The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1878, Page 6

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New York and its vicinity today will be warm and partly cloudy, with fresh to brisk winds. To- morrow it promises to be warm and fair, fol- lowed by increasing cloudiness. RK 18, 1878, Watt Srreer Yesterpay.—The market for stocks was of the dulleMt and without feature. Governments were u shade weak, States were ignored aud railways were irregular. Gold, 10033; money on call, 112 to 2 per cent. Consecricer’s Harp Fisrep Democracy wheeled into line yesterday on the old Jack. souian platform of hard money and public honesty. Tne DeatH Rate Srarisrics are quite en: fouraging, notwithstanding the efforts of the Street Cleaning Bureau to cut down the pop- ulation. Craprer ia the marder of Police- ey City, is the indictment of nett is not included, but is Tar Lary mau Smith, of Jer Mrs. Smith. Be: held as a witness Tue Des. on the proposition to heat the city by steam in the Board of Aldermen yester- day shows that General Spinola has laid his Tr Wu Bu Custom House inqu: ing between th anything but : from the report of the y yesterday that the feel- v reliners and importers is ae in its character. At New Orveans an inercase in the number of the yellow fever cases is reported this morn- ing. From Grenada the accounts are encourag- ing, although the virulence of the disease has not yet abated. Is Resro invitation to the Bar to investigate the charges against him twelve lawyers met yesterday and gave him a clean bill of health. It was a tri- umphant vindication, and he ought to feel proud of it. ip tae Pouic OMMISSIONERS continue many days in their present frame of mind it is very probable that there will be 2 good many vacancies on the f¢ This, according to the report of their proceedings yesterday, is the present outlook Mayor Ey endeavored to soothe the unem- ployed laborers yesterday by assuring them that he is ready to entertain charges agaiust the Park Commissioners. If the workingmen will only prefer their complaints the Mayor will act so promptly and cuergetically that they will have work right away—unless, which is very probable, he finds that the Commissioners are “model officers. Ayornen Lawyer comes hovering over the ate inillionnaire, Mr. Whittaker, One appeared a few days ago will in opposition to the one pre- sented by the bi The Jatest legal luminary on the seene professes to huld valuable infor- mation on the enbjeet, for which he demands the tritle of twenty thousand dollars, Milliounaires teem to be created for the bencfit of the Bar. entate of the of Philadelphia. with an alleg Tue Weare the western depression has made very little progress eastward during the lust twenty-four bours, but the area of its in- fluence is gradually extending itself and is now ae far south as the I er Missouri Valley. As stated in yesterday's Hrnacp the probabilities are very slight that our district will be affected easion, because the high area that son the Middle Atlantic and New Eng- land cousts tends to turn it to the northeast. Its probable path will be over the Jake regions to the St. Lawrence Valley and thence through the valley to the Atlantic at Nova Scotia. Of course during its passage to the north of our districts clondy weather will generally prevail. The pressure is high on the Atiautic coast from Nova Scotia to Florida. It is also relatively high in the Central Valley aud Gulf districts and the Northwest. There have been light rains on the eastern margin of the depression, whieh is the eastern section of the lake regions and on the Gulf coast. Fair weather generally prevails in all the dis tricts east of the Mississippi River. Morning fogs continue in the Ohio Vailey and on the Middle Atlantic coast, The winds have been brisk in the lake regions, fresh on the Atlantic A slight fall in tem- over coast and elsewhere light. peratures bas taken place in the lake regions and the Middle Atlantic and New England States. In the other districts there has been a general rise, The weather in New York and ite vicinity today will be warm and partly sloudy, probably with fresh to brisk winds. ‘To- motrow it promises to be warm and fair, fol- towed by increasing cloudiness Butler in His Element—The “Stormy Petrel”? of American Politics. There is a bird—better known to the general public through the poets than the ornithologists—a bird of ill omen, of which no sailor speaks well, whose appearance in the course of a voyage bodes storm and disaster and shipwreck. What the “stormy petrel” is in ° navigation General Butler is in politics. He is never so completely at home, never so much in his element, as when careering on the edge of atempest and striking terror into the hearts of political navigators, when ‘the strong masts shake like quivering reeds,” cand the merest hair's breadth divides safety from shipwreck, To be sure, the fear of the stormy petrel. is only a sailor's superstition, but the unnerving and terror- izing effect of a superstition is not to be dis- regarded by any commander of a vessel. If, in threatening weather, the crew be appalled and disheartened the ship is lost. The stormy petrel is not a favorite, although it is a warning bird:— For the mariner curseth tho warning bird Which briagoth him news of tbe storm unheard! Ab! thus does the prophet of good or ill Moet hate from the croutures be serveth still p hese descriptive lines of the poet set forth precisely the function ‘of General Butler in politics. He is the bird of ill omen, the unpopular and hated bird whose careering in the storm and flitting over the waves announces the shipwreck of political parties. True indeed itis that parties must already be in an advanced state of disin- tegration when so slight a matter can throw them into confusion. The appearance of tho stormy petrel at Worcester has disrupted and disorganized the democratic party of Massa- chusetts, and it is a postponed and unde- cided question whether the party can sur- vive the shock it encountered yesterday at Worcester. When in a battle the enemy retreats, makes a sudden change of base and transfers the contest to new ground at a ifutare day, the advantage is obviously onthe side of the party which puts the enemy to flight. The tactics of the Butler men at Worcester yesterday cannot very well be defended on the score of fairness or morals or legal right, but it must never- theless be conceded that they got the better of their adversaries, The democratic regu- lars, finding that they were outwitted and circumvented by the superior numbers and ustuteness of the Butler men, adoptéd a sudden resolution to adjourn the Convention for a week, and to transfer it from Worcester to Bostgn. The defeated old-liners will reassemble in Faneui! Hall next Wednesday and at- tempt to nominate an anti-Butler ticket. But meanwhile events will have advanced and the consolidation of the Butler forces will have rendered it more difficult to arrest the Butler movement. Mcanwhile, for the ensuing critical week, the Butler demo- crats will maintain that he has received the regular nomination of the party, ond their position will have becomo s0 fixed and un- altgrable that the Faneuil Hall Convention cannot change it. ‘They have nothing to fear from party discipline, since it is beyond dispute that Butler had a majority of the regularly elected delegates and that his friends would have controlled the Worcester .Convention if they and his enemies had been admitted on the same footing. It is beyond all question that Butler had a large majority of the delegates chosen to represent the party at Worcester. The illegal methods adopted by his friends to get control of the hall were re- sorted to because they were stung by a sense of outrage at the sharp practice which the old-liners had decided to adopt for their exclusion. If the State Committee had been willing that all the regular delegates should be admitted to seats, irrespective of instructions or pledges, the Butler men would have controlled the Convention, It was only because the State Committee knew this and understood its consequences that they: concocted a plan for shutting the door of the Convention against the majority of regularly elected delegates. ‘Che inten- tion of the old-fogy State Committee to refuse seats to delegates regularly chosen may not quite justify, but it at least palli- ates, the desperate tactics of the majority to head off an unwarranted assumption of authority. he Butler delegates got pos- session of the hall by 4 stratagem which must be regarded as a trick; but some allowance must be made for the provocation. It is beyond question or dispute that if the will of the local constituencies had been respected Butler would have had a clear and decisive majority of the Convention. Tho State Committee knew this, and it was because they knew it that they undertook to dis- franchise the majority of the constituencie They were foiled by a trick as discredit- able as theirown; but their intention to nullify the will of the constituencies de- prives them of any just title to sympathy. The Butler movement is likely to grow in strength in the interval before the Faneuil Hall Convention meets, and no democrat will be restrained from yoting for Butler by anything which may be done next week in Faneuil Hall. The adjourned Convention will be aramp respected by no Massdchu- setts democrat who is not already committed against Butler. The proba- bility is that the old-liners, unwill- ing to disclose their weakness after the large desertion to Butler, will attempt to conceal the paucity of their numbers by voting for the republican candidates, Their hostility to Butler is inflamed to such a pitch that they will be ready todo any- thing to defeat him, and this purposo can be most surely accomplished by voting for the republican ticket. ‘hey will join the republicans “just once” in order to teach a lesson to mutinous democrats, and con- vince them that they cannot win by rebel- ling against party discipline, If the hard money democrats of Massachusetts unite with the republicans to defeat Butler, and succeed in their attempt, a ‘great step will have been made toward the reconstruction of political ‘parties, at least in that State. We see no reason for doubting that General Butler could be handsomely laid out as a political corpse by # wnion be- tween the republicans and the hard money democrats, and the political drift is toward such a combination. Without it Butler would probably be elected, and it is for the common interest of both parties ta extinguish him forever. This can be accom- plished with certainty only by a union, and we expect both of the old parties to join hands to put this unquiet, dare-devil poli- tician in a position where he can give no further trouble to either of the regular or- ganizations. Death in the Gambling Room. It is really difficult to understand why the death yesterday of the soi-disant detective Molloy by the hand of the gambler Allen should have made the impression that it has upon the public mind. There was nothing in the life of either of them to give himany claim upon the attention of any one, except the police officer, who was, of course, blind until blindness became an impossibility. The mortifying thing bout the affair for respectable citizens is that the alleged murderer of to-day was but yester- day a leading politician who wielded con- siderable influence, whom candidates for office, from the lowest to the highest, found it expedient to consult. It was only a few weeks ago that he bore a prominent part in a State convention; was the recognized leader of a considerable portion of our voters; loud in his professions of reform and in denunciation of existing political sys- tems. That he should have. held such a position is not, perhaps, strange to those who know the depth of baseness in which our lower politics are sunk, but it will be a wonder and a mystery to the better portion of the community, ‘The cir- cumstances surrounding the crime are ex- ceedingly peculiar. Allen says that no one witnessed the deed and that it was an ‘‘ac- cident.” The deceased, he declares, was his “best friend,” which is probably true. It is the best friends of sich men who al- ways suffer, Altogether the case is un in- teresting one for the police and the law officers, and it is to be hoped every effort will be made to bring all the facts to light, and if a great crime has been committed to properly punish the perpetrator. The Creedmoor Meeting. The large attendance of riflemen at the opening of the fall meeting on the Creed- moor range yesterday shows how deep a hold the manly and fascinating amuse- ment of marksmanship has upon the present generation, In addition to our own State and New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island were well represented, and at the contests which are yet to come the other sections of the country will appear through their best riflemen. The only thing to be regretted in connection with the meeting yesterday was the failure of the general public to be present. Their neglect to attend was of course owing entirely to the fact that the absence of foreign competitors this year ‘had, in a great measure, robbed the event of half its im- portanco and *mado it comparatively tame and unattractive. This, to say the least, is not the kind of treatment our tiflemen have the right to expect. Our in- terstate contests, such as took place yester- day, ought to awaken as keen an interest as a competition between our own countrymen and those of other nationalities. It is only in this way that the spirit of emulation can be aroused and that we shall as a people continue to hold the place we have won as | the first marksmen in the world. The Billings Murder. Jesse Billings, Jr., if not guilty of the murder of his wife as charged, is certainly entangled in a net of circumstances as re- markable as any that ever put a man’s life in danger. His past relations to his wife that show a motive; some incidents of do- mestic life that point to possible former at- tempts in the same direction; the history of the weapon found in the well; the story of the footprints—all these taken together tell with accumulated force against the likeli- hood of his innocence. In tho state in which the ground was at the timo it was not possible for a man to reach the place from which the futal shot was fired without leaving the evidence of his footprints. Footprints are found and they answer exactly to the soles of the boots that Billings had on that night. He admits ‘that he was that day at the very place where these prints were found, and that they. are probably his. There should, then, be other footprints there, but appar- ently no others are found. No other per- son impressed the soft earth with the weight of his foot that night—unless it was some person who wore boots with soles just like those worn by Billings. Now he wore indiarubber boots. There is but liitie in- dividuality in a rubber boot, They are made by hundreds or thousands of a cer- tain pattern and ao certain size. Given the size and the style of the fae- tory from which the boot comes, and any boot of the number will make an impression just like any other. Perhaps in that neighborhood a hundred men have got boots from the same shop and of tho same size as those Billings wore. Alone, therefore, the footprints might not count up heavily against him; they ‘constitute, however, but one link in the chain. Stronger, a great deal, than tho fact of the footprints are the facts in regard to the gun; and these are facts of a sort to which a jury is likely to be very susceptible. This gun was in the prisoner’s hands a few days be- fore the murder; was missed after the mur- der and was found in a well two days later, containing a cartridge shell which fits the heel of the somewhat flattened bullet found in the woman's head, It would be difficult to find any reason for putting the gun in the well consisten#with the innocenco of the aceused; and if the gun was not used by him, but by some person who‘came to do the crime and whose safety depended upon speedy flight from the neighborhood, that person would in all probability have taken the gun with him. But where was Billings when the crime was committed? His de- fence isto be based apparently upon the attempt to prove that he was at a neigh- bor’s house. This alibi, however, is of tho same unsatisfactory sort that was pleaded recently inCamden in the case of Hunter, Actual experiment shows that it is possi- ble to go from the scene of the murder to the place where Billings says he was in such a period of time as would have enabled him to be there some ten minutes earlier than he was if he had actually fired the-fatal shot ; and that ten minutes would give ample time for dropping the gun into the old well. * At the Theatres. Fortunately for playgoers there will be new bills in several city theatres within a few days to come, and the public will have un opportunity to see the fine artists now on the boards in other characters than those in which they have recently appeared. “Gteat rans” are great things for the thea- tre, as they represent the largest return for any given outlay in the preparation of scenes and other elements of presentation ; great things for the author also in the very few instances in which there is an author to be paid, and not bad things, up to a certain point, for the actors. But for constant playgoers—people who count upon the theatré to supply them with a regular and considerable part of their amusement—the great run is a terri- ble bore. They never had any long rans at Mitchell’s Olympic; and if the old man had ever tried it thero would probably have been an event in metropolitan history to which the Astor Place riot would have been as the snuffing of a candle to a first rate bonfire; and Mitcheli’s was the beau ideal of the class of theatre that the regular play- goer counts upon. Wallack’s Theatre has several times had a narrow escape from se- curing a similar position in the affections of a large circle of genuine lovers of the comic muse; but.then the regular playgoer knows all the ‘old comedies’ by heart and weeries from time to time of a monotonous theatrical diet. In fact, the ccntinuous production of plays of the same class, with the same-lovers, tHe same rogues, the same bewitching fair ones, the same hard-hear‘ed fathers, the same intrigues and the same incidents, is not gteatly different from o “run” of threo hundred nights. Doubtless it was a perception of this that induced the recent proffer of a variation in the style of ‘Clarissa Harlowe.” But whet a variation! ‘Clarissa Harlowe” is not a pleasant story-as originally told; but in its stupendous proportions as left by Rich- ardson to an ungrateful posterity, and in the multitude of scenes and details of the ponderous novel, the viler interest— evén though it is the main one— is covered up somewhat and glossed over ‘and not constantly forced into the foreground. But in the play its rela- tive prominence is infinitely greater, simply because every part of the story ex- cept the offensive part is cut away ; conse- quently it is a dead failure, and the public taste is seen in @he empty benches, ‘This, therefore, is one of the plays that are to be withdrawn, By the way, what are the “constituent elemouts of a comedy?” An- other play to be withdrawn is, of course, the “Open Verdict” and a third is ‘Jane Shore.” “Henry VIIL” and the ‘School jor Scandal” are good substitutes for two of these, though that for the third is yet unannounced. Miss Anderson’s success in the play of “Eyadne” deepens the impression of her great promise, and Miss Cyvendish con- tinnes to enjoy the well: earned success she has gained. At the Union Square ‘‘Olivia” draws well, and at the Lyceum ao bit of peculiar character in the part of ‘ Joshua Whitcomb” attracts an appreciative audi- ence. The Staten Island Horror. The mystery enshronding the horrifying discovery at Staten Island seemed yesterday in a fair way of being dispelled, but to-day it appears as great as ever. The peculiar nature of the evidence volunteered by the young man who thought he had identified fo remains of the unfortunate woman was of itself enough to carry conviction with it, for no man, even when ub- solutely sure of the identify of the body concerning which he testified, conld easily prevail upon himselt to make such a statement in public, and thus fasten upon himscifa notoriety from which even time itself could never releaso him; but he now proves to have been mistaken as to identity. Ellen Murphy is indeed dead, and the man- ner of her death was such as he anticipated. The anonymous note received by the Coroner and published to-day may lead to the discovery of the dead woman’s true name and antecedents, but these will be the least important facts of the case. What justice and the public will want to know is: the name and whereabouts of the being who gave such brutal yet such careiul burial to the unfortunate. No ordinary murderer or depraved person would have thought of surrounding the body with disinfectants ; besides, the pecu- liar condition of maternity in which the woman is proved to have died points un- erringly toward a class of persons who, in spite of being utterly heartless and vile, ave surgical intelligence of o certain order which they employ in the work of removing restraint from immoral practices. It is to be hoped that the truth will yet be discovered and the prison or the gallows receive its due. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Senator J. B. Eustis, of Louisiana, is at the Hotel Brunswick. : Hdgefield (S. ©.) barbers servo their customers with free juccber, Sir Alexaudsr T, Galt arrived at the Gilsey House yesterday {rom Montreal, Mr. Nacelas Stisnkin, Rassina Minister at Wash- ington, 18 at the Clafendon Hotel. General D. 8. Stanley and family arrived at Fort Monroe on Monday, and were serenaded by tho Artil- lery Schoo! Band, i A dospaten from Chief Jastice Waite, received yes terday at Toledo, Obio, stated that he will be in Toledo on Thursdvy, the 19:b. President Hayes ja to reach the city at tweniy minutes to seven the same morn- ing, Both goutiemen come trom Dayton, where they are attending thy jon of tho trustees of the Soldiers’ Home, Mr. A. P. Spragne, sceretary of the International Code Committee of America, has issued a@ circular doseribing tho work of the recent Conference at Frankfort, Germany. Me. David Dadiey Field pre, sided, in tho absence of Lord Chicf Barou Kelly, of England, The Conference approved the principio that tho Sucz Canal and all similar waters should be open in war time, A committeo was appointed to report upon tho righy of war indemnity, it being contended thas iff aggressive power may lademoily itsolt—as Russia has indemvided horself—indemnity will become an tucentive to war, A committes re- ported that Germany, Austria, Great Britaio and the United States favor a conference to prepare ao in- ternational law for bills of exchange. The Chinese and Japanese Ministors at the Court of St James have reerntly joined the Internattonal Code Asso- than, W YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1878:-TRIPLE SHEET. —> marae AMUSE™ HERMANN AT THE AQUARIUM, The preity theatre attached to the Aquarium was crowded ltt cvening on tho oceagion of the initial performance of Hermann, the prestidigitateur, afier ap absence of two years, although the first regular entertainment to which the public will be admiited docs not take place until (this evening. Mr, Hermann bas a sufficiently weird and Mepbisto- phelian look to ingpiro corfidence in bis ability, so that -however marvellous were his feats of sleight-of-hand few seemed bewildered by big extraordinary methods of delusion, He was bril Hautly successful in everything be essayed, aud with characteristic grace and cooluess so wystified his audiouce that applause was arrested only by expros- sions of blank amazement, True, many of bis tricks were not forgott by those who wilncssed dus wonderful manipulations on the occarion of bis previous visit, yet they were none the less enteriaimimg “und erjoyable, What Herrman does ts cone with o master band, buflling ta Most instances the wildest conjectures of the specta- tor. His programme last evening was exceedingly varied, emdrucizg many novel features in the wizard’s art, His yiug curds cisappeared noone knew where ; his siigit aud uncucuindered person revealed a world ol wonders im the way of dainties, Louquets and golden tah, while his unlimited supphes ol flags und Jruit trom some unkuowy source failed not to provoke both wonder and hearty merriment, Hts rapidity ot action, Roncbalance und dexterity and withal a pecus Nar gracefuluess of motion at once stamp bim asa clever magician, Who is at ouce amusing und tnexplicy: ble, fhe second part of the ontertaiument ts called sihixte Vito? am which, personutiog a physigian, he couly decapitates u patient without loss of blood, But porbaps the most astounding feut uf the evening was uis great cubiuet pertormance, tu woich several characters are introduced to assist im carrying out u very successful feat, Sbut off, apparently, troin ull communication, parties are securely bound in the cavinst, but the appearance of a witch upon the stage at ail times proves suflicient to dissolve them inte space, From the seemingly empty enciosure out bounds a puge monkey, who, efter a vigorous chase, 19 flually captured und jlaced in a giass box, which 13 made additionally secure with ropes. On the reopening of tno cabinet the monkey has disappeared, although the ropes remata ay before, ‘Ibis somewhat astonishing treat viieited load applause aud tbo audience, thoroughly bewidered, siowly filed out of the Aqaariam, ponder.® ing over the mysteries of this rewarkabie und to- xenious maritestation of the magician’s art Mr. +Hormana was warmly welcomed, and, judg:ng by the periormances last evontng, there 1s litte dount that the Aquarium, with 38 other attractions, will be the scene of much wonderment for some time tocame. Mile. Addie rendered vaiuabie assistadce in the successful eurrying out ef ike performance, and sliozeiher the entertuinmont was beth un:que anu enjoyable. HELLER AY PHILADELPHIA, Robert Helier and Miss“Ueller on Monday cvening mmaugurated tho opening of the Broa Street Theatre, Patladeiphia, under its new mupagement, Steasrs, Ford ond Z!mmerman, Mr, Meller’s amusing and wonderful tricks were reecived with many sigus of enjoyment, but the second sight performances of Miss Heller capped toe climax of the cutertainment eS completely mystiied tho wudience. Mr. und 3 nee will remain at tne Broad Street Tueatre all the week. “JANE SHORL” AT BOOTH'S TREATLE. A largo audienco ocoupied Booth’s Theatre last evening to witness the cighteenth performauce of «June Shore.””? As was to be expected, the play pro- ceeds with that degree of smoothness only guined by constant repetition, Miss Ward seoms to have over” come her peraonal objection to the part of Mistress. Jauvo Shore, and now acts with more force in the scenes that roally belong to thocharacter. Whore Jano creeps into ber husbard’s house and implores his forgiveness Miss Ward acta with true womanly instinct, anda wiog tke sympathy of her auditors by the pathetic iaterpretation of the lines failing to ber, As Dow acted this scene 18 one of tuo best mm tho play. ‘tho rugged and bonest Iniendsbip of Jobo Grist (Mr, Taylor) comtrasted with the despair and Gerce reseuimout of the husband, Snore (Mr. Levick), forms a sirikinug picture; the first pleading for the erring wife aud the osher re- fusing purdua. Between these comes the miserable woman, ovly to Und ber busband’s beart and door barred aguiust ber, In the scence between Jano Suore aud Gloster (Mr. Vanderboff) Miss Ward his greatly improved, for sbe acts with a degrov ol reserved force which shows that the actress isa constant student. Mr. Vandonnoff is still traditional as the wicked Duke, being gioomy und crue! as of yore. He {alle wa xiving force to os anger ‘aud hate when he denounces Jace Shore and dooms ber to the punwhtucut for wischeraft. In (be hands of a more Vigorous actor this scene might be made the strongest in tho play. Mr, Levick was as good lest night as Henry Shore as at the opening pertormance, and tt 18 only Just to say that the coucepiion could not well bo improved, Mr. Taylor, a8 the ouispoken, brave- hearted baker, bas 4 part well suited to him, and 1s therefore seon at bis best. Tho play will be kept on the boards only afew nights more, us “Henry VILL.” 44 in active prepuration. ‘HE NEW MAGDALEN” AT THE BROADWAY ° omuatne. “The New Magdalen” was performed last evening at tho Broudway Theatre for the ninth tine with Miss Ada Cavendish In the rdle of Mercy Merrick, The audience was opparertly not a very euthusiastic one, but the superb acting of Miss Cavendish in the two last acis ct the play soon warmed tho spectators into wn enthusiasm which showed itseit to frequent and hearty outburats of applause, 3iiss Cavendish certainly improves on acquaintance in an artistic potat of view. ‘There was not a trace of the nervousness which sho cvinced ia some slight degree at her first periormance., Having, as tt were, become used to hor surroundings, she seems now thoroughly at Lome, and the reudering of ber purt was without a bicaish, Iu the seeue where goaded to madness by the sueers and taunte of Grace Rose- Derry she turns upou the heartless woman and detics ber With all the viiteracss of # soul torn. by anguish una despair Miss Caveadist was really grand. Indeed, 1t was almost impossibe later on to convince oue’s seit that the Woman Wuo so piteousty begged for tho tor- giveness of tuo mun to wrom sue bad plighted her troth was the suine Wowau who had but a moment betore caused*her rival to shrivk iu terror beiore the Lompest of her rage, Mrs. Carbars us Lady Jauet Roy has teanpered beriaterpretation, Misa Julia Mavenets tas Grace Roseberry seems mure identified wilh that in joveable character. Mr, Dudiey as Horace Holmerott hug not improved, and 1s apparently altogether out of element iu the réle iu which ho 16 cast. Mr. yh Wheelock ia Julian Grey gavo a charming ering of the liveral minded, teader hearted young parsov. fle fairly won the applause, wud he deservedly shared the boaors of t ening with Mies Cavendish. “OLIVIA” AT THE UNION SQUARE. “Olivia” still oceupies tho boards of tho Union Square for a few nights more, and last evening ite thirty-O1th porformance wys given beiore u tolerably large house, Considering tho cariy stage of the sca- gon in which the initial represeatations wete given, and the rather weak charactors of tho play itself, (he management have no reason to complain uf the pa- tronage they have received, The success of “Olivia”? muy bo mainly eredited to Miss Funny Davenpori’s yoterpretation of the heroiue, In the tirst two acts, as the sensitive and loving girl waveriag between ber duty and her lover, Miss Davenport at ouce ingra- tates herself in tho sympathies of hor audience, and third wet, when she learns from bis own lips ery of the maa for whom she had given up home Iriwnag, the strengti of her emotional powers brought tuars ‘0 ihe eyes of many epocta- tore Her first attempt in this character proved decided success, Lat nothing to compare io Strength of nutural ‘en uu to the portrayal of last Mr. Fisher also presented 4 more finished picture of ihe Views, wid in the last act, whea the old man falls asicep wud talks 1h bis dreams, ne was ex- cellent, Tue rather ungratetul part of Squire Thorn- tho reckices proflg 1$ BOW moro careluliy neied by Mr. Cuarles A. Stevenson, showing a close ady of Ue cheracter, Jn the scene Wien Thorunill iis bis’ victim of the mock murriage there was a impse ol & better feeling tht alterward came to Hight ut tho close of the play, Mr, Kdwia us tbe mys- terious Lenelactor, Mr, Burchell, and Miss Linda Dietz as Sophy have ulsu improveu. Divia’ will remain ou the boards of the Usion Square pext week, avd will beu taken off to make way jor “Moluer and Sop," a new aud original play from the pea of Victor Sardou, underlined tor Tues day, September 24. MUSiC\L AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Miss Strafford appears in a dramatic entertainment at Chickering Hall to-morrow evening, Migs Ada Cavondiel will receive a testimonial bene- fit on Friday nigut, whea she will appear as Pauline m ‘dhe Lady of Lyons’? and recite “fhe Charge of tho Light Brigade,” Mercy Merrick continues to draw, A grand concert in aid of the yellow fever fuud wil bo given to-night at tue Acadeiny of Music under the lmmediato supervision of the committee appointed by Mayor Ely to tuke charge of benefit performances, Mies Signorina Gemma Donati having volunteered her services for the purpose. This lady will be re- membered 14 connection with an operatic company which sang with considerable succoss atthe Academy Inst spring. Mr. August Belmont, om behalt of the stockholders, has Kindly given the use of the Agad- emy, aod Miss Panay ?. Lovermg, of Boston; sMiss X. Averb.ch, contralto; Mr. Charles Fritsch, the well koown teno ignor Suaini, basso; G. Gottsebal varione; Professor T, v’Auria, leadet and director, and Proiessor £, Agramonte, pianist, have also Kindly volunicored, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. BISMARCK DEFIES SOCIALISM A Scathing Attack Upon the Pol- icy of Assassination. AUSTRIA STILL BLUNDERING Sailing of the Released Fenians. {BY CABLE 10 THE HERALD. ] Loxpos, Sept. 18, 1878. In tho German Reichstag yesterday Princo Bismarch supported the anti-Soctaliat bill1u an energetic speech, He said that socialism was a common danger, avowod: ly striving to effect a violent revolution is the existing order of socioty. He denied seriativs the u!legations made by Herr Bobcl in bia speech on Monday sbout the former counection be. twoen the government and tho socialist leaders He dented ever having relations with Lavalle on Fritsche, He suld be bad conversed with Herr Ly valle, and found him to be not a republican, but 4 monarebist, Hechallonged Herr Fritsche to specify the occasions when, as alieged, be (Prince Bismarck) received information from him. Prince Bismarck pointed out the fact that soctalist newspapers cole. brated the murder of the Russian Genoral Mezertzow os an act of justice, He said that society was thus warned against the assassin’s dogger and = Nobiltng’s gun. It was intolerablo to lve under the tyranny of such & gang of bandits, He appealod to the Reichstag to support the government in protecting the Emperot and his euvjecty, Some additional victims might fall on the side of order, but it should be remembered that they fall on the field of honor for the great good ef thelr country. The debate continued on strict party lines, tho socialists, Peles and Alsacians opposing the Dill, Herr Bebel fruitiessly demanded that Prince Lismarck be called to order for speaking of tne socialists as bandits and for charging Fritsctie with faisenoods. He made a personal ¢xpianation, tn- sisting on the correctuoss of the statements be made yesterday concerning Sismarck’s relations with the socialsts, The Houso ultimately resolved, by a large majority, to refer tho bill to a committee of tweaty- ove members, The Emperor Willtam appeared on horseback at Cassel yesterday, sue Urst time since he received his wounds, SOCIALISM 1N‘GERMANY AND VRANCE. Tho Daily News’ Berhn despatep, rogarding Mom. day’s debate, says:—‘fhe first day’s debate in the Reichstag on the Anti-Sociallst bill w: somewhat disappointing to tbe eager audi- onco assembled io expectation of beated con- troverstes and dramatic scenes, The proceodings were, for the most part, decurous and oven dull, The chief sensution was Herr Bobel’s effective speech, He ontertained tho liberals und aunoyed the conser. vatives by making fresh disclosures about the rel tions of the goveromont with tho socialist leaders a tow years ago. Count. Von Eulonberg, Minister of the Interior, who was not in office at the time referred to, mado au unhappy attempt to break tho forco of these revelations. His reply to Horr Beboi’s argument is nlso regarded as very weak, It cannot be sald thatthe Dill hag gafaed strength trom Monday’s debate, but agitis apparent that it must go through the long routine of a reference to a committee somo days must clapso before Its fortunes can he definitely pre- dicted.”” Socialiem in Franco is also aoserving of passing notice. Tho Fronch radical deputies bavo decided not to carry their protest against the suppression of the socialist Congross in the Grenelie district amy farther in consequence of a letter from Minister Dulaure stating that the government had strictly obsorved the laws, but that it was incon. Venient to discuss the affair, which was before the Courts, THE CHURCH POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY. Mgr. Jacobwi, the Papal Nuncio at Viennu, whose arrival at Romo was recently apcounced, will return to Vienna Gnd proceed thence to St, Petersburg to negotiate an undorstanding with Rassia concerning *the Church ia Poland, Mar. Jacovini ts charged with full instructions con- cerning the concessions that the Yope and Cardinal Nina, the Papal Secretary of Stato, aro willing to make to Russia, M. Gatmbotita is making a political tour in the Sovth of France, He has beon enthusiastically received at Lyons, Vieuno and other towns. Tho Fvsi’s corre- spondent at Berlin hears from iho highest authority that Count Von Beust, the Adstrian Ambassador ut London, has resigned, and that Count Karolyi suc coeds him in November, AUSTRIA’S TRIBULATIONS, OMcial intelligence has been received at Vienna that General Szapary and the reinforcements which crossed the Save on the 14th inst. began a combined action, T have occupied the important towns of Gradacse and Grncinica, the later un+ opposed, In the Bunjaluka district, Jaltze and some adjicent villages have been burned. Toe Bosnians defending them dispersed after prolonged fighting. ‘Tho Austrians in these small on- gagements lost 150 men killed and wounded, An Austrian battulion fell into an amuscade between Trebdirjo and Bilek and lost threo efflcers nnd cighteen men, Adjutant Genoral Nogy 13 missing, Several despatches from Vicona roport that great and increasing irritation exists in Hungary over tho situation of affairs in Bosmia, It j@ said that tho credis of 60,000,000 florins will not iast until the reassembling of the delegations, which will tnko placo about tho middie of October, and that 25,000,000 florins more will bo needed before that time, and au additional 70,009,009 florins must be voted bolore tho end of the voar, Tho opposition is prepar- ing a Parliamentary campaigo against Count An- drassy’a policy. Tho New Free Press and the Pesther Lloyd argue that means may be found to abandon the attempt to co-upy Dosuia without loss ot hosor to Austria, A Pesth di ten ye that Yue Council of the Somogy district bss refused to lead wagons to thaarmy. 1t has also pi id @ resolution demanding the indictment of Promior Tiszs tor pro- moting tho occupation of Bosnia: A Times dee spatch from Belgrade oys tho Austrians buroed Brozka on the Save because of tue treacherous couduct of the inhabitants, The advance against Bibacs bas beoa resumed with @ strong force. The Telegraph's Viewua despatch says Count Vou Scouvalof teft that city, rather suddenly, He doubt loss found Count Andrassy tndisposed to Histon to bie propositions, ; TORKEY’S IMPRCUNIOSITY, ‘Tho project for raising a loan for the retirement of tho pupor currency bas been abandoned, The commission sppuinted to consider the sub- jock of tho best mows for overcoming the evil of the depreciated paper currency finds great diffculty im framing a practicable senemo for that purpose, The 7imes' Constantinople despatch states that Goueral Yodleben will probably go to s Caar at Livadia at the end of this week or the begins ning of noxt, by Which timo Sam Stefano ought to be evacuated. YELLOW PEVER AND ITS RELISE. William M. Evarts, tho Uaited States Secretary of States, was tolegraphed to Minister Noyos, at Paris, thavks to Limselt and the subscribers for $6,000, tho fret instalment, of the French contribution forthe reliet of the yellow fever sufferers in the United States remitted on Mouday, Advices from ‘Senogat to the 8th of September eay that the yellow fever has ‘moat ceased there, and in Goree, whero it bas beea epeaeinta ‘There have been 155 deatha Among tho victies wera since tho middle of July. {rom tue fevor tn Sonogal, 1X physicians and six puns, THA RALBASRD PRNTANS. ‘Tho loading fcaturo of English news is the dis. charge of Condun and Molody, tho Feniane, from Pore jand Prison yesterday moruing, They lett Port jand hy tha 9:20 glock train for Svuthamotos