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NEWS, Spain’s Endeavors to Bring About Mediation. Plotting for the Restoration of the Bongpartes. SPAIN. Spanish Endonvers for PeaceThe Madrid Press on the Cuban Slavery Question. Maver, Oct. 0, 1970, Minister Sagasta told tho Cortes yesterday that the government had represented to England and Russie the desirability of mediation, but both de- olined interference. England, however, was wilting to facilitate a0 interview between Count Bismarck and M. Favre. Spain then appealed wo Couns Bis werok and met with a refusal. ‘The Discussion (newspaper) doubts the statement of the Ministry that the avolition of slavery nas deen enforced or even announced ofictally in Cuba. ‘The Discussion demauas the puplication of the of- cial telegram reported to have been recetved, though % says the reports may have been framed possibly vwith a view to an early meeting of the Madrid aboutionista. Tho Discussion adds (hat measures ave been taken to expose the ministerial fraud. ENGLAND. Verdier of the Naval Committee om the Loes of the Captain. LOnDon, Oct. 9, 18 70, The verdict of the naval committee of inquiry Anto the 1088 of the iron-claad Captain exonerates everybody connected with her construction and management. BELGIUM. Armies of Observation Disbauded—Plotting Bonapartists, BRUSSELS, Oct. 0, 1870, The armies of observation have been disbanded. ‘The Indépendance Belge denounces the Bonapartists in Belgiam as plotting for the recovery of power, and demands the formal abrogation of the law shel- tering aliens which ts thus openly violated. INDIA. Aid fer the French and Prussian Wounded. OaLcurTA, Oct, 8, 1870. Lord Napier solicits of the indian army aid for ‘a Frenol and Prussian wounded, Brigham Young Looking Out for Squallse— He Resigns His Office Chorch Trustee He Threatens Resistance to the Law. Saur Lake City, Oct. 9, 1870. The great Mormon Conference has just ended. Brigham Young resigned yesterday his offices of ‘Trustee in Trust of the Church and President of the Perpetual Emigrauion Fund. He gave as reasons that he was getting old and wanted 10 travel among the Saints, and did not wish to be Darrassed with the vexatious law suits now threat- ened by apostates. He was furious against the courts. He would send the hounds of the law ‘to hell across lots if they Jaid hands upon him. He ‘Was determined to resist every encroachment, and Would destroy and burn everything, if need be, Father than submit to persecution. Smitn & Wells, his counsellors, resigned their ‘Offices to travel with him. ‘The three are now only Presidents of the Church. These are great changes. ‘The new trustee has not yet been named. The Conference closed with Brignam mildly Preaching to the living to be baptized for the dead. A good deal of excitement prevails in the city on | ‘Many other matiers. 2 y CONNECTICUT. Progress of the Tomperance Movement—The State to Be Thoroughly Canvassed. New HAVEN, Oct. 9, 1870. The board of Managers of the Connecticut State ‘Temperance Association met here on Saturday even- ing and resolved to procure lecturers to canvass the State in the interest of temperance this winter, and to issue an address to the Catholics of the State on the supject, This movement is becoming very gen- eral. The association numbers over five thousand members. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Pereo.euM MARKRT.—ANTWERP, Oct. 8.—Petroleum @losed at Sut. for standard white. - WESTERN ARCHAEOLOGY. The Mound Builders of America. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: — In your issue of the 6th inst. appeared an article on some alieged discoveries in Arkansas, It is cer- talnly refreshing in these days of Franco-Prusssian war, when the papers are literally filled with sick- ening details of horrid strife and humiliation of empires, to fiad one daily journal sufiiciently inde- pendent as not to occupy tts columns with “war news” entirely. To the sojourner amid the great Mountain scenery of Western Pennsylvania, who feels much more interest in the past of this Conti- nt than in the present of Europe, these notices of very, of which you have recently given sev- eral, are quite relreshing. I desire to say a few words about the reported discovery in Arkansas, The whole subject of, Western archwology is comparatively new. It is discreditabie to our government and people that so little is heard of pre-historical America. While the enligntened governments and peoples of Europe are viewing the efforts to trace out and develop the primeval life Of man in the East, what are we doing in the West? eld nothing. With the finest unexplored arch- alc field on either hemisphere we are careless of its vast treasures, aud sulfer the finest non- historic monumental ruins to perish in our presence. Vhis 1s disgraceful to the age, and cails for prompt remedy. Bat to the Arkansas discovery. It is not remark- able so far as the truth goes. They only excite doubt when jorance assumes to advance hypo- theses or indulge in pure fiction. Ancient tuinult occur all over the Mississippi and subordinate val- leys. They are of various forms, size and character. Many are remarkable in size, structure and con- tents, Generally they have been ratsed for purposes of burial, and many which 1 have examined contain vases. ‘The fictile art was brought te fair perfection ‘by the mound builders, ‘thus far the account you publish from a Memphis paper is not in con- Mict with facts, But there are certain discre- paucies which are not sustained by previous dis- covery, and which bear upon thelr surface contra- jon. To these I take exception. The size ed for the skeletons is simply romance. We have heard much recently of giants; even heard sci- entific men declare that there were not ‘‘only giants 1m these days,’’ but petrified monsters, I need, scarcely add that there 1s not the slightest evidence in supoort of such @ Claim, notwithstanding the ayray of authority which winds up the article in question. There have been, of course, individual exceptions, human casuaities, accideim o devel- pment, but no race or generation of giants. Popu- credulity invests man with rare size; myths of tic proportions come down to us through all story. But stabburn facts determine the question gpainss any tangible claim for a race of giants. The found builders were not men of undue proportions, We mast therefore reject this portion of the Arkansas discovery. It nut unirequently occurs in adjusting the o8 srontis by unskillul hands, a variation of several inches can readily be made. In this way I have fre- ently known errors of computauon occur. Next, Ponject to the curtous anatomical phenomenon of placing one skull (intact) over the head of aman of our goueration, take exception to the statement that the vase was found under the head ot the buried — chief. The practice of insertin, an urn over the face of the departed, has frequently been observed in mounds and other Wortuary depositories. The ornamentation of the urn, as described, was, indeed, curious, How the aboriginal potter mauaged to ornament bis work with the “tibla, or thigh bone,’ my knowledge ot auatomy or the ceramic urt does not enable me to determine. But [ must not be too critical or censorious. I Will be giad to hear jurtner trom the reported dis- covertes, The ancient mounds in Arkansas promise valuable resuits to the explorer, Lam familiar with # fine collection of ticulia, made by a lady of Louts- ville, from mounds in her plantation in the Staie named. W. DE ALLBOHANY MOUNTAINS. Pa, Sept. 29, 1870. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OUIv'BER 10, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET, THE YELLOW FEVER. nn Action of the Brooklyn Board of Health— Meare of the Sprend of the Disease—Tho Patleats at West Bauk—Nawes of Paticuts and Victims. A spectal meeting of the Brooklyn Board of Health was convened, pursuant to call of Health Officer Dr. Cochran, of that city, in the Health Ofice, County Court Mouse, at about two o'clock yesterday afternoon. There was a full attendgnee of the Al- dermen comprising the Board, The Mayor was the only member of the sanitary body absent, Dr. Cochran stated that the object of tho meeung was for the purpose of devis- ing euch measures a3 the exigencies of the occasion demanded in guarding tho pablic hewth, which wasimpertiled by the close proximity of the yellow fever. To-aight the military post of Governor's Island woulda be evacuated by order of the New York authorities; and, owing to the close proximity of the tsiand to our city, he deemed bt advisable to guard against such persons a8 reskled there coming over to Brooklyn. There were, he had no doubt, very many people ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND who would = ovject w ® removal down the bay, amd these latter persons would endeavor to cross the channel to Brookiyn, He suggested the propriety of chartering a steam- boat vo cruise up and down the channel after night- fall and arrest auy attempt which might be made on part of those on the island to get over to our St. ‘The Board comcided with the views expressed by Dr. Cochran in the watter, and passed a resolu- expenditure for the ‘The Board adjourned after & Com | thtee Lo proceed to New York and desired steamer for patrol duty, THA WEST BANK HOSPITAL, The following patients from Governors Island have heen @dmitied 19 West Bank Hospital since tast Jota Burke, gardener, : lermer, vale, Con) . ‘Theodore Vickendicker, ven Oct. 0. Charlies W. ce, private, Company B. pod bugier, Company B. private, Company E. DISD SINCR LAST KETORT. Ocr. 8.—Charies Samuel Johnson, Henry Winter carpenter. Up to the present time seventy-one patients have been admitted to West Bank Hospital trom Gover- nor's Island. & NINETEENTH WARD ROWDYISM. Drunken Savages Plying Their Knives—At- ‘The police force of the Nineteenth precinct 18 numerically 60 inadequate to properly patrol the ward that tt has become dangerous for unarmed Persons to walk abroad in some of the streets after daylight has passed, and foolhardy for a shopkeeper to attempt to protect his wares from the rapacious grasp of the thieves who bvidly stalk in and help themselves te whatever pleases their fancy, Store- keepers dare not arrest them lest they pay ior 1t with their lives, and the uence is that the rowdies and highwaymen have swing. The scenes of nearly all these outrages are along the First and Second avenues, from Forty-second v0 vn peter street. Residing along the line of the East river are gangs of as desperate rufians as ever carried a glungshot or bore @ dirk. On Saturda: evenings they usually sally out from their dens, and, reading themselves along these avenues, terrify the inhabitants by thelr drunken carousals and ai- tacks upon pedestrians, liquor und cigar stores, ‘The iatest sortie of these raians occurred a little after midnight on Sunday morning, near the corner of Second avenue and Forty-fourth street, at tue cigar store of Joseph Keit, No, 822 Second avenue, About ten minutes after twelve o'clock Mr. Kelt was surprised tw observe @ dozen of these armed with knives, loafing in front of his store, which ne had closed for the night, Suspecting something wrong he eutered his premi- ses and drew from under the counter a thief who by some means had been secreted there. Drawing him out he held him until a neighbor bad called an officer to whom he turned him over. The mea who were waiting without, drew their knives and threat- enea Keit with death if he did not permit their friend to depart. Keit, alarmed, deciined to prose- cute, and the officer was forced to release the Villain. But their rowdyism did not end here. Proceeding to the liquor store next door they made a rald upon the lace and demanded liquor, whichgwas re- fuse Drawing their knives they commenced cutting the counter, ripping things generally and swearing that they would whip the barkeeper if their demands were not compited with. riotous demonstrations the barkeeper gratified their appetites, and, an oilicer arriving, they retreated down the avenue, “ Fortunately nobody was injured, but had resist- ance been offered them it is probable that one or more lives would have been sacrificed. It 1s utterly impessible for a policeman with a post extending from Forty-second street to Sixty-third street to combat this riotous element and give citizens protec- tion tor hie and property. {tis said py the neigh- bors that Keiv’s place was robbed, but that he is in such fear of the rowdles that he dare not make a complaint. PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS. Great preparations are being made at the Pros- pect Park grounds for the agricultural and horti- cultural fair, which will be held there the coming week, commencing to-morrow and ending on Fri- day next. In addition to the agricultural and hor- licultural departments the assoviation have offered large premiums for trotting horses to exhibit their speed, and all the purses have filled numerously, New buildings are being erecied and are neariy completed for the exhibition of carriages and vehicles of ail kinds; sheds are constructed ‘or cat- tle, sheep, hogs ana olher animaia; the box stalls of the members will be given to stallions and brood mares, and everything to accommodate ali classes of exhibitors wiil be in readiness in time. The first floor of the club house will be assigned for the fine articies, such as pianos, farpiture, silverware and ail other articles of great value. “Among otiier Lin- provements on the grounds is a commodious and well arranged stand lor reporters anu members of the press, fa Lhe premiums for speed amount to about $6,000, and there will be two trotting races each day, com- mepcing at two o'clock every afternoon, the morn- lugs being devoted to other matters appurtaming to the fair, auch as awarding premiums to the best of everything that is on extubiion, The first trotting contest on the Opening day will be by horses that have never beaten 2:35, aid nine horses have en- vered for the prize. This race will ve foliowed by one for a silver pitcher, by members’ horses exctu- sively, and there are four eniries for the pitcher, On Wednesday the sports will open with the great four year old colt stake, in which there will be nine starters. This will be followed by a trot by horses that have never beaten 2:50, and seven horses are entered for the purse. On Thursday there will be a trot for $1,000 by horses that have uever beaten 2:26, and six of the best at that class will contest for tae money. The three year old celt stake wiil fol- low on the same afternoon, making a day of much interest to trotting men geuerally. The fair will close with two trois on Friday, the first between horses that have never beaten 2:40, and the second by double teams. As good trotting always is popular at agricultural and horticultural exhibitions, and large crowds of people attend to witness them, we do not think that ie Prospect fair will be an exception to the geucral rule, There should be more people and finer stock on exhibition on this occasion than on any other of asimuar character that has takeu place on Loug island. THE BELLEVILLE COOKE-CLARGE ROBBERY. Alleged Luose Way ef Conducting a Bank in Newark. On Saturday, in Belleville, N. J., now somewhat famous as the scene of the last batch of the “Hea- then Chince,”’ a young Englishman, named John Cocke, employed as a car driver, was arrested and lodged in the Newark Jall to answera charge of breaking into the room of Matthew Clarke, with whom he boarded, and stealing from a trunk Clarke’s bank book, and eighteen dollars pe- longing to one ‘Timothy Bartlett. Cooke had gone to the bank—the Newark Savinga Insti- tutton—and representing that he was Clarke, was at once paid the whole account, $100, When arrested $28 was found on his person, ‘rhe balance he at first satd was stolen, together with his overcoat. Later in the evening, however, he admitted having hid it tn a grove in Woodside, where it was found, with some $24 deside, by Chief Peckwell and Detective Fascher. Yesterd jay he was fully committed for trial. In this case, as in numerous others, the mapuer in which the mone: Was paid by the bank was, to say the least, ‘enceah ingly careless, and has given rise to @ good deal of uneasiness on the part of not a few depositors, Clarke, the depositor, is a man tifty-two yeara or age, while Cooke is a young man of about tweaty, and otherwise totally unlike the former, ANINE THOUSAND BOLLAR FIRE IN NEWARK, On Saturday night a fire broke out in the malt drying room of thet exensive lager beer brewery, on Orange street, Newark, of Mr. J. A. Boppe. The flames communicated to the roof of the buliding ana de- stroyed a consilerabie part thereof before the fre- men mastered the situation, Some 17,000 busheis of malt had just been taken in. This was damaged by water to the extent of several thousand dollars, A quantity, worth $1,500, Was totally destroyed. The Dbuuding and apparatus suffered to the extent of about $6,000, making a total loss of $9,000. The loss on the buriding is egyercd by lusurapge; thay oa the malt is mgt. ae : ART NOTES. Schaun Gallery, _ Mr. Schaus while abroad has made a@ collection of Very excellent pictures, Their number ts somewhat Mmited, to be sure; but, what docs great credit to him, there cannot be sald w be an iuferlor work among them, Whatever may be the difercnce of taste or fancy they are all good works of good paint- ers, which is an tmportant consideration. It 1s somewhat carly yet to look for the new productions of our own artists. These will come later. Yet one has always an iuterest in the work of men one can see and Know, which makes one regret their ab- sence at any time. One of the most prominent pic- tares ts “A SUMMER EVENING,” BY OBK-KOEK, ‘This 1s one of the largest, and, we believe, tn many respects, one of the most important works of this artist iu the country, It has many of his most pleas sing characteristics, The subject deviates slightly from his general way. It ts @ landscape, witha peep into the distance, a large tree in the foreground, and @ brook, over which some laborer, pertiaps, is going homeward to the joys awaiting him athis bumble hearth. The extreme care and delicacy of this painter's manner remind one of Dr. Jotinson's description of Pope's poetry in his celebratea parallel between that poet and Dry- den—that it ‘4s a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller.” His nature 1s mudh of the arcadian order in its treatment. It shows stuay, thought, cultivation and exquisite refinement of ar' In looking at his his work one feels somewhat as one often does on seeing some infantile prodigy of virtue or excellence, as though it would be an im- mensge relief to see something wrong asa break in the weary and appalling monotony of perfection. Impuise is suppressed. The rugged inequalities of genius are smoothed away. Nature and art, revised and corrected, are presented in a new edition. Still, with the perhaps hypercritical judgment of over-nicety, a tribute is certainly due to the exqui- site finish and careful, beautiful rendering of a mas- ter in art. “LB JUGEMENT DE PARIS’ —F. WILLEMS. ‘The scene represents a terrace. Three ladies of court, wonderfully twisted together with that grace and devotion peculiar to very young and pretty wo- mnen, or others not so young and pretty if they do not happen to confict in their different styles of dress and beaaty, are standing to the left. They are pretty as they await the decision of the novel Paris, Treating his subjects in a very ingenious and skilful manner, the artist has lost none of the essen- tial ideas and sentiment of the venerable story in his charming adaptation. In the tall figure to the left, with a classio profile turned to the opserver, no one can tail to recognize the proud and haughty Juno, sister and wife of the King of Goas and men. The pretty, laughing face, surrounded by its maze of golden hair, peeping over the shoulders of her companions in the confidence of consctous supre- macy, is the victorious Venus, ‘The third is that of the virgin goddess, who would seem from the story to have a little of the reputed vanity of the sex un- derlying the stern incrustation of rigid propriety with which she 18 generally invested. Her face is rather too sensuous, and the expression would leaq one to think that the artist either had little faith in the sincerity of her prudery, or had abandoned in despair the portraiture of any such femunine ano- maly. A court jester personates Paris, who, with a comic mock dignity, presents the epee Is tt at all possible that the artist intended the slightest allusion to the value of the prize awarded by such @ hand to the superior claims of tec and beauty over those of wisdont or worldly distinction, or that there was @ touch of satire on the mental or moral physique of those who do and always will form such a judgment? Perhaps not; but the decision of Pri- @m’s son on Mount Ida is not the only case where the undue appreciation of such charms has led to scenes of strife and unhappiness as terrible as those of the peso of Troy. The treatment of the picture in its detail is most creditable, and a study in {ts mas- terly and careful imitation of material. The sprightly velo of humor is most charming and ad- mirably well carried out. A certain idea of op¢ra bouffeism in art is pardonable for the cleverness with which itis done, It certainly rises far above a travestie, and, with its meaning, sprightliness and excellent management, dignifies the triviality or sipaney, it might at first seem to have. Apart from a little stlifness it deserves to take a high rank as @ work of the school of painting to which tt belongs. “VIA MALA”—JANSEN, This is a fine rendering of one of Nature’s grandest scenes. Itis almost to be regretted that the artist somewhat limited himself so as not to give a more complete idea of the grandeur and wildness, with More of the vastness of the scene. The view is taken from @ point which gives oue of the turns of the road, with one of the bridges over the chasm. No one, once having beheld the scene, can ever forget the feelings inspired by the deep ravine on one side and the precipitous ascent on the other, rising like the mountain tops uuti! lost in the clouds overhead. In the picture the view is limited. The foreground gives neither the depth of the ravine nor the height of the mountain sides. The general treatment is a Uttle conventionai. A broader and more decided Manner with the light and shade would have been more ia harmony with the wiid majesty of the Pass. AS it is, however, one is ump) ‘ed somewhat with the feeling of awe and solemnity which the road itself inspires. The distance through the ravine is good, up between the mountains checkered with the lightand shade, and the artist shows that he felt something wore tiwn he bas succeeded in rendering fully. “LA DECORATION AND “THE KING'S JESTER” — ZAMACOIS. These are two admirable works of tis well known painter, The formeris painted in olla and is ex- tremely life-like and sprightly. The figure is very graceful and well drawn. The expression ts capital and speaks for itself. This artist has often a vein of the grotesque im his works, which 1s here quite noticeab.e and not unpleasant. “The King’s Jester’ is a water color and represents one of those uneouth figures of atime gone by leaning agaimst the wail, aud wi in spite of bis misshapen form and Jester's , has a certain underlying pathos in the which greatly relieves the extravagance ttosome might keem @ Coarsemess of the The treatment is both broad and with a re- figure. gard to detail which are not often combined, A figure by Plassan 1s not 8@ pieasing as ene could wish from a painter of bis ability, and sugwests very strongly the lay figure Instead of’ the ving model. An exquisite littic work 1s by Von Bremen. It is 80 simpl4, 50 expressive, and so ful: of life and feel- ing, that it seems superfluous to say anytaing in explanation. It speaks for itself, and tells a sweet, suupie, home-like story which appeals to all the holier domestic feelings in one’s nature, “GOMING TO THE PARSON’—ROGERS, ‘This 18 one Of the best of a number of very excel- lent groups by this gentleman. As is the case with every conscientious and hard-working avytust, he hus greatly improved. tlis works have generally hac a certain sympathetic clement in them, besides being animated and ea:y and having considerable char- acter, This group shows tore freedom, a@ mere thorough understanding and a more practised treat- ment. The subjects, doubuess, have done something for Mr, Kogers’ works. They are avways such as appeal to the heart rather than to the head, and as someting in the way of heart is far more common than anything in the way of head, they reach a far larger viase, and, perhaps, @ more sympathetic be- cause a less critical and @ more impulsive one. Add to this the fact of the works belng treated with a tender and honest manly feeling, and the great popularity of these charmipg litte groups is ex- plained, They almost invariab.y call forth the purest and best feelings of human nature. In this group Mr. Rogers represents a country couple in the basbful simplicity of first love coming to the country parson, whe sits by a tabie and looks up at them irom is newspapers witn @ mingled expression of inquiry and waggishness. The girl, Sbriuking and suwirking with ‘hat seduetive trre- sponsibility we find in tue sex as far back as in the story of the apple and the d-—, is yielding, not without some show of resistance to her fool of a country lover, who probabiy really believes in her coyness. The figure is Wonderfully pretty. It is simple, easy and full of expression. The girl has the beauty and grace one naturally expects, without losing any of the rustic artiessness of the countr maiden. One can well imagive the half bold, half timid perplexed teeling of the happy aitianced, who feels sv much and knows so iitfie, The parson, who knows mueh more and probavly feels proportion- ately leas, is algo excellent, with his beuignant air of paternal and ministerial power. His wrnkied, Kindly face is that of one whose ex- perience of life has taught him its philosophy. in the figures, considered beth in their individual characters aud collectively, there ts a gi deal comprehension of human neare, caretul study and skilful treatment, Tae group, as ve have already said, ia one of the most pleasing of those we have seen froin the hands of Mr. Rogers, and must be a most ratisfactory recompense for Wie lavor bestowed upon it. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. The organization of the ime night classess In sci- ence and art, under the directorship of Fitzgerald Tisdall, Jr., {8 still in progress. Up to date more than twelve hundred studénts have enroliea their names, The drawing clas#s, comprising mechant- cal, architectural, free hand and perspective draw- ing, together with svudies from cast and life and modeiling tn clay, number neariy nine huodred. The accommodations for puptls 16 the School of Science are still ample, though the clesses in calculus, geom- etry, trigonometry and algebra are largely attended. Special atiention is directeé to the [ree course of lectures in chemistry and netiral philosophy, whicu are open lo tue publig Withew. Uckets Cooper Institate Scheel ef Desica. - The pmplis of the School of Design, Cooper Insti- tute, held a meeting on Thurtlay evening for the purpose of preparing and signing a petition to the trustees asking that Dr. Rimmer. whe bas bad “o school for the past E toe nosition, Dr, immer des, a some time since, 8248 lady named Chitds put in his place. This esa °°! €00d deal of dissatisfaction in the school, Mim O,"!d8 having, as some of the upils allege, develope, * Characteristics witch im. p of ‘wteacher. It was claimed aired her usofulbieas a8» ' tireoted the school whiia under bis charge that R atte.'04 & Nigher desree of the resolutiona setting fort these expressions ot.” y?piaion wero. duly 0) : written, aigned and rorwardedt Wo the trustees afver the meeting adjourned, THE MAUSOLEUM OF OPERA. Some Facts and Figures Avent the Academy of Masic and Ite Stockholdere—s)reculation fm Art and the Science of Deadhead. em. To THe Epitor ov Taz HeRaLo:— Now that a distinguisned Buropean songstress ts here, and everybody is crying out again.for operay, 1 seems that the ltaltam luxury has not where to la’ its head in this city. Max Strakosch is not adverse’ Uo & presentation; of Ambrose Thomas’ operas of “Hamlet” and “Mignon,” with Mule. Nilsson, but Max Strakoseh has had enough experience’ in our Academy of Music to warrant anything like boldness im ap operatic venture in that direction. The truth is, our Academy of Music stands Uke one of those piles sometimes erected on @ dangerous coast—a— warning heap—meant to frighten men from te vicinity. Itis at this season, however, that we are accustomed to hear of the self-sacrifictng stock- holders, the large hearted directors und @ great deal more nonsense about the Academy, so that, Once for all, we shall make onr statement of the Condition and prospects of affairs there, First, then, there will be no opera this season. Every man in the country who had any money to lose ,in opera has already lost itat the Academy. Nilsson may be heard in oratortos, but Max Strakosch cannot be induced, even in the interest of art, to Present two hundred of our wealthy ciuzens with @ gratuity of several doliars every night that he Periorms. Nor will there ever be successful opera at that house until the whele plan Te system are thoroughly remedelied accor e with its charter, At present cue close col rporation of speculators, art and the public taste into pennies, and with not the faintest desire to sacrifice anything, not even the price of # secured for those tand tous things that were so. highly of when the institution was founded. Ii the public desires to know hew much the stock- holders of the Acad sacrifice for art lev them look over the following i Tue cost And value of the 200 shares were $1,000 each, inaking @ fund of........$200, After the fire in 1563 an extra assessment was made of $260 for each share for build- Mortgage upon the bulaiag’ 3 Floating debt, about see eeee There is a sum total of. eee e cence eee ee $400,000 ‘The property has increased in value evormously, a8 everybody knows, so that the pussibility of a loss on the origina! investment is out of the question. The yearly expenses have been aveut: Interest on $150,000 debt.... Taxes and insurances, abeut. lncidentals, about....... eee in up to the present year, There have been, as may be men by consulting the newspaper files, about titty regu- lar Italian opera nights a year, which atan average rent of about $200 per night (which has usually been paid) would be, “a 7 «$10,000 There have also been an of thirty nights of incidental, English, neh and travelling Italian operas, Which were taxed at the same rate, making seseeeseceesee 6,000 The dramatic performances, concerts, lec- tures and other exhipitions, about thirty a YORE oo. ce ceeee is pele’ sees 6,000 ‘The rent paid by the Philharmonic Society 4,000 Fairs and other shows, about.......... 60... 8,000 Filteen regular balls at $1,200 per night. There {s a grand total of (per. eseccces - $47,000 But, as if tos was not enough, it will be seen that the disinterested stockholders exact about two dol- Jars a night, each of them, in the sbape of seaty (which ata low estimate alwaya command that Drice), and, there being 200 stockholders, we have for the eighty cree performances an additional levy upon the different managers of $32,000, which, added to the $47,000 already received for reni, makes @ grand total of $59,000, Add to this that they take the best front boxes and leave to the paying pubite infertor ones; also that said boxes are transierrable, and oiten sold by some of therm at a lower price than at the box office, and we can imagine the amount of injury the stockholders have been inilict- on the mi of the Academy of Music. ‘nis statement, which will be feund exact, is enough to explode the sions of our For teenth street art patrons. It showd that the Acad- emy of Music, whose charter provided for a free School of music, is speculation, pure and sipyple, a detriment to public taste, the dread of managers and afraud upon the general pry ‘The only thing that has been accomplished by the instivution is the erection of a splendil deadhead system which, in in its working, has had the most damaging effect upon all forms of art entertainments that have had the hardihood to brave its portals. The stockhold- ers in the Brooklyn Academy of Music and in Boston have only face admittance, and have to puy uf they wish to secure a seat. A BATCH OF ATROCITIES IN JERSEY, Ontraging the Living and Robbing the Dead, Several days ago a rather prepossessing English maid servant, abont seventeen yeara of age, named Annie Green, appeared at the Newark po.lde sta- ton and stated that while on her way from Bloom- fleid to Newark she was attacked by a crowd of young rufiaus, who, in addition to robbing her of all her money—a month’s earnings—subjected her to outrages of the most appalling character. Ever since she has remained tn Newark, while the detectives have been busy endeavoring to bring the miscreanis to justice. It was not till yesterday that they succeeded in arresting any of the allog perp ors, Wii Andrew Deschler, a young German, was taken into custody at his residence, No. 17 Ridge street. He was instantly picked out of a crowd b Aunie as oue of her brutal assailants, and is held ‘The others cannot long eseape. There 13 now confined in the Ei Man named Ve Camp, who ts charged with a similar atrocity, alleged to have been perpetr: on the prson of a litte girl ten years of age, near Rah- way. She wasin the woods nutting, when met by De Camp, who, it 18 also alleged, filled ner mouth with leaves, 80 a8 to stop her cries while he accom. plisied nis findish purpose. The other day, among a batch of priseners con- victed at the last term of Union County Courts, and removed to the State Prison at Trenton, was a black brute of the same order, named Wiilam Henry, atlas George Albert. He was sent to Trenton tor seven years, having been found guilty of waylaying # young servant girl of his own race named Hagar Smith aud subjecting her to his lustful brutality. ‘The uct was committed last July, ab & place calied Moss Mills, two miles out of Blizabeth. He pinioned her witn stockings, which she ttud jast taken from the bleaching ground, With the same batch there also wentdown for four years a white servant girl, named Ana or Ellen McCormick, who was found guilty of robbing her employer, Mr. Thomas E. Boice, of Linden, of a large quantity of wearing apparel, a lady’a gold watch and a lady's plain gold wedding ring. Tue latter she had actually snatched trom the body of Mrs. Boice while it lay in the house preparatory to tn- terment, This is even Worse than the stacement tat pennies were stolen of a dead inan’s eyes, beth jail a young THE COURSE OF EMPIRE. Number of Ships and Passengers the Weck. The following is a lat of the ships that arrived at this port with passengers duriug tie past week:— Svamshij Arvived id Queenst’n 308 +-Liverpool and Queenst’a 153 + Glasgow Havre on aud Havre. ana... Virginia, Columbia Briae. Harry & Aubrey Emily Comer... Dirigo « Shom reytown, ‘ort Culedou Kingston, Jam ow." AMERICAN INSTITUTE. FAIR. ‘The exhibition last Saturday evening aitracted even more than the usual large attendance, the building was In fact crowded almost to excess, In addition to the usual brilllantdisplay and a ne promenade cou- cert by Eben's orchestra, there was presented the somewiat novel feature of gkating on ice in early October. In the miniature skating pond, the ice, We product of the remarkabie invention of mM. J. Bujac, was ine lient condition, and some of the best skaters tn this and a tears | cities displayed their ski. The manufacture of blocks of ice will commence this week. ‘The whole exnibition is now in perfect order, and & person can hardly find any- where clse 40 UCL pleasure apd wstruction in oy eventing, WASHINGTON. Funding the Public Debt—Circular of Secretary Boutwell—The French Min- ister Dissatisfied with the Prest- dent’s Proclamation—Army Offi. cers du the Retired List. WASILENGTON, Oct. 9, 1870, Popularity of the Prosideat’s Proctamation— Threatened Vrotest from the Freach Min- inter. The President's proclamation direeting a more rigid regulation in regardvo the movements of French ana German vessels—war and merchantmen— in Amerfcan waters, is warmly commended here and gives satisfaction, @pparently, to ath parties, ‘The firm tone which characterizes its references to the interruption of legitimate commerce and trade 4s particularly praised vs being manly and interna- tioral, while not offensive to elther of the belliger- ent parties, It is asserted however, that the French Minister intends to make certain representations to Secretary Fish with a view to modifying, in some degree, the stringency of tne new regulations pro- claimed by the President. what precise manner he proposes to suggest a modification is not ex- plained, and it 13 not believed here that any representations he may make, tf he really nas an in- tention to present any for the consideration of our government, will have the slightest effect in alter- ing the President's policy. The proclamation was Not asudden thought. It was considered maturety 4m connection with all the circumstances of the case, and endorsed by a Cabinet meeting as just the thing Fequired by the emergency. Tue President found that the course pursued by the Freneh war vossels was seriously damaging our commerce, to say no- thing of the bellicose aspect which it was reflecting upon several of our most important ports, and he deemed tt his duty to adopt the policy enunciated im Bis last proclamation here, For a wonder, the democratic radicals tn this quarter have not yet made it a ground of new assault upon the adminis- tration, The Funded Debt—Circular of tae Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury has just issued the following circular with reference tothe funded loan of the United States of 1880, 1885 and 1900:— TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. (,, Oct. 8, 1870, The Secretary of the Treasury, la anticipation of & proposal to be issued by him for subscriptions to the national loan, under the act approved July 14, 1870, entitled “An act to authorize the refunding of the national dept,” gives notice of the terms and conditions on which such proposal will be issued. ‘he proposed ioan comprises three classes of bonds, Tl namely: Bonds to the amount of $200,000,000, paya- Furst ble at the pleasure of ne United States after ten years fr the date of thetr issue, and bearing In- terest, payable semi-annualy, in coin, at the rate of five per cent per annum, Second—Bonds to the amount of $300,000,000, pay- able at the pleasure of the United States after fifteen years the date ot their tasue, and bearing in- terest, payable semi-aunuaily, in cotn, at the rate of four and a half per cent per aunum. Third—Bonds to the amount of $1,000,000,000, pay- able at the pleasure of the United States after thirty years from (tue date of their issue, and bearing inte- rest, payable semi-annually in coin, at the rate of four per cent per annum, Banks and responsible bankers will be designated for the negotiation of the joan and paid commission upon the amounts negotiated by them respectively, Subdsoribers to the loan wili have preference in the following order, namely:— First—Subscribers lor equal ameunts of the first and third classes of bonds, Second—Subscribers tor equal amounts of each class of bonds. Thtrd—Subscrivers for five per ceut bonds accord- ing to the per cent of premtuur offered or at par ia the order of the dave of subscribing. When a subscription ts made subscripers will be required to deposit two per cent of the amount thereof, to be accounted tor by the- government when the bonds are delivered, and pormen’ may be made elther tn cotn or in bonds of the United States known as tive-twenty bonds at thelr par value. The com received in payment will be appiled to the re- demption of five-twenty bonds. The bonda will be or issued with coupons, as may be desired by the subscribers, aud in denominations of $00, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,600, Tne in- terest will bo payable in tue United States at the office of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or designated depository of ‘the government. The bonds of the several ciasses aforesald and the inter- est thereon ure exempt from the payment of all taxes or dues of the United States, as well as taxa- ton in any form, by or under State, municipal or local authority. After maturity the bonds last issued will be first. redeemed $s and numbers, as muy be desiguated by ry of the Treasury. GEO. 5. BOUTWELL, Secretary. Postal Improvements. On the Ist tastant the Post Ofice Department put into operation the distribution system between De- tro and Chicago, @ distance of 230 miles, and Is now preparing to extend it between St, Louis and eveland, # distance of 640 mi The duties of the mail clerks on these lines of ratiroad travel are the same as those on Northern lines, Not only are the way mails promptly delivered, but letters are assorted and punched and plaved tn the way of reaching taeir destiaation without lying over in any post oMice, Applicants for Retivem Numerous applications have been made by persons attached to the army tobe put upon the retired list, on account of physical infirmities, but some of them have failed to be ordered before the medical boards for the purpose of examination, the reason belng that there were only 120 vacancies on the list, and the number of applicants is far in exeess. The military board to meet in this city on the 17th inst, Will have nothing to do with the examination of officers to be dropped from the army because of physical infirmities, bat for other reasons. Germau Kejoicing at the Neutrulity Pro- elamation. The Germ of this city have heretofore com- plained of the conduct of French armed vessels in our waters towards (he Prussian shipping, but they are now rejoicing over the recent neutrality pro- clamation. Conveyance of Land Witho sideration. A person purchased certain real estate tn 1862, At the time of the purchase he was engaged in open and active hostility to the government. In order to avoid confiscation of his property by the Uniced States on account of such hostility, he caused the property to be conveyed to his father-in-law, who Was not in open and active hostility to the govern- ment, and who took the conveyance with fall know- ledge of the purpose for which It was made to him. After the termination of the rebellion, and when {t was found that the lands would not be confiscated, the father-in-law conveyed the property to his son. in-law without valuable consideration, The Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue decides that this conveyance confers a taxable succession upon the son-in-law, for the reason that the conveyance to the father, made for the purpose above mentioned, was hostile to public policy; that both parties were in equal fault; that the rule of law that “when the parties are equally in wrong, the condition of the possessor is the better,’ applies, in this case; that inasmuch as the law leaves ‘the parties in equal fault just where it finds themyand gives no relief by an action which requires aid from an illegal contract in its support, the title at the father-in-law was good against the sen and ius heirs; that the conveyance of the fathervin-iaw was therefore purely voluntary, and being /a voiun- tary conveyance, made without valuable consiaera- tion, must “be heid and taken to conser-upon the grantee & succession,’ a8 provided in s@gdon 152 of the act of June 30, 1864, as amended, Tho Newly Discovered Seal Pivacries. The Collector of San Francisco telegraphs Secre- tary Boutwell that he has thoroughly investigared the case of the ship which recently arrived there with 11,000 seal skins on board, ‘which, tt was asserted, were secared on an unknown island in the Okotsk sea, near Kamtchatky, and find that the statement was undoubtedly toue. The evidence showed clearly that the ves, had not come from the coast of Alaska, a8 Waa nuspected. The vessel will, therefore, | e released. New Natiouz1 Banks. During the last week ertificates wero iasued, authorizing the follow, national banks to com- mence business :—~The Mrs National Bank of Ster- ling., I., with a caputal of $100,000, Jonn L, Miller, Valuable Cone President; W. A, Sanborn, Cashier, The Citizens’ National Bank of Alexandria, Va; capital $125,000; Rk. A, Miller, President; W. HU. Lambert, Cashtey, ‘The followtay, applicants have been aythoyized to ee eee ete ir ee completo thelr organtzationa:—n °cnville, Als, M. B, Jones and others; Rome, Ga., A. .* Aligood and others; Americus, Ga., R. ‘tf, Byrds ®24 others; Branswick, Ga., Foster Blodgett and oth 78; Pensa cola, Fla., Horace Potier, Jr., and otwera,: Suelby- ville, LL, L., W. Moulton and others, \ “ Appolaimests by the President. |, Joseph Parrish, of Mila city, bas been a Secretary to the President to sign land patents, vice Charles White, deceased. Edward P. Champlin has been appointed Depaty Collector at New Ovicaus. AFRICA. Theo Diamond Viecids of Soush Africae The Grahamstown (Cape of Good Hope) Journat, of,the 12th of Angust, says:— There certwioly never has been such a stir in this golony before, excepting at the time of war. Kvery town gud divtriet la ihe colony las sent is contia- gent to the ari ay of workers at ine Vaal Mlelds, and sil the movement goes ou. in May there were about one huwdred men at the diggings Before the end of June there were seveu hundred. At tha close of July thes’ were over one thousand; and at presemt it ig estimated that there ere at tl Kip Drit, Poteb Hebron and Kicskenma Fieid® no Jess th. vt two thousand wen. When tt 13 remembered that the European populauon ta the colony is scattered oer a large suriu ab the best bus sioall, aad iat distances ne re very great, it will be unde stood that pretty strong md tives must have been &t Work ty Occasion so Large a mmoveurent,. The discovery of the “star of Souta Africa,” now known at-home, has t.en followed by that of other stones, w Uleh, If not so valuable aa that superb gem, are «M great excelienes and ua large numbers, As the b\elds are in «country owned by no one Who C&n subst toate his ciataa there te no organization of j,ibor and inere are no means of ascurtaiaing \he actual <iscoverieca. Some keep their yood fortune to themselves, and ain: there are cases in Which & dia- mond tatked about ui il it becomes several diamonds. The custome ret, IDs will, after a whiie, give trustworthy statistics, AC present tt bs estl- meted that the Natal Comp: Wy Mus sent home dia- Monds to thevaine of £12,000;" that Moxentharé Oo, smippes £4,b00 by the mu Dythat the Norseman took away £450 and the North wi £2,800, while it w said that the Cumbrian will nov W receive £50,000. If Ww these sums be added the price of the Scar of South Africa a sum of £60,000 is reached, and these sipments leave @ large namber oF gems im-the colony and in the possession of diygers at the Nelda, Some parties are known to hive #een very success Ml. The Natal and King Willnumssown ures May be espectaily mentioned. ‘Tha; have divided about £20,000 between them, As a mat ter of courac, out otao large anamber of diggers many fave been disappointed; and in making ,the above 6 We do So only 10 our office as) rapociers af pewa, pean @t all with a desire ta excus Ww rash ad- venture. AS to the position of tho fields, it may be as welt to say that they are within one diumired miles west of Bloemfontein and one hundred sues uorth oc Fauresmith. Let any one who lias one of Hall's Maps of South Africe lollow the \Gwenty-cignth line of latitude until it crosses the Vial. inuiediately below the point of intersection be will see a reat bend ia the river, ‘Tho fvids are om oth sides of the river, at the howest secondary curve of that great bend, On ile soutneasterm. side is the Phiel Field, and on the owrtiwestern side ts the Kip wrift Fiela. Port Alircd ts tho nearest colonial port to the diamond felds, aud eapetown Ls the mosé distant. From Grahamstown, whetner by Oradock or Queenstown, the distance is by no means formidable. A party from the city asvouplished the Journey in a builock wagon in eigiiteen days We do not advise any one who lives “ai home at ease” to rush to the diamond diggings; but should the lottery rove as attractive at home as it has shown sell wo here, then it should be reubered tiiut the nearest Seaport to the telds 19 netaer Co wat nor Port Natal, but that Port Alfred and » aeveth are much nearer, and that at eitver of a ports goody Waveliing accommodation 14 to be vbiaiudd. A MORMON LOVE TRACEOY. Cold Poison-qThe Suicide of an Astronemer’s Daughter, [Vrom the Utah Gospel.) Miss Laura Claire, the beautiful daughter of Prow fessor Ignaz Clatre, the astronomer, has, it has been well known for some time, been engaged to Mr, Al- fred Vivian, the young writer, author of “Hell and Heaven—Which Wiil You Have? “Tuluk and Kee pent,” “Prayers for the Sinners,” and other beautt- Jul tracts, which have given nim quite a reputation; but for some reason or other it hax been saapecter that there was a coolness between tiem. still Miss Claire loved him devotediy, and the preparations for the wedding were going, on, In the meanwiule Mr. Joseplt Morton, a young nt Of this city, had fallen de»perste:y in love with 183 Claire, and refused to be demicd adiaittance to the house, although Projesso. Claire iad several Umea ordered him out. He, when treated thus, de- clared mysteriously that he kuew certain secrets about Miss Claire, and if sue did not marry him be wonid repeat them. He demanded i rT alone. This she tnally consented to, and, alicr a long in- terview, he departed, stating he would return the nextday. To this she smiled. and sald, “Yes, I shall always be glad to see you.’ ‘These words were repeated by one of the servants to Mr. Vivian when he came tha! evening, and he asked mis aifianced what they meaul. She said, “Nothing.” Alter awhile le said, “Do you love this Morton’? Miss Ciaire laughed and sald, “Don't be a fool, Alfred.” “th you refuse to answer 7? ne said. She frowned. “You know Liove you,” she answered; “and if you ask me any tore dilly ques Uons I shall be angry.” Mr. Viviau left shortly after, appearing much displeased. ‘The next morning Mr. Morton came. ‘The ser- vants noticed that Miss Claire was deadly pale, but she received him quite cordially. “You mast have some wine,’ she suid, “Of course,’ he replied, “with you.”’ He took @ glass and diank it. Snortig after he departed, but beiore he walked three biucks he fell to the ground aud was picked up dead! A ost mortem revealed that he had been poisoned. Miss Claire was arresied. She sentfor Vivian. “Do you belicve me guilty” she asked, “I have nothing to say,” he replied; *‘iam and have been for & month engaged to be murried to a gay lady in this city, and 1 8 nol rigit that L should be seen wilh 01 The young lady uttered a piercing seream. “Ont Alfred,” she shrieked, “1 did it for your sake. F loved you. He could have prevented our marriage, Oh! Alfred, do not desert me—save me! save n id Mr. Vivian tore himself away aut would have quite ted the cell, when Miss Cluire piaced herself with her back against the door. “Look,” ste sald before he could prevent it she haa drawn and, stabbing herseif, she fell dyimg at his 1 forgive you, I tove you,” she muriwured, aad her eyes closed foreve A PLUCKY POLICE SERGEANT. A Thief Jumps Into the North River, ts Kole lowed by an Officer and Capiu Patrick Brennan, of No. 6 Weat street, and Peter Hon, of No, 25 Washington street, were arraigried in the Tombs yesterday, on compiaint of Jotun a, of No. 87 Washington sureei, whow they atiacked in West street on Saturday bight, inputs to steal from him his watch. Kane, when he found himself overcome by the thieves, shouted for the police, and Sergeant Oates, of the Twenty-seventa precinct, soon appeared on the sce} mt a3 s00n as the officer approached the ras ran, pursued by Oates and Kane. Kane soon cane up with Bren- nan and arrested him, but Scannon ran towards the docks, with the sergeant close followin hi seeing no other mode of escape, jumped river at the foot of Liberty street. “To us g tonishment the sergeant, With commendable pluck, jumped in right beside hin, and, after effecting the arrest in the water, wok his pritouer fo the station house. Both prisoners were held fur trial by Justice Hogan. se eb A ProsrRROUS STaTs.--Populution. of Lowa, 1,200,000. Very good for what was nol \weniy years ago & howling wilderness, Died. WILLIMson.—On Sunday, October 9, Mrs. Cateta- RINE W MsON, aged 42 years, Of Lhe county Sligo, Ireland. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, this (Monday) afternoon, at two o'clock, from her late residence, Ne. $3 Mulberry street. (For Other Deaths See Eighth Page.) A. Uerring’s Patent CHAMPION SAFES. : ‘21 Broadway, corner Murcay acre. A Fresh Sapply of Mixsinquoi Spring Wutor Just received by J. F. HENRY, No. 4 College piace, A.—Fora Stylist and Elegant Hat lar prices, go W DOUGAN'S, 12 Nassau streat, OM Atkinson's (of London) Koglisk Vorfunery— ad others, The geanine oof corner of Twealy-itth A.—Leng Complaints Broocitiv4, Asthma, ke., are speedily relieved, and, {f taken in time, permanently cured by JAYNE'S EXPE also a certain remedy for Co OBANT. You will find in it and Colds, Sold every~ where, he Only Clear Peenn p A.—Rostorer Ameri ene Peewee ration in the world that wi and cleanse (he scalp. Sold Brondway, corner Broadway. Cents a Foot for Wenthor Strips. hd Four ComtbUCi SiOS., 68 Fulton, near OLR othe 4 Royal Havana Lottory.-lrizes Paid” ta n furnisLed. The bigest raven for d all Kinds of Vote and Silver, 2 »., Bankers, Lo Wail strent, NewYork, tora Do You Use t+ -General ouly. HM Chambey, aireet, vear J Bepot tor Natural Wa Broadway