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NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1873—TRIPLE SHEXT. WASHINGTON. ee Ben Butler Gives Pinchback a Chance for the Senate. Smith, of Louisiana, Admitted to the House. Disoussion in the Senate on Senator Mor- Till’s Financial Scheme. WaAsuinaron, Dec. 3, 1873. Butler’s Move To Put Pinchback in the Senate. Much to the surprise of everybody in the House two-day Butler moved to lay the resolution to ad- mit Pinchback on the table. After some opposition from Beck, who wanted to have a vote on it, the resolution was laid on the table. The object of this move of Butler’s is undoubtedly to give Pinchback time to get into the Senate, failing in which he will be admitted to the House. ‘The action of the House in the case clearly indi- cates what may be expected from the great major- ity which the republicans have in the body. Cox very indiscreetly made a party attack upon the republicans, thus making it a party question, with the result seen, Had he followed the course of Lamar and other democrats on the West Virginia case, who never even once alinded to it as a party question, it is the general opinion that the result would have been similar. Whe Back Pay Sill and Its Chances, Some effort was made by several to get the Dill reducing the pay of members referred, but the House adjourned before taking any action thereon. It is evident the republicans believe that the re- peal of the increase of salaries will give their party a clear bill of health to cover over the Mobiller and other frauds, and save the republican party. Mr. Hale, of Maine—doubtless inspired by his mentor, Speaker Blaine—is making himself particularly ofmMcious in the matter; but they will make very little capital by it, as, from present indications, the democrats will vote as unit for the increase, The Olid Committee on Foreign Relations To Be Continued—The Democrats, as Usual, Get Two Committees. . The committee appointed by the republican Sen- ate caucus to-day to revise the standing commit- tees of that body have completed their duty, Although the committee decline to furnish imjormation to the press in advance of their report to the caucus, it has been as- certained from a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations that the committee will be the same as at the organization of the Senate in March last—namely, Cameron, Chairman ; Norton, Hamhn, Howe, Frelinghuysen, Conkling and Schurz. Bout- well, who entered the Senate after the organiza- tion of the committee in March, will go on either the Committee of Commerce or Finance, There will be probably 2 changes in all, Vacancies are left in the list to be filled at the suggestion of the democratic Senators as heretofore, among which 1s the chair- manship of the Committee on Engrossed Bills, for- merly occupied by Mr, Casserly. The democrats being allowed the chairmanships of two commit- tees—namely, the Private Land Claims and En- grossed Bills—Senator Thurman is now chairman Of the former committee. Liberal Republicans Object To Being Classed as Democrats. The liberal republicans have signified their Wish that the republicans do not class them as democrats, and will accept such places as may be assigned them on the committees by the caucus. Senator Sumner will, it is said, to-night be appointed on a committee by the re- publicans, perhaps as a member of a contem- plated new committee, The Contract tor the Five Per Cent Lean Not to Be Renewed. The contract with the bankers composing the syndicate for placing the five per cent loan expired on Monday last and will not be renewed. The Secretary of the Treasury will determine in a few days the plan of future operations. A Timely Reminder. Ae the republican Senators were assembling to- day in the ladies’ reception room at the Capitol for the purpose of holding a caucus, Senators Gor- don, of Georgia, and Ransom, of North Carolina, both democrats, who were not aware of the use the rooms had been for the time set apart for, at- | tempted to enter. ‘The doorkeeper politely in- formed them they could not go in, At this Senater Ransom got indignant and asked the em- ployé if he knew who he was, reminding him at the same time that he was a Senator and had the right of access to the public rooms of the Senate. The pariey blocked the way of those en- titlea to admission, and Senator Robertson, of South Carolina, learning the cause, said:—‘Let in the penitent sinners,” The democratic Senators withdrew their demand for admission and found more congenial atmosphere nearer the Senate chamber, Serenade to Horace Maynard. Representative Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, ‘was serenaded to-night at the Ebbitt House. Among those in the room adjoining the balcony trom which he spoke were President Grant aud several members of the Cabinet and ®& number of Senators and Representatives. In the course of his remarks he said that the people of Tennessee would see for themselvs whether the present agitation on the subject of Cuban affairs boded war or peace, They have read the protocol, which was honorable to the United States and not dishonorable to Spain, and will 100k to the President as a leader of peace in this transaction, while they will not forget the wisdom and caution of the Secretary of State, through whom the instrument was consummated. Civti Service at Cincinnati and St. Louis. The President has designated Surveyor R. H. Stevenson and Assistant Treasurer William KE, Davis to be assoeiate members of the Civil Service Board at Ctncinnan, and Assistant A, G. Edwards and Deputy Surveyor H P, Wyman to be associate members of the Board at St. Louts. Mr. Charles ‘Lyman, of the Treasury Board, will act as substitute for the Chief Examiner in the examinations soon to be held in St, Louis and Cincinnati. The candi- dates for examination in St. Louts, about 70 in nomber, are summoned to appear on the 9th inst. Capture of Thieves in the Indian Ter- ritory. Telegrams received here announce the capture by Lieutenant Kerr, of the Sixth cavalry, with 25 men of Company K, Sixth cavalry, of a number of thieves, who have been acpredating in Indian Ter- ritory for some months, running offgstock stolen from Kansas into Texas and from Texas into Kan- sas and Missouri, Liewtenant Kerr aad his force acted a8 & pose comitatus to assist adeputy mar- shalin serving warrants upon the gang. They were eight in number, and were surrounded by the marshal and the troops near Cavin Creek, Indian ‘Territory, having with them 70 horses and mules and about 200 cattle, No shots were fired, as the thieves made no resistance. They were taken into custody by the marshal, and will be tried for grand larceny by the civil courts. The troops protected the raiders after their capture, as several Texans who discovered tieir property in the hands of the gang were disposed to execute summary yen- geance without waiting for legal trial, Senator Morrill’s Predilection for Silver, Seaator Morrill, who was for years a country trader at Strafford, Vt, and whose financial edu- eation consisted in buying butter cheap, to be paid Jor in calico at high rates, is out against inflation and in favor of a return to fourpence-halfpennies and ninepennies of silver. Good for Vermont, perhapa, but not for the Union. In Favor of Baron Bot!c Pardon. The many friends here of Baron Gauldree de Boileau, who was Secretary of the French Lega- jon and then French Consul General at New York, but Who is better known as a son-in-law of Colonel Benton, are endeavoring to xecure his pardon. He ‘Was sentenced, it will be remembered, to imprison. ‘ment, ior naving ometany endorsed the Fremont Southern Pacific Railroad scheme, but no one who knew him believes thas he was aware of the fraudulent nature of the acheme. Opposition to Inveluntary Bankruptcy. ‘There is to be a stormy effort made to secure the | repeal of the bankrupt law provision for involun- | tary bankruptcy, a# recommended by the Presi- | dent, but it will be resisted by many Congressmen whose political friends have been fortanate enough to get positions under the law, where they are amassing large sums in the shape of fees, Secretary Fish’s Documents Edited This Time. The oMcial despatches of Secretary Fish, which are to be published a8 8 portion of the documents accompanying the President’s Message, will not be much ¥f any over half ag voluminous as were those of last year, They have been carefully edited and scrutinized by Assistant Secretary Davis, who has taken care that no paragraphs have crept in, as in previous years, which have sadly disturbed Veniente cordiale with friendly Powers. The West Virginia Election. The validity of the election held in August and October last in West Virginia came up in the House on a motion to admit Davis, who ¢elaims to have been elected in August, on the day of the adoption of the new constitution. Though Davis isa democrat of the straightest kind he was op- posed by several of his party, while, on the oti@r hand, Butler and other republicans supported his claim toa seat. The desire of the democrats who opposed his admission was to refer the legality of the August election’to acommittee. Tnough It seemed doubtful whether this would be accom. plished it was finally done, owing chiefly to the very able speech of Lamar, of Alabama, The Louisiana Disputed Election. The case of Smith and Davidson, of Louisiana, next came up, Davidson was ademocrat and his case was championed by Cox and opposed by But- ler. This is perhaps one of the most extraordinary cases that has ever come up in the Hoose, and the deciston of the House in admitting Smith ts one of the grossest acts of usurpation that im all proba- bility has ever occurred in @ legislative body, ex- ceeding, as a New York republican remarked in private, the worst acts of “Boss” Tweed's Legis- latare in his palmiest days, It was clearly shown that the certificate of election was given to Smith three days after the election, when there could by no possibility be any returns received to justify or base his election on, the district in which he ran being 800 miles long and there being no railroad or telegraph by which they could be received in so short a time. Still Strengthening tne Naval Force in Cuban Waters, The Navy Department is still busily engaged in strengthening the forces at and about Key West and Cuba, and providing for a heavy force in these waters, Several of the most experienced engi- neers in the service have been in con- sultation with the Secretary with refer- ence to the workings of the Engineer Depart- ment. Nearly ail the important orders that are considered necessary ina time of emergency have been issued; but there is no indication what- ever of a relaxation of the energy that has charac- terized the department since the commencement of the Spanish complications, Oficial reports from the senior officer at Key West represent the naval force there as strong and effective. Naval Orders. Lieutenant Sharrer is ordercd to the Hydro- graphic Office at Washington, D. 0. Ensigns Halliday and Milton, and Midshipmen Dabney and Stanton are ordered to the Franklin. Master Gant ts ordered tothe tron-clad Terror. Lieutenant Gibson and Passed Assistant Pay- master Hulbart are ordered to recuruiting duty at Burlington, Vt First Assistant Engineer Broom is detached from the New York Navy Yard and orderea to temporary duty on the iron-clad Manhattan. Second Assistant Engineer Selden from the Saugus, and ordered to the Manhattan, Second Assistant Engineer Stevenson from the Frolic, and ordered to special duty at the Morgan Iron Works, at New York, Nominations by the Presidente The President eent to the Senate to-day for con- firmation a very large number of nominations and promotions made during the recess, Among the more prominent are the following :— Lieutenant Colonel George Crook, to be Brigadier General; Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, to be Minister to Russia; Joun A. Binghain, of Ohio, to be Minister to Japan; W, L. Rdg ie of Georgia, to be Minister to the United States of Colombia; Geor, Williamson, of Louisiana, to be Minister to the Central American States; J. M. Read, Jr., to be Minister to Greece; A. 'T. A. Torbet, of Delaware, to be Consul General at Paris. Collectors of Internal Revenue.—A. P. Ketchum, for the Ninth New York district; J, P. Curtis, for the Thirteenta New York district; J. A. Henry, for the Tenth New York district; B, Deval, for the Twenty- sixth New York district; J. P. Hooker, tor the Nineteenth New York district; Max Weber, for the Second New York district; K. P. Lathrop, for the Fourteenth New York district; E. Ruhe, for the Sixth Pennsylvania district; D. F. Williams, for the Fifteenth Pennsylvania district; W. B. Elliott, for the First Pennsylvania district; E. A. Chase, for the Twelfth Pennsylvania district; D, F. Hoilister, for the Second Connecticut district; B. F. Wallis, for the Ninth Massachusetts district. Charles Gilpin, tor Surveyor of Customs for Bal- timore, Md. Postmasters.—Cnarles B. Talbot, at Brooklyn, N. ©. Negley, at Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs, Clara A. ols, at Fort Leavenworth; Mrs. S. 8. Farrell, cee Ky.; Mrs. Lucy M. Porter, at Louis- ville, Ky. Indian Inspectors (ander the Act of February 19, 1873).—William Vandever, of lowa; J.C, O'Connor, ot New York; E. C. Kemble, of New York; F. H. Daniels, of Minnesota; J. D. Bevier, of Michigan. The President sent to the Senate to-day the nomination of James F, Stratton, to be Sur veyor- eae for California, vice Hardenburgh re- signed, LEGISLATORS ON THE MESSAGE. ° WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 1873. The average sentiment of members of Congress on the-President’s Message, after conversing with anumber of Senators and Representatives, may be summed up as follows:—It meets but faint praise as a State paper, and in many parts is severely criticised, Opening with what is regarded as @ thinly disguised lament over the fall of Jay Covoke and the financial allies of the administration, a careful perusal discovers no | allusion whatever to the loss by death of the Chief Justice since the last meeting of Congress. A few local and isolated victories for the Grangers in re- cent elections are expanded into an extinction of party lines in politics, and the personal audience granted by the Chinese Emperor to the foreign Ministers at his court isgiven undue prominence in the Message. The motley crew sent to Vienna are dnbbed as practical artisans and scientists, against notorious tacts to the | contrary. A brief and non-committal paragraph announcing the application of President taez for a protectorate over the Dominican Republic puts the Samana Bay speculation beiore Congress, where the parties in interest are left to do what they can in carrying through their scneme. So far as the Message reveals @ state Of peace with all the world but Spain it meets with ap- proval, and the President’s abstention from compromising allusion to affairs on our Mextcan frontier is received in the same spirit, as is also the proposition to define and itmit the citizenship rights of Americans, who practi- cally sever themseives from the country and its interests. ‘The suggestion that Congress shall be limited in its special sessions to such matters as are brought forward by the Executive is not well received by the mombers of that body, but @ larger measure of acquiescence 1s given to the proposition that the President shal be armed with power to veto ob- | jectionavie parts of bills presented for iis ap- proval. ‘The discontinuance of extravagant appropria- tions for neediess public buildings, and of har- bo d river {mprovements not demanded by the general interests of commerce, is admitted to be a good recommendation; but, as part of the political Machinery of the dominant party, they are not ey ba permanently eradicated from the legis- ion o| "eS, ‘The best praised featare of the whole document 1s the sound treatment of the slavery question in Ouva; but regret is expressed by many that the document becomes sadiy muddled inattempting to define and explain the Telations of the Casino Es Pafol to the supreme government at Madrid, The financial topica o1 the Message are the parts that have been the most anxiousiy read and that five the least satisiaction. The frank admission that they are “simply thrown out’? saves thei from the severer criticism that Would have jul } lowed if they had laid pretension to tne character of well digested propositions, But the point is made against the M that notbing of such grave consequence sho be presen’ tw Con- gress and to the country in such a form that docs hot appear and claim to be the result of profound study and competent advice. It is also charged against the Message that, in straining after an elastic currency, it loses #1 the evils of fuctuation altogether, and that @ whole train of fallacies follow the mistaken view that a circulating medium is wealth itself, and net ainere representative of wealth, with silver deposed a8 4 standard of value throughout the commercial world, and gold as a leading product ef American cee, on the Pacific Slope. The idea conveyed in the Message, that they should be prevented from entering into our exports and kept at home till cheapeneéd enough to admit of specie resumption, 1s received by the business men in Congress as & startling proposition in political economy. ‘The idea that the business of the country can be takem in hand by Congress and its speculative elements eliuminaved by legislation is similarly ridiculed, ‘The prevailing opinion seems to be that the effect of the financial parts of the Message, #0 far as any effect can be predicted, will be to strengthen the cause O! free banking by exposing the futility of overnment interierence, actual or proposed, with he banking system of the country, An uninten. tional slap is given to the Freedmen’s Ba! with its n@merous Southern branches, in the statement that the volume of currency is virtually contracted bs the habit of the eesti of hoarding. or Cer ng he i ocke' ‘01 e Wait savin, ries soll peta ts iw The somewhat leugthy objection to the Bank- Tupt law, as it now stands, 18 characterized a8 @ return to the opening plaint in behalf of Jay Cooke, Objection is taken to the President's partiality for the erection of special tribunals at Washington to settle claims against the government, when sale and economical agencies already exist in the federal district courts for the determination of all mghts between the government and ita creditors, and the proposition to estab- lish statutes of limitation against private persons who have, or proless to have, reclamations against the government, is denounced in interested cir cles a# a mild jorm of repudiation, The enormous evil of gigantic and fraudulent claims, settled and resettled time and again, 1s alleged to spring from the withholding of jurisdiction from the courta over such cases; and the centralization of the business tm the hands of departmental oMcers and the Claime Committees of Congress, All this leads to the inflation and fabrication of claims to provide the means of bribery and the expense oO! hiring in- fluentlal attorneys, abuses which might be ended, itis asserted, by simplilying and cheapening the process of récovering debts due by the govern- ment to the citizen. EXTRACTS FROM THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE, Important Points in International Rela- tions Presented by the United States Ministers to Foreign Powers. WASHINGTON, Deo, 3, 1873. The following extracts are made from the diplo- Matic correspondence :-— Our Minister to the Argentine Republic reports to the Department of State certain dificuities and obstructions which militate against an increase of commerce between the United Staves and the River Plate countries, Not to speak of the want of direct steam communication, be mentious, first, the necessity that all ireight seut by steamer trom New York to the River Plate must be landed at Ro, various Custom House charges and pass @ tedious Custom House process, Even the houses Of business that have responsible agents at Rio have their guods delayed there from two to four Months, Six months is not an unusual delay tor packages of valuable merchandise which have been shipped by steamer in hope of aquick arrival The second obstruction 18 the neglect and refusal of the United States line of steamers from New York to Rio to encourage the quick passage of freight and maiis to the River Plate, Ii the mails could arrive regularly and promptly 6 would enable merchants to pisos @ greater confidence in their transactions with their correspondents In the States, and conse- quently increase the amount of these transactions. It small packages of merchandise, and especially samples, could be sent by steamer without any de- lay at Rio, it would cause a very large increase of orders for certain classes of goods, and create a market tor many articles that are now practically excluded from these countries. It i8 understood, although our Minister cannot speak with certainty, that the cost to Brazil atone in the Paraguayan war was not less than 000,000. The. independence of Paraguay is nominal rather than actual. The obiigation im- poeed upon her people by the recognition of the razilian indemnity is far beyond their ability to meet. Minister Low informs the Department of State that the Prince and Ministers of China have on several Occasions expressed their satisfaction at the generous and kind reception of the 80 Chinese students who leit in June jast for the United States, and the sending of the second instalment two months earlier than the date originally fixed on shows that the undertaking has thus far more than met the expectations of its promoters. It from the diplomatic correspondence that the Haytien government, in August last, ex- pen its desire for a treaty of peace with St. mingo, bat the Dominican government refused “to listen to the proposition until the Haytiens shall have plainly shown by their acts that they desire to live as neighbors, Our Minister to Ecuador suggests the establiish- ment of American shipping connections as the Means requisite for the restoration of Spanish- American commerce. The matter oi imports will amount to nothing when such lines areaftorded. As naturally as rivers seek the sea will Spanish-Amer- ican commerce turn to North American marts when the proper aqueducts are afforded. Our Minister a’ erlin says the German govern- ment would probably take measures for such a change mm the laws a8 would subject emigrant agents to more siringent control, {f not prohibit them aitogether. Meanwhile, the Saxon govern- ment, without awaiting the result of the delibera- tions of tue government of the Empire, has already issued an order expelling from its territory ail agents of emigration who do not possess the right of German citizenship. The Secretary of State, in June last, addressed a letter to our Minister at the Hawatian Islands against the importation of coolies, saying it isa grave consideration for the the vernment of those islands whether they will so far brave public opinion elsewhere as to incur the imputation of countenancing that which is virtaally the ve trade, under another name, for the purpose of sup- Piying the labor aemand, FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, First Session, SENATE. WASHINGTON, Dec, 3, 1873. The Senate was called to order at noon. Alter the presentation of a number of petitions of a private nature, Mr. FENTON, (rep.) of N. Y., intro- duced a bill to provide for the better protection of the northern and northwestern frontier and to facilitate commerce between the States, PEMBINA TERRITORY. Mr. Ramsey, (rep.) of Minn., introduced a bill to organize the Territory of Pembina aud to provide a temporary government therefor. MORMON APFAIRS. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N. J., introduced | a bill to aid in the execution of the laws in the ‘verritory of Utah and for other purposes. in intro- ducing tuis bill Mr, Frelinghuysen said that the President last session sent a special message to Congress on this question, A bill was then per- fected, but did not pass, He had embodied all the amendments to that bill in this, and hoped it would be considered soon. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Mr. Hircncock, (rep.) of Neb., introduced a bill | to construct a fireproof building at Nebraska City, Neb. Bills were introduced by Mr. Davis, (cem.) of W. Va., appropriating $160,000 for constructing a government building at Charlestown, W. Va. PAYING THE PUBLIC DEBT. By Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.)"of Ohio—To provide for the redemption of the loan of 1858, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue, in exchange tor any of said bonds, an equal amount, at par, of ave per cent bonds of the funded loan, under the act of July 14, 1870, and the amendatory act of ‘Jana- ary 20, 1871, and declaring 1t to be the intention of the United States to pay all the coupon bonds of said loan Of 1858 0n the Ist cay of January, Is74, except such ag the holders thereor may ‘elect, within six months trom said date, to exchange ior five per cent bonds of tlie tmnded loan, with in- terest from said January, 1. “INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, Mr. PRart, (rep.) of Ind., submitted @ resolutio instructing the Committee on the Judiciary te i quire whether Congress has constitutional au thority to create corporations jor constructing railroads or canals penetrating two or more States, aud whether rates of railroad roads chartered by States, wich, by consolidation, have continuous lines ronuig through two or more States. ORRGON APFATRS. Mr, MITCHELL, (rep.) of Oregon, introduced a bill granting the right of way to the Canyonville aud Galeville Railroad, in Oregon, and providing for the erection of # custom house at Portiand, Oregot for ascertaining and Also, & resolution providin ing the losses sustained by citizens of Oregon y reason of Indian depredations. Also, a resol tion instructing the Comsnittee on Commerce to inquire into the expediency of constracting a har- or of refuge for vessels in distress on the Pacific Ocean at Port Oxiord, Oregon. FEDERAL AID FOR THE BRIE AND OSWRGO CANALS. Mr. Fenton's bill to provide for the better pro- tection of the Northwest frontier, &c., provides jor @ Joan Of $5,000.000 in United States 10-50 4-12 por cent bonds, to be made by the United States gov- ernment to the State of New York for the purpose of e Ing the aoerecse and one tier of locks on the and Oswego canals to & capacity to vessels of war 25 Jeet in widtn and 200 feet in ngth, and merchant vessels of 600 tone burden, propelled by steam, wherever said canals are less than 52 feet wide upon the bottom. ‘The bill also provides that after the payment of the debt for wuich these canal revenues are now constitutionally pledged, and after these canals are thus enlarged, their net revenue shall be pels into the Treasury of the United States un- til the proposed joan of $8,000,000 is repaid. Bonds are to be issued upon the report of the Comimis- sioners, a& the work progresses, every three months. - SENATOR MORRILL’S FINANCIAL SCOEMR. At half-past twelve o’clock Mr. MORKILL, (rep.) of Vt, began to address the Senate on his resolu- tion offered on Monday, instructing the Committee on Finance to consider the expediency of reporting @ bill providing for free banking and resumption of neces Pariaent on January 1, 1875. Mr. MORRILL said it might not be the best time for discreet legisiation during @ panic, but in view of our notes being so nearly at par now, the ready markets for ail our products, &c., he thought it would be thexcusable neglect on the part of our legislators not to take gdvantage of all concurring sx | vee iy tor 2 a 8 ee PAAR e people shou leved of the anxjety o fue ations of papel a SnrrEey— “What Nether would have ventured at the close Of our war in 1866 to have predicted that nine long yearg would elapse and not bring our currency’ to a specie “standard? How could it be demanded of the Sec- retary of the Treasury to enunciate any finan ial policy white Congresa remained silentt le would not pitomps ta play gravel in the shoes of the administration, bué hé would endeavor t stir upthe ambition of ali, and especially that o' the present Congress, to lift the country out of the present slough of depreciated currency. On Hnancial subject the people expect Congress to jJead the way. It isthe duty of the government to rovide @ sound currency, not only for itsel! but or the people, Our commerce is to be regulated by Congress, but it can only be regulated through the instrumentality of a sound currency. Could e83 shirk the duty of statesmen and in- | Congr definitely postpone the day of our deliverance from depreciated paper curreney ? He did not dare to hope thas he would be able to remove the objec- tions lingering in the minds of many, but would try to show the evils arising from our present con- dition, Our experience does not differ trom that of other countrice, It was easy enough to plun; into @ paper currency, but the return was difficult. Paper money (so-called) is not redeemable at the will of the owner, is not money. It had been claimed that our paper had not depreci: bat gold had risen in vaiue. The same thing ha often beep said before with us. It could not be reasonably claimed tbat gold had risen in value, when it is so notorious that its influx from the Pacific coast and from Australia had decreased its value, Some had gone 60 {ar as to claim that the government might transfer Its whole indebtedness into the semblance of money, but they forgot the manly utterance of Genel Grant’s maugural Again the champions of a paper currenoy appeared with their argument of the confidence the penne have in the government. It is not @ question of doubt of ability, but a ques- tion of the intention of the Sovera iat to feck ‘There was plenty of confidence in the ability of the government to pay, but, unfortunately, Congress would not let it pay. The perpetual flow of gold abroad had been a perpetual advertisement of the aepreciation of our currency. All of our bonds find their highest appreciation in specie paying markets abroad, and he must ask how long this state of affairs must continue. Should no effort be madeto cure it, our depreciated currency would be handed down from generation to generation as an incurable rege Let the growing suspicion that no steps re to be taken towards the resumption of specie payments go on, and we shall surely recede from such payments, He reterred to the banking rates now being in excess of those of years ago, and said the poorest money is always the dearest, The expansion of paper currency shipwrecks many undertakings which might have been successful with @ sound currency. Alter relerring to the banks locking up such sums as @ part of their re- serve, thus reducing the amount of money in the hands of individuals, he spoke of the inconvenience to which the mercantile community was con- stantly subjected by the large operators in Wall street. He did not approve of the proposed issue of government bonds interchangeable with United States notes, and thought the promoters of that scheme sought an indefinite expansion of the currency. The seductive influences of an excessive paper currency were terrible. Some seemed to be willing to trust to time and nature to cure our financial evils. With alidue respect to time and pature, he was unwilling to hand the matter over to be cured, Congress must be equal to its consti- tutional duty. The people, who are deficient in neither strength nor courage, long to say Ameri- can money is second to none inthe world. They long to handle once more the sound cash, and see the vain attempt to compete with paper against ‘the hard money of the world. What further degra- dations awaited usf No one could tell. Where, outside of our own country, does our money pass at — Nature had bestowed upon our land with & lavish abundance the precious metal, but it seemed as if we had failed in converting it into a circulating medium. Our depreciated currency, or Money, not being genuine, or as good as it ought to bé, was held by the people without being frugal, and was working ruin to the morais of the nation. Labor, cheated in every contract, was d. ed, and work seemed to be going out of fashion. Lounging was the autocrat of the times. How could we expect to train up a conscientious people when the government itself gave a bad example by the Jasue and reissue of paper currency above its vaimeY With a return to specie all obstacles to tree banking would be removed, and the legitimate business of banking would be resiored te ali parts of the country; but these reforms could not be brought | about without the aid of Congress. He was not wedded to any = special. pian, but favored that proposed by « prominent financier of New York, that the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue certificates payable in four years, wit interest at 3.65, at par, in United States notes or gold, at the option of the holder, requiring the banks to keep one molety of their reserves in these certificates, and Jor the government to give notice that ou January 1, 1875, 1 will pay its notes in casi in New York, authorizing the government to nego- tiate a loan Of 200,000,000 in coin at six per cent | per annum. ‘The certificates, as fast as re- deemed, may be paid out by the Secretary of the Treasury to satisfy claims against the government. The return to specie payments Would, of course, be attended by some inconven- fence, but a reasonable time and notice being given the notes would gradualiy approach par. All sound banks would be glad to return to a specie basis, A few mushroom institutions might not be able to stand, but no one would regret their joss. He thought the republican party had done much towards advancing the national prosperity. and the work of specie payment was the only one not yet attempted, ‘It would be an honor when | this dark cloud of greenbacks suould be swept away, and he hoped soon to submit a bill providing for the desired return to a specie basis. Mr. FERRY, (rep.) of Mich., moved to take up the resolution offered by him on Monday to provide for the settlement of the financial derangement. Mr. WRIGHT, (rep.) of lowa, moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business, With the understanding that Mr. Ferry be entitled so the Moor*ou nis resolution to-morrow, | Agreed to. STEVENSON, (dem.) of Ky., presented a pe- tition of 3,600 citizens of Kentucky, asking for the passage of a law pronibitiag the manutacture of spirituous liquors in the territories of the United States, The Senate, at two o’clock, went into executive session, After 20 minutes the doors were re- opened and the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ww. INGTON, Dec. 3, 1873, THE LOUISIANA QUESTION, Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Mass., satd that at the re- quest of Mr. Pinchback, of Louisiana, he wouid | move that the portion of the resolution pending yesterday in regard to the Louisiana olections | which applied to him (Mr. Pincuback) be laid on the table. Mr. ELDRIDGE, (dem.) of Wis., asked Mr. Butler whether he proposed to let it be‘on the table defi- nitely or to call it up at some future time. Mr. BUTLER replied that he proposed to supple- ment that motion with a resoiutiou to refer all he | With Gotham’'s sages hears t credentials to the Committee on Elections, Mr. Beck, ¢dem.) of Ky., said that if the motion required unanimous couseut be would object. He wanted a vote by yeas and nays, because the case of Mr. Pinchback stood on exactly the same | grounds as the case of Messrs, Syphor and Shei- | to repeal so much of the don, After some discussiou, arising out of a mis- | The Graces understanding of the motion, the reselutton, so tar"! as {t appled to Mr. Pinchback, was laid on tue } table. THE WEST VIRGINIA SEA1 Mr. CRSSNA, (rep.) of Ba., offered a resolution to | admit to their seats Messrs. Davis and Hogan, of West Virginia, without prejudice to the conies> ants for those seats, Mr. HALS, (rep.) of Me, raised the question whether the House would now consider the reso- lution, and the House voted to do so, it being agreed that two hours sould be devoted to ais- cussion, BROOKLYN POST OFFICE. Mr, SCHUMAKER, (dem.) of N. Y., gave notice of a bill to erectin tne city of BrooXiyn a suitable building for @ Post OMlce and tor the holdiug of federal courts, NEWSPAPER POSTAGR. Mr. StoRM, (Acim.) of Pu., gave notice of a bill t of March 3, 18%, as prohibits weekly Newspapers [rom passing through the maiis tree of postage. THE LOAN OF 1858, Mr, Dawes, (rep.) of Mass., latroduced a bill to provide for the redemption of tae loan of 185%, Keferred to the Committee ou Ways and Means, The bill authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to gene in exchange for the $20,000,000 of bonds known as the loan of 1868 an equal amonnt of par bonds of the funded Joan under the act tor reiund- ing the national debt, approved July 14, 1670, and the amendatory act of January 20, is The sec- ond sectiop deciares it to be the pleasure of the United States to pay all the coupon bonds of the loan of 1868 on the Ist of January, 18%4, except such as the holders thereof may elect, within ns Monthy jrom that dave. to exchange jor tive per i} |e | The blona- cent ponas of the funded loan with Interest Irom January 1, 1874; and it appropriates the money Tecessary for the purpose, LOUISIANA AGAIN. Mr. Cox, (Gam. of N. Y,, offered atresolution to admit E. c. ison to a seat representative from the Fourth Congressional district of Loutsi- ana, and proceeded toexpiain aud advocate It, stating that the contestant, Mr. Peters, had died sinoe 1 coctian, #8 that therefore ‘Mr. David- son had the right to the seat, not only prima facie, base the merits, ) of M ~ ae ,. ; rep.) of Me, sought to raise the ue ida ether the Honse wourd now consider the matier, alae that his object was to have the States called tor in order that ke might press @ bill for the repeal of the Increase of Salary law, but the Speaker decided that Mr, Hale was rather late in raisil oe point, and so Mr. Cor ry pr ened witl speech in support of his aft on. abe $ Issue Was whether the tee fon he t rth Monday of August, 1872, at which Davis 4nd Hogan received majorities, or that held on the fourth Thursdi Octo! at which Messrs. eile, fay 99 u jorities, was the legal oné, rtitl- cate being provisional and alternative, and leaving the matter to the decision of the House. At the close of the discussion Mr. Lamar, of Mississippi, making the last argument against the resolution, the House refused to second the Artery question, and then, on motion of Mr. Scofield, of Pennsylva- nia, the resylutiop wag referred to the Committee on Blectio indies A NEW LOUISIANA MEMBER, Mr, BUrLEs sent to the Clerk’s desk and had read 4 certificate from Governor Kellogg, of Louisi- ana, dated 20th November, 1873, and stating that at a special election, held tn the Fourth district of Louisiana on November %, George L. Smith had received a majority of the votes cast and was duly elected to represent that district in Congress, Mr. vox intimated that the certificate had been got up in Washington, and stated that it was prac- tically impossible to have the vote counted so soon in @ district so large and without raitroads, He appealed to the Rouse to give the State of Louisiana the right to be beard through at least one Repre- sentative fairly ele tea Mr. MoREY, fony of La., moved to amend the resolution by inserting the name of George L. Smith, instead of Davidson, Mr. BUTLER stated that the House, by {ts action yesterday, had virtually decided the question, be- cause if Peters had not died he would have admitted with Sypher and Sheldon. A special election had been held to fill the vacancy, and George L. Smith had been elected and was entitied to his seat, Mr. Morey’s amendment was agreed to—yeas 164, Days 94—Messrs. Woodford, of New York, and Phelps, of New Jersey, voting in the n uve, and the oath of ofice was administered to Mr. Smith, Mr. BUTLER then moved that the credentials of the contestants for seats from the State of Loulsi- ana be referred to the Committee on Blections, That committee was announced by the La ple as follows :—Messrs, Smith, of New York; Thomas, of North Carolina; Hazelton, of Wisconsin; Todd, of Pennsylvania; Pike, of New Hampshire; Sener, of Virginia; Robinson, of Ohio; Harrison, of Tennes- see; Arthur, of Kentucky; Speer, of Pennsylvania, and Lamar, of Missiesi, ph REPEAL OP THB SALARY INCREASE, Mr. Kasson, (rep-) of Iowa, asked unanimons consent to introdnoe and have printed a bill to.re- peal the increase of law. Mr. Burien, (rep.) of Tenn., objected. The House then, at four o’clock P. M., adjourned. AMUSEMENTS. Opening of the New Fifth Avenue Thea- tre—The Address of Dr. Oliver Wendeil Holmes. The new Fifth Avenue Theatre, in Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway, was opened last night toa | brilliant audience. The house was the subject of a thousand comments, universal admiration of its beauty in every detail finding ft expression. | The auditorium 1s, indeed, a gem. Perfect in form and finish, it 1s the realization of an ideal theatre. The double tiere of proscenium boxes, richly decorated and adorned are the most beautiful of any place of amusement in the city, and the French boxes in the rear give finish to the parquet. Overhead 1s a dome which is the perfec- tion of fresco printing. The sky 1s as fine as any that poet ever saw or painter endeavored to exe- cute. Amid such surroundings the first audience gathered in the new theatre last night, feeling that in these surroundings alone there was sufficient to satisfy them for any shortcomings which might follow. At the time announced for the beginning of the performance the theatre was full, a number of persons being accommodated with seats on camp stools in the centre aisle. There was some delay in the beginning, but finally Miss Fanny Morant appeared at the footlights and be- gan to recite the opening address, which was writ- ten by Dr. Oliver Wendell Homes, and was as follows :— Hang out our banners on the stately tower! It dawns at last—the long-expected hour! The steep is climbed, the srarlit summit won, The builder's task, the artist’s labor done ; Belore the finished work the herald stands, And asks the verdict of your lips and hands, Shall rosy daybreak make us all forget The golden sun that yester evening set? Fair was the labric doomed to pass away Ere the last headaches born of New Year's Day, With biasting breath the flerce destroyer came And wrapped the victim in nis robes of flame ; The pictured sky with redder morning blushed, With scorching streams the nalad’s iountain gushed, With kindling mountains glowed the muneral pyre, Forests aplaze and rivers all on fire. The scenes dissolved, the shriveiling curtain fell, Art spread her Wings and sighed aiong !arewell ! Mourn o’er the plaver’s melancholy plight— Falstaff in tears, Othello deadly white— Poor Romeo reckoning what his doubiet cost, And Juliet whimpering for her dresses lost— Their wardrobes burned, their salaries all un- drawn, Their cues cut short, their occupation gone! “Lie there {n dust,” the red-winged demon cried, “Wreck of the lordly city’s Lope and pride |" Silent they stand, and stare with vacant gaze, While o’er the embers leaps the fitful blaze; When, lo! a hand, before the startled traiu, Writes in the ashes “It shali rise again— Rise and confront its elemental foes !"— ‘The word was spoken, and the wall arose, And ere the seasons round their brief career The new-born temple waits the unborn year. Ours was ‘the toil of many a weary day Your smiles, your plaudits only can repay; | We are the monarchs of the pamted scenes, You, you alove the reai Kings and queens! Lords of the little kingdom where we meet, We lay our gilded sceptres at your feet, Place in your Lge our portal’s stivered keys With one brief utterance—We have tried to please, Tell us, ye sovereigns of the new domain, Are you content—or have we toiled in vain? With no irreverent clances look around ‘The realm you rule; for this is haunted ground! Here stalks the sorcerer, here the fatry trips, Ilere limps the witch, with malice-working lips; here their snowy arms entwine, Here dwell the fairest sisters of the Nine— She who, with jocand voice and twinkling efe, Laughs at the brood of foliies as they dy; She of the dagger and the deadly bowl, Whose charming horrors thrill the treinbling soul. She, who, a truant trom celestial spheres, In mortal sembiance now aud then appears, Stealing the fairest earthly shape she can— Sontag or Nilsson, Lind or Malibrau ; With these the spangied houri of the dance— What snait so dangerous as her meiting glance, AS Poeun in air she spurns the earth below, And points aiot* her ieavenly-minded toe! What were our iife, with all its rents and seams, Stripped of its purple robes, our waking dreams? The poet’s song, the bright romancer’s ‘The Unselled shows that cheat us on the Lead all our fancies captive at thetrowill ‘Three years or threescore, We are children still, ‘The little listener on his /ather’s knee, With wandering Sinbad ry bad tae stormy sea, ie billows roll, (lilustrious trio of the venturous bowl, ‘loo early shipwrecked, jor they died foon ‘To see their offspring launca the great balloon) ; ‘Tracks the dark brigand to his mountain lair, Siays the grim giant, saves the lady fair, Fights all his country’s battles o’er again From Bunker's blazing height to Luudy's Lane; Floats with tne mighty captains as they satled Betore whose fag the furaing red cross paled, And claims tne oft told story of the scars scarce yet grown White that saved the Stripes and Stars! Children of later growth, we love the play, We love its heroes, be they grave or gay, From squeaking, peppery, devil-defying Punch ‘To roaring Richard with his camel-hanch; Adore its heroines, those immortal dames, ‘Time's only rivals, Whom he never tames, ble cee youth, uuchanging, lives while thrones deciy ; | {Age spares the Pyramids—and Dejazet) ; he sauey-aproned, razor-tongued soubrette, ired beauty witn the eyes of jet, ‘The Crk beings whom the viewless wires Lin. je skies in strontian-crimsoned fires, And all the wealth of splendor that awaits ‘The throng that enters those Elysian gates, See where the hurrying crowd inpatient pours, Witt noise of ieawpliag iver and Topping ‘abors, Streams to the numbered seat each pasteboard fits And smooths its candal plumage as It sits, Waits while the slow musicians sauuter in, ‘Till the bald leader taps his violin, ‘TH the old overture we know so well, Zito pa or Magic Flute of Wiliam Tell, Has done its worst—then hark! the tinkling bell! ‘The crash 18 over—the erinkling curtain furied, And io! the giories of that briguter world! Behold the offspring of the Thespian cart, ‘This tail grown tempie of the magic art, Where at the conjurors of iliuston meet, Aud please us all the more, the more they cheat, These are the wizards and the witches too Who win their honest bread by clesting you With cheeks that drown ip artificial ars ny 3873; | 8 And lying skull-caps white with seventy years, Sweet-tempered Tnavrous changed tw scolding tes, Maids mild as moon beams crazed with murderous Kind, simpie souls that stab and slash and slay Aud stick at nothing, if it’s in the play! Would ail the world told half as harmlcss lies! Would ail its real fools were half as wise As be who blinks through dull Dundreary’s eyes! Would all the unhanged bandits of the age Were like the fa tuMfans of the stage! Would all the cankers wasting town and State, The mob of rascals, little thieves and great, Dealers m watered milk and watered stocks, Who lead us lambs to pasture on the rocks— Shepherds—Jack Sheppards—of their city Nocks— ‘The rings of rogues that rob the luckless town, Those evil angels creeping up and down The Jacob’s ladder of the easiey stairs— Not stage, but real Turpins and Macaires— Could doff, like us, their knavery with their clothes And find it easy a8 forgetting oaths! =. " Wéelssmé, thricé Welcome to onr virgin dome, The Muses’ shrine, the Drama’s new-found home! Here shall the statesman rest his weary brain, The worn-out Artist ond his wits again; Here Trade torget his ledger and his cares, And sweet communion mingle Bulls and Bears; Here shall the youtiitui lover, nestling near ‘The shrinking maiden, her he holds most dear, Gaze on the mimic moonlight as it falls ye peebean roves, On sliding canvas walls, And sigh, “My angel! What a life of bliss We two could live in such # world as this!” Here shall the tumid pedants of the schools, ‘The gilded boors, the labor scorning fools, The grass-green rustic and the smoke-dried cit. Feel each in turn the stinging lash of wit, And as it tingles on some tender part Each find a balsam in his neighbors sSmart,— So every folly prove a fresh délight As in the pictures of our play to-night, Farewell! The players wait the prompter’s call; Friends, lovers, listeners! Welcome one and al!\ Only a part of the address was allotted to Miss Morant, and as she ceased the curtain rose, reveal- ing the entire Fifth Avenue Theatre company. Mr. Frank Hardenburgh then took up the ad- dress and finished it. The company of the theatre ranged on the ample stage presented @ brilliant picture. The recitations were well done both by Miss Morant and Mr. Hardenburgh, the former especially delivering the lines of the poet with decided effect. The enactment of the piece which foliowed was not in keeping with the, excellent promise of the opening address and the revelation which was made upon the Itit- ane: of the curtain during its delivery. Mr. Albery’s yy, of ‘Fortune’ is @ decide: faiture. is without characters, withou' situations and without art. What it is all abou: nobody was able to discover. Evidently the play* reads much better than it acts, orit would never, have been produced at this theatre. The only things about it which are to be commended are: occasional flashes of wit and a few passages of 4 sprightly dialogue. Otherwise it is dull, dreary an nonsensical, aud Mr. Albery is to be congratulate upon writing one of the worst plays ever produce on the American stage. Mr. Daly may cut downy the piece and in part rewrite it so as to make & good acting play out of it, but as it was last nignts it was a pitiful sight to see good actors flounder= -ing through parte so puertle that the strongest en- deavors could make nothing out of them, If we had’ | never seen Fisher, Clarke, Harkins and James: and Miss Davenport, Mrs. Gilbert and Miss Jewett, ; in other ts we could scarcely have avoided) | pronouncing them bad actors in a bad play.j ir. Lewis, whose name is in the cast, is sick, and- his place was taken last night by Mr. Owen Faweett.} ‘rhe scenery was magniticent, and the furniture! used in the first act, especially the carved chairs, was among the finest ever used in a theatrical per- formance. Everything,was done in excellent style even the programmes prepared under the direc: tion of Mr. J. W. Morrissey, the treasurer, were of satin, The performance did notclose till long after midnight, Itatfan Opera—Aida, The third performance of this work drew one of the largest houses of the season, and was such a. marked improvement over the previous represen~ tations that little was left to be desired. The music also improves on acquaintance, and at each’ hearing new beauties are revealed. Verdi has: completely discarded mere prettiness of melody, in it, and exhibits @a dramatic grandeur of design unsurpassed by any modern operatic: composer, The reminiscences which are thickly scattered through the opera, and which we pointed out at the first representation, are not plagiarisms by any means, for the treatment, in- strumental and otherwise, is original in every, sense of the word. Reminiscences in an opera: are not at all derogatory to a composer’s reputa- tion when they are used with the consummate skill that Signor Verdi exhibits. Portrait and | landscape painting in the most vivid musical colors, | from the barbaric splendor of “L’Africaine’” to the septentrional gloom of “Robert,” distinguishes | this truly great work. The voluptuous school of italy loses pone of its charms when wedded to the asceticism of Germany. Verdi's later years reflect: more lustre on his genius than all his efforts whea melody was spontancous with him. The work is encrusted with rich gems, not of that superficial kind that are transferred to bar- | rel organs, put more valuabie to a mu- sician, The third act, with its magnificent portraiture of love and passton, is, musically speak- } ing, the best of the opera. When the curtain teil last night on the betrayal of Redames Mile. Torri- ani and Messrs. Campenint and Maurel were re- peatedly called before the curtain, It was a re- newal of the success o/ the duet in the fourth act of “Les Hugnenots.” Miss Cary achieved such a triumph in the role of Amneus last night that made it a fit companion picture for Mile. ‘Lorriani’s AYda. Signor Nannetti made the réle of Ramfis, the High Priest, a eature in the opera. Chorus and orchestra were absolutely faultiess, and with the magnificent, mise en scene called iorth the frequent and hearty applause of the audience, ‘Aida will be given for the jast time on Friday, Wood’s Muscum—Mr. Owens Company. + Mr. John E, Owens cannot be sald to be knowm by the company he keeps. He ts good and it is bad, but the evil associations do not appear to have corrupted the goodness of his artistic man- ners, Perhaps the reason is that the troupe ac- | companies him in his travels, but is not an accom- | paniwent to him in anything else, Last evening | he appeared at Wood's Museum as Major De Boots | and Solon Shingle. , In the last mentioned charac- | ter he is exceedingly well known here; in the | former not so well, His Solon Shingle is a realistic | portraiture of a Yankee farmer full of unconscious | quaintnesses and laughable idiosyncrasies, It is | | | and His as rough and crooked as an overgrown potato kuotted with excrescences, and has; of the fields, | human nature, { as human nature appears when subjected to cer-{ | | tain bizarre conditions which may be discovered j | by any one who chooses Foeer patiently enough, among the obscure farm lands of New England. If) | it is tinctured with caricature, the caricature is t the substratum of the character what a blossom, artificially ent ped. is to the original fruit. In this¢ impersonatio} . Owens has so long been acknowl; edged to be perfection, and las been seen 80 re-, | peatedly in this city, that it is next aaa to offer a remark which shall have the lorce of newness. The creation is as peculiarly his own aa | that of Rip Van Winkle is Mr. Jefferson’s or Lordy Dundreary Mr. Sothern’s, and he has so often added to its symmetry by fresh accretions that, w opine he does wisely by now letting it alone, In, his expression of Major De Boots he is not so sally} flavor bit not is unpleasant a It @ genuine of cessful. It is ungracious and unwise to habitual make comparisons, and we hope we shall not. we accused of doing so when we say that) the very torcible impersonation given by Mr. John, S. Clarke to this character renders it almost im-) possible for any other artist to achieve great suc~ cess in it, The material of the rdle presents vas' temptations to burlesque ; but, since “Every body’ Friend” pretends to be a comedy, and, theretore, & representation of social foibles, the yielding to, such temptation is fatal to the spirit of the play.) ‘The moment we touch burlesque we touch some~ thing monstrous—laughably monst: 1 Of courses, but quite aa mach without the pale of actual hu-~ manity as Caliban or Ariel. For a portion of this tault in Mr. Owens’ Major De Boots the playwright is in A certain sense responsible; but every lover, of truth in acting would have forgiven Mr. Owens) for exscinding ali such passages as made travesty; indispensable, Still, let us remember that the bur-, lesque into which Mr. Owens falls is only occa~ sional, The bumor is generally unforced, there~ fore tnextravagant. Tae,cueck which the Major uts upon his troublesome ‘and malapropos Tk, fas spontaneous as the laugh itaelf, and the une-, tlousness with which many parts of the perform, ance ate lubricated brings tt into sympathy withy | several genial eccentrics whom most of us remem. | ber to have met. The same bill will be retained] | | during the week, Mr. Owens’ engagement endii on Saturday night, Olympte Theatre=“The Marble Heart’ | Last evening “The Marble Heart” was brought out at the Olympic Theatre, with Mr. Edwin Adame as Phidias and Raphael. It is one of those won< derful Preneh plays which are full of briliiancy, | and bat&os, It ts almost too late in the day to re« mark that mach of the dialogue ts witty and mactt of the moral maudita. It is as full of points as@ paper of pow and as full of shock as @ chevaux-de~ irise, and in it the voice of morbid passion ts ‘with diferent degrees of loudness, from the sick! sweetness of the music box to the dignified than. der of the vrehestrion., Mr. Adams bas frequent! acted the part, and uses in it his fine voice pleasing and passionate effect, The part of Maria ° was played by Mrs. 0. W. Walcot, whose ousness Was somewhat too mature and Whose sim plicity was atrife too labored, As a whole th play was fairly performed, It will be repeat throughout the Week.