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LINES OF NEW DEARTORE, | Parties and Politics in North Carolina. THE NEXT POLITICAL BATTLE Failure of Governor Vance’s Administration. Raxuioa, N. C., May 1, 1877, - 1f ono may conciade anything from the tranquil ef- Ject which the South Curolina and Louisiana gettlo- Mente have produced om the public mind here then President Hayes has cast his lines of now departure in wory pleasant places, In so far as North Carolina is concerned the over- ‘wheiming public sentiment of the masses of this con- Bervative old State is completely responsive to the pol- fey of good government inaugurated by the ad. ministration, involving, «8 it does, the principles of local government in and for all the States, those North as well as South, and going to the foundation princi- Plog of the Republic ivselt, VARTINS AND POLITICB iN NORTH CAROLINA, Politica! organization is broken and parties are now practically disrupted in this State, Governor Vance rode into the executive office on a wave of popular clamor arisivg from the manifold misdeeds of repab- hiean administration in some of the Southern states controlled by carpet-bag influence, backed up by the central power at Washington, and the stupon- dous faults, irauds and tndeceucice of outrage on tho Part of the national administration under the Grant régime, and not from any favor or affection of the masses toward the democratic party or the old Bourbon leaders of that now practically effete and, as the Heratp bas well said, ‘bankrupt, worthless and ignominious concero.”’ Under the peculiur cir- cumstances surrounding the campaign and the great disadvantage at which the republicans were at every turn, Vance should havo beaten Settle more than 14,000 on a total vote of 235,000 to attest anything Uke permanency of attachment on the part of tne people for the democratic purty and its leaders here. Under the circumstances that surround the situation mt bomo to-day, with the favorable indications all @round the political horizon of the’ country that are ‘Dow presented to the view of the people, Settle would have beaten Vance 20,000 votes in the State, But the republicans realized their Waterloo at the Polls in this State last November. The shopherd was smitten and the sheep were scattered. It is as im- possible now for the republican barons to marshal sheir old forces under the familiar banner as it will be Jor the democratic Bourbons to continue to lead in Solid column their hitherto blind followers, Negro voters by regiinents, brigades, divisions and whole army corps will now desert to the victorious lines, White voters, in equal or largor numbers, bith- erto held together by prejudice of the negro as a tree man and voter, and on account of the misgoverument snd tyranny of republican authority, will refuse to re solist uader either banner of the present organizations, Auda the result is an inevitable demand for a new party. THE OUTLOOK FOR A NEW PakTY, Forty to filty thousand white republican voters who Btood ut the polls in this State last year are completely id irrevocably alienated trom the democratic jd will continue to stand in active opposition to Organization, Two-thirds of the negroes and ou: of the democratic voting strength in the last ‘would go with this ‘000 w ite republical organization, thi ving @ new party mo’ bt lad strength for success in the general THs NEXT POLITICAL BATTLE. An election be held in this State In November, "1878, for members of Congress, judges of the Supreme and Superior courts and for members of th juceess of 1876 bas unduly elated the Bourbon leaders of the democratic party bei ‘Theil members of Congress now elect bave been writing let- rs for publication ia the Bourbon or in this city and speaking and talking generally in the language 2861. The press of the State is almoat universally vio- Tent, virulent and proscriptive, The democrats will in 1878 place in the fleld u Simon pure Bourbon ticket, and especially for the judiciary, which 1s the only re- maining branch of the State government for them to capture. The jadiciary, they say, must be purified, aud that means to fill it with secession men and stro! partisans. Of this clase there are eight aow in judicial position by democratic election and Executive ap- pointment, to say nothing of a goodly array of warrior solicitors. HOW THE BATTLE SHOULD BE YovanT. The judicial eiections, coming on with the Congres. Bional! and legislative elections, afford the opposition a grand opportunity, Tho opportunity w for an inde- Pendent judiciary as distinguished from the purely partisan ticket the democratic Bourbons will place in She field. And this independent judicial ticket can be made to affect the legislative and Congressional tickets, es ly the formor, which ussuines importance in san of the election in January, 1879, of a United States nator. DISMISS THE GRANT OFFICIALS, Now, it 16 tor President Hayes to prepare the way for Bgrand opposition success in 1878, sy bis action in Bouth Carolina and Louisiana and the declarations of She principles and policy of his administration which he bas made trom time totime he has angered and made desperate the democratic Bourvons, uuborsed the Tepublican barons and swept along with him in bearty accord the sentiments of the great body of the Southern * people. Let him uow dismiss the Grant officials and Bppoint to office men of first class standing and char- gcter in every community, men of known moderate Views, possessing some sense in politics and appreci- ating the dignity ana exalted purposes for whicu the neral government was founded. By such a course 6 Can Open the way to an opposition success in 1878 $n this State which would furnish tho baste for the organization of a new party, or, if time and propitious events should better determine, rehabilitate the old Tepublican pesty and permaventty re-establiab it under the control and direction at the South of sound aud solid Southern leaders. Not only can the President 8°t on ite feet a potent opposition in North Carolina, Dut inevery other Southern State. But all depends onthe promrt and sweeping removal of the Grant office-holders, who infest every Southern State, annoy- ing, persecuting and victimizing the peopi ing the public service, to the ultium Grace of the new administration. ALL OF THEM BLAINE MXN. Every solitary federal official retained on duty in this State by President Hayes were Blaine m + Cincinnati and are Bi concoal their contempt gust for bis policy, but openly sympathize with and hopefully look to a Blaine and Morton war o: xtra session, While the masses of the ell as the democrats are pleased with ministration the federal office-holders ounce it, sparing no occasion jssatisfaction in their own ranks, e same time encouraging the assauils of the Bourbon democratic papers and leaders. From Holden, the most prominent, down to the most insignificant, the Prosident’s office- in North Hay men, gh, Rogist in Bankruptcy and obair- of the Republican State Committee, and his pub- welcoming the policy of the new Presiden: trary notwithstanding, Senator Howe, of , 18 the patron saint of this man Keogh, who and that holds « sceptre, PAILURE OF VANCK ADMINISTRATION, 8 existence declared a At the end of the first four months of by its iriends, No Governor in al belore raised the storm of indignatior Vance aad aweep him into political obscurity. tered indignation from one end of the State to the otber is the familiar music which now falls om bis official cars. In no single instance has be filled the measure of popular expectation, but, on the con- trary, every official act bas constiuted @ public offence 1o his own late supporters. In sppoimtiong to position the Governor ignores the leading and repre- sentative mon of bis party, conferring bis public favors on personal iriends, kinswen and o class of inferior men who flaier his vanities and fawn upon him in official position, Is is abundantly conceded that Governor Vance is pot a great mao, He is es- teemed to possess no wisdom ip the direction of public affairs, nor ishe informed on matters that come di- rectly within his province as tho chief magistrate of a great State, OF an inordinate selfish ambition, he is jpposed to have paid less attention to matters of Matecraft than to a profound study of the possible politi- tal advantages to be derived from the schoul of dema- A standing candidate for the United States al and reading thus early the handwrit- Ing on the wall of the Senatorial caucus of January, 1879, he ie assiduously cultivating she colored man and brother, whom, in his cajolery, he denominates the most conservative element 10 our politics aud the possible chief bulwark of our liberties, Yet be is torribly proseripti a son coarsely abusive ‘epublicut ver shall recognize Hayes as Pre under official necessity, and counsels th y aud unrelenting warfare on the adminis- f w President. By bis violence and de- wanciation be bopes to ran with the Bourbon fox, by bis cajolery hold with the negro hounds, and in oral way awe and bull-doze the masses of the igi white voters, DISSENSION IN THE FAMILY, will, in the hour of chagrin and its him, Ond that a man’s ousehold. The Secretary of Btate, who is the only man of full grown statare in the Btate government, feels that he isa bigger man than Vance, The war bas mpng | begun. The Sec- of his office away from nm it to his own withdrawn the se 19 187% Engelhard received more votes than ‘ance, Tildep of anybody else who evgr ran in the tate, and he feels bis keeping. TO 3UM UP. North Carolina is the Southern State tn voters constitute a bave voted the re- ublican ticket any State of the South. jut their leaders have, for the most purt, been among the vilest and most unscrupulous set up apywher These office-holders, especially in the ester district, have been tho most remorseless, charactorless and abominable that ever trod on the id property of a did not stay io his nature to be, the public bod ice would t more creditable, und conditios lives apd liberties of the peo would b been somewhat improved and guaranteed. If he President acd his ‘closest fmends appreciate situation as they should, they cannot tail to take, ition of political affairs in North , from @ variety of circumstances, is most propitious for great good to the people of the State, the nation and government itself, From Caroli yt leut go on in the way in- od although he may party, or at once the republican ‘party, he can at once se- cure a strong and sufficiently power following wild caroer of the democ- wara circumstance of a THE RELEASE OF TWEED. ‘The tireless tongue of rumor still keeps afloat all sorts of stories about William M. Tweed and his tamous confession, and the jtiemen who packed their trunks several weeks ago that they might fy ata mo- ment’s notice when the document should be made pab- lie are kept upon the qui vive, To no ono perbaps is the news daily supplied by certain jourvais more sur- prising than to Jobo D. Townsend, counsel for the “Boss,” and to Mr. Wheoler H. Peckham, who is look- Ing Into the case for the Attorney General. [t is gen- erally thought that Mr. Fairchild alone is examining the papers submitted by the. ‘Boss,’ and that be will decide as seems best to him whether he will accept or Feject the proposition, This is a mistal from Mr. O’Conor, who retired trom 1 tb People or to 4 propos tee except Mr. Peckham. That gon! een called im by the Attorney General to examine the papers and memoranda submitted by Mr. Tweed, and upon his recommendation principally Mr, Fairchild will.act, How soon 8 decision will be arrived at n0 one knows, but it is likely that the matter will be tled very soon, There is a gencral impression that the officials have spent a great more time than was necessary in looking over the papers submitted, and many do pothesitate to deciare that no good can be achieved by further delay, and that Mr. Fairchild is reserving his decision for political reasons. A MATRIMONIAL CONSPIRACY. What bas every appearance of a conspiracy to dee fraud a wealthy old gentleman has just been discov- ered. A certain Joseph Lopez, whose antecedents are said to be bad, bas, it ts claimed, been for the last eighteen months concocting a plot with the servanis employed by Mr. Frederick S. Morrison, at his resi- dence, No, 142 West Forty-second street, by which he succeeded, on April 4, in being married to a Gaughter of Mr. Morrison. The ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. Dr. Charles C. Tiffany, at bis residence, No, 69 West Thirty-eighth street, Mr. Morrison, in an interview with a Haratp re- porter last evening, prociaimea Lopez asa “Bleecker Street gambler.” He feels keenly the mésalliance which nis daughter hus made, and charges that Lopes promised two of his servants $5,000 each if they should prove successful in inducing Miss Morrison to marry bim. Lopez himself, Mr. Morrigon said, bas Doasted that he will get $100,000 out of him as an In- ducement to leave bis wife and the country, but Mr. aeton that be will never pay Lopez asingle jo Miss Morrison is a young lady of infirm totellect, con- sequent upon a paralytic stroke woen she was young. She easily induced by the servants to yield to Lopez's designs, and does not even now reai ie full efiec the position in which she Alter the ceremony bad been performed Lop: ber to go hoi d pack her trunk ang be would send for ber. She 80, and innocently told what she had done, She was then sent out of the city by father and piaced in a secure retreat where Lopez cannot find her, Neither Mr. fison nor bis two sone evor Lopez, but they claim to fall dotails of his vious history, whiob, if revoaled, would place him in very awkward and precarious situation: The Mor- risons deciaro that Lopez was already married when the ceremony was periormed by Dr. ie ho spent the night after the ceremony In a disre] ble house, Of this they claim to have tull proof. have engaged counsel and intend to bring the mat before the Supreme Court in order to have the mar- riage set aside on tho ground of conspiracy and fraud. In the meantime active steps have been taken to dis- cover Lopez’s whereabouts, Arumor was current that Morrison offered Lopes $20,000 to leave his wife and the country, This Mr. Morrison emphatically denies, but states that be bas Teceived word that Lopez is willing to sett $2,000 and leave the cou! Mr. vilest conspiracies that was ever concocted to wreck the peace of a happy home, The servants who were implicated in thi all been discharged. There were three mi women who were acting as tne agents of Lopez. pez has no money and frequently borrowed of th ike it all right when he got, Servants, promisjng to m: as he declared he would, barrel of money out of the oldman.”’ One of the women obtained $25 from Mr. Morrison’s fat at his country seat, and gave it to Lopez, All the facts will be brought out ia evi- denoe at the argument of the case belore the Supreme Court on May 1L AMERICAN INSTITUTE. The members of the American Institute held their quarterly meeting last evening, in the hall adjoining their rooms at Cooper Institute, Orestes Cleveland Presiding and (, McN. Leoser acting as secretary, The special business of the meeting was the considera- tion and adoption of a set of bylaws under the insti- tute’s charter of 1876, aud each section of the bylaws Presented was carefully considered before final action was taken, In the main the bylaws adupted last evening are the same as had betore prevailed, the most voticeable new feature being that the system of lite memborship, which for some years past bad fallen into abeyance, was revived, an = tion was adopted ordaining that in future a ir who puys upon admission $50 or who has paid the initt- }d the annual dues of $5 forten years suc- jt has boe! id sball “DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.” To tae Epitor oy Tax HeRato:— In your paper of last Sunday you speak of the Church of the Discipies of Christ as the church in which some of the Ring men worshipped and held office, Permit me to say, by way of correction, that none of tho Ring men ever held either office or mem- bership in this church, nor are they now in any way connected with it Whilo the paragrap! ds of a ring interested in the purch: it does very gross injustice to tne this ie the second statement in the col- ft the HekaLp concerning this church which I aime of high toned journali but woula tively sabserve the true interests of suciety, D. R, VAN BUSKIRK, Pastor Charch Disciples of Christ, CHILDREN’S COMMUNION. AtSt Francis Xavier's Church, in Sixteenth street, Detween Fifth and Sixth avenues, yesterday, Cardinal MoCloskey, assisted by the Rev. John Spalding, newly ordained bishop of Peoria, Il., and — Moreno, an Mexican bishop, administered +! ‘first com- inty children. The service con- ty communion service of the more eflec- ed Catholic Church. A POLICEMAN IN TROUBLE. Officer Patrick Canningham, of the Third Police Pro- cinct, Brooklyn, who was arrested on Wednesaay night last for drunkenness and assaulting An Turpin, a colored woman, resid was before Justice Bloom ry released on ball, His sot down for Thursday next. Charges wore also vas rred against Cunningham before the Boara ot Police and Excise by Captain Leavy of the Third Precinct. SELLING WATERED MILK, Dr. W. &. B. Post, sanitary inspector, on a ot May, at No, $83 Tenth avenue, found John Salzen sell- ing anwholesome watered and adulterated milk in violation of the ordinance, He was arraigned at Fifty-seventh Street Co: d held in detault of $300, ICE IN MAY. In many places about Staten Isiand yesterday morn- ing ice was formed, and in the jowlands there wasa heavy white frost SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDENT. TERRIBLE FATE OF A FUNERAL PARTY IN JERSEX—THREE LIVES LOST. On Wednesday Mr. Simon Demorest, a well-to-do farmer residing at Pompton, Passaic county, N. J., started from bis home to attend a funeral at Boonton. He was accompanied by Jona and Thomas Caboy, brothers; Miss Caboy, their sister, & young lady about twenty-two years of age, and Miss Emma Taylor, an estimable young lady of Paterson, The party travelled in an open wagon with adouble team. Boonton was reached all right, and the funeral attended, it being that of au aunt of the Caboy boys and an intimate friend of the entire party. In the afternoon, when the faueral was over, Mr, Demorest’s party started on the return, One of the Caboys held the reins at first, bat afterward Mr. Demorest took them- Considering the solemn ceremony they had been wit- messing the young people and even tbe old gentieman Were quite lively.im spirits under the influence of tae bracing mountain air. They bad to cross the track of the Montclair and Greenwood Lako Ruilroad about a mile or #0 (rom the depot of Pompton Plains. THK COLLISION. Mr. Demore@t saw a train approaching bound toward New York, but felt satisfied that he could co! the track some time in advance of the engine, He gavo the tcam the rein, The animals, being spirited, took advantage, and, startled by the snorting of the engi: ‘whistie, they broke away Kae The result. wi terribie collision, The shaft of the wagon struck the be pte of the engineer, which was going atthe rate of thirty miles an bour,’ The wagod, with fw humag freight, was ung up on the side of the en- gine. Mr, Demorest, Jobo’ Caboy and Miss Taylor were instantly killed, the latter being cut almost in two from the shoulder down, and the other two being shockingly mangled. Thomas Caboy and nis sister escaped with their lives, but itis not expected that they can survive, The horses were killed aud the wagon dashed into a thousund pieces. The engine was also disabled, The dead und injured were removed to the depot at Pomp- ton Pia aod Dr, Romondt called to attend the latter, The train was a special one, in which were the Superintendent of the Montclair and Greenwood Lake road, Mr. William &. Dorwin, ana other xentle- men, who bad beep up to pay off the road hands for the month, ‘THE CORONER'S’ INQUEST. An inquest was beld yesterday 4 one of the Morris county coroners, the calamity having taken placo beyond the Passaic live, and a verdict reached exonorating the railroad company from all blame, and stating that the catastrophe was the result of either the inattention of the driver of the wagon or the unmanagenbieness of tho team. Miss Taylor was employed in one of the Paterson silk mills, and it is said that her funeral will be taken Charge of by her fellow employés. FREE TRADE IN SHIPS. PROSPECTS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN SHIP- PING IN BEFEBENCE TO THE EASTERN WAR. To Tax Epitox oy THe HexaLD:— I bave read with much int it the article in to-day’s HgRavp which oreshadows the commoreia! condition of England should she decide wo take part in the war between Russia and Turkey. According to the writer American commerce, or, to speak more correctly, the American carrying , will reap an immense ad- vantage in the event of such a complication, and he goes so far as to say that the greater part of Hngland’s commercial marine will ultimately be transierred to the American flag to avoid the chances of capture from Russian pri re and men-ol-war, which willbeina position to do a greater damage to ships owned by sub- Jects of Great Britain than Confederate cruisers were able to inflict on Am 0 vessels during our own war, Now this view of the subject may bo correct so far as the perilous position or England in respect to ber ship- ping interests is concerned, though I very much doubt the ability of Russian cruisers, with the ports of their own country blockaded, and considering tho difficul- ties of getting their prizes into neutral ports, including the disposition of the crews and passengers captured op the vessels, to interfere seriously with English rs to me that you fail to appreciate the diflerence in England’s present position, commercially speaking, and that of our own country during the war of the rebellion, England enjoyed tr trade in sbips, consequently any number ot our vessels could, and some did, seek re! there being no to our Jaws, they still remain, ot font according In this way mucp its American character, i and gency. Bat it you will look playing a similar role y e 'y English reg ) during our war, she was enabled to purchase or receive our vessels and retain them, We could not get them back after the war, and why? Because our stupid restrictive laws forbade any transfer of foreign vessels to the American fing. Once rogistered on the book of a foreign Custom House there wus noreturn, There they must remain. But suppose we, at the provable embroilment of England in the continental difficulties, repeal Davigation laws aod deciare free trade in sbips, and the influx of Koglish tonnage eager to shel- ter itself under American protection ensues, what then? The war over, will that tonnage, baving en- Joyed the lion’s share of the carrying trade under nom- nal American ownership, remain American? Certain|: not it will return to Koglish owuership and Englis! registers as certainly as ours (or at least a great part of {t) would bave returned to us had our sapient iogisia- tors, anxious for the “protection of American indus- bi Dot persisted in opposing it. 1m and always havo been an ardent advocate of tree t: , and especially free trade in ships. I be- Nevo our policy of “protection” and restriction to be the most senseless, criminal and burtiul evor imposed upon a civilized nation by logisiative ignoramuses. To it we are indebted fora portion of our present difficulties, May it speedily be swept away with the rubbish of the past and its advocates be meationed only with d jon, as they will assuredly be. But I cannot share your convictions that @ step in the right direction, even now, will bring us that commercial Prosperity to which you look 80 ho fully. Free trade in ‘ships will undoubt- edly increase somewhat our tonnage, but under present conditions (1 taking part tm the war), opportu: utrals,”? and rT danger passed to return to the paternal told aod sume again the family name. That this will be the case I bave not jallest doubt, and | suspect that po’ Delonging to that great ut eminently shrewd, people is anxiously hing, alter having run us off the by bi facilities for competition (facilities by our own government), Brotber Jonathan will receive and take charge of floating investments,” cred name ol “neutrals” over,’? all ip shape to commence agai: ingle lor com ich, owing in great part to the has thus far resulted in defeat for ourselves, CHARLES H. MARSHALL, Naw York, May 3, 1877. CANAL TOLLS, The following telegram was sent to the members of the State Senate yesierday from the Produce Ex- behalf of the N dorsemeut of tI Mk ie jative to canal toile whi se L. J. N, STARK, Presid Luonaxp Hageurine, Chair- ‘man Canal Cominitves; ALRX. E, One, Chairman Special Delegation on Vanals, To this the following reply was received :— Resolution ff discussion. New legations soli favor, Will proba- . JERAKD, ALFRED WAGSTAPY, Jr, A BAD BEGINNING. Leonard Neitheimmer, aged fourteen years, and re- Giding with bis parents at No 232 East Twenty-ffth street, on Wednesday purchased some candy at the confectionery store of Mra. Fanny Brieke, No 511 Second avenue, and, while that lady was engaged in putting up the candy, stole $1 10, which was lying on the counter in a pocketbook. The pocketbook was missed, and young Neitheimmer arrested and arraigned ut the Fifty-seventh Street Court yesterday, where he was committed in default of $1,000. CAROLIN’S DEATH. Michael Carolin, of No, 361 Madison street, who some time since received severe injuries in an siterca- tion with Joseph Ballord, at the corner of Bowory and Pell street, died yesterday morning. Ballord was com- mitted on March 30 to await the result of the wounded injuries and will be produced at the inquest, down for Tuosday noxt, noon jutopsy, held by Coroner Woltmai that t use of Carolin’s death was an absc brain, due to an accumulation of pus, ¢ ries received, TOO MANY WIVES. Mins Ano Kegoff some time ago married Joho Butt- and went to reside with him at No, 64 Boerum street, Brooklyn, had beon a happy wife but a York Produce Ex- oneurrent resolu- ich recently passed the As- change, to urge your fow weeks when she learned band had an- oth living. TI mar Uy Ys leavi im eve ran him into debt, and bas Bim arrestee for Digamy. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. AMUSEMENTS, “SAMUEL” AT THE ACADEMY. Last might Mr. Jerome Hopkins, the indefatigable and irrepressible, made his bow as an oratorio com- poser, producer ans conductor. Mr Hopking ts, ax | we understand it, undertaking to be the Wagner of | oratorio—that is, be has discovered that oratorio has always been written on false principles, and proposes to reform it altogether. His work of last nigtt was a frat step tu this direction. Of course to say that we did not itke itis no argument, We did not like Wag- ner when we firstheard him, Letus hear how ora- torio has been wrong and how Mr, Hopkins intends to Tight it First—So says Mr. Hopkins—the old masters have | always made oratorio too difeult, Those poor, dear | country societies who took up oratorio with the inten- tion of studying and presenting it, always haa to lay it down again in despur, So Mr. Hopkins is de- termined to simplify matters, end im order to do so bas written all his choruses im @mison. Who can foil to seo how great an Heprewement this ts on the old polyphonic style of I ood Bach, and Mendein- soba, 60 Unnrcessarily dMeull, eud so bard forthe dear public to usravel and understand ? Second. Uratoria should be done always with scenery, costames and action; should be in fact sacred opera, The days of Elyabin a dre: atand the angels in evening cosiume are ove must be dramatic or nothiog. To the upregenerated mind this has tho unpleasant effect of a painted statue of an oi! painting in reliovo—that ix to say, of tempt to combine two effects, each good in itself, but antagonistic in prin ciple; but, then, the unrezenerated mind is no criterion, ‘The idea of oratorio bas always been that it dealt with subjects too sacred to Le embodied, though they could With propricty be suggested aud deseribe Mr, Hopkins notiing is sacred, apparent ever produce the “Creation,” be would undoubtediy bave Kapbael, Gabriel and Uriel in diapbanous gar- ments, With Wings of real feathers, But how would ho manage the (to say the least) seanty costume of our Fespected parents beiore ull? However, Mr. Hop. kins has nol yet produced the “Creation,” probably he er will, and our business at presont is with “Samuel,” as Mr, Hopkins imagines him. Samuel was Personated in the first act by a young lady with a very yoice—ol course according to Mr. Hopkins’ She—we mean he-made his Urst_appear- ance in avery modern costume and wore high beel shoes—a cosiuzue which would undoubiedly Lave as- tonished Hanuab and Eikavab if they bad ever seen it, If bis 16 the way in which i: dressed Samuel we are nished that bis mother deemed it necessary to tuke her son a dress every year when she went to tho Tomple.- The part of David was sung by Mr, W. Lege goth A tenor. singer, frequently heard at concerts, His dress was simply absurd, “If this was the style ot custume Woru by shepherds in those days we pity the sheep! As regurds the music of this work it is quite in keep- ing with Mr. Hopkins’ idea of oratorio—strunge, pass: ing strange! In this, a8 tn the costumes, he has bor- rowed wholesale from every source within his reach; not oue bar worth listeving to iw the whole composi: tion; be has not produced xi ‘igipal work, though he hus @ right to claim it as au original oratorio, We Cunnot help wishing that il Hopkins ject tor burlesque he might have selected one from somo other source thau the pages of Holy Writ, The tendency of the age is irreverence in everything, and certainly there was nothing 19 the music or periorm- ance of jast night that could ip any way elevate the minds of young or old; on the contrary it Was treat. ing a sacred subject with the familiarity t breeds contempt, and if such aro to be the oratorios of the future we hope sincerely we may not be there to hear shein, ‘ MME, ESSIPOFY AT STEINWAY HALL, Yesterday afternoon Mmo, EssipoM™ gave a recital of the music of modern composers, The audience was shamefully email. It 1s a disgrace to the musical pub- lie of New York that an artist like Essipoff can be allowod to appear, even once, under any circum. stances, to so poor a house, The combined influences of daylight and a small attendance seomod to affect the artist to a point beyond her control, aad it is un- doubtedly true that she did pot once during the whole afvernoon reach her highest possibilities, Consider- ing the smail size of the audience the applause was generous; and truly Mme, Essipoff deserved alland more'than they could give, for it was a marvel that sbe could play at all undor such disheartening cir- cumstances. Her programme was long and varied, and ber many-sidedoess bas not in all this ries been 80 plainly disclosed, except, per- baps, at the first concer’ Some of the Bumbers wero of mors interest as novelties than from any inherent excollence; othori 1, erling work, but all received at t tho samo faithful, oxact and cat She played the uttle sketch of St with # detiecate fi It ts only a sketeb, but hed ono. Her concluding number was the “Spi Chorus,” trom Wagn “Flying Dutchman,” soribed by Liszt. This transcription has becn frequently given here, but it remained for Mmo, Essipoff to reveal in it new beauties and to give us those shght, almost bm cents mrt badiags which make the dilferenco between playing a pi preting i, On Saturday alternoon we have th fecital, at which Mme, pot will gi though wo ing. nett, entitled **Au Lao,” vo the work new grace. thal isa je ome thom—the benefit of het wonder- conception, We write the with regret; for it will be long betore New York chance of getting another such artist on the instrument, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, This evening there will be tendered to M. Oscar ana Miss Jonny Louise Hengler, by Mr. P. T. Barnum, a grand complimentary beneft. Saturday night winds up tho season at Gilmore's Garden, the mammoth company opening at Danbury, Conn., on Monday, The business here has been simply tremendous. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg will be toe principal vocalist of tho Handel and Haydn Fourth Triennial Festival, to begin on the 16th, 10 Boston Music Hall. ART MATTERS. THE BROWN COLLECTION, A small but interesting private collection of paint- ings, belonging to Mr. Walter Brown, has been placed on exhibition at the Kurtz Gallery preparatory to bo- ing sold at auction. It is composed of somo eighty pic. tures, which were evidently purchased more for the pleasure of the owner than with any view money out of them, The average of these works may be described with bere and there a picture which the most ur would like to own, There Is, for instance, ® very beautiful example of Eastman Johnson's work, quiet and unpretending, bat full of delightfal sentiment, It is called “Lullaby,” and is sweet in composition and picturesque in treatment, It ropredents au American interior with a young wo- man rocking her baby to sleep. In this work we see what might bo done by American genre artists to relieve us from the charge so often repeated that American life is wanting in the picturesqueness and utiractiveness which foreign artiste find in the daily Iie of European homes. Nothing could be more attractive than this home scene, with its picture of pa- rental fove in ab hambie but cosey interior. Velten’s “Rival Pets” is also a work which will find numerous admirers, There is an excellent example of Huges Merle’s work—a small picture, very graceful, 1n composition which he calls “La Joune Mere.” The sentiment of this picture is full of charm, and the flesh painting 18 #0 good that few living artists excopt Morle could nave produced it Troyon is reprenented by an early work of considerabie power. It repre- sents a group Of cattle in a feld from which the morn- ing haze is rising. Thero ai also two of Mad- rago's earlier Dictures, which are painted with less to making merit dash but more solidity than bis jater works. Among the cabinet’ pictures — Souderman's “old Man's = Pet” sand = Doré’s gears of London” deserve attention. Waker has a g horse picture, “Waiting for bis Rider,” which 'y weil drawn, Thero 18 « very good example o! Ver- boeckboven’s work group of sheepin a painted in the artist’s best manner. Some ures, like thé two vis of Cordelia and King Lear, by May, tail far beiow works we have tioned, but the tho works bot id of intores collection will rem: on exhibition until Wednesday, May 9, when they will be solid by suction Associa- tion Hall. ART NOTES, An important collection of pictures, the property of W. H. Fanning, wiil be sold by auction in Philadeiphia, on next Monday. This collection comprises a number of examples by old Spanish and Italian artists, and the modern works are for the most part by men whose works afe not often met with in auction sales at this side of the ocean, There are ovor 400 paintings in the collection. THE LATR FREDERICK FAWCETT. A meeting of the members of the Leather and Hido Trade of New York was held yesterday at the offices of Messrs, Schaita, Southwick & Co,, to give oxpression to the sense of regret at the death of Mr. Frederick Faweott, Mr. James Frasor presiaed and Mr. Charica H. Isham acted as secrotary, Remarks were made by Isaac H. Bailey, Jacksou % Schuits, &. CG Kiy, Craton Leo and others, Eulogistic resoiutions were adopted, and it was decided by the memvers present to close their stores at poon to-day and to attend Mr. Faweett's funeral in abody, The meoting then adjourned, DESTITUTION AND RUM. Officer Chiardi, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, on Wednesday evening found three little childron sitting on a pile of broken and dilapidated furniwure in front of the tenement house No, 28 Bast Thirteenth treet, The ebudren were crying with bi when disco’ and wid bim mother vered by the officer, o to walt wher arms, It secmed that they had beeu dispos- sessed on Wednesday morning for non- rent, her litle eB ects \urned out ou the and got drunk with the mopey, Judge some artiols Wandell yesterday coi bright litte boy anotber to the Hor inlant were sent to WOMAN'S ASPIRATIONS, mitted two of the ebildren- a gitl—to the Pro of Mercy. Th Je wo: kiouse, A regular meeting of the New York Woman Suffrage Society was beld tast aight at the society’s rooms, No, 238 Went Fourteenth street, at which a paper was read by Mra Neyman on the “Aspirations of Women on the Coutinent of Europe.” Mra, Clemence 3, Lozier, M. D., presided, Miss 1. Devoreux Blake, chairman of the Executive Committee, congratulated the members op the recent passage in the State Legisiatare of tho bill giving women the right to serve on the schoul boards of the Stace, Sbe jo announced that the ap- Bua) Convention of the Nationdl Women’s Suffrage As sociation would be beld in this city on the ith and ‘25tp inst. Mra Neyman, in commencing her lecture, said that her object was tw give a correct idea of the positions aod aims of their sisters ip some of the States of Kurope. Ip Kogland she had veen impressed with the earnestness und activity of the reform workers, With the women of Eugland pleasure was not made an op- Jeet, but arecreation. They paid great attention to the social problems of the age, This was evidenced by their numerous svcicties for the prevention of vico aud the promotion of good, They cried out against the legulization of prostitution, Some ol the ablest meu in ihe House of Jommons wero in favor of woman suffrage. ‘he pub he spirit in Kngiaud on this subject was much more universal and better directed to its end than in this country. Switzerland was next cousiderod. ‘bere the women were bound by long-standing custoins, but they on- Joyed greator independence and ireedow in their own homes thau their Gormay ve:ghbors, although politt- cally they were no better off. Iv most of th tons the wile had no right to hold property whatever, Ia the industrial districts women were employed in the factories ut watcomaking, cotton spiouing, and ao forth, Tbe postal and ‘telegrapbic service bad also beon thrown open to them. The University of Zurich bad allowed education ef woinen, out thus tar only ove Swi dy had avutled herself of the opportunity. Sbe been married to a prulessor ot the University, There waa little disconteat amoug the ladies of Swiizerland. Most ot thei did uot uspire to & more noble or more elevated womapbood, In Germany there was too much sentimentalism among the Women. Since 1866, bowover, the mutertal rosperity of Germany bad roused them to action, Vader Bismarck's rule their acuvity had been wore circumseribed, Their efforts tended more or less tu an educational direction, ‘The Kindergarten systom bad been established. The Retchstag had granted women permission to enter the telegraphic and postal service, The present ago, concluded the lecturer, bowed down to Mammon, oh was the line of demarca- tion between wil classes, But a near and brignt future was beginning to dawn wheo knowleuge, learning and education of mind und heart would be tho only Gifforenco acknowledged between meu and women, When woman should be allowed to take part in all great movements aod In the affairs of Stare then she would be able to become an intelligent and true wile and mother, The women of this country were far in advance of their German or Swiss sisters. The day of universal acknowledgement ol Women’s rights in this country was near, THE HREE COMETs, To Tae Epirom ov THE HeRAaLy:— Ihave just read Professor Parkburst's interesting letter on the three comots of 1877, and being porsone ally interested in what bo says of comets I hope you will not deny me a littio space in your next issue to make one or two corrections regarding my alleged fail- ure to properly announce its discovery, &c, Hoe isin error in several particulars, and I know he will be Pleased to be set exactly right in them all, and, as many would infer that I had dono my auty in a bungling maoner, simple justice to myself demands this brief reply. He says:—*Swift anuertook to nouuce or speciy his discovery, but the observers skilled in the art at the National Observatory could not find the comet, and there is no evidence that any announcement was made which en- abled any person skilled in the art to fina the comet until alter Borelli’s discovery.’? It may not be universally known that astronomers bave made arrangements witb certain telegraph com- panies, both In this couotry andin Europe, and aiso with one of the cable lines, to telegraph all new dis- coveries in astronomy free of charge. Those mado in this country to be telegraphed immediately to Profes- sor Herry, of the Smithsonian Iustitution; he to cable it t o@ President of the Academy of Sciences at Vienna, and he again to seud it to ail the principal observatories in Europe. A reverse process applies to discoverics made in Europe, In order, therefore, tor &@ person to lay claim to the priority of such dis- covery he must comply with these conditions, The vital question arises here, Did I doso? That I strictly fulilied them the following facts will show:—1 drst detected the comet at 9b, 30m., and instantly sus- pected its cometary character, In ten nutes Motion was detected; but not daring to telegraph it uowl I was more th jure, 1 waited @ balf hour, when, getting its position closely as my instru- mental means would allow, | sent, ta tanguage brict, according to astronomical custom, to Protessor Henry the lotiowing telegram ;— Rocuxstxr, April To Professor Joszen Henry, Washington, D v. som 3K. Oh, 30m, , UW. worth’ S) faint, slow, on ‘The astronomer recelvi “L, Swift, of Rochester, discovered a new come! declination north 51 degrees and {s moving slowly toward the duty in the matter tere ended. B ingly anxious that, before mornin, shuuld be made for exact position this message roads it thus, Y. XA . reach Dr. Poters (be being noarest to having @ clear sky), but URica said closed ;’’ so I sent telegram to th ‘The noxt day I received, with saying they could not tind her posi- ton, [ts latntoess and @ hazy atmosphere were, prob- ably, the causes of failure, 1 i. thorough and prolonged effort waited uolil darkness allowed me Ven position correctly | 1 the star, discovering which | next morning promptly made rection, sendin; the star not Pt bat Ma, 8 whieh I labor, and for years lavored, kno te the public this error would cause no surprise, ‘The question ts, not whether the weather at a oer- tain observatory allowed the cot to be found, but whether | did of did not tn) successful cian to priority by complying with the conditions prescribed — vin., by telograpbing at once to the only person au- thorized to receive this ivformation, giving its correct position, And did | give its position within the limits demanded by the conditions as rot forty by Mr. Park- hurst aad analogous to the principle of patent law to which be refers? I answeri did. Professor Newton, of Yale College, found it readily, and Wrofessor Guod- lach, of the optical works of this city, sent me a con- [sephora d, saying be found tt with a four inch Velescope In a fow minutes from the description of is position, as given in my letters to the three papers Published here, which description was identioal with thatsent Professor Henry. No blame attaches any- wh Dut national, as well as personal misiortune, accrues if my claim bo not fully established, and so [ have, through your columns, submitted these facts, with little comment, to the impartial judgment of tho world, Perhaps it will be interesting to your readers to learn (hat this comet is less faint than bas been repre- sented. | ove night observed it distinctly with a gib- bous moon,*another astronomer Witnessing {t on the game occasion. LBWis SWIFT, Rocuxsrsn, May 1, 1877. WHEAT PROSPECTS IN THE NORTH. WEST. Mi.wackna, May 1, 1877, Reports have been received hore trom nearly ail the important points in the wheat producing regions of Wisconsia, Minaesota, lowa, Nebraska aod Dakota. The snow storm that commenced last Friday eppoars to have been general, Ite duration in the entire ion was from Friday afternoon till Monday morning, but in particalar localities it lasted about thirty-six boars. The fali was irom two to vight inches, according to Jocality. It be in many bg with, or wan pre- coded by, cold, by Fein. od of warm rain and snow follow last of the snow was cold, and the surface troze slightly durr average depth of the snow is about five inches, A the grasshoppers’ eggs are depusited {a the soil t effect of the snow may be to protect them where they are backward, but w: about hatching or have hatched they in countless numbers. last month been ke in or snow-killed. The prices being paid for wheat in Milwaukee and Chicago bave bad the effect of bringing out co: rable quantities of wheat, Still, the total will prove A Hose miserably small com- pared with two or three yéars back, THE ROMAN BAR. Isanc Van Winkle will lecture this evening, at oight o’clock, on The Roman Bar," at the Columbia Col- lego Law School, No, § Great Jones street, coruer of ‘Lasavatie place, x OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. (Norm —Letiers intenced for this colama must be accompanied by the writer's full name and adaress to ipsure attention, Complainants who are unwilling to comply with this rule simply waste time in writing. — Ev, Henao. { . v SEVENTH AVENUE SEWERS. To tne Evirorn ov tae Hexauo:— 1 understand that they are going to put a new paver Menton Seventh avenue, but why don’t oar proper authorities see that our property owners along the Seventh avenue be mage to connect their sewers with the mui, and not to have the pavement torn a) gate aud put outoforder? JUSTICE TO TAXPAYE THE DIRTY STREETS. To Tax Epiror ov Tuk HeraLo:— I would like to inquire why Forty-sixth street, be- tween Seventh and Eighth avenues, bas not been cleaned since the 1st of November last, Have the tax- Payers on that block no rights that the city are bound to respect except the right to pay ee. To Tus Eprrox ov tux HxKaup:— : The cobblestone pavement in Norfolk street is ino horrible condition, especially vetwecn Hester and Grand, Wili Mr, Campbell condescend to pay some atteation to us Kast Side A. B, To rux Eprron oy Tue HERALD: — L regret to see that the people have abandoned the crusade aguinst the dirty streets. It cannot be that they aro satisfied witn the poor sham that has been made of cleaning the avenues while the side strects have not been touched. I can say positively that the streat on which I live (Kast Sixty-second) has not veen cleaned since last autumo, only so far an itis done by private contri that it wine Oithy condition, While you ‘ously given to the people, rough tne modium ot your “Complaint Book,” @ much ueeded opportuolty of protesting against public abuses of long standing, which other. wise would never reach the official car, I trast that they will not monopolize it with trivial complaints, te the exclusion of more important matters, and thas the war On dirty streets will be revived. NU MALICE, A HINT TO THE PARK COMMISSIONERS. To tHe Epiroe or the Hmratp Please call the attention of the Park Commissioners tothe fact that all the ordinary urinals in Ventral Park fre kept closed on Sundays, the day of all when they are certainly most needed. CONSfANT READER, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. To tae Epitox ov tus HeRaLv;— Any one riding im a Third avenue car will see s Rotice at cach end of the cars bearing words similar ta these:—*'This company does not compel lame horses to be driven aod in case any becomes jam the Toute it ig to bo ti not bave either one or both horses lame, Can you inform me what tne company mean by such notices? Do they expect to deceive the pai by them? GIBLON, A NEW SCHOOL PUNISHMENT, To tun Epiror ov tHe HeraLo:— My litule girl, hve years of age, going to Filty-sevent® street schvol, complains that she was made to stand ball an hour with her hands behind her; aiso to keep her cyes shut, being all the time inthe son, Mast children of such tender years be punished at all? . G. AN INTOLERANT NUISANOR, To vag Eprrok ov Taw Hrraip:— I wish to make my charges direct against the Cape tain of the Righth police precinct for allowing those disgraceful houses to exist within @ stone's throw of the station house, My wife, my daughter and my: if ride through Wooster street every morning bi tween oight aud nino o'clock to go to our piace and ag early in the morning as this you cai azon, painted faces of these degraded women stuck out beswoen the blinas hatling passcra by abd calling 80 loud that every word can be heard in the car wheo the window i# open. Now + this ve opped? 1am sare that numbers of ladios rido on these cars daily, and it 1s most disgraceful for thom ta witness anything of the kind, ONFECTLONER, SEATS VOR LEISURE MOMENTS, To rae Eprror oF tox BeeaLo:— It there 1s @.case that needs agitation by the press, and ought not to be dropped, it t« that of seats in stores for the femule omployés during leisure momenta, Several stores have adopted a simple sext that slides under the counter when not in use, Now ts there ne way of compelling R. B. Macy & Co, todos similar favor for their humerous employés? Cannot our lady customers unite ia a potition to the Mayor for ap ordi. nance er State law to cover this case? They would not find themselves put off with short answers if we irls were not so dread(ully tired. Remomber, kind indies, We are not beasts of burden, but oft times as delicately nurtured as yourselves, Only adverse cir. cumstances have compeliod us to work or starve, Think of your own potted daughters being compelled to stand irom eight tosex, und who can tell what to- morrow may bring forth? It may be their turn next. A fow moments’ rest, which would be no loss to our employers, Would save many a girl from an untimely grave. Besides, how cau we be expecied to assume tho dutios of wives and mothers if our strength and constitutions are broken down tn youth by this need- less torture? in (be name ol humanity, cannot some ‘tning be done for us GIRLS t A SERIES OF COMPLAINTS, To tae Error or Tue HeRatp:— Our street inspectors certainly deserve a notice at your hands, a8 your complaint column bas already attracted attention to so many public evils that exist ‘m var thoroughfares, For the past year two large siabs of siate have lain on Greenwich a wove Kighth avenue. Besides that there for ihe reception of the si inhabit the neighboruood; consequently they throw their liquid refuse in thy there is no outlet from the public cul tp the suo aod disgust and | STRAY GOATS. To rae Evitor oy rus Heratn:— Is there no way of getting rid of the large number of goats which are loose up town all day, going into people's yards and eating everything in the shape of plants? They mostly belong to the people ivi tho shanties around Ninety-sixth street and Lexin, NK OF THE ANNOYE INDECENT BATHING, To tus Eviror oy tHe Hxaaip:— It would be a groat kindness to the rowers of South Brooklyn, through the columos of your valuable paper, if there could be made an effective protest to the practice of swimming in Gowanus Creek by per- sons who noglect to provide themselves with bathiag suite, LEWIS L. BECKEL, Secretary Bell Boat Ciud, avenue. THE DOG LAW. To tur Evttor oy tas Heratp:— I beseech you to keep on enforcing the Dog act 1 am sure what you once commence you will see throagh, What a good thing it willbe! How many poor mothers who have uot French nurses to look after their little ones can let the poor little ones have a listie iresb air without risking their lives! Let me join in with those mothers and many ot! God bless the HenaLo—th ANSWERS. CARD PLAYING ON THE HARLEM BOATS, To tus Epitox ov tux Hanary:— In Thureday’s ‘‘Compiaint Kook” 1 noticed « card om euchre playing, written by one ‘J. Holman," whose righteous indignation appears to be unbounded, I deny that there is gambling of any kind on the Har. tom River boats, Ifthe Holman would keop his eyes open be could see that there was nothing at stake, and tly nothing could be lost or won. To those rly travel on the Harlem boats twice a da: nd what is better uet game at cards, So far as being objoctiouablo to ladies that is Do Indios ever sit in the forward cabin, the bar is located, aud where the male portion gers sit to color their meerschaums or 1 don’t suppose laay gh the boat notices the ater coast MS eyes in would seo or hear nothing obj BYRAM ROCKA enable, DON'T WANT TO Fic ir To tne Epiton ov Tux Henaro:— Can you tol) me why an Eighteenth ward black. guard is permitted to issue bogus pugilistic challenges to respectable mon in the Heraro? 1 notices in to~ Tam mentioned a8 Wishing to Aight e McGuire 1 neither know McG aire nor bave | ever sent any such chaliongo., Yours, &e., JOHN TRACEY, No, 409 East Seventeenth street, SEATS IN DR, HALL'S CHUROR, To tur Eprros oF Heraso-— In your to-day’s I notice a complaint of ‘Carmane ville” regarding the lack of attention of the ushers 10 Dr. Hall's church. 1am really at a loss to understand this, 1 had the pleasare of atten every time b was furnished wit! ndauce was very lar; ere wore often very | sways pole and ebiiging,

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