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threatening attitude, I caused it to be deciared to the men that they were at liberty to strike if they wished, but that they had no right to make riots and to assembie on tho highroad, which be- longed to me, and that unless they dispersed I would have the military called to my protection. They took no notice of the warn- ing. I then ordered the pretect to despatch troops, Tne end was that three men were killed on the Spot and the strike was concluded. Yes,” said the President, “policy is needed in the case of the work- ingmen just as itis in iaternational relations, Without a well defined political system you can ever manage human society. The Emperor potted the working classes, but found he could not govern them. Oncel remember some twenty-five werk- men with greut propriety sente:.ced to some heavy Penalties. The Emperor heard of it, and imme- diately telegrupned that they should be pardoned. He thus weakened the power of the magistracy, nd at the same time his own, though he did not think s0."" While President Thicrs—who is evidently unable to distinguish between his character as the head of the government and as the head of a private company—was thus expounding his views on the government of the working classes a iriend whis- pered to me:—“That is M. Thiers’ favorite theme. He reters to hls management of these mines as the ideal ef the manner in which workingmen should ‘de governed. And one of the most curious things about this mining business is that he sits in the NAPOLEON'S DEATH ITS EFFECT IN FRANCE. Opinions of Distin- guished Men. A RECEPTION AT PRESIDENT THIERS’, What M. Thiers Thinks About the Dead Emperor. A DEATH BLOW TO IMPERIALISM. The President's Private Opinion About ‘Napo- leon’s Character---State Secrets, ; THIERS AND THE WORKINGMEN, The President as Manager of Coal Mines. The Boy Prince—Prince Napoleon—Madame Thiers and Her Sister, Mlle. Dosne. Panis, Jan. 11, 1873. M. Thiers is in the habit or giving receptions every evening at his residence, in the Prefecture, at Versailles, except on days when he is invited out, or when he is not well enough to receive com- pany. These receptions are altogether of an un- official oharacter; officers, it 1s true, appear in full uniform, and civilians in dress coat and white cravat; but, as if to deprive the gatherings of ny formal stamp, the guests are not even permitted to enter the mansion at the great gates, and are received not, by the sentry, but by the concterge, at the small entrance. The Preside at dines at half-past seven, and after his invited guests have taken leave, im time to catch the ten o'clock train for Paris, he« adjourns to the salon, where the reception begins. At eleven o'clock the visitors leave and take the express train halfan hour later for Paris, PRESIDENT THIERS’ RECEPTIONS. For the evening succeeding the day of Napoleon's death, our correspondent was invited by a friend of the President to pay his respects at the Pre- fecture. The aged President was still entertain- Ing a few guests at the dinner table when his visitors arrived at about a quarter-past nine. Among the invited € noticed Generals Appert, Felix Douay and de Bernis and several deputies. The President occupied a seat at the centre of the table, ewhile Madame Thiers and his sister-in-law at at eitherend. These were tne only ladies present. On this occasion, as almost always, those who had dined did not remain for the evening. After dinner the President appeared in the salon, and cordially welcomed the visitors already known to him, as well as those introduced to him for the first time. Visitors are soon put at their ease. The President makes little ceremony, and Madame Thiers and Mademoiselle Dosne enter freely into conversation with guests, M. Thiers was soon sur- rounded by a few superior oficers of the gend- rmerie, who engaged his conversation for a time, while he sat upon the arm of a large family chair. These officers, about half a dozen in number, seemed to have been spe- cially invited on that evening to discuss with the President some important reforms that are soon to be madein the Police Department. About ten o'clock the President joined a small circle of civilians, when the conversation was di- rected to various subjects of the day, including, of course, the death of the Emperor. M. Thiers took all the barden of entertainment upon himself, and for the space ofa full hour and a half gave us the benefit of his views, THIERS ON NAPOLEON. “The death of the Emperor,” said M. Thiers, “is amortal blow to the Imperialist party, and we shall presently see some changes in their politics. You must remember that M. Rouher was always at variance in his mode of action with the Em- peror, but he is now likely to take the course which his deceased master pursued of late— that is, to act on the notion of my preparing the way forhim. The Emperor said repeatedly that he could not do anything at present, but was perfectly content with permitting me to impose new taxes, producing the new budget, and reorganizing and increasing the strength of the army. ‘Let it all be done by M. Thiers,”’ the Emperor said. “He will do it much better than we can; and whem he has done so much then we shall see what we have todo.” This manner of acting on the part of the Emperor was well known to me, and bknow also that such a method of pro- cedure was im perfect accordance with his crooked ways. The Emperor never possessed anything like that which we call moral sense. The distinction between right and wrong, justice and injustice, was unknown to him. He thought that to give people money Was the only lever to employ. Tke drawers of his writing desk were always full of money, which he dis- tributed freely to visitors when he thought by so doing to gain a point. Having taken the money the recipients were, however, very apt to forget the gift, and their demands for new gratuities were neither few nor far between, The Emperor succeeded in making himse)f per- fectly detested all through Europe and in com- pletely isolating France. I told him several times what the policy of France should be. We stood at the head of Europe, and we had only to keep every- body else in antagonism, so as to preserve to our- selves the role of arbitrator. It was clear as possible that this should have been our policy. But the Emperor never pursued this course. After the Crimean war he was perfect master of Europe. If he nad done as! proposeda— not to him personally, but to those who surrounded him—to remain friends with England, to show re- gard to Austria, and in that way to remain the regulator of European affairs, we should have held the balance of European power in our hands. But the Emperor did not take this course, The little good relations we had with England were simply purchased by the Treaty of Commerce, but with the rest of Europe we were in constant rivalry and contention, and instead of being ‘the arbitrators, obeyed by every country in Europe, we became the object of general dislike; we became surrounded with secret foes, and the end was our late dis- asters."” THE PRESIDENT ON THE LABOR QUESTION. Said President Thiers, further:—‘'The Emperor prided himself in having the working,classes on his side, But the workingmen laughed at him, be- cause ho corrupted them and, im reality, did nothing to improve their condition”? Then M. Thiers gave some of his own views on the question In the following strain:—“mMy views in regard to the working Classes are that they must be governed by Justice, supported by authority. 1 will explain my views by an example. I am the director of and principal shareholder in the coal mines of Anzin. I ordered that whenever the profits were large the wages of the men should be raised, without their asking. I had no- ticed, however, that whenever the stock ot coal above ground was large the men worked well and uncomplainingly. But as soon 4s the heaps began to decrease they fancied that the company was reaping rich profits, and at once struck for an in- crease of wages, I ordered that whenever the profits could bear it their pay should be advancea, a4 lsaid, without their asking, but that no fayor phould be shown in case of @ strike, They struck ‘oth Under (he lfuenge of Belgien ygitgtors, and remarks ily of acter of the young Prince,” he saad, yet formed, lacking in intelligence. He is very studious, and the loss of his father will certainly be a very hard blow tohim. The Emperor was passionately fond ot the boy, and, in return, the son was passionately at- tached to his father—all the more, perhaps, because the Empress was rather harsh, or at least severe, towards him, tend to do in regard to the future of the Prince," said M. Thiers. Napoleon will have no share in the iuture direction of the Prince’s training.” this moment interrupted by some one asking why he thought so. laughing, “Ha! ha! hal enemy to the imperial family. Board of Directors with one ot his most determined Political opponents—the Buc d'Audifret-Pasquier— and that this mining business seems to be the only point upon which they can possibly agree." PAMILY MATTERS, Passing from the consideration of “politics, pure simple, President Thiers made some on the position. of the fam- the Geceased Emperor. ‘The char- ‘48 not He seems to be a nice boy, and is nut Ido not know what the family in- “It is certain, however, that Prince The President was at “The Prince,” answered M. Thiers, Well, he is the worst He would set fire to everything he would come in contact with.” The conversation was here directed into other channels, Among ether subjects broached was that of the late diplomatic unpleasantness with the Roman See. He mentioned the fact that he had just signed the decree appointing M. Cor- celles as Ambassador to Rome, which would be pubdiished.in the official journal of the following day. He believed thot this nomination would Satisfy both the Pope and the Right of the Assembly. A PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT. Addressing himself to M, Jules D, Buisson, the Deputy for the Department of the Aude, who is weli known for his powers as a draughtsman, he said, “Well, M, Buisson, when are you going to maake my portrait?” “Oh,’’ answered the Deputy, “I have already done it. One day you made use of @ very interesting figure of speech. You compared | yoursel{ to @ parrot which, when descending fom one branch of a tree to another, never released the hold it had with its beak on the one point before it had got a secure footing with its claws on the next. day.” “Jet me have it and I will subscribe my name to it as approved, as being true to the original, as I have no doubt it ts.” more good-humored and appropriate to the com- pany since M. Thiers bears some resemblance to the parrot in his features. His head is frequently placed on the body of that bird in the caricatures, Thus passed away the evening. always the centre of attraction, somewhat to the neglect, I am afraid, ofthe two ladies, who sat be- fore the blazing wood logs in the open fireplace, Mme. Thiers actually dozing at intervals, and it seemed to be the duty of the young ordnance officer of M. Thiers, rush towards the wife or the sister-in-law of the President whenever he saw them tired of thg political conversation, never ceasing around them. I made the picture on that very “Oh,” answered the President, laughing, The joke seemed all the M. Thiers was Captain Salignac-Fénélon, to THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY AND NAPO- LEON’S DEATH. Aftitade of the Parties—Opinions of Louis Blanc, Duclerc, Count de Merode, M. de Remu- sat, Duke Decazes and M. Delpit. VERSAILLES, Jan. 11, 1873. Scarcely ever in the history of the world has the news of the death of a fallen monarch produced less general sensation in the country he had reigned over than the death of Napoleon did In France. Except the leaders of the Bonapartist party whom the event affected very strongly, everybody re- ceived the news with a certain-apathy. Theatres and popular places of amusements were as crovrded as ever; the Exchange experienced no decided al- teration in prices, and there was certainly less common talk on the subject than there was a few days ago about young Duval, the butcher's son, who attempted suicide in the house of his late mis- ‘| tress, Cora Pearl. Thb Journal Oficiel of the next day did not even mention the event. It was only on Saturday, January 11—that is, to-day—forty- eight hours after the death took place, that the oficial organ of the Republic printed the following paragraph :—'‘Napoleon IIL est mort hier, 9 Janvier a Chiselhurst.”” The telegram which reached M. Rouher in the Assembly by three P. M. on Thursday was even not read on the tribune, as is usually done when the death of any statesman, French or foreign, or of any of the deputie,s is announced. The news cir- culated simply as a picce of private intelligence, and the immediate rise and departure pf the lead- ing Bonapartist members was the only fact showjng that the news was not false and that tne man who had ruled so long im France was really gone for- ever. All the Benapartists took the evening mail train to Lendon, so that it is impossible to ascer- tain yet what the views and hopes of the party are as tothe fature, M. Haentjens, Deputy for the Sarthe and son-in-law of the late Marshal Magnan, and M. Boyer, late Prefect of Corsica, were the only two .influential members of the Bonapartist party I was able to see within twenty-four hours after the fact of the death of Napoleon became known. They seemed both perfectly terrified and utterly unable to form yet any opinion as to the probable consequences the event would have en the future of the party. The death occured in their opinion from the ad- ministration of chloroform in an English fashion, that is to say in excessive quantity and with utter disregard to the constitution of the patient, The extreme Left seems to be unanimous in the opinion that the death of Napoleon is also the death of the party, Many officers and generals, having tintil now considered themselves tied to the Emperor by past favors bestowed upon them, as well as by their oath, are now, according to the republicans’ opinion, quite free, and will be able to sustain the Republic without any seruples of conscience, Louis Blanc said te me in addition that he had just received the news that at the camp of Satory the soldiers re- ceived the information with rejoicing. It was perfectly false, he added, that any sensation had been produced yesterday in the Assembly, “The news circulating quite privately among the benches created,” he said, ‘no more excitement than would the news of some unknown man hay- ing been run ever by an omnibus in front of the Assembly.” He said also that every Frenchman Will be now opposed £o the institutions which, bad as they always were, would now be represented by 4 woman and achild, equally weak and equally in- capable of escaping from selfish intrigues and the corrupting influences of @ party of adventurers, M, Duclerc, @ thergugh republican, tog (Deputy for and assembied on the highreads and assumed a | the Basses Pyr(nGes and Minister of Finance im 1848), | ‘was the only one who seemed to believe that “the Bonapartists, though having lost as far as the present was concerned, bave greatly gained in reterence to the future.” “in five or ex yearstho chances of the Empire wil be immense," said M. Duclerc, “The young Prince will be justified in saying that it was not him, but his papa, that made Sedan; and should the internal quarrels still go on in France his chances will be abmost invincible, The whole hope ofehe true republicans is, that by that time they shatl be able to defeat the uitra- montanes and the royalists, to establish finally the republican system, and to secure prosperity ana order to the trading and laboring classes. At al events,” conoluded M. Duelerc, “the young Prince has an infinitely better chance to get om tne throne now than he would have had to preserve his seat had his father died while in power.” MONARCHIST’S OPINIONS. ‘The legitimist and Orleantst opinion seems to be much less unanimous than that of the republicans. Count de M¢Grode (Deputy of the Nord and eldest brother of the celebrated Monseigneur de M¢rode, Ministre des Armes of the Pope) said to me im the dobby of the Assembly that what the imperialists may lose by the desertion of a few of the old generals and functionaries joining the Republic, as being free from their oath tothe Emperor, the .Party will certainly gain by new converts, who were devoted to the institutions of the Empire, but were not favorable to the person of the Emperor, anda had not yet obtained any personal favors from him, The young Prince, with his handsome mother dressed in black and standing by his side, will always act upon a great number of imag- inations, and many young, intelligent and energero men will make it the aim of their lives to bring forward the Prince together with themselves. And the more progress the radicais shall make the more chances will have the rejuvenated Empire. It must be kept in view, however, that the Count is one of the flercest of clericals and legitimists, and that his decline to the Republic, as well as (perhaps) a decrease of hope fora restoration of the old Kingdom, may make him accept these rather sanguine views on the prospects of the Empire. M. Paul de Rémusat, son of the present Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy for the Haute Garonne, one of the Secretaries of the Assembly, 8 member of the stair of the Revue des Deux Mondes and one of the most promising yeung Statesmen of France, being a thorough supporter of M. Thiers’ régime, seemed to attach as litle im- portance to the death of the date Em- peror as the radicals themselves, “I think the matter to be of very little consequence indeed,” said he tome. “There are violent Bonapartists and lukewarm ones. The former will remain what they have always been, while the latter will break into two fractions, joining partly the republicans and partly the royalists. In one word, there will be one card added to each of the plays.’’ M. de Rémusat did really not seem to attach any import- alce to this subject, and spoke on the other hand at great length of the complications at the Roman Embassy. te stated that the appointment of M. Corcelles in room of M, Bourgoing was a settled the Officiet in a couple of days. The Duke Déoazes said:—''The sudden death of the ex-Emperor will dissolve the Bonapartist party for the present, Its membe.s, and even a number of its leaders, will join either the moder- ate republicans or the monarchists, while ‘the rough mass of country people with whom the Napoleonic legend has already for a iong time been, ® mere policeman’s legend (légende du sergent de ville), they will soon accept the Republic should the gendarme and the policeman of M, Thiers Prove as business-like as those of the Empire. And the work in the country will go on quicker and smoother still if the harvests are good and the vineyards remain in good health; but should there be something wrong with the agriculture and should no stable form of government be soon es- tablished, in five or ten years the Prince Imperial can easily find supporters in the country. He would be able to make Austerlitz the foundation of his claims and to repudiate Sedan as being not his work. He would have no need of speak- ing of his father in support of his claims, but would speak of his grand-uncie.” In substance the Duke’s opinion was similar to that of M. Duclerc, withthe only difference that the Duke saw in Napoleon's death both a reason for and @ chance to bring in as soon as possible a constitutional monarch with D'Aumale, while M. Duclere sees in the event an additional reason to consolidate the Republic. The Duke alluded also ata considerable length to the mutual animosity that has always existed between the Empress and Prince Napoleon as an addtional dificulty the Bonapartists will find in remaining united. But the best formulated, as well as, perhaps, the most correct opinion on the subject I heard was that of M. Delpit. The clever Deputy of the Dordogne, though little known in America, is cele- brated here as the reporter of the Parlia- mentary Commission Inquiry into the Com- mune business, He sits on the Right, does not ilke the Republic much, nor M. Thiers; but takes always sound, though somewhat cynical, views on French affairs. On my asking his opinion he said, with his usual sarcastic smile:—‘Well, I think it’s an adjournment of the Empire till the Prince Imperial becomes twenty-one years of age. So far it is a loss for the Imperialista, But, on the other hand, there isa positive gain for them, for this death is also the oblivion of Sedan, and they sadly wanted to be allowed to forget it.’” . THE EX-DICTATOR, M. Gambetta would, of course, be looked to in America as the man most likely to talk a good deal onsucha tepic. But, except a few desultory sen- tences thrown out to people who endeavored to have his opinion, nothing was said by the late Dictator, he apparently being convinced that the matter was not worth much attention. “There is no longer a Bonapartist party!” “We see now its last convulsions!” “The so-called great con- servative party will now be a mask for general desertion from the Imperialist camp! “The funerad at Chisclhurst will be the farewell meeting of the Bonapartists!’ “Show me a single Impe- rialist that can afford to wart for five or six years till the child becomes semething like a man!’ Such and similar were the exclamations of M. Gambetta, who for nearly two hours was walking up and down the tombstone gallery with acoupile of old friends, with his hat on his head and a cigar in his mouth, He was apparently deeply preoc- cupied with the incident of the previ- ous day’s sitting, when, exchanging some shots with M. Bigot in consequence of Archbishop Dupanloup’s speech on educational matters, the late Dictator had the awkwardness to deeply insult the whole magistracy of France by calling them ‘“Pourvoyeurs des parquets,” A per- fect storm arose at Once on all sides of the Assem- bly, the professional feelings ef many Deputies having been seriously hurt. M. Gambetta seemed rather to regret his ill-chosen words, and instead of attending the sitting of to-day took fresh airand exercise in the long tombstone gallery, trying, prob- ably, to persuade himself and his fends that so small @ violence of language could not do him much harm after all the moderation he had shown within the last few months. 1 have reason to be- lieve, however, that the unlucky words of Thurs- day will do him more harm than he thinks, for the greater portion of the Assembly are lawyers, and he has, according to all I have heard ands seen, added a good deal of personal ill-feeling to the po- litical antagonism of his colleagues in the sttting of that very same January 9, which will now be re- membered as the date of the death of, perhaps, the Jast imperial ruler of France, A JERSEY CITY FERRYBOAT ON FIRE, About five o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out im the hoki of the ferryboat D. 8. Gregory, beneath the cabins. The hands employed on the boat and around the ferry endeavored to extin- guish it, but even when the engines of the Fire Department arrived it was found impos- sible to reach the fire without removing @ large quantity of the coal below, At length, when the flames began to burst into the cabin, a hole was cut in the floor and @ heavy stream of water poured in, The damage can be easily repaired, It is sup- posed that the fire originated in the floor, near the furnace, at the bottom of the boat. Matter, and that the nomination would appear in | nuW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1873—TRIPLE SHEER. YACHTING. First General Meeting of the New. York Yacht Club—Election of Officers—Mis- celiancous Business. The New York Yacht Club held its first general Meeting of the year on Thursday evening, at the club house, Twenty-seventh street and Madison avenue. The interest manifested by the entire Club regarding the particular business of the meeting—the election of officers tor the en- suing year—has been so intense for several weeks past that there were present @ larger number of members thaag upon a simfar occasion for many years, Rear Commouore Osgood presided, Beiore proceeding to ballot for officers Secretary Minton read a letter received from Mr. Osgood, wherein the latter deciined a re-election, owing to his inability to satisfactorily attend to the dutied incident to the position which he had held. The following gentlemen were them eleoted to the Commodore-—James Gordon Bennett. Vice Commodore—William P. as. Rear Comneeors Oey L. a. Secretary—Chariles A, Minton. Treasurer—Sheppard Homans, mith, Fleet Surgeon—1. De Forrest Woodruff. Regatta Committee—Fietcher Westray, chairman; Willigm Krebbs, Edward E, Chase. douse Committee—Join H. pe, chairman; Joha G. Beresford, George W. Kidd, Thomas T. Lawrence, John Brown. The annual regatta was eet down for Thursday, June 5, the tide serving upon that day. The usual appropriation for this event was made. A committee was appointed to revise the consti- tution of the Club so that the vote at large shall be enabled to pass upon all matters of general in- terest, leaving the decision of the many questions relating to yachting properly to the yacht owners, The Treasurer, Mr. Homans, submitted his re- port. The extibit was extremely satisfactory, in- asmuch as during the year there were several large payments made, still leaving a balance. ‘Ten new members were elected, after which the Olub adjourned, the meeting being a very pro- tracted one. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. THE Pall Mall Gazette says of Mr. James Hannay, who died recently at Barcelona, where he was British Consul, that he was a most brilliant and accomplished scholar, and had powers of criticism that would have distanced every Englishman of his time, had he not been unconquerably indolent, Mr. VAMBERY, the accomplished traveller in Central Asia, has published in London a “History of Bokhara," which may be styled an account of an unknown land, derived from unknown sources, JAMES R, Osaoop & Co. have in preparation for publication next Spring a new story, by Mrs. Whitney, entititd “The Other Girls,” a companion to “We Girls;"” @ volume of sketches and stories by Mrs. H. B. Stowe, called “Palmetto Leaves;” the “Enigmas of Life,” a remarkable English work of W. R. Greg, and “A Chance Acquaintance,’ by W. D. Howells. THE VALUE Of some literary judgment may be seen in Walpole’s dictum on Dante, whom he called “extravagant, absurd, disgusting—in short, @ Methodist parson in Bedlam.” FRAZER'S MaGAzing, for January, has a sugges- tive article by Francis Galton, on “Hereditary Im- provement.” The author, who is an enthusiast on transmitted qualities, expects to see ‘a perfect enthusiasm for improving the ‘race” develop itself among the educated classes. RoOBBRTS BROTHERS have in press Mumford’s ‘“Me- moirs of Samuel J. May,”’ the great anti-slavery agitator, and ‘‘Woman in America,” by Mrs. Wull- son, with an introduction by the poet Whittier. Mr. EDWARD WuyYMPER, the author .of the popu- lar volume of Alpine adventure, proposes a work upon Greenland. PROFESSOR GEORGE RAWLINSON, Of Oxford, has added to his “History of the Five Ancient Mon- archies,” “The Sixth Oriental Monarchy; or, The History, Geography and Antiquities of Parthia.’’ Ray. WILLIAM R. ALGER's “Life of Edwin For; rest’? will include a history of the rise and de- velopment of the dramatic art in modern times. . Mr. Leoxy, the author of the “History of Rationalism in Europe,” has reviewed Mr. Froude’s “English im Ireland,” in Macmilian’s Magazine, and convicts him of extreme partiality and “gross histor‘cal exaggeration.” Says Mr, Lecky:— The calm and austere pages of a Gibbon or a Hallam would be almost distigured by emotion, but Mr. Froude belongs te a very different type. No historian was ever less judicial. His style quivers with passion. In describing the deeds and charac- ters of men who for centuries have mouldered in the dust, he is as fierce @ partisan as the most fiery debater in Westminster. Hatred, however, seems too often the animating principle of his history, and in the present the ebjects ofthat hatred are the Irish Celts and their religion, THE Export of German maps, books and pictures from Leipsic to the United States amounted in 1870 to 309,696 thalers; in 1871 to 352,814 thalers, and during the first half of 1872 to 180,646 thalers, Ropert CoLiyer is to publish a book of *Lec- tures to Young Men.’* An Invustrious Frettch engineer, named Jacqmin, has published a “History of the Railways of France During the War of 1870-71,”’ which is crammed with facta that point the moral of French failure and German success. The book is very interesting, not only to military students, ‘but to every one who travels by railway. A New “HAMLET” has been published at Oxford, edited by W. G. Clatk and W. A. Wright, and con- taining more than a hundred pages of explana- tory notes by those competent Shakspearian schol- ars. P . , Horace WALPoLE could hot abide Dr. Samuel Johnson. He called him a “tasteless pedant,” and complained of the fustian of his style. Proressorn G. STEPHENS, of Copenhagen. has now in hand the third volume of his “Runic Monu- ments of Scandinavia and England.”’ EaRty in the Autumn Osgood & Co. will issue “The Life of George Ticknor,” the eminent historian of Spanish literature, by George S, Hillard; a vol- ume of poems by Wiliam D. Howells; Parton’s “Life of Jefferson ;” @ new series of ‘Juveniles for Boys,” by ©. A. Stephens, author of the attractive “Camp- ing Out’ books; “Sketches on the Nile,” from the graphic and humorous pencil of Mr. Hoppin; “The Simpleton,’’ by Charles Reade; ‘Household Edition of Longfellow's Poems,” and a new collection of es- says by Higginson, describing outdoor life at New- port. See calea MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. a A three-act play, by Mr. Albery, founded on a ro- mantic legend, is in preparation at the Globe Thea- tre, London, Mr. Bellew reads at Steinway Hall this evening, and this afternoon Mrs. Scott Siddous gives read- ings at Association Hall. The California papers make the announcement that Mrs, Mary Watson has left San Francisco for this city to produce a piece written vy her and ac- cepted by a New York manager. It is a sensational drama, with new scenic effects. ‘The event of this evening will be the appearance of Mr. Sothern as David Garrick, at Wallack’s, His personation of Dundreary hada most extra- ordwmary run, and we may safely predict an equally successful career for his Garrick. At the Brighton musical festival, next month, Sir Sterndale Bennett, Sir Michael Costa and Sir Julius Benedict wiil each conduct a composition of his own, A new cantata on Longfellow’s “Evan- geline,” by Miss Virginia Gabrie}, will be among the novelties produced during the festival. ‘The programme for Mr. Beliew’s reading to-night at Steinway Hall is good and varied, Shake- speare, Scott, Dickens and Jrowning are repre- sented, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” being the piece from the latter, The battle ballad, “Fonte- noy,’’ by Thomas Davis, will also be among the attractions. In connection with this stirring pic- ture of agreat struggle between the French and English, and in which the Irish Brigade under O’Brien, the Viscount Clare, played such an im- portant part, it is interesting to know that Mr. Bellew himseif claims direct descent from the same old O’Brien blood. He traces his descent through the female branch, from Teige O’Brien, second son of Conor, third Earl of Thomond, Charles O’Brien, the Viscount Clare, of Fontenoy, was the lineal de- scendant of the third son of the same earl, and hence there is enough blood relationship between the hero and tho reciter to satisfy interest and } wenealogy. THE MODOC WAR. Incidents of the Re- cent Battle. OPERATIONS AT THE CAMPS. The Oregon Troops Marching Two Hundred Miles Throngh Mud Kuee Beep. -{Correspondence of the San Francisce Chronicle.) YREKA, Jan. 2, 1373. Bince the battics of the 16th amd 17th, full .par- ticulars of which have already reached you, there hag been but little done toward setting the Modoc trouble, Captain Jack is still secure in his lair among the lava rocks, and the troops, to say the least, are terribly disappointed at their failure to dislodge fim. The only thing that can be done now is to wai for the reinforcements which are on the road, and, in the meantime, prevent the In- dians frém raiding on the. settiers. General Wheaton has disposed of his forces in such & Tanner that Captain Jack will have to keep to ‘his camp. He has stationed his troops ‘@t different points around the ava beds, and from each point scouts are set out to patrol the eountry and keep watch of the wily foe. Meanwhile, preparations for a renewal of the-confiict are being made, but the condition of the country makes haste in this matter impossible. The troops are acting in a thinly-settled, out-of-the- way place, far away from lines ef communication and from their base of supplies, The roads are horrible. All supplies for the troops have to be sent 100 miles by wagons d pack trains through mud hub deep, and to jemplish this distance days and days are required. A more unfavorable season could not have been chosen to carry on this war than the present, and when the government comes to foot the bill it will so find out, The rein- lorcements which are on the way from Sao Fran- cisco and other points ae making slow progress. The Presidio troops, under Captain Throckmorton, have only accomplished twenty-two miles of the 180 they have to make to reach the front. They have been three days doimg this; yet, cumbered as they are with an enormous baggage train. Sharia e, perhaps, done pretty weil. ‘The com- pany from Camp Gaston have not been heard from since they left, now nearly a week ago, while the cavalry, which are on the way from Camp Halleck, are not expected under ten days. Three more companies have been ‘sent down from the Colum- bia Kiver, but these may not get to the tront ior a month yet, as they have @ march of over two hundred miles of mud knee-deep, It will thus be seen that the work of reducing Captain Jack is one that is likely to take months to accomplish. Meanwhile the wily old Indian lies in his lava bed and laughs in his sleeve at the trouble ana expense he is putting his Great Father to. He has won two fights, and is of course elated. He considers him- self as safe in his lair now as he would be if there were no troops within a thousand mies of him, and he no doubt has good reason to believe sb. He has killed thirty men al told since the war began, and has lost but one warrior, and that one in the first fignt. In the last battle he lost none at all, as all here concede. I have seen no one yet that claims that a single Indian was even injured. All this has made Captain Jack more impudent and saucy than ever. There are some funny incidents of the late battle which have not yet been printed, but which go to show the brazen eifrontery of these Indians more than anything else. About noon of the day of the fight, while Fairchild’s company were in the very hottest of it, P. A. Dorris, one of Fairchild’s men, sudden heard a voice from above him, apparently not more than forty feet off. He looked up, and could just see through:the fog into a little crevice in the rocks. ‘There were two indian faces, which he at once recognized as belonging to bogus Charlie and “Frank,” the latter the same who accompanied Dorris and Fairchild when they went into Captain Jack’s camp six weeks ago. Quick as lightning Dorris dodged behind a rock, when theéwo Indians began to laugh and jeer him, “Hi!’’ said Frank, “you old man Dorris, why you no go home and stay there? What for you come here to tight Modocs? You say you no want to fight. We no want to fight you. You Siskiyou boys better all go home, You can’t get Injun out of lava bed.” Dorris made no answer, but stood behind the rock, out of harm’s way. Just then Colonel Green, who heard the came up and called to hie men, ‘Charge on that place, boys, and rout out those two Indians! There's only two of them!’’ The men were met with the fire of three or four rifles from the crevice in the rock, and for an in- stant they wavered. “Up and at ’em, boys!" yelled Colonel Green. “Oh, yes, that’s all good,” shouted Bogus Charlie from behind the rocks. “Up and at ‘em! but why you no come up and at ’em yourself? You're a pretty soldier! hy for you no come yourself, eh?” Colonel Green could not stand this taunt, and he made one spring at the rocks. The Indians fired at him, but the fog was just thick enough to render their aims imperfect. The sal- diers followed the Colonel, but beiore they could climb up tothe point the Indians dodged back, and their jibes and jeers died ‘away in the distance. Ten minutes afterward Dorris came out from behind his rock and groped his’ way through the fog. He hadn't got but ten steps when he heard Bogus Charley’s voice again from another direc- tion. He looked, and as the fog lifted a little he saw the Indian’s head just above arock. “Hi! you old Dorris; why you no go home? Nobody Want to kill you; you want to killme. You come up here.” Dorris lifted his gun, but befere he got it up Charley twisted his fingers at theend of his nose, and with a jeer dodged behind the rock and was seen no more. All through the fight the In- dians had several sealp poles planted on the rocks, each with several white scalps dangling to it, ‘These have the same significance that a battle fag usually has, Every once in awhile they wou! come oF and shake the poies ina Ces al ive man- ner and then dodge behind the rocks, all tought without clothes, save a clout about their loins. ‘They fought with terrible desperation, and had it mot been for the fog it is certain hundreds instead of tens would have been killed. Fairchilds and his men got posses- sion of the spot where his interview was held, but was unable to Keep it, the Indian fire from the rocks above bei oo hot for human endur- ance. Fairchilds got behind some rocks to protect himself from fire, and while there Shack Nasty Jim and Scar Face Charlie, who were not twenty rods off, rode up from behind their shelter and called out, “Hi, John, come up here and get some supper. We've got more to eat than you have!” Mr, Fair- childs did not go to sup with the Indians, but when the fog thickened got down on his back and rolled out of the line of fire. " HOW THE TROOPS FOUGHT, Fairchilds’ men say that the eg fought like tigers. None of them flinched, and if the fog had not covered everything they would have scaled the rocky walls like cats. In fact there seems to have been no faltering, no wavering anywhere, All did their duty Spee From all I can learn it was the sharpest fight that ever took place in California, It ended disastrously for our side, but it was none the less a gallant affair, and all con- cerned in it deserve the fullest measure of praise, Col. Wheaton had for weeks been preparing tor the tight and had disposed his forces, as he thought, in a manner that could not fail of victory when the moment of attack came. That he failed is due more to circumstances t he nor no one else could control than to any lack of generaiship or military sagacity. Asan evidence of the fact that a long campaign is anticipated by the military, it may be stated that huge contracts for grain, provisions and other supplies have been let Within two days. McConnell & McManus, of Yreka, have one whicn will amount to $4,000; Ball Brothers one that amounts to even more, and others of greater or less amount are held in this vicinity. ‘This looks like a Jong, expensive cam- paign, and raises an important question as to whether Captain Jack and his band are game worth the powder, YREKA, Jan, 29, 1873. There are indications that the government in- tends treating with the Modocs with a view to a settlement of the war without further bloodshed. Elijah Steele, a prominent..lawyer of Yreka, and one of the oldest settlers in the country, received a despatch to-day from L. M. Foulke, United States Supervisor of Internal Revenue at San Francisco, asking if bis (Steele's) and Judge Rosborough’s names might be used in the organization of a peace commission Kegs fh fack and try to effect nt of the troubles. % seu Rosborough replied that his duties as Dis- trict Yuage would prevent his accepting the trust, but that Mr, Steele would be glad to go. This would look as ifsuch a commission had been deter- mined upon, though whether by the general gov- ernment or by Governor Booth is not known here. Mr. Steele has no doubt that he would be able to see Captain Jack and run no risk whatever in seeking an interview. He doubts, though, whether it will fe possible to arrange a peace, for the rea- son that the settlers in the Lost River country would never consent to it, and would not keep faith if they dif. Besides, he thinks that Jack, having won two decisive victories, will require a good thrashing before he will consent to treat at all: If Steele goes on the errand he will go with two or three citizens unarmed and trust to Jack’s honor to be listened to without molestation. ‘There is nothing new from the front to-day, The troops from San Francisco are yet two days’ march from here, while those from Camp Gaston have not been heard of, General Gillem has been here all day arranging with Colonel Jones, the Quartermaster from Van- couver, about the transportation and purchase of supplies, The General says that the most astonishing thing he has observed is the sud- den and unprecedented rise in produce of @li kinds within the past twenty-four hours. Grain, which went begging a week ago at $1 @ bushel, is held tor he savages + Gay, since the quartermaster got here, at twelv@ cenlgapound, Freighting and otuer things have gene up 200 por cent, and, in fact, tuere seems to be ®@ general desire on the part of our patriotic citi- zens to make tho harvest as apuudant as possivie. FOR THE FRONT, General Gillem leaves for tne front to-morrow, together with Lieutenant Rockwell and the Ohy me cle’s war correspondent, His headquarters will probeny be estab ished at Fairehilds’ camp, whic is muon neaier the enemy and more easy of ao- Ceas irom here than the cam) on Lost River. THE NEXT ASSAULT. General Gillem says that im a few da: arcivai of reiuforcements he will @tronghold, and hopes to be abie to make short work of it. I the peace commission go out Ce | will start from headquarters, when, Of course, will accompany them. BAPID TRANSIT. Arrangements for a Mass Meeting at Cooper Institute. Amecting of the New York Rapid Transit Asso- ciation was held at their rooms, No. 602 Sixth ave- nue, last night. Mr. R. A. Witthaus presided, aad Mr. J. F. Ruggles acted as secretary. The meet ing was called for the purpose of making arrange- ments fora grand public mass meeting tobe held at the Cooper Iustitute on the 18th inst. . Mr. Simon E. Cuurow, from the £xecuti Committee, reported that the committee hi called on Mr. Charles O'Conor and requested him’ to be one of the speakers at that meeting. Mr. Q’Conor received them cordially but called their attention to the mct tues he had written @ letter to the Louisville vonvoa tion in which he had taken a decided stand against all governmental interference in public words. He was not hostiie to the movement, vut Would be compelied to decline. Mr, Church alse reported that the committee had addressed letters to Judges Daly, Brady and Barrett; Hon, Fernande Wood, Mr. Martin, President of the Westside Asse- clation; General Sigei, Mr. Edward Pierrepont and ovher prominent gentiemen, inviting them to LD hip at the mass meeting in Cooper Institute, Hes ausweis would probably be received by nexé londay. Mr. DwiauT N, OLMSTEAD said that several towns in Weschester county would like to send deiega- tions to the meeting. He moved that tuese towas be invited to send such delegations. Carried, Mr. OLMSTEAD said that two gentiemen inter. ested in the Gilbert Elevated Raliway had offered to actas Vice Presidents of the meeting, These gentiemen did not feel sure of the success 0! the Gilbert Railway. Mr. OuuRcH sald that the Senate and Assembly Committees on Ruilroads would give a delegation of this association @ healing on the 20th instant, He said we must have 100 men from the meet- ing at Cooper Institute who will go up to Albany and fill tie Seaute Chamoer, A vote was thea taken, and all the gemt.emen present pi.dged themselves to go to Albany, Messts, Henry Morrison, Simeon E, Church, Edgar f. Brown, W. 8B. Harrison and Dwight N. Olmstead were appointed a cumumittee to drait resulutions to be submitted to the meeting at Cooper Institute, Mr. OuURCH read an address, “Shall the City Build @ Railroad?” wiich will be distributed all over she ga: ‘The meeting then adjourned til Monday ex! A ine of Railroad Aroun@ the City * Suggested—How It Should Be Co structed and What It Will Cost. PERTH AMBOY, N, J., Jan. 30, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— What the city of New York requires to secure rapid transit is @line of substantial railroad en- tirely around the water front of the city. West street, om the North River, should be continued to Spuyten Duywil Creek, and South street, on the East River, should be continued to the mouth ef Harlem River and thence along the Harlem and Spuyten Duyvilto @ junction with West street, These streets should be nowhere less than 100 feet or 125 feet wide, Tne railroad should be outside of these border streets, next to the wharves or river piers, It should baeve two tracks to begin with, but fetain sufficient width to increase the number of tracks with the demands of commerce when necessary. The railroad should be elevated sixteen or eighteen feet above the street and wharf level, upon stone walls or stone piers, iron or other sub~ stantial supports, so ag to leave passages open leading ¢o serries, river piers, wharves or ware- houses below the road. The old ‘Battery Park,’ at the south end of the city, should be made the site of a grand depot, not only for railroad passengers, but passengers of steamships and steamboats from every quarter of the world. Its dayas a pleasure park has passed, and like the old residences of the merchants and other wealthy citizens, wich once surrounded 1t, must henceiorth be used for commercial purposes, The profile of this road, over its entire length, will be dead level, and being upon the water front and elevated above the streets, will not be liable to collisions, or in any way interiere with streets or Street travel, and the highest speed attainable on any railroad can be made upon this. ‘rom Spuyten Duyvil to the Battery, or Castle Garden, is thirteen and a half miles; thence to the mouth of the Hariem River, along the line o1 the East River is about nine miles; thence along tie Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil ureek to piace of beginning is seven miles—making the whole dis- tance around the city avout twenty-nine and a half to thirty miles, A circular trip can be made around the cityin one hour and a quarter to one hour and a hati, inclu ing stops, but shorter trips, where travel requir. them, could be made as oiten as required in both directions, ‘This road can connect with all the railroads lead- ing to the city on the east side o: the Hu@son River, and enable them to deliver and receive their passengers from the same depots, It should be owned and controlled by the city, as they own and control the water supply. Passenger depets can be constructed wherever required. ‘his road is now necessary, and in less than five years after a double track is completed additional tracks will be required for commercial purposes and the conveyance of freight and merchandise from the interior railroads to storehouses and depots on the piers and wharves of the rivers, where cai can be exchanged between the shipping and cars without the intervention ef “trackage,” which is a heavy tax upon commerce. This road will be required to meet the great in- crease of business in the port of New York in the on future, Without it that business can scarcely @ done. The country now contains about 70,000 miles of railroad, with an equipment of thousands of loco- motive steam engines, and hundreds of thousands of cars, fort @ commercial power such as n@ other nation can exhibit. These railroads, with steamships from every part of the world, are head- ing for the great central port of New York—the commercial metropolis of the country. ‘The cost of this thirty miles of railroad will not exceed $20,006,000, exclusive of the right of way and depot sites, but including engines and cars. Its value cannot be estimated as an aid to the commerce and rapid transportation of passengers and things to the city o: New York. H. R. CAMPBELL, Civil Engineer. RAILROAD TAXATION IN JERSEY. ee Tom Scott Willing to Effect Some Com- promise—Conference with. Jersey City Legisiators. The exemption of railroad property from taxa- tion in Jersey City has weighed so heavily upon the peopls who had thus to shoulder an addi- tional burden that mass meetings were heid im several parts of the city and committees were appointed to ask the Legislature for relief. ‘The entire valaation of property in Hudson county is $60,000,000, and the valuation of the railroad property exempt from local taxation is $10,000,000, or one-sixth of the whole. A corrupt democratic Legislature passed the law of exemption, and the people now ask that that law be repealed, that railroad companies, as well as pri- vate individuals, may bear their just share of the burden of municipal taxation. Senator McPherson and the Members of Assem- bly from Hudson county waited on Tom Scott, at his office in Philadelphia, on Thursday, and had a long conterence with him on the subject, Mr. Scott said that the Pennsyl- vania Ratlroad had claims on New Jersey, and Jer- sey City in particular, which seem to be over- looked. The road brings people into the city, makes land where there is none and enhances the value of Ppa The State, he contended, owes more to Jersey Gity than does the road, for the latter ays into the State Treasury over half a million of dollars in heu of the amount formerly paid to municipalities, and if Jersey City does not receive its quota the State alone is to biame. He was willing to discuss all claims and do all that is reasonable to remove just causes of complaint, he could ‘not refrain from saying that during the recent excite. ment on this exemption act in Jersey City the claims againgt the rogd were exaggerated, If the Legislature it n& relief he will, at any time after the session, appoint @ committee to confer with a committee of the Board of Aldermen of Jer. sey City, inorder that the claims may be freely and futly discussed. If the people be denied by tha Legislature tho#e rights which fairly beiong ta them he thought the Pennsylvania company would agree to pay & certain sum annually into the city treasury, To some it may be a mat. ter of wonder that the delegation who waited on Mr. Scott could not obtain what they seek by a direct appeal to the Legisia. ture, but with most men itis a settled conviction that none but railroad Legislatures have assembied in Trenton Guting the past twemty years. It it stated on good authority that a Legislature will assemble next year to take the interesta of the people into consideration. Jersey wii re y will yos imitate