The New York Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1872, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. ——_——_ JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ‘ PROPRIETOR. eee .No. 305 * (MUSERENTS TH EVERING, BOOTH’S THEATRE, Twenty-third street, corner Sixth avenuo.—Jessiz Brown— RY. WERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Avumaxania; 08, ea Map—Tortix Doves. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st. and Eighth av.—Ror Canorre, UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Broadway, between ‘Thir- teenth and Fourteenth streets.—Aanas. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. between Houston and Bleecker sts.—Gzavirve DE Beapant, FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street.— Tux Betie’s SrratageM. D'S MUSEUM, Broadwhy, corner Thirticth st.— ances, or Mipsigut, ' Afternoon and kvening. -GERMANIA THEATRE, Fourteenth stroot, near Third Qv.—Ein Ustp per Fapen. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Ixron ; on, Tux ‘Maw at tax Ware. ;WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth strect,—PYGMALION AND GALATEA. f ‘ANT'S OPERA HOUSE. Twenty-third st. corner gneve Neaso Mins7Ertsy, Eccentarerty, &c. 720 BROADWAY, EMERSON’S MINSTRELS.—Granp Erutorian Eccentaicities. , MRS F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— ‘ARRAH NA PocuE. WHITE'S ATHEN.ZUM, 565 Broadway.—Necro Min. STRELSY, &C. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Garanp Variety ENTERTAINMENT, | SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, St James Theatre, corner of 28th st. and Broadway.—Etniorian MINSTRELSY. BAILEY’S GREAT CIROUS AND MENAGERIE, foot of Houston street, East River. DEN STONE'S CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE, foot of “fourth street and East River. { IRVING HALL, corner of Irving place and 15th st— aann Concent—LURLINE. AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, Third av., between 634 G4th sirecis. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— OB AND ART. LDR. KAHN'S MUSEUM, No. 745 Broadway.—ARt AND “Borence. i New York, Thursday, Oct. 31, 1872. WHE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. Wo-Day’s Contents of the Herald. ‘OCEAN WoRRORS! ANOTHER STEAMSHIP CALAMITY! THE MISSUURI BURNED OFF THE BAHAMAS! SEVENTY-SIX SOULS SENT TO ETERNITY! HEROISM OF THE ‘ OFFICERS! THE LOSS—SEVENTH PaGE. “THE NEW DEPARTURE IN POLITICS! THE DUTY AND THE PROSPECTS OF THE LIBE- RAL OPPOSITION” — CHIEF EDITORIAL TOPIC—SixTH PaGE. DUR EQUINAL TROUBLES! RETROGRESSIVE TRANSPORTATION : OXEN DISPLACING HORSES: NINETY-TWO DEATHS FROM HIPPORHINORRHEA YESTERDAY: AT A STANDSTILL—Firmn Pace. FRENCH FINANCES! OVER TWO MILLIONS DE- POSITED WITH A LONDON CONCERN BY THE BANK OF FRANCE! MORE COMING— SavVENTO Pace, HORRORS OF WARD'S ISLAND! ANOTHER AL- LEGED BRUTAL MURDER! PUT IN A COLD BATH AND KICKED: BREAKING A NOSE— TuIRD PaGE. EUROPFAN CABLE NEWS! EARL DE GREY'S ADDRESS ON THE GENEVA ARBITRATION: THE NORTHWES1' BOUNDARY DECISION— SEVENTH PAGE. PERSONAL NEWS—LUCCA AS LA FAVORITA— Srxti PAGE. WASHINGTON! EIGHT THOUSAND ROUMANIAN JEWS SEEKING HOMES: THE PRES NT PROCLAIMS DISCRIMINATING DUTIES ON FRENCH VESSELS—SEVENTH PaGE. THE PRIZE RING! GEORGE THOMAS FINISHES McDUFF IN TWENTY-TWO ROUNDS—THE MUTUAL - BALTIMORE GAME—SHIPPING— TENTH PAGE. PROCFEDINGS IN THE JERSEY BANK ROB- BERY CASE! NO VERDICT: SANDERS TU BE PROSECUTED: AFFECTING SCENE— THIRD PAGE. SEW YORK AND KINGS COUNTY POLITICS! RE- PUBLICAN MASS MEETING AT COOPER IN- STITUTE: DISPOSITION OF UNITED STATES OFFICIALS ON ELECTION DAY—Tuirp PacE. SHE LAST ILLNESS AND LIFE OF MRS. HORACE GREELEY—Tuirp Pace. A WIFE REPRIEVES HER HUSBAND~SHOCK- ING RAILROAD ACCIDENT—Tarep PaaE. THE HORSE CONTAGION EPIDEMICALLY OON- SIDERED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH! SMALLPOX: REFUSE MALT—MEETING OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION—NINTH PAGE. LEGAL! MAYOR HALL’S DEFENCE: TWEED AT AT THE BAR: TWO MORE RING ARRESTS: REGISTRATION: EXTRADITION—Fovurtu PAGE. ON 'CHANGE! DECLINE IN GOLD AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE: OUR BONDS BUOYANT: STOCKS FEVERISH: BREAK LN NORTHWESTERN— Eigura Pace. WHAT THE ABORIGINES ARE VOING IN THE METROPOLIS! TALKS WITH THE BRAVES— Firta Page. Tae Dzatu or Mrs. Greeiex.—The intelli- gence of the death of Mrs. Greeley will shock and grieve the nation. Her severe illness and the certainty of its fatal termination have been known for the past week. While the campaign has been progressing with its customary brutal coarseness and personality Mr. Greeley has ‘been watching by the bed of his dying wife. ‘He will have the sympathy of all the American People in his sad bereavement. Spectre rrom Parw to Loxpon.—We print this morning a special cable despatch from London to the effect that the Bank of Paris has transferred four hundred thousand sover- eigns, or two millions of dollars, to the Lon- don Banking Association. We have little doubt that the announcement will, in some quarters, occasion surprise and give birth to Some speculation, A week ago it might have ‘been reasonable to conclude that the transfer | of gold from Paris to London was intended to | relieve the gold market and so accomplish some end advantageous to France. The strin- geney of the London money market, however, | is over, although the rate of interest is still | high, and it may be found that the transfer of gold from the one conntry to the other is ox- plicable on the common prixeciplo that gold, Uke everything else, secks the highest market, | Gold to-day brings more money in London | than in Paris. Hence the transfer. For some | time to come gold is likely to be high, for this feasop among others, that the new imperial coinage for Germany necessitates the with- drawal from circulation of @ large amount of spo, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, wne mew Departure in Politics—The Duty end the Prospects of the Liberal Opposition. ihe ot i On Tuesday next the people of the United States will decide by their votes the question of the Presidential succession and the control of the federal administration for the next four ycars. Many of the spectators who have been looking on while the battle of the poli- ticians has been raging have already made up their minds that the result will be favor- able to the regular republican candidate, while others still cling to the belief that, by some lucky chance, the fortune of the ficld may turn to the side of tho liberals. The latter base their hopes mainly on the argu- ment that in the skirmishes that have pre- ceded the general engagement the enemy has been enabled to concentrate his superior resources ona single spot ; that ho has brought up reserves that ought not to have taken part in those particular actions; that when his whole line is under fire he will find his apparent strength fictitious; that his ranks will be broken here, his flank turned there, until finally his camp will be captured. Confidence is, however, a great aid to victory, and an advancing army always fights better than ono on a retreat; hence we may fairly conclude that the republicans have a good prospect of suc- cess before them, and that in all human prob- ability, when thé sun goes down on the even- ing of Tuesday next, it will leave the admin- istration forces in possession of the ficld. The triumph may not be so overwhelming as the republican leaders and camp followers predict or assume to anticipate. It may be that the winning side may find itself actually without the support of a majority of the voters of the whole country, and thus ina minority with the people; that some of the most important States in the Union may array themselves against it; but if it manages to win the day its reward will be the sume, and of this result, as we have said, there now ap- pears to be but little doubt. In view of the promising prospect beforo them, the republican organs and politicians have already commenced to reckon on the utter demoralization ahd annihilation of the opposition, and have grown eloquent in denunciation of the iniquities of the coalilion made at Baltimore between the democrats and Cincinnati liberals. With a sudden and singular regard for the honor and consistency of the democracy, upon whose dishonor and inconsistency they have been in- sisting for the past twelve years, these well- satisfied republicans declare that had a fair copperhead nomination been made at Balti- more, and had the old issues dead and buried with the rebellion been revived in the present campaign in accordance with the wishes of the unreconstructed Bourbons of the party, there would still have existed a respectable opposi- tion that might have looked to a promising future; but that having become contaminated by a contact with Greeley, Sumner, Trumbull, Banks and other liberal leaders, the democrats have lost all standing and there will no longer be an opposition party in Congress. Looking atthe matter from an independent and not from a political point of view, we are inclined to regard the Cincinnati and Baltimore co- alition as a fortunate event for the country, and as likely, if properly used, to result in the foundation of a useful and honorable opposition element, whatever may be the result of the Presidential contest. The old, confirmed and stubborn democratic organization, clinging to its dead idols, had in truth lost all value and influence as an opposi- tion party. In its narrow-mindeduness it per- sisted in drawing the lines sharply between republicanism and democracy, although, in fact, no great principles any longer divided political parties. Any proposition originating with a republican administration encountered democratic hostility ; the motives of the ma- jority were misrepresented, and in Congress an unfair partisan obstruction not unfrequently defeated really desirable measures, merely because they were republican. Political capital was to be made ; that was the first con- sideration, and it was frequently accomplished at the expense of the country. To be sure, in the fierceness of party strife a great many abuses were necessarily dragged to light, and occasionally the policy of the government was subjected to a healthful criticism. But few democrats could be found who would refrain from assailing or obstructing any measure emanating from a republican administration, regardless of its merits, The film of preju- dice was drawn over the eyes of the old Bour- bon dynasty, and the whole democracy was essentially Bourbon, notwithstanding the efforts occasionally made in certain localities to force a new departure on the party. The Baltimore Convention wiped out these follies and errors of the past and set the demo- cratic organization on the path of progression. A few obstinate and some ambitious members refused to be reconstructed, after the fashion of a handful of the Southern rebels who de- clined to recognize their defeat by General Grant and the Union army; but the great mass of the party shook off the carcass of cop- perheadism, and by association and amalga- mation with some of the original founders and stanchest champions of republicanism de- stroyed forever the worn-out issues between that distinctive organization and the democ- racy. The disruption was general; it broke down the old lines on both sides. President Grant could not have been re-elected had he depended on republicanism pure and simple, for that has been shattered into fragments. His success will be secured by the aid of democrats who declined to accept the union made at Baltimore and by the votes of those citizens who care nothing for politics and who give him their support on the ground of his past record and his per- sonal merits. The consequence will be an entire change in the attitude of parties on the reassembling of Congress. There will be o | republican element in the democratic opposi- tion and a democratic element in the govern- ment ranks. In the Senate Stockton, Blair, Casserly, Bayard and Saulsbury will be found working and voting with Sumner, Schurz, Tipton and Fenton. In the House both sides will be more or less mixed up, and the oppo- nents of years will be the friends of to-day. We have a right to conclude from these prem- ises that a radical change will take place in the character and tone of the opposition. The old Bourbon spirit will be dead, or will mani- fest its sympathies on the side of the majority. Thoro will be no lopger a settled, chroyic democratic combativeness against everything ofa republican complexion, and the tilts over the issues of the past will have become affairs ofa day gone by. Theo au rs of Greeley, the @asoclates of Sumner, must become the champions of negro rights as wellas of the rights of white men. It may be a novel sight to seo Fernando Wood adyo- cating the cause of our colored fellow citizens and Congrassman Cox growing elo- quent in praise of republican principles; but it is one we are bound to expect soon to witness on the floors of Congress, provided always that those two brilliant liberal brands should be plucked from the burning of November. Now, we can see in this great encourage- ment for the opposition and good hope for the country; for certainly the liberal-democratic minority will have a splendid opportunity before them to win popular confidence and to build themselves up into a powerful and prob- ably a successful party, as wellas to be of signal service to the public interests. If they are guided by a wise and prudent policy they will not only carefully avoid all factious oppo- sition to the administration and its measures, but will support every good act originating with the majority and champion every desira- blo recommendation that may be made by the President. The wishes of the people on the most prominent questions of the day are now tolerably well known, and it is proba- ble that many of the suggestions of Brosi- dent Grant in his Messages to Congress will be based upon what he has learned of popular sentiment in this campaign. This may be especially the case in regard to Cuban affairs and the treatment of the South, and in all these matters the President should find warm support from the new liberal democracy. The opposition should stand fearlessly and reso- lutely up against bad measures, and should hold the majority to a strict accountability; but it should show, by an entire absence of factional spirit and by an honest advocacy of all good measures, the sincerity of the re- form professions in which the coalition move- ment had its birth and upon which it has fought its present battle. The fature position of President Grant will favor such a policy. Four years ago he was elected by a living, vigorous republican organization, with its ranks solid and compact and its mission yet to be completed. He naturally regarded it as @ point of honor to adhere to the policy of the party to which he was indebted for his nominalion and election. He is now in- dependent of any distinctive political organ- ization and will owe his success to people of all shades of political opinion. He will, therefore, be free to mark out a course for himself and to follow it in spite of the ad- visers who have heretofore surrounded him, In so doing it is by no means improbable that he may find himself opposed by the Congres- sional politicians who now profess to be his warmest supporters, but whose selfish schemes have come so near accomplishing his defeat. In that event tho liborals and democrats may, after all, become tho instruments through whom he will be enabled to secure peace and justice for the South, reconciliation between all the States, substantial civil service reform and a liberalization of our policy towards the unfortunate Cubans, Under these circum- stances it is desirable that the liberal cam- paign should be prosecuted vigorously to the end, for a strong and honest opposition in Congress is always beneficial to the country. Whatever may be their number when the elec- tion closes, they will form the nucleus for a party that may become powerful in the not distant future if they will regulate their opposition, as wo have sug- gested, by the public interests; making no factious fight against the administration, sup- porting all good measures of reform and com- bating only what is bad and corrupt. The destruction of the old copperhead democracy of the past, with all its worn-out prejudices and dead issues, and the building up in its place of a new, liberal democracy, based on the living issues of the hour, prepares the way for such a policy. It will encourage President Grant to independent action, for he must now see the splendid opportunity within his reach to build up for himself a fame in peace that will almost rival his renown in war. In this light we regard the great liberal move- ment as beneficial in the present and as full of promise, and we can readily see how its promoters, even if defeated in their first battle, may, with prudence, sincerity and honesty on their side, lay the foundation of certain victory in the future. The Wall Street Tragedy=Warning to Butiders. The dreadful and sudden ‘taking off"’ of Mr. Gallaher on Tuesday, by the fall of a piece of timber from the top of an unfinished building in Wall street, naturally leads one to inquire into the possibility, or probability, rather, of the recurrence of such a sad calamity. It is not very pleasant to have, in the midst of @ crowded thoroughfare, a piece of scantling, hod of bricks or 9 windlass suspended over one’s head, like the sword of Damocles, unless |’ with the assurance of strict attention to all the necessary precautions on the part of the build. erand his men. These precautions, we have reason to believe, are frequently disregarded, and the case in question is one of the results, The duty of the Coroner's jury will be to find out through whose carelessness this piece of timber was left without being secured, and whether builders generally are in tho habit of | placing missiles of this description on the roofs of houses. This is the first fatalaccident of the kind that has occurred in this city for a long period of time ; but that does not allay the apprehensions of those who, like Mr. Gallaher, pass under scaffoldings and unfin- ished buildings every day. His fate may be that of a number of others, and, therefore, the necessity of increased care and precaution on the part of builders and contractors. Tae Case or Cater or Portce McWrutiams and Detective Doyle, of Jersey City, was given to the jury yesterday, but up to our going to press no intimation reached us of their having agreed on a verdict. The Attorney General closed for the prosecution moderately, and Judge Depue charged the jury temperately and impartially. This trial, how- ever it ends, will have been one of the most remarkable on record—the head of a police department and his detective charged by burglars with assisting them in a conspiracy torobabank. Jersey may be famous for its justice ; but it is likely to be equally notorious for its crimos, or, ab least, its accusations, OUTOBER 381, 1872.—TRIPLK SHEET. Another Holocaust at Sea=The Burning of the Missouri. The perils of those who ‘go down to the sea in ships” are receiving striking illustra- tion. The burning of the Bienville, which has been chronicled so lately, has now its sis- ter horror in the news which comes to us from Key West of the destruction by fire of the Atlantic Mail Company's steamer Missouri off Abaco, Bahamas, in & gale of wind. We can calculate the extent of the disaster by the appalling number of lives sacrificed ‘and the amount of valu- able property destroyed. Out of eighty- eight souls but twelve aro reported saved, leaving a list of seventy-six to be added to the dismal cata- logue of victims of the flames or the waves which has had such plentiful additions of late. This list includes all the officers. The Missouri sailed saree Zope on the Tith inst, ‘having been, ft ls stated, over- hauled and certified by the United States inspectors since the loas of tho Metis, which occurred in August last. But certificates did not avail her, : Whatever virtues they may Possess do not overcome the faultiness of odistruction which makes a vessel at once a bonfire when the torch of flame is applied. We learn that the fire was discovered in the pantry at nine A. M, an hour when everybody on board the doomed steamer was astir. Tho certificate did not provide a ready hose and a plentiful supply of water, apparently, or else it did not prevent the pantry from flaming up like a pine knot before water could be of avail. We do not know what measures were taken to save the vessel, so, in mercy to the dead, we must wait before passing but we are told what was attempted towards the saving of life. There were six boats. Three of these when lowered capsized, and two of them were burned beside the vesscl. From the wildness of the sea which was on at the time this capsizing was tobe expected, for, in addition to the nervousness which often seizes men in such moments demanding all their coolness, there is to betaken into consideration the fact that the crews of such vessels are generally unin- structed in the rapid lowering of the boats and their management in a heavy sea. Itis apparent, indeed, that but for the cool- ness and intrepidity of a passenger, Mr. Culmer,, not a living being would have survived to tell the tale. The sixth boat lay upon the deck without davits or tackle to lower her properly. She was lowerod, however, and this heroic man took the painter in his hand and jumped overboard as soon as the boat was launched. Hoe tlten swam to the boat, and having got into it, pulled her alongside and so allowed eleven fellow beings to join him. He knew how to manage a boat in the surf, and so piloted to the shore the only remnant of the vessel's living cargo. When the Australian steamer, the London, went down in the Bay of Biscay, with Brooke, the tragedian, among the great num- ber lost, it was by the knowledge of just such a man in managing a boat that the fow sur- vivors weathered out the fearful tempest that raged. There were ample accommoda- tions for all in the boats of the Missouri; but, somehow, the boats seldom save anybody. They are fixed up, hung on the gavits. and might as well be sieves, for all tho good they do in saving life in such a moment as came to the Missouri. The crew know nothing— little or nothing—about their management, and then when life is lost in scores the com- panies lay the blame to Providence. As with the life-preservers of the Metis, the certificates only father a fraud. It is melancholy in- deed to reflect on these things. We shall have an inquiry, no doubt; but there is little to be expected thercfrom, unless in addition to an insistance on compli- ance with certain mechanical conditions, the higher machine, man, who superintends, all should be, in every department, capable of doing his duty under the most trying circum- stances. Among those lost on the occasion was Colonel Evans, late agent of the Associated Press in San Francisco, We can but dimly guess at the horrors of the scene which saw the stormy waters engulf what the flames roared to devour on that fateful morning ; but if any lesson can be learned from its miseries wo should take care that it is heeded. We must not assail Providence when the cause lies in our own neglect. Tae Honse Diszase St Horns New Yorn’s equines by the throat. Eighty-nine fatal cases were reported yesterday. A general impression, however, prevails that the worst has been seen and that the clear weather we have had for a couple of days will assist in scattering the pestilence, Many horses exhibiting bad symptoms three days ago are now convalescing rapidly, so that with some care and kindness on the part of owners we may hope to see our streets and avenues alive once more to the tramping of the noble beast which is so useful to man as to be almost a necessity, The oxen which appeared in primitive yokes yesterday in our streets may be able to pull satisfactorily the heavy mer- chandise for which they were needed; but we would rather by far see them in the recesses of Washington Market on their way to the board- ing houses than in West street on their way to the steamboat piers. This is food for reflection indeed. Baltimore, we were informed yesterday, had caught the contagion, and it was spread- ing in Philadelphia, while to the noxth and judgment ; east there was some alleviation. This spread of the disease south of here must be carefully noted if an idea of the cause of the disease would be reached. France and Discriminating Daties. The proclamation by President Grant which we publish in another column, an- new protective policy inatituted by President Thiers we owe this resumption of a vexatious complication in customs collection. With the Assembly so tightly in his grasp he has been able to dictate financial. #§ well as the “fost = national Policies ; and, although the opposition to want of cohesive force in all parties at the time rendered comparatively an easy one. Ita object is twofold: firstly, to increase the Tevenue, and, secondly, to éicourage French shipowners to engage in the trade which such duties cover. That the game is not worth the candle will soon be evident to the French gov- ernment. Every government agaigst which the discriminating duties are declared will retaliate upon French commerce, and what is put into the republican treasury with one hand will be taken by the other out of the national Pocket at the direct expense of the merchant class. That it will after this unprofitable per- formance react beneficially on the French car- rying trade is equally impossible. France has suffered terribly from the war, and, in spite of the wonderful national recu- perativeness she has shown, her finances need the most careful management ; but we submit to M. Thiers that the line of legislation which has.called forth President Grant's proclama- tion is a step in the wrong direction. So far as the United States are concerned the matter is more objectionable on the score of the trou- ble and red tape it will entail than any absolute loss. With our unfortunately limited mercantile marine we need not fear the latter very much. But it is of the first importance to us that as few restrictions as possible should be placed on our commerce, desirous, as we are, of ex- tending it. This is precisely the position of France also. If it meods revenue means should be avoided which will strangle its own commercial enterprise, as this discriminating plan will tend to do. The Prospects of the Art Season. If any faith can be placed in tho signs of the times we may look forward to an art sea- son of extraordinary interest and brilliancy. Never in the history of art in our city has there been at one time such rich and varied collections of works in all genres as are now stored away in the various art repositories. Some of these productions of the painter's skill have already been placed on view, and are now attracting the admiring attention of the public. But away behind these examples are others hid away jealously from the vulgar eye in quantities but little dréamed of by such as are unacquainted with the secrets of the trade; for, after all, this. beautiful, delightful art, about which we grow enthusiastic, is influ- enced and affected by such prosaic considera- tions as dollars and cents. There is a small class of the commanity with whom the noblest work that leaves the easel is only an object of barter, a mercantile commodity, out of which so much profit can be made. This fact may shock us at first, but reflection will reconcile us to the dealer as a necessary evil. In their own way the mem- bers of this class sometimes render important services to the interest of art, while secking their own advantage. Many a man of genius has been discovered and dragged into light by these indefatigable seekers after something to sell, To their enterprise we owe in no small degree the rapid progress which artistic taste has made among us. In order to be ahead of the public demand the dealers have this year made extraordinary efforts, and although the high prices which obtained in Europe interfered very much with their purchases they have done admirably. Goupil sends us Geréme’s magnificent work, “Cleopatra Before Ceesar,”’ as well as pictures by Meissonier and Cabanal, while hid away in the cavernous recesses of his gallery are three companion works by Boughton, which will raise him still higher in public estimation as an artist gifted with the true poetic spirit. Schaus has turned his steps towards Belgium and Germany, and is collect- ing works by Kraus, Meyer von Bremen, Munch, &. Snedecor, encouraged by the success of his experiment in water colors, has made a very extensive collection of the French, Italian and English schools, In variety and value this collection will surpass anything that has ever been seen in America. The immense progress that we are making in the patronage of art may be judged from this short recapitulation. But what we can con- gtatulate the public on with most confidence is the improvement of taste, as shown in the quality of the works which purchasers display most anxiety to obtain. The class of pictures which, a few years ago, would have found ready sale among even the best class of buyers, could not now be safely introduced, so much more exacting have the public become. Among those who already possess galleries of paintings there is o desire to give to them more symmetry, and for this purpose many of the best known collections will be brought to the hammer within a few years. Mr. Belmont has been the first to decide on this step. His pictures are at present on view, and the public can judge of the knowledge and taste displayed in selecting them. The interest shown by the public in these works is without parallel. In spite of the difficulty of travel the exhibition yesterday was crowded, and there can be no doubt that the pictures will fully #ealize the sums originally paid for them. Mr. Derby is rapidly pushing on arrange- ments for exhibiting his collection of pic- tures at the Academy of Design. It will consist of over four hundred works, selected carefully from all the European schools, and will be one of the most important sale exhibitions ever hold in New York. These events are only the opening of the season, but they serve to show the important proportions our art transactions are assuming. In view of such an exhibit, we can, without exaggerated pre tension, look forward to a not far distant future, when the metropolis of America will oceupy the chief placo among the world’s art contres. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Secretary Belknap leaves Washington for lowa Saturday. Colonel Lyman, of Montreal, is at the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel. : Rear Admiral Boggs, Secretary of the Light- house Board, is very sick at his home in the na tional capital. Visitors are excluded from hia room by the physicians. Arimori Mori, the Japanese Minister, yesterday arrived at the St. Nicholas Hotel, with two of his young countrywomen, whom he is about to place in an institute of learning. The Earl and Countess of Caithness were p* gayi” gers on the steamship Java, that Cving in yoater- day. They are now at the Grovéort House, where thoy will romain for gomé days before beginning @ tour of the country. General Sh:rman was out yesterday for the first time since his recont sickness, He rode to the War Department in the morning, and. devoted some time to official business, returning home about noon. Great solicitude has been manifested relative to his health, and during his brief ilinese Many distinguished persons, including a large representation from the diplomatic corps, army and navy, called to make inquiry about his health Miss Neilson, the accomplished English actress, arrived here by the steamer Java yestcrday. Sho is accompanied by her husband, Mr. Lee, by whose name she is not generally known, as on the stage she retains that cognomen under which she ac- quired the réfutation of a gracetul performer of much power, She has take spartmonts at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Miss Neilson will shortly ap/ pear at Booth’s Theatre in the character of Julict, and submit to the affectionate caresses of Rome@ in the person of the bulbous Bangs. Dr, Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Sta tistics at Washington, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. He arrived from Europe on the steamship Italy on Tuesday night. His visit to Europe was caused by his appointment by the government to attend the International Statistical Congress that lately held its sessions at St. Petersburg under the patronage of the Russian government. Dr. Young says that the proceedings of the Congress, while important in their results, were yet marred by the imprao- tical views advanced by some of the delegates. He was one of the vice presidents of the body anda momber of the committees on Commerce and In- dustry, through which he reported to the Congress @ great deal of information concerning the com- mercial and industrial condition of this country. William M. Evarts, the distinguished lawyer and associate counsel with Mr. Caleb Cushing on be- half of the United States at the Geneva Arbitration Conference, reached this city at a late hour on Tuesday night, and went immediately to his home, at the northeast corner of Second avenue and Fourteenth street. He has been absent about five months, and reports a very pleasant passage by the Cunard steamship Java, which was ten days making the passage to New York. Mr. Evarts was opposed during the Conference to one of Eng- land’s greatest law lords (Lord Tenterden), and the United States was not compelled ta lower its eagle crest before the British lon on account of Mr. E position in the Evarts’ debates, Mr, Evarts is in excellent health and irits, and was called upon by a representative of - the HERALD in regard to the labors of the Ameri- can Commissioners at Geneva, at his residence. He declined very courtedusly to be interviewed, however, stating “that it was too near the elec- tions, and that he did not deem it wise to say any- thing at this juncture, when political affairs were so very much mixed. Mr. Evarts has, no doubt, received full and complete instructions from Mr. Hamilton Fish to beware of the HeRALD inter- viewers, by cable telegram, as the venerable Secre tary of State ere this has had cause to appreciate the energetic enterprise of the HRRALD, PAULINE LUCCA. ~~ asa The Diva’s Fi Appearance in “La Favorita. “La Favorita” willbe ever associated with the name of Mario. The tenor being the personage who excites the largest share of interest im the opera, Donizetti's work has been a very in- frequent visitor on our boards, owing to the difi- culty of obtaining a Fernando worthy ofthe rdle, The action, also, in some of the scenes being sluggish and wanting in the animation and pictu- resqueness of otifer works of this composer, has an unfavorable efiect on an audience. But the music is in the best vein of this prolific composer. As we predicted in an an- nouncement of the opera, on Madame Lucca’s shoulders rested the chief share of the work of making it a success. And she nobly responded. Her voice seemed richer in tone, more prodigal of that intense passion that thrills the heart and so thoroughly en rapport with the music of Leonora that one would think she had made the rdve an es- pecial study to the exclusion ofall others. Her mournful response to the passionate declara- rations of the King, lamenting over the loss of his happiness, for which the only compensation ven her was the title “La Favorita del Re,” her incomparable renderin; of the well known aria, “O Mio Fernando,” that perennial favorite of the concert room, and her acting and singing would be sufficient to lend a strong interest and attaactive power to any opera, no matter what the calibre of her assistants might be. There are many remarkable points of excel- lence in the Leonora of adame Lucca, She has a complete knowledge of every detail that can make a scene a_ picture to be admired. She Cyseo dl with success, too, to merge her individuality in the character she represents and in the last scene of this opera her acting reached the standard of her representation of the death of Marguerite. The effect on the au- dience was ee . bd aan rose bf La he ‘was warmed {nto a1 ‘asiasm unwonted in t ching atmosphere Of the Academy.” Tt haa bee’ @ question of dispute among the admirers of the Diva as to in which capacity she excels, as an actress or @ songstress. She gave a satisfactory answer last night by showing that she is equally great in either. In the ensembdles her giorious voice seemed to lend to its companions a peculiar charm, and to encourage them to rise to the ‘andeur of the situation. In every rdle in which she has appeared in this city Mme. Lucca has borne out the high expectations formed of her from the commanding position sne occupied in Europe, and in none of these rdleshas she gained greater honors than in that of Leonora. Signor Abrugnedo, the Fernando of the occasion, did much betier than as Vasco di Gama or Manrico, He sung hay Gentil” with much feeling and ex- poe is voice is an organ of a peculiar kind. ere is at times an uncertainty about its tones that makes it dificult to know whether he is sing- ing in tune or not. At other times the tone is de- cisive and really fine. The training of this voice or @& want of knowledge of music may the. cause of the unintelligibility of some of the phrases and the liberties he takes with the composer. No singer can be considered first class who does not know how to phrase well, and the declamatory pas- sages in the music of Fernando went for naugit in the hands of Signor Abrugnedo. At tne end o! the opera his voice broke twice, causing the usual sen- sation among the audience. As an actor he is cold and unimpressive, and a love duet with him is a thankless task for a prima donna. With the memory of Mario in our mind, the Fernando of Signor Abrugnedco cannot be considered as worthy of the role or a fitting exponent of the music. The baritone, Signor Sparapani, revealed for the first time since the season opened the existence of & voice, an article in which, judging from his Valen- tine, we thought he was deficient. But although there were some really commendable passages in his singing, yet he by no means achieved a success in the rove of the King. His voice is more tenor than baritone in quality and ts of such a small de- gree of power that when he forces it he iavariab' sings sharp. The basso, M. Coulon, who undertoo! the part of the monk, Balthazzar, made a very favorable iaprestion. He is a good actor, as nearly all French artists are, and his voice shows indubitable signs of high cultivation. The unappreciated Reichardt, who in a country choir or in some parlor opera among the tribes adjoining Lake Tanganyika might receive consideration, was unfortunately entrusted with @ role in which there were a few solos, and he ex- ecuted them in his own unapproachable manner. ‘The chorus was better than usual, and as this opera abounds in choice choral selections the improve- ment in this department may be hailed as encour- aging, The orchestia was guilty of sundry esca- paces, especially when the norns, in the introduc- tion to ‘0 Mio Fernando,” got on bad terms. But the Leonora of Madame Lucca, even with those who witnessed Grisi, Piccolomini and Gaz- zaniga in thé same role, was such a delightful em- bodiment of one of the most diMcult pf Donizetti's creations that the audience went away irom the Academy last night pleased and intpressed with the power of her genius, On Friday evening “Don Giovanni” will be repeated for the last time, and “Faust” is set down for Saturday's matinee,” ee