The New York Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1872, Page 5

7 » "THE DEVIL ON HIS HIGH HORSE. ‘Wonderful Tales of French Dia- belism or Superstition, THE FIGHTING IMP OF LA MAGDALEINE. A Bewitched Farm House at Cabarac. Showers of Mysterious Stones and Bricks. ONBELIEVERS STARTLED INTO CONVICTION Investigations by Archbishop and Parish Priest Confirming the Stories. TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. MARSEILLES, Feb. 2, 1872, A trial for witchcraft 1s decidedly a healthy ohange from those blood-and-thunder threatenings of demagogues which have been so long occupying the public mind and public press, Possibly dema- @oguism and sorcery in France are not so far apart, -aiter all; but the latter is in some respects a pre- Yerable profession. We don’t burn witches in these ‘mes, though en revanche, the demagogues do their est to burn us, which 18 saddling the other horse ‘Wh a vengeance. Well, we have had a trial here, not precisely to Prove that the accused was a wiich, bat to prove Bhat shd injured her neighbors by her familiarity With a certain highly improper old gentieman. Bere is the story.as told iast Saturday before the Oourt:— The accused, Madame G—, living tn.the Rue de ¥@ Magdeleine, nas for some time enjoyed among her neighbors the reputation of being a masque, best translated by the word imp. Every accident or misfortune that vappened in those ‘digzins’’ Was charged to her malign influence, and tn conse- q@@once all sorts of extraordinary things were done te disenchant persons and things sapposed to be a@ected. A number of ingenious but iueMcacious methods of exorcism practised were explained to she Court. For instance, a young girl of foureen @eposed to having seen her mother on several occa- sions BOWL KNITTING NEEDLES IN OIL WITH OALVES’ LIGHTS, and then place them carefully on the door sill, the object being to disenchant the girl. Another wit- mess, & young man of avout twenty, said that a Marriage he was avout to contract was broken Mf because he had been seen several times fm the provision store kept by the witch—a ‘very earthly way, 1t must be allowed, for awitch to earn her bread. The plaintiff in the case, Madame B—, swore that whenever she met the accused @he recited some Latin words and performed other Geremonies in order to prevent the sorceress from Dedeviiling her. Now, ali tnis was more than even Pewiched or bewitcning flesh and blood could mand, and so Madame @—— determined to prove #0 Madame B—— tnat ir she had an “evil eye” she Bad also @ pretty good fist of her own, and she~ proved it. The way the fur few was a caution. Madame B's chignon was carried away, of Sourse, ina sulphurous whiriwind, while a couple of GOATS’ FEET DANCED CONTEMPTUOUSLY om her worn and much bedraggied cap. Justice, “with beard of formal cov’? and ail that sort of thing, @alied up the parties, adjusted those time-honored ecales and decided that botn should be punished, Bat it was such tender punishment! The plaintiff? ‘was fined $1, while the witch was charged $3, but &tis by no means settled thatthe doling of knit- ting-needles, Sc., shall not go on as belore. But now let me call your attention to this other picture of a far more interesting as well as startling character. Some few weeks ago I clipped froma mewspaper @ letter from the parish priest of a village near Toulouse, calied Uabanac, concerning certain supernatural demonstrations which had occurred pon a certain farm in that parish. THE REVEREND GENTLEMAN writes simply to confirm a statement made by M. @e Limayrrc, a gentleman well known in the de- partment, relative tothe occurrences in question, Is is stated by M. de Limayrac, who visited the farm and witnessed the manifestations, and by the parish priest, wno also witnessed tnom, that from the 7th to the 30th of last October large pebbles, stones and pieces of brick, varving in weight from balfa pound to eight and ten pounds, fell around that particular farm, and through the roof of the house, without any damage to the roof or injury to the persons struck. The munutest investigations @atied to reveal any human agency in the matter; and, in fact, if @ man see a large stone descend mowly through the ceiling of his room, without Jeaving upon the ceiling THE SLIGHTEST TRACE OF ITS PASSAGE, i ts not necessary to look any further. This ts what M, de Limayrac and the parisn priest Bave stated, adding that upwards of sixty other ‘Witnesses would testify to 1%, It was stated, fare ther, that the Archbishop of the diocese ordered an inquiry and summoned before him the witnesses of the manifestations, Tnis was done after the civil guthorities had become convinced that there was no Auman agency at work, and therefore no one to ac- cuse or arrest, My curiosity having been much stimulated I Wrote to the parish priest, requesting further par- ticulars and, if possible, some extracts from the mass of evidence in possession of whe archhishop, I received a very courteous and lengtuy reply, con- taining the statements of two or three, witnesses regarded by all who knew them as unbelievers, in- fiaels and scoffers, the best kind of witnesses in a case of this kind, In short, here is a goodly portion Of the reverend gentleman’s letter: — “In allmy parish, 10 the neighboring parishes and throughout the entire canton, there is not a mngie person who does not believe in the autnen- Welty and supernatural character of the extra- ordinary facts that have occurred at Cabanac, con- sigting in the FALLING OF STONES AND PIECES OF BRICK, invariably thrown atthe members of a poor family and others happening to be on their farm. The in- quiry ordered by the Archbishop has been made, The same forms were observed as are usual in a Judicial inquiry, ana from fifty to sixty witnesses were heard. Precisely the same evidence was @iven by cach—namely, that they saw stones and Pieces of brick fall which were not thrown by any human hand or by any human agency, and tnat those projectiles produced effects contrary to all known laws of nature. Each witness signed his or her deposition under oath. The Committee of Inguiry, presided over by the dean of the canton (the word ‘dean’ here means the oldest inhabi- tant), concluded in their report that all the alleged facts were the result of diabolical agency. Never- theless, Monseigneur (the Archbishop) has deemed it more prudent not to publish the minutes (proce s- ®erda!) and report of the committed, for two rea- sons—first, in order not to arouse a useless discussion in the present condition of men’s minds in France; and second, not to expose himself to insulting com- ments in a question which might excite curiosity ‘without converting souls. These are sound reasons. Besides, for us Catholics, we BELIEVER IN THE EXISTENCE OF EViL SPIRITS, im their power and in the manifestation of that power in the physical as well as in the moral world, im their hatred of God and their jealousy of us,. The a@air of Cabanac will not change our belief one Bair’s breath, but wiil only serve to confirm it” The 18 preserved at the archiepiscopal Fesidence, dnd I have got a copy which I cherish, identical in every respect, down to the last signa- ture. It covers forty pages of letier Paper, closely written, 1 propose to add to ita critical notice, ‘Upon the veracity of the evidence and the reasons ‘which compel us to attribute the facts to evil spirits ¢ YEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1872,-TRIPLE SHEET) ‘and got te human power. . It loons like a legend or old fatrs tale, and set those FACTS HAPPENED ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO, I witnessed them. Fifty other men like myself have seen them; many of them against their will, In our days I believe superstition rather rare, and men’s minds are more given to believe nothing of a supernatural character than to admit at first sight the least prodigy or the least miracle. Minds in general are turned towards positivism and rational- ism, when stopping short of atheism, and Il am of your opinion that it is bewer to preseat to unbelievers the testimony ef unbelievers, and I am in 8 position so to do 1 will give you a specimen of the report in the following extracts:—From page 13—‘On Tuesday, October 10, the workmen employed in the construc- tion of the church wished to satisfy themselves of the truth of what every one was talking about at Cabanac. They treated the thing as humbug and spoke of their neighbors as weakminded and timid. among those workmen was Bertrand Labia, mason, aged Otty-four years, s man of @ courageous nature, he declared, BELIEVING NEITHER IN GOD NOR THE DEVIL. There was also albony, thirty-six years, tin- smith, residing at Cadours. Having reached the farm they found the iwhabitafts iu great pertur- bation, and were shown a heap of stones and dé bris of brick in the wardrobe, and others scattered about the floor of the room. They made a minute examination, and could arrive at no satisfactory conclusion. Lablathen said, ‘Bah! if I don’t see I don’t beHevel’ Immediately a stone fell from the ceiling, without leaving any trace of fracture. Labia s:ooped down, and, while in the act of picking up the stone, Albony, who was looking steadily at the ceiling, together with the farmer Mohiné and his wite, saw half a brick issue, as it were, from the ceiling, float down so softly that he could eastily have caught it in his hand, aad, moving in an oblique direction, STRIKE LABIA IN THE TEMPLE. Albony was so astounded that his voice utterly failed him. Labia, equally astonished, said, ‘Well, before coming nere 1 did not believe, but now I am satisfied.’ He was much surprised at not feeling the slightest inconventence from the blow he had received. Moving away from the middle of tne room to the fireplace, he sald, ‘My poor people, I believe you have the devil in your house.’ Immedi- ately the wardrobe was strack a most violent blow, and yet no mark could be discovered inside or out.” From page 24—On Thursday, October 12, a butcher named Michel Moutet, well known through all the canton of Cadours for hts extrava- gant opinions and absence of faith, went to the farm atabout eleven o’ciock in the morning. In the house he found the girls Jeanne and Marie alone, made a minute examination of the room, expressing his belief im some hiaden trick, Finding nothing he plants himsetf in the middle of the room, strikes the table with the handle of his Whip, rips out an oath and says, ‘Aha! Mais/ Quand mele seras-tu voir? (when will you let me see the performance?) ‘Ii itis trac what they prate about will you begin or not to ;’ and, without finishing the sentence, he raised his eyes to the cellig. The individual thus addressed allowed a few seconds to pass, a3 If giving him time to finish ‘what he had to say, and then suddenly A HALF BRICK ISSUED FROM THR CEILING BEFORE HIS BYES? and, falling at his feet with afrigntfal noise, was bro- ken into fragments, He declared that no human agency could have prodaced such effects, Very much astonished he again looked up, when another plece of brick fell with the same loud noise, leaving no hole nor any mark upon the celling. Bestdes, the bricks were of ditferent clays and make. He waited to see no more, Orossing the door-sill a large stone flew past his face and took a chip off the angle of the wall, While going away as briskly as he could with his horse and ox, stones in considerable numbers rained upon him without doing him any harm,” From page 25—“In the afternoon a great many persons came from all quartere, About two o’clock there were about thirty men assembled, whose names are all given im the report, Needless to say that the house, inside and out, was closely in- spected, and che thing was discussed in all its bear- ings and possible causes, M. Chal, veterinary sur- goon, desiring to test the matter for himseli, went to the table in the centre of the room and said aloud, ‘I do not believe; I wish to see.’ Then look- ing up he said, ‘In the name of God, speak! In the name of the devil, atrike!’ Instantiy a large plece of brick fell from the ceiling and oroke on the floor, in view of all those assembled. ‘Go If AGAIN?! said @ young wag, and several pieces fell in the same manner, some vertically and others taking an oblique direction, siriking the wardrobe. One piece in particular, which astonished them greatly, 1s mentioned in tne testimony of Dastarac, the mil- ler. Issuing from the chicken house, where there ‘was absolutely nothing, it went zigzaging through the crowd, and then tating a right angle, darted through the door of the room and struck tne ward- rover “Most of those who saw the manifestations once did not care to witness them @ second time, and there is not a single one of those who came deter- mine’ not to believe who has gone away in the same state of incredulity. No one io the country Rereabouts ts at al! incredulous in regard to the su- pernatural and diabolical character of the manifes- tations.” : I nave given, with the exception of a few lines omitted, a falthfal translation of the Ouré’s letter, and feel inclined to ask him for a few more particu- lars. I have only to say that the evidence of a whole district is conclusive either as to the presence and acuvity of the devil or as tea queer state of popu- Jar inteliig ence. HORSE NOTES, ‘The roads nave been im very fine condition the past few daye—a rare thing at this time of the year—and all the trotting stock has been put to its best speed on the Eighth avenue and Macomb’s Dam trotting grounds. The sun has been shining brightly, with toe alr baimy and just keen enough to make an overcoat and warm robes comfortable and give elasticity to body and mind, All the road men put in an appearance behind thelr fastest nags. Commodore Vanderbilt was behind Moun- tain Boy and Lady Backus; Captain J. Vanderbilt had a lively sorrel and brown team; Frank Work drove his Kerner mare; Charlie Carman his fast brown stallion Kirkwood; and Brown Rover, Fieet- wood, Admiral Farragut, George Moore, James O’Brien, the fast gray horse Hero and hundreds of other well-known trotters showed aciean pair of heels to the assembled spectators on the steps of the different club houses along tne roads. Mr. frank Page, of Paterson, N, J., 1s the owner of the gray mare Lady Brisbane, by Hambletonian, and the brown gelding Charlie Davis, Mr, Page is keeping them at present in this city and duving them on the road. They can beat 2:40 together. Lady Brisbane has a record of and Uhariie Davis is as fast as the Lady. Hambletonian sired very few gray horses, but among tne few are Lady Brisbane and gray gelding Lotiery, the property of Mr. Samuel Truesdell, of New York. Lady Bris- bane is matched to trot against Lady Weller on the 80th of May for $1,000, over either Fleetwood or Prospect Park track, A great many of our feet-footed trotters find & home at Mr. Robert Anderson's stables, in Fiftietn street. Among the number are brown gelding David Bonner, sorrel gelding Hickey, chestnut mare Alice Huntington, and a black mare that has no record, but is very fast, the property of a. E. Noble; brown mare Birdie, chestnut gelding State of Maine, and a chestnut gelding of great promise, the pro. perty of R. J. Anderson; Grantham Chief, with Frecord of 2:34; gtay mare Lady Brisbane, brown gelding Charlie Davis, and @ chestnut gelding, very fast, the property of Mr. F. Page; Mr. Henry Van Nes,’ promising young stallion by Hambietonian, Mr. John Ellis’ black gelding and brown horse White Face, noth of supertor speed; Mr, Greene's very fast black norse; Mr. Isaac Son’s fast black horse Judge Noble, Mr. Dougherty’s gray mare Stella, Mr. Pbil- lips’ siashing brown mare Hambietontan Maid, and @ number of other fine and costly horses, Mr. William Lovett recently offered $16,000 for the stallion W. H. Allen, ‘cash down, and no words about it;’? but the offer was refused, This horse has many admirers and he is expected to show well among the ‘free for all’a’’ the coming season, Complaints are stiil made by those who drive on tno Boulevards against the men in charge of the steam rollers. It is thought that they are “in with the Coroners,” they seem so determined to provoke accidents by blowing off steam at times when high mettied horses are near. Dan Mace ts driving @ very fast roan and bay together. They step well and are much admired. Mr. Bonner drove his roan colt Dexter and the old mare Princess at digerent times on Monday. Prin- cess seems tb have @ tremendous turn of speed. She. Will be remembered by turfmen as a former com- . petitor of Flora Temple, THE CREWS AT OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. (From the London standard, Feb. 9.) THS DAY OF THE RACE. On Wednesday some important doings took place on the Cam, and for tbe first time thisterm two Dicked eights were tried. The afternoon was like a balmy one in spring—not a breath of air to ripple the stream—and the late rains bad filled the river sumclently te give plenty oi water, with a decent current. This 18@ more important matter than people imagine, Inthe first place, the absence of wind gives the shipa fair chance of riding on aa even keel, and also enables the coxswain to detect which side is the strongest. Coming up the long Teach the second time we noticed that the rudder Strings were not touched, and this augurs well for fair ume and evenly balanced power, Mr. J. G Chambers, an old Blue, took dewn the duffer eight from the boathouse to the railway bridge, and their steady rowing and even swim would have impressed any outsider with the picked ’Varsity. Soon after the eight proper came dowa with a light coxswaiu, and after easing at ine briage, Mr. Chambers roue with them, vice Mr. Luwe, to Baitsvite, @ large crowd trotting on foot, intent on ferreting out what was in tne wind. At locks Mr. Chambers steered them ap again to the briage, and alter a change of Ranaolpi Ww seven, French moving back to three, Kobinson and Beusop coming two and bow, vice A. Phelps and Maiden, they nad a snort spin down the reach to Ditton, and then a pull home, the mea rowing in the order below. Do muci for the doings of the day, ‘The poat may now be considered svttied, with the exception, perhaps, of a change in the bow: sbould either Lomax or Follett adopt the motto o! m, est pro,” &c, if, however, these old Blues are taken up, at Will be like bringing in @ thorough bred trom @ jong run out at grass, whose adipose tissue has been laid ou with nature's unspar- ing band; and six weeks does not leave the irainer much time to mend matiers, Good men are scarce, and men of a good wiuning crew cau ill be Epareds butluckily there are by no means ba‘ men to fil their places, Four old Biues—Goidie, Randolph, Close and Spencer—are not a bad Constituency; and with Kead at live, with @ gréat college repatatio: thougn certainly not taaing at sight, the boat well furnished up to No. 4, Frencit (No. 3) nas done @ good deal of colege rowivg, aud 18 @ well-condl- tioned, heaithy-look:ng man, though scarcely heavy enough lor the piace. Koumson (No, 2) is anower of those smiling workmen Who meet each extra evfort with cheeriuiness, and never accuse the boat OF oars O iauits Luey possess tnemseives. Benson and Close, Jr., are both candidates for the figure- head; taey can both scull, and the former at Eva, ‘tne latter with iis brother J. B., have achieved a very creditable Dame as Oarsmen. Ciose rows at present im the best iorm, but Benson is longer, aud bas been always accustomed to the stroke side, 50 he feels awkward as bow. is rowing long, perhaps too long, shoulder blades work up. Ranuoiph, irom the short tume he has had for practice, ts scarcely io form yei; his snort back is somewhat dwarted by those of stroke and #1X, but it will have far more starca in it, and be will sit some inches higher at Putney than be does now. ‘The most marked feature at present about te rowing is the good timo and swing to asiow siruke; stil this mav alter With # quicker stroke, aud also in the outrigger, for the steadiness of @ boat is not unfrequentiy due to ‘the absence of hard rowing, and Mf Camoridge bas a pount to avoid 10 will be Wedkness in her crew, ‘The average weight will probaviy be under list. 1ulb, on the day. Jack Clasper will have an order for @notver ship on the sainé moulds as rast year, but somewhat smalier, and perhaps this, the third year Of his being selected, may sinvoth down is 1eathers, which were cousidably ruilied the wrong way alter the races for the Oxford Fours, and sundry theories on coaching that those races gave riseto. Tue coaching of the Cantabs will be under the genial supervision of Mr. Lowe, wno is no theorist, butas Practical on the river as he was in his tripos, Mr, Chambers will be down now aod then to assist, ‘The Oxonians seem rather at @ 103s for a Mentor, | Mr. Wilian, @ thorough sound oarsman and judge, Daid a flying visit to the {sis on Monday and coached irom the bank and stern; but it was only @ fying visit, as the imperious demands of the var summoned him away again, and he will scarcely be able to take tue crew in hand. Mr. Woougate, one Of the best coaches for rough men ilving, inay'tura up, but not reguiarly. Mr. George Morrison bas abandoned the river, but surely out of the host of oid dark biue oarsmen, W., W., W., and others, there ougnt to be no diMicuity ip having the crew Weil looked after. It is important that Lesiey should keep his piace and not coach, aud still more important that some one svoula vreak the others into his style, ag Malan 18 the only otner old man Towing; vow, two, seven, and siroxe are tougn and strong, and this settles the two ends of tne boat, bus the work of coaching wil fail on the middie men, who are not used to each other’ backs or styies, It is positively setiled th: Moss will not row, & great loss at jancture, aud Giles may also be an absentee, ere is aiear that the bard work that will fall upon Lesley, in getting 80 Many novices to iollow his styie, May react upon himself and spoil bis own form, He 6 the mainstay of the crew, and well backed up by his colleague seven. by careiul practice ne may tarn out a crack lot, but this year More than ever will guccess depend 01 coaching, The journeys duriug the floods have been the usual ones to litey, but in afew days they will be longer, anc in @ week’s time it will be seen whether the new places are permanent or not. ‘he names and Weights of the preseat crews are:— “Duice et 10 a 4% 66 ns ig ne 8 7 3 8 B nM tm indal, King’s... 132 G. Drinkwater, Third wT Cor, F.C. Baird, Lady 76 Both presidents day of the are agreed as Tace, Saturday, March 23. A midday tide will suit the holiday seekers, and parsons will be able to re- turn home aad regain co.aposure for the morrow. PUGILISM, Jem Mace and Ned O’Baldwin (the Irish giant) are pretending to be trying to get up a fight; but there seems to be a thousand miles difference in the selection of the battle ground betweentnem, It will be well for the public for this difference to con- tinue a few years, The arrangements for the fight between Rooke and Kelly, it appears, have not been completed, There seems to be a hitch as to the time of weighing the men previous to the fight, one party wishing the Weighing done the night before, while the other party insists that the men must go to scale on th morning of the battle. : PIGEON SHOOTING, 4 match at single oirds, 16 each, between Messrs, James Wheeler and 8, J, Conklin, came off at West- chester, on February 16, for §100a side. The con- Gittons were to shoot at 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, according to the New York rules. Wheeler Was the favorite in the betting, $60 10 $40 being odered on his winning the mate forovea @ tie, each Killing 12 out of the 16 birds shot at They tien agreed to soot Of at 6 birds each, to decide whicu took the stakes, when Conklin, who brought down his five in succession, was declared the winner, Wheeler ouly killing four. We give the <010111111111110—~12 out of 15 11111001111101—12 out of 16 “A match between Messrs. Charles Robinson and 8, Wilmer came oif near Hunter's Point, L. 1, on Saturday, the 17th inst. It was at 26 birds 21 yard ards boundary, H and T tr: for $200 aside, Betting was $20 to $15 on Wilmer, who Killed 17 out of 26 to his opponenv’s 14, thus Winning the match by three birds. Mr. Abram Kleiman, of Chicago, has challenged the holaer of the champion badge, Captain A. li. lus, to shoot # match at pigeons, in accord- ance with the rules governing the championship, for the emblematic meaal and $600 aside. ‘the challenger has shown that he means business by boa $260 in the appointed staxehoider’s THE JUVENILE HOMIOIDE, Coroner Young held an inquest at 212 East Twenty-sixth street, on the body of Frank A. Boker, the lad, oin Jacob Ferns on Saturday last wotie Ly ‘ank was struck on or about the-head by his playmate witnout any in- “tention of seriously injuring him. Compression of the brata, extravasation of biood, cai deain, The jury tnonane there was no criminality the case, and lit Jacob Was not held re- ‘sponsiple for Dis ach, WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Imposing Displays in the City To-Day. Parade of the American Mechanics and Ameri- tan Protestant Association—The Line of March. Washington’s Family Car- riage in Procession. A Chariot of Geld Drawn by Sixteen Horses— The Goddess of Liberty Guarded by New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylva- nia—How the Day Will Be Observed by the National Guard and People. One hundred and forty years ago to-day was born in Washington parish, Westmoreland county, Virgimia, George Washington, the “Father of bis Country,’’ whose birth the nation to-day commemo- rate with appropriate ceremonies, Seventy- three years ago the venerable patriot and statesman, loaded down with honors, quietly passed from earth at Mount Vernon, surrounded by those he loved in life, and who watered his bier with tears of affection as ho was venderly lowered into his final resting place afew days after, Since the memorabie 14th of December, 1799, When he surrendered his spirit to the God who gave it, other patriota have come, bowed, played ‘heir parts in our nation’s history, and passed away through the dark Valley of Death, but the names of none are surrounded with such halos of glory as bis, Since then we have passed through exciting periods in oar history, and for brief intervals the commemoration of his virtues ®y public demonstra- tions has falien into disuse. This was especially the case during the war, when momentous events drew the eyes of the people away from the sacred ground by the side of the swift-ruaning Potomac to the tentea flelds and we charging lines of other heroes, who carried death on ther bayonet points and victory on their banners, But now, when the broad mantle of peace drops ita folds and encompasses the jand from the Auan- tic to the Pacific, and Americans have time to re- fect upon our past vicissitudes and victories, it 15 evident that eacn returning 22d of February is destined to be remembered as of yore, aud the name of George Washington revered and hoaored. This is shown in the great preparations that have been made to observe the day in a becoming manner in all the larger cities of the country, and, indeed, wherever our flag 1s known and respected. The Programme in This City shows that the people are as fully determined as of ola to do justice to the occasion, and if possible eclipse their former efforts in this direction. Among the civic orders that will participate first in order comes THE ORDER OF UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS— 80 association of artisans, who number very largely this city, Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken, The New York brethren will be joined by lodges from other towns and cities. The Now Jersey lodges will bave a preliminary parade in Jersey City, alter a formal roception of the Pennsylvania Coun- Cils, that will arrive about ven A. M. They will then Cross to the general rendezvous in this city, at Park place and Murray street. The New York city, Brook- lyn and Staten Island Councils, aiter assembling at their Council rooms, will proceed to the rendezvous, Where they wiil arrive at balf-past eleven, and form On Warren street, with the rigut resting on Broaa- way. LINE OF MARCH. Forming at Warren street and Park place, the procession will move on the following line at nooa:—rark piace, Murray and Warren streets, @round the Park, in at east gate and out at west gate, up Broadway to Fourteentn street, thence to flith avenue; up Fifth avenue to ‘twenty-third street, thence to Fourth avenue; down Fourth ave- nue to Union square and around Washington Monu- Ment; then be reviewed by the Committee of Ar- Tangements in connection with National and the diferent Stave Council officers, and dismissed, Tne sashes wora Wiil be as follows:—Grand Marshai, Hl. Auderson, of New York, and Assistant, George ‘White, Jr, of New Jersey, red; Deputy Marsha/s, biue; Aids, white; President and Vice President, Fed Silk sash, with white badge; Secretary and ‘Treasurer, White sashes and white badges. ‘The Na- Uonal and State Council officers will rendezvous at the Astor House pariors, between eleven and twelve, and will be in carriages in the parade. Auong the features of the parade will Le the car- riage owned and used by Washington and histamily, waich has becn loaned by William Dunlop, of Phila- deipaia, It will be anoccupied and drawn by iour superv horves, led bya groom, A gorgeous golden chariot, worth $20,000, loaned by one of the circus companies and drawn by a stad of sixteen splendid American horses, will contain &@ young Jady who, glevatea forty feet in the air, will personate tne a Liberty, Four members of the order from the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyivania and Connecticut will occupy the four corners of the chariot, which, it is said, will surpass in cost and finish anything ever seen in a procession in tnis city. In addition to these carriages amother in miniature, drawn by Shetland ponies ani carrying @ juventie dess Of Liberty, will be escorted by the juoior members of the oraer. The committee of arrangements fondly anticipate the participation 1 10,000 persons in ihe procession, and earnestly request the owners Of buildings on the line of marcn tw decorate them with Gags and appropriate em- blems. The procession will be covered by @ wufl- cient police escort to preserve order and keep the streets clear. THR AMERICAN PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION will parade m honer of the day, jorming line at eleven A.M, The New York city lodges will form on north side of Washi square, right resting on Fifth avenue. Invited guests will form on leit. Visiting lodges will iormon the west siae of the square, right resting on Waveriey place. Tbeir in- ed guests Will iorm on left. Each lodge will take position in line immediutely after arriving at the Fendezvous, aud the marshal of each lodge wil re- port ihe number of the lodge, its place of meett and actual muster at time of report to the Gran Marshal Alda to the Grand Marshal, mar- shalg and masters of lodges will report to tne Grand Marshal at his headquarters, at the music stand in the square, at a quarter toeleven A. M. Line will be formed at eleven A. M., and the column will move at a quarter past eleven A. M, No objectionable banners or insigma of any kiud Will be permitted to be borne in iine, mor wilt any music odensive to any Class Of persons or citizens be Permitted to be played. THE LINE OF MARCH ‘Will be from Washington squafe, through Fifth ave- nue to Kighth street, to Broadway, (o Union square, around the statue of Washington, io Fourtn avenue, to ‘Twenty-third street, vo Fith avenue, to Thirty. fourth sireet, to Eighth avenue, to Fourteenth Street, to Union square, around the statue of Lin- colo and past the reviewing officer, the Grand Mas- ter of the State of New York. Thirty drilled boys, known as the “Apprentice Boys’ Cadets,” will march in the line. There wul be a 1 escort of police present wo protect the arade, Governor Homan, in answer to an invi- tion to review the association, bas addressed & note to the Secretary declining to be present, TRINITY CHUKCH CHIMES. Mr. James F, Ayliffe will periorm the following Gee on Trinity church chimes in bonor of eet + hed Birthday, commencing a6 one O'clock :— 1, Ringing the changes on cight bells. 2. Red, Whito and Biue. 8 Yankee Dooule. 4 The Land of Promise. 5. Scotch Melodies from Guy Mannering. 6. Eclipse Polka. % Spanish Melody, & Evening Beils, 9. My Love is but @ Lassie. 10, March in J Puritan, 11, Let the Merry Church Bells Ring. 12, Airs irom the Child of the Regimeént, 18 What Fairy-like Music, 14. Columbia, the Ge of the Ocean. 1§. Yankee Doodle, POLICE PREPARATIONS, The foliowing official orders were issued to tne Police force yesterday in relation to the proces- s100:— Order No.1.—To First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fitvh, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tentn, Elev- enth, Tweilth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Seventeentn, Nineteenth, T'wenty-tirst, Twenty-second, ‘twenty- hi Twenty-seventn, th rs Toirueih and es as precincts—The captains, sergeants and @ full piatooy of men will report at Central Orion ak ten A. M.on Tharsday, 22d inst, in full uni Order No. %—To ail precincts—Youswill order your off be 7 on duty to-morrow, 224 inst, at peven A. You will direct your precinct special duty men to report to this oiice (Police Head- quarters), at seven A. M. to-morrow, 22a inst, Order No. 3.—To Futeenth, sixteenth, Ei teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-nioth preciucte- Will line the streews in your precincts through which the civic procession will pass ateleven A. M,, and Prevent its interruption. ‘the procession will form on Washington square, and will move ateleven A. M. up Filth avenue to Eighth street, through Eighth street to Broadway, to Union square, around Wash- ‘ton Monument, up Fourth avenue to Twenty- third street, through Twenty-third strect to Futin avenue, up Futh evenue 10 Thirty-iourth street in jae on ee 2 q uare Order No, 4,—To First, Second, Third, Fourth, Filth, Sixth, Seve Eighth and Tenth pre- cineta—You will d one sergeant and full pla~ toon of men to report to Captain Byrnes, Fiteeath Precinct, at half-past ten A. M, to-morrow. Order No, 6.—To Thirty-second precint—You will Teport to this oMice at ten A. M., with all your avall- able 1orce (mounted), on Thu morning. sence be granted t any ‘member of tne tery Bog to any member of tne cae those officers on leave have been recalled to THE BOULEVARD CLU! of which Sheriff M. T. Breanan ts President, will Taise the flag over the club house and Gre salutes at sunrise and noon. The memvers will cevebrate the ay in the club house, corner 103d street aud Hud- son River, and in the evening a grand reception to ladies aud friends of members will be given. AT COOPRK UNION. ‘The students of CoopéF Union will celebrate the day in tne large hall of the Union with speecnes, music and recitations. Mrs, J, E. Frobisher, a laay of well known reputation as a reader, will read the Farewell Address of Washington and recite a patri- Otic selection appropriate to the occasion. sOTHER CEREMONIES, Vice President Colfax will appear in the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the evening and deliver an ad dress on “National Affairs.” A special choral service will be held in Trinity church, commencing at noon. A grand high mass will be celebrated tn the Ro- man Catholic Church of St. Pauithe Apostle, corner OF Ninth avenue and Fifty-ninth street. Rev. Father Hewit wil! preach and the vocal music will be sung by the sanctuary choir at noon, The corner stone of the new Manhattan Market, Zaihsinaeen street and Hudson River, will be laid ‘one P. M, A grand fu)l dress Sea will be given by the Seventy-first regiment N. Y, 8, N. G. in ine evening at the armory, The Mercantile Library and ronal ine, rede will be “open a3 usual, but the Cedar street branch will be closed, THE NATIONAL GUARD. The Second brigade of the National Guard, under command of Beigadier General A. Funk, wilt have @ parade in the afternoon, and will bo heid in Teadiness to assigt the polive in the event of any Occasion occurring to require their services, ‘The veterans of the war of 1812 meet at Military Hall, 108 Bowery, at eleven o’clock A. M., and wiil be the guests of Colonel Frank W. Sterry and the -oflvers of the Sixt regiment, who tender them a dinner, The Eighty-fourth regiment, Colonel Fred. A, Conklin, will parade in fuil dress uaiform in the afternoon, Several compantes of the regiment have volunteered to act as am escort for the Protestant assoclallons. The Day in Brooklyn. The public buildings will be lixe anto ‘halls deserted” to-day. The overworked (?) city and county and State officials will take a rest. ‘fhe bunting of the city Wil be Moated “mast high” from the Hall by Keeper Tormey and from the Court House, Fan- tastical organizations will parade the streets. Bust- ness in the stores will be generally suspended, The Places of amusement have their best bills out for Matince and eventog periormances, Balls and parties Will be im oraer with votaries of pieasure, walle strictly church members will seek the privacy Of their homes and remain in quietude out ot respect to the season of Lent aad the thoughts which it engenders in the Christian mind. Vice President Schuyler Coliax will lecture in the evening at the Academy of Music in aid of the Young Men’s Christian Association, and an address will be eliverea by Colonel A. C. Davis, of tne Reform Commitee of Seventy, entitied, “George Washing- ton as a Civilian,” beiore the members of the Brooklyn Institute—to-morrow being the twenty- eighth anoiversary of that institation. At the ciose Of the proceedings the Art Gallery and Library will ve thrown open to the public for inspection. ‘this entertainment will prove an intellectual treat to such as may attend. THE PILOT COMMISSIONERS, Fmportant Meeting of the Bonrd Yesterday— Report of Professor Pierce, United States Const Survey, as to the Shoals in the Ha: bor—A Revision of the Harbor Lines Asked For—Memorial to the Legislature Adopted— Deient of the New Jersey Pilotage Bill. Avery important meeting of the Board of Pilot Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, at the rooms of the Board, South street, near Maiden lane, The special object of the meeting was tore- celve a report from Lrofessor Benjamin Pierce, of the United States Coast Survey, relative to the dam- age done to the harbor by the formation of shoals, owing to the dumping of the dredging of slips, the ashes and cinders from passing steamers, &c., and other refuse, in the main channel, Not long ago the Board of Commissioners, for the fourth time, asked the federal government to have a survey of the har- bor made, in order to ascertain the amount of dam- age done from the causes above indicated, and Professor Pierce was authorized by the government to take the matter in hand. In his report, received yesterday, the Professor says that he assigned Mr. Henry Mitchell, of the Unitea States Coast survey, to make the survey, and from the report of Mte Mitchell the following facts appear:— First That the importance of the East River onrrent to the harbor of New York cannot be overestimated; that it Is the chief iustrument of the harbor's circulation and for the pres. ervation of the requisite current for scouring, and that no impediment to its contiguous flow should be permittes. ‘S-ond—That the almost constant flow of the current near the bottom inwards at the Narrows, even when tho super: lal current ls outwards is highly advantageous in ‘preven. ing the forming of large vodies of ico; that this inward flow ia owing to the greater density of the salt ocean waters over those of the river, which are partly fresh and flow over waters at the bottom of the channel, hie inward current the ref- we material dumped ia the main chagnel outside the Nar- rows{s brougut back again and appears in deposits princi. pally on the New Jeruey side of the harbor, and that the dele- rious practice of dumping this refuse cannot be stopped too soon. Furth—That the refuse matter accumulated from dredg- ing, e., should be deposlied on the interior of the New Jor: sey flats, after the exterior lines of the harbor shall have ‘been determined by @ commission, and that by this means thousands of valuable acres might be recovered from the sea. The above report was accompanied by an elabor- ately prepared map, showing how shoals haa been formed and the main channel necessarily contracted in consequence. Of Ellis’ Isiand the water has been reduced in depth twelve eet; below ssedioe’s Island the decrease of depth of water is in some Dlaces eight feet, in others fieen, eighteen, twenty and even twenty-four sect, Of Governor's Island the decrease from shoaling is five feet. The map shows also that this shoaling is continuous and owing irom Caven’s Point, on the Communipaw ts (and probably even from Robbins’ Reet, several miles velow, although the survey of that section yas not rtp ead up to the depot of the New Jersey Centrat iroad, und that immediate steps must be taken to prevent it or the main channel of the harbor will be destroyed, ‘The Boara ordered the report of Professor Pierce to be printed. It was then, on motion, determined that hereafter no permits for dumping the relase should pe granted, (The Board wish 1 to be understood that all permits heretofore ted for this purpose con- Tain a clause setting forth the power of the Com- muissioners to revoke them at pleasure. } The Commissioners also adopted a memorial to the federal government, asking that Major General Humphreys, Chief Engineer of the United states; Brigadier General John M. Newton, in be go of the engineering works of the harbor, and Professor 4erce, chief of the United States ¢ Survey, be appointed a Board vested with power to revise the exterior Jines of tne harbor, witu a view, more par- ticularly, to fix and determine the buikneads and Pier lines on the Brooklyn snore. A form of memorial has been agreed upon to sub- mil to the State Legisiature, asking that body to make an appropriation for paying the Commis. sioners for services rendered in completing ube work begun by the oid ,Harbor Commissioners, Tuat memorial rets forth— in 1845, thi selected b; ¥ * That, in 1845, they were yy the Chamber of Com mere e of Marine Underwriters for the pur- poe of examining and licensing pilots for the port of New ork, by way of Sandy Hook; that the Board of Pilot Com- missiouers was com} of Russell Sturgis, Rol lor, Charies H, Marahail, W. Blunt od G Jacob Joues, United states Nav; t, in 1863, thus established was approved by the Legisiat Jopted As sho basis of our present pliotaze service, and that the act passed in that year has been declared to be constitutional by the Court of Appeals; that three of th nal ive Commis- ners (Messrs. Sturge, Taylor and ) are still mem. bers of the Board; that the operations of the Board of Commissioners of Pilots have been. successfully and L. Tay- ‘odore Satisiactonly , conducted; our r - tem is pelleted to one fey eit Tas been gress has icting regulations; and enure bermeny ‘exiats betw Inerea of out ports, that the Swkcle pignaa antes See ‘ eo whole 10 service ismad- poet ‘ Pron ine dee the ie aged by a ami oa the the of Pilot Commuesisners rece ive fervices; that by an act volved on the Commissions 1860, to prevent e1 bor, to authorize Commissioners’ Iii and in good repair and the ali ‘That these adaitional duties, togetner with fauch time and attention on ihe past of Board, and the exercise of ve grave res era petitioned Socmnen eeatcee lalature refused to relieve them, That they bay since these duties were devoived on them (1869), performed them faithfully. That, as the State saw fit to impose these duties on them (duties entirely foreign from the original pur: RruS. which the Board was created, but which it could jot relinquian without soandoning the tant object for which it existed be allowet for the services whic they of kep' roperly dredged. thous created oy ns, and requir mombere of the nsibilities, That from these duties, that an appropriation be g the prevent members and the legal ‘who are deceased. ae, memorial thus agreed upon has been trans- mitted to Albany. A despatch was received from Trenton, N. J., while the Board was tn session, announcing that the bill in the Senate of that body, to relieve vessels en- in foreign trade, owned by citizens of New from ine necessity of taking pilots by the way Of Sandy Hook, wiich bill was a lew days since ordered to @ third reading, had just been de- feated by a vote of 17 to 3. ‘The Board then adjourned, QUARANTINE QUIBELES. The Legislative Committee’ Investigation, Mares’ Nests Found by the Little Member fron, Richmond—One of the Commissioners Exam- ined—The Charges Against the Health Off- cer Unfounded—That Affair of Mar- shall & Co. Explained—Why Vessels Cannot Be Boarded Below— A Visit to West Bank Detdrick’s Hotel, at Tompkinsvitie, SL, wag thrown into spasms of excitement yesterday mo! ing, When the dapper little member for the coun! Mr. Judd, popped into its best parlor, followed Mr, Alberger, of Buffalo, and announced intention of continuing hts investigation the Quarantine “abuses” there and the! A constderable crowd, for Staten Islan congregated about the doors, and spec in their own peculiar way as to what the Committee on Commerce and Navigation of Assembly expected to discover. They avail themselves of tbe privilege of seeing and hi for themselves, The room was pretty full when th investigation commenced. An hour later Campbell, Snyder and Babcock, the committee, rived. Dr. Carnochan, the Health Omicer; Dr. Ret Deputy Heaith OMicer, and Mr. John J..Boyd, sel for the former, were IN THEIR PLACES EARLY, Michael Conklin, wno was engaged 1m 1868 ing passengers from Quarantine, was the first wit ness examined. He succeeded in proving tw facta—nis profound ignorance of-afairs at Quaral tine and the uselessness of his examination. Dr. Thomas Walser, @ chronic candidate for position of Health Oficer of the Port, and who sai he had been fourteen years engaged at Quarantiné ‘was the next witness, He thought that vessel should be boarded below; that the Quarantine Co: missioners were a useless body; tat persons, no! ships, should be quarantined; that tne dead shoul@ be buried at Seguiu'’s Polnt, at the rate of $10 pi head; that he had himself examined 1,000 peopl and picked out the sick in tweuty-tlve minutes, ani that he knew nothing of Lhe preseat aduinisteanog of Quarantine, The most important witness examined was ard! Barton, ove of the Commissioners of Quarantin His examination occupied the better part of un day, owing to Mr. Judd’s persistence in putting and repeating 4 IRRELEVANT AND UNNECESSARY QUESTIONS. Ais testimony, in brief, was this:—The quarantti business should be conned to the lower bay, whel all the boarding might be done. He would hk {as much as Mir, Judd, to have Quarantine removed from the island; dia not complaint that the powers of the Commissioners we curtalied by the Legislature. ‘there shoul be a proper dwelling house (tue isiand toe most d sirable piace) for the Health Ofticer: the rent of th premises now Occupied mignt be reduced; charges (or burying the dead at Seguin’s Point wer not too high, everything Cousidered; as to fees, Commissivuers were in equity eniitied to recet' fees paid to employéa; the fees for lighterage ul not too high} mérchants feelin peal to the Commissioners; tuéy know that tue; bave the right of appeal by law; (here was only ou appeal from the decision of the Heaith Oficer last Magy would have known it if there were apy more; tuere were aay vaild Objections to TUE MANAGEMENT OF QUARANTINE J the Commissioners would baye neard them; th Commissiouers are always ready to hear appeals; B don’t kuow what fees the Health Onicer recuivesy he pays for the services of his deputies and em- ployes out of the fees; casual complaints have been made O! the detention of vesseis—-twu or three I tnink—but were not preseuted to the Board Comznissioners; the Health Odicer had nothing do with the changes made in the law of 1870; the Case of Marshall & Co.'s snip, Willlam F. Storer, wag compromised or settled sausfactorily by an und standing between Mr. Schell, President of the Boa of Commissioners, and Mr, Marshall; the Healtg, OMcer did not strange tt; the charges for patient o to the State; whe rates charged by the Heald Mcer were fixed by the Commissioners, aud, 1 Neve, approved by the merchuaots at the time; bw dollars 13 not @ high charge tor vaccination, NO COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE 1 to the Commissioners concerniug the charges fol vaccination; the fumigation Ciarges the Commisd sioners considered as the perquisites Of the Heai umMecer; 1t mghtdo no harm w give the busin of ughtering to the mercuants, aud then might work harm; if the Prestuents of the Chi ber of Commerce and Shipowners’ Associauon we made members of ihe Quaranune Commission woulda do no harm; they migut not complain much; I think the law shouid be put back to whet it was in 1870, when the Mayors Of une City of Ne York and Brooklyn were members of the Comin sion; the poats used by the Health Om were indispensible, and could not be disper with; have no kuowledge of vessels being drive! to other ports in consequence of exactions of q antine; there was a good deai of that in the pape but the Commissioners knew pushing Of it; to gr the Heaith Officer # salary in leu of fees was ni advisaple; the $40,000 expended, on quarantine last year was tor the repair of the Healtu Uilicer’s an Deputy’s houses and for furniture; also for doc! and other works; the Outlay was necessary; all ti property is in possession of the State; even If thi ruing was done m the lower bay it would Boones vo have a landing place at least od State ' Other witnesses were examined, with a som what like result, and the commitwe adjourned u: tl this moraing at ven o'clock. * A TKIP ON TOE FLETCHER. Some of the members having expressed a to visit the West Bank Hospital and the Rip Ka Dr. Carnochan took the party ou board the Fletch and gratified their curiomty. A landing was madi at che Kip Raps, and the committee had avandant opportunity of seeing with their own e: that tl statements of the witnesses that the board sould be done below was an aosurdity, The mat, row width of the channei and the ad cod AB, BETANDING SHOALS Were pointed out as evidence stronger than any given the commuctee, Arrived at West Bank Hospital the party was ceived by the eilictent and courteous Superiutens ent, Captain ’Rorke, who showed them over t island and explained ‘its construction and meat, The bospital was found ww be in beaut Vaptain 0”! by the hospitable Captain, was th enjoyed, uiter which the party returned to the city weil pleased with their visit to West Bank, ' THE HARBOR MASTERS, The Monopoly of the Harbor Masters in tha North and East Rivers—W! Political Ing uence Does. The undermentioned memorial has been sented to the Chamber of Commerce, who wi: doubtless take action a$ to this very desirable rey form of the avuses of the Harbor Master’s wd New York, Deo. — a IAM kb. Dover, Presideat uf the UI be the barbor « ecttully call your attention the monopoly of the business in which we are engaged, on which we are muinly dependemt for our support. Thi hope of obtaining your co-operation aud aid i correct the abuses of which we have reason to compl: action, Although our business is cumparatl important and identified with the commerce of nine hundred men, and consuming dally ve huudred tuns coal, Under the jresent system, It isa fact well known tome of the gentiemen composing your houorable body thi the towing of vessels of all classes in and vut of the al the Bast and North Rivers is controlled by the sam Of persons as there are Harbor Masters, and are conuect fo some way with theiroilices. Some ot e with the Harbor M tugboats, and, wh fraction of the whi tation 10 saying th betug bac! the State, they compietely moavpotize the business aut In manner the most arbitrary knowa tn auy port of the world, depriving us, as weil as the merchanws and shipowners their jegitimate rights, We du nut hesitate to declare, ali pobtical jutluence that this state of tuings duce not exist 1a any other port this country, serio uring our busizess, and wi priety cai ty the great commerce of th Ly. 106 ror the wowace of a vessel toh 0 per cent above the ordin tortionate, and calls for Je progression, Any assistance within our Overthrow of this tilegal and giant monopoly wiil ve co: Fendered, ‘To your consideration we collectively submit the and, trusting 18 your approval, we individuully subscribe o aly youre, wercaton & MeMshou, No.2 Coenties slip; “A. C. Nick 16 South street; Jultus J, Gorhain, 16 South street; er, YB south street; William Be South A Palmer Crary, 393g, Sou mer Crary, ou street; 8. Thomas, 43 South etre street; John Caldwell, 33 South road on Broad be nant, way; J. Rathbern, pier 51 North River; Wi 1g Bomb street; Jona BE. Mokidery, 128 Hissenbutiel, 111 Broadway. THE BHINEBEUK TRIBUNE TROUBLE, Rainepeck, N.Y, Feb 21, 1872, f Judge Gilbert has granted a stay of on the order of injunction issued by him tn Rhinebeck Tribune case, and has semmoned all ‘Sina oh wei tat dates a still gua fears of serious trouvie have een diuwelledy