The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1868, Page 5

Fe ceeentinrettaie tienes lamest online, aaron e THE GREAT BOULEVARD. pA LN inal Work Commenced on the Drive—Course of the Road cud Its Surroundinge—Its Ad- vantages and Worth to tie City. It will be remembered by all who are familiar with the various enactments of the State Legislature dur- ing the past few years, by which the jurisdiction of the Park Commissioners was extended from time to time over certain portions of territory within the city limits and outside the Park, that alaw was three years ago prescribiag the route of a new public drive, which has, since its inception, been known as the Boulevard, Bince the law was passed a great deal of time has Deen consumed by the Commissioners in the usual legal formalities of having Commissioners of Esti- mate and Assesament appointed and in acquiring titles to those parts of the various estates through which it was intended from the start that the road should run, The West Side Association also for atime did all in tts power to prevent the opening of the road; but last June the Supreme Court confirmed the report of the assessors made on the property to be used in the construction of the drive from Fifty- Binth street to 155th street, thus virtually giving the Park Commissioners power to begin the work, From June last until the latter part of September the sur- veys of the route were made, and on the Ist of last Month a force of 300 men was put to work in gangs on various parts of the proposed drive, All the houses of brick, stone and wood that lined the route bave already been torn down and the debris sold, and active incasures are being taken to have a good part of the road completed before winter sets in in ear- Best. TOPOGRAPHY OF THE BOULEVARD TERRITORY. Although a great deal has been written and 9 Great deal more has becn said than written concern- ing the new drive, there are comparatively few per- Bons Wito are thoroughly acquainted with the exact localities through which it is to pass, its surroundings and its advantages to the future prosperity of the Metropolis, According to Commissioner Green that part of the island on the west side, through which the Boulevard will run, is three and two-thirds miles in length and of an ave! widtn of bout three-fourths of a mile. Its greatest widib ts just south of Spuyten Duyvil oreek, being there one imfle wide. The nar- Towest part, @ quarter of a mile, is at the extreme morth end of the island, near Kingsbridge. It com- rixes 1,70) acres of land, being a Ilttie more than udle the area of the Park, and 1s bounded by 165th street on the south, by the Hudson river on the west, the Hariem river on the cast, and by Spuyten Duyvil creek onthe north. ‘The length of shore line washed by tidal waters is about nine miles and three-quar- ters, and the distance from river to river along 155th street about 4,70) feet. The surface of this territory 4s exceedingly varied, irregular and picturesque. It includes” the mopoionous level of the salt Marsh and the roiling pasture, and rises at times to a high degree of craggy wilder- hess. (in the east side, from 105th street pte the High Bridge, and thence to Fort George, a distunce of two and one-fifth miles, the shores area. mass of bold rocks and not readily accessible. Just Dorth of Fort George the eastern span of the High- Jands terminates, and at its foot lies an area of about sixty acres of salt meadow, partially covered with water at high tide. Thence to Spuyten Duy- vil, on the east of Kingsbridge road, the land 1s not, aaa gencral thing, precipitous, but of irregular surtace, with occasional outcrops of rock, the shores being iringed with salt meadow to a greater ‘or less extent, Above Tubvy Hook valley, between the hilis on the Hudson and Kingsbridge road, a range of lan‘ ris. about 100 feet above tide. Close along the Spuy'en Duyvil, west of Kingsbridge road, the ground iggenerally a salt marsh until the chain of hills on the Hudson ts reached, at the extremity of which Stands an old earthwork Rnown as Cock Hill Fort. Froin this fort the range of hilis follows the Hudson river down to 155th street and below to about Sixty- fifth sireet. The descent towards the river from the summit of the range is [spt very rapid, leaving but few opportunities for the of vehicles, the principal and only well defined opening above 165th street belng at iubby Hook. At Fort Wash- ington Point, at the grounds of the Déaf and Dumb Asylum, at 155th, 155th and 163d streets, the river 1g reached by more or less precipitous. Much of the ory and high ground over which the @rive will be made is covered with woods, the high lands particularly, . The lower porticns are in pas- ture and arable lands, oaks, chestnuts, walnuts, Maples, lewmiocks, cedar, elim and other in- Gigenons trees, forming forests and ves of great extent and beauty. It is surrounded on three sides by tide water. Ita highest point is at Fort Washington, where in one piace the hills rise to the heigut of 271.4 feet above low water, being in fact the lizghest point of land on Manhattan Island. Near th's ave the remains of Fort Washington, which, ‘with several other redouts and carth entrenchments Occupied by the Americans diving the attack by the British in 1776, are still visibie, THE ROUTE of the Boulevard through this district, according to the plan adopéed, begins at tne “circle” at tho jux tion of Broadway and Fifty-ninth street, ‘The ¢ wil! be entirely surrounded by ampie #hedé t with wide sidewaiks jeading across it to the various gireets which debouci ino it, The gates of the Park will form = one-«juarter of one side of tue circle and the houses which will in course of time be built adout it will conform to the line of the c.rele itseif, In tie centre a colossal statue will be erected, put to whose “great deeds and virwues commemorative’ bas as yet been decided, The drive thus starting from the widstof shade treca Will be borderea on eituer site after the sax of the circie, and b it be foun geneial beatity of the road there will be a row of Shade trees iu the middie of the road along its entire length. From the circle the drive will follow the line of the old bloomingdale road to Eighty-sixta Bireet, thence to 105d sircet, midway between Tenth aud Eleventh avenues; thence curving round into the Ine of Eleventh avenue at 108th street, and thence to 10th street, wheuce it will follow the line of Eleventh aveaue. Up to this point the road wii be one hundred and flity feet ia width. From 166th street it wili pass along the river bank, winding through the side hills aud valleys to near Inwood @tation or Tabby tiook. It will then turn in an easkry direction and strike into the old Kings- bridge rowl wear the gate leading to Inwood, Ali this part of it wil: be one hundred feet in widta, That part of the road on the iarlem or east side from senth avenue has already been laid out, from Teuth avenue, near Sherman’s creek, to Nimth ave- Due at lbdta street. portion between Fity-ninth street afd 155th street has been legally opened and the tithe vested in the city, and the Commissioners have taken posses. gion ant are now reguiating and grading i. ‘The drive will strike through the estates of Messrs, Knapp, Hird, Ward, Mart.n, Haven, Connoily, Fisher, Chittenden, Richards, Hayes and Flot Lis fuil ex- tent will be between twelve and thirteen miles, DRIVE CONNECTIONS. ‘The Boulevard proper will be certainly long eniugh and broad enough to satisty the wishes of the most lastidious of horsemen; bur there ‘are to be for ail that several other minor drives, all ranning into or connecting in some manner with the princi pat road. One is the Wort Side or Terrace avenue Toa, waich will start from Seventy-aeoond strect and run to 12¢h street. From ifs sirect it Will pass the Morningside Park and follow the of the hills. Frown i's site there is an mots view oi the river aud the Jersey shore. avenue will be 100 feet in width, planted with trees and divided into proper carriage and foo.w ure yarda, so near to the top of the bank a w the cross streets to be graded and iin- y in conformity to the natural sur- ied land as pors.bie aad as near as may be tw the edge oltlie rapil cecilvily o. the bank. Ry allowing the road tw follow the confor- mation of the biutls in the terrace plan it is tended that the removal of 2,400,000 cable yards Of earth and Tock is disper with, and wat to bring lots upon which wil ran Bong the terrace. pict to of tie Gireet would reqnire the excavatl of over 7,000,000 cublo yards or an aggre; Of ¥,-.0,000 yards,” Another road will ve the aven Bt. Nicholas, which will start from Sixth avenue at 110th scree (the extreme northern ead of the Par It wil run across to the line of the Ninth avenu Where tt wii meet with what ts now called Manhat- tan street, aid thence northward to 145th street, Tha drive or boulevard proper can be struck from this ther 146th sireet or 10lst street. From th street the road will lead midway between the Kighth and Ninth avenues, following the line of the old Uiariem lan jd thence will pass under the Oil below the Convent of the Sacred Leart, From $his point it will run into the Ninth ave- Hue at Loti street, thence following the line of the old Niuth avenue to L4sth atreet, aud thence up the Old Kingsbridge road to 1oud street. Tue enti® ae A oe tae, aye un The re pore condrining J city to this rout soniraed & few days ago. te Was © NEW PARKS, ‘There are twonew parks past which the drives will fun—the Fort Washiugton and the Kast sice or High Bridge parks. The Fort Wastington out twenty- six acres im extent, and extends from the drive to the river, | ‘The view of the river from tulsa park and the opposite shore 1s unsurpassed, and @ convenient access to the water from it, the Commtssioncrs fe tue the lev think, will do very much toward the en- coursgement of swimming schools, boating aud Other aquatic sports. The Bast Side or High Bridge park is a plot of twenty-seven acres and will include within its limits part of the aqueduct termina, It it mtended also to erect within its enciosure tower 100 feet in height, upon the top of which there Will be an limmense tank into which the Croton will be pumped ior what is technically called “high ger. vico” in the neighbor!iood—that ia to #ay, to be dis. tributed ior tue use of a! residents on the high blutty in jue vicinity. From this park an unobstructed view of the sou dcan be had. The West Side drive Will pass between Jt Mad the Tenth avenue. ‘The blur ives abruptiy on one aide of the park, witle on tha sige, side we land falls gently down to tue river's ADVANTAGRA OF THR PROJECT. ‘Thero aro many advantages which U the inture derive from the Koulevard, Ww! Row be vialbiv on the surface of things. In the fret iy] it han al done more than any one thing hat has occurred during. te past gear or (Wo in tho real value of real ity will in hmay not @ntavo inarket to increase tl NEW YORK HE estate in the part of the tstand; and as the work on the progresses the price of land in the vicinity witl increase proportionately, 1m ttines gone by in laying out the streets of the metropolis the old farm lines were more respected than they should have been, and the consequence can be seen Dowa- days in the crocked lanes and streeta which abouna in the lower a of the metropolis, The plan upon which the Boulevard has been projected, it is contended, effectually prevents any occurrence of this kind in that part of the tstand through which itis to pass, It willserve as a guide to the thorough laying out of all the streets that will be in existence in years to come after the Boulevard iiself shall have become a thing of as much attrac- tion and resort as the Park now is. It will aid directly in the improvement of all the siioining lands and afford opportunities for favorable lots on each side of the drive where the breadth of the tableland is sufficient to amity its being divided by an avenue, Commissioner Green remarks wi great truth that delays in maturing a plan of @ great pee want like the Boulevard are prejudictal to the \terests of proprietors as well as to the convenience of the puritc, and that until the lines and les of the streets and avenues are determined provemen's will be retarded, He also says in bis report in reference to the plan of the road and tifo effect 1t will have on the regulating of the up town districts, that New York, pre-eminently commercial, ig rapidly becoming a great manufacturing centre of the country, aud that necessarily the population now pressing epee its territory, with convenience for rapid travel thi h its extent, will very soon wholly none it, For the wan: of convenient means of reaching the upper part of the island population is compelled to seek the towns in tue country to which travel is quick and commodions. Under the circam- Reanioes the Boulevard is very naturally looked upon not only a8 a grand drive for those who can atford to drive “last and furious, but a sort of forerunner of the tia ie 9 end elegance that will be dis- played in the laying out of that part of the island through which it 18 to pass. As it pro- gresses the side streets will spring up, property will be improved and the population that has now against its will to find homes in other adjoini towns will be attracted to the neighborhood, It Tay be also, at ieast it is the generally accepted idea, that the Boulevard will be ona graud scale @ counterpart of what the other streets yet to spring about it will be—a wooded suburb, with shaded roads and ornamental parks; for there 1s certainly at resent quite enough of stern city look about the tricts below 165th strect to leave room for the “landscape architect” to ply his pleasant work of ruralizing the appearance of the “upper regions” of the metropolis. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS OF THE FUTURE. The territory which lies between the city on the south and the growing populations of the viilages of Westchester on the north and east and those of the Jersey shore on the west, the Park Commissioners belleve, will be one of the first districts that will be revolutionized by the changes evidently to be caused by the Boulevard. Tidal waters encompass it on three sides. Across it passages for business and pleasure from all directions cannot be lost sight of, no more than the probabie growth of large popula places on the opposite shores, The heavier business traMc will naturally seek the most accessible and level roads, and the level land contiguous to the rivera will, of course, in time be taken posses- sion of by commerce, while the biufs and elevated surfaces will lose none of their pre- sent attractions in the way of elegant suburban residences. Efforts to force the pictul ne heights into city lots are, the Commissioners think, more than futile, as under no possibility could they ever be used for any business purpose, while there 1s level land close by the river that affords every ad- vantage that commerce can desire. COMPLETION OF THE WORK, When this much to be desired result will be Feached cannot now be announced with any degree of positivencss, as mattera now stand. It 1s true that the route of the entire drive has been laid out, and that those who have the work in hand feel coni- dent tuat when it is finished it will be one of the grand- est things of its kind in the world. But, although time works wonders, and will, no doubt, make one out of the Boulevard, the embarrassments under which its promoters are forced to labor are none the lesa trivial, They have now the yin right to work on that part of the road which lies between Fifty-ninth street and 155th street; but belore a single stone can be upturned on any other part of the road above the latter point the usual proceedings by the Commis- sioners of Assessments and in the Supreme Court will have to be gone through with. There are now, as has ali been mentioned, 300 men si at work on the part of the drive which has been re- Ported upon by the assessors, whose report has re- ceiveded i confirmation, and in @ few short months the work on it will be completed. It is tne intention of the Park authorities to keep the work golng, on even during the winter, at least on those jays when the weather will permit of it, in order tnat no unnecessary delay may occur to postpone the completion of the whole Boulevard. Jn the mean- time they hope to be able to have the Teports upon the other parts ofthe road confirmed, and if every thing goes well the Boulevard will be opened in three Mone from the present time, What the cost of | the whole thing will be cannot be even estimated, as it will altogether depend upon what estimates the Assessment Commissioners will place upon the value of the various estates through which the road will run. At any rate it will be among the millious, and if the drive turns out to be the great improvement to the city that is almost universally claimed for it there piu be but few, if any, persons who will grumbie at price, THE PRIZE ANG The forthcoming battie between Pete Maguire, of Fishkill, N. Y., and Abe Hicken, of Philadelphia, on the 28d of next month, is now the all-engrossing topic among the pugilistic fraternity. Both men have been in active training for some time past, and itis stated that their present physical condition is almost faultle: Maguire has secured the serv! of Tom Chaffers, who is Moet assiduous in his atte tions, whe Hicken his brother for a careful men- tor. ‘Although three weeks must elapse before the contest comes off, great interest ts al fested in the result. The fiht will unqus bly be one of the most scientific and determined encoun- ters that have takes place for years, and as U money—$2,000—has already been posted, ¢: is nothing in the prospeciive to mar tie affair, Those interested in the matter will no doubt take a sou Lynnifleid, and will ac d lesson from the scene at ordingly adopt the necessary precautions. The friends of both competitors are coniident of success, The toss for choice of ground in the Old Dominion was woo by Maguire, who has to give IHicken ten day's notice of the place selected. ‘The best feature of the proposed figt is \uat there 1s littic talk or bombast about it. The fight annonnced to take place between Georze Rooke and Tom Kelly has been abandoned, the lai- ter declining to meet his opponent below 150 pounds, Rooke was Willing to fight at 148 pounds, bus his backers have witudrawn the depostt in his favor. James Batemen and Jonny Laierty, both of Cin- cinnati, are to fight at catch welgit for $300 a side on the 10th of December. An agreement has been entered into by Bussey and McAlpine to fight within fifty m les of Chicago, out- side the State of Iiinots, on the 18th of December, for $200 a side, George Seddon, who was arrested in Boston for haying gone out of the State to engage in a prize Nght, has been released from prison, his bail belug reduced from $5,000 to $2,500, ‘The following are among the enconnters announced for the ensulng month:—Deeeuber Morris and Bill Paget, for $1,000, in Massachus 2, P. Latierty and W. Stanhope, io £ December 10, J, Lafferty, and J. Boy: in Kes ucky; December Abs Hicken nite, for $2,000, in a; December 26, J. ickey and H. Morgan, for $2,000, In Kaausaa. PEDESTRIANISM, ernational pedestrian contest ts announced to come of at the Whitby (C. W.) race course, May 24, 180%, A foot race Is to take place at Narrowsbarg, Pa., on December 11, between James Carney and Edward Brethom; distance two miles, Among the wrestling matches announced ia that between Bill Parsons and Anthony Merritt, of \ ec. mont, for $500, at Oswego, N. i., on the ivta of De- cember. A match has been made between Job Brown and John Wood to run oue mile on the Steubenville (Ohto) race track, for £200 a side, on December 1, the race to take place between the hours of two and four o'clock P. M. A wrestling match has been arranged to take place ot Reading, Va.,on the 17th of December, between James ft. stlilman, of Narrowsburg, and P. Wier for $100 a side, ‘The following events are set down for the ensuing month:—Deceimber 4, J. Potts and J. Stebbins 200 yards at Pittsburg for $1,900; December 11, J. Car- ney and E. Brethom, two miles at Narrowsburg, Pa., for $100; December 22, E. Platt and J. Mankin, at C, W., five miles tor $800. Ti sie match between William Lang and William a Harding, for the champtonship of ine world a $2,000, 18 at length announced to take place on the 28th December. The distance {s to be one mile and @ half, on the Fashion race course, A forfeit of 0 has already been deposited in the hands of the stake holder. From the excellent record of the compe- tilors @ splendid contest is anticipated. BILLIARDS, Bogus games of billiards, bogns fights, or indeed any description of bogus contests must tn the long run be attended with the worst of luck, and while for a tjme they may deceive, they will ever revert with cred 60 ail parties ‘concerned. Rumor, not without soiue reasonable foundation, points with suspicion to the afiair between Rudoiphe and Carme, Gnd eo strong was the prevailing impression that their games were not of a sterling character that but 467 spectators were present at the first one and only 340 at the Lea A lag disapprobation was thus commendably ex The New York Academy of Music has been fe- cured for the night of December 28th when Dion and Foster will play te first game (French, 300 points up — ze sake of $4,000), of their home and home A billiard tournament in atd of the Working Mens’ Relief Association ts announced to take piace in Brooklyn on the 30th December. ‘The mateh between Foley and Frawley, to be poned til the 10th De- ae ol Cleveland, in pos ember, ‘The Commissioners of Charities and Corrections have ordered a billiard table for the new Inepriate Asylam ou Ward's inand, YACHTING. The Proposed International Yacht Race~ The Challenge from the Qwner of the Cawbria—Review of the Past Yachtlug Berson Here and in England. Emboidened by a doubtful triumph over a 80- called representative yacht of America, the owner of the victorious British craft has forwarded a chal- lenge to the Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, the sole object being to wrest the cup which was car- ried away in 1851 and thereby claim the pennant of superiority which still belongs to this country. Although some objections will probably be taken to the terms of the challenge, it is nevertheless couched with unmistakable frankness and must therefore Grouse that fearless and worthy sentiment of pride which brooks no hesitation and evoxes that cour- @geous willingness which characterizes every staunch yachtman, in whatever clime he boasts the name. That Englishmen should rejoice in the Sappho’s defeat ts natural and not at all surprising; that this yacht should not, under the cir- Cawstances, have competed is admitted on all hands, and that she well merited her defeat ia noi regretted anywhere, At ail events, the injodicious Contest has put courage into the Britishers and to some extent has freed them from a nervousness of sixteen years’ standing. The glorious victory of the America in 1351 astonished them and they have lain dormant till last season, when a forcunate chance strewed flowers in their way, and while it is now unnecessary to refer to the details of the contest or attempt on any ground to excuse the defeat it may not be uninteresting to present a brief review of the past yachting season for the purpose of demonstrat- ing that the ostentatious assertions issuing from the other side are not altogether authorized by the exist- ing state of facts. Immediately on the announcement of the Cam- bria’s recent victory around the Isle of Wight, a simultaneous cry was raised that English yachts were auperior to those of this country; that their sailing qualities were more perfect, their lines better drawn and the model of construction more symmet- rical. The Sappho was taken as the criterion and the inferences drawn were therefore anything but favor- able; for while the capabilities of that yacht as a good seaworthy boat must be acknowledged there are other yachts in this country her guperior. It was contended, on the other side, with perhaps a known inaccuracy, that the America was the only vessel that could have borne away the dearest prize of English yachtmen. Her praises were vaunted with loud trumpets and she was admitted to be the model yacht of the world, That the art of yacht building in England received a stimulus by the advent of the America is frankly admitted in the recent chalienge, Ifsuch be the case surely yacht builders in America have not been asleep all the time nor have failed te profit by the additional experience of sixteen or seventeen yearsg The fact 1s that there are yachts in some of our home clubs to-day that are vastly her superior in every point, as the international race next year will satisfactorily prove to all incredulous per- sons who may chance to witness tho display. ‘The comments which followed the defeat of the Sappho were partial and unjust; but, aiter all, there is no reason to complain, for if the circumstance had not arisen the challenge would perhaps never have been issued, and we, therefore, must accept them for What they are worth. Again, let it be understood that the.victory of the galiant America produced a universal timidity, and although frequent opportuntiles have been since of- fered the English yachtmen to rescue their valued prize, it has never been sought after, fear of a second defeat deterring a hundred aspirants from competing. Now if, as stated, vast im- rovements have taken place in the construc- Ton of English yachts within, gay the last ten indeed, that may taken for grant- iso true that our yachts have at least reached a) equal stage of perfection, so that there 1s little ground for affirming that tie America was the best yacht that ever left this country, although we shail ever recall her triumphs with pride and satis: faction. But we nevertheiess entertain the idea that swilter and more capable crafts now ride in American waters. ‘The past season bas to some extent proved it; for slihough no real opportunity was afforded of fully demon- strating it there Was nevertheless sufficient to suiisfy the mind that the general ficet, though small, bad not previously been surpassed either in point of speed, seaworthiness or style of fnish. ‘The yachting campaign in England, with all its ad- vantages and acquisitions, has not been more brilliant than ours when we take Into consideration tie com- paratively unfavorable weather which attended all our regattas and private contests. Ttae eavough, yachting in America is young and so far as age goes cannot at all compete with England, but juveniie as its experience has been tt has neverticless taught the world a leason in science and during aud showed unmistakable signs of superiority, Under (hese circumstances tne comments above alluded to were premature and inay in time be repented of, ‘The past season has been marked by many in- teresting events, both here and in England, aod their brief recapitulation will, perhaps, afturd leasure to th who desire t ali the surrouad- ing circumstances of the numerous contesta, the time ta which they competed and the nuwber of cont omparison, how. years—and, ed—it is ev ‘achts here aud abroad. Before entering uito the details of tie events of ver, It will no doaht be gratiiying ew the advent of the America in British from these shores on the 2ist June, 1961, to contest with the ciaice yachts of Great Britain, ‘the America measured 95 feet on deck from stem to stern, 80 feet keel, 25 feet midsitips and was 159 tons burden, drawing 11 feet of water in saiiing trim, She car- ried eight men before the mast, aud had a captain, first and second mates, Arrived at Havre, the Amer Jost no thu 9 reach Cowes, where sie compe! the Queen’s open to his belonging to all nations. was around the Isle of Wight, Eighteen yachts w entered, the largest yachia being the Briiltani, tons, anct the Constance, 219 tons, and the em: the Aurora, forty-seven tons. Tue start took ph at ten o’clock, with a hght breeze from west-soutiwest. It ts stated that after the first minate or two the Iminense superiority of the America was apparent, and on tie homestretch she was seven or eight miles ahead of the nearest yaclit. ihe America arrived at thirty-/ve minutes past eigit o’viock P. M. and won the prize, arid the greatest ex. citement. Ou August 24 she Was taken out of Porta- mouth dock and proceeded to Ryde, where she en- gaged t» sail against (he iron schooner ya ht Titanta, in a race of eighty miles, for £100, ‘Tue boats started at twenty minutes past c'even o'clock, and afer a splendid contest tae America came in th) winner, at she did also inarace with the’ Swedish yacht »ev- ernge for £200, lier brilliant achievements excited th atest admiration, She was eventually sold, but itis alleged that in attempting to improve her shape some aspiring genius completely spolied ‘The exhibitions of our home feets this season highly creditable aod augured weil for futur and efficiency, thoagh in uiost inst, were decidedly a first regatt commenced on the 18th of June, wheu t a total burden of nearly 1,500 we niered, The time in which tie race was completed being limited to eight hours lo was alan doned, owing to the caim which prevailed. On wie day the race was completed, whea tie 3 fons, carried of the principal prize, Yacht Clab foliowed suit and pre. ay of small crait. A large number neeeded in @ steamer to Witness the ig to the absence of the siightost ivth of June, wien a it. After an exctuag er Mystic carried vif the prize in tie being first of the sloops, In tals one yachts Were entered, atta of the Jer ave their eleve! or », mven to the Royal Yachtsquadron, The course race no less the After the exceil the Brooklya Yacht ov exibition and first imaugucated the movem vi esile ‘ae at. ded with success, five dierent ciubs sending opening the entries to all clubs representatives, There were o twelve first class and seven 4c course was the usua, one from south of t uthwest spit, roanding tt from the eastward, and thence back to the point of starting. The distance was in ali about thirty miles. The ves sels started at oleven o'clock, the wind being pretty fresh. The race throughout was very timer. esting, the schooner Alice eventually winning, hay ing completed the distance in five hours aud @ haif, Agnes first in her class aud the Qui Vive also tlist of the second Class sloops. For tie second annual regatta of the Bayonne Yacht Ciub there were no less than fifteen entries, though the competitors were not of very large di- mensions. The course lay opposite the cub louse, the distance in all being avout twenty-five miles, The start was eifected at eleven minutes past $wo o'clock’ and the Gretta was declared the winner at four M., after a spirited contest. It is here needicss to recount the many excellent private races whicit took place or allude to the splendid cruises made during the summer, ‘That of the New York Clab was on the whole char- acterized hy fair weather, and tho record of the many contests which occurred must be remembered with pleasure. The first event which marked its rogress was the grand race from Pequot House, New London, to Rocky Point, Long Island, and re- turn, @ disiance of about forty miles, Among Dauntless, Widgeon, sosepiing; Halcyon,’ Free-wini, ntiess, Widgeon, Josephine, Naicyon, Fleetwing, Fleur de Lis, Alice, Idler and Rambier.’ The latter portion of the contest was rendered somewhat inte. Testing as the wind died out. Halcyon, however, caine in the winner, The succeeding race, however, after the aquadron had reached Newport, was attended with gratifying reauits. The race was for schooners and sioops belonging to the New York Yacht Club. ‘Yhe course lay a Fort Adams, around Block ed three schooners, class sioops. Phe wants bay to the Isiand, rounding it from the north West, and returning on the same ine—a distaticg of sbout ° -one miles, The start took place at ten o’cluck Thirteen schooner® and eight al entered. A light topsail breoze blew from southeast Portion of the race Was of & most excit- were enst- ing character. The sloop White Wing won the prize in ber class, and the schooner Eva carried oif the honors of the day, te former completing the distance 4a nine hours thirty-one minutes and thirty-one seconds and the latter twelve minutes behind, The competitors in the grand ocean race for $1,000 were doomed to considerable disappointment, owing to the wind dying out at the termination of a magnitl- cent coutest, The course was from Clarke's Point, four miles below New Bedford, twenty miles to Windward and return. The time tu which the race Was to be compieted was unfortunately limited to five hours and the vessels not having arrived at the regulated period the match was declared off. ‘Tue cruise of the Brooklyn Yacht Club on the 4th of July was also attended with success, while that of the Atlantic Club was marked by many picasant in- cidents, It is unnecessary to dwell upon the many harmonious excursions wherein no opportunity waa ever lost for friendly competition, and ‘many were the occasions when the yachts seud- ded — alo at a speed would have put to rest ali comments about modern improve: ments. By no means the least exci race of the season was that between the achooners Mystic and Lois and both yachts, the oore they had scarcely enough wid displayed excellent qualities, The season of the New York Yaciit Club was brought to @ brilliant close by tue fnest contest that had pre- viously taken place and bade fair to rival any event that characterized the season in land. Indeed, comparing the last race of the New York Yacht Club with the very best that was run during the past sea- eon in English waters it was manifestly superior, all things being duly considered, The course lay fromm the anchorage oif the ciyb house to the south- west spit, passing it to the west and south, thence to the lightship, rounding it to the north and west and return, in ai @ distance of over sixty miles, ‘There was no allowance of me. There were entered three scliooners aud four tirst classsloops, ‘The start took place at ten minutes to eieven o'clock, the sloops leading until tho Narrows were reached. ‘Then fol- lowed one of the most exciting races that could pos- sibly be witnessed, for the variations throughout were almost momentary, After a grand stera chase home the Phantom rusied to the front and glided in the winner of the Vice Commodore's prize, having compieted a dificult course in a little over six hours, The Addie V, came in only three minutes later, the Gracie three and @ half, the Whitewing four and a half, the Sylvie nine and the Palmer ten minutes be- hind. A prettier sight, in a yachting point of view, had not been witnessed the entire season, for on no Previow occasion were the capacities of the yachis 80 fully brought to the test. Altogether the teagon was characicrized by many creditable events, for though in some instances the wind was unfavorable @ number of the contests was remarkable for speed as wellas for the nautical skill, seawortiimess and activity which were displayed, In Engiand the campaign was regarded as unusu- ally brililant, but 1t must be considered that many circumstances contributed to its success whicn do not act here, Established annual yacht events or indeed an occasion of interestthg sport on the other side seldom fails to attract large aud fashiona- ble assemblages, Who manifest the greatest interest in the proceedings. In those localities where races occur the inhabitants participate in the amusement with every outward symptom of gratilication; peo- ple flock from all par.s, and if 1t bea yacht race, Tumberless craft arrive, arrayed with gayest bunt- ing, and flit about in all directions; bands of music lend pleasure to the scene, and quite a holiday is manuactured, even though the event itself, which ostensibly brings together the crowds, is insignifi- cant. Comparatively few persons witnessed any of our annual regattas, the reason bemg simply that the pleasures of yachitay nave not as yet been thoroughly appreciated. But the time is rapidly approaching when yachtiug in this country will be recognized a3 one of our most cherished amuse- ments. The past few years have already rendered it popular among many who since they have learned to understand its enjoyment have uot failed to raise it to the standard 1t deserves, Among the first events in England this year was the cutter match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, It commenced on Monday, May 18. Tne sum of £200 was sailed for. There were only four entries—viz., Sphinx, 45 tons; Rosebud, 51 tous; Vindex, 45 tons, and Fiona, 74 tons, The course lay from Erith, round the shore and return to Gravesend. There was a ey breeze, and the Fiona was deciared tus victor, aving completed the distauce in three hours aad forty seconds, Oa Saturday, May 890, the Royal London Cinb opened the season with a match between yachts of thirty tons and upwards, without restriction as to rig, for two prizes valued respectivly at seventy-five and twenty-five pounds. There were five entries, but, owing to the unfavorable state of the weatuer, it was decided that the race should be resatled and the claim to prizes be decided by their positions. In the New Thames Yacht Ciub race, which camo off on the ensuing Monday, nine competitors ap- peared, uone of them exceeding seventy-five tons. ‘he start was effected about twelve o'clock, witha nic topsail breeze from east-southeast, the course being trom the Erith to the Nore light and back. After a somewhat uninteresting contest Sphinx won by two minutes aud tweutly-five seconds, The Royal Thames Yacht Cluo sailed thelr first match on ‘tuesday, June 2, from Gravesend to the Mouse light and back. Among the entries was the Cambria, 1 ns, and four others of teaser to nage-viz., Egeria, 162; Gioriana, 132; Fleur de Lis, 100; time allowance, filteen seconds per ton. Glori- ana carried of the first prize of £100 and the Cam- bria the second of £59, ‘Yiée first important channel match took place on June 49, frou Cowes to Dover, a distance of sixty- four nautical miles, for two prizes of the value of £100 and 259 respectively. For tha race the Cam- bria, Gloriana, 132; Pantomime, 142; Condor, 129; Arrow, 42; Menai, 78; Dioue, 44; Julia, 122; Sphinx, 4%, and Niobe, 40, éutered. ihe start took place at half-past cight A! M., the Niobe iaving tho weather berth and the Arrow to leeward. ‘There was a light topsall breeze from BE. S Was a straight ron berore the wind to Dov Condor winnug the rst prize and the Glor: wi, the former cou © Hours and twenty-three five Lours and thirty-thee ‘as tuird #od Was only three ana. > ing to the Royal Yacht squadroa, entries, tue bighest tunuage b fifty-one. The course lay roum\ tie Warner, thease round a fagboat moored to the wet buoy and back to the Castie at r distance of iifty mile jock, With a gy ont. ud wae thac of ond day of the regatta two prizes wero olered for compotion, value £45 aud + ie entries ia cluded e.even first ciass oc ae start took place at ten A. M., and after au unintert the Olromra, 165 tons, came in been wa hours, fifty-one winules seconds cn her course, ‘the third day (August 6) presented a welcome change in the r when a piece of plu a % ‘he tababitaats of Cowes Was ¢ z. Tuere were six eutries—viz., Nol Condor 129; Dione 44; Paryne 65; Fiona 78, and Osmoria 192. The Condor wou, the litier arriving at twenty minutes past taree, Secomt ouly in prestige to the grand gala weck of the “squadron,” and as a rule in no way taferi@® The annuai regatta of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club caine of on August 12, the course being from Kyde pier, round the west iniddie buoy, of Norris Casue, back to Ryde; thence round tie Nab light, re- turaing round Norman fort to flagboat at Kyde 2 round—a disiance of about forty-six mies, were six enti tz., Cambria, Condor, Ege- ria, Fiona, Aline and Menai, ‘ambria won, having finisied the course in dve tours aud twenty- t D si 3, Condor next, two iminates behin for the Vice nodore’s Plaw estlug, being open adr i evions utes, ‘The start maid a storm of rain endous vivience from tie silver Soleut mto a e@ Condor Loatly was deciared the ried thes distance—sixty mlea— lubitves aad forty-live se by hve minutes and afty thirteen miautes ent Was that under Albert Yaent Club, on r@ entries—viz., Mobe, © winning by one minute and » Value iv) gulaeas, ‘or belonging vyai Victoria Yael % There were fou took place at nine o'cloc ad, thas vetor, having oc: tn six hours, twen onds, defeating th , and the four British *, 215; Oimara, 165, and tiy furs ary to recapitulate them. 400 Was an extremoly tn- one ou the part of we Sappho, who must, therefore, mourn her defeat in silence. The C won the race without receiv! ig her itme—all f the Bngilan yacgts neriving at the flaish of the race close together, with the Sappue mules astern oF them. Starting et ten ock bewre the wind for the east end of the isiand from Cawes !oads, the Sappho ran the English yachta at oae th but on luting wo the wind round Bembridge Ledge she fell to leeward of all the others and was completely outpaced by them. Soon after carrying away her jibboon all her chances of success in ths race were gone, Tue sour English yachts beat up to wiudward from Bembridge to the Neediea, over a Jee tide, in close company under a freshening breeze, and after weatnertng the Needles rau up for Cowes ioads, where the race was finished, the Cambria going round the Ise in eigh: hours, seventeen min- utes and fifty seconds. defeating the Aline by two minutes and jive seconds, tao Vimara next, Condor fourth and Sappho last, being one hour, forty-two minutes and ten seconds beisind the Cambria. Thua ended the race and the Sappho was left alone to make her way back agala witiout the satis- faction of a second trial. The tue character of the whole American yaciits was called into question and it was the general opinion of Bogishimen that English yachts were, to their mind4. wanifestly superior to those of this country, but still only #o much 80 as to Se | both nations up tw the mark aud to induce each other to watch lest it would be out- done by tue other, Still they have won a race and believe that the advantage iios with them, rest- Ing on @ very doubtful sense of security. Perhaps tiey have a right to crow after 2 drowsiness of feventemn years, again when a& Proper test is t 10 bear, The foregoing brief review gives an estimate of the distances and tim ao the principal events botn here end in Eng- ths Kt were ae w xceptionab’ Yacht Club clear Tt will be vie the seen that where RALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. 5 from England. A challenge has been issued by the owaer of one of the ‘astest clipper yachts, Mr. Asbury, in his communication to the Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, makes four Recpenitionss viz.:—That the New York yacht Club select @ schooner not more than ten per cent larger than the Thames measurement of the Cam- bria as its champion for the contests which are to follow; that next summer this schooner be sent across the Atlantic in time to take part in the races of the Royal Yacht Squadron and the Royal Victoria Club. Those races would be open for cups—one of them the annual cup presented by the Queen to the squadron, ove by the town of Cowes, one by the town of Ryde and others. These cups will be sated for in the latter we of July or early in August, and the courses will be, as usual, around the lsie of Wight, from Cowes Roads Cowes Roads again, and from Ryde around the island and eek The distance ated ax. miles, Mr, tl ‘oposes after thes races are over there shoud | be an ocean race from Cowes to New York between his schooner Cambria and the representative of the New York Yacht Club. This match is to be for a or seryice of plate. value £250; no allowance of time to made, and no restrictions as to canvas or number of hands. The very thing we want, for then, and then only, will an international race be decided, Afier the ocean race Mr. Asbury proposes to sail the Cambria against the same schooner, with the ‘al Thames Yacht Club measurement id Lime allowance, the best of three races around Long Isiand, In the event of the Cambria winning, She 1s to obtain the cup won by the America in 1851, and should the American schooner win Mr. Asbury will prenent to the New York Yacht Club a cup valued at 100 guineas, The terms of the challenge are stralghtforward and will undoubtedly merit de- served consideratioa, Th» gauntiet has been thrown down, and the New York Yacht Club is called upon for @ response, That it will gallantly reply 1t ia amost needicss to say, for the experiences of even the past season prove that American yachts can hold their own against any nation. Be- sides, such an event as an International contest will give additional energy to al! our yachtmen, will in- crease that spirit of rivairy productive of the most benefictal results and will raise the standard of yacht- ing t a standard not yec arrived at. We can aiford to yield patiently to @ defeat; but we may rest as- sured that the American schooner, whichever it may be, will be selected with care and judgment, and that her performance will afford just Cause for satis- faction. If vanquished we can sail again and again, until the time when fearlessness, skill and gallantry— the proven characteristics of American yachtmen— aor bear with them their own reward before the orld, . RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. * A Day of Gladuess. ‘The past has been a happy week to both the old and the young all over the country, except perhaps where the sunshine of Thanksgiving has not. yet penetrated. The members of families long separated made this the occasion of an unusually extensive and cordfal reunion, and all went merry as Thanks giving chimes, The churches in the city were all fuily attended in the early part of the day, while In the afternoon and evening family parties assembicd around the festive board and rendered thanks to the Giver of all Good, with hearts full of joy, tempered with heavenly love. No doubt a good many of our restless, roving, adventurous peovpie received a touch of grace from the many benign and softening Anfiuences of the occasion, the fruits of which, we hope, may be witnessed in the continued progress of the Christian spirit throughout the land. It 1s true crime has been very recently detected in high as well as low places, and that those who Were once considered among the most worthy and entiiled to the unlimited confidence of the community, those who have sat in the highest places in the synagogues and who may have contributed munificently to ecclesiastical beneficiaries may have fallen from grace and wickedly conspired to rob the widow and the fatherless, Others, with Ce high reputations, may have taken advantage of the loose- ness with which the afairs of the government al administered in some departments, especiaily in that of the revenue, and taken the most desperate and fraudulent means to realize colossal fortunes. It is true that even the judicial ermine has ben tainted with accusations of corruption, and that criminals are said to be allowed to go unpunished in order that the derelictions of the ofiicers of justice may remain hidden and unatoned for, But with all these evidences that Satan atill lives and has a dwelling Place in the midat of our highest and most fashion- able circles, yet, nevertheless, God’s sublime good- ness and unbounded charity are everywhere pro- claimed, as well in the palaces of the rich as in the hovels of the yr und wretched; and after all we are led to believe that while the corrupt may flourish for a time all permanent happiness goes hand in hand with an unsullied reputation and » pure, easy and benign conscfence. Thanksgiving Day in Rye, N. Y.—Opening of Christ Church, On Thanksgiving Day the new Christ church in the town of Rye, Westchester county, was opened for regular service for the first time, A correspondent furnishes us with the following interesting particu- lars of the event:— Two yearg ago next month the former edifice was laid in ashes, but to-day a nobler and more beautiful church points iis steeple heavenward, After the uaual opening exercises—some fine singing by the choir, including those appropriate hymns, “Praise to God, immortal praise,” and “I Love Thy Chur tue rector, Rev, Reese F. Also nounced his text from Habakkuk, second chapter and twenty-second verse, “The Lord is in iis holy mple; let ail the earth Keep silence before Mim ‘The speaker commenced by alludiag to the Tabera: je used by the children of Israel im their early ‘anderings, Which tabernicle or tent, though hambie pretensions, was nevertheless flied The Lord was in it by the ‘This gave it its this girtit with awe. About five hundred erwards (he Tabernacle gave place to the The wanderi hat now becor mighty nation; prosper Ith had succect poverty, and Solomon reared tis gorgeous Tempie. And it came to pass that loud and the glory of tie Lord filed the house. That crowned tts sono) that eushrined it in every Jewish heari, But on 4 Tem } iliar tol ‘3 of it the Jewish eye seemed to read, * the glory has departed !" And it bad depart tilone day stood amidst its courts th Nazareth, when it could be said agata, “the |ord ia in His holy Temple”—not this time In cloudy sym- boil, but im the very brightness of His glory and the express image of iis person, fhe words of the text the reverend gentleman thought peculiarly appropriate to the present occasion, After long and, to some of us, Weary watt ing we Gnd ourselves gatiered this morning in our church. Our wanderings seein ended, A sense of rest steals upon us as we feel that at last we lave again a ixed, commodious piace of worshly. Nor are we without a feeling of just satisfaction a4 we contemplate the work of our hands, Turough dim. culties which none but those who have had to grap- pie with them can fully appreciate the Vestry aud juilding Committee have steadily persevered and pressed the work to it# conclusion. ‘That work needs no comment. Itspeake for ttelf, (1 speaks for (hem. It has not, indeed, the elaborate splondor of the Temple, nor is it rich With sensuous colorin it has not the long drawn aisie and the freti vault of the mighty cathedral; but for auita’ to 1's position and uses, for propriety of prop of with tie glory of God. manifest symbol of His presence. and chastencss and purity 0: style, tt will com itself to every cultivated inind, it stands 4 the chaste, modest centro of rural par as Buc! it must be judged, and as U can well bear the judgment Bub while ell tails commands our admiration and aif i. deman our reverence. The # dwelt upon the duty of Cheistians—the sould eniimate them when in the house of deep sulcimaity and sacredness of [is temple, assaced his hearers that He who had nised to in their midst would never fail to overshadow ther with jus presence, When you cater these pew kneel in prayer, or stand im pr: or sit in ri lial heariag, believe that tie Master is near at vand looking into your bearts, kaowilng all your want hearing ail your thoughts, seelug all your desir as near to you as He was io Pews when He looked upon hits after the denial. * * * Hyery wordiy thought that mingles with our prayer is a+ His car as the words we ulter, our ever remembering the Lord is earth. In ilia presence ve hushed the teresta of the world. * * * Upon the country at oe God has this year showered his gills wi ustomed bounty. He has given us, on the w fraitful season, He has preserved to us the blessings of peace, He has guide after the flerce exctie- ments of @ nauonal election tuto @ haven almost marvellously caim. He gives ns, it woull seem, the promise of a growing prosporliy, aad to keep us mindfal of Him as the giver of all good these thanks giving days are appoiied, Let tus day carry up our hearié to Him who bas prospered our hands work—wio has preserved beyond usual precedent the harmony of the parish, who has, it would seem, cast a4 into the fires ouly that He might the move eiosely Weid us together aud use us tie better for His work upon ¢arth..,To Him the praise! Not unto us, O, Lord, not uate us, bat unto Thy name be tue lory. . The church is indeed a chaste and beautiful one, its cost will be about $47,000, and tho whole ammount will be patd by Christmas. The dedication will pro- bably take place in the , When the grounds are fully . ‘The rental in pews is some $4,500, and fn addition to this there Were premiums ‘paid en Saturday last of nearly the same ameunt. Almost , w in the se, ecitien, which will seat iy persons, ready taken. The size of the church is about 130 feet in lengin aud #ixty feet in width. Twice has Christ churca pane bah fre—once during the Kevolution- ary war and again some two years since. The first edifice was erected some 200 Years ago, aud theme aro reeords now in existence as fa® back as i710. original land upon which the charch was butit was ven Anne. To show what children can do end the pretty desiguaat the wop of the aide wintows of the side windows ‘were purchased out of about $1,100 which the Sun- scuool raised and gave to the church. The large Indow i peculiarly the “children's wai. Wardens of the church are Seuuel rn Haviland aud Augustus Wiggin, and the vestrymen, 8. K. Satterlee, George Cornell, B. 5. Olinaiead, E. D. Webb, Willfam Halstead, Richard B. Chapman, R. S. Hayward aad Howard ©. Cady. The organ was, built by the Measrs. Odell, of New York, ata cost of $5,500, and 1s pronounced @ superb instrument, It ia presided over by Mrs, Benjamin H. Loder, and the choir contains some of the best taleut in the country. Raising Money for Religious Purposes in New York. A religions contemporary states that to the good people in the West and Soath, and elsewhere, who are intending to come to New York to raise money for religous oF edu- cational purposes just now, it has twe words of advice:—Don't come; and adds:—‘The reason we have for giving this advice is not that we or the giving people of this city have less interest than be- fore tu tho wants and clatms of foreign objects that Sppeal to Christian sympathy, not that there is lese disposition or ability to give. What, then, can be the reason for advising applicants not to come? Simply this—that the city has been an now 80 pressed with calls for {ts contributions that really deserving and necessitous charities will stand a peor chance if they are presented at this time. We have not known the se in the last twenty-five years when 80 many Calls were made at one time upon the bene- volence of New Yorkers, Not a week, scarcely @ day, 4 without our personal aid being sought to Bring these calis before the churches. And there is no work in which we engage with a higher con- sciousness of usefulness, and therefore with a sin- cerer satisfaction, than in promoting these efforts to raise money, But with this feeling we also join the assurance that at present there is not much to en- courage an increase of applications, and we advise jelay. The explanation of all which is that the Devil has laid hold of some of the most liberal of these religions dovators, and they are all ina terrib'c tuster, When Wail street gets easier and the revenue corraption- ists are made to disgorge, probably there will be a Mttle more ease in the religious benevolent market, and rich sinners again let out thetr cash ja conside- ration of favors not granted but expected In time to come, Is Protestantism a Failure? ‘The Obs (Presbyterian) takes up the homily of Dr. Ewer, showing the failure of Protestantism, and calls that divine’s attention to the following com- parison of some Protestant and Roman Catholic countries. The statistics are compiled froma French work on the subject :— Taking Great Britain and Prussia as Protestant ~ countries aud France and Austria as Catholic na- tions, we find that where twenty can read and write » in the former but thirteen, or little more than on half as many, can do 80 in the latter. In sixteen * European countries one tn every ten is at school in the Protestant nations, and but ene m 124 in Catholic countries, or more than twelve times as many Protestants as Catholics are thus educated. If we take six leading Protestant countries in Europe and six Catholic, in the former one news- paper or magazine is published to every 315 of the inuabitanta, while in the latter there is bat one to every 2,715; that ta, about ten times as many news- papers and magazines in proportion to ‘he popula- tion are published in these Protestant countries ax in the Catholic, The valle of what 1s each year producea by in- dustry in Spain is 8ix dohars to each inhabitant, in France seven dotlars and a half, in Prussia eight dollars and in Great Britain thirty-one dollars, or nearly five times a3 much a4 in Spain and France... There are about one-third more paupers in the Cath- olic countries of Europe than in the Protestant, owing mainly to the numerous hoi days and the ignorance, idleness and vice of Catholic lands, ‘Three times as many crimes are committed in Treland as in Great Britain, alinough there are threo times as many inhabitants tn Great Pritatn as in Ireland, There are in Ireland six times as many hom jes, four times agy many assassinations and from three to four times as many theits ay there are in Scotland. In Catholic Austria there are four times as many crimes committed ag im the adjoining Pro- testant kingdom of Prussia. Roman Catholic Movements. The Tablet of the 28th stant furnishes the fol- lowing ttems:— The annual General Assembly of all the members of the Association of the Propagation of the Fatth will take place on the 3d of December, in St, Vincent de Paul’s church, at eight o’clock in the evening. ‘The Rev. Father Girardey, rector of St. Alphonsus’ church, will preach on tie occasion, On Tuesday, November 17, Miss liza Hubener, in religion Sister M, e4, and Misé Johanna M. Clure, in relivion Sister Scholastica, received the white veil in the chapel of the Convent of Mercy. The Most Rev. Archbishop presided at the ceremony and preached on the occasion, ‘The Most Rev. Archbishop will deliver a sermon in the Church of the Nativity, Second avenue, near Se- cond street, Rev. Wm. Everett, pastor, this (Sunday) evening, November 29, at eight o'clock, The pro- ceeds will be applied to the benelit of the poor of the arisi. bs The Right Rev, John Sw ,D. D., Bishop of St. John, N. B., has visited our city during the past week, on busin. ss connected with his diocese, The sth of December, bemg the feast of the Im- maculate Vonception, 18 @ strict holiday of obliga- tion, The faithful are, therefore, on that day en- joined to bear mass and abstain from servjie work, On Wednesday, November 18, the sacfament of confirmation was administered by the Most Nev. Archbishop tn St, Mary’s church, Grand and Ridgo streets, Lo 795 pe Religious Notes. Rev. J. P. Taylor was insialied over Uiec church at Middletown, Conn., Tuarsday fortnijzh Rev. Dr. R. 8, Storrs, Jr., comple: ast Sabbath the twenty-second year of his pasterate of the Chuych of the Pligeims, Brooklyn. A church of tea members was organized in Eurek Kansas, October 25. Rey. J. Copeland is to have charge of it. rev. John A. French, of Flu: iy has « cepied the cail of the College street churca of Ne Haven, Voun, James M. Billings, of New York, proposes to give the erection of a Congregatie erville, Conn., his summer resid @ graduate in the fast cla over the South Congre tional church tn Middletown November 1, Rev. James M, Ludlow, pastor of the First Presi terian church of Albany, N. Y., haa accopted @ cat to the Collegiate Dutch church of this city. The elgnt Southern conferences of tt Methodist Episcopal church, report a nei annual gain in membersii ly forty-eight per cent. Iu 1867 trey num 380 and now 1 9, The Giiead, Conn., Congregational church was de- dicated on Thuraday fortnight, and Mr. Albert W. Clark, @ graduate of liariford Seminary, was or. daincd and installed as pastor, The Christian Freeman calls the atte ministry to the fact that the time is new when they can, by wise prearrangembnt, series of revivals on the sub ect of religion. The Independent B. Gough is getting oll beeans 1 his siiver wedaing. Poh! Wat are twenty-live years in the life of a man like Gough? ey Wil baruly put a bead on bis oid Monongali Rev. W. UH. H. Murray, late of West Meriden y iastaled pastor of lark stre 3 on the evening of November 12 Nurray is to have @ salary of $5,000 wad $1,000 to “move” Wit. jon of the b Mand get ap & ple of religions toleration ce of nud for tae erection of a Whereupon the serish Measen- © Guardian of Israci ueituer sium- bers nor sleeps |" fhe movement in favor of female sutra, & religious 1. In good old days, “women were last at the cross.” years that beautiful idea, so expre: of woman's temlerness and love, wii be changed to “women last he y Flunegan elected “Horeay' Hulia- while | go aad ge ia taking wo read, a few more r hold my skirt What change ! makers are exhibiting a misstonary spirit. They neol proselytes or they will ile out alto- getier Lefore wany years, On gthe ith fast. representatives of five different Shaker societies heil a mecting for worship in the Melonaon, Boat rick W. Evans, a ieader in the cenir at Levanon, deliveret a discourse on the “Creation and Fall of Man,” tn whieh he ag and defended the pecuiiarjties of the Shaker faults The will of George Bristol, decease, formerly of Troy, Was admitiel to probate a day or two since, ‘The property disposed of amouats to abont $125,000, and In addition to the bequests to the favily of Mw Bristol, Who recvive the bulk of his forty lowing legacies were made to charitabie x ‘@ the Amenican Bible Society jouary Society of the Methodist 000; to the American Female Guardian Y._ $1,000; to the New York Ladies’ tiew@Mis- ry Society of the Methodist Cuurel, $1,000. It was stated at the late twenty-li/th anniversary of the ordination of Kev. T. W. J. Wyte, DD, Of tne First Reformed Presbyterian churcli of Piiiadelphia that the suitin claim of the church property made by the minority who adhered to the aciion of whe Synod which expeiied Geor H. Stuart had been withdrawn, Mr. Stuart presided at this meeting in honor of his pastor, Dr. Wyile, whose faiher had preceded him in the care of ‘the chureh, and whe motuer was present, celebrating at tic same time her eighty-ninth birthday, A copy of the Bilie and of tue Scottish version of the Peaims were pre sented to her, and @ purse of $1,500 to Dr. Wylie. During the quarter of ‘@ century of br. Wylie’s pas torate 1,784 tne ub: r# have been admitted, averaging eeVeuly-one Mein vers each year. pelea pert ineeee Intseaa op Mos. James Anwoty.—fhe New Bert. fort Standard of the gith inst says tat “Hon, Jaucs Arnold, at three o'clock yesterday morning, had @ very severe utiack of paralysis, Which scemed to threaten an immediate termination of iia life, He propriately represents Chriat as bless. | ned through yeslecday in a very feeble state, ‘To-day te rat! or nore comforiaie and ig full ORseseiOn Of Corl ., He las prevuay . 0 attacked with paraiysia.”?