The New York Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1878, Page 6

Ye 6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, FROPRIETOR THE DAILY HERALD, pullished every day tthe year, Tiree conta per cous unidae cxeiucedy Tan dollars per enter ab arate ul one dollar per mou ieee than six wonths, or fve dollars for six months, Sunday oe ineladed, free of post WEEKLY HERALD—One cellar per your, ree of pont- ROTICE TO BUBSCRIBERS Remit in drafts on New York or Post Office money orders, and where vik = these can be procured send the money in & All money remitted at risk of sender. In order to loom 1) Sttention wishing thelr address changed must the: as their bew address. ‘All business, news letters or telegraphic despatebes mass fe adicressed Raw York HERALD. — ‘and packazes shoul! be properly sealed, ejected communications will not be returned, Melrose air alee Wepapeersts UFFICE—NO, 112 SOUTH SIXTH be ed OFFICE OF Chad NEW YORK HERALD— Panis 18 OFtioe aa At AVENUE DE L/OPERA. American exhititors at the International can have Ber letters siceapeen addressed to the care of ow ‘Parte ‘hice Fit of oe & OFFICB—NO. 7 STRADA PACE. Seiccethes aot savertisements will be received and ame terms asin New York. = NO, 305 ‘VOLUME, XLII =— AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. —_—————. ARK THEATRE-Lorra. \GILMORE’? GARDEN OWERY THEATRE—Two Onrwaxs. “OTH'S THEATRE—Frencn Orxea Bourra, FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE—Fnov-Frow, | AMERICAN INSTITUTE—Kxurornos. “ | RIBLO'S GARDEN—Tux Dutcor ‘GRAND OPERA HOUS. RL oF Savor. LYCEUM THEATRE—Josnva Wurrcome, WCADENY OF MUSIC—Dxr Faxtsoaute. AIVOL! THEATRE—Vinerr. WAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS HAYMARKET THEATRE—Vaaiery. MHEATRE COMIQUE—Vanity. \VONY PASTOR'S THEATRE—Vanrerr, BROAD ST. THEATRE, Philadelphia—Epwiw Boorm TRIPLE SHEET. , = — NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1878. THE SICK LION. A FABLE FROM ZSoP, & Lion being unable from O1d Age and Infirmities ‘€e provide Himself with Food by Force resocived on a IMttle Artifice, Retiring to bis Den in Gramercy Parx Ihe sent out word that he was Sick The Animais ex- pressed their Sorrow and came, one by one, to his @en. Arthar came and Cooper came, and O’srien ond Green and Waterbury. Haskin and Hart and McFool and Judge Trixby came, the littie dogs ¢t al. yAnd the Old Lion devoured them, Lastiy came a fwary Fox called Kelly, but would not nearer go than Vourteenth Street. “Why not come in?” said the aloo. “Nay,” said tne Fox, ‘There are many prints ‘et feet entering your Den, but I see no trace of any ‘weturning.”” This conveys its own Moral. The probabilities are that the weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be colder and clear yer partly cloudy, with increasing northwesterly » To-morrow it will be cold andelear or fair. ¢ Watt Srreer Yesrerpar.—The stock market Ywas dull and irregular in price. Gold was steady 1 day at 1004. Government bonds were trong, States dull and railroads irregular. [Mfoney on call was easy, lending at5a3a5 per cent, the last being the olosing quotation. Tue VertiLation of the cars on Mr. Ficld’s ast side-roed is almost as bad as that of the ars of the old surface line monopoly. Ocroper’s City Bankruptcy Sratisrics show a marked improvement over a year ago. |We seem to have at last got fairly started on the up grade. Ay Interestinc Carter on Canadian ‘gourt etiquette is elsewhere printed. When you go to see the Princess be sure to leave your eight hand glove at home. Many a Trve Worp is spoken in jest, and wur New York readers may find some amuse. gent and profit in the iables touching the younicipal political broil which are to be found ‘here and there in our columns to-day. Mr. Eaton’s Municrpat Society, the mem- bers of which are nearly all republicans and anti-Tammany men, has shown how unpreju- diced and unpartisan it is by the cordial in- dorsement it has given to all its office-seeking fricnds. Ir tue Posrrion of one of the speakers at the prophetic conference yesterday be true, that the majority of those in the Chureh will go fo perdition, what is to become of the rest of world? The prospect all around is pretty ne. We Prrnt « Lerrer from Mr. C. E. Dyk, wiitor of the Tullahassee Floridian, who relates @ conversation he had with Mr. Marble in No evember or December, 1876, in relation to the ‘purchase of » member of the Florida Returning Board. Mr. Dyk’s letter requires no comment, and if Mr. Marble .treated all other overtures ef the kind in the same manner that Mr. Dyk deciares he did the one described in this letter Mr. Marble can have nothing to regret in that part of his conduct. Mx. Corte favors the public in an interview, Asewhere published, with a few statementa Telative to Edward Cooper’s connection with the Florida cipher and bribery business. Mr. Coyle manages to say precisely nothing of the slightest consequence. If this whole story about Hewitt aud Cooper being implicated in a disreputable bribery scheme is not @ mere cam. paign canard Mr. Coyle and his backers had bet- , ter tell all they know at once. Mr. Hewitt denies ‘Mr. Thain’s statement very broadly and fully, and the public will believe nothing to the dis- eredit of Mr. Cooper based on mere hints and sly rumors. Tue WeatuER.—The depression has moved from the lakes to the region of Nova Scotia, ‘ attended by rains and followed by light snows and strong to high northwesterly and westerly ‘winds. The area of high barometer has also moved to the south and east, and is now central in the Lower Mississippi Valley. In the North- /swest the pressure is again falling briskly, and a mew storm centre is evidently descending over PDakote toward the lake region, with threatening §ndications, rising temperature and increasing southerly winds. The barometric gradients ever the lakes are very steep, and high to Drisk winds prevail there from the northwest. The weather is clearing from thesouthwestward slong the Atlantic coast, with a steadily rising "barometer and a decided fall of temperature. The weather in New York and its vicinity to-day “will be colder and clear or partly cloudy, with increasing northwest winds. To-morrow it will be cold and clear or fair, The weather in Boe ton and New London will be partly cloudy and pold, with strong northwest winds, In Phila wdelphia, Baltimore and Washington it will be and fair. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, | 1878.—TRIPLE SHEET. The Monkey and the Chestnuts. In the most anciezt political combina- tion of which there is authentic record the cat complained that while she did not mind drawing chestnuts out of the fire for the common behalf she objected to have her paws scorched by the monkey’s careless- ness. But the monkey sententiously re- plied:—“You cannot make an omelette with- out breaking some eggs ; when two men ride on one horse one must ride behind ; somebody had to be hurt, but I'll provide the plaster ;” whereupon he went off to his “barr'l o’ money; where he kept plasters for burnt paws. There is apparent among the members of the combination party in this city just now @ certain degree of anxiety to discover which is to be the monkey and which the cat; but about this conundrum it may be said, in the language of Southern sporting men, ‘You can’t tell unless you bet, and then you may lose.” Whose paws will get scorched in pulling out the chestnuts is the great puzzle of the political day; but back of that lies another—will there be any chestnuts to pull out of the fire? The great political strategists who fight the bat- tle of State or federal politics in the city canvass ought to make us all proud. Vile, stale, uninteresting, corrupt as our city politics are, full of bargaining and trading, they are to be used, it seems, to decide who shall be the next Senator and the next President, and in this view they have as lively 4n interest to the republican as to some of the democratic politicians. That sweet ‘will of the people,” of which we hear so much, is to accomplish much more than the barren ballots certify; and when we go next Tuesday to vote fora Mayor we vote not onJy for the important city officers whom the new Mayor is to appoint, but also foror against a possible Senator and an impossible President. If anybody would promise the people of New York the cheap and convenient use of their city he might become Mayor by the votes of the people, if he could-persuade them to believe him; but he would no sooner have seated himself in the City Hall than he would have to call out seventy-five thousand volunteers for a three months’ service to suppress the rebellion of the poli- ticians, who have not the least idea of per- mitting anything so intolerable as a city administration which should attend to its legitimate business and leave tederal and State politics alone. In spite of this, however, we advise no one to lose heart or give up the ship—the city, we mean. The era of virtue may not have set in just yet; but there are lots of virtue lying around loose, and if the Tilden-Arthur combination should come anywhere near succeeding we may presently see a crystallization of all the virtue in the city. Nothing is more en- couraging than to notice the horror with which the anti-Tammany democrats regard the one-man power and the predominance in our politics of Tammany. They did not use to think so when they were in Tam- many themselves ; they might not think so if they could capture the Wigwam and get in again, But just now they are s0 wise and so virtuous that we are not certain but it might be better, for them at least, tokeep them out. Then there are the republicans; naturally they believe Tammany under any possible rulership to be purely and only mischievous. Nobody but General Arthur could effectively fumi- gate, deodorize and make clean the hall in which Sachem Kelly meets his braves and in which Mr. Tilden would be delighted to have the chance to meet his. Mr. O’Gor- man agrees with Mr. Cooper, and Mr, Cooper agrees with Mr. O’Brien, and Mr. O’Brien agrees with Mr. Morris Power, and Mr. Power agrees with Mr. John Fox, that unless Mr. Kelly is put out of Tam- many by the help of General Arthur's forty-five thousand republican voters there is great danger—that he may remain there; and Mr. O’Gorman seems to think Tam- many’s ascendancy in the city so perilous to all its best interests that he has gallantly returned to our bounds from the wilds of Long Island to help save us all from ruin, Nobody needs, therefore, to despair of the Republic. It is often and foolishly said that New Yorkers have no public spirit ; but in the face of present political events this can surely no longer be main- tained. When the gallant O'Gorman moves upon New York and effects a junction with the equally gallant Colonel Bliss ; when Mr. Tilden and General Arthur lie down together, like the lion and the lamb in Nast’s cartoon, where the lamb was inside of the lion ; when almost every poli- tician who has been driven out of Tam- many Hall cleariy sees that unless he gots in again his beloved city will be ruined by the celebrated one-man power—when such ayportentous revival of public virtue takes place in our midst, as it were, wo may surely all sleep easily. Abont this dreadful one-man power we have had a good deal to say ourselves, It is not a good thing; but we do not see that the combination offer us anything different, We object to one man’s rule, and they say, “All right, we'll give you another man.” Now this was not what we meant. It wo are to be ruled by one man we prefer Mr. Kelly to Mr. Tilden; partly because he has not so many partners; partly because he has done pretty well—so well, in fact, that undoubtedly if he had been nominated for Mayor he would have gone in with general acclamation, Let us have real, notsham reform. The Henaup endeavored some time ago to advance the era of virtue; it discovered a grent many virtuous men—but they all said ‘vote for me.” Each one objected to the one-man power—but only because he was not the man. Indeed, in all the brilliant galaxy of Barkises there was not one who was un- willing to make the Hznatp play cat to his monkey. It is not our purpose to lay bare the evidences of this weakness of human nature, nor was it our policy to act vicari- ously in the chestnut business. Where there is so much virtue extant it would be presumptuous to dictate, In the Mid- dle Ages it is very probable the candidate for an office like Mayor of New York would have had to pass through some such ordeal as walking over redhot ploughshares, We would not like to see Mr. Cooper compelled to do this, though somewhere back of him could be found a party who would walk over any other kind ofshares. We only require for the political ordeal nowadays that a man should have a clear head and clean hands, and such a man may very properly take his own chestnuts from the fire. We shall know in a few deys which of the candidates has burnt his fingers, and then all New York will be agog to know who samples the chestnuts, ‘We Must Pay the Fishery Award. A correspondent writes us that in his opinion Secretary Evarts ought, in view of the outrages on our fishermen in New- foundland and of the British government's official justification of them, to peremp- torily refuse to pay the award. We have agreed, he says, to pay money for a fishing privilege, but when we attempt to use it we are driven off; of course we need: not pay. We are so unhappy as to utterly disagree with our correspondent, and we hope and expect that Mr. Evarts will hand over to Lord Salisbury the five millions and a half just as soon as the latter notifies him that he is ready to receive it. We entered into an arbitration, and are bound by the ver- dict of the arbitrators—that is all there is to say about that part of the question. When we come to the Newfoundland outrages, and Lord Salisbury’s hasty justification of them, the case stands thus:—We have bought goods of a perfectly responsi- ble person; one of his subordinates foolishly attempts to deprive us of the goods; and his master, incorrectly informed, for the moment justifies the act of his servant, openly basing’ his justification, however, on the information he has re- ceived. Our course is to hold him to his responsibility as a merchant, and point out to him that he must deliver the goods “4f it takes all summer” to do it, That is to say, Lord Salisbury will have to reverse his-recent judgment; will have to tell the Newfoundlanders that they and he were both in the wrong, and will have to send agents with a proper force to the pro- vincial coasts to protect our fishermen in their rights. That may be unpleasant for him and for the Newfoundlanders, but we cannot help that. Lord Salisbury’s prede- cessor backed out of his position on the extradition question; and there is an old English proverb, ‘‘What_man has done, that man may do again.” Afghanistan and India. British official magnanimity and gener- osity have evidently no known limit. Having ascertained precisely how difficult and expensive it will be to reduce to terms the Ameer of Cabul, and having considered how inconvenient it will be to have him on hand as an active enemy next year, when the fate of the Ottoman Empire will be once more in the seale, the British govern- ment has about made ap its mind that it will forgive the Ameer all his terrible offences if he will just come down to Pesh- awur and say that he is sorry and that he didn’t mean to do it. An apology will answer now, where but a few weeks since the absolute reduction of the independence of the Ameer was the only condition on which England would be pacified. Prob- ably, therefore, there will be no war; not that the Ameer will go to Peshawur and apologize, but if in so short a time England can reduce her terms from those of the annihilation of her foe to the mere requirement of an apology, why then in a few weeks more she will reduce them lower still and will waive the apology. In doing this she will have no difficulty, but the main trouble will be how to put such an issuo of the squabble in the light of a magnificent and overwhelming victory. British journals in India are calling the attention of the government somewhat sharply just now to,the number of the armed forces maintained by the semi-indepen- dent princes. It appears that these forces reach the remarkable total of },000 men, They are regarded as a danger to British dominion, and the recent attempt of some of the princes to secure breech-londers for their armies is commented upon in a vein not at all comic; for naturally, as it is the tone of English writérs now to assure the world that Hindoos are marvellous soldiers, they cannot decry the mettle and quality of the same soldiers in the pay of native princes. Our Complicated Croten Water Sup- ply. We invite the attention of every citizen of New York to the question of our Croton water supply, because it is fast becoming one of serious importance to the welfare of the community. Two points in connec- tion with it must form the basis of delibera- tion. These are the increasing consump- tion due to a rapid growth of the popula tion and the extension of the built-up area, and the fact that tho highest capacity of the Croton Aqueduct—our only means of snp- ply at present—is now taxed to maintain the supply such as we have it. The consump- tion of water in New York per inhabitant is very large. We cannot say that it is too large, because even with it we find reasons to complain that in some dis- triets it is insufficient, and that in all districts it does not secure for us that general cleanliness of streots and sewers so essential to the preservation of the public health. Bat as the city grows, and unless new facilities for supply are created, even this per capita allowance must decrease in proportion until New York becomes as unhealthy as it will be populous and dirty. The pitiful expedient forced upon the engineers of dribbling the limited high pressure supply over the low and high level districts alike during the past two or three summers shows that economy is becoming an unpleasant neces- sity. People residing within two or three hundred yards of the Central Park roser- voir must carry water up stairs from base- ment to bedroom, just as they might have done in the days of the old backyard pump. In an article printed elsewhere this morning:the difficulties of the supply are explained, and it is for the authorities to set about applying » remedy before it is rendered trebly costly by injudicions delays. We also suggest that the high level districts should not be deprived of their supply of water because the low level districts waste | ‘a great deal It is " mmanifestty unfair to householders, whose water supply is at best only intermittent, that they should suffer any inconvenience by the diversion of the special service arranged for their benefit to the use of others. About some, or perhaps 8 good many of the candidates for Congress, on both sides, no sensible person can have much anxiety. Whether they are elected to go to Washington or elected to stay at home does not matter; in fact, in a number of cases both parties have nominated such men that it would be a public advantage if the seats could be left vacant. But there are several candidates who ought to be elected, and some others in whose fortunes the public takes a beney- olent interest, aside from mere party ques- tions or relations. Among the men who ought to be ‘elected Mr. Chittenden, in Brooklyn, and Mr. Wood and Mr, Morton, in this city, are conspicuous, Mr. Chit- tenden has served several terme with great ability and usefulness. He has been, in fact, the ablest represen- tative of the important interests which make New York the commer- cial metropolis of the country; he is one of the few men who have had always the courage to speak out against ignorant and vicious legislation of all kinds, and his bold and independent course has gained him great influence in Congress. He ought to be re-elected, and not merely by @ -par- tisan vote, but by the votes of all democrats and republicans who are for hard money and wise and honest legislation. Mr. Morton is another man who deserves elec- tion, He is a banker, a man of intelligence and ability, whose vote and influence will be powerful in Congress for a sound cur- rency and for measures of legislation which, while they benefit the country at large, are of the greatest importance to this city. Mr. Wood is another man who ought to be returned to Congress. He has had great experience there and a thorough knowledge of the necessities of the city ; he has been an unflinching friend of a sound currency and has shown conspicuous ability in fur- thering commercial legislation needed by this city. In the Eighth district the contest lies be- tween General McCook and My. Lawrence R. Jerome. General McCook is a straight re- publican and a gentleman of character and intelligence, Whether he will ever produce as great an impression in Congress as Mr. Jerome would it is difficult to say. We have no doubt that he will always do his duty by the republican party; but Mr. Jerome, we suspect, would cover a larger and a more pleasing field ; he would be the favorite of both parties; he is, like the writings of the immortal Shakespeare, not for a day but forall time; he is not a man who could give up for party what was meant for mankind. Incommon with many of his friends we should prefer to see Mr. Jerome in the United States Senate; but, as there are several other applicants for the only vacancy presently to occur, we do not see how the non-partisan voters of the Eighth district can refrain from despatching Mr. Jerome to the other House. His presence would lend a grace and charm to the House of Representatives which that gloomy body lacks, and if General McCook 1s to be de- feated his disappointment will be softened by the knowledge that his successor will be @ broader man than he, Marriage Under DiMculties, Heretofore it has appeared that Salt Lake was somewhat superior to Chicago as a city, of refuge for the much-married and the over-engaged, but now it seems as if even this were not always to be trusted. A loving youth named Miles has been having a very troublous time there, merely because his affections were generously distribcted, and it is quite possible that a United States court will reverse the results of some of his courting elsewhere. It appears that the tender swain--whether from economic mo- tives, or because he wanted his wives to start fairly in their race for his affections, is not stated—led three blushing damsels to the altar at one and the same time. As nature, brutally disregardfal of Mormon necessi- ties, had not endowed him with three right hands, or three pairs of lips, the wedding ceremony had to be performed successively with the three brides. Whom to marry first the perplexed bridegroon® did not know, so he consulted the ruler of the “Saints,” and that holy but heartless man decided that the Indies should rank oat the altar according to age, withont regard to date of engagement. The remorseless discipline of the Mormon Church cannot be better illustrated than by the fact that the ladies actually did disclose their ages; but the reaction from this out- rage was so terrible that bride No. 2 sud- denly assaulted the face of bride No. 1 and threatened the groom with some of the same in his, while bride No. 3, noting the style of the family, concluded that marriage and Mormonism were not her forte, and hied her unto the house of a Gentile. Then bride No, 2 departed, but was bronght back by her loving groom, who apparently per- sunded her by arguments such as lovers used in the Stone Age, and then a United States marshal provided the groom with a bridal chamber without a bride, and every- thing was awfal. The suffering swain, when next hp enters numerously upon matrimony, will do better to adopt tho plan, which has lately been practised in New York with considerable success, of marrying one woman at a time, and not in- viting his other wives and sweethearts to the wedding. Rea The Board of Apportionment yesterday passed the provisional estimate for the ex- penses of the city government for 1879, ‘Lhe total amount is $29,284,470, a reduction of nearly one million dollars from the final estimate ior the present year. The total amount this year is $30,104,077, and the ac- tual reduction $319,607. Some of the items may be still further reduced before the final estimate for next year is reached, and, as the city revenues applicable to the yearly expenditures have under prudent manage- ment increased, the taxpayers are likely to ing Taxation. ‘Tris evening be 1s to be given arecoption in 8t, Foal (Methodiat Episcopal) Charen by the Metbodiste. Colonel John W. Forney wil! begin the publication find a lower rate of taxation in 1879 than they have been called upon to pay since 1870. The rate of taxation in 1875 on $100 of valuation was $2 94; in 1876, $2 80; in 1877, $2 65, and this year, $2 55. At the same time the valuation of property for assessment is this year from twelve to twenty-two millions less than in the three preceding years. The gross amount of tax levied this year is over four million dollars less than in 1875. The statement shows, wilhout comment, the difference between the financial manage- ment of Comptroller Kelly and that of his predecessor, Andrew H. Green. story by Justin MoCarthy. Colonel Forney is himself writing @ novel called American Gold and Foreign Titles.” There is 00 reason so doubt the immediate success of Progress. A tolegram from Bertin says that although the King of Denmark did not make the betrotha! of the Duke of Cumberland aud Princess Thyra conditional upoa the Duke’s abdication of bis claims to the throze of Hanover, he expressed the wigh to tho Prussian gov- ernment that the betrotnal should make no altera- tion im the frtendly relations between Prussia and Denmark. The Tribune of yesterday says:—‘‘A cloar-headed correspondent takes us sharply to task for the repub- lean attitude In this city, Itis grossly inconsistonts be anys, to expose Tilden and then sustain him in the most practical way, by sustaining his candidate for Mayor and trying to break down his principal oppo- nent within the democratic party. Weil, the republican attitude in the municipal contest is not of our making. We, at least, are engaged in no effort sustain Mr, Tilden at the expense of Mr, Kel we say frankly it New York must be ruled by one or th view of recent dovelopmenany we shoula profer rule of Mr. THE LION’S -COMBINATION, A FABLE FROM ZSOP,. Once upon a time the Lion, the Wolf, the Tiger, the Fox, the Leopard and other noble animals formed « “eombination” or partnership for mutual benefit, It was agreed they should ‘*pool their issues’? and al vide the profits. Oneday by their joint efforts « bultock became the prey of the combination, and. it was agreed tnat the Lion should divide the spoils, Here ts the way the Lion did it:— “My indi 4 the Lion, “I’ve parted you see, “The wh nto six, which is right, you'll agreo; “One part | may claim, as my @ in tho trade,’? “On, take it and wolcome,”’ they all of them said, “I claim, too, the second; since no one denies “'Twos my courage and conduct that gained you the prize: “And for the third; that yoo kvow Is a fine “Yo the Lord of the manor, and therefore is mine.” “Bley day!” said the fox; “Stop a bit,” said the liom, said he, fixing bis eyeon The other three pai “¥o! fuily aware “That, as tribute, one other part comes to my share." “ana I think*twould be prudent, the next to pus by “Somewhere safe in my den tor a future supply, “And the other, you Know, will but barely suffice, “To pay those expenses which always arise.'! “Lf this be the onse,”’ said the fox, *'1 discern “That the business to us is a losing concern; “If go to withdraw, 1 should think would be best;”? “Ob yes! let us break up the Orm,’? said the rest, MORAL. So when Sammy and company dragged to their lairs A railroad he took tor bimuelf all ; Apa now, if with Cooper for bait be o: All New York 1n his vet, be ‘pocket the swag,® MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. An operatic season is to be opened on the 11th of November at the St. James Theatre, Twenty-Third street by ti ew company organized by Mr. Tracy Titus, comprising the English prima donna Miss Catharine Lewis; Laura Joyoe, contralto; Leura Clancy, soprama; Eugene Clark, tenor; Mr, Heory Peakes, basso, and other artists,and with Mr. A, Rieff as leader of orchestra, Planquott’s opera, “The Bells ot Corneville,’? will be the introductory work in the répertowre. Misa Catharine Lewis is a London fa vorite of whose vocal abilities there are flattering ace counts. She succeeded Emily Melville in Australia fora sonsoa of English opera. Mr. Eugene Clark ta an American tenor whose operatic début is anticl pated with considerable interest. The theatre, which H/ A Fatal Collision. The National line steamer Helvetia, from Liverpool for New York, has called at Queenstown and reported a terrible catas- trophe in the Irish Sea, During her run from Liverpool the Helvetia came into collision with the British revenue steamer Fanny and out her down. The Fanny sank immediately, carrying with her seventeen of her crew. Only seven persons were saved. This unfortunate affair is os yet shrouded in mystery. No particulars have yet reached this country as to the time or cause of: the collision, It is probable, however, that it took place at night. The loss of so many lives would indicate the inability of the Helvetia to render prompt assistance, and it is likely the fortunate sur- vivors managed to escape in one of their own boats. Collisions at night, even in thick weather, may, be avoided by the use of powerful electric lights set on the masts of ships. On the night of July 18 the steamer Faraday, on her voyage from New York to London, came near running down a passenger ship close to the George’s Bank during a fog. Had not the powerful electris light on the Faraday revealed the approaching ship in time to allow of the helm being put to star- board instead of port, and the engines being reversed, a frightful loss of life might have occurred, Halloween. How grateful the bustling American who makes professions of devoutness must be for the annual recurrence of the 1st of No- vember and All Saints’ Day, with its op- portunity for propitiating collectively the saints whom he has neglected so success- fully upon their individual days! True to his fun-loving instincts, however, which he inherited honestly enough from the various European families from which he has descended, the American is quite as likely as the remainder of the civilized world to be more interested in the prelimi- nary ceremonies of the holy feast than in the devotions which follow. Last night every unbetrothed lassie in Scotland who did not find a lover developed a sudden and withering contempt for tho ruder sex. hroughout England and Ire- | ig wou located tor Engliah opera, is to be tarnished land there were revived rollicking | and beautified for the opening. old games that could be played | Signor Del Puente, wne sings at the Academy of Musio thie season, isa Neapolitan and was born tn 1845, At an early age he devoted bimsoil to the study ef tne violoncello, butas years rolled on it was discove ered that he possessed a baritone voice of wide range, This was sodulously oultivased im the Conservatoire as Naples under ablo masters. In 1863 Dol Pucnte went to Wallachia, where be achieved more or lesa of auccess, and alse sang in Pau and Seville, He thes successfully passed tho critical ordeal of Milap, Padua, Veniee and other Italian cities. 1n Rome he was en gagea by Mr. Sirakosc; atterward sang with Maple son; came to Amerioa, was favorably received; re turnea to Europe, and, in compacy with Gerster, af Berita achieved a musical triumph in the operas of “Rigolesto,”” ‘Lucia,’ ‘Trovatore’’? and “La Som pambula.’? He is said to be engaged by Mr. Maplesom until the yoar 1880 His répertoire comprises fosty. seven operas, Mr. Lawrence Barrett last week appeared on the Cleveland boards in & drama transiated from the Spanish by Mr. W. D. Howells, entitled “A Now Play,” and, it is said, achieved one of the genuine successes of the season, The name is certainly a pe- culiar one, and calculated to make many persons pre sume that it Is a new play without atitie Tne ac tion of the piece takos place in the old Globe Theatre, ja the yoar 1593, aod is within doors, while he who stepped out- side the threshold had drank either too much or too little if he could not see fairies dancing. On the Continent the French- man regaled himself by feasting and an oc- casional dropping into ghosts, while in all the German provinces the witches held high carnival out of doors as the cottagers gathered about their hearthstones and tulked of the good old times when witches were more plenty than they are now, and there were no wretched liter- alists to discourage human faith in the supernatural. The forests and dells of the United States are too cold and tramp-in- fested to be thickly peopled with fairies and witches, but American ingenuity hfs devised an acceptable substitute, so if any one failed to see dancing fairies and witches innumerable last evening it was because he did not make the tour of the parlors of his acquaintances. Justice in Kentucky. Some time ago we recounted the history of a remarkable murder committed ‘in Whitley county, Ky,, by citizons: of Ten- nessee, who had gone into the neighboring State in pursuit of their victim as a fugi- tive from justice, but Upon whom they vented their private revenges on the way home. Those desperadoes are now fugt- tives from justice in, their turn. Onur special despatch, in another column, gives the facts of their indictment in Kentucky, of the offer of a large reward for their cap- ture, and, finally, of their flight, escorted by a large number of their friends. It seemed at one time as if the citizens of that part of Kentucky in which the crime was committed were indifferent to the outrage, and that fact was naturally attributed to the circumstance that the victim was a negro; but we are glad to note that the Kentuckians in fact see this case in its true light, and see that justice is justice without regard to persons, and are not will- ing to forfeit the good name of their county for the protection of persons who are guilty of flagrant violations of the law. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Southera newspapers, asa rule, give discussion for the story shows that Yorick— mated by Mr. Barrett—who has hitherto assumed only the part of jester in Shakes peare’s plays, wisbes to playa serious part in the new play about to be performed at the Globe Tueaire, Yorick bas marrioa a young girl, an actress, at the same theatre, who seeretiy loves and is beloved by Master Edm , also young actor belonging to the same company. Alter a great deal of persuasion the Manager agrees to let by bringing bim to believe that his wite, of whom he is passionately fond, bas betrayed him, and, ike lago in “Othello,” to which ‘A New Piay" in some instances bears a slignt resemblance, Ne succeeds eo woll in bis purpose that Yorick, ta a fit of treasy, kills the friead in whom he faithiully traseed and whom hi stoaliog from uim his wite’s lov come by remorse, be en 18 eaid Lo bel reve that he over. lite, . Mr. Barrets Hf bestowed upor care and muay. MB. HENRY MAPLESON ON THE HISTORY OF “CARMEN” —THE OPERA WRITTEN BY GEORGE BIZET YOR MARIE ROZE—-WHY THAT PRIMA DONNA DID NOT SING IT, PaLapetraia, Oot. 31, 1878, Epiton or tan Hemauy:— of to-day there appoars a vory able eriticiam on the opera of “Carmeon,’’ as produeed by Her Majesty’s Opera Company at the New York Academy of Music. This criticiom justly bestows the highest possible praise on the performance, uod 1 heartily indorse every word of it, but must take exception to the statement made in this article that @ fictitions account of Marie Roze’s formance of “Uarmen’’ has been issued. ach @ statement has po foundation in fact. to tf “Carmen” tho follows je William B. Allison, of lowa, is at the Bro- , dated October 10, stato “This new opera, has croatea se much sensation of late beth poagesi the talented Rogisn comedian, is reported in a cable despateh to be sulfer- ing from extreme povorty, and an appeal is published tof, of yesterday states that Mile. Rotthchiia bas apphed for Charch as Preliminary to her marria; with the Duc do Gatehe, The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorne will receive & Congratuintory addross from the Corporation of Liverpool on their arrivalia that city to embark on the 14th of November for Canada, The condition of Samuel Phelps, tho famous actor and manager, ¢ by cable this m evor appearing upon the atage The London Globe stated ia Sothern, the actor, 6 suflering ure, It is stated, however, in othor q) his tines 18 the resait of @ general break down from overwork, Dean Stanley yesterday visited several piaces of in- terest in the.elty, and in the afternoon attended a meeting ot the Historical Society. He will preach thie moroing im Trinity Charch at eleven o’oleok, i the great repata' Brussels ang st P im Paris, wiih Gail Maris in the ti thing partiouiarly remar: j@ Bisor componed Cai Groater composers tui ored her in the same way, potable Positions are Fiotow's ‘1,’Ombr De Bonheur,” &o 1’ nt, bus are uot masters asters of fact, which have been fauy reciatea by ibe meding eae European critics, MAPLESUN,