The New York Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1869, Page 3

” THANKSGIVING. Tiow the Day Will Be Observed in New York and Vicinity. THE PROCLAMATIONS. Origin and Meaning of the Observances of the: Day. “The Feast of the Ingathering at the End of the Year.” The Churches, Public Offices and Char- itable Institutions. THE DAY AT THE THEATRES, The President’s Proclamation, ‘The year which 1s drawing to a close has been free from pestilence; heaivh bas prevailed Ree dead the land; abundant crops reward the labors of hus- bandmen; commerce and manufactures: have suc. cessfully prosecuted their peaceful paths; mines and forests have yielded liberaliy; nature has increased im wealth and in atrengt: yeace has prevalied, and its blessings have advanced every interest of the people in every part of the Union. Harmony and fraternal intercourse restored are obliterating the marks of the past contlict aud estrangement; burdens have been lightened, means increased, civil and religious liberty are secured to every Mhabitant of the land, whose soil Is trod by none but free men. it becomes peopie thus favored to make acknowledgment to the Supreme Author trom whom such biessings flow, of their graticude and their dependence, to render praise and thanks- giving for the same, and devoutly implore the coau- nuance of Goa’s mercies, Therefore, I, Ulysses 8 Grant, President of the United States, do recommend that Tbarsday, the 1sth day of November next, be ob- served as @ day of Lhanksgiving aud of praise and of prayer to Aliuighty God, creator and ruler of the universe. And second, Ido further recommend to all the people of thé United States to assemble on ‘that day im their accustomed piaces of public wor- sh'p, and to unite in homage and prayer due the bountitul Father of all Mercies, avd in fervent for the continuance of the merciful blessings Vouclisafed to us a8 a peuple. Ib testimony whereof { have herennto set my hand and caused the sea! of cue United States to be this iifth day of Uctover, A.D, one thou- Band cight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-fourtt U. 8. GRANT. By the Presidenst—HAMILTON Fis, Secretary of Btuic. Proclamation by Governor Hoffman. In conformity with the long established custom of the people of vis State vo set apart one day Ip Sar year for the purpose, I desigaate Luuisday, the 18t of November next, as Thanksgiving Day, and exhort. the people of New York to aostai on that day from their usual labors, and in their places of worship aud in their lomes to utter wilil One volce tanks to God ior the blessings we enjoy. Yur State has an extent of territory sunicient in Atseif to the needs of a great nation; & Soll of abouad- ing fertility, a climate that imparts health and vigor; immediate access to great intand seas in the one direction, aud to the ocean in the other; a stiface dJavorable to transit; a great river, uuequalied in facility of navigation; navural advantages which have enabled us’ to attain to high prosperity and to ‘the leading place in the American Union, . As a metuber of our great amily of States we are troubled by no tears of 1oreign invasion; have a gov- ernment in which the voice of the people is poven- tia!, and by means of which they may assure to themse!ves civil and religious freedom. At his tine we have abundant cause for thank- fuiness. The people oi New York rejoice in a p.en- tiiul-harvest; our general heal:h has not been 1ter- Tupted by epidemic diseases, nor our lMdusury by Tuluous calainties. For all these things we ought to be thankful, and While mediating upon our advantages ought also, to bear in mind that many of thei are tn our own keeping, and may be lost uniess we cultivate to our ‘Utuiost private and pubilc virtue, resolved to main- tain, each one, the imtegrity af his individual life as the trae means of securing the country and its insu- Bons againsi Corruption and decay. In witness hereof I have sigaed my name and al- fixed ihe privy seal of the state, this sixteenth day of October, 1a the year ove thousand eigut hundred and sixiy-miue, JOHN T. HOFFMAN, N BuxEN, Private rayer he has By the Governor—Joun D. Sevretary. Ancient Origin of the Festival—ihe Feast of the Ingathering—Pagan Foast Adapted to Christian Idens—Gruduai Adoption in the United States—Pumpkin Pie and Turkey— The Flow of WineRemember the Poor. Every season hath ita pleasures, Spring may boast her lowery prime, Yer the vineyard's ruby treamires '4 sob" Fer tin id closes 5 Pays, though short'uing still can shine; What though youth gave love and roses ¢ Age stfl leaves us friends and win Yes, and though the wintry blasts of November Bave reached us and are rattling at our doors and windows, they cannot whirl from our grasp liie’s sweet joys if we but trust to a light beart and pure Conscience, And such are sure that even in these late months of the declining year the words of the poet will prove true and age will have left them friends, and other, higher treasures than those of the vineyard will brighten their aucumn’s soberer time. And thereiore is not this a fit season to render thanks? Ten months of the year have passed; the “flowery prime” of bud- ding spring has showered upon the earth “and ali the inhabitants thereof” its pleasures innumerapie; the wealth-bearing summer, with its ripening fields ‘and gardens, has enriched the granaries and store- houses of the nation, and now that the welcome treasures of autumn have been garnered it is the duty of man to look back upon tne past months of the year, remember the boundiess gifts which kind nature, under the laws of Providence, has yielded in reward for his industry and toil, and forget not to thank him “from whom all blessings flow’—*‘‘thank Him all creatures here below.” ‘He covereth the heavens with clouds and prepareth rain for the earth; He maketh the grass to grow upon the mountatns.’? Exuit in his presence with muste and mirth, With Jove and devotion draw near, This tendency of rendering thanks for benefits received 18 universally implanted in the human heart. Wherever there dwells a race of man, civi- ized, semi-barbarian or savage, among them all, either born of natural instlict or taught by revela- tion or prophetic inspiration, the idea of a Supreme Being was found to be prevalent, of a Spiritual Ruler of the universe, to whose bounty, grace aid beneflcence mankind was indebted for all the vast benefits it enjoys during its earthly career, and thanks and sacrificial oferings to the “Great Spirit’? ‘Were everywhere part of te religions ceremonial of all peoples, Aud lustory teaches us that it was especially iu the “falling”? montis of the year, et the “fruits of tne cartu’? had been gathered, wien ‘the stately trees begun to shed iheir withered foli- age and husbandry rested for a time from its tolls in the fleid; it was at this tine espocially that the peu- ple, as far back into antiquity as pre-Christian records reach, assembled tn their groves devoted to Pplous offerings to thelr gods and rendered thanks for the blessings of the season vouchsafed them, The observance of this as’? Was even com- manded to the Israelites; for it is ordained in the Book of Exodn, xxxiv., 22—"And thou shalt Observe the feast of weeks, of the first fruis of wheat harvest and the feast of Jagathering at the year’s end.’ As was remarked, the custom of “(he feast of ingathoring at the year’s end’ was thea already aimoat universal, It sprang from the deyo- tional fountain in the hearts of men, and was cie- Vated to a Divine command in the Pentateuch, Tn Christian times some change was wrought. With the spread of the civilizing tuiluences of Christianity the wild, boisterous and often bloody sacrificial orgies of heathenism were gradually swept away, but the feast remained, assuming more Fee oF tatker purer, higher devotional forms. it lay in the very nature of tings that with whe conversion to the ennobling truths of the Christian ree te more or less savage character to which heathen mythology had often pe egg the 19 shoud melt away, Bat & cou- Dlete change in their ancient customs could not Le sudden! Nd to oa Hence the new Church, with » far-reaching policy, saw the necessity of accommo- tion, and many even of the pagan festivals were but received @ Christian interpretation and ® Christian application, it 19 10r this reason that guite a ir great festive days of the Christian world can be traced back to many cen- turies before the Christian era and may be found to have had their counterparta In pagan or J the pagal ewish celebrated apout the same seuson of the year, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1969—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘This ta rhe case with the “feast of the harvest” of the Germans of old, the “feast of the lagatbering a the end of the year” of the Jews, both of Wi very nearly coi ond to the anniversaries of Church consecrations—Kirchwweiyes'e—in Germany at the present day, and to the annual day of Thanks- giving in the United States. This fact 18 rendered apparent, if any other proof or argament were necessary, by the text ofthe yearly proclamations of the Governors of the States, assigning a day of thanksgiving, and cepacia by the causes as- signed ior & national par of thanksgiving by dent Grant in his proclamation ot the 5th day of October, 1869, Which he states in compact and verso language as follows:— ‘The year which ts now drawin, from pestilence; health as preval abundant crops reward the labors of the husl meree and manufacture ha peaceful paths; the mines and forest the nation has’ Increased In wealth and strength; peace ha: prevailed ana its blessings have advauced every interest of the people in every part ot the, Unio na to a close has been free ty shout the land; intercourse restored, are obliterating the: of the past contijet and Seem ey ames ee ry arated means crease cigil and religious 0 every inhabitant of ‘he ad ‘whoae soil is tol by none a freemen. It becomes a people thus favored to make acknow- Jedgement to the Supreme Author from which such blessings flow, of their gratitute and thelr nee; to render Braite and thanksgiving for the same, and devouuy to implore ontinuance of God's merctes, And the prociamation of the Governors of States, appoloting the same day, the 18th day of November, as a day of thanksgiving for all these Ly ait and “devoutly to implore the conuauance of God's mercies,” are of the same tenor and to the same effect, and vary only in form and language ag inat- vidual taste or a higher or less degree of literary accomplishment may bave influenced the writer, Lut it shows that what caused the Diviume commnan ment of Holy Writ, “(nat thou shalt observe * * * Une feast of the ingathering as the year’s end” ts still potent in the heart aud mind of man. Yet, a8 Wines have changed, the causes for which we have to render thanks have multiplied, It 18 no longer the “ingathering” of a bountiiul harvest alone for which we praise the goodness or the Omnipotent, Mankind, with its progressive civili- zation, has other needs to satisfy, other wants to accomplish, and to have been able to doso under benign Providence is not the least among the causes inspiring thaakfuiness, in the United States the custom of designating an- Daily a certain day in the mouta of November as a ds of general thanksgiving is, if memory be not at fault, of New England growth. 1t was Introduced by the sternly devout Puritans, and for along while the observance of the day partook lurgely of the as- cette character of Puritanism. Gradually, as the world advanced and more liberal ideas crept even into the rigorous system of the Puritans, the day of Thanksgiving changed more and more into a day on which with tue redgious and devot onal offerings at the shrine of Divinity was intecmingied a festive gathering of friends and kindred, and the tuevitabie “pumpkin ple”? assumed a certain degree of imiport- ace as a necessary Ornament of the table und un unavoidable part of the ‘feast.’ “nis innovauon Once securely and permaneutly established, it was not Jong that by the side of the “pumpkin pie? came the “vurkey,” the only bi kingdom considered fit to gi KSyglving dinuer table; just as in the Catholic States of Sourh Germany, on St. Martun’s day, the 12th of November, no devout churchman would be without lis roast goose for dinner. From New Engiand the custom of having a Thanksgiving Day every year spread over the oiner States, and annually ‘the prociamations of Gov- ernors appeared tu that effect. There was 10 pro- vision of law for tt, but the Governors, obedient to the religious impulses of themselves and the peo- pie, and tollowing a custom already established in Oller States, did it of their own accord, and the people cheerfully carried out the gubernatorial recommendauion, It 18 hardly more than about tex or tweive years that lo many of tie States these annual proclamations of the Governors were at last given the effect of law, by providing by special legisiative enactments that the day designated for a day of thauksgiving shall be considered a legal holi- day. Such ts the law now tu New York, And itis only about the same number of years, aad probably Jess, that tue Presidents of the United States ever thought of issuing a Thgnksgiving proc- lamation. ‘the cause why this was done lay in the fact that the Governos of each State appointed a day according to lis own fancy. Lt wags tuougat that 10 would be more appropriate tu the purgoses and Objects of the feast i the same day be observed by aii the people in every Stace throughout the Union, aud it4vas reasoned that if the President appointed aday and recommended tue “good people” of the country to devote it to the rendering of thanks to God for his merciful protection and saccor, the Gov- ernors of the States would name the same day for tie same object, and tuen the desired purpose of having one general day of the “feast of gathering” Would at ouce be gained, ‘This suppositivun was cor- rect, and we now have the yearly Presidential proc- Jaination, followea by those of the Governors of States and Mayors of cities, all naming the same day with the President. At present the observance of Thanksgiving Day has lost much, if not all, of the asceticism of Puri- tauic New England of the last century, Although the religious rites and devotional exercises in the cuurches are not neglected, although ihe ministers of every and ail denominations preach their sermons With the saine fervor and More or less erudition and eloquence as ever, yet the rest of the day has as- summed @ more convivial garb. Mention hts aiready been imade of the convivial pumpkin pie of the New Englander and of the roast turkey, Which, on wis day, at the present time, 18 never missed from the table of any amily not too poor to afford it, But the day has expanded to a widely different significance from that it had ol - ts hot conviviality alone, not gourmaniizing alone which it is sought to gratify on this day. it has, in many locaiities of the country, be- come the day spectally devoted to a reunion of the family, of Kinfolk and relations, around the dinner table, and it is Kuown that thousands shrink not froin & journey of hundreds of miles to spend “Thanksgiving Day’? amoug the familar scenes of youth with “the old foiks at home.” Friends, often separated from each other the rest of the year, gather togetier over @ festive meal, enlivened by a jovial bumper. Young men who have been paying their addresses to the young ladies of the house are invited, uf they be agreeable to the parents, tojoin at the Thanksgiving dinner and, for t least, make one of tue this obtains not only among ent circumstances, it has even entered the houses and tenements of the less favored, of the workingmen and the poorer classes generally. And it may be said without doing any Violence to the truth that oiten, aye, very often, the dinner table on Thanks- giving Day in the lowly habitations of the brawny and true hearted workingman 1s graced with more Maniiness, more true human fecling, with hear more flied with the genuine spirit of thankfulness to Providence and of friendship for one’s kiudred than the gilded palaces of the rich, Such invitations of the less wealthy to their friends might weil be given in the words of Tom Moore, changing but one vo make the application perfect: — Though humble the banquet to which I Invite thee, ‘Thou'lt find there the beet a poor man can command; Fyes, ieaming with welcome, shall trong round to light thee, ‘And Love serve the feast with his owa willing hand. 1t 1s written in the Book of Books, Leviticus xxiit., 29, 30—“‘And when you will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own Will. On the same Gay tt shall be eaten up; ye shail leave none of it until the morrow.” Here is an injuncuon, indeed a command, which deserves strict aud literal observance, ‘The ‘sacrifice of thanksgiving’? now- adays means a banquet or feast, and it shall be eaten up on the same day and none of it shall be left until to-morrow, And it would betoken an aimost criminal want of faith in the religious ardor and sincerity of the Recee to doubt that tis com- mand will be generally obeyed, and that liutie or none of the pumpkin pastry for of turkey will be lefe over. But since Christ himself, at the marriage feast in Cana of Galtlee, turned water into wine, and ito good wine at that, as the ‘“Guvernor” declared It to be (St. John 11, 1 to 10), at may be assumed as true that, temperance agitators and total abstinence societies to the contrary not- withstanding, most of the Thanksgiving feasts to- day will be liberaliy provided with this gift of Heaven, specially promised to man as a recompense for piety aud devotion—“Honor the Lord wiih tay substance and with the first fruits of ail thine in- crease; $0 stall thy barns be filled with ploniy and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.’—Pro- verbs ih, % 10, And many a@ banqueting ali in this city and country to-day may suit the de- script.on by the enamored ¥eramorz; — ‘The board was spread with fruits and wine, omy sega . , : Winos, too, of every cline and hue Around their Hqnid Iustre threw ; Aimber Rosolli—the bright dew ni vineyards of the green sea gushing : Ant Shiraz wine, that riebly ran s if Ghat jewel large and tby tor which Kubial-Khan da city's wealth, was binshing, Moited within the goblets the: Although the modera sapply comes ei y France’ or the vine-clad hills of (he Ruine, yet the iucs of the amber aud raby exert te sind attraction to-day as when Fadiaieen played the stork, Uurelenting and saoralizing critic aud spoke out against this “beverage ot tne untaithim.’’ Gow. ever, itis to be hoped that, amid the festivities of the day, the “sob'rer tune” of ania wil be remembered, and that, amid the “friends and wit auc over the sacrifice of puiopkin pie and turkey, the true and really high purposes of the day will not be forgotton, And when duly mtadfal of these when tue ti if moved (Oo eppreciate the blessings enjoyed, the dangers avolded aud the benefits bestowed, tien the day will have been filly honored, but moraliz- ing would be out of place, and, moreover, unnecessary, Yet it is nether out of piace nor unnecessary to remind the people of asacrea dury that resis upon them, itis that the best and most acceptable “sacrifice Of Ulanksgiving’ they can offer would be to remember the poor, to give the needy, (he unfortunate, the maigent, some of thelr surplus, so that these aleo may Nave cause to render thanks on this day to Him who “moveth the heart to charity aud benevolence."’ ‘Then they may, wile enjoylig themselves the satisfaction of ‘a good deed along with the good things of this earth around the jestive board and tn the circle of frends and kine dred, adopt Moore's beautiful and poetic prayer:— But eens round the bowl; whilo » relic of tr Ixio man or ta woman this prayer rhali be mine— ‘That the sunshine of love may iMuming ow youth, And tho moonlight of friendship console vur decline, her from Tak DAY IN THE CIrY. Jn the city the day will be generally observed, although Mayor Hall has not followed the time- honored custom of issuing the usual proclamation, deoming Jt probably unnecessary, since the Presi- dent had with hia proclamation recommended tie observance of the day to the whole country “and all te tmhabitants thereof,” and Governor Hoffman had enjoined the same festive remembrance of Divine mercies to the people of the State, Business will generaily be suspended and all the “good peo- ple” will give unemselves up to remembering the “good things’ of the earth, of the seas and of “that which 1s in heaven,” and which hath been vouchsafed them by “Him who raleth all.” There will be Divine service appropriate to the day tm nearly all the churches, and destined, it is hoped, to infuence the hearts of the hearers and to give birth to a resolution to walk in the path of right, justice and charity forever hereafter. The Charches and Missions. At the Church of the Messiah, Park avenue and ‘Thirty-fourth street, at eleven o’clock A, M., Rev. George H. Hepworth will explain the objects of the day. At the Seventh Presbyterian church, corner of Broome and Ridge streets, Rey, T, M. Dawson will preach, Rev. George B, Cheever will eahort a pious audl- ence in the North Presbyterian church, corner of ‘Ninth avenue and Thirty-first street. Rev, T. T. Kendrick will deliver an appropriate sermun at the Church of the Pilgrims, in West Forty- eighth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, Rev. Dr. Etnhorn holds forth tn German this fore- noon at the Temple Adath Jeshurun, on West Thirty- ninth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, Rey. Dr. Gutheun, at the ‘Temple Emanuel, corner Forty-third street and Fifth avenue, wiil lead the service in English and deliver the sermon in the sane langaage. At the Church of the Divine Paternity, corner Fifth avenue and Forty-fith street, Rev. Dr, Chapa 18 announced to speak upon the cause man has to rele der thanks unto Delty. All the Catholic churches will be open and high mass is to be celebrated at half-past ten o’clock this morning in all, and sermous preached on the high importance of the day, ‘he Howard Mission and Home for Little Wander- ers, 40 New Bowery, will have divine service this morning at cleveu o’clock, Rev. H. H. McKarland and Key. W. C. Vanmeter officiating. There will be sluging by the children, brief addresses, and dinner attwo lr. M, The Five Points House of Industry wiil celebrate the day by religious exercises, and the children will be furnished a Thanksgiving dinuer at a quarter-past one o’clock, the out-door poor at threel, M. ‘The Five Points Mission School will also have Divine service at two P. M. and dinner will be served to the children at three P. M. The Midnight Mission, at 23 Aiity street, will also celebrate the day by due observance, St, Barnabas’ flouse, 304 Mulberry street, will be all alive with the good things of the season, devo- tional exercises preceding the Tease. So also at the House of the Good Shepherd, on Ninetictu street and Kast River, where the iriendless females who, forsaken by the world, there found a home, will be sensible that they have reason to thank their Heavenly Father. The Children’s Aid Society follows in the wake of kindred institutions, and the little ones entrusted to its care will not be witout religions consolation nor without their Thanksgiving dinoer. Nor will the friends of the little newsboys, those eager pediers of the day’s intelligence, at their Lodging House, No. 49 Park piace, allow them to forget tuat while enjoying the iruits of their hard labor they should look upwards to the Creator, “from who all blessings flow.” ‘Tae Home tor the Friendless, No. 32 East Thirticth street, will provide the children in their charge with an entertainment appropriate to the occasion. The congregation B’ual Maminun, corner Fifty- second strect and Second aveaue, wiil listen oa lecture from Kev. Maurice Fluegel on ‘Tae necess.ty of rendering thanks unto God.’ ‘The venerable Trinity church and all the nume- rous parish churches of the Protestaut Episcopal dcnomination will be open for service Lbis morning gud the rectors will strive to unpress their congre- gations with the holiness of tae occasion. alr, dames Ayliffe will play popular al.s on the chimes of Old ‘Trinity at seyeu o’ciock A. M., noon and six P.M. The Orphans’ Homes aud Asylums of the severat religious denonunations in the city will all ceiebraice the aay in a becommng manner to leave in the mincs of the children a Warm remembrance of the nour when they were catled together to thank heavea tor its blessiags. iiev. Dr. Vidaver will preach at his synagogue, Buat Jesuurun, on Thiriy-fourth sweet, betweea Sixth and Seventh avennes; Kev. Dr, Isaacs at his splendid new temple, “Gates of Neaven,’’ on Forty- iifth siveet, vetween Sixth avenue and Broadway, and Key. Dr. Huebsch at lis synagogue, coruer of Fourui street and avenue C, The Public Institutions. Adhering to the estabditshed usage, which in course of time has become a rule as firm and fixed as i it had been enacted by the law-making power, ‘Vhanksgiving Day will be duly celebrated at all the public tustitutious. The Comuitssioners of Ewigra- tion will proceed to Ward's Island and will entertain the mmnimtes of the several establishments there located with the usual festive diner. ‘Tne “German Society,’’ the oldest emigration society iu the coun- try, having been chartered in 1/83, Will assist at the ceremonies, aud the festival will undoubt- edly be quite a green spot in the dreary waste of lite on the isiand. Nor wiil the Cominis- siouers forget the temporary sojourners at Castie Garden, in order to remind them that on such a day ag this, even they should leel themselves among friends, though tn a sirange land. The Commissioners of Charities and Correction wili do the same by those who involuntarily inhabit the mansions on Blackweil’s and Ranuati’s Island, in prison, in hospital, mm madhouge though they be, it 1a intended to make them acknowledge that to render thanks unto Deity is but mecomplete if one 18 not also just and charitable to his tellow man. Eveu the prisoners io the Tombs are uot to be for et and for tue ugual ration of “rice avd mo- ses’ will be substituted something more substan- tial aud far more palatable. Aud the patients, at least (hose oa the lisc of convalescents, at tne Beile- vue Hospital will aiso come in for their full share of the attention of the Commissioners on ‘Thanks- giving Day.” oe The Public Offices. The offices where the public business is transacted will all be closed, the Sub-Treasury entirely, the Post OMce and Custom House alter ten o'clock in the morning. All tne municipal offices are to be closed, and no business whatever will be transacted, The courts have adjourned over the da, The police courts will do tie most necessary business as on Sunday, but no judge will sit in the afternoon, The only public officers who have no respite are the lice, and the public ofices which will be kept open for the transaction of business are the station houses; but & is not outof piace to remind the reager that he should not let “Thanksgiving” over- take him to such an extent as to necessitate his fnd- tug out personally what Kind of business is transacted at these station houses. The janitor of the City Hall, the jovial George Roome, hopes tor a quiet day of rest, but ne fears that the annual ratd o1 the ‘Fan- tasticals” may interfere with it, The Theatres. Excepting at Wallack’s and the hall of the San Francisco Minstrels matinee performances will be given this afternoon at every piace of amusement in ‘this city and vicinity. At each and every one of our theatres excellent extra programmes tave been arranged jor the proper observance of the day, and past experience warrants the prediction that every one of the theatres will be as liberally patron- ized in the afternoon’as in the eveniug. At the Grand Opera House the Richings-Bernard opera troupe will make the “Crown Diamonds” sparkle in the afternoon, with “Maritana” as the atcraction in the evening. “Time and the Hour” will fill up the gap at Booth’s theatre until evening, when Miss Bateman will introduce “Mary Warner” vo asympathizing audi. ence. “Litde Lotta’ holds forth “Little Neli? and tho “Little Marchioness” in Niblo’s big theatre bork auternoon and evening. Mr, Lester Wallack will be at “Home at his theatre ouly in the eveniug, where he will also appear in “A Reguiar Fix.” “Custe’? with @ good cast will be given at the Fifth Avenue theawe, both im the afternoon and evening. At the Olymple theatre “Poor Humanity’ will in- duige in u hearty laugh at “A Bullin a China shop” ims afternoon. tn the evening it Will be pice versa— “A Bull,” &e., lauguing at “Hoor Humanity.” The German Stadt theaure, No. 45 Bowery, will present the Teutons with a German version of Offen- bach's well kaown onérd bof, “La Vie Partstenue,”? with Miss Chorherr as Gabrieile, “London; or, The Lights and Shadows of the Great ity,” wil be handsomely tilustrated at the Froneh ‘theatre titis afternoon and evening. Wood's Museum caps the climax with three per- formanves—yvii “The Spectre bridegroom” and rial Tutor’ in the morning, “Darius Dutton” in the afternoon and “Aladdin” and the “Pretty House- breaker?’ in the evenitig. i At the Rowery theatre “The Watch Dog’ and “Nick of the Woods" will bow! tn the afternoon, and “the Red Gnome,” “ver Freiseyttz” and “The Murdered Waterman’ will hold forth in tue even- ng. Ke the Pag sf the Hantons will swing on tn u trapeze, uris Will tumble on the stage an other “attraotions too numerous to mention” will be given at the matinée and again in the ovenin; “Cormac of Cave,” with other spicy varieties, Wil! be given at Tony Pastor's Opera House, both in the aft gon gna evening. At the Theatre Comique ballet, jigs, songs ana eeweey are the reatures for the matinée and cven- "fhe Wai Drilliant with “stars,’’ will be en- livened with varicties performance both in \ Ssnea van al brani Mintstrela will crowd the LJ cro’ bail nt the matinee And oyalis in tue eVeuungs . The San Francisco Minstrels will amuse their friends only in the evening. At the New York Circus tratned acrobats, horses and clowns will tumble about both at the matinée and evening performance, At the Park theatre, Brooklyn, Mrs. Conway wit! “box? the “Marimer’s Compass” tiig afternoon and evening. Hooley’s Minstrels in the same pious city will give “burnt cork” seances this afternoon and evening. At the Athenwum, Brooklyn, Professor and Mme. Wiseman, the iiusionists, will hocus pocus the Brooklynites botn afternoon and evening. And last, though probalvy not least, a “grand varieties performance” wil! be given this afternoon aud evening at the Odeon, Williamsburg. Miscelianeons Celebrations. ‘The Steuben Schuetzen Corps will have a shooting match, banquet and ball at the Lion Park, toch strect and Tenth avenue. They nave lately elected My, Sixtus Ludwig Kap for their president, and propose to devote the surplus of their receipts to the erection of @ suitable monument to General Steuben. Several thousand dollars were raised some years ago for the same purpose, which money is now in the hands of Governor Seymour and awails appropriation, ‘The national game will not be withont its devotecs to-day. At the Capitoline, at half-past ten A. M., the Stars will meet the Osceolas. On the Elysian Fields the Empires wili “wind up. A play 18 to be arranged between the Old Phellows and the Young Players of the Empires on the same ground, The Heavy Weights will play the Light Weights and the Mutuals tne Eckfords, the latter at the Union Grounds. ‘The burleseuers, yclept “Pantasticals,’? will make both day and night hideous with their shrieks and screams, aud their Un pans and kettle druis, a8 has been the custom, which, however, would be better honored in the breavl than in the observance. An almost countless number of “target com- punies” bave arranged for excursions to-day, and red and white flannel shiris or jackets have been at wpremimn for owe wees, Candidates for alder manic honors will Lave to land over plated piteiers, casters and Uie like as prizes, and the eitizena wil enjoy the marching and countermareting of these target companies probaoly for the major pe aus Worst of all will fare the turkeys. fowls must yicld up iheir lives that brufal man may feast upon thelr carcases. “A sitce from the breast, madame, if you pigase,” or “I prefer ut cond joint, sir,” or “Do give Lily the drumstic such and analogous remarks will be heard to-day in almost every houseioid throughout the laxd, and tne slaughter among the turkey population, to gratify the ravenous appetite of maa, must have been tremendous. In fact, Ben," ti ailor, who has lately enitgiutened these sub: regions with his revelations trom tie spiritual spheres, has fa- vored us with a spectal telegram from tae “world of sperriis,” asking permission to tuform the American people and the rest of mankind through the columns of tho HERALD that the “ghosts or “spernits’? of all the slaughtered tur- keys have held an indignation meeting on the great plane of the sevent. sphere and resolved to issue an earnest protest against any future ‘ihanksgiving dinners and against the bloodthirsty decimation of their race, ‘Ben’ says he has been deputed to pre. sent this protest, through his mundane sponsor, These poor Miss Thackaberry, to President Grant apd Lo ¢ gress. Much good may itdo him and the tur Selah! HE DAY IN TAE SUBURB New Jersey. PROCLAMATION BY TIE GOVERNOR, To acknowledge the goodness of Almighty God and render to Him the sincere homage of grateful hearts is the daty of a Ciristian community, and upon no people does this obligation rest more fully tian upon Lils Commonwealth. Recognizing this obligatton and conforming to @ Ume-honored and revered custom of the people of earnesily recommend to my fellow citi- zens that Taursday, the isth day of November next, be observed in the Bate of New Jersey as a day of thanksgiving and prayer; and that, abstaining from our usual avocations, we gather in divine worship on tint day, rendering unto God our gratetul tribute for His wuineasurable mercies and biessings to us as a people. Given at the Executive Chamber, in the city of ‘Trenton, thus 20th day of October, in tite year of Our Lord, 1809, and of tie independence of the United States of Awerica the nine! arid. HHO, FL RANDOLPH, Altest—SAMUEL C, Brown, Private Secretary, The above is the only proclamation issued im our sister State across the North river, all the municipal chiefs agreeing, a8 1t is supposed, in the opinion of Mayor Hall, of this city, that the recommendations of the President and of the Governor were all-suMcient. As here, 80 also in Jersey City and throughout tue State, the day will be appropriately kep!, business is to be suspended, the churches wil open their doors for the peopie to bear the word of Holy Writ read and explained, and to have their thougits diverted Jrom the atiairg of this world to those of the world hereaiter. And m private, in the family circle, the Thanksgiving dinner, with the inevitable turkey as the chiei avtractioa and central figure, will be en- daged & all Not less healfiy, tough perhaps jess ostenta- tously in a religious point of view, will Thanksgiv- Ing be celebrated in the Teutonic regions of Jersey, Troi Hoboken to ort Lee and Gutvenburg. Batis, reunions, kociables—some more or Jess public, others exciusive and private—lave been arranged, and not a few select parties have been made up, determined to have a jovial jaunt through New York and eujoy Its uetroyo.itan gayeties, buteven here the reii- a) part of the ceremonial due to the day has pot heen overlooked, and the several churches, Catholic aud Protestant, will serve out to (heir devoted con- gregationus words of holy meaning. Brookiyn. PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR. MAYon's OFFICE, BROOKLYN, Nov, 16, 1869. The President of the United States and tue Gover- nor of the State baving designated J liursday, Novem- ber 18, as a day of gy es Reed prayer, 1 do hereby recommend to my fcilow-citizens the due observance of the same. While we, m common With the people of the whole country, have abundant cause for thanksgiving for the prosperity which as a nation we bave enjoyed the past year, we have especial cause to return our acknowledgment, as cilizens of Brooklyn, lor the mauifold blessings which: curing the ces pl! have been extended to our city. AKTIN KALBFLEISCH, Mayor, The “City of Churches’? seems determmed to retain the reputation it has gained through ite name and will celebrate Thanksgiving day accordingly. Ali the churches, of whatever denomination, are expected to be filled with pious listeners to the sainted words that may fali from the lips of Krook- lyn’s divines. Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, at Ply- mouth church, wi) preach in the morning, and #0 wilt Bishop Littlejohn at the Church of the Holy Trinity, The stores will ve closed and ali “hands”? will rest from secular occupation, The city wil) put ow the fuil outward appearance of Sunday, with We Sabbath restrictions lett out, The public offices will be closed the same as here, the Post Oflice being kept open until ten o'clock in the forenoon. The courts bave adjourned over the day, and the City Hall and the County Court House will be deserted by the crowds that usualiy throng there for business, Special festive dinners will be served at all the charitable institutions, at the Alms- house, and there is Said to be sume taik of bright- ening the visions of even the culprits im the Jat with choice morsels appropriate (o Thanksgiving Day. Rha thus the metropolis of America ani ita numer- ous dependencies on both sides of its water bous- dary dO houor to the day set apart to give thanks for the mercies of Mleayen 80 bounteousiy showered upon this people, THANKSGIVING MAKE “Buy aturkey, sir? Nice ones, fatted for this oceasion—only twenty-eight cents a pound’ —rang out im Washington and Fulton Markets yesterday and last night. Men, women, girls and chiidren sold them, and they (the sellers) held out all kinds of inducements. “Yes, sir, the old year is going.’’ “Aln’t they nice? “Will sell you chickens at twenty cents, sir, and turkeys at twenty-cight cents—who wants them?" Thus the words went forth and the crowd bought, Packages every one had, Old fathers and junior sires carried them away. Washington was a little cheaper than Fulton and the other marts—but all bought. Ragged urchins, matronly women and obese men were buy- ing ond carrying, ail intent upon complying with at leaet the most popwar of Thanksgiving eustoms—to wit, eating a good dianor—whetner they give thanks ihereior or not. UAL AMONG THE Hel Se le In An Aristocraiic Teraelition Congregation, Yesterda: Special Term of the Supreme Court the case of Joseph Aden ve. Jacob Pecare and others was called up for a hearing before Juage bar- nard, The plaintu? and defendants are meim- bers of the Polish Jewish congregation known as Bhai Jesharun. They carry on their rites in a synagogue situated in Thirty- fourth street, between SIxth and Seventh ave- nues, and this Action is now brought to restrain perpetually the defendants, who are trustees of the congregation, from expelling or censuring tie plaintif”, The defendants deny that they ever threat ened or intended to expel bim, and disciatm any thority to do so, but admit they intended {0 gery sure him or punish him with «i ol Bool Gala Boal Qacer Tr punishment as they hi yow inflict, if any, alleging @§» & jlbtifcation therefor that slan the wife of the Rey, leet of the congregation, ir. Vidaver, ne ‘To this the plaintiff answer’ that he only told what he had heard from third parties; that others, and not he, had all certain unchaste things to have occurred between the in question and Mr, Pecare, Acting on this state of the “situation” the trustees held @ meeting, to which Mr. Aden was summoned, when, accofding to the testimony, a tumultuous scene arose, and words of anything but a Serintural choracter were used, Jt anvears that ewes to the by-laws of the institution Mr. Aden pays $200 a year for the privileze of holding two seats in the synagogue, and consequently claims tv would be a pecuniary disadvantage co him to be ex pelied. It further appeared from the testimony th the trustees had held severa! meetings, at whic they had invesugated the slanderous charges made by Mr. Aden and had found them to be false. ‘The Court dismissed the compiaint, on the ground tha* there was no proof that aug oficial action had been tuken tending towards expelling plaintill, or that any tnreat had beea made vo taat effect, FIGHTING THE FAT MEN. The Rendering of Dead Animals—The Board of Hentth Stilt Hesitate=Dr. Barris Ase | sailed for His War Upon Fat Sfen~The Explosive Oi} Tests, ‘This Board of Health met yesterday for the pur- pose of making some return to the public for their fat salaries. President Lincoln occupied the char, and gathered about him were Commissioners Urane, Stone, Stephen Suith, Swinburne, Bosworth and Ma- nierre, The attorney recommended the discontinuance of suits against the ‘Trinity church corpo- ration for noncompliance with orders on the payment of fifty dollars into the treasury of the Board, which mmendation was approved, The Sanitary Committee reported that there was no known Instrument sufticiently almple to enable the general public to test kero- sene oils, A German, pained Louis Seitz, appeared by counsel to induce the Hoard to restram one of his neighbors from erecting a teuement house im cond avenue, 0 Fifty-fourth street, which the Board refused to do. Mr, Carter, of the New York Rendering Company, appeared to slow cause why their permit should not be revoked, After reviewing the action of the Board on the subject, he assailed Dr, Harris, charging him with saviny one thing in ius reports to the Board and the opposite to officers of the compan He nad stated to him among other things that the apparatus of the company Was a complete success, aud tnat in point of cleanliness it was as good as where he (farris) resided, Mir, Carter then read an affidavit from Ransom ¢ a discharged in C- for, charging that Dr. had ende = Hare compel Lim to tagaust ine and had discharged tim because fused Harris, in answer to qneries of ymmissione announced that Park was discharged for no such p ; that his aitidavit was totally false, also the of his (farris’) conversation with Cai discussion followed, Carter maintain) it was utterly Lmpossible for the compaay to comply with all the terms upon which the permit had beea granted. Messrs. Lincoln aad Swinburne tavored the conuunuance of the alle Phe sud- Ject was finally, after m , referred to the Sanitary Commivte gineer for a report. Carier then came in with an application for a pormit to convey from Brooklyn to vuis city dead horses to be rendered here. This was on the eve of being granted, when Maniorre protested that Brooklyn should take cave of its own animal dead, and tle request was retus Another Batch of Prosecutions Secommended, At ine session of the Board of Health sesaterday Dr. Harris submitted the following repe and tl attorney was ordered to prosecute all oils are below the slandard:— BOARD OF EDUCATION. Nomination of School Iv mal School tor Girls; Oficers. A stated meeting of this Board was helt iast evens tog, with the President, Co issioner emore, in the chair, The lobbies Were, as usual, crowded with a remarkably intelligent audience, All the members of the Board were present except three— one of whom is a chronic absentee, another wag severely indisposod and the third was obliged to stay away on account of domestic aMiction, It might he judged, from tue quiet and somewhat anxious looks of many Who were present, that the session was “pig with the fate” of somebody or something, and the proceedings, barangues, orations and spread eugletams were attentively listened fo, aud, itis to be hoped, duly weighed in mind. Among the papers introduced was @ communication from the Mayor nominating School Inspectors for the several school districts for the verm of three years from the Ist of Jannary, 1870. The nominations for the respective districts are:—First district, C. F, Weber; Second, Henry Tice; Taird, Alfred Moore; Fourth, W. KE. Brinkerhont; Fifth, R. ©. Fellows; Sixth, Erastus Littlefield; Seventh, Dr. &. J. Brodie. The commu- hication was referred to the Committee on Biections and Qualifications, A resolution was adopted directing th.t the schools—day and evening—be closed on Friday next, as lt 14 deemed inexpedient to have a session of only one day or night, Such excra vacations as this were formerly regarded as great boons, and ne doubt the school children of to-day wilt look upon the extra day as something to be placed to the credit of the economical Board, The Comptroller was (rected to piace $300,000 the credit of the Board. The Committee on Normal, Evening and Colored Schools reported that in view ol the lact that many of the young ladies who have passed througn tae shools creditabiy remain to parsue their studies in ementary grades, aud that wany of theur oming schoo! teachers, it would be more economical and imo elcacious to have a school set apart for the struction of such young jadiex, and that by the establishinent of a daily Normal scool for females all the bevedis almed at Could be aciamed, ‘The report couciuded with. res ewupowering (ue Committee on Normal, Colored Schools to lease and juraiso the th of ot premises No, 694 Broadway for one y-ar and five months, at the reotal of $6.00, with privilege of res maining auother year at $6,000, for the pu roviding @ daily Normal school for females. The resointions were adopted. Vhe Comiitttee on Bylaws reported in favor of amending ihe bylaws so as to do away with the practice of paying the persons who may act as clerks to the local boards of trustees, and empower- ing the trastees of eaca ward to appoint a principal from any of the schools of the ward to act as clerk to the Board without compensativa, The allowance per scholar to the local boards was reduced frou. one dollar each scholar to thirty-taree and one-third cents eocd scholar, gud providing for other matters of great moment—perhaps, ‘Tis evidently was the item for which tnany of those im the lobby had been walting, and many of the school teahcers present exchanged glances and gave their noses the slightest perceptible “turn up’? This reso- lution Was adopted, as also was another directing an amendment to the bylaws to the citect that culldren being absent from school exer- cises on account of attendance at religious services: pertors=Daily Nore nomy and Pancy To H Sink—We again submit to the Board the results of tests of the explosive oils which are sold as kero- sene, &c, for burning in lamps. In this week's re- port Dr. bndemann shows wat in testing thirty- seven samples he found that thirty-six of them gave off explosive yapor far below 100 degrees Fahven- neit. pf these cases present evidence of ag- era Inds of violation of the law of the State and the Boay’s ordinance concerning this class of dangerous cls. In a few instances the holders of the explosive stuif have promised to withdraw the stock from sale, bat m most instances the ignorant shopkeepers will go on retailing their ur and de- ing lives and property by their recklessness, ‘This 1s one of the me culpable, Wurestrained aud destructive evils wh Board of Geaith is calied upon to prevent, or, ‘X pose and condemn. Respectiully, FE. HARRIs, anitary Saperintendent. Gt Kerosene Olle and other t : Reporton the E Burniny F ght in the Metropolitan Dis- uriet 1 s. 172 Elizabeth street. 18 Kovh, 893 Eant Houston lw Ivers, 406 5 Handsueh, 444 5 16 J. Wuest, 462 WwW T. Vanduzer, 4 35 Td. Geyer, 1 66 J. J. Gever, 1 3 Eagle Ot! \ ; per agent, RC. Kayser, 122 East Fourth strect,. u 63} 90 Eagle ON Wo per 22 F es] aa ‘alker, L 78) oS John F. Sehmntut, 107 Be} 08 ‘Mrs. Ann Beben, 101 Bll ¥s BELOW LEGAL STANDARD BY FLASHING TRS. Christine Nengans, 149 Mott wirect... ...) 45.5) 84) 118 Joun MeLangh ast Fourth street. | sl] 11a Henry Ott, 1 so} 4 + Mudier & kK 86) 120 Henry Fabs ! 119 Louts Jelinck, 16 Hast Fourth wo] 168 A. Reinheimer, 332 East it i 110 H. Newman, 9 Eltzabeth str tal 110 1. Murphy, 329 Elizabeth street 4] 112 Bridget Donoho, 210 Elizabeth st Beis 4. Spervealage, 14 Prince stree! Bs) 133 ©. Berg, 178 Elizavoth street. se] 121 Hoge Schilier, 479 East Ho RS V4 RF. Boese, corner Lewis and Houston... me iC) COMPLYING WITH THR REQUIREMENTS OF Wm. Honerkamp, 489 East Houston st we The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marriage of Hon. Reverdy Jotnson. {From the Baltimore Sun, Noy. 1 A goldeu wedding of more than usual interest, from tke celebrity of the parties and their namerous descendants and extensive family connections, tor place lust night at 122 Park street, the city residence of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, who celebrated the Atieth anuiversary of his marrige with Mrs. John- son, a daughter of the late © Kowle, who flied the executive chair of Mai 1803 and 1811. Mr. Johuson is in his seven year and Mrs Jobpson in the sixty-seventh year of her age. They have ten children living, thirty-four grandcuildren, four of whom are children of a daugter deceased, and three great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs, Johnson lost several chidren in early life. The family of Mr. Johuson (now living), most of Whom were present on the occasion, consists of Mrs. Mary Morris, wife of Thomas H. Morris, of this city, wio have seven children and one grandchild, their children bemg Mrs. Naunie, wife of John Prince, of New York city, Who have one sou, and Mar, can James, Thomas and John Morr Lou Travers, wile of Wlilia K. ‘travers, of New York city, who lave nine ciuldren and two grand- children; Mrs. Mary, wife of Winfred Gray, of New York, Who have two children; Louisa, Hattte, xilen, Matiiaa, Susan, Jon, Willie and Reverdy ‘Travers; Mra, Emily Lewis, wile of Washington Lewis, of Fau- quler county, Va., who have nine children; Mrs. Mar- garet, wife of Lewis Jounson, of Charleston, 8 C., now United States Marshal of that district, who decea: ed leaving four ehildre a; Mra. Eliza Dangerfield, widow of the late Henry Dangerfield, of Alexandria, Va. who lias two sons; Mrs, siatiida, wile of Charles M. Gwynn, of this city, who have one daugh Mra, Camilla, wife of Andrew sterrett Ridgely, of tus city, Who have one daugtiter Living; Mrs. Lila, wile of Charles G, Kerr, of tits city, Who have one child; Edward Contee Johnson and wie Kate; Reverdy Jolnson, Jr, now tn Europe, and Bowie Johnson. The assembling of so Jarge # domestic cire which meindea much of graceful Seanty, int ject end worth, presented a scene which might weil make the ‘hearts of the parents whom they #o respect swell with pride and happy emotions, In consequence of the recent family afiiction befaiten the connections there was no public rece tion, the gathering being coniined to the circie of the family, There were numereus golden presents made on the occasion from members of the faintly, onsisting of golden pitchers, boxes, &c, There wis also exiivited on the tables the beautifil goid box, nearly 8X iehes square, with the freedoia of i! cily of Glasgow, presented io Mr, Jotnson by Ul Corporation of that city on the occasion of bis Visit, when United States Minister to Great Britain, Rev. Dr. Mahan, of St. Paul's church, was present, aud Mr. and Mrs, Jolnson, standing side by side, as in the marriage ceremony, the rector mace an ad- dress appropriate to the occasion, and concluded by pronouncing the usual nuptial benediction, as in the iwarriage service, The remainder o1 tie evenmg Was parsed in Tewtivity aud social enjoy went, MARINE TRANSFERS. The following is a complete jist of marine trans fers from the Cu'tom House from the lth to the 17th net. “Nan. | Tonnage [meg emer me TTT a al b't Robert Davidson) 115.66 270.90 278-04 60 nial b"C hooner| hooner Onn {da Richard Ida Kiebardson.. should b6 credited with their average marks in the various studies. A further report, providing for the dividing of Wie schvols into twelve groups and the assignment 0: one of the Comulsstoners as @ Visitor to each gronp during a certatu stated period, Thia was in accordance with @ resolution ofiered by Com- missioner Wood at the last stated meeting, and wae adopted, The plan proposed by Mr. Wood to nave anew style of map, showing stage and car routes and locations of schools, inserted in the Manual, was reported on a/iverse\y. 1 Mr. Woop, in opposing. the adoption of the report, showed the maps which he had been using, and which were literally in ribbons, The report, how- ever, was adopted, Commissioner SANDS offered a resolution, com- mencing With the stereotyped phrase im regard to suci and such matters being “of the highest tm. portance,” &c,—providing that aspecial committee of five be appointed to examine taorouguly the systea of public education and the metiod of teaching practised ian America, &c. Cominisioner SMYTHE moved to amend by refer- ring the matter to the regular Committee on the Course of Studies, Commissioner SANDS said the regular committee had aiready as much to do a4 they could attend to and the matter was one requiring careful and special consideration, and should go to a special commitwe. He did not say that, otherwise, tue Cluzen’s Association Would not be chairman of the committee, and it may be wneharitable to suppose that he meant so. Alter a litte discussion the amendment offered oy Mr. Sinythe was adopted, Commissioner SaNnDs offered another resoinvion— im consequeuce of its “being of the highest import. ance”—providing for the appointment of an “abie'? und competent physician to act as sanitary superins tendeut, look afler the ventilation, heating and lightiug of the schools und tue health of the teaci ers and scholars, Mr. SMYTHE£ Opposed the adoption of the resolu. ttou, on the ground that such Work was the province of the Board of Heaith, aud that as the Board was applying economy it was rather inconsistent to create new officers and smecure positions, Mr. SaNps said the Board of Health had nothing to do with tt, and a “competent? man could be ortained todo tne work for $160 per month, He did not say that there was a physician among the acquaintances of the Citizens’ Association “compe- ten’ to do the work who wanted a “place,” nor did he say that the $1,800 or so ayear saved by making the clerks to the local boards ‘k for nothing would be just enough to pay the mmpetent” phy. siclan, aud that thus the eternat fitness of things would be exemplitied. The matier was referred ta the Committee on Course of Studies, School Books ana Hygiene, A resolution was offered by Mr. Woop and adopted by the Board directing the Committee on New #uild- ings to Inquire how soon the new school houses in course of erection In Downtng street and Broome street, pear Sheriff, would be completed, and to see if the contractors are doing their duty. Mr. Woop, im offering the resolution, gave @ graphic ana amusing account of his experience ii the localities refer: to and the apparent want oi agsiduity on the part of the workmen on the new butdings, He sald if the Downing street house was intended for a theatre it would be finished by the ist of January, but as it was It would not be completed before April or probabiy May. Commissioner BELL offered a preamble and reso- Intion im relation to the death of the mother of Com- issioner Brennan, tendering to Mr. Brennan the rympathy of the board, and providing that, as a mark of respect, the Board adjourn. ‘The resolution was adopted, and the President accordingly declared the Board adjourned, TERRIBLE HURRICANE. Care Blowa From the Track—A Boy Killed yd Many Passengers Injured—Mails Dew stroyed, Boston Four Corners, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1869, ‘This piace was again visited by one of the terrific storms that are occasionally felt in this section, The wind blew with such force a8 to unroof Dulld- ings, whirl fences and simtlar objects about in every direction. ‘The Harlem Railroad train that left Chatham this morning at nine o’¢lock was blown from the track about a mile north of this place, nothing remaining on the track but the locomotive. The tender was hauled partly across the track by the descent of the drst of the train. The cars were lifted from the track by the force of the wind, and hariea seventy-five fect down a steep embankment, rolling over and over in thetr fall. The baggage car con- talning the mails was destroyed by tal fire from the stove, and the baggageuian barely escaped with his life, The express and smoking car combined recelved less damage, the express matter being saved. The passengers tm the two coaches were ail more or jess Injured One boy was Killed outright, Two passengers were fatally Lijured. Immediately on the occurrence of the catastropue conductor Pierson had the wounded conveyed to the house of Mr. Benjamin Miller and sent a speciat messenger to Copake for Drs. Reynolds and Steigne. On arrival they dressed the wounds and made all as comfortable as the circumstances would —per- mit, The piace where this accident happened bas on several previous occasions been the acene of a similar accident, the wind from the east rushing through a gorge in the mounwatns with resistless fi Appeaded will be found a list of those most severely lajured: A boy, siipposed to be MoBride, of Armenia, killed and partially burned; his body stilt remains In tie car, Birdsée Curus, Catskil, scalp torn off and tn- jured Internally; recovery doubtful, Cheater { fe, South Pgremont, Mass.; the for- mer ¢ braised about the head and shoalders: . Goodale, an old lady, received a severe shock and is badiy cut about the head and face; recovery doubtful. Misa F. A. Parsons, Arm menia, out about the head and face, James Iialstead, Mownt Riga, injured about the head and hands, ha yan Yieit, brakeman, considerably jammed, The balf-past eight train from New York has just arrived with a force from Dover, The track wiil be cleared, and passengers and wounded who are abio to travel Will be sent on this evening. A coroner has been stmmmoned, and an inquest will be held to- MOLrOW. NAVAL INTELLIBENSE, in Commander William N, Jetfera 1s detached from tho Naval Observatory, and ordered as # momber of the Examining Board at Washingtou examine odjcera in French and Spanish. Paymaster Frank ©. Crosby is ordered to the Sara nt Engineer James Patterson is ordered to A ANIY Ab the Bava! station oF Leawie Leia, seanitay ix vavias