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SHINGTON. Between the Commercial Con- V@ution Delegation and the President. H OF GENERAL WALBRIDGE President Not Anxious For a Second Term. THE FARRAGUI PRIZE MONSY. . WaAsuINGTON, Oct, 3, 1869, Interview of Delegates from the Louisville Convention With the President—Address by General Walbridge—President Grant Not a Candidate for Re-election. The delegation appointed by the Louisville Com- mercial Convention called,on President Grant this Morning, in accordance with @ previous arrange- ment. The chairman, General Walbridge, spoke as follows:— Before its adjournment the late Commercial Con- Yeation at Louisville deputed to the committee that Ihave honor to present the high and delicate responsibility of expressing to your Excellency sen- timents of titude and reciprocation of hearty good will for the view communicated in your de- spatch fue the success of the great objects lor which the Convention convened. Originally called to dis- cuss the exclusive interests of the Southern States, the theatre of its usefulness was subsequently en- Jarged, until it scanned the material prosperity of every section of Our extended country. Delegates were in attendance from Vermont and Texas, a8 also from Georgia and Minnesota. Thus na- tional in its character, it was pleasant be- yond expression to receive encouragement at ibe hands of the national Executive. Its deliber- ations were confined matnly to the great questions of finance, taxation, immigration, internal improvements, tronsportation and necessary mea- @ures by which the industries and great natural resources of the South could be brought in harmony ‘with the era ol prosperity upon which the republic has entered, One sentiment animated the entire Convention, namely:—To stand by tne plighted faith of she nation im the full payment o1 its public securt- ties as stipulated when they were created, and, for- getting all differences in the past, the desire was ‘Universal that all sectional interests should be igno- red, and that the citizens of the United States shoula hereafter be a homogencous nation—one, entire, united and indivisible. In conclusion we @epire to congratulate your Excelleacy on the suc- cess which has thus far marked your administration. Enough has transpired to demonstrate that before the expiration of your second term the public debt May be more than ‘half extingutshed, and the Ame- rican securities will command @ promium in every part of the inbabitable globe. President Grant tn reply said he was very much gra- tifled to receive such a delegation, representing not only the great commercial interests of the nation, but also the new condition of aifairs. The good fellow- sbip which ought to unite a common brotherhood, and which was so happily inaugurated and invigor- ated at Louisville, he hoped would extend ana per- meate throughout the entire Union, until every ves- tige of bitterness or unkindness should forever be eradicated, He believed that within a year or two the South would be far richer and far more prosper- ous than ever she was before; and the people have it within their own power, by judicious policy and wise acta, to advance their own interests and those of the entire country with marvellous rapidity, As tohis second term, he could assure General Wal- bridge he felt now very much as he did at West Point in his cadet days, when he counted every month with eagerness to get out of his position. He had not sought his present position, as everybody knew. Hon. H. W. Hilliard, of Georgia, was glad to-have the opportunity of ssying to the President that ne concurred in the cordial appreciation which all par- ties must give to the sentiments just expressed by him. ‘The Pres‘dent (laughingly) asked Colonel Duncan, of Kentucky, what the people of his State thought of the administration, and whether there was any hope of Kentucky ever turning from her present politics? Colonel Duncan assured him that Ken- Suokigns, with rare exceptions, fully appreciated the Fo honest intenuons ‘2 40 what he goulg for the good of the country; and that the telegraphic message so kindly sent by the President to him for the Convention, and the now renewed assurances of kina feeling towaras the people of States lately suf- fering 80 much, would augment and strengthen the respect which they already entertained for the Chfef Magistrate. As to Kentucky he would say, how- evre, that even the fifteenth amendment would create very litle difference, as the colored vote Would be divided and so do very little towards breaking down the 90,000 democratic majority of the State. After an informal and pleasant conversation of half an hour the delegation withdrew. ‘The Farragut Prize Money—The Case to Be Vigereusly Defended. Congress passed a law last March authorizing the {institution of proceedings in any court having juris- Giction of like matters te recovor such prize money as the Farragut fleet, engaged in the oaptare of New Orieans, might be entitled to for captures then made, and providing that such prize money as might be awarded should be paid out of the Treasury of the United States. Generali B. F. Butler, acting as the attorney and prosecutor for tye officers and sailors in that fleet, nas fied a libel of information against the vessels, &o., in the Diatriot Court of this District, praying judgment, &c. The attention of the government havjng been called to this suit by the District Attorney, General Carrington, and ask ing the Treasury Department té him bea ciate counsel, in view of the magnitude of the and the important principie involved, The Secretary of the Treasury has employed Rigp- ard M. Corwine, of Cimcinnatl, who bas had conald- @raple experience in prize cases and in admiralty Proceedings. The Secretary has instructed these attorneys to make a thorough defence both on the law and the facts. Several interviews have alfeady taken place between the counsel and the officers of the Treasury and every prep: jon is being made tothatend. Thirty days have been given whe gov- ernment to prepare its defence. More than a million dollars are involved in this suit. Tho Capital Removal Question. ‘The effort to counteract the influence of the agita- ton of the capital movers in the West is beginning to assume form. A paper has been preparea to be handed to the President, with the request that he ‘Will take some cognizance of the matter in his forth- Coming annual message discountenancing the pro- Jected removal; and to use his executive infuence in stopping an agitation calculated to do no good, The document alluded to mentions the project with extreme pain; calls up the fact that the site was selected by the Father of bis Country; that enormous appropriations have been made and expensive pub- Ue buildiags and gardens have been built and laid out; that the city is rapidly growing in populatiua ‘and beauty, and within a few years will be worthy Of the capital of a groat nation. This will be banded to the President within a few days. It remains to be geen what action the President wiil take. He has ag yet given no expression on either side of the contro- versy. Tho Tarif Question—Excitement Among Pt sylvania Protectieniste. ‘The announcenient in theso despatches a few days Qgo that the President would make some sugges- ions in his forthcoming message concerning tha serif question, has had the effect of stirring up the freo traders and the tariff men. Several of the latter, among them Congressmen Morréll and Scofield, of Pennsylvania, have been here interviewing the Pre- aident om the subject, The tari men were disap Pointed at the last session of Congress that no action ‘Was taken On thetr bill, but they consoled themselves with the Rope of getting a satisfactory measure put through at the next session, Tne present law is not to their liking, because its rates are not high enough. ‘The prospect of a recommendetion in the President's Mivasago to the effect that the tariff law be allowed (0 romain as it ts for one year, is not, therefore, just What the tariff men want. Bntif tne President per- sists in allasionjto,the tari@they would rather have him make such @ recommendation than one in favor of free trade, This was the point Mr. Morrell came to urge, It is understood that the President i EZhinat z ¥ ‘Under the Internal Revenue law, as it now stands, pork packers were Mable t be taxed as manufac- turers. The pork packers think this unjust, and tue Chambers of Commerce of New York, Boston, Cin- einpat!, Chicago and St. Louis nave sent a delega- tion here to protest against 1% These gentlemen called upon the Commissioner to-day, but tat official gave it as his opinion that the fault was pot ‘with him but with Congress, and if there was any grievance Congress was the proper place to go for redress, The pork packers contend tbat they pro- duce one of the necessaries of life, and have no more Tight to be taxed as manufacturers than millers have who grind wheat and make flour. The difference 1s, however, that the law expressly excepts flour, while pork is not mentioned. An effort will be made to get the Commissioner to call the attention of Con- gress to this matter in nis report. Congressman Eggleston, of Cincinnati, who is one of the delega- tion here, says it was not the intention of Congress to tax pork packers as manufacturers when the In- ternal Revenue bill was passed. An Investigation Necded—The Forage Con- tract. ‘The contract for forage for this military district, amounting in the aggregate to eighty or ninety thou- sand dollars, was recently awarded by the Quarter- master General to one Knoodile, of Marylana, much to the surprise of several responsible bidders in this city whose bids were below Knoodle’s, It now turns out that Knoodle is a protégé of Postmaster General Creawetl, who, it ia said, used his personal influence to secure the contract for his Maryland friend. .. Pre-emption Rights of Settlers. ‘The Commissioner of the General Land Office has ruled that where lands have once been offered at public sale they retain the character of offered lands as to the rights of pre-emption thereto, even though afterwards witudrawn fruin market as to private entry by invalid entries or otherwise; as also when withdrawn for railroad purposes, Therefore pre- emption settlers will be required to make proof and payment within the twelve months prescrived by law. Miller’s National Medallion. The original copy of Miller's national medallion, executed to the order of ex-Secretary Bore for pre- sentation to Mrs. Grant, was hung in the Green Room of the Executive Mansion to-gay. ‘he medal- lion is of bronze, and includes, with appropriate surroundings, the heads in relief of Washington, Lincoln and Gr ant. Consul for Bavaria. Stephen M, Vail, of New York, has been appointed United States Consul for Bavaria. Monthly Disbursements of the Government. The following are the disbursements by the gov- ernment during the month ending October 30:— sees $4,010,110 6,514,715 2,104,682 Navy, Interior, pensions and Indiant 1,212,986 TO]. .-oisesseessees $12,842, 492 In addition to the above the interest accrued and paid on the public debt during October amounted to $11,106,199, Meeting of the Army of the Tennessee. Prominent gentlemen here who were connected with the Army of the Tennessee during the late war contemplate engaging a special train to take them to the reunion at Louisville on the 17th, The American Union Academy of Literature, Sclence and The American Union Academy of Literature, Science and Aye 13 @ national poe tation qgceutly established at the city of Waal ip, dad conteit= plating the establishment of brevoher as auxiliary ilereto, ia tue cSpitals or cities of the States and Territories. The objoct of the association, as ex- pressed in the constitution, is to secure co-opera- ton and concert of action in the advancement and diffusion of knowledge, to ald inquirétg in any de- partment of learning, snd to promote the elevation of taste in this community and throughout the coun- try. The founders of the Academy are men of known reputation and efMiciency, over 100 in number, and chiefly reside in the region of Washington and Bal- timore, The Mfth artich; of the constitution of the Academy, which disctoses the sphere of its intended operations, 18 as follows, to wit: To facilitate the business of the Academy, the fol- Jowing departments, to which others may hereafter ‘Added, sup! bE Oreanized, viz.:— a «A dépattaieut Of muvee matics, Engineering and Mechanios. 2. Of Physics and Chemistry. 3. Of Physiology, Patuology and Hygiene. 4. Of Psychology, Ethics and Social Science, 6, Of Ethnology and of Natural History. 6. Of Archeology, Geography and Civil History. 2. Of Puilology and Literature, 8. Of Fine Arts, Architecture and Music. 9. Of Law and Polity, 10. Of Finance, Statistics and Political Economy. Each of these departments shall be under the ervision of a committee consisting of three mem- era, Who shall examine, revise, aud if approved, report for publication all papers in thetr several de- partments presonted to the Academy, and the mem- re of these several committees, together with the oMicera before provided for, shall constitute the Council of the Academy. The Academy is to hold a stated meeting once a month; but the Council and several departments will hold their respective meet- ings under their own appointmenis, At the meocting of the members held on Monday evening, the 1st of November, the constitution and by-lawa of the institution were finally adopted and the organisation of the Academy consummated by the election by the following oMcers:—President, Dr. John ‘W. Draper, of the University of New York; Vice Presidents, Chief Justice Joseph Casey, of the Court of Claims, Dr. G. W. Sampson, President of Columbian Coliege, and ex-Governor T. W. Bartiey, of Washington, D. 0.; Corresponding Secretary, A. R, Spofford, librarian of Congressional Library; Recording Secretary, W. D. Gallagher, of Kentucky; Treasurer, Henry D. Cooke, of Washington, D, C. Tne first annual meeting of the Academ ywill be heid at Washington on the last Monday of Carlotta Patt) at Linco! Lincoln Hall in the Young Men’s Christian Asso- lation building was to-night thrown open to the public for the first time since ica dedication and was filled to its utmost capacity by @ brilliant audience, attracted by the Carlotta Patti concert, which was in every way highly successfal. Foreign Consuls Recognized. The President has recognized Balbino Corbes y Morales as Consul of Spain at New York; José Jer- man Ribon as Consul General of San Salvador at New York; ©. T. Christens as Consul of Denmark at New York; Carl Philipp Schmitt as Consul of Baden at New York. Personal. ‘The President, Mrs. Grant and Miss Nellie Grant spent the evening in @ social visit to Secretary Fish and family. Mr. Frank A. Burr, of the Treasury Department, has been made Chief of the Loans of 1867 Consolida- ton. Secretaries Fish and Belknap had lenguby inter- views with the President to-day. The former has just returned hore from New York, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, The Case of the Bark Grapeshot=The Judg- ment of the Provisional Court Deciared Final and Conclusive. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1869. No. 110—The Bark Grapeshot, George Law, claim- ant vs. Wollerstien Masselt et al—Appeal from the Cireutt Court for the district of Loutstana.—In April, 1868, at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, the master of the bark Grapeshot, claiming neceasity for repairs, borrowed for the use of his vessel, of the appellees, $9,762 45, to whom he gave @ bottomry bond on the vessel and freight money, stipulating for the ment of that sum with nineteen and a half per cent premium for the yoyage then about to be undertaken to Now Orleans, payment to be made within twenty days after the arrival of the bark. The voyage was made, taer bond not being paid, Ley vessel was seized ler ap admiral ane ant A a fo pursuance pay vance. The it of the ol it all uston r : (who maa ines ol between the the bond. unc Bin Fant of the ie a ve seve it a In favor the libellanta, ‘and ‘appeal was taken to wae en to the Circult, where, in Novem! 9 order was Ihade by gadge Campoell commer g the Ganse. wien loave to the pasties tse turer veaumony, “The YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Appeal was then taken to this court, where it Bow insisted by the appeliant that the decree of du Veabody was a nullity, because his court was ished without constitutional authority, New Orleans having deen a part of the United States before the war. It 1s conceded thi been foreign territory concerned in the war then the President, representing the conquesing power, would have bad the right to establish suck courts as the conqueror could establish; but when the gov- ernment takes possession of any rebel district It acquires no new title, but merely vindicates that which previously existed. (The Amy, Warwick, Spr. 143.) Upon the capture of New Ori the wers of the President were such as flowed from is position ag Commander-in-Chief; but he had po agutiority to establigh judicial tribunals. Under the constitution and legislative department he could establish civil mstitutions. Copgreas alone vould establish courts. Nor can the plea of military neces- sity be maintaimed in the case; for at the time of tne decree New Orleans was not, in fact or in law, in aD insurrectionary condition; and in any case President ha’ no power in the exercise of martial law to establish such @ court. The judicial power of the United Si was that assumed by the court, and ch exercise of that judicial power was unconstitutional. The constitution provides that ‘the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court and such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and estabiish.”” This is conclu- aive. But the jurisdiction fails because the Presi- ent’s order establishing the court did not, in potut Of any reasonable construction, authorize it to take t liction of cases pending in th. United States cuurts; and Judge Peabody has therefore no au- thority to take jurisdiction in respect of Mr. Law, because, beimg a loyal citizen, living in a loyai State, ne constitutional right to have nus case decided by the federal judiciary as known to the coustitu- tion, The decree in the case deprives the claimant of his property without due process of law, and 1s therefore in contravention of the fifth amend- ment. An executive order cannot authorize a violation of this guarantee. The act of Con: of July, 1866, providing for the transfer of causes pending 1u this court to the dis- uct and circuit courts does not violate tue dec because, in the first place, by that act the decrees o! the provisional court are to become the decrees of the Circuit Court, ‘unless the same are incon- sistent with the rules and proceedings thereof,” and it is submitted that no rule in the Circuit Court and no proceeding therein ts consistent with the recog- nition of the validity of a decree rendered in the provisional court in a cause such as the present once pending on appeal in the Circuit Court. And In the second piace, because, to make & particular form of decision, the decree of a court can, under the con- stitution, be Gone only by the court itsell,” and in this ‘case it is ‘sought to be done by @ legisiative act. This provision of the act is oleariy ‘Agyalid. The decree of Judge Peabody Was either a y,7.d decree or @ nullity, if it was a valld decree thes act of Congress could not make it more valid. If it was a nullity then Congress has not the power to give it validity. A supplemental brief is made on the merits, in case the court shail reach them. ‘rhe appellees contend that the inhabitants of the rebel territory were public enemies of the United ‘States, and the latter had the same rights aud pow- ers against them which could be exercised in regard to enemies in case of a foreign war. ‘The hostile soll and iubabitants of Louisiana, conquered by the armies of the Untied States, were held, controlled and governed by the military power of the country only, aud a court was, in the judgment of the Commander-in-Chief, necessary to exe- cute his powers and duties. Such court was, therefore, lawfully constituted. The only exception that has been suggested to the power of the Executive in the organization of courts in such cases is found in Jecker vs. Montgomery (13 Howe, 208 et seg.), Which, while admitting the power to establish all other species of courts, holds that it does not extend to the establishment of prize courts. ‘This ta not the case of a prize court, - dg Ali not affected by that decision. But if there doubt as to the right of the Commander-in-Ohief to establish the court, then the defect 1s cured by the act of Congress which recognizes and confirms the court, with all its acts and dolugs. By the order of the Executive constituting the provisional court its judgments were to be final and conc.usive without appeal. This Court has therefore no jurisdiction. General Caleb Cushing for appellant, Thomas J. Purant for Sppeliees. eoige Tre £2 Teor nu, Of Louisiana, was admitted to ‘ge the bar to-day. ‘The following cases were argued:— Tremont County, Iowa, vs. The Burlington and Missourt Ravrroad; E.R. Young @ Sons, plaimntigy tn error, vs, Wn, Martin.—This ta a case involving @ common carrier’s lien for freight, Uited States vs, Reestde, and Reeside vs. the United States—Cross Appeals, — Reeside claimed com- mivsions on the purcuases of horses for Geueral Fremont, commander of the Department of the West, to the amount of $20,000, ‘This service con. tinued four months. The Court held thas General Fremont’s contract to pay the commissions Was un- authorized and void, but allowed Reeside $4,000 for his services, they being deemed valuabie to the gov- ernment. The governinent appesis, clatmiug that Reeside should have been referred to Congress for relief, and Reeside appeals, claiming be sould have Judgment for his fa.i commission, The United States vs, Speed & Davies, ant the Cuiled sigieg vs, overt Floydapyeais from the Court y vauns, ? FATAL BUAWING. — Kerosene Lamp Explosion. at South Amboy, on Monday nigbt, about nine o'clock, Mrs. Margaret Greenleaf, a lady about fifty- five years of age, was so badly burned by the ex- ploding of a kerosene lamp that death ensued yes- terday morning. The burner of the lamp had become defective from long use; butshe hardly con- sidered it dangerous, although warned to that eifect by a niece, who visited her on the evening of the disaster. The unfortunate lady was on her way up stairs for the purpose of retiring, when suddenly the lamp flared up, then, with a crash, exploded, scat- tering the flaming contents over her person. She was slightly stunned at first; but the great peril in which she was placed—being alone in the house— made her put forth frantic efforts in tryin; ‘ish the flames, and to extin- 6 finally reached the tront joor, Where her screams brought a couple of gentie- men to her assistance from a@siore near by, The poor lady fell as ahe passed the door, aud when tie gentiemén came yp they found her almost tnsensibie and @ mass of flames. Throwing their overcoats around her they soon smothered the flames, but she was shocking!y injured; her eyes were almost burned out; the hands were so badly burned that the skin and nails peeled off; the hair was burned completely from her head, and the upper part of her person was dreadfully burned, especially the breast and neck. She suffered most intense agony until death relieved her sufferings. She was one of the olaest residents of South Amboy, and well known and highly re- spected. A numerous connection mourn her loss, THE LEGRAND CANNON BURGLARY, Some ten days ago mention was made in the HERALD of the robbery, supposed by burgiars, of the house of Legrand B. Fifth avenue, of a valuable amount of cloth- ing and furs. The suspicions of detectives Mul. gan and Evans, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, fell upon Gustave Metz and wife, of No. 349 E ighteenth street, in whose charge, it Is he house was left during the absence of The oMcers pursued this clue, and the last night Metz, who is a waiter at the e Club, was arrested by the officers, on & Warrant issued by Judge Kelly, and locked up, Upon the person of Metz was found an envelope, addressed to Mr. Cannon, containing ninety dollars in greenbacks. Itis by no means certain that the crime can be brought home to the accused, but the oMcers say that the evi .ence is pretty strong. Cannon, No. 311 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, Tux VARIAN TREE.—The veteran tree planted by a Member of the old Huguenot Varian family, on Broaiway, opposite what 1s now known as 1,161 Broadway, 1s gradually falling before the axes of the men employed uncer the direction of Superiiitendens Ward, of the Bureau of Lands and Places, Last might ita last branch was razed to the ground before the workmen knocked of, The trunk, which still stands, will be attacked at three o’ctock this morn- Ing, and by dayligut not a vestige of the veteran will remaio. CENTRAL OFFICR QUIRTUDE.—The contrast be- tween the Central Police Office on Tuesday and last nights was most remarkable. On the former occasion the building was thronged by eager appli- cants for resurns of the election, and the rooms of the Superintendent were crammed by the ready writers of the press, Last night it was entirely Geserted, except by Inspector Regen J ho is seriously indisposed from laborious work; the vet- eran detectives Tieman and Nevins, the detail from the Broadway squad, and the reporters of the press, There were few business calls, and in every instance the Inspector and Kelso’s deputies were prompt to \uwpart information or render assistance. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Lecture BY JOHN B, GovoH.—Mr. Gough last evening read his popular lecture on “Eloquehce and Orators” at the New England chureb, South Ninth street, Williamebu: under the euépices of the Se pe Nad 01 large audience, ACCIDENT ay Smith, nine years under a cat om the Govurnsips RalLRoaD.—Georgo “a aks I MADAME ANNA BISHOP. The Biography ef a Busy Life—Singing Round the Circle—The Story of a Female Crusoe Fiiteen Hundred Milcs in an Open Beat and Safe at Last. ‘The retura of Madame Anna Bishop Schulta to this country, after a four years’ cruise of adventure #4 romantic and varied as the narrative of Robinson Crusoe, has for a couple of months, constituted one of the leading topics in musical circles. The pro- gramme of her reintroduction vo the American public has not yet been aunonnced, but will be forthcoming in two or three days, The organization of the concert company, to consist of @ brilliant corps of assistants has, however, already begun, and Steinway Hall will, most likely, be engaged for the projected musical series, The world of metro- politan music moves fast, and dozens have made their bids for popular favor since the date of Madame Bishop's departure (in 1865); but in the jumble of new names New York always remembers old and fami- Mar ones, and will be glad to welcome anew the celebrated cantatrice and varied traveller, espe- cially as the recent tour of the artist has been one of romantic incident, of strange viciasitude, of ooca- sional deadly peri! and privation, as well as of pro- fessional éclat, of misfortune by wreck at sea as well as of artistic triumph. AS a concert and operatic artist Madame Bishop's career has been one of singular variety, the recollec- tions and operatic gossip of which might be spun into three or four readable volumea, Born in London and, née Reviere, endowed with one Of the most remarkable voices ever enlisted In opera, and belonging to an afMluent family, having graduated at the Royal Academy of Music, though at frst devoted to iostrumental music under the tuition of M. Moscheles, a celebrated German pianist, Madame Bistop was induced to make her debit as_a cantatrice, which she did in connection with the Ancient and Philharmonic con- certs and at the great musical festivals given in the cathedra! towns of Gloucester, Worcester, York and Hereford, As her voice developed it was found to bea soprano sfogata of singular purity, expressive- ness, flexibility and power, and thenceforth she de- voted herself to the profession, appearing as prima do..na in the earlier part of her career, mostly in the classical music of Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, paying little attention to the modern Italian. Having won her position im ciassical con- cert, Mme. Bishop made her dédu¢ in modern Italian at the Royal Italian Opera House, in connec- tion with Grisi, Garcia, Persiana, Rubini, Tambu- rint and others in July, 1839, whence dates her thirty years’ career as a prima donna aud her first artistic tour on the Continent, In October, 1839, she gave ten concerts at the The- atre Royal in Copenhagen (following with a series of nine soirées at her residence, since the palace of the hereditary Prince of Denmark), and was at laat accorded the honor of singtng iu private before the Queen, doing successfully @ ballad in the Danish language. At Stockholm, in 1840, the English prima donna came in compeution with Jenny Lind, then premiere cantatrice at the Theatre Royal, aud, not- withstanding the popularity of the latter, was so successful as to fill tne house from parterre to gal- lery, and became mistress of tie national ballad repertory of Sweden, presenting It with the felicity of a pave and winning distinguished plaudits, Tile tour occupied from September, 1839, to May, 1843, and included the capitals and noted towns of Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Moldavia, Austria, Hun- gary and Bavaria, with a@ mastery of the Danish, Swedish, German and Russian ballad lore in original air and tongue. Her début in opera was made as Alice in “Robert Le Digbie,” at Moscow, and in the Russian language in the winter of 1840-41, in which she acquitted her- self with distinguished success, Hence, therefore, dates her career as an operatic artist, in which capacity she mado the round of the leading Italian citles ta 1843, ending with Naples, where she appeared in Pusini’s opera, “La Fidanzetia Corsa," and was engaged for the term of twenty-seven months as prima doina assoluta di Castetlo at he Grand Theatre, San Carlo, “Otello,” “L'Blisir @amore,” “La Sonnambula,” “Beatrice ai Fenda,” the “Barver of Bevilie,)? “Lucia di Lammermoor” and the “I due Foacary? were among the twenty-four operas of the répeyzofre. In the first she was sup- Senne by the iatious Donzelle, following the great Malibvaa fn the role of Desdemona. Crossing luto rald¥mo gt the instance of the Sicilian governmeat in 1845, Madame Bishop returned to London vy the way of Germany, giving Concerts in the leading cities en rouse. Her trai visit to this country was made in 1847, and included the tour of the States, Mexico and Caill- fornia, whence, in 1855, she sailed for Australia, commencing & series of concerts immediately upon her arrival at Syduey; whence, again, she flittea to South America, making the tour of the principal cities; whence, again, she returned to Engiand in 185%, making the tour of Great Britain with the cele- brated Jullien. In the summer of 1869, having given her farewell concert at Surrey Hail and added the Bain Mater” (Rossini) to ber révertowe, Madame op reap- peared in the United States, where she re ber rofession until 1865. doing the tour of the States, lexico, the Canadas amd Cuba, and establishing « star reputation. Returning to San Francisco, Madame Bishop resolved to Viait the tslanda of the Pacific, and, after @ short voyage, was set down at Honolulu, §. 1, where she gave a sertes of concerts, leaving that city February 18, 1886, in the Bremen bark Libelie, Captain Tobias, for Hong Kong. ‘ne details of this voyage are of singular and Robinson Crusoe-like interest, but canuot be given with fulness—no member of the party having kept an accurate journal of events. Fourveen days passed without special incident, when, at nine o'clock mm the evening, the Dark struck On @ coral island, kuown to marivers ag Wake Isiand. Among the pasecnners and parucipants tn the voyage were Mr. Yan Reid, Consul vo Japan from the Hawilan gov- ernment, and Mr. Cosabro, a Japanese nobleman and traveller, whose game is weil Known in this country. Owing to defective lookout and the fact that the usual maps appear to have located the reef from tts real position, the crew not ip the least of danger until the bark grounded, staving the bot- tom as if 1t had been pasteboard or merely “A painted ship painted ocean.” Unaware of thelr real position, though apprehen- sive that the stoven craft could not last #0 many hours, the captain concluded to attempt no janding until morning, and a restless night was passed by the nervous and thoroughly frigbteucd passengers, Morning dawned at last, amid the roar of breakers and mutter of surf beatigg and wasiing the deck, and the situation, in all tts hideous details, forced Itseif upon the comprehension of the wet and worn and weary thirty on board. A brief inepection loca- ted the coral reef as Wake Island, situated ih lati- tude 19 degrees 25 “ag 4 north, longitude js degrees 20 mruutes east. ¢ boat was idst hi iy the night, in spite of the tlance Which was the order, ip the maidgt ot fbe noise aud tumult conse quent dpon t o faa ou. In the mornin @ landing was effected without accident, the two remaining boats being saved and safely got ashore. The party, consisting of thirty persons, now found themselves marooned on a low, uninhabitable and uninhabited coral island about three miles in length, the only vegetation of which consisted of @ few tufts of stinted trees, with no provisions except a few page of Cailfornia four (daniaged), washed qshore by the surf, a few kegs of angelica wine of the ‘fornia vintage, and a barrel of beef, accidentally landed by the same agency. The remainder of vie cargo, consisting of $100,000 in Mexican dollars, and 1,000 dasks of quicksilver was abandoned for the present with the intention of visiting the wreck and bringing off the specie after the party had re |. Afier a break- fast of beef, seazoned with lnpromptu cakes, the party made a survey of the lsiand, de- yelo the alarming fact that it was destitute of Water, ald proceeded to erect a rude cabin from the stinted allowance of matoriais at hand for egg and dormitory pur; os, = Rations of angelica, in lieu of water, were t gut to tue mien; and in the course of the day agemi ipbabisable hut of rather limited proportions oe been com- pleted, bi Bupped on the breakfast bill of fare, and the ladies Were perimitied the aut, the men sleeping in the open air. The morning break- fast presented an addition to the bill of fare in tue form of @ species of sea fowl, 80 tame as to be easily caught without trap or rifle, and subsequently fieh, of which pow and then a few specimens would get Foe A eg Was appended as a tolerably reliable staple, Date March 6, the party employed themscivea in digging for water, the want of which was beginning to be severely felt, but without success, yt excavations of considerable depth were mace. Manufactured pathos always onds just where real pathos jins—in & word, where there is no patios §=like the pathos of hard facts, and the facta in the case were hard enough to admit of simplicity in the —_- Water, ieee nate notadrop to drink, the water too “4 for bibulous purposes, exactly te 4 condition of the partys and, whole havi mn pessed in itleas alga ‘e with sii ances for excavation, the men thre brani own alter supper on thi fecond of wai only 6 wake up and La Wance of ecceea S e aes a nt at Re a a ‘used to It, having appropriated it from the of somedody else. th morning dawned, the party having slept little on account of intolerable thirst, and tt wi obvious that someting must be done. A counc Was called, and it was decided to board the wreck and see if the tank remained intact, Captatn Tovias’ mate conducting the exploration, Happuty, a tank containing about 200 galions was tound fo and alter three hours’ engineering was got ashore, The specie was also exhumed from the locker and taken to the but, the exploration, Which ended so happily, being conducted without material acoident. Tue men having been served with a pint af water apiece Afr. Schultz was appointed to deai ‘out that allowance daily, and A detail was comuussioned to dig a pit and bury the specie, ‘rhe following day the digging for water was re- peatea, the question whether the castaways should Wait to be taxen of or attempt the sea in open boats depending upon its suceess, The day closed as truit- less of results as had its predecessors, and it waa resolved to abandon all further aitempts and prepare for the worst, ‘The supply, at the rate of allowance, could sot last many days—relief, except by accident, was Improbable—and the alternative remained to prepare for the voyage, or risk the prospect of dying Vat more horrible deat than starvation, death from sheer thirst. Saving the species of sea fowl mentioned the isiand wus Zoologically uuinbabited for which reason the blood yielded by the lirmited supply of game would have been scarcely equal to iene of the fate that grinned them in the face, The two boats were rigged with lug sails with materials rescued from the wreck, aud the captain began prospecting for au inlet undisturbed by breakers, whence to pat to sea with a mintmum of risk, After @ day’s survey of the coust a suitable inlet was found on the leeward side, and the work of transporting the boats acrosa was begun, with the resuit of settiing them safely in the harbor. ‘vhe provisions (& barrel of beef and an allowance of flour, with a quantity of dried fisn) were divided and placed on board, as also the water, in the propor: ton of nine to twenty-one; and ou the morning of the twenty-first day the party embarked, Captain Tobias, with eight men, taking the smalier, and the mate, with Macame Bishop, husband and attendanta, the Hawalian Consul, Mr Ca- sabro a couple of Kanacka women aad the remainder of the party, taking the larger one. The latter party consisted of twenty-two per- sons, tuclusive of a couple of half-fedgea Kanackas belonging to the two women. ‘The larger boat was only twenty-two feet long, admitting simply of the seating Of the passengers without possible reserve of space; the smalier being oniy ten feet in length, Preparations comple! t two frail craft stood out to sea, sieering tor wadrone (thie!) Islands, 1,400 miles distant, with the ca plishing it, wind and weather jays. A couple of days out the smatier boat was lost sight of and probably foundered, with the loss of mine of the ill-fated party, The voyage was accompiished without mentionable tneident or ace dent, @ record of discomfort and suMering, course, though not in their extremity, The Ka- Hackas varied the monotony with the confiscation of an occasional fying fish that happened to drop aboard; and, at length, on the thirteenth day (April 5) the party sighted Gaum, oue of the Ladrone or Mariana Isiands, and effect landing. The Governor, Moskoso, a Spa Ueman, received them with kindness, as the natives and the seven or eight Spaniards con- stituting the governing class, A mouth alter a smail English vessel arrived and was banter bed to take oif the Consul (Mfr, Van Reid) and the Japanese onic: the remalader of the party being deiamed. Ture months iater @ Spanish Schooner (happentug in port) was ordered to Wake Island for the buried spe- cle, the mate of the Libelle accompanying as guide, and, this having been taken posseasion of by the Governor, the remainder of the party were sent to Manilla under care of the captain, where they ar- rived after & passage of twenty-one days without clothing, save the dilapidated suits they had on, and in most pitiable condition, The whole wardrobe and repertoire of costumes belonging to Madame Bishop had been lost, together with all the jewelry and a large and valuable stock of music, mostly pt. Concerts were here given, notwiths ing, after a series of which Mme, bishop and party sailed for Amoy; thence, after aconcert tour, tor t ney ies for Singaporo; thence for Cal- cutta, tO TiodIfy& Nnsoy ism t the ouusi}og a “w,) singing round the cirelo; thence for Bombay; thence, having visited Ceylon and made the tour of Hindostan, for Australia, whence, as a poi dap. pui, she visited New Zealand. Returning to Aua- tralia, by way of Hindostan and the overland route, Mime. Bishop aud party made tue tour of Egypt, re- turned to England by way of the Mediterranean, and reappedred in New York Auust 29, 1809, after an absence of four years, lacking three days, and a doa of adventure strange as thatof A. Gordon Pym. An eventful career surely; another record of a busy. life, a biography of romantic variety; the re- appearance in New York, with votce unabated, be- f us tue fourth stoging round tue circle, As a bal- jadist Mme. Bishop is conceded to have no superior, perliaps ho equal; as an operatic artist her triumphs 1 prononeces everywhere, and, as an artist in the cjussical, her first laurels were won and worn. favoring, ta fiteea AFFRAY IN A DAINMNG SALOON, Dangerously Injured. At ten o'clock on Tuesday morning Cornelius Shay, @ man aeixty years of age, while ander tne influence of liquor, entered the drinking place No. 502 Pearl strect and got into a diapute with Chris- topher McGuire, the barkeeper, and struck him. McGuire returned the blow, and flooring his aged antagonist, as aliegod, kicked him ip the side and sbacien. Shay waa taket tip ai Baveye to the house of a friend living at 83 Baxter street, where he aed worse and foars of nis life were entertained by ‘he attending physician. Coroner Schirmer being notified took the ante-mortem statement of Shay, and on the evidence presented a verdict was ren- dered against McGuire, who been arrested. The Coroner committed the defendant to await the result of Shay's ting MoGuire positively dentes assault- ing aud kicking the tnjuired map, although be was poaltively identified as the assailant. Shay lives at 87 Park street. THE WEST STREET SENSATIOA, New York, Nov. 8, 136% To rag Horror oF THE HERALD: — 1 beg to correct the statement made tn your paper this morning about Mr. David Bell, and would tn- form you that he is not engaged with me in busi- ness, excepting a8 an employé in superintending a certain branch of my manufacturing, nor am I his uncle, He had no marks upon his person whatever excepting 8 slight wound upon one of his feet, which is hot a serious injury. He was taken to the Cham- bers street station, and has since been taken to Bellevue osha. whieh piace he is expected to be able to leave ina day or two. The only solution I can render of his strange action is that he has been affected by an overd f morphine or some other medicine, whieh bad been given him on Sunday last ge (at present to me unknown) for ® cold and [ever which had troubled him for a few Gays past. je is 9 most exemplary and worthy yotlug han, not sadiotea to any Vices, but temperate He qulet in bis bablt very attentive lo hig business. By giving this @ place in your columns you will ole J.J. BELL. STATION HOUSE LODGERS. With twenty-five or thirty station honses in the city of New York, with an average accommodation of sixty each, it seems rather singular that an unfortunate but deserving man cannot obtain shelter from the chilly biasta of the autumn winds, Between twelve and one o'clock tia morning a well dressed young man appeared at the Central oMce and inquired of detectives Nivens and Tieman if they could direct him to @ station house, Queries put to him cliolted the fact that the applicant had applied for lodgings at the Nineteenth precinct sia- tion honge, waa POretfed { Tapiala Thdine, of tho Twonty-firgt, io Bast Tuirty-nioth street, from there was sent to the T'wenvieth precinet, in West Thirty- fifth street; from thence to Captain Cameron, wh. teeuth precinct, in East Twenty-second street; by nis sergeant to Captain | Mount’s station house corner of Fifth street and First avenue, by the og to Capiain Hedden, in Mercer street, near Fourth, The sergeant of the Fifteenth sent the poor fellow to the Eighth, where ho was directed to the Fourteenth precinct, in Spring street. In ali these station houses he was refused aamis- sion, notwithstanding tue young man was sober ond better dressed then haif the sergeants at tue desk, the answer invariably being “We have no room.’? The man travetled fully seven miles before re; ing the Central Office, where he offered to ta ell, but was refused that boon. A gentie- Man connected with the press, believing lim to be a deserving man, left the Central OMice, took him to the Fourteenth precinet station house, whieh was Tull of lodgers, but Sergeant Kass kindly set apart a cell for the man's accommodation, and at last the weary pligrim found rest. ProrureD Rocks at Mrasronr, Mr.— ‘Those rocks are situated on Clark's Point, about two miles south of the village of Machiasport. The ex- istence of the Indian ne ‘Oglyphics on them was well known to the tirat setctrs. ‘The ledge ts situated on the shore between high and low water mark, form- jug a ridge about five feet in height above the ad- Jacent level. It is composed of a highly meta- morphosed mica slate, Tne surlace is quilé smooth from the action of the ice of the drift period. ‘The tipper surface is nearly level, witia the soniuerly portion, on which most of the hierogiyphtes are written, is inclined at an angle of thirty-five de- veos, ‘The wieroglyphics cover @ space of seven eet wide aud twenty-four feet im length. They represeut the various wild animals of the region, figures of men and women, a cross, a trident and quite a number of nondeseript figures, One of tue animals ts ten fnohos ia height and afoot in length. They are distinctiy out in the rock and show the rade marks of Indian sculpture. The existence of a cross indicates that they were cut after intercourse with the French, which could not have been much over 200 years ago. The southerly face contains seventy-five figures and the level surface thirty-five. ‘The in of the tablet is com! of pyritifer ich i# wn. ay decom, onition, of jares are partially destroyed. the moose, deer and bear are most von- A tortoise figures among them, and from variety of figures it would seem as though the consequence some Amoug the we ftended it us alist of gil the native i as Secretaries. Dre. Einhorn, Kohler, others submitted propositions on the principles of pubic worship, marital lawa, circumcision, the instl- tution of the Sabbath, religious instruction, &c. The Conference decided to consider the principles of , public worship first, and asa basis the propositions 2 submitted by Dr. Einborn. ston tho followiag resolutions were unanimously adopted :— JEWS REFORM CONVENTION. Confereace of Rabbis In Philadelphia—Pree posed Reforms Jowish Worship—The Mosule Sacrifices to be Abandoned as Past ( Insues—The Hebrew Language to be Gives Up=Tho Dectrine of Bodily Resurrection Denied, Priuapevrnta, Nov. 3, 1860, Eleven rabbis from the principal cities of the United States advocatmg reform met in conference to-day to reference to the call issued by the Rev. Drs, Adler and Einhorn, at the house of the Rev. Dr. S. Hirech, rabbi of the Reform Congregation of this city, The meeting was called to order by Rev. Dr. Hirsch and on motion of Rev. Dr.~Simy PS horn, the following oficora were unanimously wy elected:—Rev. Dr. Hirsch, aa President; Dr, Adier, of New York, Vice-president; Dr. McK * siver, of New York, and Dr. Felzushal, of Chicago, Hirsch nnd Alter a lengthy disous- ‘The Rabbinical Conference deciares that Judaism in its present pliase of development confesses the fol- lowing principles to be embodied in pubiie wore shiy Furst—The Messianic aim of Israe] fs not the re= atoration of the old Jewish state under a eon of David, the renewed segregation from the nations, but the union of all mea as chilaren of God la confession of the one and only God, of the unity of all rational beings and their vocation Jor moral purity. Second—We do not regard the destruction of the Jewish state as a punishment for the sins of Israel, * but ag the corollary of the Divine purpose expressed 4 in the promise to Abratam, and more clearly devete te oped In the course of history; to send tite members of the Jewish race to all parts of the earth in order to accomplish their high priestly mission; to lead the nations to the true knowledge and worship of God, Taird—Tho Aarolio priesthood and the Mosate sacrificial worship were only preparatory steps to Israel's national priesthood, actually beginning with the dispersion of the Jewish people and to the sacrifice of the heart’s devotion and moral santifica- tion as alone pleasing to God. These Institutions therefore, designed to prepare @ higher state of reilgious sentiment, are altogether numbered with the destruction of the second temple, among tl things of the past and in this sease only—t, ¢ theirjeducational capacity—may be mentioned in our pray Four degra"? distinction between Aaronity and non-Aaronity with reference to religious privileges and duties 18 therefore iad: acer in public wor- ship as well as in prac'foal Ife, Fisih—The selection of Israel as a religions people as bearer of the highest idea of humanity mast now, as ever, be emphatically expressed, and on that vel account shall the world-embracing mission of tarael La and the equal love of God towards all his children be just as distinctly enunciated. Sirth—The delief in a bodtly resurrection has no ty religious foundation, and only the continued spiritual ‘ existence Is to be expressed. Sevenih—However urgently and unremittingly de sirable as the fulfiiiment of a sacred duty the oulti- lon of the Hebrew language, in which the Divine asures of revelation are stored and the immortal iS) monuments of @ itterature governing all civilized nations are preserved 18 in our midst, yet since that H language has become actually unintelligible to the larger majority of our co-reitgionits, 1t must yield: on this very account in our prayer, Which if not uD- derstood is a souliess body t9 the Venacdlar 38 iar as Ule existing circumstances ronder Jt advisable, _ BRITISH INDIA. ‘ @ur newspaper flies from India, dated at Lahore ‘ on the 17th and Calcutta the 2iat of Septemoer, aup- 7 ply the following interesting nows items im detat) of and additional to our telegraph roports:— The Punjab (Lahore) fies ot the 17th of Septem. ber observes:—A subscription list 1s being cirou- lated on behalf of the widow and six children of the Rey. A. Henry, of the American mission, who lavely died at Lahore of cholera. A3’ the ‘Mission is not able to maxe any provision for the families of its deceased employes, and as Mr. Honry Was not in @ position to save money, the appeal for aid is one whieh eminently deserves a response, and the charity of the public caauot be more wortaily em- ployed. , monument is to ve erected to Lord Elgin in the cathedral of Calcutta, It ts described as consisting of an enamelled cross in color upon @ slab of ser- peniine marbie, above hee is placed a slab of polished granite, containing four groups of figures cast in bronze,’ representing scenes in Canada, China, Jamaica and India, At the ape. portion o! the slab, ta the centre, iy. a bust of Lord Kigin in White marble, ‘rhore have been great festivities at Baroda, The Guikwar, notwitstanding the critical state of bis finances, appears to have outdone himself in extwa- vagancé, ‘The number of paupers har: igen’? datly on relief works in the neighborhood Lahore had risen to ¢00, They are employed in filling up swamps and levelling ground, At me Sing from Loodiana of the 0th of September ways:—We have been blessed with rain. Coplous showers have fallen, The prospyct of rainy te getting cheaper now is a source of consolation to the poor famine-stricken people, Mr. J. Carey, Executive Pngineer of Khangaum, in the Central provinces, has opened some tumeli in the ancient stone circles near Aroes, aud vered rewnins of pottery and horses’ tecth, as wéll as gold, ba ey and iron instruments and ornaments. he mail repo rom the Central provinces are favorable, and the Cotton Commissioner gives a sau- guine account of the cotton crop, Two millions six hundred thousand were carried by the Wast India Ralway first six months of the year. During the first six months of 1869, 883 tigers, 660 panthers and leopards, 432 bears, 243 wolves and 645 hyenas were destroyed at the govornment of India expense in the Central provinces alone. Three hundred aud seventy-seven thousand two hundred and ninety-cigut acres of waste land are advertised to be vold by government in the Central provinces. Two ductors especially deputed from Great Britain to India to investigate the origin of cholera disa- ree with Professor Haliter’s theory that tt is dif- used through the air by fungi, They are bene inves- tigating Professor Petenkoifer's theo hat ib is produced by emanations Irom the subsoll, Government has directed that carbolic acid be tried as aremedy for the cattie discase in Assam and near Calcutta. The sriend of India blames the government for the increase of drunkenness among the natives. ? Mr. W. H. Kerr, a retired Madras civillan, ia sald to be about to returh to India as suit mixalonacy. The Let of the Dorer among the Chinchona plantations at Madras is denied by the government superintendent. Owing to the large increase of boxgare in - 0 ~ ram, Bengal, government has been obliged to give 1,000 roupees for their rejlef. . Forty oi is, ladeu wit anes and Bok! tapestry and other articl ith Aftegn Chi horses, wi brought to the Ameer of Oabui by te Moostoufee as presents from the Bokhara Prinoe, ‘The Governor of Khost and Zurbut, Arshake Kbj Jeharknyle, forwarded to the Ameer 16,000 realizations from the territory under his control. ‘The Ameer of Cabul expressed his satisfaction with reapect to the Goveruor’s services in @ ‘moorasiiah’? addressed to him, Tho Telegraph in India, The oMciating Deputy Director General of Tele graphs in India has, September 17, submitted a re tarn of the number and cost of government ser- vice Messages sent from each Le station dur- ing tue official year ending March 3, ‘The jollowing 1s an abstract of the feturn:— Value, No. af Messages, he Se Bombay + 8,667 38, : ] 1,596 13, 4 + ATT 1, 2: — s 5,317 23, » W. Provinces. + 8,606 10,860 11 Punjab...... + 8,200 923,978 7 Central Province: + 2,176 6,884 6 Oudd........ » 830 1,008 6 British Burmah... ++ 2,300 6,003 Mysore and Coorg 615 1,844 1 Hyderabad . 436 2006 6 Kajpoota ws 1,600 0 Miscellaneou 4,008 4 Grand total..... £100,039 7 Extension from Eugland, {Vrom the London Times (city article), Oct 21. the prospectus has been od of the Britishe Inuan Laxvenston ‘Telegraph Company, to construct the first important lnk of the couimanication be- tween India and our Australian colonies, This will consist of a cable of 1,756 miles between Ceylon and Singapore, the capital for which will be 000, in shares of £10, A contract has with the ‘Telegraph Construction and ntenan ‘ompany, who are to curmpiecte the work in the course of th coming year for £440,000, ae £130,000 in shares. The company wiil opera im conjunction with the sritish-Indian ‘Lelegraph Com with whom @ tari? bas been arrang: which the charge for a of twenty words from England to Singapore wil be £4 48., of which jade peg Mere peo | wale £178, Itappears of the whole messages bit! as over the Indo-European lines about Oue-fitty bave ‘been for uatraila, Ching, 3! Java, gud other plac id the ealontation’o f . _ by hi Tolerant dv msn es Or five each way may pected daily, whi alter ‘Tedustin we Sepene & pro’ for @ reserve yloid sixteen per cent per annum. Meai ations are in pi with the Di tralian authorities A fire recently took place ta the peror of hina at i stroyed, wilh nearly a! longing to. tue mk ual ‘In, A with pria.ty