The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1877, Page 6

6. NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. TRE DAILY HERALD, publishet every day én the year. Sie ents Le anddys exanaede “tte dollars pet Yeur, or ut wrate of ono dollar per month for any period loss aw six mouths, or five dollars lor alx amonths, Sunday iti |. free of postaxe. *AVERKLY HEIALD: Lone dollar per your, tree of poste re. “OTIC TO SUBSCRIBERS,—In orler to insure atten- ton subscribers wishing thelr address changed must give ‘their old as woll heir new “AM busine: de uddrewsed ‘Letters and packaxes should ‘be properly sealed. Rejected communicutious will not vo returued. + rage BAL ETa OPFICE—NO, 112 SOUTH SIXTH LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD~ NO. 46 PLELT STREET. PARIS OFFICE—AVENUE DE L/OPERA, NAPLES OFFICE—NO. 7 STRATA PACE. will be received and w York. PARK THEATRE—Cavsuxp Tuackdiax, EAGLE THEATRE—Miauty Dottan. WALLACK’S THEATRE—Manniacx. Mansocatye, Daxirxs, BROADWAY THEATER: GRAND OPERA HOU! 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Tue Couxrerreit Trape Doutar in circula- lation is certainly not the dollar of the fathers. Newark Gave Genera McCLELLAN a very Jarge and enthusiastic reception last evening. His speech was brief and unimportant. Five Tnovsaxp Srrmixc Miners in Penn- sylvania return to work this morning. The backbone of the long strike seems to be broken. Bosron’s ANcIeNT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY went into Connecticut on its two hundred and fourth anniversary, which was a very pleasant affair, YeLLow Fever has, unfortunately, appeared at Port Royal, and four deaths have taken place. In Fernandina the situation appears to be growing worse. | No Trace or tut Missinc Boy Epsaut, who disappeared in this city two weeks ago, has yet been found, and it is suspected that he has been foully dealt with. Recorper Hackert’s very decided and em- phutic remarks to the Grand Jury in reference to corrupt savings bank officials will be appre- ciated by thousands of poor swindled depositors. Oxe Deatn-BrEEDING establishment at Hun- ter’s Point has been suppressed, for which the Health Board unjustly claims the credit, but there are at least a score still left. The indict- ment of their proprietors is in order. WENDELL Putiiirs, greenback candidate for Governor in Massachusetts, has been selected by the workingmen also as their standard bearer. His candidacy will be useful, as it will show how many greenback lunatics there are in the State. Justice Frammen has entered the lists in be half of the “shysters,” and thinks the effort to extirpate them is very silly. His principal ob- jection to the Commissioners’ order seems to lie in the fact that it compels him to do the work he is paid to do instead of devolving it on his clerks, Spain PRETENDS TO SEE prospects of imme- diate peace in Cuba; but as the authorities on the island have been sending out the same story every week for the last eight years the latest | reports are as baseless as those that have pre- ceded them. Two prominent Cubans, however, have surrendered, We ts, ANpenson and the other members of the Louisiana Returning Board will be placed on trial ina few days. From the counsel who are engaged on both sides and certain intima tions which are given it begins to look as if an effort is to be made to give the trial an intensely partisan political turn. | Ax Usknxown Boy was pushed off cne of the | bouts of the Roosevelt Street Ferry Company | Jast evening and drowned. The accident was | entirely due to the criminal carelessness of the | company. Every evening the boats are crowded | to their utmost capacity, and ali the ordinary | precautions to insure the safety of passengers are neglected. Tne Cocrt or Avreats has at last closed the gatesaguinst the army of young and ignorant law- yers who are turned loose upon the city and Stat and in doing so is entitled to the thanks of the public as well as of the Bar. The new standard of admission is, if anything, too low, but it is | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, UCTOBER 2, 1877.—TRIPLE Specie Pay- ments. We suspect that the Secretary of the Treasury realizes that he is in an uncom- fortable position, or at least that he must feel a great deal less jubilant and sanguine than he did several months ago, when, with a self-complacent flourish, he withdrew tho four and a half per cent loan and closed his bargain with the new Syndicate for the sale of the four per cent bonds. At that time and during the ensuing five weeks the in- spired correspondents at Washington burned a great deal of incense to Mr. Sherman, which has been proved by events to have been (pardon the bad pun) an insensate proceeding. What has become of all those boastings and of vaporing predictions with which they were accom- panied? For the last two months the Treasury oracles which inspired those magnificent boasts and predictions have beendumb. For the last month or more the four percent bonds have been below par, The glowing predictions with which the Washington correspondents wero in- spired in the early part of June have not been verified; but, to borrow the words of a great orator, ‘it is not the first time in the history of human affairs that the vigor and success of the war have not quite come up to the lofty and sounding phrase of the manifesto.” It will be recollected that Secretary Sher- man prevailed upon the Syndicate with great difficulty (at least it was so given out) to consent that the four per cent bonds should be offered for thirty days to Ameri- can subscribers. Toward the close of those thirty days the public was re- galed with vainglorious reports of the large amounts of the four per cent bonds which eager American investors had made haste to secure. It having become evident of late that the tide of success so vaunted in the beginning of summer had been arrested we were curious to know what the amount of that success really was, and awaited the new monthly statement of the public debt with considerable interest. It was furnished yesterday, and may be found in another column. It appears from this statement that Mr. Sherman has sold only a paltry ten millions of the four per cent bonds, which were ushered into public notice with such a grand flourish of trum- pets. What has become of the fabulous amounts represented to have been taken by American subscribers during the thirty days said to have been so grudg- ingly consented to by the Syndicate? Was all that flourish and all that pretended reluctance of the Syndicate to part with any share of what it regarded as so good a thing merely a trick to bull the loan in its inter- est? Considering how very small a mouse the mountain in labor has given birth to we are justified in asking this question. "It is too evident that this much heralded and bepuffed four per cent loan has fallen flat, and that the failure of this experiment has convicted Secretary Sherman of lack of financial foresight. He ‘‘thallooed before he was out of the woods,” and now finds that be has some important steps to retrace. If this matter were not so closely connected with the question of specie payments his want of sagacity might be pardoned on ac- count of his zeal; but it unfortunately happens that his mistake frustrates the plan he had formed for resumption. Four months ago Mr. Sherman was confident that he could resume specie payments in January, 1879, under the law of 1875 without any ad- ditional legislation. ‘The bonstful state- ments made about the wonderful success of the four per cent loan led a great many people to believe him. If the four per cent loan had been taken as rapidly as he pre- dicted there would have been no difficulty in accumulating a large stock of gold tor re- deeming the greenbacks in 1879. But that too sanguine expectation having been dis- appointed he is put in an embarrassing pre- dicament, It would be very mortifying for him to go back and offer the four and a half per cent bonds again ; but he will have to submit to this mortification or else admit that he cannot resu:ne in 1879 unless Con- gress comes to his relief. Secretary Sherman is already preparing to retreat from the position to which he marched with such ostentation of flying tan- ners. It is now reported that he will ask Congress to grant him authority to sell the four per cent bonds for currency instead of gold. We have no doubt that it would be wise for Congress to accede to this request; but what then becomes of Mr. Sherman’s former boast that he could resume without further legislation? His only resource for acquiring the large gold reserve necessary for resumption, under the law of 1875, is the sale of bonds for gold at not less than par, which is no resource at all if the sale of bonds is impossible. The impossibility of disposing of the four per cent bonds at par in gold has become apparent to Mr. Sherman himself, as is proved by his intention to ask Congress for authority to sell them for cur- rency. If this authority is refused—and all the enemies of resumption in 1879 will op- pose it—he will have to fall back on the | four and a half per cent bonds ; but the un- sold portion of them 1 insufficient to meet | his wants. He is, therefore, brought into a position where he must acknowledge his in- ability to resume in 1879 without further better than uo standard at all, which has been practically the case. Jerome Park To-Day.—The second day’s rac- ing of the fall meeting at Jerome Park takes | place this afternoon, and, as will be seen in other columns, the programme gives assurance that the events of the day ure likely to be of more than ordinary interest and excitement. New York is not easily satistied in the matter of racing any more than in other things. What is offered to it, especially in the way o amusement, must be the best of its kind. The bill presented to-day is excellent in every respect. The prizes ure very good, and among the borses that have been entered are many of the best and most well known of the turf. All that wise and enterprisi: agement could do to make the ing suec ful has been done, and it only remains for the admirers of the most manly of all the sports and the public to do their px Vhat they will do #0 we have no doubt. If the ther to-rday shall be us fine as it was all the signs now indiente it will, Je C we ave confident, wi be bright and beautiful this afternoon with the beauty and fashion of metropolis. we | action by Congress, | amount of the five per cent bonds has been The whole authorized | sold; the greater part of the authorized amount of the four and a half per cent bonds | bas also been sold, and the four per cent | bonds are unsalable on the prescribed con- ditions. The Secretary of the Treasury, | therefore, instead of holding his head so | high as he did four months ago, is redueed— | and, what is mor: s that he is reduced— | to the necestity of asking Congress for new legislation, Resumption in 1879 is, there- fore, to depend on the action of that body, and this reopens the whole question. ‘The reported intention of Mr. Sherman to sell the four per cent bonds for currency is more rational than anything he has yet done in relation to specie payments, Although 4 retreat on the part of the Secretary it is a wise measure, which we hope Congress will adopt. Unlike the other measures of See. retry Sherman it is probably feasible. It would be an altogether better method of approaching specie payments | accumulation of a great hoard of gold | | | | than the | to lie idle in the Treasury with loss of interest and then ba suddenly paid out in exchange for greenbacks at the date fixed for resumption. It would be more prudent and economical to fund the greenbacks directly into bonds than to ‘go round Robin Hood’s barn” by first selling the bonds for gold and disturb- ing the gold market, then hoarding the gold fora long period and at last paying it out for the same greenbacks that might have been more easily retired by a direct ex- change for the bonds without all the trouble and disturbance of the money market which would attend the other process, Although the four per cent bonds cannot be sold for gold a sufficient amount of them could probably be sold for greenbacks to bring the latter to par long before the end of next year. A moderate stock of gold would then suffice for redeeming the few that would be offered. If Congress adopts this proposed recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury it should also make explicit pro- vision for the immediate destruction of the retired greenbacks and prevent their return to circulation, The free banking law will give the country all the currency it needs, since it is the interest of the banks to fur- nish all the notes which can be maintained at par. The mortifying collapse of Mr. Sherman’s first experiment should make him more cautious and wary, as well as more modest, and we trast he will now put him- self in friendly connection with the banking interest of the country, seek its powerful co-operation and try to profit by its sugges- tions. wer The Mexican Trouble. Our special despatches from the Mexican border do not give any positive confirmation of the reported battle between the United States troops under Lieutenant Bullis und the Mexican Indians, but it is quite evident that fighting has actually occurred. The statement that Colonel Shafter, with six hundred men and two Gatling guns, has crossed over to the support and assistance of Lieutenant Bullis isconfirmed. It isalso stated that the Mexicans are on the alertand that over a thousand men have departed from the neighboring towns on a secret expedition in the direction of the Sierras, where tho United States troops have taken up position. That the military authorities on this side of the border consider the situ- ation of our troops a grave one is shown by the announcement that reinforcements have been sent forward to keep the line of march open for the returning column. Of course rumors of disaster and danger to the Ameri- cans are current in San Antonio, but they arenot believed by General Ord. The fact that the Mexicans near the border have as- sumed a threatening attitude can only have the effect of bringing the whole question to aspeedy decision one way or,the other. But there need be no fear yot-of any war. If the Mexicans have indeed taken up the gauntlet they will soon he ina hurry to drop it again, else their punishment will be prompt and severe. Cassius M. Clay. Mr. Clay, who shot. a negro near Rich- mond, Ky., last Sunday, was oneof the early abolitionists, and as he livedin Kentucky he had reason to be an extremely resolute man. Ifthe negro thief whom he shot had known much about him he would not have ventured to attack him. It seems that the negro hid from Clay with the probable pur- pose of lying in wait for him; Clay got off his horse, walked up to the man, told him to fling up his|,hands, which he did; and after giving hima lecture, on his course, told him to remain where he was without moving until he, Clay, should get into his saddle again. This he promised, but as soon as Mr. Clay’s back was turned made for him, whereupon he was shot down. Cassius M. Clay was once very thoroughly hated in Kentucky, but at the same time universally respected as an utterly brave and honorable man, with whom it was not well to trifle. In the old abolition days it happened once that a Methodist preacher, a weakly man in poor health, thought it his duty to deliver an anti-slavery address in the heart of Kentucky. The intention was announced, the day and place being widely advertised; but the minister received prompt notice from citizens that he would not be allowed to speak, and accordingly did not attempt todo so, Clay was in Ohio when he heard of the circumstance ; he re- turned at once to Kentucky, gave notice that on a set day, at the same place, the preacher would deliver his anti-slavery address and that’ Colonel Cassius M. Clay would be there to preside and keep order. A great meeting assembled in the open air and there were symptoms of vio- lence, when Mr. Clay arose and explained that he meant to see that the brother had an opportunity to speak. He warned those who did not want to hear him to go off; “but,” said he, ‘this brother is going to de- liver his address, and the first man who interrupts him will have to deal with me.” The speech was made without interruption; the Kentucky admiration for Clay’s courage overcoming the propensity to hang an abolitionist, and the roughs in the crowd knowing very well that if Clay said he would shoot he was certain to do it. That is what the negro thief ought also to have known. Caster’s Funeral, ‘For nearly a year the body of General Custer rested near the spot where he fell upon that fatal field where he and his men fought with unavailing courage till not one was left to tell the story of the day. The valley of the Little Horn is made sacred by | their blood, and the soldier could have no | grave more fitting than the tield on which he perished. But with regard to the re- mains of General Custer the cuse is different. He had frequently expressed the wish to his friends that if he should fall in battle his tomb should be at West Point, There he was educated as « soldier and taught that his first duty was to give his life, if necessary, to the of his county. ‘Lhis he did fearlessly and nobly, and now ail that the country can do is to give hima grave. In accordance with his known wishes, therefore, the body of Gen- eral Custer will be buried at West Point, on the 10th of this month, with the appropriate and imposing ceremonies due to the rank he service held in the army, but, more than all, the still higher position he occupied in the esti- | mation of his country as one of the bravest and most chivalrous of the fighting soldiers ofthe army. His funeral should be honored not by the government alone, but by the people, for whose benefit his life was heroically surrendered. It is not altogether in the spirit of mourning that these obse- quies should be celebrated, for time, which softens the grief of a nation for a dead hero, also brightens his fame. The occasion should be made of national significance, and West Point on the day of Custer’s funeral should be the Mecca to which every patriotic American should turn in reverence and pride. as The “Happy Family” at Albany. Both political parties in this State have strayed from the counsels of the wise. The good’Dr. Watts in his “Hymns for Infant Minds” said very prettily that birds in their, little nests agree, and ‘tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out and chide and fight. But the moral gar- ments of infancy, like the delicate textures in which fond and tasteful mothers array the bodies. of their little darlings, are not very well adapted to the rough and tumble of adult life. In politics, at least, the fact that men belong to the same party is no guar- antee that they will not peck out each other's oyes, which birds in their little nests never do. Mr. Conkling and Mr. Curtis are children: of one political family; but Conkling would find himself more com- fortable with Bob Toombs and Curtis with Mr. Pendleton than these two estimable re- publican gentlemen can ever be in each other's company. And there is as little sym- pathy between the ‘‘olds” and the ‘‘news”— to adopt the current slang at Albany— as there is between Mr. Conkling and Mr. Curtis. People who do not know that such flerce hatreds between leading men of the same political party is an old and very com- mon story might imagine that the time has come for a general break-up and reconstruc- tion of parties when they behold so much intestine dissension in both political organ- izations. But Conkling and Curtis do not dislike each other more than Hamilton disliked Adams, than Jeffer- son detested Burr, than Jackson hated Calhoun, or than Grant disliked Sumner. Conkling and Blaine have not been on speaking terms in ten years, and yet both “have thought the same things concerning the Republic.” It will not do to predict anything about the permanence of parties from the fact that ambitious members who stand in each other's light hate rivals in their own party with more vindictive in- tensity than they do the most aggressive leaders of the opposition. The quarrel between tho champions of the old and .a new ticket at Albany is at- tended with no more real danger to the democratic party than Mr. Cox's aspersions of Mr. Randall, whom he is try- ing to supplant as » candidate for the Speakership. Such rivalries and such en- mities, growing out of personal rivalry, are among the commonest incidents of party history. They only prove that, in the esti- mation of the competitors, their party has so much vitality that its honors are worth seeking at considerable expense of effort and temper. Whether Mr. Bigelow and Mr.. Fairchild are nominated for re-election or not will make no difference in the zeal with which the demo- crats of this State will prosecute their cam- paign. The party feels strong in conse- quence of its victories in the last three elections, Its candidates have no doubt that a nomination by the Albany Conven- tion is equivalent to an election. Instead of going a-begging, like the republican nominations at Rochester, they are thought worth scheming for and fighting for; which is, on the whole, a sign of party health and vigor. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Adam was the original tramp. Secretary Evarts has a pew hat, Song of the mosquito, “Live and let live.” Night 1s the best time for stealing chickens, ‘The debtor nowadays remarks, “Post no bills.” ‘Was it Iago who thought bis vacation was gone’ General Howard sings ‘The Sweet By-and-By.”” 1t is very wrong to call ex-Socretary Ruboson an old hulk. ‘Thomas Boo-hoo Shearman has arrived from Boo- hoorope. Tho Chicago Zimes speaks of him as “tho late Mr. Blaine.” The veterinary veterans. General Robert Toombs, of Georgia, is at the New York Hotel. Senator Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, * ‘The Chicago Journal wauts some place to lock up savings banks in. The man with a black oye has evidently met with marked success, Look out for the locomotive whenever you hear the Custom House ring. ‘The boy who was spavked remarked that his mother was his warmest friend, Red Cloud calls Secretary Schurz “The-Man-Who- Burns-Up-His-Wigwam,”’ As we remarked last year to the housowives, jam the jam jam jam to jelly. The Boston Globe wishes that the Ohio election might be beid in Washington. Rear Admiral William Gore-Jones, of the British Legation at Washington, ts at tho Clarendon Hotel. Chief Justice Morrison K. Waite, with bis wile and daughter, yesterday arrived at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Stew your cauliflower in milk, and then bako it with grated cheese, Serve in the same dish in which it is baked, Reading tho trial of Geperul Pearson we are con- vinced that the Penusylvania militia were not mi- litiaous, Jt wus & boarder in Thirty-eighth street who sat down to broakfust and remarked, “I'll tuke the same as before, thank you.’ Associate Justice Ward Hunt, of the United States Supremo Court, arrived at the Filth Avenue Hotel last evening trom his home at Utica, “K. "We would not advise you to become a states- man, You wight rathor devote your herculean talonts to blacksmithing or paragrapbing. A Southern paper, speaking of the Rochester Con- vention, says that New York has sunk herself to the last syllable of criminality; yet we think that Virginia tg the peanutimate State, N. B,—Contributors who send us original jokes are ‘requested to give their names in full, not necossarily for publication, but im order that they may ve added to the statistics of the State Lunatite Asylum, Washington Capital;—"It is rnmored that the Mar- quis of Lorue ia to succeed Lord Du ip as Governor General of Canada, To choke off the P, L, man of the Hxxatp we here publicly stato tuat there will be another duffor in’? When you make a beot stew have good steak, cut it into dice and use plenty of onions, There should be au amount of potatoos equal to the boef, Celery isan adduion, and, if you can afford it, there is nothing bottcr than a half can of mushrooms. The juice surgeons are attending to the should be plentiful and should ve hall thickened, SHEET. AMUSEMENTS. MR, BOUCICAULT’S “‘MARRIAGE”—THE OPENING NIGHT AT WALLACK'S, ‘The first night of the season at Wallack’s and the Ore, night of a new play by Boacicault would be Separately events sufficiently important to call out New York’s best audience; combined, as last night they were, they constitute an unsurpassed dramatic attraction, resembiing those double stars which re- Volve around each other and bloud their rays in one splendor, ‘Marriage, therefore, had naturally an audience of exceptional obrilliancy, which honored much of the play aud more of the perform. auce with hearty applause. The soonery, which in- cluded two interiors and a woodland view, is superb, and received its due sharo of commendation. At the end of the fourth act the author was called for and made a obriet and Boucicaultian Speech, 19 which he declared that the success of “Marriage” had justified his decision to take up again the pen with which he wrote ‘London Assur- ance,” thirty-seven years ngo, und promised another legitimate comody in five acts hereafter. Mr. Bouc- cault was overcome by emotion. Mr. Lester Wallack ‘was algo summoned before the curtain, and gracelully welcomed his old friends in beball of nis excellent company and himself, “Marriage” is, notwithstanding these advantages, a failure, The main and obvious reason is that it has ‘no strong and clear dramatic purpose, and that inter- est becomes lost in the lubyricth of minor plots. There is no weil sustuincd dovelopment of an idea in which the spectators can bo- come absorbed; no fate, either comic or serious, held 19 suspense; no ‘climax logically and powerfully wrought out, but instead of these a crowd of inherently disconnected situations, artif- cially fastened together und forced into the semblance of a natural plot by tho will and skill of the writer. Whoover compares the clear, sharp work of ‘London Assurance,’ in which every scene and act stands outas a distinct picture, with the cloudy and confused story of “Marriage” will probably admit that thirty-seven years have not improved Mr. Boucicault’s ability in the construction of a legitimate comedy, Thug, the: are two irremediablo defects in ‘Marriago’’—one the spotty and fragmentary nature of the story, and the otber, which is the greatest, the want of sufficient in- terest in what story there is to sustain the weight of five acts, In componsation for these defects Mr. Boucicault has given some admirable single situations in which ‘his humor finds full play, The staple material is old, but the treatment lively, fresh and charming, But when the characters and tho literary merits of **Marriage’’ are examined, the reasons why it will be finaliy adjudged a failure asa legitimate fve act comedy appear more plainly, There 1s nota new character in the piay, uor aro any of the types distinctively modern, They seom to have stepped out from the shelves of librarios instead of from strects and libraries. The diuloguo 1s frequently witty and always laughable, but it Js cer- tainly not of that epigrammatic kird which we had been led to expect, and to compare Mr. Boucicault’s repartees and jokes with the imaginative text of Congreve or the diamond son- tences of Sheridan or the affluent humor of Gold- smith would be an unnecessary labor, The humor and wit of tbis play have a cosmopolitan air; sometimes they are French, sometimes Irish, and sometimes American, It is not a play that is likely to endure in literature, and therefore cannot be called a legitimate success, for plays that gain such success live in the library as long as upon the stage. That tho comedy was finely acted need hardly bo sold, Mr. John Gilbert, Mr, Beckott, Mr, Aruott, and Miss Rose Coghlan, Mme. Ponisi and airs. John Softon being particularly effective. The following 18 the cast: — Silas Auldjo. Mudgeon.... Walter Auidjo . C nt Ti «Str, Joba Gilbert Sir. i. M, Holland “Mr. Eben Plympton Mr. Edward Arnott Rose Coghlan «Mme. Ponisi Btollu Bonituee HT, J, Montague r. Hl. Beckett is Effio Germon iss Pourl Eytinge rs. Sefton tu Hurtlett 88 Thornton “LA MARJOLAINE” AT THE BROADWAY. ‘The removal of Aimée’s Opera Troupe from Booth? Theatre to the Broadway was last night signalized by the’ production in America for tho first time of “La Marjolaine’? (“Tne Sweet Majoram’’), the latest and probably the best of the works of Charles Lecocg. A large and fasbionable audience was present, and from the frequent applause elicited it 18 evident that the bew opera, as it did iu Paris, where it was performed for an entire season, has taken a quick and sympa- thetic hold upon tho public taste. The music is sparkling and abounds in gems; the dialogue is sprightly, though sometimes broad, and several of the situations are keenly suggestive of ihe pranks which French authors and actors like to play with ap audicnco iu measuring the boundarieg of pro- priety—in other words, finding bow much people will bear before they begin to blush, Last night the enjoy- mentof this kind of experience was apparently mu- tual, although credit is to be given to the several ar- tists that they did not infringe upon the opportunities and lend to a story that 1s full of them a coloring which in th:s couotry might not have been agreeavle to contemplate, Tne plot 1s this:—In accordance with ap old custom the Burgumast ad Aldormen of Brus- sels decide upon a grand competition of virtue, with an exceptional prize for girls under ninetcen years of age. The question to solve is as to a Virtuous woman— het origin, her future; what is a virtuous woman? whon is she 80? how is she so? how doos she cease to be sof ‘The prize consists of a medaliion, which, in the first act, is tue subject of one of the sweetest songs of the Marjol (Aimée), although married to ede (Mezieres), caters the liste; bat It uufortue ly bappens, both for ber happiness and his own, that Palamede was the founder und president of a ‘Society of Gay Bucbelors,” who intrude upon his do- mestic bliss at a very inopportune time and make him feel uncomfortable at the discovery that he 1s married, Meanwhile it is made ap; nt that Marjolaine is in Jove, but virtuously, with Frickel (Moltard), her foster brother, yet resists his most pertinacious attentions, notwithstanding they kiss and kias, until even the au- dience is surfeited. The chiet of ‘the Gay Bachelors, Anuabel (Jouwrd), now appears upon the scene with his companions und induces the innocent Frickel to become of their number, Together they enter 1ato a conspiracy against Palameue, with the view of win- ning from him his prety wile, and a wai that the respective parvies are worth results, that she will yield to the wiles of Anuabel within three days, Paininede agrees to throw open his doors and author- 420 his xuest to speak to Marjoluine, when and whero and ag often ag Lo may please, The roue and the wile meet, the ove intent on bis imiquity and the cther \ strong in her reverence of the many medallions of virtue which = she has won. Poterachop (Duplin), tho comic steward of Palamede, is bought up by Annavel, and obedient to the plan of the latter iptroduces uim into her bedchatmber in a chest, which 1s supposed to contain treagure. There he secs Marjoluine commence the process of disrobing, attended by Aveline, her maid, und from under the lid ho joius iu a beautiful trio, Fricke! during this period has also secured a secrot enirance to the chumber aad couceals bimseil, but is discovered by Annabel aud made a foil, Eventually he ts discovered, and the luct 48 made conclusive to tbe churus of youths, who sing their pity that Marjolaine is no longer virtuous, Puta. mede, ber husband, determines on a divorce, con- fesses is loss of the wager and surrenders bia possessions. Annabol enters upon the possession of the property and eventually Palamede becomes his steward, Frickel aod Marjoluine, taking naturally to cach other, take to the road, and tor eight munihs are wandering’ sellers of euckvo clocks. Suddenly they appear at a festive gathering at tho old home of Marjoiaine and Paramede wad both become known to each other. Here vccurs one of the most beautial jongs of the evening, “Coucous de Flandre,” which On tbe Occasion of Just migut’s pertormance received soverul encores, Aiméo t!lustrating 11 in ber own ude mirablo Way uud adding if possible to the laurets she has already won for churacter singing. It is prob. ble that the song will become as popular jas any in “La Fille de Madame Angov’? or “La Grande Duchesso’” Marjolaine sees tho opportunity to redeem her —reputat uu on @ Hall given pledge of marriage imduces A bel to confess to hiv steward, Palamede, that Mim in caustog @ Separation and that he mow intends to marry Ni former wile, No sooner nas this tact been anoounced and her innocence been fully estab. ished thug, nding herset free, she throws hersolf ioto the arms of her beloved Krickel, The heart drifts into the right place, auew French marrige ocours, the couple xo to housekeeping aod the curtain falls to the chorus “Cuckoo, cuckoo, euckoo.”? Froin beginuing to end, the performance last even- ing was superior to anything that has been done by the Aimée troupe in New York, ‘The plot is interoat- jug, the scenery new and admiratie, the costumes | picturerque and unique, and the music fresh and sparkling us a bottle of newly opened champagne, it ig 4 not be unintoresting to state that the main idea of “Lu Muarjolaine’’ is founded op the oid French provincial cuswm, ‘La Rosiere,’’ in which & wreath of roses 18 the prize bestowed upon the most Virtuous girl in the village, The situation in which Annavel is biddou ina box in La Marjoluino’s room 19 Irom @ story in th weamneron’’ and in “Cymbe- hue,’ while the ‘Society of Guy Bachelors” ts to be found in @ Lovel called “Qelebataire,” by Balzac, NIBLO'S GARDEN. “The Wildflower of Mexico,’ baving bloomed at Niblo’s Garden for the pust five weoke, was withdrawn from tho stago last ovening and “The Law of the Land” presented in its stead. The production of the lator play must have veen looked forward to with a great deal of interest, for the spacious auditorium wag crowded alike in orchestra, balcony and family circle, The play was well recoived, and to judge from tho im- prossien made upon the majority of the spectators 1a ikely toenjoy a8 long u ruv as its lecessor, Mr, We Ed) ance at Niblo’s ards made his oe race poy 8 in the character of Mr, Micha hearted, Proctor, Laura Th er sister, won tue sympathy of the at Miss G, Dickson, us Touy Twittere, sueceeded in keeping its risibilities perpeta- ally excited. The other leading characters were J. F. Rowe, E. W. rayed by Mossrs. J, F. Peters, a arston and J. VY. Melton, “The Law of the Land’? was written by Conquest and Pillest, REOPENING OF THE OLYMPIC THEATRE, There was an immense audionce last evening to “assist” at the reopening of the Olympic Theatre, which is to be under the management of Mr, Thomas Uanary during this season, The programme pre sented a vast variety of highly spiced comicalities, and the old favorites Ike James 8, Mafitt, W, Bartholomew and others were cordially greoted, “Smitns and Browns,” a droll little farce, opencd the entertainment; thea came the ballet, “Dream of a Siw ” trupeze und ventriloquistic feats, athletic wonders, “cannon ball exercises,”’ popular sougs by “the beautiful and charming vocalist, Miss Irene Mur. dock ;’’ und the conclusion was James 3. Maffia “Comic Tarco-Rursian Military Pantomime, entitled ‘War with Russia; or, Under First Fire!’ founded upon Incidents During the Siege of Pievna.” The “grand realistic battle scene’? and ‘hand to hand con. flict between Cossack aud Bashi-Bazouk,’’ was an em-~ Phatic success, aad passed off with far less sanguiuary sacrifice than we have read of in the war despatches, Tho —— programme will bo ropoated every even- ing this w AT THE NEW PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN, Miss Maggle Mitcheli tn the charactor of Jane Eyr¢ + evening fully commanded the admiration of a audience at the New Park Tnodtre, in Brooklyn. The opening of her engagement was a decided suce coss, Charlotte Bronté’s masterpiece of fiction, which in the play is adhered to Witti as much fidelity as {spracticable, is too woll known to need extended allusion to its tragic intricacies. Nearly all that the imagination of the reader who has studied it closely could demand ay essential to tts vivid realization on tho stago 1s presented in Miss Mitchell’s tmpersona- tion of the hervine, Her struggle with venomous inhumanity aod social oppression, her noble spirted “SANE EYRE” sell-represyion and Qual triumph were artisticuhy presented, Tho intensity of her acting thrilled and moved her wuditors with marvellous power. In the part of Rochester Mr. William Harris played very juuiciously, and Mr. Georgo R. Edison, as Sam, ‘was very good, THE ‘PINK DOMINOS” AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. This well known play was presented oofore a Brook. lyu audience lust evening with the identical scenery and nearly the same cast with which it was presented in New York. The part of Brisket was taken by Mr, H. W. Montgomery. ‘Tho piquant dialogue in the piece secmed to be us much appreciated by the Brookly nites agin tbe sister and more cosmopolitan city, though the audience was Dota very numerous one. ‘The pi formance was a very smuoth uud credituble one, was to bo expected from so good a combination of ars Usts as 15 presented by the Union Square JOSHUA WHITCOMB AT wooD's BROOKLYN. A tolerably good audience witnessed the performance of tho three act comedy of “Joshua Whitcomb” at Wood’s Theatre, Brooklyn, last evening, with apparont satisfaction, The cast was the same as that which mes with encouraging success in New York somo weeks ago at the Globe cbeatre, What was tuon said of the representation need not be quuliied now, THEATRE, THEATRICAL NOTE, Yesterday the Grand Central Varloty Theatre, Philae delphia, was sold at Sheri’s sale tor $24,200, subject to a mortgage of $45,000, with interest, Theodore Fit- ler, who is said to represent the Union Square Toea- tre Company, of New York, was the purchaser. EDWIN ADAMS’ FRIENDS. Ameeting of the theairiou!l friends of Mr, Edwin Adams, now lying at the Tremont House, Chicago, tll with consumption, was held yesterday afternoon at the Gramercy Park Hotel for the purpose ot arranging a grand beuoft performance tor him in New York and otber cities, Mr. Adams bas lately met with heavy louse in real estate at Long Branch, waich have im- poverished him. He wishes to get to Philadelphia, the home of his wite’s friends. Among those prosent were Mr, Sothern, Mr, Florence, Oliver Doud Byron, Maurice Grau, J. C. Williamson, ‘1. E, Mors and Willism Winter, On mo- tion of Mr. Winter Mr. Sothern was chosen chairman and Mr. Thompson secretary. Mr. Sothren announced tuat be bad received Jeiters from mapy members of the profession, tendering their services tor abeneit. Mr. Fleming offerou Nibvlo’s Garden tor the night; vut it wus deciaed to have the performance at the Academy of Music, It was at first decided to hold it on Thursday night, October 11, but that day being Fa08 anys it wus concluded to give it on Friday, Oclo- ber 12. Mr. L. J. Vincent wae chosen stage manager and Mr, ‘Theodore Moss treasurer. The tollowing gentlemen were elected a managing committee:—William J, Florence, E. A. Sothern, Harry Wall, J. W. Carroll, Theodore Moss, Wiliam Winter, Joho A. Thompson, J. C. Dutf, Donnelly & Poole, Shook & Palmer, H kK. Abbey, H. J. Fleming, Martin Hanley, George Fuller, F. i. French, L. Je Vincent. ‘Tne voluntcering actors are Clara Morris, Miss Lotta, W. J. Florence, Courics Coghlua, J. C, Williamson, Miss Maggie Moore, E. A. Sothern, W. R. Kloyd, J. W. Carroll, Oliver Doud Byron, T’ E. Morris, Mie, Aimée, Georgo Holland, Mrs W. J. Florence, Genoral White, McKee Rankin, Kitty Blanchard, ‘The Printing Commitice—Stuniey McKonaa, A De Parks, Wiliam Stuart, Felix De Montaime, Archte Gordon, Muurice Grau, J. H. Copplestou, J. S, Hogan, The Muaizal Committee is M. Grau, W. R. Deutsch, W. L, Abbey, Charles Phelps and J. H. Meade, A resoluuion of thanks was voted to Mr. Fioming for nis generous offer of Niblo’s Gardeu without ex- ego, F Persons desirous of contributing toward the benefit cau forward subscriptions to Mr, E. A. Sothera, care Harry Wall, No. 14 Union square. THE BOSTON ARTILLERY. THE TWO HUNDRED AND FORTIETH ANNUAD YALL+ FIELD DAY AT HARTFORD, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Hanrrorp, Conn., Oct 1 1877, The Ancient and Honorable Artillery, composed of the solid men of Boston, held their 240th annual fall field day In Hurtiord this afternoon, and were recelvod with graod ceremonies by the local military organtza- tops, including @ reception with full military honors | in the park and a parade through tho principal streets, ‘The buildings aloug the line of march were oxtonsively decorated with flags and festvous ol national colors, and the city presented a gala day appearanco during the atternoon with its decorations spectators, This evening the visitors g! at Allyn Hall which surpassed anythin; that bas occurred here for was exceedingly select, and e managed. ‘The stugo ‘in th tury encampment, with tents, field piecos, stuckod arms, &c., the minor decorations of the apartment being mainly of a flural character, ii Among tho guests were Governor Hubbard, Gettral Hawley, ¢x-Postmaster Goneral Jewell, Senator Eaton, General N. P. Banks, General W. B, Franklin and many of the wealthicst citizens of Hartiord. The ball was a fuil dress aflair, and numerous elegant toilets were showo, To-morrow the visitors will give a banquet at Allyn Hall and visit the places of interest throughout the city. YELLOW FEVER. Avuvsta, Ga, Oct, 1, 1877. {t is reported that there were four deaths from yol« low fevor at Port Royal, 8. C., yesterday, and that a number of citizens have left tuat piace. ot tbe kind The assemblage Jacksonvitee, Fla, Oot, 1, 1877, A special despatch to tho Sun and Press from Fors Banding to-night suya thero ure fifteen new cases of yellow fover there to-day, cleven white and! four col- ored. One death from the fever bas occur’ed sinco tue last report. r. James Kyda, of New York, a member of the Sanitury Committee, was among the new cases to-day, Medical assistance hus been asked from this city aud Charleston, ‘The weather 1s very stormy and unfavorablo, ILLicIT WHISKEY. Lirrie Rock, Ark., Oct. 1, 1877, United States Marshal Torrans bas just made a suc- Cossiul raid on a gang of illicit distillers operrsiag along the Missourt line. Deputy Marshal Woodvard, in charge of a posse, on Thursday last captured tvo stills, destroyed a large amount of mash becr aid raw whiskey, and arrested four mon, While oa we way to Upposition, Sharp county, where ho intended waving the prisoners under guard preparatory to arrests, be was attacked by twenty fr prisoners, bui, @ Bharp fight, in wh attacking part killed and others woundyd, succeeded in driving off bis ussailants bringog bis prisovers, They were ught befure Commisioner Govderich tor examination to-day, wud 1 | bail were committed for trial, ts had