The New York Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1870, Page 5

FASION AND DICH LIFE. Seen The Mode in Exrope—tts Leaders, Worship- pers, Appearances and Results, What is Worn and Coming Cut in Paris and London. PARIS FASHIONS, Briltant But Dark Social Drawbacke—Im- Perialimn in Costume, Design and Toile Royo) Ball Dresscs—Diamonds and Fur Trimmingy—Beauty at the Supper fable Amortcans at the Fictel de Ville—Velvets, Pearls aud Laces, Pais, Feb, 2, 1870, Like unto Janus the events of tins weok have sevo- yal faces—or rather like unto that country swaim who was one minute ‘Johnny a-taughing” and the next “Johuny a-crying”—for we have gone through string of balls and a succession of quick murders, ‘be iaiter have become so common that I may say they have attaloed a period of iméluenza; every street must have its decd and its coroner's inquest, Since Traapmaun’s execution we have seen an un- gentic wooer in the Rue St. Honor: stab nls laay Jove on the staircase, and in the Faubourg St. Honoré ‘we have had @ man servant cut of his mistress’ Read With one stroke of the carving kuife because abe objected to his being drank. We have atso had four nocturnal attacks in different parts of Paris on the persons of young men returning home after the theatre, and, strange to say, each of tne waylaid was armed at the time—a proof that clilzens now go out to enjoy themselves with the perspective of meeting bither @ journabst or cutthroat alter midnighe. So much for the tragic face of the weck. The other has been Lohengrinning at the ‘Théatre Lyrique, and courting it at the Tuileries, and dancing at the Hotel de Ville, and skating, wo, as Jong us the pond would stand it, at tue Bois—a thing té did for only half a day, as old Winter turnea ‘Me hard set smiles he brought with bim from the Rorth into melting tears as soon as he saw the slashed furs of our fair. From that moment bis Jachrymose pity sottened the glassy suriace, which 4s now only firm enongh for the sport of sparrowa. Itisfar more pleasant to contemplate a sunny wan a sombre face; but I have one of the latter at my pens end which many a husband has often Wished to “dwell” upon, so 1 will bring 1t up with- out deliy. It ts the face of the Empress’ tailor, or of one of her tailors, it does not signify which to hus- bands, who in their blind rage melude alt their faces in the same savage desire. The ignitary referred to sent in a very magnificent bill for some object of totlet furnished by him to her Majesty, who thought the charge exorbitant, but paid ft, saying “she was not wealthy enough to afford such prices and wii) forward him no jurther orders.” The sombre expression has nos worn off Yet; for the tatior has met with @ rebuke which will prove more cutting far than sciasors, : It @ probabie the following toilet, worn by the Ewpress, will be w model for some handy dreas- Maker to follow, now that econo my suggests that Man tailors cannot be kept any longer. 1am of Opinion that sucd a graceful sovereign as Kugénie could wear a siupler toilet suil, even of poor mate- rial, were it seemly lor her bigh position, and beciie- jors, I gn answer for it, wouid fud ner io velier than ever on recolivcting sie Hau done away with men Presiding over watters of women’s clotues, 1 wili proceed to record what the Kimpress wore at the first court ball given this season at the Tatienes. A Nile water satin rove. cut low, wito sable fur epauieties; over the skirt iell bwo others of White tulle iringed with silver, looped here and Were with small pieces of ine fur; the w band was closed tn iront with a round diamond snap. ound snowballs shook theu light clusters in the (wupress’ fair hair, which was piaited benind and consteliated with afew diamonds, tue same gems in her ears and round her throat, Jt was @ most poetic and becoming combination. Princess Olotuiida was in blue, over which a white Jaca tunic. lu her bodice sue wore a bouquet of piuk hyacinths, and the same in her natr, with dia- Mouds. Mrs. Miles, Miss Harvey, the Princess de Metter- mich and the wife of Marshal Canrovert all wore Jor irupmings. And thus it 1s 1 admire fur most on lossy iight textures and white, delicate shouiders, % liinatrates #0 plainly that the spviis ot powerful Wild beasis are a titiing tribute to the weak and powerless, for of course the iairy-like wearers are noi supposed to go and fetch the skins of savage @uinaia themselves. It implies that men can face them for the sake of their wives and sisters; but perhaps this bacnelor enthusiasm of mine may be more Quixouc than conjugal, and ins kind of bravery out of dace. I only Know I wish I had oulered to Princess de Metternich the lovely swan’s down she had on round her white satin tugic thas Waved apove two underskirts made of waite tulle, Jt looked le new-falien snow; and her Jong, spear- like diamonds round her throat reminded me of the icicies of the clime the down had come from. Tue white, glisiening effect was rendered poetic by a Aoating sash of purple thrown on bebind; and just as the last rays of day shine on marble-- But these ideas of mine, 1 fear, sound lke ie wan tallor’s, 60 I refrain. 4 think the Duchess de Mouchy was one of the very gorgeous. Her underskirt was @ cloud of tulle; tulle on tulle, and tue over that again; over whict. @ velvet tunic, rich Orleans plum shade, with the down on thein; on this dark giow a blue, asky-plue sash; turquoises and diamonds in her hair, ears and po A neck. The pluu-colored tunic was worked wih gold. Another startling toilet was Madame Carctte’s, the Ewpress’ old protegee, but a oo eole one. Her robe was of cheatuut colored tuile, dotted over with cerize and white carnations, It 18 @ long time since [ have mentioned Madame Rimakl Korsakow, who 1s two years ulder since I Jasi saw her, and appears ten younger—-oh, water cures | on, chighon, paint and jewels! She wore a velvet robe, sapphire shade, trimmed on the bodice and panier with white lace. Iu ner hair a splendid, hideous serpent was coiled ita ruby eyes flashed at me, while the pwr wunderneatn, the wearer's, beamed—I may say without vanity—encouragingly; but then, to come out with all the truth, a huge bouquet of white lilac was held up between the en- courager and the encouraged. When I add tuat sille. de Plerre and Mile. de Bas- saus were as usual in white, with Wreabus ot roses Tound tueir foreheads—round ones, | wean the wreathis—I shail have noted the toilets that struck me most. One young lady, Mile. Ducos, struck me more than her toilet, as being very beautiful. it was acioud of blue tulle covered witb creeping, fying beeties, all biue anda silver. If Puck Had bad to choose a bride at tam bail, Mile. Ducus would have been the one, 1 viewed the usual siege aronnd the supper table in the Gulerie de Diane with mneffable dismay. precty, imaginative, gentle boauiies | bad adnured were terribly pugaacious for food, and 1 do not think any siege recorded tn history could vie with Us grand gat. A pyramid of trusfies was a centre of attraction. Some of the struggicms might have shown the spirit of con:eut demonstrated by the foi- lowing from a soldier. He was once asked if he had ever eaten any truffies and replied he had not, “vut it was just as if he had, for ne had had a colonel to brush down every morning for tive years, who ate trumMes every day.” 1 did not attempt to enjoy any supper myself, but having come across a reporter of a city paper we persuaded the head oficier de vonche to tell us what are the quantiiles of refresn- ments supphed by tradesmen for these court balla. He acceded most kindly to our request and we bow tovk potes, While doing so IJ distinctly heard the scratching of a pencil on paper behind me, 1 turned and shook hands with your political correspondent; be said he was reporting the cut of my haw, so L gave bim another view of it by resuming my former position. Presently, when 1 and the Gauilois had done, I distinctly heara our frieud’s voice behind; he was speaking w a Ger man. “No,” said he, “1 lave copied our fasnion Writer's list over his shoulder, you see, and cannot let you have it; but you are save to get it from the New Yor«K HERALD, throngo tue Hngiish papers, in avout a mouth or so,” ‘Yhis was lipudence, for the political mail, | was aware, would leave Paris tue next day, neariy a week before my fasion mall, and my ttems had been kidnapped. 1 will keep an eye on your political writer and report on (he cut of his back hair at some convenient period, : But now to the Hotei de Ville, It was no finer than the others under Baron Haussmann. M. and Mme. Henri Chevreau did the bovors with indeta- ‘gable courtesy, and the United States Minister, Mr. Washburne, was quite a ion, having presented several American beauties both ab court aud to the city this seasop. He ts geuerally liked by Amert- cabs in Paris, and is muck thougit of at the palace. Mme. Chevreau was in a straiw-colored sutin toilet, trimmed with bouilloune of talle and Venice point. Above her tempies shone a@ diamond star, Bur ciore of Mme. Chevreau in afuture letver; #0 pure minded a wife and so noble a soul deserves @ lounger mention thant can give to-day. M. Cilev- reau showed extraordinary tact aud fitness tn ius greeting of every divereut caste. Here it 18 that the middie classes aud aristocracy meet, that bankers, artists aud merchants stand on the same footing. T cannot say the ladies do so Willingly, for iti not so. ‘The banker's wife will try to out do the aristo- crat, and the urtist’s wife ivels she 1s as mach as the oanker’s lady; but the Preiect is bilnd to ail tins, he Sinties on all, for all pay Guiles, cuscoms and Laxea. ‘The richest toilets were satin and lace, velvet and Sain and fur—vut litle of tue latier. ‘ne next the Hotel de Ville i# to ve tie grand one, for ‘st was rather a disappointment. Mrs, Miles Was lis joveliest ornament. Sle was IM white tuile, covered with trails of leaves and flowers, ia her fair hair she wore a band of diamouds, with a daz- NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FHBRUARY 20, 187 iba comand uA the same, She is a classic beauty and ant ve i Comesse d?Andiem was In black sulle, raised with gold wneat spears. Coutesse Brassoura, & Russian sytph, was dressea im an Upbelia toriet and in yards of iyce Innumera- bie. She 1s as white as the irost of her climate, bub not so cold as ver Kiser Princess Souvarow. Showers of pearia, and rivers of diamonds, aud ocewus of emeraids, and UMues of rubies, and ekies of sapphires always illustrate these elvic gatheriugs; 0 the aepect of all these glorious hued under gas- Light on white suoulders aud arms can be pictored, ‘The wealth of Frauce shines at the Hotel de Vile, and this year ceria fornrottien lamilivs have pcea catied from Normandy by our new men that couid, they would, buy up ail the tives im the empire, But they wou't; they had rather keep their money and look down on people who are countesses aud Wear paste. [imay not forges the new fasiionavie entertainment, tue Pupauzg, or doii’s show; but Whata show! It has been got up by M. L. de Neu- ville, aud this clever manager of the miniavrre world took ail M3 flock to the Tuteries, where a pions Deriormance iook place before tue Buiperor, wpresds and eighty guesis, of whom lorcy had been invited to dinues. ‘tho pieces usually played by M. de Nenviile’s Pupazzt are satires on the questions of the day. One of his yood sveues 1s an electoral meeting, with a Jady speaker clamoring tor rights, and Capoul, tae tenor, m te Chainber; anower, te vicissitudes of public ie, He shows the men of the Bo and some of the boldest tmnys are at those in oulce, ‘the Emperor eujoved the performance ana congrasilatea al. de Neuville vu his ingeuuity and wit, and aaked what nud given nim tue lirst dew of this Pupazzi: M. de Neuville gu:d it was an ine valid child, who iearnt his icssons by dcmonstra- Uons of Lhd Kind wud acted dialogues, ‘Vhe imperial Prince sat on a front row with his five friends, 4M. Murat, Kapinasse, Conueau, Vorvi- sart wad Bourgomyg. Muwe. Walewska, Mme. de Gallifet, Mme. de Met- termich aud Mme, Mouison were among th2 guests, . SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES, Rouge i Ja remie # the ost repulsive and newest invention, itis a pomatum womev pub on weir Ibs and smear over with coclineal to make tien mouths look coral; aud it cannot be nice! Very bad that book im Vogue, “Mile. Giraud Ma Femme?; 15 best advertisement has been toat it Was two high Mavored jor Lae Rwaro, which paper liad coi. mmeuced it in ieullietons. IMPERIA, Horrid the uew sasiion of wearmg one’s armorial bearings on one’s arus and clotnes, It is a Blyle that spreads around a rank scent of the parvenu, DUWAGER FERNANDINA. Oh, Mr. Gay, the love of aseiection in gentiemen’s bution holes; a sprig of red geranium, @ green leat aad feathery bit of jasimio, that and the redow aad an eye giass in one eye! ROU-F ROU, Tae Peri costume is the pretties, Let the wearer have a nice olive complexion, just sunburnt, and golden bair that rains all down loose, black eyes, a Culpa crape skirt immed with wuite and wort Iringe, &@ Buyagere sash, @ gil-worked satin shoe, &@ cowertnwy crouching Mgure, and over ner Jace a snowy Vell. After that—. LIANE. ‘Fhe grand secret 1s ou = M. Chevreau has invited the Emperor and mpress to a splendid séle at she Motel de Viile on the 10th instant, Eliane has promised to tell no one; but she thinks I ought to ask you to nave this unique ball “announced in the Hata.b.” luis lobe ® bousand and one nights’ envertainment. VESPETKO, LONDON FASHIONS. Dress Costume and Pilunkeyism—“<serting” the Fashion in Londen—The Prince of Walew New Overcoat—Irish Manafactare at Court— Bail Dress in High Life—Dancing—An Aris- tocratic Marriage~Who They Were and How They Pray—Death of a Venerabi Lady. Lonpon, Feb. 7, 1570, There is plenty of Nunkytam in certatn quarters in America, and when we come to the New England States there ts probably as much snobbietness to be found there # in any quarter of the world. Still, Nunkyism m England pervades all classes, and is far more universai than in the Umted Staves. How- ever much the English people may rail against aris- Tocracy—and it 18 fashionable nowadays to assame acertain degree of radicalism—pone of them—rich or poor, high or low, couservative or liberal—are wholly free from this failing. Tue national charac- teristic has been well illustrated in the writings of Dickens and Thackeray, and the description of the society of Chatham and Rochester given by the former satiriat— how the large shopkeepers refused to know the smali shopkeepers; how the merchants ignored the existence of the large shopkeepers; how the military subalterns turned up their noses at the merchants; how the great military men snubbed the subalteras; how the dockyard authorities siightea the great military men; bow the admiral command- Img toe port turned his back on the dockyard autho- Tities; how the country gentry looked down upou the admiral commanding the port, and how the nobility would know nobody, Was no fancy picture, nor even an exagyger ated caricature of London suctety in the present day. ‘Tue spirit of flunkyism displays itgelf! most ale lously im the passion among the Londduers, inate and female, upltate the aristocracy, and eapdclally thefnbets of the Foyal farhily, in their dress and pecu- harities. it seems like a jest, but it is actually true, that ladies have taken to aifecting uw sort of interest- ing limp, in »mitation of the Princess of Wales, and ‘oat shoes are made sligutiy irregular in thickness for Lhat purpose. ‘The maie Cockneys are at the present time ran- Nlug crazy over @ remarkably ungainly looking over- coat, which is all the rage, made of Irish frieze, the heaviest, Coursest and most ‘spongy’ Nke cloth that ts manufactured, Imagine an outer coat of this material, cut exactly lke @ bedgowy, without any shape whatever from the neck to the heeis, and coming down to within three inches of the ankles, It is jar too heavy to walk in with any comfort; and to sit down in it in a railway car must be most uncomfortable, for it is ught under the hips. ‘To mde tn itis simply Impossible, for there 1s nO possibility of letting the skirts ny on each side of the hurse, ‘The only way to use it 13 t saunter very slowly when you have it on. It is iu shape very much like ‘the cassock or straight cut black gown that Koman Catholic priests wear under their vestments in order to make those vestments sct well, and which garment (the cassock) in France apd some other countries is worn in the streets, Well, picture a cassock made of the thickest and heaviest, dark, coarse, spongy looking cloth that you can imagine, and you will have before you a Jac simile ot the top coat now becoming the rage among the “golden youtns” of London. . «Where on earth,”? you will say, “did they get the fashion from?” ‘nis is the story :—W hea tue Prince of Wales was in Ireland last year he bought one of thexe oes which are worn, only made mare roomy, by the car arivers in certain districts. ‘The purchase was made as A Curiosity, just a# @ traveller, if he visited Scouland, might buy @ kilt; if he went to Spain migitt possess nimseif of a sombrero, or if he went to MeXico, of a parti-colored blanket. Tue coat bought by the Prince of Wales was a ready- made one, and bad been fashioned for @ very mach talier and thinuer man tuan his perel Highness, ‘who 1s not more than five tect eight inches in neignt, and of stout build, For @ year it hung tn Mail- boreugh House unnoticed. Bat on one of the very cold nights ut the commencement of the winter the Prince happened to be going to the theatre. He remembered this coat, and put it on as a kind of “lark.” Coming out of the theatre he walked part of the way home with Colonel Keppel, luis equerry, aud went for a few minutes into White's Club, in St. James street, of which he 13 a member. He was there seen by several mea of fashion, wearing this wouderful looking garment. The result was that a week liter every man Who pretended to dress well had one of these rough sacks on when he went out in the evening, over bis dreas clotues, and they Were all made nearly down to the ground, as the Prince's coat had been. A day or two afterwards some of the more daring spirits were seen in broad daylight in these most absurd-looking Cassocks of frieze, and now no otner staple or matertai 13 deemed the correct thing to Wear on a cold day, or wheo going out in the evening. The effect that a number of the wearcrs of these coats has upon the beholder 18 Most extraordinary, 1'hey look exactly like a large party of monks or priests turning out for a “spree”? In the streets, Another very wonderiul fashion—and yet “fashion”? is hardly the word to use—has sprung up with re- gard to dancing this season. When the Prince of Wales was spending a few days lately as the Studiey Royal, the country seat of Earl De Grey, near Ripon, 1n Yorkshire, # grand ball was given by bis host in honor of the Prince. All the gentlemen of the county who beionged to the army, the navy, the military or the volunteers were usked to come in uniform, and they did so. At the instigation of the Prince, Who 1s passionately fond of dancing avd ail the amusements of tue ballroom, several quadrilca were got up, each one consisting of #0 many gentle- mea in the same uniform and an equal number of ladies in uniforia fancy dresses, resembling in color and trimming the uniforms of the gentlemen with whom they danced. in & momeni—that ts, In a week—the iaea was taken up throughout England, and it 1s now the moat fashionable ting you can do to get up at balls as maxy “uniform” quadrilles as possible, the more the better. Thus at a fastionable® bali given last week at Brighton by General and Mrs. Hitchins, there were no les3 than four of these quadrilles, One of them was called the navy quad- rile; and in it all the gentiemen wore the full dresa of tae royal navy, the ladies being tastefully attired in blue silks, the underskirts of which were trimmed with goid lace, Another was called the deputy lieutenants ana militia quadrille, and the ‘uuiform of the gentlemen who danced therein being scarlet ana silver, the ladies were all in tie sume colors. In a third quadriile, that of tue royal engineets and infantry, scariet und gold was the unilorm, the ladies being attired in the same colors. ‘Tue fourtu and last was the cavalry quadrille, the uniforms belng blue, with gold lace, trimined with white, In each quadrille there were ten coupies, and 4s the four stood up at one time (the host hav- ing hired the Pavilion, which was built by George the LY., but 1s now tne property of a company aud may be hired by any one at so much @ nigtit) in a very large hall the effect was singularly striking. In America, where balis are given in large halle, these “uniform’’ quadrilles might ve introduced with very good eitect. A wedding in bigh life took place the other day that deserves @ passing remark. ‘The bridegroom sari of Dunraven, Who was bora in the year 181z, aud must therefore be fMilty-eight years of age. ‘Tue bride Was Miss Lawbert, a very precty girl, not (.--TRIPLE SHEET. more than twenty, and gonsequentiy, several years the junior of her busband’s son by 04 first marriage, Lord Adair, Lord Dunraven 19 one of tac Enig- WaHinen who, between the en 1845 and 1851, jolued the Roman Catnolic Church. | lis wife, the former Countess of Dunraven, bowever, remaining @ eaneA Provestant, made her husband’s jue a wis- ery w mu, Owing to the Ua ager rating she gave um concerning tis mew faith, and hisisted upon bringing the children ap in tae wost Ultra Behool of uluca Protesiantisin, Ike consequerice haa been that there have peen noshing but lami) bickerloaa; abd even Lord Adau, the eldes* son, cannot be got to speak 01 mis father’s creed With common respect. ‘The lirst Lady Danraven died avout thrce years ago, gud her husband, amer going througa a decent ume of wourupng, has taken UnLo hkasel a young wie, by whom he will probadly have ® numerous funiiy, and thus dumipigi very muca the money taal woutd have been divided among the colkiren by bis fret wie. Tuese are tive im BuMber—viz, Lord Adair | and four daughters. The farts marriage to his second wile, Miss Lambert, t.ok place ab tbe Catholic charch in War- wick atrces, on Thursday Just, and was nuiucrousiy attended, although not one Of his farily by his rst wile was preseat. ‘the ceremony was periormed by the honorable and (ley. Dr. Taibot, woo 19 also a convert from tho Angiican to wie Roman Coured, ana bas been for lany years a priest of Ube latter denommnation. What an interesting book mght be specting the fearful conir Wee! poverty what met one at every turn in this great Babylon of bricks. I bappeved to go into asheo to-day at the West End, and observed # sinali sable nragi—a mull which is aso a bag—wounted in goid, and ornamented as W the clasps, &c,, with the same snetal. e shopwoman told me it had peen made Jor the Countess of Percy, daughter-in-law of toe Duke of Norshumberiand, and 1s price was £60, or $300 im gokl, aud | have no doubt tue article was worth tt, An hour afterwards I went with a medical frend to visit » poor wan, @ gentleman by DiITth and education, who i dying in @ uiiseraole lodging frou intammation of the lungs. te and ws wile and jour young chikiren have hved for twenty weeks ‘upoD ewolve pounds, a O{th of what the costly voy I had seen cost, and thought thewselves very fortu- nave at having 80 much 1 live upon. A very excelient lady, Who years ago was weil known to many Americans, or rather vo the lew Wid used in those days © visit London, is justdead. 1 aude to tne dowager Lady Kiphinstone, widow of the late Sar Robert Elphinstone, of Louie Elphn- stone, in Aberdeenshire, Seotiand, and motner of the present barones, Sir James Bipbiastoue, who 1s member for Portsmouth, ‘This venerapic lady was eighteen years older than the preseat century when abe died. she had been the mother of ten boys aud seven girls, her eidest son, the present baronet, velug sixty-live years okl, she remembered per- feotly well We fight of tne French nobiles and clergy to England during the reigo of terror, and bad chii- dren tn years old when the battle of Wate loo was longht, For many years her house in Sc or Loudon was a regular place for Americar to finda welcome, but of late she lived a very re ured life. She always took & great interest in Ameri- can matters, aud remembered purfectiy seeing tue Most eminent men of the great repubite in London and aris even so long as sixty years ago. written Fe- wealth and RELIGIOUS INTELLIG“NCE. Religions Services To-Day. ‘The Church of the Puritans will attend divine ser- vice to-day in Apollo Hall, gorner of Tweuty-oignhth street and Broadway. Preaching by the Kev. Dr. Cheever, at balf-past ten o’olock. Supjeot—"The New Creation—a Life-long Work.” Rev. Geo. H, Hepworth wh! preach m the Charch of the Messiah, Park avenue, this morning and evening. Subject in the morning—‘Heaven and Hell; What and Where.” Rey. Moses Hull will speak before the Society of Spiritualists, at the Everett Rooms, thie morning, at half-past ten, and thie evening, at hall-past seven o'clock. At St. Lake's Methodist Episcopal charch, Forty- first street, near Sixth avenue, preaching at half- past ten A. M. and bai{-past seven P. M. by Rev. Dr. R. 8. Poster. Atthe Free Church of the Holy Light, Seventh avenue, near Thirty-fourth street, services will be held at naif-past ten o’clock A. M. and at half-past seven o'clock P. M. Rey. Eastburn benjamin will preach. Rey. Dr. C. C. Foote preaches morning and even- ing at the Okristian chapel, West Twenty-eighth street, At the Churen of the Redeemer, Fighty-second street and Fourth avenue, Rev. J. W. Shackleford preaches morning, afternoon and evening. Rev. 8. A. Corey will preach in the Murray Hill Baptist church this morning and evening. Bishop Snow will preach in the University, Wash- ington square, at three o’chock in the afternoon. Suabject—'The Impending Judgment.” Atthe Forty-second street Preshyterian church, between Broadway and Eighth avenue, there will be preaching at nalf-pagt ten A, M. and at half-past seven P. M., by the Kev. ‘Thomas Crowther. Rev. William P. Corbit will preach in the Jolin street Methodist Episcopal church this morning, at half-past ten, and this evening at seven o'clock. Rev. Dr. Bridgman, of Albany, will preach in the Calvary baptist church, West Twenty-third street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, at half-past ten A. M. and half-past seven P. M. Dr. Thompson will repeat his argument against taxing the people to support sectarian schoois, In the Broadway Tabernacie, corner of Tuirty-fourth street, this evening Rey. F, Thomas will preach at three o'clock at the Christian Israetites church, 108 First strect, Sub- ject, “The Ingathering of the Poopleof God and the Second Coming of Christ to His Kingdom on Barth.” Preaching in German. Rev. J. P. Woods, of Morrisanta, lectures on Chris- tianity and Education tn St. Joseph’s church, corner of Sixth avenue and West Washingrou place, this evenmg, at eight o'clock, for the benefit of the poor of the parish, visited by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. ‘Tne Right Rey. Horatio Southgate, D. D., will de- liver @ special sermon in behalf of “The Midnight Mission,” in Christ Church, Fifth avenue and Thirty- fifth street, this evening, services commencing at half-past seven. The Thirty-fourth strect Reformed church, Rev. Isaac Riley, pastor, reopens for Divine worship to- day. Services at half-past ten A. M. and half-past seven P. M. Rev. J, M. Ludiow will hold a special service this evening for young mep, at Assoctation Hall. Major General Catlin ana Kev. S. Merritt, Jr.,- G. W. P., and others will adaress the temperance meeting this evening at the Cooper Institue. The Hutchinson family will sing. Ben Batler as a Bibliopolist. BeraLEenEm, Pa., Feb, 17, 1971 To THE EvITOR OF THB HERALD: — “Rare Ben Butler,’”? in Dts reply to Dawes, Febra- ary 12, 1870, made 8 scriptural, or rather unscrip- tural Dlunder. Reference to Holy Writ shows that Judas commfted suicide and that another apostle was elected in his place before the conversion of St. Paul; therefore the supposition that ‘there were men Wao stood by Judas und against Pauli because Judas was the old apostie” only serves to show that “the champion of impeachment” ia better read in the laws than ia the Gospel. KIDDER. New Catholic Church in Westchester County. The corner stone of anew Roman Catholic church will be laid at Williamsbridge to-day by Very Rev. Dr. Starr, Vicar General of the diocese. It 1s under- stood that a number of Catholic societies from the adjacent towns and villages will march in proces- sion to attend the ceremonies. The new edifice will be of tne Gothte style of architecture, and is in- tended to supply @ want long felt by the Catholic community in the neighborhood of Willlamsbridge. A special train will leave New York for the accom. modation of those who may <lesire to participate in the ceremonies. View of the Jewish High School at Berlin, Prussia, from an American Standpoint. {From the Jewish Times of Friday.) Judaism as a science, though in principle gs old as the record of its development, pas in its modern sense only been recognized not much longer than since the beginning of this century. Thre Saadias and Maimunis and ibn Esras applied the principies of secular science to the religion or Juda- ism, and endeavored to harmonize philosopny and pe ina and even intimated that some expressions of the Bibte are to be taken in an allegorical and Spiritual sense and that some accepted traditions might be modified. In fact the Talmud, the grand anthol: ot Jewish ethics, morals, nistory, science and tradition, 1s based and founded on science. Ita deductions are mostly the result of a critical examination of the writ and the unwritten law; ils conclusions derived from the application of reason, logic and investigation of the ancient tradi- tion, Yet that freedom of research, that inde- pendence in the examination of writings and customs, which have been held for ages as the direct emanation of divine will; that elevation above the narrow prejudices peculiar to all who @re brought up and reared in certain ideas and beliefs, is within the Jewish sphere, an ac- quisition of modern times, 1t 18 only in this century that @ rabbi could write a work like ‘Die Urachrit,’? by Dr. Geiger, without being disowned and excom nicated, not only as rabbi but as member of the Jew- ish community; only in this century that a Gratz would dare to handle Jewish authors and authorities with the same freedom as if iney were mere scrib- biers, without being declared an out-spoken mfdel; only \a this ceptury that in conventions of rabbis, to the validity of the lelary 1a, Lie marital code, the rabbinical law aa to what may be considered labor ou Lio sabbath day; aud 10H Cherelore, tas century Only In Waich a Ligh pubaot for the seienoe of Judaism could be estar Its establishment 18 not only a triumph of progress, @ triuinph of rouson over bind faith, @ triumph of religious hverty over she vid system of absolute Obedience; it 1s atso an evidence of the Vitality of Judaism, Of its inhereat strength, Of the conscious. bess Of ts adherents that Judaism will sland as wert the test o critical, madependent aud fearie.s science 43 At stood tae tryme ordeal of heaven-sioriming, Inystifying and ecstane piety. The idea 01 establishing suca an Institution hasbeen ed ik Gerinany some Lweaty-fve yeard azo— it wok @ quar of a ceniury Lo begin 1d realiza- fon, If auything more tian another bas contribu. fed to its present realzation ib ta tue Feucwed ae iv- iy whieh the chainpions of orthodexy displayed of Yate in the cily of Jewish-German mielugence, in Kerlin, A similar idea bas,occupied a number of Israelites in this city some Ove yeursago. Capital equading Mas with witch the German institution bas been started has been accumulated, and as Amenca progresses wore rapidly than Geravauy We may en- lertain foe nope that m tis country It way only tako half the time to carry out practically te original design, ‘Tims country stands pracucally juore in need of such an institution than Germany, There are wo dysliiuuens wl ali mm chia counuy Waere Judaisin may be studied asa science. The want thergof provirbly more than anything else is ‘he cause that the interest iu religious matters 18 decreasing more 2nd nore. ‘fhe preachers who are capable to iverpret the principles of religion aud morality in the iauguaye which 18 best and olen alone underswod by (he young generation are out Very few, and It 8 ho Wonder tivat Lue majority of young Inracites display an iguorauce of Jewish alarms which is only équaited by Laer mmditferenc Let us hope chat the example set by our bretpren in Gor- juaby may #par on our brechren 1a this country to renewed cnergy and activity in beuaif of a siuflar mstitaton. The English Chapel Parts. ‘The seventh anniversary of the Engl Vongrega- tional chapel, in the rac Royale, was celebrated on the 6th inst,, when a nuinerous company sat down to a bountiful tea, & VAnglasse, The mecting waien followed was presxied over by the minister of the cuurch, the Kev. ‘i. Baron tart, aud addresses were delivered by the Rey. Dr. Wovtuson, of the Aineriean chapel; Dr. Cattell, of Latayetie University, Pein. sylvania; W. Grosou, of tue rue RKoqueplue chapel toe Pastear Lepoids, and othe’ genticinen. Lord Radstock, Who 13 about, us on former occasions, Lo hoid a series of iIneetings La Varis, also addressed the doepiy interested assembly. ‘The oillcers of the church reviewed the Liory of the past year, and ¢he Guanciai report presented was satisfactory. ‘Spestions: could be brow ‘The Revival Spirit. Aceording to the Observer the revival spirit seems to be spreading and deepeimng. kt was developed in the Week of Prayer at the opening of the your. It has been felt in widely different parts of the coun- try, and aiready we have reported many interesting revivals. The Fulton street prayer meeting receives Interesting mtelligenoce from day to day of te pro- gress of the work. There must be joy in heaven, ‘There 18 @ season better adapted than others for hopetul reitgious efor, thougi it im the Corisnan’s duty to iabor in season and out of season. Buc in the winter, and in the latter part oj the winter, there are reasons vo favor special efforts to arrest the attention of men by the calls of the Gospet and to expect the blessings o: God upon Seriptural and faithtul use of means, Now is toe accepted time, ‘Yo-aay is the day of salvation. . Religious Notes, Mr. James G. Craighead has retired from the Kean- gelist, The American Presbyterian (Phiiadelphta) has been @bsoroed by the Evangelist of this erty. Rev. Dr. F, F. Ellunwood bas become attached to the editorial! stam of the Evangelist. What is prayer? ‘The wish of the heart. Bivies are scarce in Kentucky, Bourbon isn’t. Those who jook upon God’s face do not feel his band, The Apostolic Times, of Lexington, Ky., says it believes in the Bible, Good tor “the dark and bloody ground.” Divine consolations are those nearest to us when HuMAn assistance is farthest from us. Are you deficient in taste? Read the best English poets, such as Thomson, Gray, Goldsmith, Pope, Cowper, Coleridge, Scott ana Wordsworth. Are you deficient in tmagination? Kead Milton, Akenside, Burke and Shakspeare, Are you deficient in the power of reasoning? Read Chillingworth, Bacon and Locke. Are you deficient in judginent and good sense in the common affairs of iel Read "ranktin. Are you deficient in sensibility’ Read Guethe and Mackenzie, Are you deficient m political knowledge? Read Montesquieu ihe iodoraliay Webster and Calhoun. Are you aeficient Th Patrons? Read Demos- thenes and rhe Life of Washington, = Are you deficjent in conscience? President EdWards’ Worka, Read sowe of THE DISCOMFIFED CORISTIAY. A Furious Blast Agniust Fuiton Street Ka. voritism—Tho Protest of a Protestant—Caw’: a Sinner Shout? | To Tug Epiror or THR AERAL CaNing in tus mornivg upon an old friend, John W. Quincy, on Willlam screet, I was incidentally asked by him if J was the individual alluded to in yoar issue of this morning. Not imagining at the instant to what We alluded [ demanded an expiana- lion, when be handed me this morning’s HeRaup, and pointed to an article leaded “Christian Mue- cle.” Itis not my desire to appear egotistical, but Tam desirous that the public and your thousands of readers shouli be correctly mformed regarding this anomalous transaction of interrupting a poor, sinful creature while pouring out his heart “to Him who is a prayer-learing, and @ prayer-answering God,” ‘whose aru 1s bot short- ened that it cannot save,” neither “His ear heavy that ib cannot hear.” Lam a son of the late John Doggett, of Boston, who for many years transacted business in that city unter the frm style of John Doggett & Co. and largely engaged in the carpet and looking glass trade or vocation. Some idea can be formed of typ extent of their busin Jrom the circumstance of being not ouly heavy imporvers of carpets and looking glass plates, but would often order from ihe Lowell Carpet Manufacturing Com- pany 300 aud 400 pieces of ingraim atatime. ¥es, and at one time had all they manufactured. And this was independent of what tuey sold from other well known factories, and doing @ business ub one time of over $1,000,000 angually, which for those Umes and in Boston was considered @ good business. From boyhood [ was brougat up in wy fatuer’s car- pet department; aud for some years, at one Ume, had the sole charge of this department, and was ea- trusted by my father’s firm tn selecting the patterns for both the wholesale and retail trades. My father for many years avended the Unitarian church on Brattle street, 1n Boston; but, turough the prayers: and entreaties of a dear friend, Mr. Hdward Howe, of Poruland, Matne, who prevailed on him to hear the Rey. Dr. Lyman Keecuer, the revered fatuer of the Rev. ilenry Ward Beecher, of Brookiyu, aud through tne grave of God, was brought under con- viction of sin, and to the true knowledge of the truth as 1613 a Jesus; aud some years subsequently myself, througn the sate instrumentality, Kev. Lyman Beecher, DD., was brought to @ saving knowiedge of my blessed Lord and Keaeen My dear and beloved fatuer nas now been ta Heaven, enjoying the siniles of bis divine Lord and Redeemer, over fourteen years, and in God’s own time J trast to enjoy also # viissful mterview with my divine Lord and Master, and for this | am striv lng both night and day to be found wortny, through the atoning blood of Him who died that { might by Pi by enjoy His eterna) presence and companion- al Now, Messrs. Fditors and the public, 1 did not hear, while addreming the throne of Grace, the ad- mouitory signal, as implied by your reporter, fur my devotional éxercises, I trust, are not superficial, nd my inind must paturally become absorbed, yes, completely absoroed, in the reality of prayer and the august and revered God, my blessed and gra- cious Heavenly Father, ‘iu whoin | live, move and have my being” and to whom! am indebted for everything 1 enjoy. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and myself were boys together nm ton and attended the same Sabbath School attached to his father’s church; and 1 trust and pray that our gracious and most holy God, who #0 signally blessed the preaching of bis fatner in making it so eMeactous in saving so many souls trom eternal ruin, will be graciously pleased to pour out 4 doubie of iis grace upou His faithful servant 5 son, Henry, that be, too, will finaliy be gathered at God's right band, joining with his faiber aud mine, together with myself, and with all ovhers who have mnade their robes clean in the plood of the Lamb, “who wa®slain from the foundation of the Word,” and there will be no fears or danger of being checked for making our eternal anthems too lengtny. Trusting that you and all God’s chosen ones will also be there, tn tuning their lyres to Him “who sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb, fore: a ever,” amen. SAMUBL DOGGELT. GENERAL SAM HOUSTOW’S FAMILY. BROOKLYN, Feb, 15, 1870. To rHe Epitor oF THE HERAL I nouced in yesterday's issne @ atatemont concern- ing the family of Genera) Sam Houston, given upou autnority of tne Falis connty Pioneer, wherein it is Said that Mrs, Houston and her two daughters, aged respectively fourteen and sixteen, are living ina condition bo means comforta®le. As this is in- correct I leave to say for the information of tho General’s former friends that Mra. Houston died of yellow fever in the fall of 1867, and of tne four daughters two are married and two are living with the Oldest married.sister at Georgetown, the young: bye whom Is eighteen. ‘heir means of being “comfortable” is about ons bundred thonsand dollars, at wbich the estate was Valued when the General died, §. PORTO. THE HARVEST OF DEATH. A DREADFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS | Fifty-four Marders Committed fn the United States During the Month of January — Terrible In of Crim: —Ave We Following the Example of Mexico? January, 1970, will long be remembered through- out the United States aga month fraught with mar- der and bioodspei, The kuile, the pistol and the bottie have in their Curn accomplished thelr deadly mission, and It 1s extremety diMcuit under the ex- isting state of affatrs to foretell when Liese scenes of horror willhave an end. On an average two human beings have lost their lives daily in this country sluce the dawn of tie new year, The demon of discord has been in truth reaping a ghastly har- vest. North, South, Hast and West the mania for bhood seems [0 be on the increase, a8 nol a day passes but a horrible marder is chronicled, and a singular phase of this ulfortnnate stave of altars 14 that five out of every ten murders commitied were committed by men while suffering under the pangs of jealousy and domestic aiicuons. As usual, the great metropolis, with its hordes of imported assassins and murderers irom every clime, jeads the rest of the coantry in the number of hor- rible murders, Pandemonium seems to have been Jet loose Mm this city and vicinity during the past thirty days. Kefore the late War an out and ont coid-booded = mur- der was quite a rarity, and when one aid ooeur It sumiced to keep the newspape lively for weeks afterwards; but now the thi is reversed, aud muraers are growing siai¢e on the pad- No ear, ‘The list for this ety closed on ast Sacur- day of January with the heartless murder of Wiliam ‘Townsend, at No. 192 Hudson street, by Jack Rey- nolds, @ notorions sneak tniei. p following Is & Nst of murders committed up tothe wot Lae past Month, the nan of the Victims and their murderers, the State where committed and the date:— ALABAMA. JAN. 3—Monts. Nathaniel Meektta, teamster. Shot and kiied by James Avkingon wile playing at curds inthe saloon of the latter, 19 Barber street. After committing the deed the murderer atteuspiod to flee, but was Blopped by Feveral citizens, one of whom he mortally wounded before he was secured and lodged in jail. JAN. 21—LeIGHTON.—Granville and Witham Pul- Jow, nephews of General Gideon J. Pillow, of Mex: canfame. Shot aud killed in front of their farm- house door, near the above nained village, by three men in masks, anpposed to Nave necn former slaves, but it was afterwards aiscovered that they were White men in disguise. They escaped. CALIFORNIA. N FRANctsco.—Deunis Metrath, 1a- borer, knocked dowa and kicked to death by Mark Noon, Noon was arrested, tried and found guilty Of Manslaughter in the third degree, and was sen- tenced to the ¢ Prison for # term of ten years. JAN. 1—LIVILE OCoON ORERK, W. Hartman, proprietor of # ranche, stabbed trough the heart by John Martenas, @ Mexican. The mur r Ned to te mountains, where he was afterwards captured, and 18 vow Awanuing his trial at Sacramenio, JAN. 26—SaN FRANCISUO.—A httie giri named Mary Saunders, ontraged and killed in the outskurty of the clty. The murderer unknown, FLORIDA, JAN. 31—Kpy Wrat.—Gonzalo Castaion, editor of the Voz de Cuba, Havana, who came to Key West to fig bt a duci with the editor of tine Republt can of that eity, while engaged in aitercation with & naniver of Cuban relugees, ata hotel, opened fire with bis pistol upon a party of tuem and was himself killed, JAN. MIA. JAN, 28—SAVANNAH.—Wilibta Brant, agsisiant assessor of internal revenue at the above pamed city, shot und kilied by masked men at Stauon No. 8, 0b the Gull read, ‘The murdercus (ed, INDIANA. JAN. 6—WINCHESTER.—Willlain Harney, saioon keeper, shot and Killed by a young jady named Caroline Sinith, while entermg ‘her house throngs mistake. She was arrested and bela tor trial. EUKHARRetiqward Kussell, ratiroad killed Wo A. Willams, a for jon shops, fF peeged proper intimacy with his wife. Ruswell Was afiést Imuediately after killing bis viciim, and is now in jail awaiting his trial. ILPANorg, JAN. 2—Cuicaco.—James Walsh, constabie, Stabbed and Ktiled bis wife, Mary Walsh, at No, 321 Dearborn street, by reason of her alleged infidelliy Walsh was arrested, 1, und found gulity of mut. der in the first degree, and was to tave been exe- cuted on the 7th inst, bul hs sentence was com- muted to jimprisonment for lile by Governor Paimer, through the means ol a forged petition. acuion ii lus cave is to be Laken hereaite JAN. 2—-RekD'S Svarion.—Mary Anderson, killed by her husvand, Joseph Anderson, with an axe. He escaped. Three hundred dollars reward offered by the sheriff of Madison county lor uis appretension. JAN, 8--AMBOY, Lee Couuty.—Patrick Kane, sbot and kilied by Johu Spaugler while engaged in an altercation regardiag the chastity of the latier's wife. Spangier was grreated and lodged in the county jail awaiting tri JAN. 9—LAMONT,—M killed by Michael Mec the latter. trial. JAN, 10-—-Payson.—Albert Hopkins, shot and in stantly killed by Toumas Adams, The latcer escaped. Cause, jeaiousy. Jan. 28—Cuicago.—Joseph C. Dargta, a saloon keeper corner of Kinzie und Wells sircets, while at templing tw resist the efforts of ovicer Fisher to arrest iin for a preach of the poace, Was shot and Killed py the latter.” He guye winselt up sabse- quently, but was exonerated from all blame, KENTUCKY. JAN 7—BRYANT’S Sravion.—Albert Love, a negro boy, shot and killed by Caspar Gregg, a fanner, simply because the lad ‘had beeu teazing bio. Tid murderer was pormiiced to go at large without giving bail JAN. 10—GurTirERie, Montgomery Count: Ewing shot and kulea vy Tnowas Yancy. deen was caused by ill feeling engendered by a pro- tracted law suv, Yancy wis acrested aud held, awaiting tne action of the Grand Jury. KANSA3. JAN. T~ATOWISON.—Patrick Cox, & farmer resid: ing jvart ites from the above-named city, was shot and killed by a negro uamea Jonson ‘about some trifing dispute, Johuson was arrested and confined in jail at Atchison, but Was taken trom the jail the wight after lus arrest and nung to a tree vy a ‘hael McCulloch, shot and thy while in the saloon of The wiurderer Was arrested and held for » He ‘The JLLSWORTH.—Samiuel McMeekim, while house, Was suot Lavougu the head by dona B, Martin, ‘The murderer and Lis companions fed, but returned to the same nouse late at nigit, entered the sleeping apartments of two of the frat! inmates und Kilied Fanny Collins and mortally wounded Charles Gardner, The fends then fica but were captured and two of tae ringieaders in Li transaction were coafined in tlhe county jail arai Ing the action of the courts, JAN. 0—Bazaan, Chase County.—James Scott, alias Lenhardt, shot and kuled nis wife, white suffering under the pangs of jealousy, The murderer was pur- sued by the citizens of the village, thirty miles, unul they reached the resideuce of Lenhardt’s moiner, where Le bad taken refuge. He barcicaded the duors and Offered desperate resistance. After killlug lwo or his pursuers, he placed the muzzie of his gun to his head aud biew oat his brains, iu tie presence of ine old mother, who assisted him to veat vack (he men outeiie, LOUISIANA. JAN 9—NEW ORLEANS. —Kobert Nixon. Merchant, domg busiuess at No, 11 Caro while leaving bis store, jale at night, was stot fro behind apa Kilied, iis murderer waa found after- wards in the person of Charles Kammuack, @ prowl: neut citizen of tue city, whois at present undergolug his triai. JAN. 23—NeEW ORLEANS.—Charies Horn was mur- dered on Dryadea, wile engaged in a Mrermen’s Nght. His murderer escaped devecuion aati! the aigh, of January 3!, When he was arrested for the commis sion of the crime, Ue having confessed it toa com panion, while druuk. fe 1s lodged in jail, MISSOURI. JAN, T—CLARKSON, Dunkin County.General R. V. Richardson, while stopping at the Dixle House, in that village, Was shot and killed by Frank Clark and John Skaggs while the ‘ai Was walking through the bail of the hotel. His assassins fed. Jan. 10—Sr. Joseri.—Joei Drake, a farmer, was Killed tn@ house of i-fame by John Grebie, his companion. ‘lhe inurderer was arrested at bis home, near Bolivar, Volk county, several days af- terwards, with tne proceeds of his crime on nis per- son. While en route to the scene of the murder, under charge of two officers, Was taken trom them and riddied with bull party of armed regulators, bya MICHIGAN. JAN. 5—JACKSON.--Marion Dodge, a carpenter, shot and killed his wife while intoxicated and afier- wards blew out lis own braius. : MAINM. Jan, 1—Bancor,—Jobn Lawrence stot and xilied bis paramour, a Mrs. Atwood, while suffering from jealousy. He was arrested and is now loaged 1m tie Jangor jail awaiting triat, ‘ MONTANA. JAN, 8—-HELENA,—Moses bowlding, a private of the Thirteenth United States infantry, snot and killed a bill poster named John Gray in iront of the Netoual theatre. tary and turned over to the civil authorities for trial. MISSISSIPPI, Jan, 7—OCOLUMBUS.—Charies Humpuries, a negro, He was arrested by the mill- | | 5 followed and killed Jonn McDaniel at dask, while toe lauer was entering ine avove named town. He as ed aud found guilty, and executed on the 96h SRY. ha Layler, yn n and killed by Benjamin crossing a brijge. Accerinan Was aud lodged in jail, where he ts awaiung bis PATERSON.—!liram Spencer was stabbed in @ saloon by Alexander McMurty. MeMurty was suysequentiy arrested for hiv crime, NEW YORK, HoLLow.—Isaac Buckhout shot and «1 his Wile and the iwo Kaudaus, whom he had duvited to partake of a diuaer at tis dwelling, while suffering dnder tie panes of jealousy. Buckhout Was arrested and confessed mi. gut JAN. 2—NEW YORK City.—Ellen Repecea Ut stabbed and killed James Larrect at No. 170 West Hroadway while enzaged to a tauily fight, spe was arrested, tried and found guilty of mansianghwer iD the third degree, and sentenced to ove year’s LM prisonment in the Penienuary. JAN, New YoRK Ciry.—George Baumann, teacher & Williamsburg public scuool, shot and Killed Anna Almeya, 018 pavanour in ut assigna- Hon pouse iu Elizavett street, aud alter vards kiled lumseif, JAN 6—New York Crry.—James Logan, arrested for the murder of Mr. Kogers, aud Known as “Logan * shot and Kilied 1M HORE 1 the Louse 0: Com- Prince street, by Jerry Dunn, tits murderer escaped capture al the Line aud 13 still at large. JAN 6—LiNGHAMTON.—Warrea blubclurd, pro- retor of a brothel, Was found muraered in his bed, fy wile, Kitty blabchard, aod James Dewatt, ber Our, WEE SUbSeqUEHUY arrested aS Ais mur but miter Ula were found yuilty of Tan- aud were sentenced to sears cach. Mutou Carpencer Was killed by tue Hauds of Coristian Merger, werger Was arrested and Alou, JAN, 10 . Uuiy.—James Moore, & lad ages fourteen yecrs, was siabved aad kilied by & Cianaian nated Kurne iu out af tac Old Bowery thealre, Kovue Was urresed aud lodged sn tho Toubs, awaiting bis t JAN. UW IEEE AS BU Kicked to dear by blows, whiie eu aw inailet | dine Heit Ku.—Thomas Kennedy was lew Conuo.ly Wulie engaged Al Hs saloon, at NO. 136 onuolly and Michael Driscoll, aa woCessOry Lo Lie Hiurde:, Were arrested aud held for tial JAN. 2 joseph Wood killed an old far. mer, ne: Lauied Vilage, om Lue night of une 270 1 because tis Vic relusca Mink tne hand oF Mis day in Mure, Afver commit ung the deca he ved, ‘ihe sberlit of Lompeine county offers a reward Of g 409 for is arresi. JAN. W—NeEW YoRK Ciry.—Wulam Townsend, grocer, duimg business at i Liuason street, was ‘ed DY # Hotorous sueus uel, Hamed Jack Koy hoias, while he Was iu lie act of ejecting bin irom Lis preiixes. Rey avids was arrested and is confined i tue Loubs @ JAS, 20—Cat Snutt Sisco’s son veri Y stared lor home. in among suime r NXON Was arrested for ai dodged im Jail. VeNNoYLV ANIA. JAN. 2—ALTOONA.— Phe Peigituat family, copsist ing Of Unree persons, residing on a puaiil Jara? near Atooun, were tily MMuUideved On the might of January'z, Weir bodies Were placed lu the imide of the Hour and Lie house set ob Lire, LUL 1 Was discoy- ered by some neighbours passiug MOrlly allerwards. The murderers, two Geruaus, named ri Bonner anu Vou bord gl, were caug ingdon While attemplng to get ou the train, ‘They confessed theu guilt aud Were taken to Altoona, where they recenly Qaderweaot a tral, aud were sentenced to be bung durtay tue coming month. JAN. —PHILADELPHIAN—-U Sunday eveDIng & German named Vrauk quick, whic ina drinking salvon on Kace stresi, accused Corkey O'Leary and Janes Sullivan in avusive terms, and when they re ted he stabbed Corkey 1m ihe abdomen, lnfictiog @ fulal Wound. (quick Was urresied wilerwards, while wasting the blood from bis bands, ana iodged In prison to await tas iriat, ono. JAN, 27—MANSPIELD.—L. ‘Thornton, proprietor of a hotel, shat und billed Jolin Cameron, a hack driver, while ab tbe depot of the Fort Wayne Katl- road. fue murderer, aller uis arrest, aliegea Unt Cameron tad “beat ula oul Of several passeugers,” and that be was justified 1 Mis action. TESNESS KE. JAN. 8—HAMPSHIRK, MAUKY CoUNTY.—Frank Jor- Gan, & despexado, Was suot aud Instantly killed by Pietcher Farris, au oid grudge havig existed be tween them for severe! years, Jordau, on two ocea- sions having shot at Gis enemy. rurris Was taken Mm Custody, DUL Was Suusequently released, as the jury that tried nim vrougut ina verdict “that the county had got rid of @ bad eustomer.”? the inurue: JAN CAKKOLL COUNTY.—Cownel Coleman, & plan ing iu Carroll coauty, wits Cake from nis ne wl Might aod snot to death by five pegrves, Who Were alterwards arr aul hung by @ party Ol eitlccns, WEST VIRGINIA, JAN, 1—WHKELING.— William MoNasn was shot and Allied by Miss Maite Bathim. whom he had seduced and then refused to lwiry according to Lux promize, Miss Bathan was released upon giving ones in the SUM Of 310,000 Lo apyeas dor L IN'ERNAl REVENUE. Eurnings of City Railroads, Fe Companies, Stages and Places of ment for January, 1870. The following statement shows the returns made by the various companies mentioned for the month of January. 1b will be seen tuat the gross receipus at lootw’s theatre reached the sui of $54,420, on which he paid alax to the government of $1,085. ‘Tias 1s the largest return ever made by thts theatre; but it docs not come up to the returns made as the gross receipts of Niblo's Garden, the first three months of the Hlack Crook. They stood as foi- lows:—October, 1866, $70,525; November, 1866, 296,00; December, 1560, $65,725. Ibis also wortuy of “notice Urat the receipts of the Third Avenue Ralroat Company have steatiy deciimed during the past few woaths from about $125,000 to their esent figure. RAILROADS. leecker St. and Ful tou Ferry. Dr. N.¥.und Haslem. --) N.Y. aud N. HM. Huctwoa Rave Krie...... Fifth av ; SMadison ay... Broadway and bil: Broa:!way and 2d at Manhattany Dodd's Expres + 6120 34 at. and Sth ay. 2,289 Lexington ay... ‘otal Wood's My Booth's Th Olynay siya Francisco Minst’in HOW Se esines« Ey) Metropolitan. Haviem Pavonla ferry... New York a Navy Yard.. A ‘ Harlem Navigation Company Total... Returns of Brooklyn Corporations and Places for January, 1870. of Amusement Rrondway..... Grand wureet wid New Brookly M. Y. 3, Hrooklya City, Hi Brooklyn, Buth and Go- ter's Point ani Prox ney feiand 610 pect Park... ‘ Van Brant wirect and 9,180 Erie Basin. re LY COMPANTES. 3,8 Houston 0,972 Bay Rid Brooklyn. Flatbush. 56,6533 ONtizens Union... 2. ayia Wilbanabarg. COMPANIES. liank, Brooklyn Trust Company, depos Mechanica’ Bank, cap Deportes. sone Commercial Tan Fulton Bank, depos Brooklyn Bank, de} Long Island Bank Mechan Tr TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION AT DAYTON, O10, Five Persous Hilled and Six Wounded. (Dayton (Feb, 17) correspondence Cincinnati Gazete. | At haif-past two o'clock this afternoon a boiler in 8. C. Taylor's agricultural works exploded, reduci the large buiiding to a wreck. the ruins and wounding half a dozen others. The mammoth brick smoke stack fell on the fire, smothering it. Tie Cead bodies have peeu recovered. The explosion was ielt throughout the city and in the neighborhood. ‘Tue bulding belonged to soho Li. Winters, the loa’ on which is about $12,000, Taylor's joss is about £6,000, This 18 the most terri. ble calamity of the kind that ever happened here. nrying Give men tm