The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1873, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NEW YORK HERALD STREET. BROADWAY AND ANN JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR e XXXVI. MENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Baxwisk’s Book. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Fighth ay. and Twenty-third street —ItaLtay Orena—PoLtvro. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Lith street and Irving place.— Traian Orxxa—It Trovarore, MRS F. B. CONWAY'S BRUOKLYN THEATRE,— Euizanern. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Broadway.—Tux Geneva Cxross. fac at WOOD'S MUSEUM, Bri Srauck Buy, Afternoon and , corner Thirtleth st.— ‘ening. BOOTH’S THEATRE, Sixth av. and Twenty-third st — Fancuon, me Cricket. NEW LYCEUM THEATRE, ith st. and 6th av.— Norre Dame, METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway.—Vartery NTERTAINMENT, Matinee at 2i4. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Frexen Sry—Piyine Durcumay. BROADWAY het and 730 Broadway.— Max, THE Merny S 23 detween I OLYMPIC THEATRE, Bro: rh jon 3 CHiLp, Matine ata. and Bleecker sts.—Mapawe AN 0. yee Broadway.—Vanirtr THEATRE COMIQUE, Eyrentainment. Matinee at 2! adway, NIBLO'S GARDEN between Prince and Houston sts.—Tue Bu. RA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— TONY PASTOR'S OP Waniery ENTERTAINMEN’ PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall.— Tickxt-or-Leave M GERMANIA THEATRE, lith street and 3d avenue.— Due Banvriey. ROBINSON HALL, Sixteenth Mantonstres. Matinee at 3. street—Tar Royar TERRACE GAR THEATRE, 58th st., between Lex. ington and 3d avs.—Drr DivLomaT pe ALTEN SHULE. BRYANTS OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner Sixth ay.—Nvono Miysrrersy, &c. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Coart street, Brooklyn.— San Francisco MINSTRELS. HARLEM MUSIC W LL, Harlem.—Rovxy tax CLock. AMERICAN INSTITUTE FATR, 34 av., between 62d | and 64th sts. chee and evening. YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, ENCE AND ART. y No. 613 Broad- wa alert KAHN’S MUSEUM, No. 688 Broadway.—Scizscr np Ant, TRIPLE SHEET. ‘New York, Scenestars October 8, 1873. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPREME COURT! THR CHIEF JUSTICESHIP IN ITS POLITICAL) AS- PECT”—LEADING ARTICLE—SIXTH PAGE. GENERAL MORIONES ACHIEVES A COMPLETE VICTORY VARRE! AN CARTAGENA REPULS! D PUNISHED! THE GOVE THE WAY TO ATTACK “THE SSVENTH Pace. | CHOLERA MORTALITY IN AUSTRIA! 9,020 CASES, NEARLY NE: WHICH PROVE FATAL! NO NEW CASES—SEVENTH Pacer. BISHOP REINKENS TAKES THE OATH OF AL LEGIANCE TO f GERMAN EMPIR MARSHAL Bs COURT MARTIAL— SEVENTH PAGE. ANOTHER ARMED REVOLT HATCHIN MEXICO—IMPORTANT GENERAL SEVENTH PAGE. THE STATUE OF A DANISH KING UNVEILED IN COPENHAGEN AMID A V. OF ROYALTY, NOBILITY AND DEMOCRAC Y! THE RIGSDAG OPENED—SgEvENTH Pace. KING LUD THE LEADE FOR THE NEWMARKET! SPECIE FOR CANADA | SEVENTH PAGE. SHALL AMERICA SURRE! PRIVILEGE OF CROWS KANE, HAYES, HALL ICE EMPIRE? COG ANSWERING NEGATIVELY! ENGLAND IN THE FIELD! THE FINEST OPPORTUNITY EVER PRESENTED FOR SOLVING POLAR | PROBLEMS —Tairp Pace. THURSDAY'S OCEAN RACES! THE PRIZES, THE ENTRIES AND THE SAILING REGULA- TIONS—ANXIETY ABOUT THE META— TESTH PAGE. THE BOATING REGATTA ON KILL! THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ARGON- AUTAS VICTORIOUS! DISHONORABLE TREATMENT OF A.GUEST—SEveNTH Pace. ANTICIPATING THE TURF STRUGGLES AT JEROME PARK 70-DAY—THE TROTTING AT PITTSBURG YESTERDAY—Tuirp Paar. MOST INTERESTING SESSIONS OF THE EVAN- GELICAL ALLIANCE YESTERDAY! AN. CIENT AND MODERN PULPIT ORATORY MR. BEECHER INVITED TO VISIT ENG- LAND—Tuirp Pace. CONGRESS, THE TREASURY $44,000,000 RESERVE ! SEVENTH PAGE. LATEST NEWS FROM THE YELLOW FEVER SCOURGED DISTRICT—ANNEXATION. TO BOSTON.—Skventi PacE. A MANDAMUSED HOST “GOING FOR” “ECONOMICAL” GREEN! GOLD BADGES » FOR THE CITY FATHERS! LEGAL SUM. MARIES—STEALING BROOKL " BOULE- VARD BONDS—FirtH Pace. STOCKS DECLINING AND GOVERNMENT BONDS 2 DER THE GRAND i THE WORK OF | NT REASONS FOR THE SCHUYL- AND THE CENTRALIZATION— THE DEVELOPING STRENGTH HERE AND ABROAD! THE EVIL EFFECT OF IRREGU- LAR FLUCTUATIONS IN VALU THE INFLOW OF BULLION—Fovrru Pa E. Jerome Park Races To-Day.—There will be five races at Jerome Park this afternoon, in which many equine celebrities are entered. The first is for a purse of five hundred dol- lars, the distance being a mile and five-cighths, and it will be followed by an interesting race for the Hunter Stakes, one mile and three- quarters. The Maturity Stakes will bring a number of three-mile ‘‘cracks” to the course, and the youngsters will have a chance to dis- play their running qualities in the succeeding dash. The second day's programme closes with a handicap steeple chase, an event which never fails to interest the general public. {Zhe American Jockey Club has now attained ® degree of popularity that causes its meet- \ings to be regarded in the public mind with muuch interest, and should the weather prove itious to-day a large attendance and un- enjoyment may be expected, Tae Evancrnicat Conrenence.—Yosterday “ras 0 busy day with the Evangelical Confer- “ence and abounding in interesting proceed- Hoge, See our reports elsewhere, | braces tl | United ND OTHERS IN THE i: The Powers and Responsibilities the Supreme Court—The Chief Jus- ticeship in Its Political Aspect. The magnificent public buildings that adorn many of the principal capitals throughout the world are always objects of attraction to visit- ors; but few of those who look admiringly upon the graceful superstructure bestow a thought upon the foundation on which it rests. The architectural beauties meet and please the eye; the solid masonry that sup- ports them lies hidden in the ground, out of sight and often out of mind. Yet upon the strength of the foundation depends the secur- ity of the building, and the best skill of the faithful architect is invoked for that portion of his-work which yields him the least return in outward show. The judiciary of the United States is the foundation which holds up the beautiful and harmonious structure of our government, and unless it be kept sound and strong the structure must fall to the ground. ‘The executive and legis- lative parts of the fabric are those which at- tract the most attention, because they are more constantly brought before the «public eye by popular elections and by the ordinary business of administration ; while the judi- ciary only looms up when some grave ques- tion of constitutional law is to be decided. | Yet as the good architect insures the safety of his edifice by the care and skill he bestows upon its groundwork, so we should be cautious that neither recklessness nor wilfulness be suffered to undermine the judicial part of the government upon which the superstructure rests. It is on this principle that we have so persistently urged, and shall continue to urge, upon the people the importance of making their voices heard in the demand for the ap- pointment of a Chief Justice of the United States whose legal attainments and personal character commend him for the high position, and upon the President the duty of selecting the successor of Judge Chase from the many able citizens whose qualifications are unqnes- tioned, without regard to political considera- tions or personal friendship. The words of the constitution are sufficient to prove the important position which its framers intended to assign to the judiciary in the structure of the government. ‘The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under this constitution, the laws of the United States and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; to all eases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States; between a State and citizens of another State; between citizens of different States; between citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants of different States and between a State or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects, In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all other cases before mentioned the | Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdic- tion, both as to law and fact, with snch excep- tions and under such regulations as the Con- gress shall make.”” Language coyld scarcely bestow a power more comprehensive. It em- right to decide upon the laws of the tates, and all questions arising upon their construction and in a judicial manner to | carry those laws into execution. It rests with es of the Supreme Court, and with them alone, to finally determine whether the | enactments of Congressare in conformity with | the constitution or in conflict therewith, and hence their authority reaches to the very root of our governmental system. Their determi- nations are binding upon all the States and cannot be resisted short of an act of revolu- tion. The ate jurisdiction given to the Supreme overrides the trial by jury in cases to which this juris n extends, The protection of ple against unconstitutional laws sinst arbitrary acts on the part of the government and its agents is found in that hiyh tribunal. It alone insures security to political, personal and municipal rights. Its strong arm can check the mad career of partisanship and guard the other branches of the government against encroachment on their privileges and powers. The Supreme Court, then, is in reality the foundation upon which the government is based, and no prudent citizen should weary of laboring to restore its purity and to preserve it free from political taint. No person would be foolish enough to argue that becanse a man has political convictions he is on that account unfit for the office of Chief Justice. Every citizen who has hereto- fore filled that position had been previonsly in political life, and most ‘of them had been recognized leaders in support of the adminis- tration from which they received their appoint- ments. A man without political opinions would not make a good citizen and would not be likely to possess that general information and that breadth of intellect which are not among the least important qualifications for the Bench. John Jay, the first Chief Justice, had taken a warm interest in political contro- versies and had been a political writer before his elevation to the head of the Supreme Court, and he was subsequently made a candi- date for political office. John Ruttledge, who presided only at one term of the Court, in 1795, was rejected by the Senate on political considerations. Oliver Ellsworth had been in political life prior to his brief term as Chief John Marshall, who came in with Justice. the century, was a strong politician, “a stanch advocate of the policy of Washington, which he persistently defended against the strictures of the republican members,” when he held a seat in the legislative body. He was the Envoy Extraordinary of the United States to Paris in 1797, to negotiate a commercial treaty between France and this” country, and was taken from the Cubinet to be placed on the Supreme Court Bench. To such politicians as Jay and Marshall no objec- tion could fairly be made. The former pos- sessed so nice a sense of the obligations of a jndge that he severed his connection with the society to promote the manumission of slaves when he became Chief Justice, thinking it possible that questions might be brought be- fore him in which the society had an interest. Of the latter Benton says ‘‘he was one of those high-minded and patriotic men of the federal party who, acting on principle, commanded wrong.” The careers of both these eminent jurists prove that when they put on the judicial ermine they put off the garb of the politician. When we reach the appointment of Taney we meet with Chiet Justices who were politicians of different stamp from that of Jayand Marshall. We come to those who made a business of politics, who were convenient partisans or ambitious aspirants to political office ; to those who carried under their judicial robes the politician's draggled garments. As Attorney General of the United States Taney had sided with President Jackson in his policy of remov- ing the government deposits from the United States Bank to the local government agencies, and he was transferred from the Attorney Generalship to the Treasury Department in order to carry out this policy. Before the question of his confirmation could reach the Senate the deposits were removed, and his sub- sequent rejection came after the wish of the President had been gratified. The reward of the partisan followed on the heels of the service in the shape of a nomination to the Supreme Court Bench; but the Senate again snatched away the prize. When Taney was appointed the next year to succeed Judge Marshall he was more fortunate. The political complexion of the Senate had changed and the reward was con- firmed. Judge Taney, it is true, won reputa- tion on the bench as an able jurist; but his | extra-judicial opinion in the Dred Scott case was the peeping out of the old politician. It proved that his long judicial career had neither eradicated from the mind of Jackson's unconfirmed but useful Secretary of the Treasury the prefudices of his Maryland birth and his democratic training, nor cured him of the politician's love of a passing blow at those whose political sentiments are at variance with his own. Judge Chase was a scheming politician before he reached the Bench anda scheming politician until he died, and while in many of his decisions he evinced a gratifying independence of political pre- judice, his restless ambition distracted his thoughts from his jucicial duties and sent him a disappointed and embittered politician to his grave. If the Chief Justice is to be again selected from the partisan circle, either in payment for political services, as in the case of Taney, or from considerations of political expediency, as in the instance of Chase, we fear that the Supreme Bench is destined to sink yet lower in public estimation. The partisan of to-day has neither the character nor the ability of a Taney ora Chase. A Congress tainted with railroad corruption, weighed down by the burden of back pay and bearing the brand of Crédit Mobilier upon its forehead, is no more likely to*furnish from its political majority a pure and impartial Chief Justice than the chain gang is likely to supply us with’ exem- plary members of society. There are c zens who have been active in politics whose qualifications for the position cannot be questioned. Mr. William M. Evarts has interested himself in political mat- ters, althongh he cannot be called a leader, and like Judge Marshall has repre- sented the United States in treaty negotiations with a foreign Power; and it is conceded that he would make a good Chief Justice. Caleb Cushing has been a political leader, and no one doubts his capacity for the Supreme Bench, Judge Brady has been a politician, and is admittedly an able jurist. Judge Dil- lon, whose legal works are text books with the Bar, has been in political life; yet he was taken from the Chief Justiceship of the Su- preme Court of Iowa by President Lincoln to be made Judge of the United States Circuit | Court, and his capacity for the Supreme Bench of the United States is unquestionable. The politicians whose advancement to the Chief Justiceship would be a national calamity are those who have learned their lesson of politics in the de praved modern ‘school—in the intrigues of selfish factions and in the corruptions of a venal Congress—those who unite the unscrupulous partisanship of Taney with the restless ambition of Chase. The people protest against the appointment of any of these modern politicians to a court which should be the underlying strength of our government, and their anxiety for a speedy appointment has been induced by the apprehension that the high and powerful position of Chief Justice is to be scrambled for in the foul pool of Congressional intrigue and seized by sullied fingers. It is in this fear that they appeal to President Grant for a prompt and fitting nomination—for a nomination that will give additional strength to the foundation upon which the structure of our government rests, and additional security tq our national liberty and to the rights and independence of the States ot the Union. Tae Pustic Worss m Wasnrnaton are stopped for the want of funds. The certifi- cates of indebtedness, which have been the only resource for months, cannot be converted into money at any price. The bonds of the District cannot find purchasers at fifty cents on the dollar. Yet many of the principal streets are in a deplorable condition. Altogether the seat of the federal government has been brought into a fearful state of debt, discredit and demoralization by the radicals who have had control of its affairs. Worst of all, these plunderers have been supported and petted by the administration and the majority in Con- gress. The next thing, we suppose, will be an appeal to Congress to assume the debts of the corrupt and extravagant Washington gov- ernment and to furnish the means for keeping the streets and works in decent order. Let us hope there will be found some honest men in Congress to expose the frauds and absurd de- mands of the radical District authorities, Tae Liwerats ar Exmima.—General John, Cochrane, managing chief of the liberal repub- licans of this State, meets with them at Elmira to-day, in the important and momentous work of a State Convention, and Senator Fenton is to be there as his right-hand man. Whether the Convention will nominate an out-and-out or an “‘arf-and arf” State ticket, or drop the subject, isthe main question. We look, how- ever, for some stirring proceedings, inasmuch as the voice of Sempronius is still for war, Anornen Great Vicrorny Oven tux Can- uss, and in their stronghold of Navarre, is reported from Spain. It is evidently “a lost cause’ to the Bourbons in Spain, whatever may be the prospect of their restoration in the respect of those even who deemed him | Franca The Polar Problem=—A C p Chance for an American Triumph. In another portion of the Heraxp we pub- lish a letter from our correspondent at St. Johns, N. F., touching the possibilities of a reneweé effort to solve the Polar problem. The statement of the case therein contained is lucid, and, we should say, conclusive. Where so much has already been done, with the ap- probation of the intelligence of the country, it is‘needless to repeat the arguments why America should yield to no other nation in taking a champion’s part in the battle of sci- ence, Those easy-going souls who are con- tent to leave the world’s knowledge as they found it, provided what they themselves know is sufficient to bring them through life comfortably and¢ respectably, may not feel any mental stimulation from the Arc- tie successes already achieved. In fact, to them the dangers of the expeditions, combined with their cost, would be a deterrent from en- couraging their repetition. But just at this moment, when we learn through the cable that the English geographical authorities are endeavoring to have an expedition sent out ‘to complete the investigations of the Polaris Expedition,” we feel certain that even the easy- going souls will object to the American efforts’ being akandoned. For ourselves, we see no reason why the work of Kane, Hayes and Hall should be left as the groundwork for an English triumph in a field we have triply made our own. When, in addition, we can pursue the glorious work at a cost which is cheapness itself, the reasons become con- vineing for our doing so. To the Henarp belongs the credit of first suggesting the ‘purchase and equipment of the Tigress for the search after the Buddington party. The government acted on our advice, and the fact that the subsequent performances of the Tigress in Arctic waters were all that could be desired, pointedly justified our selec- tion. We now lay another proposition before the American government which is merely fol- lowing out that selection to its legitimate con- clusion. In the Tigress we possess a com- pletely equipped exploring vessel, better suited to Arctic voyaging than any other which has ever been afloat. As our correspondent clearly points out, it is but a question of restocking her with provisions, finding the best talent for leading the expedition and sending her forth next spring. The chances in fayor of such an expedition completing “the in- vestigations of the Polaris’ by finding the Pole and settling the geographical and scientific questions involved, would be greater immeasurably than any which has preceded it. The mention of Dr. Hayes as chief of the scientific part of the expedition meets our warmest approval. Thoroughly in earnest in his work, highly cultivated on all subjects per- taining thereto, and with a better record of actual experience in Arctic exploration than any other man living, he would be the most worthy selection that could be made. We submit these suggestions to the government with the confidence that in adopting them as much honor would be reflected on those who would help to transmute them into facts as on the people at large, who would take the accrued glory of sugcess as the property of the nation, The present chance of winning the rare prize is one not to be thrown away, and the cheapness of the undertaking should decide whatever doubts remain about grasp- ing it. in Central Autumn Park—Coquctry and Croquetry. The hour has now arrived when a stronger and steadier if not a quicker pulse begins to beat in the wrist of the year. The heats of summer are over, and all that we can now ex- pect to be troubled with in that line is the slight and sensuous relapse known as Indian summer. But now there is a gathering cool- ness in the air. The nerves begin to suspect frost. We should scarcely be surprised some morning to find ourselves drawing arabesques with our finger nails in the film of congelation on the window pane. With the leaf that red- dens in the forest the cheek of the pedestrian begins to lose its pallor. The russet of au- tumn is imaged in those who seek her sun and air. We would wish that everybody could enjoy to the full this inspiring season. Without going to the extent of the preacher who recently as- tonished a metropolitan congregation by wish- ing that all the newspapers could be sus- pended and all the places of business closed | for one month, we yet heartily approve of any means by which the great body of the people could be given the opportunity of enjoying the autumn of the year—that American au- tumn which is as mucha household proverb the civilized world over as an aphorism by Shakespeare. It may, perhaps, be difficult to devise many ways of doing this, but there is one way by which at least a large number may be reached—namely, the throwing open of the groands in _ general of Cen- tral Park and ‘the annulment of those restrictions which now limit the police to a few thoroughfares therein. Central Park is for the health, pleasure and accommodation of the people. It is not a dainty toy intended to be looked at askant and handled fastidi- ously.” It is meant for use quite as much as for beauty, and one of the most practical and beneficial uses to which it can be put, during the autumn season, is the throwing open of the grounds to croquet parties. The plan has been followed with success at Prospect Park, where, every afternoon, scores of happy cro- queters may be seen, inspiring health} enjoy- ment and exultation with every whiff of that oxygen which the beneficence of the Prospect Park Commissioners evables them to inhale so liberally. We should like to see tho same policy adopted at Central Park. Croquet is a game which holds a perfectly unique place among out-of-door sports. It is the feminine of base ball, and yet retains enough of the virile nature of that game to be capable of being indulged in with spirit by the mascu- line sex. The opportunities it affords for flirtation are unrivalled, and the flirtation it renders possible is of a less morbid and more moral and elevating kind than flirtation in general. The coquetry is like the foam on the crest of a wave, momentary, spontancous, evanescent, ever repeating itself, beautifal to the eye and a natural outgrowth of natural conditions. Central Park is a generous and noble creation, not, as we have already said, a frail toy to be kept undor a glass case. Let its level fields and green, expansive com- mons, be free to the public, instead of being Virtually shut yo. apd then the groat mass of, OCTOBER 8, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, New York's population will be able to enjoy the autumn jn earnest. The Equinoctial’ Storm. e Equinoce tial Gales on the Atlantic Coast. The storm which prevailed here on Monday seems to have been part of an-extensive Equinoctial gale, exhibiting itself as a well marked cyclone on the Florida coast. It was attended in the Gulf with the well known autumnal ‘‘Norther,’’ while the depression off the Atlantic seaboard gave impetus to the northwesterly and frost-bearing winds. This Equinoctial has not been so severe as usual, but it is followed by important results. The southward advance of frosty weather in the cold high pressures from the Northwest was facilitated by the presence of the low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico, and, consequently, the frost which the Hzranp in yesterday's issue anticipated for Memphis was verified. The progress of the cold wave across the Alle- ghanies will be felt in its effects on the tobacco crop, perhaps not without slight disaster, but the Virginia planters and farmers have had timely caution- ary notice of its approach, Indeed, we may hope that the several recent official predictions of frost, which were so signally verified in Northern sections forewarned the Southern sections, as a very slight study of the weather map daily published in this and other cities would enable the merchant or townsman to forewarn his rural correspondents of such changes, and thus largely extend the already great utility of these metéorological forecasts. So faras the present indications warrant an inference, it appears we are to have oug early autumn develop into an early winter, and speedy provision should be made for it. Although we have escaped the usually severe Equinoetial storms this year the phenomenon has not been wanting in the atmospheric disturbances of the two days past, and, per- haps, also, in the great storms of the last of August it was present prematurely. Tho storm warnings which were displayed at most of the, Atlantic ports yesterday were doubtless fully justified by dangerous winds, felt especially some distanco off the immediate coast. Sail- ing vessels and steamers leaving New York to- day will do well to keep a sharp lookout lest, atter leaving Sandy Hook, they should come | up with the Florida cyclone of yesterday morning. A Conxecticur Question Szrrien.—The good people of Connecticut have determined that there shall be but one capital f for the State in future, and that its name shall be Hartford. New Haven has been laid out in the cold by a decisive vote of the people of the whole State, which is scarcely large enough to sustain two capitals, with their usual ex- tensive lobby surroundings. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. General A. 8. Diven, of Elmira, is quartered at the Hoffman House. Colonel T. S. Laidley, of the United States Army, is at the Coleman House. Ex-Congressman W. H. Barnum, of Connecticut, isstopping at the Winsor. Admiral David D. Porter, of the United States Navy, is registered at the Gilsey House, General R. H. Jackson,*of the United States Army, has quarters at the Astor House. Judge Natnan Clifford, of the United States Su- preme Court, is at the Filth Avenue Hotel. ix-State Senator Charles Stanford, of Schenec- tady, is stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel. Count Zannini, Secretary of the Italian Lega- tion, yesterday arrived at the Albermarle Hotel, Professor Benjamin Peirce, of the United States Coast Sarvey, has arrived at the Brevoort House. Secretary Thomas K. Cree, of the United States Indian Commission, ts at the Filth Avenue Hotel, Pay Inspector G. E. Thornton, of the United States Navy, is among the late arrivals at the Union Square Hotel. Aristarchi Bey, the Turkish Minister at Washing- ton, arrived yesterday on the steamship Java, and is staying at the Westminster Hotel, Pattee, the inhuman wife butcher in New Hamp- shire, having pleaded guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree, has been sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment in the State Prison. These pleas ior secondary oifences in first class capital crimes lessen the labors of prosecuting attorneys and at the same time send the scales of exact justice whirling. The Evansville (lowa) Journal states that Colonel A. H. Markland, well known as the United States mail agent who not only kept step with the Union troops but frequently preceded them whiie re-establishing mail facilities in the belligerent districts during the late war, is on the slate as the probable successor of the present Sergeant-at- Arms of the United States House of Representa- tives. FUNERAL OF BISHOP RANDALL. Boston, Oct. 7, 1873. Memorial services were held to-day in St. Paul's church over the remains of Bishop Kandall. The attendance was large, including the Graud Lodge of Free Masons, af which deceased was a Past Grand Mastr. Rev. Dr. Bebcock, of Dedham, read the pravers and conducted the brief services, aud addresses were made by the Rev. Drs, Iwing and Vinton. Dr. Potter, of New York, and other prom- inent clerg’meh were present. In passing out of the church all had an opportunity o! jooking for the last time upon the face of the deceased, which ‘was peaceful in its long repose. The remains were taken to Warren, R. I., for interment, WEATHER REPORT. are War DEPARTMENT, | OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasiinaton, D. C., Oct. 8—1 A. M. Probabilities, For Wednesday in the Guilt and South Atlantic States rising barometer, ine winds ana clear, cool weather, For the Ohio Valley and lower lakes falling barom- eter, southwesterly winds, and, in the latter region, partly cloudy weather, bd FOR THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES NORTHWEST- BRLY WINDS, PARTLY CLOUDY AND CLEAR WRATHER. For New England, northerly winds and clearing weather, For the upper lakes and Northwest falling ba- rometer, southeasterly and southwesterly winds, rising temperature and increasing cloudiness, Cautionary signals continue at Cape May, New York and Eastport... The Weather in This City Yesterday, The followjng record will show the changes in the temperature tor the pagt twenty-four hours in comparison with the vorresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HeKALD Building :— 1872, 1873. 1872, 1873, 63 47 «8:30 P. M, WL 46 Oh 4 6PM +69 44 OP. M. 7 46 12 P.M. a rage temperature yesterday Average Selden for Lacicveliursaivahe date “SNOW AT} ~PONDA, “Fowna, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1873, Snow fell here for two hours this morning, A SEVERE SNOW STORM, Kinaston, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1873, The weather has been very cold here to-day, The cars on the New York, Kingston and Syracuse Raliroad coming from Delaware county were cov- ered with snow, A snow He began there shost aan, o ‘abonk taste faaan meow oF ace re ot earl, » ADONE @ ine! Tod to have fallen, Me ‘ iu that of true melody, Ss | loving apostrop AMUSEMENTS, Debut of ima di Murska in “La Son~ nambula” at the Grand Opera House. The first appearance of Ima di Murska in this country was almost unheralded and the desire to hear her was far from being adequate to her mer- its. There were many empty benches in the Grand Opera House last night, though “La Sonnambula’” had not been sung in this city for a number of years, It seemed as if Di Murska had been left to fight her battle alone, but she fought 1t nobly and gained a very great triumph. Her victory was al- most a repetition of the Lucca enthusiasm of the previous night, while, as a singer and artist, she showed herself possessed of exceptional merit. Belliniis one of the most tuneful of the Italiam operatic composers, and his works can never fail to hold their own with any public while pure, Spontaneous melody retains precedence over the newfangled theory of musical metaphysics which has crept into the German schools. The Swan of Catania, as Bellini has been happily called, in the opera of “La Sonnambula” conceived a delightful pastoral, an elegy rather thun a dramatic work, delicious in its very natveté. It was writ- ten in Milan for Mme, Pasta, and has re- flectea the lustre of some ol the brightest stars of the lyric stage since that time. It has become astranger tothe American boards in late years, owing to the inability of procuring a cast adequate to its demands, In fact, Bellini’s works, as well a@ those of Rossii, have well nigh disappeared from our stage, owing to the same cause. There is no chance for an iil-trained or patchy voice in the great works of these tg¢vo masters; solid art and singing—in the true sense of the term—can alone sumice, The Semiramiges, Normas, Othellos and Rosinas of the past can hardly be revived in this * degenerate age of music, when bawling is mis- taken for expression and when a half dozen notes, given with trumpet like force, is called a grand aria. We hear no move the *Puritani” of Bellini, which he wrote for tne immortal quartet, Grisi, Rubini, Tamberini and Lablache, because singers nowadays are trained only in the noisy school, not The success of Mile, Dt Murska last night in one of Bellini’s operas, is, therefore, of more significant value than if she had made her cbut in @& more modern work. “La Sonnambula’? has had many brilliant casts in this country, Boaio, Salvi and Marinisang in it twenty years ago ~ at Castie Garden, and the year alter Sontag re- placed the iittle Turinese nightingale. Lagrange, Brignoli and Badialt made it popular for three years at the Acudewy, and Patti aud Kellogg, with Morelli and Amadio won their laureis in it some yeurs later. The principal drawback to the suc- cess of the opera is the number of its recitatives which, like those of “Don Giovanni” and "Nozze di Figaro,” have no interpretors at the present day, uniess'such a teacher as Tamberlik Will instruct the rising generation of singers. After the opening chorus a simple but interest- ing village pwan, Mile. Feretti, the Lisa of the cast, sang the first aria, “Tutto @ gioja,”’ and cone sidering the smallness of her part, which is now generally given to a chorus singer, she was an uns expected success, by the culture and nes PILE ol her voice and the ease Wend whit h she sang the florid measures of the aria. Bat fore the ap- pearance of Amina there were favorable indications given of the quality and promptness in attack of the cay and yery fintavoiable ones of the Qfthe orthestra, Mr. Maretzek should in- tron © Teform in the wind instruments, especially the clarionets, and a little more attention to the baton on the part of the violins would be desir- able. The chef Mataque might be changed for a better medium of interpretation between the leader and the orchestra, The first appearance of Mile. di Murska was hailed with an outburst of applause; but when she passed the trying ordeal in the aria, “Come por Ine Sereno” and “Sovra il Sen,” the house rose im an uncontrollable state of excitement. She closed the series of florituri passages at the end of the latter aa with one of the most daring, most diti- cult and most effectively executed cadenza that has been heard on any stage for many yeara. It would require a pianist of Kubinstein technique to give it due effect even on the piano. Vizzan! as Nivino, in nis opentng aria, “Prendi, l’a nel ti dono,” satisfied the audience that his voice was in better condition than during his first season in this country, and the succeeding duct with Amina was a triumph for both artists, Count Rudolphe made his bow in the person of a new bari- Signor Rossi li, and the well known song, 1 ravviso,” received ample justice at his hands, The dese riptive chorus, **A fosco cielo,” was given with effect, and the act closed with the duct be- tween Amina and Elvino, another gem in the ren- dering and expression, ‘Yhe genius of Mile, di Mnorska as a true artist, independent of the exceptional character of her voice, which revels in vocal pyrotechnics even beyond the reach of Carlotta Patti’s organ, was wi in an eminent manner in the second act, when she first appears in her character as @ sonnambulist im the Count’s bed- room. Her declamation and phrasing and her » to the absent Elvino were all delivered with rare expression, feeling and power. When roused from her sleep by the wiid reproaches of her lover, the taunts @f her uncouscionabie rival and the cries of astonishment of her neighbors, she gave expression to her mingled feelings ot ae plexity, grief and despair in singing and actin; a manner that was never excelled by me. Gassier im her palmy days. ‘The magnificens ensemble, commencing with Amina’s wail, .“D’un Pensiero,”’ and ending with the harmonious swell of all the voices of the chorus was given with an effect that gave still further evidence of the caretul rehearsals to which the chorus of this com- pany have been subjected. Thdé scene between the discarded Amina and her deceived lover in the next act Was another sucaess for tne prima donna. An- guish, Pear despair, thrilled in every tone of her voice. z#ani sang the aria “An! perche non posso odiarti,”” with a degree of passion that called jorth ‘applause, but the best part of the scene was leit out, After another long cat, the great scene of the opera, in which Amina crosses the bridge over the mill wheel, came on. This was the crowning triumph of Mile. Di Murska, as her rendering of tire melodies, “Ah! non crede a mirarti”” and the pet of the parlor and concert, “An! non giung!’ was really marvellous, In the latter aria she wove around the measures of the melody a string ot vocal pearls, trills, cadenzas, arpeggi, ail every conceivable kind of embellish- ment, until the house was filled with her voice as with that of some tropical bird, showering forth its wealth of melody, Twice she touched G in alt with as much ease as if it were an ordinary note in her voice, and in several instances her staccato passages and rapid leaps, an octave at a time, - made such an eld let on the minds of the au- dience that they brought her out again and again with their applause, Asa bravura singer and an executant of vocal fireworks Mile. Di Murska is en- titled to high praise, and she further enhances the value of lier extraordinary voice by adue atten- tion to the rules of art and the demands, in intelligence and expression, of a composer. It ia such a rare thing nowadays to find a singer wno can warble like a mocking bird, or a Bosio, and yet declaim recitatiyes as an artist, that one cannot avoid being roused out of the apathy of the critic and putting in a plea for the vocilerous people at the Grund Opera House last night. Masica) and Dramatic Notes, Signora Carlotta Patti (sister of Mme. Adelina Patti-Cgux) was to make her first appearance at M. Riviére’s Covent Garden Concerts last Saturday. At the Stadt Theatre last night quite a numerous audience witnessed the opera of “Die Jidin.” of course Frau Louise Litchmay as Rachel and Frau- lein Vanissa as the Princess Eudoxia were the life of the performance, the former being frequently applauded. Herr Hermanns’ Cardinal Brogol was tolerably good, but his voice did not seem as powerlui as usual, The costumes and scenery were splendid, and evidently pleased the audience greatly. Signor Salvin and Signora Piamonti appeared last night in a play founded on the legend of Fran- cesca de Rimini. The movement of the piece turns upon an innocent love, which becomes @ guilty passion, the play, as is evident from the story, being composed of the nsual staples of the Saivinian school of art—jealousy and murder, To say that Salvini played his part of Paolo, the para- mour of his brother's wile, admirably is only to say that he kept within his own line of heavy molo- drama, in which he acquits himself with great skill, “The Giudiator” will be given on Thursday evening, and on Saturday afternoon Salvini will pfay Othello at Watlack'’s Theatre. M. Maurice Strakosch expects to open the Italian opera season in Paris this evening, either with “Don Pasquale” for the début or Mile, Belval as Norma, or “Ii Barbiere,’”’ for the first appearance of the Russian contralto, Mile, We Bellocca, to be followed by ‘La Traviata,” for the advent of Mile, Tagiana, Another débutante will be Mite. Salvae dor, in Signor Verdi's “Forza del Destino.” The other artista engaged are Mile. Donadio, Signort Brignoli, Buontratelii and Villa, tenors; Barré, bar- itone; Zucchini, basso buifo, and Fiorini, basso. Negotiations are also pending for the return of Mine. Adelina Patti for a few representations pe- fore she goes to St. Petersburg, and again after her r@urn from Russia, prior to her engagement at Covent Garden in May next, The new director has Wisely resolved to extend the worn-out répertoire by bringing out the “Ruy Blas” of Signor Mar- chetto, and other works by the Italian composers of the period, such as Signori Petrella, Panchiit. Dall’ Argine. 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