The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1873, Page 5

‘COURT ETIQUETTE. —_--—_- * How the Joint High Diplomats Congratulated Grant. ee IMPORTANT TO TAILORS. The Kid and Cut of Coat, Breeches and Cocked Hat for the White House. —+. OUR REPUBLICAN SIMPLICITY _ Ambassadors Extraordinary and Minis- Cod ” ‘gions of the age before steam, electricity and the " envoys ¢xtraordinal tere Plenipotentiary All in» Rew. WHO IS THE COURT FOOL? The Struggles for Place, Power, Precedence and Poppyooek Position in the Diploma- tic World of Washington: Wasainaton, March 14, 1873, At the White House on Monday, the Diplomatic Corps, so-called, came to “pay their respects” to ‘the President of the United States and to “con- gratuiate” him on his accession to a second term ‘oi ofiice aw Chief Executive of the United States. This particular affair was strictly formal, cere- monious and eustomary, in which respects it disiered froma partly similar afair last November, when the diplomats called in a body, but in plain clothes, to congratulate General Grant upon,a re- election, which still lacked the fermal ratification ‘of the Electoral College, and so raised a breeze in the “independent press.” Yet the whole proceed- ing ef Monday had an incongruous, and to some extent a ridiculous look, under a form of govern- ment wherein the subjects of government are self- ruled, and assent no further to personal sovereignty than to set up one of themselves every fourth year to look after the indispensable but mere matters of detail In administration. THE HIGH OVFICIAL VistT. The diplomatists began arriving at the Executive Mansion at about eleven o’clovk in the morning, and came in carriages or on foot, as distance, economy or other considerations determined, The event partaking of a strictly official character even the speeches being arrangea@ with ether pre- liminaries at a “conference” held at the State De- | partment vetween the Secretary of State and Blacque Bey, the Turkish Minister, as “‘doyen’ of the corps—all the members were in court dress or tm military or naval costume, which is the equiva- tent of a court suit in countries whence our diplo- matic forms are berrowed and where the blood- ebedding professions are held in higher esteem than the useful arts, The one exception was Jugoi Mori, of Japan, who swung around between por- tice and vestibule in an American overcoat and stove-pipe hat, seemingly uncertain as to what he | was to do and dubious as to his exact relations ‘vowards “the government” of the United States, THE COURT DRESS WORN AT WASHINGTON, ‘where there is no Court at which to display it, consists of a pair of dark-colored trousers, with a. broad gold band down the outer seams; a “tail coat,” ornamented with glittering buttons, lace and ®nilion at will; a military chapeau, and a small straight sword, such as was habitually worn by men of the upper ranks a century ago. IM there ts-anything noticcable about such a dress It is ite Inferiority to an army or navy uniform in looks, And its failure to suggest anything better than that diplomacy and diplomatists are, to use the expres- “Rive language of the present day, “played out,” und ‘eught, in all propricty, to be consigned to the ob- Atvion that has come upon so many other institu- press. That there is.any ease or dignity in the ‘costume the uncomfortable. and awkward looks ‘and movements of the Clite class of Wash- ington society disprove when encased within tt. To gentlemen whose business is supposed to be the suppression of the sword in matters of State, the compelled wearimg of such a weapon on the few official occasions of their lives muststeal upon their conscieusness as a bit of irony. To make confusion worse confounded in the matver of dress, many of the diplomats arrived the other day with ordinary topcoats and hats or eaps on, revealing lower bits of their dress-swords and gold-banded trousers and having their chapeaus tied up in paper, to be carried 1m the left hand when coming imto the presence ef the Presideat, the Cabinet and the official ladies. THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, imeluding the ladies belonging to it, numbers about one hundred persons, most of wnom took part in the proceedings of Monday. Among them are fourteen Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary in rank and title, not one of whom is, in fact, charged with an extraordinary mission or invested with plenary powers. Even the titles and dignities ef ¢ipiomacy, like its functions, are now imaginary and fictitious. Russia has an envoy extraordinary who is, in point of fact, her ordinary representative at Washington; but as name imply that anyim bis dominions possess Stars f powers, Baron Offenberg is shorn of ene- f of the title enjoyed by the representives of England, France, Germany, Portugal, Peru and the autocrat of alithe Russias will not as much as | are gentlemen outwardly, and, in the main, in- wardly likewise, though none but the British lega- tion has preserved at once a constant and a high standard of excellence through all its C pga Tales of speculation in the diplomatic privileges of importation of wines | | and other articles of luxury or use are ; French and dancing, as a part of their course of | led to do in self-vindication time must reveal. Guatamela, and other of the great Powers of the | world. On our side we are more medest, having but thirteen E. E’s and M. P.’s in all; but then we are not discriminating, for we keep a dipiemat of the first ramk, tue Hon. Joseph P. Root, | of Kansas, in Chile, accepting a mere chargé @affaires at Washington in return, while | we force plain ministers resident upon the | Argentine Confederation’ and the United States of Colombia, to say nothing of Turkey, who support extraordinary envoys uad powerful min- isters—the two characters cembined in one per- son—at the republican eourt of Washington. Then ‘we keep resident ministers in Beiivia, Costa Rica, Greece, Honduras, Nicarauga, Paragaay and ether countries, who fail to reciprocate, and whertin our commereial interests are guarded by our consuls. WHAT DO WE WANT THEM FOR? It really ee rtinent question toask why this, country 6! receive at home and matatain abroad permanent diplomatic represcntatives. They are properly the appendages of royalty, and especially of absolute monarchies, or at least aris- tocratic governments, Even in Earepe they have become anomalies ander the rule ef co stituent Parliamests and public opinion as spoken by the press, and here was never ‘a fitting piace for them at all Our conservative and cautious constitution makers conferred dis- cretionary power the Executive to appoint and receive am! lors and other public minis- ters; but we were them as nation young, ine perienced and weak, not free trom foreign compli- cations, and existent in a certain degree by suffer- nce. There were treaties to ve coaxed from sulky monarehs, not too well disposed towards the iniant Republic, and it was not the time to con- temptuonusly turn upon ali the forms as well as ihe substance of kingly governments. But then, wi ministers from abroad were courteously recetved—ceming, as they did, either on basiness of the State or as an act of recogni- tion er kindness—our eurly Presidents were sparing of their discretio power in sending miniaters of our own abi and permanent ministers at foret, courts are, comparatively, a modem abomination, coming into ferm at a time ‘when the smallest excuse for them had gone or ‘was going. IN THE EARLY DAYS, though there was a decided dash of aristocracy in ‘the personnel of the government, there was no at- tempt to give anything more than a usefai char: acter to those sent to ioreign parts on the business of the United States, and they came home as soon as the was ended. A simple letter of advice and instruction from President Washington was all the credentials that Gouveraeur Morris pro- duced at London when he went, in 1789, te see if the British gevernment could not be imdueed to evaquate the Western posts under the treaty of and whether # commercial treaty could net concluded between the mother country and her offspring. The first appointments under the constitution were simple chargés d'affaires w e and Spain, and these were made baal the pyar of urgent business with countries, Washington, Jefferson and Adams Were indifferent as to the names they gave ‘to the agents sent abroad, but they were never guilty of the verbal ration of calling their ior thelr ministers plenipotsatiary 8 plen! n unless invested with {ull power: bor ‘dia hey td any succeser e appoint an ambassador, al- shough pove but agents of that rank are held ip epecial matte | tton (copy of which is hereb; tha Posseas the representative that i, to stand for the personality of tne sover- eign. government has always maintained that the popular sovereignty of this Repuylic was equai ip wa Daan, at @ monarchy, to the ronal sovel ol f and thats consul, so-called, possesses the representative ch: as fatly as a minis. ter plenipotentiary or even an ambassador, so-called; in other words, that the distinc- | tion ig ‘an empty distinction of title, wholly | separate, in practice, from funétion. Yet the cus- tom of foreign courts is followed here at Washing- ton, and the Chevalier Lobo, of Portugal, a | dipiomat of fourteen months’ service, who Is 'ac- | credited as an E. E. and M. P., has precedence of Monsieur Delfosse, the Minister Resident, so-calied, of Belgium, whose service haa lasted for nearly eight: and who, if the State Department was cenristent with eur own facts and contentions, would be the ‘“doyen” or oft the corps, in- stead of the Tarkisi representative, whom he out- ranks in seniority by two years, Why should an | am lor be #0 exalted, When the word express- | ing his rank, in etymology and origin, is humble andevenservile? ‘The envoy extraordinary and | F plenipotentiary is, in tyese d: amere bubble of wo: and we he an author Pas great Mr. Calan Duaning ny term coumeee misusage tomean only a Perineal ieee the lowest rank, mh pe gg ve as any ih the dip- Where ia Jugoi Arinori Mori, {nvmad away rom ihe rodered rant of EE. aud red rank of E. E. au MP. who brings up the tail end of the diplo- matic list, he Outranks, in length of service, bw Drather Mintscers from Germany, Brazil, Portu- Spain, Russia ana France; the phiegmatic . the wise councillor Borges, the equestrian Lobo, the gatiant Pola, the moody Offenberg and le Jeune et beau De Noailles? Let him refer to the calf. bound | ions of Attorneys General, vol. vil., pp. 186-229, and then he nced no more hover anxiously on the fanks of the corps (pronounced corp by the Latin | members) in American costume, but take his place | im the very body of the braided and sworded dip! it is clear that the fathers of the constitation did | not intend by their “‘ambassadors and other public ministers” clauses to ape the manners of roya) courts, for while they, aiter its adoption, held the reins of executive and. legislative government, they sent DIPLOMATIC AGENTS TO FOREIGN COURTS Only as they were ol and, in making the modest annual appropriation of $40,000 for the su port of diplomatic intercourse with foreign coun- Slee er expressly declared that the money sh come from the duties on imports and ton- mage dues, thus acenrig St diplomacy with acom- mercia} character from the first. As we over have conducted our higher diplomatic business through special ~ eer all civilized nations do now, with thé aid of the telegraphs and steam packets, control their diplomatic negotia- tions step by step at their own capitals, it is obvious that there is no farther peed, as far as we are concerned, for, resident ministers or representatives with picnary powers, imaginary or actual. The thirteen plenipos and twenty-three plain residents we send abroad are not, as a rule, selected for qualities of statesmanship or high breeding, so that they shed no lustre upon the American name, and render no service adequate to the cost of themselves and their attachés, to whom the adage “like master, like man,” natu- rally applies. . THE DIPLOMATS AT WASHINGTON not strange to society cars and tongues here, though rarer now than ever before, and it is a question whether any such could be su; rted if put in the present tense. But these diplomats, like our own, are average representatives of the standards of intelligence and political morality in their respective countries, and, 80 viewed, are not | the social superiors of our native population, They have an casier mauner and greater fluency of | bi agin but they acquire such accompliskments as | the cadet midshipmen at Annapolis acquire proiessional study. Yet t THE YOUNG WOMEN OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON | are run mad over attaches of legation whom they | would not coudescend to notice did not the names of their charmers appear on Mr. Fish’s diplomatic list. ‘The engagement of the daughte! & govern- | meat official of modest rank and fortune to a third rank attaché of a first rate legation is made responsible for all this; ut whatever the moving cause the attachés at jarge are giad of it, and make the most of their lucky season, lest it be their only one, The native society men are grumpy and spiteful over the situation, and con- | sole themselves as they best can by picking holes | im their rivals’ coats. What they may be Sagshen | dscone of the unwritten, though historical facts of | the Revolution of 1776, that the young colonists | whe had suffered under the ‘‘inselence of office,” | enwrapped im the scarlet coats asd the foppish dress of the younger British army and civil om- cers, were, to a man, hot for indepengence, from young Tom Jefferson to the humolest-of them all. | ‘Without them, independence would not have been | @ fact aceomplished, and oar dimmed and dis- ants ef 1873 gay yet work out in ven- nce important reforms in government and revo- jutions in our foreign relations, THE BURNING OF THE STEAMER ERIE, revit bane ks OMictal Report of the Burning of the | Noble Craft—The Inspectors of Steam Vensels’ Complatiat to the Customs Aa- therities—The Erie's Certificate of In- spection Run Out the Day She Left Here—Captain Tinklepaugh and Ofi- cers Praised for Their Conduct in the Emergency—Loss $1,150,000. * The following report has been sent to Captain David D. Smith, Inspector General of Steamboats at Washington :— Orrice oF LOCAL INsrEctoRs oF STEAM VESSELS, / ‘Appison Low, Eag., Supervising Inspector secobd United DDISO; bs jor Bec Btates Disitlcy New fork s— wil compliance with your instructions of the 6th | ult. we hereby submit to'you this our report into the cir- | cumstances atteuding the burming of the late steamship | Erie, which occurred January 1, 1873, atsea off Parahay- ba, ninety miles north of Pernambuco, South America.” | The investigation commenced on the Ith ult. by the | examination of Heury Johgson, second officer, he | being the only one bade ad to the — steamer. having then arrived here. e case was adjourned to the 2th ult, when the investiga was re- n sumed by the examination of the first and third ; assistantengineers. The case was then adjourned to the | ued by.the ex- Tnklepaugh, Master; H. P. Beebe, Chief Engineer; §. G. Russell, Chief Oficer ; Jobn 0. Clark, | Second Assista meer, and I. H. Bottou, Chiof Stew: d. The Board then adjourned to the 6th inst., when | Sth nst., when the investigation was cont amination of E. win E. Le Fevre, the Superintendent of the company, | was examined. Having exhansted all the evidence that the witneswes | could give bearing upon the cause of the disaster, the case | was then closed, having occupied four days, | DESCRIPTION OF THE ERIK. ‘The Eric was a first cluss wooden ship, a screw propel- ler, of 3,451 tons burden, bnilt at rbd eat jass., A. D. 1867, and was thoroughly overhauled and ai tional deck put upon her prior to her sailing on her last voyage. She was considered one ofthe first class and best ap: 18 wi or her certificate of imspec- % submitted) expired the day afver her leaving this port. We also submit to you a copy | of a letter from this office under date of November 23, | 1872, addrcssed to the customs authorities of thix port, calling their attention to this matter. The following is the le:ter in question | Orrick oF U.S. Local INSPROTORS OF BrKAM VESSELS, / F New Youk, Nov. 23, 1872. "4 Stn—I deem it to be my official duty to ‘hereby notify You that pre: being mude to take the ste y on a pits to-morrow, the respectfally, your ofedient.servant, 1. 'H. BOOLE, United States To G. W. Ex New York. Local Inspector. ee, Esg., Deputy Collector of Cusiwoms, THE @RIF'S LAST VOYAGE. ‘The Erie left Pernambuco at four o'clock A. M. ary 1, 1873, bound for New York. At ten o'clock the same ‘day the ship was reported to Captain Tinkle- paush as beliig on fire: smoke was discovered in the star rd lower coal bunker. The pumps were immediately brought to bear where the fire w: a iew minutes the conclusion was arrived at that they | were mistaken im the location of the fire, as nothing but | smoke was issuing from one.of the air streaks in the ceiling. ‘Tumediately after the fire was discovered in the upper between decks, amidships, under the galley—this space Was stowed full of coffee elose up to the deck, which ren- | dered it impossible to at the fire until holes were cut in the deck, which was dope, but the coffee being stowed flush against the deck it was impossible to get hose | Deyond the point where the deck wascut, and the fire, receiving an additional supp!y of air through the opening cut in the deck, spread with great rapidity. The engines were stopped and steam turned into the cargo space by the Chief Kaogineer on the first discovery of the fire; but, owing to the compact nature of the cargo, the steam was anabie to penetrate through ItsuMeiently to pro- duce any effect. FIGHTING THR FIRE The officers and crew tought the fire manfully till | twetve o'clock iniduight, when it became evident that | the ship gould not be saved, and Captain Tinklepaugh re- | the chief engineer to call his men up from below. Shortly afterwards the ship was abandoned. the passen- | w takin; ta to the oy neavesn 150 and 200 feet amidsbips. The boats burning ship until merning, when they pulled | twelve miles distant, where all were is no positive evi o fire, but from the fact that iste ‘Are in 8 corresponding nine at passage, and other circum- stances that have come to our knowledge, we are of the Opie as CAUSED SY MKap FROM tire tr Wi GALLEY Rane, which was new and had been fitted into the ship’ just ont to her sailing trom here, lives lost. Thi ue of: ras as rolows ship, $400,000; cargo, BUSO0OL, “To: 1 150,000. eiience saken and other papers in thetcase are tal orci” ee So deere Dnited States Local Ineveviors. URK HERALD. M | mending what I Know to be bad.” ‘There is no use ner school than Mise Kellogg. This is ouraging, » and when wealthy New | | Yorkers foun the Conservatory about | father toa groan, and groans are unwholesome. | Mme. Lucca seemed to excite genuine enthusiasm supposed to be. After | di trigntfal apparitions at the close of this awful | seene. e were meved to—laughter. There was a flight ef satanic stoel- FREE LANCE. < t Critics Criticixed—Italian and Eth Opera. To Try Rovrok or THe HERALD :— ‘This is & queer world, and people are the queerest things i it, If] ever committed so grave an offence against society Tshould make & pun and dectare that people were couleur de cuir w the querist, Nome of the queerest entertain extraor- dimary ideas concerning critics, They seem to think thatthe critic who neither praises nor cen- sores for reasons best known to his friends and ehemies must be @ fiend in human form, who gocs about seeking whom he may devour from pure hatred of his kind. That there are sucht monsters is possible, for so Jong as critics, like the rest of creation, are gub- ject to malice, liver complaints and the agonies of dyspepsia, 80 long will & certain percentage deal in the virus of spleen; but that truth.telling should be etgmatized as abuse is rather more thun hodesty cares to tolerate. No critic worthy the name delights to condemn, but, loving truth “better than Plato and Plato’s country, better than Dante and Dante’s country, better than Shakspeare and Shakspeare’s country, better than Hawtnorne and Bawthorne’s country,’ he tella what his conscience dictates, regardless of conse- quences, For daring to be brave he is cordially hated. Who likes to be hated? Now, what does criticism mean? Appreciation, What does appreciation Mean? Just estimation. If, in esti- mating justly, censure becomes necessary, what Tight has the critic to dip his pen in honey because of kindly feelings towards the artist? It is this per- sonal regard which is killing the possibility of un- Liassed indgment. in this country. Tom is a good fellow—makes. himself very agrecabie at the club, bas a large tamily, you know; and how canone pro- test against his last effort? | Miss Jones is.a charm- ing girl, and really it would be too bad to tell her that she can’t act. Thus art is killed; for ifan actor or singer or painter finds that good, bad abd indifferent are treated alike, that pufting goes by favor, and that what is really well done receives no greater praise than which is badly done, do you suppose average human nature sufficiently strong to resist demoratizing infu- ences? Many a time lave I heard artists vitterly exciaim, “What is the use of trying to do well? Is there any reward ? Not one word of praise im the right place, and insult is added to injury by com- as long a8 personality regulates oriticiam, A fort- bight ago, mspeaking of “Le Centenaire,” I said that im one act Jacques complains of his stating that even with double specta- he cannot read letters distinctly; in another act, contrary to the business of the French drama, Mr. Smith's Bapyues seizes @ promissory nete writen ip pencil seventy- and quickly reads it glasses, it is strange in an artist, dc. What folows? A writer in $n evening Contempo- Tary asserts that “Free Lance’’is “given to: ng without due consideration of a subject,” that if “had been at all observing should have seen that Mark does no such thing; in every instance a note is read aloud und then handed to him, but he hardly even glances at it. It is & shame to stultify in this tashion amactor who has always had credit for a fair amount of common sense.” Now, in reply, | repeat my previous statement, which was founded upon close observation, and to the truth of whieh thi witnesses besides myseif are ready to stand sors. 1 am not given to speaking without due consideration of a subject, and intim: that my aim is stultatication of an admirable actor 1s simply ridiculous, If Mr, Smith has revised the action referred to} am rejoiced; it proves that Mr. Smith not only possesses the fair ainount of com- mon sense which my assailant endows him, but all that common sense tat I never doubted to be his—a common sense that cannot be ascribed to partisans whose blind admiration of an artist leads | them to denounce critics who dare to discover im- | perfections. ‘And this reminds me how, in November last, I ‘was roundly vilified in your columns, Mr, itor, for having @ mind of my own regarding Mme. Lucca. | divined at the time the impartial source of this denunciation ; but I little dreamed that Mr. Max Maretwwek would himecif inform # curious public how operatic Pog seek te suborn the ress. There noth vent #0 press, The that ventilates facts Speer a good tasmenn or frien rel between partners in The public is made wiser if not better by consequent revelatiens. It may entertain you, Mr. Hditor, to know that a built of excommunication was launched against me by irate “Viator.”? I was not to be allowed behind the scenes of the Academy @f Music. This proved a terrible blow to my feelings, secing that I had never had any desire amo! the beauties ofthe chorus, It was aise intimated that 1 should not enter the front of the house, but 9s 1 pay for my tickets this threat. could not well be entorced, and now “Viator” foams at the mouth and com | siders America a miserable country. I dare say it is from one point of view. If Sutan were to pass a | day in heaven he would detest it, because it would be antipathetic. Birds of a ‘eather flock together. America is not so miserable as to have been the birthplace of “Viator,” and tor being spared this Diessing we ought to sing hymns of praise. Well, the opera has returned, and once more we go to hear two prime doane, ho men, a poor chorus and an indifferent orchestra. Of all the operas given so far “Mignon” is most satisfactory. Set- ting aside Goethe's idea—which is net that of ‘Thomas—the music is pretty and sympathetic, and makes few demands that Mr. Mareizek’s troupe cannot fill. Mme. Lucca’s beautiful voice is heard to great advantage. Her numbers suit her; ber acting is natural and earnest. Miss Kellogg’s pure cles method and beautiful execution sine out in the polacca, proving that it 1s not necessary for Ameri- cans te study in Europe to sing in a masterly mat ner. ‘There is no artist alive to-day who possesses which society now taiks other K elloggs will arise to demonstrate the absurdity of paying thousands | efdollars for foreign artists when hundreds will | secure native ability of equal power. Ifwe were not the veriest art funkies in the world we would go'to work immediately and estabiish our operatic independence. So long, however, a8 we are over- awed by the opinions of Kaisers, Emperors, Princes of Waies, London Tineses and equally im- maculate authoritics, so long will we expend meney for our imported prima donna and no ensemble, The cousequence will be that when the Management undertakes to present “Der Frei- schtitz” we shall assist at just such mutilated per- formances as have been presented the past week. | Think of Weber’s wiole score confided to | incompetent artists! Tlunk of that glerious instramentation indifferently executed! Think of the concerted music jimping and halting! No, don’t think of it, because the thought is in the scena and aria of the second act, yet, to me, the rendering was unsatisiactory. Beauty ol voice was there, and in the second movement great en- ergy, but Mme. Lucca’s defects in aceent and hrasing were such as to displease musicians. e Italian spoken by the German prima donna was never more faulty than in ‘Der Freischtitz,” while the pumping process by which she trequently brings out notes Was never more apparent. Mme. Lucca’s respiration is singularly imartistic, T ake breath between the syllables of a word is ip- excusable. In the short word ‘“ristoro,” in the | longer one of “eternamente,” Mme. Lucca breathed twice, and altogether took sach liberties with the almost classic music of Weber- as to make, me wish that I had not heard her in it. How Agata’ great scena ought to be sung Mme. Parepa-Rosa has often shown us. For tne rest Mme. Lucca has little to and does not try to inake the most of it. As usual, she is very badly dressed. Tbe charming | music of Annchen was entrusted to Miss Clara Doria, who did her best, but that best is not half | xed enou fer Weber. The Max of Signor | ‘izzani did not delight, nor did the Caspar of Signor Jamet make me leng for “mere.” I was most impressed by the fend He was so exceedingly fiend-like, as tl h from chidhood up he ha never id anything but “Ha, ha!” and gested over the terrifying monosyilable. But he Wells Glen, Mr. Editor, fell ike manga in the wilderness. An owl on a dilapidated bough was the most knowing birdI ever beheld. Poe’ Raven was an infant te him. He turned his head from side to side, he fapped his wings with the regularity of clock-work. Tobe sure, you saw the | strings whereby those wings were flapped, and, through ® convenient crack in the wack of the owl's head, you saw the lantern that lent up- earthly duminousness to his piercing eyes. But what of this? When one pays $4 fora ticket ene has no right to be exacting. I was extremely moved, and so was the rest of the audience, by the 1 think | el. looking | _ Pigeons, all on one stri start from our wedarms. There was a fiery | serpent, on runaers, that wriggied abou. nt. fully end ben gh awe ea be = afl ng Pe, were a great black pig and t&ree little pi connected by famity ties (otherwise repes), t! colliaeé with the left ‘wing.’ There was a flame- breathing alligator, on runners, that avoided Max that made goose-flesh ere | preted composure infinitely creditable te his herves—as though ke had had @ previous uuderstandimg with the powers of darkness. I like this sort of acting— it adds (o the illusion and holds the mirror ap to nature, All Sings considered, Mr. , “Der Freischtttz” must have given genera sa ction. Still I may be wrong. Better of ite kind Is the singing of the Hampton colored students, who have come here for the laudable pomene raising money with which to add new buildings’ to their excellent college in Virginia. ‘en young men seven young women, of them thoroughly ithiopian, appear and sing those plantation songs that deeply interest because of their origin and their sadness. “Why, I tho were funny,” ex- claimed @ toret id concert, “tnstead of which they are all It is this deeply religious element that gives character to the songs. Picture slavery, listen te these melodies—prayers of the bondmen, and the fre- quent calla upon Jeans touch the heart with an e ice far beyond the orator’s rounded periods or the simulated passion of Italian opera, Homely, maint metaphor, pecallar to the camp meeting, ilostrates the one aspiration of these people, whose barbasic Melodies are all in a minor key. ‘The antl comes sallng;” “she is loaded with bright angels,” How do you knew they're angels? Oh, I know thenr by their fooaning. ‘Oh, yonder comes my Jesus! a Halielujab! Rain, oh, rain, Jesus, my Master, rain. Takes @ willing soul to join us Tn the army of the Lord. ne away. the trouble I see: Nobody but Jewne, And thus from one song to another the same re- train wanders, sometimes grotesque, always sim- ple, always pathetic, O Satan’s mad and | am gaa, Save me Lord, save mie, The devil is a Nar and conjurer; Tf you don’t mind, he'll conjure you. Heaven is the bourne of these dusky people. wish that heaven was mine,” they sug. Gwine to hover round the wings of Jesus in the morning, And 1 ain't goin’ to die any inore, Gwine to put on de starry crown, Tn de morning. wine totry onde long white robe, Inde morning. Gwine to put.on de gold morni Oh, done die! Oh, Lain’t ‘To die no nore! 1 see a letter from de promised land, Sigmed und sealed by de hord’s own hand. “In Search of Liberty” 18 u spirited song, with solo and chorus, the latter of which runs— They worked me all the day, without a bit of pay, took my flight In de middle of de night, While de moon am gwine away. “De Gospel train is coming,’* they shont, and, of course, Jesus is on board. ‘There is “no difference in fare,” so Lnever shal! forget that When Jesus washed my si Nobody knov “5 Get on board, ye children, ‘There's rooin jor many a inore. Perhaps the most grotesque song is that called “Now, Ain't That Hard?” ‘The soloist sings— De fox have hole in d@ ground, De bird have nest in the air, Kberyone have a hiding place, But we poor sinners haye none, Whereupon the chorus asks— Now ain't that hard ? trials, great tribulation ; Now ain't that hard? I’m bound to leave this world. Then another soloist breaks forth— Methodist, Methodist 1s my name, Methodist till I die; Til be baptized and live on the Methodist side, And Methodist will I die. Again the chorus shouts, ‘‘Now, ain’t that hard?’ very much to the amusement of the audience. A third soloist assures us that she will die a Baptist, a fourth that she will die a Presbyterian, the chorus always ssp sp the quegtion, “Now, atn’t that hardy”? mally a fifth soloist comes to the rescue, saying that, while marching on the road— You had better stop your different nam: And travel on to God. ad But still the irrepressible chorus expostulates— Now, ain’t that hard? Wonderfully stirring is @ hymn composed by a body of slaves, who were not allewed to or pray where their old master could hear them, but who, after kis death, and by ission of @ kinder mistress, broke forth wit! re ig & great camp meeting in the promised land,” Itis simple in its construction as it is effective, and those New Yorkers who abstain from hearing the natienal music of slavery will lose an entertainment no less suggestive than unique, FREE LANOE, PHILHARMONIC CONCERT. RAE nana List(s “Dante Symphony.” Although the Abbate Edszt has been often heard in this city through the medium of his orchestral compositions, and although a few of the musical committee of the PhilbarMonic Society seem deter- mined to keep this crazyy writer’s lucubrations be- fore the public, the popufar Verdict, as well as tl ofevery reasoning musician, is that such music has decidedly an unhealthy tendency. The “Dante Symphony” has been played here before, far bet- ter, too, than it was on Saturday night; but therecan + de, but one opinion about it, and that is decidedly unfavorable. There is an filtstration of the “In- ferno”’ from ‘‘Le Divina Comedia.” Of course, one must expect, quoting the words of the programme, “everlasting curses’? with trumpets and horns, “the frenzy of despair and uproar of the evil spirits” illustrated by violins screaming on the E string, ‘celli coming im at intervals with a ludicrous figure, horns blowing out discords, reeds in the agony of uncouth modulations, contra basses di- vided between the imitation of an earthquake and a political ¢meute and instraments of percussion, Heaven knows where, and a finale worse than all the hofvors just named. But let the subject be what it may, its illastration in music should be at least conformable with the very fundamental principles of the divine art. But Liszt reduces the orchestra to chaos and makes it very unpleasant. Some of his admirers—not the ultra ones—claim fer him at least a wonderful knowledge of instrumental effects. Granted; but that is not enough to constitute a composer. There is mere strength and grandeur in haif dozen measures of the “Walpurgisnacht” of Men- delssohn or the incantation scene of ‘Der Freischtitz” than one can find in the entire Dante Symphony of Liszt. Why, then, should the direc- tors of the Philharmonic Society insist upon bring- ing forward again and again such works? It only serves to superinduce a nightmare in the poor musicians and weariness and disgust in the audi- ence, Still in this Peart there are positive merits; but, alas for the disciples of the Abbate ! theyare stolen. The choral symphony of Beethoven supplies some of the ideas in the last movement, and the choral for female voices (there were a number of ladies on the stage Saturday night, but whether they sung or not we cannot say, as nobody in the brass and string) is takem in many respects bodily from the last work of Beethoven. In fine, we sug- geat to the audience compelled to listen to and the musicians compelled to play the Dante Symphony | the words ‘‘Lasctate ogni speranza (della musica) | che vot entrate,”* ‘The programme on Saturday night commenced in | the sunshine of Haydn, the charming “Oxierd” symphony, @ work of beauty and genial spirit, and ended in the shadow of Liszt. Haydn’s work is like crystal in its clear, pure character, but in the ponte / manner in which the orchestra inter- it there were many queer spots init. These were the only erchestral works in the programme. There were two soloisis, & soprano and a pianist, Mile. Corradi and Mr. Richard Hoffman. ‘The lady samg the well-known “Bel Raggio,” one of the best specimens of Rossini’s style that can be found in any of his works. Her execution is correct, if the want of flexibility of her voice be not taken into acceunt, but she fails to show any quality of dramatic sentiment or real feeling. She sang much better than on the occasion of the Mu- sical Fund concert, when we speke of her jast; but the impression, as far as expression is concerned, is just the same, ir. Hoffman was shipwrecked on the rock on which so nany pianists have split. The ‘Concert stick” of Weber isa work that not one pianist owt of a hundred can interpret. There is teo much of the lady style of playing, that superficial nicety, about Mr. Hoffman to enable him to ck such composition. He has made a success in @ few works of Mendelssohn, Mozart and Beethoven, which have become with him specialties, but the “Concertstick” 1s entirely be- ond his reach. Mere mechanism is mot enough for those delicate 8 which are woven into the magnificent instrumentation of Weber. Hofman is the last victim in this piano Charybdis, Rubinstein was the only Ulysses we know of here Seve it, The last concert takes place on pril 10. MUSICAL AND THEATRIOAL NOTES. Even London is to have MecCloskey’s “great drama,’ which is somewhat familiar here a8 “across the Continent.” Miss Neilson will be in Pittsburg next week, and afterward she plays in Cleveland, Chicago and | Cincinnati previous to her return to Boeth’s. “La Dame aux Camélias’’ is now played at the with @ tenderness reflecting great credit on the alligatorial natare. There were a flying devil and a devil on wheels that drove consternation tu our sous. would get mixed up with one another; they we turn the wrong way, aad display an amount of canvas that spoke volumes in behalf of tue naked truth. (Grim death ap peare: and there was pyrotechnic dis- play that remimded me of fourth of July on Boston Comnton, when everybody eats Gengh drinks spruce beer and is very muck aia ‘Tae only who did not appear to m: saminitato Nicnad'beea, evened” ty tes jon Lamiel. Signor Vizgapi’s Max on with a Gymnase on Sunday nights, to give Mile. Desclée, who impersomates the Femme de Claude, a little rent. ‘The new piece, by M. Sardou, entitied “Andrea,” announced as in rehearsal at the Gymnase, is the same as “Agnes,” in whieh Miss Ethel made her great success at the Union Sqnare Theatre. Barney Williams, whose speedy return to this country has been announced, says he “feels hon- ored and ebliged to the London and provincial manogeye for their liberal offere of, apracementa audience heard them through the heavy fire of | Mr. | ONDAY, MARCH 17, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. 4 Seas bat bégs most fespectiatty for the present toda cline them.” A French lyrical company hae been ately shock- ing rather than onhghtening the city of Guayaquil, in the State of Ecuador. At length it ventured to bring out the “Grande Duechease.” When, during the second act, the impersomates. of the heroine shows hereelf familiar with, Frits, and caresses his hair by passing her fingers through it, the Alcalde of the city, who was there to supervise the perform- ance, arose from his seat, and tokd the astonished Frenchmen that the piece must go no further, as being insulting to the morality and dignity of the public of Guayaquil. Thus the “Grande Duchesse” came to an untimely end. THE CUBAN ANTI-SLAVERY COMMITTEE, They Mistruet the Action of the Spanish Re- public om the Abolition Question—A Fer- vent Appeal to the People of the United States—Belligerent Rights De- mauded for the Cuban Patriots. “Yo me Ormaane ov toe Unieen Srares:— The nt change in the government of Spain and the establishment of a republican form of government has served to create a doubt in the minds of many asto the propriety of furttier vigorously prosecuting the recent movement inaugurated by the Cuban Anti-Slavery Com mittee in favor of securing the recognition of belligerent rights to the Cuban revolutionists. Believing that such doubt and consequent apathy may be caused by a want of fuller information of the exact condition of the Spanish Republic and of the Cuban insurrection and its object, we ‘deg leave to submit tothe American people this review PF nish-Cuban question and of our duty under the ei i. Alter many years of oppression, unjust taxation AND TYRANNICAL RULY BY THE SPANISH GOVERNMEN: in the island of Cuba—a Ayramny. not exceeded by that which forced the American people to take up ai against the mother gountry the Rative Cubans in Octo. ‘Der, 1868, rose in det ‘their Li tl and commenced a ir havi Tierty to tt slaves. Uertainty Nberty” to the sls ra imbibed the foretathera question country, having ony people. to bel against and, in deft io any peo) re inst, wrong, and, in defence o! human the rty, Americane ‘are. by the very nastire ot our institutions and surroundings, rs with all such people, and we believe we can truthtully say that the great heart of the American je beats in full sympathy and accord with the str ing Cubans, parti- cularly since they have made their cause the cause of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ENSLAVED FRLLOW MEN. In this respect the Cuban eit have a claim upon the mnnscies of the world which was wanting in the imerican Revolution, for we established a public weich recognized the Nght of property in man, and which for eighty years maintained an institution which was in peposition and a contradiction to our own Dec! Independence and no citizen of our own it of ibe: I ation of ndence, which affirmed that “‘all men are created equal and arc endowed with certain inalienable Tights, among whieh are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” But the evil day is passed, and the people have re i y , i the tact that human slavery is incom- pauine ih the spirit of said Declaration; and we be- lieve that our committee bat retiecta the feelings of the whole people of the United States when we endeavor to have our government recognize the right of ailmen to secure the precious boon of freedom, and to be treated according to the usages of warfare among Chris- tian peoples; that our govermment, the first among mod- freedom-loving and republican peoples, which aims at bringing the world up to its own standard of liberty ana justice, shall not be tardy im according an equal chance TO THE CUBAN PATRIOTS, FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY, with that accorded to their oppressors. The establishment of the Spanish Republic is undoubt edly a subject tor our congratulation. In our endeavors to secure to the patriots belligerent rights we are no' fuenced by any desire te interfere in the complete estal lishment of the Spanish Republic, our position being taken not because we love the Republic less, but because we love liberty more. We have at no time doubted th existence ot a very large party in Spain favorable to emancipation. Yodeed: feis'with, pleasure that we men- tion jhe names of CASTRLAR AND SALMERON, heading, as they do, a powerful party in favor of eman- cipation; for the fact is patent hat under the reign of Ig Atnadens, these statesmen did ‘all they could to secure emancipation, as they will, no the Repubiic. the power, of these inen to effect emancipation was i r during the exixtence of the monarchy than it is doubt, now di however, sensible et the t that OW 5 for the pa of freedom was strengthened by the well known favored. immediate be slaves. The chances of seeuring freedom have ely diminished with the recent change from a hy toa Republic. ANISH Se gpg to Linea te hie assed a gradual emancipation, but the govern. ment has been able to Introduee any such Tieasures Cc the pro-slavery party in that ciently able to resist the power of the home government by sending the Captains General ‘who have endeavored to carry out the laws. The repub- lic ia leas able to luce reform measures than was the monarchy; and we hold the cause of freedom and humanity aad high above a simple form of gevern- ment Fellow citizens, in the island of Cuba, within one fy blessings of 6 groal ¢ toiling and tor- tured captives and th of Mity thousand main in blood a fliberty appealto ws for ald, for i lerence of liberty appeal to us f for some action hour of affiie- signifies it to them WHETHER THEIR GOVERNMENT, BE A/REPUBLIC OR 4 MON: ankcHY? re ie; every moment they are by elther isa robbery of thelr Just right to jom. It fe with feel- | ings ot deep concern that we notice a disposition on the | Dart of @ few persons to stay the hand of freedom; that | we might await a sign from the Republic, as if republics were always favorable to liberty! While itis possible that such persons may be actuated by the best of mo- fives, we cannot help concluding that they are mis- taken when they place form of a govern- ment before the cause of lberty and justice. The simple fact presented us is, in the war that has been going on in the Island of Cuba for the past four years only one party promises 11 te and unconditional jom to the slaves. insur- ents distinguished themselves at the outset of the lion by adopting into their comstitution article 2, | which declares “ALL THE INHABIZANTS ARE ABSOLUTELY FRKK,"’ | hence the cause. of jom is inseparably connected with that of the Cubai patriots, and he who bids us stay poment is Fecreant to the true spirit no our efforts a single berty. We shou! deceived by the occasional Dills offered in the Spanish Cortesin favor of emancipation | in Cuba and Porto ico, | It must be apparent to ever: # offered imme- diately after any movemen meeting of our citizens in favorof Caan recognition. It 1s our firm con- these bills are thus introduced in the Cortes redoubled continuous direction, — by titioning our Washington to accord | the Cuban patriots that favorable recognition to which | they are justly entitled. We particularly regard and anxiously await the action of those old soldiers in the army of liberty who have immortalized themselves by their devotion to the freedom and enfranchtsement of four millions in our own country, trasting that they will not consider thetr work complete while slavery and the slave trade exist in the Western World. SAMUEL R, SCOTTRON Chairman Cubap Anti-Slavery Commi.tce. 2 Bowony, New Youu, March M, 1873. jovernment at DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE. Sir Henry Rawlinson’s Estimate of the Apostle of Africa. {From the London Telegraph, March 1.) Last night there was an overflowing uttondance of ladies and gentiemen at the Royal Institution, to listen to a lecture by Sir Henry Rawlinsen, K. | B., on “Livingstone’s Recent Discoveries in Cen tral Africa,” Sir Henry Holland, Bart., M. D., President of the Institution, occupfed the chair. Sir Henry Rawlinson said that Dr. Lingstone was } not @ mere traveller, but a pioneer of civilization | and a deadly enemy to the slave trade. In_the year 1665 Dr, Livingstone was an idle man in Lon- don, anxious to be at his old work of exploration; 80, at the suggestion of Sir Roderick Murchison, | he started in 1866 for Africa, via Bombay, to dis- cover, if he could, the nature of the watershed of Central Africa, He landed near Zanzibar, | and went one or two hundred miles up the river, Travelling westward, he reached @ pleasant ele- vated ceuntry. Further westward, after he was country once mere, which the slave traders had never entered. Then he crossed a range of moun- tains west of Lake Nyassa; he found no game on the hills and had to live tora month om mush- rooms, The country so far had often been pre- viously traversed by other Europeans, especially by the Portuguese, several of whom have crossed Africa from east to west. Very little being knewn tuguese in these regions, the Royal Geographical Society is about to publish some of their discov. eries. After ten months’ travel Livingstone en- tered the lake country, amd found it to be one ef the most beautiful amd luxuriant districts in the world; in fact, when the sea coast is left behind and tke central plateau reached Africa is @ far more delightfal ceuntry than is generally sete In the beginning of _ his progress to Lake Tang: & Was stopped by t! mundations. Earl, Te isb0 he was infor nev ‘al months, atter which, for three years, he was lost to sight, till Mr. Stanley found him. Duriag th mountainous, and nearly eovered with primeval forests amd rich grass, through which elephants | only could force their way. On June 13, 1 thi occurred @ horrible massacre. Hundreds of men, women and children were wantonly slaught by Arab traders, whe opened fire upon tne inof- fensive people on @ ir day. Livingstene, who had travelled with the Arabs, was then hunted out of the country, and reacked Ujijia mere mass of bones, about a month befere he was succored by Stanley, who, there is little doubt, was the means hundred of our own shores—indeed, so close that we cal esery the green hills in the distance— 3:5 Coiling five hundred thousand human belsgt, winks There ig not for them, as there was for our own oppressed and enslaved. brethren. a border free Stave, and beyond that ds first breathed 4 ipa ur OT 0 hope ‘or afore, a ope. for comfort the half million th surrounded, by anit Pi gle ineh of free soil which the slave may escape, he toils on aud on through life without @ ray of tat ‘ever enjoy | deserted by the Johanaa men, lie crossed a pleasant | by the Britiau public about the travels of the Por- | period he made four distinct joarneys into the can- | nibal country of Manyuema, which he found to be | “THE SPANISH ANTILLES, Condition of Affairs in the Transmaring Colonies of the Republic. Conflict in Porte Rico Between the Watives ang the Unconditional Spaniards—Serious Conse- quences from Widespread and Exciting Causes—Who Isto Blame Charges of Conspiracy and Summary Arrests— Cuba More Tranquil—Public Indifference to Mother Country Evenw. Havana, March 8, 1873, ‘The recent troubles in the island of Port Rico, whether bronght about by the intrigues set on toot by the committee from she Casino Espafiol of this city, or whether the nateral outburst of long existing conspiracies and grievances between the natives and the unconditional Spaniards, cannot, withthe conflicting and meagre information at our command, be positively stated, .Asusual, all sorts of stories are afloat, and plots and counter-plots by the native and Spanish clements are everywhere talked of. ‘The Spaniards here, ag @ matter of course, side with the Spaniards im the sister island, and accuse the natives of inciting riot, with the cry of “Death to Spaniards!” and the same entangled and intentional arguments are made use of by the Spanisk journals here that have widened the breach between the contending parties in tiis island and increased the bitter hos. tility of the creoles to Spain and everything Spane ish, As lstated in a previous letter, the natives, and even quite a number of the liberal Spaniards (since the Kkepublic has been proclaimed in Spaim these are visible), charge the late troubles im Porto Rico to the intriguing spirit of the Council of ‘Thirteen of the Casino Espafiol of this city and to the riot, the consequence of the emisaries sent by the mentioned coterie, They are the ones charged with planning the affair, getting up the excites ment with the view of massacring a few Porta Ricans, and also with prejudicing the views of the new Captain Gencral, Plowes, aud preventing him from introducing the reforms ef municipal governe ment, RADICAL PRESS DEFENCE. The radicai journal La Prensa, of Porto Kico, Palhates ‘the political signification of the affair with the following explanation :— Previous to the 15th numerous rumors were current regarding the expected disturbances, and it was npporteg that on that day the rising would take place of the fiel laborers, colored, artisans and the desperadocs of the neighborhood of Camuy. Don Cayetano Estrella, & resident of that town, was informed that his house would be the first attacked.’ Being an old and timid man, he informed a number of his friends, and begged them, And a number of his workmen, to stay throughout that night with him. They conseuted, and, with Estrella, took necessary precautions to defend themselves against an attack. These preparations were, undoubtedly, | ob- served by the quardia ciod, and these, in company with & number of volunteers, proceeded to Estrella’s house and ‘The excitement whicty the inmates resulted in resist- followed three were killed ‘Many guc- demanded him to open his doors r natorally enough seiz ance, and in the affra: ‘and A number wound ceeded in escaping fre THE PRISONERS, The number of prisoners taken to Arecibo on the fol- lowing day were twenty-nine, among them the captain and sergeant of the Camuy militia, Cayetano, Bstrella and his two sons, de of Camuy, Salvador Davila, and others, one vy wounded by a sabre cut The | authorities hay nenced proceedings against them, | and are display great vigilance and activity in m ng further arrests of all to whom sust Ore LA as hiving been concerned in the Affair, On the nicht of the 19th a company of militia, on the march to Aquadilla, noticed between Quebradillas and Cumuy, in a farne House, a larze assemblage. Upon knocking’ at the door the lights were extinguished, and the inmates com- menced to leave by the side and back doors and suc ceeded in escaping to the woods. One group of men fired upon theit pursuers, but without eilect, nor did they sueceed in making any arrests. The foregoing is given by the Spanish press of Porto Rico and Cuba as a further preof that the affair of the 15th at Camuy was not an isolated case, but showed other ramifications of comspiracy. Probably fear of a repetition of that scene o! blood- shed caused the inoffensive occupants of the house referred to to take refuge in flight. OBARGES OF CONSPIRACY. Nearly one hundred persons have been arrested for suspected complicity with tne Estrelia affair, among them tae retiring and uewly appointed Judge, the Commander of the military barracks, the Justice of the Peace, the two municipal syn- dics, @ netary, the schoolmaster, sergeant of militia, several pelice officers and others, all of them natives of that island. POLITICAL EXCITEMENT. Itis evident that there is an intense fecling of excitement among all classes. The separatists, as the ultra-reiormists are styled by the uncondi- tional Spaniards of the island, are said to be spreading the doctr:ne of opposition to Spain among the country people, and, not content with coming trom Spain to rob them, cite the Camuy affair as an example where advantage was taken of the mecting of a number of innocent persons—innocent except for the unlawful purpose of gagbling—to call their ee! one of con- spiracy and political intent, and fall upen them and commit acts of barbarity and‘slaughter. FIRST CONSEQUENCES. The immediate effect upon the island ef Porte Rico is, of course, most disastrous, and will be more so after short time. Distrust is generally ¥ | prevalent. The vindictive spirit ef the volunteers— a similar institution to that of this island—is muck feared. The country people of Porto Rico have al- ways n considered pacific and timid, and have instinctively avoided being mixed up in political conspiracies. Indeed, it mp! well be doubted | that they are in any way hostile to remaining | under the protection of the mother country, al- | thougk thex are anxious for the establishment ot the promised municipal reforms and the abotition | of slavery. ‘AIRS IN CUBA. a sStand-still. The political and | military situation can be summed up in a very few | sentences, The proclamation of the Republic in Spain has apparentiy worked no change in affairs here. The likeness of ex-King Amadeus still pre- sides at all the government oni¢es. The crown is still worn on the caps of the military and volunteer officers. The censor still holds his tight reins on the press. Some of the journals are inclined to turn republican, The Censor promises to be more len- | ient from day to day, “yet tames not.” El Pribuno, which heads sheet with “Viva Espanal” “Viva | la Republica!” was for the past tew days published what weuld occupy the space of one columa of the HERALD; and your correspondent, baving requested to be informed tie reason thereof, was told by one | of the employés that the Censor “cut and slashed everything to pleces.”’ It is furthermore rumored that in the interior ci- | ties, where some wild spirits gave vent to their liberal feelings by crying ‘Viva la Republica!” they were arrested and put into shady quarters. The turn- coats holding office are ail willing to be credited with democratic ideas, of course only in theory, as they are not acting upon them, but restricting. others from doing so, The insurrection at present is not taken into ac- count. The journals of the island do not chronicle Anything, not even the monotonous and sterco- typed reports with which they 1ormerly treated their readers year out, year in. FINANCE. | The subscription for the treasary bonds was Clesed on the 5th instant. A little over six millions have been taken. ‘the wiseacres of th SiO, | numbering thirteen, are to meet in conclave te- morrow (Sunday) and find means, not furnish them, to take up the loan. Rumors are afloat to the effect that a forced loan is to be made, while others, better informed, state that the “thirteen’? intend to portion off the remaining 14,000,000, not subscribed for, among the inembers ef the Casino, proportionately to the wealth of each individual Veresmos. ARTISTS AFTER A REAT. “BLOW OUT.” During the week past a strong north wind has been blowing, which has brought us @ touch of cool weather. On the afternoon of the 4th an open boat arrived at Cardenas which had been blown off the sudden setting in of the norther, @ party of six Americans, whe had ishing near nal West. Their names are John ipletom, Edwi , George Netridge, S. H. Hicks, S. A, Allen and Frederick Martiner, and they belong to an opéra bouffeé com- om at present performing at xe West. The nited States Consular mt at Cardenas, Mr. Charles Bacot, has afforded them the necessary reliet, Labia PATAL BAILROAD CASUALTY. On Thursday afternoon last William Hart, a maa thirty-three years of age and born in Ireland, who lived im Mott street, near Hester, rode down from of saving his life. e is now tracing sev- eral streams which he believes to be the sources of the Nile, but which there is little doubt are the sources of the Congo. Bridget McSwiggins died yesterday morning in Bellevue Hospital, On the 23d ult. deceased was found lying in the hallway of premises 43 Scamme) street with a wound in her head, but how the in- jury was received did not The cause of ‘death will be determined by Dr. Marsh Youns wae pvifiad to hold an inanest np the body, Fifteenth street in car Ne. § ef the Second avenue line, amd when in Allem street, near the corner of Broome; he either jumped or fell from the car, and, alighting on the track, had both legs erushed. Mr. Hart was 4 vue Hospital, evel