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its control, Such well known names August Belmont, William Butler Duncan, T. Stewart, Franklin Osgood, John Jacob , Levi P. Morton, Charles L. Tiffany, james F. Lanier, Joseph Seligman and John ‘aylor Jobnston can well claim the confidence the public and defy criticiam, To-morrow directors meet for the purpose lof reorganizing the Board, and we learn the resignations of all the present mem- have been sent to the President, in order facilitate the work. They will add to their ber citizens of a similar standing in the , and then at once commence the ction of the road. We hope to see ius Vanderbilt among the new directors. ly @ flerce war is foreshadowed against continuance of steam cars on Fourth ‘avenue, on the issue that they illegally destroy deteriorate the value of property, close up bile streets, endanger life and limb, and are every way a public nuisance. An evening Paper suggests that the true solution of the is to abandon the Grand Central depot, remove the terminus of the roads that Bow centre there beyond the Harlem River, pod complete the Viaduct Railway for the dis- tribution of their passengers through the city. ~Whis is, in fact, the system in operation in London. Probably jommodore Vanderbilt may accept the Proposition 5 at ali events, we hope to see him take a position on the Board of Directors of the Viaduct Railway and aid in the useful work of carrying it ane to completion, Opere in America. of For the first time | in many “years ¢ the ‘faieit, an public have bad an opportunity this season to mark their appreciation of good music, and ithstanding the many shortcomings of the ~~ two companies who claimed public patronage, @ reception accorded to them ought to ‘encourage musical managers to make atill farther efforts to improve the quality of their entertainments. One of the most serious Doniplain ints hitherto made against operatic Management is the insufficient support given to the principal’ artiste, who are left almost alone to sustain the interest of the perform- ance. It requires something of pure devotion No music to enable a people to pass over all the shortcomings which have been but too visible, both in the English and Italian com- panies, almost without complaint, and cer- fatnly without any diminntion in their generous patronage. Night after night the Academy bf Music has been crowded by a brilliant and ‘attentive audience, in spite of the chilling effect of a poorly trained chorus and the very and often highly unsatisfactory per- formance of the secondary artists. If managers q@ere really alive to their own best interests . they would take steps to remedy these serious defects, and would endeavor to unite in their companies such a number of reliable artists as * Would secure something like uniformity of merit. At least they ought to avoid the dis- Dgreeable contrast which cannot fail to be offered by introducing in the same scene an artist of the highest power and one of no power at all. Though the higher talent no Aoubt dhines all the more brightly by contrast, yet the effect does not tail to be unpleasant and the harmony of the music is necessarily Disturbed. It is, no doubt, owing to pecuniary erations that the shortcomings of which @ complain are due; but the experience of }his season ought to convittce the managers that their true interest lies in presenting guch an array of talent as shall com- the patronage of the people. Great as as been the success of Parepa-Rosa and of the Swedish Nightingale, we have no hesitation in saying that bad better attention heen paid to the organization of the compa- pies, #0 as to secure more equality in. the ren- Hering of the réles, the result would have been even more brilliant. From our acquaint- noe with the sentiments of the public we do pot hesitate to say that whatever the merit of ‘sn operatic company, the patronage of the public will always generously reward it. There are no reasonable limi to the monetary suc- cess which a well selected and properly organ- ised combination of artists may not hope to achieve, and if Mr. Strakosch will only secure the aid of artists like Kellogg and “Wachtel ia addition to Capoul and Nilsson, he may ¥ bope'to reap such a golden harvest between tow and next May, as has never fallen to the lot of the most fortunate manager. It is parcely fair to the patrons of opera that they should be compelled to content themselves prith the performance of one’ or two artists, however brilliant, and that the pleasure which they derive from the execution of a Nilsson or @ Capoul should be marred by the well inten- tioned but unsatisfactory performance of the less important artists. It may be.reasonably questioned whether it fe not false economy to save money by pre- senting entertainments which posssss only one point of attraction, instead of presenting such an array of talent as would create an interest and excite an enthusiasm which can never be Groused by companies organized on the pres- ent system. The combination of talent, which we suggest, and a constant change of réles, would have the effect of¢ calling out the best powers of the artists, and the in- terest that would result to the public from such friendly competition would lend to the charms of musio the additional attraction which be- longs to all competitive efforts. There would be a charm and excitement, not alone for the tudience, but for the artists themselves, which could not fail to lend a force and brilliancy to the execution that it is vain to expect under the present depressing influences, Indeed, it must cost great artiste a really distressing effort to exert their full powers with the feel- log that every one around is medi. Gore, and that even at their worst they are sure to be brilliant by contrast. On the other hand the presence of a rival on the acene te calculated to call forth ali the power and Prilliancy which art and nature may have con- ferred. What patronage would be accorded to music under the changed conditions may be Judged by the enocess of a company which pea hams the popularity of a few with “none of the rivalry po dhe Cag oma to the combi- aation of talent we propose, Imagine the effect that would be produced by the appear- ance on the scene of Kellogg and Nilsson, and then the faterest which would result from achange of réle, the efforts these sweet singers would make, and the curiosity which would Consume every lover of music to listen to and would mark the rival performances. Opera would become s rage, and such an enthusiasm be enkindled that all former successes, even those of Jenny Lind, would sppear insignifi- cant by contrast. Had wes manager with the tact and enterprise of Ullman the opera in our city might be placed in such a favorable position that a few years would suffice to make New York the capital of the musical world. The Jeys and Serrows of a “ Mucbly- We publish to-day the detalied sketches of the lives of the twenty-nine spouses of the great Américan Prophet. We specially com- mend them to the careful perusal of our readers, as they give in a pithy, succinct form, a far fairer view of the evils of poly- gamy than the spicy volumes of Burton and Dixon or the dry reports of the Congressional committees. ~It is interesting to see that the high spiritual digaity of the Mokanna of the ninoteenth century does not-exempt him from the woos of Benedicts of simpler tastes. Petruchio succeeded in taming one shrew, but he would very likely have given up the task in despair if he had been called upon to tame a dozen. So with Brigham. After a few brilliant suc- cesses his combative energies were exhausted and he succumbed, after a gallant but hope- Jess struggle, to a terrible creature—a Tartar of the Tartars—who is now known as the “Devil of the Household.” Of this virago he stands — in hourly awe; he shrinks from her presence like 'é @ debtor from a dad, Now ‘and then, however, she captures him, and then the poor Prophet {s pierced through and through with the “poisoned arrows” of her tongue, until he fairly takes to his heels and flies the house, Debauched by this example of triumphant revolt, several others among the younger wives have essayed the same rebellious 7éle, though with less con- spicuous success, There is, therefore, many a fair bosom which the Prophet must find but a thorny cushion for his weary head. He has also apparently experienced most of the other sorrows of an unfortunate husband. Some of his many mates—the ‘‘lost pleiads” of the matrimonial firmament—have “disappeared,” probably with gay Lotharios, and one, after passing through the milder stage of hysterics, graduated with highest honors as a wifely nuisance by going stark, raving mad. Then, too, he suffers the constant bore of having to meet @ dozen discontented women, from whom he is powerless to free himself, A dozen times a day his eyes rest on a pale, tear-worn face, saddened into that most melancholy expres- sion of matrimonial urpleasantness—a silent sulk, We should, indeed, pity the sorrows of this muchly married man but that his troubles are so clearly the result of his own imprudence, But itis impossible to look stmply at the ludicrous side of the picture called up before the mind by the life histories of these wronged and miserable women. No one can read the story of that poor maniac wife without feeling that the system is necessarily fraitful of the darkest of social crimes. Men are every- where selfish and cruel to women, but we doub} if even Phryne and Lais are not hap- pier than these wretched creatures who, seduced by superstition, are hemmed in by all the restraints of a wifehood which is merely nowinal, ‘Tue Bremer at Macoms’s Dam, which used to be the main chaanel of communication be- tween New York and Westchester, and over which probably seven hundred carriages used to pass daily, has been declared to be a dangerous thoroughfare, aud is barred against passengers. Consequently those who formerly passed by this route are compelled to go round by the other bridges, many miles out of their way. Now, we insist upon knowing why this bridge is not at once repaired. The excuse is that there is no money left of the appropriation for such parposes in the city treasury, that the Department of Public Works has drawn all ! the money it is allowed, and Comptroller Green will permit no more to be expended than was agreed on in tho original bill. But such urgently needed repairs must go on. The evil already inflicted by the robbers of the Tammany Ring is only aggravated by the policy of the Comptroller in this matter. If we cannot repair our bridges or clean our streets or pay our workmen let us go into bankruptcy at once, Personal Intelligence. Edwin Adams, the tragediau, is at the Astor House, Indian Commissioner William Welsh, of Philadel- phia, 1s at the Hoffman House, Colonel Church, of Great Barrington, Mass., 1s stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Captain Kennedy, of the steamship City of Brus- sels, is at the New York Hotel, 4. B. Dutoher, of Pawling, N. Y., is again at the Filth Avenue Hotel. Colonel W, J. Greene, of Baltimore, is quartered at the Grand Central Hotel. Professor W. 8. Matheson, of Rochester Unl- versity, yesterday arrived at the Hofman House, Cotonel W. 8. Sanford, of Boston, has quarters at the Grand Central Hotel. Colonel U. A. Mack, of the United States Army, is quartered at the Sturtevant House, General Howland, of Fiankill, is among the late arrivals at the New York Hotel, Paymaster A. M. Meade, of the United States Navy, 18 registered at the Astor House. General Jamen McQuade, of Utica, inspector Gen- eral on Governor Hotfman’s staff, yesterday arrived at the Gilsey House. A. W. Randall, of Elmira, is at the Astor House, Mr. Randall was Postmaster General during Prest- dent Johnson's administration, and beiore his ap- pointment to that office had been Governor of Wis- consin, General W. H. H. Terroll, of Washington, 1s at the THE SEVENTY-SEOOND STREBT BURGLARY. Another ef the Thicven Arrested. Charles McGrath, alleged to have been engaged with Isaac Carson and Andrew Slattery in the rob. very of the house of Martin Callaghan, corner ot enty-second street and Eighth aven Satur. a nigh ht, was arrested yester and iatralaned at Se encee nettlnl Weal Uae ar Gand hia trial win the other twas — ENGLAND. The Trade Treaty Negotiations with France Suspended, Radical Democratic Agitation—Marine Collision and Fear of Fatal Results. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Lonpow, Nov. 20, 1871, ‘The London Standard's report of the suspension Of negotiations between England and France for the modification of the Commercial Treaty, known as the Cobden-Bonaparte Treaty, 1s fully confirmed by later intelligence on the subject. jOUS ASSEMBLAGE OF RADICAL REFORMERS. A very large meeting of radical reformers was hela in Bristol last evening. It was attended by 4,000 persons, Bir Charles W. Dilke addressed the assemblage. There was much uproar and fighting during the Progress of the proceedings, and the baud was pre- vented playing the national anthem, ‘*God Save the Queen." OITIZEN COMPLIMENT TO AN BX-OFFICIAL. Sir Thomas Dakin, late ord Mayor of London has accepted tne tender of a complimentary dinner in the city, and the 22d instant has been appointed as the day for the banquet. AN AMERIOAN FUNERAL, The remains of the late Volonel Sanderson will be Sent to America for interment, The guests at his hotel have appointed a committee to accompany the remains on the steamer to New York, Ships’ Collision and Fears of Sad Conse. anences. Lonpov, Nov. 20—P, M. A report which was received in the city from Liverpool this morning brings intelligence of the Occurrence of a terrible naval disaster in the Mersey, Two ships ran into each other with such violence ‘that both filled and sunk almost instantly. As far as 16 at present known ail hands are lost, ‘The names of the vessels nave not yet been ascer- tained, QUEEN VICTORIA’S HEALTH. A Hhinplesiie ian. Charge as to the Cause of Her Llness. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. LONDON, Nov. 20, 1871, John Gribble, secretary of the Total A»stinence Society of Brixaam, publicly accuses the Queen of intoxication. The charge causes a great uproar, and the local authorities have already commenced legal proceed- ings against the man who made it. ‘The inhabitants of the town of Brixham lay claim to the enjoyment of an extra amount of education and morality, as they support an extensive national school and twenty-one other seminaries, They also cherish the historical association which comes from the fact that William the Third landed in England at Brixham en the 6th of November, im the year 1688, TRELAWD. 2 Abduction of W:tnesses in a Criminal Trial. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. DUvsLIK, Nov, 20, 1871, Two important witnesses summoned oy the Crown to testify in the prosecution of the case of Kelly ander the indictment charging him with having fired a pistol at Constable Mullis, of the police, in this city, have disappeared, and no clue can be had to their whereabouts, Kelly 18 the person who has just been acquitted ofthe clarge of having murdered licad Constable Taloot. FRANCE. Bourbonism Looking to Past Royalties and Di- vine Right—Reorganization of the Army of the Republic. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, Nov. 20, 1871, The Count of Chambord. chiet of the elder branch of the Bourbons, in a letter just published, contra- Gicts tue report that he intends to surrender his hereditary right to the throne of France. MILITARY RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC. It isexpected that befure the end of January, 1872, France will have ten army corps, completely organized and fully supplied with improved arms, posted atthe great military centres of the country. SEVERE SENTENCES, The editor of the journal Pere Duchesne has been court martialed and sentenced to imprisonment with hard labor for life, M. M. Vermesoh and Vuillaume have been sen- tenced to death for contamacy. GERMANY. Bavaria a War Power Unit of the Empire. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Nov, 20, 1871. The Reichstag has sanctioned the extension of the North German law making military service compulsory on all mate adults within the united Umits of the empire to the territory of Bavaria, SWITZERLAND, The Fire in Geneva and Its Origin. TELCERAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. GENEVA, Nov. 20, 1871, The subject of the cause of the origin of the recent disastrous conflagration in this city 18 to be made the subject of a strict mvestigation by the authori- ties, Suspicion is directed just now against the agents of the International Society. TURKEY. Cabinet Difficulties and an Outdoor Cry Against Official Corruption, TELECRAM TC THE WEW YORK HERALD. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 20, 1871. ‘There is a great want of harmony 1n the Sultan’s Cabinet and a Miniscerial criata 1s expected. Grevious complaints are made of the state of dis- organization which exists in the public departments ‘under the government. ‘The orders Of the Sultan in whioh he requires the observance of a due economy In the administration of public affairs are either misinterpreted by the oficials, evaded purposely, or not carried out ina manner satisfactory to his subjects, A NEWARK ‘HELL’? BAULED, Nineteen Gamblere Arrested Yesterday by the Police. ‘Yesterday afternoon, on a warrant issued by Jus Hoe Milla, at the instagation of a youth named Pnilip Laon, Sergeant Benedict and a large posse of the Newark police made # descent on s no- torious gambimg den kept by one Morris Strauss, in North Canal pstrect, Tia descent was Managed #0 sdromtiy that neither erase, nor hig of the ap patice vant ix the “hole atch was sopronstt ine The number was 10 nineteen. These rere snus fi John Sheehan, osepn Burr, Burr, Frederic PT gy Oy Winent ears) a ini, Keene naman ‘Thompaon pn wiiliana Bed am Bacon, John Raymond, Cuarles Buroh, Faron Morrie Keone 8 and Charies Maymond, The Bach dined $6. Aw iS cause nswer. The others were nds **V" about them and got off, wi the BuaiOrlLy were locked Ubs NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. | Glscriminate the various excellences which SPAIN. Public Agitation in the Capital and Provinces, The Republican Party and the Labor League Movement. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALG MADRID, Nov. 20, 1871, The debates which took place in the Cortes during the past week, the unexpected results which ensued from the Parliamentary discussions, coupled with the fact of the resignation of the newly framed Cab- inet of Malcampo, have produced a great amount of agitation in the capital and provinces of Spain. ‘The republican Deputies to the Cortes have issued @ circular advising their supporters throughout the country to “keep quiet,” ana adyocating the main- tenance of public order. TRADES’ STRIKE TROUBLES. ‘The troubles incident to the labor and wages rates question cotitinue in the meantime, The bakers and dyers in Valencia obstinately maintain their strike, and make’ such threatening demonstrations that army reinfoscemente have been sent to the city garrison, SOLDIERS AND SU/PLIR3 FOR CUBA, A steam tfansport will sail from Cadiz on the 30th inst, with fresh troops and army and other supplies for Cuba, ANOTHER PHILADELPHIA SENSATION. A Man Found with His Throat Cut from Ear to Enr—Supposed to Be the Work of the Noterlo juithroat Gang.’? PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20, 1871.- A respectably dressed man, about thirty years of age, was found (lead in a vacant lot near the corner of Thirty-second and Walnut streets, West Phila- delphia, early this morning, by oMcer McDonald. His throat was cut from ear to ear; the body was lying in @ pool of blood, and there was blood scat- tered around the ground, as if there had beena struggle between the murdered man and his assas- sins. The third finger of bis leit hand was horriply mangled, as if bitten or cut in the struggle, A lady iiving in Mansard row, in Sunsom street, heard a scream issuing from the locality about one o'clock this morning. itis believed that the mur- dered man was enticed or followed to the locality by the “Cutthroat Gang,” a lot of villains who in- fest the neighborhood, and killed for his money, Theafuir causes intense excitement in the city. Detectives Lukens and Carlin are working up the case, MORMON Lal The Sabutly: Prisoners at Camp D Having a Good Time—General Int from Utah. Sart Lake City, Nov. 17, 1871, The Grand Jury, following the example of the Court, adjourned until Monday. There is notning here in the shape of excitement. There tsa dead calm in every way. The prisoners at Camp Doug- las are having @ good time, and the sainis and sinners chat together upon the situation like old friends. The Herald to-day atiacks the ring, because ijn publishing the fact that there is other evidence against Weils ani Stout thaa the Daaite Bill Hick- mrau, they are trying to prejudice pubite opinion. Coaches from the mining distrists come m crowded, and all who have not pressing business in the canyons are hurrying down to the-city to escape the heavy snows and the unusual cold weatner. A movement js on foot to form a company to con- struct a street railroad frcm tue Utah Central de- pot through the centre of the city. WYOM'NG REPEALING THE FEMALE SUFFRAGE LAW, CHEYENNE, Nov. 17, 1871. A final vote was reached in the House to-day on bill No. 4, entitled “An act to Repeal the Woman Soadrage jaw." Toe bill was introduced by Hon. ©, S. Castle, of Antta county. The vote stood:—Ayes—Diair, Castile, Dayton, Friend, Kay, Kenaall, Shecxs, Pease and Wilson, a democrats, Nays—brown, Haley and Nickerson, republicans. Mr. WILSON, in voting aye, said he considered that the opposition faction were endeavoring to procure an abortion on the body politic of th ter. Fitory, aud he could not permit it to be proved he was accessory to tne fact. on ‘The olli will come up in the Council in a day or ITALIAN OPERA—‘“‘FAUST."» Dark and rainy as was the thirteenth subscription nigot of the Strakosch Grand Italian Upera Com- pany, the interior of the Academy of Music, well filled with @ fashionable audience, contrasted brightly last evening with the outer gloom. Gounod’s “Faust was again produced, and with more brilliant success than it won on its first repre- sentation, Itis almost superfluous to repeat tne eulogies with which New York then endorsed the verdict of Paris and London upon Mile. Nilsson’s sa- perior impersonation of Marguerite, If it be thought that Mle. Nilsson seems to require the strong dra- matic situations of the later portions of the opera toevoke her highest histrionic talentsand make her forget herself and the audience in complete identificacion with her rile, it nevertheless cannot be dented that in the ¢arlier portions she marvel- lously embodies the portrait of tue rustic maiden, at once innocent and susceptible, which Goethe de- signed and Ary Schefler painted, More than once er voice revived the Poeacti land the freshness and vibratory power which she owed her eathest iriamphs. int the bewildered gaze whicn she fixed upon the corpse of her siain brother she evinced one of her most characteristic facul‘tes—that of Tepresenting with consummate art the various hages Of Madness. She is surpassed in thig respect no artist on the operatic stage. In the love eceues between Faust and Marguerite she made heartier responses to the advances of Mephisto’s pupil than might nave been anticipaied from the external coldness of a Northern nature, In these scenes M, Capoul vindicated bis claim, so egthusi- astically 1 nized in Paris, to the ttle of the most seducing tenor aiive. The mtcusity of his artistic expression—by voice, eye, vesture ai! the whole bodily irame—of the émotions excited by that subtie, tender and fatal passion which all Know under the name of love, but which sv few comprehend, ana fewer stili—perhaps fortunately— ever experience, was adiirable. Despite the Jal- setto, which offends the American ear, he sang tne “Salve Limora” more satisiactorily than on previous occasions. Mr. Jamet deepened the favorable 1m- ression made by his vigorous rendering of Mephis- yneles. M. Barré, the baritone, was an accept- able Valentin, and Miss Cary, as Siebel, sang the aria, “‘Pariatele d’Amor,” in tne pleasing style which or aig Mison. 80 much to’ her euccess in the concerts On Wed: ay evening, November 22, “Mignon” will be given for the first time, aud the ‘pubic will have an oP poruntty to decide whether the dt- rectors of the Academy and the management will Nave redeemed their promises to supply, at their Joint ex xpense, hew scenery, hew costumes and new properties, These promises have been renewed, -— their faldiment wilt dissipate all cow plainis on score, EFFORTS TO BEPEAL THE OOTTON TAX. The Governor of Tennessee to Petition Con- . ese om the Subject. NASHVILLE, Nov, 29, 1871. Governor Brown submitved to the Legisia. ture to-day his message, transmitting peti- tions from the Board of Trade ot New Or- leans and Memphis relative to the tax on cotton, Mi by the goneral government, ile- — e tax aye and asking tnat legislative be taken to bring the subject before Con- ress aa with aview ® getting the tax refunded, pi ‘ne Governor recommends that Senators Lord urge upon Congress the refunding of said LORD GOBDON'S BCOTOH COLONIES, Purchase ef Twe Tewnchipe from the Pacific Rallread Company. Sr. Pact, Minn., Nov. 20, 1871, Lord Gotdon, of Scotiand, a gentieman of large ‘Wealth, bas just completed an extensive tour throughout the Northwest in Legg nartctnaner: ized emigration from png two townships of Wutroed Uomtpany tn: Scotch col wae arr’ jand, He purchased the northefa band Minnesota for a ie A “Darton o of the colonists Pein, with aaer, fine thoroughbred raising. Pact Company has adopted the permanent reer or tan ef free over Snel road Ld settlers, col mities, Who 2g ase land ofthe The same THE COLLECTORSHIP. Mr. Murphy Resigns as Collector of the Port of Mow York—General Chester Arthur Ap- pointed to Succeed Him—The Corre. spondence Relative to the Subject. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1871, Tho announcement of Collector Murphy's resig- nation and the appointment of General Artnur as hus successor will not surprise any of the readers uf the HERALD, a8 both facts have already appeared 1m these columns and were as certain for weeks as they are to-day. The resignation and appointment are mere matters of form and occasion but little comment here, It was the President’s intention in May last to nominate General Arthur. His name was actually sent to the Capitol to be presented to the Senate for confirmatton, buf was cut off from the list of nominations at the lastmoment. Now General Arthur gets the place which it was intended he should have when Murphy was before ready to retire from the New York Custom House, It 13 given out at the White House now as at the time the present acuon was agreed to, that the change is to secure barmuny iu the republican Party and has nothing whatever to do with the flerce personal war which was made upon Murphy by some republican journals, ~Le following is the correspondence vetween President Grant and Mr. Murphy on the resignation of the latter aa Collector of the Port of New York:— THOMAS MURPHY TO PRESIDENT GRA: Custom Housk, New Y } COLLECTOR'S OrFiCR, Nov. 14, isi. To THR PRESIDENT:— Thereby tender my resignation of the office of Collector of the Port of New York, to take eitect upon the appointment of my successor. You ure aware that curing the period I nave held this ime ‘tant trust, vecause I have held it, 1 have n KUdjected to a persecution Which, for persist- ent misrepresentation and unrelenting vindiciive- bess, has forcunately but few paratiels in the his- tory of political sirife. Throughout this somewhat trying ordeai 1 have been sustained, however, by the consciousness of my own rectitude, and by the fact tat, during my official term, | have enjoyed uninterruptedly, aud suli retain, your confidence, undimimished by the —vituperations §=— of my accusers. For the manner in witth the duties of the office have been performea 1 tuke pleasure in reierring to the judgment of my Oiliclal superior, tie Secretary Of the ‘treasury, aad to the figures of record in the Treasury Deparcment, whica show how the reveaue lias been collected and with what diminisheu percentage of cost. Unless your attention nas been called to this record (i beg you will reier to it), groundless as the asper- 81008 Cast upon me are, and fully as they have been reluted before more than one tribunal, | am con- scious that my continuance in office will be made the pretext and occasion for assaults, caiculated to injure you and the republican party; and rather than incur such @ hazard I would relinquish my osition, igs had it been coveted, wich you know was no When appointed I believed I could render a ser- vice by accepting the place; now, I believe, I cam render a service by resigning it, and I gladly ein- brace the oppurtunity m severing my official rela- tions with the government. Under inese circum+ stances I may also properly refer to the wratilying result of the recent election tn this State, waich leaves the controi of ita affuirs substanuaily in the hanas of that great party of progress and reform of which you are the acknowleaged head, and for tne success of which it will ever be my pride and duty toiabor. Iam, dear sir, eer high respect, your Obedient servant, HOMAS MURPHY. THS PRESIDENT ACCEPTS ich KESIGNATION, EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. 0., Noy. 20, 1871. Hon. Tomas Murruy, Collector of thd Port of New York:— DEAR Stn—Your letter of the 18th inst., tendering your resignation of the oitice of Collector of the Port of New York, with reasons therefor, is re- ceived, It gives me great pleasure to bear testimony te the ediciency, honesty aud zeal with which you have administered the office go long asit has been entrusted to your keeping. Your own peace of mini, no doubt, wilt be enhanced by ‘leaving the ofice of'Collector, but I doubt whether sach a course will in any sense be a benefit to the public sérvice, Under your admuintstration the revenues from the New York Custom House have been largely increased, and the cost of collection in proportion to the Amount collected: has been greatly diminished, This is shown by the records ol the ‘Treasury Department. You have had my unquall- fied confidence «ver since you entered the oflice of Collector, You tiad that contidence before, or ened would not have been tendered you. i confidence is stilt unsiaken, and, in accepting your resignation, 1 desire to give you the fullest as- surance of this fact. Whether you remain in or out of office time will convince a just public of your en- re tndacence of tne charges AxOUEE oe yous ith great mere » Your obedient servant U..8, GRANT. STATEMENT OF COLLECTIONS AND PERCENTAGE. ‘The following 18 a statement of amounts of cus- toms collected at the port of New York 1or the Loader designated and payments on account of ex- Penses of collecting the same:—For the period of Ritteou months from April 1, 1863, to June _, 1870, fusca onllsatad,_ $166, fon, 4 Bs expenses of col: lectton, 672,653; reentage of pp eee 1870, to Octouse ath amount Collecteds RE 123 ex; A $2,760,282; percentage of of “bollectiom, ‘1a 146 GENERAL ARTHUR APPOINTED COLLECTOR. Shortiy after the ¥ at wrote the above Long he appointed Chester A. Arthur as the successor of Mr. mess} , The commission of Mr, Arthnr was, during the miraing, Drepared at the Treasury De. Partment and will witnout delay be forwarded to New York, COLLECTOR ARTHUR, Chester A, Arthur, the newly appointed Collector of the port or New fork, is a lawyer by professio: having his suit of offices at No. 82 Nasagu atreet an his residence in Lexington avenue in this city. He served as Inspector General on the staff of Governor Morgan, and also, for about six months, on the stat of Governor Seymour. Mr. Arthur isin the prime of life, So far as is known at present he 18 a gen. Ueman unprejudiced by any violent partisan Pe athe See. ‘dus law firm is known as thatof Arthur jardiner, What Collector Murp! to Say About His Resig ye Rearing the news of Mr. Murphy's resignation, a HERALD reporter called yesterday eteoivg at his house to ascertain the truth of the report and the cause of his retirement. The interview was short, but Mr. Morphy was very frank on the subject of his resignation, The following conversation took place:— RerORTER—Your resignation, Mr. Collector, bas taken many by surprise, because it was generally thought that aiter your succesatal refutation of all calumnies and the triumph ot the administrative re- publicans over the €_Greeley fa faction your position was stronger then Syer, Mr. Murvi have resigned because I have ac- complished the cte I had in view when I ac- cepted the Collectorsnip. Hy a he songht it, for I knew that the position a Ss. ei ‘il discomfort and expense Us frends me Not to take 1% Some even wy, as far as ih say that 1t would ruin me financially, for the means re- quired to keep up the een organizauion in tis city, which ligation naturally de- volved upon me, was far more than my income from the Custom House couid meet. I never made any ussesaments on any eiwployé in the Custom House, bat res the money reguired to run the machinery of the @ party out of my own pocket. Add the proof tuat i had a pecu- niary object to gain Is in the fact oJ HBT cent er for now that ihe election 1s over tl hier fi ve es sch ciaims of any importance upon mé tere is the wear and tear of mind, the Maar ha cam and hard work which the arduous duties of Col- lector necessarily require, = this is the principal cause of my resignation. Lam tired of all this, and I told the President so some time ago, He knows that I have all along been ready and willing to resign, ond itis only my personal atiachment 10 him and the fepublican party that prevented me from retiring some Ume ago. 1 joined epabit can party because it isthe only reform arty, and because there prevails @ higher tone and more hon- esty of purpose in its ranks than in the EFORTER—What Were those two duties you said you proposed to tulfil m accepting ve Coliector- shi ir. MURPHY—Well, I intended to introduce some Tretorins in the collection of revenue. Being a busi- ness man ol experience 1 have been able to remedy many of the abuses which existed before me, aud under my administration the revenue has been raised and the cost of Soorrens Bn ye | diminished, as the oficial report of the Secretary the Treasury proves. My other og, was to eo the repuvlican Lay) i? this city, and the resul this res} speal RevoetER Woe, General Chester arthur ap- Fr recommeadstion ’ mE LAEraI Tere me wn ot an 5 that Arenur should named my sacoessor, He is Dopblar haa tnt nnd shinee 9 high order Which HEAVY SHOW STORM. Stopping the Rallread Care and Breakiog Down the Telegraph Wires ta the West, Omana, Nov. 20, 1671, The sleet and snow storm which commenced here on Friday noon continued until Sunday morning, and extended over the whole country, from the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River, Every- thing {a covered with a coating of pea caus gD ne downfall of the telegraph iin ie the Union Pacific trains are saowveuod at at differ. ent points between Omaha and Cheyenne, the ex- press train due here on saturd: Lay ed arriving ogee Ca Sunday. Tne is reported to atlll severe in Soutnerm and Western MEXICO. Herald Special Report trom the Capital. Telegraph Communication witb Matamoros Cut Off The following special despatch to the Henarp has been received from our core respondent in the Mexican capitat :— Crry or Mexico, Nov. 11, Via Havana, Nov. 20, 1871. The telegraph lines communicating betweom the Mexican capital and Matamoros have bees cut by General Trevino, PROSPECT PARK PAIR GROUNDS: The events announced to take place on this tracts esterday, tucluding the purse for the mar oe smith Maid amd Lucy and the team race | Honest Allen and mate ana Kingsto: not come off because of the sort, on mate an Of such @ violent and steady nature that it was une determined last night by the parties interest when to agree upon a day for thoir decwion, vie EUROPZAN-MARKZETS. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, Nov, ee P. rt jonsole closed at vis; for Loth, money and the Hoies dve-twenty bonds, 186Y's, 9175; 1860's. old, old, ros Lol ean segs i reo Nov. M—P. M.—Rentes vat peatiaroBT Bounas, FRANKFORT, Nor, WA. te ited ve-twenty bonds opened at Mie fasue of 13bd, . rite pie ct MIVERPOO!, COTTON MABKET.—LIVERPOOL, Nov, 20— 56 P, M.—The cotton market ciossa trm. Ce lands, 944d. centeen'S Orieans, #4d. a 97d. ‘Ibe sacs of the day been 15,000 tata Michuding’ 6,000 for export m4 "Pronvor MARKET. —LIVERPOO1, Nov. %6— etroieum, 1A. od. a Is. d)gd, per gallow, thes & din. per owt, foc: Amanesn ree LEUM MARKET. —ANTWERY, Nov. 30-8 Py, Meow » 48f, for tine pale Amerté VIEWS OF THE PAST. NOVEMBER 21. 1870—The garrison of Ham surrendered to the Ger- mans, The city government of St. Petersburg passed an address of thanks tu the Czar for the abrogation of the Treaty of Paris of 1856, 1862—A plébiscitum resulted favorably to the reste ration of the empire in France, 1831—An fusuirection of artisans commenced ig Lyons, France, MAILS FOR EUROPE. 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