The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1868, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1868, tlons-throughout are controlled by tho Prosi- | in © minstrel haut, 1¢ i@ ,-Plendiuy pat upon we NEW YORK HERALD General Grant's te petit De BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR 4°) business or news letter and telegraphic aespatches must be addressed New York Henao. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Volume XXXII No. 258 AMJS8MENTSA THIS EVENING. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Humery Domery, with NEW PRATURES, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—ELIZABETH, QUREN OF ENGLAND, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway—Frrou Comic OPERA— BARBER BLMUE. BOWERY “THEATRE, Bowery.—FEMALE DETEorivE— STRING OF PEARLS. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway.—Lasr NIGHTS OF FouL Piay. pune BRYANTS’ OPERA HO SE, Tammany Building, Mth sireeh.— bi 10PIAN MisbTRELY, &0., LUORELLA BORGIA, KELLY « LEON'S MINSTRELS, 720 Broadway.—E7m10- PIAN MINSTRELSY, BURLESQUE, 40.—BARbER BLO. 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EUROPE. ‘The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated Jesteruay evening, September 13, The var ogiia.ion excitement, as between France and Germ: France,and Italy, and from the new French @ ce negotiations with Spain, was pro- ressing towards a panic. The feeling in diplomatic y3in London is expressed thus:—“No fear of war, though It may begin to-morrow.” The royal family of France left Pavis for Biarritz to meet, it is said, the Queen of Spata. A Paris journal says the | report of a reduction of the Prussian army is false. | Fivo-twenties heavy in Frankfort at 753¢ @ 75% Paris Bourse heavy. By steamship at this port we have interesting mail details of our cable telegrams from Europe to the 2d of September, including the first English assault on the Burlingame-China treaty and miséion, by which, il appears, a British trade valued at one hundred Millions of pounds sterling a year is imperilied, as expressed in the columns of the London Times, Joe Goss, the pngilist, when under arrest in Bow street, intimated that Eng and’s “woes” are likely to begin after the prize ring is abolished. MISCELLANEOUS. By Atlantic cabie we have later news from Para- guay. The Paraguayans in the Gran Chaco had been captured. ‘The allied army had razed the fortifica- tions at Humaniti, and were pushing on to Tebi- cuari. Our Rio Janeiro correspondence is dated August 8. It contains further details of the evacua- tion of Fort Humatut by the Paraguayaos on the 25th of July, and the batties just preceding it, Lopez with his command was entrenched at Tebi- cuari, where six gunboals were bombarding him. Tirubo, with its garrison of four hundred men, had been captured by the allies. The reported conspir- acy among Lopez’ oMcers and the execution of some of them is repeated. We have also letters from Buenos Ayres dated July 29, Peace measures had been introduced into Congress, Senator Morgan and Representative Schenck have decided aguinst calling for a quorum of members at the meeting of Concress# on the 21st inst. ‘The secretary of the Treasury yesterday had a long interview wih Dis‘rict Attorney Courtney, of New York city, r.ative to the Binckley internal revenue tivestigation, The President was closeted with Binckicy ou the same subject on Saturday night. General Grant, it is staiel by those who have ex- cellent opportunities of knowing, will not resign his position as General unless he is clected President. He does not see that he is required to do so either by the circumstances of the case or the law of pre- cedent, A sermon was preached in Bethany chapel yeater- day by the Rev. Thomas Dana, chief of the Oneida Indians, At the close a collection was taken up and the photographs of the Indian orator were offered for sale to the audience. At the Howard Mission the Water street reformations were discussed by Mr. Van Meter and _ others. Jounny Allen was present, and a nw convert, Johnny Slocum, from the Water street dis- trict, came in during the exercises and was fervent- ly prayed for aud coagratulated and encouraged in his new course by the ladies and gentlemen present. Open air preaching was held at the Five Points in the afiernoon, An unruly individual in a window near at hand interrupted the procecdings by singing “Champagne Charley,” but he was quickly dea- patched by the police. Whaien, who ts on trial for the murder of D'Arcy McGee, has been ironed in his cell, it is said, on ac- countof proposcd attempts to liberate him by brib- ing the sentry, Wade, one of the principal wit nesses agaiti«t him, has disappeared, The actual difference of longitude between Wash- ington and Havana, as demonstrated by recent com munications for the putpose over the Cuba cable, is S degrees 2) minutes and $210 seconds. The time | occupied in the passage of electricity between the two cities is 35-100 of a second. The propeller C. Y. Davenport ran on the rocks opposite Bellevue Garden, East river, yesterday, and | took fire, She soon after toppled over and sank. Her cre aped in the boata, Tue Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight depot in Chicago was destroyed by Gre yeeterday, involving a loss of $150,000, | A miysterious double murder was committed near Indianapolis on Saturday. A man named Young | and his wife were killed and (he body of Mr. Young ‘Was robbed of $7,000. No ciue is known as to who | perpetrated the deed. Heavy rains at Utica on Saturday night swept away the railroad bridge over Kast Canada creek and the passenger trains were delayed, The Saratoga and Kensselaer Raliroad track near Whitehall was submerged and much damaged by the rising of Wood creek, and @ passenger train was dolayed, the engine sinking into a hole washed out by the rain. Several serious breackes were mau in the Champlain Canal. ‘The republicans of the Lancaster (Pa.) district held &@ primary election yesterday for the nomination of snecessor to Thaddeus Stevens, The returns indi- cate the nomination of Mr. b. J, Dickey. Aman named Robert Watson was stabbed in a lager beer saioon in Canal street on Saturday night, while in a quarrel with @ man named Tim Murphy. ‘The wound was pronounced fatai by the physician, Murphy was urrested and arraigned yesterday and remanded (o await the resuit of the injuries, Was Nominated. Since the nomination of General Grant as the repnblican standard bearer the democratic Journals and stumpers, to # great extent, have been laboring to create the impression that he is not a popular candidate; that he is a cold and austere man, who has nothing of the elements of personal popularity about him; that he possesses neither the civil experience nor the qualities of statesmanship necessary for the Presidency; that as a military leader his record is that of a butcher and blunderer ; that his success against the armies of the rebellion may be credited to his overwhelming forces, the exhaustion of Rebeldom and the chapter of accidents, and, worse than all, that he has no policy of his own, but is a voiceless automaton, subject to be moved and managed by the radical powers behind the scenes. Under all these drawbacks his political adver- saries contend that his name and military fame give no strength to the republican party, but that against Seymour he stands somewhat in the relation of General Scott to poor Pierce in 1852. Now, we think that to establish the popu- larity of General Grant it is only necessary to recite the popular movements and influences which brought about his unanimous nomina- tion on the first ballot in the Chicago Conven- tion, At this time last year he was not by any means a favorite with the republican managersand leaders. They, Greeley and all, distrusted him and leaned decidedly towards Chief Justice Chase. In fact, in the last October election in Ohio the republican managers made their fight upon the merits of Chase and his negro suffrage policy, and Mr. Chase himself, as if his political fortunes de- pended upon the result, took an active hand in that canvass, The result was the defeat of universal negro suffrage in Ohio by a very decisive majority, a democratic Legislature and @ narrow escape of the republican Goy- ernor. So much for Ohio. In the last Novem- ber State canvass in New York Governor Fenton, Greeley, Spencer and others of the radical clique of managers undertook a little more emphatically than it was done in Ohio to make the election a test of the availability of Mr. Chase as the preordained republican can- didate for the next Presidency, and the result was overwhelmingly against him. The con- servative Grant republicans largely contributed to this result and lager beer did the rest. All this time the radical leaders, managers and newspapers labored zealously against the republican organs and movements in favor of Grant. Their reasons for this ecourse— very strong as party reasons—were, they said, that Grant had not shown hig hand; that his position on the great party issues of the day was very uncer- tain; that of his antecedents as a politi- cian little or nothing was known, and that in accepting the position of Secretary of War ad interim from Andrew Johnson, especially when it involved the displacement of Stanton, the General placed himself to some extent on the side of Johnson and the democracy. Nor was this construction of this incident limited tothe radicals; for the democracy were so well pleased with it that in General Grant they began to think they would have the very man they were searching for—the man required to beat the radicals with Chase as their candi- date. Nor was this discussion of the chances and probabilities of the Presidential fight brought toan end till about the 22d of February last. Meantime, upon the heels of the Penn- sylvania and Ohio elections, and more actively after the New York election, with its forty- seven thousand democratic majority, sponta- neous outbreaks of the republican rank and file, here, there and everywhere, in favor of Grant began to be the order of the day. Thus the popular tide had already set in very strongly in this direction when an event occurred at Washington which instantly settled all doubts upon the subject in favor of Grant. The event we refer to was the surrender of the War Department by General Grant back again to Secretary Stanton, with the refusal of the Senate to concur in his suspension by the President. From this event, and the corre- spondence between Mr. Johnson and General Grant resulting from it, the stone which the radical builders had rejected was made at once the head of the corner. In defining bis posi- tion on this business Graut had done it so effectually that immediately he became the favorite of the radical leaders against all comers, and immediately all the batteries of the administration and the democratic party were turned against him. Had Grant pre- ferred it he could just as easily have made himself the anointed champion of the admin- istration and the democracy, 40 manifest on all sides was his strength among the people. This change of base on the part of the repub- lican leaders, following in the wake of the masses of the party, settled the question for the Chicago Convention and resulted, too, in a change of base on the part of the Chief Justice, This was developed on the impeachment trial, and soon after the President's acquittal Mr. Chase, as the defender of the constitution, began to loom up as the most available man for the administration, the democratic party and the conservative republicans. But this immense stride forward was too long for the short lege of the Bourbonized managers of the National Tammany Convention, and so we have Seymour, another poor Pierce, against Grant, who, in a quicter and more amiable way, is another General Jackson, and a man of far more than Jackson's claims to the partiality and confidence of the people. They know it, and from the first test election on his merits in New Hampshire last spring down to this day they have expressed their confidence in this quiet, sensible, cool and practical man in a voice which cannot be misunderstood. And 80, from all the signs and facts before us, it will be to the end of the battle; for the masses of the people, even against the radical leaders, have an abiding faith in the sound conservatism of General Grant. DisARMAMBNT IN Prussta.—One of our recent cable despatches informs us that the govern- ment of King William of Prussia has issued an order for the reduction of the Prussian army by one hundred and twenty thousand mon. What does ft mean? At a time when war is universally believed to be imminent between France and Prussia, and when @ serious “difficulty” is brewing between France and Italy, it seems strange, and to some it may appear inexplicable. To us {t } common expression, and to repeat what we appears as a very clover offset to the peace assurances so industriously but so inconsist- ently set forth by the French government. Prussia has said nothing; but this simple fact is worth a thousand speechss, and if France does not follow the example which her rival has set her Napoleon will have to bear the odium of threatening the peace of Europe. Bismarck has again put Napoleon in a fix. It will be interesting to watch how he will act in the circumstances. The solution, by ex- planation or action, must come soon, China Under Its New Relations With the Outside World, Mr. Burlingame, when speaking of the mis- sion from China, of which he is chief, has always said that it means progress, a freer and more enlarged intercourse with the Chinese, the expansion of commerce and the introduction into China of telegraphs, rail- roads, the steam engine and other improve- ments of our Western civilization. A portion of the British press and the China and East India traders and opium smugglers say the contrary. They say, through the columns of the London Times in an article which we publish to-day, it means retrogression and a return to the old Chinese policy of isolation. They point to the past history of China to show that this policy of isolation is, ike the laws of the Medes and Persians, un- changeable, and that there has beer no way of opening intercourse with that country but at the cannon’s mouth. Which is right—Mr. Burlingame, or the British, who disapprove of his mission? It cannot be denied that the fixed policy of the Chinese government formerly was to ex- clude all foreigners, or barbarians, as they were called, from the interior, to have as little as possible to do with them and to hold no diplomatic relations with other nations. The Chinese had a supreme contempt for all of us “‘outside barbarians” and carefully avoided contact with us. This state of things would have continued, probably, had not the thunder of British and French cannon, and we may say also of American cannon—for we took a hand in the fray—awakened the Chinese gov- ernment from its sleep of ages and demolished its long cherished pride of superiority and ex- clusiveness. Mr. Burlingame or any other rep- resentative of the Western Powers would never have been in Pekin, probably, but for these ter- rible cannon and the irresistible war steamers which ploughed the interior waters of the em- pire almost as freely as they did the ocean. Probably, we say, Mr. Burlingame would never have entered Pekin as American Minis- ter but for the force used against China, and certainly would never have been the ambas- sador for China, Whatever was the pretext for the war, or however much we may now deprecate the force policy, there can be no doubt that we are indebted to that war for the opening of China to the world and as a conse- quonce for this very Burlingame mission. It was a hard lesson for China to learn, but she may console herself with the knowledge that other nations too have had to get instruction through the humiliations and sufferings of war. But that is past. War has served its pur- pose. The Chinese government of to-day is very different from that of former times. It sees that the world moves rapidly all round the “central flowery kingdom” and that mod- ern civilization presses upon it in every direc- tion with irresistible force. It has fully realized the fact that China can no longer remain In isolation and that she must enter the family of nations and march on with them in the way of progress. There is no doubt about this being the settled conviction of the ruling class in the empire, from Prince Kung down to the lower grades of mandarins. They have learned a vast deal within the last few years. It would be absurd to suppose they could dream of going back to their old system of isolation and exclusiveness. That is an impossibility, and they have too much sense to think of it. Besides, we do not believe that either the ruling classes or the people of China desire to return to their old system of isola- tion. In this very Burlingame mission, and in the selection of Mr. Burlingame, a foreigner, to represent them before all the great Powers of the Western World, they have given the best evidence of having thrown off their former exclusiveness and national con- ceit. Their efforts to establish permanent diplomatic relations with other nations, the employment of foreigners to the most im- portant and highest positions in the empire, the introduction of steamship navigation very extensively on their great rivers under the control of foreigners, the grant to an American company for establishing a line of magnetic telegraph along their coast from Canton to Shanghae, with the free introduction of other improvements and free intercourse with for- eigners generally—all show that the Chinese have entirely abandoned their old policy of exclusion and isolation. They cannot go back if they would, and they have no desire to do 80. From reason and the nature of things, a8 well as from confidence in the knowledge and judgment of Mr. Burlingame, we believe that his mission means, as he says, progress, freer intercourse, enlarged commerce and the intro- duction of telegraphs, railroads, steam power and other improvements into that vast, rich and populous empire. It is said by those who question the object and value of the Burlingame mission that the treaty just made with the United States is one- sided, that it concedes nothing valuable to China and gives us much we had not obtained before. Well, it is called a supplemental treaty, and that is just what it is. It does not take away the privileges we already enjoy. Nor need we fear that in the renewal of existing treaties or making of others these privi- leges will be abridged. On the contrary, we have reason to expect an extension of them; for by this supplemental treaty the Chinese will be inspired with confidence in our magnanimity and good feeling. In thus treating China as an independent Power on the same footing with other Powers, in respecting hor integrity and independence, and in bringing her into the family of nations we can claim and shall obtain, doubtless, the rights and privileges which the nations of the West accord to each other, That is all we can desire or ought to expect. We regard the supplemental Burlingame treaty a6 of incaloulable prospective value both to our- Gelves and the rost of the world, To use o | Presidential your ail tho Stage and local eleo- | moss have in substance said before, China cannot go back on us, She mugt advance. This will be so whether the European Powers adopt the treaty made with us or not. Should they refuse that would only draw the cords of friendship closer between China and the United States and give us whatever advantages might spring from such a friendship. We have sought no exclusive privileges, and China {s ready to accord the same we may obtain to England, France and other nations. It is now simply a fair race for the trade of China. We have entered it with vigor and a determination to have a good share, England wants to retain the one hundred million pounds sterling which she now monopolizes. If our geographical position and enterprise give us advantages over others they will have no reason to complain. China must be free to act as well as ourselves without the intervention by force of any other Power; and the race for the vast trade of the empire now opening must be left to the swift- est and those who occupy the best position. The President and the Tennessee Logisia- tive Committee. At the final interview of the Tennessee legislative committee with the President on Saturday Mr. Johnson informed them that he had given their application mature consideration, and had concluded to instruct Major General Thomas to furnish whatever force of federal troops may be found neces- sary to aid their civil officers in protecting the citizens of Tennessee and to assist in maintaining the supremacy of the State gov- ernment. Orders to this effect were at once sent to General Thomas. Whatever may be thonght of the exaggerated accounts which the political parson who happens to be the Gover- nor of Tennessee has chosen to give of the state of affairs in that State, it is manifest that the President is convinced of the necessity of pursuing the same course in Teunessee which he pursued in Louisiana. The alacrity and energy which he has exhibited in the case of each of these States must be recognized by men of all parties. As commander-in-chief of the army he could do no less and no more than he has done in both cases and is evidently determined to do in all similar cases. Under all circumstances it is clear that he means con- scientiously to do his duty as President of the United States. The Tennessee legislative committee are highly elated at the success of their undertaking, and feel assured that with the assistance of the troops of the regular army the work of intimidation which they say is now being extensively carried on in Middle and Western Tennessee will be restrained. This work of intimidation is alleged to be actively carried on elsewhere throughout the South and Southwest, but it certainly must have been suspended in New Orleans while the great republican demonstration was in un- interrupted progress there last Saturday even- ing; for the telegraphic despatch from the Crescent City which we published yesterday morning stated that the whites generally re- mained in their houses and the democratic clubs universally agreed to remain away from their club rooms and off the streets. This wise avoidance of possible occasions for colli- sion and disturbance cannot be too highly com- mended. The expulsion on Saturday of two colored Senators from the Georgia Legislature provoked only a respectful protest on their part. The Georgians are evidently resolved to resist the claim of colored candidates as repre- sentatives of the people until Congress shall decide to enforce it. But if Congress can en- force it in Georgia what shall prevent their enforcing it in every State of the Union? It is to be hoped that in due time the violence of partisan epirlt will be moderated throughout the country, both North and South, and that the United States will enter upon the unob- structed career of prosperity which is pro- mised by the future. Meanwhile it is gratify- ing to know that our Chief Magistrate is bent upon doing all in his power to allay the un- happy agitation which still prevails as a conse- quence of our late civil war. The Maine Election. The Maine election for Governor, Legisla- ture and members of Congress comes off to- day. Both parties in the State have been making a vigorous and zealous campaign of it, as if upon this day’s general result in Maine the issue of the Presidential election were di- rectly and finally depending. The democrats have been laboring to cut down the republican majority on the popular vote, and the republi- cans have been as actively working to increase it; and, taking the vote of the State of last Sep- tember as the test, the summing up to-night will probably shew a considerably increased republican majority. From 1864 the vote for Governor from year to year in Maine has been as follows upon the two leading candi- dates :—- Date. Republican, Democrat. — Rep, Maj. 1864..Cony. 62,589.. Howard., 46,476 16,913 1865. .Cony Howard., 31,1 (2,232 27,867 11,614 From these figures it will be seen that while the democratic vote for Governor last year was within a few hundreds of their vote of 1864 (Presidential year), the republican vote was nearly five thousand short, and nearly twelve thousand short of their vote of 1866, when they fought the campaign directly upon the constitutional amendment known as article fourteen, and now part of the consti- tation. In 1867, in consequence of the departure of the radicals in Congress from the policy of this amendment to their stringent military governments in the South and uni- versal negro suffrage by compulsion, it will be observed that the reaction which culminated in the last New York November election began in Maine. Now, however, with that amend- ment in the supreme law, and with the nomi- nation of Seymour on the platform that all the reconstruction doings of Congress are ‘‘uncon- stitutional, revolutionary, null and void,” the shaping of the battle against Grant is just what the republicans desited to recover the ground lost in the elections of 1867. So far from the elections in Vermont and Wilming- ton, Del., and in the Territories of Colorado and New Mexico, which are all that have oo- curred (excepting Kentucky) since the nomi- nation of Seymour, we are prepared for a large republican gain upon thelr vote of last year and for an increase even upon their vote of 1864. We come to this frame of mind maialy from the established fact that in the dential issue, and that accordingly the same influences which operated in Vermont are ope- rating throughout the North and will shape the result In Maine. © But speculations and conjeo- tures are useless when within the next twenty- four hours the actual results will be before our readers; and so, without further remark, we await the aotual returns of this day's import- ant Maine election, Immigration in a Sanitary Point of View. We published yesterday a very interesting article on the statistics of immigration, which, in a sanitary point of view, is of much moment. It appears that the mortality on sailing vessels is much greater than in steamers in proportion to the number of passengers. This can hardly be accounted for by the greater length of time occupied on the voyage, because the cases of sickness and death on the immigrant ships and on the steamers are altogether disproportionate with the difference in time. It is evident, then, that there is something wrong in the sys- tem which should be looked after by the proper authorities. The statistics alluded to show that while the number of immigrants coming here in the steerage part of the steamers was for the past two months as thirty-eight thou- sand to a little over eleven thousand in sailing vessels, yet the deaths on board the latter amounted to ninety-one, against thirty-one on board the steamers. This can only be ac- counted for by the negligence and indifference of the shipowners and masters. We have very stringent laws regulating, or supposed to regulate, immigration ; but these returns would seem to prove that they remain idle on the statute book. The government of North Germany has despatched a consular agent to this country to look into the interests of German immigrants. It is the duty of our government to see that the whole system of immigration is conducted in such a manner as that those who are contribut- ing to the population, the wealth and profita- ble industry of the country are insured com- fortable passages in our immigrant ships, and at the same time that the public health in the ports at which they land shall be protected. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, ‘That felicitous, connubial loving scamp, “Barbe Bleue,” has reached the ninth week of his illicit but successful career at Nibio’s Garden. The unblushing etfrontery with which this audacious, “much wed- ded” and rollicking villain meets his various resur- rected wives 1s “too much for good nature” and generally brings down the house instead of the dire- ful vengeance of his angry and abused spouses upon his devoted head. The audiences now are larger and more enthusiastic than during the first weeks of the gushing opera, a sure sign that opéra boufe in gene- ral and “Barbe Bleue” in particular is understood and enjoyed by the New York public. Asa proof that the music and the libretto of the piece are both fully understood and enjoyed by those who witness the representations as given at Niblo’s we need only mention that every point in the piece is applauded and that nearly every solo and duet is nightly en- cored. “Barbe Bleue” will continue to hold pos- session of the boards at this establishment until Oc- tober. Mrs. F. W. Lander enters successfully upon the third and last week but one of her engagement at the Broadway theatre. “Elizabeth, Queen of Eng- land,” will be kept upon the boards until Friday, when it will be withdrawn for the purpose of afford- ing the public an opportunity of witnessing her in- imitable performance of Mary Stuart. As Eliza- beth Mrs. Lander to-day stands without an equal in this country, and is justly entitled to the fattering recognition she has received and the proud title she has won of “the accomplished tragic queen of the American stage.” The great tragedienne is dally growing in popularity and the only regret we have ig that the stage is not favored with more ladies of the same stamp. She is ably supported by the ad- mirable stock company of the Broadway, and the greatest care and attention have been bestowed upon the mounting of the piece, while the historical cor- rectness of the costumes defies criticism. «fhe longer he runs the stronger he grows.” This expression is made to “Humpty Dumpty” at the Olympic, who has reached his two hundred and fitth performance, without betraying as yet any symptoms of shakiness. There seems to be a vitality and a freshness about this pale-faced individual that is positively fascinating. He apparently never tires of his mischievous pranks or capers, never ws old and is always brim full of fun and — fe will continue to hold his inimitable levees « i farther notice."” At Wood's Museum the natural and other mon- strosities are attracting a fair share of public patron- age and attention. The dramatic entertainments at this establishment are of a high order, and a suc- cession of brilliant stars are promised throughout the Lge a yin Misa Susan by the young al na donna, appears in Engitah va douse, aud in the evening Miss Maggie Mitchel enacts the rile of the tmnocent little Lorie in the drama of that name. “Foul continues on the bilis of the New York theatre, and something akin to it is promised at the same house during the week. Manager Lloyd, the temporary lessee of the establishment, announced “Foul Play” for the week, and Manager Finch, the permanent lcasec, aiso makes the aunouacement that the new comedy, entitled ‘*1868,"’ will be brought out at the same house on Wednesday eveni next, ‘This last complication looks like “foul play” indeed, of which we certat have had enough already. Whatever the nature of the affair, gentiemen, let us have no more disgraceful scenes or bioodshed in the theatre. The staunch “Old Bowery,” since ita rejuvination appears to have been endowed with a new and pril- lant life, Miss Fanny Herrmg, the popular Fast side actress, will be the reigning star at this classic tempie during the present week and will appear in six different characters in the drama of “The Fe- male Detective.” “The Wickedest Man in the World,” and “The Wickedest Woman in the Worla” are also upon the bills. At'Tony Pastor’s Opera House a mammoth and varied progranmme is offered. The new sensational of “six Nights in the Bowery" will be the great at- traction during the week, and this eveni “ Little Nell,” a dashing a, vocalist from San neisco, will make her debut before a New York audience at thia popular establishment, Lingard, the original “ Captain Jinks,” continues his comi rsonal sketches at the bijou Thoatre Comique. Although the season at Long Branch is near its close, still the facetious mimic transports his audience nigntly to the sandy “ beach” where he “ teeds his horse on corn and beans.” ‘All that Glit- ters is not Gold,” is announced for every night during the week. Signor Blitz, the happiest of wizards, is nightly de- lighting large audiences at Dodworth Hail with hs wonderful powers of ventriloquism and skillfal feats of sleight of hand. The great magician, though old, has not forgotten his beng 3 Ankeny the arrival of Mapleson next door, Dan Bryant fas mangurated @ season of Italian opera 18 charming little hall. “Lucresia B ig on the bill this weex, and with Eugene, the rival of ‘Titiens, the excruciatingly tunny Unsworth, the roiongated Seymour aud the una} habe Dan in the cast the opera is sure to go Om bitlliantly. Billy Birch and Chariey Bact oe favored children of Momus, still Keep “Barber Browu’’ be- fore tie agonized public at the San Francisco Min- strels, Their orgies commence at eight every night, and promote the development of the risibie muscies of their hearers. Kelly & Leon's Minstrels heve found ““Barber-Blu”” such 8 favorite with the public that they propose to exhibit him until further orders. The Centrai Park Garden concerts have now be- come a permanent attraction in the city, The selec- lug.) the wopuies us well othe municel eat. ing to the popuiar as wel . Every wehoo orate receives @ share of the atten- tion of this clever director, The moving diorama of the late President Lin- coln’s funeral ceremonies unrolis its beauties nighi| at Irving Hall. Tie Rev. Charles Bb. Smyth expatt- aten its cl te Of in upon terest. The new “ilibernicon,” or Tour in [retand, ts meeting with deserved success at Pike # Music Hall, Besides the panorama we here have an eiticient or- chestra and @ talented company taking part in the Te ‘Park theatre, Brook der the able man: agement of Mrp. F. B. Con @ favorite actress, Yoraes on Saturday rr ing |i alee the a aah vo ‘auspices. “A Flash Light . new , ‘aud a strong Cast, will be the attraction througious wook. of Churches,’ Poolers see gdaseg-Nien" Is One OF vila pieces of the kind ever oroughi out fSirenadal case ice Ane ee Taal prima contralto, will be one are attrac ‘THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT W-STERN RAILWAY, To Tum EvIToR OF THE HERALD:— Tread with lively interest the remarks whtch re, cently appeared in your editorial and financial com umnson the Atlantio and Great Western Railway, The financial vicissitudes which have checked thé development of railway enterprise in England and the United States for some two years past are graphi- cally depicted, and cannot fall to attract the general reader, but far more those who, like myself, are pe- cuniarily interested in the great railway discussed. There are, however, occasional inaccuracies here and there which | shall beg your permission to cor- rect, a8 the HBRALD can have no other object than to disseminate the best and most copious informa tion it can obtain on this as on all subjects, The history of the Atlantic and Great Western road has yet tobe writien. Itis full of strange details and singular incidents that invest it almost with the interest of romance. It is not my purpose, how- ever, to open this piquant volume. My object ia sim- ply to narrate certain phases of its late struggles that have been somewhat misrepresented both here and abroad. This splendid railway, connec! ng tie Erie with the Ohio and Mississippi and runaing for over five hundred miles through portions of New York, Pennsylvania and, Ohio, is the creation of a single man—Mr. McHenry, anative of Philadelphia. By his energy and tact he raised in London the incredt- ble sum of some sixty millions of dollars, and during the worst years of the late civil war. He had barely completed his prodigious task when the panic of 1866 broke over London and prostrated in a day some of the great banks and companies that had advanced mone: to his railway. This was a startling event, ‘he rail- way was, happily, completed and perfectly orgin- ized for the profitable traMc that it was destined to evoke. He was ready for every engagement he had accepted; but how were the grim demands of the oficial Uquidators to be met, who called for tne re- turn of capital when interest alone had been pro- mised? This was the stern problem ‘ellenry tad to face. Should he abandon the road to these un- looked for creditors and sacrifice ail who had trusted in him? There was little time for thought. He waa surrounded by assignees armed to the teeth with legal process and clamoring for surrender. He evaded the danger by throwing the road into the hands of a receiver. Better far the temporary dia- credit of insolvency than the ruin of hundreds who had put faith in his pledges. Tet me say here that the fallof Sir Morton Peto had nothing todo with the Atlantic and Great Wes- tern. He was simply chairinax of the English board of directors, and had no pecuniary connection with it, Sir Morton was brought down by the Dover Rallway and its immense expenditure. Peace to his. ashes, Once the receiver appointed, Mr. McHenry siggested to his hondhoiders a co:nmittee of investi- gation. One of their number, Mr, T. Cave, a mem- ber of Parliament, was depnted to examine the Atlantic and Great Western in person, which he did in August of last year. He stated on his return that the road was in splendid con- dition and promise better returns than any railway in England, but he denounced in strong terms the mismanagement of all concerned and demanded a sweeping reform. Clearly the as- piring Cave thought the road a Golconda mine, for he set to work to oust McHenry and instal himee!f, He underrated bis antagonist, and was consejuenily crushed out. From last September to June of this year a mortal combat has been going on between the indomitable McHenry and the aforesaid liquidy tors of London companies. He demanded tine wad they demanded money. A deadlock ensued. Me- Henry resorted to strategy. He went to Paris, thence to Italy. and finally threatened to return to New York, sell the road and defy opposition. His rea! ob- Ject, however, was to compromise, develop the road and pay everybody in fall. How the crisis would end was doubtful when the now president of the Atlantic and Great Western, H. G. Stepbins, of New York, made his d¢but in the Anancial circles of Lou- don where the struggle was raging. The liquidators were sustained by the Stock Exchange, the banks and the heavy capitalists; for McIlenry’s resolve not w enter the Bankrupt Court was pronounced rebel- Hon and must be suppressed. At this juncture, I repeat, Stebbins made his bow, and his self-posses- sion, earnest elocution and marked ability gradual y paralyzed opposition, and his propositions of peace were accepted. McHenry’s offers as he first made them were subscribed ananimousty, anda vote of confidence restored him to his pristine power. All who had denounced now praised him. He suggested that dividends should be resumed forthwith and that ail unpaid coupons should be capita'ized. He in- duced Mr. Laing, M.P., late Chancellor of the Exchequer for Initia, to assume the presidency of the English board of directors, and give his great prestige to an enterprise so unjustly disparaved. McH>nry will arrive here in a few days to devote his attention, in conjunction with its popular presi- dent, to the administration of the At'antic and Great Western, and the energetic efforts of these two able men can hardly fail to accomplish results that will eclipse the moat sanguine calculations. This brief summary will explain why the bonds have risen in a few montis from eighteen to forly- two, and are daily in the ascendant. It will show also that the receivership is at an end, and that the president and directors of the road succeed him. The negotations with the Erie have been mooted for some time, as you correctly stated, and the joint in- terest of the two roads will doubtiess lend to some arrangement that will be mutually prodiabie. A BONDHOLDER. THE LATE EDWIN A. STEVENS. Arrival of the Remains ‘esterday—The Funeral to Take Piace at Hoboken on Wednesday. The steamship Napoleon II, bearing the remains of the late Edwin A. Stevens, arrived at her dock, foot of Morton street, at haif-past five o'clock yesier- day afternoon. The (amily of Mr. Stevens came by the same vessel, and were received by Mr. W. W. Shippen, agent of the late Mr. Stevens, The re- mains were conveyed at once across tho Christopher street ferry to Hobokea, where they will lie at the Stevens mansion till Wednesday morning. They will then be conveyed to St. Panis Episcopal church, corner of Hndson and ‘Third streets, where the funeral services will be recited by Bishop er. At one o'clock the funeral procession will move to the cemetery in Bergen. The civic and military bodies of Hoboken will hold special meetinra to-morrow evening to make arrangements for attend- ing the funeral. There will be a large atiendanve from New York, Jersey City and all parts of liudava county, No man of this generation who resided within the limits of New Jersey is lamented more than Mr, Stevens, and accord.ngly the faneral wil! be a large one. It is worthy of note that the deceased gentleman expressly desired to have hie funeral conducted with the utmost simplicity and entirely devoid of ostentae tion or pubito display. Many a time when strolling through the grounds surrounding the mansion at Hoboken he pointed out sume locuat trees on the grounds and said:-—“Thia be my corfin, i wish to go tomy grave enclosed in & simple coffin ot this wood, No tinsel, no stiver or other foolish adern- ed the vanity of my survivors.” This sen- tence be we the | mags nbsp of the man’scharacter exactly. His tamily intend to carry out his wishes regarding the interment, and acofin will be made this afternoon from the plauks of one of the rocust trees alluded to, which was cut down some tue ago. The remains will then be taken from tae iead coin and placed in tila, which wil present an ap- pearance as plain as the pine which encases the remnant of mortailty who dies “unpitied and for- got.” In accordance with the family arrangement® no public programme will be issued. SER:QUS ASSAULT. ‘The roaming ruMfans of the Fourteenth ward have been quiet for some time, but the belligerent clement within Its boundaries must be developed occasion. ally, and last eveoing it was marked by @ serious assault apon one Wiliam Archer, of oe 7: hon stre.t, by Thomas Keating and James lott, hear itounon pa appears that tiese men had been enemies for sone tine pre. vious and while Archer was walking dewn Mott sireet he was mot Repting Ang pbuity in the temple and aud after a few words bet} whiie Daity, to maxe pers © tambier, stril aficting a 301 asen 9 gure” that Archer was van. quavet, knocked him down and then brutally kicked him. The injared Mun waa taken to the Fourteenth precinct st house, where be received attention. tis adsalente Dave uot beeu arcented,