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Ministerial Couneil and Parliamentary Management in France. 4 Pontifical Council Procession Headed by a Cross from Scotland. German Assurances of Peace--- Conciliation Eastward. FRANCE, Mivistertal Council—Parliamentary Manage ment—Party Keerlmivation und the Plan of 248—City Sharpers—Mexican Orders and Ridbons—Plowcy of Pablic WorkAttempt at Murder in a Raifroad Carriage and a Brave Defeuce—A Murder and Active Police Work—Christunas and New Year Trade. Panis, Dec, 19, 1869, ‘There was a councl of Ministers yesterday. The wauie resolutions were come to as I announced in my Jetter to you on the previous day—dissolution of the exwaordinary session immediately after the valida- tion of the Deputies, which suould be finished by Thursday. But thirteen cases now romain to be ae- cided on, one-thira of which number will not require @iscuasion., The Deputies will then take a holiday Sor four or five days and the new session will com- mence. Many of the members have already talkea themselves hoarse; the country awaits with ipa tience the commencement of rea! business, The Validation of the elections of M. Le Cesne, deputy for the Seine-Inféreure, and that of M. Argence, for the Aube, occupied the whole of friday. It gave rise to @ large amount of recrimination against acts committed by the — provisional government of 1848. ecriminations are use- jess, The imperial goverument 1s accused of ap abuse of power; 18 supporters accuse the provisional government of calpavie acta, When will poople be convinced that two blacks cannot make a whie? Inthe present state of france all parties sbould unite for te consolidation of rational uberty. The sittmg on Friday was under the prest- dency of M. da Miral, one of te vice presidents. He bus lost all control over the Chamber, his ob- servations axe received Jn a disrespectful manner, and itis not probable that M. du Mirai will be re- elected a vice president when the ordinary session commences, In my lest] stated that M. de Forcade 1a Roguette had withdrawn from attempting to form a ministry ‘and would come into the Chamber as a depaty. The opportunity for him to do so has now been fur mished. M. le Vicomic Richemont, deputy for the Toret-Gaionne. Pus been raised to the dignity of Senator, which givis tim at the same time 30,000 francs per annum. ‘There is thus formed an electoral vacancy for M. de Forcade 1s Roquette. \ great outcry has been raised in consequence 0 this nomination, as M. le Vicomte de Richemoat appears t have no other qualification by which he Wentitied to become o Senator tian the power or ereating a vacant seat for the acceptance of the present Minister of Interior. With regard to the new Ministry it ts decided that M. Emile OUivier will be Minister of Interior and the Prince de la Tour d’Auvergne will remain Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Prince has accepted the pppolninient in consequence of a special request Srom the Emperor that he should do eo. He ts of MMnstrious birth, very rich and much liked, His re- maining at the head of the Foreign Department will give satisfaction and ada lastre to the new Minisiry. A sharp hand bas long succeeded in making a good living at the expense of the owners of the lead- mg restaurants by stealing the ailver and plated forks and spoons. His assurance and ingenuity bave defied al] attempts at detection until the day before yesterday. His mode of operating was thiss— He placed wax underneatn the frame of the tabie at which he was sitting, stuck the silver to 1t, and then, with the utmost sang/frotd, told the waiter to bring another couvert. When arrested by the police he was found to be a walking silversmith’s shop, weil stocked. Yhere are many ways of making money io this Gay city, but which to scrupulous minds might not appear legitimate. Acomplaint has been made to the Procureur imperial agaist & personage passing himself off as Grand Chancelicy of Mexican orders, He has amused himseil and his dupes—for & money considerstiou—Wwith conierring ad Ubium we Orders of Gaadaionpe, Mexican Hage and the Somale Order of San Carioa. ‘The price which human vanity wil pay lor ribbon is represented to have deen In some Cases EXOrbiAnL 1048 & ply coat the recipients of these decorations should have had their eyes opened, Where ignorance 18 bitss tis Lolly to be wise, it isan til wind that blows nobody good. What between political agitation, Traupman and other delicacies, the bloodhounds of tue law have haa enough on ir hands during the year 186¥, which: proves, however, to be @ fortunate one to the guer- dians Of public order. Every laborer is worthy of his hire. ‘The employes of the Prefecture have ween overworked auriiig the present year, and they ure to receive @ Christmas box—brigadiers forty francs each, sous-brigadiers thirty-five francs, policemen and agents thirty francs. Altnough in each case a su.ail sum, the aggregate amounts to 209000 francs, ‘There are 5,000 persous employed at the Prefecture. ‘Lhe late attempted assassination im the ex a train from Marsellies Uiustrates what trifles may oc- casion serious Consequences. Dr, Constantin James, returning irom Fgybk; remembered when ne ar- rived at Nice that lis friend the Duc de Vatlambrose hived at Cannes. When the train stopped at that station he inquired if he could alight and proceed by & later traia without forteiiing his ticket. The reply wagin the negative. ‘he train was on the potut of starting, when the chief of the station asked the Doctor who It was he wished to visit. Finding shat it was tue Duc de Valamorose he de- cured the Duke did 9 much good tor the country Liat he would give the Doctor permusion to reinain. ‘Yhe letter aliguted; the train proceeded to Paris. After spending some hours with the Duke they pro- ceeded together to Marseilies, when the Duce de Val- laiubrose procured sor bis friend, Who waa tl, a re- served carriage. The Hoctor entered te coxopart. mentadrew down the blinds, pulied the screen over the lamp, rolled himself up tn his travelling rag and made minself, ashe hoped, snug for the mignt. At Rognac, the first station from’ Marseilles, che door of the Wagon was opened; a man jomped in #nd threw himself on the seat opposite to the Doctor, exclaiming a8 be did go, “Voua mon afaire?” "Ytis roused the Doctor. Iu tront of him be saw @ mau, paie and badly ciad, and feeing @ sense Ol ULEasNess, & presenlimen: of oyil, be asked tue stranger If he Was gomig to Paris? “No, only to Was the reply. avies, thougit the Doctor, rat @ atou at which the tan willstop; 1 will vf tu vats COM ‘nd composed himself to nuves he was etartied by # reached 1m \ess Lad y the retiects sleep. un a crushing diow 0 sempie—followed by a pecond—s third. ed from hig sleep, extended his ar a in, Who stud held him down a ith redoubled fary. Doctor seized whe tecih, had stil siren, his assadlant wit {severely and noid it for sume minutes. Ti tram dashed on at fuli specd—in one of thy iages, haif darkened for We cousfor! of a sulfering traveller, without tue means of caling ior assistance, Were two of the ha. wean race engaged ia struggle for lie or ‘The tri ive al Avies With the mor and te lifeless body of lis viet. Provide damea otberwise. The osciilations of grew loss aud its speed gradually slacken eugines, like mortais, require wa: dG Chamas was av hand, und the accident, was stopped to replenish, f left his vic and placed bts back agains. the carriage door opposite to cue aide from which pas- sengers would alight, The Doctor, sith with blood, did not nutter a cry for help. When ine hts of the station appeared he vroke silence. Wharhave i done that you should wisi to Kul nie??? His ngnailant replied, with coolness, “Je suis jeune, Pai besown Varyent—ne me perdez pas! The train stopped, Dr, Constantin James opened the door, alignted with duticuity, stumbied, blinded with coa- guiated blood; called for help, was supported by ihe in WhO greases tae wheela-—the door of the car caped. ‘A welegram Was re d yesterday to the etfect what # man ded been arrested at Mornas, in the depart ment of Vaucluse. On his band is a deep wound which appears to have been caused by a bite, He is supposed to be the mau who atvempted t murder Dr. Constantin James. The detectives have succeeded in arresting tho murderer of the woman who was found dead in bed ‘with a knife wound in her breast. He Is # zouave of the guard, who deserted from his regiment lust mouth. His name is -Pallandre. He tad not been seen in the neigiborhood of Belleville for the lat Tan towards nim and he immediately darted off at fail cre Soanienn thee, became certainty, and & race have done credit to foot ensued, Tho ts gained on their prey, which at last they captured. Pursuers and pursued were breath- Jess; not a word was spoken. The zoua red vigorous resistance, but was overpowered, A Jucve Grove up; the prisoner entered accompanied by nis Captors. “Cocher dla Préfecture.” Ip une carriage Pallandre remained mate. Brought before the chieis Of the detective police be denied participation in any crime, admitted that he was @ rer, burst into tears and confessed to having kiiled the girt Benen but declared that he was druuk when he ‘The workmen are still actively engaged tn com- Picting the erection of the little wooden shops along the boulevards, the numbers of which may be Minagtned by those acquainted with Paris, from the fact that between the Place de 1a Madeleine and the Kue de 1a Paix toere are nearly elgoty. ‘These sho} will oped on Caristinas Eve and remain so for tif teen days. ‘The tenants pay one franc per day. The Ville. de Paris possesses upwards of six hundred a nuinber totally inadequate vo the demant. They are not sufficient for the line of boulevards from the Madeleine to the Bastile, aud, in cousequence, car- enters and private contractors erect sheds in largo waibers, which they let at a reduced price, sixty to seventy-five centimes per day. ‘This lat ler class of shed 18 of a very primiive description, little stronger than Muscatel raisin boxes, aud affording but little protection from rain, snow or the biustertng wind of winter, It 13 pitiable to see the vendors of stall wares shivering and shaking in their shbes, often drenched to the skin, t Bull shouting themselves hoarse in the hopes of catching some stray pedestrian, when the weather {4 wet during the Curistmas season, When the air 18 crisp aud frosty everything goes merry ad the Mhurriaye bell, ‘The boulevards are crowded, they are impassable, and the localatres of the petites bar- raques diive & roaring wade, not only along the bou- levards wei kKuown to ugers, but as Jur as the 4 bourg de St, Antoine, the Rue St. Antoine and the Boulevard Richard Lenoir, ‘rhe small traders complained of the scarcity of smail cola, irom pieces Gf oue centime to those of one and two francs, ‘The Minister of finance has given orders for the Issue of sixty millions of silver aud diteen uulious of one centune pieces. ‘fraupmasn a Born Murdorer—Osenbach’s Pot=Theairical Novelies. Paris, Dec. 19—6 P. M. Science will attempt to save the head of Traup- main, The doctor Amédée Bertrand, who has studied deeply the physiology of the brain, has, it 18 Said, addressed @ reportto M, Jacband, the assas- sin’s counsel, It ciearly demonstrates that the criminal Star 18 not responsible for his acts, and that he was forced, without power of resistance, to commit the murders en gros for which he is about to be tried, Last week sensationtsts were In despair, as ithad been decided that neither the gendarme Ferrand, who irightened Taupmann into the water, nor the calker Hauguel, who pulled him out of the Port at Havre, should appear as witnesses at the wial. Cheer ap, sensationsis; 1 was informed yes- terday that their names are again inserced in the lisi of those who will be called on to give evidence. The coachiman who conducted Tranpmann and his victims to the fleld of slaughter, and the butcher, who felt the ground give way under his toot and thus discovered the body of Gustave Kinek, will also make their appearance before the public as witnesses for the prosecution, ‘Traupmann was much Upset by his brother’s visit; he has, however, re- covered bis equanimity. He plays, with gusto, at “plch and toss,” at which, in achoolpoy parlance, he 18 @ “dab,’? and jumps over chains with the agility of a cat. A lady of entire respectability, the mother of a family, was arrested some weeks since on euspicion of having stolen a pair of stockings at a magasin de nouvenules. Sue was condemned by the Seventh Chamber to tmprisonment for one month, The case attracted considerable attention, as it was the uni- vel opinion thatshe was innocent. The sentence was ruin to her peace of intnd and the happiness of her family, She applied to the Court of Appeal, and cts supported by her busbaod aud trends. Frercioay Bey.) court revoked the sentence, ‘This decision given general satisfaction. rf The composer Offenbach at the last moment de- layed his departure forty-eight hours, in order to be accompanied by his General Boum, You will natu- raily wonder who is Generali Boum. The genera! in question is an lmmense dog, a4 |; ag a Corsicau pony. He was given to Offenbuch by Capoul, the celebrated tenor, Tne General took it into his canine head that the composer wished to give him the sip, refused to eat his dinver and went on the sick list. His master became seriously alarmed, sent for & doctor, and quieted the uneasiness of cin iier by remaining forty-eight nours longer You are aware that ‘The Princess de Trebizonde” has proved a great success at the Bouffes. That theatre contains but 4,000 francs per night whcn every piace is taken. Since the new opera nas been running the recetpts have veen 4,500 francs per per- formarce, and without increasing the prices, ‘The boxes contala four. A friend cannot find sitting room in any part of the theatre, pays bis money at the door, says he will stand tn the corridor, and the owner of a box allows him to enter 1t and ve jatnmed. The boxes now nightly present a curioug aspect, lor they are very small. he treasury of the theatre, however, gains 500 francs per night through the curiosity of the public, Tickets have been taken im advance to the amount of 175,000 francs, The “Brigands,” at the Varieties, draw great audiences, Last night a gentieman left the theatre fora few four days, but the police felt confident tuat he nad not taken to flight, and agents were posted so as to secure his arresi if he gave signs of life. Last night, between nine aud ten o'clock, those stationed on the Rue Peschoin perceived a man tn a biouse wendiug bis way towards a hotel gurni. Asx he kept clove to | the wall, and appeared emburrassed, the suspicions @f the police Were awakened. The agcais oi pouve minutes. He metafriend, to whom he complained of indisposition, “The best thing you can do, my dear fellow, ia to go home; the heat of the theatre wili'do you harm.” fe took the advice, and his iriend gave him @ lors for his ticcet. ‘ue chorus of carivineros 18 eminently popular. It 1s sung and Wihustled in the streets in all directions, and the organ grinders are having their barrels reset, ‘to pick up the browns,” as Paul Bedford was wont to Say, With thls last musical novelty, ROME. The Sword of St. Peter Unsheathed Before Royalty and Laymen—The Council Proces- sion Headed by a Cross trem Scotland— Pickpockets “Around” und Valuables Lost— ‘The Church of the Twelve Apoaties a Concert Hali—Death of a Senlptor. Rome, Dec. 16, 1869, On the afternoon of the 15th tnst. the Minister of War availed himseif of a glimpse of filme weather afver the torrents of rain thet bave prevailed ever siace the Inauguration of the Council to pags in review the Pope’s troops in garrison here. The spectacle took place in the Borghese Villa, and crowds of people thronged the Porta del Popola to Witness 1t, including the Empress of Austria, in a carriage with the King of Naples, escorted by dra- goons; the Queen of Wurtemberg, who leaves Rome to-morrow evening for Germany via Florence, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Tuscany and most other distinguished persons in’ Rome As a military show the review wa8 @ poor affair; for the troops were not more than 5,000 in number and their tenue was not at all exact. The most remark- able feature in the display was the appearance in the vanguard of the column of three companies of squadrigtieri, who are sandaled mountaincers of the southern provinces, engaged to serve as auxtl- taries to (he gendarmes in their conflicts with the brigands. As many of these individuals are rée- formed brigands, with very villanous looking faces, their corps was looked upon with interest as weil as repugnan by the assembled spectators, General Kautzier and the other Pontifical generals were ra- diant with stars, orders and decorations almost too numerous for the limits of human chests, All sorts of anecdotes are in circulation respecting the Council and eveuts connected with it. The cross carried before the Fathers of the Council in the in- auguration procession Was presented to the Pope by the recent Seotch convert to Catholicism, Marquis o1 Bute. It 1s in the styie of the thirteeuth century aud represents Christ in glory, wearing a royal crown, enriched with jewels. The rich clasp worn on the Pope’s breast on the #ame occasion was made by order of Pope Benedict XIII. (of the Orsini family), in 1725. It i8 mounted with jewels of great value and represents the Holy Spirit with outepread Wines In rays of glory, That Ponti wore it for the frst time on opening @ Reman council at St, John Lateran. The bronze statue of St. Peter— | lormerly, it 18 said, a pagan riatue of Jupiter~on ohe right of the principal entrance to the Coancil Hall, was crowned on the opening day with a Jewelled tiara, aud clothed in Pontifical dress end ornaments complete. A rich ruby ring waa on his | Gnger and hia left hand bore a golden key sparking with diamonds. A golden lamp and four colossal wax tapers adorned With miniature paintings were lighted before the statue. I'wo of the massive candiesticks were gilt, presents to the apostie from Pius [X.; the other two, of bronze, were oilered by Cardinal Mattel, Archbishop of St. Peter's, Some of the bishops lost their gold chains and crosses in the procession. ‘These massive decora- tous are of some value and must have excited the “pagging tooth” of more than one pickpocket. Uns cross wus found ta the church and deposited at the office of the Osservatore Romano, where it was claimea by its owner, the Bishop of Nimes. But the Bishop of Curtaveccha and Corneto is stil An search of lis lost chain and cross. Fatertainments more or less connected with the Council wre going on in various palaces and religious eatabilshinen.s, The French Euibassy 16 a scene of continual diplomatic dinners and solrées in honor of eminent ecciesiastics in general and French ec siastics iy particular. tries c Pretutes of particular coun- efoasied in their respective ecciesiastical 4 There wasa grand banquet the other evening at the North American Uoullege in the Via dell’ Umilra. Toe Church of the Tweive Aposties was converted into wehncert room on Sunday afternoon, wen a flue oraterts Was perforined, auticied “The Poutift vi the immaculate.” i wind wh With aonouncing the douth of the most distinguished Italian, or, perhaps, European, scalp- tor, the Commendatore Pietro Tenerant. GERMANY. Reviow of the Situat ‘eace In Europe— Internal Complicatio: yal Banquet— ‘The Soverelgn’s Toast~Damon and Pythias— A Now Lease for Stunding Armies. Lin, Dec, 19, 1869 If 1% wore not for the intefyal diMcuitics with Which the principal contin governments are threatened the present politica aspect would be one of peace, It is owing wo these very difficuities—to the clamors of the governed for more liberty and leas taxation—that we cannot fact that France, Austria, lta) add North Germany, &re so abjorbed ag to have no time and ‘surplus strength for ogtward action. Even if such were not the case the Une is not propitious for nations to fy to arms, a} people are now of a more cosmopolitan character and will neither go to war nor vote the means for/it, This 1s not to be understood aa if the armed hosta would not readily obey orders and press forward in whatever direction they would be told: but at the same time the chiefs are well aware that in order to be successful they must have the voice of the people with them, and this they nave fatied to secure by their despotic govern- ment and utter neglect of the people’s interest Your readers are kept too well informed of Ruro- pean politics for me to enlarge further upon this subject. While lam writing the vox poputt in Paria, Madrid, Vienna and Florence is making itself un- mistakably heard, and any day might bring us news Of serious outbreaks 1p either country. Here we perceive just grounds for the rulera in general to maintain overwhelming military forces, which, while ostensibly tntended for foreign foes, can be equally well employed for the suppression of discontent or resistance at home. For in thas country, and no less in the others, it is not without precedent that when the buik of the people of one or several districts have persrenhy refused to pay government taxes addi- tonal battalions of troops have becn seni and the same extorted from them by force. It is thus nut diMicuit to comprehend tuat while ‘he various gov- ernments are busied with broila and disaifection in their internal affairs, the international relations may be of a decidedly pacific character. Nothing warrants the couciusion that the staf Schleswig-floisteln question should gtve rise to any apprehension, aud wherever we look we eee nothing vo disturb the geaeral peace of Europe. Once on this topic, I give you the very cordial ex- pressions of King Witham at o oanquet in the royal Palace 12 presence of the whole corps diplomatique, ‘When his Majesty gave the foliowing toast:—"* With feelings of tae mnerinost Iriendship and gratitude 1 give you the health of his Imperial Majesty the km- eror of ail the Knasias. jn bestowing upon me the Grand Cross of Si, George, the highest military dis- tnction in bis gift, the Emperor wished, in retro- ect of the past—when, filly-fve years ago, the Hmperor Alexander J. vestowed the cross of the fourth class—to bind together the glorious past of the two armies and the giorious preseut of my own. Great was my surprise, great is my gratitude, but higher siiji is the honor paid to the army in my per- son. For this and tor the trendly acceptance of the order pour le merite sent him by me, to express the Most heartfelt thanks to my imperial friend, is cordial to my heart, and thus! empiy this giass to tne health and Welfare of bis Majesty the Emperor of all the Ri father of the army.” In reply the Anbassaior, Count von Ou- bril, rose and requested to be aliowed the honor of proposing, in the name of bie sovereign, the bealth of King William. ‘Your Majesty,” said he, “nes been graciously pleased to perinit me some remarks on the occasion of tht day. 1 take advantage of this august jon to thapk your Majesty for the words just pronounced, and which will find a wart echo in the heart of the Emperor, my impe- rial master. In conferrmg upon you. Sire, the deco- ration of the Grand Cross of the order of St. George, the highest distinction in the Russian army, the inperor wisued to give you, Sire, a new proof of his personal friendship and profound esteem. There will be scen m it@ new pledge of the ties Which subsist between the two sovereigns, the two nations and the two armies—a pledge in conformity ‘Wit the interests of both nations and also of Eu- rope. 1tis with these sentiments, and in thanking you, Sire, once more, that I have the honor to pro- er in the name of the Emperor, tue heaith of your ajesty. ‘ Will any one be disposed to gainsay that these expressions are other than dictated by genuine friendship? Have we notseen the same cordially expressed by the Austrian Emperor immediately atter bis return from Egypt, pouring out, as it were, his whole heart to bis Russian colleague? Did not Count Beust, that eminent diplomatist, convey simi. lar assurances of his sovereign to Victor Emanuel ? Whence, then, are these sinister alliaucss to come which the alarmists mainwio are to upset the present configuration of Kurope and disturb wie balaace of power? ‘fhe Prussian Lower House has passed the mucn talked of Oonsoudation or Conversion of Debt pill with @ numerous majority. Unlike the United States, which in the wisdom of their government gad the honesty of their people have resolved to pay of their national debt as fast as their utmost efforts will allow, Prussia has determined to de- vote nothing to liquidation of present in- debtedness, but to sluifi the burden upon posterity, It has been sald, in and ous of the House, usque ad nauseam, that tue millions spared by thia financial scheme wili be enguwifed in he military eat; that the whole measure was sim. ply a temporary relief to the deficit caused by the insatiable military department of the Norw German Coufederation, The opponents of the measure consisted of the Fordschritt party, the Poles aud some sway votes of independent members—in aii 1s6. Among these [ note thator Deputy Lasker, the ieader of the national liberals, who voted right agatust his own pe, and Dr. Engel, the government siatiatician. In favor of the bili—236 votes—were all the conservatives and national tiberals, inciuding, of course, Barou von der Heyat. ‘The various Statea of the Bund having been re- quested to furnish retaros of the paper money in circulation, it has been found that witiin the last two y the amount has been increased as much as @leven and a half per cent. When the currency laws come to be revised and a uniform standard adopted throughout the Buud it may be discovered that some of ihe smaWer States have been altogether too profuse ip issulag paper. IRELAND. The Land Tenure QuestionPopular Agita- tion—‘i) Heal and Great Evil of tie Island—Efforts for Its Redrese—Prospects of Success. DUBLIN, Dec. 18, 1859 It is now, I believe, recognized by all classea of Persons, irrespective of political opinion—by the Jandiord as well as the tenant farmer—that the great cause of Irisn poverty and misery is the pre- carious hold which tue tillers of the soil have of tne land they cultivate, This fact can scarcely excite surprise when it ig Known that Ireland is almost desticute of manufactures, and that three-fourths of the people are directly depending for subsistence upon the produce of the soil. The land laws of England, I am inclmed to think, would nat have added much to her prosperity were it not that agri- culture received such an extraordinary stimulus from the capital derived trom her commerce ana manufactures, Even Mr, bright acknowledges this, In a speech in Dublin in 1867 he said that but for the outlet for the population afforded by manufac- turing industry the condition of Kngland woula probably have been as bai as that of Ireland. But here, as I have shown, the case is different, the population being for the most partengaged in agricultural pursuits. Any- thing that interferes wito the cultivation of the land affects the whole population of Ireland, It 1g easy for any one who has taken the troable to study the land question, or even for any one who has Watched the events which have taken place in tre- land within the last few years, to see that the great evil afilicting society tu this country 1s the insecurity of the tenure of land, This was the opinion arrived at by the celeyrated commission appointed to inquire into the tenure of laud in Ireland, ander tho presidency of the Earl of Devon. The commissioners staved that the insecurity of tenure was the cause of the bad cuitivation of the laad and the miserable condition of the people. Poverty, tac commissioners said, Was owing to the fact that the occupiers vith- held the investment of labor and capital from «str farms; that they did not wish to expend anything ou the property of others without a reasonable security, and that no such security existed im regard to the | vast iajority of the trish peasantry. In a speech at Manchester The ©’Donoghue fully bears out the opinion of the Devon commission that in the majority of cases the tenant farmers of Ireland have not sumficient security to induce them to invest their capital in the iand. He says that ‘in Ireland there are about 600,000 persons occupying land as tenants, That number included only the heads of families. But taking the moderate estimate of Lord Dufferin, that each family consists of five, they Would have an agricultural population close upon | 3,000,000, Of the 600,000 heads of families about 580,000 were teuants at will, without leases, and could be dispossessed of the iand on tue service of a 81x months’ notice to quit.” Under these circum- stances itis quite impossible for the great buik of ihe peasantry either to prosper or ve contented. ‘lbey are living in a state of the utmost suspensc— | living ia bourly expectation of the fatal notice NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1870. which at any moment may be served upon them, ‘They cannot build or it oF make enclosures; they cannot drain or im| @ the land, or cultivar 1 i ; they have nothing tO stimulate them to active industry #o long a8 eviction is hanging over their heads. It makes them lazy, idle, careless; tt engenders the worst habits ‘and paralyzes all industry. T believe, from woat { have beard in different country, that threat of arbitrary | wonsun AMBRICAN SPIRITUA) LITERATURE. Reviews of New Books. LisM. A .wenty Year’ Record of the Communion between Barth and the World of Spirita, By Emma Hardinge. ‘The title of this book expresses fully the character the farmers are @ most | of the work. Jt 1s @ c&refully compiled history of of the Inaustrious class, persevenng and Cini Med of Spiritualism in America from the beginning, that, under better clroumstances, they would jest and any happ! bd most prosperous peasant io country in the eat Give them net tay have #0 long asked for, what tney have 80 long expected, of tenure, ina few years the wholo condition of Ireland wiil be completely changed. It isa great mistake to suppose that the arbituar; der of the landiord are not frequently enforced, forvunately it ie but too true that arbitrary evic- tions have been carried in Ireland to en exteut in. finitely greater than 1n any other country with which Jam acquainted, 1% wil doubtless startle some of 50 consisted of Ove inciabera ithe mnoderate one) I have an aggregate of a quarter of @ r but honest people deprived of toelr homes during the short space of twelve invnths. These Susehicne, @nd, indeed, the general insecurity of land tenure in Ireland, owe their of incidental Rarenimennces, oe no doubt to be founda in have come down to our own time from the days of the great configcauons. A wall of separation has ne divided the owners aud the occupiers of the eoll, They differ al:nost in everything. It would be dificult indeed to fina two classes so utterly op- Wo each other. ‘Tnetr religioas are different, their interests are different, their political opimious are different; mdeed, 1 might wimost say thay ao not belong t© the same country. These differences, thereiore—their religious aud political dilerences especialiy—have contributed in no small degree to the insecurity of the tenant. Another circumstance which materiatly affected the tenure of the occupier Was the introduction of the Poor laws into Ireland, with toe imposition of one haif the rate upon te owners of tue soll. ‘The landlords became, as # mit ter of course, terrified at tne mumber of poor people upon thew property, aud sought only the best meuas by which they couid pose of their burden. Then the famine years came, and with them began those ‘clearances’? of Irian estates which for a quarter of a century have Marked the social bisiory Of tbe country. Theu- sauds and tens of thousands of the people were driven annuatiy from their homes, The process ot extermipalion reached its climax in 1849, when, a6 I have aircady shown, no jess than 60,000 families, or ® quarter of a million of persous, were dus) of the sot Im 1851 the population ef the country Ws leas by 2,000,000 thau 1b was ten years belore. During the same ten years 270,000 homesteads were razed Wo the ground, ‘The resuit of all these circumstances, and of others T have omitted vo introduce, 18 that only 20,000 of the mary Cause 18 calculation 18 @ very | Modern Spiritualism had ,She cannot escape the fact thas it Roch Gifferences which | the original rap) twenty years ago, to the present time. Miss Har- dinge 1s one of the advanced lughts of this new reil- gion, if such it may be called, and professes to be- Meve ali the astounding statements of supernatural wonders recorded im the book, even to the floating about of poaies and ponderous substances in the alr. Bho gives due credit to the authors of modern Spirit. Uallsm, the Fox sisters, and seems to anticipate the time when these juvenile priestesses will become as sacred sud famous ag Diana, Venus, or any other of the deified females of ancient history. At men the writer appears desirous of showing that indications of develop- Ment before and tndependent of the Fox sisters, but had its rige in the ester knockings, and comes back again to ite source. That was the starung point, though in toavariety | Miss Hardinge aud some others among the spiritual aders are moitious of dividing the honors with pers,’ aud claim to have reached a higher development, It cannot be denied that Spiritnalism has spread widely from such a sinall beginning, though Miss Hardinge’s statement that there are 8,090,000 Spiritualists in the United States seems incredible. To say the least, Spiritualisia presents @ ou: phase of our American civiliza- tion. 1t shows at the same time the tavense activity ani culative quality of the American mind and the superficial nature of our education. With @ aor deal of acuteness and practical common sense jn tho every-day afairs of life it ts evident that our people have @ remarkable tendency to superstition and @ wonderful amount of credulity. Of ali the ‘ams and vagaries which have sprung from the fraitful eoll of America this, perhaps, is the most in- sinuating, dangerous and deworalizing. Faer Hanvagp. A Story of American College Life. New York: G, P, Putuam & Son, ‘Notwithstanding a certain extravagance of style “Patr Harvara” is @ story of more than ordinary merit. It gives a vivid sketch of college life at Harvard, witch reminds us strongly of English ‘Works descriptive of Ife at Oxford and Cambridge, with the diference that everything tn this work is characteristically American. With considerable zest the unknown autior narrates the intercourse be- tween soph omores and freshmen, seniora and juniors. He cuvers into the humor of the scenes ‘and tacidents that attended the career of the stu- dent who ts the bero of the story. There is hardly anything more comicai than the depiction of Went worth Saulsbury’s mother anxtousiy hoping her son Irish tenaut farmers have leases. These leases ase | 16 not grudyang mathematics too h.rd aod wonder. expiring year afver year, and soon, very soon, the Peusaniry of Ireland will bo comptetely at the mercy of a few thousand landed proprietors. ‘Tiere 18, however, @ system of laud teuure in the north of Ireland (now, | believe, confined to & few countics mm Uisier) tems with which | am acquainted. A tenaut iu Ulster, even without « lease, nas, according to the Immemoriai custom of the province, & righlto bis farm as long aa he 8 bis rept; he has algo the ad- ditional priviiege of seliing what is called bis yood will to the anco: venant in cuse he wisues to give up the land. He bas, therefore, three pecullur advantages nut enjoyed by the peasantry of the other three provinces, in the first plave the iand- Jora@ is restrained by force of custoin irom raging the rents; secondly, 60 long as the tenant paya his stipulated When be wishes to quit the land be has the privilege Of seliing bus good will. He can sell his good will in the saine way as a Jandiord cau sell lus estate; and so highly valued 16 this good will, or the inverest of the tensnt tm the land, taat it not unfrequentily brings as high a mee aa the jand Itself in @he other provinces, About twelve pounds per acre is the sum usually paid for the good will of @ farm; that ia, ——s jess than one-balf of the Jandiord’s in- reat. If a tenant in the goath leascs his farm he gets nothing excopt what bis landlord chooses to give bim, aod that is very frequentiy nothing; sometines, however, he may be fortunate enougn 0 get the price of his passage to America. He bas DO more interest in the iand than the servant be hires to till it; the landlord can raise bis rent when- ever he pi and he can dispossess him after serving Upon him a six months’ notice to quit. But legally, @ laudiord in Ulster has precisely the same rent he cannot oe disturped; and, thirdly, | tyrannical landiords—and telis it very well. ing if bis room is damp, at the same moment that the youth is engaged tn smoking pipes and convers- ing about everytinog cise but matuematics or otber branenes of study. Of course in the thread of a plot reuning through the sory there is a vast Which differs from all other sy* | amount of love making, whigh ends in Wentworth obtuaing the girl of Lis choice, The chief merit of She work, uowever, is in its description of cones life, and in thus respect it is deserving of the high- est praise for the eutertainment it affords. ‘TRE BYRNGS OF GLENGONLAG, A True Tale. By Alice Nolan, New York: P. O'Shea. We have here one of those Irish novels with which Most of our readers are familiar. It tells the story of Irish wrongs and sufferings under grasping and All the characters, we are assured by the fair authoress, are not creations of ker own, but real persons woo exist, of aid existin the Hes, ‘This assurance lends to the work an aduitional interest. Very natarally the Catholic clergy are greatly praised, all ihe op- exed and gowntrodden mortais are upright, norable wud viriwous, aud all the minions of Great Britain are no better than they should be, MUSICAL REVIEW. Ditagon & Oo, publish a very handsome and conve- nient edition of Bach's celebrated Passion music. It would be unnecessary to explain to musicians the Deauties of this great work. Itis dramatic, not in the clap-trap sense of the word as tt is understood powers. He, too, if he wishes, can dispoasess tus | at present, but in no instance does tt depart from tenants, raise their rents and prevent thon from | tne greatness of the subject. It is an imperishable selling the good will of thew land, legal claims to their priviieg as they are, are prescriptions and wothing more. These rights have their origin im & cusiom which Gates back to the period of the plantation of Ulster under James the First. The coionists, among whom the confiscated lands were parcelied out, had much to do to protect inemselves against the old inhabi- tants. ‘They were an Engiisu colony,” said Lord Chancellor Clare, ‘4u an enemy's country, which hud been reduced by the sword to a sulien and re- fractory allegiance.” Iu order, therefose, to forufy themscives against the discontented peopie, the colonists conceded to their tenants aud dependenis every privilege likely to strengthen tugir position They have no in the country. ‘These priviieges nave never been witudrawn; they eilll exist und are kuown as the Tenant Right of Ulster, and at this day they have well nigh we force of law. Jn some instances the custom has no doubt been violated; but the instances are few. Tue jandiord i restrained in the exorcise of his powers by the lorce of public opinion, as weil ay by & whol some dread of provoking outrage. Agrarian, 01 rages in Ulster ure, comparatively Speaking, few; but the Devon Commissioners did not hesitate to pay that any attempt on the pait of the landiord 10 invade the rights of the teuaat “would wake Down a second Tipperary.”” This statement 18 perfectly true ; for when any landivrd, whether through avarice or auy other m0- tive, has interfered with this provincial custom oul- rages of a shocking Character have invariaviy been the consequence, Precarious as this tenure is it has made Uister the most ‘flourishing province and the ple of the north the happiest ana most contented | io Ireland. ‘This @ fact which admuté of no dispute, ‘The plains of Munster, of Leinster, of Connaugni, are no legs tertile than those of Ulster; nor are the men of the south less active, 1ess industrious, less intelligent than those of the north. ‘The latter are prosperous and happy, the former are poor and discoutented. ‘The contrast maj, perhaps, help English statesmen to the conciasion that, when Ulster ‘enans Kight 13 legaiized throughout freland, Munster, Leister and Connaught wil be as nourishing aud as prosperous ag the province tn the north. TURKEY. The Imperial Firman to Egypt—British MedintionEnemies ef Native Progrese— Hopes from “Young Turkey”—Ruilroad Katerprise. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 14, 1869. As M may interest you toknow in what terms the Sultan addressed the Viceroy of Egypt by the firman went kim last week I enciose you herewith the text of the imperial message as it appeared tn one of our local papers. [The Orman has been aiready pub- lished inthe HERALD.) You will see that, while the language 1s firm and admitting of no discussion wiih regard to the army, navy and foreign loans, it 4s worded In a manner which allows the Viceroy to accept the orders sent fim without appearing to be forced toJt by any show of extraordigary pressure on the part of the Porte, Lhear that 8 favorable solation of this Hgyptian anestion 1s likely to be beard of soon, and the de- parture of the Britisn Ambassador tor England from Alexandria 1s understood to mean a reconcilia- ton between the Sultan and the Viceroy, as doubt- less Sir H. Euiott would not quit Egypt and Con- stantinople at this moment if he did not believe that the misunderstanding vetwoen the parties was likely to be amicably settled. It is to be hoped that tig reading of the affair may prove the correct one, as just now this Egyptian diflerence is the only question having importance enough to prove an im ediment to the dally Increasing prosperity of Tur- ey. ‘That impediment once removed we shall see nothing else arising to hinder Turkey tn her sincere endeavor vowards radical improvement, But this 18 nut to be expected, as there are those who gain py her loss and who, consequently, are ever onthe lookout to foster impediments. But every year gained 18 & step in advance, and. by the sawe reasoning, 4 move agatnsi evil wishers, woo kuow as well o# we who live im the coantry do tiat Tur- key only requires peace, good advice, and no med- dling i her internal affairs to be in a position to follow yp ler moves, even to checkmate If pushed to it What sho requires most 18 time, to enable her present young wen, especially in the nay, and army, to rise to positions of action and command, AS An instance of tne necessity there 1s that old cap- talus shonid die off i wili mention that wuen Server Etlendy left for Alexandria with the imperial firman the joke among the competent oMcers of the navy ‘Was the quosiion whether he would ever get there, as the officer im command of the steamer was an “inoramus,’? who wheo gent to Jaffa went some 160 miles out of his route and eventually had to ask his way {rom a French naval steamer. Reports from Egypt are far from favorable for the Suez Canal. On the other hand we get 10st favora- ble reports from Paris regarding the Roumelian Railway financial affairs. Some 1,200,000 sharea at 600f. each have aiready been subscribed for and more are promised. On this side the government has begun to advertise for rails to be laid down between See and Roustchouk and between Moudaria and onia. ‘All these matters mean improvement, and the local mouey markets answer it by the steady advance in the price of Turkish funds. ASTEMPTBD BANK ROBBERY IN VERMONT.—A bold attempt was made on Tuesday night to rob the Na- tional Cnion Bank at Swanton ) Vt. AD en- trance to the bank was eifected by forcing @ window , blind and then prying up the lower sasb with an iron bar. ‘ihe thieves commenced work on the vauit by arilling @ Love an inch in diameter near the bot- tom of the door, and began to drill through the sec- ond aoor, but evidently became alarmed and fled from the scene of their labors. They ransacked the drawers under the counter aud obtained avout $150 Worth of revenue stampe for theis iounle specimen of a style of music of which it would be B. Molique. ‘Their rights, such | well if we had a little more nowadays. nee Thou Must Sing To-night,” soug. Ye te Happy Gypsy,” song. 8. Neison. Nothing tn it “4 Knew a Song,” batlag. J. Benedict. Rather quaint and peculiar, “Galop Bachigue.” J. Ascher. With aring and Gash init which would set the most inveterate anti- terpsichorean dancing tustanter. Some excellent se.ections trom the exercises and suites of Bach, consisting of two gavotes, bourres, courante, two sarabunds and echo, Admirable for studies. “7 ’s Music on the Water,’ song and chorus. c i. Veazie, Jr. Au exceedingly commonplace melody. ; “Mora on the Meadow,” song. W. T. Wrighton. Aaimpile, altractive melody, evidently a reminiscence erbaps, something stronger. ur blessings on the Daisies,” song. Abt, but ry unlike 406, and not up to his usual standard, “Luck ig Up March.” ©. Favel. Acapital thing, whicn bag been made a favorite here long ago by Dedworth gad Gratulla. Dison has taken all competitors by surprise, in welling outa very interesting ‘Life of Rossial,’’ by M.S. Edwards, wich is very complete and worthy of perusal. Anotuer very handsome work, published by the sane iirm, 1s the ‘Music oi the Cuapter for the Koyal eee Masons,” arranged lor male voices, of course, yy John B. Marsh. Selurmer pubilsnes a Capriccietto a la militaire, by George J. Hoss, It is cleverly worked up, but the main theme is uninteresting. “Tapping at the Garden Gate,” song. S. W. Neu. A weil known and pretty song, inade # favorite here by Purepa. Hall & Son publish a Morning Service, consisting of a Te Deum and Jubilate, by H. P. Danka, which 1g above the average standard of such compositions atthe present day. The music stores are aeluged with Te Deems and Jubtiates, few of which display the merit possessed by these two. Avery Cleverly written and remarkable musical brochure has been issued by the American News Company, under the titie of “A Romance of a Piano.” Jt abounds in some very interesting reflections on music in general and tae modern granu piano in particular. HYDROPHOBIA. Horrible Death of a Girl Four Yenra Old. [From gthe Loursville Conrter-Journal, Dec. 31.) On the 25th day of November last Aunie Gillen, & hittle girl aboat jour years old, danghter of Peter Gillem, who, resides on Shelby street, near Frank- lin, was bitten in the left cheek, below the eye, and had her lett eat badly torn by a dog belonging to her father. As soon a8 Mr. Gillem was iniormed of the circumstances be killed the dog. ‘Tne wounds com- menced healing and nothing more was thougnt of the matter. On Monday last * the child was taken sick, but it was supposed to result from overeating on Christmas. She slept moderately well Monday night. On Tuesday, at hatf-past eleven A. M., she asked for @ cup of coifee, grabbed at the cup when it was handed to ber, clenched it with her teeth, but drank the coffee. At five P. M. she ate & plece of bread, About dark a cup of water was handed to her. She seized it eageriy, and her teeth were heard to ratile on the cup, but she couid not swallow and strangled badlj. she slept nope thay night and was nervous and restless. Early Wednes- day morning she asked for a cup of tea, but when it was handed to her turned away from it with averson and refused to drink it. At six A. M, her mother attempied to give her a teaspoonful of the syrup of sguills, but she could no swallow tt, and again stran- gled badly. At seven P. M. she was seized with a spasm, during which her limbs were rigid, head thrown back and eyes rolled up. ‘The spasm lasted two or three minutes, recurring at in- tervals of fifteen minutes until she kaa had four, During Tuesday night her throat was aflecied, and she 1s incessantly attempting tociear it, but without success, Yesterday afternoon @ cup of water was oiYered her, but she refused it with aversion and re- slated violently all attempts to piace it to her lips. A piece of cake Was offered her, but she rejected 1t with aversion, turning ner head away. At the urgent request of her father sie attempted to tuko it, but snatched it from his band, thrust it to her mouth, and, with a suap, bit off a small piece, shuddered convuisively, atlempted to masticate It, but was compeiied to throw it out of her mouth. Her intel- ject 1# perfectly clear, aod beyond the continued ef- forss to clear her throat ts quiet, except when water, food or medicine ts offered her. From potes taken by the attending physicians, Dra. Kellar and Bayless, we give the progress of tue disease from four P. M., Wednesday, until tte fatal termination. ‘The efforts to clear the throat continued inces- sently, coughing every few minutes, the cough caus- tng spasms, the approach of which was uccom- panied by a irightened appearance and palior of the countenance. An attempt administer medi- cine Was resisted violently, throwing her into spasms. An orange was offered, from which she turned away greatly frightened. The sight of any- thing to eat or drink occasioned great tremor ani convulsions. About seven I, M. she became very restiess, screaming and xicking with spasms every five minutes, At ten P. M. Dr. Keliar adminisiered morphine by injection beneath the skin, Ip @ few minutes she became quiet and ra- tional, and even laughed, She continued in this state only about half an hour, when restlessness aud spasms again set in. The morphine injection was repeated at haif-past eleven P. M., and in diteen or twenty minutes she feit into a light slumber. Prev- yous tothis ehe bad not slept an instant for forty- eight hours, ‘This light slumber, not the profound comatose sieep which characterizes opium poison- Ing, continued till she died at nalf-past three o’clock yesterday inorning. She vomited a little tea which had been poured into her mouth fifteen or twenty miontes before she died. After the last Injection there was no recurrence of the spasms, aud she dicd perfectly easy. During her entire iliness ehe made no attempts to bite or seize any one, but when food or driux was persistently urged upon Ler ble would goize 16 violenuy, CHARITY AND MERCY. How the Friendless and Destitute aro” Cared For in the City Insti- tutions of Mercy. ‘The private charitable institutions of the metropo- Ms have kept pace with the growth of the great city. Years ago, when Vanal street was considered ‘80 far out of town a8 to be classed within the lonely precincts of the “suburbs,” the private chariticn were not by any means few and far between, but they were conducted on such ® small ecale, and were tied down by such old fogy notions and the bigotry of the narrow-minded, that their userutness was toavery large extent impaired, As the city began gradually to creep beyond the Canalatrees: boundary, and the wants of tho poor became more pressing as their numbers increased, the attention of large-heartead men, who nad plentiful means to make their charitable intentions of more than theoretical value, was more and more directed to their condition, and to the various inatitutions founded for the benefit of the worthy ones suffering from poverty. Private institutions of charity, being solely dependent, upon subscriptions and the pequests of all pious persons who be Neve that as few hundred dollars left to the poor smooths their way to heaven, have a great many difficulties to contend with that are unknown to institutions which are supported by Subsidies and State moncys, and twenty years ago especially they one and ail led a very pecarious sort’ of existence and had oftentimes to be saved from utter ruin by the eleventh hour charity of some ine dividual wno had more money than the majority of folks. From the earliest moment of the birth of private institutions in ghe city tt became evident that the beggars and the adult poor were not by any means. the most needy, and that little children of both sexes, and girls of a tender age, wno had been de- prived of their natural protectors, were im greater need of assistance than any other class. It was not Until about twenty-five years ago that any proper Private asylum had been founded for their special Welfare, and the success of the first one was so gratl- Tying that tt led to the founding of severai others, which were equally well supported by the charities: of private individuals, The oldest one in existence, ‘and which was founded in 1834, is the HOMB YOR THB FRIENDLESA, under the care of the American Female Guardiam Society. The meetings of the Executive Committee of unis society were at first held ma rear basement. under the old Tract House. Tue promoters of the charity started the institution with the idea of make ing it arefuge where the friendieas could be pro- tected and trained to virtue and usefulness, and thia, idea they have always made the primary object of the cbarity, The society, feeling that it would be! compelled to struggle with diMculties which might finally prove insnrmountable if it were compelled ta rely upon its own limited resources, made an appeal to the public to afford them the means to erect a suit- able home for the objects of their beneficence. Tho! charitable responded nobly to the call made upom them, and in December, 1848, the house No. 30 East ‘Thirtieth street was secured as a home and opened for the reception‘of that class of unfortanates for whom the society had so long labored. Eight years from the time the Home was opened the work of the society had so greatly increased tnat the Board of; Counsellors deemed it advisable to extend their facilities for the reception of the friendless by erect- Ing an additional building in Twenty-nintn strect for chapel and hospital. i It became necessary, in order to complete the new buliding, to optain $20,000 by niortgage, and in P86L the managers made a second appeal to the puolic to help them outof dept. Subscriptions to the amount of $2,800 were the only result of the appeal, but | during the same year the Legislature, wmich had been applied to for assistance, voted the society $10,000. Before the close of the year the remainder, $7,200, had been collected and the management wae entirely free from debt. THE GOOD WORK DONE. The institution is now divided into four distinct departwents, the Home itself, the industrial school, the visiting committee and the publishing depart- ment. The Home 1s not so muci an asylum as a temporary retreat for outcast children, who aro taken care of until = can pe provided for by the managers. It also makes ita special object to give aheiter to youthful adults until they can be restored to their parents or be given some CT eg No worthy Suppliant is ever turaed away. The regala- tions prescribe that “young females of good moral character, destitute of funds, friends or home, shall’ be received mto this insti, tution by order of @ manager or at the discretion of the matron, until thew cases can be examined, after which, if approved as worthy applicants, they shall be boarded and employed till suitabie places or occupation can be found for them, Frienaiess and destitute girla under the age of four-, teen and over three years of age, and boys under ten und over three years of age, eithor orphan or abandoned by their parents, may be received and provided for untli permanent homes can be secured for them, by adoption or otherwise. Invalids are not admitted.” ‘The industrial schools attached to the instituson are seven in number. The children are taught to read, sew, sing, &c., and are “iniuated into cleanly and industrious hapits.”” ‘There are in the institution 227 adulta. During the year 1369 1,000 aduits haa been provided.with situations. There were 452 children in the Home, 1,300 regular attendants in tho industrial schools and 2,832 “irregulars.”” The total number of benc- ficlaries was 6,811, aud loaves of bread given to the poor 1,650, and loaves of bread furnished to indus- trial schools 42,000, Another institution for the friondiess is the HOUSE OF MERCY, on the corner of Houston and Mulberry streets. ‘Tis institution was established 1n 1816 by the late Most Rey. John Hughes, Archbishop of New York. Several Sisters of Mercy from Ireland took charge of the institution from its start, and although their circumstances compelied ther to begin their labors on asmali scale in @ house in Washington place; im May, 1848, they removed to the large dwelling house ‘where they now are, and two years afterwards the present House of Mercy, adjoining the corner house, was erected. The iabors of the good Sisters hava Increased as & matter of course siuce then, and the institution in prosperity and usetulness. You! girls of good character, but who are destitute a have no friends to take care of them, are admitted. ‘Shey are “maintained, tustracted in the duties of their new state and taught useful employments untit Situations can be provided for them.’? There are Dsually about 100 tn tue house, Among them there are many who are too old tw be admitted into orphan asylums aud too young and in- experienced to be abandoned to their own guidance amd the temptations oy @ large city.’ Connected with the instuution there 1s an industri: School for poor girls betweon the ages of eleven and eighteen, They are admitted free of expense, and are tanght remuverative trades. Clothing and books are contributed to the extremply indigent. ‘There 1a still anotuer institution whico serves the same purposes as the two above incntioned—the EPISCOPAL, HOUSE OF MERCY, in Fignty-sixth street, west of Broadway. It is un the charge ef Boucopelary and its special purpose is to come to the aid of young girls between the ages of twelve and twenty who Nave strayed from the paths of virtue. It was founded in 1554, and occupies an old fashioned, double house that stands in the centre of about half an acre of ground. In 1867 the Legislature, in addition to several emalt donations, gave the institution $26,000, on condition that the same amount wouid be raised by the friends of the Home wituin a given time and paid over to the credit of the institution. The proviso was compiled with and the Stute gift ootained. There were 12 ininates in the House last year, and of this number 25 were returned to their friends, 8 were sent to ser- vice, 8 to the nospital, 3 to other institutions, 3 died, 13 left wtthyperamiusaion and 6 were dismissed, leaving 4¢ in the ome. THE MONEY POSTAL DzPARTMENT OF THE HEW YJ3X PCST OFFICE, To THE EpITOR OF THR HERALD: Could not your valuable journal suggest a more expeditions manner and mode for the benefit of the public than 13 now carried on af the money postal department in the genoral office on Nassau street? Almost every day a person enters there to have bis order caszed he 18 obiiged to walt for his money from a half hour to an hour by taking his turnin oa file that reaches all over that department, and uniess tho person has been taught by sad experience he ‘Will oftentimes wait double that time. Thus he has. an order payable to his address, “Jolin Jones,'? coming from Savannah, Ga. Jones goes forthwith to pigeon box marked A to L, waits bis turn pa-~ tently for an hour, when lo! ne is informed by the clerk, ‘Next window, air; Savannan is M to Z.’” Jones has to go and take his turn in the row for auotner half hour, thereby losing @ fall hour or more 10 what ought to be accomplished in five min- utes at the roost. The puoiic should be informed what the letters at the boxes are imceuded for, a8 every One thinks it 1 like the “general delivery ofice”’ cown stairs. ‘The Post Office Department would relieve many an anx- 10us mind by being ajittie attentive to suck tuut.crs, and aiso maxe more Windows, say four, five or Six, ag the emergency requires, it can be done at Miele expense and Would be a great relies,