induced to enter wy the inquiry that lead to the discovery, ‘The vaiue of the exports from the port of Melbourne alone. from the gold discovery, in November, 1551, amounted to £1,235 326, exceedipg in value all the gold ip ported into Europe from Mexico and South Americain 1886. In 1812 the colony contained only 10,454 souls, 21,00 acres im oultivation, and 74,060 under tare. Now it has 2.000,000 of free people, an export of £2 890 6C0, an import of £2.078,200 ; has 7,000.000, rome 12 400.000 sheep, and for the discharge of her debts and liabilities, bars ‘upen bars of yellow metal piled in her mountains Yet. with all this, she is not at rest. The wrinkled hand of Evgiand is upon her, Years they havo petitioned and protested, over and over f Josus suffered, bled, and dicd. Miassicns irits. go, Far as oleae bislows flow, Spread the Gospei’s glorious light, O'er each region clad im night. Miseionary epirits, Far as Sie winee-cime blow; Breathe uj the prostrate slain, And the dead shall live sgain. Missionary spirits, go Fat asain hat plauiea woe; Prayer shall follow when you lead, ‘Till Heil’s captives all are treed Vad opie D. Gillett ts vefiopgblsrvad a aie _ eloquent address, ap; e congregation om be- balf of th ciation. wae A collection was then mado, and another hymna sung. Rev, A D, Gillett gave the benediction, and the meeting eeparated. Lecture of Mr. Thomas Francis Meagher on Australia, Last evening Mr. Thomas Francis Meagher, the distin- guithed Irish exile, gave a lecture om Australia, at Me- tropolitun Hall. Neyer was that building so filled with human beings before. The charge for admission was fifty cents. The time announced for the opening of the doors was 7 o'clook—the lecture to commence at 8 o'clock. §o early a3 5 o'clock the hail was beseiged; and at 6 o’clock the crowd became so dense and so threaten- ing, that the committee found it necessary to open the doors, so that at 7 o‘clock the house was nearly filled, apd those who came punctually at that time to get good eats, were disappointed. So great was the rush that the crowd carried away the barriers, and » number got in without taking the trouble of deiivering tickets, on pro- curing them. The sum of $1,000 was tuken at the door. There were fully 4,500 persons in the building. A Imge number went away. Not only was every reat in every part of the building occupied, but the stage, the paseage ways, and every available standing spot wore densely crowded; in fact, the people were as densely wedged together as it was possible forthem tobe, We observed Mr, Msxwell, the collector of the port, on the stage, and Archbishop Hughes occupied a private box ‘The audience listened with breathless atteution to the brilliant lecture, that occupied two hours and « halt in its delivery, and which would fill a page of onr space. ‘We are necessarily compelled to give but an outline, Mr. Meagher made his appearance on the stage exactly at cight o’olock. accompanied by some friends, and was greeted with prolonged and hearty choers He said: — “ The great olock of the Bastile ticks inaudible in its | inner court there, at ite ease, hour after hour, as if no- thing special for “it or the world were passing.” The secrets of thore “eight grim towers” are not yet disturbed. These two cannon there, mounted with silver —the geclent 5 of his Mojesty of Siam to Louis XLV.— are not yot the touch of the ie, Caimarilie Deemoutins has no. yet stuck the green lvafin bis bat ; has not yet mounted his chairin the Palats Royale ; has not yet exclaimed. *' Friends! sha!l we die Ii junted bares?—like sheep hounded into their penfold bleating for meroy Where there is ne mercy,?” Birabean hes net Fa exclaimed, looking at the poor king covered with is jewels and his ribbands—-“ Behold the vio- tim already adorned for the sacrifices! Marie Antoinette msy still sit beneath the canopy of purple velvet, eprinkled with golden lilies, in the church of Notre Dame. The nobles may still surround her in their black coats, ellk cloaks, lace cravats and feathered hats; or, trampling upon the national cockade, pledge her their swords in deiirious festiviti Versailles Not for anither year will Maéame de Moatmorin, wife of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, looking down from the gal. lery in the hall at St. Louis, and checking the daugo of Necker in her exultation, re to her, * You are wrong to rejoice; this event forebodes much’ misery to | France and to ourselves’ The winds are stillin their caves; but there ara signs in the heavens, and strange things have come to pass. The Parliament of Paris had pasted @ decree, for the second time, against the lettres de cochét, and for the recall of sil exiled persons, The Abbé de Sieyes had written— The Ties Etat are nothing. What ought they to be?—everything!” La Rochefoucut bad interrupted the Archbishop of Aix who bad said that tithes were the spontaneous offerings of chnictian plety, exclaiming, “the spontancaus offer- ings of christian piety—on which there are now forty thourand law. suits in this realm !’’ The courtiers were heard io applaud in private the Declaration of Rights drawn up by Jefferson. The English bad evacuated the city of New York. The officers who served under La- fayette at Brandywine and Monmouth had returned home—had been everywhere received with honor—ware equally esrersed by the philosophers and the ladies, Necker bad been recalled from exile, and instructed to repair the finances of the kingdom ‘There was an enor- mous deficit in the treasury—so enormous that it was called “the abyss.”” Something was athand. The clouds were moving up. The tops of the mouatains were al- ready hia. Yes, even the bronze figure ef the king on that tall monument was growing dim in the thickening mist “For down in their vaults—in the huge priscn which had only another year to stand, and the great clock of which ticked insensibly at its ease, hour after hour, as if nothing special for it or the world were passing—far down in their vaults, the prisoners heat the moffled din as of an earthquak In another quar- ter of the carth—away in the blue solitudes of tae ovean —snother event is taking place. Through a narrow stowsy, ina black wall of rock, six huudred feet in ight, & ship is disappearing. One by one, the white wings vanich, and, asthe wall closes in, a red riband. fluttering in the air, tells you the name of the king of which the is the mesenger, The stranger has disap- peared. There is nothing to be seen but the black wall before you, stretching to the north and south for miles and miles, ‘There is ncthing to be heard but the dull sound of the slow waves. as they roll in against the vast ram- part, and, muttering fora moment roll back again to the Solitudes of the ocean. Spring upon that rock there —frasp that tough root above you—steady your footing — rest @ moment! There—look up—the wall has grown higher since you leaped, As you gaze upon it, it grows higher—you see it growing! " There is life in the black mase, It moves=liits itself up—touches that solitary stat! Steady~ rest a moment longer. Tighten your hold upon the root. Take heart, the hunter of the Tyrol speeds slong a more fatal path, and starts the chamois from @ crag nearer to the sun! On, then; spring to that other rock, Grasp the long grass to your left. Do you fee that ledge there? It chelves too suddenly— your foot gives way —down upon your knees — lock jour hand in the erevice ee before you Now, the other band—up= up! Then you eome to a tiab of sandstone: cross it, and you reach the trees ‘The wall still towers many feet above the climber. and there is @ weary and ® dangerous path still before him. But, between “him and the wave which wets the rock upon which he first sprung there is a precipice. He bas reashed the trees, He grasps the first, swings himself to the second, then to the third. He has gone. The moving darkness of those Alps. Is that utter no cries—the rocks are dumb the trees moan only when the storm is coming on Another moving tpeck—moving towards the cloud—moving to- wards the sun, no bigger than this band, yet more dis- tinct than cloud or sun—moving silently, far up thore— in the szuresky, Hurrah! the climber has topped the wall, has startled an eagle from bis throne. and now looks down upon. and an ide into the land, they call Austral! Below him, in the shadow of a circling forest, lies a noble lake. a the green islands which ¢leep in flowers upon its breast, the black swans that sail across it. uttering cries ro mournfal and musial, and the tali emu that speeds along the sands more fleetly than the wild dog—and that ship, with its white wings furled, and the red crest drooping from tbe peak, which diva) red through the gateway in the rock, It is the “Sirius,” from London—one your aud twelvedays out—in charge of Captain Philip. with six hundred prisoners on board. and a guard of marines, two hundred and fifty strong. On the 20th of January, 1793, the Captain landed, ran up tho English enrign, aad read the proclamation constituting the cclony of New South Wales. Eighteen years before, Captain Cook, casting an- chor in a bay « few miles farther to the South, bad taken possession of the whole of the eastern coast, in the name 4 ae the Third, King of Great Britain, Defender of the Faith. Mr. Meagher then proceeded to give a graphic sketch of t And progress of the colony up to the present day, which displayed the most minute research Lo ox pored the tyranny early history of the have become grad: dependence . Mvaghor then glowing description of the gold dleoo Re plowe:— Through that gatewry in t morning steals, e ) Wilcke tripped along ti ot {sles through wavers of the Paciig~th, wel again, egainst the perpetuation of this terrible and incal- culabie wrong. In vain; the curse continues, the pes- tilence becomes Intolerable. In 1851, the five colonics — New South Wules, Port Philip, South Australia, New Zealsnd, and Van Pieman’s Land, enter into a solymn lee gue aud covenant, binding themselves, one to the other, to resist, by every just means within their power, the trenpertation of criminals to thelr shores. They adopt a flog. ‘The convict officers and their supporters—the poliutionists, as they are calied—denounce it as a vedi- tious rag. It does look, indeed. as if it was copied from the bunting of the Cheeapeake. Honor and victory to that flag It is lifted in a holy cnuse—it is tho type and war crest of @ nation fuil of youth and glorious promise, One of these days it will traverse the world, with the five stars, in undisputed possesion of the ficld ‘That destiny was pre ordained — was pre arranged — would havo come—though all her wealth lay in the fleeces of her flocks, and no sands sparkled throngh the streams at which they drank Inevitable always, it is now imme- dinte, The gold discovery ms the road to tt— ehortens it by a thousand miles—disperses many supet- fluovs words—many circumlocutory chapters in her his- tory—has saved her. perhaps. many » discomfituro— many @ staggering blor—many an exhausting wound Gold. which has oaused meny a brain to ache, has blis- tered many a hand, bas brokem many @ noble heart, lina wounded many 8 soaring soul, and, clinging to it, has brought it to the dust; gold. which has bought the integrity of the statesman, and led his wisdom captive; old, which has silenced the tongue of the orator. and ight the luscious flatterins of the poat; gold, for which, inthe gay saloons of fashion, many @ fair and noble girl hes plighted the vow which consigned her life to bitter- ness, and locked upon her radiant neck the snake which swells her veins with venom; gold, which has stolon into the councils of the struggling nation, has bred dis- sention among her chiefs, has broken the seai of her most sacred secrets, has forced the gates of her strongest cits. dcla. has bought the evidence which hurried her aposties to the scaffold, has bought the votes which made over her Inberitenge to others, nud her glory to stcage pooplo— gold which has led the traitor to the garden, and with « kine betrayed the redeemer of the world; gold. which in co many shapes bas stepped with a stealthy tread or rioted amongst men—which has been the fever, the madness, the despair—bas been in turns and in quick succession, the epy, the swindler, the perjurer, the assassin—the foo of innocence, the blight of beauty, the bano of ge- nius; gold has become a@ fountain of life, and joy, and freedom—the serpent bas been transformed into « bloseomed wand-—Luciter bas become the morning star ! To you, the citizens of America, it must be pieasing, in- deed, to bebold a new republic rising up to share with you the labora and the glories of « future, before which the conceits of the Old World shsll be humbled, and in the light of which humanity shall grow strovg. Already—as if you bad. seoret intimation of {t—you have gone dowa to thegoiden shores of the Pacific, and there, arrayed as & bridesmaid in her jowels, your youngeyt, doughter hes Waited the coming of the bridegroom. Tho new-comer traces his desoent from on ance: try which has given to you the tongue you spent, and the sounder portions of ihe laws youreverence. The now-comer has had trials similar to those which taxed the patience and roused the courage of your fathers ‘The uew comer hea wealth, and enterprise, aud growing interoste—all the sympathies —ail the facilitiee—ell the faculties whioh qualify to enter with you iutorelatio.: -f :t>twamanthip and commerce. In these new eomnnnil os,bamantty reetores iiseif One fair morning towards the close of last summer, I stood in & field that overlooked the Hud:on, [ was struck with the ripeness of the fruit waich. waved around me, and broke into an expression of delight. It sccmed to me the mort glorious I had seou in any elims the most glorious which the earth could bring forth “That ceed,” eaid one who stood by, ‘eamne from Higypt.”* Ithad been buried in the tombs of the xings—had fain With the dead for two thousand years But, though wrapped in the shroud, and lockod within the pyramid, it dies not, It livod in’ the silence—lived in the darkness —lived undor the mighty mass of stone—lived with death itself—and now that the dust of the kings has been dis- turbed—noew that they have been cailed, and they stir not—now that the bandages have been removed, aud they see not—behold, seed gives forth life, and the fields re Joice in its glory. And thus it is thet the energies, the instincts, the faith, ail the vitalities which have bien crushed elsewhere, bave been entombed elsewhere, in these virgin eotls revive, and that which seemed mortal becomes imperishable. ‘And thus it is, the seed will mul- tiply, and borse back to the ancient land, will make the wilderness rejoice. Children of the Old World, bo of good cheer! Whilst inthe homes, by the Rhine. the Seine, the Denube, and the Arno—in the bomes you have left, the wicked seem to prosper. and rpurious seaates pro- vide of the offapring Jof the tyrant, even to the third aud fourth generation, Frevdom strengthens hereelf inthose yew lands, and, in the midet of couatless hosts, coucen- trates the power by which the captive shall be redeemed and the evil lord destroyed. Mr Meagher consi ing, and waving of tat for several minutes It was then anzounced that, tho lecture on bobalf of the Catholic Institute, which had been fixed for that evening and was postponed in consequencs of Mr. Meagher’s lecture, would be givem om the following evening. amidst most tremendous cheer. end hendkerchiefs, which lasted Curious and Select Ceremony. The folloving announcement appeared in one of city papers on Wednerday last:— Thankesiving Day—Rev. W. M. Lively will preach» ser. mon on the 2oth inst., at 10% o'clock A. M., at No. Seventh avenue. 1 Genesis xxxvii 28. "Tne a Providence of God is manifest in the result of this ev 1. Tn saving the Reouliar people, through descent the promise of a Redeomer and tie means of grace were made to Abraham. ‘ 2, In preserving the oxistence of a mation, in which alone the arte, sciences, and philosophy, were contred at that po ried of the world. 3. Men are ofton guilty of sinning against God in carrying out his Providence, and for the execution ef his judgmonts. In accordance with the above advertirement, we sent one of our reporters to the premises, Upon his arrival there, the minister, who isa colored man, got up one platform, and began delivering his sermon to five persons, viz.: the minister's wite, three chiidrea and the repor- ter. Our roporter waited in vaim for an audience, but not finding any. be departed under the impression that the reverend gemtieman intended to have the ceremony all his own way, The Military Parades, ‘The target companies were out yesterday in full force, They looked well, and seemed to be in the full enjoy- ment of the festal occasion. Among a multitude of others, we noticed the following passing our office: — The Downing Guard, Captain EB. Fitzgeraid, number- ing thisty three muskets, contended for seventeen prizes. The Rielly Guard, Ceptain P. U. Nevins. numbering forty muskets, went to Staten Island for target practice, and distributed twelve prizes among their best shots. The Valentine Guara, Captain William B. Foreman. numbering fifty mea, scoompanied by a fine bend of music, went to Yonkers. Twenty-one valuable prizes were contended for, and awarded to the best merkimen Of the corps. ‘The Browning Guard, Ceptain Edward Phelan, num- boting about sixty men, were at Harlem, and contended for tem oostly prizes. In the evening they were fur- nished with gnificent PF « by Mr Browaing. ‘The New York Cartmen Light Guard, Captai Laughiin, They were a fine looking body of me: ths Thanksgiving Day ta Brooklyn, The day parsed cif quietly and orderly, and excepting the numerous military and target companies that parad- ed the streets from early morning till late at night, pre- sented the appearancs of » Sabbath. The stores and eho) ere Mortly closed in accordance with the recom- mendation of the Mayor, and ail the churches open tor divine service were well attended, Among the military, the principal feature of the day was the parade of the Long Island Regiment of Irish Vo- lunteers, s new organization, composed exclusively of Irith adopted citizens of Brooklyn and Williamsburg. ‘The dress cf the regiment is uniformly green, with the exception of the efficers, who are disttoguished by blue coats Their appearance was highly creditable, aud elt cited the fayorable remarks of most who saw them. The companies forming the regiment are, the First Vompany MeManus Invincibles of Williamsburg commanded by, Capt. Powers; Second Company McManus invinclbles Capt Dowling; Third Company do. Capt. MoTatnness; Second Company Montgomery Guardy Williamsburg, Capt, Herne; Fifth Company Meagher Guard, Capt Leu nerty. end Sixth Company Exile Guard, Capt. Riordon The regiment, which was commanded by Captain H Powers, formed on Fulton strest with the right resting on Ricks street, about 10 0 A. Mand preceded by Monaghan’s military band took its tino of march up Pui top street to aud around the Uity Hall to Myrtie avenue; down Myrile avenge to Raymond street; through Ray mond to Oxford eteegs, amd thom (9 Atlautio aad Filla PRICE TWO CENTS. aventies. fillng past the residence of Lieutoasnt returned of the Exile Guard; aftor which th by th; Henry. President, Columbia and Wicks streets amd frie to Williamsburg After marching about thet city for some time they were dismissed, and the Brooklyn returned about seven o'clock in the evening. others of the militery that during the the Wasling Horse Guard. and Oontinen- ‘d The Intter compaoy att: Rev. Dr, Bercher’s chureh in the morning, nd wou! the pre- ceedings of the day with a supper provided for them by the connoisseur of Gotbic Hall ‘The target companies were fully represented. Atleast & dozen passed threngh Fulton strect en roult for the country ral were from New York and om er two from Willismaburg, every one was accompanied by & band of musio, F The day was as fine aa could be wished for, anPevery thing passed off pleasantly. TELHGRAPHIC. THANKSGIVING IN BALTIMORE. Bartimonn. Nov. 26, 1862. Thanksgiving, im this city, passed off very quistig: Business was generally suspended, and all the churehow well filled, in many of which patriotic sermons werw preached. Evacuntion Day. The religious ceremonies of tho national Thankegiv- ing, yesterday, absorbed, and in a great measure sab- dued, the popular enthusiasm with whioh our citizena were wont to celebrate the happy historic epoch of the depsrture of the Britieh troops from our shores. Martial display was dispensed with In a great moasare, and offer- ing of fervent gratitude im the churches was substitated for the gorgeous array and pomp of military parade, At a quarter to one o’clock in the morning. a number of young citizens marched down Broadway, headed by @ fine band, and proceeded to the Battery, whore they halted and pleyed the national airs. Having givem three cheers for “Amerios,” “the Union,”’ and ‘Indepem- dence,” they re-formed and marched through the primol- pal streets, ushering in the morning with the merry notes of their band. A little after sunrise the Veterans of ‘76 marched to the Battery, and fred twoaty one guns; they then repaired to quarters, to prepare for divine service im the churol The Vovorans bel fe bin of "ala Hein eer ) assembled at ir head quarters, in )penar. at. at o'clock, by order of Colonel QUommandant ‘aeicue in order to prepare for church service. Chey wore dresred in citizens’ clothes with the cockade of the corps ineach bat, and wore thvir sidearms. Havi mustered in bigh spirits, they marched to service returned thanks to Goi for beiug spared to witness anothy er anniversary of such entful day. wero all closed at tem o'clock in the morning church service the streets were crowded with happy roups of peoplo, of ali olusses and conditions, hasten 0 the country to enjoy a happy day. Tho psrade target companies was immense--theic name was legion. Amongat theee prominently noticed were the be! rth Ward Jolly Feliows,” the * O'Connell Guard,’* Hayward Guard.’ and the © Hoicarean Guard.* ie, and of varied character : there vers, rifles, lambs. sheep aud poultry, whilst ona «Jolly Fellows’? marched up Broadway with a fue young pig on hia choulder. Upon the whole, the people were pPy and contented. sod our citizea troops showed a front which places the ides of # second evacuation be- pe: the :e+ch of probability, as s second invasion would imporalble. ‘Theatrical and Musical, ‘ Mavame Boxtac.—The last goneral rehearsal for the first musioal featival of this great cantatrice takes plaee to-morrow morning at twelve o'clock, at Metropolitam Hall. Wo understand that Madame Sontag has sent o large number of invitations to the clorgy and press of New York and Ita vicinity, for this dress rehearsal, an@ we believe that on thia occasion we shall bave the gratifi- tion of seeing asrembied together, for the first timein this city, nearly eleven huadced reverend clergymen, slightly sprinkled with a few meinbers of the press. We have been docized to mention to those ladies aud gentlemen of the various musical societies aud church choirs who have #0 kindly promired their valuable aid to Mad. 3. im hee next concerts, as also ull the professions singers engaged, that they will very much oblige Madame Sontag by veing present from 12 t0 1 o'clock to-snorrow morning. Rowray Taxatne —The amusements announeed for this evening are the new drema cated “ Tho Writing om the Wall,” and the famous piny of © William Tell”? cast to the entire strength of the company. The house, no doubt, wili be crowded. Broapwar Taxatns.—Tho Bateman Children appese in three pieces to night, namely: «Tn» Young Couple,’* “ Grandmother's Pet,” ant the Four Mowbrays.” The ente:tainments conclude #ith “The Two Bonayosstles.”* ‘This is @ very attraotive bill. Ninto's Treatee.—The entertainments commence with the overture to ‘Martha,’ followed bv the thied ect of the opera, The nex feature will be a new extrava- ganza, osiled “ Anna Bishop. the Soprano Sfogato;” this be foliowed by a scene from * Lucy of Lammermoor," and the popular ecene from ‘Taucredi.”’ Buaton’s Txratar.—The comedy called the “ Patei- clan and Parveou” will commence the performances Mr. Holman wil sing @ favorite baliad. the orchestra will play reveral popular airs, and all will close with “ One Thourand Millivers Wantod ” Natrowan Trratse.—The famous drame of “ B: Irieh Princess ”’ will commence the entertainment 5 stores After it will be followee by the * Butcher's Dog of Gheat,” an@ all will terminate with the “ Monkey of Pitosirn’s Island.” Warxack's Tuxatre —Poole’s celebrated comedy of the * Patrician and Parvenu,” Lester, and all the stars, in the cast. as will daace “ L’ ariel,” and all will close with the “ White Horse of the Peppers’ Musrum.—Tho interesting temperance sketel: entitled “Another Glass.’’ and the bigtly laughable faroa of “One Thousand Milliners Wanted.” are announced e+sful drams, styled “Last Nail, or @ Drunkard’s Vision,” for this evening Cincus —The equestrian entertainments nightly givem at this establishment are witmessoa with the greatest de- light by crowded houses, The programme ior ning is very attractive. Wurre’s Turaran or Va popular drama of the “Tcodies,” the drama of ‘Jacl Skeppard,” and the'farce of “Mr and Mrs. P. W,,” are the pieces announced for to-night at this favorite aire, Chnisty’s Orena Hovse.—Christy’s Minstrels adver- tice anotier attractive progcamme for this evening, Woon’s Minstre.s offer a very good relsetion of songs, iasirumental pieces and burlesques for thie eve. iry—The immensel: ‘ Domestic Miscellany. James Fry, a plasterer, was found dead beside the track of the Baltimore raiiroad, near Darby. on the 23d inst. He is suppoted to have been killed by jumping from the cars The members of the bar of Philadelphia, will hold » meeting in the United States Court room to day, to adopt Measures for rendering a proper tribute to the memory ot the Iate Hon. John Sergeant, deceased, one of its most distinguiehed members. W. K. Sebastian has been nominated, in s caucus of the Arkanses Legislature, for re-election to the Semate of the United States. This is equivalent to an election, ‘The vote for President at the Blue Licks—the site of the forge Military Hospital—stood thus :—for Pierce 24; Soott 13. The House of Refuge at Trenton, N. J., was sold on the ‘24th leet. at public sale, for $6.750 The purchaser wae Chandler Withington, Ksq, the former owner of the property, Counterfeit 2’s and 6's on the City Bank. Cape Istand, N. J. altered from genuine one’s, are in circulation; vig~ vette. a female reclining on a cloud, with hora of plemty; two fermsies on her ‘ight, with portrait of G +t om right margin. and small State arms on left emd—not like 2’y or 6's on this bank. Butter is selling at thirty five cents per pound im Cincimnati. ‘The oldest living printor in the United States isa mem nained Carly. in Yorkville. 8 C. He worked with Bom Rusrell, on the Boston Sentinel, half ceatury ago, and he yet sets type by candie light, and i ninety-sevem years of age. The track is laid. and dirt cars are running, on the Syracuse and Canandaigua Railroad, as far weat as Cale- éonis. It is eaid the rond will be fa complete ruaniag order to Batavia by the first of January, An officer near Lawrencelu/g. Ia., found, a few since. a small bundle by the roadside, and on opening it, discovered eight thourand dollars in $2 bills oa the La- diens Bank, coun ‘erfeit. ‘Theremains ot Col. Longiey, who died in California some time ago, were buried im the Rural Cemetery, ot Worcester. om the 23¢ inst. The military companies and ® bend of music were in attendance Some two years since, the jewelry store & H DB. Breckett, of Brattleboro, Vt., was broken opem and rob- bed of a large amount of watches and misgsilancous Jewelry. The value was estimated at 33.000, A persom ‘Was suspected and narrowly watched ie lauty morse Away. and the whole of tl jon jaweiey was found im the houre ho vacated. amounting to $1,000 more tham the originally estimated Loss. On the 224 inst , Mrs Haughton, Veughton. of Peveeinan, Mam we pea he = collar of her house. with ber o! . Suppored to bave feilen ina at, and set bee clothes om fire, She was nearly eixty years of age Mrs Smith, an old Isdy ninety four years of age, other of Reuben Smith, of Westtield, Mass, was barat to death in tbat town, oo the 17th tas, She was lore tions at poon ia her room. Not long afterwards, one of the family entered, and found ber dowd upon the flove by the side of her bed, ber clothes Moasly alt bucat om es poowon, aud Ler bow on ike. wits of Thomas Bs