The New York Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1871, Page 3

0 WASHINGTON. Proclamation by the President Concern- ing the Enforcement Act. The Law to Be Executed. Rigidly Attempt to Swindle a Territorial Judge Gut of His Office. ¢ Orowds of Omice-Seekers Besieg- ing the White House. Postponement of the New York Central Scrip Dividend Case. WASHINGTON, May 4, 1871, Proclamation by the Presidemt—The Ku Klux * Law to be Migidly Euforced. BY THE PRESIDEN? OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMBERICA—A PROOLAMATION:— ‘The act of Congress entitled “An act to enforce We provisions of tbe fourteenth amendment to the eonstitution of the United States and for other pur- poses,” approved April 20, A. D. 1871, being a law ef extraordinary public importance, I consider it my duty to issue this my proclamation, calling the attention of the people of the United States thereto, enjoining upon all good citizens, and especially upon Public officers, to be zealous in the enforcement ‘Mereof, and warning all persons to abstain from committing any of the acts thereby prohibited. The Jaw of Congress applies to all parts of the Unitea States, and will be enforced everywhere to the exe tent of the powers vested in the Executive, But fmasmuch as the necessity therefor is well known to have been caused chiefly by persistent violations of the rights of citizens of the United States by combinations of lawless and disaffected persoas in certain localities lately the theatre ef insurrection and military conflict, I do particu- Jarly exhort the people of those parts of the country © suppress all such combinations by their own voluntary efforts, through the agency of local laws, ‘and to maintain the rights of all citizens of the Daited States, and to secure to all such citizens the equal protection of the laws, Fully sensible of the vesponsibility imposed upon the Executive by the act of Congress to which public opinion is now eailed, and reluctant to call into exercise any @f the extraordinary powers thereby conferred Bpon me, except in cases of imperative neces- amity, I do nevertheless deem it my duty to wake known that I will not hesitate to ex- aust the power thus vested in the Executive when- @ver and wherever it shall become necessary to @0 80 for the purpose of securing to all citizens of the Untted Stateathe peaceful enjoyment of the rights guaranteed wo them by the constitution and laws. Is is my earnest wish that peace and cheerful obe- tence to the law may prevail throughout the land, and that all traces of our late unhappy civil strife May be speedily removed. These ends can be easily reached by acquiescence in the results of the conflict, Row written in our constitution, and by the due and Proper enforcement of equal, just and impartial laws im every part of our country. The failure of local Communities to furnish such means for the attain- ment of results so earnestly desired imposes upon ‘the national government the duty of putting forth all its energy for the protection ot its citizens, of every race and color, and for the restoration of peace and order throughout the entire country. In testimony whereof I have herennto set my cere caused the seal of the United States to be Done at the city of Washington this third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and of the indepen- @ence of the United States tue nnety-tifth. ae U.S. GRA By the Prestdent, HAMILTON Fisx, Secretary of State. Attempt to Swindle a Territorial Judge Out of His Ofice. The President has taken no action in the matter of the appointment of M. E. Hollister as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Idaho, vice Judge Joseph R. Lewis, whose sig- nature 1s allegod to have been & forgery. It is not true, as has been stated, that there were disrespect- fal allusions to the President in the letter purport- ing to come from Judge Lewis. It merely urged that his private business was of such @ nature that Im justice to his own interests he was compelled to resign the office; nelther has anything been heard from him in regard to the change made. His friends here allege that the letter is a forgery, and that it was the machination of some partles who desired to have the Judge removed. It Ys considered here “as a remarkrble feature of the Tenure of Office bill that a man can be swindled out of his position, and communications of Sny importance from the Territories now are scanned with more than ordinary care to see if they are genuine. The Presidenvs Auxiety Concerning the : New Loan.” The President called at the Treasury Department to-day and had along interview with Acting secre- tary Richardson relative to the financial situation, and especially with regard to the new loan negotia- tion. Secretary Boutwell will retarn on Saturday, when Judge Richardson will leave for his home, in Massachusetts, Tho President Besieged by Office-Seekers. Large numbers of letters continue to be sent to the President, applying for office in the several de- partments; but in cases where answers are given the applicants are informed that appointments to clerkships rest with heads of departments, with whom, in this respect, he does not interfere. Tho New York Central Railroad Dividend Case. General Pleasonton will not, for some time to tome, decide the New York Central scrip dividend tase, The delay has in part been occasioned by the transfer of the solicitor of the Office of Internal Revenue to the Department of tne Interior, thus ne- Oeasitating the re-examination of the papers, which are very voluminous; and, besides, the time of the Commissioner was closely occupied during the sex sion of Congress with the pressure of current busk ness. Settlement of American Claims Spain. Caleb Cushing was to-day appointed attorney for the United States in claims of citizens of the United States against Spain, to be adjudicated under ar- rangements made by Minister Sickles on the 12th of February Jast. Baccess of the Proposed Treaty with Great Britain Assured. General Cameron and Senator Morton, both mem- bers of the Senate Committee on Forcign Relations, arrived to-day and will remain for che session. They are sanguine about the success of the proposed treaty with Great Britain and its approval by the Senate and the people, Increase of Fruit Distillation in the United States. The receipts from brandy distilled from apples, peaches and grapes for the first nine months of whe fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, 18 $1,293,716, being an increase of $772,506 over the receipts from this source for the corresponding months of the previous fiscal year. This Jarge increase 1s attriput- able to the liberal regulations tasued in July last ‘This amount is made up of the tax of the fifty cents per gallon, and shows the production thus far in the present fiscal year to be 2,587,452 gallons, on ‘which the tax has already been paid. Personal, Lord Walsingham, a distinguished English ogri- eulturist, left yesterday for Caltfornia, and Lord Gooderich son of Eart de Grey, is om the eve of starting In the same direction. Hon. James M. Ashiey, late Governor of Montana, was to-day appointed @ cummusstoner to define the boundaries between the Cherokee country and the neighboring States. The position was first tendered R. G. Corwin, of Ohio, but he declined to serve. General Tarner was to-day detailed by ‘he Presi- @ent to Inspect the subsistence stores purchased as Indian supplies in New York. Boncitor Banflled. of the Treasury Department, Against NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. has left here for San Francisco and will be absent two weeks Dinper and Reception at the English Min- ister’s, At the dinner given this evening by Min- ister Thornton there were present Earl de Grey, Governor Henry D. Cooke, the Argentine Minister and lady, J. Bancroft Davis and wife, Professor Montague Bernard, Miss Harris, Colonel Rathbone and wife, Str Staf- forg Northcote, Count Corti, Hon. Le Poer Trench, Sw John Macdonald and Lady and Lord Tenterden. At the conclusion of the dinner a reception was held, and, notwithstanding the pelting rain, there Was a very large attendance of the members of the diplomatic corps. Prominent among those who graced the elegant parlors of the residence of Sir Edward Thornton was Madame Garcia, who has been prevented until now from participating 1n the receptions this season by serious illness, Movements of the President. President Grant said this morning that it would afford him much pleasure to attend the meeting of the Army of the Potomac in Boston next week, but he would be prevented from doing so by the extraordinary meeting of the Senate, He designs leaving Wasnington on Saturday for Philadelphia, to return on Monday, with Mrs. Grant, who is now On & visit to that city. Resignation of the Land Office Recorder. Judge J. N. Granger, Recorder of the General Land Ofice, and brother-in-law of the late Senator Douglas, has resigned his position, the resignation to take effecton the Sist instant, No one hasyet been designated for the vacancy. Special Agent of the Post Office Department. The Postmaster Gencral has appointed George A. Bangs Special Agent of the Department, to superin- tend postal matiers with the railway mail service, vice George B. Armstrong, resigned, Health of Mr. Corcoran. Mr, William W. Corcoran seems to be gradually sinking. The physicians were in attendance until a late hour to-night, and an examination of his lungs revealed that one of them is badly affected. ‘This, in connection with other compiaints, leaves but lutte hope for his recovery, The Legal Tender Decision and the National Bank Ring. \ An Unpublished Letter from Secretary Chase. The Payment of United States Bonds in Coin a Matter of Usage and Not of Obligation— Effect of the Recent Decision Upon National Bank Notes. Wasiineron, May 2, 1871. The National Bank ring is in a terrible stew over the final decision of the Supreme Court that the Legal Tender act is clearly constitutional. The last decision must be ‘inal, because it was made by a full bench, while the previous one was not; besides, it will be approved by a majority of both political parties, The people know that the greenback currency is the best we have ever had, and will not sustain any political party that favors, for one instant, tne scheme for driving it ont of existence and substitut- ing irredeemaple national bank notes, Tnis most excellent and just decision makes greenbacks and coin the currency of the country— botn equai in value for all practical purposes, Both in fact equal, except for the purpose of paying duties on imports and interest on the public debt. An act of Congress is only needed to make them both one ana the same for all purposes, The first greenbacks issucd—known as demand notes—were received in payment of duties on im- ports, and remained on par with gold during the entire period they were in circulation. Add tnis feature to the legal tenders and they at once appre- ciate to the value of coin. The last decision is clearly right, just ana in the interest of the great mass of the people. It 1s a deathbiow to all schemes for driving our greenback true national currency out of existence aud substi- tuuing the irredeemable currency of the National banks. As matters now stand greenbacks are head and shoulders above national bank notes. Greenbacks are legal tender; national bank notes are not. Greenbacks are issued by and endorsed by the gov- ernment of the United States; national bauk notes are issued by corporations. Defaced, worn and ed greenbacks are redeemed in all the principal cities of the Union. Assistant trea. surers and depositaries are directed by Treasurer Spinner to exchange perfect greenbacks for green- backs which are unfit for circulation, when the Sra shall be presented for redemption or ex- change. On the other hand, defaced, worn and mutilated national bank notes are redeemable by law only at tne bank where issued, and, practically, are not re- deemed atall. The banks are interested in keepin, them im circulation until mullions and millions o! doilars are worn out and destroyed, Every dollar thus disposed of ts just one dollar gain to the bank that issued ft, and itis not likely the corporations Will ever take any steps to Keep their circulation in good condition. It is getting worse and worse every day, and the national bank ring Bas defeated every eifort in Congress to have it improved. The only way is for the people to REFUSE NATIONAL BANK NOTES, and insist as a right that all payments must be made in legal tenders, This 1s the first step toward driving national bank notes out of existence and eae aee, the greenback currency of the United tes. ‘Sonatess and the present administration have made every possibie sacriiice and put forth every effort to appreciate the interest bearing bonds of the nation, Let them now direct their attention to bringing the greenback obligations of the govern- ment up to par. Yesterday's decision is a step in the right direction. All honor, then, to the United States Supreme Court | CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE, Those who find most iault with day's de- cision are fond of ringing all sorts of changes upon the fuct that Chief Justice Chase dissented. They are pleased to ignore the fact that Mr. Chase, while Secretary of the Treasury, when in the full vigor of manhood, in full possession of all his facul- hes, went as faras any one in favor of the en: back currency. In his letter of February 3, fe, wo Hon. E. G. Spaulding, Chairman of the Ways and Means sub-committee on Currency, Secretary 8, P, Chase wrote as foillows:— Mr, Seward said to meon yesterday that him that my hesitation in coniing up to the ldgat Seodee ore ition embarrassed you, and { am very sorry to observe it, lor my anxious wish fe to” support you {a pa ia hacked with fog conclusion it the le der clause is a necessity, but waa support {t earnestly, a het clas THE CHICAGO LETTER, Secretary Chase, in his letter of May 18, 1984, to Mr. Ira Holmes, of Chicago, states distinctly that a portion of the interest-bearing obligations of the government are payable in “lawful money’? (greenbacks), but that, according tp the usage of the government, the coupon and registered bonds were payable in coin. He apparently took care to state that the payment of bonds in coin was a matter of usage and not at all of obligation, The inference that many drew from that letter at the time it was written was that it remained en. urely optional with the goverument to pay its bonds, of all descriptions, tn nbacks or gold, as, indeed, it was. But here is the letter in full. It has never before bisa tg REASURY DEPART! Stn—Yoor letter of the 13th inat., Tmaing eal tes gari!to the kind of currency with witch the fretwenty yearat ‘ix per cen! nds, and the three years’ seven-t hots are to be redeemed has beak received. nn Per ce Mt It bas been the constant us: of the Department to re- deem all coupon and registered bonds, forming part of ‘the funded or permanent debt of the, United states, tn coin, and this an not been deviated from during my adminisra tion of ite alfaire. The Treasury notes and other obligations, forming part of the temporary loan, are payable and will be redeemed {n law- ful money ; that ia to say in United States notes, unui after the resumption of specle payments, when they also, will doubtiess be redeemed in coin or equivalent notes, The five-wenty sixes, being payable twenty years from date, though redes after five years, are considered as belonging to the funde nen the twenty years sizes into which the th , And reo 0 are 0 eara’ vet thirty notes are convertible, | Thess bonds therefore,” mo- cording to the sage of the government, are payable in coin. The three years’ seven-thirty Treasury notes are part of the temporary loan, and will be paid in United States ‘notes, un- less holders prefer conversion to payment.—very reapecs- fully, _P. OF THA Hous, Caehfor First National Bank, ‘chicago, IL It is not unjust, unfair, or even unkind, to the Chief Justice to say that these letters ougnt to have more Weight @ thousand times than his present opin- jon. Surely very littie weight should attach to the dissenting opinion of the Chief Justice, whatever may be thought of those who coincide with him. @ main point is forever settled. The Legal Tender act ts constitutional. no rubbing thatout Should even yesterday's fuli bench de- cision in relation to contracts made previous w the peers of the Legal Tender law be reversed, the fact that the jaw 18 ognstitutional ana that green- backs are legal tender fer the payment of all debta contracted since its passage is conceded by every one, That 1s forever settied, GREENBACKS AND COIN constitute now and hereafter the legitimate cur- rency of the United States, The next step is to ri tire the national bank notes, issue greendacks in- stead, and pay off the interest-bearing bonds now deposited in the Treasury by the national banks, ed wonld me reduction et C3 ree C4 Sarssion i $20) per annum, out injustice to any ti te terest. res it us have the national bank he: a out fasther controversy. A cre YACHTING NOTES. The recent trial trip of the schooner Wanderer extended as far as the Delaware Breakwater. The Yacht was in the easterly gale of Friday last, and from the statements of those on board performed remarkably well, and proved herself quite fast. She rewrued to tis port late Tuesday evening to obtain necessary documents from Wasnington, take iu a few additional stores and allow her owner to transact certain business prior to Ms contemplated cruise of four or five weeks, Yesterday he and bis guests were ready to depart, but the thick weather Prevented; but should it be clear this morning the Yacht will leave port for Nassau, N. P., where she will remain for awhile, and from thence a8 her owner shall direct. No programme of ports to be Visited has been decided upon, and consequently the cruise will be governed by circumstances. Dr, Lorillard, Mr. Louls Mazier and Captain Robert Fish fre the personal friends that accompany Captain Lorillard, The yacht will return in time to particl- pate in the June regatta of the New York Club, The sloop yacht Mary, of the Brooklyn club, has been rebuilt, and ts now essen' &® new boat, She 1s eigut feet longer and eighteen inches wider than belore, making her dimensions:—Length on water line, 53 feet; length ou deck, 62 feet; breadth of beam, 16 feet 6 inches; depth of hold, 4 feet d inches, Her spars anu rigging are new, and she 1s Pleasantly fitted up. The schooner Kochantress was at Gibraltar April 10, having arrived tuere from Madeira ou the Thurs- day previous, alter a pleasant ran with light east- erly winds and fine weather, The time passed in Madeira was far from enjoyable, as the weather was extremely disagreeable. No opportunity had been offered to scrape, repaint and revarnish the yacht until arrival at Gibraltar, which, at the time of mail- ing the letter from which us information 18 ob- tained, was being prosecuted with vigor. Captain Lorillard and guests had gone as far as Seville by way of Cadiz on a little tour of sight-seeing, and upon their return, April 11, the yacht departed for Algiers and Tunis, The Enchantress since her de- arture from New York had encountered very avy Weather and high seas, but behaved splen- didly, und 18 pronounced au excellent sea boat and asuccess, ‘The sloop Maraquita, of the Brooklyn club, Dr. Ravana? Owner, 18 at New Haven, repatring and Mr. Sheppard Homans, of the New York club, will make Gould Island, just above Newburg, his sum- mer rendezvous with the yacht Foam, NEW YORK BAR ASSOCIATION. Discussions on the Amendments to the Code of Procedure. A special meeting of the New York Bar Associa- tion was held !ast evening at No. 20 West Twenty- seventh street, with William M. Evarte in the chatr. ‘The meeting was called by the Executive Committee for the purpose of discussing the bill now before the Governor, entitled, “An act to amend the code of civil proceedure, After an extended discussion by the members present, who characterized the bill as obnoxious to a degree, a committee of three, con- sisting of Judge Emott, James ©. Carter and W. E, Curtis, were appointed to draft suitable resolutions, that the feeling of the bar upon the bili in question might be known. Altera brief absence the committee reported a series of resolutions stating that the bill was of a character s0 extraordinary as to justify the gravest apprehensions, as it will render the attainment of justice m @ number of most important suits practi- cally impossible. Among other provisions contained in the bill there 1s one requiring all actions in the city and county of New York for tne foreclosure of mortgages and the partition of real property to be brought into the Supreme Court, thus swelling the already enormous patronage of that tribunal. A provision permitting the Judge of the Supreme Conrt to remove to that, at their discretion, any suit brought in the Superior Court or Court oi Com- mon Pleas, A provision prohibiting any stockholder of a corporation from seeking redress in any other plave than in the county where such corporation has its principal office, se that ged gee | having their principal ofMices in the city of New Yerk cannot be prosecuted by their stockhoiders eisewhere, A provision greatly eularging the privileges of appeal to the General Term from the decisions of a singie judge, and greatly restricting the privilege of appeal to the Court of Appeals from the decisions of General Term. A provision depriving parties of the privilege of choosing referees by consent and vesting the ap- pointment in the discretion of the juage. A provision taking away the right to have an m- spection of the beoks apd papers of a corporate body under ony circumstances, A provision restoring the law of criminal con- tempt, as it formally existed in England, whereby the free and public discussion of the character of Judicial proceedings and the conduct of judicial tribunals, and even the publication without per- mission of @ true report of judictal proceedings, is made a criminal misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, without auy other limit than the discretion of the Court or Judge, and this without the benefit of a trial by jury or the privilege of appeal. ‘The bill contains many other objectionable fea- tures, all of waich were included in the resolutions, li alter a few unimportagt amenumeats, were assed. a it was also resolved that a committee of twelve be appointed to proceed to Albany, there to see Gover- nor Hofman &nd, if possible, dissuade him from signing the bill. The following named gentlemen were appointed by the chairman, whose name was subsequentiy adaed:—E. S. Van Winkle, Henr Nicoil, Jonn_N. Van Cott, James C. Carter, H. M. Alexander, Theodore W. Dwight, Samuel J. Tilden, James Emott, Aug. H. Smith, Henry E. Davis, G. A. Hand, Edw. Mitchell, JERSEY’S GREAT SENSATION. The Wiiletts-Yates-Whitehead Morrer—Ad- ditional Porticulars—Whe Are the Real Crimi t—A Very Strange Story. The city of New Brunswick, mn Middlesex county, N. J., is still intensely excited over the Yates Willetts- Whitehead case, some particulars of which have already appeared in the HERALD. Recent de- velopments go to show that elther the case is one of infamous attempted blackmailing or that the real guilty parties have not been brougnt forward at all. James Baxter, the man who made the statement, setting forth that he haa been hired by Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Willetts and Mr. Willetts, is @ middle aged Englishman and ts without any family. He was in the employ of Whitehead & Co., at South River, New Brunswick. The senior partner is old Mr. Whitehead, a man eighty years of age, of exceedingly eccentric disposition, He and his sons have long been at loggerheads, while his daughters and their husbands appear to have haa the old gentleman’s unbounded contidence. In his will the three sons, James, Charies and Wil- liam, are charged with $64,763 cash advanced to them by him, with interest from 1868, besides notes and mortgages held by him. Deaucting these they would still have an jaal division of his estate. Baxter, who 18 now In jail, held as a witness, made no charge against them, but only against the daugh- ters and son-in-law, Mr. Theodore Willetts. Yesterday @ HERALD representative visited the old gentleman, and he charges his sons, and not his daughters, with conspirin against hig life. The fact that he appeared in court and went ball for each in the sum of §2,000 establishes the sincerity of his belief in their inno- cence. His theory 13 thatthe charges were made against the daughters to suake his confidence in them, so that he might cut them off in the distripu- tion of his weath The reverse is the re suit, Since the arrest of the daughters he has given them each $10,000 tn real estate and securities, It seems he knew all the facts in the attempt to burn him up in his own house, but rather than go to any bother de- clined taking any steps in the matter. He satisfied himself with frequently consigning the felow Baxter to the bottomiess pit. It 1s expected that the trial, which comes oi in September, will reveal some ex- traordinary fact OFFICIAL GLADIATORS. Exciting Affair in Harrison, N. J.—Personal Rencontre Between an Alderman and a MagistrateArrest of the Latter. For years past the town of Harrison, op- posite Newark, has not borne a@ particularly enviable reputation for possessing models of propriety among its town officers, and divers and sundry disgraceful occurrences have been reported in the HERALD, Just now the town 1s flercely excited over a personal rencontre which took pince there night before last, in which the principal actors were Justice Jonn O'Sullivan and Alderman Darling. It appears that at the last charter eiection Michael Coogan and Cornelius #Hig- gins tied eacn) other In the race for Chosen Free- holder, so that the election passed into the hands of the Town Council. At the last meeting of this body, @ few nights since, Coogan got & majority of yotes and was declared elected, ne having received four votes against two for digging, Subsequent to the announcement of the result JUSTICE O'SULLIVAN WAXED WRATHY, and commenced a wholesale abuse of the Common pais 1 He wound up by aesaulting, a8 alleged, one of the aldermen, Mr. Samuel Darling. The lat ter, besides being an older man, Is a member of the Hudson county Grand Jury now in session. O’Sul- Livan wae arrested rday, afidavits having been made against him by four aiaermen. He was bailed to answer, Though elected a justice he has not yet been commissioned. A year ago he was President of she Board of Council, we MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Cnurcd Music AssoctaTion.—Under the above inex pressive and singularly chosen name 1s known the noblest musical organization existing at present in New York. Founded by a number of wealthy art lovers, with @ singleness of purpose for art alone, cradied in the nursery of fashion alone and directed by @ conductor—vr. James Pech—whose talents, energy and zeal have been wholly employed in its service, it is no wonder that this society should have at once commanded the earnest attention of the musical public. Its exclusiveness is only temporary, and was, perhaps, necessary w give it the prestige and start which would place it on & sure foundation, and we understand that next sea- son its concerts will be thrown open to the general public ina more aemocratic manner and on the necessary conditions which its high tone of arrange- ments may demand. The closing concert at Stein- way Hall on Wednesday night was a remarkable performance in every way. ‘The attendance was & perfect jam, and many ies attired tn fall evening dress were unable to procure scats. The chorus, numbering between two and three hundred singers, and the orchestra, over eighty, were seated in an artistically arranged staging built over the regular latform, rising to the height of forty feet from the joor. This presented the performers in a very effec- tive cableau vivant, over Which presided the baton $s iA Pech. The following programme was per- formed:— Par’ Overture—La Muetie di Portici. Grand Mass—Soll, orchestra anc Part The music to “A Midsummer Night's Drea: Auber’s overture was given with immense éan, and with every attention to all the delicate minutiw of musical expression, Niedermeyer’s mass—never before, we believe, performed tn this country—has & freshness and agreeable Now of melody, united with @ succession Of Choruses, some OL Which are evi- dently based upou the model of the old masters, with @ streak or two of modern appliances, after the manner of Rossini, The principal attractive num- bers of this work are the Gloruw, Credo and the Benedictus, in whicii latter the principal vocalists— Madame Anna Bishop, Madame Clara Perl, Nir. Wil- am D, Leggat and Mr, Franz Remmertz—were worthy of commendation, Mr. William D. Leggat particularty distinguished himself for nis correct and careful singing of O Salutaris Hostia, the movement preceding the mppeegings & piece demanding the most exquisite delicacy of handling. ‘The romantic version of Mendelssohn was fauitiessly given, both chorus aud orchestra entering into tae work with intelligence and spirit. ‘The choruses, “Ye Spotted Snakes” and “Through This House Give Glim’ring Light,” were mg by avout 200 young ladies of the association with precision and ‘effect. The performance of this work was @ decided suc- cess, its lairy-like character, tunefulness and har- monic combinations never failing to sustain the interest aud win the unanimous applause of the audience :from beginning to end. Mme, Anna Bishop and Mme. Ciara Perl sang the few solu — contained in the work, and Mr, Arthur atthison very effectively read those portions of the play which illustrated the various movements of the music, We have already ailnded to the handsome tribute tendered to Dr. Pech by the. association. We trust that the work which has 80 auspi- clously commenced, and is in Lhe interests of true art, will be continued next season in like manner, When wealth and fashion combine to present the best music in the most attractive manner there 18 a hope that the metropolis of America will never again be left so long as it has during the past season Without opera, oratorio and concert worthy of it. To Dr. Pech much of the success of the enterprise is due, for a conductor wields much power tor good or evilin a musical society. The only thing now re- quired for this society, before it takes up its quar. ters in the AcaJemy, is to change its name, Church Music Association is suggesilve alone of the Sunday school and camp meeting, and many persons are misied by the appellauon. STernwaY HALL—MRS, MACREADY’S RECITALS.— A wet night and a slim audience (the former proba- bly, in some measure, the cause of the latter) were the uninviting circumstances under which this talented lady read last nignt, Apart from these the test was a trying one, as she depended solely on her Own powers to provide the amusement of the even- ing. In spite of all these drawbacks her reading, or rather acting, was a fair success, yet somewhat marred by the badly mixed nature of the selections given. Her best efforts were two scenes from Shert- dan Knowles’ “Love Chase” and the somnambula- tion scene from “Macbeth.” In the first there iT was a dash and vivacity which were irre- sistible, Her conception, in the second, was in good keeping with the iear-tortured spirit of Shakspeare’s tigress-hearted heroine, In the scene where Lady Macbeth eggs on her weakly vicious husband there was @ lack of intensity which cannot be laid to the door of inability; for Mrs. Macready can embody strong passion when she wills. Edgar Allan Poe’s poem of **The Bells” was given according to her “original” idea. The tones in which she rendered 1t may best be appreciated from the odd poem itself:— ‘They are neither man nor woman; ‘They are neither brute nor human, It is a pity that a lady of such undeniable Gee and versatility should mar her good qualities wit straining them to the piping pout over such @ piece of put-me-in-my-little-bedism as “WIil the New Year Come To-night, Mamma?” The scene from “Midsummer Night’s Dream” was, on the whole, creditabie, although the individuality ot five distinct characters 13 very diiticuit to preserve. A second recital of the series, with an entire change of pro- gramme, will be given at a matince ou Saturday, at two o'clock. GRAND OPERA Hovse.—In spite of the sadly un- propitious weather, a splendid house gathered together at this magnificent temple of the muses last evening in honor of the benefit of Mr. Henry (0, Page, the business manager. The programme included & mélange of some of tho most popular musical pieces in the repertoire of the company, together with Morton’s brilliant little one act comedy of “Sketches in India.” In this last Mr. Page himself appeared as Count Glorieux. It was the first time he had ever been behind the footlights, but he acquitted bimseif ad- mirably. He was called out after the curtain had falien, and made a neat and pointed littie speech, thanking the audience for past favors. Unbounded and enthusiastic applause of course hated his last word. Elise Persini sang the ‘Jewel Song” from Peay and weil earned the encore she received. The performance concluded witn the last two acts of “Karbe Bleue.” Aime took the part of Boulotte, with her usual success. Gausins, as Bluebeard, was fanny, original, sparkling agever. The rest of the cast was admirably sus- tained. The performeace was an immense success, and certainly spoke well for the popularity of Mr. Page, voih before and behind the scenes, MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. At Home. Carrie Haines sailed for Europe on April 29, The Rigi Sisters—Betty and Emily—are in town Lizzie Price will play Eile at Wallack’s theatre this summer. Fanny Gilmore and Lizzie La Grange joined Howes’ London Circus in Brooklyn the past week. Charley Howard opens at the Globe theatre, this city, on May 15, also Gus Williams, comte vocalist, Robert E. Stevens, the business manager of Lina Edwin's theatre, has resigned his position. Ho goes out travelling next season for one of the best stars in America, Ture Kiralfy, of the Ktralfy troupe of Hu ngarion dancers, will shortly sail for Europe to secure a variety of talent for the Olympic theatre, this city, for a spectacle to be produced next season. John Hall, the well Known burlesque actor, has arrived in town after a successful tour through the East. He will shortly organize @nd start out again, He has engaged M. D, Shields to piay his old men. A decree of divorce was granted Marv E. Myron from Dan Myron, two well known actors, on April 28, before Judge Cardozo. Mrs, Myron will hen forth be KNOW On tue stage as Mary K. Sadora, her maiden name, Johanna Pritchard, the young authoress and aciress, who maker her debGt next season im her own play of “Auramania,” 1s about to pabilsh the novel “Auramania” in a few weeks. She 1s @ de- scendant of Mrs, Pritchard, the English tragedtenne. The Satsumas Japanese troupe, now in this city, perform in a few towns around New York and then start out for a summer tour nnder canvas with James M. Nixon as manager. Ther season at the San Francisco Hall closes of Saturday night with a benefit to ute All hight Miss Anna Mehlig, the renowned artiste, whose plano performances have everywhere called forth the mosi unqualified praise, gives a matinde must- caieat Steinway Hall, on the 17th inst., on which occasion she will be assisted by Ole Bult and Theo- dore Thomas’ unrivalled orchestra, A rehearsal of the Phtiharmonic Society takes place at the Academy of Music this afternoon and the last concert on Saturday night. The programme is:—Symphony, No. in A minor, Op. 56, Mendels- sohn; grand scena and aria, “Der Freischutz,”” “Wie nate Mir der Schiummer,” Weber, Miss Mary Krebs; concerto, for the violin, u D Op. 61, Beeth- oven (allegro moderato, larghetto, finale; ¢adence by Damrosch, with orchestral accompaniment), Dr. Leopold Damrosch; overture, “Idomeneo,” Mozart; scene from Goethe’s Fausv’ (Marguerite at the Spinning Wheel), Dachauer, Miss Mary Krebs; over- ture, “Carnival Romain,” Berlioz, In the Provinces, The Imperial Japanese Troupe, with the original little All Right, open at Fox's American theatre, Philadelphia, on May 8, for a brief periou, Lydia Thompson and troupe played “Ixion” and “To Oblige Benson’ in New Orleans last Wednesday afternoon for the benefit of the actors in Paris who are sufferers by the late war, Mrs, Valentine Love's “Enchanted Hash” com- pany 1s the significant title of a variety troupe trav- elling in Pennsylvania. Alf, Stewart and Mr. aud Mrs, Valcutine Love constitute the whole show. H. J. Sargent hax gone to Philadelphia to attend to the Dasinoss” of Robert MoWade, who ovens atthe New American Museum on May 8 in “Kip Van Winkle.” His late engagement in Cinein- nati Was & great success, Miss Emma Howson last week won a great tri- umph in the opera of ‘Robert le Diable” im Cinetn- nati, Although nearly the entire strength of the Richings English Opera Troupe was in the cast, Miss Howson was the principal feature. The “Old Man of the Mountain,” a dramatization of Walter Scott's story of “The Talisman.” has been roduced in handsome style at the Holiday street heatre, Baltimore. Miss Emma Alford and Mr. Sydney Franks are at the Front Street Theatre Comique, William Henderson, the well-known and success- ful Pittsburg manager, has secured the new opera house to be built at Providence, R. I, immediately. It is to be erected at tne corner of Dorance and Pine streets, similar to the Globe theatre, Boston—wider, but not so deep. He has secured a lease on it for ten years and will open about October 1 with @ first Class company. Colonel T. Allston Brown is secur- 12g talent for him. Tribute to Art. Mile. Christine Nilsson appeared in Nashville on Wednesday night before a thirty-four hundred dollar house, After the performance she was sere- naded by the band of the Sixteenth United States infantry and a grand review of the troops was given yesterday in honor of the Swedish nightin- Driftings Abrond. Madame Ristori ia under an engagement to pay in Spain next fall. Signor Arditt is engaged to conduct the grand opera at St. Petersvurg in tne coming season, Mr. Charles H. Ross, we understand, has taken the Holborn Theatre, London, for a twelvemonth, It is announced that Mr. Sothern is about to as- sume the managership of the Prince of Wales theatre company, Liverpool, The administration of the Kurhaus, at Wiesbaden, have engaged Herr Keler Bela's band for the ap- Proaching summer season, . “Barbarossa,” a dramatic poem in one act, by Julius Hetn, music by Bernard Hopffer, is one of the new productions ordered for the Iriedensfest at Berlin, Mesdames Patt! and Trebelll are engaged as rime donne of the Italtan operatic company at Homburg this summer. The former lady will receive 40,000 francs for ten performances. Miss Netlson’s performance of “Amy Robsart’’ as the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, has been no less splendialy successful than were her pre- vious representations at Liverpool. “Pal-sac-ap-pa,”’ an English adaptation by Mr. H. 8. Leigh, of Offenbach’s operetta ‘Les Brigands, has been brought out at the Globe, Londom The Princess Matchinsky takes part in It. Personal Intelligence. Governor F, H. Pierpont, of Western Virginia, ts domiciied at the Astor House. Lord Walsinghaa is @ guest at the Brevoort House, Colonel Manuel Freyre, Peruvian Minister to ‘Washington, 1s stopping at the Clarendon Hotel. Secretary George M. Robeson 1s sojourning at the Astor House. Galusha A, Grow, of Pennsylvanta, fs residing at the Astor House. J. Baldwin Hay, United States Consul at Jerusalem, is a guest at the St. Nicholas. c. E. Hill, of Shanghae, China, is a sojourner at the Grand Central. Senator Edmonds is House, De Witt ©. Littlejohn, of Oswego is a lave arrival at the Fifth Avenue. Lieutenant Commander F. W. Dickinson, United States Navy, is at the Hoifman House. Cc. W. Kendall, Member of Congress from Nevada, 1s domiciled at the Astor House, Judge H. H. Marshall, of Richmond, fs o late arri- val at the Grand Central. William E. Chandler, of Washington, is stopping at the Grand Central. Thomas A. Scott, of Philadelphia, ts occupying apartments at the Fifth Avenue. Colonel H. F, Dutton, of South Carolina, is aesiding at tho Grand Central. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY. Largo Fire in Painesville, Qhio—Loss $35,000. PAINESVILLE, May 4, 18Th A fire here last night destroyed two warehouses, @ cabinet shop, @ dwelling, two barns, the Railroad Block, a blacksmith shop and a lumber yard. The whole of the north side of Main street would un doubtediy have been destroyed but for the new steam fire engines. Mosi of the new goods in the Ratiroad Block were removed. The losses are estimated at from $30,000 to $40,000. The insurances amount to $15,000 or $20,000, Chief Engineer Ferris was disa- Died by a bad sprain in the early part of the fire. domiciled at the Astor Fire in Plymouth, Ohio. CINCINNATI, May 4, 1871, A fire in Plymouth, Ohio, on Tuesday night, de- stroyed property to the amount of $15,000. J, G. Street, Bacharach Brothers, Masonic Hall, Richard Clark and Joha Metley are the principal sufferers, Office and Mails Destroyed. VALPARAISO, May 4, 1871. A fire last night totally destroyed the Post Ofice building, also the mats, McCarthy & Dunham's stock of drugs, William Mason’s saddlery stock, and Bradley & White’s stock of groceries. Tocal loss about $20,000; partially insured by the Manta tan and New York, $5,000; Home, of New York, $3,000; Phoenix, of Hartford, $2,000; Awtna, of Hartiord, $1,000. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. Booges Block, Sioux City, Iowa, Bifrned— Lous Nearly $50,000. CuicaGo, May 8, 1871, A fire at Sioux City, Iowa, destroyed Booges block, corner of Fourth and Douglas streeta, Loss $40,000 to $50,000, Insurance not known, Furniture Manufactory in Bosotn, Mass. Burned. Boston, May 4, 1871. A fire in Charlestown street this morning caused damage to the extent of $20,000, The sufferers are Charles G. Pearse & Co., furniture manufacturers; Draper, Baker & Co., dealers in four; J. D. Graves, furniture, The losses are nearly covered by in surances, Destruction of the Bar Mills; at Buxton, Me. PORTLAND, Me., May 4, 1871, Afire at the Bar Mills, Buxton, on Wednesday night, burnea S, G, Bradbury & Co.'s furniture factory and double saw mill, Berry & Palmer's grist mill, Stephen Towles’ blacksmith shop and B. C, Jordau’s country store, The loss ts about $15,000, Burning of the Weyonwego (Wis.) Milla, Osukosu, Wis., May 4, 187L. The saw mill of Henry Steinberg, at Weyonwego, was destroyed by fire yesterday, together with the flouring mill adjoining. Loss, $40,000, A BEEKUAN STREET BURNING. A fire, destroying 4 considerable amount of vato- able property, was discovered at three o'clock yea terday morning on the premises 31 Beekman street. It first broke forth in the third floor, used by J. J. Parsons as astore for blank books, and spread over the building before {it could be completely got an- der, Mr, Parson's loss on stock is on Which there is an Insurance of $1,000 In the Franklin In- surance Company, of Philadelphia. The machinery, on the premises of Mr. Parsons, owned by J, Sanborn, is damaged to the extent of $1,000, d 1s insured in the Security Insurance Com- any for $1,600, The rear of the third esd and the fourth ifloor, are occupied by Joun Hogan & Co., Deg dent Their stock is eae to the amount of $1,000, and is insured in the following named companies:— Independence, of Boston, $2,000; People’s, $2,000; Merchants’, $2,000; Glens Falls, $2,000; Commercial Union, of London. $2,000; and Hope, $500. Total, $10,500, Thomas R. Dawiey, printer, occupies the fifth oor, and his stock 1s only slightly injured. The first floor, base- ment and sub-cellar are occupied by Hernald & Sise, dealars in haraware, who lose $5,000 on stock, and’ are insured as follows:—Btna ‘of Hartford’ $10,000 ; America, $5,000; Springtield, §5,000; Pro- viden $2,500; United States, ¢: ; Security, 5,000; Phoenix,’ of Hartford, $1,000; Hartiord, of artford, $7,000; Jefleraon, $2,000; North British, el Gebhard, $3,000, and Kelief, $5,000—total, 64,500, he stock of Charies H. Spaniding, dealer in paper stock on the second floor, is damaged to the amount of 600, The bvuilding ts damaged to ‘the extent of $2,000, and 1s fally insured, ‘A SYRACUSE HOLOCAUST. Syracuse, N. Y., May 4, 1871. James Dings, & notorious character and the Keeper of a brothel, and an inmate named John Hi were burned to death this morning, together with baguky 8 BOUTWELL’S BULLETINS Suppression of Important Facts Attempted, Fatile Attempts of the Administration to Sup. press Important Facts~The Herald Pub lishes Them—Treasury Records vs, Elec. tioneering Bullstins—An Honest State ment—Authorities Given—A Ra- pacious Creditor — Sinking Fund vs. Special Fund. WASHINGTON, 4 gf 28, 1911, It 18 understood that the Secretary of the Treasury has reconsidered his decision to authorize, once or twice a month, for electioneering purposes, his wonderful “Comparative Statements,” showing a rapid reduction of taxation, increased income and acgelerated payment of the public debt, The show- ing up of his efforts in that direction, in last Wednes day’s HERALD, was terribly discouraging. A BROAD DISTINCTION. It ts well that the people should understand the difference between the records ot the Treasury De Partment and the official electioneering bulletins and monthly debt statements issued therefrom, ‘The records are made up daily from the results of the labor of as many thousand pair of hands as are employed in the department, including, of course, the Internal Revenue and Customs Bureaus, » The daily labor of this army of officials is dbvetalied together and forms the records of the department. Collusion is {inpossible among so many, The records, therefore, are absolutely correct and rele able. The oMcial Treasury bulletins and monthly debt statements are, on the other hand, not, in many ree spects, correct or reliable. They are made up by & stngle clerk, with the ald, pertaps, of one or two Copyists, of isolated statements tora from thelr con texts, distorted facts and absolute misstatements, They are made up for electioneering purposes—m fact, to deceive the people into the bellef that taxa» tion Is reduced, the public dept being paid off at the Tate of $100,000,140 per annum and the interest bur- den reduced in proportion. All of which is false. There has been a steady increase in the amount of taxes collected annually during the entire period of President Grant's administration; the public debt is not being paki as rapidly as the statements pree tend, nor is the interest burden reduced w the ex- went claimed. AN HONEST STATEMENT. The statement in relation to this subject published in Wednesday's HERALD 18 a fair and honest tran- script of the Treasury Department records, Turn to page 21 of the annual ‘Treasury report for 1860 and you will find the receipts of the national govern- ment from all sources of taxation for that Mscal were $870,043,747. On the third page of the report for the year following 1t will be seen that the re- ceipts for that year amounted to $411,255,477, show- ing an actual increase of receipts from all sources Of taxatian of $40,311,740 in one year of Grant's ad- ministration. In fact there las been a constant Increase in receipts from taxes ever suice President Grant Was maugurated, I have been particularto give the page and date of the ‘Treasury records, 80 that any one who hikes can see that the HERALD gives a fair and honest transcript, not garbied aud distorted facts like Wose put forth in the electioneering bulletins. A VERY SINGULAK OMIS8:0N. In maxing up his monthly debt statement Secre- tary Boutwell omits a very Important fact—the most important fact of all. 1 scarcely know how to char- sccerlas this very singular omission, It occurs every month. On the back of the monthly debt statements there 1s printed a “statement of bonds purckased by the Treasury Department, sinking and speciai funds.” The statement Issued on the 1st inst, showed that ‘up to the 15th of last mouth Secretary Boutwell bad purchased for THE SINKING AND SPECIAL FUNDS exactly $156,500,750 United States bonds, at a cost to the national Treasury of $210,085,840, the pre- mium paid to induce the holders to give them ap before maturity being $23,405,099, or over twelve per Cent om an average. ‘Phis 1s explicit if not satistactory as far as it goes. It is clearly understood that we have been taxed over $10,000,000 to pay of less than $157,000,000 in- devtedness. That much {8 Jully, clearly and om- clally stated, Now, it would be equally or far more interesting to know if the interest on the bends paid at such & sacrillce 18 stopped, or continued Ww ode paid ata higher rate from the national Treasury, Does the uderest stop When tie principai is paid? Does tne Secretary coutinue Ww pay interest ou any portion of the paid up national debt Lf fo pias portion? THE SINKING FU! is to all intents and purposes # creditor of the United States—litle less, any, rapacious than the national banks. Five-twenty bonds paid tn full and turned into the sinking fund nevertheless practi- cally stand charged against the United States, Under Jaw of Vongress approved July 14, 1670, au amount equal to the compound interest on their lace con- tunues to be appropriated trom the national Treas sury and paid. To ve sure, tue tuterest money thus paid is used eventually for the further reduction of the public debt; but itis noue the jess of a burden on that account. ‘the people are taxed to pay the principal of and premium on bonds w create the sinking fund, and after itis created they are taxed to pay compound juterest ou the entire amount turned into it, Our ugh officials do not jike to have the nature of this Lastitution very geucraily knaowu— aud no wonder, THE SPBCIAL FUND is quite another institution. Bonds purchased for this fund are at once destroyed. A memorandum of the amount is entered upon the bovuks at Treasurer Spiiner’s bureau, and the interest on them forever stopped. Every dollar aud twelve cents that Mir, Boutwell expends to increase tuis fund reduces the public burden six cents per year. This is not much to orag of, but itis the best fea- ture of President Grant's duanciai policy that can be discovered, There ought not to be any surplus in the Treasury to be disposed of—in this or in any other manner. Better reduce taxes to a polut that Will leave no surplus, after paying necessary ex- Pete the government and interest ou the pub- ic de! TUR QUESTION, ‘Up to the present time Secretary Boutweil has ex- pended nearly $225,000,000 1n the purchase of bonds for the two funds, Why does he not inform the people how much of this enormous sum is turned inw the special fund, to reduce the public burden; and how much into the sinking fund, whereby our burden is very largely increased? Why has the answer to this important question been so studiously suppressed by the admumistrae ont We look in vain for information upon this point in the twenty-four monthly debt statemeuts issued by our present Secretary, It is not to be found u oiticial docum In making up the oficial elec- Honeering bulletins, not only 18 the much desired information suppressed as usual, but the people are faisely led to belleve that the Whole amount has gone into the special fund and the interest stopped, ‘There is one, and only one, place where tis mach desired mformation can be found. The HERALD of Jay last has it. See page 3. ppears that a litue over oue-ninth of the Trea- sury surplus is used to pay premtum oa bonds pur- chased by the Secretary: @ trifle jess than three- minutus goes into the sinking fund to increase our burden, and five-ninths 1s turned into the special fund to pay the national debt and stop the interest, it will shortiy be officially announced that the Secretary has expended $225,000,000 in the purchase of bonds, and the electionvering balietins will an- nounce with @ flourish that the intereston the fail amount ts stopped. The HekaLp readers will, how. ever, KNOW that over $25,000,000 has been expended as premium on bonds purchased and the pabiio debt not reduced one cent thereby. They will know that about $75,000,000 has gone Into the sinking fund to increase their burden, and that tue remains ing $125,00,00 has been used to pay off the national debe NO LONGER SUPPRESSED. Now that the aamtuistration is uo longer able to suppress the publication of these facts, ib may rea solably be expected that future oviclal stavements will show What disposition bas been made of the bonds purchased with the people's money. Do not try, rs. Oficials, to suppress the truth aay longer. It cannot be Gone. FEARFUL DISASTER ON LAKE ONTARIO. Eight of the Garrison at Fort Niagara Drowned by the Capsizing of 2 Bont, NraGara, Ont., May 4, 1871. The Ufeboat belonging to Fort Niagara got adrift during a gale this morning, aud @ boat, manned by 81x soldiers and Lieutenants L, G, Ashbury and J, C. Morris, started in pursuit, but their boat capsized and all were lost. EUROPEAN MARKETS, M.— Console cloned at 3, for both money and the secount Loxpon Su¢AR Manger-Loxpon, May 4—E, So and LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKRT. including 5,00 for speculation and export, fined petroleum, 4 Lownon MONEY MARKET.LONDON, May 4-430 B, i curilies: et and steady. nited States frwclice, 196%, 90%); 198, oldy iq i867, "00; ten-fortice, ar She, per owe fof No. id Dutch standard on the fie for db, afloat : (daling pia ; mad sactatio ne TAGd. The eaten of the tan hace teen ie bales, LIVERPOOL BRRADSTUFYS MARKET.—L} 4. UT, M.--Breadatulle- Wheat, tia.'a, lin da oer on for No. 3 to No, red Western epring. ay % J SUR ovens a Apri Toei L7ts palen OF conten ele ake arom Oak Centon’ Hareh 94, Wh L100 bales ef eatiome ©