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ave taken place at some time. Such stories are aiike the legends of other days, that cling to palaces end faithful servants—to kings, popes, heroes and (6008 alike. AGED CARDINALS. To reach the Cardinal’s rooms is not dificult, if, Qs I said, you have a clerical escort; otherwise you ‘Gre liable to be stopped and your “permit” exam- ined at every step, from the entrance to the high inner court up to the sentinels at the audience door of the Papal Minister of State, whose apart- Ments are in the upper story of the palace. The high fights of marble stairways which ‘We pass possess one advantage—of being very easy of ascent; for the architect of the Vatican ‘wes apparently fully imbued with the necessity of building a palace for old men. Popes, cardinals find the great dignitaries of pe Catholic Church @re allaged. Of cardinals there are nearly a score ‘Who have passed the age generally assumed to be Allotted to man. Cardinal Billiet, whe died re- cently, was ninety; De Angelis is eighty-one; Caterii is seventy-eight; Amat, Grassellini and ‘Mathieu are seventy-six; Patrizi is seventy-five; twenty-two others range between the ages of seventy-two and seventy-four, and Cardinal Anto- Belli has himself reached the ripe age of seventy-five, Amid al! his onerous duties in the State affairs of ‘the Church. The Pope himself has just completed ‘his cighty-first year, but he is now too weak to at* tempt even the fight of stairs leading down to his Private garden; for whenever he is taken out to enjoy the sun he is lowered from one of the win- dows, seated in his chair, and in the same manner ‘drawn up again after he has inspired suMicient fresh air. CARDINAL ANTONELLI, At last the guardroom of the Cardinal’s audience chamber is reached, and some dozen Italian guards ‘attathed to the Vatican rise and grect us in a ‘Bemi-military fashion on noticing the dress worn iby my companion. Passing through a doorway, the small ante-chamber is reached, and a servant fakes in ovr cards to His Eminence, A moment afterwards and the usher returns to inform us that fhe Cardinal awaits us. My clerical guide, taking athe lead, enters, and approaches the venerable Bgure wiich has risen from a seat at alarge table an the centre of the room, and, falling upon one ‘knee, kisses His Eminence’s left hand. The Car- dinal holds out his hand to bid me welcome, Whereupon fam introduced and both motioned to seats. The impression created by the person and visage of Cardinal Antonelli was to me very pleas- ing. My imagination, fed from various sources, had led me to expect in the Cardinal a sharp, keen face, in which the Jesuit could be very distinctly traced. The Cardinal is, however, a man of very different type from what he is usually described. His high brow, his head, covered with jet black hair, and his well defined features, all show traces Of the handsome prelate of former years, while age has cast a serenity aud amiability over his whole expression well suited to the black robes, of the ecclesiastical dignity which he wears, Nevertheless the strong jaw, the firmly closed lips evince the determined will of which the Cardinal | 4s known to be possessed. The Cardinal's office of | State is very plain, being devoid of all ornament or luxury. The room is long and narrow, and Tather gloomily lighted, and the only article of furniture the large, long green centre table, cov- ered with documents of all kinds—before which ‘His Eminence again took his place—and the only piece of ornament, a black ebony case containing ancient coins and articles of Roman antiquity, URE HEALTH OY THE HOLY FATHER, ‘The conversation was, Of course, opened with | that subject of all-absorbing interest in the cleri- cal circles of Rome, the health of His Holiness the Pope, whose birthday the Catholic world was at that moment celebrating, Tis Eminence was sur- prised and pleased, I think, to see in some num- bers of the New York HERALD which I took with me evidence of the deep interest that America takes inthe Holy Father's health, and he smiled with a grim sme on being informed, however, that one New York Journal, possessed of some rep- | utation, had printed a “cable despatch,” via Canada, to the effect that the Pope had been Called to his long account on the 19th of April. Said the Cardinal, “That is not so bad as our own Roman papers can do. One sheet has had the News of the Holy Father’s death many times al- ready, and every day it now publishes the most ab- Burd accounts of his illness possible to conceive, | the following the substance of Cardinal Antonelli’s There is no disease in the whole list of morta Maladies which tt has not credited His Holiness! with suidering rom.” “But,” said I, “it is true, ts it not, Eminence, that the Holy Father has been seriously ill “You must always remember," replied the Cardi- Dal, “that the Holy Father 1s just entering upon his @ighty-second year, and that you cannot expect a Man so aged to bear up under disease and aMiction 60 Well as one younger. He has had indeed an @cute attack of rheumatism, but he has been spared @ fever, and though the pains have at times pre- Vented him from taking bodily exercise, he | has never, during the entire period, interrupted }) his ordinary manner of living, and has maintained throughout his customary good spirits. He has Deen, nevertheless, considerably weakened by hav- } ing to keep his bed. A few days ago, however, after giving audience to the pilgrims from France he was incautious and took fresh cold, which drought on a slight relapse. He has constantly at- tempted to do too much during his weak state, but the doctors have now prescribed for him abso- lute rest, and, consequently, he will not give @udiences for some time to come. But he is now Tecovered from his relapse, and, with moderate care aud precaution, he may soon be declared con- Valescent.” FALSE RUMORS OF THR POrR’S HEALTH. | views on the situation, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. TALMAGE'S NEW TABERNACLE. | THE WALWORTH TRAGEDY. and cannot conceal a degree of apprehension which they did not entertain at the first.” And then the following :— “He is entering upon his eighty-second year, and we regret to hear tuat nis physical condition ts daily becoming worse. He cannot now rise from his bed unaided, but requires the aid of persons who ifft him in their arms and place him in the easy chair, in which he is gently wheeled into his private library adjoining his bedroom; Wut he ap- pears no longer in the salon where his courtiers remain, a8 Cardinals Antonelli and Patrizi do not wish His Holiness to be seen in his present feeble condition except by his most intimate friends, ‘The deputation of French legitimists he received last week brought about an attack of weakness which obliged him immediately to go to bed with remarkable aggravation of his sufferings. He is not only troubled by the humors in his swollen legs, but ms digestive organs are giving way; and it 18 with the utmost dificulty he can retain even the lightest kind of food on his stomach, This frequent vomiting has alarmed the doctors, who fear that the humors have already affected the vital organs of his constitution, The invalid has turned excessively pale and thin in the upper part of his body, while the lower part is much swoilen, This 1s probably caused by the absence of nourish- ment, and when the seat of an illness centres in the stomach the consequence is that omnta mem- bra languent. The symptoms we have described became worse on Sunday and «@ slight astima has affected the respiration, which increases the afflic- tion, and by order of the doctors His Highness has been advised to remain in bed.” ee THR POPE'S GOOD HUMOR, The Cardinal said it was unfortunate that the English journal should imitate the Capitale, in which there was not the slightest reliance to be placed, since its editors seemed to take pleasure only in misrepresenting facts and abusing the per- son of the Holy Father. From another source I Jearned during the course of the day that such re- ports, far from annoying the Pope, were a source of no little amusement to him, and that on the very evening before, the eve of his eighty-second birth- day, while seated in his easy chair, propped up by pillows, he had begged one of his attendant clergy to read him the Capitate for his own amusement. Should an artist wish fora subject of a painting | what a capitalone he would have in this little incident—a small apartment of the Vatican, lighted dimly by a solitary lamp upon the table; the Holy Father seated in a high arm chair, his head propped up by a pillow, his limbs encased in a@ robe and resting on a footstool, while his features are lighted up with an expression of arch-comic seriousness as he listens to an attendant priest, seated at the opposite side of the table, reading aloud the exaggerated accounts of his own illness! The title could be, “How Pope Pius IX. Celebrated the Eve of His Kighty-second Birthday.” The Holy Father has, I had learned from my con- versation with other members of the Vatican household, a deep-rooted contempt or disregard for all doctors and medicaments. He joves to play well in their presence, and trusts far more to the skill of his monk attendant than to the advice of his three physicians. Very frequently he refuses to take their potions, and, as soon as they have left his side, discards their prescriptions in favor of those made up by the doctor monk of the Vatican. In all this Pope Pius IX. displays a spirit which Is very characteristic of the Roman Chureh, or, perhaps, more properly speaking, of the Vati- can, He trusts more to the efficacy of prayer and the ruling of Providence than to the skill or power of single men, and entertains the belief that God takes good care of his own servants and people and will in due time restore them, if he wishes, to health and to power. ‘THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS BILL. In the course of a long conversation with Cardi- nal Antonelli the subject of the Religious Corpo- rations bill, now under discassion in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, was frequently touched upon. This bill, which affecis the city and province of Rome, will, when passed, suppress the religious orders of the Church; that is, will deprive them legal bodies, permitting them live together simply as private persons. ‘heir property, moreover, will be expropriated by the government, the pro- ceeds invested in stocks and the interest paid to them annually, or the State will put aside an an- nual subsidy (or them, The attempt is being made | by M. Lanza to save the generals of the various orders trom the common ruin, by preserving to them their houses; but there is great opposition to | this saving clause among the radicals, and also of their existence as henceforth to among a large class of the people. { embody in They m yy be considered } a8 the official views of the Vatican, The law is deciared to be a mogt unjust one, and | one most hurt{al to the interests of the Church, | because it takes away from the Pope one of his most effectual means of throughout the world. True, the Members of the orders are not ban- ished from Rome, as were the Jesuits im Germany, but the law aims at the root of the existence of the orders. Their legal existence as acorporate body is an- nulled, Their property is expropriated by the gov- ernment, and at a ruinous loss to the orders them- selves. The flooding of the market with such property prevents the orders from securing a just valuation. Besides this, people in Italy—the faitntul [tallans— Will not purchase such expropriated’ church prop- erty, believing, as they are taught, that no blessing can attend such purchase. “As individuals, then, threatened ?”* “No; as diffusing the faith their existence is not bodies yes, since they become de- pendent, as it were, on the charity of the govern- ment, After the sale the proceeds will be placed to the credit of these institutions, either on the book of the public debt, or in cash. This is the de- cision given some time ago. It does not seem Hs Eminence was nota little amused when—in | probable that anything will be exempted.”” face of the tuformation he had given me, and Which I knew from other sources gaining their Gupplies directly from the Vatican—I showed him ‘the following clippings, taken only the day before and on the same morning {rom an English paper Published in Rome :— “The condition of His Holiness the Pope during ‘the last six days has not been good. His state of health is that of imereased feevleness. He often falls into a state of semi-delirium, and remains for hours in a comatose state, It is feared that any One of those attacks may prove Jatal, in conse- quence of his bodily strength having greatly dimin- ished. His Holiness receives in the library, close to his bedroom, where he is carried in his armehair, and the few and short audiences he gives are while reclining in bis large armchair, more he spends the great part of the day, or in bis bed. The conversations with his intimate friends are gloomy and melancholy, and refiect the Meebie physical state of the Ponti, At night he Tests very little, aud his pulse is inacontinual alter- Sion, At tife extremitics the swelling has in- Creased, and the pains in his spine have aug- Mented in intensity, the complaint of spinite mak- We TeRIG ProgTogs. The doctors are rather alarmed, J “But is not Minister Lanza endeavoring to save the generals of the various orders from the ruin, and this in accordance with the earnest communi- cations on the subject on the part of other Catholic governments of Europe ?” “M. Langa has endeavored and is now endeavor. ing to save them for the Church, But the events of the past two days Nave taught us that we have no leniency to expect at the hands of the present Ministry. The government is urged on by the ultra radicals, and it cannot heip itself’? ‘The incident here referred to was the demonstra- tion of the 11th of May, and the bloodshed in the streets of Rome when the radicals, embittered at being prevented from holding public meetings, en- deavored to approach the Quirinal for the purpose of asking the King to supersede the slow action of the Chathber'@r Deputies, and to issue a decree suppressing the religious orders completely. In their attempt) they came into confict with the police, the resugt of which was two killed, four or Aye wounded monstration was, as [ have intimated in eartler letters, perfectly uncalled-for, and in its demands unconstitutional, and, in fact, gotten up ouly by three or four hundred persons. The energy displayed by the government on the occasion, in preventing a disturbance and in shielding the Catholic dignitaries from abuse and insult, is worthy of all commendation, and has, f am confidently assured, produced a good impres- sion in the Vatican, Had the demonstration not been checked the results might have proved seri- ous enough for the clericalsof Rome. As it was Cardinal Barrile and the Capuchin preacher, Fa- ther Mauri, were seen by the crowds; the former's carriage was smashed in, and both Cardinal and monk narrowly escaped serious injury. Had this spirit not been timely checked it would have been dangerous for any person dressed in clerical robes to have shown himself in the streets. But such demonstrations have one invariable re- sult, They serve to attract sympathy to the party persecuted is the philosophical idea taken by the Vatican, “and people begin to look into the matter for themselves, to get at the truth and not be led by demagogic oratory. Since the persecution of the Jesuits began in Germany and elsewhere a few years ago their number has increased by almost a third, and every day that Order is beceming more consolidated, more powerful, more determined in the faith, willing to die for it as laborers in the vineyard of the Lord.” ‘True, and if the Church has so long maintained the Order of the Jesuits intact, in spite of persecu- tion, she will not tremble now that the legal exist- ence of these orders is taken away, leaving you, however, the men themselves. “The Church,” so answers the Vatican, “has vitality enough still to overcome her enemies. ‘She will finally triumph. But we have need of these orders in the present time of scepticism and oppression more than ever. These orders have becn our missionaries; their chief men, their savans, have ever aided the Holy See by their advice, inasmuch as they were the consulters of the various congregations or religious commit- tees existing in Rome. “Their legal existence dented, living but as sim- ple citizens of the State, their rignt of meeting and discussion can be at any moment denied them, They will no longer be able to live on the amount granted by the State. Their houses have been built at enormous expense; they will not fetch a third of the cost, because of the glut in the mar- ket, and the interest of this third, after deduct ing a large percentage for State taxes, will have to go as far now as heretofore the full interest— untaxed by the State—of the full value, Nor is the State particularly prompt or conscientious in the payment of these stipends, as past years have proved, “It is true the monks escape banishment, but many of the Order must necessarily seek more con- genial homes and peoples, In America,” said Car- dinal Antonelli, in the course of the conversation, “where liberty of conscience and of religion is the prevailing sentiment, nobody interferes with the formation of the religious orders; whereas here, in Italy, the home of the Church, the orders are not only interrupted in their activity, but are to be suppressed.” In Vatican circles the general conviction is that nothing will be saved, not even the houses of the generals of the orders. In regard to the foreign schools, the, foreign establishments wiil-take tue same risks as the others. There will be no exception in their favor. The law will apply to all indiscriminately, But where the property belongs to individual nations, personal property of individuals, citizens of foreign countries, then the protectiou of their government may secure the property from being seized. But even (its 18 not certain, {ft is a fact that foreign establishments in Rome have been obliged to sell the real estate which they had in the city, which served for the support of their Louses (colleges), and all this in order that the property which ts classed under the term mortmain should come into circulation like other property. In short, tue prospects are gloomy at the Vatican. The Vatican deciares that the Italian government has violated the guarantees given to the Pontit and to the Catholic Powers before and after the entering 0! the Italian troops on Roman territory. Catholic Powers nave protested against the sup- pression of the orders and the expropriation of property; but the government, pointing to the re- cent demonstrations, e, what can we do’ The people demand the suppression, root aud says: branch.” THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GERMANY. From the persecutton of the orders in Italy the conversation was directed to the state of aftairs in Germany, especially to the recent measures taken by Prince Bismarck against the Jesuits and the so- called related orders. From the tone maintained by Cardinal Antonelli, in answer to my inquiries, [| am inclined to the view that, although aggravation given by Prussia to the Catholics is deep, and has produced an tatense effect, the policy of the Catholic leaders in Germany will be one of patience and forbear- ing. It is impossible for Prussta to replace Ca- tholicism by its cold Protestantism, which has but little hold even on the aifection of its own people.” “Do you think,” I inquired, “that Prince Bis- marck would go still further in his measures against the Church @ loutrance 2” He thougut he would. He wonid go to the very extreme. ‘The laws already passed are such as to hamper the liberty of the Cuurch completely. They were framed in a way that there is no escape. Even a parish priest could not be appointed with- out the consent of the government, “But it appears to me,” Isai, “that the Old Catholics are the strongest foe which the Vatican has, in Germany and Switzerland.” “In Munich,” was the response, *‘the Old Catholics are few in number, aud their influence among the people is not great.” On this point it seems to me that the Vatican is not properly informed. It is true that Dollinger is conservative, and does not wish to break off connection with the Holy Sec; but his fellow reformers gO much further, and say that if they had the earnest support of the government and a share of the churches were opened to them a third of the people would deciare in their favor, THE POPS AND THE RTERNAL crTy, Returning once more to the subject of the Pope, J ventured to ask a question which seems to be on the lips of 80 many Romans, ‘the Holy Father has so long secluded himself from the world, and has never been seen in the streets of the Eternal City since the occupation by the Italian troops. “Will not the Holy Father,” Lasked, “ever pass through the streets of Rome again?" “Jamais! Jamais!” (Never! Never!) answered the twenty-thpee arrested. Thg O¢- , Gaxdinal Apjana, “They may drive ws gut of wo Vatican by force, but otherwise we shall remain here, die here aud be buried here.” 3 The Cardinal uttered these words with a vehe- meace of tone and action that—so different from the calm manner of his previous words—showed plainly how déeply fixed was the determination of the Pope and his advisers to remain in the Vatican. The reasons for this determination are evident, The Vatican government considers itself wrong- fully despoiled of its temporal possessions; it looks upon thé occupant of the Quirinal as the despoiler; it refuses to acknowledge the justice ofthe conquest which leaves but the palace and grounds of the Vatican as its own. The Pope would be as warmly welcomed in the streets of Rome to-day, if he should pass through it to give the people his blessing, as in olden times. ‘The people, a8 a class, have not lost sympathy and. respect for the venerable Pontiff. Gradually, how- ever, his tong absence wil! have its effect, and they may forget that there lives in the Vatican one who was once their lord, spiritual and temporal. The frat appearance of the Holy Father in Rome would be the sign of reconciliation between the Vatican and the Quirinal, But how would it be interpreted, or rather misinterpreted? The radicals would say, “See, the Holy Father has at length submit- ted. He wishes to become retonciled to us, He has adapted himself to the new ideas!” This was what was said in 1843; they would repeat the sen- timents to-day. But the Vatican has no idea of giving in, On the contrary, hopes are entertained that the Pope will, in God's awn time, be reinstated in his temporal sovereignty. I should have requested an audience of the Holy Father himself had { not known that he is still 0 weak. I nevertheless requested His Eminence to show to His Holiness, from the journals of America, the great interest which is there felt in his health and welfare, which promise is no doubt by this time fulfilled. An interesting fact was communicated tome by the Cardinal in respect to the Pope's method of communication with the world. It is his habit only to address those per- sons who come to visit him or tn answer to special documents sent him. His dominion 5} being the whole world, he does not address himself to any single nation, but to the world at large. In 1871 the Holy Father did indite a letter to the Catholic men of New York, and this document may be seen, { am informed, in the rooms of the Young Men’s Catholic Association (St. Francis Xavier’s). In this letter the Holy Father exhorts the young Catholic men of America to practise the principles of justice, honor and virtue, and on the practise of these principles depends the permanency of the institu- tions of their country. Some time ago he gave an | audience to several Americans living in Rome, and the address he made to them was subsequentiy printed and is, no doubt, familiar to most readers of the HERALD. THE FUTURE CONCLAVE. The question of the future Conclave, though of great interest to the Catholic world, is one concern- ing which the authorities of the Vatican cannot, of course, make any revelations. From the information gathered from various sources, however, I am in- clined to the belief that no other city than Rome will or can be chosen for the meeting of the Con- clave. The greatest secrecy is maintained in rela- tion tothe candidates for the Papal chair, when- ever it shall become vacant. That tae new Pope | will be an Italian seems almost certain, since the majority of the cardinals are of this nationality, and only eleven are foreigners, That forcign Powers have had conferences on the sub- ject 8 now made pretty certain; and the aim of the temporal Powersis directed toward the elec- tion of a Pope who will acknowledge the loss of the Papal temporal power and be inclinea to recon- cile the Chureh with the various States. The power of veto in regard to any proposed candidate Is pos- sessed only by France, Spain, Austria and Portu- ga'. The Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin would doubtless oppose any candidate proposed by. the Jesuits; and Italy, inagreement with France aud Portugal, would demand that the new Pope shall be willing to live on good terms with the Quirinal in the execution of his spiritual functions, ‘The German Cabinet is said to object to te present constitution of the Sacred College, on the ground that the diferent Catholic nations are not | Germany herself has | therein justly represented. but one Cardinal, Hohemlohe, who has not the slightest chance of election, aud even with the two Austrian Cardinals, Schwarzenberg and Rauscher, cangot hope for a commanding voice in the The rumor set afloat some time the Pope would soon create some new Cardinals is omMeciaily de- nied, ir do so the rela- tive Strength of (he various nationalities would not be materially altered. Ever since the Pontifl- cate of Hadrian VI, it seems to have been assumed that the Pope should be an italian, and the coming conclave will hardly deviate from this rule of prac- tice. In respect to tie inguence of foreign govern- ments on the Sadred College, iam justified in say- ing that comparatively little attention will be paid to foreign goverfments in the conclave. Nearly ail the European governments have abandoned the Church, and it is not very likely therefore that the Church will trouble itself mach about their wishes, During the Vatan Council the diplomatic indu- ence Oi foreign nations was altogether dispensed with, This wasa thing at that time unheard of in the history of the Church, and Napoieon was much | cut about the slight. The Cliurch feels itself capa- bie of deciding its own aifairs to suit its own wants and interests, and im the coming conclave the wishes of foreign governments may be duly con sidered, but their power of veto will hardly come into effect. I would add that the information incorporated in the paragraph on the conclave does not emanate from the Vatican. My sources are, nevertheless, good and deserve consideration. I trust I have in the foregoipg given the views entrusted to me faithtuily. conclave, ago that dozen Even he should | | | | | | MRS. BISHOP ON BAIL Brought Up in a Police Court on a Charge of Perjury. Mrs, Eleanor F. Bishop, well known through her connection with the Bishop divorce suit, was held to ball for examination on a charge of perjury at the Yorkville Police Court yesterday. The charge was based ona complaint entered by Mrs, Bishop in the Sapreme Court, in which she swore that Mrs. Bissick, of 120 West Forty-ftourth street (in whose house Mr. Bishop lives with his child) had assaulted her and threatened to shoot her, Mrs, Bishop at first refused to give bail, being willing, she said, to go to prison for the sake of right and justice, as her triend Train had done. She succumbed, however, when about being sent down stairs, and concluded to accept her liberty at the hands of Mr. O'Brien, Justice Coulter's brother-in-law, whd kindly volunteered to go her bail for examination, which was set down ior the 16th of June, A complaint was also made against her by Mr, Bishop, who charged her with disorderly SPINEL. hut Do activa Waa (AKER OO (Ul | constituted the glory of the sanctuary. Laying the Corner Stone Yestorday—Addromes by the Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Dowling and Others—Rationslism Denounced. An immense concourse of people assembled yes- terday afternoon to witness and participate in the ceremony attending the taying of the corner stone of the new free Presbyterian tabernacle for Rev. T. De Witt Tatmage’s congregation, on Schermer- horn, between Nevins and Powersstreets, Brooklyn. The new church willbe one of the largest in the country. It will give at least one-half more seating accommodation than the old one, with opportunity for enlarging to the extent of an additional good- sized chureh, The building will be 150 fect by 112. ‘The front will have a large central gable, with a deeply recessed six-light window (twenty-two feet by forty feet) above gallery floér, with a double storied colonnade on each side, terminat- ing on ends ‘with aMgular_ porches about fifty feet high, A covered portico, with stone flooring, will be thereby secured, about 140 feet long, with door openings equal to an outlet of 15 feet irom ground floor. Eight staircases, com- municating’ with galleries, are so constructed ag to be outside and independent of the main building, and so as not to conflict with the delivery from lower floor. After securing the best supposed conditions for sceing, hearing, lighting and ven- tilation, the whole matter will be developed archi- tecturally, and built very substantially of stone and brick, with no external wood work excepting the coors, all window tracery, &c., being of stone. ‘the seats and internal fnishings will be black walnut. Three large ornamental coronas, of about two hundred lights each, will form a prominent feature in lighting the building. An organ of great compass and sweetness is being built in New York. LAYING THE CORNER STONE. A platform had been erected over the south- Western corner of the foundation and uear the Street for the clergymen who were to take part in the exercises and spectators, It was soon crowded, and proved to be a very uncomfort- able place, as it was exposed to the full blaze of the sun. The street fronting the grounds was also densely crowded, while from the windows of the opposite houses many wituessed the ceremonies, Mr. Talmage presided, and was surrounded by numerous clergymen of the various Protestant denominations, Superintendent B. R. Corwin, of the tabernacle; trustees and other officers of the church, The exercises were opened at fonr o'clock by singing, which was conducted by Mr. George Stowe, the precentor, Rev. Dr. Dowling then read the 1221 Psalm and delivered a prayer; after which ; Mr. Talmage addressed the assemblage as {ol- lows :— ADDRESS OF MR. TALMAGE. ‘This is a day for which our souls have longed. There is a great contrast between the audience as- sembled this afternoon and the audience assembled on that cold December Sabbath when the old taber- nacle was in flames, To-day there is a holy joy on the countenances of the people. Then there were sorrow and terror, The tears of Christ’s servants froze as they fell, and many good people, standing in this very place on that very day, said within their souls, “Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Is His mercy clear gone forever? and will He be tavor- able no more?’ But our sorrow has been turned into singing. Helping hands have been raised on all sides. The blessing of God has ac- companied our efforts for the rebuilding of the Lord's house. There is hardy @ mail that comes across the water but brings ietters from England and Scotland and Ireland with contributions tor the erection of this build- ing, Showing that we have the sympathy oi the Christian world and their practical help. I am giad to have on the platform to-day the representa- tives of the different evangelical denominations in this country. I shall not occupy the time which may be Cn hes by them in giving us good coun- seland words of encouragement. Let this build- ing rise for the worship of Almighty God and for the proclamation of the old gospel that Paul announced and Baiter preached and Edward Payson prayed— “God so loved the world tiat He gave His only be- gotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” For the proclamation of those glorious etruths this church 18 to be erect in contradistinction to the MODERN RATIONALISM AND HUMANITARIANISM, wich which we have no sympathy atall. If the Gospel of Jesus Christ cannot save this world— thoroughly reform it—then it never will be saved, it never will be reformed. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel irom everlasting to everlasting, and let the whole earth be filed with His glory. Amen and amen. The corner stone will now be formally laid by the Rey, Dr. irenaeus Prime, of the Presby- verian Uhurch. The venerable Dr. Prime then advanced to the stone, in which had been deposited a copy of the Holy Scriptures and religious papers, and said :— “Now, [ lay the corner stone in the name ot the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Upon this firm foundation may there rise a houseofGod—the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God and Father o! our Lord Jesus Christ, our Father's God and our God—a house to be the resting and abiding place ot the Churcn of the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be the praise, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever, shali be, world without end, amen.” So saying, the Doctor struck (he stone three times witha mason’s ham- ‘The stone contained the following inscrip- “Brooklyn Tavernacie. Built 1870; de- stroyed by fire Pecember 22, 1872; rebuilt 1573." ADDRESS OF DR. DOWLING. Rev. Dr. Dowling, of the Baptist Church, a New York clergyman, next addressed the assemblage. He said that the iaying of the corner stone was 2? enterprise which, li seemed to him, belonged te particular section of the hosts of God's elect. It Was an enterprise in which Christians in general, without distinction of name, can implore the bless ing of God vad heartily bid you God speed. Some may ask, continued the speaker, as the children among tle tribes of Israel sometimes asked, “What meun ye by this service *” Does it not partake, some may siy, atleast in part, of the ritualism or the formality of an apostate church? If I thought it did you wontd not find me here to-day. If you asked for ihe precedent for a service like the present, T might turn you to the Old Testament, where we read that the tribes of Israel had re- turned from their captivity and were rearing the second Temple. Dr, Dowling spoke of the Teinple and the prophecy tn Haggal, that the glory of that second Temple would be greater than the glory of the first. ‘The reason was, that during the contin- uance of-that second Temple the Son or God was to appear on earth. Jesus said, “I wili fillkthis house with my giory.” The natural deduction from that was that the presence of the Jord Jesus Christ Theretore, let me tell you whoure engaged in the enterprise of erecting this place of worship, that if you would have such a promise as that fulfilled in this house, and these spactous grounds should be filled with the glory of the Lord, then you must make Christ the central pomt m the whole of 1 heartily congratulate you on this do it with the utmost con- fidence because f have long known your pastor and his devoted attachment to the doctrine uf Clirist, He may have HIS PECULIARITIES. All of us have our peculiarities, Some may, perhaps. term them eccentricities. Some may think, ‘periaps, we wander in sermons irom Dan to Beersheba. Suppose we do; never mind, if we don't go out of Israel! (Laughter.) Not long ago I saw a letter written by @ most honored and one of the most distinguished preachers in Christendom, some say the most distinguished. It was Charles Spurgeon, of London. He had been reading one of the volumes of T. De Witt Taimage, and, writing to this country, he remarked in substance :— “{ sometimes wonder that my sermous should be honored and blessed of God to the saivation of niany precious souls; but when I read the sermons of T. De Witt mage I don't Wonder at these sermons shoud be blessed to the conversion of sin- fier } peaant that as honorable testimony, and allow me td oxpgess {he hopé that so long as these walls shail stad they may echo with tne glorious Gospel of the blessed God—not the rationalism of the present oat but that blessed, gloriow th Which places the Lord Jesus Christ in the centre; which makes much of His divinity, of His atone- ment and the inttuence of the Holy Spirit in regen- eration, and which gives all the glory of our sulva- tion, from beginning to end, to God himselt. ‘An address by the Rey. Dr, William H. Ward, of the Congregational Church, followed, and the ex- ercixes were brought to a close-with the benedi tion, pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Graves. The as- semblage then dispersed. DEATH OF AN OLD SALT. Noble Recognition of His Services—Hon. ors to His Memory. At the Oatman House in the Bowery, on Friday, died suddenly James Tolan, an old ssilor, who had served in the Untted States Navy fora period of over twenty-five years in active service. Al- thongh in the general acceptation of rhe term only a common sailor, the deceased was a man who en- joyed the Universal respect of the oficers of the Davy to agreat extent. Tolan was preparing to go out on the United States steamer Alaska, dles- tined for the Mediterranean squadron, at the time of bis demise. Being entirely friendiess, Captain Ralph Chand- ler, commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, re- tted the case to Admiral Rowan, who ordered The interment of the deceased in the government ands at Brooklyn ‘to-day, which will be done under the auspices of Captain Chandler, Com- mander G, ©. Wiltse, Dr. Nellis end Chief Engineer Henderson, all of the United States Navy. The de- ceased entered the service at Boston in 1846, made his first cruise in the frigate Independence, in the Pactfic Ocean, also participating in the +Mexican war, and has served faithtuily ever since. At the expiration of oy enlistment he received an honoral arge. The action of Captain Chandler, with whom Tolan served for a long time, and the humanity of ‘Admiral Rowan, saves the dead payor from veiwg Quried ia # pauper'’s GraYy Public Feeling Regarding the Confession of the Young Parricide. HIS DEMEANOR IN THE TOMBS. Private Letters of the Late Mansfield Tracy Walworth toa Dear Friend—The In- ner Life of the Dead Author— His Moral Aspirations. The extraordinary confession of Frank A, Wal- worth was much talked of-in the city yesterday, and the comments made upon it were not at all favorable to the prisoner. The opinion is now al- “most universal that young Walworth came from Saratoga with the express purpose of killing nis father, trusting that society would justify him im the act. Ho had evidently become a prey to his real or fancied wrongs, and had become 80 worked up with them that he imagined any one else would take the same view of them as himself. Jt remaing to be seen whether society will justify him in hia act. At present it does not look as if it would. The prisoner bears himself in the Tombs in hia usual cool manner. He eats his meals regularly and smokes almost incessantly. He receives a few of hisintimate friends who call, but says nothing about the murder, acting in this respect according to the advice of his counsel. If the case goes be- fore the Grand Jury to-morrow and a true bill be found against the prisoner it is likely that he will be speedily brought to trial, and his supposed be- lief that society will exonerate him from the com- sequences of his crime will then be fully tested, MANSFIELD TRACY WALWORTIDS LETTERS. He was n Mason—His Affection for His Father—Inside View of His Literary Life--What His Kricnd, Mr. Morris Phillips, Says of Him. A Heravp representative had the pleasure ofam interesting conversation with Mr. Morris Phillips, of the Home Journal, yesterday, touching his ac- quatntance with the late Mansfield Tracy Wal- worth, While regretting to say anything for pub- lication which might appear like an obtrusiom upon the public, Mr. Phillips expressed his entire willingness to speak of bis dead friend as he knew him in the intimate rela- tions of a long and chertshed friendship, He said that he had been astonished at the extent and. character of the defamation of the dead author's character since his murder. It had been charged that Mr. Walworth was an intemperate man, yet during their jong acquaintance he had often noticed. and spoken of his abstinence. The author had been a welcome guest in his own family circle, but had never manifested the slightest inclination for drink, His’ only beverage was a glass of beer daily. Instead of being extravagant with his money.and “loud” in his dress, he did not practise the com- mon American habit of “What will you take?” nor did he wear jewelry or make any display in his ap- parel not becoming a refined gentleman. Mr. Phil- lips placed at the disposition of the HERALD repre- sentative A PACKET OF LETTERS, written by Mr. Walworth during the year 1869, when his best and most tamous novel, “Warwick,’? was the fashionable romance. These letters, from which are taken the extracts below, furnish the best key to Mr. Walworth’s character and touch upon matters which have either been misrepre- sented or grossly exaggerated. They were written to his ami de confiance and reveal his literary in- dustry, his paternal reverence and his honorable ambition to become a writer whose words might be received with favor and applause among tle large audience he addressed. The motive of Mr. Phillips is, now that the memory of his dead triend is assailed with unjust violence, and often with bitter calumny, to permit Mr. Walworth to speak through these letters when his tongue is for- ever sealed in death. HIS LITERARY INDUSTRY. Writing from Albany, in the year 1869, Mr. Manse fleid Tracy Walworth says:— 1am working very hard—harder than ever be- fore in my lite. In ten months I have written and prepured ior publication over two thousand pages of foolscap, besides writing several hundred letters on biographical inquiries, and this in ad- dition to almost daily study of printed authorities: and ancient newspapers. My dear friend, don’t you hope that [ will succeed? Tara very ambitious of literary fame, and desire most earnestly that it shall be of that nature that will benefit rather than injure the souls of readers. ‘There is something in my organization that will not permit me to seek fame through the medium of the prurient issues of the press, so Lopular here and in Eng- Jand. in the book which I have dedicated to you can be found, I believe, no suggestion of evil to sena the blush to the purest and sweetest cheek in Christendom. THE CRITICS. The Boston Transcript economically grouped “Warwick,” “Hilt to Hilt’? and joud on the Heart,” and noticed ail three favorably in a fifteen- jine notice. This was very funny, {| think it will | soon condense the Lords Proyer, Ten Command- ments and the Creed into four lines, and say them before going to bed, to save time, for time is money these days. It spoke well of the three books, So we Must not complain, “ WARWICK’ SHALL SEL." By the eternal Jupiter, the critics can’t put me down, and this “Warwick” shall sell, by Jove! HIS AFFECTION FOR HIS FATHER. 41 CHAPEL StREET, ALBANY, N. Y., July 10, 1869,. My Dear Paru.irs:— Ihave been studying in my mind how to show you some Perteaeae token of my regard for your efticient friendship in battling thus ior “Warwick.” Thave at last hit upon something which I think will gratify you and at the same time be @ memo- Trial, among’a higher order of intellects than those wno read novels, of my regard and gratitude. The life of my first Chancellor (Livingston), by the ap- probation of his niece, Mrs. William B. Astor, is to be dedicated to her. The lite of my last Chancel- lor, whose legal fame is well known among the Chancery jurists of England, and whitch life shall be the fullest and ablest my pen can trace, the life of Chancelior Walworth. will be dedicated to my friend Morris Phillips, that in every public library of this land and of Kngland a memorial of my affec- tion may remain when lam gone, God bless you. Your friend, M. T. WALWORTH. MANSFIELD T, WALWORTH WAS A MASON. My father was Grand Master of Masons in this State, being elected Grand Master in June, 1853, and a most zealous Mason he was toe. I am col- lecting all his Masonic history to tnsert in his life, as Tam of all Chancellor Livingston's Masonic history who was also Grand Master of this State. Chancellor Walworth was also a member of the “Inetable and Sublime Grand Lodge of Perfec- tion.” [have myself peen initiated in three de- recs Of Masonry, and am consequently a Master jason, and all of my father’s so suits of Ma- sonic regalia have fallen to me. Three of my - cellors—Walworth, Livingston and peat tae Masons, and I shall insert in their lives all nic incidents I can collect, : Mr. Phillips has many more private letters in his possession of a similar nature, but these few ex- tracts serve to show that every question has tts bright as well as its dark side, THE JONES’ WOOD BALLOON ASCENSION. ‘The balioon ascension at Jones’ Wood yesterday waa not a success, A very small crowd was as« sembled to witness it. The balloon was not charged with suftictent gas, and imstead of carry~ ing the aeronaut as far as Fiushing, L. 1, as he promised it would, it landed him on the greem shore of Blackwell's Island, and the spectat with laughter, accepted the accident in its satiri light. The festivities of the picnic continued dur- ing the evening, unmindful of the chagrin of the balleon man and the passing disappointment caused by the failure of his attempt. BOARD OF POLICE. Appointments of Physicians. Ata meeting of the Board of Police het yester> day afternoon the following physicians were ap- pointed :—Ninth precinct, W. H. Ensign, 446 West Twenty-fourth street; Fifteenth precinct, 8. R. El- Hott, 726 Broadway; Eighteenth precinct, J. F. Fer~ guson, 100 East Nineteenth street; Nineteenth Cinct, J. Robie, 205 East Fiftieth street, and J. V. Se Wooley, 153 East Seventy-eighth street; Twenty— first precinct, H, D. Nivoll, 267 Madison avenue, and Joseph Worater, 115 Kast 130th pis =O ond precinct, 5. B, Ward, 206 y-second street; Twenty-ninth precine' Pr 1s etry nat te i olh Ageebe ‘a West Thirty-fourth street Raborg, 267 Weat uty , ‘J