The New York Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1876, Page 3

NEW YOKK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUAKY J], 1876.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. Ea’ 4 SEASONS. <<, SER. AMUSEMENTS. ‘DEMO: irre . TIKR. The ef ANP TRANSFORMATION OF THE sieaiied hae eee ‘every evening until further notice. THE GIANT KILLER CUT GLOVE. Seats secured twelve nights MATINEES Wednesda coy os reg PEARS. ee roprietor a . wT SeSD aR iat sole chai WALLA LAST REPRESENTATION OF with Mr, LESTER WALLAC ‘al impersonation T COLONEL JOMN Wier ie 2 bi orteinal imp Concludin, gute hee ae ‘arce of WEDNESDA EVENING, \danaary 12 LATEST LONDON SUCCE: original fouract t Comedy by HJ cB ron, Eeq., entitled will be produce: at with WN we 4xD “MAGNIFICENT BCRNERY AND CAST, Including | ALLAC! ur. JOE, GILBERT, Mr CHARLES, stHVENsox Mr. J. z. aR we BERT, Mr. J. W. 8! HAKNON: oy on ETH Mr. SP BROWNE, ie ADA by AS, EVERY EM ENING AT 8; SATURDAY MATINEE AT 1:30 TNION SQUARE THEATRE, Broadway and 14th st. SUERIDAN BROOK, A. M. PALMER. ROSE ilhesvrated with the AN MOST ELADOWATE AND MeavriruL ever set uy a MEL nd with a cast of FE! hh ding ‘he al HI pee ecotes J} f 1D | it a ti — UNDOUBTED | including the following favorite names — ite, Eben M3 PL vat oa ag hie Ra sa e. n vy rom jorris, Lysan TRIUMPH. ‘Thom ret Wilder, and W. 8. Quigley. ad ee, Fanny thet 'lan Varian {op Riad peretasion of Lester Wallack) and Augusta Raymond, TCRDAY, Januar ROSE MICHEL, Ar NINTH MATINEE OF Seats secured two weeks in advance. L a UM THLE. FRENCH PLAYS. Yeacon of nine nights, commencing THURSDAY EVENING, January 13, with 3 Domest ATRE, ‘Distinguished Parisian Comedy Company" for a EB} FRIDAY EVENING, Jan. 14, bene! of Me. Frits Herschy, EMI-MOND. iT. RT ani LES PATTES DE MOUCHE. Subscription list open and sale of seats to-day. TH AVENUE THEATRB. D> Proprietor and Manager .Mr, AUGUSTIN DALY AUGUSTIN DALY'S GREATEST pipe PrrP, It 0 E PPE Ay aig 8 aig alone A Se ie ae P es woth) vue” A PLAY OF TO-DAY. With an EXTRAORDINARY CAST. Davenport, and alse Mr. Charles Fi r. D. H. Harkins, Me. W; Davide, Hardenber, ell, Mi Jaorere Lewin: Wis. Ori. Oitbert Emly i ig et ies Sednay Cowell ‘and Mr John Bronghai formance begins promptly at aq to 8 and terminatee at, 11:10-Oclock. Bos shee open ® month id for theatre POLICE, REGULATION. <Ourringes taking up par ties must form on 28th st.. facine to 4 PIQUE” “MATINEE SaTURDAY, AT T 130 O'CLOCK, THE FUNNY “f THE BIG 4, THE GREAT 4, ND THE ae aaa BIG 4, pS aE i alla at TONY PASTOR'S Tuesday Matinee. Performance com- ences to-day at 2 o'clock. C OLOSSEUM, The management of t) ounce “that the three gre re TRS Slewe r aassseination oC tne arcublahop ef Paris” tnd the panctama of “The’ Pronce-Prassien Wer,” are stil pn exhibition. Music by Grafulla's superb band, in the enade, every evening. ag apy My cents. Children. a4 eee Ae No cere pen from 1to4P. M. and from to no BROADWAY AND 85TH ST. = Boore’ ‘8 THEATRE. SPECIAL. POR JULIUS C&SAR List absolutely suspended. secured in advance. phgx ofice open very day from 8 A. M. to 10 & Ordinary prices will prevail. 4. Performance begins 7:45 evenings, 1:90 o'clock Satnr- day afternoons. Carri bbe ordered for 11:15 in the evening and 4:30 on matinee days. ‘3. As the grand procession in the first act begins almost immediately after curtain-tise, holders of coup mesa ‘asked to be in early occupancy of their chi ail may have en uninterrupted view of the gorgeous a THEATRE. Sli yroe'd WE JARRETT & PALMER, and Mana, SHAKESPEARE SUPE! i Tae STRATED, EVERY NIGHT and at the SATURDAY MATINEE. Representation, with anexampled spleudor, of the Great y, JULIUS CASAR, with an unparalleled congrega- fof Shakespesrians in ihe assignment of characters, a LAWRENCE BARRETT as CAIUS CASSIUS, br. F, ©, BANGS ss MARCUS ANTONIUS, Mz, BL. DAVENPORT as Mancus JUNIUS BRUTUS. Mr. Milnes Levick (especially ¢: edd to act the title part ley) and tl Booth's Theatre. OF the Pley) ane OMINENT FEATORES of the Leigh = psarian presentment, ee rond the ex- traordinar, are splendid original music, GRAND PROCE! ONS aud TAB. EAUX, « wultivade of auxiliaries ag i apap Pc BURNING OF THE of the play is a id tableag, the BODY Ky BRUT! 30 N THE PLAINS OF PHILLIPPL *,° For grandeur and beanty the scenery of this tragedy js incomparably the finest ever produced in any stage offer ‘ng, either in this country or abroad. 188 ELOUISE ALLEN, THE CHARMING BAL- ladist, at TONY PASTOR'S MATINEE TO-DAY. ‘A CADEMY OF MUSTO. URSDAY, JANUARY 20. ELEVENTH annual, FANCY DRESS BALL f the CEKCLE FRANCAIS DE L'HARMO: “rand Orchestra of 100 m: bars poder the THE CENTENNIAL A gUADRILLE, the greet Peridlan Ghoee, conteh wl be performed by eight artiste, engaged in Paria for this novelty. ¢ had 896 Broad: hotels. high pedestal somersauls clog in the world that ever accomplishe of throwing a bigh somersault on a 1 Iment to TONY PASTOR, and will appest St his theatre to-day. & JOSEP A, GULICK, THE FAMED IMPRO- visator at TONY PASTOR'S MATINEE To DAY. MoS, POrchak FONG (OF THE DAY 15 J. m Must We Then Meet as Strangets!” with Siegen | ihograph title, 40c. ; also just ont, “Goiden Hours,” t Me Dream A, Sullivan, 40¢. Molloy, 85. ; .""Belia,"” walta, ledersehin,” waits, Aronson, 50. ON &C 1 Broad MPONY PASTOR'S MATINEE TO-DAY, WSiSS AND CASEY, (THE MUSICAL ARTISTS will perform on 20 different instruments at TONY PASTOR'S MATINEE TO-DAY, YOUNG LADY, WHO HAS A FINE VOICE AND pearance, and has sang in public two seas wishes an instructor and adviser in improvement Address VUCALIST, box 162 Herald Uptown cessfully for eancert. Branch office. NMVOLI THEATRE, Sth at., between 2d and sd avs Fourth week and continued success of the wondrous sensa- pectacular Pantomime of d English artists, ns and Acrobats. © pleasing Comedia And the eutire company in mew attrac Magical Basar charity purpose’. HEATRE Te ou wanapwar Mr, MATT MORGA Miss CLARA MOOK” sg aglh PABLILE AND SON. RICKEY. "AND SREY Mr. WM. BARRY. A CHAS. KNOLLMAN, Mr. tae AWiitie, ir, DAN KELLE’ WAYNE axD "LOW BLY. CLASSIC TABLEAUX, LIVING PIOTeRRS, Miss NELLY ST. A NEW . GRAY. LOBE THRATRE, 28 und 730 Broad RK. W. BUTLER 1876 CESTENNL CHAMPIONS OF Abcerss, GREAT STAR COMPANY OF TH NEW YORK. GRAND HIT of the GREAT SENSATION COMIQUE, oe duy in bis sensation: nice hits and JGifty "NOVELTIES, and JOHN HOGAN, in new fl HARRY MONTAGUE Sac s & perfect seaties | pighth, ‘i it ani cet, eects, kee My CHAR. YOUNG, the ‘masta Ventril of the world: Mins Carrie Duncan, Miss Lill Hall, wits yes Wilson, Es Bits, Chas. Be dict and ects RAVEL-UERNANDEZ PANTONISE TROUPE, pep ballet troupe EVERY EVENING. Special Notice.—Ladies accompanied by gentlemen ad- mitted free on Tuesday and Friday evenings. CADEMY OF MUSIC. THERESA TITIENS, GRAND ITALIAN OPERA. In compliance with te pecan? expressed, desire to hear MLLE. ERBs. fn cauie of her justly. celetrated lytic iaapersonecions, the manager bas the honor to announce a few nights of Italian Opera, to cow: MONDAY, JANUARY 24, on which occasion MLLE, THERESA TITY will make ber first appearance in America in her world-re- newned character of savi'h PARTICULARS IN FUTURE ADVERTISEMENTS. Oeuic THEATRE, 624 BROADWAY. JOHN F. POOLE.. THE NEW ox “HUNDRED ae i'd ixpies as fifo gai Redtwral “AIN REAL WATER NEW COMIC OC MARLEQUINADE. THE FOUR GREAT NOVELTIES. cooe S858 GRAND TRANSFORMATION, 10:30, MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY AT 2 UT BY ALL CARE THIS AFTERNOON, MAKE UP a jolly group, ‘Assemble all at TONY'S and see the Stellar Troupe; Wren and Collins, Sam Devere; the Brothers Poole will dan: The Be 1 set you crazy when they're doing “Big Fat uty a yo the Nortons jaj te. (hott bys goes atedly when Ts sings “Hildebrant Montrose.” Babee one ‘a blood mee! A oboe yo ave to pawn a clothe HIS: PTERNOO: aT OWERY ee —BRILLIANT. gne OF Miss LILLIE WILKINSON in her great local domestic sensation drome pnsitled SUNSHINE; OR, THE WORKING GIRL'S OATH, of thrilling interest and powerful rama o Iehccesmgntas ss: co eo gh with ee able farce of Gen Ar im TUESDAY, RY AMING: OF THE SURE Comedy, ta four acts, by Shakeepesre: ARISIAN VARIETIES, 16TH ST. AND BROADWAY. PLE OF SENSATIONAL Hvenings, & o'clock. « Matingse Tuesday, Thersday snd THE MODEL VARIETY. nit iA TRE OF NEW YORK. One of the lions of th all gerangers. ge these $0 se: Galuxy of beauty. Bewildering maze of Kn Los ing Unprecedented success of Blandow: THEATRE, 1TH ST. «Director. Nighs, lock. Naughty Dutchess. “Ga Minuet—Costumes and styles of Louis XVI. ‘Le Vivandiere lopar, he Birt Cage. the miraculous xrempere ‘poet vocalist, Frank Gibbon. monarch of the nir and mustent nas Keene aud Forrester’s musical trifle, "No, No, No.” Grand olio of sixty star Meas PARK THEATRE, BROADWAY AND 22D 8 LIGHT COMEDY, VAUDEVILLE, FACE, “Sport that wrinkled care derides. EVERY sie row 4 jit NOTICE son, F, Langley Miss diaade Granger, Naughty Dutchess. Matinee to-day, 2 o’el “qoop,0 z *Lep-07 eousze_ wd Nise Mary stuart, Miss Maria Lois, ide Rate Livingston: + won NEXT, with John Dillon, Chagos Parsloe, Harry Gwynette, J. W. Bratone, Miss Pearl Eytinge, Miss Kate Livingston, Miss Annie Edmondson. To conclude with tho langhable Scene, JURY ROOM, from Oracible, sightiy changed aud localised. Admission, $1; Reserved Seats, $1 50; Balcony, 50c. MATINEE THURSDAY AT 2 P. M. ROOKLYN THEATRE. TLessees and Managers...Meeers. SHOOK & PALMER REAT SUCCESS of Mr, JOHN E. OWENS as Pe kyo eieie. fe But- oa att Bor fan 's Gocvay 2 of “OUR BOYS,” wi be positively three hese dn ws MON- DAY. ESD AY anu WON NESD. evenings of this week. ‘Thu ams and every even: eanae Saturday Matinee, at rr JOnN E Owek ‘3 (first we in 5 ergs! as Gut Plummer in Dickens’ charming Drama “DOT; R, THE CRICKET ON THE We SR Ti % OTBox office open daily from 8.A. M. to 10 P. M. MATINEE TO-D. TONY PASTO! TUESDAY y THIR TUESDAY, THIS DAY. LOCK. AT 20°C) HIRD AVENUE THEATRE, NEAR 315T 8T.—PAN| rama o! lee od Ameee, and ed 4 splendid Scenes and Tran ns; 5,500 feet of canvas; illu ttnd bs valogted corps ef aitings, firs noneer H, Master ba Sevieee Py, Good 6a Merete, 4 louses crowded ni 25e.; Orchestra Chairs, 508.3 Reserved Seats, Sat FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, hese HOUSE AN Pi wien Ls, roadway SAN FRAN NSTRI and 29th at. SAN FRANCISCO 1300 MINSTRELS BACKUS i OAKEY DAVES amu. BANGS, DAVE: tay I cre. be fe rw ‘oi THk'R RING DEMONS. ‘thew Songs, Jokes, Di Tis funniess entertainment. fa the city] Beate, secured, aA MATINEE Street cars may be ordered at 10. SATURDAY AT 2, (ouoxEL canes SUMOUL OF ARMS AND Boxing and Safety Shooting Gallery, 619 6th av. Send tor elreulars HY DOKS THE AMUSEMENT LOVING PORTION of New York line to attend TONY r ASTOR'S Mati- he entertainment 5 refined, artistic and vd thi nds are sure to be ance commences to-day at 2. PIANOFORTES, ORGANS, &C, WINDSOR PIANOFORTE FOR SALE; USED SIX months bet family ; made to order for present i sell for $300, Including stool, cover ¢ $100; also Parlor «i room Furui- Call at “private Fesidence, 10 Wee 23d st, near owne! and cabine ture es 08 TO Instraments teacher, complete develop ehest, lungs, vocal organs, &e. HE NO TON BROTH American Jugglers, at TON MATINEE, This: DAY, at 2 o'cloe i. “Skidmore Down Amoug the su galop, Kiesewetter, book for Sunda schools, th r 7A POND & Co Ay square EAD A PEW NAMES OF THE ARTISTS THAT WILL pear at TONY PASTOR'S 10-4 he Big #—Lew- % i Smith and Wal Wren Jon Norton Brother yo vo Casey, Elouise Allen, Jenn Zriee, Sadie DeShoa, Charies Worley, fony Pastor's great company. Tr PASTOR'S MATINEB TO-DAY, aT 2 *Morxan, Jenni rams Giracd, PERE r ARPES irely Alb eee nN QIAM DEVERE, CROWN PRINCE OF COMEDIANS ‘and Heir Apparent to the Throne of Momus, the Banjo fos. the World, ll positively sppear at TONY PAS- '3 Matinee to-day. ANTED—YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR burlesque and light comedy business; long engage- ment. commencing February 1;, good dancery and singe Cease Aer ce, Bem 5PM, of to-morrow, Le HENHY MORTON, 42 Bast fh st. 10 to 12 M., to SS JENNIE MORGAN. THE GREAT OPERATIC Pill sing et TONY PASTOR'S fashionsble |ATINEE TO-DA args avs AN ENTERTAINMENT, SUIT. dao Abie (or@ Sunday school will pleuse address 0 Por Faaee MAVINEE TO-DAY. Ja Sei eE MALS 9, URSgUNS PIANO, | YIOLIN' O* Guise, Flute, Singing; practice instru. ments tree; uw iano Warerooma, hf be OLARKE 320 Wane 54th at, oh A $100 ROSEWOOD PIANOFORTE rent, § per month and upward; also at great sacrifice. GOLDSMITH'S, 26 Bleecker st., near Bowery. A. =POR RENT, UPRIGHT, SQUARE AND GRAND nef ianos of out own make: alse for ale and tent 6 hand Pianos in fe. WILL TAM RNAME. & COs NowLia Stivaen nuove 16th ti (A. SEVEN OCTAVE PIANO, VERY LITTLE USED, richly carved case and legs,’ $175; an Bpript EG nd several others, cheap, by cy makers. JOHN MAHON, 224 Kast Seth at. CLOSING OUT SADE LARGE, ELEGANT STOCK NDRE'S. warerooms, 368 Bleecker st., te sh tasag Taprovessters Pisses telest hy sold on Tnavalmente, foc $150 to ROU. Ce BARGAIN-IN ap LBST CLASS SQUARE AND UF- ht ments; Pianos rented; Fiano for $20; at CAMPBELL'S, 119 Bleecker tt. MAGNIFICENT 73g OOTAYE ROSEWOOD PIANO. torte; cout $079, for $279 : A rpet 1th se, near 4th ay, BEAUTIFUL PLANOFORTE, ONL ero, PIANO- fortes to rent, $9 monthly; and Steinway ‘wnofor great dargains, J. BIDDLES 13 Waverley ace, way. Cover, Box for ship- amber, Library, Thelen, Furniture: P Paint- Cail at private residence 105 Bast A’ AN IMMENSE SACRIFICE—AN ENTIRELY NEW first class 7 1-3 octave Piano; must be sold ES ardiess df cost. Piano can be seen at 261 Pearl t., moar Ful DECKER & BROS. PiANOFORTE FOR SALE st a sacrifice.—Four round carved rosewood case octave full ys cyerarene Friese, saving sit improves meats, cost rabipping: A octave uprl jano, a cost. BN. Guiy? months. "Call at private’ residence 47 West 16th Tech st —PIANOS; SAVE ; 7%, ALL IMPROVE A pes rent, ws R. CABLE, corner Oth av. ani and 28d st. LADY WILL SELL. AT LESS THAN $100, BE. BEAU- tiful Chickering rosewood Pianoforte, iron fri od orn stsle,, perfecs 3 Stool, Cover and Music; also an Organ. Sd at. rey ao Ste: ices Rag ET TAR cam ad ber ey class makers, great “Jha nad ot stroments te let ened joes; instalments eeives ‘HORACE Wa & iE ee aL ieoaieens COND } XD HAND PIANOS NEARLY Wi NEW, MADE DE BY GR hE] Pianos, 163 Bleecker WANTED TO PURCHASE. Wate aunt la ys ONB on Two an horses; state what Kind CUSTOMER Hei nn POLITICAL, EW YORK DEMOCRATIC CoUNTY ‘counarrrsE. = IRVING HALL, JANUARY as lectors of the cit; county of Yomutience aan nt and economical adminis tration of public affairs, and who reg secret political societies, such as Tammany and other kindred societies, 08 tending to degrade individual o 7 eee ee Peter shee in ea Rpeg med men as the gro as oerrene oe to titution and bylaws of th mocratic ec ‘Committees to’ meet on J 11, 1876, between the oars of Zand YP. M., at such place as may be designated Mlicers of the v diateiet commaitiees: and eh lecting judges of election to ‘to elect nok less than five delegates from each elec- Tom district, to constitute in each Atsembly tistrict a) As: ly District Committee for the year IN7#. The Assembly District Commitises shall moet for organ- ination on Friday evening, Jazuary 14 uext, at 8 o'clock, ab the follow ing place, Park row, First District— 0.17, eto. 22 City Hall pl Pia ‘Diskriet—Brooicer Ansombly" toons, ‘ourt! trict—1i ant iT ). fin Distetet S11 Hedene vy Ceenaare Home rie Nite Dian 239 y Bleecke Tenth District—441 6th st. eeereh, District—Germania Assembly Rooms, 6th av. 26th 61 "Twelfth District—Constitution, 101 ay. D. Thirteenth District~146 7th av. Previqenia District—Puinaw Hall, corner 12th st, and Filteenth District—W, rueris Hall, S10 West 36th st, Sixteenth Pisriet—1 Seve Dirrct National Hall, 44th st. Eighteenth Distrlet—459 3d Distrlet—Pryor's Hall, 124th at ath District --Brevoort Hall, Sith a first District—Freeborn Hall, 122d st. third and Twenty-fourth Warde—Uroveman’s Hall, Mane In each ‘assemony district the Chairman of the District Committee for 1875 shall call the District Committee for 176 to order, and preside until a temporary organization is tee ; ‘pon duly the said Coma scfrewiat by the election of permanent officers 1 proceed to elect as delegates to delegates for each iy "The dele tos to. the Democratic County Committes so bg ra Pe at ey Hall on the 2th day of Janu- ary, ier . for the purpose of organiziug. iy crane'of the Osumistes, IRA SHAFER, Chairman New York Democratic County Committee. Jour D. Govgntu, . Rovourn L. a, RL MeDoxovem, } Secretaries. EH. Gran, M. 1. Pagan . B, HART, Chairman Executive Committes. 5 Secreta: PROPOSALS. N W YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAIL- + road, Engineer's office, Sealed proposals will be’ recetved at this office until 12 o'clock on Tuesday, the 18th inst., for furnishing the ma- terials for and constructing the foundations for & grain ele- vator on North River, near 6th st., in this ct PI nd specifications may bé seen on Application at CHARLES Ht Engineer, room 19, Grand Central depot. EALED mpg OO yee WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL this office. Februar: the Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridie, at etal dae . 21 Water street, Brook. lyn, N. Y., for thd manufacture’ and delivery of 122 tons of casi steel wire rope, required for the erection of the tempo- rary foot bridge, cradie cables and other appliances neces. sary for the construction of the main cables of the East River Suspension Bridge. FRinted speeitientions, together with any other Information Jn regurd to these ropes, may be obtained from the 8 of the Board or of the Chief Engineer, W. A. ROEBLING.” INSTRUCTION, NORTH GERMAN GENTLEMAN GIVES LATIN and German lessons at pupil’s residence; terms 75c. prea Address L. G., box 127 Herald Uptown Branch o WW MONG THOSE WHO TEACH THR ART OF writing, OLIVER B, GOLDSMITH is ge reo the recognised head of the profession.”—Home Journ: Applicati for instruction will be received daily this week, from 3 to 8 o'clock P. M.. brs 56 West 4th st. LIVER B, GOLDSMITH. OLBEAR’S SOE MaROTAE COLLEGE, 1,198 Broaéwar; en day and evening; rapid’ Business Writing Bookkee; sepia, Arithmetic or Correspondence taught practically in a a few private lessons. RENCH LADY TEACHER FOR CALIFORNIA SEMI- nary wanted—Prineipal now in New York. CHERMERHORN, 14 Bond st. (PEACHER “WISHES 70 BXCHANGE LESSONS IX ish, music, drawing or painting for lessons in érman. Address Miss B., Herald Uptown Branch ‘ANTEDCINSTRUCTION IN TUE | PORTUGUESE nguuge, also in phonegraphy, two or three ev sk Address, stating terins, which must be iwoderate, erald office. BILLIA! DS. MERICAN STANDARD BEVEL BILLIARD TABLES, with Delaney's wire cushions, solely used te sil cham pionship and match gamer ry gains. WwW. H. GRivErT ‘t Gos 7) OLLENDER’S STANDARD AMERICAN BEVEL Billiard Tables. with the celebrated Phelan & Collender combination cushions, for sale in this city ouly at 738 Broad- way. _MARBLE MANTELS, T GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. An extensive stock of beg and Marble Mantels, Wash Trays and Siate Work, of Oa sG e pon YN SLATE COMPANY, Cnion square, Fourth avenue und Seventeenth st. N.Y. EXCHAN( GE. Waren IT UPA. UP A HOTEL, FURNITURE, Carpets, Crockery, J sbeoainy . Horses and Car: 1 give tock in exchang for ten days, SAVE INVESTMENT, box 140 Her. aa office. A TRICK THAT WAS VAIN. Little Johnny Horan, who waits at the cigar stand in | the Stock Exchange vestibule, has been awarded $25 | by the Law Committee of the Board for frustrating what might have been a swindle, but whi diseovery of a robbery. A day or two was approached by a man pear the Sub-Treasury, who told him he would givo bim $1 if he would get a check cashed for him. Little Johnny said he would, but very thoughtfully ran o' to Captain Thomas Sampson, who was on duty at the Exc! , and told him of the suspicious circumstance. over to Pine strect and arrested three young men, one of whom had offered the boy the check. Upon search- ing them # number of fin ket knives were found. It turns out that the: a, robbed the Post Office at Greenpoint, Lon; nd, which was kept in a drug store, from which they stole the knives. They were held by the United States authorities for trial, over 300 letters being found in their possession, RECORD OF CRIME. Aneak thief stole from the residence of Francis Fitz, No. 596 Seventh avenue, silverware valued at $55, The stable of Edward Gibbons, on Ridge road, near Central avenug, Tremont, was broken into and robbed of several pieces of harness. The store of Pablo, Battle & Co., commission merchants, at No, 48 Broad street, was broken into, and 1,100 cigars, valued at $69, together with two packages of gold leaf, worth $16, were stolen, Conrad Butler, of Xo. 19 Lewis Street, reported to the police that his house had been enterea by thieves, who stole $90 in bills, which he bad secreted in a straw mattress. Burglars broke into the liquor store of John Gerkin, at No. 42 Eighth avenue, and stole from the till $30 in currency. The apartments of Hepry Chapin, at No. 123 West Third street, were pilfered by sneak thieves of $2 worth of clothing. By means of false keys thieves effected an entrance into No. 113 New Church street, and carried away clotti- valued at $27. ichael Dooley, living at the corner of Prince and Mercer streets, reports to the police the loss-of a coat containing $30 and valuable papers, stolen from his ide rOmeer § Schmitt noticed the door of No. 566 Broome street open at an early hour yesterday morning, and on making Investigation discovered the impri of b lars’ tools, which had been used in prying open e door. lead pipe which the burglars bad cut John McCarthy, aged fourteen ye: resident in Carmine street, was arrested yesterday at the Hoboken Ferry, in New Jersey, for having stolen a number of rare pigeons from Mr. John Eberhardt, u ferry master, residing in Park avenue, Hoboki 6 Pigeous ai been placed in a sack. Twenty- abet 0 em were alive and twenty-one of them were suffocated. The thief was captured by Officers Hammond and Prank | sianging their amount of real ontate, which in panic McDana, while about to cross the ferry to New York. The residence of Mr. George W. Whittaker, at Long Springs, town of Southampton, L. 1, was entered by burglars on Saturday during the absence of the family. Two of Mr. Whittaker’s sons, however, returned before tho robbers had time to get off with their booty, which they had packed up. As they entered a patch of woods in the rear of the house four shots were fired at them, but with no other effect than to cause them to drop # sack of provisions. Edward McGovern and Loals Reilly, the two rowdies who knocked down and beat Jonn Reilly in First street, bata City, om Saturday night, were arrested yester- A shoplifter, named Mary Logan, came to grief in Jersey City, yesterday, while pursuing her favorite oc capaion, erse youth, named Robert Kennedy, who was and cared for by Mr. Tait, of Atlantic w 5 , fan away on Saturday, during th of the ot inmates, taking with him money. He was arrested and committed for trial yes- terday, The sum ofefive dollars was found in bis pos- session. The following prisoners were sent to their doom in the Court of Special Sessions at Jersey noice gg tell jel F. Bannon, larcency, three months; John Deitz, [ewe M, (ved months; Samuel Down wife-beater, ry Curran, larceny, teen months, Dani Moors ® youth who aasatlted bis mother, twelve months. Solomon Nathan, of Paterson avenue, Jersey City, ban) y with Thomas Craig, of New York, on 4 davit that the *] was free from encambrance. Craig found oat was vietrm- ized to the exteut of $1,000, and Nathan is now in jail. A NEW RAILWAY. Seevazcts have ween ee nae EOL days upon the raidroad from West Deer Park, Long island, y Jt is the intention to break ground imme- a & Jane next ctives at once went | Nothing was found except severul feet of | diately and to bave the road open for ‘ravel by the 1st missionera»* > NEW JERSEY'S FINANCES. STATE COMPTROLLER'’S REPORT—A FLATTERING EXHIBIT—A LARGE DIMINUTION IN THE EX- PENDITURES. : Trextox, N. J., Jan, 10, 1876. The State Comptroller’s report, which will be pre- sented to the Legislature to-morrow, will set out by showing that beyond two loans of $100,000 cach, which had been effected in order to meet appropriations made tothe new lunatic asylum at Morristown, the State does not owe any money excepting the war debt, The total receipts of tho State during the fiscal year Just closed were $3,214,543 93, derived from the follow- ing Sources:—State tax, $919,194 16; tax on corpora- tions and interest and dividends on stocks and bonds, $540,698 50; two-mill school tax, $1,226,054 98; income of school fund (not including amount paid on account of annual appropropriation), $427,983 06; various other sources, $100,000. The disbursements were as Rica ines rom the State fund, $1,566,037 05; school fund (not ne, State appro- priation), $315, 500; school tax, $1,225,592 21; war fund, $262,531 72; ‘brary fund, 2,014" Tl; ‘Agricul- tural College fund, $6,960. Total, $3,378,638 69. The amount remaining to the credit of the soveral funds is $208, 769 05, of which $89,830 74 belongs to the State un ‘The disbursements from the State fund were as fol- lows:—State Prison, $61,755, including $49,508 for salaries, and exclusive of a balance of $8,000 appropri- ated for the erection of gas wor! lunatic asylum at ‘Trenton, $44,388 16, exclusive of an appropriation of $15,000 made in tar for the purchase of additional Jand for asylum purposes; appropriations for the new lunatic asylom at town, $2,000,000; on account of the Legislatui of 1875, $83,918 6; militia, $44,725 22; printing, $78,205 20;' State House expenses, §2 55; State House ex- tension, $15,000; Reforin & ‘School, $34,000; Industriai School lor Girls, "$51, 000; support of idiots, mutes and blind persons, $47,748 52; salaries and fees, $46,995 83; edeeation, $07, 411’ 69 (this includes an approy riation of $25,000 to pablic schools and $151,000 annual appro- riation to the State Normal School). There are due from the State fund for public schools ive 000; Ripa- rian Commission, $11,000; pensions, 18 08; a diers’ monument at’ Beverley, coor Centennial stock, $80,000; Centennial Commission, ” $3,500; law and equity reports, $12,433 52; stationery and postage, apes 86; inaugural expenses ef Governor P seule, its of the war fund have been $263,358 98, and the disbursements $262,531 72. The principal dis- vursements were as follows:—For principal of the ma- turing bonded debt of the State and interest on out- standing war debt, $170,769 18; Home for Disabled Soldiers, $43,536 30;' Soldiers’ Children’s Home, $27,976; State’ military account, $18,414 97. The principal ‘items of the estimated expenditures for the current year are as follows:—To pay maturing prin- cipal of the bonded debt of the State, $100,000; interest on State bonds, $47,427 ee to pay temporary loans, $200,000; State’ Prison, $! 96,000; militia, $50,000; Iu batic asylum fat Trenton, $45,000; Legisiature, $80,000; transportation and st $35, 000; printing, $50,000; State House expenses, 000 ; Reform School, $26,500 support of wot mutes Leal blind, $50,000; salaries and fees, $47,000; salaries of judiciary, $70,000; education, $288,000; pensions, $30,000; Centennial stock, $20,000; Centennial Commission, $16,900; Home for Disabled Soldiers, $40,000; Soldiers’ Children’s Home, $15,000; State military account, $18,000; contingent and ‘mei dental, $24,322, Total, $1,722,000. It is believed that these expenses will be provided for without increased taxation. The actual expenses for the past year show a diminu- tion in nearly all of the various departments as com- pared with the preceding year. They amount to $3,378,635 69, about ninety per cent of which has been expended for’ charitable, educational, penal and re- formatory purposes, THE MISSING UNION PACIFIO BONDS. The loss of twelve one thousand dollar Union Pacific first mortgage bonds by the firm of Marx & Co., of No. 50 Exchange place, was noticed in these columns on Friday, The boys who had charge of them (sixty- seven in all) reported that twelve were lost between the banking house of their employers and the offices of Messrs. Winslow, Lanier & Co. The exact manner of the loss was not made very plain, but it was charitably Supposed that the indiarubber bands confining the precious roll had burst and the bonds had fallen to the floor or in the street. The firm involved, however, immediately telegraphed the numbers of the bonds over the various wires and warned brokers an@ dealers not to negotiate them. On Saturday Holland, Ger- many, England and France were warned not to buy vonds of the indicated numbers; so, as it afterward appeared, ‘he r THE ROGUES IN POSSESSION conclnded to arrange for their return to the rightful owner. As nearly a3 could be ascertained yes- terday, their method, as learned from the de- tectives, Captain Sampson and Doyle, was as follows:—On Saturday afternoon Mr. arx received ® note written in a disguised hand saying, in effect, if the banker would go on Sunday afternoon to the corner of Thirteenth street and Broadway, provided with ten one hundred dollar bills, he could have his bonds re- turned upon the payment of that amount named as the reward. Mr, Marx went to the spot at the hour in- dicated, visited the saloons im the neighborhood, wait- ing impatiently for the appearance of his mysterious correspondent. was about retiring when a note was slipped into bis hand, which informea him, in execrable English, that he must go to the corner of Twenty-third street and Broadway, in front of the Erie Railway ticket office, where he would see a person who would deliver the securities, Vexatious as this trifling was, the banker walked to th ot Suggested, and was the: met by another messen, who handed him an em- bossed envelope of the Fifth Avenue Hofel, within which was a scrawl, saying {t was evident he ‘was not alone, but if be would Proceed to Fourteenth street and Fourth avenue he would certainly find the person bi desired. By this time, as must be apparent to the reader, the chase was getting @ little monotonous, but ; Mr. Marx had the patience TO FOLLOW HIS UNKNOWN CORRESPONDENT, and this time he was rewarded with success, for a young man approached him and asked jim in German if bis name was Marx. The answer was in the affirm. ative, the banker quickly adding tho remark to his strange interlocutor :— “Aad you are the man who have my bonds?” “Yes,” was the business-like answer; ‘nave you the money ?”” “I have," There was a rapid consultation as to the best place for an exchange, the emissary suggesting a saloon, but the banker refusing to go into any covered place: finally, however, in Thirteenth street, near Wallack’s Theatre, b> exchange was made, the receiver of the $1,000 leav- the twelve bonds in Mr. Marx’s han id taking tobis heels with the velocity of a deer. Such is a brief history of this extraordinary circum- stance, and it carries its own moral with it, Mr, Marx, upon being visited by the Hxxa.o representativ b- stantially admitted the truth of the main particul above given, but declined to be particularly !nterviewed on the subject, He has his bonds, and is satisfied with their recovery; but there is something in this shame- faced outrage on property which the police should look to at once. BUSINESS FAILURES. Solomon Goldsmith, wholesale butchor, at the foot of East Forty-seventh street, whose assignment to Henry W. Lockwood has already been noticed, has liabilities amounting to $29,841 49; nominal assets, $14,035 46; $4,685 Lamb, jeweller, of No. 70. Chatham street, who Jersey City, was yesterday obliged to sus- pend and make an assignment to Charles Koss, of No. 138 East Houston street, PAILURE OF OCKERSHAUSEN BROS. Great excitement was produced on the strect yester- day, after hours, by the rumor of the failure of Messrs. Ockershausen Brothers, large sugar refiners, of No. 87 ‘Wall and No, 380 South street. Tho report was at first generally disbelieved. Careful inquiry, however, proved it to be true, The firm ts an old one, having been founded in 1552 under the name of A. F. & H. J. Ockersbausen, In 1860 the name was changed to that of Ockershausen Brothers, They are said to own w large amount of real estate, which is, however, encumbered by mortgages to the ex: tent of $225,000. They were estimated to be worth over $1,000,000 and always bad good credit, notwith- times caused some Le theres B he members of iy Grm at presen r. Adolf F., Henry A, George and John H. Ockershausen. The three former live York; the latter ts a resident of Connecticut. RALD reporter called yesterday evening at the house of Mr, Adolf F. Ockershau No. 11 West Twenty-ninth street, but was informed by his danghter for a couple of months, nd to his business . ry Ockershausen was absent the reporter "talled. On Joa tha was learned that Mr. George P, Ockershausen was sick, About $100,000 of the! notes are said to be on the street, At the time the County Clerk's office was closed yesterday they had not as yet made any assiga- ment, AVOIDING ACCIDENTS AT FIRES. To THe Eprton or tHe Haratp:— In reply to the person signing the letter H. tothe paragraph in relation to accidents at fires, in the Henaup of the 9th inst, 1 would state that the Fire Commissioners of this city and also the officers of the different companies do exercise the tull power that is given them by the laws of 1871 in providing both nts and Ores im large public buildings, There is now, at the present time, officers detailed from gine companies making a eareful survey of all botels, theatres, music halls, public schools, churches and factories, and making such recommenda- tions as to additional measures of F poessoned Necessary acid t to prevent te or fires, cannot be expected that ‘ire Department can place « man im these dif- feren: atall times; but if the writer of that ar- ticle any violation of the laws of the ment to the officers at the nearest ine house, there will be measures taken to have it removed, Let Mr. H. drop talking about removing the Fire Com sick oF wishes to get one of their PIGEON SHOOTING. 4 MATCH AT BURLINGTON YESTERDAY—BINT- LIFF, YAN SCYVER AND LOVATE DIVIDE THE STAKES—ANOTHER MATCH ARRANGED FOR. ‘Trexvox, N. J., Jan. 10, 1876, An important pigeon shooting inatch took place at Burlington this afternoon. A high wind prevented anything like the score that was expected from the character of the contestanta The entry was $10, mak- ing the sweepstakes $150. The distance was 25 yards; rise, 25 yards; bounds, 80 yards; 1 ounce shot, any gun; five traps; Rhode Island rules; H and T traps The following is the score :— 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0 1, 6, 0, © M. Johnson—1, Boga: ardus— 1. Brines—t, 0, : a L, Dover—0,'0,'1,"0, ¥ ‘Atkipson--0, 1.0 0, 1, a Messrs. Binuitf, Van ‘Se; and C, Lovatt Jenofhta ag eight birds ous ar dlora divided the stakes equally. A match was then made between Mr. Sogaries Ww. Carson and M. Johnson on one side, and F. ing and the Lovatt brothers on the other, for $300 aside, to take place at Suffolk Park, Philadelphia, on Monday next, SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD. The New Stakes at Ascot with 500 sovereigns added, the Gold Cup with 800 sovereigns added, the Alexandra Plate with 1,000 sovereigns added, and the All-aged Stakes with 200 sovereigns added, closed and named on ‘the 4th inst. Lord Falmouth has sold Dreadnaught, and the horse will be taken abroad. Conseil, Pacha and Jardini¢re, who went to the nam- mer on the 20th ult, have gone to Robert Pock's stable, the former having been purchased by the Russley trainer for fifty guineas profit upon the 500 guineas for which he was knocked down, At last accounts from the English clubs business was ata standstill, there being no attempt to bet on the coming weight for age races of this year. One piece of gossip, however, was current at headquarters—Tatter- éall’s—that the reported sale of Galopin is premature, The terms at the last moment were not agreed to by bis intended purchaser, and negotiations have fallen through. Whether ne is sold or not, Galopin will not run again, and in the-event of his changing hands, the chief among the conditions provides that he shall not leave the country. On the 27th ult, in the Christmas Open Steeplechase at Kingsbury, Victoire made sad havoc of her three op- ponents, of whom the veteran King of the Roses was backed for alot of money, The fields were small, but a very Jarge company attended the races. A fair number of holiday folks aseembled at Streatham to witness the steeplechases that took place. on the 27th of December, Boxing Day. The runners were not numerous, but each event on the card pro- duced a race, Merlin won the big steeplechase easily from Montabart and Feeling, the heavy going suiting him exactly. Old Whinyard won the selling hurdle race, and in this race Sattie broke her off hind leg and had to be destroyed. The largest field of the day went to the post for the Mitcham Hurdle Handicap, the re- sult being a dead heat between Jupiter and Peep o'Day, the former subsequently walking over, Birdcatcher, who was beaten off in the Railway Steeplechase on the 2ist ult., won the following event, which was a selling sweepstakes, for which he was en tered to be sold for 60 sovereigns, and was then pur- chased by Jesse Winfield tor 200 yen Johnny, six years old, by Jingling Johnny, while on the road from Uffinton'to Lambourne, England, De- cember 24, mot nis death by coming in’ contact with a cart. His owner, Mr, Clement, was in the saddle, but escaped uninjured, The two-year-old colt Little Ben, by the Earl or Grim- ston, out of Latakia, has been sold to go to Naples. Young Weeden, who rides for J. Nightingale, met with a serious accident on December 20 at kpsom. He was riding Bonny Swell through the town when he came in collision with a baker's cart, one of the shafts of which penetrated the horse's breast, the injury being 80 great that Bonny Swell’s life is despaired of. ‘eeden ‘was thrown to the ground, and his head coming in cun- tact with the curbstone he was nearly scalped, the skin on the top of his bead being torn completely back, while his face about the nose and eyes was badly cut. The boy will recover. ‘The Grand Military Steeplechases will take place at Rugby on the 13th and lth of March. A bet has beep made on the Two Thousand Guineas of £500 even that either Petrarch, Kaleidoscope or M. de Fligny would win the race. The number of races run for during this year has been slightly in excess of the previous season, the exact figures being 1,909 as against 1,873. The increase was almost entirely in the short distance ; for there were 261 of half a mile or under, or twenty-eight more than last year. More than half of the total number of races wero run for on courses of more than haifa mile and under a mile; 256 were mile race 261 were over a mile and under two; seventy-nii re over two miles, and under — three; en were three” miles and ander four, and six were decided over @ four-mile course. During the last six years there has been a continuous decrease im the number of long distance races and an almost corresponding increase in the number of ‘short cuts.’ In 1870 there were 397 races of from one to two miles ‘and 173 of between two and three miles, and, as the figures for this seasoa are 261 and 79 respective follows that the decrease has been in one case 33 and in the other more than 100 percent, Last year, with a smaller total of races decided than this, there were 101 events the value of which exceeded £500, but only eighty-nine of the 1,909 run for this season attained that limit Of this number sixty-one were worth from £500 to £1,000 and ninetecn from £1,000 to £2,000. Out of the nine races the value of which exceeded the last mentioned figure, the most valuable was the Derby of £4,960, won by Prince Batthyany’s Galopin, and the least so the Lio- colashire Handicap of £2,010, won by Mr. Turner's The Gunner, Between them stand the Two Thousand Guineas (£4,550), won by Mr. Vyner’s Camballo; the St. Leger ( (ike ), won by Mr. Stirling Crawfurd’s Craig Millar; the Middle Park Plate (£3, 404), won by Mr. Spencer's Petrarch; the Oaks (, won by Lord Falmouth’s Spinaway; the Pri: bags f Wales’ Stakes at Ascot (£2,825), won by Mr, Savife’s Earl of Dartrey ; the Cambridgeshire Stakes (£2,400), won by Mr. Mannington’s Sutton, and the One Thousand ineas (£2,350), won by Lord Faimouth's Spivaw Pali Mali Gazette, Dee. 21. PEDESTRIANISM. Yesterday, at Lillie Bridge, West Brompton, « ten- mule handicap was decided in the presence of a large number of holiday makers. The prizes offered were as tollows:—£17 for the winner, £5 for the second man, £2 for the third and £1 for the fourth. Eleven runners started, not one of them, however, being up to any- thing like first class form. Their names and starts were:—W. Morgan (Lenham), 16 seconds; A Markham (Marylebone), 1 minute; A. Flaunty (Woolwich), 1m. 45s.; W. Corkey (Bethnal-green), 2m. lia; J, Tester (Billingsgate), 2m. 308.; W. Beavan (Camberwell), 2m. 80s.; J. Burnley (Paddington), 2m, 308.; T. Hamilton (Homerton), 2m. 408. ; Stephens (Clerkenwei!), 3. min. utes; H. Andrews (Holborn) 5 minutes, and 8, Scam- mel (Fulham), 6 minutes. The race, though fairly inter esting throughout, was not at any point exciting. Scam- meil, id of sixteen, held the lead for a considerable time, running pluckily and well. in the course of the fifth mile, however, he gave way to Beavan and Burnley, and was never afterward prominent, Having once beaded his field, Beavao had the race in hand for mainder of the ‘distance, and he won vory easily was second, his time being hed third, some distance be- hind, in 68m. 278. unty fourth. Morgan, the virtaal scratch , Was sixth. For completing the distance in lest than an hour Beavan, Burnley, Mark. ham and Morgan received extra prizes. Mr. J. V dy, Bell's Life, was official timekeeper. At the conclusion ol race four military teams took part in the rope pulling Waren known ag the “Tug of War.” — London Telegraph, Dee. 28. POLO IN THE PLATE. The first regular meeting at this popular game which promises to become a great favorite with our countrymen settled in the Buenos Ayrean camps, came offen the w own estancia, the “‘Nogreti,”’ last September. The numerous guests invited to assist at the inauguration were delighted at the spirited con- tests which took piace All agreed that the game is the very thing for the country, the active little Buencs Ayrian horses, accustomed, from breaking, to turn upon a sixpence, being ital mounts for the contend- ing cavaliers. The siaes of the two two prineipal games are Shen: ing and Langley, ed brilliantly, a were tonal cheered. Mr, nan’s visitors were indebted to him for a very pleasant fete, and wit! long remember the hospitalities and amusements at the Estancia Negras a ‘anklyn, M mi Hawes you eed Kraebe d Blue ware a esi —Riog t (Captain), Hawes Dashwood, World (bine)—Shen: nan in}, Langley, Mecnhrin, by ang and Kr abe, Biue won by one goal.—The Field, Lec, 25 COTTON SHIPMENTS ABROAD. Fifteen handred bales of cottom are to be shipped direct from the mammoth cotton warehouses, at Tor neville, & L} to Liverpool, this week. The will be the Grst shipment of cotton from that piace , the Hippodrome could have been filled with Mr. Hall 3 “THE CRUCIBLE.” A. Oakey Hall’s Retirement from the Stage. Letter from Manager Fiske Proposing @ Complimentary Benefit. To tax Epitom oy tue Heratp:— Sm—lIf, as the press declared, the début of Mr. a, Oakey Hall at the Park Theatre was ‘‘a dramatic event,’ certainly his retirement from the stage at the end of three weeks is another event equally dramatic, The types were still hot with the announcement of hit “great succeas,’”? when they were put together in the advertisement of the ‘ast nights of Oakey Hall and ‘The Crucible,’ The festivities at Elsinore were re versed, and the marriage-baked meats did coldly fur nish forth the funeral table, In the very wise and witty speech which concluded the performances at the Park on Saturday uight, Mr. Hall, resuming his natural ease and aplomb as he felt himself rid of theatrical shackles, skilfully Jet himse!f, the play, the company and the management down as gently as possible, Even the man who hissed in the dress circle was only punished with @ clever Latir pun. Butif Mr. Hall had been in the witness box im stead of resuming his old arts as an advocate, he woulé have told a very different story about the manner ip which he has been supported at the Park— both before and behind the —footlighta, Since he did not choose to speak out his friends must bear witness for bim. He bas always deen too good a friend to the theatrical and journalistic Professions to be allowed to slip off the stage placarded, for the first time in his life, with that fatal word, “failure.”? There {s no possible doubt that it is a very good thing for the dramatic profession that Mr. Hal! did not succeed, Ifhe had demonstrated that it were a very easy matter for anybody to leave his lifelong occupa tion, walk upon the stage and achieve fame and fortune off hand, our theatres would have been demoralized. The public, losing sight of the exceptional qualities and training of Mr. Hall, would have concluded that acting required no study, n0 experience, no art, Everybody who failed in any o:her business would have made » raid upon the drama, forgetting that Mr. Hail did not £0 upon the stage because he had failed elsewhere, but because he was sarfeited with other successes. The theatre would bave been transformed into o home for incurables. Physicians would have sent their lunatic patients to Booth’s instead of Bloomingdale. The whole profession would have been turned topsy-turvy and would bave lost even the dubious artistic position which it hag struggled s0 many years to acquire in this country. Success might have made Mr, Hall rapidly rick; but bis reputation would have been patchworked out of the lost reputations of all our experienced actors and ac- tresses. These were the sentiments with which thoughtful artists rogarded Mr, Hall’s advent. On the other hand, the public considered it as a great curiosity, Stimulated by able editorials, interviews which did not tell too much and rumors which were protean in thelr assumptions, the people were anxious to see the ex- Mayor, ex-editor, ex-politician, ex-lawyer in his new réle. With ordinary managerial tact, courtesy and honesty, the largest theatre !n New York could have been crowded. on the first night, at $5 a seat, Aside altogether from the question’ as to whether Mr. Hall is a good actor, or **The Crucible’’ a good play, such managers as Messrs, Jarrett & Palmer would heave insured @ tremendous business for & month in their immense building; such a manager as Mr. Daly would buve “run” this contemporaneous personal sensation as long s “Divorce” or “Pique;’’ such an establisument os Wallack’s would have been filled for the season. But the public have not yet seep Mr. Hall play. The man- agement at the Park seemed admirably designed to keep them away, ks to the Thursday matinée, the professionals bad a chance to pass Juagment upon their ola friend, and it is their verdict and that of the critics which goes upon the record—not the verdict of the people to whom Mr, Hall evidently intended to ap- eal, Mi To begin with, the début of Mr. Hall at the Park was not properly billed and advertised. The management relied solely upon the gratuitous notices of editors and reporters. But when a theatre-goer reads 4 notice of play or a player, he turns to the advertisement to | the exact details of time, prices, &c. No euch det were given in the Park advertisements. Mr. Hall's name was not mentioned in them until a day or two be- fore bis début By this time the public had begun to look upon fuir as a huge practical joke. When the advertisements did at last appear, no tickets were to be had at thetheatre. Intending purchasers were coolly referred to the hotels orthe speculators. Five dol- lars, $3 and $2 were, to my perronal knowledge, charged for $1 50 tickets. The public naturally re- sented these ticket frauds, and on the first night, when personal friends, the little pueumonia breeding, m- cremation threatening, unfinished and unfurnished Park Theatre was only filled in spots. I saw the dress circle nearly empty, the standing room down stairs not crowded at $1 ahead. A few'days afterward Mr. Hall iesued a special card to announce that seats could be secured at the box office, but this came too late. The New York puolic may forget, but it never forgives, and the mismanagement of the front of the house Jone suflicient to account for the agement. All the papers gave criticisms of Mr. Hall's début, but none gave a report of what he did, how he did it and what ovvious obstacles he encountered, In other words, they paid bim the compliment of treating him precisely as if hes were Booth or Davenport appearing in 8 uew part, They made no allowances for bie Dat- ural nervousness, They added that little extra cruelty with which we always consider the performances of our dearest friends. Perhaps they did not know that Mr. Hall, withall his inexperience, had to carry the whole play on his anaccustomed shoulders Nobody had belped bim rehearse, The company, bastily gath- ered trom the four quarters of the country, had not been properly drilled, and consequently played uke militia instead of regulars. The manager, who boasts “one hundred mouths" of management, did not have strength of mind enough to cut out the irrgevant third act (in which Mr. Hall only appears, in tableau, fora moment) and made a farce of the jury scene—as will now he tardily boy Rr ig was bot even @ competent person to see that the scenes were por tg Mr. Hall was forced to mnuege, stage manager, prompter, scenic artist and ‘call bose at “addition to bis dual roles of author and actor. Thus overweighted, the wonder is that he did so well and that the play survived the first act, Yet, with all these drawbacks, I cbailenge any critic with a memory to deny that Mr, Hali’s rst night in “The Crucible” was far superior to Mr. William Florence's frst night Prd a similar play, ‘The Ticket-ol-Leave Man,” although Mr. Florence had the advantages of long experience, the study of an English actor in the past and compe- tent support upon the stage, It must be added to Mr, I's credit that he improved with every pei and bad be played, bad he been allowed w ay, as well upon the first night as upon t! jast, the result of his engagement might have been very suereat. abi saan a ut, for the reasons already stat o not t that Mr, Hail has resolved to return to the Bar, ‘where he is facile prineeps, and your valuable apace shall pot be wasted in conjectures as to what might bave been had his “Ceutennial’ manager been possessed of the managerial sense, Asa play “The Crucible” ts good enough to take care of itself, Properly lopped and trimmed 1¢ will and travel when some star takes a faucy to Mr. Hall's part or to that of the ‘craity Craft.” As (or Mr. Hall Limeelf, | wish, with your permission, to conclude this Sunduy dramatic sermon with a prac- tical application. The theatrical world owes a great deal to Mr. Oakey Hall, and there is now a graceful op- portunity to pay part Of the debt, His attempt to join the proiession was intended, and was received, as a compliment to art, and he should pot be permitted to Jeave the stage without a reciprocal compliment The money which he has wasted upon the Park Theatre has gone—some of it, at least—into the pockets of actors wnd actresses, and all the artiste in New York will be anxious to give it back to Mr. Hall, now that be is to reure. Let us organize @ grand farewell compiimentary matinee veneiit to Oakey | Hall, at the Academy of Mu- sic? cast bis play, * to the full strength of all the best theatres in the city, place the manna: ment in the hands of our leading mavagers, and ask Mr, Hail to play Wilmot Kierson for the iast time, with the éclat whieb ought to have distinguished bis fret night. The public will be very glad to ll the house, and the proceeds, if Mr. Hall will not accept them, can be donated to the dramatic fund. Since Mr. Hall has decided only to remain upon the stage these three weeks he must be regarded as, in some sort, a guest of the profession. ws unite to mal is Visit memorab! d his parting pleasant. I am certain that the legitimate managers, actresses and actors of New York will be ready to adopt and henge ont this suggestion if you will open your colu their letters, and that Mr. Daveoport, of Booth 4 John Brougham, of the Fifth Avenue, Mr. John bert, of Waliack’s, and Mr. Stoddart, of the Union Square, with omg 2 will consent fr ae Of arrangement. | am, sir, yours, faithtall Loree Civs, Jan, 9, 1876 STEPHEN FISKE. DIVORCE MADE EASY. Horatio Neilson, of Gien Cove, Long Irland, has found a method simplifying divorce, He has published the following notice to all whom it may concern :— This certifies that | have this day dissolved ail rela~ tions with Amanda Netison, so that she may take care of herselfand marry whom she pleases without my interference with ber and her future husband, whoever rovided that my three children—Mi Louiea and James Hood Neileon— ream 7) my custody, vo be provided for by me, with- ib apy manner whatever. viii bocren mane if HORATIO NRILSON,