The New York Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1878, Page 6

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Subscriptions and advertise: will be received and forwarded ou the same terms w Yor VOLU' ME XLII AMUSEMENTS TO- NIGHT. WALLACK’S THEATRE—Tux Rivava, UNION SQUARE THEA’ STANDARD THEATRE—F' FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE: AMERICAN INSTITUTE— NIBLO'S GARDEN—Tnx GRAND OPERA HOUS! NEW YORK AQUARIU: PARK THEATRE—Lorr: BROADWAY THEATRE ACADEMY OF MUSII TRIPLE SHEET. nv YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1878, i = The probabilities are that the weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be slightly cooler und fair or partly cloudy. To-morrew it will be cool and fair. Watt Street Yesterpay.—The stock mar- ket was active and strong. Gold opened and closed at 10014, selling in the interim at 1001,. Government bonds were strong, States dull and railroads active. Money on call was easy at 4 a 5 a 3ly per cent. AxorHer Deap MILLIoNNarne’s estate is the subject of unpleasant talk. San Francisco sends a thousand dollars to the fund for Lieutenant Benner’s family. Next, Lorp Haxtinetox, the liberal leader in the House of Commo: as scored an absolute suc- cess at last—one of his horses won the Liverpool Cup yesterday. Tue Present Conprtion of tho postal service is ably presented in our Washington letter, and should be studied before some Congressman be- gins to befog it. Late Reports from Brooklyn seem te indi- cate that a brand new political slate has been suddenly smashed to bits by the discovery of eome neglected Shrievalty ballots. Tue Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children worked busily last month. Twenty- two persons prosecuted and twenty convicted show an admirable degree of promptness. Ir Generar Butter always talks as spicily after defeat as he did to a HERALD correspond- ent yesterday the reading public will wish him @ perpetual candidacy with never.an election. ‘Tue Examinatiox of certain reilway books of account did not take place yesterday in the ‘Tilden income tax case, for the excellent reason that they were nearly a thousand miles away. Sorrow Sxems to have softened Tammany’s heart toward the woes of others, judging by the handsome check that was sent yesterday from the Wigwam to Mayor Ely for the yellow fever sufferers. Now Let Mormonism make ite will and order its coffin. If American women are going to “fight the peculiar institution, as the memorial of the Gentile women {fn Utah seems to indicate, neither trickery nor violence ean save polygamy. Axoruer Fixe Tnorren has abandoned the turf for the semi-privacy of Mr. Bonner’s stables. Fortunately for themselves, Rarus and other animais of the same character do not read the papers and know of the antagonist they are losing. Wnrertuer txt Story is true or not which the woman Nellie Potter told Judge Otterbourg gesterday about being detained against her will in a house of iil-fame, there is considerable probability that such cases exist. Has no Judge the ability and will to send o trusty officer or two in civilian’s dress through some of these dens on a tour of investigation Tammany indulged in a sort of ‘Lodge of Sorrow” last night. There was considerable manly insistance upon an early recovery, but the braves made the discouraging mistake of talking about the unhealthful condition of their enemies instead of looking to that of them- | selves. A man cannot repair his own broken head by standing still and abusing the pug nose and bandy legs of the fellow over the way. Some or THe DereaTep Lourstantans want to contest the election. Of course they do—it seems to be forcign to the nature of the general zun of Louisiana politicians to be quiet as long as they can find any excuse to be troublesome, But considering that nearly everything political that has come out of Louisiana since the war has been disgraceful to the State and enraging to every American out of jail, it seems as it the pountry deserved a rest from this species. of Buisance. Tux Weatner.—The important features of terday’s weather changes are the advance of the high barometer from the Northwest and the movement of the low pressure to the Middle and East Atlantic coasts and Canada. The maximum in the West has now reached Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota, and behind it the barometer is falling again. The centre of lowest pressure in the Lower St. Lawrence Val- ley is attended by snow and rainfalls, and » considerable area of cloudiness, with westerly to northwesterly winds. The temperature has risen on the Atlantic coast, fallen over the lakes, the tentral river valleys and the Northwest, aud risen in the far West. It is high in the Bouth and Southwest. Low pressures prevail west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coast. The weather in New York and its vicin- ity today will be slightly cooler and fair or ; cloudy. To-morrow it will be eool. mis NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER. 8, 1878—TRIPLE -SHEET. Naturalization Scandals. In what we have heretofore said about the deplorable condition of the federal law respecting the naturalization of aliens, and its disgraceful execution in this city, we endeavored to confine our remarks to the foreign and diplomatic or national aspect of the question. But the elections for this year have taken place and wo can now discuss the domestic relations of the subject without offending the susceptibili- ties of politicians or the candidates of poli- ticians on either side. Every legislator, whether in Washington or Albany, and every judge in this city or State, who will take the trouble to inform himself of the doings of Chief Supervisor Davenport in New York during the last few days, and especially on election day, must be convinced that an efficient remedy for existing naturalization evils must be ad- ministered, and administered immediately. We make now no criticism on the methods of Mr. Davenport. None but citizens of the. United States are entitled to vote in this State. Fraud vitiates everything, aml it is obvious enough that an alien, made a paper citizen | by a fraud in which he participated, is not such a citizen as the laws of New York in- tend shall be a voter. But, on the other hand, it is also plain that one holding a certificate of naturalization, regular gn its face, ought not to bo deprived of his vote by such a summary preceeding as arrest at the polls. That is not the way to try the issue of fraud. The propriety of the arrest may, to be sure, be justified by the result of a solemn judicial investigation ; but if the naturalization certificate should, on the other hand, be proved to be honest as well as regular, then the arrested person will have been wrongfully deprived of that which cannot be returned to him—which is his vote on that election day. It will be observed, by those who look into the facts, that the naturalization cer- tificates which excite most suspicion are those which pretend to have been issued in 1868, That was the year in which the greatest frauds, under the Tweed régime, were perpetrated. Then naturalization papers were openly sold, or issued, in the rum shops of this and of adjoining cities. Or, if there were proceedings in court, testi- ony has been taken in Washington and elsewhere to show that the judges, on cer- tain days, examined witnesses and ordered judgments at the rate of one applicant and citizen a minute. Of course there could with such rapidity have been no proper in- quiry into residence, or good moral char- acter, or attachment to the constitution, or devotion to the good order of the State by the applicant, which the statute demands. That was in 1868; but, if rumor speaks correctly, naturalization frauds were rife in 1876-7. We hear it said that even now there are naturalization lawyers or brokers who undertake to de- liver naturalization certificates for three dollars each without the appearance of the applicant in court. Inthe election before that of Tuesday last we have heard rumors of aCuban who raised himself from poverty to affluence by furnishing applicants for naturalization toone or the other of the political parties for a specified sum a head. Ifa clerk of 8 court of record is a con- spirator with the naturalization lawyer or broker there is not much difficulty in blind- ing the eyes of an unsuspecting or an indo- lent judge by false personation of an appli- eant or his witness, or of accomplishing the fraud by downright forgery of the initials of the judge, which forgery of ini- tials is all that is required, since the judges do not condescend to write their names in fall. Now it is plain to see that the public will not tolerate such summary steps on election days as Mr. Davenport has felt it his duty to take under the law and his oath of office. A frequent repetition of such conduct would breed riots at the polls which the police might be unable tosuppress. And this might be, even though the conviction were general that fraudulent naturalization papers were used abundantly in registra- tion and at the polls. What is the remedy? Obviously two things must be done. And, first of all, Congress must so amend and strengthen the federal law as to compel naturalization judges to be more deliberate and circumspect, and clerks of courts to enter more formal judgments and to issue more complete certificates Politicians must cease to deal, or rather cease to refuse to deal, with these scandals, in panic dread of the ‘foreign vote.” Thus much for the future. In respect to the past the matter is even more perplexing ; for what authority shall move to test the validity of these suspected naturalization papers—the nation or the State of New York? Those who have been arrested by Mr. Davenport's inspiration can demand a trial, and so raise the issue of traud or no fraud in their papers; but those trials will leave other naturalizations unexamined. And there is another very serious difficulty in the way of trying the integrity of the naturalization judgment even under the arrests made .on complaint of Mr. Davenport. The trial must be in the federal courts, and the accused will there produce his certificate, and will offer in evidence (let us assume) a regular and sufficiently attested copy of a judgment entered in one of the city courts. How can that judgment be attacked or impeached in any collateral proceedings in another court? A judgment of a court is a verity all over the world by the oomity of nations, “As a plea it is a bar and as evi- dence it is conclusive,” as was said in the famous case of the Duchess of Kingston. It closes all inquiry, as our own Chief Justice Marshall declared in a naturalization case in our own Supreme Court. If the question in any court be whether land or a vessel is owned, or a vessel is commanded, by a citizen or an alien, the recoed of a solemn judgment of naturalization is conclusive. No doubt it can be assailed, as can everything else, for frand, but the gssault must be made, we think, in the court which rendered, or is pretended to have rendered, the judgment of naturalization. In the interest of the millions of honestly naturalized citizens in our land; in the aanae af neace andwood.ardaer: for the aun. |, pression of scandals, which are a disgrace to our flag and our civilization, and to the end that no fraudulently naturalized per- son may maliciously and wantonly plunge this nation into disagreements or conflicts with friendly Powers, our legislators and our judges must straightway deal with this important question. General Grant in Portugal. Among the pleasantest experiences of his European tour General Grant will cer- tainly rank his cordial reception by King Luis at Lisbon, Overshadowed as Portugal is politically by the greater Power on the Tberian Peninsula, it has a sturdy life of its own which until thrones are abolished it promises to retain. The house of Braganza, which, through the stress of circumstances, sent its scions to this side of the Atlantic, builded better than it knew. In Brazil it found a scope for its usefulness that it could not have hoped for in the narrower limits of the parent kingdom. The coming of General Grant was, doubtless, quite an important event in the somewhat dull routine of court life at Lisbon, and every- thing appears to have been done to make it pleasant and memorable for the guest. General Grant's polite but firm refusal to accept the highest order of knighthood in the kingdom may have come with a certain shock to the monarch, for kings are seldom refused in such matters. King Luis, how- ever, was equal to the occasion, and imme- diately substituted for the glittering bauble his own translation of ‘‘Hamlet” into Portu- guese, which was’ accepted with thanks. Here is a lesson for kings and citizens. No order of knighthood could decorate Gen- eral Grant, but with His Majesty’s book he can, when thinking over’ the campaign of 1880, turn to the famous soliloquy and find out how “To be or not to be” sounds in royal Portuguese. The Fisheries Squabble. Our sense of international fairness con- strains us to approve of the tone in which the most influential part of the Canadian press is discussing the recently published letter of Secretary Evarts on the controversy which has arisen respecting the Newfound- land fisheries. ‘Our country, right or wrong,” is no more the motto of our Canadian contemporaries than it is of the Heratp. They seem to agree with us that justice is the surest guarantee of the peace of nationa, and that a sharp, attorney-like spirit is out of place in international con- troversies. The Montreal Herald, which is one of the most intelligent and liberal organs of Canadian opinion, after quoting from one of our articles, subjoins this declaration of acquiescence: — That is very much the ion of our own senti- ments, and indicates the course which we have always believed the American government would take—of honestly carrying out the award. We are not, of course, 80 absolutely convinced as our Sonim Dorey that the Newfpundlanders have been wrong, bu’ Shere can be no doubt if they have proper m ures will be taken to secure to the Americans thet fair freedom of fishing which the treaty confers upon them. It can be no more for their interest finan tor for that of the people of British America that the weslth of the coasts should be destroyed over or im- proper fishing. But there may be fair reason for thinking, as American fishermen have now some copartnership rights with our own, that the regula- tions we speak of must not be made without some previous notice, at all events, and some respect to rea- sonable objections. The Hrnarp takes the fair ground which becomes a great nation. We are glad to find that the press of Can- ada is so moderate and liberal in diseussing a question which, if treated in a captious, cavilling spirit, might endanger the mutual good feeling, if not the peace of two neigh- boring peoples, who ought to be, bound to- gether by ties of honest friendship. The Henatp withstands every attempt on the part of our government to evade the pay- ment of the Halifax award, and also every attempt to mix up that question with the dispute respecting the treatment of our fishermen by local authorities of Newfound- land. Congress has made the necessary appropriation for paying the award and placed it at the disposal of the Pres- ident. Bat although discretion is given him to withhold it there has Been no expectation that he will do so. Indeed, there is a distinct understanding that he will cause it to be punctually paid, unless the British govern- ment should waive or withdraw its claim. It was entirely proper for Secretary Evarts to communicate the reasons for regarding the award as unjust andjexcessive ; but can- did minds have regarded this merely as illustrating our good faith in standing to a bad bargain. It is puerile to expect that the British government will go behind the award and inquire into its justice. The two governments referred the question to arbi- tration because of the difficulty of reaching a settlement by direct nego- tiation, and as they incurred equal risks of disappointment it would be as un- manly and undignified for us to whine over the award as it would have been for the British government to have raised cavils re- specting the result of the Genova arbitra- tion. It concerns the national honor that the Halifax award be paid punctually at the appointed day and that question be then dropped forever. The treatment of our fishermen at For- tune Bay is a separate question which ought to be treated quite apart irom the other. Perhaps it isnot surprising that a portion of the Canadian press are indulg- ing in a fancy that the Fortune Bay outrage is protruded at this time as an ex- cuse for not paying the award. The al- leged outrages upon our fishermen were committed nearly a year ago, and it is diffi- cult to assign any reason why the remon- strance was not made at once, unless that grievance has been nursed te. purposes not connected with its merits. As a separate question we agreo with our Canadian con- temporaries in believing that there can be no difficulty in settling it, and we deprecate even the appearance of mixing it up with the question of paying the award. The Kid Glove Ctae. The decision of the Secretary of the Treasury in the now famous kid glove case has been rendered, through Assistant Sec- retary French, and can hardly fail to be unsatisfactory to merchants in this and other lines of importing. The questions raised by the appellants scarcely reached the marrow of the case, but were suflicient to show that under the law the Secretary can do nothing directly or indirectly in the matter .of reversing the decisions of that these may be so erroneous that appraisers themselves may some- times withdraw their estimates ard correct them. The whole decision seems based upon the impression, virtually ad- mitted to rule in customs transactions, that appraisals, instead of being checks upon fraudulent invoices, are tosupplant invoices, entirely as bases of valuation, and that any ignorant or vepal man in the position of appraiser may entirely change the market value of some important commodity of foreign manufacture, and do so suddenly enough to severely cripple a legitimate business. It is well that the people should understand, before the question of the right and wrong of import dues is again raised, what peculiar and unbusiness-like ways our own system causes. Desecration of the Grave. Fiendish ingenuity in devising ways to make money can scarcely go to viler ex- tremes than that it has touched in dragging from its sepulchre the body of the late Mr. Stewart. Several similar desecrations of the grave have been reported within a com- paratively short time, and the public will remember that an attempt of the same nature against the remains of President Lincoln was prevented by a timely discovery of the horrible scheme, Rich men’s bodies or the bodies of those in whom for any better reason than their wealth great in- terest is taken, bid fair at this rate to be- come merchandise in our American cities, as the bodies of poor wayfarers did in Edin- burgh in the days of Burke. Millionnaires’ bodies are likely to be as umsafe in our city cemeteries as their fortunes in our courts, and if the predatory lawyers and the disap- pointed relations tearing at one another over a great estate shall waste in their conflicts all respect for the man’s nameand memory, still there shall be no rest for him, for the human ghouls and hyenas have yet to tear Kis poor remains from the earth—to make them the subject, as they hope, of an infa- mons traffic. But in the present case we be- lieve this infamous transaction will not end as its projectors have thought. They will not be dealt with for the remains, if the re- portsare accurate—as we.trust they are— but will be pursued for their crime with the utmost energy. It is said that any amount deemed necessary will be supplied tor the pursuit of the criminals, but not a cent for the ransom of the body. In taking this course the friends of Mr. Stewart will act asthe public thought would suggest$ for however painful is the infliction of such an outrage upon affectionate or religious senti- ments the desire to see justice done upon men such as the authors of this outrage must be willdominate every other. Profit is of course the only possible motive in the case; for subjects for dissection are so plentiful in this city that there is no temptation to crime on that score, and if it could be sup- posed that any specialist wished to examine Mr. Stewart’s brain or to possess his skull it may safely be assumed that no such per- son had money enough to urge men to this endeavor. But the Cathedral at Garden City approaches its completion ; and that edifice was indeed to be the mau- soleum of the great merchant. ‘Perhaps the body snatchers reasoned that if nearly a million dollars had been spent on an edifice to contain this body the friends would spend at least an equal sum rather than not have the body to put in this costly edifice, Doubtless that thought was the basis of this atrocious speculative venture; for as each person engaged risks five years in the State Prison, and as the risk of discovery was cer- tainly very great, this crime could have only been entered upon in the hope of great gains, An absolute disappointment in that respect will end this sort of enterprise just here ; otherwise the crime will become fash- ionable. : England and Austria. Another secret treaty is heard from ina cock-and-bull story repeated from am Eng- Jish provincial paper commonly misin- formed on most topics of importance. This is said to be a treaty between England and Austria to compel Russia to live up to her part of the Treaty of Berlin—a repetition, in fact, with qualifications, of the secret treaty made upon the completion of the Treaty of Paris, in 1856—which also had for its object to compel Russiato keep the faith then pledged, If such a treaty exists it will be a document as difficult to make effective as the one it supplements ; but it may ac- count for a peculiarity in England's late conduct otherwise not readily accounted for. England has been indifferent to Tur- key’s violations of the Treaty of Berlin, but is sensitive as to those of Rus- sia. Had she no other reliance but the obligations taken at Berlin she should have been as much concerned over Turkey's misconduct as over that of the Northern Power, because the first step in such a course implies other steps, and Russian disregard of a common law must be the necessary consequence of Turkish disre- gard for it. If Austria and England are allied with a view only to Russia's failures, and not for the general protection of the treaty, that attitude on England's part is in some degree accounted for, But England with Afghanistan on her hands, and Austria not half at her ease in Bosnia, are two Powers in a queer position to coerce Rus- sia, But we doubt the story of of this treaty. The Bridgeport Murder. The woman Alexander, now on trial at Bridgeport for the murder of the man known as ‘Stuttering Jack,” continued her story of the crime yesterday. Its aim, of course, throughout has been to throw the burdenof the crime on the young man Bassett, who was undoubtedly her accomplice. Bassett, on the other hand, lays the chief guilt at her door. Between the two it is difficult to judge, butif her past life, her strength of will, her cold-bloodedness and, within cer- tain bounds, her consummate art be any guide she does not quite take her share of the horrid crime on her shoulders. It was her managing hand that was seen in the ghastly treaties with Dr. Sanford, of the Yale Medical School. She was the person who endeavored to sell the body, and her suppressed emotion only found vent when she wanted revenge. There can be no doubt that young Bassett was completely althoneh it ia admitted | ander this strone-mindod woman's control. Repulsive in appearance and many-years older; she has unconsciously indicated how yet she managed to enslave him. There is no evidence of any weight that he acted reluctantly in his share of the deed. Of a low mental and moral growth, it is highly probable that he entered into her plans with gusto, indifferent to consequences as to cir- cumstances. Among his first admissions was that he did not realize the terrible nature of the crime until he was arrested for murder. How to apportion the guilt will be the difficult task of the juries. One point in the woman's story is impres- sive in its unique horror—namely, when, as Bassett and herself (she carrying a baby in her arms) were driving to Dr. Sanford’s they heard a blubbering sound from the barrel behind them, as though the wretched victim were coming to consciousness again only to perish by inches. As this probably happened it lends a fiendish feature to the murder that, with all its cruel disregard of life, it did not wear before. But what a party that was driving briskly along the road ! Dummies. Some of the English papers deolaro that a majority of the directors of the defunct Glas- gow bank were mere ‘“‘dummies” and knew nothing of what was being done by the man- agers of the swindle. Very likely, and in that very fact consists their guilt. There are sins of omission as well as of commis- sion, and the man who, by allowing his name to be used as a sign of respectability, assists in deluding those who believe in him, is as deserving of punishment as any other hypocrite. The mere fact of willingness to be a dummy where a man is nominally a di- rector of great financial interests which seriously affect thousands of people proves adegree of moral obliquity that deserves utter contempt and severe punishment. Sooner or later this ‘‘dummy” plea will be offered in the United States, for we have many great corporations that are practically managed by one or two men each, and these men may make of the directors either a shield or a catspaw, as best serves their pur- poses, ‘Director’ means nothing of this kind; the title signifies that the person bearing it has accepted a trust, and by his activity or carelessness regarding this trust is the measure of his honesty and capacity determined. The man who, once or twice a year, merely indorses whatever report is made tp for him ata bank or insurance com- pany is no director—he is an incompetent hypocrite who is offering an inducement to crime. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Newport florists send flowers to New York. England has about four hundred gas companies. Attorney General Devens will remain in Boston sey- eral days. Let us repeat, Mr. Cooper, fhat all that glitters is not glue. Sir Gordon Cumming, of England, is st the Hotel Brunswick. Colonel James G. Fair, one of the Bonanza kings, is visiting the Fast. Baron Ungern Sternberg, of the Russian Navy, is at the Westminster Hotel. Sefior Zamacons, Mexican Minister at Washington, is at the Rossmore Hotel. Dr. Linderman, director of the Mint, will be able to go out in about two weeks. An Iowa man suggests that all of Tilden’s ciphers have been elected to Congress. What a pity a man with » name so appropriate as Twomey was not elected Coroner. General Butler once said that no President ever heard the truth in the White House. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson was one of the witnesses of the unveiling of the Confederate monument in Au- gusta, Ga, It doesn’t make much difference who owns the Ind- iam; but really when are we to have a Tammany summer? The latest girl victim to Mormonism is tall, beauti- ful and fair; and it is with her own choice that she takes a fraction of a husband. General Irwin McDowell, after spending s day or two with General Sheridan in Chicago, left for San Francisco, where he is in command. Detroit Free Press:—‘A Detroit woman observes that if she was Bob Ingersoll’s wife she’d make him believe there was a hell or snatch him bald-headed.” An old lady once rescued W. H. Seward from drown- ing and he gave her a set of silver spoons. This was not the way with General Butler. He was never known to give any silver spoons away. Governor Robinson and Colonel D. C. Robinson, his private secretary, arrived at the St. James Hotel at seven o'clock last evening. Mayor Ely called during the evening and spent an hour with the Gov- ernor. AMUSEMENTS. “GIRQFLE-GIBOFLA” AT BOOTH’S THEATRE. Girofle-Girofla. Mile. Zelie Weil Rosine Stani me. B. Edant ‘Mile. F. Drala ©, Lee Lecocq’s three act opéra bouffe “Giroflé-Girofla”” is well known to New York. It was received last night by a tolerably full house and went capitally. The singing was good and the acting better, so that the frequent applause was fairly earned. Some apology on account of indisposition was made beforehand for Mile. Weil, who sustained the title roles. ‘There is no need to rehearse the story of this piece of diablerie which, morally, is no worse and no better than many of its predecessors, It is full of fun and tuneful numberyg gives plenty of opportunity for that exhibition of the human form divine Which may be justified on the ground of a love of art and those refined Parisian manners whore exhibition we justify in our love of nature. Not to go too deeply into the artistic and the natural of it we may save much perilous moralizing by speak- ing of the performance last night. Mlle Weil, who is personally the most fragile of prime donne, gave # very apirituelle rendering of the twin sisters. Her voice is thin, but clear and piercing. She manages it well, enunciates distinctly and modu- lates cleverly. Her innocent archness had more vraisemblance about it than Aimée’s, whose in- nocence was long threadbare, and whose arqhness wow well, very arch. Mile. Weil quite captured ence with her opening air, “Pere Aderé c'est which was sting #0 well as to be redemanded even after it had been changed to ‘Petit Papa, c'est Girofia.” It was in the drinking song in the second act that she reached her beat effect. The music is trying for opéra bouffe, but she sang every note with effect and had to respond to an encore, which it seemed to us was a trifle crucl. Her share in the post-nuptial duct with Marasquin waa effective, but then that number goes too near the gross to be closely examined, Mme. Rosine nt made ® very handsome Marasquin. Her voice is not werful, but it is pleasing, and she The rm | can be toliowen through every ayligble. “Mon pére est un trée-gros banquier,” proved Sine second act eee ing introduction. In the air, “Nos ancétres étaient sages,’ usual encore, and we almost hegre ad wey that the words seldom were given with more distinctness, while the acting left but‘ little to the imagination, Tho Pedro of Mile. Drala was respectable, In Mine, B, Kéant, who played Aurore with true maternal dignity, ® lous contralto was discovered which had some trumpet- like tones that justified her swa: Mans Don Bolero, whose part M. Lecuyer played ai italy. M. Minlet’s Mourzouk was, the moat aut te ‘sang rendition of the part wo have yet - well his baritone and to hear. The Pinca ory eee ‘ltisanah” the smermmbla of the close of the first act wavered at first and threstened disaster. It recovered, however, and was redemanded. The chorus was weak, but effective ond its numbers, “Giroflé” will be repeated till notice, STEINWAY HALL—THE SYMPHONY SOCIETY RE- HEARSAL. Whether or not there may be too much in the way of music in the offerings of the present season, the at- tendance of a large und cultivated audience at the first rehearsal of the Symphony Society proved that no or dinary interest exists in this series. The managers showed commendable enterprise in engaging Herr Wilhelmj, taking him in the flood of his success to lead on to their fortune; and his part in the pro- gramme was, it goes without saying, its most interesting feature. The programme opened with Beethoven's symphony in © minor, No. 5, the composer's best known work, and the one in which he first gave free rein to his opulent imagin- ation. The work has been frequently given here by the Thomas orchestra, and while always welcome is no longer a novelty, It is@ classic that will always deserve a first place in programmes of the best music, and it will hardly be superseded by any other work of its class in the estimation of lovers of refined music, whether possessing o practical knowledge of the art or not. Its performance yesterday was correct, and rosary. gona papy bmigany yet well accus- to! yy together. There was a stiffness and petri) in "the interpretation which will not obeate when repeated performances enable the musicians to big pge ptt ‘8 playing. Damrosch is not, to our mind, as defined in hi nae of time as could be desired. His motions are too vague, and are lacking in the precision that stim- ulates and supports an orchestra. How much of the stiffness of execution was due to his leading it is ‘aimee cult to say, but some af it was undow Ss able to this source. The especial novelty of the pro- gramme was a concerto for violin by Raff, comy expressly for Herr Wilhelmj, and play by him and the orchestra. This composition in three movements, _ allegro atelier andante and allegro trionfale, proved be s work combieinge 1 extraordinary eerical | difficulties with but very little that was we original, The first movement in evidently modelled after Beethoven, the second is, in its first half, a fantasie rather than a movement and the third is a reproduction of the martial move ment in the composer's own ‘Lenore’ symphony, ‘Altogether the work is lacking in consistency. It waa carried through successfully by the resistless force of Herr Wilhelm}’s playing; but with any other artist we have as yet heard it would have shown itself mechanical and quite lacking in any inspirati quality. The second of the programme ¢ with Goldmark’s picturesque overture, unt which shoWed the orchestra at its est and at ite worst. Once the band was | Bereeptibly out of tune and the absence of the h conspicuous in the the orchestra oe splendid playing, not # an: ase ae the num! ‘4 rs who have here, Kear this prelude Wi “Fantasiestiick” came as the gem of the rmance. What tone this artist produces! It is the Swell of 6 peed eure and his bowing is as marvellous. It was not to be wo! at that the artist was enthusiastically re- called and compelled to rey this inspiring effort, a Lacan ine ie — with a gt Hiner rende! 6 vorsp! fagner’s “Die Meistersinger. first concert of the society, which so auspiciously in- augurated its - series of performances, takes place to-morrow night. BROOKLIN ACADEMY OF MUSIC—OLE BULL CON- CERT. A large and fashionable audience assembled at the Brooklyn Academy last evening to give welcome to Ole Bull, the famous violinist, and enjoy once more the exquisite music that he has made familiar around the world. Among those who occupied the boxes was Wilhelmj, who, notwithstanding the fatigue incident to his own performance at the symphony rehearsal of the afternoon, exhibited # generous professional courtesy in paying personal tribute to his old friend and confrere and leading the rounds of applause that rewarded his efforts. Colonel Mapleson, the manages» of the Italian opera; Mr. Maurice Strakosch, Pro- fessor Doremus and others well known in the musica) circles of New York were likewise present. ‘The veteran virtuoso during his absence in Europe has evidently lost none of the singular control oves his instrument with which, during the last thirty: five years, he has charmed his audiences. Paganini was a resentative of the bravurs school, and Wilhelmj lives among the classics; but Ole Bull revels in romance, and in the sometimes slmost wild and reckless way in which he scatters great handsful of brilliants shows his utter disregard of the musical formulas which we are wont call severe. Along ex] nce before the public seems to have shaken his faith in the selection of other than Bega leces for concert purposes, and hence, not- ing-his love of the writings of the old mas- peb his judgment seems to have taught him that the familiar airs of a le, when perly are always the most welcome. Tae ei ge “hae adagio and allegretto movement te he formed an exquisite composition ic a, on @ ird — recall,. Fol- lowing this came ine irae Rose of Sum. mer.” His second announced solo consist of bravura variations, com} by himeelf, upon an sir in Bellini’s “Romeo.” This in, Sore was su by ‘Home, Sweet Home,” kansas Traveller,” ‘‘The Star fled Ban- ner” and Yer “Yankee Doodie,” each ie these domestic melodies being rendered in his own Lopes rae and in # manner that elicited extravagant applause. cate harmonies, rapid staccato, softness and “jelicacy < mm and occasional tricks of instruments n tl performers of the day are doubtiess the ee points of Ole Bull's performance, but SS was and are in his hand yee gh | wonderful. ok ‘The general rogramine was jonen bea ulated to exhib exhibit many of the best qualities of the respective artists. First on the list was a baritone toi by Mr A. E. Stoddard, who aleo, later on, gave with fine effect “Il balen.” This tleman has rarely sung in better voice. Mme. Carreno performed | Liszt's fantasic on go “Prophet” and which are pact unfamiliar to many of the yo wise The soprano of the occasion was Miss » who sang with rare “The Flow’ret,”” by Abt, accompanied by Mr. Levy, who rmed a feng pes , and & Rtieas “What are t io? This nay han a fresh, natural and sympa‘ otic “voice, which is sdmirebly adapted to the —— hall. The accompanist of the evening was Signor E. onte. The entertain- ment was spparently enjoyed by all persons present. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. At Wallack’s to-night, ‘‘The Rivals.” Mrs. Hackett is giving readings in Canada, and the local press speaks favorably of her elocution. Gilmore's Band, in combination with Mme. di Murska, give another popular concert on Sunday evening at the Grand Opera House. At the Fifth Avenue Theatre this evening Modjeska will take her farewell benefit, and will play both Frou-Frou and Camille. At the matinée to-morrow she will appear in “Camille.” “Carmen” will be repeated this evening st the Academy of Music. The opera grows in popular fa vor, and every night of its representation Miss Minnie Hank adds to her well-earned European reputation. “Otto” is drawing finely at the Broadway. Mr, Knight invests his character with poetic sentiment, humor and pathos. His Dutch dialect is admirable, and portions of his acting are extremely amusing. Mr. J. K. Emmet makes his farewell appearance in “Fritz” at the Standard Theatre this evening. There ‘are few plays on the stage that have been so continu- ously successful in attracting large audiences or earn- ing wealth for their proprietor. Every person who witnesses the performance to-night will be presented with a copy of “Lullaby.” In 8 notice of “Carmen,” revived in London Octo- ber 22 to a crowded house, the Telegraph calle this opera “the most original work—Wagner’s music draman exeepted—of modern times.” Of Mme, Trebelli’s Carmen the samo journal says:—The French contralto has been so long and favorably known among us that her assumption of #new and important part is bound to excite Jnterest, but in this cane to interost wae added rather curiosity, and in nome minds possibly doubt. The character of the gypsy girl is a delicate one to touch and can be spoiled with singniar ease and the best possible intentions. More than this, we have Intoly witnessed performance of it which seemed to realize the very ideal ‘and leave no opening for any other conception of its requirements. Two questions, therefore, awaited solution on Wednesday night. First, would Mme. Trebelli succeed aa Carmen! fecond, would she stand comparison with Mins Minnie Hauk? How shall we describe the result? Perhapt by saying that the favorite artist achiewod a micck d'estime, Our remarks will be precise enongh on this head if we offer ® reminder that Carmen is s young girl, having the high spirits of her age aa woll as th deviltry of her class, and that we can comprehend is the light of her years both the charm and the tolera tion of her vagaries. Under no other circumstances could wo do this. Further, the acting of Mme. Trebelld in the reckless aspect of Carmen's character wanted spontaneity and naturalness, and a unity was lacking absolutely essential to genuine success, But all the same, Mme. Trebelli deserves thanks for coming for- ward and enabling us to hear Bizet’s opers sooner than