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to do with thee, Jesns, thou Son of God?" He might answer, ‘Traly, very little. And ‘they have as little to do with the son of man, ithe earnest, thoughtful, practical life ot the ipresent time.’’ The Kpiscopal Register states that prelimi- mary proceedings have been taken to try Bishop Cummins before an Episcopal board of inquiry, and in the meantime it is under- stood that every act of his as assistant bishop .is “irregular and uncanonical."” The Freeman's Journal denounces the pro- ‘posed new constitution of Pennsylvania, and thas the hope, ‘‘if Catholics do their part gen- yerally, that the day of deliverance from taxa- 'tion for schools that only debauch our youth lis not far off.” The Christian at Worl bas no objection to the twelve hundred teachers who propose to ‘restore the birch in our public schools using it if they wish; but let it be on their own backs, and not in corduroying the backs of children. ‘Lhe Catholic Review treats of the “Nature of ‘the Devotion to the Sacred Heart’’ and other matters. The Tablet also devotes considerable ispace to ihe same topic. The Jewish Times defends the Hebrew faith ‘in an elaborate review of the Rev. M. R. Mil- ‘er’s letters addressed to Rabbi A. Guinzsburg, of Boston, on the question ‘Is Unitarianism as opposed to Trinitarianism a principle of of heathenism rather than of specific Juda- iism ?”? The Methodist (Yew Church) Cogmatically declares that the “New Church is an accom- plished fact,” and the editor affirms:—‘‘We came out of the Church because we could not find what we needed there. And now some of those whom we left behind, of like spirit, being sorely pressed, have come out also. The one going forth has been blessed; why + May not God’s blessing be asked upon the other?” Church and State (Old Church) deprecates the disparaging ways some of its people seem tohave fallen into as a matter of loyalty to the . Church; and the editor adds that “if there were something more of delicacy about say- ing to non-Episcopal ministers and churches at this present time that they are no minis- ters and churches at all there might be no falling off in churchmanship on our part and quite as much respect for the Church on the Arrer SickiEs, Wao?—Tnhe Indianapolis Journal (Senator Morton's organ) states that ex-Congressman Samuel Shellabarger, of Ohio, will be appointed Minister to Spain in case of the resignation of General Sickles. On the -other hand, the Chicago Times avers that Governor Washburn, defeated candidate for Governor of Wisconsin at the late election, will be the lucky man. According to these arrangements it would seem that our Western contemporaries think the administration really knows “No North, no South, no East”-— no nothing but the West—in making its foreign appointments. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Ee Sir Hugh Allan, of Canada, is in Washington with his family. Israel T. Hatch, of Buffalo, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Judge Amasa J. Parker, of Albany, is staying at the st. Nicholas Hotel. Congressman Phiietus Sawyer, of Wisconsin, yes- verday arrived at the St. Nicholas Hote Captain J. H. Merryman, of the United States Revenue Marine, is at the Ever: tt House, Chief Engineer William W. W. Wood, United States Navy, is quartered at the Unien Square Hotel. Professor Alexander Winchell, Chancellor of Syracuse University, has arrived at the Hoffman House, A. 1. Goshorn and Lewis Wain Smith, of the Cen- tennial Commission, arrived at the Hoffman House yesterday from Philadelphia. Rev. Heary C. Mayer, iate rector of Grace Epis- copal church at Newton, Mass., has accepted a call to Trinity church, Philadelphia. ‘The remains of the late President Zachary Taylor are to be removed from a private burying ground in Jeflerson county, Kentucky, to the State Ceme- tery. Colonel Robert W. Haghes, it seems, is to succeed the late Judge Underwood in the position of Judge of the District Court of Virginia. The people of Virginia refused to eject him Governor of the State, but he no doubt believes in the well worn quotation, “There is a Divinity that stapes our ends, rough Hughes them as we may.”” NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, Dec, 15, 1873. Lieutenants R. M. Berdy and Uriei Tebree, Masters J. M. Hawley and G. 8. Dyer, Ensigns ©, F. Emmerick and M. C. Dimmick, Midshipman A, A. Michelson, Passed As-<istant Surgeon W. J. Simon and Chaplain J. J. Kane have been ordered to the Minnesota on the 22d inst. Lieutenant Williac: Weich to the receiving ship Potomac, Master M7. T. Monahan an Paymaster M. B, Cushing to the Dictator on the 22d inst. Captain S. B. Luce lias been detached from the Boston Navy Yard aud ordered to the command of the Minnesora, Commander James FP. Jovett has been detached as @ meter of yard of imspectors, and ordered to the comivund of the iron-clad Dictator on the 22d inst. Lieutenant Commancer ii. F. Picking is detached from tie Torpedy station and Ordered to the Dice tator as bxecutive. Lieutenant Commander if. 6. Robeson, from the New York Navy \urd, 1s ordered to the Minnesota as Executive, Lieutenant Commander G, F, F. Wilde has been detached irom tie Bostou Navy Yard and urdered to tne Minnesota, Lieutenant Commander B. F, Lamberton has. been detached trom the Naval Academy aud or- dered to the Dictator. Lieutenant A. V. Wadhams, from the Torpedo Staiton at Newport, KR. 1, is ordered to the Dic- tator. Lieutenants Joseph G, Eaton, from the Boston Navy Yard, and. H. Stockton, from the Philadel- phia Navy Yard, are ordered to the Dictator. Lieutenant J.'E. Pilisbury, from the torpedo sta- tion; Assistant Surgeon ©. A. Gravatt, from the Ohio; Chief Engineer William G. Buehler, irom Special duty at Wiimington, and Boatswain Ansell eene, from the Boston Navy Yard, are ordered to the Minnesota, Lieutenant H. N. Barnes, from the Canandaigua, is placed on sick leave. late Samuei Gee, irom the New Hampshire, is ordered to the Iriana, Mate H. H. Johnson, from the Mayflower, to tne a Hk) nutes * cond Assistant Engineer John F. Smith, from the Manhattan, is placed on sick leave, The Frigate Franklin Ready for Sea. Boston, Mass., Dec, 15, 1 The United States frigate Franklin will go into commission“on Monda; ARMY INTELLIGENCE, Wasuincton, D. C., Deo. 18, 1873, Colone: Abner Doubleday, of the Twenty-tourth infantry, has been, upon his own application, re- tired from active service, He was first commis. sioned as @ heutenant of artillery in 1842, atter Graduating at West Point. ren ACTIVITY AT AN ARSENAL, Boston, Mass., Dec. 13, 1873, Over 100 men are now empioyed in the arsenal fat Watertown, in this State, being double the asual number, we SUICIDE BY DROWNING. John Bogenmeyer, of No, 69 Willett street, com- mitted suicide last evening by jumping overboard atthe foot of Stanton street, ‘The bouy was re- <COVEred, ASHANTEE. pecial Report from the Gold Cvast. The British Commander-in-Chief Invalided by Illness. eee Fantee Allies Utilized by the Transport Corps. iierald ae Slight Skirmishes and the Enemy in Retreat. se ele BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS EXPECTED. TELEGRAM T2 THE NW YORK HER'LD. The following special despatch to the Henatp has been received from our corre- spondent in the British metropolis: — Lonpvon, Dee. 13, 1873. The Hrraxp correspondent at the seat of war in Africa has forwarded the following special telegram from the Gold Coast under date of November 16:— Sir Garnet Wolseley is on board the ship Simoom, suffering from fever, this being the sixth day of his illness. The medical staff declare the attack slight; still, it being the first he has had, Sir Garnet suffers severely. FORCIBLE ENLISTMENT OF FANTEES AS LABORERS. Ata council of the British authorities and native chiefs held at Napoleon it was deter- mined that all able-bodied Fantees should be forcibly enlisted as carriers, laborers and camp The law comes into force to-day. It has been too long delayed. police, The Ashantees have retreated to Jwassid, one day's march beyond Mandu. SLIGHT SKIRMISHES ON THE LINE OF MARCH. All the skirmishes which have taken place between the British forces and the enemy have been of an insignificant character, serv- ing merely to exercise the native allies. LOOKING FOR REINFORCEMENTS. Until the arrival of the reinforcing white troops nothing decisive will occur. WAR AT THE CAPE. Nativist Insurrection Against the British— Volunteers in March—Battle and “Loss of Life. TELESQAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonvox, Dec. 13, 1873. Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to the 17th of November report that disturbances have occurred near Natal. A band of natives, led by one of their own chiefs, are committing many excesses. VOLUNTEER SfOSYEL, MARCH AND FIRST BLOOD. The government has sent the volunteers against them. A son of the Colonial Secretary of Natal was killed in a late skirmish. GERMANY AND SPAIN. ES See Ths Spanish Naval Seizure in the Sooloo Archi- pelago—What a Frnssian Captain Re- ports—Berlin Seriously Excjted. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HER*LO. Toxpon, Dee. 18, 1873. A special despatch from Berlin to the London Hour says the commander of one of the German vessels seized by a Spanish man-of-war in the Sooloo Archipelago and carried to Manila writes home that himself and crew were sent to prison and kept there two months, during which time they received very harsh treatmeat at the hands of the Spanish officials, The Hour’s despatch says:—“Public feeling in Germany is much excited over the seizure of the vessels, and the fullest satisiaction for the insuit to the German flag is demanded.” SPAIN. a Council of the Chief Command Before Carta- gena—The Bombardment fuspended. TELEGRAM TO THY NEW YORK HERALD. Manrip, Dec, 13, 1873. General Lopez Dominiquez, the newly ap- pointed commander of the force besieging Carta- gena, arrived in camp yesterday, and assumed command immediately. Last evening he held @ review of ali the troops, The bombardment of the city has been tempo- rarily suspended, BAZAINE. aoe Memorial Letter to President MacMahon—The Prisoner's Reading of the Court Martial Reccmmendation—M. Thiers’ Cer- tificate of Loyalty and Honor. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Dec, 13, 1878, Marshal Bazaine, since receiving notice of the commutation of his sentence, has written a letter to President MacMahon, in which he says:— “You remembered the days in which we served the country together, I feared that the impulse of your heart would be overmastered by State considerations. 1 should have died without re- gret, since the recommendation of the Cuurt for mercy vindicates my honor.”? M, THIERS’ OPINION OF THE CASR. M, Lachaud, Bazatne’s counsel, in a letter to ex- President Thiers, thanks him for having expressed his opinion that the Marshal was innocent of the charges upon which he was tried, The supervisors and deputy marshals who had charge of election matters in the Sixth Congres. sional district will be patd on Monday and Tues- day nights, as fullows:—Sixth and Eighth Assem- bly districts, at the Marshal's ofice, between seven and nine o'clock; Twelfth Assembly district, at 201 East Fourth street, same time; Sixteenth and Fighteenth Assembly districts, at the Marshal's oiice, on Tuesday night, samo hour, The officers Who may noi be able to attend on these occasions to get their money must send i their claus be- fore the 274b inst, \ ! by immediate application to the artist. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET, ART MATTERS. ibe Our Crayonists and Colorists. Very little is known by the generat public in re- gard to the whereabouts and the pro essional re- lations Of those who make @ business of giving, by crayon or color, an additional charm to the pro- duction of the photographer. And yet the world, which aepencs upon the photographer for 60 much, and in some cases pays so bigh @ price for that dependence, would, we imagine, be very glad of & little practical tuformation im respect to this variety of artists, We do not mean to impiy that the mode of transacting business employed by the majority of our photographers is not a perfectly legitimate one, so tar as the conventional Interpretation of that word is concerned, The photographer who has been at the trouble of building up a business, and who has erected certain uepartments into a sp¢ciatit’, wil be sure finally to-nave something like the proper Value placed upon him, and of this reward we have no desire to deprive him. Sareny, Fredericks, Kurtz, Howe'l, Gurney, Mora, Bogardus have all their several lines of work and their several evels of purchaser, and each of these excellent estab- Ushinents presents popular peculiarities, with whic: as yet no rival has seriously interiered. But behind the numberless photographic galleries in the city is a large number of crayonists and colorists, who depend upon them or im- Mediately upon the public for support. There are, then, two modes of getting photographs finished. One is through the medium of the photographer, who will, of course, charge a price suMcient to remunerate himseif well; the other is The last way is the cheapest, but it is also the most risky, unless the customer is also a eonnoisseur, accus- tomed to distinguish between artistic good and evil, Facts compel the assertion that the large number of poorly qualified crayonists and colorists in this city does not render this mode of going to work a very promising one, except under the con- ditions specified, But then, again, it cannot be denied that photographers’ charges ere high, On an average they will not put the best work, in colors, upon a single carte de visite for less than $5; on an imperial card tor less than $10; on a jJour-lour size for jess than $25; on an eight- Jour jor less than $50; and on a cab.net or 17-20 size tor less than $75, With thema lie- size in ciayon costs not less than $100, and from that all the way up to $300 or $400, and the same proportion obtains in regard to phocographs in oil and pastels. Now these prices are olen twice as much and sometumes five or six tues as much as What the photozrapher pays to tue crayontst or colorist whom he employs, und the person haviug photographs to be touched with crayon or color would reap much of tne advantage of this dispro- portion by direct application to the artist. But the accomplisied crayonist and colorist (and there are ouly ® very few in this city) is not always easy to reach, Wis time either engrossed by the photographer or by private demands, ‘Strange to say, all the principal crayon.sts and colorists in New York at presen’ are foreigners. Amons the former a young Cuban nama Guillermo Coilazo hoids foremost rank. Much of the best crayon work seen in the most popular photographic gatleries of New York is trom his land, t.oueh not uuder his name, and exhibits a power, a grace, a freedom o! touch, that Taise the photograph upon which they are be- stowed Into an actuai production o1 art. The con- sequence is that Senor Collazo.is always in demand by first ciass photographers, so much 80 that we doubt whetlier be has too much time at bis private disposal, Another very accomplisied crayonist, jound in Broudway, just below sixteenth street, 1s Senor de Codezo, who has been working for some time in a studio Of bis own, and, though maintain- ing a connection With more than one photogra- phic establishment, does considerable work imme- diately with the public, and does it for them about twice as cheaply as that procurea through the me- diu.. of the ultra-priced photographer. Here lite- size photographs im crayon are to be procured tor $100 or $150, the counterparts of which would fetch double that price at the kind of establishments we have ideutified. Sefor Salvador Presas, another Cuban, located at Nos, 767 and 769 Broadway, has aiso done some crayon work of unusual excel- lence and at very reasonable prices, His crayon portrait of Mrs. Woodhull is one of the most tinely executed and characteristic oj the kind that we have recently seen. Kare as good crayonists are, good co.or'sis are sull more rare, The great ma,ority Ol toem make sorry failures when they come to upply that delicate stippling process b: which the texture of the skin is indicated. Emi- nent among them for the delicacy of his touches aud that refined manipulation by which a portrait may be slightly id alized while retaining its char- acteristic expression, 18 Signor Francesco A, Marra, of No. 31 Union square. Most people can Jorgive that gentie compliment which an artist’s sympathy with the beautiul involuntarily pays them in bestowing a slightly idealizing touch, It 18 in this respect and in the dexterity of his stippling that this artist excels, a dexterity practised with such ease and rapidity as enables him to transact for nis cus(cumers at $2 or $3 per imperial photograph an amount vi work which we have seen seling in More than one gallery tor five or six times that sum, His use of the brilliant aniline colors has been severely criticised; but it 18 not upon the beauty of aniline colors that we are now dwelling. The simple jact 18 that these colors charm even eyes whicn are educated above the average, and that, when the brillant sameness with which they wash is patiently corrected by a subsequent appli- cation 0. water colors, those diflerences oi light aud shade are preserved which are essential to a picture. Miss Florence A. Francis, ot No, 769 roadway, has al-o done some very clever work in photographic colormg, and her pieces bear some -relation to those we have indicated above. We hope to be abie to return to this subject soon again, as there 1s more to be said of it in many ways than cau conveniently be compressed into the limits of one article, PROFESSOR AGASSIZ. His Condition Hopeiess as to Any Pros- pect of Recovery. Boston, Dec. 13, 1873. The condition of Professor Agassiz is unchanged up to midnight, That he will never recover his former physical and intellectual status is reluc- tantly admitted, and there are grave Jears of a sud- den death, or, a8 an alternative, a protracted ill- ness and a paralysis of the whole system, which must inevitably end in death. Tne recovery of the Professor from 3 present prostration is not to be hoped for, and his Geath is a question of only a tew days, perhaps only a few hour: PHILHARMONIO CONCERT. There was a very large audience at the Academy of Music last night at the second concert of the thirty-second season of the Philharmonic Society. ‘The orchestral part of the programmt was in- teresting, consisting of the “Italian” sym; hony in A major, opus 90, by Mendelssohn, written during his visit to Rome, and only equalled by his otch’”? symphony; the delightful overture to “Leonora,” No, 2,in C major, by Beethoven, the best of the four overtures written for “Fidelio;” and Rubinstein’s first symphony in F major, Mrs. Gulager, & soprano, sung the prayer from “Der Freischutz” and a cavatina from “Beatrice di Tenda.” The orchestra, under the able direction of Herr Bergmann, gave point and effect to the glorious works of Mendelssohn and Beethoven, with = the exception of some —biunders on the part of the wind instruments m the overture. The work of Kubiustein is patchy and unsatisiactory, Independent of mauy striking points of resemblance to the works o/ other composers which are so abundantiy scat- tered througi the symphony, the work lacks in- spiration and unity of idea, Tuere is nothing in it to conflict with the strictest opinions of a mu- sician, as lar as instrumentation 1s coucerned. On the contrary, many remarkavie effects may be found in it. But it leaves the impression only of clever music Making Without the divinus aplatus, The movements ae painfully spun out and are very tiresome, The composer takes hold of a sub- ject and worries it untii there is nothing left of it, ‘and every one is giad when its successor is brought forward, The society, a8 usual, showed a want of judg- ment in the selection of A — soioist. Mrs. Guiager may be good lor singer, but she is not at up to what one would call — the true Philharmonic standard. The magnificent music of Weber fell without effect, and the florid measures of Bellinl, enurely unworthy of @ con- cert o1 such pretensions, were mechanically de- livered, The radical detect of the Philharmonic Society in their concerts is Rip Van Winkleism, Their orchestral selections are generally far be- hind those of Mr, ‘Theodore Thomas, and their soloists rank very low in the domain of art. An entire page of tne printed programme ts taken up with a lot of unpronounceable names, a list of the orchestra, as if Wwe New York puolic cared a straw to know who played the clarionet, tompuni or trombone. The biood is sluggish in tue veins of the directors, else we would have more vigorous Management In @ Society of such pretensions. One concert by Thomas’ orchestra is worth their entire season. CAPTURE OF THE BENDER FAMILY, CoLumBIA, 8. O., Dec, 13, 1873. The Bender family, who are charged with having committed a number of murders in Kansas, were arrested in Bivingsville, Spartanburg county, a few days ago, The father and mother are in cus- tody, and the son and daughter, living in North Carolina, are being sought alter by Cue olllgers of the law, ‘The fi name 18 Webbe exquisite | | OBITUARY. Samael Netyon, Mr. Samuel Ne!son, ex-Associate Jnstice of the Su reme Court of the United States, died suddenly yesterday of apopiexy, waile sitting in bis cuair, at buif-past one o'clock, at his hone in Coopers- town in this State. Judge Nelson had been tor some months past in good heaith and spirits, On Mouday he complamed of having taken a slight cold and Was confined tu his room till Friday aiter- noon, He then came down stairs to tea aud spent the evening in his parlor. Yesterday morning at ga hour later than usual he took breaklast and seemed to be as well a8 usual. Wuile sitting in his chair, between one and two o'clock, listening to the reading of a letter by Mrs, Nelson, he made an inquiry in re- gard to tt, and thea, without a word or sigh, sud- denly died, He bad reached nis eighty-first year on the loth of iast month, having been burn at Hebron, Washington county, in the year 1792, Judge Neisun graduated at Middleboruugh -College, Vermont. He was a member 01 the Constitutional Convention of 1521, and under the judicial system the constitu- tion then adopted, was in April, 1323, appointed Judge of the Sixth Circuit, which inciuded Otsego county. ‘1h.s position he held until February, 1531, whea be becaine Associate Justice of tue Supreme Court of the State of New York. Im 1837 Chiel Justice Savage resigned, and Judge Nelson was promoted to his piuce, holding tt lor eight years, and bringing to the discharge of his important magisterial duties great learning and ability, a high sense of honor and the most in- Mexible integrity. Alter an honorable and distin- guished career of 22 years upon the bench of his native Stute he was clevated to the Bench of the Supreme Court of the United States in February, 1845, This office he filed until Thanksgiving Day, 1872, Wien he sent in his resignation, and it was | accepted ou the 1st of the following month. Since that time till yesterday, when his death took place, this eminent jurist resided at Cooperstown, sur- rounded by all the quietude and attraction of a beloved Uoine, passing away the evening Oi a noble Ine almuadl that spiendid scenery Waich Cooper has immortalized in his tamuus novels. Some wo years ago, when the Joint High Com- mission Sut in Wastingion to arrange the details of a treaty jor the settlement of international questions betwern Great Britain and the United dSiates, Judge Nelson was a member of that body, anu by lis Vast Kuowledge of taw and thorough Jauutarity With tose principles that 4 guide the Conduct of nations towards each other, aided the government in no smal degree in Uing a dispute that had tureateued to int tie inendty relutious of Engiaud wand Amer. tie task assigued him ou this occasion Judge Deison broucut ail the powers of — lus stroug, | Weil-oalanced — und well-cuttivated mund, — Accustomed to deat with dificult and intricate questions of law und of tact, and decide them With Uruness and justice, he was pecuiarly fitted to be a member of that Comission, aud ibe serv.ces le renuered his country during Lie ses- sions of that Commission, protracted as They were, Will be loug remembered by the peopie and ine nation of whose best interests te proved himseli Co be a watchial and untiuenmg guardian, In the proceedings of the Commission he iad op- pesed Lo ulin some OL the abest dipwomais of england; but wuen they came i contact wiih duage Nelsun tuey were bound to admit, as they did, tiat they Nad found @ mun _atle to cope wita the most expert of them, and of whom Unis Kepub- lic hag reason to be proud, jor he was as wis? in council as he was teuriess, independent and incor- Tuptible vn the bench. it will be seen irom what we have previously stated that Judge Nelson was lor 22 years a judi- cial Oficer of nis ative state, and Jor 20 years, Wanting @ lew montis, a member of the Supreme Court of the United states. Had he not sent in his resignation till last Feoruary he would have coim- pleted his flitieth year upon the bench, ‘Ihe uis- tory of Engiand does not iurnish a similar in- stance, The judicial records of tae United states do not supply us with a parallel case. Loid Mans- Meld occupied the bencn for 82 years and Lord Eidon for 28 years. Chief Justice Marsnali ado: ned tuc Supreme Court o: tue United States ior 34 ears by his genius and his learuiny, Cmef justice Taney filled the same place tor 30 years. Mr. Justice tory was a Judge tor 34 years, and Chancellor Kent for about 25 years. ‘Lo noe of these great men was Samuel Neisou in- terior as a jurist. To the future historian may fitly be leit the duty ofsaying how iar, in every respect, he may be compared With tue tilustrious meu Wao Were his contemporaties at the Bar and upon the Beuch, Soon after the Judge’s retirement from public duty the members of the sar who practise in te Second circuit of the United states Circuit Court for the Southern District of this >| trict in which Jadge Nelson oiten presideu—nheld a public meeting and agreed upon an auuress, which Was preseuted to the Judge at his uome, in Cuop- erstown, by @ deputation of eminent lawyeis specially Ramed jor the purpose. This ad- dress owas an eloquent tribute to the worth of the great man who is gone, and his reply on that occasion showed that cuere can be nothing better for the liberty and mdependence of u coun- try taan an honest Judiciary and @ Bar that aims at tle achievement of justice thiough the proper administration and application ofJaw, Other ad- uresses poured in upon Judge Nelson from bis brethren of the Supreme Court of the United States, irom the vudges of the Court of Appeals aud various otber Judges, from the memvers of the Bar of the State and .rom Senators aud mem- bers of tne House of Representatives, all placin, on record their high sense of the istinguished character of the learned Judge, and assuring him that te carried with him into his retirement the most sincere recognition of Lis eminent virtues by a Bar to Which he was a model of dignity and a source of kuowieuge. Had Judge Neison been on the Supreme Court Bench at the time of Cuiet Justice Chase's death he might, possibly, uave been Ruminated and ap- poinied Ch.el Justice; for most unquestionably ve possessed all tie requirements necessary to worthily fil so eminent # position, which never ought to be ocenpied except by one skilied im | Jaw, well versed in international affairs, and thoroughiy acquainted wita great mercantile and sOvial questions, he surviving immediate relatives of Judge Nelson are Mrs. Nelson ; lus two sous, 8. W. Ne.svn, the Hon. Rensselaer K. Nelson, the latter at bene Judge oi the United States Circuit Court of innesota, aud two daugiters, Mrs, Beach and Mrs, Starkweather, ‘The Judge was aman of massive frame, strong will and cheeriul temperament, His portrait, very well painted, hangs upou the wall o1 tie United States Circuit Court of this city, aud remains there to recall the minds oO: the lawyers wiio practised before him to tue days when he added dignity and jorce to the character ol one of tue lost upright judges that lias ever occupied a seat upou tue Bench of this country. MEETING OF THE BAR. A meeting of the Bar of this circuit will be held at the United States court room, No. 41 Chambers street, on Monday, December 15, at one o'clock P. M., to make arrangemeuts lor the attendance of a delegation to represent the Bench and the Bar of this city and vicinity at the funeral o: Mr. Justice Nelson, al Coopersiown. CHARL! JAMES A. Jd. VANDEKPULL, GBORGs KORD, '. U.S. BUCKLEY, N WM. M. EVAKIS KE. W. SLOUGHTON, IERREPONL, ARD. fs JW bs SIDNEY WEBSTER, Ae Charles W. Moore, Charles W. Moore, a distinguished member of the Masouic Order ip America, died on Friday, at West Concoid, Mass., from the eflects of an attack ot pneumonia, Mr, Moore was born in Boston, March 29, 1801. He was proposed for the degrees in Mus- sachusetts Lodge in February, 1822, and intended to have been initiated in that lodge On the evening of his twenty-fist birthday, He was, however, called to the State of Maine, and was initiated, on the recommenuation of Massachusetts Lodge or their committee, in Kennebec Lodge in April or May Jol- jowng. In October, 1522, le was adinitted a mem- ber of St, Anthony’s Lodge, Boston, and in tie fol. jowing month was placed in office, He was elected Master ol that lodge m 1833, but having, in 1834, been elected Kecording Grand Secretary of tue Grand Lodge, he was under the necessity oi resigning the office of Master—the two veing incomputibie. He was, however, the same evening elected Secretary of St. Andrew's Lodge, which piace be held for 16 years, when he resigned. Tne thirty-third degree of the Scotch Kite was con- Jerred upon him in 1848, and he was the Grand Secretary General of the Supreme Council Thirty- third for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States, He has also occupied various offices in the G. G. Encampment of tue United States. When he was elected Recording Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge in 1834 tt Was the moment when the anti-Masonic excitement was raging with its great. est violence in Massachusetts, and his first official act Was to attest the memorial (written by him) surrendering to the Legisiature the Act of Incor- poration o1 the Grand Leen This act of surren- der originatea with him. He had ovtained a very honorabie reputation as a writer and newspaper editor, : THE HOBOKEN GERMAN CLUB, Last evening & fashionabie gathering filled the hall of the above named organization to attend the monthly exercises, These consisted chiefly of mu- sical selections irom Rossini, Liszt and other great masters, which were rendered by young pupt resident tn Hoboken, under the directiou o1 Mr. Belrupt, & Hungarian exile, who was known in his OWN country as Count Steinberg, He subse- quentiy, however, became an aide de-camp of the uniortunate Maximilian, and now resides in Hovo- ken, ‘The efforts oi the young arusts were evi- dently appreciated by the audience, wao heartily applauded tue Yiviin and plano pertormances. \ true to nature. |NAVAL REINFORCEMENTS. HERALD SPECIAL a REPORT FROM LONDON, -+—-¢—______ The American War Vesze's Ordered from the Exropead Station— At Sea for Key West, TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK KERALD. The following spec: ial the Henarp has been received from our eorre- spondent in the British metropolis: Lonpon, Dec. 13, 1873. The United States steamers Congress, 16 guns, Captain Alexander C. Rhind, eemmand- ing, and Wachusett, six guns, Commander Thomas §S. Fillebrown, sailed from their an- chorage off Funchal on tne 5th of November for Key West. “LONDON ASSURANCE” AT THE FIFTH AVE- NUE THEATRE, Alarge audience gathered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre last might to witness te frst performance ot “London Assurance” by this company at the new house. The cast included a number of the older members of the company and a fewer the more recent additions, It was as follows:— Sir Harcourt Courtly Mx. C Q Mr. Fisher Charles Courtly zi Mr. G. Clark . D. Harkins . D Whiting Mr. Owen Faweett ir. F. Hardenberg 2M J. Peak ka Dolly spau Meddle Coot hapman enport iss Mitinie Conway 21oMiss Nellie Morice Taking the acting asa whole the piece was ad- mirably presented; but there was not that even- ness Of merit we have so often remarked at this theatre. Mr. Whiting’s Max Harkaway, for in- stance, Was too much the Earl Dashington for the simple-minded, simple-bearted eountry ‘squire; and Miss Minnie Conway's Grace was exceedingly spiritiess. She reads her limes as if all the words were of equallength and she was required to recite a fixed number in a minute. Her voice, too, has a rotund hollowness which shows how much it needs thorough cultivauon, in pleasing con- trast to ler Grace Harkaway wa Miss Fanny Davenport's Lady Gay Spanke Miss Davenport's acting in the part is admirable— so admirable, indeed, as to make it one of the best representations of the part seen on the stage ine number of years. To abundance of that enjoy- ment of country life, for which we have no beiter name than animal spirits, she added a refinement of wanner which lifted the part above that of mere lemale 10x unter and jockey, All the humor ol the part was preserved, but 11s extravagances and eXaggerations were so toned as to blend hap- puly with occasions and surroundings, Miss Daveu- port’s Lady Gay is nota m-re gushing impossibi!- ity, but a lady with strong tastes, who keeny enjoys all the absurdities as well as the sturdier pleasures of lie, it is difficult in such a part to tread the exact line between a keen eujoyment of what 13 regarded as mere fun and the exaggerated conception it is so easy to jorm of Lady Gay Spanker. In touching that line, but not going beyonu it, Miss Davenport shows her excellent dramatic training. Mr, Charles Fisher's Sir Harcourt Courtly, Mr. George Ciarke’s Cuaries Courtly, and Mr. D. H. Harkins’ Dazzie were ali good periormances, but we missed some of the unctuous humor which might nave been iniused into them. Mr, Frank Hardenberg, as Meddle, gave an excellent rendermg of a dificult part, and showed the artist to be among the best character actors on the New York stage. The piece will be repeated on Monday evening, and on Tuesday evening there 13 to be another performance of “Uld Heads and Young Hearts." nF nny Du Died. HEALEY.—On Friday evening, December 12, Mrs, JupITH HEALEY, iu the 92d year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully in- vited to attend the funeral, irom the residence of her son, John Healey, No. 548 West Thirty-fiith street, this (Sunday) afternoon, at two o'clock, [For Other Deaths See Eleventh Page.\ Danger Signals from the Weather Bu- reati are not more significan: of a storm than a cough is ot consumption. Providentiaily we can cure any cough with HA NEY OF HOREHOUND AND TAR. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in one ininute. A—Es enschetd’s New Annual—A Bril- HOLIDAY HAT for gentlemen, just issued by. CHELD, manuracturer, 118 Nassau street. Ask for Goodali’s—The Finest Imvorted A Pure Delicious Tobacco is Surbrag's GOLDEN SCEPTRE. Anvakesis is the Only Remedy for Piles, Sold by all druggists. Depot, 46 Walker street. A.—No Case of Rupture Can be Pr ot be © mfortably and sately held by the vi i Broadway. ‘Tw: eight branch office: Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati, Milwal A.—Eau Angelique, for the Teeth and Gums. BISCOTINE FOUD tor infants. DELLUC & ©v,, 63) Broadway, are the sole proprietors and imanutac- turers, Paris agents, ROBER’ O.. Place Vendome. Av—Luxury as Well as BIAN VAPOR BATH also Sul tions. Priv ite departments for lar 7 West lwenty-tourth street, ne daily. a A Fine Assortment PIPES.—Go to KALD 71 Nassau, corner of J Necessity.—Rus- hur Vapor of Meerschanm % No. 6Joha street and BE street, A.—Holiday Styles of Gents’ Hats and SEALSKIN CAVS at lowest price |, 148 Nassau street. Fronzes and F day presents, at 20 per ¢ Baker's Chocolate.—A Gi con is easily had af you will insist on ing W. BAKER & CO.'s BREAK FA Baker’s Choe best VANILLA CHOCO: Cristadoro’s Hair Dye ts, By Far, the best extant; always reliabte, perfectly harmless and Sold every where. Christmas is Coming.—Beautifal Boots and SHOLS, Patronize MILLER & CO, No. 3 Union square, * Campo’s Infa'lible Specific; Sovereign remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Cramps. DAU, Herald build i HENRY, No. 8 College Place. sOUN F Chocolat Menicr—Menier’s Essence of i COCOA OR FAMILY CHOCOL defies all honest compeution. Awarded medal, Vienna Exhibition, Sold by ail grocers, druggists and contvc- Bunions, Enlarged Joints, ¢ the Feet, cured by Dr. ZACHAR! an Union suuare. i : Corns, Bunténs, Nails, &c., Cured With- RE by mail, 5%. ut pain; CORN CU out Pain yy, RIC6, 28 Broadway, corner Fulton street. Danville & Co.—The Irish Distilleries, Be! fast, Ireland, are the largest holders of Whiskey In the world. Their OLD IRISH WHISKEY is recominended by the medical profession in. preference to French brandy. supplied in casks or cases, United States Branch, 51 Broad street, New York, Denis Donovan, No. 5 East Twelfth street, formerly at Delmonico's, has reduced his table Whow prices; also, alacarte and private dinners re- duced, Dry Monopole Champagne of Heid- sieck & Co,, purveyors since 1817 to H. M. the King of Pruss mperor of Germany. This tavorite imported Dry Champagne for sale by all wine merchants and grocers. Dyspe ja and Consumption, as Ca and effect are intimately related; the latter being fre quently produced by the former. Dr. SHARP'S SPE. Giic” cures Dyspepsia and. prevents Consumption, Nartnett’s, Bible House; O'Brien's, Fittieth street and Third avenue, and Hudnut’s, Herald Building, Dibbice, Ladi and Gentlemen's Wig Maker, 284 Fourth avenue, near Twenty-second street. Panic prices, For Boots made on Scientific Princi- Jes, go to the manufacturers, EUGENE FERRIS & 50%, 0 Fulton st., near Broadway. ‘WwW. Keating’s Price 26c.; office, 28 Front For the hag Cnt aed A. celebrated OINTM street, corner Peek India Store, Thirteenth way.—Very choice and novel asso) Tent. of Goods at Fuinous prices Opposite Wallack’s ‘Theatr F. Krutener, 96 and 98 East Houston streotagy 5, UPHOLSTERY, &0, FURNITUR Just received, SWISS AND PARISIAN ARTICLES, of own importation, for the holidays “ OO / 9 Dundas Dick & Co.'s Capsutos, n¢ step in the nrozress of medical AKON Ob a pla for & ANS CRE Io st Tianseots wud recable medi Ing any of Lae senses Some ot die? jedies MFe so Extremely onto tints te hees have occurred where pallouts ed W take the chances of dying ra‘her thas Vin their open and tree state. CL the many methods Jeveed to overco ve tre nauseous taste of such, mdiCines 4s tar, Lurpen une, castor ou, cod Liver oil, &e., A vory tenort science Was Une i none have ax yet cqualled that of OABRSULKA ihe numerous and great vantages of th over ad other foring of |p s repulsive medi- $ are obvious; the odor is en ireiy the medicament ts conveyed inte nach without the Know! pitlate or throst. Th P most advantages ure thove made by DURDAS DICK CO. of this city, being superior lo any others that are in America or thatare imported trom europe, am nthe qua ity ts takeu lito account, they may be seb” also as the cheapest sold. are easily swal- Why children, beng soft, and they contain genuine i thiy latter imvortant particular they cam 1. Phey are put up in an Clegant and xpressly tor the prescription trade, aud they are tree trot obection. These qualites | te ve obtaimed tor DICKS > CAPSULES the recog * ‘ion of the medical profession, and they are now the only capsules prescribed by ans. They solve the probiem, iong and ansxiousiy considered by many of our Most en nent physicians, of buw to a¥oll for the pation’ A aud disgust experienced in swaliowing, well k ten deteact trom, if not de- of some of the most valuable ndalwood im sules than alt © ge, 50 to speak, of the Jpsules pr-se sing t manner reine preseribed. DUNU AS Dick 4 CO. use more oll of the men atacture ot one varity of their the wholesale cot retail druggists and periumers tm the United Sti.es combined. 4¢ is a most valuable remed, for tne disea es tor which it ts used, Castor the =A safest, most u-eiul, and. in fact, che most. valuable of known purgati an nhow be teken in @ very a able and easy manner in DICKS CAPSULES. dose of castor ixta of & grain of ferent medicaments in preparing thoy are handsomely put up in ey t are irst Wed washed and dried, tuen ¢ with: pow= dered starch, and atterward etivelsped in Gnfoll, to bro- lect them a st the eilects of a Warm and moist at he improved sty'e in which D.CK & COL are now put up has in -reased he demand 1 ted tates, bat irom foreagm wuing all others out of the rket; and this ineres<ed demand from abroad ted tlie necessity of publishing their etreulars in different Lingnayes—Engli-h, crench, German, Span and Portuguese. La i the Capsuls are exported daily. Searcely a 3 Fie..ves for tie West Indies, South America or European ports, and even China or India, that does not take out an invoice. Their superiority over all others is universally coneeded.—Sum- day News. for thein, not parts, and the Giles & Co.’s Liniment Iodide of Ammo= NTA cures P, si Chilblains and Chronic or Inflam- atory Rheumatism, €c, Best combination ever vered. Price 6) cents and $1 a bottle, Depot 451 Sixth avenue. Grocers and Wine Merchants Will find it advantageous to read HOLTZ’S advertisement, third page, in BONFORT: NE AND LIQUOK CIRGU- LAR, in reterence to Champag! Havana Lottery.— i 09,000 distributed. traordinary Drawe (Prize every seven tickets) last extraor: drawing capita — priae, . Prizes cuars sent intormaldon given, B. MAR ‘On 10 Wail street; box 4,096 Post oitice, New Yor! Mrs. Shaw’s Moth and Freckle Lotton== Warranted Atl drusyists; $l. Depot, GILES & CO.. 451 Sixth avenue, New York, Money! Taking advantage of the late crash, the proprictor ef the DOLLAR STOR cash capital, has sto ment o: HOLIDAY 3.5 Lo $24 Der doz extended to all to e h67 Broadway, with his ever rea eked hiv bazar witha ne aso GOUDs, many of whic) cost trom import A general invitation i ® Stock at way. Tit 63/ broad Liver Oil and Lactonhoss he best for consumption, coughs, &e- 4 PHARMAOY, 13 Seventh avenue, Pe Osmun’s Cod , is 3 and drugyisis gent Phato: most agreeable HEGEMAN & Ci Vitalin Is the Surest and lair Coloring in existence. For sale by id wit drs sisis. Poliak’s Genuine Meerschaum Goods. Repairing done promptly at lowest rates, Wholesale and retail depots, 27 John street and 1,109 Broad way. Rupture.—Dr. ‘Late of Marsh & Co.. Vesey street) will receive his patients (‘emporarily) at the Astor House, room 19, ladies’ en- Ss. + Marsh trance. ree i Royal Havan ottery—Extraordi+ nary.—$!,200,00 distributed (prize in every seven ticketa; cashed; orders filled in emation furnished; Spanish bank bills an TAYLOR & CO., E vernenis puri lt Wall street, New York. Tove. . 20 PARK PLACE, ey Goods, Musieal Instramenta,. asks, &e., of every description, viz. =! Importer of Toys, Fan HOLIDAY PR! Wax Dolls, French dressed Dolls, Doll Houses, Storm, Games, wooden Toys, Albums, Workboxes, Pocketbooks, Writing Desks, &c. ‘axent for the ERY OR BABY CHAN Tt ism ir, and cam: General ay HENRICH'S PATENT NU the most useful invention to relieve mothers. rocking, walking, necessary and sitting Cha be used till the child is 19 years old. Sele agent for the genuine EAU DE COLOONK, JOHANN MARIA FARINA, UNK, 20 Park plaee. To Mothers, Mrs, WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STRUP for childeem ia tood the test of It not onty relieves the child from pain, but invigorates the stomach and bowels, cures wind colic and gives rest and health to an old and well tried remed many, many years, and never known to fall. the child and comfort to the mother. The Pleasant Valicy Wine Company's WINES (still or sparkling): are absolutely pure, and are not excelled by any forelzn wine Torn HL. 'B’KIRK & CO,, 69 Fulton street. The “Elastic Truss” sold at Pomeroy’ No. 74 Broadway, for $3, is warranted to be the made. Ward’s Horse and Cattle Spice We Use and find superior to all others we ever used for horses out of coniition,—H. Marsh, Adams Express; J. 8. Mae rium, Third avenue stables? \. l. Niver, J. E. Adams & Son, J. V, Allen & Co. Hf. “tall, HG. Dobson; J. horrie Brooklyn. gan, B. McCaffery Wi Toupess.—G. Rauchfuss, Practi- cal Wha 'and TOUPER maker, 44 East Tweltth street, near Broadway. LARGE AND CHOICE STOCK OF Five Be in su; suitable | ! perd ty Hold 103, ty Presents, rien ‘of Literature, to <mir the tines, ed spec aly. riety of Children’s Books, JOUN PYNE, 0d Na sau sree An endless (aha NOVELS. New edition, in 42 vols, complete, Jrable Holiday Gite Price, in cloth, $43; or, in half calt, $110. COOPER'S LEATHL ER STOCKING TALES, itlustrated with 40 designs, by F, 0, ©. Darley. Price, in cloth, $4; sheep. $5; halt morocco, $689, , COOPER'S SBA TALES, illustrated with 40 tllustrations, by F. 0. C. Darloya . $5; half morocco, $6 90. ‘ON & CO., Publishers, 849 and 581 Broadway, making a de: Price, im ctoth, $4; she D, APP! F ANNY FE KN MEMORIT aes Atte for Christ ‘One of the most appropriate for Christmas: Janes Parton's AW, DOK, cA MEMORIAL OF FANS Fits.” containing her biography and select writings. with illustrations, Price t CARLETON'S Publishing House, Madison, square, selecti Li Books in New York. . i ° Pati geny . novels of the season popu, autor of Arua nM H AND ‘The two best and mos ¢ SJ KS8a MLN 8 Steel,” and Fieming, author At CARLETON'S Pab the choicest selection + NDER ERS eee WAS pew book of Sunday Stories for children, ‘The best ever pub! ished. Thirty-tour tl sold. Beantifully silustrated. usand siready Price 3 "At CARLETON 48 Publishing House, Madison. square, the cho sell “ction of Holiday Books in New Yor! OLE ON Wutst, * * * * * * ® NEW EDITION, -d book on Whist Playing. Price $k ree Re OARLETON “e 00, Publishers. New York. HREN( jLOGICAL JOURNAL, $3 A YEAR, AND SCK ENC § HEALTH, $2; to one address, $46); new, # OF HEAT ELLE dsb Sroadwar, Now York, © HE MODEL LETTER.—THE ART OF CORRE ST ondence, as taught by a professor of English ere ture’ jailed on receipt of 25 cents. Address Wiil! CGS. Bae Manson street, Brooklyn, N. Ve pus NEW YORK ERA. “the ourrent number of the ERA contains Ten Pages and Fitty Columns of interesting matters and is lively and entertatnan Journal tor the family—edited oy General WILLIAM H. MORRIS, assisted bY & Corps Ps Puttishanee House, Holiday Book: talented contributors. Buy it ani try It; only § ceuts tt juiro of newsinen, of At the office of publication, Ls Rassau street, near bint in t to-day. 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