The New York Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1875, Page 3

STATE AND CITY. Intrigues of the Albany Wire-Pullers. MAGUIRE’S POSITION The Governor Busy with His Message. Ceuntry Democrats Denounce Tammany Dictation. The New Mayor and His Official Prospects. THE POLITICIANS’ MISERY. ALBANY, Jan. 2, 1875, ‘fae talk to-day is principally ia relation to the Caucus which takes place in the evening of the anti-Tammany dictation democrats, By the way the word “caucus” has been substituted by the wentiemen participating for the title “conference.” The latter term seems more in consonance with their Jeelings at present. This indicates a smoothing of the troubled waters, Up to an early hour this morning, almost approaching daylight, some of the gent.cmen {from the country, in their rooms at the Delavan House, oc- cupied themselves in comparing netes. A visible nervousness was apparent. Which horn of.the dilemma to take hold ot. The secrecy and quietness observed among the leaders in New York seemed a harbinger and assurance of muccess in tue tactics on the slate. Members of the Legislature, espectally the new ones, did not ‘wish to coxpromise themselves, for they know Tammany rules with a rod of iron. THE OFFER TO MAGUIRE. Mr. Stephen H. Hammond, of Geneva, Is credited with the Mank movement in waiting upon Mr. Maguire, the candidate for Speaker, and proffering the support of the coulerence if be would sign she following paper:— Whereas it appears that the recent action of the demo- tratic members of Asssembly elect of the city of New York 4s Itkely to injuriously aflect the harmony of the Party in the Sate, and endanger its future success, und, hereas itis not only desirabie, but requisite that the Members stand untrammelled and on equal tooting In the democ: anizing the louse, theretore esolved, That the 'New York democratic delegation be and are hereby respectinlly requested, without preju- dice to their preferences, to rescind their recenc action 4 reference to the organization of the Avsembly. Mr. Maguire refused emphatically t® sign any fuch document. It will be perceived that the resolution is framed with a view to take action lone on the Speakership and Clerkship, leaving out the United States Senator. Mr. Maguire takes ‘he stand that the action of Tammany Hail ought ‘to be looked upon in the light of principie and not 8 to the actual mapping out of candidates. Af this caucus and pledge of members ahead of the Tegular assemblage is not out of place in the case ‘of nominees ior Speaker and Clerk they are equally improper in the-contest for United States Senator. Thus goes the argument. ‘The signers to the call in addition to Mr. Ham- mond were R. U. Sherman, George Taylor, E. BE, | Davis, G. W. Schuyler, 8. T. Ives, Obid Edson, Samoel Scudder, Richard D. Cole, P. Hanahan, H. B, Kansom, Charlies H, Krack, Josiah Kich and George Kerry. Other signatures were attached during to-day. A MESSENGER OF PEACE. At an early hour this morning a messenger car- ying this proposition was despatched to New ork instructed to extent the olive branch on the above basis. GOVERNOR TILDEN’S MOVEMENTS. uur pew Governor did not make bis appearance at the Executive Depariment to-day. He is busily engaged upon the completion of his Mes- Bage. it will bealengthy document and a large portion will be devoted to the canals, WHE KINGS COUNTY MEN ON HAND—THE UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP. At two o’clock to-day the Kings county leaders | Put in an appearance. Among them were H. W. Wheeler, Congressman A. M. Biss, Willlam C. Kingsicy, Commissioner W. A. Fowler, Senator Jonn ©. Jacobs and Assemblymen Talmage, Brad- Jey and McGroarty. The first tour are stopping at the Delavan House, and the latter at Congress hail, The rooms jormerly occupied by Tweed have been engaged tor the Kings county men. henry ©. Marphy, for the United states Senator- ship. fhey come in triple armor and mean busi- ness. 1t 18 claimed vy them that their candidate has by far the vest chance of election as against Francis Kernan. There are Curious rumors going the rounds among the poil- tucians relative to the United States Senatorsnip. Governor Seymour may yet be the coming man. Hi he 1s reaiiy out of the race and the declination letters mean woat they say, then there 1s prospect of a lively striie between Messrs, Kernan and Murphy. But the Ways of pol, ticians are dark and Mysierious, When the New York torces are mar- aulied on Monday uight we may hope to hear of some really organized movement. Until then all dere is put chaos und speculation. CAUCUS OF. COUNTRY DEMOCRATS. To-night, as the caucus or conierence of the country members who oppose Tammany dictation Drogresses m the Delavan House, there is a lively and extensive gatnering of poiltictans, The halls, coitidors and iovbies are crowded, Outside the ladies’ parlor of the hotel where She proceedings are conductea congregate Politicians srom ull parts of the State. Ruoades, Who isa candidate Jor Sergeanvat-Arms, stands Majesticaliy av the duor and permits no one to enter Who does not bear a cuuntryfied aspect. The bum of discussion is loud, John Morrissey leaus Up against the cigar stand, surrounded by a few frienus, William C. Kingsiey, of brooklyn Bridge Jame, chats with Congressman Biiss. ‘Yom’? Alvord, from the sait district of Syra- cuse, walks up and down nervotsiy. He was asked facetiously by the doorkeeper io enter the conierence, but lie said it was none of iis wake. Hiram Calkins, the candiuate for Clerk, watches the mancuvres of his o: ponent, Milton H. Northrup. Jeremiah Maguire, te Slated Speaker, las a kind WORD TO SAY TO EVERYBODY, He has not entered the coulerence. Among other promment gentiemen with the oucsiae gatuering are Senawr Bradley, Senator Kice, Charles P, Easton and bvominick Roche. The liberal republican eiement (who closely watch the chess board in the lenton interest) are ex- Senator Haight, of Steuben; Hasbrouck, of Rens- gelacr; Rockwell, of Warren, and General k. A. Merritt. i ‘The conference commenced shortly after eight clock, and lasted avout an hour, The proceed- ings wele entireiy Iniormat; in fact a family gatn- ering. No officers were appointed. ‘the memvers 01 Assembiy present were as lollows :—scuader, of Cataraugus; Beardsley, of Cayuga; Edson, of Chautauqua; Holmes, of Chenaago; Lawrence, of Coiumbia ; Broas, of Dutchess; ttanranan and Ran- som, o! Ene; Barkley, of Green; iaimadge aod ‘two others,ol Kings; Berry, of Madison; Cule, Tay- Jor aud Rich, of Monroe ; Schenck, of Montgomery ; Sherioan, ives and Lewis, of Oneida; Hammond, of Ontario; Johnson, of Oswego; Ely, of Uisexo; Christopher, of Putnam; Cleary, of Rensselaer; Stevena, of Rickmond: Brown, of Rockland; Bene- dict, of Schenectady; Roscoe, of Schoharie; Fish, ef Schuyler; Hogan, of Seneca; Shattuck, of Steu- ben; Schuyler, of Tompkins; Fream, Winster and kK, of Uister; Griffin, of Warren, and Davis, of Washington. ‘These numbered over shirty, and necessarily made a _— strong gathering if well handled. Nothing, o1 auy particular consequence was accomplished, Speeches aenunciatory of Tammany dictation were made by Messrs, Sher- man, Hammond, Schuyler ana others. A spirit of genuine opposition was manifested, but nothing More. At hai-past nine o’ciock the Conference adjourned over until eleven o'clock on Monday, | News was received from New York tbat no action had been taken by the special messenger sent | down to submit the proposition to Tammany Hall, | but the representatives of that se to hold. a Meeting at tiie Dei jonday aiternoon, at five o'clock. anization pro- yan House, on GOVERNOR TILDEN’S MILITARY STAFF, CORRECTED LIST. [From the Albany Argus, Jan. 1.) The military staff of Governor Tilden is as fol- dears :— Adjutant General—Major General Franklin Townsend. He is the only general taken trom Albany, and his appointment is warmiy indorsed, reat in Albany, but by the press throughout the State. Inspector General—Brevet Major General John B. Woodward, of Brooklyn. General Woodward 4s in command of the Second division of the Na- tional Guard, That position he will resign in or- der to accept ao place upon the stam. He is a thorough soldter—a quali: tion requisite for the office of Inspector General—and a popular gentle- Man. His selection meets with great javor in Brookiyn. Engineer-in-Chtef—Brigadier General Edgar M. Cullen, of Brooxlyn. Wenerai Cutlen is a soldier, and possesses all the qualifications requisite ior They did not know | tic caucus to assemble for the purpose of | Yhey Mean iv heart and soul to press their candidate, | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. Washington. This tment Witt be universally ap lauded. General Hughes is recognized as an able lawyer. He has been a member of Congress and Clere of the Court 01 Appeals, and is a repre- sentative map. He was a prominent member of the luberal organization, ana made-a gallant run for Congress at the last election in a uopeiess district. Surgeon General—Brigadier General Austin Fins, Jr., o1 New York, The medical profession through- ous the entire State recognize this appointment | as one eminently fit to be made, rtermaster General—Brigamier General 8. & Ellsworth, of Yates. General Ellsworth is a young | gentieman o1 extensive influence and of sterling | ability. He is graduate and trustee of Hamilton College, and wili make @ popular and useiul mem- ber 0: the Governor's milltary family, Paymaster. General—Brigadier General Herman Uhi, of New York, General Uni was a memoer ot | | Governor Hoffman’s staf, and nis selection by Governor Tilden is evideyce of the strengtn and usefu.ness conneeted with hig name and charac- | ter. Commissary Gereral af Subsistence—Brigadier General Charles H. Smyth, of Oneida, Mr. Smyth | 18 @ gentleman of great personal popularity and Of sterling bubines# qualities, His appointment vais add strength to Governor ‘fuden’s adminis- ration, This completes the list of generals, The aldes- de-camp are as tollows:—Colonel James B. Vear- | sall, Colonel Charles fracey, Colonel Thomas | Stokes, Colonel Latham C. Strong, Volonel Clitord A. H. Bartlett. Chief of Ordnance until bis successor bas confirmed by the Senate. CITY POLITICS. There areagreat many patriotic people just of the reform city government o! 1872 last Friday | Was a sure indication of a change for the better 1m the administration of our public affairs. While Mr, Havemeyer was Mayor there were cMbs and societies that lauded him to the skies, whose Saturday nignt resolutions represented him as 4 man ordained by a higher than human Dower to rescue the city from general ruin; but | all these clubs and societies disappeared iong be- fore Christmas, and what with the unexpected in- dependent doings of Mr. Vance as Mayor, and the expectations in political eircles of what Mr. Wick- | ham may do, the political leaders of THE TAMMANY RULB and their followers have mt Of late an ample fleld Jor conjecture. One thing is cervain, Mr. Wick- bam means, seemingly, to be his own master. He 18 tobe the Mayor of the city, he says, not the mere interpreter of the orders of men who believe that because they were instrumental in bringing | him into power they can bid him go and come at | their option, “I tell you, sir,’? said Mr. Wickham | to @ friend of his the day alter his election, ‘I will is a head o1 a bureau who does not do his duty, or Whose way of doing business has even excited well grounded suspicion betore I come into office, I shall make it my duty to keep a strict watch upon him, and, if necessary, put @ man in his ‘place who will, im the exercise of bis duty, think | more of THE PUBLIC INTERESTS than of his own.” It may, thereiore, be set down as @ settled fact that the present Fire Commis- sioners haye, to use a slang phrase, “got to git up | and git.” There are three of them. They have | been investigated, The investigation into the general way of doing business by the department has been thorough—oiticial. Tne investigator was an officer appointive under the charter and not a partisan. So his report—now in the hands | of Mayor Wickham—can be considered as one | made without bias, The revelations in it concern- | Ing the inner workings of tue department will, it | 1s alleged, bring to ligat facts which will astound ordinary people. This need not be a matter of wonderment with persons | Who do not meddle in politics; but that the reve- lations will be found tobe of acharacter utterly ; to dely any defence that can avail is as certain, it | 18 Said,as that Monday follows Sunday. The re- | port of the Commissioner of Accounts was yester- bled handed over to Mr, Wickham by Mr, Vance. 18, AN EXHAUSTIVE DOCUMEYT, the :report of the Commissioner covering about thirty loolscap pages. It is written tersely, and | digures and names are dealt with freely, and 101s | alleged that many of the names mentioned as with the department are those of men who have giten been in prison, or. woo nave been | known as “bad eggs" “2n ot bng | fellows in the city. Without mincing words about | the matter, 1t may be ted frankly that within three weeks there will ve, in all probability, three new Fire Commissioners, 1¢ may be said that a great effort has been made to save one oi: the | Shree; but it will, itis understood, ve of no avail. It 1s atgued in his favor that he did all he could while in office to prevent the wrong-doings which | Undeniably prevailed in the department; chat ne in @ pious Way rolled up the Whites of bis eyes and inwardly, at least once a week, thanked God, like the Fharisees of old, that he was hot like other men. Right or wrong, it is believed that ne will have to bid goodby to ms Commussionership, As to the Police Commissiouers, there 1s consia- | erable gossip. 1t is more than probable that within | @ wonth’s time there will be a new Commission— | not that the Legisiature will in any way interiere | with the absurd commission seature of our char- ; ter, but thut a change may be made so tar as the Police Commissioners are coucerned under the | charter without legislative inter.erence, and that the Governor and the Mayor are in fall accord about it, It should ve borne in mind that the State Senate of 1874 appointed, on the strength of some very extraordinary charges made against vue Police Board, a special committee to investi- gate the Police Department. ‘This committee con- | Sisted of three meu, Senators Woouin and Booth, | republicans, and Fox, of this city, a democrat, ‘This committee held a meeting sume days ago, but the meeting amounted to nothing, and why it amounted to nothing is one Of those things that, as Lord Dundreary says, Brigadier Genera! Kilburn Knox will ee | een | now in chis city who believe that the wiping out _ their criminal | | | | be the Mayor of this city—no man’s man. If there | | Opera House a few summers ago with the Lanner | “NO MAN CAN FIND OUT.’” It was quite an effort to get the committee to- gether, they say, and when it did get together tt did not stay as a body tn any place in particular, When the committee was appointed the Police Commissioners were ‘Hank’? Swith, Charlick, Gardner and Duryee. Death soon took | Smith away and Chariick ana Gardner tell from grace by a stroke vi policy not their own, | leaving, of the old Board, the martial | Duryee alone in his glory. Said the com- mittee to themseives at their informal | meetung:—“The Board that we found in De- cemver 18 not the Board we were expected to investigate—not a bit of it; therefore tuere is nothing to investigate.”’ As this committee must report back to the next Legislature its doings, or | rather its non-doings, no one need feel surprised | | if no report wt ail is made, especialiy if Mayor | Wickham and Governor ‘Tilden should see fit in a very short time to change the compiexion of the Commission entirely. ut a report from or. Woouin would be interesting, no matter what the suvject matter wouid be, | CHANGES TO COME, Even taking it lor granted—which is taking a very wide latitude—tnat no changes wul be made in the commissions other than those that may be | made by sensible legisiative imterference, Mayor | Wickham wil) have the appointment ol several | commissioners during bis term of office. ‘There, for instance, is Duryee, of the Police Commis- sioners, His term expires in May next. He 1g not considered a8 & probable successor to bimseli. His place will, in all probaoiiity, | be taken by Richard Flanagan, the late President of the Board of Aldermen, Mr. Disbecker’s term: | expires in May, 1876, which gives Mayor Wickuam | the appointment of mis successor—provided the Sky remains clear for officials generally until that | time. Commissioners Budd, of the Dock Depart- | ment; Lunt, of the Health Board, and Stewart, of the Park Commission, go out in May, by the term- expiration process, aithough they may all go out | in a Jew weeks, Democrats are to take their | | places, and all the commissioners will theretore | | Lecome uemocratic, | ONE AMONG MANY, | Mr. Vance’s brief but brilliant career has not | left him without enemies in hisown camp, He came very near being hung in effigy in Twenty- third street the other night before bis own door; but 1l18 said that a lew of the particular individu- | als who were the most ostentatious in preventing | the outrage were really the parties who first sug- gested the iniamy. Mr. Vance has won the hatred of the Custom House republicans anyhow by his disregard of the claims of the Kiaikie faction of the Lnirteenth district when he appointed Isaac H. Bailey as Commissioner of Emigration, and ti his political future depended upon his own alstrict he would certainly have very little to look for- ward to, . A LITTLE WHILE LONGER, The only personal appointa made thus (ar are as Joilow: olonel Burnton N, Harrison, Private Secretary ; Joel O. Stevens, First Marshal, and Major Daniel Hart, Chief of the Permit Bureau. None of the clerks have thus far been removed, although with possibly one exception they will ali be witnin a fortnight. Tnere are put jew of them, and as their salaries are small and their work hard there has been but a smali de- mand for civic honors in that district, |THE NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF ELIZABETH, N. J. The new City Council have organized for the | new year and elected the following oficers:— President, H. W. Smith; Clerk, W. R. ©. Coleman; City Surveyor, L. Quien; City Attorney, R. Chetwood; Street Commissioner, Davia Woodruff; Superintendent of Fire Alarm, Thomas Forsyth; Overseer ul the Poor, J. &. Marsh; Uity Physicians, Drs. Pettit and Brown, Mayor Townley’s message was receaved and read, after Which the Board ad- the position assigned him. Judge Advocaie General—Charies Hughes, of journed, | ventor of connected directly or indirectly in wrong-doings | AMUSEMENTS. ASSOCIATION HALI-—MATINEE CONCERT. The filth of the series of Saturday afternoon concerts at Association Hall took place yesterday before @ smail audience, the weather being de- cidedly unfavorable toward any entertuinment. The artists were Miss Buckley, soprano; Miss So- hig Weilbroii, pianist; Mf. Bischod, tenor; Mr. | ‘ison, organist, and Mr. Agramonte, accompan- | 1st. Mme. Dowland, who was announcea to Appear, was indisposed and was repliced by Miss Buckley, Who sang @ coupie Of ballads, and a duet by Balle, with the tenor. She has an agreeable, Ngbt voice, whieh she uses with skill and a fair degree of sympathetic powen Miss Hetloron made a decidedly favorable tmpression in her rea- dering of Pauer’s sparkling “Cascade,” @ composi- tion o! the “Pluie des Perles’ order, a clever transcription of Irish airs by Willie Pape, and for an encore she gave # tarantella, by Stephen Heller, In works of this order Miss Heilbron’s talents appear to the greatest advantage, The sIXto concert takes place on January 9, and it is the intention of the management to continue them every week during the season, BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Crowded audiences nigntly atteat the popularity of Bryant’s Minstrels. On this chosen stage of Ethiopian melody » constant stream of good things is poured for the benefit of the pubdite. A visit to Bryant’s is a certain cure for | hypochondria, unless the unfortanare be beyond earthly aid, There is @ coniusing succession of side-sp'itting varieties, some old favorites, othe ers brand new trom the nameless authors who amuse the town in this favorite theatre by triv- | talties thrown off from ready pens. The perform. | ance concludes with an appropriate sketch entl- | ted “Santa Claus,” in which the whole strength | of the company appears, THE SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS. Wambold and Backus supply a charming en- tertainment at their new Broadway Theatre. Tiere is in the bill something to suit ali tastes and ages, and nothing to offend even the most | sensitive. The intellectual menus rich and va. | ried, and the constant succession of good things keeps the audience in unflagging good humor, | ‘The entertainment ‘a Ja salon” abounds in good | ballads, capital y sung, and the mirth provoking comicalities of Mackin, Wilson and Ryman are so well managed that we can laugh heartily at the succession of absurdities without ever teel- | ing that it would be well for the | actors to abbreviate their performance. It Is to | the excellence of the management as much as to the merit of the periormers that the growing penuteane. of the San Kranctsco Ministrels 18 due. | ast night was produced at this house an amusing | Jocal sketch entitled, ‘New Year's Callers,” which was received with much favor. COULISSE CHAT. Albani will visit the Brooklynites on Tuesday. Albont, the contralto of contraltos, is back again in Paris, “AYda” has had along run at the Teatro Pagli- ano, Florence. The orchestra of the Grand Opera, Paris, will number 100 performers, Gluck’s “Iphigenia in Aulis” was first repre- sented in Paris 100 years ago. Maas, the tenor of the Kellogg Company, has be- come 4 favorite in the provinces. Mrs. Bowers and Mr. McCollum played at the Varieties, New Orleans, last week. Max Strakosch has abandoned the idea of an Al- bani concert in Washington thts week. They fine artists in Germany who respond to ree calls. Many wish it could be done here. The Soldene English Opéra Bouffe Company bade farewell to New York last night at the Lyceum, Mrs. Rousby has played in “’Twixt Axe and Crown”? in England nearly one thousand times, It cost the management of the Grand Ducal Theatre, Darmstadt, $6,000 to place ‘Alda’ on the stage. The’ Liverpool critics do not like Dr. Von Bilow’s rendering of the “Sonata Pathetique” of Bee- thoven. Bartolommeo Cristofori, of Padua, was the in- the pianoforte, according to the Italians, The Monday Popular Concerts will be resumed in London this week. Why not aaopt the idea in this city? The company of the Grand Duke Theatre, Baxter street, donate the proceeds of the coming week to the Five Points Mission. Miss Charlotte Cushman occupied a box in Booth’s Theatre yesterday at the matinée pers formance of “Little Em’ly.’? Mrs. Agnes Booth, supported by J. B. Booth and | Mr. Wheelock, has been entertaining Brooklyn audiences during the past week. Miss Emma Howson is satd to be the coming American nightingale. Her success in Italy has been of the most pronounced character. The Christmastide festival of the Orpheon Free | Schools takes place at Stemway Hall on Friday, under the direction of Mr. Jerome Hopkins, | Bertha Linda, the aanseuse, who 1s at present | the rage m Berlin, was engaged at our Grand | troupe. Baron Von Garay and his wife, Mme. Lichtmay, | propose giving a long season of German opera at | Robinson’s Opera House, Cincinnati, commencing next week. Recalls, encores, flowers every night at the Theatre de la Renaissance, in Paris. All this en. thusiasm ts called forth by “Girofé Girofla,”” which is in active preparation at the Park Theatre. Our promised season of French opéra boufe will | be opened by “A Voyaze in China,” a laughable opera comique, altogether free from the indel- | ieacy that so frequently tarnishes the ran of opéra | h bouffe. The King of.Bavacia has made a further grant to Wagner of 18,000 florins for his Batreuth testival, Perhaps King Kalakaua, who admired “Lonen- grin’ so much the other night, may follow the illustrious example. Applause in an Italian theatre is not always a sure sign of success, There was a case recently of a composer being called before the curtain twenty- four times on the first performance of his opera. The theatre was closed the next nignt, The programme for the opening of the new opera, Paris, is as follows:—Overture, “Masga- niello;” two acts of “La Juive,” with Mile. Krauss | and M, Villaret; church scene from “Faust” and | two acts of “Hamlet,” with Mme. Nilsson and M, | Faure. We're to have a “Shaughraun” illustrated paper edited by Vion Boucicauit, This trrepressi- ble gentleman finds time lying heavily on his hands and desires to add to his occupation of actor and dramatist the surther one of editor as a petite distraction, Thomas will present anew symphony by Raf, the filth symphony of Beethoven, selections from | “The Ring of the Nibelungen” and a Gittck over, | ture at his third symphony concert and rehearsal at Steinway Hall on Thursday afternoon and Sat- urday evening. The Queen's Theatre, London, the scene of Mra. Rousby’s great success in ‘Twix t Axe and Crown,” is in danger of being converted into a police court. | The historic Bow street office 1s found to be too | small to accommodate the growing rascality of | the modern Babylon. The beauti{ul Mrs, Rousby appears to-morrow night at the Lyceum in Tom Taylor’s historical play, “’Twixt Axe and Crown.” No actress of late years nas made so great a success in England as Mrs. Rousby tn the character of the Princess Eliza- beth, which she has played over a thousand times. It remains to be seen whether the New York public will indorse the approval of the British public, The company at the Grand Opera House, on New Year's Night, made a presentation of a handsome amethyst ring and around of resolutions to Mr. John Hammond, the stage manager, who ts the youngest man holding the position in America, The presentation was made by Mr. William L, Street; and, among others present, were the Kiralfy Brothers, Mr, E. K. Collier, Messrs, Jarrett and Palmer, Miss Anme Kemp Bowler and a number of other ladies, JERSEY JUSTICE. In the Middlesex County Court, at New Bruns- wick yesterday, Racnei Coursol, a tidy looking mulatto woman, was convicted of murderin the aecond degree for the slaying of Charles Ten- broeck last May, | aod Harvard College, | no positive assurance at the present moment of | | to the country. | yours. | With such @ universal reception from the gold KALAKAUA. Incidents of His Visit to New Bedford and Boston. ~ A Reception by the American Board—An in spection of the Public Buildings of the “Hub’—An Evening Levee by the Mayor—A Day of Rest. Boston, Jan. 2, 1875, The presence of the worthy and distinguished King of the Hawatian Islands has not seriously disturbed the social and commercial equilibrium of Massachusetts. He has had a very cordtal wel- come, to be sure, and the people are glad to meet | him; but there has been an absence of that | “pomp, splendor and enthusiasm’ which some- times associates itself with a iriendly call from a royal visitor, We are not to have the tnevitaole pall, and, on account of the cheerless weather, it is probable that the sable Kihg will be spared tne infliction of an excursion down the harbor, It is possible, too, that he may escape the Common | but of this there is writing. The misfortune of visiting New England | in the dead of winter was, perhaps, inevitable, and it is more to be lamented that the particular day selected for his advent here was by far the coldest of tho whole season, There had been | nothing that began to approach it in severity, and | that His Highness has escaped without being | frostbitten 18 8 matter of international congrata- | lation. ‘ MEMORIES OF HOME. The entertainment afforded the King by his visit | at New Bedford he speaks of as one of the most { pleasing that he has experienced since he came He met among the old whalers and sea captains quite a number who knew him in | early yourh, and for the moment his memories reverted to his far-off home, A hundred or more | Of the old salts were presented to nim before he left the city, and among the number was Captain | Gardiver, now over ninety years of age. He is the | only survivor of the crew of the first whaler | which called at the Sandwich Islands sey- | enty-five years ago, The Captain, who was | then @ mere youth, remembers distinctly the | fact that the Queen of the Island swam out to the | ship to meet and welcome the American crew. | This circumstance Captain Gardiner Trelated to the | King, explaining that he remembered the Queen as a woman weighing about two hundred pounds, | and in Jooks quite distinguished. The King, with @ slight twinkie in his eye, sald that he had for- | gotten the circumstance, and he also confessed that he had jorgotten the days when an old lady present trotted him on her knee while a guest of his parents, Frequently he indulged in. brief conversations with the oldest of tne | captains, and he seemed very happy when inquiry | was made about any particular members of his | royal ancestry. There were many inctdents of | the New Bedford visit, from the moment of arrival | until the moment of departure, which were calcu- | lated to remind the King oi home, and he so ex- | pressed h mseli on several occasions. The recep- | tion accorded him by the citizens, as weil as by the city autuorities, was of the most generous | nature, and the distinguished visitor was very | much affected by it. | THE VISIT TO BOSTON. i It is probable that the King and his party will | spend a@ week or thereabouts in and around | Boston, and during his stay all demonstrations in | his honor will be of a private and informal char- | acter. His headquarters will be at the Revere | House, where elegant and elaborately decorated | apartments were prepared for his reception. There was no public excitement whatever when he arrived at the hotel yesterday afternoon, Mayor Cabie and a Jew other city officials, together with balfa dozen prominent citizens, composed the array of humanity assembled to ex- | tend the hospitality of Boston to the King ol the | Hawaiian islands. But this was all very fitting, jor His Majesty was very tired and well nigh frozen to death when he arrived, and a jormal re- ception would have been “such a bore.” THE VISIT TO THE AMERICAN BOARD. The courtesies extended by the American Board of Comsitssioners of Foreign Missions was an | affair of much significance and pleasure. Through | the invitation of Mr. Alpheus Mardy the King and hits party met the Board at Mr. Hardy’s residence, on Jay street, anda very delightiul evening was spent. THE ADDRESS to His Majesty, briefly alluded to by telegraph, | ‘was as follows :— | To His Masesty tie King or tae Hawartan Istanps :— _ Stki—Your Majesty has been pleased to express a will- | ingness to meet the oflicers and members ot the Ameri- | can Board of Commissioners tor Foreign Missions. You | have betore you as lurge a number of them ascangde | conveniently assembied ou this oceasion. Your Majesty imay regard these ventlemen. therciore, as representing the institution which has sought to impart a permanent | Chnistian civilization to your people, | Fitty-five years ago a Company ef missionaries sailed from ‘unis portior the Hawauan islands, What they jound there the annals ot those early times will have told you. Of the changes which have taken place since their arrival you nave been an eye-witness. It was With great Satisfaction that the’ American Board felt authorized, many Years ago, to announce to | the eivilized world that the Hawailans had be- | come a Christian nation. Your Majesty will | Femember the words, spoken in Honoluin, at the | one W Jubilee of June 15, 1870, by 0 18 here this evening, then, as now, the representative of our government to In’ 1825,” said the Hon. Henry A. Pierce, | Hawailans were ignorant and debased, though amtabié anJ hospitable, and possessing greater intelligence than other Polynesian races. In 157) we see them advanced to a high degree of Christian knowledge, general educa- tion, civilization and material prosperity. The happy result ix due for the most part, under God, to the lavors | of the American missionaries.” But while we are profoundly erateful for all that, *the good hand of our God” has enabled us to accomplish, we | desire to make a tormal and heartfelt recognition of the | enlightened policy pursued by your royal predecessors— such @ recognition as, we doubt not, the annalist of the | future will make of your policy. We can never torget | the judicious and iriendiy aid’ ot Kanhumanu, who in her own iate, especially in Its latest yeurs, furnished marvellous illustrauon of the transiorming efficacy of the Christian faith. We recall with pleasure the kindly support of Kame- hameha Lil.—a name which occupies a place in. the history of the World as honorable ag itis rare. seldom, ed. has despotic power, hedged itself about with checks and restrictions simply for the pubile weal. By such an achievement, however, | this noble princo made his reign illustrious forever, For you, sire, there can be no such opportunity as he enjoyed. “For ‘the entire Anglo-Saxon race there his been but one Magna Chartg. prayer that, by constantly seek: the highest good of | your rexlu, you may leave behind you memorics that shall be enshrined inthe affections of your people. In behalf of the Prudential Committee, ALPHEUS HARDY, Chairman, RESPONSE OF KING DAVID. The manuscript was presented by Mr. Hardy to the King, who received it with a graceful bow and responded as jollows:— GentieMen—I am very much gratified to have met you this evening. It has been my great desire since 1 letctne | island» to meet you, being the body of men thatairst | brought enlightenment to our country. I shall ever | think of this memoraple occasion, and shall, when Lre- | turn, with great pleasure report to my peopl that L met with’ a body of those men who have given us the position we now hold, not oniy among nations, but inthe civil- | ized world. Tam atraid my impromptu speech will not do justice to the long address you have delivered to we, but it you will allow me, 1 wail add to what L have al? ready said, that f think this is the most eventful period in the history of my whole lite. Gentlemen, I wish you ole alla happy New Year. (Applause.) ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR KAPENA, After a briet pause Mr. Hardy introduced to the company His Excellency Join M. Kapena, Gov- ernor 01 Oanu, who made the jollowing adares: GentLeMeN—It is with great diMdence that I express Myself to you Mpon this "memorable occasion, as tis Majesty has styled it. 1 think i is gratitying to you. | gentleinen, to Know that within the lapse oi fifty years | the iruits ‘of your labors have been realized, and itis now acknowledged among the civilized world that the Hawaiian government is an dependent State. It wave us great pleasure, after arriving yesterday at New Haven, to enter witnin the portals of that church within the wails of which titty years gid & memorabie event happened, and where the Rey. Dr. Bacou gave fully an acconnt of the barbarian Ubookiah, who o: day sat upon the steps of one of the co leges of New yen and said, “i want to iearn somethiug.¥ I think that | is the substance of wnat he said. To that®wayiarer and | to your undertakings, gentiemen, we owe our lie and | our existence to-day.’ It is gratitying for us to say, also, that in ing our visit to the United States of America little did we imagine that we sh Still it is our earnest jen shores of the Pacitic to the rocky shores of the Atlantic, Everywhere we have been there was that corilial tel: ing; and I think His Majesty will coincide with me in | the expression, when I say that it is one of the objects of our visit to this great continent to secure the continu ance and permanence of that cordiality. May this | Visit be the basis of the continuanve of that friendship | and cordial relation between the United States the Hawatian government of the Sandwich Isat (Applause.) A DAY OF REST. To-day, in consequence of the elements, has been improved for the rest that is so desirable ater @ round of lontzing and lestivities. Ali the | arrangements of tae committee of tne city gov- | | erument were completely upset either by the weather or by the illustrious David himself, The | morning Opened with a heavy fail oi snow, which | soon dwWiudied into a drizéling rain, and the whole day was about as uncomfortable as can Well be imagined, all of which caused the King to respectitilly decline a proffered ride tirougi the lately burned, but more recently rebuilt district of Boston. All of this has got to be endured, how. | ever, if His Majesty remains jong enoogh, and Probably there will be added the imevitable journey over to Bunker Hill and the Navy Yara. | ‘These litte customary features of a Boston re- ception are now only ‘postponed on account of | the weather.” The party spent the entire day in | the Revere House, id when not interrupted by | callers, His Hightess gazed trom nis palatial apart+ | Ments upon che busy scenes and hurrying human- ly which are characteristic o1 Bowdoin sauare | | after the close of the trial to-day of passing a few | Of Decemver. He was born at Antwerp tn 1803, | the oldest practitioner of law in Montgomery, and | calling @ public meeting and of appointing a com- on @ Saturday afternoon. The pointed out to tim were the Cambridge horse cars and Charlestown omnibuses, which he was MMsormed passed hourly by the renowned precincts of Harvard Uoilege and Bunker Hill. This eveni: he was entertained at a private dinner, at wale there were present only such distinguistied oM- clals as Governors, Mayors and the like. It was an affair eminently pieasant and toformal, and was Dizbly enjoyed by the royal party. ‘To-morrow the King will attend church, and next week he will Viait the manusactories of Lowell and Lawrence, THE, ARNIM TRIAL. —_-———— Rrioctes objects ww A CONVERSATION WITH BARON HOLTZENDORF, BERLIN, Dec. 15, 1874, The sentence of the Court is to be passed on Count Arotm on saturday next, the trial having been concluded to-day. It will be difficult for foreigners, as well as Germans, to get a clear in- sight as to the guilt or innocence of the accused from the evidence that has been given in the pub> Me sittings of the Court. Tne documents which were read in the private sittings would, we (Imagine, throw tmportant light upon the case, and most provably tn Count Arnim’s favor. I am for- tunately in the position to give you the nature of these documents, about which so much secrecy Was observed by the Court. They refer exclusively | to the Papal election, and contain views and ex- | pressions which the Count did not wish should be | read by his successor, Prince Hohenlohe, who is @ Catholic, You will doubtless have received a tele- Graphic account of Baron Holtzendor{'s deience of the Count. I had the pleasure immediately 1 words with the learned gentleman, and I am per- | mitted to give you his own private opinion re- } specting the case. Baron Holtzendorf bad studied | careiully the papers, and he had come to the con- viction that ‘1n them are no sumMicient reasons for | the vutrage and the reproach done to Count | Arnim. It must be supposed,’ he went on to say, | “that other members of the Paris Embassy had | writcen indirectly to the Chancellor of tne Empire, | with the intention‘of showing that the Count’s conduct was tending to strengthen the monarchi- cal parties in France. From private informa- | tion,” said Baron Holtzenaors, “1 can | assure you that I have heard, mj; @ conversution with @& most influential person, that two German diplomatists, at present in active service, had contradicted each other in statements asserting that Count Arnim had favored either the legitimists or the Orleanists, | and the contradictions preve the false basis on | which the assertions are made. On the contrary, | the truth 1s that the Count had predicted the | overthrow of M, Thiers at a time when no one in Berlin was prepared for such an eventuality. This prediction having been subsequently verified, | it was believed by the Count’s opponents that he | must have had early Knowledge of some plot con- trived to bring about the fall of M. Thiers. Down to the present moment there are no facts and no evidence at all to Warrant the assertion that the Count has been in tbe confidence of the monarche | ical parties in France, It is generally known that no distinguished Frenchman ever visited the Ger- | man Embassy, snd that the German Ambassador | was very badly received in social intercourse. If there had been any secret intercourse with, legitimists I am strongly of opinion that the Count must have gone about the streets in some aisguise or Other or that there was some political masquerade. If such things had happened then certainly secret information world have been brought forward by the Count’s opponents petore | the College of Judges.” So far Baron von Holt+ zendorf, who believes sincerely in the innocence | of Count Arnim. A perusal of the speech will give | you the Baron’s views about the private or official | character of the documents in question, My con- versation with the Baron was not of very long duration; but what he said J think valuable to an. impartial juagment of the case. Buron Holtzen- dort leaves Berlin for Munich to-morrow. His yesterday’s speech is, I hear, to be published in pamphlet form, with notes and references, OBITUARY. BARON WAPPERS, THE ARTIST. Baron Egide Charles Gustayus Wappers, the dis- | tinguished Belgian artist, died in Paris on the 6th | 3 DAY. 4 LADIES’ } How the Time Was Passed in Parlors and Kitchens. PLODDING THROUGH MUD. eS te Gayety and Good Humor—Wine, Cakes, Laugh. ter and Music. A damsel with a duletmer Tn a vision once ! saw— It was an Aby~intan maid— And on her duici.uer she played, singing of Mount Adora. Yesterday was ‘Ladies’ Day,” and many them were in a dulcimer and dancing bumor, judging from those it was permitted the ruder sex to contemplate abroad. They were not visionary queens either, but real, substantial uamsels, out for fun and enjoyment, They may be looked at through visions sometimes, or opera glasses, Or ordinary spectacies; but, however one regarded them yesterday, it was pleasant to see them, pleasant to meet and delightful to listen to them, | The day was ali their own, and the ladies appeared to feel that, for tiey made the most of it, A change had come over the humor oI the clerk of, the weather, and he trowned on the ladies! holte day; but they were indifferent to the darkness of Ris countenance, and went about as merrily if the sun were shining. It was not polite or gentlemanly of the mythicai controller of the atmosphere, but it caused little interrap< tion to the iestivities of the day, and but asa@ record of /act is scarcely worth attentive recollec- tion. Dames and damsels haa visits to make and calls to pay; so they set the weather at deflance and went among their friends, Some had car riages to carry them and others had to go on foot; Dut ail fitted trom house to house, whether Im care riages or afoot, with a gayety and hghthearted- ness that were very contagious. New Year's Day isaday of duty to the ladies, and they make up Jor the labors of the opening day of the year on the’second, which 1 conse« crated to them, The male nuisance was shut out yesterday from the delights of the drawing room, and ashe passed along the street harpsichor and harps and dulcimers struck upon his ear and made him remember that all the joys of earth were not for man. Then his vision started up and painted pictures of the scenes going on within the mansions. Ladies im elegant attire receiving their lady frends | in parlors, and ladies, in their best cleau calicoes, doing likewise in the kitchens, In lovely, laughe ing groups they presented themselves to the muds covered, dispirited plodders along the highways, sipping wine, nibbling cake, talking suit nonsense and relating the events of the previous day. The dulcimers and grands he saw, and to their musia danced and sang and bounded and laughed the damseis ali the day. To many of them it was a pleasure that the day was bad outside, for 16 gave them an opportunity to be more prevailing on their chosen iriends, and per- suade them to linger longer. The kitchens were less lively than the pariors, and the maids dowm stairs, Whetier Abyssinian, African, aborigipal, original or ordinary, were as absorbed in the mer- ry-making of the day as thetr mistresses. Proudly and determinedly they tramped through tne streets and looked in on their {riends and acquaint ances, taking smail sips of sustenance by the way and leaving smiles and good nature and good hu- mor wherever they stopped. They sang and played, and laughed so loud and talked so rapidl; the male population of the town seemed amaze that so much joyousness could be started into life and sustained without them. A noise like of a hidden brook, Tn the newt month of Jane, That co the sleeping woods ail night Singeth a quiet tune. The weather, thougn, had some disadvantages, It made the streets end sidewalks slippery. Dresses suffered, a did the immaculate odds. andends of white that now and then crept out. from beneath the ever-litted robes. Accidente were humerous, but nothing more serious than & laundress could rectily occurred, Several cases of slips and lalls were numbered among the amuse- ments of the day, out they were no hindrance to the visiting and calling, the going and coming, and the hearty good wishes that passed ali round. and received his early instruction at the academy | in his native place, Afterwards he studied some | years in Paris with such success that upon his re- | turn to Belgium he exhibited bis picture, “Tne Self-Devotion of the Burgomasters of Leyden,” | which at once gave bim a recognized position in | the field of art. So fully was he appreciated that | he was appointed director of the Academy of | Antwerp in 1846, a post which he resigned in 1853, | when he was succeeded vy the present incum.- | bent, M. N. De Keyser. He was also appointed | first painter to the King of the Belgians in 1847, | with the rank of baron, He was a irequent ex: | hibitor at the Salon of Paris, and received medals and the Legion of Honor in 1844 and 1855, Among the works which he successfully exhibited were | “Christ at the Sepulchre,” “A Scene in the Days of September,” “Charles I. Taking Leave of His children,” Cnarles IX, During tue Massacre of St. Bartbolomew,’’ “The Temptation of St. Anthony,” | “Christopher Columbus,” “Peter the Great Among | the Shipcarpenters of Saarburg,” “The Execution of Anne Boleyn” and “Boccaccio and Joan of Napies.”” He aiso painted to the order of Louis | Philippe “The Deience of the Isle of Rhodes by the | Knights of St. John,’ for the galiery at Ver- sailles; and Jor Queen Victoria. “rne Great Fisnery = at Antwerp.” Most of | his pictures were of large size, and were re- markable tor picturesque grouping aad sumptu- | ous color, M. Wappers being a votary of the ro- mantic schor Few of his works were brought to this country, the most noticeable of these beta; “Tne Landing of (he Piigrims,’”? which was painted | to the order of Seior Manuel Aldama, the dis- tinguished Cuban, During the later years of his lue M. Wappers resided in Paris, but for along | time before iis deata bis brush was compara. tively idie, SAM SHARPLEY. Sam Sharpley, well known as a negro minstrel, died at Providence, R. I., on Friday evening, alter along and paintul illness, He was born in Phila- deiphia, June 13, 1831, his real name being Samuel Sharpe. He entered the minstrel protession at the age of sixteen, and was all his life engaged in that business either as actor or manager, 8. 8. WOLF, OF PENNSYLVANIA. Atelegram from Beilefonte, Pa., under date of the 2d inst, reports that S. S. Wolf, a member of the House of Representatives of the Pennsylvania | Legislature, from Centre county, died of typhoid Jever at Centre Hiil on the night of tue Ist inst. MAJOR W. T. STUART. Major W.T. Stuart, Assistant Comptroller of | the Central Department of Bermuda, died sad- denly on Christmas Day. He was an efficient om- | cer of the British service, a fact which was recog- nized by bis commission to the above mentioned important position, Major Stuart was carried | Jrom lie by bleeding, consequent on the rupture | of a bivod vessel. JUDGE ABRAM MARTIN. Judge Abram Martin, a distinguished member of the Bar of Aiabama, died in Montgomery, in that — State, during the nignt of the Ist inst. He was was widely known and greatly respecied for his professional ability and his good qualities as a gentleman and citizen, THE CUBAN LEAGUE, A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Cuban League will be held the latter part of this week, to take into consideration the propriety of mittee to proceed to Washington for the purpose of urging upon Congress and the administration a recognition o! the Cuban patriots, who, since 1868, have been straggling for their independence, In conversation with a HERALD reporter yesterday the President of the League stated that he re-« garded the moment opportune for calling the attention of Congress to the con. ditton of affairs on the island, espe ciaily in view of the ‘Testoration of the Bourbons, as represented by Alfonso XII, to the throne of Spain. All appeais in favor of free Cuba have been met by tue cry, “We must do nothing to embarrass the struggling Repubiic of Spain,” and so the Cubans, who naturally com- mand all our sympathies, have received from us neither moral Dor material support, both of waich, on the contrary, have been accorded to their ene- mies. He thought tne change in Spain would have @ beneiicial effect upon the cause of Cuba, as it would teach tie compromisers in the isiand, who bave inclined to an acceptance of the proffered re- forms under the Republic, that nothing could hencefortn be hoped jor from the mother country, and so nite ali classes in the struggio for inde: pendence, > | Upon the | about singly, and | rlum might give way. | & bad time of tt in the morning. Bubbitng brooks were as nothing to the sweet and ringing music the ladies made as they went from bouse to house and from iriend to friend. Though the leaves were gone aud June was buried in t year just passed, hitherto half hidden noises bro! r and those who had forgotten tne greatest, guycst, livliest, most entertaining fes Val of the year was being celebrated, No echoes ot sleeping woods at night were the noises, buc sounds 0! happiness from beauties wio, though they sleep sometimes, are frequently heard from. Quiet times they kept for pensive lovers on bal- conies on summer evenings and let loose yester- day the comic ditties and joliy atrs not infre- quently picked "Pp from maie members of the Jamily. Many of the male persuaston would have been astonished yesterday to see what amuse- ment the ladies could make for, them- selves how thoroughly they could into the parlors and drawing rooms and kitchens would quickty con- vince any doubting man that his great presence | Was not always necessary to start the blush to | Tosy cheeks and light uy) briliiant cyes, Great numbers of catls were patd during the eoriy morn- ing, and many of those who périormed the atten- tions of the day at an early hour afterward re- | mained at home to dispense hospitality to their friends in turn. During the afternoon the num- ber of carriages tn the upper streets of the city increased and the cars were crowded. Up and down the steps of houses the ladies ran, getting noisier aud more jolly as the day wore on. It was | curious to notice in some instances how daintiness had become emboldened and the skirts, that on other days were so delicately touched, were pulled and swept, unconsciously disclosing mo: shapeliness than is usually permitted. They went in groups and in crowds, and they filled the street cars as they fillea the par- lors—with periume ana pretty prattle. They met the maie member Of the population, but passed him by unheeded, forcing him to pause .and ponder and confess that though the day belonged to the ladies and he was shat out from its pleasures, she tally deserved the distinction; for form of life and light ame a part of i » where’er he turned his The morning star of memory. Yes, she indeed is light from heaven, A spark of that immortal fre, With angels sbared by Allah given Yo lift trom earth our iow desire. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, Soon after twelve o’clock on Friday night a heavy fall of snow covered the city with a white sheet, and on its ceasing a sharp frost set in, which within a few hours hardened the snowand made the sidewalks slippery as glass. Yesterday morning, when people awoke who had gone to bed while the pleasant breezy weather of New Year’s evening was yet in theirrecoliection, and everything promised fair for the ladies’ visiting day, they were suddenly surprised to see the streets covered with snow, Which was shining in its crispness on account of the frost. It took but avery little time for the usual travel along the streets and sidewalks to polish the irozen snow into icy slipperiness, and the greatest incon- veniences were soon felt by persons going to business as they tried to trudge along* in fear and baud 3 lest their equilib. The working giris had ‘TramMc was se~ riously impeded in the streets, and horses, with loaded wagons, labored hard in their desperate efforts at puiiing through. In numoers o1 cases the animals succumbed, and unusual difficulties were experienced in reviving them. On several of the railroad tracks recourse was had to salt, the customary remedy in such cases, and douvie teams nad aiso to be employed in order to m: the trips in good time, The morning was »itingly cold, but tuward noon the temperature moderated several degrees and continued to moderate during the afternoon and evening. The day was not so cold by many degrees as was Friday and still less so than Pnursday, which was the coldest day of the season, the mercury marking on the average below the point reached on the 16th of December. A keen wind prevatied during the evening, though not a biung one, The following record will show the changes in the temperature auring the past twenty-iour hours in comparison with the corresponding date of last year, as recorded at Hudnat’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building, New York;— IR74, 1875, “ " 23 (3:30 P, M. 27 41 ar 81 aL 33 12M. . 42 80 12 P, Mi... 40 3 Average temperature yesterday . BOK Averdge temperature for correspo: jast year. 4039 THE WEATHER IN PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan, 2, 1878, jtorm of siget prevailed during the night, and it is now raining, Ice is torming on the telegraph wires wud may cause some breaks,