The New York Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1877, Page 6

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Government bonds were firm, States dull and railroads ir- | regular. Money on call was active at 6 a7 per vent. Mowrrean forger. A Heavy PRCANTILE nounced in Californ SUSPENSION is an- Five Years is Recorder ishment for watch and chain th tt’s mildest pun- ves. Strerwc Car Companies, the Marine Court holds, are responsible for thefts committed on travellers. Tuk Leuiou Vater Minnrs have resolved to fight it out on the ten per cent advance line if it takes all winter. Mr. Saxvorp has won another race in Eng- Jand, which makes two victories in one week for Annerican horses. SCHUYLERVILLE is making extensive prepara tious for the celebration of the anniversary of Burgoyne’s surrender. Tue PREsipeNT has agreed to make a final appearance in the South before the season closes at the Virginia State Fair. Menipey’s Srrikinc Souperers have found they could not inake both ends meet in that way and sensibly returned to work. Miss Ciara Mornts failed pear in the Mabel L she is getting tire esterday to ap- Y cases in this city. The lust one was distissed yesterday, Tue Anti-Liguor Socury believe they see their way clear now, and have resolved to lead the violators of the Excise law a lively dance in the courts. THe BaNkine Srrvarion is improving. There were only two failures yesterday and in each case the creditors will be paid every ‘Aollar—so the banks say. Ir Beers to Look asif the city’s siaim against the property of Keyser, the Rin £ contractor, will uot amount to anyth It will do no bann to keep an eye on the proceedings Mr. Henpnicks, in acknowledging the com- pliment of a serenade lust niglat, followed the example of Mr. Conkling and spoke eloquently on Europe, while a crowd of emthusiastic young democrats ing to hear: about Ohio. ’ Jerome Park.—The raccs at Jerome Park this afternoon o: to be largely attended. There will be four contests, for which some good horses are Saturday will be the last day of the fall meeting, wlaich closes the racing | for the year on this populy.r co se. Mancuinc vrom Groracia.—The Republican State Committee of G: ‘gia hus voted itself out of existence, thus dissolving the party in that | recall the noble Commonwealth. When we deeds of that party, call ‘its palmy days, apon its coffin, We knew all wong it was dead, but the corpse refused to be ye it. Now let a | team of Bullocks draped in Georgia bonds drag the thing to its grave. Gone to join the Freed man’s Bank. Tne Wearnen.—Tae depression refer in yesterday’s Hen as being central in the Uprer Mississippi Valley is now over the lower el to | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, UUTOBER ll, 1 ben The Repablican Defeat in Ohio. Of course President Hayes and his friends will make light of the Obio election and at- tempt to explain it away, but other people may not be quite of their mind. The pub- lic will recollect that Mr. Hayes made a cir- cuit through his own State in one of his late journeys and had a series of great ovations; that Secretary Sherman delivered an elabo- rate specch at Mansfield in defence of the President’s policy and subsequently wrote an urgent letter saying how very important it was that the republicans should carry the State in this election, Had they done so, and had the republican victory been as great as that which has been achieved by the democrats, everybody knows that President Hayes, Secretary Sherman and all the republican supporters of the new policy would have claimed it as a valuable indorsement of the President by his own State. The attempt to belittle the result, now that the Ohio election has gone so strongly the other way, is a mere salve or plaster applied to a painful wound. These gentlemen cannot be permitted to avail themselves of the artifice, “heads I win, tails you lose.” As they would certainly have claimed a victory in Ohio as an in- dorsement of the administration it would be consistent and logical for them to admit that the defeat looks a great deal like a rebuke. They’cannot have it both ways. Unless their failure to carry the State is a rebuke there would have been no justifica- tion for claiming the success which they hoped as an approval. It will not do to attribute this result to the workingmen’s ticket. It may be true, as given out at the White House, that this ticket drew most of its supporters from the republican ranks. But since there is as lurge a proportion of workingmen in the democratic as in the republican party how did it happen that this new faction did not make equal inroads into both parties? Why were the democrats so much better able to hold their men than the republicans? It was because party ties have not been loosened in the one organization as they have in the other; because the democrats were not dissatisfied, and many republicans were. The chief ground of republican dissatisfaction is un- questionably Mr. Hayes’ Southern policy. This is proved by the great falling off of the republican vote in what is called the Western Reserve, which has alway’ been the stronghold of aggressive republicanism in Ohio. Mr. Hayes is reported to have said yesterday that the result in Ohio cannot be interpreted as a condemnation of his policy, inasmuch as the democrats of that State have expressed approval of it. According to this reasoning a universal defeat of the republicans in all the States should not be interpreted as a condemnation; but would he be indifferent to the annihilation of the party by which he was elected? Does he care nothing for the fact that his friend Stanley Matthews is to have a democratic successor? Is he willing that at the middle of his term there shall be a democratic majority in the Senate as well as in the House? Would he covet the position of a President without a party ora President dependent on his political opponents for the success of his measures and the confirma- tion of his appointments? This is what such an “indorsement” as ie has re- ceived in Ohio tends to. Democrats indorse Mr. Hayes’ policy because it is their own. If it is a policy to be patented they claim priority of invention. It isthe policy for which the democratic party has been strenuously con- tending during the twelve years since the close of the war, and which the republican purty has been just as steadily and stren- uously opposing. But in indorsing their own policy the democrats are far enough from intending any compliment to Mr. Hayes or his administration. Although the policy of President Hayes is entirely right and wise it is nevertheless a bitter pill for his own party. It embodies a different political doctrine from that on which republicans have been nourished. While it is consistent enough with their national platform adopted last year it is not consistent with the spirit in which Mr, Hayes’ canvass was conducted by his supporters. From the begiuning to the end of the Presiden- tial campaign the great republican bugbear was “a solid South.” During the canvass Mr. Hayes expressed no dissent from this mode of conducting it. It was by stirring appeals to sectional passions that the re- publican party carried all the Northern States but four, and it seemed like turning a pretty sharp corner for the President, as soon as he was in office, to renounce and re- pudiate the ideas on which he had been elected. Local self-government in the South was constantly advocated by the democrats throughout the Presidential canvass and was as constantly scoffed and derided by the republican press and stump orators. The effect of the canvass as conducted y the republigan party in a very different order of sentiments from that which he has made the basis of his policy. It is not sur- | prising that many republicans are in no hurry to renounce what they were taught last year, and have been taught year in and | year out ever since Andrew Johnson advo- cated the same policy which Mr. Hayes has adopted. lican builders so long rejected is mado the headstone of the corner it is quite in the natural course of things that many republi- cans should find it ‘a stone of stumbling and rock of offence.” This feeling is sharp- lake region. The pressure its centre fell quite rapidly as it adv rd, and heavy tains and violent winds attended it throughout ite movement. It is probable | that heavy weather will be expe dd on the lakes and’ New England coast during this storm. The ‘aighest sare pow extends through the Mississippi Valley; northerly winds prevail on its eastern and southerly on its west- ern side. On the Atlantic coast the winds are southwesterly northward of Cape Hatteras and northeasterly southward to the Gulf. In the Western Gulf the winds are northerly. Another depression is advancing over Dakoia from Montana. Heavy snow squalls, with slect, have prevailed in the latter Territory during the past few days. The weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be cooler and cloudy, with | ened by what took place during the four | exciting, stormy months between the | Presidential election and the inaugura- | tion, Mr. Hayes’ election was disputed | on the ground that the electoral votes of Louisiana and Sonth Carolina had been given him by fraud. His supporters hotly repelled that charge, and in doing so main- tained, with passionate persistency, that Packard and Chamberlain had a legal ma- jority as well as the Ilayes electoral tickets in those States. But when their electoral votes had been counted for Mr, Hayes it med to many republicans a glaring in- consistency for him to repudiate the guber- natorial candidates, It looked too much like admitting a flaw in his own title—a rain and rising southwesterly to northwesterly winds, followed by clearing weathers view that was strongly put by Senator | will, by Mr. Hayes’ supporters was to educate | When the stone which the repub- | | Blaine in that remarkable speech of his.| man sity , quietly, waiting bis. turn and soon after the 4th of March. ‘There are still | watching the wind and light, while the man many republicans who cannot see how Mr. Hayes can be the rightful President if Pack- ard was not elected Governor of Louisiana, and who think that Packard's title was pre- cisely as good as the President's own. Be- lieving that Hayes was elected they believe that he ought to have stood by the two Governors, whose claims had been put on a level with his by all republicans during the vehement controversies of last winter. It was, therefore, a shock to the party to see the two Governors abandoned—a shock from which a portion of the party has not yet recovered. This explains the condem- natory silence of the Maine Convention, the large anti-Hayes majority in the New York Convention and the loss by the President of his own State in the first election after his inauguration. The President being clearly right, and having put himself in a position from which he cannot retreat, he must necessarily “fight it out on this line,” even if his policy should destroy and disband the republican party, He is in a difficult and trying position, If he were at liberty to treat the two political parties as non-existent he would have a very simple problem before him; but he cannot ignore the party that elected him unless it voluntarily dissolves, and of that there is no immediate prospect. There will be an irrepressible conflict within the republigan party. The supporters and op- ponents of Mr. Hayes’ policy will contend for the mastery, and he is bound to stand by his friends, If he shows no signs of flinching he will either subdue the malcontents or break up the party. If he yields he is lost, and even if he should consent to a compromise he would forfeit the grandeur of his moral ‘position. “He has a large and respectable portioii Of the republican party with him,*and if he stands by his guns, as we have»mo man- ner of doubt that he will, he will reduce the recalcitrants to decide between staying in the party and going out of it. We have not attempted to be little the transformation which the repub- lican party must undergo to bring it into harmony with present tendencies; but the transformation which Mr. Hayes is attempt- ing to force is the only thing that can save it from dissolution. We cordially wish him success, but he will have to win it by a pretty stiff contest with the republican Bourbons, who do not perceive that the tide is going out and that they must float on it or be stranded, Our Own Business, Our contemporaries are puzzled to con- jecture from what source the Hznatp obtained the Tweed confession for publi- cation, and in some instances the mystery is attempted to be solved without our inter- vention.. It matters very little when, where or how the Heraup secured the important document. ‘That isa secret in which the public has no concern, The people desired to know and were entitled to know the whole truth in regard to the original and alleged full confession made by the greatest public robber of the age, and the voice of the ontire ‘press demanded its ‘production four or five months ago. But it was stub- bornly withheld from the public both by the Attorney General, to whom it had been submitted, and by Tweed himself, Its sup- pression gave rise to suspicions against innocent persons, threw a doubt on the propriety of its rejection by the Attorney General and afforded the opportunity for an examination of Tweed clearly designed for political effect. Its publicas~ . by the Henatp has cleared the air. The whole truth is now before the world, and intelli- gent men can judge for themselves of the value of the statement and of the justness of the punishment inflicted on its miserable author, The people ought to be and will be satis- fied with this. ‘They will not care to know how the Heratp mfnaged to secure the con- fession, despite the stubborn vigilance of both sides, and if they did care to know they would not be gratified. There are secrets of journalistic enterprise that are never divulged, and this is one of them. As we have said, we owe no thanks for the documents either to Mr. Fairchild, to ‘Tweed or to his counsel, and beyond this we must leave the curious to grope in the dark in their search for the source from which it was obtained: Our Rifles and Our Rifiemens We transfer to our columns ‘an article from the London Sporting Gazette oti the late international rifle match, which says many complimentary things of American fifles and American marksmen, It does no more than justice, however, to the British team when it declares that their defeat was not inglorious, although decisive. Their stubborn fight against a lead that in- creased at every round fully deserves the recognition it should, and we feel receive in Great Britain—a_ re- cognition we have been glad to accord here, It is the opinion of many good judges of rifle shooting that it will be years before a score as high even as that of the defeated team will be made in a similar match. While we do not quite subseribe to this we must adiit that rarely in the annals of shooting have two such perfect days shone upon a rifle match. The gentlest of breezes, good light, warm temperature and clear air helped the scores wonder- fully, although we do not think that a different state of the weather would have made much difference in the rela- tive result. ‘lo allot the proper share in the victory to the American ritle and the American marksman is not so easy a task. The Remington ritle in the hands of Blyden- burgh and the Sharp rifle in the hands of Bruce, with their respective totals of 429 and 425 out of 450 points, show percentages of accuracy so high that what they fall short of perfection may almost entirely be laid to the small defects of judgment in the tiflemen which we as yet have found no means to avoid. No such record has been made by any of the English or Irish muzzle-loaders, although their accuracy is also remarkable. There is, however, one point in favor of the breech-loader which has not been noted by foreign marksmen— namely, that the labor of cleaning and lond- ing is reduced to a minimnm : that the riffas with the muzzle-loader is. fussing with a. dozen appliances and losing sight for the time of the varying conditions under which he must shoot, In this the breech-loader helped to make that organization possible which has been so highly praised in our successive American teams. Termination ef the Nez Perces War. After a long and exciting chase from Ore- gon to Montana, marked by numerous bloody skirmishes, the Nez Percés chief, Joseph, and his band of warriors, squaws and papooses have surrendered to General Miles, after a desperate battle on Snake Creek. We can well apply the term ‘‘war- riors” to the bold and active redskins who have for so long a time defeated the efforts of three columns of United States troops, led by experienced officers, to capture or destroy them. ‘To this achievement, which must rank among the surprising’ instances of Indian skill in warfare, we can add the still more creditable fact that these men, when driven to bay and surrounded by their enemies, manifested a magnanimity toward such of the wounded white soldiers as fell into their power during the last battle that might well be emulated by troops serving countries that claim to be civilized, The graphic story of the close of the Nez Pereés campaign by General Miles and his men, and which we print this morning as a special despatch from the Hzraup cor- respondent at Fort: Benton, Montana Ter- ritory, is unique in the fulness of its detail and rich in description of the wild scenes that transpired in and around the Indian fastness. No one can read it with- out experiencing a difficulty in determining whether the highest meed of praise is due to the stubborn courage of the Indian warrior defending his last stronghold or to the equally stubborn gallantry of the soldiers of Uncle Sam, who were doing their duty to the letter. Never before, per- haps, in the history of our Indian wars had both sides such good reasons for respecting each other's fighting qualities, and the victory gained by General Miles must therefore prove fruitful in a lasting peace if only the commonest good sense is exhibited by the government representa- tives. The impression produced by the reckless courage of our troops in their dash upon the Indian camp cannot be effaced from the aboriginal mind unless by that in- fernal policy of cowardice and treachery which has too often marked our dealings with the Indians, This is fully recognized by the settiers, who, as our correspondent remarks, are anxious that a new policy of justness and firmness should now be ap- plied to the solution of the Indian problem. To General Miles and his command belong the glory of this latest victory over the un- ruly savages. This gallant officer has several times since the outbreak of hostilities in the Northwest had the fortune to repair by vic- tory the losses sustained by others through incapacity and want of vigor. But the suc- cess has cost the country many valuable lives, and the shadow of their loss dims the brightness of the laurels that crown the vic- tors. Hule’s dying shont, ‘Charge them, boys!” will ring in the ears of his hearers for many a day, and may inspire them. to new deeds of ‘daring’ in the distant future. Other gallant officers have fallen in the noble performancé of their duty. Phey died on the field sur- rounded by their equally brave men, none of whom flinched when called on to attack the enemy. The survivors held to their prey with bulldog tenacity, amid the storm of bullets that rained around them and the bitter winds that lashed the sleet and snow in their faces for five days and nights. Such instances of heroic endurance always mark the conduct of our soldiers in the field, and should win for them the high- est consideration of the government. Now that the Nez Percés have been overcome the attention of the troops can be turned to Sitting Bull’s movements. If that proud and roving warrior could be forced to sub- mit the situation would at once assume an aspect favorable to a long period of peace, and the only danger that it could be broken would arise out of mism{nagement of In- dian affairs by government officials. The Anti-Conkling Meocting. The meeting last evening filled but did not crowd the great hall of the Cooper Insti- tute, and was as respectable in character as in numbers, ‘The principal speaker was Mr. Curtis, the other gentlemen who ad- dressed the meeting having no particular claim to recognition as leaders of the republican party in this State. The ver- bose resolutions adopted are a very mild indorsement of President Hayes, with only an implied condemnation of the platform of the Rochester Conven- tion and a full indorsement of its ticket. The meeting was so feeble in tone that we are at o loss to find any reason why it should have been held at all. Even the speech of Mr. Curtis, which was the chief feature of the meeting and the attraction which drew the audience together, was as tame as it could well be on such an occa- sion. He did not repel the vindictive as- sault made on him by Senator Conkling, nor did he make any direct allusion to that gentleman from the beginning to the end of his speech. His remarks were an argumen- tative vindication of the policy of President Hayes, and on the civil service branch of it the argument was successful. It is not only true that the Republican National Conven- tion promised a reform of the civil service, but that the republican party has constantly made pledges in that direction during many years. Mr. Curtis is therefore per- fectly justified in maintaining that the party is bound by its pledges to support the President in that part of his policy. It seems to us that the argument does not hold equslly good in relation to the Southern policy. The whole drift and tendency of the republican party has been in the contrary direction, Even Mr. Curtis himself chimed in with the cry against a solid South, on which the Hayes canvass was conducted last year, and did not then seem yvare that ap- peals to sectional jealousy and hostility were .& repudiation of the national platform, As the vartv did..not interpret the platform in 877.-TRIPLE SHEET. that sense during the canvass’; as it poured scorn on democratic advocacy of the very policy which Mr. Hayes has adopted, and as Mr. Curtis himself was in perfect accord with Mr. Blaine on that point all through the canvass—and we believe also during the winter, when the whole party was stoutly maintaining that Packard and Chamberlain were elected as well as Mr. Hayes—we do not see how Mr. Curtis can very well complain of republicans for holding on to the same views which he pub- licly advocated up to the 4th of March. In a mere party view Mr. Hayes does not stand on very strong ground. The strength of his position consists in the fact that his policy is right in itself, and that it is so vital to the public interest that he is justified in rising above all narrow party considerations. President Hayes needs to educate his party, as Dis- raeli educated the English tories, and his supporters do him no service when they at- tempt to blink the inevitable conflict be- tween the new and the old ideas. Mr. Hayes has a battle to fight and win against hide- bound republican prejudices, the growth of twenty years,and he must accept the con- flict. It is idle and foolish to pretend that he has not made a great advance beyond any ideas the party held last year, but it is an advance necessary for the good of the country and for the salvation of the repub- lican party itself. General Custer’s Funeral. The obsequies of General Custer were at once worthy of his own distinguished ser- vices and of the gratitude of his country, The saying that republics are ungrateful is untrue, and originated in the fact that they cannot acknowledge as quickly as mon- archies the heroism of public servants, But the American people never forget a hero, and this has been again proved by the devotion to Custer’s mem- ory, crowned so honorably by the last tribute of affection paid yesterday in the funeral at West Point, The day was beautiful and thousands of people assembled to witness the solemn event. The cere- monial was properly entirely military in its character, and was the more impressive be- cause of its dignified simplicity. There was no oration, nor was there need of any, for the draped flags, the muffled drums, the imposing procession, the still mul- titude of spectators, and, more than all, the bier upon which laid the mortal remains of one of the bravest of American soldiers, had eloquence deeper than any words. Within sight of the great military school where he was edu- cated for the service of his country, by the side of the stately river he loved, in the sepulchre he had chosen, General Custer’s remains have found a last resting place. If it be dust to dust, it is consecrated earth where he is laid; and if ashes to ashes, so it is glory to glory. All that now remains for his countrymen to do in expression of their esteem is to place over his grave a monu- ment that shall commemorate his worth as aman, the splendor of his career and the strange and tragic manner of his death. Tally Ho! The rattling eight mile dash of yesterday over the fields of Long Island after'a live fox and to the music of the hounds isa pledge of the success of this sport, so new tous here. Eleven horsemen followed the dogs to “‘the death,” and, although this is not a very large field, it is not bad for a be- ginning. There was not, however, a single horsewoman among the hunters, and this is an omission which we hope our ladies will repair next week. Here is a sport in which the fair sex may, without unwomanly boldness, press forward with the best of the stronger sex. What is a hunting field without the ladies? What can add grace to the movements of a blooded horse on the gallop except a lady on his back? We long to see our girls add one more charm to the many they possess— namely, a freer entry into an outdoor sport so suited to them. Apart from the varied life and beauty they would bring to the scene we wish to see them enjoy the thrill of healthful delight only to be experienced in a ride across country—‘“horse, man, hound, carth, heaven! all, all one piece of glowing ecstasy,” as Lady Gay Spanker says. ‘To our young cavaliers the sport will recommend itself. All that was needed for them was to demonstrate that the proper bit of country could be had. It will now be their duty to sing the praise of the hunt- ing of the fox in the parlor as well as in the club, and to listeners more interosting than any club can boast. Let them but do their duty in this respect and they will find that great social delight—a new and inex- haustible subject for conversation. The hunting sketches of Leech will vie with the fashion plates in feminine interest, and roses will be found blooming on many a fair check that is now given over to the interest- ing but somewhat sickly pallor of the lily, Stopping the Supplies. The Board of Fire Commissioners have learned that notices have been sent to the various employés of the department levying an assessment for political purposes on their salaries, and that the employés are under the apprehension that a refusal to comply with the demand would result in their removal, They therefore passed resolu- tions at their meeting yesterday forbidding their employés to pay any political assess- ment or to make contributions for the bene- fit of any political organization, under the penalty of removal. This action of the Cominissioners will be generally approved. The political tax squeezed out of men who are not too liberally paid for the services they render to the city falls heavily upon them, and its payment not unfrequently throws them back in their household expenses and isa drag on them for months, Not one of them would give the money voluntarily, but it is forced trom them by the fear that a refusal will mark them for dismissal and deprive them of a living. The Commis- sioners do well to protect them aguinst this imposition, But from whom does the de- mand for the payment of this assessment come ? ; Tue Massacuuserrs Democracy think it is a tidal wave and that there is a possi- bility of floating the old Bay State into the democratic haven. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Garfield now sings, ‘They all do it” Pun: most forgeries are done with steal pens. The oduntry roads were never better than thoy are 2 In 1849 Russia aided Austria to suppress the Hu gartans. The smallest of Mars’ moons is bigger than David Davia. The Indians Bow call Conkling the Man-not- Afraid of-His-Milliner, Southern journals talk, not about Grant’s opinions, but about bis drinks Mr, Tweed once gave a bootblack five cents, and thinks of exposing him, Mrs, Senator Morton is preparing for the reception of her husband at Indianapolis, The New Orleans Picayune thinks that the Czat sighs for other nations to concur. Grace Greenwood and daughter are in San Francisco as tho guests of Loland Stanford. Seaator Roscoe Conkling is at the Fitth Avenue Hotel, on his way to Washington. The Chicago Tribune has no doubt that if the demo+ crats obtain power they will put the Confederate so! 8 on the pension list. The new Washington journal, the National Union, 4s very nice looking, though, like most new papers, it 1s a little crude iu arrangement, Provably the two happiest men tn the United Statea are McClellan and Pendleton. The one is to be Gover. nor of New Jersey and the other is to bo Senator from Ohio, It pays in the long run to give creait for items from contemporary jourvals. Thi come to us, for in- Stance, many papers whose paragraph columns are balf original and half stolen. We haven’t time to sort out the original ones for quotation. i Court Journal:—'tt 1s perhaps not generally known that General Scobeloff is of Scotch Traction. Hig grandfather was a paroch{al schoolmaster in Ayrshire, and his father, who served his apprenticeship in an engineering shop on the Clyde, while still young went outto Russia in charge of a floating dock mauutac- tured for the Russian government, aud when the work was finished settled in the country and married a young lady in St. Petersburg. Their eldest gon, the present General, enteredthe Russian army, and, dis+ playing considerable ability, gradually rose to bis pres» ent prominent position—bis family name ‘Scobie,* being Russlanized into Scobeloff.”” AMUSEMENTS. GILMORE’S BENEFIT--THE ANVIL CHORUS. When Gilmore gave his Boston Jubilee the pitce da résistance which was not only served up, but demanded and redemanded at every concert, was the “Anvil Chorus.” {n fact, there never was such a scene of wild tumult exhibited by any sane audience as greeted Gilmore’s version of Verdi’s striking composition when it was first presented to the cultivated ears of Boston. This evening we are promise! tive representation of this selection by over dred periormers, including several of our bost bands, @ grand orchestra, the drum corps of the Twenty. second regiment, a brigade of anvil beaters, in appro- priate costume, and the New York Choral Union, of 350 voices. During the past four years Gilmore hag proved to the citizens of New York and the musival public thut he prefers to give renown to bis baud through the performance of the legitimate art worka of the great masters than to meddle with musical: clap-trap, Whica at best is shortlived, and he has re- peatedly astonished musical critics and connoisseurs by the productions ot works of such extraordinary difficulty that their rendering was considered beyond the ability of any military bund, but where the ques- tion of a bevelit 1s under consideration whatever will add to the treasury is of tho first importance, and hig auvouncement of the Anvil Chorus will draw im moro money than if he were tocram his programme with Waguer, Lizzt and Beethoven, because ninety pes cent of the public prefer popular to class 1 music, ‘Among the artists anuouuced are Miss Emma Thi Mine. Tei Carreno, S ‘8 Briguoli and Tagllae jetra, Messrs, Arbuckle, , Bent, Letsch, Lefebre, Be Carlo and others, “BARNCASTLE AND REFORM” AT THE BROOKe LYN PARK THEATRE, ‘The “drama” of ‘‘Barneastle and Reform” was prow duced last night at the Brooklyo Park Theatre, Itis a weak imitation of “The Gilded Age’’ and *‘Bardwell Slote” The plot is uneventiul and greatly lack. ing i motive, ‘The first act, which consists of but ono scene, is entirely superfluous and utterly unintereating. There is much feeble conven ation; nothing more, Peggy Clover is presented is the rude simplicity of hi ‘usti¢ girlhood, and Zacha ‘a rising statesman,’ at the dawning of ri Washington with Ebenezer Barucastie, a dilapidated “sburper,” replete with bypocritical patriotisin, virtue und integrity, und cloibed in the glory of « porsoval im- portance which is entirely fictitious aud assumed. He 18 an ever successful borrower aud ap ever impecun- Zachariah Martin, untrue to bis early 10 Peggy Clover, is fascinated by Mise ‘a Washington lady, cold, veautiful and ‘Another admirer, inspired by 3 conspires to rum iw, Barucasile becow: supposed fostrument of bribery. lo the next act Peggy aware of Zachariah’s perfidy, has leit that cou- dition of lie which be dospised aud is become a cele- brated sculptor, Her bust of Abraham Liucolo is uo- veiled at u gathering of the élite, and Zachariah, do. spite her change into womanhood, almost recognizes her, Alterward comes the culmination of the plot against him. He is deicated at the ballot box, ar. rested for ‘corruption und his fiancée renounces him, The last act represents = his trial aud acquittal through the instrumeutulity of Peggy, who hus Induced Barncastle to testify in court that he never conveyed to bim the bribe tutendea by the rival jover, The humbled Zacharlah renews to her his neglected vows. ‘Vhe play 1s burdened with unnecessary and unen- tertuining dialogue. ‘I or three scones would be better omitted altogether. The lesser parte are so much subordinated to that of Barncustle that they are aimost wholly devoid of character. Barncastie him- self “cannot hold a candle’’ to Solon Shingle or Colonel Sellers in bumorous und satirical traits of individual. aty. Jobn EK, Owens in the principal part showed artistic conception, but fell far short of Florence’s similue characterization. The stock actora; as 1s to be ex- pected with such frequeut changes of stars as ocour at the Park Theatre, performed very indifferently, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Miss Anna Drasdil will return to America about tug Ist of November. Another dime concort will take place at Cooper Im atitute this evening. The matinee benefit for Edwin Adams, at Whitney’s Opera House, Detroit, netted $55, Mrs. Letitia E:lott, of New Orleans, bas taken the place of the jate Mme, Gulager as soprano in St Thomas’ Church, Miss Emma C, Thursby will give a graud concertgat the Academy of Music Monday evening, October 29, when she w.il be assisted by Thomas’ orcbestra and other artists, Mme. Isadora Clark, the soprano, bas returned ta New York, and it 1s understood ts engaged in organ. izing acoucert troupe of first class vocal and iustrue mental artiste, Joseph Jefferson has satled from Liverpool for New York, accompanied by bis family, among whom is his son-in-law, B. L., Farjeon, the novelist. so com mences an engagement, under Mr, Daly’s manage. mout, at Booth’s Thoatre, on the 29th inst. Amoug the new lights of the concert stage who has been heurd in private with much satisfaction and is ‘kely to appear in public at an early day is dille, Boullgny, of New Orloaus. She ts reprosented as tho possessor of a pure, sweet and highly cultivated voice and of great personal attractions, Iv is gratifying to note that the salo of ‘seats for the Edwin Adams bevellt has already roached the large sum of nearly $000. Those who desire to be preseut should secure their places to-day or they must submit to the not teuder mercies of tic! attractions of the performance are varied and extra- ordinary. The rehearsals of ‘A Summer Night’s Dream’ are progressing at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, and the cborus, which bas been thoroughly drilled in Philadel. phia, 1s now united witn the company, The redeco- Fated thoatre will probably be ready for inspection by Suturaay evening, when a dress rehearsal of the new opera is promised. For xt Monday, the opening night, the box office sajes are vory large, and the premizre will be a fashionable as well as a musical event One of the best outertainmonts in New York is that given nightly by Bryant’s Minstrels, under the maa agement of Neil Bryant, at the cosey Operas Hous Nos, 728 und 730 Broadway, The list of artists specialists aod fanny men and the programme pre sented form a combination of unusual excellence Espectally noticeable are the facts that the forma embraces none but first cluss actors im their severa lines and the satter contains nothing but the most em tertaining and amusing acts, songs, dances, stump speeches and instrumental music, {ree from tho slight est taint of vulgarity and reploto with pathos and omar