The New York Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1872, Page 6

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THE GRAND COUNCIL OF THE RED MEN OF THE PLAINS: CONTEMPT OF THE ARMED- SAVAGES FOR THE COMMISSION; SHERI DAN'S ANTIDOTE NECESSARY—ANOTHER OLERICAL SCANDAL — SHIPPING — Tentu Page, GREELEY’S MOVEMENTS, FUTURE PROGRAMME AND COUNSEL TO THE BLACKS—CABLE NEWS FROM EUROPE AND CUBA—NEWS FROM WASHINGTON — LITERARY CHIT- CHAT—SgvENTH Pace. THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND DISCOURSES AT THE METROPOLITAN AND SUBURBAN SANCTUARIES—Fourti Pace, MURDER: A TAILOR KILLS A COMPANION WITH HIS SHEARS—THE WARD'S ISLAND HORROR—Tump Pace. WALL STREET: RESUME OF AN EVENTFUL WEEK; THE CORNERS AND EXTREME FLUCTUATIONS—SINKING OF A TORPEDO BOAT—THE INTERNATIONALS-—XicutTa PaGe. BUNDAY CONCERTS: THE METHODISTS PUT | THEIR FOOT DOWN—HOBOKEN REFORM- ERS ESTOPPING MUNICIPAL CORRUP- TION—EicuTo Pace. YOWA: THE CANVASS IN THE STATR AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI—ILLINOIS: THE POLITICAL CONTE: 3; SKETCHES OF LEADING POLITICIANS—THE JERSEY CAM- PAIGN—FirTH PaGE. FORRESTER REPELS THE MANY ACCUSATIONS OF ORIMINALITY: HIS CAREER AND NU- | MEROUS ESCAPES—Firtu Page. JEFFERSON MARKET COURT—MURDER WILL Our ApvertTisixc CoLtumNns AnD Bust- yess Prospects.—The Henarp advertising columns show the state of business as unerringly as the barometer does the weather. Yesterday we published over fifty columns of advertisements. All the wants of the public found expression in these, and there was no brauch of trade not repre- sented. It was in itself a summary of the life, movements and exigencies of this great metropolis and to a considerable extent of the country generally. It shows, too, the revival of business at this season of the year and the fine. prospect there is for our merchants and retail traders. .There appear to be good rea- sons for anticipating an unusually active Fall business. The growth of the city in com- merce, wealth and aggregated money power | from year to year keeps pace, at least, with the progress of the country. In the course of a fow yearsa quadruple sheet, such as we pub- lished yesterday, will not be sufficient to ac- commodate our advertising business commu- nity, and we shall have to enlarge the facili- ties. Progressive development is the destiny of our commercial metropolis, and this is always reflected in the growth and progress of the independent press, the recognized organ of the views, business and wants of the | people, Tse Cavsz oy Mopenare Revonvtionary A Phiiosophical View of the Recent Elections in Vermont and Maine. When an unusual event '/happens people naturally desire to the causes that led thereto—in other words, to understand the of the case, In the matter of the recent ele#tions in Vermont and Maine the reasons for the resultsaro 80 identical that taking one State aga text might be sufficient in an argument for both. But we propose to look over both fields and draw our conclusions accor ? It is not because these two Now England States went republican by large’majorities that creates surprise; it is the circumstances under which this state of things was brought about that invest these elections with peculiar inter- est, For weeks prior to the days of election (in Vermont September 1, in Maine on the 9th) it was confidently predicted that the secession from the regular republican ranks would be so formidable as to create a panic in the old party, and that a stampede would follow, which, joining with the demo- cratic forces, would sweep the republicans from their strongholds. For example, in the State of Vermont it was predicted by the liberal lead- ers that at least fifteen thousand would leave the republicans and join hands with the demo- crats; that at least one hundred coalitionisis would be elected to the Legislature, thus plac- ing Mr, Morrill’s re-election to the United States Senate in jeopardy, for he is not uni- versally popular with his own party, and that the republican majority for Governor would be so reduced as to give encouragement to the anti-administration movement all over the country, especially in Maine. But tho re- sult proved tho fallacy of these cal- culations. Mr. Converse, the republican candidate for Governor, was elected by a majority that astonished the republicans them- selves, and the coalitionists, instead of having one hundred members of the Legislature, wero obliged to content themselves with about twenty. If there had been less boasting and more organization among the liberals and democrats the result might have been differ- ent. As it was, the returns showed that the organization of the regular republicans was perfect, and that when the liberals went to the polls they were so mortified at the appearance of their shattered forces and the lukewarmness of their democratic allies that they inconti- nently threw down their arms and were glad to be allowed to re-enter their old repub- lican camps. From observation we do not think there was much Washington money used in the Vermont canvass (no Congressmen having to be elected), although it is well known that the expenses of naturalizing foreign voters were more liberally paid by the repub- licans than by the allies opposed to them. In the State of Maine a number of causes contributed to cement the republican party and help it along on the high road to a very re- markable victory, particularly in the Congres- sional districts, In the first place, the repub- licans held all the State and federal offices, in- cluding revenue assessors, collectors, inspec- tors, clerks and the innumerable army of other officials that so admirably helps to keep up the expenses of the government and to furnish tried bread and butter veterans in periods of political contests like that just passed. In Maine, unlike Vermont, a large amount of Washington money was spent to secure the Congressional districts. It was no unusual thing to hear a Washington agent, pointing to a respectable looking rustic on ao country road, say, “I have been in the habit of paying that man three dollars for his vote; Ihave now to pay him five.’’ To an- other, “I used to pay that man five dollars for his vote; I have now to pay him ten.”’ This money, we have no reason to doubt, was ex- pressly used for the purpose named—to secure the Congressmen at all hazards; for the party managers did not know how far that famous “tidal wave’ might extend, even if it did not, mayhap, overwhelm themselves in a political torrent. As party workers the republicans had an immense advantage over the allies, Led by that adroit tactician, Speaker Blaine, every town was canvassed, the weak-kneed threatened, the impecunious tickled, the doubtful. cajoled with promises of of- fice and cash in hand. The State was overrun with ble speakers, so that there was a gathering in almost every prominent town on every day and night immediately preceding the election. The re- publican committees hospitably entertained their visiting speakérs, had good music, fire- works—but no ‘‘fire-water’’—and kept up the party fires until the pine woods were all ablaze. On the other hand the democrats had comparatively few speakers, who, although unusually popular and capable, were unable to cover the State as it should be in so im- portant a campaign, and were blessed with a State Executive Committee that was partieu- larly conspicuous for its impecuniosity. So distinguished was it in this particular that it suffered a principal speaker, an ex-Governor of an adjoining State, on one occasion, after an open-air night speech ina country village, to retire to his bed in his hotel in Portland | without being accommodated with a cup of tea that he had applied for. To be sure, the democrats did not hold the purse- strings of official patronage, in cither State or federal connection; but it would seem from all | we hear that a little more liberality and hospi- tality on the part of the democratic managers would have infused more enthusiasm in {he | Rerorm in France.—M. Gambetta declines to preside or speak at any public celebration of the anniversary of the First Republic of | Franee. In this Gambetta displays his good | sense. The French people have an excellent | and well-governed republic to-day. Their grand duty as French nationalists is to work | for its well-being and permanency, and to | permit the past to repose in the pages of his- | tory. The guillotine was a very active, por- | haps efficient, reformer for a season, and the armies which went forth from its shadow were | most powerful in their action against the | existing order of governmental rule in Eu- | rope. But this system was closed at Waterloo. | The great success of ‘Thiers’ new loan | “crowns the edifice’ of moderate roform ia | France much more happily than ever would, | or could, the great Captain who was defeated by Wellington when asserting his right of | inheritance of the First Republic, A Tetxcrarn Canix is to communicate be- tween Brazil and the coast of Portugal. Dom | Pedro has promoted, we are told, this project by an imperial concession, The more cables jbhe better for civilization, | many democrats who positively refused to canvass on their side ond possibly tended to produce a different result. Again, there were countenance, by their votes at this State elec- tion, the bargain and transfer of their politi- | cal faith at Baltimore, and from that cause the republicans perhaps gained as many votes from the democratic ranks as they Jost by the | secession of the disaffected from their own. Furthermore, the republican speakers had | the whiphand of the democrats when- ever the lato war was talked about. They wrenched the covers from the cofiius of the slaughtered soldiers of Maine and rattled the benes of the skeletons therein into the ears of their hearers until they shocked the hardy and appalled the timid. And then, | of course, followed pictures of what would ensue if the, “clasping hands across the bloody chasm’’ policy should triumph. All this was given with as much telling effect as the anti-slavery harangues ante bellum. There ave some people in Maine who do not know to this day that the war is ended. The Maine law did not enter into the cam- paign on either side. Neither party had even the courage to take the buli by the horns aad advocate the repeal of the so-called ‘cider clause,’’ which the manufacture of the article but forbids its sale in second hands, and is notoriously unpopular. The policy of @ wholesome law is advocated by a large por- tion of the people of Maine, yet neither repub- lican nor democratic nor liberal managers dared espouse it. Neal Dow says the liquor traffic has entirely ceased in some parts of the State. He might have added so has all other kinds of business. Briefly, then, taking a calm and -philosophi- cal view of the recent elections in Vermont and Maine, the following points may be deduced :—The republicans, having a perfect organization, plenty of money, s multitude of good speakers, all the State and federal offices, with many discontented democrats and the heroics of the late war at their command, com- pletely overwhelmed the irregular, disjointed conglomeration known as the coalition and broke the force of that tremendous ‘tidal waye’’ which lately threatened to deluge the land from the green mountains of Vermont to the muddy waters of the Rio Grande. An Interview with Ismail Pacha. We print elsewhere in our columns this morning a highly interesting letter from the Huratp’s correspondent in Oniro. It is the result of an interview held with the Viceroy of Egypt, and contains many points of interest for the general reader. The correspondent to whom Ismail Pacha so graciously accorded an interview had just returned from his travels up the Nile, whither he had gone on the trail of Sir Samuel Baker's expedition. The meet- ing between the Hxratp’s reprosentative and the Egyptian Viceroy took place in the Abdin Palace, the favorite retreat of the Khedive. The acting Qpnsul General of the, United States was present during the conversation, which naturally enough dwelt principally on Sir Samuel Baker's exploits in the interior of the Continent, After a few preliminary questions regarding the health of the Hzranp correspondent during his travel up the Nile and across the deserts which lay in his path the Viceroy reviewed, in rather vigorous language, the policy pursued by Sir Samuel Baker. His Highness is evidently not satisfied with the work performed by his white Pacha. In a letter published some time since in the Herat it was asserted that Baker's policy was not highly approved by tho Viceroy, and rumors at the time prevailed in Cairo that he was about to be recalled. The matter, however, dropped; at least nothing more became publicly known on the subject until it appears again in Ismail Pacha’s conversation with our representative. “Samuel Baker,’ says the Khedive, ‘‘went to the White Nile to crente, not to destroy com- merce, Instead of increasing our trade there he has nearly destroyed it, Travelling is not safe along the line of the river, the tribes are in hostility to the government and we find our dominion under his war of conquest unsafer, unsounder than if he had not gone there at all, Formerly our Empire extended to Gon- dokoro and beyond; now it is not inereased by any annexation by Samuel. Baker. You observed, perhaps, that com- merce was dead there?” In answer to the last inquiry the correspondent admitted that the merchants in’ the interior were all complaining, and as for trade, there was scarcely any at all. It is easy to imagine that in this summing up of the results of Baker's expedition the Viceroy spoke with an emphasis which fully expressed tho conviction that tho expedition is o failure. But may not His Highness have judged too hastily the whole conduct of his lieutenant? Baker himself has not had an opportunity to make his explanations. The obliteration of commerce, the stirring up of bitter feuds among the untaught blacks of the interior, the unsafety of travel and all the other ills which follow in the train of such consequences have, no doubt, impressed upon the Viceroy the belief that not only is Baker's mission a failure but that it was a mistake. Where Egypt endeavored to cultivate friendship hatred and dread has been instilled. True, the slave trade is abolished, but it should be remembered that it was almost dead at the time of Baker's interference, Isolated and cut off from his base of supplies, even if it was possible for him to be effectively aided, Baker's position is most dangerous, a fact fully appreciated at Cairo. Turning from this subject the Vicoroy entered upon more cheery topic. To make his country great, progressive and pros- perous is the aim and ambition of Ismail Pacha. The railroad enterprises he has in view, the agricultural schemes he has in con- templation, the reforms he has resolved on were pithily discussed in the course of con- versation. The cultivation of cotton and sugar, especially the formor, will in the course of a little time yield a rich revenue to Egypt. The building of six hundred and seventy-five miles of railroad to the Soudan will be called into requisition to transport all the products of India which can be grown and worked there. With evident pleasure, and not without enthusiasm, the Viceroy refer- red to the prospective future of his coun- try. ‘A railway will connect the Nile with the Red Sea, Tho same influences which have brought prosperity to the doors of the humblest fellah in Lower Egypt to-day will invade the Soudan with the locomotive, and ths HdéF you have scen in savagery and | poverty, will, I trust, in ten years become a thrifty, united community.”’ Many other subjects were broached, among them the position of foreign consuls in Egypt. The subject has been referred to before in these columns, and the Viceroy’s complaints are not without reason. The power of the press was duly acknowledged in the compli- ment paid to Stanley, the discoverer of Living- stone, and the desire of His Highness to main- | tain friendly relations with the Henatn, ‘whose puissance,’’ said he, “I well know.” Polar Bear EscapomA Sacrifice. The escape and sacrifice of that magnificent white polar bear from the Central Park mena- gerie on Saturday shows that the men in charge of the animals there are very stupid, if not wholly incompetent, It was natural to see the mass of the people, and particularly the women and children, who were by far the most numer- ous, in the greatest stato of excitement and fear, though there was evidently little cause for terror or for killing the animal. Tho poor beast was harmless enough. After he broke through the cago, simply by backing his The Needless | | | | | | | | NEW YORK HHRALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, powerful haunches against it, and not in a ferocious manner, he stood for. some time in the calmest mood at scene around him. Why was he not caught then by some strong meshes thrown over him or entangled by ropes? This could have been done. Such appliances ought always to be at hand in case of accidents. A leopard, tiger or lion escaping might have been more disastrous. The great- est care, therefore; should be observed, and the keepers ought always to be provided with some powerful meshes or ropes. The bear “might have been captured, and even after he escaped from the garden and got in his watery element in the pond at Madison avenue there was no necessity to kill him by shooting. The silly keepers appear to have been as frightened asthe people, and without cause. We hope the Park authorities will provide against such an event and sacrifice in future. Mr. Greeley on the Financial Situa- tion. Whatever may be thought of the propriety of Mr. Greeley going round the country making speeches while he is a candidate for President of the United States no one can say truly that he does not speak well. In this he has an ad- vantage over General Grant, if any advantage is to be derived from it. He seems to improve, too, as he goes along. His speeches which we published yesterday, delivered at Cincinnpti and in Kentucky, are clear, logical, and, for the miost part, show sound viows of the financial and political situation of the country. While we do not take any partisan side in the Presidential campaign we spare no expense in laying before the people the views of all sides, and particularly of the candidates ond lead- ing men of the country, leaving the publio to decide the merit of what is said and the issues. Hence we had telegraphed nearly three columns of closely printed matter of the sayings and doings of Mr. Greeley in the West, and pub- lished them yesterday, as we publish, in fact, from day to day the speeches and movements of all parties in every portion of the Republic. The two most prominent topics Mr. Greeley ably discussed in Cincinnati and Kentucky wore the situation of the South and the finan- cial condition and prospects of the country. On the first—amnesty to the Southerners, har- mony and fraternity between the North and South and the other questions bearing upon reform in the Southern States—few people will differ with him except the schem- ing and unappeasable radical politicians. On the latter Mr. Greeley scoms to have become much more practical and less dogmatic than he used to be, Always in favor of specie pay- ments—and acknowledging that at one time he believed in and urged immediate resump- tion—he now confesses that he sees difficulties in the way, and _ that these difficulties lie in the apprehensions, well founded or not, of the business community. He expressed his disapproval of the continued interference with business by the action of the government, or, rather, by the action of the Secretary of the Treasury; and, wile he did not pretend to decide what is best to be done in the financial crises periodically occurring in Wall street, he concluded that ‘business men and business interests should take care of themselves without direct government inter- ference, He thinks the country will finda remedy for existing evils when the people are prepared for it. On the whole these late views of Mr. Grecley on financial matters are more practical and considerate than it was supposed he entertained. . Whatever may be the result of the Presidential contest. such dis- cussions cannot but have a good effect, for they modify opinions and make all parties more tolerant and liberal. Such an effect has been produced already on Mr. Greeley him- self, A Methodist War on Lager and Lyrics. The Methodists of Seventh street church have opened war on Paul Falk’s beer garden, opposite their edifice. They had Mr. Falk arrested and taken before Judge Shandley at Essex Market Court yesterday, but after a few preliminary questions asked and answered Mr. Falk was allowed to go on his own recog- nizance, and the case was adjourned. A few months ago Mr. Falk opened his garden and blew his trumpet of jubilee. But the Metho- dist church folk saw slavery rather than free- dom in it—Sabbath desecration rather than Sabbath observance. It availed not that Mr. Falk's orchestra rendered sacred music on the Lorgs day, the trustees determined not to have their religious worship thus interfered with. Accordingly they affectionately called on Paul (whose name henceforth should be Saul, since he has breathed threatenings and slaughter against the Church), and he entered into an agreement with them not to play during their afternoon and evening devotions, that is from three to four and from seven to nine P, M. This did not satisfy the trustees, and they appealed to the police authorities for protec- tion. Mr. Falk, it is said, watched for the expiring sound of the last amen at these ser- vices, and ere the congregation could separate he was alluring the lambs of the flock into his wolf's fold. But, according to his testimony in Court yesterday, some of the old wethers | and ewes of the herd were only too willing to enter his enchanted ground and sip the nectar of the planta gentis. Mr. Falk is greatly grieved at this interference with his rights, And threatens to hire the biggest brass hand in the city and give thom more music than they will care to pay for should they press him too hard im the present case. Tue New Reronmattoy Prax or tm Oxp Carto1ics.—The Congress of Old Catholies in Cologne adopted resolutions, just previous to the adjournment, favoring compulsory civil | marriage, the payment of the clergy by the State, and the restoration of churches to the Old Catholic priesthood. This is a pretty comprehensive programme, The session was attended by a number of ladies, The question of compulsory civil marriage by the State being up for debate this is not to be wondered at, particularly after the success of Madame Hyacinthe in obtaining a husband in Lon- don, The words, compulsory civil marriage by the State, possessed an attraction, no doubt; for tho fair ones may have taken them to mean that every woman shall be provided with a helpmate by the governments, or that they themselves should be married thon and there, in Cologne, to some German officer, after the fashion observed by Frederick the Great, who compelled good-looking, adventur- ous women to marty his soldiers nolens volens, with tho yiew of sustaining the physical offi- Catholic episcopacy tended vastly to the Pro- testant Reformation. The reason of the dis- pute, said he, was ‘‘the old woman had money and I had none.”’ The Preachers’ Thoughts. The genial warmth of yesterday invited the pious souls to seek comfort and instruction in their respective sanctuaries, while it invited the non-religious to seek rest and pleasure in a walk or drive in Central Park or on Fifth avenue. It is to be presumed that all found what they sought in their diverse roads, Those who gathered in Lyric Hall yesterday were entertained with a lecture or essay by Mr. Frothingham on ‘Tyndal’s Prayer Test.”’ The tone of tho discourse from beginning to end is a caricature on prayer and the idea of a personal God. It is strongly impregnated with infidelity, and it very naturally winds up with a sceptical question and conclusion. “Tf prayers will save the sick,’’ he asked, “what are physicians and medicine good for?” This question is absurd enough on its face, but the conclusion at which the preacher arrives in his search after a personal God is much miore so. ‘When one conceives the universe,’’ he says, “itis evident that hoe can ask for no special gift. Just as fast as men have begun to understand the world they live in they have ceased to pray. Our prayers are anticpated and answered before we think of them.” It is very evident that Mr. Frothingham’s prayers will not save the sick nor do away with physi- cians or medicine, Dr. John Hall saw in Ruth cleaving to Naomi an illustration of decision and force of character, and this was the les- son of his discourse. And in contrast with the character of her sister-in-law this de- cision is more apparent. The Doctor also reminded his hearers that religion is not like an umbrella, to be used on a rainy day and then laid aside. It is rather the sunshine of life—even life itself, And it is the duty of every man to influence his neighbor to choose religion as Ruth did. And, according to Mr. Cheney, it is the duty of sinners, as well as Christians, to preach and to try to turn their fellow sinners toward God. This is involved, he believes, in the obligation to love our neigh- bors as ourselves. The relations of divine love and human love are so intimate that the one follows close on the heels of the other in the heart of the penitent, and they go hand in hand in the heart of the believer. There is consequently a blessing to every man who loves his neighbor andsecks his welfare. Rev. John Weiss has raised a question between himself and Methodists, or rather between God’s operations in nature and. His work of graco in human hearts. There is not such a thing as sudden conversions, and he protested against being “lashed by camp meetings and pounded down by the cant of convulsions.’’ In nature tho law is first, the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear; and the growth of grace in the soul is similar. Anda soul can be damaged only in the same gradual way, We have known souls damaged by a process far more rapid than the budding and fruitage of the seed in the ground, and we doubt not Mr. Weiss has too. The Saviour's call is for ‘to-day’ and for ‘now,’ and He would hardly be so definite and specific as to time if either He as the Saviour or the human soul as the thing saved had to go through some gradual process of salvation. How easy it is for a man who does not want to be saved “now’’ or ‘‘to-day’’ to find excuses for putting off the day under such a specious plea as this, In St. Stephen’s church the sorrows of the Virgin Mary were the burden of Dr. McGlynn’s discourse. It was a summing up of her maternal care and anxiety for her divine Son, who was set for the falland rising of many, and in whose redemptive work ‘our heavenly mother” co-operated. As the first Eve was the mother of all the children of Adam, so is the blessed Virgin ‘the mother of all the chil- dren of Christ.” And ‘as she is the mother of all the children of God,’’ so must she be by a just title the mother of all the graces that flow from the divine source of Calvary and of the Chris- tian virtues—the flowers of penitence and purity that spring from the soil at the foot of the cross that is bedewed with the mingled blood of Christ and the tears of the Magdalene. Flowers sprung from such a soil find ready and congenial shelter in the bosom of the Vir- gin Mother, who is also the mother of sorrows, and whom, therefore, in every age the Church loves to salute as the “Mother of Divine Grace,’’ ‘Mother Most Pure’ and the “Refuge of Sinners.’’ Father McNamee, of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, believes Christ estab- lished His Church for the purpose of perpetu- ating on earth the power to forgive sins, and he declares that ‘the priests of the Church ex- ercise a similar power [to that of Christ], and with telling effect both upon the souls and bodies of people.” The granting of indul- gences is one means of remitting sins, and the use of an indulgence is to release from tho temporal punishment due to sin; but ten thousand indulgences cannot remit one mortal sin, The Rev. P. Dealy preached in St. Francis Xavier's church on the law of mercy, giving illustrations of mercy rejoicing gyey Judgment, ‘ While men are puzzling themselves about creeds and about faith Mr. Talmage, of Brooklyn, yesterday defined the latter to be a reliance on the Lord Jesus Christ for salva- tion, and baptism is a public recognition and acknowledgment of Him. This was all he needed. He did not want to carry around with him a basket of theological chips called creeds, by which they might get some concep- tion of heaven. Mr. Talmage’s portraitures of heaven and hell are amusing as well as ortho- dox. The latter place will have most of the inhabitants of Sodom, and the worst slums of earth will empty their populations into it. It is the penitentiary of the universe, And every one of his hearers, he said, was choosing for himself where he shall live by and by. Dr. Wild, of the Seventh avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, exalted the Holy Spirit as the source of man’s supernatural aid. A divine bodily presence was sufficient for the infant Church, but the maturing Church needs a Divine presence co- equal with itself and its agencies, and this it has in the Holy Ghost, Rev. Mr. Burling- hame, of St. Louis, occupied Mr. Gallagher's Baptist pulpit yosterday, and preached on the ciency of his armies. Then the restoration of churches to the Old Catholic priesthood—this smells of the “fleshpots."’ A satirical, per- haps irreligious, writer in England said that the wealth and church property of the Roman that in due time. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, R. Glendinning, Jr., the Philadelphia banker, is in town. The King of Cambodia has been visiting Hong Kong, Canton and Macao, China, in all of which Places he has been received and treated with great distinction. MUSICAL REVIEW. The music publishers, recognizing the great im terest taken by the public in the divine art, are im the field armed with new plates and bristling over in the panoply of fantasias; songs, ‘wreaths of gems" and instrumental pieces of all kinds, Old favorites and new aspirants jostle each other om the well-packed shelves, and sprouting authors strut about in front of the showy windows compla- cently admiring themselves in the refection of illustrated title-pages. Poor moths! there is no use in warning:them against the singeing influence of unscrupulous publishers, Now and then, per- haps, as if in charity, a few dollars will be flung to them from the supercilious nabobs who acquire Wealth through the brains of unprotected compos- ers, and an inaffable smile of commiseration awaits the audacious inquirer who wishes to know the exact condition of his account at the publishers, A piece of music becomes the rage; no family is withoutdt; children cry for it, and the publisher, growsmoreplethoric in purse over it, Butthe poor: composer. Yes, give him: afew dollars—about an inconceivably small fraction of his legal: percent- age—just in an eleemosynary spirit, and if he asks for more send for the police. Hence few of our leading musicians care to entrust the work of their brains into the hands of apy of our publishers,’ ‘They want a little more compensation than the empty honor of their name on the He DaRe. lenry Litolf, Fourth avenue, publishes three very, interesting collections of songs and piano works. | The first book has @ romance, by Abt, one by Loe-; schorn, a piece de salon by Schultze and a caprice Hongroise by Baumfelder, all instrumental works. They are all of medium dimeult taking and adapted for the parlor, and just the thing far youn ladies fresh from a conservatory, ‘The second boo! consists of songs for soprano or tenor by Abt, Men- delssohn, Taubert, Schultze, Nessler, Bluernensten- gel and Starke, and they are gems of the first water, asinight be expected from the composers, The third book contains the same songs arranged for a contralto or bass voice. The same house publishes the symphonies of Schu- bert, arranged for the piano (four hands) in book. form. The name of Schubert has become the mod- ern synonym for delicious melody, and in this’ ar- rangement there is little of the charm of the.o1 nal lost, except the unavoidable absence of the or- chestral shading and “nuances that the plano cannot supply. pe D. Russell & Co., Boston, publish the follow. t:— “Which Way the Sweet Wind Blew,” “Somebody,” “Kiss Me Softly” and ‘he Orphan Boy,” by George L, Osgood, the young tenor, who has just returned from Europe. The firstisa charming melody, the two next uninteresting and aimless and the last pathetic and Abt-like. ( “Ask Me Not.” Song. Abt. Written for Mr. Osgood. Instinct with passion, rich melody and ex, ion. & Co., Broadway, @ branch of. the cele- + brated London house, publish the waltzes of Strauss in a very handsome form. Each book, con- taining seven of these immortal pidces de salon, are sold at the low figure of fifty cents. Some of our music publishers sell each waltz at the same prices i pet & Co., New York and Boston, publish the following :— “Blighted.” Song. J, R. Thomas. This, is one of Mr. Seguin’s favorite concert songs, and the pees is worthy of the composer of “Beautiful Isie of the Sea.’ “Soldier’s Farewell.” Vocal quartet. Johanna Kinkel. A little ating, suggestive of Lydia ‘Thompson's “Beautiful Bells.’ “Saper Vorrelise Mami.’ Vocal duet. sa towed A very goOd edition of a standard) work, w! ~ h too soldom nowadays, “To Thee, 0 omental National up et Eich- berg. A male quartet, in 12-8 time, with no incon- sidcrable'share of gan and spirit. ““fourtillion.” ‘Vaise brilllante, Robert Gold. beck...” A genuine work of art, smooth and flowing in its subjects and well adapted for the saion or concert hall, “Wanderer’s Rest.” Morceau de salon. Spind- ler, The subject is not original but the treatment Of it is artistic. “Mazurka Caprice.” §. G. Pratt. Ambitious in design, but of the vaulting order, and, stripped of bates Pretentious character, uninteresting in the ext Teme, “Shadow Thoughts,’ No. 1. Impromptu. 8. G. Pratt. The same remarks will apply to this piece, “Sweet Sounds.” Norceau de salon. sydney Smith. Avery enjoyable work in the favorite com- poser’s beat Bile, “I Am the Gayest of the Gay.” Song. Ope! Something of the minstrel order—a reminiscence the cork opera. “Murmuring Wavelets." Idyl. V. B. Aubert. A charming work, poetic in its conception and artistia in its treatment. . “Hungarian Polka.” Petrak. Fantastic and sparkling and impressed by a clever and expe- rienced writer. “Leichtes Blut Polka.” Strauss. One of the eas interesting walis of the celebrated dance writer. “German Hearts Waltzes.” Ed. Strauss, With- out the sensuous grace of melody of Johann Strauss, this work is sufliciently interesting to take a place in ballroom. Edward Schuberth & Co., Union square, publish the following:— “Impromptu.” J. H. Bonanitz, Artistically concelved and finished, showing in every bar the characteristi¢s of a true poet. “Le Prophete.” Potpourri. G. W. Marks. A col- lection of gems from paperneer ® favorite opera, well grouped together and presenting a work re- markable forits unity of idea as well as for the brillianey of its component parts. “Le Prophdte.” Fantasia. Ketterer. This is the weakest of this celebrated arranger’s works, and unsatisfactory in its choice of themes and treat- ment of the same. Hall & Ben. New York, publish a “Dream Song,’? reverie, by Francis H. Brown, The melody is sim- ple and taking and the variations are conceived in ee style and thoroughly artistic in their nish, OBITUARY. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky. Hon. Garrett Davis, United States Senator, died at his residence in Paris, Ky., yesterday. He ex- Pired at the hour of half-past six o’clock in the morning. Mr. Davis had been prostrated by illness during the past four weeks, and was carried off by the result of the attack—gangrene of the lungs. He was in the seventy-second year of his age. Garrett Davis was born at Mount Stirling, Ky., September 10, 1801, He received an English and classical education. While yet a boy he was em- ployed as a writer in the County and Uireuit Courtg, of his dstriot, stydjod lay Ai ehmne 4g; of bia Siaerigts _etased le ne 1d, the bar in 182% In 1533 he was clected to the State Legislature, and Was twice re-clected. In 1839. he was a member of. the State Constitutional Convention, Front 1899 to 1847 he was a (epg add in Congress om Kentucky, and da re-election; and hough always engaged in Politics ue devoted much attention to agricultare, In 1861 he was ciected a Senator in Congress from Kentucky for the term ending in 1867, serving on the Committees on For- eign Relations, Territories and Claims. From early anhood until the death of Henry Clay he was one of thé Most Intimate personal and political friends of that statesman, In 1864 hoe was Lt ya a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, to serve until December, 1865, When the neutrality of Kentucky was first threatened by_ secession, and some of hor sons oped to drag her out of the Union, Mr. Davis labored with wonderful perse- verance to arm the loyal men of the State and place them in a position to defend themselves. Through his exertions the Federal government waa induced to send weapons into the counties where the strongest disaffection existed, and thus a revolt was checked ata time when its instigators were most sanguine of success, Before he left the public service in Kentucky he had advanced so high as a forensic debater anc skilful parlimentary tactician, that he was re- garded as one of the very foremost of the whig leaders, His health forced him out of Congres- sionul life, But ever since his retirement he has had a loading part in shaping the State policy, and no important movement has beon made without sulting him, berry publle speaker he was very cogent and forcible. He was nominated for the Senate by but one majority over Hon. James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury under President Pietce. Mr. Davis was about five feet five inches in height. He waa straight as an arrow, or rather leaned back from the centre of gravity. When standing im this att. tude, which seemed to be the one in which he-was most at ease, he did not appear to be as small as ha really Was |