The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1872, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, ST. VALENTINE’S DAY. Colored ‘engravings “22 Only be eanalied by the | TUF BRITISH LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION, HUNG UP_IN BARROOMS mm a frontier hotel, Listen, ye mortais, to the peeans of this poet trom Parnassus ! The History of the Dey—Its Joys and Sorrows | goes noe sot bis Gil ent 2 7 OF & aress coat and and How the “Old, Old. story : Will Bo Told.” HIGH LIFE AND BELOW STAIRS. The Verses for Seullery Maids and Aristo- eratie Flunkics. vB IN Happy is sbe who expects nothing, and she shall not bo @isappointed.—Old Proverb, Twelve months have run their course of gladness and sorrow, of bitter tears and joyous mirth, and again we hal: the morn of St. Valentine’s Day. To | every expectant female heart this day will, no doubt, bring some printed gift, telling of the love burning at the vitals of the favored swain, who adores her eves and who is made happy by tne Che Tiree of TER Pliny veer “SLY ‘The Fourteenth of February is aday memorable | m authentic history, The practice of sending vale entines is a comparatively modern one, although a | somewhat similar one was observed among the Romans, who reverenced the goddess Juno and the divinity Pan, These nigh-toned old Rorfans haa @ custom, among a variety of other ceremonies, of placing the names of young girls in a box hung up at the doors of the temples, from whicn the names , were drawn, as chance directed, by the young lovers mm waiting. The Christian priests and bishops, however, dia not fancy the Idea that this custom should survive the. * id stan DESTRUCIION OF PAGANISM: and as they knew very well that courtship and mar- riage are natural sequences of poor, frail humanity, the names of saints were substituted in the boxes, @nd a kind of a sacred lottery was held, very mucb after the style of the present Royal Havana Lottery. Aday about tae middle of February was selected for the festival, on which the drawing was made, and St. Valentine was made the patroa of lovers and maidens, It 1s impossible to see what connection | St, Valentine had with this custom, as he is known im the Roman martyrology as a bishop and martyr, baving been clubbed to death by the Romans, who controiled THE PAGAN RING AT THAT DAY. After being clubbed in this shameful manner his head was chopped off and his remains buried near ene of the gates of the imperial city, now Known as the Porto del Populo. These facts we gather from “The Lives of the Samts,” written by the Rev. Al- ban Butler. The Roman mob had a strange iilea running in their classical heads that birds selected their mates about the middie of February. Another idea was prevalent at this time thai the FIRST UNMARRIED PERSON of the opposite sex whom one met on St. Valen- tane’s Day, while induiging in a morning walk, was @ destined wife or a destined husband. In the sev- enteenth century lunatic lovers were 1n the habit of going around carolling the foilowing lay: — Hail, Busbop Valentine! whose day this 1s; Ali the air is thy diocese, ‘And all the chirping choristers And other birds wre chy parisaloners; ‘Thou masryest every year The lyric Jark and tie grave whispering dove ; ‘The sparray that neglects his lite for iove, ‘be housebold bird with the red stomacher; hou mak’st the blackbir speed as soon ‘As doth the goldunch or the halcyon— ‘Tha day more cheerfwly than ever alune, ‘This day, which might inflame thyself, old Valentine! Of late years 1t was supposed that the practice of eending valentines had fallen into disuse, but this belief, it seems, is an erroneous one. The trade in Valentines has increased very much during the last Ove years, Fisher & Denison, the valentine manu- facturers, of Nassau street, stated toa HERALD re- porter that this year they have already sold to the Wholesale dealers 600,000 comic valentines, of the kind which are seen in the windows of CANDY STORES AND TOY SHOPS. For forty years this urm have been in tue business, ud they state that tne trade in the trasny valen- tines has multiplied sixioid. Valentines of the beter class, ranging trom five cents to flity dollars, Mr. Fisher informed the reporter, are generally bought by parents to send to their chilarea, Occa- sionally a frantic youth in good circumstances, who te desirous of hurrying TH OLJECT OF HIS AFFECTIONS into @ marriage, may purchase a valentine valued @t ten, flteen or twenty doilars; but these occa- sions are rare and only occur when the nuptials are Mmminent, The love of the nineteenth century ts of &@ more sordid nature than that which possessed the heart of tue Duke of York when he sent to Frances Stuart @ valeatine in the shape of a jewel, valued at £8uu, Wuule my Lord Maudevilie, who had also made an ATTEMPT ON MISS STUART'S AFFECTIONS, made her a present of a riug valued at £300, It 1s only fair to state that the Duke of Richmond nad ‘be inside track of both of these noblemen with Miss Stuart, and afterwards married ner. Moral.—A clear joss of £1,100 to my Lord Mandeville and the Duke ot York, Moderate Jovers sbould take warn- vy this, and use their gilts wita discretion. LT aed girl writing to a newspaper in fod thus relates ner experience and thougits i relation to St. Valentne’s Day:—“Last Friaay was Vaientine’s Day, and the night betore I got five bay leaves and piiued jour of them to the four CORNERS OF MY PILLOW and the fifth to the middie, and then I dreamt of my sweetheart, Betty said we should ve muarricd before the year was out. But to make It more sure Looiled an egg ‘d and cook out the yoke and filiea it with salt; and whea | went to bed eat it, gbell and ai), without speaking or drinking after 1. ‘We also wrote our lovers’ names upon bits of paper and roiled them up in clay and put them into water, and the first wich rose up was to be our valentine, Would you think it? MR. BLOSSOM WAS MY MAN. Ilay abed and sbut my eyes all the morning, wil he came to our house; for 1 would not have seen apother man before him for all the worid.’* ‘sbis is & most valuable recipe for young ladies, and can be safely relied upon. Among the cciebraved persons born upon St. Valentine's Day may ve mentioned Captalu James Cook, the viscoverer, Whose widow, apropos of the §t. Valeutine’s Day business, survived her busband @ity-six years. Also the mother of LADY SARAH LENNOX, @ famous figure in English history, whose husband, Lord March, was brought irom college aud tne iady from the nursery for the nuptial cerewony. This marriage was performed to cancel a gambling dept between the pareuts, The bridegroom, when he peared before bis intended pride, cried out:— «Surely you are not going io macry me to that dowdy |? Married he was, however, and his tutor immediately returned with him to college. THE FRUIT OF THIS UNION was Lady Sarah Leuuox, the most beautiful woman of ner ume. it is sald that veorge Lil, who had just come to the throne, in 1776, became so strongiy enamored of Lady Saran that he was the cause of breaking Off a mutch between her and Lord News bottle. She made some enemies at Court, however, and they instilled jealousy into the King’s mind, ‘While Lady Sarah went to the country AND BROKE HER }RG WT ioht keto the King forgot Rete Gearge. ti was always a boy until he grew up, aud never failed to obey 18 mother. ‘Ine mother ordered nim to marry the Princess Unarlotte of Meckienburg-strelitz. It wil thus be seen that Lady Saran Lennox, by an act of folly and through tne accident of the breakin of po Pe bot! rane oor King and New fie. al can ies remember these sad rats Eg frets oo thts of, Valentine's Day. The a truthtully relates that Lady saran Lenuox + -” UP THE TRAIN OF KING GEORGE'S QUEEN atthe coronation and aiterwaras took to drink, subsequentiy to which she marned Sir Thomas Charies Bunbury, Bart, Her after !lie was in some respects infeiicitous, her marriage being dissolved by act of Parilament in 1776, the year in which thg soiadisant lover, George Rex, made ab niin- sel, But still a great fate aes. in § for this young lady, born on St. Valentine's Day. By a suo- Bequent marriage to ine George Napier «7 ¢ SHE BECAME THE MOTHER of a Bt Oharies Napier, tne conqueror of Scinde, and Lieutenant General Sir Wiliain Napier, the istorian Of the Peninsular war. Her jadysiip died at the | age Of eighty-two in 1826, oelieved to be the last Surviving great granddaughter of that rake-helly monarch, Unaries I], Among the other famous beopie born on Si, Vaientine’s Day were Pope Inno- cent L, Richard I, King of England, and Sir Witham Blackstone, author of the iamous com- meataries, bo COME OF OUR ARISTOCRATIC READERS MAY Curious to scan samples of the verses Inscribed oo come valentines, To those who read these ps I it will be hardly necessary to state that they Grama et Goggerel than ever emanated irom the ins of @ madmen confined on TRACK WELLS ISLAND IN A STRAIGHT JACKET, Hives 19 ct ()) Who is employed to write these verses ne 0 ® garret in York street, West Broadway, and S dntttine: whitewashing and kaisot ricles:—Three dirty paper col wi inside out; one dirty shirt, borrowed; a cownide boots, razed into shoes, minas ae, Neel pants, much worn at the knees; tous, and on alpine hat, with m: wot wee once the crown. The pwlares: WaIGh ae. Company the “poetry” ou these vValenunes are hide- @ sieeve waistcoat, without but | possession. ‘ Of ail the trades I do pattie one ot tations ‘any other man— A soldier ore mallor On a dent, WhO breaks your mouth:— Fe ay Dever will suit; De, Peveape, Swe cinede you 109 ranch of a brate, Always handling na %y, mouths and cirty teeth ‘Makes you a poor can ‘tQa{g for Cupid's wreath, To & painter, who eats Piri? green :— Nasty Painter, your paper cap, 9 very thin, Reminds me of your brain withs.é Yarnt thy own Hkeness, fithy elf, And be thy Valentine thyself. Yo @ printer, who was once seen sober:— Inky Printer, blue Monday {s too much in your lin For me to be your Valentine. You'll have to T'd never be a stick for suca as thee, To a butcher, who charges sixty cents a pound for Porterhouse steak:— Hard-bearted butcher, you try in.vain— For my consent you'll never gain; My thonghts to you I'll never reveal, Or steak my love for yon to steel. To a man with a mulish temperament, who talks horse and Owus two “trotters’’:— A horsey man I do detest, There's too much of the stable in ell and his dress; er ace a brute with tolerable care, But such a one's Cosigne ! pgver will share. To a widower, who owns t Agagment houses and belongs to a vemperance society —"— Poor Widower, with dejected looks, I've read you entirely out of my vooke Consivering that I'm not quite ready for the grave, My affection for some milder man I'll sive. To a rumseller, who pays $1,000 rent for his store | and refuses to keep a free lunch counter: — “Wil yon walk Into my parlor, sali the spider to the fly,” Twill give you liquid poison that T call “Old Keyes Iwill break up your business—I"ll breed domesti For this 1 the trade and the pride of a Saloon keep To 4 Temale Sunday school teacher, eye on her pet miniater:— Lond with moral lessons and religious cant, ‘Always rea:ty about vile ain (o rant, Learn (rom this you'd make a beiter teacher If you'd take lexs pains to ter your preacher, To a physician, who ‘‘divides)? with his apothe- cary:— Giving physic is not your only trad Pra Roeie softs tarough the Undertaker made, MPwvere well Hersh Your business stayed, Fre all your patients ‘neath the sod are laid. Toa Maternly, young lady, with her shoes down at the heel and her hair uncombed, yet who would like to get married :— Sitting all day, book in hand and feet upon the grate, You would have your house in a fearful state, ‘The floors unawepi—the meals would alwaya be too late~ ‘Torn clothes and buttons off his shirt would be the fate Of the unlucky man who'd he your mate. With wealth and grace and beauty great, I'd not have you at any rate, Verses dedicated to a mild lunatic, who thinks he can play base ball:— | The trade that you've chosen will do for | But never for & threadbare case like thin You are too lazy and awkward for professional skill, You wilt, uever' be more than a mufln, play as much as you wi entieman fine, To a tall widow, with blonde hair and a fondness for scotch ale:— Alns, poor widow | Try not your arts on me, Tan through all your double dealing see; ‘When before the altar I desire to stand It will not be with a woman that's second hand, To a nurse, at $8 a month—a spanker:— ‘Mind the child—don’t gawk about After every stupld, idie lout. You think to catch some man, no doubt, But I know you'll find your mistake oui To an author who bores his friends at dinner with conversation avout ‘his publisher’? :— Boor would-be author, you've mistaken your forte; By your trash the public can’t be caught. You dream of tame, and think your head will win it, Whieb oniy pro there's nothing 1 Sawing wood is much more in your So drop your pen and get a woodtbor a tine, To @ tat woman, who was wollzed by a small man:— Fat and fit for a museum show, What kin of food caused you to gro If farmers had the receipt, in feeding They'd atten hogs in half the sual time, To a barber, who was formerly a Fenian, and has “views"’ on the “situation’?:— juite out of my wits 1°ll be when I harbor ection for aa oiled and greasy barber ; ‘Always working before a iooking-glass, You think you are handsome and forget you're an ass, Toa militner, wio likes vo go to the French ball:— My pretty milliner, your bonuets are in excellent taste, But if you want to get married you'll have to make baste; ‘Time ts fast passing, your wrinkles are coming, For a busband of some kind you'll have to be drumming. ‘To @ school teacher, who thinks she can waitz:— ‘Your studied arts to show your charms Are all in vain, for no mai warm: You should know that modest grace Ort overbalances a homely face. Give up daneing—it will never earn your bread— And take to sumething useful, then, instead. To a drug clerk, who gives you prussic acid for uncture of vaierian:— Shouid I ever suitors lack 1'll take you as I would « dose of ipecac; 1 think that you would be like ail your pills, Which always make the patients worse, and sometimes kills, ‘To a watchmaker, who never gives “tick”? :— Big-headed, lanky pendu!um, ‘There's nothing in your cranium ; —you're well wound up atupid, bound up in the arms of Cupid, with It will be interesting te married men to give one quotation from poor old nen-pecked iepys, who | writes im relation to St. Valentine’s Day as follows:— ‘*Phis evening my wile did, witb great pleasure, SHOW ME HER STOCK OF JEWBLS. diamonds, that she hati about £150 worth of kind or other; and I am glad of it, jewe's of one with.” In those days THE WORD WRETCH WAS USED as a term of endearment by husbanas toward their wives, Owing to the wiuespread dissemination of Victoria Woodtull’s doctrines many husbands at the present day fali into the bad navit of using the term in its literal sense. COLLEGE EXAMINATION, Semi-Annual Examination of the College of | St. Francis Xavier. A commendable course bas been pursued in all our institutions of learning, as the recent accounts published in the HERALD amply testtly. The same system seems to be working in full vigor at the Col- lege of St. Francis Xavier. Here three times a Year the post-graduates aud graduates and twice the under-graduates pass A STRICT EXAMINATION. The last examupation, recently closed after a du- ration of more than three weeks, was particularly severe, Each student wus examinea separately, being obliged to appear before the difter- ent Boards of Natural Science, Literature, Lan- gu &c., fora time varying, according to the grade of the class, from twenty-five minutes to one hour. This eXamination mm general gave proof of very serious application on the part of the majority of the young men. Of the Class of '72 but two stu dents ulstingaished themselves, and one was dis- missed as unfit to receive his diploma at the e1 if the year. Two more came so near meeting a similar fate that they will probably be betier prepared next ume. Of the Class of '75 two only attained so hign an excellence in every branch as to merit the note Optime or A for result. ‘Ihe Class of '74 was not so fortunate; pot @ single one attained this honor, 1y fhe Viass of 1875 two deserved the noie Optin ands aise Te “lye a prize for having obtaine the bighest num Of wal of any of the 100 students of the entire Univeri Sours piste. IN THE GRAMMAR DEPARTMEN' mda eighteen out of 120 received the note Optime, The commercial and preparatory departments were examined some days previously, and out of 200 students two of the eyed cemmercial class and ove of the third merited particular notice. Some poor ufdMupates, however, seventeen in number, ha¥lng compietely failed 1p iheir examina- tion, have beeu offered the alvernative of entering the next class below that tn which to ae were, or of luaving the college entireiy. New Apart ments adjoining the collegé edifice were fitted up some time ago for the accommodation of the intro- ductory classes, and there are upwards of five hun- dred students now in the instituttop—all preparing for Various professions 1D the easier Walks of lie. BALL OP THE ENIGHTS TEMPLARS, The Masonto Prateruity Composing the Oltnton ouorable Major Geueral | Commandery, No. 14, gave their annual reception at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last evening, The Of remarkable men, including the late Sit | occasion, a8 1agusual with this distinguished and very popular Order, drew{together a brilliant assem- biage of gallant knights in full uniform and beau. usul ladies in charming attire, The decoratio: were neat and eciegant, comprising many emble! of the Masonic art and attractive devices. Tag music was excellent, and the order of dane gare. fully selected. There were present wany of tue leading dignitaries of the mystic Order trom various parts of tho State, and @ “right merne” time was passed by the select gathering. GENERAL M'DOWELL ROBBED, Caroline Holmes, @ domestic in the employ of General Irwin McDowell, of No, 10 West Ninth street, was arraigned before Justice Oox, at Jefer- son Market, yesterday morning, upom complaint of His wardrobe consists ot ine | Her employer, who charges that on Monday she stole from him wearing apparel belonging to his wife, valued at $71 we Mary Ann Flemming, a domestic im the employ of the Jamily, testified to seeing the prisoner leave the house with the property in her ‘The prisoner pleaded guilty to the Charge. She was commited tp default of $1,000 to appear and answer the charge at the General Ses ub instead of me; Ms who has an! Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society. A Great Deal of Talk—John Bull Holding on to His Pennies—The Government Will Not Do Anything to Rescue Dr. Livingstone— Frivate Contributions Must Aid the Expedition of the Society. Lonpon, Jan. 26, 1872, The immortal Pickwick 1m the height of his en- asiasin, when, mounted into a Windsor chair on whien he had been previously seated, with his right band describing a graceiul ftoyrish id the air, his Jef jaid ow bis ample bosom in the netsHborhocd of hi# heart, aud his turkey-red bandannd dygopiew in graceful folds trom beneath his broad coat-tail: he addressed the revoyned club which he himself had founded, did not preseut & more impressive or touching spectacte than did the newly elec‘ed chief | OF the Royal GéSgraphical Society om the night of te | last meeting, What a stuay for an artist did the renowned geographer present, seated in the midst o1 bis feliow geographers, confronting the boijant assembly of black-coated and white- cravalied Savans in the vast amphitneatre around him ! On his right were Sir Tite Garnacie, Baron ! Stickleback, Mr. Makesnift Markham, Honorable Secretary; while on his jet, conspicuous among others, we noticed Lieutenant Dawson, R. N., chief of the proposed expedition, and Sir Bore Beer. The walls immediately over the chair were Livingstone’s severai routes through Africa, while resting against une edge of the tabie, immediately in front ot the chair, was @ hall length figure, in oll, of the iilusirious imisslonaty Traveler himself, in stiff frockcoat and metallic-looking countenance, sald to have been painted by @ native artist while laboring under one of the severe bilious attacks jor it 1s At tne wretch should have something to comiort herself common to that malarial region. I need hardly add | Wat ib was an object of great curiosity. The 4 Yalnutes of the previous meeting having veen read and approved and the Chair having delivered self of several emphatic coughs, apologetic of a slight bronchial affection from which le was suffer, ing, the honorable Secretary rosg Afid read a paber announced as “Notes of Livingstone, When Last fieard From, Near Manyetha, ‘est of Lake ‘Tan- ganyika, in May, 1869.” "Not the least curious fea- Lure of this paper were the accessories brought into operation to illustrate it tothe audience Facing the maps, to the right of the presidental ehair, siood @ slender, sombre individual, wielding a long Tod. As each place of anv particular uote men- tioned in the traveller’s route was announced this jadividaal desertbed a flourish with his rod over the spot designated, moving trequently over several dlegrees of latitude or longitude at once, and jeav- ing the impression on the minds of those on the back benches that the veteran traveller had com- passed the whole Coutinent, trom tue Nile Delta to Ube Mountains of the Moon, and ht now be exe pected to be on his way homeward through Lake ‘Tanganyika to Zanzibar. The reading ot the paper occupied about filteen minutes, and was received ‘with manuest signs of approbation. The Chair then announced that the Lords of the Treasury bad declined to ald the proposed expeai- won; that relief through the agency of the natives being equally hopeless, and, morcover, the American expedition, headed by Mr. Stanley (no mention of the HERALD), having proved a latiure, the Royat Geographicai Society had determined upon Cada out an expedition, For this expedition there ha been upwards of two hundred applications 1¢- ceived, and that from these volunteers Lieutenanc L, Dawson hatt been selected to command the ex- pediuion, This gentieman was tnen introduced to the meeting, and made a short addre 8, in waich he acquitted nimself very creditabiy, He 13 @ tail, muscular young Oillcer of apparently thirty-three or thirty-four years, with dark eyes and hair, anda rather handsome, expressive face. He was eugaged two yearsago in the exploration of the Upper Yangtse River, under Admiral Keppel, in which he achieved honorabie distinction. Never having been in Alrica, however, he can hardly be said to pring much experience to the Important mission in Which he 33 so soon to ve engaged. President Rawlinson followed Lieutenant Daw- son in a few brief remark® pertinent to the occa- ston. He reterred to Mr. Osmar Livingstone, son of the famous missionary, who would accompany the expedition in search of his father, He regretted that he could not introduce thai gentleman to the meeting, as he was absent in Glasgow attenaing public meetings in aid of the proposed expedition. He (young Livingstone) was born near Lake Nagamt in 1851, and Was consequently twenty years of age. His part in the expeaition was a most ae ect one. It wasa tine pictare for posterity to dwell upon, @ noble instance of filial piety, which he trusted would not be lost upon the rising generation of Britons, &c. After the sensation caused by this outburst of sentiment had in a measure subsided President Rawlinson proceeded to business. The first aod prime daty of the expedition would be to relieve Livingstone, (Cheers.) ‘he Treasury having refused their aid there was no way left them but to depend upon _ volun- teer aid—the generous aid of the british pub- lic. Thus far, be regretted to say, the amounts re- ceived had been quite inadequate to the occasioa, Subscriptions nad not ‘rolled in as rapidly as haa been expected or could be wished. ‘Tie total sums actually received amounted to about seventeen increased vy aring she hath made lately, as mv | hundred pounas; about fiiteen hundred more nad Vaientine’s gift this year, a Turkey stone, set with | been promised. With this and what she had she reckons Tn addition to this, a pocket chro- nometer had been kindly Jent by the enterprising maker, Frodsham, Cupies of lewers to the Treasury authorities were then read and variously commented upon, espe- cially one written by President Rawlinson himself, early in January last, which appeared in the 7imes, asking the government for a suin equal to that con- tributed by the Geographical Society, and urging that Livingstone’s achievements were the property of the nation, &c., &c, Alter two weeks delay, in which the young Barnacies of tne treasury nad no doubt been industriously engagea in twidaling their oficial qnills and in Qnding out ‘‘how not to do it,” the following answer was received:—“My Jords are of opinion that the direction of the expe- dition 18 too doubtful to warrant the expense.” (Grouns and hi ) At this stage of the proceedings a portly, round and red faced geographer in a remote = of he hall came to the aid of the government. He thought that such @ letter from such a source was “worthy of attention,’ The chair expressed itself in doubt as to what other course was open to the society. Practically, the ietter of the Treasury magnates amounted to saying that Dr. Livingstone “might find his own way back.” If 1 meant anycning else he falled to see1t, and would like to hear “the oracle” explain itself. (Sensation. A voice—‘‘Pos- sibly it may !’’) A fellow thought the meeting “was too hard on the government.’ The Foreign Ofiice had authorized Dr, Kirk, Consul at Zanzibar, to render it all possible assistanve. The Admiralty had been taken to task also, It would be equally remainre, he thougnt, to attach bhiame o the Admiralty for the failure of the Treasury to respond to the call of society, (A voilce—‘And humanity.”) ‘Their in keeping with all the antecedents oi the British | Fiance Department, Jt was weli known that when- ever any demand was made upon the Treasury ‘ whole colony of clerks were set to work to devise ways and means of evading it.’’ The famous “Cir- cumlocution Ofice’? had been tn full operation over the Livingstone expedition, and had early suubved it, you know! Admiral Collinson here volunteered a jame excuse for the Admiralty. A member of the East India government came to bis rescue. He “hoped the society would join him in urging upon the Admiralty the policy of senaing out Lieutenant Dawson, under tull pay, a6 Que Of the own ofl. cers.” (Hear.) ‘The President here interposed by saying that he regarded it @ matter of perfect iudiiference Whether the 7 gave anything or not. He ry wa gtterly at a loss to discover what their answer meaut. UW paa never occurred to the soviety to ap- ply to the eeUly Jor information on a subject of geography. (Laugufer.) He considered the so- ciety tne best authority on such a topi (Cheers.) He stigmatized the correspondence ‘ “@ wretched tlustration of Treasury parsimony and ignorance.” The President then announced that 600 Of the old government grant of £1,000 was sviil in the ands of Dr. Kirk. This was not avaijabi4 for Liewvenant Dawson—more cr and red tape would be necessary to Yeach it. One thou uggred *oXus was the total of the anjouat wane Glasgow ‘and other towns were similar strap, one member facetiously remarking that the present damp weather was owing to the cold water thrown on the expedition, aud here the farce oe |. It is pow oMclally announced that the expedition organized under the auspices of the Royal Geo- graphical Society, consisting of Lieutenant Liewel- marks respectit Lie. err MT ot . THE TREASURY AND DR, LIVINGSTONE. ‘The authorities at the Tream ‘Just signalized wes . soives by one of those blunders ich people 4 yncut & great deal of odjura for eo insigniticant gain, On the Sab jay next three years re elapsed since the latest wibentic ynteligence of Dr. Livingstone reached usPand the Geographical Society asks, all thie in 80 Many words, est aod noolehearted man be left to hie fate?” The reasury anewers “Yes.” When it 1s asked to contribu Wo As expesition, jn, saree of a aerate” stingulened ao Un Lavmgsiont i a offer ry | venton Sor dean to do Ee instead of o : lag tet Fo iy aa committe and it wall the more I from the want of candor With which it 1s accompanied. ‘The public will Lene Aa to poy: 4A = ateat te ank scree! nd wo doso, But covered with maps illustrative of Central Africa and | inactivity was | boing appealed to for further junds, The Lord | unanimously, Mayor had intimated a desire to be communicated | appointed tellers, and the trustees became much ‘Wiin on the sudject. Other members followed in a | calmer and proceeded to ballot for directors. FEBRUARY 14, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. of any expedition as the sole means of ascertaining: his safety. This Gippant treatment ‘of a matter of euch lmportance wi ot, delay the eapeuition; "but whe countrs, ‘will eertaluiy Poon kaa iC ma gyi ds so far aa the Treasury la concerted, of leaving Dr. Liviug” The Herald Expedition in Search of Livingstone. {From the London Athenwum, Jan, 27.) ‘There can be no doubt that the expediyion to , search for Dr. Livingstone now being organized by the Royal Gevgraphical Society wili derive imecaicu- jJable Lenefit from Captain Kariou’s javors. That Which was sent oulsome time ago by the proprie- tors of the NEW York HERALD proceeded by nearly the same road; and on the 30th of May last it had safely reached the village of Kwihara, In Unyan- yembe, the weil Known district ef Uayamwezi, wheuce Mr. Staniey, the chief of the expedrion, has sent home to An could collect respecting the missing waveher, “vochter Fellustecn.’” The reports of the several Datives with Whom Mr, Stanley has communicated are ceriainly anytiing but sausfactory. By one our traveller is described as “a very ola man, with a beard almost white, His lett sioulder 18 out of joint from a fight with a ion.” Another said, “A caravan ) Coming from Ukonongo broaght the news that he was dead. I don't know wneiher the news be true + OF not.” A third reported that “he had met wita a ag accident, having shut himself in the thigh while on. StgQtlog buifulo. When he gets Well be will re- turn to ule” A fourth said, “His men nave all de- serted niin, “CePt the staves whon: he was obliged to ouy;” the rea’ Siven berag that “he used to beat Ms men very hur dt they did not do instantly Sans a Wuat he told them. At iat Mey allran away irom 1m, He had nothing wich tis’ Be cloth por beads to buy food for a long time, so Shad bo RO Ons, and shoot buitalo every day. He Is a “ery old man, {and very tat too; has a loug wid beard, | He is a& yreat eater, Mashaliah! He would | eat a pot of ghee and a big plateful of “Ke three or four umes @ day.’’ All accounts seem by 4 agree that he was in tne country of Manye- | ; Ma, ab aconsiderable distance to the west of Lun- | | ganyika, which, pace Mr. Cooley (see Aéien. | NO. 2,261), 28 not identical with “M’enern’est,” and where, it'13 reported, there is alake of the same name, said to be “avery large lake, much larger ; than ‘fanganyika.”? Ol course no certain reliance can be placed on | these jjalements, especially when they say that the ; Bardpean Uavelr ie ‘very {at,’? “a great eater,” | and “used to baal his men Very hard.” But, assum- » ng them to be true in taemselves, 18 there 1s Dot & | possibility of their being applicable to some one | else? Dr. Schweinturth is, or recenuly was, in the xe gions noctn west or west of Tanganyika, bur cord spondent, Vr. Petermann, would doubtiess be able Dr. Livingstore to answer to auy of the particulars bus related, LUPE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA New York Departmemt—Meeting of the Trus- tees—Election of a Roard of Directors— sb Mm OS oe oy os Excitemcut and Lively ‘Debales—ho “Regulars” Carry the Day. Two hundred or more prominent gentlemen, who are trustees of the New York Department of the Life Assovlation of America, met yesterday after- noon, pursuant to adjournment, at Underwriter’s Hall, 166 Broadway, to elect a Board of thirteen Directors, in whose hands the business of the de. partment 18 to be entrusted for tne ensuing year. As this election was the first of its character held bere the Interest ia the result was more than ordi- nary mantfested and we proceedings were of a sploy nature. Acommittee of five had been appointed at a pre- vious meeting to nominate a ticket of gentlemen properly qualitied to constitute such a board, and their report was duly submitted, but in addition to the names as their choice and regarded as the “regular” ticket, halfa dozen or more opposition lists were in the fleld. Mr. George W. Savage, Presi- dent New York Board of Underwriters, took the chair,and Mr. A, B. Smith acted as Secretary. Colonel James H. Britton, of St. Louis, President of the Association, detained in the city by sickness, oc- cupied a seat on the platform. Following the read- ing of the minutes of the last meeting the chairman called for the report of the committee delegated to inquire into the Huanciai condition of the Depart- ment, but none of the gentlemen vbelng present he asked for the Nomiuating Commistee’s report, Mr. SMITH SHELDON, Chairman of the cominittee, | dn presenting tbe result of their delweration, said tnat as far as he Was concerned, the responsibility of selecting such a number of gentlemen for the mecting’s endorsement Was not sought, but yet the list had been made out with an earnest desire to secure good men, who will give proper attention to the duties Of their position, and at the same time represent the various interests throughout the city oft New York. ‘Tey thereiore presented the follow- ing name for the consideration of the trustees:— George I. Hope, President Contiuental Fire In- surance Company; Cbaries L. Haligarten, Haligar- ten & Co, bankers; Fred. Meade, Fred Meaae & Co,, grocera; Thomas L, Smuil, leather merchant; Nathanial L. McCready, President Oid Dominion Steamslup Company; Jenkins Van Schaick, stock broker; George W. Savage, President New York Board of Underwriters; Adoiph W. Engier, Kremel- berg & Co., cotton and tobacco merciianis; James M. Motley, President Manhattan Ol Company; Car- Jusie Norwood, President Lorilard Insurance Com- any; Kdwara A, Stansbury, lite insurance; Carl Recknagel, Kecknagel & Uo., drug importers; James H. Cognill, real estate. Mr, JONATHAN MY&RS Moved that the report be referred vw the Committee oi the Whole, that the same Character of discussion Which the nominating gentiemen were supposed to induige in during their selection could be had by the entire porly of trustees. He did not know any of the gentlemen named; it might be the best ticket that could have been pre- sented, but as he had possibly as large an mterest invested a8 any one in the room, It Was no more than right that he should have un equal chauce with the rest to administer the affairs of the de- partment. He did not want any one in such a posi- lion that he could not conscientivusly select as an executor of his will, Let us tind out why these names have been reported. ‘The CHAIRMAN decided Mr. Myers’ motion out of order, and when he was told that suca a decision was arbitrary, the furmer appealed to Mr. Erascus Krooks to endorse it, The latter gentleman sald \nat in the absence of any specific rules the chatr- man was right, The report or the committee was then accepted by the meeting and open for debate. Mr. MrERs—Well, I don’t Know any of inese men, and to me there 18 a look of a “ring” about, There is a large preponderance of fire iusurance men on the list. rnaps they are the best to have there; but tf our large mercantile houses should manage their business with such improvicence as they fre- quently do they would never succeed, Many fire insurance compames are got up lor the sake of making room for men that never could succeed anywhere else. Such men were’ not wanted here, but those who have been prosperous in business and capable of con- ducing large financial affairs, There also a life insurance person here on the list, If he has been successful tu any other company of this nature, let htm stay there; we don’t want to de- rive anyvody of his valuable services. 1 move, nerefore, to strike out the name of Edward A, Stansbury, and substitute that of Emil A. Sauer. Georges T. Howk—Belore this motion is put I would like to remark thai my name has been used on this list, but whether fortunately or untortu- nately, it 18 hard to determine. When application was made for me to take the position, I desired to be excused, and now desire it; with reluctance L consented, and it would be with satisfaction if I could 7 estore ot rehebbient defended insur- ance officials in general, asserting that {he a demanded talent and assiduity; and hé rah vat that tue thirteen gentiemen presented could ve trusted if elected. It would take more than already said to make bim think otherwise. At this juucture @ trustee informed the chairman that Mr. Sauer declined to serve if elected, when Mr. Myers’ motion was disposed of, and, in the ex- citement that prevailed, the chairman put the ques- tion, “Shall the report of the committee ve adopted;’’ A ananimous “Aye” ftdllowed; but there was great confusion when the announcement was made, ‘That elected the Board of Directors.’’ Flity voices moved to reconsider the vote and much indignation was manifested. Jd. K HUBERT—That queation was evidently put to mislead the meetin; it wasn’t understood, and we won't have anything but square deaiing. ~ ONATRMAN—I AM uv» fespousivle for the vote, The motion was In order. PP ssa RRGTEES You have got fo go square. Ni Bie PaugrER ‘00 thin. . Howk—lt elected tn iiis hianner I GEORGE TEU \Soution | would not serve. The directors sould ve elected by bailot, ExcrreD TRUSTER—That’s “Continental” all over! A motion to reconsider Was then made and carried when Messrs. Brooks and Brady were PLEASANT TRUSTEE (preparing his ticket) to chair- man—Is Mr. Meade a director In your company ? pat suspect overy prominent man in New York 18, ‘The balloté were cast amid considerable confusion, but yet in @ satisfactory manner, and the tellers, goon after the poll was closed, reported that tne lyn Dawsor #, Livingstone and a surgeon and | whole number of votes was 145, and tne Ucket re. two OF 4 bei) ‘volunteers, i} sail from Southam ton | ported by the nominauing committee elected, The 1 ‘n6'steamer Abydos on the 2u of February. This | votes were—“Regular, 89; scratched, 10—99; inde oats Post has the following well-umed re- Potraea 44; scattering, 2 Tue meeting then fa- Pr Se ~~” “PRESERVATION OF GAME, The third monthly meeting of the New York, } The facts as elicited are as follows:—Mrs, Stoepel, | music. During Sportsmen's Ciub for the season of 1871 to 1842 Was | née Heron, occupies apartments in the held on Monday evening. The attendance was un- usually large, ‘The President reported the establish. Mell ops for 8 WILIAT OTPRAISALIOR in Boren tor: 2 in Gn motion of Benjamin van Ud This resolution is In accordance with the game Jaw# Of phe state, rica Wuatever information he | to say whether his countryman is more likely than | 4, Swan t was unanl | the an or he 1a cy ra Geese” Upon the tes conce J ANCIE'T AMERICA, Lecture by Dr. Hopp at Rutgers College. Dr. Earnest 0. Hopp delivered an extremely interesting lecture yesterday afternoon in the chapel of Rutgers Female College before a very small audience of young ladies, The lecture was upon “The Ancient Views of a Western Continent,” and an array of historical Knowledge of the most | fascinating character was brought forward to prove that the ancient Pneenicians colonized America, and ; thatlong before the tame of Columbus civilization ; Hourished in the West, | ‘This lecture was the second of a course of seven | to be delivered at the College on successive Tues: | days at four o'clock P, M. Tae sia number — in attefdance speaks discouragingty of the desire | of women for general knowieage. Dr. Nopp began his argument by saying that the ruins of Central | America and South Mexico speak to us of times 5 ASH WEDNESDAY. The First Day of Fasting and Ashes. Impressive and Solemn Ceremonios—How Ash Wetnesday Was Observed in the Olden Time—Curious and Absurd Customs. O14 as the Christian Charen itself is the custom of fasting and observance which has been retained from tume immemorial, under the name of tie “Lenten Fast,’ by the Roman Catholic hierarchy. The forty days preceding Easter are to commemo- rate the miraculous abstinence of Jesus when un- long gone by; they show us that Americahssa der His marvellous temptations, trom “lengtene past as well as @ future, There are three ude,” an old English word for spring, distinct peoples who livea in America| Ash Wednesday is the first day of Leat, and it verore =Qolumbus—the Phwnicians, the Mon- one of the most solemn of the enure forty, Orugin- | Brels and the Northmen, Let us suppose tat | Central Asia was, as recorded In the sible, the ally the pertod began on what 1s now the first Sun- cradle of mankind, A sitanue desire, to wander @¥ 10 Lent; but it being found that when Sundays, has manifested itself Mm the race trom the carnest | 88 Maproper for Lasting, were omitted, there re- umes, Leanne ba Bas become Hanbae i mained only thirty: days, the period was passage. This Westward tendency cau be traced , ¥ ‘ . pr eee it in Rand iy teed come made oe commence four days earlier by | What ts the pressure that has cansed thy mo’ one of those Gregories who used to thunder ment, In others tnere seems to be no yisivie reason, — eXcOuManications irom the Vatican—viz,, on Upon the spot that we consider the cradle ol man Kiud novle rus show us traces of tae RARLY CIVILIZATION, « ’ From this centre civilization passed Co the banks of the Eupuraies, Now, where kiugs retgued, only a unk of edrei serves the passtug caravan tor aa jandmark, At what time this westward mareh Orst touched the shores of America We do not kuow. ig douvtiui whence the Phoenicians, Who, we xap- | g pose, visited America, xprdug. this people | went to pland jiyed igre several centuries, aud then went to Picdnicld, where they received their name, Soon afer the Phooniciaus settled in their new couniry they became merchants, r and, overflowing their narrow boruers, wok to the ocean, In very ancient umes there existed in | Pacenicia a great degree of cuiture, In that remote | antiquity it is said the sailors took to sea with tue | books—a thing which sallors are hot apt to + 1 £2 in our modern times. A thousand years | befor? uy ay people had an armament almost equal to that gt England, Ji the time of che build. | ing of Solomon's ‘Hempye tye beauty of whe ornament | came from the Phoniélaas, Long aud ne selendor Ol this nation had passe away ‘Wro ale sidST ie: | mained the caléf seals of art, The discovery of tue alphaoet is ascribed to TAB PGNICIANS, | colony. ‘The heathen Hibernians worshipped the | same gods as the Phiwnicians, and called them aimost by the same names. ‘The whole coast of , Alrica onthe Atlantic was covered with tag Phoeni+ clan colonies, They undertook the ¢ircurinaviga- tuon of Airica, and we sce from this what an aspiring, daring, mighty people wey were. Four ancient authors give us reasons to believe that this people colonized America, Aris- totle and Plato bowl speak of a country wiuch could be notning else than America. Plutarch speaks of an island that lies far towards the sunset, and of a continent that hes still beyond. Other passages from Plutarch cannot be understood tn auy otner | way but as a description o! America, ‘There is an | account Of an ancient vessel 1ouna naif buried in the sands of Honduras, of Kgypto-Phoenician build | and ol cedar of Levanoa, Dr. Hopp closed kis lecture with quotations from | ancient authors descriptive of a coninent that can belong to no other country but our own, unless it be an imaginative land, THE INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT QUESTION, | To Tag Epiror OF THE HERALD:— Sin—In the Times of Uctober 20, 1871, there ap- | peared an ambitiously effusive letter trom au | American citizen Ramed W. H. Appleton, “in vin- dication,” not only of “my firm,” but of “the American people,” from the wicked and baseless | slanders of certain Britisn authors who had dared | to resent the systematic plunder of their works by ; American publishers, ‘ll was,” he sald, ‘a stand- | mg charge that the present weatmeat of English authors by American publishers was disgracefui.” To this charge he gave “a flat contradiction.” “His firm had jaborea for years to establish direct relations with British authors, 60 that they misht | get the entire profits of authorship on that side the Auanuc. They (his firm) had not wished for an international copyrigit law, but bad practically ‘The letter was.so bold, 80 indignant, so plausibie, that even some £ ashamed of their species anu to thlok that this time hoof concealed somewhere be- Indeed, Mr. W. H. Apples that there was a neath the silver wings. ject Lo one peculiar modilication—namely, that he was to make something by It. “If the foreign aa- thor applies to them tirst and they then puolisu his buok they feel themselves inoraily bound to pay | him! ip other words, Mr. W. He Appleton’s mao- rality Was very much iike that of a thief who should say to a man Of business, “4 wont rob you if you will employ me as your agent on commission; but if you employ any one clse to sell your goous l'm hanged if | won't rob him and you too,” Mr. W. H. Appleton’s “firm” have accordingly acted up to this standard of morality. it now ap- | pears clear to me that the letter in the Zimes was an acute way of cheap advertisement of ‘uur Orm’? to British acthors, among whom Mr. Appleton said he had been extending his arrangements. It was meant, like the biunderbuss of the scoundrel in “Gil Blas,’ a#a warning that you passed his hat without @ voluntary coutributon at your peril, Ac- cordingly, having, on the strength of the protesta- tions of Mr. Appleton and others that there .Was an honorable understanding among the publishers ion America, sold the advance sheets of my new work, “Lord Bantam’ Messrs, Routledge & Sons, of New York, for # handsome sum down and the usual royalty on sules, no sooner 1s the book issued and selling well | atafair price tpan Messrs. Appleton pirate and issue it at a price which cannot possibly do more than cover the cost of printing and advertising. For the miserabie satisfaction of rebuking tne author who Nas not taken Mr. Appleton’s significant hint, I, the creator of the book, auu Messrs. Koutledge, breth- renin Mr. Appieton’s trade, are, in defiance of all morallty (except tnat of W. i, Appleton), of trade courtesy and o! good feeling, deprived 0! auy possi- bility of profits, Fortunately the profits are to me @ matter of in- difference, but tae character of the American peo- it isnot Living among them ior some years until had aimost become one of them, gratesul to them lor ayo that I received and from then}, should stand Wey amid the raking criticism of older communities, f fel jpat 1 am peculiarly en- itlea to resent in strong, Jiough not malicious ferms, conduct unworthy Of | & respectavie ame or @ great people, The Americans should never forget how much fhey owe to British authors—how often and now constantly powerful pens have been engaged in keeping En- juch that I jearned xious that they and thelr institutions faitital at Jt | tential seuson of forty days that they were but cuss wurst | water, | pain anticipated it and given our authors its benetits,” | ish authors began to teel | ton avows that his bigh moral standard was suo- } What has sit been cased Ash Wednesday, This. ; ume was derived irom the notable ceremony of the day in the tomin Catholic Church, On Asn Wednesday it was chought proper to remind the the commencement ot the great pent- aud ashes, the priest taking @ quantity of ushes, Dlessiag tiem anu sprinkling the people with holy The ashes were produced from the burnea jJeaves of te previous year’s ceremonies, the worshippers then approached in sackcloth, the priest took up SO Me Ol Lhe ashes on the end of ns fuger and made the sign of che cross with them Upon the devolee’s forehead, saying, “Remember, man, you are of asues, and yuto dust thou wit re, turn.” alt Quadragesima 1s the Latin term for the forty gays of kent, and fue pumoer of forty days devoted lv 1Uis Nuugal to have refereace to the Saviours forty days’ fast in the wilderness, to the forty days of the Deluge, the forty years’ Wanderings of the 00 L"unowlea 4 At apatoemy made Credit ie ' Jews, the iorty days granted to tho Ninevehites tor \ r § s a Navigation. The ir shins were -s-awor hy aud ol a , Tepentance, or the tue spent in fastiug by Moses | pecutiar elegance. ‘The Phcenicians were the only | and Elias, St. Jerome speaks of the last as @ Coamopolites of those anclent times. | Never dit the’ memorial of the Saviour’s passion. According to the i = y Greek Obtain Bien sioa of eonmmerce. “they | Same Writer, as well as St. Leo, St. Augustine and exchanged gold, silver, copper, for all kinds | most of the fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries, ol articles, ‘They had colonies and | it was ea by the apostles, alcnough Protest- Spato, Hibernia was, without doubt, a Pnoenician | auts commonty hold that it was not established third century, It seems to obligatory at least as early as A 250, In the Koman Catholic Church Ash Wednesday 18 the forty-sixth day betore Easter, tne six Suudays which intervene between it and that festival not belag counted as part of Lent nor observed as fast days. Until lately only une meal a day was allowed, and at this the use of flesh meat was prohibited, the precept of tasting always iinplying that of abstinence of the flesn. A slight refection, however, was allowed to be takea moruiug aud evening, the quantity of food not ex- ceeding two Ounces in the idtiner case and eight ounces in the latter, But considerable modifica- tions of these rules have been made in countries where the climate or habits of the people render their observance injurious to health. Dispensations are also frequently granted in favor of particular persons, 1u the United staies flesh meat is allowed Keveral times # Week, at the discretion of the bishops, in the Greek Church the rules are even more strict, aud there are four Lenten fasts in the year. It is nardly possible that the Grand Duke ‘Alexis could have been @ strict member of the jreek Chureb, a8 he is too ai, robust and florid to have kept many Lenten fasts, The fourth sunday of Len’ is Olten termed Mid-Lent, or Passion Sun~ day. It was formerly known as “vari-sunday,’? and on that day beaus or peas called “Cariines!? w be given away or catea. The Ritualisia, jothis country and Eugland, are equaily strict. the Roman Catholics in their observance of unul the second or have been made Wilh Asi Wednesday, and to-day services of @ very ad- vanced High Caurch nature will be held at the Ritualisuic churches of St. Sacrament, St. Mary the Virgin and St. Albans, In uns c.ty. ‘here were some strange customs tn the old days connected with Ash Wednesday. For instance, boys ‘used to go anout “clucking’’ at doors to get eggs or bits of bacon, Wuerewith to make up a feast among themselves, and wneu refused would stop the key- hold with dirt and depare wiih a rhymed denuncia- tion. In some parts of Germany the young men | galhered the girls ito a cart and drove them into a river or pool, and there ‘washed Liem favorediy,’? ‘ a process which shows tuat absence from merrl- iment was not then neld as oue of the proprieues of } tne day. Among the anclent customs of England which e suk Into disuse Was a singularly absurd one, tinued even until so iate & period as the reign of George I. During ve Lenten season an olticer dénominaced the ‘*Kiug’s Cock Crower’’ crowed the | hour each night within the precincts of the palace, ste he ordinary manner of 1 Was an angel of light, wno had been | stead of proclaiming it in t i a depicted in Ranrast tote Boe es few, incre | Walchmen. On whe first Ash Wednesday after the asiute than the rest, still mad a suspicion | 2¢cession of the House of Hanover, as the Prince ol Wales, afterwards George IL, sat down to sup- per, tts officer apruptly entered the apartment und, accurding to accustome:| usage, proclaimed in | ashrili pipe, rese:noling the crow of @ cock, tuat it ! was “past ten o’ciock.’’ Taken by surprise, and imperfectly acquainted with tue English janguage, the astonished Prince naturally mistook the tremu- lation of the assumed crow as some mockery in- tenued to insuit him, and instantly rose to resent the wfront; nor was it without difficulty that the interpreter explained the nature of the custom aud sauisied him that # compliment was de- signed, according to the Court etiquette of the time. From that period we tind pg further account of the exertion of the imitative wwers of this Important officer, but the Court uas. ven left to the voice of reason and conscience to. remind them of their errors, and pot to that of the cock, whose clarion calleu back Peter to repent. ance, which this fantastical and silly ceremony was meant to typify. ‘The ceremonies to-day 1n ai! the Roman Catholio churches will be peculiarly impressive and solemn, Ashes will be distributed to the peopie at the morn- ng services in ali the churches, Last night was Spent im merriment and joyous hilarity, 1 being Shrove Tuesday, or, as tne French verm it, Mardi- Gras. On the Continent of Europe tnis is one of the great annual carnivals, but by the time this reaches the public eye all tun and frolic wil have ceased and the holy Lenten season commenced, ae ~ FORTY HOURS’ ADORATION “<- ttites and Ceremonies at the Church of Holy Redeemer—Retigious Spectacles an aprons DemoustratiousThe Faithiul at Prayer. Celebrated at different periods of the year by the several Roman Catholic churches of the city, the solemnity which invartably marks ‘Phe Forty Hours’ Adoration” always renders this occasion one of great interest, There ts probably no festival oc- curring during the year that elicits sucn heartfelt devotion—none certainly creates such @ widespread feeling of sincere devotion, and, judging from the immense assemblages that throng. the sacred edifices during the exposure of the poly gitshmen right upon American questions—how | sacrament, itis quite evident that the faithful tully many pleasures feo ged poetry and fiction carry home, in @ brotherly way, to millions of American hearts, With all cuis in view and with the pt ambition to wear a 3) oH ees eputation, 1am sure that the American peop’ ii strongly reprobate such @ disregard of moral claitag, of courtesy and of tnteruational esiwem as that Micii pretentious writer in the 7imes and “nis firm” abe | been guilty, I decime to discuss tne master ie Meuarts ppleton. if my were print ry theif in perpeiuity I should never have a business transaction with & ‘firm’ that could act as they have ay ie, I simply appeal to the good feeling of ue Al n reading pudlic, and ask them if they will not, in the fuce of this incident, see that our rights are protected by law in a manner as generous & eae Kngiisk brethren as just to American puoe ers. ogre tien One word more. 1 naif anticipate that Messrs D. Appleton & Co. will attempt the miserable apology ‘Uhat Messrs, Routledge & Sons are not American publishers. if they do i leave tnem to be dealt with py yourself and ali honest Americans. I am, sir, your faitufal servant, g EDWARD JENKINS, author of “Ginx’s Baby,” “Lord Bantam,” &c. 1 dan. 27, 18 ane AN ACTRESS’ AGENT IN TROUBLE, Herman Hernstein, an agent fot Matilda Heron, the original Camille, was before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market yesterday, upon complaint of Mrs. Fanny Williams, a comely looking colored female, whg ts employed as janitress at the Union Square S&vings Kank, charging him with assaulting her. bank build- Heron’s bil amounted to $100, which Mra. t » Mrs. Heron referred desired her to pay. ‘onal after ‘Wwituams wer to lice him in the Ravements of all par- id Hernstein to ball in the Special rn justice Cox the sum of qu, to appear for iial 4 semslous appreciate the impressivenessa of the great event. roud | Purtng the Jast few days the Church of the Holy ite- deemer, in Third street, has been the scene of some magnificent religious spectacles, According w the rules of the order gue F t) igure! ‘Agoration com- pe ces On the Su receding ‘Solemn igh Faas ae mencea in chat church last Suo- day, at fra, Yclock, after which the blessed sacrament as exposed im the — tabernacle. juard of honor trom the Independent Rife Corps, consiscing of 100 men, under the com- mand of Captain Green, entered the church, and, like the Cavaliers of oid, kept watch so long as the festival lasted. After the solema high mass on Sun- day @ grand rocession took place through the spacious aisled ot the church; and what lent adui- tional interest to the beautiiui display Was the par- ticipation of the little boys aad maidens, the latter arrayed in spotless white, and whose harmonious interpretation of the many sacred choruses that teil to their lot added considerably to the solemnity of the scene, The celebrant during the high mass was the Rev. Father Klemennam; deacon, Kev. Father Urben, and sub-deacon, Rev. Father Preis; che Rev. Father Rector being muster of ceremonies. The procession moved three times around the church, ihe 0 (ae sacrament being meanwhile exposed. Ateight o'clock high maay Was agoD vebrated, and at ten o’clock solemn high said, the Rev. Father Rosenvauer preaching the sermon, va the same day solemn vespers were and the evening was orougliigo & ciose with @ sermon and benediction, = The tivant ilumination which ighted the altar way scrupulously kept up, while the guard of honor solemnly maimtata Foe. On Monday morning high mass was celeorated at solemn high Rae aay eye ay passes societies visited the chu Masse oad raed ‘an hour, vei relieved by kindred na, Yesterday morning solemn high mass was celebrated ac five o'clock. ‘The interior of oo ar Be wae presemted &@ most impressive aspect, tia | muon delay ofared ro settle, tue claim, ta ay | altar was appropriate lighted and along tne aisics ru wat ng aay omeing kr, imme i, | Eran ic penic dou waa given ah ove represen! the scene throughout was e: \- and wa per o” 18 heider, tore impressive, Brother Gregory maintained is he mf ed other violence toward her. juous position at the entrance With considerapie iecneeemn it violence ("ne news: | amiabilty, and, notwithstanding the great pres. sure, Managed to afford accommodations to all comers, ‘The spectacie was, altogether, very im- posing, and failed not to create a deep impression, on the immense multitude In attendaace. A graud “be Deuw" Drought phe proceedings 10 & close os