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- WASHINGTON. Progress in Funding the National Debt. DEMANDS FOR FOUR PER CENTS. ‘How the Issue of New Bonds Affects the Treasury. . DUTIES ON SUGAR AGREED UPON. Important Developments Promised in the Potter Committee. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. WasHINcTos, Jan, 13, 1879. GARGE DEMAND FOR FOUR PER CENTS AND THE EFFECT ON THE TREASURY. The extraordinary rapidity with which the four per. cent bonds are taken up attracts attention here, and has caused apprehensions in some quarters that the large calls of old bonds would embarrass the ‘Treasury and cause an inconvenient demand for gold to be shipped abroad. It is not possible _ to tell what amount of the called bonds are held abroad, but the best informed persons here believe that the greater amount at this time are held here. In any case the issue of four per cents is made by the Treasury almost altogether to banks which, under the law, deposit as security in the Treasury Department an equivalent number of six per cents, and in fact the Treasury, when the transaction is closed, receives from the banks, in exchange for the four ner cents. either six per cents or coin, and ex- « perience shows that it gets about ninety per cent of the amount in bonds. Sofar as the Treasury is con- , cerned it therefore exchanges four per cents for six per cents and little or no money passes. , The amount of four per cents now sold by the ‘Treacury direct to private persons and for which it receives greenbacks is very small compared with the total amount of four per cents disposed of, and it is getting less all the time, because private purchasers find that they can get better terms from the banks, which divide their profits with their customers. The Secretary has asked the Committee of Ways and Means to bring in a bill, which it is under- stood the committee will report, allowing him to exchange directly with the holders four “per cents for uncalled sixes, giving them the commis- sion and ninety days’ interest, which, under the law +as it now stands, only the banks receive, and they only for called bonds. If this billshould become a “law the holders of six per cents can exchange theso directly at the Treasury for four per cents, getting + the same terms in doing so which the banks now re- ceive in turning in called bonds. The whole body of coin liabilities of the government is now paid almost exclusively in legal tenders by ‘preference of the holders of them, and the $50,000,000 of gold coined annually in the country is likely to -flow int the Sul-Treasury, which can keep it more , cheaply than the general public. It is understood that the Treasury has, since the Ist of January, re- fused to give greenbacks for gold in San Francisco. THE BANKING AND CURRENCY COMMITTEE--SUS- PENSION OF BUSINESS FOR THE SESSION PRO- POSED. ‘ ‘At the meeting of the Banking and Currency Com- mittee to-day the, chairman, Mr. Buckner, proposed that the committee should disband and hold no further meetiugs. It was determined, however, to. “hold another meeting on Wednesday, which may be the last ‘for this Congress, Mr. Chittenden is making ® last effort to persuade a majority of the-com- mitted “to” "report “Mr: Hewitt’s “bill making ver dollars igterchangeable at the Treasury for gold or greenbacks, and authorizing the Secretary to coin as much or as little silver as the public may demand, with an amendment suspending the Secretary's dis- eretion in the matter until fifty millions of silver dollars shail have been coined. It is a curious com- mentary on the profession of sound money princi- ples made by both parties, and on the confidence of the silver men in their assertions that the people want the silver dollar, that it has so far been impos- sible to get a majority of the committee to agree to this bill as amended. Mr. Ewing proposes to try to pass, under the two- thirds rule, a bill prohibiting the Secretary ot the Treasury from selling any bonds hereafter under the Resumption act for resumption purposes. It is not probable that it will succeed. SDset geben FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. WashIncron, Jan. 13, 1878, THE ARMY BILL—LEGISLATION TO BE INCOR- PORATED. The House Appropriation Committee has not yet determined upon the features of new legislation to be incorporated in the Army Appropriation bill, and rill not decide the question until to-morrow, when a meeting of the committee is called for that purpose. (tas understood that it is under consideration to em- body the plan of reducing the number of officers and - economizing the expenses of the army generally pro- posed in the Army bill prepared by the special com- mission, or, if this is found impracticable, some plan in consonance with the legislation proposed by . that bill, THE POTTER COMMITTEE —IMPORTANT DEVELOP- MENTS ANTICIPATED. An unusually interesting mecting of the Potter Committee is looked for to-morrow, to which day the hearing of the testimony of the witness Thomas Kelly was adjourned. Kelly was a doorkeeper in the State House at New Orleans, and has already testi- fied that he knew who forged the names of Levisee and Kenner to the second sot of electoral returns, which was forwarded to Washington by the Return- ing Board, to cure what was reported to be a defect in the original set, Kelly is a sharp fellow, with quite the air of a man of the world, and by his testimony has created the impression that he wrote the names himself, It is expected that he will toymorrow dis- close this or some equally important fact, as well as the name of the official who prompted him to do so, THE DAVENPORT INVESTIGATION, Mr. McMahon, who has been appointed chairman of the sub-committee to investigate the charges against Commissioner Davenport, is unable to say when he can go to New York, as he believes he will be detained here indefinitely by matters which de- mand bis close attention for the present, THE ORDER OF BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE—A LIVELY CONTEST EXPECTED. ‘There will probably be a lively contest to-morrow in the House between the advocates respectively of the Geneva Award and the Mississippi Levee bills, Both are made special orders for the day, the former ‘in the House and the latter in the Committee of the Whole. The Southwestern members, who have little interest in the Geneva award question, will demand a hearing for their claim, but will most likely be compelled to await the determination of the other quatter, HU NATIONAL CAPITAL LIFE INSURANCE COM- PANY. Judge MeArthur has denied the motion for a re- ceiver of the National Capital Life Insurance Compan: and it is believed that the House committee will r port that Congress is not called upon to repeal its charter, as has been proposed in a bili introduced for that purpose. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. Wasittnatos, Jan, 13, 1879, THE SUGAR TARIFF—-RATKE AGREKD UPON BY ‘THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, ‘The Committee on Ways and Means to-day, after discussing the sugar tex question, agreed, by a-voto hundredth meridian, 816,000 square miles. NEW YORK. HERALD, TUESDAY, of 6 to 4, to submit to the House a til fixing the rates as follows:— On all sugars, syrups, &e., not above No, 13, Dutch standard, 2 41-100 cents per ponnd. On all sugars, syrups, &e., above No. 13 and not above No, 16, Dutch standard, 2 75-100 cents per pound, On all sugars above No, 16, Dutch standard, four cents per pound, Itis thought by those well informed on the'subject that in making the duty on all grades of sugar below No. 13 uniform there will be little or no inducement for coloring. The committee, therefore, in view of this fact, took no action on the ‘propositions sub- mitted to them looking to the introduction of the polariscope or the application of chemical tests. SURVEYS IN THE TERRITORIFS—GENERAL HUM- PHREY IN OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN RE- CENTLY RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY, The Secretary of War transmitted to the Senate to- day a letter from General Humphrey, Chief of Engi- neers, respecting surveys in the Territories west of the Mississippi River and the changes recently recom- mended to Congress by the National Academy of Sciences concerning the methods and the character of those surveys and the manner of carrying on the work. The Secretary of War quotes from a letter which he transmitted tothe National Academy of Sciences while this matter was under consideration by it, in which he said it is believed to be for the best interests of the government that the surveys of the Territories of the West, under the Engineer's Department. shall continue to the full extent that Congress may be will. ing to grant appropriations therefor. Since a thorough survey of the West, of any kind, will in- yolve millions of dollars, and since the plan proposed by tho National Academy, if adopted, will prevent the prompt supplying of the War Department with the maps which are requisite for its economical ad- ministration and for the use of the officers in the field, the Secretary invites the especial consideration of the Senate to the communication of the Chief of Engmeers, with the recommendation that the appro- priution for military surveys shall remain as hereto- fore. General Humphrey, in reviewing the plan of the Academy, says:— It assumes, first, that the government is already making a rigidly exact geodetic triangulation over the interior as well as along the coast, and calls it a geodetic system. It then attaches to its geodetic sys- tem a topographical system and a land parcelling sys- tem of equally rigid exactitude as the geodetic sys- tem. Should the government adopt this recommenda- tion scores of years would elapse and huudreds of millions of dollars would be expended before the survey could be completed, That a survey of an extended area aiming at the highest degree of accuracy should be a rigidly exact, geodetic survey, is evident to all, but what practical public good is to be attained by the enormous expenditure that such a system of survey requires is not evident. Under the plan of survey now carried on by the War De- partment, which is geodetic as well a8 topographic, the survey of the whole interior region would be completed in ten or fifteen years at acost of not ex- ceeding $2,000,000, and with all the accuracy that the wants of the War Department and a newly settled and thinly populated country require. The General, after further remarks, says:— ‘The coast survey was organized for the survey of the sea coast solely and because of the danger to navigation in approaching it. In like manner tho exploration and survey of the territory westward to the Pacific Ocean devoived upon the engineer depart- ment because it was a legitimate part of its duty, as much 90 as it was the duty of the coast survey to include in its operations the Pacific coast as soon as that territory was acquired. The topographical land part of the survey of the coast gurvey west of the Mississippi River has been mostly limited xo far as it has gone to a narrow strip along the Pacific Ocean, the area of which in square miles is not known to this department, but it cannot be very great. Omitting itfrom the calculation and deducting the arcus of the surveys of the War and In- terior departments to date, we have as an approxi. mate balance of area to be surveyed west of the one At the estimated rate of cost of coast survey topography— namely, $584 i square mile, the cost of surveyin; this area would be about $475,000,000. At the rate o! cost of topography in the lute survey—namely, $125 per square mile, the cost would be about $102,000,000. At the rate of cost proposed by General Comstock as 8 proper cost of survers of the States admitted into the Union prior to 1860, omitting the States before men- tioned, the cost of survey of the balance of 816,000 square miles west of the one hundredth meridian would be either $23,456,000 or $42,432,000, depending on the cost of establishing the standing points of the survey—whether by astronomical or by triangulation methods—the estimated cost of survey being in the first case $41 and in the Jatter case $52 per square mile. ‘The pby coying that, in the view. of his department, no stch survey of our Western lands as is contemplated in any of the foregoing statements of costs of survey would be warranted at this time, nor would it be warranted for many years to come. No department of the government requires such a survey for its business, nor do the gettlers on our public domain require it. WOMAN SUFFRAGE REPRESENTATIVES AT THE WHITE HOUSE—THE PRESIDENT TAKEN TO ‘TASK—OPPOSITION TO THE POLYGAMY ACT OF 1862. Acommittee of the Woman Suffrage Convention, held in this city last week, consisting of Mrs. Gage, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Williams, the two latter of Utah, called upon the President this morn- ing and presented a memorial and other papers in relation to female suffrege, and charging that the’ President had ignored the women of the country in his annual Message. They also called the attention of the Prosident to the recent decision of the Supreme Court in relation to polyga- mous marriages and to the effect of enforcing the act of 1862, and said it would make thousands of women outcasts and their children illegitimate. ‘The Presi- dent said ho was deeply impressed by what had been said, and requested that Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Wells make out statements in writing and submit them to him, Ho wanted all the information on the subject he could procure. They promised to do this, and the President then asked them how he could serve them. The reply was, “By vetoing any bill to enforce the act of 1862,” In answer to the memorial and the remarks made in relation to female suffrage, the President said:— “You say I have ignored the women of the country in my annual Message. I will carefully consider what you have said and the papers you have pre- sented to me, In my next Message I will act accora- ing to the dictates ot my conscience and the best light I have.” EX-SUPERVISING ARCHITECT MULLETT ASKS For MORE. Mr. Spencer, of Alabama, to-day presented in tho Senate a petition from A. B, Mullett asking a refer- ence to the Court of Claims of his claims for plans, specification and superintendence of work upon the new State Department buildings, in the Post Office Department and on the District of Columbia Jail while he was supervising architect of the Treas- ury Department. This work, he claims, was outside of the legitimate duties of his position, but under a strict construction of the law he is not authorized to present a claim without legislative action on the sub- ject, ‘The petition was referred to the Committee on Claims. THE BERLIN MISSION, Representatives Crittenden, Clark, Hatcher, Mor- gan and Pollard, of the Missouri delegation, hed a lengthy interview with the President this morning and urged the appointment of ex-Senator John B. Henderson to the vacant mission at Berlin. Senators Armstrong and Cockrell and Representa- tive Metcalfe, of Missoari, to~lay also called upon the President and Secretary of State in the iuterost of Mr. Henderson, FUNERAL OF MR. SCHLEICHER. Wasutneton, D, C., Jan. 15, 19 Mr. Swany, (dem.) of Md., chairman of the Com- mitteo on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following report of the proceedings of that committee touch- ing the death of Gustav Schleicher:— The Committee on Foreign Affairs desires to place upon its record its appreciation of the kindly qualities and analytic intellect of their late m Hon. Gustay Se pembers unanit y ess their mature judgment of his unexemplod tand honest statesmanship and his devotion to State and constitnents evinced by his asstduity and labor in the sessions of this committee and ro- ported to this Congr ‘To show their wnfeigned regard and sympathy to the country, to the State of Texas and to the bercayed family, and to do this in such a way as to make this onial worthy and substantial, be it of the large family of the od, That ine reque tiarader of salary: wh him asa of the Porty-Atth Congress, and that the next.Congress, to which ho wae clected, be reapectfittly requested to make a similar appropriation of the salary which, due to hin as a mon of the Forty-sixt Acopy of the prosmble aud resolution was ordered to be sent to the family of the deceased and also re- ported to the House by the chairman, ‘The veport was unenimously adopted; and, after agreeing to a resolution making arrangements for the performance of the burial service in the hall of the House at three P. M., the House, at ten minutes after twelve, took a recess until five minutes to three, PROCEEDINGS 1N THE SENATE. In the Senate the Chaplain in his opening prayer feelingly. alluded to the death of Representative Sehleicher, and invoked the Divine blessing upon bis family. n*nodiately after the reading of the journal of Friday’s proceedings a message was received from the House announcing the death of Mr. Schleicher and the passage of a resolution by that body provid- ing for the appointment of a committee of eight members of the House and three n ate to arrange for the funeral and accompany the re- mains to Texes. Mr. Coxe, (dem.) of Texas, submitted a resolution declaring that the Senate had heard with deep sen: bility the announcement of the death Schleicher, and agreeing to the resdlution of the House providing tor the appointment of a copnnittee to arrange for the funeral, &c, The Vice President appointed aa the committee on the part of the Senate Messrs, Coke, Bayard, of Delaware, an Hamlin, of ubsequently a message was received from ti se by Mr. Adams, its clerk, announcing that th funeral of tie late Representative Sehleicher would take place in the hall of the House at three o'clock this afternoon and inviting the Senate to be present. ‘The invitation was accepted, and the Senate as mark of respect to the memory of the deceased took a vecess until five minutes of three P. M. TRU RAT, CERKMONTES. Before the termination of the recess taken by the House the galleries were densely crowded with spec- tators, as Mr, Schleic having resided almost con- tinuonsly in Washington for the last three years, was well known and very popular in the city. oon atter the Speaker resumed the chair and called the House to order, the Doorkeeper announced the presence ot the Senate, and the Speaker aud members arose and remained standing while tho Senators, headed by the Vice President: and accompanied by their principal officers, filed down the main aisle, and tool the seats assigned to them on either side of the main aisle, the Vice President taking his position beside the Speal The same ceremonial was observed when the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court, wearing their silk gowns, entered and moved to their seats on the west side of the area in front of the Speaker's chair, and when immediately after- ward the President and members of the Cabinet took their seats on the opposite side corresponding to those occupied by the judges. Other chairs in the area were reserved for the members of Mr. Schleicher’s family. Shortly atter three o'clock the funeral cortege appeared in charge of the Sergeant-ut-Arms, who, as well as the attendant pall-bearers, wore a white mus- lin searf, buttoned with a black rosette, As the body was borne up the aisle and placed on the catafalque, over which flowers were strewn, alithore present stood up reverentially, and everything being in due order the religions ceremonies were performed by the chaplain ot the House, assisted by the chaplain of the Senate. REMAINS GOING TO SAN ANTONIO. After the conclusion of the funeral services the House, at half-past three P. M., adjourned. The re- mains were removed to the railroad depot, whence they will be sent to San Antonio by this evening's in. RESUMPTION. _ SECRETARY SHERMAN TO THE HONEST MONEY LEAGUE OF CHICAGO—COMMENTS ON THE TWO CAUSES OF COMPLAINT. CurcaGo, Ill, Jan. 13, 1879. The following letter is made publi ‘TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Wasntneton, D. C., Jan. 8, 1879. Tromas M. Nicwon, Exq., Secretary Honest Money ‘League, Chicago :— Deak Sin—I have to poirgpiin sie < the receipt of our letter of the 4th inst. enclosing acopy or the indly resolution adopted at the meeting of the Honest Money League of the 2d inst., for which I return my grateful thanks. Resumption, so long struggled for and so emi- nently beneficial to all interests and all classes, is now secure, CAUSES OF COMPLAINT. There are but two points incident to resumption about which I notice complaint:— + First—The non-payment of interest on the public debt in gold coin at cities other than New York. Second—Criticisms of the distribution of the silver dollar by this depart ment. To maintain specie payments the coin must be kept in some central, convenient depository, always accessible. The law fixes New York as this place. It is not reasonable, while we promptly redeem our notes and pay the interest on the public debt in New York, that complaini should be made because the coin is not scattered by being transported at the will of creditors, at considerable it to other parts of the United States. We must make no distinction » between the payment of interest and the redemption of notes, but both should be paid at the same place and in the same way, or we again make the discrim- ination 80 uch complained of between the noteholder and the bondhholder. I hope, after some pre} jon and lapse of time, it may be convenient to excl coin for notes and pay interest at all the de- Leeann inited and I will sek to bring about that result, not as a matter of legal duty but tor the convenience of citizens. THE SILVER DOLLAR. As to the other matter, I have aclear conviction that the forced payment of’ the silver dollar to public creditors would tend to depreciate it and we it at | once to be sold in the market at less than par. No friend of the silver dollar should desire it to be forced into circulation under such circumstances. This would open a gap between the silver dollar and United States notes that would tend to bring it into discredit among our people, while it is plainly the policy of the law that it should be maintained at par with United States notes. The department is now issuing the silver dollars, transporting them free of charge wherever needed to all who wisn them in exchange for United States notes or in payment for services, and it is hoped that the whole coinage may thus be put in circulation. While itis the duty of the government to coin different kinds of money as public policy dictates it should be within the power of the citizen at his option to de- | mand either form of lawful money It is hoped that the friends of resumption will be satisfied with the beneficent results already accom- plished and will give the department reasonable for- bearance in the practical execution ot its plans. If resumption may join with ns in applauding the policy now being maustained, Very respectfully yours, JOHN SHERMAN, THE BLAIR BIGAMY CASE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Wasiincton, Jan. 13, 1879, Tho detention of Captain Thomas Blair, of the Fifteenth United States infantry, at Governor's Island, New York, by General Hancock, is in obedi- charge having been male by our Consul Glasgow that Captain Blair has a wife and family living in that city, while he is also mar- ried to a lady inthe United States. The charge is that of bigamy and not one which it 1s said he forwar: merely a copy of the ac U. 8. Grant, Adjutant General of the army THE CON STATEMENT. ‘The Consul has forwarded to the War Department a a statement to the eftect that Blair, alias Nichols, was logally married in Glasgow, and attached the seal of sonsulate to the document, but forgot to sign h As it now stands the paper is worthless, and no legal value attaches tovit, but the Consul has ‘been telegraphed to rend # perfect document, with all the corroborating ¢ 12 his possession. CAPTAIN BLAIN'S RECORD, e record of Captain Biair in the United States ed to his first wife being ntance of his resignation by a among high officers, who are ever jealous of the gov nuine ot their cating, that a prominent officer said to-day that until there was indisputable evidence that Captain Blair forfeited his reputation by conduct unbecoming an oficer and a gentleman he was entitled to the benefit of all that he has earned during his career in the army. CHIEF JOSEPH. (BY TELeGrAPH TO THE HERALD.) Wastixeton, Jan. 1 Chief Joseph, Yellow Bear and Mr. A. E, Chapman, agent, arrived in Washington this morning and pro- coeded to the Ebbitt House, where they applied for accommodations. While they were waiting for the clerk to assign them rooms General Nelson H. Miles, the well knowa — Indian fighter, who drove Joseph and his men into Canuda, came up to the clerk's desk, when the General was recognize by Joseph, and & hearty hond shaking followed Joseph and the General en- consequence of the crowded condition ot the hotel the party could not be provided with quarters there, aud they left to seek accommodations elsewhere. Jo" seplt is rather a good-looking specimen of his rac and has an intelligent face. He speaks English flue ntly, end he and Yellow Bull registered their names at the hotel thenwselves. Thoy registered as Chief Joseph and Yellow Bull, Indain Territory, HONORS TO THE LATE CUSHING, CALEB Wasittxatox, Jan, 13, 187: ‘The resolutions of respect and condolence adopted by the members of the Bar of the United States Su- preme Court, upon receipt of the intelligence of the death of Calcd Cushing, were to-day presented to. the court by Attorney General Devens fn an appreciative and enlogistic revie and character eutl ele memo resolutions were ordered to be urt, together with the esHOr. THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIRTY, ‘The Massachusetts Society will take formal notice of the death of the Hon. Caleb Cushing by a meeting to be held next Monday night. Invitations to attend will be extended to citizens of Washington, and Attorney General Devens will probably preside, ~ JANUARY 14, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. f forgery, the document | gaged in pleasant conversation several minutes. In | General to tie | so those who have hitherto disagreed with us about | ence to orders from the War Department, the | « 18 without a blemish, and such is his standing | | | of the deceased statesman's live | | an abundan AMUSEMENTS. “IL, TROVATORE”—-BOOTH'S THEATRE. Miss Clara Li e K Leonora Mins Anuie Loutse Gary’ as. ‘Auucena Mr E Gratf as. 4 am Manvico Signor Pantate ry Count Di Lune The ballet led by the Menzelli Sisters. ‘The lovers of opera have not for a long time en- Joyed a more satisfactory performance of ‘Il Trova- tore” than that which was ‘given laste evening at Booth’s Theatre, It is true that Miss Clara Louise Kellogg left a sick bed in the morning; that Signor Rosnati was obliged to succumb to a cold and to secure @ substitute im the person of Mr, I. Graff, and that even Miss Annie Louise Cary herself showed the effect of the recent severe weather, that has carried influenza into so many heads and throats; but, notwithstanding all these «drawbacks, the opera was presented in a manner that reflects the highest credit on both the manage- ment and the artists, There wero times when Miss Kellogg, after a magnificent outburst of melody in personating the part of Leonora, Was obliged to quiotly make her way to the rear of the stage for the purpose of indulging in a coughing spasm, and it was evident throughotft the evening that she was in constant fear thatdurmg the render- ing of some one of the gems of the opera be- longing to her part she would be overtaken by ber malady, Fortunately, however, with but two or three exceptions, sho admirably retained her voice and delivered every note with a clearness, beauty and brilliancy that recalled the former triumphs of the favorite American prima donna, In addition to her vocal effects she acted well. ‘There was a warmth and soul about her that has not always been observable and the audience was prompt to recognize tho fact by its enthusiastic applause, She was called before the curtain several times, There are so many gems in “1 Trovatore’’ which Leonora is called upon to in- terpret that all cannot be placed to her credit in print. In the trio ending the first act, between Count di Luna, Manrico and ‘herself, her vocalism was singularly effective. In “Le Miserere” it was likewise beautiful, and her “Tu vedrai che amore” was something to be remembered. For a sick woman Miss Kellogg shows that when she rises to the situ- ation she is equal to the severest tasks, In the Azucena of Miss Annie Louise Cary the andience also rec nized an admirable and favorably known artist. SI not only acted emotionally, but sang with a wer and beauty that won quick recognition, ermo, son io, che pario ate,” “Deh rallentate o barbari’’ und in the last act, where she tells the story of her early life, commencing “Un giorno turba feroce,” all were exquisite speci- mens of lyric art. Signor Pantaleoni has made an ex- cellent reputation during his recent engagement, and last evening enjoyed the benofit of it in several encores and recalls before the curtain. His rendition of the famous ‘Il Balen,” however, was not equal to that of other artists who have been heard on the ratic stage in New York during the last two or three years. Blum, for instance, sang it with great delicacy and fervor. Pantaleoni invests it with a masculine strength that does not seem to be in keep- ing with the gentleness of the theme. Nevertheless, his fine exhibition of art called for a repetition of the aja. faurico of Mr. J. Graff astonished most of the andience, and more particularly those who were informed of the fact that he had assumed the part almost without rehearsal, to fill the gap occasioned by the absence of Rosnati. He sang well. Many of his notes come from the head and throat, rather than from the chest, and yet there is a vigor of delivery and a grace of action in his method that compensates for many de- fects and caused his listeners to accord him a warm welcome, He sang “Di quella pira L’Orendo”—on air that is familiar to every school girl—with much feeling, and “Amor, Sublimi Amore,” was like- wise ‘received us’ one of the gems of the evening. ‘The choral and orchostral music under the direction of Mr. Behrens was good, and the “Coro di Zingali”—the old: familiar anvil chorus— rang out with a zest that elicited enthusiastic compli- ment. After the foregoing remarks it need not be added that the opera was a success or that the large audience present would not gladly witness its repeti- tion. WALLACK’S THEATEE—“ouns.” Hugh Chaleote. .Mr. Lester Wallack Lientenant An; Ours”. Mr. C. F. Coghlan Colonel sir of “Ours Mr, John Gilbert r. Charles Rockwell Mr. E. M. Holland ‘Mr. W.J. Leonard hee Peck -Mr. H. Pearson iss Eflc Germon, Stella Boniface Mme. Ponisi jen. Miss E. Gerant Robertson's delightful military drama was revived last night, and was received by a crowded house with as much enthusiasm as if it had never before been seen. ‘The cast was judicious, the acting capital and the scenery new and very good. ee ences ® piece which had made good runs in New York within s few Years, have been seen by everybody, but last night's performance of “Oure” gave some significant, indications of* the rapidity with which the population of New York changes. ‘The house contained a liberal proportion of veteran theatre goers and quite a number of actors, but to a majority of the audience “Ours” was a new picce, dit made its way among them in its well known irresistible magner. The play’s rapid succession of pat retorts and equivoque is enough to give it favor even if it were merely recited, but, played by @ company and in « house which has of \icxander Shendryn, Bart “must always seemed to as its own, it is a treat from bi to end, “Ours”? contains ® great deal, particularly in the third act, which has no rightful place in it; but the most rigid stickler for the legitimate can hardly object to the portrayal of soldier life which doubtless had much todo with the first suc- cess of the play in England, coming as it did while the Crimean campaign was the latest national hero ance. The principal curiosity of old habitues of the house was as to how Mr. Coghlan would play Angus McAllister, with which part bis name is favor- ably asseciated in England. The result was a mixture of pleasure and disappointment. Mr. Cogh- lan invested the part with more repression than any other actor has done in America, and the resuit of this was to obscure the symmetry of the character as he presented it. His scene with Blanche, during the shower in the first act, was according to the popu- and consequently received heart ‘The remaining parts were very weil sustained. Miss Boniface m: a charming Manche, Miss Germon was as sprightly and defiant as any woman who ever played Mary Netley at Wal lack's, and Mme. Ponisi was perfect as Lady Shi was the Hugh Chaleote of hu mdearned a laugh with almost every Mr, Gilbert played the part of Sir Alexander, in its frequent alternations of sentiment, with raro fidelity and success. Mr. Holland as Sergeant Jones, father of the twins which (verbully) appear at ali sorts of unexpected times and places in the dialogue, wes excelleat, and Mr. Rockwell as Prince Poroysky was handsome, courteous and impreasiv: ece has always been a favorite, and the e tive manner in which it is now reproduced will doubt- less insure it the customary “run.” Certainly no y of the season has been received so enthusi- lar idea, appreciation, THEATRE—‘‘.ES FOURCHAMBAULT.” Miss L. Le © Diekie Li is Alice Liny 1. Carhart Lin ga Th Bare J. Wheelos r. W. Crompton Mr. L Daven LaMr, yon new play prodied at the Broadway last night is an adaptation from the French of Emile Angier by D. Dalziel. The play in the original is under. stood to have been produced in April last in Paris, where it has had considerable success, It is of the same genre “Mother and Son,” whic! possibly, stiggested Mr. Angicr’s drama, which, whether an imitation or not, i# a tinsel com- pared with the pure gold of Sardou’s maste pivce. ‘The story, like that of the more familiar play instanced, #8 not @ complicated one, M, Bernard, the iMegitimate son of M. Fourchambault, has, to save his mother from public disgrace, determined to live under an assumed name and to isolate himself from all family ties, ‘To reseue his father from finan- f M. Bernard's real character, readily accepts the aid of his younger head and nis no less welcome fortune, Fourchambault, which had been arranged betore M. Bernard’s advent, is frustrated by the merce- expectations of Baron Boulois, who, finding t the Fourchambaults are poor, trumps up a sea dalous charge of @ liaiton between Leopold and Mario Jotellier, an orphan, under the protection of the fam- ily. Marie goes forth from the home of the Fourchambanlts in disgrace, after bite erly denouncing the extravagant wite of her protector, who had believed = in guilt. M. «Bernard, aided by his mother, secures the consent of Leopold to marry Marie on the prom: of a large dowry, but she fefuses the marriage, thus repelling the charge of dishonor, and at last discloses her real love for M. Bernard, who, be- lieving that she having suffered herself, will o' look o bar sinister upon his es heart as the ourtam fall y This story is disclosed in five acts, interlarded with pf prosaic dialogue, some effective bits timent, aud very little bumor to speak of. ‘There are several strong situations which show the hand of. @elever dramatist, and in the hands of @ company of actors expecially fitted to the parts tho play would, undoubtedly, be worth of se i ruin he consents, at his mother's bidding, to | ma partnership with his father, who, ignorant of | A plan to marry off the daughter of the house | sheon, takes her to his | | taine ¢ 1t was not especially well suited to the company at the Broadway, nor to the stars who selected it for their ppening.- Mrs. Carhart was cast to a part that Miss Morant aione of the actresses upon our stage could adequately fill, It isa character of the most vital importance in the piece, and Mrs. Carhart, spite of her conscientious endeavors, proved by her make-up and her stilted reading that she was quite out of her element in it. Miss Alice Lingard erred only in pitching her emotional expression in too extravagant a key. T! sption was alto- gether good and so Was the acting. With more repression the conception would probably have been fully od. Mr. Wh made the especial ‘success of the evening as M. Bernard, He has not in many a day had a part that suited him so well, aud his scene with Leopold in the last act was. powerfully impressive. He should look to inis lines more carefully, however, as in some instances he either slurred or repeated words very disagreeably. Mr. Lingard was altoy too rapid in the little he had to do in his part. Dickie Lingard gave a neat bit of ingenue acting as Barr made the most of asmail part s Le Clair was very acceptable in her le Crompton was t, but exasperating|y stiff, as Baron Boulois, The was not well mounted, spi ft ‘elaborate preparation” which, according to the bills, it had. The » was large and extended a reception to the ‘as encouraging to the actors and manage- extra ut this house deserves a line to ment. ol itself, ax being perhaps the faintest specimen of a band that any of our regular theatres afford, In playing the “Lucia’ Dotpourri it suywestol the grad- ual running down of aclock which had been insufii- ciently wound up, BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE —LAWRENCE BABRETT IN “RICHELIEU.” An intelligent and enthusiastic audience assembled last evening at the Park Theatre, in Brooklyn, to see Mr, Lawrence Barrett play the wily Cardinal as created by Bulwer. Mr. Barrett isan old tavorite with Brooklyn theatre-goers, as was evinced at his first entrance on the stage. His Richelieu is a forcible and, in some parts, un original interpretation ot this trying part, though hedid not fail to make all the tra- ditional points that have grown around the character, So well did he portray the eratty Minister of State that the house gave him three recalls, and the garden scone in the fourth act closed amid a tumult of ap- pluuse. The support given by the stock company was all that could be expected at a theatre where the Dill is changed almost every night. Mr. Hardie was an exceedingly yood De Mauprat and Miss Rand did well as Julie. ‘To-night Mr, Barrett appears as Ham- let norrow in ‘The Marble Heart” at the nnd as King Lear in the evening. OLYMPIC THEATRE—‘‘POUL A DIAOUL.” Mr. Frank Drew made his first appearance after a prolonged tour in Europe and Australia at the Olym- pic Theatre last evening in an original ‘Hibernian drama, proving the verity of tho old adage, truth is stranger than fiction.” “Poul a Diaoul,” as the Piece is entitled, was set with good scenery, was well mounted and presented with a cast of more than usual excellence. As Ony, the omadhaun, Mr. Drew proved his claim to the title of Irish comedia: and Mr. George O'Neil, who made his début in America in the réie of 'Musha Merry, the crafty “fairymoan,” displayed uncommon ability, and in de- spite of an antipathetic part won the hearty plaudits of the audience. The play is replete with stirring incidents and unexpected situations, and will, doubt- less, prove. very popular with. the patrons of the house. Unfortunately, Mr. O'Neil, in making @ dra- matic leap in the closing scene, fell throngh an open trap and sustained a painful injury to his leg, THEATRE COMIQUE. Mr. Edward Harrigan has again been digging into the peculiar social stratum of the metropolis which hehad previously explored with such marked success. The result of his latest efforts was the finding of a great deal of rich humorous ore, which was last night exhibited tor the first time. The “Mulligin Guard Ball" was presented in one act and seven scenes, and evoked from an immense audience screams of langhter equal to those produced by the «Mulligan Guard Picuic,”” to which it is facetiously termed asequel, Mr. Tony Hart, as Tommy Mulligan, made axon worthy of such a mirth-provoking father as Harrigan’s Dan Mulligan. Th ‘Babies on Our Block” and the ‘Hallway Door,” two new 80: sung by Mr. Harrigan, were well received, and the “Skidmore Fancy Ball,” a3 sung by John ‘Wild and Billy Gray, was a hit. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, That jolly trio, Birch, Wambold and Backus, opened the week last evening in their cosey hall, on Broad- way, near Twenty-cighth street, with a delightful bill ot fare. The house was filled by a large audience, who from the beginning to the end of the entertain- ment were kept in an almost perpetual roar of laughter, thanks to the fun and merriment so plenti- fully supplied on the stage. Wambold’s singing of “Sweet Little Rose of the Lea” was full of feeling and ‘was deservedly-epplanded. Thins-song- and «Tiny Hands,” by W. Raymond, und “Once Again,” by 5..G. Russell, put the audience in excellent humor and served as an admirable pathetic offset, so to sp to the tun that followed. Governor Ryma on the Murphy movement, was very funny because of his mock s usness, and Backus and Birch in **Al- most a Death” made everybody laugh as probably they never langhed before. But George Thatcher with his inimitable story telling—taking off the uer- yous man who repeats himself so often that he for- gets in the middle of his story what he started out to tell, and who begins a new subject with every idea that comes in his head while attempting to tell the original story—made the hit of the evening. “Love's Enduran with Thatcher, Ryman, Gibbons and Ricardo as the dramatis persone closed the entertain- ment. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, ‘The Williamsons are playing in St. Louis. Alexander Dumas is said to have received $25,000 for his play, “Le Fils Naturel.”” Mme. Gerster left behind her, in Boston, an estab- lished reputation as a great artist. | Frank Mayo is crowding Niblo’s Garden with his strong impersonation of Davy Crockett. Mr. John T. Raymond has gone to San Francisco to play an engagement at the California Theatre. Charles Reade’s play, ‘Never Too Late to Mend,”* will be produced on next Monday night at the Olympic Theatre in this city. Miss Genevieve Ward has been playing to good houses in Canada, and opens on the 3d of February at the Globe Theatre, Boston. A spectacular drama, entitled “Les Enfants du Capi- ant,” by D’Ennery, has been produced at the Porte St. Martin Theatre, Paris. Mr. Lawrence Barrett plays Hamlet this evening at the Brooklyn Park Theatre, At the matinée to-mor- row he will appear in the “Marble Heart." Misa Mary Anderson was suddenly taken ill in St. | Louis, on Saturday, just before the performance, and | was unable to appear. She would have played to a $1,400 house, “H, M.S. Pinafore,” with its charming masic and interesting text, as written by W. 8. Gilbert and Ar- thur Sullivan, promises to be the bright particular event of the season, The initial performance is an- nounced for to-morrow night at the Standard, TICKET SPECULATION, William A, Mulford, J: Niblo’s Garden, called on Inspector Thorne last night and lodged a complaint against certain ticket specntators who have been interfering with the business of his theatre. He represented that one Uy particularly ned Daniel Waters, ntly in general manager of was 1 he habit of speculating in the sale tickets, and thereby interfering in the legitimate busi- ness of the house. Inspector Thorne. re Mt Mulford to Captain Brogan, of th cinet, but that official said he could not tterfere in the premises. And so the situation remains un- chang SHOT HERSELF IN THE BREAST. For the past fow years Mrs. Josephine Colton, aged forty years, who resides at No, 286 West Houston | street, has shown symptoms of mental aberration, \1 ning as her husband, who is a composi | | was about leaving the honse she him back, at the same time adding that if he did not remain | she would shoot herself, He did not any importance to her words as he was not awa that there was a revolver of any description in the house, As he prepared to leave she jumped upon a | | | chair and took from the top of a bookcase a | self-cocking pistol, The next moment a loud re- | followed by @ sharp cry of pain, arrested | is wie had shot 1 breast. Doctor Den- | tracted the ball, anced the wound not dangerous. Mrs i jon was feeling comfortable last might and ¢ versed freely. “Tround the old pist | Sina drawer of my husband's bui L took it down to a shooting gallery to see if Leould fire it, as | Thover hada pistol in niy hand before, and 1 was | | | | port, | the ‘husband's footsteps. the right Clarkson in ot street, prompted by curiosity to discharge it. I found tat the ball went clean through an inch board, and I told the man @who kept the shooting gallery that 1 guessed the piste! would serve we well cnough to shoot buffalo on the ; he langhed and said he thought it would; he ta cap on the nipple and loaded it for me, and to be careful how I handled it; IT thought it could not be discharged without raising the ham- mer, but when I pressed upon the trigger that action raised the hammer, and the uext I knew I felt a sting- | ing pain in my breast and knew that I was shot.” Her husband also maintains that the sho entirely ‘sccidental. ea ula attach | 3 ICE GORGES. The Rapid Rise of South- ern Rivers. TROUBLE AT RICHMOND BAR + Freight Traffic Delayed on the New York Central and Erie Railroads, (py TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Ricamonp, Va., Jan, 13, 1879, While the excitement that prevailed last night owing to the apprehensions of a flood consequent upon the heavy rains of Saturday night and Sunday is somewhat abated, considerable anxiety still exists, The river has been rising slowly all day, until itis now about thirteen fect above its ordinary level, but the volume of water that fell during the period above named has not had sufficient time to affect this point. ‘The gravest fears are yet entertained on account of | tne ten mile ice gorge in the river below this point, which not only closes nayiga, tion effectually, but keeps the river im its present swollen state. An engineer, who is also an experienced expert, visited the ice gorge to-day, and went as far as Varina, eighteen miles below, to ascertain its actual condition, He reports the river at the level of the bottom lands and full of ice, closely packed, from Richmond bar three miles below the city, to Kingsland’s Reach, a little more than ten miles distant. From that point, via Dutch Gap Cut-off, the river is clear to one-quarter of amile below Varina. The bend avoided by the gap cut-off is packed with ice, which is solid and stationary. The current through the gap is not rapid, the water standing at six fect on the gayge, or say two feet and a half over ordinary high ‘tide. From a little below Varina, as far as the expert could see, the river was full of ice, a perfect gorge, and parties interrogated about it varied to its extent the mildest estimate putting it at Deep Bottom, six- teen miles from here, and the inost exaggerated at Jamestown, necrly sixty-five miles from this city. ‘The mass of ice above Kingsland’s Reach seemed to be densely packed, and supporta high above ordinary level the schooner Oakes Ames and the bark Pepita, "The surface of the gorge, or glacier, is rough, the blocks of ice lying in every direction, with here and there logs sticking out.” The upper line of this gorge is at Richmond Bar, and is being ex tended toward this city by the ice now passing over the falls, The tide ‘gauge house here has been carried away. In the opinion of the expert there is not powder nor dynamite enough in the United States to remove this mass of ice. The whole masa is reported to have moved solidly about six hundred feet wince Saturday and to have become more firmly packed, GREAT: FEARS OF DAMAGE. It is greatly feared that when the gorge docs break up it will carry away every wharf on the river and bring destruction to every craft that may be in its way. It may be weeks, however, before it 2 Captain Crouch, of the New York steamship Wyan- oke, which is here ice bound, says that in his long experience as a coast line mariner for nearly thirty years he never witnessed such a gorge or anything like it before. He describes the storm which he passed through coming here as one of the severest he ever encountered, and breaking through the ice coming up the river asa feat of navigation not often equalled and never excelled, He has not the remotest idea when his ship will be able to leave the port. DELAY OF FREIGHT CARS ON THE NEW YORE CENTRAL, ERIE AND LAKE SHORE ROADS— WHAT THE LOSS Is, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Burraxo, Ny X., Jan. 13, 1879. In a consultation with the officials of the several trunk line of railroads that have been affected by the snow embargo for several asys past the fact was obtained that the New York Central road has 7,000 freight cars between this city and Albany which they commenced moving on Saturday and to-day They are moved but slowly, however, as the snow still continues to drift in on the tracks, and fre- quently the trains are stalled. Large gangs are em- ployed at the most troublesome places, and if the weathe?” continues favorable they will have every- thing in running order in four or five days. The Lake Shore have 5,500 cars on their roads, which they- ean -movo but slowly, because of-'the oe of the New York Central road to handle 10, ‘The Eric have cleared the Western division and the branches of all freight cars, to the num- ber of 2,000, and are now ‘moving those detained ¢ast’ of Hornelisville, which ‘number thousand, ‘Twelve hundred men have yed at the cuts, or badly drifted points, 8 past, and the road is now in good order in its entire length. The Canada Southern have 1,500 cars near the city, in Canada; for the same reason as cannot move points they have nearly four thousand cars, WHAT THE LOSS 18, This delay is causing much loss to the several com- ‘The New York Central and Hudson River A state that the loss from all causes during at about $65,000 per day. ‘The Erie at nearly $50,000 daily, and the Lake On the £1 there has been no ‘and bnt little injury to the rolling ‘The cause of this is found in the fact that ‘non all attempts to move trains dur- The Lake Shore, Can- stock. they closed de ing the severity of the storm. ada Southern and Grest Western were also fortunate in using the same precautions. Passenger trains are moving freely ana with but little detention on all the roads, THE OHIO ICE GORGE. Crxcrywatt, Jan, 13, 1879, The ice gorge below Maysville broke early this morning and the ice is running at the rate of five miles an hour, At Augusta the ice is running slowly and the river is rapidly rising. ‘The ice broke at Ripley shortly after eight o'clock this morning. The barge Zitna was crushed sunk. No other damage has as yet been reported. ‘There was an alarm from the river at two P. M., when the ice started, but it soon stopped until four P.M, when itagain’ broke loose and has been rune ning’ strongly ever since. A large number of empty and loaded coal barges have ale ready been carricd away, but their number cannot be accurately stated. About nine o'clock to-night the new steamer Guiding Star, which had tuken refuge below port Briage, behind one of the piers on the Ohio side, was torn loose and swept down by the ice, Passing under the Covington Bridge one of her ys was knocked overboard and she } th uthern Railroad Bridge o down the stream with the ice and nothing has been heard from her. ‘The Guiding Star is one of the finest boats runt from this port. She hus made but one trip between this city and New Orleans. She has & capacity of 1,400 tons and cost $60,000, She is owned by Captain W, B. Miller, her commander. ‘The young ice now passing is said to be from the gorge at Four Miles. Despatches to t a gorge in the Kanawha at six A, an hour the ice stopped, but broke loose again at ten A. M. and moved with tremendous force. Several steamers and wharf boats, harbored in the mouth of the Elk, were thrust against the Keystone Bridge and knocked it down. The steamer Liberty No. 4 was so badly damaged thet she sank. Gazette report the breaking up of Atter running SWOLLEN SOUTHERN RIVERS, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Nasnvinee, Tenn., Jan, 15, 1879, A despatch from Somerset, Ky., says the Cumber+ beriand River at this point has risen fifty-five feet and fallen three inches per hour since noon, Seventeen barges of coal were sunk; one ferryboas above Swnith’s shoals and twenty bape terryboats at Point Isabel; rafts of lumber were also lost. All the bottom lands are overflown and fences and corn cribs carried away. The loss will not be less than $25,000 at this point alone. Kxoxvin.e, Tenn., Jan, 13, 1879, night the three principal rivers in have been wore with floating ice and nearly ail of the low ds of Kast Ten- nessee are overtlown and fences swept away, ‘The river here at noon {\\.y was about on a stand, being thirty feet aboy. \ow water mark, Railroad officials now apprehend no trouble with bridges, All trains are running on time, Since Sund: Fast Tennesse THE COLDEST DAY YET. Atuany, Jan. 13, 1879. This is the coldest morning of the seasou thus The thermometer is 6 degrees below zero. A GOOD ICH HARVEST. Povonkeerste, Jan, 13, 1879, The ice harvest commenced at all points on the Hudson to-day, between this city and Albany, and nearly four thousand men and boys are engaged in the work. The ive is from ten to twelve inches thiel and of an excellent quality. “The weather is clear cold, CROSSING THE HUDSON, Roxpovr, Jan, 13, 1879, Toams cros#é@ tho Hudson River om the tee this morning for the aret Son gl thi The terry bows ceased rann Hudson Kiver woe met at Rhine by sleiyba,