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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

Like most Of the recent venture, in Italian
opera, the German opera season at tho Academy
OF Music went to pieces under stress VI tlnan-
cial weather. On saturday tho tenor was un-
well. and AZ the chorus wouldn't sing and the
orchestra wouldn't play without first getting
their back pay. the doors were not opened TO
those who desired to be present Mt the fare
we'll performance of kienzi. 1t is littlo
curious that since the season Of 1871,
when DI MURsKA and TAMBEBLIK sang
MAX MARETZEK clean out of pocket in
a few weeks. while NILSSON. CAMPASlNI. Ca
roUL. ToRRIANI, and the rest were Just rs much
~ STRAKoscH could carry over until spring.
English opera has had tho best OF it at tho
Academy. OF course the low prices of admis-
sion for the English performances had some
thing TO do with their popularity. but il is an
interesting question to contemplate whether
the low cbb to which foreign opera has come
in this city during the last three or four
years is not partly due to the warfare
between MAGNETS so-callcd Music of
the Future" and the productions OF the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

1t was precious gang that assisted the
citizens OF the town Of Wortchester in doing
their voting at the late election. The fellows
were imprisoned in the Ashland House during
tho Legislatures investigating committees
sessions in this city and on searching their
rooms after the gang had gone the servants
reported that they had stolen all the soap and
-.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

.Amusement- To-day.
nroed~n, rn-Nt~~- me ksies.
p-~~ry Theatre -nostns Jatti tc.
o. .th'- th-rtr- rosfi io.
= nth Nv-a.. th-atrr- Major ~ Boots, Ia
Ifth NN-nu- aii-rf,stilI..tit.on.
Gfani pp~r. sso"." Henry "
Nnti"nnt rh~Rtr, workman OF Sow YORK
New Work tpnnri"m -Hroalwiy AMI 5stnst
Nibio'~ Gsri-n serp nt ami Dove
Oi,mpic thcstr-- variety
pHtL Theatre U.enHinff
STANDARD Theatre -ti,um- AMI soion shiuris.
ssn rrsnri~co uinstrrt~- htoadw,y aud ljth IT.
Theatre t"mig"--vaHety.
Ton, PASTORS Op~ra Hn"~~ Variety Matinee
l-io. sa..s- Ih~str- \ ceebratei case
NsiiscL'- tn-stsr-M uuey.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

notorious that tho rottcncst rascals In and
around the Legislature wero from the Interior
Of the State.
How queer Old Salt would look advocating his
bill on such grounds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

Tho premium on gold in Wall street has
gonc down Gill yesterday II went undor ono per
cent. For long time past the bulls in gold
have been heavy losers. and now they have
almost given NJ heart and hope.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

Advertisements for THE WEEKLY SUM- is
SUED io-moJroic morning. must be handed u, U,ts
etentng O,JOre sir o'clOrt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

Judges should avoid equivooal language
in charging jurcs. especially when human life
is nj stake. DANIEL C. SNYDER was tried in
Indiana on M accusation Of having poisoned
his wife with strychnine. In instru'ting the
Jury tho Court said. "We now direct your
attention To- the question whether the defendant
gave HANNAH l.. SNYDER slrychnine with 4
criminal intent" SNYDER WIS convicted Of
murder in the first degree. and appealed. The
higher court held that the jury might well have
understood the language Of the Judge to AS
sumo that SNYDER gave the woman strychnne
IA disputed point upon the trial-and that tho
question of intent alone WAS left for them t.
pas- upon, Tho Judgment was therefore re-
verSed. and new trial granted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

Pcachblows in rcnncsscc and deep snow
storms blocking the Pacific Railroad for days
together were among tho varieties that the first
week in March offered
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12
We Invite Prince Bismarck TO Visit the
United States.

II is reported from Europe that Prince
BISMARCK. the most remarkable man In
Continental politics has failed To regain his
health during his sojourn at the German
and Swiss spas. Try as he may. he can
not escape the cares Of public business
II is. indeed, impossible for him To take a
vacation in Europe. Care follows him
wherever he goes. and he cannot throw or
his mind anxiety about the troublous state Of
Europe.
Prince BISMARCK Is talked ~ as the prosi-
dent of the Conference of the great powers
which is to assemble at the German capi-
tai to discuss the question how the fruits
Of the Russian victory over Turkey shall Ice
distributed. lie says hc does not wish the
honor and that he would gladly avoid the
responsibilities attaching to H. He is
pretty straightforward man, rs dipomatisis
20, and very likely he does not diSsrmble
here. For two or three years he has been
out ~ order physically though a man OF
unusually strong nerve and great enduring
power. Spite Of his bodily ailments, how
ever. Prince RIsMARCK has done u vast
amount II work. for he is naturally a man
who hates TO be idle and rightly regards
himself as very important spoke in the
wheel Of Luopcan affairs.
Siill recreation Is the necessity OF every
human being, AMI the best way to get II Is
tp remove one sell from ia" surroundings
which suggest the Work winch l. grinding
III" away i1lal change "i scene ana en-
Payments Is what wise physicians r'c"n-
mona I" patients Who's" nerves are too
pulck' ana VINO Srt unr'asonanly worried
"a. "A lluf hos f.. % 4 - a.
and wcdo not believe. that Prince BISMARCK
j. in this condition Of nervous, prostratiun;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

We shall never know who the American
poctlaurcatc IL until the rival claims Of TupprR
HOLLAND and the Sweet Singer Of Michigan +"
are settled
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

The negotiations for the purchase of a part
81 the Government property at the Wallahout
for u public market la Brooklyn are nearly
completed. The Secretary If the Navy holds
that the bin introduced 10y Representative BLISS.
and which passed both Houses II the Forty
fourth Congress. amounts To a sale Of the prop
orty. the only thing necessary Ia complete the
transaction being 90 fla the price 10 b., paid 10y
m" rty Private parties having offered $500 900
tor the property. Commodore SHuRrLLfF. one
of the commissioners on the part OF the Govern
mcnt, insists that the city should pay that sum-
When the commissioners agree upon a price.
and the city decid 10 pay it the transfer of the
property will bc made in accordance with the
act Of Congress- The citys commissioners do
sire 10 obtain the site for less than s5O0.OuO:
but. oven ut that price, it is contended that
1t would b" profitable investment for
the city, as. It Is estimated. the revenues
from the market and leases of lot. would pay
the interest on that sum more than four times
over. Besides. the market would transform a
barren waste into busy mart. and increase the
taxable value 81 property for blocks around,
The sit" fixed upon for the market includes all
that part of the BROOKLYN Navy Yard property
lying between Washington and Clinton avenues
and Wallahou, bay and Flushing avenue. about
900 lots. NJ part Of il is used by the Govern
m"nt or is likely to b. 1t is natural site for
"a market. not only because of its location mid
way between the two districts, but because 81
lis in comparable water front. which ia of sui1l-
ciont extent for tho building oi piers to accom-
modate one hundred and llhy vessels at ono
time The people Of Brooklyn almost unani-
mously favor the purchase II the site
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

4 peculiar operation is reported from
Massachusetts. According 10 the Lawrence
Eagle. a colored boy was arrested ia that city
charged with stealing four dollars. Two OH
GERS went to his cell and tried to obtain Il con-
fcsson from him. He refused to tell anything.
whereupon they produced a rope and threat
cned To hang him. and. to impress him with the
belief that they were in earnest they remarked.
We hang boys here sometimes" Then they
put the rope about his ankles. threw it over the
grating and pulled him up. This experiment
not having resulted in an acknowledgment Of
guilt. they adjusted the rope around the boys
mock, and drew him up again. When he caught
the rope with his hands 10 relieve himself from
siraneulation they beat his hands on Then
the prisoner became unconscious. nnd in the
morning bee was released The officers admit
some of the charg - and deny others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

With regard to the right Of tho Rcpubl-
cans to capture five Assembly districts. which
belong to Now York aud Brooklyn. and pass
them around among the rural counties. some
of their newspapers base it not upon the pro-
visions of the Constitution. but upon the ale
CATION that the people Of the interior OF the
State are more viruous and intelligent than
those dwelling in our two great cities. and thcre-
fore more worthy to DO represented in the
Legislature. Wa shall not now dispute the
promises from which this conclusion is drawn
but will simply remark that in tmos past good
many Of these rural districts had II singular
way OF exhibiting their superior virtue and in
telligcnce in matters pertaining to the Legis-
lature.
II was among Republican Senators and AS
scmblym, ofthc interior that Boss TWEED used
to make hi purchases of votes for carrying his
corrupt jobs through tho Legislature: and his
chief agents for buying them were notorious
lobbyists who were trained to their vocation in
the rural districts. For thirty years it has been
New-York tribune., 1878-09-28
PERSONAL.

TeunysOn has been visiting the wilds of
Connemsra, Ireland, as the guest OF the Marquis Of
Sligo.
Senator Thurman has accepted the invitation
visit the state FAIR at Macon, Georgia. will speak
there on October 1s.
Ex-Governor julius Converse, of Vermont,
is seriously III with cold and throat affection. He is
seyenty-eght years old
The Emperor of Japan is again childless,
his son, Takano Mya born less than two years ago,
having died on the 2eth of July last
William Ralph Emerson, nephew of Ralph
Waldo Emerson Is about TO enter the lecture field Tne
title Of bis lecture is to be, "In Hundred Years,
What Z"
The Rev. II. Laird Collier writes from Lei
cester England, resgnng his pastorate OF the Second
Unitarian Church. Boston, the ground OF III health
aud the mead Of absolute TesL
Mr.. Archibald Forbes the brilliant war CORE
spopdsnt Of zAs London Rews 10 In London pFepar
ing tor hA ecturnE campaign In this country, whleh
wlll begin. Il is said. carly In December.
Gambetta 10 very active nowadays he
New-York tribune., 1878-09-28

was upon the purely personal issue OF oppo-
sition to Butler. Had any other candidate
than he been nominated, the Greenback faction,
who were in the majority at Worcester, might
have adopted the sOftest of soft-mOney Ieso-
Iutions, or declared for the widest theories
of the Inhationists, and there would have been
no bolt nor any Faneuil Hall appendix to
the regular convention.
These personal issues in both cases over
shadow all questions of political doctrine. In
one case they divided between Kelly and
Tilden in the other they fought against
Butler. In Connecticut there was no dis
order or disturbance There was no personal
quarrel there only difference upon the lead
ing question in current politics - q diner
ence positive and wide to be sure, but,
as it related only to principles, not OF
consequence enough to raise row over.
The Democratic leaders in that State saw
the convention of the party taken possession
of by men who proclaimed their belief IN
doctrines which their leaders had always op-
posed as un-DemOcratic and dishonest; re-
pugnant to the fundamental ideas of DemOc-
racy; but they made no outcry. There
was no personal feature in this cOntro-
Versy - nothing worm making any uehVh
stration over. SO they quietly withdrew, and
left their convention and party in the hands
of men who openly repudiated all the doc
trines and traditions of the party upon finance
And notwithstanding the convention nominated
a Greenbacker, or, as he calls himself, " half
Greenbacker," for Lieutenant-GovernOr. and
adopted platform TO fit him, these gentlemen
will make no open opposition TO either 1t
is only upon personal issues that the party
splits. As to principles. the widest range IS
allowed. We have had during this campaign'
thus far, disturbances and bolts and every
kind of violent and disorderly demon
stration i'm Democratic conventions. we
call attention to the significant fact
that there has not been yet single
instance of any outbreak or disorder
over a question of principle, although 1t
is notorious that there has not been Dem
ocratic convention held in which there have
not been differences of the most positive char
acter on the main question of the canvass
that of finance. They are fighting for candi-
dates and for power and not by any means
for doctrines or for principles.
New-York tribune., 1878-09-28
RRING FORTH MARRLEl

The fact that Mr.. MantOn Marble " does not read
The TRIBUNE is becoming serious complication
in the affairs Of the country. For several weeks
this paper has been putting to Mr.. Marble number
of interesting questions about Copenhagen and
so on the whole press of the United States has
echoed them: the conflicts OF politicians have
been suspended while awaiting the answer and
All this time the ConcoDatory and cOmpendous
Marble. mourning over the depravement Of the en-
throned beneficiary Of red-handod violence, has
been shut up in the Ark, along with the Shechnah
of Our Sclf-Governmeut, refusing with stole firm
ness TO "read The TRIBUNE" The conse-
quences 20 anybody of q persistent refusal
to read The tribune are we'll known to
he serious. The consequences to Mr. Marble
10 quote one of his own cipher dispatches" may
involve Bath and Cuba"
We must again request that some kind-hearted and
patriotic Democrat will break open the Ark and take
that man out II he Will not read rHE TRIBUNE him
self tie him to his chair and make him hear II read
Let some ague-smitten Pariah shout into his ear
the budget Of questions, incremable slightly If
necessary, which The TRIBUNE puts 20 him
about the Aagtious complot nagrant IN Tallahassee,
and Columbia, and Baltimore, and Gramercy Park,
and other places at the time when he aud his CO.
parceners were watching" tho electoral count
We have learned all about Cutie doctrna for con-
sectary exciable anarch," and about Heed soanti-
ness cramp emerge" aud the mOyeless tamarlnd
faster and compound jugRler" In Oregon but
there ~ a great deal yet to be told about "Copen-
bagehp and Bolivia and their connection with
"the sacred muniments Of the Presidential title"
Mr. Marble knows all about IL. aud he is probably
the only man living who commands q vocabulary
big enough 70 do il justice. Bring forth Marblel
New-York tribune., 1878-09-28
gnoex 10 zopsrnsfmeuIs


ArursENENTs-1lM PaGe-5th ana 9Th columns
RIEKRUPT NoTICEs-1Oh PG0e-3d column
BOARD AND ROOMs-1Oth Pd0s-2d ana 81 cOIuinAS'
knsTNFss CHANCEs-1OM Pd0e-2d eOumn
RusINFss NOTICEs-6U PQqe-lst column.
COAI AND WOOD-5h Pdgo-5th column
CsOUgTRY BOARD-1OM P0Qe-2d column
DkNcING AcADEMIEs-11M Page-4th column. ,
IJfVTDENp NOuCEs-1Oh PG0e-lst ana "a cOluhH9'
DRY GOODs-11M PG0e-5th column.
FXCURsIONs-11Ah PaQe-6th column.
EuROPEAg ADYEKTIsRMENFs-11h PdQe-otn coiunL
FURNITURE-11h Pdge-6th column -, n. u,
FINAHCIAL--9h PG0e-6th column lO1 f"Se-iS'
fRATEs AND FENDERs-1Oh PaQe-3d column
HORsEs.. CARRIAGES. &C.-5A Pd0e-0th column.
INsTEUcTIoN-8m Pace-6lh column lin Pa9e-AS"
3D. Sd and 4th columns.
LAW SCHOOLs-11th Pa0e-4th column
lost AND FOUND-5h PAGE 9TH column
MARnIE AND SLATE MANTEIS-11h Pdqo-0th cOIuuh'
N1EHI1eRs AgD DRATHs-7th PGqe-5th column -
MIecELIAREOUs-11h PGQe-5th column; lzth Fage-Sth
and 6th columns. 80, ,
MUSICAL INsTRUMENTs-11h Pdoe-bth coiumh.
MN PTJBIICA ATIOHs-Sh Pd0e-5th and 6th columns.
pEoPoeaTs-IIM P00e-5th column.
RAJ ESTATE FOR SALE--TTY-lOh Pd0e-Otb eOiumn;
BRoOKLYN-lOh PGge-6tb column; CoUEIRr-1Oaa
Page-6th column To ExcHANGE-lOm FaPe-O'l
FSgiGIoTs NorTcEs-5M Paoe-5th and 9Th columns.
SAVTNGs BANKs-1OM P00e-lst column.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-7Lh Pa0e-5th and 9th columns
sITUATIoNs WANTED-MALEs-5h Pd0e-6th column
FEMALEs-5h Pd0e-6th go umn. -, 80,
sTEAMBOATs AND kAILROADs-lOh PGQe-Ath anu "'N
RTT1MTRs OcEAE-1OT Pa0e-4th column
TEACHERs-I1h FdOe-Ath column.
10 LET--CITY PRoPERTY-11h Pdge-6th column COUN-
TRY-10M PG0e-6th column.
New-York tribune., 1878-09-28
TIE HARMoNIoUs DEMocRAcY.

From all quarters come reports which
clearly show that the Democratic party is in
the midst of the same kind of a time as that
enjoyed by the monkey and the parrot while
the family were at church. The air is full of
feathers and hair. It is a war of factions
everywhere. DissensiOn and discord every
where prevail. And there's hardly a cOnven-
ton of the party held that does not require
an extra police force on duty and Mayor all
ready to read the Riot Act in the ball. When
they don't riot they bolt, and when they don't
bolt they go off sullenly and sulk away their
dissatisfaction. In Massachusetts,, with not
voters enough for one small party, they have
two conventions, the latter of which was
chiefly devoted to denOuDcing the former, and
taking measures 10 prevent being captured by
the men who bad stolen their machinery and
their hall. In New-York they spend
two days and nights in wrangle
which nothing but police interference
saves from open riot, violence and
bloodshed. In Connecticut the recognized
leaders sneak away from the State Conven-
ton because the Greenback faction has already
gained control of it, In New-Jersey they give
the lie to each other, and come almost TO
blows over the nomination of a candidate for
Congress In this city the party is two war
ring factions, each of which is willing to make
any sacrifice of principle-if, indeed. either
has any-Or any combination or alliance to
defeat its rival. so everywhere they are fly
ing at each others throats, disturbing the
peace, making day and night hideous, and
putting extra work upon the police.
1t is a noteworthy fact, however, that the
II: il xyin
stratOns, as at Syracuse or end IN a bolt, as
in Massachusetts, are of o purely personal
character. When the differences are personal,
they seem unable to restrain their propensi-
ties to violence when they are merely
differences upon questions of political prin-
ciple or public policy, no matter how
serious or important, they manage to
curb their dissatisfaction, and. instead of
disturbing the peace by disorderly demon
stIations or angry proteStatiOns, go away sui
lenly and have the "sulksn till the time comes
for them to 20 up and vote the regular ticket.
The personal quarrel between Mr.. Tilden and
John Kelly In this State was carried plump
into the State Convention. 1t entered into
every detail of the proceedings, from the
call to order 10 the motion to adjourn,
Every moment of the sessions Of the
convention was given up to it, and there
was not moment of the intervening recesses
that was not fully occupied with it. All
questions OF platforms or OF principles, or
even of candidates, were secondary and sub
ordinate 70 the oVershadowing personal issue,
who should control the convention and
run the party. In Massachusetts,, too,
| tho bolt of the Faneuil Hall Democracy
New-York tribune., 1878-09-28

has LETT Paris 70 make several speeches 10 the provinces
Ia connection wit the Senatorial eiectons, and then
for rest and reeuperation to Switzerland.
Earl Beaconsfed is reputed a rich man by
marriage otherwise. al hough before obtaining hts
pension OF $4,000 year had TO maks declaration
OF poverty. In the last Domesday Book OF England no
thus entered landed proprietor In tho County Of
Buekngnam Disraei. B., Hughenden, l,O0i acres.
3r lip"
An elaborate portrait of Queen Victoria, as
Empress Of India be extensively circulated among
the HiudOOs. under Government auspiees. The Queen
is portrayed stately and handsome lady OF about
thirty thrtyhye years much gOrgeOusly arrayed
than WAS even Solomon in all his glory nl-tempered
critics. however pronounce the portrait physiogno
NAL puzze, and declare that the Imperial nneam6Dts
are utterly unlike those OF Queen Victoria
Lord Cairns, the present Lord Chancellor of
England, who has just been made an Earl Is regarded
Of the ablest and strongest judges In the whole
roll OF the UhaneeOrs of England. and has proved him
self not Only great lawyer but also Of dis
nction. He fact for years of the lead
ers party and his political services alone would
have given him sufficient claim to the hOnors which
have been conferred upon him.
Ex-senator Harlan, of Iowa, is suffering
from severe attack Of asthma, and has been compelled
to give up several appointments to speak. But says
The Burlington HGwkeVe, the yig0r and power OF
thought and utterance which distinguished Mr.. Har
Ian in his eighteen years in the American Senate have
IN no degree diminished and In the maturity OF ripe
experience and cultured mind he is able to hold his a
diences - the closest attention while he discusses the
Zreatissues OF the day"
New-York tribune., 1878-09-28
THE GREAT FRAUD-Ls4HEs or HISTORY.


Mr. Tilden and his agents declare, in the
platform adopted by the Democratic COnven-
ton at Syracuse, that "by an infamous con-
"spiracy of force and fraud defeated can
didate has been "placed in the chair of
{" Washington" and the people have been
cheated of that reform which their bal
"lots had demanded and Ordained.' Was
il the "reform which their ballots had or
dalnedn to put up the Presidency at aue-
tion9 Did the people mean to place in the
chair of Washington a man whose most trusted
friends, as soon as his defeat was known,
began to load the wires with cipher dispatches
about amounts Of money required TO buy votes
in Florida, South Carolina and OrcgOnf Since
Mr. Tilden and his friends again parade before
the country as the apostles Of Reform" VIC
propose to give them a few leaves from the his
tory of the contest of 1876. 1t is an aulhen-
tic history, written by themselves in such
secret ciphers as have been used in all
ages by thieves, conspirators and others
who dare not give their deeds name
in the tace of daylight One of its
leaves is a dispatch sent about the end
of November from Tallahassee, Florida, to
Henry Haycmeyer, of this city, IN words as
follows:
probably Nov. 20)
HENRY HAvEMBTRR. Ne Ib West SepsRkeAh-st, ~ T..
Seven use Moses twenty half this viii credit England
twelve draw not Saturday and for. MAX.
Win Mr.. Tllden or Mr.. Hayemeyer, whose
residence is as close to that Of Mr.. Tilden as
their relations to each other are IN other re-
spects, or Mr.. Marble, who was the eondden-
tial friend Of Mr.. Tilden in Florida and the
leader in command of his secret agents there,
inform us what this dispatch meanti They
have been called upon in vain. They have
had ample time to prove by producing the
key of their clphers, II IL were possible, that
their secret dispatches covered no crime. Since
they refuse, and the world knows that there
is something which they dare not tell, The
TRIBUNE translates the cipher as fOlloWsi
Assos viii not nse tho credit twenty-seyen. Draw
for England and half twelve Saturday" MAX.
Who was Moses Was his other name
Manton Marblsf For what end had credit
New-York tribune., 1878-09-28

great injury of the Irish good name and fame within
our borders. Tho quarrel. indeed. seems TO be not
merely needless but absurd, childish from one point
Of view and felOniOusly wicked from another
We do not expect that ever mems minds
VIII be i'm regard TO religious faith, but Is it
foolish to hope that some time may have homo
geneous American race, or at least, if we may say
so, a homogeneous American citizenship which VIII
override all considerations of blood, of religious be-
lief of historical tradition. and be willing to 1--we
peacefully in this new age and land, with no poi
sonous memories Of the past aud with no imported
bigOtriesf