The New York Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1874, Page 7

‘Pampeluna. —-- Disastrous Fire in the An- cient German Town. PVER $3,000,000 LOSSEs, Salt of the Buildings in Ashes and Hundreds of Persons Homeless, BERLIN, Sept. 7, 1874. There has been a@ very deaiructive dre in the ‘town of Meiningen. Half of the place was burned. The logs on buila- ings alone is just now estimated at about three muilliens of American dollars. HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES MADE HOMELESS. ‘Upward of 700 families have been made homeless ‘and there is great distress among the unfortunate People. MEININGEN—THE SCENE OF DESOLATION. Meiningen, or Meinungen, which has been ren- | ‘dered almost desolate vy fire, as reported in our cable telegram from Berlin, is a fortified town of Gentral rinany, capital of the Duchy of Saxe- Meiningen. It is situated on the bide 4 thirty- eight miles east northeast of Fulda, Ti possesses & normal school and extensive establish- Ments for the manutacture of woollens and linens, The prince edifice is the Palace of the Grand Dukes—first occupied in 1681—which contains very | valuable collecuons of paintings and natural curi- SPAIN. ie town Serrano Likely to Take the Field—French Re- port of a Carlist Blockade. MADRID, Sept. 7, 1874. It 18 said that Marshal Serrano will soon take ‘command in person of the Army of the North, Report of a Carlist Blockade. BaYonne, Sept. 7, 1874. ft 18 stated that the Carlists are blockading FRANCE. M. Jules Simon on the Futuro Government— Cabinet Concern for the Spanish Executive. | Paris, Sept. 7, 1874. M. Jules Simon, in 8 speech at Rheims to-day, ‘urged the dissolution of the Assembly. Monarchy 4n France he declared impossible. The nation comprised only republicans and Bonapartists. MINISTERIAL SYMPATHY WITH SERBANO. The government has suspended for two months the publication of Z’Univers tor a bitter arucie against President Serrano. SEARS Serious Charge Against an Ex-Consul of the United States. Paks, Sept, 7, 1874, Charles Perkins, formerly United States Consul @t Lisbon, and his wife were before the Correc- tional Tribunal of the Seine on Saturday, on a charge of obtaining 39,000 franca under false pre- tences, It is charged that Perkins obtained the money oy allegations that he had a concession for a cable between Spain and England; that be was nego- tiating a loan tor Don Carlos, and that be was en- gaged in other moneyed transactions. Judgment in the case will be given to-morrow. MH. CHARLES PERKINS’ CAREER. Mr. Charles Perkins, who 18, according to our able news, go seriously implicated before the Correctional Trimunal af Paris, has had a variable | and adventurous career in life, Born in Dutchess tounty, New York, he made a tour in Europe at bn early age. He returned to his native country with @ mind—which was almost precoctousiy poeute—stored with knowledge. He had acquired the use of many languages, including the Sclavonic ngue. The late Secretary Seward appointed im American Consul Lisbon, and he continuea fo present himself as @ sort of lavorite protégé of the great statesman. His public position, talents and genial address obtained for him an introduc- tion to excellent society, of which he made the most marked use, by gaining in marriage a niece of the eX-Queen Isabella of Spain, who has borne him a n—the American Bourbon of the Present day. ‘is fact may serve.to explain his affinity for the cause of Don Carlos, and thus enlighten us some- ‘what as to the action of the French ice. Mr. king’ child received any number of names in ptism, but we cannot just now identify them | Mong those of the Spanish Bourbons which are jd in the “‘Almanach de Gotha.” OCEAN TELEGRAPHY, Paying Out the New Anglo-American Cable— Beports from the Great Eastern. SrgaMsuir GREAT EafTERN, Sept. 5—Noon, Via LonDoN, Sept. 7. One thousand six hundred and ninety-six nav- ‘ical miles of cable have been paid out. SEPT. 6—5 o'clock A. M. We are close to the Skelligs, and we are going ‘$0 buoy and hope to make the final splice to-day, The cable is in perfect condition, The Direct Atlantic Cable. Lonpon, Sept. 7, 1874, ‘The work of laying the new direct cable from ‘the Irish to the American coast has commenced, ‘and the jollowing « espatch from the steamer Fara- day reports the progress made:. STEAMER FARADAY, Sunday, Sept. 6, 1874, ‘We spliced the deep sea cable with the Irish shore end on the 3d and had payed out 330 knots, ‘when # fault was discovered on the 4th, It was | found that & wire had pierced the gutta percha. ‘While we were overhauling the cable it got entan- led in some wreckage, broke and was lost in 2,570 fathoms of water. The grappling apparatus was set @t work and the cable recovered. The insula- tion is now periect, We are in latitude 60 61, lon- gitude 27 34. ) MARIO. Stalian Governmental Prosecution of the Tenor. é Lonpon, Sept. 7, 1874, Marlo, the famous tenor, has been arrested at Ventce for violation of the press law. His resi- | @ence has been searched and he has been taken & Tarin ior examination. ARABIA. The Bed Sea Ports Infected with Plague. Lisson, Sept. 7, 1874, The Portuguese Minister of the Interior has \ issued @ notice that the Arabian ports on the Red :Bea are iniected with the plague. UTAH. ‘Whe Young Divorce Suit—Excitement at @ Session of the County Court—A Fight Anticipated. Saut Lake Crry, Sept. 7, 1874, The Third District Court met to-day. Ann Eliza’s suit for divorce and alimony comes up ‘On Thursday. There was considerable excitement at Toocle to-day. Itis reported that a,/demand was made of the late Probate Judge for the recoras of the fourt, which was rejused. The County Court is In session there. The United States Marshal is ere with his deputies, large number of armed lormons were also there. BN fight was antici- | pated, but no collision occurred. THE DOMINION CABINET, ; Orrawa, Ont., Sept. 7, 1874. Rumors of Cabinet changes are rife in Ottawa. ‘Mt {8 said that Hon. Mr. Blake has been offered the portfolio of Jastice, but declines to accept it. OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 7, 1874 Emigrant Agent General Jenkins, author otf “Ginx's Baby," is expected to arrive here this week. {¢ 1@ rumored that all the Dominion emigrant pgents have deen recalled, and that soon rans emigration Dolicy is to be remouelied. | lentin; | ern, of Milwaukee, $2,000: SHEET, Ee NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER &, 1874.—TRIPLE ININGEN. | Tiif} DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENT Freight Houses and Freight Cars Destroyed at East Albany. IMMENSE LOSS OF PROPERTY. Reported Loss of Life—List of Property Destroyed. ALBANY, Sept. 7, 1874. One of the most destructive fres which has visited this vicinity in many years commenced about nine o’clock to-night in the wooden bridge connecting the freight houses of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company, on the island opposite this city, with East Albany proper. The flames passed rapidly from the bridge of the south freight houses and the grain elevator, and to the loaded freight vars standing on the tracks south of the freight houses, The destraction of the bridge isolated the burning buildings and cars, 80 that the village Fire Department was unable to check the Names, Two steam fire engines from this city were placed on board the railroad ferryboat and carried across the river to a point near the burning buildings, from whence they prevented the flames extending to the north freight houses. Though the buildings were almost surrounded by water the firemen could only prevent the fames from extending to the northern freignt buildings, and at one time it seemed almost impossibie to save even these. THR PROPERTY DESTROYED consisted of one large grain elevator filled with grain, twenty loaded freight cars, a wooden bridge, almost sixty feet long, aud Ubstantial brick freignt house, the latter fully one-eighth of a mile long. THE TOTAL LOSS Will foot up $125,000; noinsurance, Fortunately there was no wind to carry the sparks to the vil- lages of East Albany and Bath, which are near by, and composed almost entirely of woouen dwellings. LATER DETAILS OF THH FIRE, About midnight the fire had extended to a car on which was a tank of crude oll, and, after burn- ig around it for a time, the manhole plate on top waa blown off and the flames suot up 300 feet in the air, the stream of fire iorming 4 semi-circle, and dropping fully 200 feet away. The sight was AWFULLY GRAND, the house tops in Aloany for the moment as brightly as the noonday sun, There was a tre- mendous rush among the thousands of people standing on the new iron river bridge, about 200 | Jeet distant, to escape the burning liquid as it fell to the earth, but, fortunately, no one Wus seriously injured among the spectators,. Two men who were at work rolling flour from cars near by are said to have been caught in the flames; but, as the ground ior 100 feet around where they were at work is covered with burning oll, nothing definite can be learned as to the truth | otthe rumor. Freight nt Bliss, of Springfeid, Mass., happened to be here and assumed the management of the fire. The firemen from here cordially aided him, and thus saved the upper pags of freight houses. The fire was first: discovered on the east end of the bridge over the creek, and officers of the road say it1s undoubtedly, the work of an incendiary. ‘The fire 1s-still steadily burning away among the ruins, and will keep.the: firemen engaged all night. Burning of the Buildings of the New Haven Wheel Company—Workmen Thrown Out of Employment—The Loss Estimated at Over $350,000—List of In- surances. New Haven, Conn., Sept. .7, 1874, The buildings of the New Haven Wheel Company, partly brick and partly wood and covering con- siderable ground at the corner of York and Ash- mun streets, began burning at a quarter-past eleven o’clock to-night and are now almost entirely consumed, It 1sprobable that the fire will be kept from spreading further. The wheel com- pany was one of the most prominent and successful industries of this city. Mayor Harry G. Lewis is President of the company. There were fifteen buildings destroyed, with @ very heavy stock, and | 160 hands are thrown out of employment. Tne Joss is now estimated at from $350,000 to $500,000, on which there is an insurance of $100,000, The following is LIST OF THE COMPANIES INTERESTED. Germany, of Erle, Pa., $2,500; Allemania, of Pittsburg, | $2,500; ‘Merchants’, ’ of Providence, $2,500; Fame, of Philadelphia, $2,500; Northwest- itizens’, of Newark, 7 iss! 2,000; Phoenix, of ‘Hartford, junsey, » $5,000; of Memphis, 000 5 agansett, Providence, $5,000; Humboldt, of Newark, $2,500; Roger Williams, of Providence, $3,000; Liverpool, $10,000, and Frankitn, of Minneapolls, $2,400. It is probable that the fire was set by in- cendiaries, and owing to the large amount of dry pine and other wood it burst forth ith great rapidity, and was under full headway when | the engines arrived. The Mire at Frostburg, Md.—List of In- surances. FROSTBURG, Sept. 7, 1874. The jollowing {8 @ list of insurances as far as as- certained on the losses by fire here on Saturday night:—In the National, of Philadelphia, $3,000; Citizens’, of Newark, N. J., $2,000; Black River, of Watertown, N. Y., $2,600; Germania, of New York, $9,000; Virginia Fire and Marine, $2,500; Frank- lin, of Wheeling, W. Va., $2,500; Security, of New Haven, $2,000; Lancaster, of Lancaster, Pa., $2,000; Lynchburg, of Lynchburg, Va., $2,600; Hoff- man, of New York, $2,500; Humboldt, of New York, $2,500; Fire Assurance, of Pniladelphia, $2,500; Home, of New York, $5,000; North Ameri- can, of Pniladelphia, $2,000; Royal, of Liverpool, $5,000; Allegheny, of Cumberiand, Md., $3,000; Hartford, $4,000; Scotch, ot Ca ad $2,500; American and Pennsyivanta,. of Poiladelphia, | $1,750; and $18,700 distributed among nipe Balti- more companies, the highest amount in any one company being $6,000, in the Baltimore Fire In- surance Company. Firemen Injured in Paterson. i PATERSON, N. J., Sept. 7, 1974, During an alarm of fire yesterday afternoon the hand engine Totona became unmanageabie on the | steep grade of Totona avenue, and ran over Theo- dore H. Chamberlin, who was terribly crushed, his spine being fractured, it is feared. Richard Ross and James Partingtou, who were seated on the tongue of the engine, were also badly hurt, and | Michael Brennan nad two ribs broken and was se- | verely cat on the head. Other persons were more | or less injured by the accident. There were two fires here yesterday, both unimportant. Carpet Warp Factory Destroyed—List of Insurances. > PROVIDENCE, R. L., Sept. 7, 1874, A wooden mill in Exeter, owned and occupied by A. D, Shottuck for the manufacture of carpet warp, was burned Sunday night. The loss is about $20,000 and the insurance $10,000, divided as fol- Jows:—$1,000 in the Phoenix and $1,500. each in the Roger Williams, of this city; the Atna, of Hart ford; the First National, of Worcester; the Penn- sylvania, of Pittsburg; the National, of Allegheny, and the Hartiord, Paper Mill Burned. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 7, 1874. Dickinson and Fairfield’s paper mill, at Hol- yoke, caught fire last night from spontaneous combustion in the rag room, and was partially destroyed. The loss-is $25,000, fully insured. Flouring Mill Destroyed. MILWAUKER, Wis., Sept. 7, 1874. A fire at Burlington, Racine county, Friday Night, destroyed the flouring mili of Perkins Bros. & Lawton. The loss is $19,000; insurance $12,000, in the Aitna, Phoenix and Niagara, of New York, and the Mechanics’, of Milwaukee, Disastrous Fire at Russellville, Ky. MemMpuis, Tenn., Sept. 7, 1874. It is reported that a divastrous fire occurred at Russellville, Ky., yesterday morning. The Court House, the Frost House and other buildings were ee No particulars of the fire are knuwo ere, Incendiarism in St. John’s, N. B. Sr. JonNns, Sept. 7, 1874. _JTwo incendiary fires occurred on Sunday morning in the locality of Union steet—one in Doherty's brewery and the other in a large house owned by Mr. Vincent. The mait house and kitchen of the brewery were badly damaged. The brewery was insured for $6,000, Hotel Destroyed at Ottawa. OTTAWA, Sept. 7, 1874, A fire yesterday destroyed the English Hotel, on Rideau street. Four cottages on the corner of George and Cumberland streets were badly dam- aged, The Cotal loss is abouts $20,000, Bush Fires in Canada, Omawa, Sept. 7, 1874, Bush fires are still raging in the neigiborhooa 1 Huntiey, aad have done conaiderabie damage “protect the State in regard to the alleged defalca- \ | | the streets have been revoked. No fireplugs are | | to the crops and houses, The ravages of the fire will be particularly distressing during tho coming winter. THR TOTAL Loss by the fire was about $40,000. The insurance is as follows:—Slocombe & Steven, on building on goomm street, $1,200; Thomas Starmer, $1,600 in he Liverpool, ndon and Globe; Wiliam Finch, house on Rideau street, $3,000.’ P. O'Meara lost heavily; he 18 insured in the tna Company for THE MINNESOTA DEFALCATION. Letter of Governor Davis to the Attorney General of the State—Proceedings To Be Commenced Against Ex-Auditor McIlrath and Others. Sr. PAvr, Sept. 7, 1874, Governor Davis has taken prompt measures to tion of Charies Mclirath, late State Auditor, The | Governor to-day addressed a letter to Attorney General Wilson, in which, after reciting the au- thority ana scope of the speciai legislative commit- tee investigating Mclirath's accounts, he says: As submitted by the committee the evidence estab- ‘the fact that the late State Auditor has received, on account of timber cut on State land. Fret more than he bas paid the State Treasurer; and ¢hat his man- | agement of certain stumpage transactions in Kandiyohi county hag resulied in a loss to the State ot the turther sum of $12,518. It is also submitted by the report that the evidence establishes that the examiners appointed the late State Auditor to report to him the quantities of timber in the state lands, made a systematic bu: ness of detrauding the State for pecuniary consid- by reporting the quantity cut as less the actual quantity, and leaving unre- ported quantities as the subject of spoliaion by those whose duty it was to protect the interests of the State in these matters. The examiner to whom the evi- deuce on this subject most distinctly polnts was the lat Mr. Butler Comstock, whose estate is now iu process of settlement in the Probate Court of Ramsey couniy, It {s catimated that allowing for all that the Stave received and all that its officials recelved and did not pay over, the Btate been detrauded of large sums of money: dhe report also discloses certain trausactions by tho late State Auditor with the firmof P.M. Myers & Co., bank- er in New York. which will demand the strictest y you that you may ascertain whether the State, has ‘any’ claim, against the Auditor by reason thereof. You are requested to briny suit at the earliest possibie moment, against Mclirat and bis sureties, tor every cause of action which, in your | judgment, can be sustuined against him. or them. You are also requested to intervene, inthe Probate Court of Ramsey county, in the matter of the estate of Butlor Comstock, deceased, by putting in an account in favor of the State of Minnesota. against the said estate, ior such an amount as may be warranted by tho evidence taken by the committee, or by any other {ntormation of whiche you may become possessed. You are also requestea io bring ‘suits in the name of the state of Minnesota as plaintiNs, against all persons whom evidence discloses as having conspired with any officer to have the quan- ftv cut by, or tor them, anderestimated, and who have Rot pald tor all the tiinber actualiy cut, the amount paid to any person asa bribe for not returning or exacung payment for the full quaney not to be allowed as pa: Ment by reason of its having been made to a tal officer, You will also please proceed to assert in the Courts the right of the State in all cases not above stated which your examination of the report and the evidence may bring to your attention. C. DAVIS, Governor. OFFICIALS ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 7, 1874, To-night the Board of Supervisors declaréd the | office of license collector vacant. Collector Buck- ley and two of his deputies, Conrad Welirigel and Emil Neimer, were arrested, charyed with felony, in the embezzlement of public moneys, MOVEMENT ON THE BLAOK HILLS. Experienced Miners and Hunters Pre. pared to Evade the Military. St. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 7, 1874, A spectal to the Journal from Bismarck says:— A party of fifty men will ‘eave Bismarck in about thirty days for the Black Hilis. The party will be composed 01 experienced miners and hunters who not only know the color of gold and the habits of the Indians, but are sharp enough to evade the military, and wao, once in the hilis, can live as In- diana live, and consequently will not bother them- | selves with supplies to any great extent. THE INDIANS, Sioux Wanting to Bury the Hatchet with the Ree: Sr. PavL, Minn., Sept. 7, 1874, A party of Sioux came up to Fort Lincoin last Right, from Fort Rice, and jommed the Rees em- ployed at Lincoln, who are bitter enemies to them, and ina grand pow-wow they wanted to bury the hatchet and professed the warmest friendship; bat the Rees discredit it and will not trust them unless prepared to fight at a moment’s notice. ARKANSAS. The Constitutional Convention—Resolu- tions Deprecating Proceedings Tending | to Produce a Conflict of Races—The | Democratic Convention. LrtTLE Rock, Sept. 7, 1874. An enrolled copy of the constitution was read in Convention to-day and signed by all the mem- | bers but seven. During the session a preamble anda resolutions were adopted pledging the | members to discoungenance and condemn all lawlessness, violence and out: wherever and whenever found, and demanding in the Dame of the State equal protection, justice and rights for all, regardless of race or color: also de- precating all proceedings tending to produce a conflict between the races, and imviting immi- gration and guaranteeing protection to all who come. * The Democratic State Convention meets to-mor- row. From present appearances Governor Elisha Baxter will be renominated. THE GOVERNOR'S VETO, ALBany, N, Y., Sept. 7, 1874, The Governor has vetoed the bill to authorize the confinement of convicts in penitentartes of this State, on the ground that the compensation provided by the bill would be a gratuity to the county receiving convicts under it. DROUGHT IN PHILADELPHIA Procautions Taken Against a Scarcity of Water. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7, 1874. No rain has fallen in this vicinity since the se- vere storm of August 9, and the drought has caused ® scarcity of water in the Schuylkill, and the Chie! Engineer of the Water Department has issued a circular requesting economy on the part of citi- zens in the use of water. Tne fouutains have been stopped and licenses for water carts to sprinkle | opened except in case of fire, THE OITY OF PEKING, Boston, Sept. 7, 1874, The City of Peking came into the harbor at eight o’clock this morning and anchored off the foot of State street. Crowds are now Visiting and inspect- ing the vessel, which will remain open to visitors during the day and evening. The City of Peking will sail at eight o’clock to-morrow morning sor New York. OHINESE WOMEN RETURNED HOME, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 7, 1874. The Supreme Court to-day, in the habeas corpus case of the twenty-three Chinese women brought here on the steamer Japan, decided that the State law which regulates such immigration is | constitutional, and remanded the women to the ing of the steamer Japan, to be returned to hina. LIFE INSURANCE OASE, The Company B.und by a Guarantee of Its Agent to Pay Premiums. Boston, Sept. 7, 1874. Tne Massachusetts Supreme Court has decided the contested life insurance policy case, involving $20,000, in favor of the widow of the late Colonel Thomas E. Chickering against the Globe Life In- surance Company of New York. The defence claimed the premiums had not been paid, but the plaintiff showed that the Boston agent of the com- pany guaranteed the payment of the premiums to offset his, the ent’s, personal indebtedness to the Messrs, Chickering, and the Court held that the msi nos company was bound by this promise Ol 1té agen’ KILLED IY AN AFFRAY, Krnasron, N, Y., Sept. 7, 1874. Aspecial says that on Sunday, in West Brook- ville, Sullivan county, on the line of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, John Welis went to a house occupied by Frederick Frank and demanded pay- ment of rent, which was refused by Frank, who orderea Wells out of doors, and, seizing a gun, threatened to shoot him. Wells went out and goon after returned, when an altercation ensued and Wells struck Frank, knocking lim down. As he fell Frank’s head struck a stone and his skull Was jractured, He died soon after. Wells was arrested. AN ALLEGED MURDERER DISCHARGED, Boston, Sept. 7, 1874. The examination of Peter Kelly, of the British Schooner Alice Myrick, for fatally stabbing a ship- mate, named Brown, on the high seas, took place to-day before Judge Lowell, of the United States District Court. The complaint was made in behalf of the British Consul for Kelly's extradition. The evidence failed to sustain the charge. of murder, and the orisoner Was discharged, | favorable conditions. AMUSEMENTS. Niblo’s Theatre, The spectacular drama resumed its sway at this house with the production, last night, of the Bibli- cal allegory “The Deluge; or, Paradise Lost.” In point of splendor this entertainment falls farshort of that attained in the old days of “Black Crook” and unbreeched legs, but in compensation the moral purity has been greatly increased. This 1s & great merit in ‘the new spectacie, and must be its chie/ recommendation to the pub- lic, It ts not wanting in attractions but, they are scarcely of such strength as to win success if the @reat moral element did not furnish a strong sup- port. Allegorical representations on the stage are almost unavoidably tame when they are not sea- soned with the spice of sin, and the present piece w nO exception to the general rule, Opening with a scene on the borders of Bitumen Lake, we are introduced to Satan, who is in Do pleasant mood at his chapge oi quarters. Then we are carried into the Garden of Eden and made acquainted wiih Adam and Eve while yet ina state» of perfect inaocence. The ‘tempta- tion of ve and the killing of Abel are told with certain dramatic effect. The slay- ing of Abel by his brother affording the dramatist a rather happy opportunity ior using Satan with excellent dramatic effect as the autor of all evil. A slight interval of some two thousand and odd years elapses between the third and jourth acts, which opens in the Teniple of Enoch, where the descendants of Cain are having a good time, when the deluge comes down with what effect we know. The ast act = is | devoted to a grand ballet which is intendea to | represent the orgies of the children o! Vain when they fell under the dominion of the Arch Tempter, Lt is by far the most interesting part of the enter. tainment and in spite of its taint of sin was betier liked by the audience than the more correct preceding acts. The plece gives: very little scope for acting, being in realit, series ot jostures y 8 intended to illustrate the Biblical theory of the fall of man, Miss Seaman, who undertakes the rdle of Satan, displays considerable dramatic ability, and throws @ good deal of force into her re! dering of the character. Miss Lilly Ma donald, who assumes the double roles of Eve and Noma, has the advantage of a fine presence and a beautiful face, and presents a figure not unworthy of the ideal Rve. Her part is sions recited, and whenever the reporter, by his Witticiams, called forth their lau T OF applause, ‘The sollowing is the cast of the play Frederick Thornton, the Sinner......... Rev. Joel James Bayham, the Saint.. Mr. Stuart, Father (o bveleen.. }dword Gray, Friend to Mr err eu, & Keporte! WT, ihe Colenel, «Husband oe. ie Tnotaas Grahate , Son Tr. wi ra. Thornton.......M, } Bveleea Stuart, sierwards Mrs Thoraiou et VMS < W. @. Jones Mr: Leone Laulis, a Dangerous Woman. . Miss lillie Maivern Hannah A. Severity, who owns 4 Husband. Mrs. 5. Post Maud, Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Thornton. Little Deimar | Nelle, Maid to Mrs. Thornton. Dorsey | Mr. W. L. Street Mr, Chas. Foster t. Geo. Hamilton Jr Hurry Loe jornton The Scandal at the Theatre Comique. The usually varied programme of this theatre had @ special attraction last night in an abridged | version of the play called ‘‘Passion’s Perils.” The management of the theatre seem to have been undetermined in what way to class this play. In One announcement it is called a “new society ? in anotner, “a comic local drama.” The Patrons of the theatre last night speedily made up their minds that it is comic and convuisively so. ‘They took all the maudlin sentiment, all the pathetic aituations of the play, as most exquisitely good burlesquing. In fact, they saw quickly the absurd- ity at which the poor playwright had arrived, and enjoyed it without knowing that he had aimed at something higher than merely to make them laugh, ‘Passion’s Perils" is too stupid, too ab- surd, to be condemned as injurious to anybody’s morals; and Messrs. Beecher, Tilton and Moulton, who are supposed to be caricatured in it, have no cause lor complaint against the play, though they have against the actors (?) who misrepresent their forms and faces on the stage. Thougn tne play was extremely tunny (rom its absurdities, the | performances after it had a real svirit of joility run- | Ding through them which conveyed more pleasure to the audience, that crowded the theatre, Lyceum Theatre—Opera Bouffe. The exchange of the roles of Molda and Muller between Miles. Aimée and Minelly in ‘La Timbale a’Argent,” last night, did not mend matters in the estimation of the audience, as far as the utter in- decency of the opera is concerned. Indeed, noth- ing short of the removal of the obnoxious piece from the boards will satisfy the public, and it is well that the management have taken the hint and announced for Thursday evening the spark- nots very strong one, and sue gets througn it satisfactorily, The action of “ihe Deluge” is somewhat slow, and in the opening scene drags visibly. 1t requires to be cut down. The omission of the tumbiersin tne fourth act, with the carpet laying involved, would be a decided improvement, | The closing scene in the Temple of Enoch will recall the memory of the “Black Crook,” but somewhat suodued. In an artistic point also it is superior, the brilliancy and harmony of colors in the dresses being so arranged as to produce a series of Dic- tures truly gorgeous, Wallack'’s. Mr. Toolelast night modified his programme so 3 lo appear in three of nis best characters, and as a result a crowded audience assembled to greet | him. “Our Clerks,” though not a very interesting piece, affords Mr. Toole an opportunity tor a dis- play of his powers of characterization which he uses with such excellent effect: under His John Puddicomve—the stupid, biundering, unready clerk—is a mirth-pro- voking performance. Last night he introduced into this part three songs, in witich he has already achieved great success—‘He, She and the Post- man,” “Bob Simmons’ Courtship” and “The Hor- rible Tale.’ These were well received by the audience, who shuwed some disposition to keep Mr. Tooie singing all night, But he escaped on the plea that lis minstrel powers were limited. “Off the Line,” of which we have already spoken favorably, was the second piece. The night's per- formance was brought to a@ close by the laugh- able farce ‘dci on Parle Francais,” in which Mr. Toole played Spriggins, a character which he created and in which he has played over 2,000 times, It 18 One Of His most masterly efforts, and the unblushing manner in which this creation has been pirated without any acknowledgment is the best evidence of its artistic value. Mr. Toole seems to be growing In favor with the metropoll- tan audiences, and will no doubt have scored a solid paccees by the time his engagement comes to an en ‘ “Passion’s Perils.” ‘This is the name of a piece which has just been put on the stage here in two of our theatres, Itis | designed to be a dramatic representation of the principal events and scenes in the Brooklyn scan- dal. It argues badly for the morals of the commn- | nity to say that the Bowery Theatre was, last night, well filled, though not uncomfortably crowded, to witness the caricature of a subject that. has been as well read and understood as any other that nas ever come bejore the American public. But why this city should be further inflicted with a stage renewal of this scandal is passing strange. And why religion, even in its weakest manitesta- | tion, should be held up to ridicule in a Onristian community and the purest affections of the human heart should be dragged in the gutter with stage effect for the benefit of avaricious managers and the gratification of @ prurient public taste is al- most incomprehensible. Bad as the poorest speci- men of @ Christian may be, his egual is hard to find outside of Christendom. Bat perhaps the stage has determined to “get square” with the pulpit for all the evil things that have been said against it in the past by the latter. And tearing that it may never have so good a chance as the present the great scandal nas been seized upon and dramatized. If any thing were needed to justify the tears of the chief pastor implicated in that horror of the evil that its publication would entail on the youth of Amer- ica, this representation of it would be sufficient. To be sure some of the most sensational points in the real drama are left out and others, more likely to take with a Bowery audience, are introduced. Hence instead of the poor Mrs. Thornton (Tilton) writing her retraction on a sick-bed she sits at a table and rattles it olf as if she were used to that sort of thing. And the pastor, Rev. Joe! James Bayham, instead of touching her ankle imprints a kiss on her cheek, and while in the act her husband, Frederick Tnornton, enters wild with rage, and threatens death and destruction to wile and astor, But he suddenly bethinks himself of a hetier Way, calms his temper, seizes a little daughter irom his wife’s side, and whue the latter, faint and overcome with sorrow and fright, falls on the floor and Nellie (alias Bessie) bathes her brow, the orchestra plays and the curtain drops, A Mr, Stuart, the lather of Mrs, Thornton, nas | too decided a Hibernian “brogue” to pass for the character in the real drama whom he ts designed to represent, Leonie Laulis and Hannah A. Severity, intended for a couple of women who sailed away snddeniy from _ this | port for Europe during the investigation ot the ecapdai—are easily Tecoguized, especially as the latter has a military husband, who delights in the title of colonel, toting her about, It ts safe to assert that there ts not achar- acter in the entire cast that comes within forty degrees of the real characters in the original in any particular. The nearest approach to it isin those free lovers. There is a wild caricature of re- Porters in the person of one Jerry Fitzitem, whose chiel business seems to be to drink gin cocktails with any One who will stand treats and to »orrow money irom everybody who will lend him a dime oradollar, He comes tn attired in the shabbiest style that may be imagined, and yet makes the acquaintance readily and drinks gin and beer with the male actors as it were in the real drama. The plot shows something akin to an illicit love existing between the pastor and the wile of Thornton betore her marriage with tne latter, but it also shows the hypocrisy of Thornton while making love to her in declarin, that rather than lose her hand and heart he woul go toheaven her way, And this sentiment was duly appreciated by the audience with hisses. Bayham, the pastor, comes to the house of his friends and invites Thornton and wife out to walk or fide, the scene bein, at the White Mountains, but Thornton roiuses an the wife and pastor go off arm in arm—a very un- likely thing, too, by the way. Then enters the female Iree lover, ‘who accuses the absent wile with having transferred her affection from her husband to her pastor, and intimates that some- thing worse may have and doubtless has hap- pened between them. The husband jumps to his leet, repels the insinuation and cries out, “itis false, Woman,’ at which the audience cheer lustily. The mystery of the pastor’s possession of the long letter, from which Thornton had published extracts, 18 unravelled by the writer of this drama, He brings the “Mutual Friend” and Mrs, Thornton together, She prevails upon him to give her the letter, which he hands over, and she hastily sends for her pastor and gives it to him. The pastor 1s at her house while her husband bas gone off to the parsonage in search of the docu- ment which he suspects has been transferred. Jerry Fitzitem, the reporter, seedy and bibulous, for ever in want of whiskey or the price of it, is the only character who deserves or receives applause in the entire play. And he does this as much by hi smartness of repartee and off-hand wit as by his wretched Caricature of the reportorial prolession. Indeed, there is nothing in the entire drama trom the prologue to the end of act lil., scene 3, that deserves approval, either for its truthfulness to life character or its faithfniness to the case which has cailed it forth. The closing scene tntro- duces the audience to the death chamber of the pastor, who dies broken hearted, alter which the separated husband and wife become reconciled and the curtain drops on the poorest at~ tempt to perpetuate an abominable scandal that ought by this time to have satiated if not nauseated the hearts and the nos! dience, It must be admitted, sat more patiently and decorously under the infliction than any au- dience we have ever seen in like circumstances, and showed their estimate of the scenes by with: holding @ppsOval or disauproval. save on tha aco. | bach, The libretto of this opera is very amusing ling work, “La Princesse de Trebizonde,” by Offen- | and singularly free from the objectionable element that constitutes the main portion of Vasseur'’s work. It relates the ludicrous adventures of a | troupe of mountebanks while on their travels through Europe, A wax figure belonging to their | collection and representing a@ princess of Trebizonde 1s broken, and Zanetta, daughter of the chiet of the mountebanks, takes its place, in order not to disappoint the pub- he. A young prince falls in love with the sup- osed statue, and asks his father to purchase it jor him, Meanwhile the mountebanks win a | } chateau in a lottery, and put ona deal ofstyle, | | The Prince visits them, invites them to Court and | Orders the statue to be given to hisson. After | | many comic scenes at Court the tdentity of the | | Wax “figger’’ ts discovered, and the Prince pére is | induced to give his consent to the nuptials of his | Som and the mountebank’s daughter, Olympte Theatre. There was an entire change of performance at | | that of last week was @ decided improvement, It was lighter, more entertaining and more amus- ing. The subStitution of a gooa laughable farce for a drama is a most desirable change, and “Un- lucky Mr. Brown,” the title of the comicality pro- daced last night, made a hit, if laughter and applause may be regarded as indications, The plece embraced the strength of an excellent farce company, in which Messrs, Gray, Bletz and O’Nell | and Misses Granville ana Thornton were con- spicuous, A good variety programme suc- | ceeded, and then followed an original sketch | ; called “The Irish Landlord; or, a Kow in the Barracks,” which introduced Mr. Sam Rickey and | Master Barney. These two actors have obtained | g reputation jor character acting, and the fame they have achieved is well deserved, for they are as comical @ pair as are in the variety business to- day. “The Irish Landiord,” however, is not a piece calculated to show off the peculiar talents of these men. Rickey, who monopolizes the this theatre last evening, and the alteration from | 1 THE LOST CHILD. na ee The Boy at Goshen Not Charley Ress Telegram from the Sheriff of Orange County. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7, 1874. The Ross family have received @ photograph of the child at Gosnen, Orange county, N. Y., sn@ they pronounce it to be not that of the missing child Charley Ross. They are satisfied that it was &@ case of mistaken identity, as Charley would no® Say he came from Philadelphia, Germantown being the only locality he knew. ‘The following 18 @ copy of a telegrams received at the Mayor’s office this morning irom James H. Hoyt, Sheriff of Orange county, New York:— There ts a child here which I believe is the lost Chass ley Ross, Have had his likeness takem and’ sent te Christian H. Koss by letter yesterday. The Boy at Goshen Held for Further {dentification—~A Woman Said To Be im Pursuit of the Child. Gosuey, N. Y., Sept. 7, 187& A person claiming to be a detective presented himself here last eventng, who clarms to be able | toidentify Charley Ross, This morning the aw- thorities had the boy taken from Mrs, Haight’ custody and he is now in charge of the Overseer of the Poor. The detective, on an examination of the boy, claims that it is not Charley Ross; bus Sheriff Hoyt feels that detectives are never to be trusted a8 @ class, and he holds the child for turther identification. The excitement does Dos’ abate, but has rather increased since the pablica- | tion of the HERALD’s exclusive account of the affair this morning. Itis said that the little fellow now here was taken from a woman connected with a circus, while in Havana, Cuba, and that the womag from whom Rey. Mr. Kenney took the boy has’ pursued them to New York, where she will new probably seek to recover the child. The resuls us awaited with impatience, as Other parties are expected here this evening from Philadelphia te identify the child, Supposed Presence of the Ross Child tm the District of Columbia—A Strange Boy Left with a Poor Family—The De~ tectives Satisfied He is Not a Member of the Ross Family. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 , 1874 For the second time the detective corps of” Washington has been agitated over the supposed” Preseuce in the District of the Ross child, The Superintendent of Police to-day received such information as to make it necessary to ime vestigate the circumstances under which a boy, about four years old, had been left with a poor family in the borders of the District. The voy, intelligent -and attractive, said his was Willie Darling, and while tne father of the boy claimed that it was his only child the young ster said he had two brothers and heaps of sisters, So far as facial likeness could be traced the chilé dia RESEMBLE THE LOST ROSS CAILD, but the detectives said they were satisfied he was not ® member of the Ross family, and that there ws no further need of at tempting to establish his identity with that family. Should the circumstances warrant a closer examination the oficers have ‘aken the precau- tion to hold all the parties, and while there are some things entirely satisfactory to the detectives: itis expected that ali doubt will be dispelled | to-morrow. DONALDSON’S BALLOON, The Passengers Safely Suspended in am Old Vine Tree—Destruction of the Bale loon. Lewistown, N. J., Sept. 7, 1874. Professor Donaldson’s balioon, with T. Fr, Em- mons, of the Allentown Morning Herald, and R. D. Kramer, of Allentown, as passenzers, left Al- lentown, Pa., at @ quarter past eleven A. M. and landed at haif-past one P. M. in ne woous near Juliustown, N. J. The lan Was rucher disastrous to tne balloon, it being turn tu piecea, and the voyagers were Suspended in ‘he daskeb about forty feet from the ground in an old pine tree. No bones were broken. THE HUMBOLDT FESTIVAL PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7, 187& The Humboldt festival was held to-day at Schuet greater part of the sketch, throws Harney, who | | has very little to do, in the shade. They ought to | ; try something more pretentious. Even tn the | act of last night they could have introduced | More business and come together in stronger eon- ; trast. There is room for improvement im this | direction and we hope they will take advantage | of the suggestion, formance last night amused a large audience | | witn an entertainment which could’ not fall to | please and entertain. Musical and Dramatic Notes. Braga, the violoncellist, is expected here this week. signora Potentini is said to be one of the best Normas in Italy. The subscription books for the Strakosch Italian opera season are now open at the Academy of Music, A splendid bill is offered by Thomas’ orchestra at Central Park Garden, for the beneNt of Mr, Jonn Koch, on Thursday next. The Colosseum opens with “Paris in Flames” on Monday next, The well known painter Matt selection 18 @ good one and justifies great anti- cipations in connection with the forthcoming cyclorama. was so well received on Saturday, and the demand for seats during the evening was so great for the following nights, that Mr. Daly has to announce it for repetition every night this week and at the matinée on Saturday next. On Saturday evening the long promised remodelled “Scnool for Scan- dal” will be presented, with a wealth of new | Scenery and costumes and a most remarkable | cast. Miss Fanny Brough, the young English actress who makes her American début in Bootn’s Theatre on next Monday evening as “Belve- dera,”’ in Otway's tragedy, ‘Venice Preserved,” is a daughter of the renowned Robert Brough and niece of Lionel Brough. She made her first ap- pearance in Manchester in 1868, and her London début at Mrs. John Wood’s St. James’ Theatre in | 1870, playing the titular part in Fernance at the | Same time, as will be remembered, that Miss Agnes | Ethel was playing it in New York. Miss Brough jas supported Mr. Toole at the London Gatety and | Mr. Barry Sullivan on several of his provincial | tours, her first decided success being achieved as “Ophelia” to Mr. Sullivan’s “Hamlet,” when she was not more than sixteen years of age. She was the Clara Douglas at the famous revival of Bul- wer’s “Money,” by Miss Marle Wiltoa’s company | at the London Prince of Wales’ Theatre a few sea- sons ago, @ part which she sustained for some six months or more. Her beauty is of an interesting type, enhanved by extreme youth and freshness, EXOURSION OF THE MILITARY, Company D Washington Light Infantry on Their Way to Syracuse. Eur, N, Y., Sept, 7, 1874. Company D, Captain Carver, of the Washing- ton (D. ©.) Light Infantry, passed through this city this morning on the Northern Central Rail- road on their way to Syracuse, as guests of the Sumner Corps of that city. There was 130 in the party, Colonel Robert J, Fleming, commanding the regiment to which the company belongs, be- ing one of the number. The celebrated fisrine Band accompanies the excursion, The company goes down Seneca Lake to Geneva and thence bi the New York Central toSyracuse. They met witi @ very cordial reception here (their first stopping @ in this State), being enthusiastically ap- plauded on their appearance. They are to be at the Seneca Lake Regatta, at Watkins, on Friday of this week, on their way home, The Arrival at Syracuse—An Enthusi- astic Reception—Bonfires, Tiumina- tions and the Freedom of the City. Syracuss, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1974. Company D, of the First regiment of the District of Columbia Light Infantry, from Washington, under command of Captain Caron, accompanied by Colonel Fleming and the field and staff of the same regiment, together with a large number of honorary members and iadies, arrived in this city at ‘hall-past eight o'clock this evening, They are the guests of the Sumner ot) of this city. They were received in a briiliant manner, with fireworks, bonfires, iliumi- nations, salutes of artillery and & large provces- sion. The procession Was Witnessed by about twenty-five thousand people, who greoted it with cheers on the line of march, At the armory of the Sumner Vorps the guests were welcomed on be- half of the corps by Rev. Dr. Eddy, their chaplain, and ‘were tendered the freedom of the city by Mayor Graves. The guests will remain till Thurs aay. —S————— PRINTING OLOTHS MARKET. Provipence, R. I., Sopt. 7, 1874, Printing cloths quict at bike, for G4x64, a8 Jaak Taken altogether the per- | Morgan has been retained by the direction. The | “The Fast Family” at the Fifth Avenue Theatre | | Batchelor’s Hair zen Park. Five thousand persons were present. The day was spent in games, music, address, &e, | The festival will close to-day and the proceeds will | be applied to the fund for the Humboldt Monu- | Ment, SHOT BY AN OFFICER. Thomas Casey was shot in the left shoulder inet night by Officer Mulvey, of the Twenty-seventhm precinct, while assisting some boys to steal. He was removed to the Park Hospital, where nis wounds were attended to. Died. Capmvus.—In Brooklyn, on Monday night, temoer 1, ‘1874, at @ quarter-past eleven o’cl Jouy CapMvs, son of the late Abr. Vadmus, in ear. ‘Notice of funeral hereaiter. 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