The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1872, Page 6

NEW YORK 1 BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR ARIUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, coraer of 8th av. and 23a sh— Latta Rook, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, betweea Prince and Houston YOLL AND PARTNER JOB. WOOD'S MUSKUM, Broadway. oornor t) ances afternoon andevening—HUNTED DOWN. -Perform- FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth strost.— AntIOLK 47. ST, JAMES’ THEATRE, Twonty-cizuth strust ant Broad- way.—Maouvor's NEw HIBEENICON. BOWERY THEATRE, Kowery.—ANTONY AND CLKO- PATBA—SHOX BINDER CY LY BROADWAY THEATRE, opposite New York Hotel.— GoLp, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—THe BALLET Pan- TOMIME OF Humpry DUM ROOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third st., corner Sixth av. — PLOT AND Passion. WALLA! ‘Tne Verrr LINA EDWIN'S THEATRE, 720 Brondway.—Lirtur Don GIOVANHT. 3 THEATRE, Broadway ant 13:4 strat. — MRS. F, B, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE. CuRistik JOUNSTONE. THEATRE: COMIQUE, 514 Broadway ILE, NEGKO ACIB, AG—BLACK EY Covto Vooau SUSAN. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Fourteacith at. way.—NEGLO ACTS—bURLESQUE, BALLES, at Broad- TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. No. 201 Bowery. — Drago Eccentnro1t1Fs, BUKLESQUES, £O. Matinee, BRYANT'S NEW OPERA HOUSE, 230 at., between 6th and Tthavs.--BRYANTS MINSTRELS. THIRTY-FOURTH STREET hue—VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, TRE, noar Third ave- Matinee at 2g, SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL MALU, 585 Broadway.— TUE SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fou ALE RING, ACKONATS, Ao. NEW YOR! Sormenor anv ha avast. —-SOGNRS IN K MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway.— rs TRIPLE SHEE New York, Tuesday, April 9, 187% OF TO-DAWS HERALD. PaGr. 1—Aavertisements, 2— Adverusements, 3—The Wail Street Lockup: What the Bulls and the Lears Think of the Matter; Action of the Clearing House; Congress Looking Aller Its Currency; The Case in Court; fhe Rate of Interest for Money—Mantoipal Affatrs—rhe State Capital: Playing Shutilecock witn the Cuarter; Proposition to Amend the Existing Cuarter; Iixing the Salaries of Judictal Otticers—The Methodist Preuchers—Metnodist General Conference—A Mysterious Proceed- Ing—Fixettement in the Woodhull Mansion— Terribie Accident in Trenton, 4—Financial aud Commercial: The “Lo Conspiracy and the Clearing House; Monev Market as Stringent as Ever; Congress to Investigate the Matter: Reported Acuvity in the London Money Market: ‘The Rival Erie Cliques Reconciied; Stoc!} Waver and Fail, but Recover and Advance; The “Pool” in the Gola Room—Proceedings tn the New York and jrookiyn Courts—fhe Lasu Poisoning Case: Death of Frederick Siegfried—Not Puls Rel, but Another, G—A Roval Scandal: The Truth Regarding Queen Victoria’s Visit to Germany—A Canadian Mur- eress ‘To Be Manged—Heavy Thuuder Storm ¥ ne Perjurer?—Marniages Advertisements. he Alleged Con- The Necessity Lock Up Currel ripgent — Legislation —Amusement The Weather Report—The Merairie Races— whe Auantic Yacut Ciub—Amusement An- nounceme ats. 7—Antioch: The Earthquake Visitation in Ssria, with Alarmmygly Fatal Consequences; One- half of the Atcient Town Laid i Kuins by the Shocks; Filteen Hundred Persons Swept from Life to Eternity; Rise of the Waters ot the Orontes and a River Rua Over the Desola- tion; Sorrow and Suite: at the Scene of Paul's Missionary Preaching—The Earthquake In Califoraia—Cable ‘Telegrams from France, rermany, tand and Italy—Vroubles in Hayit—-Cuba aud Porto tico—Fiorida: A Pro- clamation by Governor Reed—sews trom Washington —Busiyess Notices, § #Aaveriisements. P— Adveriiscments, 10—The Robeson investication—The French Arms Fativre—The Judiciary Committee—Board of Police Justices—A Cool Forgery—South Caro- dna Ku Klux Trials—Naval Orders—Furopean Markets— Shipping Tuteiligence—Adveriise- ments. 11—Advertisements, S2—Advertisements. Tne Sprovtarine IsvapeRs OF THER BLack Hits in Dakota Territory have received a solemn warning in General McCook's pro- clamation, which we publish to-day. The government will not allow the territory of the Sioux Indians to be invaded. Tne ProoraMaTion or Governor Rrep 1m Friorma indicates a sadly deranged staie ofinternal affairs, Samuel T. Day has evi- dently been taking the fullest advantage of the chronic condition of ihe General Assembly atthe time of adjourament in building up and pulling down for his friends. The Gov- ernor’s document will, doubtless, bring him to his senses. Cart Sonurz 1x New York.—On Wednes- day evening the Senator from Missouri who organized the bol! from the Jefferson City re- publican nominating Convention which ended in the election of liberal Brown to the Gov- ernorship and Broadbead Blair to the United States Senate will address our citizens, par- tloularly his German brethren, in the Cooper Institute. How fondly he will caress and tickle the hale sons of Deutschland we can imagine, and how he will magnify the Cincin- nati soreliead movement is equally within the scope of our fancy. Invective, too, we may expect, will be hurled on President Grant, All this is, however, about as uninviting as stale lager beer seasoned with vinegar fermented from the jaundiced biliousnoss of a grasping man disappointed in the matter of patronage. INFALLIBILITY IN FRaNcE.—Our cable despatches from. time to time have made us aware that there is in France a strong feeling against the dogma of Papal infallibitity agreed upon by the late Vatican Council, and since promulgated by the Papal authorities, While the Bishop of Orleans labors to force on the Assembly formal discussion of the Papal quostion, and so to commii France toa decision, either in favor of or against the present state of things in Italy, others are at work busily undermining the foundations of the Church, Bordeaux, it seems, bas become & most active religious centre. Several of the priests are vigorous in their opposition to the doings of the late Vatican Council. They are, in fact, in perfect sympathy with the old Catholics of Germany. None of the so-called malcontents are more active than Pére Jungua. A few nights ago be held a public conference at Bordeaux, and addressed an audience of one thousand two hundred men, President Thiers talks of making France the bulwark of Catholiciem, as Germany is the bulwark of Protesiantivn, If there be in France many Father Juaguas Vresident Thiers may find that he has been couating without his host. Papal iafallibility may yet prove more @ eurae thao a blegwing. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. The Alleged Conspiracy to Lock Up Cur- renoy—Tae Necessity tor stringent Legis tation, The alleged conspiracy of a clique of stock operators and bankers in this city to lock up currency with a view to creating a stringency in the money market and a corresponding de- cline in stocks was yosterday the subject of inquiry before the Clearing House Association and a United States Commissioner. In the former body a resolution was adopted direct- ing the Clearing House Committee, whenever it may appear in its judgment that legal ten- der notes have been withdrawn from use through the agency of any bank being a m2m- ber of the association, to make an immediate examination into the facts, and, should there appear to be complicity on the part of the bank or its officers, to suspend such bank from the Clearing House until action of the associa- tion shall be taken on the case. The hearing before the United States Commissioner was o2 the charge preferred agaiust the Tenth Na- tional Bank of having withheld United States funds from circulation in violation of the first section of the National Banking law, and after a brief session an adjournment took place. The matter also came before Congress in the shape of a resolution instructing the [House Commitiee on Banking and Currency to investigate any case in which a national bank is alleged to bo engaged in a conspiracy to lock up'currency with a view to creating a money panic, and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report any information he may possess on that subject and what legislation he deems neces- sary to prevent a recurrence of the eyil. It therefore seems probable that some steps may be promptly taken to break the combination that for the past two or three days’ has set Wall street in an uproar, and that has added another to those disgraceful pieces of sharp practice that have already inflicted such serious injury upon our national credit, The throwing out of an offending national bank from the Clearing House, the presentment of its oflicers to the United States District Court, and a sharp examination into the matter by a Congressional committee, would not only have a healthful effect in the future, but would probably tura the tables effectually at the present moment upon those who may be part- ners in the conspiracy, This scheme of locking up money for the purpose of creating a panic on the market and bringing down the stock list with a crash originated with the old Erie party. Four years ago the men who wero then initiating the vicious system so well fol- lowed out by Fisk and Gould took eight mil- lions of currency out of circulation on our market and fled with it to Jersey. At that time the operation was more easy of accom- plishment and could be more effectively per- formed than now. By means of certified checks, given for deposits of greenbacks, the conspirators could then tie up for the day twenty millions of dollars with one million, Congress came to the rescue of the people and passed a law forbidding any national bank to make loans on greenbacks; but still the power remains in the hands of these cliques or. com- binations to paralyze the loaning power of the banks to quadruple the amount of the money they actually ‘lock up” or withdraw from circulation, The banks are required by liw to retain in their vaults an amount of legal tender notes equal to twenty-five per cent of their liabilities, and hence when five million dollars in greenbacks are drawn out of the banks and withheld from them their power to loan is lessened to the extent of twenty mil- lions, In other words, if the five millions of legal tender notes remained in their posses- sion they would be entitled under the law, on the basis of that reserve, to loan four times that amount, or twenty — million dollars. ‘These are simple facts within the knowledge of every person fa- miliar with the business of the market; but we state them here thus plainly in order that the uninitiated may understand how it is that a handful of conspirators, with a comparatively trifling amount of capital at their command, can manage to create so much excitement and todo so much mischief both to the general interests of the people and to the national credit. It is evident, then, that while the law of Congress called for by the original conspiracy of the old Erie party effected some good, there must still be a radical evil in the system that admits of the pernicious operations of to-day, and stringent legislation is stiilneeded to prevent our whole commercial and business interests from being held at the mercy of a handfal of reckless and desperate gamblers. There are two great tides in our money market during the year—in the fall and spring—and these seasons are chosen by the speculators for a stringent market for their operations. The first of April is the great settling day in the country, when buyers and sellers, laborers and employers, get together to make new contracis for the coming year. Money is naturally stringent about this time, and hence the attempt to tie it up is more likely to be successful now than it would have been a few weeks ago. The explanation of the present conspiracy is simple enough. Money was easy and accumulated fast in the latter part of this winter, and the settlement of the Erie question—the impetus given to the national credit at home and abroad by the great revolution that overturned the Grand Opera House cabal—imparied to all American securities an upward tendency, Every person was bitten by the speculative mania, As stocks rose and fortunes appeared to be made in a few hours, not Wall street alone, but every street and avenue became crazy with excitement, and bankers and brokers, butchers and bakers, millers and ministers, doctors and drovers, all professions, trades and callings, rushed eagerly into the business of bulls and bears, The effect of this straining afier fortune, the large amount of stock that had to be car- ried, rendered the money market somewhat tight, and on the head of this came the country demand and an increased stringency, The clique who had sold stocks and were working for a fall in prices saw their oppor- tunity and withdrew all the greenbacks they could command—probably to the amount of at least six million dollars—from circulation, and locked them up, as is alloged, in the strong room of a railroad office, Their object was to make money scarce, ® that stocks might be forved ou to tie market aud prices knocked down. ‘This seems to be a simple and easy operation; but it is notorious that it cdnnot be carried out without the conniv- ance of some of the banks, and it is charged that one national bank is implicated in the present supposed conspiracy. It must be remembered, too, that when a stringency like the present exists, all banks that are 80 disposed aro enabled to reap a harvest, They may not, it 1s true, take more than seven per vent for their loans under the law; but the process by which they manage to extort interest at the rate of over fifty per cent per annum out of the necessity of the streot is very well under- stood. Their confidential agents make their loans for them and receive their quarter per cent “commission,” which is divided with the bank. Now, capital is naturally timid, and, with six millions in greenbacks “locked up” * in a railroad safe, twenty-four millions loaning facilities are taken from the market, money is reported as very stringent, and borrowing becomes a difli- cult matter, It is at such a time that the banks, which receive a bonus of several mil- lion dollars a year from the nation for tho privilege of doing such business, step in, after the fashion of Shylock on the Rialto, to realize their ‘‘well won thrift,” at the rate of fifiy or sixty per cent per annum, The operations of the lock-up conspirators thus affect all our business interests, and are as embarrassing and as harmful to the legitimate commerce of the country as to the feverish speculators of the Stock Exchange. So far as Wall street and its fortunes are concerned the people care very little what may be the effect of such conspiracies. It ig of no moment to them whetber the bulls toss the bears or the bears tear the bulls to pieces. Both sides are alike in their eyes, and one is just as honest as the other. The game of the market is only another phase of the faro table, and whether tho dealer or the player comes out ahoad when the box is emply is a matter of indifference to the lookers on, If the men who are gambling for a rise in Brie to-day could play a sharper trick than the “Jock-up” scheme upon the men who are drawing greenbacks out of the market in order to force a decline, they would not scruple to avail themselves of the opportunity. But the people do care for the legitimate business and commercial interests of the country and for the national credit abroad, and they will not patiently suffer either to be left at the mercy of any clique of reckless and desperate gamblers. They will demand the passuge of laws that will prevent such illegitimate operations in the future and the punishment of all who infringe tho letter or the spirit of existing statutes. The national honor, which has been so long tarnished by the stain of the Erie infamies, is just recovering its brightness and must not again be dimmed by the unscru- pulous tricks of men who, if they seem to keep within the law, only manage to do so throuzh the want of courage and detertnina- tioa on the part of those whose duty it is to enforce it, As Congress has taken up this matter we call upon the Committee on Bank- ing and Currency not to relax their efforts until they have found a remedy for the ev: Let us at least have a law, at once, providing that any national bank proved to have been willingly a party, directly or indirectly, to tho locking up of mouey shall forever forfeit its charter. Let us also have an earnest investigaiion by the Grand Juries of all cases of evasion of the usury laws; for thesa vile systems of commissions for loans now common on the market are only the most flimsy evasions of the law, and should be treated as such by the Grand Inquest, What other legislatioa may be necessary and effective we leave the Con- gressional committee to decide; but, at least, it is certain that the credit and honor of the nation demand a radical change in our present system of doing business on the Stock Exchange, and uniil this is secured we cannot expect that foreign capital will come to aid us in our great works of progress and improvement. If the evil can ba re.ched in no other manner we had better have a State charter at once for our Stock Exchange, uader such provisions and restrictiona, and guaranteed by such incorporators as will regular market, at however low an ebb may be the morality of the street, The German Parliament in Session—Bise marck Pronounces the Royal Speech. Tbe German Parliament reasssembled in session in Berliv yeslerdiy, Emperor Wil- liam was not present personally at the open- ing. Tho throne speech was read by Prince Bismarck, Chancellor of the Pmpire. The ad- dress, as it is reported to us by cable, was en- couraging for the cause of national progress and developmen but set forth, at the same time, the saving clause that the advance is to be conducted in accordance with the prin- ciple and under the powerful guardian- ship of the system of concentrated im- perialism now in force over the people. The Prince Cuancellor placed his economic projects first before the legislators, as he always does when he wishes to impress the people in favor of what is to follow. The military and penal codes are to be remodelled, the taxes on beer and malt will be made uni- form, the commercial treaty wiih Portugal, the Consular Convention with the Uniied States, and the postal treaty with I'rance will be submitted in signatory form for ratification, Commerce is increasing, local taxation will be reduced and the revenue estimates advanced in consequence, The provinces which have been conquered from France are recovering from the shock of the war and the “founda- tions of German administration have been laid” in the territory, From this point the Prince himself was brought pretty prominently forward by reference to the success of the policy of the Cabinet, and the close of the address was slightly in accordance with te ego e vex meus principle of the great hier- archist who at one time conducted the State affairs of England, Tne Ricnaony Haguirer (democratic) ex- presses the opinion that, whatever may be the course of the democracy of the North, the conservative or democratic party of Virginia should “never surrender their distinctive or- ganization, but should rather strive by all poxsible moans to stronethea aud perfect it.” The Terrible Syria, an quakes. Despatches from Constantinople bring us the intelligence of a terrible earthquake at Antioch, Syria, involving the destruction of half the city and the loss of fifteen hundred lives. Out of a population estimated at ten thousand this is a fearful loss; but the killed and wounded together may number half the inhabitants, The bed of the river Orontes, which flows by the city walls, was lifted up and the flood swept over the lower portions of the clty; the old and strong stone bridges over the river were, of course, tumbled into ruins, and portions of the city walls were throwa down, From a calamity so leavy the city will probably never attempt to.recover, but rapidly sink intoa place of ruins. Yet Enrthquake at the Late California Antioch, Eurih. insure some honesty and decency inside the | this Antioch bas a famous historical record as the foremost nursery of Christianity; for it was here that the followers of the Saviour were first given the name of Christians. The city, founded some two thousand years ago, is young compared with Damascus, the origin of which is lost in the twilight of tradition, or compared with Jerusalem, the capital of the Jebusites in the time of Moses and Joshua ; but from the time of St. Paul to the epoch of the Crusades, inclusive, Antioch has a more famous record in the building up of Chris- tianity, excepting the conversion of-Paul, than Damascus or Jerusalem, and has been a greater city than either, rising under the Romans to a population of four hundred thousand, But of all known cities Antioch has saffered most severely from earthquakes, In A.D, 115 it was almost destroyed by an earthquake, and from time to time it suffered severely from similar visitations till the year 586, when, ac- cording to Gibbon, there was a convulsion from which 250,000 of the city’s populatioa perished, At frequent intervals since that time the city has suffered from lighter shak- ings, the last remarkable one before this of 1872 being that of 1822, from which the place has never rallied, but has been gradually sinking to the insignificant fiyure of an inland Turkish town of some ten thousand squatters among the mighty ruins of one of the great cities of imperial Rome, And here, in these frequent earthquakes at Antioch, the fact is established, we think, that the city is built over a place where the earth’s crnat is excep- tionally thin. The whole of Syria down to the Dead Sea may have been shaken more or less by this earthquake; but no place in the whole volcanic basin of the Mediterranean has suffered so much from earthquakes as Antioch, Just there, then, the shell of the earth must be exceedingly thin, and hence these destruc- tive tremblements from the rolling sea of liquid fire below. But can it be possible that this earthquake at Antioch, on the western border of Asia, was connected with the recent shakings in California? We think it possible; for what is the bulk of our planet compared with those mysterious and stupendons forces of the sun and of our atmosphere, and of thai clec- tricity which fills tho universe—forces which may be so combine? er brought into conflict as to shake this earth into a secthing mass of jelly in ten seconds. Simultaneously with the reports of these California earthquakes came the report that the volcano of Colima, in Mex- ico, was ina state of violent eruption, This means that along the volcanic backbone of our Continent, from Mexico into California, there was an elecirical rapport between the atmosphere and the rolling sea of fire within the earth which produced thesa agitations on the surface. Volcanoes aro the escape pipes of this surplus steam, as it may be called, and hence places remote from vol- canoes in a volcanic region suffer much more heavily from earihqnakes than places near by. Uniformly, too, the air preceding the visitation of an earthquake is hazy, heavy and slum- berous, indicating a close connection anda strong attraction between the electrical forces | without and within the earth, Perturbations in the pressure of the atmosphere we think are less among the causes than the conse- quences of these volcanic disturbances. But whether this earthquake at Antioch and these earthquakes in California may or may not be connected as one and the same, itis the season of the year when especially north of the Equator we may look, in the volcanic districts in both hemispheres, for more manifestations | of the terrible power of these mysierious phenomena. Woata field of investigation is here for the learned men of our weather Sig- nal Service Bureau! The Correlation of Art. There is no doubt that we are doing more for the elevation and popularization of lyric and dramatic art in this city than is being done in any otherin the world. If general proof were needed of this it might be found in the enormous sums which have been paid during the past season to native and foreign artists (two of these artists having amassed nearly half a million of dollars), and also in the grow- ing favor with which first class musical and dramatic entertainments are received by tho public at large. The Herarp has always contended that the success of opera in this city Is conditional upon the support of the intelligent masses, Aristocratic and exclusive patronage and government subsidy are repugnant to our tastes and always equivocal in their resulis, Nor is this strange. The whole tendency of the material and intellectual energy of the country is. to the diffusion and not to the seclusion of art benefits, That form of entertainment which is the broadest in its appeal and the most excellent in its execution is as sure of recognition and success in New York as in Vienna or London or St. Petersburg. If we have not yet arrived at the same degree of splendor in the presentation of grand opera that characterizes that costly and elegant form of amusement in Paris and London, we are, nevertheless, making rapid strides in that direction, and we have already out- stripped both those cities in the generous adaptation of our art to the public, There is still another and a special illnstra- tion of art progress here, which is coineidciit with political and religious liberality. I is found in the growing tendency of artists of all guilds to meet in co-operation and in the rapid removal of the barriers of caste which on separated the singers and the pi wood soviely. Low, lauded, yers from could this be eee otherwise when 60 many of the singers and j players are furnished by good society? Mra, Moulton, Miss Kellogg and Mlle, Nilsson have done more to break dowa the sbsurd wall of prejudige that once isolated art than all the preaching and writing of a century, for they have passed with dignity, self-respect and elegance from the boudoirs of the highest circles to the public stage and back again, continually weaving, as it were, anew and subtle web between society and popular art. . A notable instance of the relation between the private and the professional ranks of our city life was recently shown in the reception given in Weber's Rooms, Fifth avenue, by the art members of a city club. Every public singer and performer of prominence was present at that reception, and it was thronged by the wealthy and exclusive members of our beat society, Literature, music, art and the drama for once joined hands fraternally, and wealth and fashion looked approvingly on. It is worth mentioning in this connection that among the vast array of prime donne, Miss Clara Louise Kellogg seemed selected on this occasion for especial honor, and that all the elements so brilliantly represented joined with wonderful unanimity in according her a testi- monial which was all the more touching as it was entirely impromptu. It is these social events which demonstrate the liberal progress and the correlation of art. Whatever tends to break down the prejudices of a class should be regarded ag in itself a positive blessing, and now that the men and women of the drama are recognized by society as ladies and gentlemen worthy of the com- panionship of themselves and their daughters, and taking rank socially with journalists, lidterateurs and artists, there is every hops for the future of our msthetics. AMUSEMENTS, Tho Opera at the Academy. Verdi's charming opera “Rigoletto? was pre- sented last night to a crowded nnd brilllant house, ‘he performance on the whole was’ satisfac tory, but by no Means such as left noching to be desired. However, the roles were more in keeping with the capacities ot tne artists than in most otier operas that have been produced by the present management. The cast was distributed as follows:—Santiey as Rigoletto; Wachtel, as the Duke of Montora; Parepa-Rosa as Gilda, Miss Adelaide Philips as Maddala, ‘The re- maiming Characters were so iudiiferently filled that tnero is no necessity to notice them. Santley’s rendering of Rigoleito was marked by ten- derness, force and passion. His defective acting took something from the effect of nis singing, but the charm of nis rich, expressive voice caused the audieace to torget everything else. Although the support whicn he received last night was more evea than usual, still the chief honors remained with him. The constant strain of melody that runs tarough tls opera gives the ful.est play to santley’s powers. The manner tn which he ren- dered the little chansonsite—“Pieta delle mie pene’—was the revelation of the deepest sorrow, but the song “Corteggiamt, vil razza danata,’’ was the great effortof the night, and earned for the artist an enthusiastic encore. Mme. Parepa- Kosa was in good voice, and though scarcely as spiritual a Gilda as we might destre, acquitted nerself satisiactorliy. In ter Tendering of “Caro Nome” sho received constierable aid from the judicious accompaniment of the orchestra, The frst bars were a litte un. certain, buc the interpretation developed so satistac- torlly as to cara recall. In the scene with Kigoletro alter her abduction, where she sings “Beiloe Fatale Giovane,” her vocalization was wanting in fexibillly. ‘The notes were lard, aud there was no trace of the sorrow that would be looked ior ina youag lady laced ta Guida's position. Wachtel, as the puke of Moatora, had an opportunity to display his power of producing align not ol which he avatied himself, We doubt if ie manner of singlag adopted by this artist can be re- warded as altogether legitimate, Kor ourseves we contess we should Ike him better 1 he would abau- dou altogetier tose sudden barsts, which, wale they reveal great power, do not fail to jar‘ou the ear, aud mar the general elect of the melody, There was enough to please in the manner in which he gave the charming song “La Donna e Movile,” but straining after sensational effects so marred tae, performance that, while tt might please ihe iqnoble vuigus, tt dia not fail to be very trying to tne critical ear, We have not space to-day to pursue this sudject at more length, and will conciude with @ short reference to the orchestra, We haye already notiond the exqglient manner in which it atcompanies Mine. Rota ju tno “Caro Nome” song, and regres that we caubot credit at with the same judicious support thtough the piece. On at least two occasions the enthusiasm of the genuemen wih tne brass quite drowned the voices of the stogers—iirst vt the conciuston of the duet, ‘st Vendetta,” aud again, at the close of the secoud scene of the tnrd act. The celebrated quartet was rendered with great spirit and veceived the honor ofanencore. Indeed, during the night the audi. ence were unwontedly generous with their ap- piause, ss Hl Tuo Theatres Last Night. Boora’s THYATRE.—Miss Cariotta Le Clerg, the charming artiste, appeared again last night before @ large and appreciative company as Madame be Fontanges, ta Tom Taylor's romaauc drama of “Plot and Passion”? Lina Epwiy’s THeatre.—The Chapman Sisters, who appeared at this charming hte theatre last evening, aciileved a great and deserved success m the burlesque of “Don Gtovannl.” Fall houses wilt doubtiess be drawn for some time to come by Lis unusually avusing aud deserving bil, Broapway THeATRE.—The new drama of “Golé, tounded on an incident of Black rriday, was brought out at this theatre—formerly known as the Globe--last evening. There was a full house, and with the exception of the tirst two acis wo piece was a suc Bowery THRATRE.—The neat little drama of “The Beautiful Shoe Binder of Lyna, or New York in 1850," Was presented last evening with the favorite comedian FE, W. Marston in she piece. The -per- lormance commenced with “Anthony and Cleopa- tra” as a Kind of relish for tae more substan. tial amusement which was to follow. STADT CHEATRE.—The classical drama, in five acis, of “Die Karlsschier,” by Lauve, was pre. sented last evening at this large and popuiar house, Schiller was well represented by Mr. Starke, a promising youog Dresden actor, But the chi f character, aad one whieh incontestably proved the talent of the actor, was that of the uncompromising tyrant, the Duke of Wurtemburg, represented by Herr Bandmann, Tae accessories being splendt|, the drama will doubtless + well, CrNcINNATI, OhiO, April 8, 1872. Reports from the surrounding country say that the storm to-day and to-night was very severe. A heavy landstide bad occurred and one trestle Is re- ported washed out on the Louisville Short Line Ratiroad, The town of Wilmington, Ohlo, 13 re- poried flooded, The bricge near Morrow, Ohio, on the [itsle Miami Railroad, is gone, and two bridges on the Cincinnau and Zanesville road, between Morrow aad Clarksville, are swept away, Four bridges are reporied gone on the Marietta and Cincinnatt road, Reporis trom belew Louisville say the country is all flooded, but as communication ts interrupted no relabie Intelligence has been received. Nearly two inches of rain hare fallen nere since this morning. The heaviest portion of the storm appears to be southward, Railway Bridges Washed Away. Mempnts, Tenn., April 8, 1872, A drenching rain fell here throughont the day, and heavy rains have falien throughout the South- west, Washing away ratiway bridges and doing much damage, All Southern rivers are expected Lo be flooded. A TORNADO IN TENNESSEE. Memras, Tenn,, April 8, 1872. A Brownsville special says that a frightful tor. nado swept over that town to-day, blowing down many awellings and outhouses, aad injuring @ Dum. ber of persons, one, Mrs. Burton, fataily, Atty contuiuig & dozen negroes, Was Luraed over several ties Without hurting anybody. REPUBLICAN SQUAB Lrivng Kuek, Ark., Apri 8, 172, The Clayton members of the Republican State Committee have called a convention for the 18th of Vay, four days prior to the convention called by the rode members, The Clayton Couyoation ts astied for the purpose of appomnting delegates Lo the Pnil- adcipbia Convention, While the | aduttion to appointing delegayes, WAL nomnaate a full Stale A THE METAIRIE RACES THIRD DAY OF THE SPRING MEETING, THREE EXCITING CONTESTS. London the Winner of the Minor Stake, Sauce box the Mile Heats and Monarchist the Metairie Cup Sweepstake:—Barney Wiliams Second in the Lat. ter, Winning the Cup. New ORLEANS, April 8, 1872, The races were restmed to-day on the Metairie Course, but the continued threatening character of the weather prevented a large atvendance. The track was (a good condition, THE MINOR STAKE. ‘The first race was for three-year-olds; one mule; 350 entrance, $700 added. ‘here were twenty- three nominations and ten starters, Tho race was won by the gray colt London, beating Magnolia, Shylock, Young Harry, welle Buckle, Bombshell, Malta, Rice's tilly, Mary Farris and I. 0. in the order named. Time 1:47, London, who was the tavorite by 2 to 1 Against the field, took the lead at the start, kept it througitout and won by two lengtns. z SUMMARY. New ORLFANS, APRIL 8, 1872,—METARIE JOORRY CLUS SPRING MeeTING—THIRD DAY—PrIRst RACE.— ‘rhe Minor Stakes tor three-yeny-olds; one mila; £50 entrance, p.p.; $709 added; ¢econd horse to ceive $200; tnird horse to Save bis entrance. Val of stake, $1,850, Closed with twealy-three no nations, 'T. G. Moore entered gr, c. London, by Lightning, dam sister to Jerome Elgar, 90 ibs, 1 W. Cottrill entered cu. f. Magnoli Boone, dam Maggie, 87 lbs 2 D. Swigert entered b. c. Say: dam idith, 90 1b: 3 W. Cottrill entered b, g. a of the West, dam by imp, Glencoe, 871 4 Hi, B, Foley enterea ch. 1, Belle Buckie, by Dick, dam by Bulletin, 87 1b 5 A. Buford entered d. ¢. Bom dam imp, Fiecting Momen’s, 9) 10: 6 A. Buford entered ch, f, Malita, by M: judan iarris, 87 Lb: 7 G. H, Rice eutered ch, * ary Daniel Boone, dam Lally Ward, 87 1b3. 9 John H. Stone entered ch. f. I. U. Us, of the West, dam Isadora Mj, 87 lbs lo Time, 1:47. THE MILE HEATS. Tne second race was for four year olds, mile heats, for a club purse of $899. Tho entries weres— W. Cottrill’s chestnut filly Saucebox, W. T, Camp- bell’s brown colt Nathan Oaks, T. G. Moore’s chesi- nut colt George Wilkes and {ugh Gaffney’s bay colt Lord Byron, Saucevox was the iavorite, In the first neat she led to the last quarter, when Nathan Oaks went to the front and won by a length, Sauce- box secured the second and third heats easily. SUMM. Same Day—Srconp Racs.—Club purse of $809, for four-year-olds, mile heats, The wianer of the Bingaman siake to carry five pounds extra. W. Cottrill entered ch. f. Sancevox, by Star Davis, dam Skedadie, 101 103.....ee0..06 W. T, Campbell entered br. ¢ Nathan Oaks, by Bounle Scotiand, dam by Lexiogton, 104 Lbs. + seerseree b 8 2 Hugo Gaffney entered b,c. Lord Byron, by Kentucky, dam Lady Biesstagton, 104 lbs. 3 dis T. G. Moore entered ch, c. George Wilkes, by Asteroid, dam Emma Wright, 1041b3.. 4 2ro ‘Thne, 1; 58. 4 LAT Se THE METAIRIB CUP, The third race was ior the Metatrie Cup, sweepstakes for all ages, two miles ana a quarter, $1,000 added, ,and a cup valaed at $1,000 (the gift of Mr. M. H. Sanford), $50 entrance, second horse to receive $: tuird horse to save nis entrance; in the event of Mr. Santord’s eatry wioniag the race the cup to go to the second horse, There were nine nomimations, and of these but fonr siarted, being M. H. San- ford’s bay colt Monarchist, G, W. Stewarv’s chestnut horse Barney ‘Willlatna, . ie Babeock’s chestnut filly Nelite Ransom and D, Swigert’s chestaut colt Wanderer. The race was Won by Monarchist by two lengths, Barney Wiliams second, winning the cup, Nelo Ransom third and Wanderer fourth. Monarchist was the favorite by odds against the fleld. The race was very exciting, Monarenist took the lead, but was soon overiaken by Nellie Ransom, and they ran neatly even for two miles, waen she Ured and the seccud place was taken by Barney Willams. ‘Time, 4:12. . SUMMARY, 5 Same Day—Trinp Kace.—The Metairie Cup, sweepstakes for all ages, two miles and a quat- ter; to which ts added $1,000, aud a cup ued at $1,000, the gut of Mr M. H, Sanford; $50 entrance, p. p.; secoud horse to recelve #200; Uhird horse to save lis entraace. In the event that the Preakness staple 3 the race, thesecoud horse to obtata the cup, tae winner to receive the first and second money. Value of sweepstakes, Closed with nine nominations. ved bc. Monarchist, 4 years ads Mildred, 104 103.6046. 1 G. W, Ste 6 ears old, by Lexiagton, dam Voiza, 115 tba... wit Babcock entered ci. f Nellie Ransom, 4 years old, by Jack Maionc, dam Vesper Light, 101 1b3......6 D. Swigert entered ch, by Lexington, dam © Wanderer, 4 years old, 1, WWALDS.. seceerereee & 4 TEL ATLANEW YACHT CLUB. Merting of the Members—the Annaal New gattazA Day Fixed Upon aad Course amed. Pho Mombsra or Vig Atlantic Yacht Club, of Brooklyn, held a mééuiz last evening? in theic” rooms, on Court street, Commodore William Peet assumed the chair and called the meeting to order. Secretary Morgan read the mtnutes of the last meeting, the ‘treasurer presented his report of tue fnancial affairs of the clad, and the reports of committees were culled tor, Mc, H. He Hogan, chairman of the Committee on Regattas, said that there seemed to be A Uuantmous desire that te ita of June ve chosen as the day upon whieh THN ANNUAL CONTE OT of the club was.to take place. Taat tay was Tuese day, and though the tes Would not be favorabie, thers might be pienty Of wind Ww wake ameads. With regard to the course the committes found taas yachtsmen did not waat to siorten the course for ae larger boats, a# at would be hardly fair to the ams schooners (0 Make 4 short cuurse of thirty. two miles, A motloa Was then pas and carried by vote that the course to be sued Over en tae 15th of Jane be around the GEONEY CHANNEL BUOY Mr. Creamer sar] fe thoogat ita pity and return. to scad the schooners so far out, as the Jadies and fricads of yacht owners who went down to te race in excursion steamers were thereby deprived of witnessing the most Interestiug part o1 the struaglo—tie flaish, Mr. Hogan replied that there would bes full Mood coming home, so the race Would he over earher tha usual this year. Mr. Wilam H. Strong, of New York, was thea proposed a3 & member of tue c.ub and unanimously elected by ballot, The Secretary drew atteation to the fact that Mr, Lester Wetmore had tendered his resignation. Mr. Hogan read the bylaws of the clad as revised. They were discussed and finally approved and adopte Mr. Morgaw proposed Mr. Henry Fultov, of Wit “burg, as @ new member, ater Which the meeting was adjourned, THE WKEATHAR, Wan D&PARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CRIBF SIGNAL OFFICKR, WASHINGTON, D. O., Aptit 9-1 A. M. Synopsis for the Cast Twenty-four Hours, ‘The barometer continues highest over the Adantia States, Partially cloudy, but pleasant weather has prevailed from Florida to North Carolina, bus over the rest of the country east of the Rocky Mountains clondy weather, with rain, Fresh to brisk easterly and southerly winds have prevailed from the upper to the iower lake rexion and souct- erly over the Guif States, Heavy rains have beem reported from tie Ohio valley. Probabilities, ‘The lowest barometer, now over Wisconsin, wilt move northeastward lato Canada, followed by brisk and probably high nortiwesterly winds over the up- per and lower Inkes. Rising barometer, northwest. eriy winds and cloaring weatner will prevail throughows the Misstastpp! Vailey by ‘Taesday Moraine, and eXtend cas'ward over the aper lake region, the Onto Valley aud Westera Middte states by Tuesday evening, aud over New England during Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Cautionary signals are ordered for Milwaukee, Chicago, Grand Haven, Detroit, Toledo and Oleves fand. ‘The Weather in This © ¥ Yesterday. ‘Thetollowing recor! Wii siow Cis casigssintae y-oae hows ta conte wy day ot Lest year, we Hadas Paar temperature for the past twee parison with the correspon as indicated bY the Lhermornes macy, HERALD Halldings— AsTh, 172. BAL Mie at | w 49 42 5 46 . a8 Average temperatnre yes! Average leap Fale tor ¢ lays Your, ave j | 1 8 eee