The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1872, Page 5

Yepth I came upon Hellente masonry of ene es, joined without any bin mater! above them remains of housewalis of brick or s depth of 2 metres, painted and ‘eapain me oan gl Jeaves no donbt that liam was in the hands of Greeks when the surface of the mount was two metres lower than it is now. 4t whatever time this new colonization occurred was ee. long previous to tue visit of Xerxes 480 CG. Fiuvea pottery, to which archeologists ascribe the age of 200 B. G.. occurs at sdepth of one metre. Those small, round terra vottas, with a hole throngh and ornamented with “the sun with a haio, or surrounded by stars in the ventre of a cross or in the centre of three, four, a are here almost at the sur- How all identical symbols passed from re-historic to the historic time and remained 4m fashion fn the latter for so many centuries F un- derstand as little as I do the use of those littie vol- eanoes and carrousels. That they were not worn seems evident from the fact that not one in all the umber indicated the presence of any means of nsion, ~ All those lai hewn and ne, i urns found in the upper layers be- tong to the historic time. Seven of these I'sent to the Imperial Museum at Constantinople. It bewil- dere the thought to note that FHE ACCUMULATED RUBBISH OP PRE-HISTORIC TIMES extends jn this place through fourteen metres of perpendicular depth, and that of historic times only through two metres. But if we consider as is the fact that the vast masses of rubbish of Hium roper—the stumps of its great towers and the uge stones cast down that filled the spaces be- tween—make'a depth of six metres, and that the @¢bris of houses of unburned brick built during centurics is laid upon this; that in for ether centuries houses of small stones joined with clay made in their ruin another considerable eddition to the depth, ana that for ages all suc- ceeding houses were built of wood; considerin; that no people used in ite building the material ioun on the spot, but all brought new material fom a distance, it may not seem wonderful that the accu- mulations should at length make a rubbish whose depth is equal to the _— of the ordinary houses in @ modern city like Paris, BTYMOLOGY OF THE HOMERIC NAME FOR TROY. 1 am well aware that the Sanscrit scholars @erive the words Mics and Helios (the sun) from -® Jost form of Selene, the moon, and sy Trom Seirios, the form Sira being and in the Veda; and that they believe fiios and Ilion as names of this ancient city are from the Sanscrit Vilu, which Ls ero fortress, But F would call the attention of philologists to the wonderful coincidence that I should discover thou-” sands of volcanoes and carrousels with the symbol of the sun—-the name of which luminary is in modern Greek pronounced exactly in the same Way as the name of this city—Ilios ; that being the mame of the city In Homer, who only once calls it Hiion. I think scholars of the cuneiform inscrip- tions have proved by the cuneiform spelling of the Greek words that the modern Greek pro- Bunciation was already iff use as far back as the time of the Selencidw., But for some remaining diMculties of comparative philology I ‘would say that the innumerable representations of the sun on these small terra cottas were nothing else buta picture writing for the name o/ this elty—tIlios. AN APPEAL FOR HELP. ‘The great wall found on the north side of tho mount, as well as the tower “I am uncovering, are donbtiess parts of those great encircling walls which Homer ascribes to Neptune and Apollo, and I apprehend no difficulty | in tracing them out fully, and thus demonstrat- ing the form, plan and dimensions of ‘Troy. But the expense is too great for private fortunes, and | hope some government will undertake to conclude the labor, in which case I would joyfully cede my “dirmin’” and freely give my houses here and all iny implements and machinery, and | would then at once proceed to my cherished project of excavating the temple of Apollo, at Delphi. Other- wise I will continue to do at Troy all that I can at my own expense, As a reward for the vast work Ihave done, for she great expense I have incurred, and for all my privations and sufferings in this wilderness and pestilential climate, but above all, du consideration of my success, I trust that the elvilized world will give me the right to rebaptize these sacred, precincts with their right names, and in the name’or the divine Homer I give them once more those names of immortal glory which fill every man’s heart with joy and enthusiasm: 1 call them Troy and Ihum, and I designate “PERGAMUS OF TROY” the acropolis whereon I write these lines. Any information that may be called for I shall be happy to give; but as my health 1s broken, and as the plain of Troy is now intested with pestilential fevers | will, alter the end of August, be in Athens, Dr. HENRY SCHLIEMANN. JOHN MITCHEL AND FROUDE. EE ETT EES Whe Liberal Club and the Irish Ques- tion—An Address by John Mitchel on Mr. Froude’s In racies. ‘The room of the Liberal Club; at Plympton Hall, ‘was crowded last evening with members of the Society, including many ladies and several promi- went Irish citizéns, to listen to an address by Mr. dohn Mitchell, on ‘Froude, from the Standpoint of an Irish Protestant.’ The address was given with considerable earnestness, but was mainly made np gt extracts from historical documents. Mr. Mitchel, aiter a few prefatory remarks, com- plimentary to the Liberal Club, said that he should address himself to the extraordinary cra- gaac entered upon in this country by Mr. Froude; acrusade that was, in his opinion, very ungracious. He did not intend to do as his friend, Father Burke, had done, enter upon the ecclesiastical question, This series of lectures and this book of Mr. Froude bore false witness against his country (Ireland). The Normans were forced, it was said by Mr. Froude, to take charge of Ireland. That might be admitted, but he would show that Mr, Froude had tried to blacken the Irish people, and had attempted to lower them in the estimation of the American kee Henry Grattan, who was a Protestant, did not agree with Mr. Froude’s theory that it was for the benefit of Ir fand that England should govern it. On the co trary, it was Grattan’s pen that drew up tlie decla ation of independence for Ireland. There is no i compatibility between Protestantism and Irish- fem. O’Brien was as good a Protestant as Mr. Froude. He and the speaker had broken the bread and drank from the cup of captivity on the islands of the Antipodes for endeavoring to throw of British rule from Ireland, Mr, Pendergrast’s marrative of the transportation of the Irish to the | rovince of Connaught was referred to, and Mr. Froude complimented Mr. Pendergrast in his new book, ‘The Englisn in Ireland; but Mr. Froude says that he arrived at exactly the opposite con- clusion that Mr. Pendergrast did as to the benedt ofthat transportation. Mr, Pendergrast has, since the publication of Mr. Froude’s book, written to the Irish journals stating that My. vroude had “misled” the reader on the document he refers to, | afd has printed that document asa proof of this statement. As to the rebellion in 1644, it was not very wonderful that alter the confisca- tion of six counties, and after a@ patient waiting, that under the provocation they hud received they @hould desire to ‘take a hand in.” They could see from the place of their exile their confiscated fands, homes and cattle, and it was tue object of the rebellion to get these back again. Mr. Mitchel St length described several of the grievances and disabilities under which tue Irish at this time suf fered, and also read a number of amusing affidavits, made by the Protestant clergy and others, in ‘whioh, Mr. Mitchel said, improbable and almost impossible facts ’were sworn to. He (the lecturer) complained that Mr. Froude had not even intimated that anybody had ever doubted | the truth of these afiidavits, the object of which was to obtain the confiscation of the land, and in his the aMdavits were successful. It was a dread- fal thing to think that such ‘“bioody balderdash” g@nd such ‘infamous trash” as these affidavits should have been deemed sufficient to found laws ‘pon by which the lands and property of the Irish Were confiscated, All that the Irish now seek is dependence for their country. It must Wve st a man like Mr, Froude an cS io come ‘oyer tq America and try jefame this people in this their adopted land. acknowledges personal obligations to this peo- ple; and yet Mr. Froude says in his book :— Me) creed," need keep terms with such a (Cath » creed. The Roman Catholic religion was intel- ually degraded and spiritually poisoned. These inions have resulted so many times in blood- ed and revoit.'’ What he, Mr. Mitchel, com- ined of was that Mr. Froude knew that Essex disclaimed, on behalf of Temple, Temple's Kk. Mr. Froude has come over J to represent Protestantism. Now he was a very bad Protestunt—it was not quite certain that Mr. Froude was a Christian af all; therefore he could not be received by Protestants as a representative. Mr. Mitchel closed by a tribute of respect to Mr. Wendell Phillips for his recent lecture on “Daniel O'Connell,” in which it was shown that Mr. Phillips believed that the Irishman had rights that White people were bound to respect as weil as the black man. After the address thers was a short discugsion by the members of the club, “DAYBREAK IN SPAIN," Colonel John Hay delivered a very eloquent lec- ture last evening, with the above titie, at Assocta- tion Hall, to an wudience which, despite the miserable weather, was highly complimentary in point both of numbers and culture. This was Coxonel Hay’s first appearance be fore w York Qadience as a lecturer, and while he astonished lus dearers by a profundity and solemnity of discourse ‘hat the majority of them failed to cg from his youth and hig “Pike county” reputation, his essay @e @ lecturer wasa fine success, “Daybreak in in,”’ according to Colonel Hay, has cast its first rosy flush over the hills of Navarre, in the dethrone- ment of Isabella, the adoption of republican ideas, the divorcement of Church and State and the freer condition and higher aspirations of a people that for 1,000 years have been slavishly devoted to King and Church, Colonel Hay’s delivery 18 good; his voice 1s {ull und clear, and he retained his seli-pos- session very thoroughly throughout. The dis- course was very happi y ne fights pointed susedenes ly varied with Qne fig) NEW. YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2], 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE CREDIT MOBILIER. An Official List of Stockholders, Dividends and Allotments. One Hundred and Fifty Shares and Large Dividends Credited to Charles H. Neilson, Son-in- Law of James Brooks. CONGRESSMEN, EX-CONGRESSMEN AND EX-SENATORS REPRESENTED. The following 1s @ list obtained by Mr. Thomae C, Durant, ex-President of the Union Pacifi¢e Railroad, of the persons interested in the Credit Mobiller of America, the amount of stock that each owned in the Union Pacific Railroad at the time of making the Oakes Ames contract, the dividends paid to each by that corporation; also the amount of stock held by each in the Credit Mobilier of America, and the dividends received by each on the fret mortgage bonds January 3, 1868, ana at subsequent periods :— Dividend af De-)| ty |Div.Jan.|| _y [Dividend af June|Divldenta/July|| Allotment July||Auotment Dec. cember 12, 1867.|| © | 3, 1868. || 9 17, 1868, 3, 1868, 8, 1868, 29, 1868, oe ke \——~|| 3 co Names. Q g' 3 : Tnarews, Frank W...... 700 | 100) $3,000 ‘Ames, Oakes, Trustee. _ 3431 10,200 Atkins, Eli 674 622, 622) 18,660) Alley, Jonn B 1,000 290 290| 8,700) Ames, Oliver. 0,251 4,680} 4,680) * 140,400 Bushnell, C. 8.. ‘| 2,450 610) 610] 15,300 ates, Be } 7,000 600| 500} 16,000) en). . Laura E. A ee 45 1, Baker, Ezta H {| ozs 623| es] setol| —o23| a2ee00 Baker, Ezra H., a 50) 8,000] ,000]] 60] ,00011 60) 60} _1,500l| 60} 20, Burdwell, Josiah ‘| Soop THO} gate00} 42'600}) To). 14,200}! 665; 665) —19,950]} 665] 133,000 Burdwell, Jos! eS 200) 300} 18,000; 18,000) 300) 6,000) 800) 800) 9,000) 800) — 60,000 Bristol, Willia ea 60] 8,000] 8,0¢0) 50] 1,000 50 60] 1,500 60} 10,000 Beard, Ell ‘| =| 100} 6,600) 6,000}} 100] 2,000]]- 100 100] 8,000]; 100] 20,000 Bradiord, G ‘| =| 100} 6,000 6,000] 100} 20001] 100) 100] 8,0004| 100] 20,000 Beard, Sylvester M “] =] 299] #000) socal) 100} }c0u}) tog 100} —3,000)) 100) 20,000 ab iti = = = see pe 4 120] 4 '800 Charan C ver a 412) 24,720) 24,720 412) 8,240 412 412) 12,3601 412] 82,400 jariic! ver. 7 a baw — fury es hep 3 3) Grane, H 0.. ‘ 50 128] 7,680] 7,680! 128] 2,560) 128) 128 348 128 25,600 Curoming |Z. 203)... S88) SaaarT” aso) aoo0|t” 09 100} —3,000}), 100} 20,000 ‘ane, H. ‘ . oO] yy 0 so], Durant, Thomas C..........-...| 7564] 4,915] 294,900} 204,000] 3,915] —78,,300|| 6,658! 5,658] 160/7401| 5,006] 2,1315000 Dillon, Sidney (President)...°*] 598 400} — 24,000) 24,000) 400) 8,000] —| pipein| Nap | ange 5 1,200] 1,000] 6,900] 60,800) 10005] 20,100]/ 3,006 ra 1,005 29,180{| 1,006] 201,000 500} 1,880] 112,800) 12,8001] 1,880] 87,600} 1,880 0 1,880] se'4oo|| 1,880 70000 pith ; 600} 80,000] 30,000|] 600] 10,0001] 690 600] 500! 15,000! 100,000 Day, Wm. F. (cashier in trust) ,. 100) 6,000) 6,000 100 2,000 a a fis) al piel oped sig Ni French, L. Eugene. . etes 20) 1,200} 1,200 20) 400) 20! 800] 1,200) 20] 20 600 4,000 Fourth National Bank.. f 7601 45,000] 45,000! 750| _ 15,000 = — — —| | | pace Foster, Pisrpont 8... bo] S'000| Sool] 0] _arenoll bo] tooo] oral 8 to] 1509 10)000 Gardiner, John, Trustee. —| el = 625} 12,500] 625] 25,000] 97,500] fsa pil ea i Glidden, Witlam : 625] 87,500) 37,500)| 625, 12,5001] 625, 25,000, 87,500|] 625 625) 18,750 125,000 Gray, @. Griswold. 3 1,620] 97,200] 97;200|] 1,620] —32,400|| 1,350/ 64,000| —81,000]|- 1,450 1,350] 40,500} 270,000 Guibert, Horatio...... 2 180] 11,100] 11,200]] "386]3,700]) "385 Ava! 11,2001] "285 185] 5,550] 7,000 ray, H. W.... 1 = — — — = — 60 500 Gilbert, Horatio J: ‘| 175] 137] 8,220] g,220]1 +197} -27a0l] 137] 6,480] 8,220] 137 137} 4) 27400 Grimes, James W. a 500) 880) 22,800) 22,800 880) 7,600 880) 15,200) 22,800) 380) 600 10 ,000 Gilmore, E. W. 200! 150) 9,000 9,000 150) 3,000) 150] 6,000 9,000 150) 250) 50) 80,000 Hazard, R. G. II] 2000; 1,690) 101,400) 101,400}| 1,620) 33,800)| 1,610] 64,400] 96,600)] 1,610] 10;460}] 1,610 322,000 Hooper, Samuel & Wo. ‘] 1,000} 750] 45,000} 45,000|} 750] 15,0001] 750} 80/000 ,000]} 260] 3250] 760 150,000 Hazard, Rowland. {] 600] 800] 18,000] 13,000]! 800} “6,000/] +80} 15,200} g2'800|] 380] 28;500|] 380 76,000 Hazard, Elizabeth. = 34] 2,040] 2}040 34 680 34) 1,360] 2,040) 34] 21550) 34 6,800 Hazard, Elizabeth, in tras — 13 780 780 13 280 13 520 780 13 975 13 23600 Hazard, Anna. aed Ny 20} 1,200} 1,200) 20 400 20} 800] 1,200 20} 1,500}) 20 4,000 Hazard, Mary P. ye oS 10 600 ‘600 10 200 10 400 ‘600 10 '760|| 10 2,000 Horner, Anna.... 4 - 1 60] 60 1 20| 1 40 60 1 16 1 "200 Hotchkiss, Henr; ‘| =| 150}. 9,000; 9,001! 150) 3,001] 150] 6,000 9,000! 150! 31,2601) 150 30,000 Hobart, Aaron, Jr. = 25| 1,500] 6,500] 25 ‘500 25} 1,000] 1,600] 25] 1875 25 6,000 Hedden, Josiah... “| 200] 100}. -6,000] 1,000] 100] 2,000] 100] 43000} Gjoool] 100] -—7'500|| 100) 20,000 ough, Benjamin K. . on | sore) om} Fred om =| —| —| 50 760 50) Jones, David. yo 360) 22,800) 29,800] $80) -_7,600]) 80) 18,200) 20,600)) 380) -a8,000]] 380 re000 Jenks, Burton i ‘] 80 600] 80,000] 0,000]] 600] 10,000]] = ES a ea i 80/000 Johnston, James B |=] 280] 12,000) 12,000) 200} 4,a00/) 200] 8,000}, 12,0001) 2001 35,0001] 200 40,000 ing, John L... ,, 5 5 4, 6,000) 00} 7,500 100 x Luinbard, Chaties A:. ‘} 1,250, 775] 46,600] 46,500]! 150] 3,0¢0]| 10043000) 6,000] 725] saia7o|| 7251 148000 Peek wood. | =] foal sotooo] setooa!| 00} xoravol} bao] g0vovo| » soronoi| b00] afeunll dou 0/000 Macy, William H.. {].. 650! 300] 18,000! 18,000|! 300] 6,000|| 300! tz,000| + 18°000|! 300] 22’s00|| 300 creators McCormick, Qyrus Ht 1,251| 945] 66,7001 56,700]| 945] 18,9001] 945] 37,800] 56,700)| 945] To,875|| 045 189,000 Mcoonh, i B....6 A 115 187 8,220] 8,220 760] - 16,000]] 1,250] 60,000} —75,000]} 1,250) 98,750 1,250 170,000 Nickerson, Joseph. ‘| 600} 880] 22,800] 22,800] 380] —7,600]| 380] 15,200] 22,800]/ 380] 28,500|| aso] eon Nickerson, Frederick. ‘] 500} 250] 15,000} 15,000|} 250] —5,000]| 250] 10,000] + 15,000)| 250} | 18,750|| 260] 50,000 Nickerson, Thomas. ‘} 200} 150} 9,000] 9,000}; 150) —3,c00}) 160} 6,000} 9,000|] 100] 7,5001| 00] 20000 Neilson, Charles H, ‘} 200] 100} 6,000} 6,000] 100] + 2,000|| 15u] + 6,000] —9,000]| 150] 11,250|| 150] 30,000 Nelison, Charles —| 3,000} 000} 50] 1,000 —| eo rr | Rompe pe bed at ae A be bel OO “is Pigot, J. —{ 900] - 12,000} 12,000} 1,200) 24,000|} 150} — 6,000| 9,000!/ 150) 11,250)! 160) 30,000 Pook, Nothin... =| 120} 000} eoo0l| 100}, 2.000} 100] 4,000} c,a001] toe] bool} 100 20,000 ins, len! -_ — al mel Soe — D 500) 100} Robbins, Royal BE... —] 200] 12,000] ~12,000|] 200) 4,000] 800] 12,000) 18,0001] 00] 22'500|} 300] eoto00 Richardson, Josep! = = re a a) — 60 2,000) 8,000) 60 3,750] bo} 10,000 Seranton, 3: H. 5 5 300) ‘300 5 100) 6] ‘200 300) 5) 875) 5) 1,000 Siewert B a} soo soll al aaall “| 001) Sol) Sa) deal OG mics Sanford, Her a 125) 7,500] _7,500|| 125|' -2,500|| 125] 5,000} —_7,600]| 125] 9,375]| 125} 25,000 aie iy. of — 405) 24,500) 24,300; 405 8,100 = bri a * eel = a 405} 81,000 5 rua ar eal ben bears =a u 9" 2,2 (| 30) 6,08 nner, F, & Co. — a co cs = = ‘a S 75 500. Train, Willie Davis... 20] 176| 10,501| 10,800|] 175] _8,500|| 1751 77000} 0;600|| 175] 1si26|| 175) wasol| ara Hed Trewbridge, Henry... 75} 4,600) 4,500) 75} 1,600 75] 3,000} 4,500 75) 5,625 75 2,250) 76) 15,000 ‘Trowbridge, Ezekiel 50] 8, 3,000) 56) 3,000]! | 2,000 3,000 60] 3,750 50} 1,500] 50] 10,000 Thateler: tan G2} 6,820| 6,600|) G2] ayeao|! 0] syero] oyea0]! 31 ayoool| al ayanotl «LT 2200 Vernon, Sophia 1; 60] "60 Avian 1 40] ” 60] Blaine nat caly gallon gh ge Williams, J. M. 8. 1,245] 620] 37,200) 37,200) 620) 19,400)! 60) 24,800] + 37,200]| 620 46,500|; 620] 18,6001 esi} 126,200 Waite, C. O.... 60 80) 4,800, 800 80) 1, 80 8,200) 4,800) 80) 6,000) 80) 2,400) 80] 16,000 Zbrouski, Martin Re = — — — —I!__ 100! 4,000! 6,001! 100! 7.50011 +1001 ~— 3,000] 1001 a0'ovo The following receipt was given for the first dividend named above, and a similar one for each subsequent dividend mentioned :— “Received of Thomas U. Durant, Oliver Ames, John B. Alley, Sidney Dillon, Cornelius S. Bushnell, Henry 8. McComb and Benjamin F. Bates the sums set opposite our respective names in full of the dividends declared December 12, 1867, under and pursuant to the foregoing contracts, and payabie on the 3d day of January, 1868, and we do hereby severally, in consideration of the amounts so received by us, consent to and approve of the agree severally to be bound by and conform to all the terms and conditions of said agreement, and we do hereby release the said Ames and their associates from all liability, personal or otherwise, e foregoing contracts and Thomas o.. Durant, Oliver ST. THOMAS’ DAY. To-day is St. Thomas’ Day. St. Thomas is re- garded as the patron saint of architects and build- ers, A pretty religious parable comes down to us in this connection. When St. Thomas was at Ceesaria the Saviour appeared to him and told him to go to Gondorfus, the King of the Indies, who wag looking for workmen to build him a finer palace than that of the Emperor’s at Rome. The moncy St. Thomas got for the building of the palace he distributed among the poor, The King had been absent in a distant country, and when he returned | and found what St. Thomas had done he ordered him to be thrown into prison, The King’s brother in the meantime died, and after being dead four days appeared to Gondorfus and told him he had seen in heaven the palace St. Thomas had built with the King’s money. St. Thomas was, of course, released from prison, and appropriately lectured the King. It is said that the Saint suffered martyrdom among the Indians at Malapoor, and was buried in a church erected by him in that city. Christians and Saracens make pilgrimages to the lace, and miracles are wrought at the tomb. The Rana the apostle put into the Saviour’s side after the Resurrection is placed in a vessel beside the tomb, and the story is told by travellers fat yuen the merchants in the province dispute about busi- ness each disputant writes out his story on paper, both Leg ott are placed. in the Saint’s hamd, and the hand throws aside that er which has the unjust version of the trouble. In England there used to be a Custom among the people in the country parts of point round on St. Thomas’ Day to collect alms. ‘ne day was, therefore, in some places called ‘“Doleling Day” and in others “Mumping Day.’’ This custom still prevatis in Staffordshire, Where representatives from every parish go on what they call a “gooding,”” which means going in et ofaims. In the same county also the ‘4 Thomas Dole” is stiil given on the Sunday nearest the festival itself, The dole is part of the contributions given by the wealthy to the clergyman of the parish for distribution. ‘The old | custom of making praying expeditions on St. Thomas’ Day prescribed that the recipient of an alms shouid give to the donor a sprig of holly or mistletoe. In this city to-day Bishop Potter will consecrate the Free Chapel of St. Thomas’ church, on Sixtieth street, between Second and Third avenues. A PERJURER’S DOOM. Crime In Westchester—A Hero of Horri- ble Atrocities Secured at Last. A singular case of perjury was disposed of in the Court of Sessions at White Plains, Westchester county, on Thursday. It appeared from the evi- dence that the accused, Henry Vail, a resident of Yorktown, and about fifty years old, was shot at and wounded by a neighbor while attempting to rob the latter’s hen-roost about three years ago. Vail kept the matter secret until recently, when, in order to settle an old grudge, he went before @ fustice of the peace and swore that his father-in-law deliber- ately did the shooting, The latter, ing been” tried and acquitted of the charge, appeared before the Grand ia, and caused Vail to be indicted for rjary. At the trial the prisener, when testifying Iris own behalf, swore to the same allegations which he had formerly made against his father-in- law, but was somewhat nonplussed when the man whose hen-louse he had invaded went on the stand and testified to having shot Vail himself. The prisoner was promptly convicted and sen- tenced to ten years in the State prison, Vail has long been a terror to his neighbora, hav- ing, as is currently reported, during his career shot and killed his brother; thrown his little daughter into the fire, whereby she was fatally burned; and cut the tongue out of his sister, who shortly after- wards carried the secret of her brother's fiendish malignity to @ premature grave, GRACE The Dry of Speciai Intercession for the Multiplying of Missionaries—Impres- sive Services at Grace Church. The services ordered by the Episcopal House of Bishops, at their meeting in October last, to be observed in Episcopal churches throughout the United States on Friday, the 20tn of December, for special intercession to the Lord of the Harvest that he may be pleased to send forth laborers into his fields, were observed with great pomp and impres- siveness at Grace church yesterday. The attend- ance was small, on account, no doubt, of the un- pleasant weather. In the chancel, clothed in their canonical roves, were the Rector Henry C. Potter, of Grace church; Rev. Samuel Osgood, Rev. William 7. Egbert, of the Wainwright Memorial church; Bishop Hare, of Niobrara, and Bishop Haight, of Massachusetts. The rector opened the services by the reading of selected portions of Scripture bearing upon mis- sionary work, the congregation joined in the Con- fession and the Lord’s Prayer, and the psalms Daher for Whitsunday were chanted. Aiter tl fe reading of the first lesson the choir sang the “Te Deum,” and after the reading of the second the “Jubilate Deo.” The Nicene Creed, versicles, col- jects for peace, grace and for rulers and the Litany ere recited, Bishops Hare and Haight delivered short ad- dresses, and the exercises ended with the follow- ing special prayer for the occasion :— “How many, 0 Jesus ! of Thy sheep have no shep- herd; none to show them their danger; none to keep them out of danger; none to lead them where they may find pasture. May Thine infinite wisdom roodness, O Lord! reveal to us the means by which Thy Gospel may be preached unto them, and prepare their hearts to receive the truth, that they may be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Send them pastors after Thine own heart, full of knowledge, compassion and zeal, who PITYING THEIR SAD CONDITION, may instruct them in the ways of truth dnd eternal life, all Christians with a true compassion like Thine, O Lord, for all such as are strangers to Thee and the merits of thy death, by woich they have been re- deemed, that they may cheerfully contribute to a work 80 acceptable to the divine majesty. And may Thy Holy Spirit, by the preaching of the Gos- pel, add daily to the Church such as shall be saved through ~~ merits and wediation, 0 Lord and lever of souls.”’ THE BROOKLYN FIRE DEPARTMENT, Increase of Force in the Eastern Divi- ston—To-Day’s Changes, To-day Engine Companies Nos. 16 and 16, of the Brooklyn Fire Department, will commence to do duty, the former company having been organized on Thursday last and the latter having been changed froma truck company to an engine com- pany. Engine No. 15 is located in India street, near Franklin, in a thickly populated portion of the Seventeenth ward, Greenpoint, and for tbe present will be in charge of Mr. Platt Van Cott, who has been detailed from Epgine Company No, 13 for that purpose, Alfred Ford will be the engineer, Engine No. 16 is located in Scholes street, near Union avenue, a very populous neigh- borhood, It willbe in charge of the former mem- bers of Truck Company No. 5, with Jesse Seaman as acting foreman and Andrew Tayior as engineer, both having been transferred from Engine Com- pany No. 13. For the present both compantes will use reserve steamers, The Amoskeag Manulactur- ing Compai ave been ordered to construct four second class steamers for the department, two of which will be ready yy, the latter part of January. Fire Commissioner William A. Brown and Chief Engineer John W. Smith were instrumental-in bringing about this much noeded relief to the prop- erty-owuery 01 the Kastern district. Increase the number and the graces of Thy | messengers and ministers and touch the hearts of LITERARY CHIT-CHAT, THE REVISION of the “New American Cyclopedia” is going steadily forward, and the revised work promises to be exceedingly valuable. Tux APPLETONS have a copy of all of Crutkshank’s works, collected into a series of elegantly bound volumes, the mountings of the pages being done with such exquisite skill as to have the appearance of a printed book. Paste and scissors leave no traces behind. The collection is valued at $1,000, Mus. Mary CLeMMER AMRs has written a memo* rial of the poet sisters, Alice and Phobe Carey, which Hurd & Houghton have just published, Mr. G. W. Ret, keeper of prints ard drawings in the British Museum, has nearly finished “A History of the Print Room of the British Museum, with some accounts of its contents and keepers,” with illustrations. A FoRTHCOMING NovEL, entitled, “In the Days of My Youth,” is by Miss Amelia B. Edwards, author of “Barbara's History.” A TRANSLATION of Mr. Lecky’s “History of Ration- alism in Europe,” by M. Michael Zsilinszky, has appeared at Pesth, Mr. L. A. Gopriant, of Washington, ‘father’? of the Associated Press, has managed to set aside some moments from the discharge of his arid and ceaseless duties to dive into the sentiment and philosophy of nursery lyrics. He has shown an in- genuity greater than any required for extracting sunbeams from cucumbers in managing to lend a new face and attraction to the old familiar story of “Jack and Gill,” that amiable and lively pair, who insisted on going up a hill to fetch a pail of water. The reconstructed tale, like the original, is in verse, abounding in good advice and well adapted for children above the nursery standard. It is illustrated and published by Claxton, Remsen & Haffeltinger, Philadelphia, The Wilson Mission, The season for charitable persons to make their annual distribution of comforts to the poor and sickly is now near at hand, and one of the most meritorious institutions in the city appeals to the public for aid, This is the Wilson Mission, It has not only its day school, training classes and its many branches of mission work to support, but the. great destitution of this winter has brought numer- ous families under its care. These unfortunates are worthy people, who have been reduced to the greatest distress by sickness and want of emplos- ment. Contributions of clothing, bedding, fuel, provisions of every kind, and especially money, will be thankfully received, and donors may direct, if they wi to do so, the channel into which their donations shail go—for Christmas, the current ex- enses Of the institution or the mission work. Con- ributions may be sent to the Wilson Mission House, avenue A and Eighth street. Monetary re- lief should be sent to the cure of the Treasurer, Mr, William Ransom, THE ORPHAN HOME. The managers of the Union Home and School for the Orphans of Soldiers and Sailors deem it advis- able to appeal to the public at the present season for contributions towards the Christmas festival. ‘This institation is most deserving of the liberality of all classes, And, doubtless, those charitably dis- | ne will not hesitate to assist the managers by eely donating supplies. Contributions may be sent to Mr. Barnes, at the Home on the Boulevard; Mrs, Charies P, Daly, 84 Clinton place; Mrs. Farra- ut, 116 Kast Furey th street, or to Mra, David loyt, 120 Kast For ebb etree: OUR DOCKS. ———_+— Why the Work of the New River Front- age is Not Pushed Forward. The Obstacles in the Way of the Commissioners. OOMPTROLLER GREEN'S EQONOMY. What General McClellan Says on the Subject. - THE WORK AS IT STANDS. In the troubles which have affected more or leas all the city boards the Department of Docks has been one of the most unfortunate. Since Comptroller Green took the reins of power in the Finanee Department he has appeared to frown in the most decided manner upon the docks. Where he has shed comparative financig! sunshine upon the parks, which are ornamental, the docks, which are useful, do not seem to find any favor with him. As a natural consequence the Board of Dock Com- missioners are just at present in the most severe monetary straits, and the immediate effect will be widespread suffering among the employés. Upon entering the spacious room wherein the members of the Board and their clerks have their quariers the first thing which strikes the cye of the visitor is the notice, “No employment can be furnished to workingmen at present” printed in large characters, which have an omin- ous, forbidding look. The cause of this is readily to be found, On November 30, 1872, the Board of Docks had in bank the sum of $26,664 80, Since then $12,000 have been expended for labor. About six thousand dotiars must be expended for labor during the present month, besides the salaries of employés, It will be seen from this that on the 1st of January of the new year the Board will be absolutely deprived of money, and all work wi have to stop. Nearly all the men in the Engineer's bureau will then be discharged as a matter of necessity and many of the other la- borers, But what makes THE POSITION OF THE BOARD Still less agreeable, if that be possible, ts that on the Ist of January about forty thousand dollars becomes due on contracts, which it will be impos- sible to pay, making the Board virtually bankrupt, It seems strange that in a great city like this Matters can come to such a pass in one ofthe most important of the departments. But the reason is simple. Mr. Green refuses to pay over to the Board the money which the law provides for it. True itis that he has no reason fer this, He holds that if the Board will send in its bills to him he will examine and pay them; but the Board holds on the other hand that, by the law of 1870, it hasthe right of expenditure of its own moneys, without being obliged to make any account thereof to the Comptroller, being responsible to the Mayor alone. And the Board besides hold it to be a mat- ter of absolute necessity that it alone has the privilege of expenditures, as, by constantly making contracts varying in price and importance, ready money is the only means of accomplishing these to the best interest of the city. The case has been already brought up in the Courts, and a man- damus is demanded by the Board obliging the Comptroller to pay over $500,000 which he holds be- longing to it, but which he refuses to pay over. It will be seen hereafter to what inconveniences, de- lays and expenses: THIS CONTROVERSY has given rise. By the law of 1870 the Board of Docks is empowered to have bonds issued by the Comptroller at the demand of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to the extent of $8,000,000 annually, which it may draw as the needs show themselves. Iustead of having received $9,000,000, which might have been drawn during the past three years, only $2,000,000 have been altogether expended dur- ing that period for the building and maintenance of docks in the city. Of the $750,000 demanded of the Comptroller this year only $260,000 have been furnished, leavin, the half million which Mr. Green refuses to hand over, and the want of which has so hampered the operations of the Board during the past year. And this is why the great work of the remodelling of the water front of New York, which was spoken about so much two years ago, has not been pushed forward more vigorously. It will be remembered that shortly after the passing of the Frear charter and the organization of the present Board of Docks, General McClellan (whose salary has been cut down within: the past two months from $29,000 to $10,000), Who was appointed engineer-in-chief of the department, submitted plaus for the building of a new water front, which were very magniticent in detail and ensemble, The plan, which has al- ready been described sufMiciently, was adopted by the Board, and since that time WORK HA8 BEEN PROGRESSING SLOWLY upon it, Several months were consumed in basing and surveying @ gigantic work which of itseil showed the earnest of the Board in the matter. Immediately after work was begun on the new e ankment at the Battery and extending to picr No. 1 North River. For atime work went braveiy on, and in fact is still progressing. A visit to tle pl shows that a great deul has been done in the right direction, and though quite small in compari- son with what is to be done, gives a very fair idea of the whole work. From the river—the only point at which all the detatis can be embraced—shows the magnificent bulkhead which has been built, and though the new pier is as yet invisible at high water, at low tide an idea of its extent may be obtained, as it has now reached a point just a few inches above the low water level, ‘The bulkhead, which itself extends 250 feet out trom the easterly side of West street and which is built of solid granite ma- sonry, is etl areal by the pier, which extends 600 feet still further out into the river, This is the lan which will be followed throughout the river front of the city on both sides. THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENT will be $2,500,000 per mile, The work at the Bat- tery has already cost something over $150,000, in- cluding the unfinished pier. ‘the whole is a splen- did piece of masonry. Yct, with all this, the prog- ress is but slow, and, at the rate at which the thing is now being done, eighty Soane would hardly complete the improvemeut, Why such a delay? ‘The words of General McClellan, the Kn- | ely in Chief, in bis last report, hitherto unpub- | ished, give,im @ concise manner, the reason for this delay, GENERAL M’CLELLAN’S OPINION. “Lregret extremely that we cannot report greater progress in the eonstruction of the new river wall; but the Commissioners understand that the obsta- cles were Of a nature entire beyond my control. “You are well aware of the many serious incon- viences under which this bureau has labored for several mouths past, in consequence of the inade- quacy and uncertainty of the financial supplies at the disposition of the department, and you will | not regard meas going beyond the limits of this report when I repeat what I have often stated to ou heretofore that it is and will always prove to be impossible to carry ou a work of such magni- tude as ours with economy and despatch unless | the appropriations are suticiently large, and the amount allowed to be expended accurately known before the opening of the working season, with a certainty that the funds will be forthcoming when they are needed, “The disturbed condition of affairs during the past | few weeks has been such as to render the supply of money for carrying on our work a matter of great uncertainty; but I fee! it due to myself to state that, in consequence of this piridercgs! as to the amount that would be at the disposal of tue board, Thave been UNABLE TO MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS for the supply of materials or the making of the contracts for the construction of the river wall be- yond the portion commenced last year. Ail these arrangements for future work should have been erfected during the Winter, ana we ought now to e engaged in the extension oj the new river Wall. | A6 it is the locality even of the next work to be periormed is not decked upon, the necessary rights are not acquired, nor an arrangement looking to future operations has been made, with the exception that the general working ready for that part of the work which I have con- stantly recommended as the next to be taken up. So that, under the most favorable circumstances now possible, We Cannot avail ourselves of a great part of the one season of this year.”” In this report General McClellan hints at the non-acquirement of rights which the city must pos- Bess Peete are a cnk with certain portions of the work. ere is another difficulty under which the Commissioners labor. According to the law THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND can al thorize the purchase of property. It that these last gentiemen are very tard appea in thelr work in this respect. Lately the Board of Docks, alter considerable negotiation, succeeded in arranging a purchase of pier 50, the next bulk- head anda part of pier 51 Kast River, at the sam ‘of $65,000, from the owners, Roberts & Putnam, ‘The matter was sent to the Commissioners of the plans are | ] Sinking Fund with a request that It be immediately epee p= Sane wore on ne x nttaption. — e owners sold the rty for Free. @ present owner demanis. 100,000. ry & little carelessness $35,000 has been lost The Corimiasioners of Docks farther say that the action of Comptroller Green in withholding their money is directly detrimental to the city. The $500, hich sir. Green bolds of theirs has been for six months useless. Had it been in their ~ hands they say, being deposited in the United States Trust Company, it would have drawn five per cent interest—that is, $13,000—which is the bay for a whole month of the Engineer's Bureau. e only other work which the Commissioners are engaged upon is the construction of a pier 500 feet long at Thirty-fourth street, for the Manhattan Market. any. This is a contract work. Within a few days, however, the case of the mandamus in the Courts will settle the matter en- Urely as to who has the right to expend the money appropriated to the Department of Docks, the Comptroller or the Commissioners themselves, Several letters have passed between THE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONERS, in which he has offered to pay for the working of the department as the bills become due. But this is just the point of controversy, and the Commis- sioners have answered him that they accept hit ion of leaving the matter to the Courts, 'y are now testing the question by @ man- us. The law says distinctly that ‘the Com- missioners of the Docks shall report annually to the Mayor the payments made by them,” and they stand on this law as the ground of their action. Ip case the action is decide.! in favor of the Commis- sioners the work of remodelling the water front of the city will go on expeditiously and surely. The accusations made against the Commission- ers of Docks are mainly that they have surpassed their power in certain particulars. Among these is the accusation that while the Commissioners have been empowered by the Legislature to spend only $100,000 in of'ice expenses and inside salaries, if they may be So caiioi, they have expended $123,000, making $23,000 over the sum permissaole. On the otuer hand, the Commissioners account for this by an opinion of Che Corporation Counsel some two years ago, Who fated that the salaries ef Gen- eral Mcviellan, the assistant engineers, the eur- veys and expenses of the bureau should not be counted in the grant of $100,000 for oMice expenses, but from the $3,000,000 annually, the sum due to | the Dock Department, This makes such | A_ DIFFERENCE that the office expetses iustead of being $125,000, are in reality only $55,130. The salaries which make this difference in favor of the Commissioners are :— George B, MeCletlan, Engineer-In-Chiet. Edward A. Raymond, Caiet Clerk... ard H. Stoddart, Assists eohan ngineer, Jt, Ansisiant Newton, Assistant Engiucer Thomas Franklin, Assistant ‘Thomas Murphy, Superinter James A. Brown, Assisiant Superinten struction Henry W. Johnsion Property. ‘ Malcone in, his Sehuyler Hamilton, bydr Patrick Larkin, leveller........ Matthew P, Brazil, surv yor Charles Q, Weir, assistant’ survey: William N, Rodénhurst, draughtst David T. Keilier, draughtsinan Adolph F, Voogelee, draughtsman... Edwin RK. Ariustrong, draughtsman Charleton B. Kid, draughtsinan ‘Thomas D. Wingrove, Todman...., In this manner figures have been perverted and made to serve the wrong purpose. It has further been said that the Dock Commis- sioners pay THE ANNUAL RENTAL to the Tenth National Bank, which 1s called a Ring bank, of $10,000, The owner of the building in which the Dock Cominissioners has its offices t4 not the Tenth National, wich 18 merely a tenant, but the New York Life Assurance Company; and among the other accusations made is that Mr, J. Greenville Kane, one of the Dock Commissioners, Who draws $10,000 as such, is also Secretary of the Board at & $65,000 suliry. This is not true. Mr. Kane gave his resignation as Secretary when he was appointed Comimissioner, and draws only the one salary of $10,000 The mandamus case was argued on Thursday betore Judge Leonard, Mr, Abraham R. Lawrence and Mr, Richard O'Gorman, late Corporation Coun- , On the side of the Commissioners, and Mr. ian on that of the Comptroller, ‘This suit, which was suggested by Mr. Green, will cost a ae deal of money, and cau certainly ome add to he expenses of the Board, expenses which are already complained about. At present Judge Leonard is considering his decision, ana the Com- missioners are not slow in complaining that THBSE ACCUSATIONS should first be made at a time when a most mo» mentous decision to them isin abeyance and un- decided, It must also be remembered that while a howl of indignation is raised at the Commissioners of Docks wishing to spend the money of which they are by law appointed the guardians, the plan is followed in other departinents without anything being said. The Department of Parks is, for in- stance, given its money in bulk, and spends it on mere matters of ornament, while cogs appear to be put on the wheels of the Department of Docks, which Department is of the utmoss importance te commerce at every tur ne TOE PIERS AND DOCKS. The Hyde System Approved—Iron Supe: rior to Stone for the Construciion oj Pliers, The Polytechnic branch of the American Institute held @ regular meeting last evening at room 24 Cooper Union. Half an hour was devoted to the examination of new inventions, when the discus sion on the “proposed piers and storehouses for New York,” in which, at the previous mecting, Messrs. H. C. Gardner, William J, McAlpine, Part ridge, Dr. Richards and others took part, was re- sumed, The chair was filled by Professor Tillman, | ‘The first speaker was J. Burrows Hyde, who declared | that no changes or improvements had been made in the piers and bulkheads since the original ones conatructed by the early Dutch settlers. The piers | Were unsubstantial, too small aud toonarrow. The | merchandise had to be housed by carting it some _ distance to storehouses. Besides these objections there were others referred to, and Mr. Hyde advo- cated the European or covered pliers, with a solid bulknead wall of masonry some distance outside of the present line, the space within to be used as an Immense sew ‘0 receive the contents of ers. Since the organization of the pi | Commission the city is girded with sheds about the piers, dangerous to life and prop- | erty. ‘The speaker advocated the extension of the piers into the river to 600 feet and the estaplisi- | ment of a cartway and a street with 100 feet space | between upon which to run three lines of cars, so | asto convey freight by rail direct. Mr, McAlpine | highly approved of the plan suggested by Mr. | Hyde, including iron piles, which are better than ; Iusonry to hold up the storehouses to be erected | On-the piers. The expense of driving the iron iles would be as cheap as any other mode of con- ion. H. C. Gardner made some remarks upou the sanitary results likely to ensue from the pro: | posed new docks. He read statistics showing that the rate of mortality in New York ia yearly in- | reetine and the city the most unhealthy in the | world. HORSE NOTES, The Kentucky Association, of Lexington have fixed on the 12th day of May for the commencement of the Spring meeting of 1873. General Mabry has sold Eland, a chestnut colt, three years old, by Jack Malone, dam Gazelle, by Albion, and Eveline Mabry, chestnut filly, by Jack Malone, dam Betty Martin, to General Bra mier of Knoxville, Tenn. Eland and Eveline Mabry are both at Mobile, in Captain Oottriil’s stables, being trained by T. B. Patterson, It is the intention of General Bramier to enter Eland for the great four-mile heat race at New Orleans in the Spring. ‘The well known trotting mare Crazy Jane died at Syracuse, December 10. M.H. Sanford has sent the famous race mare by Lexington, dam Lightsome, to Kentucky to be bred. Lady Molesworth has aiso been seni for the same purpose, ‘The rumor that old Hambletonian was suffering with epizooty is not correct. The gentieman having charge of the horse wi i—“Hambletonian has not shown the slightest symptoms of the pre- valling horse disease, nor any other ailment. Hé | has been and isin fine condition and the best of health’? The black gelding Edwin, by Peacemaker, wat entered in the four-year-old Prospect Park Stakes, that closed December 2. June 3, 4,5, and 6 are claimed as days for the | Spring meeting for Beacon Park, Allston, Mass. General A. Buford, of Kentucky, olfers his en- Ure lot of thoroughbreds at private sale, consisting of Hollywood, Nellie Gray, Malita, Bombshell, Zadoc, Count Fosco, Metz, Vienna, Myra and Versailles, | Besides the above there are a number of brood mares | stinted to Enquirer, and their PiESope pveatiings | by Versailles. and weanlings by Enquirer. Canadian tarfinen are making preparations for a | trotting meeting on the ice to come off in January, A new racing association has been organized at | Bonen Canada, under the title of the Montreal rf club. Old Hambletonian is said to be the sire of 1,253 and that he earned for his owners $185,125, Joseph Dawson gave 1,200 guineas for Glowworm, by Young Melbourne, dam Twilight, by Moun- | taineer, at Tattersall’s, November 26. BURGLARY, John McDonald, of 54 King street, was arraigned at Jefferson Market yesterday charged with being an accomplice of Emile Fournier in the receni burglary on the premises of Harry Hill. Whew before the Justice the two prisoners named broke out in mutual accusations of a great number o crimes, each claiming to ve innocent himself, Mo a was remanded to await ture, onametn tion, McDonald was arrested by » the Bighth precinct, who saw him driving ‘om witt over two hundred’ boxes of cigars in a wagom ‘rhe prisoner will nndonbtedly be punished,