The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1873, Page 6

NEW YORK HHEKALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Volume XXXVIII. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOOTHS THEATRE, Sixth av. and Twenty-third st— Bur Van Winks. NEW LYCEUM THEATRE, Mth street and 6th av.— Worny Dane. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway.—Vantety ‘ENT#RTAINMENT. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Lire; Its Morn axp _-- SUNSET. - BROADWAY THEATRE, 728 and 730 Broadway.—Anovt ‘Own, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker sts.—MapaMk ANGot’s CaiLp. THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 514 Broadway.—Vanisty ENTERTAINMEN?, pie NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—Tax Back Croox. WALLAOR’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Barwise’s Boox. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth av. and Twenty-third 6t—Haunrep Houses. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 14th street and Irving place.— AMLET. MRS. F. B, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Tax New MAGpALen. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Broadway.—Tnx Guveva Cross. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broalway, corner Thirtieth st.— Suin Fane. Afternoon and evening. Uth street and 3d avenue.— GERMANIA THEATR! az BANDITER. BRYANT’S OPERA HOUS Sixth av.—Nxoro MinstRELs Twenty-third st., corner ce TONY PASTOR’S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Vaxiery Entertainment. PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall.— As You Like Ir. ROBINSON HALL, Sixteenth Magionerrus. Matinee at & BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Montague st— Traian Orera—F avst. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Court street, Brooklyn.— San Fuancisco MinstrEts. AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, 3d av., between 634 And 64th sis. Afternoon and evening. street.—Tux Rorat BAIN HALL, Great Jones street. between Broadway and Bowery.—Tux Pircnim, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad- ‘way.—SCreENce AND Aw’ DR, KAHN’S MUSEUM, No. 688 Broadway.—Scienxcx np Ant. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Thursday, October 2, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘Ko-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE VACANCY ON THE SUPREME COURT BENCH! HOW IS IT TU BE FILLED ?'— LEADING EDITORIAL ARTIVLE—SixTH PAGE. WHO SHALL BE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED SYATES SUPREME COURT? JUDGE BRADY ANSWERS THE QUERY! O’CONOR, EVARTS, DAVIS AND CONKLING AS CAN- DIDATES! THE KEY TO AN ANSWER— THIRD PAGE. INCREASING DEMORALIZATION CARLISTS IN SPAIN! DESERTING TO THE SEVENTH PAGE. SPANISH GOVERNMENT FOR CUBA!—EX-MINIS- TER NELSON BANQUETED BY THE MEXI- CANS—SEVENTH PaGE. THE BANK OF ENGLAND AGAIN DEPLETED OF BULLION! £149,000 WITHDRAWN FOR SHIP- MENT TO CANADA—SEVENTH PaGE. EASY WORKING OF THE FINANCIAL MA- CHINERY IN WALL STREET! ONLY ONE BREAK YESTERDAY! NORTHRUP & CHICK! THE BANKS FOR SAVINGS UNHURT— TENTH PAGE. JERSEY BANK STOCKHOLDERS MASTER THE FINANCIAL SITUATION! $700,000 SUB- SCRIBED AND THE STATE BANK OF NEW BRUNSWICK PLACED ONCE MORE UPON ITS FEET! GREAT REJOICING—Turrp Pace. ON 'CHANGE! AN UNEVENTFUL DAY'S BUSI- NESS! TRANSACTIONS FOR CASH! PRICES OBTAINED—RECAPITULATION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT—FirtH Pace. A BITTER DAY AT UTICA! APOLLO HALL RE- AMONG THE LARGE NUMBERS REPUBLICANS— TIRES IN DISGUST, AND SWEARING VENGEFULLY! TAMMANY’S TACTICS! NO NOMINATIONS MADE! NO “BUTCHER'S MEAT” FOR THE “POOR” CONGRESSNEN— THIRD PaGE. A THREATENING FIRE UP TOWN! A BROAD- WAY BUSINESS BLOCK SAVED BY TH STRENUOUS EFFORTS OF THE FIREM BURNED TO DEATH—TROTTING AT DEER- Foc SEVENTH P. THE OCE. RACES OF THE CLUB—THIRD Pacer. LATE ADVICES FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS— SEVENTH PAGE. “OLD CONCORD” PRESENTED WITH A SUPERB LIBRARY! INTERESTING ADDRESSES BY NOTED CITIZENS—SPECIE PAYMENTS— TENTH PAGE. WHE PITTSBURG POSTAL DEFICIT! THE MAN- AGEM | OF THE OFFICE AND THE DIS- GRAC L RE PROCEEDINGS IN- STITUTED AGAINST THE “VERY CLEVER” POSTMASTER—Fovrta Pace. ZANITORS AND SCRUBWOMEN MANDAMUSING THE TREASURY CERBERUS! ADVERSE DECISION IN THE WESTFIELD DISAS- TER CASES! GENERAL LEGAL SUMMA- RIES—Fourtn Pace. NEW YORK YACHT Tar Evancenican Autiuaxce.—We call the sttention of our readers this morning to the fact that the formal opening of the Conference of the Evangelical Alliance will not tak¢ place until Friday forenoon. It ‘was originai!y intended that the meetings should be held 1” Association Hall. This idea has been abandone1 and arrangements have been made with the ,roprietors of Steinway Hall In Steinway Hail, t.terefore, and not in Association Hall, the meetings of the Con- ference will be held. The first forn2al meeting ‘will be held on Friday morning at tex.9’ clock. To-night a social reception will be given in the parlors of the Young Men’s Christian \Association. This is the first time that any- thing of the kind has been held in New York, ud the presumption is that New York will fhonor itself by making the Sixth Conference ad the Evangelical Alliance an unparalleled ccess. The holding of the Conference on {this side of the Atlantic is » compliment to ‘America. We have no doubt that the result Swrill prove that the compliment has not been qightly esteemed. ves the national debt as $2,138,793,898, the juction for September as $1,901,467 and the | coin in the Treasury at $80,246,757—a better | showing, under the circumstances of the time, (ban was conerally anticipated wme Vacancy on the United States Supreme Court Bench=—How Is It To Be Filled? The Henaxy has already placed before its readers the opinions of several of the leading members of the New York Bar on the question of the Chief Justiceship, and has made public the views of a number of influential citizens as to who would be the most desirable successor of Judge Chase onthe Supreme Bench of the United States. To-day we give the sentiments of Judge Brady on the subject, as expressed in an interview with an attaché of this paper. In them will be found the re-echo of the — key- note which has been sounded again and again—the embodiment of the idea, prominent in all sound minds, that the man to be selected for this high office should be one entirely free from political prejudices and above all ambition for polit- ical preferment. But there are some other thoughts suggested by Judge Brady's remarks which are deserving of serious consideration. We are told that in his judgment there is much force in the suggestion already put forth in the press that the selection of a successor to Mr. Chase will depend mainly upon the result of the approaching election in this State—in other words, that the position of Chief Justice will certainly be bestowed by the President upon Roscoe Conkling, pro- vided the republicans elect such a majority of the State Senate as will insure the choice of a republican successor to that Senator by the next State Legislature. This conclusion implies that the Chief Justiceship is indeed to be made a political office, and that the selection of the head of,the United States judiciary is to be guided not by considerations of capacity, but by the question of political expediency. When we look back seventy years, to the early and pure days of the Republic, we find that John Marshall, the man who, above all others, raised the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States into a position which challenged the criticism and enforced the respect of the legal profession in all parts of the world, was chosen for the office he so ele- yated and adorned, not only without his own solicitation, but against his own earnest pro- test. He had even urged the appointment of another forthe position; but President Adams, impressed with the importance of placing a pure and thoroughly independent man at the head of the judiciary of the nation, sent the name of John Marshall to the Senate, and it was unanimously confirmed. The wisdom and patriotism of the choice were sub- stantiated by subsequent history, and not the least gratifying of President Adams’ triumphs must have been the knowledge that by pro- moting such amanas Marshall to the Chief Justiceship he had won for the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States a worldwide renown; that its adjudications of prize law became a code for all future time, and that, in the words of a distinguished ju: ist, ‘over its whole path learning, intelli- gence and integrity shed their combined lustre.” We have witnessed since that time a gradual but certain descent from the high principles which secured the elevation of John Marshall to the Bench. We have seen the appointment of Taney to the Chief Justiceship as a personal reward from the President to a devoted and subservient ad- herent, and we have known the evils to which such a favoritism has led. We have beheld the elevation of Judge Chase, as a mat- ter of political expediency, to the same high position and the degradation which political ambition has brought upon the Supreme Bench. We are now threatened with even a deeper shame, for we are coolly told by clear-minded, unprejudiced and impartial observers that the appointment of a Chief Justice rests upon the uncertain chances of a State election; that if the republicans happen to carry the New York Senate this tall Roscoe Conkling will put on the ermine, but that if they fail and there should be the prospect of the election of a democratic United States Senator, the Oneida county politician will continue to serve his party in the Senate Chamber instead of on the bench. When we reflect upon these things; when we find such able, clearand pure men as Judge Brady endorsing the opinion that the mere hazard of a State election is to decide the question of who shall be selected by the Pres- ident of the United States as the head of the ju- diciary of the nation, we can begin to appreciate the inroads which Cesarism has made among our people. Half acentury ago the discus- sion as to the probable appointee to the Chief Justiceship would have turned upon the quali- fications of those whose names had been mentioned in connection with the high office. We should have heard opinions as to the ability of this or that citi- zen to fill the position with dignity and credit, and we should probably have been called upon to use persuasive arguments to induce the most capable and desirable man to accept the appointment, As in thecase of Chief Justice Marshall, the office would have come to the chosen individual, not only unsolicited, but against his expressed desire. It would have been the task of the President to force the office upon a competent and de sirable person, and not to force an incompetent and. undesirable person into the office, We now find the prevailing appre- hension in the legal profession, as well as in the minds of all good citizens, to be that the selection of the Chief Justice will be controlled more by pclitical reasons than by consid- erations for the public good. When we reflect upon the important functions of a Supreme Oourt judge; when we remember that the interpretation of the constijation under which we live, as well as the decision of all the great questions arising out of the mari- time laws, the commercial laws and the various issues that occasionally arise be- fyeen nations, must eventually be settled by the fiat of that august tribunal, we can appreciate the danger arising from an unwise or partisan selection of any member of the Court. It is startling to see that our ablest and most conservative citizens fear the elevation of a partisan to the Chief Justice- ship, and that they find themselves neceysi- tated to confine their thoughts as to the proba- ble successor of Judge Chase to the considera- tion of political expediency. The apprehension that party objects will control the choice of the President is un- fortunately strengthened by the delay which has occurred in the appointment. There is no good reason why the people should not know Lak gure whe 4 @ ba the anacomox Marshall, ‘Taney and Chase; whether he is to be chosen as the former was chosen, without solicitation and against his will, on account of his eminent fitness for the position, or whether he is to be selected as the latter were selected, as a reward for political ser- vices, or as a matter of expediency to get rid of a probably troublesome rival. The pretence that the nomination is withheld until Congress shall be in session, out of feelings of delicacy for the Presidential nominee, is not accepted as a sufficient excuse for the delay. The President has it in his power to select such a man as the Senate would not dare to reject, and it is his duty and his privilege to do so. If in making his choice he is guided by the principles which actnated President Adams when he adorned the bench by the elevation of John Marshall to its head, there can be no question of a hearty endorsement of his selection by the people, no hazard of its rejection by the Senate. His action in this matter is looked for with interest'and not without anxiety, because in the character of the Supreme Court of the United States is recognized the danger or the se- curity of the Republic. To degrade that high and powerful tribunal to the capacity and standing of a county court would be to proclaim the ascendancy of Cmsar- ism and to invite serious distrust of the sta- bility of the government. In the fiercest poli- tical contests, in the midst of the most heated partisan strife, there has been a feel- ing of sccurity in the purity and firmness of the court of final resort. To destroy popular confidence in the Supreme Court bench by making ita resting place for political servitors or a stepping stone for political as- pirants would be fatal to our national exist- ence. President Grant has it in his power to avert such danger by following the example of Adams and selecting the successor of Judge Chase from the many able citizens whose reputation is national and who do not solicit or desire the office. If he delays the appointment until it can be made the subject of Congressional barter, and finally bestows it as a reward for political services, he will com- mit a blunder the evil effects of which will live long after his own official life shall have ter- minated. The Bungied Instructions to the Po. laris Expedition. The instructions of the Navy Department in the case of the Polaris expedition, now brought to its dismal close, appear to have been sin- gularly blundering and inadequate. In such acase there should be no loophole through which insubordination could creep, no peg on which two or more persons should attempt to hang their authority at the same time, That part of the Navy Department's instructions which were supposed to cover the contingency of the ‘‘death or disability’ of Captain Hall proved in the sad event to be no more a cover than a gossamer net would be to an Esquimau with the thermometer forty degrees below zero. The death of Captain Hall left the offi- cers, who had already become divided into cliques, emphatically ‘‘at sea.’’ It seems very absurd, indeed, that the death of the com- mander should simply divide the responsibility | between two instead of devolving it on one. | No better provision to provoke misunderstand- ing could well have been conceived. Captain Buddington’s orders were ‘in any event” to direct the movements of the vessel, while to Dr. Bessel was handed over the charge of sledge expeditions. It would seem as though the winter time was handed over to the scien- tist and the summer to the sailor, under con- ditions sufficiently vexatious to make each jealous of the authority of the other. We should be glad, indeed, to learn why and how this and many other stupidities were given in the shape of instructions from the Navy De- | partment. The meaning which forces itself upom us from the portion of the instructions | referred to is that the Navy Department could | not make up its mind to trust anybody with the full command in case of Captain Hall's death, and that the words which provided for a return home in case of non-agreement be- tween the two were added because they could not well do otherwise than disagree. We are pained, indeed, to note the incapacity which, in a certain sense, foredoomed the expedition before the Polaris was under weigh. The rocks, shoals, ice movements and dangerous coasts which have been marked on the polar charts to warn future expeditions are not more worthy of avoidance than the bungling charac- ter of the instructions to Captain Hall from the Navy Departme: Tux Kersey Inquest is among the appar- ently interminable things that have been brought forward for the wearying of the world, The Coroner adjourns for long periods, holds open sessions and secret ses- sions, and drops mysterious hints about wit- nesses he will producs and so forth—anything, apparently, to give the miserable affair a sem- piternal character. We wish to remind him that it is not his business to arrange dramatic tableaux, but to decide upon the cause of. death, and, if it is a criminal slaying, to hand over the implicated persons, without preju- dice, to the Grand Jury. The North Pole | will probably have been sailed over or sledged over, or brought home in walking stick samples to curiosity collectors, before | the inquest will be terminated at its present rate of progress. The tar-infected village should be allowed to sink into its obscurity again by having justice promptly done. Surely the sensational Coroner does not think that he is judge, jury, public opinion and gal- lows all in one. . Krre Fiyino m Grnmany.—The ateady Germans, according to aspecial despatch from Berlin to London, have also been kite flying in a financial sense, and are beginning to real- ize the consequences. Fancy stocks and bank shares are not salable, and some have fallen as much as twenty per cent. There was some talk of government interference, Financial trouble was expected. This state of things has been anticipated by shrewd financiers for some time past. Flushed with victory, em- pire and money obtained from France, the Germans have rushed into speculations, and now the natural reaction has setin. We may console ourselves that Americans are not the only people who run wild with speculation and have to endure panics as the consequence, Tux Tramp Estare.—The democratic editors of the State were gathered in a co-operative Democratie Convention yesterday at Utica. We hope their deliberations will result in im- proving the general tone and temper of the | DRO 0 Md hea, Autumn Surf and Turf. Tf the panic storm in the financial world was “only a shower, after all,’’ we can turn with doubly grateful hearts to the fine weather for our autumn sports. What a fall in stocks has to do with fall regattas and fall meetings we do not propose to determine. Had the buchu speculators’ difficulties involved the commer- cial world in distress those who are now free to pray for a spanking breeze in the bay to-day would have been whistling to raise the wind in another quarter. They would not have taken much interest in the autumn regatta of the New York Yacht Club, which takes place to-day, nor would they carry their mind’s eye over the russet foliage of Central Park to Jerome Park, in Westchester, where, on Sat- urday next, the fall meeting of the American Jockey Club has its opening. The merchant, the professional man and the man of leisure can try the effects of surf and turf on their organizations without the afterthought that they are in danger from doses of buchu taken against their will. They can look at the prospects of a day's fun on the briny without any misgivings about watered stock, or they can discuss the time a handi- capped racer will make at Jerome Park with- out troubling themselves over the ‘carrying rate” of Wall street. The spectator of to-day's regatta will observe the ses currents in the bay the better that currency is easy on land. Mindful of the fact that October brings us racing weather par excellence, we look forward to a fine day’s sport to-day. The start will be a flying one, and the starting point, oppo- site Fort Wadsworth, is an improvement on the old start from off Quarantine. It gives a better opportunity for sailing free and obviates what has spoiled so many races hitherto— namely, 8 drift through the Narrows at the close of the run home. The. June regatta is going more and more into the region of display, with very little of real racing in it, and the test of © sail- ing qualities and seamanship devolves on the autumn racing, A fresh breeze and a fine day will, we feel assured, give us a race worthy of our splendid club, On the 9th inst. the ocean races, under the management of the New York Yacht Club, will be certainly sailed, and therein we look forward to an exhibition of the best qualities of our sea skimmers, The prizes are well worth the trouble of winning, and the emulation among our crack yachts- men to that end will be as spirited as the veriest “salt” could desire, The novelty of the race for pilot boats, working schooners and smacks, to take place on the same day, has attracted the attention of the hardy class of seafarers who own and command these ves- sels, The prizes are in substantial money form, and the arrangements make it certain that each class of vessels will have at least one prize to itself, We hope to see a well contested race between them, with a goodly number of entries for each class. The fall meeting of the American Jockey Club is always an event of interest and bril- liancy, an unfailing source of pleasure to New Yorkers. Its attractions are still greater than those of the spring meeting, as the weather is more agreeable and fashion more fully repre- sented. The wise and judicious management adopted by the directors of the club tends to remove aught that might interfere with the harmony and enjoyment which should be ex- pected at these meetings. The hills and glades of Westchester put on their most at- tractive attire at this season, and the magnifi- cent drives through the Park and the adjoining boulevards are now more enjoy- able than ever. The first races will take place on Saturday next, commencing at one o'clock in the afternoon. Six events are promised, in which many of the “stars’’ of the turf are entered. The programme for the entire meeting is larger and more interesting than on any previous occasion. A dash of three-quarters of a mile, for all ages; the Jerome Stakes, for three-year-olds; the Nur- sery Stakes, for two-year-olds; the Manhattan Handicap, in which Harry Bassett and a dozen other celebrities are entered; a selling race anda match race, half-mile heats, form the programme for Saturday. The influence of the American Jockey Club has served to ennoble and elevate the sports of the turf throughout the country, and to remove from them the stigma that unprincipled persons at one time attached to them. Fashion, respect- ability, fair play and thorough enjoyment may be found at the Jerome Park races, The superabundance of young vital energy in America which remains after business proper has been well attended to we wigh to see utilized in a manner that will make Young America healthier, sturdier, more graceful and less apt to degenerate. The pas- times of a people are certain tests of their moral as well as their physical character. When ‘we seo a group of American beauties on the hurricane deck of the club steamer, keenly alive to the incidents of a yacht race, or a similar group on the grand stand at Jerome Park, flushed and excited over the trembling fortunes of the fleet coursers in the Manhattan handicap, we feel gladdened that their enthusiasm can take so healthy a direc- tion. Spanish eyes may be very bewitching, but we would not be pleased to see the eyes of our beauties flash like those of the Iberian dofias under the unhealthy and debasing animal excitement of a bull fight. Sports like those of the surf and turf can be made the means of an amusement as pure as exhila- rating. Such is the aim of the New York Yacht Club and the American Jockey Club, and well are these organizations sneceeding, Tux Fine or tae Orn Furr was brought out among the democracy at Utica yesterday. ome of the scenes in the Convention there were worthy of the glorious days of Old Tam- many twenty years ago. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Sir Henry Stor&s 18 to be appointed British Minis- ter to Constantinop!e. Indge Thomas Pp, Scott, Chief Judge of the Su- preme Bench of Baittmore, Is dangerously ill. General Von Moltke is inspecting the coast of Germany with the design of devising @ system for its defence. ‘The Duke of Edinburgh is comtinuing bis court- ing of the Princess Alexandrowma at the Czar’s country seat at Livadia, Mr. J. M. Bellew, the elocutionist, arrived at the Brevoort House yesterday from England via | Quebec, fresh for his fall course of readings. It is related that the editor of a religious paper left to his hetrs over 2,100 shares of different kinds of stocks, al! of which are not now worth 2,100 conts. He also leit $27,000 deposited in the Union Trust Company. Ghapban Wi, Heokwelk (ormerir a canorter, AGW One of the editors and owners of the Boston Jour- nal, has been appointed by Governor Washburn a member of the Board of Commissioners of Prisons of Massachusetts, General James Shields has been obliged to de- cline an invitation to deliver an oration at the re- union of Mexican war veterans in St. Louis, on the 8th inst., on account of his slow recovery from an accident last summer. Mr. Disraeli recently said, in a letter of excuse for his absence from the festival of tne Woburn Im- provement Association :—‘‘Although from a sense of duty I have “attended Parliament, [ have been and am now otherwise living in seclusion,”’ The first premium on matched horses at the Oneida county fair was awarded a resident of Utica, As the judges were tying the ribbons on an unsuccessful exhibitor demurred at their decision, saying, “On what grounds do you give the pre- mium to Mr, ——’s borses?”? “On fair grounds,” was the witty reply. Charles W. Lovett, who has filled the office of Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealtn of Massa- chusetis for the last fifty years, has just retired into private life, His term of service has extended through the administrations of Governors Eustis, Lincoln, Davis, Everett, Morton, Briggs, Boutwell, Clifford, Washburn, Gardner, Banks, Andrew, Bul- Tock, Claflin and Washburn, Truly @ notable record for a faithful public officer. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT. pie el he General Grant Visits an Agricultural Fair in Maryland. BALTIMORE, Oct. 1, 1873, President Grant to-day visited the Garroil County Agricultural Fair at Westminster, Maryland. His only companions were Postmaster General Cres- well, Collector Booth, of the Baltimore Custom House, United States Marshall Goldsborough and Mr, Archer, a democratic Congressman {rom Mary- land: po distinguished bimecit by holding on to his bac! Day. committee of citizens met the party at the train and drove them im- mediately to the Fair Grounds, where they were placed upon the grand stand and introduced to the crowd by Mr. John E. Smith, There were loud ana pee ed for a speech irom the President, but he contended himsel! with bowing to the crowd, and, while they were most vociferous, drew a cigar trom his pocket and lighted it, to show them that he had psuystl 9S to oy ‘After witnessing the races he dined with Colonel William P. Mauis- ley and took the night train to return to Wash- ington. ART MATTERS, Metropolitan Museum of Art—Opening Yesterday. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Fourteenth strect was opencd yesterday for the season, alter having been closed Jor several months. It was not very largely attended, but this can easily be ac- counted lor by the (act that the city has not yet been fully replenished by returned citizens, We have 80 frequently and at such length dwelt upon the many beautiful and wonderlul antiquities and objects of art to be found in this exhibition that there is no very imperative reason tor re- marking minutely upon them now. The entire building has been perfectly cleaned during the summer recess,and everything is in exquisite order, There are three grand departments which invite attention. First and foremost come the Cyprus an- tiquities, discovered and brought hither by General di Cesnola. These occupy the rooms on the first and second floors in the east wing of the building and what was formerly the conservatory. Then come the pictures loaned by the trustees and those which have been removed hither from the Museum on Fifth avenue. The former’ are 12 m number and _ the latier 175, Of the latter all, with the exception of one, were purchased in Europe in 1870, and became the property of the Museum in March, 1871. The exception is “Sarah, Hagar and Abraham,’’ which was presented tothe Museum by M. Leon Gaucnez, Of the reinaining 174, the first 100 Mentioned in the catalogue were obtained in Brussels and the succeeding seventy-four in Paris, MM. Etienne Le Roy, Leon Gauchez and A. Febvre, all of whom are accomplished experts, have vouched for the authenticity of almost all of these pictures, which adorn a_ gallery built expressly for them. The loaned coliec- tion of pictures occupies the large apartment on the second story, immediately over the entrance hall, The third great department which is specified consists of china, pottery and earthenware, of vari- ous descriptions, sometimes unique, generally beau- tiful, occasionally magnificent and always inter- esting; together with books dating back hundreds of years, and superb oak carvings. The catalogue to the Loan Exuibition of pictures 18 as minute as such catalogues generally are; that to the other pictures much more so. lt contams the sub- stance of a highiy interestun report, prepared by le Roy and Sanchez. The guide book prepared under the di- rection of General di Cesnola, is not by any means 80 full as 1s desirable, but it is as ample as it could be made previous to his departure. It is what It professes to be, a general guide and not a particular informant. For those—and they are in the majority—who are contented to take a rapid and superficial view of the 10,000 arti- cles collected there, it is just the thing, not fatiga- ing with infinitesimal exactness. Since every ar- ticle is labelled with its name and the lo- cality where it was discovered, the average observer will not be at a loss Jor usefal hints. A few tine specimens of statuary have been con- tributed by private parties. Since the entire col- and careful lection is one which anybody of taste and intelligence will take more pleasure in inspecting the oftener he goes, this ref- erence, 80 far from exhausting the subject, may be considered either as one of many corollaries to what we have already said, or as a brier introduc- tion to a theme not jess pleasant than important. THE INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBI. iN. Burvato, N, Y., Oct. 1, 1873, The International Industrial Exhibition opened this evening under the most favorable auspices. The opening exercises were of the most brilliant character, At eight o'clock Mr. F, A. Sears, Prest- dentof the Exhibition, called the vast assembly to order in a neat address, introducing the venerable ex-President, Millard Fillmore, who delivered an eloquent address, and was jollowed by the Hon. D, Redmond, of New Orleans, who pronounced an oration, rich in scientific lore and statistical ‘data, The stand was occu. ned by the Mayor of the city, Alexander Brush, and other distingiushea ‘persons. The display of things rare, useful and beautiful, was dazzling. The machinery, agricultural and other departments were full to overfiowing. It will re- quire several days xe to complete all the arrange- ments. Much of the working machinery had not yet made their connections and were unable to be in motion. To-morrow this part of the exhibition will be in complete working order, The exhibi- tion sees cover 125,000 square feet, are admiral NY, arranged in every respect, and, by all odds; itisone of the handsomast exhibitions of manufactures, arts and sciences ever made in this State, and has, so far, proved a great success. The attendance was very large. All the railroads lead- ing into the city have made liberal reductions on the rates of tare for parties visiting the exhibi- tion, DISAPPEARANCE OF A CASHIER AND $6,500, Sr. Lovrs, Oct. 1, 1873, J. A. Stephen, cashier of the St. Louis Mutaal Life Insurance Company, left his office early on Monday morning and nas not since been seen, nor is it known by any of his friends where he is. Previous to leaving the oMce he locked the inside door ofthe safe, Yesterday, it being necassary to | obtain some ‘s from the safe, the lock was picked, and a age containiug $6,500 in cur- rency was found to have disappeared. It 1s sup- posed that Stephen took tne package. An examina- tion Of nis accounts was made and everythin, found to be correct. Stephen is highly connected, and his friends are not willing to believe that he embezzled the funds, CONVICTION OF KU-KLUX. Raxeron, N. C., Oot, 1, 1873, The first Ko-Kiax trial before the State Courts came off before Judge Watts at the Johnson County Superior Court this week, and resalted in the conviction of the guilty parties of murder. Two men, one white and the other colored, on the 6th of September, went in disguise to the house of acolored man and dragged nim out and whipped him to death. The murderers were sentenced to be hanged on the 13th of November, BRUTAL OUTRAGE IN OHIO. CoLumBus, Oct. 1, 1873, Carrie Colver, a handsome servant girl, while re- turning to her home last evening about ten o'clock, waa seized by a party of menin @ thickly settied portion of the city and held firmly while chloroform was administered until the girl was tn- sensible, She was then taken to some place she does not remember where she was horribly ont- raged. Thé girl was ‘ound this morning in an in- sensible cofdition on the porch of ® house on Goodale street, Her body was scratched and bruised and her clothes badly soiled aad Vorb bbe aagy 1a danaggous comaiop, WASEINGTON. Wasninaton, Oot. 1, 167% Much Ado About a Seal Lock. Next to dnance, Secretary Richardson is both- ered most bow to secure @ seal lock for the Ous- toms Service which cannot be tampered with, and which at the same time will not impose a great expense on the parties obliged to use them, His predecessor, Mr, Boutwell, (ound thi¢a conundrum when he entered the Treasury Department, and left it as @ legacy to his successor. A few weeks ago a commission, composed of representative lock men, and appointed by Secretary Richardson, decided, after several days’ deliberation, that the lock offered by o Philadelphia company was just what the government wanted, provided certain improvements were made, and the report was approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. Te- day the attorney for Thomson's patent seal lock served a notice on the Secretary to the effect that the government would infringe his rights if the con- tract with the Miller Lock Company was carried out, and that he would sue out an injunction to prevent the manufacture and sale of the locks re- quired by the Department. Here the matter rests for the present, and Mr. Richardson wonders if thia seal lock business will ever end. The Financial Situation. Owing tothe reception of favorable financial in formation from various quarters money is becom- ing easier in Washington. The Second Nationat Bank, which is in the certifying check combina, tion, is paying out currency at its counter. There are five banks and one banking house in the com- bination, three of them savings banks, which, be- fore the arrangement was agreed upon, had ceased’ payment, requiring thirty or sixty days’ notice to be given Gepositors for the withdrawal of money. Appointment by the President. The President had appointed Edward ©. Negley Postmaster at Pittsburg, Pa., vice John H. Stew- art, suspended under the Tenure of Office law. The Property of the Cookes, There have been filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds several instruments of writing by Bx- Governor Henry D. Cooke, conveying to Jay Cooke, trustee, his real estate in Georgetown, in three pieces, known as the Cooke property. A widow im Georgetown has entered suit against Jay Cooke & Co, on a certificate of deposit for $4,500, No state- ment of the condition of the banking house nas yet been made pubiic, WEATHER REPORT. Wak DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—1 A. M, Probabilities. For Thursday, in the South Atlantic and Eastera Gulf States, continued nortneasterly winds and occasional rain, followed by clearing weather. FOR THE MIDDLE STATES, EASTERLY WINDS, IN- CREASING CLOUDINESS AND SOMEWHAT WARMER WEATHER, For New England, variable winds, mostly from the west, with partly cloudy weather, For the lake region and Ohio Valley, increasing southeast and southwest winds, cloudy or partly cloudy weather, followed by lower temperature over the upper lakes and the Northwest, There are indications of the existence of gener- ally brisk northeast winds and possibly a more serious disturbance developed on the Florida coast. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes im the temperature for the past twenty-four hours im comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s arMacy, lets Building :— S72, 3 1873. 1872, 1873. . 69 61 3:30 P.M... 68 65 57 43 . 59 53 a 60 12 P. M. Average temperature yesterday Average te’ rature for corres} last year. NAVAL ORDERS. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 1873. Commander John Walters has been ordered to the command of the Ossipee as executive orficer; Lieutenants Charles T. Forse, G. M. G. Brown; Midshipmen J. M. Beare, E. B. Underwood and Frederick Tyler, and Paymaster Henry T. Wright have been ordered to the Ossipee. Lieutenant John F, Merry has been ordered to temporary duty at the naval rendezvous at Boston, Mass.; Assistant Surgeon George HH. Torney has been ordered to the Frolic, Pay In- spector James Fulton has been ordered to duty as purchasing paymaster at Philadelphia: Lieu- tenant Commander F.C. Woodrow has been de- tached from the receiving ship Sabine and ordered to the Ossipee; Lieutenant Louis W. Hounsei nas been detached from -the receiving ship Vermont and ordered to the Ossipee; Lieutenant John C. Rich nas been detached from the receiving ship Vermont and ordered to the Ossipee; Lieutenant Charles Belknap has been detached from the Hy- drograpnic Office and ordered to the Naval Acade- my; Lieutenant D. Delahanty has been detached from the Portsmoulth and ordered to eae duty in the receiving ship Independence, Mare Island, California; Lieutenant W. Christo- pher has been detached from the Portsmouth and placed on @ sick leave, with permission to re- main on the island of Cuba; Surgeon B. H. Kidder has been detached from the Naval Academy and ordered to the Ossipee; Assistant Surgeon F. B. Stephenson has been detached from the Philadel- phia Navy Yard and ordered to the Ossipee ; Assistant eeirern: Hampden Aulich has been de-_ tached from the Frolic and granteda two months leave; Pay Director R, H. Clark has been detached from duty as Inspector at the iladelphia Navy Yard; Pay Inspector A. W. Russell has been Ge- tached from duty as Purchasing Paymaster at Philadelphia and ordered to duty as Inspector of Provisions at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Pay- master M, B. Cushing has been detached from the Constellation and ordered to settle accounts. Commander Benham fe Pa to the Navy De- partment this morning, from Key West, that the sick are rapidly recovering. PHILADELPHIA NEWS, Faneral of an Editor—Mecting of the Horticultural Society Committee. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1, 1873. The funeral services over the remains of Colonel Charles J. Biddle, late editor of the Age, took place this afternoon at St. Peter's church, The funeral ‘was largely attended by newspaper men and others, The interment took place at St. Peter’s church ohne drat meeting of the Executive Committee of the Centennial Horticulture Society, lately organ- ized in this city, was held this eveni at Horticultural Hall. Mr. James Mitchell, chairman, presided. General Haw- ley, President of the United States Centennial Commission, and several members of that body were present. Resolutions were adopted pronase for the holding of an autumnal exhibition in 187 by the American Pomological Society, under supervision of committees of the latter. TESTING THE GALTING AND HOWITZER GUNS, FORTRESS MoxROB, Oct 1, 1873. ‘The board of oMcers, consisting of General Q. Ay, Gilmore, General John Love, General L. Lorain and Colonels S. Baylor, Headwell aud Bennett, of the Ordinance Corps, have assembled here to test the Galtin: in in comparison with the eight- inch howitzer, loaded with canister, The howiter is loaded and fired a given number of times and the effect on the target noted, and also the time consumed in loading and firing. The Gatling ts then given the same test, when its effects are noted and compares Mr. Gatling is directing the firing of his guns in person. The It is not yet known. THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD GAUGE, TORONTO, Ont., Oct, 1, 1873. On Friday and Saturday next the gauge of the Grand Trank Railway between Stratford and Mon- treal will be changed from its present width of five feet six inches to four feet eight and # half inches, to make It conform to the standard Ameri- can gauge. It is expected the ontire change will be effected in time to allow requis railway com~ munteatton on Monday next, The distance from Stratford to Montreal is 921 miles. Wasatnaton, D. C., Sept, 25, 1873, To m® Eprron or THe H®RALD:— “A national debt is a mational blessing.” —Jay | Cooke, fy parity of reasoning ‘‘an individual debt js an individual blessing.” Sa yare “blessings” has Jay Cooke Query—llow ey in Ww ou Pi Hew Lath