The New York Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1873, Page 3

= POWERFUL PETTICOATS The Last Agonies of the , Woman’s Congress. Free Love Furiously Frowned Upon Forever. “She Who Rocks the Cradle Rules the World.” CHAUNCEY BARNES AND HIS 10,000 ANGELS, The High-Toned and High-Minded Make a New Departure and Go Home to Sigh No More. A Brilliant Blaze of Beauty and Bifurcated Benevolence at the Closing Reception, | iast evening, at half-past nine o'clock, the Woman’s Congress closed its labors, after a pro- longed session of three days and three nights. A blaze of glory surrounded its expiring moments, for a reception was given to its guests at which a large number of beautiful, graceiul and well bred women were gathered together to hold communion for the last time pending their next annual “gathering. Hereafter the woman's. movement promises to be of & more conservative Mature than it was hitherto professed ‘to acknowledge. The free love element, to use a horrid masculine expression, has virtually been kicked out of the Congress, and hereafter tt must do its howlings and have its hallucinations in a separate body of itsown. In fine, the Girondins have left the mountain, and the scattered but pumerous followers of Victoria Woodhull can no longer place the responsibility of their doctrines upon that large body of American women who wish in their hearts to be loyal to the marriage tle, but who prefer to have as few children as possible. Yesterday morning at ten o’clock the Congress reassembied at the Union Square Theatre. There was a very large and fashionable audience, a num- ber of private carriages and broughams having de- posited a number of fair-haired and dark-haired dissenters at the door, Prayer was offered by the Rey. Mrs, Losee, or ‘Sister Losee,” as she is called, who is famous in connection with the Sea Cliff liti- gation, which bas created such a disturbance among the followers of John Wesley. The Execu- tive Committee, under the wise guidance of Mrs. Charlotte Wilbour, who has proved herself to be the Mme. Roland, of the conservative Movement, had determined that nothing from the smal! suffrage and free love element should Mar the harmony of the movement. A lady named Mrs. Lucinda B. Chandler, who has a very pleasant and rather sentimental face, and who ‘wore a dark green small striped silk dress, read a paper on the inevitable ‘““Mothertiood” business, Some of her views as expressed were certainly of ® startling nature, and her text was:—‘“She who rocks the cradle rules.” Some of the ideas in Tegard to the manu‘acture of species were very advanced, and can hardly be produced in the HERALD, Still the lady was applauded to the echo, and her paper was voted to be an excellent one. That storied veteran, the Rev. ANTOINETTE Brown BLacKWELL, delivered a paper entitied “Relation of Woman in the Household to Woman’s Work Outside.’ She said that our housekeepers’ sitting at night over their sewing machines after a hard day’s work is a contest of rufling and tucking against nerve. AS an experiment she recom- mended: an occasional exchange of household duties, and believed that one day of baby tending and bread making would go far to human- ize a husband, and would enable the whole family to sleep at night. She thought that the work of the world must soon be divided afresh upon some principle of common sense, and she was weary of hearing that men outgrow their wives mentally—although 1t was, uniortunately, true. She believed that woman should live to be ninety years of age. Man was entitied to three score years and ten, and woman certainly to twenty years more. Her claim for woman was three hours’ leisure a day; this would give her time to vote, and to cultivate both mind and body in so healthful a manner that she will be in her prime at filty, and then she should be eligible to any office from schooi trustee to President. Mrs. CaDY STANTON, With her massive and hand- some face, and her silvery curls, came on the plat- Jorm to reply to a paper which had been read the receding evening on ‘“Inviolable Home.” Mrs, Rtanton believed not in isolated households, but in co-operative housebolds, where two or three families might combine to enjoy luxuries as well as comforts, Mrs. Blackwell then stated that woman was capable of improving her self under any and all circumstances, JuLIA WarD Howse, looking fatigued, but ener- ees in manner, rose and read a very charming letter from jtaly pertinent to the subjects belore the Congress. Elizabeth Peaboay, a venerable lady, described the rise and progress and doings of the Boston University in glowing colors. Follow- ing the last speaker came Miss Helen L. D. Potter, @ tall and graceful lady, who took the platform an held her hearers enchained for nearly an hour on the subject of “Woman in Industrial Art.” Her delivery was so good and her subject matter so thoroughly indicative of research and hard study that the audience rewarded her with a hearty ap- lause at the close of the paper. She regretted hat America was behind all other nations of the world in industrial art, and she believed ‘that night schools should be established to make men and women proficient in the noble department Oi art, Miss Potter did not hope to make America @ nation of art scholars and actual artists, but she hoped and believed that the number and ability of artists might be increased and that a fleld might be created for the employment of women, who were any, adapted for designing in silverware, tex- tile fabrics and the lighter branches of art, as well as in the line of mechanical drawings. Mrs. Livermore, in her sturdy and combative Way, gave some advice to young women, telling them that every one should fight her own battle in ‘this world, regardiess of all opposition, A recess ‘was then taken to permit of luncheon and other creature comiorts, and while the reporter of the HERALD Was awaiting further progress a tall man with a gray beard came to the table allotted jor the press, and, taking of a huge and aggravating stove pipe hat, said, “I am Chauncey Barnes, the chosen disciple of the Lord, and | sent an essay to the Executive Committee, but they won't hear tt or have it read. Now, give me a show, Mr. Reporter, and here is my circular right from the Redeemer.” The man looked very wild and threatening as he pulled the following sulphurous circular from his pocket and dashed it madly on the table :— THE COMING MAN WITH THE WARNING VOICE. Behold! I, Jesus of Nazareth, have come with 10,000 of my saints and ministering spirits, with my chosen disci- dies, to fulfil my prom! and have made choice ot Chauncey Barnes as my disciple to go forth with the warning voice, and to ud and spare not, that the Kingdem of God i at h i to warn the people and Bations and kingdoms and all governments that do not harmonize with the fundamental principles of God's vine government, cannot stand, and, of course, must die; and through my chosen servant will I, Je ‘recon- struct my government on earth asin heave! hold | great crisis in the history of nations is at hand, iously and politically and social 3 struggle of class interest is impending, orers: who reaped down your felds, and have created in the past about all of your wealth, of the ions, and as yet have received but @ very litle of it in this generation, they are ut to demand and to entorce thelr rights therefore, seoing all of these troubles coming upon you Ido tel it my duty to send forth my angels and ihe inhadeants of earth: ands to prepare tanect Their God. The d iscsple, Barnes, whom 1 have chosen from bis fishingboat, ‘eter of Was chosen to go forth with the warning vol ye him, and resist hi i open your heey nd on ath to “say unt churches, po of me, tor I have niadfested myself to him ut ave to no others on earth, and demonstrated to him my govermment to be on earth asin heaven; but 0, the od, one baptism, which ts Mich is Christ and. the one Church. Ye ‘have re piricand the letter killeth, but the spirit quick and giveth life; you therefore will have a spirit érnment, founded upon Christ, religiously:and pi it which is freedom to all those that look for my appearing and Mi ed ear to my voice, for, behold! I am here tteuding me. ‘With 10,00 angels attending Me. OF NAZARETH, n disciple, Chauncey Barné, fn and through my cneren ase IOAN PROBUS 4 _ Dnring the interegnum between the morning and aiternoon meeting Of the Congress the association ‘went into executive session in the picture gallery, and the folding doors were closed upon the vulgar ‘world of outsiders. A terce battle was conducted for nearly three-quarters of an bour by some of the adherents of the Woodhull party to make an amendment to the constitution of the association, so as to have members adiwitted on parment of NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1873—TRIPLK SHEET. the initiation fee and by a vind voce vote of the members already elected. It was of no avail, however, and, though Isabella Beecher Hooker fought manfully for it, the life was beaten out of the amendment, and Mrs. Livermore carried the day in the vay that Jobn Reus carries bis meas- ures through the Tammany Hall General Commit- tee. And this amounts amounts practically to an ostracism of Victoria Woodhull in the new wo- man’s organization forever and forever. ‘The afternoon session or the Congress presented @ very picturesque and charming scene, The hall was crowded to its utmost capacity with richly dressed and handsome women, and the Stage was filled with ladies who had assumed as it were involuntarily, graceful groups, such as are never seen among men in @ public assemblage. Standing near the door was Lillian Edgarton, a tail and beautiful woman, with a wealth of brown hair, a loity brow and a bewitching pair ol eyes, a blue silk scarf coiled carelessly around her shoulders and bosom, and wearing a rich black sulk; while Mrs. Corbin from out West sat back on the stage near Maria Mitchell. Her black silk dress, with great black buttons and great velvet bands, called forth the admiration of all present, She was declared by unanimous con- sent to be the best dressed woman in the Congress. And, although they will talk of reform in dress, they don’t mean a word of it, bless their souls. Miss Kate Hilliard, the President of the Brooklyn Woman's Clab, who is the daughter ofa man onge celebrated in American history, sat DacK niodestly in her halt mourning gray and black dress, wear- ing glasses, her torehead showing a rare order of intelligence, And Maria Jordan = West- moreland, a lady from _ Georgia, tall, gracelul and dark-eyed, with aquiline nose and = lithesom figure, and enveloped with that indefnable gface and charm of manner which is the peculiar property of well born and re- fined Southern, of all American women. Phoebe Cousins, of St. Louis, the young lady lawyer, dressed in the height of fasnion, and who is said to be the best legal and historical scholar of the Congress, sat behind the Chairwoman—we veg pardon, the Chairman—her deep and scintillating lack eyes glancing with great rapidity over all the sea of upturned faces. Ah! happy is the client wno retains such counsel. And there was Lucy Stone, with her caim, placid and honest face, her figure maeronts and dressed with care and propriety in & heavy black siik, taking subscriptions jof the Woman's Journal, of which, she fe caterean her features plowing and ragy with Sealth, and Mary F. Davis, her body nectie and her expression one of thoughtful anxle’y tor the spiritual welfare of the heath: @hd The unbelieving Gentile, Then there wus Loulsé Woodworth Foss, of Boston, a sump- tuous looking blonde, who possesses considerable dramatic ‘talent, as her delivery of ‘Charley McCrea” proved, and the v. Phoebe. Hanford, the minister of twelve years’ standing, ead Sarah J. Spencer, of Wasitington, who believes in the “dual relation of the sexes,” and Caroline A. Soule, who had good sense enough to make her Way throu h the world unaided, and that graceful writer and enthusiastic scholar, Abby G. Woolson, the best specimen of the cultured New England woman of Brahminical caste in the Congress. But why entarge upon the theme? It was an un- peralted gathering of its kind, and its like may not e seen again, however their doctrines and theories may offend the old-fashioned and: honest men aud women who comprise that part oi the public who do not believe in “progress,” when spelled with a big “P.” In the afternoon session a paper was read.entitled “The Readmission of Women to the Medical Pro- fession,”? which had been written by Mary Putman Jacobi, and it did not come up to the high ante- natal expectations that were formed of it. The paper severely criticised the insufiicient training given to women who adopt the medical profession. It was not wonderful that the public do not put any faith or confidence in women who had not de- served their diplomas by sufficient training. Few of them go beyond the position of having to ask the opinion of a consulting Pela on whom the responsibility is thrown of both treatment and diagnosis, At this juncture a lady announced from the plat- form that Dr. Dio Lewis and his wife, of Philadel- phia, had contributed $100 toward the publication of the papers read in the Congress, Mrs. Liver- more then introduced Miss Catharine Beecher, an old and feeble lady, who expressed her regrets that she was not able to speak loud enough to be heard in the hall. She added that she had been suffering {rom malaria, but that she was glad to see such a complete and perfect union among the conservative women of America. She believed that the period of woman's suffering und sorrow ma enden and that a beautiful 1uture was opening 0 them. Mrs, Dr. DINSMORE FRENCH, & medium-sized and compact-looking lady, with a thoroughbred face and wearing a very costly lace shawl over her shapely shoulders, stated that there were on); three medical colleges in the country in whic Women seeking the medical proiession had Jair privileges. Mrs. Dr. Mix, a rotund-faced lady, wearing a ™man’s blue frockcoat, a man’s neektie and a man’s shirt collar, all of which were surmounted bya joily, jaunty jockey hat, and who was standing hear the doorway, declared that she had received a diploma as an M. D, six years ago irom the Ecletic Medical College of the city of New York. Mrs, MARIA JOURDAN- WESTMORELAND came to the platiorm, and, looking like one of Titian’s high-born dames, said, in a sweet and low, but dis- tinct voice, that there was a great necessity for close union between the women of the North and the South. She hoped that lecturers would be sent throughout the South in order to awaken the ladies of that section to immediate action. Mrs. Westmoreland further stated that she would gladly give any lecturers letters of introduction to the first Pate of the south in order to furtber the common object. This lady is well known in the literary world, and is the authoress of the novels “Heart Hungry” and “Clifford Troup.” Mrs, CAROLINE FAIRFIELD CORBIN read a paper written by Mrs. Frances G. Willard, who was un- able to be present. Mrs, Corbin wore her own hair without any stufing and was not gifted with a panier. 1s, ELIZABETH/K, CHURCHILL, of Rhode Island, read a paper on ‘‘Temperance.” She said that there was one rum-mul jor ety 126 persons in New York, and that marriage with an intemperate or licentious man was not simply a blunder—it was acrime! Let women exact from men the same urity and piety which they demand from women. White at the Boston. Jubilee she heard one ot Strauss’ waltz piayed, which Was calied “Wine, Women and Song."” in the title was outrageous, Mrs. Lovisa WoopwortH Foss, of Boston, recited the stirring ballad of “Charlie McCree,” which was warmly received by the audience, The afternoon session was then closed. When the Congress reassembled, at half-past seven o’clock, interesting papers were read by Miss Phebe Cousins and other ladies. At ten o'clock the Congress wound up with a brilliant reception of elegantly dressed and accomplished women, and in the glare and glitter of the gaslight and in the gossip of a thousand teminine tongues the first Woman’s Congress of America was brought to a conclusion, WOODHULL AT COOPER INSTITUTE. — ooo A Large Crowd Disappointed in Hear- ing 2 Respectable Lecture. At the Cooper Institute last evening a crowd of at least 4,000 people assembled to hear Mrs. Wood- hull lecture. Before eight o’clock the aisles and entrances were completely filled, and the report- ers’ area in front of the stage was invaded and the reporters swamped. After that hour there was room nowhere in the hall for the numbers who came to see and hear the fair lecturess, In the audience was a large clement of women of an in- definable status, not exactly of the leisure nor of the working class. On the platiorm were a good many old stagers, who may be found at any time at a free love or spiritualistic séance, A few young girls, with prematurely old and knowing faces, were mixed in among the older dames, Mrs. Woodhull and her sister were present at the back of the stage some little time betore the hour appointed for the lecture. The audience amused themselves while waiting for the speaker by an interchange of chaff. When the Woodhull ad- vanced to the front she was greeted with turbu- lent applause, intermingled with hisses. She was dressed in a black skirt, with a black braided jacket fitting tight around the waist and with the collar turned up about the neck. She wore a small crimson tie above her bosom, and her hair, parted near the middie, fell in a careless cut over her ears and down the turned-up collar of her jacket. She was flushed in the face, and, at times, her voice broke up like the notes of a dilapidated flute, but in the main she managed to make herself heard with clearness, There were no policemen to be seen, and, consequently, there was a FREE AND EASY BEHAVIOR among the vast Lat 4 that is not commonly ex- hivited by Cooper Institute audiences, ‘Go in, old gall’? “Wet your whistle, old woman!” and such like expressions of encouragement resounded from various parts of the hall, A number of the ladies belonging to the decorous body of agitators assembled at the Union League Club House paid a visit to the hall, as it was understood the lectur- ess intended to pay her respects to them in choice language. In this they were disappointed, and so were pT hed many more who came there with the hope of hearing naughty words on beef sub- Jects. Indeed, the Cooper Institute may be filled to overflowing at any time by whoever will announce a lecture of the “Black Crook” kind, THR OBSCENITY which was expected from Woodhull and her sister Was not afforded, and the vast congregation of Prurient minds was happily disappointed. How- ever, there was enough of blasphemy substituted to make up for the omission of the other article and ratly the many corrupt and hoary headed old sinners who came co listen, The subject of the lecture was, “Reformation or Revolution— Which Out of this it was hoped by the “Black Crook’ audience the lady would evolve her notions on free love and break over into forbidden pas- tures with her castomary abandon of speech, But she fatied to cater to the peculiar tastes of the young store clerks aud the old lecherous Vagabonds who attended. She confined herself chi to a dry discussion of politics, At Wmeg she laid the copy of her lecwxe dema agd. She thought the association’ poe up and down the platform, retorting on er unruly hearers that they were a set of IGNORANT SLAVES, only fit for a despotism, which was surely coming, with Ulysses S. Grant at its head, The slaves would yell heartily over these hits and Woodhull Would smile and look pleased. Cries to speak “louder,” when the speaker was doing her best and making herself plainly heard, were met by frantic attempts on the part of Woodhull to transcend the limits of her voice, and, of course, ended in lament- able and amusing failure. The main point of her address was meant to be the prediction that, ina few months or so, a bloody revolution would hap- pen, everything be turned topsy turvey and all sorts of wildnesses be enacted. On the sex to which she is assumed to belong she spoke thusly :— I say that the present soctal sem, enforced both by law and a falsely educated public opinion, makes every woman dependent for supyort, and omiort upon some Man, and itdoes not give the least Eousideration aa 46 Whether she obtains it oF not. It aayn to her—Here ls eory, live b: ou can: die ‘ou must, an the devil take the unfortunate, We, thie government, we, the men to whom beiong all the realities of this world, ecan’tdo anything more for you except you become @ social outcast, as they gracefully ‘call unfor- tunate women, ‘when we will perhaps patronize you as our demands require. I repeat again, and I wish my Voice could reach the ear and the soul of every man and woman in the world, that the theory of our social system is that women are dependent upon men, and that to secure lupport they must marry and merge their identity and individuality in some and then it Iéaves her unmindful and indifferent as to whether she secure it or not, She ceased speaking at nine o'clock an 9 “Crook” audience then oye usly ala ne the epuearance of Tennie 0, ping she might give them the spice t at tho other failed to furnish, but Tennie C. retired ahd somebody declered the meet- ing was adjqurned, and finaily the crowd went home, . -~ ~TOB NATIONAL CENTENNIAL, Detailed Explanations by the Competing Architects. Estimates for the Building from $2,000,000 to $10,000 000—Religious Progress— The Clergy of the Country Appealed To for Aid PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17, 1873. According to the announcement made in the HERALD the Centennial Committee on Plans and Architecture met at ten A. M. yesterday, and listened to the explanations of the de- signers, Among those heard were Messrs. Collins, Autenreith, McArthur, Wilson, Simms, Sidney, Gatelel and Sloan, Each spoke for about three- quarters of anhour., After the gentlemen nad de- veloped their plans to the fullest extent and answered all the questions put to them upon various points the meeting adjourned until to-day. At ten o’clock this morning the committee again met and listened to the explanations of all the architects who had not been heard before. The difficult part of the business was begun, and the next thing in order is the final decision, At the present hour the committee are stillin secret ses- sion, and, with brief intermission, will continue thus daily until the desired result is arrived at. Of course no one can tell to what extent the committee were influenced by what the architects said, or to what measure any particular plan takes precedence of all the others. There are so many minor questions to be brought up appertain- ing to heat, light, ventilation and drainage that many days must elapse before any idea can be formed as to the direction in which the final de- cision is likely to be made, Thus far the estimates for tne different plans vary all the way from $2,000,000 to $10,000,000. Occupying pens place in one of the grandest classifications of subjects and exhibits which have ever been made for any exhibition—17. ¢., that one already adopted forthe American Cen- tennial building—the r ader finds the following under the general subject of Religious Organiza- tions and Systems :— Class 941.—Origin, nature, growth and extent of various religious systems and sects, Statistical and historical facts, Class 942.—Religious orders and societies and their objects. Ciass 943,—Societies and organizations for the eooeneeon of systems of religion by-missionary effort. Class 944,—Spreading the knowledge of religious systems by publications—a class designed to include such publications as those of the Bible and Tract societies—together with statistics of their origin, growth and progress. Class 945.—Systems and metho's of religious in- struction and training for the young. Apparatus d appliances for teaching in the family; Sabbath school jurniture and apparatus, &c. The clergy, of all denominations, of the United States are Well aware that the centennial anni- versary ef our independence as a nation is to be celebrated, in accordance with an act of Congress, by an exhibition of the art and industry of ail the earth, That exhibition will not be simply a world’s fair, devoted exclusively to the materiai world, but it is also des gned to be a complete epitome of buman progress, appeaiing to the proonndest sen- tuments of the devout and philanthropic—calling for their prayers, their labors, their hearty, prompt and active co-operation, a8 well as that oi every citizen interested im the national success. | Within the next few weeks will occur the annual return of a day devoted to @ national thanksgiving. It is usual upon this occasion to assign to the pulpit subjects of a more focus character than attend the regular Sab- ath day of worship, Under these circumstances the suggestion that the entire clergy of the United States should make some reference to the grand American undertaking, and that the Centennial should find some mention in their sermon, 18 neither premature nor ill-advised, but, on the con- trary, appropriate and in a measure necessary. So grand a subject, and one 30 closely connected with the spiritual weifare of the race, may well become the theme of eloquence trom every puipit in the land, The progress of America is without a paral- lel in the experience of the world. If we are the Christian nation we are reputed to be,we cannot, if we would, divest it of its charac- ter as an oblation to the Most Aigh, and as a cru- cial test before Him and mankind of our estimate of the blessings we enjoy, of the sincerity of our patriotism, of our appreciation of civii and re- ligious liberty, and of our sense of duty as a member of the great community of nations. It must be either all this or nothing—in its moral im- port. It must, by its magnitude, its thoroughness of representation, and its moral and intellectual Py manifest, in the presence of the thronging millions of our countrymen, and before the assembled delegations of all countries, so far as possible, our gratitude to God, the source of our prosperity and happiness as a people. In his interview with Pope Pius IX, Mr. Gorham, : Director General of the Exposition, was assured by the Lately f father that he had the heartiest sympa- thy with the American movement, and that he had every reason to believe that it would be a great affair, and it becomes the duty of the American clergy a8 weil to Os Ber the same hope and do all that they can to make this what the worthy man mentioned above already regards it, “a great success,” Among the members who compose the Board of Plans and Architecture, and who represent a great many different States, the stand taken by the New YoRK HERALD has been the theme of flattering comment. Those who represent the extreme Western and Southwestern quarters of our coun- try assured your correspondent that from the ver: first the HERALD has been the sole medium throug! which they could gain information of the various movements of Centennial progress, and th: moreover, the reports in its columns were so fre. quent and so complete that it was no longer neces- sary for them to be put to the trouble of personal correspondence with the commission, General Parsons, of Texas, a Pens member of ti Board, in the course of his eloquent remarks yes- terday, earnestly-referred to the extraordinary enterprise shown by the management of the HERALD in running the edition to this eity at an early hour in the morning, thus becoming a disseminator of universal intelligence in the great- est cities of the Union simultaneously. He said before the private meeting of the Board of Archi- tecture that since the HERALD had taken this mat- ter under its proper consideration tts sentiments and opinions had found echo im hundreds of sheets. In hiseconversation with me this after- ternoon he said, in addition to the above, that the commission thoroughly appreciated what tho HERALD had done, and reierred to the liberality and enterprise shown in catching up this subject 48 one of national and universal interest. To-day General H, 8. Lansing, under the direction of the Centennial Board of Finanee, proceeded to San Francisco to organize a State committee for California, and institute other measures for the distribution of stock upon the Pacific coast. The largest subscription yet received from New York for the stock of the American Centennial Ex- Reet, came last evening in the shape of a check for $5,000 from the firm of Kursheedt, King & Co. The check was accompanied by the’e words:—“We trust that you will accept this as an expression of our deep desire to be identified with this patrioiie undertaking.” A POLITIOAL MURDERER. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct, 17, 1873, A despatch from Bakersfield, Kern county, Cal., gives the particulars of a horrible affray near that Place, On election day Larry Watson asked Moses Gilman whom he had voted for, and, upon receiving @ reply, struck him on the head with @ pistol, in” Micting @ wound which resulted in the death of Gilman in a few minutes, Robert Peppard and others then attempted to arrest Larry, when he drew a knite and stabbed Peppard twice, inflicting mortal wounds, Sj toal then got the knife oer from Watson, and stabbed him, when boty tell an Med within two minutes of each otuer, THE CATHOLIC CONVENTION. Strong Censure of the Crowned Conspiracy Against Rome. Secret Societies and the Public Schools Condemned. A BITTER DISCUSSION Father Phelan’s Denunciation of Cur Corrupt Publio Men. Sr. Louis, Oct, 17, 1873. - Fhe Trish Catholic Benevolent Union met again, and took up the special order of the day, the re- port of the Committee on Constitutional Amend- ments. After @ brief discussion it was announced that Henry J. Spaunhorst and the Rev. Mr, Ash- wenger, President and Secretary of the German Catholic Central Association, were present, and, on invitation, botn took their seats on the plat- form and made brief addresses congratulating their Irish fellow citizens upon the good work they were engaged in. Referring to the great power and influence of united action, they expressed the Nope that, in the near future, @ convention of all Catholic organizations of whatever nationality may be held, with the view of still further promot- ing the interest and temporal aud spiritual welfare of Catholics, The Right Rev. Bisnop Ryan also visited the Convention and was invited on the platform. He, too, made a few remarks, urging the Convention to persevere in the work in which they were en- gaged, that the Union may be strengthened and in- creased in power for good. He also referred to the scheme to establish an emigration bureau, urged its necessity, and advised them to study the plan adopted by their German friends, which has resulted in such great benefits to immigrants of that nationality, and to adopt as much of it as will meet the needs of the Irisn. The Convention then proceeded to business, and is now discussing some amendments to the consti_ tution. THE RESOLUTIONS. After the disposal of the constitutional amend. ments Father Phelan, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, submitted the following report:— Resolved, That the present deplorable attituce of the ‘overnnent towards reliclon and religious institutions js the result of the abandonment of the true, necessary ani saving principles conditioned by God and expres: sive of His holy will. Resolved, ‘hat the conduct of governments and rulers in permitting the dethronement ot the Pope and the ab- sorption o: his dominion by the Kingdm of Italy is Ha- grant injustice to Rome and the whole Uatholic world, a crime against truth, sovial stability and legitimate au- thority; thatin the’ present imprisonment of the -ove- reign Ponutt we behold the consummation of hellish conspiracy, Whose oftspriny s will some day re urn to to ment their authors, and that to the venerabie Viws in his rayished city of Peter we ¢ ‘oloundest syt pathy, joined witn the wish and prayer that. h ive to see his crown and kingdom wrested from the grasp of the despoiler. UNJUST PERSECUTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Resolved, That we hereby enter our solemn protest against the uniust persecution imangurated against our tend our to German archbishops and German Catholic clergy, the male and temale religieuse, tee a sistance of our bést sympathy. Resolved, ‘that morallty, grounded on religion, and religion, grounded on” uxed and dogmatic principtes, are the surest guide and firmest support of man in all the circumsiances and conditions of this ite; tht sobriety in conduct, hones.y in purpose and truth in everything will prove the gre dividual demoralization aud de SECRET SOCIETIES, Resolved, That secret societies and other dangerous as- sociations of men untaugntin principles of religion and Dent through tortuous ways on purely material ends, are subversive of soci*iorder and tajal fo the faith, as’ it destructive of the morality of Catholics. Resolved, That a Catholic cannot be true to his coun- try i: he be false to his Chureh. or faithful to society and his fellow manif he be anger to the sacraments and recreant to his God. STATE EDUCATION CONDEMNED. Resolved, That tne best interests of the State and of society centre in the proper education of the young, and that e.ucation, tobe eftective of good and conducive of sucial and nation with the catechis and end'with the knowledge thut God is our God and heaven is the reward 1 viriuous deeds and holy lives. Resolved, That the present system of public schools, j ignoring all supernatural authority, and making God, the first knowledge, the last thing 'to be learned, is @ curse fo our country and a floodgate of atheism and of sensuality, and of civil, social and national corruption. A HEATED DISCUSSION. A long, spirited and somewhat acrimonious de- bate ensued on the last resoiution, Mr. Kelly, of Virginia, thought the resolution should be recom- mitted to the committee with instruction to modify it. He was, by virtue of his office as Mayor of Richmond, President of the Board of Pubiic Schools. He had been elected Mayor by a con- stituency which was about cignty ber cent Prot- estant. he Bible was not read in the schools in Richmond, and he had the assurance ot the Board that no religious instruction was taught in them. He was not in sy»pathy with the resolution, nor could he vote for it without stulciiying himself, which he dij not propose to do. Father PHELAN, o1 St. Louis, defended the resolu- tion, and said, ‘We have nothing to do with Rich- mond or its schools. If religious instruction was excluded irom them, as Mr. Kelly said, they were the most objectionable of all schools. The public men of America were educated in the public schools ani were exhibitions of the system, and they were the most corrupt and dishonest of any country in the world. Men can steal in tis country with impunity, provided the amount is large enough. ‘That the children of the country go heeis over head to the devil must be attributed to the education they receive in the public schools, which does not fit them for the teniptations of the world, In these schools men of science are hon- ored and eulogized, but the mame of Jesus Christ is not allowed to be mentioned with reverence, These children turn out to be learned horse thieves, scholastic counterfeiters, and well posted in all schemes of deviitry. Mr. HARLEY, Of Pennsylvania, denounced the resolution, as it contemplated a union of Church and State. resident DWYER said the resolution meant no such thing, aod he did not wish such an impres- sion to get abroad. He advised that the resoiution be changed so as to bee a javor Catholic schools, Mr. HARLEY proceeded, and said that the Catho- lics had gained a great victory in driving the Bible out of the public schools. Father GRAHAM, interrupting, said that the Church did not drive the Bible out of the sehools. The purpose was to put in them the correct ver- sion of the Bible and the Catholie catechism. Mr. Here ries Now I ask you, is it just or right that we shouid introduce our Catholic cat- echism among Protestants, when we wili not allow Protestants, Who are in the majority, to use the Bible in the public schools ? Mr. CHANCE, Of Delaware, thought this was a fling in the wrong direction, They might favor Catholic schools, but they should not denounce [teh cle x, Father BUTLER, of Kan joke to the same effect. While he did not i! ert differ with his brother clergyman, Father Phelan, he thought the resolution went too far, It should not be forgotten that the public schools of this country had served as a model for Catholic parochial schools, and in that respect had done good. The main diference between them was one of religion only. » Father PHELAN again spoke and said he thought the delegates rom the East haa not studied this subject enough, He irankly coniessed that the Catholics stood before the country as the enemies of the public “schools, and the reasons therefor should be stated. He considered those reasons were embodied in the resolution. They must say they would AS SOON SEND THEIR CHILDREN INTO A PEST 1OUSE or bury them as | t them go to the public schools. They Were assured they would lose the faith. ‘They were afraid the child who left home in the morning would come back With something in its heart as black as hell. Father MAUGIN said the public school system is a nuisance. The Words in the resolution are none too strong. cy CHaNcR Moved to recommit the resolutions with instructions to report one favoring Catholic schools, which Was Carried by about a two-tuirds vote, Resolutions were adopted favoring the preserva- tion of memorials of Catnolicity everywhere, and algo favoring & ritual prescribing a uniform tor oficers of the Order, A resolution favoring some system of insurance in the Union was reterred to the Executive Com- mittee, IRISH IMMIGRATION, The Committee on Immigration made a report in the form of an amendment to the constitution, which provides for @ committee of seven who shall Consider and propose measures relating to the sub- ject of immigration, correspond with various socie- ties and committees on immigration, State and local; collect statistics for the protection and wel- fare of immigrants, elect agents at New York, Philadelphia, Battimore, Noriotk, Boston, Provi- dence and New Orleans, whose duty it shail be, in conjunction with the immigration committees of societies at the above named points, to take charge of immigrants and give al! ible assist- ance in forwarding them to their destination. Also to make such arrangements with steamship nes and railroads as will secure to the societies of the Union the privileges of agents, and the fund derived as commissions from the sale of tickets shall be equally divided between the National Com- ce Of ti mentioned, x yeceete The report was adopted, Father Puetay, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions. presented the sollowipg resolution aa mother Church by the government o! Prussia, and offer | bishops, a» well as to the | vantage, must be Christtan. Begin | & substitute for the last one of the series reported by the committee :-— ree A MODIFTED RESOLUTION, ed, That the system of State education now ed in most States, by its tailure to provide feligions instruction for the young, and its ene ing the head to the entire neglect of heart cul- ture, meets with our unqualified reprobation, that it Without danger ‘0 ‘te tai asd iherlhty er wie oe 0 t faith a - spring, avail themselves of its seventeen, grt The resolution was adopted unanimously. ‘The Convention then went tnto the eiection of ones for the ensuing year, with the iollowing re- sult:— President—A. M. Kelley, Richmond, Va. First Vice President—P. Bannon, Louisville, Second Vice President—Henry 8. Buckless, Balti- more, Secretary—Martin U. J. GriMn, Philadelphia, Treasurer—Rev. Father Henry, St. Louis. Executive Committee—George Chance, Delaware; J. J. Fitzwilliams, St. Louis; Rey, Ambrose Butier, Leavenworth, Kansas, GOVERNMENT DISBURSEMENTS. Annual Report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department—Moneys Paid Out During the Year—The Pension List Recommendations. Wasurxcrox, Oct, 17, 1873. The annual report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury has been completed, and shows the number of requisi- tions drawn on the Secretary of the Treasury by the Sec- retaries of War and of the Interior during the year was 4,654, amounting to $61,698,170 22. The claims paid during the year amonnted to $4,803,100 96. The number of accounts settled daring the vear was 5,407, involving $6,658,831 7% There are yet unsettled 13,953 accounts, involving $6,483,610 89. There were 3467 quartermaster’s accounts, in- volving $29,065,626 8 and 97 signal officer's accounts, involving $297,229 52, settled during the year. One thousand one hundred and forty-five subsistence ac counts, involving $4,372,779 33, were examined and settled, and 14 refugees’, freedmen’s and abandoned land accounts, involving $118,193 14. The engineer accounts settled were 216, involving $3,420,443 54. Eight original State war claims, involving $1,701,413 28, were settled, to- gether with 22 suspended accounts of a similar nature, involving $84,954 40, THE PENSION ACCOUNT shows the number of pensioners on the roll at present, as follows :—Revolutionary half pay, 1,557: invalid, 99,804; widows, 5 and others, not including children, 112,083; war of 1812, 23,319. Total, 236,763. Fourteen hundred and seven pensioners have received artificial limbs, and 9,497 have received commutation in leu thereot, ‘The amount appropriated, to, pay army pensions for the dacal year ending June 30, 1873, was $30,00),000. The amount paid to pensioners during the year was $23,063.862. The balance will be paid into the Treasury, regard to the Pension Division, the Auditor +ay: tis my desire that the work in this division'shall be brought up to cur- rent work. The changes that constantly occur at the agencies and the errors made should be discovered as soon as possible, so thatstepscan be taken to have the accounts adjusted and closed at once. In the tabular statement showing the amounts paid to the several agents for disbursement during the year. it | appears that $316,641 64 were paid to L. L. Doty and | $700,393 84 to S.°B. Dutcher, agents at New York; | $1,075,559 05 to H. G. “Sickel and $ @8 to D. R, BL 1,538,044 68 t cvin, agents at Philadelphia ; $1,394,191 87 to Charles A. Phelps, agent at Boston; $375.971 24 to Harrison Adreon, agent at Baltimore; $60,351 24 to H. O. Bennet, at San 74 at Chicago; y o les Brown, Cincinnati; $255,423 26 to John Hall, Brooklyn: $1,499,013 77 to S. H. H. Parsons, at Albany ; $485,525 17 to James Lind- say, at St. Louis; $590,026 97 to James F. Rusling, at Trenton, N, J 46.04 to Seth M. Barker, at Cleve- +. $759, ; $081,249 47 to John A. Norris, at Columbus, Ohio; Pitttbur and $90),153 08" to James McGregor, ‘at | $741.70435 to David C. Ci largest amount to an: Ing at Boston, and the smallest to 8. W. Brown ver, Washington Territory, who received $5,85402 The Auditor sugyests that a general law be recommended to Congress, giving the accounting officers, in conjunction with the proper military bureaus having ‘administrative the accounts and returns, equity jurisdiction aited amount, to enable them to close accounts without recourse to Congress for a special act of relief in each particular case. CLAIMS FOR SERVICES rendered in the Quartermaster’s Department, and filed under the law known as the Eight Hour law, have been received. Much difficulty has been experienced in fix- ing upon a proper basis on which settlements can be made. It seemed necessary that ail claims accruing under the act should be received betore action should be taken on any of them. ‘This course appeared to be neces- tor the reason that, owing to the fact that army hanged their stations the name of a clain le to appear on the rolls of two or | more offigers tor the sane service. To avoid contusion such Chiet Quartermaster was requested to torward the rolls of claimants tor reduced pay, and also to notity the office in cases where no just claims exist wider said act. All the rolls have not yet been received, but as soon as they reach the officé settlements willbe made. The eight- hour claims from men employed by the engineer de- partment have been adjusted. ‘The experience of each new year demonstrates more clearly the necessity of a Imitation upon the time within which claims he ox, at Washington, | may be presented to the Kxecutive Depart | ment, A_ proper limitation would seem to be | three years from the time when the claim accrued with one after the passage of the act in of claims which accrued more hun. two years pre- to th wae ofthe act. If it be thought that this lowing but a short period for the ad ustment of sneh claims, it shoud considered that the creditor of the | government always knows where to find his debtor, id that the debtor is always willing and able to pay just d mands. In concluaing his report the Auditor bears tes- timony to THE GRNERAL FAITHFULNESS INDUSTRY AND FIDELITY displayed by the clerks employed in his office, and trusts that the dav is not far distani when the labors they have performed for the government will be properly app: ciated by Congress, and that a fair increase of the inade- quate compensation allowed in some cases will be granted. It is not creditable to the government that faithful and useful clerks in the Auditor's offices, who pertorm identical duties of equal responsibility ' with bthers, should be more. meagrely paid than the clerks in offices which have been recently reorganized. WHERE ARE THE DIVIDENDS? Philadelphia Tax Payers in a Quan- dary—An Investigation of City Matters Distasteful to City Representatives Where’s the “Rub ?” PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17, 1873, As was stated -in a recent issue of the HERALD, the meeting of the sub-committee of the City Council to render reports and opinions concern- ing the doings of certain railway corporations amounted the other day to nothing at all, On the contrary everything was compiex, unintelligible and mysterious, and in ‘all that was done there were few indications that any positive inves- tigation in such hands was likely to be made. The report of the majority was read and set aside. The report of the minority was treated in precisely the same manner; and, as the members who com- posed the committee wére constantly wrangling and bickering like wild animals, it became evident that nothing like a clear and concise measure could ever proceed from such antagonistic spirits, Tue sub-committee, therefore, was discharged, and the whole subject reierred to the General Commit- tee of Ratiroads, which met this afternoon, At the opening of the meeting Mr. Hanna moved that the committe should adjourn until next Mon- day, and at that time consult with city directors of the Philadelphia and Erie, who control the city stock. Mr, Bickel at once arose and said that such an issue would be impossible, because the city directors would not come. He read letters from some of them to this effect, and said that they considered it the heignt of impudence for city councils to vote to interrogate them, and referred ,to a speech made by one of the city directors, in which reference was made to their impertinence. Alter a great deal of debate, involving nothing but personal matters, it was agreed that the meet- ing should adjourn until Friday next at two P. M., when the city directors, the officers of the railroads and the stockholders of the Pennsylva- ni» and Erie road will be requested to be on hand, with all the books, reports, &c., from 1865 to the present date. Thus is this important matter again postponed, and the question naturally arises, when Will this investigation really begin? THE PHELPS STEAL. How the Defaulting Cashier Sccured Possession of the State Funds. ALBANY, N, Y., Oct. 17, 1873, The State Treasurer has received replies from the county treasurers, and finds that the drafts they forwarded are all correctly noted in Phelps’ book, and that there is @ deficiency of about $300,000. Some of the drafts surreptitiously used by Phelps were endorsed by him as cashier, but a large part were regularly endorsed by Deputy Treasurer Paul. Fiity-five thousand dollars of the latter have been brought to light, payable to Charles Hudson, cashier. Hudson's name on these drafts was written in by Phelps. Charles Hudson, cashier, is connected with the firm of F, R. Sher- win & Co, New York. The drafts should have been made payable to E. Groesbeck, cashier of the Albany Commercial Bank, and deposited in that bank. By making them payable to Hudson Phelps diverted them from their proper depository and made them available to himsel!, probably through Hudson. Phelps had no right to endorse draits, A warrant for the arrest of F. R. Sherwin & Oo. has been issued, The Evening Journal, in an article on the qnes- tion of responsibility, correcta the statement that the Comptroller's omMce was until lately supplied with duplicate bank passbooks showing balances on deposit. No such books, it says, have been in ,use lor years, if ever. Comparisons of accounts were made monthly by the Treasurer’s officials and those of the Comptroller. Between th com- parisons hundreds of thousands of dollars might be stolen through the Treasurers oflice, and no one in the Camptroller’s ofice know it. On the lst of August the balances were found correct. Before the Ist of September's examination it 1s a) wo thirds of the em- bezzlement took i have been de- tected then if 1 Comptroller's office been supplied with a dupli- had stated the deposit cate passbook, for Phe! past 000 fu the Mechanics aud Farmers’ Rank to be £000, mora than it was, 3 POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS, Postmaster General Creswell’s Panic Panacea. fablish Government Savings Banks and the Postal Telegraph. Valuable Suggestions for the Country. y BatmMore, Oct. 17, 1873. At a republican mass meeting here to-night Post« Master General Creswell advanced his ideas of Postal savings banks, which, itis understood, will be enlarged upon in his annual report. He spoke of the only fault of the national panking system being that the depositor is not equally protected with the billholder, and said that government might, through his Department, provide the ma- chinery whereby the laboring masses could have the fruit of their toll protected from lawless specu- lation and guarded with absolute security. He contended that by this plan every suitable Post OMice could be used to recetve deposits of the peo- ple and transmit them to the Department at Washington to be invested, under the direction of designated officers, in the bonds of the United States. By this arrangement the security of depositors would he based upon: the foundation stones of the Republic. In times of panic people, instead of hoarding means, would place them on deposit with the government to be invested in governments and loans and then sent into circulation. Like water, currency thus furnished would flow to points of the lowest de- pression, and tend to correct all derangement circulation, however caused. Thus the peopy would be served by the security of their invest- ments, @ government would be served by the means placed at its disposal, and the banks and capitalists would be served because of the ten- dency to prevent the hoarding of the currency of the country. OPPOSITION EXPECTED, “TI am aware,” he sald, ‘that this plan will meet with opposition from some banks and capitalists, who would compel people to deposit with them upon their own terms, and thus afford them the use of 80 much additional capital; but let it be re- membered that Iam not speaking in the interest of banks or capitalists; Iam speaking for poor peo- ple who are to be protected, and not in behalf of the banks, many of whom have recently given a notable instance of the manner in which they can violate their promise to pay. But why should the, banks complain? In addition to their chartered! privileges, government has recently inter- posed in their pehalf. By the act of June 8, 1872, the banks were authorized to deposit for their better security their United States notes in the national Treasury, receiving therefor certifl- cates of deposit which might be counted as a part of their reserve used for clearing house purposes, and converted at pleasure in the place where de- posits were made. Under this law the Treasury of the United States has been used as a place of safe deposit for the banks to the extent of mil- lions. Why, then, should it not be used with equal propriety and to the same extent for thé security of the masses of the people ?” ESTABLISH ALSO THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH. Mr. Creswell argued that the post office banks would furnish the government witn the money to establish a postal telegraph. He said every indi-, cation points to the early success of that great measure. ‘‘As the people are entitled to pure water and pure air, upon the best possible terms, so are they, in my judgment, equally entitled to the best and cheapest modes of communication and intere course. Nomen or set of men have a right arbi- trarily to seize upon the lands and use them as @ means of levying tribute upon their fellow men, I believe that the electriccurrent has been given by God for the benefit of the whole human race. PROMPT ACTION NECESSARY, In this age men must act quickly, and to act quickly and at the same time wisely they must. learn quickly, and have at their command the same means and information that are open to others. There should be monopoly of intelligence. There should be no dictatorial power vested in any individual or company to deprive any man of in- formation which he may seek, or to suppress any portion of the press which may rebel against the arbitrary demands of any stilted and self-sum- cient corporation. Hence I say that the postal savings banks and the postal telegraph are, in my estimation, a portion of the work yet tobe accomplished by the all-achieving republican party in the interests of the people of the United States. In my estimation no greater glory can ever crown the efforts of any man than to make these measures successful, and thereby pro- vide a system of communicating inte!ligence so cheap, so extensive and complete that it may in all respects be found worthy of this great Amert- can nation, now marching in the vao of human progress.”’ THE FIRE FIGHTERS. Success of the Firemen’s Tournament at Poughkeepste—Ten Thousand People Present—Names of the Competing and Successfal Companies. * POUGPKEFPSIE, Oct. 17, 1873. The firemen’s tournament to-day wasa grand success in every way, and fully 10,000 people were present. ‘The procession formed at noon and marched through the principal streets in the fol- lowing order :— Platoon of Fire Wardens, Coltz Band, of Hartford. Ex-Chief Engineers and Guests of the Fire Depart. ment. FIRST DIVISION, Chief Engineer Charles H. Shurter, Perseverance Engine Company, No. 1, of Poughe kee) Pocahontas Engine Compan No. 1, of Rhinebeck. Kingston Band, Excelsior Hose, No. 4, Kingston. Phoenix Hose, No. 1, Poughkeepsie. Fifth New Jersey Regiment Band, Cornell Hose, Kondout. SECOND DIVISION, Second Engineer William Howard. Gloversvilie (N. J.) Band. Davy Crockett Hook and Ladder Company, Pough- keepsie. Goeller’s Band. Rapid Hose, Rondout. Niagara Steamer, Poughkeepsie, Drum Corps. Lady Washington Hose, Peekskill. P, H. Booth Hose, Poughkeepsie. Sullivan's Band, of Troy. J. W. Hoysdrat Steamer, of Hudson, N. Y. Evans Hook and Ladder Company, Hudson, Hose Company No, 2, Springtield, Mass, THIRD DIVISION. . Second Assistant Engineer Shields, Peekskill Band. Columbian Hose, Peekskill. Douglass Hose, Middletown, Conn, Lady Washington Hose, Peekskill. =~ Stantord Hose, Schenectady, Drum Corps. Cataract Steamer, Poughkeepsie, Hudson River Engine, Coxsackie. Eastman College Band, Young America Engine, Poughkeepsie, vashington Engine, Hudson, THE TOURNAMBNT this afternoon took place in Eastman Park, and was Witnessed by an immense throng. Hoysdrat Steamer, No. 8, of Hudson, won the steamer prize. She threw 252 leet 10 inches through 200 feet of hose. The hand engine contest resulted as follows, all hrowing through 200 feet of hose :— River, No. 1, Coxsackie Posttontas: No, 1, Khivebeck Columbia, No, 1, Peekskill. Washington, No. 3, Hudson. Eagle, No. 1. Hyde Park.. aa | The Orst prize, $250, was won by the Rhinebeck Engine, and the second, $150, by Wwownite aor teudwon, y) rae Bey Next there was pie idak i AGAINET orem jetween hose companies, company wre compelied to stretch 500 feet of hose, couple on toa hydrant, and then lay 300 fee! » y why endive: lay tmore. The folowing No. 2 Hose of Sprit Id . Roe Hove of Sprinfield casly trains