The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1859, Page 1

THE WHOLE NO. 8168. =. SOLIDARITY OF THE NATIONS, the European Nations—Addresses by Sig- mora Marie and Leading Revolutionists, ie., dice ‘Last evening there was a mass meoting of Germans, Poles, French and Italians, with asmall sprinkling from ‘ether nations. In the lager bier saloons and other places where the patriots frequent there might have been full ‘mformation obtained of the character of the meeting to ‘be; but beyond the intelligence conveyed in the follow- ing card of admigsion we were left tolearn all about the manifestation from the speakers:— LIBERTY, EGALITY, FRATERNITY! ; 2 of the SOLIDARITY OF THE NATIONS, Pricey, Jenntry 14, 1809, | METROPOLITAN ROOMS, 3 164 and 168 Hester street, Price 12 cents. OO OROLE ne RNONE ODIO ODE DODO From one thousand to twelve hundred persons wer present, Of that number about a score of women occu pied the seats in front of the platform. There were afew Jadies in the orchestra, but not more than five or six altogether. Soon after that, Signora Mario entered, accompanied by weveral gentlemen, who took seats on the platform, Pro- fessor Pfuster called the meeting to order, aud as he had been previously appointed to preside, he immediately ‘opened proceedings with the following introductory, in jerman — G FRENDS, BRETHREN AND FRLLoOW-SOLDIERS OF FREEDOM— You behold here the banners of all tho great nations of the earth. There are here representatives of all the pe who have fought in Europe, at one time or another, for liberty — Italians, French, Germans, English and ‘Americans—allare here united to assist at a solemnity which, although of small exterior appearance, will nevertheless find an echo among the suffering people of Europe, and console them, at least, for their temporary loss of liberty. t is @ great and lug thought to see here, in’ a free country, such an imposing gathering of all nationalities to celebrate the resurrection of the liberties of Europe, although living here in tho mnidst ofa society almost entirely absorbed by material snterests. It is consoling to see that so many have pre- served, amidst this materialism, their ane with their saffering and struggling brethren in the Old World. It was a great work to see both hemispheres connected by an electric tie, bat it will be a still greater work when free Ame! will stretch her hand to the free nations of old Europe. All people wiil then be united under one ban- ner—that of universal liberty. Then the two hemispheres will celebrate the greatest festival—that of the general brotherhood; and,this generous idea, let us hope, ® near future will realize. (Great and repeated cheers. President Prvsrer followed this address with another in Halian, in which he alluded to tho past glories of the Peninsula, the present bondage of the Italians, and the hope now before them of a day of liberty. His Italian eloquence told @nely upon the audience, and his speech ‘was frequently interrupted by the vociferous cheering of the grcater portion of the meeting. While speaking he ‘wag two or three times interrupted by a person in the crowd on the 1eft of the platform, till at length forbear- ance ceased, and “Heraus,” ‘a la porte,” and “put him out,” were soon blended in glorious harmony, and out ‘was hustled the disturber of the peace, in a state of wild excitement. This incident passing away, the Professor ad- dressed himself to Signora Mario, and paid the lady so many comp)iments for the eacrifices she had mage and what she had suffered—ncluding imprisoument for Italian liber- ty—that she seemed almost overpowered by her feolings. With deep blushes, however, she managed to support her- self under the accumulated honors of eloquence and load 2 cere. Following this wag, the Professor’s third speech—in French. He was not 80 much at home with this language as with the German and Italian; he knew onoug , HOW- evér, to express how much he loved la grande France— how ebe had been foremost in revolutions—what she had accomplshed for Uherty, and what she was destined yet to do: and concluded with Vive la Libert, VEgalité, la Frater- nité. (Loud applause. On Seip aaa the meeting, Signora Mario was greeted with loud cheers. Her subject was ‘Tho Duties n People.” Her deiiyery was plain aad clear, but it wanted that fre which Was necessary to make her audionce feet that they had got to work, and work eterna!ly, to gain the freedom they had dreamed about, and of which they were ever me ve The address was very lengtby, and, considering that nine persons oat of every ten present’ Knew the langnage in whch she spoke only very imperfectly, it is not surprising that the address was anything but enthusiastically received. Seve- rabot wie wrfa the platform and others in th ody of the bail, When a good point was obtaned, woul lene off’ with applause, which the mass took up, aud now and again relieved the general dolness. ‘Whe jady commenced with a modest recognition of he eat subject, and craved the kin. Jnabuity (o haudle the gr indulxence and gentie forbearance of the audience, Hamiet’s qnestion; “To be or not to be,” was re-echoe t consciously or unconsciously by more than two buudre | millious of buman beings in the Oil World. To be or no to be,” that is the question, put by come in hope, by other ju degpair, by somo in the {arm of menace, by others iath form of jrayer. That question had been'the watchwor of every revolution that had shaken Enrope to its centre and drenched its soil ia blood, ducing the last sixty years, Each martyr who has ascended the scaffold steps or laid hig head upon the block has put that questioa with his dying breath; each captive tortured on the rack or ebaived to his dungeon walls repenis it in his agoay and weariness, and each political exile driven Oli World for bis unsuccessful attempts to stion in the affirmative has sobbed it in his last adiou, The cry of the struggling and suffering peoples tas but ane voige, and the words it utters are these:—"We desire to exist ‘morally, intelleatually and physically, in order to obey the law of progress, which fs the law of our being.” Our question, thereiore,’ if—To be, oF not to be” —to exist, or to bé annihilated; and until Wwe receive a prati- cal swer in the affirmative—until our right to an individual and collective life is recoguized and realized, war shall never ceage nor poi be prociaimed on earth. To this reiterated quest two distinet answers have been given. On the one haad fome thirty or forty dynastic races—ambitious, greely and selfish strangers to the law of progress, enemies to humanity at large, yet prating of infalbility of Divino right, reply, “Not to'be.”” “The world is ours,” ery the mongrel herd—kings, emperors, popes, it matters not— their answers in different languages are stiil the samme. You may prate about being the sous of God, of being children ofthe same great human family—you are none the lees our slaves, and you ehail remain as long as there fs any virtwe in arbitrary territorial divisions, in standing armies, in gibbete, blocks and dungeons, to perpetuate material slavery—as long as there ts any yir tue in inquisitions, in organized bodies of priests aud fri- ars, Jesuits and monks, in systematized ignorance to per- petuate the slavery of the soul. To this unmistakable answer given by “the powers that be,’’ the lady attempted to show that the movement among the peoples at the present time showed that the subjects of despots were determined to reply fa the ailirmative, and that to their question there stiould be the answer; practically, To be.” The papacy came io for a lar; and despots in general. Considerable hope was expressed thatEngland would yet play a grand réle in the struggle for Uberty., #rance was yet to Ht an tmportant part ia the struggle for Iberty, and the duty of the Germans was to destroy, root and branch, the House of Hapsbirg, in aunl- hilatng utterly and forever the Austrian empire. It ¥ the duty of “the brave Germans” to exierminate the rattlesnake whose forked tongue enyenome all their vital sap—that sernent who is at this moment stiling the life's breath of four valorous nations in its coils. Poland's doty was algo marked out im the samo good cause Of revolution. set The Popes of Rome and Pe. fortiy ag the two centres of "Tha Catholic Pope otigm over thonght Tho n Popo represents the Wrute potie over the external world. ‘The supreme d was (o destroy the Pope of Russia, andthe y of Ttaly was to destroy tho Pope of Rome. y, in fuilliling ber own duty, fuldis also a cosmo: polltan mies! Destroy ing the Papacy, she breaks irre~ porably the chains now rivett.d around the eouscience than half tho civilized world. For this work the ita wore all prepared. With them it was. a mere question of, time, The Papacy for thom exisis no longer as an The Papacy in Italy is bat long ago would have been burial lespots dug it out of its grave atthe pout onots, neral roview of the propagandisin at work for iation for hi pr y hope t at hand, Siguora Mario cheer! Onthe lady resaming her seat an’ tho che Bub. siding, it wae announced that ‘al Avozzana, the Ita v pairtot, was sick, {9 consequence of which Signo Conant addroweat the Tatton, Ho faite t al the different factions of Ttaliaus to unite together for tha vtruggle ior liberty, and never to roet till thoy had over. come despotiem, “He spoke against the Pope, who had, he said, changed the docrines of Chriat for sectarian inte rest. The Pope was the accomplice of tyrannic: i the svpporter of degrading despotism, Io the peoy one could any sound hope be placed. They wero, there. to unit®, and the reign of liberty would soon ar- Dr. SratzecK spoke in Polish on the despotism of Russia, tnd that there was yet hope for down trodden Poland ta the coming struggle of right against might, Gvetays YON Brkuve spoke in German, in substance as folows:—Priends and compatriots—In my youth T heard Pia'scs bestowed on the reign of Napoleon and the stabi. ity of hiv dynasty: still, bis a did not last longer than tep years and some mouths. ie restoration was also praised for ite legitimacy, and its duration for a Jong time was foratold; but after hfveen Years it was at an end. The same happened ta the dynasty of Louls Philippe, which was Overthrown afwor eighteen And why should the modern waite, of Touls Napdleon last longer? All of them mistook the Inwof motern etvilization, which is re- N. Peonle are advancing, and dynastion are going " This ia the law of the progress of pation’. Wo must not Stop at words, if we wish to advances this pro. agiecs repidly. Wo muat act, Thow who remain in this country must give the moans to those who want to return Ww figta io Furope against deapotiem, Herr Karvy said—It is an old custom to open a public meeting Wit) 8 prayer, OF 19 open assembligg with a pra; share of condemnation, | inion. With three cheers for Orsini, propored by an Italian, the “‘:anifestation” was over. y The Irish Insurrection. MEETING AT TAMMANY HALL OF THE SYMPATHIZERS ‘WITH THE PARTIES ARRESTED IN IRELAND FOR SUPPOSED REVOLUTIONARY TENDENCIES—A SE- CRET MEETING—IRISH KNOW NOTHINGS IN CON- VENTION. ‘ A meeting was held last night at Tammany Hall, in room No, 22, in response to the following mysterious noti- fication:— [STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. } Youare respectfully and earnestly requested to attend ‘a meeting of gentlemen friendly to the cause of the young men now imprigoned in Ireland, which will take place at Tammany Hall, on Friday, the 14th inst. (this evening), at half-past seven o’clock. The object of the meeting is to consider what action should be taken in respect to the events now taking place in Ireland, Re JOHN OMAHONY, MICHAEL DOHENY, EL CORCORAN. New York, January, 10, 1859. In response to the above invitation, one of our re- porters visited Tammany Hall during the evening, to re- port the proceedings of the meeting, as they promised to ‘be of much interest to the public here, but more espe- cially to the parties particularly interested on the other side of the ocean. He was met, however, by a good natured Cerberus at the door of room No, 22, who denied him entrance, on the ground that it was a secret meoting, and the parties composing it wished no pone to be made respecting it, for fear of injuring those whom they wished to benetit by their conference. Of course our re- ee when he learned that his presence was nob required, ‘i it seems that the meeting was convened for the purpose of raising subscriptions to pay counsel for the defence of those persons who were arrested recently in Ireland, charged with insurrectionary tendencies. There were about thirty persons in all present, and Colonel Doheny acted as chairman. Subscription lists were drawn up for signature, which will doubtless be circulated among the Irish residents to-day. New York Clubs—The Athenscum. Anew club has recently been instituted, under th: title of the Athenwum, which proposes to be actuated by a more liberal spirit, and to exercise a more useful influ- ence than usually mark these institutions. Basedon the plan of the well known and popular London club of the same name, it is intended to embrace all the leading members of the different liberal professions throughout the country, and to form a point of reunion for them when they visit New York. Here non-resident members will find a home, and will, at the same time, have the oppor- tunity of meeting with and cultivating the acquaintance of all who are most distinguished in science, literature and art, Whilst these are the main objects which the as- sociation proposes to itself, it does not seek to confine its advantages to professional men. Gentlemen engaged in commercial pursuits, who are desirous of joining its ranks, will be gladly welcomed, and we understand that some of our leading merchants already belong to tho body. The terms on which members are admitted are fifty dollars entrance fee, and twenty-five dollar a year. Non-resident members will be admitted without the entrance fee, on payment of an annual sub- scription of twelve dollars. ‘The president of the Club is President Chas. L. King, of Columbia College, and the secretary is Mr. Frank Moore. 'Tho association, ilthough | only just ihaugnrated, numbers already two hundred members, and there isa large additional number of names on the Dalloting list for next month. The house 48 Clin- ton place las been taken temporarily for Club purposes, but by the first of May it is expected that larger and more centrally situated premises wiil be secured. So far, then, the new association has started with every promise of suecess. Op general principles we are opposed to clubs, as hay- ing an injurious intluence on the happiness and comfort of families. Men who baye homes have no occasion to visit. such placee, and those who cannot aflord_establish- ments of their own are ordinarily not in a pozition to keep pace withthe expenditure which they cutail, Ta mos: instances they aséist the formation of idle, ia many. the contraction of vicious habits. The English clubs, whils! they have Gone mich to foster the spirit of exclasivencss, have done still more to encourage that of extravagance, Although gambling does not prevail to the same extent in them as formerly, it {s still practised to a degree which exercises a moat hanefal indng Some of our city clubs—such ag the Union, the Century and the New York— lave, it is sald, imitated not merely the exciusiveness, bat some of the reprebenstbie practices of the Engtish clabs. If th agsertions be true, they confirm the doubts that we have expressed regarding the benefits resulting from such institutions, If the Atheneum adheres to the programme sketched ont above, and rigidly prohibits gambling amongst its membere, it may do something towards redecming the club system from the reproacbes we have just noticed, It Will serve as a bond of union amongst the intellectual minds of the country, aud will facilitate opportunities for the interchange of thought betweeu them. In order, how- ever, fairly to ful@i the promises that have led to its formation, it will have to avoid the domination of cliques, and to take a comprehensive view of the influences that it may exercise. If it be once geen that class prejudices or personal hostilities can effect the exclusion of worthy ap plicants, it will sink into the contempt into which associa. tions for the indulgence of purely selfish objects are al ways certain to fall. Police Intelligence. Youre Asenrca ox A Sprex.—John MeDavitt, and four- teen years olt, was taken into custody yesterilay by po iceman Jourdon, of the Sixth precinct, on charge of steal ing $70 from William Henry, grocer, of No, 226 Delancey etreet, under the following circumstances:—Some weeks ago the kcys of Mr. Henry’s trunk were stolon from his pantaloon’s pocket while he was asleep in bed, and his trowk was rifled of tte valuable contents, including $70 in gold coin, At first it was found impossible to obtain any clue to the thiefor the stolen money, but recently Mr. Henry wee led to suspect Jobn, in consequence of tho lat- ler having more money in his possession than the ciroum. stances of hie-situntion would permit. It was noticed that John was inthe habit of visiting the Bowery theatre al- most nightly, and that while there-be spent. his mone: lavishly at tie bar. In the course of one wook he invest- ed no Jess @ Sum than $18 ia. punchesy cocktails and. s9- gars. He disdained to take any small change from the barkeeper, always requesting the latter wo Join nim io the social glass, ¢o a8 to make the agcouit Square. The prodigality of the young *camp attrneted Wie attention of pojiccraan Jourdon, Upon. making ia quiries concerning tho javenile, the officer cams tothe Conclusion that he bad come into possession of the money dishonesty, and he arveeted Lim accordingly. When taken into eistody John confeeed that ho had stolen the money from Mr. Henry, and-gave the officer an accomut of every dollar that he bad spent, from the time the larceny was effected up to the moment. of his arrest. Me appeated extremely gorry for what he hid done, and begred hard to be forgiven; bot the magistrate toid him ho could not expect muck leiiehey, a8 tie case ‘preserrted an unusoal degree of depravity in one so young. Joha was committed for trial before the Court of General Ses- sions. ARresr oF o'clock on The Mayor's equad, ted tir No. S1Greeno street, fingering avout the key hole with false Keys. He immediately arrested two of thom—tho other making bis escape; and on searching one of them, a complete set of burgiar’s tools w A, Yestor Youna Br zt ay nigh ALLEGED RGLARS.-—-About cor Albertéon, of the yor a the stoop of dove g mei morning they were brought befor Welsh, whi thoy gave thelr names as Werthin, Hoyt aad Win. Mathews. They were accordingly committed to the ‘Tombs for examination, TO THE RDITOR OF THB TURAL D. ments in thisinorning’s oper, wo tes on Paper Dealers” ate ake eis f ne theit is said to have paper selling Heme Uhrongty iat ave: alreet, on my Way on hd not running ator Db atreet an | Brondway, ay stated In your Jseue of today. Leould ask a Suspenmonl of pubite opiuion fora few days, when the thing Will be investigated and appear hn iin trae Tht CHARLES 5. SANDS, No. 14 Forsyth stroot, New You, Jan. 14, 1509, Political Intelligence, A Nie Porst,—An interesting question of {legality is oon to arise in the Illinois Legislature. Mr. Norton, tho reyablican member from Will county, in that State, is a native born American citizen, but some years ago ho ro- moved to Canada and became a British subject. Hoe swore allegiance to the Crown and was elected a member of the Canadian Parliament. As the American government ro- pudiates the English doctrine ‘once a citizon always a citizen,’ apd insists that allegiance can be thrown off, was It not neceseaty for Mr. Norton, tpon returning to the State, to take out papers of naturalization and fore- swear bis allegiance to the Queen before he could become an American citizen, Tur Oyster Trane or Viera —The follow: ing is a statement of the oysters exported in December from the points named:—Hampton Roads, 117 cls; Rappahannock fiver, 68,000 bushels, and York river, 45,400 busl = MORNING EDITION—SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1859. Professor Mitchell's Lecture on . THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC FILLED—OBJECT OF THE COURSE—IN' INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE, ETC. So intelligent and appreciative an audience as last even-. ing packed the Academy of Music bore ample testimony — tothe good sense of our New York public, as crowds within the same walls have heretofore done to its musical taste, Terpsichorean ability and religious curiosity. It was probably one of the largest audiences ever assembled in New York ona like occasion. % Mr. Luruer R. Brapiw introduced Professor Mitchell by stating, briefly, that probably no city in the world was. more interested in the progress of astronomical science than ours, and the project had been formed of establish. ing in the Central Park an observatory ona plan com- mensurate with the extent of the city and its population. ‘To accomplish this most deserving alm the present course | of lectures had been established; and he felt proud in in- troducing as the lecturer a gentleman of such reputation and distinction as Professor Mitchell, of the Cincinnati Observatory. ; * Profeseor Mircuett acknowledged his gratefulness for so large an attendance, and his senge of the obligations which he had assumed. His theme was one which seldom touched the heart of the masses. We look out upon the bright and beautiful staré that fill the concave of the hea- ‘yens; we see them in their wonderful constellations and beauty; wo, behold them iising, culminating and setting; day and night we turn and id the y orbs gleaming in the heavens; the sun blazes with its efful- nce and splendor day afterday, and night after night @ moon exhibits to us her wondrous 3 and these phenomena become’ so farhiliar that we cease to regard them us anything wonderful. (Applause,) But God bas placed in the heavens the burning orb of night, adorned them with constellations of stars, and written in hierogly- phics the history of bis own being and of the universe by Which we are surrounded. Shall man fail to lift up his face to his native home? Shall he grovel beaeath, never .reaching in thought and action upward to God? Throughout all ages all nations, peoples and tongues that have inhabited the earth,’ these investigations have been goivg on, and man, with his gigantic powers, has stridden onward and upward, and reasoned step by step, until finally man looks out upon the universe and beholds the grandeur and symmetry and order and Perfection and beauty which reigns throughout, endowed almost with the prescience of a God. (Applanse.) The leading idea of his first lecture would be to show what man had done and what remained to do in this investi- gation of the universe, and after thus soaring be would come down to ask them to give their aid to assist by all mechanical appliances of science, ingenuity and: skill, to give the necessary means whereby this problem might be carried forward, that the results might be beneficial in this century. .(Applause.) There were a number of prominent phenomena of the planets, the moon and the gun which most all bad observed. Yeur after year the sun travelled the same {dentical among the fixed stars. This was one of the earliest discoveries. The lunar, solar movements, and diurnal revolution of the stars, and discoveries of the old ets and their mo- tions in the heavens, were gathered up readily, and wero discoveries of the primeval ages transmitted to posterity. We could calculate a planetary configuration which must bave been marked 2,981 years before the Christian era, {f the translation of the Egyptian hierogiyphics was correct; and Low much further they went back it is im- possible to tell. TMaving gathered these na to- ther, next came the queetions:—Does tho moon move? Phe dun revolving? Are the heayens in motion? Or, are these appearances but a deception of the senses? It was by no means strauge that Hyparcus had been do- ceived that the earth was at reat in the centre of the uni- vere, for the motion was so deceptive that not one who heard him couid testify of his own knowledge that the earth moved. It was certainly true 80 far as the moon was concerned, the earth was the centre, and Hy- parcus had franily confessed that he was unable to de- Cide ag to the planets. Yet he adopted the theory of the necessarily circular motion of the heavenly bodies, which had held the mind of man in iron bonds which for ages it ‘was impossible to break. But he found that the sun's motion was not regular, and’ ‘finally came to the conclu- sion that the earth is not in the centre. He extended the idea to the movetuent of Lhe moon, and attempted to extend it to the planets, and bis was the beginning of the disco- very of their movements. ‘This was one hundred years before the Christian era; and three handred years after him came Ptolemy, who gathered and wrote out for the. benefit ér posterity the discoveries of those before him and his own me which had been preserved b; the Arabs through the Dari Ages, contemporaneously wit the philosophy of Aristotle, On the revival of learning we find Copernicus pursuing his studies for thirty years, and soon the theory of (he ¢ircular motionof atl the pla- nets is swept away, and of them all is left to the earth bnt the moon aione. Copernicus still clung to the idew that the:planet® were revotying in ciroular orbits. | Low was he: to ecount for the earth revolving unequally’ | With the circle still ebuging to the heavenly motions, come ple ‘xity became beaped upon complexity, until it waa there jot of the greatcet of madern astronaners—that mighty genius, “Kopler—to “unfold hém ol Ho worked assiduously, untiringly, ceaselessly —and. matiently, trying to compute tho orbit of the planet “Mars a3 ctirately as it could be determined by observation, Perreveringly did he work ont hypothesis after hypothe- but he found the planet breaking away and breaking , until he had worked ont every imaginable hypothe- nd then he was enabled to announce to the world probably the most astounding negative discovery eve: ubnouuced—that though the ojroular motion of the planets had been b i for dve hundred years, God had never created any guch ration, He seized the oliiptic form with the two foci, and this the mystery was aolved. (Applause. ) Up to this time there had been no diffizulty in tracing the course of the planets. Now, the prob was—What is the law governing this motion? Might not these planeis be linked together by some other motion? Foliowing this investigation for twenty-two years, he finally golvea that by n consideration of the periodic time and the distances, and established the proportion correvtly. It was then that be said, “1 can wait au handrod years fora reader, if God can wait six thousand for’ an observer.” But he Was not satisfied yet. What is it that keeps the plenets in motion? And the idea of tangent mo ton caused by two velocities was originated, Then came Galileo, giving us the invention of the tele- scope and pursuing the fuvestigations of Coperinous and Isaac Newton, revolving in his mind the question—what is the force that keeps the planets in their orbite? liaving for his guidance the rule, “every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle hy a:force: which varies inversely with’ tho square of ance, and directly with the mass of the attracting boty. working out this rule, he could find iittle assistance in going t the bighest ‘mountain or descending iato the deepest valley, for these were but a stop in comparison to the fowe thousand miles of the radius of the carth, Tt be- cane necessary for him to ascertain the diameter of the earth and the distance of the sun; aud when, after years of wil, he bad procured data for these, and in his extended calculations beheld his figures shaping towards result, his wonderfal phi'osophy could not prevent his being overcome; he rave up the cvfation te an assistant, and when it was fluished ho fi ad ‘that the computed and observed distances. were equal. The problem was solved, and he held in, his gigantic grasp that power which was uever before held by mortal man. Applause.) His humble followers could apply it, for ke had igiven them the key; and at this cay ther® was scarcely an existing. phe- nomena in the heavens which Had not Neen su- jected to the universal law of universal cravite tion, What is this law? Can inert matter have force? It isthe rule by which the force acta, and not the force. Teaynot conceive that inert matter bas avy force; [ be: a is but the ever’acting will of We know the vast magnitude of the earth, b in thattbere is no power: I who stand before you weakness have tore power, "more living force, tnd minute as it is—1 have my’ ‘existence; I live,’ I reason, I feel. There is not-a planet can do. that. No. Haw can it be that this earth that we iniabit has force 1 tell you itis the power of the Omimpotent, Cut God from the universe,and yow put an end to motion, oa The Defences of New York Harbor. VO THE EDITOR OF TUR HERALD, i Your Washington correspondent in this morn Paper, among other allusions to the operations of the Cort of énghieers, speaks of th that character the completion of the wo: Wten Islaud on. tie sit ’s pac ks op & of Old Fort Tompkins, and to the procrastination as to beginning of the fort on Willett’s Point.” Ih regard to the works on Staten Island, T bog leave, as the officer in chi that ithe work ge, tos in relation w I eed fis soon rt Tompking, as it wa was comm porkible for me to commence it tuis season, and has boon Progecuted with the largest force that it was practicabie to accumulate on the work. ‘Thoso Who have witnessed tho progress of the work will probably differ from your correspondent as to its having gone om at a enail’s pace Fort Richmond kag been prosecuted during the two sea fone it hes been under my charge with a‘l'the means Congress has placed.at my dispdeai, and has boon new completed. The appropriation bas becn exhausted fore another will become available Having made every effort sitice I have beon connooted with the defencvs of New York harbor, not only to obtain appropriations and completo the works now in hand, bat to arouse the attention of, the people of New York t) the immenee Importance of having promptly finished suilicient harbor defences, I do not take to myself any part of your correspondent’s Complimentary noti The Willett’ Point work (ander charge of anothor officer) bas not been commenced, simply for want of funds. I am, sir, very respectfally, your most obedicat. J. G. BARNARD, Major of Engineers, New York, Jan. 14, 1869. ‘ Naval Intelligence, ‘The United States frigate Macedonian, Capt. Levy, was At Alexandria Dec. 2, and ail on board wore well. The United States steamer Shubrick, Comiiuander De wg arrived at San Francisco on the 17th ult, from Sau lego. A'mail bag for the Paraguay equadron will be made up carly next week atthe Brooklyn Naval Lyooum, ‘Tho Navy Department is in rece} commanding oillcer of the Uni Powhatan, giving mielligence of the doath at sea of the pertous on board that vessel, vi Coljing and Jobo Smith, seamen; Chas, W. Ring, and Charles Seagraves, coal beaver. Their disease was cholera, contracted in the waters of China, of advices from the States stoam frigate stoners. At the meeting of the Board of Supervisors, on the 11th inst. , the following report from the Commisgioners of the New City Hall—Merers, Wilson G. Hunt and John B. Cor- ‘The undersi Commissioners of tho ‘une Hall, appointed in agcordance with the act iI 17, 1868, having entered on thelr duties, beg to your honorable body the following re- i second section OF the aleve maasiichedl ws nates Juries, the Sheriff, clerks of those’ courts, Com- of Jurors, District ‘Attorney and Law Institate, thege severat courte, departments and oflces; ands ‘several courte, departments and offices, 18 enable us to arrive at a just conclusion as to the size and arrangement of the contemplated building, we addreased communications to the several Judges. and other gentie- men representing them, requestin, number of rooms and square ‘would respectively require therein, Replies were received from those thus addressed, which ror this report, and from which it will be seen ft Supfeme Court will require two rooms for Circuit ‘with two rooms for juries adjoining, one General ‘Term room, one room for Chambers, with a private room attached for the judges, and one room for Special Term. The Superior. Court—one room for General Term, one for Principal Term, one for Special Term, Clerk’s office, two feoms for Chambers and supplementary examinations, two rooms for Judges and library, and nine smaller ones ed ‘and other purposes, Court of Common Pleas—one_ Geng! 1. for Trial yo for hes ge bo ge byt ex: one for Judges an » two jury’ \d two for clorks and Naturallzation offices. ‘The Court of Oyer and Terminer—one court room, and two small rooms adjoining for juries. ‘Phe Genera} Sessious—two court rooms, two rooms for _ Juries, two for the Recorder and two for the City judge. t Special Sessions—one court room, one room for Jodges’ chambers and one each for Clerk’s office, papers, officers and prisoners. Surrogate’s Court—one court room, and one room each for the Clerk, for records, reference and private ‘The Marine Court—two rooms for courts and fiveothers for Clerk’s offices and other purposes. Clerk of General Sessions—two rooms. For the Grand Jury—two rooms, one of them for wit- neages. ‘The Sheriff—one large room for main office, and twélve smaller ones for the deputies, algo one for private office. ‘The Commissioner of Jurors—one large room and two T ones, ‘District Attorney—three rooms adjoining each other. And the Law Institute—one large room for library, pe two smaller ones for committees and: storage of ay ites, ¢ ing twelve rooms, of from two thousand one hun- peed three thousand two hundred and fifty square feet eae ‘Thirteen rooms of from one thousand two hundred, and severity one to two thousand square feet each. ‘Thirty-three rooms of from tive bundred to one thou- sand equare feet each, Aud beet ary rooms of from one hundred and twenty to fonr hundred and fifty square feet each. Or a total of ninety-seven rooms, together making cighty-three thousand three hundred and fifty-threo a feet, exclusive or halls, pussage ways, corridors walls. 0 give this accommodation, with the proper arrange- ment of the rooms, would require the erection of a build ing at least three hundred and seventy-tive feet long and oue hundred and thirty-one feet wide, two stories in height, with a high basement and cellar. fe are not prepared to eay that the smallest estimate hak, in all cares, or even in any case, been furnished. We’ welieve, however, that great care lias been taken in making up these. statements, with a view to the proper accommod: of the several cgurts, departments and offices, and for the convenient transaction of the business respectively appertaining to thera; and that therefore wo are of the opinion that little reduction, if any, can bo safely mace from. the estimates submitted, especially when it is considered that the business of all these courts and offices {s continually imereasing proportionately with the rapid growth of the trade and population of the city. In this respect we might allude to the fact that a build- ing, if erected ten years ago, suitable and eyen ample then to meet the demands of the several courts and offices for the accommodation of which the act provides, would now bo hardly euflcient for the purposes required for Abcir present business; nor is it probavie that the one con- templatea will be so ten or fifteen years hence, unless proper allowance be made forthe prospective increase uf 2¢ Wopulation of the city, aud the consequent increase of thé busin’ oF iResg courts and offic We therefore decent if not only Troper, but, in fact, a Matter of ultimate economy, to embrace the full estimates which have been submitted, in relation to the required ac- commodation, and even to enlarge on the same. Frota thege estlmates, and the size of the building re- quired based on the game, it will be seen, on due consi- eration, that the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which the Legislature has authorized your honor- able body to raise for the erection and furnishing of the proposed building, will hot be sufficient therefor. The building which may be erected for the purposes joned in the act, should, in my opinion, be oue which i be well calewiated, not oaly in. its" size, but as to its arrangements, to affurd the necessary accommodation, presevt a8 well as prospective, and one, too, which, in ite architectural style and beauty, shall also accord with the uses to which itis contemplated to be devoted, aud in harmony with the other public edifices of the city, as well eusurate With the weaith and importance of this metropolis. , likewise, be constructed so as to render it fre-preot, fn view of the numerona important books, do- ‘ mets and paper® which will be. placed and kept with: in it. In consequence, therefore, in our view of the smallness of the sum authorized to be raised for its erection, as ap- plied to the Jarge dimensions required for it, according to the avcommodations necessary to be provided init, we Lot proceeded to advertise for any plans and specitl sfor the same. We have, however, caused esti- 8 Ae the probable cost of such a building as it is eviden' will be required, to be made by a com- warty, and which accompany this report, your honerable body may be informed in regard thereto, and ag a basis of an applica. tion to the Legisiature at its present session, for au- thor ty to increase the amount for the er mo and far- og thereof, ik accordance with such of the estimates © approved, sree estimates haye thas been prepared: ono fora fire proof brick building; ome fora Urick building, with wooden beams aud floors; and the other with marble fronts, iron-beams and entirely tire proof. All of them, neinde the mecessary arrange and appli: of the several rooms thereof when completed. The estimate for a brick ‘bulking, wooden beams and floors, is coven hundred and thirty ‘seven thousand. nine bundred and eix dollars. For a brick building, Gre proof, eight hundred and forty thousand dollars, And one With ‘uirble fronts, and entirely fire-proot, nine hundred and fuur thousand eight hundred and seven? ty dollars "The present City Hall contains forty-two thousand two hundred and Seventy six square feetin twostories, copridorsand stairways. These occu. ue-third of the entire area, which deducted, » twenty-eight thousand two hundred aad fiftys feet for roums, ty Hatt, as proposed t 8, will jt may be well to add that it to ys that pro sand t eof the op regard to the Register, ted as proposed so pers i this © 1 sion be vio made for Ua if the building sh ly. urther: The ormmodations, i for, would p tho Fize and cost of the building; bat wo ou that with these the building could be erect with marble fronts wait the action of your hoaorable body in relation the matters which are Feported by us, and trost tha the samme may be taken in, thne to obtalo, If deemed pro per, the authority of the present Legislature to increas) ie suin to b raised for the proposed new City Hall, submit WILSON G. HUNT, | Commissioners of JOHN B. CORLIES, } the New City Hall. maburg City News, Promanfm FATAL ACCIDENT PRow Borsa FLUID. —A most distressing accident occurred on Friday pight, which, it is feared, will result fatally, and which was caused by the carcless use of burning fluid. A young lady, named Eltza- veth Strickland, daughter of Mr. Jacob Strickiand, resid: ing at No, 24 Devoo street, E. D., was in the basement room with her mother and little brother, when she took up © glass lamp containing fluid, for the purpose of light. Gig with steam, ag well as for tho furnishing | to this | | ‘aud furnished for the sum of ove millioa of dol- | ing i. One of the tubes had a’ Wick in it and the other had not, Sho Went to the stove, and in attempting to light the wick at the grato, the aid gpirtod out, and the lames communicating to the Mat h inside, burst the lamp, ing ber in flames ingtantly sting the ngbter’s clothes wore entirely burned off her, and her body burned fom head to foot. Mrs, Strickland was ee. veroly burned about the hands and arms, and the litte boy had one of his legs burned, Dr. Cleveland was imme. Hately called in and attended them, but the injuries of Mies Blizabeth are of go serious a wature that recove: ry 's considered extremely doubtful. The mother and son Are not geriously injured The City Inspectorship. INTERESTING DEBATE IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN— HOW THE ALDERMEN TAKE CARE OF THEIR FRIENDS AND BUPPORTERS— THE MODUS OPERANDI EMPLOY- ED 70 SILENCE A COMMITTES—MOTION TO DI CHARGE THE COMMITTEE ON THE MAYOR'S NOMINA- TION FOR CITY INSPECTOR—IMPORTANT REVELA- TIONS, ETC., RTC. Th the Board of Aldermen on Thursday evening rather an important debate took place when the question of City Inspectorship was brought up. Alderman Apams rose and said he wished to call the attention of the President and the Hoard to the fact that no action has as yet been taken by the committee ap- pointed at the last meeting to inquire into the qualifica- tions and capability of Dr. 8. Conant Foster, the Mayor's nominee for the office of City Inspector. In fact, the chairman of that committee had not called the members togetber as yet. He would move that the committee be discharged from further consideration of the subject. If the Board did not at once take some action in the mat- ter, they would find that the Legislature would interfere, and take the appointment into its own bands. There was a good deal of this delay in the Board, and committees should either report ai once or be @ischarged. He looked upon the office of Cry In- Spector 98 a most important one to the eaperess, and the health of the city, and he again warned the Board that they sbould at once ay er ee cane on. oe renee Alderman Geyer op) ge commi had not treated the Board in @ proper manner. consulted with some of its members, and had informed them of his nominee, he was gure they could have |. As to the Legizlature inter- fering and modifying the charter in order to give the Mayor power to make such nominations, he did not con- sider they would ever attempt to do so, and if they did, it ‘would be time for the Board to assert its dignity. As to the chairman of the committee not calling the members to- gether, to his (Alderman Genet’s) knowl that man was busily engaged on the considerati levy during the week, and had not the time todevote to the consideration of the subject. He would oppose the discharge of the committee. Alderman Boots (chairman of the committee) claimed to be heard fora few moments Jn explanation, As had been stated, during the past week he been very busi- ly engaged in considering the tax levy. He had, how- ever, since the last mecting, consulted with Mayor Tie- mann, who informed bim that he did not himself know this Dr. 8. Conant Foster; that he had only seen him once, he thought, and tiat was when he called upon him ‘waa introduced. He (Alderman Boole) assured the Board that he was ready to call the committee together, and to have the Mayor present, when they would talk over the matter, and if he could conscientiously vote for Dr. 8. C. Foster he would do 0, (A. laugh.) Aldermen Apams replied that if the chairman of the committee in question (Alderman Boole) was #0 much en- gaged why did he propose the committee. If he was upable to devote the necessary time to the consideration of the eubject, why not appoint another gentleman who would do the heavy work. It was his impression that they did not want toreport. There was some hocus-po- cus “I'll tickle you, you tickle me’’ about the business. era lermab Starr opposed the discharge of the commit- tee, and would vote tora searching investigation to be made inte the capubiliticsand qualifications of the Mayor’s nominee, Dr. ter, ef ly as his Honor had now come forward and said t he did not _know the gentie- man. He considered that the Mayor qvas not acting fairly towards the Board or citizens in making such a nomina- tio D., Alderman Tuomey hoped that the committee would not be discharged. He considered that Dr. Foster was in very good hands, indeed—(laughter)—and he saw n9 objection to remove him out of where he was. Mr. Morton, the pre- tent Inspector, he wag perfectly willing to allow to remain in the office. He thought he was a fit and proper man to hoid it, aud besides he would appoint his (aia. Tuomey’s) friends, and he did not intend that Dr. 8. . Foster or any. other doctor, if be could help it, should haye the chance. We were getting a plentiul supply of doctors now-a-days, and they could gee them daily in crowds around the City Hall, As was once said in Albany, if they had any accident about the building, they would not want for professional advice long. He was glad that these doctors were in good hands, and he hoped the Board would iet the gentlementake care of them. He was informed that im cage the nominee of the Mayor waa not appointed, he bad ten othera to nominate—eleven doctors in all. . He would suggest that the committee should report every month on each one, and that would bring the matter up to the time when the Mayor's office would expire, and they then could bave another nomination. Ge ghter,) Alderman Apams said that the Mayor was not influenced at all in the matter. He had nominated a gentleman without regard to politics, and one whom he did not know, but who was highly recommended to him by per- fons competent to judge. He considered that the Mayor ‘Was entitled to much credit for bis action in the matter. Alderman Brapy opposed the discharge of the commit. tee, and thought that the matter should be fully and searebingly investigated. Alderman Roore said that if they. desires to digchagge ‘him from the duties as chairman they might do so. He wished to say that in his tuterview with the Mayor he had stated to him that Dr; Foster lad been recommended ‘to him very highly by several respectable persons, but that he did not know bim, nor bad he seen lum unui’ the day he called at his office, The motion to gischarge was then put to a vote and lost—14 tol. General Pacz’s Journey to Venezucla. ‘The United States war steamer Caledonia, with Senor Ramon Paez and other Venezuelans on board, reachedjst. Thomas on the afternoon of the 15th of December. She had very rough weather during the last part of the voy- age, which cauged a serioug accident to her engino, in con- sequence of which the vessel was in danger of drifting on the island of Cuba. The damage was, however, repaired. When the Caledonia arrived at St. Thomas Senor Ra- thon Paez was gratified to learn that his father, the Ge- neral, had hed a most. enthueiagtic official and popular re- ception there, a though he was unable to land. ig Sons were also treated with great respect at the island. ‘The steamer Atlanta left St. Thomas on the morning of the 15th wit., and would land General Paez at Camana, Deing the nearest port in Venezuela to his native place and property. , Tie Caleta wag to leave St. Thomas on tho tye ofthe 1¢th or morning of the 17th of December, an oul! algo steer for Cumana, where the two sons of the General, with Senor Rojas, would debark. Both steamers would then continue the Parana river and join the Paragnay flect. {From the St. Thomas Tidende, Dec. 15. The United States, chartered screw propeller Atlanta, course to the 250 horse power, Commander Dy B. Ridgeley, arrived here on Sunday aiternioon last, in nine days from New York, with his Excellency General Jose Antonio Pacz ant guite on board. We learn with regret, by the New York papers, that the General ived an injury by the falling of his horse during a m Yy review that was belug held io honor of him afow days previons to his depariare; the injury consists of a rupture of the left great toe, which became jammed between the animal aud the stirrup at | the moment of falling. General Paez is yet suffering from this injury, and in consequence was unable to laud whilst | here, aithough much pressed todo so by the very many friends he has in this:place. The Atlanta is not mounted with guns, thoy at present belug placed in her hold, and wil! not be put in place un- tilher arrival at the rendezvous of the American fleet in- tended to operate against Paraguay | fore, exchange the usual salutes on D. after learning tion, and that he coukd not land, pi on board, to pay the General bis r done by rat's indispost- ‘oceeded with his Aid cited here ig, halls, corridors and stairw | men who bay pral’s acjaaintanoes eighteen thousand two hundred aud fifty } and such ia U eral esteem in which he is held, , or more than fourstimes that of the present | that the pub! ations in bis (avor had resem- City Hall, which cost about the sum of five handred and} biange to an ¢ ‘noon ort Christian fired a sa- fi honsand dollass,or more than one haif-the |! lute of in courtesy to. his Rxcelleney, e estimated cost Of the preposed new builiiog, with | which vielged in the most handsome marble froat, and» constructed ¢o as to. be fire proof, fur- | terms flags of evory nation throughoat ard with the necessary arrrogements for heating. | the town, the same on bonrd of the humorous vossele in n with tho accommoriations required, as alutes DY 10 ais. gg of firework: end ashore, ms: with the conv el present, bh Avanta leftthis morning for Cumana, barkation by the General, ag b approach to his native geat, wi re he pury vious (0 proceeding to Ci 2e8 going pro- Sm Ropvenick Muncmeon ow I letter has been rec chison, ¥ Kaxe.—Tho. following ® k Impey Mu @1 from Sir R, &., President of the F ciety of London, and Direc ral of th Survey of Great Britain and Treland, in reply to a com: munication from Mr. Sitaey Kopnran, Corresponding Secretary, Intimating to him his election as houorary member of the Kane Monument Association: — GrovocrcaL Survey Orricr, 28 Jermyn street, London, Dec. 11, 1858, SiR—I beg you will convey to the members of the Kano Monument Association my grateful th for the honor they have conferred upon me by electing me an honorary meinver of their body No words of mine can do justice to the sentiments of ad- Miration which I entertain for the memory of the horoie and truly noble minded Kane, T have, indeed, in my address to the Royal Geographical Society and on every suitable occasion, striven to do honor to that iliustrious man; aod I ean truly say that I rejoice in observing the moritorious effort vour associates are now making to cherish in the minds of every American the re- colleetion of such daring deeds. As the olject of our admiration died in promoting the cause of science, and for the glory of his country, it 19 In. * the zeal with which fis deed most cheering to with: éoontrymen are bound together for the parpose of erecting such a monoment ay may & of the great ovcasion, T have the honor to be r very ob’t sery RUODERIOK ML ULSON, Corresponding Secretary Kano To Sipwry Korway Monument Asscciation, EW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. VITAL STATISTICS OF THE METROPOLIS. The Deaths, Births and Marriages for the Year 1858. In accordance with our usual custom at the commence- ment of each year, we publish the vital statistics of the city for the preceding twelve months. The tables, show- ing the number of deaths from the various diseases, possess much interest, not only ‘or the medical fraternity, but for all who are concerned in the health of the great metropolis, and on this account for none more than the inhabitants themselves. The silent Jeesons which they teach are full of meaning, as they should be of practical value to ot citi- zens, and yet there is no city perhaps in Christendom where less attention and care are paid to the laws of hy- giene. With a location which can hardly be surpassed for its healtbiness, with a system of sewerage that im~ Proves every year, with an abundance of the purest wa- ter flowing in subterranean pipes beneath every street, With a climate equal, if not superior to that of any city on the whole continent—with all these advantages in Its favor the mortality of New York exceeds that of many of the most unhealthy cities in the world. When we look into the statistics before us, the cause of this excessive mortality becomes painfully apparent. They explain at once the reagon, although they will doubtiess fail, as such statistics have heretofore failed, in pointing out the remedy. The cause, as we have said, is painfully apparent, and may be found in the reckless indifference to the value of human life which is so prevalent among us. We do not allude to the number of deaths frem what are so improperly called. accidental causes, but to the fatal discases engendered by individual carelessness, among which we may enumerate a large portion of those which are put down to the credit of consumption and other diseases. Of consumption, not lees than 8,194 died, which is about one-eighth of the wholo number; but how much of this mortality was produced by reckless exposure it would be impossible tosay. We be- lieve it would be unfair to attribute this to our climate, and we are constrained, therefore, to adopt the opinion that the cause must be looked for in the careless- ness of the. people themselves. It is somewhat singular that the deaths from this disease bear about the same proportion every year to the total amount. set down in the bills of mortality. Consumption, in fact, stands always at the head of the list of fatal diseases, and numbers more victims than any other on the record of death, Next on the list is infantile convulsions, of which 1,655 died, and after this comes cholera infantum, from which the deaths were 1,503. Then we have the still- born cases, which always occupy @ conspicuous place in the mortality tables, and which this year are put down at 1,488. It is said, and it may be well to state here, that many of the cages enumerated under this head are abor- tions, and that the practice of procuring such is carried on toa fearful extent in New York. To these stillborm cases, £0 called, may be added the premature births, of which there were 434 during the year just closed. There were five deaths from yellow fever—a fact which we no= tice simply to show tbat the discage can exist among us without necessarily becoming epidemic, and also to prove that the mere presence of it in the city affords no reagon- able cause for alarm. As usual, the children have contributed the largest number of recruits to the ranks of death, and of the whole mortality 8,568, or more than one-third, were under one year old, while of children under ten years 14,939 died, it may be gratifying to know, as an offset to thie, that 719 lived to between sixty and seventy, 488 to between seventy and eighty, 197 to between eighty and nincty, 39 to be- tween ninety and one hundred, and 6 to over one huadred, ‘The deaths among males are, as is almost always the case, more numerous than amongst the females, a8 may be seen fyom the foliowing comparative fgures:— From the table giving tho classification of diseases it will be seen that those of the throat and lungs are most destructive to human life, and number 6,543, while there were 6,015 deaths from diseases of tho stomach, bowels and other digestive orgaus. . There is one feature in this table which is deserving of par- licular notice, as indicating cither a remarkable amount of ignorance amony a portion of the medical profession or a lamentable falling off in medical sclenco itself. We refer to the deaths which are set down as unknown, and which reach the large number of 61, Of killed or mar- dered there were 46 cases; of suicitte, 77; of drowned, 157; of casualities, 148; of fractures, 62; of accidental suffocation, 20; of sun stroke, 34; and of burned or seald- ed, 113, ‘The table of the natiyity of the deceased shows that 3,826 were born in Ireland, 1,455 in Ger- many, 17,575 in the United States, 470in Eugtand, 169 in Scotiand, and 102in France, Tue whole number of deaths ‘among persons born outside of the United States. was 6,187. : From the return of deaths in each month it appears: that the greatest excess of mortality was in the month of July, when 2,747 persons died, while the month of June would seem to be the healthiest in the whole year, if we should judge by the number of deaths, which did not ex- Jing of relief we turn from the terri- ble array of statistics presented by the tables of mor- tality to the monthly returns of marriages for the yay. commencing November, 1857, and ending Octobe; 1958. They arc full of suggestions of @ pleazant ch-sractor, and althobgh they seem but a mass of dry at tedious figures, yet they possese much meaning 004. ntorost for those who ook below the surface Of inings, Each marriage of ching of romabee bonded total there is perhaps more of the nove, than could be found in all the works of fiction published. for the last twetty years, including even the efforts of the French feuilletonists, Pleasant, however, as the task might be, it ts not with the romantic portion of the facts Vefore ue that we have to deal, but with the returns ag they appear and the comparisons they afford. By refe- rence to te table, it will be scon that the ages of the per- fons married vary from under twenty to over eighty; that @ very coffsiderable portion of them either did not know how old they were, or were nnwillim to toll; that not a few were widowed, and th ut colored men were married to as many white women—which Jatter fact ought to be particularly gratify ing to the abolition portion of the community. There are, ag may also be. seen, some months which are more favored than others by those who seck in married life a relief from the dull monotony of sia gle bleseedness and bacholorship. Thus, it would seem that while November, March, April aud June are less pro- ductive in the bymenial ¢rop, the montis of Jinuary, lay, August and September are the most prolide of the je twelve, Why this should be so we do not pretend livine—We leave it for the philosophic mini to deter- ming. It ig curious to observe Low rapidly the namber of married females diminish after they have passed the ago of twettty -five—an age which, by tl they aro geno} rally a tolerably longer time in attaining than is allowed by the yearly calendar. However this may be, it isa fet that after the age stated the marriages mnong womea be- come gradually less up to the age of geventy. Atsixty- five two were married during the past year, and one at the advanced ago of eighty-five. The nomber of females who dit not know, of who would not tell their age, was 329, and of males, 311; so that it would seem the latter as well as the former were somewhat tender, on that point, and averse to gratifying the desire for information. Of the whole number. of persons mar. ried 497 were widowerd and 876 widows. © Of mon, or wo should more properly say of boys, who were married an. der twetity, the number was 27; while of women under the fame age it was 700, From the age of twenty-five up tho males are in a very decided majority, as may be seen by a glance at the table, Tf the table which professes to show tho mimber of births in New York in 1868 wero reli ‘ble, we might begin to havye:very serious apprehensions in regard to the in- cresse Of our population; but itis not. Thay, while the ‘umber of births is set down at 14,770, the deaths amount to 24,402—showing a decreaso of nearly. 10,000 ia ona year, At this “rate the popilation of. New Yorie would become extinct in seventy or .eighty years if not reinforeed by large additions from. other parte of tha couhtry or from abroad. Now, we-know by tho census statistics that the population of New York is almort beyond precedent, and we must therefore look to some other cause for the remarkable disproportion betweer the returns of births and deaths, The cause gf fond In the evasion of the law or fp gee, of ord in complying wi by registering the nuinber of births. The sg ————— may be made with regard to toarringeg, 0 BLOCK