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trees and promenades, The Tiber, tm its course | authorization to commence the work at once. | government guarantee for a fair rate of intereston through the city, is of Unnecessary width, aver- aging over 200 1eet, It is proposed to condne the water course to 120 feet, leaving nearly 100 feet on either side for empankmeuts and promenades, The river would be proviwed with locks and ulces at Ponte Molle, which could be opened at the inundation period tu relieve the pressure on the new deviation, These sluices would likewise permit of a sufficient and regu quanuty of water passing into tue city for savitary purposes, and shut off the supply altogether whenever ex- cavations are to be mad This, 1m brief, is the vlan tor rectifying the T re IRRIGATING THE CAMPAGNA, The other pian for trrigating the Campagns by a | supply canal from Tivoli to Ostia and the seais & Scheme of such gigantic dimeusions that we must ran account of it to @ separate letter. Though a noble project, it should nevertheless come only in a lesser degree into consideration at present, although it 18 included in General Gari baldi’s plans. ‘Tbe plan first to ve carried out is evidently the creation of the new port and harbor. in this schen Ci talists Wil invest unlesitat- ingly, The scheme tor rectifying the course of the Tiber is a ve valua one, but capitalists wi need @ guarantee from the city of Rome belore en= gaging iu it; in fact, [do not see where a capital- st can get any returns for his outlay. ‘The irrl, tlon and improvement of the Campagna are the most di ind wearisome tasksof all, These are labors for Italy and unless she guarantees the interest tor out will never be done, even with Genera! Garibaiai as the figure-head of the ty irr canals through the dreary project. ructed, but unless the aws for the preservation destruction of which are the primary ea) the imundations of the ampagn the on of the stagnant tuat whole country as so mi: f pestul ess it compels utry ve the groves ning, and there, on the radical measures for sudden gove y1 te mountain f wh rests—th 30 and pagna—these unprovement will be of no use whatever, Tue system of irrigating the Campagna is a method whico reminds us of the doctors who would remove the e nal signs of disease by cauterizacion in: arre: cause of a hea tead of purifying the system aud @ at fountain 1. BALDI AS A CE: 3URE IN THE HISTORY LY. When ( li entered Rome a month ago, after twent years absence from the scene of one of bis most arduous campaigns, he received a Welcome that would have flattered a victorious Emperor, ‘the whole of Rome went ont to recetve bim and give bin ¥ nd some of his more ardent adr essed the horses rom the carriage and yoked themselves tn their places, and tons did bald! make triumphant entry into the about which his aspirations and hope ways clung. To make Rome the capital taly and to make Italy tree, these are the ideas that have ruled his life; he sees these ideas now accomplished facta, and ne sees the Vaticaa standing where it did of yore, And perhaps thinks still that Rome and Italy are notiree. W ows? We have nothing to do with Gurfbaldi now as the revolutionist, the libera- tor of Italy; we see him now in Rome tn another character—in th @ benefactor, rather than as city ot at of @ political leader—only now and then does make assaulting speech againat the dweilers around St. Peter The old revolutionary spirit bas, see, not departed from the old hero; bat its is thrown tn another direction, not aga onarc and despots and the Church, but against the encroacoments of malarias; against the devastatioas of floods; against the athy that bas held the Italians too long. He is gong to make war with the Tiber and the Cam. pigua, and in his campaiga we must all, friend und foe alike, wish him success and long life to see | all bis projects carried into effect. GARIBALDI AS A DEPUTY. Never was such a welcome given to a member in taking his ¢ as was to General Garibaldi When he made his appearance on the benches of the Leit im the Italian Chamber, The deputies Tose in one body ag he entered, and when the Oatn of fidelity was administered to mm, and he pronounced in silver-clear notes “Giuro” (+L swear’), the enthusiasm In the house knew no bounds, Asi’, said some one, they had expected not take the oath to the King and overnment had a lnger- neral’s 1ntentions, it was from bis own irous of developing proj- that he would ! If tne svon dissipart @ Mps that he was more a public utility than of piung- cal party schemes. The t 3 e from. the Chamber r Saturday when he supported a Mur t of useless old ships- ofwar ana the ¢ of others of recent | model) shows t ershe can serve his constituents & by forwarding the great underrakings he now ha t than-by bandy ing tary oratory in the To drain, populate and Waste known as the Roman @ course of the Tiber in tome from tue danger of o develop the commer- cial resources of the city aud province by a direct Ravigable communication with the sea—such are the present objects of Garivaidi’s very laudable ambition. imunda‘ion in future, tad TE LABOR BEFORE HIM. The first project had Jor centuries occupied the speculs lation, occasionally budding into iniuatory eforts of the Sovereign Ponutts, ao he second was forced upon the urgent con- sideration of the It goverament by the als ive con trous flood of 1870-11, which desolated the city Guring the very first winter since the acclamation of Rome as apitalot Italy. The Popes were unabie to improve ‘he condition of the Campagna, with the exception of the partial dratuing of tue Pontine Marshes by Pius Vi, and the Iraiian gov- ernment and tue neither effected no: Roman municipality nave attempted anything for the rectification of the Tiver, So that Garibaldi has Virgin soil belore nim for both undertakings, each Wigantic m its way, Cut more ¢ ing and impr nt of its draining im; t can never ha jent population, whch iris rendered whole- gar e until the vome; while, on tue ovher hand, tue air wiil ne ve salubrious until the soll 13 tilled and inhav- ted. A vast triangle Is the Campagna, now ut consideration, with metres long, on t its bas @ sea, wit eiguty-er, apex Loward the 1 ne Appenines, juclosing a surface wmeh may be estima in reund & avers hall @ million of acres, @ vast part of wich is uninhabitable during many mouths of the year, much of it hav- ing degenerated into Wamps and marsnes formed by the alluvial deposits of Tiber. The Whole extent of the Campagna from tue ign plain around Kome and the sea is only three yards sbove the sea level, In some Sit is below, ana so drain this is a very arduous undertaking. THE PLANS OF THE GENERAL—WHaT WE SaYs. Garibaldi bimseif is by no means presumptuous oF dictatorial with regard to the methods to be adopted for ef cting his great objects, | have had a grest deal of conversation with him both at his residence and runoing down the Tiber in his company on a steamer and om the coast, on which latter occasion he was surrounded with engineera and hydraulic men, all exuiviting conflicting Dians; but the General would not undertake to make any cision or to make any preference, saying IT am not @ technical man, you gentiemen are; thereiore put wurwara your respective plans and arguments, and tne one that ts recognized a8 most advantageous shall be adopted, I am only a@ practical man, and I am resolved to push forward the project as soon as it le approved into immediate excution. What I Want is that @ beginning may be made, and if) only see @ trench opened! snail know that the Work is begun, and it mas: be begun before the hot season brings malaria ‘ever to these districts, Before July, when it will be dangerous to work ia these swamps, 1 lope to see something done.”’ Tne Generai’s iutention is to forma vecunical commission of hydraulic engineers, men in woom he cau trust, to revise Or improve any gvod plans that may be presented, aud when tne project is gotin the best and most PPactioal orm possivie | advisable. His idea then was to deviate the waters | gable canal, to serve also as @ collector to a whole And that the Genera! has now the full support of the government there is no doubt, for only yes- morning Minister Minghettt paid an expected visit to him and ig said to have arranged | the nancial part of tae undertaking to te Gen- eral’s satis.action. They shook hands, I am told, | and came to & cordial understanding. | THE ORIGINAL PROJECTS MODIFIED. | On the first interview I had with General Gari- baldi at the Villa Severini, a tew days before he removed to the Villa Casaliui, his views were ona far vaster scale than he has since recognized to be | of the Tiber entirely into the bed of the Anio lor about a couple of miles as far as the Nomentano bridge and then to cut an entirely new and navi- | system of lateral drains, down to the sea The old bed of the Tiber, however, was to be preserved im a restricted form, | with siuice gates, by which the quantity of water allowed to pass througn the city at floca | periods might be regulated, and by closing waich | entirely at low water the bea of the river might | be searched for the treasures of gold and silver, | statues, imscriptions and other objects of artis- tical and archwologteal interest, which it is reason- ably supposed may have fallen or been thrown | into the Tiver from time to time during the king republican and imperial periods of kome, or daring the lawiess pillage and destraction so re- | peatedly inflicted on the fallen mistress of the world during the Dark Ages, But the General sound that what was very easy to mark out with nis pencil on the great map of Rome and the | Campagna, which he kept stretched before him, | would be of very difficult 1fnot impossible execu- tion, through the actualities of varying ground and | diftering levels, and he became convinced thavany RECTIFICATION OF THE TIBER, | intended to be really practicable, must be limited to the valley through waich it now runs, or at any rate only extended to the cutting of a new channel a Jittle above the junction of the Tiber and the Anio, two miles nortn of Rome, round the eastern circuit of the city walls, profite ing by the valley of the Marrana to rejoin the main river in the neighbornood o! the Basilica of St. Paul's without, and so relieve the city of a great mass of water, which would otherwise over- Whelm its lower districts in periods of flood, as has been repeatedly the case during successive ages, This measure and the shortening of the lower branch oi the Tiber—that ts, from Rome to the sea—by opening direct cuts instead of the | many serpentine windings whica now char- terize the course of the river, would suifice to | the present requirements of the capital of Italy, asiar asthe city itselfand the Tiber are con- | cerned; but the construction of & port at the mouth of the river, that is, In the navigable canal | called the Fiumicino (Little Rivet), 1s, of course, | necessary to complete the hydraulic works and confer on Rome the boon of easy access to the | sea. Garibaldi has already visited Fiumicino and has frequently conferred with the government | engiueers on the practicability of his projects re- | laung tothe new port and breakwater, about which I spoke at some length in my opening | letter. A HERALD VISIT TO GARIBALDI'3 NEW VILLA. Yesterday I drove out to see Garibaldi at his new residence, the Villa Casaiini, over a mile beyond tne Porto Pia, The situation is much more advan- tageous and the house much more comfortable than the Vilia Severini, It derives its name from the owner, from whom the municipality of the city of Rome has rented it for Garibaldi. It 18 @ curious coimeidence that, | Whereas from the Villa Severini Garibaidi enjoyed | the immediate prospect or Victor Emmanuel’s villa Tesidence ontside the Porta Salara, from the Villa | Casalini he enjoys that of the sump:uons villa | outside the Pius Gate, inhabited by tne Countess of Miraflori, the King Victor Emmanuel’s mor- | ganatic wife. PAST THE CHURCH OF ST. AGNES we have driven, in full view of the snow-capped mountains of tue Appenines and the Sabine Hilis, dotted with villas and villages, and then Casalini | was to our leit, a long, two anda alr story villa, looking upon @ pleasant iawn and fountain, and sorubbery in {front and a greenhouse and orangery at the back. The villa wil be @ delightful place when spring arrives and the garden, or rather gardens, are made Jragraot with the periume of flowers and shrubs. There are little artificial pools or lakes of clear Tunving water tobe seen in the aeclivity at the back, and in front is a graceful, slender monolith, supporting the figure of an ancient goddess, There is a shady summer bouse, even now blooming with camelias, and a delignt(ul cave or grotto in one corner, Wuere the Generalcan find refuge In summer jrom the pouring sunshine to which the Villa itself will be exposed, Entering the house the ground floor is occupied by storerooms and Kitchen, and a dining room looking out on the fruit garden, It is the first story, with long rooms, mosaic floors and !rescoed, where THE GENERAL AND HIS FAMILY RESIDE. An old, long-bearded servant, who greets you Witi a few words of English, takes your card and enters one of th? rooms leading trom the irescoed lobby, and soon returns to bid you walk in. It is rarely that youcan find the General alone; there he sits at @ long deal table in the long irescoed dwelling room, poring over the maps and dis- cussing with engineers, deputies and visitors, holding in his maimed right hand a pencil, wita which he sketches on his maps the outlines of his plans, explaining them to his audience at the same time. He is usually seated near the brignt | wood fire, for it is cold im Italy just now, and ne seldom rises. | HIS APPEARANCE, He looks very well, indeed, considering his age. He 1s clad in his oid characteristic costume, a gray mantle carelessly thrown back over his shoulders revealing ghe red Garioaldian shirt, and 4 silver watch chain hanging down trom his waist- On bis bead he Wears akind ot embroidered smoke ing Cap, which he never puts aside, His voice is Silvery clear. He speaks English well and slowly; also French and his native ianguage. A BOTTLE of excellent Marsala stood on the table when I Visited the villa, I drank ® glass with the Gen- eral to the success of his great undertaking, and he wished me to convey through the HERALD his heartfelt taanks to all Americans for the interest they seem to take in his work, and for the appre- ciation shown by its great journals, Daring my interview the Countess of Mirafiori came very courteously to pay a visit to the Gen- eral, who abandoned the Jay table at which we were €xamining maps and plans and went to re- ceive herin ao adjoining saloon, And while the General has put on his best face toreceive his aristocratic visitor we may step dowm into the garden and grounds connected with tne villa ia order to get a picture of Garivaidi’s present home. GARIBALDI AND THE DEPUTIES. The Countess left, and then came other visitors, two deputies from the ministerial benches, who carried On an interesting discussion witn tne General. They assured him of the hearty concur- rence of the government and the whivie pariia- ment inthe execution of his patriotic projects, They were surprised at not finding the Prime Minister, Signor Mingvetti with him, as ne proms jaed to meet them there. They were very com- pilmentary to the General. ‘When,’ they said, “@ man like yourself undertakes to promote a grand work of public utility, there 1: au end to ali Opposition, The government, the parliament and 4il its political actions, the provincial and muni- cipal counciis, in fact the whole nation, concur in supporting your proposition.” To which Garibaldi Teplied:—«I conscientiously believe that 1 am going to dogood, 1 have engaged my heaa, my heart and my hands in the work, and I hope to See it carried into eifect. The capital of Italy | 18 DOW subject to contyuual inundations. It is Without direct commuaicauon with the sea and Without @ port. Is i# sivaated Ia the midst of aa uncultivated desert, and aMicted with maiaria. These are evils which mast be remediec, and I | reckon upon the patriotiam of ail parties to achieve ‘he desired improvement,” Itis an old saying | there’s a wWay.”’ Another oid saying joins ways and means together, and Garibaldi knows very weil that meane will be required to a la ule | | home. | braced in bis plans, that “where there’s @ will extent | be Will Bimself submit it $0 the government for ite | for his Undertaking, and thas the money or tue | it must come (rom Italy, ‘the General wants ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF FRANCS, 100,000, The principal spokesman of the two, Geputies assured Geueral Garibaldi that there was such a feeling in Parliament against mereased ex- penditure that, if his proposition had come trom the government, even with the King’s personal initiation, Bot oaly the Left but the jeading mem- bers of the Kight would have thrown out any bul requiring two or three muliions for such an ovject. | Coming from Garivaldi, on the contrary, govern- ment aod Parliament would unanimously support | bis proposition, The General was assured that he reckon on @ parliamentary grant of five 1 Most probably ane be voted by the Another five might millions of Irancs @ year, other annual million would province and municipality of Rome, | millions might be furnished by @ company or con- sortium, or obtained abroad, altnough some Italian journals are just now displaying jealousy om the sudject of foreigners participating in 80 great a national work, jorgetting that bots money and practical hydraulic engineering are more easily obtained abroad than tn Italy, DISCUSSION ON THE NEW PORT, The details of the proposed port ac Fiumicino and docks at Port Trajan were discussed at some length with us by General Garibalai, who has some ideas of his own, but, as I said before, is not ob- stinave in maintatning them, with respect to the comparative advantages of different methods of constracting breakwaters or harbors of refuge. He suggested the possibility that the granite of which his own isiand of Caprera 1s principally formed might be use/ully applied in the construc. | tion of the Fiumicino breakwater, Of course this would depend on the cost of freight from the island, otherwise it would be an interesting memorial to posterity that the pier and break- water projected by General Garibaldi should have | been” executed with stone from bis own island fle spoke then of the advantages of the railroad connection between Rome and the port, and the hope they nad of keeping the channel of Fiumicimo clear of sand, by placing sluices or locks | to prevent the muddy waters of the Tiber rolling through it. The General seemed to entertain bright pictures o! the luture ofthe port. We had some conversation with regard to the best mode of reclaiming the marsby lands forming the delta of the Tiber, Bat the General said that this question should be gone into after the works for the rectifl- | cation of the Tiber, and tue construction of a har- bor at its mouth, were fairly initiated, CHANGES OF PLAY I then had a few words with the General alone, when he kindly went over the whole ground em- But what he then said I have alreagy emoraced in the introduction to this article, and, to tell the truth, so many changes | are made in the plans trom one day to the other that I should not be at all surptiseu ifa telegram should arrive at the HERALD office simultaneously with this letter telling you that the Tiber 1s to be drained, the Campagna rectified and the Vanican made the port and breakwater of Rome. Fiumicino 1s to be the port, next day Port Trajan, the day after it is moved somewhere else. the general idea which I gavein my first letter may nevertheless serve ag @ basis of information. 1 have all respect for General Garibaldi, because of | his herote past; nevertheless, { CAN BUT REGRET that he should permit himself to be influenced by unimportant persons who know nothing about any plans save those which may serve their in- teresta. The General’s heart is most assuredly in the right place, but it 13 guided frequently by strong attachments to listen to appeals and In- Sinuations where, in projects like these, it should be guided by the mind ana judgment alone, WHAT THE ITALIAN MINISTERS SAY, Tam informed that Minister Minghetti has as- | Sured the General that the Itailan government ts | ready to advance 40,000,000 of francs toward the carrying out of his projects, Victor Emmanuel ha! presented the General with four of his own beauti- ful horses to enable him to ride about on the Campagna In order to study the grounds of opera- tons, THE KING AND THE BANKERS. The meeting between Garibaldi and Victor Em- manuel afew days ago is now the subject of nu- | Maerous poems and pictures, which are sold in great quantities on the Corso. They had not met since the evening alter the battle of Custozza, PRINCE TORLONA visited the General yesterday and spent over an | hour conversing with him. The Prince is the owner of tne land all around Fiumicino dnd Port Trajan, and is very naturaily uesirous that the project of the new port should be carried out, In tact he is ready to drain the swamp that now occupies tne site of Port Trajan himself, in order to Jacilitate matters, jelt inclined, THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT has behavedin a most generous manner to the General. It grants him a iree income of $20,000 a year, with the disposition 0! 1,000,000 irancs at hia , death, Indeed it tries to meet every ove of the General’s wishes before it is uttered. days the General promises a return visit to our Minister, Mr. Marsn. Say that the General is suffering ver, rheumatic afflictions, Tne last time I saw nim he said on seeing me, “An! excuse me shaking hands with you; my fingers are so much affected by My rheumetism that they pam me.” His leet Were rested on two chairs, and just veside tim L noticed \wo crutches, Which he is compelled to , use When Waiking. It 1s possible that he may have to give up the great task he has undertaken. ‘The excitement is too much ior him, and some- times be sighs lor Caprera. THE COLOGNE HORTICULTURAL EX- HIBITION. Agrand International Horticultural Exhibition will be opened im the city of Cologne, Prussia, on the 26th of August next, and continue until the 26th oO! September in the present year. This most refluing and elegant undertaking has been con- | ceived and will be carried out under the most dis- linguished patronage, including the active partici- pation of Her Impetial Majesty the Empress and His imperial Highness the Crown Priuce of Ger- many. Ail persons who take au interest im gar- dening and the progress of horticulture are invited to contribute to tue exhivition, which will be under excellent management. ‘the German Minister of Agriculcurai Affairs 1s now engaged in conducting begotiations jor the nomination of commissioners irom joreign governments, The exnipition will comprise ail horticultural plants and producti ns, Wich the exception of grapes and wines, which are exciuded, Owiug to the possibil- ity of the appearance of the devastating insect the phyllosera vastatriz, Working implements and utensils, implements for putlaing, garden houses au tae like, as Well a8 Collections o1 every kiud connected with garden culture will pe ad- mitted in thelr proper classes, All communica. tions must be addressed, post paid, to the Hortl- caitural Society ‘Flora, ditional no elegant utiitarian project can be ov:ained. KILLED BY AN ELEVATOR. Richard Finnelly, @ boy, aged sixteen years, em- ployed by the Associated Press, was instantly killed yesterday alternoon by being struck on the | bead by the elevator in the Western Union Tele- graph office, corner of Dey street aad Broadway. ‘The boy Was standing on the third story of the building, and putout bis head between the slats of tue door and looked down to see if the elevator was coming up. Unjortanately it was coming down, aid velore he couid get his head back It ack un aud cut the entire upper portion of the skuliom. Tue elevator Was a Guce stopped aud the boy picked up, but he Was dead and his brains were soa(tered over toe floor, it has been tne | teniion of ihe company to have & wire screen across the doors, aé the boys are in the habii of souncing the annunciator to fool the eugineer and see tae Carrua up. Tie father ol young Finney came to the lwenty-seventh precinct sation house late ip the aiteruoon, where tue boay was taken, aud identified it, He gave hia residence Kast Lignhteenth street, near First avenue, DROWNED OFF ROBBIN'’S REEF. Hug Walsn, the keeper of the lighthouse at | Robbin’s Reei in the bay, heard cries for help on Wegnesday night and saw @ man struggiiog in the water. Wa TOOK to hi We man just before he Was sinking for the jase time, He pulied him ashore, but the man Was sO exiausted that he died almost immediately. There Was no olner boat near at the me except ‘ug having a derrick in tow, Waisn caJed to the engineer to stop, owt the latter kept on his course. ihe place Woere the man Was stragging was a mile, irom the shore aud itis not kbown how |e gov there. ke Was about forty-five # Old, and Was Greased ia @ aark coat, ats at vest. He bad @ sma) etmouat of curs ‘to-day | But | He is reported ricn enough | 10 carry oat the Garibaidian pians himself, ifso he | in a few | i nad aimost forgotten to | much from | Cologne, whence ail ad- — essary information concerning this | boat and reached | NEW YUKK msikALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. HOLY WEEK. Maunday Thursday Services in St. Patrick's Cathedral. BLESSING THE HOLY’ OILS. Good Friday—General Suspension of Business— Religious Exercises in the Churches. AtSt. Patrick's Cathedral, yesterday mornin, | @ pontifical high mass was celebrated, His Eml- nence Cardinal Mevloskey being the celevrant. ‘The sanctuary was still draped with purpie, the large crucifix above the altar, the figures, the pictures and the other ornaments being all hia- | den from view. The altar was stripped of the flowers and decorations which on solemn festi- vals such as that of yesterday—the Feast of the | Annunctation—are wont to lend their veauty to | the religious scene. The general harmony and | impressiveness of the Catholic service, however, Was nothing abated by the simplicity with which | the altar arrangements had been made, Some lights alone illuminated the gilded background, and served to marx more firmly the purple cover- ings which screened from view the emblems of hope and joy which are generally conspicuous ia the sanctuary, Yesterday, being Holy Thursday, the Virgin’s | altar had been prepared with sattable ornaments | and decorations for the custom | which the faithfol visit in thousands, in accord- ance with @ custom centuries old; but until the | close of the mass this Was concealed by a white cloth, and the numberless candies surrounding the temporary tabernacie were unlighted, THE BLESSING OF THE HOLY OILS, One of the most interesting ceremonies of the | Catbolic Church takes piace annually on Holy Thursday, and yesterday the ceremony was per- formed auring the pontifical high mass by the Cardinal, assisted by a number of tis pastors and | priests, as ioliows:—Assistant priest, Vicar Gen- | eral Quinn; deacons of honor, the Rev. Father Curran and the Rey, Father Donnelly; deacon of | the mass, the Rev. Father Hogan; sub-deacon of | the mass, the Rev. Father Mare; master of cere- | Monies,the Rey, Father Kearney ; assistant master | of ceremonies, the Rev. Father Farrelly. The ritual prescribes that twelve priests shall attend the omiciating Bishop at the blessing o1 the oils, and | the following-named pastors were in attend. ance:—The Rey. Dr. MeGiynn, Rev. Father | Everett, Rev. Father Boyce, Rev. Fatner Far, relly, Rev. Father Healy, Rev. Father Beandevin, Rev. Father Edwards, Rev. Father Reilly, Rev. Father Nico, Rey. Father Mooney, Rey. Father McGean and Rev. Father McNamee. Four students irom Troy Semipary—Messrs. Doyle, Hayes, Colton | and Farrel also took partin the ceremonies... All the priests wore albs and chasubles. The Arch- bishop, assistant priest, deacons of honor and the | deacon and suu-deacon of the mass were vested in chasubles of the richest description, The | Seminarians wore chasubles of green, the | priests wearing vestments of white, and some | thirty-seven boys, clad in red soutains and linen surplices, attended within the sanctuary, the cross-bearer and the two acolytes alone wearing | black goutains. The church was crowded to its | utmost capacity, standing room being difficult to secure in the centre aisie up toa point where jurtber advance wasretused by tne ushers, There | Was no organ accompaniment to the singers exe | cept at the “Gloria,” the service being, therefore, | rendered peculiarly Lenten. The ‘Credo’ sung | was by the organist, Mr. Schmitz, a solemn com- | position, At the ‘Sanctus’ an “U Salutaris” was sung, aod the “Agnus Dei’? was by Miné The singing was of the very simplest sort, the singers | aiming merely to preserve the reflective charac- | ter of the music. | PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS. | The high mass was similar in all respects to the | ordinary pontifical mass, which has been so often | witnessed in the Cathedral, except in so far that | at certain parts the Cardinal descended trom the | altar toa table covered with white linen, whicn | | Was placed on the epistie side of the sanctuary. | | On this side were ranged the twelve pastors. When the Cardinal occupied the chair in tront of the table the deacons of honor stood behind, the masters ol ceremonies on lis left, the assistant pries@ farin front on the right, and the deacon wud sub-deacon ofthe ma: ceremonie deacon in the Diessing of the mediately beiore the Cardinal, There were some highly interesting scenes in the ceremonies. At the beginning Of the macs the surpiiced boys, led by the cross-vearer and acolytes, followed by the | thuriters and tne bearers of tug candle and the missal and the mit nd crozier beavers, ap- peared in exceilent order; then came the weive | pastors, Joliowed by the scwinariatis, Who were } qn turn followed by the sup-deacon ana deacon of the mass; tuen Came the deacons o! honor, next the assiscunt priest, und Jast of ali the Veneravie Carainal-Archbishop, Wearing bis mitre and car- rying nis crogier iu his leit hand. Tae Cardinal looked to be mmexcelient health, and went through | the long and jatiguing ceremonies Without show- ing signs O| Want of Vigor, thouga His Kminence, being the celevrant of The Mass, Was cotopelied to remain fasting unt) alter one o'clock in tue after- noon. ‘The clear, sweet Voice which 18 $0 /amiliar | to habitucs of tne catuedrai intoned the mass | with toe same fervid patios a5 usual. As the sanctuary Was seen, wito all the participants in the service In their respective places, tue scene | was very solemn aud very impressive. ‘There was | | alittle too much crowding jor so many wituin go | | BiNall a space; still the efect was In the Mighest | | degree caiculated to inspire the beholder with | | Teverence jor the service about to begin. During the “Gloria in Excelsis” all the beis in the sanc- | | tuary were Kept ging, the large gong giving | out ‘its melancholy sound at imtervais, while the organ flied the edifice witn peals of | music. Immediately after the cousecration the Cardinal descended irom the altar and took his | seat at tue tavle on the Epistle side, Tne Vicar General then ntoned the words Gleum Infirmo- rum, “the oil jor the sick.’ A suv-deacon, or ous, were im- brougnt the vessei contaiming the oil to the tabie, saylug In presenting it, “Uieum Infirmorum,’? and ive Vicar General then handed tt to the Curdt- nil, Who proceeded to read the exorcism and otuer prayers and to bi the oll, which was at once taken back Co the sacristry, ‘The Cardimat then ascendea the altar, where, putting eff nis mitre, he proceeded with the mass, uotli ue came to the communion, when he consecrated a ost especially jor Good Friday, bo consecration oe1ug permitted on that day, Ali the priests now received at the hands oi the Cardinal the holy communion. Again the Cardinal returned to the seatatthe tabe and the assistant pricst said aloud “Oleum ad Sanctum Corisma.’’ and thea “Oleum Catecaumenorum.” Incense having been | putio the thurtoles tne priests retired in proces+ sion, tWO by two, to tue sacristy, and suon re- turned, two of tuem bearing the oll of chrism and | the ou of catechumens, preceded by another priest or sub-ceacon, carrying the balm, two of the | number chanting tue hymn, © Redemptor sume carmen temet concientium. aud tie Cardinal, without wearing the miire, biessed the bain, saying two | prayers’ im doing so. Parting on the mire und stil Standing ue then mixed ina paten baim with @ lite of the Ol, aud breathed three limes over the chrism in the form of @ cross, The Cardinal being now seated ach Oo! the tweive priesis in tura ap- | proacnea the table and vreatued three times un ‘Ube clrism in the form of & Cross @} the Cardiual had done, Alter tis the Cardinal pronounced te exorcisin Ol the chrism and sung Une presace, and then mingled tie palm and oil already nixea om the paten wita the cnrism in the Ampull cloth over the Ampulla being removeu the Ca saluted (he chrisia by singing alond, **Ave, sauce tom Chrisma” three times, raising WS voice @ loue euch sa\utation. The priesis tuen, each in turn, ‘moved toward the Gospe. side of the altar aod jrom there approacbed the table, making three genuflexions on the Way, singing at eaen genu- flection “Ave, Sanctum Chrisiua,” alter tae man- ner of the Cardinal, ‘iis ceremony over the Car- | dinal pronounced, in & low tone, the exorcism ana prouceeden to oless the vil of the catechumens. A. | Ceremony now took piace similar to thay which | was used io tue biessing of the oil of the infirm. A more solemn scene could scarcely be witnessed tuan was tnia | salatation by ali the priests o! the ois which | will be used during the ensuing year in admin- | stering the last rites o. toe Church to tne sick aud dying. The biessivg of the wil of the cate- | Chumens being over a procession Ol the priests | ered with a white clot | was again formed, and the holy oils were borne | back to the sucristy, the Chanters singing the | hymn | Alt novetur sexus omnis unctione chrismatis. | AN IMPOSING PROCESSION, On the return of the priests the Cardinal ascended the altar acd coutinued the mags to the end. A procession was now lormed, which proceeded | down the centre atsie and no the aisle leading to | tue depository, where was to he piaced tue sacred host, Ail the boys ii cas#ock und surpilce, the seminarians, the pastors, the officiacing nd the Gardigal participated init, Preceding all was tue Key, Fatuer Parreiy, (hed came tue Crone zy depository, | . Who performed in the | tue special Gutes Of deacon and suo- | | tion, The vesseis were placed on the table and cov- | rests | bearer, with acolytes on either side, then the bo; lo red cassocks, bext the seminarians and the priests, aud then the Cardinal carrying In @ veiled ceboriiu the blessed sacrameut beneath a y borne by tour laymen, Messrs. doun Kelty, Hugh Moore, Dr. James O'Rourke and Jolin W. McKinley, | fhurifers swung ineir censers im irovt ef the Cardinal, Who was assisted on elther side by his deacons of honor, Following the canopy were Father Kearney, master of ceremovies, and tne vested boys bearing the candle, the book, the crozier and tie support for the mitre, The priests and the boys all joined tn singing the “Pange Lingua,’ the choir singing alternate verse Having deposited the sacred host im the depo: tory, Which was now brilliantly lighted up, the Cardinal pronounced the benediction and the service closed, DECORATIONS OF THE SACRED DEPOSITORIES. | The depository here bas been very elegautly ar- ranged this year, though 0 doubtin other caurches this temporary ultar tor Maundy Thursday wilt show much more of a wealth of ornamentation and decorations than is to be seen at the Cathe- dral. There was noticeable everywhere, on and around the altar, the want of flowers, Lights alone seemed to constitute all that it was believed | Was needed. A temporary canopy surmounts tue altar, in itselt scarcely rich enough for such a day. ‘The tabernacle 1s vetled with @ stiver cloth, which 1s the only thing that imparts a richness to the general appearance, In other churches a visit to these decorated aitars was well worth paying. In many of them there Was a most generous profusion of elegant | Presents trom pious ladies,’ who do this work | Oucea year most skiliully. Counties lights | Surround the depositery and most tasteful de- | Signs are Wrought with the flowers, and elegant | ornaments are used among the decorations, In | St. Stephen’s church, Twenty-eighth street; St. | Ann’s, East Twelfth street; St. Francis Xavier's, | West Sixteenth street; tue German church in | Third street and in several other churcoes the depositories displayed great taste in the admirable manper i which they were prepared. All tne aiternoon and evening thousands | of people. a large number being Protestants of | various cenommations, | See the elegance of design displayed in each, | and, as 1s customary, an exchange of views as_ to | the claims of each for superiority lormed the | harmless controversies of grou.s of people in | making the rounds, When darkuess sect In the | crowds making visits were especially large, both | In the churces and on the streets leading tothem. | The auspiciousness of the Weather was favorable | in tots regard, and mdeed during the day there was noticeable, all une city over, a geueral holiday air, which spoke well for an appreciation among the people of @ solemn season in the relgious year. A MELANCHOLY SERVICE, At the Tencvrw in the afternoon a large congre- | gation attenied in the Catvedral. The melan- | attraction in Holy Week, first to last, Was @ most fitting prelude to tne sa | rifice whicn the Church commemorates to-day. | Whe gloom of the edifice and tne unusual dimness | of the sanctuary, feebiv lighted, and tie purple | screening concealing everything that might look brigat and cheeriui, were tn a sad sort of | harwony with tne waillike chant of the psaims of the office and tue still more tender tones of the three jamentations that were sung. | In the extinguishing of the lights on the triao- | gular candlestick there was the secret meaning Which appeals to raney, and the mysterious hiding of the top candle and the clapping of hands waich | Jollowed won 1ts reappearance ali revealed som: thing of the mgniticauce which the Church 1n- tended by these strange though simpie eere- monies, ‘Ine contrast between the high altar and the illuminated altar of the depository was striking. ‘The — thoughts which filled the mind of the worshipper | attending to the chanting of the dolorous | office must have tad a brief conflict in the sug- | westiveness of tne joyous charcter of the presenta- tion here, Bat in every part of the churci the i people seemed to be wrapped in devotion. It was | late at nigat when the last o: the visitors to the depository jelt che cnurch, GOOD FRiDAY, This being Good Fridzy no host will be conse- crated at the masses in the Catholic churches, ‘The mass sald is called the mass of the presancti- fied, the hust having been consecrated yesterday morning. ‘Tris afternoon, at the usual hour, the oilice of tne Tenebre will be sung in many of the churenes and ser- mons preached later in the evening on the exnaustless theme of the death of the Saviour. ‘There seems to be a growing disposition among tne peopie that Good Friday should be made @ legatholiaay. or a few days past thousands of people have been making inquiries of eaca other | @sto whether or not this day was a holiday | legally, a Inct Which poipts in the direction of its soon becoming 80. Ail the corporations down town Will cease from business to-day—the Stock Ex- | change, the Produce Exchange, the Chamber or | Commerce, the Gold Room, &c, The banks, how- ever, must Temain open, as there 1s no legal au- thority to Keep them ciosed. Judging trom the experience o1 last year, the day will count, to all intents and purposes, in the mercantile world, next toa dies non. GOOD FRIDAY. THE SUFFERING IN THE GARDEN, THE BE- TRAYAL AND CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST—SER. MON BY DR. ARMITAGE. Dr, Armitage preached the sixth of his series of discourses during Holy Weck, at the Fifth avenue Baptist church, last evening, from the following passage, found in the twenty-seventa chapter of | Matthew, first and second vel ‘When ths morning was come all the chief priests and elders _ ofthe people took coansei agains: Jesus to pus him to death, And wien they had bound nim, | they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the Governor.” He sat fhe day of | Christ’s death is kuown by all nominally Christian | Mations as Holy Friday, but among ourselves it is | usually Known by the more familiar titie of Good Fri- day. No doupt by general consent this name bears on the divine side of the day and not on the human, which registers a long list of humuiitations, igno- minies and torments, each in itself an excess of cruelty and crime. The love ot Good Friday Imbogsoms the heart of infinite goodness and summons the forces of nature +o aid in its full expression, The human side of the day abandons the Son of God to torment, betrays Him by His friends, delivers Him up to the rage of His foes, tears His body in deep gashes, fastens His limbs to @ disgraceful tree, crowns His temple with thorns, drenches His mouth with gail and pierces His heart with a spear. But the divine side pre- sents the holy of holies to us in its grandeur, power and majesty; the love of God in the Shecal- nah of redemption, a love which converted the tragic crimes of men into the means of their salva- The Jewish day commenced with sundown Reckoning their hours and ended with sundown. | Irom sunset to sunrise their sixth hour of tbe day corresponds to our twelve o’clock at noontide. itis fair to conclude that our Lord and His dis- ciples leit the supper about midnight, aad, passing through what is now St. Stephen's gate, retired priest acting as such, retired to tae sacristry and | {nto the Garden ot Getusemane, at the 1000 of Mount Olivet, There THE MOST APPALLING TRANSACTION | in the history of suffering took place. It was the great Cilimax o1 the gieat suflerer, outwardly and inWardiy—His hour of deepest physical, mental and moral midnigat, Peter, James and Jonn had enjoyed toe piiceies’ privilege of vein same three Who oad been Witnesses of His majesty that they might behold the sharpness or His bloody sweat. ings, He cries out ty these confluential iriends, “My soyl is exceedingly sorrowiul, even unto death!) Dr. Armitage +considered at ieugth the sufferings inthe garden and the jessons taugnt by them, and, proceeding with the narrative, sald :—Returning to His siceping ciseiples lor tne jast time He says, ‘Arise, let us be going; lo, he that betrayeth me is at band!" While He was yet speaking the tramp of a great mulutide came nearer and nearer, inciuding soldiers from the Roman tower of Antonia, Jesus, quiet and culm, says, “Whom seek ye?’ ‘hey answered, “Jesus of Nazareth,” and he rejoined, “i am he.” Itcouid not have varied much from turee o'clock on Friday moruing, when Jesus was brought to Annas, who piays the part ofan examining mayistrate. ‘To questions asked Him concerning His doctrines and His discipies Jesus calmly replied, “1 have taugit o,enly ta ‘Temple, and have said nothing In private. Con trary wo ail decency and law 3 Was then sent bout to the court of Cataphas, the High Priest. Here ridicuious coarges were made against Him that the appearance Oo. justice might be preserved, and, a8 Wituess aiter witness breaks down, Jesus aisdained to answer a word, Exasperated by His silence the High Priest aajures Him by the Living God to answer whether or not He is the Christ, ‘Things being brought to THIS SOLEMN ISSUE Jesus replied, “I am.’ He was then, amid the Wiliest excitement, pronounced guilty of blas- Poems and wWortuy of deat. The indignities | heaped upon the son of Man tn the court roum and the story of Peter's denial were here recited, | alter which the speaker continued :—fhe Roman authority bad reserved to itsell the right of ta- fictimg capital puoishment, and 80 it was neces- sary to take Him beiore Pilate, tue Governor, who must be luauced to give judgment at once; ior This Was the last day ou whicu court oi justice would sit till the end of the Passover, elght davs heuce, so he must be put to death belore sun- down that aiternoon, the result of the examina- tion beiore Pilate was that io was per.ectly Batis fled that Jesus was an innocent man; out the ciumor of the Jews and their Gesperaie allegation | that tr Pilate released Him they wouid told nim | responsivie us tie enemy of the government | Qlarmed Filate, aud asa temporary expedient re | sent Jesus to Herod, who was in Jerusaiem at the | time. ihe speaker then sketened the scenes | watch foliowea up to the time tne Holy One, the Trice of Peace, Was naied to the cross, Tne Various 1ucicents Walch occurred were also re- _lerced to, bringing tne narrative to the sixtn hour, Wwoen & supernatural darkness set- ued = dowa upon 1 the land wll the | pinto hour, Then, aiter three hours of | si levee, He shrieked out, ‘My God, my Gou, | Why hast thoa jvrsakea mey fue Jever and | lows Of bioud superinducea @ auenculoss tairet; visited the churehes to | | choly lamentations always tave an trresistible | ‘The whoie service, from | | law forbiading such demonstrations, $$ @ministered to Him and He ex- claimes tis fluisned.” Another footiali im the wine pteas will compiete tue golden toil of ages in redemption, Then with # load voice which made Golgotha ring he said, “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” when the spirit bounded from the cross into His Fatner’s bosom, The moment tat the Father welcomed Mim back to His embrace an unseen hand rent that mag- uiticent piece of tapestry kuown as the Vell of the ‘Temple irom the top to the bottom, and the rocks were rent and many graves were opened. rhe people smote upon their breasts and the Centue rion cried, “Surely Luis Was the Son of God’? An examination showed that the two thieves Who huog by His side were still living, and they broke their legs to despatch them more quickly. Find- ing that Jesus was dead already they broke not @ bone in his body, but, learing He had swooaed, & jiance was tarust to His heart, which pierced it. ‘Then He was taken and placed in Joseph’s tomy ‘bus ended Friday. JOHN MITCHEL. PERMISSION TO PARADE REFUSED—THE LAW AGAINST IT—A FUNERAL ORATION TO BE Div LIVERED IN THE HIPPODROME, The preparations for the grand demonstration in honor of John Mitciel tad beem almost com pleted, and most of the Irish societies had deter. mined on turning out, when suddenly a part ul the programme had to be abanduned in conse« quence of the law standing in the way. Yesterday a committee of the Clan-na-Gael, consisting of Mr, Joho O'Connor, Mr. Joseph D, Malone aud othert Waited on the police authorities for the parpos¢ of obtaining permission to parade next Sunday. The Une of march selected was as lollows:—Tn¢ procession was to start {from the Bat- tery, in order to suit the convenience of nur merous societies that had signified their intention of coming in from Brooklyn aud various places in Jersey, proceed up Broadway to Twenty: third street, and thence up Fourth avenue to the Hippodrome, where the !uneral oratioa was to be delivered, ‘The committee found on application to the police authorities that, with all the good dls position if the world, they could not grant the required permission for a procession in the streeta on @ Sunday, for the simple reason that the law distinctly forbade tt. The law of tnis State which relates to Sunday processions 18 as follows:—“‘Al’ processions and parades on Sunday tn any city o} public place of any clty (excepting only tunera processions engaged in the actual burial of the dead, and processions to and from any place o worship in connection with a religious ceremony there celebrated) are forbidden, and in no sacn excepted case saall there be any music, fireworks, discharge of cannon or firearms or other disturbe ing noise; provided that in any military fumerat music may be played while escorting the body, but such music shall not be played within one block of any place of wor-hip while worship is being cele- bratea. The penalty for breaca of this law 1s @ fine of $25 or ten days’ imprisonment, pt @ funeral procession started through the streets of New York next Sunday in honor of Joho Mitchel the police would, therefore, be bound to arrest the marshal and officers and to disperse the processionists, by force if necessary. As tne police authorities huve no power to deviate from this law and it would be inconvenient to call the men out on a week day the idea of a procession has had to be abanaoned, and instead of that a funeral ovation will be delivered at the Hippo- drome, and itis understood that practical steps will there be taken to raise a national testimonial to Mr. Mitcnel’s family. The managers of the Hip- podrome have kindly placed that building at the Gisposal of the committee for that purpose frow two to four o’cluck next Sunday afternoon, The various organizations will assemble at their placea of meeting and then proceed quietly to the Hippo drome. MEETING OF THE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD. A Meeting of the Fenian Brotherhood was held last night at their hall in Twenty-second street, Mr. Jonn Lysaght presiding and Mr. M. C. O’Brieo acting as Secretary, for the purpose of making arrangements for next Sunday’s proceedings in honor of the memory of John Mitchel. Previous to the discussion the foltowing resolutions of condolence with his widow were read by Colonel Mahony and adopted unanimously :. THE RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That the Fenian srotherhood have heard with deep ‘and sincere sorrow the melancholy tidings of the recent death of Ireland's veteran patriot, John Mitchel. ‘That they desire to express heartfeli sympathy with the affitetion of his bereaved tamily, That they regard the Indomitadle tenacity with which John Mitehei clung through itfe to the mmortal prin= ‘ciple of Ireland's independence as @ clear proot that his spirit was cast m the true heroic mont, That they look on his death as subline and glorious, seeing him—shattered, indeed, in physical trame and energies, butever sustained by his proud, anconquered soul—In the true spirit of . patriot and @ martyr, do- Voting the brief, closing span of his mortal existence to the gallant tas! etying and doing batde against the is motherland. on whose beloved happily sleeps his last sieep. Fenian Brotherhood, believing it to be a nbenton all true Irishinen to pay fitting re- ct memory ot the de ‘eased patriot, will tect @ Tourntat pride, noc unimugwed with feelings of hope for their country’s future, in joining next sunday?s suneral procession ia honor of their illustrious fellow country- map. John Mitchel—a man whose name is worthy to stand for ail fine on the sume high perestal with the nobiest champions and martyrs of irish freedom in past ages, J. O'Donovan Rossa, Jo! urphy, George Smith, Jolin Barry, Jobn Lysaght, Thomas Francis Bourke, John O’Mationy, H. C.F. B. Thomas Clarse Luby, sec- retary of the Council. Arrangements were made looking to @ monster procession througn the streets ou next Sunday, the meeting being apparently in igporance of tue Tue line of march was to terminate at the Hippodrome, where | an oration of eulogy is to be delivered by Charles | | \ | | | | | | | | | with Him | duribg (he transtiguration, and now He took the Overwhelmed witn His suffer. | o’Conor, Alter the appointment of a commission to wait on the Police Commiss.oners, consisting of Colonel D. G. Dempsey, Captain P, Griffin, Captain T. B. O’Brien, General T. F. Bourke and J. O'Donovan Rossa, the proceedings closed. A FOUL CONSPIRACY BAFFLED. THE FIGHTING FREEHOLDERS REDEEMED—THE WINGES SLANDERS REFUTED AND A FALSIFY~ ING KEEPER DISMISSED. The proceedings of the Board of Chosen Freee holders at Jersey City yesterday will be long re- membered by the taxpayers of Hudson county. Whatever errors may have been committed im connection with the Board during tue past year were fully expiated. Charges of a most serious character, including that of immorality toward a female prisoner in the Penitentiary, intoxication and wungentlemanly conduct, were prelerred against Mr. Wickham, a member of the Boara and chairman of the Penitemtiary Commit- tee, vy Freenolder William Winges, of Hoboken. A committee, consisting of Messrs, Young, O’Reilly and Stubr, with Mr. Throckmorton, Director of the Board, was appointed to investigate the charges, and the com. mittee presented their report with the testimony at @ special meeting of the Board yesterday. Twenty-one witnesses were examined, and the committee reported that the charges were not only disproved, but that they were evidently pre- sented through malice. Winges, when sworn be- fore the committee, said he had bis first informa tion from @ certain man; but, although closely pressed, refused to give the man’s name. The only witnesses who testified against Mr. Wick- ham were Mr. Cox and Deputy Keeper Miller, and the animus of these men against him was but too apparent. The committee found bim gulitiess of evea an impropriety. aud they recommended the prompt dismissal of Miller for tis barefaced jaisenood, A ively debate arose on this question, Mr. Young, chairman of the committee, to urg ing the adoption of the report, said that the report was very mildly drawn compared with what it might have been, There was something ut tne bottom of the case which most of the. members did not jathom. 1t was a conspiracy Which aifected the social standing and jamiy relations ol a re. spectavie meinber of the Board. If It were allowed to pass no man would be safe from the attacks ot the sianderer, The accused gentieman was fuily exonerated by the testimony ol six gentiemen, four of whom he (Mr. Young) bad known for several years, aud whose veracity he regarded ag unimpeacnable. (Appiause.) ‘Te Director toll, wed, and sald that if the states ment made by Miller as to What he saw Were tral and that he did not report it, then he was not fi to be a public officer for one nour, Mr. Loadregaan here jumped up and said that if a man snould make ® charge ugainst him that affected his lamuy relauions he would not allow him to leave that floor till atonement would be made, This state ment was received with Ununiers of appia Irom the jobpies, and Winges sunk back into hia seat. Run jumped up, and in the efor to sustain Winges hecume so personal that an uproar was created whicn lasted for nearly a minuie. Mr, O'Grady compelled him to withdraw ag Offensive expression, AS so0n as the commotion ed the motion to expe: Miler was put anc @ recommendation of the im ting committee that iiquors be excludec from the committee ruoms hereaiter, ‘Toe com mitiee Will neXt Investivate the charges againe Post, the Keeper of the county barroom, fo: mery the Penitentiary. Mr, Wickoam has instituted a suit againg s0@es, laying damages at $60,009. He Will alm the ease before the next Grand Jury. Toa reatest determination was mauilested by now the members oi the Board to have thi anima 1 these slanders made amenable to law,