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NEW Rigorous Quarantine Against the Progress of the Cattle Plague. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALB. Lonpon, Sept. 27, 1872. Mr. Lowe, in his speech at Glasgow last night, ‘€xpreased the opinion that it would have been ‘better had Chief Justice Cockburn signed the Geneva decision with the other arbitrators instead of renewing strong arguments after the dispute had been settled. It was also unnecessary and unusual for arbitrators to give the reason for their awards. The arbitrators had no power to lay down principles of international law, The tri- bunal was not constituted for that purpose. | Be aid not believe England was bound by the principles which guided the arbitrators. He thought the necessity for the ratification by the Senate of the United States of every treaty with a foreign Power was a most dangerous and perplex- ing diffoulty, but hoped England would enter upon 4 new era in her relations with America—an era in whioh all jealousies and animosities would disap- pear and the two nations would confine themselves to rivairy in the work of extending the interests of Civilization and peace. THB LATEST MINISTERIALIST EXPRESSION, AND STILL FOR PEACE AND UNITY, ‘The Right Honorable Mr. Forster, in an address to his constituents at Bradford, to-night, said the object of the Geneva Tribunal was not merely to preserve peace, but to preserve friendship between England and America. Such friendship did not exist before the settlement of the Alabama claims, The state of feeling was such that it might at any moment have caused a war. Forbearance of both Bides was necessary to bring the dispute to a set- tloment through the slow process of negotiation. By forbearance alone England got rid of the indi- rect claims, In conclusion, he said:— “The decision * of Geneva not only gives America three millions of pounds, but gives her peace, and gives both coun- tries new international rules of the highest value, besides catablishing a precedent that cannot fall to be beneficial to all nations.” THE GENEVA CASES TO BE REVIEWED BY A RUSSELL, My It is reported that Lord John Russell is preparing @ review of the proceedings and award of the Geneva Board of Arbitration. q COMMERCE SATISFIED AND AMERICA, ‘The Chambers of Commerce in several leading cities of England hav® adopted resolves congratu- lating Her Majesty's government on the happy termination of the Alabama arbitration, and copies of the resolves have been forwarded to the United States, REMINISCENCES OF THE ALABAMA AND RUMINATION OVER THE AWARD, It is said that efforts are being made, which have fot yet assumed any official form, to require the ‘Mesars. Laird, the constructors of the Confederate privateer Alabama, to pay a portion of the sum awarded to the United States by the Geneva Tri- bunal of Arbitration, HOMEWARD FROM GENEVA. Mr. J.C. Bancroft Davis, the agent of the United States before the late Aiabama Claims Arbitration Tribunal in Geneva, sailed from Liverpool for New York yesterday in the steamship Oceanic. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. The vessel which has been reported wrecked on ‘Tuskar Rock, on the 14th inst., was the bark New- castle, Captain Wilkins, which cleared at Liverpool September 1 for Savannah. Tt has been ascertained that thirty of the crew ‘were lost. VESSELS IN DISTRESS IN A HEAVY GALE, A heavy gale prevailed along the entire coast of ‘Britain yesterday, and the storm continues to-day. Several vessels which left the Mersey for Ameri- an ports on Thursday, 26th inst., were driven back to harbor during the day and night. Avery large number of shipping craft of various mationalities and ditferent destinations are wind- bound. IN CONSOLATION TO LAMENT IN LINCOLNSIIRE. The rinderpest has appeared among the cattle in Lincolnshire. QUARANTINE MEANS AGAINST EXTENSION OF THE PLAGUE, The Lords of the Council have passed an order Prohibiting the holding of markets, fairs, &c., in ‘the East Riding of Yorkshire and in the city of York and the affected district of Lincolnshire, ex- cept under license of the Privy Vouncil, and also restricted all movement of cattle in the localities, except by license—the license for movement from place to place containing, among other stringent provisions, a declaration that the cattle to be moved have not for twenty-eight days previously “been in contact with any animal affected with cat- tle pene. Their lordships, in the same order, give power to all local authorities for D pease § fairs, markets, &c., in their respective districts; also for rohibiting wholly all movement of cattle into their district when they deem it necessary to do 80, AUSTRIA. ——+ ‘Whe Archduke Albrecht Still Alive and Improving in Health. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, Sept. 27, 1872, The Archduke Albrecht, Ficld Marshal and In- »spector General of the Austrian army, whose death ‘was reported some time since in the foreign capi- tals, continues to improve, and his recovery is 4ooked for at an early day. SPAIN. “The Treasury Budget Submitted to the Cortes— ‘What Is the National Currency? TELEGRAM ‘TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MADRID, Sept. 27, 1872. In the Cortes to-day Sefior Gomez, Minister of Finance, presented the budget for 1872-73, He esti- mates the revenue from all sources at 558,885,776 @rancs, and the expenditures at 545,894,711 francs. PORTUGAL. ‘Colonist Complaint from the African Coast. TELEGRAM TO THE MEW YORK HERALD. ‘s . LisBon, Sept, 27, 1872. ‘The Portuguese government has received unsat- {sfactory advices from its new colonies on the Af- Fican coast. Many of the colonists are discon- tented and threaten toreturn. The efforts to es- tablish trade with the interior have not been suc- cessful, bow SWITZERLAND. enemas Session of the International Peace Congress— Italian Radicalism Against French Republicanism, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Sept. 27, 1872, ‘The International Peace Congress has been in wession at Lugano, Switzerland, this week, and adjourned to-day. Le Frangats (newspaper) publishes a letter from General Garibaldi to the President of the Congress, in which President Thiers and his policy towards Italy are denounced in terms of great severity, DENMARK. Triumph of the Legislative Opposition at the Elections. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK 4EQALO, COPENHAGEN, Sept, 27, 1872. The elections for members of the Danish Dict have resulte | in the return of a majority against the present Ministry, FRANCE. Gambetta’s Tour in the Provinces—The People’s Flight from the Prussians—Flow of Specie to the Bank. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Paris, Sept. 27, 1872. The specie in the Bank of France has increased 240,000 france during the past week. GAMBHTTA’S TOUR IN THE PROVINCES, M. Gambetta arrived at Grenoble, in the Depart- ment of Isere, yesterday. Although no prepara- tions had been made to receive him, the citizens gathered in great numbers at the railway stations and greeted his appearance with enthusiastic cheers, STILL FLERING FROM THR STRANGER. The flow of emigration from Metz since the occu- pation of that city by German troops has been so heavy that the population is now but one-third of what it was before the late war. COMMERCIAL ANXIETY CONCERNING THE TARIFF, The Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux, Nantes and other cities insist on being consulted in any revision of the customs tariff, GERMAN DIPLOMACY, Count Von Arnim, the German Ambassador, will soon go to Germany again on Icave of absence. "GERMANY. Sse Cutting Off the Supplios from a Troubled Church- man—Cabinet Diplomacy and Mourning of the Royal Family, TELLORAM TO TRE KEW YORK HERALD. BuERuIN, Bept. 27, 1872. The government has fssued an order stopping the emoluments of the Bishop of Ermeland. THE MISSIONS TO BELGIUM AND HAMBURQ, The Prussian Cross Gazette contradicts its report of yesterday that Rosenberg was to be appointed Minister to Belgium, and says he will replace Baron von Magnus as Prussian representative at Ham- burg. COURT MOURNING, The mourning of the Prussian Court has been prolonged until the 20th of October on account of the death of the Princess Hohenlohe, the half-sister to Queen Victoria. MEXICO. Surrender of Revolutionary Generals and Their Forces—General Eoobedo in Monterey. TELEGRAR TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. New OrvEans, La., Sept. 27, 1872. Advices from Matamoros state that the revolu- tionary General Guerra, who has been operating in the States of Durango and Ohihuabua, has reached Parras, in the State of Cohahuila, with his forces. He is said to be accompanied by General Diaz. Both these Generals acknowledge President Tejada’s government and will lay down their arms. General Rocha has left Monterey for Parras to ac- cept their surrender. General Escobedo has arrived at Monterey, it is supposed, to assume command of the Northern Department, WEXICAN ROBBERS IN TEXAS The Robber Oortina About to Make Another Baid Into Texas—A Band of Cattle Thieves Organized. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD, BRownsvi.un, Texas, Sept. 27, 1872, It is reliably reported that General Cortina has been writing letters to his fricnds in Texas calling on them to assist him in an intended raid into the country. In thes letters he impresses tne idea that the country between the Rio Nueces and the Rio Grande belong to Mexico, and that conse- quently they have a right to plunder it. It is re- ported that a band of thieves for driving cattle from the headof the Aqua Dulce and the Rio Nueces is now thoroughly organized, having spics ahead and fresh supplies of men and horses, and that small droves of stolen cattle are passing into Mexico every few days, PARBON OF MARCER AND YERKES, pe An ad PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 27, 1872. This evening the Gity Treasurer Marcer and Charles F’. Yerkes, the broker, who were sentenced to the Eastern Penitentiary last Winter for embez- aling the city funds, were released upon pardon by the Governor, The pardon was brought from Harrisburg by Colonel Lee, the Private Secretary of the Gover- nor, and H. Bucherswope. A number of the friends of the prisoners were at the Penitentiary when the parden arrived. To the pardon there is a condition, which states that if there ls any money pe for services in connection with the receiving of he pardons, then they are to be null and void. These conditions were accepted by the prisoners. Since his release Yerkes has made an affidavit denying the charges made against him by General Hartranit and the au- thenticity of the paper which has been issued a8 evidence gl him and alleged to have been signed by him (Yerkes). The release of the prisoners has created great excitement in the city. THE WEATHER. WAR DEPARTMENT, Orriork OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuinaton, D. C., Sept. 23—1 A. M. Synopsts for the Past Twenty-four How's, The barometer has risen from the lakes to the Atlantic coasts, but fallen over the Northwest, where easterly to southerly winds, cloudy weather and areas of rains are now prevailing; cloudy weather and rain have prevailed over New England and during the day over New Jersey and the in- terior of the Gulf States. The temperature has fallen from North Carolina to Indiana and north- westward over New England, but risen trom Iilinois and Wisconsin westward. Probabilities, For the New Engiand and Middle States clear and clearing cool weather with northerly to west- erly winds, the latter gradually backing to south- erly over the lower lake regions; for the South Atlantic States light to fresh winds and clear weather; for the Guif States easterly to south- erly winds; from Tennessee to Lake Eric, thé upper lakes and the Northwest, diminishing pressure, rising temperature and southerly winds, with increasing cloudiness and with areas of rain from Missouri to the upper lakes, the winds proba- bly veering to northwesterly, with clearing weather over the Northwest, , The Weather in this City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours In com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, HeRaLD building:— 1871, 1872. 1871. 1872, - 55 67 3:30 P. M. 6870 . 56 66 6PM 70 69 OF 9PM 67 2M. + 64 68 = 12P, 62 Average temperature yesterda; 66% Average temperature for corresponding date last year. tees 61 Three Railroad Cars Thrown Down— Several Persons Injured. Witmtinaton, N. C., Sept. 27, 1872, Three cars of the down express train on the Wil- mington and Weldon Ratlway ran off the track be- tween Everettsville and Dudley last night. The ladies’ car and sleeping car were precipitated down an embankment, the former turning upside down, A considerable number of passengers wore slightly, two or three severely, but none dangerously in- jured. Mrs, M, A. Walker, of Montgomery, Ala., ‘was severely bruised about the body, Mr. Chain- bers, of New Orleans, wes paintuily hurt in the head and back. W, H. Chew, of Augusta, Ga, had an ankle badly sprained, and his wife received a severe contusion of the forehead, Those most severely wounded are here, and the physicians in attendance express the opinion tnat they will all soon recover. The accident ty supped to have been causea by a broken rail, The absence of any fatal result is considered almost miraculous, The sleeping car fell over the trestiewark avout twenty Jeet into the stream below “MODERN SOCIETY.” EDMUND YATES MAKES His BOW Tho Feshionable World Attend the First Lecture of the English Novelist in Large Numbers— High and Low Life, Balls, Dinners, the Park, the Opera and the Seaside, the Counting House and the Musical * Parties—The Young Men’sChris- tian Association Amused, Edi- fied and Entertained, Last evening, in the presence of @ fashionable and intellectual audience of 2,500 persons of both sexes, Mr. Edmund Hodgson Yates, the well known: English novelist and lecturer, made his débat at the Hall of the Young Men’s Christian Association, and the verdict pronounced by those 2,500 well- bred and well-informed people will, no doubt, be accepted as final by the American public—a public which, though very hospitable, is also very hard to please. In the United States of living English nov- elists Charles Reade is read more than any other, and Edmund Yates comes next in rank. Born in 1831, and known as tho dramatic critic of the Lon- don Daily News, and as editor of the Temple Bar Magazine, and having now considerable fame as @ constant contributor to AU the Year Round, he met with an intelligent as well as ap- Preciative audience last evening, who know him through the columns of those periodicals and mag- azines, in addition to the fact that they also bore in their minds a vivid remembrance of his literary individuality in the sories of novels that have ap- peared from time to time over his name, the best known of which are “Running the Gauntlet,” “Black Sheep,” ‘Kissing the Rod,’’ “Broken to Harness,” “Land at Last,” and the serial how running the magazines with the title of the ‘“Yel- low Flag,” The best newspaper work of Mr Yates, perhaps, was that done by him for couple of yearsin the London Morning Star, in tne column headed the “Flaneur.”” To many of the peo) le who saw the novolist last even he first time Mr. Yates more than filled the idea: formed of him. It is a common and popular super- stition that every man who writes half a dozen successful books must have a pale and consumptive Srevetenes that he must be weak at the knees; that he will be afflicted with bad hearing and a difticulty in his eyesight. Therefore, all were more than agreeably disappointed when a tall, six-foot senna: in unexceptionable evening dress, with he orthodox white tic, the brawn and muscle of a Life Guardsman, stepped upon the platform to receive one of tho heartiest welcomes ever given by a New York audience toastranger. Mr, Yates has large, massive features, parts his dark hair in the middie, and he got to work last orrane with the ease and force of an accomplished cricketer. ‘To be brief, he bowled hi way into the hearts of his audience and made them feel as easy he felt himself, which, as without any Sioarere to Mr. Yates, is no sight accomplishment. There were no dramatic effects or accessorics, there boing simply a mahogany reading desk, a big pitcher of ice water, a large tumbler to drink it from, and a dozen or so of car- toons and crayons made by Frith, John Leech and Marcus Stone, which were amply illustrative of the characters introduced by Mr. Yates in his lecture, The lecture was entited “Modern Society,” and has been delivered by its author for a hundred nignts in London, Mr. Yates dealt gently wi his subjects, and now and. then little bits of his bool and magazine articles appeared; but their appearance was not ob- trusive, and hearty Le iter and applause were ylelded to the energy of his description and the excellent drollery of his mimicry. There 18 a pla- cidity and ease ut English humor that strongly contrasts with the grovesanonoes and wild abandon of American humor; but the most earnost admirers of “Artemus Ward” or “Mark Twain” cannot but endorse the clear-sighted and pungent terseness of the hits made by Edmund Yates at the fashionable folltes of the day. He is a close observer of whatever is ridiculous and overstrained in the social anachronisms of the world in which he moved, and his sketches of the physician who, after the manner of Abernethy, but lacking his ability, first pockets the patient's guinea and then insults him; or the “lady's doctor,” who is shod with vel- Ma whose tongue is disgustingly oleaginous; of een renee lady,” who has seen too many Deora fg laces; of the ‘dawdling swell,” who car- ries off the belle of the evening from “bashfal young man” with a yawn and a sneer, and of the too indulgent “papa” at the sea- side, who is a@ bear in his counting house in the city, were all well done and elicited the heartiest tributes from eh audience who were more than eager to anticipate every joke and stroke of humor made manifest during the evening. ‘There ia nothing bitter or coarse or painful in the style of Mr. Yates, and the ladies particularly seemed to enjoy the entertainment, and where the ladies are secured it is unnecessary to say that more than half of the battle has been fought anu won. In fine, Edmund Yates, on his first eveni in America, has succeeded; and now he needs bu to do one thing, and that is to give lis audience a variety, and lis triumph ts made certain. THE CITY JUDGESHIP. Additional German Action in Favor of Judge Bedford's Re-Election. The German Greeley and Brown club of the Eighth Assembly district, Mr. Frederick Kranshold Presiding, held a meeting at 165 Bowery last night, for the purpose . of taking some action in the furtherance of the movement among the Germans to secure the renomination and re-election of the present City Judge. After an enthusiastic endorsement of the Syracuse State ticket the matter referred to was brought up for discussion. Addresses on the subject were deliv- ered by Messrs. Eulenback, Kranshold, Schirmer and others, reviewing the judicial career of Judge Bed- ford, and arguing that he has fully realized the ex- pectations of his constituents as an able and im- partial Jastice of the Criminal Court. It was urged that a vigorous campaign should be organ- ized in support of his renomination and ultimate re-election to the important oftice he now occupies. Resolutions to that effect were offered, and adoptea by an enthusiastic and unanimous vote. The Fifteenth Ward Endorse Bedford. Ata meeting of citizens of the Fifteenth Wara, held last evening at the “Senate,” 19 Amity street, it was resolved to form a “Gunning 8. Bedford’ Association of the Seventh Assembly District. Henry Kimbe! was called to the chair; and John A, Carolin was elected secretary. The following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :— Whereas at the coming election tho position of City Judge becomes vacant: and whereas for tho past term the office has been most ably administered by the gen nored name we bear; therotore be tt Judge solved, That we cheerfully and contidently recom- mend Gunning 8. Bedford for the suffrages of our fellow citizens without regard to party differences, who cannot fail to recovnize in hima public. officer’ who has dig: charged the duties of his position with honesty, faithful ness and marked ability- ‘The meeting then adjourned. THE MURDEROUS MILITIAMEN, The flerce fight on tho Harlem Railroad by the militiamen, on Wedneeday afternoon, tn which one ofthe men was stabbed and another supposed to be mortally wounded, has had its result in the for- warding yesterday of the following telegram to Major General Franklin. Those best acquainted with the regiment state that Colonel Fay is a care- ful, painstaking oiMcer and can always manage those under his command as long as they are under his eye. The regiment contains some of the most respectable hat men of Westchester county in its ranks, The whole fault arises from the com- pany officers of some of the companies allowing their men to drink while in uniform. Tiny Reoigent Ixvartny, X. G. 8... Yo} Treanquartens Bastonearen, N. ¥., Sopt. 27,1 To Major General Fraxcit Towxsenp, Adjutant General State of New York, Albany, N. Y. Grxenat—I have the honor to request that companies AAndG, of the Third regiment, be disbanded this day, And that the officers of both e p ant Underhill, be dismissed from the service, New Youk ikwato of this day, Very Foepecerall Cotone! Third reine MORE SAVAGES COMING EAST. The Delegation from the Indian Terri« tory En Route. Sr, Lov1s, Mo., Sept. 27, 1872, A delegation of filty-two chiefs and braves, rep- resenting Kiowas, Arapaloes, Comanches and Apaches, left Atoka, I. T,, this morning and will ar- rive in this city this evening, They are in charge of Special Indian Commissioner Captain Henry Lieuton: See the F, Alford, A grand conference was held at Boggy Depot yesterday by the represen- tative of the various tribes mentioned above, at which the notorious Santata and Lone Bear attended, having been brought from their prison in Texas, where they have been incarcerated for the past year. Tho object of the conference was to have a tnli interchange of views abont the present Indian troubles; and this delegation goes to Washington to arrange an amicable settlement, if posaibie. They are full-blooded aborigines, some of them never having seen A train of cars before, and are total atrangera lo civiliaationy WASHINGTON. Wasuinaton, Sept. 27, 1872, The Campaign Cabinet. The Attorney General left to-night for Pittsburg, where he will speak to-morrow night. He will also speak at several places in Ohio and on 5th October leaves for New York to take part in the campaign in that State. Secretary Boutwoll expects to conclude his labors in the political vineyard about 5th October, when he purposes coming to Washington and give Judge Richardeon em opportunity to return to Masea- Collector Arthar has reported to the Treasury Department the fact that certain vatwable packages Of goods have been stolen from the public ware- house in New York, The Departmert has no au- thority im the matter, @ud as it is presumed that the goods have gone into consumption the owners Will be held for the amount of. duties due. Protection of Germans im France and the German Vote. The Congresatonal Committee has in print a doc- ument containing the oficial correspondence relat- ing to the care of German subjects in France during the Franco-Prussian war, with the lettersof cour- tesy, compliment and thanks from the German government. This docament will be immediately put in circulation among German voters in the West and Northwest, it being believed that the efforts of Schurz and other German orators and Politicians have been making great inroads on the German eloment of the repubitcan party. Archbishop Bayley’s Installation. The. Administrator of the archdiocese of Balti- more announces that Most Rev. Archbishop Bay- ley’s installation and reception of the paiiium will take place in the cathedral in that city on Sunday, October 13, Bishop Becker, lately returned from Rome, having brought with him the pallium for the new Archbishop. It is expected that a number of Bishops from different parts of the country will attend in Baltimore at the time. Archbishop Bay- ley proposes to assume his exalted position without display or marked demonstration, and, conse- quently, it is not expected that there will be any Procession; but the ceremony of installation and the reception of the pallium will be carricd out with all the usual ceremonies of the Church. Bishop Gibbons, it is undorstood, will be installed in the see of Richmond at an early day after the installation of Archbishop Bayley. All the Catholic societies of the District of Colum- bia have made arrangements to visit Baltimore on that day. Correct Time for New York. Arrangements were completed to-day by Mr. George W. Blunt, of New York, with Admtral Sands, of the Naval Observatory, by which, in @ few days, @ bali four fect in diameter will be dropped on the roof of the buliding of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company in New York at precisely twelve o'clock, the communication being through telegraph wires connected with the Observatory. New York time is 12.min, 12 seo. faster than Washington time. The principal object is to secure the correct time for the regutation of the ship chronometers in the nar- ber of New York. A Moncy Order Decision. An important question arising out of the money order system has recently been before the Depart- ment of Justice, It grew out of a controversy between the remitter and payee of a money order, the latter demanding payment of the same and the former forbidding it. Tho Attorney General de- cides that after the remitter of an order has de- livered it to the payee, he cannot stop payment of it; but the latter is entitled to have the amount paid to him on proper demand. The decision is based upon the peculiar provisions ef the act of Congress establishing the money order system, which differ, in this respect, from the English system. Chance of Settlement With the Utos=— English Machinations. The Iateriom Department to-day received infor- mation from Colorado to the effect that the Ute In- dians are willing to consider the proposition of the government, mado through the commiss!ouers, to vacate the Southern part of their present reserva- tion, and are anxious to send a delegation to Wash- ington to negotiate a treaty for this purpose. They will be encouraged and competent parties desig- nated to escort the chiefs here, The obstinacy of the Utes fs explained by the fact that under the Guadaloupe-Hidalgo treaty they consider them- selves entitioed to all the privileges of American citi- zens, aad in this {dea they have been encouraged by an English party, who are anxious to purchase from the Utes their valuable mineral lands, It is known that large sums of money have been used by the English lobbyists in Colorado to effect this; but for some reason the Uto chiefs have not been willing to make the transfer, A dread of the power of the governmext, it is stated, has had its influence. There is now but little doubt that all objection to a speedy settloment of the pending question will be removed. The citizens of Colorado will, at the coming session of Congress, make @ combined effort to secure her admission into the union of States, It is claimed that more than the requisite number of inhabitants are there, and that everything required will be done, The people of Colorado, it is said, however, have an idea that the Representatives of the States are prejudiced’ against increasing the number for the present. A Ku Klux Prisoner Wants to Stump for Grant. It has transpired that Richard Shotwell, one of the leaders of the Ku Kiux Klan in North Carolina, and now confined in the Albany Penitentlary, pro- posed to a prominent member of Congress, that if the President would pardon him, he would cheer- fully take the stump ana labor for the success of the republican candidates, and denounce the Ku Klux organization, Finding that he was disposed to plead for pardon, it was proposed to ask if he would give evidence against tne principal leaders such as Ransom, Vance and Merriman, This Shot- | well declined with a defiant air, and said he would | die rather than betray anybody. Application for the pardon was therefore rejused. When Gerritt | Smith visited Shotwell two m@#ths ago he said he | found him deflant and unwilling to accept a pardon on any condition. How Forrester Changed His Mind. Detective McDevitt, who returned from New York this morning, says that in his interview with Forrester, yesterday, he told him that he had in- | tended to ald the authorities in discovering the | Nathan murderer, and accepting, If it could be ob- tained, a pardon from the Governor of Iilinots for | the unexpired portion of his imprisonment, but | that on consideration he had concluded to with- draw his application for a writ of habeas corpus | and go back to the Illinois State prison at Joliet | and serve out the.remainder of his term. He then insisted that he did not know the Nathan mur- | derer, saying earnestly, “I hope I may never meet my father and mother in Heaven if I know who he | is." He said he had no doubt that the job was | “looked over” and done by professional thieves, | whose names he thought he could find out if he | desired, He had, however, changed his mind, and | | would have nothing turther to do with the matter. | The Naval Observatory Telescope. The lens of the large telescope to be placed in the Naval Observatory are now practically finished and the tests have been in the highest degree | satisfactory. The erection of the dome for its re- | ception is now under way. The metal work of the | instrument will be completed without delay. Naturalization Papers and the Stamp Ach The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has de- cided that certificates of naturalization issued by the United States or State Courts are not such certificates as require stamps under the Internal Revenne laws, aud are, therefore, exempt from the stamp tax, Customs Receipts, The customs receipts for the week ending September 21 were as follows :— New York Boston... 438,401 Philadelphia..... 159,121 Baltimore,. we +e 180,118 | that $2,050,736 | trap, fired and the epatenty, Of nN Cotton-picking atteacts more attention now in the Souttery States than politics of DOlticiaNs, YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872—TRIPLE SHERT. ET. PAULINE LUCCA. MEVERBEER’S SEARCH AFTER A SELIKA, “TAfricaine” and Its Music Ana- lytically Considered. increases, Not only is “L'Atricaine” (the last and One of the greatest works of the illustrious Meyer- beer} a quasi novelty in the United States, but the fact that the heroine is to be portrayed by Mme, Pauline Lucca, with whom the opera is intimately assovlated from its: very ineeption, invests the oc- casiou with a peculiar charm. To the creation of “[7Atricaine” Meyerbeer devoted the last years of his life. He took almest increvible patns with it and Intended it to be'his chaf @euvre. No opera was ever so much talked about previous to its representation in public—none had ever been promised so frequently onty to be withdrawn at the last moment by its composer. Some of the greatest lyric artists of the day were'tried in rehearsgia at the Académie Impériate—among others no leas a Person than Mile. Tietjens—but Meyerbeer would have none of them for his Selika, and’so “L’Afri- caine’? was put off from year to’ year util it be- came the Greek Calends of Music. Meyerbcer, always very liard to please, was in this instance extravagant im his demands, At length in Mme. Lucca he thought he found the ideal of hia Selika, a fitting artiste to embody his. conceptions, The composer, who entertained quite a paternal regard for this gifted lady, taught her the music of Sefika himself, and how well satisfied he was with his pupil may be readily interred from the fact that he selected her from some of the greatest singers of the day to play the part when “L?Africaine” “was firat produced at the Académic. Impériale, in Paris, in, 1864, Tho unexpected refusal of the King of Prussia to allow Mme. Lucca to quit Berlin, where ale was then, ag now, @ ‘concert singer,” obliged Meyer- beer, entirely against his will, to accept Mme. Sasse a8 a substitute, for he was too far committed to the director of the opera to recede any more with honor, The following year, however, when Mr. Gye applied to Meyerbeer for permission to bring out “L’Africaine” at Covent Garden, the com- poae only accorded it on the erprens condition hat Lucca should be the Selika, She accordingly mado her appearance in the role at the Royal Italian Opera, with Wachtel as Vasco di Gama, and her success was of @ splendid character. In choosing “L'Africaine” for her début in tho New World the fair artist not only places herself in the most advantageous light possible before the American public, but pave at the same time affec- tionate homage to the memory of her attached pieua and master, who contributed solargely to her jamie, “L'Africaine” ts a story of unrequited love, of intense Asiatic passion, which can touch the ‘ex- tremes of or evil. Selika loves with that deep, burning love known only to such climes, where The rage of the vulture and lovo of the turtle Now melt into tears, now madden to crime. Sho loves and is betrayed; but that which in or- dinary’ nature would call forth only revenge, evokes in her such magnanimity as constitutes a heroine of the grandest type. Her anger is but brief; her sacrifice eternal. After an almost super- human struggle she conquers self and even con- nives at the marriage and subsequent departure of her beloved with one more dear to him. Then comes the saddest scene of all, and cer- besten one of the most striking aud impressive within the whole range of the lyric drama. Selika seeks the deadly mancantila tree, which atands upon a promontory, from which she can behold the vessel which carries her faithless lover and his bride away from her forever. ‘The death-fraught exhalations of the tree whose “killing sweetness” she has sought, produce ecstatic visions, and she roams like a disembodied spirit through the wide realms of imagination. file her eyes are fixed for the last time upon the receding vessel, her voice becomes suddenly hushed and her fond heart beats no more. The icy dart of the King of Terrors has touched it. A beautiful Euthanasia; but one that dims every eye. A rapid glance at the other features of “TL Afri- caine’? will not be out of place. The finale of the first act, in which Vasco di Gama is accused not only of insubordination but actual oe paid and re- cotves the malediction of the Grand [nquisitor for daring to assert that there is some unknown land beyond the sea, is a noticeable number of the music. The Grand Inquisitor, in his narrow- minded obstinacy and self-sufticiency, has imita- tors at the present day, who are ever ready to de- cry enterprise and courage. Selika’s love song, in which the (hi a that she Is a queen in her own land js absorbed in her love for Vasco; the wild, joalous rage of Nelusko, who loves Selika with a savage affection, expressed in the scena “Figita del. Re;” the succeeding duet between the dusky queen and the imprisoned discoveror, full of love and tenderness, and the concluding septet, in which ail the principal char- acters of the opera make up the musical attrac- tions of the second act; a chorus of mariners, an- nouncing the break of on the ocean, the fer- vent, religious prayor at matins and the ‘mocking song of Nelusko, where he recites the legend of “King Adamanastor, monarch of the deep, and the doom of the gallant bark,” lend a strong dramatic interest to the third act. The curtain falis upon the ‘vreck of the Spanish vessel and the massacre of the crew by a swarm of hostile savages. In the musical fliustration of this scene Meyerbeer has put forth all lus power, The fourth act, with tts gorgeous rcene of bar- baric ane in the oriental realms of Selika, is ushered in by the celebrated Indian march, one of the most characteristic and effective musical numbers that ever Meyerbeer wrote. After the glitter and hurlyburly of the grand festival, by which the subjects of Selika welcome her return, comes the lovely tenor romance, ‘0 Vago Suol,’’ with its remarkable instrumentation. We have already spoken of the last scene and its strong dra- matic coloring. The manager, Mr. Maretzek, prom- ises a representation of the opera as tar as mise en scene, choral and orchestral excellence is con- cerned, fully commensurate with the abilities of lis gitted prima donna. Public expectation is wrought up to the highest potut, and Monday night will be a memorable epoch in the bright annais of the Academy of Music, A CUSTOM HOUSE RUMOR. Tweed and O'Brien to be Kept Out of the Custom House—General Arthur Has Not Appointed Any of the Jackson Clab to Office, Any one that has ever had reason to penetrate to the inner room of the Custom House in which General Arthur sits, patiently listening to the strikers and applicants for office, must have noticed the anxious and eager faces of the people in attendance there. While making a call on business yesterday, the HERALD reporter found several Washington Journalists, among others the Hon. John R. Foley, who was in earnest conversation with ex-Collector Thomas Murphy, whe was reclining against the brick wall waiting for the hour of the ciosing of the Custom House. A rumor which gained consider- able credence yesterday was to the effect at the instigation of Senator O’Brien General Arthur had already appointed thirty of U'Brien’s friends to positions in the Custom House. General Arthur sat inthe Custom House, p ed the HERALD reporter in his most gracious manner, and stated, in reply to the question a8 to whether he “had appointed thirty men for OBrien and was expected to appoint 170 more,’ that the rumor was ontirely. {aise and had no basis whatever. He stated that he had not appointed a man tn the Custom House for Senator O'Brien, and that he never expected to appoint a man to.a vacancy for O'Brien, In proof of this assertion he showed the United States Treasury roll of eb inate ine and removals and ed which made the fact manifest that but four changes or promotions had been made in the Custom House since the appointment of General Arthur to the oiice of Collector, up to the 13th of September of this yeay, it is very evident therefore that the strikers who are to support politicians for the municipal oMces in this city will not have the chance of being ap- | ae to lucrative ofices in the Custom House to old over and then be kicked out of position after election, asin the case of car drivers and con- ductors on the horse railroads, who are appointed | by presidents and directors to please embryo alder- men. PROBABLE HOMICIDE IN JERSEY. What Came of a Pigeon Shooting Match. While @ party of sharpshooters re enjoying themselves in the Schutzen Park at Union Hill yes- terday, one of them, named Anton Koopman, was arrested on a warrant issued by Justice Cutter, charging him with a felontoas assault on one Her- mann Stemmerman, with intent to kill, It appears Uhat ata pigeon match a few days ago the spectators were close to the tine, and ‘oopman, rage nh warned not to shoot when the birds few out of the gun ey in the face, arm and side of Stemmerman, ‘he In- injured ‘man is now Jn & critital condition, The supposition that the shooting was acotdgntal is con- trary to the statetjefita of all who witnessed the aifalr and incoysistent with the subsequent con- duct of Kogp%ian hitaselt LQ oo ___E_E_E_EE_EEEEE___—————eeeeeeeeeee eee THE GEHR™NG TRAGEDY. T Coroner's Inquest at \Hoboken—Testie mony of the Sons of th: Deceased=Thg. Deadly Weapons Exhibited. ; The inquest on the bodies of Micha.*l Gehring an@ his wife was commenced yesterday be.0Te Coroner Parsiow, at Hoboken. The evidence addeeed was merely corroborative of the account of ad affair pudlished in yesterday's Hi The sons of the deccased—Frank and Jotie— wero = sworn and testified that on re turning from Ne York on Thursday evening they found that a quarrel had taken piace abou SIX o'clock between their father and mother; suck’ disputes had veen of frequent occurrence; Mra. Gehring expresged fears that her tusband would murder her; meantime the father repaired to the liquor store of Henry Suftet, in New York avenue, near FrankWu strect, where he demanded a quart of beer and told the proprietor to “charge tt-fo the old woman's account’? Young John retired ¢@ rest, his mother remainiag:tn the room’ wittr him! and BARRING THE PARLOR BOOR; about nine o’clock the fatter entered the louse fir an Intoxicated state and demanaed ghat the partor should speetitly bo opened; the afrighted wife ro- paired to the’ back room; Gehting soom forced hie way thither, and, on encountering Ma wife, buried the carving knife in her right side, thom tt ar) Pelt beoaaty ce hs (cee gaa ye she cried out to-her son, * johony, hurry up!” (meant: that he’ should ao for aaceae Pre aon arisen, and begied his father te to bed; the lattor ‘replied, “It you dowe keep atin, I" kitt yor too.” je son ran into the ati apd prosured the assistance of Offtcer McDowell; when they entered the house, Mrs. Geliring was lying on the floor quite dead, aud the husband, prostrate alka, was breathing heavily, by the knife, He made’ soverat attompss'to . made severa’ bus without success, Drs. \ 2 man were sworn. They certifiedthat the deceased woman had pectived three etal: wou one in tho right side, which bro&e the rib and pe! the Iung; another in the: left breast, also tore the lung and severed an artery, and # — the ‘BN em, wound@in'the situll; the Masband had sey right ji lar vein. Henry Suifel testified’ dece: man had complaimed to iim’ of. bel lonesome in the atternoon’ and invited ‘him te game of carda; he seemed very despondent as ovening came on; he had been in the country for a Jong time until Tuesday; he worked none, butlived one a ae earnings; slic, too, had been addicted rink, The jury rofaeroa tho Slowing tere ee Mary Gehring came to:her-death from stas-woun:! received at the lands of her hasband,.. Mich Gobning, in @ state of Rain, and he, se wh. he hi done, committed suicide by. sever! ‘ right juguiar vein with a carving knife During the investigation the knives which done the bloody work were exhibited, to the horr of the spectators. The dismal-looking veardi house: which has boen the scene of the horror pr sented a sad appearance yesterday. The day w: spent in removing the bloody traces of the murder and suicide from the floor and furniture, Many persons, through a morbid curiosity, visited the desolated home epi eager to obtain a glance at the ill-fated victims. They leave three sons and a senator, who will-have the sad remains of theig- parents suitably interred. Zz AQUATIO NOTES. The single scull race between Edward Smite, bow oar of the Argonautas, and Oliver Johnsor,. No. 3 of the Neptunes, will take place om the Kill Von Kull, at New Brighton, this, after- noon. Much interest is manifested in this com test, and no doubt the enthusigam of the reat- dents. on either side of the Will be‘ of the same unbounded nature as during the reeent race folk the respective clubs to whioh the scaller> ong. The annual regatta of the Ridgefield: Rowing Ota will take place on the Hackensack River, Ri N. J., this afternoon. 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