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@spires to the office, lacking in none of the ‘qualifications requisite to honorably discharge Marrin is young, and in that very fact, possess- ing all the other qualifications, lies one of the strongest recommendations in these days of expurgation and reform. Our Nowresr Crry Rerormens are new con- verts to the grand idea. There are, however, among our quiet citizens many who have been -earnest workers for reform for many years and who are still, without pretence or bluster, doing good service in the cause at every oppor- tunity; and W. Butler Duncan, as one of ‘these, is the sort of man we want for our next Mayor. ConangsstonaL Canprpates. —There is prom- ‘iso of warm work in the Fifth Con- district. The principal belligerents are a Colonel and a General. The Colonel has already enjoyed the honors of Representative in Congress, and the General, who outranks him by title, thinks he ought also to outrank him ‘by the votes of the district. If Colonel Roberts, ‘who has left behind him an excellent record in Congress, has no objection, no one else can fairly object, and in that case General MoMahon, who is young and ambitious and a good talker, might reach the national capital in time for the opening of the big powwow in 1873. A Grand Opportunity for a Coup @Etat by the Politicians. ‘We look upon the nomination of William Butler Duncan for Mayor by the regenerated democracy as a certainty, and we hope for the -seceptance of Mr. Duncan in the interests of “the city and of the people. The intrigues and bargains of the political schemers who have ‘been striving to make the Mayoralty struggle «subservient to the advancement of their own “Objects in the approaching election will be entirely destroyed by such a nomination, and ‘the honest and reputable portion of the re- ‘formers will cheerfully admit its excellence -and give it their earnest support. The people -of New York, largely democratic in their polit- ical sentiments, and only turned. temporarily from that party through the outrageous acts of ‘its former managers, will hail the candidacy -of Mr. Duncan asa proof that the organiza- tion is now purified and reconstructed, ‘end will gladly return to its ranks. Last year, when the democracy was unworthy of support, our democratic pusiness men, mechanics and laborers turned their backs on their old political associations and supported republicans for office as re- formers. Now that they find the democracy deserving of confidence and discover that the republican politicians are showing their hands and denouncing such a candidate as William Butler Duncan, only because he happens to be the democratic nominee and because he can- not be traded upon or used for partisan pur- posés, they will unite solidly and enthusiasti- cally in his support. Mr. Duncan’s election by a majority of fifty or sixty thousand votes is absolutely certain if he is only willing to give the city the great benefit of his services as its Ohief Magistrate for the next two years. This being a foregone conclusion, no hope is deft of any successful bargain between Apollo Hall and the republican committee, or between ‘thy other political associations or individuals looking to the trading of municipal candidates for the benefit of the national and State tickets. It will be utterly impossible by any combination, open or secret, to elect any other ‘than William Butler Duncan Mayor of New York. The little side cliques, who drive an illicit political business under the false sign ot reform, will be utterly powerless to effect any 4iversion in the interest of Apollo Hall, the Republican State Committee or any personal friend. Their efforts in this direction will be laughed at. The nomination ot Mr. Have- meyer in a back parlor of an uptown hotel by @ handful of persons but little known and of mo influence in the city is only a burlesque on @ reform. movement, It means nothing—it can amount to nothing, and the gentleman who has been ridiculed by the stupid affair will, no doubt, have the good sense to repu- diate it and to refuse the use of his name for such a clumsy and transparent political manouvre. In like manner any attempt to divide the democratic party and to carry in the candidate of an outside democratic organ- ization through the aid of republican votes must now be hopeless. Indeed, there should ‘be no desire to make the effort. Had a posi- tive, recognized Tammany politician been forced upon the democracy by the new leaders there would have been some reason and justice in the opposition of those outside organiza- tions which have rebelled against the rule of ‘Tammany in the party. But in the nomina- tion of Mr. Duncan political considerations will be set aside and political differences healed. The nominee will be one on whom all democrats and all reformers can unite and no cause for dissension will exist, at least so far ‘as the office of Mayor is concerned. What demo- erat in Apollo Hall can refuse to give his vote to William Butler Duncan? What honest re- former can for an instant hesitate to hail his | nomination as the grandest triumph ever achieved in the cause of honest and efficient municipal government? The common sense of all intelligent citizens | will recognize the truthfulness of these remarks, and will convince them of the certainty of Tammany's victory under such a candidate. This being the case ‘there is nothing left for the opposition of every shade and grade but a grand coup d’ élat by which Mr. Duncan can be made the candidate of the whole city, and not of any particular party or parties. President Grant, in his letter congratulating General Dix upon the result of the Utica Convention, made use of the sensible remark that the coun- ‘try was fortunate when a convention sought a candidate instead of a candidate seeking a con- vention. This, as the utterance of the stand- | ard bearer of republicanism, should supply the cue to ex-Collector Murphy, Collector Arthur, Surveyor Cornell and all the other leading spirits of the Custom House, and in- duce thom, as the friends of civil ser- vice reform, to come forward at once and declare their determination to support Mr. Duncan independent of political con- siderations, as a candidate specially pointed out | in President Grant's admirable letter and as a citizen who will do honor to the city as its Chief Magistrate. The republican committees and clubs should follow the same policy in their official capacity, and endorse Mr. Duncan aa the right man gud the best man for the NEW YORK HEALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1872—TRIPLE SHEE™ right place, By such a course they would earn the credit of doing an honest act, and would avoid the damaging effect of making a fight against @ candidate so strong and eminently qualified as Mr. Duncan. James O’Brien should in like manner step forward with that boldness for which he is dis- tinguished and avow his determination to enroll his followers among the supporters of Mr. Duncan, O'Brien is as shrewd and active as Tweed, Boole orany other leader who has made his mark on city politics, and the office of Mayor is not’ worth an effort on his part. He can do better by becoming the Warwick of city politics and making rulers at his will, He now has a splendid opportunity to display Na- poleonic qualities by retiring from the contest, in which no man can hope to succeed against the regular democratic candidate, if Mr. Dun- can should be the nominee, and supporting the winning man with all his energy and effectiveness, He could avow that honest reform had been from first to last his sole object, and that now, seeing it secured in the nomination of Mr. Duncan, he would cheer- fully and manfully give that candidate his influence and his vote. As to the Committee of Seventy and the other reform associations, they cannot fail to accept Mr. Duncan and to labor for his success. Any hesitation to do so would brand them as political tricksters and hypocrites. For o reformer to oppose Mr. Duncan is to olassify himself with the worst class of political schemers, and to show that all his professions in the cause of reform have been false If the republicans and the O' Brienites will now have the good sense to withdraw all opposition, and make the nomination of William Butler Duncan unanimous, the office of Mayor will bo taken out of politics, as it should be, and the political parties and their national and State tickets will be left to stand on their own merits. In the interest of the city we hope our advice, which is tendered in good faith, may be ac- cepted and followed. Mr. W. B. Duncan will be carried into the chair of Chief Magistrate of New York city by the largest vote ever given any candidate for that high office. Let Tammany nominate him unanimously and reap all the credit to be gained by selecting a candidate of such emi- nent fitness. Tue Supervisors or E.ection—Tuez APouio Hatz Party Nor Recoonizep as a Po- uiticaL OrGanization.—Judge Woodruff has written no formal opinion on the ques- tion raised before him in the United States Circuit Court as to which of the two parties—Apollo Hall or Tammany—is to have the nomination of Supervisors as a party distinct from the republicans, His Honor’s remarks in Court on Tuesday may, therefore, be taken as his decision on the point, and it is obvious from these that he classes the two great parties as the parties who have candidates in the field for President and Vice President—the re- publicans, on the one side, under the leadership of General Grant, and the democrats and lib- eral, on the other, with Horace Greeley as their standard bearer. This shuts the Apollo Hall men out and leaves them standing in the cold. The Judge has requested the Chief Supervisor to send him in the lists of objections by Assembly districts, commencing with the First Assembly district, and as soon as he has the Objections disposed of commissions will be immediately issued to the parties who shall have been selected as Supervisors, An Isvestication in relation to the recent explosion on the steamer Dean Richmond will be comnienced this morning at No. 23 Pine street by government Inspectors Mershon and Hill. By a wonderful providence this did not prove a whflesale slaughter, yet the public want to know exactly how the accident occur- red and who should have prevented it. We are a nation of travellers, and demand of pub- lic carriers the utmost care to provide for the safety of passengers. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. —_—)—— ae te Se Father Gavazzi yesterday sailed for Europe. Colonel H. 8S. McComb, of Delaware, 1s at the Brevoort House. General James M. Scoville, of New Jersey, 13 at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General Martin J. Townsend, of Troy, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Lord Henry Loftus has written a book on love and marriage in Germany. Lieutenant Whipple, of the United States Navy, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel Richardson Miles, of Charleston, is stop- ping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. James R. Osgood, the pubilsher, has returned to Boston, from Europe, in improved health, John 9. Baxter pronounces for Grant, at least he says so in a letter to the Cortland Standard. Ex-Governor John A. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, yesterday arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Alexandre Damas is very rich and owns a large | interest in the Banque des Marchands de Paris, Dr. Louis Buchner, a distinguished German savant, ia among the recent arrivals in this city. Ex-Congresaman Wentworth, of Illinois, well known as “Long John,” is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. The Queen of Sweden is a novelist. She writes for the Stockholm press over the nom de plume of Annie Arden. A wonderfully expert chessplayer is astonishing Berlin, His name is Arthur Raeder and he comes from Roumania. Migs Alice Fairman and Miss Therese Siebe, part of the company of Madame Rudersdorff, have arrived in Boston. A Boston musical critic lately remarked of a pro- fessional’s organ playing, that he not only could Handel Bach, but actually Beet-hoven. The Senator elect from Oregon, Mr, ©. Mitchell, is only thirty-six years old. He is the lawyer of Ben Holliday and believed to be unmarried. Mrs. Dr. Carl Formes, lately elected professor of the Thompson Free Me<lical College, will be one of the attractions of the lecture fel this season. A Boston notion in the shape of a sweeping machine is being experimented upon by the Health Commissioners. Anything to keep the streets clean. Fight hundred thousand Germans are keeping the “Watch on the Rhine.” That is, so many Ten- tons have purchased copies of the new national song. The Countess Pourtaies and the Baroness de Bussitre, who are now stopping for a few days in San Francisco, are California girls, daughters of Mrs. Ben Holliday. Agentieman of Nauvoo thought he wasn't safe without @ pistol in the house. Last week his two little boys found it and played soldier withit, He has but one little boy now. Mr, James Linen, late of California, well known as the author of several poems of high merit, is about to deliver a lecture in this city on the “Old Minstrels of Scotland and the Poets of the Refor- mation.” Probably the wealthiest actor now upon the American stage is Apple Sass Owens. . He is worth somewhere between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, He made a fair portion of it out of his apple ‘sass,’ but the main part of his fortune acoumulated from the increase ta the value of the property which he OW Uae THE ESCURIAL Herald Special Report from Madrid. The Palace-Tomb Monastic Monument on Fire and Likely To Be Destroyed. A Flash of Lightning the Cause of the Conflagration. Art Treasures and Church Relics in Danger. The Tower and Dome Fallen In and the Library and Paintings Almost in Ruins, Danger to the Summer Palace. A BRIGADE OF ENGINEERS FROM MADRID. History of the Building---Its Foundation, Situ- ation, Extent and Finish. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the Henarp has been received from our corre- spondent in the British capital :— Lonpon, Oct. 2, 1872. A telegram from Madrid reports that the Escurial Palace is on fire, and that the build- ing, with all its artistic treasures, will prob- ably perish by the conflagration. CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. The disaster was caused by a flash of lightning. Local Account of the Visitation—Incep- tion of the Fire and Its Ravages. Maprm, Oct. 2—Night. A despatch from the town of Escurial, twenty-four miles northwest of this city, an- nounces that the celebrated monastery of the Escurial was struck by lightning this evening. The building was quickly on fire, and so rapid was the progress of the devouring element that the dome and tower of the mag- nificent edifice have already fallen. FIRE RELIEF BRIGADE FROM THE CAPITAL. A brigade of engineers, fully equipped with materiel for uso in such emergencies, has left Madrid for the Escurial. PALACE, LIBRARY AND PAINTINGS IN FLAMES, The Royal Palace, with its splendid library of books and paintings and rare and costly manuscripts, is now in flames, and at thé dete of this despatch there is apparently little prospect of saving from destruction the Mauso- Jeum as well as the Summer residence of the Spanish kings. History of the Escurial. Journeying from Madrid towards the lonely and almost desolate wilderness which disfgures the suburb of the Spanish capital, and in which looms up the vast and gloomy pile of the Escurial, the traveller passes the bridge of San Fernando, which is guarded by the statues of San Fernando and San Barbara, placed there for the especial purpose of warding against and keeping off lightnings and inundations—a vain duty, or else performed in a very negligent manner, as has been seen by our recent accounts of the overflow of rivers and our present special report of a heavy calamity by stroke of the electric fluid, just near the point of their sentinel observation. The 80:1 1s exceedingly poor, its inhabitants unthrifty, and, for the most part, uneducated. The road by which it is traversed forms a fitting Spprongh to the gloomy Escurial, which is seén—before the fire—rising in dreary, solitary state under the jagged, sullen sierra, and looming up in such vast proportions that it is not lost in size, even when contrasted by the eye with the surrounding mountains. The great royalist ecclesio-monastic pile rises grandly from the midst ofits demesne, gardens and the bosom of the plantations and terraces which have been made to fringe the desert. Nearing the build! @ cross indicates the former territorial mits of the monks, and shows the way by which Philip If. and other of the ruling spirits of Spain hastened to the Escurial to die. SITUATION OF THE BUILDING. The Escuriai has been placed by some geograph- ers in Old Castile, but the division of the provinces has been carried on the crest of the sterra which rises behind it; and it ts regarded ag probable-in the neighborhood that the famous old convent, if Hikes the ravages of the fame, will be saved from the general wreck which appears to await the sup- pressed monastic institutions under Amadeus, ITS TITLE, USES AND FOUNDER, The correct title of the edifice is El Real Sitio de San Lorenzo el Real del Escorial. The latter name is derived by some from escori@, the dross of tie iron mines, which still exist in the neighborhood. aoe The Escurial building is a combined palace, con- | vent and tomb, and for these purposes was it built | by Philip IL, el prudent, named by the monks the “Holy Founder.” His object was to carry out the will of his father in constructing the royal burial place and to fulfll a vow made by him during the battie of St. Quentin, August 10, 1557, in return for the aid of San Lorenzo, which he implored. The French were defeated with immense loss in the battle, and the colossal structure of the Escurial is said to be in proportion to the fear and piety of Philip during and subsequent to the affray, Me arst stone of the bulkling was Tald April. 3, in the year 1563, by Juan Bautista de Toledo, and the edi ne wae completed September 13, 1584, by his celebrated pupii, Juan de Herrera. On the same day of the same month, September 13, in the year 1598, Philip the Second expired in the build. ing, having lived fourteen years—half king and half monk—tin the vast convent. SHAPE AND EXTENT OF THE STRUCTURE. The Escurial building is a rectangular-paralielo- gram of 744 feet from north to south and 580 fect from east to west. The interior is divided into courts, which represent the bars of a gridiron. the north Linga isa subterranean gallery 180 feet long, 10 feet high and 7 feet in breadth, which was tunnelled in the year 1770 by the Monk Pontones, to afford communication with the villagers curing. the Winter hurricanes. The square of the convent building covers 3,002 feet, There are _ sixty-three _ fountains, 12 cloisters, 80 staircases, 16 court yards and 3,000 feet of painted fresco. There are 11,000 bald win- dows, The clean granite, biue slates and leaden roof look quite fresh. The facades are vast in pro- portion, but the windows are small. MORTUARY USES AND ART TREASURES, The grand central Doric and Ionic portal is never opened except to receive Gee Ls dead or alive, ‘the body of a dead monarch is borne in by three noblemen and three monks. Of the monuments, chapels, altars, art treasures and church relics which adorn or consecrate the building it is useless to speak here, There were at. one time as many as 516 shrines for the custody of the “miraculous relics.” The paintings, ceilings and cloisters are wonderfully grand, and tt ts to be hoped that some portion of what has been left of tie Escurial by war, confiscation, the rapacity of monarchs and the greed of foreign invaders will escape also the ravages of the fire fend. THE STORM ON THE LAKES. Remarkable Escape of One of the Crew ofthe Schooner Rapid—Sixty Hours in the Water. TOLEDO, Oct. 2, 1872. James Low, the only survivor of the crew of eight persons of the schooner Rapid, was brought to this city to-day by the brig Paragon. The Rapid capsized in a gale on Friday night on Lake Erie. Low had been in the water lor sixty hours when be was picked up. ENGLAND. Collision of Railway Cars and a Serious and Sad Loss of Life—Accident to the London and Edinburgh Train—‘Behind Time” and “Banning to Make It Up"—The Emi- Grant Tide Flow to America. TELEERANS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Oct. 2, 1872. A terrible accident happened thia morning to & Passenger train from this city for Edinburgh. While running at a very rapid speed it came in collision, near Kirtle Bridge, with @ freigtt train, causing the instant death of nine persons. Many others are injured and it is feare’ several of them will die, Sad Particulars from the Scene of the Disaster—“Behind Time and Furto to Make It up.” Lonvon, Oct. 2—5 P. M. But few details of the accident to the London and Edinburgh passenger train bave como to hand. All the despatches received agree in stating that the train was behind time and was running at a furtous rate to make it up. The scene of the disaster ts not far from Carlisle, the capital of Cumberland county, anda train has been sent from that town to bring in the dead and wounded. THE LATEST STATEMENT OF THR NUMBER OF THE DEI A later (night) despatch from Oarlisle says that eleven persons were killed by the railway collision this morning. The number tnjured is not stated. THE EMIGRANT EXODUS TO AMERICA. During the past three months 54,000 emigrants sailed from Liverpool for America, ; WALES. Steamship Preparation for Direct Communication with New York. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Oct. 2, 1872. The steamship Glamorgan, the pioneer vessel of the new line between Cardiff and New York, made @ successful trial trip yesterday. FRANCE. The Emigrant Exodus in Rapid Flow from the Conquered Provinces—Cities Being Depopu- lated and Others Crowded Alternately. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, Oct. 2, 1872. The departures from Alsace and Lorraine of in- habitants who decline to assume German citizen- ship are upon an immense scale. It is estimated that 88,000 emigrating Alsatians will take up their residence in Nancy alone, while large numbers will go to other places. REDUCTION OF THE POPULATION OF METZ. Eighteen thousand persons left Metz the last fortnight to seek homes under French jurisdiction, The populafion of that city now numbers only 10,000 persons. AUSTRALASIA. The Overland Telegraph Line Completed—Prog- ress of the Work of Girdling the Globe by Electricity. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Oct. 2, 1872, A despatch from Melbourne, September 11, says the overland telegraph line has been completed. EXTENT AND OONNKOTIONS OF THE ELECTRIC LINE AT THE ANTIPODRS. The completion of this Australasian overland electric telegraph line glves assurance that at an early date despatches will go through from England to the antipodes, and the electric communion of the world be made still more universal and perfect. The work has been carried on with great activity. The southern portion of the line, viz., from Port Augusta, at the head of Spencer's Gulf, to the end of the fifth section, beyond Central Mount Stuart, was made ready towards the end of the year 1871. During December, 1871, and January, 1872, operators were stationed at different points along the line, and telegrams came down to Mel- bourne from the Alice Springs, in the MacDonnell Ranges, in the first week of the present year. These ranges are 1,100 or 1,200 miles from Adelaide. On the 13th of January, 1872, Mr. Clarke was pushin; gn from the Alice Springs tg the end of the fifth Section, 360 or 370 miles north of the Springs, and the furthest point northward to which the southern line was carried. From the fifth section to the arpernment end of the northern line coming low! t it from ‘t Darwin there W S 8 gap of 300 miles wide. . Clarke's directions were to despatch a party across the gap as soon as he reached the end of the fifth section with a tele- gram for England. The party to return at once with a messages awaiting transmission south- ward. horse post was then established across the gap, which with every day’s work on the north- ern line narrowed, was soon Making regular trips. The cost of the whole line from north to south was originally to have been £108,000; but it appears: that an expenditure of £220,000 had been incurred in its construction some months since. The wire line runs across the Australian Contl- nent from Port Augusta, at the head of Spencer's Gulf, in Southern Australia, to Port Darwin, on the northern coast, and avout two thousand miles of wire have been used in the work. The route Reaches 4 the heart of the great Continent was ex- plored by a staff of the telegraph department to a point just within the tropics, and it was repre- sentea there appeared to be no difficulty whatever in the way of connecting the northern central por- tions of the work. MESSAGES FROM ENGLAND, On the 20th of June, 1872, notice was Issued by the Post OMice in London that a telegraphic message of twenty words could be sent to Queensland, in Aus- tralia, for £10 ($50), and that it would be forwarded to Port Darwin by cable and thence to its destina- tion by horse express and telegraph now. The whole distance which such a message will travel will be some fourteen thousand miles, and it will reach its destination in about thirty hours. It will go from London to the Land’s End on land wires, will enter the sea and reappear at Alexandria, pass over Egypt re-enter the sea at Suez and again appear at Port Darwin, in the antinodes. THE WEATHER. —+—__—_ War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 3—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, The barometer has continued to fall slowly in the Northwest and eastward over the upper lakes, with southwesterly winds and partly cloudy weather; southerly to westerly winds and partly cloudy weather extend from the lower lake region over the Middle States, with occasional light rain in the former; generally clear weather and southerly winds over the Gulf and the South Atlartic States and the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys; in New Eng- land westerly to southerly winds and clear weather, Probabilities. In the Northwest and over the upper lakes partly cloudy weather, diminishing pressure and south westerly winds; for the Lower Onto and Mississipp Valleys, and thence over the Gulf and South Atlan- tic States, southerly to westerly winds, diminishing | pressure and clear weather; for the lower lakes | and the Middle States, southeasterly and south- | | | | westerly winds, with warmer and partially cloudy weather on Thursday; in New England clear weather, with winds veering to southerly and westerly. Telegraphic reports from the Southwest are still | missing, The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes In t teraperature for the past twenty-four hours in col rison with the corresponding Gay of last year, as Rruteated by ine thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- cy, HERALD Building :— biased et 1871. 1872. 1 62 1871, 1872, 2 seen 2 BB sees OB OOF 12M... se0ee . 70 68 12P.M oa 64 Average temperature yesterday.. 4 Average temperature for corresponding date last Year see eee PAULINE LUCCA HER TRIUMPH AS MARGUERITE. The Wealth and Fashion of the Metropolis in At- tendance at the Academy—A Lyric Idyl of Betrayed Innocence and Despairing Love, Last night might properly be called the American début of Madame Lucca, as it was the first oppor- tunity afforded to her to display her remarkable talents. “L’Africaine,”” albeit the connection of her name with the posthumous work of Meyerbeer led every one to regard it with a special interest, is too labored @ production and too unpopular in its lack of taking melodies and singleness of purpose to give a prima donna a fair chance, But Gounod’s “Faust”? has become a household word with opera- Goers since tt was first introduced here by Miss Kellogg, and every scene and every note of the muate tells with a New York audience. The Gretchen of Goethe is one of the most fascinating creations of the inspired poet. Beyond the mere charm of the character as she appears on the stage, there is in her the embodiment of a high, noble dramatic idea, It ts the struggle of innocence againat the power of the demon, of maidenly virtue against the snares of the world, It laysopen the human heart and makes every feeling of passion and tenderness vibrate, until tn the last scene the heartstrings Snap asunder in the agony of woe and the baled demon recolis before the apotheosis of a pure soul mounting to the realms of bliss after its flery ordeal in the crucible of temptation. One remarkable tlustration of the heroine of Goethe's poem-drama was given here by Mme, Seebach, With her Gretchen was something more than a poor, inno- cent peasant girl, a mere automaton in the hands of the wily tempter and his dupe. Seebach threw around her a halo of angelic sweetness that seemed to be above taint even in her fall, and the German actress made her the unconscious victim of Fate, Whose misfortune, not fault, it was to meet with a Satanic power beyond her strength to withstand, Misa Kellogg's name has been so long and 80 favorably connected with the lyric illustration of Goethe's heorine, that it is necessary to speak of her conception of the rdle. With her the pre- vailing idea is somewhat akin to that of Mme. See- bach, innocence passing unscathed under the most trying, and, we might say, questionable cir- cumstances, Mille, Nilsson took the game view of it, but lacked the ingenuousness and warmth of the American prima donna. Nilsson’s Marguerite, or Gretchen, was a beautiful specimen of art, Anished in all its details, but one that would call forth from the audience the prayer that Pygmalion addressed to the gods, when he stood spellbound before the handiwork of his talent, and called upon Heaven for tie Promethean fire that would call the ex- uisite statue into life, ‘The perfection of the art of the Swedish songstress was more apparent in this role than perhaps in any other that our public have seen her in. ere was a lack of spontaniety in her love making, anda chilliness, graceful and beautiful though tt might be, that precluded even in the jewel scene the idea of girlishness. It was rad esi! and too etherial a representation to be natural. When Mr. Grau brought his opera company to the old Academy a fortnight before it was burned, he introduced a Marguerite in the person of Mile. Boschetti, who came nearer to the ideal of Giethe than any artiste we have ever seen. She seemed to have studied the drama before the opera, and to have made the wonderful pictures of Ary Schefter and Kaulbach the models of her acting. But, like Miolan Carvalho, she could not do jus- tice to the music, having a high, thin soprano voice, that was blurred with all the faults of the French school, Mlle, Tietjens in London essayed the réle and destroyed the true character of Gretchen by @ ponderosity of style, which, how- ever effective in rdles like Norma, Medea and Lu- crezia, was not at all suitable for such a poetie creation as the village girl of “Faust.” Mine. Fredericl-Himmer is the only Marguerite on the German stage ih this city who created a pro- found impression in the part; but her impersona- tion lacked the essential element of poetry. She was, perhaps, truer to nature than any of the others, but was unable to limn her auject with all the nuances and delicate touches of art that lift a characterization above mediocrity. Again, her voice was one of those heavy German organs that regard quantity of tone as more essential than quality. Lastly, there is a popular Marguerite on the stage at present in the person of Adelina Patti. But the little, black-eyed, merry Rosina, of “Il Bar- biere,”’ brings to the impersonation of Gretchen the volcanic a of an Italian and the chic and co- quetry of a Parisienne—a rather incongruous mix- ture. The last claimant for public attention in this | beautiful rdle is the little lady that appeared last pis Her Marguerite differs in many respects from all those Of her predecessors. First, she eschews the blonde tresses and wears her own black hair in braids, In the next pe her impulsive nature changes the tradjtional repose of Gretchen at the wheel and in the Kermesse. When she Is ac- costed by Faust on her way from the church she does not turn around with that sweet, composed emile and Gomegnot of Rilsson which is icy, chaste as snow and statuesque in Its dig- nity. Lucca starts and becomes confused at being addressed by a handsome cavalier and hurriedly refuses his escort, The former conception of this scene was, the more perhane | Reo Ae the latter pando tedly the more natural. In the jewel scene the girlish and exuberant spirits of the Mar- guarita were displayed to the fullest extent, | nd no child could évince more delight at the first glimpse of a Christmas tree than did | Madame Lucca when she saw the gleaming toys of the tempter reflected in the glass of the Agr} case. The lovely duet with Faust, “Datnm{ adtdr;” those passionate phrases, “Semple amar” and “Ti vogiio amar” were rendered with a tenderness and sentl- ps 't that seemed to come from the very soul. The last touching address of Marguerite, an apos- trophe to ve, on which the curtain fell at the close of the third act, has never been delivered here before with more passion and abandon. In the famous church scene her dramatic genius mounted still higher. The scene represented the interior of a church, and was given, as far ag the appointments are concerned, | for the first time in an attractive shape. The riest is officiating at the high altar (this should @ modified out of regard for religious feel- | ings), and grouped outside the railings | are the villagers. Marguerite enters, oppressed with the sense of guilt and despair, and | endeavors to pray to Hea:en for forgiveness and strength to burst asunder the deadly bonds with | which the evil spirit has encircled her. In a niche ig seen the ominous form of the tempter, mock- ing her prayers and bd her to cease her useless struggles against his power. With one heart-rending shriek she falls prostrate on the floor of the church, and while the astonished congregation gather around her, the curtain falls. ‘The last scene was the climax of dramatic talent. Marguerite, roused from her rude bed of straw in the dungeon by the sweet accents of a voice so | fatally dear to her, regains for the moment a con- | scionsness not of her present condition, but of the episode in er life when sue met her destroyer. While the violins breathe forth | softly the waltz movement of the Kermesse, she sees before her in Imagination the scene in which she was accosted by the strange cavalier. Her suffering and torture of mind is forgotten for the moment in the sweet vision, and the large, ex- | ressive eyes of the prima donna glow with a melt- | Ing expression of tenderness. Then comes before her the mocking face of the tempter. The vision ts rudely dispelled; a stony glance o! horror comes into ‘the beautiful eyes, and then, as in a supreme effort, the last, fervent peaee of a departing spirit bursts forth, “O del ciel, angeli immortal!” The grand phrase in which this prayer is musically illustrated is re- | peated three times, rising higher and higher until the soul bursts from its prison. ‘This has the erfect of an ecstatic climax which has nothing to equal | itin the entire range of opera. Madame Lucca | gave it with all the passion and fervency ot her | nature, and roused her hearers to a pitch of en- | thusiasm such as they never experienced before, Vizzani, the new tenor leggiero, who undertook the role of Faust, made a very favorable impression, His personal appearance is considerably in his favor, and his voice is (i and well cultivated. The tone is rather lighter than what one would wishtor, | but the expression and finish with which he sings each morceau, makes amends, His acting is grace- | ful and not demonstrative. He is not 80 passion- ate a lover as Capoul, but, we opine, @ more reason- | able one. He sang the “Salve Dimora’’ with rare — feeling. Mlle. Sanz made a pretty, well-propor- | tioned Siebel, but her voice seemed to be out ofgood | order last nignt. Whether it was caused by nervous- ness or indisposition it is certain that she did not do justice to the well-known “Pariate @’Amoy,”’ especially in introducing an illy finished cadence of her own at the end. Another candidate for public esteem appeared in the role of Valentine, sung by Signor Sparapani, a baritone, with an extremely light voice, but well cultivated. His acting was rather tame. He sang in the second act the aria composed by Gounod for Santley, and did not make much impresaion by it. Our old friend, Jamet, under- took the Ole of Mephistopieles, in’ which he made | such @ genuine success last season. He has been taking some hints from Faure during the summer, and some creditable improvements were perceptt- ble. We do not like the blood-red costume which | he adopted last night in imitation of the great French baritone; it smacks of sensation and bad taste. No respectable village, even in Germany, would endure the sight of @ masquerader going about its streeta in such @ sanguloary style of dress, ‘The chorus and orchestra did not seem to pull well together, especially in the waltz movement of oo a | and retresh before dinner, soothe and tranquil 7 _—~ THE STEAMSHIP AMERICA. Report of the Burning 204 Wreck of the Ves sel from Her Officers axd Men of the Crew. See ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES. Sixty-two Americans and Chinese, with a Number of Japanese, Lost. $300,000 in Treasure and a Light Freight on Board. Official Investigation---“ Intention, Not Accident, the Cause.” SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2, 1872, The steamship China, which arrived here at eight o'clock this morning, lef\ Hong Kong August 27 and Yokohama September 7. Among her passengers are twenty-nine of the officers and crew of the burned steamship America, REPORT OF THB FIRE AND OF TUB LOSS OF THR: AMERICA, By the arrival of the China and from her passen- gers we have the following report of the loss of the Pacific mail steamship America by fre :— Early on Saturday morning, August 24, the America arrived at Yokohama, and during the day landed all her passengers and cargo for that port and transferred to the Shanghae branch steamer what was for North China. ON BOARD AT THE MOMENT OF THE DISASTER. There remained on board the oficers and crew, two frat class passengers, the matils and 173 Chinese destined for Hong Kong. FLAME. At eleven o’clock at night the America was dis- covered to be on fire, She burned until the afternoon of Sunday, when she was towed out of the way of the shipping and sunk, L083 OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Three Americans and fifty-nine Chinese were loat, besides a number of Japanese. $300,000 in treasure anda light freight remained on board the vessel when burned, INCIDENTS IN DETAIL, The ship had been coaling all day. At ten o'clock at night all was reported safe, when the officers rg tired. A little before eleven the stewardess smelica something burning, and smoke was discovered rising from the freight deck, below the ladics’ 6a- loon, The alarm was immediately sounded, Captain Doane was the first man in the saloon with the hose, but was driven back by the smoke. With @ sudden and furious roar the fames barat forth, deciding the fate of the ship. & The smoke prevented flooding the magazine, and attention was turned to saving the passengers. The Chinamen crowded the ladder which gave way, precipitating them Into the water, Several unsuccessful attempts were made to sink the burning ship by shot from war vessels in the harbor, OFFICIAL, INQUIRY. A court of inquiry convened August 31, Consut Shepard presiding, assisted by Minister Delong, Captains Shirly and Peren. After hearing the evidence they found that the fire apparatus was in good working order, but that the long time which elapsed before a stream of water was started denotes a want of precaution or great tardiness in the Engineer's Department. If steam to the amount of twenty pounds had beem on the donkey boiler at the time the alarm wag given, and tne flresin proper condition with proper expedition in working, the fire might have been ox: tinguished and the ship saved. “Ly Praise is justly due to the ofMicers and crew for” their gallantry and perseverance. " INCENDIARISM, NOT ACCIDENT. 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