The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1871, Page 5

ci ~ KOSSUTH AND HUNGARY. Interview of a Herald Correspondent with the Hermit of Turin. THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE. His Opinions and Recollections of the United States, THE INTERNATIONAL AND CARBONARI, Position of Hungary Between Russian Aggres- sion and German Ambition, DECAY OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG The Telegraph the Most Invinci- ble of Democrats, TuRIN, Oct. 19, 1871, At Pesth, in the latter part of September, I became acquainted with some of the leading Hun- garian patriots who fought so nobly in 1848, and from one of them obtained a letter to ex-Governor Louis Kossuth, whom the American people know 80 well as an orator, @ statesman and oue of the few Woyal republicans in Europe—one of the few faithful to an idea which 18 neither fashionable nor profita- bie. This morning I presented my letter at his house in this city—a house of the class best ae- scribed as unpretending. Iwas conducted tothe second floor; @ Hungarian servant received my card and credentials, aud ina few moments I was shown into the study of the famous orator. LOUIS KossUTH was seated at a round table, upon which lay strewn about portions of manascript, several books, and among them an open volume on botany, which be appeared to be studying. The fittings and decorations of the apartment were as alm- ple and unostentatious as possible, A plain divan, a few chairs, a life size bust of Kossuth, as be appeared at the height of ms career when he bad (nat peculiar trim of whiskers and contour of face which have been assigned to his traditional @Teutness; several steel prints of historical scenes— these were about all the noticeable features of the room. As I entered the orator rose, extended his hand and begged me to be seated. A great change bas come over this once handsome and briiliant face; this was my first thought, though I nad never seen him in middle life. His whiskers are now white and full grown, and his mustache 1s naturally whitened by the same years; his form 18 slightly bent, but otherwise apparentiy vigorous. His voice Ws strong, his eye quick and sympathetic, and his Bervous action when speaking as emphatic and ex- Dressive as when he addressed greav gatherings in America. In tine, age becomes Kossuth, and does Bot dim even the classical beauty of his features, There is to-day the same irresistible twist to bis mustache, the same merry smile on his face, os there must nave been years earlier, when he was a royal piece among the political pawns, He ts simply whitened by years and not by disappointment or chagrin; and 1 venture to say here that if the time ever comes in Europe when his eounsel or co-operation shail be needed, the young idcas will be found in that old head as vigorous, as fresh and as fruitful as in avy gone by. Both Victor Hugo and Garibaldi aro suggested by Kossuth Present appearunce; and did the reader ever re- mark how close 1s the phrenological resemblance among THE WELI-BALANCED REPUBLICANS of the Old Worid? Their faces, their heads, their Qgures, their modes of life, their oratorical powers, their ultimate voluntary exile, are all points of Similitude: and in their Iixenesses they all gravitate toward Louis Kossuth, who had, during his active life, by far the quickest, keenest intellect, and whd im his old age has become imbued with a conserva- tism which, without impairing nis love for human uuberty, the better speeds it to a practical realiza- tion. Kossuth may be taken, I believe, as the ablest republican of the century. He isa man of brains, and the possessor of mental forces which can scarcely be found elsewhere on the continent. The majority of people who partake, after a long course of close culture, in the idea that all orators are charlatans, are mistaken in Kossuth. He may have, in fervid moments, overdrawn the wrongs of Hungary, He may nave, in his Joye for his native Jand and in adeclamatory climax, have used pas- Sion more than reason; but, if he did, time has changed him. Retirement has brought bim conser- vatism, and what, aiter all, 1s conservatism but re- publicanism? Thus, during HIS TEN YEARS OF LIFE IN TURIN, be has been a student mot of books so much as of the world’s affairs. He receives all the journals; he corresponds with many of the most eminent men im Europe, and from his conversation I atscovered that he knew daily events well. Situated, ‘therefore, as ho is in Turin, away from intrigue, and living in close retirement; no longer ‘with any political {nterests at stake, I believe that Kossuth’s opinions, expressed as he expressed them to me tils morning, are those of @ man who has woven Europe's social fabric with finer threads and closer texture than the immediate actors of the @ay, whether they be Kismarck, Beust or Thiers, AS HE APPEARED, Kossuth was dressed in a suit of black and wore & velvet snroking cap on his bead, Believing, with Bulwer, that there is diplomacy in dress, I had not neglected buying a Kossuth hat half an hour before visiting the patriots home, aud this, of course, 1 had in my hand as 1 took my seat in’ his study, But his genial and pleasant manners, his apology for the humble character of the apartment and tle oe ead earnestness and even warmth of his Manner told me how mistaken { had been in any estimate | had placed upon nis vanity, ‘The Kos- suth hat might as well have been a chaprau Na- poléon, Tourists who visit Garibald! sometimes put peed shirts, I have heard, or catry other insignia to fatter the italian hero, Indeed, a weakness In this direction 18 by the pop .jar voice ascribed to men who have risen because they have been ihe sof He! grand idea, Itis@ popular fal- sy. explained to Kossuth that I came to see jim, a8, indeed, was indicated in the letter, as a correspondent ofthe HERALD and to pay my pe sonal respects, ‘Our conversation, rambling a little, touched as it: Girst point of interest the condiuon of Egypt, an the possibility of @ contest with tue Sultan, RGYPT. KossuTa—If there is a war It will not be confined to Turkey ana Egypt. They tell me the Khedive is a go-ahead kind of o man; that he has inaugurated a parliamentary form of government; that is 80? CORRESPONDENT—In @ measure, yes. He tried to get up an opposition, but the opposition would not vote against his measures. Kossuth laughed and sald it wasa sign of the tames. | relerred to HIS EARLY VISIT TO THE UNITED BTATES Kossuru (with a sigh)—Yes, it is now more than twenty years since I was in America, But what com ort itis to me to remember the United States | America is the nucleus of democracy, Now you are 40,000,000 of inhabitants; in fifty, sixty or one lun- drea years you will number 200,000,000 of people. What'a power such an aggregated republicanism ‘Wil represent; what an influence it will disseminate over the earth (ana here Kossuth became aeclama- tory and really eloquent, and 1 could well measure the character of his matchless oratory of 1848), Cul- ture and refinement extending among your masses, material prosperity overshadowing the feebler ctvi- lization of the olden form, @ whole continent for your free household, can Europe resist the example Of such a grand realization? No, my dear sir, you Dave a domain spreading from ocean to ocean, and Upon this tract you have tried the experiment of sel{- government, and it has been an unqualified suc- ‘ceas, ‘hat must be the influence of such Brepublic in Europe. It will be either to put her ahead or retard her advancement. The world does Bot retrograde now. The world does not stand still. Measure, then, what will be the outgrowth of an émpulse which represents HB LIBERTY OF TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS OP PROPLE. ‘Yes, indeed, we are coming to the final “break-up,” you Bay on the other side of the water, CORRES PONDENT—And do you believe it will come mn? KossvtTui (tearing off a cigaret at with tobacco)—T haraly how. ee, ne cae morrow as it wore; it ma; ‘3 pede fd i 'y uot fora century. Bu; Cornesr — ENT—And the resuit ? Kossurn \ republic everywhere—not a Uto- Dian repubiic. ‘There 1s no such thing, Buta prac- NEW YORK HERALD. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER UL, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. tical om, Zon, im America, have built, and it pros- pera. lieve 1n the logic of history. CORRESPONDEN!—From what parucular question do you believe this result must come im Europe? LAVOR AND CAPITAL, KossutH—Only one. The comprehensive social question—the question of capital and labor. That is to be adjusted. Remember, | have tor:nuiated no rules upon which its solution can be based, It 1s a knotty, complex problem, and in its disposition de- pends the eternal peace of Kurope, 1, tor instance, do not believe in the International Society. No or- ganization of that kind can remedy the grievances ot a whole Continent. What can you expect the moral or material power of a society to be which does not respect the Church, aad which wishes to dissoive family Wes? No (with some petulance), I cannot accept the anternational as an exponent. It 1s simply & symptom. It indicates the direction of the world’s thoaght, THE CARBONARI. CORRESPONDENT-— And of ihe Carbonart, in Italy? You have good opportunities of judging. Koss uti—lt 18 no more; at jeust, not as @ secret society, with passwords, grips and oath-bound bonds of fellowship. Once the organization existed, Now there 13 no reason for it. Italian repubiicans are free to speak their minds; they can deliver public addresses; there is the largest liberty of the press, anc Italy (0-day is as repudlican as a nation can be under a monarchical form of government. As I told you before about the international aud its branches, so of the Carbonan and what societies may grow out of It; they are only forerunnera of the coming climax— symptoms of the existing disease, I know nothing to speak of about what is going on ini in the Way Of private endeavor. {rarely go out of the house; and 60, like you, I rely on the papers and my correspondents, EPRESSIVE MEASURES, OORRESPONDENT— And do you not believe that the agreement between Austria aud North Germany to arrest the progress of tne Interuational will have Just the opposite eifect ? Kossura—Yes; repressive measures only stimu- late greater opposition. That is a political maxim. CORRESPONDENT—In Austria especially the situa. tlon 18 Very grave at this times GRAVE SITUATION OF AUSTRIA. KossutuH—Yes, it is indeed grave. ‘the Hoase of Hapsburg is coming to its end, and the great ques- tions concerning the luture of all the Stutes in the empire must soon be solved. 1018 here that 1 wish ‘ou to remember two poiuits. First, | belleve that @ unity of Germany Is @ grand result aud that ipper and Lower Austria will eventually joln that empire, Look ! it is like 2 i A GRAND MaGNet and a small scrapof tron. Austrian-Gernany will belong tothe German empire. 1 remember well how 1 met Napoleon im 1859, and then told him:— “Attack these great questions—capital and lunor— and especially the unity of Germany. Why do you not do that?’ He repiied:—*'Ceia ne me piait pas!” ‘What then is the situation? The House of Hapsburg is going down. Its day has come. 1t has ruied as a family and upon family ambition for centuries, and the logic of history 18 about making up ity con- clusions ABOUT HUNGARY. CORRESPONDENT—Of course, ungary will then be the theme of interest? ° KossutH—Yes, But when you ask me about Hungary you propound a very dificult question. It 4g tui) of complications—full of complications. In the first place let me state my tears. If Mungary allows herself to be the tool of the Liouse of Hapa- burg she will be lost. Upper and Lower Austria, with Vienna, must become a part of the German empire. The House of Hapsburg will then count on Hungary to save its waning strength. [f Hunga: puts herself forward at chis juncture to oppose Ger- man unity she will, like l’oland, be cuc up and par celied out to her neighbors, It is her inevitable destiny, ven this morning | tind in the journais of Pesth, which cowe to me every day, that there Is a great emotion in Pesth because the writers say that Ausiria trembles in the balance. ‘hus you perceive that Hungary, through her leaders, has been seduced into becoming subservieut to the House of Hapsourg. CoRRESPONDENT—What is THE TRUE FUNCTION OF HUNGARY? Kossuru—To become an independent State. That alone can save Hungary; thal gone can maintain the equilibrium between the Sclave at one end of the jever and the Leutons aud Celts and kiudred races at the other; vnat alone 1s essential 10 the peace of Europe. Huugary geographically is a great circular State standing on the border line peiween the ag- ressions of Russia snd the ambition of Germany, ir her integrity and inuependence were guaranteed by Hurope wu peaceful deveiopment could pursue its sieady Way. Otherwise tlungary will be broken into fragments and tie wars upon her frontiers will oe Dut a repetition oi the wars on the Khine for ages past. ‘the present policy of the Hungarian Ministry ig against Lhis consummation, and Andrassy is as much an Austrian as Beust to-day; so that I fear for Hungary as much as i hope. COKRESPONDENT— But suppose Hungary becomes independent, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE HAPSBURGS? KossurH—They wil disappear. Yuu know there 18 a jaw Ol nature Lat Wuen there is no longer a necessity for things tney disappear trom our econo- my. What rignt, what business have the HMaps- burgs to rule Ausuria or Hungary? ‘They symbolize f@ miserable ficuon. They are ruiming nations and Mationalities tor tueir own dynasty. They do not care tor their people, CORRESPONDENT—And yet Pesth has grown mar- vellousily in the past tive years under the royal patronage of francis Joseph? KossUTH—So you wili tind that Tunis has grown, and that other towns on the borders of civilization are flourishing. That comes not from royalty, but from democracy. ‘The steam engiue 1s ‘THE GREATESC OF POLITICA, ECONOMISTS; the telegraph 1s the most mvincivle of democrats, These instruments heve made Amvrica, They caught your repubitc at its low water. aud have borne it to the Hoodtide of strength, Pesth mulil- jel five umes owes no gratitude to the House of Hapsburg. How is Vienna progressing? My iriends tell me it has increased rapidly in size, THE PROGRESS OF VIENNA. CORRESPONDENT—It has. Theve is to be a grand exhibition in May, 187%, What do you think of its prospects ¢ KosscTa «with a smile)—You say in English “there’s many @ Sip ’tWixt the cup aud the lip.”? The ume for exhilitions ts over. They do no good. In England, I velieve, one has been going on for some time past, and the journals pay littie atiention wit. In Italy they are going on constantiy, Lately We had an tudustrial exiivition at Milan, an agri- cultural one at Bologna, a maritime fair at Napics, They exci.ed no interest, Twenty years ago they dia very weil. ‘l'o-day industry is too precious, time too valuable and competition too exacting to permit a fair exhibit of the earth's products, faprics and in- ventions. besides, they generally mean the aggran- dizement of the power that patronizes them. CORRESPONDENT—How are peace and material prosperity to be guarauteed to the Austrian people? KossuTH--Only under a repubiie, THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG can do little or nothing. It must go down. Beust says to one nationality, for the good of the empire you must do so and so; that 1s, surrender certain national rights, ‘This at once arouses that Nationality—rather that nation—and the doctrine of State rights ts viciated. What is the consequence? ‘Yhe nation, f it be Bohemia, Croatia or Dalma- la, 18 alienated, anda thus by a gradual process the whole empire has been brought to its present state of dangerons fermentation, and the road bas been paved by Beust and his followers for the dis- ruption of the 35,000,000 under the present rule of the Hupsburgs. Take one State—Koliemia, Assail its State integrity aud wound tts pride of nation- ality; trst, alter such a treatment, it will seek to as- sert itsown independence and then will fall into the Une of Pan-Sclavism and ultimately jom the great Russian or which will nourish and = pro’ the current of the — Aus They are drifting towards thetr magnetic allles—the Sclaves to Pan- Sclavisin, the Teutons to the German empire; and out of this wreck it behooves Hungury to save her- self, and become, as she may, the balance wheel of such violent political furces as may be evolved. It is, therefore, because a republic alone can solve these questions and assign to each State its own, togeate Hapsburgs must dissolve, RRES/ONDENT—Then you believe in THE LINES OF NATIONALITIES ? Kossutn—No, sir. That 1s the great mistake, People confound nations and nationalities. Tho riuciples of nationalities is wrong and antt-repub- ican, That of nations ts different, and embodies the rights of peoples, not of fractions of races. The effort now, under the monarchy, Is to reduce the omen 19 one of eae et in cH sonore the Hapsburgs are unwittingly doing thelr best to forward = d. PAN SC aa (preat Asiatic image that hatnts the Austrian min CORRESPONDENT—Yet there are liberals in Hun- ‘ary wlio understand these questions as you do— 1, Deak for instance ? KossuTH—Mr. Deak ts a liberal to be sure, but Andrassy is for the Austrian side of the question. CORRESPONDENT— Both were with you in '48? Kossuta—Yes. Andrasay I sent on a mission to Turkey, but Mr. Deak was too heavy in frame to be active {n mind, You understand tow it ts with @ man who preponderates in front? The physical con- dition 1 not equal to the intellectual aspiration, THE UNITED STATES, CoRRESPONDENT—You keep well informed, I be- heve, on what is going on in the United States? Kossutu—Oh, yes. 1 receive all the journals, Tho Chicago fire Wasa terrible calamity. When £ Was in America Chicago was @ small settlement, which I did not think Worth visiting, Now it sur- prises me to read of @ loss of $200,000,000 in what ‘Was & mere outpost twenty years ago, PAR PeneC Nemec ou you visit the United States again ‘KOSSUTH—No, never. Iam too old; and, besid what is glory? ‘You remember Falstaft’s ‘soltloq on obtaining glory to-day and being killed to- morrow} that, after all, is what personal reputation me: No (and he spoke as a Piiuorner, With a Blight admixture of cynicism, I thougnt); I have lived here io Turin for ten years, and I can tell you now that | do not know a single person in the city. T have lived a very retired life, 1 do not see peopig atall Even when J had relations with the Itahan ee during the sitting of the Parliament in rin I never admitted any one to my house, I re- ceived communications, and, In ae , Sent my card. ‘vant has orders to say that I am not at home, CORRESPONDENT—But it seems to me that one who haa earned your distinction for loyalty to prin- ciple and jong service in the cause of republicanism might do great good in the crisis which you have foreshadowed, Kossvra.—Hardly, It ia KOT IDEAS THAT BUROPR NEEDS Now. She 1s overwhelmed by theocrats, She wants actors, practical nen, Who Will solve these questions of capital and anor, and asstsi to develop the salient principles of the coming democracy. CORRESPONDENT.—Your literary labors fill up your time, doubtless? “No,” said Kossuth, “this la my recreation and amusement”—potnting to sheets of what 1 should call botanical decaicomanie, beng merely white Paper of a pecular texture bearing the impression of flowers in colors, He said thts with some bitterness and humor, and at the moment I could not help but glancing at tne marble bust which represented Kossuth when he was the moving spirit of a whole nation. This, after ail, is only a feature in Kossuth’s career; ‘but it is also akin to that of other great men who have sought retirement. Bolingbroke solaced himself in a like manner; Georget has pecome ® collector of insects, And yet, in the pursuit of mechanical investigation, I doubt very mach if the mind of Louis Kossuth is ever free from thoughts that concern the future of Hungary and Europe. He is one of the few great republicans remaining above the sod who are still good antuority upon daily events. His convictions are tempered by fine scholarship and an acute appreciation of the pract- cal in government. One of the great evils with many of the agitators abroad—Victor Hugo, for example—has been the in- coherency of their dreams for freedom and the ab- solute injustice of thetr principles when subjected to the most superficial application. Kossuth ts {ree from these political sentimentalities, and it is upon such a showing that the world must deplore his hermit life in Turin. Upon nearly all points THIS DEMOCRACY 1s the democracy of America, and certainly no one can deny the clearness with which he describes the European situation. I rose to leave, feeling that he the only professed republican Ih ever met m Europe who 18 not touched with Utopianism. Kos-uth ts a purist in English and speaks marvellousiy well, choosing his words to the closest nicety of meaning. His other attainments are known to the world, and in no country better than in America, What he has suffered for ms convictions deserves a place here. Waile Deak and Andrassy are living in luxury and plentoms power in Hungary Kossuth resides in ‘urin with his two sons, in modest quarters, almost unwept, unhonored and unsung. had any position in the Austrian empire, and, by holding it, could have had a large share in European politics. Instead, he has preferred the solitude of his Own reflections and the life of a quiet philoso- phers in which I have been one of the few to disturb im, Worldly intiuence would nave made him rich id infamous, but Mis better judgment has made im @ man. His health 18 good; he appears sixty-five years of age, aud may still see many years of the pro- quetive future. . THE BLACK AND CASPIAN SEAS. The Two Sens To Be Connected by a Canal— 78,380,009 Cubits of Earth To Be Dug Out and 32,000 Men Employed—Cost of the Gi. gantic Enterprise—Its Immense Military and Commercial Advantages to Russin, {Correspondence of the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung.) BELGRADE, Servia, Oct. 16, 1871. It was ever the favorite tdea of Peter the Great to connect the Black and Caspian Seas, which are 80 important for the consolidation of the Russian em- pire in the southeast, Science was not, however, sumiciently advanced at that period to enable the creator 0; the Russian empire to carry bis idea into He might have execution, After his death several uselul plans were found in the imperial archives—among others the plan of connecting the two seas, which, undoubtedly, once formed one whole. It was only in the year 1868 that @ Mr. Bergstresser undertook in a small bark @ voyage from the Caspian Sea into the Sea or Azof, ‘This event directed the general attention to the long-forgotten plan, and a scientific commission was sent to explore the plains of Kumo- Manitz. This commission did not, however, go far enough to reacn the Caspian Sea. ‘The merit of suc- cessiul expioradon belongs to Edward Blum, & German topograpner in th> Russian service, Ac- cording to the firm conviction of this man the plain of Manitz tormed in prehistoric tintes merely @ branch of the two seas in question, ‘This piatn has, im the conrse of centuries, been considerably elevated through the collection of surf from the Kiver Kalaus, Now the vatiey 18 divided by @ deep line into two parts, By digging out this soll @ conuection between the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Asow couid at first be re-established. The union of the Euxine with the Caspian Seals in two respects of infinite importance to Russta, In the first place, the natural line of defence of her southern territory will be enormously streagthened, In a very short time the fleets of the Azoi and the Euxine will be enabled to run through the Kumo- Manitz Canal into the Caspian Sea, and there unite, whether it be tor @commoun atvack or defence. In the second place, Kussia will gain @ new and for- midable point @apput in Central Asia, THE GAIN OF COMMERCE. Here the interests of commerce go hand In hand With those of military strategy. With the exception of a few Russian vessels ulere are now none but Persian craft to be found in the Caspian Sea, 1t beg unconnected with any other sea, And’ yet the tratiic on it is quite considerable. According to the last oficial report 824 vessels, with 63,910 tons, ran into the Caspian harbors auring the year 1869. ‘Tne Black Sea, which is open to all seafaring nations, shows a similar result within the same period. coasting trade on the Casplan 1s now already sixty times as great as that on the Euxine. As to the details of the enterprise M. Blum has pu lished the following itn the Golos:—To com- plete the whole, an excavation of 75,380,000 cubits of earth will be necessary, while for about forty Engiish miles the canal will ran througa the River Don, which Will provably require an incon- siderable deepening. The length of the whole canal 4s to be about 370 English iniies. Taking the num. ber of workmen employed at 52,000, and the rate of working days at 00, six years will be required to complete this gigantic work. The cost of the wnole enterprise WU! amount to about $31,000,090 —that ts, $19,000,000 less than the cost of the Suez Canal. The plan has been very waruily received by the public, and there is a very jively agitation among all classes in favor of its prompt realization. MACOMS’s DAM. The Old Bridge Declared Dangerous for Travel—Ordered to be Closed. some time ago the HERALD called attention to the condition of the bridge over Macomb’s Dam. It will be seen from the following communication to the President of the Department of Parks from the en- gineer in charge of the repairs to the bridge that in its present condition it is dangerous to travel upon, and that accordingly the department has ordered 13 to be closedk— City OF New York, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, BUREAU OF CIVIL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINKERING, Nov, 10, 1871. Hon. Henry HIsTon, Acung President Department of Public Parks: Sik—As requested by you, I have carefully exam- ined the draw of Macouib’s Dain bridge to determine whether it would be sale to coutinue It longer in use, the repairs being discontinued. J ain satisfied it will not ve sale, The risk of accl- dent ts too great when the supervision of the work- men is withdrawn. if the repairs were continued the work would be completed in about four weeks, with favorabie weather, and during that time I was in hopes, witn the care of the workmen and the police at the briage, the public might continue to use it; but the carpenter in charge iniorms me that he will have to suspen work, and I sball, in accordance with your authority, feet compelled, tor the security of life and property, to direct the bridge to be closed vo-mor- row and no crossing of teams thereafter be per- mitted until turtuer orders, 1 will post notices to this effect, I will add that if the present favorable weather passes without the repairs being completed it will be very diicult to do the work during the winter in couseguence of the exposed situatiog. ‘ Very respectfully, WILLIAM H, GRANT, Chief Engineer. NEWARH’S EFFLORESCENT EFFIE, In the Newark (N. J.) Court of Common Pleas yes- terday the somewhat famous Mrs. Eflie McKinley was arraigned for trial on the charge of grand lar- ceny, The particulars of this rather extraordinary case have already been pnblished in the HeRALp, and are briefly these:—Mrs. McKinley boarded with # Mrs, Gould in Mulberry street, Newark. One night five or six weeks ago Mrs. Gould’s house was robved, Her trunks were relieved of considerable clothing, worth several hundred dollars. Mrs. McKinley's trunks were likewise delivered of a goodly quantity of wearing Me. ee two gold watches, besides $75 in casn. ‘The detectives were set to work and found nothing, but tne people in Ube house discovered some queer points refecting on Mrs. McKiniey, and on searching her trunks just on the eve of her departure from Mr. Gould’s house there was found ail tne stolen property. Therefore She Was arrested and held on suspicion of being the thief herseif, She had previously contracted what bid fair to be a matrimonial affiliation with a PARTY BY THE NAME OF JOHNSON. The moment of her arrest, however, thia little Movement seemed to be knocked in the head— smothered in its inception. Johnson never so much a8 putin an appearance. Efie, who is quite an in- teresting widow of between twenty-five and tnirty- five, and having quite a “secesh” history of consid~ eruble romance, was placed on trial yesterday, She was senpored by able counsel, and besides had the mpathy of all the sympathetically-inclined mature nd middle-aged geutiemen, The venerable white- hatred David Brice seemed particularly anxious that her interests should be well looked after. He stood by her from the first. The testimony adduced yes- ferday varied little from that already published. ‘The case, which is looked upon with much anxiety ark, Will probavly be concluded to-day, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN PLAINFIELD, ¥. J. Quite a destructive fire took place in Plainfleld, N. J, on election night. The large carpenter shop of George Vermule and the place of Mr. Edward Randoiph, on Second street, were almost razed to the ground. ‘The loss Is not positively stated, but is Bald to be about $20,000- RECEPTION SQUADRON. LIFE IN THE The General Muster—‘‘Virtue, Honor, Patriotism and fubordination’—Taie of » Nor’ wester— Arrival of the Prince—Curious if True. UNITED States Suir ConarEss, Nov. 6, 1871. A lovely day on the water was yesterday. The surface of the great bay, from the Hook tothe Narrows, lay calm and unrippled as glass—mirror of the vaulted heavens as it was, Out of the great water gate of Gotham, over which the frowning forts bang like sleeping terrors, the white-winged ships come lazily, scarcely moving before the im- perceptible breeze. A day of sweet serenity and dreams as the sun, long past his midday glorv, sinks downward to the land, I don't think satlors dream much when they are awake—I don’t think they dream much when they are asleep—but I, im- prisoned landsman, cannot nelp but build a fairy realm beyond the Narrows—an Arcadia in tho great space beyond—witn all the virtues gilding ts innumerable domes and epires, and lighting up the public and the private Places of a city such as the world has never seen in splendor, intellect and happiness, It ts hard to think that my dreaming covered the site ot New York, and I did not care to think so until, with the rising Of @ cloud or two, a fresh breeze from the nor’west ruftied up the waters with its chilly wings and scattered my Arcadia like @ shower of rain on @ country dance, Then I chuckled, New York girding up tts lolas for a struggle with the powers of evil in its midst, the evil-doers flinging their banuers of dog-headed defiance 10 the brecze and Right and Wrong calling each other hard names came down to mein every puff of the nor’ wester, I pace the deck and whistie “Hail, Colum- bia,” till dinner tme, It mignt be dul on board a man-of-war at twenty miles from port, with the hope of relief centred in the lookout at the masthead. But the duties and exercises which keep up discipline and make the perect seadog are so varied that he must have no soul for the picturesque and useful who can fall to fud a fund of interest therein. Yesterday being the first Sunday of the month the general muster was the exercise of the day. At tour belis of the forenoon watch the crew were piped aft and gathered on the port side to hear the “Arucles of War” read and walk around the cap. stan, side, and when Captain Davenport came up from his cabin there was a general saluting performed. The Executive Onicer, Lieutenant Commander Sam- sop, then advauced to the capstan and read the stern rule of duty, which is the safety and the guide of our navy. Ibis a salutary exercise, and It 1s gratifying, among these hardy sons of Neptune, to mark with what expressions of respect on their wind-browned faces they listen, cap in hand, to the exhortation which names tie cardmal points upon the compass of their lives—“virtue, houor, patriot- ism and subordination”? When the last line 18 reached the Captain advances and addresses a few pithy words of praise to his men on general excel. lence and just as plainly tells them where they may amend something. Next the roll is called—tirst the officers of the line and next the warrant oilcera, These are drawn up tn line on the star- board side, forward of the mainmast, and as thelr names are called answer by their rank, Next come the men. It is really worth while to see the 100K of consctous pride which mantles the rough, honest faces of the tirst bateh, us i they advauce past the capstan, “taking In sand at both ears,” and say, as their patrony mics are called, “seaman, sir”? The next batch, the ordinary sea- men, do not exhibit quite so much pride o: bearings they make it up in rolling gait, and the “landsmeu’ 1004 as if they hoped to be fuil Nedged seamen some ~Ume, The boys iollow, and there is the same prin- ciple of pride in the “first class boy, sir,” as he swings past. Among these little ganuns of the sea ig @ genleman of tender years, Mr. Patrick McGuinness, To describe this tar in petfo through anchor all te phases of his important existence would requre @ whole volume fle is @ perfect. magazine of juvenile ingenuity and wraauated ch both amusing and amaztig, and bears alt tne blushing honors which an educa. | tion m the Filth ward (Brooklyn) has stuifet inside his precious skin, with @ look of hard-eyed inno- cence, Which has so inuch of the mere child and 80 mucu of the accomplished farcewr in it that I won- der as he snuis the air disdainfully in pee himself, ‘third class voy, sir’? what fearful and wonderful manner of naval hero blooming under his sallor’s cap! Lastly, come the ‘seamen extra,’’ have answered to their names, There was one name called, namely—vatrick Sheehan, “On duty,” wag the response, and an officer pointed to a mufiled form in the foretop, on the lookout for the Kussian fleet. This was the link binding us to the cause of our sojourn in these waters, AS evening drew on the breeze freshened and the sea commenced rolling out its white-caps, and the temperature on deck grew too cool to be comfort. able. Between six und seven starboard guns the group of officers talked of gales and fog banks, of lying In the blockading squadron for months, and at last Weber, the pilot, kept a3 a sort of local Triton on board, sent everybody shivering to the wardroom with a terrific recital of the perils through which pilotvoat No, 22 had passed. He remembered, this trathful ptlot, how some winters gone 22 nad encountered a nor’ wester of unusual size. It blew until there was scarcely an ounce of any- thing portabie on board not swept away, As to 22 Itself, it rolled and pitciied and several times turned complete somersets, Then the ice—‘Lor’ biess you! J went for’ard with an axe and chopped it off in big chunks off her jibboom. The blocks were ail and pourin’ it through them blocks, The wind shiited a point or two and slackened, and then came a tog for three days, thick as burgoo |” “How did you get out of ity” “Ran under Fire Island and melted out a bit.” No wonder that I turned inearly. It must have been about five bélls of the midnight watch when I heard tne drums beating to quarters. Up I jumped, crammed on the first clothes 1 could find, @ slim midshipman’s uniform, and rushea on deck, naval Quasimodo, was hanging on the bell, ringin; it with wild delight. ‘The anchor had been weighed and we were steaming out at a lively rate. The Russians had come! | rushed around to find the noteven a midshipman. Everybody looked to me for orders, “Now, by St. Viadimir, send up the pilot.’” “On the horse-block,’’ was the response. Igazed upward, and there was the pilot gazing out on the fog; lis starboaru eye was green and Ins part eye was red, “Nor’-nor'east! son’-sou’west! hard a star- board ? ne muttered, and lest the men at the wheel should misunderstand him he turned his ime movable face towards them and closed his port eye. “Marvellous and simple,” { muttered, as I gazed at the grim optic. “Ship ahead, sir 1? yhere away?” ree points on the weather bow.’? “ I grasped the fog horn, rushed to the forecastile and spoke him, It was the mud-scow Polly, stand- ing for New York under a reefed jtggersall, D. O'Brien comimander. He had sighted the Russians and was clad in the costume of an ancient Irish king, such a8 we see in the Patrick's Day proves+ sion, “Put up a man with his ‘back to me,” he shouted. I ordered a six-foot fiiteenth amendment into po- sition. O’Brien seized an old time arquebus and shoved a pellet of paper into the muzzle, He took dejiverate aim at the African and fired, The petiet strock him on the occiput and lodged in the wool, ‘without other damage than dislodging a quid in the cheek of the nigger, which knocked @ messenger boy of his pins, I seized the pellet, lashed a line about my walst and had myself run up to the light at the foretop, and there read as follows:— Bowlin’ along, begor we wer goin’ so fast that we media clane holo bebind usin the fog, as clane asthe Jews, bad cess to thim, med in the Red Say. Youses, as the Engiiah- man wouldn't race me, I was saliln’ over the coor#’ to claim the money I chalienged hin for. Tho lightahip was at the other ind of the hole in the fog, whin all of a suddint T med out three min-o’-war runnin’ into the hole, I spoke thim first in English, and thin in my nalive tongue, Frinch. Divil ord could T undherstand, bur low candle for asignal. Thin I could hear thim cheerin’ and leapio’ for joy. The Roosians! says |; the tallow takes em. “Lower away!’ I shouted, and they did lower me and dropped me down a hatchway. “Mary Powell ahead, sir.” “Run her down, boys! Save the ladies, but no committeeman |? WAY, ay, sir}? Crash ! crash | We hit her aft of the paddie box and aplit her in two. We served out sixty rounds of ammuniuon to pick off any reception man that could swim. The chairman atone escaped, and volley after volley was fired after him a3 he floated away on an empty water cask, rigging @ jury mast through the bung- hole. The ladies were brought on board and it stalled in the oMicers’ quarte with due respect. I had a hammock slung for myself from the crochet yard. Bump! bump! = “What's that, pilot?” “Crossing the bar, sir,” and he winked his red and green eyes alternately in a knowing manner, Roosians ahead, sir! un outside of them, pilot; and yon, my men, give them a solid shot. ‘We can apolu- broadside of ize for the mistake afterwards, As We ran out vo leeward of the Russians the ma Tue form of the Svetiand rose up out of the fog. shall never forget it. On the forecastic was @ sauadron of shaggy Cossacks of the Dou mounted thought | The oficers were ranged on the starboard | which means firemen, aud the exercise is over | when the landsmen extra, or third class firemen, | filled with ice, and we kept bilin’ water all the time | thick fog hung round, and Master McGinness, like a | officers, Couldn’t find any—no admtral, no captain; | ie hi pt K, with the souk tie ania boyars and flanked by a corps of strelitz were gath- ered on the quarter deck, surrounded py &@ phos phorescent mist that glowed through the chinks in their helmets and nestied in the flbres of taeir long beards, Near him stood a snowy bearded, vene ble Archimandrite, arrayed in the streaming roby of the Byzantine creed, and the ianumerable crew that swarmed to the very masthead were clad in the costume of the Norsemen who tanned the gal leys beneath the raven banner of Odin, “Let ‘em have tt, boys!’ and with a thun?erous yoar the smoke from the guns tent ity sulphurou breath to the gray umbra of the fog. 1 scrambles up on the spanker boom ani advanced to read my address of welcome, couched im the Russian tongue. After the first sentence | looked up for the elect, when, the smoke having rolied away, 1 was as: tonisied to observe that the Russians were no longer visible. We had blown them out of the water, This was more than I intended, “about ship, boys; crowd all sail and run for the Battery.” T never saw @ ship speed lke ours. Jn five min- utes we were at the Battery, but still no Russians, I felt annoyed, and ordered the ship about once more to run for our anchorage of the night before, and told everybody to say nothing about it, Just as we arrived if the Horseshoe and had let go our anchor the man at the masthead reported that something resembling the keel of @ xussian frigate had scraped his head, This was followed by @ shower of Russian sailors, Caviare and cream of tartar, nea conclusivel; that we had _ outsailed je frigate we ba blown through the air, I went down to my bank to conceal myself, and remember nothing further until the colored steward criod out:— “Six bells, sah; time to turo out.’’ I dressed my- sel{ in my own clothes, and remembered with some contusion that I had taken no measures for aispos- ing of the ladies, It was with much gratification T learned that there Were none on board, and [ have not had the heart to ask anything about It; but It is my private belief aud sincere hope that che darling creatures wre alive and wating ina state of sus pended ecst: for the arrival of the swect young | boy from Muscovy. If, however, there is any re- | Hance to be placed on the above narrative he will | turn up somewhere between here and China. This | 18a pleasant reflection for General Shaler and the | Committee of Seventy to take wilh their coffee on election morning, STILL NO TIDINGS OF THE RUSSIAN FREET. The members of the Bxecutive Committee for the reception of the Grand Duke Alexis, like most other | people in New York just now, are beginuing to ex- | press their astonishment at his delay, and wonder | when he will be here, Major Montgomery is datly j deluged with letters asking in many instances the | Most singular questions as to the cause of the delay, | the speed of the Russian ships, aud many other | things with which he ts etther altogether unac- quainted, or only in so small @ degree that to venture upon @ remark ia reference w them might leave open a door for unpleasant | comment, The latest advices from the * feet are dated October 6, at Funchal, Madeira, which have previously been published several times; there has been no information of a positive nature re- cel since then, and hence we are only led to as | sume that the Russian war ships did leave Funchal , on the 9th of October, a8 1t was stated they would. | But tt is possible they did not leave there at that | ume. Some unforseen circumstance might have pre- i | Vented that—some difliculties perhaps with regard | to coaling or obtaining provisions, which would oc- | casion a delay of several days, Indeed, no one ought to marvel if the fleet has but recently started | for these shores, Inasmuch as there may have Leen occasion for communication with St. Petersvurg be- | fore starting, and at that place It would be more than @ week beiore a reply could be received by the | Adiniral, As regards tne voyage across the Athintic every one Who hus crossed that treacherous waste of waters knows that, especially at this season of the ear, there are a thousand +nd one drawbacks, and diiiculties Innuimerable have to be encountered and overcome. ‘The Russian war vessels are slow sl pra und much slower sailers, and, taking into coustderation the fact that the captains are com- parauvely unacquainted with the utmespheric currents which are constantly rushing over its | boundless surface, the fleet may yet be uw very long | distance from the New World, The American reception squadron 1s still lying off Gravesend Bay, and it is understood not a little to | the annoyance of che captains of some of the ocean | seamers, as they are lying straight across the course | for these vessels up to New York, and very liable ty occasion @ coliision 1 case of a very dark or foggy } might. ASTRONOMICAL. The Annunl November Mcteors—Lovk for Them on Mouday Night Nex:. {From the Providence Journal, Nov. 10.) The annual fall of November eors is to be | looked for about this time—between the Lotn ana | 14th of the present month, There is no reason to | anticipate any special display, but il the clear at- | Mosphere which has made the skies beantiful to behold jor a iew nights past continues to give us equally favorable conditions we shall pipbably see from an- Out E | @ goodly show ofthese suuning visita 5 THE JOURNEY OF THE CZAR. A Triumphal March—How the People Received ‘Their Sovereign—The Reception at Tiflis—Imposing Ceremonies, St, Perensncra, Oct. 10, 1871, The progress of the Czar on his tour through the eastern provinces bas been marker by 4 succession of triumphs On September 19 (Uctober 1) Mia Majesty reached the borders of the province of Tif_l4, that section of the country forming the na- tural limits between Europe and Asia, The Czar was accompanied by the Grand Duke Czarowita (Crown Prince), the Grand Dukes Wladimir Alexan- drowita and Michel Nicolalewitz Arrivet at the frontier, His Majesty and suite were received by the Governor of Tiflis, Lie Marshal of the nobility, aud the Commander of the District of Douschéte, accompas nied by @ numerous suite of the novinty and @ guard Of honor composed of natives of the district. Making only & Bhort stoppage, the Emperor continued his Journey, and reaching, in the space of about am hour, the picturesque stacion at Katzbek, the illas- trious travellers made a fresh halt, waited on by @ deputation of the chiefs of the tribe known as tha Ossews, From Katzbek the journey continued to- ward Godouar, ALL ALONG THE ROUTE the inhabitants from neighboring localities had congregated in large masses to greet the Emperor’ and the Imperial cort:ge. Toward evening the Im- perial travellers reached Metis, where it had beer arranged to pasa the night, ‘The population showed great enthusiasm, forming at times compact masses, ‘all anxtous to get a glimpse at the Czar, Bonfred were liton the surrounding mountains in-the even- ing. Continuing his journey on the following dayy- October 2, the Emperor arrived at DOUSCHETB towards ten in the morning. Here again he wad received by the Marshal of the Nobility of the d{s- trict, the judges, heads of departments and numer- ous ofMcials, The tnhabitanta of Douschete had turned out in large numbers, waiting since the early morning His Majesty's arrival at the station. Sev eral distinguished ladies of the district had thd honor to present a Caschtik to the Emperor, Thd Georgian Prince, Thadée Gouromof, presented the august traveller with the choicest fruit his garden had proauced, From Douschete the Emperor rode to Tziikanls, escorted by titty cavaliers from Tou- schines, Pocharves aud Kherosours. Arriving at MESECKOHTA, His Majosty proceeded vo visit the ancient cathedray of that city, The edifice was built in 373 and re- stored In the fifteenth ceatar, Reaching the eo try of the house of Go. His Majesty was received by the clergy of tne diocese and the commander of the District of Tulis, a guard of honor having been formed along the approaches of the sucred edl- fice, From Mesekcnta the Emperor followed tha, route towards ‘idis, accompaniod by a guard of honor, Which was reinforced by a detachment of! guards belonging to the corps of the Grand Duke, His Majesty's lieutenant of vie Caucasian provinceds BEFORE ENPERING TIFLIS the Impertal party visited the military camp, situ- ated in the ¢ where he was at tended by Prince Mot commandant of the troops. After the ususl ceremony of presentation the kmperor, accompanied by a stad, which had been swelled on the road by large numbers of the mem- bers of the nobility, procecded to a large teat which had been erected tor his accommodauon, A gual 0! honor, composed of tne regunent of Erivan, was drawn up. Abthis spot he was received by thelr Highnesses the Grand Duchess Olga Feodurowu® aud the Grand Duke Nicol: hailowitz. ‘The regiment of Urivan carries the hia Majesty, and le betug the commander tnereof re- appeared shortly clad in che unitorm of that regl- ment, and leaving the tent proceeded to the camp, inspected his regiment and several others, all of wich subsequentiy passe’ in review before him,, His Majesty expressed himself eutirel saustied with the.condition of the troops, and having per- sonally addressed the men to that efect, turned towards the city. Immense crowds had again as- sembied here, ‘The mhabitanta had turued out to @ man, the roads and surrounding heights were fled with one compact mass, and by all His Majesty wad suluted with the greatest enthusiasm. The Marshat of the Nobility, the princes and noodles of Georgia, nad formed a guard of honor, ond, displaying the Georgian banner, preceded His siayesty into the city, Where the authorities and heads of depart ments were 1n Waiting, BEFORE THE OROSS. 1 Before passing whe huge cross erected in come Memorauon of the preservation, some years since, of the Emperor Nicolas from" great dauger, he made the sigh of the cross, halted, aud for several Ininutes seemed absorbed in deep thougit, A putation of the municipality awaited the Em- eror at the foo. of the cross to ofer bread aud sale me of other sphere. Perhaps no suvject of astronomical research 18 invesied with greater interest at tne | present time than tiat which relates to comets and meteors, A few facts seem to be clearly established in the | nistory of the November meteors. They have a \ period of thirty-three years, revolving in an exceed- | ingly eccentric orbit, coming, When nearest the sun, Within that of the earth, and extending far out space beyond the planet Uranus, when at the est distance from the sun. ‘Tuis great hoop or zone 1s Hiled with the tiny bodies called meteors, it varies in depth and compactness in its course, the stream sometimes measuring # depth indicated by | hundreds of thousands of miles aud at others dwin- | ding to dimensions indicated by tens of thousanus, The ear th crosses this stream la November ot eaci | year, and we have a display of shooting stars de- pending upon its extent and compactuess, Once 1 thirty-three years the earth passes through the richest portion of the stream, and we have a grand show. The last period occurred in 1866; the next wil occur in 1899, Astronomers have recently Aiscovered that a tcle- | Scopic comet 1s associated with the meteors, moving | an the same orbit, and corresponding in every par- | ticular witn the ascertained facts in thelr history. ‘This comet Was introduced into the neighborhood of the sun more than a thousand years ago by the attraction of the planet Uranus; ever siuco meteors and comets have continued to revolve in their new orbit, and will continue to revoive ull some more powerful attraction bends their course in a | | new direction, The velocity with which thesa | meteors move has been computed, and it ta found | tat they penetrate the upper regiuns of the atmos. | phere with the tnconceivable speed of forty mil | Second, The depth of the stream can also b us | ured at any part the earth may cross. In 1867 it A | was 50,000 miles; in 1860 it was nut | than 500,000 | mies, The meteors appear, as we look at them, to | radiate from @ point tn the cousteilation Leo, which 4s, therefore, called the “radiant point,” and tue | | meteors are named for this reason Leonides, | ‘Thus far we are dealing with facts 1m the ni&tory of meteors, but Jor the more recent theory of their identity with comets, shining by concussion, and reflected by sunshine, we must wait for more hight before we look upon the subject as anything but an ingenious hypothesis. | iv will be remembered that there was an unusual exhibition of August meteors. Not many were ob- served on American soil, but Frenen observation, which was systematic and thorougn, gave the re- | corded paths of hundreds aud thousands seen at | different stations, and an aggregate of 10,000. The best time fr observation is about three o'clock 1n the morning, for the constellation Leo is then in the east and in a good position for sight- see! We looked caretully for the tiny visitants on the morning of the 9th, but not @ solitary de- scending star rewarded our watch, though the at- mosphere was sonerhy, clear, and the waning moon did not give sufficient lignt to obscure the faintest straggier of the shining brotherhood, OALVARY CEMETERY, Card from the Chaplain of Calvary Cemetery. CALVARY CEMETERY, L. L, Nov. 10, 1871. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— May I ask: you to insert in your next issue a few lines in answer to a charge made through the columns of the HERALD against the chaplain at Cal- vary Cemetery, by a Correspondent who calis him- self “A Roman Catholic!” After antmadverting upon the appearance of the grounds, he says, ‘Also may be mentioned the very inalfferent manner of the oMciating clergyman attending at the burial ceremony at Calvary Cemetery.” Ideny the foul charge of indifference m my ministrations over the dead, I have always performed the funeral ser- vice with due solemnity. For the truth of this asseriion [appeal to all the respectable Catholics and Protestants that have been coming with tune- rals here for the lastten years, ‘A Roman Catho- lic’? further saya, ‘Add to all a rough gardener to Assist at the sacred mouraful service, looking as it he dropped the spade to hold the sacred bowl!” To this latter churge | say the sexton of the Mortuary Chapel at Calvary Cemetery 18 not a gardener or grave digger, with the spade “half ee) to his hand.” He {3 @ young man of trreproachabie char. acter, intelligent, faitiful and trathtul, 1 would like very much to Know who this. “Ro- man Catnollc”’ ts? Who this son of a saint is’ The gon (ag he gays bimself) of sainted mother.’? Yours, &c., HOMAS JUYCE, Chaplain, OABROLL'S COAT, Last Thursday evening Jobn Carroll went {nto the clothing store kept by Isaac Stern, at 460 Grand street, and asked to look at some biack frock coats. He tried on one of the garments, and sald he wanted to go outside and look atit in the light, As svon ag he got outside the door he started on a race down the street and the wily clothier atter tim, Oficer Gibson stopped the fleet-footed young maa, Justice Scott yesterday committed him under $300 ball to give him time to ruminate on the dierenece between meum and (uurie fo his Majesty on a plate of enamelied gold aud ornamented with desigas representing the arms of the cl'y aud views of the surrounding wills and Among the deputation were several per< decorated with the medal which had deed struck on the occasion of the late Emperor Nicolas? journey to the Caucasus. THE KAISEW'S WELCOME, The Mayor of tue city Welcomed the Emperor im the following speech: ~ Sutk—Upon the very spot where it pleased the Almighty to preserve the life of your auyust father the people of ‘Tiths, in re $ received at the vands of your Majesty and ip a gment of the wise adminis tration of your august brother, joyously welcgme your rival and solicit trom your Majesty the o oud and saltan «proof of their y to your Majesty and to We empire of Kuseiay dopted our cuuutry and overwhelmed our people w with kindn THE CEREMONY OVER, the Emperor left the cross, and on his route met other deputations ani delegations, notably the core poration known ag the Arik —#il with tue em- biews of thelr trade, many-colored flags wad cock. Immense bouquets of choice fowers and plants were strewn on the route over which His majesty was to pass, VHE ENTIRE CITY WAS SPLENDIDLY DECORATED with Jags, bauners and tapestry. ‘Transparencies With the monogram aud portraits of Lis Majesty were displayed everywhere, while the strecis were tHronged with peopie so a4 to impede the progress of Whe Imperial party. Under the portal of the Gym- ades, nasiun @ deputation of leuts = awaited His Majesty and presented an address at ine entry of the avenue leading from the palace to the Cathedral of “lou, A procession ol the clergy Of all denominations then met the Buperor, windows were tiled, the balconies and all the roots’ of uouses literally covered with people, ‘The acclamations of Uke people, the ringing of i salvos of arullery, produced an lulenuse aud # solemn elfect, ARRIVED AT THE CATREDRAL OF ZION, Tis Majesty was receiveu by vie Patriarch of Georgia, supporied by a numerous body of clergy. Mousignore Busebe wWelcuined tne august monarch loquent allocation, Deune beng chanted, aperor again Mounted iis steed and made his way toward the palace, accompanied vy the Grand Duke Michel Nicolaiewitz Ip the evening the city and surrounding heights were priuliantly Uiumi- hated, The acclumations of the people, the music and the joyous animation of tie wasses did not cease tll long after nudnignt, SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A NEGRO MEETING IN NONTGOMERY, ALA. nith’s Anvil, Whi:h Was Being Used as a Cannon, Explodes, Killing Iwo Men and Seriousiy Wounding Others, {From the Montgoméiy advertiser, Nov. 6.) About seven o'clock last night a crowd of negroes and white radicals commenced to gather at th Artesian Basin fox the purpose of @ grand aemon- stration in favor Of one laction of the party, gener- ally called the National Guard crowd, preparatory to the pending clection. Some old anvils that have been Trequently used, and which had caused much foar iu this community, were brought upon the round and prepared for use as caunou. One of hese, Oiled with powder by te negro lo charge, Was rouched off and exploded, breaking into several and with the most dreadful results, large piece ae. . 8. Campbell, Ucket agent at the Western Ratirdad, Was crossing from McDonald's clothty; store to the telegraph corner. He was about hall way between the two places. A large piece of the iron struck him back of the left ear, mashing in that side of his face and head, Me sank upon the cross. Ing, lived but afew hours only, and was Rot con. sclous & moment aller he was struck, Mr, Jeptha Frost, @ workman in the Wester Railroad shop, Was struck in the shoulder, side and arm aud terribly mangled. He died instanuy om the sidewalk, Where he was standiug when strack— at the Central Bank corner, A piece of the tron broke the tron railing around the steps leading into the Globe saluon, under the Liverpool, Loudon and Glove building, and struck Mr, Morris Light as he was starting up tne ste He was wounded in several places, the severest ing In the forehead, which caused @ fracture of the skull, and is exceedingly sertous, His right arm ia also broken, Mr, D. W. Perdue was standing on the same corner (Central Bank). He was struck above the knee, but bis whole leg was crushed to his foot, His leg will be amputated this morning, ‘a8 that 18 the only chance to save bis life, His con- ition is very critical. Eddie Waiker, a little white boy, was wounded, but we learn not seriously. Thug two good citizens bave been in a moment hurrtea into eternity. Two olhers are terribly, and one of them it is feared mortally wounded, They had nothing to do with this miseravle radical business but were good, peaceable citigens and democrats, and were quictly gotig their Way attending to their own busiuess, Two or three large fragments of Iron struck U perme Guilding, missiug one of the wessengs boys not more than six tucnes, Another piece struck the clothins store of Tisworth, Scott & Co., @ud still another the store of J.T. McDonald & Coy