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

gant NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SKETEMBER ————— CO Oo KW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. Ra eee JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR ceiaieeeees ‘All business or news letters and telegraphic espatches must be addressed New York Henavp. Letters and packages should be properly eealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. THE DAILY HERALD, ee every day in the year, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12. ‘The Evnorkan Eprriox, every Wednesday, at Six Cents per copy, $4 per annum to any part of Great Britain, or $6 to any part of the Continent, both to include postage. ADVERTISEMENTS, to a limited number, will be in- serted in the WEEKLY HERALD and the European Edition. JOB PRINTING of every description, also Stereo- typing ana Engraving, neatly and promptly exe- cuted at the lowest rates. Volume XXXV1II ++/NO. 266 | AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—Tax Brack Cxoox. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth ay. and Twenty-third taunt Houses, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 14th street and Irving place.— Ingomar. PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall— Central Pars. ROBINSON HALL, Sixteenth street.—Tux Rorat Magionstres. Matinee at 3. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Yanuerr Entertainment. Matinee at 2} MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE,— Rouzo anp Juiizet, ‘WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Across tux Continent. <Aiternoon and evening. BOOTH'S THEATRE, Sixth av. and Twenty-third st— Rir Van Winks. NEW LYCEUM THEATRE, lAth street and 6th av.— loree Daur, METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway.—Varierr INTERTAINMENT. BOWERY THEATRE, Sonsuine. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth .—Dust axp Diamonns, Bowery.—C cniosity—Littie BROADWAY THEATRE, 723 and 790 Broadway.—Orera Bourrs—La Fitts pe Mapame Ancor. OLYMPIC THEATRE, B: and Bleecker sts.—ALapv1 THEATRE COMIQUE, ENTERTAINMENT. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Broadway.—Buuixs or ux Kircuex. way, between Houston BAD THK SAILOR, 514 Broadway.—Vanrery GERMANIA THEATRE, Iith street and 34 avenue.— Drxt Fivete. BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner Sixth av.—NeGxo Minstnetsy, &c. HOOLEY'S OPERA HO! San Francisco MINSTRELS. CENTRAL PARK GARD: CERTS. Court street, Brooklyn.— ‘Summer Nicuts’ Con- AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, 34 av., between 631 and 64th streets. Aiternoon and evening. NEW YORK MUSE ‘Way.—SCikNCE AND A! DR, KAHN’S MUSEUM, No, (8 Broadway.—Scimnce anp Ant. THE NEWS OF ‘To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. . “THE FINANCIAL PANIC SUBSIDING! A TRI- UMPH FOR MODERATION! WISDOM OF THE POLICY OF PRESIDENT GRANT”— LEADING ARTICLE—E1GcHTH PAGE. REPRESSING THE FINANCIAL PANIC! THE STOCK EXCHANGE AND GOLD ROOM CLOSED TO PERMI£ SETTLEMENTS! HEAVY ISSUES OF CURRENCY BY THE SUB-TREASURY AND CLEARING HOUSE! RUNS ON BANKS! GESERAL RESULTS— SIXTH AND SEVENTH PaGES. THE LONDON MONEY MARKET DISQUIETED OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad | BY THE NEWS FROM WALL STRE.wT! THE | RUN ON COOKE, McCULLOCH & CO! EF- | FECT ON OUR “GOVERNMENTS”—Nintu Page. WALL STREET CONVALESCENT! THE BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY! THE FOREIGN MAR- KET—REAL ESTATE—THE GREAT ALLEN, M’'COOLE RING BATTLE TO-DAY—ELEVENTH Pace. THE SAVINGS BANKS PRESIDENTS TAKING ACTION IN THE FINANCIAL CKiSIS— CHARLES BRADLAUGH DECLARES FOR LAW AND ORDER—NintH Pace, & THREATENING SILUATION AT ALICANTE, + SPAIN! BRITISH INTERPOSITION! BOUR- BON DEMORALIZATION || GARIBALDI PROFFERS HIS SERVICES—Ninra Pace. RUMORED RESIGNATION OF CAPTAIN GEN. ERAL PIELTAIN—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS—Nintu Pace. VICTOR EMMANUEL RECEIVES A CORDIAL GREETING IN BERLIN—GENERAL MAN- TECFFEL MADE A FIELD MARSHAL— NINTH Pace. A BIG FIRE IN SMYRNA, TURKEY—CHAM BORD'S POLICY—THE SPANISH STEAM- SHIP MURILLO SEIZED BY THE BRITISH— Nunta Pace, SPEAKER BRAND, OF THE COMMONS, AND EARL ROSEBERRY, EMBARKED FOR NEW YORK! DESPERATE RIOT IN BURY ST. EDMUNDS—Ninxtn Pace, NO THIRD TERM FOR THE PRESIDENT! THE VOICE OF THE WEST ON CHSARISM AND OUR FEUDAL SYSTEM—Tentu Pace. MR. MILLARD FILLMORE’S VIEWS ON THE PRESIDENCY, THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP AND AMERICAN DIPLOMACY! A LUCID REVIEW OF THE PAST AND FORECAST OF THE FUTURE—Firtu Pace. THE BIG LOTTERY PRIZE SUIT! OTHER LIT- IGATIONS—TUE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH DEERHOUND — TICHBORNE’S STRONGEST POINT—CHOLERA IN THE EAST—Tuin- TERNTH PAGE. BROOKLYN'S CITY FATHERS DECLARE CON- TINUED CONFIDENCE 1N THE TRUST COM- PANY—A JERSEY CONFLAGRATION—Firra. Pace. WHAT AMERICA RECEIVES FROM SWITZER- LAND! VALUABLE TRADE STATISTICS— TWELFTH Page. THE INIERNATIONAL INVENTORS’ CONGRESS IN VIENNA! PHILADELPHIA THE NEXT PLACE OF ASSEMBLY—Firtu Pagg. JERSEY MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION! NEWARK AFTER THE RINGMASTERS WITH “A BHARP STICK”—AQUATIC STRUGGLES— AFFAIRS IN CHINA AND JAPAN—TgNTH Page. ENTRIES FOR THE DEERFOOT TROTTING MEET- ING—THE FLEETWOOD FINALE—PROSPECT PARK—SHOOTING AT CREEDMOOR—JER- BY BLOODSHEDDING—Savanra Pacm | follies. Whe Financial Pantie Subsiding—A| ment. Their displeasure goes for nothing | How to Make Seaips tor the Scalpless. Triumph for Moderation—Wisdom of the Policy of President Grant. The week opened quietly in Wall street yes- terday, and there is much encouragement that the crisis will be tided over without any serious embarrassment to business. A few houses which entered into rash speculations and dealt in bonds which were without any certain basis of value; a few banks which were alittle too accommodating to the operators, and one or two trust companies had fallen be- fore a storm of their own creating. On Satur- day night it was by no means certain how business would open on Monday morning. As yet the banks were safe, the currency balance in the United States Treasury was un- touched, and there was no anticipated trouble among the merchants, Though there had been great excitement there was really no cause for very serious alarm. Still there was no absolute certainty as to the future. There are always men willing to precipitate a crisis, and it was plain enough that some of the reckless spirits in Wall stréet wore ready to hurry the country into general bankruptcy. Sunday came opportunely, and served ina considerable degree to allay the storm. If Monday brought no additional failures, or failures only of the same class as before; if the banks stood firm and went on with their busi- ness with something like the serenity of ordi- nary times; if the people were prudent and made no ‘runs’ of any consequence upon the Ssavings banks and other institutions, which were in reality outside of the vortex of this panic, there was every reason to hope that the worst was past and the danger almost over. Whatever ‘‘runs’’ there were yesterday upon the savings banks were unimportant and were promptly met, and, if public confidence is maintained and no imprudences are com- mitted, the Stock Exchange may soon resume business without danger. In looking back over this panic some features present themselves which are new in @ financial crisis. Conservatism has been in the ascendant throughout, The disposition not to precipitate events has distinguished the course of the Heraxp, the conduct of most of our business men, and the policy of the government. We saw from the beginning that the panic could be prevented from be- coming general in its effects, unless alarm and fear took the place of reasonable action. Hence we have constantly counselled mode- ration, and we have not even alluded to the savings banks, lest even a word of caution might precipitate the result it was intended to avert. If one thing is to be more deprecated than another it is a ‘‘run’’ upon these institu- tions. They are entirely without the whirl- pool of this Wall street excitement, and are not affected by it one way or the other. Should depositors be- come causelessly alarmed their alarm would be injurious to them and profitable to the banks. Sound institutions, such as these, which are by law protected by first class se- curities, are slways in a position to make money out of people's fears. A case in point is the ‘‘run’’ on one of these institutions soon after the collapse of the Tammany Ring. The “run” was a long one, lasting nearly three weeks, and every day of its continuance en- abled the bank to make enormous profits through the deduction of the interest on de- posits. A similar result would be likely to happen now, the savings banks making large profits out of the fears of depositors. It is plain, then, that there is wisdom in modera- tion, and that loss will be the penalty of alarm. There is no reason why poor men should sacrifice their little hoards to unreasoning fears or precipitate their own ruin because a few reckless speculators in Wall street have been overwhelmed by the dangers they so boldly and so persistently courted. The moderation of our business men is also worthy of great commendation. The mer- chants of New York showed no fear because the speculative brokers were toppling over and held themselves high above the storm. The banks evinced the proper foresight and spirit by preparing for any emergency which might come to them. Instead of going down into the street with their millions to still further distract the market and make impending ruin inevitable, men of wealth and character and influence kept themselves out ot the fray altogether or stood ready with their money to unloose the tightening market. The press, too, is to be warmly congratulated for exceller advice and earnest work. On every hand there was a determination that the spirit of reckless speculation, though it might crush its own ministers, should fail to find victims among innocent people or be able to involve the business of the country by its destructive ‘The same wisdom and magnanimity and moderation, if maintained till the end, will do 1nuch toward tiding over the crisis and establishing legitimate enterprises on a firmer basis than ever; and the whole country will be the gainer in this, that sound and specula- tive stocks will not be quotéd together in the Stock Exchange and command almost equal attention in business circles. Lastly, the policy of the government has proved as wise as it was moderate. We cannot too much praise the course of President Grant, for it has probably saved the country from a great financial crash. Many persons, wild with the excitement of the moment and fear- ful of the consequences of the impending panic, thought it the time for ancther exercise of ‘‘the war power.’’ It was urged upon the President to come to the aid of the banks with a Treasury loan, but this was so clearly illegal that, though Commodore Van- derbilt stood ready with a fund of $10,000,000 for the same purpose, the proposition was summarily rejected. Even though this course, in case of an emergency, might have swal- lowed up the currency balance and encroached upon the legal tender reserve, it is possible the country would have sanctioned it on account of its extreme necessity. Both New England and the West, however, would have endorsed it with a very bad grace. A wiser course, which brings joy to both sections, was adopted. New England is pleased because the loan to the banks and the consequent inflation of the currency was refused, and the West also is happy because the currency balance being used in the purchase of bonds the Western idea of saving interest on the public debt was adopted in practice if not in theory. The only persons whom this policy could displease were the speculators who were without col- laterals, and whose safety depended upon their being able to borrow from the banks after the banks had borrowed from the govern- | fare of children educated when the whole country Six mil- lions of currency in exchange for five-twenties will do much toward relieving the stringency of the money market, and by the end of the week fresh purchases will probably bring all necessary relief. We have praise both for what the President has done and for what he refused todo. In refusing to be swept away by the panic, and in refusing to be persuaded into using the Treasury reserve so as to risk the bankruptcy of the country, General Grant showed a coolness and pluck not un- worthy of his military fame, and proved him- self a great statesman as well as a great soldier. Whatever the result of the crisis his rare courage has given him a new claim upon the affections of the country. A remarkable feature of this panic, in addi- tion to those already referred to, is the sta- bility of government securities, Gold has not materially advanced, nor United States bonds materially declined. The fluctuations are not greater than in ordinary times, These things indicate the confidence reposed in the government, the soundness of business in general and the prosperity of the country. The Continent was never so rich in harvests or in mines, Wheat and corn, gold and iron, coal and oil, are abundant. Never was everything which can make a people great and prosperous more plentiful. There is good cheer in this, and we may find that, asa tem- porary derangement of the system often leads to surer health, so will this crisis lead too better condition in business enterprise. The moderation which the Heratp has counselled and which the people have adopted, tho wise policy of the President and the general approval of his course, the soundness of the banks and of our mercantile and most of our commercial houses, together with rich harvests and universal content, are all hopeful signs. ‘When the panic in Wall street is over and we are able to look back upon the excitement and fears of the past few days without anticipating any possible danger, we shall have still fur- ther cause for congratulation in the assurance that a panic among the brokers cannot of itself produce a crisis in the country, and that legitimate business may go on unharmed while speculation is stricken to the earth. Health of School Children, The obstacles which medical writers inform us stand in the way of public education for children are so formidable that it is no wonder a large proportion of our readers who have children’ of their own are dispirited, and feel either like giving up the contest in de- spsir or trusting to some happy chance by which their little ones may be got through in safety. Chief among these obstacles appear to be bad ventilation, the forcing process and insufficient relaxation for younger pupils, Half of these errors are to be attributed to parents and teachers, and the other half to school boards and school architects. A general ignorance of what the health of children demands epitomizes the whole matter, for it can scarcely be believed, if wisdom existed in the quarters where we are necessitated to look for it, that the evil would not soon correct itself. But ignorant parents send their children to ignorant teachers, in schools built by ignorant architects and governed by ignorant boards. However intelligent these men and women may be in certain respects (and many of them are intelligent only as to the means of getting as much out of the way as possible of the trouble entailed by duty), they are ignorant of the hygienic principles involved in the proper education of young children. The jurisdiction, which should be in the hands of men of wide, absorbent intellects and deep, affectionate, unselfish hearts, is determined by a puny and disgusting political preference. The ambition of the architect is limited to producing a handsome edifice which will be a permanent advertisement, and the question of health is ignored in what he conceives to be architectural beauty. The average parent loves his child in obedience to natural instinct, and seldom directs the operation of that love by liberal knowledge and a conscientious expression of his own weaknesses. Of all the offenders we feel least inclined to blame the teachers, who give their best years to one of the most toil- some vocations upon earth, are poorly and procrastinatingly paid, and seldom or never thanked. Under the circumstances they can hardly be very severely censured for not hav- ing the moral bravery to throw themselves out of employment by expostulating with school boards, opposing the imbecilities of parents, atoning for the designs—that is to say, the blunders—of architects, and, in addition to the labor for which they are paid, performing a | work that should have been preliminarily discharged by others. We see, then, that the hygienic wel- in schools has very wide relations, and that it is in vain to expect any great reformation until there is a more even spread of culture among parents and school directors, or until some educational genius shall arise who shall cut right and left, and accomplish more in the ripe years of his maturity than a generation of feebler workers ld do. No despicable result, however, might be accom- plished by the appointment of a thoroughly qualifieg medical inspector, to whom proper powersiind privileges should be assigned. At present therg is no medical inspection of our public schodls, the medical inspectorship hav- ing been recently abolished, for reasons which the average intelligence and conscientiousness of school directors will not permit us to believe are good. We want these infant acorns, from which the future forests of American manhood and womanhood are to spring, to be sound. If we cannot have wise parents, self- abnegating architects, school boards of brain and conscience and teachers with the spirit of martyrs, let us at least have a competent medical inspector, and reduce the evil to a minimum. Weionep and Founn Wantinac—Fancy railway stocks as money on pay day, Tue Yetow Fever i tHe Sovrm.—We regret to hear that there is as yet no visible abatement in the virulence of this terrible disease at Shreveport ; that it is pretty bad in New Orleans, and that several persons have died from it in Mobile. We are glad to re- port, on the other hand, that at Memphis the disease is fully under control and confidence entirely restored. Best of all, the autumn is 80 far advanced that very soon Jack Frost will put an end to Yellow Jack, even at Shrevevort. We print below an interesting communica- tion which brings forward a novelty in syn- thetical surgery that has its lessons as well as its uses. The operation of scalping is pretty familiar to Americans. Practised orig- inally upon the crania of those unfortunate persons wee received their quietus trom the arrow or tomahawk of the noble red man, it has been adopted in a differing form by the big chief of the pale face, and is industri- ously performed after a political battle upon the fallen political figureheads. In its modern as well as its heroic form it is a painful opera- tion. The Indians seldom performed it on the live subject, but we believe o man has been found on whom this was practised in the true vivisecting manner. He described the sensation as firstly that of a ring of fire being marked out around the crown of the head. This wos the result of his Co- manche triend making a circle with his knife, cutting the scalp through hair and cuticle down to the bone of the skull. ‘The next sensation was equal to the concen- trated effect of ten thousand cantharis blis- ters applied to the circle already traced, ac- companied by the sense of being lifted by the crown of the head. The heat was that of a reverberating furnace, the lifting power ap- parently equal to that of the derrick a Pha- raoh might have used to put the apex stone on the Pyramid of Cheops. It is not wonder- ful that he fainted after Man-that-Walks- in-the-Sky had finally ‘raised his har.’’ The political process is always.performed @pon the living, your political Comanche scorning to take a scalp which he cannot flaunt in the victim’s face. To be sure the act frequently causes an inflammatory brain fever, which tends to shorten the days of the scalped poli- tician. Under its influence he raves, stamps, kicks, plunges and cavorts in a way to make him a nuisance generally. Everywhere that two scaffolding planks or an upturned flour barrel can be tortured into a platform the scalpless patriot may be found bellowing like Stentor in gothicized periods and dancing himself into ecstasy with the wildness of a dervish. He wants his own scalp back again or else he clamors for the scalp of one greater than he was. If his case is hopeless, like the tailless fox of the fable, he would like to see every one else in the same condition, If his inner consciousness could be reached it would often be found that he would be satisfied with a scalp much less pretentious than the one of which he had been so unceremoniously relieved. He wants ascalp to cover his bare skull. It may be that his brain is sensitive to being left out so much in the cold, but it is also possible that he is atraid people, seeing his scalp removed, will be better able to judge how little brains his skull really contains. An official position, it is well known, will often deceive people as to the brain calibre of a man, as. good coat will deceive a hotel-keeper about the purse- power of a guest. The following case of scalping is not exactly on either of the methods above indicated, but the treatment after the accident will suggest a broad line of thought to those who happen to come now and then in the way of scalpless politicians:— New Haves, Conn., Sept. 17, 1873. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— For some time past a process in surgery has been going on here, attracting much attention. Durin the early part of August Mrs. Ann Farley, employe in Davies’ shirt factory, was unlortunate enough to bring her head in contact with a swiit-revolving shaft. The set-screws caught in her hair, and al- most instantly her head was bereft of its fuwing locks and oj the flesh which propagated them. for a time it was thought the poor woman must die, jor mental derangement and great physical pros- tration followed the scalping. Alter a while, how- ever, the surgeons employed adjusted the sculp where nature designed it to be; but they only succeeded in demonstrating that a ‘scalp, once taken from the head, could not yy any aid of man be made to attach itseli again. he patient had ample opportunities during tue period following the accident to coincide with that view. The agony she suffered cannot be told in words. The irends oi Mrs. Farley were anxious to have the hair restored, and to please them she submitted to the treatment in question, ‘ihe sur- geons, Drs. Smith and Park, determined to do what they could, and accordingly set at work. They took stuall portions of Mesh from the arms of such as were Wi.ling to make the sacrifice and ap plied them to the nead of the patient, A few days suficed to cause them to knit and grow. This operation has been performed over forty times, flesh being taken from as many different persons, and the lady now has much more than one-hall a scalp, with good prospects of getting @ whole one. The parties contributing the flesh say the pain attendant on the cutting is insignificant, and after an irritation of but short duration the skin grows over the wound and “Richard is nimself again.” Forty persons can point with pride to the cranium of Mrs. Farley and say, ‘a piece of my flesh adorns that head.” When flesh is wanted the doctors advertise the fact, and the rush, as ‘was witnessed Tuesday, 18 Immense. It is vet too early to determine whether Mrs. Fariey will live or die irom the effects of her injury. The operation through which she is now passing is a novel one, was never before adopted here, and, by reason of its novelty, plen'y of applicants are daliy found willing ‘and anxious to contribute tneir mite te the reneral reconstruction of the suffering patient's ead, Yours, &c., F. H. NASH. We would hint that the rush to furnish squares of skin for many a fevered and scalp- less politician would be heartily joined in by all their friends. Whether it were pure sym- pathy or desire to get rid of a bore would not matter. A good enongh scalp would be formed to soothe the placeless, It might take the shape of @ subscription where, as often happens, money is all that is wanted; or say a hundred people might agree to call an ex- Comptroller President of the Park Commis- sion, where vanity wagall that wanted feeding. The treatment would vary with the circum- stances, and the positive good of silencing button-holing bore and an oratorical nuisance would justify the sacrifice in any case. Cavcus or THE Crowxs m Berun.— The King of Italy arrived in Berlin, from Vienna, yesterday. His Majesty enjoyed a very cordial reception from the German Court and the Prussian populace. It was announced that the Italian monarch came to consult with Emperor William on the propriety of joint action on the part of the Crowns against pos- sible French aggression, and for the adoption of measures to prevent the elevation of a French ultramontane cleric to the position of Supgeme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church after the decease of His Holiness Pio Nono. Matters of exceedingly great impor- tance, both to Italyand Prussia! The Italian monarch is, it is to be presumed, correctly posted with respect to the many, diversified, world-wide interests which are connected with the question of the Papal succession, and it is to be hoped that he has viewed the subject in its different bearings outside of the Quirinal. ‘Tue Frest Kuutaoxo Frost of the season, at Lewiston, Me., is recorded for Sunday night last. In most of the Northern States there have already been sharp frosts at various points ; but no injury to the autumnal crops has resulted, as everywhere they had so far matured as to be safe. We have been experi- encing some cold weather for September, and yet we cannot believe that it portends another bard winter, On the contrary, we conjecture that this time our winter season will be mild and pleasant compared with the last. The Rights of the Inventor. The letter of our correspondent, detailing the action of the International Patent Con- gress, will be read by inventors the world over with the deepest interest. Especially are the Americans a nation of inventors, and to them the proceedings of this body will be of the utmost importance. Few persons not actively engaged in mechanical industry are aware of the perplexities which beset the introduction of inventions abroad. Protec- tion for the inventor is the last thought of the despotic government; and thus almost all machinery embodying progress, wherever found, is the product of the American mechanic. The fate of the inventor can be stated ina line: he presents the production of his genius and patience for government approval; he is poor, and, if not poor, he has no influence; his claims are apparently exam- ined; his ideas are appropriated by some favor- ite about Court, and he then proceeds to some other capital to repeat his bitter experience. In this way American and native inventors have been cheated in nearly every country of Europe. A system of this kind is no encour- agement to the mechanic, and instead of spending his time in patient examination at his work bench he is driven to the Jacobin club to participate in sedition. The United States, on the contrary, pursue a very liberal course. While more than ten thousand patents are annually issued at Washington, less than thirty are granted by the government at Berlin. We hope that the European Pow- ers may adopt the measures suggested by the Congress, because we feel sure that they would do more to make the operative a con- servative man in society than all the bulls and manifestoes hurled at the International and workingmen’s unions. “SraIn—Tux Srrvation Inprovinc.—The Spanish Cortes has at last adjourned, after long and bitter discussion. The government, taking advantage of the privileges granted by the Cortes, has issued a proclamation sus- pending the constitutional guarantees and regulating the press throughout the country. The government troops have occupied Malaga, and public confidence is said to be restored. It is expected that the insurgents at Carta- gena will soon lay down their arms. On the whole the situation in Spain seems to be im- proving. The government is revealing more vigor, and success is attending its efforts all over the country. Castelarhas the good wishes of all true republicans the wide world over, and if he should be successful in restor- ing order he will have done much towards the permanent establishment of the Republic. Tur Stare Convention of the republican party of this Commonwealth meets at Utica to-morrow. Nothing new is reported in con- nection, except that General Barlow, Secretary of State, who had retired from the field, has been persuaded to reconsider his decision and to consent to serve for another term, if nomi- nated and elected. Doubtless, therefore, he will again be placed at the head of the repub- lican State ticket. Inpustry 1m SwirzERLaNpD is ‘marching on.” The valuable letter printed in another column is a fair exhibit of what republican institutions can achieve when tempered with conservatism at home and protected by natural barriers from external ambitions. Nature has provided Switzerland with a for- tress which no armies can reduce, as the United States has a seacoast which no marine can either succ@stully attack or permanently blockade. Thus both republics can live within themselves, whatever the emergency ; but is it not a subject upon which either Republic may justly congratulate itself, that the peace of neither is menaced by an am- bitious foe and that commercial prosperity is dominating all other forces? PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. John B. Gough is at the St. Denis Hotel. General Braxton Bragg was in New Orleans last week. Attorney General Williams has returned to Wash- ington. j Francis Kernan and Judge Doolittle, of Utica, are in Paris. Mr. E. W. Dennison is the managing editor of the Buffalo Courier Ex-Congressman J. B. Dutcher is registered at the Gilsey House. Judge E. G, Reade, of North Carolina, is at the Grand Central Hotel. Ex-Governor A. E, Burnside, of Rhode Island, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General L. P. de Cesnola has resumed the dutiez of American Consul at Cyprus. Ex-Congressman William Wiiliams, of Buffalo, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General E. D. Parker, of the United States Army, has quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel. Frank 8. Avery, a young maa of Monroe, Mich., is missing. He was last seen in Utica, N. Y. United States Senator Zach. Chandler, of Michi- gan, is on a visit to his own home in Bedford, N. H. M. Villemessant, editor of the Paris Figaro, wants to give 40,000 francs toward the rebuilding of the Tuileries. Mr. Robinson, a magistrate of Oldham, England, has been deposed from office for being concerned in a cockfight, ‘ Colonel Boudinot, the aboriginal orator, who be- longs to the “Lo, the poor Indian” Order of Red Men, is in St. Louis. es Sturdevant, a respectable farmer of Anderson county, Kansas, has been missing since the early part of August. Ex-Governor Wells, of Virginia, deposited $2,700 1m the First National Bank of Washington, D. C., a few hours betore it failed. William M. Evarts, of this city, whose summer home is at Windsor, Vt., has recently purchased a Baptist church near his place. Dr. George B, Wedley, well-known colored phy- sician and politician of St. Louis, died last week in Marysville, Miss., of yellow tever, Hon. Wilder D. Foster, of Grand Rapids, member of Congress trom the Fifth district of Michigan, is sick and pronouced beyond recovery. Count von Benst, while at Gastein, had a long interview with the Emperor William, and the cir- cumstance is sald to be “significant.” M. Thiers conferred the Grand Cross of the Le- gion of Honor upon himself five days after his elec- tion to be Provisional President of the Republic. Hon, James B. Sener, member of Congreas from the First district of Virginia, returned home on Wednesday last from @ tour across the continent, Mme.: Iima Di Murska, the Hangarian prima donna, and ber husband, Colonel Ricaard Nugent, of the Austrian army, are stopping at Barnum’s Hotel, General H. L. Abbott and Colonel Thomas L, Casey, of the United Staces Engineers, are in Paris examining the organization of the Engineer Corps of tne French army. The Countess de Civry,® morganatic daughter of the late Duke of Brunswick, bas begun a suit for the property which he bequeathed to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Bishov Doane, of Albany, was recently banqueted by General Read in Paris. Senator'Eamunds, Cone gressman Roberts, Charles Francis Ads, Jr., ané others were present at the dinner. Rev, W. H. H. Murray, of Boston, preacher, leo- turer, author, deer shooter and horse fancies, wilt exhibit Live Oak and Morgan Abdallah, two of nie finest horses, at the Meriden, Conn., fair. Old Brigham Young has returned to Salt Lake City trom his mountain trip and commenced piten- ing into the poor Latter Day Saints for not paying up their tithings. He says the Lord will have nothing to do with them if they do not pay up more 4 i John Quigly, alias the Duke, a depot baggageman: at Troy, N. ¥., and Joseph Louderiil, an engineer on the Hudson River Raliroad, have agreed and bound themselves by regular articles to have a set- to, without gloves, at some convenient place in Canada, on or about the 20th of October, for the sum of $100. May the best man become & martyr. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. Signor Tamberlik will arrive in this city to-dap from Paris in the Ville de Havre. Mme, Testa . comes in the same vessel. The music of “La Fille de Mme. Angot,” which has become very popular, ts being arranged for the Pplanoforte by Mr. Richard Mollenhayr. Edmond About having found a new tenor in&® Paris wineshop, where he was 8 waiter, M. Halanzier, of the Grand Opera, has undertaken his musical education. The coming wonder, whose name is Cellier, is twenty-eight years old, tall and good-looking. Last evening Professor Cromwell, who visite® this city a lew days ago, reproduced at Association Hall an exceedingly pleasing entertainment, con- sisting of views of the most celebrated statues and edifices of the world. He accompanies the views with a running commentary in the style of & familiar lecture, and gives a different programme each night. “La Morte Ctvile?(“Ciyit Death”), which was te have been produced at the Academy of Music this evening, has been postponed until Friday in con- sequence of the impossibility of procuring from the steamer, which arrived only yesterday, the cos tumes and properties. Consequently there will be no performance to-night at the Academy. To morrow evening “Othello” will be repeated, and this will be the last evening when an opportunity will be given of seeing Salvini in this character. Last night he repeated Ingomar before an exceed- ingly enthusiastic house. Corrado, in “La Morte Civile,” is considered one of his strongest parts, The Vokes family are now in the last week of their performances at the Union Square Theatre, and Mr. George Fawcett Rowe is also ending his engagement. Next Monday night, the last of the season, aspecial bill willbe provided,* The regu- lar season of the Union Square is to begim on Wednesday, October 1, with the performance of Mr. Rowe’s new drama, ‘The Geneva Cross,” a full dress and scenic rehearsal of which will be had on Tuesday, September 30. In this play the strongest members of the company will appear, among them Mr. Mackay and Miss Rose Kytinge, The latter returns to the stage alter being absent four years, During the coming week Mr. Theodore Thomas will leave the city with his company for the West to open, on the 6th of October, the newly built Music Hall in Chicago. The manager, in announe- ing the coming season a3 the last during which Mr. Thomas and his orchestra will travel, re- marks :— When, in 1868, the first tour was undertaken it was thought hazardous, aud even impossible, to travel with = large orchestra, especially asthe character of the Dro» grammes appedied only to a limited class But the ne- Cossity of the undertaking was proved by the very risk and hazard of it—that an orchestra had never beels heard. i {how even by the majority of the people how neediul_ it was that they shoul orchestras, For this a permanent organiza’ Was necessary, one of fit proportions, the mem- bers of which should have pra into. sympathy with each other, and whose first alin should be to serve their artand to bring to the ear and the mind of the ublic the intent of the composer. Such an organization: Rad never existed in the United States, and people were. wearled while listening to @ Beethoven symphony, in- stead of enjoying It, Ihe orchestras ol some twenty years ‘ago, such as those of Gung’l, Steyermark, Germania, &c.. had noteven the instruments necessary to form a com- plete orchestra, not to speak of the disproportion of the string to the wind instruments, The Jullen orche: which visited this country later, on @ ah sensational tour, was composed of a number of superior soloists. The remaining talent necessary to form an or- chestra was engaged here in every city where they per- formed. The principal object of the conductor was to exhibit these soloists to the best ble advantage, im pieces expressly arranged for that purpose. Fusther- more, the aim of these societies was that of the European artists who still visit this country to make money and to please their audiences, not to benefit them. The other societies in the Unived states which numerically deserve the name of orchestras do not meet often enough, and the members are obliged daily to play. in small squads, a very Interior class of musjo. The desire to establish «pare manent organization led to the experiment in 1830 of the Summer Nights’ Concerts. The success of the concerts secured the permanency of the orchestra during the summer months. To travel during the winter then be- came desirable. The first winter was fought through, ‘The success of the second is known to ail who interest themselves in music. It became then a duty to continue travel, in view of the beneficial influences which these concerts brought to bear upon the whole country. results of these four seasens and the increase of the public taste for good music could not have been more Plainly shown, than. by the two. musical festivals Iasb ring in New York and Oicinnati, which, at an eariler date would have been impossible. itis believed that the Thomas concerts have now made 4 music popular in the United states and rr the people a musical standard, and it is hoped that to hear good music has become such a necessity that every city may secure men ot talent and form organizations ot ‘its own, whether choral or orchestral. This poiut having been reaghed, the mission of travel is drawing to a close and the last season of the Thomas concerts is announced. Mr. Thomas has engaged the concert singer, Mr. Myron W. Whitney, and several distinguished in- strumental soloists for his tour through the States. A series of six symphony concerts will be gives during the season at Steinway Hall, the first one to take place November 22. WEATHER REPORT. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept, 23—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-Four Hours. The barometer has falien over the South Atlantic and Gulf States, with rain area in the latter and fresh and brisk northeast to southeast winds on the coast. Occasional areas of ligt rain have been reported from the upper lake region and thence to Missouri. Cloudy weather and rain are now prevailing over the Ohio Vailey and lower lake regions, the bardmeter being lowest over the aa Probabilities. For NEW ENGLAND AND THE MIDDLE STATES, CLOUDY WEATHER AND RAIN WILL PREVAIL, WITB SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST WINDS, VRERING TO SOUTH AND EAST. For Tennessee, the Ohio Valiey and the lower lake region, light to fresh winds, mostly from the north and west, and clear and clearing weather. For thé South Atlantic and Gulf States, gentle and fresh ‘northerly to easterly winds and partly cloudy weather with coast rains. For the upper lake region, Missouri and Iowa, generally clear weather and winds gradually backing to westerly and southeriy. ‘The majority of the midnight telegraphic reports from the West, Gulf States, Lower Michigan, Da kota and Rocky Mountain stations have not yes been received. — The Weather in This City Yesterday, ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twen comparison with the corresponding day of tase pate! as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts ‘macy, HERALD Building :— aEmacy, 1ST, 187%. 1872, 1878. SA. M. gs. 8 i se be oa: Me 87 OP. 7% oe 12M 67 12P. % 52 ‘Average temperature yesterday... s Average temperature lor corresponding ‘date last year.. 18% OALIFORNIA NEWS San Franctsco, Sept. 22, 1878, The fire in the Yellow Jacket Mine has been en- tirely extinguished, William Packer and Hermann Franks were drowned In the bay yesterday afternoon while en- deavoring to reach the wreck of the Costa Rica in a sailboat. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. Short Time Adopted and a Strike im Consequence. TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 22, 1873. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company have re- duced the number of hours for laborers and road- men to eight per day, and the pay rolis will be re- duced accordingiv. Tha \eborera strike against the new rule,