The New York Herald Newspaper, November 5, 1872, Page 6

6 ~NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. The Election To-Day—The Insufficiency of the Registration in the City. No more important election than that to be held to-day can ever take place in the city of New York. The people are called upon to cast their votes simultaneously for President and Vice President of the United States; for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other Officers.of the State; for Mayor, Judges, Dis- trict Attorney, Congressmen, Assemblymen, Aldermen and many minor local officers. Tho character of our national, State and munici- pal administrations, respectively, for their , ea . next terms is dependent upon the ballots cast Rejected communications will not be re- within ten hours of this single day; from six turned. o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in THE DAILY HERALD, published évery day in the | the afternoon. The mere statement of this vear, Four cents per copy. 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Letters and packages should be properly sealed. ‘ : - ; NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER § 1872—THIPLE SHEET. 1° Sanne a amen peereee ont that we are indebted to the present registra- | The Louisiana Election—A Drop cf Com- Our Invalid Supreme Court Jadgos=A tion and election laws, and especially to the law of the United States and tothe manner in which it has been enforced, for the deficiency of a large portion of the missing fifty thou- sand in the legal registration of thecity. These laws are of questionable constitutionality. Many sound authorities believe that no legal voter can be deprived of his ballot, even if he should have failed to register. The provisions -of the constitution are plain. Article 2, sec- tion 1, provides that ‘every male citizen of the age of twenty-one years,’’ who shall have filled certain conditions as to residence, ‘‘shall be entitled to vote for all officers that now are or may hereafter be elected by the people.’”’ Section 4 ofthe same article provides that fort or a Tidal Wave—Which? to eleven thousand against the administration, This has been from the beginninga strange, perverse, waaccountable campaign, and it seems bound to retain its peculiar character to S the end. In the eleventh hour of the liberal | duties, We Jearn from Washington that Chief agony, just at the very moment when every- | Justice Chase caunot perfor bis duties with- body has about concluded that the cause-of | Ut danger, and contemplates taking & journey Greeley is hopelessly lost, comes news of a | ‘0 the. Pacific const forthe benefit of his hea'b, great liberal victory in Louisiana. | New | 92d that the venerable’ Justice Nelson is not Orleans, with its Custom House and its Casey, | *ble to go to Washington, With the vast and has perversely given a majority of from ten | Cnstantly accumulating amoint of business New Retiring Law Proposed. It is with regret that we hear of the ina- bility of two of the eminent Judges of the United States Supreme Court to attend to their a AMUSEMENTS. Pauline Lucea—The Diva's Triumph is “La Favorits.” Despite the epthippic and other adverse circum» stances the opera was very well attended last nigut, and the usual number of fashionable toilets graced the boxes of the dreas circle. Lucca was even greater on this occasion than at the first represen- tation of Donizetti's chef a@auvre. In the last Act, -where she meets Fernando for the last tint’. her singing and acting were on a scale equalling thé’ Well-known scenes of Grisi, Trum, La Grange and (azzaniga. The struggle of mind in the Supreme Court the absence of these | between despair at losing the object of her attec- and the liberals are said to have “swept the | Judges must prove inconvenient and may be State by a handsome majority.” We have no | i2jurious to the public interests, When men doubt that this will afford some consolation to | 12 such a high position are too old or too in- the latterly despondent coalitionists; that it | firm to attend to their duties it seems reason- tion and the love whic’! has taken full possession of her soul was -inter™reted with an effect that roused the audienvé to the highest pitch of entitusiasm. In this seene Lucca was actually sublime. One forgo¢ everything ‘laws may be made for ascertaining by | wij! yen infuse a show of spirit into their final able that they should give place to others. | but her inspired acting and ner glorious*yoice. Im proper proof the citizens who shall be struggle, They will probably insist upon | While we may hope that the eminent Chief entitled to the right of suffrage hereby | regarding the sudden swelling of their hopes | Justice may recover from hid frequent infirmi- established.” While registry law, it is believed by many that such | tidal wave law carinot deprive.a legal elector of the right | over the prostrate administration, carry- this sanctions | in Louisiana as the commencement of the | ties and live many years to adorn the Supreme official usefulness in his much-honored col- the finale, which is similar in sentiment to the con- cluding duct of “I. Martiri,” the listemer was in- clined to forgive, or rather ignore, the presence of the weak-voiced tenor in the thrilling tones of the that was to have rolled | bench, we can hardly expect a long lease of | prima donna, There was but one opinion among the audience at the conclusion of the opera—that never, to vote, provided he is ready to prove his citi- | ing Mr, Greeley and his friends to power league, who has reached a great age. No two | before in the Academy of Music-was a greater evi~ zenship by the proper oath, Still less can any | on its crest. At all events it is, at least, a | men have the respect of the American people United States law strip a citizen of this con- drop of comfort given to the parched and | More than these distinguished Judges ; but if .Stitutional right, provided he has all the quali- | feverish lips of dying men, and as Christians | there be no hope that they can-perform the fications required by that instrument. : Constitutional or unconstitutional, however, it is clear that these laws and the apathy of many thousands of our citizens have together cut down the legitimate vote of New York to them. Our special despatch states that a heavy vote has been polled and that Kellogg runs ahead of his ticket. Wedo not suppose that this cheapest publication in the country. OLYMPIC THEATRE, and Bleecker sts.—Banse Bex Broadway. between Houston Bexvx. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street.— Everrsopy’s FRx, WOOD'S MUSEU: ‘M, Broadway, LL . 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NEW YORK M' ScreNCE AND A’ {RSTITUTE FAIR, Third av., between 634 USEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— w York, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1872, THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE ELECTION TO-DAY! THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE REGISTRATION IN THE CITY"— CHIEF EDITORIAL THEME—Srxtan Pace. LOUISIANA LIBERAL! THE STATE CAPTURED BY THE GREELEY COALITION! THE SAGE STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY THE NEGROES! A QUIET ELECTION—Seventa Pace. THE “BEST MEN” OF ALL PARTIES! WHOM F ELECTORS WILL VOTE FOR 1N THE NA- TION, STATE AND CITY: LATEST ASPECT OF THE FIELD—Turep PAGE. WASHINGTON! THE TONNAGE-DUES DIFFI- CULTY—THE FRENCH LEGITIMISTS—LET- TER FROM LIVINGSTONE—THIRD Pace. LITTLE GEORGIE’S SAD FATE! A NEW HAMP- SHIRE OUTRAGE AND MURDER: THE MUTILATED BODY FOUND: ARREST AND CONFESSION OF THE UNCLE—SEvENTH Pace. EUROPEAN CABLE NEWS! EXCITING PARLIA- MENTARY ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND: CARLIST BANDITS: THE ITALIAN INUN- DATION—SEVESTH PAGE. CONDITION OF THE PESTILENCE-SMITTEN HORSES! A MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN- HALES THE MALARIA—TENTH PaGeE. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS—THE FEATURES IN LAST NIGHT’S AMUSEMENTS—SixTH Pace. {THE DONOHOE MURDER—WEATHER REPORT— SEVENTH PAGE. THE STATE! THE MAJORITIES OF PARTISANS: SPECULATIONS AS TO THE CITY—THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN BUFFALO—TuiRxp PaaE. POLITICAL! THE MAYORALTY: A FEMALE VOTER: POOL SALYS—THIRD PAGE. LEGAL! THE RACY CASE OF WOODHULL, CLAFLIN AND BLOOD: BERGH ENJOINED: THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SUED: AFTER A BEQUEST: SHARPE'S ELECTION ORDER—FovurTH PAGE. WALL STREET “BULLS” AND “BEARS” AT WORK! SHARP TWIST IN THE SCREWS ON CASH GOLD: THE #TREASURY AND CANADIAN CLIQUES: STOCKS AD- VANCED—FirTH PAGE. STARTLING POLITICAL CORRUPTION! REPORT OF A SPECIAL EXAMINER ON THE PENN- SYLVANIA FRAUDS—NEWARK NEWS— Eicuta PAGE. @LASGOW HONORS THE HERALD'S CHIEF EX- PLORER—BOOKS AND AUTHORS—Fovurta Pace. EAST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE HORRORS—VIA THE SUEZ CANAL—FirTi PacE. SOROSIS’ MONTHLY MEETING—A NEW STEAM- SHIP—FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENDI- TURES—POLITICAL ROUGHS—FirtH Pace, Exzcrton Day Is a Horzpax by legislative enactment, and business will be suspended at will scarcely deny that the contest is virtually over. The State is also generally believed to be certain for the republican ticket. But in the city there will be a stubborn fight over the Mayoralty between the democracy, the repub- licans and the O’Brien party; and the general mixing up and confusion of the Assembly and municipal candidates afford the hope of elect- ing the best men, if they are caretully selected and steadily supported by geod citizens. Unfortunately there is too much evidence ofa lack of interest in political affairs and of a-wide- spread neglect of the duty of electors among the people of New York. We are apt periodically to deplore the indifferent qualifications of our public officers, and te clamor for reform. When selves offensively conspicuous in any depart- ment of our governmeat we grow naturally indignant, and open our batteries fiercely business interests, and what is‘called the ‘up- per class’’ of society, usually'take the lend in these periodical demands for a better quality QONWAX'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— | of public servants; but these ave just the citi- | Jook well to their ballots for'the Mayor and all zens whose outcry is: too apt to beall the service rendered by them to the cause of. substantial reform; and when the actual business of regis- tration and voting Kas'to be perfcrmed tliey’ too frequently find séme excuse for its eva-- sion. The present election is, as we have]: said, a most important one; yet look: at the |' shameful insufficiency of the registration in‘ this city as compared with other cities and with the population !. Philadelphia has o populatiom of six hunditd and seventy-four thousand, accordiag to‘ thé census of 1870, and her registration in the last October State election was one hugdred and sixty-two thou- sand, or a voter for every four and‘ one- eighth of the population. If we- are, to rogard this' as an honest registratiomif | Philadelphia was not « hotbed of fraud inthe recent election—it certainly. affords a striking - contrast to New York.. With:a populatiomof, one million, we have here a registration for to-day’s election of orily one hundred aad forty-eight thousaad, or ‘about: one voter for every seven of: the population. The. per centage in Philade}phia *s certainly large, and suggestive of fraud, one in five being gener- ally admitted to bea fair proportion of voters. to the population. But this would give usin round numbers two hundred thousand vetes: in New York, and we have nodoubt that, if] every legal elector im the city were Togistened, ( the list would reach that number. If is’ undeniable that the absentées. are to be found. mainly among the more respectable and re- | sponsible ‘citizens, who. are: prone to put off’) the business of registgation: or vating om the. most trivial excuses. Badi weather, a. busi- ness engagement, a disinclination to tale the trouble to go to “the. polis, or dispesition to enjoy election day as a holiday, is not unfrequently regarded. by men who, have a large stake in honest government and in the progress and prosperity of the country as a valid plea for negleoting the most important duty of a citizen.. At:the same time the men of the grogshop and the gambling house, the professional politiaans, who maka. a living out of the public treasury, and all their hangers- on, whose votes-are a marketablo:. commodity, are tolerably certain to neglect neither regis- tration nor voting. The “dangerous elementa. | of society’ are. thus rendered still. more pro-_ portionately dangerous throng's.the neglect of | the franchise by responsible citizens. Another evil may be traced. to the present registration and election laws. They mry be efficient enough in preventing: frauds upon the franchise, especially when committed against ki obstruct a full legal vote, They throw.trouble and impediments in the way of the honest elector to which he should never: be sub- jected, and which many persons. are disin- clined to encounter, They are also capa- ble of being enforced in a manner which can- not fail to deprive. many a timid, or ignorant citizen, although properly qualified, of his vote. Every man of common sense knows. that the uncalled-for threats and bullying of an upstart offcial clothed with a little brief authority, may work much mischief in this direction, A poor, honest laborer, whose family are dependent upon his hourly toil for their food, shrinka from an arrest, although he may be strong in his innocence of any offence. Such a man cannot get bail, employ the banks, the Stock Exchange, the Gold Board and the Cotton and Produce exchanges. Vote early. ncepinnsaileabaaiiaiiils Tar Tex-Hour Sysrrm.—The polls open this morning at six o'clock and close this evening at four. But the important point is that at four o'clock the doors will be shut. ‘Vote your own reform ticket. Att THE Siens of this election are signs that it will be remarkably quict and orderly, although between the three local parties and their respective candidates in the field it wil be more “inexplicably mixed up’’ than any election here for twenty years, including that counsel or depend upon obtaining justice, and he would rather lose his vote than run the risk ofa trumped-up charge being made against him by the tools of political plotters. We need stringent and clear registration and elec- tion laws, especially for a city like New York, with a large floating and foreign population above our regular census ; but they should be 1 | upon the franchise. offence against the laws and against tho spiri of our institutions to wilfully deprive a quali. gaffairshad been dr: Doth. Houses in favor of impeachme nt; and, “according to our latest news, Seffor Bi oulnguer, simple and clear laws, easily understood and as difficult of abuse as of evasion, The legiti- mate object of all such statutes is to facilitate legal voting as well as to prevent fraud It is as great on about fifty thousand, and we insist that this is an eyil which demands a remedy in the future. We have now to deal with the present, and the very meagreness of our registration renders it the more incumbent upon every good citizen .to record his vote to-day for such municipal candidates as hé believes will best serve the interests of the city. The ‘bad elements” may be relied upon to have found their way on to the registrars’ lists, and hence it is especially desirable that the respectable vote, so far as it can be recorded, shall be pitted against them. Im the triangalar duel for Mayor there will no doubt be eonsiderable trading and dickering among the scheming politicians ; but if every honest efector will cast his vote in accordance with his: convic- in hig ballot these disgraceful bargains niny be yendered inoperative: There was a report yes- terday that Mr. Havemeyer had withdrewn James O’Brien are all in the field to-day, and between them the people’ of New York must: decidé.. We can.only advive all our readers to’ other candidates, so as to protect: themselves against the tricks of the politicians, Let an honest vote be cast and we are content to abide the popular verdict. Spain—TVhe Impeachment of Sagisota. Spain promises to’give us.ancther senbation im the impecehmenttrial of Sagesta anti his associates in the late sdministeation.. In these columms sorte months ago wé printed a special despatel disclosing certain-secréts' re- gerding Sogast and the:use he was making of the: public moreys for‘political purposes, and specially with 2 wiew to the maintonance of ‘his power. It was cxpected at the time~ that the charges against .Sagasta amd his sasociates woald be publiclysmade, and that tife imme diste.result wouldi-be serious’ trouble if not widespread revolution. Tle Sayaste: a%min- istration had but m brief existempe ; and as Zorrilla, the present: Prime Ministi+r, was not in favor of making » public’ expo ure of his: predecessor in ofdcs, it seensod.as if ‘the entire ‘opped. Later, however, resolutions. wore Nvarried in Minister of Finance-im Sagasta's ad\ministra- tion,.demands thatthe trial be: not | delayed, and that he and hisilate assosiates in office have-an opportunity-to answer: the '| charges preferred against them. Piime J} finister Zorrilla is not muck:.im favor of: the tr ial,.but the republicans and:thé advaneed libe|rals-are determined to bring matternto-e crijsis.. It doeg-not seem as ift.Sagasta was: muct: afraid of the result, for he. has just affered hin aself to a rural constituency;; secking tobe thei ¢ repre- sentative in the Lower House. of the’ Cortes, Sagasta. bas the reputation of;.being a. daring onde unserupulous, man, buthow far: he is guilty of the charges preferred: agains t him it moust be lett to the proper tribunal to déter- mine. In this threatened impeachraent' we have another illygtration of the truth yvhich we haye often repaeted in theae.columnis, that in ‘Spain politiciang.are more bent on party inter- ‘egte than on the general welfare of jthe coun- try. It would jhe better for: Spain if political parties could unite and work together for the general good.. Unless wa greatly mistake, this inmpeachmenty trial will be another misfortune to Spain andto the Spanish people. ; ‘The Suppression of. “the East African. Slave, Trdéde. England merits praise for the energy with: ‘which she takes up, the heavy task of terminating the abominable slaye trade closurea of Stanley and brave old Dector Livingstone, though, at first incredulous. as to the young Ameri¢an’s achieve ments. in a field fyom the throueand a gracious.personal testi- monial of tion for the intrepid perse- verance of the Heraup Relief; Expedition com- mander, now sends Sir Bartle Frere, one of her foremost statesmen and scholars, as o special commissioner to the Zanzibar coast to, inquire into the subject ond use the whole power of the British Empire to put an end to «that sum of all villanies.” In alluding to this movement the London News fully credits Mr. Stanley with first attracting the attention of the civilized world to the horrors and mag- nitude of this atrocious system, which anpually consigns nearly one hundred thousand, ‘young’ boys and girls to hopeless servitude, slaugh- tering, probably, an equal number, and poi- soning the lives of millions. To stop this monstrous traffic, says the News, it ia not enough to make it dangerous, “‘we must make it impossible.” We confidently trust that in this laudable work England will reeeive the fullest co-operation and assistance from the American Republic, which has broken the bonds of all captives at homo; and when the primal curse of Africa and foulest blot upon humanity has been removed, it will ever be a source of thankful pride to the Henarp that t gleam of light in the liberal darkness will have niuch effect on the elections to-day. It cer- tainly insures Mr. Greeley eight electoral votes as @ capital in band, but it is scarcely bright enough to point out to the coalition a clear path to success. However, the old say- ing tells us that while there is life there is hope, and we do not begrudge the liberal democracy the crumb of comfort contained in our news. Nor can we regret’ a result that May serve to convince President Grant.of the | wisdom of rejecting after his re-election some of the associations: that have unfortunately sttrrounded him daring his first term'of office. The Ward’s Island Lunatic Asylem. incompetency and dishonesty make then" tions and make cestain that he is not cheated | We Bad imagined tliat the horrors’ of the lunatic asylums were things of the past, which their places, To meet this difficulty in some respect it is now announced that an effort will be made at the approaching session of Congress to pass 9 law authorizing Judges of the Supreme and | resembling t Circuit Courts to present their resignations when physically or mentally incapacitated from performing their duties, withithe certainty of receiving a pension, and without regard to age. A law of this kind must be’ drawn with oer exceeding carefulness, for while 6m the one hand we would not wish to see the public busi- dence of artistic talent shows by a prima doaha than by Madame Lucca in the rdle of Leonora itr: “La Favorita.” Itisto be hoped that Mr. Ma» retzek will take the earliest opportunity of reneat- we cannot regret that it las been vouchsafed | duties of their official position they ishould | Ing this wonderful _rcpresentation of the best of : permit younger or more vigorous men to take | Donizetti's roles. We should like to be able to say @ good word for the reat of the cast, but stern facts compel us to Say otherwise. The tenor, Abrugnedo, did not even reach the standard of his firat impersonation , and his voice was in a terribly shaky condition, Spara) ani, the baritone, has @ voice hat of Oriandimt, thin and ineffective, and although he deserves praise for the artistic manner in which he availed himself of his limited vocal powers, yet he failed to give am idea is this so essential for the: 7 Othe “divinity that hedges around a king.” Coulom made @ fea- tare of Balthazar, and he’ proved himself to be a thorough artist, like his associate, M. Jamet. bp u of Fernando, into an analysis of music Favorita” would be a i than our can permit, From toend the opera abounds im Iviic benuties. Mr Maretzek kept the orchestra: faithfully up to their nesg suffer by retention of justices: on the / work last night, and the instrumentalism of this bench who cannot. attend to their bitsiness, it skould also be looked to that an imjudi- ciously early retiring system does not pave the way tothe making of places for mere purty favorites s source of demornlization, for which the nation would pay through the pensions: to those retired. Under tlie: constitution judges of the Supreme and inférior Courts hold thefr positions ‘luring good‘ behavior.” In Eng an advanced civilization had buried ferever. | tang lately this subject’ of aged judges has It is too readily assumed) however, | teristics of the-natural man. The community adopts higher ideas of duty,.butthe passions | of the individunl are not eHanged. One of ‘the noblest’ result of the civilization about! ithat this day is a legal holiday, tite same as | bouge princess’ suffered: slightly from some aifec- ‘which the modems‘ grow eloquent has un-- doubtedly been: the «care and protection ex- Wnded to the:insame. There issomething so touching in the speetacle.of haman beings déprived of reqason-that every one of right feel- ing. must extend to them the deepest.sympathy. that: the’! evoked considerable discussion’ and discontent against office-holders and political parties | from the contest, but this appears to have been glitter’ of modern aie nevessarily brings with | smong the Bax Yet England deals very ten- generally. Heavy tax-payers, men of large | ingorrect. Mr. Lawrence, Mi. Havemeyer and. | it 9 softening of the’ hard and brutal chortc--| deriy with these veterans of*Coke and Black- stone. : z A Loca Hourwary.—Citizéns,. remember Sunday, and that}.therefore, yot: may, with- ‘out-fear of notes due and things'of that sort, freely and fully give this day to-the United States, the State ami the city in» the great eause of good govermment and reform. It:Is 4 Mistake t0: suppose that'the: Presi- opera’ is one ot its rincipal features, seems to lavish all the is wealth: of mel in the oschestral chorus, and the finale of the third apt ts equal, if mot superior, to the famous sentette of “Lucia” or the grand concerted feature of “Potinto.” Of all this prolific com "ae Works ‘commend as ‘La Favorita,” with a Lucow a® Leonera, or a Mario (in the — gone by) aw Fen - nando, On Wednesday Miss Kellogg appcars' ass Annetta in eee e la Comare,” and on'Frt we ara rentay the beautiful work oP Me “The Martiage'of Figaro.” Olympic Theatre—The Perichote ania! the Prodigy. AY Last night’ “Le Périchole’ was revived to’ s+ moderate aivdienos, with Mile. Aimée im the tithes role, We havé heretofore recorded our opinion of... the present- company’s rendition of this* work, | fad need only-say that Mile. Aimée, M, Juteat and ” M. DuchesHe* fairly divided the honors! between them:. We'may remark that this opéra 2 tionof the throat, as all the opera singers and’ horsew in the city seem to, im a greater or lesser’ degroe. It fortunately dit not interfere either 4 with her vocalization. or her vivacity,-.' and. beyond an audibie request made tosomebody at tte’ wings to buy her a box of’ jujubes; anda lack of her usual readiness in re- - sponding to encoresthe motarisa, hippic, or lyric, The suffering to: which the infiym- of mind | dential.election beginsaud ends ti-day: By | ‘toes notsappear to have sertous'y seized ber. This, were exposed brought: about the’ establish- merit of houses of detention, where tlie insane couié be sheltered fromthe dangers that beset them: It was hojed that: through tha. instru- mentality of these institutions the unfortunates would-be saved from the-suffering whieh with- out sudh interposition in their behalf might be inflictéd on them by the neglect or ‘brutality of those burdened with their support. . This, at least;.has been the popular idea in connec- tion with the State guardianship of the insane. As this class by the visitation of Providence are unable to take care of. themselves, we are bound in a special manner to protect them. But the story told on, Saturday at the imquest on the body of Louis.C. Samuels, a deceased lunatic, recalls us to the fact that however humane. may have been the-intention of the community in creating these refuges for the insane, the brutality of the men selectéd as attendants entirely neutralizes the good inten- tions of the founders and turns- these refuges into places of torture, from which death is looked. on as a. welcome release: by the sufferers. It is the old story: of ‘man’s inhumanity to man.” The sane attendant, who ought to be. kind and! forbearing to the afflicted over whom he supposed to watch, resents the slightest. breach of discipline with blows, and even dares to inflict punishments of which results-may be fatal;.without consulting the medical ‘authori- ties.whom he is supposed to obey. It would be idle to waste words on the: brutes.in the shape of men who are capable of inflicting torture and suffering on their-helpless fellow creatures, but wehave some right ta demand from the Commissioners of Charities and Cor- reetion how it comes that violent and un- trustworthy memare appointed to take charge of the insane... Nothing could well be more disgusting than the account of the treatment; of the lunatics on Ward’s; Island as toldt by one of the officers emplyed: by the Com- missioners.. It surpasses. the worst charges made agaiust the old private, asylums before | the law stepped in to alleviate: the position of the Czar, is at presegt travelling: throwgh Italy, the insane. The want, of reform in.our public institu- tions becomes every day more evijtent. Scarcely, has the bmitality of the Randall the party empowered to enforce them, but | which maintains an, earthly hell in, Cenimal | Island authorities faded out of ‘view: than | ist, and passed the. greater part: of, bis career in they are also calculated, if not designed, to | and Esatern Africa. Stimulated hy the die- | Ward's; Island looms; up with its, list of hor- rors. The stories of ill-treatment whizh con- stantly come to light through these scandals area_disgrace to eivilization, / and we recog- where Britons had failed, England, led by Her | nizeas one of the:most. pressing reforms the |' of mind bordering on insanity. Majesty Queen Victoria, in 8 noble speech | necessity of putting our correctional estab- | Mr. W. H. Smith, member- of Parliament, from lishments on sucha basis ‘as willirender the existing abuses; impossible in the future. It is weless on the part of the responsible au- thorities to sey thet the misconduct of at- tendants is no fault of the system. If proper precautions, were/ taken in the selection of at- tendants it would be quite possible to prevent the ill-treatment of patients by the officers of ,the institutions. It is only needful to rchoose the attendants with a view to their fitness. and such scandals as we complain of would never occur. But so long as the present vicious system is continued un- checked we may expect practically irresponsi-. ble attendants to vent. their il-humor in acts of violence on those-whom it is their duty to watch over and protect. It is only by some act of cruelty which has been followed by fatal regults that‘public attention is from time to time attmoted to the subject of the correc- tional management of our institutions; and, unfortunately, in the whirl of businéss and politics the public soon forget in some new sepaation the abuses which for a moment ex- cited their generous indignation. We hope, browever, that in the new era of reform all this will be changed, ond that the abuses of the special act of Congress, to oblige the State, it began: yesterday in Louisiana, the day of the State election; and under the Stete law of Texas‘ the Presidential: election, though it begins there to-day, will not end till-Friday evening,.four days being ‘allowed to biing:up the voters to the polls. We dare say, how- ever, that we shall not have to wait forTexns in order to:-know the Presidential result. Tur. Batror system of voting in England is a new thing, and yesterday, in a special election at Tiverton to fill.a vacancy im-Par- liament, each side had its vigilance comnsittees appointed. to watch the poils. The “sturdy Briton’’ may be persuade#: by and by;that this thing of. voting by a piers. of paper: iwith- out telling who it is for may be all right, but for the present ‘‘he can’t see it.” The-polls close here to-day at four P. M. PERSONAL INTEELLIGENCE.. Judge Shipman, of Hartford, :Cona., is..at: the Astor House. The Queen of the Netherlands.is at presens:visit- ing in England. George A. Baker, the artist, oéthis city, willapend the Winter in.Rome. Captain Samuel Brooks, of the steamship City of Brussels, is at the St. Nicholas-Hotel. The Duc de Gramont, the last. Prime Minkster of the French Empire, is dangerously ill. Mr.. George W. Riggs, the Washington banker, yesterday arrived at the Brevoert House. Major George Donaldson, ef the United: States Army, has quarters at the Fifth Avenue, Hostel. Bismarck has been made an, Honorary Noctor in Philosophy by the University ef Halle, Saxony. United States Senator Geerge F. Edmunds, of Vermont, was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yester- day. Mr. James Partridge, Minister of the United States at Brazil, has arrived in Paris, with his daughter. Mr. Charles Darwin, author of “The-Descent of Man,” is named by the students of Akerdeen Uni- versity as their Lord Recter. Macready, the English tragedian, {s..still living, but so infirm that he capmot even sign, his name. He is suffering from softening of the-brain. The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, nephew of where. a grand review has just been held in his honor at Milan. Count Brassier de St, Simon, the.German Minis- ter to Italy, died om the 24th nit. at a very ad- vanced age. He wag the oldest German diplomat- Italy. Marshal Leboouf, Napoleon's. Minister of War, who said in July, 1870, that’ the. French army was prepared for Germany to the “last button of the last gaiter,” is, according to Le Francais, in a state London, Engtana, is at presentin this city, on a tour of observation, which he will, extend to most of the leading cities. He has come from Canada,, where he spent apout two monfhain sight-seeing. Mr. Smith is cetebrated as a millionnaire newsgealer in London. He is the member of the House,for West- minster, and was elected over John Stuart Mill by & constituency that prize average mentak qualities, when accompanied with great wealth,ever extra, ordinary intellectual ability not so aggompanied. The Pope's recent speeches, says the Journal dus. Débdats, have giver, offence to the Italian Minister. Lanza, and caused; him to remonstrate with Car- canal Antonelli. The Cardinal thareupon requested the clerical papers not to repreduce the wards of the Holy Father in the futures but when the.Pope heard of this,.he formally expressed a desire that the greatest publicity should be given to his speeches, end autharized the editors of two ultra- montane papers in Rome to send reperters to the Vatican on all the days of reception for the pur- pose of taking down the words of His Holiness. The Dagdlad of Copenhagen announces that the will of King Charles XV. has just been opened. Sweden inherits bia artistic collections, but with respect to the pletures only those of Scandinavian painting. The works of art will remain at the Chateau of Utriksdal, with the exception of the is consoling in view of the: fact that she appears ‘ this evening as Boulotte, in:that wickedness called ' “Barbe Bleue.’ But the~ baby prodigy—the prodigy five and ~ a half years olt+the tmfrnt lyric artist, Romeo Dionesi. It is with feelings of awe and compassion! that we approach him. He was ‘an- entrracte. We suppose he was introduced as-a:substitute for the occa. sional occupation of gentlemem between the. acts. It will always be questionable: whether he+ went down ag well; probably he didi them more ¢good. He was a pretty boy, with long, fair hair and self-possussion. He was dressed as aj duo- decimo editiowof Lionel to sing “M ‘appari,’? from “Martha.” The orchestra never seems so low 1 and boisterous as when it plays the prelude for an in- fant prodigy... The conductor knows this; he looka impioringly atthe bass fiddly and spreads hie arma out deprecatingly and floatingly, which 1 neans nissimo to” everybody. Then the pw rodigy strikes his attitude and the av dience strain to catch the melodious squeak. Poo r little fellow! Do as bravely as he caniéis-only a si jueak;, attitudinize ag deficatety as he-may, it is pl ciful tos see as tohear. We. scarcely think angbody witha. heart would hiss an infant prodigy; it woul d be so, like breaking a.butterfy on. a wheel; am iit re- quires as much assumed harshness as.Stern e, when: he refused the mendicant:monk @ single sou, to. refrain from applauding. Yet we did not: spplawd. The dear little cree shouldbe in the nars sry, per- forming, as most children. do, to @ select: .ulf@ence: of his little brothers, aud. sisters; with the ; nvasery maid in the reserved seats... If the infant’ prodigy’. parents or Ces the case may’ pe, would only act on thie hint the.opéra douse pul lic Froud? be saved an agony of; interest, with com’ pa sion as its chief feature. “Everybody's Friend” at the F ift & Ave- nue Theatre. The third of the comedy revinalsat th e* attn Ave- nue Theatre was: Sterting. Coyne’s fal ci cal piece, “Everybody's Friend,” which was play e¢ { last night to a full anddelighted house. The M 1j or de Boote of Mr. James Lewis was an.oxvellent } stece of act- ing and contributed in.a great.degree t o the merri- ment of the evening. The character 1 3 one so gro- ‘vesque in itself that itds impossible?.o- overdo it ex- cept by caricaturing a caricature. Th is Mr, Lewis never does, and hisimpersonationyof the part was in all essentials so-compiete: and ‘perf ect.and it dif-. fered in so many respectsfromthesam ‘echaracterin ' the hands of others thetit.cannot fe i to give this actor an oven. higher place in pulsli c esteem than he hasyet.occupded., Mn. B. F. Rirsgy feld's Icebrook was after it, the-gem of the even! ng’ performance, excepting of. course the Mrs. /Swandown of Miss. Fanny Morant; which ‘wis: in keeping with everything we havey ‘yet: seen ot her in the many like. parts she’ hay aseaq, In nase the first act wag Mr. h ld ef speeially stusce'ss! asthe bashful lover., He played "hesers with aren: deticacy and:simplicity and fait iy earnea ; recognition... Mr. James’ Pens Festi) ivuosd algo an acceptable. periormant-e; but. the: e xtry-¢ goes of the piece Were more: in ith ther Inusual baldness amt pervernity ofhis maw pers,on. the stage, and hence we fouv.d Icsareasom to con- demn Dis.maunerisms tham where. the p? ay is or ought to be a picture of soctety. Mise Sane pn Jewett jiayed Mrs. Featherly ha a atl eetness, Y Mrs. Major De Boots of Mrs. Gabost wae jut {ne characteristic (oat g te cand This i%a° brief sum- mary of all thesaiient features of they -esentation of tl i Piece of whimsical humot, ‘ juecess was. sneered am gun ara ler comes dies are aot solasting. _ : See ewaet Musteal and Theatrion’ | Notes, Miss Nejison made o little fay swen speech at the, Royat Alexandra Taeatre,, W iverpool, on her last appemrance previous to heir? eparture for this country, in which, imitating ti” example ot Charica Dickens, In quoting Tiny Ti 1g “God bless you, every one,” she said her adig 3 in the language of “Sale thonsand,times 4¥ 54 nignt:” abinstiem has become #7 4; at atti On bis return to this city W , pip ngad ping the next Sundsy concew at the Grand Opera House. Then he-pjays 97 is own chamber concerts and afterwardsag the @% acerts of the Philharmonic Society Wa 4% TRQY Jore Thomas’ symphony Concerts. Mr. John ‘8, Clav¥ e opens the Charing Cross Theatre, Yondom, @® the 7th instant, with “The Rivals.” He appe@’ :3 as Fighting Bob and also ina roaring,farce. Miss, Leigh, Of the Adelphi, London, intenas adapNng the Rg ne of her godiather, Dr. Westland Mayston, and/ will hereafter be known as Misa Marston Leigy. Mr. George’ L. Fox, who has given character ta pantomimg and made a creation of “Humpty: Dumpty’ far sypertor to anything the nursyry rhymenters ever conceived, is to appear at the Grand ‘Opera House after completing his Western, pictures just mentioned and the arms, which will be transferred to the National Museum. The State fied elector of his right to vote as to sanction the violation of the ballot bom, We believe for the Mayoralty between Boole, Blunt and Gunther. agaipst the slave trade of, tho Nile bagime @ vigorous and wholegome public opiniom / its journalistic enterprise struck the first blow | past will be made impossible in the future by. 1s to engage to preserve all the objects in the best coadition. The successor of the King inherits €verything that belonged to the latter excepting what is at Ulriksdal, The documont ta dated Fo'y- rugry 3 187% tour, The infinite mirth of his imperagpation ms to be as lasting as it is delightful. .” Buckstone, the English actor, seems ‘young aa Zever, ts only sign of age being that he is becoming retrospective. In a speech at Manchester tho other day he referred to the fact that he firat appeared in that city dve aud thirty years agg