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8 WINTER SPORTS. Skating and Curling in New York and Brooklyn, ICE YACHTING ON THE HUDSON. The Challenge Pennant of America To Be Sailed For This Seasoa. In these December days when the keen winds ofthe north whistle merrily through our streets and ave- nues there is a thrill of pleasure in the breasts of a large portion of Gotham’s community, and when the coo! days give way to colder, and the various ponds and lakes around apd about our city have put on their winter covering, young and old are glad. It verges even to the brink of excitement when the skating season is fully inaugurated, as in the wake of this amusement follow many winter sports that in @ measure compensate for the loss of boating and yacht img, which of course comes to a standstill when the mercyry approaches the freezing point The tem- peratare of the past few days has been of that nature NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET.. Particfpate in thé BBntes Loe of interest only await the formation of strong ice, ICR YACHTING. ‘Thi of healthful sport is finding ad- murers and, though in its infancy im and around the metropolis, is destined to grow to propor- tions of great jtude. At the Capitoline. po: there are three of qneer crafts new ready for the winter's use, and at Prospect Park there isa like pamber that will be placed on the lake as soon as c! ces warrant, Up the Hudson, however, the amusement bos attained supremacy, a ate a ae in gene e elu je * New Hamburg, of which Mr. John A. Roosevelt and Mr. Irving Grinnell are the Comi are in a flourishing condition, so that ice of the necessary thick- ness is only required to make that part of the Hudson alive with excitement, Nowhere in the world are there more ardent enthusiasts in this exhilarating sport to be found than in the organizations named above, and no- where are there finer specimens of these ocd craft. This winter the jee yaeht challenge pennant of America will be sailed for, # flag manufactured last spring by order of the New Hamburg Ciub, and intended to create @ generous rivalry between clubs on the Hudson River as well ag among those in the Northern, Eastern and Western States and-Canada, The first contest for this beautiful prize will be an im ice yachting looked forward to for many years by the liberal spirited oficers of the Hudson River clubs, TROTTING AT SAN FRANCISCO. ‘-@RANT’S CUBA POLICY. ENGLISH OPINION OP THE AMERICAN RELATIONS TO SPAIN—THE EXPRESSION IN THE PRESI- DENTIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. {From the Pall Mall Gazette, Dec. 8.) ‘The passage relating to Cuba in President Grant’s Message is milder in tone than the newspaper version of the note to the Spanish government which appeared on the eve of the November eleptions. If the Presi- dent had been anxious to push matters to extremities, his first step would bave been to recommend Congress to recognize the Cuban insurgents as belligerents. Upon this, the only practical question at this moment, the Message speaks very decidedly, The insurgents ‘“un- questionably do not constitute a civil organization recognizable as an independent government capable of performing international obligaticns and entitled to be treated asa Power. Recognition of the insurgent gov- ernment would accordingly be taconsistent with tho facts, and would compel the Power granting it to support it by force, * * * I fail to find con- ditions existing in this insurrection which would take the contest out of the category of mere re- [From The Call, Dee. 12.) The many people who have been anxiously awaiting the day when Defiance and St. James should ‘get to- gether” bad their wishes gratified yesterday; for these two giants im their way ware pitted against each other at the course of the Bay District Association in a three to give the votaries of all the exciting outdoor pastimes that crowd into this season the greatest encouragement, It has made the ice good and sent the “ball” to the head of the flagstaffs of two private ponds with the prospect of its being displayed before Christmas at all the lakes in Central and Prospect parks. This fact is alone enough tor those who love the downright, ex- citing pleasures incident to skating and curling, while it gives assurance to the ice yachtsman that not many days will have elapsed before the rivers are frozen over and an opportunity presented to indulge in his favorite amusement, which, more than all the others, is the op- posite of indolent bhss, With the continuance of seagonable weather, such as New York has recently ex- perienced, our many sports on the ice will be under pleasant headway, and as the thousands of the younger people, together with their older friends, will be glad to know of the preparations made to'receive them, the following themoranda are appended :— SKATING, When the “ball” is ran up the Museum flagstaff at Central Park it requires buta brief space of time for the news to become very general, Last year, on the 26:h of December, at eight o'clock A. M., the announce- ment was made that the ice was ready for visitors, and within four hours aiterward, or before noon, the big pond was crowded with acheery, moving throng that remained during the balance of the day and far into the | night. Then the ice was of an interior character, as the frequent snow storms and the sandwiched periods of thawing made it ofa honeycombed nature, tbat aly good skaters so thoroughly dislike. Yet with this the ‘opening was the occasion of a gala time, and “the gay and festive scene” then presented was repeated during the season just sixty-four times, as that number of skating days are recorded at the Park police station as occurring last season. This year there are hopes of an improvement even upon this excellent showing; for ice | has formed all over the lake, and on Monday it made so rapidly that the officers in charge had the strongest possible faith that by to-morrow or Friday, at least, the invitation, “Come one, come all,”” could with safety be extended to the youngsters and their parents to join in the sport Everything isin readiness for the eventful day. All the refreshment houses are being put in order and stocked, and the ‘venders of cakes and beer, oranges and apples, cigarsand tobacco will be prepared to serve in the old time style their many patrons, The man who lends skates for a consideration is also putting his place tn trim, and the ice lights are all in position ready to be used as soon as the occasion requires. Plenty of seats will be found to accommodate the weary—in fact, the con- veniences of the past have been Improved upon, and whatever the crowds that may visit the Park, they will without doubt find everything comfortable and Pleasant. Ono change, however, wili be, observed. ‘here will be but one pond this year, the larger, or, as usually called, “the lake.” That between the Fifth and Sixth avenue entrances has been filled up and will never again resound with the music of steelclad feet or be bright with the ceaseless panorama of sliding bhun- dreds enjoying themselves to their hearts’ content. There is room enough, however, on the lake to accom- modate all that may visit it. The ice now formed is of the best possible description, tt being hard ana smooth, Just of that kind to last a long while, no patler Ow. Moderate may be the weather. The rule post hoot whe lake to guide and govern the skaters are as fol- lows :— A 2on the ice except by the paths provided f ay kis enh 0 ye pron | Use the foot scrapers on the gangplank before step- | ping on the ice, . Do not dFOp any tobacco, cigar stumps, paper, nut- shells or any other articles on the ice. Avoid crowds, Ice is liable to crack even when it is thick, and if persons crowd on one side of a cake of ice a suddealy tip and endanger the lives of ali upon Bi not go near the men engaged im cleaning the ice. ation’ trom a Park keeper should be immediately eomplied with. The want of civil attention or the charging of more than the prescribed rates at the refreshment, chair or skate houses should be reported to the Captain of the Park keepers or the Superin:endent of the Park. A ball will be hoisted on the flagstaff at the Museum, and a white Hof with red centre, at the Belvidere, whenever the icé !s in fair condition for skating. A red flag hoisted on the flagstaff indicates that it is @angerous to go seen the ice, ‘Over in Brooklyh the lover of skating have been very fortunate this season. As early as the Ist inst. they were given the chance of testing their skill and again getting in practice, as on that day the Capitoline pond was thrown open and the enclosure well filled with rep- Fesentatives of the better class of citizens of the City of Churches, Since that time, however, there have been any annoying interruptions to the sport, although ten hull days of skating are already recorded by the propri- vtors—a very fair showing at this early period pt the winter. The latter part of the week + the open spots began to freeze, and on turday there wag quite a good surface which Again caused the gates to be unlocked, and by the hour of closing fully 2,000 persons had passed through them and been on the ice. Yesterday morn- fog the planers were brought into requisition, and the rough places thus made smooth, se the prospects aro excellent for a lengthened pericd of excellent skating at the Caprtoline, During the season there will be many festive reunions, bands of music and all that to Suliven the occasions. Instead of retrograding, Messrs. Weed & Decker think that the pastime is gain- ing ground, and in their opinion will be more uni- versally observed this winter than ever before. Last ear they had fifty-two full days of skating, and have pes that this number may be improved upon the present seasou. The rules of the Capitoline pond are as follows :— 1. All persons im going uponand coming from the ice are requested to stand upon or near the platiorm. 2 Persons without skates are requested to remain upon the embankment provided for spectators. 3 Gentiemen will please not to throw sucks, paper, pieces of cigars, &c., upon the ice iY 4. No sleds or skating chairs are allowed on the pond, and all kinds of games or racing are forbidden. | 6. Disorderly conduct reported at the office will re- veive immediate attention and result iu the expulsion of the offender. 6. No intoxicating liquor sold or allowed to be drank pon the premises. | 7. The second story of the buildings is more espe. | tially for the accommodation of ladies, and positively ho smoking will there be allowed. & Positively no skating allowed after eleven o'clock .M. Whenever the ball and flag are down and the beil is rung every person is expectea to leave the ice without further orders. The other private pond across the East River, where the old-time sport has peen thoroughly enjoyed for several days, is the Union, the well known base ball rounds in the Eastern District. This was flooded on d since that time seven full days? skat- Ever since its opening, in | he 2d inst, tng have recorded. the fail of 1861, this enclosed place has had an excel- jent reputation, and the present season fhe proprietor, Mr. Wilham Cammeyer, intends to revive the old ing among the skaters and again give some of his ol Mme carnivals. Upon one occasion, February 4, 186: be had nearly 600 ladies upon the ice in costumes, an the attempt will be made to again equal that grand di Pisy. | The tos yesterday at this place was excellent, Vithout a crack or flaw it had an average thickness of five inches and could not be excelled for smoothness. At the lake in Prospect Park there has beeu trouble axperienced from the breaking up of portions of the 1ce. This was particularly noticeable on Saturday last in the vorthwost gale, and it will yet be two or three days be- fore the ‘‘ball’” is there displayed. True, the ice made quickly on Monday, and, with s continoance of such f the young Brooklynites will goon be made glad. The skating house is rapidly being tompleted and willbe ready fos occupancy ina ays. The Brooklyn Skating Club was reorganized a lew evenings since on a permanent basis, and ng the season will have exhibition days at the Park, on whieh occasions « portion of the minor lake will be re- served for their use. A base ball match has been ar- ranged for Christmas Day. CURLING. Not less attractive is the pastime of curling, which this wipter ises to be more than ever observed in New York and vicinity. The old pond used by the turlers at Central Park having been filed up, the east end of the jake, near bridge 12, has been assigned to them, and a house for their use has been com- pleted. Games will jim here as soon asthe ice is ip condition, and will bé continued at regular intervals, yet to be deiermine@ upon, ‘Ab Prospect Park the curlers will also gather in force furing the winter, The annual curling tournament, it is said, will take place there, which event brings to- her the best piayers in the North and South. The in five race, in harncss, for a stake of $1,000, At half-past two the horses were called out and showed im fine condition, St James under the management of Budd Doble, while Defiance was reined by Mr. 0. A. Hickok. In the third attempt they got the word for the “ First Heat.—Defiance had the pole. St, James was neck in the lead when the bell struck, which was just enough to equalize the disadvantage of the outside po- sition, Defiance outfooted him at the start, and as they passed the quarter, in 37 seconds, showed half a length of daylight between them, which position was not ma- terially changed on the backstretch: A(ter passing the half, which was reached in 1:143f, St. James closed rapidly with his bay adversary, and at the head of the stretch was on his wheel The contest up the stretch was close and fast, Deflance sturdily main- taiming bis lead of half a length, which he held to the score, St. James leaving his feet when within two lengths of the mile, from the effects of Mr. Doble’s whip. Defiance was awarded the heat. St. James sec- ond, Time, 2:27. St. James still found favor with the pool buyers, notwithstanding his failure, and sold for $200 to $185 for Defiance. Second Heat.—They went away on the second trial, St. James a bead in advance, On the first turn St James hobbled a little, slackened his pace and fivally broke. Defiance had an open length of daylight as mar- a, when he passed the quarter in 36 seconds, St. Wahis decks dion aia starts ta. close the gap and Defiance thundered past the half in 1:12, eight lengths in the lead. On the lower turn Deflance waited and St. James closed up somewhat, but continued to break and misvehave, baving cast a shoe on the backstretch, and Defiance came home at a jog, winner of the heat; St. James second. Time, 2:30, The friends of St, James began to waver after this beat, and showed a decided disposition to ‘get out,” the rate being—Deflance $240 and St. James $45. Third Heat.—They got off on the second attempt, St. James going to the fore at the turn, and reaching the juarter first by two lengths. Time, 36%; seconds. Down ihe backstretch Defiance settled to his work, and at the half, which was reached in 1:12, collared St. James and passed him, winning the heat, race and money Dandily, in the excellent time of 2:24. 8u r, Bay District Covrss, Dec. 11, wrth ol uN ive, race fora stake of $1,000, mile heats, tnree in A. A. Hickok’s b. g. Defiance. Dudd Dobie’s b. g. St. James. ‘Time, 2:27 ENGLISH SPORTING NOTES. | Tho London Morning Post, of the 7th inst., says:— “In consequence of the severe frost and deep snow the Sandown Park meeting has been postponed till Tuesday and Wednesday next, the 14th and 15th inst. “The Kingsbury fixture has also been postponed to | Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 16th, 17th and 18th inst.”” The Cambridge University Boat Club has unani- pag J resolved that the customary challenge be sent to Oxford to row the inter-university race next Easter. In regard to the steeplechases of the Croydon meet- ing, a message from the clerk of the course gives no- tice that should the weather break every means will be used to bring off the races. The snow, some of which may be expected to be remaining, will be swept off, and each side of the various jumps will be made as se- cure as it 18 possible by means of s.raw, tan, &c. The prevalence of the frost and snow at Lytham has necessitated the abandonment of the Ridgeway Cours- ng meeting, which was fixed for the 8th inst, and fol- owing days, HANDBALL. ‘The watch, best of three games, between Messrs. Sullivan and Leniban against Messrs. Malloy and Mad- den, was played yesterday afternoon at No. 404 Madi- son street. Durmg the first game nothing noticeable occurred, the play being decidedly in favor of the for- | mer, the score ending—Sullivan and Lenihan 21, Malloy | and Madden 14, The second game at once became in- teresting, the losers in the first, by serving low, swift balls, added to their score rapidly and winning the game by ascore of 21to9 The third game was very excit- ing, some excellent play being exhibited on both sides, there being several innings played without an ace, The following is the score:— First Game.—Sullivan and Lenihan, 10, 2, 3, 5, 1—21; Madden and Malloy, 1. 6, 1, 6—14. Second Game.—Sullivan ‘and Lenihan, 2, 4, 1, 2-9; Madden and Malloy, 4, 5, 5, 4, 2, 1—21. 3 bird Game.—Sullivan and Lenihdh, 5, 1, 0,'%, 0, 1f, T, 1-20; Madden and Malloy, 8, 2, 4 4, 1, 1, 0, iat ‘A match was then played by Messrs. Barry and Mur- pby against Mesern Sullivan and Dore. ‘Each man played with skill and effect. By the following score it Frill be seen the game was close:— First Game.—Sullivan and Dore, 2, 8 2, 4, 6-21; Barry and Murphy, 1, 6, 0, 6—12 Second Game.—Sullivan and Dore, 1, 3, 10, 3—17; Barry and Murphy, 8, 3, 4, 6—21. Third Game.—Sulllvan and Dore, §, 4, 7, 2—13; Barry and Murphy, 4, 6, 4, 7—21. A game of American rackets followed, in which Messrs, B. McQuade and M. Coleman played against Messrs. D. Barry and J. Lenihan, the best two out of three games, for a priza Some Dne sport was afforded by this game, the play of Mr. McQuade being very fine, as was also ‘that of his opponents, The following’ is tho score :— First Game.—McQuade and Coleman, 2, 2, 3, 2-9; Barry and Leniban, 8, 6, 5, 2—21. j ‘Second Game.—McQuade and Coleman, 2, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 821; Barry and Lenihan, 0, 8, 8, 1,'1,'2,' 714. | 3, 6, 0, 4, Third Game.—MoQuade and Coleman, 0, 1 2, 4, $-21—Barry and Lenihan, 1, 2, iil. THE GAME IN BROOKLYN. At the Brooklyn court, corner of Hoyt and Douglass streets, yesterday, there was an exciting match by | John Halloran against John Dunn and Christopher | Deignan, the single-nanded man being the winner, | The conditions were the first four in seven games, Halloran gaining four while his opponents made two. ANOTHER MATCH was played by George Smith against Clare and Deignan, best two in three games. After ® spirited contest of fitty minutes Clare and Deignan were declared the | winners, they having won two games to their oppo- | nent’s one. AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH. | In connection with the great array of contemplated | athletic sports which will constitute part of the attrac- | tions of the coming Centennial Exhibition, Mr. Philip | Casey proposes to have invited here Messrs. Waters, Kickbam and G noted handball and racket players of Dublin, to play a series of matches with the leading players i this country. A CHRISTMAS CONTEST, ‘A match has been arranged for a prize match between eight skilful young players at the court corner of Hoyt and Douglass streets, Brooklyn, on Christmas Day, at cleven A. M., for a gold medal, For this mateh the following gentlemen aro already entered:—Matthew Belford, James McEvoy, Richard Townsend, Jobn Grady, ‘William Courtney and Andrew Henderson, METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, The Boerd of Managers of the Missionary Society of | the Methodist Episcopal Chureb held its final meeting | of the year at the Mission Rooms, No, 606 Broadway, yesterday aflernoon. The treasurer presented his | report for the month of November, of which the fol- lowing is an abstract -— Balance Treasury im debit November 1..... $81,016 61 +. $6,963 82 Disbursements.......+--++++ Total. ..eceeree tee e eee eee eens Receipts Sil ob Balance November 30, treasury in Balance in treasury at Cinetnaati..... Making the net indebtedness of the treasury .106,236 62. ‘The Treasurer accompanied the report with a state- ment that if the debt mereased im the same ratio it would reach $206,000 in the spring. Liberal appropri- ations were made to the straggling ministers in vari- ous parte of the country. An appropriation for the re- turn of Rev. M. Lowery from China was also mado The Board recommended Jobm Young, of Brooklyn, to be Indian agent at Fort Peck. The beer tate f officers for the ensuing year were elected :— Presi paige 4 E. 8. Janes; Vice Prest- denta, Bishops KE. Ames, E. G. Andrews, K. 8, Fos- ter, W. L. Harris, T. Bowman, G. Haven, 8. M. Mer- nil, J.P. Peck, L. 'Seott, M. Simpeon and J. W. Wiley, Revs, M. D. ©. Crawford and J, H. Roche, Hon. E. Vancher and Mesars, W. B, Skidmore, James H. Taft and Oliver Hoyt; Treasurer, Reuben Nelson; Assistant h will come off in January, when representativer Treasurer, Luke Hitchcock; Recording Socretary, From clube througnout tis Stalg aud New Jersey will | David Terry, 5 | passports without the least disquietude. bellions, and piace it on the footing of a war, to which &@ recognition of belligerency woul! elevate it.” This is a fair and sensible statement of the facts about the insurrection so far as they are known, and if this were the only reference to Cuba the Message contains it mighs be supposed that the United States government had detinitively abandoned the aggressive and irritating attitude which a little time back they seemed bent on assuming. But as regards t) Spanish side of the question the President's bag. je less satisfactory, The natural inference from t} which has been quoted is that, so long as thefmsurrection continues to bear this parely domestic character, it is not @ matter about which foreign Powers need or ought concern themselves. When a rebellion becomes “ civil organization recognizable as an independent goy- ernment capable of periorming international obii; tions and entitled to be as a Power,” nations who are strangers to the conflict are compelled to take notice of it, may atany moment find their own in- terests affected by it, and may after a time be obliged, either in defence of those interests or as a measure of international police, to give the belligcrents warning that if they cannot settle their own affairs by a given time they may have to submit to see them settled for them. But these consequences: all flow from the recognition of belligerency, or more accurately from the facts which necessitate the recognition of belligerency. So long as a rebellion ig nothing more than a local quarrel there can be no more reason why foreign nations should take notice of it, or think it incumbent on them to have a policy about it, than there is in the case of the brigands who infest Southern Italy, orof the Indians who occasionally make raids upon the Western States of America. It may bea symptom that the country afflicted by it is ill governed, but it is from first to last a matter of municipal, not international concern, President Grant has aprereny, allowed himself to for- get this distinction, Notwithstanding that ho is just about to declare that be can find nothing in ‘this insur- rection to take the contest out of the category of mere insurrections and place it on the footing of a war, he prefaces what he has to say about Cuba with the re- mark that “the rainous conflict which is still raging with a general disregard of the laws of civilized warfare and the just demands of humanity, and with an absence of any reasonable assurance of a near termi- | nation of the struggle, must soon compel the States suffering therefrom t consider what their interests and their duty may, demand.”” The only State which has ever complained of any serious suffering arising out of the rebellion in Cuba is the United States, and the shape which this suffering has mostly taken is, per- haps, that of a harassing ieee to show the world how very much better Cuba would be governed if it were annexed to the Union, That the conflict has been of long duration is certainly true, and that it has been carried on with very great disregard of the laws of war or the demands of humanity 18 highly probable. But it ig unfair to Spain to calculate the chances of the tn- surrection being put down with exclusive reference to the condition of Cuba itself. ‘ It ts especially unfortunate that the United States government should use this language toward Spain, because the characteristic temper of the Spanish people makes them peculiarly likely to take offence at it. The Spaniards asa nation are very proud, very ignorant, and, as a nataral consequence, very reckless. They will bitterly resent any approach to interference on the part of the United States; they have a profound faith in their own ability to fight any Power that is likely to attuck them ; and, notwithstanding that the civil war is not yet over, they would prabably receive the news that the United States Ambassador had asked for bis They are just so far tired of civil war that ‘they would welcome the substitution ofa foreign war. This temper is made all the more dangerous by the circumstance that Spain bas avery considerable fleet, Be in speculating on the chances of the war the paniards would be likely to lay disproportionate stress on the fact that the first act of the struggle might be the triumphant Peorpbeniment of half a dozen American cities and the sinking of a few American tronclads, They would not in the least romember, or be preciate if they did remember, the difference z tho strength which les behind the United States Navy and the strength which hes behind the Spanish Navy. That difference is above all things a difference of ex- chequers. For every sbip the Spaniards destroyed the Americans would build ten, and then Rave the monry to duild twenty more, This is not the kind of strength which a profoundly cg people can form any esti- mate of They think of the navy they have now, and their rulers have no means, at least no effective means of bringing before their imaginations the navy which exists potentially in every American budget. Of course if President Grant wishes to pro- yoke a war between Spain and America, and at the same time to escape the responsibility of having de- clared it, this is the right way to go to work. ‘These | constant references to the Cuban insurrection and to the painful but necessary part which the United States | may have to play in regard to itare all circulated in | Spain, aad find there more ready credence than 38 ac- | corded to them in countries which are able to weigh | the President's threats more dispassionately. President Grant’s Message bears but too much likeness to an ap- peal from the comparative calmness of the Spanish | government to the excitable passions of the Spanish | people. As such it reflects but httle credit on the di- plomacy which condescends to employ it. THE PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE ‘‘MEAGRE AND UN- INTERESTING” —CUBA, THE CURRENCY AND THE | CHURCHES, [From the London Standard, Dee, 9.] The Message of President Grant to the new Congress is so meagre and uninteresting, and contains so little that could require reconsideration or readjustment at the last moment, that it might apparently have as well been delivered on Monday, as soon as the Lower House had organized itself by the election ofa Speaker, which seems to have been accomplished with very unusual promptitude, the candidate of the conservative caucus receiving the vote of the entire party. The President has nothing to say that is of direct interest to England, and even on matters of strong interest to his own coun- try be had reason for cautton or reticence. Since the withdrawal of the Southern Senators and Representa- tives, in 1861, lett the republicans absolute masters of a maimed Assembly that yet pretended to legislate for the whole Union, until the dissolution of the last Congress on the 4th of March, 1875, that party has bad an uninterrupted and irresistible ascendancy in both branches; and except during the latter part of | Mr. Jobnson’s term, the President has had to address | his Mescage to a body of partisans agreeing with bis views and those of his Cabinet, but more violent and unscrupulous, as a rule, because less responsible. o* He is clear and outspoken only on three points—Cu! anti-sectarian education and currency redemption, We doubt, as we have said before, whether the idea of picking a quarrel Spain in order to find a pretext for annexing Cuba will find much favor in America at the present day. In the old times the South wanted Cuba in order to create more slave States, for her safety depended on the maintenance of her equality in the Senate, and she was shut out from all territory on the mainland wherein new slave States might have been created. It might be supposed that the republican desire for negro States, as a kind of | rotten burroughs always at their disposal, would suc- ceed to this discarded motive. But the wiser radicals eee that the negro is the disgrace and danger of their party; and that the attempt to keep white men under negro rule must fooner or later be abandoned; and no wise man of either party desires to see new elements added to the perplexing problem already pre- sented bythe social and political condition of the South, The irony which renders this plea for not rec- ognizing the Cubans a justification for our recognition of Southern belligerency is the irony of circumstances, not of intention. The language used in regard to | American grievances is no doubt selected with an eye to future contingencies. Still we ought to know how lawless and insolent Spain can be in ber treatment of foreign powers, even when their ability to crash and run her, if their patience should be exhauste is perfectly obvious, and we can easily understan that the provocation re by her coast guard vessels in the south and her naval forces engaged against the Carlists in the north in their law! tacks on Englishmen are multiplied tenfold in Cuba bythe headstrong violence of partisan volunteers and the exasperation of officers engaged in a war to the knife. e objectionable sentence in the Me re- ferring to Cuba and Spain is that which threatens to no Tecommend to Congress, distant period, ‘what may then seem necessary”—a doubly significant phrase if we bear in mind that the power of declaring ‘War |i ted not in the Executive but in Congress. It on f ‘e bluster and braggadocio, but it may not; and even if it be, bluster of this kind is calculated to provoke the pride and anger of a high spirited nation almost more than actual injury. videnly General Grant fancies that he can compel Congress to go with him in bis anti-Spanish policy. And it remains to be i seen how far he rightiy es the disposition of bis coantrymen elect and easy quarrels and week for glory at the expense of embarrassed and unequal antagonists, There is the same of bluster in the President's language about the em of State education, It is notorious that the Roman Catholic clergy are hostile to the common schools, and would like to educate the children of their flocks at the cost of the State in semi- naries of their own. It is equally certain that Amer- Joan opinion is hostile to tbis desire, as tending to separate the Romam Catholics from the rest of the nation, and to make them, not a sect like othors, but @ | out, this meons war, | the retiels; if the island must be half ruined so long democrats have kept thom firm in opposition to all re- Haters preecription, and hitherto their policy has been Justi by complete success, The Roman Goured hes failed to do any serious barm to the . But the feoling tn politics, the old Puritan old Know —— hatred of Popery, have been revived by the recent pre- tensions of the Vatican, and Gen Grant secks to make capital of them by. Namane bis the attack on the Catholics which he made in a former harangue. Education 1s a matter which concerns the States alone, and neither the President nor Congress has the right or power to interfere with it The sug- gextion that schools should be common to children of all colors is both dishonest and wicked. © Dis- honest, because it is not meant to admit Mongo- jians in California, Indians in the West or —s in the North; wicked, because in the th it means, as it would mean in any community where men of English blood are mingled with inferior races, either a monopoly of the schools by the latter or a war of races No English Fier any more than a Virginian, no citizen of Illinois any more than a citizen of Keuticky, would send his children, and especially his daughters, to consort with nogro schoolfellows, Happily it is quite certain that the cor- servative majority in the House will treat both these “gpemene as they deserve, nally, General Grant and his advisers demand that preparation shall be made for the resumption of cash payments ip 1879, and propose to convert greenbacks gradually into bonds bearing 3.65 per cent interest—4. ¢, one cent per day for every $100, 'e have no belief in the last piece of advice; for the rafe of interest on the best security in America is nearer 6 per cent than 8, and the credit of the government is lower in propor- tion to that of private debtors than in most countrica. The United States must be content 2 at least five per cent for their money. The call on Congress to pro- Vide for the resumption of specie payments om the lst January, 1879, is simply a clever party dodge. WOULD GRANT'S INTERVENTION SERVE THE CUBAN CAUSE? [From the London Daily News, Dec. 9.) * * * But the President says more, He tells Congress that Spain has made promises of reforms, which, if they are carried out, will remove difficulties; but he does not give her much time to carry them out, It is not likely that after years of chronic anarchy “an early restoration of peace and the removal of future causes of complaint” can be accomplished; yet Presi- dent Grant says that unless this is done he will during the present session of Congress make other proj 8, President Grant’s words are so generally in foreign mattors stronger than his deeds that we are not quite sure how the peremptory language of the M 1s to be interprete If it means even a glance in the direc- tion of Interference, he is open to the retort that an insurrection—which, by his own admission, has not now sufficient foothold to justify recognition— may deserve effectual aid) We have no sym- pathy whatever for the Spanish goyern- ment, in trifling, as it seems to do, with the Cuban in- surrection, and’ aliowing the Spanish volunteers to keep up a reign of terror in the name of the mother country, But a peremptory interference such as Presi- dent Grant seems to intimate would create general sympathy with Spain, and, however it might affect the state of parties at home, would detach from President Grant and his administration the moral support of all the outside world. We hope, however, that no such meaning lies behind his words, and that his threatened further appeal to the present session of Congress would only be for support in some further diplomatic step in the removal of a scandal of which the Americans justly complain and which public opinion generally will sus tain them in urging the Spanish government to cure. THE PRESIDENT’S IDEAS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION— SPAIN ON HER TRIAL IN CUBA. [From the London Times, Dec. 9.) President Grani’s Message, in what it says alike about the free school system of the United States and the rebellion in Cuba, strikes a somewhat disquieting note, It shows that America is already beginning to feel the difficulties ofan old country. If there was any- thing for which she was cnvied 1¢ was for her freedom from the political battles of the sedts. Episcopalians, Methodists, Baptists, Roman Catholics, were all equal in the eye of the law, and they did not carry their theological rancor into politics. There was no Libera tion Society, no unseemly squabbles between Church and Dissent, no Birmingham League. All the sects Sent their children to the same public schools, and {t seemed as if they would grow up with a good will for each other which would more than halfdisarm the animosities of their rival dog- matic tenets. But of late years this fair promise has been blighted, and the President's Message is a con- fession of that sad fact. The ultramontane spirit has spread to the United States as well as to less dem cratic lands, and the prelates of the Catholic Church declare the free public schools dangerous to the faith and the morals of their young people. They think that‘an unsectarian atmosphere is only another name for irreligious influence, and they believe that at Dest it predisposes those who breathe it to the freer air of Protestantism. Naturally, therofore, they in- that, Catholi children shall be sent to Cath- ic schools. But they demand, further, that they shall not be made to pay for an edu- cational sysiem they condemn, and thus they aim a fatal blow at that que school sys- tem which 18 the chief pride and hope of America. President Grant foresaw the danger several years ago, and the most silent man in America must have thought it of great importance before he went out of his way, a8 he recently did, to call on all Americans to join hands for the defence of their free, unsectarian schools. Re- eating this Same summons in his Message to Congress, Re'recommends that the most sacred political docu- ment in the whole world—the constitution of the United States—shall be so amended as to provide for the establishment of {ree schools which shall rigidly exclude the teaching of “religious, atheistic or pagan tenets.” By the same amendment he would forbid the application of public money to the support of sectarian schools, ‘The President will at present be aided by most of his countrymen; but it remains to een whether the interesting experiment of the United States can succeed in the long run, * * * To other countries, if not to Amorica herself, the most important part of the Message, however, is that which speaks of Spain and Cuba. Here, again, the President’s words will be read with some uneu: ress, The conflict between the Spanish troops and th Cuban rebels is conducted, he says, “‘with a general dis- regard of the laws of civilized warfare and the just de- mands of humanity.” So much is perfectly trie. Nor can we find fault with the statement that there is no “reasonable assurance of a near termination of the struggle.” But while the President thinks it doubtful whether Spain can subdue the rebels, be frankly admits that they do not “constitute a civil organization recog. nizable as an independent government, capable of per- forming international obligations and entitled to be u as a Power.” He therefore confesses that to recognize them as a government would be ‘‘incon- sistent with the facts.” Any otber conclusion would have come strangely indeed from the Chief Magistrate of @ uation which was angry with this country for recognizing the belligerency of the Southern States, although they had a regular government, a fixed capi- tal, agents abroad, a formidable navy and an elabo- rately organized army. The Cuban insurgents are as yet little better than eplinters of revolt. On the other band President Grant reminds his country- men that in some cases it may be the duty of a nation to recognize the belligerency of rebels who have not yet constructed a settled form of government. In other words, the success of their resistance would be so great a gain that they ought to be helped at all hazards; but, a the President points ie batt tl however, to sce why the Cuban rebels should be B ol jus favored, and, therefore, he thinks that 1 would be ‘unwise, prema: ture and indefensible as a measure of right” to treat them as regular belligerents. So far the Message gives a flat contradiction to the recent report that the United States had sent Spain a note of so peremptory a charac- ter as to make war inevitable, So far also the Spanish journals might find in the Message a tribute to Spanish ride. But all these soft phrases are merely the pre- faze toa peculiarly sharp note of menace, The Presi- dent throws in, as if half carelessly, the threat that if #0 “ruinous” a conflict should not be speedily brought to an end it ‘must soon Cyan the States suffering therefrom to consider what ¢heir interests and their duty may demand.” Now, if Spain cannot suppres she holds it; if she will not put an end to the institu. tion which is a main source of the disturb- ance, it would be hard to expect the United States to let the work of devastation proceed unchecked merely out of regard for the nominal sovereignty of Spain. Were Cuba as near to Cornwall as it is to Florida, ‘we should certainly look more sharply to matters of fact than to the niceties of international law. But every- thing, we repeat, depends on those matters of fact. If Spain can supp the insurrection and prevent Cuba from becoming a permanent source of mischief to neighboring countries, she has the fullest right to keep it. Butshe ison her trial, and that trial cannot be Jong. When sho is made to clearly understand that the tenure of her rule over Cuba deponds on her ability , to make that rale a reality, she will not he slow to show what she can do, and the limits of her power wil be the limits of her right, By the European mail of the 9th of December we have written advices from Hong Kong, China, to the 28th of October. Some of the China papers are not satisfied with the result of Sir T, Wade's English nego- tations, The Overland China Mail in its summary says Mr, ‘Wade has published a letter, throughyMr, Consul Med- burst, in which he states that Mr. Grosvenor will leave for Yunnan at once, that he has signed no convention materially inmuencing British trade, that a convention ‘on such subjects negotiated by himself only would be useless and that he tas obtained an engagement from the Chinese government to inquire into and report ‘upon the taxation of foreign trade, Nothing is said aboot Mr. Margary’s murder and very strong dissatis- faction is vented at all the porta. ° In the North China Datly News we read that he od but it i have been satisfactorily obtained, not without som ‘on the part of the Governor Get 1 Li Hany any is suspected. The necessity for a withdrawal of British Legation {rom Pekin, which at one time seemed imminent, bas, as a matter of course, disappeared. golid and united faction, Wielded by the chiefs of their Church for political purposes. Organizations have ere now been founded on the principle of hostility to Romayism; but the constitutional traditions of the ‘A farther imperial decree on foreign aflairs was pub- lished in the Pekin Gdzette of 9th October. The decree contains explicit reference to the Yunnan outrage and to Li Hung-Cnang’s commission on the sulicch "THE SUEZ CANAL, BUSSIAN OPINION OF ENGLAND'S PURCHASE OF THE SHARES, . [From the Moscow Gazette, Dec. 5.) Tn consequence of the English proceedings in Egypt, the difficulties incidental to the Oriental question have been considerably aggravated. England’s step gives Tige to questions of the most delicate and complicated Dature, There is no precedent of a government ac- quiring a share in a joint stock enterprise on foreign soil, and thereby virtually extending its own territory. The fact of the canal being an international concern basin Loe by serene a ning. though, even if the Forte transaction might give rise to difficulties, Luxembourg was intended to! be sold, but the sale was not allowed to be comp! As the crowning feature of it ce Egypt is not even an independent ‘State, but the vassal of a Power, itself the clieut of Eu- ropean guarantors. Egypt is Turkish territory, and ager arisen eigr gy me | upon a firman of the Porte, Has a the Khodive * right to gall ‘portion of his territory—that parti © property of his sugerain? It te doubetul whether the Sultan himseif would be entitled to take any such step without the consent of all Europe. Were the Sultan to claim an in- dependent right to sell the barbor of Constantinople or the port of Batum, or the Turkish fleet, would Rnogland allow such a claim to be legitimate? But we remembor an English journal that there would be nothing to prevent the Sultan ceding bis navy to Eng- land in payment of the interest upon his national debt, HOW THRE ENGLISH PURCHASE MAY DIVERT AUSTRALIAN TRADE FROM AMERICA, [From the Pall Mall Gazette, Dea 8.} There ts one advantage in the possession by this country of a large interest in the Suez Canal which, though almost unheeded at present, may in future be not the least of the gains which will result to tho em- pire from the bold and judictous step which bas been taken by the government in buying the Khedive’s shares, Our vast traffic with Asia and the immeasur- able importance from every point of view of keeping open at all times the road to our Eastern dependencies tend for the moment to obscure the fact that not only ig the Suez Canal the highway to India, but that it ts also the most direct route to our Australian colonies, Hitherto, although the mails and passengers have prin- cipally gone this way, a very small proportion indeed of Australian exports or imports has through the canal. Moreover, owing to the incon- veniences of transhipment at Galle, and to other cir- cumstances, éfforts have been istently made by the government of New South Wales, in the face of many discouragements, to establish a regular mail service by way of San Francisco and New York to Liverpool; and even Victoria has been inclined to encourage an alter- native line of mail steamers ssatag + the Cape of Good Hope. So soon, however, as the intercolonial railway system is finished—and its completion Aus- ‘tralians seem to hope will not now be long delayed—it will become at once aj ent that a really fast fort- nightly mail to and from England through the canal, supported by all the colonies, would afford far greater facilities to the whole of Australia than such @ waste- ful plan of divided subsidies as that which now finds favor with the rival governments. ing, there- fore, which serves to call attention to the superiority of the Suez route, securii at the same time free passage and speedy rse with this rae pe of the British empire, is eminently neficial to our colonists, Such steamers as are now plying between Liverpool and New York on tho Inman and White Star lines, modified slightly to suit the requirements of the canal transit, would bring London within little more than thirty days by post of Melbourne; and an attempt will almost certainly bo made to establish such a digect service when the ex- isting contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Com- pany expires, Itis reasonable to suppose also that some part, at least, of the more valuable. freight will come this way, @ud that in the Australian trade, as elsewhere, steamers will eventually to a considerable extent supplant sailing vessels. At any rate, it will bo well to bear in mind, in considering such schemes as may be put forward now or hereafter for the manage- mens ofthe canal by an ‘international syndicate,” that we represent in this matter not only Great Brit- ain and India, but also our rapidly growing colonies in the Southern Ocean. DISRAELI'S ‘‘AUDACIOUS STEP” APPROVED. (From the London Standard, Dec, 9.) How entirely the mind of the country bas revolted from the theory of national conduct which our radical guides and teachers had been incuicating is shown by the extraordinary enthusiasm with which all partics and all classes of the nation have greeted the simple and neceasary stroke of policy, the purchase of the Khedive’s shares in the Suez Canal, Who can affect to be blind to what this feeling discloses? Certainly one thing we all fee1, and therefore we have applauded this transaction. We feel that the care of England's empire outside of these islands has become once more an object of solicitude to her rulers. Possibly even they who took what has been called an audacious step had not fully calculated upon the heartiness and the unan- imity of the response which it would cali forth. THE POLICE BOARD. At the meeting of the Board of Polico yesterday afternoon a communication was received from Colone Fellows asking that masks be allowed at the ball of the Cercle de I"Harmonie, to be held at the Academy of Mase on the night of January 20, the masking to be done after the entrance of the persons to the bail. A similar communication was received trom the secretary of the Liederkranz Society, and on motion of Commissioner Voorhis the whole matter was re- ferred to the counsel to the Board for his opinion. A letter was received from the Mayor stating that he ‘was informed by the presidents of the several railroad companies that their employés were arrested in several instances by the police while sprinkling the streets with sand, The presidents request a suspension of this order until such time as the opinion of the Corporation Counsel shall be received. Patrolman J. H. McKenzie, of the Thirty-second pres} cinet, was permitted to receive a gold medal from the citizens in that district for bravery. The following transfers of sergeants were made:. Thomas H. James from the Second District Court to the Twenty-first precinct; W. C. Berghold, of the Seven- teenth precinct, to the Second District Court; Delos Reynolds from the Twenty-first to the Twelfth precinct; Michael M. Rorney trom the Twelfth to the Seventeenth recinct; W. A. Russel from the Sanitary squad to the Rerenty-seoond precinct, and Charles Coombsttrom the Twenty-second precinct to the Sanitary squad. Patrick Dennison, of the Filth precinct, was dismissed for in- toxication, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. At the meeting of the Board of Health held yesterday the following report of the Register of Records was submitted :— ® Tnere were 492 deaths reported in this city daring the week ending on Saturday, the 18th inat, against 611 verified for the previous week. The decrease was noticeable in the deaths from smallpox, typhoid fever, puerperal diseases, bronchitis and pneumonia and of children under five years of age, There were only 6 deaths from diarrhqal diseases, There were only 8 deaths from the latter maladies and from enteric fover, counted together, which is the lowest number from these causes during any week in the year. These facts are an evidence of the goneral health of the population. The 70 deaths reported from diphtheria last week, like the 210 from the same cause in the four weeks preced- ing, were widely distributed over the city, and so uped as to show that the causes which pertain to fecalities and to certain blocks of houses, and those which are inherent In the contagious quality of the disease itself must be studied together. Aside from the peculiar distribution and persistence of diphtheria in certain localities, the following observations were made | concerning tne dwelfings, &c., in which the fatal cases occurred last week :—Fifty of the 70 deaths occurred in houses containing 8 to 20 families; 18 of the 70 deaths occurred in houses containing one and two families; 2 of the 70 deaths occurred in hospitals; 63 deaths oc- curred on the first and second floors; 8 deaths occurred on the third floor, 7 deaths occurred on the fourth and top floors. ne following ie a record of cases of contagious dis- eases reported at this bureau for the two wocks ending December 18, 1875:— & H | ! ri Week Ending : December Hh.---] 4 Ti} ail a) go) 34a 4 December 16. o| ral 43) a) 87 LONG ISLAND RAILROADS. Some time ago Messrs, Poppenh: & Co, of the Flushing, North Shore, Southern and Stewart's Cen- tral railroads of Long island, the old Flush. ing Railroad, from Hunter’s Point to Winfield Junction, ‘and the road has been in disuse, These gentlemen aro { the dock at Hunter’s Point, on the pos ide Sof and adjoining the Long Island Railroad Company's dock at that For past two weeks a large number of laborers have been employed in re- building the spilework and grading the old road, and ‘a large force of men were set to work layin; ies and iron upon it, A hing main of be wn fro! r any points on the com- avin toads wal be Pnived atthé dock at Hunter's Borat, inatead of, as heretofore, on Newtown Creek, and by this arrangement the company will bo enabled to run the freigh: trains—more especially manyre—all the winter, from the fact that when Newtown Creols ts frozen up freight can be received at the Hunter's Point dock. KILLED BY A DRILL. On the 20th of October last, while William Lynch ‘was drilling a rock, at the corner of 122d street and Fourth avenue, another rock, weighing about two tons, on whieh three men were at work, slid from its posi- tion by the giving way of the earth on which it rested and drove Lynch's drill through his right leg. He was removed to the hospital, and, pyemia ensuing, be died from tho effects a few days ago, Coroner Woltman held an inquest in the case yeater yy, and the jury ren- dered @ Verdict in accordanye wilh Wie above lucts MARRIAGES AND DEATIIS, BIRTH. Kearngy.—On December 20, Mrs. Jomy G. Kranyey,, of Hackensack, N. J., of aon. Both doing well. ‘ MARRIED, Rosinson—Crawvorp.—On Tuesday, December 14, 1875, at Trinity church, Mount Vernon, N. Y., by the Rev. William Coffey, Wrutsam Rowmgom to Inkuma, daughter of the late G, W. Crawford, MITH—MOOKE.—At Grove Spring House, Lake Keuka, December 16, by Kev. Mr. Seymour. Many F. Moons, daughter of Colonel 8. Moore, to Wintiam C, Smita, of NewYork city. DIED, Asporn—On Monday, December 20, Nanoy Anzorr,. in her 74th year. ‘The frie: of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 196 South Ninth street, Brooklyn, E, D., thia day (Wednesday), at half-past one P. M. Barry.—On Tuesday, December 21, 1875, Awy Hors, widow of James Barry, in the 70th year of her ago. ‘The friends of the family are respectfully invited to: attend tho funeral, on Thursday, December 23, at two o'clock P, M., from her late resi No, 80 Pike st, Buswer.—On Sunday December 19, at the residence ofher son, John W. Stiles, Harlem,’ Euzanxrn, relict: of Major Andrew H. Bennet, in the 86th year of her age. Relatives und triends of the family are invited to at- tend the funeral, from the Holy Trinity church. Har~ lem, corner of 125th street and Fifth avenue, om Wednesday, December 22, at cleven A. M. Train leaves Forty-second street at 10:20, Browy.—On Pi , Zist Inst, at No. 74 West Fifty-third street, of scarlet fever, Manz SHRPARD, only danghter of ‘Elbridge G. and Garoline F. Brown, 2 years and 4 morths. ‘Notice of funeral in to-morrow’s, Borwa,—On Monday, 20th inst, Toda Scans, aged 80 re. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 486 West Le reid Street, this day (Wednesday), at one o'clock P. M. Cartme2—On December 20, Carpe L., daughter of the late James A. Pridham and wife of Thomas M. Car- lile, aged 27 years, 5 months and 18 days, Rolativos and friends of the family are invited to at- tend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 135 Gar- aide street, corner of Fifth avenue, on Thursday, De- ane 23, attwo P. M. Interment in Mount Pleasant metery. Morris county (N. J.) papers please copy. Canrout.—Bringet Canrout, parish of Churchtown, county Cork, Ireland, in the 50th year of her age, Funeral will take place at one o’clock, from St. Ag- nes’ church, where requiem mass will be celebrated for Fepote of her soal, Friends of the family are respect- lly invited to attend, Cons.—On Monday, December 20, Miss Saran B. in the 69th year of her ago. ‘The relatives and friends and members of the First Baptist church are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her sister, Mra, Goowey, 109 Macdougal street, this (Wednesday) afternoon at two o'clock. Copy.—December 21, AnprEw Copy, native of Ab- beyleir, Queens county, Ireland. Priends of the family are invited to attend the fu- ner from his Repeat ht West Twenty-niath str Thursday, at two o'clock. Dr Maniano.—On Tuesday, December 21, atTmpa, sister of Antonio Di Mariano. The friendsof the famuy aro invited to attend the faneral, from her late lence, 378 Second avenue, on Thursday, 23d inst., at two P.M. Dotax.—On Monday evening, December 20, 1875, Mancaret Facay, wife of Owen Dolan, a native o! ‘Westmeath, county Cavan, Ireland, aged 24 years. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, this day, from her late residence, 509 West Thirty-eighth street. ; Doveuty.—On the 2ist inst., Avcusrvs DurKrr,’ only son of Dr. F. E. and Hannah M. Doughty, aged & months and 19 days. Notice of funeral to-morrow, Troy (N. Y.) pe pers please copy. Escortaza.—Rosa Hecwavannia, wife of Euripides: de Escortaza, aged 41 years, Funeral on Thursday, the 234 inst., at ten o’clock A. M., from her late residence, No, 13 Bast Forty-third street, Friends of the family are invited. Fsrauson.—On Tuesday morning, December 21, SamvgL FerGcuson, youngest son of Maria and the late James 8. Ferguson. A Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, from the residence of his uncle, John Brower, West 108th streot and Boulevard, on Thursday, December. 23, at eleven o’clock A. M. Hat. —In habe Ae on Sunday, December 19, Car- nin, wife of Joseph R, Hall, aged $0 years, of 703 La- fayette avenue. ‘he funeral will take place this day (Wednesday), at. two o'clock, from tho Wesley Methodist church, Tomp- kins avenue, Brooklyn. Harers.—On Monday, December 20, Estnzn Lecorrr, widow of the late Isaac Harris, in the 2d year of her age. Funeral services from her late residence, 45 Charlton street, on Wednesday afternoon, at if-past thre o'clock, Relatives and friends are invited to attend, ‘The remains will be taken to Sing Sing. Brooklyn papers please copy. Hyecut.—On Menday, December 20, Myron, beloved son of Bernard and Sophie Hecht, aged 7 years, 2 months and 20 days. Relatives and friends of the Brea 44 are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, inl ednesday) mora- ing, at ten o'clock, from No. 38 West Fifty-trst street. jaltimore papers please copy. Hieparp.—On the afternoon of December 21, Goren. Hiupanp, the beloved husband of Catherine Hibbard, in the 60th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, on Thursday, De- cember 23, from his late residence, No, 200 Montrose avenue. Brooklyn, B.D. Hogay.—On Tuesday, December 1875, Tuomas: HoGax, son of Johanna and the late Michael Hogan, aged 83 years. Funeral on Thursday, December 23, at one o'clock. P. M., from the residence of his mother, No. 39 Spring street, New York. Relatives and friends are respect- fully invited to attend. Huut.—At Newton, N. J., on Sunday, December 19, Davin Taompsox, only child of David R and Juliana T. Hull, aged 7 months. Funeral trom the residence of his parents on Wednes- day, December 22, at three P. M. Yexninn At ‘Hempstead, L. L, December 21, 1875, Susay D., widow of the late Charles G. Jenkins, in the ‘Toth year of her age. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to at tend the funeral, from the residence of her sun-in-law, Samuel M. Gildersiceve, Esq., Fulton street, near eo street, Hempstead, L, l., on Thu aftornoo! 2 ‘trains re lal slip, ‘New inst, at one o'clock. York, for Hempstead, L. I., at half-past nine and eleven A. M., returning at four P, M, via Long Island Ratiroad, KxatinG.—Un Tuesday, December 12, Mary, beloved wife of William Keating, aged 65 years, Relatives and friends, and those of her brother, James McCall, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 607 Grand street, on Thursday ' afternoon, at onc o'clock; thence to Calvary Cemetery. Krvexe. —On December 20, at her late residence $57 West Fitty. street, Mra. Cunistina Kings. The relatives and friends are imyited to attend the funeral, at the Church of the Assumption, West Forty- ninth street, on Thursday, at ten o'clock A. M., where a solemn requiem mass Will be offered for the repose of her soul; thence to Calvary Cemeter Larner, —At Paterson, N. J, on Sanday, December ‘19, 1875, Heten, wife of John Latimer, aged 56 years, 12 months and 25 days. Relatives and friends are respectfall, tend the funeral, from her late residence, 155 Ward street, at half-past one o’clock P. M. and from Market. street Methodist Episcopal church at 2 o’clock P M., on Wednesday, December 22, Interment at Cedar Lawn, Paterson, N. J. Mooruvap.—December 20, Mary ELEANoR, youngest. daughter of Dr. Joseph and Mary Jane Moorhead. Funeral services at the residence of her parents, 839 East Twentieth street, New York, this morning, at hall-past ton p’clock. McGume.—On Monday, December 20, 1875, ExizapeTa yore: a@native of county Monaghan, Ireland, aged 0 years, ‘he relatives and friends of the family are requested to attend her funeral, from her late residence, 71 Adams street, Brooklyn, on’ Thursday, December 33, 1875, at two o'clock P. County Monaghan (Ireland) papers please copy. Pexnmman.—On Tuesday, December 21, at 155 Madison avenue, Sana Euimanere, eldest daughter of the late Edward L. Penniman, formerly of Boston. jotice of funeral hereafter, icrbyY.—On Monday, the 20th Inst., of consumption, Ros, son of Melinda R. and the late Augustus Purdy, ip the 2st year of his age. - Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at tond the funeral, from the residence of Mr. Edward E. Van Raust, 131 Bast Sixtoenth streot, on Wednesday, December 22, at balf-past three o'clock P. M. The re mains will be taken to White Plains on Thursday, the 23d inst., on the 10:05 A. M. train, Harlem Railr re turning at 2:10. Rarnoups.—On Tuesday, December 21, at the resi- dence of her parents, No. 80 West Fourth stroot, Aw- requested to at- 43 | wig Lorri, only child of Thomas and Katherine Char- lotte Reynolds, Notice of funeral hereafter. Row.—On Monday, December 20, CARLIsm N. Rox, ip the 50th year of his age. Relatives and friends of the family, also the members of Knickerbocker Lod F. and A. M., are respect- fully invited to attend neral, on Nsergenes the 22d inat,, at one o'clock P, M., from his late residence, 42 Barrow street, without further invitation. Sraxrson.—On Tuesday, December 21, Francia J. Sioxrsos, son of Francis and Susan Sigerson. Notice of funeral hereafter. Sura. —In Brooklyn, Saturday evening, December 18, of pneumonia, Evisansta, widow of Walter J. Smith, aged 70 years. Relatives and friends aro invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 148 Van Buren street, on Wi jay, 22d inst., at two o'clock P. M. Sacra. —In ‘this city, on Tuesday morning, December Pee noes Sergeant Zernaman 0, Surrn. ot Pat at ge tts that ae ‘olar Star 0, No. h ‘i \- bers of the Police Department are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service, at the Second street Methodist Episcopal church, ween avenues © and D, on Thursday afternoon, at three o’olock. The re- maine will be Interred at Smithtown, L, L, on Friday, PoLan Lopar, No. FRoaxn A Mm Brernren—You are hereby summoned to attend @ special communication atthe lodge room, on Thursday, at two o'clock P. M. sharp, to attend the funeral ser- vice of our late worthy aa hy ts ©. Smith, ULGIN, Master, Matcoum Srrwarr, Lec a . Squren,—At Plainield, N.J., December 20, Many, ‘widow of Job Squier, aged 66 years. Funeral at First Presbyterian church, Rahway, N. J., on Thursday, at two o'clock. Carriages at depot op arrival of the one o'clock train from New York (Penm _J aviyaula Railroad