The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1868, Page 3

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Lowst, Mass., Nov. 14, 1868, The fact has already passed into the history of Amenican politics that there never was before such @ hard feught and interesting political battle within the limats of a Congressional district as that which ‘took ptace in the Fifth district of Massachusetts dur- ing the campaign preceding tho late general eleo- tion. ‘It may with trotn almost be sald thet in the minds of many the result of the Presidential contest Meelf was insignificant compared with the real or fan- cled importance of the result in Ben Butler's district. All over the country, throughout the thrifty North, ‘the sunny South and the plenty-iaden West, there ‘was an sbeorbing and lively interest elther in the triumph or defeat of the renowned and persevering Butler, and the advocates on this side and that were far more than enthusiastic in contributing their mighty or feeble influence to shape the result in ac- cordance with their respective wishes. The friends of General Butler got into the fleld early, and worked for the love or fun of the thing, while on the other hand his enemies and opponents came late and labored against s tide which évery day of the can- ‘Vass was sweeping them rapidly and surely over that terrible political precipice which is the terror of all aspirants to public life and fame, Every move they made redounded to the actual benefit of him ‘Whom they sought to slaughter, and it is a matter of thougut whether or not if the canvass gone back to Congress by tion, The fact, however, that he is triumphantly elected, as well as the various incidents of the ex- citi campaign, have been made known to the HE&RALD readers, and tt istherefore hardly necessary to refer to them in in detail. It is ayo surmised that the General will be the man of all others of the coming Con; to take the lead of the dominant party, which confided in him and elected him, and there is, therefore, a universal and anxious in- terest to find out something of his views on the cur- Tent political topics of the day, and his probable course in the national laiure upon resuming nis seat. To gratify this curious and eager longing of the community one of the HERALD O Spptl has Made a reconnoissance, and the result of the expedi- tion has been highly satisfactory to himself, and it will undoubtedly serve to enlighten the public p upon ics neral Grant, is @ great variety of the im it of the day. General Butler, anlike not reticent or inapproachable. The opinions of the one, once formed, are freely and emphatically given when solicited, but of the other nothing, up to this bbl has ever been definitely or authoratively learned. Butler, contrary to the ideas of many, is & remarkably social genius and his free and easy man- ner of discussing topics is such as to cause the visitor to feel alm involuntarily at home in his resence. The distant and deflant air which charac- of ess does not belong to rh he is at all times dignified and gentlemanly. ome is in Gloucester, 8 town of some importance down in Ci Ann, but he has also an elegant mansion in this city, where he spends the winter mon’ Radeese sai t, vel af coking the Merri ik ri lo reet, overlooking the mack river, and is surrounded by a beautiful grove and a charming drive, and is a short half mile distant from the central or business portion of the town. His office is in M street and is the same one where in his earlier aan he commenced the Profession. Dur hejlate campaign, ever since his election to Congress, has attende to but very little legal business. From the parents ition which he at once attained in public life he been obliged, in order to keep along in the fore- most to give almost exclusively his whole time to national affairs. He keeps @ private secretary, ‘Who thinks he has a very easy time of it if he is not obliged to answer over eee aday. The wear and of the district was almost and di house nearly all the time. He is rapid! however, and in @ or two have recovei Siuembling of Congress N6 will be tres, Vigorous 10 @ Ww! and eager for the mms Your reporter having passed the compliments of the di wi the.General, and both having mutually agreed that the weather had been rainy foi a few days past, the conversation very naturally turned upon political matters, It occurred to me that the subject of the result of the general election would be ® good starter, and impelled OF this very original dea, the knight of the pencil led off something as fol- ‘c— REPORTER—Well, Gel what do you think of a ell, General, y wouid calla ‘thrown race;’’ for no politi party was ever so completely, so thoroughly sold out by leaders as the democracy. PORTER—How was that? Gel BOTLER.-—I will tell you. The rank and file and the Western democracy were piedged against the national debt, and against its payment in gold and the high rates of interest. The chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Mr. Belmont, was the United States et of foreign bankers; there is held abroad some six hundred millions of dollars of the United States bonds; payment in would make more than two hundred millions rence in value. The Democratic Convention was managed by Belmont ia conjunction with other New York Politicians. I have long known their tactics, It hae always been of mors consequence to them to save the city and State of New York than to save the general government election. If they must lose either the, always prefer the latter; therefore, they determine. against Chase, Hendricks and Hancock, fearing that with chem the de would win in the nation, and they took up Seymour in order to save the State or New York. ‘I made no fight for Maine, the reauit of which have been the index of the contest, but sent Pendleton there, whose notions were distasteful, at least to the republicans, from whom alone they could bave made gains. They had al- ready placed a Western man on the ticket (Blair), Who oi ail men is the most obnoxious to Western democrats, he having been an abolitionist and a vio- Jent republican general in the Union army, although & man of acknowledged ability. They \d their a So as to revive all the issues of the war and hus overshadow entirely all questions of finance and taxation, on which lesues they never got a hearing during the whole campaign. Of course this threw the vote of every true patriot and lover of bis country against those who had ever been opposed to them during the war. While the contest—the only actual contest of the Comal on in Obio, Pennsylvania and Indiana, it will be observed Seymour did not take the stamp, although in the two last named States less than 6,000 votes would have changed the result. When these elections were found uncomfortably close the New York World and the National Imtetti ", one owned and the other pur- chased by the democracy, entirely demoralized the party by the impossible proposition to change the candidates. It thus being made sure that the demo- crats ad no chance of carrying the general elec- tion, Seymour immediately took the stump to save New York, Mr. Belmont issued an address, and the played for result was obtained. New York was saved to her politicians and the value of the bonds of Bel- mont’s foreign clients was enhauced. Rerorter.—In view of these facts, General, what do you think Grant's course will be towards the democrats? General BuTLER—These same men are now pat- ting General Grant on tne shoulder and endeavorin; to win him to their purposes, but General Grant is bound by every principie of honor that holds men in their action to carry out the reconstruction mea- sures of Congress, and to ¥ye Sulfrage to the negro id fuily protect in its enjoyment. The very fact that juisiaba has gone by him by 55,000 majority, whole parishes not giving him a single vote under the reign of terror which existed there, Where thousands of republican votes were thrown before, will impel him and the republican party to do tus. The New York and Belmont democrats will get some comfort from the financial policy to which the new administration is pledged, 1 look to see the ac tion of the new administration radical upon all points raised and settied by the war, but conserva. tive upon finance. KeRORTER—What do you think, General, will be done by Congress in relation to those States where there have been diserders in the late elections? General BuTLER—I cannot doubt that in every stich case prompt and vigorous measures will be taken to correct the evil as well in overruling what has been done as in preventing such occurrences in the future. We are obliged to give every State a republican form of government, and that gov- erument is neither republican to form nor fact where every elector cannot discuss his political epinions and cast his yote unawed and uncontrolled either by violeuce, intimidation, threats or purchase. The con- tracts everywhere made in the South for the employ- ment of negroes on the condition that they will abstain from voting if their masters so desired, are as mach purchases of men as were the purchases from the auction block @ few years before. No mem- ber of Congress elected in any district where such means were used will ever be admitted to his seat by | my oo ad or any electoral vote from such districts counted, Keronter—The question of finance, General, sects fo be agitating the people considerably just now. What do you think will be the course of Con- gress on the subject ? ef General BuTLER—There can be no question, sir, more difficult than that to which to give an intelil- gent answer. I think there are two matters which will imperatively demand pec Soe Conor aan failing to take which upon either, now that the Areat issues of loyalty and equality of right are con- elusively settled, wili mach imperil the future of the republican party. One ts to render impossible such ngemente of the currency as that under which the countr¥ is now suffering; and the other 1s to give money to the business of the country at a cheaper rate of interest than is possible under out present finaneval system. It seems that haif men, by locking np, through the aid. of the bi twenty millions, more or tesa, of the legal notes can so cripple the money market and banks not in the cambinatinn aa to foll solvent merchants unheard of amount of Would, a8 a rie, be a fixed one, like the average amount of depots in the banks, and if in an extra- ordinary emergncy some loss of interest should result it would aore than compensate by the amount funded in the binks at a low rate. I am glad to see . that this idea 1 obtaining converts, for in the lead- ing article of te Boston Advertiser of yesterday I find the folowig:— For some time inansiers have been of the opinion ould provide for an issue of nds bearing a lor rate of interest, to id by.the at their option of their revenue, and recouvertible on demand foto curacy. This, it is contended, would form an aulomatic safegurd’ against either too great a plethora of Toney on the ouehand, or too. great other. The Advertise, you see, does not explain how the Treasury Is to isis these notes at first or et any. body to take thrbonds at alow rate of interést, when they ean get thipresent bonds at a high rate; but if the five-twentie are payable in greenbacks that dim- culty will be removed, because the government might issue thei tender notes in yerrens of the five-twenties wich are over due. If it adopts one of my financial idas it wili find it necessa: adopt Paret tia e acer Chea Pi ir 01 which shot a law put ie entire control and tasuing of the currency in of the government. other ecessity of h I spoke to you is cheap money— hat is to fhe be ry of hiring money ata low rate of inteest. No good reason can be stated why the comme rate of interest shall be from two and a half jo three per cent in Europe, and in this country, wih means of instantaneous transmis- sion of intel rtation of he ordinary of ern cities, and pirty ae wha, indeed, money can be all. ‘ate of interest has an international as wellasa domestic importance. Capital can be found in \d for raising cotton in Egypt or in the East iat three per cent perannum. This, of course, is |wenty-seven per cent diminution sone Ades product in the Fate aber oag the \oney is used br raising or transpo! e Crop, and affects thi negro as well as the planter; for production ultimate! on The hgh rate of interest in the West sly with the price of trans portation of orn and wheat, without any cor- responding beiefit to the producer. This and our Cece hen eg of taxation render our surplus pro’ rdly competing articles in the npc of the world. The rate taxation one ufactures andcapital employ‘ int them, as comp: employed lige manufactories thu absorbing from five to eight with ital a} in England, and it would be a full margin of profit the American manufacturer. This great rate of interest for brought di 1 ttle : nent ein the jown s long a8 government in the market as @ borrower at @ rate of interest in cur- rency from nine to twelve per cent, with the reckoning the exem| of this class of investments from the State and local taxation. A return to specie Upgihepeomg oe ia, to @ currency convertible into specte—the hoped for panacea for all evils by some financiers of narrow views, will not meet the difficulty of this high rate of value of all Kinds of property except public aud pre alue Oo! of property except public and pri- vate credits, leaving the rate of interest substantially unchanged. Until we have cheap money we cannot have cheap transportation, cheap food, and conse- quent cheaper labor. It gives capital an unjust ad- Vantage over Isbor, and if the republican Congress shall not devise some and effectual relief from this evil it will deser lly forfeit what it has so largely now, the confidence and respect of the country, and demonstrate its inability wisely to gov- ern. Iam afraid, Mr. Reporter, that you think this than an answer to your question, but I don’t know ag I can give you ideas in any fewer words. Ifyou think it worth while I will give you an extract of my speech in Congress, November 27, 1867, wherein 1 adverted to the necessity of this con- vertble and reconvertible security as an automatic balance wheel to the currency. The extract which the General furnished your re- porter is as folows:— Our debt now te bout B2.200,000,000 of tt {terest bearing. Suppose we lasue our ‘ena ‘eons greene backs, as { will call for convenience; I buy up or re- deem our interest bearing debt that 1s due to the amount of $1,000001,000, Then our debt stands 100,000.00 of non-tn- terest beari 000 of {oterest’ bearing debt. Now if that $19 seek n 1s 100 rauch—ia more an is needed for currency—I agree with the gentieman from Maine that it will be fated. "But what ls too much ? Too much ts more than will be absorbed as currency in the business of the country; that isto say, if, because of any over {anne by the government there je an ‘Sectmulation of non-in- notes, greenbacks, in the hands of any man, that are not productive, and he will d of them at a dis: gount, 1 he can do 40 better for something that \s productive, we only question as a A ie ed eas act ¢ yesterday thought would be so absurd, a loan bearing a low ri e interest, nad converti- ble and reconvertible into greenbacks at any day and any hour at the pleasure of the holder. Let us see how such a loan would operate, Aman has more money than he wants to ure. He, with such a lonu, can # to a public depository, Jeave his money and take his bond; then when he wants his Money again he goes to the depository, leaves bis bond, takes his money for this bond, principal and interest. That is to say, when the non {nterest-bearing notes of the United States are worth less to business man than this bond, when the notes as currency are worth more to him to use in business or speculation than the investment, he will retain the bond and \ake the currency. Thus without any banks to push out the circulation when it is not waMed, or to. draw it back just when it is wanted, as the fashion now is, we shall have an antomatic financial system, self- Tegulating, or rather reguinted by law of supply and detand—the best of all regulators. money 1s wanted bd : i vant oot oo Mi ‘oi en, once got. ‘hen ft is not ‘wanted {t will be returned to the ‘government which, being a borrower fora long series of years to come, will be glad to take it. There will be no redundancy, because every man will know exactly where to place these non-lnterest bearing notes when he has got through with them as money. When money is wanted at the West to move your crops {n the fall you take it from the Treasury and move the crops. " om get through with the money you take ft back to the anury and get the bonds, in the same manner as when you bave got through with your Wagons you pet.them back in your barns for use next year. Thus the whole monetary system of the country will on without redundancy and without shock and without int m. More than that, sir, as I believe I demonstrated yesterday, it will be impossible to have inflation because this currency, being convertible and reconvertible from time to time, and Seing always an integral rt of the public debt, it will never change its relative value {othe property of the people of the United States. Why, alr, what is the measure of the value of your house ? If it ts worth 41,000 it 1g. ten thousand twenty-five hundred millionth part ‘of the public debt, and it will remain so until a portion of that debt is patd when'it will be appreciated, or untfl the public debt is expanded when it will be depreciated. It will remain of exactiy the same relative value however much the form of the public debt be changed, but will always be more valuable as the public debt grows more valuable and diminished. My hour is nearly exhausted and Iam warned that I must spend po more time in elaborating the detatis of this proposttion ; but Task gentlemen to apply to this their own acute judg: meat anc teil me if they can where is the fault in the reason- ing, because the only valuable purpose that ean be served by this discussion is to clicit what we all desire to arrive at—che beat ayatem of finance. Todo what? To lessen the burden of taxation and to relieve the loyal, true hearted but over- burdened people from this so great weight of taxation. Rrrortax—What course, General, do you propose to pursue yourself in Congress? ueneral BoTLER—I mean, standing by every prin- ry of the republican party, to advocate cheap capt- tal, cheap transportation, the rights of labor and of the people against all monopolies and oppressions whatever. In brief, I mean to stand by the under whioh I fought the canvass—viz., “Equality of Tight in all men, equaltty of power of ‘all men and equality of burdens to all men under the govern- ment.” Rerorter—What do you think, General, about the settlement ef the Alabama claims and Minister Johnsen's [ ree Y General BurLeR—I think Reverdy Johnson is mak- ing a fool of himself aha di he country through the mire in the face of all England. There {s no such feeling of amity on the subject of our aifferences with England ag Johnson represents. He is deceiv- ing John Bull in making him suppose that we are 80 poor in spirit as to the ion of the rebellion as @ bel G wer in the demand of Mason and Slidell, the 1 aoe a continued a Ag AY ee = Wee] our com: @ ocean thro rebelloruiaers, fitted out by himself; his ved vantage of our intestine troubles to plant a new na- tion, in the shape of the Dominion, on our Northera ail for a few dollars to be paid us for the so- called Alabama cl which, when we receive, we should hardly know what to do with. It certainly suet not to be paid to og who lost their ves- as a rule, they were insured and have got their pay already; neither should it be paid the insurance companies, for the increased premiums on war risks put upon our commerce was a a and equitabie equivalent for the loases they aid. If the amount ts due to anybody it would seem ‘9 be to the merchants who paid these premiums and thus indemnified the insurance Lg oy but did not lose their property, Of course there are excep- tions, but hardly enough to change the ruie. This country, I believe, ia quite willing to allow these claims to lay until in some future possible [riah or otuer rebelllon or War we can use (he precedent eral and your re} 8] I interest to dress to the Democracy of South Carolina. FELiow Orrizens—The State Central Club deem it proper to make the close of the late canvasa the occasion of a brief address. First, we desire most heartily to cor ite the EES. upon the general result of ¢he canvass in this itslf'an eminently ‘progressive and. gYowind party. an eminent ve and growing 3 Organized in April Nase in spite of the heavy odds ithas steadily advanced, and in every election ai mted its power until in the canvass just closed, it fell only a little short of carrying the te for its national nominees. A democratic of more than 80,000 over the vote given in the State election of April last means victory in the future and not failure. Nor should we fail to credit the national democracy with its achievement ip the late canvass, or be unmindfal of the vast po’ it has developed even in defeat. e twenty-five Northern and West- ern States that entered into the Presidential canvass in 1864 gave to McClellan a popular vote of 1,811,754, and to Lincoln 2,223,036. ‘The same States, it is eatimated, have in 1868 to Seymour a popular vote of 2,235,920, and to Grant 2,517,000, Thus erate) first, an increase in the democratic vote of 718,131, and Socal, that in a popnier vote of 4,762,920 Grant @ majority over Dg of but 281,080, and this exclusive of the yotes in the late Confederate Si Includin, States voting in 1968 and not in 1864, and the exoluded from v« 10 1868, and including also citi- zens disfranchised by Congressional and State legis- lation mm the late Confederate States, the result is that Seymour received a majority of several hundred thousands on the popular vote. In the frac gt we desire to im) upon the democratic party in this State the importance of Preserving, in all its efficiency, its present admirable Organization, to the end that under the laws of the State and the United States, and in full recognition of the just obii ions of good citizenship, the party may eatnaly crease its numbers and influence until its principles and policy shall commend them- selves to the free and unbiassed approval of a con- ven trolling m: ity of the vi of the mon wealth. Third— more effectu: to keep up lemo- cratic clubs of the several districts, aud in order further to fal lly all the industrial elements that are essential to the pI rit of the State, we earnestly recommend that features look- ing to the subjects of tnmigration, agricultu manufactures and education be upon each clud, 80 that an eee and systematic effort may be at once made add to our population, to pro- mote the industries of the State and to advance the cause of popular intelligence. And in order to carry out these auxili featares to be attached to the democratic clubs | out the State and to devise @ uniform plan of action,jwe neapeckresrrsominend @ meeting of the State Central Club at Place on the 20th of January, 1869, at seven P. M. Fellow citizens, we saree you in the spirit of hope and faith. God in His providence has seen fit to deny us the triumph which we deemed essential to welfare of the State. If we can- not win let us seek to deserve success. To the manhood of the State do we be ga Let the democratic party of South Carolina remain a Power and an influence in the State. Keep your Yanks undivided. Adhere to your political princi- es until better ones invite you to their adoption. m failure gather wisdom; out fof defeat got pa- tience and resolution. Preserving your fidelity to the ecletic principles of your go bravely and earnestly to work in tne field of material develop- ment. ‘Thus building up the State upon the basis of labor, and surrounding our political creeds with the solid muniments of wealth, intelligence and virtue, we will redeem our broken fortunes, heal our bleeding wounds, and ere long secure the peaceful triumph of those wise and virtuous elements essen- S two _ dignity of the State and the prosperity of e people. By order of the Central Club of the democratic party of South Carolina. J. G. Gress, WADE HAMPTON, President. THE HOBOKEN FERRY CATASTROPHE. Secretar; Result of the Coroner’s Inquest. ‘The inquest on the body of James Barron, of Troy, the unfortunate man who was crushed to death on Sunday at the Hoboken ferry, foot of Barclay street, was held yesterday morning before Coroner Flynn and a jury. . ‘The first witness called was Mr. Thomas Downey, of No. 90 Elm street, who testified as follows:—On Sunday evening I accompanied deceased on board the ferryboat Weehawken to cross to New York. We gat in the gentlemen's cabin until the boat arrived near Barclay street, when we went out and stood at the fore end of the boat. There were a many passengers standing in front; the boat faves sudden ¢ the aide of the pier or the bridge, and looking round [saw the deceased between the boat and the bridge; to the best of m; belfof the chains were down, but I cannot say I. tively, aa I was to much excited at the time; I sprang forward and caught deceased by the coilar of his coat, but he hi already been crushed; at this moment the order was given to back the boat and my arm was nearly crushed off; when | let go deceased fell into the water, but he was dead before he fell; I held the deceased lao long as I could, and then knowing that he was beyond help, and seeing that my arm would be torn off | relinquished my grasp. In answer to a question by a member of the jury witness stated that deceased did not step over the chain when he went to tne front of the boat. William H. Bunt, a deck hand, deposed that it is his duty to hold the chain until the boat is fast to the bridge and the engino ceases working; he so hold it on the ladies’ side on Sunday evening; when he let go the chain the boat had been made fast: bis attention was called to the accident by hearing the cry, Bac} the boat, there is a man overboard; was quite positive the chains were not down when the boat struck, as he had his hands on them; when called to the pilot rang to back, which was immedi- ately done; the chains were not unhooked till after deceased was taken out of the water and the boat secured to the bridge. To a Juror—There were several outside the chains: the boat did not touch the bridge until the man had age aa it first touched on the right corenr of e bri a Henry Mehlop, another deck hand, dey d that his duty is to hook on the boat at the New York side; when the accident happened he was on the bridge for the purpose of performing that duty; he was winding up the boat when he heard the crash be- tween it and the bridge; he looked at once towards the chains and saw that the front chain was up; im- mediately threw back the “paw!” of the cogwheel, 60 as to enable the boat to back; the inside chain was not #2 a8 witness threw up the “pawl” he called on the pliot to back, which was instantly done; witness took the deceased out of the water. To a Juror—When I jumped off the boat to get on the bridge several passengers did the same; some Jumped off before | did. The superintendent of the line stated to the Coro- ner and others that last week he found the middle chain too near the deck and had it immediately taken off and altered by taking out links so as to = it to a sufficient distance from the deck to be safe. ‘The jury returned the following verdict:—We find the deceased came to his death by being accidentally jammed between the ferryboat Weehawken and the a of Barclay street, on the L6th of Novem Tr, THE FULTON FERRY ACCIDENT AND THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, New York, Nov. 16, 1863, To THE Error oF THR HERALD :— As @ public journalist no doubt you are always willing to publish such articles as would benefit the public, whether or not it strikes Individuals, more or less, that combinations, monopolies or companies be good, bad or indifferent. I beg you, therefore, to publish these few lines, An editorial {n your influential journal of this date advocates the adoption of measures to protect those poor, maimed and wounded people at the accident on the Union Ferry Company's boat Hamilton, by eppointing committees to see that justice is done to owe unfortunate sufferers, as it is said that they largely consisted of poor operatives, girls and perm Many of whom are the main supports of widow: Mothers, orphan brothers and sisters; y pro- bat Yor them orphans and widows them- Selves. it becomes, therefore, # Christian commu- nity to look well into this matter of individual right. Your proposition is laudable. 1 trust it will be acted A meeting will soon be called in Brooklyn for leantime sllow me, sir, to ask a few questions for the consideration of your numerous re. Why {a the bridge question seemingly dead? Would not the travelling public be much benefited J other or additional commupications with New ‘ork, either by bridge or tunnel? Do not the Com. mon Council of Brooklyn comptehend the great benefit it would be to that city—yea, all Long Is- land—by aiding to devise means in behalf of and advocating good and substantial communication with New York? Why t# the bridge guestion lesé AMUSEMENTS. Prew’s OrzRa Hovss.—Bateman’s second cam- paign with the famous opéra douse of buff opera of “Barbe Bleue” (or “The Blue Barber”), a corruption of “Blue Beard,” plot and. all—Bateman’s second campaign, we say, of this famous rigmarole was opened last night at Pike’s with all the advantages of @ festival assemblage, an enthusiastic welcome in every way, @ spirited execution, and very liberal interlinings af applause, encores, recalls and bou- qnets, As Tostée is the favorite Grande Duchesse, 80 is Mile, Irma, by pre-emption right here, and par excellence, Boulotte, Nor is Aujac 80 much at home in i else as in “Barbe Bleue.” He ds Oatnbach's “Bine Beard’ to and paigner, and the spirit, liveliness and fun im- pat "to the company by the barber and his ide make these ridiculous operatic farces exceed- ingly pang. But in the intervals between the several acts there were mysterious murmurings of great expectations in the roars of some huge lions @mong the audience, and in casting about we dis- covered that Admiral Farragut and a distinguished ee, occupied one of the two proscenium boxes next he stage, und that the other, on the other side, wes held open for General Grant and his party, momen- tarily expected to make thelr grand ent At the close of the second act, the house having got to the windward of the gallant old Admiral, © was spoken and was compelled to show colors, whereupon he was honored with the enthusiasm of the Union League. General Grant did not make his appearance auring the even- ing; but as, even when turtle soup and stewed oys- ters are on the bill of fare, we can dispense with one of these dishes if the other is: forthcoming, 80 when two roaring lions are expected we can allow for the absence of one if the other shows his mane and gives us @ nod of his lordly head and a twinkle of his Kingly eye. But enough. “Barbe Bleue” opens with the promise in every way for a magnificent run at Pike’s, for the house last night was all that could be desired in numbers and in enthusiasm, and the performance was a rattling and charming success, FRENCH THEATRE.—‘Genevicve de Brabant” en- tered last evening on its fifth weé@k in this city after a month of decided and encouraging success. The warm support which has crowned each representa- tion 1s but another proof of the substantial reward which enterprising managers are evér sure to re- ceive at the hands of an appreciative public. First class opéra bouse, talented artists, good scenery, and though last, not least, a competent orchestra, will always be heartily welcomed, and the advent on the boards of the French theatre of the sparkling and mugical Genevieve has been hatled with delyght. Diveat of its so-called objectionable features it now stands unrivalled in every respect. In point of elaborateness, costly fittings: and ar meets, music and excellent ita, it is all that could be desired, and while the Seine 4 formers have already estab- lished themselves in Tet favor, the entire company are in consonance with the splendor of the produc- tion. Unquestionably one or two stars will render the defects of inefficient support more apparent; but where talent is fairly divided among the result must unavoidably satisfactory. opera has now become 80 popular as to render commendation almost unnecessary. Rose-Bell, Desc! Gabel Carrier, Beckers and the host of others performe their various réles last evening in creditable style. and were rewarded with the unanimous approbation of the audience, “Genevieve de Brabant” will enjoy & long and prospsrous reign. NiBLo's GarpeN.—“ArTER DARE, OR LONDON BY Nigut.”—This is a Grama in four acts, and was per- formed last night for the frat time, as announced on the bills, in America, though a similar drama had been played at the Bowery until stopped by an injunction. tis the work of Dion Boucicault, and taken from a melodrama by Messrs. D’Ennery and Granger. It has had a successful run in London, and no labor and expense have been spared by both the author and managers to make it successful here. Several fresh performers who have never appeared on the stage in this country before made their début in the piece. These are Miss Louisa Moore, from the Haymarket theatre, London; Miss Editn Challis, from the Adelphi; Mr. A. Fitzgerald and others, The drama opens with a scene at the Victoria railway station, London, where the audt- ence becomes acquainted with two villains—a re- turned convict and a bushranger—and the keeper of @ low gambling den, One, Chandos Bellingham (Mr. Fitzgerald), tn early life seduced the wife of an officer of the army, and afterwards deserted her. ‘This woman, with a daughter by her husband, were poe gl apron nam a | dente She died aa dai r fell among strangers, grew up @ good gir! and’ married a cabman. fhe father returied from the war, and hearing of his wife’s shame and death and his daughter’s disap) he took to drink, He then appears as Old Tom, a@ street boardman. The cabiman, Medhurst, represented by Mr. McKee Rankin, is heir to some fine estates, which he could only obtain, however, by marryii his cousin, In pes See he had been a spend- thrift and gambler and i bal @ bill, which Mor- ris, the keeper of the low gambling den mentioned before, held in his possession. This Morris con. fred with the other scoundrel and returned con- ict, Bellingham, to make money out of Medhurst tet Th 6 terror of his forgery over him. The iMicuity in the way of Medhurst getting his proper- v was his wife. Bellingham undertakes to remove the obstacle by ee ane wife that her hus- band no longer loves her. eving this she in her despair jumps off Blackfriars bridge into the Thames. She is rescued by Old Tom, the boardman. He Tee zea her as his daughter, but for shame of Bis dey ded situation keeps that fact from her. Through @ friend he procures her a situation as lady’s maid; and it so happens that the lady (Misa Rose Egerton) whose servant she becomes 1s the cousin of her husband, Medburst, and is preparing to be mar- ried to him, Medhurst beheving his wife dead. ‘This naturally leads of complications and a thrilling scene, and gives & a ie eoen to Miss Moore, Misa Challis and Mr. Rankin to show their best acting. There follow, then several scenes between the scoun- drels of the piece, Old Tom's friend, Chumley, and Old Tom, in which a great deal of villany is re- vealed, and an attempt by Morris and Bellingham to kill Chumley, by placing hun on the railroad track in an imsensibie condition. Here Old Tom comes in again to the rescue and saves his Old comrade Whumley. finally the two villains, Morris and Bellingham, are turned over to the police, Old Tom becomes reformed and respectable, Meddurst (now Sir George Medhurst) and his wife are happy, and the inference ts left that Mr. Gordon Chumiey and Rose Egerton are soon to be married. It is not a bad picture of London life, though exaggerated for dramatic effect. But the wonder ts how the American public can have any sympathy with or like to see so much of the degraded life of the Bri- tish metropolis, Yet it isso. Nibio’s was crowded last night, just as our theatres sometimes are to to see Bill Sykes, Fi and other such horrible characters of Charies Dickens represented. The per- formance, on the whol good, and some of it excellent. Miss Louisa Moore was very effective in the character of Eltzn and deservedly received re- peated applause from the audience. Miss Edith Challis, as Rose Egerton, acted most becomingly and naturally, and has a very fine personal appearance. The Old Tom of Mr. Bangs was capital, and highly appreciated. Mr. Edward Coieman did the villanous, low gambl house keeper to perfection, Chando Bellingham, the consummate convict scoundrel, was admirably represented by Mr. Fitzgerald. Mr. McKee Rankin Pings the part of Medhurst in 000 style and Mr. Owen Marlowe did Gordon Chum- 4 well. The acting ail through, in fact, was good. e man: of Nibio’s have secured a fine com- Ba for the new drama, and from tue indications a saeue s oy hd e. well Pte Some of e scenery was splen icula ie garden scene in the second act aad the rail scene. The managers have evidently hit the public taste tn the combination of spectacular display and fine scenery with dramatic performances. There has rarely been seen a more appreciative and enthusias- tie audience than that which filled from top to bot- tom Niblo’s theatre last night. Bowsry THeatRe.—Judge Nelson having yester- day relieved the proprietors of this theatre for at least one night from the injunction which restrained them from representing ‘After Dark,” that picce ‘was performed last evening before a crowded and delighted audience at the Bowery. its immense stage—the largest in town—ia peculiarly favorable for grand spectacular plays. Im the good old days of peanuts and dramatic glory, when “King John,” “The Cataract of the Ganges,” “The Last Days of Pompeii” and the rest, were brought out on a grand scale, under the management of Hamblin, and when John Brougham, Lester Wallack, J. R. Scott, Mc- Donough and other eminent actors won here their by early laurels, the resources of this stage were ample gnoagh. And now that the interior of the theatre has been renovated and im; irces fully equal to the representation ot the mantf id are manifo and populous scenes of Patter Dark” in the Ee met lis of the world. It is n repeat the plot of “After Dark,” which has been indicated already In our account of its rat performance last evening a¢ Niblo’s, The scenery at the Bowery was entirely new and in most respects admirable, Old Tom yas excellently well personated throughout by Mr. W. H. Whalley, who as @ melo- dramatic actor has few equ and no superior. He 4) red to the best advantage in the scene where Old Tom rescues Fliza from @ watery grave in the Thames; in that where he snatches the mouey stolen from the dru; Obumley (Mr. W, Marden) and appeals in vain the accomplices of the rob- ‘'y and stra Lathe g with and, above in the very thrilling and effective scene where he eayes Chumiey from being rug over by the under. matotained Mrs, W. G. Ji who is reliable and conscientiously painstaki all “her Mr. J. H. Bowers made a lively and funny Crur- ta, and the rest of the com} united tn secur- ig the unquestionable success of one of the most popular sensational plays of Dion Boucicault, The case of Niblo’s Garden vs. Bowery theatre hag been set down percmuenety by Judge Nelson for to-day, at eleven o'clock, and the whole east side of the town will be sadly disappointed tf his final decision shall prevent the proprietors of the Bowery from re- peating during week the representation of “After Dark.” PROFESsOR RAYMOND’S RRADINGS.—At the Union League Club theatre last evening Mr. Raymond gave ig second reading and fully carried out the asser- tions made in @ previous edition of the HERA. ‘That heisa most finished reader there can be no doubt, and while as a reader he might be most suc- cessful we would advise him never to attempt to act. Inreading from “Midsummer Night's Dream” he gave what sounded like a very funny interpreta- tion of Bottom; but all the other characters were lost or almost entirely disregard t as far as led, ex it was neccessary to give point to what Bottom had to say. Mr. Raymond, at times gave evidence of somewhat questionable style of inflection, making the adjectives and adverbs more prominent than the nouns or verbs, He did it, however, with taste and effect and succeeded in keeping the attention of his audience—a most select one, by the Way—tixed to the close, PRESTIDIGITATION.—Robert Nickle, “The World’s Preatidigitateur,” a title which he claims as pecu- Marly his own, and asserts with a wager of $5,000 against all who dare assail it, commenced a season of illusion séances at the Atlantic Concert Hall, No. 616 Broadway, last evening. The house was well filled, and Mr. Nickle submitted to the audience evi- dence in support of his pretensions In the form of a number of very amusing and entertaining feats of the so called magical order, very cleverly and artis- tically performed by him, to the intense delight and admiration of the beholders. Mr. Nickle proposes new selections from his repertoire—a large one— every evening, each evening’s entertainment, how- ever, concluding with a remarkable ilusion, repre- senting the instantaneous growth of living flowers, @ most ingenious and wonderful trick of East indian repute, well worthy of being seen. PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN.—This elegant little theatre was last night filled with a highly respectable audience. The occasion was interesting. Mrs. Bowers appeared in the rdle of England's matden Queen, ‘the self-willed and imperious daughter of the haughty Tudor. Our minds are so filled with the picture of Ristori in this character that it 1s dimeuit to be just to any other impersonation of it. It is onl; just to say that Mrs. Bowers plays Elizabeth weil, Some of the points were admirably conceived and as admirably rendered. Essex was fairly rendered by Mr. J. ©. McColiom. Altogether, considering the resources of the Park theatre, it was a highly respect- able performance. LECTURES LAST NIGHT. The Gorilla—Dr. Lemercier’s Lectures on Comparative Anatomy aud Physiology. The fourth of the series of lectures on compara- tive anatomy and physiology by Dr. Lemercier, of Paris, was delivered last evening at the Cooper In- stitute before an audience three-fourths of which ‘was composed of professional men. The division of the general subject selected as the theme of his disquisition was ‘The Gorilla: Compari- son of its Organs with those of Man,”’ and the lectu- rer illustrated his remarks with a number of su- perb plastic models and mannikins. After some general observations on the anatomy of the human frame, the structure of the lungs, larynx, trachea and other organs of speech, he said that he would endeavor to prove that the gorilla resembled other animals in his organism, being adapted to the particular functions allotted to him by nature to meet the requirements of his animal nature and life, and nothing more, The gorilla was first discovered to Europeans tn 1842, and only two specimens of the animal had ever been dissected in Europe, while no living gorilla had as yet been seen outsiae Africa. A noticeable feature of its structure was that the lower extremities were very short, and had an angular or zigzag outline. Its vertepral column was also curved, the tendency of the beast being to look downwards, and, in fact, it could not remain in a perfectly erect position for any length of time. The arms, he observed, were of unusual length and were designed, in conjunction with the curvature of the on , toenable the creature to rest its hands upon ind to assist it in walking. ally in walking supported his on The gorilla usu- body LS resting on the the backs of his hi ‘and in those g mens which had been dissected the backs of the hands were found to be calloused and hard from use in this manner. The chest, it would algo be ob- served, was com in the female at least, of four- teen pairs of ribs, while in man there were seldom more than thirteen pairs. In the gorilla the ribs extended very low toward the pips, to which were attached by a ligament. There was, in fact, no com n at all between the human skele- ton and the skeleton of this brute. And stili greater differences were found in the muscular development and organization vf the two species upon #iesection than in the bone structure, and were peculiarly execution of the movements of the animal. All the great muscles of the arms were con- nected, either by continuity of their formation or by powerful ligaments, with the muscles of the chest and back. ‘The extensor muscles also in the arm of the gorilla were divided in four sections, while in man there were but three. The “bagpipe” was & membraneous pouch located almost under each armpit, and was a continuation or diversion of the canal of the larynx, and it was the great expul- sion of air which this contrivance rendered bie which enabled the voice of the gorilla to be heard for a distance of three miles, as eS, M. Du Chailiu, and a8 was to some extent evidenced by this development and its structure. The thumb aiso pre- sented a very marked dissimilarity, while the mus- cular development on the inside surface of the legs Was such as to enable the creature to grasp trees and other objects firmly with its lower limbs, as in climbing. The paramount distinction, however, between the gorilla and the human race was in the structure as well as the size of the head and comparative weight and bulk of the brain. While the head of the gorilla was very large its brain was excessively small, and was but little larger in the fuli grown auimal than in the two year old or pup gortiia. In the gorilla, cuimpanzee and orang oulang it was likewise observable that the inferior brain, or cerebellum, was located some- what in rear of the larger br: while in man the smaller brain was directly ui neath the superior brain. The cranial capacity of the gorilla also was not to be compared with that of man, that of the former being thirty-four and a hgif cubic inches, while the capacity in the human species was about 114 cubic inches. And this great brain power had enabled man to keep on tinproving his condition until he had attained his present advanced intellectual and moral state; but who couid believe that the gorilla had improved one iota since his first creation? Whatever improvement they made—such as enabled them to ride @ horse or per- form other natural feats—was owing to man’s power and training over them, and after the old gorilla had been taught its offspring were never found to be more intelligeut than their ancestor. At the close of the lecture Dr. Lambert rose and moved that in view of Dr. Lemercier being a stran- ger in this country, and of the importgnce and ability with which he delineated his subjects, as a matter of justice not only to the lecturer himself but tothe public at large, a committee be appointed to draft resolutions and piace them in the hands of Dr. Lemercier, a8 the expression of their appreciation of his instructive and entertaining lectures. Drs. Prime and Richards, Mr. Rice, Super- intendent of Schools, and Mr. Chambers were ap- inted to act in the matter, and, on motion of Dr. ichards, Dr. Lambert was added to the committee. After a few complimentary remarks by Dr. Prime, addressed to Dr. Lemercier, an individual arose and read what was intended to be a flattering fulmina- tion, and closed by id a Doctor” liad a full- blooded negro there that he might be abie to lilus- trate by his powerful analysia that the negro, spite of the color of his skin, was not a connecting link between the brute and human species, but was a man himself. The remark, which was about as 1M. timed and inappropriate as it could well be, was re- ceived with applause aud hisses, The meeting thea adjourned. DuChailia on the Gorilla~Lecture Before the Association for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb Mates, Mr, P. B, Du Chaiilu, the African explorer, deliv. ered a lecture, by special request of the soctety of this ctty for the deaf and dumb, last evening, at St. Ann's (Dr. Gallaadet’s) church, West Eighteenth street, There were about one hundred and thirty members of the institution present, among whom were several females, and some hundred others, brought together by the interest that has been ex- cited by the Du Chaillu lectures, The mutes occu- Pied the front seats in the lecture room of the church, in the basement story, Along the wail facing the audience the lecturer had placed in their order drawings of the skeleton of a man, ofa gorilla, ofa gibbon and of a chimpanzee, with other drawings illustrative of the principal animal, the gorilla, in the African wilds and solitudes, which were matters of great interest and of mate comment among the greater bulk of the audience, The subject of the lecture was one which has been frequently treated of by Mr. Du Cliailiu, his expiora- tions and discovertes in Equatoriai Africa. The lecturer waa introduced by Mr. Roan in the language of signs, with which the members of the society have become so perfectly familiar that dur- ing the delivery of the lecture there was very Uttie Professor G. After stat into the wilds of with an account of the country, the manners and e Kinds of drink from the palm tree. One is made with honey ‘and water, ripe The arink they like the least is that made from the sugar cane, for it made their heads sick. coaniry he had to beware of everything—the natives worst kind were contipedes, abundant, live in, hundreds of miles without meeting a human continually old indiscriminately. the institutions png A wreath consists in the number of wives, who who has 300 wives, he bhd, when the King rep! the dit died, when they sacriti him. No one 18 supposed to die a natural death. The person dying 13 popped wo be bewitched, and of course that momcbody made of numbers. le gorilla brings forth but one a time. He he never succeeded in tamin; force of a gorilla is prodigious. in two in their rage. They go in two’s and feed on berries and nuts. He opened the stom: had killed and never found anything but vegetable food in the stomach. [The lecturer then described how the gorilla came nearest to man, the ot outang, or gibbon, next, and then the chimpanzee, 3 of the words into the sign language than might be fairl; considered as needed for @ calm delivery and treat t of the subject. Du Chaillu was interpreted to the audience by L, Peet, the principal of the institution, the promptings which first sent him Bguatoriat 4 Africa, he proceeded natives, &c, In the natives make four bananas, water, 4c, In that the scorpions and @ nice country to travelled for ag the wild beasts, Snakes of It was not left ing. The forests contained no ie, and he was often days without food, Population 1s sparse, and the few here fight 0 le that are jainst each other, killing all young and ‘The people worship idols, and of the country hinge on slavery. slaves. He got friendly with King Bangbo, Je inquired how many children ted between 60Gand 700, tothe King. The King 100 victims to attend rence being nothin, tiled him, and a sacrifice is reached a range of moun- tains (pointing them out on the map). He found here a new race of men. When he reached the place he heard loud shoute—the nattves crying “The spirit 1g come.”? The natives surrounded him, armeti to the teeth and tatooed. The people are cannibals, clothed in the skins of animals. axes and shields made of elephant hides, whole place was covered with skulls erected on poles, He felt somewhat afraid. The King did not want to see him for three days, declaring that he (Da Chaillu) had come ina whirlwii ed him he would be swept away. superstition among al! the kings of this country that none of them would see him till he had been threedays in the country. was small, with a ion six feet high; the walls trees. The King came to see him accompanied by his Queen and a number of warriors. The last sald he was not afraid, vited the King to come and receive presents him beads and clothes and a looking glass. the Kin; he saw the tongue come out and Was there, King and his people. great hunters. When coey eat the killed, mt the best eating, that they were very tender; the ney carried large battie- The ind, and that ifit touch- Tt was a curious The village he now found himsetf in ‘street, the houses not over were made of the bark of ing at In the evening he un + gay At this jut out his tongue; e swore the Devil They soon became great friends with the ‘The cannibals were brave and kill men in battle they ed that the women were humbled, he made faces, They expla irlg about eighteen being the best. The old men, 6 cannibals said, were tough and not much good. ‘They were the worst kind of cannibals, for they eat the dead. ge he ever met, It was in this country he killed the first When he came to New York ie had the skins of twenty gorillas. One day while hunting he heard a great noise and went in the direction of the sound. mal not seen since the days of Hannibal, the Car- thaginian, in whose day the first gorilla that any account has been He then discovered an ani- iven of was seen. He saw the bush move and could hear the palpitation of his own heart at the horrible sound of the unknown animal, Suddenly he heard the roar of the gorilla, the king of the African forest, the animal at the same time showing his terrible teeth, His eyes were gray and deeply sunk, and for a while he did not know but he was face to face with the Devil. The gorilla did not seem afraid, but advanced towards him. I thought { must kill him or he would me, and as he came near I shot him in the chest and he feil forward as a man would who Lad been simi- larly shot. He was dead at once. Tie gorilla waa six feet high; the arms were nine feet two inches in Jength, of gieat strength and full of hair; the chest ‘was bare and perfectly black; the foot was like that of a giant of great strength; he never had seen such amonster. The males are very fierce, the females are not flerce; the male sleeps under the tree where the female rests with her young, and when the male hears a noise they prepare for the combat, no matter who may ci gle He killed one gorilla s0 old that it had lost all its teeth. The female oung one at gorillas alive, but one of them, The le saw trees broken had several 8 of all he and pointed out from the diagrams the pecultar dif- ference in the length of the arms, the Ligier m the spinal column, &c. The number of bones ina man and a gorilla were the same, the same number of vertebra, &c.] In the gorilla, chimpanzee and all the ape fam! the hand was longer than the foot, whic! was reversed in man. The gorilla, ‘&c., have the same number of teeth a8 man, but there was a great difference in the amount of brain between them, &c. The lecturer closed his subject with a brief address to his audience, the mutes, who seemed to pay the greatest attention to the interpreter, every move- ment of whose so mt ee hands mi ot Seba or great earnestness, displaying on their coun Ses q a eet edge of every word that 1 from the lecturer's At the close Mr. Roan sttreme ead esol signs, signifying that a vote of thanks shoul fen nur De Chailla for his kindness in coming fore them and treating them to such an interestin; lecture. The members of the association signtt their Pee and pleasure at this by clapping of han The audience dispersed. Mrs. Grundy at Steinway Hall—Lecture of Mr. De Cordova. An uncommonly full house greeted Mr. De Cordova last evening at Steinway Hall to listen to his new lecture on the well known “Mrs. Grundy.” This bel$ dame is, in the eyes of many, @ somewhat fearfal monitor, and hence many came to hear her humor- ously described and pictured by the gifted lecturer, who commenced his essay by declaring that this self same Mrs, Grundy was not so bad as painted; though black enough, she was still entitled to some respect, as she frowns down public vice. that Mrs, Grundy he would speak, but of the minor Mrs. Grundys, who are as numerous as leaves in Val- lambrosa and who assume to rule and tyrannize society, the Mrs, Grundys, of the great middle class, He then humorously detatied how Mrs. Grundy as- sumes to educate people, how she moulds them into polished automatic humbugs, pretends to tell how to hold a fork, how to go to theatre, how to make calis, how to bow to ladies, and how this savage old wo- man exacts many other little humbugs in order to get humbugged herself, But it was not of Why, sald he, as I entered this building had, at the demand of Mrs, Grundy, to put on white kid gloves and take them off as soon as I presented myself before you. Mrs. Grundy thinks that they were new, but the poor old fool ts bum- aged, hey are not such. Mrs. Grundy you find Creme uere: uil over tis house, False hair, te lec- turer paid, ror pot, are all so many tributes paid to Mrs. Grundy, Woollen cloth ts warmer than silk in winter; but Mrs. Grundy is looking on, <de- mands silk and silk it must be, And this Mrs. Grundy is avery changeful old woman. Ten years ago men wore coats down almost to their héels; now, for fear of Mrs. Grundy, they wear them scarce below their hips. Fifty years ago Mrs, Grundy pooh-poohed theatres; twenty years ago she would hardly be seen atthe dress circle; two years ago she denounced “Black Crook,” and wow she denounces opera bouge; but she has a violent attack of the Grecian Bend, and the time may yet come when Mrs. Grundy wiil invite gentiemen to join her in cancan. In the towns of the interior Mrs. Grundy is still worse. On the (rst day of your arrival she will know who you are and where from; the second day she will havo found out what your previous calling was and what for you came; ou the third, what you live on, what you have to pay your way, and will prophesy that you will never pay; and on the fourth she will know what chureh you belong to, and on the fifth she will take you to pieces, bit by bic, so that you may gladly wish you had never been born. A ‘The recital of the family scenes at the Simpson’s was happily illustrated by many well told references to every day experiences of !ife—how the regard ot how the neighbors live, whether within or beyond their income, aroused them to make a “bigger show” themselves, so as to keep 2 with “society’? and keep down the tongue of Mrs. Grundy. Ho Gescribved » dinner in the house of a comparative! poor man, who with his $1,600 a year kept his wife and seven children happy and contented, because he nor they cared a snap for Mrs. Grundy; and how the Simpsons were unhappy, because they cared too much for “propriety,” which in this sense was but another name for Mra. Grundy. While the meat at the dianer of the poor was cold the company was warm and a 9 od at the Simpsons’ table the 01 ir and steaming, yet the dinner nd too awfully proper. Here he not 3 be chose, for Mrs. Grunay was continually looking at him and remarking that he had the appetite of a common workingman—a crime in “society.” Here followed a very amusing and yet truthful picture of a acene in Fulton Market, where urchins are buying their penny slices of melon and where the Mrs. Grundy of avenue C is also hold- ing awi Tho visit of the Mrs, Simpson and her pious ndant, Mr. Poougnty, to “Barbe Bleue,’? while De Cordova and one Jake Thompson had sly! 'y escorted the Misses Simpson to the play; the prea- ee. of other representatives of Mrs. Grundy at iblo’s the. same gy | how the young Arminia Simpson disclosed her knowledge of French, and how the old folks, believing themselves unknown and unobserved, converse of the play and resolve to come again; how an opera glass, a brooch, a lace handkerchief were taken possession of by the lec- turer; how he himself was buttonholed by a thief fnd considered one of the fraternity, and how at Just the denoument came and Mrs. Simpson made to consent to the marriage of Arminia to Jake Thomp- gon, and even the Mra. Sillysiander and Mrs. Pops $candal were prevailed upon to consider it 4 proper Match; and the sequels to the marriage—ail this Was tngeniousty conceived and most amusingly told. r py was, indeed, one worthy of the fame Mr. Cordova, has won, and he was often loudly aps Plauded. It was a general good on tall nye, NOW 80 prevalent in what 18 calle ety. ai gave many proofs that low as well as Wigh iife hag its owa Mrs, Gre