The New York Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1870, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD ANN STRIET. BROADWAY | GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR JAMES AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth avenue and ‘Wed st.—-UBIeLLa, DAMON OF TUR Niu. Matinee at 2 BOWERY THEATRE, RBowery.Jack Lonc—SoLon SUINGLE—GUNMAKER OF MOSCOW, FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—MAN AND Wik. Mutines at 13g. * OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Orrza Boorsr— LirTLe Fausr, Matinee at 2. ROOTH'S THEATRE, 38d ai Rir Van WONKLE. Matinee it. berwoen Bib and 6th avs.— LINA EDWIN'S THEATRE, 720 Broadway.—A Bie IN Hanp Is Woxtu Two IN tH eH, &0, Matinee atl. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tax New Dourstic DeaMa oF HEaxi's Easy, Matinee at 2 WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- ner Uh st.—Performances every afternoon and evening. NEW YORK STADT THEATRE, 45 Bowery.—Granp GERMAN OPERA-—TROVATORE B. CONWAY'S Pa D Jurinr. BROOKLYN ACADEMY LONDON ASSURANCE. a THEATRS, Brookiya.— MUSIC.—Tux CouRDY OF TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 261 Bowery.—Va- BIELY ENTRBLAINMENT. Matinee at 234. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Comto Vooau- 18M, Ne@xo Acts, 40. Matinee at 339. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL MALL. 585 Broatway.— Neono Minsruersy, Faxcas, BuRi.rsgues, £0. KELLY & LEON'S MINSTRELS, No. 805 Broadway.— Tue Bapixs or Tum PeRtop—THs ONLY Leon, HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brookiyn.—Nguro MIN- STEALSY, BURLESQUES, 40. and Sixty-third street— TE. EMPIRE RINK, Third Fain oF THE AMERICAN LEEDS' ART GALLERIES, 617 and 619 Broadway.— EXuigition oF Pauerinas. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SCIBNCE AND Ant. DR. KAHN’S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway. — SOIENOE AND A) TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Saturday, September 17, 1870. oon wa CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. Par. 1— Advertisements, 2— Advertisements. 3—The War: The German Army Taking Up Posi- tion Around Paris; Trochu Gone to Oppose a Movement on the Loire; Further Particulars of Bazaine’s Escape from Metz; Terrible Bom- bardment and Heroic Defence of Strasbourg; Interesting Account of the Situation in Paris; Your Hundred and Ten Thousand Men Defend- Ing the City; The Question of Peace Still Un- solved; Marshal MacMahon Alive and in Bel- gium—Suecor for France; Men, Arms and Mu- nitions of War for Our Ancient Ally; The Steamer Lafayette Detained Until Tucsday by Order of the French Secretary of War. 4—The Death Penalty : Four Negroes Executed in Virginia for thane | Robbery and Murder— Cricket—Criticisms of New Books—Statistics- of Commerce and Navigation—New York City News—An Imitator of Death—The Book of Mor- mon—A Remarkable Discovery—A Descend- ant of an Dlustrious Family in Distress—An Abandoned Experiment. bam ie | Justice : A Notorious En gato Burglar Secreted tn an Ivy Fence; Judge Bedford Bil- lets Him for Twenty Years—Post Ofice Statis- tcs—Naval Intelligence—Yaching Affairs—Fo- rensic ‘Hifalutin’’—Desperate Fight on a Canal Boat—Shocking Accident in Newark—Parade of the Poilce—A Memorial in Bronze : Erection of a Lincoln Statue in Union Square—The Greene Street Murder—Brutal Boatmen—Obitu- ary—Brooklyn City News—The Harrison Mur- aoe The Revolution in Europe and the Dim- | happy France to her fate. culty of King William. That far-sighted and flexible statesman, Benjamin Disraeli, described exactly the sita- ation of Europe when he spoke to the Buck- inghamshire yeomen of “vanishing empires and rising republics.” True, he qualified this expression, to soothe and flatter the English aristocracy, by saying that England, having made Parliamentary and other reforms, all opportunities of internal disquiet wero re- moved and that she was now in a condition to witness unmoved the great revolution that is going on in other parts of Europe. This ex- pression of “vanishing empires and rising republics” was a bold one for a tory states- man and the leader of the tory party to utter ; but it stated the truth, and Mr. Disraeli is too fearless and too much imbued with the spirit of the sge to conceal it. His words, qualified as they were by the asser- | tion that England would remain unmoved, have the ring of keen satire, and in the depths of his heart he probably felt that. No man comprehends better the popular movements aeons OP 9 8 aUAM Cofld such a gov- ernment be forgiven? Could the French peo- ple accept it again? The whole world would despise them and they would despise them- selves if they were to accept it, The King of Prussia ought to know that any government forced upon France by the bayonets of his sol- diers could not stand, When his armies would be withdrawn he would leave behind a legacy of revolution, and this revolution would react with terrible power upon Germany and shake the Prussian throne itself. The only safety both for France and the Prussian King, and the only chance of permanent peace, is for the King to recognize and treat with tho French republic. He cannot overthrow the republican sentiment of the age, and if he ob- stinately attempts to do so he, with other crowned heads, may soon fall as Napoleon has fallen. The War News—Pence Negotiations Aban- doned=France Must Maintain the Fight. There is not the faintest hope left of tho siege of Paris being averted either by peace The Tone and Attitude of Paris. The latest news from the vicinity of Paris, as conveyed by our despatches, indicates that the gay and splendid capital of France, so recently the imperial city, has prepared herself in all ways for the last supreme effort of defence. When we first were decisively informed that persistent war was the purpose of the young republic we supremely regretted it. Liberty is worth almost any price that is within the reasonable limits of ordinary life, and there are times when few sacrifices are too great for such a boon. France, in a moment of national distress, has preferred the form and name of liberty, under the title of the republic, to all the meretricious glories of the empire. We say France, because the change of government has been hailed and accepted in every department and in every city, without protest or opposition. In assum- ing this responsibility the nation was bound der in Louistana—The Old Story—Admiral Far- ragut’s Will—The Crops—The Illinois Diocesan. Convention. 6—Editorial:—Leading Article “Tne Revolution in Europe and the Diticulty of King William’’— Amusement Announcements. 7—Editorial (Continued from Sixth Page)—Tele- raphic News from all Parts of the World; eported Flight of the Pope from Rome; Con- fict between the Italian and Papal Troops; Rome Surrounded by the Italian Army; The Empvess Eugenie in England; Fatal Yachting Accident—Washington News—Political Intel- ligence—Persenal Intelligeuce—Busmess No- tices, S—The Courts—Nutsances in the Streets—Jersey Racing—Poisoned by a Mistake—Melancholy Suicide—Arm, Intelligence—Financial and Coumercial Reports—Marriages ant! Deaths— Advertisements. 9— Advertisement 10—Book Trade Sal in Paris— Races—Amuse! Advertisements. os ig—Shipptug Intelligence— oR OF Uran has prohibited the assembling of the Mormon militia or of any armed persons within the territory, A checkmate of the doomed institution is in- evitable, and the Brighamites had better com- mence packing their traps for the next move, A Mvon Neeprp Revorvtion.—Now that the reign of fashion is at an end in Paris American modistes are setting up styles for themselves. Europe will have to look out for the future for fashions in this country, and the fickle goddess will issue her proclamations here. Tae WarerinG PLaces have never known @ more brilliant and successful season than that which has now concluded. The hotel proprietors, benefiting by experience, paid more attention to their business and to the wants of their customers, abated much of theif exorbitant demands, and, consequently, gained a deserved reward. Wnere’ 1s Dow1inc?—The other day a policeman had his pocket picked by a woman while he was giving her a direction in the street. Here is a chance for Judge Dowling. Judge Dowling has a happy and peculiar faculty of saying things from the bench that the police pay strict attention to. Will he ask the Superintendent why he does not put a policeman alongside of this other policeman to keep him awake? THoROvGHFARE OxsstTRUCTIONS.—For more than a year past some of the principal cross streets in the neighborhood of Central Park ' have been impassable to vehicles and nearly so to pedestrians, in consequence of being encumbered by building materials of all kinds. It is high time that measures be adopted to abate this nuisance and force contractors to have a little regard for the interests and con- venience of the public. The evil is aggravated by the odors of disturbed sewers and leaky gaspipes. Tux SuoveL Manta.—The man who was #0 rudely assaulted with a shovel some time ago is dead, and since then two other assaults with the shovel have been reported. We are probably entering on a shovel mania, as we formerly had the slungshot and the garrote manias. It would probably be well for the authorities to debar the use of shovels alto- | gether hereafter, except under close restric- tions, as they are presumed to debar the use of kerosene and nitro glycerine and other dan- gerous substances. This new mode of ‘‘sho- | yelling” off the mortal coil fs probably no plessanter than any other, £ negotiations or by a surrender of the city. Among all the telegraphic despatches received yesterday from Europe there is not a sen- tence to encourage any such hope, On the contrary, Russia is reported as declining all further effort at mediation; and the reserved attitude of England is described as being per- fectly satisfactory to Prussia. The American Minister to Berlin, Mr. Bancroft, is represent- ed as denying that he had done something or another which might be supposed to give um- brage to Prussia, And France is leftin the position of unfortunate Poland, which, in the time of her direst calamity— Found there no generous friend no pitying foe. Fortunately for France, however, she can still rely on her own sons for defence, and, according to all accounts, her reliance will not be in vain. Besides the four hundred thou- sand men who are charged with the defenco of Paris, there is quite a large army, to be desig- nated as the Army of the Loire, being organ- ized in Tours, and it is reported that over a million of volunteers have been enrolled throughout France. It will be difficult, of course, to organize, equip and mass these vol- unteers into effective armies, but what was done in 1792 under like circumstances cannot be impossible in 1870. It is even given out in connection with the great efforts which France is making for the defence of its capital that the fact of their being made may have a very considerable effect in inducing the King of Prussia to relax somewhat the imperiousness of his assumptions. In reference to the siege of Paris itself, it seems that the cityis pretty practically iso- lated from the rest of the world, although telegraphic despatches appear to have been received from it yesterday in London. Not- withstanding the destruction of bridges and other efforts to impede the march of the Ger- mans, they are reported as not having been delayed a single hour, and they were yester- day massing at a short distance from the city. The forests around have been entirely con- sumed, as@ defensive measure on the part of the French, and it is reported that all the re- gular troops and the volunteer riflemen (the Franc-tireurs) that were within the walls have left the city to oppose the Prussians in the field. The workingmen of the city have been enrolled and armed for its defence, and now constitute sixty-six army battalions, or a corps of eighty thousand men. One of the members of the Rothschild family is reported as serving on the ramparts with the working- men, Reinforcements of the Garde Mobile have been hourly arriving, and the whole population is described as being resolved to defend the city to the last extremity. One of the specig] correspondents of the HeRaxp telegraphs the particulars of an inter- view which he had with Victor Hugo in which that earnest republican declaims with. great vehemence against the continuance of the war after the overthrow of Bonapartism, and declares his belief that if Paris fall the crash will ring ont and proclaim the resurrection of the democracy of France and Germany, which will soon avenge her terrible fate, That may be; but still itis far better to act now so that Paris will not fal. The city is reported to be well provisioned in all respects, and, accord- ing to the opinion expressed by military men of experience, its power to resist is limited only by the supply of food. If the defence can be carried on for three months the siege will have to be raised, The heroic defence of Strasbourg still con- tinues. The city and fortifications have been badly damaged by the terrible bombardment of the besiegers, and the mortality from sickness caused by want and deprivation has been very great, but General Ulrich still declares that he has no idea of surrendering. The besiegers are said to have been postponing an assault so as to avoid an unnecessary sacrifice of life, .as they expect that the surrender cannot be long delayed; but one of our special correspondents telegraphs that he expected the city to be stormed yesterday. Asto Metz the statements concerning it are not very probable or very intelligible. Mar- shal Canrobert is represented as having cut his way out with the small force of six thou- sand men, with which he was marching towards Paris; and Bazaine is set down as having gone to Sedan, which is known to be occupied by the Prussians, How they got out of Metz, and what Bazaine and his army should be doing at Sedan, unless they were there as prisoners of war, are matters which are left to the imagination, unaided by any light thrown upon the circumstances by the telegraph. When we add that nothing more is reported as to M. Thiers’ mission te London and his consultations with the Orleans princes; that the telegraphic despatches which have recently passed between the Emperor and Empress, and the key thereto, are in the hands of the authorities at Paris, and are supposed to con- and tendencies of the age, and the import of the great public demonstrations in London and other parts of England in favor of the French republic has not escaped hia notice, What- ever he may say to quiet the monarchists and aristocracy of Bogland sbout their safety in consequence of the modicum of reform granted to the people, he knows very well that the revolution is taking deep root in Great Britain. He must know that the aristocracy of England is the most haughty and exclusive in Europe, that no monarchy is more wedded to dynastic rule and privileges, and that the mass of the people have little to say in the government. With all his pretended tory proclivities we rather think he contemplates the progress of revolution in England, and is oasting an anchor to windward, so that he may take the helm as the leader and regulator of the demo- eracy. At any rate, England has felt the impulse of the revolutionary movement of the day and must march with it. But interesting as the situation of England is that of the Continent is more so. The revo- lutionary movements there are on the grandest scale, Nothing in history is comparable to them. They eclipse that extraordinary move- ment of the first French revolution, or of that more general one in 1848. Society is moved to its very depth. And all this within a few weeks. The political, moral, social and the other elements of society are in fermentation, The stupendous war between Germany and France has let loose all the forces of civiliza- tion and bas brought into agitation all the ideas of ancient and modern times, Papal sovereignty, which has existed over a thou- sand years, is going down under it. The Latin race in the south of Europe, in France, Italy and Spain, is deeply imbued with repub- lican and democratic ideas, and under the im- pulse of the war is developing republican insti- tutions, Even in Germany the first mutterings of revolution are heard. Notwithstanding their present admiration of King William, who bas brought so much glory and strength to Ger- many, the tone of the people is changing toward France since she has proclaimed the republic. Expressions of sympathy are already heard. How could it be otherwise? In 1848, when the revolution in Paris stirred up the democratic elements of Europe, every State and great city of Germany were intense- ly agitated. The people who rose and de- manded republican institutions then cannot be indifferent now. The telegraph and public press have done a great deal since that time to educate the people in their rights qn politi- cal matters, These mighty agents of modern civilization convey intelligence rapidly to every man of the wonderful events that are transpiring and teach all to inquire into the causes and principles that underlie and-are developed by them. We cannot suppose, there- fore, the revolution will be arrested. The probability is it will spread farther and wider. From this point of view we can readily see the difficulty which the King of Prussia is in. He has raised, or rather the events of the war have raised, what to him is a mon- strous spectre. He, the absolutist monarch, who, when Crown Prince of Prussia, waged such relentless war against the revolutionary movements of 1848, cannot but look with alarm upon the republic in France and the tendency, as a consequence, to republicanism throughout Europe. The object of the war as first pro- claimed, the subjugation of the Bonapartes, is accomplished. The French republic is will- ing—nay, anxious—to make peace; yet he follows up his victories relentlessly and now threatens Paris itself. He is averse to make peace with the republic because he hates and fears republicanism ; yet there is no other gov- ernment than that of the republic in France. Here is his dilemma. It would not be sur- prising if the reports of his insanity should prove true before long, considering the diffi- culty he is in and the extraordinary stress upon his mind, Reports come thick from Europe that King William contemplates restoring the Orleans family, and that he will not, under any circum- stances, treat with the republican govern- ment. While we have no doubt he would be glad to selve the question in this way we can hardly think he will venture to force a mon- archy upon the French people—a monarchy that but few are willing to accept—at the point of an enemy’s bayonets. These reports, as well as most of those about restoring the Bonapartes, come, probably, from the royal- ists and imperialists, with a view of operating upon public sentiment. Then, as to replacing Napoleon on the throne or restoring the regency, with a view to make a treaty of peace, that seems more impracticable and preposterous still. How can the King of Prussia imagine the French people will sub- mit to a dynasty that has disgraced and ruined France? M. Picard, the present Minister of Finance in France, in a very tain important State secrets; that Italian interesting conversation with a corre- spondent of the HERALD, which we] volunteers are reported as having arrived in published on Thursday last, said:— | large numbers at Lyons, and an American ‘The empire, now defunct, has left France without an army, left her without arms and without money.” Again, he said, this deplor- able war ‘‘was provoked by an empire and imperialist,” and that the republic would gladly retreat by the arrangement of an honor- able peace. Then both the Emperor and the Regency virtually abdicated, fled and left un- ship at Toulon with five hundred volunteers and seven thousand rifles, we have summed up all the statements received by telegraph in relation to the war. The siege of Paris will open in a day or two, and its progress and details will be followed with the most absorbed interest.and anxious solicitude by the whole world, to take upon itself the charges of the new order of things, and first among these are the restoration of peace and the cessation of carnage and ruin, But the new government NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘ . ‘ France—The Republic, the Bonapartes and the Bourbons. The situation in Paris is such that one might with equal confidence speak of a com- ing republic, of the re-establishment of the empire, or of the restoration of the Bourbons, Nobody can say that any one of these is impossible. But which is most probable is a puzzle. There are many who think that the repub- lic, which is for the present nominally in favor in France, is to be firmly established, and that no other form of government will hence- forth be tolerated in that country. There are others who do not begin to see that a republic has the slightest chance of permanent success. Tho republic, such persons say, has revealed in spasmodic style some signs of life; but they are careful to warn us that neither Bona- partists nor Orleanists have given the so- called republic as yet much encouragement. There are many who say that the empire is not yet dead. King William, according to such reasoners, is master of the situation, and he will not have a republic. He refuses to know the Chriatine Nilsson, The famous young Swedish songstress, whose genius has stirred the hearts of all Europe, will make her first appearance in America on Monday evening, at Steinway Hall, It ts unnecessary to predict the success which awaits her. Facts outrival prophecies. The sale of tickets for the season of six con- certs, which amounted to twenty thousand dollars the first day, speaks more forcibly than any words the interest which the publio take in the new comer and the determination to sup- port her, All the indications point to a greater © triumph than any artiste enjoyed in this coun- try since the enthusiastic ovation of Jenny Lind, It is true that this younger Nightingale from the Scandinavian forests is the recipient of a more calm and dignified welcome to-day than was tendered to her glorious predecessor twenty years ago; but it is none the less cor« dial and affectionate for that. Already the representatives of her own people in this city have paid her a spontaneous compliment, com- ing from the heart, and acknowlédged in the heart of the young stranger with an emotion has rather, it seems, chosen to assume the burdensome legacies of the empire, and the consequence is the isolation of Paris’ To the fearful devastations of Strasbourg, Metz and Sedan are to be added the disfigure- ment, if not the partial destruction, of the most elegant city on earth. This is a sad resolve, but the choice once made, and the resolve once taken, the people of Paris present a spectacle to the world that should elicit the admiration of every true heart. In spite of all the bugaboo stories so industriously set afloat by the bitter foes of popular liberty there have been no disorders, no outrages. Even Rochefort, of whom so many self-sufficient predictions were made, performs a perfectly calm and dignified part, and his influence is said to be ‘most conser- vative and salutary.” Gambetta, the brilliant young advocate and tribune of the people, exhibits more discretion and more practical sense than all the flourishing Ministers put together that monarchical rule had given in twenty years. Victor Hugo and Ledru Rol- lin—those nightmares of the imperial old women of last year—are in Paris to meet the shot and shell of the enemy, while the valiant paladins of the purely military system have ignominiously run away. The leaders are moderate and wise; the people are quiet and resolute. Never before was there so little fan- faronade—never before so much real work. Meanwhile, although the gas is cut off and the gendarmerie abolished, there have been fewer causes for arrest than ever before in the memory of the present generation. The tone and attitude, then, of this great capital of Christendom are worthy of her hour of trial. France may well be proud of them and proyd of the new-born republic that inspires them. Her example of itself alone will be a propaganda of the republican faith that no barriers can exclude and no petty cen- sorship can stifle. The German soldiery will be taught, by her ramparts and her barricades, how a free people can withstand the test of steel and fire for the common cause; and we may fervently believe that the example will not be slow in bringing forth abundant fruit elsewhere, when Paris shall have sunk with her tri-color into ashes or shall hold it aloft at last in the sight of the nations in triumph. - Tne SraTvE oF Lrncotn was erected in Union square yesterday, with no ceremony, no eulogy of the loved President, no grand gathering of the masses, no music, no speeches. The only ceremony was the hoisting of the bronze to its place by the hardy workmen, and the only speeches were the eulogistic ejaculations of the busy crowd of Broadway as it moved on to its business, After all, this lack of ceremony was probably most appro- priate. No crowd that we could squeeze into Union square could represent by one iota the millions who revere the memory of Lincoln, nor can any statue sum up the total of their reverence. Tradition, old men’s tales, history, the newspapers, the pictures that hang in every house in the land, the little reminis- cences that all who ever saw him put into print, the grand deeds of his life, the disas- trous manner of his death, all have built a monument, to President Lincoln that will endure long after bronze statues shall have crumbled. In reality statues of metal are out of date, and as a work of art this one just erected in Union square is exceedingly unsatis- factory. GENERAL Prim IN A Bap Way.—General Prim, the Protector of Spain, is seriously em- barrassed with the drift of events from his nomination of a Hohenzollern for the Spanish throng His Minister at Paris, for recognizing the French republic, has been recalled, as be- ing a little too fast; for the republican ele- ments of Spain thereby have become so bold asto threaten a republic at Madrid, which is not the programme of Prim. Hence, while still casting about for a candidate for the Span- ish crown, he is preparing to fight a revolu- tionary rising, and all the time his Captain General in Cuba is calling for more troops against those insurgents who will not be quiet. King makers as well as crowned heads were never in such perplexities as they areein to- day, and their prospects for a happy deliver- ance are gloomy indeed. AyoTHER ExaMPiye.—William Francis, a Buffalo burglar, who came here on a “‘lay,” was caught in a residence on Fifth avenue with burglarious intentions the ether night and was sentenced yesterday by Judge Bed- ford to twenty years imprisonment. The Judge also promised that all other burglars found in the same fix should suffer a like penalty. At this rate honest people will soon be as safe in New York as they are said to be in Paris, where the disorderly elements have been disposed of by measures hardly more summary. At any rate we are not likely to be troubled with William Francis again, or, indeed, if there is any reliance at all to be placed in human nature, with any other Buffalo thieves. lll Tue Snort AND Lona Stroxe.—The con- test between the Tyne and the St. John crews, at Montreal, on Thursday, was another triumph for the advocates of the long stroke over the short. The belicf is fast gaining ground among oarsmen in. this counsry that the English or long stroke ig tho saperior of the twa. existence of such a thing. The only govern- ment he knows is the government which made war upon him. With that government, and with no other, if report speak truth, he is willing to treat. This makes the re-establish- ment of the Bonapartes, in the estimation of many, a necessity. Others again tell us that the republic has failed to command respect; that France is not ready for it; that the empire is clearly played out; that the Bona- partes have no longer the shadow of a chance, and that all the men who now command respect are Orleanists to the backbone. In other words, this last class goes in for the restoration of the House of Orleans. The republic, the Bonapartes, the Bourbons—these exhaust the possibilities of the immediate future of the French nation, How is it tobe? What are the chances? We ar2sorry to have to say it, but we cannot look at facts and say anything else—a French republic does not now seem to have a great chance of permanent success. The time must come, but the time is not yet. The men who are in power--Trochu, for example—are not republi- cans. We cannot say that they are not Bona- partists; but we can and do say that Bona- partism is dead for at least another quarter of acentury. A change is necessary. If France will not have the Bonapartes, if she cannot yet have the republic, the only possible arrangement is the restoration of the race of citizen kings. So far as we can see the House of Orleans is the only possible com- promise in the circumstances. M. Thiers’ mission will begin to have meaning when the Prussians have invested Paris and when King William has offered terms and demanded a surrender. General Trochu may -be called the Saviour of his Country, even if he should use his immense power to bring back to his ancestral ‘halls the heir of the House of Orleans, and, indeed, of all the Bourbons. We do not speak with confidence. We only fore- cast the possibilities; the war as yet is still a bigger question than the final settlement. Italian Opera in Paris. From e communication which appears in another column we learn that before the fatal declaration of war which has entailed such misery on France arrangements had been made for one of the most brilliant seasons of Italian opera ever known in Paris. M. Bagier, the well known director of the Theatre Italien and the Minister of Fine Arts, to whom was entrusted by the imperal government the care of the lyric drama, selected, with a view towards making the season a complete success, Signor E. Muzio as musical director and chef du chant. A higher compliment could not be offered to a musician in Europe. The name of Muzio is familiar to American opera goers from the signal abilities displayed by him in the direction of the Grau Italian Opera Company ®@ few years since. After the destruction of the old Academy of Music by fire and the practical abandonment of Italian opera in this city Signor Muzio went to Europe with his accomplished wife, née Miss Lucy Simmons, and fulfilled many important engagements in the leading opera houses on the Continent. He wielded the baton at the Madrid Opera House fora long time with signal success. His abilities everywhere received the hearty endorsement of the public and the dilettanti, and the last great honor conferred on him was a fitting tribute to his artistic talent and experience. The company engaged at Les Italiens for the season of 1870-71 and placed under the direction of Signor Muzio consisted of the following renowned artists :—Prime donne, Mesdames Adelina Patti, Teresa Stoltz, Ida Benza, Maria Palmieri, Talman, Angli, Sanz and Carti; tenori, Signori Fraschini, Carpi, Bignardi, Genovesi, Cantoni and An- giolini; baritone e bassi, Signori Mendiorez, Parboni, Conti, Milleri, Vecchi, Sampieri and Marcassa ; buffi, Signori. Borello, Rocco and Mercuriali; accompagnatore, Signor Zavaglio ; maestro di coro, Signor Corsi; regisseur, Sig- nor Amati Dubreuil. Verdi, the illustrious composer, was also engaged to direct the pro- duction of his two great operas, ‘‘La Forza del Destino” and ‘‘Aida.” With such an as- semblage of talent there can be but one opinion about the result of a season given by Signor Muzio, and that is an unqualified triumph. The sad events now transpiring in France have, of course, postponed the opening of the season indefinitely, and we would suggest to Signor Muzio the idea of bringing over his splendid company to the metropolis of America, where he has a host of friends and admirers, and where the public mind is now ripe for the ap- preciation and support of real talent. It would be a worthy revival of Italian opera, which has so long suffered from mediocrity on the stage and incompetency in the managerial sanctum. We assure him solid, lasting success, and a liberal response from the public. The experi- ment is worth a trial. Tue SPINNERS IN Massacnosstts who have been on strike for two months have returaed that none but the stranger can feel when the memories of fatherland are revived by familiar voices, as it were, singing at least in the familiar tongue of childhood. Therefore while the Swedish serenaders sang Christine Nilsson wept. We have heard much of the gentleness and beauty of her womanly nature. The first chord was struck when the womanly tears followed the melody which carried her thoughts home to scenes of early days, more dear perchance than the scenes of all hor grand triumphs. Few artists so young have achieved’ so much in her great art as Nilsson. Matched With all the leading artistes of Europe—and she has sung to the same audiences every- where—Christine Nilsson has been admitted to possess the brilliancy of the “bright par- ticular star.” Her voice Is said to abound in many marvellous qualities, such as we have not had any experience of heretofore, But her crowning charms lie in those exquisite reflections of nature which delicately tinge her every effort, and in her power to fasci- nate by the gift of a natural dramatic action, which holds her audience in a spell of admi- ration. The anxiety to hear her is best mani-~ fested by the excitement which precedes her opening night. She has a fature before her in America which may eclipse the honors of her European career. The success which seems to be already assured to Nilsson is another proof that talent of the highest order always finds a liberal patronage in this coun- try. Weare an exacting people in matterd of art, itis trae. We judge sharply, we criti- clse closely, but we never fail to acknowledge and reward true genius when managers are wise enough to furnish it. The career of Mile. Nilsson will prove no exception to this tule. American Politics. The effect of the war in Europe is felt all the way across the Atlantic, and even seems to paralyze the politicians. They have an abstracted indifferent attention even for their generally absorbing vocation of helping them- selves to fa@places and lining their pockets, and they cannot rally the people, because the people also are indifferent. In Maine, which has had a republican majority of twenty-five thousand, that majority falls off this year to something like five thousand; and though tha democrats claim gains, the result may be more safely set down to popular indifference and tha failure of the full vote. Indeed, there ara no issues worth popular thought. What is the democratic policy just. now? Who knows? What is the demo- cratic purpose, platform, plan? What idea now above the political horizon can be classed as especially democratic, and what men of known force or commanding intellect are classed as democrats? The fact that there can be no definite satisfactory answers given to such questions as these points the moral of a defunct party. All this, of course, relates to the democracy outside this city. Here we know exactly what democracy means, * It means the control of the city treasury. Our city democrats will continue to give us brilliant reforms; just such as that of our Board of Aldermen, which, with a single exception, is made up of the old Aldermen, who are rather worse than before in their plunderings because they feel that as reformers they must be heard from. Inthe city the democrats will rale of course, and will continue to. lay heavy taxes and to enforce the law in their own peculiar and inimitable way; but this city democracy is something that has no relation, to politics outside the city, save in the weight of its vote, and would go on the same if all the. democrats of other parts were turned into. mummy. Of the democracy as a national party there is no sign, and, strange to say, there is very little sign also of the republicans. Allthe platforms mumble: still of the great record of the war, and simply provoke. the observation that the party that knows only the past belongs to the past. In fact, our whole political horoscope comes down to the policy and the person of Grant; peace and economy in government andthe man identified with these; this is the frame of the popular mind. r Have a Care, Mr. Washburse. By a lucky stroke of what might be called humanity and diplomacy combined Mr. Wash- burne, our Minister in Paris, has made himself a great favorite, hot only with the republicans. in Paris but with the Germans in Berlia, and. this, too, without transcending : the bounds of ministerial or diplomatic duty, This is well. enough. It is indeed highly ‘ gratifying after’ our innumerable experiences, the other way to. have a minister in foreign lands who is re~! spected. and honored, and in case of a war, as at present, one whose persan is heli sacred by both belligerents. But we see ‘by our do- spatches that Mr. Washburne is‘departing from his strict diplomatic duties. ‘In conversation with Jules Favre he is reparted to have said that he disapproved of the coldness of the American government inyrefusing to stop the ‘‘yandals;” and though ‘he could render no assistance except by order of his government to work without having gained anything what- ever by their strike, but having, on the con- trary, losta great deal. Two months’ idleness eats up-any little savings that laboring men he would record his pretest against thia! ‘Gmpious” war. This is very much out of place. Mr. Washburne is not to represent his own but his government’s views of the situa- tion, 4nd, while he expresses all the sympathy he ‘may feel or the people of this country like these can lay up in years of hard work, while it scarcely phases the wealthy capitalist who employs them. Whatevee relief there may be hidden somewhere from human ken fog the ills of the laborer, it, certainly is not ia strikes. LO ee ee