The New York Herald Newspaper, October 14, 1877, Page 10

Sag fad TS po EEA ASR alee NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. WEEKLY HERALD.—One dollar per year, free of post- ee. UBSCRIBERS,—{n order to | atten- Saree re Swiching their address changed must give heir vew address. oF twiegraphic despatches must ul All business, , be addressed Naw Yor ‘Letters and package: Rejected communici KRALD. hould be properly sealed. ‘ous will not be returned. PHILADELPHIA OFFIC . 112 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HBRALD— DO. 46 PLELT nts AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW. UNION SQUARE THEATRE-Stavce Ou. BEAGLE THEATRE—May Copy. _ WALLACK’S THEATR ARRIACE, WEW YORK AQUARIUM—!ux Ocrorcs. BROADWAY THBATRI BRAND OPERA HO BOWERY THEATRE, Live on tux Boxpxr. NIBLO'S GARDEN—J1 GILMOKE'S GARDE. ACADEMY OF MUSI FIFTH AVENUE THEAT! PARK 1HEATRE—Crusnev MVOLI THEATRE—Vamixty. PHEATRE COMIQUE— AMERICAN INSTITCT! TONY PASTOR'S—Vazi OLYMPIC THEATRE: SAN FRANCISCO MIN EGYPTIAN HALL-Y TouRNamxNT. BRYANT'S OPERA UOUSE—Mixsrggtey. NEW PARK THEATRE, BROUKLYN-My Awrvt Dap. ET Norics 10 ADVERTISERS.—To insure the proper classification of advertisements it ts absolutely necessary that they be handed in before eight o'clock every evening. A From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be warmer and partly cloudy or fair. IMPORTANT Watt Srreet Yesterbay.—The stock mar- ket was dull, and there was a large decline in the amount of business done. Gold advanced from 1027, to 1034, at which price it, closed. Government bonds were strong, while States were dull and railroads irregular. The bank statement showed a decrease, and money on call lent at 6 a 7 per cent, declining to 41g and clos- ing at 5 per cent. Tre Cuarce ror Grain LxspecTION in fu ture will be forty cents for a carload and two dollars for boat cargoes. Tue EvGiisu Mission will be vacant in a short time. Mr. Pierrepont has sent his resignation to Washington, to take effect December 1. Tue Statistics oF Business FarLures for the past nine months, as compared with those for the two preceding yeurs, show o marked im- provement. Conoress MEEts To-Morrow. The republi- can members of the House are generally in favor of a short session, while the democrats seem to be equally divided on the question. Mr. Evants’ Appress at the laying of the corner stone of the Seventh. Regiment Armory ‘wis an eloquent tribute to the worth and efti- ciency of our citizen soldiery generally and, as was betitting the time, of the gallant Seventh in particular. The ceremonies were imposing and the attendance was 1. and brilliant. Nites G, Parker, South Carolina’s ex-Treas- nrer, was taken back yesterday on the Gover- nor’s requisition. His departure ‘is deeply re- xretted by the Erie Railroad branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association and one or two other. organizations of which he was a bright and shining member. Sittixe Buit's Escare into Canada, which has heretofore been pointed as a sort of trium- phal march, turns out to have been exactly the reverse. He and his fellow murderers travelled night and day and in the utmost disorder. It is difficult to understand why they should have been so warmly welcomed by the mounted police of the Dominion. Tue Racixe Season for this year at Jerome Park came to # close yesterday. There were six splendid contests, which were witnessed by a large and brilliant attendance, comprising the beauty and fashion of the metropolis. The fall meeting bas been unusually successful, some of the best horses in the country having been en- gaged in the different events and some very fast time having been made. Mr. Ranpauy Was Cuosen by the democratic caucus last evening as the candidate of his ‘party for Speaker. His nomination is, of course, equivalent to an election, for there is no prospect that any bargain or sale can be effected which will give the position to a republican, as was foolishly intimated some time afo. In Mr. Randall the man best fitted for the place has been selected, and the democratic members have shown their wisdom at this critical period of their political history by making no experi- ments with new leaders. a general and easily under’ stood divol law is shown by our court reporta this morning in a case of p liar hardship and severity, the victim of w is, of course, a wowan. At the end of a long life she finds her- self deprived of whatever little property she was justly entitled to, and all because a former husband whom she supposed dead, and who perhaps ought to be dead, insists upon reappear- ing for apparently no purpose in the world, ie next Congress ought to pass a divorce act which shall apply to the whole country and abolish the present jumble of State divor Tue Weare ins continue to prevail in the Upper Mississippi and the Missouri valleys, attending the depression which still remains | central in that region. Rains have also fallen | over the lake district and in the Eusteru States | within a wide belt of cloudiness which extends from the Rocky Monntains to the Atlantic, In the Gulf the pressure is falling as the great area of high barometer moves eastward off the con- | tinent. It isnot improbable that owing to the peculiar alignement of the southeru isobar of machinery, mean pressure a storm ,will be developed in Southern Texas which will yradu- ally move to the Gulf coast and. into the South Atlantic States. The tem- perature has risen generally throughout the South and Southwest, but continues comparu tively low in the northern and eastern districta, The highest barometer is now central on the Middle Atlantic coast and in Manitoba, The lowest pressures are in the West Mississippi dis- trict, Newfoundland and southward of Florida. The weather in New York and its vicinity towlay | will be purtly cloudy or fair and warmer, | Dupanloup is NEW YORK The F h Elections, In the Hunazp to-day we lay before our readers a remarkable series of interviews with distinguished men in France, includ- ing those of all parties—imperialists, legiti- mists, Orleanists, clericals, the less definite conservatives who affilixte with none of the professedly reactionary elements, but will vote with any that guarantees quiet, and republicans of several degrees of modera- tion. It will astonish the reader, perhaps, to observe how large a proportion of the Frenchmen to whom one must appeal for intelligible opinions on public questions are journalists. Many of these journalists are also distinguished in other fields of ac- tive life, as party leaders, Deputies, orators, authors, ex-Ministers ; but it is their jour- nalistic habit of daily observation and study of the current of passion and prejudice that make up public opin- ion which gives value to what each one adds’ to this mass of testimony and evidence onthe state of the popular mind in their country. These interviews have been col- lected by our representative in Paris, either directly through our own correspondents or through acquaintances and friends of the persons interviewed. One great merit may be safely claimed for this account of the condition of opinion in France, It is im- partial. It presents the view of every sido with equal fairness and does not presume to heighten or soften the effect of any man’s phrases, Our correspondent is a repub- lican himself, and his consciousness that he was acting for an American journal, and therefore addressing a public in sympathy with republican aspirations, might have tempted him to add a little color here and there; but he has resisted the temptation. He has presented with. equal fairness the arguments of the republicans ,and the arguments, theories and speculations of those who are the most extreme and resolute opponents of republi- can ideas, Thus, out of thirty-nine persons interviewed, considerably more than half are conservatives, and their views are pre- sented with conscientious fidelity and with the same fulness and force as the views of the republicans, The following are the names of the per- sons whose opinions will be found in the series of interviews:— M. Rovuzr, dunes Grevy. Duc D'Auprrrrer-Pasquize. Bishop Dupanxoup, Victron Huao, ° Leow Gampetta, “La République Fran- gaise.” Jutzs Smon, ‘Le Siécle.” Eire pz Giraxpry, ‘La France.” M. Bapsr, “Journal des Débats.” Paur pz Cassaanac, ‘‘Le Pays.” Epmonp Azovr, “XIXéme Siécle.” Lovrs Vevitxor, ‘‘L’Univers.” Guenter, ‘Le Constitutionnel.” H. pe Vutemussant, ‘Le Figaro.” Macurer, “L’Evénement.” Hzxexr Rocuzrorr, “Le Réveil.” Paci Meunicz, ‘‘Le Rappel.” Epwonp Taxze, “Le Gaulois,” Pact Dattoz, “Le Moniteur Universel.” Hasnanp, “ae Temps.” Louris Gaz, ‘La Liberté.” J. Desnovssx, “La Presse,” Yvus Gor, ‘‘Le Bien Public.” Hzrve, ‘‘Le Soleil.” Dz Lavnay, “Le Monde.” Mayor pz Lupg, “‘L’Union.” Guyor Monrpayroux, ‘Courrier France.” Hovx, “La Défense.” Lroxce Derrorat, ‘*L'"stafette.” Heynt vx Pxng, ‘‘Paris-Journal,” Jantcot, “Gazette de France,” Gavaont, ‘“L’Ordre.” Cremext Doverno: Froqvet, ‘Le Peuple. Rousse, ‘‘Le National” Petr, ‘Le Petit Caporal.” Dumont, ‘Le Télégraphe.” Lavarerts, ‘‘L'’Assemblée Nationale.” Beuxe, ‘‘Le Frangais.” In this list will be noted many names of men famous for the possession of definite opinions. M. Rouher, familiarly known the world over as the Vice Emperor for his prominence in the imperial administration under Napoleon III., is now the custodian of all imperial hopes and projects. Bishop known as a churchman of enlarged ideas, but one, however, who asserts to the utmost the clerical cause in the present crisis. Louis Veuillot is the most rabid advocate in Europe of that species of government that would put a French army at the service of almost any Roman intrigue, Jules Grévy, Jules Simon, Emile de Girardin, Victor Hugo, Leon Gam- betta, are all recognized as the strong men of the republican cause. With these names one would suppose the reader might gather from the interviews instructively distinct impressions of what is to happen in the great conflict on foot to-day. But while each is clear and positive enough as to his own aspirations, itis a remarkable feature of this report that it presents the minds of the leading statesmen and publi- cists of France as in utter confusion as to the political consequences of the course of the government and the acts of the oppo- sition. . Elections upon which so much depended never before so completely baffled all spec- ulation as to their consequences, neither in France rior perhaps in any other country, No Frenchman, however great his political experience, can anticipate with any conti- dence the realization of his hopes in this crisis, nor even be certain that his appre- hensions, it he indulge them, will not be equally disappointed. An im- penetrable uncertainty veils the future to the very last hour. Commonly a result that is to be determined de ‘Le Soir. ? j by universal suffrage does not so effectively defy appreciation. It is possible to dis- cover the drift of popular opinion where its manifestations are moderately safe. It may be said of the French that ordinarily they are o transparent people. In the lite of the may study all the phases of its politi- cal progress as clearly as we may study the elaboration of honey in one of those beehives that are framed in glass. are a simple minded, outspoken, downright people, save when their sense of caution is excited by events that recall the terrible French nation one | They | AERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1877.~QUINTUPLE SHEET. experiences they have passed through in their struggles for freedom against feudal- ism, against clericalism, against ‘military tyranny, against adventurers and char- latans of every possible type. But that apprehension excited—that sense of suspicion which respects: not even the dearest friend, scarcely a father or a son— that sense fairly awakened, the French elector resolutely hides his thoughts, con- ceals them as scrupulously as he might the greatest treasure, and bides the time when, by his vote, he may take vengeance on those who have driven him to such resources, That is the -situation in France to-day. Repression of the least discriminating kind, an application of gag law—the unscrupulous use of all the means in the hands of the government to suppress the utterance of opinion—all this has made the nation dumb, If a prefect.or other official anywhere or on any occasion said a word or raised a finger in indication of sympathy with the republicans, or even in indication of an intention that there should be tair play between the parties in the coun- try subject to his jurisdiction, that prefect or official was removed. If a journal in- dulged a phrase objectionable to the Min- istry it was prosecuted, and subservient judges condemned it. Even a-man 80 prominent as Gambetta it was sought to bully and overwhelm by these tactics. If prefects, journals, political leaders were thus suppressed by the Ministerial abuse of power how readily might the government bully into silence the timid mass of the people! That is really what it has done, and that is the reason why speculation is at fault.. It does not receive its usual indica- tions from popular utterance, simply be- cause the people dare not open their mouths. But it is safe to assume that a people thus dealt with has no good will toward its. oppressors ; and we are inclined to believe that precisely in proportion as the wise ones are without indication of what is to come in just that proportion will the people pronounce against the sudden tyranny that has overwhelmed the national temper and cowed them into silence. But whether the nation will profit by the verdict of the people at the polls we doubt. That the people will vote with the repub- licans overwhelmingly we believe is as cer- tain as that the sun will rise, But, though the sun rises the world may not see it. Clouds may come between and mists and storms; and the government that holds France under its foot will not fail to cloud the issue of to-day's elections if itbe humanly possible. ‘Uhat is the pur- pose for which it removed all the prefects appointed by former governments and re- placed them by tools and creatures of the present Ministry. These men, with others about. them, -possess the elec- toral machinery, and they mean to count in the official candidates, and will do it. It matters not who really has the ma- jority of the suffrages, the men the Ministers want in office will be returned, unless the republicans have taken against such frauds precautions of which we do not hear, The War—Recent Fighting menia. In Armenia Moukhtar Pacha’s army has been endeavoring to force the Russians back upon the frontier, and at the same time cautiously covering Kars from any sudden attuck which the Grand Duke might attempt to make by a movement by the right flank. Hence we find the opposing forces aligned nearly par- allel to each other, and each holding positions of great natural strength. The Russians have been striking alternately at Moukhtar Pacha’s winzs in the hope’ of turning them back and enclosing the Turks in a position whence retreat would be as fatal as to stay and fight. But the wary Moukhtar is not to be caught napping, and retires when hard pressed with his forma- tion intact. The abandonment of Kizil Tepe by the Turks is inconsistent with their claims of complete success in the battles of the last two weeks. If, as they insist, the Russians have suffered enormous losses and are in full retreat, how can the retirement of the Turkish army to a more secure position be reconciled with a victorious pursuit of the enemy? Weare inclined to doubt the Turkish victories. Indeed, we ean almost believe in substantial Russian successes if we base our faith on the in- formation furnished from Constantinople. The siege of. Plevna progresses without any remarkable change in the relative positions or strength of the belligerents, except, perhaps, that caused by the junc- tion of Chefket and Osman Pacha, It is calculated that the Russian army in Bulgaria numbers two hundred thou- sand men, exclusive of the Dobrudscha corps of thirty thousand men, and that the Turkish force is of equal strength, but divided equally into two armies, com- manded by Suleiman Pacha and Osman Pacha respectively. The Russians holding the central position should now be able to overwhelm either body of their enemy fin Are without endangering their own po- sition very seriously during the oper- ‘ation. Why they do not is the mystery of the campaign that time alone can unravel, With damaged bridges threat- ening short supplies, on one side, and the | typhus scourge on the other, neither the | Russians nor the Turks can afford to wait | for favorable events. They will be forced to create them, if they can, and that speedily. The management of the campaign by the leaders on both sides has been marked by |} such unparalleled bungling that it is ime possible to calculate on what the next stu- pendous stupidity may bring about, A Good Nomination, Among the names mentioned as the prob- able nominee for Register on the Tammany ticket is that of Shepherd F. Knapp. Such a nomination would be exceedingly strong, as indicating that the Tammany leaders recognize the necessity of satisfying public sentiment in the selection of their candi- dates for office, There is not much political significance attached to the office of Register, but it is nevertheless a responsible position and one which ought to be filled by a citi- zen of recognized standing, in whom the people can have full contidence.’ Mr. Shepherd F.' Knapp answers all these re. | had a voice in that debate he will review quirements, and his selection would be o guarantee that Tammany respects public séntiment and is prepared to make nomina- tions that Will réach beyond the mere bounds of local factions and be satisfactory to the citizens generally, without regard to political divisions. The Episeopal Convention. The highest judicatory in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States has been in session in Boston for ten days past. The Convention has never met in that city before. Its last session three years ago was held in this city, and some of our readers will remember the ripple of excitement that was caused by the nomination and almost election of the Rev. Dr. Seymour, of this city, as bishop of the then vacant diocese of Illinois. By the shrewd tactics of his friends the Doctor has been sent to the Convention as a deputy from this diocese, and may be chosen to preside over one of the two new dioceses authorized to be formed out of the présent diocese of Illinois. The Conven- tion has been busy since its sessions opened, and if it adjourns on the 22d‘inst., as pfo- posed, it will have to cut off the ldng speeches and let “actions speak louder than words.” So farin the sessions very little “‘buncombe” has been let off, and we presume this will be the rule thronghont. The aim of the Convention, judged by the discussions, seems to be to arouse the mem- bers, and through them their respective dioceses, to larger conceptions of the work before the Church. The disproportion be- tween the age and membership of this Church and other denominations in the United States is seen and felt more to-day, perhaps, than ever before by churchmen themselves as well as by others. While the membership of the Protestant Episcopal Church, after a couple of cen- turies’ growth on the soil of this continent, does not number three hundred thousand souls, the Methodists within a century have quadrupled that number, the Presbyterians have doubled it and the Baptists have nearly trebled it. There must be some suf- ficient and potent cause for this discrep- ancy. What it is and how to remove it has been the important inquiry of many minds in the Church for years past. We gather from the discussions in the Convention that some of the deputies trace this condition of things to the too large dioeeses now constituted and too few bishops. hey have, therefore, introduced their remedy and had it indorsed by the Convention to the extent of making two new dioceses in Illinois and one in Virginia and providing for the setting off of ‘missionary jurisdic- tions” in other States and Territories. Others again believe that the Church has failed to advance in proportion to its age, wealth and respectability as it ought, be- cause of its too great conservatism. Hence they want to strike out a little here and there, as other denominations do, in depart- ing from established forms and usages. They want evangelists, not necessarily like Messrs. Moody and Sankey, but churchmen who will do the work that those men have done and are doing to arouse the careless and the impenitent. They want a larger liberty allowed to clergymen in the use of the prayers and other services of the Church. They find by practical experience, especially in the wild and ruder portions of our coun- try, that men live too fast and think too fast to be content with set forms of prayer and service, following the rubric of the Prayer Book as they must do at present. They want more life put into all the services of the Church and a greater adap- tion to the wants of the people of this land, and they want the old order of deacon- esses revived and sisterhoods added to the Church. And still others charge the slow progress of the denomination to the custom which has grown up of selling pews and sittings in churches, They therefore have offered resolutions and memorials calling for the abolishment of this custom and a return to the old and apostolic plan of a free Gospel for all men. The present system, they think, shuts the poor out of their churches and weakens the influence of the denomination with all save the wealthy and cultured. Their proposed remedy is a radi- cal one. It is to torbid the consecration of any church building hereafter that is not entirely free. A fourth and a much larger class of depu- ties in the Convention and of churchmen outside of it charge the relative weakness and efficiency of the Church to her name. «What's ina name ?’'ssks one. Very much if the name does not correspond with or ex- press the true relation of the thing to which it is given, This is just what Dr. De Koven and many High Church men declare is the case with the name ‘‘Protestant” Episcopal. However suitable that name might have been a couple of centuries ago the Episcopal Church has no special reason for pro- testing against anything that exists here now—certainly mo more reason than other denominations have. ‘The title is, therefore, a misnomer, which the Church, they think, ought to get rid of as quickly as possible; and furthermore it isa title that was never formally adopted by but has grown up with the Church. And now the desire to nationalize the Church and to bring it into closer relationship with the Anglican, the Greek and the “Roman churches has intensified the efforts to change the venerable name of this denomi- nation, Pulpit Topics To-Day. ‘The Liberal Club, of this city, had a de- bate on the existence of 4 personal God a couple of days ago, and as Mr. McCarthy the arguments to-day in his own church, The recent defalcations of men holding trust funds in this city and elsewhere will give Mr, Virgin an opportunity to discuss the whole question and condemn the un- faithtul trustee, The season of the ycar will give Mr. Davis a text for presenting the | gospel of the autumn time and Mr. King | for comparing the falling leaf with the fading life, and Mr. Lloyd for em- phosizing this as the time to seek the Lord. Success is what every man seeks after, but comparatively few men | attain it. Mr. Colcord will teli .some today how they may become sucvessful, and Mr, Mattyn will prove that men must reap what they sow, and hence there is the greater need that they sow not to the flesh, but to the’ Spirix, atid so reap not corrap- tion, but life eternal. Mr Moment will present a vision of God’s glory and set Him forth os a seeker of lost men, while Dr. Armitage strengthens the weak hands of his people and follows Christ in the gradual disclosures of His Godhead. That God is the hope of the Church will be made clear by Dr. Wescott, and that every man has an influence of some sort will be shown by Mr. Burch, while the aggressiveness of Chris- tianity is emphasized by Mr. Hull, and the doctrines of the Church of Rome will be condemned by one of its recent members— Edith O'Gorman. The Lesson of a Crime. To those who have a sharpened appetite for scandal the confession of Gilman affords an opportunity not to be lost, It will serve many an illogical mind as ample testimony against religion and as a sufficient proof that all who profess a life of holiness are necessarily knaves and hypoorites. It will enable those who, for reasons best known to themselves, keep aloof from the Church to sneer to their hearts’ content, and to de- clare, with all the positiveness of infulli- bility, that whenever a man says he isa Christian he is, for that very reason, either a fool or a thief. A higher philosophy, however, teaches us that certain moral principles are true even when those who profess them are bad. Ifa criminal puts on the garb of sanctity that he may the better serve his own purposes, orifaman who has the honest record of years behind him is tripped and falls, it does not follow that the Church is at fault or that the Sermon on the Mount is a mere rhapsody. There are counterfeit bills, per- haps in large numbers, floating about in the general currency of the country, yet they do not affect the value of a bill that is genuine. No man refuses one greenback because an- other greenback is bad. The fact that there are counterfeits in circulation only serves to make us look at each bill with a more critical eye and to set a higher value on it when we are assured that it is of the govern- ment issue. Gilman's letter is the saddest piece of literature we have ever seen. It exposes the weakness of a man whom not even re ligious associations and constant participa- tion in. charitable work could keep honest. He was not.made criminal by his religion, but became a criminal in spite of religion, The natural tendency of his friendships, which were certainly among that class of men and women whose influence goes to strengthen rather than to undermine one’s character, was to buttress his moral principle and to show him the awful con- sequences of guilt. And yet, with all these upholding forces, he fell. He is all the more to blame because by education and social position he was made fully aware of the iniquitous character of the life he was leading. There is, moreover, a moral attached to this sad story which must not be overlooked. Gilman's great fault was a lack of moral courage. When he found it impossible to meet his expenses he was more afraid of public opinion than of positive’guilt. It was harder to move into # small house and openly enter upon an incisive retrenchment than to run the risk of forgery. The inevit- able logic of law overtook him, and he is now paying the penalty of his weakness From such a disaster the young men of New York ought to receive a timely warning. It is better to be poor than to be guilty; better to live within your means, and lose, if need be, the friendly nod of those who lift their hats to the capital rather than the character you represent, than to spend money which is not your own and finally end your career in disgrace, leaving a blotted name to those who love you. Honesty and manliness are always triamphant in the end. So drops the curtain on another tragedy. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, General Toombs !s port! The republican party ne vacation, Secretary Evarts is at the Buckingham Hotel. Marabout trimmings will be extensively worn, Galveston, Texas, boasts the dinest beach in the world. Muny bonnets have the entire crown made of feathers. Spruce beor will never do to rua Obio with, Whis- key won, Mr. F. T. Spear, editor of the Cincinnats Hnquirer, 1s im Washingtoa. Combination suits of dark green and dark blue are in great demand. General fodleben, the great Russian engineer, is sixty years old, Jacksonville, Fla, has wh official named Blew and another pamed Jay. Saitn and plush of the uew make will be very popu- lar in sutamn and winter costumes. U Cox is nominated for Speaker be will no sooner be seated than he will be a standing joke, Corn starch factories are in full blast for the season, and now wo shall bave plenty of custard pies, Worcester Press:—"'Genera) Miles should te ap Chiet Joseph and iet Howard have a look at him,’ Jet trimmings are firmly and black clair de lune and vronge beads will be worn nut only as dress and cloak trimmings but on fans, boots and shoes. Chicago Times:—"All the goody-goody republicans of New York are rallyimg around George William Curtis, with the pathetic remark that ‘We are allw bandbox of brothers,’ Aibavy Argus :—Ohio sounds the death knell Re- publicanistm dies iu the Siute which gave Hayes to the country, aud stole the Presidency through the machmations of Johu Sherman, Jvto F, Noyes ana Stanley Matthews, Mr. J. B. McCullough, editor of the 3t, Louis Globe Democrat, isin Washington During bis absence the | p. column of the Naw York Hwnanp will bo ree printed tn the Globe- Democrat without eredit, so that New Yorkers when in 8t Louts will k paper to buy. Sprivgtield (Mass) Union:—“fhe lessons of tho Onto result are aa short and distinct as the handwrit ing on the wall, They are simply these;—(1) Parties gain victories by asserting not by denying their dis. tinctive principles. (2) Platiorms should be made for home cousumption, not for Presidential utillation or Southern circulation,” Norristown Heraid:—*Tho great journalistic conun- drum in New York just now ‘How did the Hukatp get Twoed’s confession?’ The answer, according to the HeRato, 18, ‘None of your business.’ Minstrel troupes should get lioid of this conundrum, It bas the merit of containing Afteen years more originality than those they usually perpetrate " Phitadeipbia Day:—“ Ha: out of bie Cabinet ond tak the most foolish things Hayes has done was making the arrangement with Scharz to give that Hessian and bireling orator a seat in the Cabinet in return for ois stamp speeches in the Presidential campaign, This wasan ineult tothe integrity and Intelligence of the ald pow kick Schurz Feccmbis 5 es Sao ce Ek AMUSEMENTS. ‘MARRIED AND NOT MARBIED” AT. THE A4D= REMY OF MUSIC, Is was prudent in the author of this play, Mr. A. FP. Leiss, to cail it on the play bill “the greatest com- edy drama of modern times,” for it would havo uever occurred to any one else to thus describe it alter the fortezmasee Of lust night The play isin fouracts, and ts Story is unintelligible. It is altogether one of the pieces we have ever seen, snd was laughed at ved" by the audience throughout | With @ options, such as Messrs. Morris, Whitten, Sackett aud Singleton, the actors were poor, and ip one or two cases their conduct was disgraceful. It is painful to see the stag aded by such exnibitiona of imbecility, which griev: n while they emuse. THE HESS OPERA TROUPE, Afull dress rehearsal of the Bess English Opera Company of “A Summer Night's Dream’ took place last evening at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Everything moved as smoothly as on a first night’s performance. All the principal artists were im excellent voice, and both chorus and orchestr idence of excellent arilland instruction, The oper: and the choruses and concert: eces are I the artlits, while it would be unfalr to criticise at rebeursal, it-is not out of piace’ ww reamrk that tire Miss Emilie Molvitle, wil be surprise flexible, . The {bem el orivies, includ Seguin, Mesers. Castle: Peakes? ae Turser,’ in which their several excellences appoar ewery boing all new, and the cestames bay- imported expressly by Mr. Heas, GILMORE'S CONCERT GARDEN, This popular resort will close its doors for the sem fon to-night as a concert gardea, and Mr. P. & Gilmore bas prepared an attractive programme for the iow entertainment, The selections for the band are among the beat in iis repertoire, and the various artists are all in the bill tor their most effective pieces Hun- dreds who'cowld not attend during the week evenings will bear the ‘Anvil Chorus,” and for the many who make no pret the perfor a frequent resort would foe itn all ite beauty for the last time this season, and ‘it may be forever,” they should not miss the opportunity of going to-night and ehjoying what gives promise of being the most interesting concert of tie ‘seuson. + MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Tony Pastor's Theatre offers a large varioty of at tractions this i * An athletic rtainment will begin at Gilmore's Gardea ou Monday evening. The African Leopard Boy is the latest curlosily at the New American Museum, a Aunt Polly Bassett will open her singing school at Chickering Hall on Monday. Fritebe, the tenor, bas made asensation im Phila deiphia in the Wagner-Meyerbeer troupe, The Aquarium will now fully repay the visitor, the collection being rich in novelty and interest, ‘The Florences endod their engagement tn this city Jast night and play in Cincianati to-morrow. Louise Pomeroy hag played successiully in the West, and recently adaea Romeo to McVicker and Burke, the ile and popular Irish comedians, will appear this week at the Olympic The- atre, Mr. SG Pratt will give piano recitals Thursday afterncon, October 23, and November 1, at Chickoring Ball “Marriage” has been drawing excelient houses at Wallack’s and the acting and sconery, are all thut could be asked. i “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” will be reproduced at the Grand Opera House this week, Mra @. C. Howard ap- pearing as Topsy. “The Crus! Tragedian” has a tide of succoss at the Park Theatre which knows no retiring ebb, The house 18 crowded nightly. “Satan's Diary,” is a new play by Mr. Fechter, Actor and author have been engaged at the Broadway Thoatre, and will follow Miss Rove Eytinge, Bryant's Minstreia present w new bill tor the week, including « burlesque entitied “Hole: which the best comedians of the company will appear. » “Fortune's Foo!’ tathe title of a new and original emotional play, written by Mr, AK. Lancaster. Is will probably be brought out in Philade!phia this sea Mr. Joseph Proctor, alw: & popular actor, will ap- -morrow evening in his famous part osay, which bas strack terror te the hearts of two generations, “Strack O11,” at the Union Square Theatre, ap- proaches itsclose, Mr. aud Mrs, J. 0. Willtamson will then transfer tncir capital personations to the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia. Miss Mary Anderson appears to Justified vy her suocesn at the Walnut Street Theatro, Philadel. phis, the claims made for her in the South as one of the rising actresses of the day, The beautiful instrumental musical romance, “L’Amour et la Jaloasie,” by Brignoli, has been set to music by Schubert, and will be played to-night at Gilmore's Garden oy the band, Brignoli sings in Bos- ton on Tuesday and Wednesday next, Augustin Daly bas mado a success, it 1s said, at Wood’s Theatre, Breoklyn, in the “Princess Royal”* Ho bas with him many of the ola cast, and Is presente ing attractions that are drawing the shekejs, A spiritualistic performance 1s announced at the Grand Opera House to-night, under name of “Eve! iam,” of “Seience and Mystery. Curious resuit: promised, among which are matorislizations, spiritual Muminations, aerial masic, &c Miss Helen Potter, « dramatic reader and imitator of ita, will soon appear | w York um- ent of Jarrett & Palmer. These gen- tlemen contemplate prodacing ‘Julius Cwsar’’ in Lon don, with Barrett, McCullougn and Uharles Thorne. The Oratorio Society of New York publish the fact that their firey concert will take place Tnursday. November 15; their second on December 20 and th third oa February 28. Thursby, Pappenheim, Dras- Simpson, Maas, Bischof and Remmerts part. Whoever sees “Struck Oil,” and the manner tn which Crazy Joho Stofel drops in a feartul way froma derrick thirty or forty feet above the stage, and studies physically the artistic manner im which his sonso after years of lunacy, will appreciat beauty of art word, stage effect aud superb action. Under the management of Mr. Augustin Daly “The Princess Royai”’ will be produced attho Brooklyn ‘Theatre to-morrow night, with Miss Fanoy Davenport and nearly all of the original cast, which, it Wi}l bo re membered, was very strong. The piece is powerful and has made ao impression wherever it has beew Played, The Swedish ladies’ vooal quartet which has ac quired much celebrity inthe old country sang ia re hearsal yesterday at Steinway Hail, It is not too much to say that their success is red Their voices are very sweet, the harmony aderfal, the poetic finish of their work remarkable, and the gen- eral result one which the American public is sure te accept with u feeling that Is akin to enthusiasm, The French Theatre on Twenty-third street ts ono'of the most attractive places of amusement in New York, ‘The plays are selected with taste, the acto among the best, the alogue I instructive, and there is ng reuson Why the locality should not be among the best patronized of our city entertainments, M. Durand ie certainty an admirable directeur. An ‘thteresting of tertainment will tike piace on Saturday evening, October 20, for the benefit of the Staten Isl and Base-ball Clab =A number of promi have been engaged, amor whom are names of Thursby, Tagliapletra, Molen! Wehner and Worner, The Union Square Theatre will begin its regular som #00 on or about November 1, with Victorien Sardou’s “Seraphine,” which will have the title of “The Moul jecret.”” This drama is to be presented for the first time in English in New York, sad in addition to ite strength and toterest has the advantage of briugs ing out the full power of Messrs, Shook & Pelmer'a admirable company. The play was frat agtea at the Gymuaso, in Paris, and at the Union Square « close translation will be made, all the situations, characters, aud the langaage being retained. The season willend about the middio of June. fhe fob lowing ladies and gentlemen will compose the reguiat company:—Mr. Coaples R, Thorne, Jr.; Mr. Jamet O'Neill, Mr, J. H, Stoddart, Mr. John Parscelle, Me J, B. Polk, Mr W. H. Wilkes, Mr, H. W. Montgomery, Mr. J. W. Wilder, Mr, J, Ramsay, Miss Katharine Rogers, Mis: ny Morant, Mra Marie Wilkios, Miss Sara Jewett, Miss Maud Herrisou, Miss Linda A. Dietz, Miss Louise Sylvester, Miss Roberta Morwoot