The New-York Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1867, Page 2

Emv Efifim« ¥ AND rwzmrzo; tom Our Spcal Correspondect. . crirworow, Jun. 11, 1861, Yo disenssing (he financial question it is inevita- Plo that the writer shall be dull and heavy except to Abosa who are awake to the subject. To t]m. general wuass of sleepy-heads the following observations are Yot addrossed; such persons cai pass on to the acci- ‘dents and other easy reading. i In order to a proper understanding of what to .do "With our paper circulation, it is necessary to perccive Rlo precise part it has played during and sinco the fwvar; and what has been_said on this head hitherto ‘s been uttered mainly with a view to show what ¥t has Not done, but what has too often been im- anted toit. Whether we bLave bad too much or'loo {;ulo Quring the war, is not now a practical iur_]mr{_\'. ¥t is enongh to know that more or less was indis- pensablo, That 1mist were made in issuing it, on more than one occasion, we have now no need to ‘“flmm‘ deny. The question for solution now is, what to do with what we have. Shall we leave it asit ¢, shall we 2dd to it, shall we diwinishfit! Shall we ‘continue to govern the supply by artific ial rules, or ghall we place it under the natural laws of supply and emand? ‘We may say here that we do not hold the property eated by the war to be a bubble which is to disap- ::olr in u’;me coming finaneial collapse. The fact admits of no doubt that there has been an immense pecumulation of private property during and since Abe war, avising, directly and indirectly, from the giganticexpenditures of the Government, which have ‘overflowed the country like a freshet, leaving its |debris everywhere. This property exists and will ‘continue to exist without any reference to whether *he currency is increased, reduced, or remains s it is. ‘This wealth is no bubble: it has taken form in stocks, bonds, real estate, establishments, money. A vast amber of people have been made rich, and soma ously wealthy. These riches are diffused all ‘over the country. They are real, and will remain to » greater or less extent, depending on the care and pradence with which they are Lusbanded, or the rodigality and extravagance with which they are usndered. But the real value of these accumula- ions does not depend on the volume of paper oney. Whether the property thus accumulated is not yopresented by a national indebteduess weighing pon the capital and industry of the country, and “avhich is more than an offset for these accumulations, quite ontside of the fact alleged. Let it be ad- fnitted that it is the visible representation of the ings of a coming generation. It is none the less 1 and tangible to the holders of it fural.ltha.t. at it is a dangerous mistake tosuppose it is the fruit an ioflated paper currency, and that the ex- ences of its accumulation can be repeated by (pimply keeping up or adding to that inflatien. m'n have, then, scon what paper money Las not done, and we know there are things which it cannot do. At cannot create markets or consumers. If Govern- . ¢ should begin the reissue of paper money and ‘gontinne till it had shingled every acre in tho country withit, it conld not thereby create a market jor a single extra dollu’s worth of the products of pdustry, It is only when it becomes a consumer at it does this. ‘The same may bo said of an excess of eirculation f the precious metals. And thus it is the paper- oney men impute to paper currency a degree and uality of efficieney impossible even to coin itself. specie has at once au intrinsic value and a com- gmercial value, being susceptible of export when in xcoss, and thus never clogs the wheels of traffie tnd unsetiles values, as an excess of paper money The error of the inflationists arises from a mis- aken viow of the functions of money itself, whichis erely an agency of traffic and alever of industrial oloprent, limited in this latter function by its rofitable employment; which, inits tern, is obedient E those laws of supply and demand which have the Iwhole commercial world for their theater, and con- ‘olude their circle of operations in any given instance {by settloments in the universal standard of value. Thus the coin cireulation of no country can ever too-great, because the excess is always diawn way by the regular operations of trade. But there s no way of getting rid of an excess of paper money, or of measaring the excess, except by its conversion nto gold and silver, or some obligation like bills of jexchange, representing gold and silver in some one f the great financial marts of thelworld—it matters ittle which., Those persons who are always telling ns that we need this sum or that sum to supply the wants of trade, talk without certain kuowledge. Huey may be uearly, right, or they may be very crong. There is only one way of ascertaining how ach our cur: or rather our cirenlating medinm, s in excess. Thisis by subjecting it to the touch- ptove of redemption. If there is now none too m Faper money afloat for the demands of our circula- tion, asis sometimes alleged, then, with all our nu- nerous agencies of supply, it is impossible it should 524 much diminished by br g it to this test ‘The true measure of our cirenlatiug medinm is the ;wmu-m(-uts of the business of the country. These equircments vary from month to month, aud from anson to season, and from year to year. It is impos- c‘ilfi!u for mortal man, however knowing or wise he }nny be, to state with any precision what is requisite Jor this country at this moment, or for a year or for wears to come. Our only guide is in the statistics of #he past, and this guide is fallible. Those who be- ieve we require a very great increase above any pre- Nious period, and those who believe we do not, can mever settle the question by argnmentations, by sta- Stistics, or by any other method of exposition satis- Kactory to the disputants, We have just one way to come to a sound conclusion, and only one, and this is y bringing our paper money to the test of redemp- Jtien, s The one practical point to which these remarks have heen tending, is the question, “What shall be the the limit fof our paper circulation?” Shall the punswer be left to A, or B, to your Committee of Ways nud Means, or your Finance or your Banking Com- {nime. your Seeretary of fthe Treasury, or your City hankers? Who knows? Not one of them. There is only one answer—leave it to the laws of trade. { But howy?! Somebody may say, “ Congress in its wisdom has limiged the volume of National Bank Jssues to 300 willions, whereas I agree with Mr. Thad- fleus Stevens, or Mr. Dusenberry, that we ought to have 1,000 milli Youmust not limit the supply to By arbitrary sum if the laws of trade are to govern.” ! Tothis we might answer: In the present state of L:: supply and diffusion of the precious metals, the utry has no need of banks of issue. and would be better off without them. But this jndgment is in ad- E.m of the public sentiment, and we forbear, there- ore, to make any such reply. We prefer to meet it v saying the objection is well taken. On the basis on whichthe National Banks stand, rotten as many ' (_-{ them undoubtedly ave, there should be no limita- tion upon their multiplication. Under proper general Yegulations as yn capital, management, &¢., the rule Phould be to give a Bank charter to whoever wants one, only they should be held to an inexorable provis- bon of redemption, and at some central point. The expansionists (want a full swing of paper money. Let them have all that the Banks already existing, and all that the Banks whith can be established, c.'n; gornish. Only put all, banks and circulation alike, under the absolute dominion of the laws of trade, It a bank promises to pay, make it pay. They are a precions set of paper makers. Set them to work as paper redeemers. Make the law inexoralle, and show wo favor and o wercy in its execution. The existing Dbanks bave long been enjoying the privilege of bauk- at theexpense of the people and Government, ing their lively dividends of 12 to 24 per cent per Wanom. It is high time they were set to doing some- thing useful to the public as well as to their stogk- holders. { These views may be consistently entertained while 1ding, 88 we do, that the Natioual banking sys- N;: 0:!‘!: wretched basis, from the fact that 8| torpid mass, useless for all purposes of legitimate bavking,or as a reserve in an emergency. Itis what is called in the Bank of England the “dead wroight” The bauks are Yike those 1s whase hodies are useless e o Mfmflmu e tn cure, but the hanks th i '!Fm o Witlatand Sreat s o e . LSRR LR NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MUSIO. e The French opara, now struggling into success at the Thetré Francais, deserves grateful encourage- ment for its capital production of Orpléc aux Enfers, ot to speak of other Iyrical refreshments like Thom- as's Cadi and Offenbach’s burlesque, Le Tromb-al-Ca- sar. Ttis tothe interest of mnsic and comedy alike that Offenbach’s Orphean master-picee should hold its carnival season of burlesque; £o, in advance of its next performance, some account of the humor which he has eet fiddling, singing, and dancing, from Olym- pus to Hades, may uot be uninteresting. Orpheus is a polite barlesque—that is to say, it is drolland French; yet it is anything but tame. That Offenbach has lavished such a wealth of fancy, and an originality and culture more than merely appro- ciative, npon musical travesty, may seem a strange want of economy in the application of talents; but it requires just such genus as his to show us what actual burlesque m musie should be, and probably nothing of M. Offenback’s can be so good as his gayety and mock-pathos. Heis as light and fantas- tich as Terpsichore can desire; his drollery is keen n!ul delicate—too lively to be ever canght asleep in its affected gravity. In a word, Offenbacl’s lyrica barlesque is a fine art. Though the compos: out with the avowed purpose of trifling with the genins of the great Gluck and the majesty of the mythological Jove, it would be hard to find ‘that ho is trivial in any strict sense of music or merit. To take such liberties with the gods of music as does M. Offenbach in his Hadean extravaganza preau{\w«m that he is not too distant a relative of theirs—that he knows them familiarly enongh to make fun of them. So Offenbach’s Orphens in Hell is a merry, left- handed tribute to the genius of the composer of Orphous and Eurydice—the immortal Gluck. "The family of the burlesque are the gods and god- dessos, with unimportant exceptions; then Public Opinion, a feminine friend of Orpheus: thon Or- pheus, who is a bad fiddler, and Eurydice, a scolding Wife. The scene varies from the sleep of gods on Olympus to the wake of demons ! ere. Public Opmion_recites a droll prologne, wherein it is said in confidence, that the ancieut chorus was cm]»ln,\'mi to explain to people what they kuew in ad- vance, when they were intelligent. In the opening sceno_ Eurydice enters, gathering flowers, and joined by Orpheus, who plays a favorite pht Glnck. Then ensues a comic dinlogue, a duet, boisterous ensemble, in which the termazant dice refuses to listen to Orpheus’s mugic, prote with obstreperons vigor, that it is frighttal, O maintaining with enthusiasm that it is 1. The latter has begged in vain that his cara sposa ill Listen to his last concerto. Crest lo comblo do I'art 11 dure une Leure un quart. “ 1t is the hight of grt—it Jasts an hour and a g ter.” In the person of Enrydice, the handsome M ! Lanrentis sings with rl:;nnmné good taste, and M. Armand as Orpheus acquits himself creditably. In the fourth scene Aristeus announces bhimself as an Arecadian shepherd and manufacturer of honey, and r- sings an airin the style of Gluck. e finally ex- hibits himself in_the character of Pluto, bearing off the unresisting Eurydice—too_glad_to escape from ber husband, the violinist. She sings a_beautiful death song, and descends into Hades with Pluto, whao is well represented by M. de Surmont. Orpheus appears overwhelmed with joy at his good luck {n the second tablean occurs the song of th ing gods; suggestive and imaginative, but inn serious “TLaot us sleep, 30 our sleep Should never end As thio only happiuess, in fact, In our Oly mpis is to glcep. Ron, ron, ron.” It is a hint of theideal, brief as clover—droway, yocking music, as that of # eradle-song in the clouds, with all the enfans terrible of Olympus sv Here enters Morphiens, shaking po the noses of the gods. Cupid follow: wasp, making good nse of his sting. Dame Venus, with my er suddenly up to an instrumental effect: Diana (Mdlle. approaches, and pathetically laments the dis ance of her Actwon, to an absurd refrai %u:.]nlxsu( Eurydice, quarrels with her henpeckod k haud, but is at last neiled in the following bi mock-romantic di Juno. Say, dost thou not deceive me, Ernest ¥ Jupiter. No, Bibiche! Pluto euters on the scene, escorted by thre mons,with preternaturally swelled. ognomues expressive of boun lless idioc Jupiter with his amorous peceadilloes ; the gods in chorus protest against the fastidious regime of nect and ambrosia ; and the scene concludes with a ions rondean, in which the amours of Jupiter with Alemena, Danwe, and the rest, are dashingly dis- coursed amid the langhter of tho gods. At the shock of these revelations Juno faints in the arns of Pluto. Jupiter expostulates, calling him bad names, and Pluto responds, in great trouble, ** Do not finish, but take my wife. She cramps “Jupin” is ncted with an experienced and ex t senso of the burdesque by M. Kerkel. ] third tablean brings in John Styx, a sort of doorkeeper to hell, who 18 continually intoxicated th bottled Lethean water. He wmiakes mandlin t of , and physi- . Pluto twits o to Eurydice, and with the voice of M. Vert iz The King of Bustia,"a song in the quaintest style anc ¢ best characterized morceanx of the ':jur-mivl.mp wens the most amusing in the metamorphosis of a s to cateh m of ‘.’\l. who ende s suppose . 'A most ridiculous but exquisite onsemble winds up the scene—Enrydice singing and Jupiter 1zzing their al parts with indescribable J(]-‘L is last caught, aud coufesses himself a b s insee the fourth tablean Enry Lante, and among the gods tu Hudes. The opening | ehiorns herein, aud particularly the hymn to Bacclins | by Enrydice, *J'ai vu le dicu Bacchius,” are admi ble s, impelled and supported Palb) . to seek his wife, much against his npit; ents to restore her if Orphens will ek towards the Styx without looking be- lic Opinion insists that Orphens, in sp 1 not Jook back at his wife; but Ju- ith sinister . recalls him by a thunder- s the f Gods retains Kuryd d musician vows that this ¢ The most brilliant vocalization of the o tasto by flying, dice is dressed as a bae- Ce bal est original, P ifernial! Donuons fous le sigual ; Vive 1o galop infornal ! Thua preluded, beging the celsbrated dan and gods and goddesses, in<pired with the humor of Hades mixed with Elysinm, round to the Orphean fiddls-play Of course, we are ple which is a earuival spirit put into opera , t00, that it ss will induce tl of more of Offenba of the Parisian opera com director ns well o My, Alfred for the reappear distinguished abi well known, To Niedermayer's roman: she gave a begutitul renderig; but we caunot 80 well of her encore choice, the “Ave Marna” of Schubert, This is one of the most spiritnal of songs t is emotional and not dramatic; but Madwme Guzzaniga, like 50 many doniuas of her school (and she ia one of the best of them), is nothing if not dramatic. Hence Schubert's mnf was unnatuially azitated, and was concluded with a Joud high note,which, of course, the composer never intended. The place of Camille Urso in the programme was gracefuilly suppliod by &!Anfl Matilda Toedt, another young lady violmist ; and Signor S verini sang, with ‘a sweotness unusual to Ium,P(munudn delicate Sercnade. The Hercense of Mr. Pease, one of the most meritorions of bLis piano compositions, was a featuxe of the concert. At the German Operaa new work s in preparation, The Eagle's Nest” by Glacser, a praiscworthy composer. The Ricliings' English ' Opera Corny will, we liar, repeat The Doctor of Alcantara on I day. Whether it is their design to bring out any new works we are not_informed ; but a_nmuber of novel by Bulfo, Wallace nind Macfarren are in Miss 1gy's repertoire. They include, we presume, Wallace's latest and best work, * Lurline.” e —Mr, Wenzel Kopta, a now violinist from abroad, of whom report is favorable, and whom we hope to bear, appeared in concert at Brooklyn, on Saturday gnor Striui, formerly of Madame Bishop's sang in concert Sunday ovening, THE DEAMA. e ey BROADWAY THEATER. The Worrell Sisters—Sophie, Jennis, and Irene— are playing an engagement at this theater: but, as vet, thoy have dono nothing fhat calls for especial praise. The tame extravaganza of “Camaralzaman and Badoura” has Doen actod, presonting tho throo sisters in handsome attire and lively parts, and has oceusioned a fuir display of protly scenery. The old farco of "*Out, at Nurss” has also boen playod, Miss Jennie Worrell personating the principal character, and winning enthusiastic applause by the execution of the “ Cobbler's Hornpipe,” in ol A4 vivich of this young actreas—nenontencod sud iy berance of ani rhnm and gennine ex- {:en‘:o. OBOIu hmh??d? ta—is her af rominent excel- one i X of the thm sisters who 1] ! ly aims performa g:::‘fiml are wholly mm.. are, the olomionts. tbwm ofrim fi;‘lwn,m the W " et Lo | their pleasant and comfort: hall, No. 720 Broad- way, and to attract large audiences. * Cinder- Leon” is the main feature of their present pro- erally fecorded who appoars to be lal stont guu and anjoy::n of dilgnm“- prosenting inefficient miscel- b gular] for i, i" Lk o way ‘Fhuur is not alone; ¥ cers, the Broad b If'(‘.?( 2\‘1‘?’ :};’:ff“\?v.\i!smk'}? therd !I‘llw‘ a thoroughly good stock company in New-York. NEW-YORK CIRCUS. « Jockey Club Races,” the Horse Comedy which is now presented at the C is not an entirely now picce. It was, in a condensed form, presented last season, But it has been e aborated for present duction, and it is played with a great deal of anima- tion. 1t embodies the story of one of Panch’s comie heroes, Mr. Driggs, who, being fat and unwicldy, chooses to fancy himself a horseman, and to join the Jockey Club. The Cirens-setting of this story is, of course, somewhat rough; yet it bas the exccllant ele- ment of reality, and it is full of humor. Mr. Nut Anstin, who personates M. Briggs, costumes the part with accuracy, and plays it 60 as to evince a cordial sympathy with its eccentric and comical quali- ties. Weo seo Mr. Driggs at home ; we bebold him the victim of a delusion, and of horse-sharpers; we fol- low him fo the races; and we laugh over Lis dusty and glorions enterprise on the course. The piece1s roally very clever, of its kind, and farnishes a great deal of mirth to the light-headed children, old and young, who ni;;htl,v throng the Circus, But the % Horse Comedy” is not the only good feature of this mment. The beautiful pony Abdatlah, is made to play his tricks; the whole u?’ml_mqhn corps nuite in Dattoute leaps, which are both diffic ult and amus- ing; the brilliant Mlle. De Derg rides, as we have never seen woman ride before; brave and strong- headed Mr. Ducrow malkes a slung-shot of himself, and revolves so as to make all heads gwim, except his S the Levantine Brothers perform their agree- able grotesque gymnastics; Mr. Lester appears s a luman crab, and shows us tho vanity of ng bones ; Mr. J. E. Cooke rides upon four horses, like a many bodied cenfaur and the ciowns, Joe Pentland, W. Conrad, and N. Augtin, flitmerrily through all the performances, reminding us ever of ll:ul safest of aphorisims, * motley’s your only wear,” We lope there is no need to tell the reader that the New-York Cirens is a place that should often be visited, and that every visitor who can do so ought to take along a troop of children. BARNUM'S MUSEUM, Unele Tom's Cabin enters upon its third week at the Musenm. Mrs. G. C. Howard's Topoy is a persona- tion of character that ought not to be overiooked by lovers of good acting. THE BOOTH TESTIMONIAL. To-night the presentation of the maedallion to Mr. Edwin Booth, tho tragedian, will take place at the Wintor Garden Theater, immediately after the closo of the performance. The address will be made by Mr. W. Fullerton, and the presentation made by a committee consisting of the Hon. J. T. Hoffman, the Hon, George G. Barnard, Major K. Anderson, the Hon. J. R. Brady, the Hon. ¢ Bancroft, the Hon, Chas. A. Daly, the Hon, C. ana, W. 1. Blodgett, L. ‘Iiompson V. peard, 3. J. Crane, M. D., Thos L ¢ fossor R, . Doremus, Professor I J Q. Ward, J. B. Muoray, Osear ( Jorvis McIntee, F. Barker, M. D, A, Bierstadt, Geor W. Curtis, J. F. Rugsell, Wm. H. Appleton, Thos. Ward, M. D. E. Detmold, 8. R. ( 1, R. W. Weston, W. Oli Bavard Tayle crman, Hlenry Peters Gray, Win. J. Hen L. Barlow, the Hon. Richard O Gorman, the I Oultoy Hall, NEW-YORK THEATER. The managers of the New-York Theater appear to find no reason for the withdrawal of *Cendrillon,” which spectacle, accordingly, will be presented every until further notice. In May, as we nnder- evenin stand, Messrs. Smith and Baker will ta their dra matic company on # Sumwmer tonr mgland, re- turning in September. 1he builiing, meanwl will be will e torn down and a new theater cre and_oceupied by the sar iso cuterprise, and sliou Iy o on ita site, to be lease mi This will be a w result in profit to all coneerned. ME. LINGARD. The Stage announces that the late ma New Bowery Theater, Mr. J. W. Lingard, has secured aleaso of th . for three Mr. Wood's wvoted to per- Busi New ger of the formanees of comedy, sta ness storos will be erceted Bowery. MR. J. 8. CLARKE. Mr. J. 8. Clarke has withdrawn from the joint pro- prietorship of the Winter Garden FRENCH THPATER, The French comedians will give a performance, this evening, at the French Theater—g fonr-act ¢ by M Saturday evein Mr. Valentine Vonsden, the Polynational Mimic, announces that he will resume lis enter y evening, at Clinton !l wvery night until further » have al- deseribed the “ Unity of Nations,” and have ouly now to wish success to its talented expounder. THE MINSTRELS Messrs. Griffin & Christy have succecded Measrs. | Budworth in the supervision of Ethiopian minstrels | at the Fifth-ave. Opera I Their company is il the crtainment given is of Mr. George Christy appears Indes Billy Sheppard favoiite Ethiopian performers, A California. A Matinée will be Fifth-ave. Opera House anment on ing there. \ Jarge and good, the best description. every night. The company and John Collins, & Leon'’s Minstrels continue to give nments, and to attract Jarge andiences at entert: grammo—a butlesque of the fairy spectacls pro- 1 at the New-York Theat This pices intro- with extremoly comic effeet, the LL agascar Ballet Troupe. ¥ BENEVIT AT NIBLO'S, ‘The performanes of **The Black Crook” at Niblo's Garden at the Matinée next Saturday will bo given for the benefit of r Lingard. This will be another of thi efits which Mr. L ' oy mal brethren generously tendered, to | indemnify him for the sever burning of the New Bowery T’ loss he suffered in the or. To the Editor of The N . Y. Toil Stie: The trustees of this institution have arrange- ments for investigating and supplying all cases of destitu- tion referred to them. ‘The evily resulting from indiseriminate street charitics are 8o well understood, and the applicants for aid are so numerons in this severes weather, wo desire to give the notice now, that applicants sont to us with vote, or re- quests made by note through the Post-office, giving name and_ resid vestigated | reported. From 6 of the party to be visited, will be In- ult wediately, and, if desired, the the ~ mumbers thronging fo are ko the aympathics of the bonevolent be constuntly appealed to. Hardly ever before have 50 many poor widows with ehildrencomo to us in the same Jength of tme; aud mo oon and night hungry e, women and ¢ i hoor woman us to-dny, having pledged her wedding ring for food for her ehildren, It was the last thing she had to pledge. We redeemed the rng, and shiall afford such reliel s wili prevent suffering. A wick soidierand family 15 fonnd without food or fuel and ted from thelr room for nou-payment w them 1o be respectuble and frugal. Ho aption contracted in the army, and has heen sick aud unable (o we ar months, and, thoir Sum- ings exhansted, they come to s for relief. He rIn‘rd bls pension papers, but recelves nothing ch. A poor woman with three children comes to us for re- lief; hias almost no bedding, food or fuel, and within three weelks of lor confincuent, poor woman visited s found living in a miso rooni, Kcant of furniture, without fire, tood or Light ; e baby and two children inder keven years. Bho had uo work, wud conld ot 1e4ve her sick o1 to eck it. ersons wishing to have : lo(ngnlxlreu 14 cascs investigatod should apply . B. HALLIDAY, Buperintendent, No. 2 ARCI'E RUSSELL, Prestdcnt. ki HuGu N. Canr, Treasurer. Five Potnts House of Industry, No. 185 Worth-at, CITY GOVERNMENT. sty BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. BITINKLING SALT ON SWITCHES AND TURN-OUT§— THE COURT OF APFEALS. Tho Board met at 2 o'clock p. m. yesterday, the President, James G. Brinkiman, esq., in the chair. Mr. Murray offered a resolution to amend the ordinance in relation to throwiug salt on the railroad tracks, 4o us to allow the sprinkli f . 1’ .l:" ‘f':f lID wI:" :‘31'2';?‘:‘!5 :'ne rl'h- varions turn-outs resolution was adopted upon the rocomme: Mayor Hoffman, tenderiug thnp?m of the (':fi'f.:'r‘fl?fi}"ifi N for the noxt term of the Court of Appeals, oa“::fifi:mfi:- &.&m Ilu;h 2 next. A n adjourned to Thursda, at 4 0'olock b. m. e o BOARD OF ALDERMEN, The Board mot at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. In “th. ':buln of tho President, Alderman Loow was called e chulr. . No quorum appearing at roll-call, the Presi- o bgu, ayvutiod W md‘ Wbk daie TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1867. FINE ARTS. — RICHARD CATON WOODVILLE, Mr, 8. P. Avery, whose pleasant rooms are never without eomething attractive to lovers of art, has in his possession for a short time, three pictures by Richard Caton Woodville, an American artist who died in London in1855, Of these throo pletures one is a life-gize portrait of & man who Lad been a drummer at the battle of Water- 109} agother is a small pieture called * Waiting for the thirdis “The Bailor's Wedding.” They orka of 1is left fn tho possession of his fawmt- are the only 1y at the time of his death, and are now offered for sale. Wo urge every one of our readers who takes an interest In art, especially in the development of it here in Amerlea, to oxamine these pletures with care. Wo shall be sur” prised it it be not generally admitted that “The Sailor's Wedding,” his last work, shows . delicacy of touch, o knowledge of dwwing, and o closoness of observation of men and things, that make him a formidable rival of Metssonier in the fleld in which the Frenchman has thus far been unapproached by apy modern. Woodville was born in Baltimere in the month of April, 1825, He was of good English stock, and the family branch to which he bolonged boing transplanted to this country held an honorable place Lere, and took an active part in public affairs. His mother was a Miss Ogle, and ancestors of hers were twlce Governors of the Colony and State of Maryland. Ho was educated at St. Mary’s Col- lege, Md., and very carly showed a love of art. In 1843 ho sent to the Exhibition of the National Acadcy of Design his first picture. The suhject was neither very elevated nor very intercsting, being nothing more than two bar-room loafers sitting over a stove. Although the loafers are evidently Americans, the little picture, which i also at Mr. Avery’s, has the look of a copy from Ostade, or of having been suggested by one of his pictures. And, very like, it was so; for, when Woodville was a boy, there was @ collectlon of pletures In Baltimore owned by Mr. Robert Gilmor, which was considered very valuable, and to which he had constant access. Tt doubtless con- tained n number of original pietures, but they were chief- Iy by the lafer Ttalians, and by the Dutel Masters, among them, one by Ostade, and could not do a student much good. Proba r, they kept alive an Interest {n art in young Woodville's mind, and strengthened his desire to become an artist; so much the poorest pictures may do, and have ofton done, and the stimulas which they givo to nascent gonius is often their best excuse for being. Woodville's father did not wish him to become a painter, and we belleve It was without his knowledge that he sent his flvst pieture to the Academy Exbibition, A friend of our townsman, Mr. Abraham Cozzens, known far and wide a8 o generous and diseriminating lover of art, told him that this Jittle pleture had been sent, and asked him to buy it for the sake of encouraglng the artist. Mr. Coz- 20ns aceordingly bought it without scelng It, trustin, his friend's re wendation, and when the exhi 1y to see with ash,” but, “ap- a dull soul to whom 1s's prompt generosity father of young Wood of his son’s pleture that opposed his pursuing the artist e, and i June of the same year, 1845, he went (o Diisseldorf and entered th 1o of Pro r Bohinns a ivate pupil. He remained in Diisseldorf until the ide the instruction which he re ecived from Sobn, he wa 1y bonefited by the advice of Lessing, who thought hig of his talent, and who still Las one of his early pictures, While In D dort he painted and sent b several pleture eof which have been engs ed ond ha real pleasure, for it mea preciation, cognition,” s these are not d Mr. ( bronght forth speedy fruit. T viile, convineed by the ready s ke must have anlso ¢ popular. In 1847 he seut to the N. Y. Art Union an * In- terior with figures,” also the v in pos session of W. J. Hoppin, r Art ving. In 1868 er's return,” owned by Col. A he patnted “ Mexics Marshall 0. Roberts, esq n. Tt was in 1843 that b ¢ A Man Holding a Book picuous in the Un which was 50 00! | tha r, and which by it on and mast t wwe at onee famons among us. It was a portrait in costume A Capt English haif-pay officer who It 1t is now In the ¢ petures he also painted in this ye hthe Art U head of the Wite DEHIMINCT, DOW o Avery's. In 1850 he produced a noticeable work “ The ¢ Cliess,” whie wondered at by or the Fon ily it still remains. n pletures, of whose { had studied the on Last etion of it. Oue ons to hita for some 1 fries sal services o his kind pletare he had so of onli attended (he Mr. Van Burcn there, who lnd come riosity, and with no 1ding, ho took o distanee from Lit, and when the picture was ght it The g cr asked the pur 1 the gentleman announced *Mr, Van Mr. on, wuprised at hearing Lis name v ot knowing but what some tell-tale look of or unconsclonk ge t have m hing take no pay, determined to ret him w A adinire v, he an from intention of b soat at wor pot up, he b Chaser's nam n led the disclaim the coveted pur A convineed himt Bot bor { th It is ko remember 1ty the upon our mind, ot the tim its exhibition int Unlon Gallery, by the delicacy of the finfsh earried into and by t 1@he artist had shown In por The Politic Hithographed by so painted in 1850, ‘This is now owned 1., of Bultimore, This year, 1850, was his last in Di Spring of 1551 ho went to Paris, and after staying there afew weeks, he ca c in July for a brief visit, Ho went buck to Paris in September, and for the next 18 pleture wa tray ns, Idorf. Tu the months rew among othier pie tures, th " which s one of the thre very's rooms, From 1833 to | short visit to the uted “The 55 he lived fn London United States —and while t Wedding,” the last of the fin with the execp tion of a variation of the subject made for Genpil & Co This 18 now owned by W. T. Walters, esq., of Woodvilie died suddenly in Lo on his ensel an unfinished work was burled at Highgate Cemetery, We have recorded these few facts in the life of Woo ville for the purpose of securing their preservation. They are all which it is permitted us to publish, and all, p Daps, which it concerns the publio to know. His hife was a short one, for he died at the age of %0, but he worked with great industry, and though the aumber of his fin- fshied pictures 1s swall, it must be remembercd that he worked with great minutencss, A year dovoted to such finsh as §s seen fu “The Sallor's Wedding,” would have soemed not unreasouable, and yet such finish was op proached in several of bis pletures, A gentleman who 18 a good Judge of pletures sald lately, after looking long ot “Tho Sailor's Wedding,” *Wood- ville was born before his time. He certainly was o remarkablo phenomenon, and if he were living and working to-day would Lave, no doubt, a wider reputation than he enjoyed in his lifo-time, But Qeteots in his character, and the lack of any high purpose, forbade that his art should ever have reached a much higher n than It did in this remarkable picture. No doubt, his skill would have become greater, he would hiave attained more factlity, but we doubt It greater elo- vation of sub could bave been looked for. Wanting this, ho must always havo remained in the third rank of artists, below both those who, haviug high thoughts, oxpress them with perfect drawing or noble color, and those whose technical skill {8 not & match for the fullucss or greatness of thetr thought. “The Sallor's Wedding” represents the office of a Jus. tioe-of-the-Peace In Baltimore who i intorrupted, just as he s belng served with his luncheon, by a party consist. ing of a stalwart sallor and his modest, little rose-bud of & awcetheart, with the groom's next man, his old father and mother, and & single bridesmald. The groomsmun, with an overpowering politencss, points with his gloved hand to the couple, and informs the judge that they are in fmmediate need of his services to aplice them in o true- lover's knot; while the judge himself, by no wmeans ploased at the interruption, seems to hesitate as to whether ho ahall splioe them and be done with it, or make them walt untilhe has fintehed his luncheon, Meanwhile, the 0ld black servant continues her preparations for the Bquire's meal, kneellug on the floor, and taking the good things out of the ample basket, while the little daughter ‘who was Just setting a jor of piokles on the broad window- stll, stands with it tu hor hands forgettul, absorbed 1 do- lighted wondor at the smart appesrance of the bride. ‘That pretty oreature is dressod fu a white mualin gown of a rathor sorfmped pattern, with desp tucks in the skirt, & walst of preternatural longth, aud long sleeves, with whito cotton gloves. Her halr Is neatly arranged, with a Wlito rose smong the bralds, and sho is most delightfully shocp-faced, and prottily modest, and would tremble if she did not have hold of that mighty Jack's arm, who vk 48 90ubbed, gngd Drysody sad peoned ad oo dlor's et o A SIS N N notured, as an Amorioan saflor should, especially wi ho 44 going to be married. o study the people in this little drama Is & satisfying pleasure, for, without exaggeration or appavent effort, they are trua to simple nature. And it shows how much of an artist Woodvilla reaily was that, although the minuteness of its detail 1s extraordinary, yet the eyeislong in coming to perceive how fine the work is; but is taken, first of all, with the story and with the way in which it is told, and the play of character; and then is pleased with the breadth and largeness of the treatment ; and, little by little, begins to find out what a wonder of patient minute- ness and truth this emall canvas really is. For, reader, there 18 nothing iu this room that is not finished as with s microscope, and yet with such freedom as to redeem the execution from all chargo of pettiness or niggling. To go over the whole eatalogue of details would be wearl- some—from the Franklin Almanac pasted on the side of {ho book-case—too much paste having been used, the su- perfluity was smeared over the wood, to the old hair- trank filled with bundles of papers which the judge has been examining; from the pattern on the old negro woman’s gown or thaton her child’s apron—and while yon are looking at her apron look at her bair, to the em- bossed ornament on the spittoon, or the figure on the oil- cloth; everytling is painted with an absolute perfection, true to nature at onco In its delicacy and in its effect. The study of such a picture mekes one deeply regret that the artist found no theme worthy of his high talent, a talent as high as ‘that of Melssonier who also i3 without a subject, and great must also be our regret that such a master ghould have been without a pupil, and should have died without leaving more than an fudividual trace upon Art in Am CHINA. —— DEAD BODIES BETWEE SAN FRANCISCO AND K OF THEIR CALL OF THE PACIFIC—TEL- GEN SAN FRAN- CI5C0 AND HONG KONG. From Our Special Correspondent. Hoxe Koxa, Nov. 3, 1306, No small part of the commerce between San Fran- clsco and Hong Kong consists In the transportation of dead and living Chinamen, The desire of the Chinamen in California to be interred in their native land does not arigo from love of country, or the sentiment which leads men to wish to lie among their kandred ; but with them it 18 that their remaius may be duly cared for—saeri- ficed to, and supplied from time to time with money, food, raiment, and other articles in the epirit world, which articles, made of paper, are transmitted through the medium of fire, 1 say the Chinamen in Califeruia, for in other places, Australla and the Straits for example, the dead permanent interment, and in Siam nply with the customs of the country, and practice eremation. Yot cortain it is that if facilities had existed T thelr dead, they wonld have been availed of by € : but no Chinese junk would receive a corpse on b no opportunity was scuted for shipping them by foretgn vessels, Tn fact, t of trefcht that only an Amerlean skipper (who where for a cargo of any sert) would ng such a busizess. In the 1 socictics existfunong residents of dis- o 1y will go an tant parts of e olject 18 the transporta- tion of t yw-townsmen Lo the place of thelr tion of the dead, takes in others, after tho lapse oneon a large seale, aud cconomie In San Franclseo the Chinese guilds have an organization for a similar purpose. Persons ave sent from tine to time, all over the country, even to across the rra Nevada, on . The Dbones are rolled in paper, and labeled, and sent to San T where ¥ are deposited, until the accumulation of these, i tho poor and the corpees of these wellto when they are sent to Hong Kong. ezend receive them there. T Loss are cared for by guilds, or benevo- fous ceremnonies accompany the final hich the attendance of a priest is not con- Wl In Honolulu, however, when a China- friends often soliclt the serviees of Mr. Daw- an's Chapla s they attach some fmportance s of Cliristian burial. i four sary to charter separate vessely 1 and the 1l for Clunamen refuse to take \ip which carries a corpse; and in shipping Wl remains across the Pacific it 15 equally ne bave ake an 0 of dead men’s bones, for when a siip had a t1y of that materialand partly of flour,grain and ke, the eatables were found unmarketable in China, so of a belief that gaseous emanations permeated ¢ from sheer superstition. These circumstanees sionin the transportation business two ports. Coffins or boxes, contalning dead \re taken across the ocean st a charge from + The e place of a long period, unt 3 KOOSO scraped, mains of | 100t Soctef interment, in sldered ¢ som, Searm to the rite 1t Dias by | 50 to 8, e for live Chinamen is aboat §35 a | head. Our jed 979 live Chinawen, who paid | the charte each for passage. | m pples of Enstern Asta differ as | 48 do white Euro, weh | readily accept man. 1 civillz , conselous of inferio ivilization. Not so with the China- , induetile, prond of his race and its st without reason. What influe and n, | therctore, we may exert on Chinamen will be slow in | its operation and not revolutionary in its results, Con- | 1y It wiilnot be expected that the homeward-bound nt marks of transforma- f coutact withour countrymen. . Assuming that t A licentions have ex- irm them in sharpened t hias ouly giv feel their infe their hey | e potion whie heir ¢ to resist the introduction of the clectrie Lat it will disturb the cor 1'to be flowing about the land. Our Chi t the iden of the tik sien sow—iron w any buneful inflaence i regious through nounced en in h, 1 general skeptielsm as regards the power Ina vessel going to San_ Francisco the ir gods receive as much attention as on he return vo, o they are found without by Ing nstead w picture, which receives but Twice on th sge AN ALLAT W extein- W Lalsin box was turned o oue end and uscd as in which a picture of Holy Mother Queen of Was placed, and by the side, stuck fa holes, wero lighted candles and | ory few, however, manifested interest n th This way the ju- fluence of tho far West 1s lll'flllllllllf( East. Steam, electricity, art, and sclence will aceon h something, Christianity wore; but Chinese etvilization will ever retain its peculiar characteris . The direct religions iufluence excrelsed on those returning immi- grants has b appreciable, yet one of their num ber, a1 Francise | by ihe ¥ is, exhibits und ost ndverso wstanees, so much Christian o that no one doubt the power of the Gospel to regenerate Chiua- In to be felt in the In)l' uber of the” chucch formed at Sy r W last report o he Secretary of the Navy if 13 an- ced that the Ge _Governuent has it {ii conteru- ific a surveying vessel to o oly . This good int the hearts of Ameri tr albeit, w fleet of surveyn 14 what we have a right to expect. 80 numerous are tie falianids, shouls and reefs in the Pacifie, lterally thousands 0 numbe 1 urate position is unknowun, that it would req i covp: ration of allthe maritime nations of the world, for the period of an entire gene- ration, rightly to perform the work. It is time thut we should “stone for past shortcomings in this respect, and that, too, far more efficiently plated by the Navy Department. Few toal awaro of the obligations the maritimo world it general, and our country i particular, are - der to the English in tho matter of hydrograp 1, we navigate the world by English charts. L not been o time, however brief, since Engl (o war with China that that country has not had OIi€ OF WOTe SUrveying s ut work in the Pacifie. Capt. Kerliallet of the T al Navy in_his Monograph Coniderutions General ‘(seo L'Ocean Facifique) Justly clinims for modern French navigators the ercdit of 10g most interesting and most complete records of Pacific. 8o little attention = has the United Btates pald to labors of this descriptions that Americans can find_ their way from Sandy Hook to the G ate only by the aid of an hart. For ex- , tho ohart thit our mail stonmers use between Pau- ami and San Francisco Inacenrate English one, founded on a rude suryey of the Spaniards 200 Years #go. For onr hydrographic knowledge of the greater part of mately, America and Asfa will ped sonnecteq ts line suceessfully with s Suming that tho bottom of tho Pacific presemtrry perable obstacles to the telogTaphic cables, the ente ey may be pronounced feasible.” It only 1o be sy that the business of the 110 contunenta ity 1 7% Imunerative, aud 1ts accompalment wih gl gl e TMie cables. shonld bo four in mumber; the fiss saq ot from Sun Fraocisco to Honolukhy, 2,080 1niles; t), thence to the Rodock el of the Marsballs Group, 1.9% miles; the third thenee 10 Guam, on the Ladrones, 1504 the fourth from |llécnw to Lugow, 1,2:0 mnah t thence to Hong Kong, 420 mil n, r in length of cables about #,100 m; l.f:.u s e n be more nl nt than one from Oy ivored by the trades, carryin, with open ports during the entire might fune; mself almiost ki NE OVe! commander, Capt. Winsor, afforded us an opporiunity of visiting Honolulu, and of sceing the Ladronca—isiands sg named by the Spablants becauso o the hievish churctes of thefr fulial to Hongkol ants. What epithet they employed to de nate the Sp i i mot Tororded ; ¢ WA pro |I~l§fi= compliie hese Islands fo a vrl{nll of Micre nesia, and, as in Polynesia gen , We find the aborig inal inhabitauts ave decreasi ping on estinetion. A BAR-ROOM HOMICIDE, flodicasi. il (G OF PATRICK MWCULDEN OVER A YEAN AGO—TIIE TRIAL OF PATRICK DWYER. The liguor store of Michael Lyneh, at the corner of Prince and Marlon-sts., ucar Centre Market, was the seene of abrawl on {he afternoon of the Gth ber, 15 i th of Patric e, at yor, the har-te used i the en itical w and Dwyer at | g each supported mval tiou of Alderiman of the ¥ ¢ two men Lad been o ing) homicide, they hav candidates for th I ter 3 At the time of the homicide McCudden I 8 with cach othe panions were in the Hauor store which were refused him by Dv turbance or wrangle then too! Do by the shooting. The prisover claimed at the Core - quisition to have eommitted the nct fu self-defence. Hig ut of the affuir is as follows: pre this oes T was waylaid in the night tin Me- Cudden and two othe d most 1 [, y eing bitten off by MeCodden, in my jadgment, saved only ‘through oute . Bubseque the parties threatened iy life, and these threats were communicated to me. Both Doogan_ aud MeCndden had been forbidden to en- ter Mr. Lyneh’s store, by both Mr. Lynch and myself. When on Wednesda e futo the storo § be Heved, from the in at they mtended either to take my life or severc I endured ine sults without anger or uncourteous reply, when they {tizted violenee by knocking down an unoffel T eame from behind the counter armed, as I bhelieve o be; MeCudden walked to ¥ nAding mam. i thom 2ain, rils e es left, and again, until the pa 1 stil) believe that u'ul) ced myself from great persousl injury by my ae tion.' PROSECTUTION OF TRE PRI Tt is nearly a year stnce a grand Jury f ment for *liomicide of the degree” of mi Dwyer. A capital case, howe apse than in other criminal of properly and Justly tried. There s s, the most mportant of which i3 that a NIt or fnnoeence of the ac of this benevoleny rosecution of Dwyer way tant-Distiiets Lam i proceeds nall-sized man. After the unh]lm-t mllln‘v[t.!ml t(l)mi- ¥ for the prosecution. Ol hen the Court anu‘ 3, » firat witneks ealled. He g Post mortem examination on i of the deceased on the 8th day of December, L and found a pistol ball wound in the abdomen; the b was fornd anong an acenmulation of clotted blood in ¢l aldomiuai cavity ; his conclusion was that the deces Wicd frow exhaustion, produced by internal hemortlige ; duration of life after the injury to ba Lis opiufon the hemorthaze coild not Ithough he thought life might be il o th e abont 45 hours ; by s a little Pro y nis, ’ Joh hl'mhhn,"lm father of decensed, testified that Lis son died at the City Hospital about 6 o'clock o Wedpesday morning, the 1th day of the month; Le saw him alve after his wonnding; hie was sensible aud talked, Dbut made 1o allusion to his shootiy A nuinber of liquor dealers had hearings yesterday betore the Justices of the Police Courts, But few viola tions of the Exeiselaw came under the observation of the police, and, as a consequence, tho arreats for drunk- enness were proportionably small. Quict SBundays will doubtless be the constant result of @ vigorous enforoe. jor howes all the week the Liquoi traffic for oue day ia AT THE TOMPS POLICE COURT. The following are the nanies First, Second, Fourth, ¥, Wards for vi 15 of the Excise La ment of the law, and ha fitit of the cessation of U the seven. st MARKET POLI g lguor ¢ Dodge, charged with v n No. 317 Avenua A; And . Three hundred dollars bal W given in ca SSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. aro the parties b fore Justice ey yesterday on the charge of Naving the 5 Henry Gunthr, No. 1 Vol No. 138 Fi Ve Relehtwinz, No. 11 Ba, cach of the above cascs. ANNIVERSARY OF TU On Monday ¢vening the 4 anniversary of the New- York Bible Socicf r y chof t merican Bible Society, was celebrated at Dr. Adams’s Church in Madison-square, The inciemency the weather hud it influence on the eongregaiion, nud in consequence the audience was small. Addres ¢ Fumith, Dr. J. 0. Murray, Dr. Bliss, fo of the Bociety at Consfautivople, and Dr latter gentléman, in the course of his hri that *“divine or pot, or whether inspired y th tary Hildreth, Ths wldress, safd or muot, it the precepts inenleated in Christ's religion were practiced In this city every form of vies wonld soon disappear.” The a report wae read, showing the T to wmount to 23,777, wittee numbers 42,135, and of the titute of the Bible, While 5,8 been supplied with the A by the Com- 516 were found des- and individuals more than 3,500 fam- ilies were for various eanses left unprovided with the Word of God. This makes & total wution of 6,418 volumes. Through its marine a the Society has supplicd 500 vessels with these volun: here were also 507 emigrant vessels supplied with Testamonts for the use of steerage passengers, One hundred and forly-twe vessels from ncarly every catholic couutry in the world have been visited ‘and supplied. The whol number volumes distributed and disposed of at the office 1o 82,289, being 7,342 in excess of lust year. mong the 000 emigrants arriving at Castle Garden, 9,295 volumes lave been distribed. Among soldiers at the varlons military posts in the United States 1,771 volumes have been scattered, and to th wo charitable institutions volumes bave been supplied. A gross total of 78,340 v d lles. At & cost of §10,007 T4, have been sout out to the world. The meeting closed by singing the doxol ceived the blesstng pronounced by the reve Dr. Adaws. £N.—This was the snb- v the Rev. Mr. for- erly an agent of the Freedmen's Burcw in Loulsiana, Pefote the congregation of the Pilgrim Chureb, fn Wosk “Thirty-third st., on Sunday morning. ‘TlLe subject was not intended for © sermon, but by way of form it was iutroduced by a text from Psalws, Ixvifl, 81; “priuces shall come out of Eygpt; Ethopia shall soon stretel out her hands unto God.” ¥e sald every humane and Christian person would be interested in the lubfiwl thosen. Tt was intended to show the present condition of tho black race, and the way to improve that coudition The sufferings’ of these people had n and severe, but they had been endured o atriking forbearance. Iy Bre m(lont and b snder all fhm‘ troubles. They bear their persecutions af the Anglo-Saxon never w and of thelr EDpucATioN Ject of extended reni Micronesia, a portion of which our commerce between Bun Francisco and_Canton_traverses, wo aro maiuly tn- dobted to the uncertain mlunlnfi kept on board whall und other vessels, which, from the very nature of thelr pursuits, cannot be entitled to such confidence. Eve: year wrecks occur from dofective churts i roglons whic! are the resort of whalors, Botwoon the parallels of 352 and 25° North latitude there 18 n zone which Is very little traversed by sailing vessels, becauso it s a reglon of cal and vessels in sal from America to Ching sail south of the Iatter, and returnin from Ching to Amorics, sall north of the former, to avai thomselves of the favorable winds there prevail- ing. That belt will bo traversed by the Pacific il steamers, and as there are no doubt many rocks, #hoals, rects, and it may be islands, hitherto undiscovered, 10 time should be loat i ascertaining what are the perils that awalt our navigators in that reglon. Although the aclfic requires a)l the labor that it, yet some time should be oconn. - Bolence cfl. and com some on; that Is, when tho subject Cable hooomes mattor of ussi , they know not what they say, “ Father forgiv thoy do Yet the ratliies they endiee are’beyond the conception of the reo (6 of the North, and the num o not give anything like a fuvorable description condition, ;What the black people want It 18 said that they will not work since the, now is help. ve becoms freedwen. That {s untrue. From all parts g of the u;;a‘ recelved reports lhl”"-ez:s‘:n willi 0 work whenever an while thei’nn auxious to work, sce what obstacles In - thei . In jeach of the years 1884 Tans and ml'tn’l:yhbo: ‘et unrecompensed by the failure of the ci and planters left them to get a8 they might. y _are now being helped partly ettt poi, 18 2, i i away, 83 E::d snll;hanmonl ufl:’m vi thelr ustry. 1 what ywmofl x‘u.- now. t.hmzd a e more va Lincoln conld see 10 other way for the adv: oo ex- B o e schaols. Tho fov: i Conmay cong