The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1871, Page 9

“THE FRENCH YXBCUTIONS. (Herald Special Report from Paris. The Communists Rossel, Ferre and Bour- geois Shot to Death. @avaleade from the Prison and Arrival at the Scene of Condemnation. THE ATTENDING CLERGYMEN, Troops of the Line and Artillery on Duty in Force. *Personal Bearing and Dress of the Condemned. ‘The Supreme Moment---‘Fire !” and the Earthly End. President Thiers’ Posi- tion in the Case. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. The following special despatches to the RALD have been received from our corre. pondent in the French capital; — ce >} hg Paris, Nov. 28, 1871. The execution of the condemned Com- [maunists M.M. Rossel, Ferré and Bourzeois ftook place at Sartory to-day. They were shot to death, in accordance with be sentence of the court martial, outside the army camp. THE LAW DEMANDS ITS VIOTIMS, At half-past six o'clock in the morning three wnilitary fourgons left the prison gate escorted yy two squadrons of cavalry, TUM CAVALOADE TO DEATH. In the first vehicle came Louls Nathaniel ‘Rossel, 2 nue was attended by 4 clergyman of the rotestant Episcopal Gaurch. A member of the gendarmes sat on either ide of the prisoner, both officers being armed. The second fourgon bore the prisoner Bour- Bevis. A priest of the Roman Catholic Church sat beside him. A like number of gendarmes were on duty, placed as in the case of Rosscl. M. Ferré occupied the third vehicle. He was escorted by gendarmes also, and Presented a very manly bearing. NEARING THE GROUND. The procession passed through the town of. Sartory, on its route to the artillery camp. THE GUARDS. Two thousand soldiers of the line, repre- genting the different corps of the service, were pn duty at the execution ground, TAKING POSITION. The military formed three sides of a square, The convict wagons were halted near the pen space at the end, ROSSEL'S APPEARANCE. Rossel jumped from the convict carriage Immediately after it halted. He appeared very pale, An overcoat of black cloth concealed the other parts of his dress. He walked with difficulty towards the spot ‘assigned to him, even although he was sup- ported by the clergyman. FERRE'S APPEARANOE. M. Ferré was lifted from the wagon and placed on the ground immediately after Rossel. He appeared to recover his strength imme- diately, and walked with a firm step. BOURGEOIS. Bourgeois was then taken out. THE SENTENCE. The sentence of the court martial was read to the men in due form. PREPARED. At the conclusion of the ceremony Roa- sel handed his handkerchief to the attending clergyman in a cool, unexcited manner, and, having embraced the divine, bad his eyes blindfolded. Ferré refused to have his eyes bandaged. He declared that ‘‘he should look his execu- tloners in the face.” THE FIRE. Three several firing parties then advanced to the proper distance in front of the men. The order ‘‘Fire” was given, the volleys were discharged and the prisoners fell. Rossel fell at the first discharge. instantly killed. The others were not so fortunate. The ballets did not take immediate effect, and they Jay writhing on the ground. DEAD. They were despatched from their agony by pistol shots, delivered in the head, according to the custom of military executions. THE CORPSES, The troops on duty were filed past the corpses and reformed for their retura to quarters, There were thirty thousand soldiers of the line present on the ground, including the spe- cial military guard and the firing party. Rossel's regiment lead the advance after the ‘‘wheel” for quarters was ordered, ARB THEY FORGOTTEN? The different bands struck up the music of Qbrillieat march almost immediately, and this He was NEW YUKK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, was played until the troops were far from the scene of the executions. FOR BURIAL. Three coffins had been provided on the ground, and in these the bodies were placed for interment. PUBLIO FERLING, The finale of the tragedy bas produced a very deep sensation in the camp at Sartory, in Paris and Versailles. The death of young Rossel is lamented even by those who felt it was demanded by justice and the best interests of the country, President Thiers’ PositionHow the Execu- tive Met the Appenls for Clemency. Panis, Noy. 28, 1871. Up to a late hour last night much agitation prevailed in the city over the expected fate of Rossel and the other leaders of the Com- mune, Extraordinary influences had been brought to bear on the Commission of Pardons. The most affecting appeals were made to the Presi- dent of the republic, The decision of the former was kept secret, and it was well known that M. Thiers was visi- bly affected during bis interview with Rossel's father. Even this morning it was still doubtful that Rossel would undergo the extreme penalty of the sentence, and his friends were hopeful of a commutation, THE SUPREME MOMENT PASSED. All doubt on the subject was soon dispelled by the receipt of a despatch from Versailles, officially announcing that the execution had panions had been shot to death. SKETCHES OF THE DEAD COMMUNI Louis Nathaniel Rossel. Louis Nathaniel Rossel, who was shot to death by French soldiers yesterday, as reported to us by cable telegram, was born on the 9th of September, in the year 1844, at St. Brieuc (Nord). He studied at the Ecole Polytechnique, where he attained the grade of sous lieutenant in the month of October, 1864, He was appointed First Licutenantin the Second regiment of engineers on the 1st of February, is Ot The was attached to the company of miyers. fe was commissioned lcutepant * tne sotn of Decomhs;, jovi, Bnd stationed subsequently in Metz ana Montpelier, Promoted to the rank of captain, he served at Bourges atid again in Metz. Kosser eoccped from fhe celehr ated fortress, On the 14th of Decembef, anid year, he be- came commander of the engineering staf in the camp at Nevers, He made his escape from Metz the very day the Prussian troops entered it. From France Rossel passel to Belginm and England. He reiurued to Tours, where he made the acquaintance of M. Gambetta. Gambetta entrusted him with a mission to the north of of France which directed him to ascertain and report on the amount of military force and means of deience to be found there. On hig return he was appomted an auxiliary colonel of engineers on extra duty, He assumed this position at the mo- ment when the Paris insurrection broke out. A despatch which he read in a newspaper informed him that the bonaparte government had vacated the Capital, aud that the city was “in the power of the insurrection.” Rossel did not hesitate. to the French Minister of War in Ve inform him that he had resolved to post of command, and to proceed to Varts to ofer nis aid to the revolution. Rossel anmitted the genuineness of the letter ever afterwards, stating Vaat he had coolly calculated the consequences, Arriving 10 Paris he placed naimself In communica- tion with members of the Committee of the Seven- h Arrondissement, He discipiined the legion zeal anu wetivity. Some of the oMcers aud ad with nis system aud drill. ‘They comp! as arrested. He was released ‘hrough efforts of a friendly officer, and fook service nnder General Cluseret. By hig, he was appointed Delegate for War and to fill thé post of Chiel of the Stam. He held the position to the 2oth of April, 1871, under the then existing goyern- ment. Then he r q He had already been charged with the F » Courts martal, Jn Us capacity he tried n charge of “having refused to march against the avmy of Bonapa ” sentenced them to death, and was inexorably severe in the infliction of the dread penalty. He attended daily in the Court until whe loth of May. On that day the Com- mune declared his deposition from power and ordered his arrest. In company with M. Gerardin he made his escape and sccreted him- self in another quarter of Paris, le was arrested by a member of che legal police of the city on the 7th of June, 1871. Rossel had disguised himself as @ servant Of the Eastern Ratlway Company, and carried with him a Icster addrcased to one Tirebots, a foreman in the service of that corporation, With this he appeared at the Vilette station. In all this he sought to establish @ fase identity, He was recognized, notwitistanding, and owned his name and rank. Alter his arrest 1t was ordered that he should be tried by court martial om the following CHARGES, First—Deseruon at home, Sevond—Vaking part in an attempt to excite in- surrection, change the form of government and bead clvil war by arming citizens against each other, Third—Of having engaged and enrolled, caused to be engaged and enrolled, soldiers; having pro- vided and procured arms and ammunition without the orders of the legitimate authorities. Fourth—t having taken command of armed Dands, directed thein in their attack upon and re- sistance to the public force acting against those bands, which invaded tor purposes of pillage and devastation anus, fortresses, mugazincs, post offices, arsenals aud public buildings. Fisth—~OF baying thus as @ soldier borne arms against France. Crimes set forth and punishable under articles 231, 233, 204 and 203 of the Military Code of Justice, and articles 91, 92, 96 and 97 ol the ordinary penal code, nen Theophile Ferre. Of Theophile Ferré—one of Rossel’s companions at the extreme moment—but little is kuown—that is, of his birth or education. He stood forth during the in- surrection a matured Communist. Le was thirty years ofage and a mercantile accountant by pro- fessional calling. Thiers’ oMcers termed him “a man of bad political antecedents.’ Physically he was of a rather repulsive type of humanity, His nose was exceedingly thin and of the most remark- able aguiline shape, dipping over a short black mus- tache, very nearly into lus mouth, The mouth contained @ set of white, pointed, almost canine, teeth, He displayed these teeth almost momenta- rily in seers, and, during bis trial, in satirical sniggers at the government witnesses. ills eyes were dark, sharp, restless In expression and set quite close to each o:ner, His forehead was not exucty low in its development, but was marked w.th many sinister lines abo the brow, During the French Baudin mani festation in 1868 Ferré raised the cry of “Vive (a Republique! La Convention ane Tuilervea! La Raison a No're Dame!” This made part of tne charge brought against him betore the Court Mar- Val. ysis 4 tue Paris insurrection he was at the Rue des Rosleres on the morning of the 18th of March, 1871, becaine 4 member of the Commune on the 20th of March, and signed several proclamations juciting the Freacn people to civil war, He vecame Procureur of tue Commune on tne ist of May. His frieud Raoul Regault nom. inated him Delegate of the. Preiecture of Police, on the 14th of the same montu, in place of Cournet, whose fideilly to the cause of the Com- mune was then distrusted. In this latter capaciy Ferre was present ofticialty and by personal voll- tion, and also by inelination, it was said, at tne mur- der of Monsignor the Archbishop of Paris, the execution of several Sergeants de Ville and toe pat. tng to death of other persons who nad Leea hostaged to the Commune. M. Bourgeois. ‘The particulars of the life of Bourgeois have not been written. De was charged with having partict- pated in many of the “crimes’’ of the Commane— murder among otbers—and sentenced to death by the Court Marual with (he complete approbation of the civ autnorities of France. GERMANY. Organization of the Prussian Diet. TELEGHAN TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BRaLiN, Nov. 28, 1871, The Chamber of Deprties of the Prusstan Dict effected an organization to<iay, Forkenbeck was Qieoved Premacns aud Koeller Figs Vice Propheeak AFRICA. Herald Special Report from London. A Native War in the Interior and the Herald’s Correspondence Interrupted. FOUR SERVANTS OF THE PRESS KILLED, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. The following special despatch to the Herarp has been received from our corre- spondent at the British capital :— Lonpon, Nov. 28, 1871, Despatches from the Hxratp special cor- respondent in Africa have been received in this city. The writer was at Unyany-embe at date of the latest advices. He reports the prevalence of a native war, and that four of the men whom he had em- ployed as guides and servants were killed by the contending parties during his advance march, There was no news of Livingstone. Fever was more than usually prevalent, and the leader of the Hzraup exploring party had just suffered from an attack of the disease, THE PRINCE OF WALES’ ILLNESS, Uneasiness in the British Capital, Yesterday Morning. Issue, of the Medical Bulletin and a More Favorable Report. His W%fe, the Princess, Not Se- riously Invalided. are oT Ts I TELEGRAWS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ~Tonpox, Nov, 28—Noon, The city journals, in their issue this morning, re- flected the feeling of general uneasiness which pre- vails, and of the existence of which there ts no at- tempt at concea:ment, with regard to the condition of health of the Prince of Wales, It was represented that serious rumors were cur- rent at Windsor, to the effect that Mis Royal High- ness was worse, and that much alarm was felt at the Castle. This, coupled with the announcement that Her Majesty the Queen would probably remain all day to-day at Sandringham, the residence of the Prince ond Princess of Wales, strengthened the impres- sion that the crisis of the fever was at land and the danger the greatest. The latest bulletin of the Priuce’s physictans, issued since the appearance of the morning papers, 1s, however, unexpe: (edly reassuring, and tends to relieve the anxiety causod by the newspaper re ports. The medical announcement states that ‘the Prince was abie to sleep during the night," and that “the fever is lessening.” The Princess of Wales. LONDON, Nov. 28—Noon. The court physiciana certify that the tlIness of the Princess Alexandra, wife of the Prince of Wales, ‘is not serious," ENGLAND. The Minister to the United States at Audience at Court. Newspaper Press Telegrams and the System of Canard Reports. TLLEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, Nov. 28, 1871, The Court Circular announces that the Queen yesterday gave an audience to Sir Edward Thornton, Minister to the United States. CANARDS ON THE PRESS. A telegrapnic despatch was recently foisted upon nearly all the newspapers of the kingdom, an- nouncing an amalgamation of the leading ratlroad lines. For a few hours the statement had a very disturbing effect on domestic railway shares, and large numbers of dealers were deceived by It. Inves- tigation was made into the origin of the despatch and the original telegram found to be a forgery, but its author has not yet been discovered, The «irec- tors of the Midiand Railway Company have offered a large reward for whe detection and arrest of the perpetrators. The newspapers comment on the transaction in unqualified terms, Evtitors and correspondents are. liberal tn remarks and suggestions and cite many similar acts of deception perpetrated on the American press. The despatch which was once sent from Baltimore, purporting to announce the loss with all on board of an Engtish steamer engaged in laying the telegraph cable to Panama, is particu- larly referred to as one of the most cruel hoaxes of the kind. It is suggestea that all news despatches to be gent by telegraph undergo special registration atthe telegraph offices where they are received, that the parties sending them be required to give guarantees of good faith or evidence of authority to send news despatches, and other precautionary measures are recommended to prevent the recur- rence of such cases. BELGIUM. The Auti-Ministerial Agitation Re- newed in Brussels. TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HEALS, BRUSSELS, Nov. 28, 1871. The manicipal agitation against the Ministry has been renewed and ts maintained with unabated | force. Peutions to the King for the dismissal of the Min- isters are pouring in from all points of the country, ‘An immense mass of people is assembled tn front of the Palais de la Nation. The appearance of the multitade is threatening, | but a strong force of roops is on the ground, and although they do mot attempt co disperse the crowd they have so far succeeded {0 prevesting violence to persons or the destruction of property. Ories of “Resign | resign!” are beard ou every side of the palace. ; The temper of tie people ia dangerous and the situation critical. ‘The impression is that the Ministers will yield and Vouder Weir resimuatiqua Va Uke KL NOVEMBER 29, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET, CUBA. Eight Medical Students Sentenced | THE UNITED § to Death and Executed. HOW THEY DIED. Three Negroes Killed by a Mob for At- tempted Assassination, GREAT EXCITEMENT IN HAVANA. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO HAVANA, Nov. 28, 1871, At one o'clock this afternoon the finaing of the court martial, which was convened to try the medi- cal students who demolished tne grave of Gonzalo Castanon, was announced from the balcony of Act- ing Captain General Crespa’s palace, Fight of the students who were found most guilty for violating the grave of General Castanon were sentenced to be shot at four o'clock this afver- noon at Punta. The others were sentenced to four and six years’ imprisonment in the Penitentlary, All those sentenced to death were over eighteen years of age. The execution of the condemned prisoners took place at the specified hour. They met their death with resignation and ex- pressed regret at having committed the act for which they dea, ‘rhe names of the students who were shot were Alonzo Alvarez Delacampa, Jose Marta Lieras, Carlos Angulo Latorre, Eladio G, Toledo, Pascual Roderiguez Pereze, Anastasio Bermrdez Govin, August Laborde Perez and Carlos Verdugo Martinez. Great excitement prevailed throughout the city uring the day, and business was suspended; but at thia hour (six P. M.) all (3 quiet. ptain General Valmaseda, who was yesterday at Jucaro, is expected to arrive in Havana during the afternoon, He publishes a proclamation to the volunteers, promising that the guilty shali he pumshed, and charging the recent events to the machinations of the laboranies, LYNCH LAW, Three negroes to-day attempted to assassinate an officer of the volunteer artillery, They did not succeed in their design, though the officer was seriously wounded by a dagger. The act of the negroes Wad witnessed by a number of persons, who attacked them and killed all three. Their bodles were taken t¢ tbe Pind Hospital " MEXICO. Herald Specia! Rep.rt trom the Mexican Capital~ Diaz’s Vormidable Revolt Against. the’ Juarez Government. A GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED. TELCCRANS TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. The following special despatch has been re- ceived from our correspondent at the Mexican capital :— Cirx or Muxtoo, Nov. 21, 1871,) Via Havana, Nov. 28, 1871, "5 Porfirio Diaz and his brother, formerly a Governor, have pronounced against Juarez. The government is conceatrating 6,000 troops near Oaxaca, Diaz is at Oaxaca with 5,000 men, ready for the first battle, which is expected within three days. A considerable part of the government forces has deserted to General Diaz, Ample powers have been granted to Juarez by Congress to pat down the revolution, Several generals and colonels heretofore loyal to the government have gone over to Diaz. Diaz has issued a plan or manifesto de- nouncing the past election as illegal, and advocating reform and a new election for President, The revolt extends from Soulins to the Rio Grande. Puebla has likewise risen against the Juarez government, ‘Still the government expects to put down the revolution with the ample forces at its disposal. General Aureliano, at the head of a large force, is hovering near the capital. The roads to the city of Mexico are infested with banditti. Minister Marchail has been attacked in Con- gressional speeches for undertaking the Mex- ican loan in the United States. Durango is occupied by Borrego. General Corralles is yet faithful, but General Vera- crusiis doubtful. General Thexia, the Secretary of War, has the chief command of all the government forces against Governor and General Diaz. Anarchy Throughout the Republic of Mex- lromJuarez Advised to Change His Cabli- net—Fenrs of American Intcervention—Ane other Mexican Lenn in the United States— Diaz Abandoned by Genoral Negrete. . City OF MExIco, Nov. 1% Via HAVANA, Nov. 28, 1871. } A state of anarchy prevails throughout the en+ tire republic, The journals are filled with accounts of ,pronunciamentos and the troops are growing revolutionary. General Porfrio Diaz has formally pronounced, and is packed by the Lexislature of the State of Oaxaca, Which has decreed to return to its own sovereignty. The greater part of the army 1s dis- trusted. The Siglio of the 18th says that Juarez was closeted with the American Minister on the night of the 1ith, Who advised the President t change his Cabinet. The report caused great sensation. The people are expressing fears of American in- tervention. Positive assurances are given of Cabinet changes in the beginning of December. It ig rumored that Sefior M. Romero will soon go to Washington, but whether officially or not is unknown, itis again reported that Mexico will try lo raise @ loan in the United States, ‘The milttary situation remains onchanged. Bo'h parties are preparing for an advance, but neither has commenced to do 60 as yet. General Teran was arrested at Vera Cruz by order of Jnares aud went lo Ovxaca. Palacio 15 spoken of as Frovisionat Governor of Nuevo Leon, where the Juarists are gaining strength, Vidal Castoneda announced on the 15th tnst., ta Congress, that he was authorized to state by the Lerdista paciy that they do not sympathize with eluier Diaz or we government, but Will remaid neutral m the Jigit becween the gov- vernment and be revolationista, General Negrete has abandoned Diaz and gous to Sierra de Zacapoarstia, A manifesto Issued by Diag meets With @ Poor response, [Lis reported tat tie brothers Dias disagree, Porfirio amd tis ariny favors Ig Beuites (or Governor uns\ead of Vous Diddy YGTON. ‘ATES AND SPAIN. WASHINGT The Difficulties that May Arise Consequent Upon the Mas- sacres at Havana. Rear Admiral Lee and Part of the North At- lantic Fleet Ordered to Cuba at Onee. Tie Chances the American Fleet Wouid Have Against the Spanish War Ships. Seeretary Robeson’s Reports to the Cabinet. Wasuinearon, Noy, 28, L871, The Attitude of the United States foward Spain Resulting aacre. The excitement and bloody lawlessness of the from the Ilnvann Mas. Spanish volunteers tn Havana yesterday seemed for the time to threaten such danger to the lives and property of American citizens present in the city that the American Consul General telegraphed last night in urgent terms for protection, and bis despatch reached the State Department to-day. It so happened that not even the moral support of a single United States man-of-war was available to the American residents in the midst of their fears, and the only support that can be given to them at present is contained in the propo- sition under consideration at the Navy Department this afternoon to have the Monitor Terror, of one thousand tops and carrying four guns, (owed over to Havana from Key West, to be followed, perhaps, by the Nipsic, @ small propeller of four hundred tons and three guns, now latd up at the Pensacola Navy Yard, if she can be got ready intume. Rear Admiral Lee, commander of the North, Atlantic fleet, is in this city, his Nagship, the Severn, of 2,000 tons and fifteen guns, having on her arrival home for some necessary repairs been taken for tompo- rary service as the flag vessel of Vice Admiral Rowan’s reception fleet av New York, aud it is very doubtful if, under any emergency, ste could go to Kea at this season without the repairs she ‘was brought to New York to receive; yet, whatever the heterogeneous naval force the government rany ho able to muster in the Gulf, it will be ug tateh for the splendid meet that Spata atready possesses in the West Indies and stands ready to reluforce tm- mediately. This was not a satisfactory report for Secretary Robeson to make to the President, when brought by the latter vis-a-vis in Cabinet to-day with the Secretary of State and as despatch from the American Consul at Havana; but he pleaded not-responsibility for what was by alleging the refusat of Congron. {0 Make any but ghe most niggardiy appropriations for the havar ese” vice and restricting the force of sallors, that fell far snort of what our wide-spread commercial in- terests réqmired. And all this against his oficiat remomstrances, The subject was actively discussed by the Caninet, and the cur. rent of ppinion unmistakably ran in the direction of a firm but not quarrelsome atitade upon this Cuban question. No doubt was entertained by any of the members that the country would stand by any position that the government mtght take, and a general beliet was expreased that this fact would have a Letter effect upon the Spanish Cabinet at Madrid and the volunteers at Havana than a mighty neet or tron-clads off the Morro Cas- tle. Bat if the occasion should arise tt is thought at the Navy Department that all the vessels of the reception feet, except the Severn, could follow the Terror to Havana. The latest hews from that city, however, ts regarded as an in- dication that the immediate danger 1s past, and the temper of the administcation 1s now such that the seeming unreadiness of to-day will not be charged upon it henceforth if Congress does not withhold the material means of asserting American rights abroad In a proper manner. It may be some satis- faction to know upon the very highest authority that our general relations with Spain are of tue most amicable character, 80 peaceable and promis- ing, Im fact, as to justify the granting of a leave of absence to Minister Sickles to come home for the double purpose of a bridal tour and to lend his splendid political strategy to the laying out of the political campaign for next year and to the solution of the perplexing Presi- dential problems that are driving the smaller fry of allparties crazy by their uncertainties. The Legation at Madrid can safely be left 12 the nands of aChargé d’Aifaires, while General Sickles ta more profitably employed for the time being tn the old familiar business, and any such emergent ques- tions as are always liable to arise till the pacifica- tion of Cuba ts an accomplished fact can be settled direct with the Spanish Minister, under the special authority conferred upon him by the republican gov- ernment of Spain and continued by that of the new King to deal immediately with our State Depart. ment in Cuban affairs. It is not dented by the administration that the government of the United States has been forbearing towards Spain, but not more so than t4 justified by the circumstances of that country for the past two 7 solders or permit thi cm "try (0 lofend ita own citizens. Secretary Robeson "eMAlied with the Prosident for a considerable tim? “(ter the Uabinet had adjourned, and Admiral 1a ' WO Awatted the Secretary's return at the Navy Dep ‘mont, was in formed that he must proceed to thy & PD Of action at once, and it will be decided toma, ‘OW Wheshor ho shall venture to sea in the Sevorn, m ‘OW fag ship, or whother the Worcester, now a * #oston, shall be put in immediate commisator’s °° him. Allusion being incidentally made to the mes,“ ball to the Russian Grand Duke at the Brookigm . N87 Yard to-night, it was intimated that the hurey "6 sevnes of the (among ball at Brussels before Wate ~ loo need not be tepeated, as no such haste was nm cessary in this case, Spain is as agxious as our own government for a settlement of the Hornet questi but not nothing more dangerom thae calm diplomacy is required in that difection, and Seoretary Fish found nothing in the situation to Prevent him (rom leaving for New York to-night to spend Chankagiving with hia lamily, and Senator Roberts, it was ascertained, retured peaceably to ped in bis Mansion here at an unusually early hour this evening. ‘The telegram ot the American Consul General @ the State Department, herein referred to, though regarded as & natural Cousequence of the state of atairs in Havana yesterday, contained oni tis apprehensions of what nugnt happen to American residents if the tury of the volunteers reached beyond its immediate provoca- tion, and was not calculated to tuspire any other twan precautionary and prospective measures on the part of our government, ln a community of the reliyious complexion of Havana the desecration of @ grave is one of the worst of ou'rages, and the particular act of desecration commit ted by the medical students was greauy aggravated im consequence of ita _ political siguificance, Castafhon, the unconscious victim of the outrage, was the editor of the Voz de Cuba, the known organ of the volunteers, and lost nis life om American soll in a duel provoked by his own rash- ness, His burial tn Havana was a military pageant, and the demoiition of his grave was, of course, re- garded a8 a challenge to the renewal of bloodshed ta the elty. Inasmuch as the United States government ts poorly prepared at this juncture toepter upon @ hostile parade of tts vessels of war in Cubam waters it is not the policy of the administration to precipitate show of physical power that could ony be contemptible as a means of actual war; hence the present purpose fs no other than to keep the American fag afoat off the Island, a8 a reminder of what ltes bebind it in the case of need, But it it should tarn out that the military Srowess of the country must alter all be called Mto action Congress, Just avout to assemble, 1s the constitutional medium for 40 declaring, find it will find the Executive arm will- lng in thé execution of such @ declaration. Seoretary Boutwells Keply to “ ferring to the New National Loan, AS unfavorable comments have recently been made in relation to Secretary Boutwell's negotia- Von of the new loan, it 1s proper to state that in doing 49 he followed the tine laid down in his printed circular of tue 10tn of August last and haa not departed from It, The arrangement was stated qnétel to bé subject to the condition that the be a tional banks should havé thé opportunity withim sixty days to subscribe for any sum or sums not ex- éseding ity miiiod doilags i |, and the bays Inaking or obtaining subscriptions in elif ‘ould be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as de- positors of public money, upon the usual conditions of placing in the hands of the Treasurer of the United States bonds of the United States for the sé- curity of such deposits, At the commencement of sock month notice would be given of the redempttom of an amdétiny af bonds equal to tne amount of sub- scriptions in cout Cor OS tome month, interest to cease in ninoty sé from date of sucls notice. As the bonds specitied should ma- ture the depogits were to be withdrawn frome the several banks proportionately. 4 commission of one-elghth of one per cent was to bé@ allowed om ail subscriptions mude or obtained py the navioual banks. It is denied that Secretary Boutwell has violated the law, which authorized the payment of one-hal of one per cent to pay expenses connected with the disposing of the loam. Al agents con- nected with ty Hegotiuudew will recerve only so muctt one-half of one per. cent as shall aiter paying for the engraving, and With this dedmction it ‘aon Roe in printing of the bonds, &c. is Supposed that the compensation will aos #mo0unt or three years. It would have been tnconsistent, the officials here say, to assume @ hostile atutude towards an infant repubdilc straggling for existence at home before it could burden itseif too severely with its colonial affairs; aud the new government of the liberal Italian Prince called to the Spanish throne inherited from the Bourbons a legacy of hatred and tyranny in Cuba that the republic did not last long enough to obliterate, The sympathies of the United States, so far as they could be officially expressed, were early pleaged to the young King Amadeus, and the necessity of giving his government time to pacify the country and get control of the volunteer element in Guba has been recognized to the fullest extent. But the administration now begins to believe that a little firmness will not be unfriendly of premature, and this is the explanation for the apparent change of policy upon which it has now entered, In all this, however, there is not the slightest throat of tmme- diate hostilities, The United States has not the force to cope with Spain, even were it possiple to concentrate its whole naval power for such a pur- pose, but the reserve force of the country is as well known and felt in Spain and Cuba as in tots coun- try, and the government 1s assured that diplomacy thus strengntened will be all potent for tne future protection of Americans and their interests in Cuba. “Diplomatic stock has risen in the pablic esteem,” says the State Department, “since the treaty with Great Britain, and the status of foreign restdents in countries aMicted by war and the prevalonce of martial law has been shorn of some of its.sapposed Immunities and privileges by the events of our own rebellion ana the Franco-German war, ag the proceedings before: the Britisu-American Claims Commission will, belore long, raveal.”” So far as events in Cuba to, the pregent time are concerned a mode of amicable sewtiement has been provided for American lca of life and property in the Spanish-American Hoard of Arbitration, soon to assemble in this city. For We ives that have veen lost the Spanish governmyat can do no more than to express Its regret, jylead ita non-concut- rence in the violence tha% has been done, and pledge itself to Prevent recurrence as jar ad lies in its power, More than this } the United States cowd not do tn its own civil war, and nothing more ‘nas ever beon demanded ol tt, Pecuniary compe nsayion must take the place of any better remody foe what has occurred In the past, Doth in Cuba and the United States, but uereaiter RoalA must control the turbuleage Of Ma OWD to as much ay one-fourth of oue per cont, Wale (he neve the ‘The gov- re than if the mono pinoty days referred to in bank depositors pecuniary erninent djd not pay a cent m bad been deposited in the ‘reasury proper, Wit it would have lain idle. The Secretary was to-d interviewed on the subject of the r newspaper publications, and the above is the substance of hip reply. the cireular Meeting of the Cubinet. ‘The statement that the sesston of the Cabihet thie Morning lasted only @ jew moments was ineorrect. ‘The Cabinet met at ten o'clock A. M. and adjourned at hall-past eleven. Fashionable Wedding. Colonel W. F. Stocking, of New York city, an@ Miss Pattle Miller, aaughter of Mr. Justice Miller, of the United States Supreme court, were married at noon to. day at the residence of the oride’s parents, on Capitol Hill, The ceremony was performed by Kev. Dr. Winter, of Pittsburg, Mrs, Miller's father, Among those present at the wedding were President and Mrs. Grant, the Chief Justice and all the Jus tices of the Supreme Court, with their wives; Solicitor General Bristow, General and Mra. Duna, Mrs. Senator Sprague and many others prominent in the oficial and fastionabie society of Washing- ton, The newly married couple left tuis alternoom tor the Weat on a wedding t Honorably A ‘The Postmaster General, who for some days past nas been engaged tn investigatiug the charges against Mr. William F, Prosser, to the effect that he (Prosser) received pay while @ member of Congress for prosecuting & claim against the government, to-day dismissed the charge as on- Urely without fo undation, A.—Public Opinion Hats as well as of head: stamp of superiority to style for 1871-72, street. —Herring’s Vatont sii CHAMPION SAFR:, dol Browlway, corner Murcay ateoe Cbolce Solitaire and mate! A very large assortment mounted snd uuravunted Stoner, Dake Has Net Beem of whose best A.—Even ¢ Gram proof against the fascinations of KNO: ATS it was his frat coacern to proc with his official costume. The ladies at, but Laer were literally thrown inl ine, manly {nce appeared for the fires Orst time under an Imperial KNOX. itis truly astoumbing fect a KNOX can produce on an expred sive ‘as more strikingly exemplified than whem for the Wrst time recognized aw log k: new KNOX of the impsstay pi ' 0 Assortment of Second Had & wine ND COU ANT AND UPRIGHT TIAN Re. OF 8 niet AES a eae a . Also & number ot Pianos her 9 max LMINWAY & SONS, Steinway Hall, 109 capil Last Fourteenth street, New York. ‘i Steinway & Sony? GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT FSA 08, Old Pianon taken io exchange. Mlustruted oat’ ogues seat, fon fms Steinway Wall 109 and 111 Yaad! Pourreentia street, New Yorks les.—Snperior Americans Wi on FF ry Jearold Ieiah Whisker. ts JOHN J. STAFE, 115 Ghayaberm street, at im the Barchelor’s iy Dvye—The Wneleatan cous, Prince Alexis wa’ more regal than over {a world ;the only perfect ie sharmiess, At ali druggists. David's Winter Styles ef Gent¥smon’s Hats.— Suleeroom 209}; Broadway, near Di 1. For Diamonds Watches nad Jewetr9, (0 tay GEORGE C, ALLEN, 41 Broadway, near Fourteg ath street. For a Warm, Casey Rom in Winer Use ROLBUCK'S WEATHRR STBIUS, 68 Fulton, #, rear Clu, Genw’? Silk Hats, S7—All thes New. Siy erate prices. Felt Hate ok moderate PSE WICK & O0..419 "aronutwar. Moet and Of tho famous vintage of 1866, now 0 pale with all Ore 5 to this city. lage Wino Dealese in WAN THON OGRA, . Sole Agent forgthe Vuite states, New Yous, Now 9, 1371. ° “ he Drops’ Care in One Min- ote nets Tete Dit, black oF brown, ongy 50 Conte Royal Havana Lesser: Jag id oat Raton udlooas, ail kiais at ald Sliver, Pad CYLON & CO. Uanegig LI Wally cost Now Cac