The New York Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1873, Page 8

NEW YORK H BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR All business or news letters and telegraphic @espatches must be addressed New Yore Himmaxp. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the ear, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five Cents per copy. Annual Subscription price :— #ive Copies... ‘ <a TOM CODING... 0. cisnvvciceccsscsrcccascvese eeccee 15 Volume XXXVIII. ..No. 274 AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BOOTH’s THEATRE, Sixth av. and Twenty-third st— Rie Van Winxte. NEW LYCEUM THEATRE, ldth street and 6th av.— Norns Daun. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway.—Vanistr Ewrentainuent. Matinee at 2 BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Lire; Its Morn ano Sunset. BROADWAY THEATRE, 728 and 730 Broadway.—Asour Town. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker sts.—Mapame ANcot's Cui. Matinee at 2. THEATRE COMIQUE, Enrertainuxyt. Matinee a NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—Tne Brack Cxoox. Matinee at 13s. 4 Broadway.—Varirrr WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Barwisr’s Boor. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth ay. and Twenty-third @t—Haontep Houses, - ‘ey ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 14th street and Irving place.— Travian Orwra—Lucrezia Boraia. MRS. F. B, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Tus New Macpaven. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Broadway.—Tux Geneva Cross. Union square, near WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadwi Saw Faye. Atternoon and ¢ corner Thirtieth st.— GERMANIA THEATRE, lfth street and %d avenue.— ‘Was Gort Zu samen Furor. BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner ixth ay.—NeGro MinstRetsy, &c. Matinee at 2. ‘TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Vagiety ENTERTALNMANT. PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall.— As You Lixe it. ROBINSON HALL, Sixteenth Manionsrres. Matinee at 3 Si STEINWAY HALL, lath st., between 3d ay, and Irving place.—-PRestiDicitaTion. - HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Court street, Brooklyn.— San FRAxcisco MINSTRELS. AMERICAN INSTITU and 64th gts. Afternoon NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 613 Broad- sway.—Sctence anv Aut. DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM, No. 688 Broadway.—Screxce anp Arr. ‘ QUADRUPLE SHEET. New York, Wednesday, October 1, 1873. street.—Tuz Rorar E IR, 3d ay., between 634 dd evening. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE CROPS, THE FINANCIAL SITUATION AND THE PROSPECT’—EDITORIAL LEADER— Eioutu Pace. REOPENING THE STOCK EXCHANGE! A RE- MARKABLY QUIET “SEND-OFF 1!” OUR CE- REAL BASIS OF PROSPERITY AND POWER— AMERICA’S CENTENARY—SEVENTH PaGE. TIDING OVER THE CRISIS! WALL STREET SIGHTS AND BUSINESS YESTERDAY! FOR- EIGN MARKETS AND SPECIE SHIPMENTS— ELEVENTH PaGE. STRIVING TU REACH THE ICE-BOUND POLAR GOAL! THRILLING RECITALS OF THE VOYAGE OF THE POLARIS AND OF THE RESCUE OF BUDDINGTON AND HIS PARTY! THE DEATH OF THE HEROIC HALL! THE ESQUIMAUX! THE LONG, LONG NIGHT— FirTH AND SIXTH PaGEs, POLAR ROUTES AND POINTS OF INTEREST— FurTa Pace. SPAIN’S CIVIL WAR! THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALICANTE—IMPORTANT CABLE AND GEN- ERAL NEWS—NINTH PAGE. THE CHOLERA AT LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND! MORE RAILROAD DISASTERS—CHAMBORD AND FRENCH UNITY—NintH Page. THE TAR-AND-FEATHER MURDER REVEALED! MOST IMPORTANT EVIDENCE—Twetrta Pace. CAPTAIN JACK'S REBELLION AND ITS CAPITAL CLOSE! MODOC HISTORY! BRAVE CAN- BY’S DEATH! WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR ?—SEvENTH Pace. FEARFUL RESULT OF A VIULENT QUARREL! A PRUSSIAN SHOT BY A NEIGHBOR BE- CAUSE OF A SIGN BAR! THE MURDERED MAN’S STATEMENT—TENTH Page. JOHN FOLEY GIVES COMPTROLLER GREEN A CHARACTER! AND SUCH A ONE! “IN- CAPABLE, CULPABLE AND UNFIT!” THE $100,000,000 INCREASE IN THE CITY DEBT—LEGAL, MUNICIPAL AND SANI- TARY NEWS—Tuirreentu Pace, EVERETT? .RAY AND TOM KEELER CARRY OFF THE HONORS OF THE FIRST DAY'S TROT- TING AT DEERFOOT—WESTERN SPORTS— KING’S BALLOON VOYAGE — Fourrgentu Page. BOSS TWEED’S JERSEY DISCIPLES IN “A BAD BOX!” THE PRESS LASH MAKING THEM SQUIRM—PROFFERING THE HaND—LORD ROSEBERY—A “MUTE” DEFEAT — Texto Pace. ; FINE ARTS AT THE VIENNA INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION! ASPLENDID COLLECTION OF THE CHEFS-D'HUVRE OF THE EUROPEAN MASTERS—FOURTEENTH Pace, THE MAGNIFIOENT MARCH OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS THROUGH PHILADELPHIA! GLOWING SCENES—THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB'S RACE TO-DAY FOR THE BENNETT GUERDONS—Sixtu Pace. Poor Grezy.—The worst blow yet at our wonderful Comptroller is that delivered by John Foley in an interview with one of our reporters. John says quite as bitter things of Mr, Green as ever Mr. Green said of the late ‘Tammany Ring leaders. But what’s the mat- ter with all these reformers? Why are they quarrelling among themselves? _— Tae Department or Docks will soon begin ‘work on three new piers at the foot of Chris- éopher street, and the work, we are gratified to learn, will be somewhat stronger than was that of the demolished pier at the Battery, Tho department says that, like the first battle of Bull Run, that smash up at the Battery has indicated tho solid work required, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1878.—_QUADRUPLE SHEET. The Crops, Financial Situation and the Prospect. The Department of Agriculture at Washing- ton puts forth a satisfactory statement of the products of the country just at the time cal- culated to have a good effect upon our trou- bled financial situation, The amount of prod- ucts of the soil which we have to spare for for- eign markets and the probable demand there will be for them, in consequence of the short crops in Europe, as is now ascertained, must have an influence in preventing excitement and apprehension like that which prevailed during the last fortnight. In fact, the calm we see of the present time arises in a great measure from the contemplation of our crop resources, the demand for them and the balance of trade being much more in our favor than for a long time past. The average condition of the wheat crop for the entire country is ninety-five per cent, one hundred per cent being a full crop gen- erally, and rarely obtained. Such, then, is the trustworthy and flattering prospect. We have no means at hand of determining what propor- tion of this crop will be required tor home consumption, but there can be no doubt that the surplus will amount to hundreds of mil- lions of bushels. Taking into account the crops of other cereals and corn we could prob- ably supply bread food for thirty millions or more of Europeans. The yield per acre is, on the whole, about the same as last year, but the area under cultivation was much larger. While we have this superabundance ready for a foreign market nearly all the great and populous countries of Europe have short crops, and will need breadstuffs from abroad to feed the people. England particularly, it is reported, will require little short of a hun- dred millions of bushels of grain, and France nearly half as much. Germany, too, it is said, will be short. Even Russia, which is a great grain-producing country, and generally a rival of the United States in supplying the markets of the world, has this year a short crop. But, making every allowance for over- sanguine expectations on this side or exag- gerations of the probable deficiency abroad, there are facts enough to show that the de- mand for our grain must be unusually large. Supposing, then, an excess of a hundred millions of bushels, or the equivalentin flour, be exported this year, that would give us money or credit to the amount of a hundred and thirty millions of dollars or more, if the present quotations of the New York market should be sustained. What the increased de- mand for other cereals would be we cannot say, but there will be, undoubtedly, a corre- sponding demand for them. The cotton crop, from the latest and best reports, will be much larger than last year. There will be, we be- lieve, six to seven hundred thousand bales more. At least we may reckon upon near four millions of bales. This crop ought to realize three hundred millions of dollars. The largest portion of this goes hbroad. Though the cot- ton crop is in a manner discounted abroad, and in our commercial and financial affairs with Europe—that is, by Enropean exports to this country being predicated upon it, still an unusually large crop at good prices, in any year, gives us greater means to pay our debts, an easier money market anda more favorable balance of trade. The prospect, then, of a great and unusually remunerative cotton crop must help considerably, in addition to the expected large export of breadstuffs, to withhold the exporta- tion of gold, to make money easy and to tarn the balance of trade more in our favor than it has been since the beginning of our late civil war. As we are not going into a general review of our commerce, it is unnecessary to notice the other exports, such as tobacco, petroleum, iron and other articles. These, we suppose, will not, in the aggregate, fall off, and they may increase proportionately’ with production and the growth of commerce. The reference to the two great staples above is sufficient for our argument. While we have on the selling or credit side of the account with foreign nations such a good outlook we are buying or importing less. This, too, turns the balance of trade still more in our favor. Our merchants had a con- siderable stock of goods on hand, and our manufactures are supplying more and more the needs of the country. The very panic which has just passed over us, will have the effect to check extravagance, excessive importations and overtrading. We know of no time since the catastrophe of the war plunged the coun- try into difficulties and revolutionized our financial condition when there was a better prospect. The country is prosperous from one end of it to the other, the credit of the government is on the most substantial basis, the Treasury has always a large surplus on hand, and enough to continue the liquida- tion of the debt, and there is nothing likely to seriously disturb the general business or prog- ress of the nation. The panic among the Tailroad and stock speculators, if even it did reach some of the banks which had also en- tered into speculation, or had for a brief period alarmed a part of the community, was only a ripple on the surface of our great busi- ness and industrial interests. As a proof of the prosperous condition of the country, of the actual and prospective de- mand for our breadstuffs as well as other prod ucts, and of the balance of trade inclining greatly in our favor, England is shipping large amounts of gold to the United States, Every day we learn by telegram of these shipments. Several muillians of dollars are on the way, and yesterday the Donan sailed from Southampton with about seven hundred thou- sand dollars. Experienced financial men con- fidently expect the flow of specie from Eng- land to this country to amount to ten mil- lions. The Bank of England evidently has become alarmed, for it has raised the aN of discount to five per cent. There does not ap- pear to be any other canse, either in Great Britain or in the commercial relations with other countries of Europe, for this action. But gold comes in spite of this check. Part of it may be sent here in expectation of a fall in the price of stocks and bonds, in conse- quence of the panic, and with a view to invest in them; but, after all, such large amounts would not come if the balance of trade were likely to continue largely against the United States. We cannot see any reason for a renewal of the panic, and certainly not for a finan- cial or commercial crisis. On the contrary, the prospect is most flattering. The railroad companies can do much both to relieve the anxiety of timid and desponding business men and to promote the commercial pros- perity of the Republic. The products of the soil are wanted abroad, and the sooner we send them the better for every branch of trade and the people generally. If the rail- road companies would study the welfare of the country and their own interests at the same time they might help the farmers and country merchants to bring forward their products in abundance to fill the warehouses of our ports and to send fleets Of vassels laden with grain to Evrope. The enormous cost of transportation from the great wheat-growing States of the West to the seaboard is the drawback that needs to be re- moved. With cheaper transportation a far greater amount ‘of breadstufls would be ex- ported. If the railroad companies would charge the lowest rates possible they, in the end, would find their reward through the general prosperity that must result from an augmented export trade. But, whether they have the good sense and patriotism or not, enough of the products of the soil will be shipped—for Europe must have them—to create a state of trade much more favorable to the United States than has been seen for years past. With that, too, will come more gold at our command, an easier money market and a better chance to approach specie payments. New York Politics—The State Convention. The democrats of this Commonwealth, through their appointed delegates, will meet in State Convention at Utica to-day, for the business of nominating a State ticket and pro- claiming the party platform for our coming November election. In the outset the Conven- tion will be called to decide upon the claims ‘of the contesting or rival delegations from this city, known as the Tammany men, the Apollo Hall men and the Democratic Union men. Tammany claims the position of the Elder Bourbons; Apollo Hall claims the rights of the Orleanists, and the Democratic Union men, under Robert B. Roosevelt, have undertaken the réle of peace maker, lately played in the French Assembly with such remarkable skill by President Thiers. But as Thiers, with all his skill and fertility of resources, was at last overthrown by his own petard, so Mr. Roose- yelt may fail at Utica. The impression, how- ever, seems to prevail that the Convention will at Some diplomatic half-way house of rest effect a reconciliation among our city factions in a practical recognition of the established fact that ‘‘a house divided against itself can- not stend.” Assuming that there will be a union of all the democratic clans in the work of this Utica Convention, they appear to be en- couraged with high hopes of success in the election. From the hints thrown ont by various organs and committees of the party the Convention will take greater care than usual in the selection of the men for its State ticket, and in its resolutions will open fire upon the national and State administration, and upon the republican party along the whole line; that particular stress will be laid upon the Kellogg government of Louisiana, as a despotic usurpation destructive of State rights; that ‘the back-pay grab’ will be handled without gloves and torn to pieces; that the recent developments of our Wall street panic will be made the basis of a vigorous attack upon the financial policy of General Grant and the favorite financial agents of the Treasury, and, finally, that the examples of retrenchment and reform given by the reformers now conducting our city government will be presented to the people as examples of a maladministration imperatively demanding another change. Such, we understand, :will be the leading points of the platform of the New York de- mocracy for this fall campaign. The Conven- tion will probably be occupied two days in the work before it, and then, with the party fairly in the field, the republicans having already formed their line of action, the active work of the campaign on both sides will begin. We await the issue of the democratic powwow at Utica. Democratic Panic Over—A Great Gained. The panic is over, and one of the greatest triumphs known in financial history has been gained. The reopening of the Stock Exchange yesterday marked the end of an eventful flurry, The Victory | and gave us assnrance of the completeness of the victory achieved by men in legitimate | business over the rash and heedless specula- tors in Wall street. It is the triumph of. financial soundness and solid worth over the uncertainties of heedless speculation, of cor- rect methods of doing business over the adventurous ways of men in haste to be rich ; of moderation and conservatism over greedy recklessness and reckless greed. Not a single member of the Stock Exchange failed to meet his obligations. The day’s transactions were entirely free from the spirit of speculation. Never was business conducted with. more caution and confidence. The routine of the Exchange was taken up as if only a Sunday had intervened since its doors were closed. A great crisis, involving fearful loss to the country and great suffering among the people, has been averted by the calmness and modera- | ton which allowed the storm to spend its fury nyon those who had courted and pro- voked it. Ozly the’buchu bankers, the wild speculators in unecttainties and insecurities and the unsound banks ac trust companies have failed. Not a single mercantile house in this city has fallen or even sensibly s..ffered from the force’of the storm. The prosperity of the country is unaffected. Much in the way of reform will now be needed, especially as regards the management of savings banks and in relief and security from the national banking system; but just at the moment we have only rejoicing that the crisis is past, that a panic in Wall street will not inevitably bring ruin to the country and that the power of reckless speculation is broken, if pot en- tirely destroyed. The victory is due to the wisdom of General Grant, the caution of our men of business and the moderation of the press and the people. Murpenens’ Row is now occupied by Scan- nell, Stokes, King, Simmons, Broderick and McDermott. The list has fallen off in num- sbers, but additions are expected soon from recent homicides that wilt restore the schedule to last year’s average of twenty. Coon axp Bracrnc—The winds overhead and the temperature in Wall atreet. vesterday, ‘The Last Chapter of the Polaris Ex- _ Pedition, The detailed accounts of the rescue of Cap- tain Buddington's party, published elsewhere, will convey fully to our readers the perilous episodes marking the close of the unfortunate expedition which left our shores in 1871 to path out a way to the North Pole. Aécom- panying these narratives from the lips and records of the voyagers themselves, we present our readers with = czt-ndid map, displaying the story cartographically. The map, we may explain, is carefully drawn on the Mercator projection, so as to avoid the necessity of con- verging degrees of longitude, which a map on the sphere plan of a locality so near one of the poles would require, and the consequent narrowing of the waterways from east to west. The tracks of the Polaris, Tigress and Little Juniata have been obtained from the official reports and charts to the Navy Department; the drift of the party on the ice- floe from the rescued themselves, and the track of Buddington’s party from the statements we publish to-day. In connection with this latter track we may point out the fact that it was anticipated by the Heraup, the rescue having taken place on the exact line we indi- cated long since. +It gupports fully the theory advanced by Dr. Hayes, the arctic explorer, who insisted that Cape York was the first point which should be searched’ for tidings of the unfortunate castaways. The additions to Polar geography made by the cruise of the Polaris will also be found clearly exhibited. The movements of the Tigress subsequent to her visit to the de- serted camp at Lifeboat Cove we have not marked on our map, as itis unnecessary to the story of the expedition. Thus illustrated, the story which has already been published in outline cannot fail to awaken a lively interest in the great geographical problems involved, as it will convey clearly to our readers the force of the text. Captain Buddington’s statement goes back of the separation from Tyson as far as the departure in August, 1871, from Tessuisak, the most northerly Danish set- tlement whence C:;tain Hall despatched his last letter to the retary of the Navy. It thus covers the wh ventful period of the voyage. He rapi: ches the events up to the death of the mwender, and, although no mention is ». m of any disagree- ments on boar! prio* >, \bst untoward event, he indicates tiust there «ere many afterwards. 6S It is painful o think iow many discordant elements th -hip's con any contained, and it isa thou ..°d pities th these unfortunate incompatibilities were 1° to be remedied. From 1 late Captain Davenport, »: steaniship Congress, an {ns} octor Smith, of Greenland, it is clen ‘at Dr Bessel was much opposed to his cow): usder, pnd it is in- Uscovered in time rvidence of the United States sinuated made others, }iuddingion among them, the tools of his .. We have now the statement of Captain Buddingio. ‘hat Dr, Bessel and he had disagreeable differ: nces on the question of authority after the 1 «h of Captain Hall. We do not wish to g. .eeply into the merits of this question at present, but we sincerely hope that the difficulties of dis- puted precedence which arose on the Polaris will be a guide to the prevention of any such in the expeditions of the future. The circumstances attending the demise of Captain Hall are yet in deeper shadow than we could wish to see them. Dr. Bessel, the only professional physician on board, chooses to be very reticent concerning the fatal illness. He dismisses all question on the matter with the statement that death resulted from apoplexy, although the symptoms, as de- tailed, do not point strongly to the correct- ness of that diagnosis. Before & proper board of investigation, and under the exami- nation of physicians with whom his necessity of using medical technology will not pre- vent a full inquiry, we presume that Dr. Bessel will defend his statement and his professional treatment of the heroic sufferer. The value to science of his labors will, of course, depend in a great measure on the preservation of the records of his observa- tions. Many of these, in the accidents of the voyage, have been lost or destroyed; but it is to be hoped that he has retained enough in his memory and his notes to make the physical mysteries of the polar region more accessible to future scientific investigators. In his inter- view he gives a formidable list of the various branches of geographical, meteorological, zo- ological, botanical and entomological investi- gation which were followed under his direction. The statement of Engineer Schumann, although going over the same ground as Cap- tain Buddington’s, conveys many features of novel interest, particularly in connection with the wintering of the party at Lifeboat Cove. The hospitable Scotch whaler, Captain Allan, of the Ravenscraig, gives his story of the rescue in a bold and graphic manner, which makes us feel the genuine warmth of his reception of the waifs. It is a bright spot in the long narrative of suffering and peril, and throws a genial glow for a moment over the dreary scene among the: hummocks of pack ice in Melville Bay. It was, indeed, as he assures us, ® providential rescue. Be- set by ice herself, the Ravenscraig was in peril when Buddington and his men were descried toiling wearily, as they dragged their boats over the ice on the track followed by Kane’s party south in 1855. Neither provisions nor boats could have held outa sufficient length of time to allow them to traverse the three hundred miles remaining between them and Tessuisak, the most north- eri; Danish settlement. Through all the wonderful episodes of the voyage, in the almost miraculous drift of the Tyson party on the floo up to their rescue by the Tigress, in the circumstances conspiring to preserve the party of Buddington up to their rescue by the ice-beset Ravenscraig, wo may trace the motions of an All-saving Hand as clearly as one may follow the tracks upon the chart. Spaim—Apparent Decline of the surgents. For the first time in three years the world begins to believe that a republic is possible in Spain. The intransigentes are heard of now mainly in connection with Alicante and Carta- gena; but the conviction produced by the latest. news is that both Alicante and Carta- gena will soon cease to be seats of rebellion. This, however, is not all. The Carlists, who only a few weeks ago were fall of hope and confidence, begin to evince signs of demorali- zation. It is an old saying—but it is not more old than it is true—that a house divided cannot stand. The Carlists are, the worse for their cause, divided. Saballs has been dismissed, and Tristany and Miret have both resigned. After these, then what leaders remain to guide the Curlist forces? All the latest news indicates grow- ing strength and hopefulness on the part of the government. The government means Castelar, and Castelar means the Republic. Te wit ho well if Castelar has entered into no questionable alliances, Waich may be found as perilous for the future as they are iwung for the present. Hy It is no longer to be doubted that the old unionist party is in sympathy with Castelar. Ato conservative meeting held yesterday Marshal Serrano and Admiral Topete were present, and the government policy as against that of the radicals was heartily endorsed. The return of Maissonare from Alicante to Madrid was a continuous ovation. All this looks well for the government and for the Re- public, with the qualification we have already expressed. As King of Spain Don Carlos has issued stamps bearing his portrait, but the stamps are less likely to bring money than to find a place among the curiosities of some fu- ture antiquarian museum. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Senator Fenton is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General A. E, Burnside is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain Frank Moseley, the oldest inhabitant of Mobile, is no more. Ex-Congressman R, G. Hazard, of Rhode Island, is at the Astor House. Mme. Lucca and Baron Wallhoffer, of Vienna, are at Barnum’s Hotel. It is reported that John O. Breckinridge is to take up his residence in this city. Senator Sumner is fully recovered and is repre- sented to be “as fine as silk.” Senator Sherman has returned to Cincinnati after a brief electioncering tour. Commander Walker, of the United States Navy, 1s registered at the Astor House. Mr, Thomas H. Pearne, the United States Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, arrived yesterday at the Astor House. General John J, Knox and wife, of Augusta, Onel> da county, in this State, will celebrate their dia- mond wedding next Tuesday, October 7. “Ginx’s Baby” Jenkins lectured last night in the Boston Lyceum on “The England of To-day.” Senator Sumner and General Banks were among his auditors, i Ex-Governor H. D, Cooke denies that the estate Of the late Chief Justice Chase, of which he 1s ad- ministrator, 1s affected by the failure of the house of Jay Cooke & Co. An Eastern paper wants to know why the Tich- borne claimant is like a mermaid, and replies that it is “because he has nothing to stand upon, and has a very fishy tail!’* Miss Mabel Ordway, daughter of the Sergeant-at- Arms of the United States House of Representa- tives, was married at Warmer, N. H., on the 23d inst., to Colonel E. L. Whitiord, of Concord. A wealthy widow lady, of Richmond, Va., mem- ber of a Protestant family, has entered a Catholic convent in South Carolina and taken the black veil. She was yet young, quite handsome, seem- ingly happy in her domestic relations and well en- dowed with this world’s goods. DEATH OF ME. JOHN B. BALDWIN. RIcHMOND, Sept, 30, 1873, A special telegram to the Richmond Despatch announces the death of Mr. John B. Baldwin, at Staunton, to-day. He underwent a surgical opera- tion to-day at the hands of Dr. Goulah, of New York, that being the only hope of saving his life. He died soon afterwards. Mr. Baldwin Was an inspector ac the Outbreak of the war, and was afterwards Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives. After the war he was Speaker of the House of Delegates of Virginia, and, in 1868, came within one vote of receiving the conserva- tive nomination for Governor, WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, Oct. 1~1 A. M. Probabilities. For NEW ENGLAND ANDTHE MIDDLE STATES CLEAR AND CONTINUED COOL WEATHER, WITH LIGHT TO FRESH WINDS, WILL PREVAIL, For the lower lake region southwest and north- west winds, lower temperature and generally clear weather. For the South Atlantic States gentle and fresh northwest to northeast winds, partly cloudy weather and rain on the coast and in Florida, For the Gulf States east of the Mississippi and Tennessee, generaily clear cool weather and light to fresh northerly winds, From Missouri and the Ohio Valley to the upper lakes gentle and fresh north to northwest winds and clear cold weather. Frost will probably prevail on Wednesday night over the northern portion of the Gulf States, western portion of the South Atlantic States, the Middle and New England States, and northwest- ward over the Lake region and Northwest. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, as indicated by the thermometer at Huanul’s ‘parmacy, bid Butlding:— 872 1873, 1872, 1873, ~ 7 64 3 A.M. 61 3:30 P.M 6 A.M. o 8 6P.M. 9A. M. 65 60 9 P.M. 12M, 72 60 612 P.M. Average temperature yesterday Average temperature for corresponding date Jast year.. ARMY ORDERS, Wasninaton, Sept. 30, 1873. Captain A. P. Blunt, Assistant Quartermaster, is ordered to temporary duty at Boston, relieving Lieutenant Montgomery, at that station. Second Lieutenant G. 8. Hoyt, Eighteenth infantry, is or- sonville and Marietta, Ga, vi aca NAVAL ORDERS, WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 1973, Assistant Surgeon £7. Derr is detached from the Constellation and placed on waiting orders, First Assistant Engineer Thomas W. Rae is de- tached from the Burean of Steam Engineering and ordered to the National Academy, Captain R. R, Lowry is ordered to the command of the Canandal- a. relieving Captain Rouckendorf. Surgeon J. H. inckhamn is detached from the Constellation and’ Placed on waiting orders, ‘The United States steamer Kearsage not being ready for sea, the Saranac will satl from San Fran- cisco for Honolulu soon. She is now taking coal, It is reported that the Rritish gunboat Tenedos, now at San Francisco, will also sail for the same destination. “THE DIGNITY OF LABOR.” The Rev. Newman Hall's Leetare Last Night, “The Dignity of Labor” was the theme of the Rev, Newman Hall’s lecture at Association Hall last night. The reverend foreigner was introduced by the Rev. Mr. Cuyler, who ended his little intro- ductory speech by saying that such @ man as Mr, Hall needed no introduction to an American audience, The audience, which hardly filled the hall. and was a critical and undemonstrative one, seemed at firss rather cool towards the Blackfriars preacher; but a few sweet nothings about Ameri and Americans, aod the enthusiasm was great. The lectu an intellectual and literary effort, was far above the goody-gooay trash that is prattied to such an alarming extent in oar yeas during the winter. In listening to Mr. Hall his beauties of metaphor and fluency of language are the first things that impress one, his appearal nd style of gesticulation being very ordinary, The lecturer treated not sione of manual, but intellectual labor, and the peroration on poetry, science and painting Was & climax of tare excellence, AMUSEMENTS. The Regular Season at Wallack’s—Re- appearance of Mr. Sothern. ye The regular season at Wallack’s Theatre began last night with a two act play by Mr. H, T. Craven called “Barwise’s Book,” and a whimsicality writ- ten expressly for Mr, Sothern and entitled “The Burrumpooter.” The play a8 well as the whim- sicality is whimsical, It deals with selfishness in love and portrays the patural disposition of the human heart to marry for money. Ciarles Mut- craft, @ gentleman by profession, has married Mrs,’ Mulcraft, a lady by inference, on the supposition that she is rich, and she in turn nas married him believ- ing him to be Barwise’s heir. For the money's sake Muicrait has forsaken Ellen Petworth, mutable by circumstances, but she is immediately engaged to Bawin Vere, an artist by cpurtesy, but as his uncle, Miles Lagiot, of Austrulia and of no repute, declines to make the young man his legatee, Ellen falls in love with Robert Cuckfield, a cartwright, and with her the co-legatee of the Barwise estate. The other characters are Rogate, a successful rogue, who got Laglot transported, and Kate Warbleton, a rustic heroine, sn love with Cuckfield, It is Laglot’s purpose to make Rogate repent, and, as it is necessary to detect the old rogue in a crime in omer to reform him, he is shown to have assisted in forging a wilh giving Barwise’s money to Mulcraft, a discovery im which Kate assists, and 1s married to Cuckfleld as a consequence, while everybody else is mated accord- ing to poetic justice. The cast is as follows:— Mulcrait, Mr. Sothern; Laglot, Mr, Gilbert; Cucke fletd, Mr. Beckett; Vere, Mr. Poik; Rogate, Mi FE, M, Holland; lien Petworth, Miss Dora Gold- thwaite; Mrs, Mulcratt, Mrs. John Sefton, and Kate Warbieton, Miss Effie Germon. Mr, Sothern’s Mul- craft is one of those special delineations, we can- not say of character, but traits in which he is become so famous. It is a series of lively sallies and withal a strongly indi- vidualized creation, from beginning to end, Im “make up”? he is the embodiment of the conce tion, his whiskers being alter the true fashion of the Engils. swell of doubttul pursuits, so thoroughly imitated by the New York snob of high iamily pre- tensions. Bating an occasional flavor of the Dun- dreary bouquet, the part 1s original in business and metiod, he fewest words and the aptest by which it can be described 1s to call it a rollicking, bit of humor conscientiously and carefully wrought out. Its oniy fault is too much detail. For instance, Mulcrat, who deals largely in the commodity oi tears, genera!ly borrows somebody elsé’s handkerchie! to rub the pearls from his ores and keeps the ‘wipe.’ This flavors too much ol the tricks of the “Artful Dodger’ to enadle the clever scoundrel to retain the confidence of those upon whom he is practising or to make his final exposure sufficiently efective. Apart from these minor detects it is one of the most relishing bits of humor, well sustained throushout, that we have seen in along time. The opening lines, which fell to the lot o: Mr. John Gilbert toutter, “Here I am again,’ were peculiarly appropriate for his first appearance this year alter so many successful seasons at Wailack’s, and the audience responded with a heartiness that must have been peculiarly gratiiying to the veteran actor. He in turn played Laglot with all the heartiness oi acting he shown through so many years. Mr. Harry Beckett made his first appearance in the legitimate drama as Robert Cuckfield, but, in getting salty from the freedom ot burlesque, he allowed himseif to be too much constrained by the limits of comedy, This is not to be wondered at; indeed, it was to be ex- paced: put he gives every promise of becomingan important addition to the low comedians of the American stage, a class oi actor in which it is bar- ren in numbers, it not in the quality, of a few of its representatives, Mr. Polk played Edwin Vere intelligently, and Mr. E. M. Holiand, who took the part of Kogate, astonished us by his owth in his art. He is to be complimented ona it of character acting that was a marked feature of the periormance, Miss Dora wold- thwaite, who made her first appearance at this theatre, played s pretty part, but she Was embarrassed by the nervousness of her New York début to an extent that pre- vented her from giving any (air test of her capa- buities. Mrs. Jonu Sefton made her part a very ood empodiment of the woman who unsuccess- ully Married for money, making the best of her disappointment, and Miss Eme Germon, as the half tearful, half cheertul, part termagant and part loving rustic, acted in her old vein, and added much to the periection of the piay. ‘The other piece, ‘Ihe Burrampeoter,” in which Mr, southern appeared, is allof what the playbiil de- signates it “an extraordinary whimsicality.” It is a stirring, silly fash of incidents and broadly hu- mMorous dialogue, compressed into one aci, It turns entirely on the adventures of a nervous gen-. tleinan, Mr. Augustus Thrillington (Mr. Sothern), who has 4 mother-n-law, Mrs. Major Pucker (Mrs, Ponisi) of the ideal type, with the gait o1 a draguon and the voice of a drill master. The nervousness of Mr. Thrillington intensifies with the complica- tion of circumstances that follow his marriage, his casual acquaintance with Mrs. Clementina Mont- morenci (Miss Ete Germon), involving him in ter- rible torture of mind and body, and resuiting in an explosion of the most stunningeffect with his all- pervading and tremendous motner.in-law. An old chum of Thrillington’s, Dr. Chirper (Mr. W. R. Floyd), helps to make matters worse by his well- meant officiousness, and the scene of confusion and Jun is relished to that degree by the audience that they roar with laughter, The whole entertainment affords an evening's pleasure of the most delicious kind, and while neither piece rises to the dignity of high art they will prove excellent Pep eamere lor what the reap- eurance of Mr. Lester Wallack,has in store for us. ney are the sherry and vermouth beiore the burgundy and champagne which come with the dinner. Miss Kellogg at the East Side Associae tion Hall. The handsome, well ventilated and well lighted hall of the East Side Association, at the corner of Third’avenue and Eighty-sixth street, was graced with the presence of Miss Clara Louise Kellogg last evening in concert. She sang with that purity of tone, breadth of expression and thorough. + ness of artistic style that augurs well for the com ng season of English opera, since much depends on the condition of the prima donna’s voice. The sparkling cavatina trom “Linda,” with which her name ts inseparably associated, and a fantastic song, half Hungarian, hali Scandinavian by Pease, brought an encore each time, and in the duet with the new tenor of the English opera, Mr. Morgan, whose voice is like linked sweetness lon; drawn out, exceedingly small in tone, a musical snuff box, the voice of Miss Kellogg was charming to a degree. The tenor sang a couple of sol Abt's “Sweet Angel,”? and a puerile effusion ol Claribel, and Ronconi rattied off some of his char- acteristic pieces. Miss Matilda Toedt proved that she was entitled to the position of one of the most opular violinists in New York, her style of play- BE Dain greatly matured within the last year, iss Luckhardt played a piano solo which was rather ambitious for a young artist. This is the second time that Miss Kellogg has sung at this hall and her popularity seemed to ve on the increase lastevening. The encore, “The Pretty Girl Milk- ing her Cow,” with which she responded ‘to the applause of the audience, was exquisitely deliv- ered, a8 might be looked for from a Catharine Hayes, The concert season of the East Side Asso- ciation has commenced under favorable auspices Masical and Dramatic Notes. Mr. John 8, Clarke has purchased from Mr, Stirling Coyne’s widow the comedy which that actor has rendered #0 successful—the “Widow Hunt.” At the Paris Rénaissance two new operettas, by M. Offenbach, are in preparation—*‘Moucheron,” libretto by MM. Vanloo and Leterrier, and “Jean qui Pleure.”? Madame Lanner has formed an attractive ballet combination, and will make a tour of the principal cities, beginning at Pittsburg on Monday, with “Silata,”’ In which she made her first appearance in this country, Signor Italo Campanini makes his début at the Acadenry this evening as Gennaro, in “Lucrezia Borgia.” This event is looked forward to with much interest as the first test of the quality and power of Mr. Strakosch’s leading tenor, Further interest will be added to the occasion by the American début of Mile. Maresi, who takes the title role, and the reappearance of Miss Cary as Maffeo Orsini. 5 Signor Salvini will give us his rendition of Hamiet on Thursday evening. There is a story ofa fas- cinating young lady, at one of our summer resorts, who, on being asked recently if she had ever read Shakspeare, tossed her pretty head, with the an- swer—"Shakspeare! Of course I have; I read that when it first came out.” We wonder if Savini is to teach us that we never knew Hamlet till now. The reopening of the well known Orpheon Society Free Singing Classes, at No. 7 King street, founded by Mr, Jerome Hopkina, the pianist, eleven years ago, and which have flourished as a metropolitan institution ever since, takes place to-day. Last season the trustees of this society supplied free vocal instraction to 519 persons, mostly young mem and women of the sel-heip class. Many of these are now members of choirs and some are singing in one ofthe opera troupes. Such & work as thia cannot be ignored by cultivated citizens, and it is pleasant to see them taking an active interest in it. The trustees of the Orpheon Society are William Butler Duncan, President; Abram 8, Hewitt, Vice President; Charles 0, Dodge, Trea surer; Wiliam T. Blodgett, Spencer W. Coe, Joba E, Leflng wey, Jerome Hopkigs. Secretary,