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i I if ii nM MM ss -s A PHIL 10, 1857. Yol.II. No. 0. m.

IT KOTXCKS. XDXXMTI TO THC TlIXifiB Spinal Uotins- RICAW'MCSIC. Ah Aasoriation for the adrenoanent of Amer-icao musical talent, has been for some time been estrblbhed. Mr. C.

Hopkintho accoar-plisbed organist of Episcopal Church of thb village, fa President of tho society For- die information! of our reader we quote the -following extract Ten Axeucax Mrsro Aiwociatiox We have already several times alluded to this excellent yoang Society, buhaving hitherto viewed it more os on experiment as an embryonic Society, a very fledgling of musical amoctation we hare A 4t a a that i he iriates the moring tab of his adsertmes to the listming andience of juvemlc iriiriions who gather nightly around Mm. -'v The Childs Book os Ninsi I Part Plants, Part if Ammalq Fart HL Air, Water, Heat, Light, A By Waabiogtoo Hooker, M. E.16ma W. Pest, Yonkers. Harper A Bro.

N. Y. Thb an adrambie little bock clearly and carefully written, neatly printed and illustrated, and altogether one of the bcs (Mugs of the kind we have sen. The author not a- mere quack compiler of but is mao of scienee and a man of eenees. l-'He writes ao ns to be understood by the meant etc pod tyor.

the young; est child that can read. yet hfs book may be read with pleasure and profit by cluldren of a larger growth. 1 Tnn World's Owx s' A' Tragedy. By Julia Ward Howe. 12mo.

Ticknor A FicldJ. 1 Mil Howe aa accomplished woman, of high character and standing in society the wife of the excellent Dr. C. Howe of Boston. Her genius and her attainments are of a high order, aod the best we can say of.

thb tragedy that ijt a pity the anthorls talents had not been better employed. She wntes with force and vigor, and there are many trne dramatic paStoges in thb day but its tone unrefined and even indelicate, had its whole tendency bad. fiflthrir pockets and bankerdiiris with the good things remaining, and the spectators scnunMefor the rest, On Friday I returned to 8L. Peter's, where they sang as on the preceding Sunday, the Passion of onr Lard, according to the account given by St. Then commenced the adoration of the' Crosa The cardinal who was celebrating at ter numerous genufiictiona, placed himself at the left of the altar, at tbq bottom of the stepo, a deacon presented him with the' cross covered with a black vuL The cardinal uncovered the right arm of-the cross, then raising it up towards the people, he ssng the wood of the trots come let adore it.m Thb the Pope, all the cardinals, the clergy, and the people kneeled down and adored the cross, i.

The cardinal ascends the steps of the altar, and, uncovering the left arm of the cross, he sings the same words, but in a higher tone. Thb the second and lasts a little longer than the first one. Finally, be takes his piece in the middle of the altar, uncovers the whole of the cross, and rings the same words, but hi a still higher tone, and then the takes place. Then the choristers chant in plaintive air, ami the Pope, taking off hb shoes, descends from his throne, ami thus bare-footed, prostrates himself and adores the cross. Alter him, all the cardinals, bishops, and priests follow Ms example, and.

afterwards the people. The ceremonies of Holy Satnnby are scarcely worthy of mentiun; the benediction of the fire, the paschal wax, baptismal fonts, are all that, takes pbce. v. The three. Miricres on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Holy Week in the Sistine and in the Cappcla di Core one of the ride chapels at St.

Peters are listened to with profound attention, both by Catholics and Protestants. Never has art teen more successfully associated with the highest object of Hums life, than in Pal-estrinas touching compositions for the Miricres and the pathetic Vbiees of the carefully selected and thoroughly trained choir cannot foil to reachi the hearts of tlie most indifferent listener, of to strengthen the sympathies of tbo confirmed believer. 1 At length arrives the Sunday of the Passover, thp great iliy. of the'Feori. 1 1 llie entire parriion of Rome is on parade In the great square the Swiss Guard, the most distinguished the Guard of the Roman Senate, ami the Noble Guard, are drawn up in order of battle in tin church, to form an enclosure for the pa pul retinue! and surround the altar and the throne.

Tlie trumpets sound the arrival of the cortege, the pupal cross borne by a prelate, in the midst of seven' gilded candlestick, jireceiles the train after it follows a long pnxrawion of prelates, wearing large red cloaks next arc carried jfive pupal mitres, veiyjprccuius, ami the triple crown hen come the cardinals, decreed according to tlie to which they belong, with cloaks of silver cloth richly embroidered with gold at lost, comes tiie Pope himself, on a throne carried by mcni On cither side is borne an immense' fan, made of tbe most precious feathers. After ascending a throne placed at the right of the altar, and jmtting'on the richest pontifical ornaments tiie Pope commences to say mass. Pope after the ringing of tlie Gospel and the adijration of the. cardinals, continues to my mas4 and on lib throne receives the communion, a deacon bringing Iron the consecrated The deacon then brings him' a golden goblet, while the Pope standing, drinks through a golden reed the consecrated, wine. After the mass the procossion formed again the rope roascending hb portable throne, and thus carried up to the! great balcony to bless to the sound of music and the voice of thecannon of St.

Angelo, tlie immense crowd that Rovers the place of St. llie ceremonies of Holy Week concluded we are fed to ponder over the correspondence, or rather, the contrast between the touching events which occurred eighteen eenutries ago at Jeniaaky and those which we iiuve seen mimicked in Rome. At Ave Maria or sunset, the iUninination of- St. IHtir's, comnsTjecs with its many thousand lamjw of gold and silvtT. light tlie guicty and njoKingf of Ea--fliT Mmsby the GeramIMa frjim the Ilnciun awl Ibane.

like Yonkers, becomes not tlie gnyn-t plunr in tlie world. I i-m .1 A i 1 f1 iTwIuri LiSpurr ClowS, Mr to be re-opsuH, Tuesday evsBing, April 11 Members for 1837 (only), meet at tbc NEW BOOStS, Monday eremlng, April 30th, at eight oclock. Subscriptiou TickeU Itarnfaihcd at Mr. TUpHs Stan, or by either of the Manager Special Kales The subscriber bsviiig disposed of his stork of goods to Messrs. Tbompso A Bnvoort, with a view of engaging to other business, requests til persnns indebted to him -by note sc book Mmt to call and settle with hiia, or R.

M. Thompsoa, whs authorised to settle scoounU during the abmcp ef tbo I0V THO O. FARRINGTON. i Hli Tsshm Darings Baab. NOTICK TO DzrosiTOU -AU money deposited on or before TUESDAT, tbo 7th day of APRIL, will be entitled to interest from the 1st.

Bank open 00 Tuesdays and Saturdays of each week, bom 6 to 71 oclock. P.M. ETHAN FLAGG, Preddeat. S. D.

Rockwbll, Secretary. March 13, M57, tost Italic wax' Olalaseat asd I1-Tb0 mad ef-. factual remedy for Old Wounds and Ulcers, The won dcrtUl cures dally effected by these celebrated remedies' have established them with the citlzeaJ of the yaioa, as two of the finest preparations ever made known, it i au astonishlhg fact, they will heal and cure and old wounds and ulcers of twenty yean steading, vea after emy otlicr treatment baa beeu reamled ineffectually. AU cutaneous eruptions readily jjcld to and for tlie care of Asthma, they tbeir mighty power ere inralusUo. 1 depends mpon Pen Bleed.

Thin and acrid Mood cannot secrete healthy bile, and therefore the Amt thing for those who are dyapectie should bs to commence the purification cf tbeir blood. BRAXDRETIV8 FILLS, Not only purify, but they make the Mood richer, and add those principles upm which its power to resist disease depends, Mild operation with successful oifect are tbs peculiarity of Hrandrcths rills-' Now tliat we may sosn ezitect genial Bpriug, it is of great importance that a few doses he wxd by tlie wise. Our rare are subject to a. redundancy of vitiated bile at this season, and it is as duiitfcruiiH as It is prevalent but Brand reth's Pills afliird an inruluaMe and efficient protect loo. By thsir 6cciuiiiul uie, we prerent the collectiuo of hose Impurities, which, -when hi sufficient quantities, causa so' much danger to the fine organs of tbo stunmeh slid bowels.

They soon cure liver romplaint, dViepsia, loss of appctite, pain In tbe bead, hesitborn, pain in tlie breast bone, sudden fsistncNs and ebstivenem. la brief. Brand reth's Tills work tbeir way toilio very roots of tbe disease, cleansing in their passage, removing every unhealthy accumulation, till the Mood is purified und the whole system renovated, end the functions and duties of life become pleasure, where before they bad becu.md end treaty burdens. We hare thousands of simitar testimonials to the following, and sort) evidence can bo had from living wit-, nesses all around us on every side. 1 It to from a gentleman of high respectability, whose letter can be seen at the Office.

writes: lam now fifty-two years of age; -j for twenty years I have used y-ur Pills as myfamily Medicine, and I wish no other and 1 have never had eocushm to call a physician in my family save ia the sickness of my wife with children) during the twenty TR UE MEDICtSA PRINCIPLES Never extract blood. Wood to the fife- By abstracts it in palnftil diseases you may occasion tlie pa ease, but remember ten wr lessening the yomr trjcd. And by tlius taking away natnrea tools, you may prevent hetfrora fully repairing the ravages of fnflsmmatkun, and convert what might 4nly bare ben the sickness of a few days or weeks into 'i chronic affection of months or years. URGING BY MEANS OF BR ANDREWS PILLS, This is thi means which nceords with Mature her fares remedy in fort. Wire sudden, acute or coutV-aned pain occurs, iliea fa liumre security you dm lake a medicine tliat will surely purge.

There must be ns shillyshttllytiig, because every minute Iis4 maybe fatal. Principal office, 43 Brendreth Building, 415 and 417-Broadway. All rills with 341 Broadway oa the box, are counter- v-' The gcqulne are sold by respectable dealers every- WJtpnte 1 Thompson Brevoort, Yonkers Matthias Warner, South Yonkera. 80 tin btitriistintnis. fM v( KKILS.

on ttoturday the 14th day of March, tUAIlTEULY UK POUT of llie BANK of YON. uesources. Ixwns and Discounts. Due foil Benks. Due from ihg Directors of: tho Uank.4 4.3331 33 Duermm Brokers ISjUUOiOO Sire io Cash Items, ii premiiuna on N.Y.

State Works, (f 00 1 Checks on other Bonks, vlt 11 llMDI Storks. .103 ,10 SO Bills nT Solvent fisnli. b31 44 Lass and Expense 3413 13 4343,931 4H UAMIJTIES. -f 44 OU 13J80 00 Cajbtel. Cirt-Ulatkm llrgislered.

Sjffits Notes ou pHlfitS. Due to Honks. Due fa. Yonkers Havings Bank. Due Depositors on demand Due for Dividends BsjllO 17 19A0I 34 7,839 00 47X37 43 175 04 $34331 44 fc, i- County if John Olmsted, Prrredent, Olmsted, PreAdeut, and Egbert Howtud, Cashier of the Bank of Yonkers, an sm' Inrsted and duing business at Voukers, la being duly end severally swim, each fur that tlie fliregnieg to, sll resjwcts.e true statement of tho eondMinu uf the said Bonk, befrau the trowsactina of aqy Iswiarss nn tbe morning of Hatunlay, the 14th day Man li on 1 thonsend eight hundred and fifty-eer- par- en, in ivisst to each end every of the items an j.

tii-ulsrs ahuvQ sjiccificd and that tlie business of the aid Bank fata been and to transacted at tbe location 1 1 Johx Ol.xsra, President. Euozkt llawLAND, Cashier. Bevei-aliy subscribed and swam by both itepoaeafa the 10th any if April, M57. H. Bsshvoud, Justice if the Pease.

GREAT AMERICAN EAGLE, 1. ovza 7V esUhmted largest ami cheapest lEirrr. CARPET EHTABLlKIUfl i- IX TIIR rMTKB ST4TRS. HIRAM ANDERSON, Bowyry, N. Y.

hales rooms. TEN HPACIODH 800,000 worth CAKPKTH, i LIST OF PRICES ENGLISH MEDALLION CENTERS with Borden at 42 per yard! EXGLIKHIIDSAIC CARPETS, of om '44O0 1 1 ENGLISH ROYAL VELVET (JaRPETS, at Ufa, f2s.to 14a. perjnred 3SH TAPESTRY BRUS8EXJB CAftPETKaT 7s. ffa ffa per yard I ENGIJHH BRLBSWH CARPETS, at U. AMERICAN and ENGUSII THREE-PLY 1 ffa ffa 10a.

per yard I ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS. 4a. Ts. pw ywd7 N. BchQfiOO yards beautifablNGBAlN CABPEX8 3s faL 3a.

4s. to 6a. per ysrdr 1 N. It 30 WO yards PLOOB OIL CLOTHS, at 3s. id.

3s. 4s. per yard I A'apieedid assortment of English OD Clothe la widths from 4 tn yards, si Cs. to Bs. per yard.

11 A splendid amurtaaent 4-4, 5-4 sad 6-4, Checked mi White Mattings etoo, Parfar Door Met Buga, Stair Carpets, TaWe Oil Clnths. hnd DriiggeU, all uf which baring bees purchased at low pricea, for Cash, will ba aaM 35pwceut toea thaaat aay other establishment ia the United States. A very torn asaertment ef Window Biisdes, from 4 to l77eet long; Gold, White, nrrrioea. Bulf sad Painted Dundscapea at Low! N. B.

All warranted as represented and free of expense tn purchasers. Sign of the Great Anwttaep Eagla. N. An experienced Unhutoterer ia oonuected p. An experienced Upboleterer is with the Eteabrtofiment.

f0forTbe Clergy, (Imreliea. and CheriteMa Insii-fatianfaniahe4 at a liberal discount- from the eoesl Price- Doax perfo A fivdy, a Traveler in Europe. njt. 12mA Har- piquant and eminently readable book. The author bn shrewd oheerrer and writes naturally npfcuautiy.

He does not. andertake to be a deerotw wbo repeats the threadbare dmcriptiona of palaces nod picture but gives1 us dashing and" humorous 'sketch here and there, aO the morf attractive far befog unsystematic and out of the usual routine, ne gives' sort of episode on Fillibusterbm.in which our respectable progenitor, Mr. John Bull, gets some pretty hard hits and tbo we have bo ardent sympathy for that reckless voting Americanism which excuses its own. sine by criminating its parent, yet we cannot see that our philanthropic and purely disinterested rela tires fo ffctlier-laftd can well deny tbs', charge that however he may growl about the expansive and aggressive propensities of Democracy, John Bull himself the biggest Filliboster, and the most unserspulous, on the' face of tbe earth The Dornbrn (gilding) ef royalty and fashion iu Europie suggests the title ned much'of the eon-tents of thb volume. Whoever the author may be be is what the Loodeners would call a clever fellow and knows how to travel and make use of hb Vi via or the Secret of Power, by Mi i.

E. C. N. E. South worth, 1 to.

T. ILiytenon, lhiladelphia, 1857. Cloth, 81 25, pap 8L The story opens with a description of a night Snow Storm on the throug i which the heroine, attended only by her dog, ei deavois-ing to make her way to the death-bee of her grandfather, who had ten years previously discarded her father, but wishes to bless hb orphan granddaughter before he dies. She loses, her way, but chances to reach a convent, and kindly received by the buns, all account of whom very interesting. ViviA, the heroine, a gifted and inspiring presence a life-giving power to all within, her sphere whose influence like 1 magio or rather like devriopes the better nature of all within whom she brqught in contact so redeeming, elevating and iuspir tag her benignant influence upon the dreaming girl-artist Theodore, an4 Poor but gifted and inapiring boy Wakefield.

Her Secret of Power' consists iu her realizing taith in the goodness, wisdom and efficiency, latent in every human creature, made in the likeness of the Creator in her sympathetic ciiaritt that leads her to seek and draw forth these hidden treasures in all souls and in' her animating hose that assures her of victory.1 With these spiritual agencies of Faith, Charity and Hope, she overcomes in herself and in others, the fearful powers of the World, the Flesh and the Devil. Like her Divine Master, she comet to bring fight to the darkened, hope to the despairing and strength to the' weak. Whenever in the narrative she appears, it as if a sunburst lighted up the It would be impossible within tbb short limit to give a fair idea of the charsets of thb In the first chapter the interest of the reader powerfully aroused, and it kept keenly alive, to the close of the volume. The Bonn Rivfk, Emerson Bennett, 2 B. Fetereou, 1857.

vos. Philadelphia Price, 81. We have read thb work attentively and have been very much pleased with it. The plot very well arranged, and. carries.

the reader with an irrestible charm from the beginning to tlie end It one of. the gifted authors best works and will be sure to please. The scene of the Bonier River bin the territory of Kansas, prior to the commencement of the straggle for freedom in that fair land, and begins at Independence, Missouri, and extends all over, tbo plains or prairies to the Rocky Mountains. It full of thrilling adventures and hair breadth escapes, love, romance and humor, and the characters are traders, hunters, travelers, guides, Indians, Ac, the. scenes are geographically correct, the incidents of actual occnr-rcnce, and those who wish to see Kansas as it was a few years since, will find, in this most exciting story some very accurate and Voluble information.

1 1 Either of the above two works will be sent to any part of United States on receipt of the marked priej. The CoxrrbEXtw Max nb Masquerade. Herman Melville, anthor of Tyfa-e. Ac. 12 mo.

Iix, Edwards A Co, New York. That Meirilie a mau of genius generally admitted by the critics and bya huge portion of the reading public. That hb genius sometimes exhibits itseir In eccentric and provoking shapes, hb readers are aO well aware. Thb Confidence Mau has an air and manner which seems to imply the utmost confidence in hb success in truth there Is something to admire, or at least to wonder at, that the masquerade of and ad renin rerin various disguises, during a single trip on a Mississippi steamer, should suffice for the entire story which fills tbb good-looking volume of four hundred pages. It true that on thb slender thread the author bas strung a good many shrewd and quaint observations oa human nature and matters and things In general, but ton the whole, although the book readable enough it scarcely justifies the author's reputation.

The Days or Mt Iape on autobiography by tlie author of Margaret Maitland LiL'ieS-feaf, Aa, Aa New York Harper A Broth- era; 1857. lfano. pp. 428. Mrk Olyphant bas established a reputation aa a novribt which will secure prompt attention to atqr new production of her pen, and we do not think the Days qTMy lift In any way Unworthy ef the anthor of Mirgaret Maitlaod.

Very different in style and dealing with' an 'altogether different riass of characters it still retataa the mine truthfalqess to nature and susceptabifity to the influences of natural beauty, land the some skill hi the delineation of Jiniaan character which have, dninriM many readun of her earlier 'works' The narrative at the same some time attractive and often thrilling and the whole tale one of absorbing j- Sroitresorrac Islaxd YToaLD bv Charles Xordhnfl; author nf Man of War Life, Ao, Aa New York i Harper A Brother, 1857. Thb a childs boric, and in simple kmgnage, and with several cuts ft gives an. ntertaming so counts of Madognsesr, New Zriand, and several other jslsnds op the other ride of the and some op tbs. The nvrator a returned sailor, who played truant yea is ago and spent hb youth in travelling around the world, uad now having retimed to hb borne fo the interior at Indiana. Tbb BUI amending the Tillage Charter has passed the Assembly and on Tuesday, was reported and referred in the Senate, and finally ordered to a third reading, and we suppose by the time that thb paper reaches its' readers It will havepassed the upper boost and received the Governor's signature.

From the time the bill was introduced tn the Assembly it has received the energetic support of our Representative Mr. Sutherland, who has spared no efforts to secure its pamoge and We are happy to acknowledge his services in prsmotingthe interests of our Yiftage. In the Senate the Bill was placed in the care of Mr. Fctdon firo thb District! and he has exerted himself to secure its passage and has deserved and we beg him te accept our thanks. Ckicrt The Yonkers Cricket Club held their preliminary meeting on Saturday lust, and organized for the coming season.

hope to be ebb to present to any opponents who may seek to try tbeir strength a still stronger, eleven than gained their last years victories. Wa wish them all success In their peaceful contests. We shall very gladly hail the day when the Mbey' in man shall find a more general developement in these noble qnl invigorating games. believe the highest welfare of our country demands that more time shall be given to these healthful sports and less te the anxious and wearing cares of business and professional life. A sound mind can only be housed in a sound body.

The opeuing game of the season will be played by the Club on their grounds on Saturday next, at two oclock M. The match Americans vs. English, and promises to be very interesting and well contested. Widexixo Maix Street On Monday last, workmen commenced clearing away around the building on Main street, adjoining our office to be rcmovol in thewkfenirgof the street, The building now on Main start are to be removed to i-omo. locality oil Ailama street, and the present Hoxiilwuy frrint will be set back on Mam street, tlnu leaving the toner and the whole Broadway front clear for a new four story block.

Mr. Mac Far kmc Lua already conformed to the hew street and is now clearing away for the foundation of a new brick building on the corner of Main street and Fecks Jane. School Monet We learn from tbs report of the School Commissioners, that the appropriation for school money for thb town, apportioned as follows Dist. 0. 1,.

f. atllll 47 2 92 3-. 331 10 4fl.a 4 107 17 .102 5 For th Yonkers Examiner.) lait Aixteb ix ''jEASTEH was early last year, and not so many of the visitors le Rome, ns usually the. case, left until afttT the Iio English cimrcb -tlic building "outside the gate was well atteuded iu Ix-ut, England and America being tolerably represented during thb by Protestants much neglected season of humiliation. To the credit of wlut vulgarly called the upper class of England a class alusl more limited than our upper 10,000, the observances of Int arp much more carefully regarded, than by the less favored, but it is to lc feared, hot more humble hunurosuixstratuni.

Ibere is. however, one important ceremony strictly observed in Holy Week, by one and all the lady, visitors to Rome Protestant and Catholic the most becoming arrangement of the black vail, a costume so charming, so decent, so natural, and so easily assumed that we are constrained after seeing it even moderately well arranged, to regret the short duration of the ouly historical period of mourning. The indifferent and. careless Protestant complains sadly of the weariness and length of the oerciAonics, too frequently ridiculing passages of tlie most serious iuqiort, ami behaving gnsrally without the.smalkaft regard the Catholics around liiui, who however return tlie nuking witli an iislif5Tewe so profiaind as to leave no Vsibt of their felkf in tlie boiwIcM-boss id the Probfstunts condition. i For-yth smyr-s of East-w in Ilsne, nothing tires mo so s-)On a nurp, exept the ikwrijakin of it, 1 iiettr craild real nisi certainly never will write, a description of the Kasttr cere-nun lie atjSt.

Pb Jir's, cemnonies which, varying every five mhe utes, form tlie budness of a. work. 11k ba-iness of a week, I shall transcribe al-moat literally, from Dr. De Sanctis's exceedingly temperate work. Oil Palm Sunday I went to the church of St.

Peter to me the Pipe Mum the palms, I mingled with tin crowd and observed tlie Holy Father, who from his throne, surrounded by curdinals and predates, wa distributing palms to tlmse of. hb court, and to some foreign lords admifted to this great honor. After the ceremony of the palms, mass commenced. Instead of tlie Gospel of the day, three deacons sing alternately tlie history of tiie Pa-won of our Lord Jcsas Christ aa related by Saint Matliem One represents tlie- Evangelist, sings the whufe history another represents tlie character of Christ, and rings all the Wank qxiken t'y him the third rejuesenta the crowd, and sings all passages pronounced by the Jews, the Pharisee Dilute, etc. On Tbunsluy I returned to 8t IMtr'i to witness the' other ceremonies.

After mass is said in the Suture Chapel, the Pcpe enter gjt. Peters, ami, when he seated on his throne, a deacon sings the first sixteen titsmi of the 13th ehapi of fefaist John. Then the rope, having taken a fine luMi napkin, draceixb from his throne. aal ap)woache the pilgrims. The pilgrims are twelve foreign priests belonging to different nations, who represent the twelve apostles.

They are dressed in eastern costume, acd wear on their bead a great white cap-j They are seated on elevated benches, and each one has before hb feet a copper basin full of -water then the Pope passes before them tombing tbeir feet and pretendieg to wadi them, and then returns to hb throne. Thb ceremony called Ibc wishing of feet. ceremony representing the supper of onr Lord takes place in a large haft above the vestibule of the church, a tabic is spread, raised upon a platform, and clcgiuitly decorated with abundance of silver, porcelain, flowers, and fruita Thousands Of spectators witness thb repast. Twdve pricsts dressed in eastern coatumea, iue seated at the table anil eat with good appetite the Popqteuiying dish from which he servn after which be1 retiros; the apostle priest YONKEBS, APRIL 16, 1857. OCR COVXTT LBOMLATTU.

Tn Democratic preaa of this County In ex-' tacies over tbo rcaalt of oar bte kpal elections. a eombipntion of. propitious ifcumatance tbej bare succeeded in electing fifteen oat of the tjrentdbar Saperrisois of the Coanty. Of the remaining didc, six are claimed as Americans, one as Rrpnblioan, and two as straight Whigs. Is victory has i raised their enthusiasm to the melting point.

After being wofnlly scared at the reailt of hut Gill's election, they here gain sane I crumbs of comfort, and in their recovery are as cyich filled with blustering as they were formerly with fear. Bat alter all the result one which Is' easily accounted fag without supposing the Be publicans to have lost one iota of their last year's The Republican party one preenunentiy of principle. Its existence grew out of the convictions of thei people that the advance of Slavery, most be Aft who subscribed to tbb (kith, irrespective of old party connections, gave in their adhesion to its platform, They gathered around its chosen exponents, and gave them a support so enthusiastic and irresistablc, that in -this and nearly, all oar northern States, all opposition was swept away like- the sand before the breath of the north wind. Here was a noble vindication of their principles, a noble trinmph -for their cnnsc. But when this expression of their will had gone forth, -the party had no eanse left to hold them together in compact organiza twin.

Defeated, they bad no executive patronage to dispense! Joined in new companionship, the ties of old party attachments and personal preferences could not altogether ba sundered. Their opponents however, held together by the cohesive power of public plunder, JrcsJr from a national victory, old in their organization and strictly partisan in all their movements were in just the eoudi-" tion fitted for new victories over a quiescent foe. into thb spring contest our friends entered without organization and carders of victory. No great national question was to be solved by the result No material progress for their cherished principles was to be effected by their success. Therefore they allowed the elections to go by do-.

fault, suGL-ring tbo circumstances of their various to govern them in tbeir action. They have accordingly suffered a seaming defeat, yet their real strength remains unimpaired. Last foil the showed three thousand -six hundred votes Gw Buchanan in onr County, I and three thousand four hundred and fifty for Fremont' Yet the partial vote of the other day shows fifteen Democratic Supervisors to one Republican. Now no one believes that the Republican numbers have thus diminished! The truth as we stated it, that want of organization, and 'want of interest in the result, prevented a fair exhibition of Republican strength. When 'the.

time demasds it and an opportunity presented, the same spirit of love for ties institutions and human liberty, which Just fall swept our. State like a whirlwind, will again inspire the Republican party and urge it onward to new and greater victories. We subjoin the result of the bte Town Elec tionfi: Bedford-. E. Horton, K.

N. Cortlandt. Frost Horton K. N. y.

Eastchester Darius Lyon, Dcm. Greenburgh W. Little, Dem. bid ward Willets, Item. Levtsboro.

Hunt, Itcpub. John Morrell, Dcm. JHt. Pleasant. Hunted, Item.

v. Morrisunia. illiam Cauiriwell, Item! Hew CastL Y. Haight, N. Aw Rochelle Thaddras Davids, I'en.

Ncrlh Charles Purdy, K. N. North Salem. II. Furily, Nat.

Whig. Ossining, George A. Brand ret li, Dem. PtUniin George V. Horton, K.

N. IoumlrHlgtt A. li. Lockwood, Dcm. John Iv Marshall, Item.

ticarstlole. Fmncis Seeor, i em. Gregory. Nat: Whig. Abralium Hatfield, K.

ir tst Farms. Abfhham 11. Tappcn, Item. While Plains. Gilbert S.

Lyon, Item. Wm. W. Scrughuai, Dem. Yorktown.

Dmiiel Strang, Dem. SBV UCEXSE LAW. 6 This bill, wbicli passed the Senate on the 20th was expected to pass the Board yesLxJuy, in spite of the fierce opposition of the Democracy. They have long been calling for a license law in place of prohibition, and as soon aa they found their wishes were likely to he granted, they wheeled aronnd and assailed the proposed law with oil possible malignity. new law provides that the Commissioners of Excise, three fiee-holdcre of the County arc te be appointed on the 2d Tuesday of Mar, by the County Judge and two Justices of the Sessions, or a majority of them of-which majority the County Judge shall be one.

They are rc-qnired to meet their respective Comities at the placo where the County Courts are reqnireJ to bo held, on the' 3d Tuesday of May in each year, and on such otLer days as the majority of tbs Commissioners, appoint, not exceeding six days in each year, for the purpose of granting licenses. The Bill provides that licenses shall not be "granted except on the petition of not ksa than thirty respectable fret-holders residing in the Election District, where the inn, tavern, I-c. pro- posed to be licensed, the memorial of said thirty persona, or any three of them, can-' wot be used for second application. Tlie sum to be paid for a license not less than nor more than 8100, in' towns and incorporated vii-- hges. and cities; not less than 830 nor more than 8230, An amcndmentVras- adopted pro- viding that llqnor shall not be sold on days of or Special Elections, or Town Meetings Sale or Real Estate We learn that Mr.

Getty hus txaight the' property oT Major Baldwin on Broadway at the head of Dork street, hi- rinding the whole cf the three story brick block of wc la-licve nearly 120 iet In ITie price reported ten thumual dollars, will 1 considered we do not doubt, very cheap, i Mr. Octty, it said Intends to make very Important alterations iu this external appearance of building especially in the store fronts and will per: baps add another story to the height Caixa or toe Coens Jmige Wm! II. Rub-. ertsrw, has appointed Stephen II. Miller, crier of rthe Westchester Count jjCourts in place of Ad- Dcvcau, deooMcd, i-h i j.

i I 'I i i 1 k- 1-? not given to it attention to which it fairly tied, llie recent progrea of -ibe' Society, however, is such os leads us to believe that tbeex- Eriment has succeeded, and. thattlw American uric Association can fairly take its place among, the pormanent institutions of citv. Indued, it is difficult to say wjiy It riiould. he otbcrwiir. TIkj riiVity aims to fill a vacancy in our musical afliurs.

which has long existed. Philharmonic, the N. Harmonic, the Mcndels-Nibn Union are ail well in their way, but they cannot be considered vs progressive Soeio- natire com- lency wmeu tne American uric Amnciatkm endeavors to supply the very name of the Society expresses its object, that while it leaves the works of German, French and Italian cuinpiMCii to others, it affords American eomiMecrs an opportunity of haring their works produced at) ojmortuuity no other institution offer It is esseututUy an Amirican Association, thonch by no 011111111 proscriptive, arid such do-nkiHW the hearty support or the hearty support of. our musical public. 'j'Aml while this Asocial presents thisspe- olaim to considiralioti, it may lie ss well to observe that it dflos not all conflict with tlie otlicr admirable Societie we hare mentioned a liore.

There room in this city for all, and musical ans atnere sufficient to fill the ranks of each. Had either of thrae Societies met tlie necessities of and mmlciit musical composers, enabling them to lure their workMhirly brought before the public, tLe American Musical Aasoriation would not have been formed, but as1 they lure neglected to ided for this do (indeed tliey were never intended purpose.) tiie Am. Mih. Association endeavors to repair the omisrion it is only to be wondered at that such a Society lud not sprung into, existence long ago. I Perhaps a fi-w extracts from the By-Laws of Association will gin? tin best iika os to its olijoct, and the means to attain that object.

I Abt. 1 Tlie object of thb Society, shall lx to further tin interests Composers rerid-ihg among by linvim; their works effictively pcvsciited to the public, in order tht tiny may lie fairly criticized and inipartwlly judged, .1 Art. 2. Thb Society rinul consbt of ti tlepartnM'iit vul, the Vocal and Instrame ulxlivkled os follows ment elrnll consist ii DeponiD of 1st. A String Quartet (to be incnwsixl.

ev 2L Soh tually to an Orchestra) difiivnit instninx'iitk Solo performers I 2. llie Vocal Department. riiaU consist of lsju Tlx! Chorus (of not less than 3tf riiicesj 2d. Tiie Vucnl Quartet (wliN'h may be drawn from. 1 the ('lion is) 'and, tM.

Tlie. oral Soloist (who may from tliq Quartet.) This erxnbination of vocal and inriramcntal talent ciubles tlie Boiird of Directors to offer at their coiKerts programmes of uiusual variety Tle next concert will take place on the 27th inst at Doilwortb's Saloon and we earnestly ouontaend it to the attention of tlie musical commuuitr eli This Society, ho.it not the sclmnc rt any iudividuat sjXCulahM'but an foxiest effort towards tlx. fortforenee of musical art; and the ck'riojmxnit of mnsieal takvit in onr midst. I are pleased to are. tlut a iiuinlxr of our best resident masidan' xhiding tlx) names Dr.

Hodges, Gottsehulk, Mrs. Boatwiek, Jin Bristow, Mr. Richard Hoffman, Mf.AVm. Mason 1 and otlier hare olreuly taken an- Retire inten-st in tlie movensnt, Risl if our city prels atsl tlx. public will rasptmd lb it as tliey should, tlie American Music Assoc istiori will soon be tn honor to our city, and an institution of which ail American music iu ns nwywdl fed proud.

Nnr Yin Ex FT-A nr-j J( press. WiltOX Thc splendid villa 'rite1 on life Homestead grounds of Gouvcrncw Morrb Esq. we are luppy to Kara are rapidly being purchased by the merchant princes of the1 Great Metropolis. Mr, Kobt, II. Elton tiie agent of tlie property, bas just concluded.

le ot nrariy sixty acres at about One thousand dollars per acre; ty i (he purcharers.are-i two of our most wealthy and cm enterprising It Currently rumored, that it istticir intration to turn tlie property hito splcml Park, with a riding course a gymna- report is pot pernutun, us sneh an establishment, under properdircctiou, would be oue of the greatest aq-ime of the greatesV acquisitions to our lowiu The portion selected comprises tlk( old orchard on tlie Wcst-Clxbtcr Turnpike, the full pond and marble quarries, encoding to bt. Ann's Church, and bounded by St. Anns avenue aid the waters of Mill Brook. It also intended to make the brook navigable for yachts and sloops up to tlie Bridge. We also leant that Wm.J.Schenck Esq.

of the firm of Schneck and Sncden, of front at. New York, ha; purchased (lie. Arnold mansion and grounds at tlie same place. Tlie splendid villa erected byJnaJ. Crane, b-nearly ready.

lor occupancy, and we hear of several extensive improvements, to be summer. Tlicre are but few plots aod no doubt before the year dupecs, we sltur have added to our town proptgty, some half a million, of dollars, with cmnloymtnt.for upward of a thou- ond articans. MorrisaDia Gazelle. 1 Sards, Nathans le Cos, Ciacts. After Forrest, the eleplisnt ictoria and Albert, have sustained the succession with great credit to themselves and profit to the management.

Neither fif them very large, bnt both are very clever. Vhry are called learned, and it a pity they cannot write their own plays for' theMUsurixflr of Siam, or the Elephants of luo-Kami, uuiv worthy of them. Fortunately for success of the piece, its whole uteight rested tlie chv pliant who performed their parts as to carry it through triumphantly, We. can- arts so admirably not recollect, and therefore cannot enumerate the various feats they performed, arid can only assure those who buve'not seen them, that tfoy grow more and more wonderful, till at the emse you find their elephantine ugliness dancing Ian Irish jig, on the top of a tail gilded wad tab, tamed upside down, to a very lively air, played in double quick time, A more comically absurd and entertaining sight caunotjwcU be imagined -a chaotic colossal mass rtf. iudirl rubber, essaying to be graceful! We saw nothing else so fuooy as Ibis, not even tbeir driLking, carousing, tbeir walking up add down au inclined plane at an is- le of 46 tbeir feigning to be wounded, dead, except, perhaps, when one offered the other a back, aod would have capped tlie climax of their comic We understand Elephant Club about to pay these jratorigi- qab a complimentary visit, atxl we wish to shed their verdancy to get posted op," in otlicr word to see the go and do likewise their education will hardly be complete without it- N.

Sunday Atlas UI1N.E I TDAltt-to oivni nr- LADT WASHINGTON ENGINE ren yus szxxnr nr SEYMOUR B. KLWELL, it THI CXTTT LTCKTlf tORKKR' Ou Thunday Evg April SS4, 185T. I DOLLAR coinirri UTTER OT ARRAXOR! O. W. MOLD, a.

WATERMAN, C. E. MERRILL, i B. LAWROXCR, I DOW TAM DOCTOR, BASMPORD, a.1 a LAwazxcs, A. C.

DACXT, a 0. MOL Cbabsum. UBRABT. -i -y' hew aooxa nsv Bt the advertisement in another column it will be seen that the Library dosed until Tuesday evening, April, 21, when it will be reopened in the new rooms Getty Square. The managers invite the Life memberf and subscribers for the present year, to see the new rooms on Monday evening, April We have space to mention portion only of the reeent additions to the Library.

From R. Lawrrnck, Esq About 100 yol-nmes of the most recent and important bonks on the various useful arts, for the rise of Mechanics, Engineers, Manufacturer jko, including Iafe-vrek great work, on Architecture, Downing's Architectural works, Appleton's Dictionary, Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and jfioing, 2 Encyclopedia of Useful Arts, 2 vols. 8ra, Neale's rudimentary works for beginners, .8 tephmts Boric', of. the. Farm, 2 Booth A Morfits Chemistry fo; Manufacturers, Hatfields House 6 Carpenter and Books on.

Architecture, Agricultural Botany, Brick-mar kingi" Building, Cabinet-making, Carpenting, Chemistry, Domestic Economy, Diaining and Sewerage, Dyeing, Electricity, Engineering, Gardening, Gas and Ventifiation; House'. Painting aod Glazing, Hydraulics, Machinery, Msgonry, Mechanics, Mining, Moulding, Road-making, Soap and Candles, Steam Engine, Surveying, Tanning, Warming and illation, Well-sinking, Aa, Aa AQ new books purchased for the Fnox Yoxkers Examixeu Two Yean Ago, By Chos. Kingsley. The Confidence Man, by Dore, by a Traveler in Europa, Days of my life, by Mrs. The Worlds Own, by Mrs.

Howe. Abbotts Greece and. the Greeks. Souvestre's Legends of Brittany Mac-kw's Life of Tat-Piug-Waug; Sargents Arctic Vrox J. DerRT.

Esq. Clios. Iambs Works, 2 vols. Miss Austens Works, 4 vols. Mbs Bronte's Works, 3 rob.

Sternes Work 2 vols. Fielding's Works, 3 vols. Don Quixote, Gil Bios, Mrs. Partington, Wisdom of Ancient Buclianaus Life, Boones life, Jacksons Life, Pierces Life, Gen. Greenes life, in all 30'vriV From O.

M. Frrcn, Esq Cone Cat Kavansghs Nathalie, Talvis Hefoise, The Watchman, Ida Norman, Physiology of the Sense Holmes Pure Gold, Reminiscences of a Pas tor, Aa ia alt 12 vols. From F. 8i Gart, National Portrait Gallery, 2 rots! Crawfords Embassy to Ava 2 vols. Crawford's Embassy to Siam, 2 vols.

Frcinontl Exploring Tours Penny -Magazine, 5 vols. Dsubigne's Reformation, 3 Tb-1 Highlands of Ethiopia Life in the New World Lane ton Parsonage, 2 in aD 40 VOb. FroslJ. S. Hoxaxs Esq.

Industry of Voice to America Grimip's vols. Adame Town and Country. From Pctkax Addbona Works, 6 Mbs Sedgwicks Works, "3 vols. I folia nd'sBuy Path Stcwazfi Brazil Hawthorne's Mosses. In all 40 Full lists given in the new eatriogue.

Monday, April New Rochelle Th accordance with the special act of the. Legislature referred to aa election of nioe members or Trustees of the finf Board of Education, of New-Rocbelle took place at the Town Hall iu that village oh Monday the 6th iost. and resulted in the choice of the-frilow log named gentlemen jFof Trujfr Frederick Prime, Richard Lather Tbaddeus David Dr. Albert' Smith, Albert Badeou, Samuel 'B. Underbill, John Firiier, Dr.

-Peter Moulton, Peter J. Shear wood, I- For Collector Mooes T. Strong. or 7 rauarrr Tbaddeus Davils. pie new Board hold their first meeting thb evening, when they will make iehoiee of their pre siding officer, mod commence the discharge of their duties.

I' 1 zw PosTHAsria-rllenry Spratly, recently re-elected justice of the peace, bas been appointed postmaster for Morrisanla, fn plaee of Mann, who, had tended his resignation llie hew incumbent will enter immediate! on the duties of hb office. Rev. Cbus. W. iterhonse, of this village lias becri called to, and accepted tiie charge of prin- pulil: if Mr.

Wilbur. The Board of Education of that District could not hare made a 1 better choice. Mr. aterbouse a gentleman of mild and suarive manner, and eminently fitted to grace a much higher station, trust that he ore and Ciple iq the EoStchcster public school lately va- 'ye ancient? that he may lire long and healthfully In the esteem of" hope fulfillment of his 'charge, and that he may prosper in its enjryrneriLv-Mt. Vernon Gazette.

i 1 Bamism xt IxxersIOX The -ordinance of baptism bv ImmerriniT was administered by. Rev. MrJBuckland. of the Baptbi Church in thb t3- fageito seventeen persons at 8 oclock on Sunday morhiqg last; 1 Sixty.persnns bare been baptised by the tame clergyman withia the past six weeks. Sing Sing Chronicle.

During I ut, Swirx-s are rinentnmqn amrmgst t1 C'atlmluM, atsl even tlie best priest in Ibime are wU to jnre much of the; time, and alt tlrfr evening, at pnpnfef gamre of ranis Amongst tlm quk-t evening rnrrptions are lic-kl by those who arc so kind as cnUrtain tbeir friends, but tlirre txme of the outward stow iit gaiety no flamlicaux to light thedrng ways, no sound of danre music from the open 'and throughout thb season, inotky less tlie wear, and fobics or a becoming demi anddcml. -1! Easter Over, amt London agniu takes a place a June in London in the charming' heads and gay hearts of those favored few whosej names appear conrpicucmdy -in the admired records of the Conrt Circular and the engrossing pages of the Morning Post Lord getting off in time to go into waiting for June; Mbs -to be presented at the first Drawing Room1 and to lie bridcrenaid to her friend Lady hun dreds to meet their brothers and friends from the Crimea and everybody complaining, at some borrid deby owing to the gimxn-mcnFarringrinent or something that they Or their people" have had no end of difficulty about notwithstanding oosigniur had told than, only on Good Friday that it was all rot and that they would not have any trouble whatever. The hm-lielor travel Wr Vith hb passport en regfe for Florence and home, and every thing arranged so aa to allow of hb getting off, cariy the following morning, sentimentalim on hb way to hb rooms, afters farewell at homeweoried with the Lancers, and heated by the German, he recalls hb travelling flirtations, and as he shuts behind him with dang the heavy door of 1 own Port one and ascends the well proportioned staircase cf hb never to be forgotten residence, and lifting (be antique Roman lamp with its feeble but cleanly wick, that has been left i for him fay hb servant the aspect of every thing' araoed him middle age and charmii and Maiming but not m'sklle aged she whom be he bas seen within the last twelve boons sketching at the Villa Madaoia. galloping on the Campania, dining en twccPferht ana more enthralling still waltzing with a Crimean Cavalry hero, on hb way home to receive his medal. Yoxnxt, Easter, 1837.

Mrgmcxxr The Universal bt Society in the village of Mount Vernon, have received the sum of 82C8, bring the amount of one day's collection for that purposes, taksen up in the church of Rev. Dr. Chapio in New Yotk city. oa last Sabbath. C.

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