The New York Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1873, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Volume XXXVIII. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtie! a= Bex MoCuuuovau, Afternoon and evening. wr sooo NO, 263 BOOTH’S THEATRE, Sixt r. ro — pROOTH'S THEATRE, Sixth av. and Twenty-third st. NEW LYCEUM THEATRE, léth street and 6th av.— Norns Daur, METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway.—Vanrery ENTERTAINMENT. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Haxpsome Jacx— Manxep ror Lirx, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—CoLixen Bawn, BROADWAY THEATRE, 728 and 730 Broad’ =O) Bourrs—La GRanvE Deokaee ames a OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker sts.—sinpap THE Saivon. THEATRE COMIQUE. No. 514 Broadway.—Vanirry ENTERTALNMENT. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Broadway.—Tax Beiies or Tax Kircuen, NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—Tx Brack Cxoox. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, st.—Wanpumne Jew, MRS, F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Bauusr. ROBINSON HALL, Sixteenth street.—Tur Royay Manionzrtxs, Matinee at 3 ‘ighth av. and Twenty-third BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSF, Twenty-third st., corner th av.—NxGro Minsmreisy, &c. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Varisty ENTERTAINMENT. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Court street, Brooklyn.— Gan Francisco MINSTRELS. BAIN HALL, Great Jones street, between Broadway and Bowery.—Twx Price. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Suuwer Nicuts’ Cor- CERTS. TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE, 53th st., between Lex- ington and 3d avs.—Bouemtan Grint, AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, 34 av., between @4 and 64th streets. Afternoon and evening. ASSOCIATION HALL, 234 street and 4th avenue,— Lacrure—“Scientiric Magic.” NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad- qay.—SCIENCE AND ART. DR, KAHN’S MUSEUM, No, 688 Broadway.—Screncr anp Anr. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Friday, Sept. 19, 1873, THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “SUSPENSION OF JAY COOKE & 00.! EXCITE: MENT IN WALL STREET’—LEADING EDI- TORIAL ARTICLE—SixTH Paae. 4 FEARFUL HOUR IN WALL STREET! JAY COOKE SINKS BENEATH THE WAVE OF FINANCIAL RUIN! THE NORTHERN PA- CIFIC’S FIRST “SMASH-UP!? OTHER DIS- ASTERS! MORE TO COME, PERHAPS! COMMODORE VANDERBILT'S VIEWS! DE- TAILS OF THE SUPREME AGONY OF THE CLIQUES—FourTs Pag. FLUCTUATIONS IN FINANCIAL VALUES IN WALL STREET YESTERDAY! THE FAIL. URES, THE “RUNS” ON BANKT! STATUS—FirTa PAGE. THE BUDDINGTON-POLARIS WAIFS PICKED UP BY A SCOTCH WHALER! TWO MONTHS’ SUFFERING IN OVEN BOATS! SAFE IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND! CONSULAR CONFIR- MATION OF THE GOOD NEWS—TuIRD PAGE, MAP OF THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE ICY POLAR REGIONS AND OF THE EXCITEMENT AND THE THE MONETARY ROOTES AND RESULTS OF ARCTIC RE- SEARCH--THIRD PAGE, AN AMERICAN SCHOONER RUN DOWN AND SUNK BY A BRITISH STEAMER! THE CAP- TAIN, MATE AND TEN MEN DROWNED! INVESTIGATION BY THE UNITED STATES CONSUL—A PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP WRECKED—TeENTH PAGE. THE CHOLERA DECIMATING HUNGARY! AN UNUSUALLY LARGE MORTALITY RATE— SEVENTH PAGE. SEVERE GALE ON THE BRITISH COAST! TICH- "BORNE DEBARRED FROM FURTHER MAR- TYRDOM—A G AN BANK CLERK AB- SCONDS WITH $30,000 IN FIVE-TWENTIES— SEVENTH PAGS. A JERSEY BAKER KILLS A RIVAL AND THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF—Texti Pace. INTRANSIGENTE OUTRAGES IN SPAIN! 50,000 REMINGTON RIFLES PR TED BY THE PEOPLE—aUSTRIAN INSULTS TO THE | ITALIAN KING—SEVENTH PAGE, PIRATICAL MALAYS ATTACK BOATS OF THE BRITISH NAVY ! OFFICERS WOUNDED ! A MAN-€ PUNISH THE PIRATES—S: SERIOUS MUTINY ON THE WILLIAM AMERICAN SHIP! AN TAPSCOTT AT AUCKLAND, | HER | ES ON AKING BADI BLOODY SCEN BOARD—S#VENTH PaGe. MURDER WILL OUT! DAMNING EVIDENCE st SAMMIS IN THE > THAT MYSTERIOUS WIT ON THE S D HE DREADFUL SOUNDS FROM THE BEACH —SEVENTH Page. ATRIP SKYWARD! WHAT PROFESSOR KING | AND A HERALD COMMISSIONER SAW | WHILE Ut IN THE BIG BALLOON! IM- PORTAN MENTIFIC RESULTS! NIAGARA AS SE FROM ABOVE IGHTH PAGE. THE PEARL RIVER CESSION AGREED UPON BY THE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT! DANGER- OUs ILLNESS OF THE K ! ERUPTION OF MAUNA LOA—SgEventH Pace, IMPORTANT CONC ION FROM A BOURBON LEADER TO THE FR ‘H PEOPLE—THE acai RIOT QUELL TH PAGE. Victron EmManven iy Viexxa.—The King of Italy, it will be seen from our de- spatches of this morning, does not find him- self quite comfortable in Vienna. The Vien- nese are proverbially a polite people, and from long experience know well how to entertain illustrious strangers. In Vienna, however, Vic- tor Emmanuel is the representative of much that is painful. His presence there reminds the people of national defeat; and to the Ultra- montanes particularly, the Italian King is an object of dislike. We are not, therefore, at all surprised to learn that the King has been abused by certain sections of the press; and that some of the leading representatives of society in Vienna have left the city in order to avoid the inconvenience of meeting him. The government, however, stands by its royal guest, and the Vaterland, an ultra Catholic journal, has been suspended and its bureau seized by the police, because of certain offensive expressions used regarding the royal visitor. These things may have the effect of shortening Victor Emmanuel’s stay in Vienna, and of in- ducing him to hurry on to Berlin, where, no doubt. he will find himsclf more comfyrtable, | their suspension, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. Suspension of Jay Cooke & Co.—Ex- citement in Wall Street. The city had a veritable sensation yesterday in the announcement of the suspension of the banking house of Jay Cooke and Company. In the circular issued by the firm it is stated that the suspension was caused by advances having been made to the Philadelphia house of the company and from a heavy drain on the deposits here. This, it is said, was the immediate cause. But what was the remote cause, should it be more than a temporary suspension? Temporary or not, however, the probability is that there are causes of a general character, and dating back some time, affecting all the establishments, branches and business of the Cookes. ‘he despatch from Washington an- nouncing, immediately after the suspension of the bank here, that the banking house of Henry D. Cooke & Co. had closed doors and suspended at noon, gives a serious aspect to the matter, and leads to the inference that previous circumstances have been operating to produce the catastrophe. The pressure must have been great to have caused such instant action of the First National Bank of Washington; for, as the despatch says, parties were at the counter drawing out funds when the order was given to close the doors and people to leave the premises. Such prompt action after the short run upon the bank indicated that the firm was in a bad condition. The Treasury Department, if not alarmed, has taken the precaution to prevent losses or discredit from its connection with the Cooke houses. The United States Treasurer has ordered the payment of gold drafts on Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., London, to be stopped. It is to be hoped the government is not in any way involved and will not sustain any loss, We are aware that the Cooke firm in this country and Cooke & McCulloch, of London, have had the handling of vast amounts of government money and securities. They have, as the famous Syndi- cate, or the most important part of it, had a great deal to do with negotiating the loans, as they are called, for the funding of the new five per cents of the national debt; have had a hand, also, it is said, in the fifteen million five hundred thousand Alabama claims’ pay- ment by England, and have been the financial agents or medium of the Treasury Depart- ment in other important transactions. If, therefore, the government should escape loss in this tremendous crash it will be fortunate. That we have yet tolearn. Or if the London house can stand the shock, that will beas gratifying as sur- prising. It is but fair to say that the firm bere asserts_that the house of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Go." ig London is entirely sep- arate from the houses in this country, it it is thoroughly solvent and that it has a large cash surplus on hand. We hope it is so, but must not forget either the business relations existing between that firm and those here, or the motive to put forth the most rose- colored view possible of the situation of affairs. More satisfactory than anything the suspended banks may say is the authorized announcement, according to the Washington despatches, of the Treasury Department that the banking honse of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., does not owe the government a cent, but that, on the contrary, it overpaid in the last settlement. This statement is made only as to the house abroad, and so far ought to prevent any ill effect upon the credit of the government or government securities. We hope it may turn out that neither the city of Washington, with the finances and government of which Henry D. Cooke had so much to do, nor the Treasury Department, may suffer from the suspension of the houses at home. Many rumors are afloat as to the amount of the liabilities of the Cooke banks, some stating them to be twenty millions, some more, and others less. It is known their transactions were on a large scalo, but how much they owe or will be able to pay is not yet ascertained. Hopes are held out, as usual in such cases, to depositors and other creditors. Though one of their banks may say it was compelled to suspend in consequence of the demands of another upon it, there is no doubt they were all mixed up in the same difficulty, and that was prin- cipally the embarrassment caused by the Northern Pacific Railroad. It was apparent to shrewd financiers that the long continued and widespread advertisements of the bonds of that railroad, without the expected result, would impose such a load upon the shoulders of these bankers as would be difficult to bear. This Northern Pactfic Railroad was a stupend- ous speculation. The Cookes were either short- sighted in not seeing the doubtful character of the enterprise, and the burden they would have to bear, or they calculated upon tempt- ing the market and public to take the load off their hands by extensive advertising and the prestige of their financial standing. As to the disturbances of the stock or money market, or the alleged unusual drafts of the depositors, having much to do with seems to us doubtful. There has been no such crisis calculated to shake any great, substantial and well man- azed bank. How far these suspensions will affect other banks, stock-jobbing firms or the market, we have yet to see. The panic re- sulting from them, as on all such like occa- sions, has prostrated some speculators and firms. Richard Schell was one of the victims, and the firm of Robinson & Suydam was unable to meet its con- tracts at the Stock Exchange. rumors of others being embarrassed and likely to succumb. Stocks tumbled trinsic or speculative value, and Western Gold, of course, felt the shock, but fluctuated little more than one per cent, which rather indicates uo very great trouble is to be appre- hended. ~ * ” mes. Foes, « There is a familiar old saying that acci- dents will occur in the best regulated fami- lies, and they occur, evidently, in great banking houses which have the reputation of being both admirably managed and as solid as the rocks. But can they properly be called accidents in the case of such bank failures as those we notice to-day? Are not most of them the natural results of mismanagement and reckless speculation? The tyros in banking and financial affairs—the men who spring up like mushrooms in a night—are likely to want that conservative caution which more experienced men have. They are apt to be too venturesome, to launch out in vast specu. There are | down | more or less according to their supposed in- | Union run down more than ten per cent. | lations and to be over confident in their own sagacity and ability. This is especially so when, from the humblest position in life, they are suddenly elevated to wealth and prominence. While giving the Cookes credit for ability, enterprise, liberality or other commendable qualities, and admitting that the pat- ronage and fostering care of the Treas- ury Department, since Mr. Chase lifted them up, were enough to turn the heads of any financial neophites, we cannot excuse the reckless speculation and vaulting ambition that looks like gambling. They ought to have had more regard for public and great business interests, for they were trusted agents of the government, looked upon as the pillars and advocates of the national bank system, and claimed more than any other bankers the con- fidence of the people in consequence of their relations to the government and the banks. The suspension of the Cookes, who were highly favored by the government and the financial pets of the administration, and who had made many millions in the course of a few years through the favor of the Treasury Department, ought to be a lesson to the gov- ernment. Instead of squandering money on speculative agents, who have little power or credit except that which their connection with the Treasury gives them, the government should manage its own financial transactions. Among other evils resulting from the war is that of enriching a few favorites at the expense of the Treasury and the people. We see the consequence of thus ereating millionnaire parvenus by the gov- ernment. There is no reason to apprehend any serious effect from the Cooke sus- pension, or from the few other sus- pensions or failures that may arise in consequence of that, to the business or interests of the country generally. The excitement, probably, will soon subside, leav- ing only a few wrecks of speculators and stockjobbing firms. It is the talk and sensa- tion of a day or so. The currents of trade will flow on smoothly, ‘and our merchants, traders and great producing population may smile at the frenzy of the hour in Wall street. The country is too prosperous and wealthy to be seriously disturbed by the collapse of a few speculators or ephemeral banking institu- tions, Safety of Captain SBuddington and His Men—The Herald’s Advice and the Navy Department. A special despatch from the London cor- respondent of the Hzraxp brings the gratify- ing intelligence that Captain Buddington and the rest of the crew of the Polaris have been rescued from their perilous situation and have arrived at Dundee, in Scotland, all well. Cap- tain Tyson and his party were separated from the vessel on the 15th of October, 1872. They were rescued by the Tigress on the 30th of April of the present year, after spending one hundred and nineteen days on the ice-floe. On the 10th of May the Hzratp printed its excellent and exclusive account of the separation of the party from the Polaris, their sufferings on the ice and their rescue, and two days afterward we suggested that the Tigress be at once despatched to bring home the persons remain- ing on the ill-fated vessel. No attention was paid to this suggestion till after the arrival of Tyson and the rescued men in Washington, which was not until the 5th of June, Even then a prolonged investigation was thought necessary by the Secretary of the Navy, and the purchase of the Tigress was not an- nounced until the 17th, twelve days afterward. This steamer did not leave Brooklyn until the 14th of July, more than two months after the Henraxp had suggested her immediate depar- ture. Captain Buddington and his compan- ions were picked up by the whaling ship Ra- venscraig on the 20th of July, or within a week of the departure of the Tigress from Brook- Withese facts and dates are extremely sug- gestive. If the Hxrap’s advice had been acted upon immediately the speedy rescue and return of the party would have been the result, and much doubt and pain and heart- burnings would have been averted. In the two months which elapsed between the news of Captain Tyson’s rescue and the departure of the Tigress that vessel, had she sailed under the direction of Captain Hayes, would undoubtedly have rescued Buddington and his men, instead of leaving the honor of their rescue to be gathered by the Scotch whalers. Little, perhaps, would have been saved to them in the actual sufferings they were com- pelled to undergo, but alertness in seeking and finding them would have been honorable tothe American character and gratifying to every American citizen. Though constantly urged to it by the Hxrarn, the government threw away a splendid opportunity, and the Navy Department, in soeking justification for sending an expedition at all, committed a still graver fault by opening wounds which even time cannot heal. In singular contrast with the slowness of the government in sending after the Polaris was the activity of Consul Molloy, at St. Johns, yesterday. The Juniata had left that port on her return to the Tigress only a few hours before the news of Buddington’s safety arrived. Mr. Molloy at once sent a fast sail- ing steamer after her to overtake her and ad- | vise her commander of the important news he had just received. The Consul is deserving | of much praise for this foresight and activity, | for it is likely that his vessel will overtake the Juniata, and that her voyage, if she pursues it, will be to bring back the Tigress, It is | likely, however, that the Juniata ‘will return to St, Johns to await the orders of the Navy Department, before proceeding on her voyage. The rescue of Captain Buddington makes necessary a most thorough investigation into all the circumstances attending the death of Captain Hall, and a full inquiry into the ; conduct of Captain Buddington in rela- tion to Captain Tyson and his party as well as toward Hall previous to and at the time of his death. As will be seen from our despatches from Washington this morning, Sergeant Meyer, one of the men rescued from the ice- floe with Captain Tyson, speaks boldly in dis- belief of the opinions of others of the rescued crew that Hall was poisoned. The proper time to make the inquiry was when Bud- \ dington and all the rest could be heard. \ It would not have been proper to dis- | regard the suspicions of foul play entirely, but | it was unnecessary to make them the subject | of inquiry at the time Secretary Robinson chose for his semi-official investigation. It is not impossible that if Buddington bad been present to answer any accusation against him, or if it was likely that, like the passengers by the ice-floe, he would be rescued from his perilous situation, that we should never have heard any of these insinuations. At all events, if the Hzratp’s advice had been taken, Captain Buddington and his men would have been rescued in a way honorable to the nation, and the charges which created such a profound sensation during Robeson’s investi- gation would have been kept in abeyance till all the officers and men belonging to the un- fortunate vessel could be brought face to face. Until to-day the only duty of the govern- ment was in regard to finding the lost men of the Polaris. We have seen the feebleness with which the Secretary of the Navy performed that duty, making all that was done fruitless by delay. Now, the duty which remains is the inquiry into everything touching the voyage. And here too, by its singular and pertinacious bungling, the Navy Department has made the duty a peculiarly unpleasant one. Tyson and his party have already made a record which Buddington and_ the men who are with him will be com- pelled to meet and combat. We could better understand the merits of the case if all were to be heard for the first time. But for Mr. Robeson’s failure to take the Hzratp's advice, which time has proved the best that could have been offered, and for his delay in per- forming a plain and simple duty, there would be comparatively few resentments now, and this tangled skein could be easily unravelled. Let the duty which remains be done as ten- derly as is compatible with a grim and stern occasion, and in the meantime all the Ameri- can people will rejoice that the strange story of the Polaris is made more wonderful still by the rescue of all of her crew. SALVINI. His Second Appearance as Othello at the Academy of Music Last Evening. At the Academy of Music Signor Salvini actea Othello for the second time last evening, and re- ceived, at the end of every act after the third, such an ovation as is never enjoyed by any but the most supreme artists. Many Othellos have been presented in New York during the last quarter of a century, and he whose histriontc memory reviews so long a space will recol- lect Kean, and Brooke, and Davenport, and Barry Sullivan, and Macready, and the elder Booth, and Forrest, not to mention the present Booth, whom & large proportion of Americans seem to regard as the ideal actor, and upon whom they lavish an en- thusiasm as affecting from its loyalty as it is jus- tifled by the unquestionable service he has ren- dered to dramatic art, Not one of these actors has failed to produce admirable effects in his reading of the part, and several towered to a height which not even the grandeur of Salvini’s conception can dwarf, But perhaps the ideals which to-day are most gen- erally adduced as standards are those of Edwin Forrest and Edwin Booth—ideals so opposed to each other and affording such violent contrasts to Salvini’s that the mind naturally falls to work at analyzing their variances, But without indulging in this work let us briefly inspect the character of Othello. He 1s a self-de- pendent, self-ruled, and, to a certain extent, a self- trained man, with profound passion well controlled and not merely thinly glazed with the smoothness of conveptionalism. He is martially proud, and informs Iago he will not trust for his jastifi- cation before the Seigniory to the services he has done them, He is socially proud, and boasts of having fetched his life and being from men of royal siege. He 1s so wedded to war that his love for Desdemona is the only motive that in- duces him to put up with any circumspection or confinement. He relies for justice upon his parts, his title and his perfect soul—his soldierly genius, his social station and his personal integrity. This 1s one of the several points wherein he displays that self-consclousness in which the barbarian and semi-barbarian are deficient. He pays the years ot Brabantio the unruffled courtesy of a well-bred man, ¢nd evinces his _ self-rule im the temperateness with which he repels Braban- tio’s servants when they advance to arrest him. That he calls himself rude in speech is no proof that he actually is so, It sounds more like the gracelul deprecation of a man who has seen the world, He betrays great tact in sending for Des- demona, 80 that any denunciation which may be made of him may come irom her own lips, His coniidence in Jago’s honesty is seen in the assurance with which he puts Desdemona in his keeping for safe conduct to Cyprus, So far trom hugging the doubt which Brabantio insinu- ates at parting from him, he dismisses it on the instant, and joyfully stakes his life upon Desde- mona’s faith, The affectionateness of his disposi- tion is hinted at in his reference to the love he has found among the people of Cyprus. His con- sciousness of the restraint in which he holds his passions is illustrated, alter the wounding of Mon- tano by Cassio, in the exclamation :— Now, by heaven, My blood begins my safer guides to rule, And passion, having my vest judgment collied, ‘Aaways to lead the way. He demonstrates the strength of his rule by the excoriating rebuke which he gives to Cassto, and which Is in itself the immediate passing into action of the declaration that He that is approved in the offence, Though he had twinned with me, both at a birth, Shall lose me, He is duped by pata because he believes in lago’s honesty ; and he believes in Iago’s honesty because Iago enjoys that dark advantage always wielded by @ villain over a generous man of whom he is the inteliectual peer. He has a noble contempt of leading a jealous lite, with fresh suspicions for every change of the moon, One well-grounded suspicion is enough ior him. Doubt passes imme- diately into resolve and resolve into action, It is with the revelation of these points that the first part of the play is concerned, and all the rest of the tragedy 1s occupied with their rapid and vivid development. With what wondrous force and delicacy Signor Salvini interprets these characteristics we have now twice seen. It is doing no injustice to the other artists whom we have mentioned, and to the two whom we have specialized, to say that Saivini in this rdle towers above them all He gives the character a consistency which we have never seen it retain in any other hands, He has been called an emotional and not an intellectual actor; but we know neither what that distinction in this instance means nor why it should be made, Uniess his characterization 1s an unprecedented example of temperamental dovetailing (in which case the actor’s personal temperament and disposition must be the prototype of the dramatist’s conception) it must have been laboriously thought out and puilt up from beginning to end. We have seen cnough of the crude results of uncorrected impulse in acting to know how impossible it {s for @ self-consistent piece of characterization to be evolved by any such process, It is these accidental correspondences between the temperament of the actor and the Seouperament of the role that consti- tute the one-part players, who simply exnibit themselves and their Weaknesses, vices and vir- tues, romantically exaggerated and picturesquely environed, But since we have no reason to imagine that =‘ Signor = Saivini_ is an Othello in private life, we conclude that his genius is genetic and creatiye, and that in con- slrdeting an Othello for représéntation upd the stage, hé nas gone 3 Work as deliberately and ‘with & purpose as clearly inderstood by himself as some of the profoundest modern criticisms lead us to believe Shakspeare did, employing the utmost refinements of art where his contemporaries saw only the rude flashes of wayward genius, and ar- ticulating into organic imty those compositions in which they discovered merely a bizarre hetero- genelty clumsily linked together. It is In the third act, in our spy) vhat Salvini makes his grandest displays, Itis here that some of his most splendid originalities first become visible. Itis here, by many exquisite touches, that he contrives ‘to sustain the soundness and generosity which give so fine and tender an be to Othello’s more rugged traits, The audience grows suspicious beiore Othello does. In nothing, so lar as this tragedy 1s concerned, is Salvini in grander contrast to all previous inter. preters of the character with whom New York audiences are familiar, than in the obstinacy with which his Othello repels doubt. Nay, it is not until lago has repeatedly plied his instigations that he can be said to “repel” doubt, since the doubt does not seem even to come. He has no sus- picion to fight against, since he entertains no suspicion, at least of Desdemona, The briet answers he returns to Iago are made in that kindly, quiet tone @ man in nis position might use toward one in his service, whose officiousness 18 ignored because of the honesty and fidelity which prompt it, This impenetrableness might have wearied and disheartened a less re- lentiess hater than Iago. The storm gathers so slowly that one scarcely perceives the clouds ad- hering thread by thread and strata by strata, This sluggishness: tojoalousy m Salvini’s hands is not the overwecning conidepge Of ® Guykold, ness Of & DB where it has but grand calm ane dim per- Toy! loved, Even after the first turbations have rippled’ across his heart, he be- comes his unsuspecting self again, and is truly roused, for the first tine only, when Iago, as @ last thrust, reminds him of Brabantio’s warning. Then the tempest that has been so long in concentrat- ing its forces begins to break. Its splendor is aw- ful. Its agony is terrible. Faint hopes open out of it, like gum pses of the blue, only to be permanently Jost in the returning blackness. It is in this por- tion of the scene that the mute eloquence of Salvi- ni’s working features illuminates the situation with a lurid and agenizing radiance which no one need expect to see approached by more than two or three actors in a lifetime, Iago exclaims, “I see this hath a little dashed your spirits.” One cannot hear the “Not a jot, not a jot,” with which Othello replies, but the moutn moves, the eyes gleam, the muscles tremble, and over the countenance passes that awiul quiver, which tells that the soul is in the agonies of vivisection and that the worst has not yet come, : From this point the madness of jealousy contin- ues to grow. Through all the rage and anguish of the hour a lingering belief in the purity o! Desde- mona continues to survive, until finally it finds expression in an access of savage fury, and, hurl- ing Iago to the; ground, Othello liits his foot with quick barbaric instinct, as though to trample on him, This scene is full of an animal and savage splendor, the very brutality of which enhances its value asa stroke of art. The tran- sition from the blindness of physical violence to the temporary gentleness of returning judgment is magnificently and magnetically picturesque. It is in keeping With the character, too, where torrid geations, well ripened, break at times the arrier reared by self-control, and the hot impulses of a Moorish ancestry abjure the education with which they have been slaked. According to our view neither the fourth nor the filth act presents opportunitics of which Salvini makes greater use than those of which this incident ts the crown, In the fourth act the trage- dian retains a scene that in the English representa- tion is often omitted—that iu which Othello strikes his wife and addresses by turns Desdemona and Lodovico; and after offering Emilia money he withdraws his hand and flings the purse at her as though she were tvo vile for him to be contaminated by her touch, At this point the unutterable con- tempt and hauteur of Salvini’s silent gaze are perfection quite unconveyable by words. The filth act isa ator succession of physical and men- tal fury, murder, horror, remorse and suicide, He seizes’ Desdemona with one arm and hand, and strangies her with the other as he bears her toward the bed. For @ moment she bed-curtains hide him from view, ‘Then his face peers out, 1t is the face of asoulthat has groped to the lowest depth, Save one, of human ony, and hangs halt-presageful of its loom = over that one, ‘hen follow the entrance of Emilia, the discovery of fago’s villainy, the long inarticu- late cries of exquisite remorse as Othello staggers toward the bed, his panther-like spring toward Tago, his farewell words to Lodovico and the rest; the quick suicide by cutting the throat, the quiver- ing limbs as the tallen body writhes in death, and then the curtain descends upon a completed con- ception, which, though not without errors of read- ing and individual and national mannerisms, Will be classed among the most powerful, artistic and origipai that the world has seen. NILSSON'S RECEPTION. Arcadian Welcome to the Queen of Song. Brilliant as was the reception given to the distin- guished Italian tragedian, Signor Salvini, by the Arcadian Club last week, it was entirely eclipsed last night by the welcome accorded to Mme. Nilsson. The parlors and halls of the elegant club house were adorned with choice paintings from the best American artists and not a few specimens of European schools, and arches of evergreens, through which smiled clusters of flowers, lent a new beauty to the scene. An interesting pro- gramme was formed and carried out, consisting of the following :— bf) Misses Vescelius Whitney and Bocket -Miss 5, Mendes ‘RROKPTIO! Storm Petrel, Polka Fantasie. Song. ‘Longin, Recfial, “rhe Stowaway’ Ab Mon Fils, Meyerbeer. Violin solo (Andante), M Song, “Care N z CT ‘M.' W. Whitney aemiwabs Accompanists, G. W. Colby and E, Agramonte. The “Storm Petrel,” a description of which was oD a separate programme, is the best of Pattison’s works, and was played superbly by him last even- ing. Mme. Nilsson made her appearance after ten o'clock, and was welcomed by the Vice President, Mr. Wheeler, in the name of the club. The fair songstress was accompanied by her hus- band, M. Rouzaud, and was, of course, the centre of attraction during the evening. The assemblage comprised many of the most prominent rep- Tesentatives of art and fashion, with a sprinkling of diplomats. Among those present Were Baron d’Offenbourg, the Russian Minister ; Mr. Charles Bradlangh, Mr. Blackmore, Mr. ‘I. E, A. Bjorkiund, Judge Brady, Miss Annie Louise Cary, Mile. Pauilne Canissa, Dr. Doremus and lady, Mile. Drasdil, Mrs, Gulager, Miss Antonia Henne, Miss Matilda Toedt, Messrs. Campanini, Capoul, Maurel, Del Puentz, Nannetti and Muzio, of the Strakosch Italian Opera troupe; Mr. Max Strakosch, Herr Wientawskt, T. 0. King, Messrs. Varley, Whitney, Beckett Graf, J. R. Thomas, Brookhouse Bowler, Agramonte, Colby, Albert Weber and lady, Miss Nelson, Signor Salvini, the Swedish Consul, Mr. Maurice Grau, Dr. Wm. Berge, Professor Schmelz and Messrs. Keidel, At midnight the magnificent band of the Ninth regiment, under the direction of Mr. Downing, numbering fifty instruments, appeared belore the club house and henored the Swedish nightingale with a serenade. Calcium hghts made Union square and vicinity as bright as day, and a dense crowd of people blocked every street near the ciub house, Lights gleamed in every window of the Everett House opposite, and the fair song- stress looked out from the balcony on a surging sea of heads, while the hearty cheers which wel- comed her rang out on the night air. Then the band broke forth in the stately measures ot the overture to “Egmont,” that immortal tribute of Beethoven to a great hero. Charming selections from all the well-known operas with which Mme. Nilsson is identified followed. The Diva returned thanks in heartfelt terms and the most brilliant reception of the season came to aclose. It was an appropriate welcome to one who has proved the guardian of Italian opera and the brightest representation of the lyric art at the present day. WEATHER REPORT. ae War DEPARTMENT, | OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept, 19—1 A. M. Probabilities, For New England fresh and occasionally brisk winds, shifting to west and northwest, partly cloudy weather and possibly occasional tight rain. FoR THE MIDDLE STATES AND LOWER LAKE RE- GION FRESH AND OCCASIONALLY BRISK WINDS, VEERING TO WEST AND NORTH, PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER, FALLING TEMPERATURE AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN. For the South Atlantic and Gulf States, east of the Mississippi, cloudy weather, rain and north- east to southeast winds, increasing in force over the latter, south of which a disturbance now exists. For Tennessee and the Ohto Valley winds shifting to westerly and northerly, falling temperature, partly cloudy weather and probably occasional light rain. From Missouri to the upper lakes low tempera- ture, northerly to westerly winds and clear and partly cloudy weather, The majority of the midnight telegraphic reports from the West Gulf States, upper lake region and the Northwest are missing. TheWeather in This City Yesteraay. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HexaLp Building :— 1872 187: 1872. 1873. 3A. M. 63 59 +73 80 6A. 63 60 72 7 6 70 » 68 68 7 72 » 67 68 Average temperatare yesterday... rere ‘Average temperature for corresponding dave .. last year, . BOAT RAGING IN NEW BRUNSWICK The Paris Crew Win the Four-Oared Race and Fulton the Singlc-Seull Match, St. JonN, N. B., Sept. 18, 1873, The fonr-oared boat race started at eight o'clock A.M. The water was smooth as glass and the weather cool and pleasant The ’Longshore crew, of Portiand, Me., took the lead at the start; the McLaren crew, of St. Jolin, was second; the Paris crew third, and the Indian crew last, tne latter being evidently out of the race. See ee a aeLive ho. boats were still in sition, At whe tum the Paris crew led, closely followed by the ‘Longshore crew, the McLaren crew third. On the hoine- siretcn the 'Longshore crew followed the Paris crew closely, but the latter won k half a length, The McLarens were a good third, Time ‘The single-scull match was won by Fulton, after & most exciting contest, by 4 quarter length, { Bigua was to cyntident of pis abUity to win, ‘At ‘the end of the first mile the | p | riod. WASHINGTON. The Suspension of Henry D. Cooke & Co. and the First National Bank. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE. Washingtonians Aghast at the Down- fall of the Great House. THE RUN ON THE SAVINGS BANKS. ‘ WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 1878. This has been a gloomy day for Washington. The stock indicator showed in its first report from New York this morning that there was something Of an unusual financial bredze in that city. First came the announcement that Jay Cooke & Uo. had suspended, and a few minutes alter a denial of the Tumor. At noon, however, the flash was in Washington. Only those who watch the faithful chronicler of the New York money market knew anything about it. The report was regarded a3 & camard—something ridiculous. Tne faintly printed words ‘Jay Cooke & Co, suspended” were eagerly scanned by the Washington merchants, Who have had so much confidence in the house for eight years past. Then the stock quota- tions were examined. It was evident there was something wrong, but atill the supporters of Jay Cooke could not, would not believe that anything could possibly happen to affect their financial status. “Why,” said an old Washing- tonian, “I never liked the house bit, but its mem- bers have earned the reputation they enjoy, and I Suspect this is another Wall street job to hurt somebody. I don’t believe you could affect the credit of that banking firm.” In this the eager crowd about the instrument in the main oMce in Washington generally sympathized. It ‘was, however, like the old problem of the fish put into a full bowl of water, and not a drop was spilled. All kinds of reasons were given how this could not be, but the attempt disproved all the reasoning of the philosophers, So, too, in this case the sceptical would not believe because the Wash- ington branch of the house still transacted bust- ness at the banking house on Fifteenth street. No sooner, however, had the New York and Philadelphia reports reached Washington than the curb stone brokers and stock dealers began to feel chilly, There was hail in the air somewhere, but nothing to indicate a storm about the marble build- ing of Jay Cooke on Fifteenth street. At the hour of noon, while depositors were standing at the paying tellers counter with checks properly drawn, and an atmosphere of serenity about the establishment, a iat, ruddy-faced gentleman, com- monly called Macgowan, with the authority of a Special policeman, ordered everybody out of the banking house of Henry D. Cooke & Co. If mid. day robbers had assaulted them and attempted ta seize their checks ang grails they would not have been more astonished. ‘i ‘* “Get out, gentlemen. get out—the or. ders are to close the doors! Unpald checks were extended over the counter, but no one ap- peared to receive them. “Gentlemen, you must get out; my orders are to close the doors, and you must leave.” A half dozen business men, who have deposited with this firm for years, reluct- antly turned their backs on the counter: and, as they reached the marble steps and heard the slam of the doors, starea in each others face, and said, “Is it possible? What vime is it? The house of Jay Cooke & Co. has really fatied. For a firm with their backing would never have suffered a moment’s financial embar- Trassment unless they have exhausted their last source of relief.” “Just think of it,” said another, “the firm that helped to fund the United States bonds during tae war suspending payment now!”” Just after the doors closed a number of depost- tors who had heard of the rumor, were in front of the banking house. The cheerful faces of business men suddenly changed, and to continue the gloom the following announcement was posted upon the plate glass window :— SEPTEMBER 18, 1873, In consequence of the suspension of Jay Cooke & Co. in New York and Philadelphia we have con- cluded to close our doors until we hear further trom them, By this time the crowd had been augmented by the noon day launchers, who stared at tne notice as though it had been a house to let. Secretary Richardson and Comptroller Knox are in consultation this afternoon in reference to the suspensious here, anda receiver will probably be appointed immediately to take charge or the First National Bank. The Secretary of the Treasury states that the government does not lose a single dollar by the suspension, the deposits of. the gov- ernment officers in the First National Bank being fully secured by the deposit of that institutionin the National Treasury. As to the Syndicate operations the balance ts in favor of the government, they having overpaid at the last settlement. ‘The suspension of Henry D. Cooke & Uo. was a precautionary measure, being made on account of the New York and Phiiadelphia house of that firm suspending. The suspension hag not caused a run on other banks. Late this afternoon there was something of a run on the Washington City Savings Bank. All demands so jar have been promptly met. There was a slight run on the Freedman’s Sav- ings Bank and the Washington City Savings Bank to-day, commencing about one o'clock. All de- mands were promptly met. There was consider- aole excitement in the early part of the day, but it quieted very materially late in the afternoon, ‘The payment of gold drafts on Jay Cooke, McCul- Joch & Co., London, tas been stopped by the United States Treasurer, American Bar Iron in Liverpool. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics says, in reference to the alleged sale of American bar irom in Liverpool, that he has caused a careiui exami- nation of the statements of domestic exports from the United States during the thirteen months en led July 31, 1873, to be made, which resulted in the discovery that nota single pound of American bar or ratlioad iron had been exported from the United States to England direct pitty | that pe- If any reached England it must have been through Vanada, to which five tons of bar iron and 826 tons of ratls were exported during the fiscal year 1873. POSTAL AND OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. TELECFAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 19—6 A. M, Mr. Scudamore, Director of the Postal Telegraph service, denies the truth of the recent rumors that the government is about to purchase the Atiantio Cable lines. ROME. ——-e TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, VIENNA, Sept. 18, 1873, It is rumored that Count Andrassy, the Prim Minister of Austria, and Visconti Venosta, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who accompa- nies the King of Italy, have held several confer- ences with relation to the next Papal election, TROTTING YESTERDAY. The second day of the trotting meeting at Fleet- wood Park yesterday was well attended. There were two excellent contests, Rowe’s Tommy won the 2:35 and Crown Prince the 2:24 premium. ‘There was an immense crowd at Waverley (N.J.) State Fair to witness the trotting, George Smailey’s black mare won the first premium, James B. Dean's bay gelding Norman, the second nd P, Jones’ bay horse Red Cloud, and b. 5. Quintan’s chestnut gelding Boaz made a tie for third money, These were allowed another trial, | when Red Cloud won, Ten thousand people attended the trotting meet ing m Sacramento, Cal., yesterday. The trotting race for $2,000 was won Sam Purdy in three straight heats. Best time %, ‘The trot tor 2:48 horses in Bangor, Me., yestor= day was won by Palmer Knox alter six heats pad. been trotted, Best time 2:34,