The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1871, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREBT, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All business or news letter and telegraphio Gespatches must be addressed New York Heravp. a “= Wotame XXXVI. —— Ses AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOIN AND EVENING, WOOD'S MUSI.UM, Broadway, corner 35th st, --Perform- ances afternoon and evening. —BENEDIOT ARNOLD, &0. FIFTA AVENUB THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street. — Tur New Drama oF Drvonoz, WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway ani 13th street. — Foun Gara. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston strecis.—BL Ack CROOK, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth strect—ITALIAN Orvea—La TRAVIATA. { \ BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—EaGuk Eve—Two Pours—Hauntep CHAMBER. \_ OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway ‘oMtue OF Hompry Dumety. M: ‘Tus Baciat Pan- ee at B36. BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third at, corner Sixth ay. — JULIUS Casan. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Sth ay. and 93d st— Troxet Or LEAVE MAN. BTADT THEATRE, Nos. 45 and 47 Bowery.—Gnanp OraBatio AND DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE. 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Pacs 41— Advertisements, 2— Advertisements. 3—Advertisemenis. ¢—Editortals: peading, Article, “What Shoula be Done With New York—A Now City and a New Charter—Let Us Really Have a Metropolis’'— The Russian Tourtst: How the Grand Duke Spent H1s Chrisumas—Another Trunk horror Personal Intelligence—The HERALD and Dr. Tivingstone—Musi¢ and tne Drama--Wou at Last—Amusement Announcements, ee trom Mextco—Roumania: Allied Im- pertal Pressure on the Danubian Govern- ment—! '§ from Russia, France, Germany and Engiand—News trom Washington—Black Ku Kiux: Outrages on a White Man by Negro Desperadoes—!he Wharton Trial: Appearance of the Prisoner Aftter Christmas—Obituary— Miscel'aneous Telegrams—Bustness Notices. G—Tweel's Bail: Examination of His Bondsmen Preliminary to Justification—Around the City Hall—Thomas ©. Fields—Priest — Versus Bishop: Important Issue Before the Pennsyl- vanta Courts—Poliucal Movemenis and Views—The Cincinaatt Gambling Sensation— Poltce | Triais—The Internationals—Hudson River Navication—The Carroll Murder—Pro- cecdings in the Courts—Counterfeiting—The Broadway Widening Case—The Arkansas Troubles—Music for Murphy: Grand Rally in Honor of “Honest Tom’—Provable Repudia- ton. Wook Franatt and Reform: Foley’s Flank Move- ent In Favor of a Speaker of the Aesembiy— Highway Robbery—Naval Intelligence —Army aud Navy Intelligence—Marder in a Negro ol The Case of Catharine E. Cahill Agaln—Financlal and Commercial Reports— Cathe Market—city Government—Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements. B—Tho Coming Legislature: Tue New Charter and What ts Sald About It; The Republican Mem- bers Will Not te Dictated to; The Speaker of the House—ihc Democratic Reformers— Brooklyu Reform—Our Police Courts; How Justice ts Dispeased by the Police Solons of New York—The Prisoners’ Pew—Shippiug In- telligence—Aavertiseinents, Hint to Home ReEForMens.—The Colom- bian government, finding itself in monetary difficulties, has reduced its army to a thousand men and the salaries of its officials ten per tent, Fry Not Yer.—General Bristow bas con- sented to remain Solicitor General a little longer. Did not General Grant become a solicitor general himself, ia asking Bristow to do so? A New Crampton ror ReForm IN Goy- ERNMENT ExpenpiturEs—Mr. Sargent, the United States Senator elect from California. Iu a recent speech in San Francisco he pro- nounced decidedly in favor of retrenchment— end, also, of the re-election of General Grant. Squetoneno—The terrible negro insurrec- tion in Arkansas. The ‘‘insurgents” have disbanded, aud those who have not gone to their hovels are in charge of the Sheriff of Chicot county, a county that numbers about seven thousand souls—black and white— mostly niggers—all told. Tae Viapvor Raway,—The latest idea of the Viaduct Railway Company is an elevated road, with two tracks, making a circuit of the city, near the water edge. A road of this obaracter has been the Herap idea for many years. We shall not charge the company any- thing for it. Tae Tronsorne Case, after rolling round the world in sailing vessels and beating about the Australian busb, has turned up in the Treasury Department, in some queries respect- fing the whereabouts of any vessels named Osprey belonging to our mercantile marine. There should be no difficulty in finding that out io the présent wofully contracted state of ur morchant navy, ona ee Spain anv Cupa.—The Madrid press has of lato been discussing the Cuban question. The brutal executions of the unfortunate students In Havana have had the effect of creating quite a stir in the Spanish capital, and dread of the indignation which such brutality will evoke from civilized nations compels some decided action to be taken rela- live lo fhe tmanagemont of Cuba. Tie rebel. Hon bas now dragged on for over three years, and it fe agai proposed to send ‘‘more troops” to stamp Out the remaining rebels. This proposition of “more troops for Cuba” sur- prises noone, That bas been the gry ever singe the revolution broke out in Yara, The Speoish goverament may blame itself for the disorderly manifestations which have ever dis- uished ite management of the affairs of the ‘asa Ouba bas been notoriously the para- dise of peoniless adventurers from Spain, who have always found io the Antilles opportuni- ties, whether honorable or otherwise it mat- tera oot, to repair their broken fortunes; and ifthe sins which the mother country has been guilty of to her colonies are now bearing bitter feult there are few vations or people who “apathige with Ler ia hor afflictions, hay ir Wheat Should Bo, Dene, with Now York— & New City and a Now Oharter—Let Us Really Have a Motropolis. The war against Tammany will not have been fought in vain if it brings usa sound, logical charter. For a generation or two the worst thing about New York has been our local government. A metropolis mightier than Rome, the pride and boast of every American, as the great example of the repub- lic’s enterprise and progress, full of noble im- pulses, its history a history of generous, princely deeds, ever leading in any work of industry, charity or patriotism; tho firat to @raw the sword when Sumter fell and to open its purse when Chicago was destroyed— her government has been a soandal and 4 shame. Good men have governed the city and have done their best to serve the people; but the scandal has always been In the sys- tem of government. The great oity has been a kind of foraging ground for adventurous politicians, Whea Rob Roy, in his Highland fastnesses, desired a little excitement or recreation or booty he simply rode into the lowlands and robbed a village or a township. Every.year when our legislative Rob Roye arrived at Albany the first thing in order was to plan a raid on the metropolis, Here was. all the money; here were precious franchises to be stolen; bere were mighty railway corporations ready to bleed or surrender at the first pressure, and all that was necessary was a bill. Then we had the vast machinery of municipal govern- ment, with ie gugrmons gum of money, ‘The way to reach that y “a odarter,” or, sometimes, a tax levy. So every year we had the obarter amended or ex- tended, or abolished or recreated, to meet the exigencies of the needy and ambitious men who happened to be ia Albany. Look at the long line of valiant clansmen whose horse hoofs have ridden over our fur- rows, There was the old Rogency tribe; and what a tribe they were, and how gayly they dashed upon us season after season! Then we had the illustrious veteran, Thurlow Weed, whose boys “‘went through” us (lo usa a phrase from the Bowery) annually for a dozen years, Thurlow, however, has goio foto dignified and iuteresting retirement, and sits by the camp fires telling stories to the squaws and the children, while the young bucks are on the warpath. Then we had Boss Tweed and his tribe, whose achievements have filled the world. What a gorgeous, gorginz time he and his clansmen have had in the great city | What booty they have gathered! Diamonds, yachts, club houses, bonds, mortgages, fine raiment, linen and purples, and goodly sums of gold and silver! They were splendid raiders after their fashion, and scattered their largess in Highland fashion, little caring where it fell, Let that ba remembered to their honor—if they robbed us they sent their money back through the gamblers and tavern keepers and other odd, uamentionable chaunels, So from bad to worse; from worse to what really seems to have been the worst! And we ehad a reaction, and citizens assembling to Mievise remedies” an get themselves into office. Well, we reapect these most respect- able people, but we have been dreading lest even they would turn out to be Highlanders after all. Remember that old Rob Roy bim- self was fond of going down into the low countries, dressed as an honest cattle drover, just before making a raid. If we are not mistaken, many of the faces we see in this reform movement we have seen before—riding after Boas Tweed, or Thurlow Weed, or Dean Richmond, keen for plunder and eager to harry the poor city. It would not surprise us to have this Committee of Seventy turn on us booted and spurred, and deal with ys after the old fashion. Such things have been known, and it is mem- orable and significant that the committee have never risen above a condition of drowsiness except when an office was to be won, Let them do all the good they can while they are io the humor. They are fora day. We want something that will last for all time. We want a charter worthy of the greatness of New York. What is New York? Gev- graphically speaking a community settled upon Manhattan Island to the number of eight hun- dred thousand souls. Speaking from the facts it is a community of two millions, dwelling withio a circumference of a dozen miles from City Hall. Brooklyo, Williamsburg, Hoboken, Jersey City, Staten Island, Newark, and even Westchester county are all practically New York. Here they do business. Here most of their active life is spent. Here they buy and sell and make money, and find amusement and instruction, There are probably two millions of souls who are as much citizens and resi- dents of New York as dwellers in West- minster aad Kensington and Chelsea are citizens of London. London is noth- ing more than an aggregation of towns. The city proper bears as much pro- portion to the city of politics and fame as New York below Wall street bears to Manhattan Island. Yet the English, with a wisdom which we should emulate, as soon as the spreading city threw its web over a village or an independent municipality, embodied it. It was no longer Southwark or Hampstead or Bayswater, or any of the twenty local names that linger in the traditiong and enable cab- men to find thel i but London. $0 should it be with New York. Bade Si Everything is ripe for the work. We had such a work on a smaller scale—to take an illustration as near home as Philadelphia. Until 1854 that pleasant, pastoral, invigorat- ing clty was simply a collection of villages. There was Kensington, Southwark, the Northern Liberties and a half dozen more, inde= pendent of each other, and with distinct inunicipal government and authority. —Phila- delphia saw how absurd and expensive this was, and the villages were united, together with many square miles of farmitng land, until, as we are frequently reminded in the harmless newspapers of that mild and tepid city, itis now among ‘“‘the largest cities in the world.’ Now, we do not propose to imi- tate Philadelphia by going up to the High- lands and making West Point and Peekskill wards of New York, But Philadelphia did a good thing in her consolidation, She followed the example of London; she made herself a city, and had a mora effective and economical government. This we should have in New York, So long as the Tammany Ring was la power, and publio pluader became #0 rampant (hat property lacked ssqucity and taxation was really confiscation, we could understand why our suburban cities woald asbrink from any alliance with New York. But Tammany is dead. Its bones have gone to moulder with the bones of Judas Iscariot. We question if even the Prophet could move them into new life. Good men now hold the city. These Greeley republicans in the new Board of Aldermen have, to be sure, a hungry and anxious look; but we have trast in the Loegis- lature. To prevent the growth of another Tammany Ring we must have the aid of these suburban cities, They are free from those large and peculiar classes of population which weigh upon the industry and good name of New York. Their citizens would naturally support good government. There would ba 20 machine majorities, no chance for organized repeating and frauds upon the ballot box. The conservative influence of the suburban vote would purify the democratic party and enable mena like Mr. O’Conor and Tilden to remain in control of its destinies, In giving usa new chartor let the Legisla- ture give usa new city. Let us organizs New York as Paris and London have been organ- ized. Let a line be drawn along the lower part of Westchester, including Yonkers, and, sing the Bast River, embrace -Brookl, a, Williamaburg and the couatry seven or eight miles beyond. This Is really New York, and let it be called New York. There would be some difficulty, no doubt, in obtaining the con- cessions from New Jersey; but if we could take in Jersay City and the sucpounding towns as far as Newark, thea New York would be Complete. Bat our concera is with our own. We have the power to make these changes; to form _@ comprehensive, judicious, liberal charter, based as the ‘ee and the conatitu- tional rights of the people ; to make a city that might well be called The Metropolis, and to establish a form of government that would honor the republic, Lot all local jaalousies, all the aspirations and noisy clamor of hungry politicians who want office be overlooked. Now is the time to make New York worthy of itself ; to make the recurreace of any Tammany régiine impossible; to have a mudioipal gov- ernment ‘‘of the people, for the people and by the people ;” to dissolve all the little rings and boards and contrivances that overrun our suburban frieads like a murrain. If we fail to do this at the present Logislature the work will bs undone for another generation, and the campaign that has just been won by the reformers will only be a prelude to a still flercer campaign within the next ton years. Tho Reoumanian Rallroad Question. The Sublime Porte, backed by Russia and Austria, is sharply pressing the government of the Danubian Principalities for a settlement of its railway obligations. Such is one of the cable despatches which we print this morning. The Roumanian Railroad question is not new. Some months ago it seemed to be growing rapidly into a casus belli; and there were maoy, not ill informed, who were of opinion that Prince Bismarck was not unwilling to take advantage of the opportunity to precipitate a final settlement of the Eastern question. that the whole trouble arises from the fact that the Roumanian government, which owns the railroads, the money for the constru¢tion of which was furnished by subjects of the German ompire and of Great Britain, has actually, and in op osition to. the wishes of the Hospodar, ince Charles, gone in for repudiation. After the close of the Franco-German war Prince Bismarck came at once to the rescue of his Ger- man brethren, No time was lost to make Kustrla ‘inderstand that In the settlement of this question she too was deeply and seriously interested; and one of the results of the conferences held at Gastein and at Salzburg was the adhesion of Austria to the policy which Germany had decided to pursue to- wards the Principalities. For a time it did seem as if the alliance of Austria and Germany meant war with Russia; for it wasa matter of common belief that Russia was encouraging Roumania in her policy of resistance. From causes not yet fully explained Russia has found it necessary to reconsider her position ; and now we learn that Russia equally with Germany and Austria insists that the goverao- ment of the Principalities must pay its debt, It is a fact not undeserving of notice that in this case, as in the case when Prince Bismarck spoke out to Roumania, the suzerainty of the Sultan is fully recognized, There does now seem to be something in the entente cordiale, and the prospect of a coming realization of England's grand project of a daily through mail to India, Civil Service Reform—Tho Examiaation. A despatch from Washington states that much anxiety exists among tho old bureau officers concerning the operation of the Civil Service rules, and many of them declare their determination not to submit to the ‘‘in- dignity of an examination,” should the system be applied to incumbents as well asto new applicants for office. The object of the re- form is to secure competency in all the em- ployés of the government, and it would cer- tainly fail if it did not reach the army of inca- pables at present quartered upon the national Treasury. Indeed the great aim of the proposed rales is to clean out the denartments and bureaus of Iadiguity of vel etal eS aea shik WaT Waster chal | with drones and blockheads who could not find employment in any ordinary business, It is a notorious fact that many government em- ployés are unable even to make out the most simple returns, and have to trust to others in their several departments to do the trifling duties imposed upon them. It is refreshing to hear of the government pensioners at Wash- ington and elsewhere protesting against the indignity of an examination into their compe- | tency. It would be a safe rule for President Grant to adopt, if he would take the pains to ascertain the names of these ineulted incumbents, and turn them all out of office, neck and crop. No person would object to an examination under the Civil Service rules unless he felt that the test would prove his incapacity and unfitness for the position he holds. The people desire to see this promised reform properly carried out, and shoald the administration prove un- faithful to its pledges they will look else- where for its consummation. If Prosident Grant desires to pvail himself of the popular ORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY... D, It is well kaowa | feeling in favor of a reformation in the obar- acter and capacity of public officers he will at once enforce the Civil Service rules and com- mence with the very men who indignantly protest agalast their application to their own cages, Oty Reform—Nothing Gained by Unjust Accusations. In an editorial paragraph in the Times of yesterday on ‘Judge Bedford's Grand Jury” these facta are frankly admitted, viz.:—that “already this body of gentlemen has accom- plished more than the publio dared to hope from it,” and that ‘‘it has done its work in tho face of many obstacles;” that ‘tit has had some excellent business mea upon it,” and that “they have devoted a very large portion of their valuable time to iis duties;” that ‘‘wo (of the Times) are informed, and are glad to believe, that Judge Bedford has co-operated cordially with it;” that ‘‘it will also probably appear that Samuel J, Tilden has rendered it valuable assistance,” and that ‘altogether the public has much cause to be grateful to this Grand Jury.” We (of the Huraxp) think ao, too, and are glad to believe that our zealous contemporary in the great cause of municipal reform has, from a glmpts setise of justice to the parties mentioned, deemed it proper to make these acknowledgments. But on the same editorial page of the same paper in which this simple measure of justice to deserving men is so gracefully discharged we are sorry to find ag, allusing fo another public-spirited oltizeli, of a totally different character and wholly without justification or a shadow of justification, as we believe, Tho Times, front a historical dlsoourad oa the late extinguishment of the gas in a large section of the city, from Thirty-fourth street upward, proceeds to sketch the picture of ‘a clean and honestly governed city,” ‘ta happy combina- tion of Paris and London.” We undertake to say, however, that when all the facts ia connection with this great re- form movement ia our city shall bave come to light, and when the good men and true identi- fied with if shall have been fairly en from the false and the noisy pretenders, Mr. el mont will appear, and somewhat prominently, too, among the good and true men of the metropolis. We dare say that, when all the facts in the history of this reform movement are made known, this fact, among others, will appear, that to Mr. Belmont, as a patriotio citizen, as much as to any other man, belongs the credit of saving the clty in ita late financial crisis from bankruptcy. Meantime as no facts or direct charges have been raised against him in regard to his financial transactions with the city, or in refsrence to his general honesty which afford any ground of justification for the black- ening insinuations and denunciations of the Times, we bave only to submit that this sort of personal ‘warfare brings discredit only upon the party indalgiag in ft, whatever may be his claims as an honest man and a re- former.- We have only, in a word, to ad- monish our contemporary that even a reformer, in permitting his zeal to outrun his discretion, is liable to great mistakes, and that in per- sisting ina mistake involving great injustice to other parties the accuser mostly upon his own head aggravates the evil consequences of his blunders bie re That Coroner’s Jury Again. great and the quaint types of men are - The afl io be pérpoluated from gaieration to gen- eration, and we are gratified to think that the :Welsh Coroner's jury which pronounced over the body of Winifred Price the solema verdict of ‘‘sarved her right” hag reappeared in New Jersey. Willigm Healey, bent on ‘flat bur- glary,” ésdayed to enlet George B. Parker's brass foundry, in Newark, on Saturday night last, and was shot dead by atrap gun. In his pocket was found an ‘‘bonorable discharge” from the New Jersey State Prison. The jury sat on Christmas Day and ‘‘ found” that the deceased came to his untimely end as above described. But full of the imporiance of the occasion, they could not refrain from a piece of seer-like warning, which we transcribe for the benefit of posterity :—‘‘ And we warn all honorably discharged prisoners and bur- glars from attempting any act of a similar na- ture. While we think Mr. Parker should have taken the precaution of noti- fying our Police and Fire Dzpart- ment, we exonerate him from all blame in causing the death of said William Healey.” The honorably discharged prisoner or obtuse burglar who will persist in self destruction on the Healey model after this will deserve his fate. Their generous exoneration of Parker shows that they had the great original jury’s example well in view; but he should have notified the Police and Fire Department—of what it is not clear. As they have the safety of the burglars.and discharged honorables so faelingly at heart, they should have called on him to notify these worthies also. ANOTHER TRUNK HORROR, The Body of an Woman Found in a Railroad Station ln QuebecWorre Than the Bowls- by Case—The Arme, Legs, Head and Flesh Of fer Close Packing—Great Exe it Over the Discovery. QuEBEO, CANADA, Dec, 26, 1871. Quebec to-night is ina perfect ferment, Tne ex- citement is caused dy the discovery of another “trunk horror,” which bids fair to ontdo for brutality, &¢., that which stared New York a short ume Ban ee. e 3 ReGy i inst the station master and the om. cers engaged a: the Grand Trunk Railroad depot experienged 8 horribie geil, whicn seemed to pro- ceed from #irunk left behind by s passenger who had crossed ovéeF 49 Levi's in the ferryvoat. The box was immédiately opened by the oMcers In the station, and soon form of a woman was revealed to their view, and the dmell was then fear- fal. haa Tne body waa in a shockingly mutilated condétton, The arms and legs had been cut off, the flesh was hacked off in all directions, for, 1t is presumed, con- venience in packing, and the head was cut of and wrapped in rags in one corner of the vox, The whole sight was horrible and sickening. Tne Coroner and police authorities were at once notified, and an inquest is now going on. Foul play is apparent, of course, and the matter will be thoroughly ana promptly sitted, ST. STEPHEN'S DAY. In the Catholic and Episcopat churches yesterday services wore held in honor of St, Stephen, the proto-martyr. As the Le, St, Stephen was one of the seventy-two set. records disciples of our rd, and was atoued to death even defore Hoe aera edart. At he Btepbea's Roman Ceikole church '. a Yesterday snolervo figh mace was’ oelebrated at tho taual man House, A Secretary of State Homer A. Nelson is at (he Fifth Avenue Hotel. United States senator A. H. Crag. of New Hampshire, is stopping at the Westmoreland Hotel. Colonel T. R. B. Eldridge, of Albany, is quartered at the Sturtevans House, General KE. A. Merritt, of Potsdam, N. ¥., has quarters at the Astor House. Lieutenant Governor John L, Marge, of Virginia, is sojourning at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General G. H. Giddings, of Texas, has arrived at the Motropoit.an Hotel. Professor H. G. Eastman, of Pougukeepste, ia among the sojourners at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Lieutenant Commander D. P. Woodrow, of the United States Navy, has taken quarters at the Hoff- man House. Colonel Towasend, of Now Orleans, 8 domiciled at the Clarendon Hotel. General KE. W. Leavenworth, of Syracuse, la reg- istered at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Major T. J. Eckerson, of the United States Army, is staying at (ne Grand Central Hotel. General James McQ uade, oF Utica, Inspector Gen- eralon Governor Hoffman's staff, is at his usual residence when tn this city, the Gileey House. Colonel W. H. Owen, of the United States Army, as taken quarters at the Gieaham Hotel. Sir Alexander T. Galt, ex-Promier of Canads, Yesterday arrived at the Gilsey House. Gol ef Tullis F. Gage, of Cambridge, Masa, 1s stopping at the Grand Central Hotel, jeneral James S. Negley, M. C., from eee the moat recent arrivats at the St, Nicho! vid et ie be Absa Hoary B, Samuelson, M. P.. Gilsey Hou: RELL apgivtgs ser sm Ex-Governor Lewis £. Parsons, of Alabama, ta mong the latest arrivals at the riftn Avenue Hotel, THE HE: B. LIVINGSTONE. {From thé Buffato Express, Dec. 25.{ The most extraordinary newspaper enterprise over dreamed of ts that which the New Yorn HERALD has undertaken in Mtting out an expedition to penetrate the interior regions of Africa, where Dr. Livingstone ts supposea to be detained by the! natives, éithor to resdue the great explorer, if posat- ble, or to clear up the mystery of nis fate, The ex- Pedition was organized lo Zanzibar a year ago, by & correspondent sent out for the purpose, and the first accounts of it, since it struck into the country, from the coast, appeared ja phe HERALD of Friday last. A ‘ong and most interesting lolier has Birlved Mota the Vader of tie expedition, dated on the 4th of July, at Kwihara, District of Unyan- yembe, about tive hundred and twenty-five miles from its starting potut, The party had made this distance in eighty-two days; which is claimed to be extraordinary speed. * * * If the expedition should succeed in bringing back Dr. Livingstone, or In determining the fact of his deatn, if he has perished, the tremendous celebrity that it would give to the HéRatp would, no doubt, be worta all the cost. (From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Lec. 24,) The New York HERALD pabiishes a five columo report from the Africad expedition Atved out over a Year ago, to proceed in search of Dr. Living. stone. Tue expedition at the beginning of July last, was at Kwitara, an Arab village, 525 miles from Zanzibar. The first tdtmgs of wr. Liv- ingstone was obtained at this point, and, though Not conclusive, seem (o justify the beltef that he is still alive, though sutfering from the desertion of is men aud the want of proper supplies,. The ex- peuition, which ts certainly one of the most remark- able journalistic enterprises the world has known, will Continue {ts march unt the explorer is found or @defatte aud final conclusion ia reached as to his fate, MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Itatian Opera—Nileson’s Leonora. “{ Trovatore’” was repeated last night before a crowded and unusually brilitant audience, whicn ‘was S2oedalngiy enthusiastic in its appreciation of one of the Swodlan Niculindales best rues, Nits-6 has tho fare tacaity of presenting an operatic character in # new light that even tne hackneyed, threadbare rile of Leonora becomes actually fresh ead full Of now incerest in her hands, Since the commencement of the present season of opera thérd have veen occasions when, tn consequence of the t strain on Miss Nilsson's powers, the result of aving to the sole responsibility of the success of e so on her Montas her voice betrayed of jue an signs ; but last evening st was bell-ltke In t 3 clearness, broad and brilliant in ia fone, ‘a 3 an interpretor of Verdi, and tull of jon, dramatic fire and the kaleidoscopic sentiment that Tp erolte Of “Troi Lore"” bs ‘édited with. The Cabaletta ot “Tp0ee | Hotte” was paver givon with more telung effect, ana in the “Miserere” and the ree scene ber acting was superb in the extrema, ‘ignolt mauve another hit in his well-known role of Manrico and sang with his old fire and brilliancy. Muss Cary agaln appeared as the revei Mul gypsy mother and Signor Barcolint as vi Luna, “La ‘Traviata’ will be presented tis evening for the last time, “Martha” ou Friday, and on Saturday after- noon the Diva will bid a temporary goodby to New York 1a *‘Mignon.”’ In the Provinces. John Owens ta holding forth at the New Orleans Var.eties, Lucille Western ts at the St. Chartes In the Ores- cent City. Lydia Thompson 1s shaktng her biond tresses as the St. Louis Olympic. Chanfrau made neariy twenty-tive hundred dollars by his last engagement at Virginia City. “Divorce” has been taken in hand vy Messrs, Furbish & Wilton, and will be presented to tae delighted New Englanders after New Year's. Miss Kellogg and Miss Philipps will charm the Bostontans on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs, Moulton will enjoy New Year's at Wilming- ton, N. CG, ‘The following is the country route of the Nilsson Italian Opera ‘lroupe:—Pitisburg, January 5 and 6; Cincinnatt, 8th; St. Louis, 15th; Louisville, 220; Otncinnati, 29th; Columbus, February 5 and 6; thence to Cleveland, Pittspurg, Toledo, Builalo, Albany aud Boston, to reopen 19th. A joke reported by Wilitam Warren, the Boston comedian, 18 that on hearing that his nouse in Chicago Was burned, he said, “My house is goue, and am aow vewaliing my unuappy lot 1” Mr. Charles Feohtor iias gone 10 England to secure talent for his company. He hopes to ve able to open his theatre in Fourteenth street in the latter part of February. The Parepa- Rosa English Opera Company have met with the most fatiering success everywhere on their Western tour. The route is as follows:—But- lalo this week until December 28; Rochester, 20th and s0th; Syracuse, Ist aod 2d January; Utica, 30; Albany, 4th aud 5th; springfield, 6tu; Boston sth; Providence, 28th, 29th and 30th; Hartford, ist and 2d Februaty; New Maven, 3d; New York (two weeks), 5th, wnen “La Gazza Lada,” “The Water Carrier” and “Bailo 10 Maschera” (frst time in Eng- lish) wilt be prodaced, A Builaio paper speaks thu about the performauce of “‘Martha”:—<"lo say the least it 18 @ MooLed question whether any voice ever given to woman could more supervly express the exquisite music o| the leading / dle, that of Martha, than the divine organ of Parepa, Mrs. Seguin, ad Nanoy, ranks first among ail wno have esaayed the part, her arch manners, no less than her rich con- tralto voice, contributing to lier pre-eminence.” Driftings Kirond, The artiste announced for the four Monday Popu- lar Concerts tn Liverpool are Meadames Schumann, Nérnda and Carrend; Messrs. Joacnim, Strauss, Ries, Zerbini, Patti and Hailé. nowt The Vienna Grand Opera gave Gluck's “Armida”’ on the 16th of November, the anniversary of the composer"s deato. ‘This Work was performed for @ first ume at Vienna in tue year 1777. ,er has produced Mr. liday’s “Notre at the sjexancra Theatre, Liverpoo), with veo jn London, and vomplétgpess as crowned. houses af be the resait. | Mise Louie Woodie plage eraida and Mr. EB. H. Brooke Clande Frolio. Miss Desborough and Mr, Wainwright also render good servi nS. Clarke, the distinguished American come- Ph gh perioraning at the Strand Theatre, London. Not jong sinee he appeared as Dr, Pangioss for the one handred and flitieth time. This is one of the most extraordinary saccesses on tne stage. Dr. Pangloss is one of the classical characters of com- edy, and require®a high order of talent 1o make & true representation. The success of Mr, Clarke, especially im the critical metropolis of London, con firins the estimate in which he ts held at home, as one of the first oF living comedians. WON AT LAST. Srrinavimap, Mass., Dec. 26, L871. Ata third trial to-day Chtcopes voted 446 to 182 to subscribe $100,000 to the atock of the Springdeld Athol Rallroad, the two previons Une necgnwary (WO-UAICd Vole WihOn Ih THE RUSSIAN TOURIST. How the Grand Duke: Spent A Present to B, A. Lawrence and} gt the Academy of Musto. 9.3. B, Smith, of England, are sojourntag at the | was most elavorately depoent ed | Rasa, “Very Sxbeilsive Christmas. Parepa-Rosa—The Imperal Visitor at the Grain Elevators, Watohing the Cohtri- vanooe Invented by the Yankee Grain Mer- obants—Hearty Demonstrations on His His Arrival at Cteveland—The Programme at This Place, OLEVBLAND, Ohio, Deo. 96, 1671, ‘The Ruasian Duke-has nad @ very lively amd onter- taining time of it to-day. In fact, since he strack the Western country whe demonstrations of weicdme have become somewhat tinted with Americya- fem, and have reminded him of the g and spontaneous ovations in New York, Puitad: Boston ‘and other: Bastera oilies. In Janeda the iliness of the Prince of Wales was barrier to alk puodlic demonstrations, Or otherwise the mistory of ils whole tour of une Amerioan continent would have been one chapter of hearty wesome His reception in Buifato was one of universal en- thusiagm, Neither the Sabbata nor the tdmec- honored festival of Obrisimas served. to | ati cordial feeling of the people, and shey al y to tiie power to extend a right good Amporices, elcome, | Onstage a wns spent very quictiy the ducal party, aud dot unttl evening dia tne ém- porial yistor venture fora, and thon only to attend one of Patepa Rosa’s operatlo ntéctt mney me The audivvritim Was Crow froin pit to dome by Uhe pest citizens of ae d and whole company almost excel . RH DUKE'S PRESENT 30 FAREE: That the Duke was agreosuiy enceru only manifested vy his close attention aud trequent sae ata fae aye yon a this he cal aropa ini or a Pohalty ha sesesed his ratification aud tort Wisk nor @ costly diamond studded brucoiet, bearing an ap. Propriate inscriptioa, was one of rare itn Ae tlt to Paes: 7. faci prdxrs pleas legving he eforte to personal oi ity thanks to the Major aud city authorities, and aiso to Mr, He pad Me. Hantia, of tie louse, for the atvenlion shows and the gratification adorded ‘hin, WATCHING THE BLEVALAON OB GRAIN, The party left tie hotel at about teno’ctock and spent the iucermediate time uasll noon witness the RSCHOAL OPAFALIOR f the Niagara grain ecleva- tor, the largest fa thd city, Ghd the .one. who fur- nisned @ model for geveral now being erecled tu 4 f i préparations ete spade te show His Imperi Y A and Wwanderter wondangs °ba8 BAO: RE mercantile or commercial inventions, The.ice waa cut away for a considerable distance arouud the dock aud ” large boat loaded» wits core was brought up through the opened ohaanel. AS soon a3 tie guest and © his ‘friends arrived the macbinery was get in motion, aad the whole operation of unioading from boats’ and ret loading into cars was gone throuzh with. Gvery- thiug worked to @ charm, aud not onty tne Duke, but beg Bufaloniaus engaged iu the rain trade and elevator business, were detignted, yond their most sanguine expectations, ‘The vue itors lingered for considerable time beyond tue pe- tiod originaliy intended ior wiluessiag the expert- Ment, and whom they departed it was with an iutelligen¢ and clear compre- hension of the construction and wortuga of one of the principal grain elevators im the whole oouatry, ‘here was ol course a large crowd Of people on the heeis of the Puke wherever be went, but it was composed of the very Dost citixemt @ud they were enthusiastic in their demous:rations = —_ wherever the imperial visisor appeared in sight. DEMONSTRATIONS ON HIS LEAVING FOR CLRVBLAND. At the depot, when the tratu leit, tere were thousands assembied to see him off, and ul i had not been for very special preparations On the part of the Chief of Police, the Russian naval jieutcnant would have lad a sorry time, indeed, gaining accesa to nts train, As he marched down thryugh be | Open space kept ciear lor him tnere was’ gran chorus of applause {rom thousands and thousands of votces, and the Sediam-like caocnutg did wot cease until the cars had disappearcd view. ‘foe train was the special Pullman one provided exclusively ior the Lmverial party, With. tho addi ton! of a special drawing room oat for tne accommodation of the ofticers of the Lake Slord Road, who accompauted the party through to thts ir. Rice, the steward, (urnished ad elegant Sreictas whic ‘taken while the cara going tne! at t 5 av ue FALS OF te en hour. ‘The only stops made were at Dankirk and Krie. and at bob Wese cities Ube peo; preres rr a Semblod by tuonaands {9 welcome tne A visitor, and at the latter city the spectacio was ren- dered ‘very enlivening by a baad of music, waton played a medicy +imgzican aud Ruseiag.aica dur- lng the delay of the (ratu. ila tedenin ENTHUSIASTIC R CHPTION IN CLEVELAND. The reception on the arrival of the party Cleveland was one of the most enthusiastic slace the Duke first trod Amerigan soil. 16 seemed as if the whole population of the cily had leit their bomes and assemobied in the hood of the Union depot to extend @ wel- ME to the Russian guest. Ine depot and ite ‘role vicinity were oue swdYing mass of humanity, and as the train came ty ie cheers and Qurrahs were almost dealening. AN arobed aad carpeted promenade had been prepared for Duke, and this was kept clear by @ mill consisting of the Cleveland Greys. A band, com of the musicians of Northern Vhio, played the Russiag hymo aod Alexis marched out velore the admiring andience, bowing lis acknowledzements, in the most polite and smiling Manner imaginable. The party, ‘was met by the Mayor aud a comunittee of the ity Council, who escorted them to theit carriages in convenient waiting. They drove immediately te the Kennard House, where most superv apartments were prepared, avd after an elegant dinuer the balance Ol the evening was spent iu a tniorma- interviews with city ofictals and other leading citut zens. The streets between the depot were crowded with people, who appiauded loud and hearty aa the dis- Ungatshed visitor appeared, Complimeotary alla- sions to bis personal appearance and gentiemanly deportment were 4s numerous here as elsewhere, and probably the same femiaine eatuasiastn will be created by his presence among the’ Western as among the Eastern lactis, ~ ‘To-morrow the Kussiaus will, by their owa direc- tion, be unmolested until haif-past twelve o'clock, when @ committee wili escor, tne party around town in carriages. Tue route of the drive will ba from the Kenuard to Water street, to Superior, to Buclid, to the Buclid avenue station, arriving at oue P. M. aud embarking on a spect! train for New burg, to visit Bessimer street and other iron manutactories, Returning at three P. M., the party will arive dowa Prospect street (o Erie, to Woodland, to Ontarto street, and arrive at the square atfour o’ctook. ‘The Fire Department will be reviewed, and at a quartee past four o'clock the party will make the grand entrce tothe Skating Riuk, to see the inventors’ extutl- tion, After remaining an hour la she Rink the visitors will go to the nara ior diuner, The Imperial Visit (o Chicuge—The tien, CHi0AGO, Dec, 26, 1671. ‘The following correspondence. passed between the Mayor of this city and the Grand Duke Alexis ta reference to the latter's intended visit:— MAYOR MEDILL TO THE GRAND DUKE, itae Allow me the honor ‘of extending to Your Imperial i suite a cordial Invitation - to vialt jour American tour. obtiged nce for the im ate re {o give your Imperial Highness. to exhibit but the ruins and d beautiful city and en un- op! ling with adversity to relieve their overwhelming misfortunes. But asthe soa aod revre- sentative of ur natural great friend, Russia, you will bo warmy welcomed To Chicago, as in all Am tender your Imperial filebness the freedom of tag the gree Oe / yon aay bi forsee] pe inoeg it with your ry onor to be your obedi bia JOSEP MEDIUL, Mayor of Oulosco. THE GRAND DUKY's REPLY 44D A0oRETAWOR: FORONTO, Deo. M1, 1671. bin--His Imperial Highness the Grand MAtorlé tna iv. structed me to express his thanks for the kind fe vouen- tertain towards peror, tor 10 olty dur- jesty the Em, ag cordial invitation to vinit ae City of Ct be’ baw great pleasure in accepting: | Hie Im f xtremely the great misfortune whic! our 0 but he has been glad to hear that the en omen Chleago ts rapidly removing ull traces of thave ‘he honor to be yeur mont of eB. ent servant, JOSRPA MBDILT, EGy., Mayor of Chicago, THE WEATHER, OrFICR oF THE caver Stone Omete ate, } Wasuinatox, D. U., Dac, 21-7 &, Ml. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. Cloudy weather has continued to prevall, with but little intermission, in the Middie and, Easterm States, sinco Monday night, Tho barometer hag fallen stowly on tne Lower Lakes, whero it is now lowest, An area of high prea- sure, with clear and cold weather, con- tinues west of the Mississippi, moviag stowig southeastwardiy. The barometer has fallen steadily, with cloudy weather, at San Francisco, Partially, Pantayn aud duit states, nid wrewtosag’ wosthes astern ani irom ‘ennessee (0 Ohio. am - Probabilities, joudy weather will probaviy thm hart va oF snow on Wednosday ia whe ¥ te eg Kastern States, Jn advance of arca nigh barometer sud cold weather, wiow wil ox-’ fond castward. into. Michigan. wad inte’ Miasias\ ppt. face i Rarer top td . hat core 4 a ~N