The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1878, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Po bet enany, a reyen wes ay tenth eae mundaye excluded), ollase pe at nate 0 one d aie er month for sy period a ny poe for six months, sunday tious i thee o! tage. WEEKL ciate het gt seen Tolar per year, tree of post- S.—Remit in drafts on New det t "Sonor TO SUBSCRI York or Post Office mor ‘these can be procured se: All'money remitted st of sends wuention sulserivers wishing their address changed rust Le adarested N RK HR Al bP pienys and packages should be properly sealed. Lejected communicutions will not be returned, Taras OFFICE—NO. 112 SOUTH SIXTH Loon PORRICE OF. OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— PAKIS OF FICF—49 AVENUN. DE LOPRRA. American exiribiturs at the International Exposition can hare their letters ir postpaid) addressed to the cure of our Paris intern Sp FRC RADA PACE. and ad 3 will beweceived and New York. AMUSEME! TO-NIGHT, oo Senco aia GILMORE’S GARDEN—Tuomas’ Concerts. UNION SQUARE THEAT' VIA FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE Hoxcumack. GLOBE THEATRE-M. a, ‘NIBLU’S GARDEN—M. SEW YORK AQUARIU: ving WonDERs, GRAND OPEKA OUS! Le Tom's Canin. PARK THEATRE—Honaicanss. BROADWAY THEATR ¥ New Macpaues, BOOTH’S THEATRE HEET. PTEMBE it i, "1878, ~The probabilities a are that the weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be warm and tloudy or partly cloudy, with rains and possibly brisk winds. To-morrow it promises to be warn and cloudy in the morning, with light rains, followed by gradually clearing and cooling weather. War Srreer Yesrerpay.—Stocks were ac- tive and generally higher. Moncy was plenti- ful and loaned on eall at 11, to 2 per cent. Gold opened and closed at 10014, selling in the interim -at 100g. Government bonds were Jower, States neglected and railways moderately active and irregular. Anorner Format Demanp has been made by the Brooklyn Bridge trnstces upov the city treasury. The best thing Brooklyn can do is to Anish the work herself. The Lisr of the late Mr. A. T. Stewart's “ponsins who are anxious to spend some of his millions is increasing. The latest hails from the Green Mountains of V. Bs A Resovvtion authorizing tho laying of a “new water main was voted down by the Tam- many Aldermen yesterd Water is not the fluid in most de d the C ity Hall. No Less a PrensoxaGe than tl the Queen of Etigland and Ewpress of Indiu turned up in one of the federal courts yesterday as a suitor against a Wall street broker. ‘The action grows out of the Canadian bank robb Tue AuteceD Discovery by Captain Coffin of an error on the charts in the course of the Gulf Stream has naturally attracted a good dea} of attention in maritime ¢ireles. Commodore Nicholson's views on the subject, elsewhere printed, will be found interesting. It appears that no examination of the stream has been made by the Coast Survey since 1845. Tus Unrorrusate, Carser of Miss Kate Mason, the Newport young lady who figured in our police courts some months ago in the rdle of a detective, was closed yesterday by death in one of the hospitals of that city. At the ex- piration of the term of her continement here she returned to her home, but found that her family had removed to Boston. admission. The police station again received her and fimally the institution where she died. Her brother and sister were present at her death. Esprror WititaM has ‘a of abandoning the war of extermination aguinst the German so- cialiste. In the speceh from the throne just de- livered he urges the adoption of the severest measures of repression and attributes the in- erease in the socialist ranks to the fuilure of the Deputies to second the efforts of the ment, These pointed sentences are not relished by the liberal party, who naturally consider the Emperor's an ind. themselves, It is a curious coincidence that the same despatch should bring us the un- bouncement of the death Nobiling, the would-be assassin of the Emperor. condempation of Tur Locan Posicrans are considerably ex- ercised over the charges that against the Sheriff, County Cl As these three officials are standing of Tammany Hall y their polit friends as a y to gain political eapi- » available at the Syracuse Con- vention. Whatever the motive may be of those who are apparently determined to send the charges to Albany, ever e will concede that the Governor will ¢ ecision solely upon their merits. That being the case, the politi- cians of the Wigwam aud their democratic op- ponents may as well hold their souls in peace ide, ull the decision is n Tuk Wearirn. he depreasion is moving slowly eastward. It is uow over the lower lake region aud the western section of the Middle Atlantic States. The high pressure in the North- east is gradually receding toward the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and by this afternoon will proba- bly have entirely disappeared from over United Stutes territory. The barometer continues low over the Guif and South Atlantic coast districts. A very large area of high barometer dowiuat the weather in all the Western districts, extend” ing from the Lower Mississippi Valley and the sorthern lake region as far west as the Rocky In this section the first cool winds of the coming winter are being expe- rienced, particularly in the Platte and Northern | Missouri valleys. Rain has fallen throughout the ventral valley districts, the lake regions, South Atlantic coast and Gulf. A slight fall has also taken place on the Middle Atlantic coast. The winds have been from fresh io brisk im the lake regious, central valley districts and the West. Elsewhere they have generally been from light to fresh. nperatures have fallen in all the districts except the Middle Atlantic and New England States. The weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be warm and eloudy or partly cloudy, with rains and possibly brisk winds. To-morrow it promises to be warm and cloudy in the morning, with light rains, followed by gradually clewing and cooling weuther, | cultural people ; for wages in the towns. A relative denied her | etment of | You Heard the News from Maine, Maine, Maine?” This inquiry, which was the initial line of a spirited campaign song in 1840, com- posed after the Maine election of that year, and sung by whig glee clubs throughout the country, is as pertinent now as it was in that noted campaign, when ‘“l'ippecanoe and ‘Tyler too” were borne into office on a wave of popular enthusiasm which has never had a parallel in this country, The “news from Maine, Maine, Muine” in that great year of political intoxication was really avery small matter, Although it was as- serted in the hilarity of a campaign song that. ‘Maine went hell-bent for Governor Kent” the majority of Kent over Fairchild was but a trifle over four hundred. Its great significance, its potent effect in other States lay in the fact that one of the stanchest of democratic States had been conquered by the whigs and that the dem- ocratic power had been broken in one of its strongholds. The defeat and mortification which has just been inflicted on the republicans of Maine is noteworthy for a similar reason. Ever since the first organization of the re- publican party, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Maine has been one of the truest and stanchest of republican States. This is the first time when the re- publican ascendancy in Maine has been broken or shaken ina long period of twenty- two years—the most eventful years in the “Have history of the American government. It would be an_ exaggeration to say, in the language of the Tippecanoe campaign song, that Maine has ‘‘gone hell- bent” against the republican party; but that party in Maine for the first time trails its banners in the dust. It has lost the first election in that State since the republican party sprang into existence on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in the adminis- tration of Pierce. So startling a change will not be without effect in other States. Its most immediate and striking effect will be in Massachusetts, where General Butler is running for Governor. The astounding thing in this Maine election is the surpris- ing strength developed by the greenback party, and the still more surprising dis- tribution of that strength between the cities and the rural districts. It is the agri- of Maine that have been most deeply inocculated with the new doctrine, and not the workers The greenback party having destroyed the republican ascendancy in Maine, where such a result was not expected, the supporiers of Butler in Massachusetts will be as much encour- aged as the whig party was by the Maine election in 1840. The Butler party will be elated and confident and will expect the politics of Massachusetts to be more com- pletely revolutionized than the politics of Maine. But there's many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip, and the sanguine hopes of General Butler's partisans may be dashed to the ground, It is certain, however, that the Butler vote will be lurgely increased by the surprising demonstration of greenback strength in Maine. The mortifying check encountered by the Maine republicans is of broader signifi- cance thun its local effect in New England, There can no longer be any reasouable doubt that the democrats will control both houses of the next Congress. They were | already sure of the Senate after the 4th of March, 1879, and they may now count with equal certainty on the House. In order to control the next House the democrats did not need to make any gains, but only to escape losses. They have already made gains in most unexpected quarters. In- stcad of three republican members from Vermont they will have only two, and instead of the present five from Maine they will have only three They have lost Oregon and its one republican member, and the tide is running so strongly against them that they will be compelled to regard this check in Maine as a fatal and irretrievable disaster. ‘There does not remain the slight- est chance of a republican majority in | either house of the next Congress. The democratic party will feel encour- aged, and, with the sanguine spirit which is its besetting infirmity, it will be confi- | dent of carrying the Presidential election. It has, indeed, excellent chances if it does not throw them away. The saying of Gen- eral Grant that the democratic party may always be relied on to perpetrate some egregious blunder whenever it has a pros- pect of success was founded on so much observation of democratic follies that the republicans will not quite despair, although the political current is sweeping them down stream, We think a change of ad- | ministration, after so many years of repub- lican supremacy, woald be for the good of the country, and we therefore hope that the democratic party may not mar and ruin its | really bright prospects by doing things which would deprive it of public confidence. ‘The success of the democratic party in the great Presidential contest of 1880 is staked on the use if may meanwhile make of its assured control of the legislative depart- ment of the government. We have no great fear that it will be so foolish and demented as to raise the question of Mr. Hayes’ title and attempt to depose him. So revolutionary a proceed- ing would alarm the country, disturb busi- ness, undermine confidence and cause an overwhelming reaction against the demo- eratic party. We do not much fear so insane an attempt, because most of the accredited democratic leaders have publicly committed themselves against it. Mr. Pen- dleton in the speech he delivered in Ohio last evening emphatically disclaimed for his party any such purpose, and we are willing to believe that he and the other democratic leaders are sincere when they make such disa- vowals. The wrong which they think the party suffered by the exclusion of Mr. ‘Tilden will be most easily rectified by the triumphant election of a demo- eratic President in 1880. It would be sheer political idiocy to ims peril the success of the party in 1880 by an attempt to oust President Hayes before the expiration of his term, It behooves the democratic party to avoid, with equal care, any just exposure to a charge of intending WEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER ly 1878.—TRIPLE | SHEET. to saddle upon the federal ‘senasliaieat the war losses of the South, If the country should be convinced that the democratic party cherishes such an intention the re- publican party could recover all the ground it has lost. We trust the new democratic Congress will not take the first step in the direction of so egregious and destructive a blunder. These errors may be easily avoided. We wish we could feel equally assured against stupendous demo- cratic blunders on the subject of the currency, It would be a great mis- fortune to the democratic party to have the conservative sentiment of the busi- ness classes arrayed against it. The wild notions of the Western inflationists and the greenback fanatics shock and alarm the majority of our citizens who are engaged in business enterprises, and if this powerful class should be marshalled in solid array against the democratic party in 1880 its op- position would be as fatal as it was to Mr. Greeley in 1872. The surprising result of the Maine elec- tion is a new demonstration of the declin- ing strength of the republican party. It will lead to the utterance in louder tones of what has been recently whispered in republican circles respecting the necessity of bringing General Grant into the field as the republican candidate. In all this ta!k about making Grant its standard bearer in 1880 the republican party is perhaps reckoning without its host. It cannot make General Grant a can- didate without his consent, and he is too shrewd to lead a forlorn hope. The fact that'so many republicans turn to him asa dernier ressort and final means of rescue is a symptom of conscious weakness. If the republican party were strong and con- fident it would not think of mak- ing General Grant its candidate. It is only because the purty feels that it is crippled and _ sinking that it turns toward Grant as a possible saviour. He has too much good sense and self-respect to go into a canvass where the chances are against him. ‘he republican party confesses that it is in desperate straits by the very fact of looking to Gen- eral Grant as its possible candidate. He is not likely to accept a nomination unless he thinks he would be elected, and when the republican party turns to him as its only hope, in the expectation that he would ac- cept a iutile nomination, it ‘reckons with- out its host.” Yellow Feve ‘Lhe effort which several Southern Con- gressmen are making to systematize the various methods of relieving the necessities of our afflicted brethren at the South has the merit of good hard sense, and is therefore deserving of all praise and encouragement. The generous Northern public will re- spond handsomely—the poor as well as the rich; the dramatic fraternity will play the glorious part at which it never fails before such an audience, and the Church will certainly not allow the play house to exceed it in Christian endeavor for the benefit of the sick and poor. But this will not be enough, nor will the results come in sufficient quantity and with the speed demanded by Southern necessities, The banks, through the Clearing House Association, should at once advance a large sum of money, say a million dollars, to be expended by competent hands for actual necessities, and trust to Congress to reimburse them. Whatever theories Congressmen may have on the subject of paternal government, the requirements oc- casioned by a great national calamity justify an exception to.any rule, and will insure the return of any amount of money which the bankers may see fit to advance ; and the action suggested should be taken at once—too great haste is impossible. People all overthe country are doing well in their contributions for the help of the sufferers from the pestilence on the shores of the Lower Mississippi and in the Gulf countries ; but they must keep up the ser- vice of this charitable assistance, for there isa whole population in actual want through the cessation of all industries and ordinary means of support. Food can be supplied to the afflicted people, and other helps to enable them to endure a little more hopefully the scourge that is upon them ; but our power seems to stop there. If we could give them a breath of this cool, bracing autumn air that we are enjoy- ing it would soan make an end of their troubles, For some nights past we have had in the neighborhood of the city a tem- perature verging on that which gives us our first frosts, and all the indi- cations are that that first frost is now not far away. But in our early pos- session of this fresh temperature there is a hope that the South may have the same in- estimable treasure somewhat earlier than usual, As this is its grand remedy it is, of course, the thing that the Southern people | now pray for with one voice, Only frost will cut short the ravages of the fever at the places where it has held on through the | summer, but a lower temperature will pre- vent its development at new points, and therefore the spread of the pestilence so much dreaded will be mainly to smaller places within the limits of the country al- ready reached. We doubt if it will make great progress toward the Atlantic, except along the line of the Gulf. It will not pass any mountain range, and it will not get a step further northward, ‘The cases on the Ohio River came there with the infected boat. All Northern cities are absolutely safe, New York could not in any circums stances possibly be safer than it is, but the city authorities should not because now sure of immunity from this scourge invite other troubles by indifference to the cleans liness of the ci A Dripping Wet Blanket for Senas tor Blaine, The Maine election extinguishes Mr. Blaine’s chances, such as they were, for the republican nomination in 1880, Considers ing the use that could have been made of the Mulligan letters his chances were not very good at best. Nothing is left of them now, since it is regarded as indispensable that a Presidential candidate be able to control his own State. Mr, Blaine has too much quickness of perception not to see both where he stands personally and how slender the prospect is of the election of a republican President in 1880. The nomination would be worth nothing to him even if he could get it, and it would be equally worthless to any other republican candidate, with the pos- sible exception of General Grant. There will be no very ardent competition for the honor of being nominated and defeated; and Blaine, Conkling, Washburne and all the rest will cheerfully give place to General Grant if he can be induced to run. It is too obvious that unless he can be elected no republican can, and Senator Blaine is likely to beas strong a Grant man as any member of the republican party. An Italian Qu mtine Against Our Ships. Ships from any ports of the United States are to be quarantined at all Italian ports in virtue of a royal decree to that effect. If the cable has not’ slipped into some strange error in the communication of this remarkable item of news it. must be,acknowl- edged that the Italian administration is in athicker fog than commonly prevails in Europe on the subject of things in America. No doubt this sweeping embarrassment to commerce between the two countries has been decreed under the influence of igno- rant alarm over the news of the ‘yellow fever epidemic in America,” but the author- ities that made it ought to know that America is a little larger than the island of Sicily. Ifthere were yellow fever in Italian ports, and we, on account of that tact, should quarantine ships from Norway we should act as rationally as the Italian gov- ernment docs in making its decree apply to all American ports because there is yellow fever on the Gulf coast. This blow strikes mostly at the commerce of this city, and if it is possible for ships to sail with a clean bill of health from any port in the world it is this port. Certainly no Italian city can point a finger at us, or at ports east of us on this score, and between us we have the larger part of the trade with Italy. But it is proper that our government should open the eyes of the Italians on this sub- ject. Toplacesuch an embarrassment to trade of ships from healthy ports is a dis- crimination against our commerce that the Italians have no right to make without ex- posing themselves to some retaliation, But we presume the thing is done in ignorance only. Certainly our government should immediately instruct its Minister in Rome to clear up this subject by showing to the Italian authorities that our Northern ports areas healthy as any in the world. This should be done with no delay, for this de- cree may seriously affect ships already at sea in the Italian trade. The Political Canvass. A reference to other columns this morn- ing will show that with the close of the warm weather the heat of the political battle may be said to have fairly begun. Our despatches contain accounts of the principal political events in four States yes- terday and in both political parties. First of all we have New Hampshire. Thero ‘the republicans have nominated a State ticket, selecting General Head as their candi- date upon an unmistakable honest money platform. Next we have the democratic party of Ohio represented by Mr. Pendle- ton in s soft money speech at Columbus, which is effectively answered by another Ohio man, General Garfield, speaking in what Massachusetts’ delights to call the old cradle of liberty—Faneuil Hall. Iowa speaks through the mouth of her ‘favorite son,” Secretary McCrary, and Mr. Elliott C. Cowdin in a measure represents our own State in a letter upon the questions of the day to an influential body of our citizens. The financial question, it will be seen, is the main point in the addresses of all these gentlemen, as it is the main question before the country. When the arguments are all in, next November, we have no doubt that the virtue, the intelligence and the patriot- ism of the country will find by an over- whelming majority an honest verdict in favor of an honest currency. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE Ex-Governor Jewell has gone West. Jastice Field has been visiting Oregon, Kearney said:—“You will have to keep periect order."? Mr. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., of Massachusetts, 18 at the Brevoort House. A modest remark of Kearney’s:—‘'I’m never in the bavit of having moo Aad Ex-Secretary Robeson and Colouel Scovel wili raa Qgainst each other in New Jersey tor Congress. Unio democrats are bewailing the fact that Old Billy Alleu’s tog horn ia not beard in the campaign with its y ho!” When a dry goods clerk at closing time at night begins to grasp the shutters he js heard to murmur, “put ap and shat a, Governor Rob: visit the Saratoga County Fair, at Saratogi day, when there js to be a military review, The wipers that performed on the occusion of the Visit of tue Ontario delegation to Lord Dufferin wore carefully selected from the Province of Ontario, aud started with the deputation at Guelph, keeping with them ihe whole way, Ex-Congressmea Jovn Hill and William Waiter ‘@ rivais tor the republicaa momination for Con- gressman Cutler, who is likely to obtain the demo- cratic nomination, bas a great doal of democratic op- jon nod Hon. S.J. Tilden are to on Thurs- ) Sentinel :—"A charmer ever on Ruby Hul the other day picked up a ratilesnake and Apapped both ends of the ‘varminw’ off at one twist. The reptile measured tour feet In length, His head Herbert Rattclit was among tho sailors of the ships that took Wellington's soldiers to Spain, and he was present at the burming of Washington and the battle of Now Orleans, He was also amoi who manoed tho ship that took Bonapa Helena, Bonaparte, he says, was fond of the men, but hated the officers, Ratecliff long lived at Nan- tacket as Ho was once rich, bat is now poor “The educators of public opinton should pavo the way fora sitoation in which the caunono, the Gaal reason of kings, would not be the final reason of peoples, * * * War hascauses which m' irat be attacked if the effoct is to disappear. The substitu. tion of arbitfation for war would be am excellent thing, but it will come ooly when people are cured of the malady of bay \aators. ”? From the Kentucky Gazette (consistently) :—‘‘Let us have done with political wrangling, at ivast while a '@, if not holy or reveren- tial, at least sit ig pervade the people of all States aad * © © Grant did so many foolish things that a writ ought to have been sued out aguinst him before the expiration of bis second term.’” P ings should cease, AMUSEMENTS, “OLABISSA HARLOWE” AT WALLACK’S. “Opening night”? at Wallack’s is always an impor- tant event in the theatrical ‘world of New Yors, and, coupling with it the interest arie- tpg from the production of a new phy trom the pen of Dion Boucicault, it was not surpris, ing that @ brilliant, enthusiastic and, withal, critical audience awaited with some impatience the rising of the curtain last evening. ‘The house itselt was but little changed, though looking something the brighter fresh paint and gilding. ‘The old faces were in the auditorium, the same cheery old orchestra leader tappad on the music desk, and, with but few additions, thougn these were important, the same faces appeared bet be footlignts. Out of this home feeling grew the enthusiasm which greeted the per- formers, ope by one, as they came forward to speok tneir limes, not one being over- looked. Beckett, Gilbert, Shannen, Holland, Miss Rose Coghlan, Mme, i and M Effie Germon each received a warm greeting, When Mr. C. F. Coghlen, the chief of the new comers, appeared he received such applause as left no doubt of the esteem in which New York holds bim.. Be th all these gental ‘m: osuy excited by the chiel e was evident, How would tho magician «of modern stage conjure the eight mortal volames of Richardson’s novel into three acts, to be pertormed within three bours? Only to glance at the title of the old novel that charmed and touched the Englund aod France of a century and @ quarer gone gives one a strong desre not to read it:—*‘Clarissa; or, the history of a young lady, comprehending the most importunt concerns of private iife, and purticularly showing the dis- ess that may attend the misconduct both of parents and children in reiation to marriage.’’ Yet the book hus a clear human taterest and is not diMcult to summarize. Mra. Barbauld gave a con- eiso idea of it, which may be quoted ad- vantageously to show hew far Mr. Boucicaul: has used the original materials in con structing what proved to be a play of strong interest, powerful at times aod with a subtio pathos throughout, though not wuntiog jo a spice of humor at appropriate points, The story of the novel 18 a8 follows :— young lady, pressed by her pareuts to marry u man every way disagreeable to her and placed under the most crue! restraint, leaves her tather’s house and throws herself upon the protection ot ber lover, a mun of sense and spirit but @ libertine, When he finds hor in bis power he artfully declines marriage, and conveys ber to a house kept for the. worst of purposes. ‘Yhere, after many iruiticss attempts to en- soare her virtue, he at forcibly robs her of ber honor. She escapes irom further outrage; ne finds her out in her retreat; offers ber marriage, Which she rejects. Her friends are obdu- rate, Sbe retires to solitary lodgings, grief and shame overwhelm her and she dies broken hearted. Her friends lameut their severny when too late, Her violator is transiently stung with remorse, but not reformed; he leaves the kingdoin io oruer to dissipate bis chagrin and is killed in a duel by a rela- tive of the lady. Mr. Bousicauit takes the principal characters in the main as they arofound in tne book, but he introauces fresh oves With success, und brings about the conciu- sion with his accustomed adroitness. Lodeed, bis work a4 u constructor is ingenious aud compact and the characterization abie, though some of the ua. tions are rather Jonug-drawo-out, In tho dramatic version Lovelace pursues his victim with the faine persiateuce; Clartas: flies from ber home and flere; the family are the same stern peupic, but the auibor supplies ao additional motive tur ther harsh treatment of the girl, Tne eldest son of the Harlowe tawmily, led away by aissipation, had been cushiored from ibe army, bad become an outcast and nd was believed to be dead. ‘This wours Lim guurd bis daugh- winst tho liberire, the material tor tue The tira. act takes lengt ely, but in vaio Lovelace. It supplies a! strongest situation In place at Thorpaeve Gran Jowez, By tueservices ofa gardener, Jacob Buda, and his sweetheart, Jennie Sebright, Lovelace visits the imprisoned Ciarisva at the-porter’s lodge. ‘This clan- destine communication 1s: diseovered.. Glerissa, sum- moned by her father, ia totacthat Ler lover has ex- tended his cong ats to tothe Hively Jemnie: Siuog by this baseness she promises Ler mother to wed Vaptain us alone, she -beging doubting the ‘ot tho stery, er love ae an ijglatuation enter than her “reayon, ‘The tempter arrives, und, feurfal of being compelled to keop her word witn her mother, ai citoment and hor away, ‘bi po! cui upon bis child. Tbe seconu act at Northolt Manor House, tne old ot je Loveluces. stber Clurtasa, baelf invewaible, is couveyed, and there Leveiace nes ur- Tavged with some low follows in bis» pay to per- form a mook marriages;;«<Lhose, accpmplices are Jack Belouer, a gentiomaa turned bighwaymun, and a college tutor tai tbiet,'Ibey ure to personate tively the brether ref Loveiace’s mot eral Hullstrow, and a par. The dialogue here jol expected to be refined, but it borders on Sco without belug witty. Yes, there nd , witty thing said by the mock ia ‘atsoussing the delay of the sigister nuptial Swit the hervine bad no scruples the play would be over io the tirat act.”? Atlengih the ‘General’’ is jatro- duced to the poor Clarissa, the bumor of the persooation ts more vivid and less objectionable. The poor girl sees something 1n the “General's” {ace tuat startles ber, and he, lost to manbood as be seems, pitics hor, She retires to dress for the wedaiog. He telis remorsetully bow be fell from a gentlemun to be an oatiaw, Lovel fearful of the fellow spoiling the plot by maadiin virtue, has drogged bis liquor. {+ ts an- nounced that Miss "Harluwe is coming aud tho dragged wretech is struck with herror, It is bis sister he has bee to ruin, His tutile endeavors to pre coeding with tho plot and his libertine’s feet make tion in the pl rie effective. § Th but clarissa fi She bolts the window and the doors apartment gue is 10, todieratber than yiela Lovelace bursts open the door and bears her out of the burning room. This work: ‘be au up to fi othus asm and made & ac. The uso of course, much bet personators of iri'a brow though It recalis position ge,” of Vicior fine dra Tue third act pl at the Hollywood 1m House, where tne dying Clarisea is watcbed over by the saithfol Jeanic avd Jacob, now man and wite. Her pillow is smoothed by joving bunds, The rejected suitor comes to offer her bis band, lace comes to recover his runaway @harmor, but is strickou seeing ber wasted form and hearis, wayward, wanderiog sou to bis own. ‘The dialogue is at times almost clumsy, but there is abunuacce of crisp writing in it, The frst act i# weighted with long, alveit xplauations, and is slow in ace of w praise, exceptions, Miss unimportant rtuoate hei to the qualities of sweetuess, grace und ise when it 1s domanded, which are needed. Per. aps in the first act her self-conversion tv a belie in the honor of Lovelace culled tor more girlishness exhibited, but otherwise the exprestion ‘tbroagh ali io- was natutul, digoities unforced and with r purpose, bi fy The author docs not seruple to bave him re. peat ihe of the haoter of rr traosient, Tho know wicked old human but what can a poor playwright do, The acting an street primer of nature — better; of Mr. Charios Ba of the Boston Must the wayward was the evening, He scored an in the comedy _portior the more dramatic zcone, 1 if Iv dressed and mounted. In respuase to loud calis at the close of the second act Mr. Wallack cam belore the curtain aod thanked the audiel oriefly on own and Mr, bebalf, the eman being indispos difficuit to ps he run of this play, bus it qualities wii ¢ iba goodly share of popala MUSICAL AXD DRAMATIC NOTES, “A Mossenger from Jarvis Section’’ is the name of a new play that is now being performed in the West by Mr. Bon Macauley. It is said to have achieved a Phenomenal success. “The leading ebaracter, Uacle Dan’, Deputy Sheriff, ts described as a remarkable dpecimen of eccentric and wt the same time berec pature, ‘The grand farowoll benefit concert to Mr, Theodore Thomas will take place this evening at Gi- more’s Garden. Ip a few days he will leave New York for Cincinnati for the purpose of taking charge of a conservatory of music. Few gentlemen have been more earnest than Mr. Thomas in bis endeavor to elevate the mu- sical art, and bis departure will be attended by many regrets, Miss Emma Abbott and Sigoor Tagiiapietra have volunteered their services for tho occasion, and the New York Phiiharmonic Soctety will join im the voca! offorings that mark their appreciation of the well known conductor, THE AMERICAN DBAMATIC FUND ASSOCIATION. To tae Epitor or Tak Heratp;— Will you not saya ‘good word” in your valued paper for the Americap Dramatic Fand Association? It is too useful an instivution to be allowed to die I am sure that it needs but suggestion from you to the younger members of the dramatic professioo, so justiy commended tor their geuerosity, to induce them to enter into the matter “with a will,” aud 1 know, that she. pubiig will gladly respond to eny and all their efforte, During the existence of this assectation it bas con- tributed toward tho support of members who by uge, sickness or acsident are incapacitated from pursuing their profession, and to wii deceased members more thi now about seventy benelicl: the of whom are over sixty yea rr more than one-third are over ‘The Present ‘ucome of the association is less than $4,000 per annum, and when distributed ts not sufficient t from aosolute want many who no other rellance and whose generous ountribut: to others’ wants in the days of thelr yoath prosperity huve brought them to an old age of penury. I ece m this Hst pames well known to fame, men and women who have spent the best days of thoir lives in entertaining and amusing the New York public, ‘They need sustenance now more than they will need a munument herealter. Let it not be sald in the iuture, “They asked tor bread und paste them a stone.” FRIEND, CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG—RETURN OF THE PRIMA DONNA —HER FRIENDS GO DOWN THE BAY TO MEUT HER—WHAT SHE THINKS OF MUSIO ABROAD. The leaden sky of yesterday morning was oagerly scanned by all who expected iriends or relutiwra home on the incoming steamers, but by none mure anxiously than by the frieads of Miss Ciara Louise Kellogg, who sailed from L!verpool em the Scythia 02 the Slst of August. A number of this tady’s friends baa chursered the tugboat America, of the ‘Nutionsl Storage Com. pany, for tne purpose of meeting her down the Bay. At twivs o'clock, poon, the tog Jett the White Star dock, carry- ing on board some fifty ladies and gcntiemen, a few of whom were ‘members of the Strakoscen Italian Opera Company. Among these latter was Mile, Marco, who haa been engaged for the second Soprano parts, The little steamer was gay witti bunting. Bosides tho Stars unt Stripes there was a line of signal flige, and a large flag bearing the n: of Kellegy floated graceiully at the bow. Before leaving tue dock a telogram was received saying that the Scythia bad arrived off Fire Island. This ‘ of course put the party ia the best of spirits, as they did not know at first bas that they might have to cruise about all day and then go home disappototed. At about two o’clock a small specs, followed by 4 line of smoke, was seen agiinst the distant horizon, which Captain Frazee at once pronounced to bo the Scythia, 8 were levelled in the difection of what most like a phantom sbip and the red jk of the Cunarder was discovered. Sho came within bailing distance of the America Just below Quarantine, Thtee hundred passengers rushed to the bulwarks to see the little beat, among whom one was not leng in Tecogniztng Miss Kollogg, who stood at the stera of the Scythia withdrew noar er father and mothés aud surrounded by gontl moment up en i and ladies, The her three cheerg from the eee a salute wat the colors dipped. Miss Kell who, 1 Bob recoguized her trionds, wou have Known that the tuy was oat ia ber hooor by tne fag bearing her ie, waved ber nandker. chief and throw ki to her friends, At this juncture the Floating Hoepital of st, John’s Guild, which hada gala excursion yesterday, and among the managers of which were some akong kvew Miss Kellogr, drew near and saluted the stev me! while the band piayed idea yy Tis of thee’ th The ber frionas sai went blown The dock was crowded with people who around ¢ ng plank with. bam greet their iriends and Mr. Conly, bas Mr, Strakoscn ba: ee ie fend og his ewbrace, At 1g was descried and a rush was at once for her, and in & moment she was in arms of seme two aozen ladies, who harried ber to bo aod brought ber up to the Twenty-third s:reet ik, there she and we party took a tages {ot Ci peeMomat Witt Tr Pai A Hxgaup reporter visited botel ana found her still with her bonnet ov. She looks much better than she did ast ayn ae perbaps pot quite as stout ‘Sbe was an Olive green suit of coarderoy ‘3 ie with bonne! maton, The only 8 on the boanet were an ostrich f gy and d old lizzard at the back aud ft 'o the inquiry, “A. she sai: “Yea, | um glad to be here; bu to have speot my summer abroad also. I had detignttal time, aad enjoyed every hour | spent ia Loudon and Paris.” I suppose you went to the opera ia London?” iL could in the way ot “Yea, constuntly. I heard music.” “ben you heard ‘Carmen.’ How did you like it?’* “Exceedingly. It pretty little opera and Mise Hauck was char! i. Som at there was toe much al I did not. £ thought it very natural aod pleasing. I shall do tne opera bere, you know.” ow did you like Gerater?’” YY much, indeed, ana I think that she will American audiences She has a beautiful Pasi?” ‘atti! there ts ne one liko Patti; { have ah Vy that. I beard a detighiful tenor in Lendoa Gayarré, and in Paris was delighted with the bers tone, Lasalle, 1 beard Galli-Marié in *M: ‘Mign know the part was writtea (or her, She has }, but Such beautital action |’? rT hat every one else will ack you, { what you thought of the Ex. reporter, Bacieatingt in hardiy say. I onl; A DONNA, 188 Kellogg at her “You would not have thougnt so if you could haver seen me,” said the prima donva, with asmile, “im: Loodon | siua and ‘Yaaland Virgiaw.’ le. Mat He ae agoificens costume Lobengrin dress himselt, stroy it oo matter how old OPEMATIC MATTERS, “You heard a great many operas io ok ow, toll mo candidly whoreta you found them better ter oF worse periormed than here,” “I foaud thom ber Lon Yee, vey good offers wore ma have accepted winad Sot signed Strakosel for the seasou,’” “What are your plans for the present’? “Lam going io hog prbinaat tor es night, for you ber “Are you read y tor the campaign? “Yes, quite. My Voice-ts in excellent condition and is a the alter fot ie Le Lag “Tt ss Very pleasant to have you home Mies Kollogy, the reporter, if ore ‘sand it is very pleasant to be home again,’ said the prima donba, rising. “Lt sald to a iriend as we drove by Madi square and down Filth avenue jase hat tl was vothing Gner io Paria”? #0 fine,” ebimed ja donna, Who theroughly boli What do you suppose | did to-duy before been 19 the house ten utes??’ questioned Miss Kellogg of tho jorver, who sad that he could pot imi “1 put on my gloves again,”’ sbe conti , “and started ous ued, for a walk op Fifth avenue, and it’ did feel good 10 be treading my Bative, soit Bre more, . Fou thi