The New York Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1873, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UNION UARE THEATRE, Union sqgare, ear Eroadway.—Frovu Frov. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth stroet.—Davip GaRRics. GRAND OPERA HO! av.—Unpgr tae Gasiii ‘Twenty-third st. and Eighth GERMANIA THEATRE, Fourteenth street, near Third avonue.—Dik TocurEr DER Hor.ur, ry third street, corner Sixth BOOTHS THEATRE. avenué.—ARRAM NA Broadway and 28th st.— Matinee at 2 §T. JAMES’ THE McBvoy's Nuw Hipxrnte ROWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—A Carttay Comeoy— A Sap Lor. THKATRE COMIQ M4 Rroadway.—Duama, Buxresgus axp Ono. t 2h. T THEATRE, hy st, . Matinee at 2. THTRTY- FOURTH § near 2d ay.—Vaniery Exrerr. /E THEATRE, 728 and 70 Broad- NEW FIFTH AVE? way.—Divorce, WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Escareo som Sina Sing. Afternoon and evening. ATHENEUM, 585 Broadway.—Grano Vanuety Extrx- TAINwenT. Matinee at NISLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—Wrong Man ix tax Ricur Piacw, &c OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between THonston and Bleecker streets.—Huurry Dumpty. Natinee at 2. MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Daviw Ganaick—Pocanontas. RRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st,, corner 6th av.—Nicro MinstRrensy , &c. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Variery ExtrrTainment. STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth anv Coxcent. Matinee at 1. street.—Onatorio COOPER INSTITUTE, Third avenue and Fourth st.— Lavauine Gas Exsisition. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618Broadway.— Soren AND ART. QUADRUPLE SHEET. New York, Wea sday, April 23, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “EMANCIPATION IN THE WEST INDIES! WHAT THK SPANISH STATESMEN THINK OF AMERICA, AND WHAT WE HOPE AND WISH FOR SPAIN’—EDITORIAL LEADER— Eiauta Pace. SPANISH AROLITIONISM! THE RESPONSE TO VRESIDENT GRANT'S DEMAND FOR EMAN- CIPATION IN PORTO RICO! HEATED DE- NUNCIATION OF AMERICA AND EMINENT AMERICANS! THE ELOQUENT REJOINDER OF CASTELAR! A MASTERLY DISSECTION OF SLAVERY—SiIxTH PaGE. THE WAR IN THE LAVA BEDS! RENEWAL OF THE STRUGGLE FOR WATER! FURTHER LISTS OF KILLED AND WOUNDED! STA- VIONS OF THE WHITE FORCES! A GEN- ERAL ALARM AND THE SETTLERS FLY- ING TO THE TOWNS! FRIEND HOAG’S PLEA FOR CHEYENSE FIENDS—Firrit PAGR. GENERAL CEBALLOS ASSURES THE ENGLISH CONSUL THAT MR. O’KELL LIFE WILL BE SPARED! ALLOWANCING THE WIVES OF REBELS! THE FIGHTING ON THE DOS BOCAS ROAD—NINTH Page. SPECIAL ITEMS FROM THE NATIONAL STATE CAPITALS—F@TH Pace. FATAL RESULTS OF THE GERMAN BEER RIOTS! TWELVE LIVES SACRIFICED AND SIX- TEEN BREWERIES DESTROYED—Ninta Pace. A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS! WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE WASHINGTON TREATY, THE NEW RULES, OUR INDIAN AND FOREIGN POLI- CIES AND COMMERCE! HE DISBELIEVES IN RECONSTRUCTION AS NOW PRAC. TISED—THIRTEENTH PAGE. ANOTHER CARLIST ROUT! FRENCH ELECTION AGITATION! THE EPSOM SPRING MEET- ING—NinTH Pace. PROSPECTIVE ADVANCE IN ATLANTIC CABLE TARIFFS—EXECUTION OF INSURGENT ARAB CHIEFS BY THE FRENCH IN AFRICA—NINTH PaGE. INTERESTING CHAPTER FROM THE ERIE BOOKS! THE CONSOLIDATION AND PRO RATA SCHEMES! PAYING LEGISLATIVE “RANSOMS"—TENTH PAGE, EIGHT HOURS FOR A DAY'S WORK! WORKING- MEN COMBINING TO A LEAGUE ORGANIZE) MAY DAY GLOOM! HEGIRA OF HOUSEKEEPERS FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND FROM FLAT AN AN TO FLAT! RENTS, ANNEXATION AND RAPID TRANSIT—MARINE 'S—TWELYTH PAGE. INCREASED POPULARITY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES! THE QUEEN WARMLY WEL- COMED BY THE EAST END “SOVEREIGNS!" SORROW OVER THE CABINET FIASCO! THE ATLANTIC CALAMITY! THE WORLD'S FAIR AT VIENNA—SEVENTH PAGE. COLFAX MASSACRE! OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE COMMITIEE TO INVESTIGATE THE THE AFFAIR! NINETY-FOUR BLACKS KILLED AND TWELVE WOUNDED—Tamrgenta Paor, PREPARING FOR LUIGI 1 S EXECU. TION! THE COND RLY RE GARDLESS OF HIS FATE—THE MYSTERI- OUS KILLING OF MARY FAGAN—THE NEW OHARTER—SEVENTH Pace. EXCITING SCENE IN THE TRAIN TRIAL! STOKES’ CASE UNDECIDED! FITZGIBBO) IMPRISONED FOR LIFE! GREEN ADJUDGED GUILTY OF CONTEMPT OF COURT! LEGAL MATTERS GENERALLY—TEnNtH Pace. MONEY AGAIN MANIPULATED BY THE BULLS! LARGE EXPORTS OF PRODUCE ! THE FEA- TURES IN GOLD, STOCKS, GOVERNMENTS AND EXCHANGE—ELEVENTH PGE. REOPENING THE BU ‘8 HEAD BANK—HEAVY REALESTATE SALE—THE CUSTOM HOUSE— ELBVENTH PAGE, ART SALES—NEW BOOKS—HORSE NOTES— MUSIC AND THE DRAMA—SixTH PAGE. PREPARING FOR RAPID TRANSIT! THE THIRD AVENUE ROAD SOLD TO THE GILBERT ELEVATED COMPANY—CENTRE MARKET ARMORY—BERGH TO BE ARRESTED— SEVENTH PAGE. rs Taz Hoxtanpers’ Warn mw Astu.—The | military expedition of Holland against the Acheenese has already entailed very heavy losses on the royalist army force. Seven officers and thirty men have been killed, and thirty-five officers and three hundred and | eighty-three men wounded since the opening | The Netherlands army has | of the campaign. retreated to within one mile of the coast. The island of Sumatra is deeply excited, and out- breaks are looked for in other portions of the territory, so that the populations of the Asiatic archipelago may become moved extensively ond many European commercial interests be- ome involved Emancipation tm West Indies What the Spanish Statesmen Think of America, and What We Hope and Wish for Spain. < Our readers will be interested in the lotter of our Madrid correspondent on the close of slavery in Porto Rico. From the long and weary debate upon emancipation, he extracts two speeches that may bo called representa- tive, and sends them as illustrating the prevail- ing temper of Spanish feeling towards the United States. In one speech is paraded all of onr vices; in the other more than all of our virtues. One ot these orators, who has, accord- ing to our correspondent, a ‘sombre mind,” is Mr. Garcia Ruiz, whose principal function seems to be severe criticism of the United States. The other is the world-renowned Cas- telar, whose eloquence recalls that of Demos- thenes, and whose friendship for our Republic has all the beauty and warmth of a maiden’s earliest love. Between these two views, so far apart, and at the same time so striking, we can discover how we stand in Spain, and to what extent there is justice in the censures of the one or the commendations of the other. Mr. Garcia Ruizimpresses us as one of those wild, fantastic people who come into popular assemblies in troublous times. It is the fate of revolutions to generate queer characters. There was Anacharsis Clootz, in the French Revolution, whois a kind of antetype of Garcia Ruiz. These men discover a hobby and ride it in all seasons and under all circumstances, Sometimes it is a harmless hobby, like Mr. Whalley’s dislike to the Popo in the House of Commons, or the Aunglo-mania of the old Marquis de Boissy in the French Legislature. Bat in the case of Garcia Ruiz, and at a time when the best relations between Spain and the United States are so important to both coun- tries, heedless, ill-tempered words will do harm; not in America, for, happily, we have enough fantastic characters of our own to thoroughly comprehend the meaning of a man like Garcia Ruiz, but in his own nation, where there are Spaniards who believe his extravagant legends. We do not regard General Butler, for instance, as in all senses the counterpart of Washington; but it is amusing to hear him called Caligula or Attila, merely because he compelled a lot of rebel vixens to behave themselves in New Orleans. ‘The resources of invective were in some respects exhausted in the last Presidential can- vass, and General Grant was honored with a variety of epithets. But no Greeley orator in the height of his frenzy—not even Senator Schurz or John Cochrane—ventured to call him Louis XL or Phalaris. In fact, Mr. Garcia Ruiz throws his epithets around as though he were at large in a classical dic- tionary, and we learn that the fulness of speech among our own politicians does not compare with that possessed by a Spanish statesman in a high state of anger. A Spaniard whose mind dwells upon the past will naturally mourn over the decay that has come upon the Empire of Philip 11. He will remember to use the words quoted by Mr. Garcia Ruiz when the language of Cer- vantes was heard on every sea. We can partly understand why the possession by the United States of Territories like New Mexico, Florida, Texas and California—their names alone suggesting the days of the Spanish dominion—would excite pain in the Spanish mind. But why this pain should turn to anger, and anger against the United States, like that shown by Mr. Garcia Ruiz, surprises us. We can well afford to be called an “avaricious and criminal race,’’ fora phrase like this means nothing and only shows tem- per. But how have we shown avarice or crime in the acquirement of these Territo- ries? We purchased Louisiana from Napoleon and paid him for it. Spain gave up this noble domain for a little Italian duchy, which she never received. But the bargain was an honest one on our side and honestly kept. So with the Floridas. We obtained them from Spain by the consent of a Spanish king, and Mr. Garcia Ruiz is the first Spaniard that we can learn who has ever complained of our share in the transaction. As for Texas and California, they were Territories of Spain and had passed from her flag long before they came under the flag of the Union. The United States was no party totheir loss. Spain lost these Territories just as she lost Peru and Chile and Mexico, by misgovernment, and by doing as she has done in Cuba and Porto Rico. Ifany foreign Power had part in the severance it was England. Mr. Canning boasted that by his diplomacy, which led to the independence of the South American republics, he had redressed in the New World the unsettled balances in the Old World. The United States may have had her own feelings about the contests which pre- ceded the independence of these republics, but she never took an active share in them. As to the criticisms which this wild man makes upon ourinternal policy, our dealings with the Indians and the negroes, we note them because they are amusing. How can we seriously listen to a man who accuses General Grant of having in his Inaugural Address hinted at a war of general extermination as a solution of the painful and perplexing Indian question, and who gravely alleges that Mr. Lincoln promoted an officer of the army be- cause he fed a Sioux Indian tribe on poisoned bread? True, General Grant has ordered the severest punishment for the treacherous Mo- docs, but this is very different from a general endorsement of the exterminating policy. Mr. Garcia Ruiz, were he a wise counsellor, would look at the history of the Spanish domination on the American Continent and learn wisdom from the causes of its downfall. Spain lost her American colonies just as England lost the United States, and France her dominions in the East. Misgovernment at home resulted in rebellion abroad and independence. But neither England nor France sat down to pine over her misfortunes and run into debt and encourage bankruptcy and ban- ditti. England saw the causes which led to the American rebellion; she reformed the colonial system, and now has the greatest colonial empire in the world, with the gratifying circumstance that the colonists are even more loyal than home subjects. Where is the name of the Queen more re- spected than in Canada? Where is the name | of Spain more hated than in Cuba? And yet England withdraws her troops from Canada and bids hor defend herself if she will, while the flower of the Spanish army cannot restore peace to Cuba. The cause of this lies beyond armies. Canada is governed wisely, and there is peace. Cuba is governed by a set of politi- NEW YOKK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1873.QUADRUPLE SHEET) cal vampires, and there is war, and war 50 cruel that the civilized world is ashamed. What the governments of the monarchs and statesmen of tho calibre of Mr. Garcia Ruiz fail to see is shown in the address of Mr. Cas- telar. This eloquent man has a sentimental appreciation of America which is beautiful in its enthusiasm and excites our gratitude. It is something to have impressed a mind as elo- quent and poetic as that of Castelar with tho sentiments that pervade his speech. To be sure, when he speaks of General Grant recall- ing in our day the triumphs of Alexander, we are apt to feel that his rhetoric carries him away, and when he hints that the United States made uo pressure upon his gov- ernment to compel emancipation in Porto Rico he says what may be true, diplomatically speaking, but what the history of the move- ment will not justify. American diplomacy is not celebrated for its modesty, and we should have an indifferent opinion of General Grant and our Minister in Madrid if we sup- posed they silently acquiesced in the perpetua- tion of slavery in the Antilles. The whole tone of our diplomatic correspondence with Spain shows that General Grant has kept the severest pressure upon Spain to accomplish this resnit, Nor ia there anything to regret in this. As Mr. Castelar says, slavery is nota national, but an international question, and so we have regarded it. To the honor of Mr. Castelar and his associates it must be said that they did what the Ministers of the mon- archy only promised to do. They answered the warm and prompt words of recognition by our government by showing that they meant to have liberty when they proclaimed a re- public. Our only regret is that the work ceased with Porto Rico and did not include Cuba. But we know what difficulties sur- round the new Commonwealth, and this regret is overlooked in our hopes for the action of the Constituent Cortes, Whatever may be the fate of Cuba, there are two points that Mr. Castelar may accept as undeniable: —First, that there will be no peace in that island until its government is reformed, and second, that in the work of reformation there will be no embarrassment from the United States. We quite understand that Mr. Castelar would be as good as his word, and come all the way over a stormy sea to die in a tropical swamp to preserve Cuba from any invader, but America has no idea of im- posing this grim sacrifice upon him or his compatriots. We have done our part toward Spain in this contest, and more than our part. We have arrested and disbanded all Cuban expeditions, and- we have built gun- boats for Spain and made New York a depot of supplies for her army. Spain to-day is striving to conquer Cuba with Ameri- can guns and American powder. What we grant to Spain, whose rule we censure and deplore, we deny to the Cuban rebels, whose cause merits our sympa- thy. We did this under a monarchy because it wasour duty to a friendly Power. How much more willing shall we be to do it under a republic, in whose existence we feel so pro- found an interest, and which would fall in a day were it to failin upholding Spain’s pas- sionate resolution to hold her dominions in the West Indies! As to what the future may bring we cannot imagine. Wisdom in Spain will save her colonies ; buteven wisdom may come too late. It seems impossible to re-establish relations of affection and loyalty on the part of Cuba towards Spain after the painful, de- plorable, wicked scenes of these four years of rebellion. And it may be, as some Spanish thinkers aver, that Spain would begin her new career wisely by throwing off these colonies and concentrating the efforts of her children upon the peninsula. This, however, is not for us tosay. We have no unholy passion for Naboth’s vineyard. We have land enough to employ our energies for two or three centuries at least, and we feel a deeper interest in doing our best with Texas and Minnesota than in craving any islands in the Antilles. We are willing to believe that Spain has a mission on this Continent ; but she has not fulfilled it. That gift of ruling, of extending new laws and wise institutions among a stranger race does not seem to rest with the Spanish mind. Russia has shown what she can do with the tribes of Asia. England consolidates her power in India. We noted how loyal France made her German Alsace and partly German Lorraine. The Dutch have a peaceful colonial empire, thirty times larger than Holland. California and ‘Texas, which were abandoned under Spain to roving Indian tribes and Jesuit missions, have become empires under our flag, and one generation has not elapsed since they accepted our flag. But the Spaniard with his valor, his zeal, his many noble quali- ties of patriotism and courage and faith, has not succeeded in colonization. The conquest of Mexico and the invasion of Pera are among the most barbarous chapters of the world’s history, excelling even the ferocity which led the Spanish kings to expel the Jews and the Moors. Mexico to-day is a poorer country than when Montezuma reigned over it. Just as Andalusia and Estramadura have never recovered from the expulsion of the Moors. Whether this inability to colonize comes from defects in the Spanish character, or whether it must be attributed to the wretched govern- ment, with scarcely an exception, of its more than wretched kings, we cannot say. But the time has come for Spain to show whether these errors belong to her government or are inherent in the character of her sons. When we listen to Garcia Ruiz we have no hope for Spain, because any public opinion which finds an echo in his fantasies is hopelessly insane and brutish, and fit only for death. But when we hear the proud, brave, eager words of Mr. Castelar, his frankness in admitting what was wrong and his courage in daring to do what is right, however painful or humiliating itmay be ; when we remember that he belongs to that new Spain which secks the day after a long, dark, depressing night, which offers religious liberty in the home of the Inquisi- tion and personal freedom in the capital of Philip IL, we hope for Spain. We especially hope for Spain when we sce emancipation in the West Indies as the first fruits of the Re- public ; and we shall begin to believe that our hopes will be realized when we see this spirit take a larger range and give justice, peace and freedom to the people of Cuba. Tue Sviran Aut, Ricut.—Miss Mary Wads- worth, M. D., of Franklin, N. H., has been appointed physician to the harem of the Sul- tan of Turkey. This opens the way for our lady pbysicians in the East on a grand scale. House-Hunting Crime of Infancy. Who that has once tasted the delights of house-hunting in New York will not ever look back upon it as one of the pleasantest events of his life? ‘Moving’’ on the Ist of May is a faint pleasure beside it. In the latter case you have a fixed idea that you are going somewhere, and that after a week or so of misery you will be all right; but the blissful uncertainty of house-hunting possesses a mfirific charm, The Hzraup advertisements are examined critically before breakfast, and such as appear to suit are cut out. The wild- est hopes rise in your breast as you dispose of the matutinal meal. What follows through tne live-long day is happiness itself. The street cars run close to where you want to go, the agents are painstaking and polite, the rents are ridiculously low and the janitress or janitor is always a person that inspires confi- dence and respect. When by some kindly whim of fortune the keen luxury of the house-hunt is kept up for a whole week the favored individual has touched upon that region of bliss which immediately suttounds Elysium. This over- joy sometimes so cloys the spirit that strong men and women have been known to go crazy under its influence, and for this reason it is that the madhouses receive so many additional raving lunatics after the Ist of May. There is at least one lady in New York who has tasted the delicious sweets of house-hunting until she is on the verge of mental derange- ment. She has written us a letter that will speak for itself; — To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Will you be kind enough to inform me what are we todo with our children? 1 have been house- hunting—looking for rooms. The first question asked by the landlord or agent is, How many are there in family? If you happen to admit having any children in the family he turns suddenly on you, as though you were a thief or a pickpocket, and informs you, “I won’t have a child in my house.” They forget they were once children themselves. Even in the churéh this hatred of children exists. I was reading an accouat in the HERaLD of @ Methodist minister being turned out of his pulpit on account of his eight children and his age. As he was only forty-two it is more than likely they thought his family might stilt increase. Knowing you are a friend to the oppressed, I ask you, lor merey’s sake, what are we to do with the children? Perhaps you might suggest to some of our city officials to buy some island and put them all on it, and let them remain until they are men and women grown. A SUBSCRIBER, What are we to do with the children, quotha? This lady has evidently had about a week's house-hunting. Her question is a troublesome one. It has often been noted that persons on the verge of lunacy put just such puzzling questions. Once, however, start such a query, and philosophy finds itself nailed by a peculiar fascination to the task of replying. If every landlord in New York says, ‘‘I won’t have a child in my house,’’ the case becomes serious. The landlord evi- dently has no faith in the precept of ‘Suffer little children to come unto Me.’’ Of such, he may be willing to admit, is the Kingdom of Heaven; but not of such, by all the house- hold gods, he will say, shall be my French flats from the street door sill to the clouds. It is indeed very hard on mortals who in these times have the misfortune to be born very young. If they could come into the world old enough not to have the stigma of infancy resting upon them it would be so much better. If they were puppies or kittens at first, perhaps the intolerant landlord would have more humanity and compassion. We admit that the time when science will bring men and women into the world full grown and educated, with all the academy ‘‘extras” in their heads and heels, seems distant. We hardly think it desirable, either, that we should go so far back in Darwinism as the kitten and puppy alternative would demand. It is a difficult question. Fashion, brutal philoso- phies and Rosenzweigs are the declared ene- mies of children before they come into the world, and New York landlords have now added themselves to whooping cough, measles and cholera infantum as their enemies when they open their eyes to the sun. The slaying of the first-born, which set all Egypt wailing, took off great many grown persons, and others in hobbledy-hoyhood, showing that there was no intention then to murder any particular age. Herod, however, took a step in the Holy Land which may be in- structive now. It will be remembered that there was at the time a great scarcity of lodg- ings in Bethlehem, and all over the province, in fact. The Roman census had produced an artificial Ist of May. Herod doubtless dabbled in real estate, and the slaughter of the innocents may have had among its minor causes his objection to having children in the houses built on his corner lots. In the Cathe- dral of Notre Dame, at Paris, there is a screen on which this scene is carved in wood, and painted over. The most remarkable figure is a Roman soldier, who, with upraised sword, is about slicing an infant whom he holds by one leg. There is a look of rubicund delight on the rude soldier’s face, which shows how thor- oughly he enjoys the sport. Now it strikes us that he is a genuine type of the baby- hating landlord of New York. To follow out his ideas it would only be necessary to take the latter's rooms, and then, say on the 2d of May, let him go through the house and select such babies as he might desire to slaughter. The scene in the back yard would, we believe, faithfully represent the scene on the | screen in Notre Dame. There is, unfor- tunately, a law to interfere with this pastime; but with some judicious lobbying it might be repealed. Swift, in one of his most earnest moments, proposed a cure for Irish distress, in which he suggested that the babies of the poorer classes be killed, cooked and eaten. The landlords who insisted on immolating the little innocents might bring this idea before house-hunting parents. The island scheme suggested by our corre- spondent is a happy thought. If the intention was to put the children where they would ‘do most good,’’ Hoax Ames might be made superintendent of the island. President | Grant might assign St. Domingo to them, and there the story of Paul and Virginia might in its happy parts be re-enacted over and over again. Ben Butler and Boss Tweed might be furnished with a pair of pinions and play the part of guardian angels over the great insular nursery. Under such auspices the infants would grow up into citizens worthy of the destiny of their great nation. The students of Malthus and Mill have here a grand oppor- tunity. Macduff in all his agony cries out that Macbeth has ‘‘no children ;’’ the New York mother prays the landlord to remember that he once was a child. If Abraham lived nowadays in New York he would not bother about the handmaiden Hagar. The childless Sarah would have been the wife of bis best and Children — The | desire. There would have been no Ishmael- ites to have their hands against every man, and no Israelites in the banking and clothing business afterwards, Notwithstanding all these things, we feel that the landlord is in the wrong. He was, we believe, a baby once himself, and bad a mother, who probably went house-hunting with half a dozen little darlings at her apron strings. He should consider the difficulty of carrying out any of the propositions for his relief that we have discussed, and consent to take his share in the common glory of the young olive branches on which -the nation hangs its hopes. We were about to add, he may be a baby yet himself; but this is obviously unlikely. If he is not yet o father we may presume that his offspring, if he ever has any, will come into the world much like the little ones against whom, in such vulgar majesty, ho closes his door. ., & Week of Music, The musical festival which bega at Stein- way Hall last night with the oratorio of “Elijah,’’ and which is to continue during the week, is an event of unusual significance and importance. No musical undertaking in this city was ever so thoroughly organized in all its parts; for the oratorios, the chorus and the orchestra are unrivalled, and never before were Mendelssohn and Handel rendered by so complete and thorough an ensemble, The concerts will be quite as re- markable for the high character of the sclec- tions as the excellence of the performers. The Handel and Haydn Society of Boston and Theodore Thomas’ orchestra, trained in the rendering of such great works as ‘‘Eli- jah” and ‘Israel in Egypt,” bring a strength to the oratorio performances which had never been attempted before in this country. Rubinstein, Mills and Mason are pianists of such rare merit that their rendering of Bach’s “Concerto in D Minor’ must prove a very great musical success. Look at the projected festival from whatever aspect we may choose to consider it, we find that it is excellent in design, and the rendering of ‘Elijah’ last night shows that it will also prove excellent in execution. It is a great musical under- taking, which will be long remembered ag a magnificent tribute to the growth of music ‘in New York. In this point of view it’ is espe- cially worthy of consideration. Tep..or a dozen years ago so grand a f@stival could not have been given with unltmitéed funds and an entire season for preparation. Even as late as five years ago the symphony concerts projected by Mr. Thomas, though the excellence of his orchestra was then be- coming generally recognized, were a hazard- ous enterprise. Previous to that time there were an apparent lack of musical talent and a certain lack of musical taste ; but since then the growth in talent and in taste has been so rapid as to be extraordinary. We have be- come in a few short seasons a musical people. This whole subject can be best illustrated by a reference to the failure of the Strakosch- Mario troupe. Mr. Maurice Strakosch had = not been in this country for many years, and so, judging that what might have been good enough twenty years ago would be good enough still, he sent us Mario. The mortification which followed was not ours, and we could only regret that it should be Mario’s, remembering as we did all his former triumphs when he and Grisi sung together in the Academy. A change has come in the meantime that is so complete that a week of music of the highest standard is welcomed by thousands of refined and culti- vated people, and welcomed because the great works of the masters are rendered with\as much skill as would bethe case in any musi- cal city in Eu ope. Captain Jack on the Offensive. The Modoc campaign has assumed a new and unexpected phase. Our special de- spatches from the lava beds, published to-day, | show that the savages do not consider masterly inactivity the perfection of mili- tary wisdom, and have broken out from their fastnesses and vigorously attacked the troops. Not content with firing into escorts and army trains, they actually appeared within rifle range of General Gillem’s camp, and sent a volley of bullets among the tents of the soldiers. Of course they were repulsed, and the hope is entertained that the cavalry and the Warm Spring Indians will eventually succeed in destroying them. There is too much reason to fear, however, that they will be able to prolong the struggle for some time and do an infinite amount of damage. In the meantime the country round about the Java beds is in a ferment, and citizens are fly- ing for their lives. Stens or Peace at New Onveans.—The late fearful massacre of the blacks in their warlike array at Colfax in Grant parish, away up yonder on the Red River, does not appear in the least to have disturbed the reviving hilarity of New Orleans. The Spring mecting of the Louisiana Jockey Club there, which closed on Monday last, as our reporter on the ground has expressed it, ‘‘was not only a very successful meeting, but the most interesting one ever witnessed in this section.’ On the last day, especially, ‘the huge stand was solidly packed with humanity, while the field presented the appearance of a small vehicular city. Since the war no such attendance has been witnessed at the track.” This is much better than the ‘‘grim visaged’’ war between the Pinchback and Warmoth or the Kellogg and | McEnery factions which lately threatened the Crescent City, Bring out the men on horse- back. Matters are quiet in Louisiana, except four or five parishes. ‘Let us have peace.” Tue Exports or Domestic Propvce from the port of New York for the past week reached the exceptionally large total of nearly seven millions of dollars. We may be an extravagant people, but we are industrious also, as shown in the fact that after the enormous domestic consumption of our products we had surplus enough to send away seven million dollars in one week from the port of New York, not to speak of what has gone from the dozens of other large and small seaports all along our extended line of coast. Oxe-Lecoep Rap Transtt.—It now ap- pears that the Legislature is settling down to the one-legged elevated railway for rapid transit around Manhattan Island and between the Battery and Harlem. Anything, gentle- men, for rapid transit, and quick work in giving it, so that the present generation may shary in its benefits. a Eee EEE Ste ‘The Onmse of Stokes Up Again. Once again the case of Stokes, the murderer of James Fisk, Jr., -has claimed judicial action. Counsel for the convict and for the people yesterday fought another argumenta- tive duel before the Supreme Court, in Gen- eral Term, on a question of quibbling legal technicality having no more reference to the guilt or innocence of Stokes than to the dogma of the Trinity. As this man has wealthy relatives, it appears there is no rem- edy for the scandal of the outrageous prolong- ing of these purely irrelevant contests. While the money lasts lawyers will be found ready to use every expedient the law allows for delay of the execution of the righteous sen- tence pronounced against the convicted mur- derer. There was never any question whether Fisk was killed by the prisoner. All the trial decided was that a murderer with wealth could be convicted of his crime in the city of New York. Its eveit demonstrated that the law has even yet some life, and that it is still possible to obtain a jury panel faithful to their oath. Till the execution of Foster it was believed that an amount of pressure could be brought upon the Chief Executive of the State by wealth and respectability which could not be resisted ; that in effect the death penalty could always be set aside by the freo use of money and influence. That delusion exists no more. Law still has its terrors to restrain reckless vice and shield life from violence. This monstrous tenacity of the Stokes defence should induce a change in the law of murder trials which should make such causeless delay of justice impossible. Swift conviction and sure punishmont best deter crime and make criminal law valuable in protecting the com- munity. Tue Rror ow FRanxrort ATTENDED WITH Faran Resuurs.—The German riot in Frank- fort-on-the-Main culminated in very damag- ing and fatal results. The movement against the brewers was caused by an advance in the price of beer. It was conducted with a de- gree of animation which rendered necessary retaliatory measures, by command of the au- thorities, for the preservation of the peace and of property. The military were assailed in the streets. Sixteen breweries were wrecked. Plundering followed to a great extent. The soldiers acted with rigor. Twelve persons were killed and forty wounded, and one hun- dred and twenty rioters were arrested. Very melancholy effects from a small advance in the price of a popular beverage, but it may be that other causes of excitement were pres- ent in the municipality. Tae Presment’s Movements.—Since Mon- day morning the Presidential party have been engaged in little excursions to Kirkwood, Carondelet and other places convenient to St. Louis. Receptions to Miss Nellie and sere~ nades to the President are among the hospitali- ties given the distinguished visitors in St. Louis. They are enjoying a pleasant welcome.# PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. General A. S. Diven, of Elmira, is registered at the Hoffman House. Ex-Mayor James G. Berritt, of Washington, is at the Coleman House. Mayor John K. Tarbox, of Lawrence, Mass., is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Congressman William H. Barnum, of Connecticut, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Congressman J. V. L. Pruyn, of Albany, is staying at the Brevoort House. Congressman George 0. McKee, of Vicksburg, Miss., is in town at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General George L. Andrews, of the United States Army, has quarters at the Hofman House. E. C. Banfield, Solicitor of the Treasury Depart ment at Washington, has arrived at the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel. Vicomte de Theury, of France, who arrivel yes- terday on the steamship Cuba, is staying at the New York Hotel. Governor E. A. Straw, of New Hampshire, was at the Fifth avenue hotel for a few hours yester- day. He has gone to Washington, Mr. Henry P. Haven, of New London, the late candidate of the republican party for Governor of Connecticut, is at the Glenham Hotel. The physicians of Congressman James Brooks, who is lying ill in Washington, yesterday morning pronounced his condition very critical. The first colored graduate of the Law Schoot of the District of Columbia was yesterday admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of that District. W. M. T.—The Watertown (N. Y.) Morning De spatch is authoritatively informed that the “Boss” is staying at the Anglo-American Hotel in Kingston, Ontario, . Alexander Chaffers, the London lawyer, whose trial some months ago for libelling Lady Travers ‘Twiss had so strange a conclusion, has begun suit for perjury against Lady Twiss’ servant maid. M. Olozaga, the Spanish Minister in Paris, has narrowly escaped losing the sight of an eye, hav- ing been accidentaily struck with a cue while play- ing billiards with one of the attachés of his Lega- tion. Don Feliciano Herreros de Tejada, late Spanish Minister in Mexico, and former secretary to Gen— eral Prim, arrived in this city from Mexico, via Havana, on Friday last. He will go to Washington on a visit this morning, and will return to thig city to embark for Europe. The Emperor William will leave Berlin for St. Petersburg today, to spend ten days in tha Russian capital. No day has yet been fixed for the Emperor's departure for Vienna. The Em- press, after a few weeks’ residence at Coblentz, will pay her customary Spring visit to Baden Baden. A despatch received yesterday in Washington from Secretary Belknap mentions that he and General Sheridan and party were at Ringgold Bar- racks, on the Rio Grande, and would leave to-day for Brownsville. They were all well. They will take the steamer from Brazos Santiago on the 28th inst. for New Orleans. Mr. Burbridge, a London undertaker, 1s the au thor of anew economy. Employed to perform the last offices for those who die in certain institu- tions, he receives thirty-five shillings for each in- terment. A few days since the extraordinary size of a coMn attracted investigation. It purperted to contain the body of a woman. In fact, besides: hers, were those of three children. His contract gave him pay for four burials, on presentation of certift- cates of the cemetery authorities, who were inter- ested with him in this neat, short-nand process, Nevertheless, envious and ill-natured people critie cise Burbridge. THE PRESIDENT’S MOVEMENTS. The President! Party “Doing” st. Louis=Dining and Wining the Order of the Day. 81. Lovis, Mo,, April 22, 1873. It is stated that President Grant and party will leave here on Thursday morning for Idaho Springs, Colorado, In a brief response to a toast in the house of Henry F. Blow, yesterday, the Presiaent said, while St. Louis is one of the few places in which he had lived long enough to®form close attach- ments, it #s not probable that he will ever make: this city his home, President Grant spent a quiet day in the city. To-night he, tn company with a number of promi- nent gentlemen, dined at the residence of Mr. ohauncey J. Filey, and afterwards attended a reeep= Vion at the house of Mrs, Edgar Aman.