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4 ries throughout Furons, had become @ vice Pp E fearfully prevaiont, and was one of the strong- » est enemies which the Church, or rather the good men tn the Church, had to contend with, eRe and it was therefore, {1 special manner, one of the great labors of the four Councils of the Lateran to overcome as far as they could gud to enact laws against this evil, Of the morals or the century on which these coun- cila were held | need not speak, known as they are to overy reader of history. Agaisat these evils, found as they were among priests as well as laymen, the thunders of these four counells must have been directed, Marriage, too, was by them declared to be aimore sacred institution than the habia of former ages had permified in the West, And although the detatis are tuven too long to enter mto in the cimtts accorded me in these columns, there is no doubt that throughout Luese councils there can be triced a sit , Allnough perhaps uadeflned, lougi of the Church to snake of wiat has ever, and tu all countries, as with Catholics so otestants, beea the great aud chief curse of Lily, the umlon between Church and State, ue that the latter was always too strong for nd that if would never agree to tne union toat Was tor its ciuef bene Buc n tue clergy of that age justic of these four Connells of Lateran , bishops, abbois, monks or priesis were very good or very bad, and the good did y their bost to shake oif the devils that dragging dowa the credit of their Church. thus | beve briefly dispos of tweive ont of the ai councils which have beeu hed »Courch. ‘There sin BX 1 of ail Chavavor to give a short histo E The C tholic Ecumenical Councils---Their History and Results. Travel Through France Towards the E:ernal City. —Their Course and Consequences, s in frrm the Earthqual cial corres+ folowing important | C-! ewspaper re By mail at this port we have ours pondence from Europe, embracin, compreiensive and most tuteresting ar details of our je telegrams and ports to the 18th of November. ENGLAND. FRANCE. The Ecrmenical Conn Counciis of the Catto! ed and Petiued— and Chur dto Nome—The Fashionable and E ical Congregaiion Towards the Obxistian ContremAmericau Prelates from “Phe Vnlied states Squadroa in the itervanean—Marseilles Happy. MARSEIL , Nov. 7, 1860, The hegira to Rome and the fashionable rendez- Whar was th dl VWiest=# Loxpoy, N Tn my last letter I brongit down the history of former Ecumenical Councils to that of Chalcedon, + 13, 1869, the fourth on the list of the eighteen C ouAcHS that Dave as yet taken piace in the Cath Church. I Must now take up my thread with te second Coun- | VOUS to France and Italy have commenced, The ¢il of Constantinople, which commenced tts sittings | U@P0t ef the Paris, Lyons and Mediterrancan Rail- road every morning and evening is the scene of “seenes.”” The capacity of tue road is taxed to carry frou Paris to Marseilies the pleasure-seekimg thon- sands who continually, and jor the Orst Ume, rush to the charming climate of Italy and Southera France. ‘The evening 1 left Paris the crowd included the honorable carainat who had passed the summer in Paris, the pishops and bishops from North and South America who have been summoned to the ap- proaching Council by Plo Nono, Gray-haired gene- rais and Colonels of her Britannic Majesty’s army in India, pri and rich mercnants, old ladies and young eXquisites, peers and commoners, royalists and democrais, were elbowing and expostulaung with cunaing porters; all were anxious to obiain seats in ine mail train, but scarcely one-bait were Immediately after the departure an i ana up to midnight ee OTS Were laden with passengers for Mar- es. Such arush lor seats | haye never seen; it Ued Baltimore during the war. tue (ollowing American preiates have left Paris for Rom Arcobishop Purcell, of Clnemnati; Bishop Palais, of Vincennes, 1od.; Bishop Rappe, of Cleveland; Bishop Quinlan aud Rey. Dr. Barre, of Bishop O'Hara, of Scranton, Pa.; Bishop , of Lumilton, Uanada, and ie Bishop of San- iile, S. A. nited States steamship Franklin, Captain Rodgers, llagship of the Buropean squadron, Admiral Radiord commanding, and United States steamship Jaut.ta, Capiaia Muliany, are in port. Tue sqaadron is at prescntim or near the following places:—The above at Marseilles, tho Sabine at Vila Franca: A. D, 553, or just about 100 years after the previous Oounell had becan to work. You will hardly have failed to note, even in the Blight and 1mperfect sketch given in my last letter of ‘whe first four Councils, that their k had been confined to defining these dogmas respecting the a:ferent natures and the being, so to speak, of Jesus Christ, Nor will you have omitted to remark how very nataral it was in the tirst when printing was unknown, 1i y rare and manuscripts even few and iar be the speculative minds of Orientals specniative people among the Ori Greeks—should have wrongly con more wrongly promulgated, doc’ for which there could possibly either in Seriptures or In tradition. and still id opinions no foundation, And, a3 I said in my first letter on this subject, it was in order to put the doctrines respecting God made man—God who came upon earin, took to himself tne natuves of en) that 1 of the most 3, viz man, died upon the cross and rose a only the first four, but the first eignt councils were called togevher. And yet it ig a matter of wonder tat when the Church had reached the year 553 that there should be, so to speak, any misunderstanding on the doc- trines of the life and being of the Saviour, Was 60, As a modern French author said, when writing of the Nestorian doctrin des Greos ne tarda pas & inven Bul it velle.” It is true that what the Cou Viymouth (formerly the Kenosha), Captain Macomb, deiined respecting the unity of t mo, ltwiy; the Richmond at Malaga. The Saviour, and also the definition will probably Visit Nice aud go from theuce fined af Chalcedon, have, ‘here have been few changes among mained dogmas of the Jaeuier meander Urown, Eastern Caurci seems to ever quite Iree Le h d, The citi. from some error of this natu 1n less seilles both vessels in than a hundred years after the Ux edon, and are eloquent in thelr encomiums batiments des Eats Ui complimenta hose ‘They are also yery 'Yy about tue attentions of our olllcers, proverbial polite and attention have anced the reputation of our gallant navy pennant has been seen. indeed, & more courieous oricer than Admiral Radfora tt would be difficult to find. Hts fleet captaia and the comman- der of the Franklin, Captain Rodgers, are the t sentaiives of the whole of tue’ Eastern por'ia: itself in discord upon sub, She great causes of Origen, Wuich, hetrodox 1n tie e3 ern portion of t the Eastern portion of author as one (as. he certainly ch found whom they coi was on many respect. To enter iuto all t yroad. | i these theological disputes, wou ce of the Franklin and Juniata was of inordinavg length, Sniice it t to officers aud men. [ft ail our war ves- re as economl th Mly managed as the Franklin xpenses of our navy Will ple much uneasiness, ra ok in 500 tous of coal at Gibraltar last April, Since then, almost seyea months, she only consumed, for all pyrposes, 200 tons, or a elzit tons per month. She has been under stewm; nas sated under canvas dur- the whole ume. The Juniata made me tp trom York to Lisbon ander canvas; did not get up % etght Co Juure we spirit m4 lion by the East against the \ 609, when the four Council of eighth Council of the Church, was bh to have been bat one spiric tur that of a struggle between the Mart a! suouid obtam ine mastery, or whi Obliged to separate trom the orher, Istory does nol, When speakir ughout the pa Juniata ut the Church, A Weat whic A should be 409 to 900—tend to steam durivg ge. The Piymouth—wh. a eR ieee oe deprive Kenosh fe, of the honor or a war yesset Church. Ivingues, double-dealt: a being called after that pretty town mination tu asider the taiugs of Cesar bel Who will assert that the n: Is not Of God, and a batr-splituing upoa words o | , Our new cousul, et Price, have bees the oojecis wich ine raueli p Tow ough “only bh ree months, has wu: tered the minutie of con ie & useral oflcer Tiis Is the season Wheii Marseilles puts money in her purse, All the hotels are crowded; all the berths on board the steamers that trade in the Black and Medite gaged, and all up, but Heaven only 1 do. fatners of formed the life and spirit of the errors, and with te Yiulent respecting images Gud pictu the nistory-of tue first Sroyy into which i iat have been held up Ci duties, and 13 surely 1 had im view as ¢ may conclude 35 t the first Councils hg eighte pre a Ue. the careil reader of history miay note throughout the en Also, thee eigut Councils, which us down to t year A. D. 869, a perpetua of Conslantnople end the seg Ponti, the pati stiinted the ec Revolu ary Agitation in the Nowse pers™Rochefort and Ocher LenderomDe- cy and Imperinlism—The Day ef Dee cisive Strnggle~Efect on Trade--Patti for the Noril. with the ex. Panis, Nov. 11, 1969, eption of those that a eMmacy ol 4 Soutenane tie the ninb) euncy Ol) ro read the newspapers any one would suppose In Kassia, the Czar, ia Ur nd im fur- | we w 1 the full swing of a revolutionary crisis, key, evel the Mosiem the rullag Syery moruing the colu ofall the journals over- owes of the creek ¢ Every moruing the co umns OF all the journals ove ‘Then, o; m th frst eight Counctls t fiow with details of the various publig meetings of ‘Was, ay there is still, much vanicy uw Tevious night, Which recall by their violent lan- ee a erie int ep etdimation aimong the | suaye aud tuibulent scenes the worst days of the mut tidir guiean ‘aia to che re first revolution of 1739 At that day there were ex- brat eer eo? cn he Ae at abuses, then as 2 cuses for these exc of speech and demeanor, exigied in the O.ienta! reves with reap ‘ ce hed Io sfed from: & corr money. Bishops, pri and monks - were jor France had he ng suffered from a corrupt and svaricious aud anxious to retain wealth muiv tyrannical government; but now that we have an and not as merely m of Ei bu adinimistration elected by universal sudrage, and munities as iuelr vows y by i which see! aly te och div ot ia ‘whether eociesiastical or secular, repeat Which seeks actively to promote by every Intelligent WAS Witnessed in th tera Cur means the public weal; now that France 1s prosper- Middle of whe ninth century i cus, rich aud strong as never before, th tic ntinople or St. ceptions wordy hats Davure and oifice of our haviour, continual aticmpts to place the ies of Inseusate and frivolous crowds to overthrow government by violence and establish anarchy tn place produce In the minds oi the community at tveir nataral result—anger and diszuat. The pro- dings at these nightly meeungs partake so largely of tae burlasque that most of the journals of Paris treat them with ridicule, Men appear as the orators of the night Who are unknown for the most part tfrowi the fourth century ouneil Of Nice, held A. D. Covnci! of Constant iuop.e. Lela 1 observations i will dispose of tha the nioth— , tO tie fourth nd with (hese i oct ie called vn t ge so of the Councils, | qua without resources or character. They propound whict indicates—to repeat 1 agi | —ine rst x mines meatal ? % Council of Nice, held A. D. Councii. of | tte most grotesque theorles and indulge in the bit: terest viluperation, not merely of the government, a ety itself, and frequently wind up ta joud dennneiations of the yery leaders who were the idols of the street some suort three months ago. Banal and Gambetta, Peiletan and Simon, who were elected by acclamation jast May, are now assailed as cowards ond traivors, This has vaturally led toa in the revolutionary party, and the more mod- erate are reticing lo the rear, wlule the more violent Constantinople, held A. D. Gas, heid A. D. 431; the Coun tne seco: wich of Hphe- | 1 Council ¢ d a7, and the fourti’Council of Voustanunopie, heid A. D, 9. and having thus finished with the Councils held in the East, I come to the first tour neld in the West. These are the first Council of Lateran, held ar Rome, ta the churei { stil Lae cathedra! church of omc t. Peter's la the Gathearal chur! holie world) namely, S$ i vulgar are ia the ascendaut, The same thing John Lateran, These four councils are ; od it e@ old revolutic Robesy 2 apectively, the ir mel 6 curred im the old revolutioy. Robespierre and we Lat menced A. D. 1125; the sevond ¢ 2 | or eded the Girondins, and they in and plan, began A. b. tos ui turn were accused @nd denounced by che more Feapecuivel eee tructlent and ferocious of their set. At present the aod respectable mev of the repubjican school are oviiged ta give way to Rochefort, Pyat, Ledra Kollin and Barbés. The hevo of the day id unquestiol anc The Abvé Jaugey, a T Divinity, Who has wri subject of the General Coun ‘that as the first eigus Counc: chiefly directed against errore in faith, 6o the four, those of Lateran, were almost entirely occa. pied m combatting errors, and shortcomings » morals. To a certain at I quite accopt definition of the rever gent altogether so. No doubt, by the tune ably Rochefort, 8 very fact covers the pariy wil has set him up a4 their champion with utter ridicule. His oniy pretension is that of a alous writer of the tand bitterest description, He has published lowe Tour Couucils had assem the evils broagnt | sop the last two years & we # aout by tho almost unitmttea ver of ¢ for the last two years a weekly pamphiet bas ing pobied had been the cause of great crimes with lampoons and vnigar abuse, and previously he all classes, and these shortcomings in morais tne {che government, Which dur Church telt bound to contend agaipst. But sul ears B livelihood, He has no Were was in cach and every oue Of Lhese & mbhies t and still léss in the literary stout battie doue on betialf of what che bish»ps and | World, vor yet In respectabio society, Still this 18 the 1adividial who is § ed by the extreme wing of the reyeintionary party in Paris as their endt date for the legisiative body at the ensuing election pontiims believed to be doguatical tra fiese, however, were all more or less respe he trav Of Wie ditterent craments, as then and ay siti! Ne inthe Cattolle Chureb. ut, OatbSire uutiors on the 2ist ins m has Karpassed themselves admit, ong of jue scandala of the | al his compect Churel those dave eT 8 vat! order of clorgy | Kimperor and bis w ily. As I sald in my themselves, *% qoupt ther I he was conc 1 ume ago by the SMONg Mom, “aod the very fact what during Poilce Court to four months’ imprisonment for & YEU Tiaike ayes ur the church, ft a ius to | brutal assauil on tits prigter, wad vook to his 8D Laldy four chet Cctittsasenbled tor | hesla to eacipe the ptiaiy, Me crogsed the the purpose of correcag aud reproving the morals | frontier last week, expecting, of cones, ke of the Church, shows that there were iagrest r , 4" a aap ore pita umber of men among the clergy Who were anX10U8 a ee sitet oa j uate, MeUVre fo maintain purity of Life, as Well as of docirines, ong theit body, 3) t ft oid. A for his success. THC Emperor atroitiy ordered his te French author, Panbed eg tea oe were age, and HOW le Is ltere, gotug round every mighe I haye Already quotea, to the Various Cluos Of fis party. T test efforts douzieme siecle la partic are made to burrah htm into a hero of colossal pro- eta lo clerge lui meme; un grand nombr portion at, of his being so insiguitl- #es menibies les plus cleves onviiaent les lols de | Canta laniavions appear jour sainte vocation et scaudalisaent le penpie | the ino: , a VJ rapidly es Obreticn, qu’ls avaient ja cuarge de conduire an } Into contempt. jas dawaged hiinse: salut.” Fora Catholic priest, whose work hag been | and cause by his failure as an erator, watch is un ardonable in French eyes. Besides, his appearance fgets hit. He 18 described in the Gauiois, & nev polltical paper, as “tall, thin, thin aa @ skeleton; complexion more than pale, of @ blue and waxen color; salient cheek bones, hol- low eyes, projecting forehead.” Not a very sedue- tive puysiognomy, but he hag evidently picked up a lot o >, hg Cloarly 20 accounting for tastes, formally approved of, bot by We bishops of the Freneh Church and by Rome, vis is pretty plain speaking. But the Abb® goes on to say inal ‘Les faints Fontifes qui avatent lode jes og a’Ocet- dent, Caieut rempiaces sur beaucoup de sidges, pas dos honimes eaciaves de l’or et (es plalsirs, Simony, or tae crime of buying and selling the most wealtiy iivings, wud even bishop NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. Tho “reds” have selected thetr fonr candidates for faris—to wit, Rochefo Rolin EMPIRE. ac sans ieee eee | 6=—| THE ERIE entail nang op not popu renee fr Sian eae Se iene es oe pe Se vout them taking their seats in pia forthe with an ampie The Railroad Colossii Again in Arms—The Evie War Carried to ths Borders—Great Slaughter of Evie’s Cohorts—They Are Suspended and Enjoined—The oath, of course, 14 indispensable. They know their peeetace Luere would be of no service to their ad- erents, but that they would be more conspicuous by thelr absence. Before tuis decision of tie red committee was made Rochefort had taken the oa.i}, but he declares every night he will violate it at tie rst chance. Some one of the mob cried out tio the other night as he was speaking, “If you ure entrance, 8 vast and Ma with all needed outfits and modern tmprovemeats (including dressing and drinking rooms) for French nd Italian operatic and theatrical display; for val- let, pantomime and spectacular representation, and for such scenes the butlding bas and then nad said Fisk and Gould, they speedily contrived @ bia so ready to Viviate your oain, hk ad ie x lor renting & large portion of the same to Know | you will hot violate Mae opteninen Battlefield Transferred Again Erie Railway Cone ae said oe #5 wo Us: is DAISCOE Sennen ce intened purpode rf bP once ey 80! rat att otitiog for Erie Railway Company, and to remove sald offices into suid building; that they made an agreement in the name of the company, assuming to bind it to pay Y) Sem an extray: at for the use of tnd fot “R Toneg adr of years that LY. Wat equal in amount the interest on nearly the pur- cuase thoidy 6 the gael buljdjng, and stil leaves large portions 0! building, aside from said Opera House, to rent for other 308s ‘nat they also purchased geyeral houses on Twenty-third street and Twenty-fourth street, near the corner of uighth avenue aud Twenty-third street; said Opera House being located at the corner of said street and avenue, and sald build! are occupied in part by persons who are connected with said tneatre and opera and act upon its stage, and also by said Fisk, Who resides or rooms in one of them, from which he has @ private connection to the box of said Fisk said Opera House, and to and from which the lumates of said houses, and women who practice upon the stage, can pass to and fro. The said contract for the leasing of portions of said Opera House to the Erie Railway Company 1s atraud upon sald company si 1s creditors; that it 18 injurious to the business ot said corporation to have its offices in @ building which io part perjury has scandauseu even sSuuse of the Tevolu- tontsts Uiemselves; for it displays their utter want of political or moral seraples. Louis Blanc, the so- claiist, condemns ihe wuole game, as do other chiets of the democracy, and their journals censure the Yurce of bringing forward ‘candidates who, if ed, ret to enter the Chamber, Consequent- jy, as J suid, the revolutionary democracy are divided already into two or more wrangling camps, Which foreshadows the anarchy that would follow thew possession of power, We Bhould have just te same scenes and results that preceded ihe tumulis of 1847 and lss3—disorder, bloodshed and dictator- D rom present appearances there are likely to be no Other © (dales thaa those of the reds just ed, Neither the government nor the liberal op- ition nor the dissatisied wings of the democracy ar disposed to enter the lists agaist the Jarceurs, a3 Wey are called, that bave come forward. But where 13 all this toend? ‘That is a preguant question, ‘Lhese men who declare themscives whe cmers of the revolution, who are daily uttering threats and brandisning their (sls, musi Sooner oF lacer attempt to make good their worda, ‘they vau- not be all the time talking about imsurrection, and I to New York—tistory of the Grand Opera House, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE COUNTY. Belore Judge William Marray, Jr. Joseph HW. Ramsey vs, Jay Gowda, James Fisk, Jr. Frederick A, Lane, Abram Gould, M. R. Simons, George C, Hall, Henry N. Smith, Charles @, Sisson, Henry H. Martin, James B, Buch and the Erie Rail, way Company.—The great Erle Railway war, which has for 8o long a time raged in New York, was, on Tuesday, travsferred before the Special Term of the Supreme Court of Delaware county, where the par- ties who are so deeply interested in tho result of the contest were in arms and, at least on one side, eager for the fray. The village of Delhi was the scene of this great forensic struggie, and the good people of that naming the day for appearing in the streecs, arins in } Quiet little pastoral spot had not probably since our ig almost nightly brew detec See a Cat ia deast, to carry | lave War more cause for dire alarm than when “a Ronee tisk, aia? gene Sere alan ing and rating only, (bey Will DS seed te es | $70,000,000 bombshell was thrown into court,’”al- | aud its approaches by the large number of happened » inonii’ ago to Banal, Gamberta w% | Most knocking the eeat from beneath the presiding | Young clerks in the employment of sald company £0, ee rears i eae a4 the mob Judge and causing consternation and alarm among ana Gy, cpern sn a Sano Pineal “any, ah Rovlelurt, Ledra Koln aud. the rest, Sub it iney | te numerous audience. oe aad of allure ot eaing oe etd otras and songs, and of all sorts of atring and wind tnstru- ments resounsing in said building, within hearing and almost within sight of numerous young clerks at their desks, in the employment of said company really underfake to raise an insurrecuon, which J3 uiuca to be doubted, woe to them. AU Paris woulu rise against the mob, as 1 did i, 1848, and the army and National Guards would gobble them up with iar The case came up on two motions—one for the suspension, severally and collectively, of Jay Gould, Jaines Fisk, Jr., Fredertck A. Lane, Abram Gould, xreater despatch tian It didtaen, Aiewhourswoud | M. BR. Simons, George 0, Hall, Henry x, | 0 said Opera, House, are demoralizing ty said RHIC SD ACS Be hed ena ade raguinuilins, | smith and Charles G. Sisson, a8 directors of aobae aaa Niiee & parallel elie Tour ‘Winds of heaven Tho wader at “pag | tue Erle Railway Company, by reason | history,’ That wald three persons have ig very much damaged by the tcs { of gros3 misconduct and abuse of their respective Reet bees OM Gee tae sald gompany: in sald of thesd political buitoous, for their pratile | trusts; and also for an injunction to restrain the | with tie most ‘unparalleled "ext teance, Paectt extravagance, need- lessiy expending in guudy, luxurious furniture, gilded decorations and various alterations, fuily 800,000 of the money of the said company, while Said abandoned offices of. said company are left in jJarge measure unrented and unoccupied by sald company. ‘hat the said three persons attempted to carry onthe business of stock traysiers of sald company at thelr wew Opera House offices, and removed the books and furniture of the transfer oillce there, but after a few days? trial they were found so inconvenient, and were so much complained of by stock dealers that said three persons and their confederates were compelled to transier said furniture and the business of stock transfers to a point near where stock sales are made in the city of New York. ‘The said Opera House has free boxes and hospitality from ita owners for their mate and female friends and for eminent officials, and has a telegraph wire connected with Uhe aforesaid stock dealing firm of Smith, Gould, Martin & Co., but it has no such connection with the transfer office of the Erie Ratlway Company, forced, as aforesaid from the said Grand Opera House to a Place of convenience, and the transfer agent and his clerks must go to Smith, Gould & Martin to send their frequent telegraphs to the Erie managers at the about revolution irigitens away that great horde of Wraveliers who contribute 80 largely to the ex- hoquers of the bouliqulers of this attractive town, he middle Classes are murmuring strongly at tne overument for tolerating the excesses of the “red’! Suraas and politiciuns. But these lilogica: burgh- ets used to muruiur aiso When the goveruineat took the trouble for many years to keep these political ad- venturers in order, ‘(heretore it 18 Just as weil they should bave @ lesson, ‘They are receiving 1t now through their pockets (o a tung that will make quite @ jasung uupression. 1 have written at rather tedious length on politics, but that 1s the topic of the day, Besides, it ts necessary to explain matters distinctly, that you may bevter understand the siiua- tion hereafter. vents of some impertance must take place tis winter, and their interest for foreiga- ers will be ail the greater when the drameatis per- son@, as Well a8 the stage aud its accessories, are ail familar. Taikiag of the stage reminds me that the ever Tascimating Patti has aoandoned us to our iate, and taken her flight to the snows Of the north, when all the other trounies we Know of are rapidly on the wing to milder regions, Last Monday, ac tue paii- lng performance of the fresh and lovely Adelina, all Paris Uiat could get into the house was there, Of company, until the present pending litigation 1s dis- posed of, from all acts prejudicial to the plainut’s claim, &c, THE CAUSE OF ACTION is set forth in the complaint at considerable length and with great minuteness of detail. The plaintuft claims that he is a creditor of the Erle Railway Com- pany and owner and holderof a part due claim against them; that be is the owner of several $1,000 bonds known a3 ‘Buifalo Branch of the Erie Rall- way Coinpany Bonds,"’ and also of a large number of bonds known as “Sterling Bonds,’ all issued by the company; that there are about 10,000 of these bonds outstanding, of the par value of $5,000,000; that said sterling bonds are espectally imperilled and the payment of interest on the same is made precarious by reason of the wrongful acts of the de- fendants; that sald Gould, Fisk and Lane, the de- fendants herein, and their confederates, have jointly and severally, in their officia! position and in respect course it was splendid ovation, Applause, of their aciton and influence as such directors and bt pare ee Oat One Greig eee necsiy® Wreaths, enthusiasm aud aimost tears as she wave 5 a. herhand in adieu, But the director trustees, grossly abused their trust, and have been | thus learns the contents of such despatches, That to further promote the interesis of said “Grand Opera House” and theatre owners, at the expense of said company (one or more of which persons are also advertised as the proprietors or master spirits of the performers in sald “Grand Opera Honse’’), they have advertised in the public journals of the city of New York, “Tneatre Trains,” to run on the Erie Railway, at hours accommodated to said theatre and “Grand Opera,” and not to the said road; and have erected ut conspicuous places in said city, at the expense of sald company, showy and costly gullty of gross misconduct, whereby property of said company has been lost, wasted and wrongfully transferred, its credit has been lowered, Its name has been disgraced, its business has been injured, its bondholders, stockholders and creditors made to suffer damages, its employés have been demoral- ized, ita prospective earnings have been imperiiled, illegal authority and franchises have been exer- cised, and its stock has been over issued; and said three persons (always by sald turee persous meaning snare of satist ‘ou as weil, for the r enormous for the Iaitan opera, some 20,600 1rancs and odd. ‘The sorrow at the recent loss is somewaat assuaged by tue joyful announcement thata new aud young and handsome prima donna, witha voice described as something wonderful, ts to Ki her appearance at the Italtens on day next—to-morrow nigut. Her name is Mle. Sess!, and beiore my next letter it way pave become immortal or it may not. I shall give a Tull and particular account of It, for there 13 no reason pa v er i " jampposts, wheron are advertised, in elabo- beemesperetrereput tsi oot ene BKS Should | those last aloresaid) and ovier persons have tate glace pauela, on the one side the Sere lateae ghey NeHAn are aa ae pee wrongtuily acquired, by their assent, property of | location of the sald “Grand Opera House,” votaries ave languisining for their notice and adml- sald Company and of its creditors and stockholders, | corner of Twenty-tturd street and Eignih which they now illegally retain; and in respect of ail the doings of said three persons, each of them screena and defends the other two, and conceal, and cause the employés of said road to conceal, the tacts, and refuse to demand the rights of the com- avenue, and on the opposite and less conspicuous side, the ofilces and business of tha Hrie Railway Company; and by said and other means said three persons in their respective capacities as the Erie and ration. Hverybody 18 yearning for these vile elec- tons to be Over; but then, alas, Wo are to have tho opening of tie Chaubers, wil a speech trom the Emperor, which wil ring like a clarion througn the nts one > politic: = war Operatic theatre imanagers and proprietors have Ee ae ania nae ase Is ikely tO | pany “as against the other defendants; by | cuused to be so confused and mingled in Tair to negiect tue dramatie world on thataccount, | Tosa Whoreot tt is the duty of this court | the thonghta and associations, especially of compel persous to account for thelr official conduct (and each of the omer defendants 60 far as appropriate), as directors and trustees ana olcers 01 said company, and to sus- pend and remove tiem, and to hold them to the pecuulary responsibility contemplated by Jaw; and in that vehaifl the plaintit sets forth, im addition to the foregoing, the iodowing facts (being, by rea- gon of the conceaimenis of said three persons, and the terror they mspire among the agents and em- ployés of the sald company, unable to procure fuller Teiiable information as to thelr wrongful acts, as to which, however, @ proper exercise of the powers of the court Will disclose the facts), viz.:—Chat the afor2said issues of svock So calised to be made by said turee persons have mcreased the whole amount of tie outsanding common stock of the company from $84,205,000, the amount outstanding in August, 1863 (and which includes said $10,000,000 of stock), when their power became absolute, to the enormous the New York clerks (and to a considerabie extent of many other clerks and employés of said com- pany who r the public journals), the ideas of “rie” and rand Opera,” of work and amuse- ment, of ballet girls and operatic spectacies, with train, telegraphs and time tables, as to impair the sense of duty and to injure tho busl- ness efficiency of said clerks and employés and the good repute of said company. That aid cou- tract for t leasing of portions of sald Grand Opera House should be adjudged to be void, and said three persons be required to refund to said company the money expended upon the said grand Opera building, and lost to, aald company by reason of said removal, and pay expenses Oi a revufn to ue old offices thus abandoned to gain 4 tenant at a rent of more than $45,000 per year, for portions before vacant of their said Grand Opera House; that these three persons have been systematicaily in the babit ol interfering i political elections, and have ap- and i for one will not. GERMANY. The Earthquakes—Course of the Commotion and Places VisitedAiurm in the Cities. [From the Norta German Correspondent.of Berlin, _. Noy. 6} We now learn that tae shocks of earthquake of the d0th and sist of Octover were most distinctly Toit at Frankfort, Wiesbaden, Darmisiadt, Mayeuce, Viienbach, Hberstadt and Giessen. A correspondent describes the shock of tie 3isc of Octover, in Feank- fort, u8 foilows;—“At twenty-six minutes past five o'clock we experienced @ Shock of such severity that every object in the room began to osciilare ina strange aud alarming manner, This continued for tareg or four seconds, the dipectior ing from east | amoont 70,000,000, which the: mit by then plied the money of the company in that direction; fo Weak dhe Rotgs Wik aileeh ) ti Very Reade. Guid réuistry tobe At this Mite sated ‘tna olifstarid- | that they bay eoagit to gilence the just critigisms: tion.” ‘the writcr of this letter adds iat he tot- | ing of such common stock. And said three persons | of the public Narr by offers of money; that these tered on his chair before the secretary at which ho three individuals have allowed or brought into tue and their confederates have, since October, 1568, in- was siting. The movement, as well as he | creased the issue of sterling bonds by alarge amount, } offices of said company femaies of bad repute, with could judge, Was undulatory, The shock | aud the Long Dock bonds by from $400,000 to | whom they have appeared in the Grand Opera far surpassed in yiolence anything of the {| $500,000, ‘This, more than doubling of tue common } House and elsewhere in public, Kind preytousiy expericuced in that partof Ger. many. We iind in another communicauon froin Frankfor ‘Vive of us were sitting at & round table im the second story of tle house when sometuing like an electric sock seemed to pass through us all simultaneously, At the sane moment our chairs aud the ground under our f began to oscillate in ab incomprehensible Manner; the windows of the uew solid stone house clicked as if struek by a sud- den biast from withoat, dud the doors creaked as if & more distant door on the sate floor had been closed by some one With a violent clash, There was, however, neither wind outside nor any person in ning rooms. After giving vent to ou. at aud aright in cry uttered 1n unis: stock of the Erie Railway Company, iu a singie year, has not been attended with any material Addition to its earnings, with considerable exien- sions of its line or equipment, with the payment of a dollar as dividend to any of ity stockholders, with any advance of its credit or good name, or with any advantage to any class of creditors, or with auy gain of cneapness, safety or comfort in trangportation on its road; but, on the contrary, and as che result of the abuses of the detendants, trans- portation on said road has been visited with calamities of wnusual horror, damage and death; the credit of said compaay lias been impaired and ita good repute has becn injured; its most expe. rienced and valuable servanis have been forced, After reciting various other transactions in which the defendants were engaged, the complaint saya that by reason of the perverted use of the money of the Erie Railway Company, and such vast and ille- gal undertakings by its managers, the bad credit of the compavy and Ks gold speculations, sald com- pany was seriously embarrassed in September last, on { the 22d of which month Jay Gould gent to the Secre- tary of the Treasury of the United States a tele- graphic despatch, af which the following 18 a ya New Youn, Sept. 22, 1809, ba VAs ig 8. Bourwew., Secretary of the Treaaury, ‘ashington, D. Tuore. is, ‘panic in Wall street, engineered by « bear com- bination. ‘They have withdrawn currency to atich an extent thai itfaimpossile to do business, Tne Erle Company re- Tho Wi ooserved that the iusire ia the middle of tn from self-respect, to seek employmemt else- | quire 400,000 in currency to disburee to the employes be- Was swinging like a siow pendulum. In jt where; its creditors have suifered loss, delay reeks ame id Cincinnati each monih, much of It in rt und Schwanheim several chimneys were ov by the sliock,’? On che 1st mst. another shock of earthquake was feic at Frankfort and is described by a correspond. ent of the Oologne Gazette, in a letter dated 2d of November, tn we following terms:—The inhabitants of Franklort and is neighbornood were started last Hight av a quarter to twelve by an carthyuake shcck more serious than any of the preceding, Your cor- ent will not easily forget the feeling of terror nich he awoke from sleep, nor the sensation of giddiness with witch he was suddenly seized, ‘Yhe shasing Was so violent that the furaiture rocked, and | have beard that im a house on the Mayenco road the plaster of the ceiling feil and the terrified inmates Sprang owt of their beds, beileving the house was whout to fall, and hastily struck a light, ‘the grand focus of the subterranean conunotion ‘Ning political contest is’ going on, aud where we have about 10,000 employe charged to the administration. Wal can be furnished by the government, be at a dead-lock. aud yexation; its empioyés are become de- moralized and less serviceable; lta stock and bonds have greatiy fallen in all tne markets of the world, and its net earnings have diminished, while ali its rival roads have made increase tn such earnings, aud have had their stock greatly advanced in allsuch markets; and the Erte Railway and its mapagers in such period have become m the highest degree unpopular and disreputabdie, to the great loss of patronage, confidence, credit and earn- ings; and during all said pertod, wiil occaslonal fluctuations, the market value of its stock and bonds have steadily tallea with 1ts good repute, and in the present mouth of November these prices and aggre- gate value are as follows:— DEPRECIATION IN BONDS AND STOCK OF ERIE RAlI- COMPANY BETWEEN JANUABY 1, 1868, AND pur 1, 1869, and the trouble is some instant roller rade and business will ‘Roprescnting, as'I do, a corporation of this magnitude, and of the disbursements required until the heavy crops are movad, eannot you consistently. increase Your line of eurrency by giving the banks some of the reee which you have onhand? You will consider the exigencies of my corporation wy excuse for troubling you with this despatch, AY GOULD, President. ‘yhat among other measures resorted to by suid three persons in connection with said attempt was that of irregulariy and by arbisrary and unwar- ranted means procuring one of their number, said James Fisk, Jr., ANG another person, to be appointed, suddenly and ex parte, receivers of tho Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company; causing a large nuimber of “roughs” to come up froin New York to Albany, under the pay, leadership and control of appears, however, to have been Gross-Geran, said James Fisk, Jr., to ald him in lis purpose of becween Mayence and Darimstadi, a8 we learn by Morlgage are Totat watl er Total val.| Depre | taking forcible possession of the last named road; ee athe tamer toe a: of garenauere i Bonde, | Amounts. 11868. | Jan.,"6511,"69| Vow.1,"68] ciation. ae ricete ea Ae acaripanie rates Phovin lave ate 4 ds p : tectacratedel ri at seca mn which Gross-Gerau has been exposed for thie 8,000,000) 101 | 8,030,000/96 | 2,894,000) — | assemble, with threatening manner and belligerent last #ix days are beginning to assume an alarming 4,000,1100}102} 4,08009/91 | 8,640,090 = } intent, upon the undefended track of said Albany character, Siuce the night o1 the 20th to 271h Octo- Guns. wool 41 et Cols] 873,100] = | and Susquehanna road, and there to remain in accompanied by subterraneous thunder, haye been } Total. ... 17,5i7,782| —_115,891,0%| 9,048,6.9 | matter was checked by the tunely interposition of experienced. On the 20th the undulations wore | gy bonda.| 4,844,400) 9444) 4,565,847 '00 | 4,809,960) | 205,887 | the Governor of the State of New York. Ravens but more poryene fee spaiuetine. Prof, stock| 8,636,010) 74 | Saunas 513g) 4,896,508) 1,920, (on CME 4 eee Cc Ts ee cae 0 eset " Glolent. shock was felt. at olaht o'clock, wich J @iiiaee | Sheracs, the Court grauted en order Of suspension to was repealed at half-past eleven aud again | Com. stei|24,265,000) 72 [17,470,400 2054) 7,158,175) 10,812,825 | thy tou owing eifect:— At cone o'cloek a the morning, On the at two | yoia.[siai| 1 |W oias lO 35701145800 | Tin ordered tat and gevera at named petont vt fey ng . ag arama sent emg meyer oe ae —- ~ nage pS Ada O41 w @ quarter to four respectively, and a Uurd al twenty ‘Thus showing a joss to bond and stockuolders, by | k. si fall, Henry N. Smith and Charles depreciation of their proporty, of $14,455,939 25, be- staes a loss of dividends on the stock issued beioro January 1, 1868. To this must be added the depre- ciation on the $10,009,000 stock tasued in March, 1363, ‘That the depreciation of the sterling bonds ts less than of other bonds and stocks, only because they are almost wholly held in Europe, whore the abnscs and dangers of the Erie oie els are not 50 wellknown, and because said three persons have caused prominent houses in New York to make favorable representations abroad of the said com- pany’s affairs, in order to secure a market in Europe Uirough such houses for its stocks, but no con- siderable portion of sald sterling bonds could be soid at the aforesaid prices, or even at the prices of said fifth mortgage bonds, to which they are greatly in- ferior a8 a security. That during the same period said three persons should have received $16,000,000 and over at current rates for the more tan $55,500,000 new stock of said company issned by them. ‘They also received from sald Drew, as here- inbefore mentioned, over $5,548,000; they have re- cetved from earnings of the road singe they became absolute in its affairs In August, 186%, $19,090,000 or thereahouvs; bt by reason of their concealinent of facts stockuolders have a right to Know, avs of the fear of loving their places excited among minutes past Ave in che afternoon, ‘The latter was 80 violent that chimneys tumbled over, the plaster fell of the ceilings, aud lamps and botiies on tne table had to be heid iast by the hand. Dogs ran ter- rifled to their masters, horses broke loose from their mangers, and men, Women and children ran out into the streets, Thewealthier inhabitants took the railway train to seek refuge Inthe avjoining towns; the remainder passed a weary and anxious night listening to the low add continued rambling beneath their feet. After this the shocks, though frequent, Were ies severe till a quarter to twelve on the ni of ist November when @ violent undulation was again fell, followed by a succession Of minor earth waves. ‘The intiwbitants are in the greatest terror, ud apprehend jor tueir Hitie town the fate of Lis. nd each of ther Is hereby suspended directors and as oflicers of the Erte Railway Com- pany, and that each and all the last named persons, directors nd olficers bave and exercine no right, privilege ox authority 10 Teapect of sald company or its franch{xos, rights or pro- perty, in auy capacity w till the further order of this court'in this cus ‘Seconly—And it farther appearing to the court that before the further of final exercise of its authority 1n respect to the suspension and removal of the directors aud officers of the w Railway Company this day suspended, it will be nocer- tary for the court to have hefore it the facts and proof that eltier party may desire to present npon the questions of fact that are raised by the aMidavite herein referred to, and in reference to such suspension or removal it is ordered that —- ——, cotinsollor nt law, of the city of New York, be and be 38 hereby sppointed « referee, with authority and direction to take tho evidence upon sald queations and tho proofs that the rospective partics may offer rointive thereto, and to tho further exercise of the powers of this court in reference to y such suapanaion oF retnoval, and report the same with all convenient despatch to this court. And it te furber ordered that such evidence and proofs ba taken ind from time to time, ‘ROTHER TORPEDO EXPLOS.0N, One Person Killed and Another Seriously Tue jured. (Prom the Galveston (Texas) News, Nov. 16.) Just as we were going to press yesierday Diosion was heard ta the direction of ti wharves, witich caused a general rush for the fc dent. ‘The explosion waa sound to have oecurred , « diracted, do, pursuant thereto, attend before such referee, and submit to an examination be- fore hira touching all the matters to which this reference re- lates and an such referee shail direct. He also granted an injunction restraining them v8 Not pai subpoona or summons may Jes hereto, to whom an; ex. uppe 9 directors, for dciondants, Bean's whart, from the blowimg up of @ box or tor- pedoes, such boys are in the habit of playing With, The case containing torpedoes had oven © , Agents gna employes, the sacts as to gross or net earnings can only be asvertained by an exercise ot the powers of this court, And the plaiattt pr from Se their fanctiona, &c, For platntif, Eaton & Taylor; Joun K. Porter and J. H. McFarland, landed from tue steamer Ariadue, and was lying on | that said three persons and their confederates may a the whart., They were consigned to Mr. Kamp, of | be compelled to account for We uso made of the Sap DROWNING Casz.—On Bunday, the dist, a Market street, and, from what we could jearn, the | dioreaaid sams, berg in the aggregate et seeing workman empioyed in Bradiey’s Edge Tool Factory, Weston, Comn., discovered @ body tioating ta the river, and, procuring assistance, he drew it to the shore, when it proved to be that of Mrs. Catharine Welch, a widow lady who bad been living in the neighborhood, .Upon going to the bonse it was found that a daugoter of the deceased, eleven years of age, wae also missing, and search being made the body of the child was found in the river, at a point avout a mile below where tiat of the mother was discovered. The mosher aud daughter had left home at about nino oelock the niusht pelore to KO vo the store for groceries, and in crossing the foot bridge below the dam near the tool works had probably slipped oft the bridge draymen were inthe aot of joading them on their drays when the explosion occurred, One of tue draymen, Charies Wilson, was limmediately killed, aud another by the name of Burne, Wak badly hurt. His left ankle Was disiocated, and there are nume- rous fesh wounds on difereut parts of bia body. {tt appears that there was another man besides those spoken of severely hart by the explosion yestomay, but we could not learn na name, Baros, Who bas been sent to the hospital, is very seriousiy injured, He will probably lose the use of bia ankle joint, If he escapes loss serious disaster, ‘A nail froin the box was driven fall length tame- From earnings Of the r0@d,...s.+0. ++. Froia gale of over $85,000,000 new stock, From Daniel Drew, Treagurer From sale of acaiiional ster) From sale of additional Long Lock bouds ‘That said three persons, for the purpose of making money for thetmseives, made purchase about this time of a very expensive aud highly crnamented waite marble buildmz, formerly Known as Pike's Opera House, ROW a8 the Grand Opera house, Fisk & Gould, owners, and James Fisk, Jr., manager rietor of the performances, whicn teiy into the joint, and so firm, lanted as to | in chief, or pro} Fou @l the Misongs of the suevaheg paysician | coat nearly HH 000, paid tM past from money of | together and been drowned. Mrs, Welch hE i | to remove It. said company, With several dwelling houses adja- } respectable woman, about thirty-five years old, cont, purchased therewith, and 1s situated at a point about two miles from the company’s principal docks or ferry houses fad in a part of the city in- convenient of approach to Wore who have occasion to visit the oftices of the company, and for many worked bard to support five children, Lie oldest of Whom is bat fourteen, and the youngeat ae year old, ‘The daughter drowned ia the secon Much sympathy for tne orphays m felt in Wo DIL ‘The planking of the wharf was broken tn for a length of two planks, the ratertal being shivered ag if struck by lightning. ‘ihe boxes and baga of fretant In the neighborhood were scattered in every direc. on. by the Fire Department and Militia. The etghty-sixth anniversary of the evacuation of this city by the British troops will be celebrated to- day 11 8 becoming manner by all good patriots, During the past few years, owing to various clroum stances which do not now oxist to prevent @ befit- ting celebration of the day, the anniversary bas been rather overlooked, but preparations have been made to rovivo the old time-honored way of cele- brating it to-day, and, if everything gocs well, it may be generally observed as a holiday. When the British evacuated the city on the 25th f November, 7s on {netdent occurred whtch will ‘aF repetition. ‘he garrison flagstait was at the Battery at the time, and, on taking leave of the town, tho British nailed the “Unton Jack” vo the pole and then greased it, so as to prevent the flag being hauled down before they had got well out of the city. A man named John Van Osdoll, sometames called Van Arsdale, volunteered to tear down the “flaunting lie.” To accomplish this he put himself in a regular garb of sackcloth and ashes, and, after several unsuccessful attempts to get to the top of the pole, Onally succeeded in reaching the flag, which he at once tore down and nailed the Stars and Stripes ta itsstead, Van Osdoll served with four brothers in the Revolutionary army, and held the rank of sergeant at the close of the war. For thirty years afterwards he sailed a “packet”? on the North and Hast rivers, and was twenty years a wood inspector at Peck slip. He died on August 14, 1836, in the elghty-firat year of his age, and was buried with military honors by the veteran corps of heavy artillery, of which he was first lieutenant. The original flag raised bythe old man in 1783 was destroyed by fire a fow years ago. The last time it was ever raised was at the laying of the gorner atone of the Wastington Monu- Mment—which, by the way, has never been raised higher than the corner stone since that memorable day. PARADE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. A division of the uniformed forces of the Fire Do- partment will also parade with its apparatus, under the command of the Chief Engineer. ‘The column of parade will be organized as fol- lows, v1z.:—Engine companies Nos, 7, 10 and 12 and Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 will constitute ths First batialion; engine companies Nos. 13, 27 and 8@ and Hook aud Ladder Company No. 8 will constl- tute the Second battalion; engine companies Nos. 9, 17 and 25 and Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 will constitute the Third battalion; engine com: panies Nos. 14, 18 and 19 and Hook and Ladder Com- Pany No. 5 will constitute the Fourth battalon; engine companies Nos 5, 28 and 33 and Hook and Ladder Company No. 11 will constitute the Fifth battalion; and engine companies Nos. 21, 23 and 26 and Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 will constitute the Sixth battalion, ‘The First, Second and Third battalions will consti- tute the lirss brigade; the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth battalions will constitute the Second brigade. The battalions will form in colums at half-past nine o’clock A. M., the heads of columns resting on Fifth avenue, a8 follows:—First battalion, on West Fourteenth street; Second battaiton, on West Thir- teenth street; ‘Thi battalion, on West Twelfth street; Fourth battalion, on West Eleventh atrect; Fifth battalion, on West ‘Tenth street; Sixth batta- lion, on West Ninth street. As soon as the battaliong composing a brigade are formed the brigade com- Manders will report to the Chiet Engineer, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, and when both brigade commanders Nave reported the column will at once commence to inove over the fol- lowing line of march:—Down Filth avenue to Wavere ley place, to Broadway, to Canal street, to Bowery, to Third avenue, to Twenty-third street, to Filth ave- nue aud down Fifth avenue, At the corner of Fifth aveuue and Fourteeuth street it wi ass in review before his Honor the Mayor o! The city, and be immediately thereafter dism! THY MILITARY PARADE, ‘Tho military parade will be a very fine one should the weather prove propitious. The ‘Gray Brigade,’? of Brookiyn, consisting of the Thirteenth, Four- teenth, Twenty-third, Twenty-eighth, Forty-seventh and Fifty-sixth regiments, will also join toe First division, by invitation of General Sualer, thus mak- ing the turn out avery large one. The troops wiil assemble in close column of companies, the heads of columns resting on Fourth avenue, as follows ‘The First brigade infantry, on Nast Nineteenth street; the Second brigade infantry, on East Eighteenta street; the Third brigade iniantry, on East Seven- teentl street; the Fourth brigade iniantry, on East Sixteenth street; the First brigade cavairy, on East Fifteenth street. The column will march at two o’clock P. M., the First brigade infantry leading, the other brigades following in the order above named, ‘The line of march will, in part, be identical with that followed py the American troops when. entering the city to resume possession 1n 1783, to wit:—Down. Fourth avenue to the Bowery, down Bowery to Canal, through Canal to Broadway, up Broadway to jurteenth street, through Fourteepth street to Fourth avenue, up Fourth avenue to Twenty-third street, through Twenty-third street to Fifth avenue, and down Fifth avenue to Fourteenth street, The avenues and streets above named, from curb to curb, are designated as the division parade ground for the day. At the corner of Filth avenue and Fourteenth street the co!umn will pass in review be- fore his Honor the Mayor and the municipal quthorl- Ues, and wili be immediately thereaiter dismissed. THE OLDEN The, The following 18 a copy of the original programme for the entry of tne American troops on the 25th of November, 1788, which was issued a few days before the entry took place:— Nrw Yori, Nov. 24, 1783. The Committee appointed to conduct the Order of receiving their Excellencies Governor CLIN®ON and General WASHINGTON, EG Lrave to tnform their Fellow-Citizens, that the Troops, under the Command of Major-tiencral KNOX, Will take possession of tho City at the Hour agreed on, Tnes- day next; as soon as this may le performed, ho will request the Citizens who may be assembled on Horseback, at the Bowllng-Green, the lower End of the Broad-Way, to accom- pany tin to méet their Excellencies Governor OLiNTON and General WASuING TON, at the Bull's Head, in the Bowery— the Citizens on Foot to assemble at or near the Tea-wator- Pump at Fresu-water, : ORDER or PROCESSION, A Party of Horse will precede their Exceilenctes and bo om their flanks—after the General and Goyornor, will follow the Lieatenant-Governor and Members of the Conneil for the teporary Government of the Southern parts of the State—The. Genuemen on Horas-back, elght4n Front—those on Foot, im tho Rear of the Horse, {a ‘like Manner. Thelr Excellencies, after passing down Queen Street, and the Lino of ‘Troops up the bromuway, will aight at CavE's Zavern, ‘The Commitice hope to see their Fellow-Citizens, conduct themselves with decency and decorum on this joyful Occa- tion. CITIZENS TAKE CAREMM HI: Inhabitants are hereby Intormed, that Permiffion has been obtained from the Commandant, to form them- es in patrolea thia night, and that every order requisite will bo given to the guards, as well to aid and affift, as to give protection to the patroies; And Chat the couuterfiga will be given to THOMAS TECKER, No. 51 Water Street; from whom ft ean be obtained, if necei tary. THE CHILDRENS AID Seventeenth Annual Report. ‘The annuai meeting of the Children’s Ald Society was held yesterday afternoon at the Metropolitan Bank, at which the reports of the treasurer and secretary, for the nine months ending October 31, were presented. During that period 31 homes SOUIETY, and employment were found for 1,140 boys, 547 girls, 126 men and 117 women— an increase of 476 over the same period last year. At the Girls’ Lodging House, 125 Bleecker street, there were 6,706 lodgers, and 1,915 found employment or were returned to their friends, At the Eighteenth Street Lodging House, 15,506 lodgings were furnisucd, of which 15,079 were patd for; 15,429 meals were furnished, of which 14,444 were paid for. Atthe Phelps Lodging House, $26 Rivington Street, 531 different boys were lodged, fed and partly clothed. Thirty boys were provided with homes in the West and 16,512 lodgings were furnished, of which 15,028 were paid for. At tne Newsboys’ Lodging House, Nos. 49 and 51 Park pi there were 7,333 diliereat boys, who averaged about @ week each, Tue jollowing extracts from the report on thia subject are lateresting:— wy ix cent for supper, lod, vl Our charges are, six o for supper, i aging and 0 to the annexed state~ breakiast) we tuake these chai feoling of Independence. By rete ment 4 will be een that weveuty-four per cout pay wad twenty-six per cont are received gratuitously, which includes. tllows ‘from~ office and. thors credited. have furnished during the nine month 3,207 meala and BATT | Jodgings; 619 | boys wore provided with homes; 642 truant and lost boys. haye been restored to frignds aud relatives, Wo have aval ayed 160 lodgers nightly, aud bave accommodations for 25% Our Inereaasy aver the corresponding months of the previoms. yenr is a8 follows :—Lodginge, 1,850, or five per cent 9 p ved, 2 5 in homes, an 0 and Jost chiiaren restored, S43; plaved in homes, an nero er Of 141, or thirty per cent. C cent, which 18 an increase of %007 64, of about forty-fhvo par cent, Ww very cheering feature; God boyn, oF eleven Ber cent OF Cite Thugers, have deposited in one savings bank, 1,688 23), vetn an average of 2 S8ench box. The average number using the bank hi venty-two monthly, | ADor A been Induced their money, ‘the oite boye have th money, as been in Cxistence, sevente During’ tase years wre hava lodged “yes duiTercat boy, Fa: a. red 208 boyn to trieniss urovided 1, wit 1 far ti oalk. ponse: ‘ie ed doa o AS ae eriss ae tea have come triguted gasiat * . Skinner, Superintendent of Industrial Bates repo ab follows:—The total number of scholars on. tag roll 18 6,813 ‘Tho average attend ance is 2,747. Compared with the number in 1808, 1% extibite a gain of 107 daily average, The number ‘of teachers is forty-nine, Making av average of fitty~ ax scholars per teacher, Tho schools have been liberally suppliga with hooks, maps, slates, &@, ‘There has been expended for food about $5,000, and for matexias for employment about, 4,009, The total expense of the schools dnring the past year, including rent, Salaries of teacuurs, fuel, stationery food, amounts to $52,067 46, The olticers of tho society are Wm. A, Booth, resident; J. i. Williams, treasurer, and On ae Brove, Peoretary. #. S. Howland, Howard Potrer, Horatio Aileu, Vheodore Roosevelt and Alexander Van Kenssciacr were clected trustees for (he next three years in pince of those whose term of office hos expired, There are five froo reading rooma under the charge of the society, and the building TURL HOW BULCanIs WO $64,009,

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