The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1872, Page 8

ba ' QUARANTINE AFFAIRS, ANNUAL REPORT OF DR, CARNOCHAN, {ho Work of the Quarantine. OM- ¢lals During 1871. Waferenting Commercial Statistics—Incroase in Gp Trette of Foreign Vessels to This Port— ‘Smallpox, Yellow Fever and Cholera—The WMevesity for Increased Quarantine Arrangements—Docks for Infected ‘Vessels and Warehouses for In- fected Goodse—Vital Sta- tistics of the Year. —oo ‘The annoal report of Dr. Carnocnan, which has been tesuea, ie a very intercsting document, contains valuable information relative to the done by the Quarantine oficials during the The alarming prevalence of contagious in Europe during the past year has ren- increased precaution necessary to confine to the infected vessels arriving at this port, it 1s @ matter of congratulation that in the Smidst of so much danger the city has been pre- ved Irom anything like an epidemic:— THE COMMISSIONERS OF QUARANTINE OF THE ®Sravre or New YorK:— GENTLEMEN—In my annual to your honorable Beard called your attention, to the urgent ieceasity wich existed for increased facilities to meet the requirements ex thofsuccesstal of the commerce of bg well as to in- the Quarantine laws, eof these wants administration of ‘were provided for by appropriation at £9 ‘the Legislature, but much remains =< wiaate of securing early Iecislatire action to supply noportani c isting deficiencies in present quarantine establisbe ‘The subject of quarantine, as I bave previously stated to has numerous: ‘ocal relations in connection with interests of commerce and the preservation of the public en A should be erneaeres wae the vi of re management ® regular system, {pn order tthe various ‘details may be ith discrimination and in such @ manner as to Import t possible restraint upon commercial enterprise compa je with the public satcty. The Quarantine laws were agioelly, made to guard against the introduction of ‘ils fal diseases into our country bythe arrivai of infected jig at the various seaports, Seater and commercial are thus appar intly, by an implied necessity of re- int, thrown into a kind of antagonism. By aproper Neage, however, of the history, progress and laws govern the course of pestilential maladies, the rex ‘of quarantine can be #0 systematized as to accom, egret dexree the objects for which quarantine was tn- uted and yet not necessarily embarrass the pursuits o} ‘éxcept > far as to insure the gener: t id 1 wot per basi ine thus Dased upon geueral laws is reduced to a acienco, the causes of detention are of universal application. ic dread of disease would necessarily be obviated, with few exceptions, the extreme restrictions ot quaran- for which the law provides need rarely be enforced or NO RESTRICTIONS UPON COMMEROR, ‘A quarantine administered upon principles which are sim- cummercial in their spirit and tendency must prove fal- jous, and fail to afford proper protection to the pubile, port of New York requires a quarantine of two diatinclivé ters—one having its bearing upon the public safet \d the other upon the vast commercial interests involved. immense tri New York carries on with all @ Tenders any restrictions uvon com- seb pertion! me, to she sperenntie ‘iy 7% unity, an oust the rims object to 10st “by “al “quarantine lawe pale sg the protection of the public health, stil, this due attention should be paid to the interests of Qemmeree, It ts impossible’ to full {nese two requirements the necessary facilities are provided for carrying out a e@ompiete uarantine, syatem of q! GPECIAL DOOKS TOR INFROTED VFSSRIB, ‘It 9 becoming every Rast. more apparent that docks and en for he landing and morage of merchandiwe from fected pol biisnment. ° As yet no provision has been inade to supply Amo] defect. The want of a place of detention for passengers who have becn ex; infectious disease, g she voyage, entaiie upon shipowners and merchant venience and expense by the prolonged detention ¥ which cases of quarantinable aisease have pee fi ygers and crews of such vessels oo Hately upon arrival be transferred to & aultable ‘of delention these would ina measure obviate |, as experience has f dates with the exception hips infected with yellow fever, vesséls may be generally from quarantine, with a brief detention, val of their peesares and crews and the efficient sing abd purification of the vessel. The same relief to from ports infected with yeliow fever wot ‘Rgreat measure, be aforded by proper warehouses an where vessels coaid unload their cargoes at a moderate eat and without the anes attendant abet rie cco STRUCTURE AT WEST BANK. of the second structure on the West Rank e no one of these disadvan’ ‘but Aah "wous ute soa Pene of any kind where cargoes infected or in a doubtful A health officer whh these juncts wo’ be Tespensibiliiy im ‘the ition = attendant upon an arrangement of wh! e fects are evident; but, under existing cironm- At is not im his power to . Without referrin; Particularly to the dlesatisfaction in some commercial arising from the want of these necessary additions to ‘Gharantine establianment, {raat is of far more impor. tothe general public, is the fact that their absence is ubted)y & source of sreat danger to the community and # loophole by which dises ‘at any time be in- to our midst. It is shes luced into our that who ‘bare complained most loudly Of quarantiie re ng should not have turned their attention to the only prover way in which to remedy them. THE DANGER OF THE FAST SEASON. During the past season it has required the exeroise of un- ‘Vigilance, as wel! as the rigid and !mpartial enforce- TEs duarantine Iaws and recuations, to. secure. in from the importation of pestilence from abroad. Statistics of disease the al- without & u of ce, It al aud, in view of pasi ni of sratalstion that, with th? loadequate means at baud, ie ‘and progress of the dilferent contagious and infeo- diseases to which the pubiic have been ex; by our commerce has been confined to the narrow limits of ‘tine, Smallpox, yellow fever and cholera bave been ingly prevalent ai many ports with which we are in communication, and have all followed in the wake the extensive tropical countries, or of the ‘and steadily ‘ore, m al for. are in commerce with increasing immigration {rom Europe. OMALI.POX, ‘The prevaiance of smallpor, in an epidemic form, through- ‘almost the the whole civilized world has shown itself in formidable increase in the number of vessels having cases that disease om board, exceeding, in fact, the total num- quarantined for smallpox the past ive years. From ports YELLOW FEVER 180 fe number of arrivals bas been above the mouths gave great | anxiety. N cautions taken prevent of ‘ible disease were, however, ‘that terri a attended with complete suc: while so Jitle publicity wag od ihe arrival ot vessels with yellow fever ov board that uneasiness wasat apy time excited in the public mind. ‘soourge of OnOLER. A, with which New York also seemed at one time to be threat- ened, and which formerly was supposed to defy all sanitary gordons, has also been effectually controlled and ite progres frrented at the threshold of the city, Immunity from disease 1s, alter all, the got desideratum, Fane Mg the comparatively small number of merchants ing With infected ports may be incommoded by the ne- @ensary detention of their vessels, the great shipping eommu- ty abd the public at large will Hot be inclined to ind fanit a rantine administration which, in preserving jew York and iis surrounding cities from disease, has fot only increased the prosperity of the State, but, perhaps, werted a repetition of the recent sad hisiory of Barcelona Buenos Ayres, Irrespective of the loas of life, it would be diffleult to nor $A koe Various ones, wuleh would eneue to nil interests by @ occurrence of such a calamity Jen, banking interests, hotels, 1 11 business of all kinds, In fact, ntire inter! would be ruined, and finally the commerce of the corn, iby uid be prosirated by a stoppage of immigr: refusal of other countries to ailew Our abipiny to aatey ir porta. FRRONEOUB ASGERTIONE, It has been stated that quarantine regalations are driving gommerce from the port of New York. To correct any mis- i rebension that ar. arise in the public miad irom these | firented assertions, I have prepared the following compara ive statement of the number of vessels {rom foreign porve ‘which have arrived during the past five years:— Steam AS ae Shon ships. ips. arke, Brig. evs, ais Uk" ion” “Veta “sig on i a WA al Vy oe? Bas ip ted 447 ome 13802 8B a4 i +37 bu 14631462 1808 Roly Li table it will be seen that the commerce of ti port has been stea: sng from your to year, and the number of vei rriving from foreign porte dur- ua has been greater by 4¥6 than 1 The signs by of trade, on account of war, yrill at the same time satisfactorily ben Dv LFalling off in 1870, year the ports of North loved and German commerce was almost onc During nearly READ OF COMMERCF, with (he number of of othe: nationalttt em, from the different seaports Ja at atiempt was made to carry out a proper uarantine, the unied population of New York Jess than W0,000, From 1809 to 1845, hen the basis of the present Quarantine laws wero framed the Legislature, their populations had increased to x Foad’anc number of vessels ariiving from foreign parts |, and the number of immigrants 12,16), Since 1845 the crease in our population and foreign commerce is still ey md ‘and New York may weli pride herself on mighty sehich the past year han brought to her , Although various ca’ ave operated to reduce ‘he amount of tonnage upver the American the to! jumber of vessels arriving at this port, a ly shown, 2 been greater than in any previous nd in the nam: ‘of vessels {rom foreign porte exhibits an increase of +A, thousand (978) in @ period of Live years. Fifteen lines of OCRAN STEANERS Baye now estabiiebed almost saly coramunication with Ex. while their immense size will aggregate a tonnage equa ‘at least three timea the same number of arrivals of twenty. Wwe years ago. From this point of view, the 497 steamelips alone which arrived at this port during the past year would B larger carrying Capacity tuan the 2,044 vessels of while the number of iimmigrants during the same time yy snoreaes: d from bs i in 1846, to 260,167 during the vear arrived from foreign and domes- ¢ less than seven per cent were solulely necessary for boarding nd examination, ercentage 237 hail cases of con- gious and infecvous on board, and the remainder ‘were {row ports infected with cholera and yeliow fev: Only 14 v1 ere detained for a longer periud than and bi five out of @ Lota) of 9,676 arrivals uired to discharge their cargoes fo Qu: i be seen that the restrictions imposed up we been comparatively light, w, HOUSES. of ibe absence of docks ant war houses for the reception cargpen arriving during the summer snont from infecte ‘ith yellows f at has been necesaay’ eein the Upper’ Be perms \aelr viecharge b; Higuter a Pont in the Oyper Bav. muiway Leiweeu Kobvbip's Reef and community. it is only, by a ayatem, based ubon correct that intelligent quarantine can be founded, anda | f detention deduced and established. A qua- should be an essential part of the quarantine | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. ‘as your honorable Board 18 | rever, together with the number of mck and the deaths upon ay en te ot non oy abt oa the passage aud in (Quarantine: alternative between this and Vessels to discharge cargo at ey Fy By Tagt annual report 1 called taps é arantine estab- rad ho. id Boighen to Infected Ports, Sa] Pot Passage. |Quarun'ne the storage and feos S33): the quarantine season ff | ee eee periy constructed docks aud ware ERE|: Sl Sica) Died [Sick Daat| Sick) Died, ine 30, generally | Babia..........| 4) 8) 4 8} | | —| — ttle argument to demon- the saine time, insure greater pro- | Bueros Ayres. Toa aa sa 3 alge oe diane aioe | Sarseeat, =] gl StS] 5 a4) = Osea a tating the necessity of | Crarieston....| 40; i] —i —} 3} a} —| = if 3] S mS =e ni] 24] 108 8] i] a] al io] = a a] = al Tr ee] a) oa Seep Spy ] ie |e -| -| -| - - oo) 6 2 —| 3g y - - 10} H 6 2 8 a) - 6 ica <1 | 4 aay Sp OS ay a) CHOLERA. ngoue Spano cholera has been Russia, and at the beginning the Baltic provinces and At Korn) re Particularly destructive. A large ie the avoidance of ‘goods and mero! pee coer i Soa CnOlere also occ! Me gegen ge ye apa timede ‘ig appenrance at Steitin, Hamburg and Altona; and cases ‘at ol Saree ee ee ee slides’ resent cholera fe epidemic at Constanttuople, and is alao TION! 8 ex! The ait obgining'« proper site for landing and | ,,A% this porb although ‘saveral vessels arriving from infected. | sescaiths nbore theWNarfows and ihe impossioiigy at | slakrlcts reported deaths from cholera during the passngn, certain seasons of the year, ing vessels trom either | OB!y one—the steamship Franklin, from Stettin- had the | of the atruetures on Weat Baal continued | Peeee on ected from, “Biettin October 10, “touca: occupation of station, At this the at Bey ber 1a, Officer's and deputies’ residences, bus! oO boathouse, | the "Ont leaving inlet onsen’ Fae ap eo gh ye tnd will require but: | OM Gas and” a cree of seventy-eight otlcers. and | opr ertgiert Fepairs and changes | Ten, ihe. first case of ol Gurred.-Ootober 3, te n6s to ae ip ti ing theeariypartof theyear | 20'atterleaving stettin, and. from that date the disease ve id her in wi for ® boarding sta- ing in, rom ie tion, and as fas besa’ anchored in the Lower gontinued to, increase in’ virulenea until he arrival of the ae nha torio sae ab oiine be bearded ged to put into Halifax, November 5, for a sup. and. to the ition they are te during the and remained there until tne 8b, at which time period of quarantine; th troald require to thee 6 100 cases and ek A from to the Heluy of the structures ob West Hank and after uner death occurred after leaving boing examined peg ay anchesage. To ack ‘in the Bomital of Rae Frankia yeh dual 2 large number of these were suffer this would very often be s malter of impossibility, and would | Tova.” The. well passengers, with part of the crew, were at te ‘obliged to employ the assistance of . once transferred to the recciving ship Delaware and the sick fier aan Me aation, it would be wel vo at | Temoved to the West Bank Hospital, After the removal of up the Lilinois for hospital purposes as soon as practicable, we pemengen: Com oy, Franklin, she was immeciate! ry) SE a erro Woes Sank wil trsoeny, | cleaned and disinfected in every part, and it ts gra khong the Present Dae oo tee eeteuld | Pchmery | $9 add that, althongh her crew on board, hot ¢ a ty, outer: | Se case at chotea afterwards coourred amo ~ ‘ SF ay ae, Blotting and baggage of the passengers on board the Dela- ye Ci Lt Ceneanl on ‘howd cy ment 'k | Ware, and cases of sickners whlch scourred ‘were promptly Toeet tals emergency. ‘The ilivole, with a very moderate ex- |. tere veceiyad at tule inastauion from. ihe. Passencers nat nditure, would probably afford all the accommodations | Crew of the Franklin, and of theas fifty-two presenied weil marked symptoms of Asiatic That ‘would be required, and could be easily adapted to puree, admitted to hospital nine of cholt DETENTION OF WELL PASSENGERS, ‘The want of a suitable place for the ‘eleution of ne | Other diseases. who bave been ¢ to infectious and contagious diseases | _,After a detention of twenty daya, th Bas beon long felt, and, next to warehouses, is perhaps the | Pletely eradicated and the test defect of the present quarantine establishment. In ‘ugust last, when the introduetion of cholera from Europe aeemed probable, I drew the attention of your honorable spread of infection were not le ati if the stra for this purpose o Pave ot tee purp r alifax’ alth ‘est Bao ransfer of the steamanip ‘Delaware from the general government to the Quarantine epartment to a certain extent supplied the place of these 8 Albany and pee partment during the past few y siderabie comment I deem {t not cluding this report, to advert have led to this increase, Tesuit may rest where it belongs. ‘Nearly three-quarters of @ centu a tract of about thirty acres of lan Stawa Island, as a site for the quarantine Upon It were erected all the necessarv hospitals Der are employed, while on receiving ships it is almost im- ocsible to provide those facilities for cleansmg and dism- - Rection which are to prevent the spread of dis- ense. In view, tnerefore, of the posnbility that cholera may lin- r through the winter in Europe, and that, with the coming | Spring and the ‘almost certain Indux of tmmigrauts, this | read disease may again be brought to our shorea, no tine | should be lost in providing the necessary facilities for placing | sengers who have been exposed to Cholera under quaran- Tine surretinnge during the period of Incubation, ir airenso 9 dete: 1 brie app i rectly in front were designated b; Should be lurking 4a, thelr ystems, OF unlll welr freedoin | Vecsele under quarantiae and as th se sopeninens eh steer eine feons@ appointment of a permanent police force at Quaran- tine has been productivelot the best Reaulte, bork io protect Ing vessels discharging cargo in tue bay and tn alding in tho enforcement of the Quarantine laws. Previous to the organization of the present force the Joasea which merchants and shipowners annually sustained | throu:h the depredatious of river thieves formed a consiant provision was made tor carryin; quarantine within the limited id on the waters of the Bi gon the entire aco of 4o boarding and examunin, boat and & cunple of boatmen to take him ground of complaint, Mo and he was only required to pay the the b ‘During the past year the Quarantine have com- F Tiras @recel gua chan weas he jetely checked thege wholesalo ‘aepredations, and. hare, ai | MCB The Bowpitala ba ie ape ak as ta eiety ce tine, effectually prevensed ail uniawful afd ucue. roo) . wae cvssary commun vessels under quarantine. Saree SOE MINOR, BAT, SnD ONG Ae Mitte ge, Beale 1 STRAMBOATS, nominal outlay in the discharge of his duties, As early as ee ea ee ee ee aed tas Poeaeeh Pen | seas hie compensation was sed by law at the satne Tale he mboate @ matter of necessity, and bas, to a consid- Bow receives, aud from that time down to the time of the oF stenmnbnele 8 tae oe Feeand has to 9 consid- | destraction of the Quarantine buildings, in Bepcember, en seaeann tee 6 Lae kee risa on | #9 facilities ror adminiating the Quaraiting laws contin isoith Otioer's sasiceete ond, fant doa antially the same, and the Ftate continued to make Jpfand, one boarding station, in the Jower bay Dear | provision for defraying all expenses, attendant upon the diss Bandy ae etn arte ee ata eaak, gue | enarge of his dulies beyond paying the waces of bis boat- ines oa raing the discharging grownd for veessis under | mea Witb.the destruction of those buildings came a per- z tk aR iechans the? tals for ship terse | sistent demand for change In the location of the quaran- earantipe ab Ropbio‘s Reet, ane oe pospials for ship fever | tine atablahment, fo which the ature yielded, by a may we Sveumbosalaysiafeuomees for | Sheet cousin, it, orig ors ormenea re te OT or ee eral tniet’ crates | A mance at a map of the harbor will show that End for communtoat the rtotnfes “wuien hea Ceratias tamer 15 te ite : for the. dis. ee ene earner atentnbost Cevernor Fenton hes alsonrecny | change of the duiles of the Health Odlcer. He could the ‘of ‘and in point of conve- | 2° jonger Mig A upon ® common rowboat and her crew to Blence and b, presenta w decided oontraat to the aid | Shale wranste Seiad (ecyiae the sear eee, system of boarding Witt Towooam With moderate repairs [heett onthe more rapid com two boats now in use winner all purposes. Seat i inner all eo 4 the Cad estab- “ALS. men ould have been ‘manifestly Toe present quarantine tpepital et. Weat Bank nas ane: | Posed upon the Heal Uilocr he “addiionsl-expense o¢ thts Thay be juitly reyarded as the most important addition which | Chare™ without e corresponding Increase in hla sompénss. contd have been made to the Quarantine eateblishment, oR le a OD (I Fad uring the year it has at different times been used for the | Se! sould be borne uy hime The injustios Of tein hoe, eure snd treatment of patients suffering from smallnox, | Bone’ ene wn wmode cedounized by the Lesisiatares ‘ana by cholera and yellow fever, 'and it ie grating to add tnat thé | Subeaqcent engcuinenia they restored bim eubetacttaly (2 Seana Mee ce rashes | USC near nee wen eeine perleas ventilation of the hosplisie, 00 well as the cave and | ,7rem tale, brief recital of facts W ie apparent, that ‘the BNention bestowed upon the siok, bavo all combined to pro- | poalth Ulcer ought not to be held responsib'e for the heary mote their recovery” and cou Sad hie wolteg | Ce eras eine eee ae et eee Muoh to say that during the year many lives bare been saved | (ake Place within the inst ten youre, Tt ih hem nies Teeny WOR eet, Enea ona ee spect contributed to bring about. It ts manitestiy unjust, ‘During the months. ot April aod May, owing to th large wracen ahish ettuaies, aupualiy darian lusegerie pian ae Or eee ee eeiltaiiontntanan Ronin place im the appropriations trom the State Treasury for the pors of Quarantine, pal insututions on Biackweli's Board take pleasure in statin crow: Island, it was sugges! by the New Yors gata tne circumstances, al sup) department—Dr. Jacod 8, of }, all Tt cwensbeen hee 1 myself of this opportunity ackiowiedgments for their Lenya avail f uring tho year 166 patients su(fering from cholera, yellow and smallpox were received nnd ireated at West Bank forts of departure, on the passages aud after the! ee ER DARA nae juarantine there were, as far a8 could be vacertained, 760 cases of infectious and contagious diseases, and 11? deaths, Four hundred and ten patieats were also sent from these yeasels to the different hospitals on Ward's and Blackwell's islands and West Bank. SHIP FEVER. * ‘Thirteen vessels have arrived at this port dunog the pat | How ‘bree Deatitate year having had cases of ahip fever on board. On these ves- dela the numtber of persons exposed to the disease was 4,937, gud sixtecn yaa were sent to the fever hospital on Ward's Islan SMALLPOX, During the past year smailpox has prevailed in an ep!- deme form throughout Europe, as well as at many ports in ¢ Wert Indies and South America, with which we are in constant communication. ‘Bogioning nearly two years ago in Paris the discase gra- nally extended through France, and at the outbreak of the war La Gorman anys smmalipon, as Pape ny en alarming extent in most of the large ° ‘The movements of the two armies assisted still further in spreading the disease, and large aumbers of the soldiers on ‘both sides fell victims to its ravages. French pi in Germany and the insened bodies of disbanded at the close of the war carried it ta re city and village of the Confederation. In the early part of the present year small- its appearance in London, ‘and from ere extended to Southampton, Liverpool, Cardif’, Glasgow ‘and other seaports of the United Kingdom. ' At present it js epidemic at Birmingham, Shefiield aud several otter larze manufacturing cities. In London the numoer of deaths from smallpox during tne pest yo has increased from the former anoual average of 600 to 3,000, while at Liverpool during the Societies. New York, Jan. To Tug EpITOR OF THE H&RALD:— by Our Bene’ Re also made Western Islands, x Tent, ant has shown itself ima formidaole. increase’ in. the numbers of vessels arriving at this port with cases of small- . The following comparative statement will number of vessels detained at this Quarantine for | Smallpox during the past six years, the number of patients on boar! of these vessels, and the ‘wumber of persons exposed to the dise Bick vd. Vaccinated, “eare. -~ a we"ond ah Ret Morac ry tised by the New Yor« ‘Who Will feed the hungry aud alee he RS ‘posed to smallpox on 2.050, of whom 74,00 were vacci | remainder bad either had fel {From the Pottsville Miners’ Journal, rom quarantine, Yellow fever, auringtauvOw, FEVER. | _ Yellow fever, during st year, has | An unusual extent at many South A nan Went radian j nd in several instances has made its appearance In an | epidemic form in localities which bave hitherto ravages. At Buenos Ayres, where tho disease ws known, yellow fever of & malignant type broke out in toe Neve there is @ much ket, ago the State pur sid on the easterly for, the reception and care of the sick and) those. w ‘ai been exposed to disease, and the waters of the Bay di- law as tho anchorage for e place where vessels were to be boarded and examined on their arrival in port, Thus operations of irty acres on land ani yy adjacont thereto, dence of the Health Uficer was located upon these and no facilities were required for the dlacharge of his duties vessele. beyond a common row- holera, ‘Of the whole number lera and three from the disease was com- assenzera were per- mitted tv proceed. The precautions taken to prevent the also equally successful, and cholera occurred elther in the olty ‘at Quarantine from this {ill-fated ves LGagapsite. the neceanitr: whieh exited for a nrvper pince.ol.de- | oel Diuetration, however, of what might tures intend through neglect or carelessness. I may jough none ot the crew or pas- gers were allowed on shore, cholera was carried to one of the suburbs of the city by the men employed in coaling the | vessel, and at any other season of the year would, no doubt, uildinga; but the use of old hulks or steamers can only be | youeh And nt any other seman Ot Ne eam Fegarded as a temporary expedient, The accommodations Hpdiepmpenterregnedecpreniny ag tegen ‘which they afford are necessarily limited uniess a large num- ip the incteane ia She expenees cf be, Peniib Oboes: De ropriate, before con- to the causes which in order that responsibility for the chased. ly shore of tablishment, nd buildin; The Ont upon the | waters of the Bay. The boat was furnished him by the pu nity ol Ang asaudltr, aa well te iperintendent of the WORK FOR MISSIONARIES, 21, 1872, AMSBURY. THE COAL TRADE FOR 187% Jan. 20.) fo nds, b> that the medical officers of josher, Dr. Kenneth Reid and be uarantiue should be seat psnoens ent, At this time the hospital was not required for poe dag tier § el rab aod edeocre quarauiiap. ey Other olass of patients, and as under the law (chapler | bavegiven me ample ald and support in my efforts to sys- jaws of if ») it on : ie this arpoee, I deemed atize the numerous and varied details of cae Sraen ine dont) the publto be ithe Toopen the Respite bt ariment, not hesitating to, expose Melo tick. ents nti! the necessary accommodations could be pro- | {hei i¥es {Racing disease and in giving every aidand at- foepl Iny appreciation of the services of the Suj ffosciat Ot ikis number 186 recovered and twenty Aine weal Rot iice ia, Gapatn amet O'Sour whe haa cae CONTAGIOUS AND INFFOTIOUS DIB} lally co-operated with me in ge rela Daring the year endi December he hygiene and discipline of the hospital,” Very tee eatlly, arriving at this po been quaran qraich hat occurred on board, Upon thes Beate Omees, Fort oC mew York. 1, “Fiitecnth Amend. ments” from the Briny Sens Were Treated Seeing in your able journal of co-day an article Telating to the religious influences being exerted in connection with commerce in Africa I desire to ac- qnainttne religious public through your columns with the following facts. Our clergy may no longer preach one kind of Christianity while the societies ‘under their control practice another, that the public who contribute funds to charitable institutions may see the difference between preaching and practice. On the i7th turee “fiteenth amendments” arrived at this port by scnooner R. E. Pecker, belonging to the South Coast of Airica, destitute seamen, sent here by the American Consul of tie Azores or They have neiber money, nor clothes, and no boarding master will receive them. height of the epidemic over one hundred deaths occurred Gaify, und in several Infected districts t became necessary to | NOF could they yet board av the Sailors Hone, | barricade the streets, At Hamburg, Bremen, Havre, and, in | Which 1s under tie control of the pseqinen’s Frien fa tueariy all the great Euro; ‘seaports with which | Society, as I called at this oilice self in their we are in communication, amalipox has been equally preva- | beiiail and was obliged to send them to the station house for lodging, thus making the home Of the criminal do the Work ol our benevolent and religious societies. My steward being lan man 100K them to some of the charitable Institutions, with no better success, And tnis is the reception that they have met with in this great city, Waich sends missionaries to Africa, but neg- a Chris- ie lects to sce that the principles taught by them are 8 herd 1500 | practised by the institutions at home which are 143 99/053 19,509 | Uader their control. a 19,300 8,500 ‘This 16 a great and crying evil among us—that the 265 82,4: ison practical and true religion, so ably taught and prac- HBRALD, 18.80 rately put in operation smong us, Let us have more Gf those naked, With the experience of the past two years we be- greater disposition to har- Monize the clashing interests thls Year and conform to the state of the trade and the Wants of ihe mar- ‘The frequent interchange ol sentiments and the public discussions have caused both parties to understand each other better than heretofore, and | arly part of the year, and for several montis the city ny din. came a prey to th ence, The ma; we do not, therefore, apprehend any general d fants fled (9 the nefghooring towns aud villares, tee mea | culty in Any Of the anthracite regions this year, Oflices were close! aud business entirely a who remaived {n the city, 85,080 died, and ag’ haustion of the pop and V i extent, aboce, 5 occur to a greater or less ther port ak of the war, yellow fever made its ap) Charleston, 8. O., where it continued to prevail erable virulence {or several mor tract work to slide down to $2 50 as reduction ‘ol 03 noe at with consid. bs. Sporadic cases of yellow eans, and, althoug! ew me epidemic, the disease was curried from t che, Hempth and one or two With a corresponding gone Unto intas enene sation. for may slide down to a $2 560 and contract work toa bon at Key Weat. At this 4 the Ppily con- = 25 basis, Miners and reré working by the fined to tine, and notwithetanding the large number of lay will, under a $2 76 basis, Make $13 8 Week; in- arrivals from iniected Dot p single case occurred among quarantine employes. During the quaranti Led wane $10 @ week, from the pret day of April to the fret day of November, day except on su e| c annot be contracted Marine ercuetaned inineftawer Bape ‘ering Reaees | Ethie mil Fesuls my equalusing the wages, both Period baa vessels from donbtful and suspected ports between the miners and javorers, because, while ‘est Indies and South America Were detained for the laborers will be paid on a $2 75 basis, we do not mi believe coat will realize over year. Iitsnould goupto §: veuty of these vessels were found to ba bad cases of 16, Feat to Went Bank Woepital. ‘Beetden these, 200 caareane | Prices Will be te saine us raied labt year on the $2 75 Sfiy-one deaths from Uhle disease occurred op board of these | sis agreed upon In Septemoer inst, vessels, at their port of departure or during the pass. his arrangement, which is decidedly im favor of ee. The foi lomjogiabie will show whe number of is | the és, Instead of the employers, as Will bo arriving from infected ports, with and without sickness; the | discove before the year closes, if total number of eases ol yellow fev D the passage aud io Quarantine. bs REPORT OF YELLOW FRYER, 1671, ! _ Table showing the total number of arrival th aod with. Lacaabaccacigven tay aidyrenl wore inteyied wha Zeus nd the deaths in port, | seins to give as general satistaction Ment could in the existin, pod that tw. ol) varyes although local bickermgs may occur at Isolated col- Heries in regard to local matters, wluch always do ‘The basis for 1871 in the Lehigh region has been ‘Unanimously adopted by both parties for 1872 In Schuylkill county the basis agreed upon for 1872 fixes day lavor on @$2 76 basis, and permits con- @ minimum, per cent, With the exception of two months in the year to be selected by the parties, when the basis for day labor side laborers $11 per week, and outside laborers but few miners work by the $2 60 basis for the then the pasis aintained, range. a tate of the trade, and th be adhered to possible MUSIC AND THE: DRAMA. Metropolit: Items. Dan Bryant has “Divorce” on bis bills. The last nights of “John Garth” are announced at Wallack’s, “Les Brigands” will be brought out on Wednesday at Aimée’s Opéra Bouffe, Tony Pastor’s Tuesday matinées are considered | ala mode by the eastsiders, The Lauris introduce their celebrated pantomime, “Tot,” at the Union Square to-mgnt, | Mackaye plays ‘‘Monaldi” for one week more at . the St. James. Improvement in attendance, Swaine Bucgley plays “Zip” at the Bowery, and will be succeeded by the Denin sisters, Dr. Damrosch and Mr. Priickner give a soirée of chamber music at Stemway Hall this evening, Mr. John Gilbert has recovered from his late ate | tack of gout and is back again at his post of honor. Tne New York Conservatory of Music gives a grand musical soirée at Steinway Hall on Saturday. The San Francisco Minstrels have opened a “The- atrical Agency” and “furaished Rooms” on their White Crook” will soon make way for “The Chicago Fire” at the Comique, ‘This is its last wi Mr. Charles Mathews plays this week, the last of bis ¢! ment, at be Brooklyn Thea Daly’s “Man and Wife” next Monday. Mr. 8. B, Mills and Seior Sarasate propose to | give four matinees at Steinway Huil, the come mencing on saturday at one P.M. A concert for the benefit ot the German ladies’ Society for Widows and Orphane will oe given at | Steinway Hall on Thursday next, The New York Circus presents a bill for this week which, in an equestrian point of view, is unrivalled. The children’s e sul, attracts hosws of the rising generation. ‘The Pas de Orelots, dance by Mile Adrienne, is one of the features of tie “Black Crook.’’@ Mr. Arthur Mathison hag also won favor as Rudolph by ‘Dis singing and acting. The second week of the Fabbri season at the | Stadt will be inaugurated by the performance of “Pon Giovanni’ this evening, with the déput of Mile. Elzer as Zerlina. The success.of the company hay been very great, Fox’s new “Humpty Dumpty” is by far the most entertaining, varied and artistic spectacle and pan- to mime we have oad on the New York boards lor mane years. The result 13 a thionged house every The Ninth Regiment Band Sunday Concerts, tem- porarily interrupted by the death o! Colonel Fisk, , were resumed last nigut at the Grand Opera House, Bee Almée, Casteilan and be Try were tue 0) Madame Parepa-Rosa and her onrivalied English opera company, now reiniorced by Santley, tle | greatest liviug baritone, wil commence @ season at | the Academy Ol Music on February 6, An entively hew reperioue of operas wil be drawn upon to give additional ola¢ to the season, The American baritone Randoifi ts making rapid studies in his profession. During his lave tour with Wachtel he secured a large proportion of the henors conterred upon the troupe. Is it not some- What strange that an artist possessing 80 noble a voice should not be secured by some of those impresarii Who persist in briuging over third-rate singers? Theodore Thomas’ route, after his brilliant con- certs in New York, 18 a3 10.lows:—W Diladelpaia, Bal- | timore, Washington, Richmond, Petersburg, Nor- | folk, Charleston, Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Ma- con, Columbus, Montgomery, Movile, New Orieaas, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, On Saturday next the one hundred and fiftieth perlormunce of “Divorce” will be made a gala ocva- 8100 Of a the Fittm Avenue, the programmes being rinted on white satin and new ieatures introduceu, Rosedue,”? 127; FY rook,’ 437. Lee Pig ee | drama, thereiore, ‘“wivorce” stands rs { Tne first public rehearsal of the second Concert of | she Church Music Association will take placé next | Thursday atternoon, at three o’ciock, at Steinway Hall. The works to be periurmed are an overture to Struensée by Meyerbeer; Mozurt’s Requiem and | @ selection trom Waliace’s opera, *‘Luriine,” with ; an orcuestra of eighty and a chorus of 400 volves, ‘The principal singers will be Madame Ackermann- Jaworska, Mrs. Philip D. Gulager, Miss Autoula Henne, Mr. William 8, Leggat, Mr. Remboid Herr- ; mann, aud Mr, Franz Remmerz. The whole will be | under the direction of Dr. James Pecan, HUMPTY DUMPTY ON THE WOOLSACK, The foliowing letters, addressed to a London musical and dramatic paper, will show te feeiing im the great city regarding the Lord Chamberiain:— Brn—Last summer a notice was received by a theatrical manager from the Lord Chamberlain's Ottice him to expunge the Lollowing line from “topical” song, which was | Bight ‘May Gladstone keep iiis temper. Batural and thoroughly liberal aspiration may be sung in any theatre of Islington ant Cheise: y Mail $hroughout the metropolis, but ft 1s forbidden in those thea- tres over which the Lord Chatgberialu has control. Your obedient servant, ‘A MANAGER, Srm—The Censor’s authority is a mere bugabao; It col. \ppses, if dotted, ‘Last year In an adaptation of ‘one of jer" buriesques a notice was served from the Lord Cham- Deriain’s ofice ordering the erasement of whole lines and spesekos, ae upon Re tical but greasi-religious grounds, 1 objections being held frivolous by those most interested in the burlesque, my lord Censor’s warniug was torn up and the wicked speeches all delivered, and ni came of it, ‘The censorial cock wouldn't fight, ' Yours, obedientiy, SILK TiuHTS, nights after if the Lord ; = 81R—The license for “Nos Intimes" wa: {ts production withdrawn by a. subordi 6 Chamberiain on the ground of immorality. Good society, which approved of {ts tone, protested and urged the Lord Chamberlain to go and judge for himseif, He did a0, and license was renewed, J, too, went to judge for myself, and left the theaire disgusted, but thankful that I had not taken my wife beiore {t was over. Your obedient servant! A MAN WHO GOES TO THE Pit. Home Gossip. The National Theatre, Washington, although it | jg May be considered as closed for dramatio purposes, 1s doing a large business in the musical line, as Wachtel is singing there, The manager, Mr. Saville, has made himself a favorite at the national capital. We hear that strenuous efforts are being made by foreign managers to get G. L, Fox away from New York next season. Last weeu Fox was called on by an English individual, newly arrived, named Hyke, who represented himself as a partner and agent of one Benjamm Websier, of Londoa, in partnership (in outside speculation) with Dion Boucicauls From the latier he brought a letter of introduction. This agent offered Mr. Fox $1,600 iu gold per week lor three years, in case he (Mr. kox) would sign a contract to piay during that lime in pantomime in Engiand and on the Continent—all travelling ex- “Julius Cesar has proved such a success at Booth’s that it 18 ukely to hold the boards tor some | time to come, glory of the curiously haif-dissipated, baif-artistio a The Emperor and Empress were present, lerr Wagner's “Lohengrin” bas reached Fi after ies success in Bologna, the operatic Somp of which, with the conductor, or ant, arrivea 10 Florence, Gesplie's heavy 11 of snow. in lume to execute the work on the 7th instant. Nota seat was vacant, alth the prices had been cone siderably be ned The Italy was present. The Florentines were ag enthusiastic as the Prarire and “Lohengrin” was aa triumphant as THE LONYON STAGE ‘The Lord Chamberlaio’s Embargo—No Joking with Cabinet Ministers—Giladstone the Grim and Lowe the Lugubrious—Plays aud Pan- tomimes, Lonpon, Jan. 6, 1872. Goahead! That isthe greatart and mystery of writing, and it is the plan thatI invariably adopt when I wield my irisky Gillott tm thy service, dear reader mine. If a fellow keeps hovering about in search of a topic, cudgelling bis brain for 1aeas and Tacking Nis invention for something startiing to say ; be will never say anything worth listening to, Let Dim thrust his pen into the ink and take a ‘‘neader”’ atthe paper and all will come right, What heis | going to write will shape for itself a defint’e form as he procesds., ‘Perhaps it may turn out a song, per- | haps turn out asermon;’’ but it 18 sure to prove Pleasant reading, provided, always, he has for his | @uaience kind-hearted and good-looking people, | such as I have invariably the honor to address | in these columns, Handsome myself to a perfection, that throws Apollo into the shade, | go in for good. looks im others, and should not care to write a line for the perusal of any one not so comely and attrac- tive as the delightful person whose happy privilege 1018 to read these brilliant lucubrations, And ag for subjects to write about—Heavén comfort your capacity |—they are as plentiful as sunds on the sea shore, stars in the sable eky or leaves in Valiom- brosa’s Vale. Suppose we take the first that comes to hand—that all-engrossing topic of sarcastic con- versation in all theatrical circles—the recent ukase of the Lord Chamberlain ogainst tun and joility. What an age we live in! Would heart of man e’er think it? Only fancy the govern- ment of what professes to pe the greatest country on earth condescending to such littleness as notify- ing the managers of the various London theatres, through the medium of that tremendous oficial— the Lord Chamberlain—that no reterences to politics nor any jocular aliusions to the Ministry would be permitied, AT THE PERIL OF THEIR LICENCES, in any of the Christmas plays, pantomimes or bur- lesques, Marry come up! Things have come toa pretty pass, truly, When an embargo ts put even upon the laugnter of tho people, and that, too, in holiday time, Anything more impertinently des- potic has not occurred in England since the day when Oliver Cromwell locked the door of the House of Commons, put the key into his breeches pocket, aud told the members to begone about their bust- say nothing of its tyranny! ernment eternally exciting derision and every day doing things to provoke the laughter of mankind, yetwe are forbidden tolaugh at them. ‘There 1s nothing m Babelais or Don Quixote, in Fielding or Smoilett, in Dickens or ‘Thackeray, more exquisitely lidiculous than are the exlivlions of goverumental vanity and incapacity that we have witnessed dur | my the last twelve months; yet Knglisimen are to be Jorbidden the poor satisiaction of laugulng at the boobies who misrule them, ‘ In an article entivied “rhe Government That Must Not be Laughea At” the Sa-urday Review nas some capital remarks on this ‘8 ve subject, — ‘il,?? observes the reviewer, “there were any aisposition to ridicule the'governiuent in the theatrical entertain: ments of the season, the piaywrights wou.d pro- bably mot have much ditticuity in procariug nateri- ais. ‘Dhey could hardly fail to gppreciate the joke of getting up a series of costiy manwuvres in order to demonstrate the cillciency of the army-at the moment when 1} was about to be revolutionized; the broad fun of seudiug a large body of troops across the ocean in a ship with something very itke @ tissue-paper bottom; tne ee jocosity of the Home Onice, or the subtle humor of the artifice by which the late Attorney General was qualified fora seat in the Privy Council, in flagrant evasion of an act of Parliament wich be had bim- self prepared, ‘he Ballot bill woulda supply the heads of an irresistiibie panton:ime scene almost without the addition or alteration of a word, The meeting Of the hostile candidates, attended by -their most excited supporters, at tne secret nomina- ton in & private room; the bewilderment of rustic voters suddenty thrust into mysterious Closets, each ‘With a bit of paper in nis band; the rush of persuna- tors and _ ‘repeaters; Perspifing agony of the Sheri, Goundering, rake Band, among an ava- lanche of voting papers, churning them in armtuls ‘ana mixing them together, whiiean impatient mob, suspicious of treachery, yells outside for a deciara- tion of the poll—these and other laughavie incidents of Mr, Forster’s political extravaganza could haraly fail to convulse the audience if produced upon tne stage.” Ifthe governinent is so sensitive vo laugh. ter it has an effectual remedy in its own hands, aud should take care 1a its future proceedings to aflurd Jess provocation tu mirth, There can be no doupt that MR. GLADSTONE IS AT THE BOTTOM of this dismal escapade, which, undertaken in the hope of averting ridicule, will cover with ridicuie all concerned in it. Gladstone, quotha! -Never was man more inappropriately named as regards the first syllavle of 11s patronymic. The second typifies correctly enough bis cold, impassive nature, which is stouy enough tn ail conscience; but.as tor giad- ness he does not Know what it means. Gladsione, forsooth | Say rather Grimstone, Grindstone— anything rather than Gladstone, Between Touch- stone and Gladstone how immeasurable 1s the distance! Mr. Gladstone abhors mirth, and a joke telul to nim as the gates of Orcus, Palmerston was @ genial, joviai ieilow, who took the world easily and was content to believe that life's a jest and all thu show it. Easv, devonnaire ud gay, he won ull hearts by the sauvity and frank- ness of hig manner, aud he delighted to identify nim- self with the people in thelr sports and pastimes, Gladstone, abie and eloquent though hie be, 1s a dis- mal, wWwoe-begone personage, whose siiles might as well be tears, ‘80 faint, so wan their gleaming.” He isthe true Knight of the Rueful Counteuance, and might sing with a@ safe con- acleace, I not with a sweet voice, the plaintive wane in Fletcher's grand old play of “rue Nice jour’? ;— Hence al your vain delights, Ag short at are the wiglts, Wherein you spend you folly, There's naught in this life sy sweet, 1f man were wise to see't, But only melancholy; penses to be paid by the managers. In order to rantee Fox Jair treatment lie (UyKe) proposed to jeposit the first year’s salary in advance in a New York bank, A Boston paper thus speaks of the Parepa-Rosa company a'ter ite first week at tae “Hub’:—The Operas presented were “Lucrezia Borgia,” “Lohe- | muan Gli,” ‘Maritana,” ‘Marriage of Figaro,” | “Martha” and “Satanella.” These several per- | formances have given the public an opportunity alike to enjoy ‘he ‘old favorites and judge, ina de- | ie of the merits of the new comers, Ot the latter ime. Vansinl, who appeared as Marilana and | in “Sataneila,”’ on each occasion displayed @ vocal resonrce which made @ most favorable impression, It Is pleasant to record her eat success, for she adds another to the increas- ng number of meritorious American vocalisis. Her | Maritana was an especially brilliant effort, and ined lor her & decided reputation. Another new | face 18 that of Miss Dorta, an Euglish lady, who made her début as Arline in the ‘“Bonemian Girl,!? Of the new comers are also Mr. Aynsley Cook, barl- | tone and basso; Mr. Ellis Ryse, basso, and some others, Mr. Carl is an artist of hign rank, as his Gennaro in “Lucrezla Borgia’? tully demon- | strated, Mr. Cook is also @ valuable ac. quisition to the troupe, and has already made himself a favorite, Of Mme. Parepa-Rosa it need searcely be added that she is the same great | arust as formerly. Her Lucrezia, Martha and | other characters in which sho bas appeared have beet justly admired, ana drawn adimtring audiences, Mrs. Seguin is as popular as ever, asa matter of | course, Always conscientious and ever artistic, she | gives to all her impersonations @ rounduess and finish which never fati to satisfy. The chorus is | large and good, and the orchestra among the best Boston has ever had. We wouid state lor the bene. iit of such of our readers as have not yet attended | the opera that itis one of the best troupes which , has ever visited our city, If some respects the operas are given in @ manner tully equal to the best Italian troupes. Echoes from Other Lands. Miss Laura Harms bas made her début in Lisbon, as Gilda, in Verdi's “Rigoletto,” with success, The Turin Royal Opera House was opened on | December 24. The company include the names of | _Mesdames Galietti-Granoll, Baratti, Brambilia, Signort D'Antoni, Vicentelli, Junca and Barberatz, “Since Sefior Garcia, the father of Milbran and Pauline Viardot,” says The Queen, “seilor Men- character of Don Giovanni.” Our opera-qolug readers will remember the very praisewortn: formance of Sefor Mendioros, during Mr. fon’s recent winter series ol performances, 6 large theatre of the Capitule at Toulouse has Just been completely inundated by the vursting, during the rose, of @ large reservolr of water on the roof, constructed there in case of fire, Work men are employed day and night in pumping to clear the basement story, The decorations aud uphol- stery of the buliding nave suilered considerabie damage. laple- Gloroz is the first Spaniard who has sustained the | per: | Oh, sweetest metaucholy ! Mr. Gladetone is the most thin-skinned of minis- ters and can’t endure the thought of cuatf, ‘Tiat's the reason way he put down the white bait dinner t Greenwich, @ lestive repast where from time im- memorial statesmen were wont to relax tie diguily and torget the cares of oifice and to think only of merriment and good felilowsnip. Chai! was ine order of the clay at the Greeawich dinner, but chair 18 gall and Wormwood to our grim Premier; 80 he put down chaff, dinner and ali and went home to en a political article for a Scoitish magazine, That fe is @ man of vast ability 1s admitted onail hands; that he ts testy aud querulous toa degree ins con- ing as to meddle With tie pantomimes and to deny the people the cheap luxury of a harmless laugn at his expense or that of his colleagues was more than could nave been expected. At the Royalty Theatre a few months avo, wnen Miss Hodson saag im the course of a buriesque a pg antes | on the favorite music hali melody, “it ever | cease to love,” one couplet of the ballad ran thus:— keep his temper, wo love, It is sald that the Premier was mortally offended on bein; roar of laughter with which these lines were re- ceived, Whetber this litte incident has had any- thing to do with the ridiculous proclamation of the Lora Chamberiain 13 more thaa 1 cau undertake to say, Dut certain it 1s that Gladstone the Grim “has stemmed the tide of laughter with a sigh,” aad that we are to hawe neither cakes nor ale nor pepper “houY the mouth,’ pecause he is virtuous, Ah well! levhim nave his Way. The solar system will not be thrown out of gear vy his frowns, though ie should frown ever 80 sternly. For my own poor part | mean tolaugh whenever] see nim or hear fis name spoken; tor Thold it one of the wisest things To drive dull care away, Jt is worthy of remark that next to Mr. Gladstone the member Of the Minisiry who is MOST SENSITIVE TO SARCASM 19 Mr. Lowe, the Uhancellor of the Exchequer, whose miserable slisco avout the match tax would seem lo have tickled the lancy of the playwrights amazingly. Mr. W. B. Donne, the examiner of rt by pe in his letter of prohibiticn to one of ‘he London managers:—*l have struck Lowe's name and the matches out of every pantomime for 1871." These Lowe allusions, then, Would seem to nave given mortal ofence, and as jor the matches, they were made to be struck, Meanwhile let Glad- stone, Lowe and Vonne croak as they muy; let us laugh and get fat in thew teetn—“Risus enim Divum alque hominum est wterna volupias.” THE PANTOMIMES. The Christmas pieces are running thelr course Tejoicingly at the various theatres, and attract good houses, The pantomimes at vrury Lane and Coveat Garden are particularly successful, ‘That of the Princess’, though not so much 80, still draws fair audiences; while tne holiday pieces at the Royal Amphitheatre, Astiey’s, Hengler’s Circus and the Agricultural Hull are’ periormed nightly in toe presence of & vast mu'titude of spectators. “Lucresia Borgia” has been performed for the first time in the new Vienna Upera house, with Mine. Wilt in tne principal part—the Viennese favorite, She is not [outa Jaay of iorty or thereabouts—but she sings admirably and looks the character. Nota box, nut & stall, not aseat was vacant when the first note of the brief overture sounded from that Wonderful archestra which Ist At the Queen’s Theatre will be produced on Mon- day night @ dramatic adaptation, by Mr. John Uxen- ford, of Lord Lytton’s famous story, “The Last Days of Pompeii,” which is to be brought oat ia @ style of peculiar magnificence and with strict regard to accuracy in ail matters of archwological detail, The Sextilian troupe have been special ) for oe carey of ja aunlgrge 18 Sie ness. And look at the absurdity of the thing, to | Here we have a gov- | duct in the House of Commons clearly proves; but | that he would have stooped to so paltry @ proceed. * intormed, through the newspapers, of the | ly engaged AP ie This Dy cl |; ascribed to the new esque York,” @ not very intellectual ent but one which has neverthele-s caught the fancy the town aud proved a ver; ipable hit, Pen the absence of ae J. 8, Clarke, wo nad taken @ trip across- the Atiantic, of « the play Postboy” 13 to be revived at the Strand 4 wie Mr, H. T. Craven, the author, in the ciel chars acter. At te Gaiety a new drama by Mr. H. J. be who appears to throw of OEanen with the speed telegrains, is in preparation, as also is a new operetta called ‘Ganymede and Galatea.”” Some tragic occurrences are reported from rovinces. A terrible death happened at Bolton om Vednesday night a on tamer (what a misnower! called John Macarthy, having been atiacked b: animals while performing with them and Aiterally torn to pieces, He was rescued after, difficulty, but died immediately, The jury at | Mquest stroagly condemned these degrading exhibitions, which are applauded . enthusiasm in a nation which affects to be at the idea of cock-fighting and badger-baiting. At Cheltenham ir. Lawrence, the clown, came | # } gnet and sustained several severe bruises in one ts leaps, the peop‘e behind the scenes not being. iy, tocatcn him; and at Liver; on Tues- day last, John West, a supernumerary, fell from tl “fies” tothe siaze—a distance of forty eae, ‘Was killed on the spot, Thedeath 1s announced of a dramatic celebrity with wkose name Londoners have been ‘amiliar for hall a century—Mr. Nelson Lee—who compined hig own person tne characters of actor, author manager, and whose liie was an odyssey of strange | adventures. He was the writer of no fewer wan ; 209 pantomimes, ail of which nave been played, POLITICAL i VEMENTS AND VIEWS. The Questions vi the Presidential Campaiga of 1872. (From tne Washington Uhronicie (republican),Jana- ary 20.) The people are not disposed to attach much 1m portance to the Custom House frauds in New York. ‘They know that abuses do and must exist under all administrations. It would be idle to expect pertec- tion in human government. Some mén will defraud and steal When disvovered, oreven when sus- pected, the adininistration has been swift to bring Buch men Lo justicec, * * * Nor will the tariff or revenue questions, or Cuna, or tne Mormon question, or the public lands or civil service reform make anything like a profound {mpression on the Popular mind during the approaching Presidential contest, The great questions of the c will be whetier tne government of tie Gaited States shall exist avd prevail in its integrity in the Southern States a3 it exists and prevails in the ower States; whether the fact that @ man 28 an American citizen will protect tm in his life aud | property; whether violence or law shall be the ruie; wuether there shail be a government by the Ku | Klux inside the jawiully estabushed government, j overriding aud excluding the latter trom 18 proper operations; whether culor shall be @ cri and loyaliy & badge of disgrace; whether the States referred to snall be Mexicamized by the machina- tions and the rule ui violent men, or su influenced and controtled by tue autnority of the nation thas peace and order shall be restored io them. lle and property be protected, tue law made paramount ia | ail things, and Lwose States put in a Way to recover | from their present depressed ani impoverished | Conaition, ‘These are questions that affect the whole country. ‘ey can not be evaded. tend their eifort for liveral principles to. the na tonal field, and invited the co-operation of thelr { friends elsewhere, We cannot doubt what these | republicans from many States confidently assert, } that, if enabled to appeal without obstruction to | republican, voters against the misdeeds of the. | dominant faction, they can sweep 16 irom power with our aid, Lutit we ask them to join our ranks ; We demand that they saad overcome, not only in | themselves, but ovucrs, cue power of party prejus dice, A democratic ticket will help the adminustra> | tion to arouse party spirit, and the most patriotic effort may be paralysed by the fear that democratio Buccess May revive questions of the war, or 12 some quarters kindie dying embers of strive into Masnee of retahation injurious to tne public peace. ; Missouri and National Politics. [from the St. Lows Bapabhoan (passive democrat), Jan, ‘The Hveral republicans of this State, in a signif cant address, have declared their readiness to ex- The Illinois Legisiature and the Missourt Pelicy—Grant and sheridan Reviewed. {Springtiela, lil. (January 17), correspondence of the St. Louis Republican.) ‘The first public declaration heard in this General Assembly in regard to the approuciing national contest of this year, and of the proposed passive action of the de:mocratio party witn reference thereto, was made last night in tue House by Colonel William R. Morrison, in the coarse of some - remarks concerning the report of the committee on the Palmer-Sheridan mater. <A good deal offal bustering was resorted to, and it was while certain members were delaying action by asking tO be ex- cused from voting upon points of order that Colonel Morrison arose anu expressed the hope that no fur- ther opposition would be made to the evident pur- ose Of the maj rity to postpone tne debate ou the ubject, If, diter sixty days’ consideration, that majority regarded the action of the P. esiient au his military subordinate in Chicago su dagrant imexcusaoie that they dare not pr toe fair and open discussion of il, why let them flee. II was true that, sir.ctiy speaking, this was wsort family quarrel, yet it invoived the question of civil liberty, as oppusea to the military, and the atten- Vion of the whole country haa veea drawn to it. ‘The democratic party were at ail times interested im such questions, and in such aebates as that pro- posed upon tie majority report before the House ‘would be jound upon tue right sidé, The eyes or the people everywhere were upun Us to sce Whether the isiature of ilinois will stand by their Gover- nor in mis manly deience of civil liberty against the glaring, unjust, muruerous encroachments of m4 Military =m time of profound peace an tranquility. In thia connection Colonei Morrison stated that in the Presidential election vext fall ne expected to vole fora repuvlican. (Appiauge and clapoing of hands.) He should in ali probability likewise vote tor a republican for Governor of Ili- nos, But the republicans whom he expected to support for Present aad Governor would de made of more honest and iiveral stuff than the shame republicanism developed in ts contest of Gover, nor Palmer with Graav’s intlitary power. (Deaten- ing applause.) Colonel Morrison added that in nis proposed acceptance of the ‘Misscurl poir the next Presideniial aud gubernatorial elections in tnis State, he expected to vote solidly with his own time-honored democratic party. Tremendous ap- plause by the house and the crowded gallery Jovbies followed {iis declaration of Colonel Moi son, during witch the gentleman resumed nis seat. Governor Palmer Was present and greatly enjoyed ; the scene. Miscellancons, The Richmond ”'¢ styles Mr, Greeley a genuine reformer, and deiieves he ism dead earnest wn his efforts to root out corruption in the public service. Some days ago, continues the Whig, he avowed a purpose tu expose all frauds, no matter by waom perpetrated, He is making good his pleage. He has a rich fleld ror his operations, and will :probaoly achieve many brilliant successes. Besides the Tam- many “Ring,” he has two of the Conkling-Grant “Ring” upon the stand, with very damaging evi- dence against them. Sull another pariy has been started out West, It is called the A. I. B. G. party, which meaneth | “Anybody-To-Boat-Granv? party, | The Chicago Post says Governor Gratz Brown, of | Missouri, 18 heart and soul in favor of civil service | reform, as he understands 1*, He has just appointed | @ police commissioner Who was not long siuce | fined for shooting a member of the Missouri Legia- | lavare, A Southern paper meant to say that’ Horace | Greeley had viriusily retired from the Navonab Repuolican Commitice, The printer made the sen- tence read that he had “virtuously” retired, Is not the Boston Post running the abridgment system into the grouad when It credits an article “wash. Pal. ?? Some Patricks might not take to the suggestion kindly, rhe Pottsville (Pa.) Miners’ Journal (republican), Says no. one questions the honesty of Secretary Boutwell, “but so “strong have the influences been, that even he, secing irregularities, snrank from the performance of his whole duty in the matter, But now they must act, from the President down, to reiorm the New York Custom House, or they will become associated with ine ill name that govern- ment concern new bears.” In regard to republican politics in Pennsylvania the Miners’ Journa! staves that outside of Poiladel- phia not more than thirty delegates have yet been ‘Chosen to the State Republican Convention. Of these not more than ten have heen instructed, and the in- structions are divided among at least three candi- dates. The Convention, which consists of 133 mem- bers, will meet in April or May, ‘The Oregon Builclin says the Loulsvilie Courter. Journal “goes back on Schuré.’’ Does the Bulletin mean to insinuate that its Louisville contemporary bas not two Schurs io sis back?