The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1879, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD | =82""* ™ South Africa—The Zulu BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, FROPRIETOR, poached ah Na THE DAILY HERALD. Pp Wisee sees | uadays exe vil very lay én the year, ded). Ten dolla at a rate ae eBeLY "TERALD—Oue dollar per year, free of post- “Norn E TO SUBSCRIBERS,—Remit in drafts on New York or Post Oflice money « id where neither of these can be ured send the n 1 registered letter. All money tod ut risk of xe order to iusure atten- tion subseribers wishing their address changed must give their old as well as their new add All business, news letters or vwles mw York HeRALD. vex should be properly sealed. t be returned, PHILADELPHIA OFFIC! O. 112 SOUTH SIXTH TANDON, aay J Lo 'HE NEW YORK HERALD— phic despatehes must Letters and p: Rejected communications will Subserij forwarded AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. BROADWAY THEATRE—Ornetxo, THEATRE COMIQUE Guaxp Bart, WALLACK’S—Ouks. UNION NIBLO’ GLOBE GRAND OPERA HOU Banxen’s DavcnTer, . S. Prxarory NA Pocux. Puxavern, FIFTH noorn’s TIVOLL CHICKER The Probabilities are that the HII: in New York: and its vicinity to-day will be warm and cloudy, with rain, followed by lower temperature und possibly light snow. To-morrow it will be colder and partly cloudy, clearing toward night, Watt Si. STERDAY.—The stock market was less active. but prices were generally higher. Government bonds were quiet, States higher and railvonds stroug. Money on call Jent at 1 a3 per cent and closed at 2 a 21g per cent. Mayor Coorer is doing a wholesale veto business—a round dozen of them yesterday. Geyeran Dix as fond of a joke as over, His latest is a complaint of the poverty of Trin- ity corporation. Tr Witt Be Seen by our court reports that the ex-Empress. Eugénie’s laces have at last found a purchaser in the firm of A. T. Stewart & Co. Tur Revovvrion in Venezuela when the last steamer left was a great success. There must have been at least one since that date, which we shall hear about by and by. Tur Reso.vtion of the Aldermen yesterday to abolish the contract system and have all city work performed by the day, was, of course, entirely prompted by a desire to save the city tveasury. Tu: Reno Inquiry has at last come to an end so far as the tuking of testimony is concerned. The last open session was held yesterday, and the Board is now deliberating upon its report, which will be forwarded to the Sceretary ot War. Cartas Buar’s Derence will, it is inti- mated, be, that although some sort of a cere- mony was performed in Scotland, it did not come up to the dignity of marriage contract. That, it will be remembered, was the defence in the famous Yelverton suit some years ago. Tue ‘Testimony in the Smith murder trial yesterday developed the fact that the married life of the murdered officer and his wife was not of the happiest character. It was also testified by one of the physicians that he perceived the smell of chloroform when he visited the house immediately after the murder. Iv tne Revorrep Activity of the health authorities in regard to the diseased cattle and ewill milk dealers were not merely a repetition of the old story over again the public might en- tertain the hope that the pestilential dens in Blissville were at last about to be reformed or abolished. But to expect any such result is hoping aguinst hope. Tue Weatner.—As predicted in Monday's Tikxap, a storm of much energy was organ- ized within the depression advancing over the central valley and lake districts, and during yesterday eveuing it reached the Middle Atlan- tic States, where it was attended by very heavy rains and bigh winds. The pressure is below the mean in all the districts east of the Missis- sippi River and from the Eastern Gulf to the British Possessions. The barometer rose very rapidly in the northwestern districts after the storm centre had passed into the lower lake re- gion. It is still high over the ocean off the Middle Atlantic and New England coasts, but is felling steadily as the disturb- ance moves castward. Rain has fallen throughout the country, except in the northern Jake district, where the low temperature has caused the precipitation to take the form of snow. The heaviest rain falls were experienced in the lower lake region. The winds have been from brisk to high in the Middle Atlantic States, the lake and central valley distriets; they have also increased considerably in the Rocky Moun- tain regions and have been generally fresh elsewhere. With the exception of a sharp fall in the Northwest the temperature rose consider- ably during yesterday over the United States. A very severe snow storm is reported in Wisconsin. The snow is stated to have fallen to the depth of nearly two feet, but it has not eaused any obstruction to travel on the rail- roads. A great deal of damage has been dene by an ice gorge in the Missouri River near Glas- gow. One span of a railroad bridge, just com- pleted, las been carried away, causing « Joss of many thousands of dollars. The weather an the Atlantic coast north of Cape Hatteras will be very stormy during the next few days. ‘The winds, however, will be off shore except in the v ty of Nova Seotia, where they will blow from the southeast during the early part of today, veer- ing, toward night, to tho southwest. and west. The barometer is very low over the British Islands, and indications point to the approach of a disturbance. The weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be warm and cloudy, with rain, followed by lower temperature and possibly light snow. ‘To-morrow i)ayill be colder aud partly cloudy, clearing towart dight, War. Scientific frontiers are described as those “which five thousand men can hold against filty thotsand’—lines in which political geography is sacrificed to the principles of defensive strategy—and England has urgent need of a frontier of that sort just now for her South African@possessions ; for if the calamity reported was not a consequence of foolish bravado on the part of the officer in command, and if the Zulus push their movement with the energy shown in its initiation, the remainder of Lord Chelms- ford’s command will be hard pushed before the reinforcements ordered can possibly reach him, Help is ordered in a liberal spirit; for the reinforcements, of which the detail is given in our de- spatches, will probably aggregate a larger body than that originally assigned for the whole operation. Undoubtedly the govern- ment is candid enough when by thus doubling the force it originally sent on this service it emphatically declares how inade- quate were its own conceptions of what.was to be done. It is candid and energetic now, but the country could afford to spare that energy for which an occasion is made by the previous incapacity that puts five hin- dred gallant fellows up to be slaughtered by ten thousand savages. It would have been a wiser energy to send enough men at first. An attempt will be made to put the re- sponsibility for this slaughter upon the officer in command of the annihilated column, and Lord Chelmsford’s hint that the troops were ‘enticed out of theircamp” already leads in that direction. This would be a repetition of the blunder of underrat- ing the warlike spirit of the Zulus, as it assumes that a force of these natives could not have destroyed this column of British troops unless they had in their favor some other advantage than that of overwhelming numbers, But the Zulus are not an ordi- nary race of African negroes. They are a superior breed of men; superior physically, mentally and in that temper and spirit which distinguish the men who are born warriors from those who are born victims. And their original warlike quality is im- proved by discipline, for they are parts of a rigid military machine. In fact, the Prussian system, with all its severity, has been in existence in this South African State for more than half a century, and the Zulu princes, one after another, have main- tained it for their own advantage deepite the revolts against their predecessors on account of it. Chaka, the founder of the system, was assassinated by chief- tains who were the organs of wide- spread discontent. They revolted at the oppressive nature of his discipline, which was sustained by the same cruel readiness to murder any number of meri suspected of ill will that is now noted as one of the characteristics of Cetywayo. Before Chaka’s time the Zulus were like other men ef the Caffre race, and lived in separate tribes sub- ject each to its own chief; but the con- quests of one after another of these by the savage warrior first created the unity of a powerful State on that part of the coast; and thai this system has been maintained against repeated internal conflicts seems to imply that it finds a congenial soil in the nature of the people, It will not do, therefore, to count a fierce race of disci- plined savages like thesea contemptible enemy, and to imagine that a regiment can go through their country. England's tendency, however, is that way, and her great error in dealing with the savage races with which she comes in con- tact is similar to our own error in the same circumstances—she is too apt to send an insufficient force, to underrate the resist- ance, to count too confidently and broadly on the superiority of her own “happy breed of men” over any savages whatever, to require that superiority to eount for too much in combinations where it would be wiser to substitute a supplementary force. With us it is a policy to put ten men against a thousand Indians, but it is forced upon our government by a parsi- monious Congress and by a clamor against the army. In the days when the carpet-baggers ruled in the land, and were the only part of the Southern population that could make themselves heard at Wash- ington, some of their outrageous projects were assisted by orders to commanders of troops, and it became from that time a quasi democratic policy to clamor for the reduction of the army, and this is kept up in the face of difficulties in the Indian coun- try that would make it a good economy to put there three times the force of our whole army. Against o race of men who for fight- ing qualities have no superiors in the world we use a force the very numbers of which assumes that our enemy is a very in- ferior race, and s0 base our policy on a gi- gantic blunder. England pursues everywhere the same policy, though it is not forced upon her by a niggardly spirit in Parliament. Economy is of course the ground of this system, but it is not an economy that imperils the life of the soldier to save a few pounds, It as- sumes that the pounds may be saved and the life of the soldier be just as little perilled as it would be if the expenditure were three times as lavish and the force three times os great. Indeed, it is the experience of British expeditions into savage countries that not the insuf- ficiency of the force but the blundering of commanders is the source of all calamity. But it must be remembered that England is never called upon to fight men of the fibre of our Cheyennes and Sioux. Her Abyssin- inns, Ashantees, Hindoos and Afghans are of small military value by comparison with the sort of men twenty of whom recently led a regiment of our cavalry on their famous race from Camp Robinson, Nearer to these perhaps than any other of tho races England has to fight are these Zulus, and therefore an assumption that they are pitiful enemies is all the more dangerously erroneous. Civilized nations must uni- versally modify their ideas of war with savages—no matter who the savages are—for the days when the musket was opposed to the bow and arrow ate gone by. Everybody has breech-loaders, and the fact that it is deemed necessary to spike cannon likely to fall into the hands of the Zulus is suffi- ciently indicative of two new points in sav- age warfare—the apprehension that the enemy can learn to use these implements, and the admission that his men can be led up and kept steady in the face of artillery. England demanded that the military sys- tem of the Zulus should be done away with ; that the army should be disbanded ; that the men should not be kept under arms, but should be tree to remain at their homes; that the government should consent to the posses- sion by the people of ordinary human rights ; that a British Minister Resident should be accepted, and that the hing should recog- nize as the frontier a line satisfactory to the British authorities. It will be a good while before this programme can be enforced in Zulu ; but enforced it will bein all proba- bility. And as it will lead to an ameliora- tion of the condition of the people it will only be necessary to secure a foothold in the country in order to divide with the King the allegiance of his subjects, The Tazewell Tragedy. Several months ago the Henaup published some startling letters upon an alleged scan- dal in Tazewell county, Tenn., the parties to the crime being, as was reported, a negro politician and the beantiiul wife of a prominent white public official, It was said that the offending man had been kid- napped by the injured husband and some friends, carried to Kentucky and put to death by most malignant tortures; that the party of avengers had then fled to escape justice; that a large reward had been offered by the Governor of Tennessee for their ap- prehension; that rival sheriffs, with their posses, were pursuing the men; that the whole public were taking sides in the case, and that between lawlessness and terror the neighborhood was almost in a state ofanarchy. To-day we publish statements from the lips of the alleged injured husband and of the lady herself which will -add greatly to the public interest in the case. From these will be learned, among other things, that the husband has voluntarily returned to his home and within reach of the local officers of the law ; that he pro- poses to go to Kentucky for trial and as- serts that the alleged offender was not only not tortured to death, but escaped and is still alive. If this statement is substanti- ated by the appearance of the negro in court when he is called for, or even if it can be proved that he is alive, the aspect of the case will undergo some very important changes. Aside from ‘these stateménts, seeming to correct existing ime pressions of the affair, our Tazewell letter contains much information upon the meth- ods by which an alleged crafty seducer tormented a faithful but miserable wife nearly to death’s door and into a condition of apparent moral irresponsibility. Taking all its features into consideration this Tazewell case is certainly one of the most remarkable on record. Chief Justice Daly on Map Making. The learned President of the New York Geographical Society, not content with dis- charging the onerous duties of his high judicial position, fills his spare hours with investigations of the highest interest to science, and gencrously gives the results to the public in lectures, such as a large audience had the pleasure of listening to last night at Chickering Hall. ‘he subject of Judge Daly's address is an important one, and involves in the preparation for its discussion an amount of patient study which few men care to expend cn a matter of public interest. The history of cartography is one of geo- graphical progress from tho earliest times to those of the immediate past. In it we trace the dawning of the light of geographi- cal knowledge to the noontide of its radi- ance; for, with few exceptions, the geog- raphy of our world is to-day complete in all its pafts,and a few years of exploration will make as familiar with every detail of the surface of the globe. Beginning at the birth of geographical science Judge Daly traces its development by stages marked by unmistakable lines of advancement. The Chaldeans, Egyptians, Phwnicians, Greeks, Romans and Arabs each in turn contributed to draw it from the obscurity of crude speculation to the light of demon- strated certainty. ‘he astronomers and mathematicians of ancient times, whose works have won for them impcrishable fame, labored in the cause of geographical science with an assiduity truly wonderful, considering the opportunities that pre- sented themselves for investigation. The studies of Anaximander, Parmenides, Era- tosthenes and their successors inspired the enterprise of a Marco Polo and a Columbus and the host of bold navigators whose courage demonstrated what the genius of earlier days had conceived. ‘the art of map making was evidently known to the Chinese, the Chaldeans and other Old Worid peoples from an early date, ‘hat it was known to the Aztecs is shown. by their curious charts now preserved in museums. ‘Thus we may establish a connection be- tween the intelligence of the past and pres- ent, and ask ourselves if many of our s0- called inventions are nothing more than the rediscovery of long lost laws of mechanics, art and science? We present to our readers to-day a synopsis of Judge Daly's able lecture on the ‘History of Cartogra- phy,” feeling assured that it will deeply in- terest every intelligent person who studies it, Evacui ion of Turkey. General Todlcben is making his prepara- tions to evacuate Adrianople in ten days, which will be the most important step in the final withdrawal. of the Russian army from the conquered country. It will be an unmistakable ovidence of Russia's good will in regard to all the trenties, for under her compact with Turkey she might hold onamonth yet and be within her right. But as every object that could be assisted by the retention of the troops at that point is now accomplished, some consideration has perhaps been given to the natural desire of the men to get home. It may bo also that tho military administra- tion would be well satisticd to get all its men out of Turkey before the return of warm weather; but what was taken home by the Cossacks in the autumn may well make them averse to farther summer ox- periences in pest-ridden countries, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879--TRIPLE SHEET, ain atic neem cancer Mies seas eB a veut se a Paes cos Ebpmmitainge Defeat of the Extra Session Schemes It now turns out that the movement for an extra session of Congress was a cunning device of the lobby and the office-seekers, who joined forces to keep the national legislature in session for the advancement of their own personal interests. These in- dustrious patriots were, of course, shrewd enough to keep under cover until their ob- jects had been partially gained in inducing the majority in the House to decide upon a policy of obstruction, so as to” make an extra session inevitable; but it will be seen from our special despatches from the capital this morning thet the more saga- cious democratic leaders in both branches have discovered the game it was attempted to play upon the party and resolved to de- feat it. They have determined not to be bound by the command of the caucus to secure a repeal of the federal election and ) the test oath laws or force an extra session by defeating one of the principal appropri- ation bills, This conclusion is wise, and it is to be hoped they will be able to carry their party associates with them. No one wants an extra session, except the hungry applicants for office and the fam- ished following of the lobby, whose raids upon the Treasury have thus far been defeated. However obnoxious the laws in question may be no possible harm can be done by allowing ‘them to remain on the statute books a few mouths longer when they can be blotted out without the least trouble, if, indeed, it shonld be deemed advisable to do so. In the present condi- tion of business, while the country is be- ginning to enter upon a renewed prosper- ity, an extra session, with all its possibilities for mischief, would be almost a calamity, and it is to be hoped the leaders who are charged with the control of the democratic party will use every effort to avert it. A lobby is a bad lender for a party. Enforce the Laws, A reduction of the wages of the laborers employed by the New York Loan and Im- provement Company on the Metropolitan “L” Railroad extension from a dollar and a half to a dollar and a quarter a day was followed by a strike, and the men deserted the work. The company immedi- ately employed other laborers, who wero glad to accept the ‘reduced rate of wages, and some of the new men commenced work yesterday morning at One Hundred and Sixth street and Eighth avenue, but were soon interrupted by the strikers and driven away. It is stated that a large force of police was on the ground at the time, but it does not appear that anything was done to prevent the outrage. ‘The old laborers have a perfect right to refuse to accept the re- duced pay and to leave off working if they choose to doso, Their decision may be a foolish one, especially in view of the fact that the construction of the rapid transit roads was a blessing to laborors all last winter and supplied. hundreds with em- ployment who would otherwise have been idle and have suffered severely, The strikers have no right, however, to interfere with other men who.are willing to work for a dollar and a quarter a day, and no such interference ought to be tolerated for a moment in this city. We have a strong police force, and whenever the offence is committed the offenders should be promptly arrested and severely punished. The laws should be enforced under any and all cir- cumstances, but an attempt to obstruct the construction of the rapid transit roads is doubly reprehensible, inasmuch as it inter- feres with a great public necessity. An Old Friend Back Again, Theatre managers have lately brought back to us an old acquaintance that has been so long absent from our stage as almost to need special introduction. We allude to the farce, which in two or threo houses is now acceptably prefacing the principal plays of the evening, The merits of the farce are numerous and freely con- ceded. Its shortness alone generally in- sures its goodness ; it is amusing, and the public seldom tires of amusement; it enables a large minority of the audience, which ‘1s always late, to take in the whole of the principal play, and it ob- viates the disagreeable fault, amount- ing in some cases almost to fraud, of short plays being extended through a long evening by tedious ‘‘waits,” made more unendurable by very poor music from an orchestra which naturally saves itself as much as possible when forced to play against time. Even at the end of an evening the farce has its uses; there are great plays which end with exceeding som- broness and interesting plays which leave a bad taste in the mouth; at the end of either of these a good firce may do excellent ser- vice. It is possible, too, that the revival of the farce may be beneficial to that desirable but still feeble infant, the American drama. Nearly all the prominent European dram- atists began their careers by essaying the farce and other short works, gaining confi- dence and constructive ability before they attempted the conventional five-act play. For the sake of every one interestéd in the theatre, manugers not excepted, let the farce be heartily welcomed and persuaded to remain with |, Near A New Apportionment. There scems to be a fair prospect of the passage of a tolerably just apportionment law this session. The republican bill, in- troduced by a momber who has evinced a disposition to legislate honestly and con- scientiously, gives New York twenty-four members, an increase of three, and Kings county thirteen, an increase of four. Mr. Brooks has prepared a schedule of appor- tionment, which the House yesterday did him the courtesy to order printed and filed, and inthis New York is given twenty-six members and Kings thirteen—differing only two in New York from the re- publican table. As the leaders of both parties aro so near together in their calcula- tions it does not seem likely that the ses- sion will close without the enactment of a fair law. The claim of tho democrats in New York is just sufficiently in excess of Mr. Hepburn’s concession to give them an opportunity to yield gracefully while uniting with the better class of republicans to prevent any objectionable alteration of the republican schedule, It is probable that the Speaker, whose subservient parti- Sanship has been manifested whenever the question of apportionment has been under discussion, may aguin endeavor to prevent the passage of a just law. But there is good reason to hope that all such efforts will be defeated by a combination of the more fair minded republican with the democratic representatives. A Clew at Last. After nearly half a year of failure the police seem to have captured one of the Manhattan Bank burglars. Young Hope, who has been suspected of being one of the men who watched the outside of the bank while the thieves were operating upon the | safe, was arrested Monday night, at the Olympic Theatre, aud the three persons who claim to have seen a man about the bank early on the morning of the robbery believe they have fully iden- tified him. If Hope was really’one of the party it is quite likely that he himself may be ‘‘worked” successfully enough to divalge the names of some or all of his ac- complices, Should the case end in the dis- covery and conviction of the gang there will be a comparative scarcity of skilled jJaborin the specialty of bank breaking for some years to come, Excise Legislation. A new excise bill was introduced in the Assembly yesterday by Mr. Ogden which has some novel features, It recognizes the right of ‘‘local option” in the sale of liquor. Where prohibition has not been voted it provides that the number of licenses to be issued in a city shall bo determined at the commencement of the year by the Board of Excise, but shall in no instance exceed one for each five hundred of population. Thus New York, with one million and a quarter of population, would be entitled to two thousand five hundred licenses in all. ‘The licenses, are to be sold by auction one by one to the highest bidder whose character isapproved by the Commissioners. The limi- tation of the number of licenses to be issued would be likely to have the effect of making the holders of licenses more anxious not to forfeit them by misconduct or violations of the law. The privilege would, of course, be more valuable with this restriction, espe- cially as the proportion of one license for five hundred of population is to be carried out in each ward and not spread over the city at large. Nevertheless, the fewer ex- periments mado in an exciso law and the simpler its provisions the better. A fair license fee, a strict scrutiny of the character of the applicant and a strong police super- vision are the most desirable requirements, and it is to be hoped that a law embodying them will be passed this session. Providence the Best Street Cleaner. Yesterday's rain has done something toward cleaning tho streets and getting rid of the iceand snow which have been al- lowed to remain on all except a few favored thoroughfares for the past three or four weeks, The cccentricities of the Street Cleaning Bureau made what would ordina- rily have been a most unpleasant day a very welcome one. New York could well afford to carry an umbrella for twelve hours cbheer- fully with the prospective benefit of clean streets, when it is compelled to carry the yearly load of seven hundred thousand dollars tax without any chance of getting clean streets at all, Should we now be favored with a regular pelting storm for three or four hours to finish up the work our citizens might walk the strects with something like comfort. When the sun again shines forth we may expect to see a troop of sweepers appear on the pub- lic thoroughfares in n grand parade, followed by a report from the superintendent calling attention to the great labor performed by his bureau. Tho full monthly instalment of the street cleaning appropriation will then be drawn and—expended. Providence is, after all, our best street cleaner, and for all the good the Street Cleaning Dureau does we might as well trust to Providence and save our ready money. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. The Burlington Mawkeye concludes that all funny men are sad. Tho French soldier is to have gray trowscrs instead of red hereafter. Bishop Foley, of the Catholic diocese of Chicago, is lying at the point of death. Associate Justice Joseph P. Bradley, of the United States Supreme Court. is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. There is, after all, but one happy man in this world, We refer to him who had the deed for the property made out in the name of his wite. Danielsonville Sentinel :—*Tongue cannot tell tho words or express the astonishment of the crippled soldier in Connecticut who awoke to find his wife using bis wooden leg to pound the beefstesk for breakfast.” Harvard students break up, at least shorten, morn- ing prayers at chapel, by hiring organ grinders to play outside, or by introducing stray dogs, or by doing other silly things that no shop boy or mechanic would be ass enough to indulge in. ‘The Springfield Jepublican’s Boston correspondent says that the Boston Herald is the leading journal of that city in circulation, the Journal being next and the Globe next. But wo heard that the Advertiser and the Zraveller wore leading journals ? In at least one-half the English boroughs money decides elections to Parliament. But the merely rich M. B.'s who seck sovial distinction for their families receive only official recognition. Isn’t it about the same thing with Congressmen in Washington? Hair-switch swindlers are operating all over the country. They gather together all the loose hair that the young ladies have saved from combings, promisixg, for a very small consideration, to make it into switches, and then they steal out of the town, FINE Ar ARTS. THE BLACK AND WHITE EXHIBITION OF THE SALMAGUNDI SKETCH CLUL-—YPIRST NOVICE, This evening the private view of the frst regular exhibition by the Salmagundi Sketch Club, of works in black and white will take place at the Kurtz Gal- lery. The collection of about two hundred and fisty bluck and white oils, charcoal, crayon, Indian ink, pencil and pen and ink drawings, etchings and wood engravings will be found to have a high average of excellence and to be very interesting. While ‘paint- ers in oils and water colors of established reputation ere represented the public will also be pleased to recognize examples of that little band of “black and white” artists whose work is chiefly» found in the itustrated magazines and weeklies. Here, as in the black and white room at the Academy, are numbers of original drawings, which it is inter- esting to compare with the little reproductions en- graved from photographs on tle block, which are framed in several cases with them, Where thi not the case the oregon will calito mind the sy gravings which have been noted from time to time. One of the most noticeable numbers in the collece tion is a frame of crayon and pencil studies by Walter Shirlaw, for his large picture, “Sheep Shearing in the Bavarian Highlands.” ‘They are bi handled, with the salient character lines in tace, form and ronane given with knowledge, ‘The two female either end and the pair of heads gro: + ay ae be ip ches in the right centre are very striki contains a study for another of fhe ‘anaes Jima ‘Above the large frame which hangs in the position of honor on the east wall is ‘The Rivulet,’”* ts effective poetic landscape in oil, by F. Murpl The pic. turesque tree in the centre’ of the apricht canvas stands out against a luminous sky. Perhaps the most charming work in the whole display is Goorge W, Maynard's “Payche,” a crayon study. It is an exquisite conception, admirably ear ried out. The beautiful girl, the embodiment of the soul, floats in mid air, Pia on by the gentle breeze, which plays on her uprai: ssamer wine a curls more closely the arene rapery around lower part of her nude figure, About her he her emblems, the butterflies. The composition is exceedingly good, the lines formed by the gradually increasing strength of the darks which culiminate in the head and wings, by the naturally poised the drapery, being admirably chose ‘and given. concentration of the swarm of butterflies abou it the head is another good point, Winslow Homer sends a frame of wens ct clever and effective outdoor studies in pencil on a the high lights in Chinese white. grouped three decidedly impressionistic Denes of scenes at Coney Island and an incisively drawn. characterful sketch of o ry dotermined standing on the beach, with set face and threatening fan. The Sogn drawing, in Indian ink, of E. A, Abbey’s sterling work of “Ye Bellman,” will be noticed with pleasure in the centre of the south wall, Strange to say, though it is an old English’ _ scene, the artist has given the ringer’s fave the color and character of that of a negro. Near this is one of the two striking works in oil from Grand Menan sketches, which represent J. G. Brown. ‘The two men pulling Sway so lustily in the boat seer} clean cut bits of charactor, and the effect of. and shade shows great skill. This quality is also seen in “Sighting the Buoy,”” which hangs in the centre of the west wall. In this, boxene aera note freon ine upper part of the figure of the old boatman. is out of drawing and that his head is priv tlie ae 4 poses aro, however, lifelike, ‘ures excellent. Grouped ote work is a dreamy boy's head, ir Dy. Miss. E. H. Bartol; # landscape by {oe Inness, Jr., in which it is difficult which are drawn the worst, the cattle or the human beings; E. A. Abbey’s sterling drawing, sa in Harper's Weekly, Of the invocent sf two heroic girls who puget the fife and am t0 ceive some British ships in 1812; and C. 8. Reinhart’ a? rather thinly given eae Ler rhemipiy pen and ink, which appeared in tho Graphic, illustrating pillory incident in Hawthorno’s boariet Letter.”* Under the Brown is an admirable etching Robert, Blum of Fortuny’s picture “The Howard Pyle is represented by a careful and good scone at carnival time in Fg one ry colonial days, and his strongly Fda we admirably composed scene in & oy Rea the pron ane of @ fies of which have appeared in Harper's. Weekly. very interesting frame con! seven, omg original drawings, in crayon on eae by ‘y Hallock Foote, wl recentl, in Seribner “Back to the Ola Homie,” isa thetic and well told story by 8, G. McCute! second aud eee exanipie by Maynard prreie a little Venctian playing on a guitar. Charles Osborne is sees path by “Orpheus and Eurydice,” # rather unequal bie brim aber bare? , however, dovs him great credit. 5 ne ‘e have no hesitation poten tn dna bert Gaul A bisek cnt Whar ote Suna gi in Gearmies white, négligé kneeling wi RA front ee and look- which she cE fire, ba lies by her. rae atin te lows which 1 an tively the charming face und handsome ea et arms, A large crayon by/Sarony, after a street scene by Marny, shouid never have been hung, for co) thould not be admissible. C. 8. Reinhart’s old time scene, otf the abiat ond a ing to sto cate the coach, will bo Ne ag ya the illns- tration. "A dain charming ae of a girl with a tambourine is by Maria. » Al "es and ignite Went Their Way’’—o sorious, tg work—will be seen aud admired again, Durand has given ig ae en, 4 garden walk, ain ek alo! in fie faces ae adteaby related 8 and the pose and the general effect of though ino hanailing in thatowee pantie soak ak Snthe whcls, however, brave! Mr. Durgnd. M. J, Burns raed a handied study of surf breaking Tho efit of light the water is anes on wat a noticeable ol point 1 is the ay ran 5 ey, a the one strongest Tsnee orto cna ae E. Kelly ay ee Se ren. A Het Sent CPt et teeeat atone ‘si cl ‘on and an treated. pun 7 Ls Marehottd ot the collection, lon atter ex hibition ope the public, on , will be tho same as at the 4 my, and tho will be sold, as is usual, at private sale, ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE ARTISTS’ FUND SOCIETY. The annual clection of officers of the Artists’ Society took place at the Academy of Design last evening. There were three lond fide tickets in the field and one burlesque one, which caused some amusement, except to-some of those whose names were 6n it, After the minutes of the Hl congratulating the members on the sol finances, The report of the Lrg os at crim rn coner, set forth that the society had $115,000 bavk er bar gg! ot a a ge ee arn about 0 0 regular tic! who y the Committee on Nominations, D, William Mo: ‘ind “ArT. ‘Deichor, was slectod with two or three exceptions, Thomas Hicks was re-electod President nearly unanimously. Atter five or six ballots J. G. Brown was olected Vice President, John M. Falconer was bert McCord Secretary in place who had resigned after five years’ service and renomination. J.C. Nicoll was on one of the tickets for ‘Treasurer, but retused the nomination, being a Secretary of the Water Color Society. After ballots setlow eS ata of Control was chosen: :—D. Huntington, W. 8. J. (retlected), J. W. Casilear and H. W. Robbins. Committee on Admissions elected consists of Alfred Jones, H. A ), C. H. Miller, R. Swain Gifford and Arthur Parton. ¥.N. Otis, M:D., is the Medical Advisor. The election was not over un! near midnight, when the full attendance of adjourned to supper in the council room. & 28h it THE KNOEDLER 6ALE. Despite the disagreeable weather there was s large attendance last evening at the Loavitt’s Clinton Hall salesrooms, on the occasion of the first day of be called at good prices, and several fine ones went at very low figures. ‘The highest price pad was for Meyer Yon Bremen’s ‘The Well Learned rong ge The a where waived $135; DR. 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Scott; Hue's “On the Lake andf‘In that the doctor can take hold of the thread and putt | the Parke Po, weaty teanmieels ae Son? the bullet out, Many valuable lives would be saved | gyx0, 1, Due ; ipaletoomae Reflections” and that way.” ion, $195 each, Mr, ‘There is a movement on foot among the theoreti- cals to have Messrs. ‘Tilden and Hayes run again for the Presidency, and it is said that Hayes will run again only under such a movement, Hayes may save Tilden the trouble. Politically speaking neither of them is worth a holo in a button that sells at three dozen for a cont. Vice President Wheeler thinks that Secretary Evarts is the best of dinner entertainera; but it must be remembered that previous to going to Washington, where the soup is heavy and the entrées free and easy os to thinness, Mr. Wheeler came trom a part of the country where doughnuts freeze ha winter and flour for apple dumplings is dragged from thé ad Joining village, $90, TL. we Pottier; bertehing $27 Montem) “Tuural sea,” Str Poitior! © Samoans Absence, 4 Ei 4 “Flower 1005 Ka 's ‘The ith ie er re mann; Iguequiza’ oan ay yer py barge ‘6 .f the "Bo, ~ len! ‘icou's ‘Her e is Peabody, x “Brittany Peavant cel,” is aH, ‘