The New York Herald Newspaper, October 14, 1876, Page 5

FRENCH GOSSIP. Madam Adelina Patti’s Rus- sian Question. PARISIAN THEATRICALS. Political and Social Studies in the Gay Capital. SNAP Neal ie Paris, Sept. 29, 1876, Next to the Eastern imbroglio, the question, perhaps, that most excites the interest of the public of St, Petersburg and the other Continental capitals just at the present time is, curious to say, artistic of In Jact, i} is doupttul which of the two ranks first in im- portance in aristocratic circles. You ure aware that Adelina Patti signed iast year an engagement for the coming seasen iu St. Petersburg, the terms being 800,001. and two benefits for forty nights. Immedi- ately on the engagement being concluded a subscrip- tion was opened, and within a few days boxes and seats Were secured to the amount of 2,000,000£ It wil! be remembered tnat last winter was excep- tionally severe in #t. Petersburg, and although the diva was personally unaffectou by it, ber busband, the Marquis de Vaux, haa vere attack of inflamma- Sion of the lungs, and her agent, M. Franchi, was oor- Pelled to quit Russia before the end of the scason. For some months past, though in as finc voice as ever, Mme. Patti’s health has begun to decline, and sho has shown unmistakable evidences of being in an anemic condition, As the period tor keeping ber eng: ent with St Potersburg approached it was deomed advisa- bie to have a consultation of physicians to decide as to whether it would be safe for her to venture upon an- other season in Russta. 4 MEDICAL CONSULTATION, Several of the most eminent membors of the French facaliy were convened to settle tre question and their Unanimous opinion was (hat a moderately mild climate was necessary for her and that if she were te face again such another winter in St. Petersburg as the last had proved the consequence would be disasrous for her. Immediately oa this tact becoming known the excite- ment became great among the impresarii of the differ- ent Continental opera bouses and offers poured in trom all quarters, The pritctpal competitors wore Haulan- rf and Escudier, of Paris; Merelli, of Vienna, and the Directors of the Naples, Madrid, Barceloua and Milan opera houses. A MANAGER'S DILEMMA, To all these the Marquis de Caux replied that he could listen to no proposition for his wife until the diMiculty with St, Petersburg was settled, for dificulty it is, and almost as <notty and insoluble as the ques- tion which is puzzling and agitating the political quid- nuncs of that and other Continental capitals. 11 the fiva does not go to Ru: to keep her engagement the 1,000,000, subscribed ov the faith of it will have 10 be returned by the management unless, indved, a iwitable substitute can be found and accepted by the aubscribors. Now, tho only two substitutes whom they would be likely to accept aro Alvani or Nilason. Unfortunately Albant is engaged for England until De- reraber, and for tho italian opera in Paris tor January and February, Nilsson is under engagement to Ull mano until January, and again for March and April. THE DIVA’R DISTRESS, The dilemma in which Mme. Patti finds herself is this, she must either go to Russia ond risk her life— or what is next to ft in value, her volec—or she mast remain idle here, and expose herself to a suit by which she may be compelled to pay 2,000,000f out of her own pocket. Neither of these things she wants to do, and accordingly she has just sent off her agent, M, Franchi, to St. Petersburg to see if a compromise can be eflested even by the payment of an indemovity, Bho wants to be Jeft tree to sing elsewhere it her Rus- sian engagement is cancelled, and 1m any event she is determined not to go there, the more particuiarly as in addition to the danger to her own and her husband’s health joes not want to peril that of Mile. Louse, compagnie tor the last ten years, and with- outwhom sbe declares she cannot exit. The latter has, 1m fact, declared that sho will not return to Russia lor any consideration. NILSBON WILL PROBABLY GO, Thus the matter stands {or the present. It is impos- sibloto say how it will be settled so faras the money question 18 concerned, but the probavilitics are that Nillson will goto St Petersburg as Mme. Patti's sub- stitute. Both Ulimann and Merelli have intimated that they are willing to cancel their contracts with Nillsup ita suitable indemnity ts paid them. Albant is out of the question, Gye having peremptorily declined to les he attaches more importance to ber singing \n Paris than ta St. Petersburg. A CONDITIONAL ENGAGEMEN jeanwhile Mme. Patti tnade a conditional engagement with Mr. Fischoil to this winter solely under his direction in the event of her being allowed to pursue her professional vocations by the St. Peters- burg Lire er le isto give Ler 6,000f. a night, pay hotel and travelling expenses, give a share of the profits to Franche, her business manager, and a third sbare to & well known impresario who has been arranging mat- ters behind the se nd pulling the strings all the THE GRAND OFRRA. I mentioned to you in a tor! letter that tho “Pro- phéte,”’ at the Grand Opera, was a sign! failure, both artistically and uniarily. The einging is miserable, the mise en scene unworthy of the reputation of the bouse and the dissatisfaction of the public extreme. M. Haulanzier hopes to make ap for all (his in **Rovert te Diable,” vat itis not likely that he will depart mato- rially from the policy he has laid down for himself in eo manner of its prodaction. He evidently means to ve as mach money a8 possible, as it is his dec'ared Intention tu retire trom the management in 1879, wuen bis contract with the government terminates, He can sately do this, as the Exhibition of 1878, The I of Faure will be abun- dantly compensated by tho engagement of Maurei, of London and New York celebrity; tho return of Mme, Fides Devrics; but, above all, by the engagement of , Mme, Matema, the heroine of Wagner's Bai- reutn trilogy, and who, having signed an engagemeut of five years with Mr. Ullmann, bas been placed by him ‘aulanzier’s disposal. She is to inaugurate the reproduction of *!’Africaine” and to create the réle of Paulice in Gounod's new opera of “Polyeucte."’ Sime. Maioma is still young. She is of imposing and agreeable pri ¢, and ts, perhaps, the grandest soprano giusto livin; Her voice is some- what of the same character and calibre as that of Tilt ensin ber prime. For the last three years she has been the leading dramatic singer at the Vienna Opera House, and since hor successes at Bairenth bus be- some a star of equal magnitude to Mime. Patti, Imme- ely alter the Buireuth festival she received decora- iy from the Emperor of Gertaany, the King of Ba- varia and-must o! the minor sovereigns ot Germany, apd was appointed cantante di camera to the Emperor ft Austria. She will probably make let first appear. ce at Covent Garden next soaron under the auspices bi Mr. Ullmann. THE FROGRAMME of the Italian opera for the ensuing season has just made Its appearance, It opens on the 3ist of October to the production of the ‘Forza del Destino,” tor the first time in Paris, under the personal supervision i direction of Verdi. The primo donne of the first If of @vason are to be Mile. Singer and Mile. Borght no; for second hall Albani, Mile. Sia. get 1s a dramatic soprano, second only Stolz She 38 AD artisie of considerable talent, her only drawback being @ commonplace and uninteresting ph Mile, Borghi Mamo is tue daughter of the ce! Italian prima donna of the same name. She is only twenty years of age, and 1s of prepossessing appear- ance. She 1s also a dramatic soprano and is artiste of great promise, aud likely to become a star. The principal tenors are Aramburo, a singer gifted with a delicious voice, but uncertain in health, and Masint and Carpi, the inter being well known in New York. The baritone is the same as last season—Pandoldni. Th: Ddarso, ul, you are aiso well acquainted with yon? side. The com, in one, judged from the Ital to be seen whether it wi public. I mast not om duct again this season, THE OPERA COMIQUE, + The programme of the Comique is still Parisian to add that Muzio isto con- Shrouded in mystery. All that is known for certain ts that the opening piece will be *Piccolino,”” with Galle Maré, d that negotiations are in progress be- Mme. Marimon THM THRATRE LYRIQUE Borgia,” with Marie Sasse in Virginte,”? with Capor Known pianist who played in 4 ss only sevent aD | high eoprano voice of wonder flexibility. Bho is gitted besides with extraordinary musical or- ization and considerable personal attractions, the only drawback to which is a tendency to embonpoint, The production of Kubi: in’s new opera, '‘Nero,’’ at 18 house 1s postponed until next year, THE OTHKR THEATRES. The season is upening well at the other theatres, ‘Tho Vaudeville, aftor coession lucky bites ip the “Procés Veradieux,” the ‘Dominos Roses” and other picees, js now doing m splendid business with the new comedy of Alphonse Daudet and Adolpho Belot. is entitivd ‘‘Fromont Jeune et Rislet and if, as it 1s claimed to be, an des meaurs, | must say that the timo étude of tho authors might ha ablic, if nob t immoral Mer T trusi been more profitably spent themselves. The pt effort will ve mi It suits a cortam am giad to say that ul Under tne second Empire pieces of mi iy age nccess, owing to the rapid spread of demoralization indneed by Qhe example of the Court, Notwithetanding that the repabiicans and the clergy are deciared enemies | am satisfed thas the jatter exercise a more real infueboe a then at any time withia the ore salatary from the ve 10 diseriminate justly between their religivas and political obligaioas. 1 is no longer in the power of the priests to confound in the minds of their flocks the duties which they ewe to religion and tothe Btate. a kW DRAMA ‘The last rehearsal, répeti calied, of M. Parodi ra drama, “Rome Me ry took place day belore yesterday at the Toéitre Francais. The verdict of the ce, the most criti cal that can be assembied ob those occasions, was more than favorable—it was jumastic. The drama is artistically cons! reification casy, flowing and impassioned The pee 16 admirabiy cast and the acting of Sarah Bern- ards as the ofd Liind motner is suffielent in itself to attract the towa, Ip nothing which this remarkable actress has as yet attempted bas she exhibited such unmistakable evidences of genius, SOME CUKIOUS STATISTICN OF OFFICIAL CORRUPTION bave recently been published, and in France, at all events, it is clear that the frie t need pot be alraid to bold up their head: seem that durt (1852-67) no less than 255 inayors were aecused of com- mitting offences against the law, aud that che Council of State, from which tt wag necessary to obtain permission, gave Jeave to prosecute in 132 cases, Of this number thirty-eight mayors were not sent to trial by the examinimg magistrate, tweuty-cight were commit. ted for trial and acquitted, thirty-(ive were sentenced 10 various terms ol imprisonment, two to penal servi- tude for aterm of years aud one to penal servitude for hfe. The charges of which these unbappy tuac- tonaries stood accused included swindling, embezzie- ment, forgery of public documents and robbery. Of course it must mot be forgotten that Freneh mayors number some 86,000; but 1t should also be remembered that when 255 were ‘publicly accused a great many more must have been guilty; for authority is not lightly provoked in France, seeing it can cominonly give its ‘enemies a good deal of trouble. THE QUESTION OF POPULATION til) being vigorously discassed, and M. Leroy Beau- erbape thi minent of French statisticians, has satisiactorily pt (if it be apy satisfaction to leary the jact) that the low birth rate 1s not due to a love of celibacy. Ho remarks that in 1874 Franco fad 303,113 marriages, while in 1875 t Britain bad only 251,160, though the French population is only ten per cent bigher, The births, however, remain stationary, or, rather, are fewer than from 1819 to 1846 and 1800 10 1868. Alter urging that tho diminishing proportion of Frenchmen to the whole population of civilized Peoples is lessening their prestige aod power, the au- thority of their laws, manners, langnage; that “emt- grants are tho best commercial travellers,” and that the increased foreign demand for their productions, on which netioual wealth now depends, is incompatible with a stationary population, M. Leroy Beaulieu con- cludes by say: The universe is becoming Anglo- Saxon or Russian; this 18 what grieves and alarms us,” PASIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Toward the close of the grand monarch's reign Mme, de Majutenon loved to boast that she had made re- ligion quite fashionable, ‘‘A fashion, indeed, it was,’ observes Macaulay, ‘‘and as a fashion it passed away.’’ Absit omen! For religion has decidedly cnce more become decidedly fashionable with the great world of France. The Marquis of Chavernay, head of one of the lead- ing families in the country, has just joined the Trap- pist Community. In ono of the battles of the last war M. de Chavernay was wounded and leit for dead on the field. Some benevolent Germans were about to bury him, when he came to himself and thanked them much for their good intention. He soon alter escaped out of their hands, and serving in the Army of the Loire was a second time wouuded and made prisoner. Now the Marquis comsiders that by rendering himecit jess to anybody he is devoting to the bas twice been preserved amid o dangers of war. Requieseat in pace, one may add, for a Trappist is dead to the world. It is farther ram- ored that ition,” aw it 18 THK COUNT OF CHAMBORD is dangerously ill in consequence of the penitential rigors to which he has lately subjected himself dur- iny anino days’ retreat. At the samo time General ucrot bas been holding solemn services tn camp and { ordered his men to kneel while the Pope was being telegraphed to for a blessing and while His Holiness was transmitting itin reply. General Barry, in com- mand at Perpignan, has also been alluding in menacing terms to “the enemies of religion,” and upon his Speech being rather severely criticized by # repubdli journal of the locality allowed several of his officers to yo ond chullenge tho editur of the paper. Again, at a dmner given by the Bishop of Arras to the Council- General of the depurtment, General Maurice, com. manding the garrison in that city, publiciy arseried that the Senate would restore the credit for military chaplains which had been suppressed by the Chamber ‘of Deputies, which was tantamount to av iatimation— 80 at jeast republicans coasidered it—that there would be conflict between tho two houses of tho Legisiature, and that he (the General) would not be sorry to witness it, As A counter-manifestation a numerously attended meeting was held at Montmartre the day before yesteraay, at which resolutions were adepted censuring tho generals for their clerical utterances. ral Berthaut, the Minister of War, 18 himself much annoyed at the want of discipline to which these inilitary speeches bear testimony. Much uneasiness is also felt by all iriends of the Church in France ai the intention of Pius 1X. to raise Father Beckx, General of the Jesuits, to the rank of cardinal, Should Cardiusl Beckx ever develop injo POPE PIUS x., as many believe he will, and as the Holy Father is saia to hope, th be Ii doubt that a disestablish ment of tue France would speedily follow, always supposmg that the Republic should live and flourish, Father Beckx ww a dechied partisan of ultramontane views, and would centinue, with the zeal of a crusader, that war against modern ideas which the reiguing Pontiff! commenced some twenty-five years ago. PRINCE NAPOLEON bas petitioned the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor to be replaced on the jist of Knighis Grand Cross of that Order, After the Bordeaux Assembly had solemuly decreed the deposition of the Bonaparte family, such members of it aa were Knights of the I gion of Honor © removed from @ sitae- trious company ol 60,000 or 70,000 gentlem entitied to wour ro ribbons in their buttonholes, Prince Napoleon's petition, | belicve, = to be granted, and, ehould the Prince Imperial conde- scend to inake the samo application, 16 is difficuls tosee how he cap be retused, The Chaacelior, by tho way, 18 General Viney, perhaps the ablert of the delenders He is ‘a veteran, who cares much more lor party; and in the Inet days 4 by General Trochu Com- in-Chief o! Trochu content- It with the headship of the executive po Alter the conclusion of peace there wi eneral fe ing that ‘something ought to be done for Vinoy,” and he was made Grand Chancelior of tne Legion of Honor, & post somewhat resembling our own Vice Fresidenoy, and given to persons whom it 18 wished. to distinguish, but not to employ; for the General, In spite of his honesty and bis real indifference to the question of monareby or democracy, labored m the year 1871 un- der some suspicion of republicaniem, and the govern- ‘rapce was then royalist. in intention, at his profession 1 of the siege he mande: ‘M. GAMBETTA, tory is told ot M. Gambett: The other day ‘8 Was a good deal surprised to learn that thsopane ilvestre, an able writer but a stanch im- perialist, had died almost immediately after a break- fast with the ex-Dictator at the office ot the République Frangaise, “Que diable atlait il faire dans cette galerie >” was everybody's question. It now uppears Gradu- that the two were old iriends and messmates. ki ‘Vetta constituted bimsel! the scourge of the dec! Empire, and M, Silvestre became the scour; Gambotta, writing extremely witty and malic articles on the young tribane. The other day at the exhibition of pictures M. Gambetta suddenly found biin- self face to face with his oid friend and subsequent antagonist, He had not scen him for ten years, but be immediately held out his hand and with a plesant smile. said, as if they were still chuma, ‘Coming te break- last to-morrow?” (In French it is more Leash ‘on account of the "1 Viens tu déjeuner demain avec moi?) Tuéophile Silvesire accepted the invita- tion as cora‘ally as it was teudered, and so had happiness to die frosh from an act of courtesy reconciliation. THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM. The xed telegram was forwarded to Mr. W. © Coup, manager of the New York Aquarium, from Joho A. Cockrill, editor of the Cincinnati Anquirer, and other Western journalists, yesterday :— Crxcixsati, Ubio, Oct. 13, 1876. To W.C. Cour, Maxaarn Naw Yous aguante’ Your Westeru friends send congratulations cess attending the opening of your Aquariam. enterprise and devotion to the a lertaking entities n the sn Your pinck, rm it recognition. A whale nwallowed 3 hoa man who over “couped” ct W. W. COL. L. McGLEASON. To which tho following reply was sent:— New York Aqvanivx, Oct. 13, 1876. To Messrs, Cocxmtt, Stewart, Cour, MCGLEAson and Jones, Cineinnath £ngvtrer office, Ohio:— ‘Thanks for your congratulation, Our coup d'esett came receiving «co grace by the death of our first wi The first receiving x coup de xoletl, the o% coup de piel and expired broken headed, ‘This was injury te the coup de théatre of our Aquarium. Onl coup de main and s hatvest of money could another ed, Having succeeded, could I Justly call It » THE LAFAYETT& MONUMENT. THE GRANDSON OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE SENDS THANKS AND COMPLIMENTS. Mayor Wickham has received a letter from the grandson of General Latayetto, dated September 20, 1876, which is as follow: My Dean Sin—I have boen aosent trom home, and have lean ne ropes rs containing ac- tending the inauguration of the General atte. hertorming & duty when T Inform you, In my own name snd in bebai! of all my family, how much we have been touched and how gratotul w ‘The inhabitanes of Kew York have b le ard now have among L wv jmage the city which the combatants 1a 1770 saw has to-day beeome one of the first better preve how just the war for Amerie how marvellous is the fraltfainese ts. dercendants of General Latayette make their sincere jw York Mt ‘been pleased to secure ‘Lafayette, in acknowledgments to the citizens of vo al with them ies the honor te be the chief maxistrate of the wreat American city, allow me to present to you person- ally the thanks of my family, with assurances of my tinguished cone! mais: | iy ‘OSOAR DB LAFAYETTR, Genstor, i Bir Thomas Armstrong, Who ‘ NEW YORK HERALD. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1876.—TR | "TEMPLE BAR. pubic al heey The Improvements in London’s Heart. HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES Louxpox, Sept, 20, 1876, | Another of tho landmarks of London—and this time a most familiar one—has been doomed to de- struction, The warrant bas been signed, as it were, for the immediate execution of Temple Bar, and shortly the decrepid old structure, which has for two yoars past straddled on cratches across Fieet street, will receive 118 final coup de grace and be carted away, It may be mentioned, bowever, that the tottering old gate dies hard and not without a vigorous expiring kick or two. The votes of the civic authorities on (no question of its destruction stood 69 for and 45 against, and thus the Bar was condemned only by a majority of 24, 60 strongly does the wve of old reies and associ- ations still sway the civic bosom, In its last days, too, Temple Bar bas found an active champion in the per- son of Sir George Bowyer, who vainly ran a Quixotic tilt as the windmill of modern improvement, ‘THE CAUME OF THE FALL Temple Bar owes its destruction to the new Law Courts which were commenced two y go, and the foundations of which, being deeply excavated in close proximity to the north wall of the Bar, actually under- Mined it, Presently there appeared a large longitudi- pal wrinkle on the weather beaten face of the old gate and it became evident that tho structure was ina dangerous condition, Forthwith the aid of the sur- geons was called In and a scientilic series of props and crutches was arranged beneath and around tho arch, and the omnibus and cab drivers were forbidden io | pass through except ata walking rate, There will be general reyoicthg no doubt among this fraternity at the disappearance of the obstecie; the hansom Jebu will chuckle as he drives furiously over the spot where ouce he had to restrain his own and his horse’s ardor, aud the ‘bus driver will congratulate bimseit that one, av least, of hte many “stops” bas been removed. “Loves Tux HOLD NonKeT, You KNOW,” Tempie Bar is—toon must be said was—the most familiar of all objects to the cockney, and at the first shock the idea of there being no Temple Bar must be te nim almost us startling as would be the announce- ment that the sound of Bow Bells must cease for ever. But the fiat nas gono forth, and the hideous old build. ing which has se long formed the termination of the Strand and the beginning of Fleet street, marked the Dounuary between the city and the sire, and divided the freedom of the city of London trom the hberty of the city of Westminster, will soon oe sweptinto tho wallet at the back of Father Time, and the place whica has known it for 206 years shall know it ne more, As a thing of beauty we cannot regret the loss of Temple associations connected with it, although, to be sure, there is nothing particularly intoresting about them in a city every toot of which almost 14 historic ground, Such as they are, however, it may interest your reade to recall to mind some of the events which have ciustered arvund tho site. . TUE ANCIENT Bat. Previous to the present structurs there existed on the same spot a wooden gatehouse, which was provably erceted in the reign of Heury VILL. ; tis showy m two maps vf the tine of Elzaveth aud Charles Il. Belore the wooden house was built there exixted only posts, rails and a @bain, similar to those at Holvorn, Smith- Whitechapel. With this primitive Bar rat des d then take a rapid survey ot principal pags processions which havo sud over tho ancient boundary. In 1205, alte Pte ot tl How m, Prince Edward, aiterward Euward |, took away irom the citizens ot London ail their tolivars and .ocked up the chuins and posts in the Tcwer as o punishment for their rebellious conduct, and no doubt the Bar at the Temple suffered the fate of all the otners, In 1327 occurs the first written notice of tne Bai 1360 it is oy d to in & sqonvd! the right of gh the gate of the Templars, which stood within Temple Bi Some twenty-five years later a license was granted for paving the strand from the Savoy to the Bar. Across the lowered chain was slowly borne, in November, 1422, the corpse of the warrior kivg, henry V., on its way irom south. wark io its last resting place in Westminster Abbey, and ih 1503 the coffia of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry V1L, halted at tho Bur and was bieseed by the Abbots of Westminster and Bermondsey. THE WOODEN GaTenoUsK, But the memories of later days are still more pa. thetia rough 1 wooden gateway passed the ill- jarred Anne Boiecyn, in May, 1634, then raqipt with smiles and unconcealed joy, on her way to receive the acolamations and congratulations of the citizens before being invested with the crown which she had played 80 desperately to win. At the coronation of the son of Jane Seymour, her ri aod successor in the ilet of the blafl King's wives, Edward VI., shere were great ‘The gate was “newly painted, with and buttresses richly hung | with of arras and with fourteen standard ? gud it was similarly decoratea fur the Mary,” the amiable and accomplished heroic Simon de Montfort dvings at the Bar. battlements cloth along Fleet street he camo to the Lud Gate, the cen- tal gaie tn the western wail of Londou, Here he was beaten back, and, retiring along his own lino of attack, wes surrognded and capiared at Temple Bar. The head of the beautiful and guiltiera Lady Jane Grey and those of sixty valiant gentlemen (eli on the scafold in coosequence of tis wild 10: ection. It muy be Imagined trat THK PAYS OF THE GREAT GLORIANA were festive days for tho old gateway. Her coron tion procession from the Tower passed through tue arch in January, 1559; above it stood the city giants, Gogmagogand Corineus. in 1588 the Queen went in great state to return thanks im the Cathedral Church ol St. Pau! for the deliverance trom the Spanish Armada, and the pageant on that occasion was probably uneqaalled by any that has gone belore. The root of the gaic was occupied by choristers; tho as the procession, after tho ball, swept on its way to the great church. The ceremony which took place at the Bar on the proclamation o1 a sovereiga has been preserved to us by Philips, Millon’s nephew. A herald, with a trumpeter, knocked at the closed gute and was promptly asked his business, To this ho replied that il the Lord Mayor wouid come out ho would tell lim. Forth rode the Lord Mayor, accompauied by an Alder- man, The beraid then said:—"We are the herald-at- arms appoivted and commanded by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parl 3 Il, King ot England, Seotiand, France and nd we expect your specdy answer to our de- The Alderman then said:—“The message is accepted,” aud the herald rode through. In the days of th ‘Merry atonarch’? came the great fire which lad the city of London in ashe and, although the conflagration stopped short of the Bar’ by a few yards, the old wooden gate was taken down, and in the general rebuilaing that lollowed a new gateway, the same one that 1s now on its last logs, was ERECTKD BY SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, It is incomprebensibla that the mind which conceived the glorious 1} should have designed such a meagre and Templo Bar. So 1 spparently was, place of the aupretending old Truor gate was taken by thé “Palladian” jagade, with its Corimthian pilasters, arched pediment aud entablature, of Sir Caristupher. In two niches on the west side were piaced ridiculous statues of Charles I. and Charles I. in Romau cos- tume, and on thy east James L. and Elizabeth, or, per- noe of Denmark, bis Queen. Over tho enstern tu ot the arch was the inscription, now ail bat “Erected in the year 1670, Sir imuel Starling, Mayor; continued in the year 71, Sir Richard Ford, Lord Mayor, and finished in the year 1672, Sir George Wateru:an, Lord Mayor,” and it is worthy of notice that All these ini on wei friends of our old triond Samuel Pepys. Under tl new Bar censeless!y flowed as of yore tho stream of thanksgiving processions: Queen Anne on her way to retorn thanks 1m St. Paul's for tho vietury of George If. for his recovery ttuin mad- in, the Prince Regent, tn 1814, tor the ye “Little Corporal.’ in Victoria re- ceived hero the city emblems ou her nceexsiou to the throve, The bar was bung with Diack, when the funeral hearse of Lord Nelson passed veneath way to tho tomb ia St. Paul's, The inst impo! cession that passed through the als Was that of the pS when, accompauied by tne Prince of jen, she went te return thanks for the recovery of the heir of her throne. So much then for the proces- sional bistory of the old gate, ITK PARTICIPATION IX RIOTS. je it im ite character as a tryst- which have happened ‘yi the great mob pilgrimage in 1670, probably organ- Lord Sh: bury, a mischievous plotter against bopish succe: A huge Fleet street, close to the Bar, and was the rendozvous of theusands of crazy and fanatical persons who murched thither in disor. derly and turbulent procession. Eiligtes of tho Popo and overs who were distasteful to the mob were u charge of fire of Elizabeth with jays when men’s minds were more suscepti- bie to religious fanaticism than they are now. THE BRITISH GOLGOTHA. Turn now to a more unpleasant icature of Temple Bar. It has been im its ore . bs os of ee a ite adaptability to tl astly occupation was found owt whea twa only Usive pet Bo oN The Rye 1684, 118 Orst horrible exhibition. aes Amant had been Master of the ment, and demand an | co into the famous city of London to proclaim | Bar, but there are many who would preserve it for the | In her reign the | | | ey, of Sherif Conner, has piaged in Horre to Charles I1., was at the bead of the plot, the design being to assassinate the King ana the Duke of York; he was taken, hung at Tyburn, and after being “drawa and quartered” one of the ‘quariers’’ was set up on Temple Bar. Eieven years alter anoth gave two more truphies to the Bar; they w heads of Sir Jobn Friend und Parkyns, two Jacobites, who bad conspired against the life of rotien orange, as they facctiously called the King. The troudes of 1716 and tho following ye brought more heads, apd others toliowed 145. There ro two still remaiming there in 1772, when one of them fell, and soon after the wind brought its companion toppling down, Mr. Timbs, in bis ‘London and Westminster,” states that Mrs. Black, the wite of the editor of the Morning Chronicie, used to say that she well remembered the “Women heads on the Bar, und that she saw one tall. Shricked as it Lell,”? suid the old lady heard, shrieked. One wor LAST DAYS OF TEM b Tt must not be thought that the destruction of the Bar iv a resolve suudenly taken, It was vou Duisance in 1790, when it was declared to be “un- worthy of form, of ne antiquity, an ambuscade for pickpockets and « record of only the dark and crimson pages of bistory,”’ and in 1853 there wasa powerfal plot against it. Still 1 stood until the signs.ol coming dissolution settled the matter and hastened its dowa- fall, and the canses of its decline and tallare thus summed up by arecent writer on the antiquitics of London :— tection, sh =the too narroy hroat of Flees affection for the ol rot a young biide, shine that brightened iv aud the gloom that hax darkened | it, and we feel fr it» species of friendship, in which it mutely shares, To us there seems to be a dignity in ite dirt in the mud that bespatters its patient old tace, rdy fortress. it holds out against ail its en ai and Charles [, an 4 Elisabeth and Jai bright lookout day aud mixht for all attacks, it must go in time, we fear. Poor old Temple miss you when y A FEMALE SMUGGLER. are xone!? TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS’ WORTH OF DIA- MONDS AND JEWELRY SECRETED IN A LADY'S YAISE BOSOM. About a month age a man named Daniel Goldschmidt arrived at this port from Germany on voard of the steamship Oder, having in his possession consiacrable Daygage, which, in connection with some cireum- stances occurring on the voyage, aroused the suspicion seized and placed in the pnblic stores, where it now remains awaiting a thorough examination. The bag- gage had boon claimed several times since, but kept back for further developments, which have come with more than anticipated expectation. On the 12th inst. the mer Abyssinia arrived at Jersey City. While in quarantine, General Nichols, Deputy Surveyor, Mr, Wiliam V. Leggett, ono of his aida, and a number of other inspectors, made an exam- ination of the passengor list, which revealed the fact that Mrs, Daniel Goldschmidt wus of the number. On'prior information received asbarp lookout waa kept on the lady and as soon 8 the steamer was moored to the dock Mrs. Margaret C. Steele, one of the oldest of the Custom House tpapectrosses, was directed to take charge of Mrs. Goldscumidt and hor companions, In making the usual declaration required to be fled to the deputy surveyor and his aids and sworn to by oi passengers, Mrs. Goldechmidt deposed that she nothing datiablo among her ellects, She taken into the cabin, and Mrs. Steel aving her suspielon aroused by the plump pearance of tha lady, at oace surmised that Lhe Giling out of the bust was anything but natural, On distobing the Indy passenger Mrs. Stecle found two protuberances of a bulbous form covering her breast, which contained, in the cotion padding, the | following schedule of vainables, estimated to be worth at least $20,000:—10 coral bands, 1 pair gold earrings, pin, 1 pair enamelled oarrings, 1 pair pearl opamelied earrings, 7 pairs diamond siuds, 1 diamond svud, 8 pairs pearl studs, 3 coral studs, 1 pair diamond earrings, 2 pearl crosses, 1 wateh cing, 1 diamond breastpin, 1 pearl preastpin, 3 small pieces jewelry, 25 coral beads, 12 gold clasps, 1 gold watch, chain and peneil attached; 1 opeu laced ladies’ wate, 1 hunting case ladivn’ watch, 1 pearl amethyst pin, 1 cluster dia- mond exe gold chain ant piece of chain, 1 diamond | yrooch, 1 diamond pin, with solitaire pearl; 1 cameo | ponel and diamond pin, 1 pearl, diamond and stone brooch ; 1 diamond and pearl brouch, 1 diamond cross, worth about $1,500; 1diamond pin, with pearl pendant and centre, valued at $1,002 import wero also found and nurse of Sirs. Goid- ‘be astonishment of ibis arch made of her person by Mra Stecle may be better imagined than eribed, and on her report Luspector Leggett seized also her trunks and hand baggage. [bis cousisted of nine | Pieces, which was sent at once to the public stores a yesterday afternoon turned into the seizure room of tho Custom House, Depuiy Collector Dudley F. Pheips, of the seizure division, received the papers yesterday and orcered the cuptuted goods into the seizure roow. ‘Vho above seizure, bowever, is not the concluding part of the story. Thero 19 still a sequel counectod therewith, which involves the apprehension of $60,000 worth more jewelry aod diamonds, besides mvolving the parties implicated if the attempted smuggling ina civil as well a8 criminal action at law. Jt appears that Mr, Goldschmidt had been engaged in business at Manbelm, Duchy of Baden, Bavaria, and tailed. A very few days belore bis bankruptey, it is alleged, he procured a large stuck ol vaiuadle jewelry ‘and diamonds, a8 iu the regular course of busin: and 1th a large portion thereof, beiore coming to this country, and csuted ¢ foliow him with the balance in ber possestion, as above described. The crediiors in Europe on learning of te Might of Goldschmidt javoked th of their goverument, and on despatches received here a suit lor ao attachment of the ,oods wus obiained from ibe courts .or the $20,000 worth of jeweiry found on the lady's person, | and three bags full, vaiued at $€0,000, whicn could not | be traced by the State oificers, but are now in the pos- ited States Customs authorities, raven Deputy Sherif Gale waited on Deputy Co: Poelps, and exhibited the documents he bad in this case, bu United States Govern. meat has a prior claim, thi have to decide upyo the issuo. The writer, learning that ex-Governor Edward Sola- mon Was the counsel for the German Goverument, called tpon that gentleman, but could not indace him to say more (han that “he Fepresented these autho ties ina case involving an alieged fraudulent bunk- ruptey aflair, in which the goods, seized by Lie custom house inspectors, aud now lodged in the seizure room therevl, figure prominently. As attorney tor these | parties he lid not fee: authorized to gi fail state- the facts in his possession, as upon mengre telegraph ¢ instructious from It is Known that Major Qu order of arrest cork the hands of Deputy Sheriff Gale ap attachment to seize thrae bags ot jew- elry, supposed to be worth about $50,000; but these identical goods are now not only under tho broad seal of (he Treasury Department, but under strong locks im the seizure room. ‘This is the largest seizure of valuables made at this port for some Limo past, but whether the goverument will be able to contiseate the samo is a mooted ques- tion whieb can ouly be decided vy the reguiar legal trivunal, The papers in the case will at ouce be sub- mitted to United States District Attorney Bliss for bis uct om, lady at the thorough ANOTHER SKIZURB. Captain Brackett, special agent of the Treasury De- partment, aud luspectors Jackson and Nevins yester- day svized 14 votties of vognac brandy, 57 pieces of jece and 11 siik umyrellas on beard of the German steamer Frista, which wero being smuggled ashore by ngers. Tue conirabaod goods were deposited in the seizure room, and the United states D + Attorney will commence action at once for their condemnation. CHINESE OFFICIALS. | VISIT OF A MAMDARIN AND TWO OF THR CHI- KESE CENTENNIAL COMMISSIONERS TO THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOLS. Yosterday morning Malo Grammar School No, 35, in Wost Thirteenth street, and Female Grammar School No, 47, im West Twelfth street, were honored with a visit from some officials of the Chinese government, who are here for the purpose of gaining information in regard to our republican institutions, The names of the foreign visitors are Wu Ying Ding, a Mandarttu of China, aud Chin Che Her and Li Asiai Chu, Commissioners to Centennial Kx. ition. They were conducted by Mr. Henry Havemne! aud = Ssehool Commissioner Wiliam Dowd. They expressed great interest appear. ance of the pupils and the school room were par- ticalarly pleased with the general scupe aud manage- meut of the New York public school system. Shortly afterward the party visited the hall of the Bourd of Evacation, where they were mado acquainted with the manner of receiving ana delivering supplies. ly With tuition, books, poneils, &c. regatd they are nos unlike most ov fe unacqoainied with our Scboo! jaw. young ladies were undergoing eXsmination in tho office of tho City Superintendent at tho period of their Visit, and they took much inierost io the process by which applications for teachers licenses are passed upom. Belore leaving the building they were fur- Statistics ed wil eral and documents concerning mentiun New York city, and wi Nc sehoois tor marking attendance, &c. Tho Chinese Commissioners are employed In ing a special report upon the principal ins! the cot , to be submited home. oir Mandarin of course, to the aristocracy, aid has special charge of a number Chinese department at Pniia- of unique exhibits in detphia A CENTENARIAN. Anothor of the favored few whose memory strotebes over a hundred years has been ‘gathered in.” Mr. Cook St. Joun died at Walton, Deiaware county, N. Y., on Wednesday last, The readers of tho Hrrany may Peblistes ewe § ve ‘yen’ Joterview with bim of the Custom House authorities, and the baggage was | IPLE SHEET. A HOUSE-HOLD TRIAL. THE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP OF THR JUDGB AND PROSECUTING OFFICEK TO THE COUNSEL FOR DEFENCE. Traxtox, N. J., Oot. 13, 1876. On Monday next the trial of Mrs. House for the mur- der of ner husband, O, A. Hous: notorious divorce lawyer, will be begun at this place, and meanwhile the townspeople are busy with scandal aud gossip of all sorts relating to the woman, ber antecedents and the Prospects of conviction of acquittal. A thousand other idle topics, ali relative to the coming trial, are eile in towa. Nataraliy enough there centres around this woman, whose strange history bas been the theme of no less shan half dozen novels of the nitro-glycerine school, & Wonderiul interest, Brilliantly colored newspaper Paragraphs, purporting to contain stray scrups of the woman's history, have tended to intensify this interest, and since the sketch published of her immediately sue eveeding the tragedy another entirely diferent and much moro interestiag could be written, An interest of @ more practical nature finds a ceptre in Mrs, House, who, it is well known, was ner busband’s contidential clerk and schooled him in many of the ecceniric ways of woman's hourt, thus enabling him to periorm littie “legal duties” which to a man alone would have been impossible, That sho still guards the dark secrets which existed between House aud his inany clients is apparent trom the fact that her first solicitude alter being locked up in the County Jail here was for tho pers and correspondence iu House’s office at No, 194 Beondway. She said she was afraid thac the New York reporters would get these documents aud publish \bem. er scars were idie, for Dr, Robbias seut the futiowing despatca to New York:— Superintendent W abut U. A. House nas been of ofiive uutis lurtner notice. jin dond. Plonse take charge Utica at No. 1M Browuwa: Dr. KOGBINS. It js sald that this thoughtfulness on the part of Mrs. House has insured to her the kindly oilices of many ol her husband's former chenis, who wili assist her in the trial. need much outside assistance; fur, irom all appear- she tw strung tn relationships with the Court. ‘A story has obtained curreucy during the past week that two of Juuge Beasiey’s sons are married to Mrs. House’s sisters, but diligent inquiries iailed to estab- Heh the truth of the rumor, a8 the only two sons of ioe Juage in this piace are aninarried. ‘This precious vit OL Scandui has lost 16 force, for itis without corroburation. Coupled with it 1s ‘auotner story, Which 1» knowu to be irue to every ciizen of Trenton who is acquamied with Judge Beasiey’s tam- jy. ‘The story rons, and it a# trathiul, thar Mi Groen, the counsel for Mrs, House, 18 the sun-in-l ot Judge Beasley (who is tu try the prisoner), and con- sequently the brother-in-law of Mercer Beasley, Jr., the Disirict Attorney of this county and som oi the Judge. the brothers of the murdered man House have en- Jr., the deavored to associate with Mercer Beasie, Districts Attorney, certain eminent lega but Mr, Beasiey said he was able to conduci the ea: himsell unless Mr. Greon obtained extra legal services Mr, Green responds in the -ame terms aa his brothe in-law aud says he wili have no» assistance unless At- torney General Vanatts assists in (he ;rosecution, Mr. House, dislikiug the present aspect ol the case, and claiming tuat tue prosecution and defence are not well balanced as regards legal xbility, bas applied to the Mercer county Buard of Freehulders and stated his case, Mr. House told tho Board that ruor Bedle had informed him that the prosecution was entitied to ervices of tho Attorney General. The Board of holders referred the matter 10a committee of three, with power to id, if necessary, employ counsel to assist in tho prosecution. ‘The close relationship of uflinity existing between the conductors of the prosecution and the defence, the arbitration of the legal niceties, in which the case promises to be prolific, 18 commented upon very un- jJavorably here, aud 18 the cause of uo little scandal. ‘The relationship in itself was suilicient to give wings to gossip and scandal; but the apparent determination of either side to refuso any vutside assistance has been d Upon and adapted to an unfavorable and uncom- | plimentary construction. 1.13 expected that the committec of three appointed by the qt chee by the appointment of counsel to assist in tho prosecution. HEMPSTEAD RESERVOIR. TRIAL OF COMMISSIONER FOWLER BEFORE THE BROOKLYN BOARD OF ALDERMEN—WAS THERE DANGER OF A WATER FAMINE IN 1870? ‘The Board of Aldermen of the city of Brooklyn mot again yesterday afternoon for the purpose of examining the charges preterred against Commissioner William ‘A. Fowler, who has beea suspended by Mayor Fred- erick A. Schroeder, on the allegation that, while officiating as a member of the Board of City Works, be conspired with Messrs. William C. Kingsley and Abner C. Keeney, the contractors tor the construction of the Hempstead storage reservoir, to defraud the city of Brooklyn, Premdcnt French occupied tho chair, There were several democratic Aldermen missing wh: the roll was called, among the number being Kane, of the Sixth ward; Black, of the Fourth ward; | Donovan, of the Twelfth. Alderman Parker, of the Fifteenth ward, republican, was also missing. There ‘was but a sma! audience in the lobby, The Corpora- tion Counsel appeared for the prosecution and Genera, R. A. Pryor for Mr. Fowler, Samuel Do Mott, who was the i) itness calied, testified that he isa iar- mer and resides within 169 feet vf the Hempstead Kea- ervoir, in an easterly direction from tne dam; he recollectes the first work on the reservoir; it was cut- ting wood aud brush; the wood was sawed up and put into the flume; there was no difference in that year from any other as to tho volume of water in the punds 1m that neighbornood; ayeee prior to the commence- ment of the work by Kingsley & Keeney the volume of water in the ponds Was the same 96 it had always been; « year before the work Was commenced ho saw the waste gates of the old Hempatoad Reservoir open for several days; at the same time Mr. Smith closed them; there were visitors to the plaee about that tim but I did not know that the visitors were city officials; witness did not know the date of the cutting down of the woods, bat know that it was after the water had Deen let out of the ponus; saw the weod that had been cut used subsequently upon the construction of the flume; witness believed that he did not get ca@ugh for bis land which was taken by the eity for the res- ervoi Mr. Ryder, a farmer, testified that he lived in the volume of water in Brinsley’s pond, near as about the same an in other yoara; be saw tbe water low there for a day or two, Dut it was soun fuil again; he did not know wi the condition of the viher ponds at that +im days Jater a number of carriages containing people irom Brookiynu visited the ponds; never noticed the water so low as it was just prior to (hat visit; that was in the fall of 1871; it was adry year; the people who called there didn't drink; if the waste gato of the pond had been open it would have been noticed the: Samuel Combs testified that he owned a mill near Hempstead Reservoir, and that sometimes there was i decrease in the volume of water; there was uo difference 10 the meter supply of weter in 1870-71. John RK, Cornell 1d in Valley Stream im the yoars named; in those y there was a drought, and the water was short in‘all the ponds named. John H. Rhodes, Water VParveyor, testified that ho was given chargo ot the Prospect Hill and Ridgewood reservoirs on December 1, 1869; in the follow tug year he was relieved of the control of the Ridgewood Reser- voir by Colonel Adams; witness Lad nothing to do with the carrying out of the resolution of the W Board, recommending tho closing of tho gutes of reservoir; mado experiinents im his own house to see tho effect of the closing of the gates; there w: not the sligitest difference im the pressure of water; kuew what the effect would be if th gates were closed during the night and opened in the Morning; the rush of water would break tho pipes witness’ opinion was that the gates were not closed at the time reterred to. At this stago of the proceedings the Board adjourned, to meet at three o'clock on next Tuesday afternoon. BROOKLYN'S RESERVOIR SUIT, Yesterday the anit for $178,000, brought by the con- tractors for the Storage Reservoir, Messrs. Kingsley & Koenoy, against the city of Brooklya, was conti ued in the Common Gouncil Chamber, in that city, be- fore the referees. Ar. Parsons, on behalf of the city, contended that the plaintiffs had no cans of ‘action, as the work had pos been dono according to contract, and argued at great length a motion for a nonsuit, He claimed that the Water Board was not the city of Brookly: Brooklyn was not responsible for itsacts. He tended that they had failed to show that Mr. Fowler plans sppro' that a nonsait would be granted, all tarther trowble, Mr. Vao Cott opposed ti on behalf of the contractors, claiming that they performed the work by the direction of the city au- thorities, and bint were authorized by law to do so. He will conctude his arguinent when the caso is re- sumed ou Tuesday, RAID ON ANOTHER GAMBLING HOUSE. Intormation was received by the Twentieth precinct police om Thursday evening that a gambling house was being carried on at No. 207 West Twenty. ‘th etreet, and Captain Washburn detailed Officer Price to investi. gate the matter.. The officer discovered that a game of “sweat being dealt on the first floor of the prem- inee, The house was at once surrounded by a section of mer faided on, John P. , the deals and eleven players w fice also seized a i a sy Chie rape Justice misery a hetat he jogion E mori 2, tatd We rerleed at Wo. sis West Thirty-aecond. sureet ry Mfg or sono Ad was commitiod for trial tis doubitul, however, if she will | THE SCRANTON STRIKE. INCREASING MAGNITUDE OF THE DEMONSTRA TION—THE SHOPS OF THE DELAWARE, LACK& WANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPAR} DESERTED AT SCRANTON AND SYRACUSE— DETERMINATION OF THE COMPANY AND MEN, Sckaxton, Pa., Oct. 13, 1876. The political whirlwind of the past few days hat monopdlized public attention to such an extent that, with the exception o! a few meagre Avsociated Presa telegrams, nothing has been made known in the great in- dustrial centres of the important fact that 1,000 mechaa- ics are on strike at the car and locomotive shops of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Raliroaa Company in thin city to resist a reduction of ten per cent in theit wages, ordered to take effect from the 7th inst, The situation derives an added importance from the fact that this is tho third reduction which has taken effect ‘At this branch of the company’s works to the wages of | the mechanics since the Ist of March last, and that 18 has aroused a widespread public feeling in fas vor ofthe men, who have so far conducted themselves in the most orderly manner. The reduction was most unexpected, and the first intimation the men bad of it was a written notice nailed @n the entrance to the works, As soon as it became known through the shops the utmost indignation was expressed, and tne blanched cheeks and flashing eyes of the workmen as they repeated the story one to another showed their supremo scorn for the policy that kept cutting down their wages continually to make up for deficiencies arising (rom causes entirely foreign to the interests in which the mechanics aro engaged. CERSATION OF WORK, They threw away their tools at ouce, not waiting ta finish the work at which they were engaged. Carpen- | tors loft the crude woodwork where it stood, black- | smiths left the tren cooling on the hearth, aud shaft. ing and bands and spindles, as if in sympathy with the mechagics, stood still, The men, neariy 1,000 strong, proceeded at once to the public squaro and held a weeting, at which the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Railroad Company was censu ed ' in torcibie torma, The men held that the company had cut down their wages repeatedly, until it oud reached & point at which it was impossible for them to sustain their families, Those who a year ago were ob- taining $2 87 day, skilled mechanics, have hud their pay reduced to the paliry pittance of $1 44, and ovh Pave been reduced from $2 10 $1 26 per’ day. Tue rato of wages ranges {rom $1 to $144 in the various departments, Many of the men have large famihes, | and in happur times took pride in surrounding them with the modest comioris of a cheerful home, Such men regard the prospect with dismay, abd swear that they would prefer starvation to a system of legalizea slavery. A of resolutions, setting forth the grievances of t follow 1, OF THR MBN. Lackawanne * , f elted as a cause for this constant cutting down of our wages: therefore Resolved, That we regard with alarm these repeated ro- ductions in’ our pay ae so many steps toward starval is unjust and injuri ch as ft tends to subvert by its exi that barmony which should exist between employer and employed, Kosoived, That the policy of paying high salaries to ‘and large dividends, while the wages of working- ‘ars cut down to keep up & aystem of retrenchmen i Rujiroad Company, ‘Resolved, That while we recognize the general deprossion which has overtaken the capital of the country during t present year as a calamity, we do not consider it w sufticie Cause to press workingiwen to the wall and deprive them of the means of subsistence. Lackawanna and We ‘Company to recon their recent action in ordering ® reduction of waKos ft culminatos in that curse of employ employ strike, which we should ail deplore. These were tolegraphed to of the company, out ne refusedan answer, and his action iu so doing has wonderfully iucensed the wor! m The breach grows wider, however, and now the men swear they will not go back to work under tho reduction. The mechanics all along the company’s works have been prompt to forward their Scranton brothren words ot cheer and to assure them that they were ready ta strike at any moment that they so desired. The miners, also viewiag the situation with alarm, aud feariag that the cutting down policy might be extended to them, have proffered their ald aud encouragement to tho railroad hands, and the men in the company’s employ at Syracuse have already struck and are in constant correspoudence with the workmen of this city. The 4 MAGNITUDE OF THE MOVEMENT becomes greater every moment, and notwithstanding the (act that the company’s officials are endeavoring to suppress from the public the extent of the disaifec- tion among the workingmen, it is beyond @ douvs that in the breast of every ike, even at the risk of in- the most serious consequences. ‘They say that they bave been goaded too lonc; that their wages have been squeezed down until they can no longer live and keep out of debt. THR COMPANY'S ACTION. It ts rumored that the company have, tn view of the determination of the men not to accept t.e reductivn, contracted for theit work elsewhere, und have resuived to close their Scranton shops. The men scout the Tumor as being at variance with common sense, mnct it would entall a far greater expense on their employert to do #o than to concede the current rate of wages. PLYMOUTH PRAYE& MEETING. Plymouth lecture room and parlors were crowded to excess last evening. After the usual preliminary exer- cises Mr, Beecher said:—Religion is not a quality be- longing to the exterior of man; It is Infused as some- arate from bis own personality. When ao whole nature is accorded to great moral lines and emotions that man has religion, for that is the fal- ness of religious lite; not that which expresses a clase ofnighor emotions alone, but religion is mado up from intellectual elements, elements of volition, of ac- tion; in other words, of everything; it 18 the whole of tho man acting rightly for the right end, so that the harp sounds throughout every string. Itis just as much a man’s religious duty to do that which wo would not ordinarily call religious as that which we do, Weare not ‘THIN, SHADOWY MEN. Wo are not of tho sort of Christians who seok the places that are still. We aro not such emaciated moa, from being good. The typical ideal Christian is round, full of energy, carnestly doing what Is right for him to uel Sloan, president 0, ‘This ts preliminary to a wor! respecting our feelings in this time of excitement. The feeling of the nation such that it is necossary to p rform a duty everv four years which is next to our duty to God. First our duty 18 to our Fatnor in heaven, next to our coua- Our prosperity and wellfal tion of government, and on ourselves the duty of determinin, and electing magistrates, so when magistracy comes before the people it is ‘one of the most solemn and profoundly important da- ties that can be brought before us, and everybody that shirks it because it 1s not religious, everybody tha: thinks {¢ 18 not his duty to take care of tho State, if grossly mistaken, Goa don’t thank you for any such Attempt to Keep your spirituality by avoiding your duty. The righteousness you ave seeking tor holds you steadfastly to your duti In order to do this it becomes necessary, inthe first place, that every men should not allow his feelin; ontran bis own control. Take care you are not from your bearings. ! you are to be careial tat your sonsibilities are not dragged and dulled. Take core to keep up your INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE. You may belong tw a party or institution and may wink at what they ao; but whatever you do wi corporated conse! you will have to answer with your individual consctenve. Even as you would ot allow yourself to lie in a core joner am! honesty and man- your privaie relations in the community. in other words, | do not advocate your spending your time in praying instead of canvassing and voting, bus I-eay this—you should not retreat and shirk yoar duty, nd ‘all the preparation needful for the duty’ you must make, and remember that God takea care of those who would not give much foi derived by a lewure by w State of his ser- vices. There are some few things a man might keep in mind to help him. I don’t know that [ have recently said that it seems to mo that the first hours of the morning were the rudder of the day. A man commits a griev- ous 61m against himself who sleeps away the first hours of the day. If you bat upward and come down cleansed you will find easier to go right all day but if you go out in the morning without prep- aration you get clogged, and by by rT wall have a long, doieful repentance to go throngh all that folly, which 18 needless, Then see to it that you pertorm to the fuli your ordinary religio ties, and to periorm them rightly you must have a presence with you that shall hold you up and sustain you. 1tis in the battle of lite that we become veterans, and not camp and barracks. So inthis time you must bo active, and periorm your duties every one. If en don’t take care of the country ignor- THE ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY. The report of Mr. Hugh J. Jewott, a reéciver of the Erte Railway Company, for the month of July was filed yesterday in the County Cierk’s offce, The feocipts are given at $2,193,611 41; payments, $1,804,846 10, and balance on hand $289,765 3. The itieates tesued ducing the month are 580 40; 981,079 49. 000, certificates and notes paid and cavcciied, | with @ decrease of $105,000 during the montis, The outstanding certificates are given at ¥