The New York Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1869, Page 4

ee “EUROPE. The Diplomatic Representation of the United States. Eugenie’s Visit to the Birthplace of Napoleon the First. The terman Leelesiastical Council and Rela- tious to the Holy Sce. The Land and Labor Questions in Great Gritain. Our special correspondents tn Europe, writing from various points on the Continent aad in Great Britain, furnish the following important details of our cabie telegrams to the 7th of September:— FRANCE. Neglected Diplomnatists. Panis, Sept. 3, 1869. As the United States are again preparing to as- sume with foreign countries those political and commeércial relations which our long war almost de- stroyed, sound State policy dictates that the very best talent should be sought for by the administra- tion, and employed in all responsible positions abroad. Millions of dollars of commerce frequently hang upon the action of our Ministers at foreign capitals. Instances might be desiguated where a single diplomatic act on the part of a representative has done us more damage than ten years of talented e‘Tort has been able to correct. There are a number of tried and educated atplo- matists whom the American administration bas ne- giected, and this neglect 1s a great loss to the coun- ty. Ove case in particular demands especial at- tention. It 18 that of Mr. J. Randoipnh Clay, now residing at Dieppe, France. His services have been long apd ardnous, Me belongs to a family which has dealt sturdy blows for the country in old Revolutionary days, a8 well as tn the war for the Union, Mr. Clay was for many years Chargé d’Af- faires at St. Peversburg andat Vicona. Subsequent- ly he served for thirleen years as our Minister to Peru. Ia 1833 ne aided Jargely in negotiating our excejlent commercial treaty with Russia. In Peru his defence of American interests, nis courtly enter tatuments and the prodigal disbursement of bis sala- Ty made the United States Legation the most influ- ential centre upon tie west coast of South America and caused Mr. Clay to retire from oflice, having ex- } Smad his entire income aud rich only in having jonored his country as an Awerican Minister should honor it in a foreiga State, When our rebellion broke out Mr, Clay, then in Washington, pressed Mr. Buchanan to promptly re- inforce Fort Sumter and throw 29,000 men into Virginia to crash the first spark of revolt. Mr. Buchanan’s reply was characteristic—“I should not be saie ia my bed If such measures were under- takea.” This did nos deter Mr, Clay from using all nis influence to crush the rebellion and afterwards, se Europe, to uphold the Union by his influence and is pen. ‘There are many positions where such a man might be em;loyed to advantage—wherever long expe- rience, the command of various European languages, energy, and thoroughly American management and ideas Should be brought to bear to give us the ascen- dancy. Mr, Clay is, however, but the exponent of a ciass Of men too often oveilooked by our govern- Ment. Taey are found modestly hid away iu various corners of the world. ‘ihey are too genuemanly to seek for oftlce through those ordiuary chauneis which give uncontrovertibie proofs of the unfitness of the applicant to represent the United States with dignity and honor, Engenie’s Visit to Corsica—Prince Napoleon's Speech and Other and New Sensations Fetes at Ajaccio—How the Empress Was Dressed=The Prince Imperial at the Boyish Retreat ef the Great NapeleonJuveniles in Arms, Panis, Sept. 3, 1869, ‘The incidents of the day are numerous, for Paris has boasted of two great attractions since my last. One waa Prince Napolson at the Senate, where a famous speech from him on the Senatus Consultum and new constitution will offer matter to journalists for at least a whole week to come, and the other at- traction was M. Carpeaux’s group of Bacchanalian Gancers on the fagade of the New Opera. The stains of ink caused by Wat novel and sensaticnal pro- jectiie, a bottle fall of the black liquid, dashed at the most prominent female figure, have at length Deen effaced by means of a chemical salt, which has, however, left a yellowish trace wherever it has been employed. This incident, as I communicated in my last, has caused much excitement, the prevatiing idea being that some priest must Have done the deed ina fivof wounded modesty. One of the great fea- tures of this hubbud mast to @ foreigner be the prowptitude with which money has been made out of the act of vandalism. A photographer has made Quite a good thing out of the sale of cards represent- ing the group as it was with the ink spots spattered all over tt. His apparatus was heisted on the day which followed the attempt to spoil tt forever, and a few hours afterwards cards were almost wrenched from thetr criers, woo sold them at one franc apiec Itis amusing to see ladies, who before the damage by mk spots wlushed even to allude to the group, now desiring thetr coachmen to station before tt, While with opera glasses they attentively examine the effect after stains. Bat not only are flacres and artists much benefited, inventors of every known scouring salt, etune and essence, have come forward with splendid advertisements and the Place de Vopéra has been a capital market, Bon mots, too, have flown on the atmosphere, not of the clioivest, allud- ing to what ladies who dance the cancan must come to, and it has been decided that instead of the plrase “to bounce like a carp,” the simile must stand, “to bounce luke young Carpeaux.”” Mavy minor sensations lave also been produced by the reopening of three theatres. ‘There is Rien#i again at the Théatre Lyrique, and the actors of the Bourfés-Paristens have, while unpacking their boxes, got up one or two swall acts Wrich are quite & sur prise to the public, The Gympase lus brought out the “Diane de Lys” of . Damas, Jr. with unexpected success, and lovers of the playgoing world are with these new elements content to await tac muck talked of fairy piece at the Chéteiet, and the jess talked of “Graes’ at the Varieties. The “Chatte blancue” draws dense crowds while it can—crowds whic! Will be thinned probably a3 S000 as the Poudre ce | in the course of m, Perlimpenpan is sprinkled over the stage of the Cuatelet. Two such Szertes at one time, with a bol Jet of birds at one aud a ballet of firemen at Le other, are indeed rivai spectacies, A performance tuat entirely faded “Gala,” and given to the Empress al 10, A troup of amateurs, pompousiy ca.ied Conaer- vatuire of Marseilles,” had got up & piece oF pieo for the Empress’ edification. She sat through the “Trouvere,” of rather a part thereol; but the tlent Gisplayed Was not of a klud to divert her, and, pre tending excessive fatigu ne retired. A Kind of ein, HOo, had been “gor up a southern rhymer, . Pati AD about tie caup of Cha ous—nota very appropriate subject; but it did not much matter, (or the piece was Judged Of too cxaited a Fort of may jou- ality, too excessive in point of patriotism, aua was therefore Dot heard. ‘Tue Empress was attlred with great simplicity for the occasion, but in her bair she wore @ «iadem of immense worth. under lieutenant, as he badia tue moruing, aud that styled | The Prince wore the uniform of | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 20, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEUT. ; . ———~- was Mpeg to him. On his way hither ho waa by a swarm of the yonery: mostly young boys, who climbed up the rock and grotto ike 90 many files, and cried tn thelr patois vfva lou Petiou Privsiou,’ They ran alithe way from the city to keep up with thoir idol, who was tu a carriage well guarded by gendarmerie, tor hig governor Was ab- sent, being laid up m the Bagle with violent spasms. Some of the most interesting incidents of the Journey took place at Bastia. It had been arranged iuat tue Empress, on leaving the Eagle, should go on board a steamer that had been handsomely titted up and land at the foot of a magnificent aight of steps constructed for the occasion. At tie Lead of these stood the authorities of Bastia; but the sea being very rough, her Majesty was compelled to land atthe old portand drive tn a carriage to the authorities, where she was haranguea according to the programme. The young Prince's horse Ajax had been beld in ness for his entrance into Bastia on leaving the Eagle; but the boy was so very seedy that for the first time sea sickness prompted lim to prefer the carriage to horseman- ship, aud Ajax was no less diseonsolate, He soon revived, however, When the speeches were over, and his queer sensations between Toulon and Hastia were forgotten when his young friend, Councaa, was viewed at the head of his forty volunteors—all boys of their age, and of which body Conneau, Jr., is commander-ti-chief. ‘Their uniform is that of rigkemen, though their hats are not featnered, bus repis, and the fttings-out are white leacher, Young Napoleon Conneau was on @ frisky Vorsican horse, @ present from the young Prince, and #3 soon as he could he whispered to the latter, “You'll see, Mon- satgueur, how we mean to die off under the oalcony of the Prefecture afver breakfast.” “1 hope you wil,” answered the Prince, ‘with such a litte La Tour d’Auvergae a8 you fora cow- mander.’ These two bosom friends are both in the same body of the army, the First Grevadiers of the Guard. Here it is both take thetr advancement, aud tho volunteers above are a privave concern of their own, aud a very creditable one, too, The forty call their captaim “Connoau-rel.” ‘The Prince has presented them with a dag and tents. Their camp is situated in a garden, near the barracks of the city of Ajaccio, As young Conneau bad predicted, tue lite body fed off in splendid order, At the onset their com- mander exciaimed, “ Geatlomen, vive the Imperial Prince,” and the gentiemen shouted, at which the Prince Iaugued, and alter returning them @ miil- tary saluie, nodded approvation very famllarly to lis triend. A rumor spread at Ajaccio before the arrival of the Empress there that an attempt had been made toshoot the Prince; but the report was uu- tounded, though 1t caused much emotion, What gave rise to 1v wasa false alarm. When tao Em- press was returning to the Eagie an Italian banded out a petition with sinister mien and almost pushed it under ber nose when wishing to thrust it oaly in her hand. An ofictal and police spy, Alessandri by name, darted forward and angrily thre the petitioner on oue side, when the fortunate offender took fright and ran aw pursued by two or three gendarmes. Now, When three of these policemen begin to run after @ man ten to one the man they are running after will run all the faster. This is precisely what occurred. The Italian had invisible wings to his feet; of he flew, which seeing, twenty gendarmes on horseback galloped, each hoping to seize their prey first. In their zeal a good lot of them tumbled, horses and ali, while the Italian steadily Kept ahead, until he gave himself up tuto the hands of an officer near, who searched him and found him as innocent of weapons as of evil intent. Accounts of the enthusiasm ordered by tne Prefect of Ajaccio of its inhabitants vary very widely. Much cheering, muck cannon, many iluminations, great crowds were certainly notice- able, and at Bastia some of the populace showod an evident inclination to carry the Empresa’ car- Tiage on their shoulders, but generally speaking @ great deal was done to order, and the immense display of police officers, the hedges which sur- rounded the mother and son. prove that some mis- tts approval in Rome. Fo) of this engage tment Promeasor Déllinger, hae yh back to Mu- ind tly published his pro- rwards his adherents, who we uite numerous, desired his appointment to the bishopric of Bamberg; the King of Bavaria con- sented, but the Pope mterposed his yeto. ‘The Pro- fessor, boing at present @ leader of the so-called “liberal party,’? may not have overcome yet his deteat, to his friends and adherents, they would surely lack the courage to oppose the Church and leave tlm i the lurch. So far the professors say. Description of Fulda=Its Ancient History~ Boviface, the Holy=Curloas Archivee—A Faithful Pillar of tho Charch—Polemics Re- specting the Ecumeuical Counell. FULDA, Sept. 4, 1860, Lytng In the vatley of the Fulda river, surrounded by the footluils of the Bird and Rhén mountains, this little town contains about ten thonsand inhab!- tants, many of whom live by the industry of linen and cotton weaving. There Is algo carried on the manufacture of musical instruments, dyeing, tan- ning and brewing, but for centuries weaving haa been the prominent occupation bere and in the surrounding Villages, every cabin or farm house con- taining one or several oid-fashioned weaving ma- clunes, The settlement of Fulda is mentioned in all: the chronicles as a focus whence, in the seventit cen- tury, the ght of Christianity was first carried to the heathens. Born in 680 at Rixton, near Exeter, in the southwest .of Eng- land, @ monk, Wintried Boniface, afterwards the Holy and apostle of the Germans, was one of the missionaries sent to this country. Almost all his predecessors had been murdered, and his undertak- tug promised no better success, so that Winfried returoed in the year 715 via Utrecht to his cloister, near Exeter. In 71 he was formally authorized by Pope Gregory II, to preach the Gospel to the German heathens. Having visited Rome in 723, he was made a bliabop, and the Pope asked protection for him from Charies Martel and all other princes and bishops, Boniface went in 724 to Hesse, founded churches and monasterles, and induced priests, monks and nuns to come from England and settle in Thurinjia, Saxony and Bavaria. In 732 he was named by Gregory LiL, Primate of all Germany, and in 733, at his third visit to Rome, a Logate of the Holy See. Having founded shortly afterwards the Abbey of FPalda, he proceeded to West Freeseland to establish new missions, but he, as well as his companions, was murdered, His body, first brought to Mayenee, 13 interred in the Cathedral of Fulda, and a fine bronz tue, of colossal propor- tion, executed by Professor Heschel, of Cassel, was erected In 1842 to nig memory. It represents the bold friar, with the cele, radely shaped cross in one hand and (he Bible in the other, and bears the inseription:—“Honifactus, Verbum Pomnt Manot tn Aleruum. Petri 1, 26." ‘The poilte superintendent of the town archives, to which I obtained admission, showed me the ort- inal prayer book of the boly Bontface, finely writ- fen by himself on ohment, and illustrated tn the quaint style of 1,000, or rather 1,250 years ago. also beid in my hand the original Bible of Bontface, on thick parchment, and with wooden lids mounted with metal, bat cut and slashed completely through by the giaves and bat- tleaxes of [us murderers, was = further shown manuscripts of emperors, priaces anid churchmen of the ninth century and later, lot- tera from Luther, Melancthon and one of Gutten- apprehension had tn reality presided over the festive arrangements. GERMANY. The Catholle Bishops ia Counci'=Secrecy of Proceedings=Split Upon a Rock—Infallibils Ity of the PopemAn Anti-Orthodox Book Disappointment in Ovtaining a Bishoprice one of the Prelates. Fup, Province of Hesse, Sept. 2, 1869, “He nas been in Rome and not seen the Pope," is a German saying equivalent to one who has missed his aim. Such has been the fats of your correspond- ent in his attempt to Jearn something about the pro- ceedings of the German Bishops who have met here since yesterday to hold a conference preliminary to the Ecumenical Council in Rome. We went, of course, yesterday morning to the cathedral, and wit- nessed the high mags previous to the opening of the conference. The Archbishop of Munich, Freysing Gregorious von Scherr, officiated, and the numerous dignitaries assembled and dressed in their most gorgeous robes formed quite a pleasing sight. The names of some of those present were Christoph Fiorentius, Bishop of Fulda; Dr. Paulus Melchers, Archbisnop of Cologne; Dr. Heinrich Férater, Prince Bishop of Breslau; Dr. Wilhelm Emanuel Baron von Ketteler, Bishop of Mayence; Dr. Conrad Martin, Bishop of Paderborn; Dr. Mathias Eberhard, Bishop of Treves; Philip Krementz, Bishop of Erm- land; Edward Jaceb Wedvkin, Bishop of Hilde- sheim; Dr. John Heinrich Beckmann, Bishop of Os- nabruck; Pancratius Dinkel, Bishop of Augsburg; von Leonrod, Bishop of Eichsatidt; Dr. Anton von Stahl, Bishop of Wurtzburg; Dr. Lothar Kubel, con- secrated Bishop and Vicar General of Fretburg; Dr. Joseph von Kefele, newly appointed Bishop of Rot- tenburg (Baden); Ludwig Vorwerk, Apostolical Vicar of Dresden; Nicolaus Adames, Apostolical Vicar of Luxemburg. The bishops of Cuhn, Bam- berg, Passau, Spire and others have sent representa- tives, being prevented from appearing on account of Indisposition, while the Austrian bishops have kept a'oof and will hold their own conference at Salzburg, ag the ewpire of the Hapsburgs 13 no longer consid- ered @ part of Germany. Immediately after the service the bishops retired to the theological seminary, which, ls faz close to the cathedral, is Connected with it by a dor leading to the refectory where the coufereices are to be held, presided over, itia sald, by the Archbishop of Cologne. Asin duty bound your correspondent leit no stone unturned in order to obtain admission, and be seated at a reporter's tabie, for that was eo ipso out of the question to gain mformation respecting the rogramine and the general nature of matters for be discussion of the Conference; Duteven on these outliues Of bis business he met everywhere sealed lips. Those who know what strict discipline gov- erns the Catholic clergy will readily unders' where none but the bighest functionaries meet in how easy itis forthem to exclude from publicity most trifiag matters, But in this instance, strict secrecy 18 observed even towar ‘3, archdeacons, diocesans, Vicars ana the lke digi rie. It may also be imagined that the greatost care 18 used in selecting trusty individuals vo set iu type and print the protocol. Tuts waa T am toid, at the bishops’ nesting two 0 In this town, and will be the rule in future ces which they iatend to hold every other year. Determined, however, not to give up the ship, and rather wiiliug to nail the colors of the HERALD to imanaged to obtain an introduction to ostastics, One a professor at the theological seminary, the other a capitular of the dome, an oflice tantamonnt to privy councillor of a bishop, and being received by both of them with much afrabllity, I openly stated my purpose and requested their good offices. All the imformation which they were @ble—for | will not say Willing—to give ine will be reproduced here. Suilice it to say that whenever inquiries, I touched directly upon the business of the conference a shrug of the shoulder was the oniyrepiy. “Do not physicians, | jurists, statisticians, chemists, &o. noid reguiar wanual meetings” sald the professor of theology to me; “why shou @ priests not come together for the same purpose’ fo my remark that the otuera met publicly, and that every concerning the Ecumenical Council @! tme full tmrerest’ or the Cawolic world im America, be replied, “it is the very nature of tue proceedings which requires secrecy.” Cori- tinuing, he adyanced the opinion, though with great reserve, that most of the discussions would refer to laternal questions of discipline and oreed, He kaew Irom tue mouths of several bishops that the great issues proposed by Rome would not be allowed to | come np ia this preliminary conference, or national | counctl. These bishops have told him that they would | instantly cut off such discussion, He, as theologist aod dignitery of the Church, could know that such Vital Guestions were not the order of the day, for | else tiey Would Nave been referred to the faculty. added to this the Grand Cordon of the Order over lus vest, When the imperial visitors lem (ae theatre the heat was suifocating aod tue audience auntn~ isaed considerably—firstly by twos aud fives, then by twoa aud fives vastly multiplied, so tuat when | the actora returned they found the house thiuaed, and were so confounded that they lot tue Unread of their discourse set to music, aod the Whole afair failed, For this gala celevration 40,000 francs had been outlayed in decorations aud other coms. Meanwulle the Weatre 18 in great Want of repairs ‘that have never been made for want Of 6,000 francs. ‘The anioyal call it ange gala coucorn, but as I am On the subject of ‘gican inconsistency 1 may aa woll add that the festivities for the centenary have coat Ajaccio 100,00 france, while the city ob- a to add three more beda (o 118 nospital; also that first stone of @ cathedral has been jaid for the erection of which ® hospital will have to be demolished, Ia consequence of these clroumstances, Which, wiibout satire, may bo called conirary, We municipsi cogncillors of the place have handed over tle resignation. All ls not couleur de rose at clo; but itis taken for granted the Empress and her son must have evjoyed their excursion. am one of those who, on exceliont and authentic het authority, doubt that they did so, In the Orst piace, "7 is compievely “used up.” She suffered 80 excesél' from fatigue onsner revura to the Kagie aiter Miuminations that she could not hereon 00 board at tie tast mgmen! and in the afternoon lef; bim to visit the fatnoud grotto of Napoleon 1. alone. Legend says that in 8 grotio the future conqueror Was wont to resect @nd meditate in cutidhood, that he would run awey from hig home to sit here and ponder, Qld when the roung Prince Visited 1 We iegead When I spoke of the proposed dogma of the insalli- billty of the Pope, and intimated that upon this | point the German bishops would likely come to an | Undorsisnaing, he replied that all true Catholica had acknomedged 1t sired. and that it was impose siv'e jor any one to be Weve in it, “I mentioned the movement among the Catholio clergy of Wo ee aaverted | Ww the proposed separation from Rome, “it ail ainounty to nothing and demands no notice on be- | bas of the Church, which, though conservative, has alWays (aken Into acoount the requirements of the ago aud haa ever been willing to wake liberal concessions in harwony with true religions spirit.” Ishowed tum a bogk just publisued and which I nad se- lected at the Catholic bookseller's, at Fulda, in whose store] found @ Vast collecuon of literature treating of the ReumenicarCouncil, Its titile—“The Pope aad the Councll,” by Janus—he waa ignorant of, but a9 it further stated that 1t contalaed a compi- mevure, Aligemetne Zevung, 5 the Crvilla,” be gave mo 01 a bishop and not be- liberal faith, and when, tng the ort x berg’s first Bible’, of which oaly four are known to exist, and olker treasures of antiquity obtained from eloisters and towers, of which noth’ng remains but afew ruins. When parting the superintendent requested my signature in the old-fashioned book of visitors, pointing to auch pages as contained the autograpus of iliustrious personages who had called at the ilbrary. 1 noted the signature and sign- manual of Emperor Fraucis Joseph of Austria, of many Bavarian kings, dukes, patatinates, bishwps, rinces of Oranten, Hesse, Nassau, &c., but did nov esitate in joing to this distinguianed company in the arcna of history that of a more modern achieve- meni—the New Yorg HERALD, Near the town on a beautifull hill stands the clots- ter Frauenbery, a camping ground of Boniface, on which, as early a3 809, @ small church and altar was erected by Abbot Kav Some thirty odd San Fran- ciscau monks are occupying it at present, while an- other on the lett bank of the Fulda, the St. Andreas, ig inhaoited by the Benedictine friars. There are also tustitutes of the Staters of Charity, orpuan asy- iuma, a renowned seminary for theologists and other Catholic religious estabilshments, Fulda was named in 1752 8 bishopric, but secularized in 1503, and to the Prince of Nassau-Oranten, from whom it was soon afterwards taken away by Napoloon and an- nexed to the Grand Duchy of Fraakfort. Having Tallen to Prussia in 1815, it Was portioned out to Bava- ris and Hesse, and belongs, since the war of 1806, with the former Palatinate of Liesse to Prussia. 1t 18 ouly a Joa st Tau pdasiacuity autaaced, tie arathor rt, Toi all ual is futrand ‘dismal town, a pattern of orthodox Catholi- cism, which, in this country at least, doea not waik hand in hand with spirited enterprise and prosper- ity. At every step you meet priosts, monks, nuns, &v.; the church Delis keep ringing incessantly, and long faces, rosaries, incense and genufexions are the order ofevery day all tue year round. Tus suf- ficienuly explains w! rg on the 2ist of last month, when a meeting of the Fulda cltizeas had been called to make preparations for a Humboldt celebra- tion, only fourteen put in an appearanve, aud the lan had to be abandoned, walle great efforts had n made and considerable sums Voted by the town ee Tor the late ordination auaiversary of tus 1X From these digressions I return to the real point in view—nainely, to the Conference of the German bishops and ite position they may occupy towards the Ecumentcal Council, Io a lengthy conversation with the capituiar of the Fulda bishops 1 was told that the prelates assembled here are frm and inflexible supporters of the Church, who acknow!- edge the unconditional sovereignty of the Pope. To my question, tf the resolutions of the Ecumenical Council would hold good against the Pope, he re plied that a general counell without or even against the Pope was no councti at all; it would be the destruc- tion of the Church of Christ. Recurring to the pro- pabie discussions of the bishops, and requesting ais opinion as to the drift of them, he assured mo that he was ¢ntrely ignorant of ther proceed- ings, repeatodly, affirming that he knew no more of it than myself Speaking of the issues which caused thorough agitation throughout the civilized world—nameiy, position of the Church towards science, fautly tes and State government, he said that neither of them could ever be separated trom the Church as theonly source of divine truth. The State possesses the power to protect the weak and tie welfare of tis citizens; but tt is not God and cannot set itself in His place. {t must be gutded by laws which ac- knowledge the well acquired righia of the Church, sealed by the blood of thousands of martyrs and the lavor of more than fifty generations. The amiable capituiar continued to this strain, and we ently and politely listened to mm, still hoping catch something in furtherance of my up-hill work, But not one who has ever been in a similar position will be astonished at my utter failure. As for the Fulda Gazettes, for there are two, & small weekly and g still smalier tri-weekly, they content themselves with mentioning the presence of the bishops and encour- aging their readers to (eed the prelatea on Sunday evening With a torchlight procession, In conciusion, I may mention a few of the works published in reference to tno Councli, and give a quotation or two from their prefaces. A book just written by William Emmanuel Baron von Keiteler, Bishop of Mayence, commences thus:—"Tne Lupencd- ing Council is doubticss the most important event of our time. 1t may be called the greatest event o1 the century, inasmuch as tt is constructing while the others have been destroying. The assembly of all bishops of the Church ié a Work of Divine Proyl- dence and hotof human make, It indicates a de- cisive epoch in the history of the Church of God and humanity. it ts the spirit of God, wick Be 6 3 the Church, aad which reassembles, as tt du ecard ago, this supreme court of truth on earth.” Another hook, entitled, “I'he Infallibility of the Pope and the Council," by Victor August Dechamps, Archbishop of Malines, commences:—"The tmpend- tag Counc Not ouly an object of hope for the Charen, but aiso one of pre,acice of the world, To the great surprise of positive theoris!s or the great rabble of praccical Maceriausts we perceive religious quesiions ococapy thelr former promiaent piace, Soverclzna end diplomatisia tarn their eyes uj Rome; statesmen, jurista, even military men, bat most of ail those of the press eviice @ sud- den taste tor theology, aud to the typographi- cal art thig new and often peculiar theology 1s dished up to all classes of society. My dedactions, Which here follow, are written for believing Chris. tank, Who ougitto know that the Council, in pro- nouncing the iniailibility of the Pope, does not Invent @ new dogma or reveat @ uew truth. ‘The bellef ta that infalliblity is as old and as Catholic as the Church tiself. Shall I go on and quote from the pertodical litern- ture lying belore me in numerous volumes, auch ag “The Ecumenical Council,” new series; ‘Voices from Maria-Laach,” by Fiorlan Riess and Karl Von Weber, priesta of the Society of Jesus, oF the volumes printed at Regensbury yy the “Typograpier of tue Holy Apostol- ical Chair?!” No; let me, by way of contrast, look at the book of ‘James,’ priuted in Leipsic. ‘The au- thor says:—“We pubiish this as an act of detonce, @n appeal to the thinking and pious Christian, a Rife well founded by history, agatnst a menacing ‘uture, against the programme of a Palsy. coall- Hon, for which thousands of hands are dally at work, We openly acknowledge ourselves repre- sentatives of that liveral yun Within the Catholic Charch which 1§ the object of hatred of the Roman Court and the Jesuits. The Catholic Church is to us something else than Popery, and we oppose & universal monarch who would enslaye ua bodil, and mentally. We throw aside that dogina whic! 18 advoct by the dominant party and which wants to give & new slape to the Churcil, on the lea that without it the human race js inevitably ost.” The strong attacks of the book are agalnat the 14), be proposed to call voger’ a Congress of savas ic was not looked op yer, Sarg aD Ao AJ she races oe went to Vieut but did iepeneee convinoing Cardinal Le Lucca, punc~o of ; arr of the harm 'essnees of such Setirader, of the Order Of Jesuits, soout an it to the effect to tte pabiication, Guvull be sous te ee Cardinal Who Would oracure ag aoe of ee hak le ope of true Christians—vir., tl Pantin oF at cutkeneh, ‘Por nobody sequainted with their history would serlousiy Merk tl 7 we loctrine would ever voluntarily submit to this “intailibility.”” It could not be done unless a world- Wide confiagration destrozed all archives and #0 effectually blotted ous ator) tie Orient and Occident that those as Lobe a’ more ot tt than the presené Maoria of New Zealand know of theirs, IRELAND. Tho Land Questiou—[ta Present Aspect and Political Bearings—The Social Situatiou= Agrarian Murder Again—The Church Quese tion. Dustin, Sept. 1, 1869, Fortunately for Ireland, there are a minority of good and upright landowners, who do good because nature prompts them. If 1t wero not a0 we would have had a revolution long since. Where they are located @ peace-loving community is found sur- rounding them, and, divestea of minor detalls, [ believe the foundation of the Land bill which is wanted for this country is one which will give all tenants a legal right to demand what is accorded by those good landlords by reason of their innate prin- ciples, During my recent investigations on this subject I have visited several eatates celebrated for the harmony which exista between proprietor and tenants, and I select the following aketch as likely to Mlustrate one phase of the transition from peace- able, contented tenantry to the very opposite:— The present Earl of Mayo, Viceroy of India, on Irighman born aud bred, is the sixth poesessor of his title, the frst being one of the patch of “Union peers.’ The family property is small, derived from lands In the counties of Mayo, Meath and Kildare, three of the most peacable of Irish counties. The present Viceroy succeeded to the title and estates some five years ago, and with them received @ transfer of this bond of confidence, which had made his predecessors more like senior partners than tyrannical landlords. The Kil- dare estate rent roll ia about £6,000 a year. The tenantry are very humerous, as most of the land is let to small holders, and on the accession of the present Earl there were but five leases on the whole Property, At that time holders were per- fectly content with things as they existed, Ola men had passed to their graves, and tho tenure was a8 secure to their families as if bound by the most stringent parchment. The state of things to-day on the same estate is much altered. The Earl has developed a taste for political life, He married an English lady with @ large fortune, whose family helped him up to his present high po- sition, but by so doing they withdrew him from home ties; continued absence has made his tenantry unfamiliar with his teatures; the bond of union which existed in preceding generations is almost gone, and I found muoh discontent among the small oiders. The agent is of a moderate type, but many tales are freely told of latter day oppression. The anxiety for legal protection agatpst eviction at the agenw’s whim, which might occur at any momen ig universal, and I predict that when hia lordship next visits his estates there will be more urgent de- mands for deeds, leases and agreements than occur- red in the five preceding generations, An old man explained to me his views on this state of thi and he said that if there should be a change ot agents on the estate the rifle would soon be the resort of many who are left completely at his mercy from the state of things which I have alluded to. Tue second, third, fourth and fifth Karis of Mayo all earned the tite of good men. They lived at home among their tenantry, each successive generation of yung Mayos grow- ing up with the contemporary generations of the tenantry, A in of natural union was the result. ‘Toe Earl occupied the position of head of a great clan or fauwily. He was ever accessible to any one who had just cause of campiains, and acted towards all such’ with strict uprightness and fairness. In those generations of the Mayo family leases were seldom thought of, much tess demanded. The old land- lord’s word was the agreement accepted, and | found it impossible to hear even a legendary account of any unpleasantness arising from either side engaged lo this unstam) code. Eviction was unknown; oppression not felt, On rent days the iarl made a particular point of sitting with the receiver, and with his ownear hearing any cause of complaint or demand for assistance; and, instead of Jeaving the execution of repairs or improvements to a go-be- tween or agent, as is now the case, he was alw: his own superintendent in such matters. A whoie- some spirit of uprightuess was thus infused {nto the tenantry, and, 1 am tola, they vied with their land- lord in strict performance of their duties. Another deed of violence ts added to the list of agrarian outrages—Mr, Hunter, of Turnar, county cf Mayo, who was snot dead within a few yards of his own house. Mr, Hunter was Scotchmun,ywho settled in this county some years ago. He was first 1 the employment of Captain Hous.on, of peal. ag sub-agent; he subsequently acquired a lease of a large extent of property, in which was included a tract of mountain bog. On this bog, it appears, cer- tatn tenants had from time immemorial enjoyed the perneue of cuttiig turf for thelr own use. Mr. lanter objected to this, and took means to stop it, and to set disputation at rest he to an action at law, selecting one O'Nell, a small farmer paying about ent pounds ayear rent, and at last spring aasizes his title of sole right or ¢! was established—the costa of the record against O'Neil amounted to #45 18s., and Mr. Hunter having issued execution for the amount put it in hands of the sud-sherig. That {unctionary on ceeded to the lands O'Neil his grow! crop of oats. To carry out the law the Sheriff would have had to cut down the unripe corn and selt {t, but as this would produce nothing Mr, Hunter he would rather put sone of his men in charge till 1t was ripe. It seems that } none of vhe men would take charge of Ut, aud Hanter had to get a special warrant from the Sherif, and take charge of the crop himself. He was returning home yesterday evening, in bis own car ‘With his wife beside him, when just at the turn into his own avenue some one, unknown as yet, sped the fatal bullet which killed the unfortunate man on the ‘spot. A meeting was held yesterday in this city of Pro- testant Jaymen for the purpose of preparing a peti- tion to the Dukes of Leinster and Abercorn, re- questing them to summon a meeting of the laity to cousider thetr best mode of action in the present crisis of their Church. Tne Earl of Meath presided, but subsequently it was decided that tho arch- bishops are the right persons to take the initiative tn such a step, and a@ requisition to them was numerously signed, Another resolution was adopted to the offect that tho proportion of lay delegates should be in ih te of one to five of the parish delegates elected for each diocese. We had anotber Fenian demonstration in this city two days ago, the occasion being the burial of a noted nationalist named Jolin Daiton, ‘The coilln was carried by men decorated with green rib- bons. Several hundred women and children at- tended, all decorated with the national color. After the interment the “memorial crosses” in Glasnerue Cemetery wero visited, but as the proceedings were conducted in an orderly manner the police did not interfere, although @ sirong force was in readiness should their services have been called lor. ENGLAND. A Labor Commission to the United Statea— Industrial Diplomacy and Luterantional Communion, (From the London Post, September 2.) A workingman's mission to America, asa “special commissioner” to inquire luto the state of the work- ing classes there and the relations between labor id capital, is an idea worthy of encouragement, and perhaps the mission could not have been en- trusted to safer hands than those of Mr. 'T. Connolly. Several members of Parliament have subscribed to a fund to defray his expenses, and have given him letiers of introduction which will insure him re- spect and whatever means of information he is likely to need. Himseli a workingman, who has taken @ prominent part in ali the discussions for some yeara on the subject of trades’ unions, strikes and lockouts, he will naturally Judge of wat he sees across the Auiantio with an eye more or less favorable to the interests of his own order. But the scope of his imquiry will not be Jimited to the comparative rights of master and workman, [tis perhaps @ more immediate part of his duty to compare the position of javor in the States with what it holds in England, to ascertain its hours and wages in every branch of trade, the way in which workmen live, and whether, to use hisown words, the A! than tho English shilling. ‘Tho 0 in his going at the present time, because le will be able to see how the working classes struggle through tha winter; bur ag tt would algo be interesting to have the story of their lives from one end of the year to the other, it 19 to be hoped he will be able to romain in the States over the spring aod summer, He must, however, be on his guar: t he unduly atirioute any superiority he may Sind in the work: ing classes to the common echool system of America, Trades’ unions are pi to the estabdlisnment of @ similar system ia England. One of the resolutions adopted at their Congress last week was to the effect that “nothing short of a system of free national, unsectarian and compulsory education will satisty the requirements of the people in the United King- dom," and Mr. Connolly was one of the delegates who drew it up. He will therefore commence his inquiry into this subject with a foregone couclusion, and will be avt to attribute whatever he admires in the peo- ple to their system of education, It 4 not at school that the moral character of a boy 1s formed, but at home; and perhaps tho Playground bas more to do with it than the classroom. ‘There are conditions in American society which, rode; t of early train- ing, tend to sharpen the intelligence, and sometimes sharpen ittoo much. It occupica ® new country, unitinited tn ite resources, and an which auch a thing A488 surplas population, with its attendant evils, will perhaps for centuries be impossible, [is inain pursuit, infinitely more so than = us, is money, and the “almighty dollar," th it tasy be a low incentive to the exercise of the facuities, 19 a oweriul ond, It 1s not his achool education which jag made the Yankee proverbially ‘cute; it w the dollar, Mr. Connolly should, therefore, be careful how he allows himself to be away to errone- ous conclusions by attrib effects to their » This is one of wi Taquity which would be better he calis ‘‘a literary gentleman” man who has iso been a strong row though im Dot to restrict a of the American veavie, but 0 of their intelligence: through all tions upon which % is brought to much real tndependénce as eiectora at home, to what extent they are open to bribery, and whether this or vhaé party does not exercise on its members a3 much iuttinidation as is to be found in the moat hotly contested e'ections in England, or even in ireland, He will do well also to inquire whether the intelectual alacrity which Ame-icans undoubt- edly possess ix always a wrantee for the bs bet of the pudite money in the hands of those to 0) it ts entrusted, and whether the scrambie for pubic employment {a carried on in & way to exciie respect for the revenue. He has promised to report upon the effect of theis common school ayatem in making them better citizens and worthier heads of families. For that purpose ho will do well to ubserve the relation’ ween parents and children and husbands and wives, and especially to take note of the nds on Which the latter can dissolve their marriage apd of the annual number of cases in which they avail themselves of ®@ not filiperal law, finally, will have to con- sider whetnerthere 18 the same tuteilectual life tn the States as in Fngland—the same evidence of the highest class of education—the same refinement and the same power of calm introspection by which, with 9 full sense of their gifts a8 a race and of their iniluence a8 a nation, Englishmen can listen to the enumeration of their fauita, and are often their own strongest accusers. If he oes all this his report Wiil be vaiuable indeed, But tt is to be feared the canvas 18 too large to be filled in the time he proposes to stay in America, even if the powers of the artist were equa! to the undertaking. What Mr, Connolly can ao perhapa as well as any one else is to give @ Workman’s view of the condi- tion of working men tn the States. Upon bis own esumute of what thta duty involves it will ‘be quite enough for one man. He proposes not only to inves- tigate the condition of tbe natives, the legal position of thelr trade per and in what rea) they dif. fer trom those of England, but to follow up the stream of emigration irom the seaboara till it settles in the far West, taking note of the difforent kinds of labor to which emigrants of diiferent nationalities apply themselyes—espectally those of England, Germany and France, It is as regards the infor- mation ‘be can collect upon this head that his report will be of use. No one—whether he con- sidera the aliferences that occur botween capital and labor from the master’s or the workman's point of view—can look forward without tne deepest re- Fee to the possibility that will continuo to be set- led by the appeal to hostilities, by which they have been settled heretofore, They have been the occa- sion of incalculable loss, and they have setiled nothing. As the confession of the Trades’ Union Congress, they nave wrought bankruptcy to cent and poverty to labor; and, though they have been Tenewed again and again with such frequency that there is not perhaps an hour in tho*year during which i some branch of industry men are not standing out against masters, or masters wt men, they have not made tho slightost approximation to a law, or # principle, or conces- Sion on either side which promises to render them unnecessary, it would be interesting and valuable to know wilat thelr effect_has been in America or to what extent their action may have been modified or prevented by boards of conciliation or by any other court of appeal. Nay, tt would be of importance if, six or twelve months hence, Mr. Connolly should report that the experience of strikes in Auerica has been the same a3 in England. in that case English workmen would surely make an effort to avoid hav- ing recourse to them in future, more especially ag they are at last convinced that whatever infuence they may have had in raising Wages and shortening hours nas been more than counterbalancea by thelr ruinous éfect upon themselves and tueir employers, FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Extensive coal beds have been discovered at Chanda, in Central india. Russia has ordered 60,000,000 of cartridges, on a ret sae, to be made in we imperial arsenals of ustria, The port of Bilboa, in Spain, 1s being converted into a watering place, with @ largo casio capable of accommodating 250 persons. ‘Iwo very different exhibitions are now open tn Germany. Hamburg has one of flowers and Berlin ene of bayonets and other warlike weapons, ‘the Swiss government 13 about to pass a law, by virtue of which no person can become a naturailzed citizen without having lived im the country for a certain number of years, The Figaro remarks that:—‘It seems as if the ministers, the relatives and friends of the Emperor, by their division, want to prove, during the idispo- sition of the Cnief of State, tvac personal power offers somo advantages. the Emperor wants to show the French people that he has recovered he can only adopt one pian—that ts, send all those men of the Kue de Pattera to mind their cabbages.” The Archbishop of Bamberg (Kranconia, being desirous of putting a stop to certain abuses, has just addressed a pastoral letter to the clergy of his dio- cese, the subject of which is essentially different from that castumarily treated of in such documenta. His Grace prohibits all his subordinates from fre- quenting cafes, refreshment rooms, and other places of public resort. Tie Nurenbvurg Correspondent states that the Archbishop of Munich is about to address a similar paper to the ecciesiastics under his orders, ‘The Parts Figaro, desirous to enlighten the public mind respecting the Emperor's health, writes as ‘ollows:—"'lt is said that at Waterloo Napoleon I. id not enjoy bis juli liberty of mind, A derange- ment of the bowels reminded him every half hour that he was but a plain mortal. Now, just go and conquer Europe combined under such physical con- ditions! An Lang must always beactive. The Emperor's greatest tndisposition is the inconve- nience that prevents him from riding on horseback and to show himself publicly, Suppose the Emperor were a notary or @ man of letters he would be well enougi.’? A VIRGINA GUOST. Remuckabie Affair—Unaccountabdle Disturbe auces—The Case in Court—Testimony of a Catholic Priest—He Believes the Causes Su- pernatural. (From the Richmond Enquirer and Examiner, Sept. 18.] A most remarkable was tried on Wednesday in the Hustings court, @ prisoner, Mrs. Fanny Baggett, who 13 a very respectable lady, appearantly about fifty years of age, was, during che whole trial (which lasted until six o'clock P. M.) cool, dignitied and self-possessed. Colonel Jenkins, the Common- wealth’s attorney, prosecuted, and A. Moise, Jr., detendea, ‘The prosecutor was Mr. Chiles, master macitaist at the Chesapeake and Oblo Railroad, and @ highly respectabie genticman. 1t will be recol- lected that inst May greas excitement prevailed in Ninth street, Frencn Garden Hill, arising from very extraordinary occurrences that were transpiring at Mr. Chiles’ residence. ‘The street bell was rung constantly by unseen hands. Stoves were thrown at and wiudows broken in Mr. Chiles’ house, when no human being was in sight. Tue furniture im the house was disarrangod and turned topsy turvy. Neither time nor money was spared in the effort to Ond the key to the mys- tery, but allin vain. Finally, Colonel Egbert, Ohtef of Police, together with detectives Parker and ‘Tyler, visited tue premises, and, afier a thorough in- vestigation, arrested Mrs, Baggett as the guilty party. Mrs, Baggett solemnly asseverated her luno- cence, but said that she knew who did it—that “it was done by the dead;”” and this remarkable state- ment sie repeated to the Mayor, and still adheres to. Colonel Egbert, Captain Parker and detective tyler swore that they were satistled from their investiga- tion that Mra. tt threw the be | and an old colored woman swore that she saw Mrs, Baggett throw stones one morning at tive o'clock; that she accused Mrs. Baggett of it, and that Mra. Baggett denied having done it. For the defence Mr. Baggett, Miss Baggett and Mr. Davis swore that tuey saw the beli ring and stones thrown at Mr. Chiies’ houso when Mrs. Bag- gett was in her own house, or standing by them, and when no human being was In sight. Mr. Chiles tested that he saw Mrs. Baggett early one moratng in her garden pick up something and i¢in her apron, but thia was explained by Mr. tt, Who stated that it was Uorpus Christi morning [une of May), and that his mother was thering lowers with Which to decorate the Catho- ic church. On cross-examination by Mr. Moise Mr. Chiles admitted that the furniinre tn the house was aisarranged, when tt was tmpo sible for -Mrs. Bass tt to have had access theretc. Upon being ques- foued by Colonel Jonking as to whether his suspl- clons fell upon any one, Mr. b ggett said that he believed that everything was dong—bell ringing, stone throwing, &c.—bvy # pernatural means. Colonel Jenkins asked Mr. Baggett whether it was not against the tenets of the Cathoile religion to believe in ghosts? To which Mr. Baggett re- pee that it was, but he could not help his slief, and that he was consclentiousiy of the opinion that no human hands rang the bell or thew the stone at Mr. Chiles’ bouse, Baggett bout one hour im giving his testimony, He was listened to with marked ana respectful attention by the court, jury and a crowded Court House. Me is @ gentleman of education and yery ine ligent, twenty-two years of age, and ofliviates us a W’riest at St. Pever’s cathodral. Colonel Danforth, Captain Henry and others testt- fled that they had beon neighbors of Mra. Baggett for years, and that she was a perfect lady and most excellent neighbor. No animus was proved. On the contrary, the witnesses on both sides testified that thore had never been any diificulty or unpteasant- ness between tne families, Mra. Baggett’s house is next door to Mr. Chiies’, but separated by some five or six yards, Quite a sharp skirmish took place ba- tween Colonel Jenkins aud Mr, Moise, on the at tempt made by Colonel Jonkins to let the detec- tives give their conciusious to the jury as to the gutltof Mra. Baggett, Mr. Moise denying that their conclusions was evidence, and that the rules that governed evidence could not be reversed in favor of detectives. The denovement of thts strange tenet Was an acquittal without the jury leaving their X. At the conclusion of the trial Mra, Baggett ox- Dibited her right hand to the jury, which 80 di abled by a Wound that it was evident she could not throw 4 rock ton yards, and tho rock alleged to have beon thrown by her must nave been thrown fully fifty or sixty yards; go that the matter still remains @ profound mystery, and the trial hag rather tn- creased than diminished the popular excitement on the subject. Mr. Baggett ts @ graduate of a Catholic college, and is a gentleman of education snd intelligence, and is said to be @ very pious young man, 83 Baggett 1s alao a very inte! ‘igent and highly educated 7OURE lady sitogotner One of the most romarkanig 1 that as overs pofere cha aourya Of YM Oily, tho Opera- ri bear. He suould take an opportunity of seoing them during the elections, and of judging how far they have aa LITERATURE. Reviews of Now Books. Unper Lock anp Kgy. A Story. By T. W. Speight. Philadelphia: Turner Brothers % 00. hg In @ brief introduction to this story the author declares that the entire plan “waa sketched out, and several of the chapters written, before the first lines of Mr, Wilkie Coilins’ ‘Moonstone’ had been given to the public.” He deems this explanation necessary to prevent the charge being miade of bis “having derived the outiine of his plot from the work of another writer.” This was quite unneces- sary. “Under Lock and Key” has only a fatot resemblance to “The Moonstone,” and is certainiy nothing whatever in comparison with the last named work In point of construction. Woe think, therefore, that the author has been needlessly sensitive on the subject. The novel before us is one of those imposal- bie stories, only saved from being absolutely unpalat- able by the really clever manner in which the impos- sibilities are narrated, We read it with the same amount of interest that we listen to an inveterate braggart narrating ina graphic and exciting styie the performance of dveds by bim, beside which tha slaying by Samson, with the jawbone of an -, of 1,000 Poulistines, sinks into Inglorious obscurity. A good descriptive writer can always interest the reader by his minute details and anaty- sis. In their respective styies Charles Reade and Wukie Coiling are the masters of the intense in the romantic literature of the mt day, Theirs 1s art of the highest order ; for there is nothing that they write avout which does not come within the raugo of pommel however improbable it mighs seein at first sight. They might, and frequently do, Jead the roader to the very vei of the bie, but they never go a step beyond; and herein is the secret of their success, The gemus—for it ts genius—which can construct thia admirably ts wanting in “Under Lovk and Key.’ It is@ novel which we have read with careful interest, and which we can recommend as well worth reading for the sake of the manner in which it is written, and that only. The plot is absurdly prenomerae, the characters are clumsily drawn an struction is miserably lacking in Nothing can be more transparent than that. Sister Agnes is the mother of Janet and that Captuia Dince 1s her father. Nor does it require the reader to wait till the confession 18 made to learn what re- lation Lady Pollexfen bears io the pretended sister of Mercy. But in spite of these fauita the book ts, as we sald before, one that will be read with pleasure, The style is quite vivid and animated. La all that relates to the Great Mogul Diamond the author ls Intensely graphic and thoroughly entec- taining. His dialogues, too, are for the most part agreeable consi ‘These praiseworthy features wo readily admit. Still, we repeat, that of al qualities which are essential to investi with more than a transient value and an ephemeral reputation there is here absolutely nothing. A POLITICAL MANUAL FoR 1860, From July 15, 1868, to July 15, 1369, By Edward McPherson, LL.D, ‘Washington City: Pnilip & Solomon. In a few pages all of the important political events of the year ending on the 15th of iast July are given in a falr and impartial manner, The proceedings of Congress on the last reconstruction laws, decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and of tho Supreme Court of Georgia on matters of public im- portance, as well as a statement of the States which have taken action, through thelr te ep pain and the vote by States for President at the election last year, besides numerous other subjects of like interest, comprise the contents. Asa book of reference this manual is admirable. It ts also worth keeping vy those who desire to keep the politicians of the day i Congress “‘spotted," go that in the not far off future, wien some lofty somorsaults are made, we cag readily fund out how great the acrobatic feat was Seriously, however, this 1s an excellent manual. ‘vHe Works or Horace. Edit with Explanatory Notes, by Thomas M. Chase, Professor th Haver- ford College. Philadelphia: Eldredge & Brother. New York: J. W. Schermerhorn & Co. We have not been able to do more than glance over tne pages of this new edition of the works of Horace. The explanatory notes are quite full and, so faras we can judge, are valuable on account of their correctness. Numerous authorities were con- sulted by Professor Chase, and the research has enabled bum to present @ series of notes as nearly free from error as possibie, We need hardly say that the poems in this book are not transiations, but are tne original Latin. The necessity for a new edition of Horace’s writings has long been felt in our schoois where the classics are taught, and it affords us plea- sure to state that the reputation of the present edi- tion 18 euch as to Warrant us 10 recommending ths publication to the student and others, Magazine Notices. Onward, for October, opens with a new sketch entitied “The Doomed Sappera.” ‘Turee Daya at Cherbgurg” concludes a very readabie article. In “A Plebeian Prince” the writer says that Queen Vic- torla was in the habit of compelling her matds of honor to have their riding habits “cut with a stint- ing of tne body, 80 as not to show 8 contour of walat superior to her own ‘Dutch build.’ “Songs of the French Revoludon” is not a bad paper, but we must energetically protest against the new transla tion of the Marselliaise Hymn. “The Authors of America,’’ as well as “Lord Byron,” we published in luli in the HERALD some days ago. They are ad- mirably written. Captain Retd has come out voldiy asthe champion of our struggling literat, and as such deserves encouragement. “shot by a Sweet heart,” “A Death Presentiment,"’ “The Valley of Yomort” and “Almost an Amputation” are all weil written, readable papers, We bave read with curt- ous interest the paper on “Umbrellas.” It ws one of the best articies in the magazine, It does not, however, satisfy us that the charge of anachron- ism, waich gave Tise to its composition, does not hold ven had umbrellas been introduced ito America in 1768 16 must be evident that they were used only by the wealthiest of women and not by men at all, Sti! we shall not argue the question. We are coutent with Knowing the charge of anachronism bus resulted tn the production of an arucle full of quaint and curious quotations, and ag if a3 instructive, “Curonicies of Sara- toga,” “Chancellorsviile,” “Changing My Colors’? and the ‘“Author-Publisher Question’? are iuterest~ ing contributions, fhe remaining contents of tho number are good. On the whole, Onward tor October is fuil of exceilent articles, witcn should be widely read. We must notomis to mention that a slight ohauge has been made in the appearance of the cover, Which 18 now reaily handsome. We are giad to note in this improvement evidences of a continued determination on the part of Captain Reid to leave nothing undone to make his magazino Orst class im every respect. it will now compare favorably with any other of our literary pertouicals aud deserves the support of a large circio of readers, to whom we recommend It, Packard's Monthly has @ clever paper on "Tho Autocrats of the Press,” giving some Interesting reminiscences. Eleanor Kirk’s second articie on “Facts About Working Women” has @ touch of the sensational In it, We are informed that newspaper editors misconstrue the characters of protty literary women, and a story is told, by way of tliustration, in which an editor makes # dishonorable proposal to a poor girl. Well, we presume that editors are hu- man, with human passions, and it is not unlikely that some of them are not strictly moral. But dosa it never strike these women writers about the perils of the working classes of their own, sox that the men are not altogether to blame? There is n smoke without tire, 1t strikes us forcibly that many of those working women whose characters have been adversely criticised have not been angels. Most of this talk avout men wronging women Is trash. To read all that ts wiitten on the subject one would suppose that ninety-nine men out of every hundred could never gaze upon @ Woman without a dishonor. able thought entering their minds, However, Blea nor Kirk’s paper Is quite spicy and readable. “Way the Peace Jubilee was @ Musical Fallure,” “Queen Victoria in Her Prime” (a well written but toadyish paper), “tumors of the Departments” (a capltat arucie), “Borrowing a3 a Fine Art,” “Fifty-two Good Reasons for Not Going to Prayer Meetpg,’” “Am 1a Woman’s Rights Man? (a very sensibio peat “An American Woman’ and the “Editorial Depart- ment’ comprise the rest of the contents. Tne maga- zing will be enlarged from January, 1870. It is one of our beat conducted and most entertaining of pe- riodicals, and we are pleased to note tts popularity. T ie New York Teacher and American Educational Monthly for October. The contents of this magazine comprise @ paper om “Techatcal Education in Hok land,” the third part of “Out of School in tue Middle Ages,” “Is Being Done,” @ clever and convincing relatation of Mr. Richard Grant White's recent absurd article on the phrase; “Teaching History," “A Lesson in Teacbing,” the ninth paper on “Hasy Hxpermments in Elementary Chemistry,” “Need of Upper Schools in tne United States, ” “Kinder. gurtens,”” and some other articles, Tne contribu, ons named are ail weil written aud are inseresting. Our Young Folks {s 80 full of good things that we hardly care about particularizing the articles con- tained in tho magazine. “The Story of @ Bad Boy,’ “gummer's Done," “The Swan Story,” “The Ghoata u «Why 9! “How to Do It,’ “The Great teat ‘row apotty was Tried for Her Life,’ “Tne William Henry Lotiera—Thirveenth Packet,’ “fue World We Live On—Ancient and Modera Coral ofa,” “Golden Kod and Asters,” “Autumn Days,’? ‘urea ina Bed” and ‘Music’ comprise the con- touts, which We have no doubt will be read ayain and again with tho livoliess interest by many thoa- sands of young folk REMARKABLE LONGHVITY.—A correspondont at Bt. James, Pheips county, notifies us of the death of @ venerable gcontenarian, Archibald W, Oxendide, who died on the 8d instant, on Benton's creek, neat the Meramec iron Works im that county, was oora on Pedeo river, & O,, Al 1759, and Waa consequently over 110 years oF the time of his death. He served throughout the Revolutign 09 ono of “Marion's Men," and for over forty years was & minister of the Bapitst denomwa. tog, "Although wd ~y posture pi =m to hg 15; me it bares : | ani inten 4 10 Dis 1a8b LOU dm a Repudt . oan, Ate