New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-23

III the morning il impossible 70 GET ooa' AOt"s'
at noon trips were made. but with III sty ana un-
certainty at night the closed ag AIN, and some Oh
the ferries were entirely stopped, while others lanu
eo their passengers promlscuousy along snore nom
PIke-st. TO the Battery. great many persons weh'
to Wllismsburgh and crossed a. the Grancs' ier'Y'
which was no. seriously obs'ructed. On the NORM
River the ice was not firm. yet strong enough IN
the evening hinder the passage Of some oil the ola
boats The new and stronger ones forced passage
through We believe but one or two trips were maze
to staten Island. Bulls Ferry, Newark Elzaoe'h-
port, Flushing and Astoria are all emoargoeo' sec
Marine head for disasters, &c
~ JENNY LIND left the Unlcn-place
Hotel Yesterday, and has gone 10 Boston to make
shor! visit with her friend Mrs Ward after winch sue
intends returning to this City, where she viii remain
until she leaves for Europe.
ry There is no material change In the
weather, but the indications are favorable for mod
Grafton. The sleigbing grows better the more " Is
worn, and our Carnival OF Bells is likely to last
week. The number of people abroad yesterday was
not so large as on the day beforethe weather being
still rather too cold for enjoyment. One sunny day.
with the mercury at 4G' would set the half million
inhabitants of the Metropolis crazy with ENJOY
ment
u The Young Mems Hebrew Beneyo-
lent Association, instituted for the gratuitous dis
trbution of fuel among the Poor through the IN
designed Directors, beg TO represent that owing 20
the severity Of the weather they have been neceS-
STATED to expend all their available means and num-
bers Of distressed are daily calling upon them Tor
assistance May we ask that the benevolent OF New
York will aid them by addressing donationsto either
Of the subscribers II B. Hsrts. Jr., President, No.
50 John.st P. j. JOachimssen, Vice President, NO
IIs Nassau.st r. Benjamin, Treasurer, No. 81
Chatham-st l.. Bernard, No. % BoTery P Levi,
Bank.st H. S. Van Praag, No. $50 Broadway, Jos.
Alden, No. I59 Pearl-st.
CATHOLIC INSTITUTE LECTURES. The
lecture advertised for last night was St. Vincent
De Paul and the Fruits of his Life by DR.. j. Y.
Huntington. of Brooklyn. We give below brief
sketch of the life Of the worthy Saint whose name
was the text for the discourse.
Saint Vincent De Paul, the promoter OF mission
airy enterprise and the founder of the congregation
called the Priests OF the Missions, was born at Pey
in 1916. In early life he was shepherd boy, buthe
soon developed talents of promising order, and
was sent for education to the schools of AclS and
Toulouse In the year 1900 ne WAS ordained
Priest of the Roman Catholic Church, and entered
UPON the functions Of his Office. Shortly alterNard
he made voyage to Marsellles, and on the return
by sea to Varbonne, his vessel was captured by
pirates from the African coast, and he was SOLD as
slave in the public mart at ruQs. lie transferred
twice to new masters but his third wRer, who a
native OF Savoy was converted by Paul the faith Of
the Church, ard IN 1907 both master and slave quit
ted Tunis in open boat and safely crossed the
Mediterranean, Landing at Algpez MoTtes. Suisse
quently, Paul in the employ OF the great Henry
~ ard Louis Kill from the latter of whom he re-
Al .hh of& 4 nd do lima Blu
for some time the almoner Of Queen Margaret
of Valois Aiierward he became a member OF the
family of VI. de Goudy General Of the GalleyS, and
was IN 1919 appointed Almoner General of Galleys
About this time he began the formation OF his Socle
ty OF Priests Of the Missions, which Urban VIII, N
1862, formed into regular congregation ami named
Paul az the Superior G eleral. In the meantime,
Paul prOmpte by the benevolent spirit which was
his distinguishing characteristic, established hos
pital for founcllDgs, until then an unknown in
siitution, and through mis- influence the HOsp
tails Bic6tre and Saltpeirere were well endowed.
He also established a hospital for galley-slaVes at
Marseles and various other charitable institutions.
The ard he a man of great inhue nee IN
the State he was the confessoT OF Louis Nil, anu
during the infancy of Louis XIV his voice was pc,
tent in the councils OF tho regency rms grea' anu
gnod man died in 1860, ~as beatlhed by Beaeolc5
Kill in 1929 and ,ncuiZed by Clement MI IN 1877.
From these facts the natural oee1c1 ,nd 1ousa CS
| Paul and the ideas which he set IN action. His
whole life was series Of self sacrifices for the spur
itual and temporal welfare OF those classes OF com
muniiy who are the mos. liz need of such mnistra-
tions We need not proceed to sketch the lesson In
culcaed that is sufficiently obvious from the above
premises.
MECHANICS INSTITUTE LECTURES The
regular lecture before this association last night
was by Joseph NJ. Sanderson-subJec., American
Example and Education of the Mechanics" We
are sor1y to say that the attendance was very light
owing perhaps in some degree to the change Of TO-
cation, from the ee cts of the late fire in the Bow.
cry. The lecture IVES delivered in the room OF the
Mercantile Library Association in Clinton Hall.
Mr. Sandersons subject was mainly tbs superb
ority of our institutions and system of Government
for the proper development of the true excelencles
Of mechanical genius and the result OF these favor
able advantages, as shown by the mechanics Wnch
We had produced He thought that our free and
happy people had no need TO seek after and Initiate
the fashions and folfes of the people OF the Old
World Our governmental system and Institutions
had inherent strength which not only sought nothing
from without, but sent forth spirit into other con-
tineYts which was leading men TO break loose from
their letters and establish our system IN Their own
LANDS He ridculed the idea Of aping foreigners IN
the peculiariiies of dress young America neeoeu
10 beard TO establish his CLAIM to manhood,
ard received no dignity from little iet nat
with feather in il, bob5ing up and down Ike
buoy upon the sea shore. The Lecturer pro-
ceeded to address the Ladies, upon the Importance
and extent of their influence In the education OF
sons He referred 70 the mothers and granlmotherS
of tie present generation, and showed tndt t1ey were
more anxious TO knit stockings for their childTens
feet rather than seek out Women's Rights ConVen-
tons and run TO all sorts of houses TO get names 10
all sorts Of petitions to send up to the Legislature
He smoke With reprehenssn of BloOmer.sm ana
such fapcies, but gave tue Innovation creal' fof
dong away with streetsweeplng by silk dresses
Mr. closed BY picturing the important influence
,~iicb woman can and does WELD 10 forming the
character OF man, ana especially o. that free and
invaluable class Of our fellow citizens the Amer-
can Mechanics.
The mex, lecture will be on THURSDAY nsh' nek'
by G D. Hiscox, on the 4" Propeller for steam YES
sels