The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1872, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1872-TRIPLE SHMME, NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. poe ok Letters and packages should be properly ealed, Volume XXXVIL,,.,,........:s5000000 NOs 956 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. THEATRE COMIQUE, 516 Broadway. —Naw Youx Ex. WALLAOK’S THEATRE, Broadwa: street —Ixion; on, Tax Man at The FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street— enty-fou: and Thirteenth HEEL, =i OF MUSIC, Fourteenth strect.—Menowant or Vunics. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twonty-third st. and Eighth av.—Ror Carorrs. ROOTH’S THEATRE, Twenty-third streot, corner Sixth avenue.—Tux Brits; on, Tue Pousu Jaw. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Beutus, tax Sewing Macutnx Gini—Tux Rove Diamonv. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirticth st.— ©uow-Cuow. Afternoon and Evening. OLYMPIO THEATRE, Broadway, between Houstonand Bleecker sts.—Rep Pockersook. WHITE'S ATHENUM, 585 Broadway.—Neano Min. ‘errevsy, £0. “. 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Sea es ie PeAavertisements, \ R=-Advertisements. 3—The Campaign: Grand Republican Rally at the Cooper Institute Last Evening; Speeches bi Governor Jewell and Mr. Choate—The Politi- cal Headquarters—State Campaign Commit- tees—The Demonstration To-Night—Horace to the Green Mountains—State Conventious— The “Straight-Out’’ Democrats. 4—The Livingstone-Stanley Mystery: Dr. Livings- tone’'s Kelations with the British Government and the Royal Geographical Society—A Devil and Her Deeds—The Revision of Postal Rates—Les Trols Tetons: The United States Geological Surveying Expedition in the Rocky Mountains—Trotting at Prospect Park Fair Grounds, Hall’s Driving Park and Fleetwood Park—Newark's New Police Departure. S—Financial and Commercial: A Rather Easier Feeling in the Money Market; Loans on Call 485 Per Cent; A Decline and a Rally in Foreign Exchange; An Advance in the Bank of England Discount Rate Looked For; Gold Firmer in Consequence; The Stock Market Depressed and Prices Down; The “Bear” Clique Busy Again; Vindication of the HERALD Report of the Loss of the America; Another Decrease in Erie Earnings—Events in Brazil: | A Stroke of Lightuing Made to Order—A Sub- marine Torpedo Boat—Shocking Brutality in Jersey. @—Editorinis: Leading Article, “The Financial Condition of the Country—The Nation's Cre- adit Superior to Presidential Contests’— Amusement Announcements. ‘J=—The Congress of the Crowns—The Alabama Claims—Cable Telegrams from England, France, Spain and Portugal—Forrester: The Examination at the Tombs Yesterday and the Disposal of the Prisoner; How the Police Were Informed of the Prisoner's Connection with the Nathan Murder—The Metis Investi- ane asiipnnons: Telegrams—Business jotices. S—Interesting Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts—Nearly Murdered by Mis- take — Yorkville Police Court — “Check- mated"—Travelling Ladies Refused Hotel Ac- commodations—Koat Thicves—Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements. 9—Advertisements. \O—-Massachusetts: The Liberal-Democratic Joint Convention at Worcester ; ga and En- thusiasm; Charles Sumner Nominated for Governor; Specches by General Banks and ’ Mr. O'Connor, of South Carolina—Shipping Intelligence—Advertisements, Advertisements, Advertisements. 7 ——— Tax Conaress ory THE Ewrzrors.—The in demonstration has been grand in its » It bas been a great triumph, in the place, for autocratic as contrasted democratic rule. The Emperors enjoy show. It has been a great triumph, in the place, for Germany. The German peo- le the wide world over enjoy the occasion, use they know that it is the first demon- tration of the kind which glorifies the German All this is good ond intelligible. But ven the sun has its shadow. The shadow in case comes through the London Times. Times expects that when the conference at lin is over a circular note will be issued laining its pacific nature. When the deed done, or rather when the compact is made, ig well enough to speak of peace. Has it to this, that the world, the commercial orld particularly, is at the mercy of the three iperors? Not yet, we think; but proud people will in moments of enthusiasm let out. q ‘ Proce Brsmancr’s Cuntovs Wisa.—The ‘Prince Premier of Germany has been com- 'plimented by the municipality of Berlin with freedom, or honorary citizenship, of Prussian capital. His reply to the Mayor, receiving the corporate honor, was char- ic of the man. He averred that the } ing of the Emperors strengthened confi- ence in peace, which was ‘‘almost as valua- ‘able as peace itself.” The precise meaning ‘which may attach to the concluding words is equivocal, particufarly so to people who ve imagined that the German Empire, as at Present constituted, is a dominion ‘ation pt the peace principle obnigaade ep. war. /‘Almost as valuable as peace itself!"’ Does this ‘denote that smouldering embers of the late war ‘vith France remain on the battle fields from Bearbruck to Sedin? The famous Prussian @ most curious aspiration next. He id ‘he wished history could now remain at standstill for a while.”” Why so? It should be, we think, that he would be only too happy for the busy pen of the chronicler of current ‘events to be still more busy in noting down brilliant facts which must have transpired | Guring the Congress of the Crowns. But it may be that Bismarck does not consider the facts as brilliant. Perhaps they are Gispleasing to him—despite the consolation ‘of the Austro-Hungarian Cross—and hence his anxiety for silence in the future.’ History oes not stand still. It has been foreed to do 0, however, and ata very remarkable epoch. ‘The British government and Perliament de- flared, after the restoration of the Monarchy, that the period of the protectorate of Orom- swell ‘was and shall be a blank in history."’ Tt remains so officially in Britain at this hour. But, perhaps, the German Prince Statesman Jpas doen wisreported, The Financial Condition of the Coun- try—The Nation’s Oredit Superior to Presidential Contests. In cach recurring period of a Presidential campaign tho American people are awakened to a discussion of the issues upon which rests the prosperity of the country. This is whole- some in the main, although working some interruption of business, as through the agita- business to the cares of State once in every four years that our Republic exists with such promise of vitality. Our people, in their knowledge and interest in the welfare of the country, are not sovereigns merely in name, but intelligent rulers. In the present campaign the condi- tion of our finances has assumed a prominence greater than almost any of the other points at issue between the two parties. This is to some extent unfortunate, as, owing to the reckless antagonism of party organs, many misstatements are made and ‘circulated, to the direct injury of legitimate business in- terests. We propose here to correct some of these false impressions that have gained credence through an imperfect knowledge of |, the conditions which influence trade and finance. It is true, the country has suffered from mistaken as well as partisan legislation on the part of Congress, much of which, through a persistent ignorance, scarcely to be accounted for, of the commonest principles which govern commercial movements, has been detrimental. Mr, Boutwell’s numerous blunders have also been hurtful; but neither his experimental efforts at political economy, nor the usual cry of politicians that we are on the verge of ruin, have been sufficient to arrest the onward march of the country to com- mercial greatness. Further, whether Grant or Greeley be President during the next four years, or whatever may be the chances of one or the other during the canvass, is an item which only affects speculators. The credit of the United States rests on @ more secure basis than the accidental occupant of the White House. Mr. Boutwell may endeavor to demonstrate Adam Smith to be “all wrong,” or Mr. Greeloy may apply his knowledge of farming to the Treasury Depart- ment and try some deep-soil ploughing in a financial way; but the country exists, and neither Mr. Boutwell, Mr. Grant nor Mr. Greeley can hurt it much. In all civilized nations the foreign com- merce of a country is the method by which its commercial standing is measured. In thi respect Great Britain is, and has been, pro- eminently the first nation. Her foreign com- merce has steadily increased, until the enor- mous fignro of three thousand millions of dollars has been reached. This result has been accomplished by wise statesmanship and the most liberal support by the government of all enterprise looking to the extension of British commerce. Besides, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is in constant and daily communication with the leading trades people and representative commercial men, attentive to their wants and suggestions, open to instruction and never attempts to force a policy upon the country against the protest of the commercial body. France in point of foreign commerce is the second na- tion of the world, the annual value of her foreign commerce being now about one thou- sand five hundred millions of dollars. The United States has made rapid strides in foreign commerce during the last two de- cades, notwithstanding the interruption caused by the rebellion, and our improvement in this respect is remarkable. Our total for- eign commerce in 1852 was four hundred and twenty-two millions of dollars, which was in- creased in 1860, at the outbreak of the rebel- lion, to seven hundred and sixty-two millions. From that period to the close of the war our toreign commerce passed through many vicis- situdes, and one year ran down as low as four hundred and thirty-five millions. After the close of the rebellion there was a rapid improvement, until, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, our foreign commerce reached a total of eleven hundred millions. For the fiscal year which closed last June the official figures have not yet been made out, but it is estimated the total will reach twelve hundred millions—the largest in the history of the country. When we consider that tl is rg: sult has been shibectahed tn the 5 may =. tually hostile legislation, it presents an evi- | dence of commercial progress and greatness of which any people may be proud. It shows, also, the remarkable recuperative qualities of the country which from the ashes of such dire destruction which our civil war brought upon us could so soon raise such a magnificent mon- ument of financial strength. But another and still stronger indication of acountry'’s prosperity is its internal comiétco; and no country in the world can present such astriking increase in this respect as the United States. This rapid growth in internal com- merce is the natural result of the extension of our system of internal improvements, more especially railroads. It is interesting in this connection to note the steady increase of railroad mileage here. In 1830 there were twenty-three miles of railroad in operation in the he ar States. In 1845 there were 2,218 miles; in 1850, 9,021 miles; in 1860, 30,635 miles, and in 1871, 60,852 | miles. The gross value of the internal com- merce of our railroads during the fiscal year ending June, 1871, is stated in round numbers at $15,000,000,000—greater than the entire foreign commerce of the whole world. All this vast commerce and its consequent our railroad system, which has progressed | more rapidly here than in any other country in | the world. Here comes in one large item of | | our foreign indebtedness, about which we hear | so much in connection with that much-quoted | but misunderstood expression, ‘the balance of trade."* A large proportion of our im- ports which go to make up that | horrid béle noire of o balance of trade | against us is nothing more than an investment, | which not only pays for itself in a few years, but gives new wealth tothe country. Take, for instance, the railfond iron imported. By its aid we have tapped within the past few years new mineral regions never before accessi- ble to commerce, and largely increased the area of our cereal productions. In the use of raw material like this there is no balance of | trade against us. Concesuing our immediate condition, late wealth has been created by the extension of | advices give assurance that, while the cotton crop this year-is less than the average of previous years, it is greater than last year, and a fair crop. We have grain enough to supply any deficiency that may occur elsewhere, and market an exceptionally large clip of wool. ‘The Fall business has opened actively in the Atlantic cities, and. large amounts of goods are now being sent to the interior for consumption. Owing to the financial controversy which has grown out of the Presidential campaign there is a strong disposition towards conservatism among business men. This is not hurtful ina general sense, but, on the contrary, may serve as an opportunity for more thoughtful action on the part of many of our business men. We have heard a good deal during this cam- paign as far as it has progressed, and will doubtless hear a great deal more, concerning the enormous amount of American securities held abroad and the great drain upon us for interest, with the possible danger of a sudden return upon us of a largo amount of these securities, This is altogether political clap- trap. As a young country we are naturally borrowers. We could not borrow if thero were not a solid basis to our credit. European confidence in our bonds takes no account of Presidential changes, but is based upon the steady increase of our ‘commerce, foreign and domestic, as shown above; the development of our mineral resources, such as gold,’ silver, coal, iron, &., and the constant tide of emigration hither, which is continually adding to our national wealth. A great cloud which threatened to settle down upon us as though we were involved in the besom of destruction has fortunately lifted, giving assurance after its threatening aspect that fair daylight will prevail. Geor- gia recontly threatened repudiation. It is stated now she has reconsidered her pur- pose. We take no account of the justification for such an act; but when, as the result of this Presidential canvass, no matter who is elected, we clasp hands across the bloody chasm and welcome our wayward sisters into full association with the family of States that make up our blessed Union, they must como free of all suspicion of defalcation, that the credit of a reunited country may stand un- questioned before the world. Tho Board of Aldermen and the Underground Railroad. Much as New York needs the means of rapid transit in the direction of the length of the island, and gladly as the Vanderbilt plan has been hailed by the general public as offer- ing it, there are obstacles to its operations. By the resolution of Alderman Conover, adopted in the Board on Monday, the Cor- poration Counsel is directed to take legal measures to prevent the appropriation of any real estate of the city for the use of the pro- posed underground railway until the value thereof shall be fixed and its payment seoured for the benefit of the sinking fund pledged to redeem the city debt. This action, if successful, will stop the excavation for the initial station in the City Hall Park, opposite the new Post Office, which, if proceeded with according to the published plan, would encroach upon the unfinished fountain and totally destroy its beauty and effect. The Board of Alder- men are bound to protect the credit of the city and seduiously guard her estate for the safety of bondholders and the municipal credit, and in that view are sanctioned in this action; yet they should bear in mind that they must also consider the public interest and the pros- perity of the metropolis, which will be jeo- parded by any obstruction of rapid transit. Liberty to use public property is one of tho valuable franchises given to the Vanderbilt company, and one of the inducements to it to undertake a great work for the public conve- nience, and one essential to the continued rapid growth of the metropolis. We cannot afford to hinder the Vanderbilt tunnel. We must pay the sinking fund for the land the tunnel uses. How can the two necessities be reconciled ? The Investigation of the Metis Dis- aster. So far the facts elicited by the investigating inspectors are far from satisfactory. If we are to accept the testimony of tho officers of the steamer no one was at all to blamo for the Geen Ob Ake Aavsedany aE LIS at followed. Every one was as cool as a cucum- ber, and every one did exactly what every one ought to have done. Unfortunately for our faith in this coweur de rose picture, no suf- ficient renson has been given why the life, boats and the liferaft were not launched in time and with that order and precision which might not unreasonably be looked for where every one was 80 admirably cool. This ig the weak point of the official story. Had there been only a little of the steady seamanship Which we havea right to expect from men in the garb and position of sailors many valu- able lives might have been saved. It is clear, evert from the captain's own story, that the mafotity of the passengers owe their lives to the accfdental soparation of the hurricane deck from the hull of tho vessel | and the number of cotton bales in the cargo. | Had the passengers nothing to rely upon but the coolness and steady conduct of the crew of the Metis we feel compelled to record our opinion that very few of them would have e3- caped death. The points upon which the chief attention of the investigation ought to rest are, undoubt- edly, the careless examination of the injuries sustained by the vessel, the rash signalling | away of the Nereus when that vessel could have rendered invaluable assistance, the fail- ure to frre gun or rocket to recall her or attract Other vessels when the sinking state of the Metis was discovered, and the utter absence of anything like an organized attempt to launch the lifeboats. These are points that require close and exact answers. Such plati- tudes as everybody doing his best for the safety of the passengers, in face of facts that prove that the most ordinary precautions against loss of life were neglected, will not be accepted by the public, Lither the points we have called attention to are untrue or exaggerated or they are wholly false. So far the officers have not attempted to disprove them except by general state- ments, which are matters of opinion. If they can prove that they did make proper efforts to launch the boats and securo the safety of the women and children, let them do so, or show good reason why they failed, So with all the main points; we want them answered distinotly, not vaguely and generally. This Metis affair is the culmination of a series of #0-called accidents, and an example must be made of the guilty parties, it there be any, that will act as a warning to the steamboating fraternity. We should be happy if it can be proved that no one was to blanre, but there must be satisfactory reasons shown for such a conclusion. The officers of the Metis more than others are concerned in having such an investigation conducted in the strictest and most searching manner if their conduct has been beyond reproach, in order that their in- nocence may be satisfactorily established. But, whether they are innocent or guilty, the public want the investigation to be rigid, as a proof that such accidents will not be lightly passed over in future. Tho Yellowstone Commisstoners—The Governmont Geological Expedition in the Rocky Mountains—Our Special Reporter’s Latest Report. General B. R. Cowen, Assistant Secrotary of the Interior and head of the Peace Com- mission to the Sioux Indians, with the other Commissioners and some Indian hostages, have reached Chicago en route to Washington. The Commissioners did not visit the Yellow- stone, a3 originally intended, on account of the belligerent attitude of the Indians in that quarter, those indignant red men having or- ganized for war to resist the building of the Northern Pacific Railroad through their hunt- ing grounds. The Commissioners, however, pushed into the heart of the Indian country on the Upper Missouri, where they had some powwows with the savages; but from Corinne, Utah, to Helena, in Montana, they had a rough and dangerous trip. They were at- tacked by the Indians; they found it difficult to get transportation, as the mosquitoes (the real Rocky Mountain mosquitoes) had driven away horses and cattle. In fact, they say that in crossing the Northern Pacific Railway route, on the Upper Missouri, two of the muies of the commission were attacked by swarms of mosqui- toes and killed. And these are the mosquitoes which they have, too, in the valley of the Yel- lowstone, so that hereafter the traveller to the natural wonders of those Plutonic regions will do well to provide good strong mosquito nets, not only for his own safety, but for the pro- tection of his mules. But while by belligerent redskins and ferocious mosquitoes General Cowen and his Peace Commissioners were de- terred from visiting tho valley of the Upper Yellowstone, wo have a different story to report of the United States Surveying Expedition among that lofty mass of the Rocky Mountains, from which the waters are drained on the east. by the Yellowstone and the other head streams of the Missouri into the Gulf of Mexico, and on the west by the Colorado into the Gulf of California, and by the Snake River into the Columbia, and thence into the North Pacific Ocean. From a Heraup com- missioner on tho west flank of this elevated Rocky Mountain, attending the United States Geological Surveying Expedition in that quar- ter, we publish this morning a graphic and fascinating description of ‘‘Les Trois Tetons’’ rising from twelve to thirteen thousand feet above the sea, and of tho wild and wonderful scenery of those mountains, with their enormous snow drifia and glaciers in Jaly, from which they may well be called the Alps of the United States. These Alps of ours, however, extend over an area which reduces that of the Euro- pean Alps to a small corner in the compari- son, although we have only here and there a peak which rises to the dignity of Mont Blanc. Our correspondent of ‘Les Trois Tetons’ tells us of his passage (28th of July) yp acanyon by perpendicular walls of granite rising two thousand feet from the stream, and of roaring cascades, and chasms filled with snow and ice, and then of a view in which, as far as he could see, huge fieldg of snow glistened under the rising sun; and then of a mountain lake, ten thousand two hundred feet above the sea, covered with ice, of a dark green color, fifteen feet thick, and so on to the end of his story. Such scenes as these of ice and snow are still refreshing to read of, though we have passed the ordeal of an equatorial Summer which we had feared had melted all the snow even in the Rocky Mountains. But our correspondent removes all doubts upon this point in his ro- port of the boundless fields of snow in and around “Leg Tyots Tétons.”’ + SOTEP Wah Te ay na * Billy Foftester=I1 He the Nathan, Murderer? “ Superintendent Kelso’s cage at the Central Police station confines Billy Forrester, a con- victed criminal, for whom a reward has long been offered. Perhaps this prisoner is an elephant of whom our police would gladly be Hid, Moro than two years ie 8 fearful struggle in the Nathail ihansion left its vene- rable owner lying dead upon the floor of a second story front room, his skull crushed by repeated blows with a blunt iron weapon and his silver locks bathed in his own blood, which saturated the carpet ond had been tracked by the murderer down the stairs tothe street door. This door and the win- dows of the room in which the murder was committed were commanded by scores of windows in the Fifth Avenue Hotel. A police patrol passed the house frequently during the night. On a prominent thoroughfare, it was almost con- stantly under the eyes of passengers. Two sons of Mr. Nathan slept on the next floor above their father. Two servants were alsoin the house, one of them, a middle-aged woman, sleeping in the back room of the same floor as Mx Nathan. Tho death conflict was a long and noisy one; it was lighted by a burning gas jet; it deranged the furniture in two rooms, and on its conclusion the assassin en- tered the adjoining bathroom and later de- scended the main stairway to the front door, which he left open. Yet no witness saw or heard the struggle, nor was the criminal heard or seen in his retreat by any one of the hun- dreds who were within sight and earshot when the bloody tragedy was enacted. Many arti- cles of value were taken from the room. One of the sons, rising long after daylight, and | after the servant woman had gone down’ to the basement, was the first to make the horrible discovery and give the alarm. A most thorough and diligent examination by the authorities, the official detectives and tho whole public, stimulated by the offer of very large rewards for the conviction of the mur- derer, as well as for the discovery of any evi- dence tending to throw light upog the terrible | in posting their books and finding out the mystery, utterly failed to fix the guilt upon any one. A professional detective of the highest rank is believed to have grieved him- self to death over his inability to ferret out the murderer of Benjamin Nathan. Pretended discoveries of evidence have appeared im many directions, but they have vanished on investigation. Among other matters bearing on the case wasa suggestion from a convict that Billy Forrester was the assassin, and an assertion that he had on a provious occasion conspired with others to rob the Nathan house, but had been preyented from making the attempt. It wag not proved that Forrester had been in'this vicinity at tho date of the murder. He was, however, wanted at the Illinois Penitentiary. His picture was engraved and handbills bearing it, with the offer of a reward for his arrest, were circulated through all the States and Territo- ries. For all that he had managed to evade arrest till a few days ago, when he was secured at Washington. He appears entirely confident of his ability to disprove the murder charge, affirming that he was thousands of miles distant. Though he is an acknowledged convict we should not projudge him on this terrible accusation. To give # dog a bad name is equivalent to procuring his doath, Billy Forrester, like every other person, is entitled to the presumption of innocence till his guilt is proved by adequate evidence. He is not to be condemned on the mere assertion of an inmate of State Prison. The blood- hounds of the police would pocket a large sum if he should be convicted, but to do that they must establish more than a fancied con- nection between Forrester and the bloody “dog’’ which prostrated the vigorous old man as ho resisted the robbery of his safe. Let even Billy Forrester have fair play and all legal rights. Reciprocal Trade with Japan. Japan has taken a great stride in the way of free trade as well as in other reforms, Though one of the oldest nations in the world, it is the last that has come into the family ot mod- ern commercial countries. The proclamation of President Grant, which we published yester- day, abolishing discriminating duties on Jap- anese vessels entering the ports of the United States, and on the produce, manufactures or merchandise imported in such vessels, by way of reciprocating a like act on the part of Japan toward the vessels. and cargoes of this country, shows that the Japanese are leading us even in liberal commercial measures. The President had been officially informed that no other or higher duties of tonnage or impost are levied in the ports of the Empire of Japan upon vessels or their cargoes belonging wholly to citizens.of the United States than are levied on Japanese vessels and their cargoes in the same ports of the Empire, and he promptly made this declaration of reciprocity under the authority of an act of Congress empowering him to do so. It appears that this action was taken just now in consequence of the arrival of a Japanese vessel at San Francisco, the ex- act standing of which was not known, and which it was necessary the government should define. The United States will derive the greatest advantage from this step toward free trade with Japan, because the tonnage of our vessels trading with that Empire is and will be much larger than Japanese tonnage entering our ports. Here isan example given by Ja- pan and followed by the United States which older and other commercial nations would.do well to follow. Return of the Fashionables—A Bril- Mant Season Anticipated. be The month of September is essentially a bustling one in this city. The gay birds of passage that plume their wings in the realms of fashion abroad and at the watering places are in full flight homeward. Every steamer brings its quota of the wanderers, and the trains bear them back in scores from the mountains and seaside. On the Avenue and the fashionable squares domestics are scrub- bing and cleaning away for dear life, and making preparations for the return of the family. But while the harpies of the watering places are counting over their season’s spoils their brethren across the ocean have greater reason to congratulate their good fortune in having the plucking of the most valuable of the aforesaid birds of passage. A trip to Europ every Summer ig fast becoming de rigueur with New Yorkers Wet bank sooount grate: Setiafastorily, and: the are; eet of Séean steamers tnav ieS¥5~Or arrive at this port weekly does not suffice to accommodate all the applicants for staterooms. Europe sends us ao host of emigrants annually, and a goodly supply of hard cash with them. We return the compli- ment with interest by a delegation of Summer tourists who scatter money without stint on their travel When the sun points his darts in the merry month of May, or the balmy days of June, the hegira commences, and every European steamer is filled to its utmost capacity. Few of the tourists have any definite course shaped out for their visit to the ‘Old Country,”’ except, perhaps, the facile one of getting rid of as much money as possible in a short space of time, During the civil war hore & crop of milliouxaires spraig tip of the shoddy species, and as they" made fortunes easily they spent them with the Same facility. This class of people effected quilé a zevolution in their travels in Europe. Their éxiravagance en- riched all the needy landlords and lazzaroni of the cities and spas, and transformed then ‘rom humble, obsequious Bonifaces to supercilious, disobliging caravansary keepers. In some parts of Europe it is almost as expensive to travel or reside at present as in this country, which is saying a gread deal. Uncle Sam was such an excellent eustomer when the war was in progress that the shoddy leeches cared little | for expense on the other side of the Atlantic. They took the place of the English milords, and the sight of an Amcrican visitor had the same effect upon a French, Italian or German | hotel proprietor as that of gold “signs’’ ona miner. For a couple of years after the war those who had-money to spare were too busy exact relation existing between their assets and liabilities, But now extravagance has resumed its powef,"and muillions aro annually spent in Euyope by American tourists. But with the return of the fashionables let it not be supposed that there is the slightest retrenchment in their expenditures. On the contrary, the-thousand and one brilliant an- nouncements in opera, drama and society tustre. The most fascinating wong bird of Europe is here, surrounded by s bouquet of artists such as would wn iadeenean and London, Berlin and St. mourn even the temporary loss of their Luces. Hager rocket notes with the veteran tenor, Mario, at the game hall; and the vivacious Aimée intro- duces @ now opéra bouffe company at the Olympic. ° No loss are the attmactions on the dramatio stage. Tho standard temple of art, Wallack’s, efter a brilliant opening with ono of the best of the London plays, “Pygmalion and Ga- latea,”’ will be enlivened with the artistic humor and brilliant talents of Mr. Sothern, whose Dundreary has passed into proverb. » Year after year this theatre has maintained its high reputation and kept its host of patrons to their allogiance by an unwavering course of first class entertainments. Weddings, receptions and balis will keep society in a flutter all Winter. The gorgeous- ness of the events of the hymeneal order has attained such proportions of late years that a marriago én régle cannot be thought of unless with a colossal fortune at one’s back, and the soirées, breakfasts, Germans and balls that take place every week during the season om the Avenue or other fashionable resorts would astonish even the noblesse of Belgravia. Om all sides the hum of proparation is heard, and there is little pause betwoon the extravagance of a tour on the Continent in the other hemi- sphere and the whirlpool of attractions promised here for the Winter. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. General J. T. Owens, of Philadelphia, ts at the Astor House. General Terry and General Tarbull, of the United States Army, are at the Sturtevant House. Judge A. F. Perry, of Cincinnati, is registered at the Grand Central Hotel. General A. A, Humphrey and General B. Hatoh, of tho United States Army; General James A. Hall, of Maine, and Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecticut, ase all quartered at the Hoffman House, Lieutenant Governor Allen ©. Beach, of New York, is domiciled at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Governor J. M. Ashley, of Ohio, has arrived at the Astor House. Governor Claflin, of Massachusetts, and Governor Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, are among the late arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Professor Silliman, of Yale College, is stopping at the Brevoort House, j Mr. Hugh Anderson, of Coleraine, Iretand, 1 se- Jjourning at the New York Hotel. Judge F. Farwell, of Miinols, is dwelling at the Metropolitan Hotel. Governor John T. Hoffman and family are domi- ciled at the Clarendon Hotel. Francis Kernan, of Utica, the democratic aud liberal republican nominee for Governor, arrived. yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, August Rubinstein, the pianist, and Henry Wie- niawski, the violinist, of St. Petersburg, have takea, quarters at the Clarendon. ' Edmund Yates, the celebrated English author, arrived yesterday from London, and will remain for a few days at the Brevoort House. Colonel Steele, of the British Army, is quartered at the Brevoort House. Dr. A. Crane, of New Orleans, is at the Albemarte Hotel. C. A. Von de Abeale and August A, Wumberrin, from Rotterdam, are sojourning at the Clarendon. The Rev. J. P. Gulliver, D. D., late President of Knox College, at Galesburg, Ill., has accepted a unanimous call to become the pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Binghamton. ABRIVAL OF DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS. Madamo Pauline Lucca and Other Songe Birds. The steamship Cuba, which arrived at Quaram tine at a late hour on Tuesday night, dropped quietly into her dock in Jersey City yesterday morning. Among her passengers were the follow- ing distinguished people :—Madame Pauline Lucca (Baroness Von Raden), Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, Herr Anton Rubinstein, the renowned pianist; Herr Wieniawski, the violinist; Miss Clara Doria, formerly connected with the Parepa-Rosa troupe; Mr. Mark Smith, the actor; Mr. Edmund Yates, the author, and Mr. Henry Jarrett, of tho Italian Opera. Before the steamer reached the dock shq was boarded by Mr. Max Maretzek and a commit toe otreleomy trp ane Asenilag, July Re ne, lett Whitehall sup in the revenue cdttér Uno. Madame Lucca, notwithstanding the fatigue of her first voyage acroas the Atlantic, was in the best oa spirits, and expressed herself deilghted to reach, the land of thé Wogt, _ghe ts a petite, bright and vivacious lady, {gvinating in person and manner, and one calculated to win the esteem and admiration of every one who has the honor of her acquaintance. She en- tered a carriage upon leaving the steamer, and was driven to the house engaged for her in thie city, 17 East Fourteenth street. She remained in- doors during the day and retired early, the voyage having considerably taxed her strength. None of the pictures which have been given of her do her fall justice, as in conversation there is an inde- scribable charm and sprightly vivacity about her. that defy the efforts of the best, artists to lima. She speaks the English language yery fluently, with @ slight foreign fedgpt that adds to the charm of ner vice. A grand sefenade ts contem- plated to welcome such a surpassing artist ty OUr shores, Madame Lycca was accompanied by her! parents and suite of servants. To judge from the mountain of luggage brought to her house from the steamer, her toilets must be bewildering in variety. Her house is magnificently furnished, and calcu- lated in all its appointments to be satisfactory to even the pet artist of London, Berlin and St. Pe- tersburg. Miss Kellogg will reside at 114 East Twenty-fittts stréei, with her parents. Messrs, Rubinstein & Wiemawsx! have taken rooms at the Clarendon Hotel, Mark Smith at the Westmoreland, and Mr. Yates at the Brevoort. The first of a series of grand receptions arranged by the Arcadian Club will be given in honor of Miss Kellogg, on Tuesday next, at the Ciub House, 62 Union piace. The arrival of the artists of the Italiam Opera has created quite am excitement in musical ¢irces, and there were many applications at the Academy of Music yesterday relative to the opening of the season. The indications are that every seat will be sold long before the opening night. NAVAL ORDERS. Wasittnaron, Sept, 11, 1972, Medical Inspector Turner @s member of the Medical Board of Examiners at Washingtou; Pay- master Caswell as Fieet Paymaster of the South Pacific station; Paymaster Pritchard tothe Sara- nac; Passed Assistant Paymaster Whitchouse ta the Portsmouth, Detached—Commander Ramsey from the Bureau of Ordnance; Lieutenant Miller from the Shawmut and placed on waiting orders; Medical Director Jackson from the New York Naval Hospital and ordered to the Norfolk Naval Hospital; Surgeon Dean as member of the Medical Board of Examiners ordered to resume his duties in the Burcau of Medicine and Surgery ; a master Cosby from the Saranac and ‘ordered %6 Dome and settle accounts, show that the gvason-will-be one of excoptional | geed