The New York Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1871, Page 5

HicH COMMISSION. An Unsatisfactory and Incom-. plete Adjustment. A Mere Basis of Settlement Decided Upon. Details to be Left to Minor Tribu- nals of Arbitration. THE PRIVILEGES OF NEUTRALS. Another Statute to be Added to the Law Code of Nations. Probable Stormy Disenssion Over the . Treaty in the Senate. WASHINGTON, April 24, 1871. Sevator Sumner entertained the British members ef the Joint High Commission In magnificent style | at his residence this evening. The banquet was an ‘unusually elegant and costly affair, Sumner i3 an accomplished diner. He never issues or accepts in- vitations to receptions nor to any evening socal en- tertainments except dinuer paities. this evening were Earl de Grey, Sir Edward and Lady Thornton, sir John and Lady Macdonald, Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Professor Montague Bernard, Lord Tenterden, Caleb Cushing and Mr. William Hunter, Second Assistant Secretary at tae State Department. Since the Senator could not have Secretary Fish at the table he had upon it fresh Kennebec salmon and trout from the neigh- borhood of Plymouth Rock. The whole menu was prepared at great expense, the choicest delicacies produced in different sections of the country being brought here expressly for the occasion. Among them were teflls from Lake Erie, snipe from New Hampshire and’ fresh peaches and strawberries from Savannah. e ti was handsomely adorned with flowers, and the banquet altogether was unique and complete in every particular, While it is probable that the Joint High Commis- sion will have concluded their labors so as to enable the President to communicate the convéntton to the Senate on the 10th of May, yet it is not beyond the ‘Possibilities that it MAY NOT BE READY onthat day. So far, wiule the general principles of the convention are concurred in by the Com- missioners, there are still important matters of | detail which cannot be finally determined by them | ‘until the consent of the English government is optained to the principles of the conven- tion, and which have been submitted to | the British Cabinet, but mot as yet assented to by Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues, It 1s there- fore understood that technically no conclusion has yet been reached, although practically the work has advanced, as substantially set forth trom time to time In the HERALD’S special despatches, ~ THE REASON FOR THE DELAY Pon ‘occasioned by waiting for instructioys from the Brit- ash government Will be understood when it is re- membered that the cofivention, so far as England is conceraed, becomes an accepted fact a3 soon as ne- gotiated, the verification of it being merely ® matter of form, while, so far as the United SBtates ure concerned, it ts subject to ratification by the fenate. The Ameficah Commissioners Blate that the public will not be disappointed in the general result, but other public men here say this Just be iaken with some allowance. At first it was Bopposed this High Commission would make a Bweeping settlement of all the outstanding ques- ‘tions between the United States and Great Britain j éhg forty-ninth parallel, as provided In the treaty of 1848, was for the sole purpose of giving the whole of Vancouver's Island to Great Britain, and that to effect this purpose the line was to be carried tnrough the Canal de Haro to ‘the Straits of Fuca on its way to the Pacific Ocean. This line gives to the United dtates the Maro Archipelago, of which the important island of San Juan forms a part. The British claim that the boundary under the treaty is by the Rosario Straits, whicn would throw the island of San Juan, the most valuable of the whole group of islands in the Archipelago, within the British line. So clear and correct is the American construction believed to be, as{ have stated here before, that our government has never hesitated im agreeing to leave it to the arbitration of a friendly Power. Previous to 1861 the British government exhibited great tenacity and much feeling in connection with the matter, butin that year Lord Lyons assured our govern- ment that England was desirous of adjusting the matter by arbitration , nd A TREATY TO THAT EFFECT was then prepared. The civil war prevented its consideration by the Senate. In 1869 @ similar treaty was negotiated, but no action’ was taken upon it. The Joint Commission will arrange it by practically revising the condition of these inchoate conventions. With reference to THE FISHERY QUESTION, 1t is understood that the Commissioners have agreed to the absolute ownership by Canada of the in-shore fisheries of the Canadian coast—that 1s, within three marine miles of the coast and mouths of harbors less than ten miles wide; and that, on the other hana, the headland interpretation—the measuring of the three marine mies from extreme headland to headland, instead of following the curva- ture of tne shore—has been abandoned. The determination as to what equivalents Canada shall receive for the freedom to our fisher- men of the inshore fishing 18 still under con- sideration, several propositions having been sub- mitted on each side looking to an interchange of fishing privileges or an interchange of modifications of existing restrictions, and perhaps a moneyed consideration. While the question has been ad- justed, as stated, the details as to the equivelents are not yet finally cono.uded. And connected with this is the matter of using . THE CANADIAN CANALS of St. Lawrence and the Welland, as well as those contemplated, such as the Huron and Ontario, to connect Lake Superior with the St. Lawrence by & direct route, which avoids the detour of Lake Erie. The Commission have, {t appears, dgreéd that the use of these Canals, without which the right to navi- gate the St. Lawrence would be worthless and im- possible, 1s a concession which rests with Canada, and that, consequenitly, the free use of those canals by American citizens not being a matter of natural right, becomes a proper subject for arrangement between the two countries, It is possible that the Commission may consider it necessary to declare What concessions shall be grantea for the In-shore fisheries and the freedom of the Canadian canals, being satisfied with the general agreement which defines the status of those questions, leaving it to future arrangement to agree upon the terms upon which the concession will be made to us, At pre- sent, however, the propositions regarding equi lents are. still under consideration, It 1s under- stood that in order to close up at once the questions really in dispute between the United States and Great Britain, tae Alabama matter, the San Juan and the fisheries, no attempt will be made to arrange at this time any questions of trade with Canada, as it would require the sanction of the House of Representatives and thus delay the pro- ceedings till next winter. Of course it will be un- derstood that from the” ~~" “ NATURE OF THE ADJUSTMENT soughtin the Alabama difficulty, the Commission have not considered any of the claims, nor has the question of the responsibility of the United States to Canada for Fentan raids heen before them. All these matters will probably, how- ever, come before the mixed court of claims which the treaty will provide for. It is ascertained that the Commissioners will remain here until the Senate has disposed of the convention. It may be that the Senate may require modifications to be made, and in that event the Commissioners will be prepared to consider the Senate’s wishes aud mect them if possible. The general impression 1s that the discussion in the Senate will last three or four Dy a treaty which would settle the Alabama claims | weeks, but this is mere surmise. Earl de Grey has and dnaily dispose of all the questions in detail. It is now understood that this idea went far beyond not only the structions of the British Commis- siozers, but also the demands of the President, THE LABORS OF THE COMMISSION ‘are confined to a general basis by which the ques- tions between the two countries can be hereafter arranged and adjusted and the Alabama and other claimants left to prove their claims in mixed tripunal or courts of claims, sitting either here or in England or in both countries, as the nature of the claims may render most convenient, and which been compelled to decline visiting Canada, although urgently requested to do so, as he has been delayed here so much longer than was at first anticipated, THE REPUBLICAN ROW. That Bothersome Eleventh District—Exchange of Compliments. The sub-committee appointed to investigate the charges preferred against certain repuviican as- sociations in the different Assembly districts mm this city met last evening, pursuant to adjournment, at courts the convention will provide for and bring into existence. As recentiy stated in the HERALD, itis believed that there will be no attempt tn the convention to determine upon the validity or other- ‘wise of auy t INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS, ‘put that the document will lay down certain prin- ciples for the guidance of the mixed courts, and un- der these principles the Alabama claims will be ad- justea as well as any other claims either of American or British claimants which the facts or the ingenuity of counsel may succeed in getting be- fore these courts, Should the mixed court or courts be unable to agree as to the scope and bearing of the treaty, a provision 1s inserted to leave the disputed matier to arbitravion, All these matters of Getail, such as the arrangement of the courts and the selection of arbitrators, are as yet left open, but the Commissioners have mapped them out and @greed upon a list of soveretgus of which THE ARBITRATORS are to be selected. It 1s understood that the Con- vention wii be like the Treaty of Paris of 1856, a declaration of principles, and will provide for the establishing of courts referred to in order to carry ‘them into effect. These general principles will not ‘only regulate the past but, govern tne future rela- tions of the two countries. In other words, they are designed to become an aduition to that body of public law known as THE LAW OF NATIONS, because it is expected that the other leading Pow- ‘ers of the world wil agree to them. It should be ‘disunctly understood that our government has not presented the Alabama case upon the position as- ‘sumed in Mr. Fish’s well-known despatch of Sep- tember, 1869, and which called forth the rejoinder, called “Notes and Comments,” from Lord Claren- don. It is well andersiood that Mr. Fish’s despatch ‘was drawn up by Caled Cushing, and it ts equally ‘well kuown that Lord Clurendon’s rejoinder was prepared by Lord Tenterden, the Secretary of the British side of the Joint High Commission. The Alabama case ov the part of the United States Das been presented more on the basis of Mr. Fish’s later despatches to Mr. Motley which present the matter ip a milder form, abandoning the claim that ‘the basty recognition of BELLIGERENT RIGHTS TO THE SOUTH Dy England absolutely created a fact which did not then exist and gave morat and matertal aid to the Tebellion, which, we held, could otherwise have been more easily suppressed, aud simply taking the ground that the actual damage done by the Alabama and other vessels was the ouly matter for which our government could rightly call England to account. Thus Mr. Sumner’s ideas of constructive damages, as cxpressed in his celebrated speech in executive Session of the Senate, in consequence of Which the Johnson-Clarendon treaty was rejected, can have had no consideration in the discussion of the alabama question before the Joint High Commission, Tnas- much as those views were universally approved by the people of this country, it is feared that & can- vention based upon 80 COMPLETE A BACKDOWN from the position assumed by our government in the past and sustained vy popular sentiment will pro- voke much discussion in the Senate and may not oviain the two-thirds vote required to ratify 1 With regard to ‘THE NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY QUESTION, it ts understood that the voluminous arguments, British and American, extending over years, will be submitted to aroitration, probably to Switzerland, a8 Was provided in the treaty of 1869. The Ameri- can claim is that the deflection of the noundary irom the rooms of the Republican General Committee, corner of Broadway and Twenty-second strect. ‘The committee consisted of General Lloyd Aspin- wall, who acted as chairman, General Jonn Foster, Judge Dayton and Mr. Dudley, and had under con- sideration the charges preferred against the asso- ciation in the Eleventh Assembly district, of witich J. V. Gridley was acting president. C. Brainard appeared as counsel for the associa- tion aud John H. White for the malcontents, Atter considerable discussion between the counsel and the committee as to what was and what was not evi- dence, Mr. Gridley was Called to the stand and testi- fied substantially as follows:—At the time of the | last election, a8 this association had no regular | headquarters, the use of these rooms were given them by the General Committee; the night we were to meet I came here early; saw a Mr. Rielly come out of the room and saw he had a key; thinking he intended to PACK THE MEETING I determined to take a hand «in that myself; brought policemen here; think theregwere ten; not Unirty; may have been twenty; the members were in tree lines around the room; when they voted they passed out; Mr. Gillette and Knox McAfee voted first. Mr. Gillette—“T did not, sir.” Chairman—“That is of no consequence.” Mr. Gridiey—McAtfee and Sam Acton wanted me to close the polls five minutes before the time; we wer. to pay lor the room, but have not done so. ' <4 White remarked that it was as he had done before. Mr. Gridlev, in an excited manner, replied, “Mr. White states what 1s false !? Mr. Gridley refused to proceed with his statement, saying, “If Mr. White states that JOUN V. GRIDLEY CONTRACTS DEBTS and then neglects to pay them he states what he knows to be false.” Mr, White (sotro voce)—“I can prove tt,” At this point those interested on tne different sides gave euch Other some advice and indulged to piayfull side remarks, such as “Paddle your own canoe,” “How we ducks do swim |"? ‘There is no- thing like patience.’? After lengthy discussion between counsel, com- mittee and witness, Gridley read an extract from tne minutes in reference to @ committee appointed w try Mr. Jonn H. White, Mr, Willette, Knox McAfige, George Bliss, Jr., Sam Acton and others for not voting Tor the regular candidate. He con- sidered George Bliss and those whom they found guilty READ OUT OF THE PARTY; he thought they were no longer republicans, but democrats—in fact, the best friends Mr. O’Brien had at that ume. Mr. Halsey, who had been chairman of the com- mittee referred to, went on the stand, He had some atlidaviis, but the commitiee refused to alow nim to read them. He could not remember when Ins | prother and two other parties came to his house to live, how tong they stayed, when they left, nor where they went. Those who were summoned to appear and did not do 80 were bsnl SIE Mr. White came and said that he voted for Gridiey, and was excused. The notices were sent to these par- ties and also appeared in the ynewspapers at the bd, uw they dia not read them they should have lone 80. » This witness displayed considerable annoyance while being cross-examined by Mr, White, stating that the counsel only asked him the questions he did to annoy hin. Thomas Duily, who served the notices, was called; a stated that he had served them personaily or else LEFT THE PAPERS WITH THEIR WIVES, sisters or some other responsible party. During the examination of this witness Mr, inard gave him a list of names to refresh his memory, claiming that he had a right to do 80; but it was decided other- wise after more discussion, when he promised to show them « decision of the Court of Appeals which would prove be was right. Archibald Wilson, anotuer messenger, was called. Among other methods of serving notices he adopted ‘Was that of giving the paper to a lady friend who lived in the next room tothe party for whom it was intended. The investigating committee adjourned to meet ain on evening of next week, when the matter will be concluded. as tar as the Ejeventh dis trict 18 gancerned, AMUSEMENTS. Firra AVENUE THEATRE.—It may be sapposed that a lecture from the iliastrious Winans on the corruption of party politicians, or an offhand dis- course from the Hon. Mike Norton on the spots in the Sun, or the experience of a credulous Jerseyman in following the mstructions of the Hon. Horace Greeley in the cultivation of blackberries, or an ex- citing debate at a convivial gathering of the Tam- many Sachems on the dogma of Papal infallibility would be extremely ridiculous and side-splitting; but over the two plays last night to the crowded house at the Fifth Avenue theatre there was more spontaneous and general fun and 9 more continuous Jeu de jote of hearty laughter than we have ever witnessed at the first exhibition of a grand circus With three clowns at a frontier settlement in Ar kansas, The merriment eclipsed anything that we Dave seen or heard of since the spectacle of the astonished Arabs in the presence of Mark Twain weeping over the grave of Adam, or since the read- ing of that chapter from Artemus Ward by ‘Honest Old Abe” preparatory to the suomission of his Emancipation proclamation in Cabinet council. The two plays were, first, the rattling little comedy, “if ’'d a Thousand @ Year,"? and that deliciously ridiculous production of Brinsley Sheridan, infl- nitely more amusing than his “School for Scandal,” in being 80 delighttuliy absurd, called “The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed.” in the first play Mr. Mathews and Messrs. Parkes. De Vere. Beekman, and Miss Fanny Morant, Miss Linda Deitz, and Miss Volmer were the caste, In this trifle the amusing perplexities of Mr. Paddington Green (Mr. Mathews) as an expert- mental dabble in fancy stocks, and of Mr. Chanting: ton (Mr. De Vere) as an office seeker, are intermixed with a little love aifair, in which Mrs, Green (Miss Morant) and Julia (Miss Deitz) carry off very hand- somely the orange blossoms of the entertainment. The “Critic” was the last of the gifted Sheridan’s sparkling works, and can never fail to be a reign- jug favorite wherever the English tongue prevails, until Macaulay’s New Zealander shall be found sketching the ruins of St. Paul’s from a broken London bridge; and it is as well appreciated } to-day as when George ML was King. It reveals the arcana of dramatic architecture, and its strictures in bogus criticism are always @& source of interest to the public. It is now fiteen ee to last evening since 1) was last played in Now ork, and Mathews then, a3 now, appeared as the immaculate Putt, and now, as then, he 1s fresh as a Jark, the liveliest man upon the stage, easy as an old glove, simple and natural as life, and in the sim- plest rendering of the simplest things per- lectly irresisjible. In the rapidity of his utterances, m the drollery of his em- barrassments, in the earnestness of his hurry in everything, and in his mercurial activity—all, taken together, he is like ‘Old Virginny,’! or he never tires.~ In the “Critic” we have first—a dis- cussion on the drama generally and on the play par- tcularly about to be rehearsed, and next the unex- colled rehearsal itsell. The discussion between Sir Fretful Piagiary and Puff, both by (iashew) My. Dangle CyEIEBE Mr. Sneer (Bascomb, a good tead- er), Mr. Dangle’s Bervape (itis Volmer), Mrs, Dangle (Mra, Winter), an é prompler of the theatre thee pedel 18 as good as a first rate play itsel/,though PAAR SHER to the overwhelming rehearsais of the Spanish Armada.” In the rehearsal Mathews shines in all the glory of one of the old Imperial Guard in stage strategy and tactics; and if Parkes as the Karl of Leicester, Bowditch as Lord Burleigh, Davidge as Don Whiskerandos, Pierce as Sir Waiter Raleigh, Burnett as Sir Christopher Hutton, Brown as the Governor of ‘Tilbury, De Vere as Beef Eater, did not do honor to the glorious cause of ae Betsy and the tragedy of Pu! we should like to know it. Miss Morris as Tilburtna (from Tilbury fortress) was delightfully gushing and vic- torious, and Miss Nellie Mortimer as her conidanie, and Miss Amy Ames and Miss Kate Claxton as her nieces, Were up to the spirit of the occasion. The two sentinels, Keating and Morris, were ex: cellent sentinels in their line, and Beekman, as Master of the Horse, deserves protaotion. In fact Puff and Queen Betsy were exalted to the gods last night, and Mathews retired in a blaze of glory. The best of it is that, while the the fun of these two plays, and especially of the *Inviacibie Armada,” keeps up in the house a running, ratthing fire all the time, like that of the Paris Commune, it is that sort of fun, wit and laughter which even a sensible Puritan parson would approve as orthodox and good as Cristian doctrine. Of course we can- not pretend to guess when these two great hits, especially the ‘Critic,’ will, cease from night to night to crowd the house with the elite of the city. WALLACK’s.—Perhaps if Focte’s very light and almost unsubstantial comedy, with the rather repul- sive title of the “The Liar,” was put upon apy other stage than Wallack’s it would fall to obtain that suc- cess which keeps it stil on the boards and attracts towards it every night crowded houses. As it 1s produced here with the combined genius of Lester Wallack, Jonn Gilbert, the youthful veteran of the establishment—I! we may use the expression—the charming Mrs, Jennings, the rendering of the play is simply deiicilous. We are not going how into the merits of the piece as @ dramatic work, but we desire to express our approval of its merits as a dramatic representation, produced in ihe very vest style, and sustained by a company too fainiliar for their excelleuce to require any com- ment whatever, A good deal of the interest in the play is due, we may remark, to the scenery and the splendid costumes, Which form such brilliant acces. sories to the performance. ‘The scenery is Walla- chian, Not at all that It represents the plains end forests and steppes of Wallachia, but that it reflects the exquisite taste of Lester Wallack. The success of the piece so far has been very great, and we have no doubt that it can maintain itself for many nights to come, ‘fhe wisdom oi the mauagement in furnish- ing such pleasant addenda to the leading piece as { those light comedies in which the genial and ever welcome talent of John Brougham has an oppor- tunity to display itself in agreeable combinauon with that of John Gilbert, Holland, Rockwell, Ring- gold, to say nothing of Mrs. John Setton, Miss De- Jand and Miss Emuy Mestayer, 1s manifest trom @he fact that the audience enjoy the afterpieces with great gusto, and keep their seats till the tall of the curtain. : BOWERY THEATRE.—SCHNIDER.—Nearly three thousand persons enjoyed a perfectly side-splitting treat at the Bowery theatre last evening, the occa- sion being the first night of “Schnider, or Dot House von de Rhine.” It is unnecessary to relate the particulars of the plece as a story; but that the play, as put on the stage last evening, was an im- mense success from beginning to end, there cannot be the remotest doubt, Scarcely had the perform- ance been well under way when the magic word “Schnider,” uttered by Johnny Allen, who took the parts of Jake, Louweesa and young Schnider, ‘urged the whole house into a convulsion of laughter, and of Mr. Allen’s acting in every other scene of the play only te highest terms of praise could be used. In every detail of hs performance there was evidenced a thorough appreciation of the character he assumed anu of the audience before whom he appeared. Sofaras can be judged from tne un- bounded success ef the first night’s presentation, “Schnider,” under Johnny Allen's delineation of that representative individual's character, Is destined to hold the boards of this theatre fer a lengthened season. ile every part of the performance was good, especial meiition should be made of Mr. Schnider’s “bounctug” deportinent, which created \) a perfect furor of enthusiasm among the audience. | Mr. William Freligh, the manager, «deserves great credit jor the excellent manner in whieh the play was put upon the stage, no expense having been spared in making the scenery an¢ all the appoint- ments of the best order. The scenery of the mill hammer scene was especially good, gether ‘Schnider’? was an iminense success, aud deservedly 80, SrapT THEATER—LONENGRIN.—Wagner's splendid romantic opera styled as above was again per- formed last evening at this theatre, and with the most complete success. The magnificent scenes were never shown to better advantage. The cos- tumes, Which have been provided at an immense cost, are elegant, and, of course, tend tomake the amusement highly attractive. Seldom has there been in New York an opera—the muste in which 1s the finest known—which required so much from the artists and yet been so thoroughly successiul. Musicians of standing, and singers also, have at- tended at the performances of this opera from all paris of the country in order to hear the musie nd alone, anu eral have given their opinion that ther ew connected With the stage who could compete with Madame Lichtmay in her role of Elsa of Brapant, and so well acquit them- Neult parts she undertakes tn carry- Madame some of 1 selves In tue d ing out the character she represents. Frederici has also, in her role as Ortrud, the most diflcwt passages im the ope though not pertect in her reading, succeeds in r dering the airs in an elfective aad aruisue manner. The river scene in the frst act, where Loheugrin arrives tn @ boat drawn by @ swan, Is Very e. CLUDE, and shows the good taste of Messrs. Rosenberg: and Hamann in thelr selecuon of scenery which ex suits the piece, Aliogether the opera, as here presented, will compare favorably with auy repre sentations of it that have taken plice in Burope, and could it but be put forward in Engiish it could not fail Lo recetve extensive patronage aud have a long and remuneratve run, The house was crowded last night. ‘This opera will be performed again on Friday for the last time tis s.asou, (he season Closing on Saturuay next. . Woon's Museum.—A large audience witnessed last evening the performance of the ever popular drama of the “Streets of New York” at this house. It would be idle to say anything about the piece itself. There is scarcely a man, Woman or child bat has seen or heard of it. Still the popular verdict last seemed to be that it cannot be seen too oten. “rhe manner in which this drama is placed upon the stage is very creditable to the manage- / ment. Miss Annie Firmin infused much pathos juto the character of Lucy Fairweather, and was frequentiy applauded. Mr. T. W. Keene gave a careful renderiug of the leading male part, Tom Taken alto. | NEW YURK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1871—QUADRUPLE SHEET. bling of the lips, ‘Tne snoulder saows sentiment anu | Badger, while the other characters were satisfacto- rily performed, PaRk TopaTRR, BROOKLYN.—Mr. F, Chippendale, the veteran and popular actor, took his annual bene- fit last evening at this theatre, on which occasion the “Colleen Bawn”’ and “Sketenes in India” were producet, There was alarge audience present, who showed their appreciation of the performance by frequent applause. In che “Colleen Bawn’? Mr. Chippendale who appeared in his favorite character, Father fou; Miss Jennie Carroll, as Elly O'Connor; Miss Kate Browning, as Anne Chute, and Mr. &. Lamb, as Myles na Coppaleen, were excellent, as usual, as were the minor characters. The piece was | Well placed upon the stage and passed off smoothly. | The performance concluded with the farce “Sketches in India,” in which Mr. Chippendale appeared as Sir Mathew Scraggs. Miss MARIg Myoorra’s Desut.—tIt seldom falls to the lot of any individual mounting the ros- trum or stage to confront the public for the first time to have as numerous, respectable and intellt- gent an audience as that which assembled at the Tabernacle in Jersey City last evening to witness Miss Marie Mycoeth’s débutas areader, This young Jady not only possesses great talent for the career which she has marked out for herself, but 1t is evi- dent in all her movements on the platform that she | i@ fired with ambition to pursue and to persevere, Her readings were “Tuc May Queen,” Poe's “Raven,” “The Bride of the Greek Isle,” “Beautiful Snow” and selections from “Mane Stuart” and | “Hiawatha.” She gave her readings with a cool- ness and seeming indifference to the hundreds of upturnea faces that was calculated to dispel the | nificently.) Having now arrived at some knowledge 5 may be taken as THE THERMOMETER OF PASSION. Tne wrist express vital energy. (llere ihe lecturer ave illustrations which drew forth great applause). nm the meota), the eyes express tle state of mind, as contentment, observation, stupor; the hand, exasperation, prostration or struggle; the legs, action, vehemence, firmness or prostrauion. In will, the position of the head shows great will or its absence; when exalted, deflance or energy. The nose expresses sentiment, such a t- senstnility, scorn, hate. There are three zones in the Vital nature, the abdominal zone which evinces sensuality, tne zone of passion and the respiratory zone where peession i4 given to honor and esteem. The mental zones are the oxiputal zones, evincing what I need not express (SCARATCHING HI3 IBAD), the temporal zone, or that of speculation or cun- hing, and the partrtal zone, or that of conscience, The soul has three zones aiso—the inferior maxillary Zone or that of sensual or affectionate, the superior maxillary zone or that of the moral or sympathetic, the trontal zone or thai or the refec- tive. The science oi expression 1s composed of active Canon agents, of opposites as well as of amities. Hence he derives his axiom that the law of equilibrium 18 the law of opposition. Thus, a8 when in saluting, were we to bond head, arms and body together in the same direction we SHOULD LOSE OUR BALANCE, while, by moving them in opposite senses, we pre- sent @ gracefal salutation. (Here he saluted m: of the form of expression, | will state there are three forms of movement—the eccentric, the concentric and the normal. The first expresses expansion, the | second contraction. A}l other expressions of form lie between these two. The head bows in thought, tn action it is raised, and thus it will be found that, | with the principles laid down, that the science | idea that sie 1s a novice. As she is destined to achieve distinction 1t will not be amiss to olfer a suggestion or two which she may proiitaply trea- | sure up. Her voice is masculine, Intensely 80 in all ; her impassioned utterances, even in those | passages which call for a full expres. | sion of femluine sweetness and tenderness. | This was paintully evident in her recitation from | “Marie Stuart,” where the falsetto broke out with an effect that grated on the ear, AS usnal with be- ginners her voice jacks flexibility, and her delivery 18 accordingly rather monotonous, CHURCH Music AssOcIATION.—At the public re- hearsal this afternoon at Steinway Hall an orchestra of some eighty-five instrumentalists will unite with the chorus of 300 in Niedermeyer’s mass and the whole of Mendeissohn’s music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”” One of the principal features will be the performance of Auber’s overture to “La Muette de Portict.”” The principal vocalists are to be Madame Anna Bishop, Madame Clara Perl, Mr. Wil. liam 8S. Leggat and Mr. F, Remmertz. Upwards of 200 ladies of the chorus will sing the fatry parts in the music to “A Midsnmmer Night’s Dream.” The whole will, as heretofore, be under the direction of Dr. James Pech. The concert takes place on May 3, at eight o'clock. exists IN TRINITIES AND IN >PPOSITES. In the second and third divisions of the lecture the | assistance of Mr, Mackaye himself would be so neces- | sary to elucidate the meaning of his language that | transcribing is would be useless, Suilico if to say that every bearing in which human expression 8 expressable, measurable or capable of being analyzed, synthesized or reduced to rule, was given | with an case which shows the truth of Delsarte’ aphorism, that it was as with the musician and his | instrument, who by long study and practice obtains | such @ command’ over it as at length to use the | notes almost by instinet. The third part was a triumphant ilustration, loudly and conunuously ap- | plauded, of the “OHROMATIC SCALES of facial expression.” The lecturer stood upright, | with his hands behtnd his back, ana the various | | phases of pussion and sentiment. such as anger, hate, fury, despuir, fear, astonishment, surprise, admiration, pleasure, joy, love SWEPT IN WAVES OVER HIS FACK, as imperceptibly merging one Into the other as the movement of the shadows thrown by the Sun, but | WY going from extreme of the cardinal points of ex- pression just as surely and distinctly. The lecture concluded with two recitations—one comic, the other of the sublimest pictures of fear and mind- torture and despair from the “iphigemia tn Tauris” of MLLE. ROSA D’ERINA, whose rendition of the melodies of Ireland was so well received in this city, leaves to-day for an extensive Western tour. She will sing first at St. Louis, and will appear after- wards at the principal cities and towns, probably as far west as San Francisco, DRAMATIC EXPRESSION. Lecture by James 8. Mackaye on Delsarto’s Science and Art of Dramatic Expression—The Anatomy of Gesture—The Analy- sis of Movement. At Steinway Hall last evening was given a lecture by a young Amertcan which camerather asa reve- Istion than a mere exposition to the refined audi+ ence which had the good fortune to hear him, The gentleman was James Steele Mackaye, a native of Buffalo, in this State, and his subject the “Science and Art of Dramatic Expression,’ Elabo- rated and perfected by his great master, Delsarte. Mr. Mackaye is tall and slimly built, and one becomes a little puzzled to think whether his grace of carriage and nobility of expression is entirely natural or the result of Delsarte’s wonder- ful system applied to himself. He is young— probably twenty-flve—and has a clear eye, a prominent nose and not very heavy under jaw. He {s thin lipped, but the expression of the entire face is something so changeable that except in what he is pleased to term its ‘normal’ state, you catch a glimpse of him as he ts, a BRIGHT, INTELLIGENT, SPIRITUALIZED young man. Otherwise he appears whatever he pleases, insipid or interesting, ‘over violent or over civii”—a lamb or a wolf, speaking metaphortically— a protector or atyrant. His voice 13 sonorous and pleasing. The hall was not by any means full, but it con- tained such a gathering of men and women of high mental order as to make up, except in one respect, for the want of number This was that the lecture was for the benefit of the first hilosopher of dramatic expression which the world las seen, There is, however, Witue doubt tnat if Mr. Mac e repeats his jecture in the same cause that there will be no complaint on this account. At eight o’clock precisely the lecturer appeared anc was grected with applause, He said:— Ladies and gentiemen, L once had @ friend, a Frenchman who had been introduced to | | the fatwily of Cluet Justice Chase. His Engi (sn was not of tie best, and he wrote me shortly after his visit that he found the Culef Justico’s family wo be VERY SHORT AND AGREEABLE. To-night I may say I am surprised to find my audience so short and go agreeable, for I am come to speak in the cause of a man whose fame has been evinced in the statuesque poses of passion of the great Rachel, in the lorce of Macready, in the art of Sontag and the sym- pathetic eloquence of Pere Hyacinthe. They were the pupils of Francois Delsarte. He of whom alphonse de Lamartine sald, as great im oratory as poetry. ‘He 13 a sublime orator,” of whom Alexander, Basset, Baudin have written in the highest terms of praise, descriping bim as beautiful in all the trath of sentiment, THE PROFUNDITY OF PASSION, bringing the knowledge of physiology, chology and metaphysics to bear on the development of his science; the father of a devoted family and a Christian, ‘That in rendering the works of the best masters he makes all their subtleties plain to the most obtuse mind, 1 might eae the evening in quotations written in laudation of a man whom I have known, so elevated in sentiment, so patient in study, so brave In adversity, to love whom 1s as natural as life. Me is a prisoner in Paris to-day, amid those bloodthirsty demons who CREATE REIGNS OF TERROR; all the economies of his life swept away, with a fam- ily, with daughters exposed to the chaos which there threatens everything. This 1s why I am here, to in- duce the culture of America to provide @ fitting home for the reception of the great man whose service 1 am about to give you a glimpse of to-night—Fran- gols Delsarte, I shall divide my lecture ito vi parts, First, a glance at THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES of his system. Second, an exposition of a few of the eienients of the art. ‘Third, to an illustration of msihetic gymnastics, It must be a hasty sketch, for the subject is too immense for a fuil detail. Volumes: have been written on art, but im no one | ‘has been termulated definite principles on which to periect. or criticise «art. No one has devised a system as a basis for wsthetics. It was when a vouch at the Parts Conservatory that Delsarte found the first want of this, When about | to make th a profession he found that he was forced to Ut alive of IMITATION OF OTHERS OR TO FAILURE. For about four years he was on the stage, after a } most brilliant dévw, when lost — his votce through the strain upon his vocal powers. Thenceforth he became a hermit, not in a des { but inthe midst of taat bustling world of tempt tion, Paris. ,Over the door of his study was the in - scription, “He who rejects Time Time rej 79 ‘Taus, as it were, taking Time into paraership, he has worked for forty years at the constraction of lis science of the perfection and criticism of art, a | science whieh, bearing — bis me, will | lestructible as tune. For twenty-five vears Win the Ecole de Medecine; for twenty- | nixed with the busy crowd, observing | MOVEMENTS OF FACES AND JOINTS, i bringing under his observation all the truths of | nature and scence. For fifteen years he has con- | | | | sidered and pondered over this “until he has put forth the result of his labor tn axiomatte form, ‘The first consideration 18, What 1s arty Delsarte defines It as Loilow Artis MOTION PASSED THROUGH THOUGHT and fixed inform. The acme of this is to subject anything to the deepest scrutiny of thought and ix | i ' it in the noblest form. ‘The science has the same generalization, the same developments, the It depends on sane | three which technology — thronghout. great principles, the infallipility of have been well tested. ‘The ‘Trini ty” 18 the immutable law which governs all developments, ‘This {8 not theelogy, but | alight showing the true source of the harmonies. | Tne principles must be co-cxistent, co-necessary | and co-eficient. [ao not purpose to discuss, but to | alastrate them, Dramatic expression 1s a mani- | festation ol thought by movement, and {ts sctence and art cover the agents it employs and the forms it assumes. Human nature is a forin of being that LIVES, THINKS AND LOVES. Its seats are in the vital, the mental and the affec- tional, ‘these answer to the life, the mind and the soul. These three are all so mtermixed that they | each exhibit certain phases of the other. Thus | vitality is the source of passion, of sensation or fecl- ing, Dut it has instinct, which is the mind of the Vital, aud sympathy, which is its soul. Induction 1s | the pupils ) fife Euripides. ‘Truly, a wonderful lecture. GLADIATORS 1N CONGRESS, Jem Mace’s Grand Testimonial Exhibition— Great Crowd—Distivguished Artists and Much Science Displayed—How the Pugilis- tic Giants Looked, aud How They Acted with the Gloves. New York, perhaps, in its maddest moment of pugilistic bliss, never had a gayer time nor saw a | More appropriate assemblage than was gathered to- gether last night in the hall of the building on East Houston street known as the Casino, once a church, but now devoted to German fandangos and such like. The occasion was the grand testimonial to | Jem Mace, a distinguished and scientific member of | the fistic arena, matched to fight Joe Coburn for the championship of the heavy weights of America and | all the incidental honors clinging thereto, on the ith of May next, The Casino ts just the place for | such pleasures, as the hall is lofty, large and square. One thousand persons were present, The gallery, from which at times 1s wont to come plea- sant music, and where the choir was once seated, ‘was so crowded that not one of its occupants could | move an inch without seriously incommoding his | neighbor. Around the stage of unplaued boards, | erected in the centre of the hail and appropriately adjusted with ropes, was a dense mass of persDiring and anxious spectators. Promptly at the hour an- j; Nounced two gentlemen of the order Gladii ap- peared and commenced to jump about and buffet each other’s countenances with gloves that looked like miniature bags of meal. Then the applause began, ana continued almost uninterruptedly all the night, like a resistiess river—not at all pleasant, tuat Is, 80 much oF it, to persons of weak nerves. The two gentiemcn on the platform are young Fd} wards and Tom King, as they are announced by Pro- fessor Billy Tovee, an old white haired and bearded pugilistic veteran, who saw his best days im the ring fifty years ago, and now in & husk y Voice is permit- ted to act as master vl ceremonies, and to introduce the candidates for the evening’s honors, Warry Edwards, brother of tilly Kdwards, is a youth of science, and Mr. King, & youny man ot auburn balr and ponderous arm, looks like—well, he looks like Tom King, it is refreshing to see the litle ‘uns pound each other in’ the chest ana face uutil their noses bleed and — tier bodies are like # scarlet mantle. They retii with cheers, Then *s Charley O'Melio and young one of iifinite gocd humor, livel, ‘y. The demonstration of the latter’ respecis tor his adversary 18 received wit irom the throng, and the two gentlemen t down and return by the steps into the se private lite. Then the octogenarian, Tov out again. “eT 1-mn C: I-n-s, of New York, and Geo Seddons, of London, Theyill hoblige.”’ (Cheers.) Most everybody has heard of Collins recently. He is in training to fight Bully Edwards, the champion light weigot. Tim is a lithe-bodied fellow, witt very good face, straight lunbs and a movement | when sparring like a lacaper cel, At this moment 18 | heard near the stage from a sincere admirer of botn these pugilists:— “An! Them’s ‘ard ‘Itters, sir. Tim dowked ‘in that are stunner in the nose. ye see that ere stunner /”” ‘The stunner referred to was a blow that Mr. Sed- dons received in the nostrils, that made him wink and then laugh. ‘Then Young Donnelly and Patsey Hogan appeared, and they, with applause, in good time gave way to, | as Uncle Billy of weak Jungs announced, “Billy Hedwards, of New York, and boouey 'Ar- ris, of New York. pea A hoblige.’ ‘The fratermty know Billy. He has a quiet, gen- tleman!y appearance and looks in his usual costume like a dry goods clerk, Now ne has a red shirt on. | Last night he returned from his training grounds on Long Island to appear at. Mace’s cuett, and was greatly applauded for the act. Dooney is nis trainer. They stand np well, | “plug” away with the gloves into each other's face and al! over the body. Billy hops around bke a bird, but Dooney follows him, and as they retire it ts pnt that Kdwards 18 weil thought of. barry en and McUarty, late of England, then have a slogging match, Which is coutinued until Hicken, distending his quick, unerring arm, pitches Mr. McCarty, of } and, in a heap on the stage. Pooley Mace and sor Clark then appear, and the friend at one’s elbow again speaks, He says, and it | Js the unanimous opinion of w | ‘Them's good boys, bh know. ‘They’s his hall vem when you wan! they. Got sich gan And now the Professor Tov built platiorm again, and loukin building and thea the other, with pliches his voice and mana “Gentiomen hony Dw, ot Brookiyn. Jom Mace, ot New York, ‘They?ill wind up.” Everybody cheers, and thea there ts a dead stl as two luge figures in waite aay ris, pi loons and enormous boxing gloves ewerg Irom the crowd, ascead tue stairs and wil | of every eye. Johnny Dwyer broad-shonidered man, massive ‘fs oak, With a good broad smile on his pleasinat face. | Buc facing Mace witu the gloves you see the dtifer « ence. The manner in which the latter slings owt | bota those fearful a KS | and chest of Dwyer, is something wonaeriul. Dw ' 1s a first class boxer, but he 18 nonplussed, When | Mace bounds away it is like the jump of a rabbit, so quick and gentie 13 i; but m the twinkling of an | eye up again is ne and away dashes left and right | into Johnny’s face with such invisible force that | were the hands bare that gave tne blows Mr, { Dwyer's face would certainly be leit in a state of | cranberry jam. They retired amid enthusiastic ap- | planse. “The attendance was decorous to a degree. | ‘All the celebrities were present aud Harry tii was | myatuable in directing and assisting. SELECTING THE BATTLE GUND. Jest look how Did k, ve You never finds ‘8 mice boys, 1s ‘em. But the by comes on the well- to one eid nat la baud, and is a huge, factory.” According to agreement made weeks ago between Mace and Coburn that they or ther representatives should assemble at the Clipper office to toss for choice of battle ground in Canada for their fight, | | Mace Winy the Toss—“Everything Satis. | yesterday afternoon tound at the place designated a i goodly crowd of professionals anxious to learn the result, Among the gathering was Coburn, his two brothers, Jima and Mickey; Harry Hill, the holder of the $2,000 stakes to be fought for; James Cusick, the trainer of Mace. who was delegated to represent him in his absence on the occasion; Pooley Mace, Bul Clark, Tim Collins, Barney Aaron an or sixty others not so well known, At two o'clock, by suggestion of Harry Hill, two persons from either site retired to an inner room to decide the all important question. These were Cusick and Pooley Mace for Mace, and Coburn and his brother the mind of the mind, but judgment ts its vitality and conscience its soul. VE 18 THE SOUL OF THE SOU! A intuition tts mind, Ido not now go into the inner organisms, but con- cern myself with the outer gestures of exprea- sion, fn the vital man’s mouth gape the repel- Tent; the contented or excitavalty the tems James. After an absence of twenty minutes, during Which the deepest anxiety was depicted upon ale most every countenance, these four came from their Fetiracy, and it was announced that Mace had “won of the | § | triumph at sue THB MISSISSIPPI CREVASSE. ” New Orleans Threatened Witb Inundation. a Crevasee in the Levee at Bonet Carre—The Mis sissippi Flowing Into Lake Ponchartrain— Uneontrcllable Forces of the Waters— Efforts to Repair Damages Unavailing— Immense Destruction ot Property— Criminal Nogligence of Con. tractors—Tampering With the Levee System. NEw ORLEANS, April 24, 1871, The whoie city is filed with rumors of crevasses and probable inundations, Careful inquiry and per- ' sonal investigation reduce the number of crevassea from which imminent danger 18 anticipated to four—at Poverty Pomt, Wallace Plantation and Bonet Carre above the city, and the Moraro Planta- tlon below. To-might three of these are re- ported under control, leaving the break at Bonet Carre alone to be combatted. Here the danger 13 great and imminent. Bonet Carre is forty miles above New Orleans, and at the point at which the Mississippi makes nearest approach to Lake Pont- chartrain. It has always been a point of great dan- ger and should be watched with the greatest care. Instead of that it has been studiously neglected, It Was twelve hours before the fact of the crevasse was known to the State Engineer—forty-eight hours | before an attempt was made on any adeqnate scale | locheck it, 1t was then too late, ‘To-night the waters of the great river are rushing through an opening 7v0 feet wide, with » rushing, roaring sound, uudible for miles, ploughive a chan- nel fifty feet deep far into the vacant lands, while the levee rapiily crumbles into its botling waters. Piles, four deep, driven twenty feet into the ground and == packed with sandbags, are swept like- reedg. No efforts can now close the crevasse, and as soon as the flood | has cut its way into the ake the latter | will overflow the whole rear portion of the city of | New Orleans. ‘Thirteen years ago @ crevasse OC curred at the same point, In 1849 New Orleans was converted into @ transatlantic Venice, the water being in some places four and five feet deep in the street, The damage already done to property amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it will be stilt greater, The whole levee system of the State has been so tampered with by legislation that any vigoroas action is impracticable. Both State and city levees were turned over by the last Legise lature to @ private company organized for that purpose, who are under no kind of responsibility to anybody for damages, but on the contrary lave a direct interest in making as much work as possible, The latest news at nine #, M. Is that the Bonet Carre crevasse is still extending and that twelve iniles of the Jackson Railroad have been washed away. S. McComb, the President, and Mr, Sewall, the engineer of the road, set out to-night for the scene of the disaster. Additional Particulars. New ORDEANS, April 24—10:50 P. M. The engineer in charge at Bonet Carre sends the following despate We have, of necessity, abandoned the idea of closing the crevasse and are conlining our efforcs to checking its extension. Lam satisiied that our ex ertions in this direction will be successful apd the further spread of this direful catanity will be averted. 1 have uved our tug to aselst some of tae planters in removing their household fur- . To-morrow & pony express Will be eatab- shea to Kenuer, and [ will communicate by tele- 4 distres: ‘aph several umes & day, In communicating this despatch the State Engi+ gineer, General M. Jef Thompson, characterisucally says:— Tam trying to get a steamboat to run excursions to the Bonct arre crevasse, luat the people may see a miniature Niagara or the force of the Missia sippi river whea uncurbed, ‘Two other crevasses—one at Point Manoir, west of | Baton Rouge, and one on the MeDonongh estate, below the city re reported. THE COAL TROUBLES. The Feeling et Scranton—Grand Mass Meet. ing of Miners to be Held at Hyde Park= Miarrs Expected to Modify Ticir 'erms—The Pittston Workimen Becoming Hestive—Fa- vorablo Prospect for Early Resumption. SCRANTON, April 24, 1871, A few German miners weat to work this morning in slope No 4, owned by the Lackawanua Coal and Trou Company, agreeably to the resolutions passed at the meeting on Saturday night. The movement has caused no excitement among the other miners, and were the matter menuoned as @ current item of news on the street it would be deemed of no importance. The men who have gone into the nine are not members of the Workingmen’s Benevo- lent Association, and as they only produce coat for the furnaces and rolling mills of the company their action does not in the least anect the questions be- tween the great companies aiid their employés. All the interest in the coal troubles now centres in the grand mass meeting of miners to be held in Hyde Park to-morrow, and everybody ts feverishly anxious about the result, Itis safe to premise that the miners wil modify the terms last proposed to the companies, and offer to work for $110 per diamond car, falling wo $1 ff the corporations are willing to compromise at that figure. Should the companies stilt adhere to the terms already named by them—elghty-six cents & car—it 1s probable that the deadlock will continue a month or more longer, say to June, when it mast collapse from shecr exhaustion oa the part of the miners, aad the merchants who have tius far sus tained them. It wiil be che aper and safer for the companies to | meet the men upon a fair compromise, such as € | have aliuded to, than walt for the denouement sug- It is important that the raen should go te cheeriully, and not feel that they have been They may have to labor gested wo starved tuto submission, | at the companies’ terms at lust, but such an arrange: 1m will not last long. They wilt be out | again just as soon as they Dave means to make ane and tie same trouble which has caused use aud appreliension will be enacted eraygain UL a more liberal spirit ani- mates tae The companies cun better afiord to conciiate a litte pow thau crown their ksas they well Kuow Wil tollow if the meu are forced to accept the terms which caused the strike in December. Ever so live magnanimity eir part just at Us juncture will be productive uct goon. ‘There 1s a spirit of unrest among the miners at Pittston, but itis probab.c that it will ail be settied in the course of the week. Tne meeung at Hyde Park wiil have great mfuence with the ten in that quarter. Mr. Parrish’s men at Wikesbarre have v in consuliation all day, aud it is thought mat- ters will be arranged by to-morrow or nextday. Mr. Parrish employs avout three Luousand men, and when | they go to work operations must soon commence in Other sections, Altogether the prospect looks more favoravle for a general umpuon um Lhe course of the, present, week. Something definite will ve known by Weunesday or Taursday, when the miners’ com mittee conciude thetr interview with tie compa- nies’ repres ves, Until then everything will be Speculation, ‘The people here are more hopeful and cheeriul than they have been for several months past, judgment being now exercised, instead of passion, aud hence the favorable tura im aiuirs. Minees and Operators Following the Heraid’s ‘Advicc—Loeni Arbitration 10 be .dopted— Work to be Resumed the Mauch Chunk. and Ashland Regions. PuLADELPHtA, April 24, 1871. The advice of the HERALD regarding local arbitra- ~ | thon in the minting region ts being adopted by both operators and miners. Mr. E. W. Clark, President | of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, re ceived a telogram this evening asking him to meet | the miners tn his employ at Sumont Hill and settle the differences between theut by local arbitration. ” Clark Will meet them to-morrow. aS belleyed all te miners in the region near | auch Chunk. Will resume work next week, and tn this manner sii the miners throughout tae upper aud lower regions Will eventually enter upon & gens esumptton. oral feapar Centralia, Pa., A despatch from the miners ot Columbia county, at & meeting held tus after. the operators’ proposition noun, resolved to accept ade on Saturday. bey * idenpatch pe Ashland says the miners of dis- 3 ‘every tht toss” for the battle und and that “everything vo satisfactory." Toe crowd then instantly 4 persed. lise | u trict No. 9, Workmgmen’s Benevolent have also resolved to accept the urday. a