The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1872, Page 6

rs NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway. —Nuw Y: a Pressman, &C. Mathie at2, Bie pe Xoee'Re WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadwa: street. —Ixion; on, THe May ar Tu FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street. — LAMONDS. and Thirteenth HEEL. Di ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth strect.—Mencaayt or Vawice. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st. and Eighth @v.—Ror Canorrs, Pe BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third streot. corner Sixth | javenue.—Tux Butts; or, Tux Pours Jaw. \_ BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Bretus, tix Szwina Macuure Giat—Tax Rover Diawonn. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtleth st.— Wuow-Cnow, Afternoon and Evening. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway, between Houston and (Bleecker sts.—Rep Pockrrsoox. Matinee at 2. WHITE'S ATHENEUM, 585 Broadway.—Necro Mun- grezisy, 4c. Matinee at 24. BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner th av.—Nxcro Minstretsy, Eccentaiciry, &c. 8T. JAMES THEATRE. corner of 28th st. and Broad- wray.—San Francisco MinstreLs iN Fance, &c. 720 BROADWAY, EMERSON’S MINSTRELS.—Granp Brmorian Eccenteicrties. JAMES ROBINSON'S CHAMPION CIRCUS, corner of Madison avenue and Forty-tifth strect. NEWARK INDUSTRIAL EXIIIBITION, Washington treet, corner of Court, Newark, N. J. AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, Third av., between 62d Bnd 64th streets. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Graxp InstaomentaL Conosrt, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Borence axp Ant. ‘TRIPLE SHEET. | New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1872. — = , CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. ————-— Pagz. 1—Advertisements. &—Advertisements. S—State and City Politics: The Campaign Opened and the Situation of Parties; The Standard Bearers Contrasted; The Duty of the Electors in the Cam; the Syracuse Nominations: Ratification Meeting Last Lada at Apollo Hall—Pennsylvania: Progress of the Republi- can and Liberal Canvass—The Straight-Out- ers’ Formal Presentation or the Louisville Nomination to Mr. Charles 0’Conor—The Campaign in the City—The German Liberals and Democrats—Brooklyn Politics. 4—Forrester: History of His Wanderings from the Time the Nathan Murder Was Committed U} to His Arrest in Washington; Daring an Desperate Deeds; The Hunt at New Orleans and How He Avoided Capture; The Flight to Memphis; Saved at Savannah; Ten Months in New York and Constantly in Company with First Ward Detectives; The Arrest in Wash- ington and the Journey to New York; Casino, ac and Chains; The Accusation of Crime and How He Will Be Able to Refute It—Pros- pect Park Fair Grounds—Trotting at Fleet- ‘wood Park—American Diplomatists Abroad, 6—Financial and Commercial: Greeley and Grant and the Gold Market; The Result in Maine Causes a Decline in the Premium; Money Ac- tive at Five Per Cent; A Steadier Tone in the Foreign Exchanges; The Rates for Sterling, Francs and Continental Bills; The Dividen on New York Central a Plain Four Per Cent; The Speculative Situation and the Puzzle of the Ciiques; Railroad Earnings for August— Railroad Mattere—Municipal Affairs—The American Reds. 6—Editoriais: Leading Article, “The Democratic and Liberal State Conventions—The Follies of the Politicians’—Amusement Announce- ments. @%=—The Alabama Claims—Cablo Telegrams from England, France, Spain, Cuba and Brazil— News from Washington—Miscellaneous Tele- graph—Yachting—Judge Prindle’s Case—Busi- ness Notices. S—-Intoresting Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts—Jefferson Market Police Court—The Biography Manufacturer—A Lawyer Arrested—The Trial of Van Winkle rt—Fatal Fall—Double Postage Dues— Newark Industrial Exhibition—Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements. 9—advertisements. 10—The Metis Investigation: hay aed of Captain Hull, Agent of the Line; The Conduct of the Officers; The Duty of a Captain to Know that & Boat is Properly Equipped; Tho Theory of the Disaster; How the Metis Struck on a Rock in August and the Possible Conse- oon Testimony of the First Mate; The xXamination of the Boat After the Collision; Was There No Mistake ? Grave Charges by a Passenger; Why Did the Metis Sink ?.—Ship- ping Intelligence—Advertisements. Ll—Advertisements. L2—Advertisements, Tae Presment’s ProcuamaTion on Jap- anzse Commence will bo hailed as marking another step in the advancement of friendly relations with that progressive people of the Orient. The Japanese government having ggreed to the removal of all discriminating duties against goods imported into their country in American vessels, America recipro- tates. Tae Marz Exzcrton, in its general and | specific results, proves that the liberal repub- licans, as reinforcements to the democratic party, are an unknown quantity in Maine which signifies nothing, and, coupled with the verdict of Vermont, the judgment of Maine means that in New England the lines of the administration party remain unbroken. In October, from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi- gna, Nebraska and Iowa, we shall hear some- thing in the way of election returns which, taken altogether, will pretty clearly fore- shadow the issue of the great national field day between Grant and Greeley, and, from present indications, October will maintain the political music of September. Moral.—Poli- tical revolutions in this country cannot be manufactured to order. Tae InteRnationaAL 1s New Yorr.—New York has been singled out for special honor. At its recent annual Congress, held at The | Hague, in Holland, the International Associa- tion agreed that the General Council of the body should henceforth sit in New York, and not, as heretofore, in London. Karl Marx and his associates are, in consequence, packing up, | and in a few days from now we shall have them in New York. As a point d'appui New York has been preferred to London. When Karl Marx shall arrive in this city and estab- lish his headquarters it will not, we think, be unfair to say that Othello’s occupation is gone. Tar Brazmun Preoprr have just enjoyed the excitement of a Congressional election, expericucing at the moment some of the pains and penalties which are incurred by riot dur- ing the exercise of the citizen franchise right. Tue Sranisy Canuists have become aggres- sive again on the frontier. They have just gitacked o military station, released a number | of their friends from prison and burned the | barracks. There is agitation, of course, and marching and countermarching of the royalist troops in consequence. A very unhealthy con- dition of affairs, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. The Democratic and Liberal State Conventions—The Folites of the Politicians. Elated by some strictures we recently thought fit to make on the nominations of the Democraticand Liberal Conventions at Syracuse the republican organs have been exultingly claiming the active support of the Hunaxp for their State ticket and have been inclined to look upon the canvass in New York as virtually ended. One joufnal has it, ‘Tho Henaup De- nouncing, the Unholy Greeley Coalition;’’ an- other, ‘The Hzrarp Declares for the Republi- can Candidates,” and all seem resolved to set the Hznatp down as a warm partisan on their side for the rest of the campaign. We regret to disturb the pleasant visions of these faithful servitors of a political organization, but we deem it proper to explain to them that the criticisms of the Herat referred more to the spirit manifested by the coalitionists than to the actual result of their deliberations, and that all that was offensive in Syracuse was witnessed previously in Utica; the only differ- ence being that the regular Republican Con- vention made no claim to the character of a popular uprising in favor of roform, springing from the poople and aoting for the people, while the Syracuse Conventions, born of the great Cincinnati movement, had no choice but to be a revolu- tion ora failure. Tho republicans assembled at Utica under the iron rule of rogular party calls and contrivances, and were not expected to do more than follow the old machine routine, nominate such candidates as were put down on the slate by the most adroit managers, adopt a platform previously drawn up for their acceptance, adjourn and go home. Hence, when an attempt was made by some of last year’s legislative heroes to “break the slate’? and force an Albany Senator on the head of the ticket, when the most notorious leader of the Albany lobby was brought again to the surface as a Convention manipulator ; when the ‘“‘cut and dried’ programme was suddenly submitted to the delegates; when the prearranged storm of involuntary enthu- siasm burst forth; when the fledgling poli- ticians measured swords on the floor and indulged in harmless cuts and _ thrusts; whon, finally, the ready-made plat- form, containing no word of censure for the foul corruptions of the republican State Legislature, was presented as the result of a committee’s labors and received with uproarious applause, no person regarded it as anything more than the natural perform- ance of a regular party Convention, enacted over and over again, year after year, for the past quarter of a century. That so respect- able a nominee as General John A. Dix hap- pened to get at the head of the ticket was for- tunate for the people of the State in case of its success at the polls; but this was probably more owing to the acknowledged necessity of fair nominations than to any other cause. ‘The Syracuse Conventions met under differ- ent circumstances, and the people did not ex- pect that they would re-enact the scenes of the old party gatherings. At Cincinnati the republicans who professed to favor reform in the national and local administrations got to- gether without any party machinery or regu- larity—in fact, in defiance of both—and threw forth their prjnciples ang their candidates to take Here a “people and to make headway according to their merits. They had no national, State and = district + committees at their backs, no offices in their gift, no money at their command. They appealed to those who were disgusted with the tricks and schemes and close management of regular political or- ganizations, and who desire that the people should be their own masters and manage their own political affairs instead of suffering them- selves to be manipulated and dictated to by a ring of selfish professional politicians and chronic office-seekers. This was the strength of the Cincinnati movement; and its first suc- cess, the enthusiasm it created, the unexpected favor it met with, despite the singular char- acter of its nominations, seemed to promise to carry it to victory over all the tremendous power of party regularity and government patronage and money. The democrats met in convention at Baltimore, and although every effort had been exhausted by the democratic politicians, the party organs and the managers of the organization to force regular party nominations, in the hope of securing their election through the division in the republican ranks, the tidal wave of a popular uprising swept these schemes out of sight and the Convention endorsed almost by acclamation the principles and the candidates of the Cincinnati mass meeting. Thus far the democrats were on the right tack. They had caught the breeze and had fair sailing before them. Unfortunately, the wonderful progress made by the independent movement elated the politicians and office-seekers among them beyond reason, and, regarding the prize as al- ready within their grasp, they began to seek security for their own share in the profits and to make combinations and bargains looking to the local nominations, From that moment their chances began to decline. If they had left the Cincinnati uprising and the Baltimore revolution in the hands of the people, their victory would have been almost certain. chose to debase it into a coalition for the spoils of office, and the people have repudi- ated them. This madness prevailed at Syracuse and manifested itself thore more distinctly than it had ever been seen before. The State Con- ventions in New York, the home of the Presidential candidate of the Cincinnati movement and the theatre of the most significant and powerful rebellion against the prevailing republican | management, should above all others have caught the true spirit of the popular uprising and stood aloof from worn-out party bargains and intrigues. They should have acted with dignity, calmness and disinterested patriotism, and have made their nominations, not on the principle of trade and dicker between political managers, but in the name and in the interest of the people of the State, without reference to expediency other than in the sterling charac- ter of the nominees and without regard to political standing other than fidelity to the cause of independent reform. They chose instead to form committees of consultation and arrangement outside the Conventions, and to allow the leaders and managers of the old political divisions to manipulate the nomina- tions, just as if they owned the fee simple of the offices they were bestowing, and as if the pegple bad pothipg to do but vote for quch They | candidates as the high contracting parties might dictate. On the floor of the Conventions the customary scenes were enacted. Unknown delegates forced themselves into notico as individuals upon whom the whole political responsibility of the nation rested; persons, obscure even in their own election districts, set up as spokesmen for the citizens of the Empire State, and sophomoric ward politicians undertook to berate the Nestors of the demo- cratic party and the acknowledged leaders of reform. Mr. Tilden was the mark for the small shafts of a dozen ambitious nobodies, with more impudonce than brains, and there was nothing in or about the Conventions to distinguish them from any other old party gatherings of a similar character, or to rendor them in any way worthy of the character of the great independent uprising at Cincinnati and Baltimore. For those reasons we have rebuked the Syra- cuse Conventions, which purported to be revo- lutions against old party usages, and for these reasons we should have rebuked the Utica Convention had anything different from the old hacknoyed routine of political intrigue and chicanery been expected of it. Both partios now stand on about the same footing in this respect, and the people will have to look tothe character of tho candidates and the chances of honest government under thom in making their selections. The ticket at Syracuse was nominated by Mr. Tilden and Governor Seymour, Mr. Kernan being o political disciple of the latter. Tho record of General Dix is well known, and the other can- didates associated with him are rospectable enough in point of character and capacity. No person can gainsay the personal worth of Mr. Kernan, and his political record is good, but is wholly and consistently democratic. The republican organs denounce him for alleged opposition to war when the rebellion was hatching, but it will scarcely answer their purpose to revive such a dead issue in view of the extreme anti-war record of Lyman Tre- main, and even of the former sentiments of General Dix. The truth is, that many of our best and purest citizens opposed the war until it became an actual fact and a necessity for the proservation of the Union, and all such un- meaning charges should be buried in the same grave with secession and slavery. Mr. Kernan isa Catholic, and, as we have said, the re- ligious question was dragged into the con- troversy immediately upon his nomination by a leading republican organ which thought proper to denominate him a “bigot.” It is remarkable that nothing is said of religious danger or bigotry when any other religion than the Catholic is represented in a nominee, and hence it is not difficult to discover where the bigotry originates. In a country where entire religious freedom exists any allusion to the religious faith of a public officer is in conflict with the fundamental prin- ciples of the government and should be re- sented by all honest citizens. Those timid persons, however, who fear that Catholicity and political freedom cannot exist together may be consoled by the recollection that Mr. Kernan in the State Constitutional Convention made ao forcible argument against sectarian appropriations. Our objection to Mr. Ker- nan’s nomination was and is that it does not soem to meet the occasion of a great, indeperi- dent, popular uprising, as the “nomination of Chief Justice Church would unquestionably have done; and hence, both in the undignified and hackneyed character of the proceedings and in the selection of candidates we believe the Syracuse Conventions have cast away the strength of the Cincinnati movement, if it is to have any strength at all, and, instead of en- tering the canvass as the representatives of a revolution of the people against old party usages, will have to take their chances of failure or success on the old issue of one set of politicians against another set. What Is To Be Done with the Indians? All our recent despatches from the West telative to the attitude and action of the Indians encourage the belief that at no dis- tant day another Indian war will be forced upon us. The surveyors of the Northern Pacific Railroad are experiencing more than inconvenience in the accomplishment of their task. From Jamestown, from Chicago, from Salt Lake City, from San Francisco, the reports are more or less the same; and we are left little room to doubt that a rising of the Indians ona large scale is not only con- templated, but almost certain to take place. From one section we learn that if the survey- ing expedition party attempts to return East the Indians are resolved to fight to the bitter end. From another quarter we learn that there has been severe fighting; thet } the troops have been outnumbered and badly beaten, and that in the Yellowstone Valley there are not fewer than twenty thousand hos- tile Indians well armed and ready for the fray. In another quarter tho Indians havo left their reservations and refuse to return, and in San Pete county, Utah, there is a perfect reign of terror. So it is; so it has always been. Civiliza- tion approaches the Indians and they rebel. They can make promises. They can take gifts. Of gift taking, in fact, they are never tired. We cannot promise them too much. We can- not give them too much. But in spite of all we do or can do they remain what they have ever been—the natural enemies of civili- zation. The hunting grounds are diminish- ing, the buffalo is scarce, the reservation arrangements do not satisfy, and, of course, the white man is the cause of all their trouble. What is to be done? Are the Indians to be allowed to stand in the way of the development of the country ? Because the Indians object are our Pacific railroad enterprises to be abandoned? course not. We say be just to and keep faith with the Indian. Let the government look sharply after the Indian agents. Much trouble has come from this source. The agents em- ployed by government do not always do their duty. Let them be punished, and punished severely, when they are found unfaithful. Let us do everything just and fair by the Indian; but let us not allow him to stand in our way. OF | If he will persist in resisting authority the | cure is simple. Let a plentiful supply of troops be sent to the disaffected quarters; let there be no lack of ammunition; let Phil Sheridan take charge, and let him understand that the work is to be done promptly and ef- fectually. Indian outrages on American citi- zens in the discharge of national duty must cease. If they will not behave we must resort to the practice of ancient Israel and root them Mule The Forty-ninth Parallel Survey. A telegraphic despatch from Toronto men- tions the departure of a large British survey- ing party for Pembina. At this place, situated on the Red River of the North, where it is crossed by the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, they are to meet a similar American party to commence running aud marking the northern boundary line of our territory where it joins that of the New Dominion. This line, according to the treaty, begins at the western extremity of the Lake of the Woods, about one hundred and twenty miles east of Pembina, and runs due west, on the forty-ninth degree, to the Gulf of Georgia, which it strikes near the mouth of Frazer River, a little north of the lower end of Vancouver's Island. Probably several years will be required to complete this survey of a line nearly seventeen hundred wiiles long, through a country most of which is totally unexplored by white men. The party now commencing the survey are only to go as far west as the Rocky Mountains, whose summits divide the head waters of the Mis- souri from those of the Columbia and other rivers flowing towards the Pacific, about nine hundred and sixty miles west of Pembina. Bosides fixing the boundary, this survey will be of great practical value as settling the dis- puted point whether there isa feasible route for a railway to the Pacific through the British Territories of Assiniboin and Columbia. Canadian pride and enterprise are, to a certain degree, interested in finding in their pos- sessions a line which will compete with our transcontinental trade avenues and secure for their commercial centres a share of the rich freightage which from the Asiatic coasts of the Pacific secks the marts of Western Europe. The Coming Opera Season. The good ship Cuba brought to our shores last evening a precious consignment of musical talent from Europe. Messrs. Maretzek, Grau and Strakosch, the entrepreneurs for the coming season, have culled the gardens of the Old Country of their most precious song flowers, and formed a bouquet of talent such as America has seldom been presented with. For the Italian Opera the prospects are most encourag- ing. Although the subscription books for the season have not yet been formally opened, so great is the demand for boxes that all have been disposed of with the exception of five— something unprecedented in the history of opera in this city. The amount of subscrip- tions reaches the neighborhood of fifteen hun- dred dollars for each performance, and when the box office is opened next week we may expect to see every seatin the Academy of Music disposed of in aday or two. The house itself has also undergone many important im- provements in appearance. The lobbies are all handsomely frescoed; the mezzonine tier has been extended on both sides, so as to add thirty-two seats to the auditorium; the huge chandelier that hangs like Mohmamed’s coffin in tho centre glistens in all the re- fulgence of a thorough cleaning; the vestibule at the Irving place entrance has been decorated with mirrors and a clock, and the scenic artists are hard at work upon new scenery for all the operas in the répertoire. This last feature was sadly needed. Our old Erlend, the Briss soqne) waiols was) tn teoduised on every occasion until it became the laughing- stock of the audience, has been removed, and ‘we may now expect some little regard for taste and harmony in the representation of operas this season. The company is undoubtedly one of the strongest ever brought to the Academy of Music. In Madame Pauline Lucca the man- ager has secured the reigning queen of the lyric stage, an artist who has held for years the first position in London, Berlin and St. Petersburg. It is unnecessary to speak of the high estimation in which the American public hold their fair countrywoman, Miss Kellogg. She comes back to them laden with fresh lau- tels gained in London during « season which was unusually brilliant. Not content with presenting two such accomplished artists, the management has engaged a third prima donna, Mile. Leveille, and a contralto, Sefior- ita Sanz, both of Parisian renown. The tenors, Vizzani and Abrugnedo, are said to possess many of the excellent qualities of Capoul and Mazzoleni, and the baritone, Moriami, resembles Bellini very much in his style of singing. A large proportion of the chorus is brought from Covent Garden, as well as all the singers for the minor réles. The répertoire is very extensive, comprising the best operas of Meyerbeer, and of the Italian masters, and a few novelties by Gounod, Flotow and Petrella. With such a promising prospectus the “season gannot fail to be sud. cessful. Tes On the concert stage thé outlook is no less gratifying. Mr. Grau presents the greatest living pianist, Rubinstein, and a troupe of new artists, and Carlotta Patti and Mario, with their fresh company, are likely to excite the public to unwonted enthusiasm. The only thing required now is that these managers keep their promises faithfully with the public, for indul- gent as our people are towards true art they are n0 less severe in their rebuke of anything approaching to charlatanism. No manager need fear the risk or expense of giving musical entertainments which are first class in every sense of the word. There is a liberal,. generous public here to reward his efforts. The Financial Difficulties of Spain. It appears by the telegraphic news from Madrid that the deficiency of the Spanish budget, which is to be submitted to the new Cortes, amounts to the enormous sum of one hundred and thirty-three millions of dollars. It is said, consequently, that another loan is contemplated to meet the wants of the Treas- ury. We noticed not long since a reported scheme to raise by a loan or otherwise sixty millions of dollars for Spanish exigencies in Cuba. Spain needs, therefore, nearly two hun- dred millions of dollars to carry on the gov- ernment at home and in the colonies over and above the available resources of the Treasury. How is it to be obtained? Looking at the low credit of Spain, at the interminable war in Cuba and at the instability of the Spanish government, it is evident such a loan or loans can be raised only at ruinous rates if at all, France, with all her recent war disasters, might have little difficulty in raising such a sum or even a larger one, because her credit stands high and her manu- facturing and other industries are surprisingly productive; England, too, has a vast surplus prodyction aud enormous capitalized wealth to meet any pressing demand of the govern- ment; the United States would scarcely feel any such extraordinary call for money, for there is hardly any measure to the resources and fu- ture of this country; but what has Spain got to show? What can she offer as security for loans amounting to two hundred millions of dollars? Her manufactures and commerce are very limited, comparatively; her agricul- ture barely supplies the wants at home, and her whole political and social system is in 4 revolutionary condition. She has a vast army and navy, altogether out of proportion to her position among the Powers of the world and to the extent of her commerce, which are eating the vitals of the nation. If she would part with, or give political freedom to, her colonies, and concentrate her efforts in developing the internal resources of the Penin- suls, Spain might recover from her prosent difficulties and hope for a brighter future, Remarkable Coincidences Between lar and Torrestrial Phenomena. Among the many matters of scientific and popular interest discussed at the recent open- ing of the British Association meeting is the wonderful coincidence between the observed phenomena of solar and terrestrial disturb- ances. In a paper furnished by a distin- guished East Indian scientist most remark- able evidence is given of the close connection between the amount of heaf received by our planet from the sun and the prevalenceof sun spots and solar tornadoes, which latter through the labors of Secchi, the Italian philosopher, have been distinctly charted. It clearly appears from the results of careful and con- tinued investigation in the Indian Ocean that the cyclones which revolve over ita fiery bil- lows have a periodicity corresponding with the sun-spot periodicity, so that, as has been well said, if an observer in another planet could see and measure or count the solar spots and the cyclones or earth spots, he would discover a marvellous harmony be- tween them. The President of the mathe- matical section of the association, Mr. Warren De La Rue, has suggested that this periodic harmony will be ultimately discovered over the entire globe. But it may be stated as a mat- ter of fact that in the area of the Indian Ocean, lying between the Equator and twenty-five de- grees south latitude and forty degrees and one hundred and ten degrees east longitude, the rotating storms and typhoons have varied in frequency during twenty-five years’ observa- tions directly as the amounts of sun spots. It is not certain that science will ever be able to use the observations of solar disturbances for the direct prediction of terrestrial storms, but there can be no doubt if we had a good solar observatory, and could obtain prompt photo- graphic records of the mutations and erup- tions going on in the sun’s photosphere, the knowledge would enable the physicist to fore- cast the general weather for a longer period than has ever been attempted. The apparent intimate and causal connection between solar cyclonic action and the abnormal extremes of severe heat and cold, such as have been experi- enced within the past twelvemonth, leaves no doubtin the minds of the most Prodtisel one astronomers that our climate and jonal conditions depend very much on cosmical and interstellar agencies. Armed with the spectroscope and other modern philosophical inventions of the kind, the astronomer is better able to examine and study these remote phe- nomena to-day than he was a century ago to determine the right ascension of a star. The meteorological facts which are being so industriously stored up by the Weather Bureau in this country, and by similar institutions in Europe, will be of inestimable value standing alone, but of infinitely greater value if con- nected and compared with parallel cosmical phenomena. In the enormous work of col- lecting the requisite information on these really practical matters it is idle to depend upon private observers, liable to the bias of their own theories, poor and ill equipped for such labors. Only by a governmental or inter- national system of research can it ever be hoped to gain a trustworthy account of the countless and instructive changes that daily affect our own planet, and thus lift the veil of mystery which overhangs its meteorology. ‘These solar spots have been observed since the time of Galileo, and it is time that their precise significance in our planetary system should, if possible, be determined, and they should be subjected to rigid scrutiny. Forrester and the Nathan Murder. In another column of to-day’s Heratp will be found an authentic narrative of the life of years ago when the (be stalled by the ghastly murder in Twenty-third street, directly opposite the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Com- pared with this history the romance of Jack Sheppard is tame. Hunted by all the detectives in the Union, with a reward of thousands of dollars offered for his apprehension, he lived for months within half a mile of our City Hall, and in constant intercourse with mem- bers of the police, who never for one moment dreamed he was a prize whose arrest would make a man rich if proof could be produced to convict him as Benjamin Nathan’s mur- derer. No legal examination was held yester- day. Ample time will probably be taken to secure all possible evidence tending to connect Forrester, the burglar and thief, with this capital offence. So far asthe public know no positive proof of that character exists. Certain suggestive coincidences ore admit- ted, and it is safe to presume that Super- intendent Kelso has evidence which will sur- prise even those who have studied closely all the developments of that famous and mysteri- ous case. Forrester is cool and apparently confident of acquittal on this charge, saying he is able to establish an alibi by incontrovert- ible proof. Public curiosity is thoroughly excited and every step in these proceedings will be watched with the deepest interest. So- Taz Revowvtionany on Reset Cvpans came very near capturing a brigadier general of the army, with a small force of men under his command, after an ambuscade lately. The insurgents take a different view of the position and tendency of affairs on the island from that which is held by the European Spaniards who are domiciled among them. ‘Taz Evrorgan SPANtanps IN CUBA are highly indignant at the very idea of a sale of the island by the home government. They proclaim their ability and resolution to defend the colony for Spain with or without the con- sontof the guthgrities in Madrid. Truly loyal! rt nt eer arr ae ei eae ie nn PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Commodore A. P. Cook, U. 8. N., 18 at the Gilsey House, Rear Admiral Craven, U. 8. N., is reating at the Clarendon. Robert Lenox Banks, of Albany, is at the Clarendon. Rev. James Lawrence, of Liverpool, is at the New York Hotel. General Hunter, U. 8. A., is quartered at tue St. Nicholas Hotel. Judge Israel Spencer, of Syracuse, is stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. 8, A. L'Hommedieu, of Cincinnati, is registered at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General James H. Ledlie is among the sojourmers at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. John Mirehouse, of London, England, ta atep- ping at the New York Hotel. Senator Stockton, of New Jersey, i@ making a brief stay at the Gilsey House. M. L. De Podestad, of the Spanish Legation, is sojourning at the Albemarle Hotel. Lawrence G. Biggs, Paymaster United States Navy, has arrived at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Homer A. Nelson, Secretary of State of New York, isamong the arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The famous English cricketer, Captain Fitz gerald, remains at the Brevoort House for a few days. Americans Abroad. (From the Paris American Register, August 24.} Mr. Clarence A. Seward and family have returned to Paris from Geneva, and are stayingat the Hotei Chatham. ~ General A. W. Harvey, of New Y ork, has arrived in Paris with his family, and is 3 at the Hotet Chatham, ‘ ad Mr. B. Gerrish, Jr., United States Consul at Nantes, has arrived in Paris, and 1s staying at the Hotel Chatham. Governor Bullock, of Massachusetts, and family are at present at Havre, and are staying at the Hotel ti. Lieutenant Colonel 0. Uhalllé Long arrived in Paris this week from Egypt, and is staying at the Hotel de Bade. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Bryant’s Opera House. This pretty little house was filled last night with & mirth-seeking audience, and they were not dis- appointed in the search. Bryant’s Minstrels tur- nish an excellent entertainment to those desir- ing @ good laugh. If itis possiple to vary the en- tertainments we think they would prove still more attractive, but as long as well-filled houses and full treasuries reward the management it is likely that well enough will rule the day for the present. Dan Bryant is particularly strong this season in his vocal performers, Kelly and Leon, who are now members of his troupe, are nightly encored in their acts, The indications so far are that the Bee opera season of Bryant’s will be a prosperous: ne, ‘Wood's Museum. Burlesque has once more taken possession of thia theatre, and to judge by the large attendance last evening, enjoys undiminished popularity. “Ohow Chow; ora Tale of Pekin,” is the title of a curious and laughable medley, called in the play bill “a Chinese burlesque extravaganza,” and comprising, besides ludicrous characters of the Ah-Sin ¢; the traditional Fen ee and stage “nigger.” The principal members of the burlesque company, including Misa Belle Howitt and Miss Pauline Markham, the favorites of last season, as well aa Miss Lisa Weber, carry the new piece through trium) tly, and by merry 80! and dance Keep the audience in a delightful humor. Miss Belle Howitt is all life and neces and withal ag ewih as ever, \yirenrren rkham is ae seh ni char! eous dress, feus da Bo sald of Miss Lian Waber who ir garace. ful and epirited actress. Mr. W. L. from the London tet s an utton | to the com 8 jneen. mos' foughabis ature in his | cape be is his height, being about six feet two, which in short female ives hifi a muscular appearance painful to bi @ remaining characters were humor- enw Messrs. H. L. Mestayer, A. H. Shel Moh ithefs. ie Argsees, were rich and tasty, and the entire per! ce went of in @ aatisfactory manner. ae ‘te Brooklyn Park Theatre. Mr. F. S. Chanfrau appeared at the Park Theafre;. Brooklyn, last evening, in one of his inimitabie pes- sonations, The New York theatre goer who has seen Chanfrau in his favorite characters can realize without being told the great treat which the Brook- lyn audience at “the Park” enjoyed while looking at and listening to Mr. Chanfrau’s wonderful ren- dering of a delightful production. The crowded house that honored the actor’s sppenrance last evening was emphatic in acknowledging that its expectations were more than realized. During Mr. ws en; ment the lovers of sensa- tional or old-time drama have a treat in store, The younger sorsan of our theatre goers have an enjoy- ment before them in the representation of the original old “Mose” which “carried the town’ some twenty years ago. The Rubinstein Concert Troupe. Mile. Louise Liebhardt, Mile. Ormeni and Herr Rembielinski, of the Rubinstein Concert Troupe, ar- rived in this city yesterday per steamship West- phalla, and are stopping for the present at the Bel- videre House. Messrs. Rubinstein and Wieniawskt arrive to-day on the Cuba, Masical and Dramatic Notes. Chanfrau is playing Kit at the Park, Brooklyn. Macdonough’s “Black Crook” Company are on the Kansas circuit. Lillie Eldridge is attracting good houses at De Bar's, St. Louis. Sothern is delighting the Quakers at the Walnut with Dundreary. Joseph Proctor opened “The Red Pocketbook” at the Boston Theatre. Johnny Allen is the latest Rip Van Winkle, and Not a successful one. On dt, that Mr. Gilsey contemplates building a Broadway theatre up town. Messrs. Canning & Lowell are star! Maggie Mitchell through New England. ee Madame Fabbri and her German opera company will sing in St. Louis at ie een met) Theodore Thomas will {ntroduce his magnificent orchestra jo the Buffaloes on the 28th ‘ne erti, formerly chef dorchestre ‘at Niblo’s, oc- cupies @ similar position with the Lingard Troupe, Mr. Harvey B. Dodworth has made the music a Particular attraction at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. Madame Lucca's house, 17 East Fourteenth street, is magnificently furnished. Miss Kellogg has taken @ house up town. E. L. Davenport commences his season at the Chestnut, Philadelphia, on Saturday, with Augus- tin Daly's play, “Horizon.” Furbish & Wilton’s Company commence their sea- son this week at Newport, their répertotre consist- ing of “Divorce” and “Article 47.” Alruguedo, tenor; Sparapani, baritone; Lyall, tenor, and Senorita Sanz, contralto, members of the Italian Opera Company of Maretzek, arrived here per steamship City of London. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 1872, The Navy Department has ordered the United States steamer Kansas, now at Halifax, to proceed to Salem, Mass., for the benefit of the crew's health. The United States steamer Wyoming, now at New Bedford, has been assigned to the North At- lantic fleet, under command of Rear Admiral jreen. The Secretary of the Navy has received a letter from Admiral Alden, commanding the European squadron, dated Berlin, August 24, giving some particulars of the death of ptain Davenport. In conclusion the writer say: ‘hough he was under my command a very short time, his course was such as to elicit my warmest praise for the as and efMfctent manner in which he executed the orders from time to time received.”” Naval Orders. First Assistant Paymaster George W. Long was to-day ordered to the Asnuelot. Lieutenant Com- mander C. F. Schmitz is detached from Mound City, Ill. Lieutenant Commander D. C. Woodrow is detached from the Wyoming and placed om waiting orders, SUICIDE AT YONKERS. A young man named Richmond Williams, who had been living with his parents at Yonkers, West- chester county, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head on Monday. It appears the deceased had suffered so much of late from ranged that his mentai faculties became de- ranged. Having locked himself in his room on the day indicated he loaded a shotgun, and, as ts be- lieved, placed the muzzle in his mouth, blowing away the greater portion of his face. Coroner Smith held an imquest, when a verdict was ren. dered setting forth that the act was committed while deceased was laboring under a tit of tem Head lusanity. Deceascd.was twenty-four years,