The New York Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1879, Page 3

WASHINGTON, The Work of President ‘Making in Congress. “WAR SPIRIT AMONG THE REPUBLICANS. —-+r—— Foolish Talk About Revolution and Danger to the Country. : FIRING THE NORTHERN HEART Democratic Stupidity the Repub- licans’ Opportunity. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. WAsHINGTON, March 30, 1879. PRESIDENT MAKING IN CONGRESS—TACTICS AND WANT OF TACTICS OF BOTH PARTIES. A prominent republican yesterday accused your correspondent of giving an unfair account of the republican spirit here. “You speak of us in your despatches as trying to firc the Northern heart; as having been led by the success of Senator Chandler's speech against Jeff Davis to attempt to arouse the North to sectional hostility—as playing a game in politics, that is to say. Now, in this you do us injustice, and you are unfair, Your despatches ought to give the exact fats, We believe what we say. Iam not pretending anything, and Ican tell youI would march across the Long Bridge again to-morrow.” Undoubtedly this republican is in earnest, as he said, He has the war fever, and it is tolerably com- mon on the republican side just now, especially among simple minded, ingenuous and excitable men. Nevertheless your correspondent has given you, as his duty is, an exact and truthful account of the gen- era] political situation here, and, as part of it, of the republican attitude and spirit. Another republican, one who is quite a3 prominent, and a good deal more influential than the one above quoted, said to your correspondent on the same day :— “We are now President making and we shall suc- cecd. These democrats are so foolish that they give ‘ug all the chances, and we are using our opportuni- ties, It is not a pleasant ora good way to carry on politics, and it does not put the wisest men at the head; but it is the way political struggles go on in this covntry and the republican. party will win. It is all President making on both sides, and for my part I should prefer to put this off a little longer and see a little reason and common sense infused into the debates 1n Congre: Yet another and a very prominent and influential republican party leader said to your correspondent some days ego:— “If we only had a republican for President now, « man with some backbone, we would smash these democrats and so consolidate our party that we should march to cemain victory next year.” “But,” said your correspondent, “‘it is said the President will veto the Supervisor and Marshals’ bill, are you not content with that?” “No,’’ he replied, “If I were President I would veto every one of the measures—the test oaths, the troops at the polis, everything.” “But,” said your correspondent, “you all agreed at tho last session to the repeal of the test oaths and the troops at the poll “That is true enough,” ho replied, “ but he ought to veto everything now. That is the way to consoli- date the party—to capture the country. If.we only had a President now we should be sure of a united end solid partyin 1480." . REPUBLICAN INGINCERITY, It is a fact that the republican leaders who inspire the present excitement are not sincere. They are simply President making whpn they cry out ‘‘revo- lution,” and this is a fact which ought to be known to the country. When they shout “revolution” they do not believe that a new secession or a revolu- tion of any kind is threatened; they have no fears for the constitution, for free government or popular liberty; what they really fear is that they will lose the next Presidential election, and to prevent this they know of no better way than to try to scare the North into another craze like that of 1876. It is the duty of impartial observers to tell the truth—that there is no revolution impending, and that the men who have now once more started the cry of “Wolt” are not shepherds, but men who have a fondness for other people’s mutton. There is not the least ground for the excitement and bitterness which are suddenly manifested here by republicans. The democrats have a majority in Doth houses; they are doing what the republicans have over and ovpr again done—tacking political Iegislation on appropriation bills—the only difference being that the democrats have at once opened their matters to the fuliest debato, while the republicans sometimes forced theirs through under the gag law known as the previous question. The democrats mean to pass their bills and send them to the Presi- dent, as they have a constitutional right to do, and there is nothing revolutionary in it, undoubtedly fovlish and disastrous to them as it is. If the Presi- dent vetoes the" bills, as he will probably do, then the democrats will have to faco that fact. If then they should, as General Garfield and other ro, Ppublicans without the least reason assert they will, adjourn and leave the government without appro- Priations, they will undoubtedly commit a revolu- tionary act, and it will require no republican atump speeches in Congress to lead the country to punish them for that. They would simply draw ruin on themselves. But suppose thoy do ndt commit th's luge folly; suppose thoy should meet the Presi- dent's vetoos by passing the appropriation bills without the objectionable legislation, or suppose they should pass a joint resolution continuing ‘last year’s appropriations until the Ist of next January and adjourn to take an appeal to the country, where then would be Goneral Garfield's revolution, or where the senso of ‘marching over the Long Bridge again?” On the 10th of last December General Garfield said fn some remarks on an appropriation bill: — I want to say another thing. studied thecurrent of public th feeling in this country no feeling more ny, than tho tendency of the public mind in tho past few months. The man who attempts to get up a political excitement in this country on the Old sectional issues will find himself without a party and without support, The man who wants to serve his country must put himeelf in tho lino of its lead- ing thought, and pe tho restoration of business, le, commerce, industry, sound political economy, honost money and honest payment of all obligations, end the man who can add anything in tho direction of the accomplishment of any of these purposes is a public benefactor. It is very well known here that these statesman- Uke words gained for General Garfield a great doal of il will among republicans of equal or greater promi- nence than himself, It was said that he was “bid- ding for tho Presidency,” and he was for awhile an object of jealousy anda kind of black sheep. Well, bis speech yesterday re-established him. When ho closed almost all the republicans rose from their seats and shook -hands with him, Nobody shook bonds with him last December. DEMOORATIO FOLLY. The plain truth is this:—The republican loaders havo not until within afew weeks entortained any tonfident oxpectation of carrying the Presidential flection next year; they had quarreliod with their President and expectod no help from him; they be- eved the country would remember and resent the misdeeds at tho election of 1876; they wero disunited on the currency question; they had tried in vain to get up another anti-Sonthern oxcitement and were at a loss for an issue for 1880; they were about to lose the Senate and were to go into the campaign ot next year with both houses of Congress and the majority of Governors of States democratic; in their private talk thoy acknowledged that the chances were against them, Then came this demo- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1879.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘ 3 statutes. This was the work of Senator Thurman's friends, who persuaded him that he could get up a new issue on that question which would help him to a nomination and prove dangerous to the republi- cans. It was President making, in short, and such men as §pnators Bayard, Kernan, Randolph, Lamar, Butler—in fact, the brains of the democratic party— opposed the scheme. Unfortunately for that party, its brains have not yet recovered from @ long paralysis. They grumble in their parlors, they make a feeble opposition in the caucus or in the houses; but they appear to have forgotten that itis the function of the brains to rule, and that when they cease to do that they are not merely useless, but mischievous. The republi- can leaders, who know what brains are for, quickly saw the enormous opportunity which the folly of their opponents offered them, and they lost no time or opportunity to manage the affair. It must be said that the democrats could hardly do better if they received their orders direct from the other side. Ts for instance, Mr. Randolph Tucker's motion on Friday to add to the Army bill a clause repealing the statute which declares that “No person who has served in any capacity in the military, naval or civil service of the so-called Confederate States, or in either of the States in insurrection, during tho late rebellion, shall be appointed to any posi- tion in the army of the United States. He tried to explain that there were privates now in the army who had served in the rebel armies, and that promotion from the ranks for good conduct ought to be as open to them as to othcr men in the ranks. But he was immediately overwhelmed by republican attacks and misrepresentations, as he deserved to bo, and his maladroit motion has greatly increased the republican fury here. If it wero a fact, as the republicans here pretend, that the success of one of the two great parties in the country meant revolution and ruin to constitutional liberty the country would not be worth saving, and no one could possibly save it. The very men who raise this cry could, if they were sincere, make haste to sell out their property and put the procee.ts in a safe place. But to set up this ery of revolution at the beginning of every Presidential campaign is to demoralize and Mexicavize the country. It is a reyo- Jutionary proceeding in itself, and it is in this cave totally needless, because the democrats are marching to defeat as fast as they can and need no hastening republican boot. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasuincton, March 30, 1879. THE FITZ JOHN PORTER CASE--STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR-—CURRENT REPORTS BASED ON MERE CONJECTURE. is The Secretary of War has seen the statements pub- lished in the papers in reference to the Fitz John Porter case, but he knows nothing of the tenor of the report which he is at liberty to communicate, Ho saya that the testimony, forming a large vol- ume, is yet to he printed, and until this is done the Presjdont . will not begin to examine the papers forwardea by General Scho- field. Moreover, as the President has already on hand a large amount of public business requiring his personal attention, it will be some time before he can reach the Porter case. “He ie,” continued the Secretary, “a very careful man in regard to matters of importance, and delib- erates at his convenience on such subjects as demand his consideration.” The attention of the Secretary was called to the positive assurances which it was said General Porter had received in regard to the opinion of the Court of inquiry. He replied “Icannot imagine from what source such infor- mation couldbe had. The-members of the court certainly would not divulge the result of their de- liberation, and in the War Department there is no reason to believe that any one having access to the papers would bé guilty of so great a broach of official propriety as an intimation of their contents would be. Consequently it is to be presumed that the statements published are mere conjectures.”” . THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTION INVESTIGATION— EVIDENCE OF WRONG ACTION ON THE PsRT OF SUPERVISORS. > A portion of the Wallate Committee hes returned from Philadelphia, Senator McDonald, who is one of the returnéd members, says that the testintony taken in that city on the subject of the federal elec- tions confirms the. charges that the supervisors there perverted the use of the powers reposed in them by obstructing democratic voting and by or- dering the deputy marshals to take democrats to prison, The report of the committes will be pre- pared in time to assist the proposed legislation abol- ishing the deputy marshals. THE DEBATE ON THE ARMY BILL, Mr. Springer, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, says that he has alrtady on his list thirty names of members of the House who desire to speak on the pending question in ths Army bill. TENEMENT HOUSE CLEANLINESS, OOKLYN, March 27, 1879. To tHe Eprsor or THe Herap:— Will'you please allow a few remarks in your valu- able paper in reply to General Egbert L. Viele’s re- marks on healthfal tenements. He says that after considerable study he has made a diagram of a model tenement house. Allow me to say to the General that he is in his infancy on that topic. His model and remarks are ridiculous as regards light and privacy, unless he rostricts the family to man and wife and baby. Where would be his privacy in boys and girls and faiher and mother in one room. ‘hen, as for light, it would be very dim, as it would be borrowed from staircaso or wyat istermod a well hole. Again for a janitor to pass inspection by the Board of Health and police would be a grand fizzle for the owners but a great affair to make generals that could not meke a success of any enterprise with,their own money and brains in competition with others, As to a great many re- marks by othr speakers I think that the majority of them speak without the practical knowledge of what they are talking about. But there are also some very good remarks, For instance, one says that if some of the ladies that tive in some of the palaces on Murray Hill were put in some of tho houses that are now called pest holes the pest holes would goon be turned to pelaces, and if some of the people that now live in these post holes were put in the palaces they would turn them into pest holes in less than six months. Now, my humble opinion, after thirty-five years of diligent porsonal attention, is that there aro many difficuitics that cannot be overcome, and the one I think of the greatest im- tance, is to get people to clean Lave their own Ith. They are so atraid of cleaning a thim- bieful of dirt for othors that Jeave barrels of dirt of their own. As for a janitor, it is very doubt(ul to me if there could be as much money collected from the property as would pay the expenses that would be required to keep it in order. I have tried that to my heart’s content. The only remedy I see is to do it yourself and get the Iaw to aid you, by dispossessing people for being dirty without cost to the owner. {have tried that, but could not do it without porive from $4 to $4 50 when there has be:n threo or four months rent due me. If the owner or agent could call to his aid the inspectors of the Board of Health, so that the owners could got of their property for dirtiness with- out cost, or compel the tenants to clean, thero might be a great improvement. You will no doubt say, jot make rules for the tenants?’ Thave dono that, but tind it a failure for the follow- ing reasons: it comes to eleaning the hall or water closct one will not feel well enough to do it and cannot afford to get any one to do it, and so no one will do it. I have property that will stand the test of & careful examination for strength, light and air, a8 most of my — honses have seven good windows open to the air, with a clear space trom ten to forty tect, besides dvors and other windows in the hall tor each four rooms, and with water closet on each flour for two families; Duilt of the best material aud as good » plan as I know of. The porcentage is so great that I would bo wlad to sell it at a large sgorifice with small amount of cash and balance at for per cont interest, giving a good long time to pay ce nas long as inter- est wae mpt, WILLIAM SWAINE, 10. 65 South Secoad street, Brooklyn, KB. D. INQUEST ON BLACKWELL'S ISLAND. The inquest in the case of Mrs. Emily Graham, who died at her residence, No. 164 Lewis street, on Wednesday last, after being brought from Black- well's Island, where it was claimed that her death was hastened, will be held to-day by Coroner Ellin- ger. A jury, composed of medical men and lawyers, together with the Coroner, will embark trom the foot of Twonty-sixth stroot, Fast Ris at halt-past ten o'clock, and pri to Diack well's Island, there to personally ave at the modes of treatment of charity patients in all the departments, AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIC—A GRAND BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE SZEGEDIN SUFFERERS Never in the history of the Aeademy of Music has the huge edifice been filled with a larger or more brilliant audience than that which assembled last night to enjoy the concert announced in aid of the sufferers by the Szegedin disaster. It was peculiarly fitting that Mme. Gerster, being hersel? a Hungarian, should have been chief in suggesting the propriety of @ great outpouring of our people for the pur, pose of affording the required assistance, and the hearty manner in which the people gathered, until there was not even stand- ing room aronnd the doors, again illustrated the noble liberality with which New York always responds to a cry for help, “It was likewise generous on the part of the other famous artists who partici- pated in the programme, the orchestra and chorus to contribute their services to the success of a perform- ance that has rarely been equalled on our stage, and itisnot a wonder that such a galaxy as Etelka Gerster, Mme. Marie Roze, Minnie Hauk, Signors Campanini, Galassi and Foli, should have made the occasion memorable, and elicited a degree of enthusiasm, even though it was a sacred night, that shook the building to its centre, The reyilar programme was as follows :—Overture, “Oberon,” Weber, the orches- tra; aria, “Bri tu” (Ballo in Maschera), Verdi, Signor Galassi; Ave Mauris, Gounod, Mile. Minnie Hauk; jus Animam’’ (Stabat Mater), Rossini, Signor ‘Campanini; variations, “Sur le Carnival de Venise,” Henedict, Mme. Eteika Gerster; moreean i la Ga- vote, “L,'Ingenue,” Arditi, chorus, “Infummatus” Stabat Mater), Marie Roze; air, “Why Do the Nations, s nor Foli; vaise (new), “Lv ‘Tgur.erelle” (written for the occasion), Arditi, Mine. Etelka Gerster; chorus, “O Signore’’ (Lombardi), Verdi, by the chorus; can- zone, “La } olinata,” Paladithe, Mule. Minnie Hauk; song, “Lhe Diver,” L Signor Foli; air, “There 1s @ Green Hill y,"’ Gounod, Mme. Marie Roze; quintet, “Chi mi frena” (Lucia di Lam- mermbor), Donizetti, Mme, E:eika Gerster, Mme. Marie Roze, Signor Campanini, Signor Galassi, Signor Foii; grand march, trom ‘Le Prophete,"” Meyerbeer, the orchestra, ‘Ihe tuil band aud chorus ot Her Opera. Conductor, Signor Arditi. eating the above numbers encore followed encore in rapid succession, the several artists beinw iu superb voice and appearing to v ¢ with each other in singing at h sand Ler Dest. Where all were so ex- cellent it would be invidious to make a dixtivetion and thus bestow praise on one in compurixon with another. * In briet, the performance was like a string of beautiful po rls, clasped at beginning and end with Arditi’s brilliants. A pleasant episode of the evening wus the recep- tion of “La Tourtereile,”” a new valse song, written for the occasion by Signor Arditi und sang by Mme. Gerster. Being “wnevred several times she at lust stepped forward to the seat of the director, and, shaking him by the hand, turned nim to the audience to receive its heartily-bestowed praise. It is a pity that every lover of music in New York could not have been present to enjoy the delightful music of this concert. The receipts were very large. THE NEW PLAY FOR THE UNION SQUARE THEATRE. After fourteen more performances—that is, in two weeks—Mr, Bronson Howard's successful draua, “The Banker’s Daughter,” will be withdrawn from the stage of the Union Square Theatre after having been played one-hundred and forty times. It is to be succeeded by a melodrama entitled “Tho Lost Chil- dren,” in eight acts or tableaus, whieh Mr. C zauran has compiled from various dramatic sources. We say compiled, for Mr. Cazanran professes “a holy horror of being styled its author,” and it is as well to let Mr. Cazauran have his way, since if the play is a good oue the public will not split hairs about originality, The basis of the story is that of Bour- geois and Masson's play, “Les Orphelins du Pont Notre Dame.”” While the thread ot this play is fol- lowed to the end other plays have been levied on, portions of them pieced in and some parts entirely written by Mr. Cazaurau from mere hints in the basic play. To know how this has been done can only be judged from the performance, but it will be interesting even now to point ont the seams of the story. To begin, then, half of the first act is from the opening sceno ot Victor Hugo's “Ruy Blas.” The next seene is from the “‘Orphelins” and from “Madeline, the Belle of the Faubourg.” The second act is based on @ suggestion in the “Orphelini worked up into an act, in Deng act all the prin- cipals ore engaged, but in which not o single word is spoken by any one of them. ‘The third act continues the story of the “Orphelins,”” and differs from the same act in that play only in the characterization of two of the principal charae- tors and in some of the dialogue given to the children. Tho next act i# a condensed hcg ot the corresponding one in the ‘Orpholins,” savein the part ployed by Mr. Tho: in that act, which is ‘by Mr. Cazauran. The act that follows is com- pounded from “Orphelina,”’ the “Isle of St. Tropez’ and the ‘Wandering Boys.’ And so on to the finale ot the last act, which is the old one of :mmolating the villain on the eword of the hero, restoring the children to their respective mothers, punishing the wicked and rewarding the good. ‘The period is the early part of the seventeenth century and the scene Paris. It calls for brilliant scenic effects and rich costumes, and is said to present strona situations. The cast will comprise Mesers. Thorne, - Parsellc, Stoddart, Lemoyne. L. Shewell, H. F. Daly, Bowser, Lysander bgrong 3m 1 Miss Sara Jewett, Miss Ida Ver- ‘non and others, je guarasmen, children, banditti, sisters of charity, and so forth. “A SCRAP OF PAPER” AT WALLACKS, It is not in managers any moro than other mortals tocommand success, but good fortune eventually comes to those who take care to deserve it. The great popular, success of ‘‘A Scrap of Paper" at Wal- lack’s neatly emphasizes this after a number of ups and downs through the present season with new plays and old plays, strong melodramas, farcical comedies and so on, It was something that tempted success to see a fine cast, sumptuous stage setting, careful stage drilling and all that pertains to liberal management impartially given to cach dramatic work produced. Hence after the lugubrious failure of Mr. Boucicault's revamped “Spellbound,” it was gratifying to be able to chronicle an instant success with the delightful comedy which now attracts and has attracted for the past three weeks largo and hilarious audiences nightly. It is an old story that the best managers—and Mr. Lester Wallack surely ranks among these—are unable to foresee accurately y will “hit” the public, but playgoers, by freemasonry, learn with astouisning Fi ity what is worth or not worth going to seo, quickly relieve a manager of any doubt he may have after reading the morning papers, should the verdict of the Intter prove unfavorable, or even kindly lenient. Here, however, was some: thing to set all doubts at rest. M. Sardou himee'f had eight years of failure behind him be.ore he made & success, but when “Les Pattes de Monche’' was produced at theGymnase its future wae aa settled as M. Sardou couid desire. It is pure comedy— bright, crisp, tripping, full of clear characterization and sparkling repartee, marked with-situations of keen interest that would be thrilling, but that‘the comedy element ie never lost sight of, and all strung m an ingenious intrigue wrought out with skill. at acted by a Prosper so admirably balanced and contained, though emitting sparks ot fun at every contact, as Mr. Lester Wallack; a Suzanne, so full of womauiliness, animal spirits and quick. intelligence as Miss Rose Coghlan; a Lowi yO pretty as Miss Boniface, not to speak of the ps mirably played by Messrs, Gilbert and Rockwell, Effie Germon and the rest, it is not wondertul that the town should be rushing to see it, as though it had been written the day before yesterday, in truth, Mr. Palgrave Simpson's capital version of the French original is fA great help to that success, but from all these causes it is enjoying @ magnificent run, and wo con- gratulate Mr. W k and the public alike upon the fact. ¢ THE FUTURE OF BOOTH'S THEATRE—BOUCICAULT AND STRAKOSCH, An alliance has been formed between Mr. Dion Boucicault and Messrs. Maurice and Max Strakosch to present Italian opere at Booth’s Theatre, which Mr. Boucicault has leased for next season,. The new operatic firm intend to be beforehand in the enter- prise, for the early date of September 29 has already been fixed upon for the opening of the season. It is understood that at present no definite engagements have been made beyond that of Mine. Teresa Singer, the dramatic soprano of Italy, and Signor Muzio, Strakosch’s conductor during the last Nilsson sea- son here. Through Signor Muzio, who is at the preeent time in New York, an arrangemont has been made and dates fixed by which the entire troupe will, in December, bo taken. to Havana tor the season there, appearing at the Tacon Theatro, During former seasons offers for Havana wero todly made to the Strakosche, subscription which hi has been iinmediate. Mr. and Signer Muzio will sail April 3 for Europe, to complete their engagements for the company. Sev- e¥ operas are Promised for the frst time, nota ma La. Reine de Saba," by le" by Boito. The latter wae tira t performed in Italy, in 1876, with Campaninl a4 Faust, Borghi-Ma mo as Margherita and Elena, zucoo as Marta and Pantalis, Nanetti as Mefistofele, and Casarini as Wag- ner and Nereo; and it has since been given with cess in seventeen different Italian theatres, Re; ing Boucieault’s intentions aside from his operatic partnership, it is Understood that ho has effected engagements with several of the leading stars like Booth and Jefferson, and will place upon his stage also sensational dramas and opéra bontfe. Henry Irving bas been mentioned in his list of ] eauements; but itis hardly probable that Mr, will leave his comfortable position at the Lyceum in London, when it ix comsidere | that be his been ad- ise that his suecess in America is more than doubt- ful. Mr. Boucicanit will, before opening the house, refurnish and redecorate it. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. It is reported that Miss Jeffreys-Lewis (Mrs. Mait- land) will return to the San Francisco stage. ‘The musical event at the Academy of Music this evening is the performance of “I Puritani.” Miss Henrietta Beebe is to be the recipient of a testimonial concert at Chickering Hall on the 14th of April. ‘The Alice Oates Opéra Bouffe Company will pro- duce ‘Le Petit Duc” at Haverly’s Lyceum Theatre this evening. . Messrs. Ford & Zimmerman, of the Broad Street Theatre, Philadelphia, heve renewed their lease for aterm of years, John 8. Clarke, the comedian, is the owner. Mr. and Mrs, Florence will return from their Cali- forniaand Nevada trip about the Ist of April. An engagement for one week at the Globe Theatre, Bos- ton, commencing April 7 ends their season. The fourth aud last chamber soirée of the New York Philharmonic Club will take place on Tuesday evening, April 1, at Chickering Hall. Mlle. de Murska will be the vocalist of the occasion and Mr. 8. B, Mills the pianist. At the North Broad Street Theatre, Philadetphia, “Trial by Jury” and ‘Pinafore’ still remain the attractions. Mme. Montejo, the concert singer, who mude her first appearance upon the acting stage as Josephine, has been very well received. “Eugoged” is still announced for an indefinite period at the Chestnut, Philadelphia, where it has made great success. The cast is admirable throngh- out. The comedy is being played to better business at the Chestuut than anything that has been done there this season. Several unknown singers are announced in the list of art'sts engaged at Covent Garden for next season. It is said also that Mlle, Alwina Valleria crosses over from Her Majesty’s, where, so far, she has never had @ proper chauce, Mlle. Vaileria’s loss will be felt by Mr. Mapleson. ‘The “Pinafore” is approaching its ono hundredth performance at the Lroad Street Theatre, Philadel- phia, where the excellent company of Ford & Zim- merman remain ay popular as ever. New scenery was put on last week, representing in a realistic and faithful manner the spar deck of an English mon-of- war. 4 The first choice ticket for Jenny Linda's first con- cert in Providence, R. I, for which $653 was paid by Colonel William Ross, who died there on February 21, hangs in a frame on the walls of the Ross man- sion in that city. It bears the signature of Jenny Lind, and the receipt is verified in the handwriting of P, T. Barnum. Acomelian, who knows whereof he speaks, said the other day that whea you go into a dramatic agency now but two questions are asked:—First, “Can you sing!” second, ‘Can you walk?" If you can ting they ship you off with a “Pinafore” party. If you can’t sing they match you for $10,000 to walk against the Canadian pet. The Wagn'r enthusiasm has spread to Cologne. “Rheingold,” one of the parts of the “Ring der Nibelungen,” was represented there eight times within twelve days, and the receipts of the manager of the Cologne Theatre for these performances amounted to £2,000. The “Walkyre,”’ another of the trilogy. is now being rehearsed there and will shortly be produced. A Scotchman, utterly disgusted with “Pinafore,” says:—“Why now, d’ye mind noo, it’s pairfectly redeeculous to suppose that the rules o* the navy wad alloo sic fameeriality between the officers and men, or that yon man Porter could tak about twa dozen wemeen along wi him on board the ship. An’ the Captain an’ Admiral wadna sing sic like songs for hoo could deeciplins be presatrved ? It's nonsen- sical trash, mon.” Mr. J. H. Haverly on Saturday concluded an en- gagement with Mr. Lester Wallack to play ono week st tho Grand Opera House, Cincinnati; one week at the Olympic Theatre, St. Louis, and two wecks at Haverly’s Theatre, Chicago. Mr. Wallack is to ro- ceive $500 for himself alone at each performance. An exéeptional company of New York artists will be sclected by, Mr, W. K. Floyd to accompany Mr. Wal- lack on this his first Western tour. From Naples:—The five performances given by Adelina Patti at the San Carlo have not been so suc- cessful as the gifted lady’s engagements gencrally are. The receipts of more than one fell below the 10,000 francs claimed by Patti and Nicolini every night, Duging the representation of “Rigoletto” thore was oven some hissing in consequence of certain cuts which had been made. Considering the prices of admission the audience thought they were entitled to hear the work in its entirety, The curtain had to be dropped in the third act, and the money taken was returned, ‘The popularity of the Sunday night concerts at the Grand Opera House still holds out, and last night's entertainment was as satisfactory as any of the many that have gone before, Mile. De Murska was twice recalled, and, in answer to the last encore, rendered, in brilliant style, a waltz song in which all the delicate cunning of her voice was called into play. Signor Tagliapictra sang “Les Rameaux” with brilliancy, and was recalled and sang a simple song which evoked as much applause as his great favorite, “The Palms.” Signore de Pascalis and Signor Souvestre sang a selection from “La Favorita,” Rosnati and Susini a duo, “Belisario.”” Miss Markstein rendered in good style Rubinstein’s “Valse de Concert,"* and Mr. Kapp’s violin solo, a fantasia on “Lucia,” concluded the instrumental part of the programme. ABANDONED Al SEA, The British bark W. E. Heard, which left Gloucester, England, February }3, arrived off the Battery yester- day forenoon, having on board the captain anda crew of twelve picked up at sea on the 19th of March. The W. E. Heard left her port in ballast and ex- perienced very stormy weather the first days of hor voyage. She spent some tine days in the Bay of Bis- cay, tossed about by adverse winds. Fair weather allowing her to proceed on her course she had gone along until March 19, when in the morning there was heavy woather. The day was a stormy one, the sea heavy, with squalls from the southwest, changing then to northwest. Inthe evening, after a roug! day for the W. E. Heard, there was sighted in the dis- tance @ ing, toward which the Heard bent her course, After about two hours the W. E. Heard came near the Italian b ntine L’Avvenire in dis- trea@. The Italinn vessel had her mainmast stand- ing, but there was nothing else left, and from the top of tho mainmast was flying the signal of distress. The master of L’Avvenire, Giacomo Rizro, had done everything possible to save his vessel, but she was leaking so badly that the relief brought by the W. E. Heard was gladly accepted by the captain andcrew ofthe disabled brigantine, who were taken on board of the W. F. Heard. pose f afternoon the Hraatp rter boarded the W. Heard and had a talk on the vessel, From the cap- tain of L’Avvenire it was ascertained that when the rescue was made he was in latitude 30 deg. 6 min., iongitude 65 deg. 55 min.; that the vessel left the port of Milazzo, with a cargo of fruit, on January 4, and tern got yet regret was felt for the Joss of the , which was owned by B. Grolbino, of Milazzo. From the mate of the W. E. Heard it was ascertained that Captain Rizro had shed tears over the loss of his vessel. Tho Captain will to-day apply to the Italian Consul for instructions. HOW TO SETTLE SITTING BULL. ay Grnanp, Ala, March 25, 1879, To Tue Eprron or tHe Henary:— As public opinion is so much opposed to a stand- ing army, and the administration scems to find em- ployment for two-thirds of it thousands of miles distant from the points where hostile Indians are to be found, and in view of the letter from Major Waish, in the Hena.p, concerning Sitting Bull and his 7,000 warriors, I would like to suggest a plan by which, I think, the government might effectually dis- of General Bull and his braves bofore frost. Let the government call for 15,000 veteran voluntoors of the late war, to be organized as Pounted infantry and artillery. Let them be put under some of the gen- erals who moat distinguished thomselves by their activity and dash; let organize into battalions at home, and, as such, tran em to some point near the Indian Territories, and, when General Bull attempts to make trouble, he would find that before Christmas his braves would be so nearly extermin- ated that he would be glad to say, “Good Injin me, heap!” These volunteers could easily be had in the States most contiquons to the seat of war, but, if de- sired, Mr. Hayes would find that thousands who wore the gray would rush to answer bis cali and show thesame stubborn valor, shoulder to shoulder with the boys in bine, that they did when fice to face, ‘This way of raising jes was the one contemplated by those who first made the President Commander. in-Chiet of the armies (not army) of toe United States. Respectfully, JOHN HL ex-Rebel, « ,Sent a payroll of $609,000, THE ICE TRADE Magnificent Harvest Gathered This Winter on the Hudson. INTERESTING STATISTICS Prospect of Low Prices During ‘the Coming Summer. * Many interesting facts were obtained yesterday from some of the most prominent ice companies in this city concerning the condition of their trade and its probable outlook during the approaching sum- mer season, One of the officers of the Knickerbocker Ive Company—a corporation which represents a nom- inal capital of $2,000,000-—furnished some instructive und interesting data that are well worthy of note, It appears that the Hudson Liver, from New York to Troy, orlinzcily supplies an anpual ice crop of something Mke 1,500,000 tons, The number of hands employed to gather in this harvest equals about twelve thousend, which, supposing them to earn $1 25 a day each and to work forty days during the season, would repre- This does nof include horses, wagons, storehouses or materials employed in storing the crop, nor the extensive business done by the Knickerbocker Company at Rockland Lake. In the year 1873 there were 1,408,500 tons gathered from the Huéson, a labor which, even so far back as six years ago, afforded employment to 7,524 hands. and over five hundred horses. During the season just onded 2,500,009 tons of ice have been cut in the river by 14,000 men and ¢09 horses, without including Albany or the points north of that city, As the was pirticularly good the ice compantes felt justified in laying up this year a far larger quantity than any known heretofore in the history of the trade, and even if the firms in the business work in harmony with each other, a thing which is by no means certain, in vicw of the fict that a considerable portion of the stock is held by speculators, low prices may naturally be looked for this spring and next summer and fall. The frost having been severe the class of the ice gathered in is very good, ranging, as it does, from ten to sixteen inches in thickness, so that cakes measuring thirty-two by twenty-two inches, superficial area, will average 250 pounds, cal- culating at the rate of fifty-eight pounds per cubic foot. The price lust year was $3 dton, or iifty cents a hundred at retail. The officer ot the Knicker- bocker Company who was spoken to yesterday said that during the coming season he did not think the price would exceed $2 25 4 ton wholesale, with a proportionate reduction to the retail buyers. It is said that some contracts are being made to supply families at the rate o2 twenty-five cents a hundred. The nution of the ice supply coming into the city {8 estimated to ‘be one-third to the small dealers and steamship companies, one-third to the brewers, and the remaining third to families, pork packers,’ butchers and grocers. A sniall part of this traction finds its way to the fruiterers aud the artificial butter factories. The crop being light last year, on account of the mild- ness of the season, a demand was experienced for ice from tho upper Hudson, above Albans, but in conse- quence of the very abundant supply laid in last winter it is believed that no market will be found for the next twelve months that would justify the bringing down of icc from beyond the State capital. AMOUNT OF ICE IN. SLORE. The number of tons at present in store by the different ice companies throughout the city and its dependencies is very nearly as follows: Tons, Kuickerbocker Ice Company at twenty-three depots aud in barges and stacks...........1,000, Mutual Benefit Ice Company, Fourteenth street, North Biyer.....2..2+s+seeceee+ vee 100,000 New York City Ico Company, Gansevoort Consumers’ Ice Compauy, Horatio street. 65,000 National Ice Company, Forty-ninth street... 100,000 Highlind Lake Ice Company, Fourteenth stect, North River.. reeds 000 John Scott & Co., Thirty-fourth street. 25,000 Greenwood Lake Ice Company, Burling slip. 40,000 Ridgewood Ice Company, foot of Washing- tom avenue, Brooklyn 10,000 A. Dettinger, Castleton. 50,000 H. Clauson, Rondout. 30,000 Rittenhouse, Catskill 20,000 Fuller & Co., Athen: 80,009 d & Co, Avery & Co. Wolfe & Co. Sanders. . Andrews & ( J. J, Busdrill, Four Mile Point. Wil iam Beals, Coxsackie 10,000 John Wolfer, Coxsackie. . 30,000 Green & Co. 6,000 Vansteinberg, Catskill Creek... 10,000 Ray, Stockport... 5,000 Jobn Clark, Stuyvesant 24,000 Vanderpocl, New Baltimore. oe 6,000 J. H. Horton, Ice Cream Manufacturer... . 10,000 MeCabe & Smith, Casticton, Whito & Clark, Castleton. G. H. Miller, Castleton. Ostrander & Co,, Castleton. Friendship Icc Company, Castleton. R. English & Co., Castleton Hotaling & Co., Castleton. Vrooman & Co., Castleton Warren & Wilbur, Cedar Hill. Commonwealth Company, Esopus. 0 Newark City Ice Company, Barrytown 20,000 Glasco Ice Company, @ wees 40,000 H. D, Myers, Poughkeepsie Morgan Lake Ice Company, Poughkeepsi Fox, Pecksville........+ Claremont Ive Company Total tonnage...... ace 077,000 Although some of the concerns above included ao not belong directly to the city of New York yet they are all comprised within the area from which this metropolis draws its supply ot ice, whether the article be used to cool the rich man’s champagne or to chill the poor man’s pork. ARRANGING THE PRICE. Next month there will be a convention of the ice companies’ representatives and the wholesale dealers and speculators, the object of which ix to fix prices for the summer. The convention will bé called upon to consider the fact that while last yoar's crop was oniy seventy-tive per cent ot the ordinary yreld there was a surplus this year that more than compensates for the failing off in the winter of 18778. The Knickerbocker Company keeps going about five hundred wagons ordinarily; and as each is drawn by & pair of horses this corporation is obliged to have ou hand cleven hundred or twelve hundred dratt animals. Each wagon carries trom one to two and a half tons in its rounds, according to the demands of the route on which it may be sent. The wagons make but one trip # day each, excepting on Saturday, when they ure often obliged to double the service in order to keep their customers cool over the Lord's day. These trips felor to the family trade. The pork packers being constantly at work, excepting on Sunday, keep the wagons destined to’ supply them always ‘on the run. The average wages paid by the companies to their wagon drivers is $11.3 week. The men’s hours of work vary with the requirements of trade on their respective routes summer they work trequently ten or twelve hours « day, while in the fali and spring months they can often get through with their day's labor in three or four hours; they enjoy, however, the same rate of wages the year round, Sometimes the drivers loiter on their routes aud are thus detained, but at others, when they wish to finish the day's duty speedily, they can save threo or four hours. The work horses are kept with much care. A larger number of them being required in the busiest months they are pur- chaved in the spring, and some of the undesirable Sing Sing. ones sold off when the trade begins to slacken lato in the tall, In the sum- mer season the working day — begins at three o'clock and occasionally ends before noun, though it otten lasts till late im the afternoon. On Saturdays the jaded horses and tired men do not get rid of their tasks cill ten or eleven o'clock at night, The proportion of help employed by each company would represent about one man for each 2, of ice in stock, according to the foregoing table, and one horse for each 1,000 tons, HOW THK ICE I8 EMPLOYED. Some of the brewers have large yaults attached to their establishments, in which a& much as 1,000 tons ot ice may be seen, These icehouses are filled in the spring and replenished two or three times duri the season, George Erhardt, the — bi fakes trom 15,000 to 20,000 tons annually fri the Knickerbocker Com- pany. The large bre have several hduses on the premises from which they distribute the ice as required, » beer is usually stored in these houses pad the ice generally placed above the barrels or around them. In some establishments the ice is kept under tho beer, this being a good way to check termentation. ‘The pork packers, who use much ice, keep the cooling crystal in large vaults that hold trom fitty to sixty tons, ‘They use the ice in pretty much the same way that the brewers do, the object being to chili the meat. Ice is ‘wow largely used to cure slaughtered hogs instead of sugar, end is @ substitute for this and otner Ptocosaes formerly employed to keep the swine flesh fresh. In point of quantity consumed the packers are the next best customers of the ice wnies atter the brewers. |’ ndred packing firms in the city thatguse from five hundred to one thousand tons cach every year. The butter dealers are also good customers, #0 that now there is no first class commission house in which spacious, first clas ice cooled refrigerator may not be tound ready tor the reception of butter. staple article ot consumption comes from tho West in refrigerator cars, au: the commission merchants must have vaults or boxes in which to keep it fresh, Tue storage warehouses in general must be provided with the means of keeping cool such perishable farm | products as may be confided to their care. Fruit in | particular has to be preserved coo! by iee and geutly died, | The introduction of artificial iee machine hurt the trade, the companies think, becau just as much trouble te handle artiticial i from the question of firet eos’, as there is te move the natural article. Th pufacturers are under Leavy expanses in th royalties, as furnish making employed Kio Janeiro, of the Brazilian line, had, according to the statemout of | Knickerbocker Company. to Le taken out of ¢ sels, as it was found they would uot work, aud tee hag'to be purchased for them in St. Thomas at the rate of $100 per ton. The Knickerbocker Company now supplies the vessels for the whole voyage. BUSINESS NOTES. by nature Chicago is rejoicing in an immense spring trade. ‘The oat crop in Mississippi is said to be excellent. Amesbury, Mass., is filling large carriage orders for California, Nearly all Pittsburg’s glass furnaces are again in operation. ~ Wolcetville’s (Conn.) needle factory is now running on full time, Ticonderoga is to have two new cotton factories and a paper mill. : Jacksouviile, Fla., is thinking of starting a rice cleaning factory. Straw hat making is one of the flourishing indus. tries of Newark, N. J. ‘The iron works at Syracuse report good orders and a better prospect for fair prices. The Memphis (Tenu.) woolien mills, lately de. stroyed by fire, are to be rebuilt. The first shipment of canned meats and vegetables from this country to India was made a few days ago. Birmingham, England, is importing hay forks, clocks, apple parers and clothes pins from Philadel- phia. The different manufacturing interests in Geddes, in this State, give evidence of a marked improvement in trade, One of the St. Paul (Minn.) papers says the open- ing season promises to be one of unusual activity im that section. ‘There are 240 acres of strawberries in and around Charleston. 8. C. The y.eld, it is estimated, will be over 700,000 quarts. The Canadian lumbermen say the past winter has been one af the most favorable on record for getting out timber and saw logs. In Troy, N, Y., the business outlook is exceedingly bright. All the mills are running on full time and every branch of industry is picking up. - In St. Louis all branches of business are reported as in excellent condition, A large number of new buildings are in course of construction. The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company have doubled their steel mill force at Scranton, Pa., ta meet the increased demand for that article. Texas cattle are on the move northward. The yield of the Southwestern part of the State this year will, it is estimated, be upward of one hundred thousand. A Philadelphia paper says:—‘Looking at the sub- urbs, we find that new rows of houses are in various stages of progress, showing that the building move- ment has been active in starting business all through the autumn.” According to the Portland (Me.) Advertiser the farm- ers in that State are taking a good deal of interest in the beet sugar qgiestion. The total amount manufac- tured during the past year was nearly two hundred thousand pounds. In the opinion of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle the trouble with the New England cotton milis is not so much “oyerproduction as dishonest management and expensive running.” Rafting on the Delaware this season shows signs of considerable improvement. Old raftsmen say there were never as many logs on the banks of the upper Delaware at one time before. There is also a large quantity of sawed lumber, and railroad ties are piled all along the banks of the river ready for rafting to market as soon as the first freshet comes. The paper box industry is reviving. According to the Hartford (Conn.) Post “the Superintendent of the Industrial School reports that he is receiving large orders for the paper boxes manufactured by the girls. These boxes are used exclusively by manufac- turers for putting up their goods. and the demand for them shows that manufacturers are increasing their business, Our local business, particularly manufacturing, is for the most part improving.” Our trade with Italy is on the increase. The Record of Philadelphia says:—‘Foreign merchants are be- ginning to make their appearance in America before spring has fairly opened. Sefior Marco Saler, — prominent merchant of Naples, has been in Philadel- phia for several days past making extensive pur- chases of rosin, petroleum, grain and manufactured goods. He left the city last evening en route for Baltimore, Chicago and New Orleans. In conversa- tion yesterday morning he expressed himself as convineed that a large trade will be carried on be- tween Philadelphia and the Mediterranean ports dur- ing the coming summer.” Tho manufacturing situation inand around Nor. walk, Conn., is described by the Gazette of that city. It “We are rejoiced to learn that there is s thorough and most encouraging revival of our manu. facturing industries in and about Norwalk. The Winnipauk Mills are now crowded with profitable orders, and have not been as remuneratively em- ployed for several years past as at the present mo- ment. This thrill of revived business prosperity will soon be felt in all the various local industries of our town, and we trust the threadbare cry and croak of “hard times’ is soon to cease ag a byword among us.”* THE “L” RAILROAD COLLISION. DANGEROUS CONDITION OF MR. JOHN T. HAR ROLD, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS, AND A SUIT FOR TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS DAM- AGES. John T. Harrold, passenger on one af the New York “L" trains at the recent collision at Forty- second street and Third avenue, is lying in # critical condition at his residence, No. 678 Greene avenue, Brooklyn. It will be remembered that he was flung a distance of about fifteen feet diagonally across the car, his eide striking against the seat with great vio- lence, Like many victims of similar accidents, Mr. Harrold was not aware of the gravity of his injuries. His arms sud wrists were bleeding from tho flying bits of glass and his side felt very sore, but he still mustered up forceenough to accompany Mrs. Peck, a lady friend who was in the same car (and whose version of the accident was fully published at the time in the Hrn- ALD) to her residence in Harlem. He then returned from 128th street to his home in Brooklyn, @ trip of nearly three hours, and on the way vomited a great wantity of blood. "Since then he has been lying at th point of death, and though it is now thought that he may recover the result is by no means cer+ tat A CONSULTATION YESTERDAY. Dr. Deyo, the family physician, Dr. Gilbert and Professor Ward held a consultation yesterday after- noon at four o’clock at the bedside of the patient and agreed that he was still in # very dangerous state, From Dr. Deyo's statement it would appear that when he was first called in on Wednesday morn- ing he found Mr. Harrold in a high stato of fever and delirium. Cpon examination he ascertained that two of the ribs of his left side were fractured, and the Doctor says that had Mr. Harrold not worn & heavy overco whose breast pockets were stuffed with papers and books, he would probably have been killed outright. From his painful breathing and the great expecto- ration of blood it became eyident that an undue pressure was brought upon the left lung, and that it fea been lacerated, thus rendering it probable that inflammation and pneumonia would ensue. This was the case, and even if everything goes well, Dr. Deyo says, Mr. Harrold will not be able to leave his bed for a long time to come. A sister of Mr. Harrold was killed in the great Norwalk railroad disaster twonty-six years ago. THY COMPANY TO BE SUED. Mr. Harrold, who served with distinction in the army as captain in the Second Scott Life Guards and ajor of Van Beck's Sharpshooters, carricd on the business of house painting and decorating at No. 2% Third avenne, and had just secured profitable con tracts when this accident disabled him. His loss, besides the injury to his health and the physic suffering, will, it is said, be great, as his business has come to a standstill in consequence of his sud- den prostrat His relatives have secured Mr. Chauncey Shafter to hold the New York “L" Com- pany to legal acconntability for the damage inflicted, which they estimate at $25,000, The case of Mr. Harrdid, whose injuries have turned out so unexpectedly grave, recalls the case of one of the passengers at the Ninth avenue “L”" colli+ sion at Houston street three years ago, who also thought at the time that he had escaped wninjured, when it subsequently appeared that the concussion of the brain produced by the shock had permanently impaired bis reason. , -