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NEW YOUK. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1878.
Important Notice to Advertisers.?To
insure the proper classification of advertisements
it is ahs'dutrhj necessary that they be handed in
before eight o'clock every evening.
The probabilities are that the weather in Xeio
York and its vicinity to-day will be warm and
fair. To-morrow it will be warm and fair or
partly cloutly. followed by increasing cloudiness
and possibly light rains.
Wall Street Yf.stehday.?The stock niar
ket m us dull, but prices were generally liiglu-r.
Cold advanced l'rom lOO^y to lOO1^. Govern
ment bonds were higher, States dull and ruil
rouds very strong. Money 011 call was eusy at
4 a 5 per cent aud closed ut 3^a4 per cent.
Mayor Ely's Mind is still in a delightful
fit rite of uncertainty in regard to the new l'olico
Commissioner.
Dom Pedro is worried by his office-holders.
The office-seekers are the ones who are making
oil the trouble here.
Leamington, uuother of the famous old racers,
bus died. lie was the siro of some of the lead
ing horses now on tho turf.
If the Proposed Chinese capitation tax of
one hundred dollars aheud should become a law
it will probably keep the citizens of tho Ficswery
Laud ut homo.
A Denial of the inestimable advantage of
having teachers of their own rare in the public
schools is the chief grievance of tho colored
people iu Baltimore.
An Extensive Raid ou illicit whiskey distil
lers in Virginia has resulted in tho capture ot a
large utunber of putriotio citizens. This sort of
conciliation will never do.
The Flower and Fruit Mission,cue of the
most beautiful of all our charities is'to bo con
tinued tliis year. It is within the means of nearly
every one to contribute to it.
Mr. Sherman Las issued another invitation to
take the four per cent loan. The terms ure the
same as ottered last year?a deposit of two per
cent aud the balance in ninety days.
Ik tlie llrooklyu llridgo trustees will hurry
tip their work the rapid transit roads will see to
the rent. The appointment of a committee ou
the subject is hardly iu the lino ot' thcir-duty.
The Tri.'htkls of tho Third Avenue Saving!
Ilank are still seeking in tho-courts to evade tho
payment of their just oblations to the puor
de|Hisitora. They ought to Mottle and havo donu'.
with it.
Kx-Govkrvou Packard lias at lust been pro
vided lor. He has heeu iioiuiuuted for tho
Livef|Miol consulship, and there can bo little
doubt of his couUrination. Tho salary in aix
thousand dollars.
Tin. African Emigration feeling is extend
ing northward. At a meeting of the.eity branch
of the Colonization Society to-day tho Aubjert
will be discussed by Secretary of Uio Navy
Thompson and others.
Tin: Ulii oRT of tho Seamen's Friend Society
shows that it uceonipliidied a good deal of cx
eellent work during the past year in -many rtv- I
ilized as well as uncivilized parts of I lie world.
A little more attention to the suiluiw' heathen
hoarding house keepers and the harpies wlso
prey upon unfortunate mariners in thin port
would be no harm.
In Cunckksn Ykktkiiiiay there was au in
direct vote on the tariff. A resolution wan
ulh-icd by Mr. Thompsou, of Pennsylvania, that
S re\ isiou of the law was inexpedient ut tho
present time. Ho moved its rwfosenco to tho
Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Wood usked
that it he scut to the \V ays and Means, hut a
motion (o refer it to tho Committee at' the Whole
on the State of the L'tiiou prevailed by an over
whelming vote.
Tiik WkathKR.?The depression that domi
nated the w eathrr in the I'il.isterii districts dur
ing the past week ban nstved tluotrgh the St.
Lawrence Valley toward Nmvu Sootin, Another
area of low pressure is udvu ncing from the Went.
It now overlies the Northiv n Missouri and Platte
valleys, where tlie barometer is very low. Hut
little precipitntionnltemls thin depression Strep
gradients of pressiiro oust tein|>erature that are
homing on the western margin of tie- low area
point to the probuhlc ikivelopnient of very se
vere wind storms in the Missouri Valley. The
pressure remains high on the South Atlantic
coast and Enatern Uutf, but it is fulling again
in Texas. Teiuperutuios Jiavo fallen iu the
New England Slates. Iu the WVst and Soiitli
there lias been a ge'Jcrul rise. .Kain has fallen
in the Middle and New England States and ill
the western lake region, hut tbn quantity has
been very slight. Tho winds hi vo been from
brisk to high in the Western districts; elsewhere
they have been front light to fresh. The
weather In New York and its vicinity today
will Iks warm and fair. To-morrow it will bo
warm and lair or partly cloudy, followed by in
creasing cloudiness am^possibly Jiglit ruins.
What Afflirlam Majr Sell to Kus?
?lam*
The presence of the Cimbria on the coast
of Maine brings our relations to the im
pending war between Russia and England
vividly before the American public. Russia
needs many things which the United States
can supply, and it is important that Ameri
can merchants and shipowners be able to
discriminate between unlawful and permit
ted transactions. Our neutrality laws are
very strict and our people have no desire to
violate them. When the boundary lino
i3 clearly drawn they will respect it,
and what they want to know is between
what classes of transactions tho legal boun
dary runs. Can Americans sell ships to
Russia, and if so, with what limitations !
Can Americans soil arms to Russia, and if
so, under what liabilities? These are the
only questions which as yet seem impor
tant, becauso ships and arms are tho only
things which it seems likely that Russia
will wish to purchase of us.
As to arms the case is perfectly clear and
free from all difficulty. War or no war, tho
trade in arms is as free as any branch
of commerce, so far as relates to in
terference with it by our government
Until war shall havo been declared
tho trado in arms and munitions is under
no restriction any more than trade in
wheat or cotton. After a declaration of war
tho trade in arms is equally free from gov
ernment restraint, but is attended with con
siderable risk. Arms are contraband of
war, and are subject to seizure by tho bel
ligerent against whom they are meant to bo
used, but trado in thorn is perfectly free,
subject to this risk on the part of the own
ers. It is for them, not for the government,
to decide whether they will take tho risk
of capture. But this risk will be
incurred by Americans only when tho
contraband goods are sent abroad with
out change of ownership to find
a market with one qr the other belligerent.
But this is not tho ordinary course of this
description of business. It is hardly sup
posable that American manufacturers of
arms or American dealers in arms will bo so
imprudent and venturesome as to send
their property abroad in search of a market
subject to the risk of belligerent capture.
They will sell to Russian agents for cosh,
and having got their monoy they have no
further concern about the goods which are
no longer theirs. The Russian agents will
ship them at the risk of their own govern
ment If they are captured and for
feited as contraband of war tho loss
falls on Russia, tho new owner, and her
losses will merely serve to extend the Amer
ican market, since Russia will buy more
arms to replace those captured by tho
enemy. The most recent and approved
writers on international law merely in
dorse the exposition of this branch
of it put forth by Jefferson, in
1793, in an early stage of the mighty
wars between England and Franco growing
out of the French Revolution. The British
government, with its customary arrogance,
had protested against tho sale of arms
to France by Americans. Jefferson,
in a communication to the British
Minister, stated in reply what is now
the accepted low of nations on this
subject. He was as terse, lucid and con
vincing as was his habit in diplomatic argu
ments. "Our citizens," wrote Jefferson,
"have beeD always free to make, vend and
export arms. To suppress their callings,
the only means perhaps of their subsist
ence, because a war exists in foreign and
distant countrios, in which we havo no con
cern, would scarcely be expected. It would
be hard in principle and impossible in
practice. Tho law of nations, therefore, re
specting the rights of those at peace, does
not require from them such on internal de
rangement of their occupations. It is satis
fied with the external penalty pronounced
by tho President's proclamation, that
of confiscation of such portion of
these arms as Bhall fall into the
hands of any of tho bolligerent Powers on
their way to tho ports of their enemies."
The view of Jefferson is at present the
universally recognized doctrine on this
point. Subject to tho risk of belligerent
capture, the sale of arms to Russia is as free
to citizens of tho United States as any other
branch of trade. If the arms aro sold to
Itussian agents the risk of capture fulls on
tho pnrchoscrs, and even they aro safe up
to th<j time of an actual declaration of wnr.
Arms enn bo captured on tho ocean only in
tho oxorciso of belligerent rights, which fol
low, and cannot precodo, tho actual out
break of hostilities, ltnssia has, there
fore, tho free use of our markets
for tho purchase of arms and muni
tions. England cannot complain of this,
since sho sold arms to both parties to our
civil wur in the exercise of a right which
our government never called in question.
When wo como to tho sale of ships tho
subject assumes a different aspect. Tho
damnges which England consented to pay
for permitting Confederate cruisers to es
cape from her ports, whilo wo mado no
compluint of tho sale of arms to tho Confed
erates, attests tho different footing on which
theso two branches of trudo are admitted to
stand. Our neutrality laws are remarkably
strict in forbidding tho fitting out and
equipment of ships intended for hostile
iixo ng.iinst nny Power with which
the United States aro at peace. Why
should ships bo subject to such strin
gent rules ivhilo tho trudo in arms is froe ?
Wo will not undortako to explain tho
grounds of tho distinction. It is undeni
able that it exists, and that our laws pro
hibit, by hoavy penalties, the fitting out in
our porls of ships intended for hostile use.
Tho rightfulness of this branch of trndo
hinges entirely on tho question of inten
tion. Wo arc as froo to sell merchant
ships in time of war as in time of peace.
We are as freo to Boll merchant ships
to ' a belligerent as to a neutral.
Put wo are not freo to tit out ships
as cruisers either in time of peaco
or in tiiuo of war. Tho question of
hostile intent is sometimes so diiHcult to
decide that our laws, by way of precau
tion, require the government, in cases where
there aro reasonable grounds of suspicion,
to put owners under bonds to double tho
value of tho vessel and cargo before giving
a clearance. And jot merchant vessels,
intended only for mercantile voyages, may
lie as frooly sold and taken uwuy as any
kind of merchandise. It is no violation
either of the law of nations or of our neu
trality laws for Americans to sell trunsjiort
ships to Russia. The Ciinbria itself is a
conspicuous illustration that the purchase
or charter of a transport ship is permissible.
The Cimbria is a German vessel char
tered by Russia ns a transport. Ilad
the charter been grantod by American in
stead ot German owners our neutrality laws
would not have been infringed by the trans
action if the vessel was not intendod as a
cruiser. But had the purpose boon to arm
her for depredations on British commerce
it would have been the clear duty of our
government to detain her. Had slio been
merely suspected on proofs that were not
conclusive it Mould havo been the duty of
tho government to put her under bonds at
twico her value, and tho bonds would bo
forieited if she afterwurd engaged in hostil
ities. If by un evasion or subterfugo
a ship intended for hostile purposes
should escape to sea all who had uny com
plicity in the transaction would be triublo
lor a high misdemeanor and subject to
lioavy fines and long imprisonment. A
trade in ships with Russia as tho purchaser
is, therefore, very unsafe, unless it can be
made evident that there is no intention to
use them for hostile purposes. But, with
this exception, the trade in ships is as free
as the trade in arms or the trade in cotton,
even if Russia bo the purchaser.
Crippling the Army.
Mr. Abrain S. Hewitt's Army Appropria
tion bill is now ready for submission to tho
Committee of Ways and Means. It has evi
dently been carefully framed and is based
on a principle which may well appear just
and expedient to a civilian. Mr. Hewitt
finds that there are in the army organization
as many regiments as would, if filled up,
raiso the standard to forty thousand men.
This he considers too high, his theory being
that the standing army now, in a time of
peace, ought to be modelled on that of 1860,
making allowance only lor the increnso
of population. To maintain u sufficient
number of regiments for a force
of forty thousand men, when the stand
ard is to be only twenty or twenty
five thousand, seems to Mr. Hewitt a need
less waste of money on epaulettes and side
arms, so he proposes to sweep away four
teen regiments out of the forty now exist
ing, to fill up tho remaining twonty-six by
consolidation and recruiting, and to muster
out of the sorvice all superfluous officers.
He sugar-coats the pill thus administered
to the retired officers by proposing to be
stow on them a gift of from one to four
years' pay and allowances, according to
tneir length of service, and seeks further to
reconcile them to what would be a docided
breach of faith on the part of the govern
ment by making a reduction of twenty per
oent on the pay of their comrades who re
main in the service.
Mr. Howitt's bill has neither fairness nor
expediency to recommend it to favor. It is
not just to those who have fitted themselves
for the military service of the country to
turn them adrift by wholesale, and it is not
wise to drive from the army officers whose
education has been a considerable cost to
the nation. If wo are to have an army of
only twenty-five thousand men?a mere
military bagatelle-?it will be better to main
tain forty or fifty skeleton regiments than
half that number of full regiments. We
shall then have a valuablo nucleus
for a large force in case of an
emergency, since raw recruits, merged in ?
regiment half filled with trained men and
well officered, will speedily become efficient
soldiers. The present number of regiments
ought not to be roduced, and certuinly the
pay of army officers is by no means too lib
eral. Besides, Mr. Hewitt's bill does not
hold out a very promising prospect of real
economy. Tho payments to bo rnodo to re
tired officers would sweep away more than
tho savings for tho next two or throe years,
and by that timo a more liberal policy in
l regard to tho military service of tho country
| will probably prevail.
Common lata sad Striker*.
It is scarcely possible to withhold sympa
thy altogether from the miners on strike in
Illinois whon wo hear only their side of tko
story of their grievances. Labor such as is
done in coal mines could not bo made oc
coptablo to the mass of mon by any rato of
wages; and those whoso hard fortune it is
to be unablo to livo otherwise than by such
labor should at least bo fairly paid the
prices they contract for. But in the issue
made by these strikers it is alleged on their
part that while the rate of pay?a cent and
a cent and a half a bushel?is ruinously
low, they havo to pay for all their own
supplies, as oil, tools and powder, and
are cheated in the ineusurcinont of tho coal.
If a strike were likely to afford them a rem*
edy they uortainly would bo justified in
striking, but it docs not promiso well, and
their condition at tho cad of thoir endeavor
will only bo the worse for their loss of time.
There is, no doubt, another side to the story,
but it will scarcely be inquired into, for the
public will not wait to hoar it, but will con
demn, without oven such reasons as it might
give, tho nttitudo of workmen who afliliato
with tho communistia sclii tners who seem
to havo somowhnt alarmed the Western com
munities by their WArliko preparations.
Cloud Detective*.
The skill and success with which the
secret of tho Erie basin murder was un
ravelled and tho murdtror hunted down is
a feather in the cap of the Brooklyn police.
At tho outset this appeared to bo an utterly
trackless case?a case with which it did not
soeni possible to connect any individual or
set of individuals. But tho keen pursuit
of a clow derived from tho mate
rial with which tho dead body
had boon sent to the bottom soon
made it possible to sketch the nature
of tho cvont in imagination ; and the fact
was ascertained that the very iron fastened
to tho body had been the cause of a quarrel
between the captain of a schooner and a
sailor in his employ. It was a case, there
fore, in which murder spoke by tho "most
miraculous organ" of an old mass of junk.
In every stage of this case the Brooklyn de
tectives appear to have worked in a spirit
very uncommon for detectives hereabouts
?"* Npixit ol intelligent devotion to their
duties.
1'eace or War,
filings said by exalted personages to bo
given out to the world are apt to be more
distingmshed for some other pecul.arity
an at ol strict accuracy; consequently
he fact that the Empress of Russia said on
un ay that "peace was assured" does not
put asido altogether the probability of
war. Even Earon Jomini's repetition of
10 statement may leave it doubtful.
Jlaron Jomini should know undoubtedly
e precise course and tenor of the negotia
tions of his government with England for
since the recent illness of I'rince Gortschal
,l? ' ,ie conduct of these negotiations hua
een in his hands. It is not consistent
with the spirit of Russian diplomacy for
officials to dcclaro the result of great nego
tiations while these are actually on foot, and
that the negotiation with England has yet
leached no point that can bo culled final is
evident from the reticence in London. It is
however, not easy to see what purpose there
could bo in giving out to the Russian
capital information likely to encourage
hopes, unless there was a good basis of fact
beneath it. We may regard these state
ments, therefore, us very encouraging,
made, as they must have been, in tho lull
knowledge that some concessions or admis
sions had been reached on one side or the
other in view of which a hostile attitudo
could not be maintained. If an under
standing with England has been reached
tho case for Russia will become very simple
at the Turkish capital, and tho Russian
army will leave the pachas of that now
agitated city to fight out between them
selves that battle for supremacy which has
a ways been a characteristic of Moslem
States. Osman Pacha, through the prestige
that his name has with tho army, will be
come in that caso practically the dictator
of the Padishah's policy, and will maintain
the existing Sultan against all plots to de
throne him.
The Trip ?r the Tally Ho.
? j,?Urney of tbe m?mbers of the Coach
ing Club to and from the good city of Phila
delphia was in every sense a very groat suc
cess. On the return trip yesterday the
thousands of persons who turned out at
every point last Saturday to cheer tho merry
travellers on their way reappeared to give
them another welcome and goodby. Going
and coming it was one magnificent ovation.
It is probably more than forty years since
the old stage coach rumbled along these
Jersey and Pennsylvania roads, and it is
very certain that, except in the way
o amusement, the conveyance of the
olden time will never be restored there
or anywhere else. That the old dis
carded system of travel is capable
of being converted into a health
ful, rational amusement is the chief value
of the trip that has been so successfully ac- !
complished by the gontleinen of tho Coach
ing Club. Riding and driving are among
tho manliest of amusements, and as such
ought to bo encouraged in overy way possi
ble. The amusements of a nation wield a
most important influence on the formation
of the character of its people. No country
whoso sports were of a low order has ever
made an important figure in history, and it is
sufe to say that none ever will. The amuse,
ments of a people are, In fact, a gauge of its
civilization. Where they are, as in old Rome
fierce, barbarous, vicious, tbe people are
cruel, bloodthirsty, revengeful. Tho Span
ish bull fight colors tho whole national life
of Spain. One of England's greatest states
men saw in tho English shooting moors and
hunting fields tho training schools that
enabled her officers to win victories under
Marlborough and Wellington. During the
past ten or fifteen years our outdoor amusc
monts have been very much elevated in
tone and character. Coaching, tho latest
addition to their number, is one of tho most
fascinating and picturesque of them all.
Mercury on the Oo>
Yesterday every telesoopic weapon, of
short or long range, from the colnmbiad
refractor to the pocket star-shooter, was
turned on the shining face of tho God of
Day in tho search for a peculiar dark
spot that has been cxpcctod to appear there
as a result of too much Mercury. The sun,
who is by far tho brightest light of our cor
nor of tho universe, is subject to these
little periodical indispositions, which may
bo attributed, perhaps, to his sedentary
employment and its rosult?a torpid
liver. Sometimes it is Venus that rushes
past him, laughing in his face and then
vanishing in tho splendor of his smiles;
more frequently he gets completely moon
struck and even frowns a brief but chill
ing glance at us, while Luna solemnly
eclipses his radiance, tkuno learned as
tronomers assert that the sun often is quite
troubled by the antics of that light-heeled
planetary scamp Mercury, who has ven
tured nearer to the awful pres
ence than even tho beautiful Venus
or tho queenly Juno. For seven
long hours yesterday Mercury, they say,
has been tickling tho face of the sun with a
feather presumably stolen from tho wing
of Jovo's own bird. Our American
eagle, which is a lineat descend
ant of that immortal fowl, has
consequently taken a great interost
in the performance, and has gazed long and
steadily at tho flaming face of the insulted
luminary hoping that somothing unusual
would happen. Hut being thoroughly
accustomed to suoli tricks the sun
has only laughed at this, the latest
pleasantry. Wo have comparatively few
chances of a good look at our mercurial
friend. It is only when he is farthest away
from us that we can seo his shin
ing face. Bat when ho dodges ucross tho
sun, as ho did yestorday, wo get
a nearer view, although it is ono giving the
darkest side of him. Still it is enough for
many useful purposes, and astronomers
recognize its valuo by adopting every
precaution which their knowledgo
suggests to get tho propor description
of a well known but fugitive wanderer
through spnee, and who is "wantod" at
astronomical headquarters. Our very full
despatches, published elsewhere, tell the
fortunes of tho observers in various parts of
the country yesterday.
Suppressing Public NnliMCM
Recorder Hackott has opportunely di
rected the attention of the Grand Jury ot
the Court of General Sessions to the exist
ence of nuisances arising from bono boiling,
hit rendering and other offensive smells in
various parts of the city, and to the illegal
encroachments upon and obstructions to
the streets, toads and public places in the
form of booths, stands and other encum
brances. The law requires the Hoard of
Health to put a stop to the former evil, and
the law makes it the duty of the Common
Council to prevent the latter. The Board o
Health, however, shuts its eyes and closes
its nose to the vile odors that make
some localities unendurable and imperil
the public health, while the Board of
Aldermen, in the teeth of the law, license
or authorize the misuse of the public thor
oughfares, which it is their duty to prevent.
The Recorder instructs tho Grand Jury to
inquire thoroughly into theso matters and
to indict any public officers who may be
lound to neglect tho duties imposed upon
them by law. The action of the Aldermen
in illegally permitting the use of the streets
for booths and stands by thoso who can
bring sufficient influence to bear to com
mand their l'avor has already been brought
to the Mayor's notice; but it is to be hoped
that the Grand Jury will take the matter in
band and adopt measures that will effec
tually pat a stop to tho abuse.
Lubor Reform.
For a pleasant little social tea party com
mend us to the thirty or forty amiable labor
reformers who held what they call "the An
nual Convention of tho Labor Reform
League" in this city on Sunday lust. The
prospect of the success of the legislation
which these remarkable statesmen urge on
Congress is not encouraging, it is true ; but
it is agreeable to contemplate what a general
good time we should have if our represen
tatives at Washington were sufficiently en
lightened to keep pace with these leaguers.
With "freedom of conscience in love
and the right of private judgment in mo
rality" we should be relieved of all Brooklyn
scandals and should universally recognize
the justice of the higher law as laid down
by the late Secretary Seward and practised
by the present head of the State Insurance
Bureau. Classifying those who hold prop
erty lor increase as invaders and robbers,
prohibiting by law the collection of rents
and interest and pronouncing a demand for
a debt a penal offence, we should be enabled
to make every gentleman of leisure who
now devotes his time to street corners and
groggery "dives" an honored and respected
member of society, at least for a time.
Yet in tho iace of the benefits thus
promised by the labor reformers, pro
vided they ever become a majority in
the land and hold the reins of government,
it is singular to find that they are subject to
tho ridicule and denunciation of the un
thinking. This might be doubted but for
the fact that the Secretary of the League
announced that one of the circulars calling
the annual convention and stating the ob
jects of tho League had been returned to
hiin, bearing the following profane and
unappreciative indorsementThis is
damned nonsense. Go and work Go to
church instead of talking riots." Of course
tho labor reformers will do no suoh thing.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Georgia ladles practise erotiery.
A Hertford lodge of Odd Fellows is called tbe Best'
boven.
General Grant and bis pert/ have left Term lor
DIJon and Pailr.
The Homo Sentinel thinks that a good nemo for n
ladr lawyer Is Suo.
Danbury A'ewt:? "Talmage will spend the summer
at Mouther's Vineyard."
GarQald says that be is not mediating between Mr.
Couklingand Mr. Hayes.
If tho Communists keep on there will bo an organ.
I zed Know Nothing party within the year.
The Prcaldoat has appointed lie v. Y. B. Wheeler, D.
D., ono ol tho Board of West Point Visitors.
Baron Max von Thlelmuon, Secretary of tho German
Legation at Washington, Is at tbe Hotel Brunswick.
M. Garnior, tho architect of tbe now Paris Opera
House, wears many diamonds on his Angers and on
his shirt front.
Hitler von Flotow has snowy hair and beard, and
resembles lu physiognomy the St. Paul of KapbaeL
Ho la very courteous
Kx-Congrcssman Kills H. Roberta baa been twenty,
eovon yesre on tne Ultra Herald, ona of tbastrongaat
papers In tho provincial part ol New York.
l'eacbee ara in the markot, but tboy do net aell by
tbe bushel, and they are so small that when you eat
oao at a loahlouahlo restaurant you must use a tpoon
with telescopic eights.
l'olloe Commissioner DeWtu C. Wnsalar is reporled
to be dangerously 111 at Washington, D. C. He left
thia city several waeka ago on a trip to Virginia for
tho beueQt ol his health.
Nevada Enterprise "A carious squaw Investigated
a giant powder cap In l'iocbo the other day. She
?aliened her curloelty, but sbo has aver ainee
mourned the lose of a thumb which went sway with
lbs cap."
Colonol John Hay, onoe private secretary to Lin
coin, aitarward poet, tbeu on tbe stalT of the Tribune
and eventually tha happy husband of a sweat and
wealthy wlfo at Cleveland, la spending a day or two in
Philadelphia.
Boston Transcript"A gentleman who baa an un
fortunate habit of Interrupting when othore are talk
iua was brought up with s round turn tho other evon
Ing by a victim, who quietly said, *Qo ahead end telj
your story. You may forget It.' "
Admiral D. D. Porter was at Aunepolle yesterday on
a visit to hla daughter, Mrs. Lieutenant Logao. Ha
was received at tlio Naval Aeademy by tbe marims,
under Lieutenant James Young, lb# Naval Academy
band and a saluto from the United .States ablp Santoo.
Andrew D. Kooney, a policeman at Uyda Park, Hum.,
has brought ault fur $3,000 damages ugalust Re?. J. C.
Conlan, pastor of a Catholic Church there, who
preached a sermon yesterday on "Blander," and
winch Kooney considers as a personal attack on him
salt.
At the session of tbe Vermont Annual Motholnt
Kplscop.tl Cvnloroooo at Woodstock yaeterday the
committee on tho trial of the o.iso of Rav. E. O, Hop
kins, charged with forgorles, reported that be be ex
pelled Irom the ministry and membership of tho
Church.
The story of Martin Ryun being a prisoner In 8Utlog
Bull's camp la ollicially denlod by Sir Edward Farrlug
ton, of the Bomiuiou governrncnl, at whose Instance
tbo camp ol Slttiug Bull wua aearchod. Toe allegod
facts in tbe case were found to baro no fouoduiion
whatever.
There aeema to belittle doubt tbttJohnM. Block. '
ley, ex-Assistant -..Attorney General of tbe United
States, committed suicide Salnrdty evening by drown*
login tbe Iske, near the Ml Fianels Seminary, at the
south ond cl the b iy, a short dlsianoo from Milwaukee.
Ho left several letters audrossad to different persona,
tbo contains of which show conclusively bis Intention
to take hts file All cdorts to recover his body have
thus lar boon unavailing. Tbo Immediate cause of
the rnab act is attribuiod to mental aberration, brought
on by domastio difficulties. Mr. Binckley'a family
consists ol a wile, Irom whom bo waa separated, and
four ehildren, who are now nt Knoxvillo, Tank
AMUSEMENTS.
F.FlH AVENUE THKATBE ?"HUSBAND AND
WIFE."
Au interesting event in the presont dramatic
season was the debut In Euglteb, last evening,, of
8 uar.ru Majirouiat ibo F<fth Avenue Theatre. and the
reappearance ol Slgoor Mnjoroul in a new rolt. Tbe
play on tbls occasion was a drama written by Slgnor
A. Moutaiguunt lor tho above moutloued '.dors, Known
in tbo orlglual us "Jealousy," and called in tbe trans
lation by F. It or roll "Husband uud Wile." It Is a
thoroughly Italian drama, dealing with tbo uncom
promising Jealousy ol a newly wedded busbaud. There
la little uctlou in tbo play, but tbo Interest is vary
stroBK and increases w.tli each sot. Tuoro 11
a aubt ety about tbe piece that is almo.t too line lai
an average audtcbc-v, one that la used to tbo drauiatla
situations of "Caoiille" or tbe "1'wo Orphans," but w<
tbluk tbe story will prove attracttvo enough without
startling climaxes or rod lire. It is very simple, but,
as the reader will see, capable ol btr<iu|
scenes. Tbe Marquis St. Klin, a nobleman brought op
by h:s mother to love booKs more tban women, soul
Di-uu on tbo sircot uud at once lulls in love with ber.
A marriage la arranged by his mother and Dians'i
uncle, tbo Duke do ltiario. Diuuu is uot at all iu love
wllb him. but sbo man lua us she is bid. U del
tbe circumstances she sees no barm iu enjoy
lns a little flirtation with the Count de
Itivcrdu. 1'bls rouses all ibe jealousy ibtt the lutcnse
nature ol Bo Klla is oupablo ol, und alter lludiag a
l.ve letter from Co Ktverda to his wile ho kills tbo
Count in a uueL A stormy scone wltb tbe wile fol
lows and bo openly Uuuouticos her, but eontlnaes to
live with ber, so that the world may not know what baa
passed botween the in. The wile is almost mad with grief,
lor she wei only a ooquctto alter all. Wbllo Si.
Kiiu's courso soouis almost b'Utal, it was bnt natural
in ouo who loved as be did uud looked with unworldly
oyea upon the flirtations of a married woman, and bo
bus our sympathies up to tbe lust act, lu tbe
Ural part ol whieb be does seem to ho a little lot*
uurcleoiliig. Iu the moaulliuo Diana becomes
madly In love with bor husband, but is repulsed on
every advance. 8he becomes ill, uud in tho und be la
touched by ber ouduriug lovo and pale luce, for bis
own love bud never ccasoi to barn lor her, anil
tho curtain lulls upon a grand reconciliation.
Signor Majeroni uctod tbe part to the life.
Nothing could have been more natural than bit
manner, aud, we must say it, bo looked quite capable
ol tbe Jealousy nu depicted and tbe revenge hi
wrought. His passion was never lorn to tatters,
but seemed rutber to bo held dowu by sbeui
strength of will. At times It would rush
to the top, but be shut his tcoth
against ft aud forced It back. As un
iinpcisonation of Intense lovo and terrible Jealousy
Siguor Majerom's perfotmauco loll liulu to be aestrcd.
His appearance without uuy stage ulsguiso showed s
young and handsomo matt of graceful und courtly
beurtag. Sign ore Majeroni as Dtuna made a de
cidedly favorable Impression. Htr acoent Is al
times scarcely perceptible, aud she has i
voicu that is very sympathetic In quality. Her laco II
exceedingly Interesting uud hor stugo appearance at
tractive. sue acts with a groat doal o* lurce, but uevet
ran is. In bor Impassioned moments sbo aroused ber
auditors to geiiuino appliusc, aud botu she audBtgnor
Mujeioni were culled before tbo curtain at tho end of
every uct and tbios times at tbo end ol tbe third act.
In the last act wo thought Sicnoru Uujeroni ut her
host. Her scene with hor husbund was very pathetic.
Mr. A. H. Hustings raudo quite a bit us Goucra! do
Lucca and acted with more vigor than we thought him
capable of. There was considerable difference among
tbo actors us to tbe pronunciation ol mauy names.
Some said Ueabns, others Diana, others again Dean*,
wbilo some spoke of Jft-lan aud others ol Mi-fan.
Would u not he well to settle upon some rulo of pro
nunciation before going upon tbe stage ?
GRAND OPKR V HOUSE ?KING LEAB.
Mr. John McCullough Is extending his reportory as
rapidly as possible?too rapidly, Indeed, If artistia
success Is in any way superior to popularity aud
reputation founded upon fours tie Jorce, Last night
bo acted King Lear before a good sized audience, who
demonstrated tbeir pleasure by frequent appluuso.
To tbe character of Lear Mr. McGuilougn brought
keen Intelllnonoe, carelul study, and those qualities
which have contributed so pre-omluontly to ais suc
cess lu rdfes like Spariacus and Virginius. But, wblle
lu many respects be rose to grandeur aud showed real
tragic power, asu whole bo lcil far snort, both m con
ception sndexeeutioo. of Bbakespeare's inosicomplcy
and subtle creation. No living English or American
uctor can play Loar wltb any degree of success.
In no part Is Mr. Booth seen to sucu disadvantag.-.
Forrest was tbe last who woro tbe royal robes of tna
teudcr-boartod and looiisb old king with roal majesty
and who gave to tbe poet's poweriul and lrcqucaliy
overstrained lines mat fiery aud Impassioned olo
quenoe, mingled with Infinite grace uud tendorness,
which alone can make tbem luily understood. Mr.
McCullough was thoroughly lu earnest; bis whols
heart was In bis speech and action; his move
moots especially showed deep study, anu Ills reading
was st timos broad, searching aud eloquout; but
thero was little majesty In this King hoar, little
tenderness and no subtlety. Us scorned rum or
au aged Spartacus than the uolortunate king
und lailior whose wu.-u have made the woild
weep. He rantod until bis voice became absolututy
painlul. Hia natural vigor overbore the foeblouess of
age, uud II he bud torn his white board and suowy
balr aside be would bave seemed cxaotly what he
was?tbe gladiator doiymg bis enomlbs. In hie line
Mr. Moculiongh is to-duy pre-eminent; but It will be
a lung wuilo, U' indeed ever, belore he can play Loar
acceptably. Mr. McUullougb's support docs uot call
for special mention. Mr. Wbeotock was a rather
duinty Edgar. MIsj lloullaco was simple and pleasing
as Cordelia. Mr. Willie Young mm a pretty aud
fraceiul Fool. To-morrow evoniug "Damon and
yibius" will be prodaoed, aud uu Wednesday Mr.
McCullough will buvo another opportunity as Jack
Cade.
PABX THEATBE?"LA VIK PABIBIBNNX.
The sp.rkltbg unugh.inon of ' La Vie l'arlalennvj
deftly sugar,coated with lively French and made stiff
moro palatable by Offenbach's tinkling raoasuros
nud merry ebansons, was given to the audlouce at tb<
Park Theatre last evening. If it was a little highly
seasoned one coul J not deny that it was pretty, and
us touches o( profligacy be lug held in that kind ol
amber suspension wuiun tbe French tongue Is reputed
to (ac.lltuio did not offend as ibey probably would nave
oUendod bad tboy been tricked oat In grosser Eng
lish. Mllu. Airado brought all tuo vivacious and
piquant grucoa to tho rOle ul Gubrielle and lan
guished with most admirable scorning when
that kind of simulation was necessary. llof
dashing methods won tho favor of the
hoiuo alter tho old fashion, and some of her merry
ditties diow forth plaudits mat ripened into cu cores
and then pealed out In further rcdvmunds. Tnie was
especially so lu respect to ner singing of that amusing
uwa-uro, "Jo aula veuve d'uu colonel," the sprightly
refrsln of which expauded tuo applause into almost
clatnurous enthusiasm. Than catno tho Tyrolicuno,
at tho end ol the second act, whose Teutonic gutterale
tailed to curtail or disguise tho arenneas and vivacity
of tho singer. It had to bo twice repealed. Tbe dis
tribution ol the parts was entirely satisfactory. Mile.
Duparo aa Puuiiue euiuluted tho abandon of Mile.
Allude, and her smglug, notably lu the duet,
?VAuiour, o'eel une dohclle Immense," was re
ceived with more than bountilul favor. Tho rdlt
ol tho Baron was tilled by M. Duplan, whose
motn'Mia as au actor are excolloet and Messrs.
M. s firos aud l.cgros wore Bobinet and Gardofou ro
apernvsly. Their work wua most satlstaoiorily dona
aud came In for a urge moasure of appreciation,
lions. Mullard hod the triple dalles belonging to ibs
Br?x flan, Frtck and Prosper aud two ol theso parts
have lurtncr subdivisions. Ills singing ol "1'uui
duoouper adroltomeni" was one of the matures ol ths
opera bouire aud the couplet was roacinuudcd with
emphasis that might not be denied. The dolioiously
wild IInaie to the third act had also to bo repoatcd.
aud, although ''La Vie Psn loono'' was curlaiuly noi
unc macula, It at all events greatly pioascd tuo au<
dicoce. This evontug "Uirolld Oiroila" will be pr?
tented.
BBOADWAT THEATBE ?"MAGNOLIA."
At the Broadway Theatre last evening was pre
sented tor the first time in this city the play of "Mag
nolia," which had met with aome success In Philadel
phia two years ngo und In BjsIcu hut a lew weoks
since. Tno plot Is vory similar to that ol tho "Oc
toroon," but is somewhat more involved. The ubar
sclera are also luueli like thoto lu ths melodrama,
but reveal eccentricity and humor in bsoudeuod
outline nud laatures. home ol the lun is really
good, native end nature.'. It Is sometimes loo
strained lor effect, but It is never slily. The
putboe Booms locking In elaboration, but this
may have so appeared through deficiencies
in the so.lug. Ths situations are dramatic und seeui
to be reached by a natural evolution ol tneidtnt
which producos la the rniud ol the spectator a iresner
Itupre--Ion than II they wrro tho result of hardly
wrought art. Miss Mintr.e Doyle assumed tbe char
acter ol Meguolts, but with poor aucceas. Ilcr elocu
tioo Is very faulty und allbougu there is naive It lu her
ln*uuer It U not plustlc eoough to reflect a loading
rfile. liar support wis excellent, wblob perhaps
?nude Iter dcleots more conspicuous by contrast. Mr.
Louis Aidrlch at Sain Crslg aud Mr. I.cmoyuo us Bijah
Bantam carried the pcrlormtnco through* lu such a
manner thut tho audlouce did not tail ol realising at
Icaai a pari ol tbelr expectation".
MUSICAL AND DBAMATIO NOTES.
Mr. Joseph hobn lakes bis benefit at Sleiuway Ball
to-morrow.
Uciler eilla for Europo with hie chests full of trade
dollars on tbe 1st of June.
Thursday evening has been selected for a grand
athletic meeting at Gllmoro's Garden.
Mr. Jerome Uupklas' opera of "Dumb Love" Is to
be presonled at the Academy ol Muslo to-night fos
the drat and only time.
Miss Bars Jewell's benefit Is tho dramalle feature
Of this afternoon at tho Union Square Theatre. She
la to be supported in tbe "School for Scaudal" by
some of the best of our artists.
Selections from Frnuerlo Clay's cantata of "Lallt
Rooxh" and others of his works ara to ho given at
Cinekerlhg Ball to-morrow nlgbt. Among tho vooab
lata are Mrs. E. A. O-gooJ, soprano; Mine. Laser,
soprano; Mr. Ch. Fritscb, tenor; Mr. RUgeoo
Oudln, baritone, and Mr. a. E. Sloddart, baritone.
Theodore Thomas' orchestra will also be pressal. Mr*
Clay will eonduet la pereena