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a = =< aS a i 1. Shines for All fh Avenue Th xewrstoms—Kre ha rand Opera House Hobe Theatre. can ay, La Petit Pa re Mare of Lenve Mi 2 Trp FRIDAY, OCTOBER Amusements To-day. itute Exhibition « apes the Government of 7, 1870, Vette, hs Dram. THE SUN, FRIDAY. the object to be attained in @ battle is to | they may be assumed to be identical ; hence throw the greatest number of bullets in the first two or three minutes after getting with- in range; and hence it is well known that ten men killedin one minute will do more to demoralize an army than @ thousand men in one hour, The experience of our rebel lion demonstrates the truth of this princi ple. Hence, of two guns, that one should be regarded as the best which will dis charge fifteen or twenty shota in the least epece of time and with the greatest pre- cision, rather than the one which will firo the greatest number in an hour; though if a gun could be devised which would not only fire ten rounds, but a hundred, in leas time than any other gun, it would doubtless be, by just the diiference the best yun which could be had in time, Some of wise ood judgment, have o}jected to their ‘y mien of experience, ané broech-londing: arms on the ground t Ketormed & : TAS THdnda Shae et ‘This qu-stion is about to be brought anew | teHlency isto Induce the soldier to be ~ the minds of taxpayers and voters, A | 8 wnmunition Ly too ya rae uceessor to the present Mayor is to be cleet. | tee shows the rovers of this to be tru bi in November, and other city offices are like. | It 8 Well known that troops usually wear out wise to be filled. Can the poople Of this city | 2 tridgeoa by abrasion and jolting in the Ploet avy others than the candidates that | OXe® while Ne march, to they use : Wammany Hall may give them a. Bree g cart’ generally Last year a gront fight was made against | Wave metallic cages, which aro pract eally in the Tammany Ring. That rotien organ za Geet : ible exe 1 ly tse Henee it m Bion was never before in such danger, Ite ak Pe Resins VIEAe Bute | Weave ee Feckloss extravagan its disreyrard of the |" y ae se than public welfare, its misappropriation of the | hades public money, the ¢ gus riches it ha Je Me rears are generally Ponferred upon its mombore and followers, | U!™MCd after the person » invents were all investigated and b them, b y arte technteaily ela thy by om he ais x , Inar cording >» the Light. The Young Democracy ros nie | Writers 1 ordnance a niin, the against theae abuses, ‘They were powerfal | Sctbariies of 1 , ir construction, Without mongh to array ayainst the Tawmany Ring nto all the usual refinements, it is B considerable portion of the Democratic nt for practical purposes to divide patty, Everywhere throughout the rural | Men into two classes: first, breeeh-lon ters Histricts of the Democsate fale that with mayrarine and autor loating ay Ring was on inendus upon the Demoeras: poratus, firing m eight to twenty shots Bud the best men among thon were re with great rap without recharge ing the magazine; and secondly, breech Join in overthrowing it, There was nover lish ulty. Before an opportunity of accor Freat a reform with 0 little ditlic This opportunity was wasted and Drongh the folly, eorrup Bie Republican party, lost n and trenehery of Phey held the balance p! power between Tammany nnd the Young Domorricy bo the enw Bated tite! provera’ Bat . mimony wend ihe Young. Democracy, reve to the I Merance as it lad never Bome of th abiican Wirt C. Lirrnxsoun, v prom’: prises; deluded by Mani eli 2 for th nd of this, they city sof State aid to th others, like Honacr a ofan} Hise b n present condition of ¢ Republican 4 1 Buch a candidate as SPE Ww at ite head, and with th 1, Horrman certainly a ‘ocan answer t that the Republ is powerless, no vitality left andrans a result will only t domain i for a be hth iat 4 in the the Gre ist spac leaders, were sur 1 won Green a like over $s BEeNsa own teruas, and seeared an ho: Yor the Sta joined wer. Had they given thelr support of reform, they might have dic oat wth the Legislature to crush This act of theirs many Ring euch a prepon enjoyed before Di r railway enter were lying promises of an honest Blection law; others, such aud Hexny romises of office in this eity » Tammany v1 economical more ved, w LW ¥ na of s but an Low 1 1 t Meat n tin Ja at) londers which have to be after each shot. rifles, using cartr! long to the former ela loaded by hand The Spencer and Henry th metallic ; the Sharp, Rem nses, be ington, Chass pot, and Prussian needle gun belong to the latter class The Spencer carbine and rifle are of American invention, and were first brought iuto general use hy our eavalry and mounted infantry during the rebellion, They were used by them with never tailing snecess aginst the muzzle loaders of the enemy. Each one con ving a magazine in the batt, carry ven motallic-cased cartridges point foremost, one chind the other, When the bre is thrown ont by the hand lever w ucte at a guard to th era eurtrityze is pushed forward by a spiral spring esiled in the mag wche hen by ing the hand lever, the is thrust into ite place by a dor in the broveh Mock, The cartr is fired pereus: | sion upon its through th nyreney nt t wer and the weiyht and shia © Dall, whic is conical, Th r “ 1 be fired is very great. | t yt in 1 verge or When t 1 re in the hands of the Union s hiey w kod upon by our best officer as all that could be desired, while the mer who ¢ L the ught 11 u ‘ le Lthem » ! ' swore ! use of caps. The Rem The v yun was invented Ga 4 | 1 | if i] | * | ‘ | | { | | ‘ The latter | ' 1 \ | i t | | \ | 1 | ‘ r | | att ‘ | | r | ives | ! 1 ones W ae iv \ 1 ! | || i} hae | ; | ey, it does not vary 1 ally it | the bore, whieh in the Chassepot is 0.152 of r\o ch throwing a bullet weighing OSS0 the contending armies, notwithstanding the mitrailleur on the ono side and the volley gan on the other, have been about equally well off in the matter of firearms, Tho Prussians have won their victory by eupe- rior generalship, numbers, manhood, and marching. ——— Bribe-Taking Bancroft Davis. The Albany Keening Times atill profosses to doubt that Bancnorr Davis accepted a bribe of £40,000 to betray the interests of the Frie Railway stockholders, It says that Davis was not confronted with the witnesses who testificd concerning the payment to him of the bribe before the Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, and had no op portunity of crose-examining them ; that the stockholders of the Company have not com mence] any action against him for do and that Mr. Fist etill retains him as As sistant Secretary of St all of which cir. mstances it regards as favorable to tho theory of his innocence. The witness who testified against Davis in Massachusetts was Mr. Jomn 8S, ELpniper, who, at the time the tronenctions he de scribed, was President both of the Erie Rail way Company and of the Boston, Martford and Erie Railroad Company, The payment of $60,090 to Davis was entered ou the books of the B Tartford and Erie Com pant, and was explained hy Mr. Ex.onrpor in ng as trust for the B and Erie morteoge bonls, could have shaken the force of ny,and Davis} t attompt her deny or explain it, th we ealled upon him to do go, if he could, six months ayo. we shall cheerfully g That the Davis for damages arising from his trew rie stockbolders have not sued ery, only proves Uiat they do not think 1 worth wasting powder and shot upon, 0: unother swindling transaction, however—that of the lease of the Buffalo, Bradford aad Erie Railway Company, by which thoy lost komme $2,000,000, and in whieh he is, fortu nately for them, associated with men of pecuniary responsibility —they long ago com meneed suit, and in due time will recover judgment. Mr. Fisui's retention of Davis as t Sceretary of Siute is, we cont enigmes which it 1s hard tou ve both ly end per f a M 1 in this 1 tl t hed 1 yers In « 3 I NAM held Oyer and 4 ¢ ‘ i ! ( 1 ‘ ( prover ‘ oO th 1 t ‘ t t ‘ rl ¢ Vv hel § men t f Superv the con ; n I ab 14 \ ni | | | p « ' 1 i r | « he funds with wh OCTUBEK Archbishop will celebrate the rites of Christian worship in a provisional chapel improvised for the purpose in the house of the Rev, Mr. Byrneixa, in this city, This is the gentleman whose conversion from the Roman Catholic to the Orthodox Fastern Church in Baltimore, about Ayear since, caused so great a sensation in eccle- tiastical circles, Since that event tt Russia have conceived the hope of seeing their communion firmly established in the Unite States, and gaining ax vast anmnbor of adberents ax the Roman Catholic Church itself. The arrival of Archbishop Jous of au extensive rey of probably but the precursor wof missionary effort in this We tender a hearty welcome to the reverend prolate who hus just landed on our shores, He hus already been in Alaska, and is well acquaint ed with Any instivutions, We understand that he was the bearer of important despatches from Prince Gowrenaxore to the Russian Minis- ter in the United States. —— The Hon, THOMAS B, CAKROLL, @ veteran politicion, devoted to nericolture, delivered an ex- cellent address before the Rensselaer County jation one day last week. In the course of his remarks he narrated the to!low ing bit of histor, “1 have what I know Agricultural Assoc t Tam expected to tel az. Waid, Pwould hav to keen on till next fale time, and then likely get laughed at for my knowledge, One more ambitious in that Way wos alWaye ning Uhings into the as for instane Stull farina and deep nu.’ Fiity acres were better for him than one Y—twenty-fve then fity=ten tan tweety He went for farms ranuiag several Han beoad—tike an ol arte er Wat the earth was not round, bnt r Ned to the inquiry What t there ar i the 1 who anid he Ww fat orist with bewns vd liad not bebuyed visusclf, there wou Every body who reads this will imag i refers to the Hon, MH. Gresuey, What has the fine £ Chappaqua to say to it? ——— Before Newson W. Youne wells himself to the party whieh counted him out ut the last Jy well to lot the public know Hexerssry's will Neteos , wouldn't he ther he will «stain dows R nomination for the Acaeinbly # Hos V. Yous k ona tick ary of the Tow wer The that there will y feline a AMUSEMENTS. The New Pantomime at the Olympic. Mindful of his former great triumphs with “Humpty Dumpty,” Mr, Fox has brooght oat « new pantomime culled * Wee Wiltte Winkie”? A pantomime is like a German table Chite dinner one is always in a delightful uncertainty ae to what ie coming next, and having got to the end there re: maine only the recollection, many surprises, and a The present paate- t of much careful aught and ili vane surfeit of good things. mime is the res gent labor. Of th the new and brilliant scenery, that which teft pleasontest and most disttnet improstion was Fotry Dell and Florizette's Home among th Conyonvuli, The Chinese street seenes were as fresh and accurate a if taken from origtnul plates, the demon scene enough to friehten a teething in- funt into convulsions, aud the final “Realms of Light and Reauty” brilliant, aud, what is more, novel. Mr. Fox, from the moment fof Orst opening that queer chasm he calle his mouth in the midst of bis chalky countenance, set the key of the audience at krinning piteh, and kept it there, His clown was a very quiet but a very droll one, Miss Fannie Beaue Was pretty and graceful as Columbine, Mr. Honey: wood most acceptable Harlequin, aud Mr, George Beane very funny as Pantatoon. Of the wonderful transtormations,out of the luxury of choice presented tus, perhaps the oear dance, the tull and short donkeys, and the ribbon-eating, with aceotnpanying indigestion, were a little more abeurd than the rest, though the young folks might prefer the bottle ecene, the Chinese shadows, or the fleuntic roosters. The parody on the Ninth Regi t aud its gallant Colonel, by @ ewarm of chil dren from eight to twelve yeurs was capi A drumming good enoagh fur to e drill an old, older warriors. The G f the Period, Drummer Policeman, and wo or three other characters, all in turn roprevented in the person of Miss Jenny Yea mane, a golden tel paiden of some seven sion someti ing alme litle lady has before In euch a choes of traps, fies, machinery, and the Hike, it isnot sincular if on the fret ni ne of the transformations hitched a ii'tle, A performance or re will brtog ail the t 1 inry i « 0 siuoUtL eit a ran, rund the ehilire if their p ren Mien Nilsson's Concert The eighth concert will take place th ing, at Which Miss Niweon will sing the ballad of the Kine of Tile wel Son the same o She will Anld Robin Gray v are some who have doubted Miss Nilsson's command of pathor This old Scotch Ballad will make it clear whether ‘ol the tears of her audience as readily even, Miserer and tonehing from * Faust,” and on re Le cun eo ws sie does White Staves Aga y Cents a Day teclawn Arnates T. Stewart once on of The Buin, Si: A. 1 ovtiscs dresses for sale, ed by first-class artistes, Perhaps it to renders of THE SN to know rtistes, equal if not superior ut and trim ce paid to tne any in tue elty. Well, etr, the price Is 25a week ; for whet wonlt sil for A. T. Stewart for not ts than $3) or #1, No ter that such me eeomne rieh—tish enoash ta have their name lazoned fe the givers of 20,090 francs to. the Frenel Va. Ifthe Co the relic ained that it repr nt bio 1 brains of hand 1 At tootity what T wortii.!” but to Ghat Tsay 1 &e,. 6. The good Yours UsiIcE t Gen, Grant, v ‘ Grant was returning from Lor ‘ captilt a roan’ judi They Vad be aud won seine 1 c 1 Ss i asc ‘ n Mojor sud ‘ ' ' r t +o be Major an ex tan 1 y p ! t U 1 t | —- | | ul y 1 ‘ “i 0 : F 1 aa date eunacl sky ; ' nthe F ' View reser d the bride, — piquinte ' tired in a t of A braker ly k GidW' WAM AK DRS Dae 10 We piueliigns mom TIMOTHY J. CAMPBELL. Constituents Think no Right to a Rent in the Ansombly—A Challenge from John Moun. To the Batitor of The Sun. Sin: You have courteously allowed Timothy J. Campbell to peak through your columns to your hundred thousand readers, Instead of rofut. ing or contradicting your often and repeated charges of profanit nmorality, and corruption, he tries to cover them up by mildly protesting and saying he in mujustly assailed. If his character is good, or if he is not as bad as yoo advertise him, and values bie reputation as much as he pretents to, Why doos he got defend it against so destructive an engine? The fact that he is afraid to do this will be looked upon by the people of the ward as another proof that he was and is anfit to represent, protect, or defend their interests when he bas not courage cnough to defend his own goo d name. Poor Indeed and lowly has he proven him xelt by begging a mantle of cnarity, and thereby Acknowledging bis WanL Of euy Weapons Of detence. As for his represen‘ing the people of the Ehir- teonth Ward three times in the State Legisiavnre, those who ought to know #ay he never was fairly elected, but always counted in. In proof of this, bid election lus been contested on the ground of fraud. Thope your readers will award the m Ue of charity to the peuple who have beeu so mis represented, + tor the tokens and continnance of faith which he claims, he vill be undeceived In November, when for the dest time ea 40 honest expres ‘opinion. Campbeli's fite t that thin, be done as before &e.. and that As for Mr. Campbeil’s being houored where he is best knowa (a4 he ease), 1 ean assure him that Where he is well and truly known he Is neither hon ored, respected, nor admired, but is looked upon with'scorn and ‘contempt as possessing nothing but chook. Lsuppore that he consoles hims. If with the idea that Ms eneek in osking you if he is as bad as you advertise him, ard what is the ce and front of his offending, will lead some to Docent. As he adniite that ue is 4 with or repel your attacks, f and for the second time through your Challenge him to meet me belore any h Ver of Fospecubie eitiguns of the ward a Vis pubic wets aud et on the peonle, mitention with sy weak ventas Lam, 1 ue do wre. the privilege and beue pn years the peopl of mn wever, bi will that be has the Inspectors, inalority ts even flow Oqured up. In cone! suguest to yo xtend to him the mantle of charity winen be’ Lot this be done on coudition of hy obscurity, and. showin ispositic Let hime prove Is reforination By appr ever heard lim uel bau doned creatures aud foandlin JON MOSS, How Campty ted-How Many Sine eure he Mold? To the Bititor uf The Sun. Sin: Continue what you are now doing in re- gard to the Hon, ‘Timothy J. Cambbeli, and you will receive the well merited thanks of the people of the Phirtecuth Ward, which has not been represented in the Assembly (for any good) iu three years, Camp- bell has never been elected but by fraadulent votes, and well he knows it. At the last election he had repeaters frem the Sixteenth and otner Tammany Wards who terrified Lonest voters, ‘Thomas Bra- dy, however, Who ran} against Campbell last year, is eheted’ by about 50) (honest voles) majority? Campbell “was wanted to aid In passing infamous and corrapt mersures and bills whien isgraced our last Lezisiature, and which made every hones} Democrat hide nis face in shame, But your illuminating paper has east ils SCN shine on the people of the elty of New York. The peonte have had enough of these fellows, If they only he Wy and doing on election day, and put down sue men ge Campbell and Hennesey,we need not fear oar nest Leeslature, Will Camphell let the puniie lave bt on how many sinvcures he bolts ry. ‘The Story of a French Freemason—How his Life wan Saved. yom the Lyndon fines This present war has been prolific in Mustra tions of the value of Freemasonry in emergencies, ond the anecdotes are ene ives saved by its means, Among the wounded of Doth nations @hich arrived from Sedan were two bien Whose consi feration for nother wae eo Inarked as to occasion ing sry he Prussian and the Freach uniform te mt t neither could widerstand a wor ther iguiage they shared their Fr Hed to be interebaneing # mals of an ne ‘Their Siory Was H Very simple My Who Is a Ja an of . thas ve f nda he y Lom 1 man, Who Is ut leat Jeara bis gunvr, on the wait 1, the | nlact, and on. th ‘ r bis sword upli grace Wik, OM) a by heans of whieh mem ers of the fraternity sie bog to ask their brethren for help. The Prussian wa an vid Mason, Who recognized it instantly, aud who ustinctively paused, und before there Was tin rc ration bot! men fatuted away, Whe Hsciousheds Was restored they found themselves we dead Gud dyiug Fouad mployed their w 1 untended, amd witch begun wo mirange ly. ‘ ed 10 be permitted to iF story With Cousiderae Hoetor, who. after some tine ‘ine to Uhem on the Geld. “This eentiewan, who Was hot a miitery surgeon, but a member of the blessed society ®lich dales from Geueva, raised bis hands in pleased astouisliment tale he beard, wid alonece sowed Limsell to be 4 Freemason tou ; Pitut tires brethren of the mystic the were to oc seen Wondering Over the pirate chauce Whieb had Uhrova them together The wounded men are sy y satisted at the resu.t, and their § . hem quite a eele Hity mong their tellow-sifferers, At les, where Ue Kieneh prisoners were placed a “p) it known to toe i ty Tey A ’ t \ Poiadelphia Bibles i 1 t On Pr ny I letters paten tein engine toe t mE ( yu 1) wing upou nected with Me a 1 ya the Corline ' ‘ Na t Thad «direct from Wimot then ent but up y ton, € aw your ooed.eut servant OS, P, MAN Paovippyen Lt. 1, duly 9, low SUN AMS. tee —The Bey State—Tuni —Ten-poun hanna -A hard os pelted to hive tn Out of 20,684 pupils enrolled in the Cinevp, nat publte schools, 11.28 ore etadyine Germ Under the head of * Crimes and Caruattien** @ rural paper mentions the fact that w rival editor nae Just pablished a book At what time of life may aman be said te belong to the vesetabte kingdom? When long expe Fence has made hin enge: The circulation of THe Sox comes near ex coeding that of ail the other New York dail Bether.* “ How is tat for b —A way soys that after the Guerriere ground ed, ber offlewrs botho it themselves Of liguiening the ship oy drinking all the iquor on bourd. =A Springport mule swallowed «! pocketbook containing G40 in are salmon are caught in the Susque The house the poor suai! # com * pot we Dilla the other diy, aud the Owner iain @ quandary whut to do about it —Mary Krutmpasitisky, of Jeffersonville, Ind has been divorced trom Heiman Kruuperiticky, aud finds relief in ber maiden nance, Poavintamatowsd issionary was asked the cause of hie poverty. iacipally,” vkte in bie , * beeanse TL have ch withous faid he, with a ty preached 60 m —" My dear,” her husband, "am 1 not y yen," was the coot reply, up in heaven." A Miss Lney Tee advertives in Miasisrippt paper that she ts of good birth and odu: on, and te willing to marry an editor, elleving hervcif able to support one, —An example of the wae lately given by thy feorated Arcsey Church to the paatinody of a tn.isie of the bras was thoroaguly satisfactory. said an affectionate spouw to on and L would willingly tay at IF OniF troature 2 tra in chareh musio top of York. who com Aret —There is refreshing simplicity in the e« count wh a Sania BG itor gives of his fete wite Gen, Heath.“ Having nothing to defend mysolt with. faye the chotat, * we made fhe beet Norte (wwe auc our friends tay It was good-—to our office —A sheriff asked the wife of 9 Quaker against whom he had a writ. if her husband war at home. she repltet, Yer: he will soe thee " ment." ‘The sheriff waited, bnt the Qinker «id not Appear. Ho was contented wiih recing the sheriff, bus he did not eare that the sie f should gee his —The Philadelphia Zee describes te Central Park of tis city as a hod, sui deaten sand heap,” and the jake as“ its #44n covered mud puddin” The #tatoment is commendable fur brevity, bat lwplles A violation of the commandiient whieh says, “tboe shalt not covet thy neighbor's park." Yankee Robinson's clephant was taken in Canandaigua, N.Y., and Joft th ate. When it was thonght he was wotl enough, h on to Join the thow; but he fel! down in the broke one of his tusks, and nt Inst acco pected to die, He is valued at $5,000. On Sept, 9, the fiftieth anniversary of Mam ter Bancroft's graduation at Gottingen, the woivervee of that town and Berlin, the Berlin Academy, and the Paenity of Law sent depotations to congra\uiste him on the oceation, and Prof, Carte browzut a similas testimony of respect from the Gelehrien Mittwocks geselierhart, —At the French fair recently in San Prancasoe for the benefit of ie wounded Freneh soldiers, a boo le of cordial which Was cealt out in a tiny gold ew realized §1,.30; one thousand bottles of brandy bold at #10 per bottle ; anda matron who attended the fan with a box of snuff in a halfhour’s time fo! the same by the pin 9200. —Comtng down the Rowery, Quilp was fase nated by the announce: window of atin A book Stationary and Playin: Cards." Having vv this tre riences in the 1 of wertiod wk ay 1" paper, he 18 concerned to know Low # ears ooks Wuen It Is stationary, how when itu play.ug, sad LOW he 1s to KNOW the differunee, —A religious y an at Now Hartford Towa, recently aitem ted to moderate the views of rthodox elers of that eliy HY appearing outaide hie bedroom babited in the supposed of hie seized nm good thles tick and laid 1 ack of ths € Le was forced te A tic F he gentle n, Dr pe. The novel ele Labonte's discovery nished and oxidized, while dn tue aeianby eegunct s —The vicar of Doncaster found the aecom , es Written 1m peuell on the wails of the wh ™ and Pleawuro's ' w f bow! ‘ 1 Vrobebly many are not aware thal black 1 Is habe 10 spontaucons eo: nat auew Js believed to be the fit by ex sorwern The real cause o” the action has not yet bee nicely ueidated, However, tt ts advisable not to heey large quantities of black dyed sila tagether, a pre tit get y dry, or b pty here to not atuole ventilation, ve Muck, the Oregon tray Wash: riiorial messanger. ks and to Presi tent Polk made him « rest favor ite with the ladies. White promenading on: vyening ® lady ed whether be had evor Dorr nuarrled “Yer” Joe sod, “he bad @ wife aud rx children ® On, IAL? continied his friend, * an: Min Me ithe Tidinnse” Afraid of te 1 ‘re plied the frontierman; “Lreekon wot: wii: rie'e an pian herself!" —The following is vouched for as a toy * eo. pes tlon: The Morse.—Th ts th id an n tho World, 8» Ow. . A rt la h spor v1 d baud Appia, tw t auiTs AWOUT Wow 1 M wep ' i 1 4 1 y A 1 F | Tuan b Hann waa tod gattay Drblae'l Weer mes.