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TURKISH DUPUC1TY. jTHE PORTE* AN8WEB TO GENERAL WAL? LA! U-VIOLATU-N Of TKi.Ali;:-. I ? Rcao-ai ooBaaa_wnj_rs*ros tweTataowe-j 1 t'.i\-i.s\Ti.Vi.rii . Maich 1.'. Thc r.-.iki-it Covt-iiiiu. m. yielding to Oeneral Wallace's demand, has given an gnawer rn the . ;ii! ,. ,.,?? i ?? redreaa ol wrooga i . Amerioaa dtiaeoa Theta alaiaia wera , pr,-.-it.,1. in (all reliance upou the ,,.,i,tv- af the Perte hi tha farm of reqnest' to the anatoeanewt of tha guilty partiee. ... M- i of punrshtng, the Tarkhth Oovernmenl hastn-otectedmen who have injured American etti - , *.!? ndi d its Impartial favors alike te , . als and ta highway robbert, li baa tl.us taken noon linell thc reapooaibillty foi theil jut,,, iiie lorin of the deniand after montha of pa Heat waiting ama i-". thia reaaoa chan.cl into a claim apon tl"- Torte for a lanai iadeaanity i"i tha Injured peraot-a. Tha Parla entirely ignored the preeenta ion ol throe clalaaa nnd tims fbroad upon the raited Btafeethe need of makiaga eateawrioal ..1 foi an aaawerof aoaae kind, a iib tha alter? native ol aocepting lhe position in which a eon tuii , i aileaee o' tha Turks would place it tha poei lion ot .ni ob.-tr. pi lams tun.plain.mt tuc iu-'mnili coal to lie iioticcl. ibe i i.ic.ftii al fliinaiid wai nunie, aad secured tia- ali-tWti ni tin* lorin i>1 a nam ral refusal of all thc itaiius. The United Btatea hu*-ooeaaioa lo i>e grata* lui ta-1 lu- Turka lor ni inst argnal b_fl it a beering, al thoagh the aaewer rei ni rea] flees not rory much ad rance thc qneation nf vi.htin. thc wron cs. Hut Kimiilti'.iii "in-.iv with this answer lin* shrewd diplo? mat- o! Ibo Snldiuie I'm to have raised anew quee tkm. They claim thal tha United Statee Minuter has been guiltj ol a v lolatiou of diplomatic naafe ia addreaaing the QrandViaier laatead of wartiafl hia i banco ol aeO-Bfl tia- Minister of lore,un Allan.-. All who bare ever ha d occasion t.> t:ikt> a case Into n Turkish c..uri are familiar witb tbe bewildering weal ion produced by being (__exnectedly traaa iuiaB-d Dom plaintiff into defendant. Ifyouaoc eeed in aecnrhi_ the -neel of a burglar who has en tered your house, you will probably lind al the police roon that you ate yuin.eli nuder guard and on trial for baring robbed the burglar of a pistol ..i . ?._, i while be waa p tcefally promenading | through your rooms. In fm I. you will be lui ky ii von gi t "il bj a gleeing i" drop your anil in the hope that the burglar will ben r. 11 Ll enongh to waive the prosed, ion ol his charge. Men now lie In Turkish pri ns ? boee sole offence lethe use ol lin*.nm-in iii vin'* i-ll midnight marauders. They arc the n iiuinals, w Idle the robb ra bave none free. ()f the seine order of deft i ve strategy is the .hare, raised hythe Porte aga ns! General Wal1.ic. Thia cl xpect?d to turn the attention of the United States Oovernmenl from the real points ni bane. But that Government ought to know how nt teri y unprecedented ls the claim that the Min rofthi United Statea moy not preaent d' directly to the Grand Vi.i'i. .Ml Powersprescut ileiuuiitl- io the Grand Vizier wi inui some ol tho ol ii i Vin ba isadora made some vei v urgent representation** t ?> the t.iun.l VizieT within a few hours "1 General Wallace's interview, li i** tl!",. Inn) diplomat!! lic.-,,ti:ili<ilis',\v:th t'.ic I'a'rlc ai c. aa i rule, conducted through tbe Foreign Ollice, Hut jual so soon n- ri qneetion becomes hot?and hardly a week passes la thew dayswithoul annt-s lion becoming bot?the Ambassador of the Poa t i nned Inevitably goes t" the Grand Vitter aboul !'. The onlj exception to thii mle ls when "cu ..; thc greal Ambassadors, instead ol going him uclf, semi-, one ol lu- understrappers to make a de? mand U]. theGrand Vizier. The Porte naturally tb.. - nol like these critical Interviews with the chief I oi the Government. But it wonld think twine before undertaking to refuse Lord Dnfferin access to tlie Grand Vizier, and il baa never hitherto attempted io bur the Ginini Viiiei's door to an Anuiic-'ii Mm -tr. The attempt In this ca* attempt to rate the United Statea in a lower cate ^a,,i than the claaa of (inui rower-.. If tho United Btatea i- "I no more importance than Bervia or K mmania, Ihe Amertoaa Hinlator haa not the privilege ol tbe European Anibaaaadora, and hus no jntiiii- ol presenting questions to tbe Porte winn tin .Miiiistct' ol Foti ign Affain is occupied or imlis. noted, 'I iii-, ellon to acl aside Ihe established l>T('t edeuts of diplomatic usage so far bs the United Bl ? i is concerned ia tbe sum and substance of the bm ' ii' raised by the Porte ia lieu of eatiaiying the legitimate demands of tbe Gov erntnent. Thtfpeople of the United Mates have themselves to tliat.k. in no small degree, for the disagreeable tH-k whicb now devolves upon their Government, Tin- hirks have taken up a lui"-." position as to the | respect due to the United Btatea. It devolve-upon the l'nitc'l stat' - Government to lead tue Tm . t i j le from thia false fiosition. liit does noi insist Hl?"ii this, it? raprearutatives moid bei j,.i il, a ii ." bated breath in the presence of tbe great ii, .ol Turkey, Bul the Turks would nol bave l encouraged to form their false views of the pee it ion <>i America had Congress taken |i have the power of the United Statea exhibited in three regions. Witb theee Eaateru la lia*, a i f-iiunc!'"'which i- still ol snflicicni import am c to be .\,'. ih protecting. Bul throughout thi sc lands, lear fi the consequences alone lestrains etncials and people from breaking np the ooiuun rv* <.f inn ig , - ci.mir-." In all tli.--.* Undi the j.plo, from tbe least I" the greatest, learn no lessons I ial pta net object IraoonB. Bul they sea no Binn of the Thi re :- herc -., steam lauticb which i-. hired bj tl ?? 1 uited i u,v. iiiiitei,t Inc th ? I.i ".'aiu-n to ase in oftieial vtaite ! un the _ktepheraa. But it it a stai among I Turi:-, aa among European uiplomsta, that ile-ex- ? IK.nt nt ol lit, power and glory ol tho I mt. d - 1. only hind daring two or tlir.-e montha ol year,nnd thal CotigresB, in appropriating fm t, . anaaaiaall mada the |.i..,imi that thia steam J*.lllich i-ll Ulld be f'T lhe jo.Iii Use of lin - M ll 11-. 1. ? i and the ( auaul. Thee all Um- world knowe ihat the ? United Btatea Oovernmenl ehliaes i;.-, Ifimster to iis|, ii -1 '.an ni's coiiM-:11 iaefare In* cnn usc the steam launch and that often win i the Consul happens t<? l*e cut in iii-- launch laanortaal business of the j B-Bgeti-Si lnu-t await his return heferc the Minial si i i t aamnnicatc with Ibe city, Once in two or three yean an American ship ef war may mal hasty trip alaufl the coast, creating anet.-.<?, ii InunromI m. pei baan, Hut there is before tito eyes nf tins- paunia io abiding picture of tin United Mate- na a (brea la the world. Dence tbe pee take ii-at mir nvvnj\ ablation. Well lllfwmuil. Ul al least Influential, ?**op|c ni (finsiiintiiifipic have a jiotron thal the greatnemof tbe United Btates ex- ' i-t- oula b ' ium Earoaona governmente (brink from ?itt**jiip'iii? adventur-*- l-ciond tba mivl I lantie. Aol .nans mayhavogrowa riehbj a mg immunity fi-un attack, hui they bave na ur.uv. no uaw, ut..I wonk) bt laateiillj natiajnerrd ii a was waa aa take Uaaaad aaldiera ta then distant abor, v Th- 'I nth-tnil.r lu Licvc. I..- ? (Amer jean war pawer, that American ubililyuB revoage v rontrs '- s myth. Thi* belief _ the key to Turkiah andlifity .'rs lo American lights. 'i ic., i- an Ibm i l< an Real -on-euhare in ii i Mi _. ttaammaasa, whesNoeaeoil is to sh..* brththefllery ot tin in,i.si Mulct.. Hm j.liifc foi that fleet ta in Tnrkiab watara; ta thc eastern and nat la thc y.<*tcru part -i tlu Meii.ien.iiie.iit. ia tbem waten it would be serving sonic purpose. It migLt maa] out ship*, m. ll.vuiK mTUbt to Ulallie nnd Italy?U nh Milnciint l;.-i-iic.:iy to evora ne thane counlties. Bngkaaauatfanamau gheajld ba ia tha Gaga, when it ts needed. Had it been in Turkish umteu Muad lir, inrbas the laat troajjheua-a tea yews, thc i>n._cnt diaagreeabk queatlona would nevi have un-? a. lt ttaaabe diawa away flaam ti.e atmethu eaaal c. Uranti. )?-tnert jircti-iii-e will liavc ri BBagnetic la jiiuii.'c ia tha dlrmtian af ahawiag the Turka thal there ai*' -ail it ti. in-, t.f ??x.-.tii.a: (.'.c-tions ethel than thow now meal facile, to the TurUab mind. 'I hiN if. Ii.ifti, al ilot trine. *1 be pla.-. Un the MaaV il'irsiieaii fltN-t is evideully Villafranca, b. tou-s*. fns-Mootli, that i.l.Kc j* ninn- convenient ior th* j'N.jiei iiiioviiii.iit of uH\ni oflaaaral TUaktheaMu luent {.I wave niiide In reply to * Top,**, als foi tho lb st to bc moved into the Levant, lint fla lha Auk, .tan jH-ople really kt*v ? licet iu theil) laucnu in orJt-r to provide cnn-itsuiiim-iit lol ii, i.1bc( i sr I have travelled in France uud Haly, and 1 have .si-t-u naval officers maintaiuing the glory ol j tht United Stale* iu Um hali-iooiu* ol Mmt aud hy J lhe roulette of Monaco. I have found them jovin . 1'iiip.itiiiuis aa the railwaya afFnmot and Italy. They adorn tlie hot.is ol I lorence an.i Bama, Hut deaaitoall this. I balm re they would aehnowbaflaa that tl," .erv ic-which tiny render their country would I.e more lan'.fihle if ll" iv station WM in these Eaetern ?iis. 'linc, '.heir -hip- kwh afUttle like an? tiquated arknhj the aide of tbe trrc.it Knulisli iron (Lids. Hut even these shins, held constantly before the .v.-of Orientala, would produoea moral eil.-ct toward advaneing An-ciuan inteneta which nu lengta ol ataj iu Freneh or .Italian waten oauap proaeh. Tbe curioiiH ,'iititnile of theTutka toward their treaty obligationa baa hid two oi ihn-e new illll.s1ratioii.-i within the p.ist (eW weeks. Thc qUOO tion ol il.e im ill tm imp. .11- is n barnine one. lhe I'orte w i -h.a to raia, thc Beak ot ita duties in order i . iacreaee its revenue. Hs deeire can bardlj ba oalled :.vein.nt toward protect um. im il- poll, v i- H> lax hollie illilllstllts nut fd ex i-telK e. whatever tho aeale of impori duties. Hut this deaire ia ham? pered i.v th.- bel thal it is bonnd until 1890 to ad mit all Qermaa poods at about eight percent ntl valorem. The * favored nation " elana, of Un- an? cient treaties alan binds ihe Porte to admit the gooda of all thc oilier principal COUUtl lat nt th'' Bama rate of duly. Hence ali thc Powers, whilewilliag t.> negotiate new eaaameroial treat im aa b baale of a hillier linty, insist tlmt mit il QarBBtttt gooda are taxed at tl.e higher rate the eight per cent duty inu-t bc linivfi.-al. The ni,isl benevolent WOll wiaherof Turkey wottld not wish tba whait Impori trade to im taken np by thc Oermaaa Hut th.* Porte, (uatTucted by its German advisers, has bow deelared thal it floes not propose ta recognize the "favored nation'' clause of thc treaties aaanj longer binding, 'lhe leaaon aaaigned lor thus ignor lufl a treaty righi i? thc aeual one: " It ia mit com? patible with tba interests af thc Imperial Hovel ii iti.-ii t." Ibis (h vision is likely lo lead tO seline ex trmaely hvely remarks on tlu pun of thoBritiah and the Rnasiau Ambaeaadora. Agata, Tm key ls bound under thc treaty of Berlin to give a Christian government to Crete, Recently it anuunoned the Gove nor, a Ureek, Pbotiadia Tasha by name, to this city and uuietlj appointed a Moslem iu l) - plac. Hut n >wsol tbe appointment leaked out before the new appointee reached bia m.si. Si'Vriii! ol' tia- rowers, indignant at the at? ti mpted violation of tbe treaty, Instantly demanded tl,, revocation ni' the appointment. Tbe English (inv. ruin nt even went so far as to order ita fleet to Crete. Upon thia tho Porte wai fl ?creet enough to stop the link, and to s md Photiadis Pacha back to his post, During the peat five yean an English rompanj has been running passenger steamers between Smyrna and tbe shores ol the Gull oi Smyrna. li-.,'!.' have found the Gulf villages a pleasant re? lict ii in the beat of the city. Land hus gone up In value, houses have been hu,li. and a desert has bein turned into a fashionable resort The idea of i in? ning steam rsi., these Gulf villa .'es never oe urred to tbe link-, uni neverwould have occurred to theil! in a huudred cent nrie.i to come. Bothe local ollie a - Iri/i.v favor, il tu"operat ion ol this Knglish coiupauv, bm 11:., I no pint , '. lur .-, itiuient us to the v alnc ot its privileges. Af ter five years ol operation, t i it< io ii j. .mt bas i. come |uits a .valuable property, n ii'I other comp ting lines have sprung up. Now, however, tbe i' ii ? rum) ni a ipinred on Hu scene, lt was nol cont.'iii w itu I.ic increased receipt*, from nock and hui bot tn.-s, bm tijiv.-fi a direct si the .Li ub-'uls. I he Uovernment, tin refore, in con? sideration ol ;: certain percent age of receipts, gave to ri i'n11, tin , ?., naive right to cum pasrenger* in the Gulf nt Smyrna. Tue English objected to brina summarily oustsHl from an en erprist tliej I'."I In i i m. vt n i tho knowledge and ... ?-? i.i of the Turks. I iic.v vi,,i,t .i a m.'in i pii.i nn iii iii extiiiziii.uiueul ot their ligbtn. In. Turks nc-^otia.od long, but claimed the wini to seize tin KnglisbniAn's bimi id?. lu vj. ,1- ? it is ri i iirki-b waters. Last week the 'links, wi,h.nit waitiug foi the final ans wei ol iiu' iii ?? t i-1i i itiveiiiim tit. -ci troops and broke nu tin- iv hu- f ..I th- Knglish company, cutting adi if I tbe li a i ly inn t icie. They thu- violated the ancient in es insulting tho English Hag. I lenee they have ben led to make a prompt and bumble apology on lear.ling that a couple of En? glish Ironclads were t > make a ( all at Smyrna in a ( Usual Bl It of way. 1 ll i; M Bl l< A.\ Cl: MIMI. RAI I. ROAD. lill: LAST STOKE .WI) 111 ir. FIBS. THROUGH THAIN. i i ,,m ut OCCASION Al ? "iiiu.-f'M'i m ol rut 7K.ir.rM ., Mexico, March 15.?This letter, which goes u. the Urst through tr In from thi* cltj to Kl Peen, leave* here nt ft e'elock thia ffletnrdayi morning '.u'tnin be m. Monday at tin- Texan frontier, whence there li regular foniimiiii.'ii!".'! ** iiu New fork In about Rve day*. Thia i- a li'iuarlaiii ii fact, fur the Beru "iori, mall Isnotre t-.i. fl here until twelve days after n leave* thal city The Mexican steamer nhleh leave* Ide w-York on Thar* hiv l-iiiic nt Vera Crux a weet after the Sunday fallon ni.-. On Mun.lui tbe mall 1* bron*rb1 bera to tha Vera ( ru7. train, snd on Tuesday morning lt ls distributed at the poe) ofBce. The malla sent b) wej ol Kew 0 tonic ,n ii? timi, but aa there ai onlj three uteatnrra monthly from tbat cit) In Un aprine and wbitei month*" imii infiie in Kim.mei', u lieu quarantine i-..,;,???, >->i. tlie . . un.ui.mi,.,non ail lin ; < . t round ia byway york. The speedy ootnmtn cation bet i nthtarltj and the Ti ran frontier i- floe,,.' tirane, to ' i e completion of the Mexican Oenti al I practicable for ,. train '? the average rate of tini,;v live mile* per burr to mako the |ournej ti Kl , , l*_2S uni.-.-) in bant ailie a aura. Prom El i1, tbe laaurii.i tn Chi em nlnetj -Ixhaura- to nt. Looi* tn ai".ut eighty-eight; sod to Ken Vork In 120. Mexico la ii.u- brough! mt-) eloae relations with thi lui'.cl Mil les, itnii lin- vu u ,.try which PX tl nd- f,,.iu 0 to tin.- capital a diftanes ona fourth j than iiiiit from N< ? York to ( liicif.*.) la Hu..iva oj tin- m-pi i lion ol imii i-'-, mi ri hant- ami pi Mpertoi*. 'H.- prto :? :?? anlsatiuu ot tbe Mexican i el ? ki ,i in tprll i-s't. when Piest tleni i'm/ granted -h'i..; te Voe reaaioual approval) a i ii,, i ter for tit.- iniei ;.i i-<- lo Mr. Kobari ii. ? ? *?. ? >n. who Beting lu cone-it with Mr, Reman Ouanum nrni Mr. .*-, i,:i-(iHii COwBeho, ol tin-city, bad Hen red the ea op^-,, ti.ni ol Mr. Themas Ktekeraon and other Bostsneapltal i-t- Benaeeted witk un- APiti-on, Topeka and gents Fl Railroad, wbk-li bad advanced steadily toward Um eui frontier. Wlthoul walting for tbe approval ofthe m.'M.'.'.ii ( oagreta whiek came la doe niue, the Mexlcua 1 Kail '??' < .un- iv, ai auls-l la Beaton) for wanted railroad material to titi* citj bj wayo! Vera Cruz, ant) In Mar, 1*?80, Hie work *ra? begun. The Ural v ,, laid ai Um nu \ i-li. li inn Hit-..-I. in tl,-del ..I tin- el'y. iiml With tli.ilp';*.. ii-iu. '?! ?? of supply tbt line wi.-, .xieiuii ti :,, I,,? the v..'.by ol Mexico uml I brough thi Pass of Nochoatongo to tbe valley of Tula. j le t.i 1 gftj .1,1,1 mill v.. ii-op oed fut irall'l. on Sej. tenibar 15. i--i. Jiu iic-i. iii. i engiucer waa tha tate Howard Bohiuier. Tba primary -:..??- nore Un iUll,-ni!, but Mr. .-ciiuvier"- encrg] parried the a irk bravel) "n. On December 151b Uh iwue year the road v it- it-*eneil to the to Wa Of flan J.I,i ii ill Rio I .''. lull,-,. v, kere paaaengera not bait for breakfast, lu 1882 rapid progrea* vms made, Tbe lina waa opened for general I m.ia- io Q ,- r ; mi (153 lulu-.,) tm i'? l.iu.it.t 15, 18"-C_; to ( tl.iy.i il--.") rn::..-, on April IV :ti I to InpaatO (21. ..'j May l. The Iron lugbwaj bad entered the low indi al .,' ? roi :, and over tho levvl plain* of tbat re .iu, tue progrea* wa< rapid. The road v.,,s opened !>? A Hit- ne't fear (lg* i> i un-triu-tmii weill un rapidly. The (InanjOuato brancb, wbleb eonneeta tbe nunn ime with thai in-torn- mining etty, *ra? o|?e!ie?i. Later tha reel \*n* extended tu Lagon, n::-i ii would hove oc'-u eompletcd to Agna* Callente* by the .:..i of tin- v .ur iut,l .not the eouatruetion of a long viaduct ul Knc.ii intel,,n retarded operation*. Tins vcr tbe temporary ul root ure there ?i,- replaced by an Iron one nml the raUraad wn- opel aa* Work wai luapended at Preaulllo, vrbich la fortjr mllea nortk weal of th;ii arly, to await the Berranee of thc Borthern Oltrlelao. 'n lac rorib.wilh El rn--,. Tera*, ns thc ba*e of lpie.v. *s .ik in,il geneon rapidly,and byhepicmbri IP, ic_2, ul road liail )..-.-n completed - ? , ??:-.:-', lillie-). Colonel I). H. Ku! Illvotl. W lill lli.t ta s?ii ,-imln,,' tba Sonora Kail-natl, tla-u look ahaega ami by (he tn. I 3 bul roar, when ha wan placed in control or the anti a In e. lu- bad reduced thc ;';ip between the two aivtahm* tn lMlmilft*. WlUi Ihi- i iii aa Mb iieadt|umiter*, ( i>lf>ne.l lioi-uistin han Itia-l.'iiisl t-Bititli., tl).- i-omplctioii of Um.- lion highway. In Hie torentl ?!.*;? nek inr >iav? of la?t tuui.tti aeventv three mlle* nf trm-k wera Md, and uti the laat linne day* ot isniiMniciiou work titree huh one-hnlf milts* ol'rnll* were laid dally. Iluriu. tbe p_st t selie montb? . . la* I ivs been built, ao thal la aueody count ruction lt I* cliilmtfl tba! the Mi -lcm ? ontnu " .". nts ah prt vi tais Beaaa-B.** iiu- i..ini?vr of tbe two end* aud tlie drlvinr of tin- Hind i-pile we;', aeeompliabedon Hainntaylani wltboutmueli i n at .. |wfnt -ix mlle* from Prcanlllo, whi.-ii i 7,281 id above the nea level and owe* Ita exl*U iee t.. neb niine-m Ita iir.uic.ii.itc vi, itnii. The uni in? mt tha lu-i -pii., _..? appnaprlBlelj aaalgned uot la en> pnbli ? oiiu ntl inn i.iiiie mastri trail.niau, i. li. Buckner. A -,,,ii as the laat atroke had la n glvei i Irumthe ifstiii-"iiiihii aonthern Uviat-on Bdv_aeeea_d nut. and i haar* were alvan tor Ute Untteg ^^^lle^, Mectae and the Btate of /.mite BS. Tin- lion Ultima* of i.^^^ miks wei ?orupictf. ? Mi. A, .1. (ii -i,t?, formerly rtae-fs___B_nte. the renn ty I vania Itailroad, v. nu .-omi biend* from Philadelphia, --.turua io i_e United States ly the speoial train whlak . ..iii, - ti.N. Cot-tie] l>. B. Bo-tnaon aeeompauieethem iu Cl FUaa, 'ibe nil ill.uil I..n at Un- Ul t)i in Ibeij.roeiU' Tit :.ty (? l'i an ri ii,.- ta the Ami rb an resident* bore, Tin. Mi il.au -'uni. win. li meeta on April 1 will rvrtnlnlv ratify it sass. 'ibe Mi-7i.nu <;tiv.riiiueiit {u-omis** u _ul_4dy of gi9,000 per mund lilpto a compuii' u In, n 1, ti,. -i,u, ii.-ii a summablp Rna bstween tha TmSAt cs.i.st nnd A*?la. luduceueuU are ohered tn have tbe ateamer* cali at Culled t?uic* aud U-ulrui _,._a. ic-ui _hm la. TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES. SAE ri: \s ci sco. THE OPERA SE___OM CLOSED--A MKRCENAKY I.awyf.H-A DUEL ESCAPED. tt n__o___ni to tua i nine m.] Sax Fi!AN."i.ii-ii. Mnicli 89.?Tim enefOtk uruna, after mnnluf Ilona wooka, ended to-day, when Patti *<a vt- u tiniil null ince pei forniancc to tlie larircsi Imust* of Hm .-.jMoii. Tin* (renl Tutti bou ccrl at thc Pavilion nun ii Minces-,, not lt-aa limn S.OOO nOOUSO hiing present, of whom not mort* (Iihii half could bear Hie singing di*lmctl.v. (icrsh r lins drawn annd house.*, nnd llnnleanu preuai-na to pay tin* t itv fl y. arly visit hereafter. 'I bf lilnir.il patronage wa* a surprise to many i.c*ide* thc nura ager, an aenta fm la-t weeli brongM hO thc wny from eight to fifteen doUnn at mk tlon. Tim opera unity bit i lu* ? i i v to-night for Snit I.uki*, whare a performance will be given in the |_oat Tnbernncle, I be f ity was treated thii are k lo ??> aerete earth? quake- bul for some lennon tho dnnutge wno ron? da .1 to Bracking tho walls nf a few bamnoni boaga i on tba " linnie" ground. There was dungog in some an. icu tl.ii i,'di ncs,1,ke I he old('itv Hall.and thojpolico ?ouuht safely boa tina lulim iu Bight. But either tbe eboeka ara leas levero now, or builder* do their work beit.r thoa formerly, lor no material damage is recorded. Even lofty brick and alone atructuie-i which had lie >n erected during tho lust ten years were a* Btondy a* ordinary two-story dwelling*, which Kites to shew th it the earthquake- has hut most of its tunori for Han Francisco. Tho sharon case lins Ulled tho newspaper* tin* week with testimony which tho reporter* cal) " spicy.'' but tin -re was little of the indecency of tba piwriona week's proceedings. The defence arc now bringing on their witnesses, who include seine "shady'' i hara, tera, one hoing an ?x-GofOtlMg of Wleconain who travelled udor as mnny nHneaa as u jToft-s-sionul buging, The court-room audiences prow oo uproarious n f_w dayl ugo tbnl thc judge nliaiioil lim mom, end now taasboi aeelian nftnr wnentkraa gm ooapellod to defend on tiie Morning pupen. Hie 8tate Legislature hoe been in aeiaion lur ? wei., ami li,is done eonaiderable work. Ex Judge Wallace, wbo recently scoured election to tha Assembly bout tins etty as a atepping .sioiii. to the United Btatea Bennie, is maraballtngtbeforeoaof the Anti-Monopolbrto, li? the Bourbon seekeri after pohtii al spoil-call tbem selves. He has introduced an Antl-M-O0pol*t pint form, vv Inch at itt; i pis to show ihat the coTporatkma ure not owners bul merelj trustees of tbe railroads, and that the Slate ie the real owner of the fran? chises nnd lo.'iil-l.iiis. ll this principln vu:'. adopted, railroad companies would be nt thc mercy .?I State official* and the Legislature, who could re? duce rates or inake other cbangea ni will. It ls erl dent ihat tbe anti-monopoly dodge will be worked fm all it is worth by tbe Demoerata; but they cannot count on the fidelity of manj ci their own1 membera, who are not anxious to follow tho lenders iii euch radical measurea. Tbe true rn aeon for calling tbe extra aeaaioa ot the Leg? islature i- univ shown i" be tba rapai ity of Deimos a lending lawyer, who expected to t-'.-l a ba of $50,000 for arguing tbe railroad tax doom before the supreme I ourl al Washington, A com prom! a effected bj lhe Attorney-General wonld throw the lawyer out of his fee; so be worked on Got st om man to cull r.'i extra ?< BOU, and ll.u.s subject ih. Btate to tbe expense of full |ll><>,i)i><> kn ordei that he might save the fee. Tins ia tho milk in tba Democratic anti-monopoly . oconnut. tic vernor m..n "ii ian in hia menang. u> th* Legisla? ture at tbe opening of th.* extra BBasion inferred tbal Attorney-(ieiiiT.il Marshall waua party to tho compromising of tha taxes il'ic from tba Central Pacific Railroad to the Btate. Tat Alta Col published to-day u letter from tbe Attor i' General to tbe Gorernor, tn whieh ha sacs: "in nenaurini a oooatitutional officer yon were bom <l lo state the caee truthfully. You (1 ul not do so. To serve the intered* of 9 greedy pettifogger you Imto fixed in the archive* ofthe Btate and i rystalliaed In a pnblie doeumenl g libel on n eo-otdinate department, and have be? trayed your tiu-t a-. I public nerran! and ymir boner a* a private gentlen au." San l'l BUIlisUS has h.nl ii.rtd luck willi sporting entertainments, a* the wrest line? ll ii b between Muldoon aud Whistler wno n **hip? podrome" of ihe wont kind. Whistler easily proved him-elf the better man, aa Muldoon waa on tin- defensive ill tin- evening, although be weighed twenty pounds more than his ontogenist, After iiu- tiiis.o it will be difficult to till thc Pavilion wiih am iihci big audience to nee eithei area oi sparring, iim avaricious athletes hove killed tbe gooaa tha' laid the golden egga, I', re ll.i.i' inthe an I hia v ifs, now on a riait here, ba , '? i,, aii sd min courteai '.,' from tim 1.1 _;n colony, ."-??n-it'.r 1'iiii ia beek L re from 'Vi'-1 "lotion what lu- ( ''ls buaince li i- georral talk in nociety, bfiwever, thal still won be wife ii.ni v u I.e u;.- recently I cd. nd wu- broken tin? we.'; i > ? Bow Flood's new brownstone palace, tai *.?,!> ,! i lhe granite wall which Henator Fail ia build ". , ?nri-l his L.t. directly aero i tbe way from Wood* lum.;-....ne-) in the cit). 'lhe Metal aeneation of the week h.is ben , quarrel between Conni Dtatwveky, tha Ki Consul bete, and Conni ZacbarofiT, who anana i with the Patti party. Zaeharofl paid tbe Ulla <-t ? pleasure sxcuirlon to Belmont which the Consul gave to Oeretei mid soma other membera of the opera troupe. Tbe facts of tba story wore j.ni llehed, putting the Consul in ;t disgrai cful p..-ii loi, wboraunon bo densnnded an agelogy of Zoeharoff, lin-ian., refnoodtonnologigo, and mada p-iepnn lions foi a duel willi rapids; but lhe ( .ui.-ui's nen ni ge nailed ami he didn't tami the challenge. CHICAGO, POLITICAL PERSONAL AMIiSEMENTB. [hi mt Ol vi'ii h. nu. lKiniM ; ( nit vt..., Mun b 20.?The local Republican Com? mittee chosen to iit-iioct niiiiiiijeiiiiuit- for the No? tional Convention ha- hud a meeting and consulta? tion with tbs managers oi tbe May Musical Festival. A leuamillon of tbree wu* appointed t" i anani! with i'i xtt.tsii ion i lireetera, tba nuwaogeraol the Fes? tival and the IVraocratie committee, Nothing defi? nite hm.vet boen decided, bul it launderatood that these bodiea will pool their expense laauee,asthe uii.iiii,'.iiiciits fm the MayFcstivg] ure gdmirably iiiiap-si i.u tho noeg of Ihe eonvontbinn, Com mitteee hove aloe been apoointed on t_n_um_itatlon nnd linatn-e. Mr. VV. (.'. Goody san thu! Um toni mit tue of ji tanjil nmnta foi lb" N.iiiopiil Democratic Convention voa tn havi hnbl ita ti rat luting bara t>n Thuroday, but that Chntnun Barnum tele? graphed him poetpontng it indefinitely, llepte. ?.unit** that the Ceuvention v ill be held in tho Ex? po.-mon Building, though some tif bbl Wenda favor Battery D Armory. There wno n otrong feeling in favor of makin k tIii** convention a deliberative bod] instead of a howling mob, though he believed sents bliould be prep*led lol 10,000. The most i opspicnous event in State politics, dining thc Week WM the Withdrawn] of (J "vernor Hamilton ue a i aiulidatf f.-t IO olection. In hi , Iel I t.-r nddiuggad to thi Republicans of tho Btaia ba | .-.ays ? ? If I won able to nata** thk dMln of Um I.V publi. un* ol Illinois 1 would not wif.h to du a. Therefore I bara determined uot tn ?ntinjnaiini ia stand ..ut against tba sentiment kn ta voi of tbe lioinimitioii of ex-Qovanoc O^lcaby, and foi tliat I i moat rrapertftilly withdraw my natue Irum turllicr tonuidenilion for that ollica. I du thin of my own wish aud deslie, ?nd U ish no Ill-will lewin,1 the j. illy oi tlc people.'' Tlie truth of lhe matter isthat Ure QoTQJMt has not had lhe ghort nt a chance ringo tho campaign begun, and his if tii'iuciit is only to gut out of Um way of tin Ogin-tby boom, v. huh ls nuking through tba .Subs like a cyclone. A Stain Convention ron.biting of delegatea fiona thc li ada S-id Ultu. Willing itt lUllwli ubi !Wil lu s??ssiiin dating the week, ??nd as each of tin- 100 (ld. gates bud stune pel. reinnu measure ami all of tluiii won passed, thc IggragOH platform lUOBaV bios au industrial n ili'iiiiim. Then WOO BO OOM ?Muriatic sentiment upi paged in thu discussifuis. bul the ucl mn taken, if il I oiild 'cv i i lu- made prac? tical, would nm- labor thc widest In I na- uml bank? rupt rupual. Ao nn indication oftbeaaloon power in Chicago the Ciii/ei,-,' League have just leaned ? ohcular shewing ihat iti Chicago then on :t,T77 anloona, or one toeveryS. tamiliea: 313 bnkera,or enc to every ITO lamilies; Titi butchers, orono to every 90S families; aiul 1,809 grocer--, or ono t" (very BO familial. Another Jockey club baa just ben Incorporated, tolled thc American. Its..!, , ? I is to ofiord its im-tn licisliip, winch will bo comnoeed of men who own fast niad boiOBB and un- fond of driving, a place where this-111111,1.ment cnn bo indulged in without fe ir of Interruption by the police, nnd to this end a suitable tract Of land will h.* leased on tho south std'" and lhe erection of un llOgUUl club house bOgUU at once, it will have a private hotel andu private moe trash noutrolled by th- Bambers of tho club. Tim antnaetnent luveetrnenl cra/c has struck Chi? cago. Within a lew week' lim Mime sloe), company has abs, rbtal tim Gettysburg panorama, inaugu? rated tim Boheme ot a nen ..pera boneo, and eel Colonel Wooil on his b--i again with a new itiiiheiini on tim obi sit., -.vliit.b will oi*on next month, and now sevil.il Lantern capitalists are in tin* city and have io oontemplat ion the erection of n coliseum on thc south ni.l.* to be devoted to amusement pur? pose! not ani ike those, of the .Madison Bquare Garden. New-York. The building will be con? structed of iron and flies, Ol DMientuI in design, lt is proposed to (olin it slock company with a capital of $200,000 and establish! permanent aquarium, aviary, mnoonm. etc. Thc ead Intelligence bas boon toooived here thia week of the .lenth oi lira. Kata N. Doggett in Cuba, while sim h,ni _.-,,,. io r>.mi! her health. Mrs. Doggett was well known both here .md at tho Fast usa woman ofotnmg intellectual powers and ruin culture, ."she was an ardoo! advocate of woman Buttrage, ami lim) been preeideni of tbe Woman's Conirrees. .She was also the founder of " Tbe Fort? nightly," ;i club embracing in ita membership aer cr.il hundred f>l the meal prominenl Indieeoftbe city. Bbe waa an excellent botanist and linguist ami Im- made several admirable translations of scientific turks from the French and Herman. Her house waa thr resort of celebrit iee and bur hospit? ality un- boih elegant and profuse. '?.I.ln.i" is still running at Mc Vicker's, and on Mon.lay u Princess ida" enters on ita second week at the (iiand Opera H.ms". Robson and Crane will beal IJoolev's nexl week, nnd '"Tbe Stranglers ol Pans "ai Haverly'e. lir. Cable finishes his second week ot reading* to-day. BT. WI ia. B0BBEEIE8 FIBE8 FIGHTING CHU I Bl il.NV- -POLITICS. ?'iii, mi tv OO v-1'.M.i COBBI -c 'M'l.'.i ..i ru. riiint'SK.! Si. Loi i-. .Muich 27.?The euee ct Tiller, Ibe express robber, whola loekedupm the Four - j- vi nb in- ronfedn it< McFadden, who waa 11i? nun Hberman, Texaa,laat week, con 11 nu,-, ii nt traci attention, pin:, becauac of tbe my -!? ry ,??;,;.,,;, il i. ill, I lu , .,-, , en-,-in I 11 tl by I be express coin - pany'* efforts to keep the fact* nwaj from tbe public, but more on account of me extrnordlnarj revelation* whicb been madi n carding the manner In which the thieve* iiei-oiiipb-ln tl lln-ir theft amt concealed t'n-ir plunder. Pi opie were -tunie i to bum thal the tl ia luiin i iii tbe i ,i.i ;t.i three Hay* af lei the robb. l teri, and, onlj t ory ibm ly disguised, moved abonl In iii ? ui" il pul :i' place*, an. ani c ? di ?! In shlppinjc tin r plumb r al ru.ul, -onie of it by tlu verj > * pren* ??.mp.im tbej bud robbed. Tiller ls reported us being penitential aud aux iou* to relieve all suspects nf complicity wltb bl* crime, while McFadden proti ta tn. Innocence -tu,ii lt. Tbe expres* company, however, while declining L.t. il'slut the* know, claim tbal thej hav. .,-.. rv. u. 'inin - te timon} nicnln*t both prisoners, sud create thc Impression tbat tbej are arorklug quietly to Bil tba p.ut., - to ?? bat Hu ., tiellcve io be a - j.r. jul cnii-piiiu i to rob them. Tin* meeline of the Mutton il Board ol Undi beea uni. bel with great interest bj -t Loni* Ira null ?Abo nave beenretUve of late under the of ten re prated tin-cut that thc frequency al Brea and lueRtcl. ney ot tin- I ir,- D 'partmeel Ib thi * city a ouW before long re buII in i -??' ."ii- drance In rates for Insurance. The t itr.iU inui Beveral lime* i>, bb made befoce, ooupled with ibu InttmaUoa thal if the etty Vin Departmenl waa i uuii cb t np to the st :i n,11 ni obtaining In otber l u ?_? ths advance would not be made. Quin . ??ntl m. nial rc gard, bu**, ur. ls fell hythe ruling cl isses here fer the eenerahle fire Chief, ll. <1 iy Pexton, vtim i* af the Kbaa baeb school el l>i bioctbcj bi ?! srhosi do idea of Bra aa UugutBtt-neal are -.i* anthinatind aa tba political methods bi ti iilrh lu-nillo-bu tlc;,in lim nt a valuable auxiliary of Ma party. Tlase and tlaae agala tho bualneea andln siinim ?<? mell lin ve i-omhim ,1 in :,ii endeavor te -e. ir. the remodelling of tbe Fire Oepartnient, bul thi effort haa .ni;, caused "Old I ty's " f rtend* to rallj t.< i.i- . .ti.,i p ,iiticjii *> input!.!, - have bi .rt time everaoane bu-i u,-- i, uirli.tneiit-. li.ie li vie turi of liii* li ml on Hie pert af ti;.' wu.-1., i's fri. luis ba* '-. en followed by , ? i'i the losnraaes rates, whloh an novi very much higher thaa thoae ol anj ether ettj of like character In ih,' eountiT. if lae Kallona! Board undertake* In fun e tbe rrtt.'s i-l Ml lit.I.ir, another Mlt.'lnpt *ibi be made t" improve tbe Deportment, bul there I* little hope of Ita snecass until ths generation of .-mu be--ii -i in ...it lit /. is who still held sway hera pa-sea away abenegt whleh win hardly arrive foi ;i larga proportion ot theui belong to th ,.v i mei ot ethos I ..biers. A',.. ,1 ino yean ii en hera made the dl* ivorj thal Chicago waa depriving tbem "i .. v.i-t luuount of budnee* by sending broadcast through iii" iry comm ere lally tributary lo 9b Louis free passes .1 biri, took to iiu- illinois metropolis country merchant* abe liought Uich goods then lu lead of here, li waa ihcdul th< lieu- that it was essentially I'npru; , i,,,I,, ihi-. inn the resolution did nol 'larc the cQeel of bringing the unscrupulous Chicagoans bi ihe | ? They kepi on sending free r ? liing i ood* and >i the no i * ol lt. Lome * .,,! al i :-i i ame i" the conclusion tbal cure i (all* lon wa* lietfatr than remonstrance bjr reaolu idso v., ? ks ago tho] t"..!a ap tu isrtiptlous (ur . purpose of scuding oul *peebd trains to gather up the i, j- ''? In the dis trie ta lur ade S bj <: t'.iuiniii': . .- . bibi ? "i, ii! t...-t. Louis. Two of these '.i.tins dave bi u-h1 bi their loud ol bittiness men?one in.ui K.iii-sf. the f f'uin lows -anil tlie benetta re? sult mg have beea ...... u. >i Uiii the iniTctniiiu are non mn il, 14111 itl. ol Hm form.iimn of a Merchants' I'm "ir-i..u I uri 'i : h shall in the future lystematl eiiit ton.luci tu- ? .f provhdng free rides ta tft Louts ,,f laerrhania tim a. , ihi lUiTouudmg country. Thi SIC. >? Of tl.e '"lp- tl ? I' '''I -" -"Te " tl: lt || !, ,i j,i i.,-t .. mean* baa been discovered of t been? ing ( ines ku's oi.nov i. ii i- (.uni i cuii aggra*eiv_ui ? A bulldmg boom has sri In which ter surpasses any previous activity'cl ti..- kind ul this time ol year iu HA. i uni . More Unhi ii..' new beuaes have been started since the \a a vc i' and the application.- foi permits ure rmiiiiL' tn ut tin* ( ii> Muli. The archlleetsreporl timi .,. ? crowded wit. onier- md ero preparing plans null estimates tura vnatamouul ul mt. worh. Therm ls Just om drawback ti this pleasant outlook. Urava fean of trouble- with their workiogmen mar the bopesofthe builders. Thej Bin idj report lhal there ls a disposition tu -Hil. e tm Die par I o' inn-oils un,! ,-ui p, mi :-, it bu ,i:r lum nt ut tin ne e-,n of a verj boo b ruble advuuee In wnpes. Politics bavebeenverj Intcre tin.j-- here since Renate* .j in tl bbl Democratic followers bv pronouncing against Payns Ina way thal admitted of no misunder BUmdlug. ri,, 11 ii, i, , i.i-r baa a strong following bete, but should bedail* decline tiie uoininauon, Morrison, ot houtbem illinois, tu..bil be nexl choice, sith'MeDonald next. The talk of the old ticket Budia* favor Lera tann founded, aa Hendricks'* refusal iu I--o tu take Ibe second pince un Ute ticket with Uaucock ba* given bun .lu till-.a.bout Ml--,uni of having defeated Hie party upon tb.it lutcrcntiug occasion. Morrison's friend* un workingli.'udboth ben and Lu tilinda, and then t?..t sc.mmI nhaaoa of lu* securing the m.ii.i vote of both dele t nu,-.. Tim itppuiiiiiii. nt of Kodnej l> Wells u- Post lu.i-i.'i of Hi, I j un- has ni i.i.i. .1 H.. verj powerful Pllley mil,i, un t- aatalnal Arthur uno m supporter la-gan, Tnt titian lu nu, rut hun virtually dec! un-d for Arthur In it* editorial _utumna, bul iv bile Ibu literary departmenl ot (bl* papal l? -.nen full svvbiK lo elect Presidents some luiilillis bufort* Hie elccliuu UiiafV* plitie, nilen ui.til rona raallj InUsrestlug the holm u* assumed qnletb by D. lt. Rouser, nrssldeut nf the Globe Democrat Corn Mar, wi... li.i- ijiiiiei te kepi bia imnnatil bs ragarda rr.si aeuil.il ju ejen in -, bul whoo di. lura a*the i.t lnflnen Lal Itopuldiaa leader lu Ihe Stats win not bc witttiu-id i.iutu lung) t. EOS ION. I'l'I.II I' - -( l\ ll. Hll.'Wi 'il- - iiu. DI'UAU CLOTti Moll"-Alli'. |i r<.vi tv'.- ? i-i" > vi i-Hil.)-i.t'i i.M..,t mr. ii nu m ; l','?? it>\, Mureil ?_".'. Tho in v. reform Mayor hODjIraU lld* week aiiolUcl rinking ileluoii Ii.illoii ul Ills Mill, lil lu H slllllllllV Ilpili 'Millee espUIII-. silllllll), tboeewho h;ive in cn in tim guortere of tho etty where vice most flouri-tlu-* lo Hie subing and briu_mg Ibe rii billb.m csptallis bito tlio lu alt ot lit. , .ta. ll m l."|s .1 l.j tills liicuiu lu break nj) Hie , l.tilc nit.m., u., u\ - ha I nunn 'lu <*" bu j. Ui -ii| and Hie polico bj ii lin li ll , i.flriidi-i* slip lltroiudi Hit int-sliii* of sha ml Uiul ill.t,,- lu thc small fiy of criminals.. Tb.- gnmbttng AesM and peal fmiiiij art. tin- sp. nial aud buna Aleta tf'tj- .1- t.i attack la tbls mu|,-. Ike, ala-.lit) of Ug Mi V.ik Le_l*Utiue lu ?.?ci-.slag Hie bills desired by the icfot BBCS Hullos thc slow pro greas or tin* M-i--.it im*, 11s j,c-i-utmo towart Mani civil Bervios Be Bann very nolba*] able Ex-foi lector Beard, heretofore a le,ulm;.- RepubUoan manager, ea*"* tagontaed the refenaen In the mathw of Mcnntai state. clceiion* and sessions of the Lwgtals ure, and 1* rrj-ortcd to de ea alas tatteaaaOter sfBtneaenl HOnletnul Civil -*. i vi ? i;, rona, in the ter mai eoaa hs Baale a strennona Ight in tha Beana bul raseaashal in Beating only toni U'publi, un members tu vol. willi tum ii.runst Hie reso lutiou lo Hllbnilt Hit. t.iie-tioii to the people, Hie re ie, I tl Hon bi i uk defeated I J lb,- |), ino. i ui- ami liulleritcs with ohm Mr. Beard Joined bands on tbtsooi Tbi- defection of se prominent a part j chief healed to some severe cornmeal on bim In the Bepubllean press, whlefa Mi. Beard takes with ? rory bod grace. Tim afunletpol lervlee bul ha nei rei reached the brinah of w biiii I,,, u a member, bul Bis nato al sad thal ha will approve af Civil Ben bf BeCBeui prei Med it win keep ibo offices f..r geed K, p,ii,iii aa irorhare. One of the moat Interesting questions before tbe tatura outside of politic* is that pertaining to the use of a railroad's ri .-in of way bj telegraph eempeulm than Hie oompany or eompanlea a"lth vvbicii ths tu i'n,.ul itnii lune contracted. The Baltimore and Ohio B i Company's lawyers are pushing the ibm nut Jot the opening of all railroads le uli lalsgispl - ? strang lobby,paid hythe UtaadardOlI'fVwnpaMy. la , wort an Ihe Legislature labeoolf of the water ?.-ti-, the Ulmnlnattng quality "! whick is supplied bj naphtha, to secure aa alteration of tbs lau bj whloh water gas la excluded from use ga dangerous to lu-ul tb. The old iras oompany I* eonirfderablj disturbed and ls promt-im; rtiui ri tint lions Id price. A lively lewapaner discuaalon has been going on con? cerning the tammi" broadcloth mob " w hich has alway * ul lo have int.indal to lynch Gm i ison la the early days of thi anti ilarery agitation, a Bumberof nil have come forward to t. rtlfj thal the nueli is nf alu .nob -that ls those who bad hold of Mm and pul the rope around bias?waa a partj of reseuera auknewn to him, but organised and sent to bis bldlug-place to lave bis nie by tim tii.-n Mayor, General Lyman, fathei of Colonel Lyman, now Representative la Congreaa. Mr. Garrison's son standing by his father** own published account, scouts tbe Idea of there having been any re* oner* la the mob. Hut it begin* tn look aa though tbe victim of tbe iioiei- didn't kron a- much about il Ba others did. At the Bell Tclcphom Comm ly's annual meelina this week tbe showing waa quite ?.atlsfHctory nothing les* i b..11 pi ? uli- amounting to ovei 17 percent. Joseph Cook's lectures bave not been a very flattering success this yt ir. Ouly $11*2 ts shown after expenses for Hie lecturei and an appeal I* Issued urging thc innkim.' upi.r Hu- -uni ot H/SOO. The M.la' lectureship l-on ib. small side in setting itself aga! ust the " nevi di l'ui'jii: " in Congregational theology. Thi rash of artist*'display* continue*, nnd tome of thi young u i a. prodm t- ol the Art .il in sci re malling bi il mint i xhlldtlou* a id si rc-e?s ful - di - i: ?? ii... . - of Auto don " liuiiriiiL-in Hie M isjumi. niiil ili.u, i.??? to -u\ e tin lui,.ii.- siiii-i ripti.ai) for it after till. Another great can Kgi i nil Inde. .1. ?' lalitlsi u|i, , uml ,i ceri tiiu tu;,-, i- ;ii-o hangi ii-j there for the lullrages of public -pit itel conn ii,ut,,i -. ? riULWliU'IllA. CABLE ROADS LACROSSE lMr8EME3fT8. [roon i i, cobbi pondest >i hu: num m.; Philadelphia, M.in li 29.?The theatrical I e Ll ilell OVei u'lllo-t it i cttil'Ill . of i. lb.ll til,'.Hie for h. xi sea-un. There are two things ??< whleh th delphia managers ure ibm ii convinced -thal tbe cltj luis already mon theatres than it can properly support, and that there are more newspapers than then ought to be. Of the latter thej oomplutn that i he Dumber brings aboul "over-advertising,''when the real fact is that tben an few ell ? tbi al?'?? ad Thi ii cards an In many papers, but tue cards are a ivays -m.di. As to tin nev.' Hie,itif, tbal is u natural - quence "f; ? 11..-, ri ]., Vs. None of the old style managers teem to be willing to ac pi thi truth I lon ij -- tera worksbadlj in -o', rgeacity is Philadelphia. Tb. tlon ls this: One night ts too long In PhUadelphla_f or a poor attraction ; two months ls nol long enongb tor a rood one, Haverly baa shown that be eaa run almost Indeflnltely anytiiin'r wbii ii takes the popular heart Be bela mn to have the fleld any longer all to himself, Mci .tull la the the new house, and Mccaul) is the man com pauli * have '-nun singing at Havel ly'a. 11 i rty liiw self raaf be connected with the new theatre, or ha may build still another. That ideals still very strong with him. lb-1- serious lo ins desire t" have a place of amuse? ment at Atlantic City, aad if there was encourag from the Park Commissioners he won! I ha i ?? an opt n-alr theatre In the Park) like thal of tha PW Catelan, Bola dc Boulogne, farts. 'M: ie. Fi maudes, ubotnadebi I debut In Phil? adelphia, and created tieri) tbe role of 1'itil.a, ho* been uni Kpectedly recalled to London. Pet neil werie thc amusement programmes sra of inter? est. Fanny Davenport, with "Fedora," will play ber postponed unicBgniaanl ut the walnut, the Hana hartog baea changed ewing to Mba Davenport's Ni w-York slui? ce-*. Mr. aiul Mra Peed waa will ba ,,t the Cbestaal Btreet Opera House, and there ob April 7 will be elven fut Hie Hrs! time In I'hllailelpliia '? riiii.t.sj. Ida. " un Mumno Geiatlnger and a Sew- York Thalia oompanj ara ibu-nt Hie Ar,i, BU iel "p u lluu-o. This sftBiunsn thu hnilnnaa of tho foal ' nice ba* been transferred te Binti aadCbaatnul sis. there hiBanek grnmbUngovei the tact that the new building is ivitbt.ut ea on < bc itnut and Markal ->i The Pennavlranla University student* hiv.* turned Hu ii attention earnestly to lue.e. and ezpei t that uezl thej will be able to put a strong team tn the Held, layer, however, they are not prepared to accept chal? ti ages. im Apni I5tb, work of constructing the cable road oa M uk, t -; from Dob?ware-:ive. t.i i..:iv teooud-sl will be rt.':. 1 li. ' - Imilt. Thi ,, rwr'titleth-st., and will n.* pow uough lorim the cable* on the Seventeenth and N'inei 'bib. und Eighteenth and I '. - Inti .,' .iii the roads nnd r thc i-outrol of tbe Uni tn Syn niU u-c tin bow motor. The propoeii uni fm ,i eon ie " lee) area ne\t winter, in which the speakers "bail n- excluslvelj Philadel i, :- revived. it ls hi i.i tb it while there ara few Phi ideljihla lecturers .-f note, there -strum ta ''-it here and thal ll <>uly uceda to be developed. AsForopiugb doe* nol show In Nc w-York his clash with Barnum al waya occurs In Philadelphia. Last year tb, it, a j- something of a compromise, but this year the ie late i" a hot battle, rite agents of " ?< > i II circuses are ? _? prominent points through the city tor tl ? play of their great posters. Barnum's lune iviiteuthe -. emili -iu j of a buddina at the cornel of Eighth aud il li- vvim!" ' ormou* i.nts upon whieh the Billa sc expoeed. Thsllgbi is much lo the liking of ihe newspapers, especial!j He* sun? tu, i- ui -, .t- ooiu pintie* occupy whole pages with their advertl*. incuts. -w SPOKES PROM THE lilli. Boston, March 20.?Among tlio loriteatcon ? li - io tb, Lon [fi Dow Merool I re Mr. Ibiui P. Kidder, Professor E. N. Horsford, Mrs. Ole nd Mayor J. \. Fox,of Cambridge, aad Alexander Graham Bi ll, of telephone tann . Tlu r.cv. i . a Bartol rc'til :i strottf papei npon ? Mal then Arnold's criticism en F.iiier?,>ii " In Mra. Joseph ? parlors on Beaeoa-et., Monday Bight, Tuc com panj aaaemliled by card lavitalioo of Mr. and Mm, cook vi is Large and distinguished for it- Uti rury element. Thal Ulna-honored in-'.'ut ion. the B iturdaj Afb (lui., ol' which i'r. 0. w Holmes ls president, sat down to ii monthly dlnuer aud Informal talk tbi* afternoon. Among those pre* ul were < bu ric- Bllot Norton, G* I V ?'? - Judge II.limes, ('Illirie- F, Ail:,ms, Jr.. President l.iif.t tif liar inr.l. Frederich Lau Olmsted i.lui many others The Beethoven Club wm entertained by Ibu. ito'-crt (;. si.un mi rin-r?loy night lu place el Mrs. K. c. Wintiiio", rho waa srerintod from raedrlng bj n-e .ir-.-it ti ,.; her Meed Mr. Irving, "f Ben Vork. Mr. r. ii.ino played his vu latina* on "Iolanthe" wi ide 'ct., popular.aud theCampanlnl otiartei pl..iel .,.'inin' -i.i;, of cv. iv Bc ton ' lub la al I to ' ?? up t.. the limit, and most of them have lone walting The inion ( bib's walttui li-t i? arebeblj tu.- : i it', t lion, lt -. lune ono ll liicle.i.-i.l lt- .elive me.i.b. , ship b> adding Us nou-resldent member* to that class ud,I ubi.n-biti-r thc. non resident memberahlpaltogether. An tm- names upou tbe .arion- lists would make up quite ,. li i- proposed t.. tann a new .: ih. urtcv the style of tbeooreersel and Union. Annmbei of I.utiM-ut gentlemen oa tho buck lia> are eaaaliorlag the watter. _ _ -* S)\ LUES Unlit. AND DIVORCE -rum The >'#*/> Jtrntnlen Ve.renfier. Iii flt* (>b,eiver,ol tin* '2 Isl ult. in nu editorial nn ** .*-vi.,i. tiiiofa and Wvoroe.'' v-'hy " Swedenborg aad Divorce" does net appear, for tba eCttorial does not tone!) U|s.ti i. lint "? Hallen'...ri; kjiv s about dlvorca. sufslenbois' does not sanction illvorci' cMt'i't f?r Ibe one ?,i , .n-e . . - lia t'n ir ii' know iiiem ? Amoug bo pleas ol people ls marriage atora ai ailed, and Um taarrlage lelalion a. honored tbau ?i ,,?! ti,,,-., who receive tbe doe! Inca tonghi In sn.,len.-'?? var.tim;- Among ic t ii? ot people is ui (aroa leas fretpteotor niore eomlemucd. Audaiuoug nf( lui ,tlau* are tbe prai ii" - whli h both Thr Obperrer and ?e eoudama,more aehorre*!. l>r Craebj alluded te the doctrines m the Kew Cliarch aa being la binni,,u.i nilli the lustful len,limy ol thc .sf. ' ct Hint the Kan fTuircb remain* among ii ven trw. sBddeaa aol um ..i lha tutmataesmm* Br. Ooahy refers io,1simi ai).*, ridile proof of thu fal.-itv uf bl* OOUCltUlOttB, How l., lu at the di ep oatedso. lal evils which grow mit or tbe aliuaael Hie sexual relatioa ia one of ibe social prehlema u lc,'b u,ii-i soonei oi i.iii'i ts- taken up aud ulacu* ? i ba ( ni ui un niiiei-. Whea thia I* done, lt may be diseov ere.I Unit Sti.-lenbtit/'? ploctlc.il Wisdom OU tlio Mibleil will unawer tko problem, li roqulieauo great wlBdoa to tlenoillii-e "V ll III a wbi.b-iib R nf, Aiul 1! ls'be -illili Illili ot ',.1-la.li, WI, lill ta ?o gntBl BB tlclli.ili.ee. nil st tr auria to iti-ct uni nate l-etweeii KH*-b-? ul cv ii. anil t. i-iici.'i, t ,e tiio.e in tie, I-1 evil* to advance step bj st ri lo whnt 1* Hb-U sud true* THE GENESIS OF TIIK BANJO IS IT NATIVE TO AFKICA OB AMERICA! Till* VIEWS Ot A MCSICAt. AVTIQfAl;T_ifrRI;j ASH l>V.Vt.t,1A liv THY. ISSI]:'lUTBMi. "Till nm aliout fhn ptucis oi \),i- bunjo," Hie rrj.nr'cr Iud BOggBatOd to thO Aiit|.,u,,r/. gad Ihi tn.i-i of n-ruantlc learning brui nfjed and .;ur\ hf, w,.,, 4 "rMher tan ?i?i-tt it* asoona." ? ?earevor, a ie ot i of the BjOOUflMI ung now," he added, "tor wli.tt With the neirro n.li.strels arni an funiy-nvenllnnal *.-? of j. wing auaaan In society, this rrlle of barbarian, U strange,/ kept alive. Miss Clara I. ni'..*, KsOoggli largwlyre sponslblo for Ms poaaoul pfpcarlty, I taney | I pn ter thi gui ur. ?** a aansli ai laatj nant sf a Mghec type, bm i noni Maps peopli rot Hiing the beete, D it aaa a charm that M nUsme, and m an anti quartan nay it bog ? Interesting object You ?? Nea its fttatatneaa ir-.. . .1 .... ,'.: , . 1 devetopment, a sort of Huh between the li latter-day drfltaatten uni lhasa of aherlgla in having a noiintiiiKt body thal 1- nothing awn ti, ia 1 ?lees of part'uncut ttrutaed ..v.-i | >,,-,-. primitive anan?ci,.ent a* you nOgM mum ? Simply ; but tn hnviin 11 reek sub r. th shows a Ins kunari then t.'n (.r. aka poaaeeead, lui al h mi - lat i. .n Kiev jetted lu their niii-i. al in.str.in,. nie, Then la iiiii'i.i* tbe Butter 11,fire 11 laa no beta, and ta thal either goa* bad bate prt*htass*ta .1.??;.,,.--':,,?!? , -ome Bf tho oldi -t maana ma* of tts 1 . ? teit. or tbnt detleaejr of fhe Braaleal *?? 1 the raasevnl af frets flem lesli uiaauta of rh* li r ii hundred and gfljr jeers age, or th.;. , ;? , follow ino t" " I fear not; pb a-nc expound." l"' Wt ll. PH tr> to make lt plata ere- ].> that Wi .ire ?sleeead ta, anil -rou tataila t. As to I af tba banjo, my Mend Hie Eil BBtogist, *v".',o ii*.- * ibe.,. , to mire to a garret asaae day, write ii ant and upset all .??I preeenl Battons!, Insists that lt khowaouBiooaf In? ventions of the Wael and i" 1 raes j its kodj ls 1 for tt ts plainly Oertved from thi drum, snd th drum li peculiar to tribes with a predominant lafnatonof 1 . M.1 Bul being a atrina d teataoaeot, tt la ?-? 1 p ri ,''?: !?? tha Cymrl belonaja tb. b --r fi.*. barp. Bul Ami 1- going a Uttla tee ?:?r leek ta aa tl nulty le i?c at all Blear >.r eeetela. The am a ia ea I .-. v u lii-truiui nt in liurop., and here foi oaataf Bvideaca ta the contrary we give Baa tl ia origin. Too lon 11 a hoop covet asl witb a n a high tensiou;aneel and li -<?; beard wltbo rt ti head v., 1. . - 1 :..:? .:,,-. inly la number, but*,one_of wbleb,called Un ehaal elle, 01 melody il .. I ibortei than tbe others, aad la m le "t tbe kej board so a* to I tbumb, Kow rt ni take tn |li lek via- , ps. Tin - 11.uiii ,-? perceive, white pratt] 1 1 lon. Id strumeut, 1- ruilunentarj la a degree aa arc^onator, ... ? ? I fries to ?!?.'* bbc di led ? 1 to to tin I ? - -.iii ""ile !i;-liu:n. nts. Villi r. t tha . thal der...-ii from vue iv,1. ut ,11 mm, Amur wittj I- iii. !? laug ago described the Boanda) a b.i:p-i , cratch ts Ith a sound at thi ?*..,'"....; . thc -uiirulo'.'.i b.iiijol.-i.i thump arith a note ut tbe Is-itl ruting ? ?I ,1 Of all mu cal instruments not purelj rhythmical, ? ll i'i tl il tilt lt..alt, . Of ll A- ll lu-. 1 it*'chords on If* -'rou. point ls Its power te mark rhythm* ?1-,.:,..; it- pope sritj sa ? ? lol of tb. titree eli lint.ts of luii.',,. rbi ti,lu muk,.- the fir t appeal. Thew g African ta thi ni. .1 of using a membrane tn formim ? ?ti ' 1 UH -'., (is, bul wiro og 1 .,. ? to be fi'i" : . ? dovei * i?>?. or . ? ,1. i he ti )? ? "t . llll'.-l.' ii . nf West Africa, ma tbe 1 f tl e,r , ight itiingi 'I bal pby a net a boa. , ,m,.': p. op e who use a 1 , ' wno I,.'" . ' ,', r- of -;. . '.'bed over a frame. Tbe poa* iqulty of suoh ai bj t...* I ;. ave iou t" In aglue, ?? a lu. ir- age ba* ? *. jet I uni li dined to think thal tl ? l lu ? he Brat form ??' ? D-druiueat. ?ri'.-- have lt, lt ts notulug elsi than a hunting* rthe niid ..;, Ut ni.it ,,f it'.re. I,, ii b CaBalabaab irtth an open mouth In tun Ana ? tul* butru* . *. - ? a.-o. The player 1 hi in inn. thecalabasfa resttneon his hip v. Mle. 1,4 twamn the string arith abb of wood {theat-kOwu of the (.reek*), be val ch of tbe tonos ny slipping tha linnets of b.s left hand along theatriog. Qttttasuh il.1. tun think, eli 1 Wouldn't l*e as aoao/iBgla a ? 1- a trombone or s grand plano. Multi-ir Iring* am! you aet h Ivie ii'iti t.r.ni: pound them vtl'll atlefcs iinil .Vam luive k tli.lelnier, api.i) tue key mechanism to pound th ii.iii.'l. Beal Bnt that's "ff the sui \e* I -Tbe baii|n has not onlv striiip* but a tlj.rer bo.-ird. .\,,ii mat. ii au original Invention. u;c*,i,a'iMiees ia a Ravage as good a practical knowledge of ? history ol musical Inidrumenta 1* that there is no erl dei. tlmt tba Greeks eve) used an Instrument with a Tb.- Egyptians did, nnd lt is one of tho proof* of their earb advauceineni In tnuslo. . -i lt a 1 rt-r and p ired ou lt wltb a plectrum. I'hu.' .... three .r rou! strings, m,<l frets. These fr*-t? ttert- uriel -., ill) Ml* ot camel _.n i ed around the net k of th.- Instru? ment, aud the mau ed them there knew the gr*! law ot the dirleton otstrtngi ?> itloa of pitch to tbe rib 1 -nt, which P thagoraa taught willi the mouochord. )? 11 a .1 .v 1 aii ' ' Instr merits nf lhe viol fatnlii bad them and !..-? tuen;; I h.jjw po-u tt.-i .i.i-.- thej Interfered with perfoei irluiioasblpof ?. ,:; tin- ki ?; - Nt-ivr fiwta en:i>.:.- rou to pUj tin ' .1 ? |'.r" dlatnule seato, tm bj then nut rou eau. ii you wis -?i in'j- :i? i o.i plea** Ri i tie -..ue pla ,?. si tho A ? dottie lu.poa* ng . rourl vi _ fit line raero*-Hu-,'iii-r.i'tio.ir.I Hut you CM t.nlrbnve twenty-nine ret* ,t tbe outside, and erna then youroppei notes will be sadly out -f tuns irBf raaa without frets you can div Ult the sirius; s btjjh dont think, hov,-, ver. thai ihisi , promngsd 'ue on ,--lou ot frets from the banjo, lt might kare il, .ire oi the ii ..- - r In ? lian we have In O. ? -. ,m .-?? tn. -m.il1 ?' Hut - ntl writedown some of the songs thal tho nt-cmn* -in* i * ciii-e thev haven't ? semida A "a.u.i I, l-l.l'a" ls to * * of a', t' ?i-i.*. Ko a matter of fact, lt ls < ? uoo. weil grounded tn nalnre, ll i- tarj tu our tlno-i "f hai moui. hui aft. non a ,',./??! tribe* i"' Africa maj bat ? t whloh they ?ing theb aiuslc, and ll i.. , i nun on ii. 'i I ilia i ' i ? mme to pro . - ,ut of the frets mar bavs been duo .iriie- r.. e..i'ii ,?' nu en :? ?.,.ii Un -art of tba sar - . . it toa I'.'li'ift, ? ' ??:??? .:. v inv.' i,,. eli' option, bnt which ls analogous to tb tt of in's Greeks in the da* * before Aaehj is, when la ths ? iliunuonlc modes,u.uartei audi were use. ? - it., iou utnh tbe bania atigiBally au Aim an inveti H.'li I" ?? I tblnk thal our* negroe* got lt tn Atrk ..'?-. j* i * string* and inger boord toll ot advanced demean i think that the h.-iiuum nt trom a ..,..*.a developed bi vmeriea was an Orteutal Inrtrnrnt.nt wbieti timi degenerated m the kaada ol sat ...-es lt.. la fl.i.u.e af the grabs b.w* ii-uctr.ited ud Aliicanml tue Vi,,' s lia*. been the -n- -i ? ? - rd h. - it*, and ur.- eredtti d v?it'. bavl .. t.,o iruitar t.unity into Bnrape. Ourv.ns wera stovslopsd ont of thalr bowed guitars orrsKns a friend of mina ta ?vrV tn',. | -. ??..??ii -rt-hom I ir.te ly had ? etlM ? :, 'hf. eoutroverar Btarted bjrjort Ckaalisr Harrisahwwl ti.s i.,:,:,,, uy? thai a (??? aiaa vii,,, iivi ll i >? .?rieac* .- r* ago told him His Hu* BegToeS of tun' MlTIU IB Iocists.ia usrd in H.l'111-.n IO hm:.! ?.appi'.'* susi Ui.uu^ luTug io .,..oiii|...t,. ' rt m I..'.,!' mitofa ???' ? ''?','* w? ". "-a ,,,;.,., ni negive* ln_AWca hate IddlaalMtloakaatt ,, \.\: u'u'i ry ".">??' *nv ll^bt on the subject I" ?? Vrri i lt e Tbe liadves ??: Benegaii ......'?-?n ui ? ??. tot the un:'. they ca bania th ifa o'likeiy dertvattoo foi banjo, rhea) thc . ' rout ii) Illinium, an ?. i. unit pa..-.. vi re *tr1tig? thal (vere plucked with a plectrum. Tou ll yi.ur-M-U m thc i-holea. At any i-a'i* He 1-anj". tr vetii.ia'i'.Ust*"-ifb"V .cpcalii liiisiti'ii.trj." WW-PBES*Sl EL Eui I.L ES NUT DANU LEOLA In Till' Titiui Bl tc.-lilly Brag ti etute n.riit from Pones ?etanonl Mullen, in eaorgeef theBa* ieau fm ll.'-- inspection of ?'leam llot'.crs.ln wlncb liesstd: lha nana eaBnuobue Beftara,ta a y opinion, are th.i?? used solely for lu-stuiK pUjraeasa i" BBhotd bnlldlnai I dwelling hoii-es al! ..vcr thc . itv. These hofJen - 'v Ctn'it fruin Inspertt-in by tbls luin so and sre ninnneetl tty unllcenied c.BKiurers. biiiooi 8ui*enuurui*.ut Jsunoi mat that the Janitors ol the Kliool UuilUlug* mu tl*e SSaAeSt, hut IhO) ai.*. ?-ai lned ss to their tUi.tse- lor theil duties b) Uie OmtiiHt.'* en iMiiiiiai..''. of nhleh f. W Dovoa i* ohOboton KB. J*ej?i a4il"it tbat be did not know vb.it NOtd have led Mi Millen lo muk.' tba statement. Mr. Uta**-. Hie *n perl tenden! of sib.>ol buililtt*.^-. s*ld fhOl hekn-'w; Mullen wained the senOjel tt omeo tttptmgme,nutarn angry Beeosns Mm rm oMhnu us.si hy tue ik>*i*vi ,.r i.ia tatkiu acre uot under his lu*pocUona. Mi. "*l.?i!g jui.b.t that be i mil lar ad lha si'**-"" "J.? ??nudl. mu* BdarepreeetitatU.n of "?'-'-. ,_"-5i!|_!_ Dunham said that ns bad <?-e? eonueeled *nh the h.yni for ue..Hv twenty years; and a IhuU t a.ei U' verex, About twelveyeai-s ago tu.- lou t...s-ure K''1''; ' ''* Mbool buildings w.ir mads cv ..pi from >";i*^'!; lliey only carry six or wren P-nrnda of ettmtm although' tested M_M OJlfO bU I. ? fhT^reticsx'To^il^^ ?xnSjUona, Mr. imuham ivfen-.si toalaulim rta "ed ,,.fu,iu.,%*of.w,,lt..ib'.svvili. coal, and tntrnjjjig viiilcr hoping lo destroy tua tiuildiu*t. The iuieu*euv** ImumdotUluctuU"^ Inapectcrltoterbrook was asked hoe mai \ '"'*-?'., ? boH-rs there nen- ta us.* ta tha eltt - Heaatd ll... h. waantaMshreiaol them, i-ut le dal aol think lhasa iras unv dauger ciinuccleii with theta, lo "*''>'." ? "__"_. , ?wHka (u.mpetent euutucci e-ooii lu Ma SfslsOO u* * uet dbm wipoase,