The New York Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1859, Page 1

HOLE NO. 891. SPIRITUALISM. usion om Spirituatiom at Dedwerth’s Hall, by Judge Eximonds and Prefessor Monti. Rdmostis Quetes fae Bible,-Histery, Portry and Phitesophy, and the Religion of all Ages, in Favor of spiritualism. |werth’s Hall, in whi¢h the spiritua'ists of this city ecumemed to worship every Sunday, waa yesterday hivg crowded to excess, on the occasion of an address rmey, by Judge J."W. Edmonds in favor of spiritual- whvh, it was announced, would be replied to in the ing ty Professor Monti, of Harvard College. ‘SviGE opened’sbe exercises by reading an impres- Iprayir, after which the choir gang an anthem. The je thea read ene of Montgomery’s exquisite poems, ig for the delights of spiritualiem, in which the fol- ig ine appeared :— Hive you Jost a friend—a brother? Beards Lasgy tl thier sedges Spi akb eceaped to wake from death? ; heart congealin, Chute sou with invense despair.” ‘Qn you recolieet the teeing? Alaa! there was uo feeling there, You bave seen a friend—a brothe: fleard a dear dead father sreak— Troved the fondness of a mother; Feit her tears upon your cbeek? ‘hus affiicted, bruised and broken. Tave you known such sweet relief? Yor, wy friends, aud by this token "You bave known the joy of grief. rirg the preliminary exercises the Judge was several ‘oMiged to ask those near him to desist from conver- , ® it interfered with bis meditations, After the ling «{ the poem the choir sung another anthem, and ‘ab te most profound attention the speaker proceeded s thene as follows:— Vbere ii truth to be found? Howeoften do we ask our- thet question when investigating that upon which rclici rests or the gcience of our future life? Abso- , Yeriuble, reliable truth, Is it ag difficult to find in the spheres us on earth? Yes it is. As kh as man ig a creature of progression, yned to move onwards and upwards, from the cradle Aerbiy, bo long itmust, of ecessity, be difficult for tw siaic thetruth. So long as itis necessary for man xeriée bis own independence and freedom, go long it pevitible that he is liabie toerrer. Jn the moral as #8 y the natural world, man must dig for bis dia- ds. He must eek for bis gold amia the sands and .18 0 the glittering region. No schoolbouse travels 7 village seeking its scholars-—man must seck and lmowicdge for himself. It is, therefore, impossible iruf cuu come to bim with that absolute reliability ch is bis indoience he is 0 apt to crave. How jong bas it b tha many of the truths which we now receive have 2 forod through the humsn mind? Three thousand fs Clajsed after the theory upon the planetary system anndnced beiore it was received. Nearly as long a # was reqmired to replace the syllogisms of Aristotle the suiosophy of Bucon—ol induction. Asithas been be plysica) world, so has it b-en in the moral world. cliidvn of Israel bad to wander a gencration the widerness before the truth was received. years have seen the truths of the Jed; and now, oat of the thousand honk of tre Ipbabitants of abe globe, not one-fifth re- @ thee: iruths. When we seek tor truth, then, we are jeceive tas we have the capacity. Of necessity it as- e8 tbe orin and shape of them to whom it ie given— ‘water poured into the vase, the ¢lomuent is the same, itasenges the shape of the vesse! ia which it ro- 4. When we are searching for truth, we must re- ber whore great irvths that ve at the very threshold, «allow our indolence to mislead and deceive us. It Mb ip pursuit of which we are this woruing engaged; tearing theke things im miad, we come to Luo ques- . ‘Ibe truw is, as we Claim it, tbat the spirits of the ertes do commune with us after death; that they who iyved upon earth, a8 we bow live, spesk to us from the grave. We regard it a6 of infinite importance because it reveals to bim his future. How st be reventied 40 man? Can a rock or a tree €an you read it in the roar of the ocean, or wm that sweeps Over its surface? Will animate fuanimate pature reveal to you this future of the im- Al-coul? You ask in vain for reason from these ees; in valu have they been preaching to man for uries on this subject. There js but one way in which ean receive revelation, and that is through his bro- mur—either here or who has gone before hun. If be £0, then of necessity the revelation that comes to rouet be imperiect. The source trom which it comes, er from the disembodied spirit beyond the grave or mmbodied epirit in the mediam here, is stamped with faclond Toe evience is apatite eeaatall we b ut By you. ‘ it) throw away everything that may be foand a Imass ot rubdéh in Which you bave to search for your hond?—throw the glittering gem and the paitry carth because the jewel is not sparkling befure your eyes? In ail the evidence which comes tw me I seek to fad truth of the ition which I have ancounced— the spirits of the departed do commune with us from spuescs, From eacred history, from the jicet period of human history, from profane bs- from the ‘universal belief of mankind, be earliest days, from our personal observations anu the iuiluence of the good and the wits who have befure us to leave behind the record of their fate— ll these we have the evidence of our belief. In d history we are told that an angel appearcd to y, as recorded in Genesis 16; three appeared to sbam, in Geneals 18; two to Lot, iu Genesis 19; one to to Abraham, Genesis 22;’one to e8'8 BI; one to Moses, Exodus 3; cfure the eainp of Israel,” E 14; one to Balaam, bers 22; one w the children of Terael, Jadges 2; one ideon, Judges 6; one to the wife of Manoas, Judges ¢ 10 Eiijoh, Kings 19; one to Ornam, 1 Chronic! veto Zeebariah, Zacharwh 1; one to the two Marys he sepuichre, Matthew 28; owe at the birth of Jesus, i; one at the birth of John the Baptist; oue before Virgin Mary; one to the shepherds; two to Jesus, Ir, James and John; one spoke to John the Evangelist, second of the Revelations. It will not do y that these were angels, or a distinct jordor beings from men; they were ‘spirits’ —that seen job, and caiied by Him an angel, avowed him to be one of the prophets. But this is bat of the evidence which can be deawn from the foun- n of Ow Christian religion. In the lowest order of hi, —Ketishiem—among the moet benighted portion of human race devoted to the worship of idols, a con- on between viaible and invisible coald be found. maniam, which counts its huntreds of millions of ippert, gives credence to the interfercuce of inau- bie spirite in the daily affairs of human life, and perates some three hundred and (hirty millions of these ‘The religion which covers the greater portion of Lamaism—teaches the continual presence of the un- epirits, Mahomedanism, which has its millions ot ees, also Waches that two angels attend each mortal to the grave, and influence hum. Thus we flad jin every religion uy earth this ivea is to be found. ly religion ever received by man is founded upon that b we now profess to believe, and which perstition. Is it so marvelously etrang nd the wholo world receiving it in this reli form, we also should incline to receive it? the hi the world we trace out manuer in which the bumau mind ferenge to this intercourse. We know what ti iufiuence isthe spirits of human beings who have upon earth, wh ‘and do commune with us, and hich communion we have coutrol, because we étand i. Paganism was the worship of innu M gods; it believed in thetr interfering with human ing to man, This recognized the existence rits in auat form. Zorouster pext at the East pro- the great teach, which bas lived for cevtarios at t, that the spirits were both for good and for evil. ‘wae one step in advance, Eighteen hundred pears hen Jesue came npon earth, he found the idea of good Wil epirite-—Bowiznbub and devils—prevaiont. Tt was Bis tewchtng that it was fo. Ho cid not y that pXisted. He triet bow tocast thew out. He cid teach how to deal with the eplrit of evil. pu etarted wil: the idea of the one epicl apable of influencing him. Tt was ieote ond taught by them aud the people. cown to us, acd you will flad that the Wea ofa devil hap been £0 long a bugbear to frighten men, comes t it irom the source of the Christian religion, bat before ) Wea was borrowed partly from the Jews and from the Pagans, Through the Srst three centuries Ohi ietla religion the idea was taught. Such was ths cent idoa of the Christian world of dovile arround kind vot!) the time of St. Auguetive. Now mak PS Of man’s progenss. He koew that there wer essed, was the state of Christendom at the time th barbarians swept across the coatinent, They t with (em their Northern ideas, and ono of these hab there was ao unseen intelligence interfering bman allatrs; they believed in the of spirits | AE EN and _embr the Chris mn naperaliion, of” at elif, Invading Universal behef, invadiu; risteXdom, that thore is a spirit courtantly or for evil. Religion superetition, levers were doomed to by hundreds of la. For three centi- al ler cutinued, b unser! in which the world Detleved, Won i. spared, ! Pope. The whoie in whi by this evil tofluence. Bat, cotinccted wich this , OF er abliance, in the tea’ thut man himself is res oe orked through bim. Then came the culmination, went century, ia the Pull of Pope Inaovent and of dispennations of Provides, for it had stopred the ces of Mabomedanuiers, Then came an- other: ste dental that there was any such thing os ‘communion ted, age of unbelief—that of the latter eighteenth and first part of the _ nineteenth turies—is fast passing away. The worship the Goddess of Reason, instead of the G: ‘The question is pretended to us, what are this great thing which ts manifesting itsel 5 we seek refuge in denying that there is any such thing? Tn the age when that int ence was worsbij as the gods—in the age when it was the caure of the bge when responsibility was confeused without knowledge how to deal with that responsibility—can we find no me- dium between blind faith aud rational knowledg a ism and infidelity—enperstition and sound flood is here and the ark is floating. Can we find an Ara- rat on which we ber rest? The er then t cmerr 4 to show how, in ancient times, philosopbers and scientific men were often, from fear of persecution, obliged to hide their discoveries; how many valuable inventions had buried in the iap of ages; and proceeded to contrast the present treatment of spiritual that of other times, In Florence they hear the bells of a hous ringing. and know no other way to stop it but by taking down the belis and moving everybody every- They call thing out peaking. Modern epiritvaliem defies all investigation to which it bad ever been subjected; its phenomena are witnessed by hundreds of thougands of intelligent beings everywhere, and this mervel is performed—inanimate ‘moving without mortal contact, and displayiug iotelligence—a chair, @ table,a biock of wood, a peck measure, an old bat, moving witbout mortal contact, aud oisplaying intelli- rence, We have seen theee bo, and we must believe the evidence of our senses. We believe there is a power at work worthy our investigation, and that there is no other by potbesis except a spiritual one. The Judge then proceeded to read the followiog extracts to chow that, if Spiritualists are wrong, they are in good company :— if “The cause of this is, that which you Socrates writes: Dave often and in many places heard me mention; be- cause Tam moved by a certain divine and spiritual in- fluence, which algo Melitus, through mockery, bas set out in the indictment. This began with me from childhood, being a kind of voice, which, when present, always diverts me from what lam about to do, but never urges me on. But this duty, as I said, has been enjoined me by the diety, by oracles, by dreams, and by every mode by which apy other divine decree has ever enjomed any- thing for man to do,” dicero declares his age indebted to such an unseen agency for many valuable discoveries in physic, for ‘war nibgs, for predictions, and extraordinary deliverances, and he rays, 1 know not any one nation, polite or bar- varous, which does not hold that some persons have the gift Of foreteiling future events.” Pope, besides hig Fssay on Man, writes: ‘I shut de- pend on your constant friendship, like tho trust we have in benevolent spirits, who, though we never hear or see them, we thiuk are constantly praying for us.”” Dryden writes, The mighty ghos's of our great Harrys rose, And armed Kdwards jooked with anafous eyes. Addison says; “¢ At the samo time ] think a person who js Ubus terrified with the imagination of ghosts aud Spectres much more reagonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and e, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all vations, thinks the appearance of epirits fabulous and groundless, Couid I not. give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should’ to the revelations of particular persons who are now living,and whom I caunot distrust, in other matters of fact. I might here add that not only the historians, to whom we may join the poets, but like- wie the philosophers of anuiquity, bave favored this opinion. Jobuson writes; “That the dead are scen no more,” fnid Imac, “ T will not undertake to maintain agains; ihe concurrent and unvaried testimony of ail ages and all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opmion, which perbaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become univertal only by its truth, Those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in 4 tale which nothing but experience can make credible; that it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence, and some who deny it with their tongues cenfess it by their fears. Josephus, in the seventeenth book of the Antiquities, writes: “Glapbyra, the daughter of King Archelaus, after the death of her two first husbands (being married toa third, who was brother to her first husband), had a very odd kind of adreain. She fancied that she saw her first husband coming towards her, ana that she embraced him with great tenderness; when in the midst of the pieasur- which she expressed at the sight of him he reproached her after the following manoer :—Giapbyra,’ says he “thou bast made good the old saying, that women ar Det to be trusted. Was not I the husband of virginity « Have I bot children by thee? How couldst thoa forget ou loves £0 far a8 to enter into a second marriage, and afte~ that into a thir¢—nay to take for thy husband a man wh bas £0 shamelessly crept into the bed of his brother ’ However, for the sake of our past loves, I sball free the » from thy present reproach, and make thee mine forever. Glaphyra wld this dream to several women of her av- quitutance, and died goon afver. 1 thought this story wight not be impertinent in this piace, wherein [ speak of those kiugs. Besides that, the exampls deeervcs to be taken notice of, as it containg a most cer- fain proof of the immortality of the soul, and of Divine Providence. If any man thinks theso thiogs inorediple, Jot him enjoy his own to himself, ut let ira not endeavor to disturb the of others, who; by of this pature, are excited to the study of virtue.” Coruelius Agrippa, (says Dieraeli, vol. 6, p. 65,) vefore be wrote lis Variety of the Arts and Sciences, intended to reduce into a system and method the secret of commu- with spirits und demons. On good authority—that of Yo: pl yrius Peetlus, Plotinus, Jamblicus—and on beter were it neceseary to allege it—he was well assured tuat the upper regions of the airswarmed with what the Greeks called demones, just as our lower atmogphere is full of birds, our waters of fish, and our cartn with insects, Yet this phicsopber, who kpew eight languages, was avoided ae having a devil always by his side ! ‘The spenker conciuded with a solemn prediction that the day if not far distant when this knowledge shall lead men bearer and Dearer to Him who hath created them ia his own image. Spliitualism Compared to the Superstitions of Former Times—Signor Monti Against Spiritualism, The driving storm of snow last night did not prevent the filing of Dodworth’s Hall with spiritualists and anti- spiritualists, to hear Signor Monti, of Harvard College, on “Spiritualism as compared with the superstitions of former times.” Three-fourths of the audience consisted of gentlemen—a hairy set of men, apparently of every Cegree of intelligence, strongly reminding one of all the isms in vogue, and particularly recalling the aspect of the wale participauts in woman’s rights conventions. Some of these men, however, were crowned with age, as their bald crowns plainly indicated. The ladies present-were nearly all considerably past the age of majority; they were tall and thin, with strong, sharp, barsh features, and their appearance somehow euggested the word monimaical. All female devotecs of spirits, doubtless, do not ap- pear thus; but those present at the lecture im the fusuionable dancing ball last night did. There were ho tables for the accommodation of reporters; but the fear that the presence of ao many mediums might move the tables to saucy capers may have been a justiflable excuse for their absence. The exercises com. menced by a fashionable song, after which Signor Mont: —— the association substantially to the following ettect:— “There is nothing new under the sun,” assaid the book which never errs; aud, indeed, it iy #0, mtellectuaily Speaking. There are every day discoveries made in the natural and ecientific world, but the human mud is ever the same. 1 was uskod some ume ago whether 1 believed in the progress of tne human mind, to which 1 replied Lo; and the more I think upon it the more I feel convinced that the human mind will ever bo the same. Phii aud reformers in olden time made senemes for its periec- tion, but they never succeeded. T think they never will. Looking back into history we find there has been a con- stant increase in material knowledge; men have become more inteliigeat, learned aud volerapt, but the mind itself has net changed. The modern age has not produced ether more intelligent or abler minds than the ancient, while the same evils, prejudices, errors apd superstitions that existed Iu ancient time exist uow. Ibis tue we do not now make sacrifices, burn herctics, or crusade against the Turke; but this fs a humanitarian progress, not the progress of rind. Although I do not believe in the pro. gress of humaa miad, L have @ great faith in the progress of intellgeoce. The subject on which [ ropose to is very well kaown Ou. wih merely, by recalling, history, to that spiritualism is only the revival of old errore; and as nothing but evil to the world resulted from thore errors in times past, no good can spring from them now. IT willsot take you back into antiquity only to periods of which we have authenticated his tories First, there were the oracles, then witchcraft, waich were the same thing as modern spiritualism. Each of these three faiths was derived from (he same source— the belief in supernatural powers. Men are prone to con. sider as supernatural whutever they are unable to ac couat for reasonably. Thug, in more ignorant ages, thun: T and Hghtning » ¢ wind aud dreams, were considered Fupernatural. en there were Wiser supernavural sub- jects, as ghosts, furies, appearance of angels, devils, ‘xc. There were superstitions ideas, such as looking over the left shoulder to che moon, starting on a journey on Fri- (oy passes under a ladder, and the like. Iv was ancient. ly believed that the oracles wero the revelations from Deity to men, made through mediums. The most famous of these oracles was that of Apollo at Delphos. The words which the mediums spoke while in a delirious atate of intoxication were interpreted by the priceta us the de- crees of fate. Change Apoilo for a spirit, and the Sybil for an American girl, you will baye a truer median, Sensation.) The Apollo, of Delphos was famous throughout all the Mediterranoan, and persons from all parts of tho world applied te his oracie, Some of the oraclee proreribed for the sick. The priests tha attended at otters are said to have known mos- merkom, or an'mal magnetism, The patare of the responces of these oracles will be seon from the following instance pf Tarquin and the Oracle of Apollo, Tarquin AORNING EDITION—MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, veral pleces, aw eet words. Tarquin under- by he was to break up the army of his ene- mies as the twig branch was broken. 80 he made the ‘war; but greatly to bis surprise, his own army was cut up and broken to pieces. oracle was somebody’s army bad to be broken up and cut to pieces. This is @ fair example of ancient and modern witchcraft, sootheaying and spiritualiem. Bollof ‘The belief in witchcraft was general in the middle centuries. The lecturer quoted from several sources notices of the Prevaience of witchcraft, and also shor that witches ‘were considered not only greater than moon and stars, but greater than the gods, and able to bring them down from heaven. As for raising the spirits of the dead, it was @ very small and easy matter for them. Supersti- tidn has no jimits, and when eur minds be; to wander through the darkness of the unknown and supernatural there is no absurdity they will not fall into, Shootin, ‘stare, com Sapinn, sneezing, have been consider superbatural, and sneezing a divine thing, because itis from the head. To sneeze on the nght was a good omen, and on the lefta bad one, In Italy and beep oma me of Europe it is now considered very impolite if you % wish a person good luck who sneezes. Such 8 tions as these still exist among us, they may have been changed some in their form, As silly things as these bave eprong up through spiritualism. We Beard a fow days ogo that spirits ¢ pleasure im smoking and drink- ing through mediums; and if in emoking aud driaking, of course ba Jor drinking; so if a medium Leg Meg s dozen spirits to take possession of him di be must eat and drmk enough for half ne on bang Superstition has always been followed by proscrip- tion, persecution and intolerance. The Gospel as taught by Jesus Christ and his twelve destroyed the intolerance and persecution which attended the superstition of heathenism. As superstition afterward crept into the Christian church, it brought intolerance, crime and suffering with it. Read the annals of past years, and you will see that from superstition, not Chris. Hanley arose persecutions and intolerance. They arose in the church as fust as its purity waned. Spiritualism, be- ing but another form of superstition, will be followed by the same results. The evils of it have already appeared. How many besbands has it led to abandon their wives— how many children their nts—how many persons have committed suicide, and how many are in the insane hospital? Jn the meetings of the Free Love Society here you bave but a renewal of the witches’ revels and inde- cent orgies. It is wonderful that in this land a supersti- tion whose results are so apparent should find followers and be believed, even by some learned men. The lectur- er barrated the anecdote of St. Jerome and the boy who ‘was attempting with a shell to pour the ocean into a hole tn the sand, in order to show. how finite man’s mind is— that it cannot comprehend the supernatura!—that if God had in'cuded to reveal the future, or our future condition tous, he would have done so. But He having drawn a veil before our eyes, man’s effort to break through ii was ovly futile, and would result in detriment to himself. The field ot matcrial nature was sufficient for man’s feeble in- tellect to explore, The French Revolution. THE INTENDED CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY om THE FRENOZ REVOLUTION OF FEBRUARY 24, 848. The French section of the International Society assem- bled yesterday afternoon at the Steuben House, to have ® discusrion on the best manner of celebrating the anni- vergary of the Freneb revolution of 1848. The inclemency of the weather probably prevented a great many mem- bers of the above society from responding to the call published in the organ of the red republicans. The meet ing was very thinly attended. At about halfpast four citizen Dime called the mecting to order, and stated that their object was to organise a manifettation to commemorate the French revolution of 1848. Be moved that on the evening of the 24th of February a banquet should be given intke name of the French section of their society, that the citizens of all nationalities be invited wo attend it, apd that a committee of five be appointed to organize the entertainment. This motion was carried, and citizens Dvprat, Rolle, Borcher, Henrich and Lasarte were ap- pointed members of the Committee of Management. It was further decided that the price of admittance should be twenty-five cente, and no president shoutd preside over the celebration, as ail those prcsent were opposed to delegate such authority. (zen Doe then proceeded to read in French a loog manifesto wh he had received from London from the Centre! International Association. After having pitched into the middle cluss—law and order republicans of the creed of Mazzini, Ledru Rollin and Victor Hago—aad hav- ing stated that « union with the hmungenise ia_ impossible, the menifesto—trom which we transiate rome extracts— alvocates a union of the bona fide democracy which, it a) 8, ib ab the present moment devoutly to be wished for It is’ infuct ap absolute necessity, and the active mem bers of our aeecciation have been al) along doing thei uumost to éffect the same; but we cannot, we will not unite, nor advise you, our brothers, to do #0 with parties that do not hold either our politi cal or social principles, nd that only adopt our flag aud assume democratic language for the expreas purpose of cffucting their own selfish designs. Ali that we have to do, brothers, fs to rely upon ourselves. We must first fight for ourselves, then legislate for ourselves, and Hhexicompel all to iabvor for themselves. In a word, the diferent States. of Luope must be formed into one democratic ond rociz! repnbiie, wherein atl must be pro- ducers before they have a right to be consumers. Marzzint and his friends pretend to believe that a classified state of society is naturally port 8 Now we, on the other band, believe that to classification can be traced all the ponitiecal and social evils which at present destroy the brotherly love, the harmony and the happinees of man- kind. From what we have above stated beam ie the Maz- zipians and their principles, you must certainly admit that, shouls you aliow yourselves to be drawn jnto this artfully projected union, you will do so with your eyes open to the congequencer, and, at Icast, deserve to be langhed at, if not deceived by thoge union mongers. You have com- mitted g0 mspy errors, brothers, in aays gone by, that we would fondly imagine that such dear'y bouwbt experi ence bas hot been loston you. Remember that it was the miaéle class reactionists, such as Ledra Rollin and Vietor Hugo, who brought about the bloody days of Jun And remémber that it was middle clase villany whi pieced that blackleg ant card sharper, Louis Napoleon, in his present position. Tell those middle class repablicans that, wheo you thick of uniting. it must take piace under the social fing; that when you think of marchiog, it must be under sociniist leaders; and that when you thwk of adopting a fresh form of government, it will and must be the government of all, vy all and for all. (Ap- piause.) Tell them, brothers, that. noless they are pro- pared to adopt the formula of democratic and social repab. licaniem a union is impossible. And tell them, likewise, that you have learned quite enough from former errors Lot to be ogain deluded nor satisfied with empty words that you are now fully aware that liberty is only an idle pbrase where one claze of a community is obliged, for the sake of cven barely existing, to sell its labor to another clase OF the same community; that equality is a foolish dream where one man is master and another man is ser- vant, and that fraternity is a detosion of the most sto- pid description where society is broken into castes or classes. We have already stated that a union of the true her, AB 2 Prolctarian socialists—of Berope is at present jolutely necessary, and euch undoubtesly is the fact. Then the sooner it is done the better, (or action will necessarily follow; and ¢ ie action alone that can produce those changes which will ultimate- ty result in the exact adjustment of the social equilibrium, witbout which everything elge is useless. Let ng work, brothers, without further delay. Union isthe word to-day. mpc be ee to morrow, of Mr. Dime, the manifesto was unanimous! adopted by the meeting, as embodyixg their principles. by Comp!imentary Bal! to Lord Napier, nie Bron the Feene ntaillgencet, 7. 5) e annexed correspondence has been obligingty placed Bre hands for publication :— men To Lonp Narrer, Washington:— The un¢ersigned are very sure that they express a fea- tment shared by the American public with the society at ‘ngton, in thus making knows the cordial esvecm en- tertained for your Lordebip aud for Laay Napier duriog your residence ww the Unites States, aud their sincere re- ret at the wrt nation of Your missioa, lufluenced by a kindred feeling, thoy havo bees ro- quesied by a very iarge number of their fellow citizens respectfully to ask your Lordehip, with Jady Napier, would honor them by your company at a Fete oy Jp this sity, at such time as you may fiad con. venient. JANES M. MASON, ‘TH. S.J; iP, U, 8. A. WiLUAM A seWARD, Jodsetee be ie” J. J. CHITTENDEN, W..W, SEATON, Jas, M WAYNE, 408, 6. MokLOBLN, JAMES G. RERRET, GEO. W. HUFKINS, A. BUR AME , Feb. 3, 1859, acknowledge the “re- GunrtgweN—T have the honor to ceipt of your letter of the 8ist of January, embodying an expression of for Lady Nay Ly wikn we tre deeply sensible, aod te which we chen oven recur with gratitude and price, You bave the goodness to Mo that it is the wish inform ofa Lirge number of your fellow citizens to receive us ata bite ball, and you desire to know on what it would convenient to us to avail ourselves of this invitation, In copformity with your ret to select betes | Truk ine, it day be eZ) le to yank You will oblige Lady Napter and myself by con to the gentlemen who are acting in ovaeert iy cpa warm thanks for the bigh mark of esteem So ae have des'gned for us—one which 1 hot flatter mysel tt, i Sepp heat Mee 4 wo bout contemplate with depertare from America, ahhkass ae 1 have the honor to be, gentlemen, your obedient bum- NA 5 big correo, be Hon. Mason, United States Senator; tho 5 Tdi a seats Sa, nt hers of the conumitiee, “a4 OMMer gentlemen, men- Operate and Dramatic Matters. ‘The metropolis, it appears, i6.& magnet which Ar. Ul mun 6nds diffievity in resisting, His movements, now | ever eccentric, always tend towdrds Trviog place. So, im obedience totbis law of operatic gravitation, we are to bave a little of Piccolomini in the charming opera of Uoni- zetti, “Don Patquale,’” on Friday evening and Saturday morning of the present week. Everybody, that fs every- body that goes to the opera, will be deitghter! to w-icume back the fascinating Sieunese During tio past week the Ullinan artists, Piccolomini included, have given perform- ances at Baltimore (Holiday street theatre); and on w- bight and to-morrow they will siog at the Weshiogton theatre—tbis evening in ‘Don Pasquate,” and to morrow in aD opera which is not yet announced. The reserved seats are three dollars eoch. The benefit and positively last night of Piccolomini in Philacelpbia is announced for Thursday evening next. Piccolomini {8 announced in concerts at Cincionati on the 17th and 18th of this month. Mr. Strakosch commenced an opera season in St. Loui on last Monday evening, with Mme. de Wilborst, Mr Squires and Signor Amodio in “Lucia.” The Democra basarather muddy criticism, in which the namwof the opera is not mentioned, but Amodio’s weight is defined at four bundred pounds avoirdupois, M. Junca ha@ eang in “Locrezia Borgia,” and the early appearance ef Brignoli is announced. ‘ At our ¢ity theatres the only novelty is Mr. Gayler’s “Female American Cousin,” which was pro®uced on lacy Monday at Burton’s, and has been played during tho ‘week to full houses. There has been some diversity of opinion among the journals as to tho merits of the play, and this, perhaps, has rather augmented its attraction to the public. Mies Julia Daly has made a happy bit in the part of Pamelia, and shares the autbor’s laurels. Tho play is announced for every evening tl! further notice. ‘The original ‘‘American Cousin,” at Laura Keene’s the- atre, hag now been played one hundred consecutive nighte—the longest run that any play has bad in several years, if we except ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which had ad- ventitious aids to help ft along. The “American Cousin” bids fair to attract during the whele season, It is in the bills for this evening, with anew farce (Morton’s), the “Little Savege.’? At Wallack’s theatre the “Veteran” still draws crowded houses, and it will be played during tne whole of this week. The scenery, costames, tableaus, &c.,are very fine, and the acting of the Wallacks, pére et fils, Mrs. Hoey, Brougham and the others, is 0: course good. ‘We commend to the especial attention of the public the entertainment at Burton’s this evening for the benefit of the widow of the late F.C. Wemyss, for several years Secretary of the Dramatic Fund Association. Tue bil! in- cludes one of Mr. John Brougham’s cleverest farces, “Love and Murder,” with the author as Mickey Magra; also “Our Female Americgn Cousin,” “Sketches in India,” with Messrs. Foxand Lingard and Miss Herring, as wel) as other entertainments, The house ought to be packed from parquette to dome. At the Broadway theatre a grand dramatic romance from Scott's novel, “Ivanhoe,” is to be presented this evening, with Mr. Eddy and Mme. Ponisi in the principal parts. The Oriental spectacle, ‘Blue Beard,” is also an- nounced. Both these plays will bo presented with flue scenery, costumes, horees, elephants, &c. At Niblo’s Garden Nixon’s & Co.’s circus is doing a great business. For to-night several novelties are announced, which will be found duly expressed in the official an- nouncements. Morning performances will be given hore on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. At the Bowery theatre Misses Lucille and Helen Western bave been engaged for six nights more, and they will play to-night in a new piece called the “ Female Forty Thieves of New York,” and also in ‘Yankee Jack, or the Bucca- neer of the Gulf.”” The Museum adheres to the colored opera business, and announces the burlesque Musard Bali for this evening. Various entertaining novelties are announced in the bills of Wood’s, Bryantn’ and the Campbell Minstrels, Mr. Stoepel’s Hiswatha will be given at the Acaiemy of ‘Music on tho 21st of this month, Acomplimentary benefit to “ Little Ella,’ the “ child reader,” is announced to be given at the Academy of Mneto on Thursdey of thie week. Sundry ominent artiow have volunteered their services; and the object of the af. fair—to remove the little lady from public life and give her & proper education—is in every way praiseworthy. Mrs, Frances Anne Kemble will coutinue her reading from Shakspere at Dodworth’s Rooms, on Monday, Tues- day, Thursday and Friday of this week. Mr. Dan Rice’s benefit is announced to take place at Niblo’s to-morrow evening, when the reuowaed humorist will express his sentiments on the Cuba question. The Natioual theatre, Boston, and the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, are for rent. ‘The Cincinnati Opera House will be opened on the 224 Febrtary with a bail The first opera seasou will be com- tmenced by the Strakoch company on the 14th March. At the Arch street theatre, Philadelphia, “Our American Cougin’”’ bas been revived. Atthe Wulnut Mr. Barry Sullivan has been playing with great success. Mrs. D. P. Bowers recently retired from the mapagement of this house, and oa Friday she received a benefitatthe Academy of Music, which affair is thus described by the Press:— —- ‘The largest auilience that bas ever assombled within the walls of te Academy of Music mustered last nigat to exhibit by teir presen le en masse their sympatuy aud estecm for the fair beeticiary. Every im the house gold before noon, and tirougbout the evening there Was a perfect rush of peopie who were quite content to obtain even standing accommodation. And when we stale uhat the reccipts at ordinary playbouse prices cxoeedud Ostecn Lundred collars, some idea of the vastness of the assemblage may be gathered—a result which could not buve bees otberwise than wost gratifying to the fair re- cipient of the ovation, as it was hoaorabie to those who determined on availing themselves of this opportauity of merking ther approval of Mrs. Bowers’ career ia public and in private, The performances commenced with the charming little comedy of “ Delicate Ground,” in which Miss Vandenheff and Mr. Swinbourne appeared. Next came the grabd piece de resistance of the eveniug—Knowles? great ploy ot The Hunchback.” Mrs, Bowers’ entrance Was the signal for sucb am outburst of enthusiasm as we never previously heard, Time and space only permit us that Mrs. Bowers acquitted herself admirably; that Mr. Swinbourne’s Muster Walter was @ masterly rendi- | tion; and tbat Mr. J. B. Howe, Mr. A. W. Fenno, Miss Viola Crogker, Mr. Denham, and Mr. T. Baker, by whom the other principal parts were played, acquitted them- selves in/a style of the highest excellence. Mise Mary Agnes Cameron and Mr. Fenno concluded the evening | with The Morning Call.?? Miss Kimberly gave a reading of ‘Miles Standish’s Ceurtship” and “Nothing to Wear,” at Philadelphia on | Friday. The Press commends it very highly, Mies Davenport had a farewell benefit at the Washington theatre on Saturday, and played in a new piece, “The } Mesalliance,”’ transiated by bereelf. Mr. Stephen Masset bas been giving his entertainments | in North Carolina, much to the delectation of the Tar | River tes. He is now at Charleston, Mr. Myers, a gentleman connected for upwards of sixty years with the Baltimore theatres, died January 28, He was in his 86th year, Hoe was one of the early pioneers of the old South street theatre, and familiarly knowa in lat- ter years as ‘Old Hontz.”’ He was a soldier during the laet war, and fought bravely. He waa at the batle of | North Pot. Mr. Myers leaves several children, sons and daughters. Twoot the former are engaged at MeDonough’s etles. One is celebrated as a violinist, and is familiarly | kvown as ‘Ole Bull Myers.”’ The other is the celebratedt dancer, whose imperronation of female artists is une qvalied, Fred. Myers, an actor of some reputation, ani who died some years since, Was also a son of this gentie- man. Mr. Pdwin Booth was iu bis second week at the St. Charles, New Orleane, supported by Fanny Morant, The Februnry Term of the Law Courts. ‘This beg the frat Monday of ' e mouth, the jury {rials of the law courts will be resumed. There seems to be a cousivery’bic umount of criminal business to be dis- pered of. Is the Oyer and Terminer James Stephens Will be tried for the murder of bis wife by poison ; Jean Borqu:t , inaicted for the murder of Maltino de Santo by stabving him with aknie ; Charles Moore ts indicted for the murder of Daniel Stackpoe, alleged to have been committed at the River House by a stab of a sword; Michael Forrvst for the murder of Christopber Goff by a stab of = knife m West Broadway ; Patrick Lane for the murder of Jeremiah E, Looney by stabbing tim witha knife; John Kehoe and Jobn Hays for the manslaugiter of Maurice ‘fuomey. By these it will be seen that the knife is tho favorite weapon of the impassioned avenger. The Supreme Court Circuit wili held one branch for Jury trials. Very few causes were ready for trial last month, apd the presiding judge frequently had to adjourn for want of business, * ‘The Superior Court calendar was not reduced much last term, two or three Jong causes having occupied the Court ali the montn ; one of them, after toroe weeks’ in- vestigation, terminated in a disagreement of the jury. The case of Barnes against Wood for alleged assault, ari- sing out of the Joseph Walker difficulty, is one of the first on the calendar. The compiaivant states that he was thrown overboard by the agents of the defendant. The Common Pleas will hold two braoches for trials ; the calendar here contains some important cases, among which is the suit between the Commodores for services in Nicaragua. More judgments are in prospect against the city. We find that jn the Marine Court forty-seven suits have been commenced against the Corporation, in which aoswers must be fied this day before 10 0’cleck. Full coets will follow arecovery in each case; im the forty-neven suits the elaims were originally owned by bnt five parties, any or all of whom could bave fouud » less ex.” pensive method of seeking redrees, Five suits, at the extent, would have eettied the whole.— The claims are splt up and assigned to various persons. Thos, Terence Farley assigns to twelve different parties his claims for regulating streets; Berrian, Simpson & West aesign to fifieen persous their claim for carpenter work; John McCoo) assigna bis claim for mason work to twelve aesignecs; Marrener & Spencer agsizn their claim for painting to three persons, and James Reed assigns to five parties bis claim for carpenter's work. Each assiga- ment is under $200, though the jurisdiction of the Court is $600. The total amount of claims of these different as- signors is $7,824 49, upon which the costs, by the eplitting procees, will run up to nearly a thousand dollars. It ig time that some legislative action should be taken in this matter, The Jegal right to split up claims by as- signment is being very much abused. ‘The General Sessions also opens thie morning, Recorder Barnard presiding. The calendar is very heavy, and a large number of important cares will be called on for trial. It will require the utmost exertions of the District Attorney and his ablo assistant to dispose of tho large pumber of indictments with which his safe is filled; but with the co-operation of the Court it is hoped that thore important cases which bave been postponed from time to time will be finally disposed of before spring. The following are some of the capital charges which are on the calendar this morth:—James Stephens, for the murder of his wife by potgoning (removed to the Oyer and Terminer) ; Michael Forrest, for the homicide of Chrigtopher Goff in ‘West Broadway; Patrick Lane, for killing Jeremiah Looney; Jean Borquet (the * man monkey’), for stab- bing an Italian named De Santo; and Charles Moore, Jere- mish D, Thompeon and David Fox, for shooting Daniel Stackpole, on the 18th of November, at a target excursion; ‘Motes Erich, Joseph Alexander and Patrick Donelly, sepa- rately indicted for receiving stolen goods, will be tried. The amourt of property said to be involved in these three coves is immense. Henry Rohemer, John Kaegi and John Stanzengga, charged with forging bank bills on the Na- tional Bank of Austria, will be placett on trial, and James and John Glass, the alleged Sixth ward murderers, will be indicted ag soon as the Grand Jury is empauelied. February Sessions of the Common Council. The Board of Aldermen mect this evening; when. it is hoped that some definite action will be taken on tho tax levy as amended by the Councilmen. The qnestion of the City Inepectorship is etitl before the special commitice, who havenot as yct reported on the legality of Mr. Mor- ton’s tenure of that important office. Alderman Adams, in a Gtof indignation atthe inactivity of his asaociata members, resigned his position in that committee, and Al- derman Tuomey was appointed to fill the vacancy. The February eession of the Board of Councilmen com- mences this cvening, but the amourt of unfinished busi- neve in the Clerk's drawers is very trifling, Judging feom the expeditious manner in which the new members have trensacted the public business, they promise to be more efficient public servanta than their predecessors; and if the presiding officer continues to be as prompt and effi- cient as be bas been since the orgavization of the Board, the business of the city wil! be properly transacted. Naval Intelligence. FIRST LOG OF THE NEW STRAM SLOOP BROOKLYN, U. 8. Sreamsutp Brooxtyy, Off Quarantine, Friday night. The new United States steamer Brooklyn was cut loose feom the buoy at the Navy Yard at exactly ton o'clock and fity eight minutes this morning. The bani of the North Carolina played some stirring aire as the bows of the Brcoklyn were turned seaward and the fan of the Brook- lyn s propelier began to splash the water for tho first time on actnal service, The greatest anxiety was manifested by all on board to Jearn how the ehip worked, what speed she auained, ani the number of revolutions made by her engines. The total revolutions of the engines frum the time she left anchorage at the Navy Yard until she reached Quaran- tine was 2,196. The greatest epeed came near nine knots and three quarters, and the largest number of revolutions per minute was 48, which seemed as close to her best as Mr. Follanebee considered advisable to put her. She ac- | complished 37 per minute without steaming, and I feel confident that she can at ali times reach that with safety. She used five tona five hundred pounds of coal duriag the pageage down the river. The rather ungraceful appearance of her hull when leaving was caused more by injudicions atowing of her | coal thon by any deformity in the ship herself. she drew forward 1634 feet, and aft 16 feet, uip’s cou pavy consiets of eighteen officers, a frigate’s guard of Barines, and about ninety bine jackets of all grades, giving a total of 243 souls al told. “We have on board ir. Westervelt and some men belonging to James Mur- phy & Co., who are to accompany us to Beaufort, 8. C, City Intelligence, ‘Tae Poor or New Yorn.—Althongh the season thus far bes been remarkably mild and opea, yet there ia much sufleripg at the present Lime among the poor of New York. Our charitable institutions and societies are taxed to their utmost toget the “materia! aid” to help these poor and needy ones. Tweuty-one toowand applications for relief were made fn the month of January at the officc of the Superintendent of Out Door Poor. An excelleat opportunity is bo jorded to the charitably df todo a litte good and gladden the hearts of the sufferers. If they do Bot cheose to entrust their alms to charitable societies, they 1 nly to go a short distance to the right hagd or to the left ere they find some pour destitute family worthy of assistance. Tus Ice Cror.—The ice companies all along the Hiudeoa river bave been aseidaously at work the past few weeks cutting out thelr crop for the ensuing sammer. The quality of the ice already bouged is much superior to that gathered for some years past, The fee is clear and solid, ranging in thickoes® from ten to twenty inches, Tho houses thay far are nearly two-thirds tilled, and before the season closes there will bo doubt be an abundant erop. Mr. and Mre. J. W. Wallack, Jr., closed an unprofitadl engagement at Wood's theatre, Cinciapati, on the 20th ult. Mrs, Farren and ber danghter, Fanny Fitz Farren, mo with ® perilous accident recently on their road from St Louis to Pittsburg, the car in which they were travelling rupning off the track and going over the embankment, What added to the danger was the car taking fire from the upeetting of the stove. They were rescued with no further injury than some severe bruises, ‘The Holiday street theatre, Baltimore, is offered for sale, with ail ite fixtures end appurtenances, Toe anoval rent for the past three years is stated to have been $6,240, Se Scrraxn Conn-recaeeioabe 2 —Nos. . i, 21, 600, 461, 951, 41, 57, 35, 9, 149, 187, 189, 163, 165, 171, 175) 186, 101, 19%, #08. ‘Comntos Putas. —Part 1.—Now, 248, 248, 260, 262, 264, 256, 267, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 286, 266; 267.’ Part 2.— Nos. 206, 128,148) 148, 148, 167, 115, 174, 182, 186, 902, 214, 236, 286, 289. Burenion Cover —NW™, 200, 971, 372, 267, 826, 821, 298, 220, 314, 223, 165, 146, DRS, B84, 390, 398, 400, 401, 404, 408, 410, 491, 498) #14410,’ A17, M8, 490, aa, 432) 423. Uxrrep Starrs Derrict Covet.—Nos, 68, 60, 77, 04, 68, 44, 66, 82, 88, 100, 89, 41, 45, 46,47, °° Cononkes’ Lvqrests Yesternay.—Coroner Gamble held an inquest yesterday upon the body of a child named Kirby, whose parents reside at No. 615 Third avenue, who died. n Saturday night from the effects of a dose of arsenions poison, administered by mistake. Also, upon the body of child at No. 477 Third avenue, who was scalded to + cath: by the upset upon the bod oe aia deed Hag Ma ety rate, at No. 314 Wert Forty eixth street, wo died received the effects of burns, accidentally by his clothes catch. 8. Howie Two Orricm.—In reply to the article healed “ Holding Two Offices,’ which appeared in our paper of Saturday, we have undoubted authority for stating that Captain Gibson, ae soon as he received his commiseion, immediately 7 laped his position as Inspector of the Har. bor Police, Malo Terignation may be seen by any one interested in, by calling eu the Commissioners of Folice,) and we would also add that Capt. G. s now merely Superintending the duties of inspector Ull another appoint- ment 19 made. SkVENTY-rmRst Reonwent.—The loft wing of this regiment, competed of companiee KE, F, Band 1, will drill to-night at the Division Armory, corner of White and Elm strects, Fire im Elm Place—Neariy a Whole Family Destroycd—A Mother, ‘Two Chindren and a Servant Suffocated=Three Others Sertouniy Injured. There was an alarm of fire shortly before four o’clock on Sunday morning, which was ascertained to proceed from a large four story | rick building fronting oa Fanon avenue, and extending about eighty feet on Elm place, ‘The firet floor is occupied by L. Moreau, asa bakery and confectionery store, and the remainder of the building was occupied by the family of Mr. Edward Gill, a mer- chant doiwg businers in New York. Aé near as can be ascertained, the fire broke out in the dining room, on the second floor, butin what manner ia not definitely known, The family cousisted of Mr. Eoward Gill, his wife, two children, two servants, and Mesara, Thomas Gill and Ouo Graves. Mrs. Gill's husband has been absent in Philadel- phia on business since Friday inst, and on Saturday even- ing herself, in company with her brother-in-law apd some female relatives, went to New York. They did not. returb until about one o’ciock. Mr. Thos. Gill and Mr. Graves seated themselves ia the dining room and smoked fe gars uDU) about two o'clock, Sirs, Gil} having goue w bet foon after coming home, She siept in the middie room on the third floor with her children, and the gentlemen cccupied the rear room in the same story. The eervants occupied the fourth floor. To- wards morning the men were awakened by o dense, suffocating smoke, and being unable to make their woy out in the usual manner, and seeing but oae Course leit Wo save themselves, got out of Lhe window, Mr. Gill leaped to the flagging, ana evstained fearful injaries, while Mr. Graves tied the bedclothes together, and in letting bimseif down the rope broke and he fell. The force of his fall was broken by a projecting shutter, and he wae thereby saved from serious consequences. His injusies are sligh’ as compared with those of Mr. Gil, whoee head is dreadfully cut. Both men were conveyed into the house of Mr, J. R. Oiwine, next door. Only a few firemen had arr. ved at this time, and no hook and ladder companics. One of the servant girls was seen clinging to a@ window sill of the fourth story, and the tlunes bursting into her face sho was compelied to lose her hold, and fell with tremendous force upon the sidewalle below, Her injuries are of such a nature that her reco- very is considered doubtful. Detective Higgins conveyed her to the City Hospital. About the came time @ woman known to be Mrs. Gill was observed at the window of her bedroom, standing in an imploring attitude, and although the firemen present made every effort to reach her, they were unable to do so Sor the Want of ladders. Several members of Hose Com- pany No. 8 attempted to reach theroom through the butld- ing, bat were driven back by the flames, and the unfor- tupate beings were left to their fate, Their cries for aid were heard, but no aid could be given, and they perished. The flames were foou after subdued, and on repairing to the room the mother was found lying on her back and the two children under her. The body of one of the ser- vant girls was lying wear them. The Sremen and potice promptly conveyed the bodies to the City Hall, and de- potsied them in the office of the Coroner, Theappearance of the deceased fndicates that they were suificated. The children were somewhat burned, but notsufflcient to have caused death. The names of the victims are as fol- lows :— Mrs, Elizabeth Gill, aged about twenty seven yoars. Mary E. Gill, aged about two 8. Helen E. Gill, aged about aix years. ¢ An Keegan, servant, aged about seventeen yearz. ‘The following were injared as Ceecribed above:— ‘Thomas Gili, dangerously. Otto Graves, slighty. Honora Ke: gan, servant, sister to Aun, supposed fatally, Coroner Horton summoned a jury, and commenced the inquest at 10 o'clock A.M. The following is the evidence elicited :— William A. Walker tectificd that be went up stairs after the fire was checked, and saw the bodies of Mrs. Gill and her two children iying on de floor; got wo th: building ebout ten muyutes after the belli track, wis wa ‘ about bai{ past wree o'cock ; tie impression on my min 1 a8, hat Mrs. Gili stood until she became exhaustedan 4g Je}! over upen ber chilercn. Richard B. G. Smith, of Hook and Ladder No.1.—Th fue was burning when 1 got there; gotaladder ap: gq Eim place, and went up; faw the deceased Wye red there with heads from the window (four of them); the pe ‘wos some fire there; a firemen brought some water in! aig cap and poured it on the clothes of the childrea; 1 wr yp ped up the emailest child, and carried it to the Corone pig office; ail four Cecensed were lying in one room; in thy room froutiog on Eim place; the parties were ey Diack; the chi ay 1 to be considerably bari ed ‘my opinion is that they suffocaied before they bur) rod: } be firemen were playing on the buihting whenT got { here, Beory A. Ransford testified that himeelf and flveo re six other members of Hoge Company No. 8 were arouse ib; the ery of fire: went roand; the fire had got under? cag AY; SAW pereous at third sory window; we atrach -2d to by drant opposite, sod I took an axe buret ithe door; went up stairs, and found that mest of the fir was in the back room of second story; the fire was cr ming ouf of the room and rusheg up stairs; in fromthreet 0 five My ‘Utes it Was ail OVr; We gol vp to aevoud fight of stare witi? the hose, but covid getno further; 2 wiodow ti javing beet i broken open, cavsea a dranght through the ro- fra in whie “a the bodies were found; saw the servant girl el ing! to ih e window sili, and attempted to save her, bute (be fe befor ¢ I got there; the onty ttong we coold do will ent « F was to play water a8 we wont up stairs ta or der to the room ;/ beard them cry for help; it was ten or Mfteen minotes afterwards e the book and jadder company arrived; the: City abo at ten free Hall ) Hl did not ring unt) we bad work: minuta &; the crying ceased foon after we gotin; we had worked ovr way to the foot of the stairs when the!) criee ceased, and we were satisfied tha! they were all « thik th e fire originated in the dumb waiter, and up stairt * Wilina o Fairweather d J:—T wea sleeping in the baker’s a toro, on the frst ; between three anid foor o'clock m the morning I beard arumb ing up stairs ; heard asort of boiling, and smelt smoke; weat out and’ heard amancry “Fire; a fireman came along as I wars about getting a h \ecer, when a man was trying to let bimaolf down with & blavket from one of the third story widows the blanket 5 broke, and he fell dowa; saw a lady | to the wince + sill: she bt fire, and letting go? fer hot fell to the sidewalk ; was im the room whe te they slept, in the> third story, this morning; there was not much fire the re; Mrs. Gil! told me jn the evepiag {fhat she was gowg to } New York; dont't know when they ect home, J. K. Olwine » testified that he owned the bulldivg where the fire took p) ace; live neat door; the fire ed to be in the back , room where the dumb waiter is when I dig- covered it; raw the flames through the window; saw aman lying, on the w, vk and bad him taken to m: bouse; re- cognized him as Thomas (ill; gota ladder from a neigh. bor and placed at one of the windows; my opinion is that deceased we re suffocated; did not see them tili day- light; have no dm 1bt the fire gest in the dining room: there are three ro ine, aNd tho dining room is the cud on im the rear; the \*00m where they were found is abo: Mre. Gill siept im the middie room; Mr. Gill and Mr, Graves slept ip the | “ear room; identify the bodies. bodies, spread Dr. Geo. C. Ball ta — gta Repay ety in convection with In . Kistom, av’ no doubt (hat were suffocated, ang! What burning there was Cooleteh alter death, . Dr. Kissam testified that there was not sufflcient. burn. ing on the bodies to cause death; they were, doubtless, surfocated. . heey . Mr. Otwine recalled, said:—Messre, Gray: were both lying at his house; they said prs flee hw emoking in the dining re om before they went to bed; do kot think the fire was caused by segars; the gus was tot urning. Henry Iremongor testhled that the first he saw was a young lady banging out of a third story window on Tim piace; ay the satae time a young man wos tying Dianket® on a wincow shutter; the blankets broke, and ho foll and was carried to @ neighbor ing hove; the servant girl dropped, and nesaw a ady (Mire. GM) standing ata vWindow, with ber bands on ie sii; wne fell back; the flames gushed out about that time, This concluded tho evidence, and a verdict was ren- dered that the deceased came to their deaths by suffoca- tion, and the jury take oecasion to recommend the Com mon Council to place ladders, &0., at convenient dig tances throvghout the city, so a8 to be easily accessible in caser of emergency. The bodies wore then given in charge of the relatives o the families. Ove of the jury suggested that the city authorities ba censured for not repairing the City Hall bell, (which is eracked,) or procuring a tthe as it was nearly uscless in ite present atate as & means \. The Coroner decided that they had nothing to do with the paw, and so the subject was not in the vera The melancholy intelligence was telegraphed to Mr. Gill, who isin Pailadelphia, Yesterday morning, and he was expected on bere last night, The butiding is owned by Mr. J. K. Olwine, It wag Camaged to the extent of about $2,000; fully insured inthe the Long Isiand Insurance Company. Tho parente of the servant piris reside in Baltic street, The body of Ann was given in their charge for interment, Annesrep.—Mr. A. G. Elmore, otherwise called A. G. Coleman, was arrested in Savanpah on the 26th ult. under a warrent charging said E:more aling Coleman with forgery to the amount of ecveral thousand and = obtaining goods under faise pretences in New ork,