The New York Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1870, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1870-TRIPLE SHEET. The Pence Prospecit=The Armistice Move- mont Revived—England’s New Proposals. England, it appears, is moving again in behalf of peace between Germany and the French republic. The Russian difficulty, no Coubt, has spurred her up to this supreme effort for the release of France. The terms All business or news letter and telegraphic | which she now proposes, too, are 60 very near Pespatchos must be addressed New Yonrx | the original propositions of Count Bismarck ‘Herar. Letters and packages should be properly gealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. PENG ee Bes THE DAILY HERALD, published every day tn the gear, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription yrice $12, THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five (CENTS per copy. 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Rus- [ sian Appeal to all Friendly Powers: [ne Arma- menis Coutmued in Ru and England; Interests of Ku sia a in Favor or a European Conte: The Bttish People for War, but t vinet Divided; Queen Victoria’ Against rl Granville’s” Die | plomacy; Itay Inchned Towards Rassia aud Russia for Peac ‘France: Herald Spectal | Renorts irom Tow uimors of Disasters to | the Army of the Loire; Contradictory State- | ment trom London; The Engagement at Dreux | an Cuimportant Af De Paladines’ Army | in a Strong Positio: Proposed Combined | Attach Upon the Germans; Another Armistice | age irom Great Britaia—New York City ws, 4—Rome: The Eternal City Under the Italians; Roval Lay Rule, but Little Progress; Civic Devioustrations; Hope Still from the Bona: | + deal ‘The Pope on the Altar; How the Money | oes —Paris Fashions—Religious Intelligence— | ‘Y Extraordinary—sitver Mining in New | A Woll in Sheep's Clothing—Army gence. : History of the Widening North of | Thirty-Fourth Street; Over Six Millions In- | voived in Aesessments and Vamages—Misce!- laneons Foreign Items—T) Any Price: Enthusiastic Mass Meeting at Cooper Institute; The International Society for the Abolition of Standing Armies—Ciu | ‘Tie National Air e to Africa. BA he Peace Pros- | pect—The Armistice Revived— | Englina’s New Proposals”—Amusement An- | Swinging Over the Rivei Ling ialiroad—A Yacht Vi nouneements. : Y—Editoriais (Continued from Sixth Page}—Tele- graphic News from all Parts of the World; Bavaria a Free Unit of Independent German 3 on the March to Furkey— * Bogus Alabama Claims te wht Over the New York Cole cturship Setth Amusements—News from | Cuba—Ou to Pennsylvania—Arrival of Emi- grants—The Boston, Hartford and Erie Ratl- | road Litigatiou—New Jersey Items—Business aval Intelligence—New Iron Honsatonic River—Financial trom Sing Sing Prison—Sut- wist—Deat of a Chine Newark’s Great Mystery of | e Found Dead in ‘their | traordinary Phase of the Case—The “Queer? Shovers—Extensive Con- flagration—Arrest of a gitive Defaulter— The Parrot St. Vi De Paul's Church— Shippiwg Inceiligeuce—Advertisements. V1—Adveruiseme: 12—Advertiseme: Private LETTERS FROM THE THEATRE OF Wanr.—We publish some extracts from private letters written in Paris, and forwarded thence, per balloon and usual mails, to this country, They photograph domestic life in Paris in a very interesting manner. Tae Hearrn or Cuter Justice Cuase, though much improved, will not admit of his assuming his official duties during the ensuing year. The reports of his intended resigna- tion are the veriest bosh, and the innumerable candidates for his place may possess their souls in patience—their services will not be peeded. ‘SerMAN Unity.—Bavaria enters the Ger- man Confederation on her own terms and con- ditions. The constitution of the Bund has been modified 30 as to embrace the men of | Munich and all others who are still outside of the fold. “Ono flag, one country, and zwei lager !” A Bruanr ArnivaL rrom ArrioA.—A diamond hunter has arrived in England from the Cape of Good Hope, having in his trunk a diamond stone valued at thirty thousand pounds sterling, This takes the “shine” off the “black diamonds” of the West coast in former years, and tends to contradict Carrie Jellaby’s assertion of “Africa ’s a beast.” | France and her three that there is some reason to hope that peace will result from them, Assuming that our advices from Tours are correct, England pro- poses, with the consent of the French pro- visional government, that Prussia and her German allies shall be indemnified in money for their expenses in this war; that the French fortresses on the Rhine frontier shall be levelled tothe ground; that the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine shall be made neutral territory, like Luxembonrg ; that the great Powers shall guarantee the fulfilment of these conditions by any future French government, and that a European congress shall assemble to settle these questions and also to consider the great Eastern question. These terms, we say, in reference to France, being essentially the ultimatum of Prussia as suggested by Count Bismarck a month ago, ought to be sufficient not only to suspend the war but to bring about a treaty of peace, The considerations on the part of all the great Powers, excepting Russia, and including France, urging them to peace, are such as to justify a hope of the success of England in this movement. In the first place, England realizes in this erisis on the Eastern question the extent of her loss and the extent of ber danger in losing France as an ally against Russia, Granville, it may be presumed, in the next place, counts with some confidence on a satis- factory settlement of the Hastern diMculty and the security of Turkey with the release of hundred thousand trained soldiers of the empire now held as prisoners of war in Germany. On the part of the provisional French gov- ernment, or that branch of it at Tours, which a month ago would bo satisfied with nothing short of the expulsion of the last armed Ger- man from the “sacred soil” of France, the reasons for the acceptance of the terms of peace now proposed by England are manifest. Tours depends upon Paris and Paris upon Tours. Gambetta and his colleagues at Tours rely upon General Trocha and his army, reported as exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand men, and upon Jules Favre at Paris, while Favre looks for relief to Gambetta. Trochu has been preparing for a grand sortie with the approach of a supporting army from Tours on the rear of the German line of investment, and Gambetta has mustered and sent forward to Orleans an improvised army of p2rbaps not less than seventy-five thousand men. This army attacked the comparatively small force of Von der Tann at Orleans, drove it out, and for a day’s march or so toward Paris, when Earl’ peace through this enforced friendly Interposi- tion of England in behalf of the Freach repub- lic; and yet it is pessible, yea probable, if not certain, that with the Czar at bis back on the Eastera question bluff old King William may snap his fingers at England, and say, that as we owe nothing to your trading neutrality we intend to settle this business with France without your assistance; and you are wel- come, Earl Granville, if you can, to get the co- operation of Austria and Italy. Wo under- stand, too, the pressure upon you of the Eastern difficulty, but for the present we aro occupied at Paris and can do nothing for Con- stantinople. ‘ The War Situation in France. The war news this morning is scanty and unsatisfactory. It leaves us still in doubt as to the actual position and condition of the French Army of the Loire. In Tours yester- day it was rumored that General Paladines’ army had met with a disaster, while another report from the same quarter says that the General, having secured a good position, is now awaiting an attack of the combined armies of Prince Frederick Charles and the Duke of Mecklenburg. An official statement represents that the Army of the Loire now numbers nearly two hundred and fifty thou- sand men, Ifthis representation should prove correct, which we very much doubt, and ,Paladines proves equal to the task of handling so larze a force, the army of Princo Frederick Charles and that of the Duke of Mecklenburg have hard work before them. There is good reason to expect that the coming battle will prove a desperate struggle. Notwithstanding King William's telegram to the Queen announcing the repulse of the enemy along the whole line, near Dreux, there is some uncertainty as to the force which was repuised. A despatch from Tours says that a detachment of Gardes Mobiles belonging to the Army of the Centre had an encounter with the German forces, who greatly out- numbered them and were compelled to fall back, ‘This occurred near Dreux. Possibly this may have been the repulse which the King telegraphed to Queen Augusta. We give King William all credit due him for truthfal- ness; but there is one peculiarity of his de- spatches which attrac's us, and it is this:—In announcing a victory of any importance he is profuse ia his thanks to Providence, while in affairs of less note he omits the acknowledg- ment altogether. We do not mean to infer from this that the smallest favors are not thankfully received by his Majesty. By no nieans, Activity of the Cubans. The districts in the neighborhood of San tiago de Cuba have for months past been the camping grounds of large numbers of Cuban insurgents, A letter which we published some time ago from one of our correspondents in Cuba gave an account of the suozessful move- reinforcements to Von der Tann stopped the pursuing Frenth and reduced them to defen- sive preparations. Next, we have a despatch from King William at Versailles announcing the repulse of this French army.aloug its whole line, At the same time Prince Fred- erick Charles, with one hundred thousand men or more from his army of Metz, is rapidly ad- vancing towards Orleans, where the French are reported to be preparing boats in antici- | pation of a retreat southward beyond the Loire. The relieving or supporting army expected | by Favre at Paris from Tours is thus cut off, and Trochu, unsupported, must cut his way out or capitulate. Gambetta at Tours, one hundred and forty miles away, understands this, and Trochu in Paris will doubtless soon understand it. Meantime the provisions of the city are so far reduced that ‘it is reported that Trochu has resolved to eject ten thousand of his destitute consumers to shift for themselves outside the walls. For several weeks he has been feeding Paris to a conside- rable extent on horseflesh, and while this con- sumption of his horses has been thus rapidly reducing them, the remainder, half starved, + | canhardly be equal to the quick artillery movements requiredinasortie. Trochu, then, is in no condition to chaffer about the terms of an armistice ora treaty of peace. The only difficulty is that Von Moltke, believing that he has Paris on the verge of an unconditional capitulation, may refuse any terms at this juncture short of an absolute surrender. This is the great difficulty to the acceptance of these new propositions of England for an armistice. Bourbaki, in the north, is so fettered in his movements that he can do nothing for the relief of Paris, and if the army of the south can do nothing, then Tours itself is at the mercy of Prince Frederick Charles, and Paris must succumb to starvation, We say starva- tion because the revictualling of Paris, re- fused some two weeks ago as a condition to an | armistice, will hardly be granted now, when, in view of the hardships of the winter upon them, the Germans will be apt to consider first the question of theirown supplies aud a speedy ending of the war as requiring the reduction of Paris. But even supposing that these overtures from England come too late for an armistice, short of the capitulation of Paris, we siill think that the terms indicated as a basis of peace are all that can in reason be desired | by the Germans. They embrace indemnity in cash for the exponses of Germany in the war, and the sound security of an intervening neutral territory against any further aggressions from | France. The neutrality of Belgium and Lux- embourg in this war has been equal to an army of two hundred thousand men in favor | of Germany. Add to these neutratities the razing of the fortresses of Strasbourg, Mciz, Toul, Thionville and other places, with the neutralization of Alsace and Lorraine, and a war henceforth between France and Germany will be impossible without the consent of all the other great Powers, unless France or Germany shall undertake to defy them all, which is not to be apprehended. In any event these peace propositions from England in bebalfof France are not too late for a proper regulation in a general congress of the central European balance of power. It becomes now no less the true policy of the other States congerned to restrain the ambi- tion of the German empire than it was in 1814 and 1815 to cut off the territorial seizures and to curtail the continental pretensions of Frauge. We have some hopes, therefore, of ment of the Cubans near the village of Tiar- riba, It is evident that the appearance of the “rebs” in the neighborhood of Santiago has caused some degree of apprehension in the minds of the Spaniards, from the fact, as wo learn from our correspondent, that a conside- rable force, divided into two columns, was sent from Santiago de Cuba recently to dis- perse the Cubans near the city. The inten- tion of the Spanish Colonels Dazoo and Cam- pos, who commanded the expedition, was to form a junction some distance from thé city and then proceed to attack the enemy. The Cubans were apparently informed of the pro- posed plan. Before the arrangement could be carried out they attacked the Spanisrds in detail and forced them to retreat. Out of the eight hundred and fifty men of which one of the columns was composed only three hun- dred, we are told, reached the city. Successes by the insurgents in other parts of the island are also reported. If the Cabans mean to infuse this kind of energy into all their future movements it may impress on the mind of the newly elected King of Spain the desirability of Spain settling up accounts with Cuba as soon as possible. The experience of the last two years has proven that the Spanish army in Cuba, with the assistance of the volunteers, has not been able to suppress the insurrec- tion. Sparx anp Her New K1no.—The committee appointed by the Cortes to present the crown to Prince Amadeus of Italy has already set out for Florence. Italy and Spain rejoice. It is astonishing how this war has come to the rescue of Spain from her many troubles, Let us hope that with the accession to power of the dynasty of Savoy Spain will enter upon a career of unexampled prosperity. Under the Bourbons, as under the House of Austria, Spain has been on a backward course, For the present the fates seem to be on the side of the House of Savoy. If Spain shares the good fortunes of this family nobody will be sorry. It is vain, however, to imagine that the new King will have nothing but smooth waters to sail upon. This latest revolution in Spain has not diminished the number of political parties who have so long troubled the country. In addition to the Carlists and the Izabellinos, the unionists and the pro- gressists, we shall have the followers of Mont- pensier, It will be well, however, if the popularity of the young King keeps down, for a time at least, party strife. Tok Larsst Great INTERVIEW—That of the Independent with St. Paul. The conver- sation turned on woman’s rights, when the Apostle declined to speak on the subject, because he was a bachelor and had no good clothes, Wuerz Aké tHe Livrte Srarrows?—The little chirruping sparrows have suddenly and entirely disappeared from the Battery, the Bowling Green, Trinity and St. Paul church- yards, and we do not know how many more of their regular places of rendezvous in the city, Whither have they flown? Some surmise that a raid by Jersey owls has been made upon them, which, having eaten some, have driven the rest away to some better place of security. The Park Commissioners should manage to exterminate these Jersey sparrow hawks, or we may lose the presence of the pretty little twittering birdlings altogetuer. Is Paris Brockapep?—A private letter from Paris, per balloon, says it is not Paris that is blockaded, but the ‘rest of the world,” “Contentment is a virtue,” ‘Blessed are they who expect litile’—guapowders ‘The Runso-Eastern Question—Preparations for War and Chances of Pence. The series of cable telegrams, special and from general sources of information, which we publish this morning, chronicles the pro- gress of the Russo-Eastern question to a late hour of yesterdsy evening. ‘These advices reached us under date of the great municipal centres of Europe, the seats of diplomacy and of the war-making power, from St. Peters- burg, London, Florence and Vienna. Russia replied to the Granville note, Prince Gort- chakoff’s language to England is described as being of a very conciliatory charac- ter. His position towards the East and on the original cause of the difi- culty, the revision of the treaty of Paris, remains unchanged and stubborn. Russia refutes the assertion that her officials have at any time aided in fomenting political agitation in the Danubian principalties, with the view of inducing a state of political complication which would tend to further her policy for the neutralization of the waters of the Black Sea. Russia can reap no advantage from a viola- tion of the treaty of Paris. The imperial Cabinet calls on all friendly” Powers to bear witness to her good faith in her observance of the terms of that document, The people of St. Petersburg sustained the course of the government. Russia has no objec- tion to the assemblage of a European conference. While the St. Petersburg government thus expresses its desire for the maintenance of peace it appears to act on the good old and conservative advice of “in time of peace prepare for war;” and we find that the army conscription draft law of the empire has been made more closely exacting with regard to the quota of conscripts, so that a larger number of recruits may be had in pro- portion to the population. Prussia tends strongly towards Russia in her sympathies. We should rather say, indeed, towards ber own objective and immediate interests. King William will consent to’ a conference on the Report of the Burenu of Statistics on Commerce and Navigation, The report on the commerce and navigation of the conntry issued by the Bureau of Statistics at Washington, which we published yesterday, shows an improvement in the balance of trade during the eight months end- ing August 31, 1870, over the corresponding period of last year, The imports for the eight months of the last year amounted to $80,412,- 268 over the exports, while for the same time during the present year the excess of imports over exports was only $9,750,564. Thisisa vast difference, though the balance still remains against us. But we must not lose sight of the fact that gold and silver coin and bullion are reckoned as commodities of export in this estimate. Out of the $301,280,366 exports $50,979,240 were gold and silver, Against this, however, there was imported in gold and silver $13,283,817. The total drain of specie for the eight months, therefore, was $37,695,- 423. Calculating the same rate of specie export throughout the year the amount would bo $56,543,134, which is, probably, near about the annual production of the pre- cious metals in this country. But it mizht be asked how the large sum of over eighty mil- hons for imports over exports, including specie as an articlo of export, last year, was paid. It was paid chiefly by our bonds sent abroad. We have a great deal to do before our exports of commodities, exclusive of specie, approach the value of imporis, In glancing at the articles, and the value of them imported and exported, we see that the way is open to us to limit our imports and toincrease our exports, Of the $301,280,356 exports, raw cotton alone amounts to $152,526,181, or more than half the whole. The production and export of this most valu- able commodity could be, and no doubt will be, increased. Tobacco also, the export of which for the eight months amounted to $11,298,642, might receive an increase of production for exportation, the same as cotton, condition that the present relation of Prussia to France shall not be discussed by the mem- bers representing the various Powers there- in, By this plan Bismarck may hope to obtain a tacit yet general approval of the Prussian war action against France and Napoleon, and thus shield himself from any future outside Cabinet cavit under cover of the time-worn plea that ‘‘silence gives consent.” The British people were anxious, excited at least, for war. There were symptoms, however, of a Cabinet “back out” from the terms of the Granville circular. A cable despatch informs us, indeed, that there was a probability of a royal ‘‘back down.” It was alleged in London that Queen Victoria had expressed her persozal disap- proval of Earl Granville’s ‘“‘haste” in such a serious crisis, England is arming and looking to the Mediterranean. Turkey approves of a Congress, The peace preserva- tion idea was still more prevalent among the peoples. It was adopted in Florence and had moved the Cabinet in Vienna, The feeling of the public generally appeared to be iu favor of the assemblage of a congress or conference. This feeling was so much im- peded, however, by Cabinet tactics, ministerial personal jealousies, monarchical distrust and the “what's to be done with France” qu@stion, that its happy realization may be difficult, and the toiling millions of the Old World be eventually called on to fight in two desolat- ing wars at one and the same moment, taking their money burdens on their shoulders almost simultancously with the knapsacks, and finally transmitting the tax levy bills of the crowns to their impoverished children as their only legacy—‘‘the old hereditary badge of suffer- ing and of scorn.” Two Remarkable Religious Events. The arrival in Boston of Father Benson, the founder of an order of monks of the Anglican Church, and the dedication of the broadest kind of a Broad Unitarian church in Cincin- nati, are remarkable events even in America, where the wildest extremes meet, and where, as the French traveller said, ‘‘there are a thousand and one religions and but a single gravy.” Father Benson, who will return to England after having established a monastery somewhere in New England, is said to out- monk the monks of the most rigidly disci- plined orders in the Church ef Rome. He glories in the title of a Catholic monk. While Father Benson exemplifies the extent to which High Churchism can be carried, both in Old England and in New England, the service at the dedication of the Unitarian church in Cin- cinnati shows how far the liberals can go in another direction, when readings from all “Bibles” are listened to with equally devout attention, whether they be entitled the Shaster, the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda or the Atharna-Veda of the Hindoos, the Zen- davesta of the Persians, the Maxims of Confur cius, the Koran, the Old Testament or the New Testament. Tor ALABAMA CLAIMS QuEsTION—AN Encuisn Proposition Exprcrrp.— President Grant contradicts the statement telegraphed from London asserting that an important de- spatch bad been received by Mr. Moran, the American Secretary of Legation, on the sub- ject of the Alabama claims, The President ridicules the idea of turning over the diplo- matic management of such a question toa subordinate ‘official, even if Mr. Motley had turned over the affairs of the Legation to Mr, Moran, Ile says that the government is in no hurry to settle the Alabama claims, but that a serious proposition from the English govern- ment on the subject is expected to be received here very soon, Nothing is to be done, how- ever, in the way of a definite settlement of the matter until after Mr, Motley’s successor is appointed. We hope that as soon a? that diffi- culty is removed the matter will be taken np in earnest by our government and pressed to au honorable and satisfactory termination. New York Pourtics.—A host of radical leaders Lave gone to Washington to bother President Grant about New York politics and to smooth over’ the inglorious defeat of their party in this Stwte at the late election. The President will doubtless be highly edified at the explanation, but will hardly be induced to believe that the Empire State is over anxious to wheel into the republican line. Tom Murphy is said to be entirely secure in his position as Collegtor, the President having refused to make another change in that oflice for mere political reasons. with the progress of development in the Southera S:ates. Wheat, flour and corn, too, wuich aro rogular and large exports, will have an increased demand for them as our commerce extends and as the facilities for trans- portation become greater. There are, however, several foreign commodities imported, which cost us annually a very large sum, that might become American products. Sugar and molasses, for example, amounting to eighty millions or more a year, could be produced by our own pzople if Cuba belonged to the United States and if we wera to turn our attention to producing beot- rootsugar, Coffee also, which costs us near thirty millions a year, would be our own pro- duct if we had, as we ought to have, posses- sionsin the West Indies, The country has arrived at that position and the time has come when we ought to iucrease the variety of our products, so as to make us more independent of the rest of the world and to give us more articles to export. But there is another matter, and by no means the least to be lost sight of in considering the means for turning the balance of trade in our favor. That is the carrying trade. Foreign ships now carry off the cream of the profits i our own trade, The foreign tonnage employed in commerce with this country is to ours as about five to three, whereas we had a few years ago and ought to have now the largest tonnage. Con- gress should do something at once to increase our shippiag and to give us much more of the profits of the carrying trade. This would tend greatly to bring the balance in our favor and to check the large and constant drain of specie. The country is now in a position to bound forward in unexampled prosperity if the government has sense enough to under- stand that and will act wisely. Free Religion Among tho Indians. A new Indian policy has been inaugurated. The redskins are being put into the hands of the principal religious denominations and missionary societies. Several of the sects and associations have already responded to the invitation to designate suitable persons, for whose conduct they will be responsible, as Indian agents; and some of those thus recom- mended have been commissioned by the Presi- dent. Hereafter no Indian agents will be appointed unless they have a proper religious recommendation. The idea is to give the reli- gious sentiment ofthe country an opportunity for exercising its influence in the efforts to civilize the savages. Politicians had a chance as. Indian agents, but they generally robbed the redskins, taught them bad habits and brought on expensive wars, principally for the benefit of contractors. Army officers awaiting orders have been assigned as Indian agents, but it seems that, though many of them have done very well, the precedent is now discouraged. The Friends have tried their system, and it has been in some degree successful, but it would take a long time to transform savage Indians into peaceful Quakers. Now all the sects are invited to use their influence among the abori- gines. Here is a fine field for missionary work, and we hope the labors of the new agents will produce desirable results, “AMADEUS IN Spary.”—How very like the title of that little piece of extravagant theatri- cal deviltry, ‘“‘Asmodeus in Madrid; or, Tae Devil to Pay.” Reported New Party Cavcus iN New Yorx.—Some confident quidnunc has been telegraphing to Western papers that a caucus of prominent politicians was to have been held in this city on Thursday last. The St. Louis Republican admits it to be possible that its special telegram from New York in regard to said caucug may have “erred in some particulars.” Very likely. But our distant contemporaries should be on the look- out for bogus despatches concerning political movements in this city, all the facts concerning which frequently exist only in the imagina- tions of the Bohemians who concoct them. If a political movement originates in this city and it is the intention of the managers to keep the matter strictly private it will be kept so, or if a leak happens anywhere the regular New York press reporters are as likely to be informed of it as any outsiders. Tue Worst Fizztz YetT—The attempt of the Chicago Tribune to start a new party. Its only effect appears thas far to have been to bring the republicans more closely together and to make the weak-kneed tremble to the soles of their bootse Romo Reviving as the Centre of Eurepéas Civilization, Amid all the changes and evolutions of our sorely agitated period the name of Rome retains its immemorial influence. Time, war and the elements have beat on the ancient city in vain. The folly of princes and the turbu- lence of the people have alike subjected it to loss of political power and of material pros- perity—have defaced it within and isolated it from without, while impairing all its resources and diminishing its population ; and yet, in all its loneliness, Rome has continued from age to age to wield an undiminished empire over the human mind. This she has maintained under every form of government and in the very presence of the mighty States which have arisen in Europe and the West while her ancient glories were crumbling to ruin. At this moment she disputes with Paris the inte- rest of mankind. The French capital, so lately the chief seat of all the refinements of modern life, the centre of the most con- spicuous, if not the most formidable, imperial rule on earth, and the mould of fashion for every elegance and grace ef other communities, is desolate within its walla under the shadow of impending destruction, and is girdled and manacled with fire and steel by the flerce besieging armies that encircle it and cut it off from the world. Its hour of humili- ating submission or of material downfall hay come! While mankind waits with bated breath to behold this solema spectacle a new light is beginning to dawn over the churches and monuments of Rome. The gigantic shadows of her ancient sanctuaries are brightened by the presence of the throngs of visitors who desire to become residents, streaming in to her from the most distant countries as well as from every part of the European Continent. Her hotels and lodging houses are all crowded and the most princely terms are offered for even the humblest tenements which are but decenily habitable. The hand of restoration and improvement is already vigorously at work, and the keen glance of intelligent speeu- lation is directed to means of comfort and profit which the exigencies of the past few hundred years have compelled even the most enlightened of her princes to neglect. And not to the poetic fancy alone, but to the coolest practical mind of our day, well may a dream of substantial glory—that glory which consists of reconstruction for the good of fel- low man—take shape and grow until it be- comes a grand reality, in recalling what was once achieved upon this site of power and in foreszeing what may yet be done. What an area of thought is unfolded to the gaze that ranges over the Eternal City, the Campagna around it and the horizon crowned by the Alban and the Sabine Hills, on the one side, and gilded by the shining waters of the Modi- terranean, but twenty miles away, upon the other, when the beholder looks out from the ball perched far above the dome of St. Peter's! From the banks of the narrow Tiber, which winds almost immediately below, extends the City of the Cewsars, partly masked by the buildings of the modern city, which did not even exist when world-wide fame belonged to the edifices aad monuments whose very ruing challenge admiration. Those temples in their splendor eminent, Mid arcs and ohelisks and domes aud towers, Reflecting back the radiance of the West, But if we endeavor to recall the aggre gate of splendor and wealth of which this im- perial city was the centre in the later and more prosperous period of the empire, we shall find the retrospect imposing. In the reign of the Emperor Claudius, ene of the successors of Augustus, Rome which was the chief luminous centre of elegance and luxury and of substantial manufactures, as well as of the fine and decorative arts—while at the same time the star of science, the tongue of oratory, the mistress of poesy and delles-lettres and the ; instructing and commanding head of religion— held undivided sway over one hundred and twenty million human beings, on every known continent and island, in every clime, and of the most amazing variety of race and culture. Her established authority reigned equally supreme on the banks of the Thames and the Tiber, and the glory that rested on her arms was only eclipsed by the respect that was will- ingly paid by all the tribes beneath her scep- tre to the wisdom of her legislation and the grandeur of her intellectual development. Italy alone contained eleven hundred and ninety-seven handsome cities, and it is a question whether, judging by the remains of pagan splendor found there, some of them did not exceed in antique times the magnificence of their most notable modern successors. The Roman provinces of Gaul could boast twelve hundred cities, those of Africa three hundred and those of Asia five hundred, many of these, like Antioch and Alexandria, disputing the palm with Rome herself, The leading places were connected by a grand Roman road perfectly constructed and accurately divided, which, as the historians tell us, extended from the wall of Antoninus to Jerusalem—a distance of three thousand seven hundredand forty English miles, Around Rome itself, the vast Campagna, now a mephitic waste dotted with pools of stage nant water and affording only coarse pasturage to herds of shaggy Italian buffalo, was one continuous expanse of the most beautiful gar- dens and meadows, crowded with flowers and fruit and picturesque shade trees sheltering the colonnades of sumptuous villas. These extended to the very foot of the distant hills and clambered up their slopes, in well or-! dered luxuriance, revealing the opulence which argosies sailing at stated periods from the numerous ports of the empire brought from every accessible shore of the Orient and of the West, to lay in the lap of the world’s acknowledged queen. While all this, in the peculiar form and fashion of the age of the Antonines, can hardly be replaced in these late days, since the nature” of our civilization is absolutely different, we may readily anticipate that with the locomo- tive already stretching in to the ancient gates from every part of Italy and steamships daily multiplying ia Civita Vecchia and at the month of the Tiber, all essential splendors will soom be revived. The affection of twenty-seven million Italians centres intensely upon the seat of ancient renown, of modern art, of poli- tical significance and of supreme ecclesiastical control, which is their pride and boast; and be taste and culture of all European nations converge to the same centre of past traditiog