The New York Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1868, Page 4

4 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Confirmation at St. Peter’s Church, The Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey administered confirmation at St. Peter's church, Barclay street, yesterday, tosome four hundred and fifty persons, including many adults and children belonging to the schools attached to the church. The work of the rev- erend and zealous pastor, the Rey. William Quinn, and his young assistants and the good Sisters of Charity attached to the church is in this district ex- ceedingly laborious. Endeavoring to maintain large schools which bring no pecuniary return; to impart religious instruction to those who attend the pile echools, and to reform the large number of children ‘who in the lower wards, either from choice or neces- sity, attend no school, is a work of no small dimen- sions; but it has been well and ably performed, and a portion of the results of that work were yesterday made manifest. The altar was handsomely decorated and brilliantly lighted, the girls dressed in pure white, and the boys clean, smart and devout in appearance, dined the pews on either side, and the church was crowded by members of the omasegation and their friends, all intently watching and listening to the venerable, quiet and solemnly impressive Archbishop as he spoke words of cheerful advice to those to ‘whom he had administered the sacrament of strength an the faith, and to whom so many blessings would come if that faith were preserved. Healthful Progress of Pratical Religion in the United States, While the regular old anniversaries in this city fhave not shown an extraordinary amount of busi- mess success in the principal denominations, boards and societies during the past year, it is gratifying to know that pure and undefiled religion is exhibiting itself most hopefully in all paris of the country in more humbie, perhaps, but still more practical spheres of life. Since our last report filty churches have been heard from, to which more than 1,500 con- verts have been added. Eleven of the fifty are Pres- bDyterian, and have received to their communion 327 ion of ir faith, Of the Congre- gational chur lately received 250 con- Verts, and cleven churches in Vermont report 400 ad- ditions, Over eleven thousand converts to the Roman Sasa church are reported within the past few weeks, Extraordinary Revival Among the Hoosiers Its Curious Effects. Among the most remarkable of the many revivals during the past winter is that in New Albany, Ind. In order to a better understanding of the sub- ject it is, perbips, well to state that New Albany pos- sesses @ population of twenty thousand Protestants. The revival seemed to spring up spontancously soon after the weck of prayer in thirteen Evangelical churches. Of these the seven Methodist churches have admitted about 1,000 as pro, bationers; while the three Presbyteriaa churches have received about 400 new members, the Episcopalians and the Lutherans 40 each and the ‘Christians’? 70— making 1,600 in ail. The whole city has been per- vaded by the deepest solemnity. One attempt was made by a fashionable family to get up a ball, Many were invited, the rooms weve gayly decorated, a cos ly supper was prepared; but there ¥ no guests, and consequently there was no cing. The new opera house, built at the cost of $100,000, Is a super- fuity, and the Methodists talk of buying it and trans- forming it into a house of worship. © The directors of a@rolling mill were assembled for the transaction of business. In the midst of it one of the number, a millionnaire, turned to another and said most solemnly, “We have more impor- tant business than this. You, my friend, are the only one of our number yet unconverted. ’ Will you not at once give your heart to Christ?’ And so they turned their directors’ meeting into a prayer meeting. Thieves, drunkards, gamblers, liquor sell- ers, dissolute women, blasphemers, infidels and ev: persons who had attempted murder have been reac! ed by the love of God, and are to-day reformed, regen rated and recognized by the whole community as true Christiaias., The means used in the Presbyterian church were simple : the prayer meeting, the sermon and the decision seat, which those were invited to Somtpy after a sermon who decided tor Christ. Forty or fifty have sometimes come forward at once. After the ition was dismissed all who had come forward and any others wishing to do so remained for religious conversation. Repeated meetings are held for young converts, attended by hundreds whose hearts are glowing with Christian love. ne be nourished, honored and blessed, becoming honor- able mothers of a race of men and women farti advanced in physical and mental perfection than their fathers. This would create a revolution in our country, and would produce _resdl'x that would be of incalculable good. If they would do this the e'ders of this Church would not be under the necessity of takmg so many wives. Will they do this? No, they will not; and there are many who will continue to ruin every virtuous woman they ean, buying the virtue of woman with money and deception, and thus the lords of the creation proceed, from one conquest to another, boasting of their ‘victories, leaving ruin, tears an death in their pathway: and what have they con- nered? A poor, weak, confiding, loving woman, nd what have ‘they broken and crushet and de- stroyed? One of the fairest ous of all. God's crea- tion. Oh man! for saame. If the men of the city of New York alone had done for the last twenty years ‘as the men of this community have done, from two to four thousand females, from sixteen years of age and upwards, whose dishonor and ruin are merci- fully covered in the grave, would now be in life and hea'th, moving in the circles of happy homes, prayed for, respected, loved and honored, The Gregorian Armenians, The Levant Herald, April 22, has the following:— ‘The internal troubles of this community have but slightly, if at all, abated since our last allusion to the vexed question of its hospital near the Seven owers, This bone of contention has split the “nation” into two camps, and has for the moment almost stopped the communal supplies by the refusal of the large and growing 0} ‘ition party to pay the customary dues on which the Patriarchate, the schools and ail the charitable institutions of the commanalty are de- pendent for support. In consequence of this finan- cial strike, an appeal was on Wednesday last made to Fuad Pasha by the Patriarch and two members of the Mixed Council, requesting his Highness to au- thorize a forced collection of the dues in question, as was at one time attempted by the Greek Patriarchate, The Pasha was, however, un- willing to sanction this extreme proceeding without fuller information as to the merits of the quarrel, and therefore suggested that a comupission, composed of one bishop and five lay members, should be named to report to him on the circum- stances whieh are relied on as justifying the appli- cation. , This was agreed to, and isto be done. The arrears now sought to be thus arbitrarily collected amount, it 1s said, to about 300,000p., which the Patriarch and the Mixed Council wish to assess upon several ditferent esn7/s, or corporations, who would be held responsible for their respective shares. In addition to this financial appeal the deputation is said to have begged lis Highness to suppress, arbi- trarily, the Manzoumnei Efkiar, the orga. of the op- position, ‘‘Willingly,’’ said the Minister, “if yon ca assure me that such a measure will restore harmo. to your community.” As this, however, was in than the deputation could guarantee the Pasha clined to do an act of arbitrary injustice, and so t Manzoumeris spared. How these Christian s bles and the grounds of them must edify the Tur Howe Religious Notes. The Observer-says Jeremiah Evarts, the father of Wm. M. Evarts, was not a clergyman, but a lawyer. After practice of several years he became the editor of the Panoplist, in Boston; it is now the Missionary Herald, fe was treasurer and then secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions. He wrote a series of articles in the New York Observer on the government treatment of the North American In- dians. The articles were marked by great wisdom and sagacity, as well as high moral principle, and attracted great attention. The Rey. Dr. Patterson, of Chicago, writes to the Observer that he has not “taken srong grounds against the Presbyterian reunion movement. The Rev. Henry H. Pohiman, J. D., of Albany, New York, was last week elected for two years the President of the General Synod of the Evangelicat Lutheran Church of the United States, now in session at Harrisburg, Pa. Twercy-three yoars ago the fed Se ea presided over the same ecclesiasti- cal ly. ‘The new Assistant Bistop of the Protestant Episco- pal Church in Virgin’, Right Rev. Francis M, Whit- tle, D. D., 18 @ native of Goochland county, Va., and is about forty-fow years of age. He succeeded Bishop Wilmer as the rector of the church in Berry- ville, Clarke coxnty, Va., and was from thence called to Kentucky He has for some years ere filled the pastorate «” the largest Episcopal church in that State, tho! of St. Paul’s, at Louisville, and comes to his new charge followed by the prayers of a large congrezation, who have been knit together in good worts by his earnest labors among them. 4 contemporary, speaking of a retigious revival in Waterbury, says such an excitement prevails that German Evangelism in the West. The special Berlin correspondent of the HERALD, writing under date of April 30, furnishes the follov- ing information on a subject very interesting to ome of our Lutheran communities in the West:—Some months ago a circular from the Evangelical consisto- ries calied the attention of young clergyuen to the vast field of activity open to them abrotd, especially in Wisconsin and other States of the Union, whence invitations from German Evangel-al Lutheran com- inunities had been received. Th Pleasant chance for theologists in the want of a Ck has lately been dis- couraged by another circula’ Coming from the same consistories, by order of ‘te High Church council, stating that the said syed of Wisconsin had evinced such hostility to the milon existing in Prussia and to the Church of the jad that henceforth and as long ‘as it would insist pon its antagonistic views it would be impossibic teallow ministers employed there a re- turn to their mlulve congregations, ‘A complai’ Of the Jewish congregation in Schwe- rin, addresed to the Bund chancellor, relative to the right of /Uzenship and free settlement, independent of relieus creed, Within the North German confede- ratio, WAS answered on the Isth to the effect that secton one of the bund law did not abridge the pri- aege of State governments to attach such condi- toms as they may see fit to the po: sion of real es- tate, not excepting ihe right to exciude citizens on the ground of their religious persuasion. Curious and Importaut Facts in Relntion to Protestantism in France. The Protestant Bible Society of Paris held its an- nual meeting on the 30\h of April at the chureh of the Oratvire, in the Rue St. ilono: ‘The President, M. Guizot, commenced the proceedings with an ad- dress opening in these words:—The present assem- bly is one of pecuilar interest, as we are now arriving at the period at which, fifty years ago, your associa- | ver next it | tion wa founded. ‘In the month of Oc will celebrate its first jubilee. In i818 forty-tive of the most notable Protestants in Yrance asked the government of Louis XVIII. for authorization to found a permanent society for propagating In their Bible, that great monument consecrated the Christian faith. On the 9th Octo- ir M. de Cazes replied to them tnat the meeting was in no Way opposed to the state of the law or the intentions of the govern- ment, and the permission asked for was granted. On the Ith October your committee heid its first otticial sitting and the worthy descendant of one of the mog lilustrous, faithful and virtuous of French estants, the Marquis de Jaucourt, became your | sident and reiained so until his death.” “The speaker then alluded to the numerous political changes which had taken place in Europe since that period, and then asked what had een the conduct of the French Bible society during so many convul- sions, the answer being as follows:—*It has simply, quietly und incessantly continued to distribute te lioly Scriptures, 11 nas persisted in presenting them a4 the source and rule of taith for a Christian life. On that condition alone, and by following that rule of conduct, could your society pursue its work and accomplist its destiny.” ‘The chairman terminat us conti with the san hope and the same perseverance and we sh end by obtaining @ like suec In using that werd I will not anticipate the report of the committee, which will tell you of the results we have accom- lished during the last fifty In our modest ‘rench Protestant Church our ety has ¢ tributed 600,000 copies of the Scriptures, at a cost o! more than two millions of francs. compared with what the English bible Societ; done in the same period and for the same ct Since 1804, the time of ite foundation, it has distri- buted 52,669,089 —— of the holy writings: and m the course of a single year, between the sot March, 1866, and the 50th March, 1867, it expended on thar work 6,637,450f, Such results are, no doubt, ina great imeasure due to the power and w hot ¢ Ly hus n | eye of a nee But what is that | “several men threw away their tobacco boxes— another agreed to plant no more of the vile weed. Among the converts were several Germans, two In- dians and a blacksmith.” A New Hampshire paper says there is a sad connection between strong drink and mur- der, another instance of which comes up in the case of the Seabrook tavern keeper who gave a giass of liquor to Pike as he walked on to murder the Browm. Far be it from us to say what propor- tion of blame belongs to him; but tt is a well known fact that almost all great criminals nerve themselves up to their criminal act by a stimulating drink. In 1862 there were but 32 ministers and 2,141 mem- bers of the Methodist Church In Missouri, There are now abont 200 ministers and 26,000 members—an in- crease of about 4,000 a year. A disvision of the State into two conferences is advocated, and the prediction is made that in four years hence they will each embrace 150 ministers and 20,000 members, A convention, composed of all the evangelical de- nominations of Western New York, will be held tn Buffalo in the latter part of June. Similar conven- tions have been held during the past year in nearly all the Western States, The objects of the conven- tion will be united prayer and conference in respect to the best methods of combining all the family of Christ together so as to make united and aggres- sive efforts iu promoting the cause of the Redeemer. ‘The Macon (Mo.) Arqvs learns that there isa strong prospect of a new college being built In that elty under the auspices of the Methodist Church, South, Mr. Thomas Talbot, of the Governor's Council, in Massachusetts, has made the Baptist Society of Bille- rica, of which Rev. John D. Sweet is pastor, the liberal offer of the sum of $10,000 for the erection of a church edifice at North Billerica, and as much more as the proposed building may happen to cost them. He also agrees to pay $500 per anuum toward the support of preaching, and at his decease to leavo the society a fund of $6,000, the interest of which is to be devoted to the same purpose. This genero- sity isthe more remarkable from the fact that Mr. Talbot is a Unitarian, Forcign Religious Notes. The correspondent of the Loadon Post at Re writes: striking instance of a purely rejigu vocation in its most austere mou form aiforded by the withdrawing from the ence of a fashionable London Hon. G. Lane F ! adheres to the strictly penitentiary rales of a Domi- nician novice in the monastery of Santa Sabin, voluntarily inflicting upou himself severer peaan even than the rales of the Order require of him. 1 undersiand that this conscientious convert’s ultimate intentions are to embrace the strictest rules of mo- Rastic life, as presented by the Carthusian or ‘Trap- pist Orde! A Hong Kong (China) pay fays:—“Bishop Williams, » D., and the Re' ,. Nelson, of the American church, Shanghae, arrived at this port ‘Thursday's steamer. As these gentie- men are connected with the American Protestant FEptscopai Church they may be supposed to meditate the establishment of @ mission at this port. Such a step we should hail with the greatest pleasure, as representing the activity of American missions in the East, now happtiy become a matter of history.” The Liberation Society of Great Britain announce that the present state of the Church of Enghand will be treated upon at their annual conference, to take place next mont, The Paris Univers, in alate number, cited an extract from an article published hy the Abbe Corbiet tn the Revue de VArt Chrétten, concerning @ new light sup- Posed to be thrown on the words of our Saviour in the sentenee, “It is easier for a camel to go through the le than for a rich man to enter into the kingriom of God.” He states that a traveller recently discovered that there Was at Jerusalem @ customs’ | gate called the “eye of the needle,” so Parrow and so low that a camel laden with goods could with dim- wet through hy crouching on its knees. It is, ever, to be remarked that the same explanation occurs in a Latin treatise on alms written by a Jesul: named Drexetius and published at ee in 1641, | or more then two hundred years aga The abbe is rilliant exist- life adopted by the who now wears the garb and v of the Jat February | | Britam, but infinitely more so to the and a. ence of the Bible. e successof that half century, the jubilee of which our Bible Society ts about to celebrate, belongs mach more to divine aid tian w tuman efforts, Brigham Young Sermonizes Upon Wowen. A short Ume since Brigham Young discoursed upon womaukind generally, saying:—Ever since | knew that my mother was a woman I have loved the sex and delight in their chastity. The man who abuses or tries to bring dishonor upon the female sex is a fool, and does not know that his mother or sister were women. Women are more ready to do and Jove the right than men are; and if they could have @ little guidance, and were encouraged to carry ont the instincts of their nature they would effect a revo- lution for good in any community a pat deat quicker than Men can accomplish 11." Menhave teen placed on the earth to bear rule end to lead in every good work, and if they Would do their duty to-day in oUF OWM government and then throughout the world, ‘yy woukl stop me “Mormons” marrying so mon¥ wives, and the ladies would have somebody to pretect them and they would not need flee to the Mormon elders for protection. But outside of this communtiy they are destroying th® sex, ruining ali they can, and then they of their villany. 1 wisi the witole poopie of the United States could hear me now. | woud say to them, jet every man in fhe land take a wife, and then go to work with your hands and cultivate ‘the earth, or labor at some mechanical business or some honest trade to yourselves and those w! #ubsumtence, observing temperance and joving truth and virtue. Then wonid the women be cared for, ee avout | rere an honest living for | above mentioned says:—“The Greek word cameos | also signifies a cable, sunis noutious, probably made | of camel's hair; and although one may more naturally think of the dimeutity of passing a cable than a came! | through te eye of a needle, yet the existence of a | low gate at Jerusalem bearing that designation the question in a more satisfactory manner. ¢ Kishop of Derry and Raphoe, Rey. Dr. Alex- » Spoke recently on the subject of religious ep- ts at the reopening of the Macosquin parist } church. On ascending the pulpit, he stated that it | had been his intention, in view of the calamitous cristy which lad come upon the Church, to address the large congregation on the subs but, on re- flection, it occurres the place—the honae of God Passion —were not muitabi however, that he ex- ressed the seepest conviction of lis heart when he eclared le knew—let the state or Parliament do what they pleased—the Church in Ireland would not ‘oyed. It deatileas and immortal @ would stand 9 firmly that not even thé ates of hell could preva against '. He them pro- The London Church Missionary Society ie estab. lishing @ seminary in India to train native pastors and teachers With @ view to qualifying sach persons ae are to be employed in epirivual work for mmeertng difficalties and objections made by educated Moham- medans and Hindoos ayainst Christianity, | STORM PHENOMENA.—It said that after a storm | near Muscatine, Iowa, @ few days since, Major Chap: | man found several stalks of ground cherries in his orchard, the leaves en, the buds yellow wind fruit | perfectiy ripe. This stage of the plant is at least lour months ahead of that latitude, and is in advance even of the Southern States, and itis thought that the berries must have been brought from the West India isiands, where the tornads ariginated. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET CITY POLITICS. The Field ef Politics from a Local Stand> Point—The Late Impeachment Question—The Chicago Platform—The Republican Ticket The Democratic Convention and Its Probuble Cendidates—Local Issues=The Governor- ship—The City Judgeship, The regular work of the political campaiga has not yet systematically been commenced, notwithstand- ing that fast fleeing time is rapidly bearing us to that: point when results must take che place of preparatory action. In the minds of leaders of parties and the hosts of subaiterns who hang on to them suflicient cause for this apathy has been found in the unsettled state of the country generally, the uncertainty which for so long a time hung over the question of impeach- ment, and, so far as our local politics were concerned, in the fact that until the closing measures of the Legislature had developed themselves no political movements were possible, These motives and reasons for inaction no longer exist. The Legislature has adjourned, and members and Senators have returtied to their homes to make ail needful preparation for the now inevitable active service of the campaign. The oppressive and almost deadly incubus of impeachment, under which the business and life of the whole country so long suf- fered, has at last been removed, anda healthy and vigorous reaction will immediately set in, ‘This very impeachment question it was that especially retarded political movements by either of the great parties of the country, The vadicals playing fora great stake— the entire control of the government for another Presidential term, during which they might and would most assuredly take measures for perpetuating the radical rule for many other terms to come—have played the great impeachment card and lost. The country breathes freer to-day than it has for months, And well it may, “It is saved from committing the great crime of convicting a President of the United States upon the frivolous charges raked up by Stevens, Butler &Co, Conviction in this case would be charged against the whole country, The attempt is alone chargeable to the radical leaders in Con- gress, and with them in the future will rest the igno- miny of the attempt and the disgrace of defeat. Once more the political atmosphere is clear—the nation strides night onward, and as one of the healthiest signs of its vitality the people, through their delegates, have entered upon the duty of noiul- nating and electing a Chief Magistrate in whose hands the destinies of the country ure to be confided tor the coming Presidential term of four years from the 4th day of March next, THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION TICKET, lays more the Republican Convention meets at Chicag Impor_ ant issues wait upon the resuli of the action of that convention. ‘To some ex- tent the goal at which the convention must has b it nearer to them since the «d AND PRESIDENTIAL Ina few the n impeachment. Had the succee: potential voice of Ben Wad have bh rd at their cou 3. He, there! n and his power and his designs are counted out no troubles, entanglements or complications of am- bitious aspirants soaring under his pinions c: therefrom. ‘The name of the late presiding of! the High Court of Impeachment, Chief Justice Chase, in te event of the conyi tion of the President, would aso have been an element and a power in the con- ve tion at Unicago to have aroused interest and ex- citement in the deliberations of that body which, from jate events at Washington, they must lack Of Wade there will be nothing hevrd there. Mr. Chase’s name will be undoubtedly put forward; but in the face of the great strength the Grant men have secured, in the defeat of the trial that would have made Wade and Chase so powerful antagonisis, the Grantites have no fearof the nomination of their favorite. From present appearances General Grant will be the first and last favorite of the republicans of this city and State. Both branches of the republi- can party in this city are fur him, and but for local rivalries—but for that antagonism which the pursuit of the same personal ends, the desire which the pos- session of the spoils engende: hey might join hands and work in concert and mony for the suc- cess of the ticket. But there is as great a flutter in the respective headquarters as ir they were politically opposed to each other, each making great prepara- tions for mustering in strong force in Chic: on Wednesday next. Asa whole, the party here as sanguine that the Grant and Fenton ticket will carry the whole country with them in November next as Judge Rarnard, to use a sporting phrase, will have nothing more to do thyn walk over the course. THE CITY JUDGESHIP (YOUNG AND OLD AMERICA) is the only office that prom.ses anyUsing of an tnter- esting strugele for the possession of. And here Young and Old America come into conflict. On the side of the former is ranged, naturally, the prepen- derating influence and support of the popular vote; and were there no other political influences at work in such a the victory would, as it always ought to other claims being equal, with Young America, But appeai to the popular vote in such cases. party considerations prevent 4 direct ‘The nomi nee of the party must be the successful candi- date, for against the caucus candidate there is rarely an opposition filed. The candidates for this nomination, therefore, are the present incumbent, Jdndge Russel, and the talented young Assistant District Attorney, Gunning 8, Bedford, Jr. The latter, naturally enough, concludes that, as he is ambitious to climb, the person oa the rung of the ladder above him ought also to advance upwards, or else, if inca- pable of pushing further ahead, move out of the wa! and make reom for others who are pushing behind, and to whose advanc:ment he is the only obstacle. The argument that is sometimes urged st a Can- didate, that he is “too young and can afford to wait,” is very illogical and certainly will nos go down with aspiring Young America, ‘If it were permitted to revail there would be no Young America at alt, for it is from the fact of the very pluck, the talent, the aptitude for business and the success achieved in early life by the young men of the day that has made the term “Young America” synonymons with Ameri- ca’s present greatness and reuown. The “out’’ can- didate has many contemporaries at this moment holding higher oficial station than he at present aspires to, He does not, peruaps, count a summer less in his life than did Judge Cardozo, now of the Supreme Bench, when he was elected by the suffrages of his fellow citizens to the Court of Com- mon Pleas. Among the young men of his age hold- ing oifice may be enumerated Judge Barrett of the Common Pleas; Henry E. Davi ‘ublic Adininistra- tor; Abraham R. Lawrence, the Tammany candidate tor Corporation Counsel; Judge Barnard was Record- er when he was 26 years of age; Sheriff O’Brien, an- other representative of Young America, and many others. Reference is only had in this connection to the ridiculous time serving cry, “he is too young and can afford to wait.” No man can attord to wait or to stand still a single day in his tracks, He must either keep up with the full tide or be thrown on the bank as an obstruction and an incumbrance. ‘This ig not likely to be the fate of any young American imbued with the laudable goaheadativeness of his race, Judge Russel has powerful friends in the ring, but Mr. Bedford lacks neither encouraging as- surances from influential advocates having the ear of the kitchen court nor earnest, well directed suj port. It isa pretty fight as it is, and the oniy one in ci visa ang likely to enliven the election in’ Decem- rr next, BOOK NOTICE. WHERE 18 THE CiTy?—A 16mo, volume, published by Roberts Bros., Boston, This is the title of one of those peculiar books that periodically emanate from the half-crazed brain and prolific imegimation of some religious fanatic, and which seldom survive the brief hour of wonder and amazement that such works invariably afford toa limited number of readers. The book appears anonymously, the author probably havibg some good or eccentric excuse for withholding his name from the public; yet it requires no extraordinary skill or shrewdness on the part of the reader to discover that the writer, whoever he may be, under the soubriquet of “Israel Knight,” makes himself the hero of his own work, and then laboriously endeavors to lavest said hero with countless metaphysical graces and virtues, and almost succeeds in persuading the realer to regard him as one of the funniest, most logical and positively one of the cutest chaps in all Christendom. The inquiry, ‘Where is the city ?”’ re- lates to neither our own lovely Gotham, nor the busy “Hub,” nor to any of the other modern Babylons or Gomorrahs; nor, strictly speaking, does it refer to that celestial city supposed by the truly pious to be situated somewhere beyond the clouds, but it refers rather to the Utopian city of all such fantastic zealots as the author of the work now before us, and the name of which place on some particular day, we are told, shall be, “The Lord is there.” Quite a pleasant and captivat- ing name that for any city. However, to find this city the youthful Israel—it must be borne in mind that the hero is only a beardless boy—starts upon a journey, and meets with many strange, thrilling, ludicrous and romantic adventures, some of which they gre certain that that will be the ticket chosen by the convention. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. ‘The democratic party have been quietly watching the movements of theif opponents all this time, and though they have made no sign to move themselves, they have noted with quick discerning eyes the mar- shalling of the hosts of their opponents; every manoeuvre, every change of froat, the whole strength and weakness of the party is known to them. With the useful information thus acquired, and with the final order of battle which the events at Chicago will develop to them, they will no doubt enter at once n the campaign, determined to take no rest out of the saddie til the day ts lost and won. Many of the more important leaders now acknowledge the wisdom of the HERALD's Judgment as to the lateness of the day fixed upon for electing a leader and stand- ard bearer, by whom the pariy must stand or fall in the contest. They say a month's inost valuable time is lost to the cause by delaying action till the 4th of July. The 4th of June, they confess, would have been more auspicious for the canse, as, with the events just transpired im Wash the action of the republicans at upon men’s minds, @ more resolved enthuslastic action might have been excited throngh- out tie democratic ranks all over the country, Every- tuing, however, depends upon the leader under whom they will take tue field. And here is the difficulty with the party. Confining themseives within mere party lines they fail to tind in their ranks a man of suiticient prominence, standing and claim upon the country for past services, whose joyalty stood the test of secession. They lave not one such among them, and yet, Knowing how the masses of the de- railied to the flag when the country was in y overlook the deme eadérs who asses aud the na ion to vietory, because, forsoota, in their v loyalty to the government and to the republi ity io democracy. For this Grant and Low: kand Farragut, and a host itude of thy day that party, Wi itself and iis erstwhile will be without # representative struggie comes on. , In the convention to be held early in July next there is littie doubt but the names of Pendieton, of Onto, anid . Will be presented for first plac But under the action of a two-thirds vote, which ts necessary ina democratic convention to elect, both will be kil The two lidates most mnmently spoken of are irst place, and Engtish, of mnecticut, as second on the ticke These gentie~ men will likely be the compromise candidates, and tis it seems Is tthe party can do, How far, should the moun \ ed with no better de- livery than this, such @ ticket would meet the wishes and expectati (i approval of the democracy, remains tw be seen. That ticket, however, will hardly satisfy the young war democrs who, despite of party leaders and political claptraperies, feel bound to go with that side and that party who has acomrade’s name on the ticket for their suifrages, or at least the name of one who was the soldier's ana country’s friend during the four years of war. This is the present condition of the democratic party on the Presidential question, THR LOCAL ISSUKS—THE GOVERNORSHIP, as they appear to the unobservant mind, are unim- portant, With the exception of the race for the gub- ernatorial prize, So far as the Tammany candidate i concerned, and the ultimate changes ren necessary should be succeed in the contest, the whole thing is already arranged, cut and dry. There have been great rejotcings held m the Tammany kitchen over the success of the whole policy of the ring. There has'nut been one solitary political con- trefeimps to regret—not a blunder to deplore. The ring ruled without an oppeaition worthy of the name the whole legisiat ve body at Albany from the first to the last day of the session. Lt even wrested from the democ ft Kings the o1 Mice tha: by right belonge Kkiyn—the Police Com- missionership leader when the c. Marphy of strength Kings county denucratic s The gold ot ‘Tamme Was foo perstasive for the feaity of the Kings county ation, fel) of from their oid ae y if he had the plague, Senator Murphy's nami * Jonger mentioned in connection with the governor: no ship, aud the country members, manipulated and Joled by Tweed and Sweeuy during the late sea . have not a conscionce all thelr own. Alt is eubserviency to the influence of the ring. THM PROWABLE VACANCY IN TH MAYORALTY. In the event of the Tammany chiet being elected to the gubernator: term will be flile¢ MeL hair the Halaice of the Mayoral y Street Commissioner George W one of the prominent leaders of the ring. THE LIRUTENANT GOVERNORSELT is & Matterof more importance toe the influential masé of electors in this city competed with the dls Ullery and brewery business than (at of either the Governor or Mayor. There is no openly expressed dissatisfaction at the action of the democratic mem- hers in regard (0 the obnoxious Exe! Ww. The whiskey dealers generally give tneir late representa- tives credit for good intentions in suck efforts as they made to secure a modifies nof the law. They in- tend to return to th , ent in the i n time they are Lieatenant 4 rhor, the presiding ofcer of the Sanate, shall be one on whom they can rely for casting hts yote for amendment or modification in their favor should @ sinlier opportunity fe; doing so again occar as that hich gave the republican Liettenant € ermor aud resident of the Senate the power of ca wainstAlem. THE OTHER ORV ICY : ‘The vacancy in the supe Court oecasioned. by the expiration of Judge Barnari’s term of ace wil be filled for anotiier term by the present meumbent. ‘There i# Ho Opposing candidare in the totd—ne ttin- erant aeeker alter tnattainabie place, “Hig J * has been kiown to express himself tn favew af trahsiation to Yre offve; xo that. in, fact. AY SUPREME CO are told in a clear, forcible manner, with an undercur- rent of humor pervading the whole, which, if itdoes not exactly hold up to ridicule or derision, certainly smacks of unquestionable irreverence. Forgetful of the fact that man cannot serve God and Mammon at the same time, our author, Yankce-like, attempts to kill two birds with one stone by mixing up business with his search for the city; but whether or not he made travelling expenses deponent ge It transpires in the fore part of the book that the city our hero is in quest of is the true Church, and he re- lates in a serio-comic manner the misfortunes and escapades that befell him before he succeeded in reaching his goal.. He tried every road that held out the slightest hope or inducement of leading thither, except those marked “Catholic” or “Jewish,” and these he evidently did not consider as pointing in the right direction, or else thought them too hard to travel. His experience among the Baptlsts, Congregationalists, -Methodists, Epis- copalians, Swedenborlans, ' Spirit- ualista, Universalists and Unitarians is some- times very amusing in its way; but at no time is it over Nattering to any of these particular sects, He found something to admire and much to condemn in all, but not one of them, according to his way of think- ing, was the quick, certain, sure, safe road tothe city. If the hero of the book had devoted himself more to religious poe and less to worldly affairs he might have succeeded better in his undertaking. But after tarrying awhile among the Baptists, Methodists, Spiritualists and a host of other religious denomina- tions—every one of which he now abuses more or dess—the precocious Israel did find the city; but it ‘was not within the fold of any particular church, but upon the broad ground of “Cliurch Union,” which latter t apparently the reai object of the book, From its pages, however, we giean this consolation: We are all travelling directly toward the city, and shall surely reach it, if we but lead good, Christian lives and work for the good of our fellow man, no matter what may be our religious beliefs ot aha so that we judge not one another. Regarded as a pure- ly religious work, this book has too much levity, ridl- cule and contempt mixed up with its poorly selected quotations from the Scripture to suit even the most ultra Church Unionist of the present day; and its general reading matter will be pretty certain to 1 ninety-nine out of every one hundred of its POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Rotten Borough System in Connecticut. The New Haven Hegister-—democratic—in order to give an idea of the ridiculous basis of representation in Connecticut, by which the popular vote may be greatly overridden in the Legislature, submits a few facts from the late election returns, as pubiishea in all the journals of the State. It will be seen that several small towns send as many representatives to the Legislature as the same number of large ones:— 3 towns gave 18,884 votes, have 6 representatives. owns gave ‘863 votes, have 6 representatives. 10 towns gave 30,509 votes, 10 towns gave 1,424 votes, ltown gave 9,301 votes, has 2 representatives. ltown gave .172 votes, has 2 representatives. ltown gave 5,001 votes, has 1 representative. 1town gave 109 votes, has 1 representative. 20 towns gave 41,787 votes, have 90 representatives, 20 towns gave 3,842 votes’ have 30 representatives. It so happens that a majority of these small towns send radical members to the Legislature—thos having equal representation with the cities and larger towns, New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury, Bridgepert, New London and Middletown comprise about one-third ‘the entire ro of the State, and are entitied to only nine in the House, out of over two hundred and forty members. This is the reason why the Legisia- ture does not fairly represent the public senliment of the State. lave 20 representatives. have 20 representitives, Political Miscellany. The Washington special of the Chicago Aepubli- can—radival--May 11 furnishes the following, which will of course relieve the democrats of any further trouble about their Fourth of July. nominations:— ‘The democracy Will nominate General Hancock for President aud T. A. Hendricks for Vice President, notwithstanding the Pendieton took out West, The most knowl men among m say so. The re- publicans will not have 4o easily defeated a man to deal with as Pendleton would prove. The democrats in the Ohio Legislature talk of im- peaching a Judge Burk, and a Cleveland radical paper says that is the way to make him Supreme Judge of the State, According ‘o the radical authority, then, impeachment is the high read to advancemen*. A Western radical paper says that private letters. received in Washington state that the friends of Mr. Pendieton are Rolding a cancus in Cincinnat, having become alarmed at the immense popularity of Han- cock, It is thought by many that Pendleton himself ‘will withdraw from the contest, and that Hancock wil) be nominated by acclamation. ng his vote | Not even the [ ‘The Tennessee Democratic State Convention will | be held in Nashville June 7. Referring to the call | the Nashville Uaion (temocratic) says it is properly directed “to all who oppose the party in power.” ‘The Detroit Free Press saye the following aboriginal heing discussed:—For President, Hole-in- A ntppewy Vice President, Hole-in-the-Sky, saxcit. ‘The first is a great vhieftain and the jatter a great orator, and they may be found to be necessary substitutes upen the Jacobin ticket for Grant and Wade. Hole-tn-the-Dav has algo a decided | axing for the beverage. NEW YORK AND PARIS FASHIONS. ‘The most noticeable feature of the present style is the absence of difference in tone, or more properiy speaking to the use of two stuis im one toilet, and when the material is not used quite plain it is Bow con- sidered necessary that skirt, bodice and jacket should be of thesame fabric, The parasol should also be of the same color, and if possible of the same stuff as the dress. There exists a tendeucy to the giving up of the train amd the shortening of walking costumes. Short dresses are now made fuller behind a6 are also trained evening dresses. Light colors for toilets are in demand, and lace. a8 @ trimming is growing in favor. Parasols are to’ correspond with the toilet, and to harmonize nicely should be trimmed with lace, the latter being often edged with an indented ruching of the material forming the parasol, There is an at- tempt at present to revive the fashion of the first empire im making parasois serve for walking sticks. ‘These are generally made of linen or silk, with plain handles and feruies so long that they actually form neat canes’aud may be used as such as Well as being: employed im poking out the optics of ogling males. ts and ters are now of every conceivable color, from black to white, or from a light blue toa fiery red. The heel is invariably the same shade as the upper, and they are very often worn to match the dress, These articles were never before so tastily paren up as at present, but some of them are over- loaded with ornamentation. Besides the neatly ar- ranged lacings or buttons, they are very often’ fur- nished with a few flourishes of embroidery or large rosettes, which lends them a stub-like air, which not at ail pleasant. The Comargo is the name given to a sort of bas- quine of a totally new shape and should always be of the same material as tue robe. It is named atter @ celebrated danscuse of the last century, and 1s merely a long basquine slit open at each side and or- namented with bows. of taffety. The ceinture has Foe asd and is fastened in a bow at the back of he waist, The attempt to revive the scarf has met with but poor encouragement, yet it is admitted that the scarf nue graceful and extremely becoming to a slender re, Some endeavors have been made to: lower the height of the coiffure, but hitherto without success. ‘The hair is still worn high on the head and straight on the foreiead, the temples being entirely unco- vered, The curled chignon is favorable to the high coitture. The Empress, however, does not wear her hair dressed very high, though her Majesty adopts the curled chignon. It is now impossible to dispense with artificial hair in the arrangement of a colifure for full evening dress. The natural hair cannot, with- out great difficulty, be curled in the long ringiets, en repentirs, as they are styled; and if they are curled, the natural hair would be scraight again in an hour. The Chignon Impératrice can be made only with ar- paola hair, The Chignon Bacchante still maintains favor. THE PARIS FASHIONS. ToHets at the Royal Italian Wedding—A Biaze of Beauty, Diamonds and “Lovely Dresses”—The Prettiest Ladies—How the Bride Looked and What She Said—Style of Beauty of the Princess—How to Wear a Queenly Train—French Arrangements for a Princely Wedding—“What is Out” in Silk Mantles=Wonderful Flounces. Paris, May 1, 1868. All the handsomest things have come out at the Italian wedding, where Princess Margherita was, ac- cording to a special correspondence sent me on the subject, a large diamond star, round which no less lovely. though lesser, stars revolved in all the pomp of satin, velvet, lace and gems. From the quantity of information given and from what I saw before the attire was packed for the solemnity, it must have been a gorgeous affair. Mule, Menabrea was the prettiest maid, the Queen Pia of Portugal, the most childlike of Queens (except- ing, of course, the new born Queen of Huggary); the Prince of Prussia, the most heroic of presumptives; the Prince Napoleon, the least welcome of Princes, and Prince Humbert himself, the bridegroom, the genfleman whose hair had been curled and brushed with undentable evidences of great painstaking. Anecdotes are not wanting, It is affirmed that when the bride walked to the altar she looked as if she had been brought up for it from her birth. She had one glove half on, the other half off; she wore no orange blossom because of the immense dia- monds; her robe was coversd by a long flowing jace vell that formed a train two yards and three quarters and four inches long. She emiled on her husband when holy ceremonies were over as if she felt very happy, and when she returned to the Palace said “she never would be able to dance in that dress, although her joy wes so immense she felt as if she could jump for glee.” So the dress was taken off, and the happy pair drove round the town and were shouted at everywhere, Poor lttle Pri she was once on the verge of marrying a Wallachian Hospodar, col uently of being fed on roseleaf pomatum and lin oi! sou) in Lent; so the change must have been delightful, and the Queen of Italy in perspective was quite jus- tified in casting loving glances on her cousin, even if vague souvenirs of Petia and Wallachian pista- chio nuts in jelly did get combined with her sincere attachment for hi I have been assured by a lady, Comtesse Rataton- iini, that Princess Margherita is not a perfect beauty and that her teeth are not regular. I have not been able to judge of the truth of this assertion, but I have often heard gentlemen say, who know Comtesse Ratatouillini’s teeth, that hers are the most faultiess set they have ever seen; so it is probable the bride has a defective something about the mouth not quite sharp enough. T think the ince of Prussia’s heroism to which I have alluded ought to be explained before I leave this nuptial subject. The Princess danced on the evening the marri: contract was signed, and acci- dentally tore a bit of lace off a flounce. Her ladies, who are not suggestive, looked fearfully distressed at the disaster, but offered no remedy. The Prince of Prussia stepped forward and took up the flounce be- tween thumb and finger, then bese 8 smiled. Everybody looked on, and, to the horror of the ladies be it said, they saw him produce a pocket nécessaire, from which he extracted a pair of scissors, which bo 2 afer on the lace with surgical dexterity. When the piece was off—oh, ruthless act!—Princess Mar- eritaheld out her hand for the morsel, but the nce folded it up, and after pressing {t to his heart slipped it in (he nécessaire (Berlin make) and actually kept it. If his wife had been Queen Victoria instead of only — Princess of England, and he had been Prince Albert, how many cups of tea would have been lost by this Teutonic manifestation! On the evening of the wedding day the bride wore a diamond cross which had formerly been presented to Victor Emmanuel by Count Cavour in the centre of a diadem which was then called the “Star of Italy.’? A peculiarity much noticed by ladies who study court robes was the elegant way in which Queen Pia’s train was put on. it fell from the shoulders in sweeping blue velvet folds, and as she is very slight it must have been very becoming. But to return to Paris. Here, too, I have to tell tales of true lovers. Prince Achille Murat and his aftianced, Princess Salomé, are in great distress, ‘Their wedding is postponed. le may be as im- perial as possible in France, but no one can get on without deeds and documents, and a most important act is wanting in the Princese’ family papers—the certificate of her father’s death. It has been tele- A for, but it was not found where it ought to we been. People swore the fllustrious father was dead; some were fouiid who said he had “diced on the throne,” which I hope he did, not if it is so prickly a seat as kings affirm. Then it was thought possibie that Princess Salomé’s mother had the docament lying by a¢ St. Petersburg, and the telegraph was set in motion between all the courts again. Only @ stoppage ensued; something wouldn't go; and, lo! on investigation ft came out that the autocrat’s lines had been cut to defeat rogress, > Here is a pretty case to be in, with all the Valen cioennes frills on the pillow cases, skirts, falbalas. and shirt rumes. To erown the disappointment, even when a special carrier had been despatched by steain where steam could be got, and by sleds where the tce ts not melted, and by postchaises where a driver can be made to understand, even then Prince Achille Murat, on calling at the Hotel du Louvre to pay his beloved princess a visit, got thrown out of his lbury and bruised in such & Way that he could not get up the steps with proper eagerness at ali. 1 have, therefore, another Ww! before me for the deseription of the trousseau, and hasten to give a categorical enameration of what really ts most ad- visable in the silk mantle line. The Polonaise are too well Known to require de- scription. They are long tight casaques, crossing Shawi-like over the bosom. If too long they are de- cidediy heavy, amd no short, stout belle shoula be addicted to them, The Impératrice is. a tight faille casaqne having vows and ende behind, one of which stands up lke a sheaf and two bang down behind. a ine celeiite is Gi hay joose, with a (ramming gf jahlias and satin leaves. ier it and short, much worked ‘The Marguerite is-strai over; It is Hot tight, bat, ~ ag barrow, hangs loose ‘ wide casague with a waist we han a bat che folds Iu front and at the back form fans band, but the folds in on the waist. Lady beware! None but the slightest and it may attempt it. The Rachel ig the most complicated of all. It isa loose and straigh! ult oF thick gros grain manie; round iGielnid te ates are scarf ende: under the arm the framt is a jacket. It ts trimmed all around with three vay of satin cros#-cate and frinj do ngt admire it. TES onvour highly recommend. | It is 9 Ktraight jacket behind, forming a scarfin front, trimmed with black lace, headed by cross cots. The so-calied style of ail the above mantles much depends on their trimmings. | hav much aad so often desaribed the flehus that theres little to add. The ends behind are the me i \magination. Some are nothing but fate vf oroesed ‘over hafore and behind and kevt to the waist by a band, Others are founces all over— a very ugly fy-away idea. Flounces are a perfect, Jurore. As many as thirty- six ere to ‘on muslin and all the thirty-six are tobe frills of Valenciennes! Woe to the purses of papas and too indulgent husbands. ‘This Valencien- nes display is also fashionable on silks and light giacés, Pockets, cuM™ and epaulets are made of Valenciennes for the latter material. The lophopharne and beetle are stil! creeping over everybody; the fire or dame color makes ove warm even in auticipation, Yak and lama lace are te be in great 1avor. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Bergh ex rel. One Goat vs. Michael Conadlly, P. J.—Correspondence Between Philanthropy and Justice. The philanthropist, Bergh—the champion of turttes, turkeys, dogs and donkeys; the lover of horsefiesh, whether living or cooked; the persistent prosecutor of men or boys who lay turtles on their backs, tie gobblers by the legs, crop puppies’ ears or fight their dogs, and who would have been peculiarly fortunate had he been tn the neighborhood of “the house that Jack built,” as he might have caused the arrest of the owners of the dog'and cat mentioned in the pa- ‘thetic and poetic legend of that domicile—has taken up the cudgel against members of the Board of Po- lice Justices, and having come off second in his tilt with the fearless and prompt dispenser of justice, Joseph Dowling, of the First District Police Court and Court of Special Sessions, he turns toward the other end of the town, and finds what, to him, looks like a favorable opening for a shot at the “heavy weight” of the Fourth District Court, Judge Connolly, to whom he has indited and transmitted a caustic and charaeter- istic epistle. The “Big Judge’ has replied to the aforementioned epistie (which, together with the reply, may be found below), and it will be seen that the retund, rubicund, jocund justice has completely “laid out” the champion (in this case) of the goat, and has shown him that he (Judge Connolly) is ne “kid,” and that tormentors of dumb animals are not of his kidney any more than of Mr. Bergh’s. As Mr. B. has been so badly worried and worsted by both C. and D., it is to be hoped that no enthusiast wilt cause the arrest of the latter two on a charge of" “eruelty to animals.” The correspondence, abeve referred to, is as follows:— PHILANTHROPY TO JUSTICE. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREY! CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, OVFICE 696 BROADWAY, New Yorks, April 13, 1868, Justice CONNOLLY:— Sin—Saturday evening aman named James Dela- ney was arrested and taken before you at court for violating the fifth section of the law of 1867, for the prevention of cruelty to animals. This man had @ goat crammed into a barrel, its feet tightly bound by corda, and the owner was carrying it, among other eifects, out to Westchester, a distance of fifteen miles. These facts were sworn to, and yet you dismissed the case, under what seems to me a most extraordinary interpretation of law, namely:—Holding the offender to bail in $200 to keep the peace for six months, Now, sir, we are supposed to be living in a land of law, and neither a magistrate nor any other citizen has a right to disre; that supreme authority. It is quite evident to me that you are determined not to enforce the laws in favor of mercy to dumb animals, and I would therefore earnestly entreat of you to state this publicly, and whenever such cases come before you that you will refer them to another magistrate. It is simply folly to bring them for your consideration. I have no knowledge of any one ever yet having been entertained by you. T intend to discharge my duty faithfully and wnre- mittingly in the humane ition which has been assigned to me, and it is as well that the fact be recognized that the work undertaken by the sock enjoys the entire sympathy and support of all men and women, and when the laws are denied tuetr operation, by no matter whom, :t is done with a fall knowledge of the condemnation which is sure to fol- low. Yours, &€., NRY BERGH, President. JUSTICE TO PHILANTHROPY. POLICE Court, FourtH District, New York, May 18, 1868. HENRY BErcH, Esq.:— Sik—The extraordinary falmination you addressed to me on the 13th uit, was received in due course, but subjects of greater importance have since claimed may attention, and on 8 rept to one of the insinua- tions it conveys involv. e necessity of a retro- spection of my official minutes for some years past, T have hitherto ne,lected to notice it. ‘Lhe insinuation- to which | ailude is made in the covert and cowardly assertion that you have ao knowledge that any complaint for cruelty to animals TION O1 has been ente! by me, when such a know- edge, if not in yope possession and fresh in your memory, was at. easily accessible to you. Since the organization of the society you iy Benya and under its auspices, thirty-one complaints of al- leged “ cruelty to animals” have been brought tomy notice. Of that number eighteen were held to answer, nine of whom gave bonds for appearance at the Court of Special ‘ions, five to the Court of General Sessic two were committed to prison to await trial in default of bail, and in two cases, the offence being of a trivial character, risoners were summarily convicted and fined five doliars each. Of the remaining thirteen cases eight were dismissed for want of any evidence whatever, or for the reason that the charge was too utterly frivolous to be enter- tained; for example the case of the old lady who hada boy arrested because his dog had worried her cat. The remaining four cases were distaissed after @ full and eareful examination of their merits; and among the number was @ Sage ong instigated by ourself inst thtee citizens of the first ility and of elevated moral, as well as mate- with “your” customary pertinactty to. the. very our cus point where the Assistant District Attorney, whose aid you had obtained, was impelled by his sense of justloe to discontinue the prosecution and withdraw the charge. The only remaining case is the one which forms the ostensible pretext for the ebullition of ill temper on your part to which I have now the unpleasant daty of replying; and that case dispose@ of in one of the modes 3; fi prescribed by law. (See Laws N. Y., 1833, chap. 11, sec. 6.) Your version of the matter is, either wilfully or igno- rantly, at variance with the testimony. The ex- tremely forcible if not elegant language in which you assert that “this man had a goat crammed inte @ barrel, its feet tightly bound by cords,” &c., is un- warranted or the real evidence, which was to the effect that a kid (not a goat) was placed in @ barrel. for convenience of ouly suMciently confined to restrain its agile limbs from boundi away in obedience to the roving instincts of its race. Snugly ensconced within the receptacle provided for its comfort and safely, the unwitting object of your sympathetic grief might have journeyed with all the ease its hardy na- ture could desire, Indeed, the only cruelty apparent was that of compuisively subordinating the propen- sities of the brute to the will of man. Since the receipt of your last missive I have had the temerity to dismiss two more complaints for so- called “cruelty to animals.” In one of those instances achild had been bitten by a dog. Being more ter- rifled by the popular apprehension of future suffer- ing from hydrophobia by his offspring than by the fear of immediate punishment to himself from the rabies of benevolence run mad, the father of the child, with the consent of the owner of the dog, put the ferocious beast to death in the most expeditious and mercifal manner possible, by knocking it im the with an axe. The man was, of course, immediately arrested for “cruelty to animals.” In the other instance @ man was arrested for en- cou his dog to fight another dog; but the evi- dence showed that the had only endeavored to separate the belligerent anim: and that the accusation emanated froma long ding grudge held by the ale a against the defendant.. Your demand that, whenever such cases come before me, I shall ‘refer them to some magis- t though made with such exquisite naivete and ko refrigerent an audacity, I am compelled to. resist, for the reason that I am not ph myself, bet! my constitnenta, shirk my vilittes, 00 my. feast and peciare may. soul, oven the behest of the exalted individual whom | have now the honor to address. A few words in reference to the correlative situa- tions in which we are placed, and I have done. as the self-appointed representative of organization, are entitled to the co-o} ministers of the law and of every citizen in car- rying out the legitimate objects of your society. My best endeavors, Mg personally, have been heretofore conveyance and ever at your service. ough you have forti intimated that my course has been in- fNuenced by atitiation with “sport: men,” I have record of my Ls for its yoanrensacen Ay 4 . ave Hever countenance iy presence of those lrntal scenes where men or beasts or birds were combatants: nor have | ever seen the interior ofa penis, house except {n my official capacity and for the suppression of crime. J have, at times, submitted to some acts of officions interference by you which @ proper eelf-re- spect a regard the ition I occupy would have prompted me to rebuke, had I not deemed some allowance due te the eccentricities of @ Well meaning man Whose modicum of intallect is absorbed by one predominating idea, But if such induigence has led you to suppose that I am to be controlled in the performance of the duties of my of~ fice by er other power than the requirements of the law, the light of my reason and the dictates of my conscience, you are most gravely mistaken, Tome is delegated, Vhs choice of the people, the solemn duty of adminis' the law (in ite me haves and in an lor capacity, it is true, and 6o jong as mit tial functions are vested in my hands, so Jong will I continue to hear and determine each and every cause that Tay be brought me “according to the evidence” and precisely as the embodiment of all the Christian virtues in the person of Mr. Henry Bergh had sever a corporeal existence. Yours, &c., MICHAEL CONNOLLY, Police Justice. PoLIce RECORD FOR THE Weex.—The following is the record of arrests made by the police during the past week:—Saturday, 9th inst, 256; Sunday, 140; Monday, 257; Tuesday, 240; Wednesday, 183; Thars- Gay, 108; Prilay, 15th lant, 200, Totaly 496. Since ths Nc he i atten rres' in as is 6,613; February, 6,165; Marek, 6,154; ADriL, 6,130, .