The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1873, Page 3

DEDICATION. Imposing Masonic Ceremonies in Philadelphia. DEDICATION OF THE GRAND TEMPLE. of Marching Immense Turnout of the People. A Brilliant Pagean Freemasons. The New Temple Duly Consecrated in Ancient Form. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES. Wine, Corn and Oil Used in the Anointing. BANQUETS AND SPEECHES. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 26, 1873. At the moment when I closed my despatch con- cerning the grand Knights Templars’ tourney at the Academy of Music and Horticultural Hall last evening, it was raining quite bard, and there was every indication at hand that to-day would be ais- agreeable, the streets sloppy and the expected turnout a grand fizale; but, thanks to fortune, daybreak dawned this morning bright and salu- brious, and Philadelphia was made happy, for this was to be a day of all days in the annals of the city’s history, until the inauguration of the Cen- ‘ennial anniversary in 1876, ‘What was expected has been fully realized. THE DEDICATION of the Masonic Temple, the grandest piece of Ma- | sonic architecture in the world, has been accom- | plished amid the crash of cymbals, the bray of | trumpets and the choice oratory of Pennsyivania’s | gifted sons. “Corn and oil and wine” have been poured upon the floor of this grand temple as | Biblical emblems portrayed in the Psslms—“Wine | that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shine, and bread which strength- eneth man’s heart.” Thousands of hearts futtered in joyful glee at | the bright and peaceful scenes enacted in connec- tion with the sacred ceremonies, which will leave @ lasting impression on all who participated therein, and serve as one of the most pleasing episodes in Philadelphia’s grandeur. ‘rhe managers of the parade deserve consider- able credit for the promptness with which they formed the procession, and the regularity observed throughout the entire line. The column was formed promptly at eight o'clock this morning, on Broad street, south of Chestnut, the head resting on Chestnut street. The officers of the Grand Lodge took up their position on the extreme right—being the post of honor. The column moved in the follow- ang ORDER OF MARCH. Beck’s Philadelphia Band. rapper etneeonert Schnider, Committee. Almoners of the Grand Lodge Charity Fund. Stewards of the Seppe Girard Charity fund. Hall Committee. Committee on Penang ane Publishing. Committee on Landmarks. Committee on Bylaws, Committee on Correspondence. Committee on Appeais and Committee on Finance. Srestecs of the “Grand Lodge Charity Fund of the Gran arity 5 eB Of beret Fund. Building Committee. Architect—James H. Windrim. Grand Oficers of Other Jurisdictions, Past Grand Officers. District Deputy Grand Masters, Grand Pursuivant—Horace Fritz. Grand Stewards, Crane eee and Grand e: Grand Treasurer, Thomae Brown ; Grand Secretary, Senior Grand W: den Robert Cia k ; Junior Grand jor arden, rt Clark ; jor Gran Warden, James M. Porter. Deputy Grand Master—Alfred R. Potter. Grand Master—Samuet C. Perkins, Grand Sword Bearer—-Dr. W. H. Hooper. About three handred lodges of the State, besides Gfy or more visiting lodges from abroad, partici- pated in the turnout ir company of lodges whose guests they were for the occasion. At about nine o’clock the head of the column appeared in front Of the grand edifice to be dedicated, and continued the march on Broad street to Columbia avenue, ‘then couatermarched down Broad street on the east side to Cuthbert, where they halted. The Yanks then opened, the men facing inward, when the ledges again countermarched in the usual Masonic form alter the grand lodges had passed through. TBE PROCESSION | entered the temple by the main doorway on Broad street, and marched directly through to the door of exit on Juniper street, where the parade was dismissed. All the members of the Grand Lodge, together with the Assistant Grand Marshais, here left their 10d aad proceeded to the Grand room, sxopt the Grand Officers of the Gi snd Totge of Pennsylvania and the sister jurisdictions who awaited the assembling of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in the elegant chamber of the Grand — Arch Chapter. ptain Thompson, of the detective force, had charge of THE POLICE ARRANGEMENTS. He had some 900 men distributed over the route, and it required their united efforts to 81 the im- mense crewds of sightseers and keep tl ire encroaching on the line of the parade. some idea of the grand pageant irom a descrip- tion on paper would be a faint picture. It had te be seen to be fully realized. Fully 15,000 men were in line. Each person was | attired in full black even! dress—biack hats, white gloves and aprons, Every ostentation was strictly eschewed; not @ banner was to be seen in the entire line, except such as were displayed from dwellings, The marching Masons appeared ‘proud of the occasion, and their firm step and Teady obedience to the orders for evolutions demonstrated their being accustomed to discipline. ‘The entire route marched over is estimated tohave covered nine miles. No wonder, then, that a del of about two hours occurred; and the dedication ceremonies, which were to have | taken place at “high twelve” did not occur until hal:-past two o’ ‘n the afternoon. At three o'clock, alter the Grand Lecpe enone of Pennsy!- vania and visiting Grand bave been re- ceived with the “Grand honors” in the Corinthian Room and taken their position on the piatiorm in the East, the orchestra piaying @ grand jubilee march, the Grand Marsbal, Colonel George W. ‘Wood, adv anced to the front of the altar aud pro- “SILENCE.” three successive times, ‘Ihe vocalists hereupon chanted Psalm Ixxit., 1,26,7and 8 the Grand Marshal prociaiming in a loud tone of voice, “Brother Samuel Perkins, ht Worshipful Grand Master of the most ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Penn- Seiennte. and Masonic jurisdiction thereto belong- ing.” In the same manner the Grand Marshal pro- claimed, “Brother Allred R. Potter, Right Worship- ful Deputy id Master; Brother Robert Clark, Fe Lom prul Senior Grand Warden; Brother a it Worshipful Junio: Gran: Warden; Brother ‘Thomas Broa tht Worshipiul id Tres john Thompson, fal larshai formed are ‘of Pennsylvania, and, to raritcmanta mesh, Znarched three times around the room. The Graud | Steward placed the vesseis of wine, eorn and oil in the centre of the room, \d covered the same. The Grand Master took a seat in the Oriental chair, the | rand officers their respective stations, and t rand was opened in due and ancient form. A prayer by Kev. Brother J. J. Mcliyar, Grand Chaplain, aud more vocal music followed, AN AFFECTING SCENE, Worshipfal Henry J, White, Chairman of the sub. Committee on Plans, Estimate and Materials of the Building Committee, advanced with Brother James re ‘and Master, 4 dressed him as follows:— sheesh “Right Worshipful Grand Master—Let me pre- went to you Brother James A. Windrim, who has ‘completed the labors confided to his care, and now desires to surrender the implements entrusted to him when the corner-stone was laid, and to return the Aeigne furmished him from the tressel board, and which he lias faithiuily carried out to the entire satisfaction of the Building Committee, Brosher Winpkim replied—Right Worthy Grand Master—Thanking you for the honor conterrea when | was vbosen to hg the architect of this new NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. Masonic Temple, I have respectfully to inform you that the Te now completed, and to return to you the implements entrusted to me when the cor- ner stone was laid, and toexpress the hope that the designs on the tressel-board which have been fu d me from time to time lave been faith- fully : ‘The GRAND MASTER addressed the architect as follows :— “Brother James H. Windrim, let me congratulate you, my brother, upon the successful completion of your arduous lavors, and to assure you of the entire approval of the Grand Master of the manner in which you have executed the important trust con- fided in 7 aud to thank you in the name and on vehalfof the R. W. Grand of Pennsylvania and the craft throughout this tion, jor the skill, industry and fidelity which you have layed during the entire erection Of thus noble temple pom “ - Vocal musi¢ followed, Psalm 89 being sung by the ses =" STRENGTH IN UNITY. a R, W. Brother Perkins Cite @ lenghty ad- dregs in which he dwelt *particilarly on the fact “Where unity existed re was strength to a¢- 4 ‘s grand andim. posing ceremonies fully demonstrate how “ and how beautiful it was for bretheren, 8 well to- gether in unity.” The noble edifice which is dedicated to God, to St. Joun, ana the craft of Ancient ‘Accopved Free 0 Masons ea worthy a ment of the stauiity Rerposes an le calling of our crait, *Witbih its walls magons meet for the purpose of confe! charity, which ts the sogporeng pillar of our institution. le congratulated the brethren, not only present, but throughout the universe, that Freemasonry Was at this moment in a most rishing condition. In this strain the Woi ful Master continued for some time, at the end of which THE CRREMONIES OF DRDICATION Were proceeded with, as iollows:— The Grand Secretary said:— “Riant WoRsH! ts desire of the fraternity to have tnis new Masonic ape dedicated to Freemasonry, according to ancient ust apd custom.” The Grand Master directed the Grand Officers to assist in the ceremonies, and the Grand Steward to Hlumine the “lesser lights.” A procession of the Grand followed to vocal music, and when the pr on halted, on arriving at the east, the Reverend Brother Jobn Chambers, D. D., Grand Chaplain, delivered the following BIMPRESSIVE PRAYER:— Almighty, eternal and loving God, the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, the Divine Architect of ali thi we come into Thy sracious presence in the way which Thou hast appointed. We call upon our souls and all that is within us to be stirred up to nity Thy great and holy name. that our lives and health have been continued unto Us, and that we are allowed tw meet each other on this solemn and Important occasion to dedicate this ifticent Masonic Temple to the glory and honor of the one living, true and eternal Jehovah. Here may ‘Thy name ever be honored. Here may good and true men only be added to the sacred Fraternity; each in his place following the landmarks so beautifully laid down in Thy bl Word; each with plummetexactness standing erect before all men—ever square in their ac- tions by the word of truth, as revealed to man in the Holy Bible, and never faiting to circumscribe their words and deeds towards God and man. Bless, we implore Thee, the grand officers of the Grand ge of Pennsylvania, and the grand officers of ail the grand lodges repressnted here on this grand occasion, and mer- eitully « graci benedictions upon the Ma- sonic fraternity, from the rising. to the setting sum, and from the rivers unto the ends of the earth, Suiler’ not, we besecch Thee, thou God of mercy, that the Masonic ear should ever become deaf to the cry of the distressed, nor that the Masonic hand should ever be closed when needy brethren ask tor help. So influence the hearts of the universal brotherhood that the widow and the fatber- in their distress shall never plead in vain. 0, thou Father of ali good,grant that all who may be chosen to rule over this Grand Lodge be good men and true.and ever under the special guidance ot Thy divine wisdom. Within the walis of this ig id now being dedicated to Th: honor and glory, let there Le but one heart and one mini im their love and obeaience to Thee, thou Lord of H a and Earth; and w! our work on earth is done, and well done, then, by Thy gracious tavor, bid us “welcome” to the sermpte not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, to dwell with Thee forever. Let notoue be miss- ing. We implore thee, for Thy name's sake. ‘The assembiage, at the conclusion, responded, “Amen! So mote tt be.” The Grand Master hereupon said, “In the name of the Supreme and ternal God, the Grand Archi- tect of Heaven and Farth, to whom be all honor and glory, I dedicate this TRMPLE TO PREEMASONRY.” Rey. Brother George Maciaughiin, Grand Chap- lain, strewed corn over (he lodge and the grand honors were given, Another procession, three times around the lodge followed, when the Grand Master again deaicated the Temple to “Virtue and Science,” and Rev. Brother Thomas dJobnson, D. D., Grand Chaplain, sprinkied wine upon the Lodge and the |e honors were give! A third procession !o\- jowed, and the Grand Master aguim dedi- cated the Temple to “Universal Bencvolence.” Rev. Brother Henry S. Getz, Grand Chapiain, then poored oi) upon the lodge. The Grand Master and officers returned to their respective stations. After an invocation by Rev. Brother Leighton Coleman, Grand Chaplain; blessing by Kev. Brother Wil- Mam Suddards, D. D., Grand Chaplain; an ora- tion by R. W. Past Grand Master Robert A. Lam- berton and prayer by Graad Chaplain Alien, the Grand Lodge was closed and the procession marched out of the Corinthian room and the pro- ceeGings closed until seven o'clock for a banquet. Many of the foremost men in the couniry marched in the grand Masonic procession, among tnem Hon. G e 8. Boutwell, United States Senator; Hon. Wiliam A. Richardson, Secretary of the Treasury ; William B. Mann, District Attorney: William Stoxley, Mayor of Philade!phia; ex. ernor Geary, Governor J. F. Hartranft and maby others too numerous to mention. This evening the city is ablaze with festivities. At the lowest calculation there are BANQUETS LETY now In progress. ‘The Philadeiphia Masons are en- lertaining their guests mght reyaily. Speeial at- tention has been paid to the representatives of the New York Grand Lodge. At an early hour thi: morning Corinthian Lodge, No. 368, of this cltv numbering 150 members, ali attired in tli evenin: dress, called at the headquarters of RK. W. Ellwood E. Thorne, Deputy Grand Master of New York, and escorted him to the rendezvous whence the pro- cession started. The great jeature of the evening is the BRILLIANT BANQUET held at the Masonic Hall in honor of the visiting grand lodge officers from other States. mMense banquetting hall was tully illuminated and presented @ most picturesque appearance. Three jandred covers were laid. Everything that could tickle the te or tempt the whim of gourmand had been prepared by the crack caterer of the Spares city. Moet & Chandon, Widow Cliquot, Piper Heidsick, Carte Blanche, Cha- teau Margeaux and other choice wines flowed in profusion. The auicet strains of a fine brass band added materially to the mated scene. wonder, then, that under such influences the é Amen. solemnly words of various speakers, offering ana responding | to appropriate toasts, should flow in smvoth fa- | cilty. W. Samuel C. Perkins opened the ora- torial exercises and made @ speech replete with eloquence. P.M. Richard Vaax, one of the bes orators in the Keystone State, also added hi quota of wit and rhetoric. R. W. Biother Nicker- son, of Massachusetts, Was calied on and acquitted himself creditab); R. W. Ellwood & Thorne responded toa toast in his usual eloquent manner, regretting the absence | of the KR. W. Grand Master, but paid ahigh tribute to the liberal mavner in which the arrangemeuis for this august occasion had been made. Numer- ous other regular and volunteer toasts were offered and responded to, but the hour of the might is too Jar advanced for me to particularize. THE CHIMES OF ST. STEPHEN'S CAIVKCH were wiung by Worshipful Brother Fred. Widdows, of the Metropolitan church of Washington during | to the parade and added materially to heighten the effect of the magnificent scene. To-morrow the grand edifice will be thrown open for inspection to | Visitors from abroad, but no residents will be ad- mitied, CALIFORNIA'S INDEPENDENT CON- VENTION. tb SAN FRANCI800, Sept. 26, 1873, ‘The Independent State Convention at Sacra- mento last night nominated EK. W. McKingsle;, of this city, for Justice of the Supreme Court. He is @ democrat and the present Judge of the Twelith District Court. ‘The Convention adopted a platform of resolutions that they are the oppunente of organized corrup- tion, and form themseives into a political party knewn as the Peopie’s independent party; repudiate party fealty as tyrannical rule, sinking the citizen into the servile par- tisan; condemn the system of using money corruptly in elections; condemn all political rings and cliques formed to control the action of the government: pledge the party to civil service reform; all Crédit Mobiler contract finance Companies; discounten: resent system of distribution of I and jand granie to railroad and other corpora- tions: oppose ail kinds of subsidies by federal, State, county or municipal govern- ments; 0} the present tariff; favor tax- ing solvens debts; favor an eight-hour -law; oppose Chinese immigration, and oppose the elec- tion of the President for more than one term of four yea ‘The Jast resolation endorses the noble stand taken by Governor Booth in behalf of popu- lar rights against the encroachments of unscrupu- Jous politictans and railroad corporations. Tumaul- toous applause foilowed the reading of (nis resolu- ton, the report was unanimously adopted. A State central committee was chosen, anda county organization recommended. Alter arnment the members of the Conven- tion proceeded in a body to the residence of Gover- ner Booth, who, in response to # serenade, ad- dressed them briefly as follows :— Lin Cresane ot oe ee. erie NCA ¢ power of s. : Mica movement which had te inception spontaneousiv is whi vi th le themselves it is you have Srgunied “hfs absototely without leadership, except in fo far as you have given {t form. men—honedt, able Pye ing on the pri a Homediare ress have been calculating the abili While they people have heen moving en mage behind them, and ave swept everything betore them, Prolonged jt) Tn the history of State Conventions shere bas 1 hone ‘as that which assembled here to-day, (Enthusiastic appl Some newspapers have treated Your etlorts us J of treason, just anit the people did Not have @ right to mble in ‘iheir own manner. But the politicians must wiways take this thing upon them selves and mark the way in which they must move. fe Age, nave done nobly, Success cougratu ar. tlemen, lates you In The im- | No | SALVINI. His First Appearance Last Evening in at the Academy of Last evening Signor Salvini appeared at the Academy of Music for the first time in this country as Conrado, in “La Morte Civile” (Civil Death’), by Giacometti, the author of “Marie Antoinette.” The audience was the largest of the season, and the effects produced by the tragedian were of the most singular and powerful description. The a entice interpretation Was a stupendous and original artistic success. “La Morte Civile” is nut a natural Nay, Gia cometti is not @ student of humais ur ui that he cares to do oro crate Mots, Wd sind he has not the skill to bring these about naturally, he forces incidents and measures his characters on a Procrustean bed of dramatic necessity. In writing “La Morte Civile” for Sal- vini he has taken the measure of the actor and made a certain mechanical approach to it. That is to say, he has provided scenes in which a great deal is left to the imagination of the actor, and Salvini’s imagination is just of that order which can transform such opportunities to the most won- derfui account. Gtacometti bas provided the grooves im which the incidents are to move, and Saivini creates the character that gives those inci- Genta vratsembiance and vitality. We have said that the play is an unnatural one, and go it is. We gave the outline in brief yeater- day. Aman is sentenced to imprisonment for life for killing bis wite’s brother. At the end of four- teen years he escapes and finds his wife living in ‘the house 01 another man under conditions which are made to seem to him suspicious, theugh tney are in reality innocent. These suspicions are fer- mented by @ malicious and oficious priest, whose motive—not very clearly expressed in the play—is to be found in the repulee he has suffered from the unhappy wife. The escaped convict suffers all the agonies of jealousy—all the torments of a doubt as to whether the child whose edu- cation his wife is superintending is his own daughter or not. He at length has sufficient demonstration of his wife’s purity and of the fact that the child is bers and his, but suffers additional anguish because the revelation of his identity to his daughter would imperii her iife, her health being delicate. Finally @ broken heart puts an end to his aMiction, his daughter calling him father, though she Knows not that he is so only as his eyes close in death. ‘These incidents are very painful, and they have been clapped ther by Giacometti in order wo allow Salvini full room for the display of his won- dertal command over the passions. But their se- quence is unnatural, because Dr. Gioacchino’s Villainy is not brought out with sufficient distinct- ness to give the sypearante of adequacy to his motives; because it is not conceivable that a doat- ing bastard, as Conrado is represented to be, would with impunity permit even a priest to accuse his wife ot infidelity; because Rosalie’s sudden affec- tion for Conrado, in the fourth act, 18 a contradic- tion of the silence and forgetiulness with which, 8 18 implied, she has treated him for four- teen years; because he reappears just in tae nick of time, at the very moment when Dr. Gioacchino was desiring some such bap, in order to help his dark designs, and because Conrado evidently dies or no o' cause than that @ thrilling death scene was neces- sary just at that moment. An abier dramatist | Would have brought about the same results by a different and more natural process; would have substituted the motives of flesh and blood for the mechanical intricacies and lay figures, and would have flung over the dramatic composition a human fush which the incomparable acting and director- shiv of Salvin alone enadied it to wear. It is @ pleasurable task to write about such act- ing as this; not easy, pernaps, to fiud words pow- eriul and wealthy enough for the theme, for lan- guage has been so distorted that either new terms must be invented or old ones must be assisted by the reader’s Knowledye and imagination when poweriul artistic creations, like this one of Salvini’s, are to be described. His portrayal of Conrado, from the first moment when the wretched outcast enters Dr. Gioacchino’s library, to that in which he breathes his last in his daugiter’s arms, is one of those studies which have sounded the awiul depths of human sorrow, and are at once pre-Raphaelite in their elaborateness of detail and lied with that broad and ghastiy gloom, that pre- ternatural agony and yearning which, to illustrate one art by another, are iound hinted in some of the of the strongest efforts of Gustav Doré. 1t is the evolvement ef an actor who bas studied human er nature, as adapted to dramatic represenation, as | closely as Huxley has studied the origin of life or | Darwin the theory of evolution, or Spencer the principles of socioloy His convict is as genuine a convict as the Jean Vaijean of Victor Hugo, and | yet this conviction is not created by a merely close | and clever imitation of the exterior imdications of convict lite and habits. we have not ouly a con- viet who has sufered a terrible punishment, but a husband and @ iather witha soui ground to the dust vy hall a lifetime of ignorance concerning the fate of wile and child. We have @ man who for four- teen years has wept tears of blood and sweated with an agony that earth could not and heaven | Would not assuage. We sce ao originally brave, } novle and geberous soul imprisoned among the | contagious scum of the earth. the putrid rinsings of society, grieving witn unspeakable despair over the destruction of the best things life had to | offer; thirsting to make atonement to an offended God, an outraged conse:ence, and anjured wife and child, foiled in all and desperately dying because Dething eise was lett to do. Conrado does not appear until the second act, ‘and the only point of great interest that is made by nim there is his description to Dr. Gioacchino of | the manner of his escape. This was done well—a pe aad mastery of that pantomimic art with | consists in painting a picture by gesticulation. | The chief point in the third act was Conrado’s acci- dentat meeting with his child and the agomies of doubt f! mS which he passes as to whether the child ts really his or the offspring of Rosalie and a paramour. To use hisown jaaguane, be feels as | though he could embrace and kill her in a breath. | But it was reserved for the iourth and fifth acts to bring out the full power of the artist. In the jourth occurs the long scene with his wife, exqui- sitely acted up to by ora jonti, in which old memories are revived, vld chords are touched, tender hopes are cherished, her first love | returns to her and she agrees to Oy with her hus- band, leaving their child with Palmieri, in ignor- ance of her real L parentega, In this long scene | both Salvini and Plamontl acted with a profundity and troth of fseiing such as have probably never | hitherto been mutually exhibited by any two ar- tists on the American stage. The great acene of all was, of course, tne last, in which Conrado, for the first time, is brought into tender and intimate | relations with his daughter, she remaining igno- rant of the tie that binds them. He is dying. He | asks her to pray for bim. She kneels at his feet aud a6 she prays the hand of death passes over No words can convey the iuimitabie | the scene. t nde almost | he of art in America, equalled by, perhaps, some three or four other conceptions presented to us by Kean Ristori, Rachel and Seebach. The broken voice the dimmed eyes, the spent strength, the trem | bling nerves, all the ghastly and terrible parapher-- | nalia with which death heralds its approach, were reproduced with a perfection that meited a major- ity of the audience to tears; and finally, as the body fell heavily forward in death, tne curtain de- scended dmid & profound and tearful silence, at the end of which such shouts and plaudits arose as very seldom it has been our experience to hear, “Othello” will be given this afternoon, and will | Provide the only matinee of the season. THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES. a “Lo Scia di Persia’ has been brought out at the Peliteama Romano. Next December the new opera house in Lodi, to contain 2,000 persons, will be opened. “The Maid’s Tragedy” (Beaumont and Fletcher) has been revived at the Stanaard Theatre, London. 4 Mile. Leavington is announced as having made a success in Paris as Azucena, She is a pupil of Duprez. Mme, Testa has not sung in this city for four years. Mer last appearance was in the ‘Messe Solennelle.” Another “American actress” is announced to appear as Lady Macbeth, at the fheatre Royal, Manchester. Signor Tamberlik and M. Jamet, of the Maretzek Italian Opera Company, arrived in this city yester- day and are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, The new oratorio, ‘‘De Oorlog,” with Flemish words, has had a second hearing in Antwerp, and 1g said to possess some masterly points in its or- chestral and choral writing. ‘The sale of tiexets for the first three nights of the Strakosch Itelan Opera season is now taking place at the Academy of Music. ‘Faust’ will be pro- duced at the Brooklyn Academy next Thursday night, and Maurel will make his American debut there. The opening opera at the New York house will be “La Traviata,” the second “Lucresia Borgia.” Mr. Wiijalba Frikell has made a very pleasant im- Pression at Steinway Hall. Asa prestidigitateur he has hitherto been unknown here, but bas a reputation on the other side of the Atlantic. His consonantal name, if anything, 18 in his favor. it requires some prestidigitation of the lps and teeth to pronounce it correctly, His tricks have a 2 Ss Ss 2 = i | strict that power, giibness and neatness which are ha equalied by the very best magicians of the day. He has grawp largely during ie past two nights, and has @ Matinge to-day and a performance this evening. WASHINGTON. Remarkable Findings by the British- American Claims Commission. S for New York an inspector cannot be stationed in the Post Omice at New York to appraise dutiable articles received by mail, All such articles must be seized, and whenever a package ts received about which there is suspicion it must be opened in the presence of the Postmaster, a customs off- cial and the party to whom it is sent, and if the cle is dutiable it is forfeited to the government, Postal Convention with Newfoundland. The President this morning signed the Postal Convention between the United States and the Secretary Richardson and_ the | government of Newfoundiana for the exchange of Forty-four Million Resérve. ——_ + DUTIABLE ARTICLES IN THE MAILS, a The Orow Indians Talked Out of Their Reservation. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 1873. Unsatisfactory Results of the Delibe: tions of the British-Americam Claims Commit ‘The adjournment of the British-Amefican Claims Commission is not a matter of regret to the mem- bers of the bar in Washington. The British Com- missioner Russell Gurney, Recorder of the city of London; James Fraser, the American Commis- sioner, and Louis Corti, the Italian Minister, who have constituted this high tribunal of appeal, will not be remembered with pleasure either by the rejected claimants, or those who have been fortunate enough to get a small award on their large claims. The deliberations of the Commission have been characterized by the utmost degree of subserviency, and while the amount tobe paid out of tlie United States Treas- ury one year hence is not one-fifth of the Geneva Award, yet the manner in which great principles of International Law have been cast into the waste basket by the Italian Umpire, makes the de- Mberations of the Commission appear ridiculous, ‘The decisions of the United States Supreme Court Were not treated even with contempt; they were utterly ignored as of no earthly importance, and the Umpire proceeded to lay down inter. national Law, according to his Venetian no- tions, The balm was entirely on the side of those vessels which were engaged in furnish- ing supplies to the Confederacy, and fully one-third of the award has been made to tne owners of blockade runners. N. H. Ross, who owned @ fine residence opposite George- town, known as Rosslyn, gets $25,000 as his compensation for the destruction of his — residence. ‘The McDonald Cotton cage of Memphis yields only $195,000. In aclaim Of over $2,000,000, Rheem, of New Orleans, gets | $111,000 for medicines appropriated vy General Butler on taking possession of that city. The owners of the Hiawatha get $25,000 for a single days’ delay im the James River, on the plea that the com- mander did not receive a copy of the President's proclamation establishing the blockade. The case of the Georgia, a notorious rebel privateer, was | thrown out as unworthy of the atten- tention of the Commission, The Circassian | got $250,000 tor intending to have a valuabie | cargo at New ‘Orleans, and the Science and Sir | William Peel, $325,000 tor being overhauied in neu- | tral waters. The opinion here is that the Britisn- American Claims Commission has been devoid of | all respect for mvernational law and the prece- dents established by our higher Courts. An Irregular Cabinet Meeting. There was no regular meeting of the Cabinet to day, only three members being in town—Secre- taries Delano and Richardson and Attorney Gen- eral Williams. The two latter gentlemen called about noon and were in consultation with the President nearly an hour in regard to the financial troubles now disturbing the country. After a full discussion it was determined that the policy of the government could not be changed, and will there- fore remain as announced last evening. The Seeretary of the Treasury and the Panic. 16 may be positively stated that Secretary Richardson entertains no scruples whatever as to his right to issue any portion of the $44,000,000 of reserve. He is not an expansionist and does not be- lieve in increasing the volume of legal tenders, ex- cept when the interests of the government make it mecessary, and has no idea that Congress will re- Theretore, if it is necessary to draw on this reserve, which has already been the case—all denials to the contrary notwithstanding— | it will be done to whatever extent the government demands may require. The Suspension of Fant, Washington & Co. Mr. Fant, of the firm of Fant, Washington & Co., expresses a belief that he will be able to resume business when the panic is over. Much sympathy is expressed for the firm by bankers and vusiness men. A Savings Bank Closed. The Washington City Savings Bank was closed to-day by order of Judge Humphreys, on the pe- | tition of G. OC. Crandall, and William F. Mattingly ‘was appointed receiver. There has been a run on this bank for several days past. A Saving of $750,000 Per Annum. Over $12,000,000 worth of bonds having been pur- chased by the Treasury Department since the com- mencement of the panic, the annual saving of interest to the government will be about $750,000 in gold, Crow Indians Plucked. Secretary Delano to-day received a letter from B, F, Potts, Governor of Montana Territory, dated at Virginia City, Montana, August 20, in which he says:—‘‘Hon. F. R, Branot returned here from the Crow agency yesterday, and left the same evening for Colorado to confer with the Utes. He suc- ceeded, after the exercise of great patience, in consummating @ treaty with the Crows, by which they surrender their reservation or the Yellow- stone, and take one, about one-third the size, in Judith Basin, with the interest on $1,000,000 per annum, in lieu of their present allowance. The treaty is # wise and humane one, just to the Indians and just to our citizens. The great benefits that are to fowto our people by the change in the Indian reservation cannot now be estimated. It will open to settlement one of the finest and most extensive valleys on the con- tinent, and I trust that witn the rapid construc- tion of the Northern Pacific Raliroad said valley | will commence to be settied next year, The terms of said treaty will meet the approbation of every g00d citizen in Montana, The Estate of the Late Chicf Justice. Certain representations having been made con- | cerning the personal estate of tne late Chief Jus- | tice Chase in connection with the failure of Jay | Cooke & Co., it has been ascertained that the heirs | ¢ and legatees of the Chief Justice lose nothing by the suspension of the above named firm. The se- } carities and other personal property of the Uhase estate were not touched by Mr. Sydney D. Coeke, Judge Chase’s sole executor, even for the purpose of reimbursing the advances which he has made tn administering the estate and upon Mr. Chase’s farm near Washington. The whole estate is safe and intact. Circular to Disbursing Oficers of the Navy. The Second Comptroller of the Treasury has is- sued 8 circular to all disbursing oMicers of the navy, calling their attention to « letter of Secretary Robeson, of August 5, 1872, announcing that the department would approve of mo purchases im fature except those made by burean and purchasing paymasters of the various stations, and also that subscriptions to newspapers to be paid out of the public funds would not be paid unless such subscriptions were authorized by the Department. The Second Comp- troiler also directs tha all credits for differences Of pay on account of promotions or length of ser- vice must be referred to the Fourth Auditor tor settiement. Paymasters are instructed to render al! bills and cash voutbers in detail, giving the weights, measures or numbers of the articles pur- chased and the prices paid. Dutiable Articles in the Mails. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury bas informed the Postmaster General that in accordance with the recent decision of the United States Circvit Court | the postal cards by the addition of one cent postage. Recruits for the Seventh Cavairy. The Superintendent of the Mounted Recruit! rq Service has been directed to send to St. Paul 210 recruits for asgignment to the Seventh cavalry, " “A Murderer Convicted. + Henry Young, alias Williams, at a late hour to-night was convicted of the murder of Frank Hahn, a drover, in March last. He murdered Hahn for bis money in Armory square. citer ‘ie Tries to Erect Repair Shops Projecting on Western Avenue, Newbarg—The Obstruc- tions Pulled Down by Order of the City Authorities, NeEwsura, Sept. 26, 1873, There has been considerable excitement tn this city this afternoon growing out of the action of the city authorities in preventing the encroachment of the Erie Railway Company on one of the public thoroughfares. Some months ago the Erie repair shops here—large, connected frame structures— were burned, and within a week or two the com- pany has commenced the work of rebuilding. Previous to this, however, President Watson, of the Erie, applied to the Common Council for per- mission to extend the new repair shops toa ais- tance of not more than sixty feet south of the north line of Western avenue and within the Iimite of said street. HEREBY HANGS A SHORT TALE, ‘The people of Newburg have for some years past been greatly exercised in mind over their riparian rights at the foot of the streets running east to the river, said foot (or feet) having been squatted on, docked upon and monopolized almost from time immemorial by freighters and others. A several years’ fight in the Courts has resulted ip the city’s resuming or securing possession of the foot of one of the principal thoroughfares, South street, and it has asserted Its right to the river ends of the other streets with little opposition. Western avenue for 600 or 600 feet west irom the river looks very littie like a ‘‘street,”” It is, however, down on the city map and regularly laid out to the river as @ street, and the city reserves the right to open and grade it. For about half the distance named west of the river's edge the land is “made ground,” forms part of the Erie “yard” and is gridironed with the tracks of that company. Then comes a stone wall precipice, some twenty- five or thirty feet high, and then South Water street. West of South Water street is a sort of rocky terrace, the slope of which is so steep that its use as @ thoroughfare for vehicles ‘quite out of the question. West of th s terrace 1s Western avenue proper, laid out 128 1eet in width, and running west to the westerly limits of the city, and as a turnpike 100 miles beyond. The Common Council relerred Mr. Presi- dent Watson’s petition to the ap her eeggers Attor- ney, James G. Graham, for his opinion as to the authority to grant the permission asked. That Otlicial Was clearly ofthe opiuion that the Council had no right to grant the Erie Company to oc- cupy the street with @ building even under the conditions proposed—tkat of pulling the building down whenever the authorities should see At .o order it to be done. THE OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY was unanimously sustained by the Council, and the clerk was directed to forward @ copy to the sport officer of the company. ‘The Erie folks, jowever, concluded to ignore the action of the Council, and proceeded to erect their bulidings, running sixty feet over the line of the street, as at first intended. Interested citizens of the First and Second wards began mutter and grumble, and the Mayor, Samuel BH, Shutes, determined to enforce the action of the Council vt et armts, This afternoon at tour o'clock, under bis direction, a force of carpenters and laborers, protected by a squad of the police, under the command of the City Marshal, went to spot and tore down as much of the frame building as projected on the street. It is said that on their appearance a large crowd of Erie employés leit their work and repaired to the spot, and that a collision seemed imminent. But no blows were struck and the work of demolition was commenced and com- pleted without serious disturbance. The perform. ance was witnessed by a very large gathering of citizens, by whom the action of Mayor Shutes was generally commended. THE CITY NOW RESTS ON ITS OARS, awaiting another demonstration of the Erie folks. Homer Ramadell, before the demolition com- menced, said, in reply to @ question as to what he knew ef the action of the company, that the Erie were erecting the building on suiferance. When it became necessary to tear it down the company would remove it. It was only a temporary affair apynow, and the Erie company would agree to sign @ paper to take it down when the Council re- quired it. In tact, such @ paper was there, all ready to pe signed. He thought all the butidings of the Erie there would be torn down within six months {i the improvements already in contem- plation were made. And so the case stands at this writing. It 1s hardly probable that the Erie will insiat on (Sag sh f their buildings #0 as to project on the street in face of the strong popular Pian tion to the encroachment. If they shall lively times bere may be anticipated. REPUBLICAN RATIFICATION, baidenh ol A sai Important Meet Last Night—Resola- tions—Enthasiasm a: Speeches by Prominent Members. Acall to ratify the nomination of republican State officers at Utica on the 24th inst. was held last might at the hall on the corner of Chambers and Greenwich streets. ‘The officers present were :—President, John P. Fraser; Vice President, C. Artisen; Secretary, V. D. Richmond. The meeting opened with a vote of thanks to all the New York delegates present at the Utica Con- vention. Mr. James Lee Le Compte then moved and Mr. Kingsley seconded that the following set of resolutions be accepted :— we cordially aapereve the platform adopt by the St ton at Utica on the 24th 3 swe fully endorse them as @ true exposition of the sentiments of the re publicans of the Ktnvire State; that their record of re- publican progress and advancement, and their emphatic condenmation of the salary grab, in accordance with the best interest and in keeping with the landmarks so ably laid down by the fathors of the Republic, and that to principles fe Conven- | their endorsement of the administration of General Grant meets with our hearty approv: Resolved, That the ticket beininats y the republican State Convention at Utica on the 24th instant meets with our warmest approval, and that we hereby ratify, en- dorse and pledge to it Our earnest and unwavering’ sup- " Patcaolved, That with that tried and true rep: Hon. Francis 8, Thayer, for our standard bearer, we enter into no uncertain contest; that his manly course in’ the Stare Senate for two terms commends him to us an one competent to fill the position of Secretary of State integrity, efficiency aud zeal, and in such a man- ner as will tend to promote and’ advance republican principles and strengthen the administration through- out the State. That in the unapvimous nom! oD of Nelson K. Hopkins for Comptroller of the State the Convention has shrown their appreciation of his ability, ‘and faithful services to the party agalnet whom political enemies can utter ne syllable of re- ew York Triune usis e the following stron, language, * tate fs be congratulaved ty jon can but jamin D, Silliman, the the eminent and upright. Jawyer, on whom the pt the Em} State can depend to have public offenders prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. That in the nomination of Colonel Sidney Mead tor ue important po- Canal Commissioner we bave the assura: One! ite Engineer and State Prison Inspector req bo ealogy on our part, and we pi to each and i rt Srempae scien ike eifeanse of all parties and their entire co-operation. ove, anda series Of graphic but pilhy speeches vor ries Oo! ¢ but ® were delivered by members of tte auecm ye, About 3,000 persons were present and great aatwustaen peovaiiees - pe ait YACHT REGATTA IN CANADA. Kinaston, Ont., Sept. 26, 1873. In the regatta here to-day the yachts made @ pretty start irom off St. Lawrence wharf at tity minates after ten A. M., with a light breeze, and made a first class race. Ira got off first, and Coral followed, Lady Stanley, though last to Move, soon ined the lead, maintained it throughout and won fie race, ‘Ihe’ buoy was reached at quarter past three P. M., Lady Stanley being four minutes es lorty-five seconds ahead—just forty-five seconds short of the tune sne had given ira. The latter, therefore, took the mone; Coral was leit far be- hina. ‘In the second class eight boats started, Sunbury, of Believille, winuiDK. (ME PINTSBURG POSTHASTER, Astounding Discoveries of Fraud at the Pittsburg Post Office. Stewart Arrested and Confesses to Being Short $33,000. Prompt Action of General Creswell. Prrrssura, Pa., Sept. 26, 1873. People in this city were startled this alternoon by the announcement of the arrest of John H. Stewart, Postmaster of Pittsburg, on a charge of embezzlement to the extent of $33,000. The high Position occupied by the man, his activity tn po- tical and public matters gereraily, his worth to the Fire Department as one of its Commissioners and bis many personal good traits caused the an- nourgcement to be received with utter dismay by his friends and by the public with genuine as- tonishment, PIRST COMPLAINTS, Some time since there were numerous com- plaints made of irregularities in the Pittsburg Post Office, and of the non-receipt of letters containing remittances. So constant was this annoyance and so financially disastrous that United States District Attorney H. B. Swoope was made aware of the fact. Complaints were made from clergymen editing a religious newspaper here, who report @ loss of 100 letters and something like $1,500 in money} another 143 letters, with about $2,000, while other persons have suffered like losses to a greater or less extent. DISCOVERY OF HUGE DRPALCATIONS. Mr. Bwoope asked Postmaster General Creswell for an investigatien, and immediately aiterwards Major Petherbridge, chief of the special agents, as- sisted by B, K. Sharatz, of New York, arrived here and commenced the work of investigation, which disclosed the fact that the accounts of the office were improperly kept, and that some of the clerks of the office Lave been systematicaliy deprived of a portion of their pay by being induced to sign vouch=- ers for agreater amount than they have been re~ ceiving. One instance is stated of a clerk who regularly signed a voucher for $15 & month more than he was paid, Of course, the Postmaster in bis accounts was credited with the fall amoant of the voucher, and the dimerence between this gum aod the amount received by the clerk repre- sented his net gain by the transaction. The frst evidence that the Department had of there being a defalcation in the office was when drafts on the Pitts- burg Post Office, to the amouut of $16,000, in favor of the Panhandle Railroad Company, for the mail service, was returned to the Department protested for non-payment. At that time the Postmaster, according to his accounts, should have had ample funds to pay the draft. This caused prompt action at the Department in taking possessien of the office and suspending the Postmaster. THE AMOUNTS. The investigation of accounts was continued to the Postal Kevenue Department fund, in which there was discovered a discrepancy to the amount of $16,416 25. In the stamp and stamped envelope fund the sum missing was ascertained to be $12,556 58. Of the money order fund the sum of $1,087 25, Of the funds received from box rents and postage collected there was deficient $3,375. Alter having proo! positive of defalcation Mayor Petherbridge telegraphed the fact to Postmaster Creswell, who, in return, ordered the arrest of Stewart, and directed that criminal proceedings be at once instituted against him. STEWART’S ARREST. Accordingly information was made this after- noon, before United States Commissioner Gamble, against Stewart, charging him, as Postmaster of the United States at Pittsburg, with embezzling and converting to bis own use $33,435 48 of the public tunds of the United States. Armed with a warrant, Depnty United States Marshal Pender went down to ‘he private office of the Postmaster, and said, “Mr. Stewart, I have @ warrant for your arrest.’” The Postmaster, who had been chatting pleas- antly with some friends, suddenly turned pale and started back as if been shot at. He recovered himself soon afterward, and reached out his hand for the warrant, which he took without uttering @ word. He read it over very carefully and then re- turned it to the deputy and made known his readi- ness to follow him whenever he thought proper to take bim. HE ADMITS THE LOSSES. He was taken to the office of the District Attor. ney, where he was examined at some length, and finally he admitted to Mr. Swoope the defaication, ting that the amount was, perhaps, over $33,000. Bail in the sum of $60,000 was demanded for his release, and finally this was furnished, P. H. Laughlin, Charles Batchelor and Alexander Brad- ley. all well known citizens, !urmishing security in the sum of $20,000 each. Stewart was appointed in 1868 by President Grant as the successor of James H. McClelland. He served the county in the capacity of Sherif, and was captain of a company of firemen recruited in this city which sérved in the rebellion. His bonds- men are tis father and James Kelly, of Wilkins- burg, near here. It is said the great fault, and, probably, the erigiu of his difficulties, ites in his !n- competence and carelessness as @ business man. OBITUARY. — Sa jtiano Olozaga. By cable telegram tothe H&RALD, under date of Enghien, Belgium, yesterday evening, 26th instant, we have announcement of the death in that town of Salustiano Olozaga, the well-known Spanish statesman. Seflor Olozaga sbared largely at different periods of bis life in the political and dipiomatic fortunes of Spain; yet, strange to say, we have scarcely any chronological record of his emtry to the public service or his advance- ment and disappointments therein. He was ap- pointed by the provisional Spanish government Minister to France. He had been for some tune reviously residing in Paris, whence he proceeded 0 Madrid on the estabiishment of the new order of affairs in Spain. For many years he had taken a leading part in the Spanish political arena, and had always been an earnest champion of the liberal democratic principies which have triumphed in his. country, He was an orator of extraordinary power, one of the most eloquent in Spain, and his btatesmanshtp was regarded most valuable to the cause in which he enlisted. James Clay. The death of James Clay, M, P. for Hull, England, Was announced to the HERALD by caole last night. He was sixty-nine years of age. He was son of the lave James Clay, merchant, of Old Broad street, London. Clay was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. In politica he Wasa liberal of the modern English school. He unsuccessfully contested Beverley in the year 1837, and Hulltn 1841. He was first returned as member for Hail in 1847 and re-elected in 1852, Om this oc- casion he ted for bribery by was unsea' e ta. During the month ot Feb it. Ween the oeitiation ofa member taking his seat a second time for the stint pecs the sume Parliament, Adis, t Parliament prevented a fall @is- Canton of tne sabyect. Mr. clay has since been re elected four times. Jean Chacornac. A telegram from Paris under,date of yesterday announces the death of M. Jean Chacornac, the distinguished French astronomer, Samuel C. Wil A HERALD special correspondence from Hono lulu, Sandwich Islands, under date of September 6, reports as follows :—Mr. Samuel C. Wiitse, ti of New York, died at Hamakaa, Hawaii, on the 318%. of August. He lived on the Hawaiin Istands about sixteen years, and has been goverument surveyor and tax collector. A PRINTERS’ STRIKE ENDED. Orrawa, Ont., Sept, 26, 1873. ‘The printers’ strike of the last two months con- cluded in the surrender of the workmen,