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its line of society plays. At the Grand Opera House the sea- son opened Inst night with ‘Victorien’” Sardou’s sardonic burlesque, ‘Le Roi Carotte.”” The Union Square Theatre promises a strict reformation from its loose ways in the variety husiness, and hopes to settle down to afiluence On first class comedy. Its company certainly fives promise of good acting. The Olympicis fo be devoted to the picturesquely morbid, and hopes to commit no offence against the éanons of good taste; but some time later Mile. Aimée returns with a spangle of opéra bouffe. Mr. =‘ Fechter’s theatre, the Lyceum, formerly the French Theatre, is advancing rapidly, and will bring guch novelties of stage appliance ong ys ps he introduced in London some ago at the Lyceum there. Niblo’s, too, is ri from its ashes. When New York Jooks over this list of good theatres, all of which hope for success, and many very reason- pbly, it can well afford to insist that what is presented there should be uniformly Good also. Theatres, like actors, have their different lines; and if it be not desirable to Apasen the number of divisions of the drama, jt cannot be objected to that a better and higher tone is demanded from all. ‘We. have only referred to a few theatres, There are others which are hardly theatres go much as shows, although claiming the name, and others which it would be very ard to define, although their assumption is oe BANE, reports from the departments of France, by Which the yield of the harvest is averaged in anticipation, according to law, are favorable with respect to the forthcoming supply of readstuffs, Ooreals will crop favorably within she territory of the Republic and in Algeria, put the total will not be excessive. England d Italy are likely to be heavy customers to ‘rance, as well as to the United States, for wheat and corn, but it is thought the increase of the French tariff tax on foreign vessels will featrict the transportation of exports. The question of the supply of breadstuffs in France bas beet one of the most serious which has presented to the governments of that country in the days of its powerful ancient monarchies and since. Napoleon the Great paid particu- lar attention to the agricultural estimates, in- sisting that three sets of returns should be forwarded to him at intervals during the sea- son, from the first appearance of the cereals Over ground to the days after the day of reap- fng. President Thiers is, no doubt, equally vigilant, knowing, as he does, the truth of the saying that even. thrones have gone up and tumbled down with the price of oats. Tax Fst Terecram rrom Lonpon Direct to Austratia.—The first telegram from Lon- don direct to Australia was received by the colonial press on the morning of the 2d of Jaly, and within an hour was published in almost every town in the departments. It &nnounced a reduction in the American wool duties—an item of considerable importance to the Australian wool growers and the dealers, who are trying to establish a direct trade with the United States. ‘Tex Important Question for the New York democrats and liberals, Who shall be our can- flidate for Governor? still perplexes the man- aging politicians. But if none of the old dem- ocratic campaigners will do or will serve, why not try a new man without further hesitation? PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Ex-Governor F. H. Pierpont, of West Virginia, is tthe Astor House Judge William H. Hunt, of New Orleans, is stop- ping at the New York Hotel. General Lellin, of Washington, is quartered at the Grand Central Hotel. Cdunt de Najae, of Paris, is among the latest arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel ©. R. Dennison, of Kansas, is registered at the Everett House. - Governor John A. Geary, of Pennsylvania, reache the St. Nicholas Hotel yesterday morning and is still in the city. Dr. Conroy, of the British Army, has arrived at the Grand Central Hotel. Ex-Congressman C. C. Gilman, of Iowa, is staying at the St. Nicholas Hotel. United States Senator S. 0. Pomeroy, of Kansas, yesterday arrived at the Astor House. John A. Griswold, of Troy, 1s at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain Hamilton Perry, of the steamship Re- public, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Colonel A. B, Tripler, of Philadelphia, is at the New York Hotel. The Colonel 1s an old-time resi- dent of this city. His name is well remembered by old New Yorkers from its having given title to Tripler Hall, the famous auditorium where Jenny Lind and Catharine Hayes earned the plaudits of enthusiastic thousands. The hall was on Broad- way, on the site of the late Winter Garden Theatre and tho present Grand Central Hotel. THE WEATHER. saosin War DEPARTMENT, i OFvIoR OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasHinaton, D. C., August 27—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. The barometer. continues highest over the Southern States;\it has fallen somewhat over New England and risen somewhat over the Northwest; areas of cloud and rain have prevailed from Southern Louisiana to Florida and from Indiana to Lower Michigan and the lower lakes. A very heavy thunderstorm was reported from Cleveland. The temperature has risen somewhat from Georgia to Southeastern New York. Probabilities. Clear weather generally continue over the South- ern States east of the Mississippi; areas of cloud and rain for the Middle States, especially over the northern portion, followed by winds veering to westerly and northwesterly, and clear- ing weather during the afternoon and even- ing; southeasterly to southwesterly winds, cloudy weather and areas of rain for New England. East- erly to southerly winds for the Northwest, and yay extend eastward toward Michigan and diana, with probably increasing cloudiness, Many of the telegraphic reports from the Gulf to the upper lakes are still missing. ‘The Weather in This City Yesterday, ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- Parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, HERALD Bullding:— 1871, 1872. . 15 Average temperature renterdhy we esterdas . Average temperature Nor corre last ear, reel 62% THE COUNCIL -OF THE CROWNS, Prussian Preparations for the {mperialist- Monarchical Meeting. How the Emperors of Austria and Rassia Will Be Received by the Germans—The Army, tho Ops ora Artists, Pyrotechnists and People in Motion for the Event—FrancisJo- ~ seph’s Programme of Work. TELEGRAMS ‘TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. ,*° Darn, August 26, 1872. Extensive and most anxious preparations are being made in the city with the view of a proper arrangement and etfectual management of the gaia days’ festivitics, which are to™be observed by the Prassians in honor of the meeting of their Im- pertal Majesties the Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, the Czar Alexander, of Russia, and Em- Peror William, of Germany, in the capital, ~ THE EVENTFUL DAY. = * The day of occurrence of this grand and likely to be memorable event will be Saturday, tne 7th of September, when their majesties of Ruasia and Austria will be received, BRILLIANT FETES AND GENERAL RBJOICING. In the forenoon there will be a grand military Parade; in the afternoon a State banquet at the Castle; in the evening a gala performance at the opera, which will be attended by the three Empe- rors. This will be succeeded by a torchlight pro- cession, and the entire city will be tluminated. Francis Joseph’s Preparations. Pesru, August 26, 1872. The Emperor Francis Joseph will arrive here on the Ist of September and open the session of the Hungarian Diet in person, Prime Minister Andrassy and the heads of de- partments will join the Emperor on the 3d, and accompany him on his visit to the King of Saxony, at Dresden, which will take place on the 5th, The Austrian Emperor will proceed to Berlin on the 6th to meet the Emperors of Germany and Russia, The Ex-Empress of Mexico at the Point of Death. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, August 26, 1872, The ex-Empress Carlotta is reported to be dying. All hope has been given up, and the last sacrament of the Church has been administered, FRANCE. ———+ Harvest Prospects as Set Forth in the Agricul- tural Reports—The Supply of and Trade in Breadstuiffs. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, August 26, 1872, The reports of the condition of cereals in France are favorable. The crops are pronounced very good in forty-two departments, good in thirty-seven, passable in six, good in Corsica and excellent in Algeria, Yet the estimates of the probable yield in America and Eastern Europe indicate that those countries cannot furnish the customary supplies of breadstuffs, and that England and Italy will re- quire more than usual. The export from France may possibly exceed 10,000,000 hectolitres; but itis feared that the in- crease of the French taxes on foreign bottoms will have a bad effect on commerce and restrict the facility of transportation. The President’s Policy for Parliamen- tary Representation. Lonpon, August 27—A. M. A special despatch to the Times from Paris says:— The report that President Thiers will propose to the National Assembly after its recess the forma- tion of a second chamber is absolutely correct, SPAIN. Election Returns from the Provinces—Additions to the Government Party Gain. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MADRID, August 26, 1872, Additional returns of the elections for members of the Cortes have been received from the prov- inces. They show that two-thirds of the success- fal candidates in the provincial districts are mem- bers of the government party. The radicals supported the government at the elections. ~ ENGLAND. Embarkation of Notabilities for America—A Mili« tary Mission from France. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. . Lonpon, August 26, 1872, Baron Charles Lederer, the Austrian Minister to the United States, who has been home on leave of absence, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday last in the steamship Russia for New York enroute for Washington to resume his duties. Signor Mario was also a passenger on the same steamship. A MILITARY MISSION FROM FRANCE. The French Ministry of War bas detatiled oficers to visit the British camp at Aldershott. ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED VISITOR FOR AMERICA. Miss Emily Faithful will sail for America early next month. PRESS COMMENTS ON THE FINDING ‘OF LIVINGSTONE. Mr. Stanley has written a letter to the Daily Tele- graph replying to hostile criticisms in the Spectator and Saturday Review. IRELAND. Belfast Quiet and Politico-Alarmist Despatches Contradicted Officially. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, August 26, 1972. The private telegrams from Belfast received in this city on Saturday reporting a@ renewal of the rioting in that city have not been confirmed. On the contrary, despatches received by the gov- ernment state that everything 1s quiet in the North- ern Irish town, and that the reinforcement of troops which were sent to Belfast are leaving the place, there being no apprehension whatever of further trouble. AN ARRIVAL FROM AMERICA, BUT THE PEOPLE UN- MOVED, Mr. Johnston, M. P. for Belfast, arrived at Lon- donderry to-day. There was no demonstration on his landing. He goes to Belfast immediately. Tranquility still continues in the latter town. The Public houses have opened their doors agata, A FOREIGN MISSION DECLINED, CHICAGO, August 26, 1972, General Juiius White, who was recently tendered & mission to the Argentine Republic by President Grant, announ intention to de @ the ap- ae ts ces bia inte) Ps |, THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. ote Reassemblage of the Geneva Arbitration Court. AThreo Hours’ Session—The Doors Closed and the Agents and Counsel Absent—A Verdict at Hand. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. “Gangva, August 26, 1872, The members of the Arbitration Court ap- pointed for the settlement of the Alabama claims between the people and government of the United States and the Queen and Parliament of Great Britain greassembled in session, in the hall of council, in this city, to-day. DURATION OF THE SESSION. The Court met at the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and adjourned at half- Past three in the evening. A JUDICIAL SECRECY, WITH THE AGENTS ABSENT, The meeting was attended by the five arbitra- tors, members of the tribunal, ana by them only; the agents and counsel employed to conduct the national cases being absent. The sitting was held, as usual, with closed doors, THE VERDICT SAID TO BR READY FOR PRONOUNCE- MENT, The absence of the counsel and agents of Great Britain and the United States from the hall of adjudication to-day indicates, it is in- ferred, the conclusion of the consideration of the general questions at tsasue, and that the final work of the Board of Arbitration has been reached. SWITZERLAND. The Musical Festival in Geneva a Grand Success— A Blaze of Glory All Round. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. GENEVA, August 26, 1972. The grand musical festival which was celebrated here yesterday was a brilliant affair and in every way successiul, There was competitive singing, in which one hundred and twenty-five societies took part, and a long torchlight procession, witha fine display of flreworks, in the evening. Every house was decorated, and the Nlumination at night was general. The festival continued throughout to-day and closed to-night with a ball. Cholera Ravaging the Valley of Cashmere. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Bombay, Tuesday Morning, August 27, } Via LONDON, August 26—10:30 P.M. The cholera has appeared in the Valley of Cash- mere, and Is reported to be raging with great vio- lence. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Regular Republican Convention Adjourned—Excitement Over the Bolt- ers—The Electoral Ticket—Business of the Malcontents Completed. CoLumBia, S. C., August 26, 1872. The Republican State Convention this morning adopted a platform with additional planks, pledg- ing the party that public schools and insti- tutions shall not be closed for want of maintenance by the State; acknowledging the right of the federal government to interpose for the preservation of peace, and thanking the government for what it has done in this State; asking tne Executive clemency for ignorant and undesigning persons convicted under the Enforcement act; in favor of immigration and for the establishment of factories for the develop- ment of the State, and pledging the party to treat all comers with consideration and justice. The only excitement during the morning session wa: used by a fierce and terrific attack by 'I. J. Mackey upon the bolters’ tickets and its supporters, which was vociferously applauded by the Conven: tion. He was especially severe in his arraignment of Senator Sawyer and Attorney Corbin, whose whole career was scrutinized. The following is the electoral ticket of the Regu- lar Convention:—S. A. Swails (colored), W. Taft (white), Henry Sparrick prota » J. Mac- key (white), D. H. Ohamberlin (white), William Gurney (white) and W. B. Nash (colored). The Convention adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. The Republican Bolters’ Convention, Conumaia, 8. C., August 26, 1872. The Bolters’ Convention met and completed a ticket by nominating J. H. Hayne (colored) for Lieutenant Governor, Macon B. Allen (colored) for Secretary of State, J. Scott Murray (white) for Comptroller, General EK. F. Garry (white) for State Treasurer and B. L. Roberts (colored) for Superin- tendent of Education. A pee was adopted endorsing President Grant and the Philadelphia platform; denouncing the State government as imbecile and corrupt; pledging the State to pay all hon and legally contracted debts; promising an honest administra- tion and a reduction of taxes; denouncing the sighed of the regular candidates as mere blinds fo! selfish ends and declaring no law can protect the Treasury if the regular candidates be elected ; denouncing the general License law and the failure of the administration of the State to educate the people. After arranging for the organization of the party the Convention adjourned. WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION, Guessing at the Result—Jacob’s Reported Majority from the Unofficial Returns of Thirty-one Counties=Camden Ahead Around Greenbrier. WHEELING, W. Va., August 26, 1872, A special despatch says:—fhirty-one counties re- Ported up to noon to-day give Jacob 5,208 major- ity; twenty-eight counties give 1,367 majority against the constitution. Davis, the independent democrat for Congress, is elected in this district. GREENBRIER, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., August 26, 1872. } In this, the Third Congressional district, the nine counties heard from give Camden a majority of 1,000, The twelve counties unheard from will, at a fair estimate, give Camden 2,500 majority, making his majority in the district 3,500. CONGRESSICNAL NOMINATION, POTTSVILLE, Pa., August 26, 1972. The Democrats of this county to-day nominated Hon, Bernard Relily for Congress. DEMOCRATIC SOLDIERS AND SAILORS’ CON- VENTI PHILADELPHIA, August 26, 1872, A call has been issued for a Convention of demo- cratic soldiers and satlors of the State, to meet at Harrisburg on August 28, to organize in support of Greeley and Brown. THE CHEYENNE INDIAN OOUNOIL, Lone Wolf Doing More “Big Talki ‘What He Will and Will Not Do—But the Soldiers Must First Be Sent Home. St. Lovis, August 20, 1872, To-morrow will be published a letter from the In- dian Council at the Cheyenne Agency, which brings the proceedings down to the 13th inst, Lone Wolf the principal Chief of the Kiowas, made a@ speech, in which he said before any peace can be made with the government the military must be removed from the country, Fort Sill abandoned and the sol- diers sent home. Raiding into Texas, he sald, they would never be willing to renounce, The Gamparikas, Quatadas and guerilla bands of Mexicana make that country their Logi | Paes and the Kiowas will never give up their share of th iis, The Council ex- be a Ag adjourn the nex! after (he letter waa NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. GRAND OPERA HOUSE---“LE ROI CAROTTE.” ee After long weeks of preparation and one discreet postponement, “Le Roi Carotte’ was prdduced last evening before a very crowdea house, For & first night everything ran with wonderful smooth- ness, and there was only one interruption to the general verdict of enthusiastic approval with which the piece was constantly greeted. This occurred through an uffortunate suggestion in Mra, John Wood's part, that if she ran the government she would remove every relative from office, A storm of cheers and hisses was at once raised, and the management will, beyond ai! doubt, take the hint, and cut off this political rescence from the dia- logue. With this exception, the piece was unmis- takably stamped with the certainty of a very suc- cessful future, “Le Roi Carotte’’ promises to make anew de- parture in the production of opera boutfe and spec; tacle in New York. Although depending largely for success upon scenic effects the temptation to brighten the stage with nude female limbs has been sternly resisted, There is not asingle ballet girl who is not decently attired, and the charms of fe- male beauty, though frequently suggested, are never exposed. Then, again, those insu‘ferably long dances, which theatrical critics and all other sensible people have come to regard as inflictions much more terrible than a long and stupid sermon, have been ruthlessly excised. In the whole piece" there is only one ballet, and that is @ country dance, of no great length. Yet another abuse has been abolished, In a spectacular piece there must, of course, be long in- tervals between the principal tableaux to allow the carpenters to arrange the scenes and traps, and such gaps have to be filled up with something that wiil keep the audience in a state of amused good nature, The orthodox way of doing this in the past has been to throw in a lot of variety business, Egyptian jugglers, acrobats, trained dogs, and even in one instance a negro minstrel troupe, have allbeen employed to bridge over these gaping chasms; but in the “Roi Carotte,”’ witn the excep- tion of the Majiltons, there ia absolutely nothing introduced foreign to the subject matter of the story. How, then—perhaps will be asked—is the time filled up? Nothing can be more simple. The plot of the “Rot Carotte’ not only serves as the groundwork for the display of fine scenery and handsome dresses, and gorgeous transformation effects, but, strange as the state. ment may seem, it is actually illustrated with o witty and interesting dialogue, rendered with spirit and address by a competent company. No limbs, scarcely any ballet, an utter absence of the variety business, and a fair acting cast—this is indeed a revolution in the world of spectacle. And judging from the behavior of the house last night, the public hail the change ‘as a needed and pleasant one. In London, as already stated by the theatrical correspondent of the HgeraLp in a recent letter, “leggy’’ burlesques and sensation dramas have both gone out of fashion, and perhaps, we in New York are on the verge of the same salutary improvement in theatrical taste. Even the youngest and most foolish of fast young men, and the greenest of rustics ought by this time to have discovered that a woman looks quite as well in a dress as without one, and that the line, “beauty unadorned, adorned the most,” has but a limited application, The plot of the piece is necessarily somewhat fantastic, but it is at least consistent throughout to its own vein of extravagant improbability. A worthless young Prince (Fridolin), reduced to the last stage of impecuntosity, is taken in hand by the good genius of his dynasty (Robin urea who determines that the best way to reform him is to let him pass through a course of adversity. The Prince is going to be married to Cunegonde, the daughter of a neighboring monarch, who is as “hard up” as himself, and is consequently unable to pay the usual dowry. The Princess having entered the domains of the Prince, he resolves to see her before making up his mind whether he shall marry her sans dot or seize the excuse of no money being forthcoming to declare the match off, He therefore cme himself in the dress of a student, and unwittingly, over “zwel lager,” interviews Cunegonde, who is also playing an incognito part, 80 as to find out what kind of a character the Prince bears among his people. It is needless to say that the reports given on both sides are conceived ina strain of ardent eulogy. The Prince at once falls seriously in love, and only one thing standsin the way of the immediate celebration of the marriage—the want of money. At this point Robin Luron appears on the scene and offers a hundred thousand crowns for aruined castle, which contains, among other things, some sults of old armor that were the battle harness of his ancestors. The Prince recoils at the thought of thus disposing of the souvenirs of “three centuries of houor, courage and glory,” but soon succumbs to the temptation. He has, however, a keen enough sense of shame left to as soon as possible thereafter proceed to stifle the pangs of remorse in the flowing bowl, and he holdsacarouse in the very hall where the armor hangs. Although he does not know tt, there hangs upon the posses- sion of ‘this armor ‘the fate af his dynasty, and some inkling of misfortune gledms upon him when in the midst of the festivities. Ghostly and indig- nant faces suddenly bp from the opened visors of the suits of mail. He and his courtiers hurriedly ran home and pay a visit of ceremony to the Prin- cess in the grand reception hall. There Coloquinte, the wicked fairy, appears, calis up King Carrot, in: vests him with sovereignty, and, by a charm, causes Cunegonde to fall in love with the usurper. Fridolin is driven away, but soon finds friends. Robin Luron releases Rosée du Soir, a princess, held in imprisonment by Cologuinte, and who has learned to think witha tender passion for the Prince by seeing him walk in the garden beneath her window, and endows her with a magic spool of gold thread, which leads her wherever it is weil for her to go. Ros¢e du Soir, in the disguise of a page, enlists in Fridolin’s service, and the court necromancer and the good genius come also to his aid. The four then make a jour- ney to the chamber of a famous enchanter named Quiribibi, who bargains with Fridolin that if the Jatter will assassinate him he will give him a magic lamp, which has the power of taking him to wher- ever the ring of Solomon, the most potent of talis- mans, may happen tobe, The method of assassi- nation adopted is singular. Fridolin tears off first one leg and then the other, then the arms, and then the trunk, while the head is deposited on the table. The detached members are thrown into the furnace as they are snatched away, and at last, the head having been thrown in also, &@ young man springs out from the flames, This is Quiribibt, who has regained his youth, but has lost his magical powers. He gives Fridolin the lamp, and the party are at once transported to Pompeli, which, when they arrive there, stands in Tuins. But Fridolin commands the city to appear again as it was before its destruction, and in a moment the scene changes, and living Pompeii, crowded with people, is before the eye. The ring of Solomon obtained, Pompeii is destroyed again by an eruption of Vesuvius at the bidding of Fri- dolin, Fridolin now has the game in his own hands, and could turn ee Carrot out without trouble, but allows himself to be cajoled by the simulated fondness of Cunegonde to let her hold the ring. She betrays him to King Carrot, and he is exiied by the bad fairy to a desolate island. Again he is reacued by the devotion of Rosée du Soir, who has procured a five-leaved shamrock, which gives hog sks to have five wishes performed, She wishes dolin to have @ ship, and then, naturally, wishes to be with him, one or two other things, until the party flad themselves in the Kingdom of Monkeys, where the faithful necromancer has some very strange and amusing expertences. Prince Fridolin recovers his throne at last—not by means of magic, but by a revolution of the people against King Carrot, who meets an ignoble end. Fridolin marries Ros¢e du Soir, is congratulated by representatives from the Kin) dom of Insects, and then figures in the closing tableau of a gorgeous transformation scene. This tale of fairyland is illustrated with finer scenery, costumes and spectacular effects than we have ever seen in New York before. The Pompeiian tableau cannot, Indeed, be too ey ee The old broken columns and heaps of débris quickly fade away under the influence of the magic lamp, and the city as it was before its fall—its houses gay with emblems and fresco paintings, its streets alive with gamblers and gladiators, poets and women of pleasure, soldiers, swells and slaves— rises up in the full light of midday before the au- dience, The skill and taste displayed in the ar- rangement and grouping of the colors and costumes, and the spirit and life that animate the picture make it singularly impressive. The monkey tableau is also very effective, though in @ different way. It is one of the oddest and strangest and most outrageously kidicrous spectacles that can be imagined, The stage is hang with swinging fes- toons of tropical creepers and vines, which serve as gymnastic bars for a score or two of apes, who chatter, and hiss, and sneeze and scratch them- selves as though all their life long they had been fed on cocoanuts and had suffered from fleas., Be- low stands their prey, the court necromancer, whom they proceed with much ingenuity to pester and annoy. They steal his clothes, and throw abeut his books of magic and conclude by pelting him with cocoa- nuts. These are the best scenes, but there are half a dozen others thatare pe gee pleasing and impressive. The dresses and costumes are throughout very rich, and there are few courts in the worid of reality that, even on gaia days, make 80 dazzling a show as that of King Carrot. It is bard, ladeed, to give & just conception of the scenic maagaifioence of the more important scenes, The permanent success of the pieces however, wiil depend rather upon the merits of the music and of the dialogue than the splendors of the mounting. Brilliant pictures are very nice to look at, but ‘oe carry ears and brains a6 well as eyes to the theatre, as managers aro pogacing id out. And in both respects “Le Roi Oarotte” takes a high, though not, of course, the highestrank. The \Mpusic, Uke all of Ogenbac! other composers; bat It has, at least, this merit—one which is certainly rare in cases of pais and musical theft—that it haa not beon spoiled in the stealing. Some of the duets, too, it may be said, come as near being original as almost anything that Offenbach has ciaimed as his own, and there is nothing in the entire opera that 18 not. pleasing and appropriate, and that does not help on the effect of the scene. The dialogue, again, is an immense improvement upon the ordinary run of spectacular opera, The airy vivacity, the ever- sparkling wit, the brilliant epigram that make the original work, as it left the hands of dou, interesting even to read, have, indeed, somewhat evaporated in the process of translation. But this wag more or less inevitable. Aud the Piece has, on the whole, been very happily local- ized, though the humor ts coarser in some places than it need be, There is, at any rate, a delightful absence of far-fetched and used-up comicalities, Where there isa joke it arises naturally, and is consequently seen and appreciated by everybody in the theatre. Thus the spectator soon comes to en- joya delightful consciousness that if anything is said worth hearing he will be able to see it before the time for laughing is over. This is a very dar- ing innovation upon the traditions of this species of performance. e company includes some brilliant and a great many respectable names, and they have been very well fitted with suitable parts. Miss Rose Herste and Miss Emma Howson both have fresh, sweet, pee voices, and act with grace and spirit. hey were again and again rewarded with enthu- siastic encores, which they well deserved. Mrs. John Wood is an old favorite with New Yorkers, and as the good genii played with her accustomed abandon and freedom, and made plenty of fun and laughter, Her singing, however, was scarcely so good as her acting, and was inaudible on the outer fringe of the auditorium. Mr, Brougham, as king Carrot, has a art which requires him to say and do but little, but he makes it as interesting as possible, and got last night a more enthusiastic reception than any one cise in the cast, Mr. Craig's Fridolin was well and carefully played, and Mr. Stuart Robson, as the necromancer, found another titie under which to play hin His voice is pitched in the same key, and his t of speech and manner are the same in character, whatever he may happen to be labelled. Just now he Is called "Truck, and by that name was as funny as he would be if he were put down in the bill ax Roger de Coverley or the Blue Dwarf. Miss Annie Deland, as Coloquinte, looked very pretty and amiable and altogether unlike a bad fairy, so fur as appearan could be trusted. But then bad fairies on the stage are generally the most charm- ing people to look at; that is, indeed, the “correct business" of the part. Of the ladies in waiting, two of whom—Miss Bronte and Miss Helen Strange—were débutantes and did admirably for a first appearance, it is enough to say that they dress with great taste and care, and Bay What little they have to say with intelligence and animation, Before concluding a word must be said about the great trick of pulling the necromancer to piece and burning him up, It ts avery ingenuous Lilt sion, and ix done neatly, and has ‘2 startling effect upon the audience. The Majiltons also seem to pre- serve their old pannlerisy and were vociferously applauded, Taken as a whole the piece is the best ot tne kind we have had in New York, and bril- liantly inaugurated what will probably prove the most successful management the Grand Opera House has yet enjoyed. TRUMBULL IN MAINE. z Tinkih laaeaso sania A Large Gathering of Liberal Repub- licans at Portland—The Senator's Speech—A Review of the Affairs of the Nation From a New Standpoint— Capital and Politics. PorTLAND, Me., August 26, 1872. Senator Trumbull addressed a meeting of liberal republicans and democrats this evening. In point of numbers it was one of the largest political meet- ings of the season, but the enthusiasm was not so full and hearty as his friends had a right to expect from his commanding position. In beginning his remarks he referred to his New England origins and said that he oame in behalf of recon- ciliation and love of country. He eulogized the late Senator Fessenden, whom he said would if he was now living be a liberal republican, The Philadelphia Convention, be continued, pro- claimed that the republicans had suppressed the rebellion. If thisis so General Grant has not got through his work, for Grant, Sherman and the other leading Generals were democrats, It was vain to pretend that General Grant had achieved this re- sult, for the rebellion was suppressed by the people without distinction of party. The finances of the country, the speaker declared, were in @ scandalous condition, and yet were the boast of the republican party. Andrew Johnson paid more of the public debt than General Grant, and relieved the country of a greater burden of taxation. It is impossible to ascertain the present condition of the public debt; the oficial reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, General Spinner, and those of the Congressional Committee vary at least a hundred millions. Referring to the recent speech of Secretary Robeson, in this city, Senator Trumbull pointed out also a discrepancy in the various reports of the expenditures of the Navy Department for the last fiscal year. It is these methods of deceit and misleading the peo- ple that condemn the administration. The ar- rangement of Secretary Boutwell with the Syn- dicate in the sale of the five per cent bonds was presented at some length, by which, the speaker sald, the people were for to pay about eleven per cent extra interest, or $2,000,000, In direct violation of the provisions of law. The history of the Secor contract in 1862-68 was also commented on with severity, the speaker showing how Secretary Robe son paid to the Secors in 1870 $93,000 for claims which had been adjusted two years before. The usurpation of power by the administration in the improper retention of goid in the Treasury, to be used in affecting the result of the election, was then treated, and the adminis- tration was bet for gambling in gold. The history of the law for the better enforcement of the rights of the people of the United States un- der the fourteenth amendment of the constitution, which provides for supervisors of elections tn all cities of 20,000 inhabitants and upwards, was given as an illustration of the spirit of usurpation which arked General Grant's administration, While the liberal republicans supported alt the acts of the re- publican party in behalf of freedom and national credit it demanded a reform of civil service by the present condition of which hundred mil- Uons are now Jost to the country in collection of the revenue. The abuse of the inking privilege was also presented as a proof of insecurity of the administration. Referring to the opposition of the capitalists of the country to the election of Horace Greeley the speaker said tt came of fear that they would cease to derive great profits from the present shametul Management of the finances. He closed with a splendid review of the sentiment of the country for Horace Greeley as follows:—‘The West is alive for him. You have enough liberal repub- licans in conjunction with the heretolore democrats to carry Maine. Your opponents are cross over your success and abusive, There are hundreds among you ready to declare for Gree- ley, and would ao so, but are afraid of renuncia- tion; but when the time comes they will march to the bailot box and deposit their votes for Horace Greeley.” He urged his audience to give a good account of themselves in September and let the thander of Maine be heard in [ltinois. Senator Trumbull’s speech was rewarded with three cheers at its close. The Senator was followed by D. L. Phillips, of I- linois, who spoke briefly. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. Another Chinaman was killed in Sonora on Sunday. James Farrell was drowned in Foxboro on Sund. while bathing. Mrs, Catharing Rowan, of East Boston, fell from a sec- ond story window yesterday and was killed. Charles Adams, a switchman, was crushed to death while coupling cars in Oakland, Cal., on Sunday. At Canaan, N. H., on Sunday, the wife ot Dr. Asa Wheat died from chloroform administered by her hus- band before extracting teeth. Colonel Scott and the Texas Pacific Railroad petty, reached Los Angeles on Sunday and were enthusiastically received by the entire population. Leander Gautier was knocked from a train near the Lattle Androscoggan bridge on baturday and killed while foolishly walking on the roof of a car. pees Doherty, an orphan boy, aged sixteen, was killed at Bangor, Me., yesterday, by failing between a vesse! and the wharf, crushing his skull. ‘A. despatch from Memphis, Tenn., says the weather is still unprecedentedly warm. There’ were eight cases of stinstroke on Sunday, four of which proved fatal. Fight deaths occurred at St. Louis on Sunday from th offect oc the heat. The woather there yesterday morning ange. Was terribly bot again, with no signs of ‘The weather was very hot at St. Louis again yesterday. About ‘thirty cases of sunstroke were reported, which Provably does not Include more than half the cates that ave occurred. Unauthentic in Northeast ted reports of fresh diamond discoveries Supnatee aera have oi Me and there are dou! mors of large quan’ the way to San Francisco. Ge oem The Atchison and Nebraska Railroad was completed on by Ae a pe ed Cg ay ed } rn 2 ine jt. Kearney, on the Union Pacific Roud. atte 8 Jasaely stolen from. The daly of B, T. Clark was found in the river at Til. ton, my on Sunday, and suspicions are entertained that his death was caused otherwise than, by drowning. Hi employed in the granite mills, and was paid off e the day he disappeared. “QHEESE MARKET, Unte Y., August 26, 1872, fering here to-day was about 5,000 boxes; the sales reached fully 3,000 boxes; prices ranged from Mc. ; one fancy lot sold at, 14840, ; the most of the tide, At Little Falls the offering of pri- vate dairy was 1,000 boxes, all ot which sold at 12. a 13e., mostly 1 fering, of factory cheese was about 10, x 2 mor i & lade. ; only five lots went at the highest Ogure; the culing ig: ares wore 1 & Cheese—The off WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 26, 1872. The President’s Movements, The President has announced his intention of coming to Washington some day this week. Dangers of the West Coast of .South America. The British Minister has addressed a letter to the Secretary of State calling attention to the west | side of the coast of South Amertea, which is lighted and marked in a very defective manner, to the risk of vessels and mariners sailing along that coast, [tis proposed, and Great Britain invites the co-operation of the United States, joining with other nations most interested in the safety of maritime property, to make a combined appeal to the governments of that section with a view to the taking of proper medsures to remedy the difficulty complained of, The Stone for the Chicago Post Office. The contract for t@rnishing stone for the super- structure of the Chicago Post Ofice building was to-day awarded to John M. Mueiler, of Cineinnatt, at $1 36%; per cubic foot for blocks averaging 100 cubic feet, The stone selected is the same as used in the rebuilding of the Board of Trade rooms i that city, and is to be delivered at the site. Personal, General J. H. Baker, Commissioner of Penstona, has returned from a short vacation at his home ta Ohio, and to-day resumes his oflictal duties, Outrages in North Carolina. Letters have been addressed to the President by Prominent persona in Saulsbury, N. C., reciting certain outrages which have been committed im that locality since the election and which demand the interposition of federal troops. An appeal hus been made for protection, and it a understood the matter will be laid before the Cabinet at its next session, which ts expected to take place this week. Disappointment Over the Postal Cards. Some idea of the extent of disappointment ex- perienced throughout the country by the recent discovery that the Post OMce Department will have to wait for a specific appropriation by Congress before it can furnish the postui ecards may be obtained from the statement that up to to-day applications have been made to the Depactment for over two millions of these cards, and aboet twenty-five informal proposals have been made by manufacturers to supply them after the designs have been determined. Changes in the Marine Corps. The following changes of engineer officers in the United States Revenue Marine Corps have beem made :—First Assistant Engineer Joseph L. Reilly has been detached from the Mahoning, at Boston, and ordered to the Jasmine, at New York; First Assistant Polhemus has been detached from the Jasmine and ordered to the Seward, at Wilming- ton, N.C.; Second Assistant George N. Robinsom has been detached from the Seward and ordered to the Search, at Philadelphia cond Assistant Kn- gineer James Ogden has been detached from the Search and ordered to the Mahoning. Cleaning Steamboat Boilers. The question having been presented to the Treas- ury Department whether a steamboat inspector can exempt a steamer from cleaning her boilers, @ response has been made that it is imperative that means be provided for removing mud and sediment from all parts of boilers when under pressure of steam, and that the inspectors are to be governed by the rules of the Board of Supervising [nspectors in regard to the kind of appliances used. 'The Stanton Battalion. s A colored military organization of this city, the “stanton Battalion,” having obtained the requisite permission of the government of Virginia to take arms into that Commonwealth, which ts necessary under the laws of the State, will shortly make a visit to the colored military organizations of Rich- mond, The Veterans of 1812. The veterans of the war of 1812, of thié city, are making preparations for a visit to Raltimore on the 12th of September, the anniversary of the battle of North Point. Murder of Peter Bennett. Frank Crafts, alias Grifin, and two associates, loungers about the railroad depot, had am altercation about nine o'clock this evening, near the Government Printing office, with three brothers, named Bennett, when Griffin drew a knife and stabbed Peter Bennett, aged cighteem years, through the heart. Griffin and his friends then escaped; but the police are on the alert, and will probably be able to effect their capture, “Conscience”? Money. Three hundred dollars was received at the Treasury Department to-lay from a party in York, Pa. The writer says he had retained that amount from different taxes during the war, but having become a Christian, his conscience admonished him to return it. SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS, Dunvave, Iowa, August 26, 1872. The fifth and last day's session of the Scientific Congress was unusually interesting. Professor W. W. Whitdon, of Concord, Mass., read a paper on the atmospheric theory of an ameliorated clt- mate and an open sea tn the Arctic regions, im controversion of the Gulf Stream theory. He maintained that the arse of the Gulf Stream beyond the longitude of forty degrees weat was undetermined ; that {t did not reach the Arctio Bay, and that if itt dia the tempera- ture of the water was not adequate to maintaining an open sea or to account for the Arctic phonome- non. On the other hand, the heated air of the equatorial regions, in well-known movements of currents of air, reaches the Polar circle with heat and moisture sufictent to account for the open sea phenomenon (warm winds from the north change snow to rain storms, &c.), and for the location so far south of the pole of earth of the pole of cold. Mr. William Jordan read _# paper on compressed air as as a motor, and William F, Walling three papers by title merely—the temperature ‘of the sun, the chemical theory of electricity and the di- rection of energy. Mr. J. ». Warner, of New Yor! had a paper on Iriction, the progressive motion water in a tide-wave being less than the friction of the return undercurrent upon the bottom. Mr. Thomas KE. Hilyard, of the Coast Survey, gave some microscopical demonstrations of the many points suggested in regard to fungus found on the cotton plant. San Francisco was settled upon as the next place of meeting, The omicers elected for the ensuing year ar Professor J. Livering, of Cambridge, President; Professor A, F. Worthen, of filinois, Vice Preside Professor J. Putnam, of Massachusetts, Permanent Secretary. Irritation of Scalp—Burnett’s Cocoaine cures. A.—A.—Napoleon’s Dining Service, manufactured at Sevres, for use at the Tuileries, being stored in the portion of the Louvre not destroyed by fire, was aiterwards disposed ot at auction by order ot the French government, NICUL, DAVIDSON & CO., 686 Broadway, at great ex- cured a small service of it, consisting of 226 wether with the costly Table Linen, icludi ‘apkihs "woven with the Imperial Arig which cost originally 450f. gold, per dozen. The above service is now on exhibition and for sale at, their store. A.—Herring’s Patent CHAMPION SAFES, 21 and 262 Broadway, corner of Murray street. A.—For Mosquito Canopi to ROEBUCK'S, 58 and 60 Fuiton street, New York. A.—Herald Branch Office, Brooklyn, Corner of Fulton avenue and Boerum street, ‘Open trom 8 A. M. to8 P. Angelique, for the Teeth and: TI Boop for infants DBLLUC & CO, e sole proprietors and manuface with any other drug store, A.—Eau Gums. BISC 5 Broadway, are turers. No connecti Mahogany, other kinds Hardwood, Lumber tured by GEO. W. READ & CO,, 1 Bend for a price list. manuface re street, Patent Open Work Political Banners, Flags and Portraits, at HOJER & GRAHAM'S, 7 Duane rt R. * MeBei atic Cholera, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, Fever and Ague, cured and prevented b; RADWAY'S READY RELEE Khenantinn. Nourse, Sick and Nervous Headache, Diphtherta, Influenza, Surd Throat, DiMcult Breathing relieved in «few minutes by RADWAY'S READY RELIEF. it office, New York. Royal Ha Lottery.—Prizes Cashed, a orders filled, information turmished, highest rates paid for Spanish Bank Bills, TAYLOR & 00, Baukors, (6 Wali st. Wedding Cards, Monograms, &c.—Tho ‘Most elegant st; at low prices. J. EVBRDELL, We Broadway, Eavaplighed 1pich *