The Sun (New York) Newspaper, February 15, 1869, Page 2

e ~“ _————————<—<$_—______ AMUSEMENTS, will now begin to follow —> @AvaRLAY THEATER, 1 Droedwar—ren, 14, tne | #u arbitrary rule of eonduat Blice Hatt Marieejoe T variance with his past history ; but the event gn.o's Moan At Theives} of, “Btriking | will prove that they are in errof, There OU" in & Family dare. ‘ ‘ fe Bereta at ats bowie i «| prine'ples, in their application. to the atene Roweo and Juliet ture of the Cabinet, may be concisely ex BALLACK #-Mycb Ado About Hashing: + | Pressed as fi Tur TAMMANY wenneldeh ibddhtodocod anes ‘ahyt rote ° J. All the members of the Cabinet will be Woon ausrest—rrs hievoto and the Field of the | pronounced and indisputeiln Republicans Bowrny v1! tiie t Mor Dor, H. They will be men personally ag a Matinée as tar sbi tothe Preaidont—not merely auch as he js PADEMY OF MUSIC IN pera, LA ction ne, 1 ¥ 0) + 4 1, artee« Saatnnear une: Setnegh ox | Ito ake hands with now and then, but 1% o'eloe’s, W nd Satara: such as ho likes to live with in confidential GEAND OFl ka ei aad Aus Lafere= vom | relations, and to a jate With as personal FEANCAIS—Gonsvieve Matinge on eat. | Mends all the time. pels DL. They will be, tn hia judgment, the KEW YORK PAT lerebant of Youtes Deot me 0 id for the duties © PY ees catce Gite ey ™ who can be found for the duties of Gavabctnd Brothas Sheate” leave ® | tele respoctive offices, This teat will in+ dae anid Saturday at erting emmReT 1 4 P.M lo heneaty ESBYTERIAN , charac r, talent, and e@pecit | 7 | Hiner» for the work to ne, o- | iV. No member of cithor House of then Congress will bo asked to take a place in the | Without soma imporative neces ty. | Pe id O44 . Pie Sun. are already under superior orders to | Pherae att perform other duties, from which, wo dere e . say, they will not be culled away unless it iv ¥, FEBRUARY 15, isc9, quite unavoidable, = een rere ‘s = V, No military or naval offi To Subscribers the Cavin nr will be in t unless there be some particular In making remittances for subseriptions, always i procure adraf on New Yor%, ore Post Office money and temporary circumstance which compels onder. If poreibie. Where neither of these can be nro. | it for the thao bung. The rengon for this is ured, send the money, but alw celetered leiter. | the samo as will exclude members o ‘The registration fee has been reduced to fifteen cents, C They ee * Rinetelele i and the present registration system has teon found by | COMBTES8. They aro alr appointed to th Postal authorities to be virtually aisoinio pro- | Other functions, the perfurme © of which tection azalast lores by mal, All Postmasters are | canny ensed wi oe oan VI. While the Cabinet will eonelet of men | « i i“ BS Jy son ai familiar with pablie affairs and the admini« | 111 be published on Wedueeday morning, Business foen Who wish to resch sountry cestomers will and thie | AHO of public business, its members will edition of Tye Sew A valnadie mediom. Atiniied nom. | alo bo in the full vigor of their fucultics, ber of adveitisements received at % cents per ine. Jo | No worn-out or exhe usted politicians will intureinsertion thoy mest be baaded la before Go'cloek figure among them. They will form a work- ing and not an ornamental body. Stil less will the Cabinet be a hospital Formed under such ausplees and with sneh | alead, the new Exeeutive will enter up | its labors with the confidence of the entire tatives in repeating the Tenure of Ofiics | people, No President within the memory of fet, bo as to resiore to the Presidency, in the | this generation has be g0n 80 Well a8 Grant, hands of President Grant, the power of re | and we have no doubt that he will coutinus moving the subordinate officers of the Gov. | in the same manner, winning for himself on om Tuesday evening. ee Repeal the Tenure of Office Act. Whatever else the Senate may do, or omit to do, before the 4th of March, it should by all means concur with the House of Repre- & ii wwkhment, which it was found expedient to | his country, in this new field, the same ene take away from President Jonson. cess that he won amid the trials and dangers As the law now stanls, guilty end corrupt | of the rebellion. officials practically ¢ ty from all interference. They can only be removed after a sort of judicial investigation by the President, or Ly a concurrence of the aif . The Fifteenth Amendment. The Senate has materially modified the language of the now amendment to the Con- Senate in the appointment of their euccos. | stitution, sent to them for their concurrence fore, How difficult it is to make either of | by the Houso of Representatives, As tho these remedies available will be ap. | amendment came from the House, it provided parent when the immense number of offices | that “the right of any citizen to vote shall is considered, and the great prossure of busi- | Rot be denicd or abridged by the United ness which burdens both the President and | States or by any State, by reason of race or the Senate, The consequence is, that the ere previous coudition of slavery of any frossest frawls, especially in the matter of | “itizen or class of citizens of the United whickey distilliag, are constantly going on, | States.” Tho Senate has substituted for this and it is hapossible to prevent them. Onco | &use ono which requires all restrictions on while an offvader like Buatspene is | the right of suffrage to be impartial in their caught and convicted, but the bulk of the | ®Pplication, It would have the amendinent en ing inceis with no obstruction. read, “ No Cisertmination shall be mado in ‘The people expect from Gon, Granva re. | He United Stttes among the citizens of the fora ia this matter, The ve boon led to | United States in the exercise of the elective franchise, or in the right to hold office in any State, on account of race, color, nativity, pro- Perty, education, or creed. While it is desirable to settle every ques. Delieve that honvety, efffciency, and ceonomy irk his administration from high to ‘They have been patient under th vorninga of ANpiiw JOUNSON, because low, thoy kuew that he had not much longer to tm onne Had wits the Neale shabase re. naniin im office, Gon, Giast, in tar, iv | Suiting from the war, and while a logical ad awere of nll (hot 18 reqetredt of ttn, ant TGS RSE ase ioeethiedci WitinlBeg Constitution, we must say that the proposi- tion of the House seems to us much more judicious and statesmantike than that of the Senate—first, because it is limited to tho right of voting, and eays nothing about holding office; and secondly, because the tehemo of the Senate prohibits any discrimi- nation as respects cither voting or oflice- hold. ing that is based upon education, This point of the Senate's plan is not merely unwise, it is ridiculous, It is evidently just as necessary to protect the nowly enfranchised colored men of the South from restrictions upon their right of rity or ambiguity in his utterance, He talks | voting as it was to endow them with that just as he is wont to act—like a man of su- | right originally, Without making them preme common sense, upright purpose i | voters, a discrect and satisfactory reconstruc- an immovable though unostentatious deter. | tion of the South was impossible; and the mination to do his whole duty. good order and proyress of the Southern This speech disposes of a great many tales | States now require that the political freedom and rumors about the composition of the | of the blacks ehould be guarded against the Cabinet that have been flying about of late, | possibility of overthrow. Ihis will be suili- No man anywhere has yet been asked to | ciently accomplished by the amendment of serve as a member of the future ministry, | the Honse. The right of voting being safe, Not even those on whom Gen, Gnanv has | the right to hold ollice will take care of it- settled to fill the different places aro aware | self, The addition of the Senate guarantec- of his determination, nor will it he communi- | ing the latter is superfluous, useless, and cated to them until the very eve of their | mistaken, nomination to the Senate, While the fature But to prohibit the Stateg from making Secretaries themselves are thus ignorant of | education a qualification for voting and hold. the distinction in #tore for them, it is plain | ing office is absurd and impracticable. In that nobody else can be better informed than | truth, no man ought to vote who doce not they are, and that all pretences to the con- | possess a certain amount of education; and trary are unfounded, or at best the mere un- | the syetem of Massachusetts, which requires authorized conclusions and guesses of per-| that the voter shall prove his eapacity to gone who may hit the mark, and may not, read and write, approaches much more truly The chief reason for thus holding the | the ideal ofa republic than that which de- names of the Cabinet in reserve until the | mands of him no evidence whatever of men- time of their submission to the Senate is | tal capacity and improvement. It is true frankly stated by Gen. Gnanr. It is, that the | that other States are not now prepared to set unseemly contests of party cliques or persounl | wp ouch a standard, but that is not a reason friends secking to impose their own candi- | why it should be absolutely forbidden, dates upon the President may be avoided. | If from the right of voting we pass to that How far these contests were carried in the | of holding office, the Senate's prohibition appointment of Mr, Lincoi’s Cabinet, we | of an educational qualification appears Ihave lately had occasion to show; and every | in its full deformity, Are wo to be de- one will be grateful to Gen. Giany for mak. | nied the privilege of insisting that our ing them impossible in the present instance. | candidates for judges shall know the law? Besides, the Cabinet ought to be chosen by | Must that excellent act of Congrees be an- the President himself, Ite members are his | nulied which provides that persons who ap- confidential agents and advisers, and in their | ply forclerkships in the Executive Depart. selection he should be subject to the constitu. | mente at Washington sholl be examined to tional advice and consent of the Senatealone, | ascertain how fur education has qualified Another reason for reticence in reyant to] them for the places they desire? If a State this subject, though not set forth by Gen. | wishes to institute a geological survey, may Quant in his speech, may novertheless have | it not require that the gentlemen who ap- Lad some inJuence in determining his action. | ply to do the work shall know tho difference It is found in the nutural desire to retain as | between limestone and hornblende? But it long as possible the fullest freedom to change | ‘8 not necessary to extend further the redue- his mind ns to individuals. He may become | tion to absurdity of the Senate's proposition convinced, for instance, Uiat some new man | ‘hat proposition affords o striking ilustra- would be better for one of the Deparunents | tion of the truth that the wisest men may than the one he has fixed upon, Now he re-] sometimes be led into folly, Let us only Mains perfectly at liberty to alterhis purpose | hope that those who have thus been de- and to take the new man, while if the ap- | luded may be mapnanimous enough to ree pointment had been publicly announced, or | and repent of their exror. even imparted to any friend, it would be The amendment of tho House is sufficient @omparatively difficult to make the change. | for the purpose. It is the work of Mr, Bour- But while nobody knows or will know who | WELLOf Massachusetts, one of the most pru ere to Le Gen. Grant's ministers, there aro | dent as well a8 boldest of our statesmen. @ few simple principles which lave g\veu #0 | ‘The Senate hasmady a blunder in rejecting bright a lustre to his carcer thus far, thai | it, but if that body will now retrace its steps we are sure thoy will be kept in view in| and lay aside that foolish pride which some- just a8 he has kept | times leads us to preter a poor thing of our other matters, Some of his] own to a good thing of any one else, the fault may easily be amended. Besides, it is no doubt, do all in his power to perform it. But neither he nor the people can be gratified a he ia vested with eutliclent: power ples tom them either to those who will over his eul do their duty or iy The specch of Gen, Grant whieh we pub: lish this morning will be read with universal satisfaction and delight. No better or more impressive speech has beon made this many aday, It proves that tho General knows perfectly how to say what be means, and that when he speaks there is no obseu i Tun Sux was depicted as going ahead of its compotitors in this interest. in etroggle, Mr. Grenney fs aecen in the pleturo earnestly Iabortag to reach tho goal fei. With a desperate erasp upon | tho guiding bar, his manly — form olsted from the brond eaddle where. on it onght to be supported, and his left foot, heavily shod, ralsed for a flerco ee ee ennai THE probable that Mr. Bourwrri.'s amendmest Would be gatified, but that of the Senate could not possibly fail of rejection ie i rinmph of the Independent Press The Heening Telegram of Saturday Inst published nm epirited wood engraving very much in the style of Doré, in which tho tor of the Trine, the editor of the Times, and tho editor of Tun SUN were represented eae ding in @ race, on voloripedes of Prewiayc's excellent pattera, The design Was characterized by a fidelity to truth and naturo which eannot be highly com- mended, aud which does great eredit to the ant newspaper in which it appeared. too am upon the ¢ nk of his machine claims that with one more jerk the prize hia, ther in the rear tho Times is ex Hibited fo dangor of eapsizing, Both fect of the astute and accomplished editor aro off the cranks, and the fore wheel is wrenched aside in such a way that nothing: lees than the genius of IANLon contd restore the im- perillud equilibrium. A little in advance of both rushes the rapid Sux, with upright form and head erect, displaying a noble beard that curls in the stirring breeze, the guiding Dar gently yet firuly held, both feet vigorously working on the pedals, and all those indications of steady and un hausted power which alike charac fereat velocipedal artist and tho successful journel, ‘To the frantic exclamations of its rivals ‘Tue Bun calmly answers, without slacking its speed, “Not for Joot I've got the ingide track!” AM of which is trno in nore Kenses than one, ‘Thero is nothing surprising in that triumph ze tlh SUN, MONDAY, AMUSEMENTS, alpen Tt Han Oper: Whatever may be sald of Maretzck’s manage. ment, no one certainly can complain of any lack of variety, The programme is chaoged every night. Alrendy we have had tie “ Sicilian Vexper: ma," and Trowatore,"* and thie week “ L'Atricatne," “Hell and " Robert Le Diavie are promigad, Of course, where so many opersenre produced, Ht Would be unreasonahie to capect completencas in any. foanager's pocket could stand the drait Somotiing must be sacrifice); and If variety Is the (ling wanted, then the Wing sacrificed Is @niel and detail, The orchesira and chorus will be found a Httle wasteady, for wo sufiicient revearsal ; th: feonery only passabic, wince it docs not pay to act up elaborate scenes for 9 single represent Waat does for avalon in Mewsina In the nth eens tury one night, at the represontation of the © Sle Verpors,” serves equally well the next in Norma" for the Council Hall of the Druids, in Arciont Brie tain, daring the Consulshipof Planes.” The ar- chitecture of the half savage Gauls @ Jumbied op with that of moderm Tay of twelve or fourtecn conturios fy thing fn the world for tho eee 04 and all the appointmnente ¢ ne extent the fare of the scenery. All the dreges in voroo, ond all the armor in uve, from the Leginning of the Christian cra lo tie Cine of the Ime n of gunpowder, are used with tho F i impartiolity, and the epectator ein pick owt from among them whichever pleaser him best. His money pald, he ta quite welcome to his choles, And, alter all, tis matter of wconcry and costnimes 16 but a wes ondary affair, and inaveuraey in that respect cam easily bs overlooked, provided the main poin tinging, Is well done, Did not picture of the time of Moses, Teraclites as shooting the quaits with guns ? painting was none the ess beautiful on that account, Unhappily, the stnging cethier redeem the other # Mine. La Gr nge wus the p Jongh the seconita donna find Antonucel the bass, * one; weliher, on the other hand, wa tively weak, ‘The tenor liny a good Hg to baritone quality, and sig with fery acearney, Miss McCullough constantly Ing vocal flexibility and case In stay nly no one ean he ure tn listen g to her fresh, ton secl {8 an arti and in bis prime, Mine, La Gronge is nlso an arst, though unfortunately notin her prime, Thoxe whow memory Is ungallant enough to reeall Mine. Ta Grange Afteen years ago, when sie was in the porte tion of her nowers, remember a most is etrangely da ekip the cusiest ry mM, as nor Hoot the tenor, et Was not Am in: charming vo. of tho Independent Press over partisan competition, whieh this cartoon of the Horn tay Teleyram wo significantly iustrates. Tho Tinea and tho Tribune are both adimira- Die journals in their way, rich in resources, conducted by mon of extraordinary talent and experience, endowed with all the pres- tige of ancient victory, But they are both the organs of a polilienl party. ‘They are not free in their action. They eannot speak absolutely as they think and feel. Hence it is that the public, whieh likes independence, spirit, livelinoss, good temper, freedom from all party shackles, pre: un Sux, Why, during the last wook our daily sales én creased to the extent of leo Mhovsand copies w day, without any excitement pervading the publie mind and enlarging the circulation of newspapers in general, Such is the progress of the Independent Press, even in # dull time, It is bound to win, We acknowledge that the picture would necessarily have been different had the veter- or of the Herald been represented in the race. He isa man of genius and origi- nality, and knows how to appreciate the dash, boldness, wit, and piquancy with which BUN 60 surprises the commonplace #, and puzzle the dall minds that cannot seo an inch beyond their noses. Aperor ns ous marhine wount Hardly pre sume to contend, no matter with what ad- vantage, But, | ke the shrewd and sago ob- server of human affairs that he is, we are con. vineed that he looks upon the velocipede with curious but rather seeptical interest, Wield. ing a power that all may envy and few can er hope to rival, he ean well afford to look on from his sumptuous chariot, and let the flashing and mysterious bicycles of the day whirl along without tempting: him into the arena, Besides, ho himself belongs to tho Independent Press, Indeed, he is its cham. pion, its Hercules, ita Achilles, its t As such, he does but justice to his own renown in recognizing the superiority of Sun over two of its most muscular and formidable rivals, And long may it shine! i It is reported from Paris, that the real ob- ject of the mission of the new Greck Ambassador, Mr, Cassintatt, to this country, is to sell to Mr, Suwand one of the numerous islands in the Greek Arebipelugo, and with the proceeds to buy iron- clad ships to be used in the impending war against Turkey. As, however, Mr. Sewanp has not yet been able to carry through bis last bar- gain, that for St. Thomas, we think Mr, Cass. tart will have to wait awhile. His waiting will do no harm, too, because every day lessens the chance of the iron-clads being wanted, even if he hould buy them, Greece does vot mean to fight if she cau help it, the great Powers of Europe do not mean to let | ee The Neva reports that the Hon, W, P. Frs- seNvuN is to be Gen, Grant's Secretary of State. At woud be @ very good appointment; but how does the Nea know? No one knows but Gen, Guaxt, and he 1s not in the way of telling. Tho testimony taken before the Board of Health, on Saturday, in reference to the nuisance caused by the Metropolitan Gas Company's works, established it beyond dispute that the Company can, if it chooses, entirely pre- Vent the nuisauce complained of, either by using iron 4s @ purifior, or by employing an improved ventilating pro We hope the Board will in. sist on the Company's making the change they require, and put an end to the intolerable smell ithus been so long 803, We aro sorry to hear that Brovanam’s Theatre is not meeting with that success which wus anticipated from the genius and reputation of its manager, Whether from lack of capital or luck of judgment, the company seems to he poor, the plays injudiciously selected, and the public interest in the performances small, We are sorry for this on Mr. Buovonsm’s account, A cleverer artist, @ smarter writer, ora better fellow does not broathe, mud we trust he may yet pick up his crumbs and gain asa manager the same laurels Which in every other sphere he has been wout to w Persons who travel much from east to Wes!, or he reverse, are fimiliar with the annoy- ance caused them by the continusl variation of their watches from the time kept at the different places they come to und on the different rail- roads they pass over, To obviate this annoyance, it has been proposed to adopt some uniform sys- tem by which all the clocks in the world would strike the seme hour, at the same time, at ev place on the globe, and that the indications of our watches would express a coincidence of time whorever we might happen tobe, For example, if Greeawich time were taken as the standard, we should call it 6 P, M. when the sun was at the meridian, avd 12 o'clock when it was just risen, Of course the plan will apply only to travellers and hotcls, railroads telegraphs, and similar in- pulubous, calist, Now she is #lnging on the interest of the repatation acquired in those polmy days, and draw. fog perhaps somewhat heavily om the enpital. The art remalne, the almirable method, the results of the excellent achool in which ale was tanght—a school now with few or no great exponents in this country; but that which les bebind ail this, the voice Mteelf, 14 impaired, and lacks much of its former Aweotness and stevliness, Yet Mine, La Gronse economizes her wasted resources with marvelous skill, and occastonaily, in winging # denza with faultless precision, discloses tho secret of her well-earned fame, and compels anew the ee knowledgment of ber great artistic ablilty. ‘This latest production of Bellloi’s Deautiful opera reminds us, perhaps by way of contrast, of the history of {ts first performance in this country, ‘To some of ourreaders the recital may be interesting j to most of them it will certainly be now. me dificult ea The greater portion of those wio took part in It have now passed away, and to those wo think that artis- tie triumphs are reserved only for our day the cou- Fartron may be instructive, ‘Thirty years ago, or, to be exnet, in the year 1810, the Philadelphians were excited on the #ubject of an English version of “ Norma" transinted by Mr, Jo- soph RK. Fry,au enthusiostic amateur, then to be Produced at the old Chestnut stroct Theatre, neighboring elties were called upon to coutriiute to the ore westra, which numbered fifty, and was wader vetion of one Cling, an excctient muriclan, Wood, whose memory is still fresh in the minds of our older citizens, and who were great in thelr day and admirable singers, jaded ev by the highest standard, were the Pu'lo und Norma, Mr Wrowah was the Groves So universal was the re that the work should be well prodused, thut HT uusteal amateurs hastened to teuler their aselot ance. ‘The chorus was over a hundred strong, un donbtedly the largest and most effective operatic chorus we lave ever bad in this country. It was made up from th focketies and choir re of the various singing nd Indies and gen> Hemen of Aistinguished talent in the musieal ¢ reles of the town did not hesitate to take part. Th body of voontists wos thoroughly drilie | by Mr. Wi, Il. Fry, the well know fine composer aud eritic, aud under bis able direction enme toa very high point Of perfection, Everything was done con amore, and the mlseen-seine wn tiat ently could make it, The details of costume wn fice Were as exeet and accurate as th are Accustomed to be at the Grand Opera at Paris The determination of every on terestod feemed to be to show how well the thing could be done, and, as the sensation was a nevw one and the pride of the Philadelphians enlisted in the enterprise, no pains were spared to promote thit end. ‘The result justified all the labor ond movey that had been expended. The theatre was crowded for twenty consecutive nehts, which was a reat run im those days, and the occasion was long remembered 88 that Of @ brilliant operatic triumph, ‘This was the first of “Norma” tn this country. Its alts, now hackneyed and threnthure, were then frest anit eape tivating, and served in @ great degree to mould the Popular taste to an appreciation fur whit was most beautiful in lyric art. ‘The hold that“ Norma then took upon the popular tirart it has never sluce and worn as itis, it cau mever be beard wi ifleation, ort, oub rat —_—-—- Tho Concert of Mite. Josefina Filomeno. It is @ pleasure to welcome to the musical fraternity of this city so remarkable a young artist a8 Miss Joseflua Filomeno, Nothing was koown of her abilitics previous to her concert at Irving Halt on Saturday evening lust, What we can gather ts, that she Is scarcely sixtecn, and that she coimes from te other side of the Aides, and 1s a true American of Chill. Cousidering the advantages which her country affords for a musical education, it is quite unusnal to meet with such excellence on two instru: ments iv one so young, wid a girl at that, Hee first say Was in m duct for two pianos with Mr, Ed. Hoffiman—tho Art concerto of Chopin, It abounds in difeuttics for the fingers, and requires a grasp for both hand and head possessed by very few pionaforte players. Chopio in avery high degree requires of his interpreters matured emotional natures, great digital desterity, force ay well as lightness, and a dash of the wizard, atl combined and kept within Proper bounds by an infallible sense of whats good taste in mus! Miss Pilomeno combines about as Many Of these essential conditions as could be looked for In one fo young. Her playing was clear and exact, Ler diatonic runs and tyills lear and pearly, her command and seclf-possession complete, We cannot, however, {i truth speak in praise of her mode of phrasing or deelaiming on the instrument, At ts intelligent, but Konnds, as perhaps it sowld, like the fmmatuse expression of a very young Indy. Asa violinivt, Miss Filomeno has been excelled wy certainly (wo other Jadica, althongl what ake eoutd do on a wore resODANE Inetrament than the one sbe used on Saiuidey evening we could not svy. Gene. ly her playing t* accurate, agreeable, and not ex- The tame defects, however, which mark her style on the plano are found equally in her viola playing, Aw the voice is the greatest Instrument, and as the best suger is therefore the best exponent Of style, It follows that a voend sty le is to be nought for to produce the most pleasing resuite, Our young Artist has plenty of time to seeure tits needful pass port to the temple of Pume, aud hus mate so good a plait in the race Uhot we look for great sceults iu ber future care Dr. Home, Of course there is no preseut change in the Shakexpearlan plays at cicher Wallack's or Booth's. At the latter theatre, however, there 4s to be a mati née on Saturday, ond in Hoa of * Romeo and duiet* in the evening, Mi. Booth withdraws in favor of Mr, Edwin Adams, who oppears for the first time in a romantic tragedy, translated from the German, and athe * Narciese the Vagrant,” ‘The event of the week in burlesque will be the opening of a new theatre devoted t the iNjustration of that braveb of dramatic uri—the Waverley. It fo the ame place of amusemsut formerly occupied by Kelly & Leon's, but bevutifled aud freshened, ‘The company i on excellent @me, and ite brightert star is Mise Elise Holt, from whom the company takes {ts maine, This is the opening night, The Buehanens, who ote at the New York Theatre, fod snficient public Preoeragement and support to Induce them to continue there fora time Jonger. ‘This and to-morrow evening they piny * The Merchant af Vepiee.” At the Olymple, “Humpty Damp young and fresh, maintains his hold upon the publte favor. Miss Morring reappears at the " Botwery" every night this week, She f alfays a favorite there, and atiracta Targe audiences to her support, The New York Cirens continues its brilliont Programme of list week, Including the brothers Rigarell, My, Atickney, the daring rider, and the splendid company of athietes and serobate, who give sich daeh and spirit to the perfurmancon wt this establishment, At Niblo's, the very poputar Lydia Thompson Dhrteeqae company, with ite fine conpe de ballet | und stage fuil of auxiliaries, continue the "Forty Thieves,” A new pantotnime is announced at the Tamma- y for this week, Introducing, for the first time, the coincdinn James 1, Budworth. At Wood's, the performances are both numer. ous and varied, There are matinges given every doy, at which “Talon and the Morlacchi troupe are the at'ractions, In the evening two burlesques are performed—""The Field of the Cloth of Gold" and © Fra Diavolo.’ a The “Orphée aux Eufers” is continued at Viek’s Grand Opera Hour At the Academy of Musi¢ to-night will be presented, At the French Theatre “Geneviewo do Bra- * L'Africaine" Lent" fe restored thin weck, end will he gt on | Monday and Tuosday, On Wednesday tho * Flew A crand concert is to be given in the Spring street (near Varick) Presbyterian Church to-morrow ning, Among the singers are Mre, Sophie Mo- Mr. George Simpson, and Mr. J, 1, Thom ream will preside at the organ, part Mr 4 CRRDRN TIALS, pent presented the credentials of Ren- 4 from New York. va.) presented the ni P, Stockton, Sena- vada) introduced a hill to of moturalizttion, In the fol- Mr Stews worl thcite wad p Vihege® cher citizens OF thy United Bak CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Me Townson (Itep. H.C.) Introduced «Joint 1 proporing the following constitutlonal ont! Aricur 17. ‘The Congress shall have power to eatah- Heh a Ur banal fp the purpe considering and de termine all questions which ay arte as to the val OF oe eleet vf any State for President and Tresiuent of the Unitedttaces, whieh said Uibupal shall exere under’ such regulations «a Con- Eien UNIFORM BYRTEM OF HATERALIZATION. Mri WuYeEN (Kep., N. 4.) from the Com- usloury, reported a substitute for te the proceedines for the ns turaiize'ion of aliens, introduced by himself De- a \ S008 ACAINGE THE INTERNAL REVENUE. auin (kep., N. H.) offered « resolution dt- Atlorney General to inform 1 Dad directed Sgainet partion prose. on the Ine od if #O, in What cases and tor Vif compatible with public inter. nieste to the Benate ii correspond wjeet With the United States District Atiorney at New York, Adopted, RIVER AND HARBOR DILL, ‘The River and Harbor Approp: 1 bill was then discussed, and after receiving @ veto message from the Presid ring the duis of thi ustees Of Lhe Co Looks of Washington and Georgetown, Mr. Buoowsct, (Rep. Pad, from the on Pub ic Expenditures, made a report in the eose of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s coutruet for carrying the between the termink of the Pacife Railronds Committee exempts the Post Oflce Departuent frou all bk KEPORTS OF NATIONAL BANKS, Mr. Hoorn (it *s.), from the Committee on Banking ond Carvency, reported a hill regulating the vovorts of the national Vanking ansoeiations, After discussion and amendment the bill Was passed, tne Pe its provisions: Dauking assoctation shall on.puroller of the Carre Vitor, And ene of the “i ins required hy the thirty-fourth 1k. tue eiurn of each aeewet ition on whet Monday or Wauiuiey” ai dulyestal. We verted hor aitrmation ‘of the president OF tas Sicnatures of at least (ures Nat they hase pervonal ‘ities of the assoc! ntton, as vet. tort so fount the saute to be correct Jaruary and July sh Flatement of Kross earniLgs and profits cf elx months, acd shall De publishes Buch associat on ts cetubliah soctatton HcOutain & he provinus Ia a nOWsPApLE WLere Ai teexpenre oF the ws: the eanic. nna If there be ho howepas Jac auch place, ten In somo ne er 9 by the Ct 4 th oF Stat 2 He fowateds fad evely baal tial wane and Cra to ‘the ¢ Carrency’ 9 spee iiKtoh OO any day specie red by the Compiroligr of OCLation Lalliong to make and. uly on ether report shall be 1 ty @ polis v for owch day after Gye days th! seb Vauik ni transniit auy report as afore: ¥ assoctarion #hail delay or refute to ein Iu) posed, whic the oat ler of the cy weh penalty hiay be retained oy the ec States, upon the order of the Com: the Lateraet a intion fom bonds deponited Feulation, aud all euine et wou iden th the Unite t Sti Mir, Uonves (Dem, N. ¥,), from the same Commit. tee, reported & bill to prevent wational baukw froin juouey on Vaulted States notes vr natioual ce us collateral aeeurity, After some dis: cussion und alteration of the verbiage, the bill wus assed, ¢ dus to ith Nin to weeure collected for pen ‘HOU shall Dé pald Into the Treasury of CATMER INCHEASE OF THE PUDLIC DyBT, That betug azreed to, Mr, Looren galled up the Guliowing "bi, reverted Tee) owumities on Ways and Means, further ave of the publig debt: * © Proweit the ‘That #9 mnneh of any existing law © of Lande by the Recretury Uf th F the #uleldies to the various. rh W authorized Dy law, be and te satue As provided that this ae nMfer Of bonis tor defaced Conds; an! etary Of tue Treasury imay. waue, Uroh e ek wot ate Wada uo nay tina tine to t nds witch have for coup Mier be lawful. ie. Mar in wi sata ahah ‘sutuorizitg tiiacted, THAt the Seeretary all vubllatmiatily a alatemeat ort t a the e-ove ot the y racee i Cultod tater bonds shall . Biled StaLer nels F e-roulaton us Moves ct 8 per veut, Pawan debi, eeouie. dt, detaity aiial ty euch ts poblle debt a nth, Li wh Cink y deat, cords raed an Qe te faa) Jet Wat ls pastduc O: tust Wi wit te the sae th be classed ge the matured debt, aud ihe taterest: Pee al cee alte At ‘he ‘a all sito eon Me aMOwt vhtevan tubsly VOLG> ued ty radlioad comm Mien toe poneion fund avd otler recorded oblicath Wrtnsuiry, the siugust oubstandine oe eaigee hey ait the wlnunut Of Cola aud currency notes ih dao Tree’ atu. BRO. & And be It Aur ther enacted, That from and after the Passa of tlhe wet no pereenime. cena ee euinfnsacio, of anv amount ¢ fi tiailyia, OF ext Laie oF 0 Oaltod btaten of uf uy mn Hof wit wid wl horiglug oF permuttiuy, by com: Wine, she svcrctury of the Troasiity so her Maa roe proper office of lid de wich tale, oF the hegotiation of bonds by sdpenied. 7 eacted, That alter the pas- ues NUFChusee OF eules, Of Sh McoouMk Of the Goverte vel by law, ehall be dune ay of the pubife by AavorUslus fr [ropomuls tor ans sue «Xehange, purchaye Or sa) th bh aiall he awinedod pubbely to. the. bast wade Dividers, he Peoretary Of the Treaswry Teeury lug. the Fini Co vejecc any seh bide sould he deen ie 1UF the publie latorest Wo dese, On motion of Mr. Jupp the following scetion was added to the Vii ue. 5, And be 'bfurther chacted, That from and after the passage of thi act all anicy of gold on aceount of fi Uc Maren all Os vad at Fable auetion, | y'a Proper officer he Trcaeury Pensstment er giving Thee Wage hive notice oF ud Ue wid bug Where viet salek slat be made, by advertising the tor at t tire dave, The bil amended, was passed, The Scale, Dill sipplewentary to. the National Banking act was remo kk, and a dis- Sustlonteneusl span Ti abl poe, oy ‘ling the thme was deveted ae TRE M'CONNELL MUnDeEr. —— Arrest of Win. A. Robinwon—The Evide Agent Him—ilis Exomyna the Coroner, Corvecpundence af the Onionga Time Jackeoxvinte, PL hie Con Feb, 11. rot A was at f 1, and the ow rigon to await i Wii A. Rte fy the Mansion Hh der, the proprietor or tock of owe fe ie bu tw vas pit a the murdered man in * of we, Well Odveat wane her eiy yal ar fa many Warm person clon would have nttache't MndUF WTA, € Kobiason wil at bbly as a Wises bike wae under t until called, he wondered wire It wili be renewbered the General len the Hreuklust table wt about $9 0 3 in the Bis rooms thar ater aie fon me vrandenn Wrong st in the miil--this being, a8 hear as could be Aseartiued, ‘clock, uel the tiv Fialnd t ¢ tthe wervant girl coms biek to the Generers ryum at @ o'clock, ond sound biit Weitering In his Wood. Witla tive space e 0 mgKts epirted. Th ft cirl testifes ubot whon A We General's room she Went Up sur, wit F mained ¢ 9 o'clock dise ver exe comin fr 1 ox the Keohinson’s store en pretest r some trithng purehos came back @ ved bis belief taut ‘this wos tho won, A Mrs Nahovey seat word to tir Co Fomething ts telly ond Leu | t Letire dary, ane tentiited hat, on yx atree that as was Willan A. Kool v6 Ken ing Nim well, be having up toa short ime b occu) Heil one balk OF ‘he sauie Lyte un camne'to her lovee at a late hone, and desired ta tier Wasi ce LO talk over tie ea Instanee, re used to at tir it wonid cost her troabl weewoedd OF tne Crin “and on the othe evidences View OI ns Of this charact ut hin, however, were ound Today ho wat on the vituers stond verre the Coroner's jury for wx hours, Me stated tat he Pad liycd here three years; that he Was. ¢ the House up wo last February, with the excep= Lon of two weeks; that We in June lust oponcd a Erocery store, and tas been in tit bueiucs ever at he hac known and intima ely sosith ny Hine, and ga September last hy took up thy anotner jor SA) and pay itis tee bal jeCennell ever since be that he bad had bust he bor Finer; & th as to draw ton p gave two nomen bo te eCUrY § tUile List nute he pala tn Dec either uth th oF Mit, but Wis Lot cert the date or th payment: thal ne paid the nove in MeConncil's 0 He ONG ne present Lut Mr, McConnell aud hi he pald $40); the bilik wer two gus, ana the rest were $10 net feConnell paid tal vs note In charse; T Mink the tuteveat was aneluded Ja the principal of the mote, and T pala it uo fore Lexi ceied. to, aad in this way 8% teeare me; vet Lowed iin $10), My gave me the note and LT deetroyed it; Loarned itin my stores Bho Feet cash veevimt ofa) my bi cash receipts, wad al t count shows the it 40); Lum willing to live ‘The bovks were then produc spoken of In the ¢ own him. Hh to make; that the book showing the pu right, and the other was wrong; that t didcrence in the kinds ot ink ; ard that t nay that {ten was tnade in December, ag it sports When asked if he did tiot tpake (aut entey wives the Wurder, be Jumped out or bin weut erected raising his right band, suid, * Besore Gou, Ta In December.” He said (uit "Tuesday veto the murder his wife went 19 Lawreneevill ber father’s, wud that he went will ber ty ous hold turniur wet. use Where We had been living was au ab lived im the ot. that, ay mornin betere he went House; that he went alive pid AlGpRed there a few 1 aint BRA BERET NASA dened ; werons the F ands to au hequamtauce te his be ‘Tis be went there to get a’ bard NUtnegs he kad jelt Kieve, purposing to gi n bo db Barbcrry, at whoke Louse Lo thal lod sige tun! 4 Went ini’ te yard aud Fuad lis howe lucked Went urogud the Louse, ant did not tnd was caine alter ; Went int privy and at the gutes and up cia eit ‘ ruilrow “und ¥ eee amy Che Ou of MM i he maw ada, ony at yu hie bad receive Olig Up Ube ur ‘ Ounhiys U ance at tae ralitew't er t.] Going up the street, when near wid opposiie McCouie etisloues, UW persona on the etree —a a La Woot, Lh @ M. MeCumacil, cowing towad Me He Went to bis stort, ond shorty alter ward heurd of MrCounch's acath, An pequaint nto the eture, und wnked taywelf aud Me Bleplonson, WhO Was RUuNng mear i 4 of MeConnell’a dew as re phe-son said, ‘is it wor’ 1 did nt b ; homght he wae tooling ua, He War si Mou sht he was jul My’ stock of about $1,000, To Mr, Kelsey the last week bad an pay it Lenw down ere of the alvernvon of the murder, and stood BrUEnd (he LOURe, baieiug, UUs did Bos go da aud eee she Lody. ‘The churucter and the antecedents of the guilty baa, and te paltry sun of @100 tur whieh Lis tere rible eriive was perpetrated, all repel tue wdea What Was prcueditavcd, Af maou andwoney alone iad beru the motive of the murder, dad tue Gime hid been deiberately planned ir to evade the pa, maent of his note, Lie Would lave dee, ed hie Victim “Ur lis pocketbouk, bis ‘waten a chain, and Wis diamond pin, the Ggerepute value OL Wiich must have buen §2,50) at easy Lid» probable thas be Went there dat Horming UF tho puryors of obtaining af exteusion of ie WUle OF paying ty aud, Having ii Honest purpexe, Walked deaneraiely and boldly into the bouse, ThE note wus prodgced, and Procee ling to setement, some diilerenes may. have Grinen between them, Ger, MeCoviell Was 13 years OF nge, aud wiWaye Very decided aud wuluary. de lind, of Jate years, growM BOMEWhal pedulaist, espe- cially wien Iccling Unwell, iad When a isle aig Fed he Wak one of Wie wos bitter aml surcast be round wnyw iene; und, th bu disposed to Loid , be vw OF their agrecuucnts, Me had sa bis oles three Uae quate Liv, abyUt mike incline iM sengih, F Weights, and ene uf thei provable those bay & biow wu — of Mes. Sigourney In Vere ‘The Alleged Son mont = Another Lote Alouzo Hawe To the Buiuor of The dun. Sia: Lhave learned from reliable sources that IMy comimuuieation ta y a frow St. Albans hus beca very extensively copied, espeelully by the papers ia Vermont, and that said letirr, in reference to & son Of the late Ary Sigourney being wild ulive and a resl- dent of a town In this Suate, was Lem fastened wp 4 Mr, Wiliam A, H, Sixourney, foroman of Messenger olive Bt, Alu ina, oud that ib i such # prejudice ageinet bln thus be is Liubl his place, and algo that he bs sud. with for We common ne M8 of iil Now, my letuer had no refevouce to Ia wh: but referred to Andrew Sigourney, ala ides in Hie soutuora part Of the Giate, more an aw ut red miles from St, Alba 1 sent a letter to Mr, Davis, editor of the Zrunseript, at Bi. Albans, in regard to the matter, bat I learn tat ke refuses te publish it, Mr. Sicoup Albany Las beca ly Injured, and how suilcred severely told by @ clersyman trum St. All honest, hard-working man, bat the people biliove he wrote the letter tigued * Alonso Mawes; but There emphatically say he did uot write it, nor docs he kuow me, Twrots tt, and iso ong frum Shellon, V5 and, 08 regards #. 0, box No, i), 4: stould have been box No Twas toil foouid have that box in the St. Albans Fost Gmice : but us Lam truveline welling Taw but 4 tow dass in any toon, Soute payers ayy Tun crazy, oni ence roobed Mrs, Sigourney, but they: Nitle know who Bam, os Dean uv soon prove, ‘The papers und docoinenta. s fesston are In the possession of a clory In Hurtiord, Conn,, aud are all avvorn ta ti with | ters written by the Rev. Jucl IL the Rev. A. Phelps, and others, ao that thers ts denying the fact. Y trust that you. will puulict the above, 10 exonerate Mr, Willan AnH. Sizourn from vl blame or participark tn wo Way couccrued in ite deena Paimrax, Vi., Jan, 9%, 1909. sere ued to love ever, yer, Wor so Taw dle te a — BUNEEAMS. + =Thore were 670 Methodist elurehes dedicated in 1968, =The Moravian mission in Greenland ie 134 n, Forrest has asyatmed chorge of th ‘a road and Pettredt white tte here te ately in Boston who hae boon toache Any ectool for Yast fifty renre, ee aw ‘ the “ moasu 4 Victor f and 1 i ed 1 to ba iepuliican condi fu French Logis latare, | gusts, Gai | =-The Rev. Mra. 2, A. Thine deo! e Pkeepor Les beon Hae for ' wid gett | f ie Py an hos foet ¢ 1 f ype with a say r f tae eyes. ier | =At @ recount fishionable wedding in Paris ove of the band dresses Was one bive ‘rou | botnet to «tious, worn by « pretty A ith | A Western papor having a reed the he fa wildeat by a titi sb | nn exch thow y call | son ™ nd that he haw very do Drm, persinte at foxes have been slain by } —Twent wo hunie this winter on the rw f porating Hole yoke and West Bpringtield, ry Pepper of the bities ple Ww the brushes of eleven of | tonta of the University of Viewna have sont an invitation fort pond masquerade Dall during carnival to the Emperor and Avebdake F f, born in} teh Doth have cepted that it fora » r a | with tim. The poct read to them severs of hie own ced an ty itatic Coust next to return Weir poume, and weer Visit at the Dimon cea week at piesideney # of the Freneb the beet kind of t of tue wumitory Kee ry, nd khudred subjects, Wy of War ot Paris, A Niel, by the hig! for th ur fa mncnis, the improve vice, te Imire of be ex —Acwarding to the Lithert! « Haris, the Pontitie ich 1 urny nnMbere AL present FO”se siatecn t od vith the Broneh Chute nt to be exchunged wn oe Is al Kun, proved Hem pe tie 4 ton ai on Uhousand etond have jurt woo pated In the stmery af Hie gostic Of Suiut Angele | —Amorg the rare mannacripts of the valiable | Wray of the Marquis of Mustings, recently volt at auelon in London, was a copy of the four Evan. gel the houdwelting of Wyeklife, the grew | retermer, v Ve purchos d for the Mete Mu | kee of th D cording to German 4 spends Whole daa 4 watch over the pier apuriuent, lo prove becowiug very eorpul aur caerelen, According to 1 Movenents are eilent?: of Runsia, where, by ¢ r are strongly fortilied and garrisoned, Ac cording to letters from It wity of ite. people fy said to be as tntcase Austria as it ie toward 'f According to the Te perial Comptrolter of the Finances of Russia, ts deficit wp to the present year amounts (0 tye Luudred aud eighteen ng of roubles, althovgh one great raltroad eompany ov tor of the Czar, atrat the Siate t i mil of roubles, white fevers} ol! ee are debtors tothe amonitol five wwilllons of row According to the LeMpentonve Boge, eon IIT Is soon to create two now Senators ome — | chosen from piaong the Protestant Evangelion postore of Purts, and the other troy the most iimstris | ous rabbis of arape, Possibly this will be followed — | by the nomination of M to represent the Mo Laweddan tnteresty of Algeria in the Senate, Tho other day, in pr company. says an) Bugtieh payer, a medical goutioman auuscd bis | friends by lighting candios ¥ tas breath as f h very ueorly they put them out, A elon, whic out, being presented to his reathed upon it, and i dared up teco a Mune, I quently Jet out his sveret, Whieh wus thatavhoss thae before be had been labaling oxy gon gus, —The clorgy ot Russia and the Orthodox Give prelates of Turkey and Grevea are discussing the | proposal of the Buvpevor.of Musa to holt an é ! menieal « 1 of the Groek Chnich at Moseow ng the btice pari of the present year, in Opp . to the one cunvoked by the Pope at Row, ‘The mewibers of the Oriental Greek Church, belioving Uist Covstantinople ts the proper place fur suet an asscubly, hove obtained the consent of t a and the King of Greece that it show d t re, ard Alexander IL, the spiritual head ofali (ue Grecke Tie tieh Con sof volusotte Mave recommen lod the prssage by the Legislature of wiaw fox the protection aud cultivation of feb contutalng the following provisions: and ininor (idol streauts sail be controlled by their elparls - propristars, #0 fur as concerns the taking of cortain eviityated Ashes, The Comrtesioners of In land Fishevtyy stiait, onder eertaly conditions, have n Brot font pow act watora for hreeding fish, aud therein for stated Umea, or at stated 0» seasons, Tho putviny of drugs and dyestuds, or dele ferlous products of mauafucture into ponls aud ftecame shail be protibited, ‘Puore stall be a cere tola and in Pin Wit uber of daga in each Week of the fading we when Sshing will be ywolubited, w~ltis sald the Dorty in future will not be run At Epsom, Acecrding to the statoweat in the London Sportanan, the now proprtetor of a portion of the course Law aLaoluccly Folused to allow tha race to Le rin over his crown, ‘Yao reat of th” nd was £0) m your, out the owner has ge dare 440 £1,900, ‘To this increas “Woe He sourse would not subrmidy teste make @ iow coun, advor as usual, This procoediy how retuses any terns only will the race havy womivaitons for 126m he comes to alts that tho young aniyou or 1 the Epsom coureghe's bat