The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1870, Page 5

nc ae | MAPOLEON AND THE HERALD, The Herald Correspondent’s Specis! Enter. spbortnnity thas aiorasd 10 view at Withelmshoiie. “John Buli’”’ Beaten Again, and Again Angry News from New York to London—As im Abyssinia, 80 at the Imperial Prison—Eazaine’s Report to the American People. {From the Londoa Saturday Review, Nov. 19.) ‘The methods of obtatning news of the war are almost as wonderful as the war itsell, We were Setting accustomed to the arrival of special corre- Spondence, with illustrations, by balloon; bur another povelty has been introduced m the trans mission of intelligence from France or Germany to London, by way of America, The correspondeut of the New York BeraLp “interviews” the French Hwperor or one of his marshals and sénds a long report by Atlantic telegraph to Ris employer, who forthwith sends it back again by the same means to Europe. It appears rather strange that news, hike Madeira wie, should be Bupposea to be amproved by a fea voyage, It might have been thought that the Eoglizh newspapers which are so anxious to copy from the New Yore HeKALD might have obiained equally valuable intel Mgence for themselves; but perhaps the art of inter- viewing, Which has been brougnt to nigh perfection In Ameria, has not yet been thoroughly smdied by English journalists, We may suspect, huwever, that the art of bemy iiterviewel wil begin to receive from European poliucians th: attention which it manifestly deserves. A few judicious compliments t the press and to the United States will obtain a world-wide cireulation for any siatement to which it is desired to give publicity, We eunnot help suspecting that the Freach Emperor, when he allowed hunself to be interviewed by We correspondent of the NEw York HERALD, took @ bint from the “constant reader of your valuabie journal” who is familiar to the eaitors of English newspapers, His comparison of France with America in point of intelligence and morality par takes of the character of the article which an American would call “soft sawder.” Tne corre- spondent had iniormed him that the change in the form o1 government tn France had vrouged the sym- pathy of (he American people, and the Emperor veok the opportunity of transmi‘ting to these sympathiz- ers a yentie lecture upon their fvolishness in doing shat which may be described in homely language as *measunng other people’s corn by one’s ewa bushel, Americans congratulate France and Spain upon the establishment or attempt at establishment of repub- and we have litie doubt that the same Americans would establish republics in Russia and Turkey if they had the chance. The Emperor strokes down the apostle of ireedom with consider- able skill. A republic, he says, in elfect, is an ad. Mirable thing, but you cannot have it without re- Pudlicans, and these, properly speaking, do not exist 0 France. He proceeds to iliustrate the poll- tica! indifference which prevails in France by men- tiening an incident which we are grieved to confess 4s not wholly unparalleled in England. A vacancy having occurred im the representatien of the depart- ment of the Jura, a wealthy and well-known citizen ‘Was chosen almost unanimously, ‘without ever baving been asked to make known his political con- Victions.” It can hardly have happened that a censtituency in England has elecied a member ers, and asked what was his party afterwards; ut it has happened many times that the Question of party has been treated as supordinate to sonsiderations of name or lecal connection, or to the question of how much money the candidate was ared to spend. in America every man, ana wo- sn talks 80 much that it would be dificult to re- main ignorant of the opiniens of any prominent per- son of either sex, whether on politics er any otner human or divine subject. Itnever occurred to the is of the Jura that their wealthy neighbor ‘whom Gee eg should be the exponent of their Political views. Indeed 11 1s to be feared that, in the shocking state of destitution of these peasants, they Were as unprovided with “views” as with black Gress coats or white cravate, But in America of course everyvody has views, and is ready to propa- me them on the shortest notice, and at any our of the day or night. Tae Emperor ts, there- fore, correct in Saying that a republic in America and & republic in France are as different as black is from White, and tf this remark reaches the minds of Ame- 8 by Ineans of the Atiantic cable the correspon- dent of the New York HERAL» will not have inter- ‘Viewed the Emperor tn vain. Educated Englisnmen G0 not in general now believe that an imitation of ‘their own jorin of government must necessarily be suitable to the wants ef nations whose character and hisiory are altogether different from their own, ud perhaps intetligent Americans might be con- Vinced, or at least tiered, re ae Emperor's ex- Planation of the difference between the circum- stances of their country and that which was lately 18. Perhaps the business of interviewing will shortly become more {smiliar than it now is te Englisia. Journaijists; but at present it is diMicult to under. wtund how the correspondent is able to vouch for the accuracy of his report of @ long conversation. He could hardly carry @ notebook in’o the presence of an Emperor, and even it he did Re ceuid not take notes of his own speeches, which appear to us the most remarkable part of the interviews which he reports, The Wmperor ap- auied, through the correspondent, to the frank- Pearce’ and generous nation which he represented, and asked it to disbelieve the slanderous acc tions of enemies, wio had charged the Emperor With ay propriating the public tunds and conjuring up war to conceal maiversation. The correspondent desired the Emperor to set his mmd at ease, and in- forms him thatin the United States a goou cook 1s always allowed to lick bis fingers. “I have shown,” says the Emperor, “that by lar the largest part of my civil list has been expended by me for the ben- eiit of the public stitutions of the country.” ‘The correspondent answers that he has sven tue state- ment. mentioned by bis Majesty, and ne desir to assure bim “that no biame or reproach is at- tached to a public officer or to the Chief Magisirate of the United States for saving as much as he is able during the term ef his office.” As this statement has been telegraphed to America and back again to Europe, we ma, ‘sume that it has Deeu “endorsed,” as an American would say, by the New York HERALD. If we had said anything at all like this, how angry the American newspapers would have been! But they cannot reasonably com- plain if we accept the account which they are pleased to give of themselves. Every pubtic func- tionary in the United States Makes the best bag he ean for himself during his term of office, and if any remark is made upon his conduct “such reerimina- Uons are considered unworthy of the attention of respectable people in America.” Jt 1s fair to the correspondent to observe that it rather appears, from His report, as if the Kinperor had been speaking of ene thing while he was speaking of anether., ‘The Emperor complained ef an imputation that he had appropriated money voled for public purposes to maklug a private purse. The correspondent an- sewers that tue Emperor peed not disturb himself, because in the United States every Chief Magistrate saves all hecan in office. He probably refera to savings out of salary or allowance for expense: if he does he ought to have remembered that the Worst enemy of the Emperor or Empress never ace cused them of practising economy in their Douseboid. He may mean, and perbaps he is right in saying, that if President Grant chooses to live In a single room, dine alone upon bread and cheese and drive out ip a hack fly, in or- derto put together & pot ef money against his re- tirement, any complaint of such penurious proceed- ings would be disregarded by American respecta- biuty, He can hardly mean that even President Grant is at liberty to pocket as much as he pleases of the money voted for building tron-clads or for maintaining an army to coerce indians in the Far West. But, then, if he does not mean this, he cau hardly mean auything at all. The accagations against the Emperor ‘in the matter of thy loaves and fishes,” as he tersely puts it, may be true or false; but aoe hardly be regarded as immate- rial, even in the eyes of a nation which has the lap- piness to enjoy @ public sentiment based upon gene- ral intelligence and morality which do not exist in France. However, the correspondent, on his own showing, assured the Emperor that he need not trouble himself te vindicate his honesty in pecumary transactiens, and passed on to interrogate nim a3 to his conduct in the war, We cannot but feel, as We read this report, that history has lost much by the failure of the Americans to invent Interview- tng in the time of the first Napeleen, A correspon- dent established at St. Helena would have obtained endless revelations of the Lighest interest in policy ‘and War, seasoned, to sult the American palate, with bitter abuse ef England. The account of what the Emperor satd, or is supposed by the corres- pondent te h said, to explaim big oullilary dis- asters, comes to this, that he and the oflicers in whom he trusted were alike ignorant of their own weakness, and ef the strength of the enemy whom they so rashly challenged. The Emperor is made te say that it was probably not the fauit of the hears of these officers, but of their head, that they made mis- takes in enumerating treops. ‘nis remark was perhaps hardly worth the cost of transmission to Atverica and back. Its only value censisis in show- ing that neither tue Emperor nor the correspondent cond find anything to say of the Emperor or of Mar shal Levuf, except that they meant well. The Km- po further informed the correspondent that the russian terms of peace Were too severe, and that he would uot desire the restoration of the empire either for himself or tor his son. It ls needless to remark that this sentiment, supposing the Emperor to entertain it, is susceptible of future moditication, The saine correspondent, with commendable ac- tvity, hunted up Marshal Bazalne two days after he lad seen the Bmperor. The report of this inter- view also has been trausmitted to New York, and as come back thence the English newspapers, ‘which have, we think, invested in a very dear artl- cle, The correspondent did net even ask the Mar- shal whether he dyed his mustache. It is evident that this question, if auswered in the aflirmative, would have ven occasion to other questions equally interesting, We sheuld nave liked vo kuow What balr dyc the Marshal used, and wheter the S NEW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. article became scarce in Mets dui the The wink aogn Tee Marabai has tola the upon bim as often an he pleamas, od ask hum any amount - Ceres ‘we hope that ue Spendent will be equal to improv: DD ‘a in hen he has got he ean out of Marshal Bazatne he can, if pleases, come to England, and ask Mr, Gladstone Whether he wrote a certain article in the Hdinburg Review, and what he thinks of the Russo-Tarkieh difficuity; and he might ask (be Dake of Cambridge how many soldiers he could send abroad within a month. The answers to these questions, if he could obtain them, would be worth to eur newspapers the cost of transmission by the roundabout method of the Atlantic caple, FIRES IN NOVEMBER. The Lowcs in Brocktyn—Report of the Fire Marshal, ‘Tho Fire Marsha! of Brooklyn makes the follewtng repor' GENTLEMEN-—There were thirty-one fires im Brook- lyn during the month of November, 1470—un to crease of seven over Chose of the previous month, ‘This 18 Bn average of overa tire a day; too much for 4 city like Broekiyn, compoxed, as it is, matin}, of dwelling houses. A glance at the cause of each fire will show that a little more care ou the part of our citizens would reduce tue number of fires to jess than on-chalf, And why not? ‘fhe firemen are now 80 efticiently organized and drilied two duty that they generally suppress the flames befere they gain much headway, Otherwise it is impossible to tell what amount of property might have been de- stroyed by che thirty-one fires that took place in this city last month, As it was, tt will be seen that ty losses have largely increased over that of the pre vious month. ‘They are as follow: . LOSSES AND INSURANCE. November, 1810. October, 1870, Loss on butidings. 380 $13,450 Loss on stock. .. 60 16,771 Tosurance on puildings 3 34,800 Insurance on stock, 81,050 23,800 Actual loss, sees 61,165 24,871 These figures speak Sor themselves, Here 1s an Increase of say $27,000 In the loss of property by fire last moath, a8 compared with the month previous. Every person paying for insurance has aa interest in this matter, and if those controiling or baving charge of lights would only uge a littie more care the nuin- ber of fires can be greatly reduced, Nothing but the promptness and energy of the tire department pre- vented the loss last month being twice the amount given. CAUSES OF FIRE. Now let us look at the cau-es of these fires; and they are correctly given as far as I could ascertain them from sworn testimony mow on tile in my of- fice:—Spontaneous combustion, 4; sparks trem a chimney, 1; sparks from a pipe, 1; supposed incen- diarism, 1; accidental, 1; unknown, 8; beat froin furnace and defective flues, 4; explosign of kerosene lamps and —. 4; stoves too near tif wood work, 2; enildren plaving with fire, 2; tne gas set fire to & curtain, 1; putting red-hot ashes in a paper box, 1; friction in machinery, 1; paper bags placed near the stove, 1; throwing a lighted cigar under the counter of a liquor store, 1; back draught (rom a furnace, 1; and the remainder from various other causes, gene- rally carelessne:s. DEATHS BY FIRE. There were four deatus by fire in this city last month, as follows:—-" November 1.—Agues Mackay, aged five years, died from the effect of burns received at No, 73 Water street; caused by children playing with matches, November 8.—Matthew McGuire, aged three years, ‘Was burned to death by his clothes taking fire from @ bontire in Butler street, on election night. November 17.—Willie Leiler, aged three years, was burned to death by his clothes taking fire irom a stove at No. 44 Whipple street, E. D. November 21.—Bernard Flynn, ‘an infant, was burned to death at No, 53 South Firat street, dD. by the carelessness of his mother, as alleged, who fell on the stove with the child in her arms while intoxicated. P. KEADY, Police Fue Marshal. BROOKLYN, Nov. 80, 1870, Firrs Throughout the Country. List of fires in the United States during the month of November, 1870, wheré the losses amount to $20,000 or over:— 1—Cincinnatt, stores and starch factory.... $85,000 1—Elgin, liL., mattress factory...... + 20,000 2—Centreville, Idaho, business block. + 40,000 2-—Frankfort, Ky., stores and dweliings.... 1,000 2—Clavus, Texas, cotton, &c... + 600,000 £—Boston, picture frame factery. 20,000 8—Elizabeth, N. J., shops and 35,000. 5—Boston, leaa works: },000 6—Portsmonth, N. H., busin 25,000 7—Philadelphia, woollen mill... 80,000 1—Lafayette, Ind., business b.ock. + 100,000 7—Providence, R. I., lumber yard .... + 70,000 7—St. Leuis, machine shop. a + 40,000 8—St. Louis, planing mill.. + 100,000 9—Richmond, Ind., woollen mi! . + 100,000 19—Burfaio, Centrai Railroad depot... + 200,000 11—Lawrence, Mass., bobbin works. + 125,000 1—San Francisco, Cal., dwellings. 60,000, store and dweiliny 12—Benton, Ky. , dwellings, &. 12—Athens, N. 18—Pentiac, {11., ourtng mull 13—Cinetnnatt, Home tor Orpi 15—-Leavenworth, K: 16—New Orleans, 17—Rochester, N. Y., Military 17—Chicage, business block 17—Cincinnat, furniture tactory. 17—Boston, woollen mill, . 18—Charlotte, 8. C., stores, & 19—Boston, woollen mill. . 20—Baitimore, business bi 20—Kaldwinsviile, Roores, & 20—Philadei pita, Warehouses. .... 20—New Brunswick, N. J., oil wo 21—Titusvilie, Pa., oil werks... 2i—Kvansville, Ind., steamboats. 22—Des Moines, lowa, planing mi 28—McMinnvile, ‘fenn., hotel and s\ 23——Westiteld, Mass., organ factory institute. 60,000 24—Union, N. Y., stores + 40,000 25—St, Louis, stores... + 65,000 26—Buttalo, distillery..... Hee + 50,000 26—Ohicage, planing mili and dwelilug....--. 48,000 28—Chicago, lumber yard...... + 20,000 In New York City and Brooklyn during COMMONS sas ssin ass. +05 IN 2 Total amount of losses during No Losses during Octoper. Increase of losses during Novembe: THE COURT HOUSE COMMISSIONERS. They Mold a Private Meeting and Elect Senator Norton Chairman—The Commis- sioners to Roll Up Their Sleeves and Go to Work on Monday, The Court House Commissioners held a mecting yesterday in the snpervisors’ rooms with closed doors. State Senator Norton was elected chairman, after which an adjournment was had. ‘The Com- missioners Will meet again on Monday afternoon at three o'clock, When they will go to work in true earnest. The duties imposed upon the Commissioners are very important, but with the jovial Mike at the head and frent of the rank they will doubtless get through with their tasks In lively style from day today. of course they will have to keep asharp eye on that $600,000, for there’s many a fellow about town who would like to GBT A SLICE OF THE PIE, provided he can pretend to do a good deal for It and yetdo nothing at all, One of the most puzzling ques- tons to come up before the Commisstoners is that of thedome. There is @ strong influeuce in certain quar- ters whe inveigh against the dome’s being com- Pieted, onthe ground that, besides being utterly useless, it will Cost altogether too muci money vo render it as magnificent as it snouid be, if attempted at all, to conform to the splendor of the Court House tiself. Then the proposition to put a Mansard roof on the building, after the fashion of the Hotel de Ville tn Paris, will come up to bother TBE ARCHITECTURAL MIND of Tom Coman, and make Jimmy Ingersoll scratch his head to solve the problem as to whether a French roof is after all more becoming te a palace of justice than an ordinary country barn, slope style, or a Fifth avenue flat. Ibis sald that Mike Norton don’t care a snap about the roof question, as he believes that the Court House is so confoundedly high, asat is, that nebedy when the building is completed wiil be able to tell the ditarence from the Park below between A DUTCH OR AN IRISH KOOP, That dome, however, he has an Idea about, and at the meeting on Monday he will, without doubt, give his colleagues his opinion on the subject, Inthe meantime the contractors and the men who want te get to work are anxiously waltmg ttl) the Com- missioners set the working wheel in motion. _ ANO(HER MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Warden Brennan, of Bellevue Hospital, yestester- day afternoon informed Ceroner Fiyan that John ’Brien, @ man about fifty years of age, had died in that institution, Deceased 1s the man who at alate hour last Sunday night was found lying under the window of his room, in the tenement house 47 Park street, in an insensible condition, from the effect of injuries, bat in what manner received has not yet been shown. A few minutes before O’Brieu was found in the yard he was heard to cali three times for his daughter Julia, bat the alarm did not reach her ears. O’Brien was taken to the Park Hospital in a comatose condition, bleed- ing from both ears and his mouth, indicatimg that he had fractufe of the 8) m what could be learned from O'Brien during his tucid intervals it would appear that he hi been attacked by three. men, who beat him on the head with murderons weapons. Captain Kennedy, of the Sixth precinct, who has made inquiries concerning the matter, was unable to obtain any information leading to such @ conclusion, and 1t belleved by some that deceased fell frem an upper window of his room to the yard, _A post-mertem examination will be made on tne ny and the Coroner will hold an inquest assoon a8 the necessary Witnesses can be obtained, ‘The body of deceased has been conveyed to his late residence. . RELIGIOUS. Services To-Day. ‘The Right Rev. Bishop Littlejonn will preach this evening tn St. Thomas’ chureh, Fifth avenue, Rev. Merrill Richardson will preach this morning and evening in the New England Congregational church, Madison avenue and Forty-seventh street, Subject of the mornmg discourse—“Sewing and Reaping.” Rev. Oscar Bugo preaches on the Bible qnestion this morning in the Willett street Methodist Epts- eopal church, in the afternoon tm the Spring street Presbyterian church, aud in the eveming in Calvary Baptiat church, Rev. Frederick Evans discourses this morning, in the Central Baptist ehurch, West Forty-secend street, on “God's Heroes.” Services will alse be held in the evening, Rey. Abbott Brown will preach this morning and evening in the Church of the Reformation, Fiftieth street. Morning and evening services will be held in the Evangelical Church ef the Holy Light, Rev. G. &. Krotel, pastor. At the English Lutheran Church of St. James, Fast Fistieth street, Rev. A. ©. Wedekind will preach ‘this morning and evening, Rev. Dr. Wescott will preach this morning in Plymouth Bapust church on “fhe Power of Con- sclence,”” and in the evening his subject will be “Alone, and yet) am not Alone.” Rev. Dr. Ewer will preach ia Christ chureh, Fifte avenue, morning and evening. At the Churen of the Holy Light Rev. William 8, Boardman will preach this morning and Rev. Dr. MeVickar in the afternoon, “God's Life and Man’s Lfle”? wil be the subject of Rey. George H. Hepworth’s discourse in the Church of the Messiah this evening. Services also in the morning. Bey, Dr. Robinson, late ef Paris, pastor elect, will eccupy the pulpit of the Eleventh Presbyterian chureh, Fifty-fifth street, this morning and evening. Rey. G. H. Houghton will preach this evening in the Free Church of Our Lord, Eighth avenue and Thirty-seventh street, Rey. J. E. Searles this evening preaches a special sermon to women in the Twenty-seventh strect church, between Second and Third avenues. Rey. J. M, Pullman will preach in the Choreh of Our Saviour this morning and evening. Rev. Charles E, Lee will preach ta Plimpton Bailaing this morning on “Universalism and Chris- Uantiy.” Rev. E. ©. Sweetzer will preach this evening in the church corner of Bleecker and Downing streets on “The Universalists’ Idea of Hell.” A lecture on “How They Live and What They Do In Heaven” will be delivered this evening in Stein way Hall by Rev. B. F. Barrett. Rey. Chauncey Giles will lecture this evening tn the Church of the New Jerusalem, Brooklyn, on “Natural Death an Orderly Step in Man’s Kternal Progress.”” Rev. Thomas S, Preston will deliver a lecture this evening in St. Ann’s churen, Eighth street, on ‘‘An- ricular Confession.”” Mrs. Cora L. V. Tappan will speak before the Society of Spiritualists in Apolio Hall this morning and evening. Our Educational System—Detects in the Pub- lic School System and Huw to Remedy Them—Classification by Temperaments, To THe Eprror oF THE HERALD:— ‘That our system of popular education is defective and unsatisfactory is not only charged by persons of reflective minds, but is admitted by somo of the most prominens among our educationists, Reform is necessary; but where to introduce reform seems ditiouity, Having given the subject an espectal attention, and embodied my views in @ work entitled “The Scientific Basis of Education,” I now purpose to popwarize those’ views and prepare the genera mind for an adaptation ef the schemo there elabo-! rated. The fatiure of our system to secure success ts Matniy due to the absence of scientific classification in our schools. Instead of grouping the various temperaments into classes, and, through those tem- peraments, gaining access to the minds of the chil- dren in our primary schools, and thereby giving to each a marked individuality to carry to tne next the ciilid higher grade, our system approaches through the perceptive facnities, giving to cach the same routine of instruction, holding out to each the same inducements and the same warnings, and the result is that of every hundred chitdren so treated not more than ten receive the kind of mental nourisliment needed, and they not in such quanti tues as tosecure a harmenious development of the organization, while in the remaining ninety the characteristics are either hopelessly dwarfed or m+ Juriously expressed. Any teacher of ordinary attainments may make the classification required. ‘fhe nervous tempera ment will be recognized by the clear whiteness of the skin, and the quickness and sharpness of move- ment imp. to tae mental manifestations; the sanguine by the brilliant red of the skin and the fiery expression; the lymphatte by the torpid, I like tinge of white m the skin, ana bilious by the tinges of black. These ‘crit will be suMficient for all ordinary purposes, Vhe skillful teacher will readilydetect’ which of the tem peraments, in combination, predominates, and will be guided accordingly. Now, these’ tem- peraments are the to ‘our natural indexe: inclinations and tendench t le 5 point out to the pacher the avenues by Which the sympathies may pe gained; and in sympathy lies the secret of his suc. cess. ‘Too much care cannot be given to the educa tion of the temperaments, witn and under the fac tes of the mind, because, like the itellectual ities, they affect both the mind ana toe body, and are ailected by both the body and the mind, The mind of the teacher should be largely In sym- pathy with that of the child, His temperament will naturally, in harmony with every one in the $ belore him; It, Werefore, becomes his study, lis duty, to subordimate lis expressions and bi doportmen: to the temperamental demands of his pupils, im order that @ chord may be struck tn every nacure that will vibrate through the whole, and a disposiuion b¢ prepared to receive what 1s to be im parted, The affection gained, attention will the more readily be c ed upon the immediate exer- cises. But to fix the attention and to keep it intelli- genuy alive to the duties, the seusuons nature of t Child’ must be characteristically addressed. mind of anguine is exetted by vivacious gesti- culation; that of the nervous by Vividness of thongit and language; the biltous ure influenced by seda' and persistent application, while the lymphatic uce a sharp and spicy method, Now, sit, Were even a modified classification ac. cording to temperament introduced inte our schools, were our teachers thoroughiy conversant with their own peculiarities and coascienuiously alive to the responsibilities devolved upon them, the changes etrected by a few months’ application would open up the way to such @ system of popular education as would prove in the hignest degree acceptable, and crown With success the fondest hopes @f our people, One great requirement in aa educational system, to be successful, 1s a recognition of the striking dis- tinction between the child and the teacher, and a determination to convert that distinction ito an in- strument for good, rather than suffer it te exist, it now does, the cause of such irreparable injur, ‘The chiid’s development is chiefly in bedily or physl- 8 ological grewth, the-mteliectual faculties lying, as it | were, expectant. ‘The teacher's bodily growth is ac- complished, and his educated and matured inteliect 1s in full stremgth and vigor. The vemperameatai dispositions, if not in harmony, become elements of iscord. Unaccustomed to the study of the terden- cies and inclinations of the child through the index supplied by nature, the teacher gropes in the dark, and, uneducated to the regulation of his intercourse 80 as Wo secure tie sympathetic feeling of his ciass, and to interbiend the influence of his mind with theirs, he arouses the resisting forces into action and makes that liateful which would otherwise haye been welcome and agreeable. Classification by temperaments and a judicious application of the Means indicated in the ‘Scientific ‘is’? would be the laying of the @xe at tie root of many of our social evils aud would tend greatly to our stability as a nation, J, HECKER, ev. Mr. Hepworth Defended. To THE Eprvor oF THE HERALG:— 1 think the criticism regarding some passagox in | the Rev, Mr. Hepworth’s ‘sermon, which appeared in your colomns of the 27th ult., have been thought- lessly made. In my judgment the revérend gentie- man was right when he sald, “I can get along with a decidedly bad man, but I have no patience with indifference.” king this from a religious stand- point—from which it sheuld be taken—1 think it is self-evident that such is the case. “Ina decidedly bad man” his faults and errors are plainly visible, and you know how to meet him; but an indifferent man Cannot be approached. And, |, 1b some- times happens that one who delivers a “terribie in- vective” may bring about an improvement in the morals of society, while one whe may “simply shrug bis shoulders” never can. In short, 1 think the critic has regarded the statement in a very “‘in- diferent” manner, Ido not think the “public gen- erally” wii understand 10 in the manner that he has. ‘The critic shoula have looked at this religious ques- tion from a Telypons pales of view, and not irom a olitics! one. fis criticiam seems to me to be very ike @ p FSON standing a and throwing SiONeS at paseers by. NOT A ORITIC. Bishop Spalding Tosulted. To THe Porrok ov THA HERALD:— T will not atempt to go Inte the many @ifferences of religions opintons of Catholics and non-Catholics, bot! was forcibly impressed with the statement of Bishop Spaleing, as reported in your paper, ina sermon preached by him lately at Balimore, He stated the great indignity he and some other prelates received from some of the National Guard of France as they rode on the dock or quay. In my opinion the Bisnop’s own statement is one of the strongest gunents in favor of Provestantism. France is 4 strongly Cutholic country, and almost exclusively taught by the Cathohe clergy, and if their teaching and iofuence have no vetier effect on the people than to insuit geuviemen, then they ought vw adopt sulne better system, inno Protesiant county would any clergymiun or gentieman be so insulted. Let the Bishop think ot Uns. Protestantism teaches the Bible, and the Bible teaches us lo “do Unty others as We would have er do unto us.” » Love and ©300,000 n Yeur. Cumming, the distinguisned Presbyterian preacher in London, remarked to @ lady of his cone gregation that he was surprised and pieased to see among his hearers a certain young nobleman of Romish tendencies, “Do not mistake,” said the lady to Whom he expressed bis gratification; “he does not come here because he ts in love with you, but with a young lady in your congregation.” “The papa of tuis young lady put the question to the aria tocraue lover whether he meant to go over to Rome, and, on being auswered im the ‘ailrmative, the young Jady yolumlariiy resigned “the marquisate and £300,000 a ? ‘Though not generaiy advocat- Ing “sensation pr. Cumming recommended his atdience to othair’? on this subject. The Merquis was Lord Bute. ‘The young iady cil known to have been one of the Duke of Abercorn’s daughters, has stuce marcied anotier Marquis, Christi Moral Scleuce Association The Odserver states that abont fifty gentlemen were entertained at breakfast at the Filth Avenue Hotel last week, on Tuesday, with Rey. Dr. Cather, of London, who unfolded to them his planus for the formation of a Christian Moral Science Association. ‘The peculiar character of the association Is that tts members are to recognize each other as churchmen, Iuctubers of the one, holy, catholic Charo and to unite Im the advancement of the Kedeemer’s king- ishon warmly advocated the commendiag Iv was wnani- mnously adopted. The Roman Cathe ‘sot Great Britain and the Oveupation o Rome, ‘The following protest has been signed by the Ro- man Catholics of Great Britain against the occupa- ton of Rome:-—"We, the undersigned Catholics of Creat Britain, have witnessed with grief aud indig- nation the invasion of the States of the Church and the assault aud capture of Rome by the army of King Victor Emmanuel. We hold that to witness these events in silence would be to connive ata blow to those first instincts of honor and justice, without which security and freedom are impossible, whether for States or individuals. We protest against these acis, We protest against them in the interests of pub rder, of morauty and of retl- gion. We invite all good citizens to join us in con- demning tis great crime agaist ‘the law of na- tions, We invile all honest mea to join us in con- demning this unjustifiable spoliation. We invite all faithful Catnolies to join us in condemuing this act ot sacrilege. ‘Ihe signatures, Which number more than two thousand, inelude those of the Duke of Noriolk, Marquis of Bute, Bari of Denbigh, Karl of Gainsborough, ar! ef Kenmare, Lord Beaumont, Lord Stourtou, Lora Petre, Lord Arandeil of War- dour, Lord Staterd, Lord Herries, Lord Lovat, Lord Howard of Glossop, Lord Campden, Sir R. Gerard, Bart, Sir W. Throckmorton, Bart., Sir George Bow- er, Bart., Sir Henry Bedingfield, Bart., Sir UC. F. myth, Bart., Sir Pyers Mosiy, of ‘alacre, Bart., Sir Paul Melesworth, Bart., Sir Gerala Datton Fi gerald, Bart, Sir Richard H. Pollen, Bart., Sir Clif. ford Constable, Sart., Sir Humphrey de Trafford, Bart., Sir Joun Lawson, Bart,, Mr. J. 1. Hope Scott, y. CG, and Mr, (. R. Scott-Murray. ic Religious Notes—General and Personal. Rey. L. H. Parsons has accepted the call of the | Second Preabyterian churen of Cedarville, N. J. | ‘The real property held by the churches of Cinein- natiis valued at nearly $4,000,000, ‘The valuation of the city 18 31 08 Rey. Robert F. Sample, of Mmneapolis, Minn., has Just returned trom @ visif to the Holy Laud, with improved health, Rev. Charlies Walker, B. D., @ prominent Congre- gational clergyman of Vermont, died at Bingham- ton, N. Y,, on the 28th ult., in nis eightieth year. tarian church at Washington city. call, aud to the grave do summon ali.” Bapttsiiaymen bave recentiy made munifi- cent donations for the establishment and support of Mm husetts and New first class academtes im York. Daggett, recently pastor of the Yale Col- ty Is supplying the pulpit of the Contre t Hariford. The Cetlege pulpit will be filled | for the present by the President and Professors, . Dr. Beardsley, rector of St. Thomas’ en, returned home trom a tour urope and received a very cordial ome at his church on Saturday, zouk alt, A Connecticut pastor declined an addition of $100 } to lus salary, for the reason, among others, that the hardest part of bis labor heretotore nad been the | collection of his salary, and 1b would Kill bim to col- ject $100 more. Offer, of Bast: Smithfield, Pa., ana for- w York, has re 1a unaniinous call ah church of Milford, Pa., to be- come theiz pastor, and Wili soon enter upon his la ors the -Deacon Obediah Mead, of North ¢ eenwich, the oldest living member of the American Board of \ ‘ was eighty. { six when the 1 body was held in oklyns The venerable Bishop Pani, late bishep of the Ori- ental Chureh in Sitka, wno has been recently resid- with Father N, Bjerring, pastor ef the hin this city, sailed last week for his ne » of Irgutsk, in the eastern division of Stve 7 yrian Christians, so-called, in Southern India, who were visited abové seventy years ago by I Charles Bachanan, ha ly begun to awake the need of education, and are applying to the Church Missionary Society for help. Mr. Cowasjee Jehangheer Readymoney, one of the Parsee merchant princes of bombay, has forwarded to Sir Bartle Frere £1,000, to be halved between the French and Germans, and applied to the relief of those Wounded in the war. The will of the late Wm. R. Sayre bequeaths $1,000 to the American Sunday Scio! Vnton, $1,000 to the é ylerian City Mission, $1,000 to the Unton Theo- 1 Seminary and $1,000 to the Prespyterian Mission Board, all payable after the death of wife, PRACTICAL HINTIN Dey Goods Clerkw Early Closing Role. a dis- graceful and most certainly an unwarrantablo attack Was made on the dry goods siore of Patrick McCann, of, No. 664 Third pvenue, by per- sons supposed to be members of the Early Closing Association, and the windows of the store datnaged to the extent of about $140, Mr. McCann happened himself to be in the act of putting up the | shutters when the attack was made, and grappled with one of the young men, whom he knew perso- naily, | The | Association in a Disgracefal | .0n Friday evening, about nine o’cl A STRUGGLE ensued, during which McCann was badly treated at {ne hands of the gang, who at length succeeded in | getting their comrade away. The affair ogcurrea within such @ short space ef time that the police did not come to hear of it for some time after, and when it was too late to render any assistance. Yesterday morning Mr. McCann applied ie Justice Bixby, at the Yorkville Police Court, fora warrant for TAB ARREST of the three men, two of wnorn he knew by eye. | Sight, aud the third he knew by name as Lawrence | Walsh, employed in O’Donnell’s dry goods store, in | Catharine street. The warrant was granted and placed | in the hands of Detective¥ alion, of the Twenty-first | preeinet, who, with tne assistance of Mr, McCann nimself, succeeded 1m arresting Waish and his com- anions yesterday afternoon, and finaliy lodged Them ely ip, the Twenty-first precinct station house. The other twe gave their uames there as Patrick Madden and Frank McCabo. They will be arraigned this morning at the Yorkville Police Court for examination. : About seven o'clock on the same evening the Crys- tal Palace tn Eighth avenue and the dry goods store owned by Flannagan & Ce, were also ATTACKED IN LIKE MANNER, 7 and considerable damage done to tie windows, weveral Of the splendid panes of glass that adorn them being badly broken. It 1s reasonably concluded that (ne pease Who committed this outrage also belonged to the above-mentioned association. Comment on these outrageous acts is unnecessary, and the arly Closing Associatien, on whose shuply ders THE ENBINE FLAME in the matter will be thrown, wouid do well to dime Pla any connection With Ite ‘The late Unitarian Convention in this city yoted to raise $100,000, if possible, to build @ Natlonal Ugl- | aimination on a char Upon the bell in the new Episcopal church in New- town ts the inscription—"I to the chured the living THE COURTS. Charge of Fraudulent Bankruptey—Diccharges in Bavkruptcy-The American Ship Old Colony Case--The Tables Turned—The Dalzell Divorce Case—Eehind the Scoues~Businoss of the Courts for the December Term. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Charge of Fraudulent Bankruptcy. Before Commissioner Betts, The United States vs, Horace P, Geary.—The de- | fendant was yesterday arrested by the United States Marshal, under @ warrant issued by the Commis- floner, Upon charges made by hs creditors that he he had Violated the forty-fourth section of the Bank- rupt act under the following cireamstances:— Previous to July 21, 169, the defendant and Wm. W. Borden were cugaged in the boot and shoe retail trade at No, 270 Greenwich street, in this city, under the name of Borden & Geary. On that day they filed their petition in bankraptey in the omtce of the Clerk of the Southern district of New York. ‘They Were subsequently adjudged bankrupts, aad at uo meeting of their creditors George G. Nason, of the tirm of Cammeyer & Nason, wholesale boot and shoo dealers, of Luis CIty, Was Chosen assignee und his appointment coniirmed by the Court. The assignee tuen proceeded to examine the defendant Horace Geary be.ore Register Fitch, to whom the cuse he been reierred, a8 to property of the bankrupts al- jeged to bave been conceaied or disposed 01 con- trary to the proviaons of tae Bankrupt law, On this examination the defendant Horace P. Geary testified im effect that on the ifth day of duiy, 186%, the bankrupts consulted “their counsel, Messrs. Coevey & Dixon, and then decided to go into bankruptcy, and instructed their counsel to prepare their petition and the ouer necessary for that purpose. The de- feadant transi vw’ Chen’ Dixon @ promis sory nove of A. McLean for $245, payable two MORLs atter ts date, July 15, and UWO pri notes of the same date, the brother of the de © for $50 0%, payable one month alt uer tor fifty dollars, payal these ho le tWo Monts alter ¢ and paid s in casn og tue 20th of July, 1sey (the day beiore they flied ther? petition i. bank: ruptey), to their counse| for Law The ae fendant also testitied that Che Dixon had been their counsel only for about a week previous, and that they owed thelr counsel nothing except Lor services in the baukrup ecdings, I ALSO ap peared, from tne stunony ol the delend- ant, that previous to May 6, 1868, they had are boot and shoe siore it Bleecker in thts cliy, which on to Henry V. and 5 that on tie n 1% w balance of about $600 neby Henry V, Geary lo the banxrupts, and we lendant - told bis brotuer Henry that orden & Geary Were about to become bankrupt, and then took’ his twelve motes jor the amount, payable monthly, and gave bun a receipt ia full. "The am- davis also al ital the books of the bankrapts Showed that Henry V. Geary had s'eredit with them, nol exceeding sixty days, und that the deleudan In exteuding the time Tor the payment of bis debt, by taking from him those twelve notes running from one to twelve months, prevented the debt from coming into the possession of the assignee, ‘The complainants further charge that by the fore- going acts the cetendant, bemg a debior or bankrupt, disposed of part of the estate of the bankrupts with intent to prevent it from coming into the possession of ihe assignee im bank- rupley, and to hiuder, impede or delay him in recovering or receiving the same, avd mode a payment, gilt, sale, assigninent, L.ansfer or convey Ance of property belonging vo teu esvate will we like intent, ana did, with iptent to defraud, wilfully and frauauleatiy conceal from bis assignee or omit from their schednic property or effects belonging to their estate, fae aitidavits further allegea that it appears frem the books ef the bankrupts that they were Insolvent ou ile 2st day of April, 1869; that the books were kept by the defendant Horace P, Geary, Whois @ practical bookkeeper, and himself kept the books in his owa handwriung, and there- fore Knew the fact of their insvlvency on that date, Alter which, and within three months beiore the filing by them of their petition tn bankruptcy (on July 21, i8sv), the bankrupis obtained on credit rom varlous parties in this city goous or ebattels with intent to detraud, under the {aise color and pretence of carrying op business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, Which, the complatuanis a @ further violation of the Bankrupt law. ‘The defendant was bei to bail by the Commis- sioner in $5,000, and the examination was set down for the th inst, at three P.M. The Charge of Arson and Mutiny on the High ege, was | Gere the ome in London was public; #1 ere was Bo prokibinon agalast Lig comedy away by memory or otherwise, and that the words of (he saine, deseription of jus Lepyeny | general stage directions and divisions of acts scenes are published by him now from persuias Wao oblatued he same from 1s periormances on the Btag@ at such public representations. On the thrst trial a verdiet was given for the defen- a mur the and @.) ve of . From Cus judgment th f we Judge ws le y citing Various cases of somewnas cr he guves it as das opinion that pub suintiar © lie repre-entations of the play were not @ publica- uon of the pay so es to take away the plaiotim's © ow right; (hab Loere is no presumption in favor of tue lawialvess of the manner in whieh the delendant obtained the play: Loal the burden i# Wy Nita tO show that tl came into ots possession a lawful uuanner, and that having fatled to show the Jawiuiness of his possession ie should be deprived of it, #, (herefore, bis opinion that the plaintit t was entt) ment resiraiming the defead- aut from [ ax OF publishing tae play and requiring bi er up te be destroyed such Copied as a in print, aod that, therefore, the Judgmeut uppeaied from should be reversed. Decisions ot erior Court, General Term. In the case of Shephard against Heineken an ac- Uon was made to recover the value of twenty Orkins of butter shipped to be carried to New Orleans, ‘The voyage of ue vessel was abandoned, and plain. tin demande his butier, Defendaut declined to surrender Mic butter Unless the bills of lading were surrendered or lic Was indemnified against them. ine Court held that under this state of facts there was no cony ou The bilis of lading required the property to ve delivered to the consignees, and Without a surrender of the bulls or the consent of (We consignees defendant Was not bound to deilver the goods. * the case of Joseph 8, Pri vs. the Hadson River Raitroad Company Was heard. it appears that Mr. Pricst, 1 etbompiing W get on the Hudsow River Kailve A Lokel, Was assaulted With consideranle vio. & brakeman placed there fo exclude persons without uckets He did mot bring dis action Ul! three years after the assault, The company sef up tae statute of limitations, The plato claumed that lus surt Was not for an assauls aud bayery, but for a breach of the duty of the company towards himself as one of the public. In the court below the plainuil recovered judgment, ‘The defendants appe: and tus Court, Judge Monel! de ing tue oplnton, decide that this 13 clearly aa assault aud battery. 11s e trespass ow the person, accompanied by violence, for whieh r and bh be aesault aad batte ayaiust the prineip: lle Cause of acHon, ab ib was brouglt dees hot change the patare of V— COMMON PLEAS GENERAL TEAM. Athuchments in District Courts—Lnportant to Attorney mn. Jane A. Van Loon vs. Agnes Lyons.—This waa 4b appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the Seventh district, Justice McGuire, The action a8 commenced by attachment imaer the “Sullwell . DINIMUUT yave tie asual printed unde has been im use in these courts for yiihout being questtoned, The « us objected to Justice McGuire's Jurisdiction, on the ground that he Nad no authority to take an undertaking at all—that he could not Issue an allachment unless & bond was given, Tae Justice overruled the objection, and gave judgmens for the plainuf for $187. On appeal to the Cominon Pleas the General Term reversed the judgment, on the ground taken by the defendant’s counsel, This decision renders i unsafe in sults commenced by attachment to rely on the blanks furnished by the District Courte, THE COUATS FOR DECEMBER, ‘The assignments in the State Courts of the Judges for this month are 4s follow ~Oyer and Terminer aod Circuit, Part L of the Bupreme Court, Justice ! Cardozo; Circatt, Part L., Judge Van Brant; Spectat Term on Monday, Justice Barnard; afterward Jus- tice Brady; in Champers, Justice Lagraham. in the Superior Court Justices Freedman and Spencer will hold the Trial Term and Justice Meneil tie Special Term. The other Judges will sit im General Term as usual. In the Common Pleas the assigaments are not de- finitely settled, but Judge Robinson wiil hear equity cases. Judge Loew will sit in Spectal Term at Chambe ud Judges Lawrenve aud J. F, Daty will Sil in the Trial Term. THE FOUNDLING ASYLUM F: Success of the Undertaking and Progress of the InstitutionThanks of the Committee of Management. The noble charity In aid of which the fair has recently been held is now beginning vo assume that prominence it so weil deserves. There is certainly Seus Disumisved—The Accused Discharged and Captain Grindie, of the Old Colony, aad Bis Ofttcers Meld for Examination. Before Commissioner Osborn. The United States vs, Ramon Ran and Franco Frank.—The defendants, wo of the crew of the American ship Old Colony, were bronght up for ex- e of having mutinied and at- tempted to set fire to the ship Old Colony, while on her yoyage from Cadia, to New York, in the taonth of October last. It appeared from the evidence of the irst mate that the accused had shipped on | board the Oid Colony at Valentia, and that after-the arrival of the vessel at Cadiz he discovered that Ratt | Was sullering trom disease; that, in fact, neither of } the defendants was an able seaman; h a 1 | pue thei to scrub the decks aud do Werk of that kind. On the voyage Ran lid limseit petween okS, and On belug discovered there we refused to work, pretending to be mad, pquenty burned er and Matches were found below, tle oficers of vessel alleging Ut these were piaced there by jor the purpose of sewung fire lo the ship, but | there was no proof whatever oifer mn who bad put ten It was 1K, on a great many occasions, had left the lookout and | stowed himseil away, b shad never made any threats against any off i vessel. On one sion Frank had ar hand, but he did bot commit any vioien District «@ Lo Cor he did not deem it ne ce It, ‘A colored man, the cook of the Oid Colony, Posed, in reply to questions by the Commission: that by direction of Captain Grindie, he had giv daily to the defendants two pounds of hard bi and three quarts of w this kind of food 0 one of them for twelve or fifteen days, with eption of what fe gave them “on the sly,” | # litle cofiee or some pea soup of a morning when s said he had alements, but he would | “andy. Tue Commissioner Aischarged the defendants, stating at the same time that ib was the officers of the yessel and not the men Who ought te have been accused, ‘The manner in which these defendants had been treated ov ‘d thts Vessel by the captain was a disgrace to tle mercautile marine of the coun wy. * ‘Lhe defendants were thereupon dis TURNING THE TABI At the clese of the examination Captain Grindie and his three mates were taken into custedy by De- puly Marshals on warrants charging them witit cruelly treating tne two members of the crew of the Uld Colouy whoso case ts above reported. They were brought before Commissioner Shields who heid the Captain in $6,000 and the other three defendants in $5,000 each, to appear Tor examination. Petitions and Discharges in Bankraptcy. During the \week ending on the 3d instant | petitions in bankruptcy were tiled by Henry R, Mil- | ler, Theodore P. Kelly, William Dimond, Henry Solms and f{saac Stern, and disc! in bank- | ruptey were granted to t, Cornelius Oakiey, Jr, sa John R. F SUPREME COURT. rged. The Dalzell Diverce Case. Belore w Referee. Augustus & Daizelt vs, Emma Datzell.—The pro- ed proceedings in this extraordinary case were uded yesterday before the Referee, It will be remembered from the previous reports in the HER- ald that the Supreme Court, upon the application of Edwin James, counsel for the plainug, directed a reference to inquire into the facts and report to the Court, viz:—Whether Fisher, the attoctiey, had fraudulently commenced the suit without the knowledge of Airs. Dalzell, and bad sub- ormed witnesses te prove ucts ef adul- tery alleged to have been commiited by Mrs, Daizel, who was in Englaud ab the time. The witnesses who deposed to these facts ave, during the pendency of the reference, veen convicted of perjury and sentenced to State Prison for the term of nine years. Alimony to the amount of $7,000 is now due te the wite under ihe order of the court from which Mr. Dalzeil seeks to be dis- charged, upon the grounds of his ignorance of the proceedings which Fisher thus fraudulently com- inenced. The referee wiil report bis decision to the court this Week. SUPERIOR COURT—GENERAL TERM. A Decision of Luoterest te Theatrical Man- agers. Before Judges Monell, Jones and Friedman, no institution in this great city that presents | stronger or more meritorious claims tw tho | pmilanthropy and benevolence of the com- munity than the unostentatious yet magnifies establishinent known as the Poundling Asylum. Few Indeed pause to think of the glorious achievements of the ana while the cries of the deserted though 1 it Ite ones do ne waits of the puilding, ihe patie eof the good Sisters of Charity, to whose ca are cominitied, caunot fail to awaken a } generous and substantial response in the great and nimous Cause Of humanly. The far which has Jus’ closed has been successful, As previously stated Ue sum of $100,000 must be raised in order tocomply Witlt tu juircrments of the Legislature, whieh, tn case [hal amount should be realized, has resolved to devote anotiicr $100,000 towards the erection of the new building, A meeting of the Fair Committee was heid on Thursday, at the Fouadling Asylum, No. 8 Nort Washington sq' All the returns, how- e had not been completed, and as several und societies not represented at the fatr ed contributions, it was ag Very Rev, Fathei i hoy ed, to fh <b { month (or the reception of all returns, Including the \ sale of Uckely and the amounts every- where obtaned in aid of ,the asylum. wis poled = that = the = entire ~~ sum V will run up to $70,000, and it is confideutly hoped t the rofhainmg $30,000 Will be contributed by | the numerous friends ana sympathizers of the Insti. tutton. In fact it taust be done, r olved from its charitedl Oy is is ndiing Asylum will ‘ality of the people of ld not be forgotten, howe: the money collec the fair cannot be used for the present wiaintenance of tire establishment,and tliat 16s exist dependent upon gunual subdseriptions of from $25 to $10: have been severcly taxed; for, the knowledge of tts userul- uess 1s becoming widely Known, the speedier are ts advant being appreciated. § station as this Founditn, wherein is bub secondary to the use of charity, needs no ad jon to commend itseif. A visit there will iinpress the mind mgre forcibly than the most bril- lant oration or most powerlul es; Within a New York. It sic space of thirteen months 1,411 Infants have been left at the door of the Asylum. That th have been cared for with the earnest afection and untiring devotion of @ mother Taust be patent to ali, since the and Inf € lenderes: syinpatty ‘© are bestowed upon the most neglected it sent to the asylum. The new building, it 13 xpected, will meet alt emergencies; and let the wealthy remember that the Bank ef Chartiy is in heaven, and deals out good interest when tune shail be no more. A communication from the genciemen who so successfully conducted the arrangements of the Fair is as follo The committee to whom was entrusted the direc: tion of the Fair for the Foundling Asylum bog leave tO @Xpress their grateful thanks to the ladies who took charge of the several tables and those by whom they were so abiy assisted, They also desire to thank the officers and meribers of the ‘Twenty-second regiment for their kindness in ten- dering the use of their armory for this undertaking, ‘To the press of New York their sincere acknowlodge- ments are likewise tendered.for thelr frequent and hearty commendation of the fair aad the great charity whieh it was designed to aid. ‘The committee are preparing their report, and when ready 1¢ Will be published in full, giving the complete returns of each table. It is hoped that this report will be made before January. Very Rev. W. STARRS, V. G., Chairman. JOHN MULLALY, Secretary. THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Democratic Split—Prospect for a Republican Mayor. Boston, Dec. 3, 1870, The municipal election in this city a week from Monday promises to de unusaally close and imterest- ing. Tho democrats bave nominated Wiiliam Gaston, of the Highland district, formerly Mayor of that section while it existed as Roxbury, and this eveaing the republicans have, by an almost anani- mous voice, mominated fer thelr candidate George 0. Carpenter, now and for several years an active alderman. There is a split in the democracy; the beiters setting themselves up as the youl dem- ecracy, and thus far arraying themscives against the convention which nominated Mr. Gaston. ‘Phe, & Meeting last evening and conferred, with the re- pubiicans, but no action was taken. They control about three thousand votes, and will meet again Thursday, evening to see whether they will unite with tme regular democracy or join Henry D. Patmer vs, Robert M. De iitt,—Jadge | wiih the epcepeants If they pursue the latter Monel) gave the decision in this case, the particulars of which are well remembered from having since the commencement of the litigation been frequently published in the HenaLp. The action, it will be remembered was breught to ebtain an mjunction re- straining the defendant from publishing ‘I. W. Rob- ertson’s comedy, “ Play,’ the exclusive right of per- forming Waich in this country the plaintift claimed he purchased from the author immediately alter its first performance 1 London at the Prince of Wales theatre on February 15, 1863. The drama was sent Bere th manuscript, and, a8 alleged, the defendant, without the priviiege or consent of the plaintiff, had & copy of the same printed and published and , Oilered or sale, The defence was that the pro course Mr, Carpenter will be elected by @ large ma- jority, and tt is not impossible that he will be elected without their assistance. Dr. Shurtleif, at Mayor, first elected by the demecrats and by the repuolicans, is forsaken now by all parties, eit “THE METAIRIE RAGES, ; NEW ORLEANS, Doo, 8, 1870. The Metairie races closed to-day with a good at. tendance. The dash of one mile over four hurdles was Wou by Beacon, beating Tangle Foot and Wild Cat Time—Lsks. ‘Ce@ seo» of four-mile heats was won by Donovan, cashes ie Dougherty and Chalmette, ‘Time @f tht DB MO TMS Ne