The New York Herald Newspaper, October 13, 1877, Page 6

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WALLACK'S THEATR! ent NEW YORK AQUARIU BROADWAY THEATRE GERMANIA THEATRE: GRAND OPERA NOUS! Dasitss, ROWERY VHEATRE—Texan Avenceus. NIBLO'S GARDEN—Tnw Law or ux Lap. GILMOKE’S CONCERT GARDEN—Aunocxie’s Bexertt, ACADEMY OF MUSI axp Nor Mangimp, THEATRE FRANCAL BRYANT'S OPERA HOL TIVOLI THEATRE—Vartery. TONY PASTOR'S—Vaniar OLYMPIC THEATKE—V. ro SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, EGYPTIAN HALL—Vauiery, CoLimBrA OPERA HOUSE—Varey. | * TRIPLE SHEET. furortant Notice To ADVERT! insure the proper classification of advertisements it is absolutely necessary that they be handed in before eight o'clock every evening. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be cool and cloudy or partly cloudy, Followed by rising temperature and rain, Watt Street Yrsrerpay.—The stock mar ket was active and strong, with the highest prices near the close. Gold advanced’ from 102% to 103g, and closed at 103. Govern- ment bonds were firm, States dull and railroads higher. Money on call lent at 6 a 7 per cent, with a few loans at 5 per cent. THe Worst seems to be over in Port Royal. Cawapa 18 Resorcixa in an unusually good harvest. A Poor Wipow, a stranger in the city, was heartlessly robbed in a New York street car yesterday. Tue Sunscriptions to the Seventh Regiment Armory are still coming in. The sum of $1,750 ‘was received yesterday. , Tuk Froatine of the wrecked Massachusetts, which now seems probable, will be quite a me- ehanical achievement. Maryanp’s Jupicrary bas always stood high, but Baltimore has now a brace ot judges on trial tor malfeasance in office. Despite THE RESOLUTIONS of the Commission- ers Tammany is collecting its political black- mail from the poor firemen. Derosiroxs oF THE Lona IstaND SAVINGS Bav« will be interested in the statement of the accountant expert in other columns. Tue Gneat Mississirrt VaLiey hastens to serve notice on the next Congress that in the internal improvement business she must be counted first. To SuorTeN on Nor To SuorveN the service is the great question in the Episcopal Conven- tion. The interesting debate yesterday will be followed by a vote to-day. Recorver Hackett has simplified matters a good deal in the excise prosecutions. According to his theo of the law the outlook is pretty blue for the liquor dealers. Tne Mrvers of the Black Hills think they are of suflicient importance to get a Territorial gov- ernment, and have selected a delegate to ‘“lo- cate” their claim in Washington. Sourn Carowina is steadily pursuing the rascals who have been plundering her. Nash, negro State Senator and ex-Presidential elector, has confessed, made restitution, exposed his as- sociates and resigned. Tur Lack or ConFipence so generally felt in mercantile circles has, perhaps, no small part of its foundation in the deplorable dishonesty adverted to by Register in Bankruptcy Fitch in ® decision elsewhere printed. It is no wonder that business is dull when its perils, so forcibly pointed out by him, are so gr Tne Accvracy or tre Heratp’s weather re- ports has again been shown by the fulfilment of its prediction, which was cabled to Europe, that a great storm would strike that continent about the 10th. This notice was given on the 6th, and our despatches this morning show how close were our observations and how timely the warning to our transatlantic cousins, Senator Davis, who, while on the Supreme Court bench, must have felt the necessity of making some provision to expedite the business before the Court, is prepuring a bill for that purpose, the provisions of which he hus ex- plained to one of our correspondents. The question is a delicate and important one and should be treated with the utmost caution, Chat some way out of the difficulty must be found is evident. ‘The Court is now #0 hope- lessly behind and cases are so rapidly aceumu- lating that there is very little prospect of its ever being able to catch up unless some relief is afforded. Tus Wearuen.— Te depression in the North- west and West hus developed in energy cousid- erably since yesterday moruing aud now prow- isea to prove asevere storm, Rains have falien over the Upper Mississippi Valley and the lake region. In the Northeast the depression still moyes slowly toward the Nova Scotia coast, attended by rains. Tho highest pressure extends from the lower lakes to the Gulf, vut is rapidly diminishing. Altogether the indications point to stormy weather in the vorthern sections of the United States during the next few days. The weather in New York and its vicinity w-day will be cloudy or partly cloudy and cool, fol- lowed by rieiug temperature aud rain. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, UUCTUBER 13, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. The Campaign in France—Fraudu- lent Returns or Revo! ion. In France the electoral campaign has as- sumed the character of a war waged with manifestoes, and the two documents we give to-day are rather hot shot from the re- spective sides, In the tone and in the terms of Marshal MacMahon’s denunciation of his opponents, for it is little else, it is obvious how all differences of political principle have given place to mere party passion. All the courtesy that is customary even toward those with whom we differ, within limits where it is possible that either side may be animated by good and patriotic motives, is swept away in the fury of rhetoric that is intended to be vigorous and is only violent. That easy good temper which is scarcely to be separated from faith in the strength of our own position, that gracious tolerance for the errors of opponents whom we pity because they cannot see the right way rather than hate because they will not pursue it—these and other characteristics of the conduct of conflicts in countries where party division is an essential element of political vitality, do not appear in the campaign in France. But this campaign is only in a slight degree exceptional in that respect. It is buf a trifle more intense in its passion than is common. Frenchmen are always either utterly indifferent or terribly in, earnest; and where a man is terribly in earnest in politics, and is thoroughly satisfied that the view he holds is right, it is difficult for him to conceive that any but a villain can hold a contrary view. To make head against his opinion is to be not merely his opponent but his enemy. He is laboring to save his country, and the man who is laboring on the other side must be laboring to ruin it. He can see no further than this. Satisfied with this view of the case, he does not endeavor to see further, and he pursues this view with all the fervor and intensity of his character— not merely to the vilification of all who op- pose, but to the use of the guillotine against them where he has the power. This mode of assuming that all opposi- tion rests on base motives; that the: other side is not only wrong, but wilfully and wickedly so, is characteristic, and explains the great feature in the present canvass—the assiduously repeated charge by the govern- ment that the republicans are animated by all the bad impulses of radicalism and that if they obtain the upper hand society will be in danger and order will perish unless defended by the army. This is the signifi- cance of his present document. All its phrases are mere covers to the purpose involved in the declaration about order, which is an allegation and a charge that order needs to be defended from the republicans. “Pour Uordre, j'en téponds,” said the last Na- poleon in a memorable crisis, and Marshal MacMahon’s opinions of imperial utter- ances of that sort are such that he is not ashamed to parody them. His assumption of responsibility for order and peace lacks, however, even the sombre dignity possessed by the similar declaration from Louis Napoleon, for the fact that order was really in danger in the case in which he proposed to maintain it gave significance to his phrase. MacMahon’s phrase is put forth in pursuance of the passion of the hour and the tacties of the Ministry, which, while not daring to plainly assert that any class of the people or any party threatens revolt or resistance, desires to hold up as a bugbear the fear that they do, and for that purpose attempts, by the use of a phrase, to assimilate the present period to one in which revolt was imminent. But the result is ridiculous, For the President of the Republic to vociferate through the land that he will guarantee the preservation of order at a time when it is not threatened by any person or persons whatever, does not. dismay the country, as he would desire, with a conception of impending danger, and dispose it to rally to the side of the political giant who promises safety and peace. On the contrary, it simply gives a pitiful notion of the Presidential intelli- gence. People see through the shallow ruse; or, if they have a moment’s faith in it, they wonder that a soldier should be frightened at the echo of his own voice, for all the disquiet is of his own raising, But whither must all this violence lead? In case the republicans should carry the country—still more if they should score an overwhelming victory and, returning four hundred Deputies, come intoalmost absolute possession of the legislative power—-how can the President descend with any grace from the high horse on which he has been capering in the electoral arena? He has declared that the purposes of this party are inimical to the quiet of the country; that its victory and possession of power are incon- sistent with the preservation of order, and, moreover, that the preservation of order is his especial function, and that it would be djshonorable and shameful for him to abdicate his duty in that respect. Can a man who has identified his course with declarations like this pursue a policy of “masterly inactivity” toward those oppo- nents? Can he afford to wait even until they supply him with a pretext against them, especially as this might imperil his position by showing to the country that the republicans are as solicitous for order, tran- quillity and the prosperity of the uation as he is? This would look very like a retreat from his declarations—like a want of courage to act on views of policy that he has repeatedly declared to be vital. It results from the positions actually taken by Marshal MacMahon in his dee!aration to the country that on the pain of being deemed by his party unequal to the occa- sion, and of being denounced by the im- perialists and all the clerical elements asa recreant and a coward, on the pain of deg- radation in the opinion of those whose opin- ions he values, he must adopt toward the new Chamber, if it prove strongly republi- can, some extra constitational course in the nature of a coup d'état. He must, to meet the occasion he has thus made for him- self, declare a dictatorship and rely upon the army to keep the pedple down. He will not depend upon his own name, which is not associated with the magic,of anygglori- ous traditions, but will utilize the Napo- leonic legend. This may succeed now as it has succocded betore, From our point of view this course would be a great and in- famous outrage; but we must remember that in the circle whose opinions are esteemed by the Marshal this would be regarded a: necessary, virtuous and patriotic proceed- ing. It would be called ‘saving France,” and the only moral obstacle would be the republican constitution, which they regard as infamous, There is but one likelihood short of this. All the difficulties of MacMahon’s position derive from the victory of the republicans at the polls, but if the republicans are not victorious then all that the Marshal has said and done will add splendor -to his success, and he will be deemed the one great mau whose bold stand gave cohesion and strength to a moral revolt against re- publican theories. It is, however, scarcely possible that any victory of which. the Mgr- shal or his friends may be proud can be gained against the republicans by legitimate means. But the need of a victory at the polls is so great—it is of such absolute urgency to the prospects of the coalition that they should win, or that it should seem they had won—that we do not expect them to be scrupulous as to means. If they cannot win legitimately and can win in some other way they will win in that other way. An electoral success is all that.can save the coalition, and if it is possible to secure it by any perversion whatever of the electoral machinery they will not hesitate. Either, therefore, there will be a general sweep of fraudulent returns or a reactionary revolution, General Sherman’s Letters from the Indian Country. It is well known to the public that the General of the Army has been spending the summer and autumn in an extensive tour through the heart of the Indian country. The government could not have done a wiser thing than to send so alertan observer and so competent a judge to ascertain the real state of things in that important region. General Sherman's tour came near being cut short in the middle by the extensive railroad riots in July, when the Secre- tary of War telegraphed him to hold himself in readiness for an immediate return if that crisis should nét pass within afew days, Fortunately it did pass, and General Sherman was permitted to pro- ceed in accordance with the original scheme of his journey. During its prosecution he wrote, from time to time, copious semi- official letters to Secretary McOrary, giving interesting descriptions of the things which fell under his notice. These interesting letters we are permitted to publish, and our readers will find them in other columns, General Sherman has less starch in his com- position than any eminent public character of his time, and these letters have all the graphic freshness of the rough notes of an accomplished traveller writing for the entertainment of his friends. They have not ao trace of official or semi-official stiffness, and quite as little of the tedious descriptive vein, long drawn out, of ordinary travellers. Sherman seizes at once the salient points of things, hits them off with a few bold dashes and hastens to the next topic, never wearying the reader or detaining him long ohn the same subject. The letters which we publish would bea model for a book of travels, both in clearness of description and rapid, care- less ease. We suppose that the ripe fruits of this tour will appear in the recommendations which General Sherman will make in his annual report at the meeting of the regular session of Congress. But nothing of this is foreshadowed in the letters ex- cept by incidental remarks casually dropped in the course of a hasty narrative, the staple of the letters being simple facts uncolored by theory. Among their most interesting features are the no- tices of natural scenery, of the productions and capabilities of the country, of the modes of communication and facilities for travel- ling, of the size and appearance of settle- ments and of the industries and modes of life of the inhabitants, There is in the Territory of Montana a great affluence of natural scenery, the grandeur and magnifi- cence of which equals or. surpasses any that has ever been visited by man in any part of the world, General Sherman’s brief de- scription of the wonderful sublimity of the prospect from the towering summit of Mount Washburn, and his more detailed account of the extraordinary geysers which abound in that region, will cause regret in the minds of many readers that those grand spectacles are so distant and can be reached only by such toilsome routes as must put them beyond the reach of ordinary tourists for a long period to come, ‘The chief object of this tour was to study the Indian question and its relations to the army. The hints dropped by General Sherman on this great subject are very suggestive and would bear a great deal of development. But there will be an oppor- tunity to discuss this important question in connection with the matured views and recommendations which will be submitted in General Sherman's annual report. Follow a Good Example. It is asserted that « circular issued from Tammany Hall demands a political sub- scription from every émployé of the city government to aid the Tammany candidates in theapproaching election. The Fire Com- missioners have very commendably issued an order to all men in that department for- bidding them to pay ‘any political assess- ment or make any political subscription to any party, under the penalty of removal, This protects the employés against any at- tempt to blackmail them that may be made by a political organization. Why do not the other heads of departments follow this good example? Do the Park Commissioners, the Charities and Correction Commissioners, the Dock Commissioners, the Police Commis- sioners and the Commissioner of Public Works desire that the men in their several departments shall be fleeced by the politi- cians under a threat of removal in case they withhold the required amounts? If not, why do they not promptly follow the excellent example of the Fire Commis- sioners and tread out this attempted extor- tion at ovce? e The Speakership of the House. There will wisely be no attempt by Presi- dent Hayes or his republican friends to in- fluence the choice of Speaker. That office belongs to the democrats by their assured majority in the House, and party lionor re- quires that all democrats vote for their own candidate, Their caucus will be held this evening, and, in spite of the number of aspirants and the brisk competition, the best judges at Washington have no doubt that Mr. Randall will carry off the prize. All things considered, the caucus could not make a better choice. Mr. Randall is an old member of the House; he has an excellent acquaintance with parliamentary rules and great quickness and decision in apply- ing them; he has already _ served with credit “in that position, and his skill and ability last winter during the trying and turbulent scenes of the closing month of the session attest his force of character and @ais eminent fit- ness. He has all the'tact, rendiness, cool- ness, self-possession, party standing and |- personal popularity with the opposition which either his own party can desire or the republicans. have any right to demand for the smooth despatch of business. Tho foolish and ill-natured things said against him by some of his democratic rivals will be regretted by them, and forgiven by him, as soon as the action of the caucus makes it the duty of all the democratic members to vote for him. The loose and indiscreet talk which has been from time to time indulged in about the election of a republican Speaker by the aid of a few Southern votes was mere rub- bish and drivel. Neither the President nor any respectable Southern democrat could afford to be a party tosuch an intrigue. We have no doubt that a great many demio- cratic votes will be given, and honorably given, to the President's measures in the course“®f the session; but no democrat could vote fora republican candidate for the Speakership withopt forfeiting his party standing and the confidence of his constituents, On particular measures of legislation every member is free to vote ac- cording to his judgment and conscience, and from what we learn of the temper of the democratic representatives we are justi- fied in believing that while they will reso: lutely keep the organization of the House in their own hands they will make no op- position to any part of the policy of the President so far as his policy has yet been disclosed. A Sorrowful Case. The sentence passed on William C. Gil- man yesterday was 4 just punishment for the crimes he confesses to have committed. Any sympathy felt for him on account of his former respectable position in life would be misplaced. A criminal act isthe more inex- cusable when its perpetrator is neither driven to it by necessity nor tempted by evil associations. In this case the prisoner had enjoyed the advantages of education and of good example, He was in possession of an income large enough to enable him to live in comfort if not in luxury. He had about him social and family ties to induce him to covet an honorable reputation. Yet with all these incentives to honesty he entered de- liberately on a career of crime, commencing with violation of trust and proceeding step by step until he became aforger. His life has been for years a living lie, He went witha smooth and smiling face among the brothers and sisters he had robbed. He wore the, mask of a Christian man in the presence of a good pastor who did not desert him in his hour of exposure. Worse than all, he hid his true character from a trusting wife and reared his children in the expecta- tion of ease and independence, while he was by his acts dooming them to misery and entailing upon them the curse of a branded name. Surely such a man is less entitled to sympathy than is one who steals bread for a starving family or one whose vicious training fits him for nothing but o crimi- nal’s career, Nevertheless the scene enacted in the Re- corder’s Court yesterday was sufficiently affecting to move the hearts of strong men inured to the sight of suffering and remorse. It was a painful spectacle, that of a man who had heretofore been honored by the world bending down in shame before a bar of jus- tice and confessing in broken tones the crimes which must consign him to a felon’s cell, No romance could be more deeply touching than the brief story read on be- half of the prisoner, in which the terrible secrets so long locked up in his heart were for the first time laid bare. A thrill ran through the court when he acquitted his wife—poor stricken soul!—of any re- sponsibility for his extravagance, and declared ‘‘she would have accepted any restraint I might have put upon her.” Stern men turned aside their faces when the counsel made his affecting appeal for the “three lovely children,” who are now “worse than fatherless.” Who can wonder that judge and lawyer, usually cold and passion- less, were moved to tears by the scene? ‘The criminal goes out from the world— from the happy home he has enjoyed, from the wife and children he loves--and steps for five years into a living grave. He is dead for that long period to all who are dear to him and to the companions and scenes of his past life. If he survives and comes back to the active world he re-enters it with o felon’s brand on his forehead. Yet everybody feels that his punishment is just, and at this particular time the example it affords may bring forth good fruits. Jerome Park To-Day. The racing season at Jerome Park will be brought to a close to-day with becoming éclat. There are four regular events and two matches on the programme, making an exciting day of six races. With the beauti- ful woods of Central Park just touched by the crimsoning breath of autumn, and all the glories of russet and gold spread along the dales of Fordham, what can be more delightful treat than a drive to Jerome Park? Apart from what pleases the eye en rowe, a draught of the exhilarating October air makes the brief journey something to be remembered. The gathering of beauty and fashion at the course to-day promises to be the greatest of course by putting the most attractive things im the way of running horseflesh on the card, May the s@n sliine kindly on the silken coated beauties as they dash around the track, winning praise and plaudits from the ladies and striving to win something more substantial for their owners and backers. Stanley, the Herald Correspondent. The profession of journalism has pro- duced so many famous and successful men of all orders of talent that it does not seem strange, after all, to find in the ranks of its members one who has distinguished himself for attainments usually associated with the more physically active pursuits, Yet it must be remembered that modern journal- ism calls to its service a wider range of talent than any other work can demand. Its servants must be familiar with all things that interest the intelligence of the world, and ever ready to depart from beaten paths in search of information, no matter what its character may be or how difficult of attainment. Few of the million of readers of the Henatp, when eagerly perus- ing its news columns, pause to consider the immensity of the labor expended in bring- ing that mass of information together from every pant of the globe. Yet that Pork is largely done by the Henaxp correspond- ents-men who, like Stanley, go when and where they are bidden, without raising even a question as to the difficulties, dangers and hardships they expect to encounter. The highly interesting communication from Mr. Du Chaillu, which we publish this morn- ing, gives a succinct account of the career of Stanley, the Heranp correspondent, in his widely varied and arduous journeyings in the service of this paper. We also pub- lish a lecture delivered by the Rev.. T. De Witt Talmage on the greatness of the benefits to religion, science and com- merce that will arise from Stanley’s success, Furthermore, a telegram irom the brother of. Dr. Livingstone congratulating the proprietor of the Hrratp on the safe ar- rival of Stanley on the West coast. So far as the fitness of the man for his work is con- cerned the results have proved the correct- neasof his employer's estimate of his ability. This Heratp correspondent has succeeded in all he has undertaken, and in no hap- hazard way, but fully and deliberately and according to the programme laid down for his guidance. In the field of African ex- ploration—a region hitherto traversed by only the boldest missionaries like Living- stone, naturalists like Du Chail!u and soldiers like Speke, Grant and Baker— Stanley, the Heraup correspondent, has accomplished what each of these travellers has done, and much more besides, for he has followed and established the great con- necting links which make previous discov- eries in Africa of any practical value to geographical science. We can only reiterate that the applause of such travellers as we have named is the most reliable evidence of Stanley’s success, for it is the recognition accorded by éminent experts to him who produces the masterpiece. Those Tell-Tale Checks. We would respectfully suggest to Tweed’s legal advisers that, however rambling and contradictory his oral testimony may be, some little consistency should be preserved in the written documents he submits to public criticism. In the paper read by the model thief before the Aldermanic Commit- tee on Thursday last he is made to say in relation to the original confession, pub- lished in last Wednesday’s Heratp, ‘I was well aware when I made that statement that many persons were mentioned in that state- ment, in connection with moneys which passed through my hands, who were guilt- less of any offences whatever and were in no way interested with me in any frauds,” He is further made to express his regret that “innocent persons have been made to suffer” by the publication of the list of checks given by him in that confession, and to add, ‘‘let me say that I do not pretend, but, on'the contrary, deny, that the names of all or even a majority of the persons mentioned on that list were engaged in any fraudulent practice whatever.” But why, then, did Tweed make the fol- lowing offer to the Attorney Gencral as a condition of his release from jail?— Third—Mr. Tweed will traneter to the Attornoy Gon- eral ail the checks im his possession and which are set forth in the aunexed schedule, With his own testi- mony tn rogard to them, that can bo supported by ethers, Mr. ‘i weed thinks the return of a large amount of money could Le enforced. And why, after having given the list of checks as published in last Wednesday's Heraup, amounting to $1,596,725, did Tweed add, ‘Much more money was ex- pended in this way, but the foregoing total represents only the checks in Mr. Tweed’s possession at the present time. The testi- mony, if secured, of Messrs. Barber, Frear and King, would show much more,” Is I'weed's present statement false or did he endeavor to cheat the Attorney General out of a pardon by the representation that the return of a large amount of money rep- resented by these checks could be enforced, thus implying that they were mainly or all given in connection with his frauds and ‘robberies? PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Mr. Stileon Hutchins, of St Louis, is in Washing- ton. Hon, Bailey Peyton, of Tennossee, ts in Wasbing- ton. Song of the Nyack politician, “Purroy, boys, Pur- roy.”” i Governor-elect Bishop, of Ohio, has the nest beard in Cincinnati. Senator William Windom, of Minnesota, is at the St. Denis Hotel. To Russia tho pigeon is held sacred. Tho Russian Js easily amused. Senator William W. Eaton, of Connecticut, is at the Now York Hotel, General Sherman left San Francisco for Washington yesterday morning. Jefferson Davis is putting the Onisbing touches upon his book of memoirs, In Secretary Sherman’s own ward there was a dem- Ocratic gain of twenty-eight, Right Hon. Lyon Playfair, M. P., of England, yes- terday arrived at the Filth Avenue Hotel. The Western democratic papers insist that it was the President's hurd money policy that was defeated. How the Cincinnati Anquirer would have lost money On that page rooster Mf Ohio had gone for ir, Hayes! Sonator George F, Hoar aud General Nathaniel P, Banks, of M. chusetts, afe at the Fitth Avenue Hotei, Paterson Press (rep.):—'*It wasn’t the champagne— the season. Byerybody will be there. The managers have provided for such @ con- 6 it never is—it was the oysters. So it wasn’t the Pros- \dent’s policy, say the friends of the policy which de- feated us in Onio. ‘gm.? B01? Murat Balsiead thinks that Allred Gaithor will te ‘the democratic Senator from Ohio, He isa native of Maryland Sefior Don Francisco Soliveres, Second Secretary of the Spanish Legation at Washington, is at the Albe- marie Hotel, His Eminence Cardinal McCloskey 1s in Washingtos paying & visit to some relatives, He returns to New York to-day. ‘ Vice President Wiliam A, Wheeler arrived at the Windsor Hotel yesterday, and will leave the city this moraing on the limited express train for Washington. At Toledo Judge West in “feeble” health rose to speak ‘for afew moments.” Hoe got going, and spoke for more than three hours, He doesn’t speak so jong now. Cincinnati Commercial:—The result will be re celvod wfhout much murmuring or rejoicing out- side the circle of the candidates and their personal triends.”” Georgia negro preacher to nis flock:—“We havea collection to make this moraing, and, tar the glory of heaven, whichever of you stole Mr. Shith’s sheep, don’t put anything on the plate,’” Courver-Journal :—‘The real cause ofthe ined by the republicans must be sought ia the failure of the republican leaders to see that their sole safety lay with the polloy of honest government, and sectional pacification got before the country by aa administration which they could not aflord to repw inte”? , AMOSEMENTS. It was Judge Weat’s ‘Commun. THE EDWIN ADAMS BENEFIT. Ap immense audience filled the Academy of Music yesterday afternoon, on the occasion of the benefit tendered to Edwin Adams by the members of the dramatic and musical professions, Every seat was taken, and the aisles and doorways crowded, many ladies stanaing durnig the periermance. ‘This as- sembly had a character of its own, because of the fact that the actors who proposea the benefit did not depend wholly upon the pablic to support it. They determined to make it successiul themselves, irrespective of the generous assistauce they naturally expected. The result was that almost all the actors in New York wore either ou the stage or in the body of the house. Ihe families of actors filled the boxes and many-of the best seats in the orchestra and circles, Besides this, the extra «duties were perfor by members of the Prolession, who served as ushers and attendants, while some of the ladies sold satin programmes and bou- quets, adding in this way hundreds of dollars to the fund. To our mind tne most beautiiul element of the event was the spirit of sympathy and interest dis- played vy the members of the two professions, trom the humblest to the highest, The programmo was varied and long, but strictly adhered to; every person @pnounced on the bill was present, and all Were eager to share in the labors and honors of the eccasion, In looking upon the gay stage, the brilliant tors, and listening to the laughter and applguse, one could not bat think of the tragedy upon which this festival was founded. He for whom its bonefits were intended lay in mortal agony in a neighboring city, almost beyond the reach of friend- ship or pity. The drama has been accused of exag- geration, but what contrast could be stronger and more tragic than that of the deathbed of Kdwin Adama and the hovors paid to him yesterday? Where all did their best, all did so well, critt. isin would be useless. The spectators were pleased, but by nothing more than the announcement that tlie total proceeds of the benefit would amount to nearly $10,000, Thia fund will suffice to relieve the widow of Mr. Adams from want, aud the kuowledgo cf the fact will undoubtedly soothe bis dyimg hours, Yosterday afternoon a beneit performance was given ut the Leland Opera House, Albany, for Edwin ‘Adams, The testimonial was under the management of J. W. Albaugh and the Shaughraun Company, and the regular theatre company gave their services, The attendance was largo and over $400 was realized. The entertainment shroughout was a splendid success, Mr, Edwin Adams’ condition is pot in the least !m- proved, ‘the physicians eny thal may possibly live for a month or more, At his benefit in Philadel. phia yesterday afternoon, at the Chestnut Street ‘Theatre, over $700 were realized, THE HESS OPERA TROUPE—A SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Tne plot of ‘A Summer Night’s Dream,” which is to be performed at the Filth Avenue Theatre on Mon- day night, is as follows:—Queen Elizabeth of England and one of her maids ol honor, Lady Olivia, while bunting and hawking in the vicinity of Windsor Castle, are overtaken bya storm and are separated irédm their suite, They obtain shelter tv the inn of the Star and Garter, where great preparations are being made ior a banquet to Shakespeare and his friends, under the direction of that prince of gour- mands, Sir Jobn Falstaff, The burly kuight does not recognize the fair visitors, who are veiled, aud his vanity leads bim to believe that they are in love with him. Mistaking them for adveuturesses, he proposes to them a supper at his lodge at Windsor, The arrival of Shakespeare ang his wild companions interrupts their departure, and when the poet discovers their presence he detains them. The Quoen, still preserving her incog- nito, reproaches Shukespoare for debasing his genius by auch riotous excesses, but the latter pays no heed ta her. He drinks uutil he falls tnsensible, His com- panions become more disorderly, and the night patrol tnterieres, The Queen contrives to shp a paper, un- perceived, into Fulstaf’s glase It 1s x royal order to convey Shakespeare instantly to Windsor, The guests then retire, carrying tho poet with them. The scene of the second act 13 laid in Windsor Park, near the palace, A stirring chorus of forest keepers commences the act, during which Shakespeare ig borne toward the palace, Falstaff tasues orders to hia men to guard the royal precincts from all iutruders. After the departure of the forest keepers Fal- staf is joined by Lord Latimer, the lover of Lady Olivia, who bas traced the veiled women to Windsor, and whose jealousy causes himto suspect Olivia as one of them. His suspicions are confirmed vy Falstal, who shows a love token which Latimer gave to Olivia the preceding day and which she lost atthe jon, He threatens Falstaff, so that the burly knight runs away. Shakespeare now advanccs, like a manio u dream. ‘The voice of the Queen at a dis. tunce enchants him, and when she appears he calls het bis Juliet She reproaches him bitterly for bis wild excesses, and oxacts from him a _ promise to abandon dissipation, He thea insists upon ber removing nor veil, and is only pre- vented by Olivia, who takes the place of tho Queen, Latimer discovers them together, and in bia Jealous rage he dares tho poet to meet bim sword in hand, Olivia and the Queen retire hastily, but before their departure Shukespeare js informed that his patroness is the Queen. Falstal und the keepers now iniortere between the combatants, but not befora Latimer has received a wound. He Jalls, and Sbake- speare, thinking that he has s'ain bie friend, flies trom the sceno im an agony of remorse. The scono of the third‘act is laid in the palace. The Queen sends for Falstaff and makes inquiries about enes of the previous night in the rvyal forest, The knight at rst attempts to conceal the circumstances, but is com- pelled at last to relate all, He ts warned, under pain of the royal displeasure, to preserve silence regarding the aftair, A stormy interview botween Olivia and Latimer follows, he refusing to believe in her indo. couce. The Queen thon sends for Shakespeare and persuades him that all that occurred at the inn and ig the forest wasa summer night’s dream, In this deception she is aided by Falstaff and Olivia, Moved, however, by the despair of the poet she acknowledges that she 1s his protectress and that sho has prepared @ surprise for him, The reconciliation of Olivia and Lucrmer 13 then effected, and the curtain falla ou the eoropation of Shakespeare as poet laureate. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. Owing to the success of the Kellogg-Cary Opera Company in San Francisco thete engagement has been Prolonged another week. Miss Emma Thursby will sing in Hudson, N, ¥., next Friday, assisted by Miss Annie Be the Messrs. S, B. Mills, Harrison Millard, 8. Hiller and Charles B. Pratt, under tho managoment of Mr. Lud vig Laben, ‘The last of Gilmoro's Garden Concerts take place to« night and to-morrow nignt, Those who have pot heard these superb performances, and especially the “Anvil Choris,”’ as played in conjunction with a small brigade Of negro strikers, ought not ise the opportunity. Brignoli’s “Love and Jealouay”’ ts to be plavod this evening,