The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1876, Page 3

U NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. ; An Ex-Private Secretary of the Presidei Befcre the Committee on Whiskey Trials. BLUFORD WILSO} ‘A Full Explanation of the “Sylph” Signa- ture and Its Representative. TESTIMONY CONTRADICTED. Wasuinctom, August 12, 1976, General Horace Porter, the former private secretary of President Grant, was examined this morning before the Committee on Whiskey Trials in St Louis, and was asked to state what had occurred in the interview which he had had with Mr. Bluford Wilson touching a tortain letter writion by the lattor to Mr, Henderson in St. Louis. His rep'y was as follows:—That interview scoured Ina purely accidental manner; I,will state Just bow tt occurred, us it has been quotod erroneously in the testimony of Mr. Wilson; in No- vember last, or, possibly m the early part of Decem- ber, I spent a day in Washington; I called at the Ex- ecutive Mansion to pay my -respacts to the President and bis family; in passing through General Babcock’s room I fell into a conversation with him and one or . bwo others who were present, in the course of which he said he had received, through an anonymous Boarce, a very extraordinary letter, which he handed | me to read; It was contained in an envelope post- marked “St. Louis,” bearing a rocont date; it ap- Pearod to be» acopy of aletter written by Wilson uddressed ‘Mr, Henderson ;”’ it was the “bottom ana | top” letter which the committee has had poiore it, and {t was headed at the top, “a true copy;"? then followed | what purports to be a copy of a letter from Wilson to Hendorson; it was not an origitlal letter and did not purport tobe an original letter; as I understood; neither General Babcock nor apy of bis assistants recog- ized tho handwriting of the anonymous sender; after reading tho letter I stated that I did uot believe Mr. Wilson had been guiity of writing a letter of that character, and that it was my practice in business Bot to pay any attention to anonymous letters; Gen- eral Babeock stated that that was the course be always Pursued,@nd that he did not think it worth while to show this letter to the President; 1 understood him to say that it had been shown to Mr. Pierrepont and Mr. Bristow; I told him that I thought it would only ve an of justice to Mr, Witson to send the leiter to him, and I thought the best way to treat the sub- + ject was with entire frankness; he said that this had been bis intention; but 1 think ho sail Mr, Wilsop bad been absent trom the city and that he bad not yet bad un opportunity to bring the letter to his notice; I um not so positive about this state- ment; 1 satd'that if the letter were given me I would volunteer fo take It to. Mr, Wilson and do him the jus- luce to show it to him; the fetter was handed to me and, in the course of t! day, I went to call on Mi. ; 1 think I met him on the street or at his hotel and walked with bim to his office in the Treasury Departrment; 1 told bim that such a letter bad been re- ceived und I’ handed it to him; he appeared to know all about it and said that he was not surprised, as he had learned that the letter bad been lost or stolen in the Court House in St. Louis; he said It was not a correct copy of his letter, and after a while be broughs out his letterpress copybook and turned to the press copy of his original letter, ouc of us read- Ing this press copy while the other’ ready the copy which I had brought; my recollection is that (hey were Identical, except as to the letters “W. H.,’? which, in the anonymous copy, were inserted’ in’ parenthesis after the word “top;” on this discrepancy being inted out I saw at once that the letters ‘-W. a had n interpolated, and I told Wilson that I was péi fectly satisfied of that fact; he then went on to mal an explanation in regard to the letter; he stated ‘ery positively that that letter had’ no refe fnce Whatever to the President or to General Babcock, that it had no reference whatover to the visit Of the President’s party to St. Louis the previous fall, but that it related ontirely to whiskey thieves in St. Louis; I think he sald tnat there was a motion pe: ing to quash the indictments aguinst some of them, aud he thought it was necessary to have an increased watch- fulness during the next ten days atter writing the let- ter to prevont their escape, but, he said be meant to stand or tall by that lettei e Only wanted the truth in regard to it to be oTeeet told him that ac- cording to my understanding thé jetter had not been Shown to the President, and that I saw no necessity of its being shown him. He then asked mo person- ally to show this letter to the President, and w Gtate to him the “W, H.” was interpolated in the copy, and also to mako to the President the same expiana- tion which he had made to me; you will vbserve that I had a copy of a letter with ine, not un original letter, and not purporting to be an original letter, and that the letters “W. H.” were not inserted in an origina letter and in a difleront handwriting, as has been asserted, 80 that I could not bave said I saw this forgery im the original letter, Mr. Plaisted—Was it allin the same handwriting— the “W. H.”’ and the rest of it? Witness—It was all in the same handwriting. THE “SYLPH.”” In the course of conversation Mr, Wilson asked me what‘l understood to be the origin of the term “Sylph’? and the explanation of the ‘Syiph” despatch ; 1 knew pothing in regurd to the origin of that term, or any circumstances connected with it of my own Knowl- edge; 1 merely repeated to Mr. Wilson what Gevoral Babcock had tcld meat Long Branch the previous Summer, when from motives of curiosity, ] asked him what tho explanation was; what I repeated to Mr. Wilson as comibg from General Babcock was as iol- lows:— That in the fall of 1874 General Babcock visited St. | Louis with the President's party; that ou one occasion McDonaid, then supervisor of that district, was present jyeiss some other government officers) with General abeock, either at a hotel or ata lair which was being held in the city; that McDonald pointed out a hand- some woman, ‘but rather large in size, and called ler a “sylph;” that that was done such a | wanner as to Create considerable amusement thut it was relerrod to afterward by way ot a joke, ‘and that it vecamo a tort of byword; 1 did not understand that the Presivent was present on this occasion, nor did I ui derstund that there was any retlection upon the lady's character; the allegation that i uttered or even ro- peated o gross and vulgar slander on the President in Mat connection, or im any other connection, or that 1 tered language which could by any possibility trued into a reflection upon bis character, 13 so ly absurd as to bear its own refutation on its face; but 1 want right bere, under toe solemnity of an oath, to give to that statement a broad and absolute ana un- qualitiod denial, AN INNOCKNT TRLEGRAM, Mr. Blutord Wilson says or imsinuates that I stated Vhat the “Sylph” telegram referred to the movements of some parties who were going out to St. Louis on w bridgo business. Now mark the perversion. What I Mated to him im regard to that was precisely thia, In speaking of the telegrams, and for the purpose of ill wating how suspicious a telegram might be on tts face, and yet how innocent might be its nature, | stated that Colonel Stevens had recentiy told me what he once Te- served a telegram from ral Babecck in Washington while he (volo Stevens) was in Bt. Louis, which read as follows 0 one going froin bere.” Tho Colonel remarked that on its face, and Without explanation, that telegram tight louk very Suspicious, but that a day or two befor betug a faitroad manager and hearing that tho Pragdent and bis party were coming to St. Louis to attend@he open- ing of the St, Louis briage on the Fourth of July, tele- graphed to General Babcock to know when the Previ- dent would reach there aud of hew mauy his party would cousist, and that it was 10 auswer to th General Babcock sent him the very inno ply: —No one going from bere.” THE BOTTOM AND Tor LuTrEn. I took occasion, in compliance with Mr. Wilson's re- quest, to speak to the Presigent in relation to the “bo tom of top” lotter in my interview with the President; I | showed him the copy, and explained to him that 1 bad compared it with Mr. ‘Wilson's letter press copy and that the “W. H.” was av interpolation, and I gave him the sxplanation winch Mr. Wilson bad given to wi the President exhibited consulerable feeling in regard to the letter, and did not appear to regard the SW. oH. os at all insportaot; it was the gel tome of the lotier’ “to which be objected; I suggested that he should send for Mr, Wilson, soe tho leiter prexs copy hunself anu hear Uhe explanation from Mr. Wilsou bimsel!, as T did not waht tu be the vebicle fur transmitting auy explana- on; now, I want to say here that I made ths call on Mr. Watson from inotives of kindness aud with a dispo tition to do him un act of justice, and that the only Fi re Feceived thys far is having my nume drawn into an unseemly discussion in Teierence 10 A matter ubout which 1 koow litte or pothing and care still less; the President was annoyed by the letter and looked upon it as vory disrespectiul and as an effurt to set spies upon him during bis visit | to St Louis; the President said that Mr. Wiisou | ought to be retnoved, and that was what led me to ask (bat be might seud ior Mr. Wilson himseif; lis may- wer and bisJanguage left thesimpression upon me that be was going to remove Mr. Wiisou. CROSS-EXAMINATION, Mr. Porter was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. Cochraue, and ip reply to questious be deuied jons on tho part of pend sed that ine | e had bad with cock was -n the purchase of two lots of w York, in the purchase an doer ‘had as a frie ‘did not believe that any papers implicating Babootk were e presented to the President in uuection with biack Friday proceedings because hw i been ussurekby Genoral Babeock that he had no _ tarthiy connection with anything of the kind, and that bo papers implicating itn could exist unless ihey were jorget. Mr. William Bo Moors, special Treasur: - “ trudicted in bis teetinony statements rf rote Se Peroing Lim; awong other things be denied j “aver staied he saw Geueral wadcock recei he ace ittee hi: he comtnittee have adjouraed a further examination Whiskey irauds until the neat session of Congress, | lished in the Jecord by authority of the Committee on THE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON APYROPRIATIONS YOR SECTARIAN SCHOOLS—A BEPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC VIEW OF DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY—THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC AP- PRORRIATIONS, Wasuixotox, August 12, 1876. In the Senate at one o’elock the juint resolution pro- Posing an amendment to the constitution of the United States prohibiting appropriations for sectarian schools was read a third time, in accordanco with the order of the Sonate last evening. The presiding oMcer (Mr. Ferry) then announced that it would ke its place on the calendar, tho order of the Senate directing its third reading having been executed, ‘Tho question now is, Shall the joint resolution pass ; and a two-thirds vote will be necessary to pass is, DEMOCRATIC KCONOMY EXPOSKD. Mr, Wivpom, of Minnesota, said his object m asking the indulgence of the Senate at this time was to cor- rect the grously {also aud exaggerated statement which bad recently been paraded on this floor and elsewhere. The statement to which he referred had been embodied in tabulated form and was intended to vo employed as one of the chief arms of aggressive wartare during the Pres- idential campaign, He would clearly demon- strate its fallacy and its falsity £0 that no one would hereafter use it without knowing that his weapon was falxehood. He then presented a table, recently pub- Appropriations of the House of Representatives, show | ing that the amounts appropriatod for tho year ending June 30, 1877, by the present House were $38,516,312 less than the appropriations for the saine purposes made by the'last House tor the year ending June 30, 1876. Resuming bis argument he raid:—Based upon this table jf hud been frequently asserted that over $39,000,000 bad veen saved to the Treasury, and the at- tention of the country had beon called to the magpifl cent economy which had been secured by electing a democratic House of Representatives. This modest pretension had been daily dinned into the ears of Senn- tors from the other end of the Capito! and by certain Senators on this tloor. Having been a member of the Committee on Appro- priations tor six years he knew how earnestly, faith. fully and successfully both Houses of Congress had striven to apply the principles of true economy in cutting down expemiditures to the lowest point con- | sistont with the efficiency of the public service anu the sacred obligations of the nation, lie knew tbhatasa result of that effort the ordinary expenses of the gov- pinent bad been reduced irom $229,915, 088 in 1866 to $171,621,848 27 10 1875, making a total reduction in sevon yours of $58,393,230 84, leaving an actual ave: ago reduction of $8,341,891 40. Ho kuew also that t reduction made at tho last session of Congrese was $13,313,222 17 below the appropriations made the previous yoar. Mr. Windom then submitted a table to the effect that the actua! reductions were $30,276,241 53, tustead of 516,312, and, resaming bis argument, sad this dif- ference was made up by deducting trom the democratic table $4,032,212 44 charged up tor deficiencies, which had no possible connection with the year 1876 or 1877, and hence could not enter into the comparative appro- priatious of those years, but which appear in the democratic statement us a saving of that amount, Second, the sum of $1,807,858 02 of ‘unoxpended balances” which the House bill had appropriated with- out naming amounts. ‘Third, the last House of Representatives appropri- ated $500,000 tor the Centennial, which is charged up in, the comparative statement The preseut House appropriated $1,500,000 for the sume purpose, but aid not charge it in their compara- tive statement, henco $1,5v0,000 must be deducted from their total suvings. For forts on the Yellowstone there was appropriated this year, but not entering into the table, $200,000 more, which inust be deducted; also $200,000 for ‘the Washington moaument, which does not appear in their table. These sums, thus improperly churged to the appropriations ol last year, or improperly omitted from the totals of the appropriations of this year, constitute the difference between the two tables, showing that the democratic table exhibits reductions amounting to $9,240,071 in excess of the truth. He next showed the true character of this boasted feat in political economy by exhibiting the means employed to ac- complish it, and he believed that the blind and reckless partisan manner in which the public service had been maimed avd mangled would result in actual losses much greater than this saving. Mr. Savissury, (der.) of Del., said as the bill now under consideration bad been the occasion of an attack upon the democratic party be had no apology to make Jor trespassing upon tho time of the Senate, - The Sen- ator from Minnesota (Mr. Windom) admitted that there had been a redestion ie the appropriation bills this eur to the extent of $29,000, but that reduction ad been extorted from an unwilling Senate and trom unwilling Committee of Conference by a democratic louse of Representatives, and the people of the coun- trv would not fail to give credit to the democratic party which bad inaugurated a policy of economy. If that policy had been practised during the lost wn years th Ie of the country would have been greutly re- heved trom tbe burdena CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATIONS. Before Mr. Saulsbury concluded his remarks Mr. Sar- GENT, from the conference committee 1 Consular and Diplomatic Appfopriation bill, madi port that the committee had agreed upon the bill, and, ih expla- nation of it, said the committee had ogreed ‘upon one- halt of theamoant of difference between the two hounes, which was an increase over the House bili of $82,750 for tho diplomatic service und $107,750 for the consular service, The offices of Minister at Portugal, Switzerland, Greece, Donmark, Varaguay an Uraguay Were abolished. and —_ appropriations for chargé d’aflaires to represent otr interests in those countries were made. Twenty-two Consulates were loft unprovided for, and appropriations were madi to bring the Ministers and Consuls home. The Hou Dill left out between thirty and forty Consuls, and the conference committee had finally reduced that number The appropriation for the roliet of American feamnen abroad was $75,000, ‘The bill, as agreed upon, made no chance in’ existing law, but simply leit certain offices unprovided tor, He thought that the Senate conferences bad done very wel! under difficu:t circumstances. Mr, Axtiony, (rep.) of R. I, asked if there had been any estimates as to the joss to commerce en account of the abolition of these consular and diplomatic onices? Mr. SAnaxEyt replied in the negative, and said he had constantly urged that view of the case, both on tho floor of (he House and in the Contorence Committec, Mr. ANTHONY said he would venturo the prediction that for every dollar saved by the abolition uf couse. lates $10 would be lost to commerce. Mr. SanGest said he was not sure that the bill as it now siood would not take more money out of the Treasury than if the full appropriation had been made, as consuls to receive feces could be appointed to each one of the places not provided for undor the recent law, giving consuls salaries and providing that all tocs shouid be turned into the Treasury. A large sum ot money Was received into the Treasury annually, but under this bill the consul coutd receive and retain ail the fees, and no money would be turnod into the Treasury. Mr. Epusps, (rep.) of Vt, sad this wasn very im. portant bill, and tine had better be taken to consider it, There was no burry about an adjournment, Sena- tors and Representatives were paid by the year to a tend to the business of the people, and there should no hurry about going home, Mr. SARGENT suid It was dificult te keep a qoorum in tho House now. Mr, Eowvnvs rephed tbat the Seoator must presume that the Mouse was always iull, He moved that the re- port be laid over aud printed. “It was so:ordered. Th od then, at five o’elock, took a recess until seven RVENISG SEBSION. After a short discussion on the Legidlative, Execa- tive and Judicial Appropriation bill aud the conterence report on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bull, both bills were agreed to, | Mr. Wixpom, of Minnesota, reported trom the Com. | mittee on Appropriations, the Senate bill appropriating | $800,000 to pay Judgments. of the Court of Claims. | Passed. The Senate then resumed the consider ! bill to carry the Hawatian Treaty into et | Nonwoon, of Georgia, spoke in opposition thereto, but | 1 betore he concluded his remarks the Senate, at a quar- ter past eleven, adjourned, SPEEDY RETRIBUTION. A very serious aifray occurred in Brooklyn last ight which will probably result fatally to one of the parties. | About haif-past cight o'clock two young wen entered i the lager beer saloon of George @ape, corver of Bocruta | and Atlantic streets, to play a game of catds. They ! quarreied and the burkeeper remonstrated with them, | The proprietor told them that they must leave, as he would not permit any disputes in nis store, At the same time he towk up the cards and banded them to Anderson, the barman. At the samme Utne one of the players struck at Anderson, who re- HL. Mr, Pape then endeavored to put the man out, and the barkeeper seized a locust club from behind the bar and struck the id. The turbylent customer with it on the hh ran out of the saloon, securing throw it wil great torce 'at the bartender, whot tt missed, but struck Mr, Pape in the face,’ stnushing | his nose, flattening that organ on’ dis and inflicting a serious, if not fatal, inju: He then ran into a stabie on Boerum street. “About an hour alter the ocenrren: A man Was about to step ou Greenwood var No. 184, at the corner oj State and Boerum streets, be slipped and fell, and one of the wheels of the car passed over his leit foot, crushing t fellow badiy. ‘The aufortusate man was carried back to the livery stable, trom which be bad but just emerged to get on the car, ‘There he was subsequently identified as the man who had thrown the His uaine is Jobo Canning ham, aged uineteen years, and his place of residence is No, 227 Atlantic wtreot, ito was removed to the Long Isiand Coliego Hospital, where he will be watched by the police. Mr. Pape 14iu a precarious conoition, in- Aawmation being feared by bis wedical atteudanta, Stone whieh struck Pape. THE CUSTER MEMORIAL, AN ENGLISH BARONET'’S EULOGY OF THE DEAD HERO, AND HIS CONTRIBUTION 10 THE FUND— AN OLD COMRADE OF CUSTER ON WENDELL PHILLIPS. Day by day the fund for the perpetuation of the memory of the Aeroof the Littie Biz Horn and bis gallant band, 1s augmented by offerings trem admiring patriots in every part of our lard. Nay, more, as will be seen from the subjoined letter from Sir Rose Lam- bart Price, the enthusiasm extends across the Atlantic ‘and is shared in by a people who can rate such dees as Custer’s at their true value. AN ENGLISH BARONET'S TRIBUTE. Navan anb Mitirany Civo, 4 Piccapinty, W., , July 31, 1876, To tux Epiror or tax Hxna: T have just received a New York Hxranp from an American triend, by whicn I sce a fund is being raised for a mouutnent to the late General Custer, My portmanteau was actually packed and I was about to start to jou him on the troatier, where be bad 1n- Vited me to serve as u volunteer on his stuff, when tne arbitrary order depriving him of bis command pro- vented my going. As a svidier of over twenty years’ standing myself I can easily account for poor Custer’s auxiety by des- perate during to wipe vut tbe faintest taint of disLonor which such marked disapprobation from Washington had cast on bis pame, and as a sincere admirer of as polished a gentleman and gallant an officer as ever hand!ed a sabro, I trust you will permit me to add my small contribution of a five-pound note to the und being raised among his countrymen to perpetuate the memory gf a map of whom they necessurily must feel proud, ur obedient servant, ROSE PRICE. Lowi AN OLD COMBADY DEFENDS THE DEAD. Fort Sunty, D, T., Aug. 2, 1876. To tue Ep:ror ov Tax HxraLy!— Inclosed please Oud $1 as iny contribution to the {and for the erection of a monument to the memory of G ai Custer and the gallant oilicers and men of the sh United states cavairy who fell with him ag the battle of the Little Big Horn, Now that the imtrepid Custer 1s dead aud caunot wiold bis pen, trenchant as his truety sword, several would-be humauitaruns have assulled bis iair fame. | served under the dead Gencral, and know what 1 muy say to be troe.’ Wendell Phillipa, tho chronic agitator, whose previous — tanati helped materially to plunge our good country into a bloody intestine war whose blighting efleety are still keenly felt, charges General Custer with village of peacetul Indians and slaughtered them mdis- criminately without regura to age or sex, This is up- true. The band of Cheyennes destroyed by Custer had been raiding through the southern part of Kansas tor some time, killing settlers—wen, women and childroa, In their villago were found the scalps of four white women, and near the dead body of the Major (klhott) and Lis men wax found tbe corpse of poor Mrs, Blyun with ber child, whose brains were dashed out, in her arms. This man Phillips should iniorin himseif of ti concerning the battle of the Wastita, 1. f., November 27, 1868, before he attempts to blast the reputation of poor Custer, who in all the waiks of life was bis peer, if mot his superior, Mr. Phillips hus either horn of the di- Jemma to embrace. He either stultifigs himself or ts a tirst class liar, A foul, if misied by statements o! other parties to the effect that General Custer slaughtered peaceful red men; a har if he says Black Kettle’s band of marauders did not réceive their deserts. It is all very fine jor philanthropists iu the Eust to cock thoir feet upon a tavle, sip thelr generous wine and whine, “Lo, the poor Indian.” To get utthe truth ask the hardy pioneer, who sows and reaps with guo iu hane; ask the startled mother, who clasps the babe to her breast in constant dread of death at the hands of one of the wards of the nation. This man Phillips knows az much about the Indian character as he will know ot the sweets of heaven. eufully yours, ALBERT WESLING, Company RB, First infantry, a member of Company ©, Seventh cavalry, for five years—1868 to 1973. P.8.—I would respectfully suggest that the monu- ment should be crowned by figures as follows:—Figure of a dead horse with Custer standing over him, revol- ver in lett hand, sabre in right hand. Ton Indians at- tacking him im front and flank, and a figure represont- ing the maudlin Phillips with kalte upraised to strike him in rear. Dr. Lawrence, Bull’s Head Hotel, sends ten cents. RECAPITULATION. $26 92 100 Albert Weshing Dr. Lawrence Total......6 THE DEPARTMENT VIEWS OF MAYOR WICKHAM AND MI. IRWIN ON THE COMPTROLLER’S LECTURE. Comptrolior Green’s letter published in Saturday's Henavp has occasioned a great deal of comment iv this city, Sutjoined are the views of the Mayor and a momber of the Park Department:— A represoutative of tho Hxnaup called yesterday at the offices of the Park Commissioners on Union square, to see Commissioner Martin relative to the letter. Mr. William Irwin, seeretary tothe Commissioners, in- formed the reporter that Mr. Martin was out of town und was not expected to return for several days. > Mr. irwin stated that the Comptrolier’s lottor was a tissue of misreprosentations, Ono point only Mr. Irwin ventured to give by way of illustration. “See,” said he, ‘the canning way ia which Mr, Green makes the following point:— It may, perhaps, not be amiss to inform you that it ap- pears that about 100 lots within or adjacent to the bounda- DUEL. Ties of the proposed parade ground were conveyed in Novem. der, 1872, ry W. Genet (against whom the eit» holds vor $201 joxaph H. Godwin, who, |. of New York city, jointly. jast mentioned transfer was $20,000. ‘The object of making that statement,’’ continued Mr. Irwin, ‘in the way it 18 put, evidentiy was to make it appear that the Mr, Martin reterred to is Commus- sioner Martin, of the Park Department. In proof of this, and as showing how succes-fully Mr. Green played the trick, look at the following extract from an editor- jal iu one of the morning jouruals:— ‘Tne unprejudiced reader of this communication will be likely to coneluds tha t rexem- biance between the prosunt ntvolled by Sweeny ‘and Fields, there is a very decided tendency on the purt of some of its members to uxe their public position for private gait domagogue, dence of this letter, tions which respectable & capanle of allow! perceptions of duty. “Now,” suid Mr. Irwin, “Commissioner Martin is not charged really with having auy property conveyed That eminent ‘reformer’? and tlatant Winli gM tmore seems to be sazests to warp his tohim. The mmissioner’s hate 1s pot Willia) 5 Martin, as appears in Mr. Green's letter, but Wilhatn R. Martin, Mr. Witham M, Martin is not even a rela- tive of Commissioner Martin, bat you the point was inade in the Green Jette WaT THE MAYOR SAT, Mayor Wickham stated that be only received the letter at a late hour last night, and had not had time to give It much cousideration. This was no uew matter; it had been tn dispute for sowe time, and the Comptroller had several times before issued setters on the subject He (Mr. Wickham) was opposed’ to the proposod work in the past, aud still marmtuined that it was uot ne: how adroitly sary ior tho use of the national guurd, Tho act Ol the Legislature took the property aud provision was made to legally quire it. He believed the location was hot suited for a parade ground, yet, suid he, if the owners of the proverty whose lands have been taken can neither recover it or get their pay tor it it is a hardship for them, Thutis Ww say, if they did not purchase it for speculative purposes, and then get the bill through to dispose of it to the city, If that be the case it is quite a diferent matter, He bad been in consultation with tbe Corporation Coansel on the sub- ject aud would act in the Lest tuterests of the city when the time cume to do sv, When reminded that very serious changes were made implicating Messrs. Wetmore wud Martin tn the alleged job, the Mayor ridi- culed the idea that Mr. Wetmoi an unsullied reputation ii this communityefor so many x would be a party to any job. in his opinion the jeter is unother chapter in the case of Green vs, Mar- Gm and Martin vs, Green The authorities at who head of the German Postal Department have sent a request to the Postal Depars- ment of the United States that hereafter the address of all letters bo inscribed with the street and the number of tho Louse to which they are directed, ‘The omission of these portions of letters inscriptions is a growing evil amoug merchants and others in this country, with domestic and foreign correspondon' nd the Post. Toaster suggests that more cure in this respect should ‘be used iu future, DANGEROUS FREIGHT. Early yesterday moraing an of! train on the Now Jersey Central Railroad partea couplings near Roseilo, | leaving the cabgose, three iron tank cars and u wooden ta.k car, all full of oi}, betind, The brakeman in charge ran back with « lantern to warn the train fol. Jowing them. The fog was so dense that bia light was not perceived, and the train came on at tho rate of twenty-five miles au hour und ran into the oil oars ‘The locomotive was wrecked, and the tire from it ignit- tng the oil caased a scene of genoral destruction, Ono tank contained 3,700 gailons, and as this would bura for ton hours it wus ound uecessary to pull it off the truck. Caius were thrown arouad it Irow @ distance, a purchase was rigged and 100 mon succeeded in throw- ing the daugerousgnass down an embaukment, where xploded without injuring avy one. The loss to tae Iroad company is estimated at $75,000 No lives were lost. GOING FOR THE GAMBLERS, Captain Van Dusen, of the Fitteenth precinct, learn- 10g lust might that the game of faro was im progress ab No. 128 Sixth avenuo, took a posse of imen and suc- . He found three players ty of checks, together with a taro box and the prisoners wore lgaked up in She J'ilteenth precinct statioa house, “ having attacked © j , Who had maintained { WAGNER. The Great Festival at Baireuth. Immense Concourse of Celebrities at the Ancient Home of the Margraves. ARTISTS OF THE TRU.OGY. A Remarkable Opera House and Its Peculiar Features. [SPECIAL DESPATCH 10 THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Bamxuru, Bavaria, August 12, 1876, Baireuth is situated at the ioot of the Fichtelgebirge, in a country as charting as it is healthy. 1t has some 20,000 inhabitants; its broad, reguiar streets and mus- sive houses, juterspersed with monuments, produce an exceedingly pleasing impression, The history of Bai- Teuth, closely connected with thatof the heuse of Ho- henzollern, is replete with interest, From tho middle of the twelfth until the end of last century, the Mar- graves of Brandenburg reigned im it. Tho last of them, Margrave Alexander, resigned "to Prussia his goveru- ment and country on the 22d December, 1791, for an annuity, From 1806 to 1810 Anspach and Baireuth were under French sway, but fell to the crown of Ba- varia on the 30th of June in the latter year. Baireuth was at the height of its greatness under the splendor- loving Margrave Friedrich, whose consort, Friedricka Sophia Wilhelmina, was the talented clder sister of Friedrich the Great, Thu distinguished lady, who loved to bavo a circle of scholars, artists aud wite around her, had formod at Baircuth a court similar to that of the Medicis, Of this celebrated time nothing remains to us but the memories of this Margravine and her lotters tg ner royal brother, which display an uncommon frestuess of intellect, clearness of mind and strength of characier. Of the other celobrities of Jtai- reutb the momory ofJoan Paul Friedrich Richter, cora- mooly calied Jean Paul, the greatest humorist of Ger- many, deserves espegial attention, The writings of Joan Paul, acontemporary of Schiller aud Goetbe, in the classical times of Gerwan literature, uncqualled to depth of percention, richness of phantasy and wit, bu mor and irovy, are, nevertheless, wanting In modera- tion, The poct who for a length of time had to strug- gle with adversities and only in his old ago experieuced the esteem of his contemporarics was honored after death by the erection of a monument—a masterpiece of Schwanthalen’s—which stands on the bandsoiwest aquare of his native town. Of . THINGS WORTH SERING IN BAIREUTH, too, we must mention the old and new castles, resi dences of the earlier Margraves, St. George’s church of the ancient Ordor of German Kuights, and the opera house, built by Babima, The city is completely sur- Tounded by mountains and its environs offer many in- Veresting sights to cxcursionists, A wide, shady avo- nue of limes conducts us to the “Rollwengel House,” Jean Paul's favorite resort, in the rooms of which he composed a large portion of his works, Half an hour’s walk hence leads tho tourist to tho ‘‘Eremitage,”’ sit- uated in a beautiful park, with its magnificent gatdens and fountains, Tho Dowager Margravine Friedricka resided in tho castle for many years, and there wrote her celebrated memoirs, All these reminiscences, how- ever, have lately been thrust into the background by the building dedicated by Richard Wagner to the re- presentation of his operas, which now almost entirely absorbs the interest of the old Franconian city. THK PESTAL THKATRE I¢ will be of interest to your readers just now to know something about the famous Festal, Theatre, in which tho-performances of the “iting”? aro gives. ‘ho eminence on which the structuro stands is avout fifteen minutes’ walk {rom the centro of the city. The view from the grounds around it is exceedingly fino, In the east rise the Fichtelgebirge, to the south are Perceived in the far distanco the gigantic and plo- turesque Kulons; immediately below is the prettily situated suburb of St. George, with its antique charch; then Rollwenzel and the thickly wooded mountain forest of Bubl, while Buireuth lies directly at our feet, only threo-quarters of a mile distant The dimen- sions of the theatre are about 5,500 square feet, The building is of the very simplest vonstruction. ‘The framework is of wood and tho filling-in of brick; only the portion devoted to the stage is bu'lt in a solid, durable fashion. Looked at from the outside, tho thea- tro has a style peculiarly its own, having no resem- blunce to other theatrical structures, but reminds one strong'y of a large barnhouse. The front has a breadth ot 170 feet; the length is 240 fect. ‘The greatest breadth is 240 feet, and the depth from the souch front to the extrome rear of the stuge ts also 240 fect. The following will show the ground plan of the theatre; — The most remarkable part of the edifice is that de- voted tu the stuge, which is to be tho caief point ol al- tractioupand in the decoration and furnishing of which no expense bas boon sparcd, while the decoration of the part devoted to the audience has been of the sim- plest possible character. The stago is 95 fcot broad and 79 fect tong, and another stage behind this has a breadth of 49 feet anda length of 40 fect, It sinks from the stage ficor to some 37 fect, and its epure height from the floor of the exeavation up to the “pulley floor’ is 176 feet. The great depth below the Stage ia necessary, especially in the “Iheingold” scenery, Which must descend as well as ascend. On either side of tho stage aro two ranges of dressing rooms for the singors, which will be com/ortably fur. nished, and the stage itself is built of brick and owes its stability, #0 lately tried by storm and wind, to the supporting power of four massive water towers, one at each corner, Thor no arrangements {or heating tho theatre, as the performances take place in the summer months, THK PORTION DEVOTED TO THR AUDIENCE is of the simplest characier possible. 1t has a breadth of 114 feet and a depth {rom the royal gallery to tho orchestra of 79 feet. On entering this hall wo are struck with the absence of boxes and gallerivs; tho spectators bit in an amphitheatre of thirty rows of 1s and capadlo of seating about 1,200 persons, The seats rise stop by step from the orchestral space up to the gallery “amphitheatrically,”” as soca in our plan, growing im length as thoy extend further back from the stage. There are no side galleries; the royal gal. lery is only a few fect h:gher than the last row of sea.s. Above there 1s a gallery for tho accommodation of 500 of the artistsaud citizensof Baireuth, invited by Herr Wagner to attend the performances. The num- vers of tho seats aro written up at the different doors, ‘The entrance to the rows of seuts will be through four doorways either side, 1t was Wagner's orig. inal intention that the back rows should be approached from tho front of the edilice by two passago- ways running beneath tho last six or seven rows of seats, and emerging about a third of the way down the amphiteatre; but now all the rows of seats can be easily approached from the sides, There aro no pillars to obstruct the sight; each row of soats is $o far elevated above the one before it thut you do not fear to have your view blocked up by a huge coif- fure immediately iu front of you; inaeos, the View OF THB STAGE Is PKREKCT from every seutin the house, The theatre is a modol of arraugemen:, wheroin the interests of the audience have bad more attcution than the desire to make the space profitable to the committee. It ts the first time in the histo oxes have been swept away catirely. building a new theatre they will give to the plans of the Waguer Theatro at Baireuth most careiul study. I consider it one of the most complete and comiortable theatres in the world. THY INVIS BLE ORCHESTRA, The rendering invisivle of the orchestra is Wagner's most radical innovation or reform in lis theatrical structure, Desirous of presenting his stage pictures to the audience without any interruption to the gaze, theres by removing the mechanical production of music from sight, he camo upon the idea of renderimg his orchestra invisible, to which end he sinks {t seventeen fect below the level of the stage. ‘The orchestra, which is to consist of 120 members, 18 seated the width of the proscenium and a depth extending ten feet under the stage itself, ‘The leader is elevated sume ieet above the rest, 0 that, though unseen by the audience, he has full command of the singers on the stage. This 18 not the only innovation, Wagner likewise leaves a space of eighteen feet wide, and extending the entire breadth of the stage—froi wall to wall—and {rom the orchestra up to the roof of the theatre, perfectly tree. this tho Mystic Space, and he intends that this “wall of music” shall be here created to separate the real— that ts the audionce—from the ideal—that is the pic- tures on the stage. PROULIARITIRG OF THE THEATRE. In order to carry out this yery excellent idea of allowing nothing to imtervene between the audience upd the scene on the stage, Wagner also banishes fvot- lights and prompter’s box. The singers must kuow every word of the text belore they imake their appearance. Even the audience is compelled by Wagaer to know the text of the opera beforeband, since during the per- formances he permits only # very subdued tight in the auditorium, #o that it 1s imposeible to jollow the text, All tho light (and sometimes darkness) 18 concentrated on the scenic picture presented ou the stage, The acoustic arrangemonts are excelient, as was strikingly proved by the rebearsuls of last summer. Every pre- caution ugainst flre has been taken, and the possibility of damp is partially prevented by the collection of the underground waters in the depth of the basement, which also form a reservoir from which tho water can be raised by means of an engine through iron pipes to large tanks under the roof, ‘The lighting of the building was attended with con- siderable difficulty. ‘The original project of building a gusometer was ubdndoned, the managers of the Bal- reuth Gas Company having entored into « contract to supply superior gas ip suilicient quantity during the performances. To properly illuminate the stage no Jess than 3,246 burners are necess.ry. Tho hall has 157 burners, part in the capitals of the pillars and partly introduced in consoles, with flaming branches. Tho other rooms in the tuterior of tho house aro illu- minated by 220 burners and tho exterior by 30, so that ia the whole there are 3,660 jets, The orchestra ta lighted by 115 oil lamps, attached to the desks. Tho iumination of the stage and amphitheatre is regulated by means of two apparatuses of new invention, The steam for transformations, for a rising tog or sinking clouds, &e., is produced by boilers in a building about sixty-five feot distant from the auditorium, ‘THK VISITORS, Baireuth ‘is to-day crowded to excess with visitors, those who intend witnessing the performances of the Nibelung cycles of musical dramas, namely :—the totrulogy of tho Ring of the Nibeluny (comprising tae introduction, **Rheingold;” then ‘Ine Valkyr,’’ *S10g- fried” and “Goetterdammerang,”’ or tho “Twilight ot the Gods’’), and some thousands of people from neigh- boring towns and from the rural districts anxious to see the distinguished guests who wore proseut. Tho rebearsais have been going on since Saturday, the 3d of June and ended on Wednesday, the 9th of August, during which period the artists here assombled, includ- ing the best names of the German operatic stage, have labored with unexampled enthusiasm to obtain perfoc- tion in the delineation of the work. ‘The rehearsals in costuine commenced on Saturday, the 29th of July, and were twice repeated, At the former King Lud- wig, of Bavaria, was present and alono witnessed tho performance, no one clse being allowed to be present in the theatre, Though this idoa of being the solitary spe@tator may be considered as purely whimsical by many, yet thore was scarcely any other way possible for the young Music King to witness the periormance, unless he would submit to take a sub- erdinate position to toe Kaiser in a roalm where he alone {a properly King and Kaiser. As it is the Princes’ Gallery will be occupied to-morrow evening hy the Emperor of Germany, the purchaser of twenty-five full patrous’ tickets; the Grand Duko of Mecklen- burg, Saxe Weimar and Oldeuburg, the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Prince George of Prussia, the dramat- 4gt, Henry 1V, of Keuss, Prince Wilhelm of Hesse, Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, Emperor of Brazil. The deceased Sultan of Turkey, Abdul-Aziz, had purchased ten full patrons’ tickets, and the Khedive eleven, Among the guests who bave arrived at Baireuth and will be present at Sunday’s perform- ance of the “Rheingold” und on the three following Gays may be mentioned the Prince of Hoheuzollera and the Duke of Edinburgh, The following noble ladies and gentlemen also anticipate attending tne fes- tival:—The Princes of Patbus and Biron of Courland, the Russian Field Marshal, Prince Beriatius, the con- queror of Scbamyt and the Caucasus; the Austrian Field Marshal Bellegerd, Prince Hobenlohe, the Princes Lichtenstein, Hatzteldt, Ratibon, Galtzia, Ujest und Schwarzenberg; Baron Rendell, the German Ambassador jn Rome (Bismarck’s friend and an excellent com- poser); Baron Radowuz, Donna Laura Minghettl, wife of We former Italian Premier, and his only daughter, now married to the German Chargé d’Affajres in Vienna, Count Donool; Baroness Sehicinitz, the wite of the Prussian Mivister and @ truo friond of Wagner, who worked indefatigably for tho realization dt his ideas and in reality first made enthusiasm forthe muestro fashionable; the German Consul General at Alexandria, Count Berchein; the present Turkish Minister of Jus- tice, Challl Sherif Pacha, one of the conspirators who dethroned the late Sultan; Mr. ao Sarkiv, Ottoman Minister in Rome; Count Albreent Arutin Boytzenburg, | brother-in-law of Count Harry; Couns O’suillivan, hus- band of the German tragedienne, Charlotte Wolter; the Governor of Henegau, Princo Curaman-Chimay; the of modern theatre construction that the | A ivorie 1 crust that | | wheyever any of our theatrical ufinagers think of He calls | | Hellenic Minister in Paris, Vrince Ypstianti; the Banker | Barons Sima and Victor Erlanger, the latter of whom has married the opce admired prima donn« Miss Sess; the Hungarian Counts Paul Festitics, Gaido Karatsong, Pally, Albert Appony:, Count da Moulin, Count Whitzek; Count Guido Henkel, of Donnersmurk, whose wile, formerly Marquise de Pulva, was one of the most fashionable ladies in Paris; Count Dimitri Beuderdori, who, since his marriage with the young Princess Wailskoi, has nade 4 great display of riches in Berlin; Baron Eckardtstam, one of the richest men in Prussia; Baroa Bérbeck; tho ladies Maria de Mucbanoff, Julia de Abaza, &¢, Of masical celebrities present are Franz | Liszt; E. Dannrouther, of London; Ed. Sehuré, auth or of “Le Drame Musical,” an excellent work; Fr. Huefter, the author of “Richard Wagner and tho Music of tho Future; Professor Tappert, of Berlin; Emil Heckel, of Mannheim, the origi- nator of tho Wagner socicties in Germany; tho President of the Mannheim Wagner Society, and one | ot the members of tho Baireuth Wagser Committee, the most energetic supporter that Wagner has found in Germany, and to whom tho correspordent of tho Hirao is indebted tor a thousand favors. The Ameri- cans expected to be prosent aro Miss Minnie Hanck, | Messrs, Lang, Blake, Loring, Chase, Dixey, and Mr., Mrs. and Miss Grace Tilton, of Boston. The Crown Prince and Princess of Germany will arrive during tho week, THE BINGERS, The following is a correct list of tho singors who take part in the various divisions of the tetralogy :— fs at 13, Tuk RHKINGC ure. vou Keichenberg, Framgfort, ederike Grun, Coburg. Marie ianpt, i 96 Laiste, Rhine Daughters -4sllt Lehmann, Berita. Witham Lolimann, Heriin. Flosstiide. Sieemund, in “Joseph Niering, Daruistadt. Fraue bets, Berlin. sehetshy, Munich, 4, Vienna Antoni ¥ Minna Lammert, B He k rman, Mantels senor, Berlin Shogtried. | with nore | and Isolde” appeared in 1865, “ Carl Schlosser, Mi rane Hots, Berlin. Miwe..... The Wanderer Vu cer Alverich Brunnbitde. |. Schwerin. wie Matern, Vienna. Gntrune . Mathilde Weckerlin, Munich, Waltrante. Luive Laide, Durie: The festival promises to be most churming If the weatherremains fine. Wagner keeps open house, and his rooms are constantly filled with guests. The Em- peror of Germany 18 often seen driving out to points of interest in the vicinity; afew days ago he wag shown the costumes and orvaments, and appeared delighted. All the cosiumes and ornaments were de- signed by Protoxsor Doeppier, of Berl (who has beem for nearly a year in Baireuth), from the best aud oldest authorities in the European wuseums ‘The costumes, which I ¢sech in the rehearsals, are unique and of great’ historical value, The scenery surpasses anything (hat has ever been doue on any Stage. Some of the sccves are of a grandeur and bouuty that surpasses ull description. effects of light are beautitul, true to nature, not exaggerated and of great artistic beauty. I think I express the opinion of most unbiussed musicat critics here when I say that the Nibeluug cycles form the grandest and most tmajestic musical work that Waguer bus yet composed; and though we lose much of the lyric charm character- istic of the composer as expressed in the music of ohongrin” aud “Tannhaiiser,” the “Ring of the ivelungen” must be deciarcd the noblest and most inposing musical creation ever placed upon the stage. ‘The invisible orchestra 18 a great success, One hundred and twenty members took part, while many others were ready to supply auy gaps that might have been caused by sickness, The sound, fssutog from mys- terious depths unperceived by the audience, “has a wonderiully grand and pleasing effect, accompany’ the scenic action like a grand oratorio, now ascending in soothing waves, now in vast volumes terrific in ef- fect, but ever elucidating the action, the character and The | motives of the persons before us like some vast voice from a mysterious world, The acoustic properties of the theatre have proved to be perfect. The ventilation 1s good, but the dim Jignt which Wagner allows to bis audience is somewhat wearying. The rebearsal I have Just witnessed may be considered as the first represen- tation, although private and for the King of Bavaria, Iwas, however, permitied to be present through the kindness of Mr. Wazuer. AKRIVAL OF THE KAISER, The Emperor of Germany and his suit arrived im Bairouth this afternoon aod met with a most enthusi- astic reception, There was a torchlight procession atter dark and a grand serenade at Schloss’ Hormitage. SKETCH OF RICHARD WAGNER. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born in Leipsic, May 22, 1818. Hiy father, who was a police actuary, died six mouths after his birth. His stepfather, Ludwig Geyer, was an actor and a painter in Dresden, to which city the family removed. He also died when Wagner was only seven years old, At nine years of age Wagner envored the Dresden Kreuzschule, und as yet showed no inclination for music. At length he commoneed to take piano lessons, but his teacher could mako hothing out of bum, Greek, Latin, mythology and anciont history made up his chief employment until be waa elevoa years old, In those studies he made astonishing progress, projecting tragedies ater the Grock model and translating the Odyssey. He acquired a knowledge of English that he might know Shakespeare thoroughly. He dowigned a great tragedy, a sort of compound of “Hamlet” and “Loar,” in the first part of which forty- two persons perished, and he was obliged to reintroduce thom toward the end as ghosts. The first tmprosston made on the youthiul mind cf Wagner by the divine art was through Beethoven's music, It decided bis future career. His disinclination for study led him at first into the wildest ubsurdities, undisciplined taney governing his earliest compositions. Under the tution of Theodore Welnlig ho pursued his musical studies roguiarity, and the results wore | very promising. His first‘opera, “The Nuptials,” waa composed in 1932 at Vienna, which was followed at Wiirtzburg in the following year by “The Fairios.* he Lovo Veto,” founded on ‘Measure for Measure," came next, about the time Wagner was appointed | | wnusical director of the Magcebvurg Theatre. His first marriage took place in 1835. After two years’ sojourn in Riga he sailed or London, and, naving encountered somo storms on the Norwegian coast, he conceived the idea of writing av opera on the subject of ipo Flying Dutchman, Previous to this voyage he sketched out two acts of “Rienzi.”” After a brief stay in London Wagner went to Paris, where he mado tho ucquaintance of Meyerbeer, who was very kind to him. This was the most trying pe- riod of hus lite, as he met with nothing but rebuffs and | poverty. in 1842 “Itienzi”” was produced at Dresden, “The Flying Datchman”’ in 1843 and “Tanwhaiiser” ia 1845, He became embroiled ip the revolution uf 1848, an¢ was compelied to fly to Switzerland, 10 Zurich he com. posed “Lohengrin” and part of the “Nibelungen,” Io 1858 he establishod himself in Muni@, and found there afirm friend in the young King, Ludwig. ‘Tristan 1a Meistersinger Vou Niirnberg” in 1868 and “Rheingold,” the introauction to the Trilogy, iu 1860, Six yearsago the Bairouth festival was projected. Wagner's present wile is the daughter of Liszt, and was formerly Mine, Von Bulow, ‘The work which will be given to the public for the first time during the present week ts the climax of Wagner's artistic labora. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTE. Sothern is still delighting crowded houses at the Fitth Avenue Theatre, Sitting Bull will be photographed dramatically at Wood's Museum this week. Mme. Pappenbeim sings the prayer from Freischiitz”’ at Gilmore’s Garden this evening. Bret Harte’s play, “Two Men of Sandy Bar,” will inaugurate the season at the Union Square Theatre on the 28th inst, Kelly & Leon's Minstrels present Offenbach’s opera, “Mons, Choutleari” for the first ume to-morrow night with a floc cast, At Hoolcy’s Opera House, Brook'yn, Callender’s “Der | famous Georgia Minstrels, the original company, begin @ week's eujoyment from to-morrow, August 14. The letter of acceptance for a twelfth week or term of office at Wallack’s Theatro has been issued by the Hon. Bardwell Sioto and Mra Gouefal Gililory (Mr, and Mrs. Fiorence), @ Ferrauts, the jolly buffo; Brignoli, the silvery-volced tenorPand Mills, the tirst of all American pianists, were the principal features of Mr, James Morrissey's last concert at Cape May. ‘Tho Olymp.c “Novelty” Theatre opens to-morrow evening for the season, Aine company 13 engaged, and, under the new management of Colonel Sinn, there is every roason to expect that the house will re gain its former prestige. * Booth’s Thea re opens to-morrow evening with Lord Byron's romantic play. rdanapaius,” Mr. Bangs appearing in the title part und Mra, Agnes Booth un- dortaking the ebaracter of Myrrba, The play has oc. cupied the attention and resources of Mossrs, Jarrett & Paliner during the summes months and nothing bat been leit undone to make It one of their most succoss ful ventures. It will be produced under the directios of Mr. Charles Calvert, one of the most distinguishes Shakespearian scholars and managers of England. “Baba,” the rew spoctacular extravaganza to be produced at Niblo’s Garden, will be notable tor the ex celiency of its incidental, vocal and instrumental musiq, all of which will be original, and has been composed by Max Maretzek, who has been engaged as ical di- rector of the theatre, There will be almost as many numbers {n the scoro as in that of an opéra bougy, and ail the morceauz, “I dream of power,” a solo for the leading laay in the first uct; ‘“‘An humble youth,” # solo for soprano in the third act, and the Turkish march nnd a joliy quintet in tho lust act, are expected to be come most popular, Mr. Maretze! has siso composed ap overture to “B.ba,”” : Sir Randal Roberts, the Baronet, whose appearance in England on the stago created considerable interest, arrived ia Now York Jast week, Sir Randal served im the Thirty-third regiment during tho Crimea and i u mutiny, He retired from the army in 1863 and succeeded bis father ax fourth Barvnet in 1864. Be sides his bistrionic ability le is noted as @ journalist ‘and artist, having been a correspondent of the Londoa Times to India, aad of the Telegraph during the late Franco-Prussao war, when lo was attached to the staf of Princ# Frocerick Charles, Sir Randal bee writtea several plays, oue of which, entitled “Cader e Veil,” bas had coasiderabie success in England. He purposes appearing on the stage in New York, where, is doubt, bis début will be looked (orward to with mach curiosity. a NR