The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1868, Page 7

fighting. Sunday, it is well known, was a NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, D s “PRLRGRAPHIC NEWS ot unlikely that from victories won on that | day the Union armies finally triumphed. ' Un- ‘oubtedly ft is well to “observe the Sabbath May and keep it holy ;” but we are inclined to ‘think that a man may be as good a Christian while pouring out his blood for the salvation of his country on that day as another may be “whining and canting in a fashionable pulpit, Uined with purple velvet and hung around with rich gold bullion. It is time this old blue light Puritanical mockery of religion was done away with, Fish and the Fishery Congress. \ Fish live in the water. This interesting fact fn natural history has its advantages and disad- ‘vantages, If the inhabitants of the liquid ele- ment were to be suddenly transported from thence to terra firma, with such change of ‘Drething apparatus as would enable them to Nive, they would be greatly in the way. They {Would be consuming the oxygen of our atmos- Phere, and there is not any too much of that ‘now, especially in our large cities; they would ‘have trouble in finding food, and their fins “would not answer well for either serial or Puperficial locomotion. So we do not want the “scaly gentlemen out of their natural realms. But, on the other hand, their present abode ‘causes us much inconvenience. We wish to study their habits and attend at their nup- tials and insure subsequent fertility, and yet ‘we cannot remain in the water to doit. The world that inhabits the land has discovered ‘that fish are worth cultivating, and it is anxious ‘to acquire all the necessary information for this purpose. {t finds them excellent for food ‘and desires to enforce upon them the old Mosaic law, ‘‘to increase and multiply.” These dwellers in the running brook, placid lake or deep, deep sea cannot be propagated ‘unless their peculiarities are understood and respected. They have odd -notions. Salmon ‘will jump over falls of considerable height and will run up against heavy rapids; but to induce them to climb over artificial obstructions cer- tain sorts of ‘‘ladders” must be prepared for them. They prefer to leap from pool to pool in surmounting a dam, and have a prejudice against anything out of the ordinary course of nature; they even dislike the use of wood in the construction of their fishways, and greatly prefer slate, because it resembles the ordinary rock. Trout, on the other hand, take more readily to long inclined troughs with bars ‘across to create eddies, and dislike jumping at conclusions where the barrier has been made by their arch-enemy, man. So shad are adapted to using one sort of fishway and black bass and whitefish another, At least these are the generally received conclusions, for the entire amount of knowledge on the subject is not entirely satisfactory. The same, if not greater, differences exist between the various species in other matters, in their times and manner of spawning, in character of eggs, in period required for gesta- tion and in the mode of escape from destruc- tion afterwards. To discuss these and similar questions, to agree on general laws, to prepare regulations which shall prevent discordance between adjoining States, the great gods of this department of nature, the Commissioners of Fisheries for the various States, are to meet in this city on the 29th instant and have a grand powwow and conference. All the New England States, New York and Pennsylvania have appointed such Boards, and the members are deply exercised over the character of certain improved ‘‘ladders” which the British Inspector of Fisheries, Mr. Frank Buckland, has sent to the New York Commissioners, and which, it is supposed, are so enticingly and artistically constructed that no sensible salmon oan refuse to make use of them. The meeting ‘will be fully attended, and will be of vital interest, not merely to human beings, but to the fish, with whom it is a question of life or death. Conflict of Races in the South. The news that comes to us almost daily from the South about conflicts between the whites and negroes shows an unpromising state of things. It indicates, indeed, a con- flict in the future between the two races as irrepressible as that which existed between the North and South on the subject of slavery. The reports published in the Heratp on Sun- day of a white man being shot by a negro in the Mayor's Court at Charlotte, N. C., and of the horrible outrages by the colored militia {n Arkansas are only two cases out of numer- ous ones of a similar character occurring all over the South. And what is the cause? Radicalism. Northern carpet-bag radicals, with a few radical Southern scalawags, make the deluded negroes their tools and bring about these conflicts. The mass of the South- ern whites everywhere desire peace and to live in harmony with the negroes under the new order of things. They are aware that their own welfare depends upon this, as well as that of the colored folks, and strain every nerve to maintain friendly relations with the negroes; but the radical firebrands will not permit that. If these conflicts continue they will assuredly inaugurate a general war of races, and in that case the negroes must go to the wall. Blood is thicker than water, and the whites will rally together against the blacks. In sucha war the sympathy of the white people of the North, too, must be with their own race. The pretended radical friends of the negro are really his worst enemy and are preparing the way for the extinguishment -of his race in this country. Farraq@ur's Caristmas Girt.—It would be handsome thing for the gentlemen who pro- pose to give Farragut a dinner to give him instead a more lasting and splendid token of their good will in De Haas’ picture of one of his glorious achievements before the rebel batteries. We understand the old hero is very fond of this picture, and took almost as much interest in it as the painter hime-!f, furnishing many a hint during ite pttaung to help out the truth in details. He ought to own it, in order that by and by, when it goes into a gallery as one of our great historical pictures, it may have the additional interest of this association with the old Admiral. pe day for combat on both sides, and it is VOR THR Weer INDIA SQUADRON.—Last week orders were received at the Navy Yard that the United States steamship Narraganset should be laced in commission and ated for sea Immediately. he Narraganset wii join the West (ndia squadron, Gul Wil leave tis vor’ avout the end of next month, FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. War Excitement in Constanti- nople and Athens. English Press Comments on President Johnson’s Message. RIOTS IN SPAIN. TURKEY AND GREECE. The Turkish Admiral’s Course Ap proved=The Ambassadors of the European Powers and Greek Residents in Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 20, 1868. The Sublime Porte approves the conduct of Admi- ral Hobart Pacha at the ‘of Syra.” The Ambassadors of the Western Powers decline to exercise protection over the affairs of the Greek residents after their expulsion from the Turkish do- minions. Intense Excitement in Athens and Constanti- nople—Indignities to the Russian Flag—Ac- tion of the French and Austrian Govern- ments. * Paris, Dec. 21—Evening. It is reported that Prince Metternich has received instructions from Vienna to act in concert with France on the Eastern difficulty. The Presse represents that the war excitement is as intense in Constantinople as it is in Athens, and states that the Russian flag has been publicly burned in the streets of Constantinople. Greek Subjects of Turkey Memorialize the Athenian Governmeng to Avoid War. CONSTANTINOPLB, Dec, 21, 1868. The Greek subjects of the Sultan have sen a memo- rial to Athens praying the government to avoid war with Turkey. ENGLAND. The London Times on President Jolnson’s Annual Message. Lonpon, Dec. 21, 1868. Tne steamers which arrived a day or two ago brought the annual Message of President Johnson. ‘The 7imes this morning in its comments refers to the President's stubbornness, denounces his repudi- ation proposition and approves the action of the Sen- ate and the House in their disposal of the document. ‘The Members Appointed to Positions in the Government Re-elected to Parliament. Lonpon, Dec. 21—Evening. All the members of Parliament appointed to posi- tions in the government have been re-elected, ex- cept Mr. Cardwell, whose election will take place to- morrow. None of the elections were contested. Re-election of Messrs. Gladstone, Bright and Lewe to the British Parliament. Lonpon, Dec. 21, 1868. and Lowe have been re- Messrs. Gladstone, Bright elected to Parliament: Mr. Gladstone, in a speech at the bustings in Greenwich, said he was not yet wholly in favor of the ballot; but if free voting was impossible without such a safeguard, then he was for the ballot. Mr. Bright also made a speech beiore his re-elec- tion at Birmingham, in which he explained that he had declined his first appointment as Secretary for India because the labor of that office was too severe for him in the present state of his health and also because he thought the views of the country in re- gard to Indian policy were not sufficiently advanced. He argued that the late Parliamentary elections offered fresh evidence in favor of the adoption of the ballot. He denounced the profligacy of the tory party, and closed with promising on the part of the Cabinet economical reformation tn the administra- tion of the government. SPAIN. Election Disturbances in Some of the Towns. MADRID, Dec, 21, 1868. Disturbances growing out of the elections are re- ported in some towns, but they were of an insig- nificant character. FRANCE. The Ministerial Change. Lonpon, Dee. 21, 1868. It is generally believed that the ministerial change in France is due to the influence of the snti-clerical free press. PRUSSIA. Adjournment of the Prussian Chambers. BuRuin, Dec. 21, 1968. The Prussian Diet Kas adjourned for the holidays until January 7. MISSOURI. Woman Suffrage in Missouri—No Indians in the Rear of General Sheridan—Death of a Railroad Contracter. St. Louis, Dee. 21, 1868. The Woman's Suffrage Association of this city is actively engaged in getting signatures to memorials to Congress and to the State Legislature praying for the privilege of voting. The memorial to Congress is signed by over 2,000 persons and will be forwarded to-day. The association holds ita meetings weekly, and considegable public interest is manifested in the roceedings. ‘The expedition under Colonel Carpenter, which left Fort Wallace last month, has returned. No evidence was found of Indians being in the rear of General Sheridan, and no fears were felt of further trouble north of Arkansas this winter. Andrew Rielly, 8 prominent railroad contractor of this State, and well known in Pennsylvania and the East, died here on Saturday evening. 2 A Family Polsoned—Reported Disaster to General Sheridan—Resumptien of Naviga- ad Sr. Lovrs, Dec. 21, 1868. Mr. Kohl, wife, five children and two boarders were poisoned yesterday from eating rabbits. The whole party were very sick, but prompt medical attendance relieved them, They are all now doing weil. Rumors are corrent in Western Kansas that Gen- eral Sheridan had met with a defeat at the hands of the Indians; but these reports are unfounded. No battle has taken place since November 27, when General Custer defeated Biack Kettle. bcs ga of the Mississippi river has been re- sumed to points South. The lilinois river is reperted open to Peoria. LOUISIANA. the Case of the Peruvian Iron-Clads. New ORLEANS, Dec. 21, 1868. ‘The Collector of the port of New Orleans to-day re- ceived a despatch from Secretary McCulloch that the Peravian transport Havana is covered by her flag, and that she ts not to be seized. RHODE ISLAND. Doath of Vicar General O’Rielly. PROVIDENCE, Dec. 21, 1968. Rev. William O’Rielly, pastor of St. Mary's Catho- Me church in Newport, and Vicar General of the Diocese of Hartford, died suddenly on Sunday morn- Ing. VERMONT. Boiler Explosion—Loss of Lite. RUTLAND, Dec, 21, 1864. On Saturday afternoon, by the expiosion of the steam boiler at the marble excavation works in West Rutiand, Amos Powers, the engineer, was killed and four workmen were badly though not fatally in. jured. No Fighting Since Last Advices—The Allies Advancing to Invest Asuncion—The United States Fieet Gone Up the Parana to De- mand Satisfaction. LisBon, Dec. 21, 1868. ‘The regular mati steamer from Rio Janeiro has arrived here, bringing dates from that city to the 6th inst, The war news was meagre, There had been no fighting since the last advices, General Argollo, of the allied troops, was advancing his command to in- Vest the Paraguayans at Asuncion. Rear Admiral Davis, of the American Navy, with several vessels of his feet, had gone up the river Parand to Asuncion. He was accompanied by the American Minister, Mr. McMahon. They go to de- mand satisfaction from the Paraguayan government for outrages against che American flag. CUBA. ercial and Financial, Havana, Dec, 19, 1863, » The following are the closing prices of American and other articles of produce for the week:— Lard is advancing. American, in tierces, $18 50a $18 75 per quintal; in tins, $19 50a $20, Flour flat. tter is active at $30 a $40 per quintal, according to quality. Bacon firmer at $17 50 a $18 per quin- tal. Wax—Yellow is heavy at $8 a $8 50 per arrobe; white is heavy at $9 50 a $10. Petroleum is active at 34g a4reals per gallon. Potatoes are advancing; the last sales were made at $4 a $4 60 per barrel. Hams are in demand; American, $16 a $18 per quin- tal. Lumber—Yellow pine quiet at $23 per 1,000 feet; white pine active at $22 50 per 1,000 feet, Cooperage stock—Box shooks—The market 1s well supplied at 8 reals each; hogshead shooks, 24 a 23¢ reals; empty casks are in demand at 2% reals. Hoops—Sales were made of hoops, 14 feet iong, at $47 8 $50. Onions are quiet and unchanged. FREIGHTS.—The market is quiet. Sugar, per box, to Southern American ports, 80c. a $1. Sugar, per hogshead, to Southern American ports, $4 25 a $4 50, Sugar, per hogshead, to North American ports, $3 a $3 12%. SuGaRs.—The market is nominal and the sales have been small. MoLasses.—Clayed is active at4%{ a 5 reals per keg. Muscovado, or common, active at 5 a 6 reals. EXcHaNGE.—On London, 18 @ 18% per cent pre- mium; on Paris, 3 a 4 premium; on the United States, long sight, in currency, 203, a 194 discount; do., short sight, 193; a 183, discount, Gold exchange on the United States, long sight, 6 a7 premium; do., short sight, 8% a 9 premium. Cor THE NEW DOMINION. The D’Arcy McGee Murder—The Ottawa Verdict Sustained—Whelan Will Appeal to the Court of Errors and Appeals. ‘TORONTO, Dec. 21, 1868, The Court of Queen’s Bench refused to-day to grant a new trial to Whelan, convicted of the murder of Darcy McGee. Chief Justice Richards and Judge Wilson sustained the verdict of the Ottawa jury, while Judge Morrison dissented. The prisoner was remanded until Thursday, when he will appeal against the ruling of the Court to-day to the Court of Errors and Appeals. Proposals for Construction of the Inter. colonial Railway. Orrawa, Dec. 21, 1868. The Intercolontai Railway Commissioners adver- tise for tenders for the construction of four sections of that road—two in Quebec, connecting with the Grand Trunk at Riviere du’Loup; one in New Brunswick, near Dalhousie, and the fourth in Nova Scotia. The sections are from twenty to twenty-six miles in length. ARKANSAS. Citizens Fleeing from Conway County on Ac- count of Abuse by the Militia—Another Ver- sion of the Lewisburg Outrages—Ku Kluxes MEMPHIS, Dec. 21, 1868. A special despatch from Little Rock to-night says many prominent citizens have fed from the militia in Conway county to this city. Captain Gibbons, commanding the militia at Lewisburg, reports to the Governor that the old man Casey was murdered for his money by his partners, Bruden and Bently, who burned their store and then fled, and that the property of Gill and Mathews was destroyed by incendiaries because they were radi- cals, He adds:—“I think I can conquer the Ku Kiux ina short time.” The Little Rock correspondent says that Gibbons was a member of the Legislature during its last session, and declares his statements are im- probable; that the loss of conservative citizens by fire has been six times that of the radicals and that Bruden and Bently fled to save thelr lives. General Upham reports from Augusta, December 19, that a detachment under Captain Taylor has driven the insurgents out of Woodruff county into Jackson, killing one man and capturing several prisoners, together with arms and horses. Refugees say half the truth has not been told of the outrages committed by the militia. FLORIDA. The Case of Lieutenant Governor Gleasen Again—Attempts to Indict Governor Reed and Senater Osborn in the United States District Courts LanassEE, Dec. 21, 1868, Telegraphic information was received here to-day that Judge Miller, of the United States Supreme Court, on the plea of the respondent Gleason, has signed a citation (which was refused signature here in the case lately closed in the State Supreme Court by judgment of ouster against Lieutenant Governor Gleason) inquiring as to his title to office under the State constitution. The United States District Court is in session at Jacksonville. It is currently reported here that efforts will be made before the jury to indict Governor Keed for ome failure or excess of duty while agent of the Post Office Department, previous to his election as Governor; also to indict Senator Osborn for some misdemeanor while Register in Bankruptcy, pre- vious to his election as Senator. TENNESSEE. Another Negro Murdered in Memphis. MEMPHIS, Dec, 21, 1868, The body of a negro named John Shaw was found near the City Hospital this morning, with his head crushed from blows with an axe. Louis Given, who lived in the same house with Shaw, has been arrested on the charge of committing the murder. His axe was found covered with biood. EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, Dec. 21—5:30 P. M.—Consols closed at 92's for money and account, United States five-twenty bonds, 745; Erie Railway shares, 264; lilinois Central, 96%. Money market uiet. . FRANKFORT BoURSe.—FRancrort, Dec. 21— Evening.—United States five-twenties closed at 78 78% for the issue of 1862. LiveRpoot Corron MaRKer.—Liverroot, Dec, 21—6:30 P, M.—The market closed quiet and steady at the follown juotations:—Middiing uplands, 105d. @ 10540. Mid Orleans, 10%. @ Lid. Tue sales of the day foot up 12,000 bales. HAVRe COTTON MARKET.—Haves, Dec. 21.—Tres ordinaire, 124f. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS AXD PROVISIONS Man- xer.—Liverroot, Dec 2i—Evening.—The markets closed unchanged in tone and quotations. LIVERPOOL PRODUCR MARKET.—-LIVERPOOL, Dec. 21—Evening.—Linseed oil has advanced to £50 lds. per ton. Other articles unchanged. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—LONDON, Dec. 21— 5:30 P. M.—Calcutta linseed has advanced é@d, and is quoted at 64, a 588, percwt. Sugar and olls un- changed. joW market weak at dos Sd. PETROLEUM MARK#T.—ANTWeRP, Dec. 21.—Potro- lewm 661. for standard white, EUROPEAN MARINE NEWS. SourHampron, Dee. 21.—The steamship Deutsch. land arrived at this port yesterday. QUBENSTOWN, Dec, 2i.—The steamer Tripoli, from New York December 10, arrived at this port at eleven o'clock tuis morming and sailed again for Liverpool. CONFLACRATIONS AT DIFFERENT POINTS. Great Fire at Rochester—Loss $100,000—A Newspaper Establishment Destroyed—Four Firemen Injured, RocuEsrer, Dec, 21, 1868. A destructive fire took place on Saturday night in the central part of this city, destroying property to the value of about $100,000, Owing to an insuftictency of water, fora time it threatened to sweep away some of the best business blocks, The fire took in the printing ofice of the daily Democrat, which was totally destroyed, together with Sargent’s bank lock factory, in the same building, on Pindel alley. The Union Bank buliding, on State street, occupied by the Flour City Bank, was pretty much destroyed. ‘The fire communicated to other buildings adjoin- ing and did some damage. The loss by water and damage of goods was considerable. The following are the chief —sutferers:— D. D. S. Brown, Rochester Democrat, $10,000, in- sured; J, Sargent, lock factory, $15,000, Partially insured; D. W. Powers, owner of the Democrat building, and sundry others injured, $20,000, insured; A, Ericsson, Jennings & Mumford, Union Bank, lost $8,000, insured; Moore & Cole, grocers, lost by water $5,000, insured; Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co. lost $4,000, msured; J. C. Moore, book bindery, $3,000, partially insured; J. R. Garrettsee Jost $2,000, insured; J. Lenox. stereotype foundry, $2,000, partially insured; Messrs, 0. Riel, C. W. Clark, J, Odenbdock and J. Money, all in the hat trade, suffered some loss by water and removal. All the Vaults of the bankers were saved and their losses are not large. There were many other sufferers in small ECEMBER -22; 1868—TRIPLE ‘SHEET. ‘AMUSEMENTS. Bareman’s OrEk& TROUPR.—Last evening Mr. Bateman treated the public to # bottle of champagne. “La Chanson de Fortunio” opened it, and while thus drawing the cork the audience were worked upto the liveliest emotions by the charniing acting and sing- ing of Mile. Irma, Mile, Lambelé and the favorite Leduc. “La Chanson” was a fit prelude to the dash and sparkle that followed in “Les Bavards.”" tn this the flow of good humor and determination to plese on the part of all the talented actors gave the au- dience a treat which, from the rapturogs applause which frequently burst forth, fully satisfied all. The house was crowded and new laurels added to those already worn by Offenbach through Mr. Bateman. ‘The pas de quatre which closed the evening, a prolonging the entertainment, was dauced Ww: rare skill and grace. Nipio's GarpEN.—In “After Dark’! the.managers of Niblo’s have fallen upon a very El Dorado. The success of the piece is a striking proof of what is possible to good management and liberal enterprise. AS a drama the piece has not many merits; but it is put upon the stage so well that it would have been wonderful had success not attended it, The railroad Scene ts sensational to perfection, It ts telling, ef- fective in the truest sense. Crowded houses continue to attest the popular estimate, Of our many mana- gers Messrs, Jarrett & Palmer are not the least skil- Tul in the art of pleasing. WALLACK'S THEATRE.—A crowded and apprecta- tive audience weicomed last night the reproduction at Wallack’s theatre of Mrs. Centlivre’s sparkling comedy of “Wonder, a Woman Keeps a Secret.” ‘The enthusiastic reception which has ‘been given to the return of the legitimate drama to the boards of this theatre 1s the best evidence that the sensational has not retained possession of the public taste. Mr. sums. The fire broke out at eeven o'clock and was not fully subdued until six oclock the next morn- ing. During the progress of the fire a ladder, which had been raised against the font of the Democrat oftice, in Buffalo street, broke in the centre and four members of the Alert Hose Company, named Smith, Hawley, Dixon and Husbanc, who were upon it holding hose, were thrown to the pavement, a dis- tance of twenty-five feet, andall of them severely injured, Smith, apparently, ;he worst of the four. At the height of the fire tw< of the steam fire en- gines were disabled. In the course of two or three hours one of them was put to work again, Another Fire at Rocheswr—Narrow Escape from a Horribe Death, RocrgsTEr, Dec, 21, 1868, A fire occurred at five o'clock this afternoon im the American Block on State stret, which burnt out a wholesale millinery and fancygoods store, A cloth- ing store adjoining was floded. The millinery stock was owned by Mr. T. M Johnson, of Buffalo, and was valued at $13,000, md insured for $7,500, The fancy goods were owne¢ by 0. T, Van Orman, and valued at $6,000; insurid for $3,000. Mr. T. Baer, the clothier, was damaged $1,000. Mr. H. Spotten, the owner of the building, lost about $1,500, which is govered by insurance. ‘Two women and an infant were taken by the fire- men from the third story »n ladders and saved, though nearly suffocated. Large Fire at Saco, Me.—Loss $30,000. Saco, Dec. 21, 1868, One of the most disastrousfires that ever occurred here took place last night. 2 originated in the York Hotel, which, with stables and outbuildings, was entirely destroyed, many 01 the occupants barely escaping with their lives. Tie fire then extended to the stables of the Saco Houw, the bakehouse, Dear- ing’s barber shop, the American House, Tibby’s tenement and several smaile buildings, ail of which were burned. The York Hoel was owned by Rice & Pike, and but partially instred in the Merchants’ Company, of Providence. Silas Gurney, the pro- prietor, at the time of the fre had $3,000 insurance on his furniture in the Enterprise Company, of Cincinnati, and the Security, of New York. The American House aad bakery, owned by Bryant & Jordan, was insured for $5,000 in the Home Company, of New Haven; Atna, of Hartford, and Security, of New York. Mr. Clark, the proprietor of the American House, was also insured for $1,000 in the Security Company. The total loss is estimated to be $30,000, Church Burned in Pittsburg. PrTTsBURG, Dec. 21, 1868. The Bellefield Presbyterian church, in the Four- teenth ward, was totally destroyed by fire on Sun- day. The loss is $20,000; insured for $15,000. Saw Mill and Lumber Burned. Troy, Dec, 21, 1868, Jonathan Denison’s steam saw mil! at Berlin, in this county, was destroyed by fire on Saturday morn- ing. The loss is $3,000; no insurance. Haswell & Mosher’s lumber yard in West Troy was set on Gre last nignt aad lumber to the value of $6,000 destroyed. The property was insured, FINE ARTS. Snedecor’s Gallery. Among those who were invited to a private view of the choice collection of pictures which adorn the Walls of Snedecor’s Art Gallery, 768 Broadway, last evening, were many of our most prominent artists and art patrons and quite @ brilliant gathering of lady friends. Among the more prominent works on view were “The Yosemite Valley,” by Thomas Hiil; “The Crown of New England,” by George L., more commonly known as “Landscape” Brown; “Sunset in California,” by Bierstadt; the ‘Boyhood of Lin- coin,” by Eastman Johnson; “The Orphan,” by Oregon Wilson; J. 8. Brown’s “Three Tomboys;” ‘A Landscape near Farmington,” by J. M. Hart; “The Price of Blood,” by T. 8. Noble masterly marine piece, by De Haas; “Lazy Bones,” a charming sketch, by Lambdin, and five or six works by A. T. Tait. Hill's picture of the ‘Yosemite Valley” ts a master- Piece. The view is taken from the foot of the Mari- posa Trail, five miles from the point of view of Bierstadt’s “Domes of the Yosemite.” On the left towers the stupendous granite precipice El Capi- tan, its sides swathed in dazzling sunlight and relieved here and there by sombre shadows. On the right are the Bridal-Veil Falls and in the back- ground the Cathedral Rocks. A rain storm hides the summits of the mountains, while here and there ®@ glance of sunshine bursts through the lifting clouds and illumines the steep declivities, In the middie distance stands the Sentinel, a superb, peak formed like @ pyramid, which is fanked by the Sentinel! Dome. The Merced fiver meanders through the groves and meadows of the valley, The composition of the foreground is admirable, and altogether this is one of the most masterly lan@ - scapes ever produced in this country. Brown's picture, “The Crown of New land,” # a daybreak view of Mount Washington and its siste rs, peas mh bay ald eee the valleys of Jonnecticut an roscogsill. Side by side with the origwal of Bierstadt’s “4 3un- set in Callfornta” was exhibited & chromo cog ,y by Prang, and 80 faithful is the ae thats (fret lance it 18 impossible to distinguish between them, ually faithfut chromos of Johnson's “Boyd ood of Lincoin” and Coreggio’s “Magdalena” were’ aiso on view. ‘The Artist Fund Society. ‘The ninth annual sale of the pictures of the above society will be held thisevening at the 4 rt Gallery, No. 846 Broadway. The catalogue cow iprises pic- tures of great merit, and a large attend ance is ex- pected. Frye’s Gallery. At Mr. Prye’s gallery, on the corner ¢,f Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, @ continuous throng of visitors admire Mr, Jerome Thompson's three pic- tures— The Old Oaken Bucket,” “Home, Sweet Home” and “Paddle four Own Canoe.” This last picture ta exhibited inso novel anv! peculiar a man- ner as to interest ail spectators, ii dependently of its artistic merita, which are by no means inferior to those of the 1 known &n4 popular produc- tions of Mr, Thompsoa. Miner & Barker’s Gallery, At Miner & Barker’: gallery there will bea sale this week of anout 100 of the ‘“Ruggies Gems,'* which, with their bright colors and their vivid remi- niscences of so mary scenes over which tonrists in Europe and tn Ameri we fondly lingored, hi done more to popularize aft than the mst preten- tious efforts of our “academicians."* New Bra of the 17un inst. says:~ Ay orney General Mohler and Jobn Armstramg had & personal rencon- ofnices | PERSONAL Renconret.—Tho McMiv,nyilie (Tenn.) | tre im one of our law ¢ “ew days since, in which Mr. Mohler received @ ¥'ignt wound from & pistol shot, ‘The diieulty, a8 *ve understand, grew | oUt Of EME Blight TeWIATKS jade by Mohior th refs erence to some amber Mf Fue Armstrong family. Wailack exhibited his usual excellent and critical taste-in the manner tn which the plece was put upon the stage and his delicate‘interpretation of the role of the jealous lover as Don Felix, he called forth frequent applause. How a lover's jealousy can be received and returned in kind wa® well exhibited by Miss Rose Eytinge in her reading of the part of Donna Violante. The piece was well rendered throughout by the entire company and received the hearty applause It merited. Srernway HALL.—Last evening, before an exceed- ingly small audience, we regret to say, whem mea- sured by the capacity of the hall, Olive Logan, whilom actress and authoress, made her début as a reader of rythmical and blank verse and staid prose, in behalf of the building fund of the Sunday school attached to the Church of St. Peter, Barclay street. It is but fair to say that the lady's efforts were reasonably successful. She was ambitious, it is true, and essayed her powers on a group of authors 80 wide apart in their range of thought and so versa- Ule in their treatment of English that it ts a wonder she got out of her self-imposed task satisfactorily in the presence of an audience that, al- though iudulgent, was not uncritical. There are few ladies, however satisfed of ther mental powers or the compass and ecom- mand of their voices, would attempt at. one sitting Whittier’s patriotic poem, founded on an incident of the late war—the raising by an old woman, Barbara Frietchie by name, at Frederick- town, Md., in the face of Stonewall Jackson and his followers, of the flag of the Union; Dickens’ des- cription of the scene between the immortal Pick- wick and his landlady, the loving Mrs, Bardell; Saxe's Cockney; the forum scene in ‘Julius Cwsar,? ineluding th — of Brutus and Mare Antony; Longfello' im of Life;” Jerrold’s immortal “Umbrella Lecture by Mrs. Caudle,” and the balcony scene from ‘Romeo and Juliet.” Hyperciticism would be out of place hei but while it may be said her listeners heartily ‘ayes nie her re- ir ivaled ih = tpi it which was Laer sense, they were not 80 generously disposed at the conclusion of her scene ‘trom, Julie Cwsar.’’ ‘This was either because the speeches were so hack- es bal that they were at the tongue’s end of every jot sufficiently le m Wi at effect which only a perfect conception of the charac- ters that are pee tera to 8] and a knowledge of the simplest rules of elocut can give. Her read- ing of Mrs. Bardell’s paroxysm was inimitable, as also was her rendering of the love passages between the sweet daughter of the Capulet and the love- stricken representative of the house of Montague. If Miss reader and would succeed a8 a er draw around her rostrum large and favorably ai the rocks: came very near strand- audiences she must avoid on which Scott-siddons HS Ty poco hy noon cre area emes of aul a io woman ever Peon ag one even Mog pete — — Fp sages as the great mou Brutus, Marc anes, ‘Macbeth, Lear and Othello. ve has # smiling Olive Logan a face, and, as she said last night preliminary to the recitations, “reading was her weakness and therefore not her Len yo she should select only those parts which will not tax. her voice too much or put ona aspect, when her too ynadow ford the fu ot mse i tw" La ul ae to Dick — ens, Hood, Saxe, Holmes and jerrold. PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN.—A new piece intend- ed, we believe, to supply holiday wants, was pro- duced at this house last night. The capacity of the being not exactly suited to spectacular and gnikery 3 ‘affairs like “Aladdin,” {t ie not surprising that its first representation was not altogether up: to the mark of a “Humpty Dumpty” performance er a Orst class Bowery spectacle. Theatrical and Musical Notes. Booth’'s theatre. will be opened in the third week in January. It is rumorec; that they are about to. try’patent brakes on the ‘:rain in “After Dark.” ‘The perforniance at the French theatre will be for the benefit of the Hebrew Fuel Association. Mrs. Scott Siddons will commence an engagement of five nigh’s in Philadelphia on Christmas Eve. Ros sini’s “Stabat Mater” was recently performed at Sh anghae, where there is @ musical society of 450 mem pers. A new song, “‘A Kiss For Your Thoughts," written for Mile. Sinico by Arditi, 1s said to rival the famous “li Bacio.” Tiss Henrietta Markstein, the young American P! anist, will give a concert in Philadelphia on Christ- 1 sas night. Barney Williams has already disposed of ‘emerald rings” sufficient to supply all the candidates for hymen in the metropolis. Verdi wants all the Italian composers to unite in ‘writing a requiem to be performed on the first anni- verary of Rossini’s death, Dvoré has executed a remarkable drawing in black ‘and, blue pencil of Rossini as he lay after death, be- for e being placed in his coffin. . ‘The San Francisco Minstrels wish to correct the t#opression that their opera, “Bone Squash Diablo,” ¥) a posthumous work of Meyerbeer. Forrest appeared in Boston last night as Jack Cate. George Vandenhof will give readings in the hail of the Union League Club pet week. ‘The sale of tickets yesterday for the Brooklyn per- formances of “Genevieve de Brabant,” on Wednes- and Thursday nights, was immense. epa-Rosa and troupe will give a miscellaneous concert, the firet part which will be de tos selection of sacred music, in Cleveland, on oT Sy Eve. The two serpents introduced in the drama of “Theodorus,” in Paris, do not bel to the orches- tra. They are acquainted with the scales, how- ever. ‘The amateur dramatic and musical entertainment this evening at the Union League Club Mouse, for the great public charity, will be a very interesting ir. The Hibermian Minstrels are an organization which will endeavor to unite Ethiopia and the Emerald lale in the same character—potatoes and hominy. We hope they may Bine Beara ‘k is anovelty. The New York Circus has @ pantomime of that name in which the prototype of Bi Young is placed in ail sorts of inconvenient tions. Tony Pastor juces a classical work entitied “Hlicke Fi coe of the medieval school. The author is but not to the extent of sheriff's omicers, and injunctions. AS early as 1310 there was a musical society in Florence called the Laudest, the members singing tn the sacred dramas aed vere and churches, The society still existed as Oscar pieiter, the celebrated pianiat, starts for Bos- ton on Monday on a concert ¢t it. The Elise Holt br jue company has commenced an engage- same city, ming with “Lucrezia Borg i. Ds, or la “uranic Doctresse.” ‘Central Park Garden i# the scene of @ grand Christmas festival this week. Thomas’ orchestra, a ‘Tyroiean singing society, @ large automatic theatre, Punch and Judy, and, as they say on the bills, others too numerous to mention, are some of the wonders ounced. er row took place im the saloon of the Varieties theatre, Leavenworth, last week, when a man named Thomas Cm | was almost beaten to death by the barkeeper an hog cause. The defendants were hel charge of assault with intent to kill, A Inceting will be held at the Liederkranz Hall this evening, to consider the question of buying the pro- rty at the coruer of Thirty-seventh street and Lex- ington avenue for the purpose of erecting a grand music hail and club house tuere. The society, now numbering nearly 1,200 members, ls much cramped in its present quarters in Fourth street, Regnier, the brijlant actor of the French Comedy, Paris, who has played at that theatre for thirty-eight years, recently asked for his retiring pension. ‘the manager refused to entertain his demaud, and all the company went in a body to tim to request him wo Withdraw it. He has agreed to postpone tt for two ears, jie Will thon lave played orld years at te rench Comedy. for no apparent to answer on & 7 MAILS FOR EUROPE. The Cunard mail steamship Java will leave this port on Wednesday for Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Omive at eleven o'clock A, M. on Wednesday. ‘The Nrw Yors Heratpy—Edition for Europe—wilt be ready at ten o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers for magling, six cents. Am X Ae X Ae KA X em Ae XM ARK. Napoleon Top Boots, $10; Double Soled Calf Boou A Ladies’ Fair is Now Open at St. Stephen's Chureh, entrance on Twenty-eigth and Twenty-ninuds streola,'near Third avenue. sei A.—Save Fuel—Reduce Coul Billa=Fix Yo! house with Roebuck's Weather Strips. Office $8 Fulton “a aus Auction.—Moriguge Furulture § Broadway, 0 . Broadway. ovpoalie Astor place. Salo at 745 See advartisergent under os Seiatg Sa ES A. Pictorial _p, LOGICAL: AOURBAT. tee Senneterre. Laranee poleon the First; Reverdy Johnson; treat American Paluters; Physiognom ‘and Physiology or as a year. 8. WELLS, 38D Broadway. A.—Wines id Liquors for the Holid: assorted, six Kinds In caso of one dozens at 810. 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BY WILLIAM HENRY PI joy. aY WILLIAM BERRY P KCK, BY WILLIAM HENRY 1 Eck, BY WILLIAM HENRY PECK, BY WILLIAM HENRY PEC BY WILLIAM HENRY = ppog PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN T a UNivunsiry oF THE STATE OF LO’ gigtaya In this week's LEDGER,W0 COMM ence tbe pul ication of ax new story by Professor Per or, The Maiden and the Cask Mt ded “The Quy en's Secret x 1 on atireia ig, inporessing narrative; and, womay remark ‘in this, ; . at oan. highly do we prize Professo: snug Me , engaged him to write exclusive! y for the Li Doge —om heragfter. The LEDGER also contaws * Hams comttil iow by HENRY WARD BEECHER, JAMMS PARTY y gyi) EB Cary, PENSE) FERN) BOS CUVTEMY on, NARS vie DALLAS, BETHEL LYEN, DR Cu anieg D GAR DBTTE, SYLVANUS COBB, Jy JOHN @ SAKR, aoa many others. Rev, Dr. STEPHEN &. TY¥ 5 ~— (is BOW engaged upon an Origtt iy rh - mw typylesg beri” writing expresaly for (ho LEDGER. |) will be cos’ Umued through twelve murders Wohave reevived the © pening chapters, and we feniare 10 Predict aa it WhiL * 9 of ing toss inteneating ad poune storles ever publishy’ 4, We shail commesee fe pudliesiion early in the 00m Yeu | The LEDGB’« witt ye rondy today at 2 o'vlock, and (s— sale at al)" he bookstores and apis oficu,