The New York Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1874, Page 2

OE bo otc UIZZOLA Lessees and Managers AST WERK BUT TWO OF Mis EMILY S0LDENE and her celebraved ENGLISH UPEKA BUUE RE COMPANY. TWO PEt FORMANCES TO-DAY, At 130, CHILPERIC. CHILPERI CHILPERIC. 1 LAST NiGii OF (oy DAY» VENIN December 22, 23, ‘also SATURDAY AFTE NOON, December 26, LA FILLE DE MA SGOr. THURSDAY EVENING, December 24, ONLY TIME, Yand SsafURDA ve 5 ember ne VHE GRAND DUCHESS. ffenbach's latest Opera Bouffe, of nd libret'o ha ust been received It is now the chiet attraction, 1DUO. TUESDAY, WEDN ** In rehearsal, which, the — 7 whe trom BME MADAME L'ARCH TH AVENU® THEATRE, 9] Twenty-cigh b street and Broadway. Proprietor and Manager....... ..Mr. AUGUSTIN DALY MATINEE TO DAY, AT 1:30, an THIS EVENING, AT 8, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, IVED WITH SCREAMS OF LAUGHTER. Mr. W UAVIDGE. Mr. LOUIS JAMBS, PARKES, Mr. JAMES LEWIS, OWEN FAWCET!, G. F. DEV CHAPMAN, Mrs. G. GILBERT, Miss SARA = KE, FP. JEWE1T, Miss NINA VARIAN. ‘Owing to other engagements SHE sTooPs TO | QUEK will not be played utter to-nignt for some | weeks (o come, { MONDAY NIGHT, December 21, first time here of Massinger's great play, which has been prepared for special revival, A NEW WAY 70 PAY OLD DEBTS. New and historical scenery and Costumes b prepared for this important revival, and in the charac- | ter of ir Giles Overreach \: ure of presenting the most d: the American stage, Mr. been specially eng \ged to ent series of comedy revivals. "box sheet now open. z Thursday evening, December %, THE HONEYMOON, CHRISiMAS DAY an extra matinee of MONSIECR °ORT, who has ertectness to the pres- Mr. JOBN F. POOLE é pene cenit nai: tama RAN) MATINEE TO-DAY, AT @ fewchheba teak LOBE THEATRE, 725 Broadway, 730. CAMPBELL & MURTHA wariwer | MATINTD i pair ne MMe nse it i To-DaY. OSHAUGUNE SY GUARDS ani MATINEE. THE FOUR PROPHETS. a, ADAH RICHMOND and HARRY KERNELL, MATINER. JENNIE HUGHES : CORA ADKIANA, NELLIE YOUNG, MATINEE. HARRY RICHMOND, WM. DEVERE, FOLEY and WADE, FOX and GOSS, MATINEE. NED FOX, MONDAY NEXT, D&C. 21, 1874, Jas. M. WARD MINNETIA MONTAGU E i and Romantic Drama, in the highly Senses onal and. IHEATRE VOMIQUE, 514 BROADWAY. -.. ale Proprietor HARRIGAN and HART. The Skidmorels. RANCE. W OLIO, all the Sammoth Company at MATINEE TO-DAY, XT, HARRIGAN AND HART IN ORS DAY PARADE and T. IRELAND VS." ITAL First week of Miss KITTY HENDERSON and Mr. GEO. . H. ADAMS, Tu-DAY. TO-DAY. MOORE. First week ot Mr. Return of DIAMOND and RYAN i Mr. C WHITE ina new Mr. JOHN WILD a n Negro Sketch, 5 PH ND OUT. \ BROTHERS, ul CRYSTAL Ca>KETS, andanew Bur.esque, wrizten by Mr. Ea. Harrigan, en- ALLACK'S. rit PEE-G. W Proprietor snd, wana er LY PESTER WALLACK ne PLC. ' EVERY EVENING A SATUKDAY MATINEE, ina new aud original irish play. entitled SHA MONTAGUE, Mr. JOHN Mr. HJ. GILBERT, Mr. Hatki BECKETY. Mr. EDWARD ARNO: Mr. J. BL POLK, Mr. E. Mo HOLLAND, Mr. LEONARD, Mr. ED. ADA DYAS, Miss JEFFREYS LEWIS, Mme. WIN, Miss PONISI, Miss IONE BURKE, EFION ahd Miss BLAISDELL also in the cast, Carriages may ve ordered at 10:40. Seats secured three weeks in advance. RS, F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE, Last week of Miss CHARLOTTE THOMPSON. Every evening during the week, saturaay Matinee. The Monpa ; December 21, beautiful play, TARE ES ae NRAND OPERA HOUSE. Mrs. MATINEE TO-DAY an) OR 5 BLACK CROOK. | new ~Featores| O*EATEST THE BLACK (and tan) CRO ¥ CROOK. | N z s _— with its wonderiuily tupny and rote: a me BLACK CROOK, a — CCSsIAN HEMALE BALLET ROUPE, BLACK CROC INTRODUCED, ana _—- THE GREAT OLYM IC THEATRE COMPANY BLACK CROOK. —— OF IN A BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT, ae an ail the Gorgeous At- —_ On MONDAY NEXT, for the Christmas Holidays, BLACK CROOK. |tractions that have — BLACK ‘and tan) CROOK, entirely RECONSTRUCTED, | BLACK CROOK. trang HOLIDAY New Scenery, songs, Dances ac., and firstappearance | BLACK CROOK. |secured the atten- of the beautiful young premiere danseuses trom the | BLACK CROOK. | | are eatro La scala, Milan, SENORITA RICKEYANA and | BLACK CROOK. | dance of so SENORA BARNEYIITA. BLACK CROOK. MONDAY NEXT. December 21, first appearance of the aoe cacoe miring thousands will — aster Gyinnasts. THE VICTORELLIS. in their wonder. | BLACK CROOK: | tained” a ui acts, TH! TWO GLADIATORS and LES COMIQUES Mesicaue eink aco by MONDAY NEXT (first time) a new comic local Drama, THE NEW POLICEMAN; Or. IRISH LAW AND buTcH JUSTICE. RICKEY as the Irisn Policeman, BARNEY asthe Dutch Judge. Also a new Musical Sketch, THE GERMAN'S DEAD CHILD. GUS WILLIAMS as Leo- old. Bootes, THEATRE, a MATINEE TO-DAY JARRETT & PALMER. Lessees and Managers. At 1O-DAY’S MATINEE at 134 o’elock), and TO-NIGH |, at 8 o'clock, will be given the new grant Romantic Drama, t THE HERO OF THE HOUR, with its EXTRAORDINARY CAST, wonderful mechan ical effects, superb costumes end magnilicent iliustra- jOus. The efforts of WM. VOEGTLIN and MATT MORGAN, masters of their art, present the GRANDES? SCEN' RY EVER EXHIBITED IN AMERICA. Notably amid the weaith of pictures are “The Porte St. Martin and Place de la Bastilie.” carp fhe Panorama of Old Paris.” ON CHRI-TMAS DaY—A Grand Extra Matinee. *.* IN AUTIVE PREPARATION, Haliiday’s dramatic version of Dickens?’ charming Christmas story, “LIT!.£ EM’LY,” with a great cast, including Mr. George Faw cett Rowe as MICAWBER. ieee THEATRE. MATINEE TO-DAY | The FIRST Sepa? eies of the i ‘eat romantic play, THE OF Tis HOUR, HERO OF THs THIS (Saturday), at half-past o ACCABE.—“BEGONE DULL CARE.” TWICE cpa MATINEE AT 2 0°CLOCK. | a | EVENT MACCABEGMATINEE TO DAY, AT 2 EVENIN' AT 8 in @ revised edition of his highly successful entertainment, “ BEGONE y tional a of i DULL CARE.” Including the Sensa SIR ROWLAND. THE RUF in which Mr. MACCABi will personate two characters at once (male and female), remaining upon the stage, in full sight or the audience. | GCABE.—ROBINSUN HALL. TWICE TO-DAY. Matinee at2 o'clock. Evening at 8. in his inimita- ble series of Character Delineations and astonishing feats of Ventriloquisin. Admission 50c. Reserved Seats, Sc. extra. ander !2 years ot age, halt price. Ticket Gffice, Robinson L-all, open daily from 9 till 5. GRAND DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL performance in aia of ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER i9, Mrs. SHEKIDAN SHOOK (BY SPECIAL REQUEST) | as JULIA, in the beautiful rar of the HUNCHBACK. Mr. BIRV as MASTER WAL and the CHARITY DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION in the remainder of the cas st. | Miss SOPHIA FLORA HEILBRON, Pianist, has kindly | cere | also the Fraeger Family in their Special. | S. Mme. DOWLUND, Soprano, and Mr. GEORGE SWEET, Tenor. Mr. WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Basso. Admission, $1; Reserved Seats, $2. Sale of tickets will begin on Friday, December 18, av the box office of the Academy of Music. Itckets also be obtained at the Windsor Hotel, | Martens Bros., music deale 64 Broadway | Beans OPERA HOUSE, ; West Twenty-third street. FAMILY MATINEE BRYANT'S MINSTR. COU: Ok Juveniles ‘ST. MATIN CE REN HALP PRICE TO THE MATINEB, TEINWAY HALL, THOMAS MATINEE. SATURDAY Ay ERNOON, DECEMBER 19, AT 2. MATIN Symphony, No, 1, © min Aria, “Lascia ch'io pian; Miss EM Ls, 2 : | “B I, O'CLOCK. | Ciaconne (new) Overture, Leonore N. | Mowtuveii asa, -<a2u Bs pas be % rst | Hungarian Melody. { Solo tor viowtn. } ‘iiauser | Mr -. EB, JACOBSOHS | Aria, “Parto ma tu ben mio,” Clemenza di Tito...Mozart | Clarionet obligato by M. Kayser. | t. Miss EMMA CRANCH. Rnapsodie (Evening), op. 163 (new) Coronation March (new), som Admission Tickets $1 Reserved Se: sale of reserved sents and tickets will commence this ing at ti 0X office of steinway Halil, at 701 and roadway and at 33 Union square. {RAUDS AT ART AUCTIONS. SEE THE ARCADIAN. ND SACRED CONCERT ‘on the occasion of the opening ot the New Organ in St. Vincent Ferrer's charch, Lexington avenue and sixty-sixth $1 on Sunday evening, December 20. Mesers. ‘co, War- ren, schmetz ond Carter will pertorm on the new instru- and will be assisted by a doube quartet and ghorusorefficient artists. Tickets $1 To commence at o'clock. prvour THEATRE, Eighth street, between Secoud and Third aver: THIS DAY (SATURDAY), at 3 o'clock, Grand Ladies’ : ait and MATINE! of the gorgeously fitted ap Trick Pantomime, THE 8cVEN DWARFS. accompanied by aduits Admission 20 and 40 cents. HE ARCADIAN, The most entertaining paver cf the day -Svendsen | bic. extra. The | 2 Children E MURSKA AT BROOBLYN ATHENEUM. Monday evening, December 21, Last Grand Concert of the tamous Hungarian nightingale, (LMA DE MURSKA and her grand Concert Combination. knead tod BEAUTY. SEE THE ARCADIAN, EADING, ORATORY, DRAMATIC INSTRUCTION.— Vocal Gymnastics render the voice smooth. power. ious, and prevent disease of the throat and New circulars. Terms moderate. k's place. HH” JARRETT & PALMER SPEND SUNDAY, SEE THE ARCADIAN, RAND BAL MASQUE AND CY DRESS OF the Argonant Masquerade Club will take place at the Argyle cooms, Sixth avenue and ThirtiecD street, oo Monday night, December 21, 18/4 nr DANIEL HEMMING, Secretary. Tickets at box office on night ot bali LAMB'S NEW PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN. js THIS KVENING, R. M CARROLL AND >ONS, in Baruey Campbell's drama ot THE PHANS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 2i—KUUND THE CLOCK HE STAGE.—GENTLEMEN DESIROUS OF JOIN- je Amateur Dramatic Association, now form. in Wiihamepan lease addre Budd N Baouth Fourth street, Brooklyn, EB. rete MATINEE, BALLS EVERY SATURDAY.—BEETHO ven Hall, 210 Fifth street, near Bowery: hat checks Wcents Speciai Matinee Bali Christmas Day at 2 P.M J EZ DANSANTE = S$ SOIRE pita LL EVERY SATURDAY LVENING, PROM & TO 12 F JAMES GORDON BENNETT. L te SEE Vite RCADIAN RGYLE ROOMS, SIXTH AVENUE AND THikTiET STRELT.—SUIRBK DANSANTS AND MUnICAL ENTBRIAINMBNT & VERY EVENING, COMMENCING aly CLOCK. SPECIAL MATINEB EVERY SATUR. ¥ APTEKNOON, COMMENCING AT 3 O'CLOCK, No. 4 5t | New YOR. | sbecial engagement of the famous AC 3. ADMISSION, 8 cents. Secured places, 25 cents, 50 cents and $1 extra. MATINEE THIS SAT GRAND EXTRA MATINEE ON ARK THEATRE. JOHN T. RAYMOND in FOURTEENTH WEEK as COLONEL MULBERRY SELLERS, r MARK TWA DRAMA, still ap UNABATED POPULAR ATTRACTION, Ninety-seventh performance, Saturday, December 19. URDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY. Secure seats in advance to avoid the crush. EVERY EVENING. MATINEE SATURDAY, ONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 BOWERY. THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING GREAT FUN. C. STEWART'S bit tr Drama, J. C, STEWART, THE FUNNY .NAT 8. THE ee YOUNG CAWTHOR! ; JOHN COLLINS, BILLY BARRY, LARRY TOOLEY, FRANK GIRARD, GEORGE F. Soe AH LIE GERMON, Miss HANN. TONY PasTOR’ AN FRANCISCO. MINSTRELS' ‘LW OPERA HOUSE, Broadway, corner twenty-ninth street. FIRST WEEK OF THE BLACK STATUE, MM SUCCESS OF Mr. J. H. CARLE, in_ nis old time Banjo Songs. REAPPEARANCE OF BILLY BIROI, WAMBOLD, BACKUS, RYMAN, RICARDO, RUDOLPH, TREMAN ea, MACKIN, WIL- x! TL, I FEATURES. Street cars m be ordered at 10. FAMILY MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2. DEM Y—ALBANI—LOHENGRIN, STRAKOSCH ITALIAN OPERA, : FAREWELL NIGHTS, MONDAY, December 25, Het Si Hie ai Subscription i ight. The public is respecttu!ly informed that the FIRST of the series of THREE FAREWELL Representations of italian Opera will take place on the above date, wnen ENGR will be given, with Mle, ALBANI. Miss CARY, Signori Carpi, Dei Puente and the entire extraordinary cast. ox office opens Wednesday, December 23, YORE CIRCUS, YORK CIRC EW YOKK CIRCU! TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE, TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE, TERRAC: GARDEN THEATRE, FIFTY.EIGHTH STREET AND THIRD AVENUE. FIFTY-EIGHTH STREET AND THIRD AV, FISTY-BIGHTH STREEI AND THIRD AVENUE. 8. LENT, Director. Opens TUESDAY EVENING, December 22, Pertormances every evening at 3 Matinees duily at 24 Pive different lines of cars land passengers near the Circus. NERMANIA THEATRE. Ad. Neuendorff.. «Directo SATURVA.Y Dec. 19, “Der Winkelschreibe.r” Comedy, in four acts, by Winterfeld. Box office open daily from &3¢ till 4 o'clock. EY 4: FOURTEENTH STREE' EW YORK STAD? THEATRE, 45 AND 47 BOWERY. dN “aD. NEVENDORFF ceeeeeeersssDIPOCtOF star engagement of LINA MAYR, the favorite ot persiaay, in pers Bouffe. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, LUCINDE VON ATER, Co LINA MAYR..... Box office op Nek YORK bp As eee ace DI MURSKA. CERT. SUNDAY, D GRAND SACRrD CON- CARD.—ad, Neuendorff has SUNDAY EVE December 20, at 8o'clock, the honor to announce & Hungarian nightin- MA DI MURSKA and her Grand Concert gale Mile. | Combination to appear for the last time in New York in ja sacredconcert N. B.—the programme will be of most brijlant description ever given, le of seats on Friday. December 18. at Stadt Theatr pata! NIGHT IN THE BOWERY. SEE THE ARCADIAN, MAacat REPOSITORY, OF WONDER, SCIENCE AND ART, 850 BROADWA’ Wallack's Theatre, CAUTION.—Mr. HAKTZ finds it necessary to m- form the public that he bas only one store, where can be found the most curious, beautiful, interesting and instructive Holiday Presents in the United States, en- turely different to anything that can be procured else- where. —y Store open until 10 o'clock every night 85) BROADWAY, near Wallack's Theatre. T SUCCESS, Gt THE ARCADIAN. RENOR’S LYRIC HALL, SIXTH AVENUE, BE- twaen Forty-Grst and For cond streets. —Th (Saturday) evening, December 19, 1874. grand Musical Entertainment complimentary to Mr. D. Baron, on which occasion the following eminent artists will appear :— Miss Anna Simon, soprano; Mrs Charles Anderson (nee Sarab Baron), contrato: Mr. H. R. Hamphries, tenor; ir. Frank Bartlett, baritone: Mr. Julius Lombard, basso; Mr. Alfred H, Pease, the distinguished pianist: Mr. Chas, E. Pratt, accompanist, and s double quart of male voices. Tickets, $1. woo GYMNASIUM, NO. EAST TWENTY- » eighth street.—Nineteenth ANNUAL EXHIBITION THURSDAY EVENING, December 17. Grand display of Boxing, Fencing. Athletic Feats, &c. Ti a lady and gentleman $1. Members ana friends please take notice. C Oia ne CaROLs! CHRISTMAS MUSIC! Music Books, Music Folios, Musical Instruments, of every variety and price, for holiday gift. New Gift Music Book for 1874, the ‘Piano at not erty a aeoe, lome,” price $2 50 if tt. ‘ublis! Dink ef Be A DITSON & CO., 711 Broadway. LLERS’ VISION. SEE THE ARCADIAN. ((oLoxet aE Fue of the Ladies’ Union Rekef Assoctation, in aid of Sick Soldiers of tne Late War and their Families, a Masonic Hall, corner of Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue, Pe aesaas December |4, ané continuing trough the SSOCIATION HALL. VANDENHOFF, GALA NiGHT, TCESDAY, December 22,4 P.M, Tickets, 0 cents; Reserved seats, 75 cents, OND'S, No. 39 Union sqaare. Wasuixatox SPECIALS IN THE EVENING TELEGRAM, HE “WALLACE HOPS."—NINTH NIGHT, SECOND season. Saturday, December 19 in Tammany Build- ing. East Fourteeuth street, from # to 12 P. M. Tickets (invitation) can be obtained at the residence of GEORGE H. WALLACE @ SON, No. 61 East Fourth street. \RAND OPENING OF MESSRS, UBASSY, VIGNANX & DAN STRAUSS’ Billiard Pariors, Stted with Col lender's stanaara tables, gorner Broadway and ‘hirty- second street tormerly Neil Bryant’s, this (Saturday) evening, December 19. Exhibition games will playes by Messrs, Kudolphe, bely, and nh brothers, have kindly” voluntecred for this, occasion. Messrs. UBASSY, VIGNAUX & DAN STRAUSS continue their Billiard ‘Room atcorner of Fourteenth street and Uni- versity place, STERS, PROGR \MMES, Cireulars,. Te kets raphic Forteate ‘ ing promptly, oeat POLITAN PRINTIS u BSTABLIS: ing. 4 Rooms, Forty-second street and Sixth avenue, on day and Wednesday, 26th and 27th inst. DISTRIBUTION BILL, Coupons, Wood Cuts, Litlo- (AMLISHMENT, Herald Bund: EK CHILDREN'S PROGRESSIVE LYCEOM HOLD their Fair and Christmas Festival at the Lag ‘we: GREAT HIPPODROME, ERIE fn. MUSEUM. SEMENT AMU®S METROPOLIS. HEAT:D AND THRUNGED DAY AND NIGHT. THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, POSIFIVELY LAST APPEARANCE OF THE WORLD'S ‘CHAMPION GYMNAS1=, THE RENOWNED JACKLEY FAMILY, JAC ELEVEN IN NUMBER, T. BARNUM GRAND MENAG THE No similar exhibition of gymnastic perfection and marvellous athietic teats has ever been known upon either Vontinent, This is the final appearance of the JACKLEYS New York prior to their departure ior Europe. POSITIVEDY LAST DAY AND NIGHT OF THE NATIONAL IRISH FESTIVAL, DON -YBROOR Falk, DONNYBROOK FAIR, AND TAS LAUGHABLE LANCASHIRE RACES. LANCASHIRE KACES. as UsvaL. FETE AT PEKIN FETE at PEKIN a, AND ALL THE GREAT RACES! AND ALL THE GREAT RACES! MENAGERIE OF $IX HUNDRED WILD BEASTS. Doors open at land 6:0. Pertormances at 2:20 and & Seuts secured six days in advance. Box office open irom 9to# Children under 10 half price. Animals fed at the close of atternoon entertainment. MONDAY, December 21, 1874, commencement of the new dazzling Holiday pro- gramme! GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, BLUEBEARD, trian Pantomime ever produced in an opena arena. METROPOLITAN THEATRE—S85 BROADWAY. rs, Miss MINNIE HASSAN, NEDY and MA Miss LILLIE MAY HAPPY DAVE M'COY, GRAY," PRANK BEL a UTHERLAND, and all the Metropotitan favorites. week ol the CANOAN, tne first Grand, Spectacular, Mechanical and Eques- ‘Look at our list of Star Performe! “lbs NNING, BARNEY REYNOLDs, HYLTON, HARRY HART, enty-third Be HUGH EPOUCAULD ax VOLUPTUARY, MATINEE Wednesday and Saturday, at 2:30 o'clock. OOD's MUSEUM, WooD's, AFTERNOON AT 2, EVENING AT 8, TWO PIECES, A GREA! BILL, teh AND | ROBERT MACAIRE ROBERT MACAIRE, AND QUITS. ESTON.—§% MILES IN 5IX DAYS, AT THE NEW- ark Rink: 430 miles finished before retiring Friday Tickets for sale at office of Newark and New York d, foot of Liberty street. Trains every hour each Pianos to rent, at HAINES BROTHER Piano Rooms, #7 Union squire. New Pianos on instalments or cash; two Pianos, been used a little, very low for A WEOR RENT, UPRIGHT, SQUARE AND GRAND + Pianos of oir own make; also for sale, a number hand Pianos, in perfect order. "WILLIAM , No. 112 Filth avenue, above Sixteenth st KN ‘A. ROSEWOOD PIANO AND STOOL, $100, BEAUTI- dA, tmaoverstzang bags, tall iron, (rame, Planotorte, 75; nos to ren! er mouth; instalments re- Seived ee GOLOSMINH’S, 26 Bleecker street, near Bowery. T HALF PRICE—BURDcTT 9-3TOP ORGAN, Double Reed ans, $50; Prince Organs, new styles; low rents; smail monthly payments GURDON & SUN, 13 East Fourteenth street. A* OVERSTRUNG SEVEN OCTAVE PIANO, $150; rent, $5: Chickering’s Square and Upright Pianos, jow rent; small monthly payments, GORDON & SON, 13 Last Fourteenth street. A MAGNIFICENT $1,000 WEBER PIANO WILL BE sold at a great bargain for cash; only two yea: oid. For particulars apply at 139 Bast Twenty-eighth st. AT in GREAT BARGAIN—A SPLENDID ASSORT- ment of second hand Weber Pianos, being the in- Struments used by the principals of the Itatian Opera Company, Albani, Heilbron, Cary, Carpi, Puente, &c. Specially selected ‘by them; ‘nearly new and fully war- ranted. Cali atthe Weber Piano rooms, Fifth avenue and Sixteenth street. A —GREAT BARGAINS IN NEW AND SECOND + hand Pianos and Organs say | the holidays; good Pianos, $10: Organs, $90. PEEK & sO: 1 Clinton place (Kighth street), near Broadwa: PRIVATE FAMILY WILL SELL THEIR ELE: gant four round Decker & Bros’ Pianoforte at Sacrifice; a brilliant toned 7 octave, richly carved, rosewood case, full agraife, Overstrutg Fiano, havin all improvements, printed guarantee, II! of sale, cost $975, tor $2.0; Stool, Cover, Box for s! day or Sunday. private residence 210 West 21st street. PRIVATE FAMILY WILL DISPOSE OF THEIR magnificent, brilliant toned, 73 octave, four round carved Pianoforte: all improvements; full agraffe; best cost $90, ior $250; Stool, Cover, box for t private residence 120 West 23d st. FICENT GRAND SQUARE 71% OCTAVE, ‘round corners, rosewood Piunoforte, all modern agraffe, brilliant tone, nearly new, cost $1,20), ior $275; Stool, Cover; box for shipping; alot Parlor, Chamber Furniture; a sacrifice. Residence 103 West Twenty-eighth street, near sixth avenue. PRIVATE FAMILY WILL SELL THEIR ELE- gant 73 octave, rosewood case, overstrung bass, treble agraffe, Bradbury Pian cost $975, for $250, stool, Cover. Call at at RARE | CHANCE—$150—BEAUTIFUL PIANO- forte, $25 cash, balance $5 monthly antil paid; round corners, carved legs. J. BIDDL. 13 Waverley place. near Broadway. BEAUTIFUL CARVED ROSEWOOD 7 OCTAVE Pianoforte: iron frame: overstrung bass: cele- brated city mak us E: 30th street, between for $ ast A’ $125—A BEAUTIFUL 7 OCTAVE ROSEWOOD of fine second ABE & CI A far improvements, patent er; cos 3 24 and 3d avenues. Pianotorte, round corners. iron trame, modern im- provements, perfect order, sweet and poweriul tone, in- cluding Stool, Cover and Music. 28 $d st., near Bowery. ANUFACTURERS OF PIANOFORTES WILL FIND it to their inter METROPOLITAN | Pi Broadway, before having their printing done elsewhere, HE CELEBRATED DOANE PIANO, FIRST CLASS, m every respect, cheap tor cash, during helidays. Warerooms, 112 West Fourteenth street, B29 FOR BEST NEW 7% OCTAVE PIANOS;7 $2 octave, new, $225; those used a little for irculars mailed. ' U.S. PLANO CO., 810 Broadway, N. Y, 50 PIANOS AND ORGANS, NEW AND SECOND these hard times an? the holidays, by HORA WATERS & SON, 43] Broadway, than ever betore oftered in New York. Ss RD as LADY DESIRES A POSITION AS TEACHER OF music inx@ school; is an experienced and thor- ough teacher. ‘Address'PIANOFORTE, box 187 Herald office. PROGRAMMES, POSTERS, PAMPULETS TICKETS, Press Opinions and all Kinds of Printing for mi sical conservatories and entertainments are. turnished in the most elegant styie at the Mi TROPOLITAN FRI ING ZSTABLISHMENT, 218 Broadway. THE LECTURE SEASON. —SPECIAL LECTURE EVERY NIGHT, AT 8 + o'clock, at the New York Museum of Anat 18, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker streets. LECTURE EVERY EVENING AT8 O'CLOCK, ON vous Debility and Special Diseases, at Dr. KAHN’S Museum. Remember the address, Broad- way, Dear Fourth street, The largest and most magnif- cent museum in the world. Admission, Svc. R. FELIX ADLER, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, wiil deliver a memorial address on the late Dr. Abr iger, at Steinway Hall, on Monday, 2\st, ai 8 P. M. pegese LECTURE.—PALACE AND QUEEN, BY Ei Rev. Me P, Abbott, fal ye lad tessan Belg ‘Disco ‘avenue, Jues Becember 22. 187¢ Proceeds for city Church Extensiog and Missionary Society, At 7:30. DANCING ACADEM J. SAUSE'S DANCING ACADEMIFES.—CLASSES . ft Masonic Hall. 114 East Thirteenth street; Bre- reer jail, 154 East Giyetourtn street. PRIVATE LBs. ONS ir. CIRCU. SONS at any hour. LA.8 at privat 5 212 East Bieventh street. Erie: See A —DODWURTH'S PRIVATE CLASSES FOR DANG. « img, No. 212 Fifth avenue, corner of Tweuty-sixth saoet ope ing classes for gentlemen A TCARTIER'S DANCING ACADEMY, PLIMPTON'S + building, intersection stuy vesa ‘ Classes every Monday and Thursday, pri ons filide waite @ epecialcy; reception every Thuraday even ny SG ACADE Det 5 + Ail the fashionable banc Afernocn classes tor, Ys for the season. children, send ‘or a circular, Y, %! BROOME ST.— in one course of lessons. ladies and cnildren; evenings for & INSTRUCTIONS at all hours. GARMO'S. NO. 82 FIFTH AVA CORNER OF Fourteenth street.—Afternoon ciasses in Lé MENUET DE LA COUR, and Tharsday evenings R. AND MRS, HLASKO'S ACADEMY FOR DANO- ing, 1464 Broadway.—Morning and rnoon Classes for ladies and children; evening classes for gentlemen, Dt ee ee en nnn ne GENCY AND DEPOSITOR WANTED—BY A FIRST class house, possessing first rate references of Morality aud solvabiiity; able to give best guarantee, and having connections in Belgium, Germany, Switzer- jand and spain; corresponds in French, English, Ger- man and Spanish. Apply, by posted letter, to the office de Publicite, 46 rue de la Madeleine, Braxelles. KMASTER & ©O., MILITARY AND GEN- . 3 New Burlington street, Lon- numerous patrons in the ada ti they purpose making a busimess America, and trust to be !avored with com- gentlemen coming to England W. B. & Co. would be happy to see or wait on, or wouid send them patterns, with instructions for self-mneasurement. No, 3 New Bur- lington street only, and in no way connected with any other establishment in London. MISC D' OMA OF MERIT, VIE: EXPOSITION, 1873. Dr. *eterson's American Powders and Lo: tor indigestion and ail diseases of the stomach ers, TUtEhA New York, MONTEU to obtain estimates from the NTING ESTABLISHMENT, 218 | hand, of first class makers, will be sold at lower | prices for caan or on instalments, or tor rent during | LAW FOR BAD BOYS. The Compulsory Education Bill To Go Into Effeet on New Year's Day. EMPLOYERS TO BE FINED WHO DRPRIYE CHILDREN OF INSTRUCTION. WHAT SUPERINTENDENT KIDDLE THINKS. Immediately after New Year's Day, 1875, has passed the citizens of this city, which boasts of its many thousands of school children and of tts large number of magnificent puvlic schools, will be brought face to face with a problem which has been solved successiully in some of the German | States of Europe, but which will undoubtedly tropolis. THE WILD WAIFS AND STREET ARABS, The measure referred tols that of the Dit passed by the Legislature of this State May 11, 1874, Which was introduced by Mr. Dexter Hawkins, and is popularly known as the “Compulsory Education bill’? Some weeks since the State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, Mr, Neil Gumour, forwarded from Albany to all the town clerks, boards of education and trustees of school districts throughout the State a printed copy of this bili for their information. It is the fact that the general mass of the people are but poorly informed as to what- will be the practical workings of the bill which comes into effect on New Year’s Day, yet Its clauses are vital to all in- terested in our schools, and some little explana- tion may be necessary. It is intended by its framer to gather in from the streets, slums and workshops of the city all children between the ages of eight and fourteen and compel their parents, if they have any, to send them to school for @ term of fourteen weeks nm the year, eight weeks of which must be consecutive, or they may be instructed at home fourteen weeks, which will serve the purpose of the law equally well. The vil! provides specifi- cally that the branches which all children of what- ever sex or social rapk must learn shall be, under the law, spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, geography und arithmetic, HOW IT 18 TO BE DONE. A reporter of the HERALD cailed at the Board of Edugation and received from Mr. Henry Kiddie, who has been for twenty years the efficient Superintendent of Public Schools, considerable light on the subject of the new law. Mr. Kiddle very kindly told all he knew tn regard to the mat- ter and gave nis views with what information he had in regard to a law which is as yet not fn force. “Do you think that the law will be a success, Mr. Kiddie ?? was, of course, tne first question asked. “I see no reason why tt should not be, as far as I may judge. Ofcourse I have no exact data, nor can I have until the law has been some time in actual operation.” “Well, Mr. Kiddle, will the children gathered from the streets and workshops without regard to their former associa‘ions or character be placed im the same school with those who have been regular attendants at school always, and whose character and associations are excellent or with- out reproach?” THE CHILDREN WHO WORK. “] think very likely that we may be compelled to have special schools for those children who are compelled to attend py the new law. Although there are, no doubt, very many hundreds of chile dren who are compelled to work in shops and fac- | tories, between the ages of eight and fourteen, nipping. Call, this | whose parents are needy and respectable, and whose chilaren help in many ways to support taese poor families, The last actual enrolment of the pubiic schools of the city shows a return on the books of 109,028 scholars, and the actual attendance was 100,676. Of course, then there are the private schools, seminaries and academies, the parochial | belonging to one religious persuasion, the Roman Catholic and corporate schovls, waich are really parochial schools. There is not any reliabie tend the schools which are not public schools, but I should suppose that their pupils would average | In attendance as many as 35,000 or perhaps more; but I could not give any figures in the matter.” THEY WILL BE TAKEN BEFORE POLICE JUSTICES. “What mode of procedure will be taken on the rules and regulations reported by the Committee on Compulsory Education of the Board of Educa- tion im regard to the practical enforcement of the law when it takes effect?’" THE TRUANT OFFICER ON HIS LITTLE BEAT. “Tne rules and reguiations will be submitted by the Board of Education to a Judge of the Supreme Court of the city of New York, and when he finds them correct and not in any way overstepping the Truant Officer, or Truant Superintendent, as the Board; and I suppose tnen there will be truant officers appointed for the eight different school districts of the city, which include, of course, the two new wards across the Harlem Bridge. I say all this witn the reservation that the Board will take their own measures 41a perfect them according to their own proper ju ment. I merely give my opinion—tnat is all. The law provides that children tound in the street or factories between the ages of eight anc fourteen shall be arrested and taken as truants beiore a police justice, and shali be held, in order that they Bhall be compelled to go to school or that their parents shall be forced to send them. And tha duty will naturally tall to the Truant Officer, who will make the search and the arrest i! necvasary,” HOW THEY WILL BE CAUGHT AND PUNISHED. “flow do you propose to get at the children who do not attend school and yet are not to be found on the streets ?”” + “We are making & census of the entire city, or all in the next two or three weeks, by the assistance of the police, who are to go irom nouse to house and ascertain the names and ages o! the children in the house, together with the fact whether they have attended or do attena school or not. Thee are now @ dozen copyists, I believe, making out the necessary blanks to be prepared for | tuis . pUrpo and @ copy or census of the children each ward will be placed in each station house—one with tne local Scnool District Board and one here in this De- partment of Education, In this manner it will not be difficult to keep @ complete record of all the children in the city and how they spend their time. Habitual truants who wil not atrend school, either through the solicitation of their parents or by tne efforta of the truant officers, ‘Will no doubt be sent by the police magistrate\o some institution in which punishment will oe en- forced and @ penalty exact ence, Probacly the institution may be tnat for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents or some such place. WHAT MR, AXD MRS. PUBLIC OPINION HAVE TO SAY. In view of the fact that the law {s soon to take effect the HRRALD representatives visited a number of peopie who may be directly or indi rectly affected by the new law, and proceeded to get at their views when they had any. Among | the school teachers there 18 a great deal of exciie- ment a3 to What will be done with the boys who may be taken from the Streets, dirty, ragged and riotous, to be placed, as they bes! among their weli ordered, cleaniy and weil benaved children. Some of the lady teachers are very much dis- | gusted at the taea, and declare It to be @ shame that “they should bring the nasty litvie boys into scnools weil established and where every pupli ‘8 submissive and fall of love and affecuon for his teacner.” AHINT TO MISERLY EMPLOYERS, ‘Then, in, on the other band, there is a good deal of dissatisiaction among the proprietors of factories and shops where they have in many instances lads of from ten to fourteen years of age attending machines, ruaning of ‘ands, butiding fires, doing the work of grown janitdts or attending per stands, or perhaps they are engaged in peddling small wares. The commotion among the newsboys and bootbiacks when they find the law working practically, will, D0 doubt, be @ terrible one. The law counts two weeks attendance at an evening school w be equal to one week’s attendance at day school, and states that oe Olds who shali pire any child of either sex between the vrescrivea ages shall, upon conviction of the offence, be fi 50 ior each and every Offence. This will make employers who hire lads of twelve or thereabouts and who been ued five or six times probably, fines added to the public schooi moneys of the district in waoich the employer commits the offence. WHAT A LADY THACHER THINES ABOUT IT. A well known lady school teacier, who occupies | @ prominent | eal a4 vice principal to a gram- mar school above Fourteenth street, was yes‘er- | day asked her opinion as to the effect of the law when eniorced. This |ady 1+ well known as one of | the most experienced instructors im this city, and prove a novel measure to the people of the me- | schools, chiedy | computation of the number of children who at- | legal boundaries the Board will proceed to the | enforcement by the appointment of a General | case may be, in the wisdom and discretion of the | h for thetr disobedt- | Starve them on $3 or $4a week a little vareiui alter | fed NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1874.-WITH SUPPLEMENT, Naeeea eee eee ee ee creer reer acne ears illimeaRias oa smeBCctar Wat Dai sap emmmmetenmn yar onmmemeammmmmmmmmemmommn_ ec ala 02 Lol pogoet Sears ®@ reputation second to none, IT have no iaith whatever in the workings of the new law, It is bat Xperiment, and such an experiment will never sacceed in America, | am fully congincea, Mind, | say toils to fete sir, although it will be my auty to carry out ail clauses of the Dil! ag far as duty calis for the exercise of my authortty as a teacher. In Germany. with tne magnificent bureaucratic system. anything may be done, and there is hardly a limit to an edu tional provision, But here our people will place obstacles in the way of any such jaw; and am afraid that the police justices will be kept in hot water half their time with writs of habeas corpus for the release of lads who nave relations or families. I understand you to say, sir, that Mr. Kiddie in- formed you that there would be probably not more than one truant officer to each ychool eet or arkés all o whose duty it will be to collec! truants or bad boys who do not wish to learn. my opinion—and | think you may fina other teach- ers who will agree with me—l think that tt will lake a truant of to every large or grammar ool in tne city, {t is a ‘ell enough vow for the reason that if a pupil does not attend with some aspect of regularity, then the puptl is expelled and dropped from the books of the sebool, And besides we have only enrolled those who came | voluntarily, and, in fact, we have to turn many away at certain seasons o! the year. But here are, | Itis probable, 29,000 or 30,000 children thrown upon our rather scanty resources at one sweeping blow, hundreds of thes? children being from districts tn- fested with disease, and although you may force at- tendance you cannot enforce cleanlinese or a proper regard Ser 2 devencies of Iie. And our children Who Con fom decent homes and whose mothers are careful of them—what Must becomé of then fi of Education first such acase? ‘Let the Bou build schools for this reinforcement of street boys and girls before they place these wails on our school rolis, and then let the Prussian system be enforced, and not until then. I speak as a woman who has seen two generations of pupils ass before me as @ teacher, and | hope this bil: of Mr. Hawkins, who I have no doubt meant weil, may be most thoroughly discussed in all its de- talis and bearings.”’ TUE LAW IN ALL ITS GRIM DETAIL. Mr. Neil Gilmour, State CApAEINCEDA Fist, has’sent @ copy 01 the new law, which is as follows, to the different schoo! oMcers in the State. As it ts ad- visable that every person should become ac- quainted with the provisions of this law we give it in full, with the private letter of tustructions or Mr. Gilmour and his advice to school ofticers:— State or New Yor, Derartuent or Puszic Instruction, Avsany, Nov. 2, 1874, To Town Cierks, Boarps or Epucation any tHE TRUS- TEES OF -CHOOL DistiicTs:— The following Is @ copy of the act commonly known as “Compulsory Eduction act.” passed May ll, 1874 T ask your caretul attention to the provisions of the seve- ral sections, many of which impose new duties upon zchool and other municipal officers, and new liabilitres upon those having the cure of children between eight and fourteen years of age. Chapter 421—An act to secure to children the benefits olelementary education. Passed May 1i, 1:74, three- fifths veing present. fi The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate und Assembly, do enact as follows :— FOURTEEN WEEKS OF SCHOOL. Secrion 1. Ali parents and those who have the care of children shall instruct them, or cause them to be ine structed in spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, geography and arithmetic. And every parent, guardian or other person having control and charge ef any cinid between the ages of eight and tourteen years shall cause such child to attend some public or private day school least fourteen weeks in each year, eight weeks at which attendance shall be consecutive, or to structed regularly at home af least fourteen weexs in each year in spelling, reading, writing, English mar, geography aod ‘arithmetic, uniess the pnysi mental condition of the child is such as to render such attendance or instruction inexpedient or 1mpracucable. THE CHILD'S CERTIFICATE. Sec. 2. No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed by any person to labor in any business whatever during the school hours of any school day of the school term of the public school in the school district or the city Where such child is, unless such child shail have attended some public or private day schoo! where given by @ teacher qualified to instruct in. spelling, reading, writing. geography, English gram- mar and arithmetic, or shall have been regulariy in- structed at home in said branches by some person to instruct in the same at least {our- the fifty-two weeks next preced- every year in which such child employed, and shall, at the time of such employment, deliver to the employer a certificate in writing, signed by the teacher or a school trustee of the district or of a school, certifying to such attendance or instruction; and any’ person who shall employ any child contrary to the provisions of this section shall, for each offence, forteit and pay a penalty of $50 to the treasurer or chief fiscal officer of the city or supervisor of the town in which such offence shall occur; the said sum or penalty, when 80 paid, to be added to the public school money of the school district in which the offence occur THE TRUSTEES’ EXAMINATION. Sec. 8 Itshall be the duty of the trustee or trustees of every school district, or public school or union school, city, in the months of ‘ebruary’ o! toe examine the situation of | th hi employed in all manutacturing establishmentsin such school district; and in case ed town or city is not di- vided into school districts it shall, for the purposes of che examination provided for in this section, be divided by the school authorities thereo! into districts, and the said trustees notified of then ec ive districts, on or before she Ist c. it Jal trustee or truste a ama said city or supervisor of said town. On 81 tion the proprietor. superintendent or manager of | establishment shall, on demand, exhibit to said examin- | ing trastee a correct list of all children between the ages of eight and fourteen yearsemployed in said establish: ment, with the said certificates of attendance on school, | OF of instruction. THB PARENTS’ DUTY. Sxc.4 Every ent, guardiad or other person having | control and charge of any child between the ages of | eight and fourteen years, who has been temporarily dis- charged from employment In any business, in order to be afforded an opportunity to receive instruction or schooling, shall send sacbh child to soi vate school, or shall cause such child to be regular); structed as aforesaid at bome for the period tor which such child may have been so discharged, to the extent of at least fourteen weeks m allin cach year, unless the physical of mental condition of the child is/such aa ta render sach an etiendance or instruction inexpedient or impracticable. g FINES AND PENALTIES. Sxo. 6 The trustee or trustees of any school district or public schuol, or the president of any union school, of in case there Is no such officer, then such offic board of education of said city or town ma; his tow: ofhcer of his city or to the supervisor of any | person who shall violate any provision ot sectioi and 4of this act, shall, on written notice of such vi tion from one o! the school officers above named, forfeit, for the first offence, und pay to the treasurer or chief fiscal officer of the city or to the supervisor of the town tn which he resides or suci offence has occurred, the sum of $1, and after such first offense, | shall, for cach succeeding offence in the same year, tor: it and pay to the treasurer of said city or supervisor of said town the sum of $5 for each and every week. not exceeding thirteen weeks in any one year, ditring which atter written notice irom said sehooi officer, shall failed to comply with any of suid provisions. The said penalties, when paid, to be added to the pubiie schoo! money of said schoo! district in which the offence occurre Sxc, 6. In every case arising under this act where the parent, guardian or other person having the control of any cluld between the said ages of eiht and fourteen | vears is unabie to provide such cuild tor said four: teen weeks with the text book required to be furnished to enable such clilu to attend school tor said period, and shall so state in writing to the said trustee, the'sald trustee shall provide said text books for said sourtwen weeks at the publie schoo: for the use of such child, and the expense of the saiue shali be patd by the treasurer of said city or the supervisor of said town on the ceriificaie of the said trustee, specifying the items {urmished tor the use of such child. HABITUAL TRUANTS, Sc, 7, In case any person having the contro! of any child between the ages of eight and fourteen years is un- | abie to induce said child to attend school jor the said | fourteen weeks in each year, and shall so state in writ- | ing to said trustee, the said child shall from and after the date of the aelivery to said trustee of said statement in writing be deamed and dealt with as an habitual tru- ant, aud said person shal! be relieved of al) altiesi n- curred for said year after said date, under sections 1, land 5 of this act, as to such child. SUPREMB COURT AND POLICE, each town, by an affirmative vote of # majority of sald | meeting or ineetings to be called for this | purpose, on ten days’ notice in writing to each trustee, | sata noth K | | ice to be xiven by the town clerk. are, for each of thelr respectiv. cittes and tewns, hereby authonzed ana empowerec and directed, on or before the Ist day of January, 1875, ty make ali veedful provisions, arrange- ments, rules and regulations concerning habitual tru- ants and childres between said ages of eigns and four. teen years of age who may be found wandering about | streets or public places of such city or town daring the | echool hours of the school day of the term of the f said city or town, having no jawiul occupation or business, and growing up in ignorance, and said (% ns, ngements, ri gulations shall ail, in their judgment, be most conducive to the fare of such ‘ children and to the good order ot such city or town; ‘and shall provide suitable places for the discipline and instruction and confinement—when necessary—ot sucn | children, and may require the aid of the police of cities | constables to enforce their said ‘rules and pro 5 | regulations shali oot go into ef: until the: shail have been aporoved. in writing. by a justice of the | Supreme Court for the judicial district in which saia city or town Is situated; and when so approved he shall file the same with the clerk of the said city or town, ywho shai print the same and furnish ten copies thereof to each trustee of each school dis trict or public or anion school of said city or town. The said trastee shail keep one copy thereot posted in & con- sprenons place in or upon each school-house in his ! charge during the schoo} terms each year in like man \ mné, in each city or town, may be amended or | Tevised annually in the month of December. | see. 9% Justices of the peace, civil justices and police Justices shall have jurisdicuon, witnin their respective towns and cities, of all offences and of ail actions for | fines described in this act or that may be in said provisions, Arrangemen' ul 2 reguialions authorized by ‘section fof this | J actions for fines and penalties ander this act shall be brought tn the name of the «i ure: chief fiscal officer of the city or supervisor of the town to whom the same is payable, but shall be brought by | and under the direction of the said trustee or trustees, said officer uesignated by t joara of Ed 5 she i, wo weeks. Auzsndarice at a bait ine or even. 0% rf all purposes me week at a day school Dosen dba Sxe. Il, This act shal take effect on the January, 1875, hptorrath THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S LETTER OF ADVIOB, Ty willbe hi pre eig 4 ni iy perioa in each year during Ww! compul | fory, is fourteen weeks. The common schouls of the | State remain free to all dents betweeo five and | twenty-one years of age. and the schovis in the several | districts must, as heretoore, be taught by # duly qui teacher for at least twenty-eight weeks in each | year, in order to entitle the districts to share in the pub- | He school moneys. The compulsory attendance need | Bot necessarily be ata pndiic school; it is sufficient if | children of the prescribea age attend private schools i taught dy competent persons, for fourteen weeks ineach year, or are instructed at home by competent person. during that period. Shouid che trustees or other school officers, whose duty it {s to see that the pro | tions I'and 2 are enforced, question + of the persons giving instruction in private | home, Ww children between eight and four age, they inay, after due notice to the parents or quar: | dians of children. coport te fact to the super visor ¢ public or pri- | of the town, or the chief fiscal officer of the city, as the ase may bé, for action umier the provisions of section of the act. The Is urpose. Whi h tax is not yoted, I advise trustecs [o"Ruppiy ext boocs. to indigenspupils, as far as poset: ble, under the provisions of section 16, title 7, of the Gode of Public Instrucuon. _n cities there {s usually » t the 4! 1 of the Board of Education for text books to indigent pup! Bae the axSuett® aay? prapteable earliest Kat days before nd ist of’ Jen- uary vext. wilf be a town charge, meeting provided tor in ction § must be a joint meet- ing of the of all the districts in the town. I am also of the opinion that the regulations adopted eeting must pie # pro ‘ah of @ maj school district trustees of the town before they can go into effect. Those who were instrumental in procuring the passage of the Compulsory Education act believe that great good will result trom its prompt and strict en= forcement itis, atanyrate, a law of our state, and ts certainly entitled toa fair trial, [ urge that each and all of you do what you reasonably may itsuch a ind that you report to me any defecis which you may discover in the practical workings of the law. Your dbedient servant, REIL GILMOUR. Superintendent ARMY INTELLIGENCE, —_+—__—_ OFFICERS EXAMINED FOR RETIREMENT—pRog- PECTIVE PROMOTIONS—MILITABY SALARY GRABBERS—SOME FACTS BELATIVE TO DOUBLE PAYMENTS, WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 1874, The retirement from active service of Colonet Charles R, Woods, Second infantry, and Major David B, McKibbin is shortly expected, those om- cers having been examined by tue Retiring Boara and ordered to their homes. Colonel Wooas wilt be remembered as the lieutenant who commanded the detachment sent from Governor's Island, im the Star of the ‘West, to relieve Fort Sumter. Subsequently, as colonel of the Seventy-sixtn Ohio volunteers, from October, 1861, to August, 1863, and a8 brigadier general of volunteers, from August, 1863, to September, 1866, he rendered gal- lant and vajuable services, for which he received five brevets and the more substantial acknowl- edgment of a full lieutenant colonelcy im 1866, Major Mckibbin was also brevetted five times for his war services. He served in the Ninth, Tenth, Fourteenth and Thirty-second regiments of in- fantry from 1855 to 1869, and was assigned to the Tenth cavalry tn 1971. During the war he com manded two Pennsyivania regiments, the One Hundred and Ftity-eigith in 1862-3 and the Two Hundred and Fourteenta in 1865-6, PROMOTIONS. The retirement 0! these officers will lead to the following promotions :—Lieuienant Coionel Frank Wheaton, Twenty-first imiantry, will succee@ Colonel Woods in the command of the Second, making toe lourth coiouel that that old regiment has had within two years. Major Oscar 4. Mack, First iulantry, will be carried up to the Twenty- first as Heutenant colonel, and Captain Henry Lazeile, Eighth injantry, will become major of the First. Tui will give the First wiantry two Geld oficers for duty. 1s has had only one, Lieutenant Colonel Lugenbeel, for several years et owin; the fact tnat its colonel, Thomas G. Pitcher, been at West Point and the Soidiér’s Home since 1867, and that Major Mack has been on duty in the War Department in conuection with nationad cemetery affairs, Major McKibbin’s retiremens will promote James Curtis {rom captain, Third cavalry, to major, fenth cavairy. He is @ gradu- ate Of Une class of 1851, resigned Irom the Second intantry in 1852, was appointed to the Fifteenth Im 1861 and assigned to tne Third cavalry in 1870, Colonel Wheaton has an army record of chet twenty years, having been uppointea from et! lve toa irst ueutenancy in the First (now Fourth) cavairy, then being organized, March 3, 1855. He will make the tent infantry colonel who has not been to “the Point,” the other fiiteen being grad- uates of that institution. Major Mack ts 8 Wess Pointer of the class of 1850, 80 that while he ie Colonel Wheaton’s senior vy tive years’ service and four years’ prolessional preparation, he 18 bis Junior by twenty-five files in the line of promotion. MILITARY 54LABY GRABBERS. Tne following tacts in relation to double pay- ments are of iuterest at this time in view of Seo retary Belknap’s recommendation, indorsed oy the President, that authority be given by Con- gress to drop trom the rolls of the army, without trial, any officer drawing pay more toan once for the same period. If tt were geuerally Known in the army that there is ecarcely @ possibility CF cage oF double ment, or even overpi mg Detection, no Officer in his senses would pre- sent duplicate pay accounts. Two records of pay- ments to ofiicers are kept, entirely independent of each other, one tn the Paymaster General’s oftice, the other in the office of the Second Auditor, so that if any irregularity in an officer's pay ace counts escapes tue Scylia of the Pay Department it has still to face the Charyodis of the accounting oMicer. The annual reports of the Second Auditor show that during tne last ten years charges have been raised in his office against volunteer an@ regular officers on account of double payments amounting to nearly $300,000, of which only about $50,000 has been recovered. If the records of double payments were published they would show ‘ices o: every class, (rom the green second heutenant to the seasoned general office! id ine cluding skilful surgeons, verend cnaplains, clerical adjutant generals dashing aides-de- cump, Were among the military salary grabbers. In the case of an officer just returned {from & twelve oreighteen months’ captivity in a rebel prison & lapse of memory as to the date of last payment might be excused; but what excuse would avail an officer who drew his pay, Dot twice only, but three and ¢ven iour times for the same month, with @ brief interval between each pay- ment? In tis annual report the Secretary of War says that doubie payments in the reguar army are Dot frequent, and that “the offenders have been dis- missed from the army by sentence of court-mar- tiai”? The iacts are that since 1870, on the reor- ganization of the army and the muster out of surpius officers, all doabtiai characters were sup- posed to have been winuowed out. ‘The cases of tive oficers court-martiuied for drawing pay twice for the same month have been published im orders—viz., two captains and three leutenanta, of whom only two, 9 retired lieutenant and a cap- tain of artillery, were dismissed, The other three delinquents, although sentencea to be cashiered, were treated very ieniently, one being restored ta duty without punishments, there being proof that he had no irauculent intention, another having his sentence mitivatea to one year’s suspension from rank and pay, except $50 per month, on the ground that the offence partook of the nature of indiscretion and recklessness rather than of irau that he was the son of an officer who bravely 1 in battle for his country and that he had hereto fore maintained ap unblemished reputauion as 8 gentleman, The third gotof with six months’ (afterwards reduced to three months) suspension from rank, command and pay, except $100 per month, and to confinement to the limits of the reservation Where his company might be serving PRESS NOTES. poe eerie eee E. A, Sniviey, editor of the Carlinville (Il) Bn quirer, bas been knocked down by ex-Governor Palmer because of unfriend!y criticism. It is stated that Richard Peniston, the Phila- delpbia saloon keeper, who won @ large lotiery prize @ year or two ago, will shortly becomes newspayer proprietor. He will find a good many blanks 1n that wheel of fortune. The Youngstown (Pa.) Register hi daily. Alexander Reed and A. D. Walbridge have be- come part owners in the Toledo Commercial. The St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette has been purchased by George W. Belt and PF. M. Tufts, of Platte county, and J. B, Maynard, of Louisville (Ky.), the latter an experienced newspaper man. The Atlanta (Ga) Herald is soon to be tele- Graphically rehabilitated. A libel sult has just been decided in Leaven- worth county, Kansas, against the Times news. paper. lt grew out of language used by the Times in reference to the course of Judge Lecompte im the old dark and Dieeding days Of 1855-56. Le compte sued tne Times for libel aad has won his euit. The Lawrence (Kansas) Journal has absorbed the 7ridune of that city and becomes the leading fepublicam paper of the central portion of the State, A. J. Bell, having purchased the Peoria (Il.) Review, has converted it into a democratic jour- nal, and now ite editoriais have a different ring. than heretofore. - The Washington Avening Mall having died one of {ts founders proposes to estaoiish a democratic morning paper in Washington, to ve called the Natwnal Democrat, it seems to us we have heard that name before. The following is the “leader” in the Columbus (Miss.) Index of the 10tn inst.:—"J. B. Deason, editor of the Brookhaven Citizen, is a contemptible ass and a liar, G, 0. Tucker.” Whereupon the Memphis Avalanche remarks, that |! the Broo! haven man has a Deasom regard lor tne opinion of the people of that section he wili shoulder @ doubie-barrelled shot gun and commence with Mr. Tucker at forty paces. The Chicago Times bas a libel auit for calling @ lawyer a “shyster,’! and it says it intends to prove ; That it nsed the word within the strict sense of _ US meaning. become &