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ME NEW.YORK VOCAL UNION.

concert in every way delightful, and one that
had brilliant feature in the form of fashionable
audience in evening dress was the first of the fifth
season of the New-lOrk Vocal Union, in Chickering
Hail, last night. The programme which
was presented in a tastefully printed pamph-
let, consisted of number of part-songs
selected from the writings of German
and English composers, interSpersed, for variety
sake with instrumental music from the Philhar-
monte CLUB, and two contralto songs by Mrs George
+. Bnn. Old and new composers were represented
and as the central number of the scheme, Mendels-
sohn's setting of the XIllth Psalm was sung
The mixed chorus of the Union mustered sixty
voices, led by Mr. Samuel Z. Warren, and its work
was noticeable for the precision and refinement
of expression which in the singing of small choirs
go far to compensate for the absence of the vol
ume OF sound usually expected in choral perform
ances. The Society cultivates an interesting kind
of music aud Is consistent in it's demands for high
order Of merit in the compositions. SO long this
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FRENCH OPERAS JETAIs ROI.

NJ Grau's French Opera Company Is having as
full a measure OF success the small di-
meusions of Mr.. Abbey's Park Theatre
will permit. Tho audience last night crowd
ed every part of the coy little place and enjoyed
the sparkle of the play with music TO the top Of It's
bent The opera was Isl J'etais Roi," which was
g1vcn for the first time IN New-YOrk. 1t
proved to be a capital entertainment free from many
Of the things which have placed the French
operettas under the ban of u part of the COM
munity, and aftording ample opportunity
to the actors for exhibiting their
musical as well "a dramatic skill. The fact that the
theatre is small added to the effect of the acting
for it brought nearly everybody in the audi
enco close enough to the stage to see
the facial expression of the actors and catch the
pretty turns of their comedy playing.
The play is built upon the old conceit, familiar
to Shakespeare and his predecessors, of plebean
translated to n high Office fisherman here being
made King for the edifcaton of the real monarch.
His reign is brief, but it is full of wholesome
government, which saves the country from the
plottiugs of IA traitor, and eventually solves the
dilemma OF his romantic love for the Princess The
singing of the principals last night Miles. LcrOux
and LentZ and NM Mauras Maugr. Dangon, Tauf
tenbergcr ana Poyard, would hardly stand the APP
plicatIOn OF a high standard of Judgment, but the
spughliness of the acting never permitted the piece
tD
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MUSIC AND TIE DR1MA.
MILE. RHEA AS ADRIENNE.

At Booths Theatre last night, Mile. Rhea re-
poatcd her impeIsonation of Adrenne LecOurreT.
The attendance was again large, and the public
greeting again cordIalthe actress being called out
siA times in the course of the performance. 1t is
not great work. but it certainly is one of uncOm-
mon beauty Mile. Rhea has not entirely conquered
the difficulties of the English language but she has
made great progress in that direction. She speaks
English, not 50 much with foreign accent as with
a foreign cadence. Her voice, whileneither copious
nor very various in Tone nor vibrant is
sweet and clear, and she knows how TO use
it, Her acting is marked by sweetness, tenderness
womany grace and fine and pure perception OF
dramatic value II lacks passion and it lacks pow
cr but il exceedingly attractive in personal charm
artistic FINISH and refinement and elegance Of man
ner The chief quality of 1t is lovelluess; and the
strength Of il is a bold, free and vigorous dramatic
method In the animated action of the dark villa
scrnc-whcu IdrcHuc and the Princes first mec-she
created perfect and delightful illusion, by her in
tense sincerity, by the adequacy of her theatrlc
movement and by the brilliant rapidity of her tran
sitiors of feeling In the subsequent encounter with
the Princes she was not more than cOnyentionally
correct and effective.
A certain artlcssncss of demeanSr and almost in.
faulc prctiness of intonation helped to invest her
death scene with sorrowful sentiment and melan-
choly grace There were indications in this per
Torrance that Mile. Rhcas exceptional ability and
peculiar excellence reside in her powers for high
comedy. She Is not dawn upon us as a revelation
in 4sltiincnt or in romantic drama At her finest,
in these domains. she has often been surpassed,
within the knowledge of this public. But she is
charming actress, aud that seems destined to
grow IN favor the oltcncr she is seem On thursday
Mile Rhca will impersonate the everlasting Camille.
Mis-, Isabel Morris. the Princess, acted this diff
cult and rather thankeS> part with passionate fer
yor. aud suilu,cd it with the charm of a strangely
pleasing neutrality-suspicious. proud thoughtful
fierce aud sad The pcrsonatiOn lacked in haughtI-
ness of cumpasurc and the perfect polish of courty
breeding; but il had much and exceptional merit
not the least being the quality and use Of voice
Mr.. EuwIu Narrey gave u most JudiclouS and win
ning portrayal Of Old Mcdonnell. This was the full
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Netu;alotk Daily Grib1rare.
FOUNDED HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1881.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-lt is estimated that in the French
Senatorial delegate elections the Republicans have
been victorious in twenty-five out of turty-two de-
partlnents. - Chief Secretary Forster has de-
eided to remain in Dublin throughout the winter.
80 Sarah Bernhardts carriage was stoned by
mob at POdnoloczyika because she is a JeweSs.
- Prince Bismarck made strong speeches in the
Reichstag Yesterday. 80 The Lessing has been
towed into Plymouth disabled.
DoMEsTIC.-Guteau was called TO the witness
stand yesterday and testified i'll his own behalf; he
laInented the unfortunate influence of his father,
which led him into the Oneida Community, related
his experiences a lawyer and his attempts to be-
come newspaper proprietor and spoke of his lee
ture upon tho Second Coming of Christ; his exami-
nation will be resumed to-day. - General Raum
submitted MS annual report to the Secretary of the
Treasury. 60 The annual reports of the Bureau
officers of the Navy Department were made
public - The Union st ok Yard Company has
sued the Wabash Railroad Company for 100000
for breach of contract. 80 Five persons were in
jured by an explosion of fireworks i'll Rochester n.
Y. yesterday. 60 The Butter, Cheese and Egg
Convention beganin Cedar Rapids, To-. yesterday.
- Fifty men have seized Danforth and Smith,
who were concerned in the Kansas bank failures;
it is supposed that they NAV be lynched. - Over
fifty buildings were burned at Augusta, Ark, on
Monday night.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-1he National Tariff Con-
yention began its sessions IN this city yesterday
g. The trial of interesting suit for breach of
promise was begun in the United States Circuit
Court =- A meeting in favor of a uniform bank
rupt law was held. - President White spoke be-
fore the Historical Society on American Influence
on the French Revolution" - Gold value of the
legal-tender silver dolar412l2 grains, $3.50 cents.
g. Stocks were generally dull but fuctuating,
aud closed unsettled.
THE WEATHER.-Trbune local observations indi-
cate cloudy and partly cloudy weather, higher
temperature and, possibly, some light rainfall
Thermometer yesterday: Highest, 5O2; lowest,
80; average, 1922.
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CrRAN 1TLON0lLE


People in the United States cannot help
sympathizing with the new political movement
in Cuba called the Autonomist party. The
long and tragical struggle forthe independence
of the island appears to be wholly ended, and
the progressive elements OF the population are
now united in an effort To procure from Spain
the privileges of limited self government Their
first advances have been rebuflcd by the Ma
drd Cabinet, but their cause is so just and
reasonable that perseverance must IN the emu
bring success. Cuba has always been treated
by Spain as a milch-cow, TO he drained for her
own benefit. The revenue drawn from the
island was in former times about SIX millions
Of dollars year after paying all the expenses
of the army and fleet used to hold it fast. OF
late years the expense of putting down insnr-
rcctions has greatly diminished the value of
this brightest jewel in the Spanish Crown,
but it still Yields a considerable surplus over
the outlay for governing it. The Government
is a tyranny worthy of the dark ages what
little form there is of participation by the
people in the administration of public affairs Is
merely local. and is always oveTshadowed by
the arbitrary power of the Captain General
aud his licutnnants. The people neither control
the taxes nor the expenses nor the making OF
the laws; and although their civilization Is the
oldest of European origin on the American
continent, their officials are for the most part
strangers sent out from Spain, who come with
no other purpose than 20 get rich al their eX-
pcnSc. An oppressive system of export duties
is enforced which is heavy burden on
agriculture and commerce and the import
dues are devised 10 compel the island To de-
pend upon Spanish manufactures, and even
Spanish flour instead of buying in the near
markets of the United States.
Self-goycrumcut TO the samc extent "A Is en-
ioycd by all the British colonies would be Of
great advantage to the industries and COM
merce of Cuba, to say nothing Of its effect in
elcyating the population. Freedom of politi-
cal action would stimulate education and de-
velop an independence of thought and n self-re-
lance now sadly lacking. Perhaps independence
would one day follow, but the hold of Spain
upon the island would certainly be more last
ing under a system of Sclf-rulc than it is I'M
der the present policy of repression. England
retains her vast colonial possessions scattered
al over the world 10y keeping the anccuonatc
attachment of their inhabitants and permitting
them to manage their own affairs spain has
lost nearly all her colonies by pursuing the
opposite policy. At the beginning OF this cen
tury she owned Mexico, Florida, Central
America, aud all Of South America except
Brazil. Now she possesses nothing on this
side of the Atlantic besides Cuba and Porto
Rico. 1t is strange that her statesmen have
not learned in the school of experience that
sooner or later arbitrary 20, ,rumcnt digs its
own grave.
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IN INDIGNANT PROTEST.
HE DOES WELL TO BE ANGRY.

To he Editor or The Tribune.
SIR: observe in THE TRIBUNE Of November 26s
dispatch from Washington in relation 10 the pro-
posed memorial services at the Capitol in honor Of
the martyred President which contains an omnOus
statement. "A pOeM written by Mrs. Harrison
Glazier, OF this city, formerly of Hiram College,
will be read by Representative 4. II. Pettibone Of
Tennessee, formerly of Hiram College" Is this
ridiculous performance TO be allowed to go on with
out protest from the press and the pubcl l. every
notoriety- hunting charlatan who ever went TO
Hiram COLLEGE to- e allowed to advertise himself by
thrustng his foolish face into every public ceremony
which commentaries the life and death of Garfield
We have not yet recovered from the anger and shame
felt by the whole country at the idiotic speech made
by Chaplain Jones at the open grave before an
audience of 1O, 600 intelligent people. and read with
contempt by the world next day. Nust this folly be
repeated aud exaggerated in the CapitOlf Does
any one imagine there is a magazine a newspaper
i'm this country which would print Mrs. GLACIERS
poemf Is there n country lyceum which would pay
Representative Pettibone $40 TO read 10 thcmf
Then why should they force themselves into .
solemnity which should be altogether digniled and
august beg you will use your great influence 10
put a stop to this ntoerable yugarlzation of Car
fields memory by friends without taste and with
out modesty. A. S. II.
HaickerJocker Club, Nov. IS
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4 pEIyOprD UrvDuJly

The return of the Hon. Samuel ;. Cox to hi,
native land and the fond welcome extended
him 10y his admirers ON his arrival, remind us
that this gentleman viii presently rcapycar on
the floor of the Congrcs, of which he Is "a dis
tineuished member in his old character of
humorist This is the character that best suits
him, and in which ne is best nowu For many
years he filed it admirably with great satisfac-
ton to the public and considerable comfort to
himself. But upon the accession of the Demo
cratic party 10 the control Of the House in the
NLINth Congress, he became suddenly op-
pressed with the responsibilities Of power, and,
10 the great wonder Of hi, friends, began To- AS
sumo the role of statesman. He developed a
mood Of seriousness aud presently announced
himself candidate for Speaker. Notwith-
standing his solcmnity people looked upon it rs
a Joke, and many of those whose mirth lac had
failed to arouse by his pungcnt wtiici,ms,
lively sallics and clever rcpaItccS now laughed
Unfortunately at what they considered his
supreme effort at humor. OF course he was not
elected. He had been making jokes so long
that when he switched on so abruptly into the
seriousness of craftsmanship, men thought he
was only making another and as it had in very
large ucETcc inc cN~chtlal element Ol httmOr,
which is uncIpcctcducss, they laughed i'm spite
of themselves Undismlycd by defeat, however.
he continued to be solemn. Instead of discuss
ing questions in his old easy-going, light-
hearted way, he brought 10 the consideration
of the ordinary topics of debate the ponder
osity of a statesman and the gravity Of an
owl. Democratic success oppressed him with
n feeling Of tremendous responsibility. crush
ing out utterly his sense of humor. TuE
TgIBCSE remarked the woful change in him at
the time and INDUCED in % lament over the LOST
humOrist.
But nOw all that is past. The election Of n
Republican Congress a year ago ooscneG his
fettcrs and relieved him of the vast rcspopsi
bilties of n leader Of the majority. Had fine
election turned the other way, and the new
Congress been Democratic, Mr.. Cox would have
been obliged to remain at home all Summer
running as usual for Speaker. And this would
have made necessary continued and increased
seriousness The result, however, threw 9fl
this necessity, and with lightsome heart be
sl,lppcd abroad. 1t was well that he did. For
the habit of gravity has 50 grown upon him in
these five or SIX dismal years that he needed
change of scene anG associations to enable him
10 make the transition 20 the lighter mood
gradually and without too severe wrcncbing.
During his absence of several months he has
taken in most Of Europe, from The Pyramids To
the Land Of the Midnight Sun, and has added
Eew claim upon the affections Of his cOnsLitu-
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amusements 60 Might.

ACADEMY OF Music" Aida" ..v
AHpyy's PARK THEATRE-"La Mascotte"
SiJOU OPERA hoUsR-"Tho snake Charmer'
BoOTH's THEATRE" Adrenne." do. peciment.s
GERMANIA THEArRg-Friedrich Hssse,a
M ~ E,,rU AyESIfE THEATRE King Lear;
HHvHRLY's NIsLos GARpES 2 and So ann s" Fun on
HAvERLY's l4rH STREET 1HEAlhh-
the Bristol" ,,,oro,sov
MpTpopotrr,N CASINO" lie Voyage en- ouIseo'
NV rus rrE CoMIoUE-" The Major.
san FRANCISCO MINsTRELs.
sT .Sn1RD THEATRE" Patience. = oDouo rIolere -
Tn,Sp. TIE iTRE-2-" BoccacoiO" g." BeLe he'eIe'
IS1oS soUARE THEATRE" Camille"
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR
BUNNBLLs MUSEUM - ,,,..a uor.os
35TH.sT. AND BROADWAY ana S-Euucateu hor9os'
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is adhered to 1t fulfls pretty mission and IL veN
come factor ID the sum Of the city's musical life.
MUSICAL NOTES

Miss Fanny Davenport will succeed Mr.. Mccu,
longh, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, on Decembe,
musical and literary entertainment has bes,
arranged for next Saturday evening in StecL Hall
for the benefit of Mabel Stephenson, a "chid eIo'
cutiOnlst.D u GU
William Tell T" will be repeated by Mr.. Mani.
sons Opera Company next Friday evening IT.
night Verdfs "Aida" will introduce MIIe D.
lima ROssni and Madame Cobianchi in thu Oh.
acters of 4idd and Amnis respectively; al m, &
inee on Saturday Carmen will be repeated 'Ha'-
This is the last week of Madame Geistinoer,s a.,
gagement at the Thaia Theatre and the reperto,,
is follows: Monday, "Das Verwunscben.
schloss" Tuesday. "Die Naeberin"; "Wednesday
matinee, "Boccaccio"; evening. "Die Scboon.
Helene; Thursday, benefit of Madame Geisfnsearo
Therese Krones"; Friday, LA Mascotter; Safnr,,
Nascotte." Ia
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STRANG ULATUS Pro REPUBLIC1."
WHAT GENERAL GARFIELD MEANT BY IT.

WHAT GENERAL GARFIELD MEANT BY 1T.
TO the EditOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: The December number of The Century Mage.
zine gives fac simle OF remarkable autograph Of
the late President written on the 18th of July-hs
name followed by the words StydHglldhts pro
RcpuJHca. The phrase is translated by Colonel
Rockwell in whose presence it WAS written, and by
the editor of the magazine" Slaughtered for tho
Republic" Colonel Rockwell does not intimate
that the President himself translated the words in
that way and we therefore free to construe the
passage as It stands. With all due respect to
Colonel Rockwell-whOsc knowledge of Latin is
probably better than mine-I cannot help thinking
that the tragic fate of his friend and claSsmate has
suggested a reading of the phrase which II will
hardly bear The Latin strdRguidre, in its literal
sense, applies exclusively to death by choking or
sutiocation. 1t is derived, without change of mean
ing from the corresponding Greek verb which
comes in turn from the noun straggalG. a halter.
So good a Latirist rs the President would scarcely
have chosen a word of such narrow and inappro-
priate meaning, when the better word OccislS, 10
describe death by wOunding, must have been
ready TO his hand. But there Is a meta
phorical meaning of StrdngH'dias which Is used
in the poets and in writers of pOSt-ciaS,lcal
urose especially writer's upon law, which WAS
probablv in General GaIiields mind, as he lay
chained TO his bed in that long midsummer agony.
he word in that sense means tortured or
tOrmeutcd" There authority for such use OF II in
Ovid, Seneca and JuyenaL All the evidence We
have indicates that on the 18th of july the Presi-
dents hope OF recovery, as well as mat OF ms
attendants was still strong. May VIC not then
reasonably infer that this most impressive and
memorable legend means Tortured Tor me r. Com
CiercIand Ohio, Nov 25, 1851.
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That body could

rate fixed by Congress That body could
about as wisely fix the quantity of wheat that
shall be raised per head of the population, as
the number of dollars which shall be in circula-
tion TO carry on the business of the country.
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The Tariff Convention which held It's first
sessions in the Cooper Union yesterday, was
not largely attended, but the membership IN
cludes II number of men of National reputation,
and is representative of many industries OF
great Importance. Nearly all who take part IN
the proceedings are directly interested in pro-
tective duties and the evident purpose Of the
body is to defend those duties against an ap-
pretended attack in Congress, and to
strcngtheNthe public opinion which fayors the
general theory of guarding American industries
against dangerous foreign competition. The
Convention will probably close its work to-day
by the adoption Of an address and resolutions.
1t is evident that no discussion of the details
of the present tariff can be entered upon III so
brief period. Ex-senator Warner was right
when he said yesterday that it could not be
supposed that the Convention would undertake
to frame a new tariff law in two days, when
four hundred Congressman had devoted year
to the task and then made Il bad job of it, The
net result of the gathering will doubles, he to
show that the men who control many of our
greatest National industries are in favor Of an
intelligent revision of the tariff laws, provided
the work is done upon the basis of established
principles of protection, and with a view only
of removing existing anomalies and iDcquali-
tias
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Prince Bismarck took occasion in the German
Reichstag yesterday, to announce himself as
the representative of the imperial and
mOnarchical policy as exhibited in the personal
rule of the Hohenzollerns. This was quite I'M
necessary, for with all his vacillation on minor
questions of politics nobody ever suspected
him of any genuine progressive instincts.
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Guiteau looKs back with disgust on the
period of his life when he was a member of the
Oneida Community. He admits that he was
sbadly cranked" at that time, and denounces
the Society as a miserable affair. He ought
to have felt at home there for that offensive
social experiment was carried on by particu-
larly bad lot of cranks Of both sexes. They bad
the merit of industry, however, and it was
probably the necessity of working for his
board which made his life among them so
irksome to Guiteau.
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pointed. He was entirely in sympathy with
COnkling and Platt in their resignation, and tnat
is our best guarantee that the President VIII
always act in accord with the views of the deega'es
of the people of any particular section" An!
1t is noticeable that while Mr.. Watterson Is
anxious for the Democratic party to try 1t again on
the tariff ISSUE he says nothing in favor OF renomi-
mating the old ticket Yet undertake to say that
General HancOclIs views on tariff attracted wider
attention than those of any other Democratic can
ddate in the history of the party.
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