The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1872, Page 7

LIVINGSTO ‘dlerald Special Report from Zai abar and Bombay by Way of London, WERY LATE NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA. ‘Letters from the Explorer Under Date of July 2, 1872. Well in Health, and Still at Unyanyembe. Awaiting the Arrival of the Sec- ond American Expedition. Particulars of the Journey of Stanley's Relief Band. ‘THE TRIUMPHS OF SCIENCE. sAsia, Europe and America in Instantaneous Communion by Electricity. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, The following special despatch to the :Heratp has been received from our corre- spondent.in Bombay, by way of London:— . Bomaay, India, Sept. 17—4:30 P. M. Via Lonpon, Sept. 17, 1872. i Letters from Dr. Livingstone, dated July 2, 11872, are received at Zanzibar. Livingstone was still at Unyanyembe. ‘The explorer was well in health. He was waiting at Unyanyembe the arrival of Mr. Stanley’s second Am crican Reliof Expe- dition. THE SECOXD AMERICAN EXPEDITION, Stanicy’s Latest Report from the Party of Aid Which He Despatched to Liv- ingstone. The news which is conveyed in the special tele- gram report trom Zanzibar and Bombay, which we publish above, is of the greatest interest and im- ‘portance. It announces Livingstone well in health and still at Unyanyembe, awaiting the arrival of the ®econd relief expedition which was despatched to his succor and aid by the commander of the ‘American HERALD Search Corps, by whom he was frst discovered. But thisis not all. Our specia; despatch brings news of the state of health and Jocal position of the explorer on the 2d of July, only two months and fourteen days ago. Then, again, the telegram is dated ip Bombay, Tndla, at half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon ; was received at the Heranp News Bureau in Lon- don some short time subsequently; transmitted to New York through the Atlantic cable in the after- moon; received at the HERALD building at seven o'clock tn the evening and published in the pages of our first press issue this morning. ' Asta, Furope and America in instantaneous com- saunication with Africa just at hand! / Second American Relicf Corps. _ Inexplanation of the contents of our special news telegram trom Bombay we republish from the col- amns of the HERALD the sub/oined letter of Mr, Stanley, in which he announced to us the latest ad- vices which he had had from the expedition which he sent out with material aid to Livingstone sub- sequent to his own personal interview with the pxplorer:— Route of the Lonpon, Sept. 1, 1872, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— I received the following letter from a gentleman ‘at Zanzibar, whom I requested before Icaving there to forward me any particulars of the expedition Torwarded to Dr. Livingstone before I left that isiand:— ZANZIBAR, July 22, 1872. My Dear Mr. STANLEY—I am very glad to be able to forward you some intelligence from your last expedition, although I fear itis not, perhaps, what you may expect; but you know an Arab is mow coing slowly what you jormerly accomplished with despatch. A messenger bringing letters from one Amer bin Salim, a relative of Sheikh Hashid'’s, who is in charge Of a ‘soiari’’ (caravan) of his, written at Unyauyembe fifty days ago, June 2, on business Matters, reached here four days since, and lg beg parsing your, expedition ata place called wa- pwa; that all the people were all right and had lost mo men or goods, He says ne reached the coast ten days after passing them. If this is so they have made slow proareee, He may have made a mistake in his count; you can judge, however, from the pee they had reached. Amer bin Salim writes hat the Doctor was “at Unyanyembe all right.” 1 have not heard that any letiers have been received from him. All Zanzibar fricnds are well. Thave extracted from the letters such news as I ‘thought would interest your readers. Mpwa-pwa ds the village in Usagara where my Scotch assistant Farquhar died, It is the half-way place to Unyan- yembe for a loaded caravan. It is on the verge of ‘the sterile region, According to the messengers ‘they were met on the 6th of July. Within twenty- five days from Mwpa-pwa the caravan could easily “reach the Doctor. We will say, then, that on the 1st of August the Doctor received his stores and let- ters, and, what is as important, his men. My friend means when he says “‘had lost no men’ that none had deserted. The doctor intended to have stopped ten days at Unyanyembe after getting his stores and then pursue his Journey, which would make it the 10th of August when he left Unyan- yembe. Within twenty days—allowing for all con- tingencies—he must be somewhere near Mrera, in «Central Uconongo. HENRY M. STANLEY, GERMANY. Prussian Ministerial Resignation Through Per- sonal Disagreement With Bismarck—An Imperial Ukase Against Emigra- tion—Death of a Philosopher. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, BERLIN, Sept. 17, 1872. Herr Von Thile, the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has resigned in consequence of a disagree- ment with Prince Bismarck, CABINET CIRCULAR AGAINST FRER EMIGRATION. The German government has issued a second cir- cular, in still more threatening terms than the original one, against emigrants, who, it declares, will be treated as outlaws, over whom a special surveillance and supervision has been instituted, Despite the menaces of the government, emigra- tion from Germany has been onty slightly affected, DEATH OF A PHILOSOPHER, A despatch from Hanan, Hesse Cassel, reports the cath at that town of Louis Feuerbach, the distin- guished German philosopher, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, MATILDA HERON AND LAURA FAIR, 0, Cal, Sept. 17, 1872. The Court has refused to grant alimony to Matilda ficron. Out of 950 jnrors sammoned a jury was obtained for the new trial of Laura Fai NE] = NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, ALABAMA CLAIMS DECISION. the Geneva Ar- bitration Settlement—“‘Tribute toa Bully” — Press “Defiance” of America—Disper- sion of the Council Delegates. TELEGRAM TO ThE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 17, 1872. The Tory journals condemn in unmeasured terms the action of the Geneva Tribunal in the settlement of the Alabama claims. ‘The London Advertiser says :—‘What a farce has been played at Geneva, where England has been adjudged to pay tribute toa bully who repudiates his own obligations! America is not yet contented with the settlement of the claims against Eng- Jand,”” The London Herald breathes defiance and hatred of America, and says that the breach between the two countries has only been widened, and then adds:—“Of course had the arbitrators decided upon @ larger sum of indemnity England would pay it; if they had awarded nothing America could but show her teeth. What humiliation next awaits us # The London Standard comments upon the award in asimilar strain, It says:—*‘We went to Geneva for justice and reconciliation, but instead met with invectives from the American counsel and a par- tially adverse award, dictated rather by a desire for compromise than by equity. The whole pro- ceedings in connection with the arbitration are entirely unsatisfactory to England.” THE TRIBUNAL CELEBRITIES IN THEIR HOMEWARD DISPERSION. A despatch from Lausanne says all the American gentlemen connected with the late Board of Arbi- tration, except Mr. Adams, have left Switzerland. Mr. Caleb Cushing will remain some time in Paris, and upon leaving that city wili go to America. It is his intention to visit Mexico at an early date. DISPERSION OF DELEGATES, Mr. Evarts has arrived in Paris {rom Geneva, and Mr. Davis is expected in the French capital to- morrow. ~ ENGLAND. Senator Sumner in the Metropolis—Suicide of an American—American Gallantry—Tihe Iuter- nationalist Reformors in Council—A Boyal Marriage in Prospect. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Mr. Charles Sumner has arrived in London. He willleave for Paris in a short time. His health has been much improved by the voyage from America, SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN, The suicide in this city of a young American wo- man named Alice Blanche Oswald has added a fresh impetus to the project for the establishment of a strangers’ home. Hundreds of persons are anxious to subscribe money to carry out the idea, a large number of whom are Americans, AMERICAN GALLANTRY. : The London journals this morning bestow much praise upon Mr. John Blenham, an American, who yesterday plunged into the Thames and at great peril to his own life saved a drowning person. Mr. Blenham was himself compictely exhausted when he reached the shore. QUEEN VICTORIA’S ONLY UNMARRIED DAUGHTER, It 18 reported that Princess Beatrice, the fifth and only unmarried daugiiter of Queen Victoria, has been betrothed to the Marquis of Stafford. The Princess is now in the sixtcenth year of her age, and the Marquis is in his twenty-second year, Cromartie Leyeson-Gower, Marquis of Stafford, is son and heir of the Right Honorable George Granville William Leveson-Gower, Duke of Suther- land, by his wife Anne, daughter of the late John Hay Mackenzie, Esq., of Newball and Cromartie. She was created Countess of Cromartie in the year 1862, INTERNATIONALIST MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAT, SECESSION, At the meeting of the meibers of the Interna- tional Society in this city yesterday thirty persons attended. The subject of the enfranchisement of the working classes was discussed. A majority of the members present are in favor of a complete secession from the Karl Marx sec- tion of the society. LABOR AND CAPITAL ARRANGING THEIR DIFFICULTIES The diMculties between the bakers of tis city and their employers, which threatened to lead toa strike, have been amicably arranged. PLATFORM OF THE RADIVAL REFORMERS. The meeting of the Internationalists adopted a@ platform in favor of universal suffrage by ballot for legistative and magisterial oMccrs, compnisory and gratuitous common school educa- tion, the disbandment of standing armies, the abolition of indirect taxes and substitution there- for of a progressive income tax, and the suppression of usury. REFORM DEATH OF AN EX-LEGISLATOR, Mr. George Lort Phillips, formerly Member ot Parliament for Pembrokeshire, is dead. SCOTLAND rials echlak “AES Se ey Fatal Collision of Railway Trains, and Fire in the Wreck. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. GLascow, Sept, 17, 1872, A collision between two railway trains occurred last night near tnis city. Two persons were killed and several wounded. A number of the wrecked cars took tire and were burned, IRELAND. Explosion of a Steam Boiler, with Fatal Effects. TELECHAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. DvBLIN, Sept. 17, 1872. Yesteiday, while a railway tram was standing at the station in the town of Bray, county Wicklow, the boiler of the engine exploded, causing the death of two persons and the demolition of the station building. The Grand Duke Alexis and the Imperial Squadron at Hong Kong. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LonpDon, Sept. 17, 1872. A despatch from Tong Kong announces the ar- rival there of the Russian frigate Svetlana, with the Grand Duke Alexis on board, accompahied by the other vessels of the feet MEXICO. pa ece oe Ministerial Circular Regulating Castoms Duties and Goods Traffic—Independence Day Celebration. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORX HERALD. MarTamonos, Sept. 17, 1872, The Collector of this port has received a telegram from the general government dtrecting him to per- mit merchants to ship goods to the interior for thirty days longer under the tartif of 1856, provided | they will advance $80,000 to the government, and ship a quantity of goods necessary to cover that amount in duties within the specified time. The proposition is not favorably received, being regarded as a modest way of forcing a loan, INDEPENDENCE DAY. Yesterday was the anniversary of Mexican inde- pendence, The public ofices were closgd, private houses decorated and salutes fired, KELLOCGC. Welcome Home to the Qacen of American Artists. GRAND RECEPTION BY THE ARCADIAN CLUB The Wit, Talent and Beauty of the Metropo~ lis Paying Homage to Art. A SCENE IN UNION SQUARE AY MIDNIGHT, The Serenade of the Ninth Regiment Band--- The Addresses of Distinguished Speakers--- The Toilets and a Cluster of Brilliant Artists, The Arcadian Ciub opened its first Winter season last evening by a reception to Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, and little need be said in praise of tne wisdom and good taste that prompted the compliment, The youngest of New York art clubs cowld not, indeed, have “delighted to honor” a mure fitting guest. Miss Kellogg has just returned to us, with the laurels of a sec- ond successful European campaign fresh and green upon her brow, and her countrymen, who have de- voted themselves to the cultivation of arts akin in spirit and aim to those in which she has won name and fame, may well add their voice to the general chorus of enthusiastic admiration, What more appropriate than for a brotherhood of wits and scholars, philosophers and artists, actors and musiciaus, who have just clasped hands in one of the most intimate of all bonds—the bond of a common club—to welcome with cager haste the queen of American song ? And the gathering which the spell of the occasion drew together was a significant happy omen of the coming future, when New York shall have attained its natural position as the centre to which the genius and in- tellect and cultured industry of the world must gravitate in obedience to the inevitadle law which compels them to tow wherever tiey meet the read- jest sympathy and keenest appreciation, The most that our city has of everything that makes up the highest form of civilization met together in the parlors of Arcadia to sheke hands with the great American artist and bask ia her siniles of gratified pleasure, Wherever a giance was thrown the eye encountered some familiar distinguished ace, and names that have grown to be current expressions of fashion and intellect and genius were bandicd about with bewildering fre- quency. In short, it was one of the most brilliant and pleasant reunions that New York has ever seen, The rooms oi the club were adorned with appro- priate decorations to se-ve as a frame for this glittering throng cf visitors. The walls were bright with the freshest productions of New York studios, and — festo and , baskets and | “pyramids” of fragrant fowers caught tue eye wherever it turned. Conspicuous among the pictures were a couple of admirable portraita of the fair prima donna ia whose honor the séle was given. One of these was a pastel picture by Gurney, and the delicacy of the coloring and the exquisite fidelity of the likcness made it a centre of admiration. Another hung by the side of the main staircase, and, fes- tooned with evergreend, remiuled the guest, the moment he cutered, of the duty upon which he was engaged, of the image to which, for the night, he, in common with the club of whch he wis either member or guest, owed homage. The general efiect of the room was, indeed, almost intoxi- cating. The dresses of the ladies, the tints and perfumes of the lowers, the warm colors of the | paintings, combined with the strains of the music | from the background and the animated murmur of | conversation and laughter that on every side greeted the ear, all made up a tout ensemble that was indescribably fascinating and pleasing. It was about lalf-past ten when Miss Kellogg ar- rived and tripped up the stepsof the club house, beneath the awning thut had been erected for the protection of the guests, She was met at the en- trance by a couple of committeemen, with rosettes of authority, gay with golden tessels dangling from their buttonholes, and with siniics of welcome they ushered her up stairs She gave one gratified glance at the brilliant throng that had already gathered in the parlors and then hastened to doff her cloak and bonmet. In another five min- utes she was escorted into the parlor by the Vice President of the club and was, of cours, greeted with enthusiastic cheers of welcoine and admiration. Everybody hurried to the | front and eagerly listened to the brief words of hearty welcome that were addressed to her. Then followed a move formal speech by Mr. A. 8, Sul- jivan, who in a happy vein alluded to the | request recently preferred by certain strong- minded ladies to be made full members of the Arcadian, and expressed the regret he felt that under existiag conditions of society such an appli- cation should have to be denied, He stated further the admiration felt by ail members of the clu tor the queen of American song, and concluded, amid loud cheers of ratificatory approval, by tendering | the heartiest welcome to the fair recip- | fent of the honors of the evening. A pause ensued, after which the Rey, Dr. Frothingham delivered a few neat remarks upon the catholic teaching of art and the intimate connection between the worship of the beautiful and the worship of the one only God. Yet another specch was made by Mr. Chaun- cey M. Depew, the point of which was that | whereas in the past we had devoted ourselves with excessive diligence to the pursuit of material prosperity, we had now many of us made our for- tunes, and with leisure at our disposal to cultivate the amenities of civiliza- tion, were doing our best to make America the home of the arts. But while all the speeches were good and appropriate and had their effect upon the audience and received their due meed of applause, it must be confessed that they were not the principal charm of the evening. After the speaking the guests circulated among each other and thawed with the savoir vivre of | intelligent beings into the liveliest form of s0- | cial intercourse. Miss Kellogg was besieged | with a train of artistic admirers and per- sonal frien’s, and about her there was a constant buzz of jest and compliment and laughter, which made the air almost as musical as it would have have been made by the pure, swect notes of her voice, Such of the visitors | as were unable to reach the common cynosure of every eye—and there were some who vainly struggled all the evening to get close enough to exchange a salutation with her—made them- | selves happy with small talk aud gossip of the bet- | ter sort. Indeed, could a!l the bright things that | were said be chronicled a very pleasant volume | would be contributed to current literature, Butsoon the all-important business of supper—one grand | event, after all, of every great festivity—became | the order of the hour, and the rattle of knives and forks and the popping of champagne corks added | their material sounds to the more spiritual and wsthetic harmonies of the evening. After this, of course, the success of the gathering, which had be assured from the start, became even more umphant and decisive. Brilliant men spark in their brightest vein, and the ladies were radiant beneath a of compliment and raillery | such as the only heard in dreams | or encountered in French novels, Everything was at its gayest and best when the guests were sum- moned Jrom the recesses of the | Ld room to the batconies in the front by the strains of the Ninth | Regiment Band, This happened at about a quarter | betore twelve o'clock, aud the scene in front of the | club house was strikingly animated and pleasing. | All the evening crowds of people had heen patientiy | waiting beneath the clear American, sky tn anticl- | pation of snatching a glimpse the American | prima donna, and such as filed in this wer east rewarded by hearing a Very good selection of serenude girs, Miss Kellogg, of course, appeared at on the balcony, and was erected with rounds of Lue | satisfactorily vo assure hersell ef the treason aud | with grizzled hair, SEPTEM,ER 18, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET loudest and most enthy alastic applanse by her out- side admirers, > ‘Then the strains of the “Egmont,” in which Beethoy same of his grandest thougiits, Mov ofthe vast assembiage outsia, immortal overture to en has concentrated arrested the atten- sand drew the fair ers within the ladles and their attendant cavah. “'” salons of the clud house to thew. Wows. Next cane the love tay “By oat eiforts, opera associated with Miss Kellouyy + hallroom, A conple of watizes by the Puck of th? » "cations Strauss, and sume other operatic’ brought the serenade to aclose. It was tribute to the Gilda of the American stage. “ caiciums outside gleameN over the tends: of by, surging crowd and lightea wp the front of the ci house with rare brilliancy, The strmg’ barat on the rear baleony exerted tiemselves mulistri- } ously (uring the entire evening, und the “quartet “Song of Welcome” was sung by Messrs. Bowler, Rockwood, Thomas and Gritr, Downing, the leader of the Ninth Regiment Band, exceited bim- self in, the admirable manner 1% which the setec- tions of the serensde were rendered. WHO WERK THERR.- Jt was a rare assemblage of the wit, talent anc? beauty of the Empire City. The avtor in every department of the dwamafic art; tite singer who sWays the concert room, the opera or the solemn audience of the oratotio; the Uftérateur in his | kaletdoscopic speciaities; the many at various phases of what is known as the busiess por- tion of the community—ail were there. To individualize, there Wete—but = plewe aux dames! The fair guest of the evening, sparkling and cheerful, ruddy and instinct with high hope and g!adness, after her tripacross the Atlantic and the additional laurel wreat® that, figuratively speaking, encircles her brow, wish a jong train and one of Worth’s che‘s d'wuvre tollets— trails of roses peeping out amid the folds of the’eam du Nil silk, and costly jewels encircling ber wrists-and neck and nestling in her dark hatr— was, of course, the cynostre of all eyes. Then’ the queen of the London concert scasona, Mile. Louise Liebhart, also in aw elegant toilet, an artiste whose triumphs date back to the palmy days of the Vienna opera, accompanied by the tatt and handsome Hungarian brunette, Mile, Orment, - fresh from ‘the boards of the Italiam Opera houses; the pretty little Pauline Canissa and the youthful | face of Clara Doria, the Donna Elvira of the Parepa- Rosa hideh ng formed a 3) talent. The centre ofa ers was Rubinstein, the piano king, his rugged Calmuck face roused for once out of its veual severe expression, Such @ remarkable countenance could not fail to attract attention, The broad, Beethoven-like brow, the sunkon eyes, with a trace of the Mongolian in their depths, the square jaw and long, dishevelled hair, and the ungainly figure made every one that passed glance more than once at him, At his side was the portly figure of Wisniawskt, the celebrated violinist, who bears a close resem. blance to Franz Abt, with the addition of luxuriant hair, in which the composer of ‘Mein Silsser En- gel” is lacking. Now the bald head and line, ex- pressive countenance of Dion Boucicauit, who ar- rived yesterday by the steamship Scotia, is»seen in the throng, and with him the editor of the London Court Circular, Alired Maddick, Edmund Yates sits near one of the windows conversing with a lady in garnet-colored silk, and the veter- ans of many operatic campaigns, Maretzek and Jarrett, are in earnest conversation about the com- ing season, Colonel H, G, Stebbins, President of the club, just returned from a tour in Europe, is warmly weicomed, and Vice President Wheeler is in unusual excitement, doing the lion's share of | the honors. Butin the centre parlor, surrounded by many eager friends, stands the tenor of tenors—Mario, the idol of London _ thirty- three years ago. There are the same Apollo lines of beauty in the face, albeit the silken hair | has grown scant and coarse and the form gives indications of the ravages of the destroyer Time, And last, but not least, among | the creme de la créme is “glorious John Brougham,” but cheery, mirthiul face, moving like the apiritof fun along the waves of lesser guests, Amoug the others present we ob- served Collector Chester A, Arthur, Signor Agiamonte, Herr Bonawitz, Signor Sparapani, Signor Moriaimi, Signor Vizzani, Seior Albru- qnedo, Albert Weber and lady,’ Mark Sisith, scorge Clarke, Mr. Sarony, Rey. C. B. Frothingham, Mr. und Mrs. Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. Brookhouse Bowler, J. R. Thomas, Constant Meyer, Algernon Sullivan, Major Bundy, urice Grau, G. Garibaldi, Robert Johaston, Benjamin Gurney, J. H. Magonigle, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, Mr. A. Wright Sandiord and Mr. Rockwood, ‘THE TOILETS of the ladies were noticeable for presenting many novel speciinens of the Fall styles, Sik robes of every shade of the newest lashion contrasted beautifully with the sombre Fall dress of the gentlemen, and lace, jewels and gloves adorned forms as fair as might be seen at any royal reception, The sma', wee hours were fast advancing before the delighted guests of the | Artadians quitted the scene of 80 Inuch pleasure; and many went home to dream or at least to re- member for many a day to come the welcome home to Clara Lo s Pak eat) Canal The bewitching little songstress went to Sarony’s yesterday to be photographed, and the threatening weather prevented her from taking a ride in the Park, one of our institutions with which ste ts already fascinated. During her absence there were many callers at her house. Her parents are living with her at present, and seem to take a more than paternal delight in their sprightly, gifted chila. The blood that circulates in her veins is a mixture of German and Italian, On the pater- nal side she is Italian, on the maternal side she is German. Her father, Ginseppe Lucca, first cousin to the well-known Francisco Lucca, of Milan, was born at Trento, a frontier town which separates the Italian {rom the Austrian territory, and, like Milan and the whole of Lom- bardy, once formed a part of the Austrian domin- fons. Her mother’s maiden name was Viller Yxten. This lady is sister to Baron Yiller Yxten, a highly distinguished officer of the Austrian army, who, in 1859, met with a soldier's death while fight- ing for his country at the never-to-be-forgotten battle of bees Sg Fraulein Viller Yxten, in ac- cordance with the custom of her country, where, if tue brother is noble the sister is noble alsa—or, in plaiser language, the sister of a baron ts vir- tuallya baroness—used to be styled Baron. } ess Viller YXx' Thus it will be seen Sat Pauline who has earned jor erself a place in the aristocracy of genius, is quaily entitled to a place in the aristocracy of he Of the former she has good cause to be proud, seeing that itis the result of her own ex- ertions; of the latter she has no cause to be ashamed, secing that she has given a lustre to that which the great Henry Brougham used to aay, when he first. sat in the House of Lords, was illus- trious only “by courtesy.” In the house the fair artist sin; rom morning till night, not for the purpose of p tice, but be- cause she cannot help it. One might a3 well at- beat 4 to prevent a bird from singing as cca. Now it is a snatch from “Don Giovanni,” anon an aria from “Der Freischutz;” again her whole soul is poured forth in the "Con- nais ta le Pays?” from “Mignon,” and otten the subline music of Meyerbeer comes from, her throat like a voice from another sphere, There is not the slightest pirticie of aifectation about her, no more than with a young child, ‘The subscriptions for the season of opera, which will commence at the end of the month, opened yesterday. The procceds exceeded seven thousand dollars, not including the enormous amount of my already patd in for the boxes. Nothing is definitely known yet about the opera which will open the season, but the indications are that Mme. Lucca will make her début as Margucrite in “Faust.” OPENING OF THE UNION SQUARE THEATRE. . The Fall season at the Union Square Theatre was opened last night with Victorien Serdon's new play “Agnes.” Considerable interest was felt in this production by the dramatic world, as it was known to have been written expressly by the author with a view to Jurnish Miss Ethel full scope for the display of her peculiar talents. The house was crowded almost to incon- venience with prominent members of the literary and dramatic world, Every other face was familiar as having been seen on similar occasions, while the general public wore fain to wait another opportunity to judge for themselves the value of the work submitted for their approval. All the skill of the decorator had been brought into requisition during the short recess, and the audi- torium looked bright @ new shilling. Indeed, the management deserve the highest praise for the perfect manner in which they have fitted up the house, making it the worthy rival of the Fifth Avenue in the richness and elegance of its appointments. The scenery has been carefully and artistically painted, the view of “the interior of u ind Opera’ in the second ie deserving | mention, In the story of the play there is | ch that is novel, butit has the advantage of ineuleating lessons of w y without draggin; us through the mire of crime to accomplish tha’ praiseworthy object. It is not, however, altogether free from some vestionable dialogue that would be as well nged, The plot of the play, as is usual in Frenet comedies of this order, deals with the matrimonial errors of a young couple, who, agreeing to allow each other perfect freedom in order to pe happy, find out that the liaser aller principle in love, as in politics, generally ends in a muddle, A fickle hasband, Stephen, Viscount Thom- ery, Wegiects @ clarming and loving wife to pay homage to stella, a dansense of the aperd, wha cares not one pin for him, The injured wife discovers her husband's iutidelity through the blundering indiscretions of g jeweller, thie resolves to see her rival and secure proof, Ry the ad of the Jeweller she penetrates inta the folly of the mai who had sworn te resolves in her hearing to elope ‘b the ballet girl, the injured wife appea's to the police to prevent his departure, and is made aware that one undoubted privilege attaching to man is the right torun away with as many women as the sov- ereign creature may take a faney to, But one re- source is let if the bonds of love'are too weak to hold the truant heart—a lettre de cachet in the shape of @ medical certificate of insanity, Driven to de- spair, his wife adopts this dangerous expedient and Very nearly falls a victiin to the jealous rage of her husband, who manages to escape, and becomes convinced that his wife procured his arrest in order to he at greater liberty to receive the attontions of a As he ia about to execute his vengeance oi bis innocent wife her brother appears on the ove her, I | gy ened) , everything being explained satisfac- tor.ly, the curtain Graze on & reunited and happy fama. old system of asembling all the Guaravters’ the stage to say ‘aoe Highe has been happtly ab.adoned, and thore is nothing to inter- tere witi the “Ulmination of the interest of the plot to aistract @ur attention from the chief actors, have neither time nor #pace to criticise the ity at length at the late hoor we write. White there are many posts that routine pe OReeans the play a> & Whole e.Wbits a marked improvement on the achiety plays Wirigh have been offered lat- terly to an n2sophisticaed public. The situations, ‘Without Being startil ‘y new, are well imagined; and have each x ascertafwed innuenve and a logi- cat connection wit. the min plot. The action ts wel concewtrated, ¢S it ought to be, in givin us pictures of th? passions vent sweep over the domestic ile of thé — people. Althongh ther? is evidence Of 2 skilled hasd—of one conversant wit the requirements of s™ge ma- chinery—as ts usual, these fe traits have been blurred in the BARDS AIDE. The May is essentially French owd it would have been besser to have pre- sented it-mercly asa transiation> This haw not been donezor we should never be heated tothe incongruity of inserviewing reperters of ‘the most enterprising. type in the society wh Freuch ‘gendarmerie » lice system that would nee discredit ‘ouché, The introduction of Narcisse Milledeur ins | the fourth actin a state*of disgusting drunkenness! | is unpardonable. It has‘ no bearing whatever on the plot, and the only reason that we con imagine fow its being permitted stall is to enable the low comedian to evthibit an amount of vulgarity and stupidity quite appalling, There are some other points that we w4l-call attention to on another oc- casion, but in the meantime would suggest thatsueh phrases as “It is me,’ shoul be dropped fromm the dfulogue, which, a3 it is not very witty, cannot atford, to outrage the simplest grammatical pules, The part of the heroite was sustained by Kthel, who is exceedingly melodramatic in her act- ing, which is nervus and often overstrafeed. Otherwise her conception of the eharacter displayed, much judgment, and as # of the passages were marked: by consideraNe histrienic power, Mr, Mackay a3 Mons. Baroldi, Prefect of Police, was ex- tremely natural, and nsde quite a hit, Miss Willits Glover’as Stella, and Miss Leo as her maid, Mlee their parts with commendadle spirit and intelli- gence. The other characters ditt not have much to do, but they did it in a satisiactery manner, We shall retumm to the critica! consideration of thie play at an carly MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. and Patti and Mario warble again té-night, Zoe is engaged for the Bowery Theatre, ‘The popular verdict of “Chow Chow’ at Wood's is—pickics, According to: Magonigie, the peopie are “dyin” to see Boucicault at Booth’ Edward schuberth & Co., Union square, have got out a fine bust of Theodore Thomas, Mrs. Conway’s Brooklyn Theatre opens on the 23d inst., with a mew stock company, Madame Ciara Brinkerhoif has made a genuine success in Chicage by her artistic singing. Josh Hart hass some excelient vocalists Comique, Miss Jennie Hughes being the s The veretablp,drama flourishes on the t side, It-natured people call King Carrot’ sinall pota- toos and the humor an “arti-choke.”” ‘They say that atthe Champion Circus, now open atthe corner of Madison avenue and Porty-uith street, the manager can turn a somersault on horseback quicker than one can say ‘Jack Kobin- son. Bailey's Circus and Menagerie, located at the foot of Houston street, near the Dry Dock, have been thronged with visitors during the past tayo weeks, at the day and night, mostly by the residents of that popu- lous neighborhood, who come in crowds to the wild beasts and circus performance in the great en- campment, the same as given upon their route during the travelling season 01 the “Grand Cara- van.” Atnights, attracted by the great variety audexcellence of the entertamments, many are disappointed in gaining admission, the doors being generally closed every evening beiore the perform- ances commence. The manager has published a card advising families and others who would avaid the crowd at night to attend the afternoon show, at which time the menagerie may be secn at greater advantage, while the horsemanship and other cir- cus exercises are precisely the same, Sebastian, the acaompilished bareback rider, and Lucille Watson, late ot the London Amphitheatre, are among the atiractions of this popular troupe. “FRANCE, —-— Gambetta’s Testimony Relative to the Sur- render of Metz—Execution of Communist Murderers. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, Sept. 17, 1872, M. Gambetta has made a deposition with regard to the capitulation ef Metz. He was examined by General Riviere. COMMUNIST MURDER AND ITS PUNISHMENT. The sentences of seven of the ten Communists condemned to death for the assas tion of hostages have been commuted to imprisonment, The remaining three convicts will be shot to- morrow, at Satory. FRANCE AND GERMANY. be sarc Nes Shera Ke A French Journalist Arrested and Held in Dnranee by the Prussians—French Excitement Over the Fact. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 17, 1872, A despatch received here announcing the arvest by the German authorities of Edmond About, the French author, treated it asa trifing affuir, It now appears, however, that the case presents a serious aspect and creates considerable excite- ment. M. About is confined at Strasbourg, and his wife and children are not permitted to see him. ‘The cause of arrest is said to be the publication of articles from his pen on the German occupation of the French Rhenish provinces, which have offended the latter government. French Official Reclamation, Panis, Sept. 17, 1872. M. de Rémusat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, assures the friends of M. About that he has strong hepes that the energetic intervention of the gov- ernment will result in his release. SPAIN. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MADRID, Sept. 17, 1872. A serious accident occurred last night on the rail- road between Gerona and Barcelona. Two passenger trains, while running rapidly, came in collision. The casualties number twenty, including several persons killed. THE EAST TENNESSEE MYSTERY. ennai Communication from the Government Detective. An official communication was received at the United States Secret Service Headquarters by Colonel Whitley yesterday from Mr. L. B. Whitney, a government detective, containing full and later detaiis in relation to the pension frauds committed, by Thomas G, Boyd in Kast Tennessee, and furnish- ing the solution to the mysterious disappearance and reported. murder of the defaulter. A long ac count of Boyd's exploits appeured m the HERALD of Sunday st, in which it was mentioned that he had swindled the government out of $100,000 by means of fraudulent penston claims, and tad been murdered after his arrest and release on bail, according to statements made by men who said they bad witnessed hisdeath, Doubts were expressed bout his murder, and inquiries showed that it Was @ cons] beg ogg to aldin lus escape and also to relieve his bondsmen from rosecution. Mr. Whitney, who was sent to Kast ‘ennessee to tnvestigate the frauds, writes to him to state that wi baa been seen alive and appar ently well tive hours after the time of his alleged murder, Under date of September i4 Mr. Wh roports having ascertained that on the Sats fatboy ‘iter the alleged mur Boy, pany with another man, arrived at the & of a My, Sloane, who lives near Benton, Polk county, Kast Tennessee, where they obtained breakfast. = Both parties were mounted, the ho appearing greatly fatigued. Mr. Whitney further states that the bondsimen are thoroughly copvin that Boyd is alive and that they are making diligent search sanctum of the ballet queen, aud is enabled most for him to save themselves, 7 THE VETERANS’ CONVENTION. Generals Grant and Hartranft Bulogized by Sweetzer and Burnside. ’ Pirrssura, Pa., Sept, 17, 1872. The Soldiers and Sailors’ National Conventiow met in the Opera House at ten o'clock this morn- ing, and were formally cal'ed to order at about fifteen minutes past eleven o'clock. Ths Welch Glee Club was then introduced an sumg “My. Country, 'Tis of Thee,” in which the entire audience joined. Brown's Boston Brigade Band and the band of the Forty-seventh regiment New York State National Guard playod appib- priate music, after which a clay of nearly twor hundred ladies aud genttemen, seatedon the stage, commenced to sing “The Star Spangled Banner,” but the audience took up the stratn anc entirely drowned the efforts’ of the club, Major Samuel Harper thew introduced General Sweetzer, who was to‘tendey the delegation a welcome to the city and State. The Genera was recetved with mucit applause, and after quiet had been restored welconsad'ghe defegates in a neat speech. Heras thankful, ke\ald, that they haa met togetner, and thanked tke Providence thet had carried’ thent comparativety” unharmed through years of flery trial that they might drop a tear ever those whom the same Providence had appointed to die im order that @ great nation mighé iive. After giving a de- scription of the Antietam fight he concluded by urging them to* work for the re-cleStion of their Vormer chieftain ithe field. Governor Geary followed GeteralSwetzr, and on’ behalf of the state extended a welcome to the Rational elders andisnilors to: Rennsylvarta, Genera! Burnside wey next calted for, amd after giving a brief account of the gd the Conven- tinm the Gamdral said they had @ duty to perform secend only to that which devotged upon them whtn they wt their Yomes to battle for’ the preservation: and integmty of the country. He said the combination against Grant was composed of a few disappointed, disoon- tentet! and ditapidated men who hi been republican heavy weights ev4r since Me termina- tion ofthe war. General Grant had been as suc- cessiulias President as he wae as Commander-in- Chief, and he heartily endorsed his nomination for. Te. ft was als® highly en of, and every effort solicited to secure his election as ° Governor of the State, He regretted his: mability to stay with them, but said titat-4eneral Hawley, of Connectiout, would be their chatrman, General Burnside: tien introduc Generad’ Haw- ley, Who said that he specially desired to repudiate the idea that anything like hate sti" exists between the States that were arrayed m_ arms agaiast each other during the war, The General briefly re- | viewed General Grant's record asa soldier and a statesman, and déals with Horace Groeley with eonsiderable'severity. Aiter the conclusion of General: Hawley’s re- marks the teraporary organization was completed. Major Benjamin Leavy then proceeded to ‘the front of the stage and read the call im pursuance or oa their present convention hadbeen con- vened. Mr. Dudley, af the National Committee of Vet- eraus organization, at this point presented to ‘the Convention a roll 6.0 feet long, containing a list of nates of 60,000 old solders and-sailors who had approved the call, While the secretaries were preparing tke roll of States and Territories General Hawley read a num- ber of letters and telegrams from different’ sources: to the Convention. A despatch was read from the Seventy-ninth Highlanders, of New York, who, witha thousand of their friends, are celebrating the anniversary of the battle of Antictam. They t their greetings to their old comrades, aad ised to meet them in November for Grant. from General Grant, under date of Leng Branch, Sept mber 9, was also read, The letter has been previously published; but the reasons which the General assigned for declining the invitation to participate }1 the preceedings of the Convention were enthusiastically received. ‘the Convention then adjourned to three o'clock. The Convention was again called t6 ordér at three o’elock by the temporary Chairman, after which the entire audience arose and united tm singing ‘Lie Battle Cry of Freedom.” A letter was them read from General Sickles, also the fol- lowing, from the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, received by the Chairman :— Sovra Bexp, Ind., Sept. 13, 1872. My Dear Mr, Dopiey:—I appreciate highly. ‘the honor of your {mvitation to the Soldiers and Sailors’ Conven- tion at Pirtsburg on the 17th, but regret that I cannot be present, ving promised to be in Northern Michigam with my family at that time. Inthe dark days in which the unity : and nationality of the Republic were tmpe: th atthe periiows front. In these brighter da ce it As but fitting that they should have Tromt seate ¢ also the justice and gratitude of their coun- Yours truly, UYLER COLFAX trymen.. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Idaho will leave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Omtce at twelve o'clock M. Tuk New York HeRatp—Edition for Europe< will bo ready at half-past nine o'clock in the mora- ing. Single coptes, in wrappers for mailing, six cents. Mosquito Giles.—Burnet’s Kallistom neutralizes the poison almost instantaneously. AveThe Most Tasty and Graceful Had for gentlemen's wear is manufactured and sold oy ESPENSCHELD, 118 Nassau street. A—Warnock & Co.'s SEVEN DOLLAR HAT, the result of well applied sikitt, experience and refind taste, with economy, the counterpart of our Pearl Css Suramer Mat. New styles of Felt Hats, at moderate prices. 519 Broadw A.—Herring’s Patent CHAMPION SAFES, 251 and 252 Broadway, corner of Murray straat. A.—Herald Branch Office, Brooklyn, Corner of Fulton avenue and Beerum street. Open trom $A. M. to8 P.M, A.—Kau Angelique, for the Teeth and Gums. BISCOTLNE FOOD for infaats. DELLUC & 60 635 Broadway, are the sole proprietors and manufac ere. No connection with any other drug store. 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