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ENGLAND. _ ALARMING FLOODS IN LINCOLNSHIRE—THE TRENT OVERFLOWS ITS DANKS—GREAT DAMAGE DONE. Lonpow, Oct, 25, 1875. The Evening Standard publishes special telegram from Sheffield, which eays that alarming rumors pre- ‘wail there about floods at Gainsborough, county of Lin- ‘col. The River Trent overflowed its banks during tho wight, washing away railways. [tis reported that the damage is enormous, It is also feared that there bas ‘been some loss of life. LOSS OF LIFE. Thirteen persons perished by the floods at Notting. ham and six at Burton-on-Trent, The floods are now subsiding. A CITIZEN PRINCE. PRINCE LEOPOLD PRESENTED WITH THE FREE- DOM OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Loxpos, Oct. 25, 1875. At a special meeting of the Court of Common Council, ‘wheld in the Guildhall to-day, Prince Leopold, upon the anvitation of the corporation, formally took up the freedom of the city of London, to which he ts entitled ‘by patrimony. After the ceremony the Prince was entertained at a déjeuner. THE PRINCE OF WALES. ees "HH ARRIVES IN CAIRO—THE NIZAM OF EYDER- ABAD AGAIN DECLINES TO MEET HTM. Camo, Oct, 25, 1875, The Prince of Wales arrived here to-day, having dis- embarked from the Serapis at Ismailia. Lonpvon, Oct. 25, 1875. The Pall Mall Gazette publishes a special telegram from Bombay, which says that the Nizam of Hydera- Dad, after all, excuses himseif from meeting the Prince of Wales. He pleads that he is too unwell to undergo the journey himself, but will send a deputation instead, ENGLAND AND CHINA. LS: GROSVENOR AND BAKER STARTING FOR YUNNAN. Hon. Thomas George Grosvenor, of the British Lega- tion at Pekin, and Mr. Baker will start for Yuunan to- morrow, MESSRS. SCOTLAND. “088 OF LIFE BY SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF SCOTLAND. Lonpox, Oct, 25, 1875. Between the 14th and 224 of this month fifty-five persons lost their lives by shipwreck on the eastern voast of Scotland, between Pittenweem and Peterhead. SPAIN. fee A ‘SHE NUMBER OF TROOPS RECENTLY SENT TO CUBA--SEVEN THOUSAND MORE TO Go, Mapnip, Oct. 25, 1875, The Epoca, of this city, says that in addition to the 15,000 troops’ sent to Cuba since “the appointment of Valmaseda to the Captain Generalship the government | uas determined to send a furthor force of 7,000, which forms a tenth part of the last levy. The excentive au- thorities of Cuba have received directions to purify the ‘Caban administration by punishing the authors and participators of frauds, without distinction. CANOVAS TO FORM A NEW MINISTRY, Loxpon, Oct. 25, 1875, A telegram received from Berlin asserts that Sefor ‘Canovas del Castillo will shortly forma new ministry. The King and General Jovellar will then join the Northern Army. THE CARLIST LEADER MENDIRI RECOGNIZES KING ALFONSO. Manni, Oct, 25, 1875, The Diario Espanol, of this city, says that the Carlist deader Mendiri has notified tue Spanish Consul at Bayonne of his recognitiomof King Alfonso, KAISER WILHELM. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY RETURNS FROM ITALY. Banu, Oct, 25, 1975. The Emperor William returned to this city to-day from his trip to Milan. UNSER FRITZ. ‘THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY AGAIN 0 BE COMING TO THE CENTENNIAL. Loxpow, Oct. 25, 1875. The Cologne Gazette reaflirms the statement that the Crown Prince of Germany will visit the Centennial Ex- position at Philadelphia, and says the eighteen-gun corvette Elizabeth will convey him to America, GERMANY AND MEXICO. SAID THE GERMAN MINISTER TO BUENOS AYRES TBANS- FERRED TO MEXICO, Berux, Oct, 25, 1875. Herr Von Maistre, the Minister of the German Em- piro at Buonos Ayres, has been transferred to Mexico. RUSSIA AND THR CENTENNIAL, eee Tae Seer RUSSIAN SPECIALTIES ALONE TO DE EXHIBITED. Loxpon, Oct, 25, 1875. The Post says the Russian comiission on the Amer- | dean Centennial has determined to limit the list of | articles to be exhibited to Russian specialties which are Aittle known abroad. Nevertheless, they are confident of making a creditable display. RACING IN ENGLAND. ®RST DAY OF THE NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING--CLANRONALD THE WINNER OF THE CRITERION STAKES. Loxpox, Oct, 25, 1875, ‘This was the first day of the Houghton Meeting at Newmarket. The great feature was the race for the Criterion Stakes, This race is commonly looked forward to with great interest from the fact that many of the Derby horses for the next year make their first appearance on the oceasion. In | Gils aspect the race to-day was quite important, the two favorites being beaten while an ‘‘outsiaer” (Clan- Fonald) came tn first. THE PETTING, ‘The betting before the start was 6 io 4 on Springfeld, 2 to L against LaTamise and 2to1 against Clanrouald. | ‘Of the fifty horses entered only six appeared at the starting post. SUMMARY. Newmarket, Ocr, 26, 1875.—The Criterion Stakes, of 80 sovs. each, 20 forfeit, for two year olds; colts 120 Ibs. and fillies 118 Ibs. ; the winner of a 500 sov. sweep- stakes, with ten subscribers, to carry 4 Ibs. ; of two such | stakes, 7 Ibs, extra; o winner of auy other sweop- stakes, value 200 sovs., not having less than ten sub- gcribers to carry two Ibs extra; Criterion course, pix furlongs (fifty sugscribers). Lord Lasceiles’ Clanronald cere ‘Mr. J. H. Houldsworth’s Springtield MM. Desvignes’ b. 1. La Tamise, by Mi Tapestry, bred in France. THE EUROPEAN CORN piesa DAMAGE DONE BY THE LATE STORMS AND FLOODS--8OWING RETARDED—THE CBOP OF 1875 UNSATISFACTORY—PRICES GENERALLY STEADY. MARKETS, Lonvon, Oct. 25, 1875, ‘The Mark Lane Express of to-day has the following in its regular weekly review of the British corn trad “Another week of storms and foods with @ great ex- Jent of damage has farther retarded the autumnal sow- ings. Nothing could have been much worse for the yondition of samples, and the abundance of foreign old ‘wheat seems to be the chief security {rom wholesome Aread, The more we know of the crop of 1875 the less gatisfaction it gives, France about maintains her rates, Beigium and Holland are rather dearer, Germany gen- wrally is very steady, but Dantzic is higher. Prices at ‘Bt Rotersburg, Vienna and in Hungary are unchaneed.’” | and to impeach tl NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. THE LIGHT BRIGADE. THE BALAKLAYA CHARGE—THE SURVIVORS OF ‘THE ‘SIX HUNDRED” CELEBRATE THE TWENTY- TERS ABRAM: Loxpox, Oct. 25, 1875, Many of the survivors of the Balaklaya charge, the old soldiers of the Light Cavalry Brigade, celebrated the twenty-first anniversary of that battle to-day. About 100 of the soldiers, with their families, sat down to a dinner generously provided by the directors of the Alexandra Palace Company, in the palace at Muswell Hill, a few miles out of the city. ‘The occasion was a success throughout, althougn Mr. Tennyson and Florence Nightingale, who were ex. pected to be present, were unavoidably absent The officers who were present at the battle of Bala- klava celebrated the day by a grand dinner at Willis: Rooms, King street, St. James. The Earl of Lucan presided. ONE OF THE “LIGHT BRIGADE” ON OUR POLICE FORCE—HIS WORTHY LIFE AND ACTIONS, Officer Charles H. McKenzie, of the Thirty-second Precinct, Metropolitan Police, 1s one of the survivors of the famous charge who found it impossible to be present at the London banquet. McKenzie was a priv vate in the second troop, centre squadron, rear rank’ on that eventfal day, and, while galloping through dust and smoke against the Russian battery, had, like all his comrades, slight conception of aught ‘save that he was rushing on almost certain death, Of his own share in the struggle at the guns McKenzie speaks modestly, but intelligently. When a couuter charge of Russian cavalry was nade upon the decimated brigade he re- ceived a blow on the left side of his head from a sabre, which cut through his leather shako and made a wound, the scar of which 1s yet plainly visible. After his service in the Seventeenth Lancers McKenzie saw hard service in India during the Sepoy rebellion. When the mutiny was quelled he returned to England, and on the break- ing out of our civil war he came to this country with the intentention of enlisting In our cavalry service By some trick he found himself shipped on board one of our men-of-war, and shared in all the engagements on tho Mississippi and Red River. His record as a mem- ber of the New York police force is marked by a brave action which came near costing him his life, While on his post one night in the upper portion of the city he sar- prised four men who were about to commit burglary, and a terrible struggle ensued in which “MeKenzie was finally left senseless on the ground, bleeding from wounds in the head, neck and arm. For over four months he was confine to his house, and this recovery was for a long while despaired of. He is now stationed at the Colored Or- phan Asylum, Boulevard and 143d street. The resi- dents of the neighborhood where he received his inju- ries presented him with a handgome gold medai in re- cognition of his gallant efforts ih defense of their prop- y. He has also the United States Navy medal and the “clasped Crimean medal, which bears the names ot the battles in which he served, Alina, Balaklava, Inker- man and Sebastopol. It was pinned upon his breast by the Queen herself, A al for exemplary conduct while m the British army is also in his possession, As McKenzio was never a grog shop lounger, and has therefore no friends possessing political influence, he remains to-day an ordinary patrolman, His grand- father and father were English soldiers, and he himself was born in the army, THE WEST INDIES. THE TREASURY OF ST. DOMINGO BANERUPT— SHOCKS OF EARTHQUAKE FELT—ARRIVAL OF POLITICAL PRISONERS—A GOOD COFFEE CROP IN HAYTL Sr. Domuinco, Oct. 9, 1875. Political affairs are tranquil, but the financial condi- tion is deplorable, Sceretary of the Treasury Amiamna has indicated to Congress that the Republic is ina bankrupt condition. Heavy shocks of earthquake have been felt through- out the island. Zi ‘Thirty-six political prisoners, implicated in the late riot, have arrived from Puerto Plata. Sr. THOMAS, Oct. 16, 1875. Affairs in Hayti are satisfactory. The coffee crop has begun to come in, and is selling readily at 15 a 153¢ cents. CARRUTH’S AUTOPSY. DEATH FROM ABSCESSES FORMED AFTER THE WOUND—THE TRIAL OF LANDIS TO BEGIN IN JANUARY, . Briwczroy, N. J., Oct, 25, 1875. Dr, Thomas arrived at Vineland from Philadelphia on the half past ten o’clock train this morning and pro- coeded to the residence of Mr. Carruth’s family, where the body of the deceased still lay. Several physicians from the vicinity were present, with Colonel Potter, of counsel for Landis; District Attorney Hoagland, of Bridgeton, and several other officials, including Dr. Brown, the Coroner. Dr. Thomas performed the autopsy, the results being as follows, as he declared them from time to time during the proceedings:— AUTOPSY OF CARRUTH. Body was ina plump condition and hada fair muscular and adipose appearance, the external surface showing ex- travasation of blood beneath the skin. No discoloration was perceptible about the head and face. On the right eye the cornea was slightly collapsed from absorption of aqueous humors; the left eye was more full; the point of tne original wound was open, bloody serum exuding; the blood vessels in the posterior portion of the scalp were much congested over the wound, Con- siderable clotted blood was under the scalp. A small fragment of the ball, half an inch by three-fourths of an inch, flattened, was found about two imches below the wound in an orifice between the scalp and bone. The original hole in the skull was contracted and partly filled with fibrous matter, On separating the skull it was found to be of the average thickness, exhibiting a round, smooth hole at the entrance of the ball. Its position was one inch to the right of the occipital pro- tuberance, half an inch above the groove of the right lateral sinus, The dura mater was much congested, particularly the posterior part. The opening in the dura mater was closed over by a thin membrane, the inner surface of the dura niater adhering to the’ pia mater about the surface of the wound, There wus a softening of the gray portion of the brain on the surface in the region of the wound. In the brain this substance firmly closed up the wound, The right optic nerve was slightly smalier than the left, There appeared to be no injury to the base of the skull The vessels of the pia mater were much congested. There was adhesion of the fulx of the right lobe; also of uppor surface of the tentorium of the same lobe. Removal of upper surface of the right hemisphere opened into an ab- gcess, filing up the greater part of posterior lobe, Two ounces of thick, yellowish pus filled the cavity. A second abscess at the point of entrance into the brain sub- stance was just below the larger one, and contained about half an ounce of pus. A third smaller abscess, yet lower, contained about two drams of pus. All these were linet by dense pus, forming a membrane. The bullet was then found encysted within the tentorium, within the posterior lobe of the right hemisphere. Tho bullet exhibited nearly its original shape, and was found about one and a balf inches trom the point of entering. A little lower in position there was marked congestion of the pia mater. The cerebellum was wholly unin- jured by the ball. ‘There was a moderate degree of soft- ening of the plutea and of the-large ganglia at the base, Examination of the organs of the body showed them in a normal condition, except a slight tendency to conges- tion of the kidneys. ‘THE INQUEST. At balf-past two P. M., at Union Hall, a jury was em- nelled and the body viewed. Professor Thomas, the first witness, detailed the post-mortem examination as above given. In answer to a question by a juryman, he said:—"Death was evidently, in my judgment, tho result of a gaushot wound, the’ bullet passing through the brain. The more immediate causes were these abscesses following the passage of the bul- let into the brain.’ hen asked the cause of the abscesses, he replied that they were the result of the inflammation following the injury from the bullet, ‘The only other testimony taken was that of the threo compositors present in the printing oflice at the time of the shooting, and a citizon who saw Landis with a pistol in the strect after the shooting, THE COMING TRIAL. Mr. Landis occupies his former quarters in the female section of the Bridgeton Jail. He is the sole occupant of this portion of the institution, a negro woman who was locked up here for shooting her husband in Vino- land, having been released on bail to-day. No one is permitted to see him save his connsel. He much depressed in mind, the death of bis vice tim having been an unexpected blow to him, His case will not come to trial until the January term of the county courts, the October term baving just adjourned, He will be indicted by the Grand Jury in January for murder in the first degree; but his case is such that a verdict for a lower degree Will be admissible, The Atworney General of the State will assist District Attorney Hoagland in the prosecu- tion, and additional counset for the defence will be en- paged. The trial will be an interesting legal contest, .andis’ edunsel, unab:e to disprove the fuct of the shooting, will endea to prove that the wounded man did not have Proper medical or surgical treatment @ homeopathic system. They will take ae of an expression let by Dr. Thomas at the inquest, probably, and insist that Carruth died from abscesses from the wound and not from the wound itself, Landis’ friends deny the story of the compromise with Carruth, exgopt 80 far as a civil suit for damages was concerned. Tn fact Carruth would have no power to compromise a murderous as- sault, which Is an offence against the Commonwealth, and bad he attempted to do so would hae made him self liable to indictment, » CARROTS PAMILY are poor, Be aves a wife and tive children, the for- mer of whotn is very iii expected to live, His body will lc in state in ‘Bitartar eburch at Vine- land to-wiorrow afternoun, under the care of the Granuors. und marge Wruvut fs expected WASHINGTON. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasmxorow, Oct. 25, 1875. USURY UNDER THE NATIONAL BANK LAW—DE- CISION OF THE NEW YORK COURT OF AP- PEALS REVERSED—THE ANTICIPATED EFFECT ON THE MONEY MARKET. An important decision, and one having a direct bear- ing on the money market, was rendered to-day by the United States Supreme Court, Judge Swayne reading the opinion, in the case of the Farmers and Mechanics’ National Bank, of Buifalo, against Deering. The case came up here on the appeal of the plaintiffs from the decision of the Supreme Court of New York State, which uon-suited them in an endeavor to recover the principal of a note which they had discounted at a usuri- ous rate of interest for the defendant. The total amount of the usury was only a few dollars, which sum was paid in excess of the legal discount of seven per cent. Under the civibcode of New York both principal and interest in a usurious transaction are forfeitable, and the usurious lender is also punishable under the crimi- nal code for misdemeanor. But the penalty for usury prescribed in the National Bank act is altogether ditfer- ent and much less severe—that is, there is no forfeiture of principal at all; but the borrower, who has paid more than the legal rate, may refuse to pay tho in- terest when it falls due, and, in case the usurious in- terest has been taken off in advance, may recover in an action for debt twice the amount of interest so charged and deducted. This variance between the national and State laws has been a mooted subject for a long time in financial circles, the national banks believing that the former law overrode the latter, at least in transactions in which they wore concerned, and that they might practise usury without greater penalty than that of the interest stipulated for 1m the usurious transaction. The decision to-day is in their favor on this point, the United States Supreme Court holding that they are amenable to the laws of the United States, and are not subject to the jurisdic- tion of the State in the matter of a forfeiture of the principal of such loans, The Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank can, therefore, compel Deering to pay tho prin- cipal of his note, ‘The settlement of this question is going to have oa important effect upon the moncy market, and in the case of New York city and Wall street’ will hush up the cry for the repeal of the usury laws for the reason that, in times of monetary strin- gency, the national banks will take the risk of lending money at higher rates than seven per cent through trustworthy and honorable banking houses, and thus defeat all speculative machinations and combinations for the locking up of money, As long as the principal of such loans was in jeopardy the national banks were } afraid to interfere, But now that they can, at most, lose only the interest, and then im very rare instances, the long looked for solution of a steadier money market is believed to be reached in this decision of the Su- preme Court to-day, which, in one view of it, is a vir- tual repeal of the usury laws. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Pit ich Wasuixatox, Oct, 25, 1875. APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE WOOD- RUFF. The President has signed the commission of Alexan- der 8. Johnson, of New York, to be Circuit Judge of the Second Judicial District, to supply the vacancy oc- casioned by the death of Judge Woodruff. ALABAMA CLAIMS-—-ACTION OF THE COURT OF COMMISSIONERS, In the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims to-day, in case No, 421, John ©, Merrill, of San Fran- cisco, for setting aside the judgment rendored was de- nied, In the matter of the ship Golden Eagle, de- stroyed by the Alabama February 21, 1863. The follow- ing cases of the owners and master were submitted upon testimony and oral argument of counsel:—Case No. 363, Henry A. Barling, Abuer H. Davis, executors of Edward Mott Robinson; case No. 390, Charles H. Woodbury, et al., executors of John A. McGaw; caso No, 456, Alonzo R. Howard, administrator; case No. 281, Edward A. Swift, master; case No. 364, G. P. Bramhall vs. the United States. Case on when the Court adjourned. THE RED MAN’S WRONGS. sine neentotns, HOW THE TEMECULA INDIANS OF LOWER CALI- FORNIA HAVE BEEN TREATED BY THE GOVERN- MENT—ENERGETIC PROTEST FROM A CITIZEN OF LOS ANGELES—RESPONSE OF THE INDIAN COMMISSIONER. Wasuineton, Oct. 25, 1875, ‘The following correspondence tells its own story of the wrongs to which the Temecula Indians, of Califor- nia, have been subjected and the remedy proposed for them:— Los Anaexes, Cal., Oct. 6, 1875, Mr. L. E. Steiga:— : Dear Sin—l am astonished and’ disgusted at tne course of the government toward the Temecula Indi- ans, That.poor people once owned this entire country, and have been driven back, back, back, until they finally settled ina cone of the San Bernardino Moun- tains, where they and everybody thought they were out of the way of-civilization’ But one Frenchman and two Scotchmen came to America and bought sheep, and in searching for a pasture for their herds they dis- covered that the land occupied by these poor Indians would make good grazing ground for thom. They have secured from the noble government of America a title to land occupied by these poor, helpless creatures, and have secured the officers of this government as aids to drive two thousand poor women and children out of their little cabins and away from their little crops and orchards, where they ‘have lived for thirty or forty years. Now, at the beginning of winter, they are forced to leave everything and go out into the winter storms without ‘a shelter and without food, Will not the vengeance of a just God descend upona government and people so destitute of mercy and ustice? othe agent, Mr. Dryden, is exceedingly anxious to do something for the Indians, but the necessary in- structions of the department, for want of authority of Congress, are such that he is helpléss. If this land really dovs belong to the Frenchman and Scotchme which is. doubted by some, a few thonsand dollars, i it could have been secured of Congress according to the recommendations of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, would have ‘purchased it, and these Indians would have supported themselves comfortably on it, and never have been a charge to the government. They are not savages, but civilized, kind and friendly. But they are driven away for the benefit of afew sheep. I shall not be surprised if they become very savage and do much harm and cost the government a’ hundredfoid more than the sheep and land will ever bring. I write a an impartial man, have no particular love for the Indians, having fought them for twenty years in Texas, but I know whereof I speak, These poor devils have been shametully treated by the government and some of the citizens, Can you not go to the department and get somo aid for them? The cheapest thing that can be done is to buy land and give it to them. A half township would accommodate them all, Yours truly, B. L. PEEL. LETTER TO THE INDIAN COMMISSIONER. Wasuinaron, D. C., Oct, 20, 1875, Hon. F. P. Ssu7H, Commissioner of Indian Affalrs:— Dear Sm—I have the honor to transmit the inclosed letter for your information and consideration, It relates to a portion of the Mission Indians of Southern California, in whose behaif your sympathies ‘wero 80 early enlisted. They number now about 5,000, and are scattered throughout the counties o San Bernardino and San Diego, Unless aid is soon given them by the gov- ernment they will be compelled to take to tho San Bernardino Mountains and the Colorado desert, where indeed many of them have already taken up their abudes. As Colonel Peel says, they are kind and friendly, but such have been’ the persecutions heaped upon them by the grasping emigrams eud such the neglect of the government heretofore in failing to secure their rights to land and water privileges, that Oligario and their other head men can scarcely keep the peace among the young men. They were citizens of xico when we acquired, by treaty with that country, what is now the State of Cali- fornia, and, had proper laws been enacted at that time to protect their rights as such, as the treaty con- templated, their condition would now have been very different, But such were the absurd notions in re; to awarding citizenship to any but those of white skin, their interests were ontirely overlooked. Colonel Peel is one of the most intelligent and re- spectable citizens of Los Angeles, a mau of wide in- fluence in Lower Califortiia. His representations are therefore entitled to full toad Very res} ly your obedient servant ey seeneeten LUTHER E. SLEIGH, Lato Clerk Mission budian agency. RESPONSE OF THE COMMISSIONER. DeragTxent ov the Ixrenror, Oveice ov INDIAN APVAIRS, Wasurxatox, Oct, 20, 1875. Sin—I am tn receipt of your letter of October 6, 1575, addressed to Mr. k. E. Siefgh, formerly clerk of the Mission Indtan Agency, California, Your statements in regard to the wrongs and necessi- ties of the Indians of Lower California are entirely in accord with my own views on this subject, derived from the best information I bave been able to obtain during my ofei# portod, and the department has so en- deavored to represent their case to Congress as to scoure action bY that Nodv anahtinw the denartinent give these Indians the protection which they so much heed. The trouble with them, as has been often stated by this office, is the disposition which has prevailed in ears past 10 swell the nurnber of that class of people nown a8 “Indians not taxed,” at the expense of their citizensbip and of all natural rights, in order to furnish larger room and privileges for any other race or class of people who are furtunate enough to be recognized as American citizens, and who thus are enabled to come into possession of the lands which these people and their ancestors, as citi- zens of Mexico, improved and cultivated from genera- tions ago, and to which, by every consideration of nat- ural right, they would ‘be jastly entitled to-day. But their natural rights are now debarred by the legal own- ership, and, in some cases, actual occupancy, of the more fortunate aforesaid American citizens. The remedy is to secure, if possible, suilicient appropriation to purchase sinall patches of ‘land, here, and there, in the vicinity of their present homes, or a larger tract, to be divided into small patches for individual ownership, and thus provide a way by which these poor men can stand once more upon their own soil and start again to live for themselves, This matter will be treated of in my annual report to the Honorable Secretary of the ‘Interior, in which I shall again urge the necessary action vy Qougress for the protection and relief of the Mission Indians of Lower California, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, EDW. P. SMITH, Commissioner, B. L. Put, Eeq., Los Angelo California, MIDNIGHL WEATHER REPORT. War Derartueyt, Ovrice ov THe Cmixy SIGNAL Onna, Wasurnaton, Oct. 26-1 A. M, Probabilities. For the upper lakes, the upper Missiasippi, the lower Missouri and the Ohio Valley and Tennessee rising barometer, northwest to southwest winds, cooler, cloudy weather and snow or ra‘n, followed by clearing weather west of the Mississippi. For the Gulf and South Atlantic States stationary temperaturé and pressure, southwest to’ northwest winds and increasing cloudiness, with falling tempera- ture and rain in the Southwest. For the lower lakes, tho Middle and Eastern States, falling barometer, southwest to southeast winds, warm, cloudy weather and rain followed by cold weather and northwest winds on the lower lakes. Cautionary signals continue on lakes Superior, Michi- gan, Huron and Erio, and are ordered for Lake Ontario, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as in- dicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Heratp Building :-— 1874. 1875, 1874, 1875. 58 66 8,80 P. M.... 62 12 53. 54 . M. 56 66 oe 58 a 65 87 69 12M, 55 53 Average temperature yesterday... sense 60% last AMUSEMENTS, Average temporature for corresponding date YOAP. ceccereccceee GERMAN OPERA AT THE ACADEMY—‘“THE JEW- Ess.” ‘Theodore Wachtel appeared at the Academy of Music last night for the first time in this country in the réle of Eleazer, the goldsmith, in Halevy’s opera “The Jéw- ess.”” This was in itself an event to bring a good house together, and the cast, with a few exceptions was everything that could be desired. Mr. Wachtel was in splendid voice, and though he reserved his powers for those grand scenes where his genius both as an actor and a singer have their fullest scope, he was always the great artist. As aropresentativo of tragic réle he {s unequalled, and no part in which he has yet beon heard in this country surpasses his Eleazer in depth of feeling, whether expressive of a father’s tenderness for his child, wrath at the conduct of tho betrayer or grief on account of her and his mis- fortunes. In those grand outbursts of passion with which the opera abounds—not the fine frenzy of stage lovers swearing fidelity to stage mistresses, but the highest emotions of the human heart—ho was superb.. The finale to the first act was a masterpiece of art, and his clear, ringing tones—each note as clearly cut as his action was in- tense—were something which are a surprise on the operatic stage of the period, It seems almost impos- sible that an artist who has bad such an extended career should so long have preserved his marvellous powers’ unimpaired; but this grand effort last night was only necessary to prove that the Wachtel of the past is Wachtel still, It was the fea- ture of the evening, and it would ‘scarcely be saying too much to characterizo such a triumph as sufficient for a lifetime, An artist capable of such achievements may well be excused for husbanding his strength in Jess important scenes; but Mr. Wachtel has the rare quality of making his acting go as far as his singing, and he thereby enhances instead of diminishes his lyric triumphs. This was specially noticeable in the third act, where he saved his voice, but made his art resplendent by his skill as an actor, The cast of ‘The Jewess” last night in the main was excellent, Asa matter of course there were marked deficiencies and many defects, but these were moro than counterbalanced by features of great merit. Mr. Milder as Leopold was milder than was desirable. His voice is harsh in quality and insufficient in quantity, and he has no skill as an actor whereby to redeem his othér,shortcomings. He’makes the rdie an exceedingly insipid one; but then we have scarcely the right to expect him another Wachtel. Mile, Goldbergjwas hardly more fortunate, Her voice is naturally shrill and she had the misfortune to pitch it too high at the outset, and she thereby marred her entire perlormance. She was, however, sufficiently successful to be considered an ac- ceptable artist, and she will doubtless learn to avoid these faults, After Wachtel the sucgess of the evening belonged to Mme. Wagner in the impassioned part of the Jewess. In naming her thus after the others it may be that wo are following after her own example, for while the others showed their best qualities in the beginning and grew neither better nor worse as they roceeded, she was tardy in the exhibition of her powers. he is an artist who grows upon acquaintance and compels recognition by repeated effort. In the first act she forced her voice in a way to give little promise of what she afterward achieved, but as the opera pro- ceeded she seemed to become inspired with her theme, aud her singing of the pathetic parts of the réle wore marked by a sweetness and fervor which are certain to insure the highest results. She has all the pathos necessary to this trying réle, and her voice responds in all respects to the emotions of forsaken but noble womanhood, and if she was able to interpret the char- acter with as much force by acting as in her singing she might make the part of Rachel her own, Turning from these matters of detail to the presenta- tion of the opera as a whole it must be pronounced ex- ceedingly satisfactory. Seldom has a work been better given in this city. If the orchestra and chorus were not exceptionally good they at least were unusually acceptable, ‘and throughout the artists composing the coinpany succeeded in giving a completencss of ensemble scldom _at- tained, Almost without exception there was a wealth of expression so often lacking on the Italian stage, and which seems reserved alone for the Ger- mans. Even had Mr. Neuendorif been without his great tenor this alone would have assured tho success of the work last night, and it must go a great §way in assuring the success of his whole season, EDWIN BOOTH AS HAMLET, Edwin Booth had an immense reception last night The Fifth Avenue Theatre was crowded with an audi- ence eager to welcome him after his two years’ absence from New York and after an accident which had at one time threatened to remove him from the stage forever. When he appeared the applause was instantaneous, electrical, universal. | There were no bounds to this spontaneous enthusiasm, which showed how strong is Mr, Booth's hold upon the public of New York. Such moments repay an actor for long years of toil and saffering, of envy and jealousy, and the tumultuous welcome which shook the building last night must have convinced the actor that the magnetic bond between bis genius and the public appreciation is still unbroken, He was re- called to the stage during the first act, after the firs interview of Horatio with Hamlet; he was called before the curtain at the ond of the first act and the second, called three times at the end of the third act, and ap- plauded continually throughout the play. Of the sin- cerity of this reception there was no doubt; galleries, parquet and boxes competed with each other in their welcome. The accident to Mr. Booth does not interfere with his acting. It was sad, however, to sce his loft arm hanging motionless at his side, In the first act he sup.. ported it in the folds of his robe, and in the second it hung helplessly. And yot so perfect in the art of gesture is Mr. Booth, that {f the spectators had beon previously wnaware of the acci- dent they would not haye known ® by any want of grace in the actor, Ho made one arm go as far as @ dozen arms of ordinary actors, Briarous him- self could not have done better. It is for this reason that wo say that (he misfostune did not inter- fore with tho acting. MM called forth all Mr. Booth’s tyention, it is true; but the wonderful wealth of gesturo be revealed with ono arm alone might be compared to the performances of Paganini on a singh string of the violin. Of the grace of motion and the statuesque beauty of attitude, Mr. Booth is a master, He used his loft hand to hold tho re- corder, and after his triumph over physical disablement in the fencing scone last night Wo believe he could play Romeo om crutches Had Mr. Booth performed Hamlet indifferently wel there would certainly have been a disposition to excuse his faults on account of his mis- fortunes. But he gave no occasion for indul- gence, On the contrary, he played Hamlet as wo never saw him play it before. The irregulasity of his acting every one familiar with the theatre must have obsorved, and he is especially unequal in Hamlet, Sometimes the performance ts full of feeling; at others itis purely mechanical, Last night nis acting was full of inspiration; he felt the truth and the fecling of the character and delivered them with exceptional power, The first soliloquy “0 that this too, too ¢olid flesh would melt,” was finely read, and the beautiful passage, “I have of late (but, wherefore, I knew uot) lost all my mirth,” was given with exquisite feeling. He caught nearly all the moods of Hamlet perfectly, and these readings abounded in passages of natural emphasis, sometimes startling in thetr reality. The scene where the King retires to the oratory to pray 18 properly kept in the play by Mr. Booth, and the soliloquy, as he gave it, was a key tothe purpose of Hamlet, When Poloius is slain, the movement and the cry with which Mr. Booth uttered the words “Ia it the King?’ was electrical effect, which, like a flash of lightning, illuminated the whole char- acter. One of the finest elements of Mr, Booth’s Hamlet is its gentleness, and last night this was profoundly expressed in all the changing moods, “I must be crucl only to bo kind” might have been @ universal explanation of his manner, There is a Hamlet who does not insult Marcellus, nor call Polonius a calf to his face, nor treat Ophelia rudely, nor roughly abuse the Queen, and who is a Prince with the spies, Rosencrantz and Guilden- stern, and a gentleman even with the King. When the curtain had fallen on the last act Mr. Booth made a brief speech, thanking the audience for their reception of him and assuring them that he would always cherish their uniform kindness toward him. He touched on his experiences in Twenty-third street, adding that though unsuccessful he could be:grateful, ashe felt he had reason to be now that he was com- mencing life anew. ¥OX AT BOOTH’S THEATRE. That merry monarch of mimicry, Mr. George L. Fox, after a brief absence from the city boards, has made his bow again before his laughing subjects. At Booti¥s Theatre last evening he appeared, introducing in Temodelled and amenged form the old familiar favorite, “Humpty Dumpty,” with all its attendant attractions, Pantomime, it is true, is associated with the near approach of the Christmas holidays; but what querulous mortal will complain if it come sooner? The audience assembled to enjoy it last evening, and the warmth of the reception accorded it, bespoke no passive welcome. And why should this not be so? Haye we not the same right to enjoy now, while it is yet the early autumn, as in midwinter, the peculiar eccentricities of clown and pantaloon, the restless amours of Harlequin and Columbine? Moreover, we must consider that with special prep- aration it is ushered in. The scenery is fresh from the hands of Mossrs, William Voegtlin and Matt Morgan. The dresses are new and the mechanical ar- rangements—an {mportant consideration in the produc- tion of pantomime—are very effective. It were futile to attempt to follow Humpty Dumpty in his nightly flights. ‘The liberty legitimately allowed to this sort of entertainment invites the marvellous. ‘To it belong those sudden transitions that aro the delight of the nursery; a wonder and acharm to childhood. But the panto- mime is not solely relied on for’ diversion. There are startling acrobatic exhibitions, introducing a numerous corps of performers; minstrelsy of a light and gleeful sort; suggestions of a Centennial tendency, repre- sented by juvenile parade and tableaux; wire ‘dancing and other attractions, all concluding with a brill- jant transformation scenes. It was late before Humpty Dumpty put his shutters up last night, bat when ho shall have settled down in his new quarters and made himself at home he will 7 not desire depreciation of the currency. Indeed! profess to believe that by five-fold repudiation—by re- pudiating, first, the promise on the face of the note to pay dollars; second, the contract which limits the issue of legal tenders; third, the contract of 1802, which re- quires payment of customs duties in coin; fourth, the pleage of 1369 to ‘make provision at the earfiest prac- ticable moment for the redemption of the United States notes in coin;”? and fifth, the pledge of last J to redeem in 1879—this govermment can pone LA up its credit. It was difficult to believe men capable of suck irrationality, What is to sustain United States notes after five- fold repudiation * The advocates of this scheme-rely upon three supposed elements of value: first, use as a full legal tender; second, automatic adaptation of the quantity of notes to the wants of trade; third, ex- changeability of the notes for bonds bearing 3.65 per, cent interest in paper. Closely analyzed these threo} are reduced to one—faith in the government. That taith | this scheme pegins by destroying. Value of 3 as a legal tender rests wholly om faith that government will not issue too much of it But. government can issue so much that nobody will taker it, and as a debt-paying {nstrument, if more is issued~ than {s wanted, the value of the whole is destroyed. With regard to the second argument, notes do not ges into circulation automatically. After a certain issue, exchangeability can only act as a regulator in ease the Fovernment does not meddle with ft by new seaues. inally, power to command a certain fixed interest in paper of value untixed and unfixable is valueless: The bond has no value unless the paper has value, Aad the Paper has no value not derived from the bonds, Throtigh banking, loan, savings and insurance com- panies, civilization gathers up the savings of milKon® of workers, to ullize im raising the great temple of industry. To transfer part of these savings from banks, which loan them, to the government, which does not loan them, would be w withdraw millions of capital from use to idleness, Another of its beauties is that it proposes to abolish bank notes secured by gold bonds at the rate of $120 for each $90 issued, and to substituie notes con vertible into paper bonds at the rate of $90 for each $90 issued, ‘The avowed object is to save Interest om tho bonds deposited by the banks. But this can bar done only by baying bonds. Again, it is said we re- quire a non-exportable currency. Just as John Law did in 1720, when he ruined himself and France. no doubt permit his young admirers to rotire at a more reasonable timo—and his old ones too, Mr. Fox is well supported; his associate as pantaloon is Mr. Robert Fraser, evidently a practiced and clever performer. ‘The other chief actors are equally well suited to their parts. Little Todd, a young acrobat, excited general approval by his eccentric and really clever contortions. Woop’s MUSEUM, Quite a good audience assembled at this house last night to witness the performance of Frank Frayne’s company in ‘Si Slocum.” The excitement occasioned by @ reference in the “Rifle Team” to the great American-Irish contest at Dollymount was very amusing, especially its effect upon the auditors in the galleries. Shooting onthe “ould sod” and shooting ostensibly at one another on the stage are feats that differ somewhat widely, yet the fun in the latter sieenret to be the most agreeable, Altogether “Si Slocum” was very well received. THEATRE COMIQUE. ‘The business at this popular variety entertainment is as good as usual, and last night there was a full house. The programme introduces many old favorites, including John Allen, Cool Burgess, John Wild and Master Bar ney. Irwin Thomas, the champion pedestal dancer’ made his first appearance last evening, and Miss Celia Bertram was also one of the new attractions. The en- tertainment concluded with the burlesque entitled “Was She Led, or Did She Go Astray,” in which Cool Burgess appeared as the husband, and Mr. George Fortescue as the wife. The latter is clever in his busi- ness, and made quite a hit. THE OLYMPIC. There was a good house last night at the Olympic, and the spectators enjoyed a full programme, embracing some of the best variety attraction in the market |. Professor Davis with his dogs is still giving his pleasing entertainment, and the three Carlo brothers, in their triple parterre, made quite a hit, Miss Alice Bennett and the Worrell sisters gave their musical selections, and Wash Norton appeared in burlesque opera. The performance concluded with a local drama entitled ‘0’Mara, or the Man from Monaghan,” that intro- duced the eccentricities of John Hart and Hugh Fay. The popular favorite, Miss dah Richmond, will reap- pear next week, TONY PASTOR'S, Tony Pastor’s new venture at No. 585 Broadway has proved quite a success, as business has been very good ever since he opened. The programme introduces a number of clever artists, such as Gus Williams, T. M. Hengier, Sanford and Wilson, Weston Sisters, Blanch Selwyn, Jennie Morgan and others, Mr. Alfred Liston made quite a success in his performance on a musical instrument which he entitles xylophone. The enter- tainment on the whole was good, and ran smoothly throughout, SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, Tho programme of fun and fancy provided for tho audience at the little opera house on Broadway was quite complete last night. “Messengers tn Difticulty,”” “The Old Guard” and “The African Dwarf” were vari- ously interpreted by the sombre band, interspersed with songs, dances and jokes, which ‘created great merriment, GROSVENOR ON FINANCE, The third of a series of lectures on the currency ques- tion, delivered under tho auspices of the New York Board of Trade, was given last night at tho Cooper Institute by Colonel Wiliam M. Grosvenor, of St, Louis. A num- ber of distinguished gentlemen were present, among them Mr, Peter Cooper and ex-Mayor Opdyke, who introduced the lecturer, Colonel Grosvenor having been introduced delivered a profound and eloquent address in favor of hard money, of which the following is a brief synopsis: — The greonback is our theme to-night, Born of a struggic to maintain the nation’s honor, it nevertheless bribes men to assail that honor, Created as a weapon for the suppression of rebellion, it has become a weapon by which the honor of the nation may be rewte pe Fidelity to honor ig the corner stone of sound finance, The well being of the people, the prosperity of every industry, the in- terests of every man who carns an honest living, are all inseparably bound to the national honor, and with it must stand or fall. To placo this truth im aclear light vefore the audience wa the great object ef the lecture. General Butler and Judge Kelley \ihagme the green- back is a doilar, Their Theories have no logical founda- tn whatever, unless, by the mere-act.of printing, the ‘UnitedgStates can create a dollar, ‘*@his money,’’ said Judge ‘Kelley, ‘was not tobe convertible into gold; it never was to be reducible,” What, then, mean tho ,words on the dollar ftself? ‘The United States will. pay to- bearor one dollar.” This is promiso to pty @ certain quantity of gold and silvgr, The merchant who suffers a note to go to protest is known as bankrupt Tho greenback was iven in an hour of extremity to save the nation’s life, Tne honor of the nation cam, only be maintained un- tarnished if the greenback is ‘made as good as the gold ges. i i freenback is not only*a pledge in itself but sol- emn pledges have been set up to fortify it (The various acts of Congress pl ng the redemption of the dollar in gold were then cited down to that which promises resumption of ments on the Ist of J What speci 1879), Tove we jone to redeem these sole in piegen Every business man knows that the longer he suflers pl to go unredeemed the lower hisyeredit will sink. Five years ago the greemback was veorth ninety cents. For months past it has not been worth eighty-two cents, ‘The fact ts by doing nothing we undertook to redeem our pledges, to “grow up to ents”? But instead of growing up wo ha nm wing down, increasing debts, sink mg capital in wild speculations, doranging industr, violent fluctuations and depriv- ing labor of its pot ed “h enorad Butler wad Judge Kelley protest (hat ier do Surely our greenback 1s non-exportable enough for all practical purposes, But itiacks elasticity, it is said, to meet the wants of trade. It is only speculation de mands more. A currency exchangable for three. five bonds, after torced sale of bank bonds and five-fold repudiation of solemn pledges would depreciate more than any we have lately seen, ‘The financial ion of France during the Franco-Germam war and since was minutely criticised and uoted as an example for the United States, The causes of panics were then investigated, and they were shown to be inevitable under any system of currency. ‘The late recovery of California, after a great financial collapse, was also brought forward to show what a country can do when its fiuanctal system is om asolid basis, Wages may rise nominally under infla~ tion, but cannot in reality. Thus in ten years the wages of American laborers have increased only thirty per cont while the cost of living has riseu sixty per cent, A long argument was then introduced to show that consumers must pay the cost of the fluctua- tions consequent on a paper currency. It was showm that inflation might give relief to debtors, but it could only be at the expense of creditors, who wore by far the larger number. The lecture concluded with an elo- quent peroration, setting forth the qualities of gold as a medium of exchange and measure of values, and as the only efficacious instrument in restoring prosperity vo our trade and commerce, HOTEL “ARRIVALS. \ Mr, J. H. Ketcham, Commissioner of the District of Columbia, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Bishop Robert Harpor Clarkson, of Nebraska; Rev. Dr. Miller, of Philadelphia, and Rey. Dr, Brainard, of Auburn, N. Y., are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Professor David Swing, of Chicago, has taken up his residence at the Hoffman House, Medical Director Samuel Jackson, United States Navy, is quartered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Rev. Dr. Jackson, of Maryland, is registered at the New York Hotel. Assistant Adjutant General Ed- ward R. Platt, United States Army, has arrived at the Clarenden Hotel. Paymaster Edward May, United States Navy, is sojourning at tho St. James Hotel. Judge Charles Mason, of Utica, and Rov, Dr, Richard- son, of Bridgeport, Conn., are among the late arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘The steamship Abyssinia will leave this port op Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool, Tho mails for Europe will close at tho Post Office at twelve o'clock M. Tux New Yor« Heraup—Edition for Europe—will be ready at eight o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six conts, DIED. Dananer.—At Harlem, on. the 25th inst., Miss Anny DaNauge, @ native of county Cork, about 40 yeara old. ‘The funeral will take place at ten A. M., Wednesday, the 27th of October, from Maggie Duffy’s house, 124th street and Eighth avenue, to St. Joseph’s church, 125th street and Ninth avenue, where a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated for- the repose of her soul; thence to Calvary Cemetery. 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