The New York Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1872, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD ANN STREET. BROADWAY AND JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Volume xXxxVr AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, DN SQUARE THEATRE, Broadway, between Thir- (ee and Fourteenth streots.—AGNES. adway, between Houston 1eve Dw BRapant. OLYMPIC THEATRE and Bleecker sts.—G Es WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Tuuxe Mus-ke-TkeRS,’ Afternoon ‘and Evening. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—lorcerr—Tar Powrr or Music. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street.— Diawonvs. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—l’YGMALION AND GALATEA. , Fourteenth street.—Matince— ing—KATuARINE AND Perrucuio. ACADEMY OF MUS Lonvow Assurance. Ev ROOTH’S THEATRE, Twenty-third street, corner Sixth Avenue.—JEssix Brow RY, GERMANIA THEATRE, Fourteenth street, near Third av.—A Comepy, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Breaksrs—Pousn jnw, 0. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st, and Eighth av.—Ror Canorre. ile ‘& F. B, CONWA\'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— NDB. Di wonty-thind at., corner RNTRICITY, &C. BRYANT’S OPERA HOU 6th av.—NeGuro Minstrevs 7M BROADWAY, EMERSON'S MINSTRELS.—Granp Erurorian Eccenteicit® WHITE'S ATHENUM, 535 Broadway.—Nearo Min. STRELSY, dC. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Gnanp Vantety Extertainment, &¢. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRE corner of 28th st. and Broadway 8 GREAT CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE, foot street, East River. St. James Theatre, STHIOPIAN MINSTRELSY. BAILMY of Houston DEN STONE'S CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE, toot of Thirty-fourth street and Kast River. STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street.—Matinee at 2, Ruainstein Concent. AMERICAN I TUTE FAIR, Third ay., between 63d and 6ith street ih NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Screncv. anv Ant, New York, Thursday, Oct. 24, 1872. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “CUBAN AFFAIRS! THE CASE OF MR. HEN- ‘: THE PRESIDENT ON SPANISH : MR, FISH IN THE WayY?— EDITORIAL LEADER—StxTH Pace. THE SPANISH-CUBAN BETH NOIR! STARTLING FACTS IN THE ARREST OF THE HERALD CORRESPONDENT! HENDERSON'S OWN STORY: HIS RECEPTION BY THE CAPTAIN GENERAL AND TREATMENT IN PRISON: “INSURMOUNTABLE DANGERS"— SEVENTH Pacs. THE EPIHIPPIC PESTILE! SAND BORSES IN SE! FIFTEEN THOU- TED! HOMEOPATHIC AND ALLOPATI FARRIERS: “FOOT- BACK" TRAVEL: SEATS AND SYMPTOMS OF AND REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASE— THIRD PAGE. THE BOUNDARY LOCATED! MINISTER BAN- CROFT RECEIVES THE IMPERIAL DECREE! SAN JUAN AWARDED TO THE UNITED STATES—SEVENTH PaGE. WAR PROBABLE BETWEEN JAPAN AND COREA! THE MIKADO AGAIN INSULTED—SgvENTH PAGE. A SEVERE FIGHT IN CUBA—MEXICO’S PRESI- DENT AND SENATE: THE RIO GRANDE COMMISSION—PORTO RICO—SEVENTH PAGE. EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS! A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE RUSSIAN CZAR: FENIAN AMNESTY IN ENGLAND: SPAIN’S PER- TURBATIONS—SEVENTH PAGE. PAULINE LUCCA'S BRILLIANT IMPERSONATION OF ZERLINA—PERSONAL NEWS—SixTH Pace. THE POLITICAL FIT’.D! APOLLO HALL; THE INDIANA RETUKNS—SEVENTH PaGE. FROUDE AND BURKE! SPOTLESS GRATTAN: IRISH MISERIES, ENGLISH MISGOVERN- MENT AND AM ‘A'S GRANDEUR: THE UNITED IRISH) : BURKE'S NORMAN BLOOD—TeNtH Pace. A LEGAL FIELD DAY! STOKES’ CASE: TOM FIELDS NON EST: THE MAYOR'S TRIAL IN PROGRESS: THE “BOSS” APPEARS AND IS BAILED: ARBITRARY DAVEN- PORT—Fovnrn PGE. POLITICAL COHORTS OF THE EMPIRE STATE! FACTS AND FIGURES OF A CLOSE ANALYSIS: 1 PARTIAN LEADERS AND THEIR INFLUENCE: LIBERALISM—E1guTa THE PAGE. THE MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB MEETING! DE- TAILS OF THE FINE RACES: PLUVIUS DREN PIMLICO—Ei¢utu Page, ON 'CHANGE! THE CASH-GOLD CORNER: WALL STREET AWAITING ACTION BY THE BANK OF ENGLAND—THE HEALTH BOARD—Firtn PAGE. HAVEMEYER'’S ACCEPTANCE OF THE REFORM CANDIDACY— COOPER'S POSITION— THE GER. ‘THINKERS ON DES- POTS IN DRESSCOATS—E1guTH PAGE. THE ILL-FATED BIENVILLE—HARLEM COURT HOUSE—THE BATTLE ROW TRAGEDY— FourRTH PAGE. Tue Bartish Press on tHE Deata or Ma. Sewarp.—Our files of the leading British newspapers show that the death of Mr. Seward ‘was communicated by cable and published promptly in all parts of the Kingdom. Most of the chief orgaus of opinion devote a large space to the obituary, and make such editorial remarks as show that our affairs and our pub- lic men are carefully studied by our cousins over the water. Though in some cases Mr. Lincoln’s Secretary of State is named as | having been a diplomatic adversary whose skilland firmness gave the English Cabinet hard work, their estimates of his character are generally generous and appreciative; while on ell hands he is accorded the credit of being one of those mast directly influential in put- ting an end to African slavery in our Union, Axornen Gorp ManreunaTon IN THE Manker.—The successor of James Tisk and the follower of Drew, Gould and others in locking up gold and making ® corner in the market is the Bank of Montreal. This ambitious qplonial institution presumes to enter Wall sttegt to buy up gold and make it scarce, and thus to derange business, for the Purpose of affecting the exchanges and to profit by the operation. Surely the banks and capitalists of this great commertial metropolis can find resources enough to check- mate the adventures of this colonial specula- tor, though he is ready to cross the border with five millions of gold in his carpet-bag. Ouben Affeire=The Onse of Mr. Hea- dorson—The Presideat on Spanish Atrocities—Mr. Fish in the Way. From a special correspondent at Havana we give to our readers this morning a statement of the circumstances there attending the arrest, imprisonment and release of Mr. Hen- derson, another Hxraup correspondent, de- tailed to the island of Cuba to ascertain and report, as far as practicable, the exact state of affairs betwoen the Spanish authorities and the insurgents, and, generally, the condition of things on the island. We extend our thanks to the Captain General for his courteous and hospitable troatment of Mr. Henderson throughout theso proceedings, and for the as- surance given him that there were no objec- tions to his seeing the insurgents if he could reach them, and for the warning that there were almost insuperable obstacles to bo over- come in the adventure. And we would espe- cially acknowledge the friendly consideration pf the Captain General in the letters. given Mr. Henderson, introducing him to the Com- mander-in-Chief of the Spanish Army of op- erations and to the Governor of Puerto Principe and other officers, with a safe con- duct en route. With these passports we learn that our correspondent would leave Havana.on the 23d instant for the army headquarters at Puerto Principe, and would accompany one of the columns traversing the revolutionary sec- tion of the island in pursuit of the insurgents. Thus far, then, we run before the wind. It appears that, from the frank avowal of the ob- jects of his mission, Mr. Henderson was at once placed under the protection of the Captain General; and as, in any event, our commissioner was bound in honor to a scrupulous neutrality in reference to the Cuban belligerents, no further assur- ance in his behalf, we presume, will be re- quired by either party. Prepared to meet the incidental dangers, he also comprehends the delicate responsibilities of his undertaking, and he will not fail in them. He was arrested in Havana because he had been seen in commu- nication with Cubans in New York, and, con- sidering the ramifications of the Cuban insur- rection and the numbers of Cuban exiles and sympathizers in this city, it is hardly a matter of surprise that, from having been seen in com- munication with Cubans here, Mr. Henderson, with his appearance in Havana, was watched and at length arrested under the presumption that he was a Cuban emissary. But while this presumption may be pleaded under the circujnstances, the fact upon which it was formed is suggestive of o system of Spanish espionage over the Cubans in this city worthy of the old Venetian Council of Ten, or of Fouché under NapoleonI. The Spanish authorities of Cuba may plead the necessities of a state of war, involving the safety of their government, and yet, in this revelation that any American citizen, after in- terchanging in this city a few passing words with a Cuban known or suspected to be hostile to Spain, who ventures to appear in the city of Havana, places himself in immediate danger of arrest, we have a state of things disclosed which, though it may be justified within the pale of law, is extremely offensive to a free people. And this Spanish espionage, not only over the stranger within our gates, but over our own citizens here, has been for four years actively pursued, to the great annoyance of many persons going to Cuba innocent of any affiliations or designs with the insurgents; and the misfortunes of many unoffending American citizens in the island have doubtless resulted from the suspicions thrown about them by Spanish emissaries in this city or in some other city of the United States where Cuban sympathizers are known to exist. The truth is that, while the people of this country universally sym- pathize with the cause of the Cubans and as universally believe in ‘manifest destiny,’’ we have ignored the Cuban rebellion in its preten- sions as a belligerent, and neither the Spanish government nor its agents in Cuba can justly complain of any neglect on our part of our obligations to Spain as a friendly Power. On the other hand, however, we may fairly contend that, as the Cuban insurgents still hold the field, after a four years’ struggle against the ficets and armies of Spain, the time has come when we may properly concede to said insur- gents the neutrality of belligerent rights. Their claims are at least as good to this sort of neutrality as were those of our so-called Con- federate States, when belligerent rights were accorded them by England, France and Spain. And such, we suspect, is really the opinion of General Grant. From a special Washington despatch, pub- lished in last Tuesday's Heraxn, it appears that as long ago as the 23d of December last Gen- eral Grant gave a hint to our Secretary of State on Cuban affairs, which, had it been actively followed up, might have resulted in a definite settlement of the Cuban question. On the day named the President received an appeal- ing letter from Mrs. Dutton, a sister of Dr. Houard, in reference to his imprisonment by the Spanish authorities of Cuba, and this letter was referred to Secretary Fish with this strong endorsement: — Thope the Spanish government will give Dr. Houard his immediate release. The atrocities already inflicted upon American citizens have turned the whole country against Spanish rule in Cuba to such a degree that the people are scarcely longer capable of judging impartially in matters between Spanish and American citizens, Mr. Rob- erts must see this himself and the danger to his government uniess more moderation is shown, U. S. GRANT. It next appears that while the President intended that Sefior Roberts, the Spanish Minister at Washington at that time, should see this endorsement, it was carefully kept from his eye by the State Department, and through the personal entreaty of Mr. Fish, who made a hasty visit to the White House for the purpose; and that then, through the delays of the Cir- eumlocution Office, the aforesaid endorsement was kept in the dark until General Grant was placed ina false position before the country touching his attitude on the question (Dr. Houard’s imprisonment) then at issue with Spain. Now it is supposed that although the President, in his annual Message to Congress in December, will say what he thinks in his own way on Cuban affairs, regardless of what Mr. Fish may have to urge in modification, there is but little ground for hope that any de- cisive measures will follow looking to the set tlement of the Cuban complications, inasmuch as the release of Dr. Houard, and the recall of the cruel Valmaseda from Cuba, and the prom- ises of Spanish reform, and the blundering mismanagement of the Cuban cause in this country have all operated to soften the popular feeling in reference to Spain aad 4o extend tho idea that thie revolutionary enterprise for Cuban independence is exhausted. This opinion, however, has beon aq oa repeated from the lobbies of the State ment for the last three or four years, during which period some sixty or seventy thousand Spanish troops have been sacrificed in suppressing the Cuban insurgents; ard still they are not suppressed. But assuming that the rebellion in the island is virtually extin- guished, the President, in his December Mes- sage to the two houses of Congress, may still, in our relations with Spain and Cuba, find abundant matter for some scasonable and generally desired recommendations. For in- stance, we want an end to this Spanish espionage over our citizens at home and in Cuba, wo want further securities than are now given under the Spanish laws and au- thorities for the lives and property of our citizens in the island, and something in the way of reparation for the wrongs suffered by our citizens there, particularly during the last four years, In the next place African slavery in Cuba and the African slave trade, to say nothing: of the coolie traffic with the island, have become publie matters, concerning which the President of the United States, in the cause of modern civilization, may ptoperly urge a definite settlement with Spain. The idea which was so extensively entertained in the public mind of the United States of the feasibility and expediency of purchasing Cuba, even at an outlay of a hundred millions of dollars, has been displaced by the conviction that our absorption of the island, without money and without price, is but a question of time, and that we can await the ripening and falling of the fruit into our possession. But still upon the questions we have indi- cated there are ample materials for a new and bold departure in the President's Message on our relations with Spain and Cuba, not for- getting the embarrassments of our trade with the island. Nor are we without the expecta- tion of some emphatic propositions from General Grant in the line suggested, and for this reason, among others, do we anticipate such propositions—namely, that as the ‘‘mas- terly inactivity” policy of Mr. Secretary Fish has settled nothing and satisfied nobody, Genoral Grant must be convinced that his administration can lose nothing and may gain much in abandoning the timia, temporizing counsels of Mr. Fish, even though the first result may be his retirement from the public service. Indeed, assuming that General Grant will be re-elected for another term, we think that Mr. Fish will retire and should retire, in order to give the President an opportunity for the reconstruction of his Cabinet on the 4th of March, and for a new departure in our foreign relations. The Horse Disease—Inerease of Cases. Another day adds a great number of cases in this city to those animals already reported as suffering from the prevalent disease. In the absence of any official statistics on the matter we are forced to compute by approxi- mation. It is calculated that from thirty to forty per cent of our beasts of burden in New York are afflicted, and this would, on a moderate calculation, give us from eight to ten thousand horses in the various stages of the malady. Already the effect of this untoward visitation has become visible in the lessening of the number of cars on several of the city railroads. From Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken we learn that the disease has manifested itself in a form precisely similar to that in which it is exhibited in the New York stables. That it is not confined to car or stage horses, but has invaded the stables of the rich and those of the more pretentious liverymen, goes to show that its attacks are not deducible from either overcrowding or overworking, al- though we are certain that these conditions will in all cases help a fatality of result when the disease has once exhibited itself. The news from other points in this State is very discouraging, At Syracuse it was proving fatal in a great many instances and causing immense obstruction to business. At Roches- ter it was equally fatal. At Lockport and Buf- faloits effects were painfully felt. Boston, lying tothe north and east and on the line from Canada, seems to be suffering from the partial suspension of traffic; and the disease had broken out at Springfield. A despatch from Philadelphia informs us that the disease had not yet made its appearance in that city, and, so far as we are informed, it has not appeared south of Jersey City. This gradual extension of the line of disease southward from Canada, where it was first reported, may either mean that it has been communicated by direct contagion in the transport of horses thence, or that it is due to a condition of the atmosphere sweeping southward in a kind of plague storm and charged with the germs of the disease. The fact, however, that it has not appeared in important places on the line between here gnd Canada would incline to the former belief. There is still another possibility which appears to have been over- looked—namely, that it may be caused by noxious exhalations from the soil, due toa warm and damp atmosphere. The inhalation of this miasma might act on the equine tribe after the fashion of this disease, just as certain soils are sure to produce fever and ague in human beings. In the doubt which hangs around its origin there is, however, good sense in the order of Secretary Boutwell to the Collectors of Customs at Burlington, Rochester, Cape Vincent and Port Huron to forbid the importation of diseased horses from Canada. Although New York has not suffered severely as yet from the prevention of the carrying busi- ness or passenger travel, it must be remem- bered that the disease only showed its head here on Sunday last. Fatal cases have not yet been reported, although some are believed to have occurred. The disease would not appear to be necessarily fatal, but by the withdrawal of many thousands of these useful animals from their everyday occupa- tions great inconvenience and actual loss can happen. In view of the fact that rest or abstention from taxing the horse’s strength is recognized on all hands ag one of the prime points of successful treatment, the pecuniary gain by preventing an absolute loss of the property will counsel all horse owners to give animals who exhibit the symptoms of the disease the needed rest, The downright cruelty of any other course will, wo are sure, tend to content those who may be put about at the lows of a rida or ome other service of which the horse, in health, is cape- ble. In our news columns will. be found an exhaustive report of the state of the entire city in this regard, with the symptoms so far as developed and remedies used. We publish also a number of communications from per- sons experienced in the veterinary art. Emperor William's Decision im Our Favor of the Boundary Question. The arbitration in the matter of the North- west boundary, which was submitted to the Emperor of Germany under the thirty-fourth article of the Treaty of Washington, has been completed. In a despatch from Mr. Bancroft, our. Minister at Berlin, to the Secretary of State, tho decision of the Emperor is an- nounced as in every way favorable to the claim put forward by the United States. The entire subject was treated by us at great length in yesterday's Henaup, and the details will therefore be fresh in the minds of our readers. It will be sufficient to recall the main facts of the dispute which arose as to the true intent and meaning of s certain portion of the Boundary Treaty of 1846. The forty-ninth parallel was the line of demarcation agreed on hetween the two countries, In order to accom- modate Great Britain,.which set up a claim to Vancotiver’s Island, on the ground of its settlement by English subjects, the line along the parallel was deflected sufficiently south- ward to secure this compromise. There was, unfortunately, no map drawn of the exact boundary, and England, with true ‘get an inch and claim a yard,”’ modestly insisted that this deflection gave her all the islands between Vancouver's Island and the Continent. For this purpose she claimed that Rosario Strait was the con- templated channel. America insisted, in re- sponse, that the Canal de Haro was the channel. This would secure us the important island of San Juan and others less important. The decision of the German Em- peror states that the Canal de Haro is the line ‘most in accordance with the Treaty of 15th June, 1846,’’ thus settling the matter defini- tively and restoring to us valuable territory, out of which England attempted years ago to browbeat us. It is gratifying to observe that this award has been declared only after a most rigid and searching inquiry had been made by three of the most eminent jurisconsults of the German Empire, and after the imperial arbitrator himself had devoted his careful attention to the subject. The most exhaustive arguments had been presented on both sides, and Great Britain had left no stone unturned to defeat us. The decision, in the gravity of its delivery and the time and trouble taken in its formation, is a complete answer to all these attempts, and is proof absolute of the justice of our case. We have reason, then, to be thankful to Emperor Willism, not merely for the award, but for the solemnity and ear- nestness with which he has invested it. From the information which reached us yes- terday from Berlin we were enabled to antici- pate this official announcement. We were at the same time informed of certain endeavors on the part of the English Embassy at the Imperial Court to induce the Emperor either to reverse or, at least, modify his opinion at the last moment. We felt assured that any such unworthy efforts would be scouted by the Emperor, and the event has justified our reliance on his high impar- tiality. These reported intrigues may or may not have existed, and possibly not in the exact form described; but the publication of the de- cision immediately upon these reports obtain- ing currency is not without its significance, The machinery in Europe, by which reports of this kind are carried to the ears of diplomatista, Cabinet Ministers and to royalty itself, is very extensive indeed; and there is little doubt that the motives of untimeliness or prudence which might have held back the imperial announcement thitherto, would at once be cast aside as a sweeping rebuke to the intriguers or an unanswerable contradiction to the rumor. The grumbling tone adopted by the English journals is a pure evidence that the certainty of an ad- verse decision was known to them; and as John Bull can never accept a defeat, how- ever bloodless, with equanimity, we can ap- preciate the uneasiness that would lead to small court intrigues, properly belonging to the last century, as a dernier ressort. In the vindication of American right to her territory and as a tribute to the peaceful set- tlement of international troubles we accept this crumb of comfort from the table laden with Dead Sea fruit, called the Treaty of Washington. The “Ring” System England. The merchants and capitalists of Great Britain have for many years been in the habit of thanking God, like the proud Pharisee of old, that they are not so bad as other men are, and particularly not so bad as the “pub- licans and sinners of Wall street." ‘Rings’ and ‘corners’ we had been taught to believe did not exist on the other side of the Atlantic. Happily London had no Fisks of unhappy memory, or Goulds or Smiths or Drews. Such was the proud sentiment of the British people. It was difficult for us who knew something sbout ‘‘gangs’’ and ‘‘pools’’ to believe that John Bull was a better or purer man than his Yankee cousin. It now appears that John Bull has found out that London has its Wall street, with its commercial jobbing, its scheming operations and its ‘cornering’ cliques. There has been great trouble of late in the British markets about coal and iron and tallow and quicksilver. It appears that the capitalists are mainly to blame for the enor- mous prices which those articles of trade are commanding in the market. The American word has been adopted, and the more solid woekliés, as wellas the great dailies, are out with editorials headed ‘British Rings ;"’ nor is there any end to the talk about “rigging” the market. We thus learn that Johnny Bull is no better than his neighbors, and that through the influence of our teaching he is learning to call things by their right names. Japanese Brow Acainst THe Stave Trape tm Drsavrse.—By mail from Japan to San Francisco and thence by telegraph we are informed that the Japanese government has liberated the Chinese coolies who were on board the Peruvian ship Maria Luz at the moment when she was lately driven on the coast of Japan through stress of weather. A Chinese mandarin had arrived in the Japanese territory to take charge of the freedmen, and jd were to be forwarded immediately to PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Colonel M. A. Mendes, of Guba, is stopping at the | Grand Central Hotel. State ‘Senator L. L. Lewis, of Buffalo, is staying at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Congreasman Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel John 8. Loomis, of the Distiict of Colum- bla, is at the New York Hotel. Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Poor, of the United States Navy, is at the Hoffman House. Franklin B. Gowan, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, is at the Brevoort House. Lieutenant Governor Thaddeus J, Proud, of Wis- conain, yesterday arrived at the Hoffman House. William L, Hanscom, Naval Constructor, left Washington last night for Boston on official bpsi- ness. Countess de la Vaulx, of France, was a passenger by the Scotia. She has apartments at the Filth Avenue Hotel. General P. 8. Post, United States Consul at Vi- enaa, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, being in this country on a short leave of absence. Collector James F. Casey, of New Orleans, reached this city yeaterday morning. Having visited Presl- dent Grant, he started for St. Louis. Mr. Philip Phillips, of'this city, who ia well known as the’ “Singing Pigrim,” has been singing bis way through the Manchester district of England. Governor E. F. Noyes, of Ohio, arrived at the Fifth | Avenue Hotel yesterday, and spoke at the republl- can meeting at the Cooper Institute last eventing. The O’Conor Don and Mr. D. M. O'Conor, both members of Parliament from Ireland, were pas- sengera On the steamship Scotia. They are to make a short tour of the country. Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse yesterday retarned to this city from a successful lecturing tour in the West. Her lecture was on the subject of “Polygamy,” She is now at the Astor House, Mr. James Coates, of Providence, R. L, is at the Albermarie Hotel. Mr. Coates is a noted manu- facturer of spool thread. for many years he carried on his business in England; but about three years ago, better facilities for the manu- facturing of the thread being offered at Pawtucket, R. L, he removed his establishment thither, where it gives employment to about three hundred persons. John Howard Payne's body lies unhonored in the soil of Tunis, The author of the immortal song, “Home, Sweet Home,” had but little in life of the Pleasures of the home of which he sung, and, being dead, it has not occurred until very recently to any of the admirers of his song to remove his body to his native land. It is now intended by the Faust Club, of Brooklyn, to endeavor to bring his remains home, or should it fail in this to at least erect a memorial of him at his homestead on Long Island. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT. Departure of General Grant and Family for Washington. The President, Mrs. Grant, Miss Nellie, young Jesse and Lieutenant Fred Grant left for Washing- ton yesterday afternoon. The many friends of the family in this city were afixious that Nellie should be allowed to remain in town for a few days, in order to enjoy the sights and scenes of the metropo- lis of her own country before going back to the dreary capital; but the President would not give his consent. Indeed, Miss Nellie herself needed no urging to go to Washington, for, as she said to a lady acquaintance just before starting, “Although {have enjoyed myself very much abroad I am right glad to get home again, and I won’t feel com- pletely at home until I go back to Washington with papa.” It is said that several ladies of upper ten- dom, who are always prominent in every select social entertainment, had intended to get up a banquet in honor of Miss Nellie, Doubticss the President heard of this rather extraordinary in- tention and cut the matter short by going home with his daughter without a day’s delay. Miss Grant, it may be mentioned, was visited yesterday forenoon by a large number of ladies and gentle- men, who called to congratulate her upon her safe return, It is understood that the young lady is to “come out” in society at the capital this Winter. MRS, GREELEY'S REALTH. Mrs. Greeley passed a very restless night on Tuesday, but was much easier yesterday. While it 1s still impossible for Mr. Greeley to absent himself, there is great ground 'for hope that Mrs. Greeley may survive her present severe attack, and no efforts to contribute to her comfort are ieft undone. ART MATTERS. ——— Among the Studios. Stretching of canvas for the moment occupies the attention of the returned artists who are get- ting ready the result of their Summer's labor for the examination of friends. Rich in numberless sketches of all the beauties of mountain, brake and lake, the student of nature exhibits, with con- scious pride, his careful studies of Mother Nature in all her moods. In the mere fact of the artists bringing back sketches from their country tour there is nothing new. Every year since first they laid labor on can- vas have they performed the same feat—but how? In former years there was a general desire to bring back a number of subjects—suggestions of a gen- erous clime for new pictures—but beyond this nothing. There seemed to be no idea that in going to the woods and the lakes something more ‘was to be sought than CLEVER BITS, which could, with ordinary skill, be made into effective pictures. Now all that has changed, and almost every artist who deserves any considera tion goes to nature to study conscientiously those details which lend such reality and charm to paint- ing. Our artists are no longer satisfied with blurred work, where ignorance was concealed by what was eee called suggestiveness. We have reached the pre-Raphaelite period of Ameri- can art, thongh we are as yet only enterin, on the confines. What the ultimate resuli will be can in seme part be estimated by what has already been accomplished. We have alres called attention to the noticeable improve- ment in the works of some of the artists whose return to the Ks Ad chronicled, and it is a really leasant duty to able to continue our list of worable mentions William Hart, who achieved such a marked success at the Close of last season with his little landscape, in which he had painted one of the coolest and brightest of SILVER GRAY SKIES, has continued his studies in this direction. Recog- nizing in Turner the founder of a new school of landscape, he has set before him the example of that master, with what effect the public will be soon able to {ecg As ap experiment, he begun one of those 1 landscape subjects which, for richness of color, might be attributed to Turner himself. ‘This littie work, which is called “Morning on the Hills," will be the first of a series of TURNERESQUE SUBJECTS which W. Hart intends to paint, His studies dur- ing the Summer have been principally directed to this end, and, as seen in his sketches, consist chiefly in sky effects. David Johnson, on the other hand, has been pay- ing court to the monarchs of the forest, and has re- turned with a number of striking and elaborate tree studies, which will each make the chief point in 80 many pictures, True to his allegiance, ever, he spared time to visit Lake George, and has brought back quite a number of bill and WATER STUDIES. ‘The most careful and highly finished of the series is a sketch of the Shelving Rocks, which all tourists in that region will recognize, ABT SALE, The first art sale of the season took place last evening at Clinton Hall. The threatening aspect of the weather probably exercised an unfavorable influence on the attendance, which, for this sale- room, was rather slight. Even those who were present showed no great desire to buy, and the bidding eonsequently languished. The result was visible in the low prices brought by the pictures, which for the most part sold at prices remarkably low. The case in which the possession of @ picture was at ali well contested was when one of Fortsay’s works came under the hammer. Two gentlemen disputed over this work until it reached the sum of $700—quite a respecta- ble price for * small a work. “L’Augur,”’ a study in eet prever, $108, A Beene tn tho. vernal CIty, ject, by r, 'y rian! $330, and @ little cabinet pic- bre ta sola for ‘$200, “The Old Mill,” by Mar- tin it for $100, while be @ number of pictares by known artiste were knocked down PiSlououaty small figures, The be cor WASHINGTON, ie Wasitrnaron, Oct. 23, 167%. Seeretary Fish’s Resignation Not Unde sirable. Tt aeserted apon the highest authority thas Should Mr. Hamiiton Fish tender his resignation of the office of Secretary of State the resignation would be promply accepted. The President having, hereto- fore, positively declined to accept Mr. Fish’s reaig- nation when offered, has now a natural reluctance to intimate to the Secretary bis alleged wishes te the matter. Defaleations from the Treasury. The Second Auditor, in his annual report, shows that the amount due the Onited States from pay- masters is nearly six hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which J. H. Hodges’ defaication covers nearly four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Suits have been instituted against five paymasters and two superintendents of Indian affairs, whose indebtedness amounts to over sixty-eight thousand dollars. Investigation into bounty frauds resuitee in the recovery of $20,000. The number ef cases tnvelving forgery, fraud, unlawful withholding et money, over payments, &c., now undergoing ex- amination ts 4,386, Rovenue Marine Appointments. The following are promotions and appointments im the Revenue marine service :—From first assistants to chief engincers—Chartes A. Satteriee, of Con- nectiout; Joseph L. Reilly, of New York, and Charles H. Ball, of Maryland. From second as- sistant to first assistant -ngineers—A. L. Ohutch- tll, of Massachusetts; J. W. Coiling, of New York, and D. PF. Kelty, of Pennsylvania. The following were appointed second assistant engineers :—B. A. Jack, of Virginia; D. Castano, of New York; W. F. Btackman,. of New York, and H, C. Henshaw, of Maryland. PAULINE LUCCA. Another Trium: for the Diva—Morart’s Zerlina in Propria Persona. The “Don Giovanni” of Mozart, albeit it does not address itself musically to the profanum vulgus, but to the true connoisseur of art, never fails te draw a large house, on account of the necessity of concentrating upon the cast from beginning te end all the atrength of acompany. The peopte are always sure that when thia opera is produced they can have an opportunity of judging the merits of the principal members of the company. But what @ managerial rock it is! Many an tmpresario has bitterly repented bringing it out and thereby show- ing the weakness of the company, for there is ng covering up defects in the music of Mozart. It is like @ mirror, faithfully and nat- urally reflecting every phase of character that passes before it, and the very simplicity of its music is all the more difficult task for an artist to make any success in it. When mediocrity pervades the cast “Don Giovanni” is an intolerable bore; when genius is in the ascendant it is a delicious treat. A large proportion of the opera is in recitative, but how many artista to-day can declaim in music? One out of a thousand. Recitative, declaimed by & true artist, is eloquence itself; droned out, without any appre- ciation of the spirit of the scene, it is worse than a twenty-two-headed sermon by & prosy preacher. Hence everybody goes to hear a great combination in “Don Giovanni,” and, in nine cases out of ten, A heind goes home disgusted, disappointed and ‘To show that the chefd’@uvre of the most poeti- cal and touching of all composers has been attrac- tive, it is only necessary to point to the most ccle- brated casts. Max Maretzek produced it years ni with Steffanone, Whiting-Lorini and Bosio as tl three prime donne, and Satvi, Badiali and Marini in the other réles. Poinsot sang Donna Anna, and so did La Grange, at the Academy, with Piccolomini, afterwards Kelle as Zerlina; von Ottavio haa been represented by Labocetta, Mirati ana Brignolt, and Don Giovanni by Badiall. On the other side of the Atlantic Covent Garden and Her Majesty's Theatre have contended to give this work witha really grand distribution of characters. At the former house the Donna Anna was Grisi; Donna Elvira, Corballi; Zerlina, at times Viardot, Garcia and Bosio; Don “gee Mario; Don Giovanni, Tamburint: Leporelio, Oar Formes (the best representative of the character that ever trod the operatic boards). At the rival house Donna Anna has been represented by Pasta and Titiens, Donna Elvira Nilsson ‘and Dt Mursha, Don Ottavio by Rubinl, Gardoni; Don Giovanni by Tamb Bi Faure and Santley, and by Lablache. The Zerlinas at this have been Persiani, Volpini and Leritzky. In the minuet at both opera houses danced fiont and Carlotta Grisi. Therefore “Don Giovanni” isone of those works that beara high record in the an- nals of the operatic roy te ut woe betide the manager who produces it without an artistically strong cast. He will fare worse than the person who plays Hamlet with alot of supernumeraries around him to fill in. Now for last night’s performance, Mme. Lucca carried the opera through to an eminently successa- ful result by one of the cleverest and most enjoya- ble delineations of the rdle of Zerlina we have ever seen. Three musical members stand out in bold relief from the mass of melody and instrumentation last night. ge? are the duet, “La ci darem,” “Batti, te and “Vedrai Carino.” To hear Lucca sing in these pieces is like an echo from the past, when the Stage could boast of giants and giantesses in art. | Her voice was particularly good, and revealed a depth of feeling, a sympathetic expression and a thrilling effect in tone that repaid even the short- comings of other members of the cast. Encore after encore rewarded the efforts of this truly great ell e try! na for the first time. We do not think that the music is adapted to her voice and “ this reason:—The voice of Miss Kellogg is essen. tially @ soprano afogato, and Donna Annal oe a@ real dramatic singer like what Grisi, Titiens and La Grange were. Yet the} American prima donna was in excellent voice, and’ in any other rdle, more congenial, she would ve made a great success. But Donna Anna is no} more in her line than is Macbeth or Richard IE. inj the répertoire of Lester Wallack, Miss Clara Doria has a pleasant voice in certain roles, but she fails to of interest. Signor takes in Don Ottavio that he did in Faust and Fra, Diavolo. He sung “Il mio tesoro” very well—that) is, without a mistake; but the effect was com- ee neutralised. Don Giovanni was represented Signor Moriami ina aay that made the role! worst in the weakest and Lucca. Ronconi was as funny as usual in the part) of Masetto, which rdle he has played for over a quarter of a century. We almost forgot to state that the Don Giovannt on the occasion almost produced chaos in thei] serenade, by ne one bar, and here it is neces- sary to say that the leader of the orchestra, Mr. Carlberg, was responsible to a great extent. He is: @ very nervous, excitable leader, and he lost all) idea of tem in this particular piece, music of Mozart demands cool judgment, which Mr. Carlberg does not seem 0 jucca appears in opera im this city she may be always sure ofa large and at- tentive audience. She is the card of the season. MUSICAL AND THEATRIOAL NOTES. If Signor Mario is as poor as he is represented he was fortunate in obtaining $140,000 for his Ivaltat villa, In the musical way we are to have “The Marriage of Figaro,” after ‘Don Giovanni," at the Academ of Music; the revival of “Genevieve de Brabant” at the Olympic this evening, and the return of Rubinstein and Wieniawski to Steinway Hall to night, For the more distant future we are promised the symphony concerts of ‘Yhomas’ orchestra, the supscription list for which has already reached higher figure than it attained in any preceding sea. son, and the appearance in concert of Mr. Waller, @ young artist who was solo violinist to the King of Bavaria. In addition to all this we are to have the regular concerts by the Phitharmonic Societ; and the singing of “Lurline” at Irving Hall by lead ing amateur singers, the whole promising a plentt- fal, if a not brilliant conservation of music for the Winter. Great as is the elaboration of Mr. Boucicault' acting in Kerry, the success of Mr. Barry as] Corporal Cassidy, in “Jessie Brown,” is fairly en-| titled to be compared with tt. Cassidy is a ve’ small part, but the actor, bya study like that whic! Mr. Boucicault bestowed on his perfect chat e tage has made 4 great deal out of it, and the pub lic recognized conscientiousness in little things by| calling Mr. Barry before the curtain, Mias Neilson on her oppearence at Booth’s will a8. | sume the part of Juliet in Shakspeare’s tragedy. 1) will, perhaps, be the occasion of regret amoug theatre-goers that she is compelled to to I pounds of Romeo, for Mr. wu " make a verr light a axacetul F