Female Secret Societies

The New York Sunday Dispatch says, there are fonr Onlers of female secret societies, besides seveial independent associations. They all had their origin in that City, but have extended so as t o have branches in more than half of the States of the Union. The most numerous of these is the Daughters of Temporáneo, who have in the city, fourteenUnions under the control of the Grand Union, and holding charters from it, and twenty-thrce others in the Stale - and many in other States. All these have their regular constitutions, by-laws, organizations, secret forms, pledges, pass words, ceremonies of initiation, dues or taxes, benefits. They number in the city 2000 members. Next in numbers and importance are the Daughters of Rechab. They are under neorly the same rules and regulations as the Order of Rechabites. They number in the city about 1000. The Original Daughters of Temperanee have nine Unions,' mostly in the city. The Martha Washington Temple of Virtue is the name of another Order, composed entirely of unmarried ladies. The Sisters of Tempcrance is still another. The whole number of rnembers of the different female ?ecret societies in the city is upwards of 5000, and in the United States more than sixty thousand. - Argus. (t5 The contributions for Irelanti, thus far amounts to $203,337, of which New York city gives $53,000.