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RUSSIAN AGENTS.
What They Are Doing and
Propose To Do.
IMPORrANT STATEMENTS.
Seventien American Vessels Chartered
for Indefinite Periods. '
CA/TAIN GRIPPENBERG'S VIEWS.
JlOw Russia Will "Crush Eng
land's Little Army."
BRITISH SPIES IN AMERICA.
Tho presence oftho Russian naval ofllcera (bat are
Dow stopping at tbo Everett Uoaso baa created a con
siderable excitement among tbe steamship owners and
brokers in this oily, and although in somo Instances
they Insist that tbo Russians bnvo no Intentions of
baying any vossols, there bos been a vory decided ad
vance in tbe market price or all sen-going stenpiers
In tit aro In first class ordor. Up to the present tbo
Russian ofBclals have kopt very quiet, aud no offers
have boou openly tnndo to purchase any vessels,
?ltbougb tbey do not attempt to deny tbnt thoy
might bo Induced to make some purchases if tbey
were mot In a reasonable manner. Tbo laet is,
tbo rumors that bavo been spread ol tbe Russian
government hiving sent over agents to buy a lino oi
leogoiog last steamers bas so carried away tbe owners
of nearly allatbe avatlablo vossols that It is understood
tboy are prepared to ask a price equivalent to more
tnan what tbo vessels could t>o built lor. If tbe Rus
sian officers find tbey cannot got any vessels at a
reasonable figure they may possibly bave some built,
is there are builders now ready to rurmsb tbe vessels
tbey require lo lour months lrom tbe date of tbe order.
1XOI.AXD ALSO HUYISU 8T&AMKK8.
One difficulty in tbo way of tbo Russlun officials Is
tbe competition that is raised by the English agents
tbst aro also said to be in the market. A Hkrald re
porter was lnlormod yesterday through a reliable
sourco that tovcral steamers bad been carefully in
spected by English agents and an offer bad also boon
submitted to their owners, Tnore is no donbt that
tbo English are as equally well represeniod In this
market as tbe Russians, but tbey appear also.to
be prevented lrom maktDg any purchases by tbe
prloes that are being askod by owners. One gentle
man Intimately connected with tbe English officials
said yesterday that tbey bad cabled across to pur
chase lour steamers tltil bed been offered them in
France, as they were lor better tbnn anything tbey
eoulu get in tins coiyiiry tor the same money.
SUOWIKO MR. KHOLIKSKKY OVBK TI1B CITY.
Tbe Russian officers did not transnoi any business
Sosterduy ol' any importance, and l.tenteniint Ii. M.
hohbskey and Lieutenant N. R. Rodionuff Kept
pretty close to tbe hotel all day. Tbo naval architect.
Captain W. Konteynikoff, started off about eleven
o'clock witn Mr. Nainaniol McK ir on a kind ol excur
sion through the city. Mr. McKay took bis Russian
friona to tbo Treasury Building, l'ark Bans, Post
Office and other places of note, and gave bun
a realiv pleasant drive. Wheu they visited the
Post Offico the Naval Architect was introduced to
Postmaster James and shown over tbo depart meat, lie
was rather astonished at the view bo obtained from
tbe root, and oxpressod Uimself very muen interested
In tbe elevators. After that Mr. McKay took bis guost
to tbe Fall River lino, where tbey made an lospcotionol
the steamer Bristol. Tbe maguitlcencoot tbe saloon
Qttings wcro something new 10 Captain Konteynikoff,
as that was a eluss ol naval aronlteetnre in which tils
Knowledge was limited.
SOT TLKABSn WITH TUB BTKAMKRS.
Tbey then paid a visit to about half a dbzen of tbe
bestot our coaal Hue steamers, with a view to form
lug seme ostirasto as to bow tbey could bo adapted tor
naval service. Too Russian naval architect was, per
haps, not quite so well ptoaacd as hcnfigbi huvo been,
suit said, lrom what bo nad seen, there was a good
doul of work to be done before those vessels could he
turned toio cruisers. In tbo first place tboy would
bare to bo sheathed lit wood, tnat is, tbe iron
vosselt, aa otherwise tbey would not be capable
of standing a long cruise. Tbe wooden vessels are
nearly all too old for aotlve service at ?ea. Before re
turning borne Mr. McKay took Ins guest to Day a visit
to tbo uew armor tbul General Sorrel bad only re
cently brougDt to saoh u siato of perfection.
Tho Russiun officers remained In tbe hotel last even
ing busily engagoa at their correspondence, and Cap
tain L P. Semotsehino returned lrom Washington at
tin o'clock P. M.
INTERVIEW WITH A BUSHIAN AGENT?SEVEN
TEEN STEAMERS CHARTERED?CAPTAIN HTTNT
CENSURED FOB TALKING?HINTS Of BRIBERY
IN WASHINGTON?RUSSIAN FLING AT OUB
STATE DEPARTMENT.
I BY TELEGRAPH TO TBB HERALD. J
PiHLAusLPniA, Alay II, 1878.
Captain Senutachkln, of ibe Russian Navy, ono of
tbe reputed agents of tbat government In tnis country
for tba procurement of nru:?era In tbe event o' a war
between Russia and England, arrived in Philadelphia
tin* morning on his way Irora Washington. Ho re
mained bora only for a low hours ond tbon loll lor
New York, wbtiher tba headquarters ol ibe Russian
Minister nave recently been transferred Irom Washing*
lug. Captain SomiiscUklu could not bo intercepted
by 8ho Hkbai.d correspondent before bla departure;
bat tbo writer snoceedod in finding a Russian gentle
man, a friend of Ibe Captain and bimsell one of ibe
Irafierlal agents, from whom more information was
obtained ibin tbo rotloont*naval ofliccr would bave
Imparted.
LOOKIXO FOR FKIVATKSIIS.
Wbcn tbla gentleman was approached with tba
direct qnostion as to wbat was the object of ilia visit
to torn city h? shook hie bead, and pointing to his
ayes, ears and mouth in turn, said, "Wo have two
eyes lor soeiog, two ears for bearing, but only ono
month to speak with." If you see Ibo moral or tbla
you will uoderatand Russian diplomacy. 1'orsisient
bat courteous pumping, however, on the part of tbo
interviewer finally brought the admisaion fbnt flic
principal object of ?omitscbkln*s visit to Pnilauolphla
was to dcotdo upon tbo availability of tbo American
lino of LtverpeQ! steamers for prtvafcsrlng purpose*.
Tbo denial that tbeeo vessels could be bought by ibe
Russians, which waa sent to a press agent
by lb# steamship company, tbe Russian agent
pronounced uutrue. "Ru*6t* does not wish to pur.
sbaae steamers," raid tbo agent, "sbo only wishes to
what you call ?charter' tboio. Wo could bave char
lerod thcao Amercta Hue steamers for our own pur
poses If wa desired it, although I understand au
exorbitant prlco was demanded, hut Captain Somltech
klo examined t'bo stcanierr and lonnd them unKtiilu
ido. It wae to cloeo thia business that he was In
Philadelphia this morning."
"Why are they unsuitable!" 1 aeked. "They have
made quick passage*"
"Yes; but they aro not fast against strong winds
?nd ?? as. rher are ioo high out of the water. They
niigh^ho plercod lor guns, but jhey ure too ulgh io
make privateers of."
"H ivo auy American veeeols yet been chartered or
bougin, or are Ibe preliminary negotiations now going
on in ibis country V"
SFVKXTRKX aTKAMRRS C:iARTKIIBU.
Alter some reluctance tin* quest.ou waa answered
"I And tbat seems to he tho general impression, hut
It Is a mistake to suppose that wo have dune nothing
more than look around. Seventeen vessels luve
already been onarierea lor an unr.erinin t rno, butut
fixed rules, end will oe hired, 1 uo decidedly objoct
to telling you what these vessels are You mutt not
?Sjt nte auy mora.
Tllk I1KRALD KVSKTW'JIKHK.
?'You already know loo much. 1 would willingly
give yeu lurthrr tulormatton, but I bo Hkiiai.d has too
large a circulation. M nv, 1 lludllin hi. Petersburg
and a? far as Nijnil-Novgurod, and in |dao?s In Kuropo
whore tbo Loudou Timet does nut t go. f bava
peon all over tbo world, and 1 llnd the
llEHALO everywhere but in Australia. Tbo
IIkkai.o has Infured us by-pubdahlng tna Baltimore
ue. i'iicb aunouucing the arTiv.iiof iheso genilsinen
In New York, flow did you gel lit" captain Hunt
was crliicisad lor talking loo much to tho uewspanora.
|i was admiited lliat he shared iu ihosecrois ol lbs
Musslso otllcera, nut ho had been indiscreet.
CHAHUKS or IIHIIIKKY AT WASH1MTOX.
Tbe Kugli-n lullueiiou is very strong in Waehlngtop,
and in inu evem ol a war wun Russia the gentleman
declared Ibo Hlaie flepartmeut would ctilorce ilio
aenirsiliy laws much more strictly against Russia
than against Knglsno. (?) I lie reaaoD of tills is llinl
liueisutf is constantly using inonrv in Washington
an . Russia Is not. England twa Ibe ear of the United
Miles guferMWbb <?nnn the corn spolMi-oi a?kad Ins
inlormaiii ii lio wseture lliat Kuglieb money was being
Weed m n*a capital lie replied poalliVoly ilist ho know
li fortunately lor Russia, however, the ugunt con*
iiuuod, tills policy of tho English government is par
iiailv neutraiixeo by tbe cupidity oi the English
people. John Hull is always reauy to turn au houest
penny, and It Is a /act that some ot those Russian
crullers have Seen bought with pounds end shillings
und pence, English money. Home Englishmen, said
be, are acting us our brokers to procure ships to de
stroy their owo commerce. .
WILL, USK TUB UBKMAB FLAG.
"Will you not base some dilllculiy m getttug away
lrotn oar ports with yoar new ships, our government
being disposed 10 eniorce the neutrality laws, und
linvtug already seat a revenue sutler to watch the
C tnbrlnf"
" We no not anticipate any trouble, because wo may
put ibom under the German flag. All tue privateers
will probably sail under Gorman colors. This will
protsct Ibem, without uoubt. You know His German
merchant steamers wore ran oncer the Russ;un flag
during the Yranco-l'russiao war t"
iiora wak will bk avoidro.
Being asked what lie thought sh to the probabilities
of war with England lbs Russian, who seemed to aro
that lie bad boon a little uflT Ins guard, answered that
he did not think that war was very likoly to occur.
This struck the writer ua uot exactly ronaiatont wiih
llio declarations that seventeen piivatoers have been
alM-udy chartered.
1 i sked why war was thought uot likely.
"Uurause," ai swered the Ruaetun, "I know tbo
Cxnr does uot wish to go to war. 01 course, il we ere
siupped 10 thujace, why, then, wy will dcleud our
aeivos; but II It can he uvottled with dignity Russia
wilt out go to war. Thut is Hie disposition ol ihe Czar
Alexander. When the Czarewitoh reaches the throne
It will probably be uillereni." .
lXSfkCTI.VG .STKAMKKH IB I'UII.ADKLIUIIA.
Having usceriuiued lUe mission ot Captain Semltsch
kln to Philadelphia regarding the American lino
steamers the correspondent sought diligently to Und
out whet steamers at this port would t>u approved by
the Russian puval ofllcers. This lUe Russian, with a
polite smile, absolutely refused lo tell, ulalmiog that
anyhow it would be impossible lo suy positively as
tbo Inspection had not boon completed. .
IXTEEVIEW WITH CAPTAIN OBITPENBEKG?
FOLLOWED BY SPIES?MEN FOU TUB PACIFIC
COAST?HIS V1KW OF THE RELATIVE POSI
TIONS OF ENGLAND AND BUSSIA?SHIPPING
INTEBESTS.
[BY TELEOBArH TO THE HF.BAT.D.]
Huston, May 11, 1873.
la tho Herald of Wednesday appeared an Interview
with Captain Hunt, of this city, who Is an ngcnl of the
Russian government and now looking alter tho inter
ests of that country In Now England. It wag also
stated In that connection that Captain Grlppoubcrg, of
the Russian Navy, was In Boston on tho game crrnod.
Bo;h these gentlomen left town Tuesday eight on
the Eastern Railroad lor the coast of Maine, Captain
Gripponborg went directly to tho steamer Clmlirla
and thero held consultation with the olHoors and
?'passengers," while Captain Hunt stayed at Port
land and from that point look observations of the
harbor and adjacout boys and ports. Meanwhile
Count Alesijeff, the distinguished ??piisssugcr" from
tho Cimbria, was in Boston and on his
way to Now York, and Washington. It is a
Strungo coincidence, but It Is as true as It
la strange that Count AlexiJcfT and Captain
Grlppenborg woro at tbo Parker House on
the same day, both tbelr names appearing on tho
same page of the rcglstor, and each was Ignorant of tbe
presence of tbo other. ^Captain Grlppcuberg regis
tered under.tho name of "Alberts" and Count Aloxt
JefTas "AgncVigno." Both lott town within an hour's
time and they never saw each other.
HUNT AND (JWrPKMIKItU IN CONSULTATION.
Caplain Grtpponberg and Huai bavo since returned.
They wero In consultation to-day with certain goot'o
mou In an ofDco In Pembcrton square. Tbe former is
stoppiog at the l'arkcr Houso and tho lattor with his
father in Neponeet. Your correspondent called on
Captain Grtpponberg at his room In tho hotol this
afternoon and bad a very ploasaut chut on Russian and
Amorican affairs.
AN INTERVIEW |TITU CAPTAIN GRIPPRNBBRO.
"I bavo Just returned from tbo Cimbria," said the
Captain. '*1 went tbore last Tuesday, and 1 am happy
to say that I found all tho otlioers and nion In good
health and spirits. Tbo inhab'tants In and around
Soutbwost Harbor are very kind to them, and hnvo
displayed a good deal of warm sympathy for Russia
by their kind treatment of both olllccrs and men.
Evory day hondsomo bouquets aro soul to tbe Cim
bria. Tbe harbor is a beautiful one, und 1 don't think
a better could be selected lor th'e purpose."
"Is It true, Capiaiu, that you and your associates
have been pure),using vessels in Xew York and else
where since your arrival in this country T"
"Oh I" roplied the CuplaiA, "you aye lam aciiag
under specitiu instructions ai my government, and it
would not be proper lor me to dtvuig e the sscrois en
trusted to my keeping. Of coarse In ease ol a occla
ration ol war we will ueed* Unit number oi steamer*.
.Wo nave a great TnaBjr*aW*aibrlxed agents In the
Culled ftatoa, each buviug lit*special work to do, and
1 am not acquainted with nil their operations, ueiihor
do 1 know officially tlielr instructions. However yon
can say lots muol., and that Is ibui Russia will tio well
propnred when war is UocUrod, it It is ever deolared,
and that sho will buve all the steemora she uoods lor
ail purposes" .
destination or the uimdria'e men.
"What Is io bo llio dentinallou ol the men on tbe
Cimbria 7 Are tbey going to tho l'acillo?-'
"I understand liial such is to be their destination,
or, at loast, I have beard it so iniitnaied. You sue,
we have a very duo naval station in ibe l'aclfle, called
VUdoviich. II wo wore to send crews irotn Russia
direct ovurlund It would tako I ally three months lor
them ie reach that port, lu sen ling Hu m through
the Untied stales the Journey is accom
plished much moro rapidly. The number
of men on ina Cimbria le very small, however, and it
willAake a great many more iu'ii to man all oar res
sell to ilia Facitle, 1 soe It stated ia soiuo ol your
Amorican papers since my arrival from Kirropo ili-l
the Cimbria la to be turned into a privateer, and that
there weru arms and iiiuuuions oi war on board.
There Is no truth in tine. It would be loljy. There is
not a single gun on board ot me vessel and tbe Cim
bria Is not tilled lor privatceriog purposes."
AMERICAN .NKWitPAIKK BNTKKPKISK.
'?There is," taul Cupuio Grlppenborg, "a mystery
that 1 would like to have cleureo up. How wus it
discovered lbal 1 was a passenger on board tbe Her
mann 7 I know no oue on board, and boiido mat
no one know inn or my naine, so lur as I cao learn,
uud yot on my arrival in New York 1 lound niysolt
heralded In the newspapers. You aio Vi ry enterpris
ing in America. 1 must say. " -
AKR THEY E.NOLISIl RPIK*7
'?1 am nwart that everyoue ol my movements ere
watched by Prillub spies, .Sometimes I go along the
sirceia attending to my business, and on turning
round suddenly I am sure to sec tlio l?co oi a man
wboin 1 have met upward ol a dozen times thai Same
day. He disappears qaicky mid us quickly ro.ipposrs
when be Is least expected. At Mouinwesl Harbor I
found an Englishman on iho lookout. 1 ticlievo the
New York Herald culled him Tbo 1-ono Fisherman.'
He exolied u good Uenl ul merriment by Ins move
ments. The moment 1 Icll lor Boston ho lolcgruphcd
my departure io the Uriilsb Consul litre ?ud nl>? to
the British Minister ei WiubingioL. As lur it* 1 ain
personally concerned I do not care, but It serves to
show what a doteslablo system of erplouago Is being
kejil up by the British government."
RUSSIA CANSor rack down.
In sn.twcr lo u question us to the probability of a
punco.ai solution ol tue UilQouliy Captain Urippvubcrg
sunt
"1 sco by the papers Hits morning that European
advices aro more pacific an I that war may yet bo
averted. I do not seo bow Russia csn back down
and givo way lo the dtiuanus of England. Rus
sia bus already granted' moro concessions
than 1 could novo believed. Our people, al
though tbey aro willing lo doieiid their national honor
upon boin land anl sea, desire peace, but tbey aro not
willing lobe robbod ol I lie beucltis oi their victory
ever Turkey, 'lliat victory cost us tbo Uvea ol ih >u
smdus ol our best officers uud aoldluM, and having ac
complished the freedom Iroiu furki-h thraldom ol ilia
Christians In Bulgaria and Itoum uilt w- aro not going
to permit England to come ill at tins laio hour oi ill*
?lav and dictaio lo ua wbal terms we shall luiposo or
accept.
Nor AFRAID OK KEULANO
"England lias made a mistake' tins lim*. She will
Und tnat io case ol actual no.- tilultis wo will crush
her handlul of iu irmt. The greatest number of man
that Engluiid can musicr lor aciIre service is lo Ibe
neighborhood of thrco hiiudrci thousand lighting
men. We haw mi army ol 1,MO,UOO men, including
hOO.uOO veterans namped in the vicinity oi Aurmnopln
and .iati Elcluiia Our navy is, ol course, not so
ellecuvo as lliat of England, hut our vessels, rucli as
we have, ure supplied with (lie boat and most clfoc
tlvo ordnance lu mo wqrid, manned by llrst class
sailors aud coniuanded by ekpertauced ollloers.
WllkRB ENlll~t.NO I AN STRIKE.
'?I ho only lowna lu iho Russian Empire lhat the
English can atiaek with their men-ot-war are a few
uoprotenied places In Kiidand, ilie destrnclion ol |
which would notoiiAtll serious loss upon the Empire,
although 1 should be very sorry, indeed, lor any loss
thai might oocur to the inhtlanls ol these loans No,
sir, ro.t assured tu?t wo aro uoi afraid of tbe Kngllsb
either upon land or sea. '
VKKT lainOMAT1C.
During tho entird coliVersatHiu captain Grlppenborg
preserved a sludloUaud carniol guard over bis speech,
nod while nppareully discoursing In un off hand and
Jovial manner he never luade u?e of a aioglo expres
sion Hint wou d lend dtreoily to coinproimsa hlinseil
or divulge aught of tne secret Willi which he is lu
trusted. Capiatn Cripjenhurg Is u man in ilie prima
ot lllo, Willi a splendid pbt siqiie nnd a prepossus:lug
countenance, lie apeak* both French mid English
fluently, and in bit conversation with iho Herald
correspondent made use ol the purest Angio-daxou.
LOOKI.NO AKTKR SHII'I'INO IN t KII R.ST*.
Captain Grippenoerg uud Cnpiaia H int tiavo been
on duty all day at the otttce ol llio Nit r, No. 12 I'em
herton tquare. A large number ol leilors wero nril
lon and despatched to proui.uenl slnp owi.eri nnd
sailing masters. Among others, Captain Hunt wrote a
letter to Capiam K.<rr. who ai , resent occupies a
position as Custom House officer on one ol the
stoaiiiort plying h.-iwecn tmscily and si. Joliu, N. B.
During the lain civil war Captain Farr Betted as a
iiruifiiant commander in the volunteer navy oi iho
United .11 sirs In lit* teller Caplaint Hunt slated
teat ibe application ol t Sptnln Fair hud been con
eulored lavorably by the Run isn Mlmeicral Wash
ington, and ili.it be would receivedellnto orders III n
low days assigning him to a position in tbe Russian
SlVf.
ARRASOINO ron TRANSPORTATION TO TIIE PaCIPIC.
It was rumored about towu yesterday aiicrnoon
tliei Captain Urlppenberg waa actively ougaged iu ,
making negotiations with the agents of the Take
Shore and Now York Central railroads lor tho iron*
poriatton o( the Russian contingent to the I'aclilo
coast i'bo Hkkalu correspondent called upon Mr.
Cromwell, agent ot the roads referred to, at hi" office.
No. 15 State street. Mr, t'romwoll slated that be was
on board the Clmbrte on Monday last, and bad bad a
very pionssnt Interview wilb Commander tirippen
berg, and tbst as yet nothing doflnlto bed been ar
ranged, but tbst he expected to bear trotn that gen
tleman tn a lew daya.
DENIAL OF TBE STATEMENT THAT THE CIM
BRIA HAS MEN FOB TBE AMOOB BIVEB?
"NOTHINQ OF TEE KIND."
| BY CABLE TO TBE HEBALD-]
1.0NI)ON, May 12,1878.
A despatch Irom Rome contradicts the statement
In the Standard of yesterday that the ltusslam
Ambassador at that city lias said that the Cimbrla
was engaged to transport men ami officers to
America, whore they will cross the continent and
other vessels will take them to the month of the
Amour, the object being merely the better protec
tion of her possessions on the lower Amoor. The
despatch says ?"The Ambassador said nothing of
the kind."
BANCROFT AT ANNAPOLIS.
THE VENERABLE HISTORIAN AND DIPLOMAT
REVISITS THE NAVAL ACADEMY WHICH HE
FOUNDED?TREATED TO A HEYIEW AND
SHAM FIGHT.
[BY TELTOBAPH TO THE tlBttAJD.]
Ansapoj.is, tod., IIay 11, 1878.
To-clp.y was one ol ospoclil interest at tho Naval
Academy. Mr. Goorgo Bancroft, the venerable hls
toriaa uod ex-Secretary of ibo Nuvy, of Mr. Polk's
admluietrntloo, under whoso directions tho Naval
Acudcmy wis founded boro In 1845, rovlsiicd the in
stitution. Mr. Bancroft arrived on tbe nine o'clock
train and was driven In Bear Admiral Rodger's car
riage to the Naval Academy, whero ho was received
by Roar Admiral Rodgors, tho odlcors nnd Professors
of ibo acudomy, in their full uniform, and the full
Marino Guard ana the band. As Mr. Bancroft entered
tho gate the Naval Aoadomy band played "Hall to the
Chief," ana ibo gnus of the Santco thundered a su
lnte. The officers and professors ol the academy es
corted Mr. Buucroll to the library building, where
they were individually Introduced to their distin
guished guest.
HANUSIfAKIXG.'
Among tbe officers and professors Introduced wero
Rear Admiral C. R. P. ltodgers, Superintendent ol the
Arudomy; Commanders Edward Terry, John A.
Howell, H. 1.. Howlson, A. T. Million and W. T. Samp
son; 1. ion tenant Commanders Miller, A. 1). Brown, C.
V. Gridley sad B. H. McCalla; I.leaieuuuls S. Hub
hard, J. h. llavtoo, M. It. SrMackensie, W. H. Emery,
H. Knox, T. B. M. Masou and a. 1'. Naxro; I'ayinus
lors A. S. Keuny and S. T. Browne; Cmof Engineer
C. H. Baser; l'usscd Assistant Engineers 1,. \V. Robin
son, C. H. Greeulesf and It. Crawford; Chaplain H.
Hudson; i'rotessors W. Hecdrickson, J. M. Rico And
M. Oliver; Assistant Professor Thomas Kearny and
Assistant Librarian J. J. Grail. ?
This ceremony over Air. Bancroft, accompanied by
Rear Admiral ltodgers, Colonel Bliss (formerly of toe
United Slates Army), Commanders Km ward Terry aud
S. 1). Green, paid a visit to the various departmental
buildings in the Aoauemy.
A SUAll FIGHT.
At half-past ten tho tcuturu of tbe coremontes of
the day began?an urttttery drill and sham battle com
bined. Tne bands present in their uniquo suits ol Ba
varian blue aud tho red-coated drum corps shone in
resplendent contrast to tne Ireshly mowed sward. To
tho strains of euliveulog music the battaliou, with
sixteen guns, inarched out of their armory aud
termed on tho plateau fronting tho soutlieru sen wall
ol tbe aeudemy. Lieutenant Mhbou was in command.
Mr. Bancroil was lu n position to view the maiifeuvroa
uDd he was evidently greatly interested. The bat
talion inarched by in suiulo and Mr, Banorol't re
turned the compliment. Tne light wus men begun.
The battalion lor a moment passed out of Sight, and
then on the loft they curao in view with tweivo guns
at oouMe quick.
ATTACK I SO TUB UKKKZK.
Taking position they opeued lire oa tbe Imaginary
enemy. Alter a lew rounds the lour remaiulug guns
were ui ought lor ward at a very rapid spoed as rein
lorcemenis to the oxtreine right. "Cannon to tho
right of tbem, oaunou to the left of ttioin, volleyed
and thundered," wnile tne note of tho bugle called the
carbineers to lake position oa tne extreme rignt, and
to "open Ore," wlfich they did. Once more tne bugle
sonndod, and the plan ol battle oiiangtd. The battalion
fared about, soul out a akirmisti line end began tbo
bittieanew. This time in pantomime and without
Brink
FfUfSSSTATIOJI OF OFPICKRS.
When this was ovor the battalion tunned lor dress
parade, ana the offioers ot the Brst class, thirty in
number, loruied iu lino and with drawn swords
marched op, saluted Mr. Bancroft and each shook
hands with him. The parade wss then dlsinlssod.
This is tbe Orst visit Mr. Banciolt lias paid ibo Naval
Aoadomy since he selected mo site thirty-three years
ago. Tucn ibo academy was a fort with a conipauy of
soldiers siaiioued tneru, aud only ten acres uttucnod.
Now it has forty acres of beuulTlully embellished
grounds, hamlsomo oulldlngs and 6U0 residents. Mr.
Uancroit was much gratified st the great change that
hud takou place, and at wnut he saw. Roar Admiral
ltodgers euiertnined Mr. Buocrolt at dinner and he left
this ulternoon.
SECltETAlU THOMPSONS TOUR
A VISIT TO KOBFOLK AND THE SOUTH CARO
LINA COAST B* WAT OF THE IMLtND NAVI
GATION BOOTE.
[BV TELEOU.'.FH TO THE HERALD! ]
Koupoi.k, Vs., May 11, 18T&
Secretary of the Navy Tnoinpaon aud a pany of
government ofQdala ana legislators arrived t,oro oo
the Uay line ateaaier Adelaide tins morning alter a
pieaaant rido down Chesapeake Bay. TUo party con
sisted ol the Secretary and tils eon, Mr, John Hogg,
Assistant Secretary of Hie Navy ; Hear Admiral (rua
lavus 11. Scott, Fabios Stanley, Commodore Thonma
II. Stevens, Congressmen Jonn Goodo, Jr. ol Virginia;
John ilanna, or Indiana, aud Leopold Morse, ol
Massuchuisitr, representing tho Naval Cumrolttoc; J.
Proctor Knott, ol Kontacky, of the Committee on
Judiciary; Stephen 1). Lludsey, ol Maine, nfgd Levi
Warner, ol Connocilcnt, of tho Committee on Claims.
A number ol ladles were with tho party, which nnm
borod Olty-fonr -peraoue, embracing department
clerks, newspsper men and women, there being two
ol the letter elacs ol correspondents.
knt Hi's i an tic RXtsmox.
'An Immcnao throng ol peopio uascmblod on tho Hay
lino whsrf, sod as the Ad-lalde stenined up the harbor
to Ihe fool of High street tbo flagship Powhatan
saluted her with seventeen (.una, and the sbiita ol tho
Old Dominion line dippcu their colore, Tho Unucd
Hinica siesmer Fortune *a< in waiting with Captain
W. T. fruxtou, executive ollicor ol tbo yard, ami stair
on board, aud at oaouihu visitors were transferred to
the Foruno and steauiod over to Norfolk to breaklast
ul ihe Allautio Hotel. In tne muauttmo they wero
joined oy Coininedoro Marshall Parks, ihe host and
ric-roue ol the occasion, and Colonel William 11.
Hogora, Colonel William Wulle and others.
Vtsirixo 'UK SAW TAKO.
Alter brookiuat the st<-*ni?r couwyod Co party te
the .Navy Yard, whero ihey were received with ail ibo
honors ol tho service. Commodore Crcigniou and tee
various oth ers ol the yard, in regulation lull dreet
Uniterm, assembled on Ihe wliart to tender a recep
tion, sud iti# murine battalion, uudor comm*u<: ol
Colonel Jurats Forney. was drawn up in Hue Willi
arms at a presout as the viators lauded. Tlio band
ol the Powhatan w?a not on hand. Tnc .?Secretary In
lurined Commodore Crnighlou that his visit wm in no
aeiiso official, and lie llioroiore declined to make an
Inspection ol me yard or bo r A a lad by Ihe Franklin.
Willi a portion ol ins party be than repaired to tho
residence of ibo Contmasuaul, where mutual intro
sluetiuua look place aud greeting* w,r? loiorchaugoo.
A TRIP TO TIIR SOUTHWARD.
After an hour's sity at ihe yard the visitors were
esc >ricd to iba whari by the military and went on
board the Old Dominion eiaanmr l'ainlloo, which Coin
tnodore Parka had placed at their disposal, and very
aoon slier rapidly (teamed up the southern tinmen.
Tbo goiiilemyn beiuae mentioned and several repro
?untativel ol ino ,Norient Hoard of Trade accomnatiied
Ihe party. A ibtung ol Norfolk It lies and their es
corts roinsined with the vl.ltors as Inr aa Great
llridgo and wero brought book to the city ou a lus.
It ia ihe purpose ol tho party to morn
hero enrly on Monday morning. On their
trip thsy will make an inspection ol
the characier tl the Aibemnrlo and Cheanpenke
Cuiiai rouie, as the great connectins link ol inland
coast navigation. They propose to land at Mug's Iliad
and visit tne scene ol the Huron disaster, near Kill"
HnWk, and II possible rtta over to too listening
ground* ol tne United Stales Fish Commission, on
Albemarle Hound.
a iiAfftiUKT is raoePHcr.
On the return ol mo oxuursinnisia they will speed
all day m Norlulk and aOeept a n*n<|uet to be given by
the busmen* nt"ii ol the city, aud at six u'oloek P. M.
will take tno Day Duo steamer on their return to
W sab rag I oo.
TAMMANY.
A brief session of tho Tsmmnny Committee on Or
ganisation wits held at hesdi|iiartera, in Fourteenth
street, yesterday afternoon. No business of Interest
was transacted nlber tuao the announcement that
Major (piracy, Collator F.ccloslne, Mr. A. .Sullivan
aud Aseuinliiytnau Grady hud been Invited to address
tno General Committee at their regular 'neoling on
Thu-sdtty evening next.
PEL UNO A JU8I1CK.
Justice M'II t, ol II tyonne, N. J,, was waylaid on
Friday night by n gang of young roughs, who petted
him with a snowsr of eobhlo stones. Ilernard Horns,
wno I* said to bo on* of tbo ssaailanta, has boon ar
rested.
AMUSEMENTS.
TBR OH AND OPFRA HOUSE?"MACBETH."
Willi the performance of "Macbeth" last night Mr.
John MeCullougU ended bis present engagement in
New York. It u an event with which he uiuet have
been welt satisfied, although In allot his Impersona
tlons be has been warmly received by largo uudiouces,
who have awarded him tho Intelligent praiso which
thu true student ot art moat desires as tils recom
pense. The theatre last night was tilled lrom gallery
to orchestra, and standing room only could be bad.
The part ot Lady Macbeth was assumed by Miss Kmily
Grnnara, a lady who not long ago gavo readings
In tbts city under the narno of Oarln. It may seem
uuktnd to say so, and yet H is iruthfu^ that sho Is
too toll tor a general aotross and dwarfs Into con
temptible stature ordinary sized men. McCullnugh,
lor Instance, is a well built athteto of tiro foot eleven,
but the lady last night overtopped hire to such an ex
tent Hint he loosed like little more than au over
growu l.iltputian. .She has a lair delivery, reads
well, though low and indistinctly, and is entitled*
to all too Indulgence which attaches to a
Ilrsl uppearanco. It la not to to Ccnied
that the possosscs much, dramatic lorco
and adapts hersolt to the requirements ot the stage
with a coolness worthy of u veteran ; but sho ought
not to be misled by tbo applause of a mude-up
utidUnco. or unagtuu' herself supreme because a half
dozen c ills beloro the curtain represented tbo tribute
Which her insny trleiids doslre.i to pay. 'l'boro was
scarcely any sceno In Which Miss Grsnard made her
solt hrurd ut tho eud of the Hudliqrlam, except to
cultured oars, that could catch lier nicely intoned
notesnnd enjoy ihoartsof her seacticr of elocution.
.She Is not likely, thereforo, to be imraediately
recognlzed as brilliant or to curry away with her a
reputation much above tbe averugo lauy readers of
Shakespeare, of whom we have a husk To tnako alt
audience is tho business ol u manager. Tact belongs
to tho nox office, true success is the outgrowth of
well administered genius. ' The tragedy was enthu
siastically received by Ihe many invited lrieuds, and
the debutante lias good reason to begratlfled with her
reception. Mr. John MeCutlougb goes to Syracuse,
where ho begins an ongagemont on Montlsy.
8TEINW.YY HALL-?8ENOB KUN'f Z*8 CONGEST.
Setter Gouzalo Nunez gavo a concert. In the small
Sloluwny llall yesterday afternoon, at which lie was
assisted by Mr. S. U. Mills, ilI3S Lootle l'luner, so
prano, and Mr. A. Muokittrick, tenor. The perform
ance ol Sefinr Nunez ou tho flauo was tho feature of
the concert, lte has an adtulrablo stylo, a clean, clear
touch aad brilliant esooutlon; but tho quality ol his
touch Is not sympathetic. He was hoard In a
ticeitioveu sonata, in a Chopin duct lor two pianos,
nt ono of which Mr. Mills presided, and
In Liszt's "Rhapsodic Hongrolso No. 2." In
Ibis lxtier ho was hoard at Ills bost. His Inter
pretation of ttie pieeo is slightly different from that
of most pianists. Wo Dave seldom if overheard tbo
pieco better played on tbo piano. ,His runs wera as
clear us crystal, and lie brought oui all tho brilliancy
ot this remarkably brilliant composition. Miss Lottie
Puttier sang 8uliivan's "Lot Me Dream Again," and
la to be cumpilraontcd upon having a neat iitlio voico
ibat was not overstrained in this selection. Mr.
Munkittrick sang a romunza irotu "Mignon" In u
rather unplensnnt tenor voico, that was tried boyond
Its capacity later on in Uio programme, when bo
8?bg tbo famous and dtlllcult tenor aria trout Rossini's
"Otelio."
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
Lotta wilt occupy her Newport homo during tbo
sutnmor.
Urignoll, de Murska and Sn9tnl aro giving conoerta
In Texas.
Too Paris theatres have dono a poor business daring
the past son sou.
There aro 472 theatres, music hslls sod concert
rooms in Loudon.
Den Thompson has beon playing with much succors
In San Pranclsco.
Miss Lena Aborlo's benefit Is scnounced lor Tnos
duy, Mav 21, at Tivoli Theatre.
One of our leading photographers has sold 340,000
pictures ol stage celebrities.
Tony Pastor's Theatre la occupied by a varloty com
pany, which Is doing a fair business.
Another dime sacred-concert at Cooper Institute to
night, with an excellent programme for tho money.
l'oolc A Donuelly, ot tho Grand Opera House, are
aatd to be among the luckiest managers In New York.
It is gossipod In foreign parts that "Diplomacy"
will bo reprodacod at the Queen's private tbeatro
daring tho summer.
Tony Pastor and bis ostlro troupe are announced to
oppear nt tho Grand Opera House lor tho woelc com
mencing to-morrow night.
Modloska was the recipient of each a magnificent
flower pteee in Loolsvlllo. Ky? from the Prentice
Club, that Bbo had It photographed.
Master W. 11. Leo. tho boy soprano, will sing and
Mr. Prank Gilder will plsy the piano at the Young
Moti's Christian Association to morrow evening.
At Xiblo's "Che Marblo Heart*' continues to draw
full bouses, end downtown peoplo onjoy one ol tbo
best porlormnncos of tho eoasoo at this populur thea
tre. .
Mr. kdgnr 8. Allien, en amateur Illusionist, assisted
by Mr. M. Isaacs, will bo the rooipient u! a testimonial
bonclH at Cblcksrlng llall on Saturday evening,
May 18.
Mr. J. Sobo, tbo young pianist, to whom a bcneflt
concert was given at Miolnway llnll on Wednesday
evening, will sail lor Kurope in August, wbero ho will
complete his musical eduoslton.
The "Celebrated Ctee" is to be perfortnod at the
Brooklyn Academy ol Mualo to-morrow night and
during tbe week, with the original cast ana scenery
from tbe Union Square Theatre.
Miss Maggie MDohell is winning new laurels on tho
road In Paocbon and Little Barefoot. Few artists
hotter deserve thorn. A good nod virtuous woman
always carries a blessing with her.
Tbe Colviho opera troapo, ol wnieh Mile. Roseau Is
a lea-Hug member, are singing in Bnlttmora. The
prima donna Ims a repertoire ol thirty-four operas.
Last week ebo sang lor Mrs. Hayes in tho Woiio
Bouse.
Mr. Steele Msokaye'a play, "Won al Last,*' Is to bo
put on tbo Walnut Street Theatre etsgo to-morrow
evening. Tbo author aaaames tho lending character
of John Fleming and Is supported by Miss Blanche
Medea, a ddbuunte.
At tho Park Theatre to morrow nfght tho Aln do
troupa will pcriorin "L s Cloches de Cornevh'le." it Is
ono of the choicest operas iu tl.o ripertoire ol tho com
pany, and tho soling ol Mczldres, tho intsor, is a
stage ptcluro by itself.
Levy, tho oelebrnted eornot flayer, says that after
travelling 80,000 milea during tliu past threo years It
Is his experience that the borne music ul i nation
oltruys elicits lite most sppluu.io and commands tho
sympathy ol sn audience. I
T ho managemotil of N ibio's Theatre have tendered
e boneflt to Miss Guasto de Forrest on next Friday
evcutng. Dickens' "Oliver Twist" will bo performed,
with Mist de Forrest in the character of Nancy Mike*.
The young Isdy is a rlevcr actress, and baa made her
mark during tho past season.
To a select and distinguish*! audieneo in Chteker
Ing llall, Ust night, Mr. Usn)-?min Gregory gave an
atnitcur magic entertainment. The trtnka, which
wore of Hie usual character of proslidigateurs, rxaitsd
cotitiderabie amusement and astonishment, especially
the celebrated Indian I,ox and hisket trick.
Heller enters upuli his I.St wook, and then hies
away to Kuropo to join the- professional pilgrims w.io
propone to tvorsbip al the eurinva of the Farm K\po
sit loo. Those who hsvo not eeen his latest uud moat
Intrrvsllng programme tnuai no so within ihentxt
six or eight parlormanceH or be disap; othted.
Mi -s Clara K. Colby and Miss Flora L. Fro-t oro an
notincod lor a Oral appesrance in New York on
Wednesday evening, M ijf 15, nt Chlckeriog IIall. Tho
other artists ou tho occariou will be Messrs. A K.
.St<eld - I'd, baritone; Hermann and Ferdinand Cam,
piano and violin; George W. Morgan, organ, and Ml-a
Maud Morgan, harp.
Tho success of "Diplomacy" increases nH the plsy
heroines inoro widely known. Tbo audiences unrlng
Iho last week have been unusually large, and Mr.
WaUsck is contemplating tho extension or his season
beyond Its usual limits. It is scarcely possible to eon
celre anything more perfect than the pretoni repre
sentations by thu respective aft lata.
Mips Adelaide Lenox will Illustrate tbe condition
of tbo local drama in a dramatic ntouologtie cut it lo I,
" I he Now York .Stage as It Is," si Sieiaway llall, en
Friday eeuiting, the 17tli lust. The entertainment
will consist ol word pirturos of anturs, actresses ami
aspirants. It la said that sharp dashes of word paint
lag will ho laid on eome of tho portraits.
Hlgnor snd Klgnara I'atrtxio are presenting ono of
thu most interesting performances in sieiglit-ui-liand,
illusions, demonology, ?Wctriouy, memory and other
kindred tnlngs that has been seen in Now York lor a
long tnnr. Xm<> hours cinnot he morn pleasantly
(Hi
sp- nt th -n ntWic Man Frstieisco Minstrel Opera House
watching dt holism, although it Is described tn bad
Ksgllih.
Mr. J. K. Kmmet, at the Standard Theatre, is doing
such excellent burlBets as Frdt that the play will
be kepi en tho bonrdn until furiber announcement.
Ills sorgs and dances nro nightly received with roars
ol laughter. Mr. Henderson dcsorvos much credit
fur iho hippy tnaauor iq which he hi* mppllcd excel
lent ti.oatric.il pabulum to thu public during bH man
agement.
A musical and literary entertainment lor the beoo
fit ol the Freo Home fur Destitute Young Girls will
be given at tho hall of tho Young IVuracil's Christian
Association, No. 7 Kasi Fifteenth at root, ou Tuesday
evening. Several well known amateur a I pro re have
voluuteered their services, and the occasion promises
to bo one of unusual Interest.
Tho locality of the Aquarium Is very luvlllns to our
uptown residents, and the management appears to
bo straining every nerve to muks tbu place popular.
Several groups of rife tlshes have just been re
ceived, and mi hour or two can bo most profitably(
spent by every one who visits the placo In eojoyluir
tho piscatorial wondors of the oceans. Tho musical
fo.itu res ol tho week uro also attractive.
There will ho a parlor concert for the bcnoOt ol
'?I.title l'earl," tho child vtoliutst, on Friday evening
next at No. 107 Madison avonuo. It is tcuaered by
Miss Arabella Hoot, who will bo ursistcd by Mies Nolia
Cleraonce, violinist; Mr. A. H. Furlony, tenor; Mr.
Kugouo do Ksv Townsond, basso; Mr, H. H. May land,
flutist; Mr. Albert G. Titles, pianist and accompanist,
and Mr. James Po.iroe, musioal director.
Blgoor and Siguort Msjcronl, both of whom have
been greatly admired by ihoso who love that which is
genuine In art, will appear to-morrow night at tho
Fifth Avonuo TlAatre lu "Camilla." It is too fre
quently tho case i hat wo let first class actors or
actrcssos slip through our hauds boforo wo bceotno
half ucquntnKM with them, and then regret a lost op
portunity. Ou Friday night tbey wtll tako a Joint
bcacflt In the samo play.
Tho Juuo stoamors will enrry abroad many of our
prominent actors and actresses. So mo go to play;
most of them to rest. Florence will divide honors
with two Emperors around tho wators of Ems. Kav
nioud goes into exile at auolhor fashionable spring.
John McCullough will spend his timo in rambling
through thu Exposition, and Sotboru will ftudy
httmau uaturo and guess multiplication sums in
guineas across tho footllghls of Iho Haymarket.
The bonetlt tendered to Mrs. J. H. Hackclt a year ago
will lake placo on the 201 b of the present mouth at
Hleloway Mail, Ou this occasion Mrs. liackotl will
road select Ions from Sbukospoarc and roclte a pootn
from Tonnysou. Htio will be assisted by carefully se
lected musical lalont. Tho Invitation to Mrs. Ilackett
is signed by ex-Governor Tlldon, Mayor Ely, Willium
Cu!Icq llryanl, William T. Fargo, John Kellv and
otlior prominont cit x ?of.
Tho second in thnstrios of Levy's concerts In con
nection witn Mr. Henry Tissingron's grand orchestra
will be given this evening at the Grand Opera House.
Ho will play on this occasion "Tho Exile's Lament"
lor the first time In thirteen years, and "The Carnival
of Venice," which he announces has never beeu per
formed la tho world by any otbor player on the cornot.
The assisting artists will bo Mils. Clara Kelninan,
soprauo; Mr. R. S. Glover, tenor; Slgnor Morostol,
pianist, und Mr. Charles K. Pratt, accompanist.
Miss rielma Burg, thu woll known lecturer on Fin
nish mythology and Finnish music, who rccontty ap
peared in Chlckcring Hall, in ostooishud at tbu diver
sity ol oplnious In this country concerning Hoi I. She
savs that tier own cllinnto Is so cold tho pooplo look
on hell us a very dcslrn'do placo of rest on account ol
Its warmth?a veritable paradise, where ono Is uot
obliged to burn porpotual peat fires and live tn dark
ness half tHo year. What a dlRvronca icraperituro
must mako with ono's religion.
Tho Iless English Opera Company will prcsont tbo
sparkling opera of tho "Cbluies of Normandy" at the
Union Square Thoatro to morrow evening, with many
new and effective features. The scene of tbo Hall of
the Knigitis ol old In the second act will ho ono of thu
most striking effects ever produced on tho boards ol
this liouso. When the midnight chinios commence to
peal and tbo nffrlghtod miser seeks to conceal bin
hoard the stage is saddenly filled with men In armor,
who desooud from tboir nlebos and pedestals, la tho
last act a grand lelo and procession will be given.
The old Broadway company, under Mr. Duff, will
reprodiico Mr. George Fawcott Rowo's version of
"Exiles" at iho It )wcry Theatre to morrow night
and during tho wock. The great capacity ot this
nago permits the lirgosl dovolopment ot drainntlo
effects and tho druuvi will probably bi admirably pro
auuted. Several ucw loecnJnlcal effects are promired,
especially in iho snow scene, and iho menagerie will
consist ol n double supply of doer and dogs. Tho cast
aide thoatrcgoors nro likoly to enjoy a now sensation.
Mmo. Holeua Modjoeka will play at the ucw Park
Theatre, Brooklyn, during tho coming week, sup
ported by ncompany which includes Mr. W. F. Bur
rougus, Mr. F.d. .Marble, Mrs. J. J. Prior and Miss
Clara Cole. She will appear In three rfl.Vr-Cnibllie,
Juliet aud Adricnoe. Rohson aud Crsno In "Our
Bachelors" succeed tho Couniess B< zenta on May 2n,
aud wlih their departure Colonel Sluu concludes his
dramatic reason. It has huen a vary soccesaiul one,
^nd has dcs< rvedly enhanced his ropatatiou and pop
ularity as a manager.
Gilniore'd Gard 'ti will be openod by Messrs. Shook
ft Gilmoro lor the rrguiar summer sousou on tho
eveniug ot May 23. la addition to the orthodox at
tractions of tho garden itself Theodore Thomas, with
a newly organized orchestra ol eighty musicians, wtll
discourse popular airs every awning during each
week, except one, which Will bo exclusively devoted
to claasicil music. Tmsarr.ingeinent, It It nnnonncod,
will ho rntldly ad bored to, aud will, whon carried out,
tend more to popularize Tucodoro tbomua and his
hand ilinh any other measure that could hsvs been
adopted. Immediately nfter Iho dog show prcpura
| tions will be m-ido for the summer season.
Mils ltito Percy Douglas, soprano, wtll bo tho re
cipient ot a grand lestlmonUl concert which la to
lio given to-morrow night at Cbtckorlug Hall. The
follow mg artl-ts h ive volunteered their aervicea, and
their nsinca are so well knowu that a promlso ot a
pleasurable ouiertnlntnoiil is . uiiriocsneary:?Minc.
Julo Da Kytber, contralto; Mr. W. 8. I.eggat, tonor;
Mr. Goorgo P. Warner, i?a-?o; Mr. Chariot Werner,
?cello; Mr. Ilomer N. Birlleti, piano; Mr. Henry Car
ter organ. Tho Sytnpbonia Quartet?Mr. 11. A. Mas*.
Mr. W. Dennlson, Mr. I. F. Weismann, Mr. G. P.
> Warner; Mr. llcnry Gall, elocutionist; Mr. Charles A.
Cable, conductor.
Tho programmes ol Hit London ihentres lor the
week coding April 27, preseni iho following:?Her
Majosly't, closed, Drury I.xne, closed; Covcul 0?r
deli, llaltan Oixira; Haytimrkol, "A Fair Eli
conulcr," "R inieo and Julicl" and "Measure for
Moasnro;" Adelpbl, "Proof; a Celebrated Uoso;"
Prloocsf', "Gut to Nurso" nod "Jane flhorr;" Ly
ccnin, ' Louis XL" slid "Turning the Tobies;" Olym
pic, "Ulllo Vtx<*no" and "JealousyStrand, '-The
Telephone," "Family I lea" and "Dli lunacyG loirs,
"Mind iho bbop,' A Fool red llis Money" and "A
National Question;" Opera Com.que, "The Sorcerer"
and "frinl by Jury;" Vaudeville, "A Whirligig."
??our lioyb" and "A Fesrlol Fog;" Gaiety, "A
Mere Blind," "Old Soldiers," and "II Sonnam
hulo and Little Alessio;" iTitic.o of Wales',
"Diplomacy;" Criterion, "Iho Portor'e Knot"
and ' Pit k Dominos;" Polly, "Crrr.rd" and "Los
Cloclios do Corncville;" Hi. June.*', ? Soch Is Iho
Li*;" Ouccu'a, "Orson'* and "Mndolcino Morel;"
Royally, "l?a Marjolaioe" aud "Cherry Jlonoco;"
Standard, "Turn ol iho lido;" Surrey, "Hlack Eved
Hn an" sad "Bound lo Succeed;" Duke's, "Baal
Lynno;" Alhanibra, In res and "I bo Grand DuchOSSt"
Philharmonic, a Isreo and "Ueoevieva de llrabanl;"
Now Grecian, "Noiic^io (fun ;" Writtanois, "R.chcl'a
Penance" and "'.New llioliard III ;" Park, "Pom;"
Astley'r, "Dolly Varden;" Court "Olivia."
8KK KING HIS WIFE.
Tho wifo of J'>tin Itl'im, wno Urea at No. 30 (iaroon
at root. Hobnkea, baa dl?ii|>po?rrii lllom la a ntgbt
wuii-.lim.in, and when lie fe>? had lila liuine jrastarrlay
morning no (mind on a labia an empty biltla Inbelled
p." on. IIjr iti alito wna an oilceflon tla nolo in wtiinti
the writer, bla "loriug wile jiun*.'' ait4 that ha
?mM naror again me ueTaiire. she had taken mo
Eol-on, hut it lined lo promptly d > itawora, and aba
ad a-.no Wfcern de.illi a embr.ea woold ho
In.'. I lie xri- '.-if ie-eii biiib.ind discovered that tiia
wile wna an km* d">Mfc with har goodeiotboa ou. IKr
eniiro wnrdrohn em miming.
MB. A. V AN HBNHSBL EU S PUNKKAL.
Tbe funeral of Aloann ler Von Hanaaalior, who (tlod
last Waaoeaiiay, look plane ycaurday moraine from
Or. Jolyi Hall's CMrob, Killy-fllth straot and rillli
nronne. I lio <h-r< n-ad was lha Inst milo de-eond-ini
nl mo laninna t n ll'tiaelner, an I lea liinrrat oh
*c<|iiirN tun libndi'ii by lepreMtila'Irua lion noarir
all lha ol i Kiiu'ki flwirkri laiatliia in trie Klein.
The c illle nrrr. were Char.". I,. Ilmne, Willi >ret II.
Croaby, Urorgi I J>i|o<, Waller Ul|<?i 1.1, urine I la
nit, rrederivk Wottwvt end ttiiilain 0. Sclieruitr
horn. Tliu servicea ol ihe rn ahyierian O'lmrcu wtra
rv?J liy Dr. liuli, nWlitvd bf Kay. W, VV. Ahor.
EXECUTIONS.
TETFB BROWS HANGED?THE PENAL** OP A*
ATEOCIOOB CRIME MUBT CONFESSED ON TUB
GALLOWS THAT.
[BX TELEOEAPB TO THE HERALD.^
Kiv Orlraxb, Hay 11, 18T&
Yesterjuy at twelve o'clock promptly I'atcr Brown
was buog at Manoy, Id Sabino parish, In tbia State,
lor the murder ol Dr. W. If. Evans. Tbo murder
was particularly cold blooded, and had robbery lor
Us object, Brown, In company with so another uogro,
stealing Irorn tholr victim only a low dollars. In
March last, while Dr. Evans was at his rosldenco.
Brown and anoioor negro came np to him and
IstaiK'd that he was their prisoner. As Brosra
had beoa lu tome way connected w'.tb the
Sheriff's office, Dr. . Evans accompanied them,
though why was not known, they having no
wnrrant to show, or anything wbicb would leetUeny
Intelligent man to suppose they bad any rigut to
arrest blm. Alter passing tbo lorry at I be
Sat. i no itiver tbo murderers conducted their
victim into me woods, where, though
bo war unarmed und bis bunds were
lied ihey fell upon him and killed blm, pounding blua
Into a jelly. Alter dragging ttie body some eighty
yards lurther Iroui the mud tnoy robbed and lett Ik
TUIAI, AND COXVIUTIOJf.
Subsequently suspicion rested upon Brown, and he
was arrested and tried in February last, when bo waa
louud guilty and sentenced to uo bung.
ON TIIK CCAVVOI.D.
At tbe appointed ituio tho prisoner was led forth
guarded by ihu Sheriff and Ills deputies. Heappeured
somewhat excited as lie mounted tbo gallows. A
large crowd wus in attendance, who gazod with la
lento excitement upnu every preliminary, but wltb?
out syninaii y, tbe cold blooded naturo of tbo murder
selling ull ugiiinsi him.
A rUIX rONEKMlOX.
When asked n ho ban unythlnir to ray he
inudo a lull confession, and uskod forgiveness of
Uoa and ttio p.'oplo lor his sins. When ho bad
concluded the imp wan sprung and he was launched
Into eternity. Alter bunging for about tweuty min
utes his body was cut down, when the crowd
qumtly dispersed. Tho plnoa where tbe exeoutmn
took place is near the Texas lino, and it was only alter
tbe utmost difficulty the facte could ho transmitted.
A correspondent having to rido nearly eighty onion
to reuch a telegraph station.
EXECUTION OP ANTHONY M KAY FOB A MUBDEB
COMMUTED TKN YKABS AQO?A DYINO ABSKBi*
TIOX OV INNOCENCE.
[From tlio Charleston Journal of Commerce, May 8.J
Dahi.i.notox, 3. C , Muy 3, 1878.
Anthony McKay, colored, was to-day hanged for
the murder ol S. Suggs, who was most iouily
murderod about tea years ago by an armed
band at Gee's lllll. One Cyrus Coachman was
baqged for the suine crime, and monttonod bcloro
ho died Anthony McKay as cno of tbo band.
At tweuty-nvo minuteb aftor eleveu o'clock tba SherilT,
with the ueocssury guards and witnesses?who worn
admitted into the Jail yard by tickets?entered tlid
Jill. Belwceu tbo Jill and tbo kitchen, whlru
stands lust In the rear of tho Jail, u wall twenty
feet high had bocu arreted, using the rear of
tho .(ml und trout of tlio kltcueu as two ?lden
of tno Inclosuro. In this ijuco, about forty
feet tquaro, tue gutlows hint hucu erected. At sixteen
minutes before twelve o'alock tue Sheriff emerged
Irom tbe back door of the jail, Icadiug tbo doomed
tuan, wearing tbe uiu.il black cap ana dressed lu bin
burinl clothes. Iu appearance he wus calm, though
wetik and very much emaciated from long imprison*
moot. With homo diflh'uliy he ascended tbe ladder,
bis bunds being cbuliied behind Mm. When ho bod
g lined tho platform and was seated he spoke as fol
lows:?
'?1 am happy to see you ?!l, and bid you all farewell.
1 bope you will a'l pruy und irtm in God and try to
get to heaven, lor 1 die to-day an innocent man. 1
never undo any confession to tbe brother (J.itnes
rsuntil, on whoso testimony ho wus partly convicted),
who owore uway my lilc. 1 never had any
pistols, guns or shot. It oould have Dcon decided
hero below, bat It wus not, and 1 go to tho supremo
court ot Almighty God to be Judged by Hun. My
lifo wus sworn away, because my wlfo und daughter
hud a difficulty witu tho wilo ol tba Iter, James
.Smith. 1 am lunocont, yet 1 am willing to die, lor
1 am not the only niuu wbu was put to dcaiu in
nocently. My Saviour was ulso put to death without
CuU.11. "
lie was hero told by hla spiritual adviser, Rev. ML
S. Ltwton, that some criminals, even ou tbo giUJuwa,
say tbui they nru luuoccni, thereby hoping lor par
don, but there wns no proepoot for ntm ol a pardon,
aud did he still deny 111 Me ugnin declared Me inno
ounce and said Hint ho knew noiutog of the murder
ol Soggs. and did not know even whore the pUoe was.
Several tunes lm voico alinon broko oown, and
with grunt eiloris ho kept from crying aloud, bot In
otlior reap.tin bo wns very calm, lie men biuo the
minister farewell aud nout farewell messages to bl(
(l.awton's) family. Me llienkml Mr. Datan, the Jailer,
und said thai ho has received niuoy kindnesses irom
Mrs. Dalcu uud tue children, lor which be felt very
gratpiul. The rope w'.is tliou adjusted around Mi
necK, and tho Mhcrill road tho death warrant. At
twelve M. the dro|i lull, und tbe soul of Anthony
McKay was launched imo eternity. Tuough no bad
n full ol live teot tils neck wus not brokou, uud ho died
by sirangnlaMoOb ?
SEN J ENCED io DEATH.
UrrrAto. May II, 1878.
Carl Mauko was this morning found guilty of tho
n.ur.ier of John At loir. at Kiina, lo luis county, on
April 2 last, ami sou leu cod to bo exocuted on Juno 21*
It will bo rcmomberoU u? a ruse ol cold-bli-odoa shoot.
Ingot A l loll, on llio public highway, by Mnnke, th?
act bring 'bo eulminutiou of ueighoorhood difllculiloa.
Tno trial laatou iiovcn days aud created lnucii excite
moot.
MURDERER SENTENCED.
Bit/rnfoea, May 11, 187&
Henry B.irlnge, wbo via convicted In Marob loot ol
tho murder of ins brother, waa to-day nonieoced M
coolloomout lu tbo Penitentiary lor Ulluon yeare.
ARRETTED FOR MURDER
Lnxoov, Ont, M ty 11, H78L
John Smith, ollaa Brown, waa arrcatcd at Tborndalo
to-Jay on aunplclon of being the murderer of Tbomon
Allan, wbo waa recontly lound In ? augar bnab, near
Heme, wuii bin throut cut.
MURDER WILL OUT.
6t Jam*, N. B.. May 11,187&
Tbo body of Timothy McCarthy, wbo waa raurderod
at t*bodlno Inn I Au :ur.t, was fouud to-day In tbe scou
due Klver, near (lie placa p> luiaJ out by lb# girl
1'arker, wbo accused tlir Oslmra lamlly of murdortnc
Mm. A gold wutcii, a revolver, a tnoersalinMi pipe
and |'.i>o were found on the body, Tbo Osborns am
held in jail awaiting trial, und also tbe girl I'arkor u
a witness.
BURGLARY,
THE 8CMMEB BEMDEMCt OP THE YAK BESS*
sr. I, A Ell FAMILY VISITED UV TIIILVKd.
[BT TXlttOIlAPH.TO THE Ur.HAI.D.]
Nkwpukt. It. 1., May 11, 1878.
Tbe inmmor rtaldraoe of the late Alexander Van
Honarclaer, of New York, wbo wsa buried to-day,
baa been broken into. The houao la alluated on
llraclt View avenue, a eecttea of the eity whieh la ool
guarded by llio potter. Tbe thicvea went lo the mini,
iner reaiduiice oi Mr. Henultou Itonpiu. of New York,
n?ar by and tooK loiders which acre bring used there
by painters and by ilir use ol wlncb I bey mtered the
\ >ii K?iisaelucr lionneibrougii the window, ot the sec
ond floor over a niatna, the giaoa being brokra In oruot
to permit tbo nut i-tiiniug ol tho window Caleb. Pro.
curing a light ther not >ckrd tbo lioaeo I rum cellar
InaillO, entering all tbe it On iii? lo llie deten
tion ol ibelsinity in New York hy tbrir and bereave
iiiout It will be srverni data belorc it rau be known
whut article* Imvo iimu elolen. The Inddere were
brt alandlng agaiiKt tho bou*>\ and no attempt Wen
in .do to eonc< nl lha trices ol tbair depredations.
A DESl'ERADU.
Murma, lone., May 11,187%
In tbe Criminal Court to-day Judge l#ogwood ean?
tan and Mank ViHhni io tbo Puattentiary for twn
years for malicious ahoottng In connection with en
aa iuii upon some negroes on Uig Croek la thin
ooaaiy. a low moments after aentcmo waa pro.
iionored William* darted thrnugn the door and ran
down Poplar sir-rt Three deputy sberin< were a>?a
inountod sn i lu hoi pursuit, and dually overlook bun
In tho suburb*. ilu 'drasl at tboin Willi a revolver,
wounding Deputy Mcynbon'e horse, and oonlinued
shooting nalll ine weapon was emptied. Ho then
draw another revolver an! couit'iuod Bring until
Mens lit down by a shot through tho hip. Ilo waa
tbon oarneil back to | ill, lie is also Indicted lor mar*
denns two colored men. It" Raid yratrrdav Hiallf
ton ./ml ?> sentenced him lo.day ho would kill tbe
Judge, dberill mill Attorney Oonerai.
'100 WILFUL TO LIVE.
Ciimiano, IP., May II, 187A
A special drapaioti ta the Triimnw from Jol et, III.,
soys:?otb-. Conner's |nry yesterday, tn tbe oaso of
Quo Reed, a negro oonviot. who died recently undei
|h> uiiiifsoiri atnstacces In llio Penitentiary, ron<S erod
Htverilct lo u>e effect Hint ha Ul -d la tho solitary
dspirtmeni of the prison from , oir.i nary apoplexy,
pfoU lit on hy perslaisot yelling whilo ? gad Wat
m li.s mourn, that tin- gag -?<?? pel in his mAutli by
Mi-pit op It -"d and I'.ira l.nisiir-, aullag un<l--f tbo
orders oi thelf *oi--?rior oill- ers, and that tho ntlldals
weru lusnii- -i lu giving enefl oriiurs bi-cnueo ol mo
unruiy comiuet 01 tbe denetscd. The caso nt>ricic<j
?nine stl-iiilon beoeu'o of tho nllegni extreme
crunity practised on thin uau and otbtr oouvitw.'' 4