The New York Herald Newspaper, October 10, 1873, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. BE en eke ad THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12, i AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, THEATKE COMIQUE, No. 514 Broadway.—Vaxisry ENTERTAINMENT. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston st.—Tne Biack Crook. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Banwise’s Boox, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth ay. and Twenty-third street—Iratian Orena—La Favontra, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, ldth street and Irving place.— Iranian Orekra—F aust. MRS_F. B.. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Mary Siva. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Broadway.—Tnx Gxxuva Cno: Union square, near WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Neox anp Neck, Aiternoon and evening. BOOTHS THEATRE, Sixth ay. and Twenty-third st — Fancnon, tux Cuicker. 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No. 618 Broad: | DR, KAHN’S MUSEUM, No. 688 Broadway.—Screxce | anp Arr, New York, Friday, October 10, 1873. THE NEW Bribie. Re To-Day’s Contents ot the Heraid. “BEPORT OF THE COMMISSIO! COUNTS ON THE CITY ALARMING DISCLOSURE OF DEBT, REGULARITY AND INCOMPETENCY— | LEADING ARTICLE—SixtH Pace, GROSS MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FINANCES! A REPORT F M THE com. | MISSIONERS OF ACCO: THAT WILL | OPEN TAXPAYERS’ EYES A PUBLIC | DEBT OF $136,000,000! A DEFICIENCY OF | $94,000 AND AN “IRREGULARITY” OF | $100,000—-THIRD PaGE. | GREAT SUCCESS OF THE BOURBON FORCES | NEAR PAMPELUNA! GENERAL MORIONES | ROUTED BY OLLO, WITH GREAT SLAT TER! THE SIEGE OF CARTAGENA, SPAIN, BRISKLY PROGRESSING—IMPOR- TANT CABLE AND GENERAL NEWS— SEVENTH PAGE. VICTOR EMMANUEL'S DESIGN IN VISITING BERLIN—M. GREVY DECLARES IN FAVOR OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC—SrvENTH Pace. COMING TO “HARDPAN” IN MATTERS FINAN- CIAL! THE DROSS OF SPECULATIVE IN- FLATION IN “FANCIES” REMOVE! THE Page. A GALLANT STRUGG OF AC- | S! AN | cITY’s STOCKS HEAVILY DECLINED! EXTENT OF THE TUMBLE—iicuru LE FOR VICTORY! OCEAN REGATTA GIVEN A GOOD START! | THE CLIO IN THE ADVANCE SANDY HOOK! BRILZIANT NES IN THE NAR- ROWS AND TH YER BAY—THIRD PaGE, QUESTION OF CHURCH AND STATE CON- THE SIDERED YESTERDAY THE PROTES- CE! STIR- DISCUSSIONS ON GREAT TOPILS— Fourrn Pace. WHO MURDERED BENJAMIN NATHAN? THE MAN WHO CAN ANSWER THE QUERY SAFELY LODGED IN A NEW YORK PRISON! WHAT HE KNOWS AND HOW HE TELLS HIS STORY—TenTit Pace. THE DIRE SORROWS OF THE SOUTIWEST! SPREAD OF THE FEVER SCOURGE INTO NEW DISTRICTS! MORE DEATHS OF » FAITHFUL MINISTERS—SEVENTH Pace. BUDDINGTON’S PARTY AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL! THE NAVAL SECRETARY VISITS THEM! THE CURRENCY RESERVES— MORMON PROSELYTISM—SEVENTH Pace, MASS MEETING OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHTERS! A NICE TEA PARTY THAT ENDED IN A ROW-—POLITICAL GLEUANINGS—TentH Page. HALF A JURY ALREADY EMPANELLED Fort THE RETRIAL OF EDWARD & STOKES! A OHALLENGE TO THE JURY ARRAY. WHICH WAS FINALLY WITHDRAWN— Fiera Pace. THE TAINTOR DEFALCATION AND KNAPP EM- BEZZLEMENT INVESTIGATED BY THE COURTS! RIGHTS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE THEATRES—Firtu Pace. MARSHAL BAZAINE’S ARRAIGNMENT! THE COURT, THE COUNTS OF THE INDICTMENT AND THE PROSPECTS OF THE PRISONER— Fourrn Paar. INTERESTING SESSION OF THE CATHOLIC TO- TAL ABSTINENCE UNIUN—AMATEUR BASE BALL STRUGGLE—Firtn Pace. EFFECTS OF THE LATE MONETARY CRISIS UPON THE REAL ESTATE MARKET— ARTISTS’ EFFORTS—@ourtH Pace. Tae Evanoxticaz, Conrenexce.—The dis- cussions of the three divisions of the Evangeli- cal Conference yesterday covered an unusual variety of interesting subjects. The general topic at Association Hall was on “Christianity and Civil Government,” at St. Panl’s Metho- dist church it was ‘Christianity and Liberty,” at the Church of the Disciples it was Minis. terial Support,’’ the discussions in each place embracing several discourses on different branches of the main question. See our re- dort in another nett of this payer. BEING RAPIDLY | THE | Report of the Commissioners of Ac- counts the City Finances—An Alarming Disclosure of Debt, Ir- regularity and Incompetency. The city charter provides for the apppoint- ment by the Mayor of two persons to hold office during his pleasure, who, with the Pres- ident of the Department of Taxes and Assess- ments, shall be Commissioners of Accounts; whose duty it shall be once in three months, or oftener, if they deem it proper, to examine all vouchers and accounts in the offices of the Comptroller and Chamberlain, and to publish a detailed statement of the financial condition of the city. Inaccordance with this provision Mayor Havemeyer some time ago appointed two competent gentlemen, Mr. George Bow- lend and Mr. Lindsay L Howe, as such Commissioners, and to-day we publish the first report they have made, in connection with Tax Commissioner John Wheeler, of the result of their examination of the affairs of the Finance Departinont. Although the present report covers only the | condition of the bonded and funded debt of the city, it will be found of great importance to the taxpayers. It emphasizes what we have long ago declared—that the Finance Depart- ment of the city government under its present management is becoming involved in inex- | tricable confusion; that the manner of keep- ; ing the public accounts evinces gross incom- | petency; that the periodical statements put forth by the Comptroller have not made a correet exhibit of our financial condition, and that the people have been effectually, if not designedly, kept in ignorance of the actual amount of the city’s liabilities. We regret to add that the report also brings to light some facts which are calculated to shake the public faith in the integrity as well as in the capacity of the Finance Depart- ment, and to excite the suspicion that, what- ever confidence may be felt in the personal honesty of the Comptroller, we are not yet wholly secure from those practices which two | years ago so thoroughly aroused the indigna- tion of the people. In introducing their plain and concise re- port the Commissioners of Accounts state that they designed to lay before the tax- payers ina compact form the actual funded and floating debt of the city, so that we might be enabled to understand correctly the total mount of our liabilities. But the embarrass- ments they have met, and the fact | that they have been compelled | through a mass of disarranged and confused | papers reaching as far back as the year 1840, | before they could certify to the issues of bonds now in existence, have prevented them from making, at this time, an investigation of the floating debt. While the Commissioners are reticent in regard to the nature of the ‘“em- barrassments,” we have reason to believe that they arose from the disinclination of the Comptroller to submit the transactions of the Finance Department to their scrutiny, and we are compelled to regard this opposition toa legal examination as implying either a sense of the improper management of the depart- ment or a desire to cover up particular acts of a questionable character. The Commis- sioners, while abstaining from any insinuation against the integrity of the Finance Depart- ment, do not hesitate to condemn its system of keeping accounts and to urge the necessity of areform which shall throw greater safe- guards than at present exist around this important branch of the city government. The total bonded and funded debt of the city and county outstanding on July 1, 1873, is stated by the Commissioners as amounting to $136,008,961. This includes the debt paya- ble from the sinking fund and from taxation, the “temporary’’ debt, the city and county | revenue bonds, amounting to’ a little over $16,000,000, and the county stocks and | bonds. In making his deceptive debt state- | ments the Comptroller has excluded the amounts which he has chosen to classify | as “temporary debt,’’ amounting to over $20,000,000 There is no reason why these | amounts should be so classified. They com- | prise assessments, many of which have been, | and others which, doubtless, will be, vacated, and Central Park and other improvement bonds, which have to be paid by the city, and are actual debt. The only pretence for Y cits these sums “temporary debt’’ is that | they fall due within a short period; but thy | are as much a part of the city indebtedness as | a business man’s acceptances which happen to | be payable within one or two months are a part of his liabilities, ‘The startling fact is brought to light, then, that the city and county debt, exclusive of revenue bonds and floating debt, was on August 1 last, in round numbers, $120,000,000. The floating debt is estimated on good authority to be not less than $11,000,000, and if we allow only $4,000,000 increase since August 1 we have before us as | the result of Comptroller Green's financial | policy the alarming amount of $135,000,000 of city and county indebtedness. Unfortunately the reckless increase of the public debt under “reform” rule is not the most alarming of the disclosures made by the report, Two suspicious matters are brought to light which require to be cleared up with- out delay. The dishonest acts of the Tam- Peng ape appa many officials in the Comptrglle;*s office are | vet.tgo fresh in the public mind to permit of | any further tampering with the city finances. The people demand that the management of their motiey by those who have taken posses- sion of it under loud professions of honesty shall be free from even the shadow of a suspicion of dishonesty. The Commissioners of Accounts state that there is a deficiency of $94,000 in the securities belonging to the sink- ing fund. The amount which ought to be in that fund is $23,332,646. When the securities were examined, it was discovered that a num- ber of them to the value of $94,000 were miss- ing from the box in the Comptroller's office in which, singularly enough, they had been deposited. An investigation of the records shows that the missing bonds are in sums of from $2,000 to $25,000 each. They are eight in number, and of various character, as desig- nated ip the report. There appears to be no possibility of a mistake about this matter, The records show that these bonds should be held by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, and they are not to be found in their possession. What has become of them? The sinking fund securities, amounting to over $23,000,000, are kept in the Comptroller's office in a box which could be easily carried awa: Why are they not deposited with the legal to wade | lain? Why are they not placed securely in the vault of a depository bank? ‘The people will demand an instant explanation of this suspicious matter—an immediate clearing up of this mystery. The Comptroller's Office is filled with the employés of Connolly, with men trained in the school of Watson. These employés were all legislated out of office by the charter on the 1st day of last May. They have never been reappointed by Comptroller Green as required by the charter, and hence are not officers of the city govern- ment. Any one of them might be guilty of malefeasance and defy the consequences, for they are not legally city officials. With these facts before them the people have a right to insist upon the production of the missing bonds or the prompt suspension and sub- sequent removal of the Comptroller. If any explanation can be made, if the Commissioners are in error, if the bonds have been legally taken from the sinking fund and disposed of in any way, we must know the fact at once, and the proof must be clear and indisputable. The department which oppresses the just creditor of the city and causes unnecessary distress to the laboring classes cannot afford to remain for a single day under the suspicion of a loss of $94,000 of the public treasure. The statement of the Commissioners of Accounts is distinct. There should be in the custody of the Commissioners of the Sink- ing Fund $23,332,000, according to the records of the Finance Department. There is in their possession only $23,238,000. On scrutinizing the accounts eight bonds are found charged as being held by them, which are missing from the box in which all their securities are deposited. These bonds amount in the total to the exact discrepancy—namely, $94,000. We repeat that the apparent defalcation must be cleared up before to-morrow morning, and if this should not be done Mayor Havemeyer will be held responsible by the people if he do not take immediate steps for the protec- tion of the public treasury. Another development which we trace in the report is open to grave suspicion. It bears upon its face the impress of official looseness, if not of official dishonesty. On March 23, 1872, the sum of $100,000 was by resolution taken from the Sinking Fund for the use of the city government, to be replaced by a city bond for the same amount, which bond the Comptroller was authorized to issue in one sum. No bond appears bearing that date; but a bond for the amount, $100,000, issued on June 21, 1873, is found in the sinking fund, to make up the sum taken out of the fund on March 23, 1872. For one year and three months, therefore, as it would appear, the Sinking Fund must have been left witha deficiency of one hundred thousand dollars, and must have lost the in- terest on that amount. But the Commissioners of accounts do not gofarenough. Theyshould examine and report whether any interest on such a bond was actually paid between March, 1872, and June, 1873, If so, where was the bond in the interval, and why was it re- placed by a new bond just at the time the Commission was appointed and an investiga- tion of the Sinking Fund securities was anti- cipated? Under the old régime, we might sus- pect that the bond had been issued, and, in- stead of being placed in the Sinking Fund, had been used for illegitimate purposes. With money worth sixteen per cent per an- num, the snug sum of twenty-two thousand dollars in interest might have been realized from the amount of one hundred thousand dollars in fifteen months. A bond that had been hypothecated would bear evidence of its hypothecation upon its face and could not have been placed among the Sinking Fund securities without exposing the fact. Of course no such suspicion could attach to the present Comptroller, but why do the Commis- sioners of Accounts stop short, and fail to tell us whether the interest on a one hundred dol- lar bond, alleged to be in the Sinking Fund, was paid between March, 1872, and June, 1873? Mayor Havemeyer should call upon them for this information. If the interest was paid, by what right was it paid on a bond not in existence? If it was not paid, by what right was the Sinking Fund, a sacred trust, deprived of the interest? - The condition of the Finance Department is now officially before the people. Its man- agement is shown in the Commissioners’ report ; it needs no comment from us—bonds issued for millions of dollars, without check or registration, merely by the filling up and signing of a sheet of paper; accounts cover- ing millions entered in blotters, no ledgers kept, and bonds, vouchers and claims only to be traced by wading through piles of confused documents ; payments and cancellations simply markedin red ink against the various sums wherever they happen to be entered; bonds of the same issue for the same amonnts, bear- ing the same numbers, and thus renderd un- traceable. This is specimen of the finan- ceering ability which has rolled up our debt to its present enormous proportions and which renders it almost impossible to trace out how much we really owe in the shape of unsettled claims. It is time that the city should be protected by soma means againgt the consequences of this gross incom- Setency ju ite fiadncial management, and taxation are increasinf/ out Unfinished works going to ruin, and the progréas of the city {s checked, These are the resulf# of political reform. It will be well for the people now to take the matter into their own hands’ dnd se- cure a reform that will be independent of the politicians. A Srvovrar Cenesnation.—Chicago is o singular city. It is remarkable for its mar- riages and its divorces, for its sensation stories, its house-raising and its rats. Yester- day it was engaged in ‘‘celebrating,”’ by a holiday, music, flag-flying and general re- joicing, the anniversary of the conflagration from which it suffered go severely two years ago. A Western paper tells of a man who had settled down in a neighboring village for six or seven years, and was noted for his quiet, sober manners. But it was observed that on one particular day of each year he put off his customary sedatencss, put on his best clothes, . took a holiday, gave himself up to fan and, frolic and generally ended in retiring to bed in his boots. An inquiry into the reason of his curious conduct disclosed the fact that the of public improvement dre abandoned andi The Tris! of Marshal Basaine. It is now three years since the French Em- pire collapsed, and since Marshal Bazaine, surrendering to the German foe, committed the offence for which he now stands upon his trial. The trial has for some reason, wiso or unwise, just or unjust, been deferred until the present, and it promises to be quite as pro- tracted as it is likely to be interesting. In the Henaxp of this morning we print an instructive letter from the pen of one of our correspondents in Paris on the subject. ‘The letter gives some points of detail which have not yet been made public through the press, and which, it is reasonable to presume, are not generally known on this side of the Atlantic. For this reason it well deserves to be read. From the nature of the charge it appears that Bazaine may, if found guilty, be sentenced to degradation and death, or dismissed from the service with or without degradation. The Marshal, therefore, does not stand between the sole ultimates of death or acquittal, as has commonly been supposed. He may be simply dismissed from the service. What the actual result of the trial may be it is, of course, at present simply impossible to say. Many rumors point to the possibility of the extreme sentence. If found guilty of the charge as the charge is made, the sentence must be severe, and a large section of the French army and people would no doubt be satisfied to see Bazaine punished as a traitor to his country. It is reasonable, however, to conclude that the milder sentence will be at once more gonerally well pleasing to the French people and more in harmony with the personal feelings of the judges. For a sketch of the judges we refer our readers to our correspondent’s letter. Of the seven judges, of whom the Duc d’Aumale is President, only two, according to our correspondent, are likely to declare emphatically against Ba- zaine. The other five, it is confidently ex- pected, will put the most favorable construc- tion on the acts of the Marshal. It is not at all impossible that the progress of the trial may put a new aspect on the whole case. Still these opinions, from a well informed witness on the spot, are not without consider- able weight. In our judgment Bazaine has one justifiable cause of complaint. His trial has been too long deferred. There has been no necessary reason for the delay, so far as the ends of jus- tice were concerned. It does seem as if it had been delayed for political reasons, and in order to serve a political purpose. It will not be difficult, in the course of the trial, to ex- pose certain woak points in the imperial edi- fice, and so explain the suddenness of its fall and the consequent misfortunes of France. It would not be wonderful if this is the reason why the trial, so long delayed, has been brought on at this particular juncture. Well laid schemes have oftentimes failed, and it would not be wonderful if failure resulted from this one. Bazaine may perish through the tyranny of the dominant party. But Bazaine may live to have his acts approved by @ more generous generation. Let us hope that justice will prevail; but let us hope, also, that justice will be tempered with mercy. Oar Colored Republicans and Their Demands, At the meeting in this city, the other evening, of the colored republicans of this State, it was declared that they are still politically isolated and denied their rights, and are still in a great measure denied em- ployment in skilled and unskilled labor, and opportunities to acquire mechanical skill, and offices of trust in the civil and military service of the country ; and that they, therefore, are resolved to maintain their separate districtand State organizations; and that, aggrieved at the neglect of the claims of the colored people by the republican party, these colored men will hereafter be governed by higher motives than the success of the republican ticket ; and that, inasmuch as the Civil Rights bill of this State has proved a failure, they will petition the next Congress to pass a proper and effi- cient law that will protect all the citizens of the United States in their rights ; and that, meantime, we, the colored citizens of New York, endorse the call of the Pennsylvania Civil Rights League for a national convention to meet in Washington on the 12th of Decem- ber next. From‘ all this it is evident that our colored citizens intend to hold the repub- lican party to its contract with them, and that, if they are still to be put off with fine words which butter no parsnips, these colored men are at least resolved to know the reason why. They do not intend to serve much longer as mere hewers of wood and drawers of water, with no thanks for their labor. The republican party will please take notice, or abide by the consequences. More Bad Indians—An Order to Strike the Cheyennes. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Mr. E. P. Smith, has, from Fort Sill, in the Indian Territory, advised the Secretary of the In- deemed necessary with the Comanches out there make it very importays thet the Chey- . ennes, raiding pear Prcoio, should be struck should have some enterprise and capacity in-1] and destro 4 ‘ A have : ‘ yed or captured. The Commis- fused into its government. While our debtand }} sioner thinks that if ce freebootin ig Coman- ches are struck a vigorous blow the other bribes of the Indian Territory will be restrained from joining them. In reply to this proposi- tion to striké the raiding Cheyennes Secretary Delano informs Mr» Smith that orders have been given by the War Department to strike them ticar Pueblo as soon.as possible, th the cause of humanity this action of the War Office, we think, cannot be too stromly commended. The government has some thn 6 hundred thousand Indians upon its hands, ai | west of the Mississippi, with the exception of a few small bands, and distributed (all but a few wild tribes) on reservations, mostly of great extent, from Minnesota to Oregon, and from the northern boundary of Dakota to the Mexican border of Arizona. Our red men on these reservations are necessarily left to a great extent as upon their parole of honor, and when they violate it and leave their reservations to try their luck upon the war- path, in the pursuit of drovers and their herds of cattle, and of omigrant trains, and of the scalps of frontior white settlers, these ‘bad Indians’’ should be promptly and soundly thrashed into submission. Hence wa heartily approve the order from the War Department was the anniversary of his wife's death, That | to ‘strike the raidi ennes Puebl custodian of the city’s treasure, the Chamber: | man must have hailed from Chiara, "pa a te . | thus set apart for a private celebration 08 p90n ag Pondible.” vartioulaxk ag the imume- terior, Mr. Delano, that the severe meacyras | diate chagtisement of these dofiant Cheyennes may preventa bloody war in the Indian Terri- tory. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE J. H, Ramsay, of Albany, is at the Windsor. Judge W. H. Hunt, of New Orleans, is at the New York Hotel. Budge W. F. Allen, of the Court of Appeals, ts at the Windsor. Commodore Inman, Wnited States Navy, ia at the Clarendon Hotel. Captain M. Sicard, United States Navy, yesterday arrived at the Astor House. Assistant Adjutant General Stonehouse, of Al- bany, is at the Astor House. Secretary Richardson and Comptroller Knox have returned to Washington. Governor Kellogg is on his way to New Orleans from this city, by way of Chicago. Chancellor John V. L. Pruyn, of Albany, has quarters at the Brevoort House. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour arrived at the St. Nicholas Hotel yesterday from Utica. Rear Admiral C. H. Davis yesterday arrivea at the Brevoort House from Washington. Professor Spencer F. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institute, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Winchester, of Con- necticut, is registered at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Indian Commissioner George H. Stuart, of Phila- delphia, has apartments at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Lord Amberley, Earl Russetl’s son, is to contest Monmouth borough at the next general election in England. A Miss Sturge is @ candidate of the Birmingham (England) Liberal Association for member of tle School Board, x Professor Peirce, of the United States Coast Sur- vey, yesterday returned to the Brevoort House from Washington, ‘Thomas Reynolds, President of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railroad Company, of Canada, is stay- ing at the Gilsey House. A Southern writer says that Northern men be- eve no man can be a gentleman unless he is able to steal a million dollars. Sergeant Hoff, whose bravery during the siege of Paris is well known, has been appointed guar- dian of the Vendome Column. Monsignor Capel thinks that Catholics are bound to oppose progress only so far as science may con- ict with their faith and revelation. Father O’Keefe, the mutinous parish priest of Callan, Ireland, has submitted to the Bisbop of his diocese and thus ended a celebrated controversy. Dr. Nelaton, the lately deceased French surgeon, showed, in his school days, the nerve firmness necessary for his future profession by dissecting leaves with a penknife, so as to exhibit the perfect skeletons, The Archbishop of Paris, the Journal des Debats thinks, would be the Peter the Hermit of a series of new crusades if the monarchy were restored in France. Jefferson Davis is suggested for the Chancellor- ship of the University of Georgia, vice Dr. A. A, Lipcomb, who proposes to resign. Jeff ought to be able to “teach the young idea how to shoot,’” MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT. BALTIMORE, Oct. 9, 1878, President Grant, with Secretary of War Belknap, Postmaster General Cresswell and Genefal Bab- cock, visited the Maryland State Agricultural Fair at Pimlico to-day. During the aiternoon the Presidential party occupied the judges’ stand wit- ert! the trotting contest, The party leit at five o'clock. ITALIAN OPERA. “Lucia di Lammermoor” in New York and Brooklyn Last Night—The Stra- kosch and Maretzek Troupes Interpret= ing the History of the Bride of Lam- mermoor at the Same Time. “Lucia,” since its first production at Naples, nearly forty years ago, under the direction of the composer, has heid a high position in popularity by reason of its intense dramatic situations, which give to the prima donna and tenor ample oppor- tunities to create a furor. Persiani and Duprez were the first Lucia and Edgardo, and aiter them came an illustrious line of artists in these roles. Lucy Ashton has been represented by Jenny Lind, Dolores Nan, Catherine Hayes, Sontag, Gazzaniga, Frezzolini and Nilsson, and the principal Edgardos have been Kubini, Sims Reeves, Fras- chini, Mario and Brignoli. Despite the defects in the instrumentation of this opera, which is so noisy in some scenes that it nullifies the dramatic character of the vocal parts, this is consid- ered as one of the best of Donizetti’s works, There are some exquisite numbers in it, and it would be difficult to match in Italian opera the grand concerted vocal piece, in the bridal scene, the sestet “Chi mi frena.”’ Although founded on Scott's novel, the librettist, Cammarano, has widely de- parted from the original, and little of the history of the unhappy Bride of Lammermoor may be gleaned from the three acts of the opera. In this opera, in which the American public always lake an interest, two companies appeared last night—that of Mr. Strakosch, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and tnat of Mr. Maretzek, at the Grand Opera House. The criticisms on these per- formances, which we present below, will give a fair idea of the calibre of the two companies, and willdemonstrate the fact that New York—Brooklyn being a suburb—has become one of the operatic capitals of the world. THE STRAKOSCH COMFANY IN “LUCIA.” Brooklyn, bever enthusiastic over opera or music of any description, with the exception, perhaps, of congregational singing, furnished the manager last night at her Academy with something less than half a house, Our friends across the water prefer coming to New York, it seems, for their amusements. Tney missed, in consequence, last evening @ very enjoyable, even performance, which, without possessing any extraordinary feature, was eminently satisfactory in its principal points. The first of the cast that calls for atten- tion inpriority of appearance was Signor Del Pu- ente, Who was the representative of the vindictive Henry Ashtoo—a rather queer departure from the Sholto of the novel. His “amiabie’’ feelings towards the Master of Ravenswood were ex- pressed in the opening aria, ‘Cruda, funesta sma- nia,” in a full, well cuitivated voice, but without any Pi eae he ee ed - ; perceptinte expression, ‘Th the "Za plefa de in sud javore” the freshness of the voice compensated, to & great extent, for the absence of fervor. Alter the beautifal harp sclo which precedes the first | appearance of Lucia Mile, Torriani was heara in the aria which Jenny Lind once made famons, but which since ter day has been lightly dealt With by prime donne, This is “Regnava silen zig,” the instrumentation of which ts of & mixed natave in the combination of reeds and strings, and i# pot agreeable, Mile, Torriant then sang the Norid “Quando rapita in estasi’ with ease fand smoothness, showing considerable powers of execution, & young, fresh voice, capable also of emotional effect. Her appearance is very prepos- sessing and her acting graceful, although her youth does not allow of her reaching that higher plane on which the great Lucias of operatic lils- tory stand. ‘The duets, “Sulla tomba’ and “Verrano 1a sall aure,” which form the leading features of the frat act, were given, the former with delicacy and grace and the latter with spirit and energy, by Mile, ‘Torriani and Signor Campanini, The high , lotes of the tenor at the conclusion of the a % rang out with @ clearness of tone and em 1 of delivery that oe Sean ah wegitand Oh, scene Bro “Fine second aet, where he persuades Net £9 forse Ke the Master of Kavenswo rod letter, Was rather tame on the p bat “ie, whose really fine voice iacks, as yet, the ate ri) fire of the lyric artist. The gem o ~-} macted «Gh mt frena,” was timely given, @neh M4 ie seatet being clearly de ined aan as Sane fonts yee being particn ¥ brillian Lettec: Sy acting of Campanini in this scene, tive, Th ‘\enetrating quality of his voice, an organ ‘shness and sweciness, ever in quality of ta lowest to 168 heat Boas Ae ieiee: ‘ats of passiol > Tete cere dominating feature, Tho ‘atall tne TOF ‘the succeeding stretta next act Is, of course, the Mile, the fine, 5 of rare fre tone from, ble of unea sion at time cartain shou and dishevelied hair and sang the florid music which abounds in this scene very commendably, and executed her runs aud cadénzas with tae flute with precision and a certain of deli- cacy of Ca the cna, of pews iungte power was ting, wecpliaal mn of & order can only be accorded her efforts toes scene ‘The last airs of the tenor in the opera, ‘Fra poce ame” and ‘Tu che @ Dio spiegasti,” were deliv- ered by Qampanint in @ manner that dis the rich qualities of his voice, but in both of them he was strangely cold, lacking in the fervor and pas- sion that they demande: Donizetti has never written anything that calls for more dramatic dre than these two arias, and no voice, however beau- titul it may be, can suffice for a want of soul on the part of the singer in their rendition. The chorus was admirable, as usual, but Signor Muzio should endeavor to curb the exuberance of tone in the orchestra. German instrumentalists are too apt to confound quantity with quality of tone, and violinists will saw away and horn blowers will breathe into their instruments as if each was the archangel’ trump. It may be an impossibility at the present time outside of Thomas! orchestra, but we should like to hear the mstramental depart- ment of an opera susceptible or a fair degree of expression. As Brooklyn cannot furnish an audi- ence sufficient to compensate for ¢he cranaporta- tion of an opera company from the metropolis, Mr. Strakosch has wisely determined to leave her operaless for the balance of the season, fe ‘THE MARBTZEK COMPANY IN “LUCLA."? Mile. Iima di Murska made her second appear- ance at the Grand Opera House iast night aa Lucia in “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Signor Tamberlik taking the part ot gardo, The success of the opera, which was very great, depended entirely upon these two artists. Besides Signor Mari, the barytone, the rest of the cast was utterly weak and inefficient, and vhe chorus was almost a useless appendage. Of Mari’s singing, also, little ts to be said, the bass notes in his voice Piepondoraos so completely as to de- stroy the harmony in the few effective scenes wit which he Was entrusted. Nothing oc- curred worthy of mention till after the entrance of Di Murska, and it was not till she sung the “Quando repita in estasi’? that she gained @ dai te appreciation and spontaneous recogni- tion, In the cadenza at the cnd of tie frst aria she displayed her bravura singing with the admi- rable tact and grace which are its chief character- istics; but its beauty only became apparent as she advanced in her part. In the grand duo which closes the first act she sepporied. and sustained Tamberlik’s magnificent declama- tion with great effect, embellishing his fine phresing and splendid art with ities which he lacks, their completeness, rinserra” he again demonstrated that admirable method which has enabied him to remain the kin, of tenors through so many years. ‘The blending of Di Murska’s notes with his as the duo proceeded was something so delicious that we cannot find words of peaue too warm for its commendation. It would have been easy to have rendered tne great tenor belplens, ag we saw him on a previous occasion; but, instead of gaining a triumph over him, Di Murska assisted and upheld him, and gained a Hotes triumph with him, fhe second act was only notable for the mar- riage scene, upon which the curtain falls, the sestet, “Chi mifrena intal nomen” begianing with the clear ringing declamation of Tamberlik, not a word missing the ear, and as it proceeded once more, enriched by Di Murska’s friendly and sym- pethetic assistance, was a splendid episode. A hearty encore, wellearned, rewarded this effort, and ‘if the scene had closed the opera, as it generally is for the better that it snoula, the triumph would have been considered complete, Strangely enough, the third act in this instance added to the interest, because it was dis- tinguished by two unusual and exceptional merits. Di Murska, in the “mad scene,” showed herself ossessed of more than ordinary dramatic power. lad she not been @ singer she would have become an actress of rare merit, There was- nothing in her acting out of harmony either with the music or the true conception of tle picture which Sir Walter Scott painted of the unfortunate Lucy Ash- ton, Driven to madness by the success which attended the persistent efforts of her brother in forcing the unwelcome lover ar the poor girl as @ busband, the dénouement is one of the most startling in history or in literature, but it is utterly without imterest in a dramatic or lyric form. Di Murska acts and sings the novelist’s ideal with great force at the same time that she brings into prominence only the finer traits of the poor irl’s sad mistortune. The scene was interrupted by the presentation to the prima donna of two white pigeons, and though such ostentatious dis- plays are usually detrimental, in this case it was not so reprehensible, for it was made to harmonize somewhat with the scene, and at least it was not more absurd than the exit the composer has con- trived for the heroine of the opera. Signor Tamberlik did his finest execution of the evening in the “Fra poco a me ricovero,” his voice exhibiting something of its old power and bru "9 back remembrances of his former glories. This was the second recompense for the last act of the opera, and the two were well worth what was lost by the continuation of the story the climax wi reached. In the scene — Tauberlil was exceedingly tender, and in every note he breathed the true spirit of the master of Ravenswood dying, since his hate and his love no longer had anything upon which to expend themselves, In rare in- stances it is possible to give an enjoyabie operatic representation with a weak cast, and this was one ofthem. DiMurska and Tamberlik concentrated all the interest in themselves and achieved a triumph in spite of general inefMiciency in orchestra, chorus and the rest of the cast. Mme. Lucca appears to-night in “La Favorite.” SALVINI AS THE GLADIATOR. Signor Salvyini appeared last evening at the Academy of Music, in a tragedy by A. Samuet, en- titled “The Gladiator.” In yesterday’s HERALD we gave a brief résumé of the plot, which we need not now reproduce. It is sufficient to say that the action turns upon the guilty love of the wicked Empress Faustina for Flavian, a Roman patrician. Her rival is Neodamia, a beautiful slave of Flavian's and a convert to Christianity, wnom the latter is about to wed, The machinations of the Empress to make away with her rival are foiled by the Giad- ator’s rugged manhood, who finally, when about to execute the girl in the Amphitheatre, discovers her to be his daughter Faustina, saves his life and hers, because, by an oracle, the life of Neodamia is said to be bound up with that of Cwsar, the son of the Empress. A Roman mob rises and slays Cesar, and when Neodamia is about to fall Into its hands the Gladiator slays her, and then, oddly enough, becomes a Christian and prophesies the passage of the fifteenth amend- ment. There is & great deal of speechiness in the writing of the piece, and long declamatory efforts: are the results. The devotion of the early Chris- tians to their banned religion is a good subject tor reading ofa Sabbath evening; but long ovations: on the matter from the Christians them- selves are wearisome. Hence Origen (not the great Christian of that ilk) imspires little interest, The character of the Empress is forcibly drawn. In the hands of Signora Pia- monti she was indeed the woman ior whons “the devil threw dice with God,” according to Swine- burne, The rugged strength, the great manly heart and the rude eloqnence of the Thracian slave were finely rendered by Salvini in his as- sumption of the Gladiator. It is a part whose physical needs suit his nature, and he held the audience finely from the beginning of the play, where he commences in impassioned tones to recite the heartrending story of his wrongs. This was done in his best manner that 3, With an exhibition of overpowering force. Where in the third act he reproaches the statue of Jupiter with not being the god of the poor, he again brought down the house, as in his impotent by he strikes the stone. In the fourth acthe ined his next triumph. This was in the ampni- fireatre scene. The discovery of a daughter under unexpected circumstances is an’ ancient stage dsvice, but it was magnificently met by Salvini. ‘The setting and dressing of this scene were credit- able. In the last act, where all the physical ter-- rors accumulate, Salvini was again equal to ther task. Indeed, there seems no possible limit to the: amonut of mental anguish and torture whieh thise Ttalian actor can depict ina look. His implacable hate of the implacable Empress m the nour of their common danger was revealed in bursts of passion which fairly shook the theatre. When he plunges the dagger into his daughter's breast, to save her from a Worse fate, his acting was fas- cinatingly awful. It was the point beyond the climax of endurance in man where ail sacredness the shamefuiness of the only of life falls before are a to be expected In such a character, ire ements Faustina was a fue perform~ ora amo! super The patt 18 overweight tong; speeches, but her great ability brought out the 1e-' line nature of the kmpress with wonderful fidelity, ‘As the young Christian convert Neodamia, Signo! Pia Serafina deserves a kind word, but the of the cast was, a9 usual, not particularly briniant. A Roman ‘patrician with @ small black mustache isan absurdity, yet Havian wore the same adorn- ment on his upper lip 8 was seen in Cassiow There was, a good house, which gave the two principal ‘periormers several recalls, ora, Fea Sign onti evidently being on the rise in popular Vor. "on ‘Saturday a matinée of Othello will be given by the Salvini troupe at Watlack's. RETURN OF THE YELLOWSTONE BSCORT. OmAmA, Oct. 9, 1873. Six companies of the Eighth mfantry ana foar of the Ninth, returning from the Yellowstone country, came down the river on the steamer Josephine this morning. DEATH OF A PROMINENT OLEROYMAN, New ORLBANS, Oct. 9, 1873. Very Reverona H, Gand, of the Society of Mary, President of the St. Mary Jefferson College, parish of St. James, died here yesterday, after an illness of onty tl He was one of the most dis- the prima donna. formes iu her ‘White drass Cy ee peioate, of this archdiocese, and was in sue prime of lies ae