The New York Herald Newspaper, October 14, 1868, Page 6

ae NEW YORK HERAL BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR ———————— EES Volume XXXII, «Ne, 288 oo AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway—SHAKSPEARR’s TRA- apy, Kine Lear. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 1th street. Tar Rivaus. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—CRIMsON SHIELD; OR, NYMPHS OF THE RAINDOW. PIKE'S OPERA HOUSE, corner of avenue and 28d sireet.—La GRANDE DUCHESSR DR GEROLSTEIN. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway.—Tas DeaMa oF Our oF THE STREETS. YMPIO THBATRE, Broatway.—Hompre Dowpry, witn New FEATURES, Matinee at 13g. ’, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Tox Naw Deas or L'AbIME. Pe FRENCH THEATRE, Fourteenth streg} and Sixth ave- we. —LA GRANDE DUCHESSE, ACADEMY OF MUSTO, Irving place.-KaTmanixa ‘THR SECOND. GERMAN 8TADT THEATBE, Nos. 45 and 47 Bowery. MicHARL KOHLHAAS, BRYANTS' OPE! stroet.—ETHIOPIAN HOUSE, Ta Building, 14th INSTRELSY, &0., LOORETIA BoRG14s KELLY & LEON'S MINSTRELS, 720 way, —-ETH10- AUER canoe, BURLESQUE, RO-mBARBED BLU. 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New York, Wednesday, October 14, 1868. ° news report by the Atlantic cable is dated yea- vening, October 13, The Spanish Junia of government seized the pieperiy of the Jesuits and declared the order, with ali veligious corporations, abolished. Internal taxes on hone and foreign wares are abolished in Spain. Barcelona and Valencia hesitate to recognize the Junta, owing to the protectionist feelings of the citi- zeus. Prin writes Napoleon that the Junta desires close relations with France and the friendship of Europe. Mr. Gladstone opened his “stump” canvass at Warrington, Lancashire, with an able speech. The financial policy of the United States with regard to the payment of the interest on the public debt en- gaged atteution in England. The Anglo-American naturalization treaty project finds favor in London. A successful relief mecting for the sufferers in South America was held in London. Consols 044, money. Five-twenties 1415 in Lon- don and 7735 @ 7734 in Frankfort. Cotton firmer, with middling uplands at 10%. Breadstuils unchanged, Provisions steady and firm. MISCELLANEOUS. ‘The elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska, which took place yesterday, have, accord- ing to the returns which have been received so far, gone so decisively republican that it is almost im- possible for additional returns to affect.the general resuit. In Philadelphia there were several disturb- ances of a minor nature, but although the differences between the Mayor and Sheriff caused apprehen- sions of a general riot, no very serious attack is reported. At Cooper Institute a large republican meeting Was assembled last night to hear the news from the elections, While waiting for them they were ad- dressed by Congressman Woodbury, of Vermont; 4. 1. Thomas, of Maryland; Bishop Simpson and several Methodist preachers, one of whom also treated the audience to @ song. ‘Telegraphic advices from Havana, dated yester- day, state that Captain General Lersundi has not acknowledged the provisional) government, but claims to be @ loyal Spaniard, and will retain the government of the island as a part of the Spanish dominions. He has issued an address to the people and the troops, exhorting them to remain tranquil. A smali party of persons, mostly of bad character, had assembled at Manzanillo and another at Bayoune. Their purpose was unknown; byt they were armed and troops were sent agatnst them, dis- persing them completely. The people have great confidence in Lersundi. _ Adyices from Mexico by telegraph state that an ‘avent of Sauta Anna had been captured with aoca- ments showing that a revolution in his favor was to be brought about if possible. A bill had been intro- duced into Congress providing for jury trials, public education and general reform. Our Fort Hays, Kansas, letter states that five col- ‘amns of troops will soon move against the In in different directions, covering in their operations the territory between the Smoky Hill and Republican Forks on the north and the Cimarro and Canadian rivers on the south, The columns will be com- manded vy General Alfred Sully, General L. P. Bradley, General W. H. Penrose, Colonel Bankhead #nd Licutenant Colonel Royal. Each expedition will be largely composed of cavalry, and they will co- operate with one another, the columns of Sully and Penrose being intended specially to operate against the Indian favwilles who are left in supposed security in their villages by the warriors, while the columns of Royol and Bankhead will operate directly against the predatory warriors themselves. General Custer, who was suspended some time ago, been re- stored to rank and commend) and will accompany General Sully. ‘The registry troubles in Louisiana have been ad- fasted by the action of a commitiee of the lower house of the State Legislature, which farnished a re- Port directing the Board of Registration to be gov- erned by judicial decisions and recommending a re- Peal of portions of the Registry law. The offices ‘will now be reopened, and registration is reported to be already very fall. A man hamed Evans recentiy informed Colonel Moore, the President's secretary, that one Himebur, ‘the captain of @ negro company, had asserted that General Butler, during the impeachment trial, had given him a flag ae one of a company of conspirators organized for the assassination of President Johnson. Bvane, who is a brother-in-law of Himebur, says that his wife will testify to the truth of the statement, ‘The matter has not been investigated any further, as its considered @ piece of extravagance on Hime- bur’s part. The President feels no concern in the premises whatever. ‘Troops have been ordered to West Virginia in com- Pitance with the request of Governor Boreman, Hancock has improved suMctently to leave Bt. Louis for Washington, where he will arrive eoon. Ble is detailed on the Dyer court martial. Generals Sibley, of Georgia, and Miles, of North Carolina, and Colonel Sprague, of Florida, Commis- gioners of the Freedmen's Burean for those States respectively, have been relieved. ‘The President has issued a prociemation appoint fng Thursday, the 26th of November, a day of thanks Giving and praige throughout the republic. THE CITY. ‘The registration of voters pasde! of quietly in (ais city and Rrookiva yesterday. The tots! regisiored NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1868.-TRIPLE SHERT. in this city was 83,111, which is an increase on the frst day’s registration of last year of 68,063, The total in Brooklyn was 32,964—an increase of 20,068. ‘The #ixth day’s seasion of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this country Opened yesterday morning, though the afternoon session after recess was held at the Ohurch of the ‘Transfiguration, on East Twenty-ninth street, near Fifth avenue, where the House of Deputies will con- tinue to the close of the Convention, while the House of Bishops remained at Trinity chapel. A number of important and interesting reporis were made by standing committees, among which are some having Teference to the cause of the late trial and conviction of the Rev. Dr. Tyng, Jr., and a part of these will come up for debate to-day at noon, The creation of the new dioceses of Long Island and of Northern New York was agreed to, and in the afternoon a general debate followed on the change of the word “convention” to “council,” but_the House adjourned before reaching any conclusion. ‘The evidence for the prosecution in the Broadway theatre shooting outrage was concluded yesterday before Judge Shandley, of the Essex Market Police Court. On Saturday next, the time to which the examination was adjourned, the testimony for the defence will be submitted. The Court of Appeals closed the term of its session yesterday, There was a fullbench present. A large number of decisions were rendered, and the court adjourned for the term. In the Superior Court, special term, yesterday, before Judge Jones, @ decision was rendered in the case of Currie, Martin & Co. against Cum- berland G. White. The Court in this case decided in favor of the defendant's heirs, sustaining the rulings of Judge Van Voorst and re- vVersing the opinion of Judge Daly, in Common Pleas, at generaiterm, before whom an appeal was taken. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, before Recorder Hackett, James Kennedy pleaded guilty to larceny and was sent to the State Prison for two years and six months; Maitz Loeb, convicted of stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, was sen- tenced to the Penitentiary for four months. ‘The Conard steamship Java, Captain Lott, will sail to-day for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails Will close at the Post Office at 12 M. ‘The steamship Minnesota, Captain Price, will sall from pier No, 46 North river at 1 P. M. to-day for Liverpool via Queenstown. ‘The Black Star line steamship Marmion, Captain Faircloth, will leave pier No. 13 North river at 3 P. M. to-day for Savannah, Ga, The g{ock market was strong yesterday. Govern- Ment securities were also strong. Gold closed at 1874. Yesterday’s State ElectionsThe Question Settled=Grant the Coming Man. The results of the State elections yesterday clearly indicate the election of General Grant as our next President by an overwhelming majority of the popular and electoral vote of the Union. The democrats, early in the canvass, finding the popular current in Ohio and Indiana setting in heavily against them, concentrated their available strength upon Pennsylvania, knowing very well that unless they could save Ponnsylvania in October theirs was ‘“‘the lost cause.” They have made, therefore, the most desperate struggle for the Keystone State since the October election of 1856, when they carried it by some two thousand majority and thus saved Buchanan in November. In this October contest, however, their delusive State majority of nine hundred of last year is buried under the republican reserves beyond all hope of aresurrection for at least a year to come; and ‘‘as goes Pennsylvania ao goes the Union.” We say that this loss of Ponnsylvania, with- out going further, is the deathblow to Seymour and Blair. But apart from this ticket the democracy were impelled by another necessity to leave no stone tinturned to save Pennsylvania. They knew that the loss of Pennsylvania in October would, in all proba- bility, involve the loss of New York in November, from the new impulse that would be given to the cause of Grant and from the general depression, which would weaken the cause of Seymour. With the New York democratic managers the para- Mount object was and is to save this State, in view of the influence and power over the general councils of the party which these New Yorkers will be able to wield in shaping the battle of 1872, no matter what may be the fate of Seymour. The decisive consideration in his favor in Tammany Hall was that his name would carry New York, and that in saving New York the party, in any event, would have a solid foundation to build upon for 1872. Now, with their loss of Pennsylvania, there is every rea- son to believe that the forty-seven thousand democratic majority in the Empire State last year will disappear in November like » morn- ing fog from the face of the sea. The returns of these elections of yesterday will admit of no doctoring to show a possi- bility for Seymour and Blair in November. The Presidential result is as certain as any human event in November can be, and the public mind throughout the country will from this day settle down upon this conclusion, Our scanty returns as we write will not admit of any specific comparisons of general results; but the figures wo wry are. sufficient to show that ns the battle of 1864 has been made the battle of 1868 the result will be substantially the same. The Latest Phases of the Spanish Revo- The two most important features of our latest news from Spain are the official recog- nition of the Junta by the United States Minis- ter and the assent of Cuba to the revolution- ary movement. It is certainly of some con- sequence to know that General Prim has de- clared himself in favor of a kingdom, and that the Cubans are promised equal representation with Spaniards in the future national govern- ment. All this is well enough so far as it goes. It is the daty of the government of the United States, as the only government fairly represen- tative of a free people on the face of the earth, to encourage all nationalities struggling for free- dom. If the recognition should prove some- what premature it will be an error traceable to no more ignoble feeling than generosity. If the leaders of the Spanish movement bungle matters the fault will be their own. The har- monious feeling now existing between the Cu- bans and the Spaniards puts an end for the present to all thoughts of American filibuster- ing. It will be well for General Prim aad his friends, however, to bear in mind that Cuba must not be trifled with. If justice is not found for Cuba in Madrid it is not far to seek it in Washington. In this Intter place, at least, it will not be soughtin vain. The Junta is doing well enengh for the presout. Its liberal spirit has boen fully revealed. Almost everything now depends on the clections and the future action of the Cortes, Till then we must snapend judgment. Massachusetts and South Carolina. The specch at Columbia, South Carolina, of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, is altogether the best piece of oratory of the campaign, Not only that, but it is the best, the clearest and the most satisfactory state- ment of the position to which war and recon- struction have brought us that has recently come from the lips of any public man. They who have heard of Mr. Adams principally through the sneors and flings of contemptible Opponents, refusing to see anything in the man except that he was the son of his father, should do themselves and him the justice to read this broad, calm and wise appreciation and statement of the national trouble. From such perusal they will rise with the conviction that he is as truly a grandson and a great grandson as aon in his distinguished family; for they will see all through it the sound political per- ceptions and honest reasoning that in other days did so much toward establishing firmly the foundations of this republic, Mr. Adams, unlike the orators from whom the South has usually had advice, uttera no diatribes against the republican party; stimu- lates no blind fury, but states lucidly the present relations of North and South and points his Southern hearers to the difficulties they have most to shun, advising them that the “great desideratum for their restoration to constitutional privileges seems to be first to deserve and to obtain the confidence of the Northern communities in their acquiescence in good faith in the results of the war.” Not that the present position of the North toward the South is right, but that the South has no effectual remedy save in the confidence and generosity of the Northern people. ‘‘You claimed,” says the orator, ‘‘to be a sovereign State, and on your own showing were by the laws of war subject to any terms the victor might impose. It did not lie in your mouths, therefore, to demand any rights in the Union you have broken or any remedy from the con- sequences of your own acts under the consti- tution you had renounced. If you were to accept your own theory of action you were alien enemies and your land conquered terri- tory, and so subject to the naked hands of war alone.” But, though this should prevent the Southern appeal to the constitution, it does not justify the Northern neglect of that instru- ment in the reconstruction laws, for the North never assented to these views. But in the reconstruction laws Congress relinquished the Northern “‘theory of the contest, made an entire chatige of bike, énd Went over to the camp the South had been beaten out of. They took up the Southern ground, and insisted that you were, after all, alien enemies ; your coup- ; try conquered territory; yourselves prisoners of war and your rights of ever? kind forfoitéd. This is at bottom the meaning of the recon- struction acts under which you now live. They are based on conquest and the right of the victor in international warfare. I do not think that this was, upon a comprehensive view of the general and permanent wolfare of the whole people, a generous, q wise ora const{- tutlonal course to take, but it has been taken.” There were, then, two repudiations of the con- stitution—the first that made by the South and which gave rise to the war, the second that of Congreas in its reconstruction laws. “The second step,” says Mr. Adams, ‘‘was taken by us when wo broke from President Lincoln's calm, peaceful and constitutional way, and dashed on oir ms@ gourse in our turn through the organic law. Mr. Lincoln's mind was legal and moderate, and he moved carefully in a well considered way. ‘Mr. Sum- ner’s mind is theoretical and extreme and very impatient of restraint. He must leap to his end even: if the heavens fall, and upon him eventually fell the mantle as the leader of the republican party. To his inspiration more than any other man is due the reconstruction acts.” This view of our position presents the real ground of action for the South in their associ- ation with any Northern opposition party— they must fight the reconstruction laws; they must take the position of the people in their denunciation of that second assault on the constitution. Congress—and through accept- ance of what Congress has done the republi- can party—is in a position as objectionable to the people as any position the South ever held, only the people do not seo it clearly. Let the opposition make this plain, and it will be seen that the people stand by the constitution as honestly when assailed by Massachusetts as by South Carolina. Strange that these two States should stand so consistently side by side in their impatient repudiation of the law's restraint, and that now—in the persons of Adams and of Hampton—they should also stand side by side in sketching the great lines of the inevitable party of the future. Treasury Gold Sales and the Elections in Wall Street. Mr. Van Dyck, the Assistant Treasurer in br gity, hag given public notice that he wil pit proposals for tho purchase of three hundred thousand dollars in gold per diem during ten consecutive business days, beginning to-day. The bids will be re- ceived from eleven to twelve o'clock and the awards are to be mado immediately afterwards. This isa step in the right direc- tion and a vast improvement upon the system of secret sales hitherto in vogue, which Messrs. McCulloch and Van Dyck have been forced to abandon by the pressure of public opinion. But it strikes us that public sales in the Sub-Treasury by one of the department clerks would have boen botter, the sales being made in lots of from ten to fifty thou- sand dollars to the highest bidders. Thero are two objections to the plan of receiving proposals, one of which is that it leaves room for favoritism in the solection and re- jection of the bids, and tho other that it is calculated to prevent the competitors from offering the full market price for a com- modity which may change materially in our- rency value before the awards are made. We trust, however, that the new arrangement will be practically carried out with that openness and fair dosling which will remove all sus; picions of unjust discrimination, and that the system of auction sales will be specdily ro- sorted to if the former is not found to work satisfactorily. It is also to be hoped that Mr. McCulloch will see the advisability of specify- {ng the amount of his sales of gold or bonds daily in the Sub-Troasnry siatement. The offect of theso sales will be to prevent the floating supply of gold in Wall street from | pling loyalty into the dust and elevating upon being reduced as fast as it otherwise would be by the drain for customs duties. The main toplo of conversation in the Gold Room and on the Stock Exchange yesterday was the elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, while the general opinion was that Pennsylvania and Ohio will show republican majorities, In the afternoon, however, there was a disposition manifested to discount democratic successes somewhere, and the pre- mium in consequence experienced a partial re- covery from the previous decline, But a re- lapse succeeded just before the olose, It was claimed that if Pennsylvania should prove republican a further considerable fall would take place in gold, while government securities would advance, and undoubtedly the prevailing temper of Wall street favors both of these results ; while in the event of un- expected democratic majorities it is not pro- bable that either gold or United States stocks would be materially affected thereby. Opin- ions will be formed from the returns which we publish to-day as to the issue of the Presi- dential campaign, and men will speculate and shape their business accordingly. With the Prospect of Grant's election the public credit cannot fail to be strengthened, and this will be reflected in the upward movement of five- twenties, both at home and abroad, and a buoyant speculative feeling on the Stock Ex- change. The Unien Pacific Raiiroad—Mr. Letter. Mr. Durant, the Vice President of the Union Pacific Railroad, has addressed a letter to President Johnson, which was published in yesterday's Hegatp, with regard to the ap- pointment of a special commission to re-ex- amine the road. Mr. Durant is kind enough to inform the President that his company will have no objection to this special examination if the commission shall be authorized to ex- amine all roads receiving similar government subsidies and bonds as the Union Pacific re- ceives, but he protests indirectly against what he deems an invidious distinction being made. He intimates that the government has listened to representations of an unfavorable character regarding the work, and goes on to say, by way of explanation or contradiction, that the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad is at least equal to the other subsidized lines. He refers to Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, and to others who have lately passed over the road, for the thoroughness and excellence of the work. He seems to fear, however, that an examination may create delays in the construction to the detriment of public interests. Mr, Durant appears to have Sélzed the opportunity of the appointment of this special commission to write a letter in de- fence of his company and their work in ad- vance of anything damaging having been made out. Well, let us have, as Mr. Durant suggests, an examination of all the lines receiving sub- sidies, bonds or other aid from fhe govern- iment. THEE Sati ba fis dbjeciton to that. Tt is quite likely the work and affairs of all need investigation. There is a general impression that the other subsidized roads, as well as the Union Pacific, are being constructed more with a view to making rapid fortunes for the favored managers and stockholders of the com- panies than for the interests of the public. If this impression be not well founded there can be no harm done by an examination, The people waht to know, at least, how the work has been done and how the Ad aenatge? sub- sidies have been applied. hy, then, should Mr. Durant be so sensitive, if, as he asserts, the thoroughness and excellence of the work on the Union Pacific is undoubt- ed? Why, rather, should he not court inquiry for his road whether the other roads be ex- amined or not? To have the work proved good, thorough and secure, would raise the credit of the company and tend to increase its business. As to appealing to Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and others, that will not satisfy the public. No doubt these gentlemen would give their opinions honestly, but the question arises, how much do they know about the matter? Riding rapidly over a railroad, shut up in a car, while being dined and wined by the managers or other officials and seeing only what is pointed out to them, how can they know the security of the bridges, the strength of the ties or quality of the rails? The regular commissioners, too, are carried over the work much in this way, and it is sus- pected they may have reasons to keep their eyes shut. As to retarding the work by a special examination, that is all bosh. It will create no delay. The enormous subsidies, grants and wealth which the government has given to the company call for an investi- gation. Besides, the government gives secu- rity for the bonds by which the road is con- structed, and it ought to know whether they will be of any value hereafter. If the road should be badly constructed these bonds may become yalucless, or greatly depressed in value, and then thé government and people would have to pocket the logs. By all means, therefore, let there be a thorough examination of the Union Pacific Raflroad, and for that, of all the other subsidized roads, by honest and expert commissioners, so that the public may know whether they can travel safely and whether the money loaned will ever be paid. Durant’s Jadge Plerrepon’s Twouty Thousand, ‘Twenty thousand dollars from a war democrat of the calibre of Judge Edwards Pierrepont to aid in the eleotion of General Grant isa significant event at this crisis, Looking at the proceed- ings of the July Democratic National Conven- tion and the subsequent developments as to the purposes and expectations of the supporters, North and South, of Seymour and Blair, Judge Pierrepont says :—‘“‘I cannot conceive how any intelligent man who does not wish the rebels re- turned to power, the nation’s faith violated, ite debt repudiated, its name dishonored, its prosperity destroyed, its patriots insulted and the ‘lost cause’ restored, oan vote against Grant,” and that ‘‘in my judgment the elec- tion of Seymour and Blair would forthwith confuse and paralyze our business and reduce the value of our property one-half.” Mr. A. T. Stewart, fo whom this lotter is addressed with this twenty thousand dollar contribution to the cause of Gonoral Grant, says in his complimentary reply that the quos- tion is, whether the American people ‘“‘will aid in electing an administration beat epon tram- its ruins a power controlled by rebel chiefs, whose motto will be ‘the rebellion vindioated,’ with prostration to every branch of industry and business at the North,” or whether we should elect a man ‘‘from whose sdministra- tion we will have all the blessings that can flow from peace in every department of our government, inspiring a confidence that cannot but lead us to prosperity and happiness as a nation and promising us a future unequalled in the history of the past.” Ps Such are the opinions touching this Presi- dential contest of Pierrepont and Stewart, the proper representatives of the solid conserva- tive and sagacious Union men, not only of this metropolis, but of the country at large; for in this correspondence we have the senti- ments of as large a proportion of the substan- tial business classes of the country for the republican ticket as in the second election of Lincoln, the stupid democratic leaders in their grand Tammany fiasco having made the con- teat of 1868 a repetition of their fiasco of 1864, Accordingly, while the democrats are short and have to “shin it” for their green- backs, the cause of Grant and Colfax does not lack money. The sinews of war are freely given for them, by hundreds and by thousands, from menin every quarter of the land and from the same convictions which have im- pelled Judge Pierrepont so liberally to come tothe rescue. The people will not have it that “‘the war was a failure,” and this coming November national election will finally settle that question in another promotion of General Grant. He is the man, Opera Bouffe and Other New York Amuse. ments. Bateman announces for this evening at Pike's Opera House the opening of-the second season of what he calls ‘Bateman’s Opéra Bouffe.” Now, we must allow his claim to be the firat who successfully introduced opéra bouffe into the United States, but both Grau and Offenbach might well demur to any claim to exclusive proprietorship in this favorite fountain of music and mirth. However this may be, the reappearance of the inimitable Tost¢e and of Duchesne, Leduc, Legriffonl, Lambelé, Guidon and the rest, reinforced, if not by Irma, at least by Aujac, one of the best French tenors, and perhaps the best Fronch actor, who has ever appeared in America, will be an event in the history of the Ameri- can stage. Pike's elegant and spacious opera house, the improved arrangements of the stage, the gorgeous if not particularly appro- priate drop curtain, and the new scenery and costumes, would suffice to attracta crowd. But the fine opportunity which will be presented of comparing the two rival Grand Duchesses who are competing for the suffrages of citizens of the great American republic will be the main attraction, Mlle. Tostée will, of course, spare no pains to con- vince us that both as the incarnation of fun and asa thorough musician she can amply compensate for the misfortune of possessing 4 less powerful voice than some of her competi- tors. She may count this evening on a hearty and loyal recognition as the Grand Duchess do Gerolstein. Duchesne as General Boum, and Leduc as Prince Paul, will be no less warmly welcomed. Grau, with characteristic energy, persists in bravely contending against all odds in the opéra bouffe war which rages at present with even more fury than ever. It must be con- ceded that the representations of the “‘Grande Duchesse” at the French theatre have steadily improved. The fresh voices, the brilliant cos- tumes and the fine scenery at the renovated French theatre have been appreciated by fashionable audiences, and the principal mem- bers of the company having recovered from the anxiety which led them at first to exaggerate their respective parts, act more harmoniously in unison. On Thursday, we understand, a third rival Duchess will be brought forward in the person of Mile. Desclauzas, who may not despair of success if she proves as capable of sustaining such a charac- ter as she was distinguished at Paris in that of Prince Charmant and other male characters. We are also to be favored with a new Wanda. Ere long it is probable that ‘‘Genevitve de Brabant,” an extravaganza still more extrava- gant than the “‘Grande Duchesse,” the ‘Belle Héléne” or the ‘Barbe Bleue,” will be pro- duced at the French theatre. The opéras comigucs which have been promised at this theatre may possibly be more popular than any of the opéras bouffes which have been amusing the town. When it is remembered that betweon twenty and thirty places of dramatic and musical en- tertainment are naw in full blast in New York and Brooklyn, the statement of a recent Eng- lish tourist that our metropolis offers a pro- portionally larger and more enthusiastic theatre going population than either London or Paris seems to be well founded. What with high tragedy at the hands of Forrest, Janauschek and Booth; with Italian opera music from Miss Kellogg, with innumerable cohcert, with dramatic readings from Mrs. Scott Siddons, with genteel comedy at Wal- lack’s, with the attractions of Brougham’s new theatre, with sensation plays and panto- mime, and minstrelsy and farce, and the moat multiplied varieties of the burlesque almost everywhere; and especially with the charms of the golden-hafred beauties who, together with other members of Miss Lydia~ Thomp- son’s excellent troupe, have taught the town that Wood's musoum and theatre, which once would have been considered so remote, is now accessible by several lines of cars, is, in fact, the only theatre past which a railway runs, and, moreover, that success is far more de- pendent upon novelty and superiority than on any amount of puifery on the part of Bo- hemian critics. What with all these various and numerous moans of supplying the de- mand for theatrical amusement, the coming winter promises to be the most brilliant dra- matic and musical season which New York has ever enjoyed. But ‘‘novelty” and ‘‘excel- lence” must become watchwords for the man- agersof all the Now York theatres, or the pub- lic expectations will be disappointed. Prestpant Jonnson’s Later PRroonama- TION.—President Johnson has just issued a proclamation through the War Office, with copious extracts from the constitution and the laws, for the information of the army in refer- ence to the Presidential election, The object seems to be an admonition to the Souther military commanders in the States that they have no business to interfere to prevent an election in any one of those States (Virginia, Mississipp! and Texas) if the peg ple therein shall think fit to hold an election for the choice of Presidential electors. To be sure, a law of this Fortieth Congress stands An the way of the recognition of the vote of ee eSSSSSeee any such election, and this same Congress is to count the votes for President; but it is sup~ posed in some quarters that possibly with the aid of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas Sey- mour may get an electoral majority. And im this view itis thought to be wise to have on hand the votes of those three outside States in order to meet this possible contingency ; for then, we understand, there will be a count of them or a fight. We believe, however, that, cutting short the argument, if we count all the Southern States in advance against Grant it will not shake the general result in November. NOTES ABOUT TOWN. A country journal of religious complexion, lameat- ing the failure of the Water street mission says, “New York is a very wicked city.” Well, it ought to be, when it is recalled to mind the tremendous warfare “in men and money” that has been waged to save it. As, however, the fashionable season in our churches has commenced, and as the preachers, or- gans and singers are all in voice, no one can say what a day may bring forth. If ten men would have sufficed Sodom, how much greater chance thore is for New York, Why in the City Hall ring alone, leav- ing out of consideration all the others, there are just men enough to save half a dozen cities like it. New York wicked? Nonsense! Politics in this city at present greatly interfere with “personal piety.” How can a “red hot” demo- crat or a@ “frigid” republican take things calmly while the rude November winds about blow upom his fevered cheeks? Politica and piety, like oll and water, have no natural affinity for each other, and hence it is that Satan has his own way in most things. The Superintendent of Police directs that during the registration of the names of voters the off pia- toons of police shall attend at the polling piaces and preserve the peace. Good. Now, will not his “Ex- cellency” issue a general order to those on duty not to permit builders to occupy the carriage ways to the exclusion of vehicles and trafic, and the side- | walks to the inconventence of pedestrians—jusi for the fun of the thing? ‘Tho Ritualists and their opponents in the Episco- pal Convention are having @ ‘refreshing time of &”* in their debates. Why, those ordained chaps talk to, each other as if they were world’s peopie and knew, “all about it.” ‘The physicians say there were born in thig.city in. the month of August 646 children, and in September 790. Gentlemen, this will notdo. How long do you suppose ‘the metropolis of the Western world’. would retain its distinctive character: as a highly ye. spectable city if only 1,336 boys ond girls are brought into its “breathing world” in two monihs—less than 8,000 per annum? Mesgtears and mesdames, it ts right that you should be informed that the Registrar. is greatly trouhjed at this exhibit, and, like “Little Oliver,” asks for more. Since the close of the quarantine season the de+ tectives of the Custom House have captured about * 100,000 smuggled cigars on vessels coming straight nn the P37 to the docks of the city. During the quarantine season the same officials thought them- selves fortunate in effecting the seizure of a single box here and there. Where did these smuggled cigars of the quarautine season go to? Were they alu cofined and carried with funeral ceretaony ashore, and if so who supplied the coffins? ‘This question may be considered by some a grave joke, but it is easy to see there must have been an undertaker of some kind. Who was that undertaker? Finding themselves cramped for room in the city’s narrow but greatly crowded thoroughfares, buliders aro about to ask the municipal government to pass an ordinance giving them authority to temporarily close all streets in which they may be making “im- provements.” We like the idea. We know of ne right that Inheres in the citizen, rich or poor, that the bricklayer, stone mason or architect 1s bound te respect. Ifa citizen had any imaginary claim upon the sidewalks and carrlagewaya the passage of am ordinance such as has been hinted at will eet it at rest forever. EARTH AND MAN, The Creation and Growth of the World Dius- trated. Last evening Professor Adolphus Ronde gave a private exhibition at Allemannia Hall, East Sixteenth street, of his remarkable series of tabieaux illustrat- ing the formation of the earth from chaos, its subse- quent development and the creation and progress of animal and vegetable life. A select audience of about 150 persons was present, and great interest was manifested in the entertainment, which, apart from one or two temporary interruptions, passed off satisfactorily. The pictures presented are executed with great skill, if not with actual fidelity to the pre-historic originals which they pur- to represent. They consist of fifty-seven tab- presented on cauvas by the agency of a cal- clam it and powerfal lens, and are explained by a lecture prepared under the direction and with the ay of the distinguished naturalist, Professor ‘ari Voigt. first scene presents that very re- markable condition of nothinguess termed chaos, and which is so exceedingly difficult to express appre- clably to the sense of sgh and ts followed by other views delineating the formation of the earth ball from chaotic matter, the pliascs of development through which it passed before the appear- ance of animals and plants, the further de- velopment of the earth and the animated and vey ble ba eee the appearance of man, his ontein, growth and relation to the living world. ‘These pictures ere al! brought out upon the theories of the great authorities, Lumboldt, Darwin, Agassiz, Voigt and others. The entertainment has been ac- corded marked approbation Ly many of tie most eminent scientific minds of Paris, Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg and other cities of Europe, and as the lecture is written in plain language and 1s almost entirely devoid of the abstruse teciuicaiities of ge- ology and natural history, will, with the illustration of the tableaux, give tothe genoral public a more pular and comprehensible idea of the subject than could otherwise be obtained. The eutertainment ‘will be opened to the public im a day or two. THE ARCTIC REGIONS, Meeting of the Long Islaud Historical Bee ciety. The regular monthly meeting of this society took place last night in the chapel of the Packer Institute, tu Joralemon street, Brookiyn. After the reading of the minutes of the soctety several gontlemen were elected as members and several more noml- nated for membership, The Secretary then reads short report upon the present condition of the I- brary, Since May last 638 volumes had been ree ceivet. ‘There had also been 100 volumes added te the medical department. Dr, Isaac J. Hayes, a companion of Dr. Kane, was then introduced and delivered an interesting lecture upon the recent Arctic discoveries. He remarked im commencing that he had addressed the society twice upon this subject recently and had come before them: this time without any particniar preparation, so he apologized for encroaching Lo thom with what had been gone over before. The lecturer then pros ceeded to recount the recent explorations which had been mado, beginning with Dr. Pranklin and end- ing with Dr. Peierman, Nothing farther than what has already appeared was presented. A MISSOURIAN SWINDLED. ‘Two men, giving their names as John Lowry an@ Joseph Howard wore yesterday arrested by Sergeant McDonnell, of the Sixth precinct, on the charge of swindling Christian Raub, living in St. Louls, Mo, out of fifty dollars, by means of the cnvelope dodge. Lowry, a8 charged, cap the St. Louisian into the premises 100 Chathain street, under pretence that he was there selling goods purchased at auction very cheap, to wit, one dollar each package. After en- tering the Lowry represented to Raub that it would be necessary to draw for chances, which the Western man refused to do, Howard then com- menced to draw some cuvelopes and won a silver watoh, for which Lowry offered him twenty-five dol- lars, Lowry then put ap a goid watch (No, 122) and enid that if he (Raub) would pune hy fifty dollars he couid have a chance of drawing for the same. Be- lieving that everything was done ‘on the squars,’? Raub paid Lowry fifly dotiars and drew from the pack: of envelopes one which on Kas tained the number 123 instead of 122, as be had been induced to believe by the prisoners he would draw. Justice Dowling committed the accused partios to the Tombs for examine! (ou. con-