The New York Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1872, Page 3

ATRIOS SEH, he “Linial Descendant of an | teyeiay Archbishop of Cante?- bury” in the Toils. ty. ELOPEMENT, MARRIAGE AND BIGAMY. Miss Mapes, of Poughkeepsie, the Dupe of an Irish Adventurer. Dow the Alleged Scion of a Great Mouse Mar- vied the Confiding Young Lady. STARTLING ANTECEDENTS. ——S The Ecclesiastical Sprig, His Wife, Bo- gus Bank Accounts and Un- Dlushing Impudence, TENISON'S NEWLY-FOUND JOY CUT SHORT, His Arrest No Barrier to the Receipt of Im- mense Estates in Ireland. PovankFeEPstr, Nov. 23, 1872. Aremarkable matrimonial case has come to light tn this city. Itinvolves an elopement, a charge of ‘Pigamy, assault and battery and the character and ‘Standing of an alleged lineal descendant of an Arch. Dishop of Canterbury, The lady in the case is Miss Mary Louiee Mapes, daughter of Perry Mapes, a re- tired North River steamboat captain, The man gave his name as Henry Porter Teni- gon, and in his marriage notice, which was written by himself, he says he is of “Kock Hall, gounty Kilkenny, Ireland, son and heir rf the late Thomas ‘Tenison and lined! “Aycendant of Dr. Thomas Tenison, Arch- Dishosygunanterbury.”” This grandiloquent states Ment iste Seved by no one but himself. The story f the entire case is full of romance, and runs, ac- eormling to all intelligence received, substantially as follows :— A little over three months ago Mrs. Mapes and daughter were returning from a trip to Western friends, While on the cars between Albany and fyracuse a lady approached Mrs. Mapes and in- quired of her if she had noticed a man running ack and forth in the car, saying he had insulted her. Mrs, Mapes was soon after ac- costed by the same man, when she indignantly repelled the insult, On the Brrival of the train at the station Mr. Mapes met little incident on the cars was forgotten, and they roceeded to their suburban villa, where Mrs. japes then told the story. About dusk the dog Outside barked asifa stranger was approaching. Mr. Mapes stepped outside and walked down the gravelled roadway, and observed a man coming towards him. As soon as they met the stranger commenced to apologize for rudeness offered in the care to Mrs. Mapes. The latter also made her ap- pearance at this time, and fully identified the stranger as the one who had accosted her. MR, MAPES BEING NOW BATISFIED as to the man, ordered him from his premises. The latter expostulated and urged upon Mr. Mapes that he could show a good character, that ‘he was a gentleman and would come back in a week or two with letters to that effect. He then left the grounds and proceeded to the Morgan Bouse. There his snobbish deportment attracted general attention. To use the expression of a bystander, “he was putting on more airs than ® ‘three-year-old at a county fair.’ Five days from that time he again appeared at the Mapes’ residence, at twilight. his time ge met with @ warm reception, Mr. Mapes at once got into an altercation with him andasevere fight ensued. “The lineal @eseendant of the Archbishop of Canterbury” was ‘tnocked down, dragged in the mud and left as for @ead, Mr. Mapes thinking he might have struck aim too hard endeavored to help him up and finally succeeded, and, putting his hat on his head, kicked Dim down the roadway and out of the gate. ‘Though nothing definite is known, it is supposed that from that time forth Tenison and Mr. Mapes’ daughter corresponded, his letters being addressed to her under an assumed name and given to her through a third panty 3 woman, whose husband keeps a saloon not far from the Mapes’ mansion. Belore the corréspondence commenced TENISON AND MISS MAPES were brought in contact with each other at the residence of one of the leading families in tie city. He, it 18 said, formed the acquaintance of this family by claiming a relationship, and told them the story of his love. to their house, where, she ciaims, she unexpectedly met him. On the morning of the 12th of November fenison arrived in Poughkeepsie on the first At- lantic express at five o'clock in the morning and repaired to the Poughkeepsie Hotel. ‘There he con- ducted himself in a loose manner. He made ad- vances to the servant girls and flirted with the fe- male waiters till they got disgusted with him. He asked one or two of them to wke @ walk with him, and was bold in his announcement that he was about to be married, The same morning Miss Mapes left her home in her everyday clothes with the avowed Intention of going up town to do some shopping. he met Tenison somewhere, but as yet it does not transpire where, and proceeded to the church of the Holy Comforter, in Davies strect, Rev. Mr. Crarey pastor. Tenison had previously notified the clergyman, and he was in eine but proceeded cautiously. He asked Miss Mapes her age and other questions, which were all answered in a satisfactory manner. She stated, among other things, that her father was absent from the city, and that ber mother was ill and could not be present; that she bad had a dressmaker in the house for three weeks preparing the wedding garmen' and that the china and plate was already purchased and monogramed. Being thus assured Rev. Mr. Crarey e@npounced that he was ready to PROCEED WITH THE MARRIAGE, At this juncture “the lineal descendent of the Archbishop of Canterbury” expressed positively a desire to be married in the church, To this Mr, Urarey readily consented, and all proceeded to the thureh near by, where the two were united in mar- riage, The weather was very unpropitions, as the fain poured down in torrents, necessitating the procurement of a hack, but before doing so it occurred to the mind of the “lineal descendant of the Archbishop of Canterbury” that he had Bot paid the dominie. He informed the clergy- man that he had considerable money with him, but, fearing he might wish to use It, he would give nim @ check, and asked Mr. Crarey if hic had a check book. One was pro- duced, when Tenison filled out a check on the Sec- ond National Bank of Detroit for ¢15 and passed it ir. Crarey. It was signed “Henry Porter Tent- gon.’ This check Mr. Crarey deposited in the Farmers’ and Manufacturers’ Bank of Poughkeepsie. After giving tle check Tenison left his bride to get @ hack. He was absent about an hour ana returned with a carriage, in which the bridal pair took Beats and were driven to the Poughkeepsie Hotel. There he alighted and passed into the hotel. He went at once to the barroom and took a drink, and then stood in front of the mirror surveying himself and soaping his mustache. His wife becoming iinpatient, sent for him to hurry as she was afraid they might miss the train, He Paid no attention to the messenger. Finally she got out of the carriage and appeared at the private entrance of the hotel, where she inquired for him again. Mr. Seaman, the proprietor, met her, and of him she inquired if Mr. Tenison had not been arinking too freely. Mr. Seaman told her he thought not, when she added, “WE'VE JUST BEEN GETTING MARRIED, And it would be unpleasant to know that fact.” Almost immediately after Tenison appeared and the couple were driven to the depot, where tney took passage on the noon fast train for Albany, Reaching that city, they registered at the Delevin louge as inan and wife. It would seem that Miss apes regretted the serious step jong betore she ched Albany, as she tearfully importuned Teni- #00 to let her get oir at Rhinebeck and go back to her howe. He however, insisted on her going forward, At the Delavan House she waiked tle floor all night jong, (Se had | discovered intoxicated condition and was ready to Wave him at the first opportunity, In the morning he jelt the hotel, as he said, to negotiate some checks, when she, too, aiterwards quietly Jeft thé Bouse, and, proceeding to the Hudson River Railvoad, took the first train for Poughkeep- sie, While Q¢ Wie ODE he proceeded to the Albany paperi= scar acess eames of Rock Hall, county Kilkenny, Yreland, son and heir of the late Thomas mlaon, Baa. and ine Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canter» cet Pale only child of Perry Mapes, Eeq., of Poughkeepsie. je ‘ou used the same notice to appear in the petvolt papers with this line adaene “London Tlustrated News please copy.” He also sent a They mvited the girl | notice to the editors of the hkespie Eagle, ‘Poug enclosed in a letter on the bottom of which was written :— i Ifyou say one word to the contrary, it would De as Well you were never born.” He gave a reporter of the Albany Argus to under- stand that during his absence from the Delavan House the father of his bride made his appearance atthe hotel, and by zeprenen ne: to her that her husband was at the pot waiting for her, induced her to sgcampany him there, where they entered a southerly-bound train which was in motion before she discovered the fact that she was going the wrong way and that her husband was left behind, In this statement there is not a word of truth, as the father has not been to Albany. <A vail should be drawn over the scene at Mrs, Mapes’ residence when the erring child returnea, and come as rapidly as possible to the denouement, As soon as the true facts came to Mr. Mapes’ knowledge he commenced to use the telegraph wires. Previous to sending the first despatch he INTERCBITED SEVERAL LETTERS SENT TO HIS DAUGHTER by Tenison. One of them was found ina package which contained a check book for the Second Na- tional Bank of Detroit. In the letter accompany- ing Tenison wrote to Miss Mapes, “You know I said you should be my check filler. Ihave signed one of the checks, which you can fill out for money enough to bring you West.”” Mr. Mapes at once telegraphed to the cashier of the Second National as follow: Has H. Porter Tenison an account in your bank? How much is he good fort Is he married or single? ‘The cashier telegraphed back as follows:— Account nominal. Know nothing about his means nor family, Then, in reply to a letter sent, Mr. Mapes received the following :— Dernorr, Nov. 18, 1872. eA ‘Atannounced in this morning's Detroit Post that your daughter had inarried Henry P. Tenison. in sorry that this has happened, tor this same Henry ison “has another wite Ip ‘Khe left Detroit about five weeks iu for Ireland, where she expects to get some money lately leftto her. Ihave posi proof he had called his wite. & woman here which he lived with and W. joing to happen We kuew something of this kind was when he left Detroit, but not knowing your name we could not notify you. We knew your daughter's name to be Mamie, as, ie left bits of love letters around where we saw them. We notified the detectives of this place, but they took no notice of it. He is now in Detroit, and this moriing [ again visited the police station for the purpose of having him arrested tor bigniny, Dut they tell mie nothing can be done to him by us; but if his first wife wishes to appear against him she could punish him. He hag not a penny inthe workt, He has represented him- self as ri as Well as an Irish Duke or some other in- fernai name, Asaproof of what I have asserted you will see by the enclosed receipt of Mr. Ives thet he had to pawn his clothes to pay two weeks’ board, this was left inhisroom. For further proof you can address me, in gare of Detroit Locomotive Works, Detroit, Michigan, Yours truly, D.C, SPAULDING. A later letter received from Mr. Spaulding speaks more positively than the above, and charges that a lady now in Boston brought about the spaulding also expresses the belief that “the lineal descendaut of the Arehbishop of Canterbury” did not Kuow the last name of his bride till they were about to be married, . Acting on all the information above given Mr he set A TRAP FOR HIM, INTO WHICH HE FRLL ‘with the greatest ease. Tenison had written a let- ter to an acquaintance here when Mapes tele- pane him to “come on, a8 father has gone to lew Orleans,” and signed his daughter’s name to the despatch. Tenison telegraphed back that he would leave that aiternoon on the four P. M. train. ‘This was Wednesday afternoon last. That train should have arrived here at 4:45 P. M. on Thursday. An officer was at the depot to arrest him, but he did not come. On Friday Mr. Mapes received | another despatch from him saying he was not ‘his family, and in the happiness of the meeting the | but he afterwards changed his mind and reached here this morning at five o’clock on the Atlantic Express. He hurried at once to Mr, Mapes’ residence and awoke the household, thinking all the time that Mr. Mapes was in New Orleans. Of course his astonishment was great when Mr. Mapes himself came tothe door. The Jatter feigned great joy upon seeing him, and both embraced. Archbishop of Can herbie Gay apologizing tor hiseariy call (in @ manner that all “Irish Dukes’ out of bed at such an unseasonable hour should), remarked that as his sudden arrival would cause some con- fusion he would repair to his hotel, arrange his toilet and come back at eight. Saying this he de- parted. Mr. Mapes followed soon alter and hunted for an offle comings AN “OULD” SURPRISE FOR TENISON. Officer Bush, however, who rises early, scented the game, and, going to the Pougikeepsie Hotel, observed lis mau, when the following occurred:— OrriceR—Is this Mr, Tenison ? ‘TeNisoN—That’s my name, sir. OFFICER—I bave @ warrabs for you, sir. my prisoner. TENISON (turning red in the face)—What’s the charge * Who makes it ? ¥ OFFICER—Bigamy. Mr, Mapes makes it. TENISON—I1 18. Why, Mr. Mapes embraced me half an hour ago. The officer intimated to "im that that did not Make any difference; he would have to go along. ‘“ hn but I must have my breakfast be- fore I go. OrriceR—You can have that sent to you in jail. As 800n as the prisoner was safely lodged in his cell he sent for William J. Thorne aud engaged him ag counsel, Mr. Mapes securing the services of Gerome Williams, You are lineal descendant,” with a tragic air and @ wave of the hand, warned him off, saying, ‘Keep of, sir; you have basely deceived me.” At twelve o’ciock, noon, he was taken before Re- corder Taylor, where, alter a preliminary exami- nation, the case was adjourned till eight o'clock next Wednesday evening, in order to give the pros- ecution time to get witnesses here from Detroit. If the proper evidence is forthcoming the case will go to the Grand Jury as quickly as possible, ‘The affairis the chies topic of conversation on the streets, and letters from Detroit show that great interest is felt in it there. ‘Tenison’s deportment in his cell during Saturda; morning and Saturday afternoon was curious, if not in strict keeping with those of a man who sud- denly finds himself cut loose from the loved one of his heart and separated from her b; on bars. He sent for a barber, and to bim while he was get- ting shaved unfolded the secrets of his great weaith, which, said he, includes nine stores in De- troit and five in Toronto, Canada, After getting shaved he hummed a lively air and gleefully asked the knight of the razor if he could “polk, waltz or galop,”’ at the same time whirling about the marrow confines of his cell with terpsichorean steps which would do credit toa French dancing master. Ashe finished a brilhant movement he suddenly exclaimed, “They think they've got me scared. Do I look scared?—do I act scared?” As the barber was leav- ing the “lineal descendant” sent word to the pro- prietor of the Poughkeepsie Hotel to send him A SUPERB DINNER AND A BOTTLE OF WINE. Afterwards a telegram arrived for him trom New York, the charges on which were fifty cents, but the unfortunate nobleman had but thirty-five all told, To Jailer Vanderpool he imparted wonderful stories of his immense wealth and promised that oficial a one hundred dollar bill when he was released, all of which the jailer took in, but did not swallow. During the afternoon his dinner arrived, and the person who brought it managed to get a pint bottle of sherry to him. He quickly consumed that, and in the afternoon requested the attend- ance of a physician to stopa “horrid headache.” On his arrival at the hotel in the morning he brought with him a Saratoga trunk. The proprie- tor of the hotel, having orders hurled on bim from Tenison for expensive dinners and wine, resolved to examine this trunk, to see if the contents would warrant such a lavish expenditure. “What was in the trunk?’ was the inquiry. “Oh,” said the proprietor, ‘nothing but the wardrobe of A PLAYED-OUT SPORT, There was one swallow-tall coat, a regular ‘nail pulter;? two or three shirts and some papers, all rolled up together, I should think there was about two days’ board in the trunk, but no more.” Tenison is aman about thirty-fve years of age and abvut five feet five inches in height. He wears sandy Burnside whiskers and mustache, and has every appearance pfa snob, He wears a blue “cut-away” English walking coat, with vest of blue, and dark brown pants. He has a high forehead and wears his hair partially combed back. As he flaunted into the Police Court in the morning his exetty shone with great lustre, whether it was rass or gold. He wore a@ green satin striped scarf and @ standing vollar. On the scarf was a round breastpin as large as an eld-fasiioncd cent, and his sleeve buttons were of tiie same kind. ually pulling up his coat sleeves and drawing down his wristbands, While walking from the Hail to the Police Court he smoked a cigar furiously. He is all outside show, and the rest apparently is hollow, empty and barren as @ worn-out barn. everybody. le believe he is immensely rich, In Detroit e told at his boarding house that he had lately fallen heir to Rock Hall, Ireland, and at the same time he drew numerous checks on the Detroit Bank in payment of bills presented him, and the most of these checks were not honored at the bank where he deposited (David Preston & Co.'s). At one time he deposited $200, and at another $63 33, He changed the $200in his pass-book, it is said, so as to read $19,200, and the other to read $963 33, and then left the pass-book around where the boarders could see it; but it was “too thin,” for the boarders saw him pawning his clothes to pay his board with, When in Detroit he saw the account of Miss Mapes going back to Poughkeepsie. He said he “didn’t care & damn, he’ Married again in six weeks | He was then asked what he was going todo with Mrs, Tenison, the Detroit wife. “Oh,” said he, “I expect to get a divorce from her.”’ He told a gentleman in this city that his mother is asister to the Marquis of Waterford. Fears are. entertained that the absence of his first wife in” Ireland will prove @ serious barrier to getting the feodieb evidence to convict him on the charge of bigamy. There are those who believe he ia crazy. The result of the examination next Wednesday sveving is looked forward to with interest pa match in a clandestine manner, and Mr, | Mapes determined to have ‘Tenison arrested, and | Then “the lineal descendant of the | Mr. Mapes went to see him in his cell, when “the | The latter he took extra pains to expose by contn- | and hugged a reef rateer too closely in the firado His main | business seems to be to deceive anybody and | Everywhere he would ‘have peo. | WASHINGTON. ~ pe tong oes gaan WasuineTon, Nov. 24, 1872, Partial Report of the Mexican Commis. sioners—Americans Suffer Damages to the Amount of $30,000,000. ‘The Commissioners to investigate the outrages on the Rio Grande border have completed their re- the President on the subject yesterday, when he asked for many explanations, taking @ deep in- terest in it, The Commissioners confined their in- vestigations to a distance of 500 miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Rio Grande City, and estimate the Americans, included within that limit, have, by Mexican raids, suffered to the extent of $30,000,000, to say nothing of the murders commit- ted by Mexicans, They think that if they had con- tinued their investigations as faras El Paso, it would have been distovered the total losses, in- cluding those cuused by Indian raids, would have increased the sum total to $100,000,000. They urge protection to the people on the border by an increase of cavalry, otherwise a predatory war will result. The appro- priation for the commission is exhausted, but a new one will be made to continue the commission in the prosecution of further investigations, There ig no doubt the President will urge upon Congress prompt legislation in the premises, Guests at the White House. George W. Childs and A, J. Drexel, of Philadel- phia, arrived here last night, and are the guests of President Grant. Department of the Interior. The report of the Secretary of the Interior will be a long document, devoted almost exclusively to summarizing the year’s work of the various branches of public service under his charge, such as land, pension, patent and Indian matters, The successful working of the present Indian policy will be set forth, and no recommendation of change will be made in regard to it. Appropriations for the Next Fiscal Year. The estimates of appropriations for the next fiscal year are now completed. Those for the Navy Department are smaller than last year, as are also those of the Indian Bureau, which are cut down @ fourth to a half million dollars. But there is a slight increase of money in the legislative, judicial and executive appropriation bill rendered neces- sary by the increase in the number of members of the House of Representatives under the new ap- portionment act, and the enlargement of the num- ber of cadet appointments in the military and naval academies, All things considered the aggre- gate of the appropriations will be the same as here- tofore, The Committee on Appropriations are dis- posed to keep all of them within the estimates, The Unadjudicated Cotton Claims. The Court of Claims is now engaged on the re- maining unadjudicated cotton claims filed within two years after the declaration of peace. Since the passage of the proviso referring to the Secre- tary of the Treasury all claims for cotton seized alter that date, the proceeds of tne sale of which have been paid into the Treasury, 1,200 claims have been filed with the Secretary, The number lg so large that he cannot possibiy attend to them with the particularity they require, hence there is no doubt that Congress will either provide they be remitted to the Court of Claims or that they be ex- ainined and settled by a special commission. Honesty and Efficiency in the Civil Service, Anew edition of the ‘Rules and Regulations for the Improvement of the Civil Service,” for applica- tion in New York, has just been issued. Several members of Congress and other politicians who are opposed to the civil service policy have been re- ferred to the Executive order issued last April, in which President Grant says:—“While the right of all persons in oficial positions to take part in politics is acknowledged and the elective franchise is recognized as a high trust, to be discharged by all entitled to its exercise, whether in the employ- ment of the government or in private life, honesty and efficiency, not political activity, will determine the tenure of office.” The City of Brookiyn Disabietl. A telegram was received by Acting Postmaster General Marshall late last night from the Post- master General of Great Britain, stating that the City of Brooklyn, which left on the 15th inst., with American and New Zealand mails, had Aut back into Queenstown disabled, and that these mails would be sent by Cunard steamer to-day, The President Pardons a Kua Kiuz Prisoner. President Grant yesterday directed the issue of a pardon to Reuben J. Young, of Alabama, con- victed in May, 1872, of being implicated in a Ku Klux conspiracy, and sentenced to be imprisoned for ten years and to pay a fine of $1,000, A Marderer Respited for Ten Days. Barney Woods, convicted of the murder of Mrs, Cheeseman, has been respited for ten days, the time of execution being thus postponed until Friday, December 6, Red Cloud’s Young Men on a Horse Steal- ing Expedition. Information has been received at the Interior De- partment that nearly all the Sioux lave left Red Cloud’s agency near Fort Laramie, one party of warriors, fully equipped, having started for the Pawnee reservation to steal horses, Ravages of the Sma!lpor. It appears from the report of the Board of Health that the number of smallpox cases from January to November in Washington was 512, and the number ofdeaths 111, Treasury Belances. The following are the balances in the Treasury of the United States at the close of business yester- day :—Currency, $6,859,004; coin, $71,939,802, inclu- ding $20,536,500 in coin certificates. Special deposit of legal tenders for the redemption oJ certificates of deposit, $26,505,000, Treasary Statement. Amount of fractional currency received trom the printing division for the week ending yesterday, $952,400; shipments, $894,800; shipments of legal tenders, $576,000. The Treasurer holds in trust ag security for circulating notes of national banks, $385,568,400, and for deposits of public moneys, $15,698,000. Internal revenue receipts to-day, $440,651 24; receipts for the month, $6,834,079 50, and for the fiscal year to date, $51,637,638 78 National bank currency outstanding at this date, $341,501,896 31; fractional currency redeemed and destroyed during the week, $718,800, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The Accident tothe Lackawanna in the Inland Seajof Japan, The special correspondent of the HERALD at | Nagasaki, Japan, dating on the 16th of Octeber, supplies the following report of the accident which lately occurred, by collision, to the United States ship Lackawanna in the waters of Japan :— The United States steamer Lackawanna arrived here on Sunday morning, the 6th inst., comin from Yokohama September 28, Hiogo and Kobe an Osaka October 1. She steamed 600 miles in and out through the three thousand beautiful islands ofthe Inland Sea of Japan. She anchored in the Bingonada during one night, in the Suwonada another night and another in the Harima Nhada, The vessel, under A ag of the Japanese pilot Yoroshan, passed through the Simonoseki Straits Straits, on the western coast of Kiusin. The tide setting strongly some seven knots per hour carried her against the hidden rock upon which the Pacific mail Steamer Oregonian struck last Spring. But little damage was done to the Lackawanna, She escaped with rolling up some thirty square feet of copper, embracing a strip extending from a line about six feet below the water line to @ point about five feet above the keel. Commander Arthur, of the British iron clad man- of-war Iron Duke, lately arrived from Chee Foo, was kind enough to offer the services of his diver, clothed in asuit of submarine armor. Wjth the help of four men who furnished the air through air pumps, Brown, the diver, was enabled to stay under water about six hours a day, day after day for a week, putting cn new sheets of copper. The repairs were thus accomplished without the aid of the dry dock. The United States steamers Congress, Wabash and Wachusett arrived at Gibraitar on November 5, being forty hours from Cadiz, They will proceed to Tangier, Morocco, aimost immediately, Naval Orders, Detached—Lientenant Commander James P. Robertson, from torpedo duty at Newport, RL, and os on waiting orders; Master Huntington Smith, from the Michigan, and waits orders; Ensign c. H Lyman, from the Naval Academy and ordered to the Richmona, and in falling in with the Wor- | Coster, to report Jor duty vp board that veupcle | THE NEW NIBLO’S. The New Theatre and the New Piece—The Scenery and the Ballet—Preparations for the Oponing Night. The New Niblow’s will open again on Thanks- port, which is very long. They spent two hours with | giving Eve, November 27, after a profound sleep of six months. Some days ago a HERALD reporter called at the stage entrance of the mewly arisen theatre, in Crosby street, and, making his way past John Smith, the cranky guardian of the postern, travelled a dificult path over piles of planking, heaps of mortar and masses of shavings, guarding his head from the scaffolding which lowly de- pended in dangerous proximity, The interior was ascene of confusion. The stage looked like a great gaping hungry monster, its bowels exposed to view, and all the intestinal machinery gaping» wide mouth, at the carpenters and laborers, Painters were busy at work spreading lay- ers of ochre and vermilion and cerulean on doors and panels; gilders, uphoisterers and chairmakers were working double tasks at the rehabilitation of the edifice, Down below in the unfinished parquet, which looked like chaos returned again, Mr, A. T. Stewart was engaged surveying the building, of which he is proprietor, and conversing with Ben Sherwood, the gigantic machinist and stage car- penter, IN PREPARATION, Having made some inquiries the HERALD reporter ‘was directed to the office of the managers, on the second floor, lefthand side, where the financial business of the theatre is done and where the per- formers are paid their salaries weekly, The office wasin @ tumbledown condition, owing to the immense amount of work that is to be done; but here was Mr, Jarrett, who proceeded at once to an explanation of the construction and coming open- ing of the new theatre. A GLANCE AT THE NEW TEEATRE, The new stage is really a splendid piece of Mechanical effort, and has thirty-nine feet more working room than the old one. It is 75 feet wide, 62 feet deep and 103 feet high, and has 16 traps and. 9 bridges. The machinery is intricate to look at, but easily managed, It is divided into thirty-two sections, called “cuts, having altogether 272 pieces, weighing 60,000 pounds, The cost was $20,000, The cellar where the machinery is stored is well worth a visit. By @ well arranged system of ropes of different thicknesses and pulleys of various lengths, and by purchase wheels and cranks, one man standing in the middle of the cellar can lift alone the weight of any of the great bridges, and all the great scenes and trans- formations eam be suifted with comparative ease by a few experienced mer. Twenty-nine hundred dollars have been expended on rope alone, and there is enough to hang all the criminals in the United States for ages to come, The ma- chinery is rated at about forty horse power, but is moved wholly by hand, The iron used in all parts of the theatre will amount to about two hundred tons and cost about seven thousand dollars. ‘The new dressing rooms are a great improvement on the old ones, the ladies’ dressing rooms being lo- cated on the Crosby street side, while the rooms lor the male performers are on the side adjoining the Metropolitan Hotel. ‘he room tor the frisky and combative “supernumeraries” is underneath the stave, and the actors have their rooms under the lobby. The green room occupies its former position. A LOOK FROM THE FRONT. The ground pian of the auditorium will resemble, With some slight and necessary modifications, the old auditorium. Itisalittie more spacious and better ventilated, The new seats will be of red plush of the most comfortable kind, furnished with reversible backs, ana are very roomy. ‘The ceiling of the auditorium is about ten feet higher than in former times. ‘The first tier has been | raised one foot, the second tier about two feet; the first tier has been widened; the third tier has a fine standing piatform running toward the pros- cenium, and the house will seat 600 persons more than it did formerly, The theatre will be illumi- nated by anelectric light, The decorations of the dome are in bine and gold, and the decorations of the house proper, the panel- ig8 and fronts of the circles and proscenium e in Mue, gold ond white, making @ charming effect of color. The theatre wiil be heated by steam—an improvement on the old house, which was heated by hot eg every precaution that is possible has beeu i\ken to prevent the recur- rence ofa fire, Froma large tank, at the top of the building, 2,800 gallons of water can be pro- jected at moment's notice, flooding the entire Stage andgwuditorium. Enormous lengths of hose, a great pump, axes, extinguishers and blankets are provided in case of emergency, and all has been done that mectianical art could do to insure the salety of the new theatre. The auditorium has eight pliilars Joss than before, and a vastly im- proved view c.-ne stage and the performance will thus be obtained. The cost of reconstruction to Mr. 4. T. Stewart will be in the neighborhood of two hundred thousand dollars, THE MISE EN SCENE If acenic effects and splendor of costume and ap- pointments go for anything the spectacle of “Leo and Lotos” will, it is claimed, surpass gnything of the kind done in the “White Fawn” or the “Black Crook” at Niblo’s in former days, In the first act the “Jewel Palace," executed in chromatic Mosaic foiling by Getz, of the Baltimore Opera House, will be from number, effects and color a brilliant picture, Voegtiin has two scenes in the second act, the “Musket Scene in Japan” and the “Bird Cage Scene’’—the latter full of pretty girls covered with the plumes of all kinds of birds, For the third act Julian Hicks, of London, has painted a scene which he calls the “Boudoir of Venus,” and itis sald that this picture will be something ex- traordinary in conception and chasteness of detail. In the same act Matt, Morgan has painted the “Palace of St. Cloud,” which is followed by six tableaus descriptive of the gay city of Paris be- fore the siege and during the orgies of the Com- mune, The Attack and Burning of the Hotel de Ville’ is also by Matt. Morgan, and is an excellent piece of artistic work. In tue closing transforma- tion scene, to be known as the ‘Nativity of Venice,” the Brew Brothers, of London, who painted the chef @a@nvres of the Black Crook, have done their best, and it is calculated that this scene alone will cost $16,000, The total cust of puttin, the piece on the stage will be about one hundrec and twenty thousand dollars, and it is certain to be perfect in all its details and appointments as far as artistic ingenuity and skill can devise, There are nearly one thousand separate dresses or costumes in “Leo and Lotos,’’ and some of these are of the finest material, silks and satins. The dresses to be worn by “Prince Leo of Gaui’ (Mle, Diapi) have never been equalled even on the lyric Stage in this country, and the costume for “Prin- cess Lotos Leaf” (Mile. Marie Rosetti) are equally gorgeous. The spectacle contains four acts and sixteen tableaus, and will take fully three hours in ‘aN hie it is believed. ‘Leo and Lotos’? will be full of the sprightly music of Offen- bach, Hervé, Lecocg, Vasseur, Strauss, Gou- nod and other composers. Mr. Henry Collane, who is known as the “Pocket Sims Reeves,” and who is ey four feet high, has been engaged and will give imitations of the celebrated balladist. Then there is Herr Wieffenbach, the German drum soloist; Davies, the ventriloquist; Miss Josephine Walby, the calisthenic artist; Young America, the child Violinist, and a score of other Special attrac- tions in addition to @iuli and efficient male aud female chorus. THE NYMPHS OF THE BALLET. And now, having spoken of ail the other details of the new Niblo’s Theatre, which will open on next Wednesday night—now come the beauties of the baliet. For this Gag jal object 120 young ladies of every rank, from the prima assoluta to the humble Sreypnee The first lady is Mile. Jeanne Pitteri, from the Italicns at Paris and the Scala at Milan. The mistress of the ballet will be the skilful, agile ‘Then there is endowed with and beautitul Kathie Lanner, falaxy of terpeichorean talent, ail variety of beautiful and high- | toned names, such as Eugenia Lupo, Adrienna, the exquisite Corinthian Greek; Alexandrina, Leni- tina, Clothilde, blise, Blondelie, Blanche de Ne- moure, Marion de Orme, (the latter two are of royal biood, it is presumed,) and a score of others whose names are enough tomake a crazy novel- reader jum) fer icy at their bewildering euplony and mysterious deviations, PRIZE FIGHT IN ARKANSAS, Battle Between Sam Collycr and Patsey McGuirc—Collyer the Winner. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 24, 1872. Sam Collyer and Patsey McGuire fought a prize fight two miles above the city yesterday, The fight lasted twenty minutes, during which time seven rounds were fought. Coliyer was declared the winner, because of a foul on the part of McGuire, A FATAL RAILWAY CRASH NEAR ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK. BANGOR, Me., Nov. 24, 1872, A-special despatch from St. Jolin, N, B., states that Angus Murray, engincer, and John Shefran, fireman of a freight train on the European and North American Railroad, were instantly killed on Saturday by running into @ gravel train. They were running from McAdam to St. John at the time and were abeut eight miles from the latter place. ‘The gravel train had been loading and was just backing down the track when the freight train dashed around a curve ahead of time and plunged into the engine of the other train, throwing both LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. —-——— MR, W, Bemnose, whose former works on “Wood-carving” and “Fret-cutting” have been so popular, has now issued a third or supplementary volume, ‘A Manual of Buhl-work and Marquetry,”’ with full instructions tor its practice. Formerly buhl-work was an art indulged in by English work- men, but at present it is almost confined to foreigners. M. VILLEMATN left bebind a posthumous “History 01 Gregory VII.,’’ which is soon to be published. The history of the manuscript of this book is one of the most curious on record, The voluminous disserta- tions were begun forty years ago and were not com- Pletea till 1851, When Villemain died his family were about to publish it, but the outoreak of the war prevented, When Paris was threatened by the Germans the manuscript was sent out of the city to Angers. That town, in its turn, being threatened with invasion, Lord Lyons, British Minister at Paris, was solicited to receive the book under hig protection, but declined, At last the precious documents reached Bordeaux, whence they travelled back to Paris in time to be burned by the Commune; but t:¢ house in which they were stored happily escaped destruction, and they are now in the hands of the printer. THE UNIVERSAL GERMAN BriogRarny, begun at Ranke’s suggestion, will have one volume, con- taining the letter A, ready for publication by the New Year. More than two hundred contributors, including all the principal German historians, are interested in the work, ANTHONY TROLLOPE has compromised his long lawsuit with Mr. Tauchnitz, the Leipsic publisher, by accepting from him the sum of £3,000 sterling. On his subsequent writings he is to receive from Mr. Tauchnitz a copyright of three per cent. TNE Pakis Révue Critique says that the Voltaire letters lately published by a Russian nobleman are undoubtedly spurious, and it ridicules Jules Janin for having pronounced them genuine. EMILE DE QiRARDIN gave Edward About a check for 10,000 francs for a detailed account of his recent imprisonment at Strasbourg. Tne London Times has the following item as to the book trade of Great Britain with foreign coun- tries t— In the article of printed books our trade with foreign countries and the colonies has shown a very great increase in the last few years. Our ex- ports and our imports of books in the year 1871 Were both of them more than double those of 1861, The export of books from the United Kingdom | reached 62,210 cwt., of the declared value of £719,042, and these figures will prove too low to represent the export of 1872. Our imports of books from ports beyond the seas are always much below our exports, In 1871 our imports amounted to 14,507 cwt., of the value of £158,429, Our largest customer for our books is America. Thither went, in 1871, 22,611 cwt., of the value of £244,665, for the United States, and 7,243 cwt., of the value of | £71,465, for British North America, so that nearly haif our export must have gone to the New World, Our imports of books come chiefly from Europe. Jn 1871 we imported from Germany, Hol dd and Belgium 7,257 ewt., of the value of £71 ; from France, 3,932 cwt., of the value of from Spain, 4o2 cwt., of the value of £5,672; from the United States, 1,166 cwt., of the value of £11,632, NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, From D. Appleton & Co,—“The Human Race,” by Louis Figuler; “The Popular Science Monthly,” semi-annual part. | Prom G, W. Carleton & Co,—‘“Twelve Views of Heaven,” by Norman McLeod, D. D., and others, “Broken Dreams,” by Celia K. Gardner, “Guy Farlscourt’s Wife,” @ novel, by Mary Agnes Fleming. From Catholic Publication Soctety.—“The Life and Times of Sixtus the Fifth,” by Baron Hibner, Jate Ambassador of Austria at Paris and at Rome; translated from the French by James F. Meline. “The Heart of Myrrha Lake; or Into the Light of Catholicity,” by Minnie Mary Lee, ‘“Fleurange,’’ by Madame Augustus Craven; translated from the French by M. P. 1. From T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia.— “Rome and the Papacy; a History of the Men, Manners and Temporal Government of Rome in the | Nineteenth Century, as Administered by the | Priests; including a Life of Gian-Maria Masta, now Pope Pius IX,” by F. Petrucelli de Ja Gattina; translated from the French by Robert KE, Peter- son, Mi. D. From Benham Brothers, Indianapolis.—“Beet- hoven,”” by Richard Wagner; translated by Al- | bert R. Parsons. From J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.—“The World of Moral and Religious Anecdote,” by Edwin Parton Hood. From John Campbell & Son, Philadelphia,—‘Pro- portional Representation; or, the Representation of Successive Majorities in Federal, State, Muni- cipal, Corporate and Primary Electiens,” by | Charles R, Buckalew, late United States Senator from Pennsylvania; edited by John G. Freeze, From A. 8. Barnes & Co.—“Lawyers’ Record and | OMcial Register of the United States; and a Con- venient and Comprehensive Digest of the Laws of | the Several States Touching Subjects of Commer- cial Law; with Laws Relating to Descent of Prop- erty,” by H. Charles Ulman, Counsellor at Law, President of the United States Law Association, | | | | MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, Sanna Among the stage gossip of the hour it is whis- | pered that Miss Fanny Davenport will soon make her appearance in the concert room. ‘The second week of the season of German opera | at the Terrace Garden Theatre will be signalized | by the production of “Lucrezia Borgia’ this even- | ing. Thus far three performances and three operas nave been given, The example set by Bandmaster F, J. Eben, of | the Seventy-first regiment, is being generally | followed in the armories of other regiments by the | announcement of grand promenade concerts. Nothing can be better calculated to elevate the standard of our military bands than these public exhibitions of their powers, The programme of the Italian Opera Company for this week consists of two novelties and one old fa- vorite. Miss Kellogg will sing to-night in “Linda | di Chamouni,’’ Madame Lucca will appear for the | last time on Wednesday in “La Favorite,” and on Friday both prime donne will appear for the first time in “Mignon.” On Thanksgiving Day there will be a concert and operatic performance at popu- lar prices. The season closes next week. Story, the sculptor, who is now at work on Beethoven, is gay and chirrupy as a boy, and while Moulding the form of the great composer rumbles over in his throat and chest the motivo of the Sev- | enth Symphony—symphony in A—imitating play- | fully the various instruments, especially the pas- | sage where the strings reply to the wind instru- | ments—a sort of musical declamation. When “Our American Cousin” was first produced it had a run of six months, Jeiferson and Sothern playing the rival parts of Asa Trenchard and Lord Dundreary, Since that time, however, Jefferson has given himself almost altogether to “Rip Van Winkle,” while Sothern has made Dundreary his own. From present appearances Mr, Sothern might give his whole engagement at Wallack’s to his inimitable picture of the diotic nobleman. The theatrical wardrobe of the late Walter Mont- gomery was sold at auction in London the other day. A full costume for Hamlet sold for 288., and one for Othello only brought 40a, The first dress in | Julius Cesar, including breastplate, helmet and plume, was knocked down for £3, while tne merino shirt, toga and undershirt of Coriolanus were bought at 10s, Very handsome dresses for Romeo and Charles Surface met purchasers at 368. each, and a Macbeth costume, comprising “three sur- coats, spangled gaunticts, neck piece, head piece and crimson cloth robe with jewelled bosses,’ was sold for £3, The costume Claude Melnotte wears when personating the Prince was bought for 44s. The whole lot realized only £77. MISSOURI ELECTIONS, The Oficial Vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Sr, Louis, Nov, 24, 1872, The official vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor 1s ag follows :— Governor— Woodson, 156,714; Henderson, 121,271, | two years younger than I am, anyway, | Straznicky, LIVINGSTONE FINDS STANLEY Arrival in New York of the Lest Explorer’s Brother. Interview Between John Liv- ingstone and Stanley. Stanley and Kalulu in Confab—The Cu- riosity Hunters—Photographs, —_ Mr, John Livingstone, brother of Dr. David Living» stone, arrived in this city at four o’clock yesterday afternoon by the New York Central Railroad, hig object being to ftd Stanley, the man who had dise covered his brother, the long-lost African explorers Mr, Livingstone is, as many people are already aware, a resident of Listowell, a town of nearly two thousand inhabitants, situated about ninety miles north of Hamilton, in the New Dominion, and has, in fact, earned by many years of residence the right to be called a Canadian pioneer settler. Upon alighting trom the train at the Grand Cen~ tral depot Mr. Livingstone was met by some friends and at once proceeded to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where Stanley is at present quartered. Having registered his name in the hotel autograph album, in a style of penmanship that bears very great re~ semblance to that of Dr. Livingstone, he sent bis card to Mr. Stanley, and in a few moments the waiter returned with a request that Mr. Living» stone and friends would step up to Mr. Stanley's parlor. Ina few moments Henry M, Stanley and John Livingstone were STANDING FACE TO FACE, witha firm grasp of hands and looking squarely at each other, ag a@ mutual acquaintance said pleasantly, “Mr, Stanley, allow me to introduce Mr. Living- stone.” To those who were present in the room at the time it sounded indeed strange to hear the names uttered as @ formal introduction, and it seemed like an echo of the episode at Ujijl, when Stanley said, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume ¢? and the graye bearded discoverer, newly discovered, replied, “That is my name, sir.’? Both men, upon the introduction yesterday, seemed quite impressed by the meeting, forgot the little formalities of “I am very pleased to meet you,” and so forth, and for half a minute nothing was said, cach simply holding the otter’s hand, Stanley was the first to break silence, and said, “T see a good deal o° the Livingstone characteristic about your face, sir.” Mr. Livingstone replied, “Yes, I believe there is quite @ resemblance between the Doctor and my- self—at least there was when we were young.” Stanley then invited the party to be seated, and expressed his pleasure at meeting the brother of the great traveller, “And I,” said Mr. Livingstone, “am pleased ta meet you. AsT could not see, my brother, I deter- mined to come on to New York to see the man who last saw him,’? In a few moments the party was comfortably’ seated, and THE CONVERSATION very naturally turned at once to Dr. Livingstone, Stanley assuring Mr. Livingstone of the complete State of health in which he had left the Doctor, and remarking that if there was any advantage in physical condition between the brothers it was largely on the side of the solitary geographer. “He ia very spirited and hearty,” continued Stanley ‘‘and appears younger than you do, Mr, Living stone, although his beard is quite gray.” “The Doctor was always very hearty, and he is ? replied Mr. Livingstone, “f was quite surprised to see with what buoy: ancy and spirit he spoke of his future explor: tions,” resumed Stanley. “He would sit there at Ujiji and estimate the time to be occupied in the work before him as though it were a matter of a Cay’s pleasure, like this, ‘it will take nine days to the copper mines and fifteen days to Kamoiondo, and a month to the head of Lake Lincoln,’ and 80 on; and in this off-hand pleasant way he mapped himself out a year of toilsome travel before he thought his labors would be completed.” While the conversation was going on Kalulu, STANLEY'S CAZEMBA NEGRO BOY, listened with evident interest, though the sable’ foe J Pagan understood not a word of what was being said. Ina few moments the conversation had assumed a sort of private and personal charace ter, Mr. Livingstone putting questions concerning his brother with considerable vivacity, and ap- pearing pleased at the hature of the information given by Stanley in reply. In the course o! the dia- Jogue, which was animated, Mr. Livingstone stated that his sister, Agnes, had received a letter fron the Doctor dated in July last, and that be was then quite well and hopeful. Mr. Livingstone displayed a deep interest in Kalula, especially when he learned that for some weeks during Stanley’s sojourn with the Doctor, Kalulu had been the Doctor's favorite waiter. The boy responded readily to questions put to him in Kassawibili by Stanley, and looked upon My, Liv- ingstone with curiosity when he was i‘ormed of his relationship to THE WHITE MAN AT UJI. Subsequently Kalulu imitated various actions of the Doctor to show what he remembered of him, Mr. Livingstone was not a littie interested ina breech-loading gun which stood by tie mantel- piece, and which he was Informed the Doctor had frequently shot hippopotamt and other animals with. Mr. Livingstone will remain in the city until the close of the week. Quite anumber of visitors called upon Mr. Stanley yesterday, among them being members of the American Geographical Society, and other scientific gentlemen. There were a few callers, too, who called through mere curiosity, and some of them peed at frankly that they merely desired to shake Stanley by the haud. It is neediess to say they were gratified and at once took their re- spective departures. Stanley and Kaluin have visited Gurney's photo- graphic gallery, and in a day or two some rare SPECIMENS OF HELIOTYPIC ART may be expected. About twenty diferent posi- tions were taken in African costume and in private citizen dress, and in some of Kalulu’s portraits the costume will be the least noticeable part of the picture by reason of its comparative scarcity. Stanley’s book descriptive of his journeyings and discovery of Livingstone is to be issued from the press of Scribner & Oo, to-day and will be finely printed and fuishea, THE SAVANS’ RECEPTION. On Tuesday evening of this week Mr. Stanley will be received by the American Geographicai Societ; in the great hall of the Cooper Institute, with suc! distinction as bears with it the full importance of the science and learning of the United states, The guests of the occasion will be the most honored Students of the time, whose erudition adds weigit to their recognition of the great achievements and heroic determination of Mr. Stanley. The exer- cises are to be of a pleasant, intellectual order, and will, doubtless, pavs off most happily. Formal invitations have been already issued by Dr. KE. Re of the Astor Library, who is the Re- cording Secretary of the soctety. Early next week Stanley will begin bis course of Jectures at Steinway Hall. THE ALABAMA TROUBLES. The Republican Candidates Declared’ Duly and Constitutionally Elected Hopes of an Early Solution of the Dif- ficulties. MONTGOMERY, Nov. 23, 1872, The Legislature, in session at the Capitol, passed through both houses this morning a bill in relation to Mobile Bay and harbor. It will go to the Gov. ernor for his signature. The Supervisors from Dailas county appeared this morning With the corrected returns, which elect Smith, republican, Auditor, Licutenant Gov- | ernor Moren then declared the various persons on the republican ticket duly and constitutionally elected for the term prescribed by law. No business has been done by the other legisia- | tive body, which holds its session in the United States Court room. Governor Lewis will probably qualify next week, and much depends upon his action for a solution of the pending troubles. A committee of the Senate and House, which hold thelr sessions at the Capitol, in accordance with a resolution waited upon the Governor elect, Mr. Lewis, and Lieutenant Governor McKinstry, after the vote was proclaimed, to ascertain when it would suit their convenience to take their offices, The committee of the two Houses stated the result of the interview, which in substance was that Governor Lewis said he was not prepared at that time to answer; that he was informed that there were two bodies in the city, each claiming to be @ Legisiature; that he was informed negotiations were pending for a settlement, and he hoped they might succeed, and that he would answer the com- mittee by ten o'clock on Monday, Lieutenant Governor McKinstry replied that he could not engines frum the track 7 " Woodson’s majority 35,443. them. The men-were horribly mangled Oaiy iat Lieutenant Governor—Johngon, 157,040; Stover, otuer employe wap InjoKed ayy Le LYS Hlightlys —— | 120,449, JohuggM's majortty 96,504 answer without conlerring with the Governor, but hoped to be able to auswer on Mondays