The New York Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1871, Page 7

ar INCE OF WALES’ ILLNESS, ITE PR Sondtion of the Patient from Daybreak Yesterday to This Morning. elirious and Restless, but Bat- ‘ tling Firmly for Life. trhe Medical Bulletins from MMore Calm in the Afternoon, but the Fever Persistent. Sis Voice Stronger and tho Physical Prostration Not Complete. i Gileams of Hope from Unoffi- 5 cial Sources. prbe Prince Nursed by His Wite and Sister. WQUEEN VICTORIA WITHIN CALL. Whe Crown Princess of Ger- i many Sent For. Brofound Sympathy of the Publi and Po- lemies Hashed in Its Presence, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. THR MORNING REPORT. QPelirious aud Restless During the Night—No Symptom of Improvement. Sanpemonay, Deo 12—8 A, M. The Prince of Wales had a very restless ht, His delirlum was constant, | ‘There are no algns of improvement at this oment, The Condition Unchanged at Noon.} Sayprixauam, Dec. 12—Noon, The following bulletin has been issued:— “His Royal Highness the Prince has been festless all the morning. ‘ “His condition is unaltered.” Less Hopeful in the Afternoon, Lonpon, Dee, 12—2 P. M, ‘The Prince of Wales is still living. ‘Consoling Rumors and a Gleam of Hope. Lonpon, Deo. 12—5 P. M. ‘There are rumors circulating to the effect Phat Incidents have occurred at Sandringham Which Indicate the existence of a more favor- jpblo state of affairs in the sick room, , Nothing definite has yet been given to the ublic, and the report is circulated with cau- HOthe © Patient More Easy, but tho Fever Per sletent. Lonpon, Dec. 12—6 P. M. _ Tho latest bulletin (to this hour) of the phy- }ictans has just appeared. As the worst result of the disease has been prpected during the entire day the present Btatement, although very guarded in expres- plon, tends to revive the hope of the people, It reads as follows :— 4 “Sanprrxenam, Dec, 12—6 P. M. “The Prince has been somewhat less rest- fess this afternoon, His general condition is wochanged.” This bulletin is signed by Sir William Jenner hand the other physicians in attendance. Cheerlog Nows from Unofficial Sources, ,rr Loxpon, Dec. 12—7 P. M “Private and unofficial advices from Sand- ham, and Windsor, hold out some slight opes of the occurrence of a favorable turn in he Prince of Wales’ disease. ( The patient’s voice remains strong, a proof What nature is not completely exhausted. _ The preparations which were being made in \pntlotpation of an unfavorable result of the age—such as for the ringing of the great Il of St, Paul's and the official announcement of tho death of the heir apparent to the rone—are relaxing. The telegrams sent from Sandringham to rare more reassuring, and the hopes f the royal household at the Castle have been ised this afternoon by the receipt of a pri- wate despatch from Colonel Ponsonby, who }s attached to the Prince’s household. Nursed by His Wife and Sister. Lonvon, Dec, 12—7:15 P. M, The Princess Alexandra is almost con- jptantly by the bedside of hor busband, When she is compelled to retire for rest her place is supplied by the Princess Alice, sister of the sufferer, ‘ Hie Mother Within Call. : Lowpox, Dec. 12—7:30 P. M. «a Her Majesty the Queen remains at Sandring- ham, ‘The Iriacess Victorin Sent For. Lonpon, Deo, 12—2:30 P. M. Her Majesty’s steam yacht Victoria and jAlbert has been despatched to the Continent Mor the purpose of conveying Her Royal High- jness the Princess Victoria, wife of the Prince [Imperial of Germany and eldest child of Quoen ‘NEW YURK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1871—TRIPLE SHERT, THE GENEVA CONFERENCE.| [IE X ICO. Victoria, to England on account of the illness of her brother the Prince of Wales, THE LATEST REPORTS. During the Evening, -Wenker in Strength. Lonpon, Deo. 12—11 P. M. The following bulletin, issued by the Prince of Wales’ physicians, has just been received :— Sanpinanam, Dec, 12—10 P. M. The Prince has passed an unquiet evening, but the prostration doos not increase. Not Polemics Toned Down by the Appronch of Death, Lonpvon, Dec, 12—P. M. A Non-Conformist Educational Conference, which was to have been held in Manchester, has been postponed on account of the illness of the Prince of Wales, CANADA EXCITED. TELEGRAM 10 THE KEW YORK HERALO ‘The Dominion Realizes the Importance of the Home Crisis, ‘ToRONTO, Ont., Dec. 12, 1871, The excitement regarding the Prince of Wales is intense, The newspapors are issuing extras every half hour. THE REGENCY QUESTION. Herald Special Report from London. Parliamentary Provision for the Succession of the Infant Prince, Albert Victor. A Council of Regency—Its Con- stitution and Power. AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE IN PROSPECT. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the Herarp has been received from our corre- spondent in the capital of Grogt Britain :— ‘Loxvor, Dec, 12—Noon, The recovery of the Prince of Wales frortt the fever appears impossible, judging from the reports of his condition which have beer. cir- culated during the morning. In case of his death the Parliament and Ministry will probably create a Council of Re- gency, made up of His Royal Highness tho Duke of Cambridge, cousin of the Queen; His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Duke of Edin- burg, and Her Royal Highness Alexandra, Princess of Wales. Other personages may, perhaps, be named in the Regency bill. This action will be taken immediately, so as to provide for the guardianship, education and succession of the heir apparent to the throne, Prince Albert Victor, in the event of the death of his father previous to the demiso or abdication of Queen Victoria. The important subject of the extent of con- stitutional power which should fe’ granted to the Council of Regency will come up for dis- cussion iu the present Parliament ; but whether the Legislature will define it or that it will be placed before the country as an extraordinary occasion by a dissolution, has not been de- termined, The Meeting of Prriiament. Lonpon, Dec. 12, 1871, Parliament meets on the 23d of January. PREVIOUS REGENCI IN ENGLAND, The Power of Appointment and the Authorl. ties To Boe Confided to the Regent Vested in Parliament. In the present condition of the British monarchy it 1s interesting to recall the various regencies that have held sway in recent times in England. The whole power of appointing a regency 1s vested in the houses of Parliament, ‘This was mado a provi- Bion of the constitution in order, among other things, to effectually guard against the possibility of a Roman Catholic acquiring control of the gov- ernment. Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George IT., was killed in 1751 by a blow from a cricket ball while he was watching the progress of an interesting match, and in the same year a measure was passed through both Houses providing that the Princess Dowager of Wales should act as Regent in case the crown by the deaih of George IL, the then reigning sovereign, should descond to a minor, On the death of George IL, in 1760, this bill passed into force, but the Re- gency was extremely unpopular, owing to the al- leged favoritism in the administration. So danger- ous and alarming were. the symptoms of alssatisfac- tion that the minority of George IIL, was shorvened by a special act of the Legisiavure, and he asvended the throne several years earlier than had originally been intended. In 1765, George III, began to show indications of Insanity, and his Ministers proposed @ revival of the regency of the Queen Dowager. In 1788, when the King was again attacked by this melancholy malady, a long discusston took place as to the powers which should be vested in the pro posed Regent, who at this time was naturally the heir to the throne, the Prince of Wales, and after. wards George 1V. Intense excitement attended the debate, and it was abandoned, amid general rejoicings, when the sudden recovery of the King rendered its passage unnecessary. It was, however, revived, and passed February 5, 1811, and from that time until the death of his father, in 1820, the Prince exercised the functions of Regent. December 23, 1880, on the accession of Wiliam IV., the heir to the throne became the present Queen Victoria, and provision was made for the carrying on of the government in case of her accession while still under age. Again, in 1840, alter the marriage of the Queen, a Regency bill was passed vesting the headship of the State In the hands of the Prince Consort, in event of the Queen’s death, cre her lineal successor had attained the age of eighs teen, The wording of this act wasa@ conspicuous proof of the jealousy with which the people scrutin- ized the succession to the throne, It specially re- strained him from giving his assent to any act for varying the course of succession adopted in 1688, or for altering the Act of Uniformity, relative to the service and ceremonies of the Church of England, and it further provided that tf, after becoming guardian and regont, he should profess or marry a person who “professed the Popish religion,” or ghoutd cease to reside in the United Kingdom, all the authorities 80 vested in him should devormine, Departare of the British Arbitrator for the Scat of Assemblage. British and American Policy in the Council. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, Dec. 12, 1871. Lord Chief Justice Sir Alexander Coekburn nds gone to Geneva to attend the preliminary meeting of the Board of Arbitrators appointed under the Treaty of Washington. ‘The business tobe transacted is purely formal, viz., the ratification of the powers of the arbitrators. The British government proposed to dispense with it, but the Washington Cabinet objected, and it will ‘be necessary for all the mempers or the Board to be Present in person on the appointed day, It ts possible that at the frst mecting a complete organization may be effected; but the probability ts that nothing will be attempted beyond the exchange of credentials. SIR ALEXANDER J. E. COCKBURN, BART. The Right Honorable Sir Alexander James Eda- mund Cockburn holds the eminent judicial position of Lord Chief Justice of England. He has aiready discharged the duties of Solicitor General, Attorney General and Chief Justico of the Court of Common Pleas. He is consequently well fitted to represent the Crown on matters of national import. In such oases, indeed, he ranks next to the Queen herself, after the Lord Chancellor. fie is sixty-nine years of age. The mother of the Chief Justice was Yolande, daughter of Vicomte de Vignier, of St. Domingo, ENGLAND. The Telegraphers’ Strike Coming to e Close, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Dec. 12, 1871. ‘The strike of the telegraph operators was main- tained strictly during the morning and afternoon to-day, Business on mony lines was greatly de- layed, and the public began to complain of the many business impediments and actual losses which re- sulted from the movement, During the later hours of the evening the strike began to break up. The emvloyés at one important point resumed work and others were followiug their example, RAILROAD ACCIDENT, By a railway accident which occurred near Shef- field iast evening ono man was killed and many were injured. FRANCE. The Crown Jewels Alienated to the State. TELECRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Dec, 12, 1871. The National Assembly at its session of to-day adopted, by a vote of 289 to 277, a recommendation from the committee having charge of the subject for the alienation to the State of the Crown jewels, SPAIN. The Republican Triumphs at the Municipal Elections. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Dec. 12, 1871. The elections in Spain, in which the republicans have been so successful, were for Municipal Councils and not for the Cortes, as incorrectly stated in the press news telegram from Madi, forwarded to the journals last Monday night. OPENING KU KLUX TRIALS, The Legal War Agninst the Lawless Raiders of the South Commenced in Earnest—Iin- portant Evidence by Government Wit- nesses—Tho Uuited States Court Holding a Night Session. , COLUMBIA, 8. 4; Dec. 12, 1871, The Ku Klux trials have begun id catnest. Long before the United States Courtroom, in which the proceedings are to be carried on, was opened an jamonss crowd had gathered around the entrances the building. The excitement was at fever heat, and the mass of humanity which blockea Also the approaches to the courts scemed determined to get into the hall and see what was to be seen, At about half-past nine o'clock the court room door was thrown open, and in less time than {t nas consumed to pen this despatch every seat was filled, and every inch of standing room availa- ble, also. Men and women, white and colored, rich and poor—all seemed to have been vent on witness- ing the proceedings. Atten o'clock Judges Bond and Bryant entered the court room, accompanied by several prominent citizens, who were accommodated witn seats on and new the Bench. The Court being declared open by the crier, the prisoners, R. K. Mitchell, of York connty, and Kirkland Le Gaun and Charles W. Foster were brought in and charged with being engaged in a conspiracy against the laws of the State and_of the government, full particulars of which 1 have heretofere telegraphed. ‘The government witnesses created a marked sen- sation by their evidence. They gave a full descrip- tion of several meetings, detailed the iuliest and most complete secrets of the Ku Klux or- ganizations in South Carolina; seven separate raids, and many of their villanous concomitants of rapine and ferocious brutality were depicted with all the vividness of facts fresh on the memory, and endless negro whippings and scenes of the ‘utmost depravity and disgust were depicted. Mr. Stanberry, who has been employed by Attorney General Ackerman to conduct the trials, put the witnesses to @ severe test, lasting several hours in all, and eilicited a mass or useful information. The Court is now sitting (midnight), and the evidence is still going for the prosecution. The Jury consists of two white men and ten negroes, THE GULF TELEGRAPH CABLES, St. Tsomas, Nov, 30, 1871. The Suffolk is still at Martinique repairing. The break between St, Thomas and St, Kitts is notyet repaired, ‘The Dacia has coaled at K ingston, Jamaica, and is now again grappling for the lost cable. She has found a softer bed, in which the grappling will be more easy, and it Is confidently expected that the piece will soon be recovered. THE HERALD IN OONNECTIOUT, [From the Briageport (Conn.) Standard, Dec, &] METROPOLITAN ENTERPRISE. The New York Herarp 1s the only one of the “great daylies” of that city which to-day publishes an account of the reception of the Grand Duke In Bridgeport yesterday. The HeRaLp's account ia long and complete, and has a verbatim report or the speech of Governor Jeweil, We also notice in the HERALD to-day a report of the result of the trial of the men Brower and Hayes, chargea witir the post office robbery in this city on Friday last, ‘The DERALD fs, without exception, the most enter prising newspaper in the country, aud these ine stances are only fair specimens of its average supy- riority in collecting the news, ANOTHER BAILROAD MURDER. Atsix o'clock last night, as Oscar Bibbing, aged forty-nine years, residing at No. Bartlett street, Brooklyn, was run over by car 120 of the Belt Line, at the corner of South and Corleara streets, having both and right arm broken. He was attended by a police surgeon, who pronounces his injuries of a fatal nature, The conductor and driver were arrested by an officer of the Thirteenth precinct, and will be held to await the result of Ribbing’s in- uries, Who is at present confined ‘in Bellevue jospital. They state thoy did not see Bibbings bat felt the car pass over him, ’ Herald Special Report from Matamoros, ee ceed NO MONEY TO PAY THE TROOPS, A Loan Demanded, but Refused by the Merchants of Matamoros. CORTINA FALSE TO JUAREZ. The Revolutionists Acting in Concert and More Trouble Apprehended, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The Heratp correspondent at Matamoros has forwarded us the following special de- spatch :— _ _Maramoros, Mexico, Dec. 12, Via Brownsvit1x, Dec. 12, 1871. The result of the conference between Gen- eral Palacios, General Cortina and the gov- eroment Treasurer is a call upon the mer chants for a loan of sixty thousand dollars to pay the government forces, All the mer- chants, including the foreigners, have refused the demand. OORTINA PLAYING A DOUBLE GAME. General Cortina, ostensibly a supporter of President Juarez, is said to be in league with the insurgents, and keeps his forces idle, offering no opposition to the revolutionists. Tn consequence of his supposed secret under- standing with the insurgents more serious trouble is apprehended. THE AMERIOANS OONFIDING IN THE STARRY FLAG, The Americans of Matamoros do not fear violent enforcement of the prestamo (loan), owing to their proximity to Brownsville, whence they will claim protection in case any violence should be offered them by either of the Mexican factions, NO MONEY AND NO ESOAPE, There are no funds in the government treas- ury to pay the soldiers, and General Palacios is almost isolated, for there are rumors of Tula having pronounced in favor of Diaz, The de- fection of Tula will stop the only road that was open to him from this place to the capi- tal. SJE REVOLUTIONISTS AOTING IN CONCERT, General Quiroga, of the revolutionists, bas left Monterey for Mier with a number of cav- alry, and may reach hig destination in two days. General Trevino, the chief commander of the revolutionists, is acting in concert with him and will follow with a portion of his army, leaving the other portion of his forces to guard Saltillo, It is expected that General Trevino will try ¢o reach this place. : CUBA. The Regular Troops Superseding tho Volunteers, The Expected Reinforcements from Spain—Sup- pression of the Havana Gambling Houses, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Dec. 12, 1871, To-day and henceforward the regular troops will garrison the Morro, Cabana and Principe forts. In view of the arrival of reinforcements from Spain Captain General Valmaseda considers it just to re- lieve the volunteers from this arduous service, Re thanks them for the manner in which they have performed their duties in garrison during the past two years, Spain will send to Cuba this month four battalions of troops from the regular army of Spain, besides the 10,000 reinforcements which are to follow within one year. Seflor Moreno, the new Governor of Havana, has begun the work of suppressing the gambling houses, persona'ly superintending the war against them. He has already ciosed \wo gambling establishments, ROBBERY OF A ROBE. An exceedingly prepossessing young girl was yosterday arrested by officer Simonton, of the detective police, for stealing a dress from a gentle- man named Fink, of Westerfield, Conn., some five months ago, The girl confessed the robbery and further said she had sold it to a Dr. Wade, of that city, for $10, She was sent on to Westerfield last evening by the authouties for final disposition, TELEGRAPAIO NEWS ITEMS, In Lynn, Mass., on Monday, ex-Mayor James N. Buffum, Fras elected Mayor over Edwin Walden, the present incum- nt. Two mail carriers of the Island of Orleans, while on the way to Quebec, were drowned by falling through the ice on Saturday last. A destructive fire occurred at Honesdale, Wayne county, Pennsyivania, yesterday aiternoon, destroying about filty tiousand dollars’ worth of property. John Simmons, a saloon ke eper, committed suicide in Bal- timore yesterday afternoon, by Shooting with a mus «et, while in a state of temporary insanity, A bridge on the Cincinnat: and Indianapolfs Junction Rail- road, fourteen miles south of Connersville, Ind., was de- stroyed by fre on Sunday last, Loss $12,000, William H. Baird, aged twenty-five, son of Matthew Baird, a well-known locomotive builder, died suddenly of Bright's disease yesterday morning at Phitadelphia, It i now ascertained that George B. Foote, the stock breeder of Pouxhkeepsia, whose death was announced last night, was kiled vy taking horse medicine from through mistake. Governor Hoffman has respited the two Buffalo convicts, Kelly and Gomerie, who were condemned to ce hanged on the {5th of next month, Their sentence will be commuted to imprisonment for life. Two brothers named McCall, one an engineer and th- other @ brakesiman, were ran over on the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Railroad, near Scranton, Pa, yester day evening, and instantly killed. ‘The National Invention Association will hold a grand ex- hibition of national {ndustries, embracing new inventions and works of art, in Cleveland, opening December 21 and continuing for Sve weeks, ‘Tue receiver of ine poaaeree, Secon and Lafayette Rujiroad bas been authorized by the Court to borrow money to pay all interest due on bonds issued prior to 1869; also to pay Interest that will xecrue until the sale of the road, It is authoritatively stated here that the companies operat- ing the coal mines fa the Lackawanna Valiey have deter. mined to make no reductions in the miners’ wages for the new year, and if the men shail continue to work at present Tate® no suspension of mining operations wilt tak A banquet was given at the Bates House, Indianapolis, last night, by the internal revenue officers of Indiasa to Ceorge B, Williams, formerly of the Revenue Bureau at Washington, who goes to Japan for the purpose of Introducing the Amer! can system of revenue in that country, yesterday mornin fea offering not George Anderson and John D. Factereon, cht murder of Edward Cremmings last week, at = ‘at Os! yesterday. While passing throovh non the citizens of that place attempted to lynch them, but wore prevented V4 the officer in charge. The affair creates Great excitement in that vicinity. Factors’ train on the western and unfinished sec- Northern Pacitic Road ran off the track near rainerd Mines on Monday night. A. Brackett, & contractor, had one of his broken; D. C. She 1° contractor in charge, had his should located and three others were cut and bruised, The wounded were talten to the railroad compaay's hosvital at Brainerd, i with the non, Obio, ‘The tion of t Bi LECTURES LAST NIGHT. ®t. Domingo—By Fred Douglase. Last evening assembled at Steinway Hall 9 very motley and promiscuous, but very decent audl- ence—part negro, part white—Jo Listen to a diatribe by Mr. Frederick Douglass, the distinguished mn- latto, on the subject of St, Domingo, which was called by the lecturer “Santé Do- Mingo” throughout his discourse, thus preserving the old Spanish pronunclation, Au the higa toned and high-principled colored families of Prince street and Wooster street were present, and the amiable and feminine tace of Theodore Tilton shone be- nignantly on the dark mass before him, while the sternly rigid and rather rocky outlines of Fred Conkling blazed at the Chairman, a Mr. Sherman, President of the Mercantile Library Association. before which body and under whose auspices tho lecture was delivered. Mr. Douglass was robed Itke a French avocat, in & very nice sult of black cloth, aud displayed a spiendid shirt bosom to the attentive audience. several colored clergymen adorned the platform, and @ number of small republican politicians hung on the verge of the front seats in an enthusiastic manner, Mr, Dougiass recited at length the “oft told tale’ of the wretched island of St, Domingo, with its massacres, its incendiary conflagrations and its perennial turmoils, Ho pronounced Napoleon I. to be the greatest “Ku Klux” of the century, who the speaker said had sent to St. Domingo 600 snips-of- war und 30,000 men to repress the butcheries which Mr, Dougiass frankly acknowledged nad been com- mitted by the negroes, They were human, the negroes, the speaker sald, and guilty of atrocities; but it was only when they haa been crueily provoked that the vailoys smoked and the mountain tops blazed in St. Domingo. 1 am a mulatto, said Mr, Douglass, and I think well of the mulattves, and if you want, sald he, to find a partially black man who says he hates the white man, take the mulatto, ‘She Latin race were less prejudiced than the Saxon race in regard to the negro, and of late years hud not been in the habit of selling men on the auction block. Among the Saxon race the negro, it was bee lieved, occupied an intermediate or middle position, andthe Saxon race declared that one drop of black blood was suflicient to vitiate a whole tubful of white blood. The mulatto was, in fact, an Ishmaelite among white men, Mr. Doug: Jass was in favor of the annexation of the island of St, Domingo to the United States. Latin civiliza- tion and Latin Christianity had failcu in the West Indies, and Mr. Douglass believed that it was better for the negroes of that place to be a plece of a great nation than @ small and insignificant State, dis- organized and full of tumult ana revellion, ag it was at present. It would not be necessary for tne United States to defend St. Domingo against foret, Powers it would be suficient to plant there the Star Spangled Banner and that would guarantee 1s salety. if England could protect Jamaica and Spain Cuba, thousands of mules away, he thougnt tho United States could keep St. Domingo, only three daysaway. ‘The day of weak and fragile nationall- ties had gone by, which was evident in Europe, where one by one they had vanianed severally into @ squeak. ‘The people of the Unitea States wanted sugar, contee, mahoga: and the other products of the {siand, and it woul be a great and everlasting benefit to its people to become. part and parcel of the American republic, One-tentu of the revenues of this island have been spent in riotous living at Paris and Madrid, and revolutions in tue name of God and liberty were common, because the people had not the strong arm of a strong government to protect and control them, Therefore he believed in speedy annexation, and Cari Schurz was wrong in stating that it needed a despotic arm in these islands, Electricity—Lecture by Professor Doremus. Professor Doremus delivered the last of nis course of scientific lectures before the Young Men’s Chris- tian Agsociation last evening. His subject was electricity and its various applications, and it is per- haps needless to say that the learned gentleman han- died it with the same ability that has distinguished all hus efforts. In opening he said tat Copenhagen was the first t0 make known the fact that the elec- tric currents have @ marked influence upon the maguetic needie. This discovery led to a muiltt- tude of other discoveries, chief among which Is the telegraph. The Professor here explained the minute gtails of operating the telegrapi, and im speaking of the rapidity with which the electric current moves, stated that recently a message was sent from Pambriage, Mass., to San Francisco and rewurn in ess than three-quarters of a minute, exceptiug the time necessary to repeat itat the various sta- tons. A prince visits us, and almost the very mo. Ment he lands on our soil his family are acquainted ‘with the jact by electricity. Another prince lies on Mis deathbed, aud day by day, hour by hour the whole civilized world is informed of his condition and made to sympathize as one common family, It hag been claimed recently that electricity will one day supersede the steam engine, but he could not think 80, as it heed | od far to oy impossl- ble t oye any th but comparatively sniall and eco ise UMENTS OR MACHINERY. by its method. Professor Doremus pext explained the various applications of éléclricity to peat for purposes of exploding torpedoes, blasts and mines, faa yon for Seis Hing in surgical operations by eating the platinum Knife, which, when used, of course cauterizes the wound; also the applicat®a of the galvanic battery to ay Aun A Aygo m in cases of paralyses and pofson. The Professor hid seen person whose arm was rendered utterly useless by the disease just mentioned perfectly cured 1 from five to six weeks by the use of the bat‘ery. In cou- clusion the speaker reuyarked that the greatest, most glorious fleld for this great agency—its appli- cation to the human system to restore life, or, in oiner yords, as a resuscitator—was as yet almost oly ‘iéxplored; but he trusted that we before many yeats, find a solution of should. this problem. Art—Lecture by William Page, P. N. A. The lecture room at the Academy of Design was ast night crowded by an intelligent and apprecia- tive audience, who listened with marked attention toalecture on art by Mr. Willlam Page, P, N, A, ‘The lecturer began by saying that it was scarcely necesssary to apologize in the halls of the Academy for speaking at length on the subject of art, and then proceeaed to trace the rise of art. The human mind first endeavored to produce the images of which it was conscious by the aid of language, and this may be at once perceived by the connection which exists between the sound of many words, and seems to represent the thing itself. From this endeavor to give form to the mental images resulted speech, and as the power of expression increased, and poetry, which 1s but @ series of images, arose. ‘This is the most conaensed form of speech, and en- aples us to describe, by the use of images, things that are unknown, so that when seen thgy shall aconce be recognized. To-night 1 shall consider art in its widest relations, and in my future lec- tures shall treat of its technical appiication. Art ig that form of expression which embalms beauty the longest, and not alone tends to humanize the race, but is the electric spark in refinement from age to age. The imaginative aris nuve doue as muen lor THE GROWTH OF INTELLIGENCE and the difustun of gentleness as any other form of cultuse. Indeed, if occurs In almost all times that the age is iar behind the artist, and influeuced by him. We have to regret that in our own coun. try we have no great gailertes of art where the public taste could be educated. Il 13 true that im the casts of the old Greek statues we have examples of the highest sculptural art, but we have scarcely one great authoritative work on painting. ‘ihis is | to be regretced, for while the artist can go to Dae ture the critic must guide himself by tie works ot the presenc day. He may go _ in search of the true, but he goes not always 10 the right direction, and when detivering his opin- ions often misunderstands, or is unable to sym- pathize with, the standpoint of the artist. Notwith- standing the backward state of art among us the Atbentans themselves had not greater taste than our own people, The use of the term imitative art | 18 not understood; it 18 properly applied to sculp- ture, painting and the dramatic art; and incorrectly to architecture, lyric poetry and music, which are not imuative except in the lowest order. When sculpture and ainung are considered in @ hasty or mistaken way, qualitics are some- times songnt for m one art which only belong properly to another, Thus [ conceive that the art of sculpture touches the end where painting begins, and where painting ends there the dramatic art begins. ‘They agree but in a re- mote degree, and woat would be admissibie in drama would not ve so in painting. We must therefore, seiect whatever order of art is best suite to express our thought. The aim of sculpture 18 to produce an image which contains the very ife and is sensible to touch, while painting images more remotely but portrays with @ vividness of situa- tion and‘ color that no other art can. Those who see a painting of an event will have an idea that no words could have conveyed to them. Beauty may be defined as the relation of one thing to anotier, and may exist In forms the most diverse, Thus the beauty of the Hon, which {s force and grandeur, takes not from the i of the dove, which 18 gentleness and feebleness. The different views of veauty which we find to exist ought to teach us to widen our sympathies so a8 to embrace ali the divergent ideas of beauty. The lecturer then went on to show how wonderfal it it was that by the aid of five mate tne artist, ‘Was able to imitate the endiess lines and forms of nature, and closed with some remarks on the dim. culties attending just eriticism, owing to the differ. ent views entertained by dierent individuals aod the incompatibility of tastes, The Andes and the Amazon—Lecture by Ki Albert Bushnell. ‘The third lecture of the winter season before the Western Branch Young Men’s Caristian Association was delivered last evening at their pleasant hall, No 286 Hudson street, be the Rev, Albert Bushnell. 7 ‘whose sunject was 2 trip “Across the and: the Amazon.” Tho lecturer, a young = Ag one of four Americans who selected this ex- cursion for What was grand and majestic through the country ard along the routes they would pase, and weil did they—or, at least, one of them—taxe advantage of thé opportunity. Mr. Bushnell, after sultable introduction as to what the st of Govlogy had tought In fefatlon to tho age of the des, said thi at in South America nature had worked upon the mosst Sins ae and the river ‘opi # Amazon was the mos wi fal rivers, Hi then treated of its % pin and” width K at various point H ferred “ploquenty the great ‘Arakzonign at ey, Wi efiled en Were 13,000 and 12,000 feet up among the mountains, The trip across the Andes was well told, the scenery grandly described, and the traveller's exploration of the crater of Pichincha exceedingly interesting. Constderable pleasant humor was _ inters| throughout the lecture, and the audience was dis- Missed knowing more than ever before of Andes and the Amazon, river and mount sublime and terrible handiwork, WRECK OF A BRITISH SHIP—ALL HANDS Hauirax, N. 8,, Dec, 12, 1871. The ship Fauquat, of Greenock, about five hun- dred tons burden, with a cargo of wheat, has beea wrecked between Inconish and Cape North, Cape Breton. It is supposed that she encountered the gale of the 25th ult, All hands were lost, NEW YORK CITY. .- An ice house tn 143d street was burned yesterday afternoon: loss, $200, A fire occurred in Clinton Market, on the corner of Canal and Washington streets, yesterday, that caused a damage of $300, The Chilaren's Ald Soctety yesteraay despatched sixty-one children to Western homes, forty-nine of whom are from Dyersville. bi: During an affray in a liquor saloon on the Bowery yesterday, called the Crystal, two men, named Henry Ellis and John Henry, were seve bure about the head and body. ss a ‘Twelve cases of smallpox were reported yesterday tothe Board of Healtn, making thirty-two since Saturday at noon. Out of these four deaths have occurred, Sarah Real, twenty-six years of age, without @ home, fell into a cellar in the Seventh avenue, ber tween Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eignth streets, esterday, While intoxicated, and was severely in- jured. Sle was sent to the Bellevue Hospital. Aman named Dennis Traoy, of 306 East Sixteenth street, driver of car No, 270 the Second avenue line, was knocked over the dashboard yesterday by an Bast broadway car that run into the venicle was driving. The man was severely injured sent to the Park Hospital. : Aman named John Luck, twenty-six years of age, without a home, went to the Twenty-sixth precincs station house, yesterday, while suffering severely from typhoid fever. The police surgeon attended to nis immediate wants and had him sent to the pital in a fever wagon. IGNORANCE IN PHILADELPHIA, Eduentional Reforms Proposed by the City Fathers—Thousands of tho Untutored to be Provided With the Elements of Morality. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12, 1871, An important resolution with regard to compul- sory education was introduced at the monthly mect- ing of the Board of Education in this city this aiter- noon. Edward Armstrong, A. M., introduced the resolution, the following being a copy:— Compulsory education 18 now in successful operation im Boston, aud Whereas there are several thousand children in the city ot Philadelphia who are unable to read or write, and having never recelved any moral training are grow! Up ig lunurance and vice, many of them to beoome the peste of te community and the possible inmates of our peniten- tiarles; and whereas society, for its own preservation, should use every effort to meet the consequences which the thie of such 4 state of vice and ignorance entails, there- lature be urged to pass a law which, so far as stringent enactments may effect the an Inatrugtion, tn reading and writing and de the principles morality shi maranteed and secure: every child within che limits ofthe city of Philadelphia. ye Resolved, That a copy of th ¢ Legisiature at the commencement of the next session. Resol ‘That the members of the House and Senate be invited to confer with the Hoard in regard to the object of these resolutions, Tuesday next, the 19th 1ust., at half-past three P, M., in this place. RUNNING NOTES—POLITICAL AND GENERAL. fore Resolved, That Georgia special election for Governor December 19, Candidates—James M. Smith of Muscogee, democrat; James Atkins, of Atianta, republican. Last December Georgia elected a democratic Legis. lature and the democrats carried five out of the seven Congressmen. p ‘ “STIFFEN UP I’? Dedicated to the Non- “ee sex Democrats in Mis- souri, When you see a politician ‘Crawling through contrasted holes, Begging for some tat position In the ring or at the polis, With no sterling manhood in him, Noibing stable, broad or sound, Destitute of pluck or ballast, Double-sided all around ; Walk yourself with firmer bearing, ‘Tbrow your moral shoulders back, Show your spine has nerve and marrow— Just the thing which his must lack. A stronger word Was never heard Tp sense or tone Than this—Backbone. Aum 8S. Wood, of Wayne county, Is likely to re- ceive the appointment of Deputy secretary of State, He was member of the last two Legislatures, Referring to the Kentucky United States Senator- ship, the Louisville Courier-Journal says the iriends: of humphrey Marshall claim that he will get the largest vote cast on the first ballot for Senator, The friends of Bramlette are also confident. A Western paper calls Senator Wilson the “Pacffl- cator.” There area number of Pacific-Railroad- ieators in the Senate. A.—Eapenscheid’s New Anoual—A Brilliane holiday hat for gentlemen, has just been issued at 118 Nas sau sirect, A.—Herring’s Patent eCHAMPION SAPES, 251 Broadway, coast Murray nea Ask for Noyello’s Operas, $15 Oratorion, 60c; Organ Books, 50c.; Piano Books, 50c, 751 Broadway. A.—With the Approach of Christmas and New Year's Day thrifty housewives commence to clean up and prepare the family residence, for. the holiday season, ‘About thle time, sensible gentlemen generally, betake themselves to KNOX'S famous Hat Emporium, at 213 Broad- way, where, having purchased suitable chapeaux, they are ready for any season. Javana Lottery.—J. B. Martines: 10 Wall ot. ; box 4,655 New York Post office, American Shelvii A store 2x60 can be in two hours by the aid of the Adjustable Shelving. is chemp, durabie aud nt 5 can be removed without labor o1 x damage. Call and see it at the depot, 31 Church street, corner of Cortiaadt. Batchelor’s Hair Dye=—The Best in tho world ;the only perfect dye ;harmiess,raliabla, instantaneous, At all draggista. Diamond Rings at Wholesale Prices. GEO. C. ALLEN, 511 Broadway, near Fourteenth st. Diamonds Bonght and Sold. Geo. C, Allen, $41 Broadway, near Fourteenth street, Extract from Dally Witness.—We Will Send the first number of the WEEKLY WITNESS, dated Satar- day, December 16, yre-paid, to all boxes in the Post off this’clty, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Jersey City and Hoboken; also to all newspapera in the United States and to all news- Tenders, no far as we cun tench them. Tt will be soreotypedt and seni to all subsoribers, The numbers for next week and the week after will aino page an extensive gratuitous circula~ ton. The WEEKLY WITNESS wil be $1 per snnum,’sent by fi to city or country, amd adver cents tae. "Advertisements ‘to be sent in by ‘Thursday (to-morrow > oon, Fine, Gold Jewelry, Reduced Prices. GEO, C. ALLEN, 841 Broadway, near Fourteenth st, For the Holidays—Swiss Carved Goods.— The Swiss Manufacturing Company, 3) East Fourtceath street, New York. Lindeman & Sons’ CYCLOID AND SQUARE PIANOS. Pianos sold on instalments and old ones taken in exchange. Warerooms, #2 Bleecker street. ways bo Beautiful Who Uso a POUDRE De SUEGpATRR and BELLE DE NUTR. Bold and applied only at Mine, DUVALS, 761 Broadway. Missinquol.—The Waters of this Seceee Newe: usands afficted with diseases of the Li \ cas CHIN F. HENRY, No.8 Collage plan thacke Drops” Cure in Mine oO ASS RT ae a Royal Havana Lottery. Ratee Dou! Kints of mt ‘and Sire: pald TAYLOR & nts bankers, 19 Wal sires York. —— Steinway & Sons?’ - iD SQUARE AND GUT PIANOS. old ianin taken 1m exchange, st orl ‘catalogues seah free on appleStaiaway Hall, 10 erAlTl tam Casrasni, siract, New York,