The New York Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1870, Page 4

H ' } j | { | coo 4 ORDINATION; Conferring Holy Orders at tho Catholic Provincial Seminary in Troy. Bishop Conroy Officiates—An Im- posing Spectacle. © ‘Troy, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1870. The chapel of St. Joseph’s Provincial Seminary, on Mount Jaa, was this morning the scene of a most imposing religions pageant, The annual Christmas ordinations were conferred by Bishop Conroy, of Albany. The Roman ritual, with all tts gorgeous ceremonials, does not contain © ceremony more grand, and, tt may be added, more awful, in view of the heavy responsibilitics incurred, than the confer- ring of the order of priesthood. Very few members of the laity m the Catholic Church have witnessed this ceremony, aud those who are admitted on the occasion esteem it as one of the highest privileges. there was no restriction in the mat- », ana as the space reserved for the laity was necessarily small it was soon filled with a select audience, chiely ladies. There were present aiso many of the relatives and friends of the young men who were to be adinitted to holy orders. At half-past elgnt o'clock the procession moved from the hall of the coliege Into the chapel mm the following order:— The students of t Th milidates for lousy: The caudidaies for mtnor numbers The candidates for sub-icacon, ¢! “(Phe candidates for deacon, ty The cundidates for priesthood, four ‘The professors of the college. The assistant priests. Bishop Conre Having entered the chapel and bowed before the altar, the four candidates for priesthood who wore the robes of a deacon took a position with those for the order of deacon at the remote end of the church, facing the altar, while the other postulants took their position on cither side in front of the audience, and altogether forming three sides of a square of minary to the number of 100. e, ven Iu number. orders, eighteen in teen in number, im numbei number. which the Lishop and clergy on the altar made the fourth, Each of the postulants carried 8 lighted candle. ‘The Bishop having been robed in full pontificals, advanced to the foet of the altar and commenced the mass. The assistant priests were the V Rey. Father Wadhams, Vicar General of Albauy, and the Rey. Dr, Gabriels. The Rey. John A, McLaughlin was master of ceremonies, The president of the college, Very Rev. Dr. Vanden- hende, occupied a prominent position on the right side of the altar, The Bishop, having raid the Kyrte Eleison, seated himself in the centre of the altar, facing the congregation. The President hereupon called ont the following names ef postulants for the order of tongure;— Joseph Campbell, New York. Names Viood, York John F. Ly James Westerma: Patrick Brady, .tbany. Charles Bucke, springticld. Joun Daly, Springfield. Daniel H. O'Neil pring field. Patrick Pliela’ Tingtield. Michael J. Meinerney, Nashvil Euck answered aloud the word “Adsam,” signi- fying “lam presen’,” as his name was called, and ‘all dressed in soutane, only with a surplice on the arm of each, advanced and took up a position ina semi-circle facing t Bishop. The President mean- while issued an Injunction in Latin prohibiting any of those about to r ve holy orders from leaving the church without permission from the Bishop. ‘The Lishop then pronouuced the appropriate oration, after which he clipped tonr vults of hat from the top of the head of each postulant in the form of a cross, ‘This 1s the ceremony of TONST wils are reminded that uiempt for things tem- prepared to part with is earth for the sake Ved each postulant curried 0 fis arm. or “clipping.” The p to have a gr 1 they must rest to Une on wh of God. The with a surplice. ‘The candidate came ne Jolin 8. Cornelius Donovan, New York. ns Flood, Sew York. New York. nat of Ostiarius, or e necessary in t ua dered obsolete, 1. r orders, by the spread ef Chris nity to which the aunty the and admit the postulants advances and op, Who gives him the this oMce., Ti postulant arises and pr » Our @ arch, Witch he opens and then shuts, aiter which he rings a eld by one o- the priests Immediately mside the door. ‘ath of ostiarias saiunful eis before authority to ie HE SE tor, or reade’ advances before the bishop lays lus right hand irom the bisnop authority on th to read tue Scrip: THE cist, HIRD MINOR ORDER which coniers the power to ex- rhe postulant receives from the th 4s that of pel evil bishop th wm whe} e power to lig nd pr vier and ott din the eet bisnep in conser f3 mm the lang so shine bef ¢ works of da Rev. Joseph byrne, Rey, Nicholas Rev Jobn AL trend the on is bi eacor ihe su y day, bie caus and the po rvice of God. gh OF DEACON mess . the frst ho’ consevraied vo © oflice is reaily Mant i3 therealter was con tn Rev . Burke, Sprm aa erence the Bishop the amice, alb, cincture and maniple. An empty chalice and the Book of the Episties were then handed to euch in turn. The Bishop proceeded with the mass as far as whe Epistle, when one of the newly ordained sub-deaconstadvanced vw the Epistie side of the altar and read aloud the lesson for the day. The deacons then advanced and received THB IMPOSITION OF HANDS, the bishop re) pening at the sane time, in Latin, “Receive the Holy Spirit for your strengths and to resist the Devil and his temptations, in the hame of the Lord.” Then placing on each the stole he says, “Receive the white siole from the hand of God, full thy ministry, for God is rips mu to jncrease His atace in you, WHO Hiygi Bnd Feigneth, world withoat end, ‘Aintn.” ‘The daimatte is next given, with lhe word: thesLord clotne thee with thé garment of safety and the robe of joy, and may the dalmatic of justice surround thee for ever, men.” The postulant then receives the book of the gospels, the bishop saying. “Receive the pose of reading the Livy in the Church of God, oth fon. the living and the dead, in the name of the men.” Lord, THE CANDIDATES FOR PRIESTHOOD now advance, und one of the assistant priests Speaks aloud in Latin, ‘Most Reverend Father, our holy Mother the Churca demands that you advance the deacons here present to the holy order of priesthood.” ‘The pestutants kneel, and, haying re- ceived from the bishop @ solemn admonition on the duties which will devolve upon them, they receive the imposition of —hands—tirst from the bishop and next from each priest in the church—afier = which — ens priest holds up his right hand, the bishop saying in the meantime, “Let as pray, dearly beloved bretiren, God the Father Almighty lo pour down in abundance celestial g's on these 1s servants, whom He tas selected ior the duty of the priesthood, and what they through His’ mercy undertake may they through His aid perform, through Christ our Lord, Amen.’? The stole 1s then placed upon them wih the words, “Receive the yoke of the Lord; for His yoke 13 sweet and His bur. den “light.” Then the chasuble, with the words, “ecelve the sacerdotal robe, by which 13 understood charity, for the Lord is powerful to Ine crease (o you charity and perfect work.” The hands of (he postuiants are then avoinied with chrisin, and the newly-ordained priests are thereupon ewpow- ere’ to (ulfl all the duties of the sacred ministry. ‘The vow of obedience 1s made towards tie close of the mass, The exercises concluded with the Te Deum, intoned by the choir, After mass the newly ed priests ‘bestowed thelr benediction on the congregation Ludividually, They will be appointed fortiwith te parochial duty in their respective dioceses, Key. Father Ward ts another pupil of st. Bridget’s Seminary at Tallamore, Ireland—an tustitutton which has given neariy a dozem young men to the priesthood im this country and many more in Ire- land and Austraiia. Tb re are two other young men from that tnstituuion awaiting orders m Troy Sem ‘y, Messrs. Anthony Molloy aud Patrick ORDINATION IN THIS CITY. A New Addition to the Jesuit Fathers. At nine o'clock yesterday forenoon the Church of St. Francis Xavier, in West Sixteenth street, was th scene Of, unusual pomp and ceremony, Mr. Peter Racicot, S.J., who bad been made a sub- decon on Wednesday, and deacon on Friday, was ordained priest by the Most Rev. Ignatius Arciga, Archbishop of Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico, Although no public announcement or the erdination had been made, a number of the parish- joners occupied seats In the aisles. The students of the college, 600 in number, marched from their class rooms and knelt m the body of the church. The Archbishop was attended by the Rev. H. Mudon, president of the college; Rev. Fathers P. F. Dealy, J. Daubresse and several others. The cele- bration of the mass was then commenced, and when the Archbishop came to the offertory (which properiy speaking is the beginning of the mass) the postulant repeated slowly alter the cele- brant ihe sacred words of the missal. At the com- munion the biessed eucharist in both forms was partaken of by the candidates for orders. The Arch- bishop, alter the Benedicamus, gave lis blessing to the congregation in the usual Way. As soon as the last gespei was finished the acolytes and assistant cleraymen preceded the Archbishop inte the vestry. Father Racicot remained a while in prayer before the altar, and then there was a general movement towards the altar on the part of the congregation to obtain the rst benediction ot the new minister of sod. The ceremonies concluded, Father Racicot ree tired to the house, where he was again greeted by all the members of the order. Ue is a man of varied ana profound ernditien and isa valuable acquisitien te the spiendid corps of rofessors already among the Jesuits. The Arch- ishép returned from Rome two weeks ago and In a Jew days will depart for his home in Mexico, Mean- While he stops with the Jesuite Father: THE COURT HOUSE COMMISSIONERS, Work Upon the Chambers Street Side of the Court House Resamed. The Court House Commissioners were to have held a meeting yesterday afternoon, but as Colonel Ingersoll and Alderman Coman were the only par- ties who putin an appearance the confab did not take place. It may be mentioned in this connection that by order of the Commisstoners work has been resumed on the Chambers street side of the Court House. It is their Intention to have the pertico completed according to the original pla ‘The mar- ble railing border on the roof is aise to be ran round the entire building, after the same fashion as that poruon now facing Broadway from the westerly and men are now at r 1 e question of completing the i yuld seem, Wtil be setticd next week. It ood that Uke m Commission- re opposed to Ue Ide: de npon the Ma ‘J roof plan, as suggested by one of tem ab the! meeting. It does not fol- low, however, because the dome’ may not be com- pleted according tothe original pians, that the in- terior of the “rotunda,’? up to the full height of the embellished after the fashion ago. It may be, however, that ave given advice in the matter will y aul upon the ofticials to Kick the idea of the Mansavd roof inte a cocked hat. not i GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The failures in Cincinnati within four months have amounted to $2,000,000, The use of telegraph poles is sold to bill posters in New Orleans for ten dollars for each pole, The colored people are to celebrate Emancipation Day ou Monday evening, January 2, by a grand levee in Faneuil Hail. The elephant Enrpress was sold the other day for $5,000, and tore down $200 worth of stable the fol- lowing evening. ‘There are two hundred convicts making cigars in Joliet (Iiinols) Penitentiary. They make about 200,000 weekly A Chicazo la less than 243 diy during the past seven months, ‘The town of Boothbay, Lincoln county, Me., with ym of three thousana, has not an Irish- ‘0 or a Jobn Smith in it, Pho value of advertising was realtzed by a rure New York merchant who advertised for a small boy when his Wie presented hin with two. An old man in Saybrook, Conn., lives on a farm that never was bought or sold, it having come down from his ancestors, who obtained it trom tie named Goodrich, entered no suiis in the courts of that city ‘hickens in Jilinots are very numerous t . and afford immense sport to the nunu Large numbers of them are killed by flying agatust telegraph wires. Mr, E. Mann, of Milford, Cono., recently sold to an agent of the French government 14,000 knapsacks, which ue had boagut of our government to mana- facture into boots aud shoes. 1, codfish and herring are sald to be sure sap this winter. Prices must come down, e fisheries haye been very successful, aad mil- | lions are betog breught we market. An inconsiderate teamster, named Frank Scott, tried to makea mule fourin-hand pull a 11,000 Kev 3 J. Cummings, Spri pound joad up the levee at Cincimnatt and very un- Rev. edly found his way to the Hammond s!reet Rave 1 the charge of cruelty to animals Rey u Bergh im itator, Rey apolis paper thus sums up the diverce Rev. Jo: Mohan, Boston. market;—lrisx competition among the lawyers las Rey. Deuls M. Bradley, Portland. brought down the price of divorces very iow in this 2% OF PUIESTZOOD market, We quote:—Common separation, §1 Rev. Rev Rey. Cuat The car hooa advance centre of the chur -deacon, deacon da fold ae an the . Presently the master of cexe- | monies ried oak in’ loud volves, “Lrosternanc se | “jet ail prostrate themselves.” No ert Words pronounced than the a te ground with such a | ent that it appeared a | wo sudden impulse, priest. A MOST THRILLING SPECTACLE. There lay at full length, with their faces down. ward, without a movement, as if lite nad suddeniy | departed loi tne entire namber, a band of young j men who by thi olemn of 20s YL LIVES to the service of U1 Yhere they lay avowing their own nothing sess in Lord, pore | fect exempies oF namile Jt was a sight never To be forguiten by Lilos were preseut. It was no Wender that the iadies buried their faces tu ther handkerchiess, for it was a spectacie to nove even SHB COLD, ADAMANTINE 2! The bishop, the clergy and the congregation jell upou their Knees and bowe: heads While Ue choir intened tho litany @! the saints, invoking the titercession of the blessed in heaven in behalf of the postulants who hud taken upon their sloulders so heavy 4 burden. ‘ghia occupied about fifteen minutes, and the order to arise was then given. All the postulanis reuted exceot the sub.deacons, Who received from s Jilinols, at Bloomington, Jan from, {x rhelr | 1 smail ailmony, large alimony, $50 to $500, ‘There are but lew of the Jatter in the market, Gene. Yai busia good and increasing. ‘¢ Will be a State convenilon of the miners of uary 4, 1871, teconsider the measures necessary to be incorpor- act for providing for the beaith and ns empleyed in coal mtues in the of Liev,” wo be submitied to the next Gene- embiy. and to aad elrculate petitions signatures in support of the same, i, involving some thousands of dol- i ut Lewiston, Me. The partie: Uus N, Cader, of New York, pleimtit, aad Jesse 5, Jyford, ol Lewiston, defendant, Cutler parehased | two horses of Lyford, ono of which was valaed at $9,500, the other at.$1,500, and gave his « for the cmount. He now declines paying the pote on the } round thas most valuabie horse was not what he wa sented to be. He was bought fora | trotver and curas out to be a pacer, on which | count he has veen ruled out of severai races, » foolish woman, Mrs, Ciarke county, lowa, who ele Who was I and’s enriplo The r. Jones received the miei at her sister's, at Des Moi and de ated in “An saiety of pel opeviile, uawag ved by her cr After the Jones’ meney, to the amount at Weodburn, pro- er on guilty pair bad secu Of about $240, they toek the car: ceeding afrectiy to Indian place he deserted his victim, alter a Tooney she nad, as well usa part of her clotaing, threatening her life U she attempted to follow Aun (arther. RELIGIOUS . Services To-Day. ‘Tho Right Rev. Bishop Bodell will preach at the third service in the incarnation this evening, at the Chureh of the Incarnation, Madison avenue. The Rev. Dr, Cheever will preach this evening at the Fifty-third atroet Baptist church. The Rey. W, F. Morgan, D. D., will preach the sermon to-night, in tho course of Sunday evening services for young men, at the Church of the Holy Communion. ee Tne Rev. J. M. Pullman preaches morning and evening at the Church of Our Saviour (Sixth Unt- versalist). Dr. Thompson wil preach to young men on “Christian Manhood as iitnatrated in the Pilgrim Fatners!? ut the Broadway Tabernacle church this evening. ‘The Rey. BE. GC. Sweetser preaches thts evening, in the church corner of Bleecker and Downing streets, one of & series of expository sermons upon “The Vaiversalist belie” Subject—The Universalisy Idea of Ohrist.”” The Rov, A, B. Beach, D. D., takes for his subject this evening, at Trinity chapel, “Well Doing the Christian's Best Argument.” ) The Rev. C, 8. Harrower, pastor, will preach mern- ing and evening at St. Lake’s Methodist Episcopal churelt. ‘The Rey. J. R. Kendrick, D. D., pastor, will oMmect. ate morning and evoning at the Tabernacle Bapust church, Subject of evening discourse—‘ Political Reform.” John Q Adams will preach this afternoon, at the church corner of Madison and Gouverneur streets, on “Tae Love of Money.” ‘The Rey. Charles F. Lee (Fifth Universalist church) will take for his subject this morning “Universalism in Its Reiation te Death.” The Rev. Dr. MeVickar will preach morning and evening at the Church of the Holy Light. The Rev. Chauncey Giles lectures in the Sweden- borgian course this evening at Steinway Hall, taking lor his subject “The Judgment of Man: Where it is Held, When it Takes Piace and How tt 1s Etfected.” The Rev. E. R. Keyes will also deilver a Sweden- borgian lecture at the Church of the New Jerusalem, Breoklyn. He will take for his supject “The World of Spirits.” The Rev. Dr. Westcott will preach tn Plymouth Baptist church this evening. Subject:—God,Gave This Country to Protestants when He had Prepared a People for it.” The Rev. 0. Rugdes will preach at the same church this morning. The Rev. Merrill Kichardson preaches morning and evening at his church (New England Oongrega- tional), Madison avenue, The subject jor the morn- ing’s discourse 1s “Our Forefathers.”" Oscar Hugo will preach this morning at the Lex- ington avenue Presbyterian church, and in the evening at the Thirtcenth street Presbyterian chureh. = The Rey. A. C. Wedekind, D. D., will preach morn- ing and eveuing at the Eaglsh Lutheran Church of St. James. The Rey. G. F. Krotel, D. D., of the Evangelical Lutheran Church ef the Holy Trinity, preaches morning and evening at his church. The Rev. OC. C. Foote will preach this morning on, the subject—“Jesus Our Exemp/ar,’! at the Christian Free church, West Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway, Besides the morning service there will be pulpit service ut half-past seven P. M, ‘The Rev. Henry Highland Garhet, D.D., pastor of Shiloh Presbyterlan church, corner of Prince and Marion streets, will, by request, preach a sermon to the G. U. 0. of Odd Fellows, this evening, at hait- past seven o'clock, Subject:—“Onrisuan and Worldly Friendships Contrasted.” The Rev. George H. Hepworth will deliver the second sermon in the course to young people at the Church of the Messiah this morn ng. “Speculation and Practical Atheism of the Time." In the evening Mr. Hepworth will preach on the “Efficacy of Prayer.” The solemn dedication of St. Ann's church, East | ‘Twelfth street, will take place to-day. The Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey will preach at the high Mass. The Right Rev. Bishop Loughlin, of Brook’ lyn, will preach at vespers in the evening, The Rev. Dr. J. M. Wise, of Cincinnati, will lecture this afternoon atthe Tempte of the congregation Anshi Chesed, Norfolk street. my The fev. Father Preston will preach this evening om the “Doctrine of Indulgences” at St. Ann’s charch. Mra. Cora L. V. Tappan will speak before the and oveniag. is Promises and Aspi- rations. * To THe Epiror oF THE HERaLD:— Dear Str—Whether intended or not, the compli- mentary remarks in the HeRkaLp of the 9h inst, giving importance to the King of Piedmont’s speech, jooks somewhat like satire, especially when we cousider the value he places upon his word or sciema treaties, 80 recently exemplified in the tn- vaston of Rome—an outrage more cowardly from the fact of its bemg perpetrated at a time when France was powerless to prevent the injustice. The excuse offered by himself and his defenders, that he was compolied to the act by the whirlwind he had created around him in the effort to anify Italy, only shows the miserable foundation upon which his dynasty rests, and what importance may be attached to tus promises. He was bound by solemn treaty to protect the sovereign Pontiff in the peaceable possession of his dominions and to defend him against all outside revolutionists, Instead of which he marched them into Rome with his army, and turned the capital of the Christian world inte a city of licentiousness and disorders, This 13 no trivial matter, nor can it be dismissed with a flourish, if there 1s any faith or consistency among nations and governments, When Russia encroached upou the Mohammedan Turk, England and Francesent their legions to drive back the aggressors, A flerce war followed, which was terminated by a treaty of peace. Now there are signs—merely signs—of that treaty being en, and all Kurope is in arms, It is to be hoped that treaties with the head of the Chiristlan Charch, whose dyuasty i8 not only the oldest but the most legitunalo in existence, are as much entitied to con. sideratiou and respect a3 those of the Turk, who, bat for the Chareh in past times, would have over- run all Chrlstendom, We need no further proof of the worthlessuess of Victor Emmmanuel’s empty words than the way he has kept ts iate hypocritical | premise of protecting the Pope aud guaranteeing n perieet and unrestrained freedom. Tais he has done even to seizing and appropriating to hisown use the Pope’s private moneys contributed by the Catholic world, aud by suppressing every news- paper which dare defend hin, ‘Chis sort of protection and guarantee of liberty is yhat lke thas of a burglar who breaks into use and drives you to an attic reom, telling his band d Servants In the sculiery have voted away your pro- y to him (the roboer), but that you shall have perfect and unrestrained liberty—to do whatever he (tue rover) Wills—nething more, Saca is the prog: of italian unity; such are the aspirations of italy, of which we hear so much. Every thief or footpad aspires to What does not belong to lum, wany no doubt aspire fo the HERALD estab- lishment and would take it if they could, but not being in Italy it 1s safe frou practical aspiration, Let us for a moment ask what have tie [tuitang gained by ticir aspirations and unit, ‘They havo gained an enormous increase ef taxation, with pros- pects of a heavier burden, as the treasury 1s com- paratively empty, They have also obtained liberty of the press, for all that is immoral and bad, pro- vided the government 15 not interfered with. Trey have also a more universal right of suifcage, by which means free thinkers, full of italian aspira- tons, have been elected to power, and have seized churches d church property, driven ferth beipless nuns, sisters oF Charity and holy men, who were guardians of the poor, sick and uneducated, and have givea the training of youth to the prefessoa enemics of morality amd religion, thus sapping tie yery foundation of society and civil order, Since the unttication religion has been dying out in Italy. The people are carried away by socret so- ptevies and revolutionary propagandists of visiouary liverty (or liceuse), Who regard religion aa morai- ily a9 9 restraint upon their aspiration: Protestant evaugelizers, however, need nol rejoice at this. The Kalian who makes @ bed Catholic will neyer make @ youd Protestant. He casts asige ali reil- } gion til death approaches, when soinéimes, ike his royal master, be for a priest and wishes to be reconciled With Dis Creator and the Glurch he has disgraced. Your correspondent was for some time a resident of Jtaly and speaks from personal observation when | he says Victor kinmangel is far from being a favorite with bis people, who regard bum as a liveatious gour- mand; a8 wanting m ‘ie dignity of a King as be is | reckless 1a his mmmoralities. No mark of respect ever grects his appearauce tM poblic—even on the occasion of his long promised visit to Naples ta thee (where your correspondent chanced to be at the time), nO cheer or viva ell yor his ear; no has was false. fie drove about umuoticed woless by some | few ramged men aad women who thrust papers, sup- Victor Emmannel Subject—- | Society of Spirituailsts at Apollo Hall this morning | 1 a few of your own frightened | Unrestricted exercise of | Gourse you have adopted. aps, are alike ignorant. | tion to the Holy Cathoite’ Churci NEW YORK UERALD, SUNDAY, ‘DECHMBER 13, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. to be pet’ fnto his and muttered Lys paused bags way, In p of pubilo amusement he comducts a New himself more like York rough than an Italtan ge iu. Upon one Occasion your Correspondent saw him at the circus in Florence, smoking, with @ number of boon com- and acting more usly than was to tho audience, 1 could not find a carte de visue likeness of his in all Navies, and with dim- culty obtained one in Florenoe from a shopkeeper, whe styled his Majesty a brute (it oe. Ic is confidently reporied that Victor willenter Rowe this month, Well, he may do and for a time piunder and 0; shall lease the Almighty to all redecessors iD tke juity, But one t! is he 40 Compromise either with Of tho Oatholic people, they will except nothin, ert of their just rignts—a complete evacuation the invaded territory and indemnification Ne Cy losses, Mock plediscites may have answered ih tl early stages of Italian aspiration end unity, bat they are teo glaring and monstrous not to be under- stood in these days. Yo English and Americans who for years have re- sided in Kome it 14 ah establistied fact; but for these Who giean iniormation only from ‘faiseLood or throug prejudiced sources tney should know that under the rule of Pius 1X. there was nota more free, happy or less taxed people on the tuce of the earth than the Romons, Tu the Roman States there was no paper money of @ leas denemination than five irancs, silver being plenty, while in Italy 1: 18 hardly known, paper Inouey being issued there tor & quarter Of @ franc or less—even tien such trash was onty negotiable in the town or city where it was issued. Koman peer Money was at a premium in Italy, whereas [ba aper Was at a heavy discount in Reme, many shop- wepers (efusiug it a.together, Se much ior the re- lattve monetary condition ef the two governments, Much has becn said and writen about Papal in- tolerauce in not allowing Pretestant houses ef Worship beyon’ the Portadel Popolo. Althougd in- Consistent for the supreme head of the Church te Allow false teachings in his own city and seat or government, the centre of Catholic unity, yet were 1G not lor tie imprudence of Preiestant ciergymen in encouraging revolutionary primcipies they might have worstipped within the walis of Rome the same i the Jews, Who hae their synagogue in the Piazza ONG. Many American Protestants who wintered in Rome during 1868-9 must remember how frequently, in ‘the office of Mr, Hoo! the American banker, they laughed and talked over the violent anti-Papal dis- courses—a la ishop Snow—of their ministers, and woudered how they escaped the police. But Rome Was frce then; the goed, great and intellectual of every creca and clime flocked there year after year to enjoy that peace and happiness unknown to some extent in any other part of the globe, which they can never do again unul the Holy Father ts retn- stated in his just rights. Without bim and the grand ceremonies of the Churen, even to Protestant eyes, Rome jooses nearly al! tts attractions, and shop- keepers and hoveis will become bankrupt, A CaTHOLIO SUBSCRIBER. . Religious Sermons. To rue Eprror or THR HeBALD:— I cannot think too highly or speak too favorably of the plan recently inaugurated by you of publish- ing synopses of the principal sermons delivered in this clty and vicinity, together with just and bonor- abie criticisms on the same, The clergy have the cars o! the people every Sabbath, teaching whatever doctrines they choose, and limited on!y by their re- spective creeds, while the people hitherto have had no means of criticising thet doctrines, bowever false, or of answering their arguments, however fallacious. In this way the press may become a power for good, whose magnitude cannot be easily estimated, and { therefore sincerely hope that other papers will adopt the same laudable and useful There 1s one danger which should be strictly guarded against, and that 13 that criticisms be allowed to degeierate into per- -sonalities, 50 great ls the temptation in that dlrec- tion. When, for instance, a clergyman, standing in his pulpit betore his audience, as one did not long ago in New Jersey, declares, wilie alluding to Simon, the Syrenian, who was compelled to bear the cross, that “this was one instance, at least, in which the negro was calfed upen te assist in the great work of redemption,” such blasphemy from the pulpit sheuld be promptly rebuked, and [ know of no better medium than tne public press. This was done at the time by your cerrespondent, but for some cause it was rejected by the HERALD, but was readily received and puoiished by ether papers, Rev. Dr. Hepworth, or perhaps his frieud, in re- viewing my criticisins on his sermens, merely re+ iterates wit he said befere, that “I cau get on with a@ decidedly bad man, but 1 have no patience with indifference,” and thinks the statement *self-evi- dent when taken from a “religious standpoint.” It may be trod that @ “avcidediy | bad man may be transtormed into one a8 = pure an aagel when viewed from a reiigious standpolii, but L cannot sey it. Again, he says, it sometimes happens that one who delivers a “terribie invective’ may bring avout an tmaprovement in the morals Of sector, &c. 1 per- fectly agree with the revereud gentiemdn in this, The entre Christian system had its origin in the most ‘“terrivie invecuives” tha ever fell from the Jips of nan. What can ve move terrivle than the de- nuncialions that were powred upon tie Jews by the | Saviour of manaind, and surely Me was nota “bad man?” No, Mr. Hepworth, or apologist; such doc- trine will pot pear examination, ‘he “aecidedly bad man” is not preferabie to a man of agood moral characier, whose ouly crime 13 indifference im rela- tion to subjects or quesiiv.s, upon which all, per- Bublet us be charitable; let us think and let tituk ministers ave made of the same materials as ober men, and as a class are as morai and asintelugeut as ile Lest; but let it be under. stood by them tat the doctrines they preach on te One Sabbath may, UWiauks to tke cRALD, be re- viewed®on the next. 1 beg paraon. Mr. Rditor, for alluding to the sub- again, and should nothave doue so but for a personal Charge agaist me, in which he says: — “This criticism: 1418 LO Me bo LO very like « person standing bebind a tree and throwing Stones at pass- ers-by.”” Now, to do such a thing would be very mean, if not criminal, and ior the lile of me 1 cannot gee the analogy. I must, there/ore, regard itas of a biious origi rather than otuerwise, 1s it because I sign my name Vindex + In what sense, Mr, Hepworth, did I stand behind atree? Wasit because Lsimned *Vindex If this be the reason surely are you net equally guilty in signing “Nota Critic: What ‘stones have Ll unrown? Lcalled atienilon to a passage in your discourse, and simply inquired If you really meant what you said. In your reply you have reasserted the doc- triue, and closed by virtually chargmg me with a very mean act, if not @ crime, for simply calung your views in question, Let it ve understood, then, that according to your belief, and 1 would state the question fairly, that the man who ts guilty of every crime 1s better, “in a religious point of view,” than the best man amony us if he happens to be “in- different”? on a subject upon which all, perhaps, are alike in the dark, VINDEX. The Pope und His Sympathizers. Address of the Xavier Alumni Sodality of the City of New York to iis Holiness Pius 1X.:— Most Ho1y FATHER—We, the members of the Xavier Alumni Sodality of tne Ciiy of New Yors, deem it our duty, fn thts your Ume of atviction, to express’our steadfast devo ‘and to you, its chief pastor, We ‘desire, at the same time, to make known to you our poet and udignation at tne outrages done in the name, of iberty to your sucred rights as sovereign pontil! of the Church of Christ, ‘We denounce the act! yn of the government of Florence bo- cause, with words of fiendship on their lips, without the ightest provocation and without even a declaration of war, Liey have invaded (he territory of a friendly and peace- ful sovereign, violently deprived your Holinesé of your at thority and forced your peuple under their tyrannical rule, We denounce as & mockery the; (elarstun taken under the terrorism of an Invading soidlery and a lawless mob, Wedenounce the government nt Florence because, while promising Ireedom and boasting of thelr eniighteament, They have estas nent jotism, fetterad tho press and closed and coniscated time-honored seats of learning, avd by rights of private property have struck a blow though professing to be chil- ‘arch, they aave deprived you, its head, and us, Its members, of the right of communicating freeiy with each other, and because they Lave hindered your Holness 1 the our axcred Functions We take this our solemn protest aa Catholics tadignant et these wronge Indicted om our holy Church; as citizens of the United States, knowing how to inguiah livers; nd to respect order, yustica and right; and, Zi asa tety of o1 three bundread Poung men, pS pas ting every mercantile pursuit and liberal profession, who wish to prociaim that in our country and day and generation the Euucated Catholic young mon do steadfasily hold the same immutable priuefpies of right and religion bequeathed to them as their most precious Inheritance. KOGENE B, MURTHA, President, Ganget J. Brent, Secretary. JOHN A, MOUNEY, BERNARD P. KERNAN, F Commitee, KANK A, OTIS, ay tiaeecalal CHAS. G. WILLIAM LUMMILS, New York, Dec. #, 1570, Address of the Xavier Alumni Sodality of the City of Now York to His Holiness Plus 1X. The members of the Xavier Alumni Sodatity, un- der the fostering guidance of the Rev. P. F, Dealey, 8S. J., have prepared the following address:— Mose Hovy Farurn—We, the members of the Xarior of New York, deem it our duty to express cur steavfast devo- ‘hureh and to you, its Chief Pastor. time, to make known to you our the outrages done, in the name of hiverty, to your sacred rights as Sovereign Poutl of the Chure® of Christ We denounce the action of the government at Florence becauee, with words of friendsh{p on thelr Iipe, without the yhtest provocation Rad without even a declaration of war, have invaded the territery of a peacetul and Inendiy sovereign, yioleotly deprived your Yoliness of your ue thority. and forced your people under their tyrannical rule, We denounce ag & mockery, (he y-’naritum wwken under the terrorism of aa savading soldery and a lawiess mob. ant at Florence because, while of thelr enightonment, fettered the press and ed avnts of learning ; wad private property hure atruck a blow at the foundations of socie! We denounce them because, thong professiny to be chil- dren of the Obarch, they have deprived you, 118 bead, and us, ity members, of the right of communicating treely with onc other, and because they have hindered your Holiness in the unrestricted exercise of your sacred functions. Wo make this our solemn protest as Catholics indignant ‘at theae wrongs indicted on our Holy Church; as citizens of grief and indignation al by attackiny as thelr moat prectvus Inheritance, Nnw Youu, Docember 8, 1870. Relivious Bequests. Mrs. Mary Jane Sweetzer, of Port Huron, Mich., fecently deceased, left $20,000 to the Chair of Eccle- Binstical History in Chicago Theological Seminary; $3,000 in trust, the income te be used ‘or the benefit of the Congregational Sunday echool at Port Huron; asimilar bequest of $1,000 to the Congregational church at Falmouth, Me., her native place; $1,000 fo? ns of the Port Huron church for & pas- ‘a iit teal f 000 each to the American Homo Missionary Society, American Congregational Union, American Missionary Association and American Board, and a residuary legacy of $6,000 to the West- ern Education Society, Amone the legactes of tho late Mrs, James F. Bald- win, of Boston, was $16,000 to the permanent Memo- rial Fund of the Woman's Board of Missions. ‘his ‘8UIN, aS in all such Instauces, takes the name of the donor, and the interest 18 used for the support of Teale missionaries, Mr. Elias Boudinot years ago left a fund to the trustees of the Ge.eral Assombly to supply needy churches with libraries. ‘The distribution has on ior years, The present income is $600, and the amount granted 18 about $100 to each Library. Rev, Herrick Johnson, D.D., Philadelphia, is the chair. man of the coumittee by whom the distribution is made, and therefore all applications should be mado to him after Januury next, Mr. John 8. Fogg, of South Weymouth, Mass., has given $10,000 and a lot of land for a new Congrega- tional church in that town, Mr, Josiah Keed, a weigabor of Mr. Fogg, gave $5,000. Religious Notes—General and Personal. John ©, Heuson and wife were married December 25, 1820, and emigrated to Evansville, Ind., where they expect to celebrate their golden wedding next week. They have our good wishes, and as we can- not get around to the golden weddings of ail our old triends we pray heartily “God bless them all.’’ Rev. ©, F. Knight, rector of the Church of the In- carnation, Hartford, Ct., has tendered his resicna- tion, because the bishop objected to his dressing his choir m surplices, and all the clergy united iu ask- lug him te obey the mandate, Rev. Archibald McCorkle, one of the pioneers of Missouri, died in Texas recently, In his seventy- mixtt year, alter an active campaign of nearly half a century. Rev. ftiram Bingham and wife have returned to this country, after a visit of several mouths in foe pac the scene ef thelr former misonary aDoFA. Rev. Albert Barnes says that for thirty-seven ei he che had a divided vote in the session of ure! NEW YORK CITY. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuv’s Pnar- macy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street:— 1869, 1870. 1969. 1870. +45 3L 3P. M.. 44 38 42 80 6P. M.. 44 35 - 44 Bh oP. M. 34 46 36 12 PM. 85 Average temperature yesterday. . 6 Average temperature for corresponding date Jast year..... Deaths in the city last week, 451; sull-births, 45; births, 303; marriages, 108. 4 Twenty-five fires occurred in the city dnring the week ending yesterday. The estimated loss was $66,640; insurance, $350,700. During the past week Marshal Hart has granted the follewing licenses:—To coaches, 1; express, 14; venders, 25; carts and cartmen, 69; porters, 2; ian ae, 165, Total, 276, Total amount received, Yesterday morning, while a child named Thomas Farrell was playing with a lighted stick at the resl- dence of his parents, No, 612 Second avenue, bis clothes caught fire and he was so severely burned that death ensued within a few hours. The examination inthe case of Ivan C. Michels‘ editor of the Lanterne von New York, for alleged libel, was to have come up yesterday before Justice Ledwith at the Essex Market Police Court, but was adjourned, at the request of both parties concerned, tall the 27th fast, _: Mr. G. D, Cardozo, chief of the Ordinance Bureau, makes the following weekly report:—Number of complains received for violatiens of ordinances, 141, of which fifty-five have been corrected and the bal- ance have been rred to the various departments for remedy. The examination which was to have been held before Justice Shandley, at Jetterson Market, yester- day afternoon, in the case of libel by the stockhoid- ers of an evening paper, preferred by the lato edt- tor, Was adjourned until tue 29th inst, at two P, M., at the request of the counsel for the defence. ‘The New York Young Mcn’s Roman Catholic Be- nevolent Association will hold their annual ball and reunion at Irving Hall on Tuesday evening next, These reunions are among the most pleasant of the season, and as the proce:ds are devoted to Peeeniene purposes the balis are always well at- tended. Miss Kate Fields will deliver her new lecture on Charles Dickens at the Fifth Avenue theatre this evening. The ability of the fair lecturer as well as the novelty of the occasion will undoubtedly attract a large attendance. The stage will be set to repre- sont a nicely furnished drawing room and Miss Field wil; talk with her audience like a lady recety- ing guests in her private parlor. Mr. Bernard Smyth, the Tax Receiver, has col- lected the following amounts tor taxes during the ast week :— ecem ier 10..++ $33,102 December 12.. 49,826 December 13. 102,808 December 14, 243,097 December 15.. 32,247 December 16.. 10,841 TOUl...esseeeeveee seeeesees sue GAT1,422 John Hennessy, for several years past employed as porter in the store of Messrs, A. P, Willcox & Co., 73 Duane street, died yesterday morning in the Cen- tre Street Hospital. On Friday the deceased was going down on the dummy elevator from one of the upper foora of the store, When he caught hold of the check line, by means of which the speed of the ele- vator 1s governed, Unfortunately the line broke, tnus allowing the elevator, with Hennessy upon it, to fall to the bottom. He struck on his head and re- celved a compound fracture of the sicuil, likewist Tracture of the right arm. Hennessy was twenty- nine years of age, born tn Ireland, and lived in Cen- gress street, near Hicks, Brooklyn, where he has left & family. “COFFEE IN THE CAISSOM. Between five and six o'clock last evening Mr John Cotfee, residing at No. 334 Unton street, Brooklyn, in company with afriend, went down “{ull many a fathom” te the bottom of the caisson of the Bast river bridge for the purpese of gratifying kis curl- osity with regard to the mysteries of that novel sub-marino chamber, He had been down about twenty minutes Whea ho was overcome and pros- trated by tie compressed air and heat of the place. He was taken up and atcended by Dr, Qilfilian, aiter which he was removed to his home, THE HUDSON RIVER, Impeded by Aground, PovuauKrersts, Dec. 17, 1870. North of Hudson the river ts filed with ice. Yesterday afternoon the steamer St, John was hard agreund on Coeyman’s Bar, and the steamer Board. man had to put back trom #ndson to Catskill on account of the ice. This morning the large steamer Dantel Drew lies aground above Siaats’ Point, Tue Weutuer 13 cold, LECTURE AT ST. BERNARD'S OmURCH.—This even. ing the Rev. Michael J. O'Farrell, of St, Peter's, will Geliver a lecture at St. Kernard's,in Thirteenth street, on St. Lawrence O'Toole, the patilot Bishop ef Ire land in the tweilth century. The lecwure will be pr ceded by singing, Miss O'Toole (itosa a’Erina) ha ing volunteered, Tho proceeds of the lecture will be for the beneilt of the church, MINES IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE QIAMOND FRINES 1 [From the Boston Advertiser, Dec. 17. Letters received in this city trom South Africa re- Va amon felis coniain the following tems, Which cana to be of interest to the Who have vead the wi nis of tue discoveries aud are inclived to tempt certune iy the search thei. Belves:— AUGUST 18.—People mnat not forget that this {s not a now country, that the ave hundreds of miles up country, in a varren wiide ut never wil! be anything else; no navigable river, none of ents of a habitable country te befount, The process of digning and washing 15 very simple, Péopie are tiocxing to tho mines by thousauda. Nearly every train (rom Cape Lown takes out a company. Poor men canuot go except aa servants or on foot Lvine two months’ waik. SEPTEMBER B.—Diamonds are coming in fast, but there are hundreda of poor feilowa who have worked hard aud [0 nothing, aad thousands who caunot pay expenses. Navigation icemSteamers THE BLOODY BLAST. Official Investigation in Regard to the Car mansville Explosion. Inquest on the Bodies of the Killed—Testimony of Witnesses—Human Life versus a Piece of Copper—Coroner Rollins’ Ad. dross to the Jury. “Who shall be held responstble for the Itves or these men?” Thus spoke a sage-looking German as he gazed upon the shatiered frame of one of the sutferers at Carmansyille yesterday, who had been 80 near destruction while working, in conjunction with Smith and Knox, on the occasion of the fatal explosion on Wednesday afternoon last, The quea- tion of the philosophical “Dutchman” is one, in the present instance, that cannot easily be answered, and although the inbabitants of Carmansyille are still excited ag to the cause of the accident which Cost these poor men their lives, and seem inclined to attribute it to want of precaution on the part of those in charge of the blasting, still nothing has been adduced in evidence to establish a charge of CULPABILITY. OR NEGLIGENCR against any of the parties concerned. Since Wednes- day Coroner Rollins, assisted by Deputy Coroner Beach, has made the fullest and most careful inv & tigations, in order, 1f poasible, to ascertain if there was any foundation for the assertion that “due care had not been taken, and the result was tho loss of life referred to.” In accordance with an arrangement published in Friday’s Hanan Coroner Rollins empauelied a jury yesterday afternoon, at Schroeder's Hotel, 1418¢ street und Erghth avenue, and placed before them what light he had obtained with reference to the explosion. Dr. Beach was present and took the tes umony of the witnesses. THE FOREMAN’S TESTIMONY. ‘Tho first witness examined was Edward O' Brie He stated that he was employed as a foreman on the works for Mr. Sullivan, & contractor, who was under the direction of the Board of Public Works; at the ume of the explosion they were widening the boule- vard popularly known as the Seventh avenue, The Coroner—What were you doing? O’Brien—I have had charge of the work of blast ing for two years and nine months; on Wednesday afternoon last I had drilled @ hole thirteen fect deep at 145th street and Seventh avenue ; I put in FIETY POUNDS OF GUNPOWDER, which filled the hole to within two feet of the topy atter doing this I catlea Golden, the man who is at Be!levue Hospital, and Flannary and Kiernan to go and “tamp” the hole; I ordered Golden to tamp the seam and Fiannary to tamp the hole; the seam 1s an aperture made which loads to the hole; Kiernan and Deiser were inswucted to bring sant ‘and put iin the hole ind seam; 1 had occasion to go away to wnother foremen, and when 1! left Joho Deiser was putting sand into the hole as Kiernan brought it to bu Iwas about to return to the hole, and was within a hundred feet of the bored rock, when ’ THE HOLE EXPLODED; I was taken terribly by surprise, and ran up and saw Deiser standing in the ravi with most of hig clothes off, Which I could see KM been on fire; I saw he was burned; he cried out fearfully and I sent two men with him to my house; I next saw Richard Knox lying in between the stones quite dead; Patrick Sniith was not {o be seen at that time; limmediately set about to remove the stones, and at glx o’clock his body was brought out FRIGHTEULLY MANGLED; he was, of course, dead also; Golden and Flannary had been removed, 80 1 did not sce thoin, Before leaving to sce the other foreman what did ‘ou do? 7 “{ gave Golden a piece of hoop to tamp with. Flannery was using an iron rod, five-eighths of an inch in diameter and fifteen feet long; this iron ig usuully joined with copper to prevent the irom from STRIKING FIRR ON THR ROCK." «Was this rod copper pointed?” “No, sir; L knew this oue was not tpped with cop- per; this imsirument is what we call a tamping needle,”” Coroner—“Why was it not coppered??* ‘y are nol always coppered, though they may have of.en seon the needles used without copper, but, as Lhave said, I do not consider them as safe as When they are coppered: L have used more without copper (han with it; it is very hart to keep the points on the tamping needles, es] ecially on such small rods as the one Golden was using, as they break olf very @ustly.’? “How do you account for the exploston?’” fan cannot account for this premature affair except at A SPARK WAS ENGENDERED by the iron rod coming in coutact with the rock, Ag Tunderstand trom the men they were putting the last sand 1a the hole when the powder exploded.” “it the powder was below tea fect of sand how could tie spark reach 16? “The only Way the spark could communicate with the powder must have been wiih that which was in the seam; it might have been communicated to the seam by some straggling grains. I am_ totally unaple to state any otler reason for this frightful accident.’? DEPCSITIONS OF TIE WOUNDED, The Coroner next read the deposiitons which he had taken on Lie previous day at Bellevue Hospival Trom two of the sutferers, and tiey corroborated, ta a great measure, the evidenco given by O’Brien. “It ignow exp d,? said Dr. Beach, “that Golden, the mau who was so severely Lurned, will eventually recover; but the poor lad Deiser (or Dicey) seems in a sad condition,” and expressed aa idea taat ne will uot recove O'Brien was recalled, and when questioned as to pense of tippmg the reds wita copper stated that he believed 1; was not an expensive operation, but it might have been the PXPENSH ATTENDING THE COPPERING that prevented them being done; hence the disaster. But he maiutamed that for many years he had only copper needles in constant use. 'yinan—''Is It Wot usual in some places to use ail copper? “[ don't know; Jt may be 30; but probably not in stone, or rather sand, biasting.”’ i Alter a nwuber of minute questions Coroner Rol- Ins summe: up and said jentiemen of the jury, you have heard (he testimony of the witnesses and the depositions of the wounded men; you have also been acquainted with the results of iny owa labors, From the moment J hgard of this calamitous acol- jent, resulting ia the ivss of the lives of two of our eliowW creatures and bringing several others to whe of premature graves, I felt tt my duty to sift matter to tue foundation. Thisi have done. It my duty todoso, It was also your duty to con- er and make a full investigation Into the circum- stances that led to the DEATH OF THE TWO MEN. From the testtinony adduced it would appear that the usnal precants were taken, and that the pro- cess of blasting was conducted in this case in the usual manner, Itseems tobe one of those untor- tunate and.upforeseen occurrences winca nene but PROVIDENCE COULD PREVENT, and, though fat fist thought differently, do now now see that we can attach auy blame to the par- ties concerned.” ‘The jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned & verdict to the effect that Patrick Smith and Richard Knox came by their death from an explosii Wednesday, Desember 14, 1870, while Seventh avenue, the exyiosion bomg pal dental. Jt was remarked that the contracter did not put in gn appearance WE NEW YORK HERALD IN MEW JERSEY. (From the Vineland (N. J.) Weekly, Dec. 117.) THE NEW YORK HERALD. The cnergy and enterprise displayed by chis paper in its pursurt and publication of news from all quar- ters of the clviized and uncivilized world are excit- ing the envy and jealousy of certain of the journals oft England which have to be dependent, in a measure, upon the HeRap for their home as well as foreigu news, Several of tho English papers are exercised because of the fact that on attaché of the HERALD succeeded in imterviewlng the Emperor Napoleon in bis compuisery retirement, while @ correspondent of the “Great Thunderer” was de- chmed the privilege of being seen. The leading journals of Europe can learn considerably ef news- paper enterprise by closly watching the “manners and customs" of our leading papers—cluef among them being the HERALD. THE HERALD IN ROATH CAROLINA, from the Winston (. 0.) Sentinel, Deo. 15.) The New YORK HERALD furnisbes war news fot the Londen papers, Asa newspaper the Huraup is the eighth Wonder of the world, OWEN HAND'S SENTENCE. As there had been no official notice recetyed of the fact of the pardoa ef Owen Hand, as was reported through Assoclated Press, a despatch was sent to the Secretary of Governor Hoffman, at Albany, by Wiliam C. Dewitt, yesterday, asking whether the sentence of Owen Hand had been commuted. Shortly belore ten o'clock an answer was received; it coniained but one word, and that was “Yes,” 30 tne man who has been tiice sentenced to be hanged will spend the remainder of his life within the wails of the State Prison, Hand was consider- Cel thanked God, hig counsel and bit kieods,