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a & a ‘+ é remarks: count that or Presbyterian Chur: ‘The raries tells ig band which 12 in train; ms ite work of getting up revivals, Biionsesy” tnd sacrilege pet Te ‘woras ae ‘these men are in a fair way jo incur their enanG, eee their guilt” is good—it we only un- the meaning of the phrase, A Knoxville man bas cut the Lord’s er out on the head of acane, Whereupon a California paper “*The Christians of Callfornia‘ean dis- Knoxvillian, for nine-venths of them have ent the Lord’s Prayer out of their creeds.” FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE. Isracl’s Union and Final Ingathering—Mes- ‘ siab’s Advent Looked for—Urgent Calls for Sympathy and Benevoleace—Sermon by Rev. 8, M. Isnacs. The moderate weather of yesterday attracted a goodly congregation, to the synagogues, and the solemnity usually accompanying the last Sabbath of the yeaf was apparent. In the Forty-fourth street synagogue the Rev. S, M. Isaacs Celivered a thor- onghly orthodox discuurse, in which the ingather- img of the Jews to their own land was confidently Wooked for, ‘and the advent of the Messiah fondly cherished and anticlpated. The basis for these re- marke was found m Ezekiel xxxviil., 21, 28, which Gescribes the gathering together of Israel from among the nations whither they have been scat tered and the establisuing of tuem in their own land; they are’no longer to be two nations—ortno- @ox and heterodox—nor are they to worsnip idols any more, for they shull have David for sneir King, :—"One of our contempo- wwe NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET., Post ed. Alte! of this important committee are given as lollows:— Peter Coopex, President of tne Cooper Institute; W. 8. I. Prime, D. D., President of the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Art; Charles P. Daly, President of the American Geo- SS agree Society; James M. Brown, A. N. Low, . i. Dodge, Fletcher Harper. Professor 8. F. B. Morse, E, C. Benedict, Vice President of the New York Historical society; N. Brown, D. D., Li. D., President of the Philological Society; W. B. President A’ ican Institute; Nathan Bisho) Fancher, James H. Tait, Frederick 3. Winston, Francis Lieoer, LL. D.; H. 0. Van Vorst, Henry G. Marquand, William W. Parkin, Kobert M. Olyphant, David B, Coe, D. D., Willtam Adams, D, D., Christopher R. Rober . P, Jones; also Ex- President 1, ), Woolsey, D. D., 1. L, D., of New Haven, and the Presidents of Harvard University, Brown University, Cornell University, Yale, Wil- liams, Princeton, Columbia, Bowdoin, Dartmouth and Oberlin colleges, and of tne Universities of New York, Virginia, South Carolina, Vermont, Michigan, | Pennsylvania, Notre Dame du Lac, lowa, Wiscon- ain, and the Nortawestern University. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ORPHAN ASYLUMS OF THE METROPOLIS, Their Condition and Labors—Some Interesting Statistics—Means of Suapport—Entertain- ment ef the Young Mon’s Association, &c. Among the various charities of this metropolis hone can commend themselves more warmly to the sympathies of our citizens than that of the Roman Catholic orphan asylums, both male and female. ‘There are at present among us three of those institu- and one ahephera shall be over them, and they shail | tiong two female asylums, one corner of Madison ‘walk i the statutes and judgments of the Lord, and He shall make AN EVERLASTING COVENANT Of peace with them, and will sct His sanctuary and His tabernacle in the midst of them for evermore, and the heathen shall then know that the Lord doth wanctily Israel when these things are performed, With many persons everything is for the present time, said Mr. Isaacs, and there is no vhougnt of the fature. if we spesk of the future of Israel we are laughed.at, Israel, say they, has nofuture. But Rot go, saith the Lord by His prophet. ‘The nations shall know that }am the Lord when I do sanctify Israel’? The great object of a tuture is heid out to Us to encourage us to prepare ourselves in the present to inherit again the land of our ancestors g@ad-to be a united people vefore the coming of the Messiah. These ideas are very uupopular in the present day. ‘Ine Bible 1s Kept sealed, and the People themselves claim to be the best judges of ‘What is their future. Here they say they are pros- perous and happy and contented, and they scoff at ‘the idea that tne Lord will ever establish Israei in ) their own land. But Ezekiei tells a ditlerent story. He dwelt among the captives in Babyion, where thousands of Jewish captives spake as do Israciites of the present day of peace and contentment in the land oi their captivity. a few men like Daniel, Shaarack, Meshack and Abednego may stand high aha occupy prominent positions, but the prophet Ezekiel teils them:-that this-1s-not to be weir home, Even in the Egyptian captivity of their fathers many Israelites were distinguished, aud in Assyria also; while many had joy and gladness of heart they did not consider it their Jerusalem. WHAT A CONTRAST it win be with our present condition when Israel | Bhail be gathered together and ve one people! We @re no More one peuple now, said we preacher, than are the Protesiant and Catholic sects, who are continually vieing with and teariug each other. But the time is coming when tue Messiah shall come and gather Israel trom all paris of the world, and when these prophecies shail be fulfilled in our sight. We cand prepare ourselves for ine Messiah's coming by aoing all the good we can In iaithfalness and ‘atection toward God and man. How shall we gerve God’ There are many who say what ul we believe in God thatis enough, without giving heed to the services of the synagogue cr to religious duties. But tuis cannot excuse them. Even at Messiah's coming religious ceremonies are to be ob- Rerved, and all that. we can do is to prepare by good @eeds jor the future, so that wnen our bo:ties lie in the dust our spirits may move aloag. Our first auty ietowara God, whom we ure to love and serve with Our hearts and minds. But how are we to love wel clothed and in comfortavle homes, ‘ LOOK AROUND PHROUGH THIS CITY and see what distress prevails, You do gooa when you hear of it, but there is a great dea: of which you never hear. They come to me as your minister, and J have to tell some of them that I can’t ao much for them, and others that I can’t do anything. ‘they can’t understand it. ‘Are you not the minister of a Wealthy congregation?” they say, and as such they me to have something always ready for them. But | have no means Stop my own private which 1s often empty. You should do as Rome, Christian regations do—provide your with money for distribution to the worthy peor WhO may cali upon him. ‘There are many Jews Smong us who have seen better days, but who must now seek pecuniary relief. ‘Give me,” sata Mr. Isgacs, ‘the means to relieve them, and God will biess you. This is one of the secrets of the min- Istry. In aday coming we shall be one people— rich and poor, high and low—and we shall have one King and one Stepherd over us—even the Lord of Hosts,” and for this time and event we minister earnestly prayed. THE HUNIER's POINT BIBLE WAR. Meeting ef the Bonrd of EducationA Peti- tion of the Catholic Residents. ‘The following petition was presented to the Long Island City Boara of Education last night:— LonG IsLanp Crry, Dec. 29, 1871, Fo THE HoNoRADLE BoaRy OF EpucATION .o¥ Lona Istanp City Neighbors? You who are in good condition, GENTLEMEN—We, the undersigned residents and citizens ‘Of this city, respectfully petition your honorable body for the Fepeal of that portion of section 18, article 12) of the of jucation, which reads as follows:—"The daily ises ahall consist of the reading of a por- thon o ripture without note or comment ;” and we further peti#on your honorable body that no relizious in- struction, prayers, hymns or other religious exercises be itted in the public schools during shoo! hours, for the jowing reasons Fira —| ‘we, a8 members of the Catholic Church, cannot join in religious exercises with non-Catholica, even when the exercise is the same in substance and in form. Second—\ ecause the religious exercises hitherto held in the , and the religions instruction given therein, we been and are stil! condemned by our highest ecclesiasti- eal authority as corrupt, false and heretical. We are for Didden to read or to attend the religious instructions and the prayers which our children are obliged to attend in the pub- we have the natural and belief and to live according Third—Because, as freemer fmalienable rigbt to hold to thi to its teachings. Fourih—Because, a8 rational and responsible beings, we have a natural and inalienable right to truth to its full eajoy- Ment and possession. a natural and inaitenable right to the Pima of happiness, or what we consclentiously believe to tem Rreonate ‘we, as parents, have alone the natural and Fight to dictate to our owa children during their rity what shail and shali not be their religious convit- i how and why and what they shall believe and prao- {a religion, and we hoid that no buman power or autbor- whether it'be ecclesiastical or civil, can justiy claim this OF justly exercise this power, except with our consent. h—Because we, as citizens ot the State of New York, Bave a constitutional right to hold, to enjoy and to practise tia celitous belief, and we hold that ander the constitution of ‘thin Bute we cannot be legally deprived of any right or lleze secured to any citizen of this State on account of gious convictions or the exercie or enjoyment thereof. ‘Sronji—Because we, us residents of Long Island city, Bave a legal Fight, acoriing to section 2%, title 9., of our ciiy ebarier, to send our chiluren to tne public schools of this tty, ‘and the only conditions required by law m_ order to entitle children to the beneits of Sorreattenia of thin ely; secondly: that thet shati’be of ae o ; » ey C ‘Detweeo four and twenty-one years. ‘Their attendance gious instructions, exercises or practices Is not im- a9 ioral pei ael to entitle them to the benefits of jodi ‘and if it were it would ve unconstitu- Soualand therefore binding. — Because we as taxpayers believe that the employ: ‘and payment of ollcers and teachers by the civil au- Ahorities for tbe dissemination and maintenance of Protest- ant led religious inairuction, exercises and practices in ‘eur public schools during hours, and forcing of attendance on the part of the children’ to religious instruc- tions which quire an act of super reason, and whic! teachings of a divine author nce to the cbild or to the parent of the ‘or that such or such inatractions or ivine, or by divine authority; in word, must ‘be without note ment, {8 an assumption and an out- the part of civil authorities against e conscience and against the organic laws of this is giving the School Boaras aright and a power han has been given by the State to ite government in nic Iaws, by and through which the school Hoarde have an existence. It perverts public tnatitutions rate ends. It yates ¢! Bsa funds to the inter- a particular cinos. It institutes anarchy in the State, isunion, discord and bitter prejudice in the minda ad cith and brings odium and disgrace upon the We and sacred, as the out any proof or evide huld of ‘theve tnyster exercise i hol o1 tat 8 , withe ee 2 izens, ‘syntem of public instruction, therefore pray your honorable body totake ympt and ie eaten 4H t ings mnie bey no longer sre oute we and our chil may no lo ‘suffer from public insult and injustice which ei have borne patiently the end that our children may as speedily fr our public acboola and participate im ali iva ‘and to the end that not only our filter, mr fellow cltiseus, may prods bythe maierual yen: ar yw citizens, mi e mm: nai gen- fy, solieltude and justice of vhie State wi fi He » wo! ithout, suffering ‘Or injustice @0 account of their race, their color or Aheir creed. The ment was read the Secretary and sane denied. 1 Menars Fahnestock, and Wallach. Commissioner White, of te THE AMERICAN COLLEGE IN CHINA, Names of the Permanent Committee. It wilt be Temembered that the meeting held at Oooper Institute some days since to consider the Droposition to use the surplus of the Chinese In- demunity Fund to facilitate diplomatic, scientific and commercial intercourse with China by the establish- ment Of a school to educate Chinese and American A list of names of prominent gentiomen of New York and neighboring Beates was then placed in nominawon tor tae = commutes, «1s was pally repolved avenue and Fifty-first street, and the otner in Prince street; also the male asylum, corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-first street. In the female asylums there are at present some seven hundred orphans and in tne male institution about six hundred, A farm of land has also been lately purchased in Peekskill upon which a buliding is to be erected, so that this qndertaking is not yet in thorough working order. The good Sisters of the Cathoitc Church have charge of those admirable | asylums; and this fact alone is a proper guarantee of the creditable manner in which they are con- ducted. A Board of Managers, consisting of twenty- | five members, has entire control, under Archbishop McCloskey. Children between the ages of nine and sixteen | years are admitted to the asylums on recommenda- | tion of any Catholic clergymen in the diocese. Some | of the clergymen have adopted the plan of re- | ferring all applicants for adinission to the St. Vin- cent de Padi Societies attached to their church, aud on a@ favorabie report from that body te child 1s recommended to the Board of Managers, a commit- tee of whicn body meets twice a month tor the pur- | pose of entertaining and acting upon applications. ‘The branches of education taught to those orphans | are simply those which make a sound Englisn | Scholar, togetner with music, both vocal and in- | Stirumental, They are retained in the asylums | | until they are about sixteen or eighteen years of | age, When situations are procured ior them. ‘TRE MEANS OF SUPPORT adopted for these most praiseworthy Institutions bas been scarcely adequate to their various de- mands. Tnetr income 1s derived trom collections in all the Catholic churches throughout the diocese at Christmas and Easter, whicti amount to avout ninetv thousand aoliars per annum. Private do- nations are sometimes received. Another very ma- terial source of income is tue ANNUAL BALL OF THE YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION, ine proceeds of which are devoted to the objects of | vhe asylums, This associauon wus started in the city some few years since. It is limited to thirty members, and is looked upon as one of the strong- est and most respectable Catholic bodies in the city. Since its organization it has probavly turned over avout $50,000 to the support of the orphans as tue regult of its entertainments. The ball this year comes off at the Academy of Music on the evening Of the 22d of January, and the usual jam is expected. ‘rhe respectable character of the entertainment and its excellent management, leaving aside ali chart. table objects, yearly assures the success of the “orphan bail.’ FOURTH AVENUE.RAILROAD ABUSES. To THE EpiIToR OF THE HERALD:— Rarely have I seen a more just article of rebuke than that contained in your issue of yesterday. It 1s refreshing to see a newspaper which cannot be Geterre’ trom a full expression of truth in regard to the Fourth Avenue Railroad, ‘Conductor’? is not the only one who has felt the oppression of petty tyranny; the public, who are obliged to use this road, too, feel the mismanagement which, despite the many compliments heaped upon its manage: ag leit the business man venind time by the bind Persistence of the company in running ireight cars in ‘tween thé passenger horse cara, and thereby de- priving men of the power of reaching their of pasiness in time to meet their engagements, 1 am an oid rider on this and have 1n vain tried | to keep up with the conductors, who by gentle- manly conduct, have ever won my kindest respect; yet, according to the rules of the Sompenyt new faces meet me every day (those of new appointees), and Ifeel almost a stranger on the very line I have travelled for years. [shall hereafter try the Third avenue cars, though with kindliest feelings of regret tothe road of which | have so long been a patron. ‘Why is it hat men, even after having been appointed | conductors, are not allowed to remain on the road ? Isseems to be fully explained by ‘a Conductor” him- self in the article alreaay referred to. Thev are almost starved when thev go on, and they are obliged, as he says, to “make hay while the sun shines,”’ belteving Jrom the past that their time is short, and they will soon have to give place to new appointees. The sum thai these gentlemen receive for their services is not sufficient. ‘The sum of two Gollars ts not enough for fourteen hours of work on | the cars in the cola aays and nights of such a season as this bas been; therefore, there are those wno will steal from the income of the road as long as it 1s managed as a political machine. PASSENGER, Another Opinion. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: — Having for the last twenty odd years been a con- stant reader of your valuable paper, I have yet to see where there has beena wanton attack upon an individual or corporation in its columns that ample field is not given for its refutation or ex- planation. The article of “Conductor” in your columns of yesterday, 28th instant, does violent in- Justice to a worthy and energetic officer, as well as to a line that, in the opinion of the travelling pub- lic, ranks the very best im every respect among the } horse railway cars in the city of New York. The article is apparent as an apology for dishonest parties appointed as conductors, and a censure of Mr. Brown for discharging an officer when he finds him peculating or stealing from the company, whose interest, as aman aud | oMcer of honesty and integrity, ie 1s bound to pro- | | tect. The people have no sympathy for any such | demonstrations of honest (?) indignation coming from such a source as that evinced in the article re- ferred to. When “Conductor” comes out in the columns of a leading newspaper like the HERALD and acknowledges for himsel and for others that at least one-half of the fares on the Fourth Avenue Ratiroad are appropriated by the conductors, he confesses tou great Weakness on his part, and let us hope, for the honor of others, perpetrates a gross libel upon his confederates in trust; and in their behalf I dare utter a soiemn protest. Now, With no interest whatever in this matter, not knowing the principal officers ana stockholders of the road, and with but @ meagre acquaintance with Mr, Brown, the Superintendent, and Mr. Meserole, the General Manager of tne road, wnom I find have the confidence of the principal business wealthy men here in an extended degree, I dare assert that no road in the city of New York is better conducted. The impediments in the way of rapid transit usual on this line during the last cold spell were unavoidable, and while many complained, more extended charity, faithfally believing that ail Was done that coula be done under the circum: stances for their comfort and the furtherance of their interests and wishes; therefore the wordy com- plaint of “Conductor” only serves to remind one of the oid “saw: — No man ¢*er felt the halter draw ‘With good opinion of the law. PEREZ GONZALEZ. A Suggestion for the Sixth and Eighth A Roads. To TH Eprrok oF Tk HERALD:— Allow me to make a suggestion to the Eighth ana and Sixth Avenue Railroad Compantes:—At their | ato starting point, corner of Vesey and Broadway, to cover the sidewalk for say twenty-five feet down Vesey street with a wooden awning, supported by iron rods (that will not obstruct the passage ways), for the accommodation of women and children and any one waiting for the cars at that point. I nave oiten noticed in stormy weather a crowd of people Patiently waiting, wiih no Kind ef covering, not even umbrelias, and for the sake of humanity, Mr. tor, please say a word, I throw out this sugges- tion hoping the companies will take the nint and make guiable provision for their sdrnagemer 7 e JUSTICE TO WHOM JUSTIOE 18 DUE. ‘To THE Epiron OF THE HERALD: Sim—The New York Leader gave up the ghost December 3), 1871, but the proprictors did not give up the generosity that nas always characterized them, It was only at five o’clock Friday that we knew the paper was going to The men were taken by surprise, but on Batuniay morning the a made each man empioyed a present of 20 as & COMpensaAtion for the short notice of their termination of daties, Mr, Bradley and A. Oakey Hall are entivied to the credit,“ @ man as you tnd him.” Your Ve An American Citizen Sentenced to Eight Years in the Chain Gang---For What? A Great Wrong Crying for Redress. Letter from One of the Havana Students Working in the Chain Gang, A Sad Story of Their Cruel sons Who surrendered. From Ciego de Avila, a8 | Treatment. The result of the last reconnotssance by the Gadus Tegiment, between Izura, Limones, Kio Grande, seithahal ikea aanians THE MILITARY SITUATION. Havana, Dec, 23, 1871. A sad case is that of Dr. Emile Howard, an ameri- | can citizen, who has been imprisoned for over a | year at Cienfuegos, on a charge of supplying medi- cines to the insurgents. Accordmg to recent tele- grams published in this city Consul General Torbert has been inst: ucted by the government of the United States to inquire into his case, concerning which the following facts and detatis may prove interest- ing, illustrating another exampié of Spanish arbl- trariness and despotism upon an innocent man, imprisoned for over a year before bis trial and un- Just sentence. Dr. Emile Howard is a native of Philadelphia, and has resided for many years and practised his pro- fession in Cieniuegos, where he married and has three grown daughters, He is now a widower, his wife having died some years since. The trumpery charge upon which Dr. Howard was arrested was through the follow. | ing circumstance:—It appears inat Dr. Howard, as long ago as 1864, sold to a Spanish gentieman named Banyon, who dabbled in amateur homo. Pathics, two small cases of medicines which had been in his possession for some time, and had his own name (Howard’s) engraved on the hds, Sefior Bunyon was high enough in the confidence of the government at the tme to be appointed an | officer of the Treusury at Tufias. Upon the break- | ing oof of the insurrection, however, he left Tuflas in the insurrection and carried with him the two medicine chests he had purchased of vr. Howara, | Suortly before the close of last year an insurgent camp was surprised by some Spanish forces, and a medicine chest, with Dr. Howard’s name engraved on it, found among the spoils of the captured. Of | course the arrest of Dr. Howard was the immediate This | numbering over three thousand, were in the major ity of the cases fraudulently obtained, it being repre- sented to them that it was @ petition to the King to obtain the release of their embargoed property. No importance Whatever 1s given to this document by those well versed in th: tricks wuich the Spanish authorities in the Island of Cuba resort to. The military situation of aftairs in this island con- tinues pretty much the same. Any news of reverses of whatever nature to the Spaniards 18 never made public, while every little skirmish, scare or gun let off against the insurgents ts duly and officially re- ported, Nevertheless, | give some of the latter news. From Las ‘Tunas we are informed that Brig- adier Morales de los Rios had engaged the enemy and nad caused a loss to them of thirteen killed and five wounded, Ampudia, with a force composed of the regiment “Huvana,” guerillas, and the band of the renegade Urquiza, had recopnoi- tred the Camalote range of mountains aud d stroyed @ large earthwork, which Was car ried by Urquiza and his flanking party without any resistance on the part of the enemy, who left sundry effects behind them. Urguiza took four prisoners and killed two of the enemy’s number, among the lawer Don Antonio Salgado. Another part of Ampudia’s command tn its reconnoissance of Curana, Caimito and other places, nad killed four, seized many arms, some ammunition, and received seventy-live Jatibonico and lobre, the insurgents have lost six in killed, tour horses taken and sixty-two persons surrendered at Santi Espiritu. MORE ENGAGEMENTS, From Santa Clara, the Camaguan! volunteers, under command of Ensign Borrati, engaged an im- surgent bund at the Iavado pasture, kuling two and { seizing seven horses and a quantity of arms, Near ‘Trinidad a corporal and three soldiers kiled an in- surgent. A welegram of the 15th inst. from Puerto Principe xives the particulars of the operations efiected by Colonel Cubas with a force of 250 men, On the 18th he found an abandoned hut filled with alarge quanuty of corn and vegetables. On the 14th, having ascertained that Eduardo Agramonte, with 200 men, was near him, he attacked aud afler @ short combat routed him, forciag him to abandon a quantity of arms, eight horses and quite @ large quanuty vl ammunition, aiso a considerable store of Saltpetre, sulphur, &c. During this expe- dition several prisoners Were taken and executed, Another telegram gives an account of some forty- five Spanish troops having met the bands of Agramogie and Villamil, composed of negroes. "he | enemy on their firs: discharge killed | twenty-five of the troops’ orses, The ; Spanisn troops for over an hour sustained their fire unti! obliged to retreat. ‘The insurgents charged several umes, machete in hand, but were always repulsed, leaving behind them eight killed and two prisoners. Tne Spaniards lost two officers and a sergeant. In this case, as in all others, to get | atthe trun multiply the Spanish loss by five aad divide the 1nsurgent loss by the same number, The local papers here notice the arrival of the | mitted an outrage upon the briush vessel, E. Beck- with, in Haytien waters, have been suspended by { sentations of the Rr.tish governmeat. ‘The basso cani‘ante of the opera company, Mr. Louis Gassier, died on the 18th inst. Irom a severe | attack of yellow fever, Although he haa notap- | peared belore the public this season, he was well | and returned to Cienfuegos, from whence he joined | Known to the Havanese, and as a relined gentleman aud accomplished arust nadsxon the esteem. not only of his companions, but ofthe public. Tam- berlick was his sincere friend, and many times ter the fatigue of rendering his réle at the Ubeatre would pass the remainder of the | Might at the bedsiue of his friead. The fune- , eral, which took place on the morning oi the 19th, Was numerously attended. At the cemetery & ) requiem was sung, and Lamberlick, in afew weil | chosen sentences, patd a trioute to the memory of consequence, and, being uncle to the two | nis friend. Mile.’Dalt, the new soprano of the Cavadas—Adalfo and Federico—and of Ger- | company, 1s creaung a furor among the opera- man Barrio, formerly United States Consular | 20ers. 1h her interpretation of “Sonnamoula” she Agent at Cienfuegos, his guilt in the eyes of the Spaniards was a Joregone conclusion. Federico Cavada has also held office under the | three prime donne. United States; having credibly served in the Union army, he was appointed and held the ofice of Consul at Trinidad. For over one long year has Dr. Howard LANGUISHED IN PRISON, using his feeble endeavors to have mis case brought toaconclusion. He has written and obtained the fntercession o1 Mr, Morris, the United States Consu- Jar Agent, by whom his case was referred to Cousul General Biddle, who, however, was unable to effect anything in his favor, always being replied to that the proceedings or investigations of the case had not come to @ cunclusion; that they were in the possession of the Chief of Staf; that witnesses had been sent for, and other frivulous excuses without number to cover up the unwarraatable delay in bringing him to aefinite trial, and to extend his imprisonment. Conscious of his innocence he has produced evidence which in any other part of the Civilized world would have successiully rebutted all that used against him, proving the fact of the sale of the icine boxes to Bunyon. He has con- fronted his accusers aud refuted their ch: of bie having supplied medicines to the insurgents, or held communication with any of his nepnews— 80 one of the charges brought against him, Finally, after this lony and tedious deiay, the pro- ceedings in his case were ordered to be submitted to & court martial, of which several officers of the Cieniuegos volunteers formed Me ayn) and the fiscal or prosecuting otticer demanded _as the sentence six years of imprisonment. The court martial was held on the 15ti inst., and the sentence found against him by bis unjust judges is eight years’ presidio (chain gang) and coafisca- tion of his property—a more severe sentence than the prosecuting attorney thought himself justified in demanding, and which was entirely unexpected, as the evidence against the Doctor thronghout was so slight that banishment Irom the island was at Most to be expected. ‘The proceedings and sentence have yet to receive the approval of the Captain General, and it is hoped that the efforts to be made in his benali by the United States government will prove successiul in having his case reconsidered. ‘The only property the Doctor possesses is a dwell- ing house in Cienfuegos, occupied by his daughters, THE HAVANA STUDENTS still continue in the chain-gang. A letter aadressed by one of them to his family, of which your corre- Spondent has been favored with a reading, details the sufferings and mortifications they have had to endure ané still undergo. Speaking of the trial by court martial the writer says:— Ican hardly explain what passed. I only recollect anmly that we were questioned by men in _unitorm—answers pressed out ot us. I even don’t know what I was accused of, as Iwas not in the cemetery or attended class the day mentioned. I do recollect that one of my companions, after | being justiad? (weury) with veing quesvioned, answered, If you ask me if I have done any injury to the grave of Casta- non I must reply that 1 was notin the cemetery; but ff you ask me if 1 hate the Spaniards I reply con toda mi cima (with my whole soul). This answer created mu and his sentence was not doubtful, Neverthe y were condemned to death, and we Knew that eight, or one- fitth, were to be sacriticed the demanis of the mood of volunteers yelling outside. Lot were resorted to by the vilicers composing our judges, aud poor little Laborde was one of the unfortunates, When we were separated from our companions we realized what was | in store for them, and I thought my heart would break; but | I mastered my emotion as well aa 1 could, and so did the | resi The same aiternoon we beard a voliey tired and ral slogle shots, and we knew but too weil what it si,nift bat, wearied with excitement, the restiess night, the impres- | of natural awe aad fear with which the yells the night | jhout had filed our hearts, we could hardly feel | | thro worse, Immediately a‘ter what we imagined to be the execution of our companions we were taken to one of the w/a. (saloons) of prison; there we were despoiled of our clothes and dressed in the prison garb, which you know (pants and @ shor shirt, made of duck), wy hair, as woll of rest, was cut clone eac & &. a8 6 to the head, for which operation we paid twenty ceats im. Then we had chains put on us, sume having very heavy chains exchanged for somewhat lighter ones, by pay- ing $1; then they read to us what they calied the prison rules and regulations. ‘The next morning our sentence commence’. We were taken to the quarries of St. Lazaro road and forces to break stones and joad them into carts, iabor entirely inadequate to @ wtrength of the majority of us. Many of the stones are $0 heavy that it requires the combined strength ol severai to Iift them. During the Orst days some of the boys were struck tian canes of our masters and loaded with vile epithets and insuits, but complaints were mace, as we have been informed, by compassionate people, and now we re- celve belier treatimen ‘and are not forced by blows to food furnisned us we cannot cat ubsist upon What we are allowed to id fork and spoon of wood; allowed ns. We s.eep on palm stone floor, and, rain or shine. we forced into the streets to our tasks. Nuch treatment t id, pampered and spoiled by our over- tp has, of course cavised sickness to many of us, and if continued o suiferings will end m death, Many of my companion desponding and envy ‘the fate of our murd achooimates, Others, however—the atrongest and est, and 1 umong them—keep up our spiri and bope for the best, It is impossible for us to imagine that wo ure to bo kept thie way for six long years. ¢ obliged to arise eviry morning at four o'clock, although we do not go to our taske until six, and work until near sunset, at which time the roll Is called a we are marched back to prison; after that we have what call our dinner ; then. \mimediately omes our only tim of pleasure; we are alowed (o read until eignt; at that hour we are ordered to lie down on our mate an to sleep, or at any rate remain silent ; we are only aliowed to bathe once & week, aud aiso haves prison burber, who shaves all the boys, with or without bear bas two razora for this purpose, one very duli and like @ saw, which 18 the prison Tazor, and there is no charge to be shaved with it; but he has a better one in reserve, which he says is his own private property, for the use of which be charges ten centy, which We are ali willing to pay not to updergy the torture of the saw razor. The letcer has other details, but, being of a com- promising character to the identity of tue writer, your correspondent does not quote them. In the Name of humanity, can it be expected that forty young students, boys scarcely cut loose from thelr Mothers’ apron strings, the #cions of wealthy and Aable families, can lone endure such treat- ment? Have they not sufficiently expiated the foolish act of whicd they are accused? And are their sufferings still required to appease the malignily of their rulers? It 1s rumored that they are soon to he pardoned— atieast, have the rigors of their sentence relaxed and their sufferings alleviated. The parenis of ine boys are mal strong efforts to soften the vb- durate opstii of the Captain General to this purpose, and it is confidenuy asserted that they will oon succeed. SURRENDERED INSURGENTS. A document which has been reierred to In the United States as signed at Puerto Principe by te rincipal leaders and others of the sutrectioa Who Rave Surrendered of presented thoimseives to the Spanwh government, has been profusely circulated by she auiboriues and conaideravie cavital endca Sm, | was called before the curtain seven timer with + | Clamorous applause. In Lucia’ she has also electri- | fled the pubite, and 1s a decided favorite among the ‘o-night *utello,” with Tam- ‘Ole, will ve given, THE CUBAN CHIEF OF ARTILLERY, What an Ex-Federal Officer Says of the Cubana Situation. BROOKLYN, L. 1., Dec, 30, 1871, To TaR Epirok or THe HERALD:— Since my return trom Cuba 1 Jearn that I am stigmatized by certain parties here as a Spanish spy. Inot only deny the charge, but declare that at no time and in no way have Lever been otherwise than true to the cause of Cuoa, and court any in- vestigation, public or privace, where I will prove the falsity of the accusation. As to my conduct irom October 7, 1868, when{ began my work for Cuban liberty, until my forced surrender in July | last, I refer to Generals Jordan, Ryan, Bembeta and all who have been my companions in arms on } Cuban soil. When 1 was forced w surrender by being cut off from all Cuban torces and surrounded by tne bioouthirsty Spaniards 1 was on commis sion to the United Staces, for the purpose of- seeking assistance for my brothers, who had be- come aemoraltzed and djslieartened by tue failure Oi resources, desertion by their brothers abrvad, and non-tuiniment of promises made by “those who call themselves Cuban sympavhizers in this and other countries. Had the Cubans used what they have had as they should have done—shouldered their muskets and faced their country’s enemy, in- stead Of squandering tueir wealtn and substance in foreign lands—Cuva would have been free long ago. All honor to the brave few who tuok the fleid and battled to the exient of man’s ability against the feariui odds we have had arrayed ayainst us. May | God spare those who yet remain of them. But in spite of ali Cuva’s enemies, including the cowardly sycophants who have held their dress parades in vhe streets of New York, Paris, London and else- where, instead of hastening tu their country’s call, aud who have done us more injury tian all the Spanish troops raised against her, Cuba will yet be tree, Cubans, give your attention to your cause and country, and you will be better occupied than in abusing those who voluntarily, and without a cent or favor in repayment lor their services, gave their all to and Won highest honors in the cause of Cuba Libre. 1am, dear sir, yours, very respectiully, TOM LILLIE MERCER, Chief of Arullery Liverating Army of Cuva, berlick in ube iti NEW «NGLAND WIFE BUTCHER, A Horrible Attempt at Murder in South Bove ton—A Husband Beating Out His Wite’s Braios with the Cover of a Kettle—Lnter- rupted, But scarcely von Enough. Boston, Dec, 30, 1871 Wite murders are epidemical in New England, | The latest one occurred last night in Shakeshait’s yard, as it is called, a locality near Gold strect, | South Boston, and in the immediate neighborhood | of one of the roughest and most disorderly places of the Peninsuia. There are but few faiallies hving in this yard, the members of most of which, through their intemperate habits, are reported to be good representatives of tie dangerous classes, Among tits class may fairly rank a thin, ram bleached and desperate looking man, about thirty-five years of age, named Michael McCarthy, Who ts now in cus tody for an attempt to murder his wife, Bria- get MeUarthy, wo is sald to be an industrious woman. Shes the mother of three children, one @ nursing babe, and also a woman who tries todo the best she can for her family, and the husband, perhaps, would be of some assistance to her but for the demon Rum. HIS WAY OF COOKING BRIDGET'S GOOSE. About three o'clock yesterday afternoon he was quietly seaied m bis Kitcnen-after a bard speil of drinking, appareatly reflecting. His litte children were avout the room while his wife was busy at work over her wash boiler. They had no words and no severe quarrels of late, While thus seated in deep meditation he suadenly sprang up, rushed for his wile, seized her round vue neck, aud witht great foree pressed her head under his left arm, with her face crowded down upon his lett breast, He then exclaimed, with the volce and raving Madness of the maniac, ‘ow, Bridget, I have got you.”* BERATING OUT HER BRAINS WITH A KETTLE COVER. At the same instant he seized # heavy iron kettle cover, Aud commenced to beat out ler brains, she screamed aad struggled with all her might, but murder was in his heart, aud with heavy blows and a deadly weapon he proceeded to beat in the head of his suffering wile in & most brutal manner. Five very severe and dangerous gushes wero cut in ner head that may yet prove fatal. In trying to protect her head she received @ severe blow between te fingers of the leit hand, opening an artery and making a very severe wound, which bled very freely, Belore he had proceeded any further witli nis work of marder--for he had a razor in bis pocket and an axe close at hand, for use, if necessary—he was apprehended by officer George H. Jubuson, of the Sixth-station, and led away to the station house, the little chiidren having given the alarm. INTERBUPTED TOO SOON—ARRESTED AND HELD TO ANSWER. On his way to the station he kept his head con- stanuly wurned in the direction of lis home, and 11a grumbiing tone of voice unremittingly breathed forth (hreats of vengeance—such was the desperate | anu apparently dvutermmued ciforis of this husband and father to inurder the wife oi lis bosom aud the mother of his children. The wom was promptiy wtrended by Dr, Ingalls, who rendered het every sistance in his power. She bled very proiasety, tue suirt bosom of ber murderous husbaad, where her head rested as he pounded i with the deadiy weapon, being compietely saturated with blood. When he was called im Court this morning, to answer an assault upon his wire with Intent to kill and mucder, there was still a sullen, Wicked ex~ pression avout Nis face as he rose to answer to the charge. He waived an exammation and in default Of bull in the sum Of $5,000 Was cogumitiy 7 jail bo awali the acilon of the Grae” ade of it. Y dent 1s crediv fae sunday Sebo! Department of, the | thes the eiatter was teo tmportant sp be Getermined Cc U RB A ar eee otaoicaneioten te oe aon P E R U = s ASSASSINATION OF GENERAL MEL Particulars of the Tragedy—The Cause, .. Wo- man—A Curious Family History—A Faith- less Mistress anda Modern Timon— Political and General News, Lima, Nov. 27, 1571. Tt wonld seem that we are destined to witness the | continuation of disagreeably exciting scenes in this usually monotonous city. Our last sensation 1s the to Lima permanently, and, finally, the forta- pone of births to deaths in this excep ly healthy city, Cpr 1m favor of the former, had an active influence onthe figures, It is ned that Lima ts now the it city on the Pa- coast. Indeed, her only rival 18 Sad Franct our latest reports from that prodigy represent ‘opulation at about one huudred and Mity thou- THE POLITICAL NEWS ither particularly interesting nor important, a -yite of Colonel Baita’s well-imtentioned efforts to erect a fusion of the most prominent parties, and thus avoid the uncertaloty and delay attending @ contested election, his wishes do not appear to meet with a general response. Dr. Arecas, the candidate proposed by the President with this con- ciliavory view, is a man of undoubted ability and patriougm; but the complaint 1s universally heard that it 18 hardly fair to support @ man who ap; ou the stage after the most important act, of the drama bas been represented, Tue voters who gave | their suftrages to Pardo, Ureia and Echeniqae, on the | 15th of October las, do not altogether appreciate | the reasons way tney should tuus summarily throw Assassination of General Mariano Melgarejo, late | their favorites overnoard tor the sake of a canuldate Spanish Consul at Port au Prince, Hayti, but they i do not state what has leaked out from private | sources—that he, together with the oflicer who cum. | their own government in consequence of the repre- | of whom they had never dreamed, Echenique, it ig Dictator and ex-President of our neighbor, Bolivia, | true withdrew his pretensions in favor on the night of the 23d inst. The partof heavy | of ‘the President's » favorite; but as it if | villain in the tragedy was performed by the Gene- | Well known that Arenas bolds the same | | | ral’s son-in-law, General José Aurelia Sanchez, a | Bolivian oficer, and, together with Melgarejo, an | | exile in Peru, ‘The facts of the unfortunate occur- | rence are simply these:—For a long time past | serious family misunderstandings have existed be- tween the two Generals, which | will hereafter ex- | Plain, and a lawsuit which Melgarejo had instituted | in the Peruvian courts against Sanchez was decided in favor of the former. Nevertheless Sanchez, availing himself of the interminable quibbles of the | | law, managed to delay the exe:ution of judgment, | | and by this wrought the passionate nature of | | Melgareyjo up to a pitch of frenzy. He had repeatealy deciared his intention of exterminating Sanchez and his family, especially since his aaugh- ver, married to the murderer, had Jeft his bed and board and had resided for some time with her father, On the night referred to Meilgarejo—always more or less under the influence of strong drink, for since his overthrow and expulsion trom Bolivia coach, and, proceeding to one of the armorer’s shops in the Calle de Plateros, purchased a for- midable seven shooter, whicn he there and then ordered to be carefully charged. Directing the ariver to take him to the house of Sanchez he | speedily arrived at his destination, but only to find Mhat the doors were securely barred against him, some of Sanchez’s friends having giveu warning of the hostile movements of the General. Neverthe- Jess he alighted from the coach, and, rushing down an alley-way at the side of the house, endeavored to enter by @ back door, This was also closed by the | ladies of the tamily, who took this oppor- tunity of escaping to the street Already a large bumver = of persons, attracted by | the furious cries of Melgarejo, had guthered | around the principal entrance of the house, and even one or two policemen were calmly witnessing the scene. Sanchez, thoroughly alarmed, arose from a sick bed, where he had laid for some days, hastily donned some clothes, and, SEIZING A REVOLVER, ranin the direction of the disturbance, He met Melgarejo at the front door, whither the General had ! returned after his ineffectual efforts at the rear of ne house, and without waiting for further parley, seeing the desperate anger which goverened his adversary, fired, The ball took fatal effect, passing through the forehead and brain of the victim, Although Melgarejo was staggering from the shock and about to fall, Sanchez, in order to make death doubly sure, again shot at him, and this time effected an- other fatal wound, in the windpipe, During ali this no interference was attempted by the bystanders, and the ex-Dictator fell heavily to the ground. ‘was immediately carriea to a neighboring drug- gist’s, and while the physicians in attendance were endeavoring Ww alleviate his condition a priest ‘Was sent for, who performed the last rites of the Church over the dying man. ‘The scene was really painful and impressive. Meigarejo, noted always for bis enormous size and stature, was stretched along the marble counter of the shop, while active and charitable hands’ were simultaneously ministering to his spirituat and ma- terial wants, All was in vain, and after removing him to his own house, situated near by, ne dicd within an hour. Sancnez immediately gave him- sell up to the police authorities, and 1s now iuily committed for trial. THE ASSASSIN AND THE VICTIM. singwar description, and form one of the most in- teresting phases of tbe affair. Alter Melgarejo’s } accession 10 supreme power in Bolivia he became enamored with a handsome woman trom La Paz, the capital, named Juana Sanchez, whom he induced to become his mistress, and whose influ- ence over his usually indomitable spirit was remark- the assassin, a general in the Boliviau service, and, not satisfied with this mark of distinction, gave the newly-fledged officer his tavorite daugn- ter _in marriage. To make the links suil stronger between the families Melgarejo’s son espoused shortly afterward the sister of DOr his father’s tolstress. Now, to determine the grade of connection between Melgarejo and Sancnez, the murderer and the Victim, your corre- spondent calls upon the aid of the Heraid College. All Went on smoothly enough in Bolivia until the storm of revolution set in against Melgarejo, and even then during his reverses and during tie ter- rivle suflerings he endured froin a tall from his horse, Sanchez, the man, and Sanchez, the woman, coninued fatnful and at we side of the benefactor, lJather-in-law aod lover, At last, however, afier he had lavished presents of great value upon hls mis- tess and had enriched the whole clan of the Sanchez, the decisive battle of La Paz took place, where Melgarejo’s forces were finally routed and Where tne hitherto successful chieftain was com- pelled to fly tur his Iie. Deserted oy all whom he had so generously protected be reached the iriendiy frontiers of Pera with but one or two attendants and almost peamiless From that time to the mo- meat Of bis death lis Object Was to regain the pro- perty whic he had connaed TO THE CARE OF HIS MISTRESS, and upon tue proceeds oO a portion of which she ; and her family have ven living comfortabiy in veru, From Wie lawsuit wich he initiated against them for the recovery of his jewels proceeded this Taial termination. Goi verses Wich Fortune, lormeriy so constant in her | smiles, had suddenly heaped upou him with a ruih- ess hand, he gave himseit up to kabits of mtoxica- ton and debauchery, and was Coustantly seen in of Veesiieat Belza with bis own hand, and ie | Beizu was surrounded Hy his Cabinet 1a ihe govera- ; Meat house, he has met his own fale tavougit the same feariul means, Melgare,o’s Character is an anomaly, One day generous and eveu noble ta his fosuncts, the next would find him ordering&ue exe- cution of mnocent men on the must iusiguilicant pretexts in the public square of his capital. Avaricious for @ monti, im & sudden he would syuander the revenues of the uatios vacchanai reveiries worthy of the Parc des U But now te tragedy 1s over, and the cnrtam down. Out of respect to lis ivariabie adh to the cause or the allied repuplics against spain, duriug bis term as Victator vt Bolivia, ue gover ment oj Peru paid to his memory the Lunerat hic accorded to @ feid marshal Taree thousand tr accompanied Nis rewains to their Mina! resuag pla } and his dirge Was sung Co Lie roar of artilery, w whicy, in life, tis spirit Was so devoted, THE POPULAK INDIGNATION ; against General Sanchez ts very great, when his | treatment o: and obligations toward his vi | taken into consideration; still the lawyers «i e | that only @ verdict of justifiable homicide cau ve rendered, The property over which there has veen so much contention has been handed over w the authorities, and Will await swe ultimate decision of the courts. Melgarejo’s iamily, now in Lima, are reduced to extreme poverty; Unis time a year siuce the crisis of their fale jn La Paz was being decided with lance and rifle. Meigatejo was abouc fifty in ee° and from @ corporal in the army had risen to be first in his country, He was very uliterate and even repulsive in hig manner. Some interesting statistics respect Lima have receatly been published here with odicial sanction, ‘The census of the city had not been taken since the year 1862, and even then the data coliected were considered as incorrect, Owing to the carelessness and want of order on the part of the autnorizea officers, A few months since the government, per- ceiving the necessity of reforming this work, cum- missioned the Pretect of tue department to proceed immediately with a view of obtaining accurate in- formation respecting this important matter. ‘his ‘was done wit :out toss ol time, and the figures pub- lnsned are the following:— In 1862 Lima contained. 105,177 inhabitants In 1871 Lima contamed. 160,056 Inbabitauts Increase in nine years ... 54,879 According to the present census there are in the city 38,000 more maies than iemaies. This last item is Somewhat to be doubted. ‘There is no question but tnat the majority of males 1s very great, but it ts considered that the agents of the srefect have fallen imvo error in this cular estimate, ‘The reasons given lor this great increase—nearly thirty-three per cent in the short space of nine years—are sausfactory. During that period tne country has been steadily progressing, especially since Presideut Balta assumed supreme power; foreigners of all nationalities nave been attracted in iarge jumpers to the city; the extensive public works now being constructed in the immediate vi- city of the capital have called together crowas of he has become almost savage in his habits—took a | He | | The relations between tue two were of the most | able. At her instigation he appointed her brotuer, | ded to madness by tne re- | at | Years of age, of mixed Indian and white descent, | identical opinious regarding pouttical matters a does that distinguished general the wiseacres are more than suspicious, The plot which 18 feared ia the lollowing:—In the supposition that Arenas lortunate enough to secure would be chosen on his ti dent; Arenas is old aad tcebic, and alter two or Wuree montis of power—alter his troubles and anxiety had veen fully recompensed in the custom- ary Peruvian maunéer—he woud announce his determination to Vacate bis high position, retire to Private Life or to Kurope, and tven the transforma tion scene would ve set aud bkenenique assume the Chief Magistracy, ‘This bypotnesis is cluny to with great tenacity by tue iriends of Pardo and Oreta, However, it will probably never be realized. The | strength of Pardo, lar irom veing affected by the | attuiude of the government, whose forces are ac- Uvely engaged in supporting the official candida. ture, appears to be on the mmerease. From all sections of the republic the most favorable pews arrives regarding bis success, and, What 18 better, the danger of revolution seems to be steadily on the | wane. That danger would be formidable if the Arenas-Echenique ticket were to triumph; but while this probability is more and more distant, sv fades | the Ime of revolutionary breakers out of sight. | The religious party is making a desperate effort to regain the ground iost by the mistakes made at the time of the Itaian celebration. M. Garcta, the President of the Catholic Society of Lima, has ac- cepted the portfolio of Justice and Public Worship | in the Cabinet, and great things are expected from | him; butthe popular feeling against clerical inter- ference in politics 18 so general and intense that the | golden moment has passed by, The power of the | Church in Peru as a political organization 18 rapidly declining. A few more years, aad the liberal public men of the country declare that @ separacion chureh and State will be effected, and religious | toleration proclaimed throughout the territory of the republic. NEWARK'S DEMORALIZED POLICE, Functions of the Force Ree duced to Nonentity. The Triumph of the Genteel Gamblers—Ihe Commog Council and Sergeant Benedict—His Dis- misial from the Police Force. ‘The Newark police force is Just now in an utted | state of demoralization in consequence of the result | justarrived at in the case of Sergeant Benedict, | Thatofiicer, ata mecting of the Council on Friday | night, was dismissed trom the force for doing what the municipal laws and police rules declare to have been his duly. Asreportedin the HBRALD at the time, Benedict and a large posse of men | started one Saturday night three or four weeks ago to break up some gambling dens, They hauled two places—one in Commerce street and the other mn Chestnut street. The former was kept and frequented by the lower strata of Newark | society and the latter by sctons ot Newark’s re- | spectability. Among the party arrested m the Chestnut street establisument were Willtam Rutan, of 111 Broad street; Edward M. Carrington, of 984 Broad street; Toomas £. Barber, of 39 Franklin | street; Dr. Robert W. Clark, of 88 Orchard street; | Ehas Downing, of 1,012 Broad street, and George F, | Baldwin, of 94 Court street—all members of NEWARK’S BLUE-BLOODED BRIGADE, When marched to the station house they swore vengeance on the Sergeant, and first declared thett ability to prove the tllegality of their arrest. They claimed that the piace they were in was a private | club house, where they bad a perfect right to pray | Or play cards, throw dice or drink beer on Sunday | morning or any other time, The law 1s very direct | on the potnt, however, and enttrely justified the arrest, even if no afiidavit ted been made declaring the place disorderly, It | Was charged that the place was notoriously noisy | on Sunday nights as well as week nights all througn | last summer, Had the officer overstepped tne law | in the stightest degree there 1s no dovbt that he would have been proceeded against in a sult, Their | arrest caused very considerapie sensation. Efforta | were made to have the names suppressed from pub- lication, but they crept into the HERALD just the | Same as did those of gamblers who did not wear | purple and fine linen, and who had not wealthy and influential relavions, ‘Then the gay gamboliers VOWED TO HAVE REVENGE, and Benedict was pitened upon as the victim. On the night of the arrests the Sergeant had occasion to halt ts men between eleven and twelve o'clock, | near the Post Oflice, to give them final instructions, | Two youths of sixteen or seventeen came along and | stopped to listen, They were ordered on, bat one | of them pi deen and was very impudent, so that the ergeant ordered one of his men | to arrest him, So ne did. The boy was kept all | night aad let go in the morning. Alter several | days had elapsed the boy’s father was induced to | go before the Mayor and make complaint against | tile Sergeant for iliegaliy arresting his boy. Am m- vestigation was had, when Police Justice Mills stated that the officer had simply done his auty. Four or five days aiterward the Mayar SUSPENDED THE SERGEANT and appointed another officer in his place. Bene | dict appealed to the Police Committee, but before | One of his witnesses, or even himself, was called | the committee sustained the Mayor, who was pres- ent. When the matter came up in Counell alder- man Stainsby took siroug grounds in favor of the Sergeant, showlug vy the city ordinances that the | ton of the committee aud Mayor was tilegal. The Mayor, he said, hud acted as judge and jury- nan in Lima in the company of the most degraded prosi- the matter. was well aware his utes Of the own. Yot sucha ViOl-at and savage disaiissal was sought, not tor arresting the boy, character could but mect with such @ tragic env. | but we Chestaut street gamblers. He was | His persunal enemies were tauomeravic, aud 1m Ho | followea by Alderman eynoud, who said he had } Part of Peru or Bolivia was his ite secure. Gaining — supposed all along that the offence of the oMcer the supreme power in Bolivia by the assassination consisted in having arrested some very nice young mea Wearing very nice clothes in a very mice place. ‘The oMicer had been guilty of arresting other people before, and tue speaker Could not see why he bad not been su: led before, Alderman Scott also spoke and reierred to ihe excelient reputation the r bore, ana Luodugbt the Mayor was as lable to consnre 48 the Oficer for not acting legally m the ‘The otficer haa ten witnesses, all of whom rated his statement, On @ vote bei | taken the disimissal of the Sergeant was j agreed to by 15 4 ne result 15 regarded as @ great triumph for the genteel gambiers, and not even the Chief of Police himself woul! now dare lay his hand on @ respectably con- | nected gamoier, On this point, as weil as others 1 | wearing @ similar phage, the whole force 1s com. pleveiy demoralizea and reduced to @ prac! nonentity, Atleast half a dozen places were pulled , Proor to the Chestnut street descent, but.not a word of onjection was raised gor an effort made to sup- | press Dames. THE COLGATE MISSION. Pailanthrophy—Cheerfulness and Charity. Ii is wonderful what a phtianthropic spirit can accomplish, and it 13 equally surprising whet a really charitable enterprise can achieve, Mr, ; Willtam Kemp, of this city, has for the last ten years devoted a portion of his time towards establishing an insutution, very much needed, for the cultiva- tion of the neglected, wandering children of tie metropolis. ‘To be sure the task was somewhat, difficult at the commencement, but energy succeeded in presenting on Friday night two hundred and forty bright aad chubvy liste faces ior the ade - miration of w very select and iashionavie assem. ry It was the Curistmas festival of the school, and the room in Kast i wentiet street, was tasi decorated with flowers, handsomely entwine wreaths and appropriate banners. Mr. Kemp, who perintends the establishment, +, and » opened the proceedings with a very neat adress, exercises consisted of a very well selecied pro- | ame of reciiativns, sougs, addresses and humorons scenes, in all of whiten the cnildréen-ats- played marked proficiency and eitcited general a} probation, ‘their exmuit.on redecied create on the teachers of tie esiabiisament, course of the evening the Kev. Dr. Kendrick, pastor of ) Tabernacie Baptist church, who recently arrive from Barope by the steamer Kaisa, was a With a magnificeut puuquet of dowers, Rev. | Mr. Regen | was also tne recipieat of a similiar oifering, aud, addresses having been delivered qulo~ giscc of the institution, the interesting were brought to @ ciose, BAFFLED, Agentieman with burgiarious intentions vroke into No. 57 Park avenue, He, however, made a mistake and got into the sleeping room of the ser- vant, Who called out lustily and made ai alarm workmen from all quarters of the republic; the @ as antees of roc* sa tranqgaillity ‘adored by the | This so trightened the rovver that he made off, and present condition of things have induced many | nothing has since been seen of him. The wealthy aad promiment citizens of te country to | im ine however. a