The New York Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1871, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or_news ‘Jeter and telegraphto Aespatches must be addressed New York Herarv. Velame XXXVI.... lo. 316 AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, BOOTH'S THEATRE, 284 st., between St! - Dor; ox, THE CRICKET ON THE eaera sealaiaiiies BOWERY rod = THEATRE, Bowery.—Taz Prexournoy NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Houston streets.—OUR annmnrcaw Cousin. oe ra GRAND OPE! 4 eg RA HOUSE, corner ot 8th av. ana S84 st— . LINA EDWIN'S THE. —— SST ete sense ero FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street.— Tur New Ma OF Divoxor, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Tus BALLET Pan- ‘TOMIME OF Hourry DuMrTr. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street—InaLiaN —F AUST. 8ST. JAMES THEATRE, Twentv-cichth street and Broad- way.—FANCUETTE—ROSE DB ST. FLEUR. WALLACK'S THEATRE. Broadway and 18th street.— ROSEDALE. STADT THEATRE, Nos, 45 and 47 Bowery.—Orzna Season.—L. TROVATORE, ‘WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner 30th st.—Perform- ances afternoon and evening—Tur Boy DETECTIVE. MRS. F, B, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Divorce. PARK THEATRE, City Hi = ‘ ‘Opposite City Hall, Brooklyn.--Oorrr UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Fourteenth at, and Broad- Way.—NEGRO ACTS—BURLESQUE, BALLET, &c. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Comio Vocat- 18M6, NEGRO ACTS, ac. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL Hai 585 Broadway.— ‘Tue San FRaNcisoo MINSTRELS, sa sia BRYANT'S NEW OPERA Bi &, 33d st, between 6th and 7th ave.—BRYaNt's MINSTRELS. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— NxG@Ro EccentRicrtiks, BURLESQUES, &C. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Bri —_ PE aye ech Shei iE, ‘ooklyn.—VARIETY EN NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street.—Sozw ‘THE RING, ACBOBATS, &0. Matinee at 234. ee TR RIPLE SHEET. New York, Sunday, November 12, 1871. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. Paces, 1—Advertisements, 2—Advertisements. S—Munici; Matters: The Aldermanic Muddle “Stull Unsettied; Ingersoll Not Yet nm Custody; The Public Departments; O'Donovan Rossa’s ole; Alderman Irving Speaks; Alder- man Welsn Speaks; Hunung Repeat. ers =Down; rosnan’s Complaint; A Chat with Mr. Charles 0’Conor—Calvary Cemetery: The Charge of Mismanagement and What Is Said About It—wauts from the White louse—Fearlul Ratlroad — Disaster---The Weather—Dangerous Walls—The Philadelphia and ‘Trenton Railroad, 4—Religious Inteiligence: Programme of Exer- cises for To-Duy; Religious Correspondence; the Old Catholic Movement; Temple Emanuel—Laura D. Fair: The Argument Belore the Supreme Court of California on Motion jor a New Trial; Interesting Letier trom Mrs. Fair—The Doom of George Botts, “Pet Halsted’s Murderer—Bergh’s Humant- tarians, S—Brooklyn’s Outraged Ballot: The Feeling Still Strong for War Against the Culprits; the Investigating Committee; tne Board of Com- missioners and the Chief of Police on the orp ne gg on the Increase—“Bagging the Game” in Hoboken—The Health of Savan- nah—Police Peculiarities—The Williamsburg Tragedy—Financial and Commercial—Dry Goods _ Market—European Markets—Mar- Tiages. Birth and Deaths. @—Editoriais: Leading Article, “Tne French Republic—Its Success and Its Probable Infu- ence on the Reconstruction of Europe”’— Amusement Announcements. y—Editorials (Continued from Sixth sonal Intelligence—The Bonapartes: )—Per- arriage ot Prince Pierre Napoleon—Rome and France: The Papal Nuncio and the French Foreign Minter in Vonferenco—Tel France, Rome, Spain, Italy, igium and Engiand—News from Washi —Rumors Ot the Arrival of Prince Alexis— lianeous Telegrams—The Twenty-second Regiment— — Matters—Views of the Past—business Notices, S—Amusements—Advertisements. 9—Advertisements. 10—Eurvpe: Prioce Bismarck’s Speech on the Ger- man Treatment of France: Do France a Good ‘Turn; Tne English Press on Gladstone’s Green- wich Speech—Tichborne in Australia; What the Australian Papers Have vw Say About the Tichborne Case—Macomb’s Dam—Canal Boat Collision—Shipping Intelligence—Adver- Usements, 11—Advertisements. 12—Advertisements. Brack Ducks oF THz TamMaNy Bresp— The rings of plundering carpet-baggers in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and other Southern States; and the same fate awaits them. A Foor or Syow on the ground and sleighs out in large numbers is yesterday’s report from Lewiston, Maine, Old Winter bas come back “‘down East” and ‘‘out West,” and he was not far from Manhattan Island, either, in his last night’s travels. Tae Crry’s Mortatiry.—The report for the week ending yesterday is 413 deaths and 44 stillborn, against 496 births and 208 mar- riages. A report of only 413 deaths, exclu- sive of stillborn, in one week, in a population of 1,000,000, means that the city is in a healthy condition, notwithstanding the return of the smallpox. Presipent Grant shows that he is in earnest in his endeavors to break up all Ku Klux organizations at the South. Yesterday he issued a proclamation suspending the priv- ileges of the writ of habeas corpus in Union county, South Carolina—a district infested by disguised marauders Whom the State authori- ties were unable to bring to justice. Tae First Step in civil service reform has been taken. Secretary Delano rightly infers that @ man who defrauds his laundress or boarding house keeper is not to be trusted with the fingering of government vouchers, and accordingly orders have been issued that clerks in the Internal Revenue Buresa must pay their board and washing on demand or leave the public service. New Jersey Justice is swift and sure. Yesterday George Botts, the murderer of Oliver S. Halsted, Jr., of Newark, was sen- tenced by Judge Depue to be hanged on December 21. The prisoner’s counsel had previously moved for a new trial on trivial grounds, but the Court decided, unanimously, that no reason could be assigned for setting aside the verdict. Botts, who had exhibited much bravado during the trial, was deeply affected, and when his sentence was pro- nounced his courage gave way and he sank into his seat completely overpowered. If justice were as unflinchingly administered in other States as in New Jersey the record of crime would be less fearfal, and especially would human life be safer from the pistol and dagger of the assassin. NEW YORK HERALD. ‘SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 187.—TRIPLE SHEET. The French Repablic—Ite Success and Its Probable Influence in the Reconstruction of Europe. In the Heraxp of yesterday we printed a cable despatch, special to the Heratp, giving the substance of an interview which our owo orgespongent bad just had with President Thiers. The President, who does not forget that he won his first triumphs in the ranks of journalists, not only gave our correspondent a hearty welcome, but freely communicated to him bis plans and purposes. President Thiers is, to-day, at the head of the great French nation and people quite as much as ever was Louis Philippe or Louis Napoleon. This recognition of the press, and more particu- larly of the American press, marks an epoch in the history of journalism. With us, inter- viewing—the interviewing even of most illus- trious personages—cannot be regarded as 4 new thing. On this side of the Atlantic it has become one of the leading and characteristic features of the daily press. American jour- nalism has, in this matter, read European journalists a fresh lesson—a lesson which, as usual, is somewhat reluctantly, but surely ac- cepted. Our special correspondents have in- terviewe™ most of the prominent European statesmen and thinkers of the day—Bismarck, Von Beust, Gambetta, Kossuth, Déllinger, Antonelli, Friedrich, Hiiber and others; but the Cabinet Minister of England, the leaders of Her Majesty's opposition, crown princes and royal personages generally, with the ex- ception of the fallen Emperor of France, have up to the present been somewhat shy and slightly fearful of the reporter's pencil. Presi- dent Thiers is the first actual executive chief of a great nation who has willingly submitted to be interviewed ; and it is not without good reason that, in connection with this first triumph of the newspaper press, we mete out prnise to M. Thiers and claim some honor to ourselves, The interview of President Thiers and the interview of Louis Kossuth, the ex- Dictator of Hungary, both of which appeared in the Heratp of yesterday, prove that the American press is far ahead of that of Europe, and that in the matter of enterprise the Nzw York Heratp is at the head of American journalism. Of this, however, enough. If we have dwelt on this part of the subject it is because we regard interviewing not only as a new and important feature of the daily ne wspaper, but as a great privilege to public men. The state- ment made to our special correspondent by Presjdent 'hiers—that when the National As- sembly shall have met in session ia the early days of December, the Cabinet will propose to terminate the provisional régime now in ex- istence and definitively establish a republic— we regard as the most important political announcement which has been made since the close of the war. We do not forget the utter- ances of Bismarck and his master Emperor William, of Von Beust and Francis Joseph, of Gladstone and Disraeil, of Gambetta and the thoughtful exile of Chiselburst. All of these have had something to say in regard to the peculiar conditions of the present and the un- certainties of the future; and what they have said has been more or lessimportant. In point of importance, however, the utterance of M. Thiers must be allowed the first place. The war so recently ended has given birth to two experiments—one the establishment of a great and powerful autocratic empire in Germany ; the other the establishment of a French repub- lic. These are the two European experiments which are engaging the attention of thinking men the wide world over. For immediate success all the chances were on the side of Germany; all the chances were against France. Out of a struggle which bad no par- allel in modern or in ancient times Germany came forth triumphant. France was not only defeated, but crushed; not only exhausted, but mortgaged to cover the war expenses of the conqueror. That the German experiment should, so far, have proved the more success- ful is not, therefore, much to be wondered at. It would have been strange if it had been oth- erwise. It is not for us to refuse to admit that Germany is rapidly and surely consolidating ; nay, that Germany is already the most powerful unit in the European family of nations. But who will deny, on the other hand, that France has revealed an amount of recuperative en- ergy which has surprised the world? What has she not done since she bowed to defeat at the hands of her German neighbors? She has put down a gigantic and most destruc- tive civil war. She has accomplished in a few months what it was supposed could only be done in several years. She has all but bought the German invader off her soil. The spirit which she has revealed in de- feat, and the amount of money she has raised and paid away, encourage the belief that, had she been more wisely ruled and more skilfully led, the late war might have made her the mistress of Europe. At all events, it must be admitted that under a form of government which, though provisional, is substantially republican, France has worked wonders, and done not a little to regain, in the estimation of thoughtfal men, the proud place which she lost. What she might have done in such cir- cumstances under the empire, or under a Prince of the House of Orleans, we cannot tell, What she has done, with a National Assembly and under the presidency of M. Thiers, we know. All things considered, we are not indisposed to admit that the French éxperiment has been scarcely less successful than the German. This, at least, we cannot forget. The German experiment is in favor of the perpetuation of autocratic government, whereas the French experiment is in favor of republican institutions. It does not surprise us to learn that Presi - dent Thiers has concluded, after the expe- rience of all these anxious months, to go in definitively for a republic. As the historian of the Revolution, of the Consulate and the Empire, President Thiers ie, of all men, the best qualified to pronounce upon the wants of his country and the characteris- tics of his countrymen. He has never disguised the fact that he is personally attached to the members of the Orleans family and interested in their fortunes, It is not improbable that when the reins of power were first put into his hands he felt disposed to use them for the restoration of that House in the person of the Count de Paris, But he knows, and knows well, that the Bourbons, elder and younger, have ruined their own prospects, and that the opportunity for a res- toration is hopelessly lost, It is the last de- sire of his heart to contribute in any way to the restoration of the House of Bonaparte. In the ordinary course of nature it will not be possfble for him much longer to preside at the helm of State, He segs that the republic has worked well; he knows: that it would work better if only the government were reduced to a more definite shape, and he very properly comes to the conclusion that all uncertainty as to the future form of government must be re- moved and an honest and vigorous attempt made to establish the republic on a solid, con- servative basis. Itisa statesmanlike decision, and if President Thiers can only give effect to his purpose his fame as a historian, great as it is, will be eclipsed by that greater glory which will attach to his name as the savior of his country, There are no insuparable difi- culties in his way. On the contrary, there is much to encourage and cheer him on. It is rot our opinion that he has much to dread either from Bourbonists or Bonapartists, Each of these parties, as the history of the provisional government abun- dantly proves, would prefer a conservative republic to the triumph of its rival. The republic is the safe via media between the so-called monarchy on the one hand and the empire on the other. Nor do we think that he has any great reason to be afraid of the Commune. The letters of George Washington Wilkes which have appeared from time to time in the HezRatp, if they convince us of anything, convince of this—that the Com- munists, although they will never be satisfied with any form of monurchy or despotism, might easily be brought round and made sworn friends of a solid republic, which reconciled liberty with order. This, however, is not all. Europe is ripe for republican insti- tutions. The lesson which is being read tothe nations of the Old World by the young but giant republic of the West is telling with powerful effect on the masses of the people and on all the rising statesmen of the day. The terrific blow with which the people in this city and State has just crushed a corrupt ring of shameless politicians has resounded through- out the civilized world, and men have been taught that republicanism in the Western World is not a mere name. The establish- ment of the republic would make France once more the pivotal nation on the Conti- nent of Europe. Once more, as in the early days of the first republic, the oppressed and the downtrodden of all peoples would look to her with hope. The republic in France means salvation; for it would secure internal peace and prosperity. The republic in France means revenge; for it will sweep out of exist- ence all thrones and dynasties—her hereditary enemies, If M. Thiers is wise in his day and genera- tion he will carry out his avowed purpose. If the French people are wise they will stand by M. Thiers and give him honest, earnest help, Let President and people do their best, and good men and true all the world over will wish them God-speed. The Bridge at Macomb’s Dam—What Are We Coming Toft The Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Civil and Topographical Engineering in the Depart- ment of Public Parks, has notified Acting Presi- dent Judge Hilton that the draw at Macomb’s dam bridge is in so dangerous a condition that it is unsafe and improper to allow teams to continue to pass over the bridge, and by the authority of the department the bridge is now closed, and no crossing of teams will be permitted until further orders. The safe keeping, repair and rebuilding, if necessary, of these bridges was placed under the control of the Park Commissioners by the new law, and, in conformity with long-continued cus- tom, they have appropriated moneys in their hands for the work when an immediate neces- sity arose, and have thus far rendered some of the bridges which were formerly almost impassable safe for travel. Since Deputy Green has been in command of the Comptroller's Department the supplies to the Central Park Commissioners have stopped, and no money can~be procured from the financial officer of the city government for any of these purposes, notwithstanding the orders ofthe courts. The consequence is the closing of this important avenue of traffic. There can be no actual necessity for this embarrass- ment of the work of the Department of Parks— @ trust that has been faithfully discharged and is in honest and competent hands. If this policy is to continue our citizens will soon learn that they have other evils to fear be- sides that of a dishonest and corrupt govern- ment. The Macomb’s dam bridge should be repaired at once, and no false economy or personal pique should be permitted to inter- fere with so important a work. The Pope’s Message to Paris. Pope Pius the Ninth remains persistent in his endeavor to estrange democratic France from the royalty of Italy in Rome. The Papal Nuncio in Paris bas formally warned the Foreign Minister of the republic, during a personal audience, that His Holiness will declare himself sole King of Rome at an early day, and that he will, subsequently, cut off from communion with the Court of the Holy See all the ambassadorial representatives near the Vatican who are accredited or serve at the Court of King Victor Emmanuel. Should the Pope persevere in this resolution he will afford an excellent opportunity to the French demo- cracy for the testing of the question of the divine right of kings as well as that of the claim of a consecrated dual monarchy under the tiara—a chief bishop and a temporal ruler in one. The Pontiffs of the Roman Catholic Church—a majority of them, at least—have been exceedingly ‘‘wise in their generation,” and it may be that Pope Pius the Ninth observes the early dawn of the coming day of universal democracy in Europe and wishes to officiate at the blessing of the new light. The Church is ‘ever young” and always baptizes accomplished facts, The history of the Ponti- ficate embraces the history of all the revolu- tions which the Christian world has witnessed, and we are told in the adage that to be “forewarned” makes eure of being ‘‘fure- armed.” Hence the Pope complains to the people in Paris against the King in Rome. “Ovo Cnairs To Mznp.”—The Sheriff wants Mr. Ingersoll, the chairmaker, His chairs in the new Court House must be mended. They are getting rickety, and at the rate of $5,000 a-piece they bave cost too much to be thrown away, The Religious Press. The election being over, and the infirmities and corruptions of our municipal government having been pretty fully ventilated, our: reli- gious contemporaries this week find time and space to discuss other topics. The Freeman's Journal—Catholic organ— discourses upon the subject of the Calvary Cemetery, and in answer to the interrogatories of a correspondent who wants to know whether the statements made in a daily paper, to the effect that the revenues coming from the Calvary Cemetery are not faithfully ap- plied to the building of the new Cathedral, says emphatically, ‘‘We fervently hope that not one stone in the new Cathedral owes its place to any revenues coming from this conse- crated cemetery.” The earnestness of this hope, no doubt, many of our Catholic fellow citizens will fully realize and endorse. The Independent gives a dish of politics, and talks about ‘Tweed as a Moralist.” It eed man is perfect,” maunders our Imperator. True, O Tweed; but in view of your enormous theits, Jour modesty will not deny us the right to say that you come about as near as mortal may to being & perfect villaia ! The Independent might have quoted in this connection the words of the celebrated Western divine :— And he played upon the harp of a thousand strings; the sperrits of jest men made perfeck, The Tablet-—Catholic orgao—quotes an article from the Catholic World, in which it is denied that there is any Catholic party in politics in this country or any Catholic vote. It says there is a ‘foreign vote,” a “German vote,” an “Irish vote,” but no ‘Catholic vote.” And in this the Catholic World is right—althoogh a good many exemplary Christians may think otherwise. The Tadlet gives an account of an imposing ceremony which took place November 1 in the Church of St, Cesaire, Canada East. The Rev. J. A. Provencal administered the sacra- ment of baptism to, as we are told, ‘‘a young infidel,” eleven years old, by the name of Am- mon Frey, a native of New York city, and at present a pupil in the Commercial College of St. Cesaire. Is not an eleven-year-old “infidel” rather cheap capital for a great Charch nearly two thousand years old? The Golden Age has a very seasonable article on ‘Evenings at Home.” It says :— As the evenings lengthen the question natu- Tally arises, What shall pe done with them? The question 13 felt oftener than it 1s asked, Perhaps it would be better were it asked oftener and answered in @ more _inteili- gent way. * * * Why not have a succession of evening entertainments, giving one to read- ing, another to music, a third to conver. sation, a fourth to a drama and a fifth to miscellaneous plays? Why not import into the home circle some of the talent to amuse and entertain and edify which lies all aboat waiting for the invitation? And what one family cannot do alone two or three together can easily effect, This isa very good suggestion. By making the home circle cheerful and happy it might prevent many of the young people from at- tending a certain class of lyceum lectures not calcalated to do their religious principles much good nor elevate the tone of social mo- rality. The Hoangelist devotes an elaborate article on the “Eight Hour law,” announced asa “Plain Talk to Workingmen.” Says our Presbyterian contemporary:— To invoke the aid of legislation to fix both the hours and the of labor is simply to reduce the normal relations of labor and capital to utter chaos, But what | ion, whether that of the State or of organized labor associations, cannot effect, can be efected ¥y laborers themselves. Let them so qualify themselves for a right use of the leisure which they demand as to give assurance that it will not be abused, and capitalists themselves, with all the greed and despousm with which they are so often unjustly credited, will find it for their interest to adjust their requirements to the demands of labor and wilt be fully satisfled with the superiority of that labor which is associated with inteljigence, ‘skill and orderly habits, There are some wise words in the above extract which it would be well for our honest workingmen to ponder. The Observer gives an editorial on “Morality of Polygamy,” and with singalar bad taste adopts the popular slang term by suggesting “‘what to do about it in Utah.” The Observer conclodes that legislati hould ire of FER eg y ry ae meaning of bra would in New York), to support the women whom he has hitherto pretended to cail his wives, the unishment would be in some measure suited bo the crime. Mucn of the result from the sudden disraption of the m_ woul thus be avoided and the evil extirpated. Nocom- Pig ne resent Mormon marriages and adm! the Union as a State on condition that polygamy be forever nenceforward discarded) ts particularly repugnant to the adop- tion would bi Christendom; bas this is a consideration strong with politicians of the period. The Boston Pilot gives ‘‘a nut for Brother Fulton to crack,” but where, when and how the anti-Catholic Fulton became a brother of ghe pro-Catholic Pilot does not appear. The nut-cracking process, however, may go on, and “‘may the best man win.” There is nothing startling in our country religious exchanges this week. Why do they not start up a revival of some sort? Tagre Witt Be Resoiornes in the ranks of the strong-minded sisterhood as they read our Washington despatches this morning. The sages who compose the District Court of the District of Columbia have for some days been deliberating the question of woman suffrage, and yesterday delivered their opinion, which was that the fourteenth and fifteenth amend- ments to the constitution conferred the right of franchise upon women in all parts of the United States except the District of Columbia. If this decision be sustained by the higher courts a new element will be introduced into politics which will break all the ‘‘slates” pre- viously formed and, perhaps, overthrow all present parties before the next Presidential election. Tas Ween 1x Wat Street was unusually devoid of interest, and the markets, both in gold and stocks, were quite languid. The election was made a holiday, and was to be the turning point in favor of activity should the political Rings be defeated. The success of the reformers did produce a more cheerful feeling, but was not followed by any decided revival of business. There seems to be a lull everywhere—in Berlin, ia Frankfort, in Paris, fa London and at home. A financial sensa- tion is very much needed, now that Chicago is ent Oe CO ete OE ase Watt Street finds a rival in far-off Utah in balling and bearing fancy stocks, A sys- tematic effort is being made to bull the Eastern financial markets in the interest of the so- called tin mines recently discovered near Ogden, Utah, and whose fabulous richness have been widely telegraphed during the past few weeks, The ore has been analyzed in Washington and Philadelphia by eminent ex- perta, who pronounce it utterly valueless, they having failed to discover any trace of tin in the specimens submitted to their inspection. American Patronage of Music and Dramn. The brilliant success which has attended the introduction to the American public of artists of real ability has dissipated forever the vulgar notion that our people are deficient in appreciation of the highest musical or dramatic talent. Owing to want of enterprise on the part of the caterers to public taste the Ameri- can people never had an opportunity before’ this season to show how real was their attach- ment to good music; for hitherto the operatic companies were made up of mediocre artists, or on rare occasions depended entirely for success upon the efforts of some single performer ; and no attention was paid to the training or effectiveness of the choruses, which for the most part were gathered hastily together, and presented to the public after a few insufficient rehearsals. It was not possible in a few hours to turn poorly trained musicians into an effective chorus, and the natural result followed. The best operas, marred by the weakness of the principal artists, were completely spoiled by a discord- ant chorus, and the public, disgusted, returned to their homes with the resolution of aot being tempted to visit the opera again. As though the infliction of bad music were not sufficient, we had superadded the draw- back of a wretched mise en seine, inappropriate dresses and dingy properties, which often imparted an air of burlesque to the opera, sadly out of keeping with popular ideas. So long as the rule of stupidity continued the Academy of’ Music failed to receive that amount of public patron- age to which good music has such powerful claims, Studiously ignoring the true cause of public indifference, the managers and artists who found that their efforts were not appre- ciated as much as they considered they de- served to be, accused the American people of being wanting in musical taste. sistently was this charge preferred that it began to be accepted as well founded, until the advent of Parepa-Rosa, with a well organized company, gave the American public an opportunity to show how well they can recognize artistic merit. The success which has attended both the English and Italian companies places beyond question the fact that managers can always command success if only they will supply the public with the highest class of entertainment, We are not prepared to admit that either the English or Italian companies have fulfilled all the condi- tions which we would look for in the highest class of opera; but they unquestionably ex- hibited a considerable improvement on their predecessors, and the public marked their sense of the change in the management in an uomistakable manner. It is to be wondered at that the musical managers did not recognize earlier the cause of the lukewarmness of public support, Had they looked to the dra- matic stage they would have seen evidence enough of popular discrimination. In the patronage accorded to Wallack’s Thea- tre they had proof that the public favor would always be attracted by a high class of enter- tainment. Owing to the assemblage of a num- ber of really good actors like Wallack, Brougham and Gilbert, the popularity of Wallack’s Theatre has always been main- tained, and the increased cost of employing men of ability has been more than repaid by the constancy of public support. If further evidence were, wanted to prove that merit never passes without recognition we might point to the success of Mathews and Sothern, the latter drawing crowded houses in spite of unfavorable location, joined to the discomfort and inconvenience in the theatre itself. These facts point inevitably to the con- clusion that public patronage can be secured, whether for music or drama, on the reasonable condition of deserving it. The people are generous, and will distribute their favors in just proportion to the amount of pleasure received. They want to be amused and are willing to pay, if only the proper class of amusement be presented. Let only the highest talent be procured by managers, and whatever the cost of the best music or the best acting it will be paid by the public. At the present moment an opportunity pre- sents itself to enterprising musical and dra- matic managers to secure such a combination of talent as has never been presented on an American, or, perhaps, any other stage. We have among us the very high priests and priestesses of musical and dramatic art, but they are scattered about, and their talent is to a considerable extent frittered away. If Sothern, Mathews, Wallack and Brougham could be assembled in one company the effect would be magical, and though the charges were doubled such @ company would play to crowded houses until May. Not alone would an enterprise of this nature be sure to result in a financial success, but the « ffect which it would have in restoring Re entre to its legitimate importance with the public would be felt for many years and tend to win back popular allegiance from the tricks of sensa- tionalism to true art. In the domain of music we would have Nilsson, Kellogg, Capoul and Wachtel united in one company, so that every opera could be given with thorough complete- ness and effect. Large and generous as has been the support given to the Nilsson and Pareps-Rosa compa- nies, it can by no means be accepted as a competent measure of the enthusiastic patron- age that would be accorded to the combination of artists which we indicate. Opers would become a rage, and houses crowded to over- flowing afford substantial proof of popular approbation. We feel assured that the result would astonish the most sanguine end inaugu- rate a new and brilliant era in the history of opera in this country. But it is necessary that the reform should be thorough and sweeping; it cannot stop at the mere assem- bling of @ number of great artiste—they must be properly supported by well-trained choruses; for the most brilliant rendering of particular réles cannot make up for the defect of a halting or discordant chorus. This mass- ing of talent is an experiment worth trying ; its novelty would secure ite success; and if the present rates of admission are inadequate to meet the increased expense, let them be in- creased; the rate will in no case interfere with success. Only make the entertainment worthy of the price charged and it will be Bald ungrudginglys So per- | ‘The War on the Brooklyn Ring. “Now, by St. Paul, the’ work goes bravely on.” Our neighbors of Brooklyn had a grand mase mecting at their Academy of Music on Friday evening to consider the ways and MONBS necessary to expose and punish the enormous frauds of all sorts committed in | their late city election, and to provide for fair play to honest men at the ballot box in future; and their meeting was a rouser. We gave @ full report of its proceedings yesterday, and we need not, therefore, repeat here the astounding election frauds, chapter and verse, disclosed by Mayor Kalbfleisch and Mr. Tracy on the occasion. They are of the same kidney as the doings of the roughs, bribers, perjurers, repeaters, ballot stuffers and false count- ters of the Tammany Ring in all its glory. But the honest men of all parties at this - Brooklyn meeting, with these disclosures before them, took off their coats, rolled up their sleeves and went to work. They appointed a committee of forty, with instructions— First—Yo accumulate such evidence of the frauds we pllege aa may be conveniently used in our county Second—To prosecute promptly and to convict 4 meer y dameaed offender against the interests of the Third—To take measures to prevent any canat- date not fairly elected from profiting by these frauds, Fourth—To appeal io the Legisiature about to assemble for such speedy relief as it may be in theiz power to grant, Fifth—To take such other and further measures for {ngaring the ends of justice as may be deemed needit And we hereby pledge to saia committee, ” from the beginning to the end of their lavors, our el pecuniary and, if need be, our pDysical sup- That’s the way todo. That is what General Grant would call ‘moving on the enemy's works,” We like especially the ringing music of the fifth proposition, in which the honest citizens of Brooklyn pledge themselves to“ their committee to stand by them even to the extremity, if called for, of a Vigilance Com- mittee of the order of San Francisco; for that is what the indignant honest men of Brooklyn mean by their ‘physical support.” They are brimful of fight. They say, ‘‘We’ turn now upon the pampered public robbers, who, having first despoiled us of our property, have next plundered us of our political rights,” and that “we hurl at them our in- dignant defiance,” and ‘‘hereby notify them that the battle to which we challenge them * shall be fought to the bitter end and that no consideration shall shield them from the retri- bution which is about to overtake them at the hands of an insulted and outraged people.” Captain Tenny, however, in his emphatie treatment of these election frauds, seemed to , come nearest the underlying purpose of the honest voters of Brooklyn in his remarks that “when we are writhing in the coils of political vipers, when American institutions are on trial in this city as they never were before, it + is time that we come to fight this thing as they fought the fire at Chicago, inch by inch, square by square and foot by foot. And, what is more, we find the little Irishman who drew the sword at Chi- cago and his gallant coborts did more. When ¢ marauders there were plundering and getting rich out of the exigencies and necessities of the city what did they do? They hang them up to lampposts. And so, when we cannot get justice in our courts; and so, when we can+- not get justice in our Legislature against these robbers, hang them.” And this was the tem- per of this great Brooklyn meeting. Let the men pledged to its good work go ahead. Everything now is in their favor. The cor- rupt Tammany oligarchy, which was supposed to be too rich, with its millions of money stolen , from the public treasury, and too powerful in its network of briberies, frauds and corrap- tions to be shaken, is prostrate in the dust; and the Brooklyn Ring is thus in the position of a mere detachment from the main army, which has been cut to pieces, Let the Brook- lyn reformers, then, push on their work. Finally, as the cause of religion depends upou the cause of law and order, we hope that Brother Beecher will have something this morning to say on the subject, for he has been hanging back when his proper place is in the forefront of this battle, Our Late Storm and the Law of Sterma, The gale which has recently swept over the country from Kansas and Iowa to the lakes and the Atlantic is another beautiful verifica- tion of the law of storms. It was noticed on Wednesday southwest of Kansas, and signalled to the ports on Lake Michigan Wednesday night, where, in twelve hoars, it made itself * severely felt, Its fury, however, it seems to have reserved for Thursday night, on Lake Erie, whither also it had been foreannounced by the Signal Office, and where, with a velocity of forty miles an hour, its cyclonic winds raged for many hours. Tracked and traced all along its disaster. marked way, it is now feirly on its circuit across the Atlantic, and doubtless forms one of those vast cyclonic or atmospheric eddies which the Cunard steamship observers have so admirably charted, and which they have | conclusively shown chase each other across the stormy ocean as eddies pursue each other in a river current. Our forefathers longed to see such a day of science as {s vouchsafed us, but never saw it. Volumes have been written in refutation of the notion that cyclones are to be found in such high latitudes as ours, and other volumes to demonstrate the impossibility of one and the same storm travelling hundreds and thou- sands of miles over a given track. It does, indeed, seem strange that a meteor formed in the Gulf of Mexico should ascend the Valley of the Mississippi and travel over our vast extent of country, a8 some monster locomotive, with unbated speed and unflag- ging ardor, But when we watch its movements and see every fluctuation im the serial ocean, hear every pulsstion and breathing of the storm, and even chart its , moving area by means of the electric flash, it becomes a matter of fact and not of discussion. Sach a triumph of science our fathers desired to see. With us what only a few years ago was an experiment is now a reality, We have made a mighty stride in the ability to detect the Storm King, marshalling his flery hoste , far off, and to keep him and all his strategic movements under our cognizance. It is nota matter for national pride, but one of the many mercies for which the people should be grate- ful to the beneficent Giver, when He opens the storehouse of discovery and teaches man knowledge. The cyclone which has just passed over us was generated far away, por- haps in the Pacific, and was launched upom us, it eeems, aa we mav now expect our ‘