The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1871, Page 4

é KOHE AND THE NEW. REGIM eee Social Disunion at the Centre Italian Royalisin. of Prince Humbert Frowned on by the Roman Aris- tocracy—The Shadow of the Excommunication on the Children of the King—Preparing for the Carnival-—Brilliant Scene in the Hunt- ing Field—American and Englizh Ladies on the Campagna+Political Support of Legitimate Rule in France— The Army and Postal Service. Roms, Feb. 5, 1871. ‘The line of demarkation between the partisans of the past and the prese ne in the Eternal City Is becoming more distinct, instead of fainter, every ot has been chiefly observable in the ing of service under Victor Emmanuel; the taking or refusing of tho oath of fidehty requrrea ses; paying Visits at the Vatican instead of from liberal! or clerical demonstrations; contrinuting to the inundation fund imstead of the obolus of St. | Peter, or the contrary; and, in short, giving unmis- takable public e aces of political opinion. THE “BEST SOCIETY’? BECOMING DIVIDED. But now society 1s dragged into the party war, and hostile chroniclers are busily reckouing up how | many members of the Roman aristocracy were or | were not present at such or sach an entertainment | ac whieh tie Prince or Prmoess of Piedmont were | the chief at ions. Such he case on the occasion of the grand Hall given by Prince Doria, at which their Royal | pnesses were recetved hy Prince Dorta at the | foot of the grand siaircase, which Was magnificently | decorated with beautiful flow from the Prince's Pamphili vil The National Guard’s band pfayed in ue great baliroom, but the throne room, with the renowned paratiags by Poussin was closea, Prince | Dorta’s son, Don Gianetto, opened the ball with the Prine raret, who sclected the Marquis Gavottt for the second quadrilie, and danced the first waltz wit us Calabrini, and the second with Mr, W ittam Grant, Known to most American visitors to Rome as a partner in the banking firm of Messrs. aguay & Hooker. xtiness concluded the ball by dancing ne Count deta Somagha, a Milan- n, Who is the husband of Prince Doria’s ughter, alternat a igure occasionally Prussian Ambassador, Count d*Arnim. with oh The « alument Was most brillant, except by the absence of what the clerical party term the “flower of the Roman aristocra who are desig- | nated, on th other hand, by the lit bigots, ignorant aud intolerant adherents of the Vat id so we go on, counting up on every occasion which party cuts the best figure in the de- monsi om. A FROWN FROM THE SANCTUARY—THE DAN OF EX. COMMUNICATION. wnday morning the Cardmal Vicar really pre- 4 the Prine and Princess from heating mass ven in the Quirmal palace. His Eminence unconse- | erated—if such an expression way be allowed—the Pauline chapel im the Apostolic residence and | i neigiboring church of tre Sacramental i moreover it Was reported that orders had | divine service to be vended in any moment their Royal High- nesses (cing excommunicated persons) should pre- sent to attend mass, But there are | cuurches in Rome under special patronage, such 2s that of St. Agnes, in the Piazza Navona, which be Dorla Pamphil! family, Prince Humbert | were not obliged to pas’ festival of obligation without hearing mass. Prince DPeria received their Royal Highnesses at the door of the church and conducted them to the chapel Gedicated to St. Agnes, where splendid prie-dieux | were prepared for them, and their own chaplain, the Canon Ansini, celebr dd mass. WORLDLY CONSOL elves | | | | Sunday afternoon the Prince aud Princess Whether excommunicated or not, were made the gbjec s of an overwhel Ing demonstration on nh beautilul re PxMcian promevade, w crovded win egulp. or vic? versa; assisting at or abstaining | aa “fusty | 4 | act. | to the public. | friends shall not tunink the ac NEW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 187.—TRIPLE SHEE. Noans, the “Whites” the royalists. Several very Hoble and tnduential families persist in showing tieir animosity to the present goverament tu a petiy spitelul way, Which does not raise them in the pub- lic estimation, LEGITIMATR QOVERNMENT. The political reactieuists of Rome have raised a new war cry during the last few days. In ia “Long hive Henry ¥. 1!" They hope thai ihe Duc de Cham- bord wii ascend the throne of France and despateh an army oi French soluters lato Italy to fight for the Pope if necessary. ‘ube Prussian Minister here—] mean the Minister of the German empire—has shown the greatest XUV to be accredited to tie Cours Of Vivlor manuel, and hasbeen imdulging in long and diy conversations withthe Prince and Princess, both publicly and privately. ‘Che American Mimste: Seems to be loliowng in the same track, and great is thedelight ol the yeu vu ad upon todo the honors of the throne in this festive Beason, “IN MEMORIAM.” A medal has been struck commemorating the ar- rival of Victor bmmanuel 1a Rome on New Year's Eve. Coples are to be sold at 1 ranes apiece lor the penetly of the suverers by the mMundauen, UD one side of ihe medal is he head of Vicwor kmman- vel, on the other an imeeripuon in Halan, veliuing | how the jing came to Kome on We sist December, 1570, “to console and assist his people.” 18 18 the | third of four great dates: —September | siege of Rome; October 2, Isiv, the plepise | Roman States; December 31, 1870, tt | tor Emmanuel in Rome, and Jan | arrival of Prince Ham SM Phe Heh date will be That of the Wiumphal | the King PREVAWNG FOR THN NEXT CHRONOLOGICAL. EVENT. A nuaber of ‘Post Oftice clerks—between thirty and jorty—have been dismissed because tuey would | not take the oath oi allegiance to the Italian govern- ment, and to console Liemseives they invited each over to a dinner of condolence. In their belief the | SIXUL great d to Will be tho expulsion of the Italian troops from Rome. The Post Ollice has great need of & change 0: Some Sort, for letters are lost or mis- laid every day, and people are advisca to send then otf unpaid, as they are hkely to be stolen lor the Value of the stamp and can be traced irom town vo Wh; but whether this change will be brought out by tae dismissal of thirty or forty oiticers res dans to be secu. ARMED AND INDUSTRIOUS. I must notcoaciude without reterring to the two prociamanuous waich Rave ween posted un the walls during the last few days—one by Prince Humbert, The othgr by Siguor Gadda. ‘The first is addressed to the Ailvers and souders of the garrison, the sec- ond io the inhaoitants of kome. The Prince states that he gees noi mean to audress Words of encour- agement to his troops, because eucouragement 18 hot neeaed; but he wishes (o remind tiem that, in order to maintain ther dear mative land 1b a posie Hen Worthy ol its new destinies, an army ts re- quired Which saail be at once well discipimed and | Sehdiy compacc, Siguor Gadde states that he has come to Rome to make preparations for the speedy removal o. the Capital or itaiy to the banks of the Tiber. These prociainauons have given toe greatest salisiacuion. | THE OLD STORY. enty of | | | Saicide of Mejor Snell, of Newburg~Disap- pointed Affection the Canse--Disgusied With Life at Twenty-five. NEWsuKG, Feb. 24, 1871. ‘The HekaLp of to-day contains an account of the suicide, at the Bingham House, Philadephia, of a Warren T. Sneil, of Newburg, and states that the deceased hed assigned no cause, in the note wid he left tn Tne mgut previous to the sid occurrence, how- ever, he wrote two letiers io triends in Newburg, in which he states the reasons which had induced nim to hurry into the eternal world untidden, One ef these letters—directed to Mr. G. Frod. Wilt a cen- Ueman hign in office ju tue Masome order here—is ! quite length; and enters mio the details of yartous matters of business, 4c, which he wished to have nuded to after his death, At the close, by charges the recipient not to allow the lette to bepublished, While respecting the wishes of the misguided young man in regard to suppressing the letter a3 a whole, the friends vave tueught it pot mn- proper that the following statements should be given Major Snell avows his determiuation to destroy bis Ie, and is espectally anxious that nis S$ commitied in a ‘T was LIFE." way of postscript, he tit of temporary insamity. Says } NEVER SANER IN ALL ™ He goes on to state that he is neariy alone in the World—father, mother, r, three brothers, all | dead, and the only near relative he has 1u the worid | isa sister, living at ist Bridgewater, Ma: He says, further, thai for a year past he has suifered what only those who have suffered in a similar way can know anything about, and intimates that per- naps he could consent to live it “one’’—whom his friend has no acgnaiutance with now and will po: bly never Know-—nad looked upon im with favor, He colored ¥ white cray pale with fatigue or aui- taulon at haviug'so continually to respond to the en- {| imusiastic displays of respect and affection poured forth by the serried crowas of spectators. A degree of outside or street popularity is bemg rapidiy acquired by the mature King and Queen of Italy. Prince Humbert has been visiting hospitais, riding afier tie fox hounds in the campagna and paying his respects to the venerable old bund Duke of Sermoneta, and the Princess has been reeeiving Jes and gentlemen, inspecting sehools, erenades aud visitig (he ancient monu- ments of the Brernal City. “RIGHT ABOUT PACE.” General La Marmora, of the Italian army, leaves Rome this evening for Florence, heartily glad, no doubt, to have fuished his arduous duties us Royal nant, and Prince Dora accompanies him, jad to get rid of his municipal functions, gh about to undertake those of member of the italian Senate. WILL NOT BE COMFORTED, Pather Hyacinthe’s appeal to the Catholic bishops: “to put a stop tothe present evils of the Church,” reproduced by the Roman journal Liberta of ult; bat the Royal Procurator very indis- | d the confiscation of the journai in | inthe’s language 1s certainly rather 45 he terms the Ecumenical Council snd a snare,’ but as all the other jour- shed his address were left unmo- tack upon the Liveria, an excellent, e liberal paper, has already given rise to pi tary interpellations which have not been | Salisiactorliy answered by Minisiers. THE NATIONAL ARMY, The inscription of young men vorn m 1850 and 185) Jor the military conscription of the King’s ov ernment is proceeding satisfactorily. PKEPARING FOR THS CARNIVAL. The carnival hardly fail to be brillant. the “tirst in itahan Carnival of Rome, and itis the first opportunity which the Romans nave had for more than twenty years to mask and themseives as much as tney like. For these and other reasoz d that a iarge num. ber of sign nglish and Ainerican tourists, Will pour into the city {rem all italy, ana that people who, under ordinary stances, wouid have passed their carnival in Navies, | Florence or elsewhere, will pass it here. Depuia- | sions of maskers will arrive from ail the principal cities, and u feast will be prepared for them tn one tis | Weis | of the concert rooms attached to the theatres—per- haps in the fine hall of the Teatro Argentina. | Naples will send fistermen; Florence, er girls | and piferart; Turin, knights amd men-at-arms, and Venice, gondoliers—these last to bring @ couple of gondoios with them for exploits on the Tiber, and & Moonlight song, a la Veneziana, under the Ponte Sant’ Augelo. Then is announced that the races are to take place as usual, and will be followed ou ‘Fat Tuesday’? (Maredi Gras- 40) by the customary games of mocooli—the little wax candice which are carried about In the streets when the caruivai “ies a-dyine” and Lent, sober and wustere, 18 on its way co the city, ammouncing its approach by the midnigtit bells, Add (lo tls again the two or three fox honts, in grand cosvwume, which are to take place outside the city gates, and the Tombola, or public lottery, with prizes of ten and twenty thousand francs, which 18 to be held in oue of the squares for the benefit of the poor, and you have a pretty good programme of the setes, without counting the fancy fair and the Fwrata, or flower dance, as performed by the village girls of Genzano, which nsed to constitute one of the great features of the Roman testiv say nothing about the bal masque in the Coliseum, for] do nut velieve it will take place; ana for 4siuilar reason I barely men- tion the sham figutor gladiators proposed @ little while ago. Snt the King will see the Saltarello—he likes @ rustic dance—and will periaps award the prize to tae best dancer. PRINCE HUMBERT IN THE HUNTING FIELD—BRIL LIANT SCENE AND NATIONAL “PLUCK,” Tuesday Prince Humbert jotned the huncing party outside the Porta Maggiore, and on Friday morn- tng he attended another outside the Perta San Pan- crazio—the aucient Porta Aurelia. The «meev’ Look place at eleven o'clock at‘he tomb of Cecilia Metella, and, thoagh the weather was not particu- jarly good, the company Was very brilltant and the huot successful. Prince Humbert, like nis tather, ts a good sporisman; but he Was not the best sports man there, for many Englishmen were among the company, aud one or two English and American | jadies Who ride and hunt to perfection. It 1s not | etiquette to mention names, otherwise I might dwell on the exploits of two Angio-Saxon ladies— one English and the other Amertcan—who are gain- pressed a desire that, i! there were nothing m the wa of Masonry forbidding the paying of the last sad rites of tne order to tie remains of suigides, bis jodge should charge Itseit with the care of tis bey anu pury it with 15 aunuy at East Bridgewater. If tuls,"however, cowd not be done he was careless as to the disposition of mis remains. He closes the let- ter by saying that he earnestiy desires the success and prosperity of the Masonic Brotherhood, seads iis regards to a number of his Newburg frends, and “hopes to meet them m some brighier land, 4 such as he may obtain entrance there.” The other letier serit here was a simple message of farewell, With some directions for tae disposal of hus effects here. Major Sneui, though only twenty-five years of age, haa already atiained considerable prominence in Masonic, military and musical circies bere, and hus untimely deutuse has creaied & profound tiapression in this comunity. He served for several years in Lt civil War ino Massachusetts régiment, TEMES and once taken pris The Southern soldier wao became his captor now resides tn New York cliy, snd the most cordial relations have exisied between the two since tne war. One of the woands received Was in the right lang, and from the effects of this Major Snell conunued to saffer at intervals. Only a Jew days hefore hus death he was attacked with lang hemorrhage, und remarked that he “expected it Would carry lum otf One of these days. THE DEPRESSION OF MIND arising from this cansi of the Motives for th’ his deain he heid the ned Arank of Major, to which be h moted. He was organist o American Keforined church and several of the sonic lodges, chapters and communderies. About a Year ago he became a comuunicant of the American Retormed church. At the meeting of King Solomon's Council R. a the © ap. a and Isposition of nis remwins. THE SINS SING TRAGEDY. Condition of the Murderer and Would-te si e—Neghgence of the Authorities. Contrary to all expectation and to the expressed opinions of surgical attendants, Jacob Leueabarger, Who shot und killed Frederica Meyer, and whose subsequent attempt on bis own life, at Sing Sing, on the Mth instant, were duly chronicled in the HERALD, is still alive, and to all appearance isin a Tair way of recovery, The bnilet, which ep- tered the centre of the murderer's foreticad, has not been extracted, nor has ite precise location been ascertained although every medern appliance known to surgery lias been uluized in eudeavortiug to trace the course of THR ERRATIC MISSILE. While occasionally suffering from pains In bis head, Leuenburger sits up most of the day, converses freely and eats bis meals regularly, Strange as 1 may appear this man, who stauds charged witb the aighest crime known ‘+o the law, has not yet been given over to the custody of the sheriff of Westchester county, but is still occupying quarters at @ hotel in the village of Sing Sing. As Leneu- Le Jet was apparentiy dying when the inquest was heid on the rene & of his victiin Coroner Smith deemed it inexpedient te make out a commitment; but on jearning of tis convalescence that oficial drew up the necessary documents for his committal and forwarded tem on the 22nd inst. to the cansta- ble baving Leuenburger in charge. THE YORKVILLE GYPSiES. Charged With Passing Counterteit Money. Yesterday afternoon Captain Gunner, of the Nine teenth precinct, recelved information that counter” feit United States Treasury notes, of twos and twenties, were being passed on storekeepers on Third avenue, He received the description of a Jaan Who was distinguished from a Common work- Man only by bis on which were about ten silver quarter dollars used as buttons. ‘The Captain and his decective, Lambrecht, went to the horse market, in Sixty-f(th street, where they Ing quite a reputation here as horsewomen and huntre: . Boil are young and one is beautifal. Renard went through bis antics with unusual spirii, leading his tormentors @ Wid dance over the sountry, and dying asafox should de, amid the blowing of trampets and tie yelping of hounds, and the Shouts and war-wloops of The men. The company inciuded a great many members of the Roman aristocracy, and some few of them being papatini, or reactionists, who have hitherto kept sioof--geutiemea who belong to what 1s called in Howe the “Black Party,”’ a3 distinguished from the Reda’! and “Whites —the “Reds” belug the repub- arrested Joseph Lovell, a gypay and one of a tribe now camping in Sixty-frst and Fourth ave- nue, This man was subseq ly identified by sonn Doyle, of 946 Third avenue, on whom he passed a very fair trnitation of a two dollar counterfeit on the St. Nicholas National Bank. A twenty dollar bill of the same description was passed on another store- Keeper, but his name was nov learned. Lovell was turned over to the United States authorities vy Jus- tice Bixby, who aiso held 4 comrade of the prison- er’s, named John Costello, to bail in $500 te answer jor interfering in the arrest and attempting to gurike Ouptain Ganner. tor the commission of the rash | RELIGIOU Services To-Day. Rey. Dr. MeVicker will preach in the Church of the Holy Light, Seventh avenue, this morning, and Rev. Dr. Locke, of Chicago, in the evening. At the Evangelteal Lutheran Church of tho Holy Triuity, Twenty-first street, the pastor, Rey. G. F. | Krotel, will preach morning and evening. Rey, Wiliam H. Pendleton wal this evening re- peat his discourse, ‘Shall New York be Shaken by God's Revival Power?” in the Fifty-tiurd street Bap- tust churen. Key, Dr. Sanderson will preach this morning in Lexington avenue church, corner of Forty-1xun street, and Rey. Dr. Cheever in the evening to the Church of the Puritans on “Discerning by the Spirit? Rev. Dr. Wescott will preach in Plymouth Baptist chureh, Filty-first street, this mornmg and evening. Baptizing in the evening. Tue union revival meet- ing now being held by the Plymouth Baptist church and theFifty-third street church will be continued. Rey. Merrill Richardson preaches morning and eveutug in the New Englund Congregational! church. | Thus evening subject will be “The Resurrection.” Rey. J. M. Pullman will preach at the Church of this morning and evening. 5 Rey, C. 8. Harrower preaches morning and eveu- Ing in st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church. ‘The Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., will preach in the Eleventh street and Waverley place, thisevening. The Woman’s Union Missionary Soctety will hold @public meeting tus evening at St Ann’s church (Rev. Dr. Schenck’s), Brooklyn, and addresses will be made by Rev. Drs. Schenck, Prime, Mattack, Gracie and Rose. Kev. E. 0. Sweetser will preach this morning at the Fifth Universalist church, Plimpton Building, and in the evening in the Universalist churen cor- ner of Bleecker and Downing streets, op ‘The Ne Birth? “The Surferings of the Sonl, the Exfect of Sin and the Evidences of the Lord's Mercy," will be the sub- Ject ofa lecture by Rev, Chauncey Giles this even- ing at the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) church, ‘Thirty-fith street, Morning worship at eleven o'clock. Lent services will be held every Sunday evening during the season in St. Ann’s church, East Twelfth street, This evening Rev. Thomas 8. Preston wilt preacn on ‘The End of God in the Creation of Man.” A series of sermons wul also be devered each Wed- nesday evening during Lent by Key. Mr. Pgoston. The members of the Jerome Hopkins Orpheonist Free Choir Schools will give sacred musical concerts this morning and evening in Grace chapel, Four- teenth street, opposite the Academy of Music. Seats free. Chora services in the Free Episcopal Church of | Se Mary the Virgin, West Forty-fifth street, this } morning, afternoon and evenmg, Rey. George H. Hepworth wnl preach this morn- | ing, In the Church of the Messiah, on “The Christian idea of Punishment, Here and ilereafter.” Services also in the evening. Rev. F. ©. Ewer will preach this morning in Christ Church, and in the evening Rey. H. L. E, Pratt will oMiciate, The forty hours’ devotion of the blessed sacra- ment will commence in St. Patrick’s Cathedral to- day immediately after the soleinn high mass, with a procession of the blessed sacrament, and will be continued with high mass at nine o'clock on Mon- day, and close with a solemn high mass and proces- sion on Tuesday, at ten o'clock, At St. Mary’s Roman Cathoue church, on Grand street, corner of Ridge, the Most Reverend Arch- bishop McCloskey will this morning perform tie solemn services of dedicating the additions and ex. tensions lately made to church. An extra choir Will be im attendance, and all the necessary concom- itants will be provided to give proper celat to the ceremonies. A mission was inangurated by the Redemptionist Fathers,Uled by Revs, Gross, Henning and Oberiey, ; on the Sth imst., at the Catholic Church of the | Epiphany, and wiil terminate to-day. The mussion for men commenced Wednesday night week and will close with the mission. The Praying Band, of waich Mr. Samne! Halstead i is leader, will conduct the services at the Forsyth | Street Methodist Episcopal church this magniag, | afternoon and evening. ’ j Rey. Dr. Thompson will preach this evening in the | Broadway Tabernacle church on +-Moses as an In- spired Prophet."* Rey. Dr. Cheever will preach this morning jn ‘Triphy Baptist church, Taird syenue and Fifty-soe- oni sweet; Rev. J. Stanford Uoilio im the event Professor William Denten will speak before’ Society of Spiritualists this morning and evening at Apotlo Hall, on “The Sou! ef ‘{hings” and “Pray The Season of Lent. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Lent was 3 most important season in the old Pa- gan church. In India, in old Egypt, it was observed with faithfulness and a zeal unknown to moderns, ‘The ola organizers of the religious system of the world worstupped the Sun God, mapped out twelve houses inthe heavens for him and adapted their worstitp each month to the peculiarities of the sea- son. Bach of tuese houses of the Sun had an ima- ginary animal as its monogram, representing the peculiaiity of the month in which, or rather over which, ne presided. (See almanac.) Vast accumulations Of food in store were then unknown and the people wer generaliy | dependent npon the product of each scason for sustenance. At the peried oi midwinter they had generally exhausted not only the cereais, put ail the domestic anunals doomed to slaughter, and, rbe AUDLNg Season ab an end, recourse to the streams Was the.r oaly and lust resort until amore genial season should bring the young of tte flock and milk | and carly vegetauon. fish ten being their prin- | cipal food is was most appropriate to furnish the Mouse of God with tishes lor that season, aud hence we tind two hoge scaly monsters domictilated in | February. ‘The sun leaves the flesh constelation of Aquarius abous the 25th day of January, and on or aboui the 6th day of March reaches the mutton of that month, faving travelied forty days in the | Wilderness ot the fishes. Ali worship consisted in imitating the Sun, and, if not from choice yet from necessity, all the old pagan churches kept Lent most religiously, and the Ma- hominedap, Catholic and Hpiscopal Churches have perpetuated it. The only mystery tuat hangs | around the question seems to be the question of ume. The moderns make it a movabie fast and end it at the resurrecuion of Jesus, thus showing an anomaly of a person rising from the dead some Weeks later oe year than be does on the following. The Catholics and Eptscopatians have preserved the astronomical period so exactly that tt connects them most certainly with the oid astronomical church, ‘Lbeir Messiah was born at the same time to a minute that the old astronomical Messiah, the New Year, was brought into extstence, and their Na- tivity and Assumption occur on the day that the Pagans celeprated the same eveats, long before the tine of Abraham. G. ©. 5. { ‘The Herald's Review on Jadaism. New York, Fed, 15, 1 Tovar Eprron ov re HERALD:— The concise and well written review on Jndalsm in your last Sunday's edition 1s another evidence of your desire to present to a discriminating pabiic an impartial and trae portraiture of the religious move- ments of our century. This effort is most highly coromendable. The futare historian will only have to refer to the columns of the New YORK HERALD a8 @ true, just and correct source, whence to obtain the ground work of his Bistory, That coming histo- rian, in speaking of the state of that ancient faith at his period, will quete, as an instance of editorial city, the conclusions of your review—namely, what Judaism is nota straggiing and Hens halt rec of antiquity, giving only spasmodic signs of life, i Tused by an artificial process, but that it 18 & live Tact, as fil of vigorous spirituai and intellectual activity as om the day when Sina) poured forth its thanders. But | beg to suggest that that subject, the most signi overlooked, that the West—the great, vast aud im- mense West—wiil be in tbe course of time, 1s almost at present, the Stronghold of Judaism, and that in the outlines which your reviewer s0 expertly draws the sincere, moderate reform, aud therefore true conservative feeling of the great West, should find piace. In connection with this it may be interesting to know that the organ of the Jews of the West 18 the Fsraelice, most ably edited by the Rev. Dr. Isaac M. Wise, a very learned, erudite and scholarly gentie- man, of most liberal, advanced ana homaniiarian views, who, by his untiring zeal and hearty devotion to the cause of Judaism, las endeared nimeelf to every friend of progress. The reverend gentleman will Jecture at Steinway Hall on “Obristianity, Its Origin and Itsy Origiua- tors.” It may be asserted that Jews have no right to speak in public against Christianity; that they in future reviews on pa. cated ‘be grateful to it for Lperee ef them the privil of enjoying their own faith, and that they ht to be contented with being let alone, &c. thia ts ts answered that « learned Jew. whe in Our Saviour (Sixth Universalist), Thirly-fifth street, | | Memorial church of Bishop Wainwright, West | ant fact should not be | Dublic brings historical researches to his asswtance to lift the veil of mystery from the origto o! rise tanity, is doing no more than a Strauss, Renan and @ number of other Christians have done and are mone. He 1s only stating and subsiantiating facts Waich the professors of Christianity (most of them unconsctously) are steering for. ‘The Umitarians (especiaily the Kev. Dr. Frothingham wing) will serve as an example for that assertion, As there may be many Christians who would like to avail themselves of an opportunity to listen to a Sctentific and learned discourse on the subject per- haps your mentioning the fact will call their atten- tion to It, A CONSTANT READER. Why I Did Not Become a Spiricuatist. To THe Epiror or THR HERALD:— In the Heraup lately 1 saw an advertisement which caused ine on that evening to start for Apollo Hail to hear a lecture from a@ live proiessor to pro- gressive Spirituausts, 1 doubt not there are many of the readers of the Heratp, like myself, whe would like to learn of a future state; but, like my- self, will be doomed to disappointment, as the sequel will show. That 1 went perfectly free from preju- dice I can honestly admit, as hitherto I have been the reciptent of small chaif from some of my ac- quaintances, owing to my spiritualistic prociivities, Nevertieiess, on entering the hail I was struck by the singular appearance of the audience, aad I thought if the pelle! of some great aad good mon should prove correct, that our present bodies join the soal at the resurrection, 1 certainly should not Jeei Hattered, much tess happy, UW 1 should tnd my- seif in suci company as 1 there saw asssemb) fhe Proiessor Look lis text from that popaiar work, “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” Aud Topsy answered and said, dou’t Know as anybody mate ime; | Specks 4growed;” aud Topsy, the vrolessor went on to say, Was right. Mau never was created. The story of Adam and Kve was a faorication, Wity had we not a heaveniy mother as well as a heavenly Father in the Garden of iden, and sie woud bave guarded the interests of the human familyy (Ap- plause from a number of guunt-looking females.) He (the Prolessor) Was not afraid nor ashamed to deny the exisience Of a Creator, as weil as a patched up Jesus, (Great applause.) Man first originated in the smatest possivie auumaiculie, At tals point of the Proiessor’a eloquence an old gentieman, wiih nowing locks. and what had been at one ume, i presume, a very much elongated visaze; but having met with an accident of some kind by which his forehead aud chin were pressed almost together, a cave in his hand with a crook on it ike unto a shepherd's staff, said crook being of boue—L believe it may be the crooked eartily shinvone of lia patron spirit—t say at this pout of the Proiessor’s elognence Uns Crooked shin- booe-headed cane, the point of which made such a joud and projouged applause, ] could no longer hear What tne learned Proiessor said. I yudged by his looks he was excited, and heard him baw) out, “t will repeat it; 4 say the only difference existing between the large species Of the ape and us is that we have a larger bri * Feet, bands and every> thing within reaching distance, and last, though not least, the crooked stinbone-peaded cane, vied with each other in av uproarious applause, during which I purposely dropped my giove im the hope while 1” was picking it up I should be rewarded by having a glance at some | protruding — tail, that may have — escaped through the garb of civilization worn by the audience. From wus until [ feit 1 became tost in conjecture Whetier inose peopie J saw around me had tails or had not tails. If they pad taus what a tale they could unfoid; if they had not talis what had become of them—were they pulled out, cut off or shoved in? Aly reverie was here interrupted by my trieud of the crooked shinbone cane, wno bid ugain. | pre- suine, heard sometuing pleasiag of his origin. I took u 100k at him, to see wheter he had long ears or whether they had been cut down, and iett dis- gusted, but arriving a) ils conciusion:—Spiritual- ists having @ larger brain than an ape, must ueces- Sarlly have a Jurger head. Consequently, progres- sive Spiritualists have not yet emerged from the brute creation, but ave progressing slowly under the influence of swelled heads. ONE WHO BELIEVES IN A CREATOR. Unification of the Christian World. To roe Epiror oF Tu HERALD:— AS you appear to take the most prominent part among your many contemporaries for the ameliora- tion and unification of the Christian worid, I trust you will allow me to trespass a little on your invalu- able space while I say a word or two about a very small, unpretending, but vecy lively little chureh in thio cuy. This place of worship is in Third avenue, between Thirty-eigith and ‘Tnirty-ninth sireets, and as called “The Chapel of the Holy Trinity.” A few months ago | vistied this church, but the worsnip- pers were very lew in number, owing to some cause S$ not iully explained to me. 1 again called Sunday to see if any improvement had ace, and, I thank God, there | saw a large congregation ieartily engaged with their zeaious pastor in reagious Worship. Surely this 1s one of the waysim which the Lord works quietly tn our midst. May His work go on till not only our city | but the whoie world is full of the knowiedge of our Lord and Saviour. A CONSLANT READER OF THE HERALD. The Presbyterian Memorial KFund—New York City Gives a Million, The Zvangelist states that ata second meeting of the sessions of the Presbytertan churches of New York city, February 14, reports were given which Indicated an increased interest in the memorial fund, and ve great enconragement of compleve success so Jar as New York is c@ ‘cerned. Three or four churches were named Wi subscriptions will probably exceed $100,000 eaeh, and the prediction Was made that the aggrecaiy «ntopnt for the city Will be nearly or quite $1,000,000, Avout $700,000 to $800,000 can now be pretty clearly seen, and it 1s hoped that tue further effort to be made in the next two mouths will make up the balance. Unsound on Sanctification. Rey. T. G. Clewell, editor of the Evangelical Mes- senger, published at Cleveland, Ohio, has been sum- moned to trial for heresy. Hes charged with un- soundness on the doctrine of sanctification, An exchange says:—‘‘A trial for heresy is something new in the Methodist world. We apprehend that Mr. Cleweil, who ts a man of decided ability, has been misunderstood. It is very easy to torture Statements which are not sufficiently guarded into heresies. Sometimes a candid expiauation is ail that 1s needed to clear away clouds of misapprehen- sion. We hope it may prove to be so in the present instance Hebrew News in a Nutshell. Benjamin F. Perotto, the Consul to Roumania, receives a salary of $15,000 annually for four years, during which time he will reside in Bucharest, the capital of Roumania. The amount was collected py tue Israelites of the different cities of the Unitea States. The war of 1870 seemsto have somewhat affected the European Jews. The Conference of Reformed Rabbies, which was to assemble on Sep- tember last at Munich, and for whick great prepa- rations bad been made, had to be indefinitely post- poned, at which occurrence the ortuodox Jews re- joice. The Universal Alliance,” whose beadquar- ters are at Paris, and whose president is the vener- able Adolphe Cremieux, has suffered severely, and an effort 18 made to remove its headquarters to Ber- hn. The Prussian Jews, however, take consolation in the thought that after the war equal rignts will be granted them, when they will abie to hold office without forsaking thetr religion. The siuning lights of the liberal party in the German Parliament, such as ir, Jacoby and others, are baptized Jews. There seems to be a determination on the part of the Hebrews of the United States to establish a *‘Hebrew publishing house” in one of the large cities of the Union. The Board of Dele- a, & body representing all congregations tn the nited States, at its last session in New York ap- ointed a committee, among whom are Dr. Wise, of inciunati; Recorder Woll, of Washington, and others, to take this matter inte consideration. ‘The committee will meet on Monday, 27th inst., in Phil- adelphia. The London 7imes relates the following incident:—-A Jewish resident of Dantzic, who fol- lowed the German army as sutler, was recently taken as prisoner by the French, triea asa spy and condemned to death, together with his partner, who Wasa Christian. The latter was first snot. The Jew was then bandaged and about to be exe- suted. He prepared for death hy uttering the “She- mane) Israel,”’ the last prayer of a dying. Jew. The words struck the attention of the French com- mander, who was hunselfa Jew, and who, doubting the alleged criminality of the prisoner, declared that the principles of his faith forbade him from having @ brother in faith executed when the crime 1s doubt- ful. He bad him released, sent to prison, and further inquiry was instituted. ‘This results in establishing the innocence of the prisoner, and he is set at itberty, The Aabeleze @ paper published in Jeru- salem, gives an toteresting account about the cere- monies of the Samaritans tn that city. They eat neither cooked nor warmed up meat on the Saobath, ‘but they eat the better on Friday, when their table contains the best they can afford. They sit in the | dark on s#riday night, for they never have light in , thelr dwellings on their Sabbaths, ther Kaerell’s Letter to the Archbishop. | We publish by request the original letter written by Father Farrell to the Archbishop, and which he read from the pnipit en Sunday week: Sr. JosErn’s, Feb, 14, 1871. Mos? REVEREND ARCHsISHOr—Haying beeu onl. cially notified that some ofimy teachings and public acts, more especiaily some of recent , have ine curred your censure and shaken your fidence in me as @ pastor of souls, and, furthermore, have given pain and diseditication, not alone to many of my own flock, but of the Catholic community atlarge, I feel 1t my duty to make known to you how mucn 1 am grieved at this, and how willing and anxious I am to make fltting reparation and apology. To this end I wisn to declare publicly that I have never consciously entertained any idea tn belief coutrary to the teaching of the Catholic Ohurch; that J accept without reserve all the definitions, no less of the Vatican than of all previous General Gouancils; that {likewise reject all erroneous opinions which are proscribed, and prohibited by tao consti tutions and decrees of the Holy Apostolic See; and whatever J. have spoken or written !n any contrary sense { hereby retract. Permit moto add most reverend sir, that my in- tention and firm hope is, th: the grace shall always remain Meaatent io the faith ™ holy Catholic Chureh, giving itin the future, a8 iio Wa ia ac rahe re THOMAS FARRELL.” want Rev. JouN McOLosKxy, Archbishop of New Joke on a Napping Deacon. A Western paper tells the following story of a good old deacon:— ‘ The clean-faced Telegraphof Atlantic came in last evening, and trom its columns, brim full of news, bid ue eee about @ napping deacon well iews m nis city:—Not many eve: one of the good oid deacons of Council buts’ Doatued the eastward bound train on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pactile Railroad, destined for Chicago, He seievted a com- fortable seat in ove o1 the elegant coaches peculiar to the read, placed his overcoat over himself, nis valise under hits head, and was soon lost mn tne lana of dreams. 1t so happened that somebody who had cocaped the seat beiore him had left a large buff euvelope lying on the cushion, ‘The deacon had not been asleep long before a fellow passenger, in pass- ing, jostled against aud woke him up. On casting his eyes downward he spied the envelope, aad for & ume Jorgetting that he was going east av the rate of twenty miles an hour, and thinking himself in his accustomed pew in the Blut City church, he pales 2 greenback bearing a picture of Sianton rom his wallet, shoved it invo the yellow receptacle, and ayain went to sleep. Pretty svon the conductor tapped lim ou the shoulder and asked him (oF his ticket, The old fellow still keeping the idea of his dream, and thinking the man of the puach one of the brethren caliing for his contribution, sicepily re- ferred to the envelope, The conductor examined It, but found that be had rode too far ior that amount of money aready, and again awoke the deacon. ‘This brought him to a realization of bis situation, He felt sold, expiained uaiters, passed in checks, shifted over to the other end of the seat and again went to sieep, Tuls we have on the authority of the best looking railroad boy raaning between Des Moines aud Une Bluds—at least so the girls at Avoca cell bin, Religious Notes—Personal and General. Avery remarkable revival of religion ts in pro- gress in Bristol, N. H., carried on by a united move- ment of the churches. There has been a wonderful revival at Viathe, Kansas, a place of 2,500 inhabitants, and meetings have been held every evening for five weeks. Over 200 have expressed a hope, The receipts of the dramshops have fallen from sixty dollars to five per day. Rev. M. B. Buckley, a very eloquent lecturer, will discourse at the Cooper Institute, on Thursday even- ing, on the Irish Bards and their history. The ob- Ject of the lecture 1s to raise funds for the erection of a cathedral In the ancient city of Cork, from which the learnea gentleman comes. Archbishop McCloskey gave confirmation, at the Church ofjthe Epipheny, ou Wednesday, the 15tn inst., to 150 females, among whom were many adults, and on Monday next will administer the same sacrament to as many males. The late Charles FE. Faistetn, of San Francisco, left a bequest of $15,000, to be equally divided among the Provestant Orphan Asylum, the Roman Cathoitc Orphan Asylum aud the Ladies’ Protecuon Relief Society. The pastor's widow in North Carolina whom a numver of our readers have recently assisted says Unat she 18 “at aloss how to expresd her gratitude Tor the kindness of friends that have contripuied to her aid.”” Hoa. Thomas Talbot has built a church for the Baptist society iu Billerica, Mass. at a cost of $12,000, aud secured the income wf $5,000 annually towards the support of the preacher. Rey. Peter McVickar has been elected president of Washburn Coliege, Kansas. He was formeriy State Superintendent of schools ahd 18 emiuentiy quaii- died ior his posivion, Rev, James P. Keiser requests his correspondents to address him at Petersburg, Va., where liv 1s now residing. Rey. C, A, Fox, a well Known Baptist clergyman, dica suddenly at Wukesburre, Pu.. on tue ilth inst. Several ministers of the National Camp Meeting Association in the Atiantic Siates are co visit Cali: Jorma in April, aud spend two mouths or more in open air preaching. ‘The various branches of the Methodist Church in Canada are moving towards @ union. On tho dist ull. @ union tea meciing was held at ‘Toronto, at which toe happiest spirit prevatied, though ne action Was taken. Mr. Spurgeon has written a circular in behalt of the “Workingman'’s Lord’s Day Rest Association,’ in favor of petitions to Parliament to relieve the 20,000 letter carriers irom labor on Sundays. These curriers Walk sixteen to Wwenty miles every day, and need one day's rest. The Indian Mirror, a weekly paper in English, published at Calcutta—the organ of tue “india Re- form Assoctauion”—is about lo take the form of & dally broad shvet, the first datly native journal im India. 1t compialns of the want of cheap postage on newspapers. . Another alarm about the approaching royal mar- riage has arisen in Anglican Caercit circles in Eng- jand, Iv is said that Lord Lorue is wo be “aduiited to holy communion without confirmation” by a bishop, he being already a recoguized Presbyterian communicant in the Established Church of scot- Joud. ‘The catalogue of the Nortuwestern Presbyterian Seminary at Chicago contains thirty-cignt baines, including ove resident graduate. One oi them had his college education in Nerway, one in Netuer- Jands, two in Ireland, three in Canada, ana others ‘at above twenty institutions in this country, slow- ing how cosmopolitan the West is. * Mr. Oncken, ef Hamburg, reports that 100 mission- aries and colporteurs, wita upward of two huudred brethren irom the various Baptist churches in Ger- many, have from the commencement of the war done their part in supplying first the German sol- diers on entering the fleld With tracts, single Gos- pels or the New Lestament. Money 1s being raised in this country to build a brick house.of Worship for a Presbyterian church of ninety Chinese members at Tung Chow, in the north of China. This church supports three mission sta- ens, one of them 109 miles from Tung Chow. There are three colleges in the West which the Unitarians are speciaily called upon to patronize— Antioch, in Ohio; Washington, in Missouri, and Humboldt, in lowa, The last named has ianas val- ued at $60,000, and is now seeking in New England @ money endowment, ‘The library put on board the missionary stip the “Morning Star’ was the gift of the American Sea- men’s Friend Society; and that sociciy has put two. stmilar libraries on board each man-ol-war aud one on board each vessel sulling out of port. A German writer, Dr. Huppe, ina work on the state of morals in Beriin, says that of the 630,000 Protestant mhabitants of Berlin but 11,900 are ha- bitual chureh-goers, and that of 23,699 intermenis but 3,777 were accompanied by a pastor. The Episcopal Lord Bishop of Quebec has pur- chased the Livermore place and otber property in Plymouth, N. H., to the value of $47,000, for the pur- post of establishing a young ladies’ Episcopal semt- nary of the highest order in the States. A New Hatupshire paper, referring to an ttem pub- lished in these coluinus a few days ago, to the effect that the Episcopal Lord Bishop of Quebec had pur- chased the Livermore place in Plyiuouth for a ladies’ sernimary, 88¥5:-~"'Rey, Dr. Balch, formerly canon in the Engiish cathedral at Monireal, was negollaung for the lace last sutamer, and has probably pur- chased it,” but doubts uf he contemplates starting a school. The Westfeld (Mass.) Methodist church has a wo- man home miastonary—Miss Lizzie Butier. She is employed by the church to work at the direction of the pastor in visiting the sick and destitute and bringing children to the Sunday school, in both of a eccupations she 18 sald to be Dighly succeas- al. THE TEMPLE EMANUEL. Sermon by Kev. Dr. Adler on Ritoulistic and Heart Worship. ‘The congregation at this beautiful tetaple of Ju- daism was not as large yesterday morning as tt sometines is, but the singing and chanting was grand as usual, One does not get an impression upon first entering this house of God that it 13 not a Christian church, and no doubt very many Chris- tans are to be found within its walls at every service. For the instruction and benetit of the whole congregation the service 1s conducted in Hebrew and in engitsh, and on alternate Sabbaths sermons ‘fe preached tn German and in English—by Rev. Dr. Adler in the former tongue and by Kev. Dr. Gutheim iM the jaticr, Yesterday, after the reader had read # portion of the law—Exodus, chapter thirty-four— Dr. Gutheim read a selection in English, and also, at certain prayers in the ritual, he recited or re- peated them in English. The sermon yesterday was preached by Dr. Adier in German, but as the doctor ts suffering from a cold his voice was not so strong nor his utterance So distinct as It sometimes is, His theme was & con- trast between SPIRITUAL AND BITUALISTIC WORSHIP. His discourse was not an exposition of any par- ‘cular text, He showed that the spiritual nature ofGod demands spiritual worship; thatin the rude life and prevailing ignorance of Israel in the wilder- Less & ritualistic worship was best suited to them, “nd @ tabernacle was their most convenient place oi prayer, But ag the people increased in power and wealth and tntelhgence, and became firmly estab- lished in thetr own Jand, they gaye the best they had to God and built tim a magnificent temple. A priesthood was ordained ana sacrifices were offered to the Lord daily. A contrast was drawn between the condition and intelligence of the Israelites at differ- ent Biages of their history, and the development of the intellect and of the spirit was shown. Aydin this progress the sacrifices of the Temple were omitted, and rauch of the ritual of the worship was dropped, and now the Lord requires us to worship Him in spirit and in trath. The supertority of heart Worship over ritualistic service was ably and elo- quently enforced, and all who Id hear and understand the Doctor's digcourg@ Could aot fail to be profted thereby, THE CASE OF THE SHIP NEPTUNE. Continuation of the Examination Against Cap- tain Peabody and His Mates—Evidence for the Prosecution Resumed. — Yesterday the further examination of Captain Peanody, of the ship Neptnue, and his mates, Mayo and Shields, was resumed before Commissioner John A, Shields in the Grand Jury room at the United States Court. Mr. De Kay represented the District Attorney, and Mr, Robert Andrews appeared as counsel for the defendants, TESTIMONY OF GILBERT T. MILES, Gilbert T, Miles (colored), sworn-~I sailed with Captain Peabody in December last; during the trip 5 was maltreated; the first time I was maltreated was when I was reefing the maintopsail; [ did not do it quick enough; the second mate slapped me in the mouth; next Sunday night I was furling tne mainsail after my hana was frozen; I went out, on the yardarm; my hand was sore and I could not handie the sail, and the second mate kicked me three times while Iwas on the yard; the next time the second mate drove me out of the forecastle one night when 1 was so sick that I could not stand; he drove me out without my shoes, and IJ had to stay unt four hours without any shoes; the weather was calm; the next morning I coula not get wy shoes on my tect they were so much swollen; tne captain ordered me to go and get my two after the captain came into the forecastle my feet and legs were swollen so bad that 1 could not walk or stand; the captain said, “What are you lying here for: and 1 told him [could not stand; 1 got out of the bunk, and he told me to put on my shoes; I told him 1 coild not; he said I must; I stuck my toes in them %—<xent out on deck; the captain said that was piayed out, and told the seo- ond mate that if { went forward during the four hours to keep me eight hours on deck; the second inate shoved me; J suw tue styond mate knock Bul Giver down on desk and — kick hia on the malin yard; 1 saw Oliver and Reiss sent aloft when tier hands were frozen; George Henry Banks Was sent aloft with lus hands jrosubitten; tue captain never malircated me ex- cept as | have stated. Cross-examincd—We were out between three and Tour Weeks when the secoud mute Kicked me at the hatyards; my Nands were not frostiitten then; I Was lurling the mainsail a jortnight before we got in; it was about ten o'clock at night; all hands were on the yard furiimg the mainsail; tue second mate was on tie yard; | was on the port yardarm; Banks, Oliver, tour white men and ue second mate were there; 1¢ was blowing vel heavy and it was preity cold, freezing; hands were called to furl the maimatl, and lt Was nevessary to do s0; both my hands were frezem then; be hey had been frozen about a week, and [hud Working during tual week; 1 did no more work than tue otner n, amenue whom the work Was equally disiribated; 1% Was the ordinary work ‘on board the ship. Q. Was it necessary? Objected to. A. Sometimes it Was hee ssary aud sometimes it Was not. Q. Where did the second mate Kick you at that time? A. inthe side. He was standing at that ime 1m the slings of the yard; | was standing on the fovi rope, bear the sitags of the yardarm when he kicked me: he ordered me out of the forecastie when my [vet Were swollen and! could not get my shoes on; 1 can’t tell the day; he did not shove me out of the forecastle; re- mained my regniar time on deck, went be low, remaiued my regular watch below, and in the mornlay cane OUt On wated; that 18 Lhe time ibe captain told me to put my slices on, and 1 wore them during the watch; the shoes were very hard; they had been wet with salt water; the captain told me to grease them and I did so; the captain examined my shoes and told me that probavly if I greased them I could get them on easy enough; they were second hand shoes and were large enough tor me when I got chem; l wore my shoes lor the balance of ssage and performed my duty; the captain far- me WIth some clothes on the passage; | bad othes when I came on board except tie clothes Thad on and one pate of pants; i bad ne bed or bed clothes; the captam did not furnish me with bed; Thad two pairs of stockings; my pants were stolen and one pair of stockmgs: theré was a deal of stealing guing on among the crew; there piaint about it; tue captain had the clomhes overhauled to find out the sioten property; the captain dressed my hands twice, but What wag put on them mace them worse; he ordered some of the men to get ticlr hands dressed, bul they did not go. Kedlrect—After my hands were frostbitten I wae sent to do work that required the use of my fl bitten hand, pulling and hauling ropes that took the of my hands; i saw the captaim put poultice’s ne hands of George Henry Banks. George Henry Banks, & colored man, deposed Uni he was one of the crew of the Neptune on her las! voyage; he said he never was-til-treated, Oniy he was inade to work alter ius hands were frozen; the captain sent Lim to work atter bis hands were frozen: the captain poulticed his hands, and he was not then sent to work until three or four days before toe ship came mj the second mate tout him he must potlay up then; saw the second mate Kick Gilbert Miles one aay on the mainyard; saw Bul Olliver kicked at the same tme: the captain strack Keiss one morning at the wheel; witness was tuere; Reiss had the suip off her course and the captain struck him, Cross-exammed—Salied with Captain before; on this voyage got a pair of drawers and Suirt from the captain, who turnished me with Sailcloth for a bed; the second mate, when I had wet clothes, sent me below to keep out of the way of the weatier; I was sick during a part of the voyage with smallpox; had been on deck only three or tour days alter leaving Liverpool when } was seized with smallpox. James Miller, a colored man, one of the crew. de- posed that one might he was called out to furl the staysail, and when he came down his hand was frozen; was atthe pump when he told the second Toute his hand was frozen; the mate sald nothing; Was sick with the smallpox and had three boils on his leg; the captain ordered him on deck before he was properly welt; the Saturday before he came in his feet were swollen; while he was at the wheel che captain came behind him, struck him on the side of the head and nuse and kicked him, Cross-exammned—My hands were frozen after I fe Sick; Was laid up with the smallpox two weeks; had three ees of pants and a flannel shirt when lcame on board; had no bed, but had a blanket; the capiain did not dress my hand; did nov ask him; the captain stvod behind ime when he struca me om the nose, (Laughter.) James Moore, colored, deposed that about three nights before they came in he was hauled ont of his bunk and driven aft to the braces; was not able to pull the braces because both nis hands were frozen; the captain knew his hands were frostbitten, as he had bandaged them previously; when witness told him that his hauds were frozen the captain told him to get aft d—n quick; went to the captain; he dressed his hands three or four times; saw the sec- ond mate hit Reiss at the whee! and in the galley after hls hands were frostbitten; witness was not able to work much after is hunds were trosthitten; he was on the lookout. ADJOURNMENT. It was agreed that the Commisstoner should take atthe nospital the deposinon of one of the seamen, Who is at present confined there; and the farther hearing of the case was then adjourned to the ist of March, Wednesday nex’ 1A SKATING FEAT. One Hundred Miles in Seven Honre. On Thursday three Newburgers named respeet- ively Charles F. and George June and Gilbert Car- penter, skated from Newburg to Albany, a distance of 100 miles, in seven hours and five minutes skating time. From Newburg to Poughkeepsio, distance sixteen miles, they found the ice very rh, and were one hour and fifty manu in skating that distance. Park to Catskill, forty miles, the ice was in splendid condition for skating and ice-boating, and they made that distance in two hours and a half, or an average of sixteen miles an hour. Just before reaching Castleton they found the Ice to be very rough, and were compelled to cross and recross the river several times. On the last mile of the one hundred Charles F. June made a “spurt and skated it in three minutes and one second. The feas ig belleved to be without parailel in the history of skating on the Hudson. For some time past Chief Irving has observed ® sang of well known burglars and State Prison birds who hibernate in the vicinity of murderer’a block «cting In a suspicions manner, and detailed detectives Dusenbury and McCord to watch their movements. The latter oMcers yes terday morning made #® descent upon the house of the notorious burglar Larr, Casey, at 187 Wooster street, and fou Richard Johnson, the only person in the house, asleep, They secured Johnson, and upon searching the ses found concealea in the roof near the ctimney a large amount of silk reps, which they * took possession of. In the house was also found a jine kit of burglars’ touls and three loaded revol- vers. The prisoner and property were removed to Police Headquarters, where the property remains for tdentitication, A BHUTAL STEPFATHER. A brutal rofian, if ever there was one, was yes- terday arraigned before Justice Bixby, at the York~ ville Police Court, in the person of oue James C. Re- gan, accused by his wife, Theresa Regan, with beat- ing his two stepsons in un inhuman and brutal manner, The mother stated that the youngest of the boys he had beaten wittr a@ strap, attached to the end of whick was a broken nail, besides striking him in the face with nis 2 ee eee other boy he had ktckea and eaten with ists, togetner with thi ptt feng! bo ae face, m saat Tad 1 dustice Bixby leld Regan in defauit of $1,000 ball « ( keep tho pence for six months, it ehoes and pat them on; they hurt my feet; a night or Seared