The New York Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1865, Page 4

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FHIBRALD..... 0.00 es cee sce eeeeeeeceoners $1,095,000 368,150 252,000 169,427 100,000 151,079 90,548 New York Hera. eeeereee . se eee +++ 81,095,000 Times, Tribune, World and Sun combined., 871,229 THE NEWS. Tho mails of the steamship China, from Queenstown on the 12th inst., arrived here yesterday. The’ main points of the European news by this arrival were tele- graphed from Halifax and published in Wednesday's Hexatp, We, however, supply this morning additional comments of the English press on the case of the late rebel pirate Shenandoah, and in regard to the claims of our government on Great Britain for the damages by the Anglo-rebel cruisers generally. The London Times en- doavors to console ite readers by an expression of the opinion that the United States will net preas its claims, whilo the Pt admits that we have good grounds for vomplaining of English m’scalled neutrality, and, allud- fog to the New Yorx Herawy’s proposition for an Yntornational Congress, advocates it as a means of having more clearly defined the rights of bollige:ents and neutrals. We also give completo the Aajtor of Waddell, the commander of the Shenandoah, to Earl Russell, presenting his statement of his conduct and position, and a description of the scenes on the de- parture from the pirate of her crew. A New Bedford paper gives a list of forty-six Ameri- can whaling vessels, with ten thousand two handred and Atty two barrels of oil, destroyed by r-bel pirates during the late war. The value of the vessels is estimated at Oae million one hundred and {ifty thousand dollars, and, the value of the oil at half a million dollars. From El Paso, Mexico, the seat of President Juarez’s government, we have received our correspondence to the 20th of October. The President and all his Cabinet wore atill there at that time; but it was thought possibie that they might soon remove to a more favorable locality, as tho reports of an intended movement on the place by the imperialists continued to prevail. The people were reduced to considerable straits, but were still hopeful of the success of the republican cause, and looked forward fondly to support from the great republic of the North, The steamship Western Metropolis, Captain W. B. Hilton, arrived here yesterday, from Apalachicola, Flc- rida, on the 15th inst., brivging three thousand bales of cotton, the largest cargo ever taken from that port in a steam vessel. There have so far been shipped from Apalachicola about thirty-six thousand bales of cotton, and there were ten thousand bales on hand thee on the Lith, There are some forty thousand bales still ‘up the Apalachicola river, which will come down while the depth of water permits, making in all over cighty thousand bales that will be shipped thence this season. Froights were firm at one penny per pound to Liver+ pool, two and a half cents per pound coastwise by steam, and one and a balf cent per pound by sailing vonsels. The steamships Nevada, Captain Carpenter; Zodiac, Captain Dearborn; Varuna, Captain Whitehurst, ard Hunter, Captain Chase, all arrived here yosterday from Favannab. The steamship Flambeau, Captain Eaton, Srom Now Orleans on the 16th inst., also arrived. The release on parole of Mr, Seddon, formerly rebel Beoretary of War, and Mr. Magrath, rebel ex-Governor of Bouth Carolina, both lately confined in Fort Pulaski, and the rebel ex Governor Lubbuck, of Texas, recently an famate of Fort Delaware, ie anounced. We published yesterday morning an urgent appeal for liberation from Mr, Magrath. hter of Mr. Mallory, formerly Secrotary of the rebel Navy Department, is in JWaishington, seeking the parton of her father. The Secretary of the Interior inorms the Commi »ioner of Patents in an official communication that he has been Listructed by the Prosident that no patent is to be @raiied to any resident of the lately rebellious Stats ‘unless the applicant can furnish satisfactory proof of his loyalty. _ Tho Alabama Legislature mot at Montgomery on Wed mesday, and Provisional Governor Parsons’ message was ® «i tothe members, He recommends the ratification of the anti-slavery amendment to the national constitu Rion, and the passage of laws for the protection of the Megroes in their persons and property, and vagrant acts Poaring on whites and blacks alike. recent court martial Anding guilty and sentencing to be hung two citizens of Georgia, named Christopher © Rease and John M. Brown, for the murder, 1n Ta!:af*s70 county, in that State, on the 18th of July last, of a col- ored woman named Nellie West. The President fixes the first Friday in January as the time for the execution of the prisoners. ‘A rather gloomy picture of affairs in British Honduras Is presented by our Belize correspondent, writing on the 20th ult. ‘There had been a continuation of rain for many days, overflowing the country, ruining the crops ‘and drowning much of the live stock; the ending of our war had almost put a stop to the lately brisk turpentine trade; logwood is so low in price and mahogany so far from the water that they scarcely pay for cutting; the demand for sarsapariila is very Limited; the coolie labor- ers introd iced were proving a failure, one-tenth of them having cilier dicd of sickness, committed suicide or been hung for murder, and, in addition to all these afflictions, the people groan under enormous taxes imposed by the colonial government. The Legislature met on the 24th ult. The colonial treasury was said to be nearly empty. The October gale which was so disastrous to shipping along our own coast appears to bave been experienced with terrific force as far south as Nicaragua. Our Grey- town correspondence informs us that on the night of the 18th ult. a furious tornado visited that region, sweeping nearly everything before it along the shore from Monkey Point to Bluefield, in that part of Central America known asthe Mosquito coast, The entire town of Bluefield, with the exception of the King’s residence and a mis- sionary building, was completely demolished, and many persons were killed. All but these two houses were blown down and shattered to fragments, some of them being lifted up bodily by the tornado, carried a con- siderable diftance, and then dashed to the ground. All the provisions and other merchandise in the stores were either destroyed or washed away. For miles along the coast all the houses disappeared before the fury of the storm, and on the next morning even the plantations, with their rich and promising crops, ‘were not to be seen, having become submerged in four or five fect depth of water. Our correspondent states that another heavy blow on the night of the 4th inst, reopened the old channel to the port of Greytown, but did little damage. ‘A rain storm has been prevailing for some days in the Pacific as well as the Atlantic regions of our country, and apparently with much more force thére than here, Our San Francisco despatches state that throughout California the present storm is the most severe of the kind since 1861, ‘Travel on the Pacific Railroad is com- pletely stopped by the washing away of embankments, and much damage has been done in the mining districts. ‘The Half Moon bay wharf, near San Francisco, and an adjacent warchouse filled with grain, were carried away on Wednesday, entailing @ Joss of one hundred thousand dollars, Much of the country is flooded, A bold and shocking murder was committed in Brook- lyn on Wednesday night, The victim was a wealthy Cuban theatrical manager, named Jose Garcia Otero, who came to this country a short time ago on business connected with his profession, He left his temporary stopping place, the Barcclona Hotel, in Great Jones street, between six and seven o'clock on Wednesday evening of this week, in company with a friend named Jose Gonzales. Senor Otero had, it is thought, from eight to ten thousand dollars on his person. It is sup- posed that after leaving his hotel he was joined by other parties, the whole proceeding to Brooklyn, where, at ten o'clock the same evening, Otero was found murdered, but his body was not then cold. A dagger and two razors were found near him, which at first gave rise to the idea that he had committed suicide; but closer investigation revealed the fact that he was brutally murdered by one or more persons. The matter was given into the hands of the detective police, and Jato yesterday after- noon they arrested a Cuban, named Theodore Martinez Bellecer, on board the steamship Manhattan, lying at pier No. 4 North river, as she was about to depart for Havana and Vera Cruz, The person of the prisoner was examined, when it was discovered that his hands were cut in several places, as if with a sharp instrument. .A pair of gloves, cut and soiled with blood, were also found, and his clothing was thickly soiled with fresh blood. He was handcuffed and taken to Brooklyn, and ‘wos subsequently taken to view the body of the mur- dered man, when he exhibited great nervousness and shook his head, but said nothing. He is now in close custody awaiting the result of an inquest, which is in progress. Joso Gonzales, the man with whom Senor Otero left his hotel, has not yet been found, but no efforts are being spared by the authorities to discover him, as well as others on whom suspicion rests. ‘The grand parade of our city regiments will take place this afternoon, The line will be formed on Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue, with the right resting on Broad- way, at half-past ono o'clock. Governor Fenton will review the troops in Union square, Tho route of march will be from Fourteenth street through Fourth avenue, Twenty-third street, Madison ayenue, Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue to Washington Parade Ground. There will no doubt be a full turnout and a fine display, provided the weather shall prove propitious. In the United States Commissioner's Office yesterday Michacl G, Lemenary, a Mexican, was brought up before Commissioner Osborn on a charge of having attempted, on or about the 27th of October, on the bigh seas, to murder one William Brown. It appeared from the affi- davit of Captain Rhodes, of the American ship Edward Lyman, that the accused was a cook on board the vessel on her late voyage from Shields, Englund, to this port, Brown being a seaman on the trip, and that as such cook the accused prepared some coffee for Brown, which’ the latter drank, Afterwards Brown became sick, exhibit- ing symptoms of being poisoned. This directed suspi- cion to the cook, and, a portion of the unused coffee be- ing analyzed, it was found, as alleged, to contain arsenic. On this statement of facts the Commissioner issued his warrant for the arrest of the cook, who was yesterday brought up, in custody of Deputy Marshal Charles Me- Kay. The examination will be commenced at ten o'clock this morning. In the Supreme Court yesterday, before Judge Peck- | ham, a suit was brought by Grover Brothers & Co, | against Archer & Brother to recover the difference on a | sale of four thourand three hundred dollars’ worth of | teas, Payment bad been made through a broker in a note which the plaintiffs, through their counsel, claimed was absolute as payment. The defendants offered in evidence, through their counsel, the fact that the con- tract was never consummated, because the note was not of the character which they instructed the broker to receive, A verdict was given for the defendants, Yesterday was the time set down for proceeding, in the Superior Court, before Judge Garvin, with the di- vorce case of Peter R. Strong versus Mary E. Strong, with which the public have so long been familiar; but the entire day was occupied in empanelling # jury. The trial will go on to-day, A large audience assembled last evening in Dr. Cheever’s church, in Union square, to hear addresses on the present condition of our national affairs, Speeches were mado by Dr. Cheever, Mr. Gilbert and others, in which considerable abuse of President Johnson and his policy was indulged in. The President was ropresented ‘as the friend of the rebels, the upbolder of secession, and a dictator who acted as if he owned the country and could do as ho pleased with it. Captain Jedediah Hartt, recently transferred from the command of the Metropolitan police of the Nineteenth precinct to the Harbor force, yestorda} took leave of the men lately under his direction at a banquet tendered to them by him. Speeches were made on the occasion by the host, Commissioner McMurray, Senator Nye, of Nevada, who was @ member of the Metropolitan Police | Board on its first organization, and others. Ono of the buildings forming a portion of the extensive kerosene factory of Coazens & Co., at Blissville, Long Tsland, was destroyed by an accldental fire yesterday. About forty thousand dollars worth of ofl was destroyed. Three of the employes received injuries during the fire. The Board of Trade of Washington bave initiated meas. ures looking to the consolidation into one municipality In consideration of the present hostile relations be- ‘Rwoon the republic of Chile and Spein, the several recent mitompts of the latter Power to regain her lost colonies on this continent, and the effort now being made to @-toblish « Buropean monarchy in Mexico, all aimed at Khe violation of the Monroe doctrine, the speech recently wictivered at Panama by Senor Mackenna, special envoy From the Chilean to our own government, and published on the second page of this morning's Henaup, will be found mstrnetive and exceedingly interesting. Senor ‘Mockenva shows how desperately the Spaniards, on the Gimsieat protexts, have striven to reinstate themselves $n powor at various points on American soil. Sir Fredrick Bruce, the British Minter in Washing- Yon, has consen‘ed to act as umpire of the commicsion for the settiemont of claima*etween our own govern- ment and that of Colombia, growing out of the Ponama my of 189 are over two hundred cases ready for, » of the eon tevin: Jeo dot douason tas approved the proceedings of @ Thor of that city, Georgetown and the whole of Washington county, It is reported that a sieamer, supposed to be the Jacob Boll, has been wrecked on the North Carolina coast, near Cape Hatteras. The stock market was more active and firm yesterday. Governments were dull. Gold closed at 146%. Trade yesterday was irregular, Asa general thing the demand for foreign and domestic goods was light; but there wore some noteworthy oxe-ptions. The markets ‘wore generally firm. Groceries continued dull, but nomi- nally unchanged, Cotton was strong and firm. Petro. Joum was active and higher. On ’Change flour was 50, @ 100, better and fairly active. Wheat was dull and drooping. Corn was moderately active, without decided change in prices, Pork was uneettled, closing lame, Boot was stondy, Lard was dull, but unchanged. Bat. ter and cheese wore unchanged in every respect Whis- Kov was dull. nomtoal and dectining, South Carolina, which we published a few days alnce, contained the following declaration in re- ference to President Juhuson’s policy for read- justing the Southern Siates:—“The President had no shadow of authority, I admit, under the constitution of the United States, to order a convention in this or any other State; but asa conqueror he had the right to offer, if not to dictate, terms.” If Wade Hampton intended to convey the idea that the power used by the President, in his efforts to reorganize the South, is extra constitutional, he is right in his infer- ence. The President has no power, according to the letter of the constitution, to pursue the course which he has adopted in his reconstruc- tion policy. But Wade Hampton and the class of men who look upon our present condition from his standpoint fail to comprehend or understand the expansive power of the consti- tution—a power not expressed, but inherent in it as a necessity for self-preservation. The framers of our constitution provided for the suppression of a rebellion or insurrection, and gave to the President and Congress ample authority to adopt measures to accomplish that purpose and enforce the laws in every locality. All this is included in the war provisions of the constitution, and it is here that we find the ex- pansive power of that charter. While the authors of the constitution provided for the suppression of a rebellion, they did not incor- porate in that instrument explicit provisions for reconstructing a State, for no such emer- _geney was ever expected by them to arise, But common_sense tells us that it was not, therefore, intended that a State was to be left without # local government, and its citizens in an unprotected condition, as they would be, when the rebellion was put down. It seems to us that the inference is clearly deducible that the power given to the President under the war provisions of the constitution carries with it, as a necessity, the authority to reorganize those localities which have been in rebellion; that this, in fact, isa part and parcel of the war power vested in the President and Congress ; for the work of enforcing the laws and suppress- ing the insurrection is not completed until the machinery of the local or civil government is fully adjusted and placed in efficient working order. There is not to be found in the consti- tution one word or syllable authorizing the President or Congress to hold a State which has been in rebollion as conquered territory. Any such attempt on the part of cither would be unquestionably a direct violation not only of the letter but the spirit of that instrument, as well es of fudamental law. It follows, therefore, that the only course is for the Presi- dent to adopt such measures as will secure im- mediate organization of the local governments and enforcement of the civil laws which exist- ed in the rebellious States previous to the in- surrection. This is the authority which the President is now exercising in his efforts to re- organize the South. No person would for a moment claim that a proclamation abolishing slavery, issued in time of peace, would be constitutional, but it is clearly constitutional when promulgated dur- ing a rebellion asa war measure. The same rule will apply to the appointment of Provi- sional Governors. They come in under the war power and are part of the machinery used to perfect and complete the work of suppress- ing the rebellion. If the framers of the consti- tution intended that an insurrection should be crushed out they could not have desired the work to be half completed, but thorough in all respects. Nor was it poasi- ble for them to enunciate the precise mode of proceeding as soon as the organized resiat- ance had been overcome, for the simple rea- son that it was beyond their power to tell where or how a rebellion would rise, and, furthermore, no two cases would require the same treatment in the final settlement. All this had to be left to the expan- sive power of the constituiion and the com- mon sense of those who administered it at the time that the events occurred. It is here that the President obtains the right to demand that each of those States which have been in rebellion shall ratify the constitutional amend- ment abolishing slavery. It is here that he finds the power to justify htm in insisting that the late slaves shall be allowed to testify in courts of justice. It is from this source that he has the authority to declare that the rebel debt shall be repudiated. Unless we deny that the constitution gives to Congress and the President ample power to suppress insurrec- tion and enforce the laws in all sections of the country, it must be admitted that the au-hority to set aside the rebellious local govern- ments in the States which have been in rebel- lion and to reorganize them is also fully in- ferred and intended, although not explicitly expressed. Any other conclusion would plunge us into endless confusion and lead us step by step until we finally landed in chaos and ruin. Tue Apvertisino Bustness ov tHE HeraLp.— We yesterday paid the government quarterly tax on our advertising receipts for the month of September, amounting to four thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-eight cents. The following is a list of the receipts from the same source for three months:— Receipts for July. + $44,007 51 Receipts for August 45,749 96 Receipts for September 2. 60,702 47 It is a very singular fact that our average receipts from advertising during the month of October run still bigher than those of Septem- ber. We do not know how to account for this, unless it be from the gratuitous advertising of the Herarp by the ten theatres in New York. We therefore thank the managers for thus handsomely advertising us in all the newspa- pers in the city and in all the showbills. They will oblige us by sending in their bills without delay, and we will consider them. Juvar Horrmay’s Propuetic ANTICIPATION’. — Judge Hoffman, upon accepting his nomina- tion, intimated a suspicion or expectation that he might be cheated by his friends out of his election. We should not be surprised to see Tammany Hall do by him just as was done by our friend Botheration Bryant. We will tell him the motive. The present Legislature is overwhelmingly republican. In accordance with a suggestion made by Genoral Banks in a report on New York politica, made at the re- quest of the late Mr. Lincoln, that Legislature will probably go through the whole stibject of our municipal condition this winter. It will abolish the Stget Department, the Comptroller’s Department, the City Inspector's t and some others—ihe nucleus, the Iifq and breath of Tammany Hall, And it support to Marshal 0, Roberts, that { my put him up a8. breakwater to shield it from the republicar Legislature. Mr. Buchanan's Apology: Ex-President Buchanan’s book in defence of his feeble and disastrous administration is attracting some attention from the press aud considerable applause from his admirers and Northern disciples of the copperhead school. They parade it before their readers asa com- plete vindication of his course in sitting still, with folded hands, whining and whimpering, when the capital and the government were menaced by boasting conspirators. His vindi- cation is, at best, but a quibbling apology for his lack of earnest patriotism, his lack of moral courage and his secession proclivities, He would have the world believe that, accord- ing to the constitution, he did all'it was possi- ble for him to do to prevent the rebellion. What could he do in the way of repressive measures when Congress was in session? Could he assume the powers which belonged to Congress, and in the presence of Congress? He says no, and that he could only urge upon Congress the repressive measures which he deemed necessary; that he did this over and over again, but that Congress would do noth- ing. The responsibility rests not with him, but with the Congress of 1860-61. This is his main defence. The Congress to which he refers was a democratie Congress. The Southern leaders of that Congress were the contrivers of the rebellion in conjunction with the Southern members of Mr. Buchanan’s Cabinet. He still held fast to those members as his advisers after their trensonable tenden- cies had become notorious; he still cast the responsibility of action upon Congress, after he had seen enough to satisfy any man that from that Congress he could expect nothing in defence of the government against the league therein of Southern conspirators. But according to Mr. Buchanan, next after the responsibility of Congress, in permitting the Southern conspiracy to get such headway that nothing could stop it short of a bloody war, comes the responsibility of General Scott and of President Lincoln. General Scott, we presume, will take care of himself; and as for President Lincoln, it is sufficient for his defence that when he entered the White House, in March, 1861, Southern confederacy was in full blast, with Jeff. Davis as its Provisional President, at Montgomery, Alabama. had been done while Mr. Buchanan was play- ing hide and seek between a disloyal Cabinet and a Congress bound hand and foot by saucy secession conspirators. Old Hickory, with a proclamation and a few simple orders to General Scott, managed the nullification rebellion of South Carolina very neatly in his day; and had Mr. Buchanan pos- sessed a tithe of Jackson’s pluck and patriot- ism he could have done the same thing with South Carolina secession thirty years later. But the simple truth is that both Pierce and Buchanan were the convenfent tools of Jeff. Davis, Mason, Slidell, and all that tribe of Southern rights men and Southern confederacy plotters, Pierce, to this day, is rather proud than otherwise to parade his secession sym- pathies on every occasion that offers; and as for Mr. Buchanan, his labored apology will not avail him. It will only serve the future his- torian to place in a stronger light the secession affiliations of his administration, his vacilla- tions, his imbecility, his lack of hearty Union- ism, and the deplorable consequences of his weakness and folly. Max Marerzex anp tHe Granp Juny.—A few days since Max Maretzek, with a bundle of documents and papers under his arm, accom- panicd by a German interpreter, stationed himself before the door of the Grand Jury room. The great,query was, “What could he be after there?’ From the appearance of the bundle under his arm many of the bystanders concluded that he had abandoned the opera, turned newsboy, and that he was watching for an opportunity to sell the Play Bill or some other enterprising sheet to the members of the jury. Wilson G. Hunt, the foreman of the jury, soon came along, and, seeing this formid- able display of papers, asked Maretzek what he wanted. After considerable stammering and a jumble of bad German and worse Eng- lish it transpired that Maretzek had for some time past done Lis best to convict the proprie- tors of the Dfercury for libel on fourteen differ- ent suits, and, baving tailed, he now wanted the Grand Jury to indict the publishers of that sheet. Mr. Hunt immediately informed him that the jury had already considered that sub- ject, and had decided to have nothing whatever to do with it. This was a settler for Maretzek, and he disappeared, muttering something about the jurymen, but in such an incomprehensible jargon that even his interpreter was unable to understand him. To be kicked out by the Grand Jury was more than he could stand; but we can tell him that this is only the forerunner of a still greater downfall, for he will soon be kicked out of the opera by the public. Tus Porvtarrry or Mr. Ricnarp O’Gor- Man—Every one is astonished at the una- nimity with which Mr. O’Gorman has been nominated for Corporation Counsel by all the recognized factions of the democracy and by some unrecognized ones. We heard a singular reason for this unanimity. It was that all the factions desired to put a secessionist in the office, to furnish the Legislature with a good reason for abolishing it with others. We do not know how the truth may be. Mr. O’Gor- man is well nominated, and stands a good’ chance for election. What the Legislature will do is to be seen. The candidate isan ac- complished gentleman and able lawyer, and will fill the position well; but the ways of poli- ticians are inscrutable. Dyina Harv.—Fernando Wood dies hard. His recent speech to his retainers at Mozart Hall, which we mean to put into blank verse and publish as soon as possible, is such a piece of pathos as would melt the most pebble- hearted persons and draw tears from a stone wall. Fernando denounces his old associates of Tammany as a parcel of rogues and swin- diers. Who taught them that roguery? Who was their instructor and master in every lesson? Who learned them to swindle, plun- der and betray alt whom they came in contact with? Who showod them all the arte and steps, from A, B, G to X, Y, Z, straight through the alphabet of viilany? Lessons of that sort are curses that come home to roost. Farewell, Fernandst All thise| Grand Opera Troupe at ¢ The operatic criticisms by telegraph which we publish from day to day have attracted marked attention from the press of this country, and will doubtless cause considerable comment Europe. The feat of publishing in the next worning’s paper a detailed criticiem upon a pe*formance given on the previous evening a thousand miles away has never before been at- tempte:1, and its successful accomplishment by the Hana inaugurates a new era in journal- ism. Instead of elzborating the more local news the press must 110w embrace the whole country, and give full repor‘s of everything that transpires, using the telegraph Whenever it can surpass the mails. Instead of criticising only those performers who happen to be in this city the press must comment upon good performers and good performances, no matter where they may be located. There is no reason in the world why we should devote a portion of our space to treating of a bad company here, while we ignore an excellent company in an- other city. Merit should have the preference wherever it is, and this truth should be practi- cally recognized in dramatic and operatic criti- cisms. We hope, therefore, to perfect such ar- rangements as will enable us to give every morning the complete news of the. previous day from St. Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Richmond, Boston and other cities, including such criticisms as.are now transmitted fo us from Chicago. And this new era of journalism will not be culminated until we succeed in placing before our readers the same class of daily reports from all the European capitals by way of the Russian and American overland telegraph, We devote so much trouble, space and ex- pense to the operatic company of Manager Grau simply because it is the best on this con- tinent, and therefore deserves our notice. Manager Grau, with unequalled energy and enterprise, has imported a fall company of eminent artists, and has taken them to Chicago and dpened a néW and beautiful Opera House. Not satisfied with this, he has introduced to the American public a new American prima donna, who bids fair to rank among our bes. native artistes. In style this new prima donna, Miss Lucy Simons, very much resembles Miss Clara Kellogg, but is pronounced by good judges to be quite superior to Miss Kellogg in her acting and vocalization. Gazzaniga,. the leading lady of Grau’s troupe, is a prima don- na of the grand school, and is without an equal in the country. Noel Guidi is of the passion- ate, Oriental cast, with a full, rich voice and great dramatic power. Boschetti, “the queen of Marguerites,” has a fuce of the classic, Grecian type, a profusion of golden hair, and a voice as fresh and flexible as her face is fair. Olga Olgini, a petite Polonaise, only nineteen years old, is enthusiasti- cally described as a pet and a rosebud. In style she is somewhat like Piccolomini, but her voice is a pure contralto. Cash Pollini, another contralto, is a dark, full, rounded Italian lady, with a voice of the rarest quality, clear, powerful and thrilling. She looks and acts such parts as Azucena most admirably. Musiani, the leading tenor, is well known in this metropolis as a capital artist, and Lotti and Tamaro are also familiar to our city readers. Anastasi,a new tenor, is an admirable actor, with a fine, manly presence, and he sings with great spirit, but without effort. All of the new artists are young, and nature seems to have done as much for them as art. Orlandini ond Brandini, the baritones, and Milleri and Pollini, the bassos, have excellent voices, and act as well as they sing. Add to this excellently strong com- pany the names of Moreo Celli, a prima donna; Fellini, a baritone; Colletti,a basso; Sarti, a basso buffo; Muzio and Nuno, conductors, and Antonini, a danseuse, and we have a troupe with which Manager Grau could catry ona most vigorous campaign even in London and Paris, and which enables Chicago to rank as one of the four great operatic centres of the world. New York, the real metropolis of the country, is thus cast temporarily into the shade; and, while we hope for better things in the fature, we must candidly and reluctantly admit that the theatres and the Opera of this city are going down, down, down! Tae War Between Spatw ap Cate.—In the remarkably eloquent and timely speech, which we publish this morning, delivered at Pannma by Senor Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna, mem- ber of the Chilean Congress and Special Envoy from the republic of Chile to the United States, our readers will obtain a more intelligible know- ledge of the situation of affairs on the Southern Pacific coast than hes hitherto been attainable. It appears that Spain is already beginning to put her “revindication” policy in regard to her former poesessions on this continent into execn- tion; that is, she is beginning the attempt to restore to her crown the gems that once em- blazoned it—Peru first and Chile next. Having first claimed from Peru an enormous sum upon some frivolous pretext, she now assails both the honor and the revenue of Chile, upon the pre- tence that sufficient respect has not been shown her flag. She has therefore sent a formidable navy, whose Admiral (Pareja) has blockaded several Chilean ports, destroyed considerable shipping, damaged some towns and villages, and who is still unable to coerce the brave Chileans into a compliance with his demands, As Senor Mackenna says, “Respect is not decreed.” In order to win it strong nations must learn to deserve it from weaker ones. It is a curious fact, reduced to a proverb in Chile, that “no ship of war that has doubled Cape Horn bear- Ing the Spanish flag has returned to the Atlan- tic.” And it is not at all likely that the pro- verb will fail of being realized in the case of ‘Peru. Now, while Spain is asserting her revin- dication policy on the American continent, it is time our policy of vindicating the doctrine of Monroe were put in execution; and no more opportune moment to do so has occurred for a | quarter of a century than the present imbroglio between Spain and the republic of Chile. Senor Mackenna goes to Washington upon @ very important mission, and the earliest and earnest deliberations of President Johnson and his Cabinet are invited upon the objects of his visit. Tus Mayorattr.—The charter election is & complete maddie. Here is Fernando Wood hand and glove with Horace Greeloy. Mozart Hall, the secession and peace party, coalesces: with the party of which the 7yibune is the spokesman—the extreme of the fanatical abo- litionist. So. the game goes ‘on, and the muddle is likely to become more inextricable and puzaling day. One thing can clear it—tho action ~ reece mitten Ce would not surprise us to see Tamim"Y Hall throw Judge Hoffman overboard an@ give its convention of that sins *Y meets to-night, and if it nominates Marshal 0; ®0berts for’ Mayor, as we hear it intends to, t wit break up the whole arrangement and doubtless lect ite candidate, x Personal Intelligence. General Scott arrived at the Astor House, from Boston, on Wednesday night, and purposes making @ short stay in the city. He would have left for New Orleans yoster- day, but was induced to walt the termination of the ‘stormy weather now prevailing along the coast, T hero is in very feeble health, and maintains & seclusion from visitors, admitting but a fow personal friends, Despite his weakness he still preserves the erect carriage and military air which were his distinguish ing characteristic; and, although the snows of seventy winters bave passed over his head, yet there is a glow of the old fire im him. The eye that flashed defiance on the British columps at Niagara and Lundy’s Lane, and led the veterans of Cherabusco and to victory, earning the title of Win-field, is now glazed by the in- exorable hand of time, yet it sparkles with enthusiasms when the names of Grant, Sherman and Sheridan are mentioned, and forthe momout the old soldier forgets age and weakness as the battle scene again rises to his view. He will probably leave by one of the New Or- Jeans steamers in a few days. His visitto the South will enable him to avoid the inclement Northern winter, and enjoy the more genial clime of the sunny land of Lousiana and Texas. Surgeon Lewis Taylor, United States Army, has been relieved from duty in the Middle Department, and will repair to New York city, and is ordered to report im person to Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, United States Army, to accompany him to his destina- tion, whether it be Key West, Fla., or Now Orleans, La, Upon an intimation from Lieutenant General Soott that he no longer desires his services Surgeon Taylor is ordered to report to the commanding general of the De- - partment of Florida, for assignment to duty at Fort Taylor, Key West. Lieutenant General Grant, when informed, just before his departure hence, that Mr. Hackett had nover received the telegram he had despatched to him from Baltimore on the 18th inst., courteously sent him his card. ond. irer, of the 20th, :—General Sumner of ie Uaah States Arioy, 18 stopping at the Ballard House. This officer was stationed for somo time in Warrenton, Va., where by great kindness to the peo- ple he won the esteem and respect of all classos of clti- zens. During the time of his command in Warrenton @ tournament and ball wore given, at the latter of which the practical fact of restoration was witnessod in the dancing vis-a-vis of General Sumnor, of the United States Army, and General Payne, of the Confederate States Army. The people of Lag parted with Genoral Sumner wil great regret, and he enjoys their best wishes for his health and happiness hereafter, oe al? Brigadier Gengrai Wm. H. Payne, formed of tho Comi- federate Army, has resumed his residence in rn lon 9 ractice of the law in county, and engaged in the county and the counties of Prince William and Rappa- sg paeaar ee td iiannock, ees J The Shepherdstown (West Virginia) Register states that the late Rezin D, Shepherd, of that place, left an estate valued at about $1,500,000, all of which goes to his daughter, Mra. Brooks, of Boston. He was born in 1784, in Shepherdstown, in a house where the Town House now Gea Nippnen accounts for his partiality for that site and erection of the hall to perpe- tuate the memory of his birthplace. In 1809 he went to New Orleans and 1 in tho commission bust- ness until 1849, and was the executor of the estate of the late Judah Touro, of that city. Mr. Shepherd was formerly a merchant in Boston, residing in High. street. He accumulated a very property in New Orleans, and was reputed to be one’ the wealthiest men of that city. Upon the breaking out the rebellion he returned to Boston and resided fore short time with his daughter and sole heir, Mrs. Gorham Brooks, widow of a gon of the lato Peter d. Brooks. An English writer saya that Mr. Beecher, upon ono oc- casion, entered a mock auction, and was at once recog- nized “Peter Funk,’ who cried out, “Why don’t you bid, Mr. Beecher ?’’ this Mr. Beochor. but persuaded a friend to go and ask him how 6 came to know Mr. Beecher. “Know Beecher!" exclaimed Funk, “why I’ve owned a pew in his church five yearsi” Some members of the nobility.of Prussia seem resolved to lower the order m the eyes of the people. Count Leo Fink, of Finkenstein, femal oh of the Second rifles, knight of the Red Eng le, &c., has been tried at Gnesen for forging bills. He confessed his guilt, atid stated that in the last two years be had forged bills to See aen cad Ta tea. years lmpripament. Couas nn sontent ¥ pga A ytt F LY . Hoe got three mont er evi nights for one year, which entdils the loss of his nobility. Signor Renazzi, the principal heir of the late Prince of Mussignano, Don Guiseppe Bonaparte who died lately Hanon thewitading been contpeted, by tne. eiperor e av n con! IL, who has ordered the Frencls Ambassador at Rome to have all the movable effects scaled, and ea- pecially a museum of Napoleonic relics, consisting of articles of clothing belonging to the First Eusperor: Pa Fe Oa ne Cea oe ngers, of Paris, wi © scene mony of what he terms a ‘‘fashionable’’ which has just taken place in that city. The church, we are informed, was crowded by the ‘parde—particns: tired in full dress. M. I’Abbe Rayneval pronounced # pty teers no rea th pene ov of ing dinner a telegram conveyed the her Majesty.the Queen of Prussia to the bridal cou while two poets composed verses in honor of the i i i & state of matrimony. The regal simplement addressed to the hairdresser, M. Leroy, whi daughter espoused his apprentice, M. Albert. ‘The King of the Belgians continued to improve im health on November 8. M. Nathan James Edward de Rothschild has taken the required oath and been called to the French bar in Parig. General James L. Kiernan, the recently appointed Unitod States Consul to China, and his lady, are lately trom Washington, and en’ route for their how destt- nation on the other side of the hemisphere, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. City Intel! '~ AporionaL RewaRp ror Tux Recovery or t= Boor ov Preston Kixc.—Messra, Simoon Smith and L. L. Brydges offer, in behalf of his relatives, a reward of five hundred dollars for the recovery of the body of the late Collector of this port. This sum of five bundred dollars Pacem = erg ony erent hy “4 ties now in pursuit of Mr. "8 remains, like amount. previously offered, by the Hoase officers, will swell the aggregate reward to one thousan® dollars. Up to last evening the body had not bees dis- covered. Sang or Govenxmet Tonacco at AvorioN,—Beéfore the auction sales of tobacco were of frequent occur rence; but for the last three or four years they have seldom been held. One of the first since the cfose of the ‘rebellion took place yesterday, okcaeax Th was auspices, at the corner of packages were di of. when 1,917 4 ie attended by dealers and manufacturers from all ports of" the country, the terms b:ing gold on dell of the: tobacco. The following constitute the lots and the rices obtained:—130 boxes, no ag, TS. a ldo, Ib. ; 5 do., rose wreath, 20c.; 60 do., J. M. Cobb, 23; a 27340. ; 90 do., W. P.’ Osborne, 38¢. ; Geo, Tish, 203%¢,; 87'do., Mollie Bell, 19c. a 193¢c. ; 64 do., John Robins, 15%c.; 30 do., no’ brand, 1346.5 '500 do., no brand, 18%%c, a 213¢.; 84.do., B. B. Davis, 26}g0. @ 283¢¢.; 41 do., R. Labey, 183¢0.; 700 do., no brand, 13\c.'n203zc, All the tobacco was confiscated by the overnment and taken principally from Lynchburg and ichmond, Va. Danarrousty Borxep.—The clothing of Mary Taggart took fire last evening, from a lighted candle, in pte base- t of her residence, No, 598 Third avenue. was shockingly burned about the head and body. She was conveyed to Bellevae Hospital, where sho was pro- nounced in a dangerous condition. Fine 1x Warn Strext.—About two o'clock yosterday afternoon a fire originated in the attic ot building No. 163 Poarl street, corner of Wall, occupied by Easton & Co., tton Jers and brokers. The flames were confined. fo the suticand the fire extinguished before much Lee was done. loss on the cotton by fire and water ‘be about $700; insured for $1,000 in the Arctic Lo =e Company. The frst floor is occupied by he mee ot ae ae for an office. Damage by about $80 renee “The basement , On. ‘Wall atreoty, is occupied by D. M. Anderson, sugar ker; Ct bacco broker, and by Chi & Poche andise brokers. Thelr Bec ~ 5 all fy Indaes pod about # and is foeureds ‘The cause ot the: is fire fs unknown at present. ——— News from Nashville. ' bs Nasnvinia, Nov. 98, 1666. ‘The Crane court martial has closed, and the arguments: delivered on both sides. The decision has not been mate |; public by the court, though in military mo rd lieved that Colonel Crane has fully vindicated course in every particular. Nashvilie is infested by bands of robbers and murder ore, Last night at about ten o'clock Mr. Hoffernan, a citizen of this place, was returning from St. Cocili Semi nary, with his daughter and son, when he was attacked by four highwaymen, who dragged him into the bashen by the road and robbed and injured him #0 dangerously that his recovery is impossible. One of the robbers was badly wounded by Heffernan. All have been oaptured and are ‘tm jail. ‘An excited crowd are preparing to Lynch them. ‘They were found to be teamaters in the employ of the wethere ta no demand to-day for cotton, on account of the inflated prices: ‘Texiay forty bales were sold, the highoat price boing 460. : reostpls, 60 bales; shipments, 227 bales. ‘tho water of tho shoals in“ eighteon Inohet deen ana. the rovublican garty. Tho ’ aie stat