The New York Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1873, Page 3

ih in the Fuse. " Ponltrmations by /the Senato and the Mr. Cox's, Resolution to Give _—RBOUBTARY ‘ROBESON. WANTS $6,000. Wasnineron, Dec. 9, 1878, Mins Resolution to Acknowledge Rts bam Belligerency. " _ Mr. @ox,ot New -Yorx, led off in the House to-day : -onjrecogwizing Cuban belligerency with the follow- My Jolnt-resolution :— ‘ habitants of a portion of the to. wit, the Island of Cuba: ‘War against, Spain for a fon “tive ‘the extsten i been and 18 acknowledged ‘public and rf thia war Spain has sopply her armies and facwries, di iS and of ‘this country with ev. mate- ot »_ Wi the is, iD yn to @ fair spirit of neutrality, have similar advant vessels destined the ‘ ? ns, In. eecordance with rights of Ameri- citizens to trade in arms wi! . war, in the exercise of. what by the ve and a federal timate ‘Which veasels have delays by ‘dn. tnfair perversion of g "aetriment of the (php and whereas measur tid be ad to Protect the rights and:inter- ‘eats of y ms. engaged in legitimate . roe and to prevent the cf losses Senate marcia tiers the hepeniic ‘ol 3 and wi 8B & malori of hem! have ed ts acit! Sar we ay : i » to. be Not es ‘ it of awity toward 3 that Spain et Berse ‘a acene the independence, of ne publica on this Continent, once her 1 acknowledge y, Ouba ig to-d ‘Wage.war en sadependence se 7 fe ne i right sovereignty of every E Mependent nation to when convenient i > ‘the existen declare Serie ta nace ss 0 and the rende: ‘ol Resistance that the r ri Xo struggling in this he here for the Hicht’ of eit govertmenty by ali just Tucene not in is eevention of international law, ts a thorough Am policy consonant with the principles on ‘which our American ndence is based; and j (whereas the recent atrocities in connection with : ‘he steamer Virginins have given added signif- | ‘Simmons suowia take in she premisea, therefor” e f bg by the Senate ‘aud House of Represent- tives of the United States of America in Congress Fi Ranempies, ‘That a state of war is hereby recog- ized between the Republic of Spain and the so- Hed Republic of Cuba, and we hereby declare iy entitled to rights to belli- its by international law. During the reading of the foregoing preamble ‘Bnd resolution the profoundest attention was paid Dy the House, but on a motion to suspend the rules Bnd adopt them 49 democrats voted in the afirma- ive, and about 200—the republican strength of the juse—insisted that the resolution should come ‘the House in the regular way. jogue Monday—The Salaries Bill j and the Sinners. { ‘To-day will be remembered in the annals of the + Worty-thira Congress on the side of tne House as * @emagogue Monday. Mr. Hall, of Maine, on behalf ‘ef the special committee appointed to boil down Bhe bill spresented repealing the salary bill, submit- Red a bill, the substance of which was published in Gespatches of yesterday. It followed the re- ni of the House to give belligerent rights to (Guba. The House was not in a giving or a forgiving Wood, Mr. Dawes wanted the matter fully dis- . The longer his back pay was at interest , greater would be his income. Mr. Garfield went mto Ristory for precedent for back pay. . Poland was factious under his wig about ab- pent back pay grabbers, and wanted a strong wesolution served on the unrepentant. Mr. “Amen!? So in- i tion. Finally Mr. Haje said, when he discovered the House was tired aiscussing the bill, he would Move the previous question, so the debate will be- gin to-morrow. Two hundred and fifty members eeretary Robeson Asks for Appropria- tions—§4,000,000 for Work Done and $1,000,000 for Work Now Needed. ‘The Secretary of the Navy to-day sent the follow- ng letter to the Speaker of the House of Repre- Sentatives, whict has been referred to the Commit- ‘tee on Appropriations:— Under the circumstances of the present emer- esston be compelled to ask that a special appro- be made to cover the expenses of putting fron-clads and cruise navy of the United States @ condition for immediate and active service. I ve taken measures to available iron ition for im- the shij ve. red all the 8 juadrons within reach to for maintenance ort, ice, ammunition and all the weapons of ‘maval for their use. The circumstances ‘which have ed the Bnusual ¢ctivity and consequent ¢: diture are ‘ ‘Svou aad to the country. ie fact that Co! made poet a ie upon tice Of the pene and ed tne? appropriations 03 but these measures, . ing and con- hocessaty to carry them out exhs' the money of the of the De; ments, and this ‘at once if the work isto goon. our iron-ciads in service, H ‘ Ed ge a i If our force ia to tein: doubie-turreted moni- and Puritan are to dition for usefulness at least $1,000,000 be required. ‘The Secretary had a long conference with the ‘Committee on Appropriations to-day, and will ‘Dave another to-morrow. ‘The “ning” Whipping in “Boss” Shep- herd as Governor. both Houses to suit their Jobs, further demonstrated its power to-day by ‘whipping in the republican Senators to confirm Shepherd as Governor, The democratic Wenators refused to be present in executive ses- mon, leat the odium of the act should taint their ‘lives forever. ing Chier cen anit Stil Unsettied. i @ action yet been taken by the Bevate Committee on Judiciary on the nomination sof George H. Wiliams to be Chief Justice. The Subject will be resumed in committee on Thursday @ Pridey next, Tre Net To Be Revived. ‘The Ayndieate is not in. tair way to be revived, ‘She European bankers refuse to combine with the y It will probably be some time before a : x ‘acceptable to the Treasury Depaet- ‘gmpent can be formed. 4 by the Senate. session to-day confirmed Department to this- eB i881s8i p) David F. Ho ister, Second Benjamin F, Wallts, Ninth Massachusetts. ton, of to be Pension Agent oy i nas Fe Good! Pension Agent at Coving! , Governor of the Teil atte tl, Sa beat Sta y ve Agsemnl - dia; Jol . Blade and Henry A. Willard to be mempers of the Board of Public Works of the Dis- trict of Columbia; Richard Harrin, to be ode aonmbcnt Ye mnnect the Revenue Service; Frederick A, Connor, of ‘Second Lieutenant in the Revenue Service. Postmasters.—Henry H. Howe, Itnaca, N. J.; James McLean, Mercer, Pa.; Newton Wells, Ren ‘va, Pa.; James A. Gibson, Poe, Pa. ; A. 0. Ne pheo, ‘Millensville, Pa.; 0. 0, enor, Conneant> ‘ville; Pa.; Benjamin 'P. Ensingle, Pittsto1 jame: f Massachusetts, to be ton, 8.’ Wilgus, Browns- 3 t . Oram, Petro! Pa.; a. West, St. Cloud, Minn; somes Bobtelier, New Minn; John A. Harmon, Staunton, Va; , Parmenter, Brandon, Vt.; J. H. Orcutt, W. Clark,’ Brattleboro, Vt.; Siena tae ones, Vincent, Vineyard Grove, de Park, Mass.; Rutus jobn B. Bass, Quincy, Mass. ; Davi . Gloucester. Mass. ; Henry A. Willis, berries 8 fe,; James W. Wakefield, Bath, Me.; David.A, Baldwin, New Milford, Conn. ; John Brown, Willimantic, Ccon. Nominations Sent by the President to the Senate. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day :— Postmasters.—Gerge B. Roberts, at Rochester, N. H.; Mrs. H. A. Poland, at North Brookfe! Mass.; Bartlett Bent, at Middletown, Conn.; Charies E. Bristol, at Ansonia, Conn,; James W. Hill, at Waterbury, Conn. ; les W. Brown, at East New York, N. Jesse E. Wills, at Carthi gona, N. 5 Joseph “Hudson, at Peekskill, N. Y.; e" jiliam Ward, at wark, N, J. 5 Will ly Meadville, Pa.; Wm. M. Pyle, at Wilmington, De! O. H. Pattie, at Warrington, Va.; Wm. E. W! ams, at Orangeburg Court House, 8. C.; AB. Richardson, at Chester Court House, 8. C.; Nelson M. Page, at Fort Dodge, Iowa; L. A. Hamlin, at Owasco, Mi Me ich.; M. L. Demotte, at ate hire Willlam H. Gilliam, at Seattle, W. T.; Willial vy Mano, at Gillman, IL; . Boyce, at Sycamour, I.; Lucius Whitne; at lor- ris, Il.; C. Y¥. Lo: at Carthage, Ill.; R. J. Mc- Knight, at Verden, ; Emory Gregg, at Fairbury, Ii; Cadet Taylor, at Wenona, Il.; John R. Came- ron, at wa, Ill.; Eliza J. Graves, at Onarga, I.; Mrs. R. Tritt, at Farmer City, Jil.; Thomas Moore, at M lis City, Iil.; Daniel C, Hitt, at pies Ohio; Mrs. Lavenia Adair, at Portsmouth, Ohio; Rufus A. Temple, at Santa R Cal.; M. J. Wright, at Vallejo, Cal.; John R. Johnston, at Crete, Neb. ; A. B. Chamberlain, at” Ashiand, Neb. ; and Howard Wells, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy. FLOGGING SCHOLARS BARBAROUS. Letter from a Father. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Dec, 7, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— I wish with you and every sensible man to raise my voice against a return to the bar- barous practice of corporal punishment in our Ppublic-schools. and I send you the following ex- tract from a medical work by an eminent phy- sician in London, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and formerly President of the Queen’s College Medico-Ohirurgical Society. He says :— " T consider co wnistiel, in schools decided jurious ‘bots to body an mung. ie" Tr ot peinral ftness the pale cheeks and the dejected looks of those boys who are otten flogged? If their tempers are mild elr spirite are broken; if their di the ons are at all obstinate they become hardened and wilful and are made little better than brutes. boy who is often flogged loses that noble ingenuousness and fine sensi bility so characteristic of youth. He looks upon his ool as his prison and his master ag his jatior, and, as fe grows upto manhood, hates and, despises ‘the man who lox m1 has fog Corporal revolting, disgusting and Bae hegrafing “f demoralizing to the boy than on other people's chudren. Oh, that parents would raise—and that with Ro uncertain sound—their voices against such abomina- ‘tions, and the eee: ie cane wi soon be banished the schoolroom! “I am confident that no boy,” says Addison, “who will not be allured letters without blows will ever be brought to anything with them, A Brest of Rood mind must necessarily be the worse for such indignities, and it is @ sad change to lose any of its virtue for the improvement of its Knowledge. No one gone through what they call @ great school but must have remembered geen children of excellent and ingenuous nature: have afterwards sp eared in man! )—I say no has passed through this way of education but must have uous creature, expirit seeching sOrr re for any purpose in this a extinguished in him, though he is able to write 20 Latin verses in an even- ing’ " How often is corporal punishment resorted to at school because ion Lesa Bd ao y sa — 8 rage U; 1@ poor ‘3 unfortunat Oh, the mistaken notion shat Gorging. will make. a bad behaved boy a good boy! It contrary effect. ‘I dunno how tis, sir,” said an old farm. laborer in reply to ® question from nis clergyman respecting the - havior of bis children, “t dunmo how: "tis, till they’re biack and biue, and when they won’t kneel down to pray I knocks'em down, and yet they ain't good.” In nearly a quarter of a contury’sex ‘with soldiers te always. and a singe exception, ga makes @ good man bad anda ree. equal truth it may be said that, with. makes a boy, bad it @ single exception, flogging y boy worse. iow many men owe their the canings they received when schoolboys? fogaings hardened and soured them, and eel itity. Dr. ol, of Bony. one of ie bei hoolmasters that E ind ever pi Tay f sel- dom caned a boy—not more one or twice during, ¢ halt year; but when he did cane him he chai tor ¢ use of the cane each time in the ar eat the parents might know how many times their son ha been punished. At some public schools nowadays a boy is in a day as the w Doctor in ole naeees it then Bow’ many. schoolmasters ttle to honor and a m as brute a ad Fae elgg ge gy hie ’sebool with honor | to himeeit with Im ag EE 4 ; End trouble ‘soine schooltoasers do not and pationce they do not 88, use of the Ppt ter or" instance, or for groan ins. Proralliy-ciet the-head master bitneatt be the See Pe eet ake he eto force effects Tels high ne that snort bate such cisgraceful practices. | N wasn duce of every, man with ut bin eatee areat ast, Cageeeee es nae ee we, Sentine boys to those sobonls where flogg! is, except in rare cases, permitted. Pardon me for having taken up 80 much of your valuable space, but it is a subject that in- volves the health, prosperity and happiness of our children, an 5 & most rere to every man who is, like mysell, A “THER.” A MYSTERIOUS ASSAULT, Boston, Dec, 8, 1873, Mr. Britton, a States street broker, was severely assaulted in his office @ few Weexs since, and the case has created much interest, from the fact that he has positively refused to divulge the name of his assailant for the reason that it would tend to criminate himself. Mr. Britton has recovered, and the eit Attorney has brought the case before \tton were it would be meee Tas eat put dish Seereaar veg tare ey te jant was, and is Dow under ‘of perjury. ‘attention becanee of mav AMUSEMENTS. “Home” at Wallack’s. ‘The fourth of the present series of new and old comedies was played at Wallack’s Theatre last Right. The pray was Mr. Robertson’s charming comedy of “Home,” in which Mr. Lester Wallack and Mr, John Gilbert ected their original parte Mr. Wallack’s Colonel John White isa charming Piece of acting from beginning to end. He de- velops every phase of the part with remarkable skill and grace, and presents a most complete Picture of what we may calla manly man. Itis the manliness of his rendering and its extreme freedom from anything that would not have been done , under the circumstances which ren- ders it such s perfect embodiment of the ideal of the dramatist. Mr. Gilbert’s Dor- rison was full of the wnctuousness and Deauty of a generous old age “and the best test of the actor’s merit was in the fact that he did not make his love ior the young widow ridi- eulous but rather created symvathy with its earnestness. Mr. Edward Arnott played Captain Mountraffe, the brother of Mrs. Pincnbeck. It was the first time we have seen this actor under cir- cumstances to test his capacity, and while his performance was not remarkable it was tree from that exaggeration which was @ temptation dimicult to resist. In this he shows a taste and discern- ment which irs well tor his future. Mr. W. R. Floyd as Bertie Thompson, the betrothed of Luc; Dorrison, played the spooney lover with ease an —— the audience by his uneffected simplicity. iss Katherine Rogers was the Mrs. Pinchbeck, & Most dificult part, because of the equipoise necessary to make its rendition acceptable. If we found fault with her acting it would be that it was & little too stately, and yet thisis much Lappe Ld rendered rnd a eo @ pine! F i¢ 18 smpossible suppose country gentleman like Mr. Dorrison wouid readily fall in ‘love with a woman who possessed the man- nere and exhibited the tastes of a vulgar adven- wress. The same reason induces us to complain of her stateliness, and her acting would have been better if Miss Kogers had thrown inw the part a little more of the captivating sighs which ts at- tributed to Mrs. Pinchbeck. iiss EMe Germon a8 Lucy wae piquant and Cr tren As a whole the rformance was as delightful as it Was satisfactory. he farce ‘4ci on Parle Francais,” in which Mr. Harry Beckett appeared, followed the comedy. “Old Heads and Young Hearts” at the Fifth Avenue. Last evening Boucicault’s sparkling five act comedy of his earlier and less meretricious days, “Old Heads and Young Hearts,’ was produced at the above theatre with avery perfect cast and with admirable success. Jt bears the stamp of that period in English comedy when the young rakes of England were seen on the stage trom the most hopeful side of their natures. Full of humorous situations, pointed in dialogue, ana, like its brother, ‘London Assurance,” never tripping in its action, the purity of its tone is apt to make us re- gret that the dramatist has not kept his earlier works in view instead of prosressing into the glit- tering badness of the modern French school, Littleton Coke, as played by Mr. George Clarke, needs but very few touches to be a finished piece of acting. He was in full sympathy with his part, on sree easy and unconstrained, wante to feel @ ie more at home in it before it can rank beside the trium| of comedy. Mr. Charles Fisher, as the biuf, honest-natured brother Tom, was nicely fitted, and presented one of those life Pictures which are his forte. The Colonel Rocket of Mr, Frank Mardenberg was as grimly comig as pes while the simple minded senility of Jesse ural was well rounded by Mr. Davidge, Lord Charies Roebuck was capitally played by Mr. George Parkes, while Bob, ‘ttleton’s ser- vant, was commendably presented by Mr. Owen Fawcett. Miss Davenport as the dashing young ‘widow Lady Alice Hawthorne exhibited the arch- ness and coquetry which the rdle demands, Sara Jewett was en; ing in her simple part, and the small part of the Countess Pompion was made a feature by Mrs. G. H. Gilbert. It is very seldom that comedy is 80 completely seen on any stage as in this piece as played last night from the highest to the lowest parts. It generally happens that theatrical companies fit particular plays exactly and are unfited in others. This wise reflection is intended to lead to the suggestion that this com- edy be repeated a few times at least during the season as & contrast to the “emotional”’ Sig = tic stuff which so enchants managers and public wowadays. “New Year’s Eve” is announced for ‘this evening. Academy of Music—Rentree of Signor Salvini. Last evening Signor Salvini made his reappear- ance in this city after an absence of several weeks im Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Bos- ton. The audience was large and sympathetic. The play was Voltaire’s “Zaira,” and when Signor Salvini entered, as Orosmanes, he was greeted with that long and deep applause which 1s the spontane- ous expression of the warmest admiration ana respect. The tragedy of “‘Zalra” nas been mentioned in the same breath as “Othello.” The only element common to the two 1s that of jealousy. As #0 exposition of human character and of the inter-play of contrastive temperaments, of conrse these two masterpieces ‘will not sustain comparison with one another. It is sufficient to the purpose to admit that Voltaire has handled nis theme with a powerful and picturesque touch, and that his manipulation of it has been consid- erably aided by the local conditions among which it was placed. The trageay principally concerns iteelf with three characters—Orosmanes, the Sultan of Jerusaiem; Zaira, his slave, and Nerestan, her brother. Urosmanes has become enamored of his captive and seeks to wed ber. He ia not aware of the relationship between her and Nerestan. In an unfortunate hour Nerestan adjures her by her love to her father to the palace of the Sultan and to return uit t her home and the religion of her ancestors. A letter, furthering this desi and addressed by Nerestan to Zaira, is in- tercepted by Orosmanes and construed by him into ® proposal for an assignation. Blinded by his fury he himself meets Zaira at the place and ur ap- pointed in the note, and stabs her at the moment she thinks she is grasping the hand of Nerestan, Instant upon this comes Orosmanes’ discovery of the true relationship between them, when, over- come with horror and remorse, he puts an end to his existence. ‘This 1s op hangs stripped of all unessentials. How Well suited Signor Saivini is to the portray ‘al of the violent passions here indicated will easily be un- derstood by all who have seen his Othello. Orcs- manes shares to some extent tne nature of the a iol his a aed i is e ek fall generosity and sweetness, capable of being stirred into an activity which seems, tor the moment, cruel. It is one of Salvini’s chief merits that-he differentiates the same passion, giving distinct embodiments to creations whose temperaments are partially alike. His greatest scene last it was the last, after the Killing ot Zaira, and perhaps the most thrilling point in the entire impersonation was his exclamation of hor- ror at mistaking his cloak, which becomes tangled around him, for the clinging form of the woman he has just deprived of life. Praise scarcely sec- ondary is due to the effort of Piamonti. Her Zaira 18 an exceedingly Ae subtie and sweet per- formance, an exquisite idiom, so to speak, in the lang! of flesh and blood. “Samson” will be played to-morrow night. Irish Drama at Booth’s Theatre. Falconer’s Irish drama, “Eileen Oge,” was Played last evening at Booth’s Theatre. Mr. and Mrs. Florence performed the parts of Bryan O'Farrell and Bridget Maguire, which they have made well known by the repetition of the play, Setting apart the moral purpose for wilich all plays are supposed to be written, the reason for the con- struction of Irish dramas is not apparent. Mr. Florence would probably say they are written, first, for the pleasure of auditors, and secondly as vehicles for display of Mis talent as an exponent of Irish character, The first reason would be vague, for ae such a8 are given in a variety performance, would serve equally with them; the second reason would be false, as Mr. Florence has no ability as an actor in the Irish drama. He talks the brogue like an inexpert imitator of a age conceives it only neces- or *' to accurately pre- it to the imagination. Perna] to blame Mr. Florence for doingexactly as some Of his Yaar did and contemporaries do yet, . Still, should not e copied anybod, but the peasant whom he assumes to depict Niblo’s=The Children in the Wood. The Vokes family appeared at this theatre last evening in a spectacular burlesque, the handiwork ofa London playwright. It bears on the bills the formidable title of “original, dramatic, musical, comical, fairy spectacular extravaganza,” what- ever that may mean. It is an unadulterated spec- tacle, such as we are favored with nowadays, pos sessing no claims to be considered dramatic art. Tt was very handsomely placed on the stage, some of the scenes surpassing the “Black Crook,” if not in splendor, in what is more valuable, taste com- bined with richness of design, The transforma- scene it of the’ xing’ mat this heaere nas” extibited Spectecte. became js special re senate asia sian In? commenaat undertool th criminal rufian. The piece will depend for its suc- cess upon the scenery and ballet, and may prove a for ole rival to the hitherto unconquerable “Black Crook.” Mr. John McCullough at the New Park Theatre, Brooklyn. The merita of Bulwer’s “Richelieu” are wel; known to all playgoers. It ts unquestionably, so far asthe author t» concerned, a great dramatic effort. It is not without faults; but it has many ex- cellencies, and, judging from the past, it is likely Jong to keep its place on the stage. Itis one o¢ those plays which must be got up in a superior le. If the characters are imperfectly sustained and if the stage surroundings are inferior the play ay angered into a farce. it night, ‘k Theatre, Brooklyn, this at the piece was put upon the e iD a style which com- Manded the admiration of a large and apprecia- tive audience. So far as iG yee f went there ‘was little to be desired. It is pleasing, also, to be able to add that in the main the acting was good, The principal characters were well sustained. Mr. Jonn McCullough, who played the title rdle, comes to us with a high reputation from the West; and, judging from his first appearance in these arta, We are not unwilling to concede him great ability, It was somewhat daring to select for his first sppearance the difficult character of Richelieu. The result, however, justified his dar- ing. From the commencement wo the close he never allowed the attention of the audience to fag. Some of the passages were admirably rendered, and he was repeatedly called before the curtain. BOUCIOAULT “LED ASTRAY.” To TH®EDiT0R OF THE HERALD:— The HERALD dramatic critic is scarcely just in yesterday's HERALD to the Union Square Theatre, its management and its company. That the play ig not “origina)”’ goes without saying. Boucicault, in his egotistical but truthful speech, frankly ad- Mitted it, It was, indeed, almost an affront to the intelligence of the public for the daily journals to tell them that Octave Leuillet wrote the ‘Tenta-. tion,” Nobody expects originality from Bouct- cault now-a-days. No man, not even Shakespeare, could keep the leading theatres of two capitals (New York and London) and innumerable provin- cial towns in plays and'be always “original.” Let ‘us be satisfied if he is always good. The author of “Old Heads and Young Hearts,” “London Assu- rance,” ‘Louis XL,” “Colleen Bawn” and ‘Arrah* Na Pogue” couid not write a bad play if he tried. “Astray” is not @ bad play. Oi the moral we need not speak. It was a decided, an electric guccess, A crammed house hung on the words of the author from the rising of the curtain to its ing down. No one leit, not even the blas¢ critics, hat is @ crucia) test. When the audience came forth there was a general buzz of congratulation and delight from every quarter. In my opinion it is scarcely right to judge a play by a first night’s performance. Orudeness and irregu- larity must to a certain exist, just asin the trial trip of the most perfectly appointed steam yacht; much is improved to insure fu- ture perfection, But ‘“Astray,” except in @ lew minor points, left notning for author or manager to change. One delect was the dis- proportionate length of the acts. The first act Occupied 5> minutes, the last 18. The playing was not bad, as your critic states. His standard of ex- cellence ts pitched too high for this work-a-day world, There is not a company in all London which could have represented this comedy with such fire, intelligence, address and well-bred finish of costume and manner as that of the Union Square Theatre, not even Marie Wilton’s (Prince of Wales) or Buckstone’s Haymarket Company. Granted that Boucicault is egotistical, egotism and genius go hand in hand; but let the public seriously ask itself what would we do on the stage if Boucicault bad never written Jor it? PLAYGOER. ART MATTERS. Brooklyn Art Association. The fourteenth season of the Brooklyn Art Asso- Clation was~opened last evening by a reception, the twenty-seventh of the kind, held in the Art Building and Academy of Music, of that city. About 400 pictures were hung, but of these only a very small proportion were worth admiration. We remarked yesterday that these receptions al- ‘ways attracted attention; but we should have ex- pressed o1 if more accurately if we had added that their atékntion was due to the very few pic- tures ratner than tothe many. It 1s at all times an ungrateful task to point out what is execrabie and thus to confer a certain notoriety upon artists who would do better to remain in obscarity, or to turn their industry into channels jor which nature has better fitted them. it 18 pleasant to be able to add that in the present case such @ task is as unnecessary as it is impossible, for the bad artists in Brooklyn, ag well as in this city, are petty generally recog- nized as bad, and we have not the space at com- mand in which to enumerate all the false and mean expressions which last evening disfigured the walis of the Brooklyn Art Building. Turn we to the good things instead. Most oi these have already been described in these columns, and are contributions of New York artists. Here and there were iuterspersed @ few pictures by foreign hands, such as some children by Meyer von Bremen, and some cunningly res of fashionabl, dressed ladies by Caraud. Chief heey Hered excel- jencies was Mr. J. Beaulain bar leissonier- like elaboration, named ‘The Recital,” which has already been described at length in this departmen: ig the most power- ful and delicate piece of work Mr. irying has yet given to the world—so powerful and deli- gate, in fact, that every connoisseur who sees it Will wish that the artist possessed the opportunity of perfecting his studies abroad. Tuen there are some excellent marines by William F. and M. F. H. de Haas—noticeably by the latter, the “Moonlight View at Sea,” which has just been completed by him, was exhibited by Moore, of Union square, for a day or 80, and deserves to be classed among Mr. MM. F, H. de Hass’ best works. Mr. Thom has two of hie large pictures; one a snow scene, representing peasants, seen by torchlight, going to church; Que @ scene in the open country, filled with Tustics, in wooden shoes; both pictures painted with that quaint mpathy and rustic lite which distinguishes this artist. There are some excellent marines by Bricher, one of the most rap- idly advancing of our younger artists in this line of work; @ landscape or two by Casilear, iull of quiet and peace; some well drawn and well painted cattie by James Hart and severai autumn views by his brother William, though not in Wil- jiam Hai very best style. ‘‘The Morning Bath,” yy Eastman Johnson, justly won much admiration, pod bee one or ud strong pictures pan me - jor Openings among mountain tops, Wreathed with mist and showered with sunshine. Mr. E. L. Henry had a small interior, very ielicit- ously hit off, apropos of olden times, when the spin- ning and deli ware were in vogue. These were among the principal attractions, but as a whole the exhibition was poor. It will be open to the public on and after to-day. LONG ISLAND CITY. The Mayoralty Question Determined— Opinion of Mr. William M. Evarts. The controversy between Mayor Debevoise and certain members of the Board of Aldermen came to a focus a few days since, by a claim being made by Alderman Hunter, that the Mayor, Mr. Debe- voise, was under impeachment by the Com- mon Council, end that he, as President of the Board of Aldermen, was entitled to act as Mayor. He thereupon drew a war- rant upon the City Treasurer, Mr. Horan, im favor of Solomon 8B. Noble, for some claim upon the city. it then be necessary for Mr. Horan to have the question ‘mined as to the pretensions of Mr. Hunter, and, for the pur- pose of obtaii the best legal opinion in the country, he consulted the Mr. William M. Evarts, who, upon consideration of the question, rendered the following opinion, which, of course, authori- Site’ Hvarts.atter olting in fall_the dite ir. Eval ter in the different sec- tions of the Lo! sees ity charter bearing on the subject, concludes as follows :— Ihave ¢: ined the ection ee woth considered ita true ‘action, as wei upon the cnarter of t ‘the the im of opinion 6 State bie and Wir Hunter, as° "acting Manze," e warrente er sear rh fe Nea m) Foquire the signature of Mr Debevoise, the Mayor. The five proceeding of any soenpetser sashaeay Cee uihority, and exer of the function of Mayor by th “resident of the Board ‘ia arash OBITUARY. Right Rev. Bishop Armitage. Right Rev, Dr. Armitage, Bishop of Wisconsin, died at St. Luke’s Hospital, in this city, on the morning Of Sunday, the 7th mst. The news of his demise wi!l bring great surprise, as well as grief, to his many friends and the members of the dis- tant congregation. His more intimate associates were aware, however, that his lile has been in deadly peril during some months past, owing to the existence of a tumor at the base of his spine. He came to New York last week to undergo an opera- tion, which proved ansuccessiul, for the shock to his system was so great that he survived only a few hours. Up to the 1ast he retained his conscious- ness, and his death bed was surrounded by his nearest relatives and by severalclergymen of his Church to whom he was personally known, After a successful ministry at Portsmouth, N. H., and elsewhere Dr. Armitage was, in 1866, elected Assistant Bishop of Wisconsin, over which diocese Bishop Kemper was then presiding. On the death of Dr. Kemper, in 1870, Bishop Armitage succeeded to his office and title, and as Bishop of Wisconsin has been prominent in the Chureh. He is described as @ scholar of quiet, studious habits. The House of Protestant Bishops has of late years py cceed many changes. At present two-thirds of its members date their consecration since 1866. Since Bishop Armitage was consecratrd new bishops have been elected to the dioceses of Maine, Montana, Florida, Georgia, Virginia (assistant), Vermont, Missouri, Oregon, Long Island, Albany, Central New York, Nevada and Arizona, Arkansas, New Hampsbire, laryland, South Carolina, Oen- tral Pennsylvania, Niobrara, Cape Palmas, Massa- chusetts, Colorado and North Carolina Ce pereow 4 ‘Yhe burial of Bishop Armitage will take place in 8t. John’s church, Detroit, on Thursday morning, Tith inst., at eleven o'clock. Prayers will be offered in the chapel of St. Luke’s Hospital at half- past eight o’clock on Tuesday morning. John C. Underwood. John 0, Underwood, United States District Judge for she District of Virginia, died suddenly ata late hour of the night of Sunday, the 7th inst., of apo- plexy, at bis residence in Washington. During the previous day he seemed in better health and spirits than usual, but was carried from life by an unexpected stroke of illness. Judge Underwood nad passed the middle period of life, verging towards sixty years of age, having had an adventurous and rather eventful career. He was born in Herkimer county, New York, and Temained a resident there until about the year 1850, After being admitted to the bar he opened an office in the village, The precise time is not now recollected, but it must have been about the year 1838, At that time he was a member of the whig party. From his defeat for office in the whig party he became an abolitionist, and down to the time he left the county was an Abby Kelly Foster abolitionist. He opened a@ law office, but he never was able as a lawyer to command much practice. At one time some mischievous boys in the village drove a donkey into his office and left him there all night, bailing as a lawyer he made himself conspicuous in the abolition movement, and oc- casionally delivered abolition and temperance lec- tures, until at length he purchased some standing wood and commenced getting out wood and ties for the railroad company. Finally, he broke up and went witb his family to Fauquier county, Vir- ginia, to live upon lands which belonged to his wite, His. wife is a lady with whom he became acquainted while teaching school in Virginia, and to whom he was married about 1830, She is a Vir- ginian apd honorably connected, being a double cousin of the late Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Mr. Underwood continued to reside on bis wife’s Jands until 1856, when he turned be asa delegate from Virginia in the National Kepublican Convention which nominated Fremont tor Presuent, His sentiments on the subject of slavery were obnoxious to the people, and, therefore, modesti: concealed until an opportunity of their sale exposi- tion was afforded, at the time of the Fremont campaign, when, in the midst of a few fishermen, he raised @ pole at Occoquan, bearing a flagin- scribed with the name of the abolition candidate for the Presidency, This was more than his neigh- bors selt like eodaring, and Mr. Unaerwood was forced to leave to avoid sharper castigation than be had been wont to inflict on the rising heirs of Fairfax. During the war he was appointed to a eanestly. and the conclusion of peace left him the ughest judicial officer in the Eastern district of Virginia. The first oficial tunction of a public nature which he discharged was, on the return of ace, to launch against a citizen of the tate @ proclamation which rendered his | name famous, to a very considerable extent. No sooner had this charge been issued than its object was uniolded in the summoning of a cloud ol witnesses before the Grand Jury, in order to base on their evidence an indictment against Gen- eral Lee. The ee became largely interested in the disposal of confiscated property at the South, The Richmond (Va.) in, Speaking of @ cele- brated case which occurred in this connection, said:—“‘We are credibly informed Judge Under- of Aidermen ts wholly unwi LLIAM M. EVARTS, A YOUNG NEW YORK THIEF IN TRENTON, Ayouth giving bis name and address as Williama. Hewett, No. 580 West Fiftieth street, New York, was arrested in Trenton last evening, on the charge of stealing & watch, two gold rings and a chain from the jewelry store of E, H. Marphy, of the latter Gity, while ning for ‘another lot of jewelry. He acknow! id. theft and pleaded h’ extenuation. He said he left fome three. vecks in search of @ situation 1 UE Seare of age, dressed with quot vaste, oe yn vel fro He is k in New wood, who was in this city making arrangements to hoid @ term of the United States Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, is at present occupy- ing the dwelling house or Mr, William M. McV: y in Alexandria, ana claiming to be the lawful owner thereot in fee simple, by virtue of a decree of confiscation and sales entered in his own Court. This hvuuse, worth fully $20,000, was sold by the marshal of Judge Underwood's Court for the sum of $1,500, and Judge Underwood himself became the purchaser. Mr. McVeigh is over 50 years of age, and never held office oi any sort under the Comiederate government. He was indicted, we see, last week, before the Grand Jury of Noriolk for treason. ‘The constitution of the United States and the laws of every civilized land require that a man shall be convicted of treason belore his property be confiscated; but Judge Un- derwood has in this case, for reasons that can be easily seen through, reversed the regular sequence of legal proceedings. It also declares that no at- tainder lor treason shall work a forfeiture of land beyond the life of the person attainted. We are not surprised, though, at his mistake in this particular, a8 we hear he never had a license to practice iaw before he was placed on the Bench.” At one period of his life Judge Underwood was ap- pointed to an agency in a Virginia emigration soci- ety, then founded in New York. The next heard of him he turned up at the Chicago Convention which nominated Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency, and again as a delegate from Virginia, although he had ceased to be a resident of that State. At Chicago it was reported of him that he had been engaged, as part of his business sinee he left Virginia, in peddling the celebrated Helper book, and at that time he had it on the streets of Uhicago for sale. After the election of Mr. Lincoln, Mrs. Underwood tuterceded with the President in his behalf, for an appointment, and he was appointed to some office | in the Treasurer’s Department. This office he held | until he was appointed to the high and important Cone am from which he has just been removed by jeath. Setnm Adams. Seth Adams, many years well known as a busi- ness man of Boston, and, with his brother, the first manuiacturer of the Adame printing press, died on | the 7th inst., at his residence, in Newton, Mass, THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ——— Dr. Cheney Accepts the Position of Asso- ciate Bishop. CHICAGO, Dec, 8, 1873. A meeting of the congregation of Christ church | in this city was held this evening to take into con- sideration the recent movement of Dr. Cheney, its | rector, in regard to the formation of the Reformed | Episcopal Church. There was a large attendance. | and the greatest unanimity characterized the pro- ceedings. Mr. Hubbard was elected Chairman, and prayer having beep offered, Dr. Cheney addressed the meeting, detailing what had been done at the New York Convention, and stating his determination to be not to accept the associate bishopric if it inter- fered with his discharge of the duties of pastor of | Christ church. He said he felt able to fill the posi- | tion, although not possessing very great respect | for some of the bishops, because of the new views regarding the office which would prevail in the new Church. He threw the whole responsibility of | deciding the matter on the congregation, | ef lubbard proposed the following resolu- tion :— Whereas Rey. Dr. Cheney has called this meeting of the ongregation to consider the question of his acceptance of the position of Associate Bishop of the Reformed Bpis- Theretore resolved, as our expression of tho feeling of this people, that we regard it as the duty of Rev. Dr. y to accept the responsibilities of the episco; provided it will not prevent his continuance in the exer: cise of his pastorate among us. After @ short discussion, in which all the speak- era favored the resolution, it was put and carried age fMRI Peel La ~ ae mblage rising. The meeting then closed with the singing of the Micbog So 4 Dr, Cheney te! 5 hed to Bishop Cumming, after the close of the meeting, his acceptance of the po- sition of Associate Bishop, find stated to the HERALD representative that the ceremony of con- ‘ation would probably place next Sunday, Ja, parties were anxious that no time should be ry lo! BALDWIN EXPEDITION REPORT. Discovery of a Route for the Proposed New Railroad in Utah. Saur Laxeg Crry, Utah, Dec. 7, 1873, The Baldwin expedition reports the discovery of ‘what ts claimed to be the only practicable route for the proposed railroad to connect this section of country with the Texas and Pacific Railroad on the thirty-fitth parallel. 1t pagwes ages the iron and coal region of Iron county, Utah, to St. George, Qnd thence down the Virgin and Colorado rivera. THE VILLE DU HAVRE, Contradictory Statements Concerning the Con~ duct of Her Officers and Crew. TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, Dee. 8, 1873, The latest reports in the English papers im re gard to the conduct of the officers and crew of the Ville du Havre are confused and contradictory. A telegram from Glasgow says the Captain of the Loch Earn has reported to the owners of his ship that the charges reflecting on Captain Surmont, of the Ville du Havre, are untrue, and that those against the crew are greatly exaggerated, CAPTAIN SURMONT AND HIS CREW. A Vindication of the French Captain and Crew—What Mr. Mackensie Says About Them. There were no inquiries yesterday at the office ol the French Steamship Company in regard to the passengers of the Ville du Havre, The news of the arrival of the crew of the Loch Earn, published im yesterday’s HERALD, was the subject of considera- ble comment among the attachés of the company, Mr. Mackenzie, the agent of the line, was asked by areporter of the HERaLy what he thought of the statements of the Captain of the Loch Earn reflect- ing upon the conduct of Captain Surmont and of the Frenchorew. He replied that he did not believe one word of those statements, and had just tele. graphed to Paris to obtain a true and trustworthy account of the points mentioned by the captain of the Loch Earn. ‘Of all our captains,” Mr. Macken- zie said, “Captain Surmént would be the very last to abandon the ship. The despatch in to-day’s (yesterday’s) H=RaLp conflicts with all the pre- vious despatches; if they were true it must surely be wrong altogether. Of course, sailors are apt to exaggerate, and I,should not be astonished if some of the crew of the Loch Earn had made some state- ments of this kind. One thing, however, is cer- tuin—Captaim Surmont never deserted the mip until all hope was gone. As regards the saving of the second officer, he would very naturally take charge of one of the boats, and a8 to the general charge of cowardice, I have never heard such & charge preferred against the French people or any French crew. Captain Surmont is the oldest cap- tain of this company. He was one of the most tender-hearted men I ever saw, and I know that be would rather risk his own life than co see the lives of others imperilled.” Mr. Mackenzie pro- nounced the statement that the clothing of the French officers was dty ludicrous and “rather too strong,” because in all probability nobody’s cloth- ing was dry. He explained the fact that so many sailors were saved by saying that a certain number of sailors must have gone into every boat in order to manage it, He had no doubt that an authentic contradiction of the entire statement would arrive to-day, when he wouid take pleasure in giving it to the press. Mr. Henderson, of Henderson Brothers, said they had no news in regard to the wreck of the Loch Earn, except what they had read in the H&RALD. The Loch Earn was only consigned to them and belonged to altken, Lilburn & Co., of Glasgow. They expected no bine tle ag they had not @ penny at stake. ‘hen Mr. Henderson's attention ‘was called to the statements of the captain of the Loch Earn, reflecting upon the French crew, he said:—“Whatever Vaptain Robertson says is true. He isa man on whose word I piace implicit reliance and whom I should always believe.” The Loch Earn, Mr. Henderson said, was worth about $100,000, and the freight probably the same amount, A SQUATTER WAR. Three Thousand Citizens of Carbondale Contest with the Delaware and Hud« son Coal Company the Title ta the Houses They Have Built ana Occupied tor a Long Term of Yearg. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 8, 1878, What promises to be one of the bitterest con- tests that has yet been waged between labor and capital in the anthracite coal flelds of Pennaylvania has been inaugurated between the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company and its workmen at Carbon- dale City. A few days ago the company, through its mining bosses, issued notices to some of the miners and laborers in and around Carbondale, who hold Janda on its property by what is known as the squatters’ mght, that unless they signed jeases for their lots they would be discharged from the works. This action on the part of the company fell like a thunderbolt among the men, who look upon it as a kind of unjustifiable coup de main to rob them of the little homes, which many of them, by upwards of 40 years of incessant toil, had created; and accordingly they refused to comply with the ukase. The company discharged several men, and an indignation meeting was forthwith held, in which resolutions were adopted deciaring this arbitrary conduct, and volunteering to support the men whe: had been discharged as long as they were out of employment. A committee was appointed to wait. on the company’s representative in this region with a view to a settlement of the difficulty, and he answered that the company’s order should be: carried out regardless of consequences. The men immediately held another meeting and resolved to resist the company to the bitterend rather than submit to a system of villanage or accept leases of the land, the owner- ship of which they claim by & squatter right of over 21 years peaceable possession. 1 visited Carbondale this aiternoon, with a view to eliciting the real facts in a contest that has pro- duced the most profound state of feeling in this: region. Carbondale is 17 miles from Scranton, on. the Lackawanna River, and is the oldest city in the valley. 1t is built in the bosom of Lackawanna Valley. Tne bleak, black hills sloping up gently east and west of the city are dotted here and there: with the begrimed and miserable huts of the squat ters, The city itself 1s a straggHng concern, ita principal street being upwards of a mile in length and mostly lined with irregular and old frame builaings. The. Court House is a modest brick structure, standing in the public square, and at @ short distance half a dozen churches, almost im cluster, lift’ their spires heavenward, while around the city the black coal breakers loom w; seeming to lend gheir color to store and church and spire. PRbout 45 years before Carbondale was a city, the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company having pur- chased that tract of land with a view to develop- ing its mineral treasures, found a great difmfioulty in vbtaining men to work in the mines, owing to the extreme isolation of the place, as well 98 to the dangers that presented themselves at that day to men unaccustomed to work in the coal accordingly the compe gineer, Mr. Clarkson, offered, as an inducement to workmen, lots which they might build hata upon and cultivate at will, iree of coarEe In this about 300 acres were disposed of. me men bive merely space enough jor a cabin, some one some two and some ten, and so on. The of industry Was soon started. The coal sunk, the breaker erected, and out of an yiting wilderness of morass and forest the men brought negtiy tillea gardens, and built up one of the most thrivit Everything went on in harmony until fo, When the company hngr es s suit against an obstreperous squatter, Sandy McDo! sion of the lot on which keeping the matter before the court for some time the suit was abandoned, and Sandy remained in full and practical ion, although the neighboring squatters of that day subscribed liberally for him to defend the matter should the Senge Pree it further. Some time after- wards dy sold his right to a Mr. Nealon, of whom the Seok since proffered ope it. It is now worth $20,060, coal included, years ago the company prevailed upon some of its men to take leases, and since that time nothing has been heard’ of the matter until & few days ago, when the mine bosses told several Men that if they did not take leases of their lots they would be discharged. The order was stoutly refused, and an organization of & ‘miners’ and laborers’ beneficial and protective association at once en! + Already, in a day or two, men have their names. mae Gonverenciee, ee one ot d most inteiligen bared 1) said it was their intention to unfold to-day, a the Miners’ Unjon in, and it. woud ¢ successial this ihe “Ronadeas— It iy @ hara thing to see mei 90 years have n ti ir over ‘trained bone and sinew to buiid up the and Hudson Coal Company and A Dailo up thie. city fei a 1B, yt 4 their Socgteehs they are decrep! and money! when the times are 80 bad,” The disputed property consists of about 300 " and is peopted by about 3,000 persons, or a little. less than one-third of the entire tion Of Carbondale. I id ‘ery IP is firm, and will use assert its legal ownership of the land; men, on the other hand, are determined to possession under the squatters’ title, and to what they consider the unjust and tyrannical sures taken by the heen og in yneral dismissal tens to be most dale, a9 the place de