The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1871, Page 3

THE NEW TREATY. | Provisions of the Treaty Arranged "yy the Anglo-American Tigh Comtufssion, ep A Moye Favora’sle Showing for Our Side. The ‘English Government Acknow- Fedging Full Responsibility for the Alabama Depredations. English Counter Claims Greatly Reduced. The St. Albans Raid Damages Allowed, but the Fenian Raid Claims Excluded, English Subjects Despoiled in the South Entitled to No Reparation. The Cana!s and San Juan Questions Satisfactorily Arranged. WASHINGTON, May 8, 1871. SIGNING THE TREATY. The treaty was signed to-day by the High Com- talssion at the Department of State. The gentle- men, after this was aone, exchanged congratula- tions on the result of their labors, expressing the Delief that they had done the most they possibly could for the peace and honor of the two countries, Although the Commissioners have been cautious An talking to persons outside of their own circle, the following points will be round to be correct:— THE BOARDS OF ARBITRATION. First—There are to be two boards of arbitration or Commissions, To one will be referred the Alabama and other similar claims which are recognized ag national, and to be settled on the principle of re- sponsibility for such depredations where the gov- ernment has not exercised the utmost diligence and Possivle precaution to prevent privateers being Atted out in its ports to prey upon the commence of ® Power with whom it was at peace. THE BUSINESS OF THE MINOR BOARD. The other Board ts to take cognizance of miscel- faneous claims, British and American, confined prin- Cipally to the periods from the commencement to the close of our late civil war, Among these are the St. Albans claims, for damage to property in that town by Canadians; but no claims for the Fenian in- ‘yasion at Canada are to be admitted, . CLAIMS OF BRITONS, As to the claims of British subjects for setzures of their cotton, Great Britain, through its Commis- sioners, does not recognize them in cases where puch subjects took up their domicils in the South, ‘as thereby they subjected themselves to all risks and contingencies of war. Ail legitimate claims for cot. ton will, however, be considered. ‘THE PROBABLE AMOUST OF THE BRITISH BILIn It has been reported, without warrant, that they will amount to thirteen or more miilions, but this 1s considered to be a great exaggeration. They will 3 probably, amowut io @ million of dollars. ‘There Wh be no diMculty in ascertaining all the particulars, as the Treasury Department has all dates of all the selzures of cotton, the names of ‘the owners thereof and all the particulars concern- Ing the setzures, The governments aware that a (Tull list of British clainrs was recently published in jthat country, but it also has imformation tha: many ‘of them have already been adjusted, while others ‘will uot come within the provisions of the treaty. THE SALTPETRE SEIZURES. Among the claims which will also come before Mhe board will be that of our government growing joat of the purchase of saltpetre in the East Indies ‘during the war, and which was seized by the British puthorit tes, THE SAN JUAN QUESTION. There are other miscellaneous claims which will ome before the second board. The San Juan ques- ‘Mon will be referred to the arbitration of a friendly bovereign—probabiy the Emperor of Brazil. ; A DousT. Tne only donbt in the above statement is as Ro whether there Is to be only one or two boards; Sutitis certain the Alabama and kindred claims gre to be considered separately from the other )elaims. ALL IN OUR FAVOR, From the character of the documents accompany- the treaty it is inferred that the decision cannot it to be in favor of the United States, THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE CANADIAN CANALS, ‘The treaty provides for the free navigation of the it. Lawrence by the vessels of the United States on for the use of the Canadian canals on the pay- pment of the regular tolls. There are also provisions regulating the privilege to flsi in Canadian waters; Mout these have not been ascertained with sufictent jaccuracy to justify a statement of them. Were RimsH THUNDERER MISTAKEN IN 178 HOME POLITICS, fhe London Times of to-day mistakes in saying What the treaty must be ratified by both houses of Parliament, though i will require legislation to iearry some of its provisions into effect. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. fWhat the Local Organ of the Administration Says Upon the Treaty—Its- Provisions En- tirely Satisfactory to the United States— A Most Harmonious Arrangement. WASHINGTON, May 8, 1871. The following will appear in the Washington Wational Repudtican of to-morrow morning, It ts An authoritative oficial statement of the result of ‘Bhe labors of the Joint High Commission:— The treaty ja to be Known as THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. ‘fhe Commissioners proceeded deliberately and in od spirit of national dignity alike, as weil as in Bhat of personal respect and confidence, to discuas © points of diMerence between the respective unirieg, and they have at length concluded a reaty which it is confidently believed Js hon- rable to both nations, but especially worthy the cordial approbation of the Senate and the eople of the United States, For the adjustment of Me Claims of injury alleged by the United States on rnmn of the escape of Confederate cruisers from ritish ports, and fhe depredations committed by lem vessels during the lave reveliion in the coun+ r; " NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 49, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. — Pointe”, “py tne Uunited States, one by Great Brom and the other three each by a de- “agnated sovereign State of Europe or Ame- rica, Such a tribunal 60 composed of 80 much elevation and character ts without example perhaps in diplomatic history, It is a signal step in the line of international arbitration and the con- seqnent interest of universal peace. By its organ- ization and character It is competent to satisfy the susceptibilities of both nations and to do ample jus- tice to the pretensions of the United States But to preclude all equivocation in this respect, the treaty establishes special rales of neutral duty and obligation in addition to the generally received public law, which rules, although not admitted by the British Commissioners to have been in force at the time, are yet, IT 18 AGREED, TO RETRO-ACT and to govern the dectsions of the tribunal of arbitration, This tribunal may either award damages in defall or im gross, at its dis- cretion, or it may refer this duty to a Board of Assessors sitting In the United States, who shall report from time to time, with payment to be made accordingly and in the generous spirit of @ Power conscious of its fame and greatness, and of its capacity to speak as well as to act independently and rigatfully at ali ines. The British government frankly expresses its re- greis for the occurrence of the incidents complained of by the United States, For the adjudication of all other claims of cltizeug of the United States against Great Britain, or of subjects of Great Britain against the United States during the same period, that is, from the 18tn of April, 1861, to the 9th of April, 1865, AN ORDINARY MIXED COMMISSION 1s provided to sit at Washington with an umpire, to be nominated, if necessary, by a designated friendly power, ‘This limitation of the time is material in substance, for it confines the reclamations against the United States to the tneents of actual war, lt 13 accompanied, also, with a declaration on the part of the British Commissioners, to the effect of excluding claims on account of slave property. Statements are made in some quarters exaggerating the amount of such claims, If there could be cause in the stipulation itself to apprenend the presentation of claims against the United States of any considerable amount all such apprehensions would be dispelied by consideration of the attitude of the British government in the mat- ver of CLAIMS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS arising out of the late war between Germany and France, Lord Granville having, in accordance with the advice of the law ofMicers of the Crown, given notice to all parties that foreigners having property in France are not entitled to any spectal protection therefor, or to exceptions from military contribu- tions to which they were liable, in common with the inhabitants of the place in which they resided or in which thelr property might be — sitaated ; that they were equaliy Mable with such inhabitants to have requisitions levied on their property by either belligerent; tbat they could have no claim for compensation on the ground of their being neutral foreigners for losses which the necessities of war brought upon them in common with the French, and that the British government cannot tn- voke reclamation in the premises in their behalf against Germany or France. The doctrine of these despatches, applied as it is to belligerent sovereigns, affords ample protection to the United States tn the matter of any mere acts of war com- mitted by ws in the suppression of rebel- lon in the Southern States, and it 1s to be noted also that most of the claims agaimst the United States for the seizure of cotton, many of which are being heard in the Court of Claims, are of date subsequent to the limits of this treaty and not comprehended within {ts scope. These treaty stipulations, so just, 0 honorable, ‘80 fair, and withal so favorable to us, dispose of all the differences between the two nations growing out of the late civil war, and, in fact, all differ- ences between Great Britain herself and the United States, and the method of ad- Justmeat is such as, while assuring our rights, to guard the honor ot both governments and to set A NOBLE EXAMPLE TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS in the interest of the peace of the world by the con- stitution of a high international tribunal, involving the direct participation of 80 many great sovereign Powers. The same great idea of SP TNTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION through the intermediation of friendly Powers, and the same spirit of cordial but self-respectful amity, pervade the stipulations of the treaty in regard to Auferences whichy % they ee ge eae eee ore fitrely Atncrlean: Forénidst among thei is THE QUESTION OF THE SEA FISHERIES on the coasts of the British possessions, a3 to which it 1s agreed that in addition to the liberty already secured to them by the treaty of 1818, the fishermen of the United States shall have the liberty to take sea fish on the sca. coast and shores, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia aud New Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Ed- A TAIBUSAL OF ARBITRATION Ja constituted, to conaist of five arbitratora—one ap- ward Island and the islands adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon such coasts, shores and islands, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish, subject, of course, im this respect to the local mghts of private prop- erty, and the same liberty is granted to British sub- Jects on the Eastern seacoasts and shores of the United States north of the thirty-ninth parallel of latituce, this liberty not to include on either side shellfish or the satmon and shad fisheries or other fisheries in rivers and the mouths of rivers. Iv i8 further agreed that fish oil and fish of all kinds, except fish of the inland lakes and thelr rivers, and except fish pre- served in oil, the produce of the fisheries of the United Staves or of the Dominion of Canada or of Prince Edward’s Island, shall be ad- mitted into each country respectively free of duty, The privileges thus conceded to the United States are obviously mest important ones, It is asserted by the British government, but not admitted by the United States, that the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States are of greater value than those accorded to the subjects of Great Britain, and to prevent or avold controversy on this port, it is agreed that a mixed Commission, with an umpire to be appointed by a designated friendly Power, shall determine WIBTHER ANY COMPENSATION for such alleged excess of privileges, ana, if so, how much ought to be paid by the United States, THE NAVIGATION OF THE CANADIAN RIVERS AND CANALS, Next comes various questions of navigation and commercial transit, which are disposed of by declaring the navigation of the River St. Lawrence aud the rivers Yukan, Porcupine and Stiiline for- ever free and open to the citizens or subjects of both countries, by providing for the equal use of the Welland = and = St = Lawrence and other canals in the Dominion on the one hand, and of Lake Michigan and the St. Clair flats and canal on the other, by providing for the free transit of merchandise to and fro, as well in the British possessions as in the United States and abol- ishing the provisional export duty on American lumber on the river pst. Jonn. All these provisions concerning the fisheries and commercial transit are, of course, made contingent upon their being approved by the Congress of the Untted Stater, the British Pariiament, the Parliament of Canada and the Legisiature of Prince Edward's Island, By these various stipulations all the privi- leges of fishery navigation and transit accorded to the United States oy the treaty of 1854 are once more obtaived aud In a better form, aud without the burdensome conditions of tuat treaty in the matter of RECIPROCAL IMPORTATION. Of the pending subjects of controversy between the two governments there.remains to be consid- ered the question of THE NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY LINK. 1tis to be remembered that the line of the treaty of 1846 runs by the middie of the channel which separates the Continent srom Vancouver's Island, But several such channels exist, Great Britaiu con- tends that the channel of that treaty 1s the Rosario Straits, the United States that 1t13 the Canai de Haro, the two channels being separated by the island of Sau Juan, This question having once been reported on by a mixed commission—that for thegsurvey of the line—the Pnlved States are not content to refer it to another such commission, Nor has it been deemed convenient, even though such | those Who may decide to Mght it out. tribunal be appointed by a friendly sovereign Power, instead of this. It has peen agreed by the present treaty tosubmit the question directly to a neutral Power, and THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY has been selected ior that purpose. The govern- ment of the United States has in its hands much documentary evidence tn support of its pretensions not heretofore made use of, and on that, as well as on other grounds, is confident of the better reason on its side to assure to the United States tne possession of the island of San Juan. Such are the outlines of the provisions of the present treaty, and such are some of the considera- tions which have commended it to the approbation of the President. English Opinion Upon the Work of the Com- mmisal Lonpon. May 8, 1871. The London Times of to-day, in an article upon the labors of the Joint High Commission, expresses the hope that the Congress of the United States will be willing to accept and approve the work of the negotiators, The treaty, says the London 7imes, 1s as yet only a provisional one, and must be ratified by both houses of Parilament, Of this, however, the Times seems to be entirely confident. THE COAL TROUBLES. Grand Demonstration of Miners in Scrantoc— Four Thousand Workmen is Coancil—Stirring Address by the President of the Working- men’s Benevolent Asseciation—No Prospect of Immediate Resumption of Work. SCRANTON, Pa., May 8, 1871, One of the largest and finest demonstrations ever witnessed in this part of the State tuok place to-day. On Saturday it was announced that Mr. Kealy, President of the Counctl of Miners, would be here on Monday and address his brother miners at Hyde Park. Notwithstanding the announcement was made late in the day and no special efforts were made to secure a large gathering, the turnout proved truly immeuse, so far as num- bers and respectability were concerned. It was arranged to make a parade through the streets of Scranton and afterwards escort Mr. Kealy to Hyde Park, where he was to address a meeting in the afternoon, The procession formed at nine A. M., and embraced nearly three thousand miners and laborers, employed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, pre- ceded by a fine brass band. The enormous body of tolers moved through the city, receiving on every side the warmest encomiums from all sorts of people for the excellent deportment maintained throughout the entire line of march. That the demonstration was an entire success in every way even the most inveterate vil- Iifers of the miners could not deny. It was important as showing that the miners and laborers are united and that labor has determined to Maintain a bold ana unyielding front against the Aggressions of capital in this part of the coal field. ‘The moral effect of 3,000 miners, well dressed, quict, orderly and banded together tor mutual protection, marching through the public streets, cannot be over esumated. It made manifest to the people the futility of the attempts to divide an organization of men animated by principle and striving to maimtain their rights, and it also exhibited how false has been the accusation that the miners are seeking to rule or ruin this community, The impression made has been most favorable, and to-day the miners’ stock is far above that of the companies in public estimation. Everybody 1s loudly condemning the companies that they do not now offer to end the long strike by adopting the plan suggested by the HERALD, as the miners have done, by mutual concessions, conciliadon and arbi- tration. People say it will have to be done eventu- ally, and the wonder ts whether the companies will pe ‘sist in their obstinate course &@ month or two jonger rather than yield the miners and laborers a fair equivalent tor their services, if the turnout proved a success the meeting of this afternoon was a crowning triumph for the min- ers. It was not generally known that there was to be a parade, and perhaps a thousand or more of miners did not find their way into the ranks, but by dinner time it was fully Known what was going on, and there was a auniversal crowding to the mass meeting, the men springing up from every quarter, like the Highlanders at the signal from Roderick vhu. There must have been not less than 4,000 persons present when Mr. Kealy began to speak, and hundreds came afterwards. Mr. Kealy counselled the men to be firm but moderate in their action, avoiding all cause for complaint on the part of their oppressors, to yield no more than had been pro- posed, and, above all, not to imitate the arrogance and duplicity of the men representing the com panies, He gave an account of his stewardship as president of the General Council, and refuted ali the accusations made against him by the organ of the adherents of the monopolists. lie spoke about two hours in a straightforward, frank and manly style, nd closed by urging the men to still remain true to hemsel ves pnd their glorious union under all tie tidckS = niade upon them by their avowed enemies and pretending but ‘deceitiul friends, His remarks were listened to with deep at- tention, nd they will have great weight in inaa- encing the inento @ prolonged and stubborn re- sisiance to the policy of the Delaware, Lackawanna aud Westera Compal ome It is believed that the miners employed by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company will soon make terms with Mr. Dickson, under an array menc Including arbitration and the rates of wares paid in the Wyoming region. I place some depend- ence upon the rumors afloat to-nignt that negotla- tions to that end have already been commenced, Two weeks ago it was suggested — that the Delaware and Hudson Canat Company would re- sume first, followed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and Pennsylvania Coal Company. ‘To- morrow we are promised @ coup d'éat ir Mr. Storrs, of the Delaware, Lackawauna and Western Company, and the people will learn how mucti re- Hance 18 to be placed upon the reports about the Jaborers having jormed a new organization and being reauy to go to work al eighty-six cents a car. The impression is that Mr, Storrs’ 500 laborers are only s0 many men in buckram, ‘The truth of this will be shown to-morrow. The demonstration to- day has oeen significant of the fact that the miners and laborers are consolidated, aud corroborates the statement frequently made that resumption 1s yet some way off, Pottsville Miners Resuming Work. PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 1871. A despatch from Poitsvilie says the following col- heries have resumed work this moruing upon the operators’ terms:—Kinnard & Austins, at Miner- ville; Lawrence, Marble & Co., at Mahonoy Plains, and Maple Dale, at Mahonoy City, and oth rs are preparing to follow. ‘The fixed wages are, for ers thirteen dollars; laborers, inside, eleven doll: outside, ten dc per week, and ten per cent off for contract work. Due operators consider the strike as virtually ended in this county. TH: CONNECTICUT ELECTION, Evideuces Before the Legislative Committee in Relation to the New Haven Frauds. New IIAVEN, May 8, 1871. The second session of the Legisiative Committee was held here to-day. A memorial with 653 signatures of citizens who voted for Jewell was presented in evidence. The testimony of the counters was received to prove that Jewelt’s vote was tied up ih packages of 100 eaom Outsiie testimony was taken to show that 679 was the re- publican vote announced atthe poll. To complete the testimony all the citizens of the Fourth ward who voted for Jewell were put upon the stand, Three hundred and seventy have testified so far. ‘The Investigation is stull going on, The Legistative Investigation at New Naven— Governor English Advised to “Stick.” HARTFORD, May 8, 1871, Declarations signed by 555 repubticans were pre- sented to the Legisiative committee In New Haven to-day, to the eflect that they voted for Mar- shail Jewell in the Fourth ward. The com- mittee duly found 479 votes in the box, desiring other evidence than declarations, issued subpa@nas, and the voters ap- peared personally and swore that they voted for Jewell, Up to ten o'clock to-night 370 persons had 80 sworn, and the investigation is still goiag on. A democratic paper of New Haven, the Him City Press, ol to-day says:—"Governor English has acted foo hesitatingly.”” hat he “wilt not be found wantiag Jn this critical situation. He will never yield pus- session of the State secords to a mob, but will, in accordance with his solemn oath, discharge all of his duties fearlessly and faithfully. to prevent him will be dangerous for the healt of the State has a fine military organization, We have shertfs in every county Who kKoow thelr duty and will not hesitate to perform it. The horse guard is,com- The committee, Posed of inteligent men, who will not reidke to obey the orders of Governor English, A meeting of the Fifth Ward Matthew T. Brennan Association was held at the Vanderbilt House, In Hudson street, last night, President W. H, Burns im the chair, who stated the object of the meeting to be the formation of the Fourth Senatorial District Cen- tral Matthew T. Brennan Association, in the interest of Senator Tweed, The association elected fourteen delegates to represent them in the central body, wluch will be organized at au early day. Among those present were Mr. Jonn H. Welsh, Alderman Duffy and other prominent men of the ward, oe arvempt | AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA—RIGOLETTO."—Signor Albites 108 set an example to ¢mpresarti which they woulddo well to copy. When others were holding bach in the hope that either the stockholders of the Acadany would come to terms or that some miliionnares would advance them sufictent funds to sart on, Albites came forward, relying entirely on we public, and inaugurated a season of opera which has so far proved unprecedentedly successful. With @ genuine, reliable American prima donna anda fair, well balanced company, ne has presented @ different opera every night in a style that calls for praise, considering the pdv- erty of stage materials that unhappily exists in our opera house and the unwilligness of its direc- tors to assist any operatic enterprise. Last night Was the culminating point of success. Verdi's “Rigoletto” is unquestionably hia best opera, and Miss Kellogg's Gilda her best rd‘e, The work 1s in- teresting even in iis minutest details, The orchestration 1s descriptive and artistic in every particular, and vocal svlos and choruses give an intense dramatic character to the many exciting situations of the plot. Those who have seen Booth’s superb impersonation of the King’s jester in “The Fool's Revenge’ can appre- ciate the aptitude of the tragic story for music, and it could not be framed in more thrilling and haunt- ing measures than those of Verdi. It 1s now more than eighteen years since tts first production, and it has been long ago pronounced the very best of the prolific master’s works. Miss Kellogg was in fine voice and spirits last night, and she investet the role of the jester’s danghter with @ Charm and dramatic tniensity that sur- rised even her admirers, and their name is legion. Jommencing with the duet with Rigoletto tn the second act, when she first appears, a trying and exquisite expression of a father's love and daughter's devouon, the ease and sureness with which she gave each passage, glowing with passion and emotion, was artistic in every sense of the word. Aguin, in the succeeding duet with the Duke, she made the long and labored cadenza at the end a distinctive character of its own. Many prime donne pass it over. Then came the loveliest melody that ever Verdi wrote, “Caro Nome,” and into uas she threw a world of passion and tender- ness, Shame, love aud aespair were mingled in the celebrated scene of the thira act, when her father rescues her (too late) from the polluted palace of Mantua. In the last act, in which is crowded some of the best music of the opera, including the immortal quartet, Miss Kellog; was Tully equal to the exigencies of the music Pat the situation. Oriandini was the Rigoletto, and it is also his pest role. His fine baritone voice was marred at times by an unconquerable huskiness, which, in such a pure, delicaie organ, is more per- cepuble than in others of @ more material kind. But be sang his solos, veglia o donna, and “Cortigtani, “Vil Razza Danuata” and the duets with Gilda ad- mirably, and his acting was full of fire and tnten- sity. Inthe jinave of the second act, when he dis- covers that the idol of his heart, bis daughter, has been snatched from him, he gave the last words, Ah! la Maledizitme! & verribie meaning. It was the wail of a@ fathers heart. In the next act, when, in his fantastic character as Jester, he seeks his daughter in the Duke's ce, his acting Was superb, The Don Juan of the » the licentious Duke ol Mantua, found a good representative in Villani, Who gave more salisiac- Won on this occasion thah in any other role he has yet appeared tn in tuis city, The upper notes of his Voice are exceedingly eifective, and he uses them with the judginent of a true arust. La Donna e@ Modde was given with a reckless Spirit iliustrative of the liveiling doctrine conveyed im the words, and the Bella lgtia of the quartet was tnvested with tne mate ardor of the lover, Mile, Frida de G made a very attrac: tive Maddeiena, and Was as coqu-ttish and sedue: tive as the sister of the hired bravo, Sparafucile, should be. We _ missed the ringing, taunt ing laugh of Adeaine Shilpa in tne quartet, but Mile. de Gebele did everything relating to her part a3 well as might be expected. The choruses, especially the inimitable *Zivu-Zitu,’? were fault- Jessiy rendered, and Nicolao kept the orchestra up to their work faithinily. The success of the opera Was such that a general demand tor its repetition Was buzzei in the iobbies. There was an enthusiastic encore, and that for the quartet. The audt that would bot encore such a matchless pi music must have no souls for we divine art. On Wednesday Mine. Agatha Stutes makes her second appearance in tae “Sicilian Vespers.” **Martha’ Will be given this evening at the Brooklyn Acauemy of Music, Miss Kellogg appears on Fridgy as Mar- guertle in “Vaust,”” Wanvack’s.—Ranpaiiis Trra.—at this theatre ‘Was produced last night, for the first time, a three- act comedy, by W. S. Gilbert, under the above title. Curiosity has navurally peen excited to know some thing of Raudail, or rather his three-act thumb, It May now be safely intimaved that Randall is a stereotyped stage ruflan of the forgery order, and that it ts not so much his thumb as what ts metaphysically under it that distresses the hearts of the audience. Under this right hand cxtremity is injured innocence in the person of Reginald Buckihorpe. The agonies under ls blighting weight, and the devices which the In- teresting young gentieman puts in play, or those wiuch others pi ice in bis bebalf to get him from under it, form the interest, while the manner in yhich Its superincumbence 1s triumphantly re- Moved brings avout the dénouement, Anjured inno- cence, as it may lave safely been surmised, ay the girl; tor, 4h $ouree yusig 1s pn jatar lite lady in the pecs. nis suti&iictoty Windip can be seen from tue commencement, tor ruMians always meet with their Jeserts—on the stage. Besides tie yeung lady above mentione. there 1s @ testy old bachelor Wiiose useluiness 19 not visible until the last act, When by the aid of a dinner-gong he removes the thumb. A certain doctor, guardian of the young lady, 18 dimly useful, and an ex-Crimean hurse, WhO LUrhSs VUt IO be aN ex-pewopener, puls her foot finally upon the thumb, Oulsiue of these are two married coaples, Who play a caplial larce between the ulterauces of the otuer characters, Oui of these materials 1s wronght a comedy over which an audience can and did laugh heartuy throughout, for there 1s scarcely an attempt at he has very few superiors. De Vere is a first rate blacksmith (Ironbrace), and maintains his character with adm.rable flaciity, Mis# Mortimer is a capt. vating Lady Clutterbuck, ¢ ilculated to get men into trouble about her with her winning ways; and if Sir Charles did not fall over head and ears in love with such & modest, gentle and charming Mary Wurzel a8 Miss Dietz, we should say that in all the finer sensi- bilities and affections of the man, he 1s indeed “used up.” The house was crowded with the fashions, the galiants 4 the beauties of the metropolis, and alter exhausting itself, a8 one would suppose, over the “used up" man, the delighted audience en oved with an undiminished furor of fun, the Irresistible absurdities and pungent smut and’ pepper of the “Critic? and we “Invincible Spanish Armada. Same bill this evening. Boweny THEATRE.—' Richelieu” was last evening performed at this theatre for the first ume, before fn audience thoroughly apprectative of the dra- matic incidents pecultar to the play, and many of which, it might be safely conjectured were certain to bring down a Bowery audience. It 1s needless to say that in putting this play upon the stage there was not any extraordinary preparation in procuring fitting mountings, but such as they were the scenes were su fclent!y good to serve the purpose. The Cardinal was personated by Mr. Edmund Kk, Dalton, who inade his bow to a Bowery audience for the brs ume. This actor did snsnrielagly well sng though of course there might be missed gome of the foe touches of our greatest actors, still Nis acting of the character was perfectly suitable to the theatre, and in some parts was deserving of the very highest praise, Mr. W, Marden, as the Chevaller de Mau- prat, was, as usual, very good, and Mrs, W. G, Jones as Julla de Mortemar, sustained her well khown re~ putation. All the characters were sufiiciently well done to make the piece pass off with great applause. Mr, Daiton was twice called before the curtain—on the second occasion the audience dewanding a Speech, which was given in @ few sentences, The entertatnment concluded with the drama of the “Snow Bird,’? DRAMATIC EXPRESSION. J. Steele Macknye’s Second Lecture oa Del- sarte’s Syatem, A large and highly appreciative audience grected Mr. Mackaye last evening on this his second ap- pearance in New York, This audience was largely made up of professional men and women, elocu- tionists, teachers in vocal and physical gymnastics, actors, students and public readers, if there ta anything which this pupil of Delsarte’s cannot do with his face, arms, body or legs, it would be entertaining to sce him atiempt = it. To those unacquainted with the possibilities of Deisarte’s system of instruction, this change from @ modest though perfectly sel!-possessed and really handsome man to the drunkest of drunkards, the most Idiotic of idiots and most stuptd of fools must border upon the marvellous, The lecturer excusea himself from a few of the most diMcult exhibitions on account of illness, Tho audience was very cordial and sympathetic as well as enthusiastic, aud if one of the objects 0° Mr. Mackaye’s Visit to this country 1s to Insure for M. Del- sartea flell of Mbor here there 1s no doubt but he has succeeded tn securing for him not oniy an ine tellectual recognition, but, better for Delsarte, a place in the hearts of all scholarly Americans, Mr, Mackaye commenced by saying that there was no mystery at al ta Delsarie’s system. Del- sarte alms at something higher and more important than the presentation to the public of the author's personality. Js pupils are taught to express ac- tion according to the laws of action, With bis sys- tem of ASTHETIC GYMNASTICS Jaws become Lustinctive and action becomes spon- taneous, To say that this system will make the actor artliicial 1s as absurd as to say that the science of thorough bass is ruinous to musical genius. Delsarte gives us the grammar of the language of gesture. Add soul enough to the grammar of speech and we have Shukspeare; put soul enough to this grammar of gesture and we have Rachel. No culture can make @ musician, but add culture to genius and we have Mozart and Paga- nint. Deisarte takes the raw imaterial aud gives great development, but he does not bargain to add the soul, ere critics are ail aground, and begin to cry out “spontaneity!” Rachel was sponta- neous; thatis to say, she trained herself perfectly, and then poured hey Soyl into her art. If cultiva- ton 1s not desirable, then THE SAVAGE IS A SERAPH. Deisartes’ definition of art-emotion passed through thought and fixed im form—indicates the reii- tion of the mechanical to art. What we need in the United States this moment is @ school where the Jaws of dramatic art can be sought. The scene painter and the costumer are too olten che theatrt- cal stars. There can be no grand progressive art Ull there Is aschool to educate equally the heart, head aud hand of the artist. DELSARTE STUDIED EXPRESSION in gambling houses, in hospttais and battle fleids, in churches and prisons, and he has devoted his lfe to the development of his system. He teaches that purity alone enobies and exalts art. Mr. Mackaye here progeeded to take up the ob- Jective part of his suvjedt, and divided and sub- divided gestures anu expression to the last iimit of analysis, giving tle expressions of the hand, the head aud hand, the arm, the face, and showing every phase and degree of human feeling. ‘Irue ex- pression, he satd, 18 ease in force, The great faut in dehneating passion is the strainilog tor eifect. Passion is @ violent effort at F a REPKESSION, hot expression. The speaker closed by saying that there is to-day & Widespread prejudice against the stage that pre- vents many people from encouraging it who migit ive a higher tone to the drama, ‘This is most un- just, There is no profession of which so much ie expected and yet it has no school of training. Chere fy scientific training for all professionals except actors. The stage will never become source of good Ull it has a school for cultivation according to the Ie of dramatic art, The stage should be a great fenscheéngas len, full of SOFTENING AND HUMANIZING INFLUENCES. It should be to men and women what the Kindergar- ten Is to children, giving practical Instruction under the guise of usement. Let the pulpit cease to heavier work, or at best only an attempt. The scene is Inid at Beactington, an English wavering piace. The newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs, Fiamboys, capitally played by Mr. Owen Marlowe and Miss Efie Germou, have decided, by means of preconcerted bickerings, to deveiye their ac- qualutances at Seachington into the idea that they have been fve years married. As an- tutheses lo these, the other couple, elderly and tuirty- five years married, through the mediim of pre- arrauged coving in public, try to delude Beaching- ton into the nouon that they have tasted but three weeks of their honeymoon. Mr, Jonn Gilpert as Mr. Scantiebury plays this suameful plece of tergiversa- tion with all his iund of bumor, and Mrs. Sefton as his spouse is Odiously ammiabie as possivie, To Mr. Charies Fisher fails the lot @f Randall. His forger- ship is alagey, particularly the thumb; and itis hard to copdemn the actor for not making tim appear natural. Let tim try, however, The heroine, Edith Temple, 18 @ good, coloricss girl ia the play, but Mrs. Clara Jennings gives her as much human force as the part will permit, Mr. B. 'T. Kinggoid Makes a geutiemanly Buckthorpe. ‘The part of the dinner-gong thuuderer, Joc Bungies, ‘the old bacheior, is tue vest character sketch im the play, and Mr. J. HL, Stoddart, both in makeup and Acting, brings OUtALL its best poiuts With Lis usual careiulness, ‘The ¢@x-pewopener, Miss Mestayer, plays her tormenting Bangies-hunt with a vivacity but little overstrained. Taken altogetucr it is a play which, without auy put the most transparent plot, holds Its comic commana over the audience (hrough- out. ‘The play is running with success In Lonuon, | wad that is" supposed lo Warrant success here. ‘Thanks to Mi ulack’s Management, scenery and excelicnt compauy, it Wil have a splendid chance. | 1c will remind every one 1 tis writiug of the late Kobertson’s society pieces, and that he has been closely approached’ tu excclience Is saying a good deal for a cowedy. Tv will ran unl further orders. Firttt AVENUE TueATKE.—The Joint High Com- Mission, pretty well ‘used up,” no doubt, with their never-ending but stili beginning discussions of English roast beet and plum pudding and American salmon, codfish, mackerel, shad and oysters, during | the Jast two months, signed yesterday, at Washing- ington, a treaty of peace betweeu Engiand and the | United States, They say that, after having “used | up” the High Joints, this treaty is so broad, so com- prehensive and satisfactory, that all causes for quar. relliug between the two countries are ‘used ap,” This, perhaps, is why, between Mr, Daly and Mr. Mathews, it was arranged to bring out, iast night at the Filth avenue, in addition to Shert- | dian’s unapproachable ‘Critic,’’ Mathews’ favor- ite comely of the “Used Up Man,” or “i Homme Blasé.” The story is that of an Eng- lishman who, setting out to see and to enjoy every- thing in the Workd as fast as )ossibie, soon found himself past enjoyment, Ulas4, played oul, In short, “used up.” Talk to him of what you wiil, he has tried I, and “ihere is nothing Im It”? So he is pluing Jor anew sensation wuen he gets it ina quarrel and a grapple for life or death with a mus- cwar blacksmith, Which 60 changes the whole cur. rent of bis tife as to bring lim to lis senses and make & hew man of him, and to give him @ new life of substantial enjoyments in his marriage with @ loving aud pretty girl, hia is the moral of whe play, and it is Worked out in a manner so sprighUly and spirited, and so naturally and gracefully withal, that we can accepteven the ghost as a probability Under the circumstances. In this wece it is almost superfuous to say that Mr, athews 1s pertectly at home, Without effort and witout aay such designs,apparenily, he keeps the house ina nowy state of enjoyment from the be- ginning to the end, With such assistants as Whit Ing, Bascomb, Browne, De Vere, Mathison, Beekman and Miss Neilio aorumer and Miss Linda Dietz be could not himself be otherwise than perfectly satis- fled with the performance, Browne makes an excel- Jent old English farmer, Indeed, in such characters reach against the stage, and let the siage give its and to the pulpit, asking for instruc:iou Mm the churches, that it may Know how to encourage a grander manhood, before which all meanness suull shrink in shame. Mr. Mackaye spoke enthustastically of his master, saying that he had come hoping to plant his ideas in the intellectual soil of a fresh and stalwart nation. THE ERIE CANAL BREAK. The Repairs Almost Complicted—Water Let Into the Canal—Discharge of Workmen— Trouble Anticipated at Fnirport. AT THE BREACH, May 8, 1871. At six o'clock to-night the breach was filled to within two feet of the proper level of the towvath, and orders were issued to begin letting in the water on this level at seven o'clock, ‘ine larger portion of the force now at work will be discharged and patd to-morrow at noon, ‘about five hundred were paid and discharged to-day. The amount paid out at the conttactor’s Ofice to-day for labor was $6,000, Some sort of an amicable arrangement has been made between the State authorities and Mr. Selye m regard to the payment of the laborers, and the handbilis posted up by order of Congressman Fay were taken down and destroyed last night, ‘The Commissioner expressed regret that his action had caused trouble. ‘The laborers, finding there 13 to be no war about their payment, are ail contented and quiet, The soldiers ving a gay time about the camp fires, and their cheers and laughter are ringing out on the crisp nigat airas Lam writing. Skirinishing parties are daring out among the courtry people, who thron, ys and men and are tossing them im blankets. je utmost hiiarity prevails in ail quarters. Sheriff Cainpbell, Who has preserved order at all times since his arrival by aid of a large corps of special deputies, to-day forbade the sale of liquor in the vicinity of ihe works. At Fairport the saioon Keepers are seling the men discharged all the whiskey they ask for, and as there are several hundred about the place, there will, no dvubt, be considerable fighting before morning. The oilicers of the mulitary compan say they will remain in their positions at the breach even sould serious trouble occur at the village, as the peopl there were warwed, ‘Me special oMcers will hot b discharged hor the military reiteved Uli tue men are all paid. Photographs of charecteristic scenes about the breach were taken yesterday aud to-day by a Syra- cuse photographer, Inciuding tie interior of the dining tent, where 6,000 botled eggs were piled upon the tabtes for tne dinner hour. A small forc@ will be kept occupied for several days tn gravelling the surface of the reconstructed embankment ant widening it. Every one 14 enthustastic in praise of State Engi- neer Richmond, contractor Selye, Commissiouer Fay and Sapermtendents Daniels and Regrely. The most sanguine expectations of a speedy termination of work have been more than realized. The boatmen are cheering. At eleven o'clock to- night Chas. L. Campbell, the under sheriq, informed me that should the whiskey-filed people in the Village become boisterous he woutd, at tne irst re- t of trouble, send @ large detachment of the nal Guard to protect the citizens. Trouble 1s no longer threatened at the place of the breach agd night labor has ceased. CHARGED WITH SHOOTING. Frederick Beal, of No. 20 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, was arrested yesterday afternoon by oficors of the Tenth precinct, charged with shooting Thomas Mc- Guire, in Rivington street, Sunday night, bout the guard lines, and are catching | 3 SOUTH CAROLINA. STATE CONVENTION IN COLUMBIA, Goodly Array of Ex-Offixeholders—ihe Wealth and Intellec: cf the State Represen'ed— Looking After Public Finances—A Mis- understanding Among the Chivalry. eens CoLumarA, 8. C., May 8, 1871, To-morrow morning, at cleven o'clock, a conven- tion Wil meet in the Senate Chamber of (he capital of the State, in this city, to whose deliberations every white man tn South Carolina ts looking with anxiety, All day the trains from different parts of the State have deposited here delexates from every one of the thirty-two counties of Sout Carolina, and, as it was at the Democratic Presiientiat Convention in New York where Seymour was nominated, the crowds of fricnis and well-wishers who accompany the delegates far outnumber the chosen — renreseatatives from the different counties. The Columbia Hotel is filled with visitors and delegates, and the erson. House has a comfortable array of names upon its register. Each county of the thirty-two sends two or more delegates, Some of the counties send as many as four; and Charleston county, te richest in the state, sends eight, who are as follows:—Wm, B. Smith, President of the Union Bank of Caarieston, a white man; George Shrewsbury, A WOOL-HEADED, COLORED, DEMOCRATIC BUTCHER; Colonel Thomas Y. Simons, editor of the Charles- ton Courier ; Myron Fox, editor of the Charleston Republican, & radical, who cultivates the style of Horace Greeley, and wears his clothing in exactly the same fashion, barring the stockings, which are worn insile of the shoes. i jo reel : ne FORGE A. TRENITOLM, the former Secretary of ihe Treasury of the Con- federate government, whose family, through specu. lation, 1t 1s said, was at one time worth eighty mil- Hon dollars, and who, it is also said, now own one- sixth of the city of Charleston--a smootii-faced, white- haired old gentleman; Colonel Richard Lathers, a South Carolinian, who was @ resident of New York for twenty-five years, and Prest-. dent of the Great Western Insurance Company; Henry Gourdin, a well known and lighly re- spectead merchant, and W. D. Porter, a very eminent lawyer of Charleston, Abbeville county senda Armistead Bait, formerly a Senator of the United States under tne old dispensation. Barn- well sends Gene Johnson Hagood, of Longstreet’s old corps. T heard General Hagood to-day pay Most graceful and kind tribute to a young officer whom many @ Northern household mourned, I refer to Colonel Bob Shaw, of the Fifty-fourth Massachu He said Colonel Shaw was a perfect game- who feared nothing. Beaufort sends General ©, Cash, C. 8. A.; Colonel A. M. Lowry, Major McQueen and General Evans, Clarendon county sends J. L, Manning, formerly Governor of the State; J, P. chardson and others. ldgefieid county stands first in its representatives, ant sends General McButler, a fine looking fellow, a former major general in the Confederate army, who lost a leg at Brandy station, ina cavary figh'; M. L. Bone ham, an ex-Governor of South Carolina, and general in the Confederate States army, who commanded the centre at the first M as; General Martin M, Gary, a tail, galiaut-looking soldier, a blonde, with a freckled and eyes that mean shooting, who, after the council of Lee's oficers at Appomattox, refused to surrender, and cut his way turough the Union lines with 400 men—ail these gentlemen own property and are MEN OF IMIGH CHARACTER. I may stop to state Greenville county sends ex- Governor B. F. Perry, an oid Union man, who is now said to be the worst reconstructed man in the State. Kershaw county sends Major General J. Be Kershaw, an eagie-eyed looking man, formerly com- manding @ division under Longstreet, a very con. servative and infiuential man, a type gamecock of uth Carolina, as he is cal Kershaw oo sends eneral James Chesuut, formerly a Untied States Senator ante-beiluin, a gen Ueman of @ quict and {philosophical turn of mind, whose name 13 generally mentioned to-night, along with Generai Martin Meary, General Butier and W. D, Porter, for Chairmen of tie Con- veution. General Kennedy also comes from Ker- shaw, and was wounded tn every baie during the war in which he was engaged, and is remarkable for his calm, fair mind, Marion county sends W. D. Johnson, an ex-Chancellor of soutn Carolina, ‘a man of great judicial learning, From Marlboro ©. W. Dudley is delegated, an old, staunch Unton man, who was defeated by ballot box studing as @ candidate for Congress lately, his successsul oppo- nent being @ negro. Spartanburg county sends Lieutenant Governor Gabriel Cannon, 2 plain, solid, headed gentieman, with a fund of common sense anda turn for a joke, Union county sends General Wallace, a praying brigadier of Longstreet’s corps, said to resemble Havelock—sword in one hand and a copy of Watts’ Hymns in the other— that’s his style, and ex-dovernor Gist, a very undemonsirative gentleman; and to conclade, York county sends General E. M. Law, who com- mand ama veigade in Confederate servi ntieman ts a young progressive and conservative delegate aud wil make lis mark. ‘To be brief T with sum up the Conventi m as tol- lows:—IL ts composed altogether of taxpayers and gentiemen of high social standing, and its uke has not been seen ju this State since 1sgy. Itis true that out of about Beveaty-five del agate NOT MORE THAN FIVE WERE UNION MEN originally, but they are houest as a boly and have never countenanced bribery, swindling or corrap- tionin any shape. Much good may be expected from these men, if the result should be nothing but a mere expression of opinion, It 1s true that the re- publicans keep away from the convention adit the smallpox was prevalent in Columuvia, bat that is their fault, and they cannot expect to represent their party if they do not send more tuan hall @ dozen delegates, “Ineividually the Conveaion 1s composed as follows:—Ex-Governors of South Caro- lina, four; ex Lieutenant Governors, two; ex-Uni- ted State Senators, three; ex-Congressinen, five; ex- members ot the Soutu Carolina House of Kepresen- tatives before the war, forty-three; tate Sena- tors of South Carolina before the war, sixteet; mem- bers of the judicial bench, five; ex-Secretary of Treasury, Coniederate States Army, one; bunkers, five; major and brigadier generals Con‘ede- rate States army, eleven. Most of the detegates are either engaged in professional pursuits or piaating, and reflect on their respective communities the edu- cated sentiment of the wiite population of the State of South Carolina. ‘The business before the convention 8 principally to prevent the negotiation of the sterling fuad bill of $6,000,00, to denounce e the CORRUPTION AND ROBBERY OF THE STATE GOVERN- MENT, and to advocate the system of minority or camu- lative vouug. Lt is provable that the couvention Wil sit three days, and then adjourn to meet again al the call of the cuair, Governor scott will send @ lever to the convention inviting an inspection of the public accounts. He feeis assared that past misrepresentations with reiereace to jinauces aie owing to want of iuiormation, and that when a complete investigation 2b made will = be found that ucts an ch; at the same time he deprecated and corruption over which he had The finances of the State are rep. resented by him to be in @ healtuy condition, the public deot not exceeding over $*,009,000 and the taxes being pald up to date With prouiptiess on the part of the people. He is coudlent thay tue cone vention wiil STRENGTHEN THB STATE CREDIT and that ail past issues of bonds will be fortified by ity action, but awaits the action of — the body before expressing an opinion concerning the steriing fand bonds which are about to be pat upon the market. ‘There aro, eVideutiy, two classes about to assembie—the majority, because they are oppressed by taxation and extravagance; tne inl norit very small One—composed of moneyed ause luey desire to speculate on wie st no control. situation, As ageneral thing T must say I like South Caro- Ina, but tis evening, about eight o'clock, there was A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDIN I believe that is the name given here wi: shot—it the Nickerson House, a large lid street, at the supper taple, dies Were present, naman ts on Piain at which @ number of la Two shots In rapil ession were heard, Mingling with the shots was heard the expression, “You d—d son of a” something, irom & genticman named Harms, and thea the reiort came, You are a d—d coward,” from a M Geary. Harris fired a Coit’s revolver at Geary and wounded him badly in the thigh, The ladies screamed, and the plates aud dishes were thrown around promiscaousiy., bvery oue rab hituer and thither im terror, and General James Chestnut jumped m between the combatants aad seized the revolver of Harvis, at the same time clutching Geary by the arm to prevent tim from drawing @ weapon A Harris, Geary 13 no relation to Geueral Geary Wiatever, and does nos spell his Name in the same Way. Geary Was altegded to by & surgeon, and will probably recover, unless the foworal artery be tajured. Thts is a lively time, and Like tt. ‘There is so much fun among tie boys. NAVAL OADERS, Captain James F. J. Armstrong, United States Navy, is ordered to fhe command of the navai sta- tion at Mound my, IIL, retieving Captain EB, Thompson, who is placed on waiting orde-s; Cap- tain E.R, Calioua 1s detacued from duty a® the spector of ordnance at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and ordered to duty as executive oflicer at ihe New York Navy Yara,