The New York Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1869, Page 6

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Tur Manin TONY PA: Vocariss, NEW YOR c REYRIAN AND Gyan AGyIO 1 arrested in Boston, having @ complete set of bar- jars’ tools in his sO. me agennaaration, has taken the Initiative vwowards setting our undetermined commerctat relations witu Canada and reviving the reciprocity treaty with what Powi'ca, The matter hag already received the tareful attention of the State and Trea- | Sury departments. Prominent Arrivals in the Clty. General H. 3. Hunt, of Newport, and A. W. Curys- tlo, of Paris, are at the Brevoort House. Colonel ‘sh, of Camden; D. K. Lettch, of Syracuse; A. eyers, of Oli ¢ w, A: Hovey, of Pen ania, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Colonel L. B. Patns m, of Saratoga; John Wiliin- r, of Boston, ps Hotel. of Cincianan; ovge M. Colburn, of D nan Jlouse, Winans, of ott Smauth, of Baitimore, and R. W. Me- of | Cormick, Pennsyivania, are at the Coleman | House. Darwin, of ening, of of Cincinnati; A. Tucker and A. R, and Hotel. yer, of Germany; Captam 8, A. tates Army, and Captain EB. ., are at the Astor House. of Pennsylvania, and J, 8. Royal Danish Army, are at the penpnts, Glenham I Colonel J. H. Bretton, of St Louis; Colonel J. 0, Narrison, of Bie dulo, and General W. W. Avertil, of Canada, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Prominent Departures. for Providence, R. jeneral a; Ch. Beranger, of the French R. HH. Goddard, for Rhode for Washington. e and Conflicting Spaue Factions. from Europe r latest news regarding ha seems to imply that the situa- is more hopeful, that Cabinet dissensions have ceased, and that the young Duke of o be the successful candidate for the Spanish throne. Some two days ago the was made that the Duke’s ving, no doubt, the fate of pevor imilian, was utterly n’s candidature. In this sho « the example of her royal ‘1, who wonld not give candidature of hi It appears F e185 ‘ PP ved to pret no as P wu of the Duke of Genoa Genoa is nouncement mother, remen:! the late opposed to i was but brother, his consent to the Duke of Aosta the Italian Ca im Victor gon #* e HooLRY'a TO ADVERTISERS. Increasing Circulation of the He: We are again constrained to ask ad era to hand in their advertisements at as early an hour espossible. € and cons Our immer compel us, notw @ our pres capable of printing veventy thousand © hour, to put usual, and to { stop the clas: o'clock P.M. SAB WuUWwWs. ur forms to press much ¢ ‘ilitate the work w ations of advertise Europe. Cable telegrams are dated November 14. ‘The Bisho; Londop deiivered a funera’ mon over the re of the late George Peabody tn Wesiminste . Our spe spondence is in ample etal of ow to the 2a iust. Mexico. Extensive preparations have been made in the city of Mexico for the reception of Mr. Seward, Rooms have been assigned for lis sery at the but fu case he should prefer pri- have been prepared for him in one of the many elegant private residences iu the capital. A gentieman of distinction has been de- spatched by iresident Juarez to meet Mr. and escort lim to the city. This is the only Inst which a fe has been made the quest of ican repu! In Tepic, Loz: of affairs looks unpromising for the Vigorous ef ea put forth to quell the turvances i San Luis and on the no: fron A number of minor pronunciamentos reported in di at sections of the cout have made no licadway, and ihe governmen the ability to conscildate ‘peace througi republic. Our Havana le of the Spanit ¢ Yat many despaty of tuembers of that ¢ condl- tion of affairs in Spain and looking own matt The against the 4 de Zapara it 1s feared | anytilng v1 ing to the p country, wh red 509 insur hold again. General has Cimeo Villa It is report Jas have jo the mail st: ar bringing G00 teooy vi i of energy. t Cinco Vile insurgents, On the 7th instant ved at Havara from {orto Kico, Miscellaneous, In accordance with a re Convention resident Blanton Doncan, of Ken Sanders, of Teuncasee, de Russian Exposition im 1870. be appoimie’ vy President (rant. that the United States will be P Mis exposition, and @ hundre iiousanc of American products ar called for, in order to show the vastvess and diversity of our manufac. ‘tures and wilture, Articles for exibition can be sent tw 3634 Nroadway, New York, or to cither of | but his rivals h | to retire from | yet desperate, ee es Bee in, and that infor ain a effect has been sent the government. Another and not less important announcement is to the effect that Admiral Topete, who recently retired from the Cabinet and ceased to be Minister of Marine, in consequence of the dis- favor shown to his candidate, the Duke of elected Vice President of the Constituent Cortes. - It is reaily difi- enlt to say what is the exact import of this election, How the throne question will be settled is not yet clenr. It is undeniable that itis for the interest of Spain that it be settled without delay. Th jiards, and especially those in power, are much to blame for the vacilla- tion—the want of a fixed and steady purposo— which in this matter they have displayed throughout. They have no doubt had diffi- culties to contend with; but it was not neces- sary that they should drag the crown of Charles V. in the dust. Had there been a little more dignily the crowa would have been regarded as a prize and would have been coveted by many. The de- lay in filling the vacant throne is no doubt largely due to the influence of Napo- leon. It is not our opinion that Napoleon has interposed in the throne question in any very emphatic manner. His wishes have no doubt been made known. But hia last experience in king making was too painful toallow him again in cizeumstances so similar to repeat the experiment. The Spanish government would have consulted its own interests and the interests of the people at large had it been less obsequious to the imperial ruler of Fr If it had proceeded at once, after the pass- ing into law of the new constitution, to the election of a king, the decision ¢ © Spanish people would have been respected by Lurope and the world, and Napoleon would not have dared to As matters now stand Napoleon ha as much canse to regret th the Spanish government, or, on of the Spa people ; ate of his health, the increas- hh of the opposition and his strong make certain and secure his gon's settlement of outside le an absolute inierf n render the nseoms bent on having a king we have no r to object to the Duke of Genoa. He i, to be sure, be a helpless boy, but his very helplessness may be in his i be said, however, that his all certain, Of all the can- »8 are, perhaps, the best; numerous and powerful partisans, » of Montpensier is still in the field. Serrano, Topete and the Union- ist party generally, which is far and away the most respectable party in Spain, are pledged to him. We have seen already that Tt cannoi didates The £ | Topete’s attachment to Montpensier made it a or him, on the ground of honor; the Cabinet, remains at his post encours the cause ef Montpensier is not Dom Ferdinand of Portugal is necessity fc Serrano the belief th | the only other candidate whose name is now mentioned, But Dom Ferdinand is | spoken of now only as a compromise, The the commisstouers at Loutsyille Ky. "vis unde od tuat the President considers the present condition of our finances most favorable to @ speedy return to specie payments, and in his | forthcoming message will urge such & measure upon He is opposed to all tinkering with the ourrency and believes if the present internal reve- nue law be suffered to remain intact ano such a tangible reduction of the public then have been effected as will enable go’ to safely materiaily modify taxes of all hir gpecio payments, the Pr ald, & from tho rulucus effects of an irr reney. In the case of ox- Kansas, claiming $20,000 a | was mandor of the distiict, the jury on Sa @ verdict for tho defendant. ‘The Wigwam in Chicago, In whici Republican Presidential Convention, was A by fire on Saturday night. Wo fre is believed to} “Dave been the work of an incendiary. | Jobn Poxiey, an escaped convict from Sing Sing, tour years’ nnexvired term to serve, bas Leo | | Emperor domestic relations of Ferdinand, even if his | chances otherwise | prevent us f were better than they are, sm believing that in the event of | the Cortes n tng able to agree upon either | of the other two the Spanish people would | have bim for king. A by a morganatic marriage, reputation, could not at this stage w Grace be substituted for Isabella. 8 of circumstances such | a state of things should be brought about the | revolution will cor | conclusion. Iti Prim | has made up his mind that Monipeusier shall not be elected. Prim knows well that und | Montpensier he could find no place. It is this | which, more than the known opposition of the eon, explains Prim’s conduct, under 6 ly have a very illogical s plain to onr inind th: Ii is this, that in the event of the Unionists proving too ‘ong he may yet divide the progressive party, carry a section of them over to the ranks of the republicans, remain at the head of the which makes it not improbable | army and thus dominate the situation. The election of Topete to the vice presidency of the Constituent Cortes, if it means anything, means this—that ia the Natlonal Assembly there is large Unionist force. Now that the ecclesiastigal estimates dim- culty has been got over and the Cabinet Minis- ters have become reconciled the election of a king can no longer be put oif Who will bo nominatod? Tho Duke of Genoa alone? or the Duke of Montpensier alone? or both? These ara the great questions of the hour. On the issue depend the success of the revo- lution and the future welfare of Spain. The Marriage Laws ef New York=An Important Deciuton. We published yesterday in full theimportant decision of Judge G. G. Barnard, in Chambers of the Supreme Court of this city, on Saturday last, in the case of Beatrice Bissell, an infant, by her guardian, against John B, Bissell, for a limited divorce on the ground of abandon- ment. The defendant admitted the abandon- ment, but denied the marriage. The parties had been living in Brooklyn. The plaintiff's case was that a marriage having been agreed upon between them, and the usual prepara- tions having been made on her part, she met the defendant (1867) by appointment in New York, and that while they were riding together in a carriage in the Park defendant placed a ring upon her finger, saying, ‘This is your wedding ring. Wo are married. We are married just as much as Charles is to his wife (referring to his brother and sister-in-law). I willlive with you and take care of you all the days of my life as my wife.” That to this she assented, and that accordingly as man and wife they lived together till his abandonment of her in August last; and that shortly before the abandonment he induced her to sign a paper, drawn by himself, stating that no mar- riage ceromony had been performed between them. The the plea that he never agr tiffas his wife; that it was agree? live with him se wowes3 and that he a o. ner off as his wife; that ho gave her the wedding ring so as to decieve othor people and to avoid suspicion, as he feared if discovered in their boarding house that they were not married they would be turned out, - There wa3 no pretence that up to the time of the alleged marriage the plaiatif? was not blameless in her conduct, Judge Barnard, after reviewing the evi- dence, the the authorities and the pro- cedents bearing upoa this case, declared him- isfied that an actual marriage was d between the parties, end that if the defendant, while endeavoring to accom- plish the ruin of a virtuous girl, blundered into matrimony he has no one but himself to defendant, on his examination, put in d toiake the plain- ee wall } | complications whict blame, The Judgo further remarked that “if the pracjice is as common as the defendant alleges of men passing off their mistresses as their wives, and allowing them to bear their names without any marriage contract, it is time they should learn the risks to which they expose themselves in thus trifling with tho marriage institution and the good order of society ;" that there should be a decree declar- ing the plaintiff the lawful wife of the defend- ant, and adjudging a limited divorce and ali- mony, with costs and reasonable expenses. Judge Fithian’s recent decision in the case of Durand ys. Durand is of the same character ; and these examples are, at this time of general lawlessness, to be especially commendod, and they will meet the endorsement of all honest men, in view of the good effect they will surely have as a warning to the whole tribe of grace- less adventurers disposed to “‘trifle with the marriage institution and the good order of society.” It is high time, indeed, that, in regard to the marriage institution, the line should be drawn between the laws of New York and the license of Chicago, and in this Biszell case we have it broadly and clearly defined. Charter ElectionMovemeuts of the Politicians. The ‘Phe contest over the prizes to be awarded to the successful candidates in the election on the first Tuesday in December next is being waged with increasing zeal and vigor as the final moment approaches. The Tammany leaders are quietly looking on at the straggle, awaiting, before rendering their verdicts, the of the p al strength in the ets and wards of the various can- didates. The sine qua non for a nomination to any office by Tammany, such nomination being tantamount to election at the poils, is political capital, or, what is the same thing, the power to control democratic vote Indi- vidual merit qualifications for the office sou, are but secondary considerations In making up the slate, and therefore it is only on rare occasions we find men of high or re- spectable standing in the community enter the political arena for any but the very highest offices, and thon only in submission to the pressure brought to bear upon them by their fellow citizens. The principal contest is over the vacancies in the civil and police justiceships. The candidates therefor are very numerous, and on ! the whole all more or less eligible and quali- The fact that | fied to fi!) "1:2 offices for which they aspire. Tho candidates for the coming vacancies in the civil courts especially have, by early studies, professional predilections and legal experience, qualifi slves to discharge tho duties of is at the present time very for- @ for the best interests of the people, in- asmuch as the Tammany Regency can hardly make a mistake in tho selection of their nomi- nees or their appointees to the civil justice courts. It is very different with the police justices. or the discharge of the duties of this latter offive no legal training or attain- monts seem to be necessary, and therefore any ragtag and bobtail of the party who by any means acquires an ascendancy in his ward or district can press himself into the place, ‘Tho rendered necessary all the strategy and political finesse of the leaders to unravel in connection with the late Senato- rial and Assembly elections, and the pledges then extorted from them, deprive the Regency of uutrammelled action in the selection of this ss of candidates, This is to some extent tunate, as there is little doubt the chief slatemaker, Peter Bismarck Sweeny, is most anxious to commemorate the late triumphs of the party by conceding to the citizens the long wished for but long withheld boon of haviog presented for their suffrages candidates in every respect worthy of their support. The struggle over tbe police. justico yaoangtes is therefore almost ag perplexing to the leaders 48 23 the Senatorial contest. A fow days more, however, will bring it and the whole charter election contest to an end, when peace, it is to be hoped, will once more reign in the councils of Tammany. Our Special Foreign Correspondence, In the pages of the Mrranp to-day we present to our readers the result of the labor of our special correspondents stationed in dif- ferent quarters of the world—Europe, Asia, Mexico and the Spanish Antilles—in vivid and accurate illustrated detail of our news reports and despatches, bythe submarine cables and otherwise, to the 2d of November. This exhibit, which is most attractive and enter- taining in its character and verbiage, supplies to the community at large a narrative of the current history of the world at these different quarters just as its material points have been evolved, besides furnishing food for the most serious reflection to churchmen, statesmen, the administrators of the law, capitalists and husbandmen, as well as that very large and well-to-do portion of the community who have been classed as the “world’s tired denizens,” who enjoy lite by the way and make merry in “marching along.” A special writer in Spgin dates at San Sebastian. He has taken himself away from Madrid, its political demoralizations and dynastic intrigues and doubts, into the country, and paints rural scenes, sketohing the pea- santry and peasant life as he whirls by rail to the Basque Provinces, where he finds the robust and simple-minded population happy-and contented and living just as Virgil represented their neighbors, the Ital- fans, in his day, sud tegmine fagi, undis- bed by the ‘‘wall-battering” cannon of Prim and Topete and the others. Again. x have a complete history 77/48 Uburch in q n. wtope, uriginal baptism, its hier- archical corporate encroachments, the sacer= dota! accumulation of vast wealth, the enerva- tion to effeteness of the clergy, the monopoly of the monastic orders, exclusivism for con- science sake and the results, religious doubt, infidelity, the loosifig of the social obligations, civil war, bloodshed and demagogism, with a near approach to @ one man tyranny or an attempt at redress by foreiga intervention. From Pesth, in Hungary, we are told of Pan- slavism and the progress of that grand ethno- logical atraggle between the Latins and Teu- tons, in which the representatives of each attempt to prove the indestructibility as well as assert the mastery of race, and of the exact character of which we have some little experience already on the soil of the American Continent. Rome is perfecting the arrange- ments for the Ecumenical Council, while from London, sirange to say, we have a simple statement of what the writer alleges will be the moderate, simple proceedings of the mem- bers of that most reverend and august assem- blage. Many distinguished Americans had already arrived in the Eternal City and were cordially welcomed ; an ex-Governor of the State of New York having been received by Pins the Ninth in audienco, while a couple of our most celebrated city divines were sojourning near the Vatican, ap- parently consoled by even a personal ap- proach to the centre of Christian unity. In Germany and France the public mind was still more and more engaged in a considera- tion of the Roman Council and a canvass of its probable influence and results. Paris presents itself in its peculiar character of a world of lite flourishing within the ordinary world— speaking of love, murder, religion, democracy and mobveracy, with the watdhful eye of imperialism over all. The King of Prussia complimented Scotland by specially presenting to the municipality and poople of Poterhead a memorial monument in honor of the late Field Marshal Keith, _ The correspondence which took place on this interesting occasion is also given, From British India come wretchedly doleful accounts of the miseries produced by the sword of Warren Hastings, with a- con- firmation of the news of Doctor Livingstone’s safety, So that we may, with very groat justice and a very considerable amount of that honor- able legitimate pride which ever results from successful enterprise, conclude our remarks by calling attention to the manner in which Europe, Asia, the Spanish West Indies and Mexico are again especially photographed in the pages of the Heranp. Naroxzon’s New Poricy.—The Emperor ofthe French bas shown good sense in not disturbing the recent public demonstrations in Paris. He has finally seen that the peopie must have more liberty of action, and though he has all the necessary power at hand to crush any actual violation of the peace, he does not object to their giving vent to thoir feclings. In fact, he has substituted the policy of repression for that of suppression. The great object to be gained by Napoleon is to make the French nation clearly understand that his governinent depends upon its support. By gaining this point he will gain more than by any conquest achieved by the force of arms. And by adopting these measures he will gain the good will of the people, and may also secure the succession of his dynasty. Tur Surz Cana No Famune.—Captain Kiston, of tho steam launch Pauline, of the British Peninsular and Oriental Company, having gone through the Suez Canal from sea to sea, taking soundings all the way, reports the least depth of water in the channel to bo twenty fect, and that the other obstructions were being rapidiy removed, The canal is no failure, but as a commercial enterprise and rovolutionizer is desting’ to prove one of the very greatest wonders of tiie world. Tue Brive w sue Soxoors:—From the agitation of this question in New York there are signs of the riving of another potitical paity on a religious platform, The democracy at Albany will lave to handle this question with great delicacy or they will bo apt to make miscbief. A Goov Inra-—That of carting off the com- post on the Fifth avenue pavement as it ie ont up into mud or dust by the travel over it, But it would bo better still to cut it up and take it off with picks and shovela and cart it away, and thon to wash the stone pavement cloar of tho offensive tar, | so much desire, It is a curlous fact, reflecting the spirit and progress of the prosent age, that the dynasties of the nations of Europe have lost to somo extent their hereditary character, and have become, directly or indirectly, elective. This is a remarkable concession to the democratic principle of government by the people, and shows how rapidly the feudal ideas of the world are passing away. It shows, too, how powerfully the successful working of republi- can self-government in America is acting upon the thoughts and political institutions of Europe, In no country has the pure prin- ciple of democracy—that the wisest and best shall be chosen to govern—been carried out yet. We have come nearer to it in the United States than the people of any other country. In the early and purer times of the republic, when Washington, Adams and Jefferaon were chosen President, the people did recognize and carry out this principle, or did even in later times, and now they have not forgotten it. That, in fact, is the theory of the government, though party caucuses, conventions and leading men have made the election of our rulers subject, in a great measure, to political management and bar- gains, Still the appeal in the end is to the voice of the people, and a man is never chosen President who is obnoxious to the majority. Although the elective principle in government has not reached this point in Europe it is gaining ground, and monarchs even begin to submit their claims to the national plebiscite. The idea or monarchical dogma of govern- ing by divine right was not generally insisted upon until the feudal ages and until the Pope of Rome gave the sanction and support of the Church to the dogma. It is true the right of monarchical inheritance had been admitted in some countries, and in others had been accepted as the most convenient mode of dis- posing of the sxvwa lng before the feudui ages, or even before the commencement of the Christian era. But generally the right to imperial or kingly power was that of the strongest. Right and might went together. Yet the elective principle was not entirely ignored, though in practice it had little force ; for even the Roman emperors for a long time went through some form of election, either by the soldiers or a certain class of the commu- nily. After Charlemagne had made himself master of the Empire of the West, extending from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and from the Atlantic to the Sarre, the Theiss and the Oder, and was crowned by Pope Leo UI. in St. Peter's church on Christmas day of the eight hundredth year of the Christian era, the foundation was laid for the divine right of kings under the sanction end support of the Church. From the time of this great emperor, too, the feudal system arose and became the ally and support of anointed monarchy. This was the nature of government over the nations of Burope for nearly a thousand years. That period has been called the Dark Ages, and dark enough they were, for the people were only the slaves of their rulers. The first really great shock this system of government received was when Cromwell and his Parliament cut off the anointed head of Charles the First of England. But feudalism and the divine rights of kings received their deathblow at the latter end of the eighteenth century, through the establish- ment of the American republic and the French revolution, These mighty events under- mined the system that had existed a thousand years and upheaved society from its very foundation, However, a reaction came in Europe, An- other Charlemagne arose—Napoleon Bona- parte—who had the ambition to establish again the Empire of the West. Charlemagne was Na- poleon’s prototype. The aim of both was alike and both used the military power to accom- plish their object. There is this difference, however: one was born to a kingdom and the other was the offspring of revolution. Na- poleon recognized his position as the offspring of revolution, and while he carved out his own astonishing success and future with the sword he always claimed to be the choice of the people and the enemy of the old dynasties and feudal system. We all know how futile were the attempts of the Holy Alliance to undo the work of the great French revolution and to restore the divine right of kings after Napoleon fell. The monarchs and statesmen of that day did not comprehend the mighty pro- gress the world had made ina quarter of a century, They did not understand that it had made greater progress in that brief period than during a thousand years before. The French revolution of 1848 was another vast stride toward popular and republican gov- ernment. Louis Napoleon appealed to the vote of the French people when he was a candi- date for theirraler. Ofcourse he relied greatly upon the prestige of his name and the affec- tionate remembrance of his uncle by the French, but he proclaimed the right of the people to choose their ruler, Though he made the coup @état and hingelf Emperor after- wards, and has since endeavored to ostablish personal government, after the manner of the old divine right monarchs, he has in words and theory continued to recognize the right of the people to govern and to choose their rulers, While he is most anxions, no doubt, to secure the throne for his son and to perpetuate his dynasty, he begins to seo that he must popularize his government and rely upon the will of the people. In this he has a most potent helpmate in the Empress Eugénie. While he gratifies the vanity of France by the glory he has brought and is bringing to it, and satisfies the French through the material prosperity he has stimu- lated, the Empress fascinates them by her charming manners, exquisite taste and sur- prising tact. Both are working to secure the voice of the French people in favor of the young prince, their son, when the Emperor shall close his mortal career, Perhaps the Empress is doing most both with the French and with the governments and people of other countries to bring about the result they At least it is evident they recognize the fact that it is necessary to respect the will of the people in the matter. So fur, then, the dynasty is elective even in France. We see in Spain this principle more posi- tively acknowledged, for at this vory time the representatives of the people in the Cortes are voting for a monarch, In the case of Greece, woe bolieve, the groat Powers which exercised fe sort of protectorate thare aubmitted the of choosing a king to the people. Though there may be in euch casos a good deal of outside influence exercised, the prin- ciple is admitted even by the great dynastic Powers themselves, This of itself we regard as a vast stride towards popular or republican governments in Europe, The people ‘are fast reaching a point when ae will no longer be sold or transttred like cattle from one owner orruler to another. The press, the telegraph and steam power are rapidly enlightening both mankind at large and governments as to their rights and duties. In this surprising progress, too, the success of elective and representative government in América is playing an impor. 5 tant part, and fs making a powerful impression upon Europe. This country is the pioneer of nations in the new age, and we may expect to see ere long all governments, dynastio as well ag republican, chosen by the people. The Churches. Our special enterprise in collating news from ‘all parts of the world, abroad and at home, for the use and instruction of the readers of the Hzratp, has not caused us, either by its comprehensiveness of intent or careful concentration to the form of actual detail, to noglect the all-important matter of religion In our midst, being convinced, as all steady church-going persons should be, that in the absence of this grand saving essential the best work of man is merely ‘“‘vanity:” We conso- quently report the labors of the clergy in the city and suburbs yesterday, taking in their own words and on their authority as correct the duly audited balance or anointed sum total of a week's account of the daily strife as between struggling, weak humanity and the arch-enemy of the souls of men, as well as the effect of the intermediary heavenly agencics which afford strength and consolation with the means of assuring an eternal victory even to salvation to the Christian brethren, The reflex, as given in our columns to-day, is of a very consoling and encouraging char- acter. St. Patrick's Cathedral was crowded and the congregation devout as usual. The apostolic veteran, Vicar General Starrs, preached on the subject of tho spread of Catholicity in our midst after the ‘“‘triais” and tribulations of the Church. Bishop Janes, assisted by the venerable Bishop Morris and a number of the reverend clergy, dedl- cated to Almighty God the now church which has just been completed on Washington Heights, and administered the communion according to the ritual and canon rule of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, in the presence of an elegant and fashionable assemblage. Inthe Church of the Messiah Rev. Dr. Hepworth was eloquent, as well as analytical, on the subject of “Immortality,” affording great comfort to the faithful by his fine prospective of the glories of Yhe reward and crown which endure forever and fade not. Rev. Dr. Chapin tells the peo- ple at large in our pages ‘‘What is Meant by the Kingdom of Heaven,” leaving for us nothing to add in the way of additional re- mark except the expression of a fervent hops to the effect that the people will preserve a copy of to-day’s Heratp, and thus not forget what he said before next Saturday night. The Catholics laid the foundation of a now church in Jersey City. Rev. Mr. Beacher, with other reverend gentlemen, enlightened Brooklyn, The Sunday schools were crowded. Children were confirmed. Mis- sionary services were attended to. Tho “Christian Young Mon” were out in great force, and it is to be hoped that all our young men will soon ‘experience religion” and become Christian young men; so that tho Church of the future may rest securely, not merely in the strength of well-filled pockets and broad shoulders, but on the much more acceptable foundation of converted hearts and honest, truthful minds, which will enable them to proclaim by their works ‘‘the faith which is in them.” The Health Board and the Fat Boilers. We like the emphatic tone, facts, arguments and conclusions of the report of Dr. Harris, of the Health Board, published yesterday, on the garbage, bone and fat boiling nuisances, Tho Board at last flatly decides that the nasty, yea, the disgustingly offensive, establishment at the foot of West Thirty-cighth street ‘‘should be forthwith removed to soma place which fs at least ono mile distant from streets and much frequented roads, unless the company can and will comply with each and every requirement in the conditions and terms of the Board's per= mit.” We think so, too, and we think that the Board should name a day beyond which this offensive establishment aforesaid will not be permitted to remain in its present locality. There raust be a limit to these indulgences or the nulsance will not be abated or removed, although it directly preys upon the health and property of a hundred thousand people. The health of every family and tho value of every house and lot within a mile of that fat render ing concern are depreciated by its poisonous odors, and yet the Board of Health still deals in indulgences, The nuisance will have to be removed, and the sooner the better, Tur DrawBack Fravps.—From the dotails we have published of the examination and disclosures mado in the mattor of tho large batch of drawback frauds unearthed in the Custom House we have reason to expect that the guilty parties, principals and confoderates, and their modus operandi and the amounts lost to the Treasury will soon be reached, Blatchford, it is said, was seen as late as Fri- day last in this city, though most likely it was a case of mistaken identity. We should not be surprised to learn that the gentleman had extended his leave of absence to attend the opening of the Suez Canal. Tne Presipent’s MessaGr.—We expect that the forthcoming first annual message of Prosi- dent Grant to Congress will bo a model in its brevity and in its practical recommendations touching our domestic and foreign affairs, Among other things, we shall be surprised if it shall fail to satisfy the country on Cuba, Haytt and Dominica, for on these subjects we oxpect some very interesting facts and some very decisive propositions. Tar Exe Trovptre.—They are evidently thickening, and there is no telling what will be the ending. Moral—Rnilroad managers should not give too much of their tine and talents to the gold and stock cambiing rings of Wall stroes.