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meer the minist) are Rev. Alfred Pan and Rev. A Metan (Presbyterian), both residing in West Philadelphia. Kev. George M. Boynton, of G@uiltord, Conn., has accepte avenue call to the Belleville ngregational church, Newark, N. J. THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE. The Herocs of the Bible Only Huma: Afier All—Their Virtues, Not Their Vices Should Be Imitated—Dt. Vidaver’s Tribute to Horace Greeicy’s Worth, Rev, Dr. Viduver preached yesterday from a text contained in a portion of Scripture read by she congregation—namely, Genesis, xxXx., 19, “And Lanan went to shear his sheep and Rachel went end stole the images of her father.” Speaking in parabies the Doctor said that when the astronomer @iscovered black spots upon the sun’s surface he expressed his surprise that even that luminary ‘Was not spotless and pure. But the sun replied that without its light the astronomer could not ftave discovered those spots. He was ready to censure the faults, but not to approve the virtues. There isa tendency, said Dr. Vidaver, to Jook for black spots op our neighbor's character, to be ready to judge others and be giad tosee them fail ‘This js an evil in society, and it i# a8 destrue- tive in its results as fire and tempest are to our homes and property. Who can compute the vast momber who daily fail victims to this evil? For while the robber will take away that which sup- ports life, the slanderer will deprive us of SHE LIFE OF OUR LIVES, shat which ie dearer to us than lie itself, our honor and our good name, The serpent 1s not here; you may escape his venomous bite. Bnt the traducer is here. He bites at Rome and kills at Jerusalem. What motive can be given for those who thus destroy beings who do not touch them ? What motive shall we assign for the sneers of those who scoff at the heroes of the Bible? What use is it to seotl at those words indelivly written tiere in thie book by the hand God Himself? Jacob is presented here as a perfect man, but the scotfer sees in him aman who robbed his brother of tus birthright and his blessing, and who Ww #teais away from his father-in-law Laban. Rachel, 400, is presented here as a woman of true piety, but the scoffer sees in her one who stole her Jather’s teraphim. He (the Doctor) did not want to stand up as the champion of Jacob's, Rachel's or she sins Of other beroes of the Bible. This book never hides nor pailiates the crimes of men, God gave not His Jaw to angels, but to mene-imperfe miu! men. Thus God sets beiore us for our ample men like ourselves. The patriarchs ar prophets are placed before us as pillars of wisdom to guide as m the way of life. But Judaism has never atored these men as mediators or as demi- gods, but looks upon them simply as men, like our- selves. ‘They lett the battle field of lite heroes and victors, while many of us have been conquered in he strife. And from them we have to learn LESSONS OF FAMH AND TRUE BUMANITY. - Hence the sacred writer says plamiy iv. owr text that Rachel stole her fathers images. The Bible calls phings: by their right names. We too oiten poush and gloss over crimes and make them ap- pear respectable when they are vile. But not so with this book, No matter how exalted was Sarah’s character, she was still awoman. Jacob ob his dying bed, with al! his sons gathered about him, told each one the true characteristics of his nation. He did not in that solemn hour praise them erextenuate their faults, but plainly de- elared them. The heroes of the Bible are true as ‘the Bible itself. The Doctor then referred to men ‘who look into the Bible for the sole purpose of find- ‘ng black spots on the character of the heroes, They wee in David, the man alter God’s own heart, a sinner of the deepest dye. He killed Uriah and weduced his wife. And the Bible tells us that David sinned thus, else how should we know it. David was a man of flesh and blood, as we are, but the scofler Opens the Bible to find his sins, but not Dit repentance or the evidences of his virtues. But even from the sins of David we can learn iaany lessons of good to ourselves. ‘The real na- ture of the royal psaimist is manifested mm his deep penitence when the prophet of God.came to him and iearlessly proclaimed, ‘Thou art the man.” David contessea his sin, and fell on his knees to ‘ask pardon of the God whom he had offended, No other book save the Bible tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Its character- iwtic 1s to state facts as they are, and as long as the soul of man resides in his body he is fallible, but when he dies Judaism calls him holy. It has noth- ing but good to say of him. Keferring to the DEATH OF RORACE GREELEY, Dr. Vidaver said they had seen, a few days ago, whole nation robed in grief and mourning tor the ‘loss of one of our greatest citizens. But a short time before the opposition press o/ the coun- -, had found many black spots in the brilliant sun of his mortal career; but all this was hushed at the grave, and only his brilliant example and sterling character were held up for our admiration and imi- tation, ‘The death of Horace Greeley is a marked ilustration of the truth of the proverb that “a good man is better than ointment, and the day ot one’s death better than the day of his birth.” Such @ name had Horace Greeley—a name which will never be forgotten while this nation lives. Let us see in those heroes of humanity only sons of God. He it is who forgiveth our sins because He knoweth our irame and remembereth that we are but dust. As He deals with us so let us deal one with an- other. PROPOSED ECUMENICAL PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL. Objects of the Assemblage—Philadelphia Suggested as a Place of Mccting. The Presbyterians of the United States have been recently celebrating the tercentenary of the establishment of the first presbytery in England, and ajso oi the death of John Knox. Among va- rious subjects brought under discussion on the oc- casion was one looking towards the assembling Of a grand council representing the denomination throughout the world, who, according to statis- fics, itis said, compose more than haif the Protest- ant population of Christendom. It is reckoned that Presbyterian churches embrace 20,000 congre- gations and a population of 34,000,000. If Lutherans be added, who in many parts of Germany are one with the Reformed branch, and who are 4n all respects nearer Presbyterians than they are to Episcopacy or independency, there is a total Of 57,060,000 out of 107,000,000 of Protestants, or an actual majority of the Protestant world. ‘The min- isters of the denomination in America consider, justly, that if this power were directed into com- bined action it would prodace a commanding effect for good, and the matter was brought to their notice during the ceremonies held in Philadeip hia on the 20th ult, by Rev. Doctor MeCosh, an em- went divine of the communion, OBJECTS OF THE ASSEMBLAGE. In the assemblage of an Ecumenical Council it was urged three great objects would be aimed at, First, to separate Evangelical churches from that rationalism which is marring the usefulness of Protestantism all over the continent of Kurope. Second, to dliver them froin State connection, Fr at least from State control, which has ever deen protecting rationalisin with ifs deadly adnfuence, Third, to make a= grand effort w unite the scattered energies of these 34,000,000 to overthrow the powers of darkness and spread Gospel! truth. There can be no dis- puting the excellence of the programme sketched, nor its feasibility, if taken in band by the ener. tic and zealous Presbyterians of the United tates, The project is by no means a@ new one. It has long been a favorite idea that the Church might be brought together. The co-operation of the General Assembty of Ireland is almost certain, gad the sympathy of the body in Engiand, though not very numerous, is safely dapou., Seot- Jand, the mother of tie Chur is expected to take.a leading part if the proposition takes a prac- tical form. ‘There is po disposition, as stated by Dr. McCosh, to break up the churches of the British islands, of the Coutinent or of the United States; but there isa strong desire to bring all into closer commanian, in order to benefit the comman in- Verests and advance the common cause. BASIS OF UNION. Itis proposed that there be a new doctrinal basis, but this need not require a new creed or con- tession. Each church is to and be admicted into the union only on condition that these embrace the cardinal truths of salva tion. Certain principles are presupposed, such as the parity of ministers and government by repre- sentative councils in which ministers and elders Participate, the moc ciples to be leit to each organisation; the grand committee to have power to see that these tuada- mental principles of doctrine and of government be carried out in each church, With authority to cut of those who deliberately departed irom them po ctor projession. A highly uportant portion ofthe rogramme is that When circumstances re- it the whole power o: the Choreb might be caring and establishing the trnth endahe suppression of error and ali prevailing forme of vice YR PLACE OF MEETING ‘the tdea of such 4 union wus first proclaimed in the Geueral Asyembiy wburch, and fully explained in a leading organ of the denomination in Kngiand. 11 was also dis- cused curring the General Assembiy held in St. saws in 1966, The only oinsia or cause of delay Ls pled nid is the action hkely to he taken by the Germay, Swiss and Preneh churches. The Hace Of meening his iso heen considered. Sowe of tbe mibisters, particalarly Dy, MeCosh, think a Edinburgh, Jor saitante place ; nd is not prepared, then, they nay, dos the largest Freshy teriu clued » Would be the most wm the world ssne invitations and ict the meeiiog be held ip the City of Brotherly Loy he propo aition was favorably recetved tn siphiw, and were sikely to hear very nOyn Wore of the brew pyierwn Lewuwebival Your, Tetalp its standards | of the Lrish Presbyterian | f | What were our emotions in that moments of carrying out these prin- | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1872.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. DANGERS OF THE DEEP. The Wreck of the Plymouth Schooner Patriot. Sufferings of the Sailors—Nights of Terror and Anxiety—The Vessel Shattered to Pieces—No _ Lifeboats—No 8uccor at Hand—The Last Lookout and a Gleam of Hope—“That Must Be a Steamer in Sight’— Rescued from a Watery Grave. One more imstance comes to light of the perils that await the adventurous spirits who, with a frail shell of timber, undertake to “tempt the dan- gerous deep.” A timely and providential rescue of the storm-tossed mariners in this case did not permit a repetition of the lifeboat horrors of ex- cessive nunger and thirst, and wild insanity and despair and suicide; nevertheless the details of the sufferings of the men who have narrowly es- caped a violent death are such as to excite addi- tional sympathy for the daring individnals that make their home upon the billows of a treacherous sea. On Friday evening the cap- tain of the Hamburg steamship Frisia arrived off Sandy Hook and announced the joyful tidings that he had rescued an entire crew of eight men from the wrecked schooner Patriot, of Plymouth. ‘The men had lost everything except their lives, but were now fully recovered from the injuries which @ dangerous wreck had inflicted upon them, The Frisia herself experienced unusually rough weather on her trip, She left Havre on the 23d ult. and en- countered a heavy head sea, the wind blowing vio- lently. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 24th the officer on the bridge descried afar the schooner Patriot, dismasted ahd apparently in a sinking condition. Orders were immediately given to put toward her and prepare a hieboat, as there were men then VISIBLE ON THE WRECK, All this time the winds roared incessantly and the sea lashed itself into angry and dangerous swells, sweeping the steamer’s deck qnd tossing her like a plaything among the waves. Officer Beer and four seamen were appointed to lower the starboard lifeboat, No, 5, and undertake the hazardous task of rowing ,towards the sinking ve ssel, Several times these men were cast to and fro about the deck, making the preparation of the boat extremely difficult, At length the boat was being aropped trom the davits, when it was dashed against the steamer’s side, causing it much dam- age. The courageous officer and four men jumped into the voat as it was safely launched, and were soon mounting the tremendous waves that rushed by. They were within half a mile of the wreck— the steamer durst not venture nearer lest her tan might be smashed by the schooner—and the visages of the suffering mariners became visible. Delight shone on every countenance, despite the terrible sufferings they had undergone. ‘I'he rowers pulled with vigor, though they doubted the com- plete success of the undertaking, owing to the wind and sea. At lenguh they were lilted by @ wave which cast them within a few feet of the Patriot. Then they saw the crew clinging for lite to the rigging; the schooner was sunk to the level of the waters, and in a few hours must have been enguifed in the sea. The crew were sore With bruises and exhausted with hunger and fatigue, but the thougat of life and saiety in- spired their limbs with new energy, and, one by one, they watched an opporvunity to jump into the lite- bout. This was*no easy task, Masmuch as the boat would now be far down in the trough of the sea, and now be pitched above their heads. ‘They watched, however, and as the boat would fall be- neath them, jumped sajely in, one atter another, and within the space of an hour the rescuers aud the rescued were tossing beside the Frisia, Loud cries of “THEY ARE SAVED— they are saved!’ resounded among the passen- gers. The benumbed seamen were taken kindly on board. The lifeboat was taken in, though much injured ,by the pitching it had sus- tained and the battering against the vessel. Had the life preserver been necessary some one would haved perished, for it was cut to pieces by being dashed against the side of the sinking vessel. The crew of the Patriot consisted of the lollowing rsons, a8 announced in yesterday's HEKALD:— james hhagens, captain; William Richards, mate; John Greaney, seaman; Jobn Henley, do, Henry Skilton, do.; Wilham Deddadge, do. William = Weeks, cook;. Edward Bell, boy. They were treated with genuine hospitality by the oMicers of the Frisia during the voyage. Captain James Hagens, on being interviewed in Hoboken yesterday, gave the HERALD representative an ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK of his vessel. It ran substantially as follows:—On Saturday, November 16, we set sail in the Patriot irom Cardid with coal, bound for Lisbon. We in- tended to be away two years, expecting to visit various parts of South America. The Patriot was 108 tons register, and was owned by Mr. Henley, the father of my boatswain, For two days after leaving Cardiff we had moderate weather, but afterwards a regu- lar hurricane came upon us from the southwest. We “Jaid to” fora day anda half in the English | Channel, in hopes of obtaining a more prosperous breeze. Again we hoisted sail and continued on our journey; but the storm came again and in- creased in violence, 80 that on Thursday the billows rolled over us, entering enrough the hatch- ways, filling part of the hold and putting out our fire. We had nothing to drink from that date until we were rescued. At times a heavy sea would roll completely over the ves: She wouid stand and waver beneath the waters as il threatening to s to the bottom, .and slowly rise again, to be d by the howling surges as before. We were all wet to the skin, and had not a dry spot whereon to rest our heads, Next day we hoisted one sail and made a little progress, despite the fury of the winds and chopping seas, On Saturday evening the mate had just come on duty, when I heard him shout to the men that a dangerous sea was coming. Jif less than a Jew moments the swell burst 0” us, taking the mate from his feet and dashing him against the hatchways, when he was much injured, Henley, the boatswain, was also washed aft and narrowly escaped being ' SWEPT INTO THE SEA. The nicht grew to a pitchy darknexs and the storm raged so fiercely that’ we could not hear each other's voices at any distance. ‘The satlors clung to the rigging, and when an opportunity would occur, I took occasion to clear the débris trom the deck, was not long until another turious sweil roil us, shattering our lilebouts to carrying them away; it stove in broke through the. skylights hatches and filled the cabin with All hands were above endeavoring in every way to repair the ravages of the storm. The timbers ol the vessel creaked as though they would fall asunder and leave us to a cruel and unhappy late. We had slight hopes, however, that the winds would abate and allow us to make for the coast, for our masts still remgined. The dawn of Sunday morning brought no- prospect of relief. Sudaenly a squail trom the southwest struck us on | the port side, turning the‘ vessel on one side, snap- ping the masts away from the decks and casting thei into the sea. Hope began to flee from us; there was no possibility ef moving the vessel; we | could not take to our lifeboats—they were gone. Myself and all the crewclung to the rigging in despair, mingled with @ faint hope that some storm-tossed vessel might float in sight ere we could perish with hunger or the vessel be sunk. ‘The sea continued to roll, and we were all more dr Jees bruised and battered by being thrown against the timbers. Henley was taken from his feet and HURLED AGAINST A BEAM, which seriously ae him internally, He is now in the hospital. We thought the day to be a week long, and we unceasingly scanned all around the horizon endeavoring to catch a glimpse of a sail. As we were awaiting the approach of night, about four o'clock, one of the men directed our attention to a speck on the horizon jar eastward. Our hearts beat high with feelings of mingled hope and disap- Pointinent. The speck grew larger. One of the | men said, ‘That must be a steamer in sight.” It was a steamer; it was westward bound—but could they discern us? That was the question. If they failed to observe us that was our last chance, jor the schooner was steadily filling with water, After a little while we saw the steamer change her course and make towards us, It would be useless to tell It is enough to say that some of us had left iamilies in England that we expected to see again. Onur joy was great on seeing the steamship stopped in her course and a lifeboat lowered to save us. We had fears, howeger, that we could not succeed in getting into the lifeboat, but, thanks to the coolness of the men that saved us, we reached the Frisia in security. All our clothing, nautical implements, mementos, &c., went down with the Patriot. We were weil treated on the Frisia by all the officers, Having finished his nar- rative the captain stated that he had neither money nor friends in this country and that himself anl the crew were sadly in need of a little money. Captain Meier gave him @ coat and some of the otfvers presented others of the crew with useful articles. If any kind gentlemen would offer contri- butions, however aul, be and his associates would thankfully receive them, As soon as the unfortunate individuals obtain a sufticient amount of money they will return once again to their uative country, KICKED TO DEATH BY A HORSE, A Jew days since Wesley Parrol, a hostier, of Montelair, was kicked to death by a horse in the stable. He had gone in with some oats, and the auuimat strack hit @ terrible blow im the forehead, from wiuek be died, “AS YOU LIKE IT” AND “MIGHON.” e” Has Another Thrast at Drama and Opera. To THe Eprror oF THE HeRALD:— When Bannister, the actor, first thought of trans- jating himself from tears into laughter he wept to Garrick for advice, Should he or should he not at- tempt comedy? “Don’t, don’t,” replied Garrick with ali the energy of his Gallic temperament; “stick to tragedy, my dear fellow; you can foo) people awhile longer in tragedy, bat comedy’s a serious business; don’t attempt it.’ The anecdote ig 6) and as familiar ag it is old, yet I never felt its pertinence more forcibly than when “assisting” at a recent performance o! “As You Like It,” not at all as 1 Jike it, and im reality ‘Much Ado About Nothing” at Booth’s Theatre. Sad as were the loves of Romeo and Juliet, sadder still are the loves of Rosalind and Orlando, because, as Garrick observes (and if _he had not invented the phrase the present mom Would be appropriate for its birth), it is easier to fool people by groans than «by laughter. It is ® popular Anglo- Saxon tradition that tragedy stalks aboat wringing the air in indescribable angles and speaking @ language of conventional gasps, To be unnatural is to be Clas#ic, and so the great tragedian is crowned with laurels much more easily won than those of the comedian, whose everyday emotions appeal to everyday people | capable of dimly seeing a chureh by daylight. For this reason, therefore, Miss Neilson is less sat- isfactory in Rosalind than in Juliet, Her schoo) is false, and in the sparkle of wit and sunshine of comic love its exposure becomes a foregone conclusion. Miss Neilson’s first act oF Rosalind is so like her first act of Juiiet as to make it doubtful whether the lady is capabie of any other impersonation than that of herself. To be pretty, self-conscious and sentimental isto | be Miss Neilson, but, 80 far as the last two qualities are concerned, not Rosalind, The brillant, witty woman of Duke Frederick’s court, peither hangs her head hike a school girl nor moves with the heaviness of Niobe. She is spirit and fire, not milk and water; and in the Forest of Arden she is an impulsive boy, not a nondescript. Miss Neiison’s exceedingly bad gait in the boy’s dress can surely be remedied, and the dress itself should be reformed ajtogether. may be singularly Utopian, but 1 ward to the "time when — women ule attire will look somewhat like ck Crook. look in men, it is 1 and not like offshoots of the BI asaing too much of modern, imagination tom the demands upon it that ‘female boys require. We are nothing nowadays if not realisuc, and however much the success of spectacles proves di hair hanging down her back, a woman’s hat, a woman’s waist and @ woman’s skirts curtailed, Ro- salind asks Orlando to fancy her a boy. She skips and curvets as did never & boy since boys came into the world, and in rendering the text I do not know which is more conspicuously absent, art or nature. Kut lam preaching rank heresy, for does not the play bill quote the incontrovertible London Atheneum? And does not the Athenwum declare that “the whole of the linpersonawon is imaginative, picturesque and tender, and such as is unrivalled on our modern stage’y After this opinion how dare American critics find faulty 1 tremble for the consequences and am thankful that up to a@ certain point I can endorse the verdict of the English weekly. ‘Miss Neilson’s Rosalind,” it states, ‘is a com- panion study to her Juiet.”’ it is, ‘The two parts show the range of her abilities.” They do, “Her art Is the same in tragedy. and comedy.” Verily itis, “and thereby hangs a tale.’ Mr. Wheelock does his best as Orlando, and his efforts are 80 Imoffensive as to inspire the critic’s ratitude, More censure must be visited on Mr. Wallack’s Jacques, which 18 certainly melancholy enough, but is too muen like Hamlet's Ghost to smell ol live oak and giees under the greenwood tree, A man may be a melancholy cynic Without being & stagy bore. After all, Jacques is a good feliow. His cynicism is but skin deep. He is wonderfully appreciative of humor, and would as soon think of striking a woman as striking an attitude. There is no reason why. the seven ages should not be recited under the trees ina lounging attitude, as any huntsman would naturally relate any ane dote or incident, There is no reason why those who listen should not be “loafing and inviting their souls’? while they good-naturedly listen. But Mr, Wallack is determined to poach upon the region of the pulpit, so he walks down to the footlights in asoiemn and majestic manner and, flanked by solemn and equi-distant huntsmen, begins “All the world’s a stage,’ with the tone and air of a clergy- man inviting his congregation to prayer. and more ghastly does the recitation be- come untii we are oppressed by the horrors of the situatio and when Mr. Wallack leaves the lean aud slippered, 8-a-n-s teeth, 8-a-n-S eyes, swi-n-s everything, dwelling upon “sans” with unspeakable agony, we teel as ii we had lost all our property in the Boston fire and ought to die on the spot. Surely this is a miscon- ception unworthy of Mr. Wallack, but quite worthy of the general rendering of “As You Like It” at Booth’s Theatre, As in heaven, so in opera, under Mr. Maretzek’s management, the last shall be first and the first shall be last. Though “Mignon” is new and a other operas of this Season are oid, its performance is the smoothest and most complete. Good can come out of Nazareth after all, and even with im- peices means it is possible to keep an orchestra in hand and in tune, a chorus in time, and preserve a tolerable level of excellence in everything. Adverse criticism may have been in- strumental in working this miracle. If so, * eh give us joy!” Ambroise Thomas certainiy demonstrates that extremes meet, for “Mignon" is as light and pleasing as “Hamlet” is heavy and unendurable. Not even Faure himself, the finest lyri artist living, can save the latter; even Mr. Maretvek’s troupe can not spoil the former, 1 doubt, however, whether the music of Filina was ever better sung tan | it was sung by Miss Kellogg. Certainly not the Polacca, which suits her voice and in which her admirable execution has full scope. Miss Kellogy’s acting is mannered and pathetic, but less so than usual. Her dresses are beautiful and she becomes them. Madame Lucca‘s Mignon pleases me more throug! out than any other roleassumed by her in America; but this may be because I have never seen any oue else init. Comparison is impossible, and, as all music should be studied belore being judged, my opinion regarding an almost unknown opera is given with diflidence. It strikes me, however, as thoroughly French, with even less savor of Goethe than the libretto; but it is pleasing from beginning to end, and at times is much more than that. Madame Lucca has not the physique for Mignon, and never for one moment suggests the spirituelle. You know perfectly well that such a Mignon would not die in hevertneless, Madame Lucca ext and feeling in her rendering of quel suol,”’ an air that brings out the best qualities of | her beautiful voice—admirable jealousy during the | love-making between Filina and Guglielmo, and | capital dare-devil acting in the scene tnmediately | following. Her exit previous to the firing of tne the- | atre is dramatic, and if her last act is less sympa- { thetic it is because the situation briugs more | fully to mind Goethe's fragile poetic heroine. Signor Vizzani’s Guglieimno and M. Jamet's Lotario are ac- ceptable, and Signorita Sanz’s Frederico would be more so if the lady did not omit the only solo she is required to sing. Thus endeth the regular operatic season. FREE LANC PAYMENT OF PENSIONS. Two Thousand Persons Already Paid and the End Not Yet=Emincnt and Aged Pensioners Draw Their Stipends. | Up to past eight o'clock last evening the Pen- sion Agent, Mr. Silas B. Dutcher, continued to pay the pensioners assembled in and around his ofice, he being determined that, notwithstanding the law does not require him to keep his bureau open after reguiar hours, he, nevertheless, would not allow those assembled to go away empty-handed, they having probably come several miles to obtain the petty sum of $24 or less, due from the govern- ment for the last three months’ pension. While the payments have already been progress- ing four days, there are as yet no signs of the crowd abating. It is, however, a gratifying fact to record that notwithstanding the assembly is of the most heterogeneons description, still, so far, the utmost | decorum has prevailed, The recipients of the pen- sion apparently appreciate the great efforts made | by the agent to expedite business as much as pos- | sible; they patiently await their turn and | when called rejoicingiy take their departure on | the receipt of the long-expected, come at last and | welcome check. | Mr. Dutcher reports baving paid upwards of two | thousand people since he commenced the disburse. | ments on the 4th inst. It must be taken into con- siaeration that each check 1s signed by him twice and the number inscribed in duplicate on the vouchers; hence it may be imagined that his office ig by no means a sinecure. Among those who obtained their allotted pen- sions were General John A. Dix, Governor elect of | New York State, also the veverable Thurlow Weed, and the following named vetcrans of the war of 1812:—Charles Oakley, aged 83; J. ¢. Vr land, aged 86; Joseph P. Simpson, aged 85; Edward Dennisen, aged §2; Isaac W. Briggs, | ed 78; William J. W. Kinewell, aged 78; | iWliam Troay, aged 78; Thomas Woods, aged #0: William B. Lavourett, aged 80: William D. Avery, aged 78; Isaac Phifer, aged 77; John Allen, aged 77} Edward Egbert, aged 77, It is safe to assume that it will consume this and a great portion of next week to fiuish Lie pay ‘ment OF the Densigns for Fuis Usyivt. Non conosei q It | Slower | unsym- | MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL HOTES. A a BO Already the scene painters at Niblo’s are at work upon the spectacie which in to follow “Leo and Lotos.”” Ne ballet ever had suet) a magnificent setting aB the one which is now dancing through’ these Wonderful palaces of earth and air, and pone Was ever #0 successful ae the “Black Crook.” It is understood the experience since acquired in stage adornment if to be applied to a rejuvenation of the old piece, and that the “Black Crook” is to live again in greater glory and grandeur. ‘The English papers were in error in announcing that Mr. G. L, Fox had consented to appear im the new Christmas piece, “Jack the Giant-Killer” at Covent Garden. Mr. Fox’s engagements in the West and South run far into the Spring. Miss Agnes Ethel takes a benefit at the Umon Square Theatre on Friday evening, December 20. Sardou’s “Society” play will then have been repre- sented ninety-six times, and the management think they could have run it three months longer if Miss Ethel’s epgagements ejsewhere did not re- quire ite withdrawal. : The musical promise of the week is a continua- tion Of the Opera season at the Academy of Music, the return of the Ajimée opera boule company to the Olympic and the singing of “Norma” by the German opera company at the Stadt Theatre. “La Belle Helene’) will be sung by the Aimée company on Monday evening, and durmg the engagement, which is to be for three weeks, other works will be produced, notably Les Cent Vierges,” which is new to the American public. Three of the leading theatres change their bills this week, and at two of them Shakspeare is com- pelled to give place to other plays, after a run of only three wegks, play Pauline in “The Lady of Lyons,” and the Fifth Avenue company alternates “The Sctoo) for dal” with the French piece of “The Baroness.”? It would have been a triumph for American dramatic taste If Juliet could have vetained the stage even against Miss Neilson’s desire throughout her en- gagement. parts of the p have been a re | the balcony scene alone woutd mpense for the loss of her other delineations, and we would have Lad the saustac- ; Non of knowing that the best Jutiet #een on the American stage in years was fully appreciated. Her support, too, grew better as the actors became familiar with their parte, a fact which is especially true of Mr, Wheelock’s Romeo, | His awkwardness was gradually wearing away | and the modesty of which we hud occasion to speak on the first representation onig grew into conti- dence as his acting improved. The Jacques of Mr. votion ts the _aumen BOAR in legit: James W. Wallack was certainly better than his imate drama there are few but desire le- Fa “ ne he witimate dressing. To. appear in. the costume | Mercutio, but the latter was satisfactory, But “As with which Miss Neilson’s Kosamnd pursues her | You Like It” also falls before the demand for lover is to insult that lover's intelligen With } | change, a thing to be regretted even when we are assured that Pauline is one of Miss Neilyon’s best parts. The same reasoning applies to the with- drawal of “The Merry Wives of Windsor’ at the Avenue, Fifth Sbakspeare’s “most = mirthiul comedy” was never better presented as a whole, Mr. Lemoyne’s Dr. Caius, Mr, Lewis? Slender, and Mrs, Gilbert’s Dame Quickly were perform- ances which stood in bold relief even among the gen- eral excellence of the cast, and possessed a flavor as pungent and delicious as the Newfoundlapa strawberry. And Mr. Fisher's Falstaff was a sin- gularly sweet and dignified creation, It was not the Falstaff of Hackett, but it would have been less admirable if it had been more like, Imitations are seldom worthy of respect, and Hacgdett, especially, was difficult of imitation, Mr. Fisher struck out boldly for himsels, and in giving to the “greasy knight” something of the character of a gentie- man, he did not overstep the bounds of probability in his mterpretation. We cannot expect to see Shak- Speare better presented in all the accessories of costumes, scenery and acting than was the case with the plays produced at these two theatres, so that from every point of view their early with- drawal is to be regretted, Mr. Brougbam’s new drama, “Atherly Court,” is to be produced at the Union Square Theatre avout the Sth of January, and the interval after the withdrawal of “ Agnes’? will be given to standard comedy. ‘Tbe School for Scandai,’’ “Money” and “London Assarance” are to be played, with Mrs. Clara Jennings and Miss Emily Mestayer among the artists who will take the leading parts. Next week being the Jast but one of Miss Ethel’s engagement, the short season of English comedy at this theatre is near at haud and will come in time for comparison in strength and artistic finish with Mr. Daly’s company in Sheri- dan’s sterling play. Both companies are so strong that the rivalry is natural, and whether the victory shall incline to one side or the other depends upon the adaptation of the actors to their parts and the perfection of the ensemble in every detail. A counterblast to Mr, Wilis’ “Charles 1.” is pro- Jected at the Queen's in the shape of a play called “Cromwell,” in which the character of the Pro- | tector is to be exalted, | Madame Adelina Patti will sing Elsa in Wag- | ner’s “Lohengrin” at St. Petersburg, during her engagement at the Russian capital. An English fiddler felt aggrieved with a criticism in London paper and wrote to the editor. Tbis is the way his communication was treated:— | “Lord Harrington, a great connaisseur, was | present, and expressed himself most thoroughly | delighted with the entire programme. Mr. Cocks, | the well-known music publisher, was present, and said that since Paganini he had heard nothing like | it. A gentleman who had known and heard Paganini also stated that in his opinion ] wasa | greater artist. And last, and certainly highest of all, Mr. G. A. Macfarren, the English Beethoven, was present and said that for thirty years he had not enjoyed such a wonderful musical treat. It can be proved by great witnesses that lama most extraordinary and finished artist on the violin. I can bring all the people I have mentioned to back up this statement in a law court. Sir Julius Bene- dict, Mons. Riviere and such men woul coi for- ward and assert that I can hold my own with any violinist that ever lived, The Italian Opera was opened at Cairo, Egypt, November 2. The theatre is spacious, well venti- lated and splendidly decorated. On the right side three or four boxes are veiled with embroidered gauze, being appropriated to the ladies of the harem. The opening piece was “I Puritani,” and on the next night “Ernani” was given. The great success Was, however, for Mile. Beretta, the first dancer, who really executes extraordinary feats, Fechter calls his new theatre in Fourteenth street the Lyceum. At last achange has ween determined upon at Wallack’s, and Lord Dundreary is in his last nights. ‘Sam’? will follow “Our American Cousin,” and, contrary to the old custom, itis to be pro duced on Saturday evening of week after next. There is no reason why Saturday night should not be a favorite evening tor the producvion and repro- duction of plays, and the example which is set at Wallack’s is likely to be pretty generally followed, Including the eieven nights and two matinées which yet remain for Lord Dundreary this season | | Mr. Sothern has played the part in the surprising number of 2,103 representations. A parallel to this can scarcely be found in the annais of the | stage. Mile. Bertha Bronsil, a lady of some note as a violinist, arrived in this city by the Java yesterday. On the voyage she gave a concert in the saloon of the steamer at which $95 were collected from the passengers in aid of the Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Liverpool, Miss Helen Temple, who makes her first appear- ance in this city at Booth’s at the close of Miss Neilson’s engagement, as Joan of Arc in Mr. John Brougham's ‘Lily of France,” is one of those for- tunate women for whom a play long unacted tor want of a heroine was kept waiting. Like some old composer hugging his work with childish delight, Mr. Brougham kept his play locked up in his desk till Miss Temple appeared, when he deter- mined upon giving us the new play apd the new player without further delay, ‘The principal actresses oi the Paris theatres have revolted against the tyranny of fashion. Under the leadership of Miles, Fargueil, Desci¢e and Bern- hardt they pronounce against those pieces aux robes im which the poverty of the play i# dissimu- lated by the skill of the dressmaker, 48 aD exam- ple of what these expensive and waneceasary Gresece cost it is Bald “pat the bills Mile, Farguell At Booth's Miss Neilson will | While she 18 not equally great in all | | Was obliged to pay for the costumes she wore ID the “Fatnilie Benoiton” and “Patrie’’ would, if in- vested in an annuity, bave secured her a comfort- able income for the rest oMver Iife. ‘The Guent lace alone On her famous blue dress came to 12,006 francs. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Tow EsrmmaTep Wearn of the moet eminent writers of France, al) of whom started in life with- out anything, is a8 follows :—Victor Hugo, 600,000f. ; George Sand, nearly twice as much; Emile de Girardin, 3,500,001; Adolpie Thiers, 1,600,000f. ; Alexandre Dumas, Js, 400,000!.; Edmond About, 250,0001.; Alphonse Karr, 100,000f; Jules Janin, 750,008, Edouard Laboulaye, 100,000f.; Victorien Mardou, 500,000f.; Théophile Gautier died a million- naire and the widows of Scribe and Ponsard hve in affluence, But the widow of the celebrated Proud- hop bas to eke out a precarious living as a Washer- woman, THE Popular Svientific Monthly, published vy the Appietons and edited by Professor FE. L. Youmans, 18 making itself a name by the value, freshness and interest of its articles. The December number has twenty articles by English, French and American solentists, and is liberally lustratea by wood en- eravings. A CONSPICLOUS EXAMPLE Of the men who, while discharging official dues under the Hugiish gov- ernment, still find ielsure to cultivate literature, is Sir Arthur Helps, the Clerk of the Privy Council, an office from which he derives £1,700 a year, Sir Henry Taylor, the author of “Philip von Artey ” has £1,000 a year as one of the senior cierks at the Colonta! Ofice; and Mr. J. W. Kaye, who began his literary fife as the editor of the Jndien Journal, issued by Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., and whose works on Indian bistory are #0 highly valucd, ts Otice, Dr, Dasent, formerly sub-editor of Times, a writer Of bad novels and good transta- tions from the Norse, is the second Civil Service Commissioner, at a salary of £1,200, while Mr. William Michael Rosetti, the poet a critic, has £800 a year as an assistant sec. retary at the Inland Revenne Office, Mr, Rathbone Greg, who sueceeded MeCuiloen, th political economist, as the head official at the | Stationary Office, enjoys £1,500 a year; while Mr. Herman Merivale has £2,000 a year as permanent Under Secretary at the India Onice, M jton is | @ Director of Works at Whitehall; Mr. Frank Buck- Jand has £700 a year as an Inspector Fisheries, and Mr. Lionel Brough £600 as an In- Spector of Coal Mines;’ Mr. F.'t, Pal is an Examiner at the Education Council OM and Mr. Matthew Arnold holds the post of Inspector Schools; Mr, C. Pennell, the piscatorial wii gets £500 ax the Inspector of Oyster Fisherics, while Mr. J. Glaisher and Mr. Edwin Dunkin do not get more between them for inspecting the stars; Mr. Henry Reeve, editor of the Edinburgh Review, has a very snug berth; while offices are also enjoyed by Mr. J. R. Planché, Sir T. Duftus Hardy, Mr. T. Walker, Mr. Scharf ano other writers whose names are Jess familiar to the general public, A PURE FRENCH NovEL, song @ desideratum, is f which is a charming historical fiction, containing, imperial Court of Russia, CnarLes Dickens lived and worked always at high pressure and died at last of over-strain. As Mr. Forster says of him, “he did even his nothings 1 a strenuous way.” One day he was wet through thrice and dressed four times; other, he walked eighteen miles in four and a half hours tn a broiling sun. Living at Genoa on to London in the most inclement weather (riding night and day) and back to Genoa again for no earthly reason but to try the ‘effect of reading “The Chimes” on a few intimate friends. His dash into the editorship of the Daily News and out of istic of the man, Patrick DOoNanor, who $350,000 by the great Boston newspaper again cast out by the flames, which really seems like iding insult to injury.” Mr. Donahoe declares he don’t want to hear anything about Phoenixes and the like; he don't want to rise from his ashes again—not he!, Swice in fortnight is quite enough. LEE & SHEPARD Jost forty sets of stereotype plates by the fire, and among them some of their most rapidly selling books, as well as of books not yet put into the market; but, with genuine Boston energy, they have already got to work and re stereotyped the burned books most in demand, Mrs. HENRY Woop's last novel, “Within the Maze,” gets rather rough handling at the hands of the English literary reviews. But it is quite as readable as her other works, whercof Peterson & Brothers, of Philadelphia, publish the startling number of twenty-si AND Now the Reverend Holiis Read puts forth his own “History of the Devil; or fairs,” which E. B. Treat, of New York, will print. How happens it that the clergy know so much more about Satan than other people? less his Pitot lost not fire, had H. Prescott, the historian, destroyed by the Boston fire. in Enrope of the members of the whose possession they had come these vaiuabies were stored “for safety” in one of the fne granite warehouses consumed by the tremendons conta. gration, AMELIA B, EDWARDS, In @ recent novel, talks of her hero “going backwards and forwards between the courtyard and vineyard like an overseer in a Massachusetts cotton fiefd!? Well up in American affairs, you see, NEW YORK CITY. were completely During the absencé The police lodged 3,775 persons during the week, The police during the past: week arrested 1,461 persons. Marshal Hart, during the past week, granted licenses and renewals, receiving therefor 9 45. There were 507 deaths in the city during the past seven days, which were offset by 445 births and 187 marriages. Fire Marshal McSpedon reports forty-one fires for the week ending at noon yesterday. The esti- mated loss is $20,237, and the amount of insurance $179,150, : John McGinnis, a man thirty years of age, a ma- cinist, who lived in Adams street, Brooklyn, yes- terday afternoon was taken with a fit while on the pler fort of Pike street, East River, and failing overboard, was drowned. Deceased was employed at 499 Water street, On Friday evening John Murphy, a laborer, about thirty-five years of age, and born in Ireland, while at work on pier 27 East River, accidentally fell into the dock and wasdrowned, Search being made for the body, it was foand yesterday morning and re- moved to his late residence, where Coroner Young will hold an inquest. Deceased left a family, James Donahue, Secretary of the Free Labor Bu reau, Nos, § and 10 Clinton place, makes the follow- ing report of business for the week ending De ber Applications for employment, 904—of th there were 201 males and 703 females; male help required, 169; female, 712; situations procured fo 152 males and 594 lemales; whole number of situa- tions procured for the week, 746, Comptroller Green reports the receipt of the ber December Tota ARREST OF AN ALLEGED MURDERER. ALTIMORE, Md., Dec, 6, 1872. Levin Palmer, colored, aged thirty-five years, who was arrested tp Talbot county, parsed through this city last night ip charge of a deputy sherii?, on his way to Towsoutown, Baitimore county. Palmer ie charged with being an accomplice: of William Pritchard. Alay colored. nved eighteen years, who was hanged ot nop September, 1871, for oulraying » Germau gir) at Tray Koad, tour or Give mules SrOIN May city, bw thy BUmMIE OF 1870 20,428, tne political and secret secretary at the Indian | the | w. | linon | foand in “Fleurange,” by Madame Augustus Craven, | among other things, a delightful description of the | winter, he dashed over | it again within three weeks was highly churacter- | than | a} Satan in Human Af- | Tne Lerrers, Parers and manuscripts of W. | family into | following amounts of taxes for the week ending | 7 ‘AN ENGLISH STEAMER MISSING. —— No Tidings of the Steamer Scanderia, Which Sailed from New York for Queenstown on Sth of October. Meebo ti Names of the Crew Shipped in New York—No Passengers Taken—A Full Description of tho Vessel, Her Dimensions and Cargo— Her Insurance British—A Parallel Case to the City of Boston. At the present moinent, in all human probability, | the British screw steamship Seanderia, which left this port on the 8th of October last for Qaucens- | town, Is reposing fathoms deep under the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, She was commanded by Captain Upton, a fine specimen of a British sailor, | and respected by all who knew him, ‘The officers and crew all told numbered about forty-five men. Five new hands were taken on at this port. The fojowing particulars have been gleaned from Mersrs. Harper & Latfey, shipping agents in Soath | street:— THE STEAMER’S CREW. * 1, H. Allen, sailor, aged twenty-three, from New England (8oston’); residing while here at P, Madden’s boarding house, in Dover street, Edward Jorenssen, sallor, and @ native of Swe- den, aged twenty; boarded with A, Swenson, a stevedore, who works for Hall & Co,, at pier iT East River. Andrew Quinn, fireman, an Irishman, who had | arrived in this port on an English bark, aged twenty-eight, and resided while here with John | Leason at 378 Water street. | Charles Jackson, assistant cook, aged twenty. | three, an Englishman and a native of London, who | boarded, while in this city awaiting shipment, at t the coruer of } v | Frank Murray's boarding’ house, nd James’ slip. VESSEL. usgow in 1868 for Vigution Coipany, of Lon- adneediea urveyed last January di by Lioyds? surveyors j the Au } don, wis | street, in that city. | at Liverpool, auc was clas as Al lor nineteen yeu he Was bark rigged and hud two direct acting engines, built by the Liver- | pool and Glasgow Engineering Works, of Glasgow, | tier length was 32s feet and oinches, her breadth of beam 35 feet, and the depth of hold 25 feet; was di- vided into four bulkheads, and her Custom House | measurement was 1,385 tons, | THE STEAMEMS CARG ) Her cargo consisted of 62,000 bus! of corn, In | CONVErSAtion WiLL the agents of the vessel, Messrs, | B08, Morgan's Sons, a partner of the firm state ) “We think undoubtedly that the vessel must be Jost or we should have leard of her ere now, for she is now nearly sixty days out.’ KeroRrek—But, Mr. Morgan, t | slow German steamer the smidt ouce took ag long | to cross the Atlantic and turned up oi the Batia- mas With her screw broken and proceeding under Bail, at notoriously 18 SHE LOST ? Mr. MoRGAN—Well, such a ct ble, but not probable, As L befor { looking upon her loss as certain, | Rerorrer—t heard trom a leading shipbroker } that she was very deeply laden, dangerously so in factr Mr, MORGAN—Thut is incorrect, for she was laden nder the superiniendence of Mr. Mackte, a part- | her of the firm of Barclay & Livingstone, wuo acted on behaif of the fHngtish imsurance companies | Wuere the vessel is insured, and he failed to load | her within six inches of ‘tie depth allowed by | Lloyds for w vessel of the dimensions of the Scua- deria. | ReprorteR—Can you tell me anything about tne | antecedents of the Imissing steamer ¥ | Mr. MORGAN—Unly this, that she was engaged | tormerty r to the tt Hastern im nelp- ing to lay a submarine cable in the Indiun Ocean, | between Aden and Pointe de Galle, in the Island of Ceylon; since she has been cuployed by her owners, the Anglo-lgyptian Company, in the Medi- | terranean trade. RePORTER—Did she carry any passengers ? | Mr. MoRGAN—None, I win Nappy to say. AN we | had todo was to see that her captain employed respectable furnishers, of good standing, who would not try to vietimize him, and, in short, to ; Superintend the financial affairs for the v while here, Tam unable to teil you where you obtain a crew iist. Thanking him, the reporter then withdrew, tingency is possie aid 1 cannot help tw | | THE LOSS OF THE GUATEMALA | The Captain at Last in Port—The Story | of the Shipwreck. Captain Andrew 7. Douglas, who distinguished | himself on the Pacific Ocean, coast of Mexico, in | Saving fifty-six of the crew and passengers of the | ill-fated steam vessel—the Guatemala—which was | wrecked on the 13th of last October, arrived here yesterday, and is now sojourning at the | Metropolitan Hotel. To-morrow he will appear be- | fore the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and teil how the ship was wrecked through no fault of his, how he captured the Aleaides of two villages at the | point of the sword wno refused to give him assist- auce for his shipwrecked people, how he man- aged to on tortiilas and to drag + them — sixty on foot and sixty in rts, till they eventually reached ‘Tehuantepec, and of the noble conduct of Mr. Clemans, who went out into the streets borrowing money tor his starving people from the Mdians, and of the | miserable conduct of Mr. Pewyes, the United | States Commercial Agent, who, absent from | his post, abandoned them ‘to their fate, and — refus come to their — atd in a or «any other manner. With reference the shipwreck. it appears that alter being on deck all night and being thorough!y exhausted, he command to the third officer when at rhar, who run the ship straight on to the breakers, although he | had seen them ahead tor full and failed to alter the ship's cot | destruction of a noble craft, | tions as a heroine Mrs. Lewis, of Nicaragua, who } showed more courage nh a great mapy men, ale though all did their duty nobiy. twenty minates se, and hence the ‘The Captain men- ELEY PRESS FUND, feat fu The Use to Which the Greeley Fund Should Now be Applicd—A Monument to the Greatness of the Dead, One of the pleasant facts which have come to our after knowledge since the lamented death of | Mr. Greeley, and which alleviates somewhat the saaly painful impression still left by that event, is ; that of the more afiucnt cireumstances in which his gentile aud noble-hearted daugh- ters are placed than was at first sup. posed, Since this has become generally public the proposition to apply the fund’ already raised, for their benefit to the erection of a fitting monu- ment to the memory of the departed journalist, philosopher and statesman, has been very gener: ally entertained. This worthy object appeals to the finer sympatiues of the public in @ more ubstract way than the first scheme, but there have already been many generous and spontaneous con- | tributions having it in view. The following com- | munications may, therefore, be published by us very iy and without further com- ment: THE CONTRIBUTION OF A BROTHER JOURNALIST, | METROPOLITAN RECORD OF! i pa New YorK, Dec. 7, 1 | To THE EpIToR oF THE HERALD:— Deak Sin—I am giad to learn that the condition ' of Mr. Greeley’s family renders the creation of the fund which you so generously originated entirely unnecessary, and that it is now proposed to devote | the amounts so far r ved to the erection of & Statue to the great jou You are at liberty, therefore, to add my subscription to the amount already raised for the latter purpose, | Yours, trul; JOHN MULLALY, appropriat A LE t FROM MISS KATE FIELDS, Dec. 5, 1872. To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:-~ You have honored yourself in so generously honoring Mr. Greeley, and your appeal im behalf of his orphan chiic ft with @ quick re- sponse from ev rge-minded journalist in | America. Please accept my subscription of $50 (filty dollars), and believe me cordisih ) | AMERIOAN SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOOLATION, Boston, Mass., Dec. 7, 1872. An adjourned annual meeting of the American . Social Science Association was held here to-day, | The constitution was so amended as to provide for the election of a Vice President to condnet the local work of the association and to facilitate the establishment of branches, The following Vice Presidents were elected:— Josiah uincy, Professor Wolcott Gibbs, of Boston; E. L. Gadkin, Dr, C. L. Agnew, of New , York; C. J, Stills, LL.D , H. ©. Lea, of Philadelplia; | Theodore D. Woolsey, Of New Haven; Dr. Hoyt, of | Madison, Wis.; W. I. Harris, ot St. Loats, and Pro- fessor George Davidson, of San Francisco, George | W. Curtis, of New York, yas elected President for the ensuing year, @nd J.-S. Blatchford, of Bos- | ton, Treasurer, | , The constitution was also amended so as to 1m crease the number of directors to twenty or more. An able Board Was elected, insluding Samuel Eliot UL.D., Professor L. Governor Waah~ burn, Hon. William resident C. W. Eliot, James M, Barnard, F. B, Seabvorn, 1. C. Amory and others,