The New York Herald Newspaper, October 15, 1870, Page 6

11-Chile: D: Sb widh NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LINA EDWIN’S THEATRE, 720 Broadway.--EVERY- povy's FrinyD—LA SoMNAMBULA. Muatiace at 2. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway ava 10th street Two Rosrs. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—LiTtL@ NELL AND THE Maxzoniowess. Matinee at 2. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Etghth avenue and Sud at.-Orxza Bourre-—L4 Perit faus7, Matinee at 2 ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 4th street.—JaNAUsoHEK as Many SivaRt, Matinee, WOOD'S MUSEUM Broadway, corner 80th st,—Perform- ances every aiternoon end evening, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broad Wee Wiis WInkir. Matines r hint PANTOMIME O BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Naw York BURGLARg— IsisumMan's Hove—Tunovuen wy Dayiicur. FIFTH AVENUS THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—Man anp Wirk. Matinee at 2 BOOTH’S THEATRE, Bir Van WINKLZ, Matines ween Sib and 6th avs,— 14. NEW YORK STADT THEATRE, 45 Bowery.—GRanp GuaMay Opesa or Tux HuGUENOYS. FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE (Theatre Francais)— Matines at 2—Janu Ever. GLOBE THEATRE, 728 Broadway.—Vanrmery ENTER: WAUINMENT—LUOUurTiA Borgia, M.D. Matinee at 2g. MRS. F. B, CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brook!ya.— A Romance or ror Rune TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOU. 201 Bowery.—Va- Bik1y EXTREYAINMENT, Matinee at 2). THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Comio Vocat- 1sM, NEGHO Ac 7, &0. Matinee at ¥}y. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL, 685 Broa:way.— Neono Mingreensy, Fances, BuRLESQUrs, &C. KELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, No. $96 Broadway.— Tue OnLy Leon—SwzErest OF WILLIAMS, £0. = HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, ra 4 Brooklyn.—Ngazo MIN- STaeLey, BURLESQUE, £0. LYN OPERA HOUSE——Warton, Huours & MINSTRELS—VINGINIA PasiTinrs, 46. War Bi on ASSOCIATION HALL, 23d street and 4th av.—Matinee— @eanv Concent, KLYN ATHENAUM, corner of Atlantip and Clin- ‘Dx. Conuy’s GREAT DIORANA OF [BELAND. | NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street.—ScENES IN war Rino, ACRoLATS, dc, Matinee at 2's, AMERICAN INSTITUTE EX@LBITION.—Emring King, Third avenue and Sixty-third street. NEW YORK M''SEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— BCLENCE AND Art. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway.— SOMENOE AND Anz. Now York, Saturday, October 15, 1870. CONILALS OF TODAYS UEQALD. Pie ee Advertisements, Q—Adveriisements. B—Paria: Higily Important from the sieged c ucvessiul Offensive Moveme whe Fre The Prussian Army Driven back Along thi itire Line, 4—Yachti Between the Cambria and auntiess the Winner—Lee Memo- in Lexingion, Va. rom Washington— ork Liberat Ciub, S—Secon jxpedition—Heav, Panel —hirget Paving As leged vy in Tren etiic—Aiurs in Turk by a Citizcu—aA My: Death of a Veteran Soldier—A Premonition ot the War eading Article: The War in Fraace, a Winter Campaign, the Duty of ntval Powers—Amusement Announce- lec:apbic News trom all Parts of the Worll— Politicul Iptviligence—American Jockey Clu— The Nathan Murder—T! Jabinet Imbrog- ing Intelige Prospec News—N York City Ni liwayman’s aw £ cut—Marriages and Deaths, 10—The War Coutiiued from Third Page}--Adver- tisemants. isfaction with Congress—Real Es- taie Tra —Advertisements. FQmadvertist A Canarp—The pigeon that brought the news that the siege of Paris had been raised and that old King Wilhelm was heading for Wilhelmshébe. Tur Peace NeGotiations.—We published the letter of Jules Favre detailing his con- versations with Count Bismarck oa the ques- tion of peace in the Heratp on Wednesday. ‘This morning we furnish our readers with the full text of Bismarck’s reply. a aa , ‘QuaMPAGye Snort, Ciper ABUNDANT.— If the German invasion and armed occupation of France have made sad havoc in the cham-. pagne depots and vineyards the enormous apple crop of this season throughout the United States will meet the deticiency of genuine champagne in the cider substitute, real article. Tur Frencn Brockaps of the an (he Weser rivers has been resumed, and in consequence the departure of the Germaa steamer Weser from this port has been de- layed. The Germans can hardly expect to keep both ends of their ocean lines open while they are at war with France. Tax Pension Roits of the War Depari- ment contain the names of twelve widows of revolutionary soldiers, each over one hun- dred years of age. Of these relics of the Revolution two have reached the ripe age of 117 years; another, a resident of Ohio, counts nine years over a century, and her son is a promising lad of eighty-seven, Tue Tenvanrepzo CANAL survey is soon to be an accomplished fact. The United States steamers Kansas and Mayflower sailed irom Fortress Monroe yesterday with the parties appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to make the survey of the Tehuantepec isthmus, and within a few months probably the pro- blem of a sbip canal uniting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans will be solved. Srexer CAsvaLt1es.—The community would " be alarmed at reading a complete summary of the sireect casualties to which reckless driving exposes the men, women aud children of this metropolis during a single year. The knock- ing down and running over of the wife of ex Judge Roosevelt on Thursday by a hack, the brutal driver of which whipped up his horses and escaped, is but one case in the youltitude of such cases which should excite popular indignation. Why cannot the laws whieb prohibit reckless driving in the city sireeta be rigidly enforced? The War in France—Froespects of a Win- tor Campaignu—The Duty eof the Neutral Powers. ‘While the condition of France becomes more and more desperate, while Metz is in her last @geny, and while Paris is strong only with that hope which is begotten of despair, it is grati- fying to learn that Bismarck hes made it known to the leading Powers of Europe that he is willing to listen to the voice of the medi- ator. This intelligence comes trom a corre- spondent at Versailles. There is no good reason known to us why this report should be doubted. It is our bellef that Bismarck has no desire to prolong the war if a satisfactory peace can be arranged. After reading the ad- drees of Jules Favre to his colleagues—an address which had in it more of patriotic senti- ment than of wisdom or practical common sense—we did think that Jules Favre made a grand mistake, not to use a stronger term, when he refused to accede to an armistice on the terma which Bismarck, with the full con- sent of King William, was willing to grant. Considering the actual situation of affairs, it does not evem to us that Bismarck was unrea- sonable when he offered to grant an armistice of fifteen or twenty days, thus giving the Con- stituent Assembly ample time to meet and de- liberate in Tours, on condition that the provi- sional government should permit the forces of Germany to occupy Strasbourg, Phalsbourg and Toul. The first demand—a demand based on the assumption that the Co nstituent Assem- bly would meet in Paris;_ that Mont St. Valcérien, or some other fort of equal impor- tance near Paris, should, in addition to Stras- bourg, Phalsbourg and Toul, be surrendered— was very properly resented by Jules Favre and wisely abandoned by Bismarck. But the terms to which Bismarck finally con- sented, and which we have already stated, were, in the circumstances, reasonable, honor- able. If Jules Favre had been a wiser man than he is he would, conditionally at least, lave accepted them, and used his influence with his colleagues to bring about an armistice, It was natural for the members of the pro- visional goverament to justify the conduct of Jules Favre; but if his conduct had been different its justification by his colleagues would have been just as natural and perhaps a litile more easy. As the siluation now is France is in a worse plight than ever. Since the famous interview of the two Ministers Strasbourg has fallen, and to all appearances nothing but a miracle, a direct interposition of Providence, can save eiiher Metz or Paris. The prolonga- tion of the war is but the prolongation of destruction, of misery, of torture, of agony. Metz is doomed, Paris is doomed, and in spite of French chivalry, which is entitled to all praise, every stronghold in the kingdom must fall if this war continues. Jules Favro cannot now obtain easier terms than Bismarck offered at Ferrieres, It is a question whether he can ob‘ain terms so easy. At the same time it is not to be denied, bad as is tho pros- pect for France, bright as is the prospect for Prussia, that there are reasons on the side of Prussia as well as on the side of France why the prolongation of this war should be deemed undesirable, Paris, although she is bound in the long run to bow to fate, may hold out long enoush to make the German armies yery uncomfortable tn France. The | winter is approaching; and winter in the North and Northeast of France is far from comfortable to an army encamped in the open fields. ‘hen, again, provisions gre becoming scarce. Six hundred thousand German soldiers arefeeding upon France. While they feed they destroy, The territory now occupied is already laid waste. It is possible for the German hordes to push farther south; but in proportion as they push south they weaken their line of communication and expose them- selves to attack in the rear. We cannot deny that the conditions are somewhat different, bat it is not at all impossible that, if this war is prolonged, it may be the necessity of Prus- sia to beat from the soil of France. as hasty and as ignominious a retreat as the soldiers of France once did beat from the frozen regions of the North. In any event itis undeniable that Prussia as well as France has fearfully ex- hausted herself, It will require many years in both countries to fill up the gaps which this war has made in men and treasure. A whole generation of Germans, a whole genera- tion of Frenchmen have been swept away. Prussia—the whole of Germany, in fact—has incurred a debt which will weigh heavily upon them for ages to come. It isthe same with France. In addition to all this the civilized world cries out loudly against the coatinu ance of the war, It has lasted long enough, France is sufficiently humiliated. Prussia hes won suflicicnt glory. All these things taken into accouat, it is gratifying to know that Bismarck has expressed him as willing to entertain proposals from the g Powers, Again we must repeat, whatever ‘be the truth of (his report, the door seems to be open for iatervention, If Prussia is willing to make peace France oughi {6 bs. aa ihing the great Powers can do—and this is ithe one thing which requires to be done—they can become responsible for tie provisional gov- ernment. If France is wiiling they can guarantee the fulfilment of any promise which the provisional government may make. Let them join together. Let them speak out man- fully and insist on peace, Let them make the question as between France and Prussia at this stage their own. If Great Britain and Russia and Austria were lo uni‘e at tiis stage, and recommend an armistice, it is our con- viction that the war would end, and that Paris would be saved, while Prussia would not ba robbed of the fruit of her conquests. If this war lasts until winter has fully set in— if 1870 repeats the horrors of 1812, it will be a disgrace’to our modern civilization, and the great Powers of Murope, if they do not once again interpose their good offices to make an end of hostilities, will be lastiagly to blame. Let them make one grand united effort. If they fuil the blame will not be theirs. GeneraL Grant’s Nevrratiry Portoy has been illustrated in anether proclamation, and his warnings this time are evidently intended for the Cubans and the Fenians. The Gene- ral sticks to his motto—‘‘Let us have peace.” But wheat is his Cuban policy? We cannot tell. We are waiting to hear from General Sickles, for we suspect that he is doing some- thing on Cuba The War—The Grand Sortie at Paris. It is cheering news for France that we pub- lsh to-day. While the confident Germans in Berlin are getting ready for a grand celebra- tion of the entry of the Prussixn army into Paris the beleaguered force has suddenly discomfited the besiegers to such an extent that it is rendered extremely donbtful if they ever enter Paris as a conquering army. All the forts about Paris opened on the Prussian works on Wednesday with a terrible rain of iron that demolished all their defensive works or batteries in reach, The guns that were to have opened upen Paris found Paris open upon them, All around the entire investing line a most destructive bombardment told with deadly effect; and at the last word that we have received from the siege the Prussian line had been driven so far back that it must bo drawn out to a fine wire to complete the circumvaliation. The batteries that were at Genevilliers, and thence commanded the northern part of the city of Paris, and could with guns of long range have dropped shell into the Parc Monceaux, or even within a block of the Tuileries have been compelled to take refuge from the shot of the hostile guns of Aubervillier and Chignancourt, away back as far to the rear as Deuil, three miles farther from Paris; on the eastern side the positions at Bouligny, Champigny and Creteil and the heights" of Avron have been captured and oceupied by the French,'the Prussians being driven as far back as the forest of Bondy; on the south Villejuif, Cachan, Clamart and Meudon, whence the shells of the besiegers were to have pierced the walls of the Luxem- bourg Palace, have been reclaimed, and on the west the works at St. Cloud and for four miles in every direction have been demolished by the dreadful fire from Fort Mont Valdrien, and the investing troops have b2ea driven back to Versailles. The sweeping bombard- ment from this immense fort—the fort, too, which Bismarck is reported to have de- manded—is sald to have swept away tho works of the Prussian enginoers like chaff before the wind. Under the cover of a distracting fire from all the defensive works of Paris General Trochu made the sortie. From the meagre outlines that our despatches fur- nish us we cannot say what his numbers or his exact manceuvres were. It is evident, how- ever, that the most desperate and heroic charge of the war was made, and that the French bayonet won such honor as it has not won since the days of the Old Guard. We will receive tho details probably to-day or to-morrow, and when they come they will doubtless tell a tale of heroism, of prompt action, and what is of most importance now to France—of sound generalship, that will cheer the heart of tho new republic and make King William quake in his boots. The consequences of this gallant victory can Joromo Park Te-Day. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1870,—TRIPLE SHEKr, The Old Clty of Orioans. This morning many s heart will beat high | ‘The invading Germans, under General von with joyous anticipation of a delightful day to close the sporting pleasures for the autumn season of the American Jockey Club. Favored with enchanting weather at its spring meeting, that dashing society of gay and gallant gentle- men has suffered the drawback of clouded skies and heavy roads in October. But, judg- ing hopefully by the bracing coolness and pure serenity of the atmosphere at the late hour when these lines are written, we may fairly anticipate that the last day of ‘‘the races” will be charming. In another column may be found the programm) of the technical business on hand, and our readers cannot fail to acknowledge its attractive interest and variety. But it is in still another light that we would for a moment consider an occasion which brings together so dazzling an array of the beauty and fashion, the distinction and refine- ment of the metropolis, and, indeed, of our sister States and cities, amid some of the loveli- est landscapes and pleasantest associations of the Continent. Jerome Park with us has a far more comprehensive meaning, While it yields to few, if any, similar scenes of genuine “sport” in the world, it is looked upon by our best people as a place of delightful friendly contact, The rural attractions of ‘Old Westchester"—our New York Canaan—the dashing drives that lead to it; the groves in their autumnal pomp; the meadows, still ver- dant and smiling; the winding rivers and the horizon of picturesque hills enclosing the steepled and turreted panorama of the great city and its environs, still assert their power over the gravest of us who love to steal a brief respite from study and care, as they do over the brightest youthful fancies and the merriest hearts. Happy, healthful influences spring from this lightsome interchange of kindly greetings, this pressure of neighborly hands, and the atir of the blood, at once re- freshed aud warmed by the crisp October breezes and swiftened in pulsation by the exercise of the day’s journeying and the in- hardly be overrated. It thrusts the investing line so far back that the circumference over which it must spread itself now to invest Paris is expanded by nearly eightecn miles, and its lines must necessarily be drawn out almost to the thinness of a thread to cut off all com- munication. It deprives the Prussian army of those breastworks and defences which it had so carefully erected, and it must erect new ones, retake the old ones or remain ex- posed to a fortified foc. It defeats entirely, or at least’ postpones for 9 long time to gome, the proposed bombardment of Paris, on which the besiezers had depended to force an early capitulation. It gives the French possession of the heights at Clamart, Villejuif, St. Cloud and Avron, which were taken by the Prussians originally only after a hard struggle. It wiil cheer andinspire the garrison in Paris to renewed hope and still more desperate efforts, and it will enthuse the masses in the pro- vinces to a hearty answer to the call for volun- teers. It may not demoralize the Prussian troops except for the moment. They have been too used to victory and they are too well disciplined and experienced in war to suffer demoralization from one disaster; but it will encourage the disaffected masses at home in Germany, already sick and tired of the war, to renewed demands for peace—demands that Bismarck has as great reason to dread as the persistent resistance of his enemy. General Trochu by this brilliant sortie has shown himself to be the general that the re- public needs. He timed his movement well, in order to aid the efforts of the Army of the Loire at Orleans, He had not probably heard of the defeat of that army, but he knew that it was-on the way to strike a blow for him, and that the forces confronting him had been weakened in order to protect their rear, It may have been this weakening of the line that enabled him to achicve the success of Wednesday. Te has shown such generalship that we may trust him to follow up his success. He will strike another blow and another. He will not let victory grow cold ia bis hands, We may expect at once to hear of a general recall of the Prussian troops who have been frittering away their strength against the detached fortresses of the north and northeast, The Prussians at Beaugency, below Orleans, have aiveady ‘withdrawa, and the heavy forces that have Seen threatening Rouen, Mezieres, and even the army that has | been moving southward on Lyons may be called. upon to assist directly in the reduction of Paris. On the other hand, the grand sortie of Wednesday will at last fire the French heart. We may expect to hear of renewed energy among the armies forming in the south, the north and the west. Gambetta, in a stir- ring proclamation, has already published the news of the victory broadcast over the country, and French enthusiasm excels itself, That which all the stirring proclamations in the world could not have accomplished with France—dejected, hopeless and shorn of her military prestige—will spring into existence at the first revival of hope and military suc- cess and glory. Tor Rep Men Are Comine.—Fifty-one Indians have lately been naturalized as citizens of the United States at St. Paul, Minn, It strikes us that this naturalization of native Americans is superfluous; but at all events the red men are coming to the ballot box with the black men and the white men, Next we shall have the Mongolians, ‘‘the heathen Chinee,” or, in other words, the yellow men. And why not? White, black, red and yellow meu, let them come. Butthewomen? Let the women ‘“‘tarry at Jericho till their beards be grown.” terest of the races. Then, Jerome Park is the haunt of such company only as, all the world over, are known by the simple yet eloquent title of true ladies and true gentlemen, and, from the “track” to the ‘‘grand stand,” and from the “grand stand” to the palatial club house, the most fastidious care is taken to banish everything that might offend good taste. We doubt not, then, that to-day will people the amphitheatre of the lovely valley that encircles the laughing retreat of our American Jockey Club with joyous throngs—some assembled for the excitement of the contest; some brought together by the social spell; some basking in the beauties of the surround- ing landscapes—these happy with their triends and neighbors, those Looking at nature with familiar glances, And weaving garlands tn the groves of thouzht. Tho Empress Eugenie, Bourbaki and Ba- zaine. Public attention has been attracted to the mysterious mission of G.neral Bourbaki to the Empress of France, and several stories have been circulated concerning its real object. From the various rumors and reports there still seems to be some uncertainty about the mauner in which be managed to secure the fotervi-w, as well as the purpose it was in- tended to accomplish. Some reports stated that he escaped from Metz, and others that he was permitted to pass out and to proceed on his mission by the Prussians. Still other reports inform us that he has had interviews with both the Emperor and the Empress, The latest and apparently most accurate explana- tion of the matter is thatat the urgent solicita- tion of Eug¢nie, who was allowed to send a messenger to Metz, Bazaine despatched Bourbaki, by permission of the Prussians, to confer with her as Regent of Trance touch- ing the restoration of the Napoleonic dynasty after the re-establishment of peace. It is said that when he arrived at Chiselhurst she told him that she wished him to take charze of the Prince Imperial and conduct him to Metz, where he should remain until the time came for completing arrangements for peace on the basis of the cession of Alsace and Lor- raine, the abdication of the Emperor and the succession of the Prince as Napoleon the Fourth, with herself as Regent. It is added that Bourbaki refused to do so, and informed her that no French army would tolerate tho presence of the son of the captive Emperor, As the finale of this curious and touching scene we are told that the Empress burst into tears, Bourbaki returned to Metz, and Bazaine, who was highly indignant at her proposal, sent a report of the story to the republican govern- ment at Tours, Whatever the exact object of the mission may have been it is most probable that it had some reference to the perpetuation of the Napoleonic dynasty. It is only natural that Eugénie, at her retreat in England, contem- plating with touching sadness the misfortunes that have fallen on her house, having no adeqnate idea of the temper of the people and the real situation of affairs in France, but im- polled by ambition and the natural feelings of a mother, should employ every means within her influence to secure to the Prince Imperial the crown which his father lost. The number of canards that have been c.rculated lately with reference to the ultimate succc#sion of the Prince shows that imperialistic intrigucs: have been pointing to that end. The scheme is eminentiy Napoleonic, and it is very likely that the Emperor himself, whose greatest solicitude during the last few years of his reign was for the preservation of his dynasty after his death, has been. the most active in this matter. But it is folly for any one to imagine that the fallen dynasty can now, if indeed it ever can, be restored to France. It was Napoleon who led the nation into the humiliat- ing position in which it stands to-day, and an indignant people would not give the reins of power to one who is the representative of the ruler who brought them to the present pass. No, The French will try a republic, and in the experiment we wish them all success. “Jaox Frost” is reported as having re- turned in almost every section of the country. He is welcome, considering that ‘‘ Yellow Jack” clears out on his approach, and that all his tribe of malarial fevers are dispersed with the return of honest ‘Jack Frost,” der Tann, oceupled the city of Orleans on Tuesday evening last, after a battle despe- rately waged, from nine o'clock in the mern- ing until seven in the evening, according to the testimony of King William himself. Such a struggle revives the chivalric recollections of that ancient city’s history and the memory of the ‘Maid of Domremy,” whose name be- came still more illustrious, when associated with Orleans, after she had surprised the Bur- gundians, raised their siege of the old strong- hold, rescued the fortunes of the Dauphin Charles, afterward crowned at Rbeims, ‘with her standing beside him, and so fulfilled tho old prophecy that ‘‘ France lost by a woman (Isabel of Bavaria) should be saved by a vir- giu from the frontiers of Lorraine.” Orleans, the chief city of the district, so entitled, capital of the Department of the Loiret and situated on the right bank of the river Loire, about seventy-five miles south- west from Paris, is a place of 50,000 inhabi- tants. It is the main port and trading centre of the department, and has a fine commerce in wool, hosiery, wines, grain, oils, timber, vinegar, &c., with many extensive tanneries, potteries, spinning mills and manufactories of various kinds Its antiquity is notable, the name itself being derived from Aurclianum, as it was called, after the Roman Emperor Aurelian, whoenlarged and embellished it, Besieged successively by Attila, King of the Huns; by Odoacer, King of the Saxons; by the English in 1428, and delivered by the heroine of Vau- couleurs, it was sacked by the Calvinists in 1567, and was again and again boset during the wars of the Fronde and of the Revolution. The Franks, the Northmen and the Goths have all held it in successive ages, and it has been for more than fifteen hundred years the centre of historic intrigues, wars and battles. Enriched with noble libraries, museums, gal- leries of statuary and painting, majestic pub- lic buildings and celebrated churches, in these later days it again echoes to the tread of the Northern invader. Prussian ublans rein up in front of the statue of Joan of Arc, and the jar- ring wheels of heavy artillery from beyond the Rhine shake the old houses of Agnes Sorel, of Francis I. and of the fair Diana of Poitiers, But, worse than that humiliation, they send a thrill of apprehonsion and discouragement through alitherich region of the Loire and the Marne ; they menace the lines of Tours and begin the isolation of Paris on the south and west, includ- ing her access, in that direction, to her ocean seaports. If it can be held by the stranger its strategic importance is great, since it grasps some of the leading railroad and telegraphic ducts and nerves that connect the blood and brain currents of Northern and Southern France. Nay, more: the days of miracles seem past, and neither saint nor sinner now dares to hope forrescue, in these scoffing times, from some new Maid of Orleans, Yet there is eternal force in ancient and hallowed tradition, since thought is the true master of the world, The statue of “Jehanne la Pucelle” may not ride forth on her bronze steed from the pedes- tal on the market place, at midnight, like tho shade of the Cid Campeador rallying the chivalry of Castile to route the Moor, but the remembrance of her devotion may rearouse the spirit of her countrymen in the very pre- sence of the victor, and make their temporary fall the ofgnal of a far more glorious uprising. Scebach and Janauschek. This will be brilliant day in the record of what promises to ba one of the most brilliant dramatic seasons that Now York has ever witnessed, even in her palmiest time. Wiile manifold attractions of scenery, costume and artistic effort are held forth to captivate the public in the theatres and halls devoted to native talent, our great city at the same hour enjoys the presence of two most gifted women trained in the highest histrionic schools and on the most celebrated boards of the Old World—Madame Seebach, whose chosen and most successful task it is to embody in living, breathing impersonations the ideals of the best dramatic literary genius of Ger- many, as well as of other lands and of classic and contemporaneous days, in the language of her own race, and Janau- schek, who adds to corresponding gifts the acquisition of the English tongue, The first of these accomplished artists is the very dream of grace, purity, gentleness and womanly emotion that inspired Goethe and Schiller when their muse interpreted the inno- cent beauty aud the heartbreaking sorrows of Gretchen and of Louisa Miller; the other has the grandeur and force of form, the com- manding port, the severe Greek contour that absolutely realize before us on the stage the “Medea” and the ‘‘Antigone” of the ancient masters of dramatic writing, And here wo have them both striving in noble emulation on the American stage and in the highest walks of art. What a conjunction of intellectual stars in one fair firmament! The splendid capitals of Europe may well envy us the for- tune that has redoubled our artistic light while half eclipsing theirs, Tax Exotisa Misstox—A Vacanoy.—As it was understood that Senator Morton, of Indiana, had agreed to accept the mission to England only in the event of the election of, a republican Legislature in his State, in the late October elections, in view of 2 _Topubligan to \ fake his pizge in the United Sintes Senate, aid as a democralfc Legislature has been elected for Indiana, we dare say that the Presi- dent will bé required to cast about for some - * Revival of Dramatic Art tm Americas | The of the high- est order of dramatic art in this country {sone of the phases of the times and of our progros- sive civilization not to be lost sight of.. We use the term development of art in the most Comprehensive sense. Not only has America given birth to or brought out » number of the, finest performers on the stage, euch as Booth, Jefferson, Lester Wallack, Walter Mont- gomery, Miss Agnes Ethel and others, wlio may bo properly called American actors, but it is developing the talents of foreign bors artists in a remarkable Manner, We refer particularly to two great artisis now per- forming in New York—to Fanny Janaus- chek and Madame Seebach, Though both came here with a high European reputation, they find among the American people such am appreciation of their merits that new inspira- tion is given to them, and they ‘rise higher in their art than they attained abroad. Seebach succeeds Janauschek as the best representa- tive in the German drama, and finds encour- agement, as her predecessor did, not only among the Germans, but even with Americans as well, who, if they do not understand her language, appreciate her fine acting. Janauschek, seeing a wider sphere for her extraordinary abilities in this: country, and being desirous of identifying herself specially with dramatic art in America, by acting in English, resolved to master our language for that purpose. The result. we have seen in her performances at the Academy of Music this week, Many who wished her success, both for the sake of dramatic art here and as a reward for her talents and efforts, doubted that she could be successful, . For an artist to learn our difficult language in the course of a little more than a year so that in performing there would be no unpleasant foreign accent, nothing ~ disagreeable to the ear, seemed almost incredi- ble. In fact, it was well remarked that such an achievement would be unprecedented. Yet Janauschek has succeeded. She has become really the first American actress—the first actress in the English language. The critics of the press, without exception, and the en- thusiastic audiences which have heard her frankly and generously accord to her this high distinction, And we may well. be proud of her as an American actress, >»Few English actors speak their own language as well as she does, while a foreign accent fs rarely perceptible and never disagreeable to the ear. Janauschek will revive, no doubt, the classio drama and a taste for it in English-speaking countries; for her acting is in the highest sense classical. All her attitudes are as beau- tifully statuesque as the finest models of Greek or Roman art, She thrills us at the same time by her superb eloquence, impassioned and natural declamation and electric power. Looking at the progress this country is mak- ing in dramatic art we shall soon be able to supply Europe with artists of the highest order instead of going there for them. In art as well as in material deve!opment and social well being this is the country of the future. The Rumored Approaching Marriage ct tho Princess Louisa and tho Marquis of Lorne. A London telegram announced yesterday that the preliminaries of a marriage between the Princess Louisa, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, and the Marquis of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyle, have been arranged with the consent of the Queen. [t is con- slder:d, in the first place, that the possibility of the Princess’ succeeding to the crown is too remote to render such an alliance politically dangerous. And, in the second place, it is supposed that the Queen, sensible a woman as she is, would fain secure to her daughter the inestimable advantages which her Majesty herself derived from a marriage of inclination, while, at the same time, the public of tho period should be gratified at witnessing the rare and exceptional spectacle of a wedding between a British princess anda British sub- ject. Ifwe do not err, no such marriage has occurred since that of James the Second and the daughter of Chancellor Hyde, the mor- ganatic marriage of George the Fourth when Prince of Wales with Mrs, Fitzherbert never having been legally recognized. It is not impossible that the marriage of adaughter of Queen Victoria and ason of the Dake of Argyle may eventually prove to have bgen the fine edge of the entering wedge that shall split asunder the old rigid conven- tionalities which have hitherto prevented in- termarriage between the royal family of Great Britain and the families of the British people. In Scotland at least, and all over the kingdom, a stronger loyalty may be revived by thia almost unprecedented union. The stupid laws which prolibit intermarriage between members of the royal family and British sub- jects, and which condemned several daughters of George the Third to enforced single bless- edness with all its possible evil consequences, may now be regarded as virinally repealed. The Marquis of Lorne, the expectant bride- groom of Princess Louisa, made an extensive tour, a few years ago, througout the United States. The son of a learned and pions father, he isnot unworthy of the great house to which he belongs, being himself a signal exception to the reproach of degeneracy which has been too justly urged against the Hastings, the Clintons and the Hamiltona of the younger British gelstogracy, 2 Yhonghiful moter 48, ore PUTA Well a8 4 wise sovereign, Queea Victoria has chosen Well a suitable consort for her daughter, the Princess Louisa. Settle Tnere ARE CHANGES and rumors of changes’ new man to ,elieve Mr. Motley, who is pa- tiently awaiting ve arrival of his successor, and that Mr. Hendrick, tne democratic favor- ite of Indiana for the Senate aid for the Presi- dency, will have to wait a little longex, Tue Tammany Repvsrscans, or those for- tunate republicans who hold offices under Tammany that pay handsomely and offices in the republican party that cost something to hold, are requested cach to give up the one or the other of these offices, Brought to this alternative, Tammany, we think, will win. She has the root of all evil, and that bait catches all kinds of fish. i Heavy Srorms in England, resulting in great losses of property, are reported by cable. Such appears to be the reaction in the elements from the late long and widely pre- vailing drought in both hemispheres, in the Cabinet reported this morning. Secre- tary Cox has resigned and is to be succeeded by Commissioner Delano. Attorney General Akerman, it is reported, will resign on account of his heaith, and Senator Williams, of Oregon, will probably succeed him. Changes in Cabinets are very healthy sometimes, They keep the mechine from getting rusty and the men from going too much in ruts, But Secre- tary Cox is a conscientious and high-minded official that can illy be spared, while Mr. Aker- man, even in the short time he has held tho position of Attorney General, has impressed. the country with a sound sense and clear legal khowledge that strongly qualify lim for the place. Tuz Derrcrives still pass their valuable time in guessing the Nathan murder riddle. They have been to Enrove’ recently in search of a solution,