The New York Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1866, Page 7

WASHINGTON. THE NATIONAL FINANOES. Receipts and Expenditures for the -Quarter Ending June 30, 1866. Fenian Demand for a More Liberal Cabinet. PHILADELPHIA APPOINTMENTS. &e. &. &e, Wasiinoroy, Sept. 15, 1866. The Goverament Fin en. ‘Whe fvilowing Is a statement of the revetpts and expen- Aitures of tho United States for the qearter ending June 80, 1866, exclusive of trast funds Fc ane sesees . $46,175,161 los . 176,719 Direct tax. ... . 488, ‘Yncidenial aud miscellaneous, » 15,342,616 £ Total recatpta, exclusive of loans. .........$120,080, 762 Receipts from loans, e! peaeee and other stainp:, act of July 17%, $212,600 ‘Wractiona! currency, act "March 4,278,297 Certificates of gold deposi 1865, 45,546,880 13,150 106,146,519 412,189 182,000 87,800,400 + $921,483, 002 March 3, 1864... Do., act of March 8, { Total receipte...... exe: Civil, forvign intercourse and miscellaneous. $218.8 {ntetior, pousions and Indians War Navy Interest on public debe, ineinding treasury notes. 36,155,250 Total oxpenditures, inclusive of principal of public debt, redemption of Texas indemnity "stock , per act Septembor 7, 1850 54,000 Payment of Treasury notes, per ac 1 . 400 Redemption of “‘Pragsary ‘notes, por act ‘duly . 186), 1, 115,250 Revlémapticn of 1:30 tires year por act July 17, 1861..... 643,900 Keimbarseayt of temporary loan, per acts July 25 and March 17, 1862... 100,613,448 Redeinptjon of certitieater of indebtedness per acts of March 1 and 12, 186% 24,991,000 Redemption of Treasury ue February 25, 1862 4,690, Redemption ot postaye aud. other stamps per act of July 17, 1362. . 867,542 Redemption of fractional ei 8, 1863 4,574,900 514,589 Re demptic ‘ost-beniing ireenmacy-an notes, per act of March 8, 1863 i 16,162,400 6,847,001 Tota! expenditure sce ecee «$822,442, 701 The Health of Secretary Seward. The President paid a visil to Secretary Seward this morning, whom he found in improved physical condi- tion, He sat up for a short time, and his early recovery is hopefully anticipated. + Cabinet Council The usual Cabinet meeting held to-day, at which ll were preaent excepling Secretary Seward. A Fenian Delegation Wait upon the President. This afternoon the gentlemen composing the Execu- tive Committee of the Irish citizens of the District of ~Columbia, accompanied by the Hon. John Hogan, of Missouri, waited upon tho President to make known the ‘wishes and feelings of the Irish American citizens rosid- Jag in the United Mtates upon matters of deep taterest to themselves and the class they represent. Dr, Thomas Antisell, chairman of the committee, sab- mitted to the President @ statement of the grievances ander which Irishmen labored. He said they welcomed the President back to his post. They had been in com- munion with their friends in the Northern States, and represented the Iriah people. They have been called ‘“poa to discriminate between their life-long friende— the democracy—and the radicals. They look to Washington and see the machinery of war still operating although war has long ceared. ‘The committee ark that ohanges may be made in the Cabinet; with a more Uberal Cabinet they believe « more liberal spirit would prevail. The Irish citizens by an intense yearning for their native country have placed themselves in ‘*pparent antagonism to the government. They think ‘the conduct of some of our consuls in Ireland is not atanding up strictly enough for the right of adopted citizens deserves rebuke, and they ask their removal and that more respectable ones be made. They speak of ‘the way of transit in Kurope, and they desire that this subject should be presented to the attention of the British government, The Iriel people deny they heave ever committed treason in trying to free them- welves from the British yoke, They allude to the retrospective statute of the British Parliament in 1848, and, referring to the couree of the Minister at St. James, they suggest that @ person of more liberal sentiment would better represent the opinions of the Aurican people. They suggest that the Ala. bane claims should be pressed to adjudication. ‘hor suggest that it would be weil if England ‘wonld imitate the wiee pelicy of the United States in pardoning those concerned in the civil. war, and hoped that an effort will be made to induce her { release Itieh prisoners confined for no of- fomce, The Irish are » nation here, with three-fourths of a million of voters, and they suggert that in appointments to be made in post offices and in the internal revenue Irish citizens should receive pro rata share of the offices. Not alone in the Siate of- fices, but in the diplomatic corpy, they suggest that our Trish citizens be represented. They hope these sugyes- Mons will receive the President's favorable considera. tion, and they extend their beet wishes to bi The Prosidont, in a brief repiy, forcibly and earnestiy ‘aid that the action of the adminisiration should be eo rected as to thoroughiy promote the best and dearest Anteresta of the Irish cliizens, He felt, he said, the forve of (hole suggestions, apd hip hiv appreciated the deep Saterest manifested by those presen!. He referred t! to bia past record, wherein he hed shown that was alweys consistantly and carnestly «friend of the teh, He might say he was himeeif strongly tinctured with sympathy for the Irish. He reiterated his deciara- on that the administration would do all in ite ‘power to promote the interests of the Irish citinene, and io regard to the Irish prisomeie he said Acterminet action had already been token to affect their rebease and attain the end they rarely sought, In conelusion the President forcibly re- marked that all the suggestions of the Comm|ttee should have doliborate, and in all insiauces where it could be wroperty done, especially in the interest of the Irish cit. 740, favorable consideration Attoe the congiasion of this reply ali ( the Committee cordially shook bande w 4 snd withdrew. The Paul Jones je Rio Grande. The Navy Department has received information that the Catied | Staten steamer Paul Jones sailed op the ath inst. (rom Mobile for the Rio G Appotatme ‘Tie following is & complete of we Pole deiphit appoinimente, some of which were agreed “pon yerterday bot were not formally made well today, namely:—Willlam Milward, Diree- ‘or of the Mint; Chambers McKibben, Treasurer of the Mint; Colonel Wr. A. Gray, Chief Coimer; JH. Taylor, Smelter ; Charles M. Hall, Postmaster; J R. Fianagen, Navel Officer, Gustavus Hoy, Appraiser st ‘Jarge, aod Thomas C. McDowell, Deputy Surveyor Commodore Meiancthon Smith bas beon appoaied Ob'ef of the Berean of Rauipment and Reora'ting For commander Albert N. Amith, recently deceaset The Revenue Service, It b¢ reported that the Treasary Department coniem. (he withdraws! of the seam ontters in the revenue service and Prong lay Ba pan olden time, This will be good mbers of ‘he President ! NEW YORK ‘Treasury, a8 well as of protection and relief to our mer- cantile marine, the government should, it is the opinion hore, inorease rather than diminish its facilities for use- Culneas, Injunotion to Favor of Adams’ Kxpresa Com- pany. In the case of Adams’ Express Company vs. Orange and Alexandria Ratiroad Company, araued some weeks ago, and held under advisement to enable the court to consult and examine the numerous authorities referred to, Judge Underwood has granted an injunction reatrain- ing the railroad company from violating the contract made with the express company. Custom Receipts. The receipts at the Custom House at Now Orleans on the 12th instant amounted to $66,827, which is sup- posed to be the largest sam ever collected 1m 4 single day at that port, and indicatesa flourishing condition of the business of the city. The receipts from this source to-day were $859,650. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Iveeemenry oF THe Rewatns ov Sexon Oreno,—The final interwent of the remains of Senor Don Garcia Otero, the victim of the City Park murder, for which Gonzales and Pellicier are now under sentence of death, took place restaréey morning. At the time of the funeral, last Wwintor, the remains were temporarily placed in (he vault at the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, where they have since heen lying, awaiting the decision of his friends as to.somo other place of burial. Mr, Sarasoni, the District Attorney, Mr. Smith and one or two other friends penesedes: to the cemetery yesterday and at- tended the burial services which were performed, while the body was lowered to its Nnal resting place iu a select spot In the cemetery. ALLEGRD EManezieseNy wy Exvressuey.—A case of some interest, implicating a well known city express company, caine up in the Clty Court, before Judge Rey- nolds, yestortay, in which the plainti@, Eliza Klug, allegen that sle gave a bundle consisting of thirty-four dozen of shirt bosoms to Hildreth Brothers, the defend- avts, who carry on the exprogs business, to deliver in New York. They lost the bundle, and refused Mra, King the compensation she asked thorefor. There boing no dofence set up, ary procecded to aasess the damages, pod avardedidxonent to plaintilt of $60 90. BOAxp OF SUPERVIsORS—RkDTOTION OF THY ARSRESMPNT vor State Taxks —At the meeting of the Kings County Poard of Supervisors, held ye@erday afternoon, Presi - dent Talbot in the chair, a report was presented from the special committee of threo appointed to obtain a reduc tion the assessment for Sinte taxes on the county of Kings. "The committee experienced considerable dim. erlty in convincing the State Board of Assessors that the assessors of Brooklyn had assessed tho property in the city far above its valuo as compared with other cltios and counties in the State, but finally succeeded in ob- taining a reduction of $4,200,000 from the amount, $130, 186,563. assessed for 1806, leaving the total aseeered value for this year fixed at $125,996,503, On thelr return from Albany the commitiee learned that the assessed value of Kings county for next year bad been returned at $143,695,239, au increase on the State assesa ment of this year of $17,708,776. Taking (hese faots and the actnal value of the ‘property in Kings county tuto consideration the commitiee co @ that it will con tinue for years to be the highest assessed county in the State, New York, they coutend, ts asvessed below ite real valuo, and instance the Times building, asseeeed at £90,000, shonld be $400,000: Sun bnilding, $95,000, should be $300,000; Astor Hous’, $650.000, should be $1,750,000, aud o:her eases in support of the statement, Fara. Resvir ov tor Late Sranmee Avrray—Deara ov Doxsginy.—Patrick Donnoily, who was stabbed in such a terrible manner on Sunday evoning laet by a man named William Cox, with whom Donnelly bed an aller cation in a liquor store at tho corner of Columbia street and Hamilton avenue, died of his injuries at the Long Island College Hospital yestoraay taorning. The de- ceased was cut from the navel to the diaphrag: such Stent that the intestines protru little lope was entertaimed for the unfortunate man, pe Pe ge that ‘surgical and medical #kill could devise was done to rave his life by the faculty at the hospital. He retained consciousness nearly vp to the hour of his desth, and maintained a determined domcauor. Donnelly made an ante-mortem statement before Coroner Lynch, ‘on Monday, as follows:—Patrick Donnelly, aworn~ I re. tide in Colamibie strest, néar Otturch; t fosk very tad wad think Tain going to die from the effects of my woundss lember, 16, 1864, about eight o'clock, at the foot of” Columbia street, T was siabbod in the bally by one William Cox; -L was engaged in u fight with him previous to his stabbing me; T Identified tho prisoner as the man who stabbed me; 1 refuse to say anything more, Cox is said to be a man of mild diapovition and of sober and peaceable babity, and it is goncrufly ad- mitted by all who witnessed the affray that he had borne witt a great deal of abase from the deceasod before be let passion get the better of hie jadgemect. Immediately after the injuries were inflicted Cox sur- rendered himself to the police of the Forty-third pre- cincl. A post-mortem examination will be held on the body. afier which the coroner will bold an inquest on the circumstances attends tho case. $ YOM m KEPUR. ‘The Jewish Fast of ‘Atonement—Closing Ser. vices, dc. This Jewish fast which is now in progress, and of which mention was made tn yesterday's Harsco, will terminate at balf-past six this eveving. Neariy all the aYMagogues in the city were opened for service yester- day. In the evening, at balf-past ¢ix, the ceremonies commenced with the Kal Nidri, which continued about Ford Lege’ ‘This was by the Shemonu Esin, or yer, afier which came the songs of Yom Ke- prayers. At the synacogue of Beth israel, ro Y Chrystie ‘treet, m discourse was delivered by the minister, Rev. A. Messing, immediately after the volemn prayers, stibough this discourse 1s not usually cubenens eo foe. Mr. Messing’s discourse rotated etrictly to tee connected with tb faith and to an Sbachrith [aay will then be said, after whic! scroll will be taken out of the ark and several chi pis read therefrom. Prayers will then be said for the dead, The Musaph will then commence, and continue till four till four o'c By the Musaph is meant the most holy prayers in the ritual. is will be followed by the eS cy evening prayer, and whil anid the scroll or Topab, will be tal ark, and a heb ~ of ite chapters read to the congre. Ff won. At at ‘clock the last prayers will bo raid, commence with Behoman Yesras!—the Eoctiah of which is, ‘Hear, 0 Ierael.” ceremonies will con- clude with three biaeta on the ey ce with there : Haba, Josushalay, in whieh, being trawslated into English, are ‘The coming year ‘shall be to fast boi & featival will oe 8, "1 a “FIRES IM NEW YORK. In Vesey Street. At nine o clock Iaat night a fire was discovered ov the top or fourth floor of 66 Vesey rtreet, in the apartments of Meyer Cohet. Phe firemen were soon at the premises and confued the fiames to the apartment in which it Originated, Mr. Coben, tt seems keeps « stand on the wtreet for the sale of dry goods and hosiery He alleges that the stock tn bes apartments, together with bis house. hold furniture, was worth more than $800, he being insured for that smount in the Indemnity Insurance Company. He stated to the Fire Marslal that be was at church, it being one of their * holidays; that a lamp was left burning on the table; tbat he retorned from church just es the fire was but how the fire was cated he declared he did not know. eS Soee ie ocenpied by — rn a a dwelling. furniture i« * $100 by water; tusured a boon i in the bert ~~ g 4 ompany. Becond by Aaronson. "redo the tea for thle o dy be enjoyed hy Py ia wtock and furniture are damaged water About $200; insured tor $4,000, ste Po Pork and Firemen’ - Fund Ipenrance companias. floor ts ocoupied by xan ats jor store. Rea and fixe tures ca shan covered by Ipsurence. No. 63, kept by J. 8. 8 8. Well for r $19,000 in Citizens? The third floor of No. 63 is tari, op Paienuy are deranged «| owned by Mr Carr, At about three o'clock yesterday afternoon » fire oe curred in the basement of 247 Third avenue, a plombing shop, occupied by Wiliam Smith Love shout $160 no inaurance. In Wooster Street. eapled on the first floor asa ateam sawmil! The fre when fret seen was ip he vicinity of the head of the boiler, and ia su have beep caused by carelessly leaving shavings or wood hoon A p Ayana teeny oy tay gd aon oon te ‘toon 10 the stock will insured. The baila. i ine the Tt is about $600, oe hy second sa Foot “ Weatheriit, & Co,, oval frame and look mennfec Larers. sarom, Whew coors te gomsages shout fre, said to be insured A Vessel on Fire. ‘The alarm of fre at ten minutes of mine o' lok last ‘night wee caused by ao afight Gre on board « sleam (ug, by waiar and foot oF Walt street, pier 15. Slight damage “TWE MISSOUR TROUBLES. . Lor, Sept, 16, 1868. : ywikeam of the attic of rake cup, tienoert, hater. Dita coon eee nes oame town By I; pedicel Conres- See ‘ Betoun SL 3 o 33: 2 HERALD, WEDNKSDAY, AMUSEMENTS. Brougham in Brooklyn. It is not always that a fall house groets the actor or actress who may venture upon the boards of the Brook- lyn Academy of Music, but the house which met Mr. Brougham last evening was, in the entire moaning of the term, @ fail one: It was also @ fashionable one. Theebili produced consisted of David Copperfield and Pocahontas, Mr. Brougham puténg in au appearance as Wilkins Micawber in one play and as Powhatan in the other, His acting as the imivortal Wilkins, “ever wait. ing for something to turn up,” and as’ the burlesque as as good a8 usual, and brought ont the nual jauge. Ho was well supported in Dic! idge as Uriah Heep, Du as is# Johnson, Mary Carr, Miss Androws In the concluding pises he was 8c ie Boniface as “Ye Gentle Savage.’ as John Smith, and Messra, Andrews and Higgins | lato roles, The acting throughout was quite spi not always good, and the many Jocal hits ‘troduced by Mr. Brougham were not tho toast interesting featares’c of the performance, Mr Tay- loure bas thus far produced a brilliant succession of stars, ard has been well appreciated by the Brooklyn public. On to-morrow evening and Friday evening he brings out Mr. J. H. Hackett, and on Saturday evening again Mr, Rrongham, who had postponed his commencement at Philadelphia for the purpose of satisfying a generall expressed desire to seo him once more in one of hi favorite charectsrizations Park Theatre, Brooklyn. * ‘This popular and permanent place of amusement is In full tide of success. ‘Te untiriug manageress and the public are on terms of reciprocity, and they get along fuely, the result of which is that one ts pleased and the othor remunerated. Novelty succeeds novelty with, continued promises and performances to come, Tho latest successful production, which was put upon the stage last Monday, for the first time in this country, and which was repeated last night, was w very sprightly drama, in two acts, entitled His Last Victory ora Lion in the Tolls, The piece was first played on the London boards, and it is reporce? met with a suc- cesaul rua, ‘The scene ix Ind in Frauce, and as usual 1% a love scrape in which a General, a Baron, a Countess and poor young man are the parties, in which (io latter comes out tho vietor, the piece closing by (in poor young succooding in catehins the countess and all are recon. clled excepting the baron, who was kifled ina duel be- hind the scenes, 1@ plot of the piece las some incoher- ences, but the defect in authorship is made up by the supe. nnerin in which itis put upon the stage, the fine scenic eftecta,for which thia theatre is prov: ial, and Inet, Dut not Teast, the excellent acting. Mra Conway an the Countess de Beeuregard was charming; Mr. Conway av Goneral Horouies Lacroix made a decited hit; his natural Jupots weight and excellant get up exac Vine of character Mr. Saville as Felician Douce Lamb ay Mons, Mollasse, and Mrs, Henrl as Madamo Mollasse were nnexceptia i appreciated must be soar a few nights longer the old habifucs of tho Park must not fail to put in thelr appearance. The audionce last ovening was large, and during the play gave frequent plaudits of their approval of the pleco. The San Franciaco Minstrels. Tho theatre of the above named rainstrela was erowd- ed last evening with a fashionable audience, many per- sons being compelled to stand up for want of seats. The programme was varied and interesting, and was excel- lently performed. A caricature of Norma, botweon Measra. Rice and Bernard, was excolicnt, and occasioned roars of Inngbter, A “breakneck” act between Bireh and Wainbold was nlso very comical, The evening's en. tertainment closed with the burlesque of the Tilton Head Institute, which wag received with much foaghter and Learty applause, Charley White’s Combination Troupe. The excollont company at this place of amusement performed last evening before a large and dolighted andience. The Big Brother in Tronbie, by Messrs, Sey- mour, Bob Hart and Korns, was very Inughable, as was alzo a burlesque entitled Laughing’Gaa, Les Villageois, a ballet, wax rocelved with great applause, all of the young ladies dancing excellently. The entlie programme performed to the satisfaction of the audience, From the crowd that was at this theu'ro Inst niet there was no Coubt that the troupe ia one of the most popular in the city. Tony Pastor's Opera House. A large audience wore troated at this place of amure- ment with an entertainment of the usual varied charac- tor, including dancing, einging, comicaiities and (heatri- cal representations, Mr. Denny Gallagher, an Ethiopian comedian of no mean pretensions, who made his debut on Monday evening, was grectod with onthnstaatic an- plause, his “Doleful Ditty” gaining bim a rapturoas cneore, The ballet pantomime ‘Intrigues of Spai which Mous. Szollysy plays four charavtora, was To with marked approval, as were also Tony Pastor's eonge, and the original (rishiens of Mr. Carleton, Tho porformances concluded with ex new tragte nautien! droma, entitled the Yankee Sailor, in which the leading characters wore sustained by Mr. and Miss McDonald. Fifth Avenue Opera House, Asmall, bul highty respectable audience attended st this deservedly popular place of amusement last ¥éaing, and were apparentiy well satisfied with the mirth-pro- vohing performances of the evening. What with songs, choruses, and ballads interspersed with harmless vet irresistible witticisime, every one ts put in complete good bumor with Winself and all the world around him; and the proprietors may congratulate themseives upon having succeeded in faroiehing a pleovant place of re- wort, where the overworked oitizen of thie Metropoll: may !nugh and grow fal Hooley'’s Opera Honse..Brook! Manager Hooley t# still a indefatigahie az ever in the productive of new novelties at his nest litte Opera Honre, and aims to have no sacceseful rival on either cide of the dividing river, On Monday Tony Denisr, the “gen of Momus," commenced his second week, and furnished the pantomime of Jw oT the Reanstaik with all ite magic tri The transformation scene is a mechanical eMict of considerable morit. The burtesque on Othello and Professor Williamson's Gallery are fonn, brought down the house tm roars of laughter. troubled with the “bine,” low spirits or byposhondria should visit Hooley's, He improves on tle Lomeopathic system of the art of curing, aud, while admitting the tenth of the m ment tone in corpers sano, thinks it te easter Produced the practice of hiv motto, “Laugh ane grow fat.” THE “WALK AROURD" 0 oF THE MISCEGENS How They W alked 1 Inte Schemectads. Remmxnotany, Sept, 18, 1866, There was a very large and enthusiastic gathering of citizens of Schenectady at the Court House last evening to welcome the delegation of ‘Joya! Southerners. Vor want of room in the Court Monet te meeting atjournet outside, Piatt Pattoo presided aul welooued and tutro- duced the loyal delegation. fe were dolivered by Parson Brownlow, General . H. Thomas, Senator J. 5. Vowiler, of Ceuuessee, and Rev. J, W. Hunnioutt, of Virginia. ‘The thanks of the moeting were tendered the dele tion for honoring “cheasctady with thelr preseuce. The delegation oxpreased thetr theuke for the kind manner with which they had been recetved. Ontone! Stokes, of Tenneases, and Judge Warmouth, of New Orleans, spoke at Ballston Springs. ia The Common Counc Rochester Patvenize Them. oMuraTER, Sept, 18, 1866 Council have wade arrangements ad extend the ov italitios of th Loval Sonthera ' bere on Wednesday new Auburn Arnuny, sept 18, 1F46, The delegation of Southern loyalia reached here at fifty minut past two o'clock thie afternoon, They were met ct the depot by the com: an of arrange- mente end » | concourse of citinens Three meet- ings ore advertised for thie evening, at which they are to epeak WAILAOAD ACCIDENT A Cowl Tenia on the Ronding K Throws OW the Trask by the Misplecemont of « Mwiteh—The Englncer Killed a» the Wire. man Horribly Bur Throngh the misptecement of ast nigh! thrown off the track © one) ie into @ Lill on the grownds of ty Mel janie & Co, The engine, tender aul twenty cars were demo) #hed. ‘The engineer wae buried beneath the ruins of the care ‘and taken out dead to. ‘The fireman was weilged between the frebox and ten der, where he war horribly weet ond wae taken ont after injarien will probaby oh waa malin rel hoars of torinre. 1 wely die wernco, Rep it nee Mission Woollen Lei to. — Low 6%, 480,008 epic amply covered pry ine “Gonerhl Halleck hae issued der to the command ing oficer at Fort Point fo sires alate of twenty.one gana in nya Emre, should he arrive between Te the Uited Gtates Cireait Court to-day a & motion lo remand the action of oy ag ve trem Lay ind Captain Douglas, for false imprisummes: Bate Court denied, Swe jmporvar's price of Japon tom ie wighty conte e ‘The British brig Ann Anderson, from Yokohama, re ported lowt, arrived aa my Baw Francieco, Rept. 18, 1806. ‘The Board of paseed an order inet to probibit wy Wy Ky! on Lag elope, and A fre decroyed lg pny a Joh wails for Hong Kong to opr goon, ta’ treasure PESIGNATION OF TWE DIRECTOR OF THE WinT by he SkPTEMBER 19, 1866.—TRIPLE THE THREE QUEENS OF TRAGEDY. Sketches of Siddons, Rachel and Ristori. Bouglish, French and Italian Tra- gediennes. Mrs. Siddous, ‘The queen of English tragedy—she whose Came stands 8 unrivalled on the stage of Enginnd aa that of Rachel in France, or Ristori in Italy, is Mra. Siddons, the sister of John and Charter Kemble, and daughter of a thoatr!- cal manager, She belonged to a family in which dra- matic genius may be said to have been incarnated, Sarah Kemble appeared early on her father’s stage, and Wont through the usual round of juvenile characters, Without exciting much expectation, At the age of eighteen she married Mr, Siddons, an actor in her father's company. Her first appearance on the London stage was, as have been those of many of the loading actors, a failure, aud she returned to the provinces mortified and disheartened, fler reappearance in LAn- don, Which took place in October, 1752—as Loabella in, “The Fatal Marrtage’’—was, however, a signal triainph ‘The effect of that performance ts described as being ex- traordinary and unparalieled. Mt gave & shook of wonder nd delight to the public tind like the news of geome great and unexpected victory. On that night Mrs, Sid- dons wt once took ponsorsion of the tragic throne, on which, for thirty yours, sho relgnea without a rival Her line of characters included Tady Macbeth, © stance, Isabella, Queen Katharine, Desdemona, Yolum- nia, Portia, Hermiono and Imogene. Her Queen Katha Tine is sald to have been the most chaste, beautiful, and perfect performance that ever drew ters from an audience, She was also good in comedy”, gat she nover seemed to give so much satisfacc’+y 4 that tine as in her natura! sphore of tragedy, Sk ydeenme a favorite at Court, and was in the habit of reading plays to George TLL and his quesn, he retired trom the stage in iS12, Having real zod a fost at to her wiehes, Her death took place nearly tweaty years afterwards—on the Sth of Juno, 180! —10 her sixth yoar The symmetry of Mrs. Siddons’ person is said to have ve been most exptivating features were strongly marked, but finely ba 4. The flex. of hor countenance was extraordinary, yielding instantaneously to every change of pa yet capable of firanees ant exertion Her voice was plalutive, Hor articulation was clear, penetrating and distinct, Above all, she was completely mist a her powers, and posseaged thu high jadgment which enabled ber to diaplay ail her other qualification to the greatest advantage, One of her highest endowments was the power of identifying her solf wilh the charactor which sho pomonated, The scenes in which she acted were, to her, far from be'ng amere mimic show, 80 poworfully did her imayina tion conjiro up the reality, that the ware which sne shed were tli¢se of bitterness felt at the moment. her frown of proud disdain and acorn, the very actora themselves shank with something like terror, Her wreate vectors were Katharine im Henry VIIL, aud Lady Macbeth, in which she magifested @ gignity and sonsibility, » power and a pathos aever equalled by ai She was traly an originalecopying no one living or dead. ut acting from nature and her own conception of the charactor. Lord Byron, whose hervous sensibilties were so wrought upon one night oy Kdmund Kean jn the character of Sir Giles reoact, (uat be had to be carried out of Drary Lane theatre, said of Mre, Siddons and the other great actors of tho rier female per! day, “Kemble iv the most supetuatural actor t have ever seep, Cooke is the must natural, Kean is between the two. Mrs. Sldcons excels them ali’’ And another poet, Campbell, said of ber, “She was more tlm a woman of genius, for the additional benevolence of her heart nade Ler an honor to hor sex and to human nature.’ A Fronch writer deseriver ier aa having been gifted with « eal gouius, and as having entered, more than hor famous brother Joba, inioths sentiment of na Her travie beauty sarpaaserd everything (iat bad been soon on the English Sage. When she appeered, her black hair and eyebrows, her eagle glance, hor dori ting gesture, gave her mn alr of grandeur snd of heroic majesty. Not only did #ho Mustraie the stage by the splendor of ber talent, Dut she raised the \heatrical pro fesaion by the dignity of ‘her wanners. She was born at Brecon, in South Wates, iu a tavern which still keeps the mgn of the Shoutder of Mutton; and @ bare ir pointed out in the towa of Stourbridge where, at fifteen, she played the herojue in theatrical got op by the of cors of the garrigon, It wasin her part to falat ia (he arina of her lover. but instead of doing #0 #he Worst ont langhing and ron away, to the great confu@on of the olficer, who afterwards declared that could have stabbed her on the spot. It was little more than a century before Mra. Fiddons ahed such lustre on the Huglish stage that the manners and tnetes of the day had excinded sctresaeu from it al gether, The quaint Pepys, in his disry, records how, in Jannary, 1601, he sew, for the Grat time, an actress on the stave, althongh they had had # not nd exaliod eran ple in the person of the Queen of + ud herratt, the wile of James L, who was in the habit ot acting in court mnska aud pastoral, tothe groat delight of the audiences who were invited to be prevent. One of the Puriian writers of (he time, Prynne, ansailed wotreser In the groseast terme; and it war found to be actunily necessary” when Mre. Sanderson appeared as Desdemoy ty make to the wits of the court of Charles I. un apotog: for the innovation, which was done in the Ines so nod of the guard dur € between Our women are deferuve, You'd (bink they were Vor or to «peak tenth, me and filty, ¥ w ro lan ou onl The Ruglixu stege Lae not failed in great ae rem either before or sinee M+ biddons, Tt hes het in the goverations before her the fair and freil Neti Gwynne the jilustrioas Mra Barre, the no jess famow Mra 0} field. Mrs, Bracegtedie, Mra, Rogers, wie objected to | playing anything but “good laiies, and Mra, Monut for, on whom Gay wrote the celebrated balla! Black Kyed Susan, ond of whom the following anecdote related —Having had the misfortune to wecome the inmate of an Ingane seytim she learned one dav tim Humie! was to be played atthe thentre, she fount « ding the vigitance o: her *, of # means tog into ihe theatre and of locating her 6 cou lane for (he moment whea the action who Ophelia was to apperr in ie mad noone, and the auidiance was electrified by verve, not the actress who was pe ing the piece bate real Ophebs, mad from love, proceed with ¢ + twee the last efort of wature Ae mie we " the theatre she excleimed Now it i+ al ove ond in afew days it wae allover wu le Hinee Mrs. #iddoes’ time there hare bore mane actrenaoe whi inction. Arwong ther @ won high ay wore Mise O'Neil (efferwards Lady Becuer, who made r Or eppenrance im INT4, and retired in tale: Mr the boarte; Mise Helen Baueatt, ont the Americ Chariorts Comuman, who now enjoys aithy Tiber oF of the Arno. Bat oor ari cle was"depigned nee rkacon three great (agedy queens Mra Suidens, Mile Rachel 1 ow ihe hanes of the yerely of the and Madame Mistori The fire wa bare gen ahor Sha now a few words abort “ Hache! Wall remembered w dne The great Freaeb tragedienne ety. 1 in but eight or no created the tame Cogres of senentio Ristor| Goes now «Ruston, wee at (he oe ing im Pare for the leureie which the ohe val bere ame | ne compe laweic Jeroen wore, Bull Reche) wa" \mamorsbiy seeted upon her throme ax qagen of tragedy; but death, who respects royalty neither 9 actual wor in mimic Iie came and put ao nt to the river We recolieet the effet wh h she Created in her delineation Of the charscters of Hermione, Kerens, Onjnéne and Adrieune Leconrrevr, Though bet @ small proportion Of ber sudiruces undersioed she language of the plays, ber look, her etinde, her Geclamation spoke te ibe Dearte of all. It seemed as if an aeqesiotancs with the langaage was nol necenmary 80 a) E8) appreriation of one who spoke eo cioquenty Uke welversel vores of neture. Rechel 4id not long survive her visit to the Catted States She 4id not appeer any mere om ihe Parieen boarda Hho died at Oanmet, on the shores of (he Medi. terraneae, on the 4b of January, 1886, of consomption agarevated, if not brought on, by ber waremitting pur fult of ber profemion, She bed qaheusted het life in all those stage straggies and constant voyeges is fasta, Begiand and this country, '8 Which she sought waocem sad torvese, bat a Olde ho onif. foued s promatere death Raseel wes yore in euiceriond va ae Ma ot Mek. SHEET. 182 Like Mrs. Siddons, ahe drow tor first vroath in « Netle inn or tavern, in the village of Mun’, tn the craton of Aran, Like the great English actross, too, or facie was of a roving profession, being nothing more than a poor pedler, who pursued his craft by the highways Cll he sottied dowu in Lyons, where be oponed » second hand clothing store. He was of the Jewish rw He name was Abrabam Felix and his wife's name Exthor Hoya. The eldest daughtor, arab, sang from cafe to caf, and Rachel coliected the coppers. The faiuily pu sued the same life at Paris, where they had removed | about 1430, Shortly after that time Rachel procured admission to an institation where declamation was tacght gratuitously, and in 1837 abe got @ (theatrical on- @*eement, The next year, on the 13th of June, she made her first appearance on the classic boards of the Thestro Prany whore she was destined to eara her greatest fume. From this date her progress was upward and onward, ‘The grand old formal drama of Cornsitie and Racine, so long believed to be dead, revived at the splendid declamation and sin. gular attitudinizing of this new trayic muse. By her great genius she reanimated those marvellous productions which always, im skilful hands, prove #o touching. She wos indebted for nothing to etage tradition. Nature did everything {or her, Never, porbays, bax more severu and correct diction made the force, majesty and grace of the great art Of the seventoenth comtury (ett. Tn that lay hor great talont. Hor originality showod to best advan tage in interpreting (hore old dramas, fn more modera plays it became diminished or cfueed, Indeed, she ap peared to haye little taste for them, Rising suddenly from obscurity to theatrical glory, sue wae dazvled by her great fortune, If she had beey love ansions to diaplay her talent at London, St. Poterslurg avd Now York—to say nothing of proviucial theatres—aho would have pre served it in greater parity, aud by roma ning more faith ful to her art, she might have lived lon; © managers of the Thoatre Frangais gave har au im mense salary, yet thus did mot content her, sue was quarreling with them constantly. She dictated her own ter In her acting sho was terrible rather than tou @- Her tears had the bitterness of Marah ju Uiom, and vary rarely excited tears in ler audience, She never m or awakened sympathy, but she al ways inspired (he spectator with wonder and fear The gold was born with her, Her graspingness, how ever, bad one redeeming feature: she permitted her fam love ily 8 wher gains. She had fow real friends, and those she had were new, Tho sale of her effects, afier bor death, created quite a sensation in Paris, compricing they did, most valuable p ats from her lovers aud she She was never married ans, mirers of bigh rauk left bebind ber two but Tu the famous actresses Leconyraur, Mars, Clairon, Georges and some others, who gave renown to the French stage, Rochel had prodeswsaors in er career, but none of them ever soared 99 high or wou euch enduring fame ay the theager, dark, poverty-stricken child of tho Jew paler Madame Ristort, And now Madame Itistort coufes ofly weara the dia Siddons and I a cene of lite Mistor reigns supreme, Woe gave, fast we arsival in this city from Urance, ‘ere the main points in ber li 4 iu her prof dem of her ar bel havin ay from the abi hy embracing sional ea reer. Like Siddons and Rachel she too was the dangle tor of parents who led # wandering life. They were members of a gravelling theatrical company, and the young Adelaide was early introduced to tho footlights, and wont through the javenile parte as regularly and With as little promise of greatness av Sarah Kemble had done before ber. In (net ahe ts auld to have made hor first apponrance on the bourdy in 1826, when she was bul a tro moatha old infant—bat then she w od in et as a Now Year's gift-—and to lave began the childeen's parla at the early age of ui yours, And so her wanderiny professional life went ou until at the age of Bfteen or sixteen she got an ea agement in the coujany of the Sardinian King, where ebe bad te advantage of # severe Class cal training under an intelligent manager and maiter of elocution and received lessons from a fargous aviress, Madaine Corlotta Marchiont, Sire eubsequently made berset( « brillant : the line of comedy, but her fame did not tray the confines of Italy, nor had whe ot that tine di is tay in tragedy, Lt was ouly after neo from the stag» thet on her reappear. anes adhe (ned a tragic v5l¢—appearing at Rowe in (848 in the character of Myrrun, though the effort was uot thea entirel, atu, The pari igure, however, only stimulated the ambitious arise to tre severe studies, and the result was tha! in the couaa of somo yours her fame spread beyoud the Italia voandarier, aud in 1466 she may be sald ty lave comm her grand career and taid the foundaton of ovid-wide reputation ia the succe | debat whten she « All the grea’ erities of that capital who tot the Patinn Opera House wien she made eranter of Francesca di Rimini wont into the wildest extravagance: of atl: sti, proe'a.saing (hat she excelied their reigning fa hte, Machel. Nor bas thac emthuriavm at al! dintatshed On the contrary, (he populurity of Ristori has ever wines gone on incrwasing and widening, We hare no fear that it Wilt suffer auy dimunition in the New World [tis not to be wondered at thal, lar airiet and conscientious regard (or all the detaiie of theatrical rap resentation, leer gimat matical geoiuy and ber love for lier profession, she tw io the biglant point of fame, Her relies ke anything of the kind that baw @ ” as carr ‘ormanca © wi joined ty wttaia sore been There dire te everething, @ serrova in #tyle or in doctama tom, corrects the artisis, explatas bow this attiiads ie to be obserrad, thal word amphasrved, the volve modulated to 9a he seuton oud | sees that (ue feprerentation 4 a harmonious i which, when given to the wep | fn all it parts, dent as a gee lo o the | mipstest details of bus piouure, so thie eminent Coane in her work, T om ng gen for mak | in the snecess which Ristori las alinined, sad #il wile | the pema profens on aspire to rise high got to imitate her | to wany pointe, of Courer, the @ Om Ld anne | nine to that of Marie) ome pow «| og all the er eval bythe chaapag | sion of the nee, the | attiiade, and the sane miagniferat p on: bus where Racket only avakenes | feelings of horror, fear, wonder, cary power of i Hoens | te nt valle tears, That is notevneta Riton iw fa weru ra 10 wreliniiste egliow than be | Pree agelioune { Sidiune, he got only was the power of identi erself © ¢ charecte: he porsonates, trict 0 deutity nolvem with ita eat the jodgment we have forme rn Wa wil) sen (omorrow wight wheiher a New Yous sudience i# of (he ame open om Mavemente of Histor! The Demand for Tickets. Me y dave The # Ye seen no Madame Mint y wae amon rewarkably brik —Nesrly all the » 6 bores [oP the eacond will We 8a opportunity © 46 fom gn0t places today The evbverip ae coe | eon Continatd, aod many fam ler oe ured weave for the | ative sarin of Vorverday me of * folly e she reed | 1 Kintor toore (hao © lowg rebeores on Brondway tue Perk 3 en bowr ie ’ es for \eknte will be prester afier ¥ than it has been yeu Tole le predicated tor Of (he pebearsnie, which have ental: the eotertarnmente of Madame Meloy if She higher order «The ene (ement yeeterdey couse’ by (he reports | Of (he anticipated excelionre Of the performecces mad the eperclatore © laren A Coben ene lene: prid O96 (ore bos containing (oar eam A New York Merchant paid $76 (or enstbor bor, Hogie Lckere sold et $20, Hib and $20 There will be ne mere perform eoces of (he French (bestre Gull! efter the debet of Madame Ristor, oli (he (ine before being required for eening purposes, and im preparing he wage, sernery, a barer hed (he feet vee The sale of cee for (he teseon of oft wight le Prove phigerrecotcisanmsstonsc moreng tect ¥ wre i OY THE O08 FELLows 19 ieee ath Sees np veer Nome” Ae he . Al aie a iat dele cation ad 2 papeet —_— ane wins county POLITi€s. Umrrnat Jomwaon Ovvs—Faomnat, ee Catian Urox vo Aw tae Jouxon Movemeer—Tho Kiage County Cantral Jobusoa Otub held an adjourned mootiag, last evening in Montague Hall, Brooklya—-the Penaidoah, Thomas Kinsella, in the chair, The question of the fed | officials of Mrooktyo, aud their political attituder towards Prosident Johnson came up, during the debate which followed the report of the Committes on Rooams. Mr Kinsella said that while the President was fighting: the radical element of this county there was aot a dottar of the patronage which the President possessed in te county at the (igpossl of the Preatdent’s frends, There #ro men in the eraploy of the government io Brookiye, who are abusing Mr. Johnson to-day, that the government olfieiala be to show thoir hands. Jo was aseured, and Le suggested) ilupon aed made ” goed a ahaays thet o Mr. Mack no Man op) struction York or Brooklyn. A Special Committee ou Pinance, t« was fually appornted. wi r several federal om nd oblain their ald for the present Some furthor unimpor- t Dasiness war acted upon end (he meeting then wamt into secret Rowslon Rervaiaeay Geneaas, Comsrrins — the Republican Gem- eral Committeo mot at No. & Conut sirvot son jn tie chair, Mr. Fisher rea . te tive Committee recommending cert 1 primary elections are to be | poi lolegates from cach wari and town to sect consiat of v@, ons to vieit ther wh ment of five of the Assembly, county, city and Congressional Cow ventions. The report was ed and on motion the, 26th instant wes Axed ax the date for holding t The Asombly, Cixy and Congress one will amemhle on the 27th, 250 tember respectively A resolution p dolezate to the General Committoe alould by tional, “tate or city oftte tly afterwards a NEW JERSEY PouiTies. yon Of the Secoud Coagrem renominated Ke-Govermer row ommencd in Newark eater. sud will continue throughout today ‘The conse esolbore and sallory of Newark hae vn Moaday evening, which was largoly attend made by De MO, He Vad and @ udoraing (he Pres dant's eoume The Republican Cow sional Distriet yester William A. Newell for Con The registry of vote v of meena, Sep on, snal Convention in th Synacvex, Sopt. 1%, 1966 The Congrossional Distriet Cony Janit today nominated 1 McCarthy, republican, of hyracuse, for reproventative to Congroas, The Cortiand& withdrew from the Convention jo « body. Casper F, Col by the Democratic Congres JEFF DAVIS ishop Groen b avon lo morrow for the South, dy to Washington ta company: his safuence with Prewidea’ g tha relcase of Days THE COTTON CROP New Ontaons, Sept, 18, ions eomtloues to sand widespread ho Mine 4 of Loutsiann nd Miaeetans ed with uently «total love of the cotton little or ar bi vty have ‘boom raved. This t# especially the case where (he egress have Worked on glares, Which loaves them now very e 138, ort the aamalt nu plands OLber tse Ube Stat Onk pps acount to be Ox Inctaut to labor and groatly disheartened MAILS FOR EUROPE. The (inard ma{l steamship Scotia Caplan Judkias, will ‘his port on Wedacadey for Laverpoal, mails for Kurope will close at tail past toa o’oleck: on Wedueeday morning, The New Yous Hanauo Lon for Rarope—wilt be roady at balf-past nine o'clock im the morning Slngio copies, im wrappers, ready for maitiog, Ow conte rt and Renu ThA (+ dail aoy and distluctiven: Jastined (9 vt JARED ladle’ — Seehenslae Ward's — iene: tastores S805 on i 19 Avior Howes, “ er ttorati ee ae | Taabiy oo eladecswreadtste das, Saemsea wolves oi enctntntdt Mate if Vahib a oh rr. tS cers, & a Baker's wigs We weed: ond wee sea gieer Mieihen, hak sete Male Werk. The Lerqeet, «hb of » ment of Her VYort toe Geter! SKE rae, tone ee Mis ,aan it Somes, ack or Tatts sens an Thar Ther ser on (8r tate Pla tetphle Ballet. ft diet i, brea! dered »t! and ot ee Caehed in & an! Tatterion. pW Was ree Haw Tore * Pata Novel anced Saud i me ners Thy | Taeketiiet, rere) ontwey BT ae seis nepeonee of ” iy Siete Sette i Ste epithe eee Gams, wa emaee | 1 en eg 1 SNE th tone eae wees. *| etry