The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1873, Page 7

“ FRANCE. POLITICAL PLOTTINGS IN PARIS. A Marshal of the Empire Under Trial by Court Martial. Confident Calculations of the Right. TELEGRANS TO THE KEW YOrK HERALD Panis, Oct, 6, 1873, The Paris Journal, a monarchical paper, says & Proposal for the restoration oi the monarchy on the basis of the charter of 1814, in @ modified form, will be presented in the Assembly on the opening day ot the session. Ata meeting of the deputies of the Right to-day the following cabinet was decided upon in the event of a change in the government at the open- {ug of the Assembly :— B. Bocher, Minister of the Interior, Duc Decazes, Minister of Forei 1 Affatrs, M., de Chesnelong, Minisier of rinance. MM. Depeyre, Minister of Justice, M, Grivart, Minister 0! Public Works, Dupeyron, Minister of (ommerce. M, Desjardins, Minister 01 Public Instruction. ‘The Marquis de Montaignac, Minister of Marine, and General Changarnier, Minister of War. The Trial of Marshal Bazaine. - VERSAILLES, Oct, 6, 1873. The trial of Marshsl Bazaine by court martial opened at noon to-day in the Palace of the Trianon. The Duke d’Aumale presided. Among the witnesses present were Marshals Can. robert and Lebouf and Generals Frossard, Bour- baki and Changarnier, When the formalities attending the opening of the Court had been completed a brief recess was taken, after which, by order of the President, a statement of the public services of Marshal Ba- waine was read. It comprised a history of his mill- tary career from the beginning and recounted the distinctions which had been conferred upon him and the wounds he had received, The report of the Committce of Inquiry on the sapitulation of Metz was next presented and read. This was followed by the reading of the indict- ment, to which the Marshal listened attentively, but without emotion. General Rivire then submitted his report. It Teviews the plans of the campaign proposed by the defendant, and gives a sketch of the battle of Forbach, in which great siress is laid on Bazaine’s Yesponsibility for the resuit because he neglected to go toGeneral Frossard’s assistance. In regard to Bazaine’s conauct at Metz, M. Rivitre takes the ground that the Marshal was at no time really de- sirous of leaving the place. After hearing M. Rivitre’s report the Court ad- journed until to-morrow. Opening Scenes in the G Duke De Broglie on pect, tat Trial—The » Political Pros- PARIS, Oct. 6, 1873, ‘The court-martial before which Marshal Bazaine 1s now being tried sits in the Audience Chamber of the Grand Trianon at Versatlies. ‘The scene at the opening to-day was remarkuble. Nearly all the witnesses who had been summoned were Present, and the court room was filled With the most distinguished men of France, Be- "sides those previously reported MM. Favre and Regniere were in attendance. The calling of their names as witnesses caused asensation. Bezaine appeared in the full uniform ofa Marshal of France, with the ribbon and Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on his breast. He took bis seat in an armchair by the side of nis counsel and was courteously addressed by the President of the Court as “Monsieur le Marchal,” throughout the Proceedings, The defence is condueted by MM. Lachaud & Son, the eminent advocates, and Col- Onel Villette. The Duke de Broglie, at a banquet given In his honor to-night, declared emphatically that a re- vival of clerical domination in France was im- possible. ‘The attendance of spectators was not large, and the space reserved was at no time completely oo cupied. It is expected that the next ten days will be devoted to the reading of papers con- nected with the indictment, MM. Gambetta, Schneider and Rouher and Gen- eral Ladmirault were also present as witnesses, SPAIN. Continued Republican Gains in the Northern Provinces—Warm Work at Cartagena— Adhesion of General Saballs to the Cariist Cause. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Maprip, Oct, 6, 1873. The Carlists are fast losing ground in the North- ern provinces, They are utterly demoralized, and the men accuse their leaders of treason. General Moriones, the commander of the republican troops, is energetically advancing against them, The siege of Cartagena is proceeding actively. The firing is very sharp on both sides, Many of the insurrectionists desert daily and surrender to the republican forces. A Gain for the Royalists. BAYONNE, Oct. 6, 1873, General Saballs joined Don Alfonso yesteraay. e was received with cheers by the Carlists, The Insurgent Frigates. MaprID, Oct. 6, 1873, The insurgent iron-clads were seen off Agulias to- day, and appeared to be heading for Cartagona. ENGLAND. — Prospect of Another British Arctic Exploration. TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YCRK KERALD. Lonpon, October 7—6 A, M. Sir George Rawlinson, in a speech at Birming- ham last night, expressed the hope that England ‘would send a vessel to complete the investigations Of the Polaris expedition. GERMANY. TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Oct. 6, 1873. It is believed that General Manteuffel will soon replace Count Yon Arnim as German Ambassador to France, BAKER PACHA. Arrival of the African Fxplorer in Paris, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. PARIS, Oct, 6, 1873, Sir Samuel and Lady Baker have arrived here. A HOUSE STRUOK BY LIGHTNING, New Haven, Conn., Oct, 6, 1873, This aiternoon, at five o'clock, during a terrific rain shower, acoompanied with lightning and thander, the electric fluid struck on Chapel strect. No, 268, known as “oley’s.” The bullding had recently been carried up three or four stories, and ‘was only this morning surmounted at the tront with a heavy brown stone cornice, The lightning stroke had the effect to cause this cornice, as Jot unanchored, and resting | in the fresh Mortar, to fall with a terrible crash to the side. Ww distance of flity feet. The noise of the fall was heard many blocks off, It being election day, Chapel street was full of people, but fortunate! were hurt, One of the biocks in its fall stru outh named Marcus Krigur on the back and tore ‘ole in his coat, The largest block Was six feet in Ra uu) and was broken ip pleces by the concus- sion With the pavement. NEW YORK en hiatal PCS SD Sealants AMUSEMENTS. Grand Opera House—Reappearance of Mme. Lucea and Debut of Signor Tamberlik. The opening of Mr. Maretzek’s season of Italian opera at the Grand Opera House last night was very encouraging to the manager and the prin- cipal artists, The immense theatre was full, and had the night been fair it would have been full to suffocation. In addition to this, the audience was tervidly enthusiastic. Mme. Lucca especially was greeted throughout the performance with such spontaneous and overwheiming outbursts of ap- plause as almost to mark a new era in the American welcome to a great singer. From the moment she appeared till the curtain fell triumph followed triumpb, and in response to this heartiness of apprecia- tion the prima dogna fairly outdid herself. She was never in better voice since she came to this city, and she never achieved a more deserved or @ more complete victory. Signor Tamberlik ap- peared for the first time in this country. Great anxiety was evinced to hear him, on account of his great fame as an artist and his wonderful tri- umphs throughout a long and guccessiul career. We shall speak of him as an artist and singer simply and conscientiously, not sparing him wherein he was weak; for, though he was longin coming to us, he comes now challenging criticism as when he was in the heyday of his greatness. The restless, never satisfied spirit of Donizetti, who was at all times so full of musical ideas that he could dash off an opera in thirty hours, com- plete in all its details, is shown to disadvantage in the work that wié performed last night at the Grand Opera House, Not content with the tuneiul numbers of “I Martiri’’ in its original dress, he changed and remodelled the music in some essen- tial particulars, without improving tt, This latter version of the opera, under the title of “11 Poliuto,”” was the work in which Lucca reappeared, and in which Tamberlik thade his American début, In the old score there is no overture, but in the later one there is a melange of some oi the principal melo- dies of the opera, with the chorus of the Chris- tians, “Inflamma quest’? Alma o Spirito di Dio” brought in. All of this ts given before the curtain goes up, and is not worthy of Donizetti. The opera ‘then begins with a cleverly written march, with ‘ehorus, in which the peculiar dramatic effects which characterize the works of this com- poser are shown to advantage. Here we had an opportunity of testing the qualities of the or- chestra and male chorus (the latter thirty strong) of the newcompany. These qualities proved emi- nently satisfactory, except in the matter of ex- pression. The voices were fresh and resonant and came out with a heartiness and vigor that woula be commendable did the composer require it in this particular instance. Were they more subdued and more attentive to the demands of light and shade in this beautiful introduction we might accord them praise in unstinted measure. ‘The next and most interesting number was the first scene of “Poliuto.” ‘the well known figure (well known to an habitud of the London opera in days gone by), draped in the picturesque Roman costume, o1 Tamberlik, emerged from the recesses of the Catacombs and was hailed with a torrént of applauding welcome. He substituted for the beau- tiul aria, “D’un alma troppo fervi da tempra,” which is found in the original score, a melody in the heroic torm by Stigelli, which was specially written for him, It is not a change tor the better. Here the éxact condition of Yamberlik'’s voice be- came at once apparent to the audience. The inability to hold sustained notes and the vibratory tones even the upper register of the voice, which ears ago, in London, used io rouse the audience to an inaescribable pitch of enthusiasm, proclaimed a dégree oi de- cadence in power that pleab poet all who formed high expectations of the once great tenor, Yet the pure Italian school in which he graduated ana in which he won distinction wus shown in the declamatory, pariect rendering o! the recitatives and his gracefuiness of manner and e:%e gave evi- dence of what he had been, But the voice, tiie glo- rious voice of Her Majesty's Opera was gone and a tremulous, uncertain organ was in its place. After the florid clarionet solo that precedes the entrance of Pauiine (it would be preierabie on the oboe or flute), Mme. Lucca appeared, and the house greeted ‘her with an enthusiasm that must have been exceedingly gratifying to the little prima donna. The chorus vebind the scenes, in Which the me.ody is sung by Poliuto (a projession of belief in the Christian religion), was sung with rare effect, the agitated, passionate accents of Pauline and the pizzicato ac- companiment of the orchestra, towards the close, ‘iving it a degree of color that enlanced its fenuty. Then Madame Lucca sung her frst solo, “Di quai soavi lagrime,” but she substituted for the popular arta in the ‘original scene an entirely different melody and cabaletta. The aria in “I Martiri” is far preierable to the one sung last night. The long rest enjoyed by the prima donna during the summer has had a most favorabie effec’ tor her voice was in magnificent condition, an its ringing tones had an electric quality that set the audience wild with delight. The next scene was the triumphal entry of the Proconsul, Severus, and Donizetti has never writ- ten anytiing more brilliant than the opening chorus, “Tempo di marcia.” Then the barytone, Signor Mari, made his first appearance in the aria, “Di tua belta de imagine,” and, as he sung, plena voce, througliout this scene, a quarter of a tone flat, his claims as an artist were speedily disposed of. Much praise must be given to the chorus and orchestra in this scene. The opening duo in the second act was cut, and we were introduced to the exquisite melody of Poliuto, “Sfolgoro divino raggio.”” To Signor Tamberlik’s rendering of it we can accord praise in the pure, finished phrasing, but the voice sull betrayed its tremulous, uncer- tain tone. In the second scene of this act the genius of Mme. Lucca shone with exceptional lustre, when she took up the melody (previously ill treated by the barytone) in the words “Qual preghiera al Ciel,” and when she ‘succeeded Poliuto in the theme of the grand ensemble, one of the most dramatic efforts of Donizetti She bore away all the honors of this scene, in which the tenor and barytone are supposed to be pre-eminent, and she was called and recalled be- fore the curtain at the close. In the third act the High Priest of Jupiter, represented on this occa- sion by Signor Reina, had a solo, and, as we have spoken frequently of the terrific effect of this gentleman’s voice, it is only necessary to state here that his lun have not de- veriorated in power. But the feature of the opera, the grand duo between Pauline and Polinto, became virtually a solo inthe magnetic effect of Lucca’s voice. The joyous measures of “Il suon deil’arpa angelica’’ were Hung forth with a degree of passion and fervor by the prima donna with the full volume of her rich, sonorous voice that thrilled the heart of every listener. The ettect of Tamberlik’s voice in the ‘Credo in unum Deum,” before the altar of Jupiter in the preceding act, was the happiest effort he accomplished in the entire opera. It was, in- deed, a splendid piece of declamation. and gave a gitmpse of what he was in his palmy days. It will be necessary to hear him in some of his best rou rico, Arnoldo and Othello—to arrive at a full understanding of tne nervous vigor and intense dramatic power of his style, Donizetti's work does not present him in the most favorable light, although he created the title rdvein London. His Manrico will, probably, be the next role in which he will appear, and in it he has held his own against Mario and Giuglini, sixteen years ago. Mile. Iima di Murska makes her début to-night in “La Sonnambula.’' Academy of Music—Iliness of Mme. Nils- son—Triumphant Debut of Mlie. Tore riani. We do not choose to consider the placards which met the eye of those who approached the Academy of Music last night as a satire upon the veracity of impresarii. These placards announced that Mime, Nilsson, im consequence of a temporary ill- ness, would be unable to appear and that Mile. Torriant had kindly consented to assume Lucia, the role which Mme. Nilsson was to have sung. There was Dr. Fordyce Barker's certificate for the fact of the illness, and all that the worst natured among us could do was either to take our seats as philosophically as possible or to go with equal philosophy home, We repeat that we do not choose to consider these placards a satire upon the faith of impresarii in general or of M, Strak- osch in particular. It ts more pleasant, and, in our opinion, more sensible to regard them as the prudent vouchers conceded to public incredulity. But to the point. No one had as yet heard of Mile. Torriani, save as a member of M. Strakosch’s troupe, Considerable expectation had been formed of her, however, and it began to be questioned why she was kept so long out of hearing, After a triumphant début of sopranos, tenors, barytoncs, and basses, nobody doubted Mr. Strakosch’s resources, Last night public curiosity was satis- filed, though in @ very unexpected way, and Mile. Torriani made one of the most successful first appearances that have been accomplished here in Itaian opera for many years. We do not projess this morning to enter into anything like an elaborate description of the quality of her organ or of the varied and important qualifications she evinced, Othey themes take precedence for te moment, and ali tnat we nave room tp say now Is that Mlle. Torriant, ry: her début under circumstances calculated vo dampen the ardor of any audience, achieved en extraor: and deserved success. She is a young blonde, possessed of a pure, high, soprano voice, rich, sweet, ringing and under perject command. Her physique is almost too robust to make it possi- ble for her to become the perfect embodiment of the average ideal with respect to the hapless bride of Lammermoor, But this want of perfect physical assimilation was lost sight of, to @ great extent, in the last act, where her very exquisite ren- dition of the final scene, ending with “Spargi di qualche pianto,” drew forth rapturous plaudits and a recall that gave a thrilling ratification to all the previous applause, We must reserve details until the rdle is repeated, Or until Mile. Torriant appears in something equally worthy of her powers. Campanint, as Edgardo, accentuated his snccess as Gennaro, Del Puento, as Enrico, that obtained by him in Germont. The reappearance of Mme, Nilsson is set down positively for to-morrow night, ‘The Negro Melodist Drama at the Broad- way. There area great many people in the populous and cosmopolitan city of New York, and where there are @ great many people there must neces. sarily be 4 great variety of tastes. It was this consideration, no doubt, which induced the man- ager of the Broadway Theatre to produce an origi- nal play by the English dramatist, Henry J. Byron, with J, K. Emmett in the principal character, It was perhaps 4 happy idea. The citizens of a large me- tropolis have as good a right to be well supplied with amusements suited to all grades of intellects as with eating houses suited to all palates and to all conditions in life. We cannot all afford, and if we were all wealthy we could not all enjoy, the elaborate dinners of our fashionable hotels, and hence it is fortunate that we are well supplied with restaurants through all the gradations, from the gilded saloons of Fi th avenue down to the coffee and cake dive ana the crulier and ice cream stand at the railings of the City Hall Park. We cannot all afford the opera and we should not all eajoy Nilsson and Lucca if we could; so it 18 as well that we can descend through all the stages of dramatic merit down to Byron and Emmett. There is 4 modern dramatic school which grinds out things called plays as rapidly and as easily aso modern machine Will stiike off tenpenny nails, It is designed to supply the wants of those who regard ‘Shakespeare as a bore and who greatly prefer negro melodists to the regular drama. Of this school Mr. Byron {is a distinguished professor, Give him an actor of the requisite calibre, and Mr. Byron can fit him with a piece as neatly as a Chatham street tailor can fita countryman with a coat. He can make sensations to order, manulacture jokes by the score out of the old Joe Miller material, and construct poems whole- sale with the aid of a dictionary. An actor who desires a play suited to bis peculiarities can de- pena upon being well supplied by Mr. Byron, for he is an actor himself of the class for which he writes. It {8 no injustice to other dramatists of the same school to accord Mr. Byron so prominent a place in their ranks. Fairness demands it: for in bis ecuiiar line the only failure wit which we recol- lect him to have been charged 1s in his attempt to personate the hero in his own drama of “Not such & fool as he looks.” There is @ school of acting Erp ias out 01 the banjo and the bones which also elongs to modern days. Its prolessors are sensa- tional to order and funny by rule. Their great hits are put on before the glass like the paint of the negro minstrel, Each has nis peculiar talent, Sometimes it takes the shape of @ supposed Ger- man accent which no person ever heard on a Ger- man tongue. never aticcted any genuine Irishman, Sometimes it contributes a medley of singing and acting, and is not above a breakdown in a dramatic hero, These actors would make admirable utility men in a stock company, but their ideas are above such drudgery. They aspire to the fame ot! ‘‘stars,"’ and hence, being fitted to no conceivable produc- tion that can be legitimately called a play, they get lays made by machine dramatists fitied to them. Nothing could be more appropriate than that Byron should manufacture a play for Emmett, ex- cept it be that Emmett should personate a charac- ter manufactured by Byron. “Max, the Merry Swiss Boy,” 18 the title of the iece which was presented to the New York public ast night at the Broadway, and Emmett is “Max.’? There js so little in the play that but littie can be said about it. In some of the advertisements it is called a “great protean comedy,” and in one respect the title is wellapplied, It readily assumes different shapes, and passes with ease from bad to worse— from wearisome instpidity to downright stupidity. Its object 18 to enable the principal actor to sing a tiresome number of free and easy songs, to play on a monuth-organ and a banjo, to dance break- downs over and over again, and to dress himseif up in half a dozen different character dresses, male and female. The only wonder is why Mr. Emmett does not go through his songs, dances and performances as the colored negro minstrels do, without exhausting the pa- tience of the audience by filling up the intervals with a long, stupid play. People who admire such an entertainment would enjoy it all the more be- cause it would be sooner ended. When “an en- tirely new and original musical, romantic, modern drama” is announced on the play bills the audience has a right to expect something better than down- right trash, and they got ae else last night either from author or actors. It would be absurd to say that the plece has a plot. ‘Max,’? when a child, has been left In a Swiss village with- out friends, his mother having died a stranger in the piace. Hehas been brought up by an artiul widow with a pretty daughter. The widow has found from certain papers that Max is a Tich man’s son; 80 she conceals the fact until she can arrange a marriage between him and her daugher, Carline. An American general and his niece are staying at the Inn Xone by the widow; so is a disguised Italian brigand, who looks like a Third avenue car conductor, and who wants to do something which is uncertain for some object which does- not appear. There is a pein & sinuggier sort ofiellow named Bruno, who knows the brigand, loves Carline and hates Max. The gentleman brigand, for some unaccountable reason, steals Max’s papers out of the widow’s possession, shouts Max, who does not die of his wound, and escapes. Then the American General turns out to be Max’s father, and while Max 18 enter- taining his new found parent with negro Meiodies and breakdowns, Bruno bears off Carline into @ hole at the top of the mountains called the eagie’s oa where nobody but Bruno can go, and which accessible only by a rope placed there by Bruno. Yet Bruno manages to catry up a plump girl, ee probably 135 pounds, and presently the gentleman brigand ap- pears in the hole, repentant, as _ the Betce of Carline. Bruno disposes of im by sticking a knife into him and throwing him over. Then Max is heard singing and climbing up the rope. ‘Ha! ba!” cries Brun “I will cut the rope!” When he has severed 1 half way through, and gives notice that there is oy one strand left, Carline picks up a pistol and shoots at him. Max gets up safely and at the same moment an awkward squad of soldiers break through the middle of the mountains and seize Bruno, Another song and breakdown from Max and the curtain falls on Byron’s new and original drama. If disposed to be critical, we might inquire how It is that Max, born and brought up in & Swiss village, speaks broken Dutch, but this we presume is a Byronic mystery. Emmett can speak with a Dutch accent, and what is there to prevent Byron from enabling him to do so? Maustical and Dramatic Notes. Edwin Booth appeared last night at Boston and Miss Netlson at Philadelphia, Despite the inclement weather 8 good audienco greeted Mr. and Mrs. Fiorence at the new Park Theatre, Brooklyn, last night. The play was the “Ticket-of-Leave Man,” with the Florences in the leading parts. The support was fair, but there was mach room for improvement, After an absence of five years from the New York stage Maggie Mitchell reappeared at Booth’s ‘Theatre last night as Fanchon, the Cricket. Landry ‘was played by Mr. J, W. Collier and Didier by Mr. Robert Pateman, There is nothing if the whole play that calls for criticism outside of Fanchon, and the best that can be said of it is that Miss Mitchell drew a large audience to witness It, Mrs, Lander, after a long absence from the theatres of New York and vieinity, reappeared last evening, in her well-learned part of Queen Eliza beth, at Mrs. Conway’s Brooklyn Theatre, Mrs. Lander’s realization of the character of the “Maiden Queen” called for no adverse criticism. Only one thing takes from the enjoyment of the performance, and that is the lamentable loss of vocal power which is most evident when Mrs, Lan- der makes attempt to express extreme passion. Then her voice, which has at other times a muf- fled and somewhat guttural sound, shrills unplea» antly, But thisis only a slightemar to her per formance, and it is overcome by the excollence of the other attributes of the actress. Mrs, Lander was woil supported by Mr. Roche, who played the character of the matinous Essex, Signor Salvini appears at the Academy of Music this evening in a piece which has never been seen in this city. The story of “Francesca da Rimini,” whose sad career and deplorable end Dante Alighieri has narrated, is the theme of the play. ‘The story is in substance as follows:—Francesca, daughter of Guido da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna, meets Paolo, brother of Lanciotto, Duke of Rimini, and becomes desperately enamored of him, Paolo, a famed warrior, is, however, compelled to have | her, and engage in one of the civil ware which in | those days disturbed Italy, In battle he ac- Sometimes it affects a brogue which | HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTUBER 7, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. cidentally says 4 brother of Francescay Thencetor- ward he cespatrs of keeping the sister's l@ye, think- ing her justly turned against her brother's slayer. During Paolo’s absence political reasons con- strain Francesca to wed Lanciotto, Paolo's brother, and the latter, returning, becomes aware of the situation. The two lovers seek in vain to silence their feelings, Love ts blind. The fire kindled in their hearts and never extinguished burns afresh, nd they soon fnd means of exchanging proofs of their passion. Lanciotto discovers the pair. Maddened as a husband and as a prince he, in a fit of fury, kills them both and remains alone, doomed to solitude and remorse. As a matter of course Salvini plays Paolo and Siguora Piamonia appears as Francesca. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. On Sunday evening the marble shop of Loomis & Larmore, at Bennington, Vt., was burned. Harshmann & Gorman, bankers, at Dayton, Obto, closed yesterday, neither paying out nor receiving. Mr. Frederic Lane, formerly of Essex street, Boston, was choked to death yesterday while eat- ing a beofsteak., The Haverhill Hat Company's factory was nearly Gestroyed by fire on Sunday night. The loss was $12,000; insured, Two valuable horses, the property of Mr. Brighag Converse, were killed by lightning last evening at Worcester, Mass, The Central New York Fair will be opened to-day at Utica, The inaugural address will be delivered by ex-Governor Seymour. During a furious rain storm in Charleston, 8. C., yesterday, the freight depot of the Northeastern Ratlroad was unroofed, and John M. Miller and A. Reid were killed and several other severely injured. On Sunday several men hunting near Bowman- ville, a village about seven miles from Chicago, dis- covered ina small grove the skeleton of a man hanging by the neck to a tree. Itis probably a case of suicide. Alonzo Leach, well {nown throughout Dutchess county, blew out his brains-with a revolver at South Dover on Sunday. He was dying with consumption, and had declared his intention of thus suddenly ending his life, A special train le(t Jersey City yesterday morn- ing at six o’clock with all the magnates of the Krie Railway for a trip over their road. Several im- portant capitalists are among the party, They are going as far West as Cleveland, The will of Mary H. T. Brown has been set aside by ajury in the Massachusetts Supreme Court on the ground that she was unduly infuenced, though of sound mind, The property, amounting to nearly $75,000, thus reverts to the heirs-at-law. Mr. Charles P. Kimball, Treasurer of the Carriage Builders’ National Association, issues a call in this morning's papers in Portland, Me., for the second annual Convention of the Association, to meet at the St, Nicholas Hotel, New York, on Wednesday, November 19, Thomas Brown, of Herkimer, a deaf mute, well known throughout the country and for many years President of the Gallaudet Association, was thrown from his wagon by a train on the Con- toocook River Railroad yesterday at West Hen- niker, N. H. One of his legs was broken, his head severely cut and his back badly injured. A switchman named Luke Phillips, aged fifty, | and a native of England, in the employ of the Northern Central Railroad, having negiected to replace a switch, was caught between the engine and train of cars at the corner of Madison and North street, Baltimore, and instantly killed yes- terday morning. His body was horribly mangled, the left arm being torn from the socket, The Directors of the Cincinnati Board of Trade yesterday adopted resolutions favoring the repeal of all usury laws—seven per cent interest in the absence of a contract—and modifying the National Banking law 80 as to allow every association hav- ing $50,000 of government bonds the right to de- posit the same and receive national bank notea under restrictions rendering the billholder as se- cure as under the present system. SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR PATERSON. it About midnight on Sunday night the body of a man was found lying beside the Erie railway track, near Hawthorne station, about two miles west of Paterson. The body was dreadfully mangled, and the head, cut off below the mouth, was completely severed and lay some feet off, The body was re- moved tothe Hawthorne station, and yesterday alternoon County Coroner Aniiraux took it in charge and removed it to Paterson to hold for investigation. Yesterday morning a man giving his name as James Malone, and bad#ing from New York, was found near the spot where the body was discovered, cooking a side of mutton which fitted exactly where such an article had been stolen @ few hours previous from Robin- son’s slaughter house, in Paterson, Malone was arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in the deathof the man whose body was found on the track. He had in lis pockets a lotof cur- rency (some of it old and torn, as if stolen hastily froin a till), some silver coins and a heavy valuable American silver watch. He denied having ever seen tie deceased, protests that he Knows noth- ing about it and repudiates the charge even of stealing the meat. He was held, however. Mr. Hawthorne, station agent, says that two men were put off a freight train, near his depot, on Sunday aiternoon. One resembled the deceased; the other resembled Malone. The two quarreile1 im- mediately on being put off the train and deceased was knocked down by the other. Nignt coming on the result was not noticed, and, indeed, no par- ticular attention was. paid to it, as it was thought only to be a trifing drunken squabble. But now it is thought that de- ceased was knocked over on the track, in iront of the approaching train, purposely by his companion, and thus killed, This idea was sub- stantiated by the report that his pockets appeared to be rifled; and furthermore, when a locomotive was backed up to bring the body down to the Hawthorne depot a man is said to have been seen in the moonlight running away from the body. The man acting the suspicious part in all these in- stances answers the description o! James Malone, the man arrested, and the suspicions are so strong against him that he will be held to await the resuit ol the Coroner’s inquest, which will probably be commenced to-day. ‘The body of the deceased has not yet been defi- nitely identified, although some idea exists that he is Michael Clinton, a Sterling miner who was arraigned before the Paterson Recorder on Sun- day morning for being drunk on Saturday evening. SAD DEATH OF A CATHOLIC PASTOR, Port Jarvis, Oct. 6, 1873, On Saturday evening last the Rev. J. V. O'Reilly, pastor of the Catholic church at Susquenanna, Pa., ‘was run over by an engine and instantly killed, Fle was standing on the track, having just got off a train. He was an old and much respected priest, and had been located at Susquenanna about forty years. He was about eighty years oid | at the time of his death. At one time the rever- end gentleman was Vicar General of the Phila- deiphia dioceses BLOOD HORSE ASSOCIATION. Third Day of the Racing Mecting at Nashville—Quartermaster, Florine and Pianchette the Winners. Nasnvi.1g, Tenn., Oct. 6, 1873. First race; purse of $400; mile heats, best three in five; two entries, SUMMARY, 12011 $3.0 2:2 501 3514. ‘The third heat was declared dead, Tnis was a very close and exciting race, Stanford sold as the favorite in the pools before the race commenced, pat after the first heat Quartermaster soid as the first choice, Second race; association purse, $125; mile dash; seven entries; all started, Florine came in first, Somerset second and Dolorosa third, The others were not placed, Time, 1:45 45. Third race; purse $150; mile and a quarter dash; five ent ; four started, Planchette won. the race, Florence I. second, Neilie Groin third, Florine fourth. Time 2:1434. ‘The rain tast night rendered the track somewhat heavy. The weather was cold and the attendance fair. AN EMIGRATION PARTY FOR NEBRASKA. | at the Atreet crossings and the excavated road- WASHINGTON. Action of the District‘ Banks as to Certified Checixs. Programme of the Senate’ Trans- portation Committee. ences CLAIMS COMMISSION'S. Count Corti Entertains His American \ and British Colleagues. Investigating the Quality of Fighting Ma- terial in Europe. WASHINGTON, Oot. 6, 1873, The District Banks. It was proposed at the meeting of the represen- tatives of the associated bauks of the District of Columbia, held last Friday, to issue bank certitl- cates in lieu of currency and certified checks for certain small amounts. The form was prepared and the order for printing the blanks was given to the printer, At the meeting on Saturday, how- ever, it was unanimousiy resolved that such a course would be tnexpedient, and to continue the present mode of certiiying checks, to be only used tor Clearances between banks. The financial-situa- tiou is very much improved, and most of the banks of the association to-aay paid out currency, The Senate Committee on Transporta- tion. The Senate Committee on Transportation will meet in New York on the 16th instant. Senator Windom has sent word thatthe Committee wiil be unabie to visit Boston and Portland. He invites the merchants of those cities to send representa- tive men to New York, where they will be heard. Alter the business in New York is finished the com- mittee will visit Richmond to hear the ratiroad and canal men, proceeding thence to Atlanta, next to New Orleans, up the Mississippi to St. Louis, where the committee expects to arrive by the 10th of No- vember. A POOR OUTLOOK IN WASHINGTON NEXT WINTER, The work of so called street iu provements has stopped again, for want of funds. The certificates olindebtedaess, which have been the only resource ior months, are inconvertible into mouey at any price, The district bonds are freely offered at filty cents on the dollar, and no purchasers, Many of the principal streets are left in a deplorable state, the inhabitants of some of them having access for vehicles cut off, both in Jront and rear; and indef- initely of water, gas, sewerage and the means. of bringing on their premises their uel for winter, The Vast changes of grade have resulted in slippery and crumbling banks of earth and sand beds are filling with fever-brooding pools of stag- nant water. Indignant contractors who have been fed with false promises by the Board of Puodlic Works assert that the present condition was deliberately planned with a view to wring further appropriations trom Congress by ren- dering the streets of the city unsightly, unsafe and dangerous to health during the enforced residence here of the members for the long session, The mercantile class are predicting their own ruin under the accumulated weight of hard times, high taxes and assessments, the im- passibility of the thoroughiares and the popular Tevolt against Congressional extravagance and corruption. Added to the other evils of the ap- proaching season will be the large negro popula- tion, greatly swelled by the extensive street works of the past two years and destitute, dissolute and —— George Comings, éxstnirie.”; Henry Donovan, clerk; Daniel L, McDonald, sa™Pler; Milnor im. lay, sampler; Thomas A. Robbing, Clerk and vert- fer; Neil McLean, opener and pack." The President to-day appoinied P, D. Barker Collector of Internal Revenue for the Sand dia- trict of Alabama, vice Widiner, alleged deaulting collector, suspended, oN The Metropolitan National Bank.” Colonel Moore, one of the most experienced of national bank examiners, bas been detailed by the Comptroiler of the Currency to examine the condition of the Navfona!l Metropolitan Bank, in this city, and his report, 1¢ is expected, wit he ready on Thursday, Paying Southern Consus Takers of 1360. The Treasury Department 1s now paying persons Who were employed in taking the’ United States census in the Soutmern States in’ 1860, just previous. to the breaking eft of the rebellion, aid who were deprived of their ntoney on that account. These ‘payments are made ander act of Congress of Mareh 8, 1873, and already $87,619 have been pxid to sudh! employés in sums ranging“Jrom $50 to $200, Boller-‘testing Station Arrangements for tastme boilers at Sanity Hook, N. Y., and Pittsburg, Pa,, @ve vetng pusiied-forward rapidly by Genera! Smit%, Inspector Geteral of Steamboats, and it is thovwnt such experiments will be commenced in two Weeks! Those otpert- ments will be very extensive,tand a lengthy report made to the Secretary of fac Treasury, to be by him iransmitted to Congress in December, A New License Law. A new form of application is’ belng préparec for. persons desiring to be licensed as masters, pilota, mates or engineers, and under this new form ezeh applicant will be required to produce’certificates: * of at least three responsible persons*that he is * qualified for the position sought, and {irnish tes- timony as to character, sobriety, &o, A New Pension Roll. General Baker, Commissioner of Pensiéns, has issued an order for the preparation of a gran roll of pensioners, whicn shall begin with the revmtution- ary period and embrace all pensioners, under alt acts of Congress, trom the beginning of the govern- ment till the present time, and in which the names shall be given, alphabetically arranged, together with the service, date, the disability, the rate of changes, if any, in the pension, and the final discontinuance of the same by death or other causes, The pension roll has heretofore been | kept by the rolls of agencies and by the numberof the certificate. Requisition has been made for the necessary books, and, with the limited force abie to engage in the work, it will take about two years to complete it. THE NEWSBOYS. Home for Mexcuries. The newsboys are about having for their Home & new building which promises to meet all the ree quirements of such an institution. The old Home was of incalculable value to these little messen- gers, and oltentimes gave them shelter and pro- tection when without its aid they would not have had either. One feature of the Home most par- ticularly recommends itself to public approbation, namely the encouragement given the newsboys to cultivate economy by taking care of their surplus earnings, which are held in trust for them by the oMcers of the Home. ‘The little fellows, in many instances, save quite a considerable sum in the course Of a few years, The new building is being erected on the site of the old Shakespeare Hotel, at the intersection of Chambers, William and Duane streets. A large and well fitted gymnasium will form one of its moat prominent as well as useful features. Baths, lec- ture rooms, dining and sitting rooms will also be provided, ag weil as @ splenaid dormitory, kitchen, - closets anda laundry. The structure will be of brick, embellished with polychrome decorations, and will cost rather more than $200,099, accommo- dating, when finished, some 800 boys, who will- have in this institution a far more comfortable, cleanly and Cnristian-like home than many, adults earning far more money, but who put it to lesa laudable uses. MAILS FOR EUROPE. A Suitable the Little'* The steamship Minnesota will leave this port on dangerous. Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The Mexican Ciaims Commission. Numerous inquiries having been made from various quarters as to the United States and Mexi- can Claims Commission, it can be stated that the new Mexican Commissioner is busily engaged in examining the claims which have been argued, while Judge Wadsworth, the American Commis- sioner, is performing a similar duty at his home in Kentucky. The clerical force of the Commission are arranging various papers relating to the un- adjudicated cases, in order to have an early formal resumption of business by the Commission. An umpire has not yet been agreed on, although the names of several eminent gentlemen have been suggested for that important ofice. It is thought, however, that on the return of Judge Wadsworth a selection will be made by the Commussioners with- out delay. Kutertaining the British Claims Com- missioners. Count Corti, the Italian Minister, will leave here this week for Italy ona leave of absence. After the adjournment, sine die, of the British and American Claims Commission, at Newport, this gentleman entertained the Commissioners at din- ner, at bis cottage, and during the evening Russell Gurney proposed o toast com- plimenting the Count for the impartial manner in which he _ had discharged the duties of umpire, to which compliment the Count replied in appropriate terms, and, in conclu- sion, proposed the sentiment, “England and America,” which was drank with much enthusiasm, The Secretary of the Commission, T. ©. Cox, by re- quest of the agent of Her Majesty, delivered to Mr. Gurney the journals and records belonging to the British government, which that gentleman took with him to England, the sealed box containing them being addressed to Earl Granville. ‘he Fighting Materials of Europe and America, John D. Brandt, Chief Clerk of the Ordnance Bue reau, Navy Department, having been sent to Europe several months ago toexamine the various improvements in ordnance, gunpowder, &¢, adopted by the European governments, has re- turned here, and will make quite a lengthy report to the Secretary through the Chie! of the Ordnance Burean. During his absence he visited Berlin, Paris, London, Dresden, Vienna and other cities, examining closely the various arsenals and the improvements in ordnance, and especially the gun- powder used by foreign nations in heavy ordnance. In all the countries he visited he found a more extensive supply of heavy ordnance than we have, but improvements therein do not excel our own. As to the gunpowder it was found to be of excellent quality, and, though manufactured much more extensively than in this country, it will not surpass that used in our navy. Quite a namber of minor improvements came under his observation, and his report will gives full description of them, many of which may be adopted by the ‘navy. Mr. Brandt will have a conference with Col nels Lald- ley, Benton and Crispin, of the arpay, who have been in Burope since last spring on a similar mis- ston for the War Department. Tliey are now on their way home. After a careful / comparison of views these gentlemen will make Aeports to their respective departments. An Interchange of Postal Cards with Gormany. Some time ago the Post Office Department in- vited the postal qutiorities of England and Ger- many to open. negotiations with thia country for the interchange Of postal cards on the basis of a two cent rate. England declined the proposition, but negetiations are now ta progress with the Ger- man Postal Union, including Austria, and there is eyery-probability that they will be brought to a sucessful issue by the Ist of next December. The ‘The advance guard of the Wilson Soldiers’ Colony, consisting Of some sixty people, left this city for Lincoln, Nebraska, last night by the Erie Railway. It is the intention of this colony to settle upon tho reserved government sections of land under tne Soldiers’ homestead law and parcnsss such Sther lands as are needed in Webster county, syuth of Fort Kearney, in Nebraska. This party of sixty comprises simply the pioneers of some 500 who are to follow in the spring of 1874, The colony is com- posed principally of Germans who will doubtiess be a welcome addition to the populayion of the youngest State in the Union, draft of an additional postal Convention for this purpose is now being prepared by Mr. Blackfan, Superintendent of the foreign matis, and will be forwarded in a few days for the signature of the German authorities, New York Custom House Appointments. ‘The following named persons, having paased the Civil Service examination and served yw proba- tionary period of six months in the Appraiser’y Office, New York city, have been appointed to positions therein by Socrgtary Richardson :— The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at half-past foar o’clock A. M. Tue New York Heaarv—Editlon for Europo— will be ready at half-past nine o’clock this (Tues- day) evening. Single coptes, in wrappers for mailing, six cents You Need No Physician for a Pongh. however distressing, HALiS HONEY OF HORE HOUND AND TAR will set_ your, laborious lungs at rest in forty-eight hours. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DRoP: cure in one minute. A.—For a First Ciass Dress or Business HAT godirect to the manufacturer, BSPENSC ILD, 113 Nassau street, A.—Egyptian Hair Coloring; No Sedi- ment, stains or poisons; not a dye, Only safe and effec~ tual article ever used. A.—All Honorable Men Will Refase to countenance the poser ped fellows in stealing the nama of “Blastic Truss” to foist be prorem rapgure te bi trusses upon, ignorant, people. e ~ PORTABLE TELASTIU TRUSS, ead roadway, soom cures Rupture. A.—A=—Calling In. M in defiance of the proclamatio.1 calling in the white hat still wears his cassimere. This is outrageous, KNO: has issued his matchless fail style ot gentlemon’s HATS, and the Mayor can obey the legal edict by aropping in Cither of Knox’s stores, No. 212 Broadway, in the Pres cott Louse or in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and procuring & seasonab! breakers. or Havemeyer, ous, harmless, Atall druggists’. Buy the Best. GOODALL’3 PLAYING CARDS. Sold everywhere. Creedmoor Prizes.—The Silver Prizes of. fered. for competition at tho first annual meefin g-of the National Kitle Association, to be held Octob or & at Creedmoor Range, L. I., will be on exhibition ° éthe Salesroom of the dorham'Company, Bond stre¢t, near Broadway, until Tuesda; ng. Corns Cured, 50c. to $1; Bomions) fates ts, &e. , between Thirteenth fin @) Fours: cane Rie tah ded ‘Dr, R. H. WEST RV BL! «Discretion is the Better Part of'V alory* but all are not discreet. When attacked by diranses of the kidneys or urinary organs take the grvat diureti HELMBOLD'S BUCHU, It is warrant Beware ol worthless imitations. The genulme may be known by: the private proprietary stamp of H, T. Helmbolu on each. eke SOuN F. HENRY, Now York, sole agent. ror oy all druggists. Diabetes.—Constitution Water is a sitive cure for it. Nocureno pay. Address, box 1,/68 New York Post office, Elastic Belts, Stockings, Knee Caps ani - new. style SUSPENSORY BANDAGES, ak MARSH & CO.'S Radical Cure Truss office, No, 2 Vesey street. For the Better Coreg cies ng Par-/ ding up tow: ‘A 2 open & Skhou OF THE UL RST ASLISHMENT ‘on Thubwday,® October 9, at Noa, 656-and 68 nixth avenue, corner Thirty> eighth street. Havana Lottary.—$We Sold the $500,000, the extraorditaary drawing, Apa 22. Sales information, given. J. B. 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