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interest due on the allied debt of £3,500,000, but they blad Greece not to pay apy stimitar sata to ac- evunt of the 1aterest duo on the old loans of 1824-5, Jt would require & long dissertation to discuss the cticable ineasures by which Greece can escape ua its present siate of insolvency anu reappear on the Stock Exchange in a position entitling her to credit. Some persons, however, who are better acquainted with the material resources of the coun- try than with tae moral vature of the government believe that the thing 1s possible, Greece has Qutlived a more dangerous Anancial crisis. The Bavarian monarchy Was launched into the sea of Masiern reyoiuuons in the year 1833, wilh a dc of 25,000,000 and with a revenue of Senn boo, ‘Tue iaterest of the debt amountea to £280,000. It was evident that King Otho could Rot carry on WS government with £6,900 a year, 80 the protecting Powers becaine his bankers and adopwed very stringent measures for protecting the ves, instead of restricting the annual inter- est on we Whole Greek debt to two and a half per cent and encouraging financial honesty by inducing the bunchoiders of the old debt to accept the terms they imposed on themselves, the Cabmets of Great Britain, trance and Russia annuiled the prior mort- gee the cngiish ereditors on the national lands the Greex kingdom, ‘this measure of the protect. fog Lowers nas forced Greece mto many costly ex- Bod ieuts for raising money and into a loug series of morailzing fuancial acts. But, as we said, the Greek monarchy has lived on since 1883 with ou! about half a dozen rebellions, two revolutions an: ene change of ayn. And tho Greeks, if not clally more moral in 1868 than they were at the bliskment of the monarchy and at the revolu- tions in 1848 and 1802, are unquestionably richer aud More prosperous. ‘The economical charateristics of the monarchy are Javish expenditure, increased taxation, bankruptcy agsregurds the foreign debts, punctual payment of interest as regaras te internal arch geen love for rifled guns and iron-clad frigates, and great neglect of police arrangements, roads, bridges and ports, It Would serve 29 good purpose to speak in detail of these things; but it must be noticed thatthe British ote cannot get quit of its position as oue of e three protecung Powers of Greece as‘easily as it escuped from tie burden of fonian protection, When ablic opinion In Eng.and can be roused to protect Greeks in efilcient measures of fimancial reform it must cull on the british government to cancel the twelfth article of the convention, relative Lo tie ¢3s- tablishment of monarchy im Greece between the courts of creat Briain, France and Russia, anu the King of Bavaria acting as guardian of hie son, King Otho, of Gre daring bis minority. By this article the Greek state was obliged to appropriate to the payment of the interest of the loan iiuposed on Greece by the four sovereigas Wio signed the convention the first reve- Dues of tie country, “so that the actual receipts of the (reasury shail be turned over to the protecting Powers and shail not be employed for any other pur- pee until Lue interest and sinking fuud Mave beca mired for the current year.” Puolic opinion may perhays draw cynical comparisons between ob- sWrusiye inoney lenders and youug ensigns with good ae 1) amoupt of the Greek revenue @ mean annual amo eG bs mi 1833 to 1s43 Was ahead the Jarge si List ‘And the expense of recruiting atid tranapotiing to Grecce 5,000 Bavarian troops caused a large annual @eficit, which was covered by advances {from the allied loan, ‘these advances were doled out by the protecting Powers im the way most likely to encourage the Greek Court in improvident ‘and unprofitable expenditure. Count Sponneck, the Danish counsellor of the new dynasty, who came to Athens to teach the Greeks the whole art of government and finance, in one of those marvellous episties which amused bis enemies and terruied bis fricuds, spoke of Great Britain, France aad Russia as veruments called by you Grecks tree protecting wers, benefactors of Greece.” The protectiag Powers were, however, s00n so ashamed of the twelfth article of their convention that they never cerried It into execution openty, They have, never- Theless, made it @ ground for subsequent conven- tions and protesis almost 93 unjust aud wnreason- @biec. All the ieading stipulations of the convention of 1832 have been consigned vo oblivion, King Otho ‘Was dethroned and died in exile, The treaty rights of the Bavarian dynasty were confiscated. Anotier dynasty occupies the Uiroue of Greeve under new convections. It is ume for Parliament to release ihe Greek government from the oncious conditions Which annulled a prior mortgage, and enabie it to commence a career of financiai honesty of which it MOW appreciates the Money value. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS TETAS Cavaliere Tnemistocies Solera, an Italian, has been sppointed chic of the police force in Dgypt. “a now journal was advertised to appear in Vienua, ®alled the Hea, but the drat humber disclosed euvad ‘Wondrous jumps that the police seized it. ‘The ex-King of Hanover has purciased a property Prince Lobkowitz in Austria for the sum of two Miilions of thalers. During @ recent storm that raged over the town of Fritzlar, in Hesse, the cathedral tower fell dowa, burying twenty-six persons, Who were attending di- vine service, in the ruins, ‘The Journal of St. Petersburg, 1n its columns, chal- Jenges the Neve Fre‘e Presse of Vienne to prove the datier’s assertivas tbat Rusa is Carrymyg on pollu. eal intrigues ti Hungary. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia has left St. Petersburg, accompanied by her son, Prince Bug and his afianced bride, Mile. Opoteniaiue, Hiorence, wiiere Wie marriage will take place. A fearfui windstorm recently visited the French town of Lille. Roots of houses were blown off, aad the disiodgiment vi chimueys and ties prevented any rson iroia going in the streets during several ure. ‘The Paris Charivari, ima caricature on the Prua- @ian finances, represents Prussia addressing a Cannon, Placed upright on the ground cud supplicating cun- tribuvens. Prussia—“but | have not a peupy left to give you! You have already devoured al! i pos- sessed |” Cannon="1 have noi treated you worse than others, In the course of the breaking up of the steamer Milauo, at Trieste, a packet of 10,000 gold florins Was found in the Umber Work. This sum had been con- ded by a mercantile house to the vessel for convey- ance eight or mine years ago, but havtag been m ing ever since was generally supposed to have been stolen. The Fischietto of Turin represents Napoleon Ul. seated on the walls of the Tuueries, on the bunks of the Seine, Wirowing a rope (tue Bandin prosecations) to the dgure of tue Armed Kevolution, Who is uylag buoy herseif on pieces of wreck (2d December jexico, Famine in Algeria, &c.). “Not €atistled wicit Keeping ler aloat, he is now actually handing her the means of landing.” According to the /talia, of Naples, fifteen brigands, ermed with guus, recently presented themseives Ai the farin Of M. Vincenzo Conte, of St. Angelo, Rear Henevento, seized every object of vulue they Could lay havus on, aud carried of the proprietor Lun Beif tn the direction of Avellino. They mounted their unfortunate viet, Who is an infirm old man of seventy, On a dovkey, and sent his servant to de- mand @ ransom of 60,000f. from his wile. ‘the New Free Press of Vienna learns from good Sources Liat the Cabinet of St. Petersvurg hus signi led to those of jane and London that Russia, in iriue of its posiiion a8 third provecting Power of ingly Join in tue aeps faken Dy thg “8 in the Turko-lellenie dtMe participavion of the nortuern empire sey Of ts willes at Aihens to avert @ condics Is eon trmed. jor FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The iast number of the Journal des Connaissances Mediwaies of Paris contains an article by M. Bouillon On a substance extracted (rom essence of thyme. The @uilor remarks wii reason that, notwithstanding their eminent preservative quatities, phenic carbolic acid and creosote have never been much used in Mherapeutics, owing chiefly to their very disagreca- bie smell. It is seldom possible to dress a sore with Phenic acid in a hospital ward without incouven- fencing all the other paticuta. In private houses Buch uperations are loudly complained of by ail the in- ibe practitioner himseli, being becessarily exposed to soiling bis hands with it, will find sow end water insufiicient to get rid of its bad smell, Which, for the rest of the day, he must make up his mind to carry about him in visitng all his other patients. As lor creosore, it 18 hardiy ever used €x- cept by those who have tried every other remedy for @decayed tooth ia vain, and even then it is gene- Taily resorted to when it 1s too late. Under Such circumsiances, substituting a more agreeable agent for these may be considered a very userul ser- Vice rendered to medicine; and this agent, M. Bouil- bon contends, 1s thymic acid, the chemical formuin of which is twenty equivalents of carbon, fourteen of Bydrogen and two of oxygen. It was until lately called tiymol, and 18 capable of erystalization, It then meits ut forty-tour degrees centigrade and boils at v5e. When once ina state of fusion It will sone times remnin liquid indefinitely. It has an agreeable smell, resembling that of thyme, It is but Lite sol ‘ubie in water ana very much so in alcohol, ether and fatty bodies; it has no rotatory power, and easily combines with alkalies, with wiich it forms salts. It enjoys the valuable property of combining with skin and animal tissues, thus rendering them incapable of putrefaction. In aconcentrated state it has an acrid and caustic taste, but when much diluted it produces on the tongue the agreeable sensation caused by pepperinint. M. Bouithon has found by experiment that it may be sabstituted for phenic act and creosote in every case in which they are used as therapentic agents. Professor Palmieri, of Naples, hat communicated the fu ing relation to the journals of that city:—"'The cooling of the tava of Vesuvius having been the eignal for an eruption of Bina, many per- fons will probably desire to know what tie former is doing wille Mongibelio 18 on fire. These two vol- canoes, which have beariy always existed independ. ent, appear lately to lave established some sort of unison. on the night of the 20th November the jast current of molten fud deseended from the first Named inountain, aud on the 2 tie and @azziing crest appeared on the Sie The ten cones of eruption of Vesuvius insuntly lost their frightful activity; but the swall erater which had been formed about half way we the great cone still emits much smoke; at night there are laminous re- Mections. The summit oi the cleyation where the small cone of Iss was situated has disappeared, And that of 1867, whien has lowered eonsiderabiy, BUI BlioWs MUCH SMOKE Lo escape, accompanied by gome noice, ‘The heat ie iatense ua all ie higher Btoaming Urevicrs.)” NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1868—TRIPLE SHE RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Religious: Movements at Home and Abrend. The New York Methodist preachers considered the subject of city evangelization at their last meet- ing. ‘The fact was stated that the denomination bad church accommodations for only about 30,000 of the 700,000 population of this district, Dr. Curry read a Paper on the subject, which argued with great force for the establishment of forty new churches in the city. He maintained that the rich men of the de- nomination had the money and would give it for their erection if the matter were once got before thein fairly aud fully, In Chicago, last month, a Presbyterian (N. 8.) church of twenty-six persons was The socisty has been gathered by the labors of Rev. G, W. Blackie. On the Lord’s day following a house of worship, just built for the church on Walnut avenue, near Thirty-first street, was dedicated, Rev. Arthur Swazey preaching the sermon. ° A Scotch settiement of twenty-five families, a dozen miles from Flushing, Mich,, has proved a fruit- fui field for missionary etYort, A Presbyterian chureh, of thirty-eight Members, has been lately formed here by a comuittee of Presbytery, and the new society have already taken measures to build o house of worship. In Nelsonville, Ohio, Rey. T. J. Downey has been en; in successful missionary labors since iast August. A house of worship has been secured, the salary for a pastor pledged, and on the 1st of Novem- ber a Presbyterian church of thirty-seven members was duly organized, elders and deacons being or- dained the following Lord’s day. ‘The University place Baptist church, Chicago, numbering eighty-seven constituent members, was forined iast inonth and will worsiip temporarily in the chapel! of the hacen A Freewill Baptist charch has lately been formed at Washington, in northern Wiscons.n, through the earnest labors of Rev. A, Philltps. A new Lutheran church was consecrated at Buck- horn, Columbia county, Pa., Rev, J. Rice, pastor, on November 29. Nearly half of the whole sum still due was raised, and since then efforts have been begun to raise the whole amount. The corner stone of a new church was laid Novem- ber 15, In Dorrance, Luzerne county, Pa, Rev. 8. G. Klein, pastor. ‘the services were m German and English, ‘The same day a new German church was consecrated New Pennsylvania, Stephenson county, IL, id the corner stone of a new German church in Aliéguauy, Pa., Which will cost $45,000, was laid, F Fe On the festival of the Retgymation (October 31), the Sunday school Union of ‘Trimtty church, Read- ing, Pa., Key, J. Fry, pastor, latd thé Cyruer stone of alarge edifice for Sunday school purjtOugs, 0 be called the Chapel of the Keformation. ‘The church in New Hanover, Moutgomery county, Pa., erected over 100 years and served forty years by the patriarch of Lutheranisin in this country, uhlenberg, has been recently renewed and mod- ernized. The congregation was organized nearly 160 years ago. A new Lutheran Synod, consisting of seven min- isters, has been organized in Kansas, Encoyraging accounts are recelved of religious in- terest at Hampden Sidney, Va., where Rev. Dr. Stiles has been laboring as evangelist of East Hanover Pres- bytery. The Presbyterian church ta Bruuswick, Va., though without a pastor, bave not been without the presence of the Spirit, and at the last communion re- ceived four converts. At Belfast, Tenn., the people of God have been encouraged by the addition to their number of 61x persous who have lately made pub- lic protession of their faith in Christ. ne Fourth United Presbyteriua churea, Pittsburg, Rev, J. M. Cockins, pastor, at their late communion received fifty-three new members, forty-five on pro- fessiou and thirteen on certificate. In Kansas there are of Methodists 9,258; of Con- gregationalists, 1,434: of Presbyteriaus, 1.250; of Buptisis, 1,119, and of other denominations about 2,500, Last week, in the Romanist Church of St. Paul the Aposile, coruer of Filty-ninth street and Ninth ave- nue, Archbishop McCloskey conierred the order of sub-deacon ou Francis A. Spencer and | fake, Tuey are both converts; the former is the son of a Protestant Episcopal clergyman residing in ‘Tarrytown and the latter was formerly a howoo- pathic physiciaf. A large congregalioh was in at- tendance. due church of Scotchtown, in the Presbytery of Hudson, N, Y., which has been favored witii several revivals of religion under the labors of Revs, Meuiu- selalt Baldwin aud B.D. G. Prime, bas again become the scene of a precious work of grace. Nhe Religious Aspects of a Conflict tn the East, The New York observer (pro-haioh Preshyteriau) of the 24th inst, contains the following article. Com- ing from so respectaple a high church source itis worthy of reproduction in our columnus:— ‘The Eastern question ts on the eve of new compli- cations, aud beiore these lines are read the Powers of burope may be invulved In a conict not to be settied witaout blood. We learn that Russia and France and £ngland are united in advising Greece to be moderate, and all are exerting themselves to avert the war that now threatens to break out in- stantly between Greece and enn ‘The occasion of the war is well known. The*tn- habliants of Crete, chiefly Grecks, but under the government of Turkey, have been in u stale of re- volt for some years past, and the sympathies of the Chrisuian worid have been enlisied in their benaif. ‘The Greek government lias not rendered material aid to the Cretans, but Greece has been the refuge of the women and ehiidren of Crete who have been reduced to want and misery by the war, and the Creeks have goue over m great numbers to assist their brethren in casting off the Ottoman yoke. This gives offence to Turkey, and the Sultan has at last resoived to make war upon Greece and pnt an end to interierence with his aifairs in Crete, Prauce aud Engiand still uphold the Tarkish gov- ernment. Kuseia 18 the natural ek of ‘larkey and tee protector of tue Greck Church within its boundaries. 1 warin the East breaks out Russta will be found on the sive of Greece. France aud Lngland will support the Mohammedan Power. If Prussia is drawh into it she will take sides with ¢ it will be a religious war, as in some sense pean contict had its origin in ihe religious reis of the Kast, But with France and Eugiaud niy & political game, which they play to keep Jauway from the Mediterranean and inamtam sr own power in the Levant and the further fast. i this conflict should come now we should regard it a8 indicating the speedy downfall of the Turkish empire. itis un effeie despolisia. By one of those wondrous dispensations of Providence which we cannot fathom that bioody and persecuting Power jews been permitted to bve with its heel on the beck of millions who are sighing to be free. Of the 16,000,000 of European Turkey only 4,500,000 are Mohammedans and ail t rest are professed Christians of the Greek Church. These Christians are far more in sympathy With Greece and Kussia than with the Mohammedan government tuat oppresses them. And if tie time comes tor them to assert their rights they will be found fighting for religious and eivii liberty. V.us the War now imruinent is one with which the Cheistian religion is more tmimediately identified it bas been in any war of the last century. We look at the overthrow of the Turkish power as one of the grand events to precede the triumph of Christianity im the earin, ud therere we study with intense Interest ine sigas the times when they are indicating events connecied With the stability of the Sultan's throne, We do not pretend to prophesy. That is the poorest business inthe worid for an uninspired man. We do not pre- tend to say that there will be any war now, or if war, that it will be the destruction of Turkey. But we anticipate the day as not far off when the crescent will cease to be crescent, and will wane before the cross. When the gospel will have free course and be glorified among the millions of the Levant, and the highway of the Lord will be opened up through the Holy Land into tie heart of Asia, and all those & ing- doms will be subdued to the King of Saints, Death of a Mach Respected Baptist Clergyman* Rey. Charles G. Sommers, D. D., an aged and highly respected Baptist clergyman, died in this city on Saturday lest, He was born in London in 1793. On coming to this country he was employed in the counting house of John Jacob Astor, as confidential clerk and travelling agent. He studied for the min- istry under the Rev, br. William Staughton, of Phil- ade phia, His ministerial labors extended over neariy a haif century, the greater part of which time he was actively engaged in mission work under the aus- pices of the American ‘Tract Society, the Bible so- ciety and the American and Foreign Bible Society. le mn to preach at the old Almshouse in tie Park, subsequently was prof a Baptist charch in Troy, of the old South Baptist church in Nassau in street, near Fulton street, and he continued with tis congregation after they moved to Twenty-fiith street. He retired from his ee about twelve years ago. was an accomplished scholar, an earacst aud etiective preacher and @ man oj ardent piety. The Sort of Religion That Makes the “s Come.” ‘The letters of the word “Presbyterian” can be so transposed as to spell “best in prayer;” but a little boy at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, has found a newer deiinition for it. The child evidently has a quick ear and an inquiring mind. The story is that Jimmy was riding past a church, and some one remarked, in passing, that it was a Presbyterian church, “papa,” said Jimmy, “what makes them call ita Presbyterian church?” “i don’t know,” said the fathery" I'm not very well posted in such matters, But | suppose its only an arbitrary name, to dis. tinguist iv from other churches.) Jimmy looked sober and thoughtful for a while, and, th with all earnest “Well, 1 guess it's byterian because the Way they preach there makes the tears come,” The Southern General. Assembly. Reviewing the late meetings of *ynoda and Pres- byteries connected with the Southern General As sembly, the Cluristian Observer finds ‘decisive evi- dences of progress.” Most of the reports speak of new churehes built and desolated sanctuarics re- stored, and some of churches organized on new ground and of refreshing seasons of relyrious awakening, The canse of imlitsterial suetentation and of missions, both dome ~~ aad forcien, has received the approval and freewlll offerings of more of the churches than in Aay preceding year, Some congregationa are provuswe wanwes for their vas ate tors, an example worthy of imitation by all, Ancther encouraging sgn of the times 1s the great increase of candidates tor the ministry, One year ago eighteen candidaces were receiving aid from our Commitee of Education. In May last there were forty-turee and the number now is sixty-nine, In May just Dr. Baird knew of seventy-two young mea desiring to preach the Gospel. Now he knows of 168 candidates and doubis not that there are 200 in our churches prepariug or desiring to prepare for the munistry, Dhurch Mixture—1803 X 1867. ‘The church at Red Oak is one of the oldest Presby- terian churches in Ohio, having been organized about 1803. In the division of the Oid and New Schools the pastor and the majority of the cburel went with tie New School and retalned the churet property. ‘The minority built a house of worship, elected thelr own EE and continued to be known as the Old ool Presbyterian church of Red Oak until 1:67, The New School divided again on the subject of slavery, the majority organizing & Free Presbyterian Church and the minority return- ing to the Old School. Thus they continued until 1867, when they agreed to unite in one organization under the care of the Presbytery of Chillicothe, Tais union has given general satisfaction, Rev. John Carson was last month instailed pastor of this chareh, Rev. A. H, Young, of South Salem, preaching the sermon. A Beantiful Church and Beautiful Prices for Pews. ‘One ot those elegant new churches which Boston has got Into the habit of building of late is just completed on the Back Bay territory. 1t 1s thought to be alittie handsomer than the edifice built for the Rey. Mr. 'Tood’s society very near it a year or more ago. Either must have cost over $200,00), and we hear that this last one has amony its other fe: tures a pretty heavy mortgage aitixe ‘the pews brought high prices at an auction sale this week, premiums being paid in several instances above @ Valuation of 92,000. It must be purely fashion and the satisfaction of worshipping with elegant surroundings that moves men to pay these prices, for the preacher of the society is a man of very ordinary capacity of intellect and little oratori- cal power, His brother, who is both a scholar and a logiciah of a high order, preaches ina plain editiee, tw a people who make little pretention, im a neil boriug city, Both are of the Unitarian faith, The Week of Praycr. Sunpay, Jan, 3.—Sermons., Subject--'The Ipter- cession of the High Priest over the House of God,” the motive and model of united prayer. Heb. x., 19-22, Monpay, Jan. 4.—Confession of sin and thanksgiv- bg for special and general mercies during the past year to nations, caurches and families, TUESDAY, Jan. 6. tions, For their temporal and spiritual prosperity: iy tag intercourse and ile maintenance of peace; for increased openings for the gospel; for the removal of social evils; for the better observance of the Losd’s day, aud for kings and all in authority. Wepnespay, Jan, 6.—Families—For children of Christian pareuts; for a blessing on home imiuence} for all seminaries of Christian learning, universities, colieges and schools; for Sunday schouls and private instruction; for our youth abroad and Jor a blessing on Christian literaiure, si Tuurspay, Jan. 7.—The CharchFor more know- ledge of God’s Word and terease of spiritual lite; for sound and faithiul preaching, adapted to rich and poor; growing love to Christ; a more carnes Jove to Christians of varied name and of all nations, and for the sending forth of more laborers into the harvest. Frivay, Jan. 8.—Missions—For the conversion of the heathen and Mohammedans; for the growth of missionary zeal; for ihe removal of lindrances vo preaching the guspel among ail nations; jor recent converts and tor all who are suffering persecution for the truth, Sarurpay, Jan, 9—General—For the conversion of israel; for the circulation of the Holy Scriptaces; for Christian and patlanthropte societies and tor tie outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Christians and Christiau clurches throughout the world, $ Jan, 10.—Sermons. Subject—“The duty Christian Church ip relauon vo the religious wants of uhe world.” Protestantism in Pertugal, A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian makes the following statements:— An English resident in Oporto, by name James Casseis, has been accustomed for some tie past io asseuivle in his drawing room @ sclect company of Portuguese friends and read the Scriptures to them in their native tongue. Previous to his hoiding these mectings he consulted with several of the ligt- est judicial autuorities fa power, who assuved hin that in 80 Going be comiitted no offence against tue State and could under no plea wiiaiever be mo- lesied, However, some pricsts in the neighbor- hood induced the local magistrate to suminon him and commit bim to answer the charge of mak- roselytes to the Protest; Mr. Cassels’ trial came off on the 25d of last iwonth. of te twelve wituesses gave evidence io prove he was innocent of the crime alleged to Lim, remaining two, Who were Lot eye withesse: ran him down. There was, therefore, no The simply Vvienve produced to warrant his conviction; and if he had been tried in any court of real justice be would have been released immediately. But he was found guiity, and sentenced to six years’ banisiment from tie country, ‘Tis to some people may seem incred: But for the trath of everything suited in this eter t aim responsivic, and am willing, if required, to give references to inglish residents in Oporto. Religious Liberty in the United Staten. The Presbyterian Observer takes the followiug par- agraph from the Cathoite Tublet of this city:— ‘The only country in the world where there is true and full religious liberty is in the United States, But this full freedom and secular dependence of the Church is far from being satisfactory to Lie more rigid Protesiants and is very Offensive to Methodists aud Presbyterians, Who Would giadly suppress it if they could. Upon which text the Observer remarks: This last remark is not correct in any eense or form. There are no sticklers for réligious freedom more consistent and outspoken than the Methodists and Presbyterians, and 1t would be bard to guess Wuat pretext the Koman Catholic writer has for making the absard assertion we have quoted above. gel at the point. We have equal laws tion of ali men in the enjoyment of their rights side easter as citizens and Cirisiians, Bul shese laws do apt permit, and ought not to permit, one man’s privileges to tnterierc with another man's; and this is Just where the Komantsts find fault with invs of our iistitutions. We all want to worship God on the Sabpath. ‘The law secures to us the right to do so without disturfance, but tie Ko- manists want to have processions, with music and parade, on sunday, and especially to marelt by Pro- iestant churches in time of service, to wturact atten- ion and disturb devotion, When Proiestants protest the ‘Romanists say we attack ligious liberty.” So in the matter of education. We have tree schools, where no interference ia allowed with the religious scrupics ofany. But the Romanists want to have the public money applied to the support of their seciartan schools, so that they can keep their children out of schools Where they mingie With Protestant children, We oppose snch use of the public mor aad Ko- manists complain of an attack upon ti religious liberty. All tits fs mere pretence, y have the same privileges that ali others have, But they must * the pub- not disturb their neighbors, nor i to gi children. lic money to pay for the education of the iu the doctfines of the Church of Bome. Revivals Among Children. A writer in the Pall Mall Gazetfe writes reverely in reference to the meetings lately held by Kev. R. P. Hammond, in Spurgeon’s Tabernacle. He sa ‘The motive ia, of course, excellent; but the agency employed is stuply shocking. A large number of children are brought together, their ings are ex. clied by fervid descriptions of the most sacred events, and then the announcement is put forth “Lhousands of children converted.” It has been stated that at several of these meetings a hammer and nails and a crown of thorns were exhibited, A show of hands was also asked for from those “who had found Jesus.” * * * Ail this is very scandalous; and Mr. Spurgeon, who ia a kind-hearted at man, ouglt to put a stcp to it, Some r Warned the promoters of the meetings that the ex- citement must be attended with much danger to the children, But it does not need tuis suggestion to condemn proceedings manifestely crue im their effects upon chiidreu’s minds. Consecration of Lay Preachers. The Congregational church in Shullsbarg, has taken a bold step forward in the right direction, The pastor, Rev. A. M. Dixon, D. D., had been holding meetings in an adjacent neighborhood, and had received quite a number of converts into his church, who, living at too great @ distance to pe regular attendants, were recognized as @ branch church in that locality, Not being abie to supply both them and his church in town Dr. Dixon relerred the matier to his church, which gettied the question in a manner in accordance with Congreg: tional freedom, by selecting two men who were to act as lay preachers in that and other destitute settlements among oe lead = mines adjoining, They will read ly under the super- vision of Dr. id talk, exhort and preach as God shall give them ability, while ursuing their daliy Lag thy oa (omg At the ast communion season these brethren were so- rt by the church with prayer for this . This example of the church in g shows how Christian work should be If ministers cannot be found, then consecrate The best man that cau be had is better ‘There ig no reason why Metho- done. laymen. than none at all. dists should movopolife the exceileut iustiiution of | jocal preachers, Nigious Notes, Pray in your closets. ‘The Hebrew Leader catia for a compromise ritual for the two camps in laréel, the orthodox and re- form. There has been @ glorions revival in Sag Harbor, Graudchildrea and great grandchildrea are coming | up to the alter. ‘The upiversa) seiigious week of prayer recom: | mended fer the veginning of January by the Evan- getteal Alliance promises to be a failbre. At the generat meeting of the congregattonn Bai Jeshuran, In this city, Rev, Dr. Vidaver was elected a8 preacher for the year at @ salary of $5,000, A soc ety called the “Universulist Women’s Asso- ciation” has beep formed tm Uiinoia, and will give its attention Co educational and missionary work. Rev. Dr. Zeigier, Professor of Theology in the Lutheran Mission Institute, SelinsgrovesPa. has lately Qnished several houses, which are to be oc- capled by indigent students. ‘The United Presbyterian Board, having eharge of the freedmen’s work in the South, aa that there has not deen a time in the last five years when there Was 80 lich Of promise as at the present, The Reformed Presbyterian church at Herman, near Nev Castle, Pengsylvania, has changed tis ec clesiastial relations ‘by uniting with tue Beaver Presbytery of the Old School Presbyterians, ‘The proposition to make all general conference officers it the Me!hodist Spiscopal Church, including bishops, subject to re-election every four years nds & great Many advocates, especialiy in the West. ‘The American Catholics are asked to contri $250,000 to the College of the Propaganda at ki and they will make it half a million, Twelve Weait!y Catholics of Baltimore have given $22,000 to this obeet. ‘The Fraaciscan Fathers have just closed “a mis- sion” in Xew Brunswick, N. J., at which over 4,000 communicants 1 ed the communion, On last Sunday evening the Fathers commenced anew mis- het Williamsburg, wiich will last about a fort- night. ‘The Firt Congregational (Unitarian) church in Boston iias just dedicated one of the Hnest edilices in the country, ‘The church was founded in 1640. ‘The pastor, Mr Rulus Eilis, belongs to the extreme or- thodox wing of the Unitarian body. The Rev Charles Lyman, lately of Canton Centre, takes charge oi the crurch at Dunlap, om the Pacific voad, fifty miles eastof the Missouri, He finds a settiementof Connecticut people, with a house of worship, gad also with a parsonage under way. A transcmdental preacher took for his text, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A plain farmer very quatotly remarked to him, on coming out of the church, ‘A very good text, sir: bit you should take care not to put the hay 80 high in jie rack that Uae lambs can’t reach it.” Rev. Heary N, Hudson, formerly rector of St. Michaci’s caurch, Litchfield, and au army chaplain, at sword's poms with General Butler, is now one of the Jacnity of the Wesleyan University—his oitice being tat of “Lecturer on Shakapeare.” The first #ethodist church in Massachusetts was established in 1741, and there are now 271 churches in 207 citesor towns. There are 248 church build- ings and 113 paysonages. In 128 towns tiere are no churches, ‘ihe vatue of the 218 churches ts ¢: 650, and of the (18 parsonages $265,900. The Presoyterian (0. 5.) Board of Church Ex- tension reports that in the jast thirteen and a half years it has received a little over $400,000, and has aided in the erection of 900 churches, capable of ac- commodatiag about 200,000 worshippers. The average cost of the sanctuaries is less than $3,000. Much religious interest exists in Oberlin, Onio. At the close Ga serinon by Prolessor Finney a few weeks ago, in response to @ request that all who were wall 40 come to Christ suould signily it by taking seats in front of the pulpit, neariy all the body of the churci: was tiled. ~ Several conversions in the advaaced college classes are reported. The Dover Gazette states that orders have been issued to one of the most skilful and tasty architects in boston to draw suitable plans for a new Catholic cathedral in that city, which is to be 1060 feet im length by 601n width, at a proposed cost of $50,000, The choice of tots has not been determmed upon, shou the ground will be broken early in the spring. The Catholic papers publish an appeal to the wealthier among the Catholics of the United States, signed by Archuisuep Spaulding, of Maryland, call ing for funds in behalr of the American College in Rowe, witich is in immediate danger of being closed, Those who conirivule $500 will share yp ihe holy saeridces and prayers of the college and of the stu- dead ite ‘The Presbyterians and Methodists united in build- tog a chu the dedi ii in Litue York, Jefferson county, Pa. At on & minister of e nh denomination —oue li the morning and the other ai night. ular comenience buth preached from the -“Gut We preach Christ crucified, to. the block, aud to the Greek foolish- ev. A. I, Plumb, in & comimunication to the ton tes the slanders of a Chic paper ib reference Congregational church in New Orleans. He shows that, xo lar from endeavor- ing to propitiate Southern favor by uplair treatment o, lt welcomes Cojored members to the Sabpeth schools, besides sustaining three or four Mission Schools aMONg the colored population. Dr. Osgood, pastor of the Churca of the Messiah (Chitarian), withdrawe his ictter of resignativa. He as been pastor tor tweuty years. Tne church ts ly in debt aud their new church ts tn advance of iin size and cost; but at a late mecting of the socieiy $25,009, @ quarter of the whole debi, was subscribed, and hope Was expressed that tie re- mainder could be liquidated or successfully funded. ‘The alleged sympathy of the Prince of Wales with the rituatisis 18 ereating auxiety in the minds of some Church people. Various circumstances are referred to us calcuiated to excite uncasiness, a lion. Mr. Wood, the Prmee’s equerry, 1s, for exam- ple, president of the English Churet Union ; the Prince gave # handsome check to Dr, Lee for “ini proving” All Saints’ (ritualistic) church; the Prince, turthermore, las given a superb pair of altar candle #i.cks Lo the church at Sandrigham; and the Prince, fina ly, was a frequent attender during the year at the ulorewentioued All Saints’. i NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. AccIvENT TO A FinemMAN.—John H. Comer, a meim- ber of Eugine Company No. 6, was run over by the ‘achine on Christmas day and had his fager broken. Tue Horse RAILROAD ORDINANCE APPROVED.— Mayor ONeill yesterday signed the ordinance au- torizing the Pavonia Horse Railroad Company to jay tracks in ceriain streets of the city, ‘Lhe line Wil be in operation a the end of two weeks. THe RAURoaD ACCIDENT aT LACKAWAXEN.—In consequence of the breaking down of the bridge over the Lackawaxen, on the Erie Railway, on ‘Thursday moruing, there has beea some deuy in tue running of trains. The bridge will not be repaired soouer than two wecks, THE Ice IN THY Non’ Rrver.—Large masses ofice floated down the North river during Friday night, in many places closing up the siips. The ferryboat Colden was detained in the Desbrosses street alip upwards of an hour durig tue nigut and hadio be towed out by the Newark, witch raised the biock- ade, Travel Was stopped at the same slip yesterday morning for some time, owing to the large bloeks of ive plied under the briage, which prevented it frou sinking Lo le level of tae bowl at ebb Lide, Commanipaw. Toe Stock Yarns.—During the week ending De- cember 19 there arrived at the stock yards 305 cars, containing 1,555 cattie, 19,355 hoga and 1 stieep. There were slaughtered during the same time 5.0 cattle, 15,579 hogs and 7,150 sheep. Within the past week there arrived 190 cars, containing 1,281 cattle, Shows and 3,104 sheep. The number siaugh- tered Was 417 callie, 13,157 hogs and 4,492 sheep. Bergen City. A SsLoon Ropesy.—On Christmas eve a man en- tered tie saloon of John Rutger, on Monticelio ave- nue, and kept the proprietor and his wife io conversation while two other sneak thieves stole into (ie house, weut up stairs and took from the bedroom @ box containing thirty dollars 1 silver, fifty dollars in greenbacks, three goid rinus, a silver watch and chain, a sewing box containing valuabie articles, and a deed of some property. All tue tuleves escaped. Hudson City. JopreraL = Lexiry AsuseD.—An old offender named John Hoffman was taken before Recorder Aldridge yesterday morning on the charge of drunk- enness. ‘The Recorder having reminded Jonn that on former oceasions he had been lenientiy dealt with, but the merey extended vo lim had been abused, he would, therefore, send him to the county jati for three months, INCENDIARISM.—A frame dwelling belonging to Mrs. Havens, on Grand avenue, was destroyed by fireon Friday night. The fire companies had been previonsly called out on # faise alarm, so that in this instance they were dilatory in their movements. ‘The loss is $800; inst the Hudson County Mu- tual Insurance ( be There ia litte doubt that the fire was the work of au incendiary, THE GRAND AVENUB ASSES* MENT.—An adjourned meeting of the Commissioners of Assessment ap- pointed by the Supreme Court was held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the office of Justice Aldridge. Counsel for the city and the property owners having submitted their Fes ened case: the Comntissioners retired for deliberation, and finally adopted a report to be presented to tue Su. preme Court for couiirmation. ‘THe Nev Horse RaikoaD Deport at West End, situate 200 feet west of St. Paul avenue, is com- pleted, and cars will be placed on the line—which is knOWN ag the Pavovia Horse Rattroad—at the end of two weeks Four miles of track have been laid, The depot comprises two brick buildings, the stable and granaty, besides @ wooden strucvure, 200 feet long, to be used a a car shed, This latter building foriuié the side of the square covered by the depot butidings dnd yards. The other terusiuus of the Loe is at the Payonia lerry, Jersey City, Tur Rion or JUStiCKs TO Impose A CHARGE ON WARKANTS—An adjourned meeting of the justices of the county was held last evening for the purpose of taking action to the matter of levying charges on all Warrants issued, Witch Chief Justice Beasivy has lately decided to be extortion Ht levied before the termination of the suit, ‘The majority were a apowed to acgitiese in the decision, and at the same time urged the drafung of a bill’ to be presented to the next Legisiature relieving Magivtrates in the pre- dunases, Newark. ‘Tue Reownr Bannoom APPRAY.—There a JiWIe to add in the Way of particulars to the Clinton Hill | same paper, over the gre | a barroom affray, fully reported in yesterday’ HeRanp, The negroes arrested, ten in number, have been committed tO the county jail to avait trial. ‘They acknowledge bemg at ihe ‘piace, but say they ran away 68 Se are on ot ae distarbance. To- morrow the whole @ prisouers will be brow before the Common Pleas, onl Avxorierk Arenay.—On Christinas evening a fistic encounter took place on thé Coruer of Market and Beaver streets, in front of a saloon Wiere ihe parties had been drinking, in the course of which an un- known man was severely cut about the face aud head. ite had to fiy finally, leaving @ biocdy trait beluud him. It is alleged thit oue of the parties is a young man, the son of a respectable eXpresa ay Who was found guilty some time of nearly clubbing a po iceman to death, but let ou witha leit fine. No arrests, NARROW Kscark rROM DRowNN¢ WoMAN TUMBLES INTO THE CAN ‘arly yesterday morning a well dressed female was discovered Snoozing on the bank of the Morris canal, on Lock street, near Warrea, by a Mr. Jamos Brady. Pere ceiving that she was under the influence of liquor he started of for a policeman; but a few mmutes after Lis progress was arrested by the screams of the woman, who had rotied imto the canal and broken through the ice, He hurried to her assist ance, and with the atd of others succeeded in res- cuing the wretched woman from an ice, covered grave. Her naine is isabella Ward, and sie resides on State street, whither she was removed after pre- viously being cared for, FIRB IN A BAXcRY—A FireMan Sextousiy IN- JURED.—tn the cracker bakery of William Titus, No, 19 Lombardy street, a@ flre broke out yesterday after- noon, about one o’clock, which resuited in the de- struction of a large quantity of flour, besides a considerable portion of the building, tt was some time beture the firemen were on hand, so that by the time of their arrival the fanies Nad = gained stroug headway. However, by hard work they were inaiiy brougit under, ‘Through the accidentai falling of a duminy a mem- ber oi Engine Co. No. 1 (Minnehaha), A. eid Cook by name, a resident of No. 60 Bleecker stieet, was seriously if not fatally injured, Besides a severe cut on the head, it is feared he is dan, wisly Lurt inter ually. He Was removed to the Passaic Hotel, kept by a relative, aud two surgeons sent for. ‘The loss on the stock and buiiding will be avout $0,000 or 30,000; jusured. A DRUNKEN THE ROCKS IN HELL GATE. To tke Eprror or Taz HERAL! I noticed in the HeraLp of Sunday, the 20th inst., an elaborate article on the obstructions of Hell Gate, in which one or two statements appear which are calculated to create a wrong public impression. It ts stated that the $85,000 appropriated by Congress last session is now almost expended and that nothing has yet been done. So far from this being the case the $85,000 remains intact, except $3,000 or $4,000, which it is stated the government engincer has ex- pended for apparatus and equipments to carry op (he surveys of the rocks to be removed, these sur- veys being conducted by the assistauts regularly attached to the engincer office, It is also atuted that General Newton hag been making evperiinents in drilling. General Newton has made no such ex- periments, nor is he authorized by the government, so far as tho writer is aware, to spend any ot the public money making experiments. The experi- ments made last week with a new submarine drill were made by the contractor, Sidney F. Suc!bourae, who has undertaken to remove Frying Pan and Pot rocks, in Hel! Gate, and bas given sufilcient bonds to the government for the faithiul performance oi the work, With these experiments Geucral Newton had nothing todo other than as his interest as a scientific man aud contracting ofilcer on belalf of (he government would naturally lead him to manifest. In regard to the removal of these roo: Gate the public and press secm to mianil reasonable impationce, Great apd disiicuit works ike the removal of subaqneons rocks io (he fear currenis and whirlpoois of Heli Gate cannot be com- menced and completed ta a day nora Week. Rather than go there aud pitch overboard on the rocks bar: rel oF powder and nitro-glycerme, and fire thom of in the ope that some exccation will be dune, which would be a work appropriate lo any man who can row aboat and lift 100 pounds, the apparent delay which is construed as an evidence of a want of en- ergy and skiil Op the part of those wio have the work ta hand, should rather indicate an who at least supposes be knows a few of that acience has lately made when he bears ihe sian- ders and scoils of would-be contractors aud an un- reasonable public, and goes pauientiy on preparing: for the work maciinery to do it efficiently wad rapid- ly. The contract for the renioyal of these rocks was signed on the 23d of October last. Searcely cight weeks have passed since then, A New York machine shop would hardly engage to build a steam engine or other machine of known and definite constiuc- tion in this time, let atone machinery for @ great and dimeuit work im which no precedents are established, and where Lie difllicalties to be overcome hive to be met by novel appliances, requiring in every case alterations and consequent delays. A considerable part of the article referred to is taken up with a review of what is said to have al- ready been done, and the account reiers to Hunt's Merchanvs Magazine and other reports of the date whea this Work Was attempted, It seems very diin- cuit to 1 surveys have been made which give no such results as are claimed ‘by the advocates of surface blasting. Pot Kock has only twenty feet of water at wean low ude and Frying Pan only sixteen feet, and it nas been absolutely proven by the tacts and by the ol- ictal reports of this very atiempt to remove tne rocks tn Hell Gate by surface biasting that it ts only avatianie for projections, seamy or broken rock. ‘to blow ¢% the pinnacle o! arock or to heave away a large oovider may be an easy Work for surtace blast- ing, but when it comes to remove solid hardpan the plan is a failure and 1s so considered by the huglisi: engineers from Whom Mauicfert first learned lis su- called new process, This process has been repeat. ecily tried by the i | Engineers and, Captain Davis, of the iiydvograpiy Otlice, Admiralty, London, in- formed the writer, always with the same alts when compact rock liad to be removed. ‘This sysiem, it is true, produces great and appai- in throwing huge coluuns ras Une explosion is spent upon Uh rock, for if the explosive ti instead nu the top of it, action and reacuon would have tueir efect to upheave the roc! dof the water, It 1s stated that Unis pro ts eifeet by using the superimacumbent water as a julcrum against which to act upon the rock, While (ue ro- verse would be the truer statemeat, as a fuieruin must always be taken to be the least movabie body from which to act upon the moro easily movable Tie rock, then, itsef is tae fatcrum from which beauuful hydraulic displays are produced in the air and delightful raimbows im the sunlight. tf a bis time, had been eu 0 doubt he would bave employed Uus process wien he thrashed the liellespont. in we review of this subject your article states that Mr. Mall \ ad to remove Pot Lock, Pry- ing Pan and W of for $16,500, and that his proposition was accepted by the merchants of New York and he was set to work. Why did he not re- move these taree rocks, pocket his money and go bis Way rejoicing? For what did the gov- ernment afterwards appropriate $20,000, which was spent almost altogether ap Pot Kh alone’ Why now has the government appropriated money and made # contract for tue removal of Liese very Do these rocks continuaily grow up out of bi like Minerva from (be head of Jove? Why did not Malilefort remove tiem definitely and conciusivery to whatever depth he stipulated with the merciants oi New York, aad have done with it? Jet lacts and Justice prevail and pretence and uinbug be sient, The Wuth Is, liis so-called NEW proccss Was in capable of removing these 1 » hones and projections were once knocke everybouy is Willing to mdinit that with great benefit to the channel and increased safety Wo navigation) except it be by tie expenditure of very disproportionate sums of money, t energy of explosive material when coms any Known process of excavation by din ung, stuiement it is easy to prove from ihe facts of the case, it will appear indisputably from the rec tie Work that under the appropriation of $20,000 by Congress in 1852 about 318,000 Were expended upon Pot tock alone. Nine hundred charges of powder of seventy-iive to 125 pounds hi were expended by € Major Frazer in depth of a little over @ foot, making & cost for powder alone we at that at eighteen cents per pound—about the pi Snen-oF over $16,000. Now, to say nothing about tho $2,000 or more expended in placing tiring the powder, if it takes $16,000 worth of powder t on Pot Kock one fodi, which is easier to rm e and extends over Jess suriace than each successive foot, how much money would tt take to reduce the rock from twenty to twenty-five feet nearer low water? The #imple multiplication of 16,000 by five would be much less than the actual cost. It must fiso be understood that the metais were curreacy then, and everything was reckoned in gold, ‘On ths showing the cost would be more than double that of the average of all the bids for the removal of this rock at the recent letting by General Newton on the 21st of September last. As to the tine required to perform the work by this pretended new roeess, Which did not produce the depth of twenty- Hour feet, as required, it will be seen that (he opera- a covered a period from August, 1861, to January, 2863; yet It 18 asserted that this process saves both time and mouey. Such has been the presumption and persistence of the cluqueurs of this process that tuere is DO Wonder that its pretence anu errors die bare te A-LAMENTABLE HOMICIDE IN THE WEST. {St. Joveph (Dec. 23) correspondence of tie St. Louls Republican.) Our city was throwa into the greatest agitation this eveniog at the announcement of He ki ling of rly, & yell known law nd prom. ween, » TA. Green, aise 2 lay originated from & newspaper oor ‘On the 22d inst. an anonymous netuMton+ this city, ridi- ence. tion was published tm the Herald ob culing Mr. Greep, but not characterized by especial pitierncas ‘The morneg a reply appeared im we 5 signature of Mr. Green, of tha erness. Very Opprobe ous epiticts Were plied to Early. — Fveryuody, especially the members of the bar, expected a difiicuity, Abouq four oc (his afternoon Greea and y met neas th urth and Francs siree's, where am est, encounter occur oth geatioinen had pistols, but they were not used ¢ Co sirike with in the onset; but after their separation Mr. ¢ and fired, (he ball taktug effect near the ri of Mr Earyl, causing almost instaut death. Mr. Green imiiediately taken in eustody by the Sherur ind id now tu jai. Mr. kariy fe Baltimore, havin bee: some four years in the Wes!, the las o nonths of whieh he has resided in this city, c Mr. Green is (rom Gatena, Ui,, any Rio this city less than a year, He bas a wi aud four children, PARIS FASHIONS. The Panse Maenbre at Complegne—The Travelling Comumes of the Princess Wates and Mme, de Metternich=The Era Gous, Jewels and Flowers=A Rising Stag iv the Fashionable World=Bouquets for hq Hair. + if Paris, Dec. 11, 166, We know what posterity said of the minuet an gavot, We kuow what we thought of our gi Krandmothers’ sieps and our great. grandsires? bo ing and elbowing through figures with rhythm! cadence and Mozart's accompaniment; but we sli never Know what posterity will say of the dan mavabre executed at Comptegne by the flower of tl aristocrac, It was a Sir Roger de Coverley tune: but nothing more internal, epileptic and savage cary be found as « Ot comparison to the dancing, than the ant he Apaches round burning victims, ‘Th@ following were the ladies Who introduced this new style 1 our salons, Mme. de Metternich, Mime. a¢@ Por Mine, de Persigny, Mile, de la Gravic Mmes. de Solis and de Gortaut, The dlabolicat nies tomime ed twenty minutes, when panting of course ensiicd; the Emperor looked on attentively, meduwiile, No one kuows what he thought of thé innovation, because his features can on certaim oce 2 us speechiess as pasteboard, but [ really donot think le will ever be able to stand ap per in the new dance, as there never hag been such display at any palace to compete with thd uce of the third series, ‘ 1 wil, before enteriug into the glories of vacung 8 8 of toilet, give a description of the travelling costul worn by te Princess of Wales on her arrival at ( penhagen and the one she wore previous to her jour, ney there at Compiegne, As the Princess suffered good deal from sea sickness, she did not fee! equal much effort in the harbor of Korsoer, and the largé numbers wie iandet on the Danish shore did not hail the royal party any the less lustily because she was in acioth and velvet dark robe; bat one plece of good tuste and finery was remarked, however, and has been talked of i Paris, namely that she had on the front of her Loquet tue bouquet Of roses and violets which the Empress had given her as @ gouvenir at Coimpiegne. Her travelling cose tume on the day of ber reception by the imperial court acre was a3 follows:—A short gros grain dined with three smali dounces of black ii headed with carled black ostrich feathers: A Versailles casaque (Watieau), half 3 aad tfiuiaed With @ flounee of Wluck lace, headed with feathers. Tht cagayie was loos over the paniers with large rosel te steeves were very narrow, with mous. lace, e2 m bands. loose, rounded ou the queture cus of black feather, The colar and sieeves, Wit) linen, with Valencicnues edgiug; the jequet of black velvet, with two ge feathers which curled over the chignon, ‘Th wess had never before seen the city of so that hor wonder at the beauty of th's capl tal was extreme and the general verdict of society here is vat there never has been so graviense & lady from (he Bugis Court As 1 have described costume | iaay forward a second, that ede Metternich, which was of @ very siyle and Jeads us back a great way days of Deuphins and Maintenons. it was ply of blac cashmere bordered with sable, but wie hat was Uh uous par it was a hie swith dive boown feathers, one of which V bolind, and 1 must say y 8 stresses, try to sieceed—was a tule, oi With Dumberiess walle and the same flowers in her hair, ‘Tuts reminds me that (ringe bs being made of rose. buds, and very lovely 1018. ‘The buds are strung like beads, al! colors, and are often headed with imitation moss uiatde of chenitie, On tulle, round tunics or round Hounces of platted crape lisse, talle and or, gaudie this wil be a most admired pavure; nothing lore ligat and juvenile can be adopted either for th 1 loW bodices or armholes, so proiusely worn, it hag e an art Lo conceal their abseace where ladies ota dowry of diamonds and pearls to boast » A judicious selection from the ora will ever charm aud delight the tasteful. Fiowers are wort Very Lull, very large an the gaud. in demand. They are set off by crystal powder, initauion gems, which is very taste, and (ue brightest velvet pouis in the emerald, nacarai, ruby aud autumn leaf shades, Wiite, bloude and satia, with birds’ heads peeping out of the entaugicment, are much adimired, Tue great novelty in tortoise sbell ts ee through which the back strands are drawn. It (wisis in and out, keeping the Jowing batr sinooth, and 1s adopted by ladies who ike the mermaid style, bul who have dige covered Uuil, however poetic, it ls not quite agree. able to cavullers to get every now and then, whem the wind biows, a switch from the said tads in theig faces. As Lever re the fashionable wori« Moulton, who was the heroine of Cour ago. phe isa @ lovely “pity splendid voice. have got up a musical olla podrid., which ts called Moulton-Compleg' ‘the American belie does all tne singing and Wie Ambassadress of Austria all the accompanmoat. Lo was heard jor tle first ime om the night of tae danse mucadre, Mine. Moulton dresses with more elegance than the French, or pers haps she carries of dress better than Parisian ladies: do. she é, her hair is raven black, and she opulent curls, She is aduvrable in cirap ares: of ord the names of every rising star in I may not forget that of Mme, gne a week satin long, pale “aymph’s thigh,” and, shrondcd t ad When seated by tue biond@ Duches.¢ . WhO po 3 her hair and always look. vaporous, the two extremes of beauty inabloude onde brave are eoouch to make & man wish ft wi legal ty have wo Wives, ome each sort, the artists of the © erforininy: at C ters de Bi,’ Fename qui deseribed Angelo anc on this occ nase have had the honor of when (hey gave the +s the. especially ganze be With satia, Ov hue the Empress wae very to uiperial DOX. She wore a black sat and velvet toilet, mixed or slashed or siyle. er bodice was ornamented chauis of Giamonds, which ram rouud the Contours, and fer tume was looped with diamond bows, sie wore am algrettc of Giamoucs, mounted, to represent feathe ers, curled back Ov. pouf of very biicht green, placed bigh on ler ight crimped lair, It was a mas Jestic eduiwe. The same ¢ i feathers formed the frout oF her boat remarkable totes was that of thc Nacquise de Moustier, in ehat lovely, soit silver gray over the same, with @ shaded poe ceau stripe, Lowers of poaceau velvet aad diamonds in her har. And now j will close with bouquets for the hatr, er io prove (hat Very much wrt can be a stl for piccwuy stones. A garland of vervaim wilt green rushes, all shudes; a Wreath of currant shaded geranium, with velve leaves aud Uratl; & yellow water lily oud closed bud, With crystailizod verdare and trail, ever which @ swarm of golden fl a large tea or China rose, With beetie upyn it, end @ cordon of buds. ‘There is nothing positively new in demi-tollette with the exception of that very ugly red, cailed antique or caroubin, It is neither oacarat, not claret, nor amarauthine ; it is forbidding, and whem mt accordiag to the last style is lost burlesque. The last style 18 a dress in five stories or elages, and begins at the bottum with @ flounce for natber one, then # skirt with @ Irth for nusaber two, then @ jer for Humber Lhree, then @ ouneed pelerine for frilied hood jor number five. un or glace poull with @ train, round wineh feathers or sur and th tight casaque With tauie panier in one, looped ts ty eiegant folds and fell beliud, with or without those perverse foids from the neck, called abe qulant. Tho e\postious ior New Year's bay are commeng ing next Week. WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE, OPENING OF A NeW PUBLIC SCHOOL.—The new pubic school on Chatterton Hill, opposite White Plains, and known as District No. 10 of the town of Greenburg, will be opened Monday, January 11, ROYAL AkCH MASONS OF YONKERS.—=The following persons have been tastalied as officers of Neperham Chapter, No. 177, Royal Arch Masons, for the enguing year, vizz=\V, I. Doty, M. E. HW. Px; Lyman Cobb, dr, EB. K } W. B. Ragar, Treasurer; E. L. Morris, Secretary; George W. Waite, ©, of 15 iitind Visit. We Winhante Si second Vel ‘rhire . Be jaime, M, Second V. Waitara Fariane, Mi. ‘Pirst V.; A. Morenouse, Sens Unel. A WILD Beas AT LANGR—Considerable excites meni tas been occasions in New Rochetie by rey ports that @ Jarge aad hideous ag anual bad been seen prowling about the Vilingo for several nights past and ihat a ma of hele Cars have mysteriously disappeared ua (he prey of tae ume Feloome nocty ‘eer . Some vf the residents believe 1 to be a bear, oert & ae. ‘Tha supposition is that | + escaped gome menayerio and te § waning for fall of augw to eHavle Hiend 6g oagk At co iis wid Pe