The New York Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1875, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, —__—_— O’CONNELL. The Fortheoming Centenary Celebration of the Birth of Ireland’s Liberator, DUBLIN IN A BLAZE OF EXCITEMENT A Three Days’ Festival To Be Held on the Banks of the Liffey. ENORMOUS CONCOURSE OF YISILORS EXPECTED, _—— The Celebration in Brooklyn Last Evening. - ADDRESS BY RICHARD O'GORMAN, It was arranged several weeks ago, through the agency of Rev. Father McCulium, pastor of the Cnurch of tue Sacred Heart, in Ciermout avenue, and several leading citizens of Brooklyn, that the uilver-tongued orator, Mr. Richard ©’Gorman, Should be invited to speak upon the glorious memory of the iliustrious son, of Ireland, Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator, in their city. The invitation was accepted, and last evening was named as the time for the delivery of the lec- ture, Mr. O’GoMhan giving up a prior engaze- ment for tne day proposed. The Irish Societies of Kings county were present in the Academy last evening, in accordance with their resolution. The building was about two-thirds filled by eight o'clock, and McCormick's full band beguiled the time pleas- Antly wway by the performance of choice selec- tions o1 airs from the collection of Irish minstrelsy. | On the stage, whicn was devoid o! decorations, Were seated Right Rev. Jonn Laughlin, Potice Commissioner Hura, ex-Coneressman Wiliam E. Robinson, Mr. Mithael Hennessey, Mr. Felix Campbell, ex-Judgé Greenwvod, Rey. Father O'Neil, 01 St. Mary’s Star of the Sea; Rev. Daniel Sheehy, of St. Augusun’s; Rev. Father Tatfo, p.s or of St, Patrick’s; ex-Assemblyman Richard J. Laior, Dr. Headerson, Mr. John Courtney, Rev. Dr. Friel, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo’s ehuren; Rev, J. O'Hara, St. James’; Rev. Father Keegan, pustor of tne Church of Assumption; Rev, Father Reiraon, of St. James’; Mr. W. £. Roberts, Rev. Father Rtvutigan, pastor of St. Augustiin’s; Rev. Robert McGuire, pastor 0/ Si. Paul’s: Rev. Michael Moran, pastor of the Churen of the Nativ ity; Rev. Father McSherry, of Hempstead, L. I, Rev. Father Corcoran, Rey. Drs. Mcuuinness and Nash, Assemblymen Nolan and O’K eeffe, Justice Riely, Bernard Peters, James aicCloskey, Thomas Kellum, Witlam A. Sutlivan, Join Long and Charles Doyle, ‘here was copsideravle delay in calling the meeting to order, owing to the failure +o come oO} Ceftain omfigals, Who had promised to be Iu atcendance, and it was twenty minutes past eight when the venerable Dr. Hurd took the | ebair, Dr. Hurd said he was very much surprised to be called upor to preside, Had he been intormed of tc tact that he was to preside upen taut inter, ting Occasion he would bave been prepared to ver an address. He had tke pleasure of lotro- flucing to the audience Mr. Richard O'Gorman. ‘Phe orator of the evening, on coming torward, Was greeted with outoursts of applause by the | assemblage, wmich he gracetuily acknowledged, When the tumult hud suos:ded he spoke in sub- stance as lullows:— MR, O'GORMAN’S ADDRESS. It has beeo sometimes suiu that society Is un- frateiul to 1s benciactors, that “wotle the evil tuat men dO lives alter tuem tne good 18 oft n- berred With their voues,’’ and, imeced, waen we reflect huwW the greut lustoric pames boat pave lived through the ayes are names Cuiefy of wen OF the sWord, WhO spread havoc anu devastun in their patu, ratoer than o! the Wise and laitoful nd Merciiul men Whose lives Were speur in biad- ing up toe Wouuds of society—barmuuizing its discords aud restoring among men ine reigu of order, peace und gvodwili—there serims some cvlor Jor tue charge. But tue fauit, than Goa, Is pot untveisa!. The:e wre races—there are men of novier una finer souls who can recogmze worthiness, though uo blare Of trampets uerald it ana no iougiten felds and rumed homes atest us There | are — commauities keep faithful record of good gone in their pehall, who return the pattiot love for ilwve—reward his Buccess WI. li tie fall treasure ef a peovle’s grati- tude, aud jorgive even iauiure ia toeir sympatny With the heroism of the attempt. 1t1s # sign of Worthiness to be able to appreciate worth, and of the vevter order oi men, If think, 13 co.nposed this greut audience Which | gave the Ronor.to aa- uress lo-uigat, Lsee here the revereud prelate Of tae Cathouc Cuurch, surrounded by a bost of Mis learned und faithful pri ‘tne houored Cbiel Mugistrate ol this great city, Waich, In pop- UlutiOL, Wealth, imceiligence, rauas tue second in the Luited States—he is here, 1 see arcuad me gentlemen distinguished in the Varivus learned prylessions, Wealthy ana hovoravie merchants, Wen cone OL VarioWs nationalities and parties Wd Sauces Of Opinion. Tnis asseinviage is yeaced, loo, vy the presence of women in all the pride of beauty, whose generous hearts ure lit und Warmed by the glow vo! colture and lutehigeuce, lsee beiore we the sturdy sons of toil—tae pride @ud treasure of every Siate, Cue Clauss oo Wause Atiunteun shoulders ever resis the whole com- plicated iubric of suciety. Iv iv a greut, @ uodle assemblage. Wuy ure you here? You huve come to do honor to the memory of “Daniel O'Counell,” a man whow ce uby Of Yuu have ever seca; a mau Who wore bo crown, luunaed Do dyoasty, vore nO title thut King can give or take—a man whose 1iie’s Work wus all done on a lite isiand Jar away, Wiich even vears uo naiue on the muster roll Of hations, His tomo ts not withto the Walls of any historic abbey Where rest tue magnates of the land. He siveps oa the bosom of us mother under the lights and shadows of her Poanelul skies, UMOoLY tue Irends Ve loved and Woo loved him weil, and the Waid winds of Lrelaud bing their requiem over lus grav. iu Ireland toe anniversary of his birth will be Kept as alestival. it is out right ana just, ior oe Wus o1 Irisn race, and he loved the lana with & Qual love. Chu Dells Wal toll anu aptnems | equal civil and reiizious liberty vo all. | never take root, | coul | ubling the Catholics to Vote for memoers of Par- | of | | lang pea, aba from counties puipits of the aociens | laith Of Christendom eloquens Voices wilt speak bis praise, ‘Luis, 100, 13 Matural and just. He Was @ Ovtsole, true ana agin on in the with, und by hi rts Cutholivs im iréiand aud Bogland were €uuueipated irom insulting Bud desrading dis- abilities aud reimsiaced im teeir natural Ireedom to Worsilp Goa, But why do you, citizens of this great Repuolic, Why do you Come here to deck, as it Were, WIN the fowers of ycur ulfections tue stranger's frave t Because Daniel GCuunell in his duy and veneration Joaght tie good fight of “civil aud re- pious hiverty,” with whiew the sympathies of tue noule aud youu O1 every country ure always willed. Because te gave tue iresa cutniusiasm v1 bis youth, the Insture Vigor ol his iuniood, tue @s perience vi age—vay, EVEN tue lust falling, tainting efors Of decliuime hucure to Lie Goulike purpose or Falsiog ap tbe Weak, tue humbie aud the down- irodden, v1 Lreatuiug inty bearts sick with bbe fickuess Of Mops Ueierred tie imspiration of us own strong Will, Auu werving them by ts vulce, bis counsel and CXaMole, ty Rew efforts ior de- liverauce. You bouor the memory of this advocate of na- tlonai liberty tu Ireland because you are Ameri- cans—free C.tiZens OF a Tree Wao, Of a great COs. Mvpolitan Repubic Whose syutpathies are too large to ov coudned Within any geographical Boundaries or vy any ilunits of race or creed, but gO out und spread irom eud Ww end ol the eurtu, over ail the great brothernoud @f man, You Dave invited tie tu-nigut to speak gbout | Daniel O'Conuen. Whut can t say to your Ocacr meu, far more distinguisued and eloquent taun L Qui, Nave CXhuusied the theme, Leis left for me omy to gie@un irom the Harvested fdia; aud yet how couid | refase you, fori heard ius voice lony &20; Its music still ugers ta my ears, 1 Beem @vain to ivel the uearty wrasp of the old man’s tuud. 1 loved iim aud hovered Bim whe he lived, and it seems to me almoss a filial ducy to Say What litiie can be said by we to du his oiem- ory justice, 1 Wil speak of tim io plain truth and sincerity, dud yet imjove aud graticude, .0F 1, too, am an Irishman and @ Catholic, and Catno- lies and Irisumen ali over the eartn owe a double deot of grativude tu ouo. POLINICAL CONDITION OF IRELAND. To enavie you to cumpreaeud with any degree of Cleurness the pian ava purpose of O'Uonnel’s Me, the difficulties axaluse winch he had to con- Jeud And tue ull Meusure Of success be acmieved, it la hecessary (Dat you should have some iuea yi the poilial conditivn of treiaod when ne cont: Mieneed bis career, 1418 NOt & Diewsunt stury Lor ta hiantt 0 Wile ‘The first years of tho nineteenth century were heurly the darkest aud Ureariest that ireland nad ever known. irelau Wad veen recunquered. aud conquest, in allcases tle crowuiuy culamity of a ib this Case pecuuariy merges, I i only eign 7 cignieen years before, the Parlia« bent oO: Ireland nuu dung od tue Letter: pan iarien haw bound it at toe ieot ot “ingleud und became fre ts elsewhere bad helped to bring about that result, The sound of mus«etry at Lexing’ and Buoker Mili had been wattea across the ocean, and the cannon of Paul Jones’ | Deet. off Beachy Mead, made a One aercompant- ment to the music of the Irigh volunteers; Jur the Dutiles of the Revolucloa wore louxnt not for Americuns ujone, but for all men aud natious lonuiug to be Wee, she Parttamenc of Ireland was independent, but it faied w make good ofits power. Lt was the Parliament ef Ooly a small migority, pot iorm- Ing oneilith part of the population, while the ree maining jour-fAftos of the people were wholly ex: ciuded {rom any share oF Voice or iaduence in ite councils. THE PENAL Laws. y the provisivns of that complicated and in- geuieus system of Wickeduess Kuown as the Penal | Laws, Cathoiics—and jourefiitos of the population of ireland wete Cathoiles—bad been in<ulied, plundered, trampled on—treated, in fact, as crimiaal4, outeasts, Outlaws aod aliens in taelr own land. No Catholic could sittin Paraament bor vote for wember of Parliament, uor be & member of auy learned profession oF Institue uon of learning, nor of any corporation, prrvate or public, Dor buy or sell land, nor keep 4 Weapon, nor even ride @ borse worth more than £5, Catho- lic Worship Was prohibited by various pains and penaltics, ana the game price had been set on the head =Of & pricst im ireland a8 on the head of a wolf. As Curran satu, “The Irish Catho- les were inoaditunts, not a people,” as Lord Chauceilor Bowes stated wom the bened, “in the eye of the law no Catholic extsted to Ireland,’ or as Chie! Jastice Robinson weld, “fhe law did not suppose such & person as Roman Ostgolle to eXiet in ireiand.’? ‘Chis, With scarce auy mitigation, was the condt- tion of the Irish people when the Parliament of Ireland acquired jeisiative Imaependence, It was the Parliament of Ireland, but It Was hot an Irish Purttament, The meusbers were elected by u swail section of the innamtunts, mostly of English de- scent, attached to Engiisa mterests, members of the Chatch a3 establisbed by law in Engiand and holding the position of a permanent Knglisu gar- risun commissioned by Eegiand to keep tue “mere lrisn’? under foot. To this garrison they gave the nutme OL the *irotesiaut Ascendancy,’’ But the niquivy Of tuis perversion of govern: meut was cleuriy seen by the leading minds of the Protestants themselves, Dean Swit had oured OUC OM the peual laws all tue vials of his | Biter sarcasin and wrath, in EKeglana Eamand | Burke, Sueridan, Fox, Jonngoa, eaca iu tis own way, had deuounced taem, and in the Parliament | of ireland the great voices of Grattan aud Curran end Piunket thundered against their continuance, It was Clear to tuese sugactous meu tout the inde- pendence of lrelund couid only be secured by tue union ol all her people on the terms of iu and ‘fue grout patriot struggis then began in the Parjiament of Ireland jor Cathoue emancipation ana for Parliamentary reform, By the one the united popular power woult be enltsted for Ire- land, and by the other the representatives of the opie Would pe rendered worthy of their choice. Remember, in these days the Parliamentary struj gie for Catholte emancipation im jreand was ea Tied on whoily by Protestants, Protestane us- cendency in ireland was opposed by Protestany Irisumeil, in whose large aud generous hearts the poisou piunt of bigotry and intolerance eould Agalost these patriot efforts ‘was launctied the whole force of British power, Jreland, united and strong in her union, might pe w possioie rival to Bugland; ireland, disuaited, id always be keps as Engianu’s slave aud | drudge. | | fnglish Influence im the Irish Parliament suc- ceeded, Some niggardly measures for the relax- ation of the Penal Code were passed—one en- liament, provided always the candidate was not a Catnolic, aud another @uadling Catholics to be- come attorneys und barristers and physicians, bucexcluding them sult irom the Digner honors and offices of these professions, WOLF TONS. All this ume the Catholics of Ireland were powerless. Some iew Catholic noblemen whose estates had not been forfeited and sume few | traders who bad acquired wealth met irom time to time in conclave and passed resolutions and presented petitions to the Lord Licutenaur, which were haugutily received and scarce ever honored withgs reply. About this time a Protestant barrister from the | Norut of Ivelaund—the stronghold of +Protestant | ascendency’’—lormed the ov ¢ resolution of de- Vutiny nimsell to the Uaswolic cause, He became secretary to the Catholic Bourd, and svon alter- ward founded tn Betfast tne svciety o1 “United Irisumen,”? whose honorable purpose’ was to unite and koit together all Jrsumen of ali classes and creeds in aefence of Ireiand against all ioreign aggression or dictation, Tals man’s Rame was ‘Tneopaia Wolle ‘Tone, YHE REBELLION OF 1798, The British goverument, hating and fearing the idea ofa united peuple im ireland, created a rebeilion in Oreer that tn crashing 16 might also crush ihe growing strength and prosperity of irciand, ‘rhe lecturer then proceeded to give a sketcx of the system of torture Uuder martial law by pitch- cap, ibbet and lash, by wich the peopie were stung aud torvured into madness, and how the Uuited Irisbmen were ariven, in seli-defence, to | covspitacy und revolt, He pussed an eloquent | eulogy Ou tue patriot leaders, Lord Edward Fitz- | gera.d, Tune, Emmet and Russell, anu described | bow they were Letrayed, taken 10to the toils and | hunted down by Lhe slonty hounds o1 the Caste, und now @ hurde of wodisciplined assasaios in tue | uniorm of soldiers were let \oose tu ravage we unbappy laud, Sir Joun Moore, who alterwards fesl ut Corunna, who was theo in Ireland, seeing the horrors that occurred, exclaimed, “if 1 were an Irisbman I wonid be @ rebel,”? How weil they fougut, those gailant men of the people, unsruied, unditciplined, unolticere Without commissariat or suppert! How they laced the Withering fre of the orderea lines and bore them down belore thew fierce attack! Now true and loyal they Were to one auotaer! Men may Say 1¢ was uo lil-timed and hopeless effort, the wid outburst of despair. Jt may pave been so, but there Was true p.itriotism in it. ‘Nnere, was init a splendid chivalry for ali that, and | no irishuan need ever haug Bis head for shame | when meno speak of ‘98 Rememver this was no wur of faction or reiigioo, no attack on property or social order. It was the irrepressibie tury of ap outraged peop'e. Protestunts, Catholics una Presvyteriaus, it wus pro aria et Jocis—ior iree altars aud Jree fresides, For Ireland they tougut— weir HervisM 18 Hot 1orgotten. HOW THE ACT OF UNION WAS PASSED was then grupbicaily described py (ne eloquent lecturer, and the system of iraud ana corrupuon adopied by the Euglsu goverument to procure the vores of venal irish members painted in vivid colors. “Seli my country!’ said one of tuese miscreants, “Why nov’ Thank God I bave a country ty sell.” . O'OONNELL'S LiFe | was next sketched and is character, surroundings aud ucions dune ample justice to. His brillant carcer at the Bar Was touched upon im @ masterly Maauner, and the qualities Wick procured him such unparalleled popularity as an advocate were pointed oat, HIS POLITICAL CAREER | engrossed @ large suure of the lecturers atten- | Uon, aud the pecaliar uavure of bis plan of opera- tous Was IRULeLY Geserived. O'Counell made up | bis mind that all success#:u: political efort tu Ire- should be opeo, paviic aud above bourd, | Wirtuin toe himits Of the constitution, and involv. | ing Bo Violatien of the luw. He believed, tou, | that there Was MM political warfare a weapon which bud been as yet out little ased—the power | OF puolke Opiniou—the force of weli-disclpiineu in- | Leilect appealing to the pudlic sense of numaaity against puolic Wrong. Going through toe Catholic emancipation strug- gie anu the repeal agitation, ov descrived O’Uon- hell us tue central figure tu all irelaud—ihe em. boafment of Irisn character, of Irisu ieelings and aspirations. O'CONNELL IN THE HOUSE. When first 1 heard O’Cunnell in the House he Wis in toe julness 01 uis power. It was, | sap. pose, wbout 1s42. He seemed actually exuitant in nis strengt# aud to rejoice in confict. Lremeuber well O'Connell's appearance, The mussive irae as yet searce toucned by age, MIS broud-orimmed bac polled dowa over nisiace as he wat Wrapped 1u thougnt. And tuen as We rose | 10 Speak nis nis wu tituae, his volve, bis ac- tiou—all betokened consciousuess of power as ve- | Cue (he man Who Held Lhe valance between the | wrest Knglioh parties. Mis style of eloquence | ulways Wus caresaliy suited to hiy audience. In | the house it Was calm, dignitied, ‘ceuberate ana | commuaudiag. Once he was surred imtw anger, committed & Mavrant breach of order and deco- Tuu. He suid trat the Mouse of Commons was’ composed of scoundrels, An apolozy was de- imunded und be Was called to the bar aod he sald “Mr. Speuker, I said last nigot that tne House was Composed of scoundrels—aud J am very sorry tor t:.”" OOONNELL IN PRISON, I think that imprisonment broke O'Connell's | heart, His prestize of legal invulnerability was. woue und he feared for the future. Kememver, be Was tien over seventy, years o1 age, and at that time of IL@ men recover less easily from deicat than iu the tesa morning Of their days, As Long- JeHOW in 1.18 last Hobie LOem sings — Whatever poet, orator or sage May say ol lt) Olu age is st duis we waclog and the ¢ Id aye. cent mon, ‘The duss of evening and the olaze of noon; This noe sirength, but weakness, During nis imprisonment | saw him oiten, and though be strove to appear a8 couflaeut aod hop fal us ever, 1b Was easy to sve thut it required an effort in havo to suake of Ms deepening givom. Avion’ tae legal battle Was won by O’Connell, buc tt Was too tule; the Wound bad been too deep, ud ne never recovered. ur, O'GOrizan concluded by referring to tne present relations between Bngland and Ireland, It 18 not set too lute for Ireland, She muy be too, little to be the @uccessiul euemy of Bugiand; Sbe 14 mucn Cou great to be ner savinixsive slave: ‘There is Ob rewtion vetWeen them out yet tried, the only relation, | think, thut éver cau bind tuem Wita honor, peace and happiness, That relation 18 Irienayaip, sich ws may with honor exist be. teen two lucependent nations, wound together hot by force, but by the Dr. uwliauee o: commou civilization, common interests, purposes and hopes; Tegretilog vld quarrels, repentant of old wrongs, striving to redeem the errors of the past by eurivaling goou will in the suture, and by com- mon efort tu render that lutare a career to both of power, prosperity and ireeuom, Througioot te delivery of lis beautiful and eloquent speech Mr. O'Gorman was repeatediy tn- terrupted by the plaudits Of the audience ot the telling points, Which Were frequent, and many eye mOlsteued at the Scones Whieh Were pictured | York. | bow the great vanoert county of ireland, Tip- or the warmly sympathetic assembiage by the Orator, ‘The eds of the lecture, jor which 4,000 tickets Were sold, Will be devoted toward | the liquidation of the debt of the Church of tue | Sacred Heart, wien is cow veing competed ou | Clermont, near Park avenue. PREPARATIONS IN THE CIty. The committee of arrangements jor the cele- bration of the centenary of the great Mberator, Daniel O'Connell, met lastevening. There were present K. L, Carey, Thomus Kerrigan, Terence Riley, Henry Mewrach, P. Cavill, Jonn O'Reilly, Daniel tullivau aod others, Mr. Carey announced that the sub-committee appotuted to procure 4 chairman bad succecded in obtaining the consent of a gentieman of stand- | ing and abtiity woo, they belie ved, would meck with the approoation of the community, the Hon. Charles P. Daly, air. Carey reud the following tele- grams :— pe ‘Jo the Hon. Cuanues P. Davy — Ihe Irisu citizens ot New York commemorate the cen- fenary of UConnell at Cooper Tnstiute, Friday even- ing, August 6. Oration by Rev, Dr. NeGlyno. Commit fw reuuest You Will get as chairman. | (an thoy au. house your uame?—Yours, x. E’canhy: Sac Marnor, August 4, 1875, EB. L. Canxr:— Cwillact with the greatest pleasure. I will come to the city on Friday morning and eal! upon you at your ollice. CHARLES 'P, DALY. Invitations were sent to a number of clergymen and geutlemen representing all religious denomt- Dutious, and it wus hopeu that an entirely unsec- tarian character would be given to the demon. stration, A FINAL EFFORT IN JERSEY. CITY. Several Irishmen, residing on Jersey City Heights, in consideration of the apachy existing in other quarters of the city in regurd to the O'Connell ventenntul celepration, have resolved to rally their countrymen, Acvordingly those societies, already alluded toin the Heraup, will form the nucleus Of a gathering in the Catholte Institute to-morrow evening, and there 18 no doubt that the building will be crowded. An oration on the “Life and Services of O'Connell” Wil be déliverea by Mr. H, H. Dawsen, of New Many of the promoters of the movement were in !avor of having the celebration take place this evening, the time xed for tue opening of the demonstration in Irelaad. By a curious co- Incidence 1t Was on the 5th of August that ano her of Ireland's self-sacrificmg and incorruptible patriots, William Smith O’Briew, was arrested, VIEWS OF PROMINENT IRISHMEN, A HERALD represeatative called on several prominent Irishmen to ascertain their views cn the cnaracter of the celebration tn Ireland, Mr. James M. Brann, County Clerk, who has wielded niore influence among his countrymen in Hudsoa county than any other man of nis time, denounced the ultramontane programme in usmeasured terms, He was in favor of a csiebration in Hud | son county, abd regretted the failure of the move- ment. Wien asked if be couid uccount ior tus lature he at first Gesituted to repiy, vot onaly | admitted that alarge numoer of members of tno Sucieties to W.Nich he Was attached came to him and represeutea that as the vccasion was to be utuized tor the cohection of money in uid of an Istituuou Outside of Hudsou county they de- clined to attenc. Had tue original purpose of raisipg wu collection in aid o: St. Pawick’s caurca ‘been adnered to, an immense demons.ratiog woulU have taken piace Within the walls of taut courcn. <. 3 SHERIFF LAVBRTY SPOKE ip a very tiderate tone, and characterized the Dublin programme as agreat mistake, He said toat many of O’Connell’s true friends and = stanch supporters, both io upd wut OL Parhament, wero | Protestants, and he always #eknowledyed their support witu gratitade. Many of ois vosom iriends ip Couciiiauion Hal and atthe mass mweetings in the struggie jor repeal were rrotestants, The Suerinf thought the present movement showed too | muca ingratitude to the memory Of such men. ‘ne people in the days of O’Counell were entuus’ astic ubout the aposties of repeal, Protestant equally with Catholic, He would never lorget the day On which Saith O’Brien was arrested, and perary, Was agitated with griel. That county bad since elected Jota Mitchel twice to Parilament. dO Wat Ls sHdden suosutution ofa sectarian ior @ national celebration seemed unaccountaole to him, it was calculated to aliexate Provestant support Irom tue cause of home rule. FREEHOLDER JAMES CUMMING, Whose grandfather received w wouud which crip- led hum for life While fvotiog in the ranks of the Jnited Irishmen i ’98, sald that ne did not blame | the Catholics jer goig into cestasies over the memory oi O’Connell, who was a strictly devout and reugious man, At the same ume, one day ‘ought to be set apart When aii Classes should unite {n honoring the suemury Ol a Wau Who, ag & repealer, belonged to no sect, but to all Ireland. Several otmer devoted sons of Ireland, like Judge Wiggs, of the Courtof Common Pleas, | ‘held similar opivions, All revere the memory of O'Connell, and hold that tae celebrauon should assume the widest scope. THE DUBLIN CELEBRATION. CHANGES IN THE IRISH CAPITAL—THE PREPA- RATIONS—A MONSTER PROCESSION—AN TiM- MENSE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED. Dusit, Jaly 24, 187d As the time draws near when the Green ssle Will commemorate the centenary of the birth of ene of the noblest men that ever labored in the cause of a nation the interest in the forth. coming celebration to be held in tne lrish capital tncreases to such an extent that all other sub- jects are forgotten or laid aside for the moment. You can see it in the shop windows, where the well known leatures of the great Liberator appear in the most varied companionship; now amid silks and poplins, again fanked by pyramids of tea and coffee and sugar; here surrounded by @ crowd of jJunny little clockefali ticking away for dear life; there peeping out from belind a formidable array of bats, Even the sidewalk vendors at the bridges decorate their svalla with cheap lithographs of O'Connell, acd along the quays, where the long lines Of book stalis extend, the same rugged, good- | humored countenance is seen. Seldom in tue troublous scenes of the world’s history is found ® man occupying a most prominent position who leit bebind pim a memory so free from ail taint that even bis bitters est political opponents united with his most devoted friends in doing honor to him after death. There is aspirit of emulation among all parties and classes here to render the celebration of the forthcoming centenary worthy of the great patriot and statesman. It 13 @ Jeeling akin to that whica will beexbibited in such grand pro- portions at Philadeiphia by the American nation next year; foc the lirelong iabors of O’Cunnell were devoted to the wellare of his country, and his fellow countrymen have a pardonapie pride in the lustre of bis name, like tiat which you take in America’s representative patriot, Washington, It is nor to be wondered at, therefore, that the preparations gotug on lor the great celebration are cf the most ample and varied kind, A large number of visitors from New York are | expected to take partin the celebration, and let- tera nave been recoived by the commistee tothe | effect that there will be delegation of Celts trom the North of England. Lancashire will send quite | @ host of Irishmen, and tt is sald that special | steamers aro being cnartered to convey tuem across the Channel, France and Germany will ulso Le represented on this memorable occ ision. DUBLIN AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS, These of our compatriots abroad who recollect the Irish capital during the troublous times of | 48 will be gratified on revisiting it to fad many important changes and retorms and evidences of | real prosperity. The American rifemen woo have | visited ux recently were very favorably impreased | with the appearance of our city, and expressed themselves in very eulogisiic terms. The signs of | improvement at present, in contrast witn tne pe- riod of “Young Ireiana,” are quite abundant. The trade of the port nas increased toa consider- able extent,” A quarter of a century ogo a visitor Would ve painfully surprised at the desolate ap- pearance of the North Wall. From the bridge at the Midland Great Western Company's Litey terminus to the lighthouse at Halpin's Pool, wich has Veen since removed, there was scarcely more river life than the single English steam packet or astray American bark, Now the quay 19 most crowded irom this point, and a new sea wall has been begun, Which Is ovceupied by trading vessels ag fast as it is being built, and will, doabtiess, in time extend almost a# tar as the harbor bar. ‘There were in '43 no railways carrying goods and cuttic direct to the qavys from every part of lre- land, as will be the before the present year ig closed, ‘Tne small and shallow cbambers vt the Custom Mouse were the sole represéntatives of our cocks, [here were no res and quays be- Youd the wooden bridge over the canal, and the | g!Ound beyond Was a waste, Now every toot ol it is occupied by magnificent vulldings, Toere are important changes iu the city itself that mast attract the attention of the returning O’Couneiite. Trinity Coliewe and tue old Paria. | two. Li charehes we have such sugerb ediices | nclade Ricumond Bridewell in the route, batt | exX- Lord fli, b | ricades the trades will mass themselves, uccora- AUGUST § 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. ment House (@ank of Ireland) are une’ pe ‘The grim oid Casvie is exactly what it was whea Lort Clarendou placed his fron shields on lis gates tO protect it against the paper assaults of Charles Gavan Duity ana tue flery patriotism of Meaguer, CONCILIATION MALL, where the Liberavor-thandered so eflectively, bas | been Converted, sy mbulical of a practical age, Lato a coro hge. State trials are uoknuwn in the Queen’s Bench, So the patriot martyr, re- Gelvlog Witd calmness tae sentence of dewih, bas been succeded by the Vagraut. [he petty thief or drunkard, listening to the severe reprimand of | the Court. Ybe prison inspeotors say that weiskey, | not patriotism, now fills tueir cells, druukards in pluce Of traitors. ‘The city has ocen much beautified, fine build- ings baving *praug up within the last decage or as the Roman Cathouc chapel io Thomas street, | St. Lawrence O’Loole’s chapel in Seville place, the bew Molyneux Unitarian courch in Stephen's Greep, Ziom and Carist churches, Ratagur, toe Ratlsod square Presbyterian church and pay more. Immense hospitais have been built, th largest being the Mater Misericorde. NEW AVENUBS Rave been driven into the country in all direc- tions, covered with houses, the owners ol which Possess Means adequate Lo secure for them luxu- | ries UnkROWN in Jrelaud, or England either, bali a | century ago. Along the railway lines the sollu | evidences O1 prosperity avound. THE AMUSEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE— | @ fair mdex of their staie—are greatly more | abundant than formerly. The effervescence wnictt in 1848 escaped only in @ political shriek now finas Vent at @ boat or Licycie ruce, or culminates at a Dollymouns target, aad the scene vl Jue in the college Park 18 more atiractive than any repeal meeting. Our summers--rare though they be as Incteorologica} uttracuons—are generally replete with regaitas, flower shows, dreworks and cricket, Which innocently eXhausts superfluous yout iul enerzy; inueed, so greatly has tals spirit of simple, suanly recreation overcoine less salutary | humors that the O'Conneil Committee themselves | lay Nigher stress on coucerts, excursions, atnletio sports and drewo:ks, in their creditable efforts to | grutity the peopie, tian on odes or orations. If the spirit of O'0onnell coulu revisic the | glimpses of the suo—wnich 1s very chary | Oo: Ms | rays tus summer—his’ genial Gispositio@ ‘vould, no doubt, rejoice in the pre- dowinance of lgutheartedness in preference to the gioowy purposes of the “young” Ireland of 184s, which has now become old and lesa harsh. ‘Yow soun!ry hus become legs inclined bo agitation thao iu those days when Conciliation Hall was tue arena ol oratorical contests. Politics seldom enter toe minds of the massed or excite the flery | incerest they did twenty-seven years ago. THE UNANIMITY OF PURPOSE AND HARMONY OF SENTIMENT that pervade all classes in Ireiand io reterence to the commg celevration are very remarkable, All the loval celebrations originally proposed have been merged into tue oue grand display 1 Dabvlin, ihe good sense shown io tis case ts thus happily ilustrated by tue Cork Kraminer:— itis, ludeed, tn espectal harmony Wita che spirit Ol this celebrauon that It sweuld recognize Davlin ag the cavital of Ireland. The enemies of the country Would faim reauce her to the rank of a mere undistinguianed provincial city, whose im- portance Was to b¢ mexsured against that of Liv- erpool, Leeds or Glasgow by tae extent of ner popuialion or her returns to the tucume tax. {t 1s With this objegt they bave irom time to time sought the apoution oi the Lera Lieutenancy and tne destruction of the Irish courts. ‘Tuey would, il possible, reauce Dubin to a mere spot on tne reland amd rule the country directly irom Home Ofice. Now against tuis policy O'Connel’s Ile Was one long protest. Jf there cuuld be any special point in ais conducc of alfairs moie distinct than another it was Wis determination to preserve ior Dubun the distinction of bemg the capital ofa country, His iavorise form of expression to signify tne accomplishment of tue national hopes was the restoration o: the old Parliamenc w College Green, Now, u we want effectively to honor tae memory of O'Connell we must do it in the spirit of ais teachings, and we must take the celebration im such @ Way ux he would nave it, We ao that by recognizing Dubluo us the capital of Ireland, ud as, theretore, the proper tueatre jor the greet manifestation of Irish gratitude ty tue ilustrivas dead. Eaca locality can make its demoustraiion effectively by # coutribuuon of money to tae general fund, and by, where posal- Mle, sending @ strong delegation to reproseat it. With @ harmonious co-operauoon between Dublia and toe we trust to see the day of the O'Connell centenary so honored thas its memory muy ve preserved as w precious possession among the present, aad as affording an example to be foJowed by luture generations,” ALL IRISHMEN INVITED. The celevration will, tuerefore, be of a decided national character, anu to judge from the vast- bess of the preparations now going on in this city it will be a memorable ove. ‘Tne Lord Mayor of Dub- din and pis wortuy erthe ped have invited the peo- ple of the South, of the East, of tie West and of the North tw waite toward making the celebra- tlon as successiul us it ought to be. America, Aus- trala and other places where tne Irish race has Jound & Lome will send representatives to tue gatheriog which will meet in the metropolls, The Most generous lioerality has been shown on every stde 1n the coutrivbatiens toward the celebration and there is bo luck of funds. THE CENTENARY COMMITTER 18 COMpOSed 1 the most distinguished persons in Dubois, ameng them the { Hunoradie the | Lora Mayor, Mr. P. J. Suyto, P.; Dr. O'Leary, M, P.: Very Rev. Mgr. O'Connell, Dean of Dubin; Alderman Mevann, Kev, Thomas O'Rellly, of Marl- borougn street; Kev. Joun O’Hunion, Key. T. O'saley, Professor Dunne, W. L. Hackett, J. P., B.L.; ¥. Morgau, James Hugnes, Mr. McEntyie, Mr. A. Dwyer, Mr, Angelo Hayes, secretary tu the Lora Mayor; Paul Meswincy, T. D. Sullivan, M. VAbve Polia, Proiessor Kavanagh, hogorary sec- retary; and Mr, Keegan, secretary. fhe labors of the’ committee have been very arduous, and each and ‘every one scemeu to have entered m0 | tae good Work with entiasiasm. Letters have been received by them from many people of emi wence both at home and abroau, suc as the illus. tious Dupwnlenp, Bisnop of Orieaos: the Bishop | ot Nantes, aud othera ol the Continental epis- copacy, promising to be present. ‘Tuc Holy Pather will be represented by his chamoerlain, Dr. Adain | Rock and Prince Edward Kadzivili will appear for Lis Eminence Cardinl Ledocuowski, who has been imprisoned by the Prussian government. As I have already sent you the three days’ pro- gramme, it is unecessary to repeat it here, Dut THE ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION will be found mteresting. On Vriaay, August 6, the processional bodies wiilk assemb:e at ten o'clock A, A. Krom present maications there will be at least 50,009 1u the procession. ne length of the route ix over six miles and tt embraces ull the great thoroughfares aud takes In nearly al! spots associated witu tne name and Jame of O'Connell. Lt was at first decide upon to Was aiterward consivered inadvisable, owing to the distance. Tne several buildings associated with O’Counell’s name will be ma:ked with a flag, | ‘rhe rendezvous is Stephen’s Greev, and at ten | o'clock precisely the ead Of the procession moves: lrom (he ost Maguificeat square in Dublin into Leeson street; through Leeson street into Fitz- William piace; thence inty Fitzwiligm square, east, threugh Fitzwilliam street into Merron square, Soucy, passing by the house Where O’Uon- neil lived for so mauy years; thea through Clare, Leinster, Nassau and Graiton streets. Toere Will be a short pause at College Green, op osite the old Pariament House (Baok of Ire. and), Trinity College and the statues of Goldsmitn and Burke, wud the procession will then pass up Dame street, by the City Hall, WHERE O'CONNELL MADE WIS FIRST SPEECH AGAINST | ‘vit UNION im 1800; up Cerk Hil, past gthe Castle, through | Caste street, Cnrist Caurca piace, Higu street, Corn Market, Toomas street, James streer, | passing the church of wWaten tne fouu- | dution wags laid by O’Connell in 1846; aown | Stevens’ jane, across King’s Bridge; tuen passing tne Four Courts and stretcaing along the noriuern line of quay to Capel street, up Capel street, paus: ing at No. 4, Coyne’s house, where was laid the | foundation of the Catholic Association, trrouga Bolton streerand Dorset street, Upper aud Lower, to the Circular road, Summertil, und then paus- mg belore the O’Uonnell schovls; turning ito Great brigala street, pussing the Kotumda and en- tering Sackville stro The procession will then pass tue Post Office and Nelson's Pilar, apd wil we end of tue route at Grattan Bridge (for- bewnh us Carlisie Bridge), where the site O’eounell mouum has been decided upow. «It ism Bachelor's Walk and Eden Quay. There, it is expected, an oration WiL be Gelivered on O’Vonoell by THE RiGHY HON. LORD O'MAGAN, chaneenur of Ireland. It ig pro- posed to Crect & platform on the site of the monu- ment, abd powerfa) burricades Wii Le erected as 4 precagtion against crusaing, Outside toese bur- ing bo the order Of their arrival, in lines exiend- ing from Carilsle wridge to Lower Abvey street on one side @ ia Middie Abbey street on the other. ition Palace has been secured for the | ays’ Celevravioa, aud a prend national cen- | tenary oanquet wil be beld there ater the pro- cession aud oration, ‘The places at this banguet are limited to 600, and the caras are £1 cach. ‘The trades are making gigantic efforts tora maguifieent disslay in the procession, and have | already expended over £19,000 Ia the prepara- | ions. The Kingstown people propose getting up | a regatta lo Conaection With tae ceuteuary, und | grand pyrotechnic displays Will be ».ade from some of the bridges ang in Phoewix Park, Nu vert- ous other interosting festivities will signalize the turee days. BURGLARY IN HARLEM. On Wednesday alternoon, while the family of | Miss Wultslelder, residing i Fitth avenue, near 1290n gtreet, Were Watching some district tele- | graph men putting up wires in the back yard of the premises, @ burgiar, by means of a false key, eniered the basement door, ana, proceeaing up to Miss Waitieider’s bedroom, roboed her bureau drawers of diamonds and jewelry vaiued at $1,400, ioe burglar lei the house by the frout | door and leit it Open. Ay ue Was guing down tie | steps some of the fawlly 44W Dim and sent a litue boy to see What he Wabted. He told the entid that | he wus looking Jor some person Whom be thought | lived onere. The chiid, seeing the iront avor open, told the famny of it, but they suppused it Was leit oped tarough the care: vant girl, and thought uo o until the valuables were missed, voted of the rovn buraliar bas been eb! | | | incident, | Ineat, that ever was penned, OBITUARY. MANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. At Copenhagen yesterday died Hans Curistian Andersen, the wonder-story-teller of the North. Seventy years before, he had come into this world, as he bhimseif describes, “a living and weeping ebild,” He was born tn the town of Odense, in Denmark, in a mean room in the lowly house where dwelt bis par:uts—poor people, whose only weulth was love and this same crying and weep- ing cuild new bora to them, Angersen’s father was u man of poetical mind and strongly gilted, though he won hts dally vread by the making and mending of shoes, Add it was from his futher that the child inherited tne strange gitts thac were one day to make him famous, jor his mother was a Very commonplace good woman who loved her husband and their child and minaed the limited household affairs, not thinkiug of any- thing beyond. Certain peculiarities were re- marked in kis character, even in infancy. He was @ dreamy, thougotfal boy, shy and retiring, having av ebeeaton with ewiidren of his own age. He tes that, one day being met by @ man who Iifted his whip to strike him, he regaraed tim earnestly, and exciaimed, “How dare you strike me whea God can see it?” The strong, stern man, ad- dresaed in this unexpected mauner by the child, becume at once miid, and although described as @ passionate and unfeeling person in this in- Stance Dis Lill burmor was subdued. He patted Hans on the check and gave him money. When this incident was repeated to his mother she ob- served to those around her, “Me is a strange | child, my Hans Christian; everyoody’s kiud to Dim.’? Hans grew up aspoiled child, iis father was devotedly attached to vim, and took great delight in making toys lor his amusement, He Would aiso read to him the plays of Holberg, the Danish “Mollere,”? and some Arabian tales, and was continually occupied in storing his mina | with scraps of poetry and traditional history. fle appears to have been @ man of peculiar tem- Perament, having received a good eucation; | but ne was the victim of misfortunes | that had soured his mind and given | him = gloomy ideas of human nature, Provably these impressions had their in- fuence on the mind of Hans at a somewhat later period, for he became pivus and superstitious, and yet evinced a great preailection for thé theatre, which his means, however, would nos often allow him to grattiy; bat be would contrive, trom the play blils, to compose a piece in his own mind, with dialogues suited to the characters represent- ing it, aud this was his first unconscious attempt at poetising. Mis jatner dying wolle he was still youog Hans was left very mucu to his own re- sources, his mother being reduced to undertake washing tor several families as a means of sub- | sistence. Soon alter he was apprenticed to a tailor, but he felt himself destined tor some bigher work, so after some time he obtained lis mother’s consent tu his going to the great city of Copenna- gen, for tohis boyisn imagination tt was a great city. On the Sth of September, 1814, he first | looked down wom the heights of Fredericksberg on the city of Copenhagen. It was the day of the outbreak of the so-called Jews’ quarrei, and the commotion and excitement of the city, which he now witnessed for the first time, made a deep im- pression on the poet. He had scarcely ten dollars in his pocket and knew no one, but his natural inclination led bim to thegtheatre. Here his want of worldly experience very nearly got nim ito trouble, for, being ofered a Dill of the play by one of the bill sellers, he took it and thanked the map, thinking 1 was an act of polite attention on his part. The bill seiler became angry at what he considered a joke at his expense, and young Anderaen was obliged to leave in order to avoid a quarrel. Ten years later his first dramatic ptece Was produced at tnis house, His great aim in life at this period was to be an actor; but though many prominent professionals tried to ald lo tuls desire, against their own convictions, his ungainly persoa offered an ebstacte only to be overcome by the greatest tenacity of will, and this tenactty Andersen possessed. He last Succeeded and appeared as spirit’? in a ballet. His eXaitation Was unbounded—nis name was in print—"L iancied I could see # pimbus of immor- tality; 1 was continually looking at the printed paper; I carried the programme of ive baket with me at nignt to bed, lay aod read my name uy cande iight—ia short, 1 was happy. Sach is vhe picture he gives us of mis feelings. He was so fortunate, however, as to attract the nouce ofa widow named Buokeflod, whose pusvand, a cier- gyien, had written several poems of cousider- able merit, especially some “spinning sengs,” which hau becoma very popular, and ic was that Hans heurd we word spoken with =O much reverence as im- pressed itself on his mind as something Sacred, aud 1¢ Was also in the house of tuis lady that he first read Shakespeare, & bud translation, itis true, but bold in description and full of heroic The great delight experteneea by the perusal of this work occasioned bis waking some juvenile attempts at play writing, the taliure of Which be auuaingiy describes, His passion for “poe? readiug—the oumerous dramatic scenes he baa | learned by beait—and a remarkaoly tne voice he | possessed ug this me excited the iuterest of sev- | eral induets ttl janites, and the irieudless boy at | leugth attracted notice, and through tae Kincness Of Councilor Coin, one of the arost distinguished mea in Denmark, slug Freaerick was induced to grant hima small annaity, A place was also pro- | cured ior him at the High School at Siageise, | where he received a hoeral education. From this Bcnoul be went to colicge, und became very soon | favorably known to toe public vy true poetical | works. “ingemaon,” “Oenlenscula rer’ aod others | then optatoed tor him a royal stipeud, to eaaole | him to travel; and he visited Germany, France, Switzerland and Ltaly. Lraly, and the poetical | character of lie in that beauuful country, inspired | him; anu he Wrote the “ improvisatore,” ons of the most exquisite works, Whether or truthiul delineation of Character or pure dod nodle eenti- | harmoniously combines the Warm coring ano in- teusity of Luilian iife with the tresuest aad strou, siunpileity of the uorrh, His romance or "0. 't, lotlowed; this 1s a,true piecure of the seciuded, sober lie of the Gorto, and is a great iavorite there. His third work, “Ouly a idler,” is re- markable for its strong drawn personal and o&- tional charucteristics, founded upon bis own ¢x- perience in early fe. Perhaps there never Was | & more affecting picture of the hopeiess atcempts | of a genius 0: second rate order to combat against | and rise sbuve poverty and adverse circum: | stances than 18 given tu the lie of pour | Christian, Wao dles at last, “only a fatdier.” | italy won his heart and he is never tired telling us Of the vedUties Of that histories land. “Whata grandear of nature!” he exciaims, describing bis eutruuce into Lombardy. ‘Our’ heavily laden coacu with it# team of bourses was like a fly on & we crept along the rocky road pO, a apoleow’s command, had oioKen through this spine of the carn; the giass green | glaciers suove over us; 1 grew colaer and colder; tie suepaerds Were wrapped in cownides aud the Jews kept up guod fires io their stores; 1¢ Was juli winter here, but in a few minates the coach Was rolllog wioug under chestuut trees, Whose long and green leaves gitttered in the Warm suusbioe, Dono WUssala’s marke’ places and streets gave us in & miniature @ picture of the national street lito. | Lago Maggiore shone between the aark blue MOUU tains; Beautilul 18.e18, like bouquets, hoated on upon the Water; bat i¢ Was ciouuy; the skics | were gray us in Denmark, Wheu evening came | All Was auain Whited aWay, the alt suone trans. parent and serede, and the skies seemed tu float turice 43 higA as at lome. The vines aung up m loug crails ulonyg the road as lor a feast. Never | have L seen Italy so beautiful.” This visit to Ltaly | suggested ius hovel “The improyisatore.” Tho book Was at frst coldly received vy the critics. ‘Yne first edition was sold and @ second printed, and yet tbe newspapers kept sieat; but tne author had the satisiacuon o; hearimg in round. woOUL Ways Lhat it had exetted a good deal of in. | terest. At lengti this oppressive siience of the press Was broken by a fellow poet, Carl Bogwer, | who Wrote (hat Andersen “had swusg himself | Into & position ultogetier unkoown ty hrm | aud showa in. nis ‘improvisature’ In @ most | brillant way.’? ‘Poe sensitive Andersen Was 60 moved vy this generous praise that Ne telly as le | Wept aloud on resding it. in ali bis wor dersed lias drawn irom 018 OWN experience, 10 this lies theic extraordinary power. Toere iso cuildike tenderness and siniplicity i fis | Writings—a@ sympatiy with the poor and the straggling, Anu an elevation aod purity of tons Which have sometiing absoluiely Loy adout them; It 18 the Inspiration of srie gous Com- bibed With great experience of we aud a Bpiric Of Curistianity. Lois itis waich is (he soorer of the exXtrewe charm of bis celebrated stories lor chidren, ‘They’ ure a3 simple and us vouching us the old Bibe narratives of — u | and his brotiren aod toe livke jad who died the corn, itis uo Wonder toatthey are the most popular books of their kind in Europe. His pri cipal Works, his “Picture BOOK without Pictur: nnd severai of nia scories lor childrea have veen transiated inco Engilsu. They have veen likewise ‘raosiated into tue German, and some of them junto Duteo, und even Kussiat He speaks noviy of this circGinstance fa his ie, y works ty over ali lands. A peculiar feelng, a mixture of | Joy and anxiety, fills my beart every time my good genius conveys my fiction tu a tureign peopie.” Huns Andersen wever married, but led o wan- dering life, travelling hither aud thither all over kurope, During bis first visit to London he met Charles Dickeus at the bouse of Lacy Hiessington. Tue tug j8 thus deseriped by Auaersens— pe a Just writing = my Tame and » few words iu the front or { ae kia! when "Siokens shteren, eu a here | ‘Tos work most | 5 | | and es and handsome, with a wise ana kind expresst and long, beautiiul hair, falling down on pet! shook hands and looked into , sooke Ud Understood one another, pped out on the balcony. It was happinest to Ine to see aid speak Wiib the one of Eugiand’s liviug writers whom | Joved moat, and tears came into my eyes. Dickens unaerstood my love an¢ | admiration, Alnoug my stones be mentioned ‘The Lisle Mermaid,’ Which bad beeo transiatec by Lady Dutf Gordoa, in Bentley’s Magazine, He knew also ‘fhe Bazaar’ and the ‘Improvisatore.! 1 was placed near Dickens af the table, only Lacy | Blessiagtou’s young daughser sac between us, He drank a glass of wine With me, ay did also the Duke of Wellington, then Marquis of Douro. Here Was Loe poet Milner, here the Postmaster Genera! o( England, authors, journaliscs and nobemen, but ior me Dickens was the first,” ‘The great duy of Anderson’s Iie was when b¢ was elected honorary burguer of bis Dative town. | This occurred of the 6th of December, 1869. While still 4 youtn a prediction bad been uttered ‘wat One day Odense would be iluminated in his honor, and now that prediction was to be tub. Bile Who the certificate of citizenship was delivered to Bila he expressed his feelings ip ths wise:—"The great distinction which my native jown bas bestowed upon me overwhelms me and makes me proud. stepped to the window and said, there I walked a pow boy,’ 680 | God granted me ch 8 spiritual lamp, Poesy, and when its light shone over otaer couitries acd men were pleased at it and gave it weir praise, and said tuat light shone irom Deumark, then my heart beat with happt- ness, I kuew thas at home Lhaa sympatuziug iniends and surely in the town where ny cradle stood, and it gives me on this day so honorable a Pproot Ol 118 sylapabhy by bestowile on me B dis tuction sv overwoeimiugly greay that L can only speak my tQunks from the bottom of my heart.’ Amoug hia ljater works were “Grandiather’s Picture Book” and “fue Greenies.” His hfe was unpretending, and mucd of the charm of his works Was due to the power of reproducing the umpres- 81008 Of his OWD simple mind vividly jor the beae Ot of others, ISAAC VAN ANDEN. Isaac Van Anden died yesterday, at bis summer homestead at Poughkeepsie, whitber he had gone when the heated term set In, He was born in Poughkeepste in 1813, buc moved to Brookiya over forty years ago, where vis home has ever siace been. His first enterprise here was to publish a newspaper in partnership with Mr. Arnold; oat after u short time taey sold out, stipulating pot te start upother, The Brooklyn Eagle was then in its Imancy, and, at the request of a number ot Irtends,"Mr. Van Anden took charge of its publica- tion department, he having been meanwhile re- lieved irom the previous pledge he bad given not | again to embark in a newspaper speculation, He s0un became proprietor of toe Hayle, and con. | tinued as the head of its business department | UN! the time of bis deatu. Besides wis relaciond | With the Brooklyn press, he aiso ne!d some honor- able posttions irom time to time of a poiltical character, He was both Police and Park | Commissioner, offices he held more for tne Pleasure he derived irom the duties ap- pertaining to them than for bis own pers Sona! azgrandizement. te was repeatediy asked by prominent citizens of Brooklyn to allow him- Sell to become a candidate fdr tue highest voliti- | cal honors in the gut of the city, but he alwaya reiused to do ev. He was identifes during his loog residence in Broeklyn with tne principal charitable and puvuc improvements, and was completely bound ap io the progress of the city, and when the bridge Was mereiy in au incipient progress he advanced $25,000 toward Its comple- Uon, sad this money he meant to ve a gift. ‘rhe deatn of Mr. Van Auden was surprise to hia friends, who believed that he was in good healtn aud would live for many years to com Hoves had been entertuined tuat the physici would be uole to cure the diarrhea, from which he had been suffering jor several days, The deceased gentleman was unmarried. In politics he was a democrat. The attuchés of the Broukiya Eagle mourn unatlectedly the lows that office suse tains in Mr. Van Anden’s deata. WINSLOW LEWIS, M. D. Dr. Winslow Lewis died'5n the nignt of the 3a inst., in Boston, aged seventy-six years, He at- tatned a wide reputation as one of the most sku- tal Surgeons of tho country, and was iormeriy Grund Master of Masons of the State of Massa- chusetts. HARBOR SMUGGLERS. MORE CONTRABAND GOODS FOUND ON THE STEAMER COLUMBUS—SEIZURE OF AN INVOICE OF SHOES. AS a sequel to the ch: in the Lower Bay and capture of six india rubber bags filled with eigar+ ettes and choice cigars, which had been thrown overboard from the Havana steamer Colambus, the following statement of facts will pe read | with imterest:—It appears that at an carly | bour yesterday morning General G. Nichols, Dep- | uty Surveyor of the Customs, Lecame possessed of the fact that @ second attempt would be made to smuggle cigars ashore trom the steamer Colam+ bus, pow lying at anchor in Upper Quarantine. He accordingly summoned the crew of inspectors who had rowed down the Bay.and madé the larga capture of cigars on Tuesday and sent them dowm by the revenue cutter P. G, Washington ta from search the suspected steamer | to stern, Ab ten o'clock | on board tne’ Columbus, and, taking | their coats get to Work wito a will, under the rections of the veteran steamship searcher, In- spector Kane. Afteran hour’s work they fouod two larve india rabber bags tightly packed wita cigureites CONCEALED IN THE DONKEY ENGIN! Thos stimulated tuey continued the search, and soon jound another lot of india rubber bags, used for throwing cigars and cigarettes overvoara, Which Was proof to the officers that there was still a large amount of smuggled tovacco on board, to be thrown overvoard when occa sion offered, Captam Reed, of the steamer in question and his rst officer, used every effort ia tueir power to h to discover tue contraband articles believe io be on board the vessel, Finally Inspector Hagan found # large quantity of cigarettes, artistically hidden away on the top ofaiarge water tank, in one oj the water tignt | compartments, and close to the beams of tne deck. The engine room was then searched and at sunset the taree officers discontinued she search, having captured 6,600 bundies Of cigareties, Seve | eral oO: the special ‘lreasury agenis commencea Jast evening to “anadow” severul well Know First | Ward smogglers, who are never seen at work | during the auy. The searca on the Volumbas will | be continued to-day. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. The cigars and cigarettes seized from the tive boat inthe bay, (axen from of she steamer Columbus by Inspectors Kane, McCort and Hagan, amount to 5,800 cigars and 4,00) bunches cig- arertes. Upwards of $3,000 worth of French shoes, des- tined for California, were yesterday ordered to the seizare room in the Custom House vecause of oged undervaluation. A SPICE MILL DESTROYED. Loss SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS—TWO MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. At @ little past twelve o'clock yi rday the lower portion of Front street was cry Ol fire and the screeching of women. seconds it was li In a few Thed that the extensive cotfee and spice mills of Arbuckle & Brothers, Nos, 56, 54% and 60 Front street, were on fire, At the time there were employed in the building avout thirty girs and alike number of men, most of whom were jJast about partaking of their lunch, Toe orst alarm was caused by @ severe explosion m tne neighborhood of the engine room. A lieavy col- umn of smoke came rolling up the main stairway, and a desperate rash was made by men and girls toreach tho street. Fortunately, all succeeded in getting out in safety, la twenty minutes tue whole building was enveloped in Hames, The vire Department was early on the ground aod so0un several ring on the (reams | Hames. hese were imadequate, and Obief Bo. xiueer Baxter Was Compelieu to send out a seeond ularm. It Was not until near three o’clock that the fremen got control of tue fames, Tne origin Of the fire is attriouted to tue ourclessness of the engineer, James Jones. He was scalded by the bursting of @ steam pipe, It is charged thag he atlowed the water to get too low aiso that he had a lot of rubdbiso lytng hear the fre is, Wich ignited and caused the destruction of the bulidiug. Jones would Make no stavement as vo the origin of tne fire. John Cassidy, ol ue Company No, 10, was c in the bead by t of @ beam on him, The loss sustained by Arbuckle & Brothers is QUA $10,000, Insured, says SUICIDE. 4 YOUNG GERMAN, PARTLY INSANE, XILIS HIMSELF WITH MORPHINE. Alexander Goetscuel, twenty-two years of age, residing at No, 107 West Porty-fourth street, com mitted suicide last evening by taking @larce quan Uly of morphine, Soortly after taking the pisos he was found by somo of his ds lying pros trate ia bis room. Dr. Morgal,”' jo, 228 West Forty-pinth street, waa summoned, and ad@ia- | istered ties, but they proved of co aval, The | potson aia ita Work eared = naifeo of ter the emetios were adi jpeetscgal . ited, itis friends ean ussigh uv re e Bot ober than time past ander Ory Lo been Jado! cine