The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1853, Page 2

“SOLEMN DEDICATION or Tue ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH or SAINT FRANCIS SERAPH. Description of the Bullding—Religious Cere- monies—fermon of Archbishop Haghes: ‘The German Roman Catholic Secular Chureh, situate in Thirty first street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, wes the scene of a very imposing ceremony yesterday, upon the oceasion of a rededication to the service of Almighty God, consequert upon its enlargement. The @rureb was originally built in the year 1843, but has been for come time part found totally inadequate to aecommo- date the rapidly increasing congregation worshipping within its walle. In order to supply this want, and ren- der the sacred edifice more convenient both for Sabbath services and the week day school teaching of the children, | the reverend clergy attacbed to the church, assisted by their German lay brethren, and those from other coun- tries professing the same religion here, made continuous efforts for its enlargement. These were atteaded with so much succers that the repairs and very extensive improve- ments were commenced in the May of last year, under the direction of Mr Richard Ferris, architect, and are | now approaching so near to completion that the Arch- | Bishop deemed yesterday a sulsable day for the eeremo- nial dedication, although the buildinggwill net be com- pletely finished for the next six wonths, THH ENLARGED BUILDING iain ihe Byzantine style of architecture, and approach. es very much in appearance to the magnificent German eburch in Third street, lately consecrated. It is now Jaid out in the form of a cross, with two gables on the front, and one centre tower. There is an extensive base- ment underneath, divided into school rooms for male and | fewale children, which are now very well attended. The extreme length of the church is one hundred and fifty feet by sixty-four fvet in breadth. The middle nave is forty feet high, the side naves ranging about thirty-one feet | each, The grand altar is built in the north east part; | and in the extreme end, oppovite to it, is yery fine gallery, with an extensive organ loft. This has been fur- nished with@ magnificent: organ, by Mr. R. Fecris, which has twenty stops—three being pedals—and twelve bundred piyes. The cost of this powerful toned instru ment bas been nearly four thousand dollare. The steeple ef the church is very light and graceful. It is beautifully proportioned, and will be one hundred and sixty feet in height and curmounted witha large gilt eross, The in side of the walls are painted in very close imitation of stone, and the out: ide portion will be likewise painted so as to reremble Paterson stone, with brown stone corni ‘The work is exceuted under the direction of Mr. John Walsh, and when completed will haye cost about nine thousand dollars for the alterations alone. THE CEREMONIAL OF DEDICATION | oemmenced at 9 o'clock in the morning. The grand altar | was lighted with twelve tapers, and ornamented with large vawer filled with choice fdowers aad everyreens. The ta- Dernacle was surmounted with a golden cross, and trimmed around with flowers. Immediately above the taberuscle was fixed a large and ancient altar painting, Fepresenting Christ in the ect of healing the blind, Auo- ‘ther painting, of the fou teen Holy Intereessors, was fixed upon the right hand side, while to the left was seen a likeness of the Virgin with the infant Saviour. The smaller altar, to the left of the grand, was decorated ina sunilarly tasteful manuer, and in frontof it stood the | episcopal chair. The building was crowded with a highly respectable and fashionable cougregatioa, The members of the following German Societies occupied places in front of the altar — Seeiety of Saint Antonins, attached tothe chureh, with a gorgeous new banner 1 y of St. Joseph, attacbed to the Tuird street h banner. | y of Saint Joseph, (branch,) Williamsburg, with Eeciety of Saint Johannes, New York, with banner. ‘The members were decorated with the badges of their society, and marehed to the church in procession, each society being attended with a fine band of music. Upon the right hand cide of the alsle stood a very rich banner of scarlet silk, painted with a “likeness of Saint Franeis, and bearing this’ inveription in golden letters -— £91000000000006000000000U 200000990000000009000000% $ FRANCESCE ORA INO NOBIS. ca 3 é 200 9O£ 000000000 OH OC 00000000C00000 ( 0000000000000" OX Upon the reverse was a Likeness of Saint Maria, wich the ‘urcription -— FB 000060000000 0000000000000 boouepernoosepsanunonns: 3 MARIE ORA INO NOG. é | To *coocerecooceaeccooocoovoca0aa000000000000000CK% | Similar banners were rauged upon the left side, whilst thro larve bancers, al-o of rearlet ilk, bang from each | ace of the great altar, paintet with the word £00600620000000600009000000000909000000000000900% | 5 2 J¥SUS HOMINUM SALVATOR. Fs %0C0000000000000000000000%000000000 1000000000000 00 A precession was formes in the vestry room, and came pen (he altar in the following order:— Six altar attendants, dre sed ia surplices and sutans, bearing four large tupers, a cross, a vase of holy water, and the apergus ‘the Reverend Doctor Alexander Martin, Pastor of the oye Rivals Memen: Tease Mller, R. Kleineidam, | axd —— Van Camprenheat | ‘The Rev. Dr. Cummings, and the Rev. Thomas Daly, of Altany ‘The Revs. T. Kobler, T MeAlear, —- MeMahon, —— Deurrirve, and other severend gentlemen. The Mont Reverend Archbishop Hughes, dressed with | mitre, cape, and archie i-copal robes, and bearing @ cro- | sier in bis hand, They then descended from tbe altar, ard proceeded down the aisle to the main door, where the Archbishop sprinkled the lintels and door poste with holy water, the @ergy ehannting the appropriate exercises. The proces sion went around the church in the same order, «prink ling the onter walls, and having re-entered it, marched from the right of the grand altar down the side aisle, re” tarning hy the left, after having, in the same manner, sprinkled the inzer walls aa s type of the purification of man’s heart—the great!iving temple, At the conclusion of this part of the ceremony. the Archbishop knelt out- | side the rails, until the reverond geatlemen chaunted the | Litany of the Saints in Latin. Tie then entered, and was ovpaueted to the chair upon the left hand side of the al- | tar Mr Berge, the dirtinguished orpanist of theCharch | of Saint Francie Xavier, in First atreet, prosided at the | @rgau, assixied by Miss Scancia, as soprano, Miss Bebm, as alto, Mr. Beutler, an tenor, Mr. Mueller, as bass, and | twenty choristers. At this polotof the ceremony, the ohoir gave the Coronation bass of Charles the Tenth,’ by Cherubini, with fine effect. During the eelebration of the mass, they also executed the offertorium, ‘' Eoce Pa- ia,” “La Revurrection,”’ grand oratorio, by Lamballaltei Magnifieat,” nolo, with chorus, by Laroballalte, and | +: Begins Coll,’ by Cherubini. Previous to the beginning of | the mass, the Most Reverend archbishop ascended the altar, and preached the following SRRMON. ‘The first verse of the one hundred and twenty fit | Psetm isin there words:— ejeieed in the things that wero raid to mo to she house of the Lord. ‘Thir, my dear brethren, in the language of the roya’ | prophet, which the church has considered appropriate ‘and set apart for offices such as thore in which you have | mow beru engaged. As yet, when the inspired prophet | wrote those words, there wax not upon this earth a single temple conrecrated to the honor and the adoration of the true and the living God. It ax his privilege to project gueb » temple, under divine direction, although it was not | } } ' | | We is privileye to see that great work accomplished: but the ‘very thought of it made his heart glad and be breake forth in poetic inapirntion, with the exalamation that he rejoiced in the things that were said to him, and that we should go jnto the eof the Lord. It is a great honor ‘conferred ‘ipon s men that he should be made capable of doing anything esleulated to promote the divine honor | Deen re has no need of men’s offerings, and because be is infinitely rieh in power and in glory, whether men | adore or do not adore. Nevertheless, it wae conferring | pon singular privilege that God sheuld have put | it in their power to make an offering pleasing to the Di be and it was this thought, not simply of the material scikee, but of ite import and its meaning, which giad tened the heart of the inspired and the royal prophet We require not to be told that God {+ not confined within ‘the wails of a temple, nnd it is not necessary that some one should ray to un, the whole universe is the only ap Pr priate temple for ite Crestor, and from every part it Teflects baek evidences of bis giory and his waderstand all that; but neverthelons it bas been his will that man should set apart certain portions of this earth soered to bis honor, and erect to bim « temple ac- sording to his own divine plan, whieh wae then the only — Bpon the globe consecrated to his servios. Yet ft | would bea mi to suppose that the inspired writer arentricted his prospeetive glance to the glory of thet tem- ip! which his son raw enmoleted and ated. It was get that stupendous work, the glory of terael on the Holy | Tion—the temp’ ‘ not this as a material | strustare that ravished the eye of the inspired prophet, | but it waa that true temple—that true chureh and trae relied the God whose directions he was obeying, and dm the effort to secompli:) which his heart exalted at the | Eee thaé there should be ® house of the Lord, and bet he showle be privileged to enter into is. ‘The cere. | monies, dearly heloved brethren, appropria's to an ora. | ston Hike thin, hage reference mors to the I!ving edifice | the Bring tem) of the Holy Ghovt-—the Church of Christ—and ench of pu, a a temple. than to thes pe. | wiehable materia! ° will caure them all to e-amile Oway: Unt there fe another bourse of the Ifying (od —the | | ren, tat upon ‘ | that eve church, the prospect of which through han or ti ftnal edifee—which ix rising, @ny by day, and hari fy indestroetable and eternal Tee preneek and the sprinkling of the walls outside and within, have all reference to the purity of son] with whteh the eof should approach and surround his sanct ‘This isthe whole Dearing of tne entire eeremonial aud in this sense, although there be a temple here and another there, ax tbe wamts of the faithful make it neceseary that they should Be multiplied, there is upem the earth bot one house of God, and there is but one temple, properly speaking, and there never was mere ; because religion being a eommunication from God ‘to man, it must necossarilgt be consistent with itelf, and whether it was before the coming of our Redeemer, or since his coming, it never can be in coa- tradiction with one portion in reference to another. Wr 5} eak of the Jewish law and the Jewish religion as if they vere something different from ours, and they were different in one respect—ifferent in the order of time— different as the morning dawn is distinet from the noon- cay brillianey of that sun that shines now over our heade. The Jewish religion was but the introduction, the aurora, the beaming forth to the world of a religion, the premise of a religion, the hope of a religion, which directed the eye of the people to look forward to futurity for the coming of Him who was to be the fulatment and the perfection of all its types. figures, and ceremonies; and in this sense it might’ be considered that Christian- ity would have taken the world by surprise, if it had not been expected. It was not like a heresy that springs up unanticipated in any age, but it was looked for- ward to; and in this sense it may be said that the Christian religion would not be true if it had not been preceded by the Jewish, just as the Jewish religion had its truth in its promise, ‘and in the fulfilment and universality of the religion of Christ, extending to all na- tions, and to be perpetuated until the end of time. The worship of the one religion was not distinct in principle from the worship of the other, the only difference that the Christian faith is perfect, and the falness of di- | vine truth and the fulness of grace and the fulness of life ere in actual possession, not in anticipation, as were before. This is the only difference; and on this a count— although, for the necessities of men seattere? as are the inhabitants of this globe. itis essential that there should be a chureh from one distance to another, where- ver the'name of God is known, and wherever he has wor- shippers. Neverthelers, there ix but ope ehureh proper; and Were it possible for the two hundred millions who be- lieve in the communion of the saints and in that church to assemble under one mighty Catholie dome to receive them all a seattered church 1d not be necessary; and if they be diversified, is only as regards ‘ooality, ax reg is none eburch is in all. There are, indeed, many speakers to proclaim the Gospel. but the Gospel is one Cospel. and it has no contradietion, and in that one church of Ged to which we have been called, its voice is the voice of harmony from the rising to the setting of the sup, and there may be many priests appointed, the out*srd min‘ ters of continuing the work of sacrifice; but they are appointed by him who was priest forever, acco: tothe order of Melchisedek, even our divine Lond They are bix representatives, and through them he is the only one, and the only High Priest, rendering to Ged adoration and svblime honor in the mysteries of the Christian sserifice There are many altars, so to speak, but there is but one vietim, There are many priests, 4 it ds time, and as regards space; bat what but there is but sthood, ‘T's are many eburches, but there is only one chureh. ‘There are many§ bishops, if yon will, "but is only one unbroken — episcopaey—Christ, vionr,” being the bi a& pastor of and it more than sny other material glory appe s temple, whieb inspired the royal pro ex itation that he rejoiced in the things that we shoold “ go inte the House of the | vont, dearly beloved breth. é ch you bave the eonsola- tion of entering for the first time {nto your enlarged and improved church, in which you have obtained space in order that more souls may be admitted within the sonnd of the everlasting word of truth. and in sizht of the tab- ernacle of your God. It is on this day that you all re joice and sympathise in the langaage of the inepired writer at entering into the House of the lord Tecon- ratulate you npon the suceess of your undertaking. It is @ blessing for you, and it will be a blessing for your children: aud T cannot inaugurate, so to speak, the im- | provements yon have made, more fitly, than by exbort- ing you to’ conceive rightly of that great eternal temple which is the Catholic chureh of God. If there be but one Cod, there can be bat ene religion. If ~~ admitted tro Gods—a confliction of two supreme and eternal beings. nt were subject to such an ab- | @ error as this—o en you can easily concetve as a © quence, that each God world have his own religion, and that there would be contradiction; but if there be bot one God. as your faith teaches, then you know that from his adorable lips but one truth ean have emanated; and if there be but one Saviour, who established the church, Lord”?; and iti then you know that no ether has bad a right at any tine to estublish another church in opposition to his, unle that other one should claim power from some other deity, | from him who came to be toe ransom and the avkind, Cherish, then. dearly beloved ish that high and holy appreciation of the ev of Almighty God which called y to the com- ion of that one universal and eternal and holy tem- rch Knowing that it was his mercy Hed you, in preference to so many ither left in darkwess, infidelity, and or who even in the partial light of janity bave turned away from the living | waters of eternal life, and aitempt to dig cisterns for themeelves, which were not competent to con: tain water cling to that eternal rock, cherish it, and impress upon your children a just appreciation of it. ‘leach them to be Catbolies, and well instrueted Catho- Ves Teach them to practice their religion.and let the frat holy lesson of the Ubristian mother to her child be. to prononnee the name of the adorable Trinity, and making the sign of the Cross—the first great act of puolie pro fession of belief and participation in the membership of dreds and thousands of years so dugzled the eye of the royal prophet that he breaks fort ag if unconscions al midst, but in the ardor of his spirit. as one enchanted and | enraptured by the view, in the exuliing langsage which I bi * I bave rejoiced in the things that were We has vo into the Honse of the Lord.” Lot it be to you, dearly belove! bret ord; hearken to what God will voice of his ministers, in thie place; and if known to your God, He hae vouctsafed and condese: zmen and itis upen this altar | | THE BOURBON QUESTION: Reply of the Rev. Mr. Hanaen to «St. Clatr.” TO THE EDITOR OF THE BBRALD. Sm—An article appeared in your paper of the 2let inst., signed St. Clair, and purporting ta pro- ceed from the pen of an eminent Western statesman, who has known the Rey. Eleazer Williams for thirty years. Public rumor and internal evidence desig- nate the author, and the information which I have received leayes no doubt in my mind that the sur- mike iscorrect. Since a distinguished name, apart from truthfulness of statement or strength of reason- ing, carries with it some weight, 1 will,on account of the source of the communication, bestow on it the brief attention of which it is in itself unworthy. An emincnt American statesman, personally inti- mate with the French Court in the time of Louis Philippe, and acquainted also with the Rev. Mr. Williams, might well be reganded by you as a trust- worthy witness in the historic question now in pro- cess of debate; and thongh I might Gud fault with your summary condemnation of the motives and statements of men socially as respectable as himself, I forbear. te speak harshly concerning an evident misconception, believing that you have every dis- position to act honorably in @ case where not only | historic truth, but personal character, is vitally at | stake, As to the writer of the article, he manifests a sneering tone, a reckless spirit, a disregard for the reputation of others, and an inaccuracy respecting facts, which do him little credit as a statesman, whore distinguishing traits should be caution, dis- cernment, candor, judgment, and correctness. There has been so much random writing on this sybject, by men who appear to think that they can assail with impunity the character of a gentleman,simply be- cause bis name is coupled with unusnsl incidents, that it seems necessary, for the sake’ of troth and justice, it should be put a atop to if posible, and the “distinguished Western statesman,” wio has thought it not beneath his dignity to attempt anonymously to injure the reputation of one who, according to his own confession, has always apjeared to him “a | worthy man,” may easily be made to render eminent service, though in a manner contiary to his expecta- tions. For the sake of brevity, I wil) put in parallel co- lumns the statements of St. Clair, and tho simple trath:— There are no traces of the ST. be His color, hin features, aboriginal or Indian in him and the conformation of his (Mr. Willems’) fa to his orgin. They present the appearance which everywhere marks the balf- breed Indian. 1 have seen pergons par- taking of the Bourbon Wocd, and I endeavor in vain {o recall any decisive traits of resemblaue) be tween them and Mr, Wil- liane. ° testify hilnology gives no counte- pance to such i nelusion. | tomical examination.—Drs. | Francis and Kissam. in painting the portrait of Mr. Williams, I noticed | many of the peculiar cha- racter‘stics which are de. {| veloped in a greater or less degree on most of the Prin. cesof the House of Bour- | bon, whose portraits I have | taken. } was particularly | impressed with bis resem blance to the portraits of Louis XVi snd Louis XVIU, aud the geueral Boarbonic outline of his face, Had T met Mr. Williams, uncon tcious that he was in any way other than his name would indicate, I should immediately have spoken of his likeness to the Bourbon family.—G. Fagnani, vide letter of Chevalier Fagnani, in Putuam, for April. I bave myself shown, I consider, conclusively, that the fact ts not, and cunnot established. It is mere norance to assert th St. Clair’s historic ledge is of that peculiar kind which is proverbially da gerous. The process verbal of whose existence the dis- tinguished statesman is not certain, and with whose na- ture and contents he is ¢ dently unacquainted, is be- | be the public, and must jud of by what St. | Cait eas 2 the ertablished i principles of evidence.”” © But the close of Dersauit’s life was prior to the arreried close of the Dauphin’s, and the high moral and professional cha- racter of this eminent plry- cisu forms an adamantine Tink In tue evidence which disproves the death of the royal child. Rt Clair is referred to the | The death of the Dan- hat is a fect as well estab- ished as any incident of that kind can be, If am not in error, there was a procest verbal, kind of French kgal narrative, which recorded the circum: stances of lis illness and his deceare. The Dauphin was atterd- ed towards the ¢ of bie life by Fesrault, a physician of the highest personal pro- fersional character, and who could neither be guilty mporition, nor wuffer it elacion 10 The true con ion of his intereetixg pa- tient. What evidence is brought petitions, and through the ed hie blood upon Calvary, and | miystically immoiated npon this altar— | you willebtain every benefit of soul and body which | God will deem expedient for your ultimate sanetifioation. | let me exbort you, then, to put away, for all futare time every specier of divagieement among yourselves. | W Thnow there have been times when a discontented spirit, | tog rerain ex prevailed in this congregation. i rejoice that these tines have passed away, and that you have seen how expedient it was that you rhonid hearken to the legitimate authbrity of that one church to whieh 300 are be proud and #0 happy to belong. Cherish that it. Nothing in the ehurch of God can be earried hy * feree, nothing by contention, nothing by strife, but every- thing hy equal and impartia! justice towards all— everything by the epirit of meekuess, by the epirit of paticcee and by that spirit which indicates that God rules in bearts of tho-e who profess to be his adorere. Let this he yeur resolution from this day forward, and many watok) blessings will be imparted te you by Al- mighty toe. Throvgh the medium of your religion an told Dlessinge will descend to your children, and they ill be brow in the fulness of Christian faith, ristian order. They will ne eorm- ¢ yet childreo. and that same : hieb you will have taken pains to inculcate in their minds, when you become advanced in Ife will eome | hack to you in the affection. io the rupport, and in the k which these children, when you sball be in the decline of life, J pibit to But if you allow them to grow up withont m, you need not be surprised if, one ~ ou. tnowledge of eligi day, they will turn you from beneath that roof under which yon bad neglected to imprees upon them their obligations to God, their eblizations tw sceiety, their obligations to their pareute and to themselves. The one chureb ir the universal «chool, im which God inculeates, through the outward organization of the ministers of His church, thore lessous so beneficial to man so long as he is upon thie earth, and so important to him in view of hit tternal destiny in ‘he world that is to come. Cherish | these doctrines, dear'y beloved brethren. To-day, let | your hearts rire and expand in holy gratitade to God, | who has enabled you to accomplish this under- taking. Chaunt His praises, and, if you have favors to ask—and, no doubt, the consciousness of humen imperfections will impress upon you that you | stand in need of them—ek them in bymility, prayer, and union, with the sacrifice which is’ to te vottered upon this altar, and to the Divine Vietim, to ap- | ea! to his kternal Father for mercy towards us. fe thos that you will internally, a» well as externally, consecrate your church to God, that is, consecrate your own bearta—consecrate your affections —for says the Holy Spirit, you are the temples of the Holy Ghowt; and, of course, you, and ened one of you. in infuitely more precious than tens of thousands of churches like this, as a mere material structure. Let all, then, be consecrated to God this day. Lat this be the commencement of a long period In whieh religion will prosper in this ehoreh—in which piety will be ex- tended—in which the old and the young wil! all blend together harmon ously their yoice of gratitude and their | voice of prayer towards God, who has favored their up- | dertaking, and this day crownad it with success, | Tne Rev, THxopoR® NoxTuEs then delivered a very itn- pressive “ermon in the German Jan, , after which The Avcnustor gave an epi-copal benediction, the choir perferming “Vautum Erga:’’ and the ceremonies | were concluded with # grand ‘Te Deum.”” sila | Laxp Supe at Troy—Narrow Escare.-A | land slide occnrred near the Poostenkill stream, | South Troy, at a late honr yesterday afternoon, | which fortunately resulted in no loss of fife, although considerable damage has been done to property. At | the time the bank commenced moving, several per- | sous were in the immediate vicinity, who observed | it in time to escape with their lives. The bank which fell wos situated on the sonth side of the | stream, a few rods east of the “Red Bridge” on the | South Troy road. A part of this hank fell a few years tince, instantly killing one of the laborers there | employed, and injuring several othere. The princi- | pal cause of the bank falling was exeavation under- neath and the action of the frost. [t is remarkable | whut a distance the avalauche moved. A small | wooden house situated on the opposite side of the | stream, about one hundred yards or more from the | bank, wae pnshed all of twenty feet from its site, and | completely wrecked. The house was occupied by a | man named Patvick Martin. At the timeof the ac- | cident, his wife and four children were in the build- | ing, but strange as it may appear, they escaped with but slight injuries. Two cows belonging to Mr. Mar- tin were budly injared. Most of the farnitare in the house wes broken.’and everything tarned complete | ly over. The bank having failen across the stream, | Has made a sort of dam, #0 that the current of stream hae been changed north, and tle low grounds | in the vicinity are completely covered with water. | Something mast be done by those b « interest in | property there, to have the resulting from this accident ixom vy will be grenily March 4, s which are now | teiy remedied, nerensed, « Tor es forward to establish the April number of Putaam’'s | | falsehood of the eotempora- Magazine, ry account? Ihave vo belief that euch = It fs | or fall, not by hit character, Th vain to theorise | againstfacts, Mr. Williams | has kept a journal, and if ‘St’ Clair wishes, he ean read in it the record of certain proceedings between Gen. Cask and the Indians at Bott des Morts in 182%, to- | gether with other vot an- | eventful occurrences with | which $t. Clair may be fa- | | | & diary o# that which pur- ports to recount the inter. view between the French Princeand the French Pre tender was ever kept by ms. {can see no rea ton fer it. His usval une- ventiul life furnished nei ther motive por materi) for such o daly recurring labor, miliar, and to the publiea- tion, even, of whieh Mr Wil- Yims ean have noobjection, provided St Clair can ob- tain the consent of “the | distinguished Weatern | statesman’ above men- | tioned. ‘The Count de Chamboré, the son of Charles X., the youngest brother of Louis XVI. Arother proof cf theacen- | racy of St. Clait’s historic | knowledge ‘The Connt de | Chambord is son to the Duc | de Be No euch statement was made. It isetated that Mr. Williams received a letter from Louis Thilippe, and another purporting to be fiom the secretary of Louis Napoleon. As I mentioned that the note of the French Consul General, stating that it encloved the letter of the French King, was before me at the time of writing, it in to be hoped that St. Clair alludes to his own common sonre. If St. Clair will read tare- fully what was earefully written, he will reeive that 1 neither arrived at any confident conclusion, nor regarded the asserted facts incontestibly estab. lished. T merely prevented them for consideration, and | said, provided they could Isis fortber stated that Mr. Williama received let- ters from Louis Philippe and from the private secre tery 01 Louis Napoleon, &e. These were all burned, caye the memoir. They ‘never existed, cay4.common sense. The narrative contains » resumé of the various cir- eumstances upon which the pretension is founded, whieh thi thor seems to conricer as @ econseevtive rerlex of proofs of the coa- clusion at whiek he arrives. ‘The conclusion is drawn with 88 much confidence aa though the necessary facts be sustained a certain were established the fact vas morally in- mort incontroverti evi- eyitable. My first article dence. was, in faet, equivalent to the opening statement of eounsel on a trial; but, re- lying on a few cent: truths, 1 peek to eccum the cause pro- c5eds. And no also says Captain Shook, Mr. Rrayman, and Mr. Raymond. The Prinee de Joinville enquired after Mr. Wik Name. £0 anya Mr. Williams, so says Mr. Williams. Tonis Philippe wrote bis 8 letter, Bo says Mr, Wil. linma, Belanger confessed that he brought tho Dauphin to the country. S80 saya Mr. Wihiams, And 60 says M. de ia Fo- rest, the thengConsul Gene- ra And so raid the Southern newspapers of the time, from which Mr. Kimball, the informant of Mr. Wil- liams, derived his know- ledge’ Respectable living tienen remember*read- ing those newsyeper atate- mente. That a trifle may tax the imagination or any other mental qoolity of St. Clair, Tean readily conceive. The dress war not adduced as evidence: but the following note from the donor way explain the position of Mr. Willtams in regard to it, and the probabilities it is what it in eaid to by “Presented to the Rey. M. Williams, with the re. spectful regards of Mr. PA. | ward Clarke, of Northamp- ton. Wing in Englaud vome years since, T had an pe Licked then to pur. chase this dress, once worn by Marie Antoinette of | France. It had been bongh: at the sourt by x» genile- | man attached at that time . to our embassay.—Round | Hill, Northampton, Jan. 3961, That At. Clair te a aictt guished wtatesman—St, Clair has voluntarily plaeod bifm- self in no @uviable position, | He must fall ov stand, not hy hin charsoter, wot by his proofs. The Romane said of he deperted—“Ha haa Ii Tam afentel, if the le ir of St, Civir be fhe oriie. . lam sorry te be onliged to consider as apocryphal the secount of the magnifi cent brocade dress ‘ at whose silken folds Mr. Wil liams had fondly rested. when the livin; Toveltness of Marie Antoinette was within i," and it tax imagination Deyond { preity when Tam asked to icture to inyeelf my old Indien arquaintence fon the erroe of that ul queen, ‘That Mr. Wiliieme spectable clergyman. 5 ‘Mame hae” voluntarily placed himself in no envia- ble position. He mart stand but by hie pr Ro- mone eaid of the departed, “He has lived.” Tam afraid we aball baveto may of My. ' | stand, but which I now believe were spiritual. "| Wittiams, “he has been a 1e- rien of hits dlaim to the titi spectable ¥ of a di rtates: clergyman.’ "he has boen distinguished.” hin acquaintanee some three ‘one with w St. Clair ae] 9go, in which he al- ively to be familiar, alet- iuded toa prevailing rumor terof the kind; but he does remember that a German gentlewan of his juaiot- ance wrote to Genera! Osss, making some such inquiries. Wf Mr. Williams’ memory should in shis respect be in- accurate, the leiter would only prove that he sought, from what he deemed a reli able as LF cpa eoncern: rplexing sw jeet. pris ET an unl: ‘assed opinion, made no allu- sion to what he himself knew. Informed that he was . the Dauphin, but-having no ible memories to con- firm the fact, he sought from « distinguished states- man the historic ayers he lacked, and trusted to \ discernment to enlighten him as to the physiognomi- eal differences betweea an Indian and a Caucasian. After the many mistakes into which St. Clair has fallen, he may, perhaps, confess that inaccuracy in one or two particulars is no proof of intentional deception; and that if Mr. Williams should have misconceived the Prince de Joinville ‘in respect to the presence of Louis Philippe, as well as Philippe Egalite, at the cabinet counsel referred to, it is no sign that the whole of the account is apocryphal. What the Prince probably said was that he had learned from his father that his dfather was present on the occasion. However, itis not impos- sible that a child may have been in company, even on an important occasion, with its parent. As to the unmanly insinuations agaiust the character of Marie Antoinette, St. Clair may be merely retailing the ‘amiliar gossip of Louis Philippe—whose want of reeemblance to the Bourbons is not terions, if umors more probable than those touching the fair ame of the martyred Queen are to be depended on. T have not followed St. Clair through the whole series of ‘(80 says Mr. Williams,” or examined all the points in his letter, partly because certain por- ions have been already ably replied to by Mr. Genet, nd partly because my own position is sufficiently de- ned in the April issue of Putnam. That much ests at present on the assertion of Mr. Williams, no one denies, but the amount is gradually dwindling to a point; and in conclusion, I would only assure St. Clair,that had 1 found the accuracy of Mr, Williams as little reliable aa his, should never have published a word on the subject. If there be a folly in credu- lity, there is a folly also of incredulity—if there be wisdem in doubting, there is wisdom alsoin trasting; but both in doubting and in Cine wisdom will choose her men, and as far as I have hitherto gone, 1 bave found no cause to question the memory or the of his being connected with the Bourbons, and asking the person to whom it was aceressed, whether there was any foundation for the story. | accuracy of Mr. Williams, though certainly iny esti- mate of the statesmanship of St. Clair is not en- hanced by his uncalled for and abortive assault on private reputation. Mere inaccuracy or misconcep- | tion I could have pardoned, but the animus of his letter deserves rebuke. Joun H. Hanson, New Yous, March 28, 1853. THE SPIRITUAL DELUSION. The Other Side of the Doughty Case. (From the Pittsburg Guzette, March 20.) THE SPIRITUALISTS. A short time ago, the Gazette, during the absence of the itor of thet paper, published a paragraph from an Fastern paper, charging ¥ra. French (well known here a8 a ‘medium’? for whai are elaimed to be ‘spiritual mani- festations,”) with having swindled a Mr. G. Doughty, @ Long Inland farmer, (brother inlaw of Mr. Charles B. Taylor, of this city.) of several thousands of dollars, by ineans’ of alleged communications from the “spirit world.”” As Mrs. French had maintained a good reputa- tion among our citizens previously, ané is highly spoken of by mony of our citizens who are personally acquainted with her, this charge produced much excitement in and around ovr city--and we therefore publish her reply thereto in anotber column. It seems a very full and plain statement of the matter, and is verified by her afiida vit. SPIRIT RAPPINGS. Asa duty to myself, im justice to my family and | friends, and the cause of spiritualism, I beg leave to call attention to the following plain statement of facts, and thus disabuse the public mind of false and malicious charges mace within tl it few weeks, and obtaining large eirenlation, with various versions and comments, through ihe public press, charging me with fraud and de- ception, and calgulated to bring odium upon s great and good cause. From an early pericd of my life I have been the sub- ject of impressions, whieh, until recently, Idid not under- Many facts are familiar to those who have known me inti- mately, and abundant testimony can be furnished as tothe correctness of these impressions, At an early age I be’ came connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in whieh, for fourteen years, I bave slways taken an active part. About one year since I first became aware cf the fact that I was a medium for spiritual manifestations and communications. ‘Ibis phenomena was unpepalar with the ina Mediums were ebarged by puloit and press with collusion, imposture, nd various epithets. I natursily shruvk from notoriety; but believing in my soul that these manifestations were from the spirit world, and that God wag, in this ege, permitting his ministering spirits to spenk to man as they did in the days of the Sa yior, and believing that it was my duty (if the Great Spirit | so willed it,) to submit to being used as a medium for the gcod of my tellow-creatures, | (brew my doors open without charge, to friends and acquaintances who sought t» judge for themselves of there mavilestations. Nor heve l ever received one cent for these communicetions ; por have I ever, us has been asserted, delivered a le sture on this sub Since that time, up to the present, a few friends Dave continued to investigate with me this great subject. ‘Through me, as an humble instrument, communications are giver. Jum maguetised without the agency of any earthly operator, und without volition on my part. Nor do Lever, on coming out of this magnetic state or trance, have any recollection of xnything that has been said or written through me. Very meny communications have been received through me during the past year. Most of there are in the han Js of those th whom they were given. If inone of these there isa single sentence whieh the purest mind may not read, or which will show collusion | or fraud, or which does not teach the holy doctrine of charity, love, peace und good will to man, I unhesitating- ly challenge its publication to the world.’ As God, whom I reverence and adore, is iny judge, I solomniy declare if this be not spiritual, I know not what itis. I was not permitted to enjay my seclusion, however. My name was heralded to the world, branded with imfamy ; charged with deceteing and destroying the bsppiness of a family on Long Island, and consigning its bead, Mr. George aed 14 toa lunatic asylum. My acquaintance in this family commenced some fifteen months since, I was introduced to Mr. Doughty by his sister in Jaw, Mra. Taylor, in this city, where Mr. Doughty and daughter were ona visit. Some montha later. I was urged by Mra. Taylor and other connections to visit the family on Lon Iland. 1 did not wich to go—could not leave m; onde dren, or the business in which I was then eng: and which was at the time yielding me a large profit. They urged me to"go—that iu doing so I would render the fa- amily essential service—that Mr. Doughty was a wealthy man, and that pecuniarily I should lore nothing, &e., &¢. In April I went on in company with the daughter, who had remained in this city up to this time. One member of the family was suffering with a cutaneous disease small wel on my arrival, and of which she died two jaye subsequently, Some days afterwards Mra, Dought: wan attacked with the same diresse, and in rapi succession every member in the family, except the youngest child. “I remained with them almost alone, (for neighbors and friends feared to approxch,) treating and curing them magnetically, as their certificates will show. ‘When left, a sealed package wan handed to me, whieh { ‘was instructed not to open until I reached ie. Inthe | kerry of my husband I opened it, and to our surprise found in it adoption papers, tn pet and legally execu- ted, making making me equal with his other children (four in number) ins valuable estate. Both my husband and myself resolved to reject and return said papers. Again I was urged to virit the family. Various presents ‘were made to me upon the plea of affection and servicer rendered to Mr, Doughty and family, and up to a very re- cent period I have been in the weekly receipt of letters styling me daughter and sister, All that I have ever re- ved was by the knowledge and consent of the family, in proof of which I bave in ™, poasesnion abundant evidence. Also, that other and valuable property was tendered tome which I did not and would not receive. Peeuniarily Iam not = better off at this moment than I would bave been if I had never met the ee The charge made that, on my last visit to New York, in February last, I reeeived lai sume from Mr, Doughty, is utterly false. And that he made freqnent or any attempts to commit suicide after I last saw him, and Previous tohhis returning to his femily, Ido not believe. I saw him last on Mh tepeen'f February ®. On £aturday, the 12th, Mrs, Doughty and her son-in- Jaw, Mr. Hal called on me. Mr. ughty wae not then insane. They admitted that tt fowl him at home, and well. ‘Mra. ats ey , on this occasion, ad- mitted that what I had was with her knowledge and eonrent, id , and that she was entirely satietied, | that I bad received nothing more than ] had deserved. She had no fault to find with me; but, on the contrary, loves id esteemed me asever. And that, if any of her Howl had said or acted otherwise, it was without her knowledge, and she was sorry for it. ‘She and her scn-in- law knew that I expected to start for home on Monday. This I ean prove. Wednesday following, (riz : the 16th,) who wrote me, direeted to Pittsburg. In this she does not speak of any attempt uicide. Many of the facts con- tained in these letter the requests made, I suppress for the sake of the family, and becanse I do not believe that Mra. Doughty is a party to or has any knowledge of these publications, out am ready to ex- hibit all should it become necessary to vindicate wy cha- racter, During my last visit to New York I saw no evi- dence of insanity in Mr. Doughty, nor do I believe he in nov insane, (unless it be on the subject of ala: and on this leh there are many others equally insane, if inewnity it be.) That epiritualiem is chargeable in an; degree with unsettling his mind [do most solemnly af- firm Ido not believe, but that on the contrary ite ten Ceuey {5 to enlin and’ sooth him, and were he in this city, where could oerasionally see him, 1 should have n0 fears for hia sanity. Im conclusion, although I have of- ten beon the subject of persecution and misrepresenta- tion, 1am unconscious of ever having wilfally or knuw- ingly committed one immoral set, or of intentionally in- juring any human being, and that there ia not an act of my life I fear to have published to » scrut! aides ee K. J. FRENCH. City of Dittenrg, s¢ :-~—Refore ror, am Alderman in and for exideity. personally appeared Mrv. Elizabeth J. French, and who being duly aff forth in the fe ed, saith thet the facts se! 0 to the NCH, ALD, Ieth dav _of Marrh, BUCEY ASTER, AMeyoan Brore opd rubectibec thir 185 ¥ Suvpmw Deatn —Coroner Gamble held an inquest yes- terday, at the City Hospital, upon the body of a man named Michael Compal, whodpornemdeed at work ip 8 coal yard in hony street. Carroll, wife of the deceased, deposed that he was in poor health for wome time past; he went to work in the morninkn as ‘usual: about one o’elock information was brought home that he was dead, John MeNulty-—Deeeased was working near to me in screening coals; he stopped, and called to his brother-in- law, “John,”? but said no no more until he died. Dr. Swift was examined, and after hearing his testi- mony, the jury rendered a verdict of death from rupture ofan aneurism of the aorta. The deceased was thirty years of age, and a vative of Ireland, Tru Lave Suicipr iy East Broapway.—Coroner Wilhelm held an inquest, yesterday, at the house No. 176 East Broadway, upon the body of Gustave Stere, who com- mitted suicice by shooting himself, on Sunday afternoon, (reported in the Henan yesterday morning. Filen Gilbert deposed—The deceased lodged with me for the last five months part; he appeared to be siekly since dew Year, I do not know what kind of business he was engaged in previous to that time; the last time I saw him alive was Saturday evening last, when he played with two little children in the parlor; I did not see him at breakfast yesterday (Sunday) morning; the servant girl went to his room, but could not get in, as the door was locked; then Mr. Copes told me that his little girl had heard the report of @ pistol; I sent for an officer; three came, and forced open the door; we found him lying a with ‘a pistol im his band. John H. Copes testified—My little girl told me that she had heard the report of a pistol; the servant girl knocked at the door of the deceased’s room, but received no an- swer; I then endeavored to look in at the keyhole, but found it «topped; upon making the hole clear, I saw some Drains seattered upon the wall; we forced open the door, and found the deceased lying dead, between the bed and the bureau’ Dr. Charles Herschell deposed to bis knowledge of the deceased for two years; had the impression that he was not of sound mind; Dr. ‘Van Roth ad myself, in consulta- tion, came to the conclusion that he was not sane; on the 25d intent, Dr. Van Roth and myself made afiidavits at tho cour? in Centre street, to the effect that he was a confirmed lunatic. After hearing a good deal of other testimeny relative to the unhappy occurrence, the jury rendered a verdict of “Suicide, py shooting him-lf with a pistol, when in a deranged state of mind.”’ The deceased ‘was 23 years of age, and a uative of Germany. The fol- lowing note was found in his room by the Coroner:— New York, March 24, 1853 Dear Parents—I have suffered very much in this world by being slandered and aceured, but I am innocent. I die with a light heart and hope. Forgive me for the sor- row which I haye caused you ina careless manner. Adieu forever. GUSTAV. Give my beet love to my dear sisters and brothers. Drraprey. Cask oF INFANTICIDE—CONFESSION OF THE Mormen.—Coroner O'Donnell held an inquesi last evening at No.76 Greenwich street, upon the boddy of a male child about two months old, which was killed . by its mother, Christina Darzbaek, on Sunday night. The evidence is very yoluminous, and’ wejpublich the details of the dreadful jieed, as given by the motber herself with great eat vou, Chains beck, afier being legally cautioned, I—I have been in the United States for the last two y um a native of Germay; I have been living with ‘a black man in Rawdon, New Jersey, for the last year; he ia the father of the deceased child now lying dead at this place; the black man’s name is Cyrus Cole; my child was two months old, and he died last bight about two o'clock; hewas not sick before his death; 1 understand that Iam at liberty to answer or not, whether I have choked my cbild and caused its death; understanding my rights, I answer, that I bave caused thedeath of the deceased child by choking it; the reason I have killed my child is on account of ablack man being its futher, ar it would bring ehame and disgrace upon myself and my family; my parents live in Redington, about five or six miles from Rawdon, New Jersey. Phillip Deckar deposed to the mother coming to the house last Saturday evening with the child in her arms; they came from the emigration office. ‘atherine Madiner sworn—Was in bed in the same room with the women and deceased child on'Sunday night; about two'o’clock heard the child gasping three or four times, and struggling for breath, A good deal of corro- borative testimony was taken. Michael Laediein devosed—I am an upholsterer; I came here about twelve o’clock today; in looking at the de- ceased I saw blue marks around the neck; I think the marks were caused by violence. ‘The jury rendered a verdict of death from strangulation, | caused by Christina Darzback, the mother of the de- ceased. Coroner O'Donnel! made outa warrant, upon the ren- dition of this verdict, and Cnristina was committed to the ‘Tombs by an officer from the Chief’s office. 1% ACCIDENT UPON THE Hartem RAmRoaD— vee Hospital, upon the body of Charles McKenna, who was killed last Friday by an Albany train of the Harlem | Railroad. The body’ was not identified for some dayn, and from the fact of a card being found in hia pocket, with the name of F. Thorpe, Highbridge, marked upon it, come uncasiness was expresred upon the part of the numerous friends of that gentleman. It now appears that the deceased was going to look for employment to Mr. Thorpe, when he met with his death. This was testified to by his wife, Eliza McKenna, Morris Miller de- Fored that ke was engineer of the Albany express train to New York; when about Feventy-ninth street I saw the deceased, in’ company with another man, walking upon the track; they were in the middle of it; I sounded the alarm whittle; they both looked roun@, and the other man got off the way, and stepped up rome steps near to eventy-first street; the deceased continued to walk on in he middle of the track; ] immediately signified ‘down Lrake,”” which was complied with; I reversed my engine, rnd eluckened speed from twenty-eight to eight milesan hour; the engine struck the deceased; I noticed him to con- ton heli an inquest yesterday, atthe Belle- | iinue on the rrack when the other man left; this testimony | srroborated by that of the fireman, brakeman and orof the train. John Sullivan was in company he deceared upon the day in question; he said he would waJk a mile snd a half to the depot, that we would drink the fare: we both saw the train coming and I left I saw him struck by the engine. ‘The jury rendered a verdict of death from injuries accidentally ré- ceived upon the Harlem Raiload, The deceased was a native of Ireland. Team oF Mrs, Guwry—Arnest or mr Hosnaxp on Crunce of MURDER.—Mrs. Geery, who was so dreadfully Deaten by her hurbavd on Friday night, as reported in our paper, died a; Bellevue Hospital yesterday evening. | Her husband, William Geery, is still uxder ‘arrest upon the charge of murder. Coroner Hilton will hold an in- vestigation into the cirenmsiances connected with the tragic occurrence, at balf.past ten o’clock, this morning, Drownen Bony Fouxn.—Coroner Gamble held an inquest yestercry an unknown torn, which was found in the North river, on Funday evening. Ecmond Barrett tertified as to the finding and securing | of the body, Mr. J. Cockefair—I assisted in taking the body from’ the water; it is very much decomposed, the greater part of the face being gone and the bones Iaid are; there is also a portion of the skull gone; the mau was dressed in a coarss black overcoat, old drab cashimere pantsloons, drab plaid yest, a cotton under and a muslin over shirt, a black stock with long ends, and boots with overshoe-; his hair is dark brown and a little grey; nothing was found upon his person by which he sould be recognized; be appeared to be about fifty years of age. Bvurxen To Dravm —Coroner Gamble held an inquest yes- terday, at the City Hospital, upon the body of Mary Car- denelli, who Hngered there since the 16th instant, under the efleet of dreadiul burns which she received at the fire in Orange street, on that night. She died yesterday in great agovy. Dr. Cooper testified as to the nature of the injuries. "The jury rendered » verdict of death from barns accidentally received at No. 17 Orange street, oye deceased was thirty years of age, and a native of aly. Police Intelligence. In the Case of California Ticket Frauds on the Uncle Sam Cincoepag mda a8 the hearing was concluded before Justice Hogart, in reference to the alleged participation of Mr. Horace A. Shaw with George E. Hamilton, in the rale of eporious ge tickets for the steamship Uncle Sam. The care on the part of the defence was submitted to the magistrate with « few brief remarks mado by Mr. Robinson, counsel for Mr. Shaw. The magistrate will give his decision in the case of Shaw, at two o'clock this arieraoens The man Hamilton hes not yet been ar- reated. The Australian Ticket Case—Mr. Erler held by the Magis- trate to Answer the Charge of False Pre‘ences,—In thia case —before Justice McGrath—the magistrate has decided to hold Jobn C. Frier on eight charges of false pretences, in selling tickets of B smee,id iu the bark Mary Parker, an- nounced to sail from this port to ‘Australis, The fuets have already been te sa ‘The magistrate required int m of $4,000, being $500 on each charge, in ult of whieh he was detained in custody. An Outrageous Affair—Probably Murder —On Monday of lant week, # lad of sixteen years of age, named Edward Dunham, sen of Mr. John Dunham, pianeforte manufac- turer in Thirteenth street, between Third and Fourth avenues, was flying a kite from the roof of his father’s fac- tory, when two other boys, named James Bhaughnensy and George Wilson, from an adjoining building, which is some eight feet higher, commenced an assault on young Dun- ham, caused by some previous warrel. Wilson, it seems, had a clob of wood, which he threw at the boy Dunham, which knocked bim down on the roof, and Shaughnessy horled a paving stone, which struck the poor boy on the head, causing a severe fracture of the skull; and such was the violence of the blow that the boy was rolled into the roof gutter, and almost fell off the roof into the street. Sinee the violence was committed, the accused parties have kopt themselves secreted, until yesterday officer Bilger svecceded in capturing both of them, and conveyed them hefcre Justice Btuart, who committed them to priton io await a further examination. It is said that the axravlt was premeditated, as the paving stone was token from the street by the bey Shaughnessy, The un- fortunate boy has been insensible ever since the violence ‘Whe perpetratedgand yesterday he was not expeeted to survive. Highway Re —On Sanday night, about 8 o'clock, as Mr. Martin CHfford, of 128 West Sixteenth street, waa on his way home and passing along Thirty-second streot, hi tacked by reveral young men, who knocked him nd beat him ina terrible manner, at the same time robbing bis person of allthe money ‘behad in hie pocket. The police heard thealarm of watch called, and went to the istance of Mr. Clifford, and there found » oung man nained Thomas Downing, a notorious ehacao- fer standing in a stooping position over Mr. Clifford aa he lay on the ground, apparently in the act of examining his pockets for money. (/fficer id took Downing into cusiody and conveyed him to the station house. and in the cy 3 before Justice Stuart, who committed him to prison for trial. Mr. Clifford wawremoved to his residence by the pelice, and is now§fcomfined to hia hed ina very dangerons condition, caused by the violence received from the hands of the ruffians. rats eacee, Downing, waa only discharged by the Court of Sessioas on Thursday last. He was one of the heed who but re- cently bad from ’s Island on a writ of habeas corpus, whither hehad been sent by Justice Stuart an « thieving vagabond. Further Arrests in the Case of Rape.—The police yester- day arrerted Bernard MeDersie tie “Family Pat,” and Jolin Cox, alias ‘Fatty Cox,’? accomplices of Patrick MeQuinlin, who stand charged with violating the person of Mre. tang, residing in Twenty fifth atreet. They were conveye’ before Justice Stuart, who committed them to pripow for trial, + the foot of Barclay street, upon the body of | i t Olaturl nearly six years. deposed tha |" | successful party. | may be a dedication | be able by Before Hon. Judge Mitchell, ACTION FOR MALICIOUS PROBBCUTION. Marcu 27.—Charles H. Carpenter vs. John DeForrest. he Tor e there in 1860-61; be was not there Ostober 31; I that a note given by Carpenter to De Forrest ree fell due in 1650. Plaintiff's counse! offered to prove that Mr. Carpenter —This case was resumed this Peter Crosby, deputy keeper tendered ee Ment of the note. Defendant’s counsel ob- jected. Objection overruled. Witnens continued—I took, on the 27th December, , 1850, $500 in geld from Carpenter to De Forrest's store, im Broadway; I first asked for De Fortest; they sald he was ed for the chief person in the GT wan answered and suid he was the man; I told hin I came to take up a note which De Forrest beld against Carpenter; he said he had not got it, that Mr. » Mr. Le Forrest’s lawyer. had the note; 1 showed him the money, which I bad ina bag; he baek. oilee: and anid he Wout oe land neeee haat juested me to wait I waited about fifteen minat and then went amy never went back to the store; did not see Mr. Clark afterwards, und returned the money to Mr. Carpenter, Cross-examined—1 recollect that Mr. Clark wae insumming up the Niles case at the Sessions; Twas not to leave the money unless I got the note; I did not know, before I west to Le Forrest's store, that be had to Havana; Tdo not know where Mr. Carpenter got tee aage , oF who brought fi to him. mith Dunuing deposed to a conversation he had had with Mr. De Forrest, in which he said to Mr. De Forrest “Suppore the money should be tendered for the note al maturity, aud that his reply was that it was io the of the court, and he had nothing to do with it,” my im~ pression is that Ne Forrest said— ‘We'll fx him now,” or something to that effect; De Forrest said Oarpenter was ® great rascal, und ought not to he at, liberty. ‘ross examined—| was intimately aequainted with Carpenter as a business man; be was indebted to me, Dut not toa very grent amount: I heard of the Kidd Sale vage Company; Carpenter had sued some of them, and got large verdicts for slander; they had been to meaud Wm R. Currie; I held them as security for Car- ter’s indebtedness t me for board, &e; he owed me Ui00 or 8500. The cross. examination of the witnean wag continued at great length. Horace F. Clark. counsel for defendant, was examined, and deposed thut he told Mr. Crosby that he eould not get a note which was evidence in @ tase of criminal prosecu- tion; at one time I bad stroug suspicions of Mrs. Elliot, but afterwards changed my opinion, and thought she was innocent in the matter. Witness was cross exmined at considerable Jength, and the care, from present »ppearancos, will last for some days to come. Mr. Clark moved to dismiss the complaint, and the Judge, during the argument, which was for the court aloue, discharged the jury wntil Tuesday morning. Supreme Court—General Terns. IMPORTANT DECISIONS, By Hon. Judges Edward, Mitchell, Roosevelt and Morris, Marcu 27 —The court wae greatly crowded this morn- that the decision in the case of the injunction against the grantees of the Broadway Railroad would be rendered, but owing to the absence of Judge Strong the anxiety in the watter is doomed to eontinue until Saturday next Hoytvs Hoyt.—A covenant that a building to be erect- ed on a lot shail not be less than twenty five feet infront, means in front of the thing »poken of, and which was to be of that width—namely, the butiding—and not in frout of the lot. New trial granted. Costs to abide the event. Pinneman vs Hud —A surety was to pay a debt if the creditor ured cue und legal diligence to eollect it. A delay of seven months betore suing the debtor, unex- plained. is not such diligence <# to suthorive the Court to ray that the surety was liable. New trial granted, Egsts to abide the event. pik é road Company.—< on peirmed, with costs. Phen a ebarter is granied 10 a railvoud company, with a reser- vation authorizing the Legislature to alter, modify, or repeal it, in the discretion of the Legislature, it may au- thorize the company to subserite 10 the stock of a rail- road company in Caneda, or which road would connect indirectly with that of the chartered company, and the | company may so subscribe, ard no stockholder can, by injunction of otherwire, prevent the subscription. Weste field vs. Westerjedd —Ucoree of Surrogate affirm- ed,us to the legacy of 4,000, and reversed as to the lega- ey of $2,000. Coste of bh th appeals to be allowed to the Jenry—Motion denied. All the oving affidavits are repelled Le anawer. Inthe Matter of Patrick imputations made in the and explained by those In the Matter of the Petiiion ef Franscina Meyer.—Order appealed from medited. Cotanissions allowed on the $25,(00 to the trustee, but no counsel fees allowed which he incurred in the litigation between him and his cestut we trust as to his accounts, especially aa some items of ia accounts were disallowed. Wakeman w. Lailey—Report of referee ret aside. New referee my be appointed Costs to abide the event, Payne vs. Baldwin —New trial ranted, costs to abide the event. Tbe defendnut’s promise was not an original but a collateral linbility, viz: to pay. debt which anoth- er bad contracted to yxy. and which that other was not discharged from paying. “Not being in writing, it was void by the statute of fra: In the matier of Blocwingdale equare —Report of Com- wissioners rent back {c opinion. Although i vhe street; and although way be dediested by laying are, so. a8 to be open to tion of @ square will not be inferred, wlion it is 4 by several persons in aus- tinct parcels, aud the vot lay it out as a aquare; but the public authoritie: laid it out to be opened at future day, and the owner of cae part of it and of adjoining lands offered bis part aud (he pdjoining lands for sale ia one advertisement, bu: concluding not to sell the part on the intended square, nudes map of the adjoining lots, andon it laid out « «tli portion only of the square, designating it by the wuiwe given by the public authori- tier, and then conveyed wiihout referenee to the map or square. ‘the reference (o the square in such case is to denignate the locality uf the lot by a well known object, and not to dedicate st. Iu estimating the respective values of the Jauds of tbe diferent owners within the square, {he commissioners are not to value one lot higher than another, on the grouod that if certain streets were continued through the rqvare, they would make the one lot more valuable than the other. Hunt vs. Hust—No agent selling cattle for another may charge & suw in the name of interest, at the rate of seven per cent per anni, on the whole price, and a com- mission for collecting the debt, and advance to the owner the residue only of the price and take from him an agree- went to refund the whoie price, if the agent shall not due diiligevce ‘so collect it. This is not usury, and the agent is ix effect only a guarrantor or the edt. ' Judgment affirmed with costa, Sniden di Fitzgerald vs. Wier & Wier.—Decree of Sarro- gete affirmed, with costa, Bos vs. Bunting.—Frrotment of decree opened, and re- hearing granted on payment of costs of motion. THE BROADWAY RAILROAD. ‘The Court then announced that the decision in the case of Milhau against Sharp, an application for an injunction against the grantees of the Kroadway Railroad, must be deferred, owing to the absence of Judge Strong, who pre- sided with Judges Edward. and Morris at the argument. The General Term woul be adjourned over till Saturday next, when the decision in that case weuld be rendered, Inthe matter of Thomas 3tcivsr, wo alwernatar mandamus is granted to show that the City superintendent of Public co has power to revoke # Jicense once granted to a uch er. ' Wedman vs Pratt d Parker.—Although the declara- tions of a fraudulent assignor may be admissible against the assignee, if combination be shown, though they are not of the same weight against the assignee as his own declarations would be, although where o purchase is made by a debtor of real oxtake in the name ef another, the burthen of proof lies ou him to disprove any fraudu- lent intent in ding so in an action by bis erediter, yet such fraudulent intent may be disproved, and it may be shown that be owed the grantee and had the property conveyed it such grantes's name. to secure to the latter the payment of what was due to him. Juwigment affirm- ed with costs. Lannitz vs. Dizon —Judynent affirmed, with costa. A leave made for a year, but to expire within that time if ‘the landlord ehall wish to build, and give notice to that effeet, doen not create a tenancy at will or at sufferance; and on notice Late | Ape if the tenaut refuses to leave, he may be remov suinmary process. Ward w. A .—There wi nough evilence of fraud in the purchase of the goods to require the ease to eee the jury. New trial granted. Costs to abide the event. Manning vs. Dunn.—Where a vessel was sold to one who had part ef the purchase money, and received the rest from the defendant, to whom the bill of sale waa executed as his security, aod by ugreement the one who contracted to buy was to go into immediate possession, and continue in posseseion, unless he should fail to pr; the amount payable to the defendant when it should fnit due, the one thus contracting to buy and not the one who held the bill of sale, is liable for repairs furvished to the vessel. Report affixed, with coats. Huron Iron ee, ts. the New York and Erie Rail- road Company.—The referees buve erroneously allowed vo the plaivtiff the profits, 640 per ton on irop, whieh the defendants were ready te revive, hut which the plaintiff failed to deliver, and have deducted from the plaintiff's claim orly the difference betwen eonsolidated stock, or two sharts of rtook ut par, instesd of the difference be- tween the value of half a share of consolidated or one share of old stock at par. Report set acide, new referees may be appointed, costa to abite the event. Davies ve, Wright.—The plainyiff did not etrietly comply with hia contract, be did not e-e:t the buildings in all re- pects conformably to the pattern houses, and on that ac- eonnt the referees have allowod the defendant a deduction of over $1,060 from the contract priee. That deduction should be we ind Ca bet aa the date of the mortgage 1 be given by him. Fac! should balf the referees’ fees, and enc: his vi on , exeeph cm the appeal and the detendant huve the costs on appeal. Peariall ve, Fraser —The contract shows that the pro- curing of the renowal of the lease was not @ condition. precedent to the cbligation of tno defendant to give the mortgage. The code, 176 nud 459, applies to all old pleadings, 90 that the wllegation of may be sufii- ciont, without epecifying tiav and place. Judgment for the plaintif’ on demurrer, with leave to the de‘eadant to anewor on payment of conte ‘eher ve. darrow.—A paper in the handwriting of Usher, contelzing a ntatement of nccount, although not nigne by him, AF ada Sacie evidence of faete contained in t although it may not form av necount stated. Report referee afi |, with conte. Manley vs. Patteron—The defendant, a poliee officer, hed no right to detain property in his own possession Vine the P ewan ere fet, th the plaint 3 ane ns on the charge ing the property. But as is ancertain whether the Acfendant or the justice held the property, the motien mag pe renewed om the order ngly, without costs. use {a called for trial at the Circuit, if the plaintiff nerve notice of diseoutinuance, the Court may, on any day ie the same cirenit, on preot of service of notice of trinl by the defendant, diemiss the id grant the defendant an extra allowance. r Dean.—The asvignor of a atoek of goods re- maint in porsession after vule. This, with other facta, roade the question of fraud ous proper for the referee to pare upon aaa matter of fact, and there is no reason to {ie finding, Report afirined, with conte, in some cases a publ out a plan of lots the lots by it, yet