THIS DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH TRIPLE SHEET PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 13G0. II WV nurd from the Trnth Pniji; and tho session of tho council shortened. Tho council Itself Is to bo mmiod Concilium Vatl aauin. Arrommoilntlnn Hrnrrp. As early tin tlio :31st of Octolior four prelates went to knock at tho door of the S.inta Dorotu.t t'onvont, near the Furneaina j'ulaco, mid were not very well mitisficil with their reception, as tbc monks told them that they had not a vacant corner left. This seems to Indicate that there tv ill 1)0 some con f union iu tho ditrilutlon of the lodging prepared by the care of tho Holy Father. Tho demands for lodging and hoard fire much moro numerous than was expected,., and that circumstance creates embarrassment And expostulations which somewhat disturb the equanimity of tho TontiHca! lutendants. As Plus IX lias determined that apartments with the tabic Vhall be reserved for tho bishops of Italy and their missions, belnij those In whoc financial situation he takes tho tfrcatet interest, his decision will unquestionably be obeyed; but In this case the prelates who counted ou luvhii; both bed aud board, and who will have to be con tented with room only, will tei'Uiuly be disap pointed. The Com. According to tho most positive data, the council will not cost the Sovereign 1'ontiff a penny; thut is to say that all the expenses occa sioned by the solemn assembly, Including both the eutertaiuuicnt of tho fathers and tho fitting up of the hall, etc., will bo abundantly covored by the offerings to be brought by tho bishops or to be Bent by tho laity. The total amount of thoc contributions is estimated at 2,.03,0i)0f., out of which his Holiness Las already received C00,0001.; and, as tho council is not likely to cost more thau 3,000,0(X)f., there will remain WK),00(if., which will be of eonio service to the Papal treasury. How l.onw the Council Is Likely to I.nat. No one seems able to give any guoss at the duration of the council. Different persons, with equal means of information, have estimated it at from five years to six months. Tho truth Is, nothing can be known till it meets, even by the ' bishops themselves, ns the work before it may be much abbreviated or augmeutcd by circum stances occurring during Its sittings. With regard to this question, which Is fre quently anked, the Paris Monde, ouo of tho most influential papers of the Catholic world, remarks: "The Council of Trent lasted eighteen years; but it was the longest of any of the councils, aud " its real labors only lasted for about five years." The Monde expects that, uuless unforeseen events intervene, the deliberations can bo fin ished by the end of the year 1-S70. Should new questions present themselves, the summer of 1870 would 1)0 employed for preparatory work, and the final session would take plate in the winter of 1S70 and 1871. The Toplrtt to tic IMseiiNHOd. The names of the special commission, which wo have mentioned before, Indicate that the council, like its predecessors, will extend Us discussions and decisions over a largo variety of subjects, embracing points of Christian doc trine, ecclesiastical discipline, and politico ecclesiastical polity. Among the subjects which are likely to attract prominent attention are mentioned the reunion of the Ea3teru Churches with Home, tho relation of the Church to the modem State, especially with regard to the tpiestions of public instruction; the position of monastic orders, in the thorough reformation of which the present 1'ope has always taken espe cial interest. The Pnpnl Syllnbm, which wc print entire, will give a correct Idea of the nature of the subjects which will occupy the attention of the council: THE KTI.I.AIHIS Oif THE PRINCIPAL EKROP.S OP OUR TIME, WUICII ARE STIGMATIZED IN TUB VoNSlSTOItIA.1. ALLOCUTIONS, ENCYCLICAL 1MI OTJIEK Al'OVlOLlO 1.ETIEUS OP l'OPE PIUS IX. J. Pantheism, A'atnralism, ami Absolute li ' tionatism. 1. There exists no Divine Power, Supreme Dcing, Wisdom, and Providence distinct from the universe, and Cod Is none other than nature, and therefore immutable. In effect, Cod is pro duced In raau and in the world, and all things are God, and have the very substance of God. (iod is therefore one and tho same thing with the world, aud thence spirit is the same thing with matter, necessity with liberty, true with Jalsc, good with evil, justice with injustice. a. All action of God upon man aud the world Js to be denied. , 3. Human reason, without any regard to God, is the solo arbiter of truth and falsehood, of good and evil; it is its own law to itself, aud suffices by its natural force to secure the welfare vt men aud of nations. 4. All tho truths of religion are derived from the nativo strength of human reason; whence reason is tho muster rule by w hich man can aud ought to arrive at the knowledge of all truths of every kind. 5 Divino revelation is imperfect, and there lore subject to a continual and indefinite pro gress, which corresponds with the progress of human reason. K. Christian faith is in opposition to human reason, and divine revelation not only does not Venettt, but even Injures the perfection of man. 7. Tho prophecies and miracles uttered and narrated in tho Sacred Scriptures are the fictions of poets, and tho mvsterich of Christian faith the 1 , V .i.! u., I.. I,A result of philosophical investigations, lu tne books of the two Testament there are contained nivthlcal Inventions, and Jc:iu Christ is Himself a mythical fiction. II. Moderate Ea'ionaUsi. . As human reason Is placed on a level with religion, so theological matters must bu treated in tho name manner as philosophical ones. 9. All tho dogmas of the Christian religion are, without exception, the object of natural science or philosophy, aud human reason, in structed solely by history, is able, by Its own natural strength and principles, to arrive at tho true knowledge of even the most abstruse dog mas; provided, such dogmas be proposed as sub ject matter for human reason. 10. As tho philosopher is one thing and phi losophy another, so it is tho right and duty of the philosopher to submit hiir.sell to the autho rity which ho shall have recognized as true; tut philosopher ucithor can nor ought to submit to anv authority. 11. "The Church not only ought never to nimndcrt upon philosophy, but ought to tole rate tho errors of philosophy, lea lug to philoso phy the care of their correction. 1:3. Tho decrees of the Apo-tnlir Sec and of the l'ouinn Congregation fetter the free progress of science. 1U. The method and principles by which the old scholastic doctors cultivated theology are no longer suitable to tho demands of the age and the progress of science. 14. Philosophy must be treated of without any account being taken of supernatural revcUUun. N. li. To the rationalistic system belongs, in great part, the errors of Anthony Cumber, eou deuined In the letter to the Cardinal Archbishop Of Cologne. 111. Iiil:jJWt:utiniu, Latltddiiiarianhm. 15. Every man is free to embrace and profess the religion he shall bclievo true, guided by tho light of reason. 10. Men may in any religion find the way of eternal Kilvaliuu, and obtain denial salvation. 17. W'o may euierta'm at least u well-founded hope for the eternal salvation of all tlnno who are in no manner In tho true Church of Christ. 18. Protestantism is nothing more than an other form of Iho muuo true Christian religion, in w hich it i-s possible f be cp illy pleasing to Clod us ill the t'athollo Chin li. IV. (torialiiiw, Cormounian', fterret tfucielles, Jiiblical ,SocMieK, Clericn-Liberal Societies. Pef-ts of this description aro frequently ro- buked. V. Errors Concerning Vm (Jh'trch ani her Eights. 10. The Church Is not a true and perfect and entirely Ireo society, nor docs sho enjoy pecu liar nnd perpetual rights conferred upon' her by her Divino KouudcrJiut It appertains to tho civil power to dclino what arn tho rights of tho Church nnd the limits within w'jicli sho may exercise the same. )J0. Tho ecelesinstiral power must not exercise Us authority without the permission and assent of the civil Government. The Church has not the power of defining (logmiitically that the religion of tho Catholic Church is the only true religion. '.2:2. The obligations which bind Catholic teachers and authors apply only to those things which are proposed for universal belief as dog mas of the laith by tho Inlalliblo judgment of theChurcli. !:f. Tho Homan Pontiffs and (T.cumenleal Councils have- exceeded the limits of their power, have usurped the rights of princes, and havo even committed errors in defining matters of faith aud morals. 24. The Church has not the power of availing herself of force, or any direct or Indirect tempo ral power. St. In addition to the authority Inherent In the Episcopate, a further nnd temporal power is granted to It by Iho civil authority, either ex pressly or tacitly, which power is on that account also revocable by the civil authority whenever it pleases. 'S. The Church has not the lunate and legiti mate riiiht of acquisition and possession. 127. Tho ministers of tho Church and tho Uo niani Pontiff ought to bo absolutely excluded from all charge and dominion over temporal affairs. L'8. Plshops havo not even tho right of pro mulgating tho Apostolical letters without tho ptrmii-Mon of the Government. t. Dispensations granted by the Homan Pon tiff must be considered null, unless they have been usked for through tho civil government. 80. The immunity of the Church and of ec clesiastical persons derives its origin from civil law. 31. Ecclesiastical Courts for the temporal causes of the clergy ought by all means to bo abolished, even without tho concurrence and against tho protest of the Holy See. :!2. The personal immunity exonerating tho clergy from military eervieo may bo abolished without violating either natural right or equity lis abolition is called for by civil progress, cspc chilly In a community constituted upon priiid ides of liberal government. It does not appertain exclusively to eccle siastical jurisdiction, by any right proper and inherent, to direct the" teaching of theological subjects. 34. 1 he teaching of those who compute tho Sovereign Pontiff to a free sovereign acting in llio I nivcrsal t hurch n a doctrine which pre vailed only in tho Middle Ages. :5. There would bo no obstacle to the sentence of a general council or the act of all tho univer sal peoples, transferring the Pontifical Sove reignty from the liishop nnd Citv of Koine to some other bishopric aud sonic other citv. id. i he definition of a National Council does not admit of any subsequent discussion, and the civil power can regard as settled an affair de cided by such National Council. S7. National Churches can be established, with drawn, aud plainly separated from the authority ot me ltomau l ontin. 38. Roman Pontiffs have, bv their loo arbl trary conduct, contributed to the. division ot the Chinch into Eastern and Western. VI. Error about Civil Society, ronsidered both in Jtself and m us lldation to lite Church. ?'.). The commonwealth, as tbc origin and source of all rights, possesses rights which aro not circumscribed by any limits. 40. Tho teaching of tho Catholic ChurSdi Is oppotcd to tho well-being aud interests of society. 41. The civil power, even when exercised by an infidel sovereign, possesses an Indirect aud negative power over religious affairs. It there fore possesses not only the right called that of exequatur, but that ol tho so-called appeUatio ab ubiiHit. 42. In tho CA9C of conflicting laws between the two powers, the civil law ought to prevail 43. The civil power has a right to break aud to declare uud render null the conventions (commonly called concordats) concluded with the Apostolic Nee relative to tho use of rights appertaining to tbc ecclesiastical immunity, without the consent ot the Holy See, and even contrary to its protest. 44. The civil authority mav Interfere in mat tcrs relating to religion, morality, and spiritual government. Hence it has control over the instructions for the guidance of consciences issued conformably with their mission by tho pastors ot tnc cnureu. i uruier, it possesses tho power to decree, In tho matter of administering the Divine sacraments, as to the disposition necessary lor tneir reception. 4r. The entire direction of pnblie schools, lu which the 3'outh of christian Mates arc edu cated, except (to a certain extent) In tho case of Episcopal seminaries, may and must apper tain to tlio civil power, ana ociong to it, so tar that no other authority whatsoever shall be re cognized as having :iuy right to Interterc in the discipline of the schools, tho arrangemcut of the studies, the taking of degrees, or tho choice nnd approval of the teachers. .40. Much more, even in clerical seminaries, the method of study to be adopted i subject to the civil authority. 47. The best theory of civil society requires that popular schools open to tho children of all cl:isse8, ami generally all public institutions in tended lor instruction lu letters and philosophy, and for conducting the education of the young, should be freed from all ecclesiastical authority, government, aud Interference, and should bo lully subject to the civil mid political power, in conformity with tho will of rulers aud the preva lent opinions of Iho age. 48. This system of instructing youth, which consists in separating it Iroin the Catholic faith and from the power of the Church, aud iu teaching exclushely, or at least ordinarily, the knowledge of natural things and the earthly ends of social lite alone, may be approved by Catholics. 40. The civil power has the right to prevent ministers of religion and the faithful from com municating freely aud mutually with each other nnd the homan Pontiff. fit). The secular authority possesses, as inhe rent in itself, the right ot" presenting bishops, and may require of them that they lake posses sion ot their dioceses before having received canonical institution nnd the Apostolic letters lnui the Holy !o. f)l. And further, the secular government has the right of deposing bishops from their pastoral lunctions, and it is not bound to obey the llomau Pontiff in those things which relate to episcopal sees and tnc institution ol bishops. .72. The government has of Itself the right to alter tho ago prescribed by the Church for the religious prolesslon both of men and women; nnd it may enjoin upon all religious establish ments to admit no person to ukc solemn vows without Its permission. f-:. Tho laws lor tho protection of religion crtablinhinents, and securing their rights and duties, ought to bo abolhhed; nay, more, tho ci 11 government may lend its assistance to all who desire to quit Iho religious life they have undertaken, and break their vows. 1'ho Gov i mini nt may ulso suppress religious orders, collegium churches, and simple benefices, even those belonging to private putrouage, aud sub mit their goods aud revenues to tho administra tion and disposal of tho civil power. fil. Kings and princes aro not only exempt from tho jtubdlclion of tho Church, but aro superior to tho Church Iu litigated quosliouj of jurisdiction. fi5. Tho Church ought to bo separated from the Stale, and tho Htato from tho Church. -'Mm timver of au lnii,iiK olHititl of Ul l';iVil (jUut)-, autl tuiixolnit; t In) nlltM-ul aOuj u( tu l 4iui VII. Errors concvrninij Natnrnl ani Chris tian Klhics. HO. Mornl laws do not stand in need of tlio Divino sanction, nnd thcro Is tu necessity that human Inws should bo conformable to tho laws of nnlure, and recelvo their sanction from God. 7. Knowledge of philosophical thbiL's and morals, and also civil laws, may and must ho In dependent of Divlncund ecclesiastical authority. m. ino omcr lorcos aro to no recognised than tbot-o which rosido In matter: and all moral teaching and moral cxcellenco ought to be m ide to consist in the accumulation and Inrroaso of riches by every posslblo moans, aud iu tho en jovnient of pleasure. ho. night consists in the material fact, and all human duties aro dclusivo and all huuuu acts have tho force of right. 'A). Authority is nothing else but tho result of numerical superiority and material force. 01. An unjust net, being successful, iullicts no Injury upon the sanctity of right. i'ci. Tlio principle of non-intervention, as It Is called, ought to bo proclaimed and adhered to. (',:.. ft Is allowable to refuse obedience to legiti mate princes; nay, more, to rise in insurrection ogalnst them. U. I ho violation ol a solemn oath, oven every wicked and llagitlous action roiiugiuiut to tlio eternal law, Is not blamable, but iiuito lawful. and worthy of the highest pruiso when done for the lovo of country. VIII. Errors Confirming Christian Man-in m. 65. It cannot bo by any means tolerated to maintain that Christ has raised marriage to tho dignity of a sacrament. (id. fhn sacrament of marriage Is only an ad junct of tho contract, and separable from it, and ttio sacrament ltseti eouslsls in tho nuptial bene diction ulono. 07. I!y tho law of nature the marriage tic Is Dot Indissoluble, and iu many eases divorce, properly so-calied, may bo pronounced by the civil nuthor'ty. 08. Iho Church lias not the power of larititr down what nro tho diriment impediments to marriage. Tlio civil authority does possess such a power, aud can do away with impediments to marriage. 00. Tho Church only commenced in later ages to bring in diriment Impediments, and then availing herself of a right not her own, but bor rowed lrom tlio civil power. 70. J lie cauwiis ol the Council of Trent, which pronounce censure ol anathema agaiust those who denv to the Church tho right of laving down what aro diriment Impediments, either are not dogmatic or niurd be understood as rcerrin; only to such borrowed power. I. I lie form of solemn mwi mnrriairo pre scribed by the said council does not bind, under penalty ot nullity, in cases where tlio civil law bus nppoinlcd another form, aud where it de crees that this new form shall effectuate a valid marriage. 7:2. lionifacc VIII is the first who declared that the vow of chastity pronounced at ordina tion annuls nuptials. 73. A merely civil contract may, among Christian:-, constitute a true marriage; aud it is false either that the marriage contract between Chris tians is always a saciaincnt, or that the contract is null if the sacrament bo excluded. 74. Matrimonial causes and espousals belong by their very nature to civil jurisdiction. N. 1!. Two other errors may tend in this di rection (hose upon the abolition of the celibacy of priests, and the preference duo to tho state ot marriage over that of virginity. These have been pioscribed, the first Iu the Encyclical ''Qui plnnbu, jNovcmiier 0. 1840; the second in tho Li tters Apostolical, "MtUtiilice$ inter," June 10, ISM. IN. Errvrn Itetjarding the. Cir.il Power of the frocirriiiu I'onliJI. 7.". The children of the Christian and CathHic Chfirch arc not agreed upon the compatibility of iDe temporal with the spiritual power. 70. Iho abolition ot tho temporal power which the Apostolic See possesses would contri bute in tho greatest degree to tho liberty and prosperity ot the Church. N. li. Presides these errors expressly noted, many others are implicitly rebuked oy tho pro posed and asserted doctrine, which all Catliolics are bound most firtilv to hold, touchttuz tho temporal sovereignty of the Roman Pont iff". X. Errors Marina llcfarenee to Modern Liberalism. 77. In the present day it is no longer cxpe (1 i en t that the Catholic religion shall bo held as the only religion of the State, to tho exclusion ol all other modes ol worship. 78. Whence it lias been wisely provided by law, In some countries called Catholic, that per sons coming to reside therein shall enjoy the public exercise of their owu worship. 70. Moreover, it is false that the civil liberty of every mode of worship, and the full power given to'all of overtly and publicly manifesting their opinions and their lde,is of all kinds what soever, conduce moro easily to corrupt the morals and minds of the people, and to the pro pagation of the pest of liidifterentism. bO. The Roman Pontiff can and ought to re concile himself to and agrco with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization. It has been said by those who are well versed in such matters, that the dogmatic definition of tlio Assumption of the Virgin will en counter no obstacle. Tho Pope earnestly de sires the consolidation of this dogma. Tho erection into a dogma of the necessity of tho temporal power Is not considered possible, except by its most ardent champions. The foundation and preservation of that power do not afford elements of a dogma, and a belief in Its ueeesslty Is not even a proxima.fi'k i, but only of high Importance. Probably tho protests of IHO'J and 1807 will bo revived. It is suggested that the liberal bishops will advise that terms be made with the Kingdom of Italy, so that all appointments, even to the Popedom, may bo conferred without distinction of nationality, hut such a change of policy, although desirable, is improbable at present, and must be left to time and the force of events. The council does not have tho initiative with respect to the syllabus, and if is absurd to thiuk that tho syllabus will be abrogated. It is more probable that the bishops will be asked to sauction it l.y open and unanimous adhesion, mid to explain such portions as arc obscurely worded or erro neously iuteprctcd. Ilcyond those points the council w ill only be occupied with questions of internal discipline, such as reform measures, reunion of schismatics and heretics with the Church, modifications of religious orders, ame lioration of instructions to the clergy, and the adaptation of the judicial powers of bishops to the condition of society. It is important to ob serve that the initiative in everything belongs to the Pope alone, and as tho P.oman Catholic Hierarchy is strongly and judiciously con structed, it is improbable that that any serious opposition will bo manifested. former Council of cite C'hnrrb. In this connection the following lUtof formor councils uud tho rcasous for which they wcro convened is of Interest: I. The first General Council was that ot Nice, held n 3:2.'), for the purpose of refuting the here sies of Alius who asserted that Christ was infe fcricr to His l ather. a. Tho second General Council was held at Constantinople, A. D. 3bl, to refute tho errors of Maeedonius, who asserted that tho Holy Ghost was not one of tho three divino persons. 3. Tho third General Council was held at Fphesus, 431, concerning the heresy of Nosto rius, who asserted that tho i'.lcssed Virgin should not bo culled the Mother of God. 4. The fourth General Council met at Chaleo dou in 4,r)t, to decide on the docttinoof Eutyehes, who denies the humanity of Christ 5. Tho filth General Council was held at Con- Mantiuoplo in o! 3. H conditioned ttio heresy of Drieen. who asserted that tho Holy Ghost is no thing moro tliHri diviue energy or power of acl- lmr.'i-te. " t). 'luo xisth ttur! found'. rnH t !oiwtn- tinoplo, A. D. CS0. It condemned the doctrine- of the Monothelites. 7. The seventh met nt Nice, 787. to denounce the Impiety and hen-sy of the Iconoclast? who opposed veneration of Images. 8. Tlio eighth General Council metal Con stantinople, KS0, and confirmed the reverence of jinnies and oilier regulations of Iho Church. 0. J ho nun ii .eiicri council lyid tho ursi Lateral) met H'2-5. 10. 'iho tenth (Jcneral Council and tho second be l.Htcrnu met 1 130. This Council, among other matters, condemned the acts of Arnold of Uresem. II. 1 ho eleventh i.cnoral Council also mnln l.nteian 1107. Ibis Council ordained that Mm right of voting for anew Pontiff should from that timo forward belong exclusively to tho Col lege of Cardinals. I 'J. The twelllh also met In tho I.atcran 1'21". This council, among other matters, gave its as sent to seventy chapters drawn up by tho Pope who presided at it. III. the thiriocniu t.ciicrai vjouneii met ai l.vons in l!24o. its object was that of deposing the 1 niperor Frederick. It also treated of three other subjects: I' irst, the assisting of the Em pire of Constantinople against the Tartars; and third, tho Holy Land against tho Sar.ieons. 14. 1 ho lourieenm eucrai v-omicu met ai l.vons iu 11271, lor tho purpose, among other things, of reuniting tho ttrceU Cuurch. . - n -1 j.r. ,t. -..1 f. ...... .11 rt JO. I lie IllfcCtlllll il,liv 1.11 vv.iiih.,1 mi; ni Y - Cnnaliill, lor me purposu in Biqqii:niiig me Order of Knights Templar, aud tho doctrine of tho "Prethrcu and Bisters or uiu r rcc spirit, a German iiiMilulion condemned. 10. The sixteenth General Council was that or Constance, which assembled 1411, ou account of a dispute that existed in the selection of a Pope, there being at that timo no less than three claimants for tho holy office. 17. The seventeenth General Council is Known as that of l-'errara and rTorcuee. Its object was the reunion of the Latin and Greek Churches. 18. Tho eighteenth General Council was the Council of Trent, which was convoked in l."4. by Popo Paul 111, to reluto the heresies of Luther. Calvin, uud .ulnglius. 1 ho close ol this last Council ol 1 rent is thus described by a writer in Harper s Mfifjuainc, whose description of the Council of Nice we havo already published: "Winters and summers had Tiassod over the Koman bishops for nearly eight years in their uiountaiu fa.-.tue.ss, as they groped amidst the endless controversies ol the fathers and studied the acts of Chalecdon and Nice. We ndmit at least their perseverance and their weary toil. '1 rent and its environs do not seem to have been always an ngrccumc residence, in autumn the hot sun beat upon tho narrow val ley. In winter a deluge of snow or ralu often poured down upon the little eily, overflowed tho rapid Athesis, and swept through the watery stieets. Disease was olleii prevalent, aud seve ral eminent delegates died, 'and were buried with pompous funerals. Tlio people of the mountains were rude, and not always respect ful: the women were not attractive, and sullercd In m the goitre: w hile the wits of the Holy City, ns well as of the Protestant countries, billowed the council with sharp satires, and declared that its inspiration was brought in a carpet-bag from Pome. Elizabeth called it a popish conventicle. The keen and luady Protestant controversialists denounced it as a farrt of persecutor. The Pope was enraged at Its turbulent discord; and all Europe longed for Its dissolution. Meantime, far below, surged on tho wave of lluformatlon. and Germany,' France, and the Netherlands re sounded w ith the paalmsof Marot and iica; and the menacing voice of tho enraged people often reached tho cars of the drowsy prelates at Trent. The hardy North threw off the monkish rule, defaced It's images, broke up tho monestories, a::d breathed only dellaueo to the cruel bigotry of the council. Mary of Scotland, in a piteous letter to the legates, lamented that hcrCalvin ietic subjects would not suffer her to scud bl.-hops to the assembly of Antichrist. Germany bad secured freedom of thought by tho valor o'f Maurice and the treaty of Passau. Geneva, with Its twenty-live thousand Impoverished citizens, shone a beacon of iigbt among its Swiss moun tains, and defied alike the hatred and the eovo tousiicss of France nnd Savoy nnd tho Pope. The Huguenots weru fighting til France for tole ration, and the council sang a joyous 7V- eum over the Ineffectual defeat of tho Prlnco of Comic. It was time for tho bishops to separate. "The proceedings were hurried to an end. Im portant matters ol faijb, affecting the destiny of immortal souls, were determined with Impru dent haste. VA hat could not be decided was re ferred to tho Pope. A bishop of Na.'unum, whose dullness formed n bold contrast to the wit and pathos ol the sainted Gregory, preached farewell discourse, in winch lie called upou maukiuu to adore me wisoom, tue clemency, the Christian tolerance of tho Council of Trent. A parting auti phonal was sung; the Cardinal of Lorraine, tho corrupt aud ambitious Guise, in toned the praises of the dissolute Charles V, the immoral Julius, the bigoted Pius, and all the holv council, und pronounced them ever blessed. Tho bishops aud cardinals responded with a loud concurrence. Once moro the voice of Guise rang over the assembly, Anathema ciiHCtia ha:retn:is! Aud all the bishops aud car dinals poured forth an eager und malevolent Anathema, anathema ! Meanwhile, in many a humble cottage iu the neighboring valleys of Piedmont, the gentle audois, tho children of tte early Church, were singing Christian hymns to the good saviour, ana, accustomed to perse cution, pravcu lor ircciioni to worsuip liou. Scarcely did they hear the curse invoked upon them from the heights ot ircnt. let it was to ripen Into long years of untold suffering. The poor and humble were to be torn in pieces, tossed from their native crags Into dark ravlues, cut with sharp knives, burned in raging fires bv the migntv ana promt: and .Milton, iu a fierce pittic i'reuzy, was to cry aloud to Heaven: 'Aven?e. O l ord ! ttiy alui;l)ter'd nmnfs, vtuoho buncs Lie ftiatloiotl ua the Aljniio immntftina coM.' " The Itesnlts ofllie Present Convocation. Fertile of speculation as this theme uiut be and offering varying solutions according to the point of view, the results of the council must, if ever announced, be chronicled in a future column. TIiobo who hope with the council for Its success regard it as the only cure for the ills of society of to-day. "Either Hnnian Society,' eavs the Cirilta Cattolica, "must perish out right or it will be saved by this council." Cardi nal liaiili tells us that as in tho most disastrous periods of the previous history of the Church, those of the disputed right to lnvesti.ure, ot tho 6ihlBUi of tho East, and of Protestantism tho councils assured victory to tho Fight aud Rome; so now, in this period of social wrong and iufidel teaching, the ship ol the t liureh will pass through tho great chartless sea to tlio socura haven bevond, piloted by the hand of Peter and protected by Him who siltcth above the. storm- cloud. Advocates ot a (tlticrent spirit noid that this council, called lu tho noonllght of this pro- cressive day, is tho rapid fall, down which the Park of the fisherman, which has heretofore been "ported" over lesser dangers, will .hurry to destruction amid tho crash ol mighty wators. Which Is of the truth, tho prophet of good or tho prophet of ill, another feneration must witness CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. jsT n. ''t h o m a a &. co, " DEAi.Kaa ih Caors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters, WINDOW FKAMK3, KTO.. N. W. IKUIKKB OF EinHTEENTII and MAHKET Streets v1h-...m VHILAPELrilH. PAPER HANGINGS. 1 ()(H 1 LOOK 1 1 LOOK 1 1 i- WALL VM'ET IJ and l.iiJiin Wim'o Miniles ,V mlai-ln,-.!, t'lii ntieni t "V, si. J'lMn.-iMm'a Mount, Ni). It) V yj'i'fcil'K -U- Jt. CwM New v Jbl BHIPPINO. o,fR LIVERPOOL AND j ;' 1J..W tork.irin HnUf.Tupliij,IVoT.3,tlP. M. J, o;,Vra""? nr,lr. -o. 4. ntf P. ttl. ' t 'itl?.t n ',n.VI,'V""bf.Tt)oly.l).o. 11, st t P.M. CUT "f IWklyn, N,-.tnnlM, Dn.i. Is, 1 P At ftTKS OK FANNAOK. ".T TT "AIT, rrtinti UlUSII kvkdt imnnif riKN'ruAuiN" Sim STKK.it, vol',....,. 1 . lal To IoikIod 4.J If) lorj(lon io nru. I1U11,II 1.W n.n . ....... . I iuhI.Ib iuOold. . Pnybl til Uarronrr linlifm ii.i,,:. c7. tit. Joint's, N. K ' " fet. John's." N. K.'. . nraa.:b Hlnir... .f lirHrnm-h McKimm-. . . . J ' .i"."!" J0"!""'"1 Ur. Hsinbur. Krsraeo, In. st imlncci ml on. ' "'irkelsosn h boaaht hnrs st mnH.r.r. k- - sons wii.h iTiR tnnond lor thuir Iriomls, ' r w' liiM Vi ?w . 2rn. I,B l,i'i,i,l cwrnnrt onto .Il.)lint 14 DAI.U A ....... " u. u n t . r.. AirHni. it 1 1 HltUAUWAV, N. Y or 10 4 6 No. 3 (JUH.NNUT Ktrma, l'n'ils.l,.l,,ii. II IX).,KI I, A I' Al l,K. A. di5.ON'LTPIKECT LINE TO FRANCE b j iKNT AND UAVHUAiluNU A in gold (Inotndlnt- winni, IO HllKST OR II A VP. R. rirstusolo Mm;ood tJsliin.. rr.lIAUIw W ww "D.0!o'l'B rsllwsr tii-kols, fuitiUhnd oo bosrd.) 'UT1"LVD ; J"46 I Koc-onJ Usoia tinma ot Kurnnn. In i. dIImh oln to or nUnrnltis from tils oor , I 'f taking I he slesinorsor this ItaetToil orZin,LTi.7.h ,T !""""' h Knn'n railway, ant fn ' aannel. be.ido sbtIdk time, trouble, snd penso. OlUIK.K MAUKKN.IK. Agent, For ns.... i Bt. No.WBKOAOWAY.New Vork. . .:, ii. i.. i . k a h . I Hi No, 331 OHhHNUT Hire-jt .CHARLESTON, S.C., TUK SOUTH, SOUTH WKST. ANO VliOKIOA. PORTS. THE STEAMSHIP J. W. KVEUMAN, CAPTAIN HINUKLKY. Vi'ili lesve Pier 17, bolow Spruce street, oa TllUKSOAY, DnrtmlH-rS, t 4 P. M. Ccui'crtnble accommodations for imnioneors. Tbronch I'sn'sire Tickets nnd Hills of Lading iwieil in cotmottion with tlio South (Jurolins Kailmad to all point rjonlU soil Kouthurest, and with (Steamers to florid ports. Insurance by tbiB Line ONK-HAI.l' PI'.a CK.NT. Coods forwardpd free of commission. Kills of l-ading furnished and signnd at the otVice. lor freiiilit or psssSKOlapplj to K. A. ROUDKR 4 (JO., dook ntki:kt WIIAUV. The Steamship rJtOMKTllKUH will follow TI1UKS- l'AY, December 9. 2'JJ -a. PHILADELPHIA, RKJTIMOV1), vf;ANI NOKI OI.K STKAMSHIP LINK ii-'Jtf "TlllHTtiH IKKKJIir A IK LINK 'lf tesfcTIrfriasVTHH SOUTH ANOWHST. KVKKY SA TL'KDAY, At noon, from "1KS'C WHARF abore MARKIF Btrnpt. THKOlTflH RATKS to all points in North and Sontlt Carolina, via heaboaid Air laue iiailnmd, conneoting si li..mnnlh.,! ....!... 1'. 1 1 J . , . wpet, i Virginia and Tennosaue Air Linj aud Kioumoad and Danville Railroad. ireiKtit HAMJl.h.u BUI u.MJK, and taken at LOtVKfl EATJ-VS THAN ANY OTHKlt LINK. I he regulantT. safotr. and uhoHttuens of this ronte oom mond it to tho public k the most dosirable moditim CHrrying ftTory dfiiu-.riptiou of freight. Bo cimrt6 lor oomuiibaiuu, clrayiiKO, or tnj eipeasa tronsfir. rtioainnhips inmireo at tee lowest mtea. 'rsueht received dily. WILLIAM P. OLYTJF OO.. No. 12 S. WHAHVl-S and Pirfr 1 N. WHAKVI Jt. W. P. POKTKR. Agent at Kichraond snd Oitj Point. T. P.CKOWKl,LA(JO.,AgnnlsatNorfolk. Bti LOIULLAUD'3 STEAMSHIP LINK FOR KEY YORK. bailing on Tocedaya, Thursdays, and BaturdufS. RKUUCTION Ob- ItATKB. FretRht br this line taken at 11! oonts per KM pounds. cents nor foot, or 1 cent per gallon, shin's option. Ad vance ututrgos cashed at othco on Pier. Vreicht reoaived at aU times on covered whaxi. .TO UN V. OHL. 285 Pier 19 North Wharves. It. N. Fitra rates on nntll packagas u$n, metal, eta. w. JNU1IUI'. ton irvv Ilililv, VIA U--f? DI-.I.AWAIUC AND KAKITA.V CANAL lZ.2&kAa KXPKKNS STKAMIIIIAl' COMPANY. ini;llKAPIl'..Si' AND Ot-ICKKST water coiuinuuioa- tion between l'biludolnliia aud New York. fctcuuipr leave daily from Hrt wharf below Market street, Philadelphia, and toot of t"ull atroet. New York. I. nods Inrwardod by all the lints running out ot Kcw Yoik, North, Kant, and AVe.it, freo of cnniinisniDii. i-'i-oight received nod forwarded on accommodating Urnut. WILLIAM P. CLYOK A CO., AgontM, ISO. li b. uf.u&ty jiiiv. Avenue, rnu.iiwjiimia. JAM I S HAND, Agent, 6S No. 11 W ALL Street, Now York. Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington, l. Atf&iJ.. via Che&ancako and lelawaro Canal, with connections at Alexandria iroin the most iliroct route for I.jnchburg, liristol, Knoivillo, Nashville, Ua:ton, and the tjouthwebu MOiiuiirj leave regiuariy every oa;uraaj at noon irom tho UiBt wharf above Market street. t.eiKulrece.v,aa..rWILr lAM p orYnR No. 14 North and Sout h wharves. llYPR A TYXKU. Agents, at Georgetown : M. El.DltlDCK & CO., AgunU at Alexandria. (it 5 NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK, VIA. t-.-i .tj..:. jnnnl cwi ir l jit it i Zt I'timnain nun m iton vnuni, n iuv mi Sn Til A NS I'D KT A I IO N COM PAN Y.-D Itd- PA'ICU AND SWIFTSUItK LINK. T he kutiiiiebs of those linen will be resumed on and after tbo Sth of March. For froightx, which will bo takou oa aocommodttiirxc tonus, apply to w . . . 3 2 No. 1J SoutliWharvos. WINDOW CLASS r a i a s s EVANS, SHARP & CO., 'o. C13 MAKKET STltEET, Are dnl'y reci-tvlnp HtilinnunM of Glass from their Wdrks, where thi-y aro uw maklatr 10,000 fect per 8ay. They arc a!no recclvtns slilpracnt3 of Kotiijrt Plate and ItlbbcU Glas8,;EQaaic!leJ. Btulned, KiiKi&vul, ami GiounJ UIoks, wlitcU the; oiler at LOWKST MARKKT RATES. 9 25 3ra DRUGS, PAINT8, KTO. J OliEliT BilOEMAKEli fc OO. K. E Corner FOURTH and RACE SU. riULAUKU-niA. wholesale: druggists. Importers and Manufacturora of TrTiite Lead and Colored Paints, Putty' varnishes, Eta AUKNT8 FOK TUB CELEB KATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Doalcrs and coiuamora supplied at lowest prtcei for cash. vili DRUGCIST AUD CHEMIST, AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN PAINTS, OILS. GLASS. AND PATENT MEDICINES, . Nos. 1301 and 1303 MARKET St. lu 21 tbstutiia c O H N K X O H A N U E JJAII M AIUt' Al.-IOIIY, N. V- corner of At A H K K T and WATKR Btroot. I'llllatlHlliUm. 1MCAI.KH1N HACK ANO I! AOfJINd tt sviirv UoHoritiuu, lor Grain. Hour, halt, huimr l'hi,hat of I.hso, Hon lniKt, Kto. 1 .rt kDd tuisll G V N N V l.AliH eonntu nl 1 u hsoil ' I Aiw. WOQL MAUK4, LUMBER. I860 ST'NTTCR ,T()1MT. 81'Mil'K .lOlriT. II KM LOCK. IIKMIAMCK. 18GC rwfk KKAHONKU CI.RAK riNI. OVV SKAMONKII fl.KAIl PINK. ClIOICR PATTKItN PINfl mi 8PAM8U Ci:i)AIt, Kelt 1'ATTKRNS. KKI) CROAK. 1801) n.OHIT) FLOOftlNO. ri.OKIDA Kl.tHlHI.NU. CA KCI.INA KUHlltlNd. 18G9 Vlh'OINIA KLOOKINI4. UKIWAHU KI.OOKINU. ASH KI.OOKINU. WALNUT KI.OOIUNO. KLOltlllA STKP HOAKD& KAIL l'LANK. 180i)w; Af-NtT HOAHDH AND PLANfv. f Qil Sil Tl.OAKDS AND PLAMii. lOUv WALNLT itUAHDS. WAIJUT PLA N IC I NOl-KTAKKHS' J.HMltKIC. t'NDliUTARKHS' l.UMUIili. KKI) CKOAlt WAIJstT AND PlIt 18G9 18G0 SRASONKO POPLAft SKASONKI) C'lLSaKr. 18G9 ASH. WHITE OAK n.ANIC AND BOARDS. II1CKOKY. 1Q1(1 C'tOAU POX MAKKUS' iQin lOUJ CKvAIt IIOX MAKERS' loOU SPANISH CKOAK KOX HOARDS. KOH HALli LOW. 18G9 18G9 t'AIJOI.tNA HCANTMNU. CAKOL1NA II. T. S1LLH. NOH WAY Hl'ANTI.lNU. 1869 CKOAIt 8II1NUI.ES. -IO'b CTl'KKSS SHINULKS. I OOt AlALLK, UKO'I'IIKK CO., Ni. WH SOUTH 8trot. in bTATES 1WILDE1W MlUqJ FIFTl'XNTII STIIT.ET, UKLOW MAKKRT, ESLEU & BROTHER, Proprietor. WOOD MOULDINGS, UUAUKETS, ETC. BAI.USTEK3 ANT TUKNINO WOKK. A I.nrtrt Stork always on hand. 0 11 Im DAHX TLANK, ALL TI1ICKNFSSK3 1 l COMMON PLANK. ALL 1 II ICKNKdSKS. 1 COMMON ItOAHDH. IsndSSIHK KFNCH lUIAltDS. Willi K. PINK 1 I.OOUINU ROtKHH, YI I.I.OW AND SAP PINK 1-J.OOltlNUIj. lMnd Jrf. KPktCK JOIST. AI L SIZKS.' HKMI.OCK .IOIST, ALT, 8TZKS. PLAS'i KRINli LATH A SI'KCIALTY. Together with a general assortment of llmlding Ltimbef tor wi in low for cash. T. W. S VI A 1,1,. 1 1 it tun FIFTRHXTII nnd STILUS Street. L U M U E li U N D K R ALWAYS DRY. OYER Walnut, Wlilte Tine, Yellow IMnc, flpnicc, Hera lock, ishiiitik-fl, etc., always on hand at low rates. WATSON 3c GILLINGHAM", S?5 Na. ili RICHMOND Street, 13th ward. CENT.'S FURNISHING. COOPS. pATENT SIIOUIjDKR-SEAM BUIItT MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHINQ STORK. PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWEKf mii'lo lrom nieaxururueut at very nhort notice. All other article of GEXTLKMJSN'd DRE3 GOODS in faU vailcty. WlNCnKSTffR CO., 11 s F 1 No. 106 C11E:SNUT Stroot.- D li E S S S II I li T AND GENTS' NOVELTIES. J. W. SCOTT & CO., No. 814 C1IESNTJT Street, rhlladolphla, B tTrp Fourdoorg hplow Continental HoteL ENGINES, MACHINERY. ETO. PENN STEAM ENGINE AND ."lltllll W If WlllflU NKAFIM A LKVV ';l"I I'KAI "I'K'AL 'TTi' KN ; I N II K KM. MAO H IS I H IS. Kill l.f - at . 11 au nmj I ir,11l-,l iua-j A1AK1.KS, LLAlIKSMH iLS, biiiI FUUKUIClUi. hsvinff for ninny years lion in sni'cc-siiil operation, snd bsn ox tluHively engaged iu huildinK snd r)i)iijrin Marin sad liiver J .naincs, hiffli nnd low praiwure, Iron Koilors, Wutor Tanks, 1'ruiiellnrs, etc. etc., refpecttulljr ollor thoir snr viccs to tlio imhlic s beinir fully prepari-d to onntrsot I of eni;iur ol all HUrn, Marino, Kivor, and ritationary; having sts ot patterns of ditterent bi.i-h, are prepared to exrtoato orders with (juit k despatch. 1'voi-y dtwcriptioa of pattern niukins made at Uie nhortct notic-o. ilixh and Low pras snro ino 'luliular and C'jlindtr liollors of tho best Polio, r-yivuiua nurcoai iron. rtir;iUKsoi uu sir.usnnd kinds. Iron and l'.rn UantiiiKH of all doHuriptions. Koll Turuinx Si-rcw l.'utiiuK, aud all otiior work oouneoted with tu4 shove biiNiiiess. lruwiiiKs aud specifications for all work dons at the) emublirluucnt frro of charge, ami work ffuarautood. I ho mljtii rilHTH havo umple wharf dook-rooin for repairs) of boatx, where they can he in perfect suloly, anil are pro vided with i-beam, blocks, falls, etc. etc., for ruisiu heavy or lifiht weiKhts. JAi;"lB u. IX K A CirC. JOHN I. I.HVY, 8JI BKAOH and 1'Al.MKIt Streets. SOUTH WAKK FOUNDKY, FLFTH ANO WAfcllli'UTON Streets, riiii.iDKLrina. MEKKICK Ic SONS, EKGINEKU3 AND MACDiNTSTS. mannfacttiro High and Low Pressure Uteaia Eaglno lor uuu, juvrr, uiu juunue nrrvice. r-oiicrs, uaHometers, 'l anKs, iron uoftts, etc. Castir.ifB or all kindH, cither Iron or lirasa. Iron Frame ltoofs for das Works, Workshops, and ltallvoad htatlons, etc. ltetorts and GaaMachlncry of the latest an moat Improved construction. Every description of Plantation Machinery, aim, Soyar, Saw, aud Cirlxt Mills, Vacuum Pans, ui) btiiiiu Trains, Defecators, Filters, l'umplag u glues, etc bolo ApentsforN. P.llleax's Sugar BoUtngAprwu ratus, Ni-hinytiru Patent btniuu llauimer, and Asuln. wall k W oolsc-y's Patent Centrilugal bugar Drulo lng Maclitnea. i 80 QIRARD TUDE WORKS. JOHN n. MUEPIIY & B1103. Blanufrtcturcrs of Wrought Iroa Plp, Kt. FUILADELPUIA, PA. WOBKS, TW trVTV-TlUUD and FUJiGKT Hlrtm, OFFIOK, 4 1 n. 4ti North Fl KTn Ntraat. ROOFINQ. T F. A 1) Y R O O F I N J V This Roofins is adapted te all baildiiurs. It a appUed to BTKKP 0R VLAT KOOKS at one-hslf the Miiense of tin. It is roadlr put oa Shinglo lt-iofs without lemorinff the shirgtlo thus avjloi incthedaraapnirof ceillnds and furniture while undo n7n.r rnilliirs. 1 No BTaVttl UUPO.) r.0. RLA ST 10 PAINT. t . . . . I am always prepared to Repair and I aint Roofs M shatf noli . AL-i, VA'lM' FOR SAi JC by the barrel or gallo the best and sheupest In the mavket. WELTON, i 17 Ro. 711 N. H IKTU Stf'oiA?"!. OWNERS, BUILDERS. ri-t, ) , j". ivkj. 1 AMI ROOi-KRS.-Honfil Yes.ycs. .Rnnl Yes, yes. r.very sise ua V inrt, oll or new. At No. M3 N. Till iu '.. K1CAN CONURKTK PAlA'i' ANI ROOlf (JOMPANY aio sollinit their colohiated piunt lor iiri nuura,iww f.' pre.ervinK all wood a ud metals. Also, their so id ooj rlex roof covormc, the best ever cflorod to the pubho, w.ttt Kr"hes. cans, ifi ckuls. etc.. lor the "tM"". f i, and Water p.flot i Ugit. 1 ihti"ttb'hB?i0 luc, imalinir, or ahriukimr. No paper, t'0? foKall climates. Directions K.ven for KmfS men supplied. Oare, proiuptuess, oertaiotlll IW Bnosr, Caill l-auiuinel Judtiel . if it? " JOSKl'U LKKPB, Principal. rTAVEL ROOFS REPAIRED AND yAR- b ranted f..r Hy. at half Old uiVe'd with ,Tiy -A-S! iw. Keybtou.Rookug Company, No. 411 VLNM rllreek. Call and see. l VSt'o w w c w a ii n Vj BHIVI IKH A Kit COMVlMIOtr HKUJtUht No. S COKN I IKH HLIH, New York. No. IH NIIIITH WHARVKS. l'hiladelphU. No. 4 W. PRATT titreet, llaltiuioie. We are uiepared to ahtp, evmy defconplion of Freluns w riiiladelphia. New York. Wllniin,rtu. ami inteii!)uuue) tiioots with iiminpUieNS and-clesiwtoh. Oauai tiut bwiuu-tus (arakh4 tt hortsel tlUA t i
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