The New York Herald Newspaper, June 13, 1869, Page 4

4 “SOUTH AMERICA. PROGRESS OF THE PARAGUAYAN WAR, Arrival of Count d@Eu at Asuncion. Prospects and Position of the Belligerents. BRAZIL. Politics in the Empire—Slavery Doomed=The Paraguayan War—Brazilian Accounts of the Sitaation—The Army Noi Able to Move for Some Time—The Reported Fights with the Paraguayans. rc Rio JANEIRO, May 8, 1869, The General Assembly of the united wisdom of Brazit has not yet opened, although the 34 was the appointed day, as suficient Depulies have not yet come in to form a house. However, tt is anticipated that the 11th will see the ceremony of formal open- ing and give us the policy of the government, so far as it may be gathered from the Emperor's address to the “august and most illustrious representatives of the nation,” It is generaily looxed tor that the subject of emancipation wil! be untouched, It would really seem that slavery cannot exist much longer in Brazil, whatever party be tn power. There is a very large body of influential men advo- cating tts immediate or its speedy, if gradual, ex- tinction, and even among those slave owners who are opposed to emancipation there is no touchiness luke that which prevailed in regard to it in the South. They object to tt purely on the material grounds of the pecuniary loss to them and the pro- babilfty that their productions would suffer greatly in the very probable case of the negroes preferring idleness to remunerated labor. They say, ‘Pro- vide us with Jaborers who will work and we do not care when the blacks be freed.” In fact, the liberal slave owners in one of the richest districts of St. Paulo nave them. selves initiated ameasure which wouid put an end to slaves being born after 1880, and to slavery en- tirely in 1901. Among the signs of the times ts that Mr. Gunther, a Maranham merchant, now resident in London, has just set free twenty-two slaves, whom he possessed in Maranham. That indefatigable traveller, Captain Burton, late British Consul at Santos, and now Consul elect at Damascus, has just got back to Rio, after a pere- geination which took in the Argentine Confederation, ‘araguay, Patagonia, Chile and Peru, from which he doubtiess has collected the mate- rials for another of his all-discussive books. I hear, however, that he will immediately issue, On his arrival in England, whither be goes in the packet of to-morrow, a smali book enti‘led “The War Against the Brazilian Treasury the resuit of his observations while in the allied camps in Para- guay. In fact. he believes that so powerful is the influence of those who are making fortunes by the war that the Count d’Eu, with all his earnestness and ability, will encounter so organized a passive resistance tothe measures which would bring the war to an end that he will be unable to effect any- thing important. However this may be, the Prince has shown a de; termination to do what hecan. His cali at Humaitaé produced measures for the relief of the soldiers im- prisoned to await trial, many of them already Jour years in walt in a rotten old pon- toon, with rotten moorings. At Asuncion his visit to the hospitals, where the sick were without Mattresses or sheets for months, as I mentioned in my last, procured those comtorta for the neglected wretches, as he at once sent off a steamer to Humaité, where accumulations of mat- tresses and sheets existed, ana in the course of four Gaye had them in the Asuncion hospitais. Another order replaced all the lazy otticiais who had so long been neglecting their duties at Asuncion and sent them to rejoin their regiments in the front; and, OHnding that the supply of forage and horses was a Notorious swindle and job, he has cancelled the con- tract and sent off a “I officer to eifect the re- quizes purchases. It ie dificult to understand how roughly ryauized every department of the army must have got. ‘The roils of the animals show thaton January 1 the number of horses and mules Was 27,036, besides 3,023 oxen; yet, although the cavalry force does not count more than 6,000 men, and various remitrances of horses have been received since then, the cavalry ts unable to undertake anything for want of horsea, and the 20,000 men camped within twenty mules of Asuncion are sometimes on short allowance, owing to the want of transport. The troops hav received no pay for @ year, and, although the winte: has been on two months only a few corps haa got winter clothing. The government here declare that it has sent down at least two sults of winter clothing tor every svidier, but all the correspondents agree in saying very few of the troops have got auy. On the otuer hand, officers of the transports say there are thousands of baies aud boxes lying in the depots with no mark to show what tuey contain, and which ho one pretends tu Know anything ol. And, to cli- max the matier, one of those fits of spasmodic energy wWhicn occasionally seize lazy oificials came upon a medical oficer of a depot, who ordered over 200 boxes to be piled up and burned as @ ‘‘sauitary measure. It does not appear that the Brazilian forces will be able to move fur @ month at leas the bridge over tae Juquery must be finished, roiling stock for the raliroaa must be got, aad sever housand horses are yet wanted for the cavairy, The Second army Corps is at Luque, and Generai Polydoro has been appointed to it; Lhe First army corps is between Luque and tne river Juquery, ana Osorio ts expected from Kio Grande to take its command again, he having almost recovered from the wound tn lus jaw. Tue railroad bruge over the Juquery is rather a heavy job for tne Brazilian engineers, not- withstanding the abut timber in its ‘neigh- borhood; tor the 30 » and it was | mectaally Paraguayans that lew the oid one remained. ni neers had no pile driver, and it | Was only of late times that they could get an order | sent off to Kio Jw 0 for ou ven when a bot Ue of oi] was wan of the bolts used | in the bridge if Look four requisitions, oue alter the other, before it could ve obtained. Since the locomotive attacks on the working party & bridge of boats has beea thrown over the Juquery, and @ strong lurce is stationed there, Whose outposts reach to six m les further on the raiiroad. The river Piate journals say the Paraguayans surprised a regi- ment of Braziian cavalry, watle dismounted, and gobbled Up a number of men and nearly ali the horses. The Brazilian accounts deny this and say the only atfair beyoud the Juquery was one in which the Brazilians took nine horses, with equipments, Without loss to themse. ves, | To the north, near Kosario, the Brazilians claim to Have Whipped a sinali party of Paraguayans and captured lov bead of bullocks, first act was to modif, were, in regard to the u town Was veing fortified, It seems likely that some fighting will take place for the possession of tue northwestern country of Paraguay, as Lopez get great resources of cattle from it, and pro’ re cruita, and the allies will naturally wish to deprive him of its advantages. It is thought Lopez has 4 strong force at San Pedro to prevent the Rosario expedition (rom sending raiding forces towards the noel, he Count d’Ru seems rather popniar among the B azilian troops, and luis giving an hour each day for free access to him by persons of any rank has caused great satisfaction, as Caxias was rendered inaccessibie, unless by favor of his immediate fol- lowing. it is suid that a party of Paraguayans came down | the Tevicuar im boats and surprised and captured a small steamer which the army surpliers had in use for theytransport of cattle across that river. Tne | Paraguayans seem to be ubiquitous, Deserters to the Brazilian camp say that Lopez has 8,600 men under arms and has the Europeans in bis service hard at work tarning Oat small arms and cannon. Of the 6,500 men 6,000 were in front of the line of advance from Asuncion and most of the others were in the north. The locomotiveand a number of horses coming up from Buenos Ayre s to the Brazilians were somewlere on the way, the steamers having got aground. Nothing 8 yet known of the troops upon the Upper Parana, vil as several vessels have gone up that | river it is thought they will be brought to Asancion. | Of the naval expedition up the tempt the destruction of the six Paraguayan steauw- ers nothing bas yet been beard, | ‘The province of Matto Grosso did not prove the El Dorado which Was proudly anticipated by the mer- » and some of the steamers returned with Toes intact, the poopie beiug too poor to Indulge \a iuxuries aud not being #0 bare as Was expected. ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION, The Count d’Eu's | the plans, whate O8ario Werk Cnnting © powder— Minister From—Prospects The Prince d’En, the new commander-in-chier of | Journed to next sa NEW YORK HERALD, SU employed the time 1 rallying his forces and prepar- ing for continued defence. A change from senility could hardly make matters worse, and Prince d@’Eu, though only twenty-six years of age, inspires hopes of a reform in the army. Lopez is known to be curing his sick and wound- ed, and gathering men and boys, casting one cannon a week and making gunpowder every day, while the Woods for leagues and leagues around him swarm with his scouts, who look for their own stragglers, Sather cattle or pounce on any f or recon. noitering party of the enemy. He dods not seek battle; he never did; but he waits among the spurs of the Cordilleras for the enemy to come, and when twenty leagues of morasses, defiles, sand heaps and dense forests are between the allies and their tron- clate Ag Bonen po Seerroy ait that come santas vin. he pol putt an ners the ranks of the allies as soldiers. ded. not work so as to be recommended to other nations. They keep therr counsel till they see an opportuaity and then they take their revenge. No doubt many of the casualities of battle come from this source, and then when they desert they carry valuable information. Not long ago one hundred deserted in one day, car- rying their arms with them. Last week an officer, who had become a prisoner at Angostura, was ar- rested in Ascunci n, charged with having set on foot a conspiracy take me city irom tae mm of 1,00) Brazilians who hold it, ere is of the continued and increasing malignity of the to- wards the allies, and as the war rolls on they in- crease in their skilfulness in making good defences out of small means, From their separate posts they have means of communicating as by a secret sae telegraph, which often serves their purpose wel ‘The United States Minister, General McMahon, is still with Lopez, much to the surprise and anxiety of his (riends, Not a word has eome from him to his family here nor to the Minister at this place. Nor do we know anything of whatjhis plans are, or how he or his country can be served by his itiner- ating ministry, or how Lopez can be able to retain he in that uncertain military encampment in the foresi. Since the fall of the last stronghold of Lopez on the river, and his retreat inland, we have heard the statement that the war is now about over. And yet ig expenses do not decrease, The forage contract alnounts to $890,000, gold, per month, and the other departments are also expensive. But the men cost less than the horses in praposaon to their number, including clothing. food fe One of the best informed correspondents of the army writes that it will probably be three months before any important movement 18 made. ‘There is no doubt but that if the number and character of cavalry that yussoed Jem Davis bad gone in pursuit of Lopez on January 1, he could have been as easily taken; but cavalry like them are not here, nor is there an appearance among the officers of a decided purpose to ciose the war. The delays and the prac- tical mistakes made, if not on purpose, yet from cul- pabie carelessness, have most needlessly protracted the war, and many are so unkind as to say that if salaries are reduced and the profits of the ariny con- tractors cut off, the war would end honorably na short time. On the 1ith April the elections were held for repre- sentatives to the Previncial Legislature, and as these elect the Governor, there was a very spirited con- test. There never Was 80 much money staked on an election as in this case. The most popular news- paper here, La Tribuna, lost $650,000, currency ($2,000 gold), and its winners have given it to the widow of a young man shot at the polls. The resuit of the election secures to Governor Castro a re-elec- tion. This is a good thing, although bis opponents are of the same party, aud are good men. E ELEVATED RAILWAY. Meeting of the Commissioners—Non-Appear- ance of Any Objectors or Complainants— Progress of the Building of the Road. In the first act of the Legislature of this State au- thorizing the building of an elevated railway (chapter 489 of the Session Laws of 1867), a trial road was permitted to be built of half a mile in length, be- ginning at the intersection of Greenwich street and Battery place, and the Governor was authorized to appoint three commissioners to examine this half- mile section, report upon its adaptability as a rail- road for city travel, and if their report be favorable and the Governor approve of it, tnen the company was empowered to continue the road through Greenwich street to Ninth avenue, and ous Ninth avenue to the city limits, and beyong to Yonkers, The first half mile was butlt and Gov- ernor Fenton appointed Messrs. J. S. Freer, Freeman J. Fithian and John H. Morris as the commissioners, who accepted and constituted themseives by elect- ing Mr. Freer chairman and Mr. Morris secretary. Their report, after repeated tests and examinations, was in favor of the road, and the Governor approved it, Since then the company have endeavored to proceed with the building of their enterprise as fast as circumstances would permit, but met with many obstacles. Owners of real estate became restive under the apprehension that the value of their property would suffer. Owners of stores and facto- ries objected to the road on the ground that it would interfere with the free use of the street for trading purposes. Others again wouid not allow awning posts and trees, which were in the way of the track, to be removed by the company. One of these objections, that of the property holders, has even reached the courts on an action fora perpetual injunction, and it is said that all the owners of real estate along the proposed Toute of this elevated rallway have clubbed together and are assisting the present plaintiff tn the action referred to, in order to test the constituttonality of the act of the Legislature of 1867, and the suppie- mental act, chapter 855, of the session of 1568. Not- withstanding all this, however, the company are rogressing with the work. The posts for tue track Rave ail been erected a3 tar as Thirtieth street and Ninth avenue, and the rails and cars and the steel wire me are being rapidly manufactured and wiil be put in position so that this portion of the route may ve opeved to the use of the public by Sepvember next. At various piaces along the route room has been secured from private owners to erect vaults for the stationary engines which are to furnish the propeliing power. At certain intervals.it is proposed to build switches for the present, where the up and down cars may pass each other, though these places, and also where the stations and spiral stairs are to be, have not yet been determined by the commissioners. It 18 pos- sible that the plan of the switches will be entirely abandoned as impracticable, and another one, being already now discussed, adopted. This latter ia to run several trains down in the morning and despatch the same trains for up town again in the evening, and conunue this until a second track can be com- leted. : In view to ascertain the nature of all the objection of the people along the route to this railway t comuissioners, at their meeting on the 20th of May last, adopted the followimg preamble and reso- tions:— Whereas heretofore, on the 16th day of October, 196%, these commissioners gave ‘authority, subject to cersain restric: tions, to the sald Elevated Kallway Company, their oF and agents, to remove obstructions which might exist along iw proposed route; and, whereas, complaints having beén made to 8 a8 to the mauner in which said authority bas been executed, therefore, s0\ved, That the commissioners will meet (as heretofore nntil farther notice) every Saturd weive o'clock M., at 110 Broadway, for the purpose of hearing and examining any and all objections or complaints that may be preferred by iding owning property, or doing business on the ypored railway th of said rail iy ‘We IDV ite suggestion ‘and in‘ormation on that subject. rR Resolved, That our secretary is instructed to communicate scopy of there resolutions to the sald railway company, aud caure the same to be publisbed in such newspapers as be should deem expedient. These proposed meetings were held, the firat on Saturday, the 5th of June, and the second yesterday at noon, at the office of Judge Fithian, at No. 110 Broadway. At neither of these meetings did a single objector or complainant put in an appearance, and it Was stated in @ conversational way at the meet- ing yesterday, by some of the commissioners, that they had veen privately informed that this neglect of the objectors to appear was for the reason that they would not, either by an informal or any other appearance before the commission, even seem to recognize the legality and vaiidity of the act of the L jature creating i. After waiting yesterday from noon till one o'clock, on motion of Jud; Fithian, no one appearing, the commissioners noon at the same pl! DEPARTURE OF STEAMSHIPS, The following steamships left this port yester. day:— The Louisiana, Captain Thomas, for Liverpool and Queenstown, With 80 steerage passengers and a full cargo of wheat, corn, tobacco, bacon and cheese, ‘The City of Baltimore, Captain Roskell, ior Liver- pool and Queenstown, with 79 cabin passengers and others in the steerage, and a full cargo of cheese, bacon and lard. The Britannia, Captain Campbell, for Glasgow and Londonderry, with 31 cabin and 107 stecrage pas. sengers and @ full cargo of wheat, four aud pro- visions. > The Ville de Paris, Captain Surmont, for Brest and Havre, with 267 passer Gey) bales of cotton, quantity of potash ‘and $000, 100 in specie. The George Cromwell, Captain Vaili, for New Or. Jeans direct, with six passengers and a full cargo of general merchandise, The United States, Captain Norton, for New Or- leans direct, with 15 cabin and 10 steer 6 pas- sengers and a fall cargo of ral merchandise. the allied forces against Paraguay, arrived at agun- cion on April 14, and was received with great re. Joicing. The officers on active duty felt the need of ® younger man than General Guillermo Xavier de Souza. During these three months of the latter's command the army has done nothing, while the evils Of inactivity have been severely felt. and Loves has The Alabama, Captain with 20 passengers and @ full cargo, and $7,000 in specie for Key West. | The James Adger, Captain Lock wood, for Charles: | ton and Florida ports, with 26 passengers and a fair cargo of general merchandise, | The Isaac Bell, © iptata Bowine, for Norfotk, City Point and Kienm ith 38 cabin and 12 steerage | Passengers, and & (alr cargo of general merchandise, RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. The Necessity for Clergymen Furnishing Ideas—What Has Become of tue Lost Tribes of Isracit To THB EpiTor ov THR HBRALD:— You lately published a lettér calling upon “olergy- men to furnish ideas" as well as oratory to the world, that religious truth may become as intel- ligible and undeniable to ordinary thinking men as scientific truth already is to every one who reads and studies it—in short, that theology may take its Place among the sciences, as astr nomy, geology and chemistry have already, instead of being fre- quently about as dubious and questionavie as was the astrology and alchemy of the olden time. That theology may be worthy to take ita piace among the sciences knowa to man and not be any longer @ mere matter of opinion, the first requisite is that the line between the known and the uuknown should be ciearly defined. Let us have solid foundations to begin to obulid upon, Let religious opinions be stated, or classed as opinions merely, and speculative dreams be regarded only as speculative areams, But when once a religious truth is clearly proved and establisned, then let us regard it as a cer- tain, positively known and undeniable truth, upon which we may safely build up afd increase our knowledge of theology. Thus the science of theology may have a fair and equal chance of becoming as progressive as are all the other sciences, so that the world’s information may be daily increased about things unseen as well 3 about those things which are seen; about things eternal as well as about things temporal; about God and heaven as well as about man and earth, and Bee the pust and future a8 well as about the pre- sen In my former letter I proposed that the ministers of religidn and students of the Bible should take ad- Vantage of the liberality of the HERALD, and through its open columus enlighten World as to whether the Aimighty bas revealed His purposes in regard to the “tea tribes of israel,” commonly known as the “ten jost tribes.” About two months have aiready elapsed since | made thia very reason- abie request, and is does not appear that any one has thought it worth while to respond; so 1 suppose L must endeavor myself to give some idea, in the smallest possible compass, as to what the Bible reveals a8 the ultimate destiny of these “ten tribes of Israel,’} about wiich the world io general ap- pears to haye been hitherto so contentediy. ignorant, or so periectly inditrerent. In the fourth century after the flood—while one of the “eight souls” rescued in the ark (the patriarch Shem) was yet living upon the earth—the Bible in- forms us that God called upon Abraham and proved him, and, finding him persistently faithiul and ove- dient, “blessed tum,” and assured nim that he shouid become “the father of many nations,” and that “in bim and his seed should all the families of the earth be biessed.’’ Abraham’s gon and grand- son (the patriarchs Isaac and Jacob) tnherited these sole | rouises of God, aud when Jacob | ditterenc it will be well to have it universally known on his deathbed was propheticaliy biessing his twelve sous | Irom woom afterwards proceeded the tweive tribes of israel) he says to his son Joseph, “The diessings of thy iather have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors; unto the utmost bound of tue everiasting hills they shall be upon the head of Joseph,” &c., intimating very cleariy that though the biessings of God upou Jacob had even ex- ceeded those of his progenitors, Abraham aad Isaac, yet Josepn snouid inverit all, “unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.” Thus Joseph is clearly proved Lo be tie heir of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, und inueritor Of the promises of God to the patri- archs, With this a.so agrees the statement made in tue beginning of the flitn chapter of tue first book of Chronicles in reference to the birthright having been transferred (row Keuben, the first born, to Joseph— “Judah prevailed above nis bretnren’’—and of bin came tue Chief Ruler; but the birthright was Jo- sepl’s. Andin the forty-eighth chapter of Gene- sis we fiud Ephratm propheticaily declared to the heir of Joseph and the father of a “multitude of nauons.” Thus it is plain that if any reliance ts to be placed upon the clear statements of the Bible we must expect to Qnd the children of Ephraim ultimately blessed in a most remarkable manner. The question is, where are these children of Ephraim, and in what quarter of the earth stall we now look for these chief repre- sentatives of the “en tribes of Israel ?”” ‘The Bibie gives us their Itistory but for the few centuries Which intervene between the time of their ‘servitude in Egypt aud that of their anal captivity by the King of Assyria. We find that Africa and ‘the children of Ham’? were the first to attain a high de- gree of civilization only about six or seven centuries aiter the flood, and the chidren of Israel were brought in contact with thisearly Airtcan civiliza- on, that they might partake of its advantages, but were kept in servitude that might be preserved from the enervating effects of all early civiliza- tons; that after they had derived ail the advant s they could be expected to derive from their position in Egypt they were deiivered from their stave of servitude there by the band of Moses in a most won- derful manner and led about in the wilderness for a whole generation to eradicate idolatry from among them; then they were enabled to take sion of the land of Canaan, where for about tour centuries they were ruled vy ‘judges’? whom the Al- mighty from time to time raised up to deliver them from their enemies; that ultimately they “desired a king to reign over them," that they might be like the other nations about them; that during a period of about one hundred and twenty years Saul, David and Solomon reigned successively over ail’ Israel; that then “the ten tribes’? revolted from the tyrannical rule of Kehoboam, the son of Solo- mon, and for two or three centuries thereafter they were allowed to choose their kings from a great varlety of families other than “the house of David,” until at last Shalmaneser, the king of Assy. carried what remained of the ten tribes of Israel into Assyria, placing tuem “tn Halah and in Habor b) the river of Goyan, aud in the cities of the Medes,’ as related in the seventeenth chapter of the Second Book of Kings. The history of the ten tribes o1 Is rael”’ extends no further than this. We trace them through their varying fortunes from their deliver- auce from bondange in Egypt, when the highest ciy- lization the world then Knew prevailed there, in Africa, to their final captivity in Assyria; when Asia had taken precedence over Africa; aud “the chil- dren of Asshur” had advanced beyond “the chil- dren of Ham," and Assyrian civilization exceeded the Egyptian. Here ail trace of them is lost; therefore are they called “the ten lost tribes of Israel;’’ and tuougit from this period we may search all historical records in vain for any satisfactory account of “the ten tribes of Israel,’ yet the very clear, most distinct and emphatic prophecies tn re- ference to “Ephraim and the ten tribes of Israel, his feilows,” forbid us for one moment to suppose that these “ten tribes’? are really ‘lost,’ but, on the cop- trary, compel us to believe that their prese! ton in some portion of the earth is at least as re- markable as ts the preservation of the two rematn- ing tribes of Judah aud Benjamin, as represented by the Jews of our day. But in wiat quarter of the earth shail we look fur them? We know that they did not return to the laud of Israel, as did the Jews, or Jadah and Benjamin, after the Babylonish ¢ lvity, Is it likely that they returned to Egypt Not at all, for they Legh gd derived what advan- tage théy could from Adrican civilization, Did they remain iong in Assyria? Not at ail likely, either; for Assyrian civilization very soon waned before the European; and doubtiess the same Providence which caused (ver to derive the advantage of the highest African and Asiatic civilization found some means Of bringlog them into contact with the highest Ku- ropean civilization also; #o itis to Europe that we must look for their next wppearance. Accordingly we find that when European civilization had super- seded both the Alrican and Asiatic about the com- mencement of the Ohristian era, a peculiar people appears at the north of Europe quite as mysteriousiy as “the ten tribes’ had eae in Asia, about 1,000 years previously. ‘They pour in hordes upoo the Roman emptre, robbi all before them, and come in contact with the highest civilization the world had yet witnessed; but not as the chudren of Israel were formerly brought into contact with the earlier civilizations of kgypt and Assyria, as siaves and captives, but as conquerors. More than @ thousand years have now elapsed since these northern hordes poured in upon Europe and the Roman empire, conquering and permanent, subduing all before them, and at the same time ii ing the foundations of the present European kin; doms and empires. From whence did these bar- barian hordes derive so decided pertority to all (he rest of the world? W ould they be at all superior to the North American Indians, for tn- stance, who with ali their nardy physical qualities so soon disnppear when brought in contact with civilization’ It certainly appears that so very de- cided @ superiority cannot otuerwise be satisfactorily accounted for than by supposing that these bar- barian hordes were descended from very superior race of men. And where are we likely to find such w f not among the chosen peopie providentially Parakey of we id been rved irom the disadvan. orme? civilizations, and suvsequentiy centuries with # rigor. ap. favanteest tages of invigorated by contact for ous northern climater if the barbarian hordes who so mysteriously | peared at the north of Europe more than 1,000 years jo, andl proved themselves superior tu all the reat of the world, were not the lineal descendants of “the ten tribes of Israel,” who about 1,000 years previously had disappeared in Asia in an equaily mysterious manner, it must ve admitted that it is extremety dificult otherwise to account sal * torily for @ barbarian - manifesting so decided po pine: Ad whole human race. If etinolo- gists or plulosophers can ocherwise satisfactorily ac- Limeburner, for Mobile, | count for so wonderful and unprecedented a superi- ority, let qem do so. But HA on the contrary, thorough tn’ tion should only make it more | Clear that these Northern hordes and “the ten trives ot Israel” are identical, then we can understand how tt ts that their descendants, the Europeans and) Americans of the present day, are in a fair way of being “® biessing to’ ail the families of the eartn”’ ording to the promise of God made to “Abraham and his seed.” What other race besides the Europeans and Americans is at all itkely to benefit greatiy “ali the families of the earth’? by introducing civilization and liverty, With it® accompanying progress everywhere, until the whole earth in the course of afew centuries may become as Lay oy @ residence for the whole human family a4 was the tiarden of Eden originally for the first couple? Now that we have aiready in the course Of one siugi# generation nade steam aud electricity 80 generally subserviont to the requirements of man in every quarter of the glove, who shall limit our pr in all future generations? It ts now quite plain that the bumaa family have ceased to crawl, and begua to walk, and under Providence it is to the Europeans and Americans that the credit for ; this ig due. Should they prove to be really “the ten tribes of Israel,"’ who have been go long “lost,”’ bat concerning whom, nevertheless, 80 many gracious promises of God are recorded, it might be some en- couragement to them to know it. M. “Alarm of Christians.” To Tae Eprror ov Ta8 HERALD:— The article under the above head in # recent num- ber of your paper calla forth the following reflec- tions and prayer of one for and of many millions of firm believers in revelation that yearn after truth, Js ttnot singular for Christians to feel alarm at free discussion of the tenets of any religious sect or de- nomination including their own? How 1s this? In any profession or branch of knowledge discussion 18 invited to sift the chatf from the grain, the trash from the substance, Why not oven more in religion? Some may construe this into a siguificant siga of weakness, and incline to look unfavorably at tenets that cannot bear the light of free discussion, Philo- gophers do not decline, rather invite it, Why should those who consider their faith so infinitely more profound? It is always considered not only a weak- ness in governments to prohibit liberty of speech, but 8 despotism—an infringement on the-iiberty of the Population. Actions of governments pure and cor- rect will stand oriticism; 80 will all knowledge; only tne impure will shun publicity. ‘Trae and correct religious tenets mave even less to fear from exposure, on the contrary,all to gain; their truth will be ever more brilliantly demonstrat- ed; by oiding them from discussion under @ worth- leas plea that they are no ron sudjects for public- ity vo all, they only lay themselves open to detrimen- tal suspicion and appear in the light of despotism. God is nota being cf mere words. Words for or this supposed essence cannot possibly eifect At, otherwise the constant denunciations of sects and denominations against ove abother are unpardon- able crimes now. Jews, Mohammedans and others, ignorant of the superiority of Curistianity, choose to consider it idolatry, ag in their opinion Christians allot divine honors to human 3, idolatry being sinful or absurd in their sight, hat more easy tian bo con- vert these poor, ignorant beings by proofs that God selected this speck in the universe for the execution of this inscrutable design to create beings in His inage, and in His intinite mercy to sacrifice His own Son descended in human shape to redeem His unwor- thy creatares trom sin, incurred contrary to the will of the Almighty? This doctrine, plain to the under- standing of every Christian, requires only the same convincing proofs vo unbelievers to secure their ap- preciation and belie, when ail unbelief will disap- pear from the face of the globe. Keligion is no science; it is knowledge, the understanding of the all-wise, eternal God, who could not reveal cimsell in @ thousand different contradictory ways. The revelations of the All-wise were and are incended Jor ail, It is tmpossible that they were designed to remain the property of a few, to coin money and produit trom them. Tuey should, moreover, be within the react of everybody's understanding. If and understood, though it hardly seems compatible with justice 1a God, for all morality is based in jus- tice to otvers aud one’s self alike. “All human know- ledge has been obtained by that which reveals it- self; it may be presumed that reiigious revelauons touk the same coarse, All Knowledge has been im- proved and puritied only by discussion; so should reli- gious kuowledge be, ‘Tuerefore we, the untold mil- lions, pray to give us discussion on this momentous question, and the great principles O1 Liberty, of free- dom iM opposivion to all despotism, will be glo- riously vindicated, the essence of what there was, is and will be established beyond a doubt and to the understanding of ail as is mest and proper. All conventions of delegates for the purpose have as yet ended in bitter quarrels and passionate imputa- tons one on the other; each stood on his assumed dignity, without respecting that of the other, well aware of its assumption. A safer, more efiicient and general mde suould be adopted. Pray open your paper Sundays to this discussion; your voice Will be beard from pole to poie, for there 18 no more circulate and = more impartial paper in the country—ay, im _ the world. Allow everybody that coinplies with the express condition of roltsuing from. all personal abuse a space not exceeding sixty lines (any excess charged), not to be employed in atiacks on adherents to other creeds, but to treat in a digaified style the abstract question of the essence the various creeds, sup- ported by prvois. America has taken the initiative in political Pre Its sociai and religious progress should be the direct results, She should be aigo the first to shake of the trammels which despotism of any kind eS i to drag the mind into the mire of intolerance and ignorance, but which knowledge dispels, like a roe breeze, the fog. Justice demands a t us be just and charitable to all if we im jus- tice and charity in petain, Ser all of us lack in per- fection, but long to approach it. If America proudly takes the lead to the mind, the worid must foliow, while the leader earns immortal glory. “Onward” be her watchword, “to the enduring light of truth,” and the New YoRK HERALD the apostie of truck. QUA RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. Laying of the Corner Stone of a Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del. WILMINGTON, June 6, 1869, four o'clock the corner stone of St. Paul's Catholic church was laid im the presence of about 6,000 spec- tators, Bishop Becker oificiating. A procession of 8,000 persons, composed of religious, lite- rary and beneficta! societies, marched through the principal streets to the corner of Fourth and Jack- son streets, where the church is to be butit, After the laying of the corner stone che litany was chanted by the Bishop and clergy, and a@ brief but most ex- cellent sermon preached by the Bishop, which was listened to with marked attention by the large con- course present. Notwithstanding the exposed condition of the place to the scorching rays of the sun and the ab- sence Of any seats everytidng passed olf pleasantiy and nothing occurred to mar the barmony of the waole. This afternoon at Religious Notes. ‘The Unitarian Society at Newburg, N. Y., is build. ing @ $12,000 church. Trinity Methodist church, in the same place, will soon order a $5,000 organ. The members of Western avenue Methodist church, Poughkeepsie, have voted on lay represen- tation with the following result:—For, 16; against, 123. But it will be carried in the diocese, neverthe- less. A State convention of Spiritualists will be held at Indianapolis, commencing on the 17th of this mouth, The question whether to hold a State convention of the Young Men’s Christian Associations the pre- sent year or not is now belug cauvassed by that ‘he Massachusetts Legislature has increased the charter af the Boston Wesleyan Association to ,000, and it will immediately proceed to erect a handsome building, costing, with the land, nearly $30),000. ‘The followit.g are the graduates of Drew Theologi- cai Seminary of the class of 150%, Who received their diplomas on May 20:—James Boyd Brady, New York; Oliver Allen Brown, Delaware, Ohio; Samuel K, | Doolitiie, Pond Eddy. N. ¥ Henry ‘Graham, Wilna, N. Yu; George ier, Warrenvilie, N. J. Wiliam Forman Morris, Trenton Fall Charles Flavius Novie, Pittstieid, Maas.; Ezra Tin: ker, Macedon, N. Y,; Samuel M. Veruva, Des Moines lowa. The Levant Times says:—The head of the Arme- nian Church, the Cathoiicos Kevork 1V., residing at Btchtinisdzine, a his decision in reply to the invitation addressed to the patriarchs, arch- bishops and vicars of his Church to repair to Rome in order to take part in the Ecumenical Council, Alter having expressed his ardent wishes for the ceasation of all diviston in Christianity, Kevork IV. amMirms that union cannot be attained by that assem- bly, and as a he refers to the aspiration of the Roman Pontiical See to be superior to ali others in the Kast, either by hterarchy, py jurisdiction or by heritage from the Aposties, As ‘the Holy and ortho- dox Arinenian Church,’ says the document, ‘cannot admit that tension, the Catholices declares that the Council has no legitimate basis; to consequence, all the members of his creed in Turkey are to refuse every invitation, a8 & source of misunderstanding and discord.” the Baltimore Sun say: bishops of the cou not diocesan: frem intry are hem, Bil epcoge ipiscop: but exercise @ joint and authority over the whole Unurch. One of Kingsley, is about to start on a course of tations which affords @ striking tilus- thation of the breadth of the field over which our American Methodists have extended their misston- ary operations. He goos first to Colorado, where he will organize @0 annual conference; thence to Ore- gon to superintend the meeting of conference there; then back to the California conference, and then to shat nae, in China, and from there to the confer. Posy orthern india, After that he ts to visit the work in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and other Eu countries, This visitation round the worid is t end in France nextsammer, and the bishop expects to reach his home again, if life ts 8] , in September of exp fone In the pro- ramme of this tour the days of the month are speci- jed on Which each meeting 1s to be held. and such is the completeness of modern arrangements for travel that very little apprehension is eutertained of jure in the appointments.’ | " | FOREIGN ART NOTES, The south portal of the cathedral of Cologne ia | now adorned with statues executed by the cathe- drat sculptor, Christian Mohr. Of these there are altogether 107, thirty-eight of Which are as large as lie, and stand on carved supporting stones, Besides | these figures there are eignt groups in relief, illu | trating the history of the Passion. The prineipal | nave of the cathedral has aiso been embellished \ with statues from the chisel of the saue artuek, Upon other religions while YDAY, JUNE 13, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. LITERATURE. pen Reviews of New Booka. D Soormry. A COMPLETE MANUAL OF MANNERS. by the Right Hon, the Counts of steseees, New ‘ork: George Routledge & Sons. 1869, An aristocratic lady, shopping one day, wearted the unfortunate clerk with her objections to every piece of goods he piaced before her. At length she inqutred for “something that common people do not wear.” Annoyed by her manner, the knight of the yardstick retired for a few moments, and on return- ing threw a bale of bagging before her, saying, “Maaam, here is something common people do not wear,” She was, no doubs, deeply offended at his Tudeness, yet who can say that she was not served right? Now, this lady wasa member of that good society which the Countess of Fight Asterisks writes of—a society, by the way, which comprises about one five-hundredth of the total population of Great Britain ana the United States, still its exclusiveness, refinement, polish, elegance and esprit make us thankful for a work which teaches us how to behave, how to ride, how to eat, drink, &c. To begin with, the Countess of Eight Asterisks gives a very pleasant account of the customs of “good society” from the days of William the Con- queror to the present time; then follow a few ob- servations regarding the “arrangement of a lady’s house and the management of servants,” by which we learn that “suit tables, covered with little shepherdesses in Dresden China, and little chalets, carved in wood, are a delusion aud a snare’ for re- ception rooms, and that it is highly desirable “flutfy Kuitted things and gaudy pieces of Wool-work should be abolished by act of Parlia- ment.” Further on we are informed that “it is not permissible to leave one’s chair in order to get nearer the fire.” How will this apply in Alaska? Tne art of conversing well should be acquired, Nothing could give us greater regret than to know English “ladies pride themselves on the saucy chique with which they adopt certain Americanisms,” Bad, bad, very bad. “Scandal is the least excusable of all conversational vulgarities,” and probably that is the reason why it is frequently indulged in. ‘Red seal- ing wax is inadmissible, except for business letters, and wafers must never be used,” which is a strong argument tn favor of gum. We pass over, not un- derstanding it, the mysteries of ladies’ tollet, and turn to the chapter devoted to “the gentlemen’s toilet.” The first tinportant thing is nats. “Long nails are an abomination.” ‘The hair and whiskers of man receive special attention. ‘Long hair, says the Countess of Hight Asterisks, “‘is never indulged im except by painters and fiddlers.” Tne attire should be faultless. “Bconomy in gloves is an in- sult to society.” Good heavens, how society must suffer! ‘No gentleman can afford to wear shapby clothes.” We have Kuown gentiemen who couid not aflord to wear any other kind; but that, fact does not make the Countess less cor- rect, We cannot, however, agree with her opinion that “if there is one thing in this world about which we cau entertain any degree of moral centainty it is that we must pay our tatlor’s bills.” We hoid it true that a large number of persons are always mo- rally certain they cannot pay their tailor’s bills. “Chevalier de Mauprat,” says Richelieu, “pay your debts.” “I wiil, my lord,” he answers; ‘‘but teil me where I can borrow the money?” We must confess to feeling somewhat puzzled to know how we can heed the instructions of the Countess to the elect tuat “a gentleman, in riding, a3 in walking, gives the lady the wail.” Suppose there are two Walls, or suppose there are no walls, what then? At evening parties @ gentieman should be careful what comic songs he sings. “At an evening party given expressly in honor of a distinguisned lady of color” the Countess “once heard a thoughtless ama- teur dash into the broadly comic, but terribly appro- priate nigger song of ‘Sally Come Up,’” ‘fhe altemtion of a radical paper, whicn shall be nameless, 1s called to the fact that the Countess Spelis the popular name of the Alrican with two “g's.” Ata “young gentlemen are earnestly vised not to limit their conversation to remarks on the weather and the heat of theroom.” This is very old advice, but always trite. From the bail one naturalty turns to the edibles, “it is impossi- ble,” says the Countess, “to over estimate the im- portance of dinners.” We shouid say it was—quite unpossible, in fact. ‘Veal 13 almost uneatable 1 the lemon has been forgotten.’ We have seen it almost all eaten before the lemon was thought of, Itis gratilying to our democratic saponin pride to Know that American canvas-back ducks are considered “rare delicacies.” Persons in moderate circumstances (say $60,000 per annum) should never pretend to give ex- t the dinuer be economic best quality, Fisn and beans should never be broughi on table. Don’t eat fish with a don’t pen teeth with the fork, don’t pour your coffee irom the cup into the saucer, don’t swaliow hot soup— don’t. On the subject of marriages the Countess of ht Asterisks announces that “nothing black 1s adunissibie at a wedding,” which is a copperhead re- fection upon equal rights. When on a visit ata coun- try house @ gentleman who, during the morning hours, does nothing “but idle about the house and chat with the ladies, is an intoicrable nuisance.” Sooner than become that, “he had better retire to the billiard room and practise cannons by himseif.” Carroms, my oat carroms. We perceive by along quotation from the poem that ladies of tue ‘best so- ciety” read Byron’s “Don Juan,” doubtless with all the naughty passages left out. ‘Polite vulgarisms must be scrupulously guarded agatast;” certainl, they must, as soon a8 we know what a “‘polite”’ vul- mis. “Sniffing, snuidling, expectorating must never be performed in society under any considera- ton.” Suppose a gentleman has a cold or chews tobacco, what shali he do? The Countess thinks a gentleman should learn boxing scientifically, and quotes approvingly the saying, “To knock a man jown is never manners, but there is a way of doing it gracefully.” She, however, suggests no method by means of which the man Knocked down can act graceluily. We have quoted enough of this book to give the reader a fair idea of its contents. It is of ilitle use as @ guide to propriety of behavior .in society—that is, being intended for a small, exclusive circle, tts teaching could not, from the very nature of things, be of service to the great mass of Aruerican readers, We all remember the English nobleman who, hear- ae oe the Irish famine that the people could not get bread, wondered why they did not obtain the same kind of cakes that he was served win for break - fast. We really believe this book to be written by a countess and a ‘‘bora one” at that; for it is the most impracticabie thing we have read of the kind. There are some hints, it is true; some excellent ad- vice and thuch that would beueflt tne reader, But while we cannot praise it as good for instruction, we do not hesitate to recommend it as the most tho- roughly entertaining of books. No recent publica- tion hus given us haif the amusement that this has, Tur Son OF MAN. Discourses on the humanity of Jesus Christ. By Frank Coulin, D. D., Minister of the National church of Geneva. Transiaved with the sanction of the author, Phiiadelpiia: Claxton, Remsen & Haifeliinger, We doubt if all Christian sects will agree with every doctrine expounded in these discourses or ser- mons, for even doctors do not disagree more radi- cally in their opinions than do preachers in their interpretations of Scripture. But if we cannot coincide with all that is said we can at least admire the able, earnest manner in which Dr. Coulin tells of the humanity of the Saviour. We have seldom read printed sermons with greater pleasure than we have these. They are simple in their language, earnest in tone and thoroughly Christian. There is no extraneous matter in them; the subject is kept strictly in view by the preacier, who never tires with prolixity, altuough he is graphic and minute. Another admirable feature ta these discourses is the absence of any attacks — from the religious standpoint of tue antuor. On the whole this book is worthy of being read by theological students and others Interested in religious literature. It is excel- lently transiated and admirably printed and bound. PHYSICAL SURVEY oF VinGginta. Her Geographical Position, tts Commercial by and National Importance. Preliminary Report. By M. F, Maury, LL.D. &c. Second New York: D. Van Nostrand. 1869. Had the people of Virginia and of the South and West gone energetically to work fifty, or even thirty years ago, they would probably have raised up a rival to New York in the city of Norfolk, which would have contended powerfully with us for the high position of the commercial metropolis of the United States. We are quite prepared to agree with the views advanced by l’rofessor Maury in the work before us, but while entertaining no doubt of Norfolk becoming @ large city eventually, scarcely think that she will ever materially affect the prosperity of New York or even come into rivairy wita her, Long ago she fell’back ia the race, and if she has been distanced the fault must be attributed to the unac- countable short-sightedness with which the South megiected commerce for agriculture and slavebreed- ing. Still, the geographical position of Virginia, and its commercial advi ae tea undeniably great, and the work before us points them out beyond @ donbt, The agg od maps are quite accurate and in- veresting. The publication is worthy of ber ead, if fof nothing more than to learn how, with all the jents of empire, the South frittered away her @reat opportunities (greater than any other section of the republic possessed) and made New York and Massachusetts leap far ahead of her—the drst in cominerce and the last in manufactures, LEONORA CASALONT; OR, THR MARRIAGE Secret. By T. Adolphus Troliope, Philadeiphia: T. B. Pe: terson & Brothers, ‘The seene of the novel before us, like most of Mr. T. A. Trollope's works, 1s laid in Italy, and 19 proba bly more valuable for its description of Italian scenery and of private life in Italy than for its plot. This latier, however, i quite interesting, and the story, on the whole, is one which deserves to be widely read, The characters are all weil drawn, and tue mystery of the marriage secret is admirably pre- iL) to tue Last Dawes, Wuen the revelation 14 made. edition. $e On the whole this novel ts quite acceptable and wor- ‘thy of praise. Tae Pacivid RaiL20aD—Oran—How To Go; WHat TO Sez. A Guid for travel to and through West- ern America. By Samuel Bowles, Bustou; Fields, Oagood & Co, 1309. ‘The series of papers, under the same title, writtea by Mr, Howles for the Atlantic Monthly, have been collected and published in the little volume before us. AS we sald al tue time Of ihelr serial publica. tion, the papers are full of interest to all and are written in the happiest style of the sutuor, Miscellaveous. We have received from Messrs. Fields, Osgood & Co., two additional volumes of their green and goid edition of Thackeray's works. They comprise ‘‘Pen- dennis” and “The Newcomes," and are admirably printed and bound. There apyears to be quite a ri- valry between Fields, Osgood & Co. and Harper & Brothers in the pubiication of these books, as cach house 18 issuing them as fast as possibie, and at a wonderfully smal price. We doubt if either will reap many dollars thereby; but as the pubic will thus obtain the works of one of the abdiest of English writers for an aimust nominal sum, that part of tue matter 1s of very littie consideration. Mr. Eawin W. Bellinger has seut us a copy of The Counting House Monitor, 4 weekly business journal, containing notices of dividends, interests, coupons, &c., when due and when payable; meetings aud closing of transfer books of stock Companies; assess- ment and collection of national, state and city taxes, and much other matter of interest. Tue publication is very neatly gotten up and will 0¢@ found vaiuavle to all business men. Magazine Notices. Tag XIX Century. Charleston, 5. C.: “XIX Gen- tury Compaay publishers, We have received from the publishers the first (June) number of this new magazine. At any time the appearance of a new periodical is viewed with interest by the literary world, aud the publication of a literary monthly in Charleston cannot fail to be re- paris with somewhat of curiosity. It 1s a gratity- Ing evidence of the progress of letters among tie masses at the South, and also, perhaps, indicates a desire for literary independence of, or, at least, {iter- ary equality with, the North. The contents of the new magazine are varied, and, on the whole, of a fair standard of excellence. he Blockade Rua- ners of the Confederacy, Looking Back,” ‘The ‘Talmad,” ‘Shoulder to Shoulder,” and some other articles are well written and interesting. Its me- chanical execution will compare favorably with any of our monthiies. The &/X Century 1s under the management of Mr. F. G, de Fontaine, Jormoriy nected with the press of this city. We wish it cess. Tue MANUFACTURER AND BurLpER for June con- tains several interesting articles, among which one on “The Art of Electrotyping,” and another on “Salt—Its Manufacture and Uses," are tho most worthy of mention. The tliustrations ure ai! ad rably executed, and the magazine is allogetuer oue of the best of its class of puviicaiions, MUSICAL REVIEW. con- suc- The just and timely strictures of the HeRato on the trash wluch our musical pubdlisiers threatened to inflict on us under the general title of the “spirit of Burlesque” bave effected a result which must be gratifying to all true lovers of music. We seldom come across any of the worthless productions which greeted our eyes when blonde burlesque first alicted the metropolitan stage. They have given way to works of real merit either in their design or execution, There 1s in the latest works we have seen at least a desire to elevate the standard of musi- cal publishing in this country, The publishers im- prove every year in their style of bringing out must- cal works, and their prices are materially reduced. Let them only keep out of the slough of burlesque and their reputation will never suffer. Reputauon 18a very essential pot in the music publishing business. On those gentlemen depends a great deal the progress of the art in this country, so that if they avoid London concert saloon ditties and absurd medieys, they will keep a debilitating and demoral- izing element out of the reaims of music. Ditson & Co, publish the following :— “Petites Bavardes Polka.” C. Neustedt, A pretty, Sparkling little plece, of moderate difficulty. “Brindisi,’’ Chanson bacchique. Neustedt. A dash- ing, effective work of a superior order to most of such compositions. “Souvenir d'Allemagne.”” Waltz. Neustedt. exceedingly pretty waitz, In these three works Mr. Neustedt shows what a good musician and com- poser can make out of the simpiest materials, “I'm Happy as a Bira Upon the Wing.” Song and dance, A. M. Hernandez, Arranged by Tapnen- baum. A minstrel song and commonplace at that, ‘There is nothing particularly cheerful about it. Lyon & Healey, Chicago, publish two pieces by Edward Dorn, called “Sweet Hope” and “Evening Song.” The first 1s a plaintive, sentimental work & lw vaise, and the second, partaking of the same character, has some very graceful passages in ut. Both are, however, marred by puerile, hackneyed arpeggil & la “Matden’s Prayer.” A Very neat and convenieut edition of Rossini's “Messe Solennelle.”” This is the cheapest edition in existence at present, being sold at one dollar and sixty cents. In Paria they charge twenty francs aud im London one pound for this work. “Vale.’”’ Harry Sanderson. A piano study of reat excellence. There 13 more sentiment and thought in it than can be found in any of the other works of tus well-known pianist. A plaintive, tender feeling pervades each theme, and the construction is that of @ thorough musician. “Happy Memories.’ Nocturne. G, Heyner. Grace- ful aud attractive, with an easy fow of melody aud sufficient variety to make it @ favorite. “Laughing byes.” Nocturne, Heyner. This ta even a pretler piece than tie preceding and of tho same character. Neither of them, however, are exactly what is generally known as the nocturne order of piano pi “Rest, Lady, Res Serenade. W.T. Meir, A beautiful little trifie, quite in keeping with whe title, “The Last Foud Look.” Ballad. J. 4. Hatton. One of tis favorite soug writer's prettiest little ballads. “Beautiful Flowers."’ Song. This 18 a very favor- able spectinen of a song of the Hawaiian Islands. I¢ was written by @ young lady in Honolulu, and although founded on @ fauiliar theme is a song of genuine merit, j “Datnascus Triumphal March.” From Costa's ora- torio of “Naaman.” Arranged for four hands by &. L. Gurney. A very good arrangement of this well known work. ‘ “Glittering Dew.” Sketch. Lott, Rather common- place in the main features, but possessing some very beatly constructed passages, “Why Delay?’ Song. J. P. Knight. A reminis- cence, and @ good one at that. “Tassels on the Boots.” An English concert saldon aohg, Whose only recommendation 1s a very good itkeness of Miss Elise Holt on the title page. “Many Happy Keturns of tue Day.” J. Blockley. A very pretty and pleasing song. jens of the Opéra ” The handsome editions of ° Bouffe” and ‘Wreath of Vocal Geis,” published by this house, are in great demand, Wm. Hall & Son publish the ‘Luriine” music in every possible form. Kurmmet's fantasia on the opera will be found of great value to pianists of moderate attainments. The “Naiads’ Spel” is very brillauuy arranged in It. René Fayorger takes the same theme, which seems capable of endless variations, and sets it in a brie lant and effective frame of scintillating pas- sages which are more dific an those in the pre- ceding work, The chorus, “rom bis Palace of Crystal,” follows the “Speil’ in this arrangement and is equally efective. But Ascher’s arrange- ment, which he wrote for Mme. Arabeila Goddard, is the most brilliant of all others. Osborne has also written two fine transcriptions on this opera. Coote has arranged a he Ft | set of walizes from it, and Rimbault has adapted the leading gems for litte fingers. ‘They are all pia 2) of the Work and fitting tributes to the geaius of William Vincent Wallace, Win. A. Pond & Co, publish the following:— “Vaillance Poika Militaire.’ J, Ascher. A very good four hand arrangement of this well known olka. v H. Millard, This ia a very he Return.” -“~ ambitious song, and displays a good deal of labor and study in both the treatinent of the subject and the accompaniment, but neither can compensate for the mauifest dearth of attractive melody, “La Sonnambula.” Fantasia briliante. Leybach. The brilliant and sparkling character of this popular composer's piano Works 1s here displayed to the ut most advantage, “Geraldiue.”’ Waltz, Charles Godfrey. There is a good deai of sameness avout the style of the waltzes of the Godfrey's, taking the “Mabel? as a standard for nearly all of them, That standard 1s good, bus Shere 18 someting in having too muck of a good a4 ermann, Broadway, publishes @ barcarotle and @ serenade of his own, the poetty vy Artiur Mathison, The music is same in both and the etry is the best them. porltiant Soage Words vy A- Mathison, music by F.R. Tonn, A very pretty and simple minor theme, Charles Bunce, Brooklya, publishes the “Omen. bach Quadrilles,” arranged by J. J. Freeman. They Ee be ‘Witt publishes a sixpenny series of popu- lar pieces in a neat, pretty form. Dodworth, Astor place, publisnes the following: — “sweet Bird of Spring.’ Murceau de saion. J. H. Waud, Characteristic and very cleverly treated, but spun out to an unnecessary extent. 1” Song.¢ George i, bristow. One ofthe pret- fui little songs we have seen for mi it what one would expect from the fivst musician in America, Dr, Bristow snould wre more, for tt is only by means of musictaas of hts — that the divine art can be e country from the state of degradatio: cockney haumbugs would drag it. fully got up by the publisher, “Beaulitul Spring.” Song and chorus, J. Waud. A cliarming song in ¥-8 time, and one whi is bouod to be @ favoriia, as It is Within the reach Avery Vous ated in this into which The soug 14 beau- a. Aa.