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NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
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Important Notice to Advertisers.? To
insure the proper classification of advertisements
it is absolutely necessary that they be handed in
before eiyht o'clock ecery evening.
The probabilities are that the weather in Xcio
York and its vicinity bnlay will be cool and
partly cloudy or cloudy, with morning fog, followed
by decreasing cloudiness. To-mori ow it will be
tooler and partly cloudy or fair.
Wall Strkic r Yesterday .?Tlic stock uuirkct
was fairly active and stead}'. Uultl was steady
ill day at l(H>:t#. Government bonus were
ictive but lower, States dull and railroads
itrony. Money on call was easy'at 5 a 0 per
?cut, and at the close lent down to U a -A per
sent.
A Heavy Hi s oh tlie big savings bunks was
;bc seusution iu Providence yesterday.
Tyn Pj<oi*oi?ei> surreuder of tho Dacotub
[ndiaiis is bud news for the Indiau liiug con
tractors.
Senator Gohixin and bis Southern Congrcs
rioual party are doing effective conciliation work
n lJoston.
Chicago's Sociai isis deny that they arc drill
tig or buying anus. Tbcy arc not quite so
diotic ax tliat.
The Newell Case, like a somewhat famous
nit across the river, baa resulted in n disagree
acntot' the jury.
The Ohio Voluntary Hankkipt lint this
norning* in a pretty long one. The President
lUglit to sign the Itepenl bill as soon as possible.
The 1{itm:i> Casiiiek of the Indiauu bank,
rho disappeared yesterday, leaving two hundred
housand dollars in his .sale, was u little behind
ho times.
The Fight between our Aldermen aud those
rf llrooklyn over the curtuien's ordinance is be
uming decidedly ii teresting. Who will win
?X Albany is the question.
Long Hkaxcu will liot be a pleasant place for
he Spitz dog tliis summer. An ordinauee no.
borizing their wholesale slaughter has becu
tassed by the local authorities.
Tub Piiesi hem's enthusiastic reception iu the
*enusylvania coal regions yesterday shows that
lie sorehead politicians in the country ure as uu
nllucutinl as their city brethren.
The Co.h.mmtee ok Commekce of the Homfc,
meouraged by its success iu putting through
die outrageous River and Ilarbor bill, has
1 greed to refMirt in favor of a custom house at
lerwy City. What nest?
In the Inhiax Ai'Fkoi'hiaiiu* Hill this
fear there is a prov isiou requiring that when
practicable a portion of the subsistence fuuds
may Is- used to encourage agricultural pursuits
among the tril>cs. This is ciicu|ter and more
humane than buying powder to kill them.
Foil the Past seventeen years the Hureau of
Engraving aud Printing has been able to pre
pare its thousands of millions of pa per dollars
in the Treasury Department. Now, when iu
the very nature of things this printing business
must Ik; largely reduced, a committee of Con
gress wants to erect a special building for its
accommodation. This from the economical
House.
WkIssce this morning another great quiutuple
IIekai.H. being the ninth of the scries this year.
It contains seventy-three columns of adver
tising, which form a mirror of the vast business
01 the city, covering us they do every department
of industry, commerce and trade. A newspaper
like the Heuali* ol to-day is not only one ol
the great wonders of modern Journalism hut of
the time. It is the gauge of oiir progress ill
mechanical skill, for it is 11 ?l so many yenrs
liucc the production of such a paper with its
enormous Mitkm in a single night would have
been an Impossibility. Again, it 11 fiords a
standard by w hich we may iiieusuie tin- grow th
and prosperity ol the city, while its Lews col
umns containing the principal events in all parts
of the world ol the ilay ln-fore show how
science, industry aud capital have brought the
uttermost parts of the earth together.
The Wkatheu.?The lowest pressure is mov
ing very slowly toward the Atlantic coast, and
now extends from the lake region over tho
Middle States toward Cape Hattcras. The
pressure is steadily rising in the centre of the
area of low barometer, but light rains and the
usual centripetal winds attend its mov emcnt. A
nibsidiary centre ot disturbance is being de
veloped oil the New Jersey and Long Island
coasts, with brisk winds. The barometer
continues high over Nova Scotia, and has
risen iu tho Northwest. Tho winds now
prevailing are chiclly Irom the north and east,
except In the South Atlantic States, where tlu:y
are light from the southwest and south, 'lent
pcrntures have decreased somewhat, oliictly in
the Central Volley regions. Tho weather iu
Vcw York and its vicinity to-day will be cooler
and partly cloudy or cloudy, with morning fog,
followed by decreasing cloudiness, lo-morrow
it will be cooler and partly cloudy or fair.
The Modern Prophet* tad ipettlN,
It is nut oar purpose to discuss tho
merits or even to catalogue the numos of
recent writers on religion who lay no cluim
to orthodoxy, although some of the most
gifted of them, like Iienan in France and
Mutthew Arnold in England, are attractive
subjects of comment and criticism. We
I venture to tread upon this delicate ground
at all only because one or two Iresh pub
lications in our own country bring it within
the domain of journalism. It is not less tho
duty of the journuljst to take note of the
great movements of contemporary thought
thun of the wars, treaties, negotiations,
parliamentary contests and political events
of his time. The journalism of this age, in
becoming more independent, has also be
oome more various and comprehensive than
the meagre gazettes and decaying party
orguns thut satisfied the demands of a forhier
period. That splendid passage of Cicero
which declures, in tho highest strain even
of his eloquence, that all human interests
are finked together and that nothing which
concerned humanity was foreign to him, is
destined to become the motto, in spirit, at
least, of the journalism of tho immediate
future. Art and science and literature and
ethics and religion aro to become staple topics
of discussion In tho daily press, as well
as politics and commerce, the only limita
tion being tho sound rule of all true jour
nalism that the discussions are to be
founded on emerging events and to "catch
the manners living as they rise." Im
promptu discussions of such topics may
sometimes be hasty and crude, but they
will at least serve as an iudex to what is en
gaging the attention of the best minds of
the period, and even when most faulty will
be redeemed lruni contempt by evident
interest in great questions and by setting
an example of independenco and candor in
handling them. It is the business of a
journal to bo always on the very crest of
the ever advancing waves ol public thought,
and it is entitled to indulgence for that lia
bility to error which attends tho earliest
discussion of new questions.
We venture, with modesty, to touch upon
tho religious controversies of tho period,
becuuso we have no right to keep our read
ers ignorant of their existence. The lite
rary periodicals are lull of them, and tho
writers on the scepticul side are among the
most eminent men of letters of our time.
Tho May-Juno number of tho Inlernatbiial
Jiecicic lias an article, the beginning of
a series, by Froude, the historian, on
"Science and Theology," and the May
Juno number of tho North American
Jieciew has u far more attractive and
interesting article on "The Sovereignty |
Of Ethics," by Ralph Waldo Emerson,
the subtlest ami most accomplished
of our native sceptical or semi-sceptical
writers. The only point of resemblance
between these speculators on religious
questions lies in tho fact that they are both
ex-clergymen, Froude having begun his ca
reer as a minister of the Church of England,
and EmerBon as a Unitarian minister in
Boston. No two minds could bo more un
like Emerson is like a rich poicelain vase
moulded of the finest clay into a form ot
exquisite elegance, while Froudo is a
cood specimen, not without flaws, ot ,
uioro common crockery. Mr. Frondes
recent article being only introduc
tory we will not notice it further
at present; but Mr. Emerson's article in the
North Amtrka* IlecUw is bo characteristic
and unique that we may bo pardoned for
bestowing upon it soino attention, i jr.
Emerson's modes of thinking and exquisite
literary execution are redolent ot a refined
spirituality which makes his productions
pleasant and suggestive reading even for
those who most widely differ from him. His
productions are a splendid refutation ot the
charge that American litcraturo has 110 orig
inality, but consists ot mere imitations of
European models. Nothing could be more
absurd than the suggestion which used to
be made of a resemblance between Emer
son and Carlyle. One might as well
liken a conservatory of rarest flowers to
u huge and gnarled oak wreathing its fan
tastic boughs. There is a delicate spiritual
aroma in the writing* of Emerson which is
entirely wanting in the more rugged and
masculine productions ot Carlyle.
It is a juster criticism on Emerson that
he lacks sequence and logical connection.
As a mere statement llns is true ; as an accu
sation it only illustrates the intellectual
narrowness of the critics. Mr. Emerson s
mind is intuitive rather than logical ; but
the highest order of intellect is intuitive.
The light which Shakespeare so often flashes
upon the deepest secrets of the human
heart is worth cartloads of the regular
deductions of philosophers. The teaching
of Christ (to recur to the highest of all
models for awakening spiritual capacities) is
never consecutive and logical, but the Irmt
of intuitive insight c othing itself in popu
lar and figurative language. If En,, rson is
sometimes obscure or meaningless to
those who are not habitually conversant
with the deeper spiritual problems it is
for tlio same reason that the eelebratod
"Maxims" of Kochcfoucauld (which also
have no logical connection) would be
obscure or meaningless to readers
who had not mixed largely with
the world and qualified tin mselves by
observation to appreciate the fineness and
acnteness of hi* rmarks. Mr. Emerson is
intimately conversant with nil moral sys
tems and all forms of religion, ancient and
modern, Oriental and Western, and lias at
tempted to strip them all of their hunks in
the hope of finding nutriment in the ker
nel. Many of the things in his writings
which seein emptiest to an averago r< ad^r
are full ot deep significance lor the initi
^ Although Mr. Emerson is now venerable by
the weight of years his recent essay ex
poses no symptoms of intellectual deoaj.
There is tho satno fineness of spiritual in
tuition, tho same abundance ol apt illus
tration, the same neat felicity of epigr<in
matic language which marked his eailier
productions.
Mr. Emerson is no vulgar denier of ac
cepted creeds, much less a scoffer at things
which other men hold sacred. He is more
inclined to lament than to.xnltover the
decay of faith which ennobled the believing
ages of the past. Ho perceives that tho in- |
tellect of this ago has outgrown the old
formularies, anil it sceuis to bo his aim to
afford what help he can toward saving the
precious cargo if the deoayed ship should
bo wrecked. His "sovereignty of ethics,"
if we understand him, means the ir
repressible supremacy of the sub
stanoo of religion over decaying creeds
and perishing ' forms. His "sov
ereignty of ethics" is really tho sovereignty
of God, although ho profess to avoid this
theological mode of expression. It must be
considered that ho is addressing tho intel
lectual class ot our time, which is pro
foundly sceptical, and that ho fashions his
.arguments to their points of view.
Tho sovereignty of ethics is really the
supremacy of God. What do we mean
when we call God just or righteous or holy
or benevolent? Simply that he possesses
tho attributes which make up tho ethical
character of the human soul. If justice or
benevolence in tho Deity bo different lrom
justice or benevolence as human qual
ities wo aro incapable of forming any
con2option of God at all. It is only
throngh our moral nature that we can ap
prehend Him, and if justice in Him be dif
ferent from justice in the human mind there
is nothing to which the religious sentiment
of mankind can anchor. The "sovereignty
of ethics" is therefore tho supremacy of
thoso attributes which wo ascribe to tho
lluler of the Universe. If wo can savo and
uphold human reverencto for thoso qualities
we have all that is fundamental and most
precious in religion.
The Bible?with reverence bo it spoken?
is tho mere scaffolding ol religion. Do
glorified saints or angels around the
throne need a Bible? Not at nil. They
know by immediate perception all the
divine truths requisite for their spiritual
sustenance and growth. Is it not possible
that man on earth may rise, by the aid of
tlio Holy Spirit, to a similar communion
with tho divine nature ? Tho divine attri
butes aro most clearly appreciated by those
human souls who have grown most into
their likeness, and this ethical perception is
more satisfactory than any other species of
evidence. What does it matter whether
Joshua commanded tho sun and moon to
stand still, or whether any other alleged
miracle was ically performed, tft a soul
which has grown into such a likeness to
tho divino attributes that it knows* them
by kindred sympathy ? Imagine an arch
angel losing his conviction of the infinite
power of tho Godhead by an astronomical
refutation ol the miracle of Joshua! Men
like Emerson und Matthew Arnold can dc
but little to save the essentials of religion
lrom tho wreck of creeds. Tho true
prophets and apostles of the now era will
bo fervent, spiritual men like Wesley or
George Fox or Ignatius Loyola, inspired
by a burning zeal for tho propagation of
religion ami ho gifted to concentrate at*
tontion on its pith and essence that, nnder
their teachiug, its outworn garments arid
"Hebrew old clothes" will drop oft' without
any perception of loss.
The Future off the Phonograph.
A highly interesting article on the phono
graph, written by Mr. Edison, the inventor
of this latest mechanical marvel, is pub
lished in the North. American Jlecictc. We
reprint to-day selections from this article,
which derive their value from the source of
the information they impart. Of the future
of tlio phonograph its inventor confesses
himself unablo to speak positively, be
cause its application cannot be defiued
like that of an instrument intonded
to fulfil specific purposes, Jiko a
clock, a sewing machino or a reaper.
The rango of application of tho pho
nograph seems unlimited, because tho
mechanical difficulties to be overcome nre
reduced to a minimum by tho simplicity
of its mechanism, and it is not dependent
on the operation of forces other than purely
mechanical. Yet Mr. Edison has sketchod
for us a description of tho uses to which tho
phonograph can be put immediately i^ml
without any lurther important develop
ment of its powers. Basing his statements
on tho fact that tho phonograph cap
tivates fugitive sounds and imprisons
them for unlimited reproduction, inde
pendent of their source of origin,
lie declares that tho instrument
can bo used for letter phonautogruphio
writing, by which the recorded souuds can
bo transmitted through the mails and re
produced as often as desired at distunt
places. It is, as it were, a mechanical let
ter reader operated by clockwork. Tho re
ceiver of the letter sits at his desk and tho
instrument reads his correspondence for
him as clearly and much more accurately
perlinps than a clerk could do it. In like
manner phonographic books can bo pre
pared and tho instrument can read these
aloud in a public hall or school room
for tho benefit of largo audiences.
Music can bo repeated in tho same
manner, and tho ericH, calls, Ac.,
used lor business advertising, uttered
In sonorous tones by a tireless, lungless
piece of machinery. Tho surprising ac
curacy of tho record of sounds is proved by
their reproduction. It is in these processes
that tho marvellous simplicity of tho pho
nograph strikes the observer and hearer.
The childhood of On future will bo
amused in a manner that can be at once
entertaining and instructive, for speaking
toj| will becomo as common as 0>e squeak
ing dolls and dogs of- to-day. In combina
tion with tho perfected telephone the pho
nograph promises to revolutionize the pres
ent system of telegraphy. It will be no
longer necessary to write messages for a
telegraph operator to read and transmit.
They enn be spoken nnd heard only by tiio
sender and receiver, who are interested.
As the steam engine and tho telegraph have
been tho great engines of thii century one
of those ot tho next will undoubtedly bo
tho phonograph.
The Slnfulnt'St of Clurnt Punch.
ITho "Mrs. llutherford 11. Hayes Temper
ance Association," of Washington, have dis
carded the uamo of their organization on
tho ground that the wile of the 1'resident
"countenanced tho uso of clarot punch at
dinner onboard tho excursion steamer on
the Dataware River." While wo have no
particular sympathy with the association or
its principles wo regard its nctiou as en
tirely justifiable. Any lady or gentleman
who would approve the use of cJuret punch
at dinner deserves to bo repudiated. It
Mrs. Hayes had given in her fealty to
sherry, Chablis, Chateau Yqueni, Chamber
tin, Pornard, Clos Vougeot, Chateau Mar
gaux, Chateau Lalitte, Chateau La Rose,
any brand of dry champagnes or old
crusted portt the case would be different.
At some stage or other of the dinner such
wines would havo been admissible. But
the idea of "countenancing the uso cf
claret punch !" Abominable !
Europe'* Uoubtn and Fears.
A special despatch from our correspondent
in St. Petersburg states that the sly eld
Chancollor of the Russian Empire instead
of being sick, as currontly reported, is only
"playing possum" with a view of avoids
ing compromising controversies with the
British Minister, Lord Loltus. The
delicacy of the relations between Eng
land and llussia at present bas probably
suggested to Prince Gortsclrakofl' the sound
ness of the proverb, "The least said the
soonest mended." Silence under condi
tions such as those that govern the diplo
matic movements in both countries is in
deed golden ; i^nd this view seems to pre
vail as much at Downing street as
at tlio ? Russian Foreign Office. Un
der the circumstances *Europ2's doubts
and fenrs seem to grow with time.
There is no sign of yielding on the part of
England, and she adheres to her policy of
insisting on tho submission of each and
every clause of tho Russo-Turkish treaty to
a congrtsj. She declares by her action and
by the utterances ot the press that Russia's
aim and desire are to bring about tho parti
tion of Turkey. This is in dii^ct opposi
tion to England's interests, lienco her stub
born attitude, which is at once ono of ob
struction and menace.
A recent inquiry by Italy as to what Eng
land's programnie is tho latter evades 1 y
declaring that it is useless to propose any
scheme of settlement until llussia consents
t^ Europeanize tho treaty. The German
press make pointed comments on this atti
tude ot England, and refer to her parado of
European interests after tho signing of
peace as being in contrast with her bold
statement of her own interests when
tho war began. Tho opinion seems
to px-evail that on England's programme
will depend tho ultimate settlement of tho
Eastern crisis. On her will rest in u large
degree tho responsibility lor tho outbreak
of a great war, because her refusal to
accept a settlement of tho questions at
issue, except on ber own terms, opposes
her own interests to those of Europe, which
are peace. ? The strain, however, cannot
last long, and England's programme, of
which extensive warliko preparations cer
tainly form an important part, must soon bo
known. It seems not a little btrangc
that of all Europe tho fractional
part?England?alone socks to impress
tho world with the sanctity of Euft>
pean interests. Yet the action of tho
fraction involves tho stability of tha whole,
and to such an extent as to render possible
the creation of questions really vital to
Europe, in tho settlement of which Eng
land's insular position and naval superior
ity would give her a dominating influence.
This it is Europe's interest to avoid ; hence
England's practical isolation in tho present
case.
Aiding Agitators.
The scene in the English Houso of Com
mons, when one of the Irish members, Mr.
O'Donnell, of Dun^arvan, attempted to
justify the assassination of the Enrl of
Leitrim, his secretary and driver, on tho
ground that the murdered eari had boon a
"bad landlord" and a man of dissolute life,
proves that the English are no wiser than
the Canadians in their treatment of mis
chievous agitators. The common sense of
tho people would have suggested the reply
to Mr. O'Dont ell's tirade?namely, that a
cowardly assassination is not tho proper
punishment for bad actions, and that if
Lord Leitrim was a depraved and cruel man
that was no justification for murdering in
cold blood his secretary and coachman, who
were in no manner responsible for his acts.
Hut the House of Commons thought fit to
interrupt Mr. O'Donnell's silly speech
and to eventually silence him by a mo
tion to clear the galleries of stranger.*
and reporters. This action gavo tho speech
tho only notoriety it could have attiiincfl,
just as the recent violent demonstration
against O'D movan ltossa in Canada im
parted importance to what would otherwise
havo been a very silly and insignificant
attempt at a sensation. If tho O'Don
nells of England and tho O'Donovan
Itoasas of America were left severely alono
they would bo of no moro moment
than a St. Paul's church shoeblack, and of
far less interest than Mrs. Tom-IU-Jon:
Our treatment of the Tompkins square pa
triots at tho time of tho strikes proves tho
wisdom of allowing mischievous agitators to
txhaust themselves in their own Extrava
gances. People then s-o through their
fallacies, and laugh at them instead of en
tertaining a sympathy for them under tho
mistaken impression that they are "op
pressed." Let tho tonguo of tho tool run
freely and ho will exposo his own folly.
Arbitrarily clu ck his spoeoh and it will 1?o
generally believed that ho is silenced for
fear Of the revelations he may mnke.
Pulpit Topic*.
Tho topics to bo discussed to-day by our
city pastors are mainly of the practically
pious cast. Apropos of tho contest over tho
Presidential election Mr. Howard will make
a point on tho truo election and tho spirit
ual perseverance in the path chosen. Mr.
Alg<'r will illustrate tha social workings of
character and show tho influence of man
upon man. Mr. Humphrey will point out
tho paths and ways of wisdom and Mr. Hull
will show how labor brings blessing while
the believer walks with God. Tho im
portant theme ofChristian work among work
ingmen will bo forcibly presented by l)r.
llylance, and tho lolly of indecision in
spiritual affairs bo set forth by Mr. Ilurch.
Tho mystery of godliuess will bo made
plain by Mr. Humpstone, and tho reason
ableness of taking God at His word be
shown by Mr. Williams. What tho unpar
donable sin ia Mr. Boards will tell his
hearers, and what the meaning of the pillar
of cloud aud tiro that accompanied the
Israelite* in the wilderness Mr. Moment
will show. Mr. Colcord will arouse the
npiritnal sleepers in his congregation and
Mr. ltowell will auk his people to choose
between self and Christ and to mako suc
cess a duty. Dr. Armitage will disprove
the charge of insanity brought against the
Lord Jesus Christ and will show the rela
tion of responsibility to privilege. Dr.
Deems will discuss Christian communism,
and Mr. W. M. Seniles? will urge his be
lieving ones to hold fast for final salvation.
Dr. King will present a green spring topic
in the grass of the field, while Mr. Murtyn
will go b.ick to the cull of the' patriarch
^Abraham for his lessons. Mr. M. Hull will
undertake scientifically to prove the immor
tality of the human soul. The responsibil
ity of public criminal confessions will be
placed where H belongs by Mr. McCarthy,
and the Egyptiun couiiicts between Phur.ioli
and Moses will be applied to modern days
and events by Mr. McKelvey. Mr. Hatfield
will review the Richmond Brother Jasper's
astronomy and inquiro, "Did the sun stand
still by the command of Joshua?" The
tcmperance question will bo considered by
M^. Evans and Dr. Do Pay, Mr. Affleck und
Mr. Sweetsor. Revelations of truth will be
made by Mr. iSchroeder.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Lamar lovrs light literal ure.
Mr. Unsk.ti's rocovcry In looked upon as oerialn.
Morrlsscy coulldontly believes tlmt bo will rocover.
Jobu Taylor, tlie Mormon, receives $4-13,000 a year
tubing*
J ill yo llilion ib at Saratoga ordering improvements
In the (JranU Union.
l'bo Omaha Jit/iulUican la fond of icoratnlc. It loves
the little browi: jug.
TUo New liuven JlegitUr says tbat tho Nkw York
Hkkald is level beaded.
Tho Prince ot Wales is again In Paris, looking after
ibo Jiritish Hcciiou ol the Exposition.
Colonel Prank llarJiti, a lioro ef Sao Jacinto, agod
seventy-live yours, died in Texas, recently.
Tbo Chicago ItUtr-Ocean says tbat tno Xkw York
IRr.w.o Is always at the bona ol legitimate news en
terprises.
Tho editor of tho Cuoyonne (Wy. T.) Leader Is
Olafcke. Wish you mucli success Mr. Glafclce, unci
grow lut.
A federal officer, appointed by Grant bat superseded,
could go belore tbo Circuit Court and rcluse, la legal
form, to be removed by Hayes, aud be could carry his
case belore tho Supreme Court iu appeal
The Oakland (OaL) Tribune, speaking of country
boarding in summer, says tbat hot biscuit, muddy
toiloc and lough meat make life In the country in
teresting, and that they are, a clianjc lor a good many
people.
Mr. Lowe, tbo Engllsu statesman, wbo a lew years
ago was very popul ir and wbese style was quoted by
certain pcoplo aa a rpeclmeu of Kiik'isb, Is not now
popular In bis manuers and be is calloJ "the white
headed torpedo."
A load of brgbl ?recn grass went up Broadway yes
terday morning, and as it passed the Post Office, It wad
sad to *00 tho poor omuibus and truck horses toss their
licads and look utter it as cbildion would look luto
windows ol candy shops.
Mr. J. L. Vance, ex-Congressman, arrived In Cin
cinnati yesterday morning Iroui San Francisco. Ho
proceeJnd to bis home at Galllpolis last evening. Ho
Is undoubtedly Insane, and is In cbargo ol Joseph
Cheshire, u frlond of iho family.
Km I or or William, ol Prussia, keeps a diary of the
tblugs be shoots. Since 1819 he has shot 7,000 head,
or ab'JOl 120 a year. In U19, while shooting, ho let
his guu go off accidentally, and to on his right hand
bo hasn't got much of a toreQngor.
Knstern lecturers sometimes wbcu staling (ho prloo
ot ao entertainment forget ttiut tbo West never boa
paid and never will pay tbe extravagant prices of tbo
Kurt. The West In bor cconotntes has never been as
sen so I ess as tbe East or tbe old time South.
Tbo following are the names of Iho Australian
cricketers w bo arrived in San Francisco yesterday en
route to Knglaud:?T. llorun, W. C. Ulbbs, It. Boyle,
C. Duonerman, A. Uannerman, W. L. Murdock, V.
Spollora, W. Allen, 0. Dulley, J. Ulackham, T. Garratt,
A. Caodale and l?. Gregory.
Mr. Horace While several months ago wrote for an
hbglisli periodical, Iho Fvrtnigklly. wo think, an arti.
clo on tbo Stato rights and lha ledoral principles as
opposed to each othor In perpetual conflict. Tbe lettor
ot Jcllcrmu DjvU recalls tbo article, and it setms
that Mr. Whito bad about as cloar a sense of tlio phi
losophy of our civilization as bas yot been written
about.
The Secretary of War, Central Sherman and party
Visited ihe Hampton Normal School at Fortress Mon
roo yoiitcrday morning, and were entertained by tbe
atudents with some plsntation melodies. General
SheriniD and tho secretary made shoit addresses.
1 ha party then visited the National Military Asylum
and inspected tbe veterans, ovor six hundrod in.nuin
ber. Governor Woodlln entertained tbe party at
luneb, alter wbieb they returned to the fort nd Joined
the graduates lu a r.laia photograph. Thoy left lor
Washington early last eventual.
1'iocbe (Nev.) ItecorJ :?"Aa Indian, nicknamed
Ruck, who is brother to tbe chief of the Muddy Ind
ians, lately paid a visit to 1'iocbo, having just returned
Irotu SI. Weorge, Utah. Ho says that the Mormofig in
that neighborhood have been tolling tbe Indians 'Oo
swim (got baptized); that God come by'ine by and
kill all Ibe Indians,' and thai, in consequence, 'neap
Indians swim.' Uuok, who Is a wide awuko Indian,
and baa an eye to business, says be told tbe Mormon
bishop, *You gib me six white sequaws mo liean swim;
you no gib mo six white sequaws mo no ?wim.' "
Court Cwvi?/ar:?"At a merry making at Prague the
other day an incident look place which led to un
pleasant conseqneuccs. Count Kummerskircb was
cbattiug gayly with tome ladies aud was about to >eut
fiiuisell witn due grace la tbetr pretence when soma
one pulled Hie stool lrom under him aud caused him
to *pr*wl ungrneelully on tho ground. Ihe Count rote
In great wrath, and, suspecting Count Mux Than as
tlio author of Ibis Indignity, 'ibnllenged him to mortal
combat. Tho two Counts 'met,' aud the result ot tho
encounter was that Count Mnx Tbuu was wounded In
tbe bend ar.d Count Itnmmursktrcb lost ono of his IIii.
gerr. This mutilation seems to have afforded all the
^atiafiction' Count llummerskirch needed, and the
duel then ended."
AMUSLMEN1S. '
ACADEMY OF MUSIC?"MIOHOK.
The perlormance of "Mignon" at tho Aeademy ot i
Music yesterday alleruooo liy tlio Stiakoioh Italian
U|tnra Company attracted an audioneo that tilled every
seat und occupied much ol tlio standing rooin In
Iho teveral corridors commanding a view ot Iho
stave. Tho three prime doune appeared In the east
which has already been mado familiar to the pultlio.
Mine. Hose represented Mignon, a r(>lt in which sno
looks pretty and sings well. Her volco is alwnys
warmly welcomed mid the uses It with n
la?ilMntlnji grnce. lew arliin tinvo come among
us nn<l ?o quickly commanded popular favor.
Min* Kellogg ssng tne tuusia ol Kelina with brill
lnt>cy. Alter Iwr r?w?l labors sbo ought to be tirod,
hut abe showed no signs of fatigue, and In singing
the famous I'oionaiso she rxbimied all ol
ihe old force and sparkle with which
her audiences are lamlliar. Hiss Keli<>gg*s
rendering of this purl Is exceptionally excellent.
Her % ucjiism Is almost perlt c?. and with ouu or two
exceptions it maybe ranked among tlio bestlntor*
pret.itions of this lieitutiinl aria. Naturally sin- was
encored, and received the usual tribute ol flow,
or*. Miss Cary, n? l'rederno. was ?h Ingenuous
an <i bowitehiug on ever. It will b? a l.ing
time beforo she csn lie displaced as a favorite. Mr.
Com Karl was the Wiiheim, Mr. Uoitscfnilk tho Laer
tes. Mr. Couly Ilia Lothario and Mr. liarili Oiaron.
Taken altogether the performanco was ono ol the
best of tlio fi'Urion, and was greatly oi*Juyod by tbo
ImmaiiSo assemblage.
ACADEMY ur Mt'SIC?JiK.NKFIT OF MIBS Mi BIX
. TUCK.
A very targe audience atsemblod at tbo Ar.sdcmy
of Music lssl evoulng to witness the ddbut of
Miss Marie TueR, a young lauy who, under Ihe
management of Mr. Htrackotch, Is about lo com
mence urtlttlu life. She bas a Very pure, sweet
toicc, suseoptible, however, of much culture, uai
alu r the study abroid wbtcb she proposes lo Bailor
take stie will doubtless return to Ainericu covered
witb Hiurels anil prepared to capture Iretb
ones Micro. Tlicio aro at prosent certain deleois
tu tier method which 11 is not geuerous
to criticise In 0110 who baa thai far made uo claim oa
tbe public: but tbo warmth <>l ber reception and the
lact tbat Mr. Strukosoh and bis superb company of
artiitn aided in maiung bor success lust evening is* ?
complimeut In ilselt
LYCEUM TH2ATBK ? ?HEKOH COMEDY.
Tbo larowoll performmet ot M. Hlrsony's Frcncb
comedy company was given at the Lyceum Theatre last
evening beloro a large audience. There were two pieces
on tbe bill, ' Li ParUo do Piquet," a comedy lu ono
act, aud "Ln Murirfj <lu MardiGra*," a foil* vaude
ville in itiroo acta. Tho former was an amusing little
pieco tbat played for ubont an.hour. Tbe tailor was
tho piece de retittance ol ibe even.ng and ta an ex
ci uciutingly luuuy play, which bad a run ot aoine tlvo
liuuiired nights at tbo l'aluls Koyal, in Pans. There
la no plot 10 i>p<talcol; in tact, thero n uol much la
tho pica' to speuic ot In publia Its humor is verjr
broad autl ita situations more coinlcil Itiuu reflued.
Duo Ui?y judge oi their quality by tbat 'in lbs
tira?t uct, vvm-ro the nnro who is on the stago
In his umWclotboJ wants a dress suit, and proceeds
to atrip a country cousin who happous In to tbo wed
ding. lie does not stop at cowl or waistcoat, but
druiia the trousors olf ol the visiting bumpkin's legs
nud leaves b I in in sucb h condition that ue la obliged
lo get luio the bou. t Tbe audtencu lalrty acreumed
wiib laughter over this fua and applauded
every Joke, and iboro wero a great many.
Tbo p;ece would not do ul alt ou au
Kugllxb speaking stage, lor we accept a - groat
iloul under cover of tbe French language that would
uiuliu u.i blusn ill our own. M. Venial, who played
the nridogroom. showed tiiui bo is a capital actor of
biOMd uoiuouy, aud M. Cbuiuoain as Grosrliloo was a
uuiquo ciciitioD. With no heard on his ttce ho was so
disguised i.s to be sctticoiy recognizable. We sin
cerely regrcl to aay adieu lo tho capital actors of Wbis
company, and hopo that alter all 11 may only be aa
revoir.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTE.
Almtfj commenccs na engagement at lbs Park Thea
tre on Friday.
Itio u.-ual Sunday eight conccrt this evening, at tb?
Grand Opera House, by Downing'* band.
'?The Exiles" ul Hooth's Is a play lull of lloe spec
tacular effects and otpicially atlractlvo to children.
At tbo Stuudurd I'heutro "Fritz" has boen drawing
lair houses, uod is lo bo continued until further an
nouncement.
At tbo Aquarium to-morrow, what Is called "tbe
new departure" wilt bo oelebratod by optrallo por?
lorinances In English, German and Italian. *
"Tho Uclotiratcd Case" at tho Uulon Square has
been comiug money for Its owners and tbo travelling
combinations are rcportod to bo doing wall.
A sacrcd concert is to be given this evoulng at
Steloway Hall If! aid of St. Francis Hospital, which la
under tbo caro ol *'iho Llttlo SUters of tho Poor."
Heller to-morrow enters ou tbo last fortnight of his
stay in Now York and presents a now programme,
which is promised to bo lull of Interest and amuse
ment.
"Diplomacy-'1 at Wallack's continues to be a lead
ing card ln tho dramutic world and Is said to bo one
ol tbo most protltablo plays put on tbe stajo ol that
tlieatro this season.
A benefit is on tbo lapis for Mr. T. B. Meagher, the
son of tbo woll known Irish orator. Mr. Meaghor has
been playing vory succos.-lully duriug tho past season
in tbo West and Southwest under tbe management of
Mr. John T. lord.
For tbo St. Agnos benefit next Tuesday evening, at
tho Academy of Music, a mammoth programme Is
prepured. In addition to those already meuiloned as
participant* will bu Mr. Harry Beckott, Mrs. Agnes
Booth and Mr. Frank Kooney.
A coinj. 1 inonlury lionelli tint promises to be un
usually luteic.Htiug Is to be given lo Miss Sara Jowett
ou tbo iilicrnoon of May 7. Among the patrous ars
Messrs. S. J. Tildon, \V. C. Bryant, l'urno Godwin,
Manton Marbio, Terry Belmont, W. H. Apploton and
Judgu Brady.
The management at Ntblu's scorn to have Improved
the lortuues of tbat establishment by substituting
"Leah" lor tbo extravuganza "NU-lor-li-ca." Tbe
loriner play will botu tho baards until tbe middle ol
tbe week, wbon it will be wltbdruvv.n to make way lor
tbo romanilo drama "Tbo Gascon."
Signor Miirjarooi, who supported Rlstorl during bot
engagement iu this country, and bis wi.e, who is tbi
nloce ol Rlsl?rt, comtnonoo au engagement at tbe
Filth Avenue Thoutro to-morrow cvontng. Ho Is said
to be an artist of the lir<t rank, bandsomi in flguie^
graceful lu gesture, sonorous lu voice and ixprcssivs
in action.
On dit that Mr. John Bryan, who has been around
tUo world aa the a^ent of Allred D tinnier and who wua
one ol tbo moat conflrinod ol vory old bachelor*, baa
wound up hia dramatic curocr by marry lug a wealthy
Now York lady and returning to Europe, lie played
the Undo in "lleieu'a Babies'' when in New York a
few months ago.
Tbo auicido of tho young follow in San Francisco
who triou to quality himself lor tbe stage aud failed
ought to be a warning to the scores who have just aa
littlo montal. vocal or phyaical ability aa be doubtless
possessed, out who are led 0:1 by so-calleJ dramatic
toHcbers and vainly spend their Unto aad money inn
sort of fool's paradise. Tbo place of nine out of ten of
the nmbiUou* young people who fancy they can play
Hamlets aud Juliets la at tbo plough tail or tbo milli
ner's table.
A vocal and instrumental concert will be given at
Lyrlo Hall, Sixth %ycuue, between Fortyursi and
Forty-second atreets, Tuesday evening next, for the
be no lit ol tbo blind pianist, Miss Uosa Dungaleu. Tbe
concert Is tcadored by Miss Arabella ltoot, who la to
bo assisted by Mlsa Kilo K. La Fetm, contralto;
??Little l'oarl," tbo child violinist, elgut years old.
Miss May G. Myers (reader); Mlaa lierlba Thlere, so.
pranu; Mr. Oscar M. Meweil, pianist; Mr. Allre<
Weinberg, Xylophone, and Charles E. urall, musical
director and aoaompanlal.
Tbe peop|f of Washington certainly should nol
complain ol a lack of theatrical attractions. They
have bud during tbe praaent season "liaby" by tbr
New York combination, G. S. Knight and tbe Worrol
hlstera lu "Otto," Maud Urangertn "Camilla" an<
"liroiton Vows," tho stock company in "The Uaut
choffs," Von Hlamwila as tne "Duebesa," Ueorgt
Rignold In "Henry V.," Clara Morris, Lyala Thump,
aon, tho company in "Pink Domino*," Hess English
Optra Company, John MoCullougb, Alniee, Kobaoa
and Crane, Louise l'omcroy, Josopb J ? Hereon, Mr.
and Mrs. Florence, Lawrcuco Barrett, the William
sons, K. A. Sol liern, Modjeska, Mrs. Oatei, Magglt
Mltchoil, llouolcault, John T. llaymond aad Lotta.
Mr. E. Orare, n gentloman well known In Amer
ican mufical circles, baa sailod lor France to
look alter the Intervals of Gilraor?'s Twenty,
accond Koglment llanii. Tbe ch'lcf object of Mr.
Urare'a vull la to arrange for tbo grand mnaioal
demonstration In 1'arla on tbe Fourth of Jaly at
tliu Exposition. Alter that ho will organise a rr^u
lar concert lour In the principal ettiea ol Frauee, Bel
glum and Holland. It la understood that tbe Amert.
?an residents In 1'arla and olsewhero are already
m king arrangements for the reception of tbo ban4
and a national welcome befitting tbo ^vout. Tho
Eugiish Journals are already heralding tho arri
val of Ullniore's Bund as a representative orgaolsa.
lion ol tbo ruitod dime". Tho band will receive an
ovation aud play lu tbe Exhibition I'alaoo, Dublin, on
tho 10tb, 17ili and IHib ot next momb under tbo mao
ngmneul of Mir Eiward Lec. They then proceod to
Loudon, pluy In tho Crystal i'alace, Sydenham, on Um
21*1 and aid, assisted by Qvo ol tbo llueat Eugiish
bands and a chorus of 3,000 voices under tbe direc
tion ol tlcrr Munna. A short toor of the principal
English towns will follow, alter wblcb Holland and
Buigiam nro to bo visited. Thoy play in 1'arla on the
Fourth ol July.
Tho mo*i sagacious ol our managers agroo that tbo
b:ll recently tntroiucod lu tho United Slates Senate
by Mr. Bluine And in tbo House ol Representatives by
Mr. lllacKbiira, which has lor its object an amend
ment to Hint portion ol ibe copyright law applloabln
to dramntlu composition', is uetrimental alike to
American managers nod play-goer*. It l? claimed ny
them thai If tbo bill Is passed no manager can pro*
dues a lorelgu play without arranging abroad lor tbo
right, wliil^ uow ml foreign plays sro ireo to as aa
soon as thoy ara printod. Furibermoro, that this
universal protoctlou to foreign author*, without com
poosatlvc protection In tbo shape of an international
copyright, would bo cbieflf for tbo Interest ol a
small number of play pubtiahers and play specula*
torn There would bo an olemeui of lajnstice lu tbo
fuel that an American author Is preveuiod from en
Joying bla profits abroad, white lorolgn writers, repre
sented by thoir n gouts here, may bring to bear all tbe
battalions ol tho law 111 protecting ttieta Irom tranaia
tloti, adaptation or dramalixation.. It la simply a
question of tit for tat, and Congressmen will do well
to look tho subject squire!? In tho lace boloro "gly.
I lug thomseifos away" to tbo wiles ol lobbvlatn