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lawyers, a violation of the law, stolen from the taxpayers of New York, the Hgratp was warring upon the men who were guilty of that and other sins. When the 7ridune was apolo- gizing for republican crimes and screening republican criminals the Hraup warred upon them as earnestly as it did upon the democratic leaders in New York. This was our function and our pride as an independent newspaper, caring gnly for the people's anaa Ii is therefore our duty now ? denounce this new usurpation as pregnant with evil to the welfare of the city and the cause of good gov- ernment in the nation. Judge Barnard, of the Supreme Court, speaking for the people, says judicially that certain acts have been done which are no less than “‘highway robbery.” He indicates the abettor of these deeds to be mainly Richard B. Connolly, the Comptroller of New York. At all events, he declares that Connolly is respon- sible for them more than his colleagues, although he does not release his col- leagues from the general condemnation. The Mayor asks Mr. Connolly to re- sign, He points to the burglary that has been committed in his office, and on its face an atrocious defiance of law and decenoy, and reminds him that this circumstance alone, un- explained, unpunished and unatoned, is enough to destroy all confidence in his integrity. Mr. Connolly replies that any sins he has com mitted were also committed by the Mayor, which is, so far as this argument is concerned, as absurd as if Mr. Joshua F, Bailey, the defaulting Collector, had explained his robberies by charging them upon the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or Mr. Dutcher, the Revenue S upervisor. He straightway proceeds to Mr. Havemeyer, the “head of this gathering of merchants and law- yers, and as the English organ frankly puts it, turns “‘state’s evidence.” In other words, he says, ‘Here Iam, Dick Connolly, condemned by the Supreme Court as a calm spec- tator, if not more, of “highway robbery”— condemned by you and your committee as the embezzler of public funds, generally believed tobe this and more by the general voice of the people. Iam asked to resign. Iam im- plored to explain the robbery of my office, which you and all the world know to be a trick. Mayor Hall, Judge Barnard, you, Mr. Havemeyer, and all this surrounding of wealthy and respect- able citizens, regard me asthe chief spirit of all this wickedness. I propose, therefore, to become your ally! I will enter your counsels so far as I can! I shall betray the men who have served me--the party which has given me wealth and dignity. I will take Mr. Green and make him the real head of the de- partment, and be myself the dummy Comp- troller.” And straightway the voice of reform rises, led by Mr. Havemeyer, echoed by the English newspaper, chorused by O’Brien and Ledwith, Morrissey and Fernando Wood :— “Blessed be Connolly! Hurrah for Green! New York is reformed at last! Tammany is dead!” Now, if this is a movement merely toreform Tammany, then it sinks into the dimensions of an ordinary caucus quarrel or tavern brawl, Why, we thought it was meant to reform the whole government of New York! Are we to have the comedy of the Citizens’ Association re-enacted? That ended by the active leaders sliding into profitable and easy sinecures. The men who howled for reform, and made edito- tial life one of terror by their persistent and distressing assiduity in pamphlets and commu- nications and evening calls, became as placid and content as doves in autumn when they were graced with office and emolument. This was the meaning of that ‘‘reform. This, we fear, will be the meaning of this ‘‘re- form.” All the old corbies are on the wing—how familiar their plumage is !—Wood and O’Brien, and Purser and Brennan, and Green and Havemeyer, rich from the gains of office, whose reign was as corrupt as any known in our history—all eager for wew plun- der and willing to ally themselves with Dick Connolly or Apollyon himself to gain admit- tance to the treasury. Green is in and they are satisfied. Connolly retains the keys and holds the door open, and we hear no ore of “highway robberies.” The Mayor is defied, and all representative authority as seen in representative government is overridden. The most flagrant usurpation of power is mildly accepted, and we are called upon to glorify fraud and trickery merely because these old corbies croak ‘Reform” and ‘‘Retrenchment.” New York cannot permit this usurpation. Mr. Green is a Tammany appointment, now holding a Tammany office, who has been for years a pensioner upon the city treasury. He is no better and no worse than ninety-nine out of every hundred of the ‘tammany place- men, and our English contemporary, if, in- deed, it knew anything outside of Temple Bar or Bow street, would know this. We have no special objection to Mr. Green, but he cannot be taken as the apostle of a new gospel when but yesterday he was the minister of the old and now forbidden creed., On the other hand, General McClellan is precisely the man for Comptroller, He has served the city simply as an engineer, as a man of rare scien- tific accomplishments, Tammany honored Mr, Green by giving him place. McClellan honored Tammany by taking place. This is the difference. Green as Compiroller means the return of the old flock of carrion birds, McClellan as Comptroller means a man in power of world-wide fame, who commanded Great armies, and was deemed worthy by the great democratic party to sit in the chair of Jefferson and Jackson. And what- ever men may have said of bis military achievements no one ever breathed & whisper against his integrity. General McClellan must take this office, The Mayor must seo that he is installed there atonce, The Judge who put his heavy hand upon the Ring is the man to put his hand upon this new uprising of the mob, The key of the situation is held by Barnard, And we are confident he will do his duty now as fearlessly as when he sent Mr. Connolly whirling out of his court branded with a stern and merciless stigma, Tue OnGAN oF Connoty, the retired Comp- troller, bas promised terrible revelations in the papers banded over by Acting Comptroller Green to the Committee of Seventy, Will the committee let us have all proofs of corruption they may have in their hands without delay ? The people are determined to discover the guilty aud are impatient for light, NEW YURK HHKALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1Y, 18971.—PKIPLE SHEN! Old Friends tn New Faces—Fernande Wood and His Allios as Reformers— How Tilden Has Outgeneralled the Re-« publicans. This is an old comedy that is now being acted in the Cooper Institute and City Hall. Every year or two we have @ loud moaning for reform. The pariy press begins to shout ; ward yoterg make appeals to the people; teverish, dissatisfied politicians suddenly dis- cover thelr owt latent virwzes and blazon ‘them to the world. In time two” or three wealthy men, retired from business, and crav- ing excitement, tired of the club, the vestry, the church fair, the Sunday school, John’s evenings at home when he plays the fiddle, and Mary's old tunes, with variations on the piano; weary of billiards and whist and gossip; too old to go to the theatre and too respect- able to go to the tavern, suddenly leap into politics, and find themselves chaired in a large hall before an immense mass of people, quietly dozing under some soothing Roosevelt or sleep-inspiring Ottendorfer, and resolved to “reform the city.” Then, when, in addition to this, some mendicant newspaper publisher, who peddles his newspapers as the razor- strop man sells his strops, accompanied by his foreign journalist, anxious to make acquaint- ances in the land of his exile, joins the party and prints their names in the newspaper, their joy is complete. They have a new sensation, a new excitement for a little money, a new incentive to exercise, and cheap incense to a worn-out and almost deadened vanity. We have had these phenomena so often that they are easily read. What we sce now is only an old story—another performance of the famous comedy of ‘‘Old Friends in New Faces.” There are the identical number of respectable men, the same Citizens’ Committee which got into a tangle of talk long ago, and will dissolve into a cluster of adventurers who want office and fade away, the same newspaper articles all duly paid for out of some public contribution. Behind this curtain of gray beards and gold canes—this circle of new faces—we see our old friends. They are really old friends and have come to view every winter for years—Fernando Wood, William F. Havemeyer, A. H. Green, John Morrissey, James O'Brien and twenty more. We have had these friends in many phases. We have known them as reformers and corruptionists, opposing Tammany and serving Tammany, de- nounced as thieves and applauded as virtuous citizens; but we invariably found them, when reduced to their last analysis, as shrewd and audacious men, who had made money out of politics, and were anxious to make more, and who, afier using the circle of gray beards and gold canes to reach power, would forget that any such men ever existed and devote them- selves to amassing an honest independence at the expense of the taxpayers of New York. This is really all there is of it—razor-strop journalists, anxious to sell their wares (home and foreign), hungry politicians wanting power and money. In this case, perhaps, there is a higher political motive. The corruptions of Connolly and the infamous ring have so disgusted the country that the democrats have been beaten every- where. Grant has secured a renomination and re-election, There is no more chance of electing a democrat, as things look now, than of re-electing Andrew Johnson, So Tilden comes tothe front. He will ‘‘purify the democ- racy.” He will show the world that there can be an osteutation of honesty in New York. He consults with the citizens’ gathering ; he takes counsel of republicans, who do not hesitate to walk into the trap; he allies himself with men whom the Supreme Court has denounced as highway robbers, and, in violation of law, of public morals and decency, makes a Comp- troller. His purpose is to rescue his party from the odium thrown upon it by some of the leaders of Tammany. So he takes the chief spirit of the infamous ring and says to the country:—‘‘Now we shall show you honest democracy. Dick Con- nolly and I have arranged it between us. Just be patient and we shall so fix things here that you may undo much of what has been done by the republicans and hope to defeat Grant in 1872.” The World iells us that Collector Murphy has taken a hand in this game. If this is so, then Murphy has walked into the prettiest trap that ever was set for an unsuspecting Irishman. If Tilden wins, then he shows himself to be the cleverest o!d fox in the democratic pack. What we see uow, after the elections will be only too plain even to the English eyes of our Cockney contem- porary, that Tilden means to put into the place of Sweeny, Tweed, Hall and Connolly such men as Wood and Ledwith and Morrissey and Brennan, It is simply the comedy over again of ‘‘Oid Friends in New Faces,” If Mr. Tilden really desires reform why has the inspfration come to himnow? He has known the present leaders of Tammany for years. He has acted with them, taken their money, sat with them in council, voted for them, selected Mr. Hoffman, their special candidate, as Governor of New York. Why, we repeat it, does Mr. Tilden now, for the first time, ven- ture his offices to reform New York—to reform it by a violation of the law, and by allying himself with men denounced by Judge Barnard as highway robbers? Simply because he cares only to serve his party and. save the Presidency. He has heard the news from Maine and California, and suddenly becomes a reformer, This is all well enough. We don’t complain of Mr. Tilden, nor do we censure our old friends for trying to gain power with new faces, It is their business to make money out of politics, and may they prosper. But we do object to the pretence under which this is done, and we admonish the republicans that they are about to lose by a violation of law in New York all they have gained in many months, Mr. Green as Comp- troller is a mere wick. Tammany gives a better man than Mr. Green—a man of world- wide fame, who has not been for yoars a stipendiary of the ring, who is a patriot and not a partisan—a gentleman, a soldier and an honest man, Even McClellan's selection is legai—does no violence to the spirit of our laws, and puts the Tammany leaders upon their mettle, Furthermore, the man who puts him there is the duly elected Mayor of New York and not the gray and respectable chair- man of an irresponsible town meeting. As for the old friends who come again in new faces we are content with our past memories of who they are and what they did. New York will be infinitely worse than we can think it possible to be when she ‘finds that reform ean only come from John Mor- rissey, James O'Brien and Fernando Wood, FRANCE. Apprehended Failure of the Customs Treaty with Germany. A SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT, ner snide Appeal of the Press for the Elections of j the Councils General. TELEGRAM TC THE NEW YORK HERALO. PARIS, Sept, 18, 1971, The failure of the new Customs Treaty with Ger- many isimmineut. The German plenipotentiaries object to the alterations in the text made by the assembly. THE NEW COMMITTER OF VIGILANCE. The legislative committee of twenty-five will hold Weekly sessions, In the intervals the President or Vice President of the committee wlil represent the Assembly, PRESIDENT THIERS AND THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR, Count Von Arnin dined with President Thiers on Saturday, THE GENERAL GOUNCILS, ‘The press urge the péople to arouse and make an active canvass in the coming elections for the Gene- ral Councils. The people of the provinces are com- pelled to be careful in their choice of candidates, so that the result of the elections may show how the country stands on the great questions which now agitate it, The elections will be neld on the 8th of October. RUMORED RESIGNATION OF M. LEON SAY. It is rumored that M, Leon Say nas resigned bis Seat in the Assembly. A RAILWAY SLAUGHTER. A serious rallway accident occurred to-day at Champigny. Nine persons were killed and a large number wounded. GENERAL OMAWGARNIER, General Changarnier, who has been very ill, has recovered nis health. THE DISARMAMENT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, A despatcu from Marseilles says the Governor has been summoned to Versailles to consult with President Thiers upon the question of the disarma- ment of the National Guards in the Department of Bouches du Rhone. The disarmament of tne National Guard in the other departments is progressing quietly. THE MORTALITY OF PARIS. ‘The mortality of Paris last week was about one hunared less than that of the previous week, GENERAL CISSEY, It is rumored that Gencral Cissey nas resigned, ~~ SPAIN. How to Increase the Spanish Revenue—Over- whelming Success of the New Loan—Popu- larity of the King and His Ministry. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. MapRID, Sept. 18, 1871, The Jmparcta! (newspaper) of to-day advocates an. increase of the Spanish revenue by the imposition of an income tax. The success of the new loan has surpassed the most sanguine expectations, Nearly seven times the amount to be taken by the government (about $30,000,000) has been subscribed. The Torrilla Min- istry compnand the confidence of all classes, while the popularity of the King is still on the increase, Sefior Castellar has, in the name of the republican party, declared not to oppose the Cabinet of Seior Torilla. ITALY. Proposed Republican Demonstration in the Com. ing Anniversary of the Occupation of Rome—Financial Difficulties. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. Rome, Sept. 18, 1871. It ts satd that the republicans are preparing for a manifestation on the 20th inst., the first anniversary of the occupation of this city by the Italian troops, but no disorder is apprehended, It is semi-oficially stated that the defictency in the revenue of the kingdom for the present fiscal year Will probably be covered without the imposition of any new taxes, HOLLAND. Opening of the Dutch Chamber by the King— The Army Reorganization Mania. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. ‘Tue LiaGurE, Sept. 18, 1871. Tne Dutch States General were opened to-day by the King in person. The royal speech promises a reorganization of the army and a reform in taxa- tion, and felicitates the Chambers upon the condl- tion of the foreign relations of the kingdom, ENGLAND. The Proposed Demonstration in Trafaigar Square Abandoned—The Strike in Newcastle To Be Continued—The King of the Belgians at Ryde—The Cattle Disease in Norfolk. TELCERANS 10 THE KEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, Sept. 18, 1871, The demonstration in favor of the men on strike, which was to have takea place in Trafalgar Square, London, has been entirely abandoned, THE STRIKE AT NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD. Many foreign workmen are daily arriving at News custie and Gateshead, At © mass meeting of the Neweastle workmen yesterday It was resolved to continue the strik WIS BELGIAN MAJESTY IN ENGLAND. The King of the Belgians has arrived at Ryde, Isie of Wight. His Majesty was not well, and con- sequently no public demonstrations were made on his arrival. THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE SPREADING. The foot and mouth disease is rapidly spreading among the cattle in Norfotk. . Meeting of British Workmen at Chelsca= Speech of Mr. Odger. Lonpon, Sept, 19—A, M. A mecting was held at Chelsea to-mght in favor of the British workmen now on a strike. Mr. Odger was the _ princi- pal speaker, and he denounced in strong terms certain proprietors who had accumulated wealth out of the labor of the poor. THE COREA. The French Government to Co-Operate with the United States in the War Against the Coreans. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, LONDON, Sept, 18, 1871. A telegraphic despatch from Shanghae says she Courier of that place announces that the French diplomatic representative in China has received a telegram from his government directing lim to make common cause With the Americans 1 the war with Corea. “ODD FELLOWS, CHICAGO, LIL, Sept. 18, 1871. At ten o'clock this morning the Grand Lodge of the United States Independent Orcer of Odd Fel- lows met at the Sherman House and were escorted by the Grand Lodge and Encampment of Minois to Metropolitan Hall, wheve a speech of welcome was maue by Pp. 0, M. Rogers and responded to by Grand Sire Stewart, of Wasitugton City, There are thirty- five Grand Louges and twenty-five Bneampueuts represented, RUSSIA AND GERMANY. Bitter Attacks of the Russian Press on the Ger- man Coyernment—Prince Bismarck Charged with Ingratitude and Bad Faith. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, sept. 18, 1871, The Russian press has not ceased commenting on the Eastern Conference and the attitude of Germany god Austria, Indeed, the recent revelations with ree gard t6 tho secret understanding that existed be- tween Russia and Prussia ag the beginning’ of the Franco-German war have called forth very bitter attacks on the part of the St. Petersburg and Moscow Papers, which charge Bismarck and the Prussian government with bad faith and ingratitude. They represent the Russian policy as prudent and concilatory, and, therefore, not calculated to provoke the apprehensions which Austria and Prussia appear to manifest. Not opposed to German unity, but has on the con- trary favored it, The tone of the St. Petersburg journals certainly reflects the opinion of the Imperial government. THE AUSTRO-GERMAN CONFERENCES. Civeular of the Austrian Government on the Re- Ru‘sia, says one semi-oMcial paper, 13 | ss AMUSEMENTS, SvapT TaRaTHR—Wacuter,—The reigning prinee of German tenors, Theodore Wachtel, made hls American début last night at the Stadt Theatre in Adam’s “Postillion of Lonjumeau.? The unex+ pected arrival of this artist in New York created quite a commotion tn musical circles, and Carl Rosa Was the lucky manager to secure him on his arrival. ‘The highest expectations were formed of bin, based | upon the extravagant cncomiums passed upon him | by German critics. There(ore, i was not surprising to find last night an audience of the most overwhelm. | ing description and enthusiastic to the last degree. Every artist of note in the city attended, and even Miss Kellogg left her charming home on the Iudson. to grace the event with her presence, The | cast was as follows:—Chapelon and St. Phar, Wachtel; Madeline and jadame de Lainer, Mine. Rotter; Marquis de Corey, Mr. Vierltug; Bijou and Alcindor, Mr. Franosch. ‘As we said before, | the music of the opera is sparkling, and has that | dash in it peculiar to French music. But it 1s ephemeral and superticiul to such an extent that & | musician woul! not care fo listen to it twice; and however favorable 1t may be (or a bailroom, it is.abs0- | dute trash tor the operatic stage. Again, the dialogue 1s too long, even m the French, and when translated | into cumbersome German it is perfectly unbearable. | French opéra comique 1s intended solely for the | French language and French artists, and im any | | Otiier form and with any other people It can never | be made a success Auber 1s the only modern French operatic comPoser that is cosmopolitan in art; his confréris Were all lntenscly Parisian in their ideas, Maievy’s wwess?? | may also) be — considered = an sexcepuon. Regarding Thomas we have yet to judge of his works. Wachtel’s voice las the merit of volume, strength, sweetness and reliability of tone. These qualities are suiicient tu attract attention to hin. sult of the Salzburg and Gastein Negotiation:. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 18, 1971. The Austrian government has sent out a circular to its representatives at foreign courts Informing them of the results of the Gastein and Salzburg con- ferences, The contents of the circular have not yet been made public, but it {s said to be reassuring, setting forth what has already been stated—namely, that the negotiations between Austria and Germany were undertaken and concluded solely in the inter- est of peace, DR. LIVINGSTONE. The African Explorer Reported To Be Both Safe and in a Perilous Position. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 18, 1871. Advices from Zanzibar announce the receipt of positive intelligence of the safety of Dr. Livingstone. The authority for the statement is unquestionable and tts truth certain. A party of Americans ts hur- rying into the interior with the object of resculng te doctor from his perilous position. Sinking of the Orange Cown- try of Florida. The Land of Flowers Disappearing—Forests, Dwellings and People Engulphed—Fur- ther Danger Apprehended. WASHINGTON, D. ©., Sept. 18, 1871. Information has been received here from Palatka, Fla., to the effect that a large portion of the orange country has been changed into a lake, and that HOUSES AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENGULFED, The gentleMan furnishing the information states that while on his way trom Orlando to Millonville, on horseback, he noticed that fis horse commenced bogging and as he proceeded, from the sounds heard in the rear, he became alarmed. The bogging grew worse ashe progressed, until he had to dismount. The sounds in his rear in- creased moro and mure, ued became more and more alarming and the route tn front more boggy. At last, after great exertions, both he and his horse reached solid ground. Turning to examine into the cause of those fearful sounds in his rear he saw the most TERRIFIC AND APPALLING SIGHTS. | ‘The first thing that attracted attention was that the trees were moving, first a giratory motion of the top, then some sinking graduaily out of sight, the tops revolving more and more rapidly as it sunk and disappeared, others following, aud as they fell revolving and describing ares of a circle against the sky. Then the whove earth, as faras the eye could reach, sinking and ita place supplied by 5 A SEA OF waTIcs, rushing, seething, boiling, with tne nolse of mighty cataracts, casting to the surface the roots, tops or bodies of pines and oak. It ts well known that large portion of Florida {3 of comparatively recent formation; that {t has fora basis coral and rotten rock; that many of the rivers and lakes have subterra- nean channels and outicts, and that there are many what are called ‘lime sinks,” The late heavy and long continued rains, by which the earth has been thorougnly saturated and the subterranean channels swollen, are calculated to produce subterranean changes. It 1s not tmposst- ble nor improbable that there ts truth in the story. GREAT FIRE IN NEVADA. Town of Pioche De- stvoyed. The OapEN, Mo., Sept, 18, 1871, A teriibie fire occurred at Ploche, Ney.. on Satur- day night last, by which nearly the whole town, including every store, was destroyed, SIX LIVES WERE LOST by the explosion of 390 kegs of gunpowder in the cellar of Telsenthal & Co.'s establish. ment, As’ may Well bo supposed the ex. plosion was terrific, carrying death and de- struction on every side, No such disaster as this ever before occurred among the mountains and the enure immunity from accident which the citizens of Pioche had so long enjoyea rendered them iudiser- ent to danger, and hence such a large amount of | powder had been suffered to be stored in the heart \ of the business portion of the piace. Every build. ing in the vicinity was hurled to the ground, and, burning timbers were sent fying through the air hundreds of yards, spreading the dames in every direction, Most of the buildings being of wood ana very combustible, easily ignited and were soon destroyed. ‘The 108s ts fully THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, on which there 18 no insurance. This is a severe biow to the prosperity of the place, and the mis- fortune is greatly aggravated by the fact that the winter season wiil set In before houses can be rebuilt sumicient for the business requirements of the coun- try, or even the necessary protection of the citizens aguinst the inclement season which 1s so close upon them. LIST OF THE VICTIMS. The persons Killed were;—Jeremiah Kirby, James Agnew, John Sand, Tom Todds, Mike Sheenan aud one other who is burned past recognition, A large number of persons were wounded, includ. ing:—H. D. Beem, John Cullen, Harvey Rice, James Walters, Bartholomew Noonan, John Farley, Robert Watts, Archy Mul Kean, John Daiken, Charles Wil- Hama, Miller Quillan, Wm. Ryan, David Nagle, Miss Gary French, Charlie Rostestien, whil Richards, Wm. fH, King, H. G, Todler, Robert Shannon, David Noonan, Jolin Dougherty, Miss Harschan, Miss Fay, A. Rooney, Fred Haskin, Wm. Stevens, Thomas Kendall, Chris Sehititze, W. 8, Cotton and Dennis Sullivan, all of Whom are either injured by falling rocks, jarred by the concussion or burned, Many of the wounded will die, Piocho ts the Most Important mining camp in Ne- vada, It had two danks, thirty stores and 2,500 in habitants. Tt was a great trading post for miners, and transacted @ large business with the surround. ing country. Stocks of goods can easily be replaced, pat it feared that considerable suvering will easue veluie BW SUpLLGS FEAGH UeUde and to secure for him undoubted popularity, The defects in his singing are a want ol evenness, ex- emplitied in his constant use of the jaiseito and mezza voce, indecision at times ‘in the | “attack of the notes, and a too palpa- ble fondness for sensational etfects, ‘The Ital fan school of inging 18 particularly directed agalnst such serious defects, but both the German and French schools are irretrievably marred by them. Nature has been bounuiul to Mr. Wachtel, but art has not fashioned the vocal materials to the extent that a critical ear would desire, Stl, it would be unfair to judge definitely of a singer of such renown alter a single hearing in such trivial music, The song. of the postilion tu the first act, which has created such a furor in Germany and which — brought down the house last nightin an avalancne of ap- plause 1s, In & musical sense, absolutely trash, bat What with the skilful nandling of the whip, a D in alt Sung in falsetto anda C sharp in ait sung from the chest, it draws the profanum vuign We trust to ve abie to hear Mr, Wachtel to better advantage in such rvles a8 Manrico, Raoul and Arnold. And | here we may add that if Signor Lefranc could possibly be inducea to learn muste | and take care of his voice, he might take the drst | it, for his | Position on the operatic stage at pre: wt de poitrine 1s far more effective than that or Herr Wachtel, In the three 7'6/es we have just mentioned the puoife can judge better oi the Vocal merits ot both artists, ‘he best air sung by Mr. Wachtel last night was the “Good Night, My Beloved Cinid,” by Abt. ‘TMs was introjuced im the third act as a Substitute to a certain grand arta ot such an | absurd and incomprehensible characier that no one but a Frenchman could have writien it and no voice but that of a throaty, nasal French tenor | could sing it, Franosch and Vie could with their parts, and Mada was enveloped in atmosphere of hoa Which, with her false method of singing, made the roles the hi ot the inn and the grand Jady very disagreeable. Tne chorus and orchestra, have ing only music of the “tum Ui ti, tum ti tl order to peri acquitted them: AS Well aS any one could &: . Mr. Adolph uendorf was the con. ductor, and his ability is unquestionable, We would suggest to Mr. Wachtel, nocwithstanaing the popu. larity of his “postlion fine himself to real w EBogitsh and popular — with to drop it at once and con- Blonde burlesque, broken clog dancing are unfortunately & certain class, but no one ever thinks of calling them art Crack- mg a whip ana fingmg out high c's may please the galleries, but it cannot gam the sympathies of the musical public, Mr, Wachtei can } do much better, as his exquistte singing of Abt's beautivul //d showed, and nature has been too kiad to him not to demand his withdrawal from the boupe stage. His reception was of the most enthu- siastic character aud should eucourage him to efforts more worthy of his great talents than the trashy music of Adolphe Adam, THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—A new sensational drama, with a comic hero, was produced at this theatre last nigut under the ttle of “Oofty Gooft.” ‘yhe play opens with a prologue im which most of the important characters who figure in the drama are introduced, Tie scene ts laid on the banks of the Rhine, Here we make the acquaintance of Hans, a young German deserter, and oi Charles Margot, a French adventarer, and Claire, his sister, in love with Kaspar, a wealthy German brewer of New York, who bas returned to seek his wife and child. When Claire Margot finds out that Kaspar ts married and refuses to abandon his wife she resolves to rid herself of her rival, whom she murders in the closing scene of the prologue. The murder of Kaspar's wife and the attempted abduction of his child at- ford an opportunity for a sensation scene, which the author borrows trom the cave scene in ‘Volleen Hawn.” In order to complete t resemblance the author totroduces a Kin of (Italian Danny Mann, the associate of Charles Margot, When the curtain again goes up filleen years are supposed to have passed and the actors in the drama are assembled in New York. Hans, the deserter, has become Oofty Gooft, the wealthy German brewer, in Jove with the daughter of one of the Knickerbocker famties, in which he had at one time been a servant. It would be tov long to follow | out the pict through all its intricacies to the fnal triumph of Volty Goo, Care has been taken to supply each act With a thrilling tableau of the most sent nla kind, so that the admirers of this class of play can bave nothing to complain of Indeed the piece is full of exciting situations, some ot which, however, are rem: Jn painting the scenes of New is to be hoped that a great exaggeration has been committed. promenade in Central ‘k 18 somewhat different from the scene of rowayisin presented on the stage, We think that tie “mill on the Mall, which affords | “the rough but honest’ Jake a chance to display bis, muscle, had been better omitted as | a matter of taste, The plot of the drama is very | but the main interest centres in Votly Goolt, a good-natured, shiewd fellow, who amuses | the audience by the humorous quaintness of hit broken English. lie 18 continually getung mito dif ficulties by bis awkwardness, and getting out of them by 18 good fortune, but, Whatever happens, he has ad inexhaustible fund of philosophy, which he re- tails In hig broken English. Apart Trom the quatnt- ness OF his language Uiere 18 not new or very striking m the chw Of this humor depends not so much on what is suid as tbe grotesque manner of saying tt, Or the rest “of the with is “plot | tings aud murders Jove makings, v little can be said, tt resembles so very eld in its details the ordinary sensation pl Weh the same linpossible ‘situations, escapes a tableaux, not worse and not better than their tele lows. aggeration 13 the very essence of se tion and the present one tv no ex. ception, his anxiety to lash — those two pests of society, the shyster lawyer and the black-matling Bohemian, the author's just indignation bas carried him too far, and he has nus, in Lucius Lyon, not as he imagines a “photograph from life,’ but an overdrawn, and, therefore, ridiculous caricature, The piece was well put upon the stage, and, for a first formance rau easily. Mr. Gus Phillips, who appe; as Uolty-G acted naturally aud extubited wondertul possession for & débutani, He y at home on the boards, Mas Jane ly new. Ife tt of York deal Certaluly our experince of & acted her part In a quiet, artistic manner, not, however, much scope. WEAIHER REPORT. War Derartmay: OPFICR OF TAR CIEE SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuinoron, D. C., Sept. 19—1 A. M, Synopsts for the Past Treenty-fow Hours, ‘Tha high barometer which was Sunday night cen- tral in Western Pennsylvania, has extended south- westward to the middie Atlantic coast and fallen somewhat, A small area of low pressure has passed from Minnesota over Lake Michigan and 1g now central between fluron and Ontario. ‘The pressure has risen again from Kansas north wards, Clear weather has prevailed on the Atlantic coast, excepuing the cloudiness tn North Carolina, Local rams are reported from immediate Gulf coast, and brisk winds have prevailed for a short time on the upper lakes, but nave now moderated, The northerly winds on the Middle Atlantic and the lower lakes have veered to southwest. ‘Threatening weather, with light rains, has generally accompanicd the low pressure on Lakes Superior and Michigan, but clear weather is reported from Ene and Oatario, with cloudy weather tn the Olio Valley. Probabilities, ‘The harometer Will probably fall slightly over the Middle and Eastera States, but no serious disturb: ance is apprehended. Brisk winds on Lake Yatario will probably abate on Tuesday morning. Reng barometer and clear weather are indicated for the northwest and the upper lakes; partially cloudy and pleasant weather for the Gult and Soutlers Siates, with local rains on the latter coasts, ¥ THE PRESIDENT. O1scinvath, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1871. r ‘ President Grant and family reached here to-might J at midulalite | Weaver's house, yesterd ¥y | Their line of defence ts not yet ? IWASEING TOR. WASHINGTGN, Sept, 18, 1871. Discovery of a Vearfat Crimo Near George town. Coroner Potter to-day conciided the Inquest over Me body of ghe colored man found dangling by the neck from a tree i Weaver's woods, three mie above Georgetown. From the evidence i appears thatthe body had been suspended several montna, during which time it had been the prey of buzZaras, until nearly every particle of fest tad been eaten from the bones, andthe lower extremities and fore: arm¢+ad fallen frony the body and been partially eaten by the hogs, Ar investagation of the locality discovered tite hat of the uufortanate man, in whicw ‘Was a quantity of his hetr, a8 though tom from the head in a straggle. Near by was found a noose Made of twigs, which had evidensly beew tried put found Unsuitable for the olyect in view, Although the deed was done within a hundred yards of i he testided, was the first time he knew of the boay being there. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was death from stran- gulation, There was not suticiont evidence to ond @ verdict that the deceased had come to his death by violence, yet all the circumstanses show amid takably that (¢ was not a suicide, Ih world hav beeu tmpossible tor the person to have adjustett the strap as it was fonnd vy the Coroner. A Tica Betweor the War and Treasury Dee partments~Genrral Brice to be Retived. The Secretary ot War, Acting Secretary of the Treasury and the Second Comptroller of the Trea sury had a conference to-day ab the office of the latter, When the subject of the defalcation of Hodge Was thoroughly discussed. The conference lasted nearly an hour. The etary Of War protested vhat the present system of accountability, aa welt 43 the relations between the War and Treasury de- partments, was out of joint. General Belknap has contended for some time for @ more perfect system of examining officers’ accounts, but in every instance bis claim has been vigorously combated by the Treasury oiliclals, so that, rer cently, the determination of Secretary Belknap evoked the aid of one of Attorney General Aker- ay nst him in the mavier ol set- ting quartermasters’ accounts. There were plain expressions of opinion on the side of te Secretary and Comptroiier, The Acting Seo- retary 1% merely a figurchead, and it 1s to be egretted that Secretary Boutweil was not preseas aimself, 1t was determined, however, to rigtily enforce at once ali the rules and regulations of Ure several departments affecting disbursing oMicers, A thorough overhauling of the accounts of every pay> master will Immediately be ordered and steps take to obtain, with the least possibie delay, the exact condition of every disbursing oficer’s accounts he bondsmen of Hox prior to his appointment in the regular army, during the four years succeed ing that appointment and under the bond given 1ast April, amounting in ail to $60,000, will be proceeded ust at once. Who these boudsmen are the sury oflictala decline to tell, Paymaster Gen- man’s opinions eral Brice will undoubtedly shortly be placed on the retired list! He has had the personal friendship of the President to sustain him in active service, but his days of julness are regarded now as passed, and recent opments prove that the interests of the service demand a younger head for the Paymaster General's Department. A stringent order concerning. the duties of paymasters Will also be issued by Secretary Belknap as soon as the plan of co-operation with the Treasury Department can be perfected. Geuerat Spmner is expected here on Weduesday. If Secretary Boutwell should not return before General’ Belknap leaves on an tuspecting tour a second conference will-have to be deferred for two weeks. THE ENFORCEMENT ACT. Trial of North Carolina Radicals for Viola- tion of the Enforcement Laws. RALEtan, N. C., Sept, 18, 1871. After preliminary business to-ay a jury war drawn inan hour and the prisoners put on trial, ‘The following 1s the bill of indictment; — Finst COUNT. The jurors of the United States of America, within and for the daid district, upon their oaths, present that R. Shot. Freterick A. Shotwell, + DePricat, Amos rton, Calvin P. Wiiitam Tannor, William — Melntyre, William Teal, Moore, David. Collins, William Scoggins, D. B. Fortune, William Alexander and Barton Biggeratal other persons to the Jurore unknown, all late of the ci of Rutherford, in sald district, laborers, did, upon th day of June, &. D. 1871, at and in ‘county and district, conspire together for thé purpose of depriving one James M. ice, of eald county, ot al privileges and immunities tuder the law with 'r ight of voting tor member of the House in the Congress of the United Si t M. Justice, being then and thi at elections by the people ta sald the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United btates and for other officers, as aforesatd, conti case made and George Sponcer upon the day and year aforesatd, at’ and district, the nid accused, with ‘other a nnknown, all late of the county of in (ret, laborers, did conspire to beat ong Janes M. Justice, Aald county, because of his aupport and advocacy, in alaw! nthe frat Thursday ot manner, of ‘the election Aly ‘A. P1870, of ono A. H. Jones as a Member of the House ot Representatives of ‘the Congress the Ucited ates, the anid A. OH. Jones ng at, Perso ‘uly qualiied — for” uch memberaiip, he, the said J. M, Justin, having been at the tine and Nace of stich support and advocacy by law entitled to vote for said member and to support and advocate his election: aeaforesaid, contrary to the form of the statute in such case and provided, aod againat the peace and dignity of tho ed Stat ‘wt.—-And the Jurors aforesald, upon their oath fiirther present that afterward, to wit, upon year aforesaid, at and in said county and district, the said R, A, Shotwell and other “named defendants, with the sail other perama to the jurors unknown, did ¢ nto hinder the execution ot a execution of the a tu citizens of the Un tes to vote, In the several the Union and for other purposes,” witch was w May iil, 1970- contrary to the form of the statute tn auch eas made and provided and agalunt the peace and dignity of the United States. A nove prosse ut! was entered as to the defend. ants Alexander and Egerten. Fortune and Moore spire Logetner by intimidati of the U) State withdrew the plea of not guilty and sub- mitted, some eight witnesses were then examined, including J making out w& strong cise ag defen Court adjourned for the prisoners hi FS veloped. ‘The trial will last Uwo days yet. MAILS FOR EUROPE, ‘The steamship Molsatia wll leave this port ow Tuesday tor Piymouth aud Hamburg. The mails for Europe wil close at (ie Post Oitice at hal/-past eleven o'clock A. M. Tun New York Hgeratp—Edition for Karoye—. | will be ready at half-past nine o'clock in the moun. ing. Single copies, in wrapp for mailing, six cents. swilerring’s Paroat rete eOUAMPION SAE: Broadway, e Mayeay ney A.Phalon’s New Per “LE LOV aod “WIUTE ROSE." —Tin'r and Whiskers Dyed Any Stmde, uuburn drown to jet black, by BARLY'S SAVE UALR. —Tthe Ne Plus Ultra of n Fashionable Hat ED'S Fall it Lig Nass ven Doll arse! uty Broadeay. 5 Hair anda Cooly Clean pe. priate A a ot oO ROS HAIR PRE i eaira SEHVATIVE wit accomplish vot. 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