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style. Miss Katie Wengers solo was sung in an
excellent manner. and received an encore.
Miss Nettie Dietrich's piano solo was notable
feature of the evening The young lady showed
| Enthusiastically fine execution The second act from
Faust sung nicely. the soloists all acquit-
| ting themselves admirably. One point of inter-
est vas the debut CT Miss Ada Brown, in the part
of Marguerite. The part gave little scope for
her abilities 1t is to be hoped she will be heard
ostener is the chorus. We noticed Mrs Ida
Scott. and hope she will be heard in solos at
their concerts, as the lady is fine singer.
The Mendelssohn concert will be given one
week from next Tuesday. The solosts selected
are 5. L. Morrison, Mrs. s. L. Morrison, Miss
Emma Grooms and Miss Nettie johnson. At
their rehearsal on Monday night Mrs. DR.. jane
son sang Schubert's Barcarole in excellent voice.
Mr. Watt, who was suffering from a bad cold,
sang The Angel at the Window" by Tours,
creditably.
Mrs Leon Q. Bailey, with Grau's Opera Com
pany, is doing nicely. Up to this time she has
been singing Germaine in the Chimes of Nor.
mandy" At the appearance of the company at
Madison, Ind, this week, she will also sing the
Queen in the Queens Lace Handkerchief" She
will probably return home at the end of the
company's engagement in that city.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
on no UlSHINGTON.

The music-of- the present in Ohio has received
a fresh and forcible impulse The Chicago Tribune re-
ports that John Mclean, George H. Pendeton, Allen o.
Thurman and George Hoadly have formed quartet
aud are now singing " Wait Tih the Clouds Roll By
II remains to be seen whether George William Curtis
will succeed Dan Manning as chairman OF the Demo-
cratic State Committee After the handsome notice Cur
It's gave Mannng's appointment TO The Cabinet common
gratitude woaI suggest that he should be Manning's
fret choice.
The Cincinnati Enqtlrer endeavors to prevent the
Democrats OF Indiana from moving upon the White
House by calling attention TO the fact that man IN
Iawrenceburg WAS stricken with paralysis while crcu-
lating petition for his appointment IA postmaster
The Eugufrers scheme will not work. little thing
Ike paralysls will not induce Every hungry and very
thirsty Democrat TO pause III his pursuit OF pap Moth
Ing less than death will discourage him.
President Clcveland's home organ. The Buffalo Courier
does not take kindly the proposition to rcappont Mr.
Pearson postmaster OF this city, It's disapprova takes
this shape:
It's urged I'm favor OF Pearsons reappolntment that
he hls he efficient official but there Is "ot the
slightest suppose that somebody else may NOT
be found who will be not merely ~ good postmaster
but much and the very fact that his friends
the position which lie holds aoris sufficient grounds Tor
ctung him retire TO private ife The p0stnastershp OF
New York has yet became the hereditary possession
OF the James and Pearson families and that fact should
be made clear at once.
Yes The ye.r YORK. World doing best to convince
its readers that the Cleveland Administration is TO be
model OF plain blunt sturdy frugaity But thus far it
has neglected mention the rumOr that the customary
State dinners the White House TO be superseded by
simple unostentatlous candy pulls
It's The Albany Argus that speaks of "the obscurity
with which the people favored Mr. Blaine" Mr.. Blanes
obscurty liko Mr. Mannings fitness for prominent
place u "A reform Administration, is something that 10
fellow can find out.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
PERSONAL.
Occurl

Mr. Leon Foresan, of Paris will appear this evening
at the theatre of the University Club In dramatic mono
logue giving Dumas's Antony in French, and Della
vigne's" Louis XII" (as Henry Irving in English.
The First Presbyterian Church of Syracuse is desrous
of securing the pastoral services Of the Rev. Dr. Joseph
T. Duryea of Boston, formerly of Brooklyn 1t is not
impossible considerations OF health may induce MIN
to make the change
General Edward Carey Walhall, Secretary Lamars
successor in the Senate I'm command OF the Rebels
In tho battle above the clouds Lookout Mountain
He also took prominent part in tho battles of Mill Spring.
Shiloh Murfreesboro, Chickamauga kenesaW Mountain,
Peachtree Creek Nashville, and some others lie Is more
than six feet tall, erect, with BLACK eyes anu mar VI
plantation cut
The Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, president of the Union The
illogical Seminary, will sail for Europe on Apr g. re-
turning before the opening OF the fall term of the semi
nary Last night he entertained the junior class at his
home in Twentieth-st
WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Wade Hampton who
has quite sick for time, was to-day reported
to be cOnyalescing
Secretary whitney did not return home from Washing
ton Yesterday IA It was announced he would do, but Is
expected here tonight to remain over Sunday.
Senators Eugene Hale, OF Maine aud L. H. PlumD, Oh
Kansas were In New-YOrk yesterday. Senator Haie
will probably be here until Monday
Colonel O. H. Payne OF Ohio Is tho guest OF his sister
Mrs William c. whitney. at Fftyseventh-st and flth
ave. He will take Southern trip next month.
State Librarian H. c. Conard, OF Ohio, was here yes
erday arranging for large purchase OF books for th
Buckeye State.
HID Green of Portland. Ore. who is a guest at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel is the gentleman whose tweve-aert
Mot OF ground about his house often taken for
park by visitors that city, These grounds are exceed
iugly handsome.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
MIR. MANNIHGS SUCCESSOR.

1t is reported in Albany that the position of
Democratic " boss of that town made vacant
by Nj. Manning's transfer to Washington is to
be filed by recalling Michael n. Nolan to the
front. 1t is in order, therefore, to in luirc who
and what Mr.. Nolan is.
In 1878 nc ran for Mayor in Albany and was
elected by over $500 majority. AT the end of
his term he was reelected by over 1,5OO ma
jority. He ran the third time and was defeated,
his opponent being DIR. Swlnburne. But al
though defeated he hung on to the Office.
Rascally inspectors put him in possession OF
fraudulent returns and on these returns a DEM
Ocratic Common Council bossed by Dan Man
ming gave him the certificate of election. The
day after Nolan was counted in an Indignation
meeting of the honest voters Of Albany was
called to protest against tho outrage and devise
means for its redress. The excitement was we'll
nigh unprecedented. The Albany Journal in an
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
" 10 TIE VIC1ORS BELONG TIE SPOILS"

The Mugwumps and the County Democracy might
compromise the Colectorshlp by giving 1t to John
Kelly. They both hate him equally
John G. Thompson of Ohio is willing to be indian
Commissioner or ConsuGeneral TO London, but he
doesn't claim either with confidence.
Ex-CongressAan Muldrow wants chance to investi-
gate the gcncalogy Of his name in the Indian Bureau
Ex.Consressmau Sparks of Iowa, who is inhammable
by nature "a well namc would like to start prairie
fire OF investigation in the Land Office.
The number OF Democratic Exs " who want Office is
only limited by the number In existence This
the algebralc rule, where represents the unknown
quantity.
Ex-senator Francis Herman is said to be certain to be
called into the Diplomatic service.
The report that DR.. George l.. Miller. of The Omaha
HeTaId refused the First Assistant PosmastcrGen-
eralship gives the showmen another chance FOR real
live curiosity.
General Charles W. Blair OF Kansas whose friends
suggested that II he couldn't have Cabinet place he be
given something good Is III Washington scanning the
blue book.
Thompson OF Kentucky, who wants to bo Internal
Revenue COMMISSIONER is said to have made special
study of whIskey for u long time But so have great
many other Democrats, for that matter.
Mr. Cleveland and his Democratic advisers per-
fectly willing take the Mugwumps at their word
not offer anything they don't want
Missouri has many applicants for Office in Washing
ton that the Jesse Jaeses short of hiding places
at homo.
william T. Bishop. OF ex- Governor Bishop of Ohio,
k an aspirant for OF the Colectorships Cincinnati,
and exsecrcary OF State James W. Newman has made q
grab for the other.
Montana says that the ollceseekers from that
Territory mostly the fag ends OF Prices "army WAC
dred there after the war, ana who have been so
little successful In their personal bust ness affairs that
thoy haven't money enough to buy railroad ticket to
| Washington.
| General Fltzhugh Leo, of Virginia, who drew more
| applause In Washington on Inauguration than any man
there the President excepted is aprant for the
Mexican mission The President will doubtless be will
| ing to send 50 popular man even further of.
Hunter Wood, Of Hopknsviis. Kentucky, who led the
forlorn hope Cleveland In tho Kentucky delegation
| at Chicago. expects revenue colectorshp.
Ohio COngrsssmsn have startled Washington by unani
| mousiy recommending ex-Congrcssman ID. X Paige fol
Indian Commissioner He Is chairman OF the Democratic
State Committee and was the principal manipulator
the coal oil crowd In the senatorshp aght when Henry
H. Payne was elected
Tho Rebel Brigader turns up early In tho person o
Sidney D. Jaoknan, the newly appointed United state
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14

stantinople. Berlin must decide whether J"
cannot do more to maintain its supremacy as
the diplomatic capital of Europe by Intervening
autboritatiyely between the two Asian TWAS
than by holding aloof and watching an e1naus''
ing conflict that may paralyze both.
There are also military reasons Tor deiay.
The Russians have only small body OF troops
on the Afghan frontier and the railway rom
Kill Arvat and the Caspian is not completed 10
tho outnosts. That final parallel from
Astrabad, which Sir Henry Rawlinson pre-
dicted in 1868 would eventually slant along
tbe Persian frontier to Herat, is not perfecteu
for military use. The Russians cannot yet con
ccptrate q large body of troops at Sarakhs' ii.
though they have been in control OF the dis'r'o'
for q wear. The railway will have to be eA-
tended a long distance, and the transportation
facilities greatly increased, before they can oe
in readiness to meet the British in western
Afobonistan. In like manner the military ran
way from Quettah to Candahar must be either
ronoired or relaid before General Roberts can
advance with large army to the southern gaze
wav of Afghanistan; and when he reaches HIS
bose of supplies long march westward to hel''
will be requisite. The British stan Is not pre-
nared to send strong column across noun
to;nous country several hundreds of miles at q
momcnt's notice. Diplomatic delay Will DC
welcomed by each military staff and inactioh
| oluovs increases the chances of peace.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
THE FOPEJGN POLICY or THE ADMINS


One act of the new President it is pleasant to
be able to commend. The letter requesting the
Withdrawal of the commercial ana inc Nlcara-
cud Canal treaties Is not to be considered as a
final expression of opposition to those treaties
il is tr1e but it is an exercise OF power when
the President in the discharge of his duty
onrht to use. Upon him must fall the duty OF
enforcing these treaties if they should be rau-
fed. and upon hiT the great task OF adjusting
all the work of the Government to the necessl-
ties which their ratification may involve. Rev
ennes and expenditures must somehow be so
adusted as to make ends meet, notwitIstahu-
ing a very large curtailment OF the revenue IL
the Spanish treaty should be adopted. fro-
vision must be made for an enormous outlay III
the construction of a canal, ana 1or haVai
nreparations to meet the grave contingencies
which that work ght involve, if the Nicaragua
treaty should be ratified. Since these tasks
would fall upon the present Administration IL
i but right that the new President should have
onnortunity to consider the treaties and TO
nresent TO the Senate any difficulties which may
arise under them, Oh any notifications which he
may think expedient
Ar tbe same time it may be presumed that the
President has acted upon the advice OF the new
Secretary of State, who has been strongly OPP
nosed TO these treaties from the outset lhere
il q probability, therefore, that their WITH
drawal at the request of the Administration
means their complete Abandonment. President
| Cleveland will recognize that in either case he
must be prepared to take serious RESPONSE
bility. If he opposes, as whole the pohcy
unon which these treaties rest there arc many
who will approve but also many others who
will strongly oppose that course. IL IN place OIL
these he seeks to negotiate other treaties obtain
| inc more favorable terms for the United States,
he will be Judged in part by the measure OF sue
cess which he may attain. But in any case he
will find O large number of Democrats, includ-
ING many at the South, who regard with favor
the policy of promoting by some means a more
friendly intercourse and larger commerce with
the West India Islands, Central and South
America. These will urge the President, IL he
), does not approve the policy embodied IN the
commercial treaties, to offer better i'll its place
He can find a better clearly outlined IN the work
Of President Gariield's Administration, though
! there is some doubt whether personal consldera-
tions may not make HIM reluctant to adopt 1t.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
ANOTHER DRAUGHT or REFORM"


An unnecessary amount Of fuss is being made
by those who reprint Mr.. CleVelands promises
and professions about Civil Service reform and
announce with glee that some praisc"orthy
thing has been said by him or by some CaDInet
officer on that subject. From the first there has
been a great deal of talking and promising,
great deal of prctence with scant prospect oi
performance.
Talk is cheap When Mr. Cleveland APP
nonted Mr. Manning to carry out Civil Service
reform most people suspected that his talk was
also false. Now comes the appointment oi the
notorious Higgins of Baltimore rs appointment
clerk to the Treasury Department Democratic
ionrpals admit that the selection Is disgrace.
Civil Service ref0rmers decline to express any
onnion about it, and they begin to understand
Inv this time that they will have to hold their
tongues very hard, if they are TO pretend to be
satisfied with the President for whom some OF
them voted.
Mr.. Higgins, it is said, was especially recon-
mended by Senator German. He had become
man of mark and of value u the Senator from
MARYLAND by reason of his remarkably I'M
scrupulous and adroit use of power in political
matters. Those who know him best, as Mr..
German does, recognize him rs exactly the sort
of man to Use the public service so far as it pos
sibly can be used for the benefit of those who
put him into place Nobody pretcnds that he
is rcformer, or has ever had u single idea in
sympathy with the principles of Civil Service
reform. Such selections mean that the Presi-
dent is going to choose subordinates who will
prostitute the public service to the utmost for
party ends. Delay there is likely to DC in the
selection Of subordinates for two reasons. The
Senate is still in session, and Il sweeping mas =
acre of officials might arouse effective resist
ance. The new men are inexperienced, and
many of them incompetent aud rs yet have
their duties to learn, and the Administration
probably realizes that the public service would
90 to the dogs altogether, if enough of the
present officials should not be retained for a
time to teach the others their duty. But such
selections as those of Manning and Higgins
| show clearly that, whenever it is possible, Re-
publicans will be turned out to make room for
Democratic workers.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
npp,V yO PENCE BISMARCK.

Mr. Gladstone has made noble reply 10
Prince Bismarcks equivocal speech IN '''e
Re;cbstao. Taunted by the Conservatives
with an apparent disposition to create III
feeling against Germany, he has denied the
charge with dignity and power and defined 'he
Governments diplomatic policy with character
st;c fronsness. Lord Granvillc's explanation
of tbo points at issue in the recent correspond
enco between the two Foreign Offices was a
mosterpicce of dexterity and tact. The tone
was perhaps unnecessarily apologetic, anu 'iso'
and Independence were sacrliced III iaDo'io"'
effort TO conciliate the German Chancellor III
view of the Afghan crisis. Mr.. Gladstone
smoke, as Englshmen prefer to have their
Prime Ministers speak, without reserve VI
eouiyocation and with proud consciousness vi
tbo Greatness of the Nation. He declared that
ho would stand behind no man in the value to
ho attached TO the friendship of Germany but
ho rs NOT nrepared to admit that the friend
shin of any country in the world was now OF
ever had been necessary TO enable EnSi"n" w
maintain its position. The strength anu
dignity of that utterance VIII he apprecl,'eu
tbronrbout the United Kingdom. Mr.. Giad'
stone has given expression in his most l'h-
nressiye manner to English pride and conscious
ness of strength
Equally dignifed are the Prime Minister'S
references to Gcrmany's colonzing operations
Prince Bismarck had complained because Eng
land had not regarded his commercial! pohcY
and territorial annexatons with greater serious
ness. and had even opposed them in spirit oil
Jealous suspicion and rivalry. Mr.. Gladstone
approached the subject in most generous
mood. He disclaimed any disposition to discuss
the occupation of this or that spot or sea-
hoard @aftcr the manner of hnckstcrs." IL
Germany were destined To become colpnizhg
Power. he had only one word to say to her. ana
that was hearty "Godspeed." lie closed u
speech which seems to have been received with
tumultuous cheering from all sides ot the
House with an invitation TO Germany to become
Enclands partner and ally in the work OF
civiIizinq the world. Prince Bismarck cannot
complain Of a single line in the Prime Minister ;
mornanimous speech, and it cannot faii to pro
mole cordial feeling between the two countries
Az tbe same time it has an impcrous ring thal
will echo through the colonies
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
CH1NGiYG ITS TUNE ALREADY.

The Erening Post greeted the appointment of
Mr.. Manning to the Treasury Department with
fine remark that there was nothing III him 10
forbid the hope that no would make good ad-
minstrator and sincere reforncr. That was
week ago. and already The Post has contributed
to- the conscience fund arevised and amended
estimate of Manning which is totally nconslst-
cnt with its original euloglum. Here Is the
way The Post now talks about him:
We agree entirely with all that The Times says concern
Ing tho selection OF Mr. Higgins for appointment clerk OF
the Treasury Department by Secretary Manning There
f. apparently doubt that the place was given TO Mr.
Higgins a. the request OF Senator GOrman and that 1t
was given as a reward for political services. What
makes look especially bad Is that clerk who
had nllcd the place faithfully for twenty-five years. and
whose experience must have been very valuable to tho
dcrartulent was allowed to In order 10 create the
,acancy rhe fact that tho Civil Service law had no
Jurisdiction In tho not strike us rs modifying
the mistake Ut all The spirit OF CIVIL Service reform is
,rpposed TO peryade the euiire Administration. aud
violation Of fragrant this. by the member OF the
Cabinet who can loast afford TO commit H. sto say the
least. unfortunate.
What a fall in the good Graces of The Post
was fthere, my cOuntrymen. Manning, as this
Democratic organ apprehended HIM last week,
was that most winning of political characters
a sincere reformer To-day this organ regards
him as an official who rewards for political
services, who hcstates not to turn out a good
and faithful servant to make room for a pet
Democrat, who ilagrantly violates the spirit oil
Civil Service lciorm
We submit that The Post might have spared
Mr.. Manning this. If its confidence in him was
80 soon TO be done for, what in the world was it
begun for7 And besides, think how Mr.
Curtiss heart will bleed
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
THE CHANCES or PEACE.

Jombard Street is shrewd guesser, but it
sometimes makes mistakes. The downward
moyement of British cOnsOls and the collapse OF
tbe stock market have indicated that the sltu-
at,on is very serious, and that Russia and Eng
land are dangerously near the brink of that
awful chasm-war for supremacy in Central
Asia. But consols have gone down many times
when war has been averted. London as the
monetary centre of Europe is Affected by the
atmosnhere of electric suspicion which sur
rounds the great camps on the Continent.
Lombard Street responds to the >apprehenSlons
of timorous capitalists III ParlS, Berlin, st.
Petersburg and Vienna, where bondholders
are not so well informed as they are in London.
With all its unriyalled facilities for acquiring
secret information, its judgment was at fault III
1878. when campaign with Russia was ap-
parently indicated by the decline of consols.
In like manner hOstlities may now be long
way off. although depression and alarm have
reigned at the Stock Exchange during the week.
Mr.. Gladstone's declaration that an agree
ment has been reached whereby there shall be
no advance on either side dispels all fears of an
Immediate opening of hostllities. There VIII
be an interval for diplomatic explanations,
ultimatums and compromises, and for oilers OF
intervention from neutral Powers. Germany
occupies q commanding position and Prince
Bismarck may confidently be expected to exert
his influence strongly in favor of peace.
series of protracted consultations between the
dinlomatic capitals must in any event precede
military operations on large scale between
Russia and England. Even it the lines OF the
hostile armies are still perilously close, and no
orders have yet been given for retreat there are
pressing reasons for delay and inaction. st.
Petersburg must have time to ascertain what
combinations are possible on the Continent, and
whether Austria is already meditating an ad-
vance to Salonca. Downing Street must con-
template the contingency of new inroads upon
Turkish territory and fresh intrigues at Con-
New-York tribune., 1885-03-14

article'upon the subject said The Indignation
felt by all classes Of citizens at the infamous
frauds practised on the franchise yesterday Is
sintense. No such. depth Of feeling has come 70
athe surface since the rebels fired on sumter"
In order to show how barefaced was this partic-
ular Democratic crime against the ballot-oox IL
is but necessary to state that in one OF the wards
only 1O7 votes were returned for the RepuDli-
can candidate for Mayor, while over SUI
electors Of the ward made affidavit that they
had supported him. A word from Manning
would have caused Nolan to yield the Office TO
the man chosen by the people. But Manning
declined to speak that word, preferring to con-
done shameless fraud in the interest OF De-
mocracy. The result was that Dr. Swnburne
was compelled to appeal to the Courts for his
rights. Nolan delayed submitting the case to
Jury as long as he could. and then-resigned.
The jury without leaving their seats by the
direction of the Court rendered verdict giving
the office to Swnburne.
All this happened in 1SS2-'93. Nolan has
not been actively engaged in administrative re
form for tho last two or three years, but now
that he sees his old associate and political
backer in the Cabinet, while George William
Curtis looks on and applauds, it doubtless
occurs to him that his own light must not be
hidden. BY all means let Nolan be given the
Albany ship made vacant by the promotion
of Manning. 1t would be an ideal appointment