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MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
THE opERA-LA sONNAMBuLA.

lI1E O1EhA--l1A ~ONNAbtDO
The performance of LA Sonnambula' last even
ing at the Academy of Music with Madame Ger
ster, Ravei and Del Puente in the principal roles,
was one Of unusual excellence. Madame GersteTs
representation of Amiaa is as charming and
attractive as ever. There is no role In
Der repertory in which she appears to
greater advantage than this, for the
music fits her voice and her style to perfection and
the part is admirably suited TO her dramatic powers
She sings it with exquisite grace facility and ex-
preston, and in her acting she displays q naiyet6
simplicity and modest coluetry which are altogether
fascinating. She was in capital voice last night,
and she sang delightfully."-. often arouslng the aud
ence which was neither large nor over sympathetic,
to unwonttd enthusiasm. Ravelli aud Del Puente
were both in excellent FORM
The house was not nearly full, and in
spite of the brilancy of the performance.
the public saw unmstakablc signs that It's interest
in this opera is nearly exhausted. Even the best
things lose their charm if they are ard too often,
and this seems TO have happened to " La Sonnambu-
Ia" 1t will not be amatIer Of regret if the COM
pany let's 1t alone for a while. There are "A number
of parts IN which Madame GersIcrs appearance is
anxiously awaited. and it will undoubtedly be- to
Mr.. Mapeson's advantage to allow the old we'll
worn stock of operas to rest in peace
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IN INDEPENDENT SENATOR.

The remarkable scene in the United States
Senate Yesterday may be the flgn or new
era in National politics. The Democrats per-
sisted in their attempt to force the reorgam-
zation of the Senate, in spite of the fact that
two vacancies still existed Oh the Republican
side of the Chamber, both OF which were
certain to be filed before the end OF the week
The unfairness of this action consisted in the
salf-evident fact that the vacancies were spe-
cial and exceptional, being caused by ueath
and quick transfers of Senator'S to other places
Senator Malone was plainly suspected by the
Democratic Senators Of independent tendencies
which his vote finally disclosed, and by the
foolish taunts of Mr. Hill and others he was
brought to his feet to defend himself.
This speech was more than declaration OF
revolt against the bushwacking policy OF the
Democrats respecting the committees. IL was
an assertion Of independence OF the Demo-
cratic party itself, which has far more than
n Temporary significance. Mr.. Malone dis
tinctly asserted that he owed the Democracy
nothing--a party which had done $50 much
injury" to his section. He was not there I" as
n partisan His remarks abounded with ex-
pressions of that disgust with the bull
OOZlDR, DdIlOl- UbA-Nl ulllHb A1ih'N'"'J ''''~'i
there seems some reason TO hope Is
not uncommon among the more thoughtful men
of the South, though thas far there has been
little expression Of it in the newspapers, or the
political speeches and. platforms. Senator
Malone Indignantly resented the idea that
he was to be bound 10y the dictates Of
Democratic caucus. lie was elected 10y the
pcople of Virginia, every member Of the
Legislature chosen by the Raadjuster party
having been instructed during the canvass to
vote for him for Senator, and owed no ale
glance to the ID .mocratc party as such.
The incident Is chiefly important Tor what
it promises. If it means that the dcspotc
discipline of the Democratic party Of the
South has been shaken at last, that
the impotence of sensible men in that section
with party grown great and insolcnt by
fraud and oppression, is beginning 10 manifest
itself couragcously, then yesterday was
rcd-lettcr day in American politics.
Surely neither Senator Malone nor any
one else will be impressed in the least
by the silly Democratic cries of "Traitor"
He has done what any one Of the thlrty-scvcn
Democrats in the Chamber might be proud to
have done. He has shown his willingness TO
vote against an attempt to seize a mean adj
vantage in organizing the United States Senate.
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY MARCH Is. 1891

should they begin the work OF freedom Dy
shocking the moral sense OF inc principal IL
not the only democratic nation In the W0rid
We beg pardon of the reader for asking the
question. for we know that it is an idle one
Such men are governed by no rules; the Ru-
depce which they possess is that of the Tiger
crouching in jungle, and creeping on s1eal'u-
lily, it may be to certain DESTRUCTION secrecy
organization, self-abnegatiOn are merely lnSt[u-
ments, but they have nothing to do Win INC
purpose itself All these together cannon
make n cause. revOlutiOnist is to be judged
Inv what he desires finally to accomplish, ana
If his means are his be-all and his end-all, ne
Is simply a gratuitous disturber Of the worlds
neoce. and merely hinders wiser men VINO
would do the work better by wiser ways
What the assassination of the Car has pro-
drcrd is a Renaissance of his really gOOd
actions. and q revival in the mind OF the
world of his most commendable personal
characteristics. To have been called to rule
such a people at such q time men will con-
slider n piece of hard fortune, deserving only
of pitiru consideration. What he has done
will be gratefully remembcred-what ne mas
left undone will be cOnd0ned Men will say
that he was amiable, kindly-natured, conscl-
entious, and with a keen sense of klngly re-
sponsbilty. SO far as they admire him, and
they will now be disposed to admire him very
much, they will resent the deep damnation OF
his taking of. They will mourn progress ar
rested They will resent the name OF Liberty
taken in vain. They will deny that the hopes
of mankind can possibly be fulfilled through
wild butchery and simple murder. And they
will be right. Such was the sentiment of peo-
pie and press in New-York yesterday, and
such it will be elsewhere and for some time to
oou1n
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THE STAGE LAST NIGHT

Last night was very busy one in the theatres of
this city, and several performances of moro than
usual importance gave pleasure to large assemblies
Miss Geneveve Ward. at the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
made hor first appearance here As StephdRie in the
drama of Forget Me Not" Mr.. Lawrence Barrett,
at the Grand Opera House. enacted Cardinal Rich
eliet. Mr.. Lester Wallack appeared at tho Windsor
Theatre as Elliot Gray in his own drama of Rose
dale" Madame Janauschek ut Booths Theatre,
impersonated Mary Stuart Havery's Mastodon
Ministries, making their remittance ON the metropOl-
itan stage, appeared at Hayerly's Theatre III Four
teenth-st Locke Richardson, at the Union League
Theatre yesterday afteruoonl, gave recital Of
Macbeth" At other theatres established attrac-
lions were repeated.
Tie most novel feature Of the niGht was the per-
Torrance of StephaRi0 by Miss Geneyieve Ward. A
tull desoriution OF Miss Wards persOnation Of the
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gnoer TO ADVERTISEMENTS.


aNUsE SESTs-3d PGQe-6th column.
ASSOIJNCEMENTs-Sth PG0e-5th column as, .o,,,ror
RANKING HOUSES AND BANKERS I'm iuqe-4'n 0Oi
BOARD AND RooMs-6h Pdse-4th column.
RIfsINFss NOTICEs-4h Pdge-1st column.
TyoRPoR ATIoN NOTICES Sd Page Atm colunlu'
DAYcIsG ACADEMIEs-6h Pdge-29 column
biyInYSp NoTICfs~7M Pa0e-4th and 9TH columns'
DRFss MAKING-3d PdQe-6th column
DRY GooDs-3d PdGe@th column ,., ,o,,r,r
EUROPEAN ADVERTISEMENTS 3d ttge-4'i 0'i"
EISANCIAL-7h PG0e-4th column.
FURNITURE Sd PdGc-4th column go, .,
HORSES, CARRIAGES, &c.-3d PdGe~4th coiunn'
INsTRUcTIoN-6h Pdge-2d column. -. .,,.,
MARIE AND SLATE MANTLEs-7h Pdge-otn Column
MARRIAGES. AND DEATHs-5h Page-6thcOluWn'
NISING-6M PGSe-4th column. -,
NIsCEIIANRoUs- PGge-5th and 6th Columns
Musical INsTRUMEETs-3d Pd0e-6th eoluinih,
NEW PrBIIC ATIONs-6h PQ0e-1st ana "a coIumhs'
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PRoPosALS-6h Pdge-4th column , ,.
RrII EsT 1rE-3d Bdqe-2d, Sd and 4th columns ,,,
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALEs-.3d FGQe-4Vh 0oiu''
FEMALRs-3d Pdge-4th and 5th columns
SPECIAL NorIoEs--5M PGge-6th colnmn. -.n o,o e,b
STEGMBo1Ts AND RAILROADS.&C. Fd9e-oVh anu 0''
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heroine of Forget Ne Not" was given in ,shis
journal On February IS. Itisnot essential here 70
repeat what was then said-except In geperal way
to reiterate the testimony then ofSkd to the
astonishing briIllancy and great dramatic force Of
this excellent work Miss. Ward acted with an
adequacy of intellectual concentration that was su-
perb and with wealth of various emotion thae was
sumptuous and intensely elective. The icy
glitter of sarcasm with which IN par
ticular she carried the duel dialogue
was so fine that 1t produced o sort OF bysterieal
wonder that at last took the mood Of humor. The
audacity was felt to be internal and at. the same
time comic The tragic moments OF the impersOna-
ton were likewise magnifceltly sustained. Repose.
the crest Of the stormiest excitement, has never
been better illustrated than Il was 10 this perform
ance The audience evinced its admiration with
emphatic plaudits and Miss Ward was five tunes
recalled upon the scene There could be no doubt
whatever of her success. IL was immediate aud
very brilliant. Mr.. Frank Clements shared IN the
favor of the audience and deserved his honors by
manly pathetic performance evenly sustained and
delicate in all its mechanism
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their vast and complicated interests, as
we'll as Vermont and Connecticut, is paid
81 800 a year less than the United States
Minister to Hayti. Judge Choate, with one OF
the most important districts in the country,
received-and his successor will receive-the
same salary as our Minister to Liberia, whose
duties can hardly be equally mOmentous! The
lack of proper discrimination in salaries among
the District Judges themselves IS quito as
ludicrous. There is only $500 year differ
ence between the salary Of the Judge IN tins
District and the Judge in the Western
District of Arkansas: the same between the
Judge in the Eastern District Of Penn
sylvania, which includes Philadelphia, and the
Southern District of Florida, which has Key
West for metropolis; the same between the
Chicago District and the Nevada District; the
same between the Massachusetts, District ana
any of the Alabama Districts. This Is surely
grOtesque enough, but even this IS not so aO-
eurd as it is 70 see the Minister to Peru or
Chilli receiving within $500 as much year
as the Chief-Justico Of the United States
while the Minister to Japan or Mexico, usually
a politician who has Outlived his constituency
and is glad Of a well-paId exile, is paid Sl,oOo
a year more than the Chief Justice.
If Congress would properly adjust the sal
aries of the Supreme and Circuit Judgeshlps'
and those of the important District Judge
ships, the total increase would not DC great
The country would approve, and what is laSO
becoming q public danger would be averteu'
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The NEKS THIS MORNING.

Observation-Disclosures Ill, q Russia, issued a
manifesto yesterday; the two assassins .of his
father are in Jail; profound sensation has been
caused throughout Europe by the murder OF the
Gar - The British House of Commons has re-
fused to allow urgency" for the supply blu -
a meetins TO promote commercial treaty with the
United States has been held in Madrid. - Italy
has accepted the invitation to the Monetary Con-
ference.
DoMEsTic.--The President sent in further nomi-
nations to the Senate yesterday among them that
of Stanley Matthews to be an Associate Justice OF
The United States Supreme Court 80 Resolutions
OF coincidence upon the murder Of the Car were
passed in the United States Senate and the New
York Assembly "A heated debate was bad in
the United States Senate yesterday. the point
ht issue having reference to party control
of that body, and the position of Senator
Malone being the centre of interest -
The Governor of Minnesota appointed General
A. J. Edgarton 10 succeed Mr.. Window IN the United
States Senate - Governor Hawkins, of Ten
nessee has recommended to the Legislature the &C
ceptance Of the proposition by bondhoders to ADJUST
The debt of the State. - The New-Jersey Senate
yesterday passed resolution asking the Governor
TO reconsider his recent nominations the House de-
6eated the bill to abolish capital punishment. -
The Reading Railroad annual meeting was held
Yesterday; Mr. GOwen did not attend and the result
pf the meetingi thought to have been a McCalmont
victory. 60 Municipal elections were held in
Maine yesterday.
CITY AND UBURBAN.-General Mcclellan yester-
day denied the statements of c. c. Clay, ir. -
meeting was held to form Turf Club The
French Gable Company filed an amended complaint
against the land lines. 80 W. M. Evarts, +. w.
Stoughton Hamilton Fish and the Russian Consul
General expressed their opinions about the Cars
assassination. 60 The Commissioners Of the
Worlds Fair held a meeting. In the Whit
haker trial Southworth, the expert. was crossexam-
lined. 80 Gold value of the legal-tender silver
dollar 4I21a grains $3.50 cents; stocks active and
lin spots busyant closing however, hardly steady at
the advances
A The WEATnKR.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dictate cloudy or partly cloudy weather, with
rather lower temperature and possibility of rain or
snow later in the day. Thermometer yesterday :
Highest. 44"; lowest. 360; average 3Sl20.
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A little nitro gyccrinc inclosed in a glass ball
nroves 10 bc more certain Instrument for king
l,lIing than the pistol tho dagger or the secret
tunncl under a palace. The discovery Is one cal
cuated 70 add to tho discomfort of every sovereign
in Europe It Is so simple an affair for an assassin
ia take from his pocket little ball and throw 1t at
passing carriage that it is strange the ingenuity Of
the Nihlliss did not sooner hit upon this method of
attempting tho life Of tho Gar. Now it has been
fried aud has proved oerribly cfticacOus would
be regicIdes in other countries than Russia will be
TEMPTED to employ it. If Orsni had possessed one
OF these compact modern bombs instead of the
clumsy contriyance no threw under Louis
Napoleon's carriage IN 1858, there would have been
no Magenta or Solferlno, and no Sedan. aud the
tiusel Second Empire would have filed but few
pages in the history Of Europe. No one can tell
what possibilities of assassination may exist in the
glass balls of the NIhists No wonder the venerable
German Emperor, whose life has been twice at
tempted in recent years, was terribly shocked when
no heard the news from ST. Petersburg. But
ASSASSINATION with nitro gycerne balls will still DO
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nmu. .ments ano fflsstiuas GO-nighi.


BooTn's THEATRE" Bleak House.
DAYS 1HEATRE-" Cinderella AZ se 81, So,S -
HAyRuIY's NIBIo'e GAeDEE-"Blaek CrOS. ,so 1yo+ -
6ayEni va FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE" IoTget
HAVEN vs. 9Tn STRICT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AA'nS'ielS'
MAoIsoS souARe THEATRE =" Hazel ku9e'
PIpK Tr.T kTRE--" Fresh the Auerlcdn''
BAN FRANCISCO MINsIRELS -,
ETAypAgp THEATRE" Biliee IaIlor;,
tjgIoN SQUARE THEATRE Fel eia;,
WIIIscEis THEATRE" The Rivals"
II-SSEIL's MUsEUM-Cat show.
ETrtSNAY HALL 7cture.
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tures and people. The indications are that
the number of royal mourners present at tno
funeral of the Car will be large. The Prussian
Crown Prince, among Others, will attend an'.
there is report in London that the Prlnce OF
Wales will also 90 to ST. Petersburg. The
Senate Yesterday passed appropriate resolu-
tions. expressing the American sentiment that
assassination is never a justifiable remedy 1or
grievances, real or imaginary
The father of Annie Crawford was held
Yesterday by Justice DOnOhue to await the
action. of the Grand Jury. AS it has been
suggested already, it is impossible not to feel
a certain degree of sympathy with this man
in the position in which he finds himself, be-
cause he seems to have been trying III a coarse
and stupid way, to do his duty by the chhd.
But when father has so little conception OF
the treatment a child should have that he VIII
take her with her hands tied to apolice station 10
be lectured there by a policeman, and VIII
beat her in cruel ways, it is certainly time
for society to step in, as it has done in this
case. and teach him something OF
the nature Of his functions. II parents
are so intellectually defective and so
lacking in even common sympathy thaC
they torture their children, the fact that they
are tortured with good intentions is not
valid excuse.
In the confusion Of cOunsels respecting street,
cleaning, the suggestions of anyone showing q
practical knowledge of the subject are duuDIy
welcome. Mr. Thomas B. Musgrave, who made
almost uuaided several years ago sharp fight
against the Hunters Point smells, about which
the whole community is now aroused, states
elsewhere the results of his observations OF the
STRENGTHENING systems i'll London and PARIS
and draws the obvious moral for this latitude
He truly saws that there is no city in the world
$50 favorably situated for the purpose OF getting
Is rid of its dirt and garbage as New York." ana
vet there is no city which has such poor success
in getting rid of it. The substance OF Mr.. Mus
graves argument is that the system OF sending
the garbage out TO sea is, and must be, talluIe'
The difficulties and the uncertainty OF 1t are too
great. But with a system of box wagons whose
loads can be shifted bodily upon railway cars
the garbage could be easily carried to the barren
lands on Long Island or elsewhere, and there
disDosed of. This seems to be a thoroughly
nraclical plan, and should have the attention
Of the authorities. Not the least of ITS good
features would be that the city authorities
would no longer be engaged in pOlluting the
waters of the harbOr.
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A ferocious husband-beater was yesterday
sent to the workhouse for one year on COM
plant of the unfortunate victim, who is of
diminutive stature, and finds it very Distress
ing to be beaten and slammed about on the
floor.
The last of the six masked burglars of
Astoria has been captured, more than four
wears after the robbery. He will find all his
partners in that bold crime, except one, in
the State Prison, working out sentences of
from eighteen to thirty-fve years, and it
would be good thing for the profession
which he must now cease to adOrn, as well as
for the public in general, if his sentence
should be nearer to the latter figure than to
the former.
With the exception of Mr.. Frye, the new
men entering the Senate by reason Of the re-
cent vacancies do not seem likely to make a
deep impression. The Governors of Iowa and
Minnesota seem to have consulted their per-
sonal feelings largely in making appointments.
Ex-Congressman McDil of Iowa, whom Gov
ernor Gear selected. has only a State reputa-
ton, and General Edgarton, who has just been
appointed in Minnesota, is described by Con-
gresham Washburn in talk with TRIBUNE
reporter as u uiduJ Negative
character" whose appointment "will give
satisfaction"
The refusal of the British Conservatives to
allow the appropriation bills the privileges
of "urgency" ends the agreement by which
they had hitherto acted in accord with the
Government for the dispatch of business. Mr..
Gladstone was fairly entitled to further con-
sideration, as the present state of the public
business is due to the conflict against obstruc-
ton, which he undertook with Conservative
approval. The Premier has, however, wisely
acquiesced In the decision of the House, and
viii try to get along as well as he can under
the old system. 1t Is evident that no Minister
can rely upon urgency being voted except
la extreme cases. 1t is an exotic expedient,
and is never likely to- be popular in British
Parliament.
The ASSASSINATION of the Car has produced
great excitemement in every capital in Europe.
Special religious services were held in most of
Them yesterday, and the expressions of con-
dolence come on all sides from rulers. leeisla-
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None Of the gentlemen who are daily giving ex-
plantations of the apparent failure of the Worlds
Fair are moved to suggest that the first and chief
obstacle against which the Committee labors isF the
public fear that the projectors have not finally
abandoned the designs they had on Central Park.
They will get no countenance aud little money until
they do.
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Nelu'U DULY Srihmtre.
TUESDAY, MARCH Is, 1881.

ouNpEp BY HORACE GREELEY.
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a most cowardly murder, and crime to be held In
adherence by all humane and civilized peoples


Attention is being called by some neediessy
severe sentences by courts martial OF the l5th
Reginsut of the State Guard to the hardsmps lh-
Aictad con miltiamen under the law which gives
to these petty courts the power of Imprisonment LOT
non-attendance at drills and nOn-payment OF hneS,
ETC. Under the laws now governing the State Guara
mtiaman may be thrown iuto the common jan
indefinitely for either of these denquencles' what
circumstances or condition Of affairs suggested such
an enactment we do not now remember; Dut IL 10
one which should be rescinded 1t is not provision
calculated to make tho militia service attractive
nor do we believe that it adds materially TO the
efficiency of the service. 1t certainly has tendency
to prevent the enlistment of young men who are
aware that there is such law; and for that reason
alone ought to be repealed since the service needs
new and young blood. The law in itself is unJustly
severe; the penalty is than that prescribed
for many actual crimes; and its infection ought
never to be trusted to such officers usually make
up a regmental staff Of milItiamen. They are gem
orally too young to have developed judicial MIND
or temperameut they are always martinets.
and it is proverbai that martinez IS invariably
too strict disciplinarian 1t would be wise
thing for the Legislature to look into the practical
effects Of this law in injuring the service.
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The assassination Of the Gar recalls awe-known
bon mot of diplomat who was present at the cor
onation Of the Emperor Paul In his account of the
ceremonies to his Government, he said: Before
him stood the assassins of his grandfather on his
right and his left stood the assassns of his father
Behind him stood his own" Shocking as this mel
ancholy picture is we seem to find IN it a true relec
ton of the truth that history repeats itself
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The asaksination of the Car has produced
great excitemement in every capital in Europe.
Special religious services were held in most of
Them yesterday, and the expressions of con-
dolence come on all sides from rulers. leeisla-
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A ferocious husband-beater was yesterday
sent to the workhouse for one year on COM
plant of the unfortunate victim, who is Of
diminutive stature, and finds it very Distress
ing to be beaten and slammed about ON the
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The Manhattan Club banquet was chiefly remark
able for the number of able Democratic statesmen
who were not present