The New York Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1870, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1870.-QUADRUPLE SHEET, Assistant to the Pontitcal throws by Gregory XVI; R O M E 1? "Vewm wovember, 1b00, he was appointed Bishop's Highly Important Reports from the Ceuneil. Prelatical Protest Against In- fallibility. The Archbishop of Cincinnati «Heads the List.” Ris North Ameriean and lish Supporters. Eng- Jesuit Policy and Power for the Dogma. By the mail from Europe we bave the following special correspondence, embracing matter of the very bighest importance re ative to the proceedings ofthe £ umeni ai Councli and the prospects of the t/a li tity question in Rome on the 12th of April. ‘The Prelates? Protest Against Infallibiticy— Names of the Siguers, English and Ameri- enn—The Archbishop of Cincinnnti Heads the List=The Document Translated inio English, Rowe, April 11, 1870, The following nighly impo: tant document has been adopted by many of the Lishops in attendance at the Ecumenical Council, an. presented to the Pope, on the sub,ectof imiailibility. The paper is headed oy the name of ibe must reve.eni Archbishop Pu cell, of Clocinna I—a fect which gives its promulgation, £ possibie, ad itioual mportance:— Most Hoy FarHER—Humlly prostrate at the feet of your Holine.s, We most earnest y suppli ate thay beg es mn on the ceonitvon of the iia iioility of the Sove etzm PonteY as a dogma of faith may not be propo-ed to ‘be Vati an Council. Among other reason. of this supplication we heg to addu€ only three, Which appear vo Le suficient:— First—Because b¢ discu-sion of this question will evidently siuw @ Want of unton, and especially unantinity aneng the bishops. Second—Le: ause on account of the cireumstances in Wich we are pia-e | in count:les whe e@ Levesies not only exist with impunity, buc ae dominant, this de niuon, in-teai of attracting, would alienae those woo we seek by all Curtstian meaus to iead vo the true foid of Ch ist. Third-—Because We aulicipate endiess questions will arise which may imteriere with and prevent (he work of OUP Mtutsiry ale cause the fruits Of this Council fo be lost to those Who are ROL Members of the holy Cath- olic Church. Having laid bare our hearts and sin- cere intentions we implore Almighty God to avert all evil from the Chucch, and that he may illuatue and direct you with His holy spirit. J. BL Purcell, Arehbishop of C.ncinnati. Pever R. Keurtck, Arctibishop o4 St. Lonis. Jona McCioskey, Archbishop of New York. George Errington, Archbishop of Trebizond, (in part.) ‘Thomas © mnolly, Archbishop of Halifax. Richard Woeian, Bishop of Wheetng. Augustine Verot, Bishop of Savannah. Janes K. Bayley, Bishop of Newark. Jolin Sweeny, Bishop of St. Jolin, N. B, ernard McQuade, Bishop of Rochester. Tobias Mulice, Bishop of Erie, Francis McFariaad, Bishop of Hartford. Jam's M. OGormon, BE hop of Omana (in part). James Kocers, Bs iop of Chatham, Canada, Michael Domenee, Bishop of Pittsvurg. Patrick Lynch, Bishop of Charles Thaddeus Arnat, Bishop of Mustery. Davi Morta Bishop of Kerry and Agadol. William Olitord, Bishop of Clifton, Bag. Edward Fitzgerald, Bishop of Litue Rock. John Leahy, Bishop of Dro Bib »p of D Pairick F Join Hogan, Bishop ol § John Henni, Bishop of Miwa David Bacon, Bishop 0: Portiand. Joseph Metter, Bishop of un Bay. ignatius Mrak, Bishop of Saut Sic Marte. The Roman Conuncil—Tae Infallibility Ques- tion—The Protests of American and English Prelates—The Herald and Its InfluencemA Noble Army. We publish above the protest presented by a num- ver of English and Amer.can prelates to the Pope against the dogma of personal 1iallibiitty, It will be seen that the names include the aviest and most venerable of the Catholic bishops in the United States, Of the tweaty-one Americin prelates who have signed the protest, twelve ave natives of the United States, nameiy:—Archbishop McOlosxey, New York; Otshops Whe'an, Wheeling; Varot, Savannab, tran fe red to Florida within the past month; Bay New McQu id, Rochester; Muiler, Erie; Mc - nd, Har leston; Fechan,, Nasti- Horan, St J. Mo.; Bawn, Portiand; on the 18th July, 1850, he was promoted to the pallium, which he received from the hands of Pius IX. . Mito The readers of the Heratn thirty years ago wiit remember the celebrated controversy between a Kev. Mr. Campbeli, who founded tie Campbeliites, and Lishop Purcell. Duriog that discussion he (the Lishop) slated on one oecasio! Appeals were lodge! before the Bina of Rome, though he was not believed to be tail ile: Ne ther ishe tow. Noe tenet Catholte holds thy Pope's, iniallibility (oO be aa article O° fait, LT do not, and none of my brethren, that I Know of, do, The Catho- lic Deueves the Pope, & & man, to He As Mabie to error as wimost any man in the universe, I is man. and no man is iMatible, either tu doctrine ov wo als. Many of the popes bays Siimed, Bad some of ‘bom bave been bad men. 1 presume bn wo.tuy un’a.ond-t Wil take his brush ta hand and roi up tis slecves and fay ion them hard and heavy ; so willl; ag whenever Ds uses. @ stronger epithet @.ain-t LiemT will use @ stronger, Tie Crncinnal Commerectal, some time past, pub- lished the above extract and called on the Catholic Saute St. Mary, Mich. Five are natives of and, Ramely:—A;cabisbops Purcell, Cincinnati, md Kearick, St. Louls; Bishops O'Gorman, Omaha; Hennessey, Dabuque; Fitzgerald, Littie Rork. Two natives of Germany, to wit:--Haini, Milwaukee; Jelcher, Green Bay. One a native of France and one a Span ard by birth. The relighous orders are feebly represented among the above, There are only thu namely, two Laza- rists and one Trappist; Domence, Pittsburg, and Binat Monterey, the former, and O'Gorman the latter, The English Protestants are natlves of Eng- jand, The Bishop of Clifton is a member of one of the oldest and most aristocratic families 1a England. ‘Tue CilTords have ever been stern in thetr opposition to all onslaughts on the Mother Church, and have no sinali iafuence in a large portion of Great Britain, The Irish opponents are, of course, natives of the Emerald isle. Mr. Leahy, of Dromore, is a Domint- can, and considered the ablest churchman 10 Ire lend, He js no relative to the Archbishop of Cashel, The Canadian Archbishop Connolly, Capuchin, and Hishop Rogss, of Chatham, ave natives of Ireland. Bishop Sweeny, of St. Johns, N. B., is a native of Ganada, We call particular attention to the fact that the three American Archbishops who have signed the protest represent more Catholics and @ larger area of territory than united or disunited ftaly and the islands of the Mediterranean thrown io. The first mame on the Mst, as the second and third, fully corroborate the statements of our special corre- spondents in the Eternal City, who unite about facts and leave the gossip to ancient virgins who write ror country papers at a dollar a yard. While 4 ther journals Vere guessing and enlarging, ike fro , on the yarns picked up in dingy casés and one-horse Tes aurants in the via Babuino and Tritone by fnd- dled Bohemfans, who was pro and who was con, wo presented the names of the opponents tnfallt- biliy to our readers over three months jj to-day ‘we piace the original protest, with the names of all the prelates from Great Britain and Jreland, Canada and (he Untied States, who have signed the same. Our reaciers will see in the document we publish avove another proof of the enterprise of the BzBaLp. We know every inch of the Vatican, and our Wr.ters mount the scala regi@ every day in pur- suénce of our instructions, They have sharp ears and keen eyes, and know just where to go to find a document of importance when we need it, Apos- tolic letters and briefs that are published in the Giornalé dt Roma tay suit persons who love to appear important among the verdant; put we want no such rubbish, and when we do wel} have it fresh and handsome, like a valentine, done up dla Rome with @ big seal and ali the other curious things essential to make up a Roman missive, Let us turn now to the men who have solemnly protested against the new dogma, First in years and episcopal rank is the beloved and eminently progres- sive Arenbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, Born in Mallow, Leland, on the 26th of February, 1900, of vespectable parents, he Jeft old Erin when a mere boy to aid in extending the religion of his forefathers in the New World, Having received @ good classical training, as Munster boys generally do, he found on his arrival ii America that,he lad to work before he could obtain the wish of his life—to become a priest. He was employe. as a teacher in one of the leading families in Queen Anne county, Maryland, from whence he went to Moun’ St. Mary's Seminar Emmettsburg, in 1820. He stacied for some years in St. Sulpice, Paris, and was ordaine! priest in 1627. On the 13 of Oc 1833, he was ecraiel B. wn ¢ wath On @ | wh Telegraph, edited by. the talented brother of the Archbishop, Very Rev. Edward Purcett, for informa- tion on the gnesiton of the infatlibility of the Pope, The Telegraph prompuy replied, endorsing the above extract, The noble and loyal stand of the Archbishop of Ciucinnati during the war is too well known to be recapitalated here. In his Lenten pastoral for 1864 he wrote:—“We go with our whole heart and soul for the maintenance of the Union and the abolition ‘of slavery.” The Unton has been malntaincd; slavery has been abol- ishcd; the slave of 1860 Is @ citizen of the United States iu 1870, Leas than ten years from light to darkness, from boudaze to the happyland of—onice 1 Peter Richard Kenrick, Archbishop of St. Louis, is the jantor of two brothers who were born tu the early part of this century in the parish of St. Nicholas Myra, Dubin, The late Archbishop of Bal- tnore, the lamented Kenrick, whose works on the primacy of the Church and the Pen- tateuch have endeared bi to all scholars, Was the brother of the Archbishop of St, Lous, who was born in Duvlin oa the 17m Aaggust, 1806, and came to the United States at an carly age. On the 24:h April, 1841, he was consecrate? Bishop of Draso, in partiobus tnfldelium; succvedcd as Coadjutor to the See of St. Louls September 25, 1843, and was pro- moicd to Archbishop July 10,1847. Living tn a slave State, he mover bas had mach chance to show his freedom-loving inclinations publicly, ‘but it 13 well known he was as carn st in sympathy with (b> un- fortunate slavcs as he 1s now tn opposiiion vo the dogina of tnfailioiiity. Archbishop loskey, of New York, is too well known from the Empire City to Albany tobe noticed iu the Hgraup. Born in Brooklyn, March 20, 1801, he entered the Colege of Mount St, Mary, Emnilts- burg, at am early age. On the 2ist of November, 1843, he was consecrated Bishop of Axiere tn parti- bus infidelium; was appointed to the Sze of Albany May 21, 1847, and succeeded Archhyshop Hughes May 6, 1864. To purity of life and grace of manners he unites the affability of the gentieman and the courtiiness of the dignitury in a superlative degree. Such are the three archbishops of the United States who have solemnly, but respeet(utly, protested against the new dogma of the personal lafallibility of the Pope. We must not omit, in the meantime, to notice which f our seven Catholic Archbishops of the United States are in favor of the dogma, Conspicu- ous-above all others is the Archbishop of San Fran- cisco, The Most Rev. Joseph 5. Alemang is a native of Spain, and a member of the Domtnican Order, He Was consecrated Bishop of Monterey June 39, 1850, and promoted to the Arenbishoprie of Sin Francisco July 29, 1853. Archbishop Blanchet, of Oregon, is as stneerely in favor of the dogma as any man in Rome. ‘The venerable gentleman is poor, and is supported out of the Pope's private purse. Oregon {s not able, or, if able, is not willing, to present the octogen- arian—he was born in Canada in 1795—Arehbishop a few thoasand dollars to live as a gentleman. ‘The Pope keeps him in food and raiment, and when he goes 10 St. Peter’she hives a veltura for sixteen baiocco, if the weather be broken, but if 2 1s fair he walks from hts convent to the Vattean and back, like Peter, James, Luke and John, of the New Testament. Archbishop Odin, of New Orleans, is in France, in poor health, He has taken no part in the discussion of the question. The sphinx ts Archytshop Spalding. He ts neither for nor against tnfatlivility, He relishes the fish of the opponeuts and has a willing fork for the flesh of the advocates; but he hangs on to his own red herring. He is the head, front and tail of independent opposition, and hopes to have personal infallibility defined to sult himself. He has signed no petitions for or against the dogma. The Archbishop of Wesiminster used up quiie a Jarge lump of soap endeavoring to have him “go in” for infallibility head and tail and horns, but “Martin T., by the grace of God and the favor of the Apostolic See,” couldn't see it, and decined. When Arch- bishop Keuriek approached him to sign the protest against infalitpility he took a long, big whitr—ne smokes like a Turk—and took another, and took another, and, moving his chair a_ little towards his volleague, he emitted a volume of smoke as dense as if his mouth were the smoke stack ofa tug when its chief engineer gives orders to “fire up.” Two and one-half big whitfs, and then the request was declined with a grace and sauvity peculiarly characteristic of the gentlemanly and amiable Arch- bishop Spalding. The bishops are known comparatively well States of their residences; but Bishop Vincent Whelan, of Wheeling, is one of the ablest of the American _ hierar- chy. Born in Baltimore, January 28, 1809, he was consecrated Bishop of Richmond December 15, 1840, and transferred to Wheeling July 23, 1850. Tall and dignified, amiable and simple, he was one of the first to unite with the arehbishops against the dogma of infallibility. He delivered his maidep specch in the Council about a month ago, and made a deep impression wpon the Italians. The fervor, distinctness, and vigor of his language pleased all. The subject under discussion wag SKcleciastical discipline. : ‘The French (and German bishops who have pro- tested against the dogma are as enrnest in their opposition as (heir fellow bishops from England and the United 8: As independent and dmpariis) outsiders we lay the status of the American hierarchy before our readers, We beg, however, to extract afew lines from the writings of one of the greatest theological writers that ever lived, the revernd St. Thomas of Aquinas. bt in his suum to this question of infalli- bility, he writes:—“Papa habet tn Ecclesta plenitudi- nem potestates’’—the Pope has in the Church the Dlenttude of power; “Zptscopt optinent tn Ecclesia summum potes tatem”—the bishops have in the Church the supreme power. If the bishops have supreme power when assembled im councll, personal infailibility 1s nothing more than @ respectable error which certain {ambitious gentlemen at Romé ate desirous of having made an article of faith, 60 that they may have more power and the bishops less. But many of the latter are determined to keep what they have, and argue on the philosophy of letting well enough alone. Bishop Dupanioup, in his reply to the Archbishop of Matines, placed the whole subject in a nutsnelf, where he writes:—‘‘Je ne mets pas mon courage d vraver des périls tnutiles, nt’'ma glotre a provoguer des désint- tous qut ne sout pas nécessatres ; dixhutt sidcies de Christianisme Vattestent.”” ‘The cémmon sense of the Cathdlic world belicves, with the Bishop of Orleans, that it is unnecessary to hunt up peril, and that 1800 years are a pretty good endorsement of “the situation.” The Bishop knows that the world is moving, and he is desirous of mov- ing along with it, breviary in pocket and crosler in hand. He knows, as his brother bishops of America, , that the nineteenth century don’t want Breakspeares, Borgias, Wolseys, Richelieus, Ximenes and Maza- rins, The sacerdotal warrior-politiciam has had his day, and his, presence is not needed any more, Bishops like Talleyramd would not do in this century; the oppomcnts of the great dog- ma know it, but the major patt Of its advo- cates are as oblivious to gthe requirements of the Ume as If they were fed like the Israelites, on aauna, or like the birds of the air, that neith nor reap. They are not dreamers nor idle truly religious need, nor sensational preachers, with @ cool $20,000 and “fixings” per annum; but true. hearted Chriatian men, who, Uke Vincent de Pau, he Coolsteps of the Saviour to become one Of his disciples; men aud women, who, loving virtue for itself, charity for its toils,-dare confront vice, and daring it crush it by the divine power of weftioness and firmness; men and women drying Up teara, not giving weaith “to walls that ne'er heard of their holy vows or words;'? rescuing from the licil of carth and hereafter; from the temp- tations of intoxication and the inordinate lewdness that seems to be corrupting society from top to toe, {voit head Co foot; from the miseries of ignorance, of vice; men and women who dare be charitably great by guiding the steps of the innocent and thoughtless through the intricactes of our checkered and boister- ous fife, and who will favor alone for the glory of God, the benent of their fellow man and womaa and the increase of an extra blade of grass in the place where only two grow at present. Such are the men and women we need, Complimentary dogmas and quibbles in dogmatic theology may please idlers; earnest people believe ‘in religion, not in useless things. ‘The Koumenical CouncilAttempt for Una- nimity—The Ltaliaa Element—Tho Jesuits and Their Order=—The Rulers of Catholic- dom=The Dogma ot Ininitibilicy in the eslaaahiet eRe" Rome, April 11, 1870. We are having a congregazions generale every day, except on those festive and conssorated to salats and otuer holy personages of the Church, The congregazione signifies tat the Counct! goes into a committee of the whole for the transaction of general business, and that general, busiacss just now refers to the schema entitied De Romano Pontsioe, or the infalttbility of the Pope. ‘The discusdious, such as they are, will go on for form's sake only; for the great dogma 1s a foregone conclusion, and we are soon to have the benft of it. ‘The committees each labor quite zealouslyon their side, and altogether the Ecumenical fathers are not was jag any time. Matters are being pushed now that the entire world has been brought to the potnt of lookiag out for infal- ibility as a fate accompis. That has been the point $0 far scored by the Jesuit party, the winter's prin- cipal work; at present the leaders are striving hard to produce @ species of unanimity tn the opintons and votes of those of the fathers hitherto exhibiting a rebellious or independent spirit. They go so far as to assert that Dupanioup himself has already pre- pared the pastoral letter in which he will aanounce to his flock at home his full and complete submission to the new dogma and the Holy See. This is probably too much, ‘There seems to be no doubt that Dupan- Joup will accept results; but { positiveiy know that he remarked to @ fricnd oly one week ago that he would Jeave Rome and the Council very much dis- appointed and feeling 1u no wise responsible for the consequences that he foresees will flow from the action of the Council, against which he has all along thought it his 1mperative duty to couasel, The chief priests and rulers have been somewhat checked in their onward course by the opposition orators, who pretend that no dogma can have any weight unless it receives a unanimity of votes, as has been the case in all previous councils on all topics of any importance. In none of the eighteen councils has there ever been a negative vote over twenty; whereas in this, the nineteenth, the opposing minor- ity could cast a vote somewhere in the neighborhood of around hundred, Hence, there is 4 magnificent attempt being now made to tame this minority down jnto reasopabie numbers, for the sake of tradition and appearances; and no one doubts that it will be successful, for all the arts and persuasions which Rome is so rich in will be applied without stint, Not that the leaders are willing to admit that entire una- nimity is indispensable to the vote. Their argument is that moral unanimity is all that can be asked and obtained in an assembly of 800 persons at the pre- sent day. i foapiiere remark that it is the invariabie custom of the Jesuits to atiude to presen’ t.mes und to avail theme ves of modern idvas, agencies und trans formations whenever it suits their convenience or may furnish them with @ lift; the rest of ihe time, aud as a general rule of princip!e and conduct, they bold tothe verrime apathomas which tiey have aa- sparingly iaunched aza mst an ailicted and suffering world. to the siranger Who 18 not initiated in the dopihs of {t#tan caaraccer—in those purcly fatian fucnbacs o1 finesse and ruse—tor ihey have been de- veloped in the ftaltan race as in no o.ier p-op'e, thauks. to G.roumsiances, to the oppressions and icachings undergone doring ages, an render thom in the Kuropean sense the best diplomats or the world—tt ofven appears s'range bow It has becn and is possible for ihe lialian e.ement to predominate as it do#® not omy fn this council, but in al the doings of ‘the Churen—how it is possible for Lianans only to be Popes of Oatholicdom, king only on the surface the stranger i8 prone to observe that the Itatian archbishops, bishops and priesis, in general, neither shine by weight of intel- lect noc strength’ of ciaracier; in fact, that they appear to be below thos» of other Catholic countries; that the Popes nowadays are not great men, and that themselves—thos: chosen purpled fow—wouid be considered rather smal beer iu au other country, All this is fully true. But then the: are other points to be taken. into consideration, and the account is not t© be made up so hastily. The Italians—Lapeak of thatelement—in the first place, are on the spot; the liahan race hobls the capital of the: Cwsars and the chair of Sc. Peter, and if possession is nine-tenths at law, it may almost be said that pres- lige isas much more agai when that prestige is colossal like that of Rome, Then the same race have becn in the habit of holding the Catholic retos, When a set of people have long made it their bust- neag to direct and ook after the happiness of souls thing becomes with them a matter of routine tas diMicult either to lay aside or to oppose. . perhaps, may be termed the negative capaci- ties of the Malian clement. The positive may be said to consist in the tuct, quickness and calculating per- severance, both fnnate as well as forced be priest and ruler, into the Ita!tan character, which make the most cunntug of people, Those who Know them well Know that Uh onstantiy employ diplomacy wl the aitairs life, in the moat trivial; every Italian is an ambassador to his neigh- bor and his fellow, even though he may be without any of the smbastadorial trappings, thoughshe may be in ragefand without a hat, cocked or uncocked, Ta- lian beggars are extremely expert in the art. At first sight it is astonishing vo sce how far this people push their gift of cunning, but observation soon euabies one to see that the orf sinai and present ne- cessity of thotr practice of diplomauziag 18 combined with the picasure it affords them after long tndul- gence in it, Whats more than all this, the Church 13 hot ruled by the ordluary Italian caccinals, bi-hops and pre ts at large, but by a few men, the most com- petent of that element, who eagerly seize the ropes while Keeping strictly benlad the curiain, and who have suilicient perspicacity to supply their own defl- cleneies by ane for ein aid from toe pap able of their subjects and gw tes, La whatever jana ane abe foun), «0° ee » Bowl + fi These men foriit ‘he secret coterie of Jesuits, wh beung Italians, of coursegfavor their own race, aD Who have suitictent good sense and aadress to put to account (he brains of those members of their order ye» mea ie bead earth as ve a8 al 4 sugge-tlong which may be sent 10 fie by The tatthfuf Generaliys they thus have a pick and fcnoice to a large extent; they simply “take thelr own wherever they find 11; it matters not whether an idea arises in their own noddle or in that of soine bishop in partibus among the lroquois or the Chinese. If that idea be good it becomes theirs without farther ado. This is,the force of the Jesuit order nowadays; they areretuced duwn to hunting, scraping, picking anil cuoosing; whereas 10 the past the order was foitunate enough to rear creative minds capable of roughing out circum. siances and working up ideas at command, Yet it 13 a force, and @ very poweriui one, after all; it keeps them afoat and in possession of the heim. But whither are they steering the bark of St. Peter? Rguyg opinion on re the laity here as elsewhere fn Europe, is that they aré of & pad Coma, Og Strewn with rocks ahead. ‘“Vedremo cio che dremo,” we will see what we will see, as the Italians are wont to say. Meantime, they have just had ie Council and its doings, the Pope and his in- fallibiliy up tn the Hialian Parliament at Flarenees It seems that those wretched financiers 6f as. the Codinals sembly have had time to haul the em- pire of Rome over the coals of their wrath. The word empire is used intention- aly, for certainly, however microscopic it may look every evening to foreigners viewing it from the Pinctan, it is an empire, and the only one that has ac- corded nothing to modern ideas and times. Its ruler, unlike other soverelgus, has not made @ single con- cession since the revolution of 1848, But this little itém does not appear strange to us, Who are fain to put up with middie age practices and customs, and who feel, while ‘sojourning ere, as icing irqusfer backward a couple of | centu One of the main speakers in the Parlia- ment remarked as follows, and I give ‘the remark because itembraces the public sentiment of the Peninsuta:—“The bishops of Kome, af.er first de- ol themselves the successors of St. Peter, _ themseives patriarchs of the West; thew clothing themselves piecemeal with the cloak of the ‘Cossars, tovk the title of pontiffs of the entire Chris- a yria;t hen vicars of Christ; then vicars of God; , Anally, Plus IX. proc aims himself infailihle—that ts, truth, lute jusdce he proclalus himself Gud, It matters not whecher this absurdity be deciared by one or by @ thousand. There is no authority thatcan make the absurd to be reasonable. For my part, wher than place any obstacle in the way of wese unskilful dogmatical declarations, J would urge on the Court of Rome to make them. Let Pius, let the Council, make all the dogmas they desire; rivers do not revurn to their sources.” Tam certain these words underscored convey the opinion of nine-tentha of the Ttalian pesple who kuow how to read and write, and of @ yas: number Who are unacquainted with the fist letior of the aipiabet. Of course the bulk Of ih? nation—the poa- #inis—are ignorant of the meaning of the words tal- jibtiy orinf uiiht ity; hence they cu ho dno on nio.s in the pemses. Some Of them are S.uted wad ruled by bac prt sstes Wii, THE LANE TRAGEDY. How a raveller Toppled Into Bternity. Full Details of the Hackensack Bridge Out- rage—The Coroner's Inquest at Jersey City— Testimony of Eyo Witnesses—Spicy Tilt Between the Jurors—Conductor Parker Allowed to Give Evidence and ‘What He Says, ‘The inquest on the boty of Patrick Lane, @ pas- senger on tho ‘New scrsey Raitroad, who was drowned af the Hackensack br.dge November 29, 1869, Was commenosd yesterday morning in Jersey, City, before Coroner Burns. The detatls of the oc- currence are yet fresh in the minds of the public. ‘The investigation created much interest, the Coroner's offic: being Lesteged at an carly hour, The railway company on whose line the sad affair took place seemed, through 1t3 offic.als, to regard the procecd- imgs yesterday witn much anxiety. Bystanders were unhesitating in giving full’ expre-sion’ to their feetings respecting the unprotected character of ne bridge oyer which the poor Lenighted traveller toppled headlong into eternity, The bridge, as will be seen by the evidence, was some four ani twenty feet in height; the depth of the rushing tide over forty, Alter being removed from the car, having but seventeen cents—too little to pay hisfare— the uafortunate man, who, all the wil- nesses testified, was perfectly sober, floun- deed over the string piece, and, turning ag it were to take @ last look at the train that was leaving him in the dark, (tsappeared in the twinkling of an eye, and never spoke again, The jury evi- dently saw of what value @ handrail would have been, and the foreman intimated that they would call attention to its future usefulaess, Parker, the con- ductor of the car, was in attendance, and, although not represented by counsel, appeared to have sur- surrounding him parties who throushou! were earnest in looking after tne interests of the company and consequently his exoneration from blame. The Dis- ui.t Attorney, Mr. Garretson, was very mate, bung evidently overcome with the oppressive nature of the aimosphere; but his place was voluntarily and ably filelby a shrewd aud intelligent juryman named Cosgrove, who male commendable eff rts to sift the case to the very bottom. i.e wilow of Constable Lane was also inthe Ooroner’s office during a por- tion of the proceedings, and her presence seemed to recall in vivid form the terrible fate that befell her iil-starred spouse. Coroner Burns pursued his busi- nes4 indefatigably. AS will be seen, the tesiimony acdaced is more or less conflicting and tends tv make the result more diticult whereon to specuiaw. The Coroner, with the consent of the District Attorney and the jury, allowed the conductor to make @ stale- ment which will be seen below. Siortly after ten o'clock, the jury having been sworn, te foiow- ing evidence was elicitesl:- ‘TESTIMONY OF J. R. PIERSON. John R Pieison Was the tri witness and deposed ag follows:—1 reside at Newark; was acquuluted with Patrick Lane, the deceased; saw him at half- pas. ten o'clock on the 29th of November Jast; bis condition was then ag sober a8 auy man I know of; 18 health, Was very ood; that was the Mist ut 8.W him at nine o’ciock in the morning @ Ne Patrick Lane hai a ititle execuion agatis: a maa in Jersey City issued b juire Green; be was to give it to a consiabie on Monday, aud Was to call atimy house at niue viclock; tiat Munday grerons *to the drowning; he called at my hutse va moining; that was tue tirst time I ev aw D im; we | both proceeded to the Ceutre street depot; I bought two rcturn iekets; I gave him one; we voth occupied tne same seat m the cars at Jerey Oily; Wwe subsequently went to make the levy; we found a diMeuty about it ona couutofr a vill of sae; we ccud put make the levy aud we passed ouwide; 1 told him to go to Cour: House aud 1 would wait for hi in Newark wath tree o'clock; he then went a@Way aad that was the ast time i saw bim; the exe- cUHOn Was in my inwrest. TESTIMONY OF PATRICK BEAKES. Patrick Beakes testified—I reside at No. 853% Newark avenue, Jersey Cly; Isaw the deceased on tie day referred to; he Was at my store that day and ielt between eight and ten o'clock in the forenoon; he went out aud came back past the store; tuat was the last I saw of oun; he appeared vo be tu good healt and ra tonal. TESTIMONY OF JOHN BOYLAN. John Boylan tsufied—I reside um High street, ; Twas noo acquainted with the deceuset prior to his death; [ recolect the occurrence spoken of; Lieft in the twenty minutes past six train from New York; the conductor passed throu sh the cars to collect’ the Vckets; he came to tus man who was put olf and was drowned; I do not know what he asked him for; I suppose it was for his ticket, and bemg three seats behind me 1 could not hear the words he used; he passed him without getung his ticket and proceeded to the otner car and soon returned agatu; he got back just as we weie ENTERING THE ROCKS; when this passenger commenced io 100k through his pockets for his ticket the couducior, Mr. Parker, sat oa the rail ou the seat Opposiie to him in the Pavsigeway; during this time the passen- ger Was looking through his pocket to find bis ticket; the coniuctor had meanwhie but very litte conversation with him and sat exceed- Ingiy'still; We atiength arrived at West Ena; tue conductor left nit and went out on the piatiorm to get ius passengers on ani ou the car; as svon as tae trai started the conducior came immediate.y to bim and assed fim ior nis ticket; the first word I heard was remap. him for his ticket; { coud not hear the reply; imuimediatey the BELL ROPE WAS PULLED for the train w be stopped; the train went a con- siderable distance before it stopped; I do not think we had proceeded 200 yards beivre the bell rope was papel when the train stopped this passenger, whom Suppose Was Mr. Lane, got up and walked forward to the front platform of the car~he was in and got off; immediately hoisted the window at my seat Aud put my head out; as soon as he landed on the bridge he looked aroun for a moment, as 1 sup- posed, 10 SEE WERE WAS; he then commenced to across (lagonally to the north sile of the bridge; be prst crossed one rail, the second and thea commenced to climb over P siring piece; just at that time the conduc or callel out, “Stop; took Outor you wil be overboard; he continvel and teil overboard; the train had moved about ten feet during this thue; 1, with Other passengeis, at once got out of the car and went to the side of rhe bridge to iook for him; Laid not hear any soua qrom him atter he left whe bridge; the conductor went On his knees and ley bjs leg with a een on it hang over the side Of ihe bridge, cped Out to ny 19 hold on t6 any substance he coald cat tate vi a 1e.8 Lun al Ahh a1 helo m8 pair ee ger, fe eens ver ane a $0 Nollered ) the man; [cried Out lO him myself; We got no response; pee. Wee “TWO SMALL BOATS CAME; 4 almost immediately they were rowed under the br.dge several \imes; they rowed above and below the bridge and aiong h shore to look for the man; alter spending from ten to fifteen minutes in search ol the Man We ali gotin the train and wen: @.ong. Q, When you looked in the water Arst was ihere any sign of siruggiing? A. No, sir. Q. Did you se? any dimMcuity between him and the conductor? A. No} there was a conversation going on When he was staiding op looking for nis ticket; be was a litile excited, as Bay other person would be 1M the sane position. To ajuror—{ was three seata behind the deceased fm the car. Q. Was he pat off, or did be go off voluntarily ? A. He got off hiuseli; tae conductor did nos put his = on Dim; it was @ dark, drizzly night, a little ard. Q How could you see him when he got off? A, The light feGni the conductor's lantern and the light from tne trae made light enough to s@2 a peony thirly feet of. Q. There Was no light except from the conductor's layiern? A. ‘The bridge i8 Lguted moderately; if he wenteny to get oft, there Was & very good piace to get o ves . Py By the Cordher—What car was thig? A. Tye next to ihe ast fy pres vedo = Bi a darpr How het Was the stringptecs fiom the bridge? A. Twenty-four incies; I have seen a great many people put off cars. Q. Are you acquain with the conductor? A. I never spoke to him unt r the occurrence, Q. Was he under the: snftiaence of liquor? A. Ido Mot think he was; I don’t tink he was a drinking man; the train stopped about 160 feet from the shore, Q. Are you euplored by the railway company. A. I fee not think viet they have money euough to em- ploy me. » nh Q. Have you any ‘siality towards it? A, I have @ partiality against it. By the foreman—You think the comnctor acted very geatieman like throughout? A, Yes, sir, By anotner juror—You say the deccased got off the car of hisown accord? A. The conductor did uot put his hand upon htut. Q. Did the deceased use any abusive language to- wards the conductor? A. He was a littie exchedy there was a conversation going on which 1 could not hear, on uccount of the note of tue train. Q. Did you see any bows s.rucx? A. No; there was nothing exitbitet, el.ier in manner or word, that would lexd one.to believe that blows would be sirack; the ¢ Miucwor was not excited in any way. Q At the time tue train stopped for Lane to get off, dv you remember whether the conductor got of? A. Lthink the conductor got down first on the bridge, and, if T m.staks 10%, helped him down, By a juvor (Mr. Coxsiove)—You say it was a dark nigit WHeD tue Conausior yok down; did you 1voK on toxevhmt A. bad iy head oat of the win- 0 W. Q Anido you think you could see anybody on sucha dark night? A. J have alreaiy sworn that t could +e) bhTty yar is of, ‘The JuiOv—L dO wot unk YOu could, (Yensation,) Now how could you 6e> it—sappose there's - om and Mealy or oe vine #—Weil, rou doudt a man’ 1 1 have noih ng ‘0 say, may bo cler chan T ain, Peis ea aah eae EAN at wy 16 Juror—Oh, n't i 5 bu how now cod you soe ite mee ‘ue Corcner—He has testified to that e the eviitence is fur you to consider, phere ‘he Juror—But I did not—— ie Witness—Yuu said you did not believe, Matters were here pang lively, when the Coro- ner raj with tho gavel and {he inquest was pro- ore ow taany lights were in the train? As ow Tm. were in the T™! a herte wo or three Tibtnk. * by D. Ou have any conversation with the con- ductor afier the occuviené? A. He told mo he did not Know the train had arrived at the bridges I did not kuow we had got there until I put.my head out of the window; om the 1st of December L passed over the Thad no: any ticket, and Ltold the pas-- 800, ee Ger if Lar Sanichie ae not pase! mei woud put ‘car; thege is no place T) would rather be put off than at ‘aaoden:aok bridge; the conducior did not put me off, Mr, Cosgrove (a juror)—I suppose you wanted {> « try the experiment, CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY. The next Wi\nes-es exautned were Charles Check, David Kerr, GB. Bb “, William Miter, David We Smith, Wiliam Renew, W. C. Wesilake, pissengers on the train, al! of Wom, more or \ess, corrovoraiet the testimony of the previous witnes:, Some weie facie| by the deceased seavhing fur his the conuctor pulling the bell rope a8 @ signal for ihe engine to’ stop, and othes by the shouts of the conductor, warning Lane that if he proceeded in the direction he was going he would go overboard. There was but little conversation be- tween the conductor and Lane, and the witnesses stated that neither appeared to have been tn any way excited, There was a difference of opinion as to the light on the bridge. One witness said there was light enough» to see a peiny thirty yards —— off, white others affirmed that i¢ Was dark @nd drizzly; most of the wituesses resided along the route of tie train and had been in the babit of travelling on that line; none of them saw the conductor shoving or pushing Line, and all agieed that the latter was pe:fectly suber; none head cries for felp. William Jacobi, the brage tender, Lestified that he was from 350 Lo 600 fect trom vhe train when 11 ped; he came up tu a boat when he heard the alarm ior one; he se rched for fifteen or twenty minutes, but found notians; it wae @ very dark night, and that ihe train was on the briige about ten minutes before he heard the alarin for a boat; where Lane fell ta the depih of the Water was about forty feet, and wiiness added that there was water enough to drown bim. Joseph Frew, the engineer, gave evilence a3 to the soppaxs of the train, and John Haley, the brakeman, tes itied that Laue turned rouud before he feli in aud tumbled over sideways. PROTEST BY ONE OF THE JURY. When the witness Frew was being examined Mr. Barker, the master of transportation of the New Jersey Railroad Company, was explaining some- thing to the foreman of the Jury, Mr. Harney, when Mr, Cosgrove, another juryman, protested against any outside parties talking to the et during the proceedings. He said he had had large experience as a juryman, and it was quite unusual to allow such athing. He did notlike w see Mr. Barker talking to the juny. The Foreman—Oh, I don’t see why he should not. Mr. Oosgrove—Well, sir, [do not think he should, The Foreman—I think he siould. If we do nor Speak to some one we will Known nothing about the case. Tam under oath, Cosgrove—And so am I, Foremap—I do not think that Mr. Barker or any one clse can influence me. Mr, Cosgrove (warmly)—I do not think it is right for any person to speak to us. Mr. Barker—I have a right to speak to the jury, The Foreman—We have more testimony than we want; it is all corr ion. ‘The Coroner—We are waiting for the witness to see if anything new will be @eveloped. You cannot be too careful in a case like this. The Coroner said he was not satisfied in his own mind as to whether Parker, the conducior, should be examined; it was optional with tae jury. Disites Atiovney Garretson, wiio was suppoed to represent the interests of the people and wio su ceeded itn saying nothing durtug ie caitre pioceed- lags, Oilered ho oppos.t.on to Parker beiug examined and the jury also vonsenied. TESTIMONY OF THE CONDUCTOR. William J. Parker, the conductor, then made the lowing stateuemis—I reside in Pitsburg, Pa.; I was couductor of tie New Jersey Ratiroad tu Novem- ber last; Llefe the ety November 29, 1869, at half- past six P. M.; as 1 was going through tae train I came toa passenger who could not find bis ticket; he said he would give it to me besween there and Centre street, Newark; that was shortly ater we left Jersey City; I waited about half a minute for him to find his toket; seeing that he did not find it I passe | on and made the rest of the collections; 1 returned and a-ked bim whevser he had found t¢ and te sad be hed ot, butthat ve would give It to me between thre and C.nire street; | this time he was staniing up looking lor.it im nis coat pocket; 1 s.tdown on the corner of the -eat ani pointed out to hin the pockets to look in; I waited jor him from the ume we left Polit Rocks until we got near West End; 1 told him then that T hat given him @ = pritty good ane to find his ticket, and that I would have to take his fare; he said again that he would give it to me tween there and Centie street; J 10\d him that would not do, that either he would have to give it to me tere or get Out at West End; I turned around and, he being a respectable jooxing man, I thought thac if I could not get his ticket 1 wouid get his tare when ok would stop at West End; thinking that I did not e BOTHER TO PUT HIM out at West End, and, having got the passengers out and in, started the train; [ got upon the piaiform of ‘he car ne was in; I went to him aud asked bim if he had found his ticket yet; he sad bh ul Mot, bat that he would give it to we between there aad Centre street; I tod him that i had given h all chance that was n cessary, and I woud have to take huis fare; he pulled out, L think, about eight pennies and hiunded them to me; I told aim ia: was hot enough, and he sad it was ai he had; I then said, “If that’s all the money you have Pll have to put you off the train;” he then said “Very wells’ L reached up then and puiled the bell; I then leaned against the arm of tie seat; he got uy, walked out ant closed the door; I stool leaning on the seat waiting far the tran to Stop; after it stopped he opened the door and walked oui; as L stepped ous on the platforin he stepped Jrom the platform to the bridge; {sald to him y in the centre of the bridge and walk back to Wesi- End . he made no reply and I pulied the bell to go Ghead, By a Juror—Did you got on the bridge yoursel’? A, Noi until be went overvoard, E£xam.nation continued—I saw him walk over to the siringgiece; 1 told bun noi to go that way or he would f@u overboard; [ suppose the train Moved about six feet from the time I pulled the bell to go and stop again; he put his hinds upon the guar. Trail: he put bis right foot over first; then I “hol.ercd? ‘For God’s sake don’t go that way any further, or you'll be in the river.” he raised up and looked in the direction of Newark, and then looked towards the river, took a siep side- Ways and Went overboard; he did not pay any atten- tion to what I was saying to him on the bridge; after ho fell overboard 1 got down and went over with my light; Isuppose it was two and a half minutes from fe mp he gor om oe Filghe ove he meee ore, got down an i it over the bridge; when leaned oy, 3 nie a pe iy Her fhe birage: 1 told Tipit tage ho of the idee; m to take Gi Hid Bi hie a! id get a buat; 1 fe hllooed to tht Bdge man 49 bring & boats he came as soon a8 he coula with the boat; I do not think it Me nad eed ciel eg in ten] : hal- unt 01 Te} inted with my lam! eri way to cofhe: the mun inthe boat. went under tiie bridge; sofnebody haljooad to him to go near the snore; they searched. there all that was neces- sary; Lsaw he could noi§ be found and I started my train; I was detamed about twenty miautes. ‘to the Coroner—I have been a conductor about two Pee and nine monias; 1 cannot gay positively; uew When I was on the bridge; ho did not tell me he was an officer of the county, but he showed me a sliver pacge, as much as to say that eught to pass 1 the fair was twenty-ilve cents when paid on the Mr. Barker here reai the instructions issued by the company to its conductors, giving them no dis- cretion as t) allowing passengers to ride free. Exwmination continued—I was never arrested for potting passengers off the trains; I never had any tbe With passengers sufficient to invoive a law- ult BY a Juror—Do you think he had a ticket? A. BS 1 do na ews I gave him all the chance I Bi the Coroner—He acted as if he was perfectly Der. enjamin Van Riper testified that a circumstance of an QNpleasant character occurred between him- Self and a conductor named Parker in 1863; as it ria cohductor involved in this oase he would ot his Pari bance it; he had previously thought that tt was t of with whont he had had a aimoutty, but, finding it otherwise, he would not relate the circum- stance, ‘The further hearing of the case was then adjourned nntil Friday next. THE BALTIMORE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE, BALTIMORE, April 26, 1870. The Battimore Evangelical Alliance, auxiliary to the Eva.gelical Alliance of the United States and Alliance of London, held its first general meeting in the Centra: \Presbyterian church im thig olty last evening. A constitution was aaopted and officers chosen, after whch delegates were named to the World's Bvangelica,’ Alllance, to be held in Now York city in Septe'nber next, The Baltt organization will herea,’ter be known as the Evan- ted Ailtance of the Afate of Maryland. Among he prominent clerzymen , resent were Rey. Drs, Sonat and John Coton Sun 2, of New York city, both of whom addressed the mis?'ing at some length in regard to tae Words All ce to asse.nble in New York. Dr, Schail sata: — It i@ not proposed to ama gamate th various de- nomtuattons, The several Curistian bodes are not prepared for such amalgamation and to tiow up. thele denomisational porics. The alliance wiil s-rve to harmoulze these reilgious bodies, all of which, While they differ ia minor points, are Ove in foundattou, having oue God the Father, one Holy Gnost, aad haviag tu view the | kingdom and the redcemtag of souls. plates 10 strengthen, pro.uole aad exaloi hat aircaly exists amoug the churches of Christ, { Walou are one ba pplits, NEW YORK CITY, Local and Police Paragraphs and Minor Items of Metropolitan News. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature of the weather for the past vwenty-four hours 1n comparison with the cOrresponding day of last year, as indicated by tne thermometer at Hud. nut’a pharmacy, BERALD Building, Broadway, cor. ner of Ann street:— 1369, 1870, 1869, 1870, -6L 50 8PM. m1 «6? 6L CPM 65 6 65 OP. M. 62 . 60 62 12P, M. 60 temperature yesverday . 5056 Average temperature for corresponding date “fh? Union and Mutual Base Ball clubs will play & ice at Tremont Ife) ol ay it on Friday noxt at half-past John Wilson, who escaped from the Yorkville prgon a few days ago, was arrested yesterday and taken beiore Justice Dowling, at the Tombs Police Cvurt, aud held to answer, Messrs, Evans and Robinson, specta! agents of the United States Treasury Department, coniinue th ir investigations with the new cartage bureau system yesterday. They will probably finish to-day. It te thought that they will re) favo.abiy ou the new sys.ein of Cusio House cartage. Michae! Loftus, @ bartender, was charged yeater- day before Judge Dowlng with stealing from the peisoh of Thomas Fogarty, of 169 Wuiam street, fory-‘hree dollars. Lofius was invitéd to dinner by Fogarty, When the dinner over Fogariy full asleep on the lounze, Wille Lofius wos s'il in ine room. When the sleeper awoke Lofius and tue money Were gone. The body of an unknown man, about twenty-five or thirty yeara of age, far advanced tn decomporl- tion, was yesterday found floating in the Fulton ferry slip. The remains, which ¢vidently had been in the water (or two ov three months, atter examination by Dr. Cu-tnan were removed to the Morgue, where Coroner Schirmer will hold an inquest over thom, Deceased was poorly clad, Michael Varley, @ brvtier of Reddy the Biacksmith, brought up at tue Tombs yesteiday, charged wit throwing a huge stone from his window at Margaret O'Biten, of 66 James street. The stone fortunately missed her head, but fell into a pail she was carrying: in her hand, wkine the bottom clear away. Tue prisoner was seut to Blackwell's Ttand for ox Monts in default of $1,000 ball to keep the peace. ‘The Quarantine Commissioners he'd their usual week y meeting yesterday at three o'clock, the Pre- sident of the Board, W. J.Wilson Hunt, in the chair. ‘The principal business transacted was the reaaing of applications from Frank E. Bowar! and W. H. Allen, for the )ostuton of Secretary of the Board, in ace o’ Mr. Stebving. who has Leen holding over m the former commission. 1 was resolved, upon motion, that at the next meeting the Board proveed w the se ection of a secretary from among the can- didates proposed. ‘he sa’ary and duration 0: off @ are at the option of the Commissioners. The present seoretary receives $2,500 @ year. The following opposition ticket was reported yer~ terday by the Nominating Committee for officers and for Governing Committee of the Stock Exchangs for ‘heensuing year :—Prestient, Wm. Seymour, J) jent, M. A. Wheelow det, Jame; Mitchell; Secretary, B. 0. White; Treasurer, D.C. Hays: Four years—C. K. Marv n, J. L. Browuell, @. H. Broinvad, J. K. Warren, W. Kimbal; A.M. Cahoon, A. 5. Peavody, F. B. Mus- graqe, Reuben Many, W. Alex. Smith; Three yars—G. H, Watson, J. R. Gariand, E. Brandon; Two years—M. A, Wheeoch, P. M. Mycrs; One pear—Fredorick White, Obarles A. Lamont. Young Bennett, who absconded with his employ- er’s moncy, and subsequently concocted an ingenious story of how he was met at a bank in Wall street, ab- ducted and drugged, was brought before Judge Dow- ling yesterday, charged withembezzient. There was n» examination, for Bennett coufess-d his guilt aud said he was sorry for what ie had done. The Justice said be would ho'a tim in $6,000 ball to answer at the Geueral S ssions. Some friends of Bennett who were present, ove of whoin was its Sunday s:hool teacher, asked his Honor to reduce the amount of ball, Dat the Justice declined and said he would for- ward the papers immediately to the Grand Jucy. The ec-used sad he was #ixicen yeus of age, re- sided in New Jcisey, and was au ass sani collector for his empioyer. Weston, the champion pcdest:ian, delivered @ 'ec- ture lasteven ng in Steinway Hall upon the subject of a hletic exercise before a large, intelligent and highly fashionable audience. Horace Greeley pre- sided, and in @ neat little speech introduced tre Speaker to the audience, who received him with loud applause. bs 2 the couse of his remarks he gave a very interesting @:count of his great walk from Portland to Chicago, and also his wakin B sf owith an Eoglishman, wio cime over from Eugivad on purpose to test him, but who gave out before he had walked twenty-eig)t miles, Afier he had fintshed hs ‘eome, wirich was warmly applauded yhroughou’, be waderto ok the feat of waking one mile around the hall, inside of tea minutes, and acco nplishel it with eise nine min- utes and thirty seconds. The whole entertainment Was a deci led success, Thomas Mirion, James Marion, John Mar‘on, Join Donahue and Frank Nelison were yesterday arraigned before Alderman Cunningham, at the Yorkville Po- lice Court, by oMe:rs C'ark and Lambrecht, of the Nineteenth precinct, on a charge of burglary. Mr. John Mathews, of Seventy-fifth street end East river, was the complainint and test fied that $1,000 wort of prorerty, ¢ nsisting of bronze monidings, figures, castinss, &c., Was stolen from an onthouse adjoining his resi- dence, and from information obtained he belived the prisoners to be the persons who stole it. Anen- trance was forced Lit» the outhous? by breaking the look on the door, Officer Lambrecht swore that he found some of (he stolen property in a stable kr pt iv Seventy-stxth street by the prisoner Dooahue, but it was denied. The prisoners were locked up until this morning, when an examination into tue matter will be held before Justice Coulter. The revolution in our city government trough the passage of the new charter will bring with it some changes in the Mayor’s office. We have no re‘erence to the changes in the personnel of the office, for what these Will be is. as yet unknown, but to the disposi- tion of the rooms at pieeut appropriated in the City Hall to the use of the Uhief Execu- tive of the city and his immefiate suvordinaies and éxeéutive coadutors. In the first plae the Marshal's healquarters are to be remove to the rooms now occupied by the Clerk of the Assistant Aldermen, and thus do away with the throug con- tinually in attendance at the daily tribunal of the City Marshal. In the next piace the room set ap: for the callers on the Mayor is to be en'ar: an improvement that has long been reyniret and how more than evcr, with the enlarzement of the Mayor's powers as the coutrotitng lead of our moat cipal affairs, The fact 1s, there is to be a general make-up and transier all aroun’, though wiaé al the chunges will be nas not yet been fully arrecd upol 1s certain that both econoiny of space as well ag the public interest aud convenience wii be consulted. UNION COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEW YORK. Second Annual Dioner. The alumni of Union College, Schenectady, rest- dents of New York, to the number of over 150, held their second annual reunion last evening at Del- monico’s, Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street. The attendance comprise! many members who gradu ated as far back as half acentary ago. Judge John A. Lott presided. After the dinner, which W: erved up in Del. monico’s most artistic style, the secretary, Mr. 8. B. Brownell, read a letter of apology from Governor Hoffman, and messages of grecting from Troy, lo, Portiand, and San Fran- coe ot one’ Hottnan's levier, expressive, of mucn kindly sympathy with the mce.tug, was re- ceived With load appiause. To the first regular toast of “Our Alma Mater and hor Fadulty” the President of the College, Rev. Dr. m3 A. AIKEN fes;Ouded, and sald mauy ess {hings avout the old College o3 it was aud a as it . The toast of “The Learned Professions’! was replied to by Rev. Dr. THB0, Brown, of Brooklyn, in a ver felicitous hel studded with brief, delightful ep: sodes of colliige life at Union in the olden time. Tie speaker Saished with a peroration of rare and tender eloquence. “The Union of Scholarly Culture with Practical Skill in the Pursuits of Business"? was responded to by WILLIAM TRACY ht rernarks fail of wil, practical force und genial Common sense, “Oar Sister Colleges” but full and effective justice accorded them by the scholany Dr. McOvsm, Presi cent of Prince on College. He spoke of the changes wrougnt in Prncetm College, ant paid a high (r- bute of rezard to the services of Pi ofessor Aiken. Among tie disimgat hed persons piepent were Bshop Fo ter, Rev. Dr. Mo gan, Rev, Dr. De Witt, Of class o; 1808, Hon. John K. Porter, Judge Lot: and Gencere! Bu terfeld. Bestoy Pot cr wa el Pi sid nt, Gev rao, Hoffman Vico-Preadeat and Mr, Browiele Seeretary,