The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1874, Page 5

“YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1874—QUADRUPLE SHEET. 3 THE 'LONGSHOREMEN. ‘Progress of the Gen- ral Strike. HE RIVER FRONTS YESTERDAY “Green” Hands Stil Protected by the Police—Commerce Not Greatly Hampered. ‘The Nongshoremen’s general strize does not seem to bear the iruit which the participants predicted and expected. The owners of sailing vessels have mot been driven to desperation nor bave the steamehip men receded from their original posi- sion. Thisis the story of the great lock-out ina tahell, In twenty instances yesterday those who had long been the friends and em- ployera. of these laborers, and who had paid them immense sums weekly for years and years, expressed surprise that they Possessed sych little comprehension and were so ignorant of thetr true relations to the community, Hotone of the merchants on South street, ina tour among the owners of shipping yesterday, but ‘who termed the action on Wednesday last, mak- img the men who had not been reduced in their pay Join the unfortunate steamship laborers, “the wuicidal act of their lives.” One gentleman went Martuer, and felt certain “shat before many weeks scores of these same men, who are now making such demands upon the merchants, will be clamor- ing (or the establishment of soup houses,” The situation along the front of the river re- mains as on Friday. In South street the police Were in large numbers, as the occasion demanded, while the strikers gathered along the sidewalk ©@pposite to thetr old places of labor, occupying the time in arguments with one another or criticising the work of the raw hands, wno are firmly estab- d in their places. Many of the men who were ‘Well pleased with the wages they were making ‘when the starvation decrees of the union com- pelled them to desist openly expres.ed it as “a bit of their mind” thatit was “not right to knock uso working when we were getting the old wages,” @ni wound up by intimating that unless there ‘wassome kind of compromise by Monday they will then work jor wnat they can get, Such men as the latter are aware that labor is more pientt- fui than employment, and feel assured that the Present was the wrong time to make the expert- ment now before the peopie—that of dictating to ‘the merchants how they shail conduct their busl- ness. Messrs, 0. H. Marshall & Co., owners of the old Black Bali tine, whose work was: suspended in @ischarging their only ship now at the company’s Pleron Friday, continued work yesterday wita green hands, The firm quietly informed tne steve- dore to procure such, and he did so. Though they are not so handy as the old ‘longshoremen tne ‘work was satisfactorily periormed. lt was the Ovinicn of one of the firm that a few days wonid be sufficient to iully instruct them, when tbe Stevedores would have no furtuer trouvie, and shat, in his opinion, the merchan 8 were “so untied and determined in this matter, tne union men Inust suffer defeat.” fg nothing. only hould there ba The Meares. Tapscott were doin; | Ro setiement of the dificulty by to-m ‘Trow morn- | | Waiting to see wat ‘turns up.” ing, they will put “green” hands on their vesseis, yet “we can wait a while even alter that time, as there is no great hurry witn our suips,” said ! of the Port would be appointed; that General mined towia this Dght b; mine: wil rf less ail they ask is not acce} part anted,” On the italian bark Devett Dubrovckt, ading with grain atthe store foot ui Atiantic street, the old rates were offered the anion men, but they retused (o go to work. The crew and @ Jew green men were compelled to stow the cargo as best they could. The Strike in Jersey City. The "longshoremen on strike in Jersey City are becoming desperate. A few days ago they mal- treated two of the new workmen, and yesverday they drove ten workmen {rom the Morris street dock, A ‘squad of police, under command of Cap- tain McHarney, were placed on duty at the Cunard and Morris street doc! In consequence of the violent conduct of the strikers, the agents of the Cunard line nave concluded not to employ any of tne strikers again. A gang of 100 laborers are to be employed on Tuesday at a regular rate of wi and to be retained during the for Joading and [eget Persie rhis ends the ‘atrike, and leaves 200 longshoremen out of em- ployment. Meeting of the Bag Sewers. A proposal having been made to the grain bag sewers by the ‘iongshoremen now on strike that they strike also, a meeting of that body, sixty in number, was he'd last evening at No. 27 Bridge street to see what action should be taken in the Eosions The presiding officers were Mr. William (rhage eer avd Mr, Jonn Maher, sec- retary. er some preliminary business had been transacted. the following resolution was adopted :— at we, the grain bag sewers, are content that we are at present receiving, and that we dep! the strike of the longsboremen now ex: isting, but we cannot side with them umiesy they induce Ron-society men to join them, as in case we did without such action on their part our places would at once be me able means, and A committee of the following members was then appointed, to wait upon the ‘longshoremen and see what action they would take:—John Pella, Michael Slattery, Joun Maghan and Eugene Raven, CUSTOM HOUSE TRIBULATIONS. Are There Any Heads to Fall in the Ofi- celal Basket?—A Talk With General Arthur on the ituation—General pe Does Not Know Why Any One ould Be Removed—All Were Faith- ful to Grant and Dix. For some days there have been @ great many strange rumors afloat among the choice circle of gentlemen in this city who hold and direct federal patronage in regard to changes that were said to be in preparation at Washington, and in which every office-hulder in the Custom House is vitally concerned. It was rumored that a new Collector Husted, the Bald Eagle of Westchester, was to take | the place of the universally popular and courteous General ‘Arthur; that General Sharpe was to be removed from the office of Surveyor of the Port, and that the present Naval Officer, Mr. Lafin, would find a successor. 4 MALICIOUS MUDDLE OF GOSSIP. Some people hinted that Hugn Gardner bad fixed it before he went to Europe; others declared that Charley Spencer, dissatisfied with his. defeat for Congressional honors, had endeavored to make trouble jor everyoody. Others sald that neither one gentleman connected with the office, On pier No, 20, Megzers, C. H. Mallory & Co., the ‘Work was guing on smoothly in stowing the last delivered treignt 1m the steamer G. W. Clyde, to gail for Galveston later in the aiternoon. ‘The arrivals of carta up to thiee o'clock were so nu- merous the vessel waedeiayed somewhat beyond ‘he usual hour in getting away, but nothing to speak of or to cause the least bit of annoyance in any particular. The same class of men Working the Clyde were discharging the City of Galves- in at pier 21, and getcing along admirably. The members Of this firm are satisfied with matters as Shey stand. Messrs. Sutton & Co., up to # late hour, had done nothing with their seven ships ana 2,000 tons Ol cargo ready to be put on board. Hopes are en- Vertained, however, that work will be continued | to-morrow, a8 Measures sre being taken to bring | about tuat result. It may be interesting to know that this frm employs ‘longshoremen the year row and wheo they of their own iree will ceased to work the pay roll tor their labor alone @mounted to over $1,500 daily. Double this amount for the two days tney have been id.e aud ‘we have $3,000 that might now be if their pockets, Mevers. Fabri & Chauncy, who are in the Soutn American trade, bad determined to hold over uu- til Monday, and then, i nothing better offers, join the number who are employing new men, In the be pean of one in authority on the dock ‘the ‘iong- oremen of the Kast Kiver should not hold any communion with the ’longshoremen oi the North River, and then these troubles and mixed-up | strikes would never take place.’’ At pier No. 17 East River where Ward’s Havana and Brigham’s New Orleans packets were loading | and discharging, work was being slowly cun- tinued. ‘The police along the East River were fed by the | Owners and agents of the vessels at the several piers where they were stationed, Along the North River the situation was m statu quo, But jew o1 the union men were at the wharves and West street Was aimost monopolized by the police, who marched to and iro in great Bumbers, The police were certaiuly siroug enough to quell the most formidable uprising, but their ciubs were, luckily, not called into active Tequisition, A strange jarce was euacted at the wharf of the French line, The union men had, g8 stated in these columns yesterday, loaded the | France iree ot charge out of compument to her capiain, and yesterday morning they came to the wharf to witness her departure, When she cast of her moorings they loudly cheered Mr. McKenzie, the agent of the French line, and were rewarded by something good to eat and drink. Mr. Shaw, tne atevedore of this line, will, nevertheless, adnere the new rates, as the agent wil make a corre. Bponding reduction in bis contracts, and it does mot seem probable that the line will recede trom the combination. The ‘iongsboremen who have | Just completed this sell-appointes task oi love ‘worked splendidly, ‘They stored 1,409 tons of cargo fm eleven houra, Which is considered something mpprecedentea, The Hamburg line has about sixty non-society men at work upon the Silesia. Mr. Kuncpardt, the agent, sald he was willing to pay the old Fates, but tne ‘longshoremen refused to work for any money, and he was tnus compelled to employ other men—Germans, Danes, Norwegians, &c. Now he would unuer no circumstances take back any socie’y men, as they mught treat him again in the same manner. The Bremen iine joined the combination from the start, and have experienced no dimicuity witn their non-nnion wen, but the Eagle line has no steamer in port, aud hence bas taken no action as regards tne jockout, Mr. Knauth, Jr., stated that the next steamer which arrived would have to be @ischarged and joadva 80 rapidly that they would pay the old rate to obtain the most eificient ‘long- shoremen, Tne White Star steamer Gaelic did not sail on time. She was announced to sall at nine A. M., but did not clear irom this port untu toree P. M. The steamer of the National line, Tue Queen, leit her ao wt the appointed time, ana so did most Of the other steamships, It was evident that the steamship owners were not materially embar- rassed by the strike. The Strikers in Council=They Are Still Determined to Hold Out. A meeting of the delegates of the various unions of iongshoremen in Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hobo- Ken and this city was held lastevening at the school room of the St, Peter's Society, corner of Cedar and Churcn streets. It was nine o’clock delore any business was done, as great dimiculty Was experienced in passing through the serried Mass of ‘longshoremen, which dlocked all access to the room. Reports from tne various committees which were appoiuted to manage the strike were received, and the main drilt of them Was that it was now complete and embraced ail ‘the ‘longsboremen in New York and vicinity, that consequently the shipping merchants woula svon be led to yield to the demand of ‘longshoremen et, end stress was lai that they were deiended by able cou and that the union would, under no consideration, leave them in the jurch. Many of the delegates tuen gave their individaai opinions of the situation, and were quite hopeul that the shipowners would Bave to come to terms. Walsh Bros. were de- nounced ior the attitude they had assumed. The meeting was harmonious, and no disposition was manliested to enter into any compromise. The Strike in Brooklyn. ‘The longshoremen who infest the wharves and piers of the Brooklyn river front maintained a quiet attittude on the surface yesterday, it ts feared by the authorities, whose duty it is to maintain the peace and accord mutnai protection, however. that the quict air was akin to tne feel- | head of outdoor work Inthe department. Influen- | and federal politicians im this city are so uncertain | ih ol ms cranium, He will also duck his head, t ings of @ cat watching @ mouse, or, in other words, was susceptible of sudden change to dis. Surbanca. They admit that to many thoir popition Gardner nor Spencer could burt any one but them- selves, and that they were sure to do that; ana Dot a few hinted that the Milesian Nestor of local Tepublican politics was losing his hold on the President, and it was loudly asserted that Post- master James would have to cut off five per cent of his force, and that some of the fat and lazy clerks in the Post OMce would be compelled to vacate their positions and give place to men who had done regular army work in the late elections while the drones were asleep. All these rumors were gathered together and mingled and disintegratea them- selves aud were regathered in chaotic con- fusion. Particuiarly the rumors were incessant in regard to the removal of weighers and weighers’ aasistants and men connected with the public stores and all Others embraced under the gencral tial republican politicians were heard to say daring the last week that no man who could not carry hisown Assembly district would be allowed to have any patronage alter the next New Year’s Day, for himself or his triends, Federal pulitics and are so little to be depended upon either in word or action that the HERALD representative found the utmost diMicuity in separating the wheat from the chaff, or, more plainly speak- ing, the truth from falsehood, and he found it more dificult to reconcile the story of one official with that of another, But they all agreed in one thing, and that was that no one was to be removed from his position by the I'reasury Department at Wash- ington, The first person to seek was, of. course, General Chester Arthur, who, a8 Collector of the Port, would be likely to know all about it, COLLECTOR ARTHUR ON THE SITUATION, The Coilector was ivund in his handsome quar- ters in that part of the Custom House which 1s directly over the corner of William street and Wall. ‘The room 1s elegantly carpeted, and had a large number of bor airs scattered around, and alarge, cheeriul coal fire burning in a grate at the further end oj the apartment. Every few momenta @ stray officeseeker would enter us room and en- deavor to obtain the ear of tne Collector, but just at présent retrenchment was the order of tue day and nothing was being given out. The man who seeks a federal position in this city is iu many ways different from the local office-seeker. Gener- ally the 1ederal office-seeker whem in quest of his prey advances into the room and slowly raises his rigot hand to the back of bis head and then smoothes his recalcitrant hair down on the central irom Chenango or Steuben county, and then tae dialogue begins. It is rarely of ever that a candidate tor office has the temerity to enter a room when in quest of a “posish”’ with his hands in bis pockets, This would be counted the height of impudence, “NOTHING OF THE KIND.’? In answer to the question as to whether the Treasury Department at Washington had mani. tested any desire to investigate the present co: dition of the Custom House in New York, the Cot lector stated tuat he had heard absoluteiy nothing of the kind either im the shape of a rumor or otberwise, and that he had beard nothing of any so-cailed radical change in the clerical force of tae Custom House. If there were any such chavge joe aa tt would be done by the local board in lew York city and himself, the Collector of the Port. He knew positively that there was not any investigation being made by the Treasury Depart- ment at Washington into the affairs ot the Custom Honse, and that the only special agents of the Treasury that he knew of aa being in the city of New York at present were Frank E. Howe and Captain Brackett, and they were in charge or the department to prevent smuggling and other frauds on the revenue, Business was very dull now among the merchants and tm- porters, and he (the Collector) was at present en- deaving to reduce the force among the outdoor men on account of the dulness of trade; but that be did not know of any possioiility of reducing the clerical force employed in collecting the revenue and keeping the records of the department. ne Collector, in his usuai courteous and kindly manner, went on to say that some people fancied that the Custom House Wasa place to idle away time, but the Kaeee of business was absolutely tremendous, here were about 1,300 persons employed alto- gether in the Custom Honse, and some of the fower grade of employés, such as the boys who were engaged in stamping cigar boxes in the pudlic stores, did not receive more than @ dollar a day or thereabouts, and he thougnt that people who imagined that they . would not have to work after getting a place in the Ous- tom House would be most grievously disap- pointed. The Ooliector conciuded by stating that No applications for places could now be consid- ered, a8 there was not work enough to be done to alswer the demand of any new applicants, NAVAL OFFICRR LAFLIN SPEAKS. The next official visited was Mr. Lafin, the Naval Oficer of the port, who occupies an office in the building at the corner of Hanover street and Exchange place, Mr. Laflin is a leasant-taced gentieman, who looks like a por- ‘ait of a Cabinet oMcer under James Madison, and he was quite willing to answer whatever ques- tions might be putto nim. He said tnat he nad not heard of any political or cierical changes, that he did not kuow of his own P- sonai knowledge of any to come, and that, so far as his department of Naval Ofiicer was concerned, he knew that he had only seventy-cight men under his supervision and he believed that they had harder work to do than the employés of any other branch or department 01 the Custom House, and he did not see how the force could be reduced and have the work done, He knew of no investigation being made of the affairs of the Custom House, and had not seen any ‘Yreasury official in the city exce; ng one at the Post Office, and would know of It if there was any trouble, apd he dia nok of course, know if weri ‘Was going to be any, and he did not know why. there shou!d be any investigation, and knew nothing of rumored removal of beaas of depart ments in the Custom House. ee GuORGE SHARPR ON Aig BUmORS, it was deemed necessary to upon General 8 who looks somewhat like General Butler, and who is well known as the Surveyor of the Port, But it 1s not so casy ee imo the Sur- veyor’s private office as might pected. To be plain, the Surveyor, in oruer to deieod bimeelf from the aesaults of young men from the uptown “deestricks” who “want a ” and from the Hoosac tunnel bores that will call on business men and annoy them, had Dimeeif locked in, and Do leas than two men on the outside of the door to deiend the pass. These two men have Keys to unlock the onter varbican, and none could enter until the aoor was Officially opened. One of these messengers isa lively young man, who goes by the name of Theodore, and who is very Joud of making funny remarks to bystanders, Theodore ts small A big six-footer who was standing by, on being chaffed, informed Theodore that he would expectorate on him and drown him, Theodore subsided, . General Sharpe was found busily ¢ a pumMing a regaiia, and he stated that he had beea communicated with by the Secretary of the Trea- sury in regard to the possibility of a reduction of the iorce in the Oustom House owin; to- the jackness §=among _Importe! ani he had no doubt that tne Collector, General Arthur, had also been communicated with by the Treasury Department in regard to the same matter, Business was dull, there were so many Veasels coming to this port in ball bot tae most reliable merchants declared would increase as the stocks o1 g held at the time of the panic have been and @ new supply would have to be imported. Then, of course, Lhere would be an increase in the amount of daties to be collected. He was the executive officer ol the port, and he had three or four hundred men under his orders, He had in Dis mind some ideas in regard to reducing the force under his charge, but nothing definite. As regarding removals for political causes he had =keara) some rumors of of which was that ur was to be removed, and that he (General Sharpe) was to be put in bis Place; while, on tne other Band, he bad heard that he (General Sharpe) was to be removed, and the rumor did not say who was to take his piace. But if General Arthur had done anything to cause his removal he (General Sharpe) had done the game thing, whatever the same thing was, Gen- eral Arthur had supported the nomination of Ge! eral Dix and go bad he, and they had sa‘isfied the Presidents in that, and they had both supported ministration. Now {ft was not necessary to have a merchant as Collector; a lawyer was needed to define the law, and General arthur was Well known a8 an excellent lawyer, and he was in every respect an excellent Collector of the Port. And farther General Sharpe said not. Last evening three of the day inspectors were removed, one of whom is named Dixon, and more Temovais may be expected. It ia said that the Burveyor’s staff is to be greatly diminished, and that at least twenty per cent of the mspectors will be discharged, and that some of the steam- ship inspectors Who have very pleasant daties will be placed on all day duty on sailing vessels to ais- charge cargoes and seal vessels up at night, which 18 much harder work than the steamer work, Which is Boch desired by the inittated. THE AMERICAN BOURBON. —————— A Letter from Mr. Perkins, Ex-United States Consul in Spain—The Jesuits Accused of Persecuting Him. The following letter from Mr. Charles Allen Perkins, who married a niece of Queen Isa- bella of Spain, has been given for publication, and will be found interesting to many readers who re- member his recent troubles in Paris:— Panis, Sept. 27, 1874, I received your lester, with an extract from the New York HERALD. The newspapers have made capital out of my trouble on account of myrela- tionship with the Queen and the Bourbons. The. whole affair has been brought out here to attack tnem, and partakes more of a political nature than anything else. The Queen promised to pay the hotel bill—she promised it to me and to the vicious landlady. The consequence was we allowed it to increase till one fine day two priests, confessors of the landlady, were sent to see the Queen and re- celve the pay. Her Majesty consented at first, and all went on finely; but, strange to say, the two priests gotintoa quarrel, which resulted in the Queen’s refusing to have anything to do with the atfair, These two holy men had advanced money to their friend, the landlady, and they were not to be done for without a struggie; so they laid a plot to lay nands upon the Queen’s niece, my wife, and me in such a way as to force her to pay. Since im- prisonment for debt has been abolished there is no way of holding a debtor except by entering a crim- inal complaint before ® magistrate that the credit ‘was given on account of representations which are Dot true. It was not dificult, therefore, to hatch up and give a forced interpretation to every word spoken respecting money, interest and business, Projected and unprojected. The complaint was Prepared and entered ten days before my wife’s confinement, the chosen moment to create dis- tress and callin relief. ’Twas a cruel thing; but when woman’s anger is aroused and inflamed by con(essors any crime may be louked for. The surprise was the greater as she had never at any time said that we had deceived her, and we were, therefore, as unsuspecting of treachery as children, She declares In her complaint to the Judge as a principal reason for laying it, that she hopes to lorce the intervention of my wife’s family. A repubiican police court was happy to bring my wife’s name before them and bespatter the Bourbons. They acquitted my wile, and I should have been served the same ifI had been able at once to pay the enemy the enormity of her bill. I am passing through several courts, and am prom- ised an honorable acquittal. On account of my sensitive nature, I have suffered all the torments of the infernal region. My wile is weil, and, strange to say, that the happiness created by the possession of two children (boys) makes her gay and forgetiul of the nasty storm which has fallen upon us. She comes daily and passes an hour with me and her nurse and children. The moral suffering has partly subsided. Physt- cally I can’t complain, for the treatment of per- sons like me is mila, I have nothing to do but to read and eat all I wish to order, with two hours?’ walk alone, I fear most of all God, and after Him I fear the man who does not {ear Him. I sufferea dreadfully at the thought of the pain this news would give you. As for being guilty of any crime you would never believe it. No one that knows me would believe it, and no court of justice will ever prove it. My life, more than another's, appears filled with adventure and accidents unavoidable. I place my trust More than ever in Him who governs the uni- { verse, and who will give mean impartial judg- ment for life to come. It is sad to lose the esteem of man, but alter all Imay be better in this world and the future for the pain inflicted upon me now, It may be a consolation for you to know thatI am not the only unlucky man, and that my com- pany does not consist of robbers and assassins, For instance, the roums joining mine are occupied by persons of distinction. In one ts the Prince Suzz0; another, the Baron Botlleau, who married | the sister of Mrs. General Frement, and was many | years French Consul in America, condemned for three years; then there is the late President of the Republic of Switzerland; then comes the sou of a Protestant minister, then a priest, &c, The 1awyer employed to develop this scandal against us 1s the noted criminal lawyer of France, the one lately employed to defend Marshal Ba- zaine, who surrendered Metz during the late war. His name is Lachaud, a stout bag of vulgarity, which he blows of av willin acourt of justice. He possesses really no meritand less good man- ners. Iam obliged to give these details in order that you may understand the importance given to & case which should have commenced a civil suit and not acriminal one. Itis likely toend ina civil court, for the plaintiff nas atready commenced sult against the Qneen, It was proved in the trial that the author of tire complaint is the Jesuit confessor, who, with his coreligionist, at the second visit to the Queen, at- tempted to bully Her Majesty, The consequence ‘was the “major domo” of the palace politely kickcad them out tne door! You may fancy that@l did not shine in their mind, and my intercourse with them was limited and was icy. IamaProtestant, @ foreigner, and I married & person of enviable rank. For alt of which I thank God daily, while they pray God, without doupt, to pardon me these sins. Their conduct in this affair proves the way they prac~ tise their holy mission. Their means and motive Were scandal, Their success has been complete in that respect, but they misjudged the heart and susceptibility of the Spanish Bourbons when they thought to totich them witn such arrows, Tne blow intended for them strikes me alone. ‘0, ALLEN PERKINS. AMUSEMENTS. Italian Opera Matinee. ‘The last matinee of the Strakosch Italtan Opera Company took place yesterday at the Academy of Muste before a crowded house, The pro- gramme was well diversified, consisting of the firat act of -‘La Traviata,” in which Mile, Heilbron and Signor Beniratelit appeared; the first act of “Norma,” in which Signora Potentint gang “Casta Diva;” the shadow song from “Dinorah,” rendered in French by mile. Hell. bron, and the garden scene from “iaust,’? in which Mile. Donadio, Beniratellt and Fiorini appeared, It ts dimcult to find in such @ variety of works given at a single representation the care and tnish that characterize a periormance of an entire Opera. Yet there were many com- Menvable points, especial.y in the singing and acting of Mille, Heilbron, who has proved herself throughout this season as a conscientious artiste. The same programme will be repeated to-night at the Grand Opera House. sf a) Theodore Thomas’ Second Symphony Concert, Stetnway Hall was literally crowded, from the first row of the floor to the last seat in the upper balcony, last night, We know of no previous oc- caston in which there was sued an overwhelming @udience and one also so enthusiastic ana appre- clative. Mr, Thomas bas now become so identi- fled with the progress of music in this country that to him the musical public must turn in grati- tude for the great works ne has given them, and im anticipation of future surprises. To him we owe the ¢levation of public taste that can now appreciate the highest standards of the classical schools, and that will ehate under anything trivial or superficiak He has certainly made Wagner 83 palatable and familiar as were formerly light overtures and salon works. The deep tn- terest taken in tne production ot “Lonengrin” at the Academy of Music has been 1n a great measure owing to tue impression produced by the match. less wand of Mr. fhomas in the rendering of ex- tracts Irom the great master’s opera. Withal Mr. Thomas has not been one sided in hia selections for his programmes, He has also made bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssonn and Schumann housenold words. He was en- deavured, ad successfully, to present a va- riety Of subjects, a sort of bird's-eye view of the vast rea of music, The programme last night consisted of the following works:—Suite in Buuwor, Bach; adagio and rondo briliant in A major, op. 66, J. N. Hummel—Mr. Henry c, Timm and orchestra; Symphony, No.1, in B,op. 38, Schumann ; trio, tremate. empy. tremate, op. 116 (drt time), Beethoven—Miss Clementine Lugar, Mr. Charles Fritsch and Mr. Franz Remmertz; al Sage poem. “Lie Ideale’”? (mach Scuiiler), The performance of the suite was hearty, earnest and finished, and the fantastic work of | Schumann, abounding im dificuities and rather bizarre in its treatment, was a triumph for the band, The same may be said of the extraordinary Work 1 Liszt, one of the wildest concepcions of the erratic Abbé. The soloists acquitted them- Selves in the most artistic macner. Gilmore’s Band=First Anniversary Con- cert. A very large audience was present last night at the Twenty-second Regiment Armory, at the tirst annual celebration of the organization of Gilmore's celebrated military band. The band now enjoys the reputation of being one of the best of its kina 1m the United States, and certamly, to judge from Jast night's performance, it deserves that honor. The programme was as follows:—Overture, “Rosa- munde,” (Franz Schubert); Solo for trombone, “Thema and Variations,” (Baer), Mr. F. Letech; “Invitation a la Dance,” vaise briilante, (Weber) ; Rondo, “Linda di Chamountx,” (Donizetti), Miss Violetta olvitle; Grand. Selection, ‘“Lohen- ia,” (Wagner); Solo for cornet, “Lil ravo,’”? (Mercadante), Mr, .M.. Arpuckle; Overture, Austrian,” Westmeyer; song, Mme. De Ryther; concert waltz, “Nautilus,” Cooney; piano solo (a), “Fly Bird, iy,” (Heimberger), (b) jan- | tasie “Rigoletto, (Liszt,) Mr. Edward Heimberge: saxophone solo, “Klegie’” (first time) (Kiel), Mr. E. F. Lefevre; larch aux Flambeaux’? De Ryther were both encored, and Mr. Arbuckle, for a reci played “Home, Sweet Home,” in nis best style. The band has made such marked prog- Tess since its first concert a year ago that we may regard it as occupying in military music the same eer that Thomas’ organization does in or- chestra! Booth’s Theatre. The curious experiment of 3 female Hamlet ‘Was made at this house last evening with results that furnish a severe commentary on public taste | if the large audience assembled in the auditorium fairly represented the public. It is difficult to understand why the representation of “Hamlev? With this lady in tne title rdle was given. She had not apparently any very new ideas to com- muaicate, There is nothing remarkabie ib a woman with @ masculine voice and plenty of sel{-poases- sion speaking the lines of the great dramatist with some display of intelligence. about all the performance amounted to, It was ceased to be @ man’s part played b; eer albeit in some parts boisterously. The lady di not do as badly as many expected, and yet it would be mistaken kindness to say she did weil, A certain class of manage: would strange animals, aiming ony. at attracting the public. But such exhioitions do to the community nor to the artist. COULISSE CHAT, At Memphis“‘Humpty Dumpty” has large au- dhences, Let there be peace between Tabernacle and Theatre, Ferdinand Strakosch says that Donadio !s the coming Malibran. Mr. William Birch has recovered from a severe attack of lumbago. Chanfrau has been doing @ good business in the “Octoroon” at St. Louis, The late Duke of Leinster played the big fiddle with true Geraldine skill. James Steele Mackaye is delivering lectures on “Gesture as a Language.’’ Max Strakosch says positively that he’ll have Patti next season at ali hazards. Edwin Adams is intoxicating the Hoosiers in In- dianopolis with “The Drunkard.” Jobn S. Clarke paid Stirling Coyne $1,000 for the comedy of “Everybody's Friend.” T. C. King has been in Albany playing Ingomar, Macbeth and “The Corsican Brotners.” ‘foole is at Pike’s Opera House, Cincinnati, and | will be succeeded by Miss Adelaide Neilson. Mrs. F. B. Conway and Mr. Frank Roche have been performing in ‘Clancarty” at Baltimore, Gus Williams tells every one that a stranger said to him, “Shariey, you got dhe pell of dhe pall.” Loutse Lichtmay is dong the ‘‘Tannhauser” in Louisville, with Carl Beetz and an opera troupe. Stoddart, formerly at Wallack’s, has been making a Long Strike as Lawyer Moneypenny in Cleveland, Bristow says that he will give a centennial mu- sical programme such as the world has never seen. “La Fille de Madame Angot’ has been intro- duced by Miss Carrie Nelson to the inhabitants of york, Should not Susan B. Anthony feel pleased now that @ lady has appearec as the Meiancholy Dane? Janauschek has attracted large audiences, chiefly German im their composition, while playing in | Buffalo. One hundred young ladies will appear tn the extravaganza of a ‘‘[rip to the Moon” at the Globe Theatre, Mr, Clarke will play Toodies and Dr. Pangloss, LL. D. and A. S, 8, during his brief engagement | at Booth’s. ‘The hut which Colonel Mulberry Sellers wears in “The Gilaed Age” ta @ relic of the late Walter Montgomery. Behrens makes ont programmes and announce- ments every day atthe Academy and conducts Sunday opera, at Bryant's there ts a constant attendance or many of the prettiest girls in society—the cream of the uptown dite, Mrs. Mary H. Burnham, formerly Mra. C. K. Fox, has left the stage, and will lecture on “Tnat Sort of Thing” im Boston. Alexander Stimson, the man with the iron jaw, is performing tn Newark. An excellent person to address & primary meeting. The prospects for the Brooklyn Phiiharmonic concerts this season are very favorable, Thomas’ orchestra being the chief attraction. Agnes Booth has been playing in “Elene,” at Gold Hill, Nevada. The miners atrended to their shirtsleeves and wearing cowhide boots. Lola is the new gymnastic star at the Mestro- Polttan Theatre, ana her leaps in mid-air are Rightly the source of mingled terror and Joy. The belle of the colored opera company. known | ‘ ‘orche | light Dance), Meyerbeer. Miss Colville and Mme. | as the Hampton svuaentw, m engaged to be man Tied toa Haytian diplomatic stiaché now in this country. Mr. Henry D. Palmer, of the management of Booth’s Theatre, ts confined to his house bys severe attack of infammatory rheumatism with symptoms of gout. The father of Miss Kate Field was well known as a clever actor ana writer for the press. Mr. Field wrote in the New Orleans Picayune over the aig: nature of “Straws.” They have @ “young California prima donng” in San Francisco named* Signorina Ida Valerga, and her accompanist is Professor Richard Yank, These be names indeed. Kellogg declined respectfulty to favor the good people of Ithaca, N. Y., with an opera night unless they guaranteed herself and troupe the sum of $1,700 for one performance. Mrs, Harry Ryner, who attempted to chastise an unfortunate critic in Rochester, has been dis- charged by the manager of the company to which she beionged for the offence, ‘ ir. W. 2. Florence has made quite a hit in San Francisco also by his tmpersonation ‘of Captain Outtie, He is playing vo immense honses at Mc- Cullough’s California Theatre. ‘It 1s amusing to haven 10 the seraphs when they become angry because the shoes furnished by the property man are too large. It is hard to keep &n equable temper on $6 & week. The perennial Yankee Locke still plooms st the Howard Athenzum, Boston. Futhers take their children to see the man whom they saw bebindg the footlights when they were boys. ACincinnati critic mistakes the leader of an orchestra for an engineer on an Ohio River steam- boat. He recommends the wielder of the baton “to keep @ firm hand on the throttle valve.’”’ Boucicault will take the “Shaoghraun’’ through- ous the United States, alter its last appearance at Wallack’s, ana will play in it, although ne has been offered large sums for the rights of the play. A musical and dramatic entertainment will be given at the Academy of Music on the 19thof De- cember, in aid of St. Klizabeth’s Hospital, which ; is under the care of the Sisters of St. Francis. Edwin sooth opens in an engagement as “Hamlet” on the night of December 14 at Moe Vicker’s theatre, Cnicago, arrangements having been made with nis creditors to permit him to do so. Two large beds of flowers carried on the stage of Mrg. Conway’s Theatre, Brooklyn, on the night of the début of Miss Clara Morris, were the tributes of Anna Dickinson and Laura Curtis Bullard, E. K. Collier, or Hertzog, the Black Crook, has a Voice like the roar of @ mill race, and, being a large, powerful man, says itis the hardest work he ever did, having to stoop so much during the performance. At the Salle Valentino, in Paris, there was lately a dramatic representation by the coffeurs of the metropolis, in which two great capillary artists struggied with eacn other to see who could best dress a head of hair. There js to be a performance at the Olymplo during @ coming week, entitied the “Black and Tan Crook,” in which ladies with such Italian (?) Dames as Smitherina, Wilsonera, Cahilleena and Sandfordint will appear and dance. When Bentratelli sang “Di quella pira” on Sun- day night at the Grand Opera House the audience went into*ecstasies because they imagined he ended with a high ©; but they were mistaken, The music was transposed a nute lower. There has been a considerable falling of in the receipts of this year’s musical festival at Glouces- ter, Engiand, on account of the substitution of a sermon in the cathedrat for @ ball tn the shire hall atthe close, Will Mr. Talmage please make a note? The San Francisco Minstrels a@vertise for 200 active boys to pick up nooks and eyes every even- ing during their performance, and the joke of 1t 1s that a number of boys have pestered the treas- urer, Mr, Hunter, foremployment, since the ad- vertisement has appeared. The tom-tom players of Suret, India, whose oc- cupation it ts to rattle away before Hindoo tdols, struck the other day, according to the Pioneer Mail, for an advance of pay. The priests refased and locked them out and advertised tor Europeans to beat the tones of worship. i Croizette, who made such @ Jurore in “The Xhivit artists as they | ) “Traviata ;’? Gilmore’s military band occupied the good neither | This aa really Spninx” in lately attempting to play the heroine | in Dumas’ “Vemi-monde,” discovered a dangerous dramatic rival ia Mlle. Brotsat, who plays the sec- ond lady at the Comédie Francaise. Duvan. At the sacred concert in Rev. Mr Talmage’s Tabernacle on Thanksgtving night, for the benefit of the church, Heilbron sang in a selection from | stage platform, and Deacon Corwin, of the congre- | gation, presented handsome bouquets tothe ar- | tists who performed. 7 | A young lad went out hunting mith a pistol be- | longing to the properties of the Troy Theatre and returned it loaded with ball to Miss Marietta | Ravel, who was to use a pistol, loaded only with powder, in @ play she was performing in at the tume, The mistake was discovered in time to pre- vent a genuine tragedy. Manager Neuendort, of tne Stadt Theatre, has taken the advice of the HERALD and purchased, a few days since, the premises No. 41 Bowery, ona five years’ lease, in order to break another en- trance through Jor bis theatre. This will give an easy and speedy egress to the thousands who fre- | quent the Teutonic Old Drury. The London Atheneum thus speaks of the per- formance of Richard Cour de Lion, tn “The Talis- man,” at Drury Lane:—‘Mr. Anderson raves through every note of the diapason and enabics us to realize one assertion, at least, concerning the lion-hearted monarch—that Moslem horses were frightened of him for generations after.” “Yortck,” the new sensation play, which will be produced at Daly’s on next Satur(ny, is adapted from a Spanish work which created a profound 1m. | pression at Madrid. It was called “A New Drama,’” and the dénouement was so novel and unexpected that the audience, demanded to know whether or Not they had assisted at a drama of real life or merely a stage play. Mr. John S. Clarke, the comedian, brother-in-law to Edwin Booth, the tragedian, makes his first ap- pearance here, since his return from abroad, in Booth’s Theatre, to-morrow evening. He gives two of his best impersonations, jor Wellington de Boots and Redmond Tape, a lawyer. The ad- vance sale of seats gives indication that he will be greeted by an immense audience. The event of next week in Boston will be the opening of the new Globe Theatre, which Mr. Arthur Cheney has erected on the site of the old theatre, burned in May, 1873, The selection and direction of the opening entertainments have been intrusted to Mr. Augustin Daly, and upon Mr, Cheney’s invitation a portion of the Fifth Avenue company wiil proceed to Boston on Thursday even- ing next and produce “Monsieur Alphonse,”? Mrs, Louise Alien, who so gracefully and pathet- ically rendered the character of Mabel Vane, in “Masks and Faces,” at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, is & well known favorite of the metropolitan public. Mrs. Allen is the daughter of a celebrated English physician, Dr. William H. Perry, formerly of Richmond, Va., and her grand uncle, on the andy, Archbishop of Canterbury. She fillla the tearful character of Jeannie Deans, in the “Heart of Mid-Lototan.” Miss Sophia Flora Heilbron announces four after- noon planoforte recitals at Steinway Hall on Thursdays, December 3, 17-and 31 and January 14, at two o’clock in the afternoon. Miss Heilbron has made a very fine impression in musical circles since her arrival, and on the few occasions in which she has appeared in public has justified the reputation she brought from Europe. The Belfast Weekly Press, speaking of her great success in Europe, tells ¢! story of her visit to Ros- sint, at his residence at Passy. The dis- tinguished master complimented her highly on her talent. “This very clever and gifted young lady,” says the Belfast Press, “wno bas had the honor to display her singular genius before many of the crowned heads of Europe, is not limited in the endowment which natare and cultivation have bestowed on her to one branch of art.” She is a good linguist, speaking English, French and Ger- man With almast eanal facility. father’s side, was no less @ personage than William | Crotzette ts a | a Rot either thoughttul of clever, and it never | sister-in-law to the celebrated painter Carolus A PLAGUE-STRICKEN ASYLDW. Terrible Ravages of Smallpox in the Deat an Dumb Institution on the Boulevard. TWENTY OF THE INMATES NOW SICK: Thirteen Sent to the Hospital and One Hundred to Their Homes, Statement of an Ex-Physician of the Institution. ‘Twenty deaf mutes, of both sexes, are now lying seriously i! of the smallpox in the mansion house, which 18 @ Old fashioned residence belonging to and adjoining the Deaf and Dumb Inatitution, sit- uated at 16lst street and Tenth avenue, and the. patients im question are pupiis of the said noble charity, Picturesquely situated and nesting among the trees, with the frowning Palisades to be seen across the Hudson, the view is suggestive of health and nDappiness; but the quaint old house bag segn sad signts of late. years within i\s walla, and bas a few years ago, wiile the piace was used as an hospital, im 1870, during a typhoia lever epidemic im the Institute, a num- ber of devoted women iaid down their lives while watching over deaf and dumb children racked with burning fever. Another epidemic has now fallen upon the place, and numerous deaths have taken place and are still occurring. Con- siderable excitement, a8 a uatural consequence, exists !n the neighborhood. From the statement pablished below it will be seen that @ number of | cases have already occarred in the neighborhood, and residents on Washington Heights are na- turally much alarmed, SENT TO BLACKWELL'S ISLAND. No leas than thirteen children have been re~ cently removed {rom the Deat and Dumb Asylum to the Smalipox Hospital on Blackwell's Island, where nobody undcratauds tneir silent language, aud their sufferings therefore are the more acute, Upward of a hundred of the children have beem sent bome to thelr respective residences in this city and State, and it is impossible to calculate to what an extent the disease may still be spreading through their medium, DR, RODENSTEIN’S STATEMENT. Dr. L. Rodenetein, of 14st street and the boule. vard, was called upon last evening by a reporter of the Henatp, He said:—‘I have for several years been connected with the Deaf and Dumb Institation, but jeft it recently, and am thoroughiy conversant with ail its workiogs. This epidemio that now rages is caused, I think, undentably, by the disease being brought into the place, and also On account of the ventilation and sanitary condi- tion of the bullding being greatly at fault. During! ay Medical administration there, from 1865 ti 1871, I encountered two attacks of smallpox, andl controlied it by proper means, namely—by Rape nizing the disease ana at once separating the si from the ‘rest of the children. “The first case oi smallpox this year was that of one of the attendants named Moodie, who was, treated by the resident plysician and the con- sulting physician. This took piace about the 10th Inst., and a few days aiterward tue man died. “Shortly aiter this a Dr. Goodrich, who had been called in to see Moodie, was taken sick at Car- Mmansviite; but lam bappy to say he is rapidly re- covering. His child 1s, however, at present dan- gerousiy sick from the same discase, and ia at this present moment in a very critical condition, “Shortly alter Moodie’s death a little deaf and dumb child died with all the symptoms of smail- ox. The Corpse was sent home, and the cbila’s father was taken down with smis:ipox, Hkewise the undertaker o/ the deat and dumb institution and mis assistant, at their residence in Carmans- Ville. I forgot to state that a patient visited by Dr. Goodrich, and residing in Eighth avenue, was atvacked with smallpox nine days after receiving @ Visit irom tne said doctor.” BLACK MEASLES. “The medical Lage he eas the ae ee “desirous, apparently, o1 giving tne matter Nttle notoriety ax possible, called the disease “Diack measles.’ With reierence to the subsequent removal of the children, who were attacked by smallpox, to the Smallpox Hospital on Black- well’s Isiand,I think 1 was a hearviess piece of work, for this reason, that the little suferers, owing to thetr being deaf and dumb, were unable to make their wants known, as no interpreter ac- companied thew, The first cases, as I before stated, were not appreciated, and children sicken- with smallpox were nut separated. In my vpinion the sick obiidren ought to bave been put into empty houses in the neigh- borhood, and isolated from the mass of the children. The mansioa house, which bas } Deen hitherto used as a kind of nursery, might , have been utilized for this purpose some three Weeks ago, Say at the first symptoms of the dis- | ease; but this was not done until the disease had assumed an epidemic form. VACOINATION NEGLECTED TOO LONG, Until last Monday there was not even the com- mon preventive of vaccination used, when the Board of Health xent up @ corps of. vaccinators to vaccinate the whole Oo! the inmates; some o! them Were also vaccinated on Thanksgiving Day. The maoagers of the institution do not deny’ to the Board of Health the existence of smallpox at this institution, wil not admit t+ in the neigh Fresh cases, I hear, are making their appearance at Bloomingdale, Manhattanville and rmens- ville, and, to be frank with you, there is a perfecs, panic existing in the minds of —_ people in the neighborhood on the-subject.” Tne following 1s an approximate statement of the disposition of the inmates of the Institution at the present time :— In the mansion house On Blackwoll's Island. Children sent home, abou Remaining in the institution, about. nd servants, about. i ative NOT" ATH. 1t was reported on good authori! at the HERALD office last night that one of female veachers at the institution had died. In conve: sation yesterday with the Rev. Thomas Gallaude' the well known pastor of St, Ann’s church, ani largely known among the deaf and dumb residents of the city, that gentleman admitted to a HERALD reporter that be had heard of an attack of “varioluid’’ at the institution, and hoped that those who were ill would soon, be restored to health, The reverend gentleman, however, coula give no farther information on the subject. THE “PUNCH BEATERS.” How They Were Disposed Of at the Tombs—The Trick Exposed—Wholesale Depredations Avoided. Hewitt and May, the men arrested for conspitm ing to defrand the Sixth Aveuue Railroad, were brought up at the Tombs Court yesterday morn- ing. In yesterday's HeRALD was published an ac- count of the modus operandt of Hewitt, the con- ductor, who, itis now claimed, has been robbing $10 a day ever since “he got a car.” It will be remembered that May is the man who manufactured the “punch beater,” ag it is called, and whose shop was situated on the corner of Filty-ninth street and Second avenue, The “punch beater’ is @ Very neat contrivance, small enough to be put im the Upper or watch ket of a vest. Projecting from the centre of the machine ts a. buffer, which, when pressed, gives @ ring exactly similar vo that of the panch. In the case of May Counsellor Hummel walved an examination, and elected to be tried at the General Sessions by jury. iu Hewitt’s case a pre~ liminary examination was had, and sabaequentiy' an argument ior bail. In May’s case counsel At shouid be light, for the reason that he was only” accessory to (he misdemeanor with which Hewitt was charged. The bail in cases of misdemeanor, being $1,000, Hummel moved that May’s baik should be less than that sum, Ex- Smith, for tne company, asked for kt bail, and, after considering the case, Judge Morgan held May in $2,500 to answer and ‘Bewitt in $1, it now seems that tue car companies not discovered the modus operandi of their employés: the “punch” business would have come int general operation, Between thirty and forty bo are known to have been working the fraudulent machines. Four methods have been detected of laying the trick—uni j, bY Working the bel inside the vest, by working the bell in the left’ coat et nd alent hand, by working the bell in the dell, itis now asserted that some of the conduce by means of the “register,” with a tors used to make from $10 to $16 a day on the “knock dow: en The : a for the “register” deny hey want oust any o& the old hands, and say they have influence whatever in putting conductors on the cars. PIRE IN BROADWAY. A fire broke out on tne second floor of No. 366 Broadway at half-past six o'clock last evening, and cansed aamage to the extent of —_ The fire originatea on the first floor, wh occus pied oy'S. Rolnkopf, importer of dress and allt ‘whose loss amounts to ; Insured for ‘The Celluloid Novelty Company, dealers in jet jeweiry, are the other losers, Cause of fire We