The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1872, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, n-oienthententeantiena All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Henap. Volume XXXVII... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ST. JAMES THEATRE, Twenty-eighth Broudway.—MacEvoy's New Himegnicon. BOWERY THEATRE, DxrtHs—SoLon SuINGLE. and street BOWERY.—Skanerna THe OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Twx Barver Pay ‘rowmme or Hoarty Dumrry. BOOTH ay.—Ricn WALLAC ‘Lonpon A THEATRE, Twenty-thitd streot, corner Sixth np 11, THEATRE, Broadway and 1th street.— URANCK, THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway —Comio Vovat- asus, NecKO AcTS, &e, RE, Fourteenth st. and Broad- RE, 720 Broadway.—Tux Powsn LINA EDWINS TH ‘or Love GRAND OPERA HOUS) Lauta Rooxn, rner of 8th ay. and 23d st.— STADT THEATRE, 45 and 47 Bowery.—Gxaman Orera— Tax Juwrss. NIBLI Between Prince and Houston «| WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broudw formances afternoon and event FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Antioue 47, MR& F. B. 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New York, Friday, May 3, 1872, ‘CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S HERALD. + PAGE. 1—Advertisements, 2—Advertisements. 3—Cincinnatl: The Twin Conventions Yesterday; Schurz Elected Permanent Chairman at Ex: position Hall; Eloquent Address by the Teu- tonic Demosthenes; The Tariff Plank a Fruit- ful Source of Anxiety; Gr 's Compromise the Favorite Solution of the Problem; Some Loud Talk from the nue and Reform Folks, 4—Consequential Damages: A I Maker on “Our Case; What Los Individual ar aged Treaty e Tre: Actually Cover Not National; In the Rejected Clare Down Honorable; If the Presid Persists | Congress Should Object; National Peace and National Honor Endangered; A Bid for the | Applause of the Whole Civilized World; | Reverdy Johnson's Letter to Peters, of Maine—Sherman at Stamboul: Reception of Old Tecumseh by Sultan Abdul Boating on the Bosphorus—Methodist Ge: al Coufer- euce—The Colored Methodists—Real Estate Matters—The Phrenocosmian Society SeRetribution: Judges Barnard and Cardozo Im- peached in the Senate ; Exciting and Interest- ing Scene in th mbly; The Crowning Glory of Reform quent Arraigninent of the ¢ Pathetic Appeal of Mr. prt to Have Barnard Re- | nt Resolution; Action in Judge McCunn’s Case Deferred for the Pres- ent—Proceedings in the New York and Brook- Personal, Not in Backing | lyn Cow ‘The Fifty Felons—The Hunored Dead—Rey. Dr, Huston, 6—Editorials Leading Article, “The Vetoed Charter—Amateur Statesme; Apprentice —Amusement: eather Repor Intelli- —Amusement An- ‘afety—Cable Despatches from land and Asia Minor—The ws from Cuba—| Spain, France, Alabama Claim: ing from Washington—Miscellaneo: graph—Business Notices, 8—Financial and Commercial : Gold Inactive ; Stock Market Strong and Prices Advancing; Gov- | ent Securities Strong; Money Market | —The Fifty Thousand’ Dollar Forgery | ard of Apportionment—Board of As- | sistant Aldermen—Payments by the Comp- trolier—Fall of Brookiyn Buildings—The De- | lancey Street Hoimicide—Marriages and Deatiis. 9=The Missourl Tragedy: Another Story About | hose Bonds—The New Dominion—Fires in | Brooklyn— Brooklyn Charities — Advertise- ments, ‘The Vetoed Charter—Amatecur Statesmen and Apprentice Legislators. Never did any legislative offspring meet with a more inglorious death than the New York city charter—inglorious to its parents and to the Legislature that nursed it into life— but glorious to Governor Hoffman, who killed the monstrosity. It had, as is well known, seventy fathers—seventy old fogies—who could hardly be expected to produce a healthy and vigorous offspring. We have denounced it all along as a monstrous production that ought to die at the hands of the Governor. The exposure we have made of its deformity impressed Governor Hoffman, and he had the good sense to qnote our language in his very able veto message to the Assembly. He said: — “The New York Hernaup, in a recent issne, expressed so well the impression left upon my mind by an examination of this charter that I cannot do better than quote its words. It says:—‘It is a law experimental in its character, complicated in its machinery, and destitute of that directness and simplicity which, more than snything else, tend to secure sound and honest government.’”’ This, in condensed language, expresses the real charac- ter of the charter. But the Governor, with his clear legal mind, has dissected this instrament as ably as the best surgeon ever did the human body, and has, in the most lucid manner, ex- posed its defects. He has done this so well and forcibly that the Legislature is ashamed of its work. Though the charter was passed by an overwhelming majority, and by 9 majority opposed to the Governor politically, his veto was sustained by a vote of eighty to thirty- seven. We donot knowanything more curious in the history of legislation than this. While the Legislature showed incapacity or stupidity in passing the charter we must give it credit for repudiating that measure so decisively after hearing the clear argument of Governor Hoffman. It is something creditable to manifest shame for one’s folly, and not to persist obstinately in wrong doing, and, therefore, as we have escaped from the evil consequences -of bad legislation, we can afford to be charitable to the penitent Assembly. But what shall we say of the seventy amateur statesmen-—the very respectable old fogies—who forced this crude and impracti- cable charter upon the Legislature ?- That, like the so-called reform legislators, who were newly elected to power on the tide of excite- ment, they tried their ’prentice hands at what they did not understand. An irresponsible body, of incongruous elements, and assuming authority and a representative character, without representing anybody but themselves, or having any delegated power, they presumed to dictate a fundamental government for this great metropolis aud its million of inhabitants, when they had no right to do so, and little knowledge of the sub- ject. It was really a revolutionary act. The Seventy were an improvised commune, and about as revolutionary in character as the Com- mune of Paris. They had no legal status, and yet undertook to control both the city affairs and the Legislature. They did control the Legislature, as we have seen, in forcing that body to pass a charter, though against the judgment of a majority of the members. This could not have occurred formerly, when the | legislators of our State were men of experience, intelligence and independence. But many of the present Legislature have shown themselves to be mere apprentices in lawmaking, and they were either frightened by the apparently formidable array of the names of the Seventy or were influenced by corrupt and political moti Behind the seventy would-be Solons, and aiding them in their assumption of power and dictation of bad legislation, was a portion of the party press. One journal in particular, controlled by an Englishman, who cannot be expected to know as much even of Ameri can institutions and politics as the Seyenty or the new-fledged legislators at Albany, has WeChickasaw Jockey Club: Fourth Day of the s 3 Two Well Contested Events Louisiana State Fair—Racing in California— | ut Mass Meéting: The Colored Men of | pklyn in Councll—Republican Union Com- mittee—The State Capital: Patchwork | Charter Introduced in the Assembly; Bills | Introduced, Amended and Passed—Shipping | {ntelligence—Advertisements, 11—Advertisements. | 1e—Advertisement Tuk News From Spa The telegrams from Madrid and Paris to hand during yester- | day are not of special importance in narrative | of events in Spain. They become so, neverthe- | Jess, inasmuch as they assert that the Carlist movement against Amadeus is regarded | asa failure. Serrano remained in the field, prepared to attack the most formidable band of the insurgents ia Navarre. The republican political party has suspended its _ sit- tings, in accordance with a resolu- tion which declares that the members of the organization shall preserve a ‘passive at- titude’’ during the progress of the national struggle—a prudent resolve for politicians, but scarcely honorable to patriots. Bacxtnc Down has not been considered a characteristic trait of the President. As a soldier and commander General Grant showed wonderful persistency and firmness. Has his character been changed in the high civil office he holds? Has the Presidency or ambition of asecond term destroyed his natural firmness of character and made him a time-serving poli- tician? We are not willing to believe that. Yet there is an evident disposition to succumb to the bluster of England on the Alabama claims question. He is, perhaps, the victim of a British ring operating through the State Department. There is, undoubtedly, an extraordinary pressure made upon him through the State Department. The Secretary even Tay be under this influence without knowing it. Bnt he has misled the President and is humiliating the country. In this crisis he should retire and let a more truly national and vigorous man take his place. Gryerau Sierman'’s Reception rv ConsTan- TiNoPLE.—General Sherman has been ac- corded a welcome by the Sultan of Turkey not often bestowed even upon royal visitors. The honors showered upon him in the grand old Yast by the Viceroy of Egypt have been re- peated in the Turkish capital, and by the Sul- tan himself. Eastern exclusiveness gives way before the unpretending representatives of American democracy, and warm weleomes greet, them everywhere the Yy go. Sherman, like Sew- ardand Farragut, will return home with a mind richly freighted by the glorious recollections of his European tour, and in possession of the knowledge that, in the distant lands across the peas, the American republic is honored and Respected. been vociferous for the monstrous abortion of a charter now happily dead. It has been instrumental, too, under the pretence of public virtue, of bringing about the present chaos in our city affairs, the creation of a dictatorial com- | mune and the election of a Legislature more | ignorant and corrupt than any that ever as- sembled at Albany before. It is hardly necessary to follow Governor Hoffman in his powerful argument against the charter. He has argued the matter so well that little is left to be said. There are few of our readers, we presume, who did not read his message in Weduesday’s Heratp. He has utterly demolished the cherished theory of the | Seventy of a divided municipal government without a responsible head. He shows, as we have urged over and over again, that there can be nogood government which is hydra- headed, one part of it irresponsible of and clashing with another. He makes it clear that the Mayor should be invested with proper power over all the departments and be made responsible to the people and the laws for their administration, and in doing this he cites the disastrous failures of former experiments in governing by indepen- dent commissions. His remarks, too, on the attempt to engraft the anti-republican and unconstitutional theory of cumulative voting or minority power on the charter must be regarded as sound. Our whole framework of government, from the federal government down to the smallest municipality, is based upon the principle of the majority ruling. | Why, then, should this experiment be foisted | upon the great city of New York? The truth | is, the Seventy and those who abetted them had the presumption to attempt the disfran- chisement of a portion of our citizens, or, | what amounts to the same thing, to render their votes ino pera While the whole ten- dency of our democratic institutions is to enlarge the basis of political privileges the object of this charter was to contract them. While it is unnecessary to go over all the ground of the veto message we cannot pass | over what the Governor says nbout | that important branch of the city gov- ernment, the Department of Docks. Of all tho departments there is none in which the in- terests of this great commercial metropolis are more involved. Yet tu%e sapient charter makers and our stupid legislators proposed to abolish the Department of Docks and to hand | its business over to a simple burean of the | Department of Publie Works, In short, the | whole instrament is a pieee of patchwork of | incongruities. | Cropping out from this blundering effort to | revolutionize our municipal government we ive. than patriotism or desire for the public good. Possibly there may be a few disinterested men among the Seventy, but many of them have been working with the expectation of appoint- ments or jobs. Then at the bottom of the movement, and particularly with the rampant Partisan press which aided it, there was a political object. The crash of the democratic dynasty of Tweed and his compeers was so great that the republicans indulged the hope of changing the political character of the city, and framed the charter to that end. We see now the consequence of all this clatter and pretence. The so-called reformers have utterly failed. The reform charter is such a monstrosity that the very Legislature which was constrained to pass it has repudiated it with something like disgust. The Ithuriel spear of Governor Hoffman has shown its de- formity. The city is left in a chaotic state, the public works are kept merely in an organ- ized condition and in uncertainty, the several departments are in a sort of paralysis, the streets are abominably filthy—which, as the hot weather is approaching, may bring upon our people cholera or some other fearful dis- ease —and we are threatened with con- tinued disorganization or misrule. If this be reform we have had enough of it and want no more. The best course now is for the Seventy and all other amateur charter makers to retire to obsenrity, and, as our legislators are only apprentices, lot them ask the Governor to frame a charter.. Ho is an able man and | knows well what the city of New York wants. ‘This is the best advice we can give at present, and we see no better way of escaping from our difficulties. A charter was introduced into the Assembly yesterday of which we have as yet only the leading points. It does not propose to differ radically from the charter of 1870, so far as we know, but demands an election for Mayor and Aldermen on the last day of this month. It merges some of tho minor departments in others, as the Street Cleaning Commission in the Board of Health, and these again in the Police Commissioners, with the addition of the Mayor. The Department of Buildings is merged in that of Public Works, The Mayor is to enter on his duties on the Ist of July, and to hold office for two years. All the heads of departments are to be appointed by the Mayor. With the curious exception of the Comptroller, they are to go out of office. An attempt is to be mado to rush this compromise through. We have had so much of theories and experiments perhaps somebody will propose to give us a charter, direct, solid and lasting. Livingstone’s Safety—The Success of the Herald Search Expedition Confirmed, A special telegram from London conveyed to us yesterday the most gratifying confirmation of our first intelligence of the safety of Living- stone, and of the consequent grand success of the Heratp search expedition, which was organized to find the African explorer. The presence of the chief of our corps iu Ujiji, in company with Livingstone, was made known in Zanzibar by couriers from the interior of Africa during the month of January. English advices from Bombay were received in London yesterday in attestation of the grand fact. The British despatches reported, ‘Livingstone is safe with the American, Stanley.'’ We appenda number of interesting facts to our special cable ad- vices. It will be seen that the Sultan of Zan- zibar had faith in the coming result of our en- terprise from the beginning, and that although His Imperial Highnoss was about to start on a pilgrimage to Mecca in the early days of January last, he gave time and attention to assure some of our countrymen that he expected news of he Henaup explorer within 4 brief period by messengers whom he had himself despatched, with orders to follow in the path of the Ameri- can, and thus seek to obtain ‘“lefinite intelli- gence concerning Livingstone.” We publish, also, a letter from Livingstone, the contents of which are interestingly instructive as to the inner heart character of the great man who has just been restored to civilization, Germany and France—Peace Assurances. On the Ist of May the Count Von Arnim, the German Ambassador at Versailles, had a long interview with President Thiers. During the interview the Count conveyed to the President the most satisfactory assurances of the friendly sentiments of the government of Emperor William towards France, and gave a flat con- tradiction to the statements of the London Telegraph. We are not disposed to credit Von Arnim and discredit the London Telegraph. We are quite as willing to take the word of a news- paper correspondent as that of a well #ained and skilful diplomatist. The report published by the Telegraph indicating the probability of another Franco-German war had, no doubt, some foundation in fact. Satisfactory expla- nations on both sides may, in the ‘interval, have been exchanged, and it is very convenient for the German Ambassador to give the world the idea that no bad feeling existed between the two governments. Whatever the facts may have been, it is gratifying to know that be- tween the two nations there is no bad feeling, and that so long as France continues faithful to her obligations and punctually pays the war indemnity nothing will be done by Germany to disturb the peaceful relations now existing. The assurances of Count Von Arnim will exer- cise a healthful influence not on Germany and France alone, but on all the nations of Europe. The prospect of continued peace will stimulate trade, because it will inspire confidence the wide world over. F'or another decade at least Rurope needs peace. Spain and the Pope. If any country ever needed the benefit of | clergy or the blessings of the Church that country is Spain. Poor Spain! How she has wandered and how she has suffered! We are not told whether Sefior Zorrilla, the radical chief, had written to the Holy Father asking him to interfere in the affairs of his unhappy country; but report has it that the Pope has written « letter to Sefior Zorrilla, stating on what terms, and on what terms only, Spain can be reconciled to Mother Church and entitled | to his own fatherly blessing. The principle of | religious liberty as laid down in the new con- stitution, the Pope says, must be greatly | modified. ''o the tolerance of public worship | the Chureh will not object; Int the Church will make no terms with Spain unless the Catholic religion restored supremacy in the realm, unless the schools be to its former is \ think thero is apparent fur moro selfishness placed again under the superintendence of the priests, and unless civil marriages and the register of births are abolished. Hard terms for Spain. But if Spain wants the blessing of the Holy Father the Holy Father has a per- fect right to say on what conditions his bless- ing will be given. The good old man is full of pluck; and in spite of his advanced years and his many misfortunes he fights well. We shall not soon see his like again. The Summer Fashions. Now that all the modistes have had their formal opening displays of spring and summer fashions, and the ladies may ponder at their leisure over the latest whims of their fickle deity, it 18 interesting to watch the varying expression of each fair countenance as the un- alterable decree of ‘‘what to wear and how to wear it’ is promulgated. The Dolly Varden style, which seems to prevail in every depart- ment of a lady’s toilet, is probably the most irreconcilable affair that ever was suggested to the taste of an American belle. Some of the patterns of this oulré fashion are more sug- gestive of a Japanese landscape or an old- fashioned chintz bed curtain than anything else. A lady must be possessed of no ordinary share of courage to wear one of these costumes in public. It is asad commentary on female taste. Another innovation which deserves severe reprehension is the substitution of trail- ing street dresses for the comfortable, becom- ing, short-skirted costumes which have so long held sway. Convenience and taste should be inseparable, and certainly neither are present when one sees a yard or so of silk sweeping over filthy sidewalks, With these two ex- ceptions the fashions for the summer present variety and charm enough to recommend them to the attention and appreciation of every one. ‘The rage for opera which has taken possession of the New York public has led the moiistes into giving each new style the name of some prominent star or réle of the lyric stage. The “Nilsson,’’ ‘Parepa-Rosa,"”” ‘Lucia,’ Tra- viata,"’ ‘‘Marguerite,"” ‘Donna’? and ‘Zer- lina” have been for some time in vogue in dresses and bonnets, and now we hear of the “Lucca” polonaise, the “Di Murska’’ over- dress, the ‘Kellogg’? bonnet and’ the ‘Ara- bella” waist. The close of the opera season seems to dispense with the last of the evening dresses, and as the rapid approach of genuine summer weather dispels all thoughts of gas- light receptions we may now prepare for a grand display of street fashions every Sunday on the avenue, and a still more brilliant ap- pearance in a few weeks at the races at Jerome Park. There will the art of the modiste culmi- nate in presenting to the American Jockey Club such a constellation of beauty in gor- geous costume as will deck the beautiful grounds of Fordham with all that taste and wealth can suggest. The progress made in American fashions for a year past is a gratify- ing indication of the independent spirit of our fair belles. It is a spirit which should be fostered and encouraged. The Boston Jubilee. The overthrow of the jubilee building in Boston, that Titanic erection in which Mr. Gilmore is to array his endless cohorts of min- strels, will not, we imagine, cast a serious damper upon the enterprise. The stricken building will rise again from its ruin, and, notwithstanding this clear manifestation of the anger of the gods, it will be carried to com- pletion ; its acres of space will, by the sor- cery of its founder, be crowded with applaud- ing and tumultuary audiences, with chevaux de frise of saxhorns, with barricades of bass drums and with troubadours of every race and age, all blue in the face and bursting with pulmonary endeavor. This will, doubtless, be the sequel, notwithstanding the slight epi- sode of disaster. It is to be regretted that this stormy omen of wrath and rebuke was not heeded. It would have been better in every way if Mr. Gilmore had accepted it as a token that his music was not liked among the storm gods; that ‘‘Boreas and Cesias and Argestes loud,” revolted at the din of his screaming trumpets and moaning ophicleides and ring- ing anvils, and so with one angry blast blew over the pillars of his huge temple of noise. To set them up again is a clear affront to these Molian deities; but as Boston is not par- ticularly reverent, and as Mr. Gilmore seems to be as much in earnest as he is artistically in error, we have no doubt that he will take the risk of incurring their future displeasure. It would be really curious to know with what sentiment the average Bostonian regards these vast and bellowing carnivals. The noise of them cannot certainly be regardgd as music ; they cannot be regarded as exerting a beneficial influence upon art or taste. By all discreet and judicious persons they must be esteemed displays of profound quackery, not quite so respectable because more pretentious than the monster concerts with which a decade ago Monsieur Jullien stunned the ears of Europe. Still Boston seems to take kindly to them, and even to manifest certain indications of pride inthem. It may be that as the Pied piper took captive with his strain the worthy burghers of Hamelin, so Gilmore has laid under a spell the venerable city of the triple hills, and that she has not vitality enough to throw him off. Nothing is so hard to get rid of as a musician. Who has not tried to get an organ-grinder to move on? Who has not wished that Cynthia or Isabel would stop playing that agonizing stave from Donizetti? Who has not cursed the after- dinner minstrel, with his weary lay, fol- lowed by feeble, desultory, insincere ap- plause, and by vague and forlorn grins of bitter civility? Who has not heard of Hood's troubadour, roaring through the silence of a particularly quiet London street, while heads were thrust from casements and doors were slammed in wrath, and pale students and elderly nurses and gouty valetudinarians with tears besought the | windy seraph to retire? He would not retire, of course. No more will Gilmore. Whether or not Boston wants him, he clearly wants Boston, and if his ambition expands in the future as it has done in the past his ultimate exploit will be the roofing in of the whole town from Beacon street to the Neck, Faneuil Hall, the Common and the Liberal Club included. We are, happily, so far removed from the arena of Mr. Gilmore's efforts that we shall not hear the peal of his bagpipes, the blaring of his hunting horns, nor any of the echoes of the loud diapason which he is going so reso- Intely and so resonantly to uplift. So New York can afford to regard his procedures with | some degree of equanimity. But how will it be with the judicious minority of the Bos- NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. tonians, who do not believe in him or his cor certs? They have ears, and they can- not escape his cacophany. It will roll above the startled town like the thun- der of Vesuvius on affrighted Naples. It will spoil the sermons and sour the milk. The poet will find that his lines halt and his rhymes are false. Even the sophomores up at Cam- bridge, pacing the studious cloistered arcade, will hear the giant echoes sounding above them and cast aside their text books in despair and rage. In dread of calamities less appalling than this communities have erewhile gathered their household gods and gone forth to seek new homes in alien lands. Perhaps before Mr. Gilmore descends in storms of sound on the prone and helpless capital there may be a hegira from her gates, and her citi- zens may go forth in search of silence, as the Israelites went into the desert to enjoy one another's want of conversation. In such case we entreat Mr. Gilmore not to follow them with his drums. Let him rather meditate seriously upon the great noise (and error) of his ways, and forthwith absorb his energies in a pro- tracted and penitential outburst of silence. Australasian Postal Service via United States. From London we learn that the Marquis of Hartington, Postmaster General of Great Britain, has received despatches from the Post- master General of New Zealand, announcing that a satisfactory partnership has been con- cluded between the colonies of Victoria and New Zealand for the transportation of the English mails for Australia by way of San Francisco. It is not stated whethor this part- nership- contemplates the employment of the Webb line of steamships, or whether it will have the effect of reviving the English line re- cently discontinued. It matters little which is the result. The great fact to be noted in the case is that the governments of New Zealand and Victoria have come to the conclusion that the shortest and in every way most conven- ient route between Europe and Australia is via the United States. We congratulate these two colonial governments for the common sense which they have thus displayed. The day is not distant, as we have again and again said in these columns, when New York and San Fran- cisco will be the two great commercial centres of the world. We are the central people, and the wealth of the young nations of the South- ern seas, as wellas the wealth of Europe and of Asia, must pass through our hands. Not farther westward can the tide of empire roll. the Crowpep anp Fintuy Srrext Cars.—The nui- sance of over-crowded street cars continues to in- crease with the approach of the hot summer days. The leading lines on each side of the city are yearly getting from bad to worse. At certain times during the day they are so packed that a two-mile journey on one of them calls to mind what we read of the horrors of the middle passage. The cars of some, in fact of nearly all of the lines, are kept in such a filthy condition that the Board of Health should take the matter in hand and try and accom- plish something for the citizens. Some time ago it made quite a show of activity in this di- rection, but, so far as we can see, little resulted from it. We expect to see something done in the way of having clean cars, at least, and the people of New York are anxious that it shall be done promptly. Presmpent Taurens’ Execurive Action for the constant pursuance of the crime of Com- munist outbreak by the infliction of capital punishment and the convicted prisoners has evoked a remonstrance from a number of Deputies of the radical Left in the Legislative Assembly, The representatives demand that the executions be suspended until the Parlia- ment reaches a decision on the question of amnesty and capital punishment. A reason- able request, one with which the aged chief of the republic will no doubt comply, despite his sense of a fecling of ‘‘rritation’”’ against the representative body in the aggregate. Personal Intelligence. PURINE eset 2a, Judge W. L. Learned, of Albany, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Dr. W. J. Waters, of the United States Army, is at the Metropolitan Hotel. Colonel L. S. Hargous, of Richmond, Va., is stop- ping at the New York Hotel. Revs, F. E. Boyle, of Washington, and B. J. McManus, of Baltimore, are at the Everett House, Colonel H. H. Raymond, of Charleston, has quar- ters at the Gilsey House. Congressman Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Dr. H. B, Townsend, of the United States Navy, is sojourning at the New York Hotel. General J. C. Robinson and Colonel C. Rodney Layton, of the United States Army, have taken quarters at the Grand Central Hotel. E. D, Worcester, of Albany, is stopping at the Hoffman House, Judge 8. B. Sturgis, of Alabama, is staying at the Grand Central Hotel. B. F. Bowles, of the Springfield (Mass.) Repud- lican, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Judge Jacob Thompson, of Memphis, has arrived at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Edwin Adams, the tragedian, is at the Sturtevant House, Ex-Governor Peter H. Burnett, of California, is at the St. James Hotel. Governor Burnett was the first occupant of its gubernatorial chair after the erection of California as a State. Wachtel, the celebrated tenor, yesterday sailed on the steamer Holsatia for Bremen. THE WEATHER. — War Derartment, OFFICE OF THE CHIBF SIGNAL 01 Wasnineron, D. C., May 3—1 Synopsis Jor the Past Twenty-four Hours. The barometer is lowest over New England. Cloudy weather, with light rain, continues from Eastern Lake Erie eastward over New England, thence westward and southward, and clear weather very generally, with westerly to northerly winds, The barometer is highest over the Southwest, Provabitities, The barometer will continue rising over the New England, Middle and South Atlantic States on Friday, and clear and clearing weather will prevail very generally at the stations east of the Rocky Mountains, with westerly to northerly winds, Dangerous winds are not anticipated, OBITUARY. Thomas T. Davis. Thomas T. Davis, of Syracuse, N. Y., died in Washington yesterday, He was sixty-two years of age. Mr. Davis was a member of Congress from Syracuse district from 1863 to 1867, He was the was admitted to the Bar inthe year 1833, In public life his tine was chiefly devoted to a business con- nection with railroads, with various kinds of manu- factures and the mining of coal. In the year 1863 he was elected to the 1 nal ing he bs Ph al se ing on the Committee on the District of Columb fie was re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress and served gn the Vommuittee ou Roads and Canals son of President Davis, of Hamilton College, | and graduated from that institution in 1831, He studied law in Syracuse and AMUSEMENTS. Theatre Francais. Mile. Anna Cave, the talented actreas of tha French Comedy Company, took her benefit last evening at the Bijou Theatre, No. 18 Kast Sixteenth street. It {8 to be regretted for the sake of tho fair bénéfciaire that but a slim andience should have been present, for her efforta deserved far better success. The performance began with the comedy, “LArticle Edmond about, in which Miles. Cave an&@ Taillefer and MM. Juignet, Rousseau and Leonard gave an artistic and life-like representation of their several parts. Next followed the comedy of “Les Comédiennes de Salon,” enacted in the same spirited manner by the above named ladies and gentlemen, The entertainment closed with the amusing farce “Une Intirgue Electorale.” M. Rousseau, the sterling comedian of the troupe, announced his. benefit to take place on the ith inst., previous to his final departure from America, Hia genuine worth merits a graceful acknowledgement from all the lovers of French drama in this city. Union League Club Theatre. The Murray Hill Amateur Dramatic Association presented an entertainment last evening under the auspices of the Light Guard, “A” company, Seventy- first regiment N. G., 8. N. Y., commanded by Cap- tain Ernest Des Marets. The drama of “The Maid of Croissey,” with Mra, Kugeno Finck, Miss Newton, Messra, Arthur Pollock, 'T. J. Rayner and J. G. Finck in the cast, was enacted in a meritorious manner, The farce of “Dandelion’s Dodges” concluded the performance. The different characters were repre- sented by Mrs. B, L. Brigg, Mrs. H. P. Moorehouse, Messrs. Frederick B. Noyes, Fred Southgate, George B, Bowlend and Frank V. Kennett. , Bowlend as Dicky Dandelion and Mr. Noyea as Turnpenny Dibbs merit special mention for their excellent acting, At. intervals Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Draper sang several solos and were warmly applauded, — The Church Music Association Concert. ‘The last concert of this society took place at Steinway Hall last night before an immense audi- ence that filled not only the main body of the hall, but even the galleries, Full dress was de rigueur, aud the auditorium consequently presented a very picturesque and brilliant appearance. The stage was adorned by the addition of # semicircular plat- form above the regular one, on which sat the two hundred singers of the chorus. In front were grouped eighty members of the orchestra, and on an advanced platform the four soloists, Mrs, Ackermann, Jaworska, Miss Antonio Henne, Mr. . William 8. Leggat and Mr. Franz Remmertz. In front of all stood the ac- complished conductor of the society, Dr. James Pech, Mus. Doc. Oxon, The programme was the grandest and most interesting that probably has ever been presented to the American public, It consisted of Beethoven's mass in D, Mendelssohn's “Lorelei” and the overtures “‘Acis and Galatea,” by Handel, orchestrated by Mendelssotm, and “Un- dine,” by Sir Julius Benedict. Beethoven's masa alone would be a curiosity in any programme, con- sidering that, even in Europe, it is seldom per- formed, ore to its extreme aimeutty, It was the hejght of daring on the part of Dr. Pech to attempt it, and a great triumph for his ability as a conduc- tor and organizer that the rendering of this colos- sal work Was so eminently satisfactory. The last movement of the choral symphony is popularly con- sidered asthe climax of vocal difficulty; but the mass in D is a step beyond. An admirable orchestra, a spiritea chorus that gave the listener a thorough idea of ensemble and a hard working solo quartet, that went, one and all, through their ter- rible work (terrible, when one considers the colossal diMculties of the work) with credit, pre- sented the grandest effect of human genius in a style that one would yoarcely, expect in these days. The clever brochure by Dr. Pech, which formed the hit of the evening, and which gave an analytical de- scription of all the works performed, lent an addi- tional interest to the concert. In the ‘Lorelei’? Mrs, Imogene Brown took the soprano part. The performance of Beethoven's mass in D was a tri- umph for American art that any musician car boast of, We trust that it will prove au incentive to our resident talent to perfect themselves in the study of great works, Footlight Flashes. Mr. E. Lamb has a benefit at the Brooklyn Theatre to-night. A matinée of ‘London Assurance,” with its pres- ent immense cast, will be given ut Wallack’s on Sat; urday. “Billy” Sheppard had a benefit yesterday after- noon at the Bowery, with a neat programme of sixty-seven acts, “Blue Monday,” with a parade of the Ninth regi- ment with full brass band and Colonel on norse- back, will be next week’s sensation at the Comique. On the departure of Miss Helen Tracy for San Francisco, in which city, we understand, she is to assume the leading business at a principal theatre, On dit that a lady well-known in our fashionable circles will join the brilliant group of artists at Wallack’s, making her debut on the stage in the row of Grace Harkaway in “London Assurance."’ THE NATIONAL GAME. The Boston Nine vs. Baltimore Club— First Contest for the Championship. Baltimore, May 2, 1572. The most exciting game of base ball ever wit- nessed in this city took place this afternoon at Newington Park, between the Boston Nine and Baltimore Clab. The first two innings resulted in a blank score for both clubs. Onthe fourth the Bostons made three runs, which they increased by two, one each in the fifth and eighth innings. In the first, second, third, sixth, seventh and ninth they were treated to a round “0” by their opponents, The Baltimores made one run in the third in- nings, two in the fourth and one in the ninth, re- ceiving as many blanks in their turn as the Boston ys. The game was beantifully played throughout, the scores recording but two errors one of each of the clubs. All the runs were earned. The attendance was very large and enthusiastic, The ladies’ gallery was filled with the beauties and fashion of the city, and outside of the enclosure the throng was im- mense, The roofs of the adjaceut houses were crowded with spectators and improvised platforms in the shape of wagons, filled with empty barrels, were drawn up by the side of the fences. These portable gallerles were hired out by speculators for ten cents a seat. Some dissatisfaction was expressed at the deci- sions of the umpire, Mr. A. B, Robertson, he Olympics, of Washington, many thinking ‘that he was prejudiced against the Baltimore club. Ape pended is the score by ENING, Clubs, Vet, 2d. Bel. 4th, Sth. Gh. Tth. Sth. Oth. Boston nine...... 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 L os Baltimores. -0 0 30) @ 8 0 i 1 Runs earned—Boston, 5; Baltiinores, 4. ‘Time of game—One hour and finy minutes. The Baltimores will leave here for New York to- morrow, and play the Mutuals on Saturday in that city. INTERESTING OOLLEGIATE EXERCISES. A Pleasant Occasion at Fordham College— Literary Entertainment by Members of St. John’s Debating Society—Modern Progress as Contrasted with Christian Philosophy. In the spacious hall of St. John's College, at Ford- ham, Westchester county, yesterday, a select as- semblage, numbering about three hundred per- sons, gathered to witness a series of literary ex- ercises on the part of the students more immediately belonging to the debating society connected with that institution. Among those present were the Right Rev. Archbishop McCloskey, Bishop Lynch, of Charleston, 8. C.; Rev. Dr. Starrs, Vicar General of the diocese of New York, ‘and sev: eral other local clergymen, all of whom evinced the most lively interest in the proceedings. Not the least attractive feature of the occasion was an effi- cient orchestra, directed by Professor Felix Simo and which discoursed some highly creditable mu: to the evident delight of the audience, Sev choruses, in which about twenty of the stude joined, were also given, with precision and effect- iveness. The literary exercises, which, {t should be stated, were presented by young gentlemen belonging to the “Class of 72," evinced unmis- takable merit on the part of the participants and reflected no small degree of honor on the thorough course of training for which St, John's College stands almost alone in the State, The theme selected was ‘Civilization: Ita Bearings on the Individual, the Family, the State and the Nations.” These diferent phases of the subject were taken up in the order named, respec- tively by Messrs M. F. Dooley, E. A. Chapoton, P, A. Meister and M. J. O'Brien, each of whom contrasted in a vigorous, log, and analytical address the errors of modern civ! zation as compared with Christian philosophy. The popular assertion that the Catholic Church was “the foe of progress” re: ed special attention, and in contra-distinction the tncalenlable be: of her teachings were enumerated and port so eloquently and conclusively as to elicit frequ hearty applause. Rationalism, materialism, Mor- monism and woman's rights, as among the tenden- cies ofmodern civilization, were held up as in @ mirror, with their concomitant ruinous results to al! that appertains to morality, the well-being of society and happiness in this world, ag well as ta that which ts to come. At the close of the exercises Bishop Lyneh, in behalf of Archbishop McCloskey, uddressed the students fn complimentary terms ‘on the opinions which they had so forcibly advanced and the creditable “manner in which they had acquitéed themselves. A gonerons collation spread in the college refectory ninated the occasion, wil + proved highly eutertaining to all present. &