The New York Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1869, Page 4

4 EUROPE. English Volunteer Review. Probable Meeting of European Sovereigns at Carlsbad. THE NEW SPANISH CONSTITUTION. The ‘Tne Inman steamship City of Brooklyn, Captain Brooks, trom Liverpool the 31st ult., via Queenstown April 1, arrived here yesterday, She brings dctails of cable telegrams up to date of sailag. Several Berlin journals, among which are those known to be devoted to Count Bismarck, con- sider war inevitable, The weather is so severe tn the Pyrennees that dears have been seen among the villages at the foot of the mountains. Sheep, cows and one child have been carried off. The Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, arrived at Pesth ibe 30th ukimo, The chateau of Maisons Laffite, near Paris, the Peuple states, has just been purchased for the Prince Imperial, the price being 1,100,000 francs, c The Gawois, of Paris, mentions that the French government has addressed a note to Berlin asking for some explanations respecting the mobilization of troops that is being effected in Nassau, Hesse, Frankfort and at Hanover. oad . ‘The frontiers of Russia and Prussia, from Citoviau as far as Memel, are at present a prey toa horrible famine, the entire population, but especially tne Jews, being decimated by hunger and typhus fever. ‘The London Telegraph says that “it has been de- cided to reduce the strength of British forces in Canada by 5,000 men.” * =~ The Liverpool Mercury of the 30th ilt. says that serious irregularities have been discovered at Ports- mouth Dockyard, and that several officers are com- promised, furniture, &c., having been made in the yard for private use. 7 ‘The situation at Preston remains unchanged. The secretary of the spinners and minders issued a cir- cular March 30, to remind that body of their resolu- tion to oppose the reduction, Snow fell heavily in Paris during the early hours of Easter Monday morning, and had {t not melted as the day advanced would, correspondents say, have been two feet deep in the streets, The breach in the bank of the Onse, near King’s Lynn, England, waiich excited so much alarm on Monday, the 29th ult., has been promptly, and, it is believed, effectually repaired. All danger of inun- ‘dation is supposed to be at ap end. The Paris Public contradicts @ rumor which has been current that the government intends recalling the French expeditionary corps from Rome. It also denies that Italy has sounded the Cabinet of the Tuuleries relative to the possibility of a mixed occu- pation of Civita Vecchia. An attempt is being made to get together a team of eMicient Welsh volunte:rs aad to obtain permis- sion for them to compete against the English, Scotch and Irish Twenties in the International Enfield match at Wimbiedon. In Transylvania a ministerial order has been is- sued prohibiting the continuance of the committee which has lately been carrying on @ political agita- tion on behalf of the Roumanian nationality. ‘The Emperor of Austria has sent one of his gene- rals to Florence to thank the King of Italy for the complimentary mission entrusted by General Della Rocca on the recent visit of the Emperor to Trieste. A panic was caused in the cathedral at Palermo Holy Week by a bomb being thrown through a win- dow during divine service and when the building was crowded. The missile exploded without hurting any one seriously, but in the confusion and hurry to escape many persons were thrown down. The author of this outrage has not been discovered, English newspapers recently discussed the ques- tion whether or not Gibraltar ought to be ceded to Spain, and the subject will now probably form the text for a debate in the Spanish Cortes, as on Mon- day, the 29th ult., the leader of the republican party, Seilor Orense, gave notice that he would put a ques- tion to the Ministry with reference to it. The Baroness Julia Ebergenyi, who, as may be re- membered, was about two years back condemned to imprisonment for life for having, with Count Chorin- sky, poisoned the wife of the latter, has just made an atiempt to escape from the prison of Nen- dorf, under the disguise of g nun. She was, how- ever, detected and stopped by one of the jailers at the moment she was about to pass through the gates. A lady belonging to a high family of Vienna was waiting for her outside with a carriagé. = ‘The administration of the “Bureau Veritas” at Paris has published its maritime bulletin for the month of February. The number of vessels either totaliy lost or missing is 238—viz., 115 Enghsh, 24 French, 22 American, 19 Italian, 15 North German, 6 Danish, 6 Spanish and 31 of different Nags. Of these 13 are steamers, 21 condemned ships and 16 unheard of. The number lost in the corresponding mouth of 1868 was 212; of 1867, 224, and of 186, 268, Authentic correspondence from Vienna mentions that Austria advocates that all difficulties arising be- tween any of the great Powers shall be submitted to mutual discussion, on the conference plan, before having recourse toarms. , From Italy there is news of political arrests in Na- ples, and of the d'stribution of revolutionary procia- mations in the southerm® provinces. According to the Florence correspondent of the Paris Zemps, several non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Neapolitan garrison are among the persons arrested. The report rans that @ republican conspiracy has been discovered, but upon this subject nothing cer- tain appears to be known, and but little importance 4s attached to the rumor. A recent telegram from Paris stated that a deputa- tion from the iuhabitants of the islands of the Sporades, situated in tie Archipelago, had arrived in that city for the purpose of inducing the French government to use it# Influence to prevent the at- tempted infringement bj the Sublime Porte of the guaranteed autonomy of these isiands. A Paris cor- respondent states that the French government has refused to interfere in the matter, and it 1s an- mounoced that the deputation is now in London for the purpose of obtaining We intervention of her Majesty's government. ENGLAND. The Volanteer Review at Dover. LonDox, March 80, 1869, No more wretched morning could be conceived than that which ushered in that great Bnglish holl- day, Buster Monday, the anniversary of the great volunteer review. Yet Dover, the scone of the mill- tary show, was absolutely crowded with visitors, and the courage with which males and fe males, mutton chop whiskers and chignons, braved the perils of the terrific storm gave gratifying evidence of the pride which Britons feel in their gallant volunteer defenders. At first it waa thought prudent to postpone the review, and word to that effect was telegraphed to London ; but later in the day the Duke of Cambridge arrived on the ground, and, the weather having somewhat moder- ated, the troops were hastily summoned together ‘and the affair came off after all. Early in the morning an incident occurred which for 4 while created intense excitement, and might, but for a providential circumstance, have turned the day into one of mourning and sorrow. Two of the rotten old “wooden walls of England,” known as ten-gun brigs, had been sent around from Portsmouth to take part in the review, each “manned” by about eighty or ninety lads between the ages of fourteen and sixteen, pupils of the Navai Academy, and studying for the service, About four or five o'clock one of these brigs, the Ferret, broke loose from her moorings, and, despite the efforts of those on beard, was dashed against the stone sea wall ot the pier, and almost instantly broken to pieces. The water being low at the time, the level of the pier was about twenty-five feet above the wreck, and the greater portion of the boys would inevitably Dave been lost but for the efforta of the crew of # channel NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 12, steamer, the Breeze, which bad brought over a load of exoursionists and fortanately tay on the other side of the pier, Tae hands of the Breeze, who heard the cries of the unfortunate lads, prompuy brought into service all their lines and ropes and succeeded in sav.ng every life on board the Ferret, The news of the disaster soon spread about the town and great excitement prevailed antil it was | positively ascertained from the call of the muster roil that all the boys were safe, As has been stated, the intention of those in com- mand was to have postponed the review, and the announcement to that efect having beea made, the gallant volunteers scattered about the town, and very many of them, disappointed at not having to load their rides, began at once to load themselves. ‘The consequence was that by noontime the eyes of a sarge portion of the troops were in a condition to double the number of any opposing force. About a quarter-past twelve the aspect of affairs suddenly changed. The skies had somewhat cleared, waen an oificer, fat, fussy and feathery, muiled in a ou, Coak and followed by a large staf, came thundering up to the front door of the principal hotel. A general flutter among the officers and others who were congregated on the steps in front of the hotel, and a running to and fro of waiters, announced the visitor to be one of impor- tance, and his words quickly made it kuown that he Was none ovber than Field Marshal his Royal High- ness the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, and that he was not well pleased with the action of the ofticers, who, in consideration for their untar- nished epaulets and buttons, their fresh colored plumes and their tight gloves had yielded the eld to the sleet and snow. ‘Where in—something—is General Lindsay?’ were the tirst words uttered b} his angry Grace, and repeated several times as al aiter aid rode up to salute him. After a short deiay and considerable scrambiing. dismouncng and ruoning, General Lindsay made his ap- pearance ou the ste with the remnants of @ sandwich in mou! and no hat on bis head. “What in—something—have you been apout to stop the review? demanded his “riled” Highness; t these fellows out of the town and make them fallin.” It was evident that the commanding officer had not been favorably im- pred With the discipline presented to h.s eyes in is rapid ride through the town. immediately ail was bustle and excitement, and in answer to the Duke's angry “Fall in, fall in, you fellows, some- how,” the troops in the immediate vicinity did fall in, although without any more regard to military rule than uneir reviewing omicer had displayed in his hurried and passionate issue of orders to an infe- rior omicer, in the absence of Sir J. Hope Grant, the commander of the day. Shortly after the forces had thus been recalled froin their ‘pocket pistois’ to their rifles, a number of distunguisued spectators appeared on the ground, among whom were Prince Arthur, who looked weil in an engineer's uniform; Prince Teck her royal Highness she Princess Mary, dressed in a charming suit of which blue was the prevailing color. The review opened with a march past the saluting flag, placed at an ungie of Castle Hill Fort, where were stationed the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Arthur, Prince Teok, Ear! Granville and a gay assemblage of staifoiiicers. And now we are enabied to judge something of the ellcictency and value of the “brave volunteers” who are ready to cefend England on an emergency from any invading foe, eight or ten thousaud of them being oa the ground before us. As they toil past the first conviction that forces itself upon usis that they ure too fat, two beefy and beery for soldiers. Thew marci is a waddle and taeir muskets are as much @& burden to them as their legs. Tue bayonets in the line are as crooked a3 & schoolvoy’s first attempt at pothooks and hang- ers. ‘The lines themseives are about as even as che tops of the waves in the channel. The iegs are ail iu confusion, the ~horter and fatter of tue valilaat warriors taking about half a dozen steps to a tali recruit’s single stride, and the “left, mght’’ being in- extricably mixed up. A mrsterioas noise drowns the beating of the feet, and sounds very much like the accompaniment which @ broken-winded iorse plays ty his own trot. ‘fhe artillery is ona par with tue foot, and in anxiety for the puiing artulerymen one forgets to pity the poor horses that are straining to drag the heavy cannon over the squashy ground, But tue warcit part is over, aud now com mences a sham battle, with its approaches and re- treats, its galiopptugs to and fro of young men who hold on to their pommels and of fat men wno shake hike jellybags on the backs of their unfortunate casts, its marchings and counter marchings and its lamentable waste of gunpowder. The most striking features of the jattack aud defence are the anxiety of the advancing coluinns to hold on to their hats, and the fact that the detenders all shut their eyes before they fire and have great di(- cuity in keeping their feet after their guns go off. Everybody seews to tight on his own hook, and it is very evident that no oilicer knows what to do, who to obey, or what orders to give. One line belonging to the assailants marches one way, at double quick, and meets another line of its own friends commg full tilt against it atatrot. Stair oficers who are commissioned to order up the left reserve gallop of and bring the right into action, and before the close of the verrible engagement no one knows to which side he belong. It 1s very funny. It 1s very clear from this review that the volun- teers of merrie England have much to learn before they can ever be made availavie for the field. There is not a regiment in the Nationa: Guard of the State oi New York that may not be regarded as a veteran regiment as compared with the best of the English volunteers. What hard work and regular drilung by experienced oMcers might do for them it is im- bie to say; but certainly at present they are better suited to a picnic than to a review—to a beef- steak banquet than to a battle. The Late Storm in England=Loss of Life. The English north country papers of the 29th and 80th ulta. are filled with accounts of the extraoral- nary weather which has ee during the last fer days. ‘The greatest depth of snow appears to Have fallen in the midland counties. In the north there has been a great deal of thunder and lightning. On the Newton Moors a shed was fired by lightning and some sheep were burned. For some hours the lightning continued, lighting up the ‘buow-ciad landscape in @ daaziing manner. On the Northumberland coast the lightning flashes are said to have been “awfully grand.” Ata pace called Shawend, near Lealhom Bridge, on the North Yorkshire line of rallway, a cottage was struck by lightning and or eiaee demolished, the frag- ments strewed in ali directions. The oocupants of the cotlage—a man named Watson, tis wile and a child seven years of age—were in bel at the time. The house is somewhat isolated, and nothing was known of the terrible event until next morning, when the persons living in the nearest dwelling made the discovery. The Watsons, husband and wile, were found quite dead, locked in each other’s arms, the bedding burnt to ashes and their bodies much blackened; the child, who was in the same ved with his parents, had managed to escape, and was «is- covered aluiost dead with cold in an outbutkding. SPAIN. The New Spanish Constitution. MADRID, March 24, 1860, To-day the commission appointed early in the ses- sion, now more than forty days duration, will bring in the result of their labors in the form of a project for tie new constitution. The matin features are pretty well known outside, although the in- strument has not yet been published. {In the re- ligious question the majority brings forward an ar- ticle declaring complete liberty of State and Church. An amendment, signed by that consistent and emi- nent liberal, Don Sebstiano Olozaga, and members of the Union Liberal, declares the Roman Cathohc to be the religion of the State; admits religious toleration; only whenever people of other faiths worship, there shail be exhibited no signs contrary tothe Catholic faith. This ts a wonderful advancement in religioue freedom, and yet Olozaga is regarded by a few as 4 leader of the revolution! The veto power of the monarch or chief of State is to be limited, The legislative branch of the govern- ment is to consist of a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies, The Senators are elected for twelve years by the provinciai Legislatures, each province being entitled to two Senators. The Senators are to be divided into four classes, each going out every three years, The Deputies are to be elected for tree years by popular vote, Thy are chapters on the right of association and reunion and the libert. of the press, which are tolerably liberal, it is said. The article reiating to Cuba is not to be discussed until the arrival of the Cuban Deputies, which 1s re- garded as an indefinite postponement. constitu. tion contains 127 articles, and is based toa great extent on the famous Cadiz constitution, the best one Spain ever enjoyed. It being Holy Week, the Cortes will probably adjourn to-di ir the eight days, and on reassembimg, will proceed to the discussion of the constitation—a discussion that will probaoly last for along period—because everybody must make @ on every article, and there will be noend to it. It ts proposed to discuss and adopt, first, the article designating the form of government, which will be the monarchical, and then an efort will be made to elect a king at once. This will be resisted by the republicans, but itis probable that it will be carried through notwithstanding. No doubt the hot sun of August wiil pour down on this misera- bie city belore the Cortes has half finished its work, GERMANY. Crowned Heads Meeting at Carlsbad—The Franco-Austrian-Italan = Alliance -Specula- tien Rife—Fatheriand and ‘the Seuthern BRRtin, March 29, 1869. It ts stated that King William is going, by the ad- vice of his physicians, to seek his recreation this summer at the celebrated watering place of Carie- bad, in Bohemia, where he would also haves per- Soval meeting with the Emperor Francis Joseph. Supposing this to be the real intention of his Majesty, At ls dimouit to understand the violent deciamations Of the Prussian official press against Austria, which, Considering thet the use of the drastic waters of Carisvad is po joke, no panacea loft toa patioaits fancy d pren@re ou % laisser, seems at least highly unpatriotic, Waile political wiseacros are sul p rat ing of a Franco-Ausiro-ltalan-aliiance, resting ther arguuents upon the gullibiity of tho Matians wao thereby hope to possess themselves oi Rome, anovher rumor, namely that of w mutual treaty of perfoct neutrality between Victor Hinanuel end Francis Joseph in all European complications which may ensue, tiweatens to tako the wind out of thoir sails, ‘This Latter invention looks more plausible than the supposed gullibiity of the Itaans, who are not less Keen-sighted and shrewd than the French, They well know the impoasibilw of a complete change in the policy of France, such a change a8 would compei Nepoleon to cut himself loose from Pas IX, and turn round against the Fronch clergy. He could not dream of such @ step before securing aa alliance with Austria, and the wily and wavering Beust 13 not tae party to be tied in any direction. Adinitiin, the better feeiing at present between Austria au Tialv, we iook upoa it as no advantage to Napolvon and bis scaemes. Even monarcas ay sowetiines grow tired of pouting with each other, and the stn- Pile fact of Austria being just now on no belter terms with the (oarid’s government than Italy has been for years past explains their temporary conver gence. The mutual approuch of the.e two Powers may have an effect quite contrary to the wishes of Napoleon, as it may some time or another result ia @ triple alliance betweeo Prussia, Italy and Austria, which Would complete cross his pro- gress, isolate France and, at the same time, check the grasping policy of Russia, Such an alliance would be equivacent to a durable », While the other, aimed at by Napoleon, but not tikely to be accom- plished, would lead directly to a European war. Even the antl-Prussian press in Southern Germany is beginning to shift its tack and is boldly coming out for the Fatherland whecher right or wrong. Tae Munich Journal has & lead! article which say, with regard to @ French ce with Austria and Italy:—“Docs our people not comprehena that France, if victorious with tne aid of sup- posed allies and its utmost efforts in a war against Prussia, would be aroused to tremendous passion and to the ambition of the former empire of ruling all over the world? Such a war could only end wita the victory ef Prussia and a national unica of Germany under tie sway of the Hohenzollera dynasty or in French dominion over the Continent, Which of these two events would be preierred by our haters of Prussia? We regret that some of then cling to vain hopes even in the face of such an alter- native. Germans are to assist France in annihilating Prussia and when Germany is fully eathratled the peuple are to rise and proclaim the German and European republic. uch the last hope of the anti-Prussian democracy which dves not loathe a union with the most re- actionary elements for the sake of a chimerical success, It 1s superfluous to dwell upon the madness of suci reasoning. “But Austria,” they reply, “will not Austria be strong enough, assisted by Italy, to curb French rapacity after naving prostrated Prussia? Will nog France prevones agree to certaia concessions? Would not England side with Austria if tho continental coast from Copenhagen to the Pyrenees, and further to the Apennine hills, should be appropriated by France and it should become necessary to throw olf its yoke?” We answer them that any conditions wich france may enter into before such a war are not worth having if they cannot be entorced afterwards, But the chance of a fulitment would be rather small if the supposed success should attend tae French arms, Hven England, after having silently witnessed the deteat of Prussia, would lack the mfuence requisite for effective interference. Considering all the consequences of a war with France, in which Prussia, lighting for its existence, should be defeated and its terrible effects upon all Europe, we deem the Freach Emperor too wise voi- untartly to accept such responsibility, waile any one not a Freuchman and harboriag such desire should be looked upon as an idiot.” In Wurtemberg, how- ever, asevere failure was suffered by the German unionists at last week’s election of wo candidates for the Zoil Paritament, one of the nominees of the witamontane and people's party, beating Ins ad- Mica es a unionist, With 8,000 votes to the other's 3,000. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Royal Palace of Capodimonte, at Naples, ts prepared in anticipation of a visit from the Prince and Princess of Wales, Garibaldi has delivered bis schooner into the hands of the Italian government, it is supposed in order to dissipate any tears of a new expedition, The Bishop of Patti, in Sicily, has suspended a priest for having chanted a 7e Deum in the church on the birthday of the King of Italy. ‘The Devere, of Genoa, has been sentenced to 283 days imprisonment and fines amounting to $1,540 Tor four indictments, charging it with exciting the population to hatred against the Italian government, Lord Mayo and Shere Ali have arrived at Umbaila to have an interview. A splendid reception was given them. According to news trom Houg Kong, Of the 18th of February, the Emperor of China was preparing to issue @ decree interdicting the cultiva- tion of opium. The bank founded in the Austrian capital by the ex-king of Hanover has taken the name of Bank of Vienna. The founders, among whom are the Duke of Modena and the Duke of Nassau, keep the shares of the concern in their own hands and do not aNow them to be negotiated at the Bourse. The Iqualdad was the only paper published in Madrid on Good Friday, and the leader was headed as follows, and signed by the deputy, Alfonso Joariztt:—The conscription in 1969; the’ constitu- tional Cortes have decreed the conscription of 136: the conscription of 1869 is not necessary; it is i moral, inconvenient, illegitimate, imprudent; in fact, it 18 @ parliamentary coup d@éial; we will prove it so.—Alfonso Joarizti. Acooe die to the International of London precau- tions have been taken throughout the Buchies, the kimgdom of Saxony and the provinces bordering on the Rhine, to insure a quick and easy transportation Of large bodies of troops and war material Forage contracts have been made and official lists of ail available conveyances sent to headquarters. A council was neld recently in Berlin, during which the plan of a campaign was discussed, aud aiso reference made Ww the probable attitude of Austria. The London Times pubilshes the following letter from Count Henry Russeil:— Perhaps it may interest some of your countless readers to learn that the Grand Vignemale (10,420 feet), the highest peak in the French Pyrenees, was success ully asceuded on the 11th February by my- self and two guides, with much fatigue, but without accident or danger, all the crevasses being hidden and the rope unnecessary. Warned by 5: experi- ence in the Alps, I had taken extraordinary precau- tons against the cold; but, strange to say, they were worse tian useless, for the heat was overpowering, and at 9,000 fect, on the white and duszling glaciers, it became almost unbearabie. Higher up it gradu- ally grew colder; still, on the very summit, in an at- mosphere of equatorial stiilness, the thermometer marked fifty degrees in the shade aad eigiity-five in the sun (three P, M.)—a far greater heat than I have ever experienced at such @ height in midsummer. In clear and calm weather winter ascents are more fatiguing than perilous, avalanches being then very rare, and | velieve Mont Biane might be ascended on certain days in midwinter. As for the heat we ex- perienced | leave it to meteorologists to explain such @ paradox, which | think ts no exception, for | have seldom climbed mountains in winter without fading tue heat greater taga In the plains, RAGING IN LOUISIANA, Transiv’s Debut as a Hurdle Raeer—Locust Post’s Victory Over Barshee. NeW ORLEANS, April 6, 1800, The second day’s racing at the Metairie (an ab- stract of which has been furnished by telegraph) was successfal in bringing out one hurdle racer who will be heard of im the North before tong, and in eliciting a very noticeable performance from a very noticeable colt, Locust Post. Jn the hurdie race the veteran Edinbro had a trio of d:butantes for Jumping honors to oppose him— Transit, a ch. g. by Endorser and CObalmette. It was the general opinion that, barring accident, Edinbro could not lose. ‘Transit, by reason of his performances on the fat, was thought, however, by some persous vo be suficientiy good to make @ amail investinent on. The other two were looked on merely a« going to fill up the race. The Endorser feldtog is a leggy, Weak looking horse, and although ¢ Jurnped very iairly for a beginner, he had not suf- ficient staying powers to make a show for the finish. Chalmette jumped badly all through, striking the hurdie every time, and will never distinguish him- self as a hurdie racer. Transit jumped remarkably well, clearing his hurdies fairly without breaking his stride; he loses a little in recovering on landing, but that he will mend as he gets more experience. On the second rouud, as Kdinbro and he took the hurdle in front of the stand, skimming over it at their top Speed easily and gracefully, the spectators on the stand gave them a round of applause. Transit will probabiy be beard of again as a hurdle racer, ‘The second race was remarkable for the hit the fancy got by the success of Locust Post, the Ban- shee being a hot favorite before the start. To the irprise of every persou Locust Post won casily in two straight heats. The winner is @ very good look- Ing colt, with a fine, bold but high style of gall The Banshee, on the contrary, has a very even stride, carrying ber head low, and gathering tier feet easier and keener under her a¥ every stroke. What her defeat may be attributed to HA bard to say, as the race beiore the start seemed a fo ne couciusion for her, But the colt had the lead ot her and the liberai dose of the whip she gol the fi Of each heat Was not of the slightest a THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE, “Merchant” writes to say that the Bast river bridge Will so obstruct navigation that it ought not to be built. Its greatest height is to be 190 feet, while masts of ali larger vessels are higher, a gallant snasts, and’ even tus top tlesta OF musty would have to be lowered in pass! at trouble and expense. He conciudes:. wouf'tne bridge not be Alopped by injunction before © pletion, on thus ground, tt will suit that aver ‘tne com on it wilt be o ron to be removed, aa Violating th ee (on which the consent of Conaress was odtegea ie 4A Wife and Four Children Sinughtered by a Mhuniac Husband—A Ghastly Scege—Arrost and Siatemont 0! tue Murdorer. ‘The St. Paul (Mina.) Pioneer of April 8 gives the following particulars of the latest social horror—an insane husband kuling his wife and four children— the fact having aiready been stated by tlegraph in the Henap ot Friday aud Saturday las.:— A ternble, heartsickentag tragedy, which shooks the conuuaity and freeces wae blood with horrer, twvk piace yesterday morning In Oakdale towasiip, Wasthagon couny, doous bea salva froin 36 Pal and all @ iniie soutneas, of a2 hait-way hows, on the Stulwater road, A farmer named Janes B, Gray, well Known to muy ip ‘his city 10 @ Mt of in- sanity Killed 01g wife aad iour children, the pariicu- lars of tue horrible trazedy being a8 fo!lows:— THR MURDERER AND 1US FAMILY. The perpetrator of this uorrivie deed, James B, Gray, is » man about forty years of age, an American by birth, a native of Harrisburg, ra., powerluily bulls, six feet ia height, fiue form. iong black haw und blue eyes, His w.fe, Alice, was thiriy-thiee years of age. ‘they were married at Hastin.s about eleven Years ago. Her waiden name was Alice ariey, and her relations, we belleve, live near Hastiags sul. ‘Toe four children were two boys and two girls, us { lows:~-Margaret, aged nearly Lea; James B., Jr., eight years; David, five years; and Nellie Jane, three years. ‘lhe parents of tho ili-lated maa live withia & short distance of tae Scene of tue murder, and bis four bro hers and three sisters ali reside in this State. Hes the eldest aud only one of the boys married, ‘wo of the sisters are married, Mrs, Smith, residing in the same township, and Mus. Grout, at Sullwater, The family removed to slinoe- Sota some fourteen years ago. THE MURDERS DISOOVERED. About daylight someriay morning, James Arm- strong, @ near neighbor, heard loud yells coming trom tne direction of Gray’s house, His suspicions were aroused, and he waiked over towards Gray's place, aud, when near enough to hear, distinguished Gray’s screams to be the exclamation, “uh, come and bang me |? contunualiy repeated. te walked a little nearer and saw Gray sitting on the steps of the with # rope in his hand, alternately whist: screaming. Armstrong ran at onve to the resideove of Mr. KE. G. Gray, the father of the unhappy man, and gave the alarm. The startied father took the nearest route across the feids, whlie Arm- strong aud one of the brotuera followed the road to Gray’s house, father airivea first, and repat to the house, pushed opea the door, and uorror of horrors! what @ sight met bis eyes, His four liitie prattling grand- children lay upon the floor, side by side, covered with a quilt aud their throats cut from ear to ear and their faces gashed and cut in a horrible manner. ‘turning from the sickening sight, froze with horror, he staggered back to meet the ie of his maulac son, Wuo was advancing towards bim with a rope in his hand. Closing with him at once the agonized tether would have added anotuer to the ghastly list of victims but for the timely arrival of Armstrong and the son Henry. After a desperate struggle the frenzied maniuo Was securely bound. in answer to their inquiries regarding ‘his wife he said, “I Killed thein all with the*axe, and they are gone to heaven. On! hang me! hang mel? He finaily toid them that his wile was in the granary. Repair- ing thitner their worst fears were realized. The bony of Mrs, Gray was found on the floor also cov- ered with a quilt, Fastening the dvors of both the house and the granary the horror struck tather, brother and neighbor leit the scene of tus awlul murder, taking tue raving lunatic with them, On the road to this city the prisoner was quiet, but on arriving at the jatl, about twelve o’clock yesterday, une strengih of several men was needed to drag him toacell, His eyes were rolliug im frenzy una ne struggled violently, even after being laid upon a mat in the cell. ‘THE SOENE OF THE TRAGEDY is about ten miles east of this city, a short distance of the Stillwater road, as you tuan to the right, from the road. When you have reached that distance you ascend a@ slight elevauion, which com- mands @ view of @ considerable extent of country. in summer the view must be exceedingly delightful, but at this season of the year, when the trees and the shrubs and the earth wear a somwie brown hue, the whole scene has quite a dismal and gloomy ap- pearance. Upon this eievation are the buildings in and near which the bloody scenes were enacted. ‘Tne building in which the children were Kilied is a Jog house, about fitveen feet square in the clear, plascered on the inside, aud comfortable, with a rough plank Moor, Jt faces to the east, and has a large coarse door in front near the soutu corner. Toe building in which tue body toe tuother was found is a frame building, of about the same size as the dwelling house, and located about twenty feet north of it, 1acing the east also, with @ door in the same reiative position. Stil further to the north, and extending eastward, down tue gentle deciivity, is appare.tiy some kina ofa low buiiding, which forms « sieiter for the cat- tle. Upon and around this building hay is piled and stacked up in consideravie quantities, and tne whole is surrounded with a fence, partly of boards and parily of ratis, which, at present, 19 ina very dilapi- dated condition, In this enclosure are kept tne cattle, THE MURDERED CHILDREN. Upon entering the dwelling a most shocking scene Met the eye. 1n the back part of the room ure twe beds, one on each side. That on the right was oc- cupied by the father, mother, and little girl, The one to the left, directly im front of the by the other children, The pillows latter were saturated with blood, and the bed was so tumbled as to indicate # considerable struggle. The other bed was no more disarranged than ic would naturally be in the morning. Upon the floor, between the beds and the door, lay the murdered caudren placed in a row, the largest nearest the foot of the beds and the smailest, a sweet, mild-faced, light-naired littie girl between two and three years of age, nearest the door. Each one of them had their throats cut so thoroughly as to almost sever their heads from their bodies. ‘Tnese wounds were of the most horrible description, They were at least three or four inches in width and extended ciear across, from ear toear. Besides tue gashes in her throat there was an ugly one on the lower left jaw of Maggie's (the oldest girl) face. The horrible gashes were given while the father was kneeling upon the breasts of his children, with the blade of an axe ip his ae Jamuiing the same down u; thetr throats. This Accounts lor the gash in Maggie's left jaw as weil as for the depth of the wounds in the throats of his victims. ic blow of the axe that killed (ue little girl went crastung through the bones of the breast and neck, so that one could look under the breast Lone. As the spectators were viewing the horrid sight some gentleman turned little Neliie’s head over to the right and thus exposed the sicken- ing gashes. The appearance was so dreadful that he was begged to replace it, and did so, covering the remains of all them as the father had covered them in the early hours of the moruing, when in the cold silence of the grave he laid out ta bloody death all of them, from the oldest to the youngest, ANOTHER SCENE OF BLOOD. In the granary lay the corpse of the wife and mother. ‘1his is an old sheil of # butlding, entirely empty—a desolate and lonesome place. Mra, Uray iay with her feet to the door and ier face to the oor, m @ pool of blood, with her left arm extended parallel to the body. The only clothing she had on Was @ coarse cotion night dress, a short rough coat bevonging to her husband, which she had evideatiy put on to protect her from the cold morning atr, while she accompanied her husband to the barn- yard, and a pair of coarse shoes, which, in her haste, she had left untied. She was a woman with a pleasant countenance, and about thirty yeara of age. Her night dress was open in front, and upon her breast and other parts of her body were six or seven Wounds her husband had given ber with the carving knife. Through one of them her intestines protruded, Her throat was also cut from ear to ear, and her face and the front part of her body was covered with blood, presenting an in- describably sickening and revolting sight. The manwer of her death is fully explained by the state- ment of the prievoner, which may be found below. VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY. As soon a4 the tragedy was known &@ coroner's jury was summoned aud an inquest held. At the CONCIUSION Of~lue examination of tae Witnesses tne Jury rend ‘the following verdict:— STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, An inquisition taken at Oakdale, fu the county of Wash- Ingion, on the 7th day of April, A. D. before B. G, Butts, Deputy Coroner of said county of Washington, upon view ‘of the bodies of Alice Gray, ler daughters Margaret Gray and Nellie Gray, and her sons David Gray and James Gray, lying there dead, by the oath of the jurors wh: ames are hereto subscribed, who, being sworn to inquire on behalf of the State of Minndsota, when, how and by what means the said persons and each of them came to their upon thelr oatha do eay that the sald persona and each of them came to their deaths by wounds in‘iicted bj James Gray, the husband of said Alice Gray, and father oi Margaret, Juines, David and Neliie Gray, Initicted by w knife, by which thelr and eac! hroats were cut, by stabs with « knii axe and other rumen ra that said wounds were intiicted upon the bodies of sald persons in this place, on the morning of the 7h day of April, A. D. 18d, bewween the hours of five and seven. IMPORTANT STATEMENT OF THE PRISONER. We visited the jail again about five o'clock yester. day afternoon, and learned that the ill-fateti prisoner had in measure quieted down, and with the ex. ception of an occasional paroxysm of maniacal fury, which he severai times endeavored to destroy himself by beating his braips out against the sides of his cell, was comparatively calm, these lucid spells he talked quite rationally, and gave the following account of the manner in which he committed the murders, It will be seen that in the main it tallies with the evidence given at the coroner's inquest. His statement is as follows, ax we took it down :— Ibad not felt well for several and Tuesday night I bat was about coming i Bod was uy and down several times to Took after her oh Berore daylight | went out again and may wite went with me. On a calf, Dat it was ol ir nd by blows with an unknown; ‘—} arriving at the yard I found the cow Ai Eis tcl { He 3 2 aE fF #32; 1869,—TRIPLE SHEET. | THE LATEST SOCIAL HORROR. | mixed up with other murder; ven and he was a gaing hung, &c, He he doing wien he killed and that be was sorry he done it, &c, ‘ihe is aah ‘over him, and, when we last workmen were ¢uy ain dxing a Pla corridors of the juli by which he Conld be lashed dowu durmg the night to preveut damage. dus doing bimse:f ‘ THE BOSTON DETECTIVES. More Astounding ‘Dovelopments—Serious and Well Sustuined Charges Aguinst the Boston Chier and His Principal Detectives—Contes- of Harry Jennings, One of the Good- ing Robbers—Testimony of Several Bosion Oticers. Boston, April 10, 1869. The investigation of the Legislative committee into the charges of alleged corrupuon in the Boston police management, and more particuiarly in the detective department of it, still coutinues, and at each sitting of the committee the evidence of com- Ploity of the oMcials with thieves and rogues 13 more convincing. The recent developments, and those whict.are promised, seem incredible; but tncy areso weil substantiated that it is safe to presume that more rotten state of affairs never existed in any police force in this er any other country, The corrupuon of the New York oificials, as recently shown, dwindles into utter insignificance when com- pared with the practices of the guardians of poaco and law in this boasted “Hub of the Ualverse.’? Mr. Gooding, the Boston broker who was robbed of $10,000, has during the week visited the State Prison and obtained {rom Jennings, one of the robbers, a full confession of his part of the crime and also an account of the connection of the Boston oiicers with it. After asserting that the public ought to know about the affair Jennings proceeded, and the story is thus repeated by Mr. Gooding:—He said there was a “ring” in New York and he knew all about their doings. There was aiso a “ring” in Boston and that he was at the head of it. He said, “When I say Iam at the head of it 1 mean Stedman and myself.” Said he had had promises from some parties who had not fuliillod them. There were nine Persons engaged in my robbery and the money was divided in nine equal parts. Jeanings called their names, Their names were Hartley, Barton, Penny, Wilson, Jennings and Stedman, and three ofcers— Chief Kurtz, Heath and Jones, All the men had an equal share, ten percent, Jennings spcke about some money Barton loaned to pay the rent of my oince, The balance of the remaiming $1,000 was divided among several other ties, Tom Jen- nings, @ nephew of Harry Jennings, received flity doilars, Another man received some money. Jea- ningssald Chief Kurtz had made a promise to tin that if he was arrested at any time that be (Kurtz) would find nim bail, and if tne batl was more than he could furnish he told nim he would take tue stand in his behalf. Jennings said his consent as to the recovery of the money wouid be of no use, I had had no promise of the letter. Saw the letter only when it was Aer by the prisoner to Judge Lord previous to the sentence. Jennings said ne had written a letter im which he had stated there were nine persons, inciuding three officers; six of the persoas were “crossmen.” (Io Mr, White, chairmaa of the committee, in aoswer to the question, “‘crossmen” are burglars). Jennings said he got $1,000. 1 was robbed of $10,000 in golu and silver, At the Staté prison there was some con- Versation between myseif and Jennings about: Fenny. Jennings said that if Peany had not “‘biowed” there would have been no troubic. Jennings said that Penny had not told tae whole story of the robbery, He wished that Penny could be brought to the prison tor the beneilt of tae public. He (Jennings) said that he would have Penny on one side of the gratings aud he on the other, and that he would ask Penny some questions that he would bé obiiged to answer. Jennings said he knew every ‘‘crossman’ in the United States. That when he said “1,” Jennings meant himseif and Ste¢man, immediately atter Mr. Gooding had tola his story Mr. Foster (Who was present as counsel for the officers Kurtz, Heath and Jones) produced an afida- vit trom Jennings and Stedman, in which they oon- tradicted fairly and squarely everything that Jen- nings had told Gooding. The denial was sworn to and was In part as follows:— ‘That Jobn Kurtz, Chief of Police, Benjamin Heath and Wiliam K. Jones, detective police officers, and all of sald Boston, nor either of them, at any time’ or place, in any mode, directly or indirectly partiolpated in, or had any con- nection with said alleged robbery either before or after the fact, or received any portion of sald alleged stolen money or other property, or Of the proceeds thereo’, to the best of our knowledge, information or belief; that we, nor elther of have at auy time, by leiter or ofterwise, In any way ree or intended to refer to said Kurtz, Heath and Jones, or either of them, as having had any coanection in any way with said breaking and entering, as alleged, of sald shop and said alleged larceny, or of being cognizant of or concerned in sald alleged larceny, or of receiving any portion of the money or other property alleged to have been stolen as afore- said, or of the proceeds thereof, at any time before or after the fact. This writen statement we deliberately sign, and swear to the truth therevf, after having carefully reall the same. HAKKY JENNINGS, CHARLES H. STEDMAN. It may properly be said that although the aMfidavit was genuine it fas to change the public opinion concerning vhe charges made against the officers named, and the story toid by Jennings to Mr. Good- ing is the one most generally creaited. Mr. Good- ing, before concluding his testimony, told the fol- lowing little anecdote concerning Heath:— While in Montreal, passing up Great St. James at: company with Anni Enos and Heath, we went toto the Ottawa House and found Georgy Williams, who seemed to be very glad to see Heath, who told me in confidence Wil- Mama had committed a robbery by panel of $6,000 in bonds, and that on bis reiuim he waa going to write to the arty who Was robe and offer to return nal; the bonds, and he (Heath) and Williams wouid divide and send the baiance to the party. After they came away Heath #aid he had writien to the party but had not received an answer. The party who was robbed by panel thieves wasa married man and did mot dare to make any trouble, Heath sald Williams was a Boston boy and used to stop around the old National theatre, and to ine to speak to Willams anit I had known him before and tell him I had seen him at the National and at the Apollo saloon in Boston. I did 0, and Williams was greatly sur. prised. Williams wanted to know who | was, nnd he offered feath five dollars to tell him who I was. Williams aid not know me. [afterwards saw Wiliams In Boston, in front of the City Hall, Columbus Joy, @ Boston police officer, then took the stand and told about how he once arrested a couple of men, by order of a superior officer, with- outa warrant, and without knowing what crime they were suspected of. fhey remained in the sta- tion house three or tour days and were then let out, and, meeting one of them on the street subse- quently, he asked Joy why he did not give him a hint when he bad anything agatnst him and give him an opportunity to sling him something. The oflicer subsequently learned that he was ordered to arrest the men because they were concerned in a robbery of $10,000 from @ man named Hedge, but he never knew why they were liberated without any complaint being made against them. Mr. Lennott, one of the counsel conducting the case against the officers, asked question of the officer which would to imply that Chief of Police Kurta ceived $6,000 from the thieves and then let them OMicer Joy said, however, he knew nothing any such transaction. Officer Joy then gave some testamony with reference to the Blue Hill Hank robbery; the amount stolen was $10,000 in money and $60,000 in securities; the thieves were Supposed to have knocked the gentleman at the bank down, stolen the money and driven off; as a de- tective I was sent to find out what stable had let a tearn to parties similar to those Who were described on the road; I think I was told to go to every stable until I found @ horse and wagon which was de- seribed; only went to two stables and found the team all covered with perspiration, and mud; a fellow of bad reputation named Dudley was at the stable; I asked him if he knew the parties who had brought it ‘Oh, you mean the bank robbers,” was his D he said he knew them, that they were all right, and he said he would not tell who they were; he would not teil any one but Leeds; because of his refusal I arrested him, took him to the station and locked him up; the next time that I went to the station house the cell I had put him was vacant; he had gone; the Heutenant said that Chief Kurtz had & bim out, and had said that 1 was on the right rack, © Cross-examined by Chief Kurtz—Arrested Mr, Dudley because he said bek new what [ was after, and would not tell the names; | arrested him to get news out of him; did not threaten this man nor say that 1 did not care for the Cluef of Police; did not know that 1 was thwarting the plans of the Chief of Poiice by stupidity; asked to be allowed to go to Dorches- ter the next day to ascertain something about the horse and wagon so as to identify them, but you (Kurta) refused; subsequent Captain showed me @ note from you (Chief Kurtz) te him to take Waiker and myself off of detective duty and pat us on the patrol force to prevent “7 4 ir. doy ering With your plans tu catch the rogues, waa hore heartily appianded, the last answer being a somewhat unexpected oue, The will be further and vigorously con- tinued, and it is suspected thas there will be some developments concerning the double murder at B Woods, in Roxbury, some years mance, and possibly an explanation why the murderer was never arrested. The committee of investigation are seriously contemplating the propriety of having the other hearings conducted in private, but there will be @ pubiic condemnation of such a course, VELOC: DE HOTS. Burnham is regular ladies’ man and puts them throngh their wheelings in comely style, Queen Boadicea was consid on the two. wheeled war veloce of her time, Dut she wouldn’t be any novelty in this epligpeaned og. ‘e’ve got pienty of “sick” ‘and conid raise a jnadron active service in the Park wiule she ‘would be getting her horses — eee History of the Institution—Origin of the Or der—The Present Managomeat—How tho | Fallen Aro Saved, Vice keeps pace with civihaation, and as society | | becomes more and more refined in tue same degree tue refinement of vicious practices increases, Every | weil organized community must therelore provide means, hot only to protect itself against the ravages of those viciously inciined, but also to prevent a still greater spread of crime and to reclaim those | who have fallen victims to the tempting lurements of sin, This task 1s not possible in every case, but whenever the attempt is made in good faith it should be encouraged, tor it is @ noble and beneficont und.riaking and inures to the public good, Courts of justice, euforcing the laws rigidly und swiltily upon all maiefaciora, prisons for the punisiameat and de‘ention of the convicted und to stand a3 & perpetisl wureat and monition of the power of the law betore the eye of the wicked, to deter them from the commussion of crime, are alt necessary adjuncts for the promotion of the wellare of society. But institutions which tend to decrease the number of criminals by Incuicating a hatred of crime for its moral turpitude are not less required, and are praisewouithy in the highest degree, One of the vices of the day, lamentably increasing, is sexual lewdness and immorality, Repressive statuies have availed little if anything against it. Under manifoid disguises it flourishes more than ever, Hence it 18 with sinvere gratification that we observe the great success of the pious and devout ladies of tue convent the uood Shepherd in this scity in the work tuey hove uuderiaken, to reclaim falen wowen wud leud Lhem 040K bo @ Life Of Moral rectitude, aud aso to educate caiidreu and prescrve thei in tae patu of virtue, ORIGIN OF THB ORDER. The Order of the sisiers of Charity of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd was foundea by Kev. rather Kudes, @ nacive of Rie, in Normandy, France, aud Was approved vy the Holy See ou the ad of January, 16U0, wn its deciared object was tae reformauiua of fallen women, of the lost and strayed sheep, of those persons wuou the world scorns und loathes, The Disters of tue Order, calied the “ Keligious,” besides the turee usual vows of poverty, obeuience and chastly, make a fourth, © consiantly enploy them. selves. in the iustruciion and relormation of those women wuo eiticr place tiewselves vuluntarly in their care, or are subjected to tueir’ charge by legitimate and competent autuoriiy. e..ce In Many countries m Burope tae femaie pris ouers are piace. in’ tie control of these sisters of Coarity, with most exceileut resuits tor the moral and consequent material welfare of the prisoners. ‘Lue Constitution Of tue Urder uilows the Disters to have in tiar houses the foidluwtay Cis3se3 of per son3:—Peuitenis, prisoners, reformatury children, the preservation Class, ur children of bad parents or in danger of falliog @ prey Ww sin and crime, aod last, Magdalens Wu have been reformed and con. verted, and live under the rule of the third order of dt. ‘teresa. ‘The dress Of vue Sisters of tue Good Suepherd is typical o: their work, Tucy wear a abt and scapular of white serge, & biue cord, im honor of the bessed Virgia alury; & sliver heart oearing the image of Him wio “gave His lie tor His sheep” resis on their breast, aud a black veli coy- ering their uead 1s embieuatical of ueath to the word aad deata to self THE ANST:TUTION IN THIS CITY. The House of the Good Siepierd is situated on the bauk of the Kast river, extending from bighty-mioth to Ninetieth strect, aud covertag about tauty-two City lots. At urst there Were Lut five Sisters, WHO opened in a renved dwelung in Fourteenth street ou tue 2d of Ocwwber, 1s97,_‘1ue preseatiocation was purchased in 1s60, and the suai iamily of the rell- gious order and tue penitents in tue charge re- iuoved tuither, having leased an adjoining plot of ground, wiih What is knowa as Priuie’s Buliding, probably one of the oldest remaining uouses on the isiand, having been built im idd4, just two years be+ jore the ioundauion of the Urder io krauce. This house the sisters will ave to vacate, as by tue opea- ing of Kighty-ninth street and avenue A a large pore tion of it will be removed. in the year isdl the chapel, a very commodious and, thouga plata, yet Leat edifice was built, and also the convent. ‘The beneficial resuits of their qwet work became quickly go evideut that tue Sisters had not rovm enough to receive a!l woo applied, and in 1864 an- other building was erected, o0 by gu feet and five stories higa, 125 feet west of the convent, Ths butiding is now used as the principal abode of the inmates, It has airy and beaithy dormitories in We upper stories, woraing hails 1 the centre, and the laundry and refectory on the ground floor, Even this large addivion to the facilites of the institution soon became insuillcient, and in the course of last year auotner large balding has been erected in Ninetieth street, turming with the first one continu. ous Dullding, 6v by 180 Teet, extending through the entire bloc« irom oa, to Nineweth bevy cost capable of accommodating 800 persons. ihe these bet ‘Was about $200,000, ‘Ghere are living at this institution seventy-three proiessed sisters and novices aod nine posvulants, all under the control and direction of Mother Mary Magdalen, o: Jesus, tie Superior. ‘ihe number of persons held at the institution yesterday was ascertained to be 519, divided invo tour ciasses, each of which 1s entirely separated from the otners, no communication being allowed between the duferent ‘The first consists of Magdalens who are penttents and who have been converted.e Uf these there are 63, ‘The second class 1s that of the penitent women ana girls who have been recayved im the asylum in order to be reiormed—zus, ‘The third ciass is that of preservation, composed of cuuldren who are in danger of fulling, and mosay those of bad parents—luz. The fourth class 18 composed of girls within the of fourteen and twenty-one committed by Police Justices—161. Total d1v. And the total number reveived into the institution since ita foundation in 1857 until yesterday was 2,025, HOW THEY: LIVE, ‘The entire Institution is subjected to strict rules, the observance of whica is scrapuiousiy exacted from ail. Every moruing and evening there are co- liagious services in the Chapel, at wuich ali atiead who proiess the Catholic faith, After preaktust in the retectories, Wich 1s, a8 Well as the ainner at noon and the supper, &sudstantial meal, composed of wholesome food weil and nutritiousiy prepared, all hands go to work. A very large quanti of work is done ai the instituion, from it the support for its main- tenance 18 derived. 1tis not to be supposed tuat the beneficiaries of this imstitution are ke yt idie, for the well known proverb says that ‘idieness is the mother of crime.”’ They are made to work, and so far as lies in their power to contribute to the supporé of themselves and of those wuo cannot work, such as infants, for instance, and make them gil alike participants of the moral reformation wo which they aspire. ‘The work i# such as 18 appropriate for female hands ang! 18 divided into different departments—the laundry, the sewing rooms, the ironing rooms, tue embroidery and fluting rooms and the kitchens, Those who are able and yet do not understand anything about needlework and its branches are taught, and have become expert seamstresses aud embroiderers during their stay at the institute, and were enabied to support themeeives and even & family by their own handa after they left and went vack into the world, Of sewing machines there 1s a large number, more than fiity being worked Iu o: room alone when we visited tt yeseraay, Many the best families in the city, even some of the proml- nent modisies and marcha; nodes ODL much of their needlework at the House of the Goud Suepherd, and the demand for the best class of em- browery 1s in ‘here are music seat where the best and choicest selections of sacred au secular music are taught and even lessous are given in drawing and nung, and it was qui Interesting to sce one of tue Sisters at her ease! painting the portralt of @ promiment benefactress of the institute. ‘The Sistera call the poor creatures committed te their care “chiidren,” and these, in turn, call the Sisters “mothers,” And theytruly deserve that name, for they s.and in the piace of mothers to we poor unfortunates, ‘They house them, clotue tuem, teed them; they nurse them when sick: they never leave them; they are with them in the work room, in recreation and at pray: in the dormitory, in tue laundry, advising and directing them, and encourag» ing them by their own example when at work. ‘I intant children are particularly taken care of; t are attended by the older girls; have their reguiar hours at school and for play, and are ever carefully wateued over by the Sisters, It is quite interesting to pass through this ine stitution, The very appearance of the girls and women reveals to the eye the length of time each has been there, aa the visivie marks of dissipation gradualiy vanish the longer the unfor+ tunate tives @ life of soberness and morality, ‘this one striking fact proves it to be a house of correcs tion, attempting by moral means alone to reform the worst abuses and to providea oR quiet and happy retreat for the inmates of the houses of in- jamy. Although egg a in hot yet one or more of them are always present, and day, to direct and controt the enhente tn toe various duties, striving always to gain their aife~ tion in order to be abie to bring them to contrition and remorse, No force is used. Ail the inmates are Kept within the enclosure, but none desirous of leav- Ing are compelled to remain except those committed by police courts for a definite period. An applica- tion to the Mother Supertor for leave to go is never denied, Those who remain till their moral cure ie pert and no is feared are provided with comfortable homes in private famiiies, and are made useful members of society for the Of their lives, ALD WA! As yet the House of the Wood Shepherd cannot be Said to be scli-supporting., The necessity tor such an institute is too great among us and the Neld for ite labor #0 extended that private whole alone could not suffice to maintain it or contribute the required amount annually over and above its legitimate earn. ings. It costs 110 per year to ci feed and otnerwise support each inmate, which would require about ov ann’ for the present number, tak- ing no” acooue of the suinms required for alterations or new buildings. The institute is no’ capable of houstag 400 and Say el Bote qaest power, the pgp of the tofore mi Ly that th xmnple of previcug |