The New York Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1878, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR THE DAILY HERALD, published every day én the year, 20 cents per couy (@undays excluced). ‘Ten dollars per For at arate of one dollar per month for any period Shan six months. or five dollars for six months, Sunday Ine 2 of postage. WEEKLY HERALD—One doilar per year, tree of poxt- are NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—Remit in drafts on New York or Post Office money orders, and where neither of we can be procured send the money in a registered lotter. eney remitted at risk of seuder In order to insure ion subseribers wishing their address changed must old their new address. ters or telegraphic despatches must RK HERALD. Letters and pack azes shoul: be Rejected communicati iit PHILADELPHIA OFYT STREKT. 0, 112 SOUTH SIXTH LONDON ‘OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— YO. 46 FLEET STREET. 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Wate Street Yesterpay.—The stock market ‘was fairly activo and feverish in tone. Gold advanced from 1001, to 10053. Government bonds were weak, States dull and railroads ir regular. Money on call was active at 6 a 7 per cent, but closed at 3 per cent. Tue Yetirow Fever Surrerers are to be assisted by more benefit performances, and they need them as much as they ever did. AComptainant in Judge Lawrence’s Court ‘was allowed one dollar yesterday as damages for having his nose pulled—an illustration of the great shrinkage of values. Oxe Errect of the legal argument upon the Brooklyn Bridge appropriation will be to per- suade people that the first necessity of that structure is a new set of trustees. However tur Vaxpexsicr Witt Contest may terminate for the parties interested it will have been a magnificent success as an adver- tisement for spiritual mediums. “Tue Oxiy OnicrnaL Jacons” js fatally nu- Qerous in the anti-Tammany ranks. Unless some of him is killed off now the whole family will be annibilated on election day. Sraxtex Dip Not Escare thieves and cut- throats by leaving Africa, but his Americau ene- mies do their work in a delicately complimen- tary way that is unknown in “The Dark Con- tinent.” Ir Is Nor Sreancs that Newark is looking for a new water supply. The wonder is that she did not go so long ago, instead of continuing to drink river water polluted by all the drainage and sewage of Paterson. Some Memnuns of the Presbyterian Synod object to the employment of ‘“ovangelists,” because they are a variety of preacher un- known to the constitution of the Church. The Jewish Church made a similar objection to Jesus Christ. Tue Maron Sensipry Proposes to listen to arguments pro and con on the Holly combina- tion steam heating system. We hope he will also investigate the mental, moral and financial qualifications of those who ask the privilege of applying the oystem to New York. Tux Sentence of the soldier Tobin, who was to have been hanged for killing the seducer of his wife, has been commuted to five years imprisonment, The only fault of the change is that it should have been made long ago, if hon- orable precedent is of any value. Tat DiscraceruL, Countenrerr known as the Forty-second street bridge has not yet done all the mischief of which it seems capable. Resi- dents of adjoining houses are preparing to move. Before it is rebuilt the department should borrow an advisory boy or two from some scientific school. No Ons Snousp Laven at the “manifesto,” ‘which we priut elsewhere, of August Heinrich ‘Quesse, self-nominated for the Governorship. Me is one in spirit with Messrs. Ewing, Pendle- | ton, Thurman and other prominent statesmen who have explained how paper can be money, and if he goes into details which these gentle- men have negtected it is merely to suggest the logical results of the greenback system of reasoning. Tae Wraturr.—A storm centre of consider- able energy is moving over the northern lake regions and the Northwest. The pressure is Ddelow the mean in all the districts north aud ‘west of the Alleghany Mountains. It is falling rapidly in the New England and Middle Atlan- tie States. The area of high barometer con- tinues on the Atlantic coast districts from Con- necticut to Florida, Rain has fallen over the lakes, the central valley districts and the North west. Clear weather has generally prevailed in the lower lake regious and the Northeastern Btates, The winds have been generally high in the Missouri and brisk in the Mississippi ley. They have been from fresh to brisk o the lakes/and light elsewhere. The temper- atures have been variable in the central valley districts and the Northwest. They have risen in the other sections. Although we may not be affected by the storm as it passes northward of this district we are very likely to experience brisk winds from the southwest to northwest. he storm will probably prove severe in the St. Lawrence Valley and over the lower lake re- gions. The weather in New York and its ity to-day will be warm and partly cloudy, with fnereasing winds. To-morrow it.will be warm and cloudy, with brisk to strong winds, followed by coldor weather. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, Mayoralty Comb tions. The Mayor of New York, in the opinion of the noble army of city politicians, is a figurehead, who has a cheerful office in the City Hall, receives twelve thousand dollars a year for doing nothing and appoints his friends to office. These city politicians nat- urally think the Mayoralty what printers call a ‘‘tat take,” The Mayor of New York, in the opinion of Mr. Kelly, is » person who does Mr. Kelly’s will, appoints Mr. Kelly's friends to office, pulls Mr. Kelly's chestnuts out of the fire and does not complain if he some- times burns his own fingers. The Mayor of New York, in the opinion of the people of New York, ought to be man of independent will, of zeal for the city’s welfare, determined to make the sub- ordinate officers do their duty, and to ad- minister the municipal affuirs economically and energetically. It is not difficult to see that here are three parties who differ essentially in their ideas of what a Mayor of New York is or should be. For the present the politicians, including Mr. Kelly, are engaged in an attempt to make a new Mayor; the people, who have a much greater interest than anybody else, are looking on as though it was none of their business. Yet the next Mayor will have, as we have often shown, the appointment of so many new officers that he will really frame a complete new administration for the city. He will appoint a Comptroller, a Corporation Counsel, -a Commissioner of Public Works, Police Commissioners, and a number of other officers, most if not all of whom will serve for longer terms than his own. It was never more important to the people to have a fearless, independent, capable man for Mayor, one who should be animated by the single purpose of serving the city. But what is the use of talking about the people of New York? ‘hey do not care who is Mayor or what kind of man he is, They will go up to the polls on the 5th of November and vote their regular party ticket, no matter .whether by doing so they condemn themselves for years to dirty streets and filthy tenements, ‘ comfortless cars, high prices and rents, insecurity of person and property, or not. We may leave the people out of the Mayoralty question, It isa question of what is called ‘‘practical politics,” and here is the situation from that standpoint:— The Tammany Convention met on Tues- day afternoon and adjourned to Saturday. Mr. Kelly plays o waiting game. He fears a combination of the anti-Tammany forces and halts to see how formidable this will be. Mr. Kelly’s hesitation is prudent, but his prudence is a blunder. It is a con- fession that he would like to nominates man for Mayor who could not be elected if his opponents are wise and united, and that he will nominate a better man only if he is compelled to. We have so often ex- pressed our belief-of Mr. Kelly’s sincere desire and of his capacity to serve the city thet we regret to see him now allowing his personal ambition to overcome his public spirit. He fancies thatit suits his purposes to have a dummy for Mayor; but he ought to see that he can perpetuate his own power only by giving the city the best possible Mayor. We do not object to his control, but he ought to rule openly. With John Kelly for Mayor at the head of it the Tam- many ticket would be strong, because it would be straightforward; and it would be hard to beat. The Republican Convention met on Tues- day evening, appointed a committee to con- fer with other organizations opposed to Tammany and adjourned subject to a call from the chairman. The republicans have wisely concluded that they ought not to ran a straight ticket ; but they hold, it is said, that as they have a strong and well disciplined organization and cast heavy vote they ought to be allowed at least a decisive negative in the selection of the combination or anti-[Tammany candidate for the Mayoralty. In this they are ‘right. They ought not to insist on a republican, but they have a right to say that some democrats are objectionable to them. For instance, they might well object to the nomination of Mr. Edward Cooper for Mayor, because it is generally un- derstood that this means an at- tempt by the ‘Tilden faction to secure certain partisan advantages in the State, and to this the republicans could not be expected to lend themselves. General Arthur might reasonably say, “‘We are now talking about the city government, and not about State politics. A non-partisan move- ment must not be used by any of the parties in the combination for their own ulterior purposes.” The anti-Tammany organizations have resolved to confer with the republicans, and the three or four greenback-labor organizations remain an unknown but not very important element, One of them has offered a nomination to Mr. Cooper— because he is a hard money man, per- haps; and another is said to favor Mr. Schell. Mr. Kelly can overcome all his opponents by taking the Tammany nomination him- self, and he ought to see that in this way he ean probably perpetuate his own power in the city. If hoinsists on nominating some- body else, he not only runs serious risk of being beaten, which would be unpleasant to him, but he runs the further risk of a mutiny in his camp even if he suc- ceeds, It is not absolutely cer- tain, for ‘instance, that Mr. Augus- tus Schell, if he were Mayor, would be invariably Mr. Kelly’s obedient servant; and if Mr. Schell should some day kick out of the traces and set up for himself, this would be a disappointment to Mr. Kelly. Mr. Shepherd Knopp has already prudently refused to be Mr. Kelly's Mayor, though it seems he is not unwilling to be Mayor of New York? If Mr. Kelly should put himself at the head of the ‘lammany ticket that would be adefiance to his opponents which would give # real interest to city politics. In doing this Mr. Kelly would appeal to the people of New York to declare on the 5th of November whether in their judgment he had served them honestly and ably as Comp- troller, and having done so, whether they would not trust him to form for them the OCTOBER 17, 1878.—+TRIPLE: SHEET. new municipal administration which the next Mayor will have to select and appoint. But he can never put these questions con- cerning any other candidate whom he ay name. ‘The discussion concerning the Mayoralty has now gone so far and at- tracted such general attention that no party can afford to come before the people with a lay figure or a third rate man. Lorne’s Escort. It was a great deal for the Canadians to have his royal mother-in-law’s only Marquis of Lorne sent out to be their Viceroy, dear boy. 16 was a great deal more that his royal wife, the Princess Louise, should come with him—enough, almost, to overwhelm the Canadian people with an ecstacy of loyal content. But now comes the stun- ning news that another royal swell of great magnitude is to be added to the company. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edin- burgh is to escort his sister and the per- sonal representative of Her Majesty in the Black Prince. Canada cannot complain that-she is overlooked in the general devel- opment of the imperial policy. Reported Insurrection. Perhaps there is an element of exnggera- tion in the story from Lonisiana, by way of St. Louis, of trouble with the negroes, in- asmuch as the casualties reported might be accounted for by a very small row, while the tone of the narrative could scarcely be more elevated if it dealt with an indiscriminate massacre of the white population. It ap- pears to be recognized that whatever trou- ble is on foot has relation to the election and to the candidacy of a politician favored by the negroes; but in the same parish the negroes have five thousand votes and the whites four hundred and fifty. With that state of the registers it can scarcely be thought that the negroes want a row in the interest of their candidate, India in Danger. According to Sir James F. Stephen, the last eminent authority on India that has addressed the British public, England is not safe in the possession of her Indian Empire unless her influence or power is paramount in Afghanistan. England has had Afghanistan beside her in that part of the world for a great while and still holds on tenaciously to her Indian Empire ; never- theless it is now thought that, because of some present differences in the rolations of Powers to one another in Asia, she will have only her supineness to blame if presently she loses India through her failure to help herself to Afghanistan. People not dis- posed to accept all the reasons that are given tothem may, if they will, wonder whether, when Afghanistan has been added to the Indian Empire, the safety of that Empire will require that England should be similarly ‘para- mount” in Persia, and then in Anatolia, and even Arabia. But it is now laid down distinctly for the hearing of the world, and by an authority not hostile to the govern- ment, that England’s position in India is precarious—that in the presence of the ill- will of a warlike neighbor her Indian Em- pire is not safe; and this particular danger does not take into account the distresses and discontents of her own Indian population, nor the likelihoods of Mo- hammedan revolt. But why is Eng- land’s Indian Empire not safe un- less she is paramount in India? Is the Ameer of Cabut likely to take it away from her? Will he invade it and crush the native army ond the British regiments and free the oppressed people? No ; the danger lies in the good will that may exist between the Ameer and Russia, unless England is so far paramount that the Ameer’s relations with his Northern neighbor may be restrained. It appears, then, that the figure of Russiain Asia is no longera mere threatening spectre, asso many English writers have declared it, but a danger so real that Sir James F, Stephen believes that England, in order to guarantee herself against it, ought to enter upon awar that will cost her a hundred million dollars. Iussia, then, advances very rapidly in the East. South Curolina Politics. We give notice to the South Carolina democrats that stories are floating this way of a revival by them of attempts to bully, browbeat and injure their republican oppo- nents. They are said to be ‘making it hot” for the republican speakers. If these. re- ports are false it would be well to have them immediately and authoritatively con- tradicted. Ifthey are true then we advise Governor Hampton and such other sensible democrats as he may be able to gather about him to put a stop to such lawless and out- rageous acts. The country is very well satisfied with the President’s Southern pol- icy, but it will not stand any more ‘shot. gun” election Mexico. In our Mexican correspondence found a plan for the regeneration and re- construction of the neighboring Republic based upon a classification of the people into eight million idivts and one million men of Spanish race. Fow things that come from Mexico come nearer whot ap- pears to be the trath than this classifica- tion. It is accurate in its view of the intel- lect of the Republic, but we do not see the fall force of the distinction between idiots and Mexican Spaniards. It is proposed, on the basis of this classification, to draw in the territorial periphery of the Re- public—to contract its borders to 4 reasonable limit within which the mill- ion reasonable creatures and the eight million others can live happily and defend themselves against outsiders who are neither idiots nor Spaniards. It is further proposed that the government shall raise the wind, as it were, by selling all the other Mexican territory to. the highent bidder, preferring the Latin races as buyers, but accepting the Greeks ifthe Latins are blind to the glorious opportunity. Itisa plan which proves that political genius is not extinct beyond the Rio Grande, English and Scotch Finaneial Dif- floulties. The financial news from England and Scotland seems to look darker and more threatening from day to day. After the stupendous collapse of the Bank of the City of Glasgow the press of London tried at first to make light of the disaster by repre- senting that its effects would probably be confined to the unfortunate depositors and shareholders of that institution and the mercantile houses that had been dependent on it. We dissented from that reassuring view, and declared our belief that it was at least premature until sufficient time should elapse for the full consequences of the Glasgow failure to become spparent, Events are proving that our distrust was not without reason, No part of the Britigh press now makes any attempt to disguise the critical nature of the situation, and the whole mercantile public in England and Scotland is weighed down withanxiety. The special cable despatches which we have been printing for the last three or four days show that anxiety is deepening into gloom, and although there is no absolute panic outside of Glasgow there is a general. pros- tration of confidence in London and else- where, The prevailing distrust is, not so much caused by the recent heavy failures as by the stagnant condition of British trade and industry for the last four or five years, The great mining and manufacturing firms have been making no profits and have been merely struggling on in hope of better timos. Better times have not come and seem no nearer now than at any time since the stag- nation began. ‘Lhe prospect has indced been growing constantly worse, because England is losing her* best foreign market, that of the United States. It is impossible for establishments to go on forever mak- ing losses instead of gains, When they cease to earn profits they begin to in- trench upon capital and are obliged to strain their credit. The weak establishments soon pass into such a condition that they are wholly dependent upon their bankers, who grant constant extensions and renew- als as a lesser evil than precipitating heavy debtors into bankruptcy. Lt is impossible to know how large a portion of the British business establishments are in this shaky condition, and hence the prevailing doubt and uncertainty which hang over the finan- cial situation. The current failures are test- ing it, and nobody yet knows how well it can stand thetest: The raising of the Bank of England rate for discounts to six per cent is o significant feature of the situation, as indicating a tight money market anda determination to restrict accommodations. A great many weak firms will probably suc- cumb. The impressive warning afforded by the failure of the Glasgow bank will arrest the tendency to grant extensions, and although there are no symptoms of an abso- lute panic everything forebodes a period of distress and gloom of which nobody can foresee the end. The New Light. Some of the members of the American Gas Light Association discussed yesterday the discovery, reported by Edison, ofan eleo- tric light available for general use. If the decisions of these gentlemen were final gas stocks would not decline in value, and gas bills would continue to remind con- sumera of the necessity for a place where extortioners may be eternally punished. As, however, the gentlemen alluded to do not know the slightest thing about Edison’s system, and as the possi- bilities of electricity are far beyond the ability of human beings to estimate, the public are still safe in hoping that Edison or some one else wil! bring the mysteries of this unknown force to bear agninst the mys- teries of gas company figures, tothe complete discomfiture of the latter. Parties inter- ested in threatened businesses have always been remarkable for the stoniest blindness, Some of them have demonstrated that steamships could not cross the ocean, others have proved to their own sat- isfaction that an elevated railway ould not succeed in New York, whilé in other and higher stations men interested n kingship have proved that republican governments must of necessity fail. If electricity finally proves unmanagenble, land too costly for illuminating purposes, it ill be the first natural force which men ave ever found unavailable for human eeds, so hope in its development is still nn order and will continue to be so until it relieved by success. Murders and Murder Trials. The indictment of the Rev. Mr. Hayden lat New Haven for the murder of Mary Stan- nard hos followed his rearrest on suspicion of having committed the crime. There wero circumstances fully sufficient to war- rant his detention at tho time of his first examination, and his discharge was a singu- lar proceeding. It is alleged that new and important evidence has subsequently been discovered tending to fix the suspicion more strongly upon the prisoner and, at least, demanding his arraignment aud tria!, As Mr. Hayden is a minister of the Gospel there will doubtless be a strong church party confident of his inno- cence and willing to regard bim as the victim of anserupulous officers and a But it is to be hoped that the trial will be conducted fairly, without reference to the profession of the accused, and that the crime will not be suffered to go unpunished. , It isso much the fashion to make martyrs of sinners in holy orders that when a clergyman is accused of break- ing any one of the Ten Commandments he frequently finds himself more popular and admired than at any former period of his vicious press, career. Mary Stannard was cruelly mur- dered, and if Mr. Hayden should be able to establish his innocence of the crime it is to be hoped that the search for the murderer will not cease until he has been discovered and brought to punishment. The Billings trial, which has just been brought to a close in Saratoga county, ro- sulted in what amounts to a practical ac- quittal of the husband of the murdered woman, who was acoused of the crime. After a disagreement, in which all the jury but one stood for acquittal, it is not likely that the District Attorney would put the county. to the expense of a second trial un- less new evidence should be discovered. But this is no reason why justice should flog in its efforts to bring the true story of the crime to light, Mrs. Billings was cer- tainly assassinated and the bullet found imbedded in her skull was fired by a murderer’s hand. The crime was committed in a small village where a fugi- tive would find it difficult to escape obser- vation, Itisthe duty of the prosecuting officers now to unravel the mystery. They should search for the man alleged to have been discharged from service in the family and to have harbored bad feelings toward’ Mrs, Billings, They should carefully con- sider what person could have had an indirect or direct interest in the woman's death. No effort should be spared to discover the mur- derer, supposing Mr. Billings’ innocence to be conceded, and no person is more deeply interested in bringing the guilty party to justice than the man who has just escaped conviction, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Mrs, Jalia Ward Howe will not soon return from Europe. Stop throwing bricks at Tilden; he bas already had quite a Pelton. General William T. Shei and Colonel J. E. Tourtellotte, of the Gene: staf, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. : » Yung Wing, of the Chinese Legation, is at the Windsor Hotel. He will leave the city this morning for Washington. Secretary Schurz will visit Boston to dcliver a speoch on financial topics some time next week in case bis bealth permits, which, however, now seems doubtful. : Mr, Nicolas Shishkin, the Russian Minister, and his family, arrived in the city last evoning {rom Bos- ton and bave taken up their residence for tho winter at the Clarendon Hotel. Benator Conkling stopped ovor at Binghamton Tuesday night on bis way tu Corning. He was ser- enaded at nine o'clock yesterday morning by the City Guards’ Band and spoko bricfly in response. Ho Jeft at twenty-five minutes past ten A. M. Admiral Paulding, United States Navy, who has been for some days past dangerously ii! at Huating- ton, Ls 1, of embolism of the bert, was yesterday somewhat better, but still very feeble. It is just pessible he may recover; but he can searcely regain his wonted vigor at his advanced uge of eighty-one. AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIO—OPENING OF THE OPERA season OF 1878-79—‘‘La TRAVIAT:.” Signor Frapollt Siienor Gatvaah Colonel Mapleson ably tulfiflod his pledge to the New York publit in presenting the first of bis series of Italian operas at tho Acadomy of Music last mght He also exhibited tho fertility of resource which he tly may command when required to conquer uniorescen difficulties. it willbe remembered that until within day ortwo ‘La Sonnambuja’’ was announced as the opening piece, with Milo. Gerster in the part of Amina, Not being acclimatod tbis lady was suddonly taken il, and & few bours’ notice it became necessary to make an entire obaoge of pro- gramme, Asother prima donna —Mile. Minale Haak— an American girl who has won many Jaure's abroad, was promptly brought to the front, ‘*Traviata’’ was announced, a couple of rebearsals sufficed to make it /familiar to the well tratved orchestra apd choras, and It was presented last evening with ao shat reflected only credit upon the veleran manager and pearly all ‘The audience one of the largest, most fasbion- r gutpered within the walls of the reds were turned a’ fore the equally app! dollar price jon being general curionity to Mitocss the Operatic soason, ‘The obi sé that have taken placoim the Acid. emy—the pew carpets in the corridors; the rich erimeon cartalo, made to reflect tis warmto from be- Ding the jootlights; the «topical plants dis- in the vestibule; the sociable Festeuromt, where ladies and goatiemea during tho entr’ iotermiogle in the jon. joyed. The mounung of tbe opera was |i! keeping with excellent taste, ehhougn a severely and = there discover with which the varior The Sauls, bo ns under the cir- cumstances I for ual comment. Firat, of tne oronesten, It consisted of sixty professional oat of whom are meinbers of i oud was conducted by th rai, who is popularly koown -y household of the lend as the composer of ‘“i) Bacio” and 4 score of other bonatitul aira. From the opening note of the everiure until cou! once of o muster baad. The chorus likewise yave evidence of carciul traiaing and ‘hrougbout the per. formance exbiblied ihe accuracy and cuitare,toat only results fri ‘The ebiet 1 pearance of M the occasion, American home Gurivg Which she Dax scored a8 2 Vocalist, and secondly, Of the part xpected at her Phrases 14 which, ny dent to a first night or irom some faried t> compare favorabiy with some censors. 1 oramatic action sho was ul the results of care er ow of her prouc- elsont, and her Kuro vi wih jo majority of the opern-going pablic are fami ‘aken t im eton whe mane was flavtert ih ing, has a sympathetic tenor vorce—hot strong, but offective—always im tune, always artistically’ em- ployed, and, added to a handsome presence, it was calculated to make bim a ti ite, Germont Was represen baritone, whone especially coors, = Throw of oxpression and the cor- re every whers ubserwaple, Valuable acquisition to our ie WAS Warinly ond ire- quently oncored. Tbe remainder of the cast oall tor ho speoral prnwe or blame, Mile, Malvina Cavalnazi ied the baliet divertissoment aeceptably, To-morrow “Le Nozzo de Figaro’? will be given, and un Monday “faust,” MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Miss Rote Kytinge plays im New Bruoswick to- night, Trenton to-morrow and Paterson on tho 17th, The Aihaizn Operatic Concert Company will ive the second Of their serios of oo Steinway Hall, A number of 6: nounced, including Mile, Albaizn and Franz Rumimol, who bas already produced « favorable impression by, hfs performances on the piano. The programme is new. The Symphony Society of New York has been ganized, under the direction of Dr, Damroseb, for Purpose of giving a series of classical concerts, The first public rehearsal will take place on the 7th of Novembor, when Herr August Wilhelm) will be the joist and play for the first time tn Americas violin concerto written expressly tor him by Joachim Ball. Edwin Bootn’s fagemont at the Broaa Street Theatre, Philadelphia, is one of tho most successiuj he has over played in the Quaker,Vity, where he is great favorite, The house bas boen packed at every performance, and on Monday night, when he gava «*Hamiet’? for the initial periormanee, he received an ovation, The tragediag, will play tor two weeks The following !s the cast of **Frou Frou,” now ia preparation at the Fifth Avenue Theatre for Mme. in Amerios before, re bas never played tne characte: Her own version of tho pluy will be THE OPERATIC MISHAP. To Tam Eprron oy TH HunaLp: Like many others who appreciate and love music such as Mr, Mapleson has commendably brought us, 1 was hoping to: witness the putheticopera, *Travi- ata,” on Friday, and to see Minvie Hauk as Violetta, To thwen4 1 early purchased tickots; but now, alas, 1 must go with my friends and liston tothe merry Straing of dozart—behold.a comedy when I paid to see utragedy! Nowbut thattho ‘Marreage ig in itsel! delightful and Susanne charmin Jor Violotta and igare instead of Alf it there bo a repetition of this real bat opora will be tul we get there, and Mr. Mapleson will see the an- wise course he follewed in announ Lire nes. How much better ii he had changed only the first might and leit all the others unaltered, or holders of ticke ption either to the next repre- sentation of the opora which they imtesded to sce when they bought them. To season ticket hold theobange does not make any difference, bat bes many true aumirers who cannot pay $70 $80, and surely they deserve a little respect. I remain, re speoifully, ONE OF THEM. New Yor, Oct, 15, 1878, FINE ARTS. LOAN EXHIDITION OF THE SOCIETY OF DECORATIVE ABT. There was a good attendance during the day ana evening yesterday ut the second and last loan exhibi- tion uf the Society of Decorative Art. Among the prominent visitors last evening was General Sher- mun, In thé centre of the west or antique gallery there is, under a gjass ose, an artistically arranged and exceed. ingly interesting group of objects, These are placed on and draped with effect by a rich Turkish shawl, embroidered in gold and sliver and loaned by Mra, S LM. Barlow. The central object is a fine Rugsian samover, presented to the owner, Mrs, Hard, by the Grand Duke Aloxis. Around it are grouped two antique silver Norwogian tankarde, uate 1744, loaned by Mra, Morgan Dix; a gold Migree perfume box, belenging to Mra Josupn Hobsou; a tele-d-téte sut of he time of Queen Anne, sent by Mra, Woolsey, aad oth bjocts, Am the otner articles tn this room ari iver tankal Cromweil’s time, loaued by Mrs. Hamilion ¥. Wobst et of old sil- ver, which belonged te James Alexa! who came to thia country in 1716, and to bis son, Major Genoral Lora Stirting, sept by Mrs, Archibald Kusseli; a fine old silver salver, belunging te Mrs. =E. J. = Woolsey; Cashmere coffee pot and tray and a flago! docuration in gold aad silver, sent by Miss some metal plates irom Bouzerut, near ti oi Cashmere, tue property ot Mrs, Bariow; a damascened Kast Indian viirée vusve in guid and Bile ver, luened vy Mrs. Abram Howitt; « tes pot and caudy, in silver gill, of Siawese workmansbip, and a tavle orpament of the same ware, presented b: ty Firet and Second Kings of Siam, in 1858 aod 1 to Colonel Colt, sous by Mra. Colt; astiver pitcher pree sented by the City of Albany to Commudaore Isaac Hall Jor bis victory in the Constitution ov: Delonging 10 the same lady ; some oid J.imoges, loaned by Mrs. Barlow, anda lot of curious old watehes, sent by Tiffany & Ce., which belonged auce to the Kmporor of China, aud camo trom tue sack of tue summer THE Jug of oak woou, dating from about the twelfth ceu- tury; 4 Frouch huuting horn of the samo time; Ger- med avd Spa swords of the twollth and seventeenth ceuturies, of Fieamborge; a cours sword of tn: a Persian battle axe damascened in goid und silver; Duton and German balberds of the sixteenth eeniury; a Spanish brass plaque of the fourteenth century; a Vinaigrette of enameilod copper of Louw XV.; 0 garnet necklace, formerly aod come old aia phine, aod was tak: dnstrameuts ba’ ‘eo ged trophy over tho burth door, There is also in thia room an original scoa ing, 7, Kosciusko, a sword, loaned by Generat Wilson, a bim, sent by Mme. Moujeske, A cass wall containg a rich collection of Turkis! ian embroideries, worked on tinen ia and colored silks, which belong to Mr, Rebert Hoe, Jr. fo old Falavera plats (early Majolica, 2 0 vera early r K. Givba, pipetted teeanes belonging to Mrr, sidney Webster, 4 entire collection. fine “New Year's Ziem’s striking *‘Ploasure Gardens o1 Venice" ‘as belonging to Mr. Marshall 0. ot lectures given under 1 the Bociety will commence on October 29, Mr, Chari yptien Ar—To¢ Rev. LA &. Grifflu, gramme is as fol! Tey Warver, “Co: oa rane Man;’’ Novempor 5, anese Art,’ Ni ber 1: General Di cember 3, M PICTURES aT GouPtt's. Among the paintings recently placed in the gallery ") is “The Retour jonted Charles F, vein as regards color. A peasant 16 paddling 4 bout wcross @ river at sunset, toward the Jeft hand bank, on which are some houses, icture and its real motive is perb in ite gradations of color, The dest part of th masterly sky, jog down to gorgeous golde sun, A solid little work of sterling qualities, ad- mirably composed and oxtromely succossial in that clear light for which the artist m noted, ts ‘Le Soir,” , by Julies Dapré. ray ke past and @ cottage, on gure is passing, Its of the covl air of ot. ht, ana diy out aud sparkles as 16 str 19a dramatic work by L, Bi .) Ina iotty hall, a youth enters aad di the body of a ow live Meyer von Brem: A gitl anda boy have awakened their owing the flowers and toys woich are his eury Mosier, youog Amenocaa ste in Paris, 18 repros “Field Fiowe! A young boy ‘on way feroh i. has halted among the wild flowers a ‘e gathoring some to decorate bis hat. she CI and posed; the coloring, though elightly dotail, of flowers colored, the dark ey re is woll pose sively treated. ‘The the Bay of Naples, Achenvach, There Fisherman’ is ao admire fare groups by fendered surf breaking in; ex the coloring of the distance 10: ibe risiag lazy from Vesuvius mingies naturally with be light-cioud tors, aple of Charies Jacques has aise gallery. From and shadow Ks a bérgere 14 lend) sheep attended by a doz. it 18 a ates ful work. Tho trevs treaved tn i pinya to the full the artiel’s skill im the painung Of horses im action,