The New-York Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1866, Page 4

Amasements. o et S WALLACK'S 111E T8 EVENING, o 1T Is NEVER X Mesirs. Fradoric _Kobinsou. J Tisarge Hol . Holsto; ., Baroes, W laad, Youn I.ronard ke, Miss Mude'ive Henri ron e Butl THE MO!UNTERANK uroett, Kulton, Bisisdell, Everett, Moy, Clanfrau NIB v4118 EVENING, st 8, BELPHF o, Miss Tde Verne y. 1limes, Miss Mary Wells OLYMPIC G, w 8-THE BROTUEFS: Mis elon TO-DAY: SALIN IN PARIS~ Mgt Wansra, Mr. 3. A, Here. NN LIS “w TUIS EYERING, THE FAS DE FASCINATIO! 'S OLD_BOWE riti3 EVENING, 8 =THREE FAST THEATER. : Or, THE STATUE BRIDE— | Sisters. aud (4l company Y THEATER. WOBEN Miss Fanny " THEATRE FRANCAISE. Fili8 EVENING, st 8, the comedy of L'AIEL BARNUMS AMEKICAN MUSEUM S AFTEKNOON. et 2, snd THIS EVENLNG at 70 —Mr. G. C. Howard Ma. J. Prycr. M Schell, 1. i UNCLE s W er, Keho ison, 11 'E E HUNDI Je W, L. Je om, Wilton. € ) CURI IRVING ITALL Pkt ORMANCES by BLIND , MUSICAL THE OR r Jerome T David Wylls, {18 EVEANI ] PiLLOSIS T and Ch Heping. Siguord S K. Mill, Rober THIS B LAVE INGIN: Messrs. Dan Bryan Beymons, Kollin Howard, Dan L Neil Bryast, Dav Master fva: QUES, VIFTH Muissen 2 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DE: TO.DAY and THI> EVENING. exuibitiou ING ARTIST! ¥ L GOUPIL'S GALLERY N Brosdway TO-DAY, EXHIBITION OF NEW PICTURLS by Mo T. C | RO CORNER OF HOUSTON AND G ST TO-DAY=EXHIBITION UF ANDREWS'S FLYING SHIP, BROORLYN A TH!S EVENING, Enlish ALCANIARA. R A A T D TR ST Buswicss aotices. Tug Last Davs of ex-President Martu Vau Buren were made cumfortable by the use of Joxar WaITCOMN's Asroxa Rexmoy. Letters ia our possession “from bis physi from Mr. Vau Buren bizself, expross much gri tew { ite use. Extract from the *Life of Was Pierze M. Trving, Vol. IV., page 212: * The doctor prescribed. s an expeciment—what had be: ad by Dr. (0. W.) Holtmes on his late visit—' Jonas Whiteomb's Remedy by hisnephew, frving foc Astiima,’ & tesspooufol in & winegiass of water, to be taken svery forr ours. A good night was the result.” 1 o case of purely Asthmatic charaoter kau it failed to give prompt gelia!, and in meany cases a permanent cure has been ofiected. Nodeo o asod be apprehended from its use. An isfant way take it with oot safety. (See clrcular.) Jossrm Brexerr & Co., Bostos, . Sals Prop: _Yormabyaldrusists. . CHOLERA, WAR AND FAMINE threaten the nati urope. We have no resscr 1o apprebiend the last two : but ilsble st any moment to the first. Lvery ome should be pre against its sttacks, for no one kucws when or where it meay make 1 appearaace. MARSDAN'S ASIATIC CHOLEEATORK iy the best remedy for Uhia disense. 1f admiristered in the premonitory stages, it will, ia aine cases out of tem, prevent its going forther; and, eves in the lsat #ugas, it will cure 8 very large proportion of cases. Depot, No. 487 Brow Congress WATER. Expims Waren. Covoupiay Waren. Relfreshing, Closrsing. Invigorating Delicions as & Beversge. Safe and certeln as 8 Medicine, Prues—iTcuiNG PILEs, Pouizivaly cured. Also, Blind and Bleeding Piles, Fistula, Sait Rhevin and all diseases of the Skin, by usiog Rosewax's Coun. No humbug, ae @ trra! will prowe. ¥oc Sule by sl revpectable Druggists. Sent by msll for & Dexas Banxes & Co. New-York Ageuis. Rosswax & McKrverry, Hudson, N. Vi W ir iz wi X Prop ‘Yag JesuiTs were the first to make known to En- | o (be medicinal virtnes of the bark of the Cinchonn, ot Caisay mhich was long popelarly knows es “Josuit's Bark.” e, 1t norival. Maxspuy's CALIATA ToNIC Is the very best mode of ad- wministering this remedy. It contains all the virtues of tis back, and, -suifke Quinine (which Is & sulphste of Cinehona). contaias £o uelc, | tectyus ingrediont. For sale by ull drogalste. | Rt s S RS OO . o | | e Lyox's Insger PowpgR, for exterminating Roaches, Awe and Vermis, end preserving fors and clothing from Mol oigina! and genuioe is signed E. Lyox. Al othy ko uo other [nsoct Powder but Lyox's. Scld by all dr.gzists, sad by Banxus k Co.. No. 21 Park-row. Tuz STAR MEDICINAL PoWDER Co., MANUPACTURY AND SELL THE MoniNLey Fowde, Forthe epeedy ard certaln oore of Ulcets of the Throat ani F ongared Py w elling of the si's, Cou Foarscvens, Diphtbein, Clergymon's Sore Thront. € ‘ol Bramshitis. See cire taimring cortifieates 1) E Wiison of Wilson, Pets + . M. Hildrcth, ove + lizabett, Crittesden, Widow of th 5 3 . Office. No. 634 Broasway, ¥ ExNoK, the Hatter, whose stores are at 533 Groadway, has just Lrouglt out several spleadid st dispiaysd by his artists bas brought bis trade to e the largest bullding in the city would fall to sccowmolate al! Dusraess. There is something o peculinrly cheracteristi of Kxox, the better, that any one who his once worn his hists would | #eaaar go bazeliesded than wear any other. FaMiies Visirie WATERING PLACES should be | @grare that the change of food and mode of life almost inverisbly pro- duce o relaxed condition of the boweis, especially in children. To osanteract this, the most effective messs is the use of Mawspry's De. J. Coruis BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE.—The I Won Ear! Rossel! communiceted to the Colege of Pybsiciens cud J. . Daveuport that he bad received information (o the eflect tiat th only of service in cholers was CHLORODYNE —Seo et 3, Haxuy Swite, Special Ageni, No. 37 Nas- lo;-r"'u c:l‘lwu"l’ol.ull Restores ("Imy Hair, Kvaps loavy and fromw felling out; removes dandroff: s the finest Soid by Ruswrox, Ne. 10 Astor House, sud by ail Lzg, by B. FRANK l’ulfi, LL.D.— $od low to offcers und civilisne. 1.0 " Dr. BiokxeLL's SYRor.—A sure and safe remedy fox Chiolara. No ove sbould be without it. Trussxs, ELASTIO STOCKINGS, SUSPENSORY Baxp- aons, SupposTERs, ko.—Mansu k Co.'s Kadical Cure Trum Utfios oaly ot No. 2 Vesey-st. 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Burixs, No. 577 Broadway. Agents waoted. Howa 8ew1x0 MAciixe COMPANY. —EL1As How, Yoo Kwidany, D, W24 Riondns. - Aigsls Wusind ' | two years, has beon sgreed upon by all parties, and im- | | mediate steps eca 1o be taken to carry the project into | Wio s Your Dooror’ It is not necessary to Leve one! when ons box of MAEADAN'S SANATIVE Pinis will curs all cases of Indigention, Dyspopals, Sick Headacke, and other disorders wrising (rom a foul stamach. Dapot, No. 427 Broadway. Do Nor Ler Your PERIUDICE STAND BETWERN your sulfering child and the palief that will be absolutely sure to fol aw ths ase of Mra Winsrow's S00THING SYRUP. It corrects acidity of tis stomash, relisves wind o0'ic, regnlates the bowels, softens the vas rest to tha mother and health to the child. Thirty-five otsle. Oficss, No. 43 Dey-st., Now York, sud No.i205 High ', London, England. A WoNDERPUL DISCOVERY.—DALLEY'S GALVANIC s fast toking the place of all other Home Liniments ALl who uss it acknow!edge it Lo be the best kuown bruises, and ia many cases box. Sold by all e wcratehos, onts, apra 7 e with only —Tms NATIONAL Brick Macut 2,500, Two Hozars, makss 3500 bricks per hoar, with straisht, well- defined edges, and the bricks will stand ALL CLIMATES, while those made by the dry prewing wackines oll CRUMBLE To PisCNS 0u be- {15 KIPONED 70 PROST. A Rtaqua, General Azert, No, 14! Brosdwoy, N. Y. 100 SHINGLES PER H, pade by the EMPIRE Maowivs with oxE Ho war; nd will make ams amount of ti ONE THIRD MOWRH FHINGLES than wade by any sawing sbingls machize. A. Kzqua, General No. 141 Broadway, New-York PRit'S EMBROCATIC , for the cure Typhcid Fever. i ¥ e, 1t Dises i3, ScALDS, DBruise: foly nad quickly curcd by the wee RaxTaaTisn ANP Piiss, ars of Darvar's Maa:oaz Pars Exraacron. So'd by all Droggiats, at 25 - Dapot. No. 43 Codarat. N. Y. abox aMictad with T rackiss, ahouid v It s infallible. Ny v's Celebrated Prepared by De B, C. Prear Sold by all drugeists in New- rat Farcxin Loviow Dernato ogist, No. 49 Bond-s York and eivewhare, Pric A Py anio Honem Savvm s o Cata, il Pricks, Soras, C. box. 85d by all drugelets d eure for £ and Strain Lanmison's Pr ar and the ouly ¢ o othierwise. Sold by Druds Caswasr, Mavs & Co, snd ail Diu, ambe b No. 512 wre lower 1 Nervgus Headaches a. (¢ forty drops”) of METoALZE's GREAT Rurvaumic B ‘,",",!:, rUaziva. ARTIFICIAL Lamps or UPERIOR QUA shed gra: S. Ariny, by E. D. Huosox, M. LIT’ AND com. o 8. M. PriTaneinL & Co., NEWSPAPER ADVERTIS- %6 Aamnrs, No. 37 Park-row, New York (estabiished iz 1649 s for The Tridane, snd all thie uewspapers in the United States and British Provinoes NewBork DailyCribune, SATURDAY, JUNE Cervesponue: N0 notise san batakon of Anouymots Communic: intendad for insartion must be authenticated dros of (ho writa:—not aecessarily fo: pudiicaiion but & aguar anty for his £ood faith. Al businass Isttars {or this oftice shioula ve addreised to “ Tae Tass . Now York Wo omunot undortaxe 6o raturn reiested Communicatioag. —_— The Tribune in London. BROTIHRRS, (Amerioan Agents for Librades 1711 Bartte, WG e Arcats for £ Th! STy o Cove Taey wil wag ceceive Bunsoatrrione snd et LHUNE NEWS OF THE DAY. GENERAL NEWS, Tha apshot of the Fenian news is, that the under &x O'Neill, formerly of the Union aru mumander of tio Irish Republican Army it ¢ from 600 t0 3,000, h with a fores variously state taken fort Irie, which is nof a fort, but a swall tow n o, on the Canada side, re abup- 0 t othor exploits of the “ 1. R. A. n C.," bot we can ¢i out nothing very definite beyond the simplo facts abova detailed. The telegraph, hover @ of the incidents attendant upon a friedly occurred at ntrepid Fenian element in the proposed subjugat. The remaius of the laf wore committed to tha with appropriate aud de wis & very large attendance of di !l professions and callings, in Nationa! Congress, from the & ngtistied mea from ¢ deputations from the the navy, and from s. The day of the fuseral wntry by the display of moura cities business was wholly, ine is quite unfavorable. There a reported, and 8 deaths took port. ince since lhe(pr“viu\ln There was a total in the ospital saip of 105, and 24 more are being transferred to | her. The condition of the ship is deplorable, being | crowded with the sick, dying and dead. The proposition to rebuild Pike’s Opera Houso at Cin- cinnati by a subseription of $150,000, iv the form of tickets ach, good for one exhibition any time within effect. In the Strong divoree ease yesterday, on the motion of Mrs. Strong's cou to puy her coun- sel's foes, and to L g8 in the now trial # “{,"" 1l such payment is mude, thero were long and elaborate arguments by counsel, and the couit ook tho papers. The music seasor in Central Park opens to-day, the per- formance commercing st 3 o'clock, p. m. The band formed for these entertainment is a superior one, and the wuccoasion of concerts the Summer canzot fail to be briltiant and Lighly popular. The anus! Protestant Episcopal Convention of the diocese of New-Jersey has been in session during the last week, Bishop Odenleimer presiding. During the the Bishop has coufirmed 860 persons, and / b ordained. There are 118 ministers now in the di Tho Board of Healih will very soon devise means for providin 2 adeguate quarantine accommodations of overy kisd. 1t is rupposed that whatever may be done will need to ba done in opposition to the wisLes’ of many persons owning property adjacent to Quarantive. The Indian Peace Commissioners reached Fort Laramip on May 30, Thers is a large attendance of the Sioux, Artapaboes and Chieyennes, and the prospecis for atreaty of posco were good. The council was to open yesterday (June 1), Further accounts are reccived of the alleged poison- ing by lead in Oraxge Connty. It appears there are Lu:v[v elaima for damages egeinat’ the proprietor of the mill whence the poisoned dour bas been sent out. The New-York Association for the Advaneement of Science and Art are considering the subject of' establish- ing an Astronomicel as well as & Magnetic Obse; ‘I'he plan is to be at once brought before the publi The New-York State Military Agency at Washi during May, collected and paid claimauts $is50 31, bm;{e accolwplishing s great amount of other customary work. !‘l"l.z’:1 floods in Kulern Alabama bave been very de- structive, more so than for man; The freshet ex- tends along a river tract nhv.lounxmflel. s By a fire in_One-hundred-and-sixth-st. yosterday after- noon & colored man was burned to desth, and several other persons were seriously injured by the heat. ‘The Commission appointed to consider the subject of providing communication between extreme poumjin this city, invite plans for such communieation. The Excelsior and Harvard Base Ball Clubs, yesterday, bad & watch game at Bedford, L. L, and the H‘v’vml L‘luyb was again defeated—1 standing 46 and 25, There was a firemen's muster at Poughkecpsie, yester- day, at which 10,000 spectators were presout, o wife of Mr. William Cullen Bryant is dangerous! 1118 o b t's Tosidende, Rostys, Ll v On the Fashion Course yesterday the stallion Vander- bilt trotted $500 into Lisowner's pocket. Bost time, 2:29: The Maryland Eyiw’?sl Convention at Baltimore ad- Journed siue die yesterday. Gold was excited yesterday, and quite a large business was doue in tho vestivale of the gold-roum on the rumors of the Fenian invasion. The price nt the opening was 140§, but it advanced to 1414, and closed at 141 bid. Business was eq. tirely suspended on the Stock Exobange. The funeral of the late Lieut.-Gen. Scott took placo yesterday, at 1 o'clock p. m., at West Point. The cere- monies wers of amost imposing character. The vast - Wsoumbage of Qissipguisked ofivers of tha wmy, Buna- | bys) vk overs s NEW.YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JUNE tore, and Members of Congress from this and adjoin. ing States was i keeolng with the high esteem in which this great soldier was held. Our seventh page to-day contains a second article on the Walkill Valley lead-poisoning case; letters from Canada and Missouri; a letter describing the recent great fire at Oil City, Penn.; together with law reports and articles of miscellanous charaoter, The trustees of the Cornell University at Ithaca invite in ouradvertising columns proposals for the con- struction of the first of the edifices wherein that Univer- sity is to be located. We will only add that they are abundantly responsible—$500,000 m cash from its President being & part of the eudowment alrealy se- cured. THWE FENIAN INVASION CANADA — ITS LESSONS, The junior branch of the Fenians have st length invaded Canada—so much is certain, How many they number—wbat welcome they are to find— what resources are at their back—remain to be developed. As by far the larger mimber of the Irish scem to follow the flag of ¢'Mahony and Steplens, the natural presumption is that the movement is rash, uncaleulating, ‘olhardy, and that the shattered remnant of the Ferian army will goon be racing back across the frontior in most admired disorder. We say, this is the natural pre- sumption—we prophesy nothing whatever. The raudom talk ot some of our City joarnals has been calenlated to misguide the ppblic mind. The Fenian movement is not mero pretense or parade—is deeply and painfully earnest. O'Mahory may be crazy, if you will; but he is not a swindler angling for dupes; and so, we presume, of the rest, The Irish regard the ish as oppiessors of their country and racefor the last eight centuries, and would very gener- ally rise to throw off the detested yoke if they durst. We say * the Irish,” knowing well that there is a very large share of the population of Ireland whe are essen- tially, heartily British. . But whoever are really Irish are anti- —and as profoundly so ia England, Cansda, or Anstralia, as in Ireland or the United States. They do not often break out iato insurree- tion; not because they are cowards, but because they see no reason to hope for success; but il they saw a fair chance to strike for the independence of theiry native laad, there are Ove Million able-bodied Irishmen to-day living in all parts of the earth who would joyfully take their places in the ood a fight as they could. Very ill have nothing to do with Fenian- as a wild del ; but show them a ke Ireland an peadent republic dred thonsand Irish hves, and they wonld joyfully e up the taily. Of course, there are Irish quacks and self-seekers— and swindlers—traders in patriotism; of patriotic devotion—perhaps as many in as of any other raco on earth. Dissimula- tion and treachery are the matural vices of slaves; and the Irish have the fanlts patural to s down- trodd But thero would be precious little by pocris) thero were no genuine piety, and fow pretended devotces to the liberation of “the ould sod" if there were not many real devo- tees to render the pretense a gainful one. The aspiration of the Irish to nationslity and inde- pendence has outlived so mauy ernsl defeats that it is most unlikely to be extiaguished by any fresh disaster. Let us presume, then—as almost every oue presumes—that the Fenlan invasion of Canada will speedily be drowned in blood—that the wreck of Gen, Sweeney's forces will soon be fleeing across the border—it will be a very great mistake to calculate that this will annihilate Fenisnism. It will do nothing of the kind. The body may perish, but y heace, as now, the Trish race will be ploiting, organzing, and occa- sional!y fighting for independence, unless there shall meantime be developed an England wise enough, just enough, to abolish their swindling State Church ; Three Kingdoms alik ented and nd equal laws, based on a recognition of the inalicnable Rights of Man, —The Canadians have probably scen new light on the subjeet of St. Albans raids and Course isions. k these rather amusing than other- they still do; but we doubt it. Ifwe ave another gigantic r n, we think ality to conspirators ax ndiaries will an in the days not long past. At all Lope so, alike for our own sakes and 3 d eveln theirs. BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY. The news raceived yesterday from the river Plate makesit certain that the war which has now for more than two years been desolating the Atlantic States of South America is speedily drawing to a close. After several months spent in preparaton, the allies have at length succeaded in forciug o passa, ‘arana, and in crossing their whole army into Para- guayan territory. Aftor many reconnoissauces and skirmishes between tho vessels of the Brazilians and the Paraguayar two Brazil- ian Urigades, on April 5, ocoupied the istand of Carvalho, situated a fow miles west of Paso de la Patria, at the confluence of the Paragnay and the Parana. On the 10th of April, a large forco of the Paraguayans made an attempt to dislodge the Brazilians in charge of the island battery, but were ronted with great slanghter, losing in killed, wonnded, prisoners, and drowned, 900 to 1,000 men, and 50 canoes or flats, while tho loss of the Brazilians did not exceed 150, On the 16th of April, 10,000 Brazilians, under Gen. Osorio, effected a landing a little up the Paragaay and drove back the enemy's skirmishers. Oun the next momning they defeated a Paraguayan force of 3,000 men with great loss, and being joined by an equal force of Argentines and Orientals, took possesion of the Fort of Itapicu (immediately north- west of Paso de la Patria). By tho 19th, all the allied forces had passed over, with their cannon and cavalry, and encamped within balf a league of the iutrenched cawp of the Para guayans, The latter did not make a stand, but abandoned their camp and retreated to their great stronghold, Humaita (on the Parag: a fow miles above the confluence of the Parag: and the Parana). It was considered as certain that Humaita could not be held, and that the war would be speedily ended. In addition to the above force of the allies which entered the Paraguayan country in its south. western corner, another army of 12,000 Brazilians, under Baron Porto Alegre had invaded Paraguay from the south-east, and was marching upon the capital, Asuncion. The military superiority of the allies over the Paraguayans is now so great that news of the submission of Lopez and the end of the war may be expected by the next mail steamer, With'the war will probably end the Presidency of Lopez, aud its chief result is likely to be a radical change in the constitution of Paraguay, The Parkershurg Gazette thus accounts for the heavy majorities just rolled up in West Virginia against Rebel enfranchisement: “Thara ean be no doubt that multitodes of our people wers deterred from even applying for registration becanss of the condition of things under which they have lived for soveral years past. Pressed down by buyonets, pushed hack by sabers, frowned upon by scowling oflicers in usiform, brow- beat on every side, thero can bo little 0 wonder that many of our people studionsly avoided exposing themselves to fur- ther iusult and outrsge, and quietly remained at home."” —* Our people,” in West Virginia, who have been ‘ pressed down by bayonets, pushed back by sabers, frowned upon by scowling officers in uniform, brow. " Were just exacily the Kebels in l e ——— S — e ———— 2, 1866. foat sud purposo—nobody clse. No one who bad not desired tho sucoess of the Revellion hag trotbiad Of menaced by any *bayometa” but those of Garnott, Pogram, Jenkins, Flogd, Loe, Mulwall Jackson & Co. What voice in the Government does | plaatation oF elsowhere. ] intractable voting-machines” for his Ho would find them very P ol The uaked Gt is that thess o fools or demons act consistently in resisting their en. franchisement. Those who realize that they are hu. The Gazette supposo the Unionists would Lave Lad | msu and rational should vote accordingly. had these trinmphed ? BUILDING OF THE ACADEMY OF mMUsIC. The rebuilding of the Academy of Music is a sub- jeot of absorting public interest. Its future is &0 bound up with the elegant social amusements of the people that an intense anxiety is folt lest plans for its recoustruction should be so bastily chosen that the imperative requisites for such a building, might be partially overlooked, The points for the Directors to secure before accept- ing any plan are, first, the proper sizo of the house; then the comfort, convenience, and safety of the audi- ence; a perfect system of light and ventilation and aconstio effect; and, finally, the proper proportion of the auditorinm and stage to each other. The late Academy could seat, somehow and some- wheore, 1,000 people more than ever visited it—the huge, unsightly amphitheater being superfluous and entirely useless, Two thousand five hundred seats are sufficient for every demand that will be made upon an opera-house for some years to come, save in remarkable aud exceptional cases, and we are satisfied that, if the 2,500 seats were once sold, at the prices recently prevailing, the receipts would be double the cash returns ever recorded on the books of the Academy of Music, We therefore want a Lonse to hold 2,500 people, and no more. 2 The comfort and convenience of an andience cannot be too carefully provided for. The seatsin themselves should be wider, and the distance between the rows of seats should be at least one-half as much again as was afforded in the late Academy. The space should be suf- cient to permit of passing along rows, without disar- rauging the costumes of the ladies seated. Such an arrangement would secure at once comfort and easy access and egross. The safety of an audience, in case of sudden alarm from fire or any other canse, is & consideration of the most vital importance. The egress from the old par- quet was diffieult in the extreme. Had the Iate fire broken out hal{an hour earlieron the spot where it was first seen, hardly o womau could have escaped from the place alive. was no separate exit, and,added to the extreme difficulty of extrica amplo robes from between the narrow seats, the passage-ways were narrow and led through the crowded boxes, 50 that tho most fatal confusion must have attended any at- se from the parquet in haste. h the new Academy will ty for sacuring the safety of doors conld be made, leading Fourteenth-st. and on an alley- way towarl Fifteenthst. Such an alley existed between the old Academy wall and the next house. ‘The groups of seats in the parquet and cirele should only accommodate some six or eight, so that they could be vacated in an instant, These precautic with wider alley-ways from the parquet to the circle would epable an audieuce to escape in an ineredibly short space of time. The upper cireles, ing eack their separate fire-proof stairways, would ha securo the safaty of the eutire audience. One other point would complete the precautionary steps: the on wire fire-proof custain used in Boston, and else- where abroad, which secures the anditorium from any acgident arising on the stage. The prescut system of lighting our theaters is en- tiraly wrong. ‘The flaming, flaring gas-lights are un- pleasant and injurions to the eyes; the smell from them is frequently offensive; and they add a large amount of Leat, which it is impossible to control. Lo system adopted abroad, of lighting from the roof, is superfor in several respects. The coiling is wade of ground or stained glass, over which are placed gas-lights powerfully reflected. The light is cool, pleasaut sud ample, and is equally distributed. It does not weary the eyes, while it is favorable both to complexion and costume—points not to be over- looked in an operatic establishment. Anotber and important advantage of this method of lighting is that, by means of ornamental openings in the glass coiling, with the beat concentrated above, s perpetual vacuum is croated, and a thorough and healthiul ventilation must ensue. On the points of sight aud hearing, the course to be pursued is simple and direct. Abolishing the amphitheater will necessarily reduce the hight of the building, will increase its accoustic properties, and materially lessen the labors of the singers. The horse-shoe shapo must be modified so a3 to admit of a clear line of sight to the stage from every part of | the house. There should be no pillars. The cire should recede, tier above tier, each resting on sub- stantial party walls. Tbis is no experiment; it has been practically demonstrated; and the result is two- fold—from every point of the hoase the sight is clear of all obstruction; and as there are no covered depths to smother sound, the accoustic properties are equaliy excellent in all parts of the suditorium, To rander the new Academy of Music what it should be, and what the public expects it will be, all the points we have montioned should be clearly demon- strated in the plans and practically carried out. While the new French Theater is deficient in ventila- tion and glaring in light, its internal arrangements for personal comfort, convenieuce, aud safety aro admi- rable in the extreme. The reduction of the size of the auditorium will af- ford to the Academy more stage-room. This was much needed in the old house, and should certainly be secnred in the new buildiog, in order to give due stage-room for extensive scenic effects, The old Acad- emy was very much smaller than any of the principal opera-houses of Europe. The Academie of Paris covers over 51,000 square feet, while the Academy in Fourteentli-st, covered but little over 24,000 feet. L/Academie devotes more than one-half of that area to stage purposes, whie our Academy spared bat little over a thizd. We commend all the points wo have enumerated to the attention of the Directors, Before accepting any plan presented, let them weigh we!l what we have written. Unlesa the plan embodies all these points the new Academy may be accepted by the pu but it will fall short of perfection, and the Directors will err from carelessness and negligence; for they will not have the excuse of ignorance of the right courss to be pursued to shield them from the cousure of the communit _— The Lynchburg Virginian quotes a part of what we say toour Darlington (8. C.) eritie, touching the way the Blacks, if enfranchised, would probably vote, and thus comments: ““We think that ths concessions in the above, to wit : that s ! ificance like to find themaelves in accord with iotelligenco and consequence;’ ard, further: thai *the minds of the laborers would insensibly be wolded to th are futal to the theory of Tk ‘T risi sy, aire the eufranchisemont of the Black raee in the Bouth as & means of enabling that race to take care of itwelt, and to withetand the enoronchments of the Whites. “And Tue Trino s clearly conoes tho above, that * majord the Blucks would utomutions. voting. o hands of their omployers ! Where, then, will advantage they should derive from tue exercise of sul —Qur “theory” isthat Blacks would vote much like other men; and that so long as they remained ignorant and insigniticant, they would naturally be much under the influence of those they esteemed wiser and more in- telligent than themsolves, But all this is subject to the reservation that they would take care not tovote against themselees. 1f @ great planter should wish to go to the Legislature in order to vote there for the redstab- | lishment of Slavery, or avything else in that live, he would get very fow Black votes, whetber on bis own | | | | I THE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT. After many unsuccessful efforts, the friends of re- form effected the abolition of the Volunteer Fire De- partment—a system that was rotten to the core—and, in its place, obtained for our City the present paid organization. Perhaps in a village, town, or even small city, the old system might work to a charm; for in such places the population is small, and the members of the engines are from the wost respectable class of the people—and the fires are so few that it would not pay to be nothing but a fireman. In the large cities, the case is different. Years ago—too many for the fact to be remembered by the large majority of our citizens—our Voluutecr Fire Department was effective, and had few or no blemishes upon its char- acter. And well it might be so—for then the compa- nies were composed of the best young men in the community, who joined the Department from a sense of duty alone, and not for the sake of rioting, politics and plunder. Many of the best among us now, who have deserved and have obtained honor, wealth, and station, were at one time members of the Fire Department—and it was to such that it owed its palmiest days. It may, indeed, be said that at one time our fire companies held & position as high in re- spect to the character and standing of their members s was held by the Military. But things gradually changed. Many of the good men who did the work, who were ever foremost in the rescue and protection of property, and who did not hesitate to dash through the flames to save a helpless life at the imminent risk of their own, were by degrees driven by the corruption and vice that began to fasten upon the department, and by the taint that began to be plainly perceptible throughout it whole ramifications, to resign their membership and to cut loose from associates aud associations that brought nothing save pollution and disgrace. Aud by whom were their places filled? By men of similar character? By men of the same self-sacrific- ing spirit? By men of the same activity and energy ? Oh, no! By none of these; but by rowdies and ruf- fians, who seemed to have joined the Department only for the purpose of having a more extensive arena for the display of their rowdyism and ruffianism. These Iatter never cared a fig about discharging their du. ties, They were never known to do any work in put. ting out fires, or in saving property or life, except it be considered work to interfere with and bully those who were ready aud auxious to do their duty in these respects. The result was what might have hoen expeoted. The had contaminated and destroyed many of the good. Instead of the gentleracn raising the loafers to the level of gentlemen, the loafors lowered the gentlemen to the level of loafers. And it soon becamo apparent to our people, or at least to such of them as gave the matter the thoughtful consideration its importance de- manded, that the whole Department, with a very few honorable exeeptions, was of but one piece in respect to rowdyism. The men who remained in it, notwith- standing they saw the rapid strides that vice and cor- ruption were making in the Department—who hoped to be able to restore it to its pristine reputation and effectiveneas—who held on tenaciously, although to hope to arrest the rottenness at its core was but folly— are entitled to the thanks of tie community for their good intentions; but their effurts were as sucoessful as were those of Dame Partington striving to brush back with a broomn the rising waters of the Atlantic. And this was not af. As a matter of course, the rowdies and bullies soon obtained the entire control of their respective machines, and with this control came corresponding influence, The trafficking politi- cians of our City, who have evor been on the alert to discover fitting instruments to perpetvate their in iquitous rule, soon saw that the whole Department, with proper management, couldbe made a most ef- fective tool in keeping them in office; and no sooner did they see their opportunity than they availed them- selves of it. DBy the use of patronage and other dis- houorable ns, they suceeeded in buying over to their interests the leading spirits of the force, and soon became possessed of the body and soul of the Department. The engine-kouses became just so many primary mecliogs—so many nominating conventions —s0 many pest-houses, from which arose disease and death to Nitle morality had been left in our City polities, By degrees, tho political Fire Department began to obtain such power, that, flushed with its success in electing outside politicians, it soom turned its attention to those iu its own ravks wanting positious, and nomi- nated and elected many & man to high and honorable office whoss ouly capacity or recommendation there- lor was that he was *‘one of the boys," and ‘“‘ran with the machine.” It would be no difficult task for us to mention the names of some of our most suceess- ful politicians who owe all of their success and wealth to the fact that they were active engine-boys, and managed, by the help of the bullies of the engine-house, to drive respectalle citizens from primary elections, and thus to secure an apparently regular nomination for themselves. In fact, wa be. liove that, from the engine-house as much as from an other quarter, have proceeded the brood of politi- cians and rogues that has so direfully afflicted and still so direfully afflicts the good people of this City. The rowdyism and politics so rife in it both for a long time called loudly for the abolition of the Volunteer Department; but, owing prineipally to the energy of the politicians who saw that it< fate was their fate, partly to the renfembrance of many of us of what it once had been, aud partly to the gratitude for what in days long passed it had accomplished, the people a little betore dealing the wh o Le itated urse, men bent on rowdyism tnd politics paid attention to fires, But the corruption did ot stop with rowdyism and politics. Men who would 1 do none if they d, and who yet must cat, drink, sleep, and dress, nt, il not wore respect- house instead of the poor- 1 soon found it wore couv uble, to go to the engine house. They had no visible means of support; they woul and became numbered among ** the joined the engi boys.” They *‘bunked” at the engine-house; hung around the porter-houses in the d congregated knots at night were the terror of the un- accompanied women who were forced to pass within Liearing of their loose and indecent romarks. They obtained their food as best they could; their drinks by “ striking " politiciaps; and for their clothes they were in part indebted to the kind consideration of their “ girls.” At fires, they were always on the look-out for chances; and, while some of their com- panions would be striving to extinguish the flames, Loy would be moviug up anddown, carrying off valu- ables, believing implicitly in the sayivg **To the viotors belong the spoils.” But enough of this, The rowdyism, the political corruption, the theft, pillage, and vandalism of the Volunteer_ Pire Department, sealed its fate. Ttis dead: it isburied; and we tell its friends it is dead beyoud resurrection, For it, so fur as this City is con- cerned, death is an eternal sleep. Wo are led to make these remarks in consequence of the allegations that are daily made against the Paid Fire Department as a system. Why not pay firemen ! Is it not better that we should pay them than that they should pay themselves ! Is not the extinguish- ing of fires work? Aud will men, as a general thing, do work bettor witkout than with pay? And il why make the putting out of fires an exception to the well-suown principlo that weu work wmore ealously | for pay than for nothing? If the Volunteer tom is so much superior, why not extend it? uot have a volunteer police! Why not have volunteer ~stroevcieanerd? YW toll tho frionds of the old system, we tell the pot-bouse politicians who have beea shorn of the assistance Aforded by the engine-honses—we toll thoss who are obstacles iu the way of the suceessful operation of ther uew system—we tell them all—that, though theis game is a deep one, it caunot succeed. The Pald Fire Department has worked to & charm in every oity of the world in which it has beer adopted, and it will 0 work with us, This city @ill not return to the in« iquities of the old system, which outlived its time by a quarter of a century, and which, with its long train of attending evils, was not only a disgrace to oug Metropolis, hut a mark of semi-civilization, The Memphis Avalanche (Rebel) heartily indorses the following, which it credits to The South Caroliniamw: * Again, it is insisted that, while of m‘&:l-dv:mrn uh:u.ld m-?tfi‘: '.?:1'3'-”&"!.'«"-"- with Like respect. Absurd ! Stall we adorn with wreath aad arland the last resting-place of those who pillaged oar L A e T U Y % o the memoty of w man kiled while obhinic her heneroost' 30 praying for the souls of tie damasd wuuld be of any avail, thay ml;fi;‘ uve the beuoflt of our prayers—but honor them— never!” —The thing we insist upon is, that those Rebels, who are permitted todo honor to the graves of the Cons federatss, be not allowed to hinder loyal women and children from doing like honor to the graves of Union soldiers who perished in defense of the Govern- ment, . Before confirming any Utah appointees, the United States Seuate should have indubitable evie dence that they are not Polygamists. Mormonism is a religion, and nothing to us; but Polfgamy is o crime against the law of the land. Itisa scandal to have National offcers who violate and defy Na- tional law. Until very recently, even the United States District-Attorney, sworn to prosecute offenses under the statute, was himself a Polygamist. Letus have an end of this Mr. ¥ Carpenter’s Picturc—* The Emaunci- pation Proclamation Before the Cabiner.”— Eagraved by Ritchie. Published by Derdy apd Miller, ‘We linve several times spoken fivorably of Mr. F. B, Carpenter's picture, and we are glad to announce that Mr. Ritehio has at lagt finished the engraving of it on which he has been so loug employed. Whatever may be the fate of the original picture, and it is no credit to the Govern- ment that it was not, long azo, made o National pos- gession; it is nolonger possible thut the historical record ts great value consia's should be destroyed or hid in & corner. Mr. Ritchie's fut1fu) ongraving will make the picture a visitor to evory logal housebold in the country, a visitor sadly welcome, in view both of the man whose noble nature it recalls, and of the dark contrast it suggests Letween the hopes wiich his noblest set awakened in the beuts of ti.e Aworicans and the shameful way in which his successor *‘by the grace of assassination” has dashed those hopes.” 1f we have said that the chief value of Mr. Carpenter's picture is as historieal record, we by no means wish to disparage it. Ontho contrary, that i3, to our thinking, one of ity greatest claims to respeet. That is of all rea- w0us the one chiofest reason why Americans who loved Abrabamn Liocoln should buy this print. Mr. Curpenter in painting it, strove with all his m'ght to make it true. Heo mnay be said to have striven for truth, first and last Many of our readers know that by hed opportunities such #5 no other man hed to study Mr. Liaco n's character, sad observe bis pocu'is-ities of mainer end ecpression. Mr. Lincoin seems to bave sdmitto | hin (o the frankest confidence, sud to have been a unifsguised befors him a5 it he had been his brother. That Mr, Carpenter was & shrewd observer, the notes which fe bhas from time to time published on his life at the W.ite House show plainly enough, but he wide h's observation with no desultory purpose; tiey were all to | enable him to make the picture he was painting an absolutely trve record of Mr, Lonecl . 8. lar as he was abie. Now, in a histosical pictu e, th & is tie tirst essene tial. Msuy a subject about which 1t is of impor:ance that the world should know, as neail as possi Ic, just how is happened, has been sacriticed by the printe: being an up- holsterer, s wind-bag, a par s1v, an enemy—a7;thing but an historian, julging from evidence; oz, u poct, recording hisintuition, We might name a d zen Americaa pictures which might bave hul a perni nect v lue, and come to be cherished by the people, if thoy had beon pented with & sincerity aud love of truth equal o their tceunical skilt and conventional knowledge, There was Powell's “De Noto;" not that it concerned us wuch, bui & be denied that it was of national inter 1ow wor bles it was a3 o historieal picture, How it beiind history, not by what it omitted to say, but by whet it fuliel; asserteds And Low low a state of feoinz in rooard to what is of real importance, if art b> of any import- ance at all, do»s it aguwe in tho iation when we can subwit with patience to huii g the travestie om history elaborately acd e:pens ve v o1 gra el vi (he backs of our National cusrency, wilea pi tue of redd signifie cance aud historieal value Lo tuis o7 Mr. Carjenter'sis allowed to go bogging, audislotu outheoarist's Lands. Os tuke Leutze’s “Wa-hington (£ ssin;z the Delav “ Washington at Monwouth,” r | and his Friend"—p! aed praised and 5)ld (or aye asserting that the taste that enj that needs sharp schooling; that (ho go-c that lets them pass withoutexposa o s adl and proved unworthy of euidence? I painted them hed 1o (1 in view but o tickly to flatter and to be tattered; «cal L not in their mind, they worked no finish & job. The act they are d:voted to is 10’ one whit above theart of the signspa’it:r or the a zne-painter; nay. it is not so reapectable as ticve, fur it 18 wore preten- tious. As e work of art—a piece of p pictare was fur from being 8 maste:l have said, this was & sscondary What was essantial was, that we Thus Mr. Li n looked, first o ol Chase and the rest of the Cabine! ; stood or sat. And the room was wanted no gaw-gaws, no Academ; tr nor bust of Washington, nor pr« none of this, and would put up the roow & simplicity, the 1 s00n paiut these men in bare L teg with scrolis and fasces aftcr ¢1e hich old 1l taste , 8 ch Canova fashion, s to treat the de'u Mr. Hu: t theatric vein, Mr. Carpenter st and reached it, and the Amerieni pe verdiet, and will not retract it. ick Musical. GRAND ORPHEONIS | ¥iiTIVAL. The second day’s Singing U'estival of the Orpheony Scliools and Charity Children ikes pacs to-day st Cooper Institute at 1 o'clock, Bove alecelobiatnd vouil meutal artists will assist, toseiier witl under the direction of Mr. Thoras, Mr, Jerome [ directs the whole performsace. 210 Feailval yesteidss o great success. ESGLISH OPERA AT BROOKLYN. To-night Eichberg's ** D etor of Alcantars” will be giveu in the Brooklyn Acrdemy of Ma:ic. MUSIC AT CENTRAL PARK, The Central Park Commissioners auuounce that if the weather is fioe there will be music on the Mall at the Pak on’ Saturday 21 fiost, €omiiweug 4t 3 p.m, by 120 Central Park Band, under the leadersbip of H. B Dodworth The following is the PROGRAMME. Pawr L 1. Opesiug Mare 3 Dverture to La Muette de Portici. . Fantasia on Song Beautiful Dreawer . Whirl wind Polka—Cornet Obliga.o. .. Pakr 11, 5. Mareh from Crispino e'ls Com . Ovorture to Oberon 7. The Guards' Waltz &, Grand Selection from Att Page HIL 9. Musen Quadrille........ cve-.. Stranse 10, Polonuise from L' Afrioaing. ... oeooron.d Meyerboer, 11, Grand Cavatina from Don Sabastian Do izotth 12 Der Sunnvogol Galop.. BRI B Farar Accrest.—Cornelins Fero, six years of age, residing with his prents at No. 213 Mott st,, fol down statrs yoaterday svenisg aboub 74 0'clock, and was lustcatle