The New York Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1871, Page 4

—_—_— 4 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE Metober 29—Twenty-second Sun- day After Pentecost. Religious Announcements— Herald Religious Cor- respondence—Religious Personal and General Notes. Services Te-Day. “Are We a Christian Nation?” will be the subject of Rey. Dr. Mitchell's discoufse this morning tn the Canal street Presbyterian church, Rey. Andrew Longacre will preach morning and evening im the Central Methodist Episcopal church. Rev, Dr. Krote! wilt preach on “The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century,” this morning in the Evangelical Lutherian chureh of the Holy Trinity. Rev. Charles F. Lee will preach in Chickering Hall (Fith Universalist church) tis morning on “Tdols.” Rev. Dr. Merrill Richardson in the New England Congregational church this morning on ‘‘The Mercy of God,’ and in the evening on ““Punishment—God’s Strange Work.” Rev. H. D. Northrop will preach in the West ‘Twenty-third street Presbyterian church this morn- ing and evening. Rev. George Bh. Hepworth will preach this morn- ing on “Immortality.” Rey. E. 0. Flagg will preach this morning in the Church of the Resurrection. Rev. Dr. Ewer will preach this morning and eve- Ding tn Christ churca. Rev. Drs, Ormiston, Rogers and Dubois will ad- dress tne congregation of tne Madison avenue Re- formed church this evening. Rev. Thomas 8. Preston will preach this morning in St. Ann’s churcb, on “The Catholic View of the Union Between Church and State.” Rev. Dr. Rylance will preach morning and eve- ning in St, Mark’s church. “The Prevailing Infidelity of the Religious World” ‘Will be the subject of Rev, William B, Gaird’s dis- course this evening in the Cathoilc Apostolic churcn. Rev. C. 8. Harrower will preach this morning and evening in St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. E. 0. Sweetser will preach on “San Fran- cisco and the Chinese”’ this evening in the Bleecker street Universalist church. Rey. W. H. Pendleton will preach in the West ‘Fifty-third street Baptist church this morning and pvening. ‘ “Bishop” Snow will this afternoon discourse on “Who the False Prophets Are and What They Teach,” in the University, Washington square, Rev. Moses Huil will speak before the Society of Spiritualists, m Apollo Hall, this morning and even- ing. The Jews and the Grand Duke Alexis. To THE Epiror or THE HERALD:— It seems an anomaly that the greatest aristocracy Gnd the freest democracy upon the face of the earth, that of Russia and the United States, should be allied and cemented together in the warmest tles of Aisinterested friendsnip; yet it 1s even so, and when We examine the relative position of the two coun- tries the reason becomes apparent. Human nature is selfish and acquisitive, and so are natians, who are continually ambitious to ob- tain some real or fancied superiority, and are un- mindful, generally, of the tenth commandment, The “main chance” is all tney have in view, and diplomacy is but a refinement upon “the ways that are dark and the tricks that are vain’ of the Brett Hart-ed “Heathen Chinee.”” Jealousy and fear of each other demand their entering into treaties both defensive ana offensive, and if they do not prove particularly offensive—in the usual sense of the word—it does not arise from any lack of inclination on the part of the skuled and honorable framers of the ponderous and gorgeously illuminated and heavily sealed instruments. Russia is so far geographically distant from the United States, and the well-known and reiigiously adhered to “Monroe doctrine’ on the part of the latter, rob all motives of improper suspicion, and both nations can afford to be frank and outspoken im their dealings with each other; hence their alli- ance is truly honest und not liable to the disturbing Causes which affec: almost all other great govern- ments. Russia ts probably the most exiensive empire that has ever existed, cither in ancient or modern times; her territory covers about one seventh of the whole habitable globe, and she has a population exceeding sixty-five mtilions of human beings, all oi whom are subject to the will and contro! of Alexander IL., who bas proved himself a wise and humane ruler, anxious to benefit his subjects. His efforts to ameliorate their condition have been marked by great saccess; but ume ts required to extend what weems to be his general pian to ail classes and conditions of society, Serfdom 1s bein; ameliorated, emancipation liberalism “has even gone 50 as bu prepare the way, if not to begin, the enfranchise- ment of women. Ail this gives practical and unmistakable evidence of the advanced opinions + and intention of the Uzar; but there is reform in religious intolerance, which, if begun at all, seems of such slow growth that millions of his subjects are Still subject to @ fanaticism which is a disgrace to the age, and which we feel assurea he will not tonger volerate. In the HegaLD despatch we find published the following:— Loxpon, Oct. 17, 1871. Telegraph advices which have reacbed this city from Odessa report that 80° buildings in the town of Bogooslay bave Neon burned by incendiary fires, believed to ‘work of the fanatical nativist oppressors of the Jews. 4 Frat proportion of the inhabitants of the town are of the Jewish faith. This may or may not be wholly true; but from what has occurred of a similar nature within the past year weare pained to believe there is enough reality in it to sendacoid thrill to our heart and @8k Ourselves does our national ally know of this and not raise ius powertul arm to crush out the mis | and two make four. creants who give the ite vo ls good intentions in all else, seemingly, but this? What would His Majesty say if our government permitved the votartes of his Greek Uhurch to be subjccied to like enormities? Would he not demand immediate reparauion ana positive assurance of the discontinuance of like outrage? Oi course he would, aud very properly, wo. Now we (lo not propose to ask the government of ‘the United States to present the case through the usaal channel, thatoi the Department of state, but ‘to sever the conventional red tape of diplomacy, and in the name of religious freedom and a common humanity ask of the good and mighty Ozar thatthe Jews of his dominions be placed now and forever, religiously and socially, on an equality with bis ‘other and most favored subjects, History proves that freedom to the Jews carries ‘With tt strength and prosperity vo the governme loyalty, thrift, moral and mental superiority being their characteristics; Uberefore if no other motive than that of policy predominate (which we are not | ‘willing to believe), the Jews suouid be the poliucal | peers of ali other religious denominations, Opportunely the Grand Puke Alexis is hourly expected to land upon our shores on @ com. plimentary visit to the American people, and ‘we feel assured he will receive a spontaneous, ‘warm-hearted ovation, worthy of the American nation and of the exaited position of their honored em Europe, since time immemorial, it has th@ castom for commanities and other organiz- ations to present “addresses” to rulers, or those nearly allied to them, asking redress of wrongs in- Dicted, and so forth; and, while as @ mat ter of course, we would avoid the most ‘osual rading, studied phraseology of these truck- ung di we cannot see any im- je gon and we would respectfully recommend, at the Executive Committee of the “board of Del- egates of American Jews” frame a communication addressed to the Grand Duke couchea w dtuogly tful language, setting forth what we believe Lo be the sad grievances of our Russian co-religion- By end asking bim to use bis great influence with is ilinstrious father, Alexander Ii., to accord the | Td his empire unresiricted religious freeaom. e Boara of Delegates are the acknowledged re- presentatives of American Jews, and are, therefore, power to move io this important matter, which, we have good reason to believe, the means of working salvation to milhons , downtrodden Russian Israelites, whose ascend to heaven for the disinter- of their American brethren in faith. connection permit us to say we {eel as- any action of the Executive Commitee the warm co-operation of we Hon. Wal- Bodisco, the experienced and respected Vonsul in New York, who is extremety in- and liberal-minded, and, having married plished American lady and lived so long country, he bas become endeared to us as few representatives have in this age of con- ont une Txecutive Committee of the “Board of of American Jews” move promptly in the SEMI-OCCASIONAL. Wasuinoron, D. C., Oct. 24, 1871. & z z i an i Times Are Changed. fo rae Eprror or rae HERALD:— A writer in your WERKLY of the 2is: inst. comes ‘out in support of the great fast-failing cause of atbolicium. | caunot but adgure your liverality in NEW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. permitting his aefénce vo go oefore your readers, and hope you will extend the same to a few remarks of one who, though he spent sixty years of his life on the same side with this writer, is now, thank God, on the side directly the opposite, He begins by admitting that this 13 a “progressive age,” but asserts that the progress consists in the “minds of men becoming supverted with the false ideas of materialism, lUberalism and infidelity.’ Surely there never was an age, stationary or pro- Gressive, in which materialism and its laws were so Well and generally understood as the present age. “Liberalism” is advocated all over the werld, except by a few interested persons (priests) and their dupes, Who are trying to keep back the tide with their forks, “Infidelity! Infidelity to what? To a system of superstition gotten up by our half-civilized ®ncestors several centuries back—a system calcu- lated to keep the priests in clover and the people in bondage and ignorance, such as every traveller sees with his own eyes in every purely Catholic country ? Can cpposititon to a thing like this be infidelity? He charges that the liberal writers of our times “use their utmost endeavors to traduce the advo- cates and promoters of charity and equity and to “incite in the minds of the people enmities towards each other.” Ido not think it is very equitable in the clergy to Keep the people in almost brutal igno- rance, not omy of every thing else, but of theirown religion in particular. As teachers the clergy are munficently paid; yet there 1s not more, perhaps, than one in a hundred of their people who can give to an inquirer the least particie of a rational account of nis religion or its history. As for “charity” and its Catholic promoters, I must tell this writer that I be- heve and can demonstrate that the most successful destroyer of charity that the world has ever seen is the Catholic Church, By her doctrines of exclusive salvation, by which she shuts heaven against the eight-tenths of mankind, treating her herds of semt- barbarians to regard them as the enemies of God; by her definitions of heresy, her interdicts and her curses of pure-minded men, and the way she has treated all who refused to bow to her authority, she has done more than all other causes put together to altenate men’s minds one from one another and de- stroy charity among them. She writes and preaches much about charity, so she does; but she enforces its opposite by lighting up and feeding the fame of religious animosity and hatred, as 18 more than attested by the his- wry of her reigious wars. ‘Yhis writer avers that the Catholic priesthood in this country are not untriendly to our public school system. He 1s greatly mistaken. ‘They are not only unfriendly to it, but they cannot, if they do not deny their own religion, be otherwise. As for those Catholic schools where, according to him, religion and morality must be taught conjointly with secular learning, what, in God’s name, are they? Are they not places Where ignorance 1s taught and the light of knowledge systematically shat out? Piaces where the children receive, mingled with a few shreds of the elements of secular education, such a narrow sectarian training as makes them fixtures in the Church and willing contributors for lile to her wealth? Instead of unbounded respect for the divine faculty of reason and a free, unrestricted cuiture and development of the mind, have not the children to carry about with them all their lives the crusaing burden of a discriminating watchfuiness against heretical books, persons, places, lectures, couver- sations, newspapers, &c., 80 that the mind, instead of getung large, liberal and charita- ble, 18 constantly growing beautifully less— feeding on its petty prejudices and bigotry, aud consigning to hell all who will not sub- mit tothe same slavery? If this do uot answer or suggest an answer to the gentleman's argument [ will just invite him to take a trip to Ireland, or France or italy, Spain or Mexico, where this devoted patroness of popular enlightenment—the Catholic Church—has had everything her own way for cen- turies on centuries, Ove would think that the very thought of these Catholic nations would vause tne blush of shame to mantle the cneek of this corre- Spondent ana others of his stamp when they talk of the Catholic Church as the [riend of popular en- lightenment, ‘The tear of trespassing on your space makes me Pass without noticing @ lew other things in the com- Inunication beiore me; out there is one thing which 1 cannot thus allow to escape. Rejerring to those who have written against the Church, and to ber triumphs In days gone by, this writer, in imitation of all on his side of the line, doasis that “she (the Church) can in ke manner repel with equal safety and victory all schemes (hat may arise for her destraction nowadays.” He does not reflect on the vast, the wonderful chanze that things have undergone. In the dark days of her past triumphs the Church was the only Power in he so-cailea Caristian world. Her priests were the only possessors of the learning that was, all others being comparatively in barbarian ignorance. If an | individual here and there venvured to criticise their | conduct or [iited his voice against their authority | he was soon disposed of, for he had neither a press | nor a reading public at his back; the press, that mighty engine and terribie enemy to arbitrary power, did not then exist. But how changed is all | this! Every man now, in the advanced nations of | the earth. is a reader and a critic; even the purely Catholic States are now permitting and even en- couraging free inquiry, and this in the face of the idle curses of the Church, Kecclesiasticat authority has had to submit to a forced abdication, and reason is enthroned. Free thought, free speech and free inquiry are now the order of the day, Church and State are now divorced, or on the way to it, and be- tween tnese two millstones there can be no more grinding of the people. In the long, long night of the Middle Ages, when the world bad not yet learned its A BC's, the Church might be excused for the boasting Of its 1n- vincibility and perpewuity; its euemies were but as oziers in Its hands. Jt did not dream of an enemy then gestating in the womo of the future—an enemy which, when it had arrived at its maturity, would rove an overmatch for the proud boasier and lay jim in the dust. That enemy is the free press of the nineteenth century and the system of free, un- sectarian education. I think I can, with some confidence, assure this gentieman that the men oO! our times and ot those coming are mot Lo w wear forever the iron col- lar constructed for them some thousands of years ago by a few crafty Jews and their illegitimate offspring, the Pope and his priests; but that they will fearlessly and by free discussion prove all things and hold to that only which has the approval of their reason and is in accord with the laws of nature and the facts of history and science. DUNKIRK, Oct, 22, 1871. J. T, BLAKENEY. ja of Should Protestants Rejvice at the Tri the Church? To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Were it not that the Divine Founder suffered calumny, contumely anda death it would seem an insult to reason in this enlightened age to defend, or be obliged to defend, the Catholic Caurch, or to impresa on minds of the meanest capacity that two As it is so, however, a few common sense reflections may be useful. My remarks are not, of course, intended for those sublime intellects that ignore God and religion as things of the past, and regard this world as the be all and the end all, though philosophers and materialists must die and be judged like otner people, whether they will or no. With such, bowever, I have nothing to do; but there are thousands of good and, in their own way, | religious peopie to whom I would speak—those who are educated in gross ignorance of the Catholic Church, and never heard or read aught respecting her but what is false and absurd—iies that, from constant repetition, are almost believed by the per- petrators themselves, and can only be sustained by unlimited brass. Thus A asserts that B wears his nose on the back of his head, while every one who takes the trouble of investigating is convinced that B wears his nose in the proper place; but A per- sists in the lie, and thousands who only listen to A and his followers believe it. We have a case in point with regard to the ground upon which the new Catheiral ts buiiding. Pious newspapers and ministers have time and again asserted that the ground was donated by the city—a falsehood which has as often been refuted, every inch of the ground having been bought and » pata for by the trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Yet the he continues fresh, and is brought forth when occasion requires. I would ask every lover of social order and mo- rality to reflect on who ana what are the bitter enemies of the Catholic Charch, foremost we find the Communists, or Internationals, of Europe— wretches whose creed is destruction of life and property and the total uprooting of society, They hate and fear the Church, knowlug its power for combating evil, and would hope by its destruction, were such possible, to raise anarchy on its ruins, It is evident they fear nothing from Protestantism. On the contrary, if we may judge by the articles of one of their societies in Turin, published in the HERALD Of the sth October, they regard Pro- tesiantism as friendly to their cause, Some of the articles run thus—I quote oniy those parts relating 40 religion:—“‘Article 8, Every one claiming admis- sion to membership must belong to some sect or schism antagonistic to catholteity. Article 4 Every member shall combat Catholicity and sup- Dort Protestantism. Article 6. In case of foreign war the society shall at once proceed to burn as many churches as possipie, and especially the Vati« can.” The Communists in Pans butchered priests and puns and deseciated Catholic temples; yet in ali their organizations throughout the worl’ no voice of theirs is raised against Protestant minis rs or Protestant meeting houses. What must we infer from all this? Is it that those demons of society, Whose arms, ax they gain pathos and boldness, Will be rawed against every creed aad moral principle tli we become irrauonal beasts? Are they confident that Protestantism is ‘with them, or at least powerless to them? It is mater for reflection. wee Next in opposition to the Church we find the cowardly monarchs and shi ted Cabinets of Europe, who, instead of Ee, the Church, a8 they are bound, even for their own existence, trackle to lawless minorities by joining her enemie. Every silly pretext 1s called into action; even the Pope’s injallipility in faith and morals 1s founa dan- gerous to the State, though in what way none has ever yet explained, nor can it be explained; for the assertion 1s sknple nonsense, Contrast with these cowardly monarchs, trem- bling on their rickety thrones, the position of Pope Pius 1X.—the grandest moral spectac'y of this or any other age. Surrounded as he ts by deadly foes, and a prisoner, he is this the only sovereign, prince, president or ruler of any name or nation- ality who dare fearlessly speak the trata or protest against tyranny, injustice and wrong, He stands & true embodiment of the Church, which no intriguing or force can conquer or intumidate in opposing evil, like his martyred predecessors, some of whose tombs remain to this day im the Catacombs of Rome—hiving testimonials of tae Church’s anti- ane He 18 ready to lay down his life for the The tendency of the age being towards infidelity, the destruction of religion and society—evils against which the Church is now battiing—it seems Strange that 1 rolestants should rejoice at her trials. I now address myself to the material eye of Protestantism; Catholics, of course, regard those trials in a different spirit. What advantage can Protestantism gain by the forcible seizure and plunder of Rome? Does the Provestant system advocate breach of national treaues; the changing of @ peaceful, moral city Jato a pandemonium of vice and disorder; the fuur- fold increase of taxation; the establishment of a military conscription unknown under Papal rule; the education of youth by freethinkers and Jews; the despousm of mock elections, and countless otner evils trom which the Head of the Church and his taithiul children are now suffering? Does Protestantism advocate the cowardly seizure and robbery of conven s, the casting forth of helpless nuns, 80 long the faithiul guardians of the poor, the sick and uneducated, to make room for royal horses? Will Protestantism or the civilized world be bene- fited by the destruction of churches and the Vatt- can, that treasury of art, antiquity and historical record? Why, then, by silence or open approval, take part with the eneimles of the Church ? Twould ask that class of reverend gentlemen who, in the absence of No Popery subjects, regard boiler expiosions, Corporation frauds and sensation murders as Godsend subjects for their Sunday «is- courses, if they dream for a moment that by pouring evangtiizing soupers into Rome, the centre of Catholic unity, tney will convert or pervert the italian people? Nov a dit of it, They may grieve the Holy Father a time, and make a few vad Catholics—or, _ rather, fatholics §=bad—nothin; more, The TItaltan who raises his han or voice against the Church cares for no religion, and those who do would as soon listen to Beelzebub as a false teacher or slanderer of their holy faith, Let not those reverend geatiemea suppose, either, that the disorganizers of society now becoming 80 formidable, whose first article of faith is ‘‘vown with the churches; death to the priests,’ will stop at Catholic priests and churches, much as tney coquette with Protestanism. aribaldi, the head centre, is pretty plain in the matter of religion, which he denounced as a curse when writing to the infidel conventions at Naples, and that the world wouid never be right till the last king was drowned In the biood of we last priest. The popular and unmeaning caut among non- Catholics that the Churci 1s Opposed to human pro- gress cannot be disposed of in a short arucle. Suf- fice for the moment to say that the only progress she opposes is progress towards hell; ia ali else that 1s calculated to elevate and benefit mankind socially and morally she ever has gone, and ever will go hand in nand with the times. In conclusion, ye of little faith, rejoice not at the trials of the Church; for her trials are the trials of all who in tis age of infidelity and materialism tremble for the safety of society, our homes and our immortal souls, Let not the most ardent hater flatcer himself that because the sovereign Ponti is persecuted and a few rotten memopers from two hundred miilions lopped off that the Church is tailing, Her hosis of yerts from the most exalied and enligntened ses of the Protestant community contradict The Church spiritually is as young and vigorous to-day as when tyrant kiugs aud barbarian hordes knelt at her feet for counsel anu reproot, She bears the divine promise, “Lo Lam with you all days, even to the consummation of the world,” stamped upon her brow, and believes with un- shaken faith that all tnings shall pass away, but that the Word of God never can. A CATHOLIC SUBSCRIBER, Free-Will Baptists. The Free-wiil Baptists held their General Confer- ence recently at Hillsdale, Obio, A correspondent writes that ‘‘a proposition is before the body to Moatfy the name of the denomination. There does notseem much prospect that any such thing wiil be done, at least at present. But there seems to be @ disposition vo encourage the various vodies of liveral baptists—whether calling themselves Free Bapusts, General Bapusts, United Baptists, Separate Bapitsts, Church ol God, or by other names—to co- operate with them and to be represented in the General Conference, without surrendering their specitic name or changing their peculiar methods of managing their local affairs. In consequence of this several such bodies have thus recently united With the denomination—one or more at this session of tue Vonterence,”” Methodist Losses'in Chicago. The Methodist says:—‘‘Our Church 1s a heavy suf- ferer by the fire. We lose the Clark street block, 1m which the General Conference of 1868 was held; the Methodist Book Depository, on Washington street, where was the office of the Northwestern Adocate; Grace charch, of which Dr. Tiffany was once pastor; Grant place church and the verman and Swedish churches, Besides these, Garrett Biblical In- stitute and (he Northwestern University are also in- voived. These institutions derived much of their revenue from city prosperity, which has been swept away. ‘The losses of individual Methodists are also, no doubt, very great.” Catholic Intelligence. (From the Tablet, Oct. 28.] CHURCH DEDICATIONS. On Sunday, 15th inst., the Archbishop dedicated, under the invocation of St. Peter, the new churco lately erected at Haverstraw, Rockland county. On Sunday, “2d inst., Dr, Starrs, V. G., dedicated, under the invocation of St. Lawrence O’Toole, the church edifice lately purchased at brewsters, Put- nam county. CONFIRMATIONS. The Most Reverend Archbishop administered the sacrament of confirmation on sunday, 22d inst., in St. Peter’s church, Haverstraw, to 350 persons, six- teen of whom had come from the mission of Pier- Mont and seventy-five from the mission of Ver- planck’s Point. On Tuesday, 17th inst., in the Church of St. Agus- tine, at Sing Sing, to 178 persons. Graod Sacred Concert, ‘This evening a grand sacred concert will be given at St. Augustine’s church, Morrisania. The St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir Union will be assisted by several distinguished artists. The proceeds of the Reps will be for the benefit of the Parochial school Religious Notes—Personal and General. Rev. Dr. B. Manly, Professor in tne Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Greenville, South Carolina, has accepted the Presidency of George- town College, in Kentucky. His brother—the Rev, C. Manly, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.—has been elected President of a college in Tennessee. These two gentiemen are sons of the late Rev. Dr. B. Manly, who was for many years President of the University of Alabama. Rev. Morse Rowell was installed last Sunday morning, by & committee of New York Presbytery, as pastor of tne churcl at Manhattanville. Rev. Dr. Campbeil presided, put the questions and gave the charge to the people; Rev. Dr. 8. lrenwus Prime preached the sermon, and Rev. Dr. Gillett gave the charge to the pastor. A collection was taken up in aid of the sufferers by the great fires in the West. The Oswego Advertiser and Times tells the follow- ing:—‘Railroaa employés should not sieep in churches. In a@ neighboring town last Sunday one of them, while quietly sleeping, Was approached by a tnap with the contribution x. On being dis- turbed he partially aroused ana exclaimed, ‘1 work on this road,’ and resumed his slumbers.’? Mr. James Lenox, of New York, it is stated, has purchased for $5,200 one of eighteen copies still in existence of the first edition of the Bible ever printed. They were printed in Metz between we Years 1440 and 1445. Rev. Dr. F. 8. De Haas has recentiy obtained @ very ancient copy of the Pentateuch. Itis said to pe older than the olaest in the British Museum, and is thought by Tischendorf to bave been written before the Christian era. The Rev. Charles Babcock has resigned the rector- ship of St. Jobn’s church, Greenwood, Orange county, N. Y., and accepted the Professorship of Architecture in Cornell University, ltnaca, N. Y The Baptists founded a church in Block Island, R. 1., in 1766. This organization now numbers 260 mem- bers and embraces in its congregation Line whole pop. ulation of the island, DOMINION OF CANADA. Festivities in Canada—Entertal Aduiral Present. mt of Vice Fanshaw—Distinguished Persons Havirax, N. 8., Oct. 27, 1871. Vice Admiral and Mrs. Fanshaw entertained Jast evening at the Admiraity House a distinguished party who nad been invited. Lieutenant General, Sir Hastings Doyle and Captain Troxal H. Parker, of the United States ship Franklin, were among the guests; also Archbisnop Connelly, Colonels Bar- naby and Gibbon, of the Royal Artillery and Rngt- neers; Juage Jackson, United Staves Consul; Oap- tain Nicholson, of Her Majesty's steamer Royal Alired; Lientenant Commander Gillett, of the United States steamer Franklin, and other prominent | MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB. Second Day of the Autumn Meeting. FOUR CAPITAL RACES. Heavy Track and Slow Time. 2 BALTIMORE, Oct. 28, 1871. Never within the recollecuon of the oldest turf man were horses called upon to race ona worse track than the one they met with to-day at Pimlico; but the sun was sbining brightly and the wind blowing freshly during the day, and to have pnt of the races until next week would have sent all the turfmen to their homes, ag well as many of the horses. The running was slow, yet the races were satisfactory, as they were finely contested. The favorites were beaten three times out of four. The races were four in number—the first a dash of two miles, the next @ dash of a mile, by mem- bers of the club; then atwo mile and a half dash, the sports closing with mile heats, THE FIRST RACR was the Monumental Handicap for all ages, two miles, $50 entrance, play or pay; only $20 if de- clared; the club to add $1,000, of which $800 to the first horse and $200 to second. There were eignt entries, five of which came to the post, These were Mr. Belmont’s chestnut colt Telegram, by Censor, aam Maud, four years old, carrying 104 1bs; M. H. Sanford’s bay mare Niagara, by Lex- ington, dam Bay Leaf, five years old, 103 los; Thomas W. Doswell's bay filly Midday, by Eclipse, dam Ninette, four years old, 101 Ibs.; T. B. & W. R. Davis’ bay horse Allie Hunt, by Vandal, dam Nora Criana, five years old, 110 Ibs, and E, Stanley Rogers’ chestnut colt Hanover, by Planet, dam Lucy Haxall, four years old, 90 Ibs, Telegram was @favoriteover the fleld just before the start. He did not come up to the expectations of his backers, a3 he was the fourth horse at the finish, Midday won the race; Alia Hunt second, Niagara third, Hanover fifin, THE RAOR. Midday took the lead, Hanover second, Telegram third, Niagara fourth, A'lie Hunt fifth, Going around the upper tura Midday still led, Hanover second, Telegram third, Niagara fourth, Alie Hunt close up. At the quarter pole Midday led four lengths, Hanover second, six lengths in front of Telegram, who was four lengths in advance of Niagara and Allie Hunt, the latter being side and side. There was no change of places down the backstretch to the half-mile pole, nor around the lower turn. The horses drew closer together as they came to the three-quarter pole, and as they passed that Point Midday led two lengths, Hanover second, two lengths ahead of Telegram, Allie Hunt fourth, Niagara fifth, As they came into the homestretch Allie Hunt ran into third placeat the stand. At the finish of the first mile Midday led by a head, Allie Hunt second, one length in front of Hanover, who who was four lengths in advance of Telegram, Niagara fifth, Going around tho upper turn’ Allie Hunt ran up and took the lead, and at the quarter pole was two lengths in front of Midday, who was three lengths in advance of Niagara, Telegram and Hanover being com- pletely out of the race, the mud pveing too much for them. Going down tie backstretch Allie Hunt kept infront, Midday second, Niagara third, the others far behind. As the horses passed around the lower turn Niagara moved up under the whip, and Allie Hunt, Midaay and Niagara ran nose ana tail for some distance in the order named. Allie Hant then began to succumb, and, as he came into the homestretch, Midday was on even terms with him, Niagara then gave up the contest en- turely, and the Trace was between Allie Hunt and Midday. These two appeared much distressed as they came up the stretch, and they had @ close struggle, but Midday ‘won by a length, Niagara was twelve lengths behind Allie Hunt, Telegram ten lengths further of, Hanover fifth. Time of the two miles, 4:13}. Tne following 1s @ summary ;— MonuMEN?AL Ci’'y HANDICAP—For all ages, two miles; $50 entrance, play or pay; only $20 it de- clared; $1,000 added by te club; $890 to first, $200 to second, Thomas W, Doswell entered b. m. Midday, 4 years old, by Eclipse, dam Ninette, by Revenue.. T. B. and W. R. Davis entered b. h. Allie Hunt, 5 years old, by Vandal, dam Nora Creana...... M. H. Sanford entered b. m. Niagara, 4 years old, 5 Lexington, dam Bay Leal............. A. Belmont entered ch. c. Telegram, 4 years old, by Censor, dam Mand...... et eeeecesesereee #, Stanley Rogers entered ch. c. Hanover, 4years old, by Planet, dai Lucy Haxall. . Time, 4:13 44. THE SECOND RACE ‘was for the Members’ Cup, value $250, one mile, welter weights, ior all ages; horses to be ridden by members of the club. ‘There were five entries and four starters, Tnese were F. M. Hall’s chestnut colt Ensign, by Eugene, dam La Kose, four years old, 136 pounds; C! les K. Harrison’s bay gelding Ran- som, by Planet, dam Fanny Hunt, six years old, 143 yunds; Governor Bowie’s chestnut colt Edwin, by Fugene, dam Cordeua Reid, three years old, 123 munds; W. W. Glenn’s chestnut gelding Vanda, y Vandal, dam Slipper, six years old, 143 pounds. Dick Jackson was the horse withdrawn. He wasa at favorite over the field until it was ascertained fiat he would not st when Edwin had the call, ‘Vanda being the second choice, R. H. Pi the winner, nore, in_ gallant style; Charles Hull, dr., rode Edwin; F. H. Smith rode Ensign, Charles K. Harrison Ransom. The race was much enjoyed by the spectators. THE RACE. took the lead, Edwin second, Ransom third, Vanda fourth. There was no change of place around the turn, but as they approached the quar- ter pole Ransom ran up and showed in front, but soon after retired to the rear. Edwin was second at that point, Ensign third and Vanda fourth. Goin; down the backstretch Vanda worked his way rade ually through the others and showed in front at the hall-mile pole, Edwin second, Ensign third and Ransom fourth. Vanda came on and won the race by ten lengths, in 2:15, Edwin was second, four lengths anead of Ensign, Ransom 100 yards behind. ‘The following is a summary:— ry Members’ Cup, value $250, one mile, welter pal _ ages; horses to be ridden by members of the Cui W. W. Glenn entered ch. g. Vanda, 6 years old, eon coe by Vandal, dam Stipper ..........secseeeecceeee 1 Governor Bowie entered ch, c. Edwin, 3 years old, by Eugene, dam Cordelia Reid................. 2 F. M. Hall entered ch. c. Ensign, 4 years old, by Eugene, dam La Kose sercecvecssossscecee B C. K. Harrison entered b, g. Ransom, 6 years old, by Planet, dam Fanny Hunt............ covccsce O Time, 2:15, THE THIRD RACE was for @ purse of $1,000, for all ages, two anda half miles—$800 to the first and $200 to the second horse, There were three entrtes, comprising Colonel McDaniel’s chestnut colt Harry Bassett, by and ton, dam Canary Bird, three years old; M. H. Sanford’s bay colt Preakness, by Lexington, dam Bay Leaf, four years old, and Mr. Belmonv’s chest- nut colt Telegram, by Censor, dam Maud. Harry Bassett was @ favorite ,over the tield at three to one before the start. THE RACE. Bassett took a lead of four lengths as soon as the flag fell, and ne galioped siowly around the lower turn. He came up the homesiretch very slowly and — the stand, making the half mile in 1:1834. tt was ten lengths ahead of Preakness when he ie wire. He opened the gap around the upper turn, and was fifteen lengths in front at the quarter pole. Going down the back- stretch Preakness closed up considerable of the day- light, and was six lengths behind at the half-mile pole, The mile was run in 2:30, There was 00 change unt ey aneedt eee tenet stand, Harry Bassett gding at potni in front of Preakness. The horses had now a mile wo run, and Preakness began to put on the pressure, He moved up gradually on Bassett, closing the gap nicely, and the takers of the long odds to exam At the quarter pole Bassett led three lengths, but going. lown the backstretch Preakness e day! ra ee ataslhat'S Sew burt dom lay at tts quarters A cr! ppectators that n. Preakness, 5 however. never got ny further up, and going around Ube lower turn tt began to shake him offand opened a gap of dayligni. Harry Bassett came up the homestretch uncer 6 pull, with his ears pricking, the he he nad taken bein; more than S sercise, le won the race by six lengths. ‘Time of the two miles and a half, 6:41%. ‘he follo is a summary:— Purse of $1,' for all ages, two and a half miles; $800 to first horse, $200 to second. Colonel McDaniel entered ch. c, Harry Bassett, 3 years old, by Lexington, dam Canary Bird...... 1 iH. Bantord ye Weetaate ess, 4 years old, Pk Bannon eniered we ¢. Telegram, 4 years old, by Censor, dam Rrertrrritoririets 3 i Time, b:Al%. bark Tor taree year-olds, mile urse . Te the winner of the fteunton Stake excinded; fe) ‘wo the first horse and $200 wo the second. ere were chree entries for this race, comprising M. H. Sanford’s bay filly Salina, by Lexington, dam $ y it Taoiman, by War Lizhteome; D. McD: 's bay col an, ial Dance, dam of Sidney, and 0o,'s ‘black colt Midnight, by Donerali Amanda Morehead. Salipa Was @ grem favorite | er artist friends of Chicago whi over the others, in two poate, her. wans PP pomp henge very panne first heat was a very henunirn! contesk from n- ning to between Salina ‘Tobman, as Tan nose and nose nearly ail eeeae THE RAC First Heat—Mian\; mga away with the lead, Taubman ina thi Before they got around the upper turn Salina went to the front, Tubman se Mianight third. At the quarter ee Salina and Tubman were head and head, four lengths in front of Midnight, Tubman and Sahoa Tran nose aud nose down the back stretch, but when they passed the half mue pole Salina was @ neck in front, Midnight about a distance belind. Salina had her head in front around the lower turn, but a8 they passed the three-quarter pole they were dead locked. They ran as fast as they could up the home- stretch yoked the greater part of the Way, aud as they went under tne wire, dubman led by half a engin. Midnight distanced, ‘Time of the heat, Second Heat.—The betting now changed from two to one on Salina, which it was before the start, to nearly a8 much on ‘ruoman, ‘The latter got away first at the tap of the drum, put bveiore he reached the turn Salina was on even terms with lim, ‘They ran head and head to the quarter pole, and kept hose and nose to near the hall mile pole. Then Salina began to show signals of distress, and Tub- man began to appear gradually in front, At the half mile pole they were nose and tail; after that the race was over. Salina was tired, and she dropped behind iour lengths on the lower turn, Coming up the home stretch Tubman was pulled, and he won the heat by two lengths. The first haif of the mile was run in tifty-nine seconds, and the last baif in one minute and nine seconds, making the heat in 2:08, ‘The folowing ts 4 summary:— Purse of $1,000 for three-year olds, mile heats; Winner of the Reunion Stake excluded; $500 to first horse, $200 to second, D. McDaniel entered b, c. Tubman, by War Dance, dam Lass of Sidne 1 Messrs, Ball & Co. ente 1» Ce Mid. by Doneraiel, dam Amanda Morehead... ‘Time, 2:02 4¢—2:08, In the pool sales to-night Harry Bassett 1s the favorite over Helmbold at two to one for the four tlie heat race on Monday, THE RELIEF SUBSCRIPTIONS. dis, The following are ali the amounts reported yester- day for the Uhicago and Northwestern suferers:— Received at the Herald Office for the Chicago $12 00 10 00 100 Received at the New At co Eleventh Ward Oilcens' Commitiee oe oe ‘Total reported yesterday. Add HERALD subscriptions. Grand total yesterda: Previously reported, Grand total... From Mile, Reno’ At r eapapaliesiins From Joba Ai Received at Herald Office for Forest Fire Fund. J.¢. No name. Totale.eeeeee Subscribed by Clerks and Others on Pier 29, Nortin River. G. W. A.. Chauncey Stlaa Lane Hen: E, €. Baccus, Francis Dunn. George S. Thomi RF, 85 00 0 5 00 SSsse motores & erro etono mes e8essstese SSSESLSCSSSSSSESSSESSSESSESEES 2: pit a pa RC CE ORC NC RE RORORE ES ES Oe 23: RESEESSSSSSSSSSSSETS Total received yes Previously reported. Grand total Chicago forest fre fund. WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY AND DO. ae fee fs RELIEF FOR THE WEST. ‘The Ladies’ Ready Relief Society, for the aid of the sufferers by fire in Michigan and Wisconsin will receive at their rooms, 793 Broadway, clothes or material for garments to be made up at the rooms and forward the same. All articles received before one o’clock will be sent the same day. Materials of all kinds are solicited and will be made up as speedily as possible. This week nine boxes of clothing and 103 new garments have been for- warded to the Governor of Wisconsin and the Mayor of Milwaukee. The following donations were yesterday for- warded by one of tne life insurance companies:— One trank of clotnes, Mrs, Wm. Colvin, 153 Kast Sixteenth street, New York; one trunk of sundries, 137 Hudson street, Hoboken, N. J.; one case from Public School No. 1, Brooklyn; eleven cases from North Shore, 8. 1., seven of which were shipped b the American Express Company (Pine, Fountain Burgess, ber mie one bi and one bundle clothing, J. M. Goodnow, Brookiyn; one trunk of clothing, L. P. Tibbals, 512 Broadway; one barrel. of clothes from Williamsburg, L. 1.; one box of clothes, unknown. THE CHICAGO FUND. New York, Oct, 28, 1871. The subscriptions by Americans in Paris for the benefit of the sufferers by the Chicago mre now amount to 200,000 francs, The Mayor of Chicago nas already drawn on Join Munroe, of this city, for $42,000 on account of the avove, WHAT GOVERNOR FAIRCHILD SAYS. State ov WISCONSIN, EX&CUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MADISON, Oct. 25, 1871, Hon. RicHaRp O'GORMAN, President, Commissioners of Emigration, Castle Garden, New York:— Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge the re- ceipt of your kind letter of date 20th inst, inclosing dratt ‘Merchants’ National Bank’ as a contribution by yourseif and the employés of the Emigrant Land- ing Department. There are many immigrants in the burned district of this State who were landed at your port. In their behalf 1 thank you and the other Weetrion contributors for your jarge and timely jonation. assure you that the amount shall be faithfully applied to the relief of such as are made needy and destitute by the recent calamities. Very respectfully your oi nt servant, LUCIUS FAIRCHILD. THE GRAND ARMY MOOVING, General Louis renga, communding Grana Aj of the Republic, bas issued an order calling upon all posts throughout tue country to send in subscrip- Vions for their comrades who were sufferers by the Chicago fire. Many of them lost everything, and they send a strong appeal for the organized help of the Grand Army. Contributions of money may be sent to Roswell Miller, Assistant Adjutant General, 61 Liberty street, New York. GENERAL @RDERS—NO, 12. HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE Brags} ‘ORK, Oct, 28, 1871. The Sentor Vice Commander-in-Chief’ calls upon mem! ot the Grand Army of the Republic to come to the help of their comrades in Chicago. Many of them are left totally destitute and are suffering severely. Contrivutions of mon may be ent to the Assistant Adjutant General, at nation headquarters. A comrade wili be detailed to t#ke charge of and disburse the funds. Let not your liberal contributions to tag relief shut your ears in this ial call of your jes. Let each give someth! comrt ing in the name of frater- ay order WAGNER, pre hagtcies Snmander-ia.Ohief, Senior Vice ROSWELL MILLER, Ansistant Adjutant General, Mile, Ross d’Erina, the well known artiste, had & Narrow escape at Chicago, being driven from her temporary residence twice. She is now making @ vour of Michigan and the Dominion, and it is ea- cted that she will send a handsome donador 00 unlike @er, Were upable yo gave tueLr perwoam, LUDLOW STREET JAIL Have We Still a “Debtor’s Jail” in our Midst? A Much Needed Investigation Commenced—As- sistant District Attorney Sullivan Bent on Ascertaining the Truth—Ludlow Street Prison To Be Unroofed. To those who are familiar with the story of Mr. Samuel Pickwick and his faithful adherents as they pursued their peregrinations through England in quest of knowledge of men and things, it may seem somewhat surprising that the very counterpart of the famous Loadon prison in which that gentleman found timself at last immured, exists in our own city and contaims an equally hapless population with that so graphically portrayed by Dickens. Yet such ‘s the fact, and ere the admirers of the great novelist, in their simple innocence of the world, congratulate themselves on the suppression: of the evils depicted in his pages, they should pause and ask themselves whether the barbarous practice of treating the unfortunate debtor as a criminal bas not become obsolete and a thing of the past. They may not be aware that there exists in our own city an institution which, though free from the grosser and more repulsive characteristics of the old English prison and conducted under milder aus pices and governed by more humane managers, yet serves as a receptacle for many o iriendless wretch whom personal malignity through the medium of legal technicality has DOOMED TO A LIVING DEATH. The increasing number of the inmates of the County Jail in Ludiow street arrested the attention of our worthy Sheri!, Mr, Matthew T. Brennan, and feeling that the provisions of the law autho- rizing arrests in certain civil cases were being abused by purties to the iurtherance of their own personal schemes of malice and revenge, he resolved to call the attention of the Courts to the matter, in order that a remedy, if any existed, might be applied to prevent THIS PERVERSION OF JUSTICE and the spirit of our laws. He conferred with Judges Cardozo and Barnard in the matter. They concurred heartily in his suggestions, and deter- mined to penetrate to the root of the evil at once. Judge Barnard, in pursuance of this end, immediately framed and promulgated the order at Chambers, a copy of which has has already appeared In the HERALD. Tuough rather sweeping in ity terms, aud seemingly calcu- lated to nuilify the provisions of the code iiself, those who are acquainted with the RASCALLY SHIFTS AND RESORTS of many of the pettufogging practitioners who ine fest our couris of jndicature Will at once recognize the propriety and timel.ness oF 118 Issuance. Jt may not be known to our readers that the code of procedure authorizes and empowers our Judges to issue orders of arrest in al cases where a debt has been frandulently contracted, property secreted by a debior or @ trust violaied. Furthermore, ail deiendants charged im @ civil action, Jor assault and battery, libel, slander, breach of promise, {aise imprison- ment, &¢., are also equally lavle to arrest in such Bult, While there are undoubtedly instances where a party so charged but too well merits the severest punishment, aud the aggrieved complainant is well entitled to the most stringent and effective reme- dies the law can afford bim, yet there are many cases Where an innocent person can be easily drawn within the TOILS OF THE LEGAL NETWORK of a skilful and unscrupulous pracutioner, and sub- jected to the utmost rigors of an unjustilable con- finement. Not to stop short, however, Mr. Justice Barnard invoked the aid of District Atworney Alger- non 8. Sullivan, and confided to itm the work of thoroughly investigating the cases oO those now in actual confinement, the justice and legality of their deiention, and the extension of the proper relief, Mr. Sullivan entered at once upon the work assigned him, wi vigor and earnestness. ‘The provisions of the lay under which he is empowered to act it 1s not necessary to cite here, but they may be found 1n the bth edition, vol. 3, Revised statutes, pp. 1,042-61-066, and aiso in certain more receat enactments, Laws 1809 aud 1870. Mr. Suilivan’s idea*at first was te make @ purely personal inquiry, with a view to se- lect those prisoners whose cases seemed to involve special hardship; bat fearing that he might overicok some and pertaps lay —_nimself open to charges of undue partiality and impro; discrimination, he resolved to include all prisoners 1m actual confinement in Ludiow Sireet Jail in the process he designed having issued, in order that h and ali snouid have a ‘day in court’ and an opportunity of having their claims to a speedy de luverauce duly beard and passed upon. In this way a just and full determination will be arrived at, the poor and triendless debtor aliowed to plead for himself, and the VICTiMS OF MERCILESS SHARPERS and mercenary lawvers a chance to state their grievance, and perhaps obtain some measure of re Gress for the wrongs they have safflered. On the otner hand, those wno are simply paying the just penalty of their offences against suciety, in over- reaching and defrauding the HONEST AND CONFLDING TRADESMAN, will not be suffered to escape their deseris, while the community at large will rest easier and happier in the thought that the deserving though friendiess debtor is not made to share in the same punishment, Mr. Sullivan, however, does not intend to let the matter rest here, but will extend his offictal = inquiry = into sons, houses 0 detention, all other places of incarceration, public anu semi- public, in the city aud county, in order that no per- son whose righis ol personal ireedom have been unjustly curtailed or abridged shall be further held aud detainea, There 1s evidently too much reason to believe bevctdico ea atl eee a onan cases fa rantly perve! appl i basest purposes, Sha it is high time the evil was arrested. By the kindness of Mr. Warden tracy, whose humanity to the unfortunates in his care caunot be toe ighly commended, we™ were furnished with the following list of prisoners, with dates of com- mitment aud amounts in which they are respect- ively held, all of whom will be produced tn Court om Monday, pursaant to the subjomed order. We omit the caption, but give the substantial portion:— Ordered that the Sheriff of the city and county of New York bring before this Court, on Monday, the 30th inst, at eleven o'cl A, M., the following persons, now heid detained in the County Jail, viz:—(The names will be found below)—together wit by which they are held tm custody, it being necessary Tor urpose of asct whether they can be further legally detained, a imute Extract [rom the mini RY VANDERVOORT, Clerk astneeeceeeeso858,000 08 5—Samuel Oppenbeim......... : Berrian Gay. filiam Ho! geegereee CERSEsUsSsEsasezessgaazesesseseeseas 278 Bebe, asa. K. Sebrucder: 100 Bat se Oct, Oct. 6- 8,000 Oct. ‘500 Oct. B,0U0 Oct. 28 . 24—Simon Ganther: 1, Oct. ¥8—W. B. Daring Feb, 31—J. C, MeQuhae. re April 18—Horace Bone. et =e: May 37—M, Bernateih 54 Jane 1—Edward J. He 3,58 ‘Aug. 19—J. Silvio Dwiand ‘686 ‘Aug. 6—M. Marahelm LL Sept 37—-Henry Johnson. 10 . 13—Charies Wood. Oct, =P. ¢ Ang. 9—Jobn ‘Aug. 19—Engene Von Schoening. Surrogate, Aug, %7--J. ©, Mil Application Before Supreme Court ft Release from Ludlow Street Jail. Before Judge Barnard. Inre John McQuhae.—This was an application fea release from Ludlow street jai. McQuhae has bees an inmate of this institution for the past eign’ months on an execution against him as a judgment . His release was asked for on the grounds rT nis ertracvee imprisonment has greatly im- red his health and that the jail is not & oe to put @ prisoner in, The Judge said that the Sa- preme Court he m 1, Meantime he would have testimony taker as to, ‘the conditioa of the jail, and would re- mand Mcquhae until the fects in the case were inven He added thy4 aebt was no hetien that if 1t should appear that Ludlow street jail wi not a fit piace to confine this prisoner or any ot! prisoner that he show order his discharge or om aer tae Sissi to find some fit place in which im. on ‘Bawin James appeared for the petitioner. SAVeD FROM THE GALLOWS. GRRENSBOHO, N. C., Oct. 27, 1871. Governor Caldwell a few days since commute€ the sentence of Charles Gilmer, negro, who was we executed to-day for rapo, to imprisonment fog eee years in the Penitentiary. ce the exer cise of clemency in fis case Gilmer has been de tected im the act of committing a beastial crime with another negro in the jail. 8 Creates & goed Seal of Indicuation ka the