The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1873, Page 3

NAPOLEONISM. The Bonaparte Gathering at Chiselhurst. A VISIT TO THE IMPERIAL TOMB. English Public Opinion About the Emperor. Why the Prince of Wales Did Not Attend the Funeral. PRINCE “NAPOLEON AND THE EMPRESS, The Prince and Fis Position. WHO WILL BE REGENT? Ambitions, Intrigues, Hopes and Disappointments. NO MORE COUPS D’ETAT. NAPOLEONISM TO MEAN PEACE ‘ Lonpow, Jan. 21, 1873. THB BONAPARTE GATUERING. Imperialigm lingers at the tomb of the dead Em- peror, Chiselharst is almost a suburb of London— near enough for an afternoon drive—and, as we Rave had a@ succession of days almost Spring- like in their mildness, the green fields, calling the tired city soul to come and bathe, asit were, in their verdure, there lias been a daily pilgrimage to the new Mecca—to Camden House, where Napoleon lived, and the little church where he lies buried. ‘The bigh men and women o/ the Empire who were here to celebrate His Majesty's funeral still remain, and Eugénie in her sorrow holds as sincere and numerous, if not as ostentatious, a court asin the Tuileries, There is something in the English wel- come which makes a stay grateful to the Bonaparte chiefs. The world has not been in a blithe mood towards them since Sedan. Exile and biding in strange places and avoiding journalists, thinking sadly of the past and wearily of the future, hearing their names in the daily maledictions of France, this has been the lot of most of the men who fol- lowed the Emperor's body the other day over the cold Kentish meadows to its resting place. It is grateiul, therefore, to be treated as real princes and dukes, and marshals command- ing arme, to have consideration and deference and be honored as men who are actually jn authority. Regent street and Pall Mall have as many Frenchmen, with red ribbons in their Iappels, as you will see on the Boulevards, They cluster around hotels, spend their evenings at tie little French theatre up on Tottenham Court road, and during the day go down to Chiselhurst.<tovpay obeisance to the Empress and say 0 prayer at the inieriat mb. ote “IMPERIAL CABSAR DEAD AND TURNED TO CLAY.” The imperial tomb, as your correspondent saw it yesterday, was as much an object of interest as on the day of the burial. The idle ones of Chisel- hurst spend their time between the Tiger's Ilead inn and the outside of the church in an carnest, staring way, as though there were something about to take place in an astronomical or supernatural manner. I walked over the road which the funeral procession traversed. The day was damp, or rather dampish, and the carefully prepared high- way, which had been scraped and rolled like @ drawing-room floor, was beginning to resolve itsclf into mud, The pleasant woian who keeps the lodge at Camden House had her own little levee bebind the gilded tron bars of the gate—a continuous levee, it seemed, as she has conversational powers and never ceases to discuss her dead master. To have opened the gate for him as he drove through, to have been ealled Mary and to have had the right to exchange salutations with him makes her a famous woman in the little Thig honor, however, ? @ivided with the sexton at the church. It was easy to see that great honors haa fallen upon this man. Man and boy he had buried Chisel- hurst for one,or perhaps twe, gencrations, and under ordinary circumstances would have gladly accepted a pint of beer and talked about corpses, But to have buried the Emperor; to have him now im charge; to be truly, and without question, the custodian of his august bones, is such an bonor as men only know once ina lifetime, Our old friend certainly so regarded it. He was not willing to oven the church for the crowd of villagers, They could not make the church a county fair. As for those staring, gawky fellows from the village who wanted to come in, why they had been in fifty times, and would spend their time there, as they had nothing else to do. Nor did they put a penny in the box for the poor, nor say even a prayer, nor even kneel in front of the altar. They were little better than heathens, and he would not spend his time with them. But with your corre- spondent it was another matter, and we were al- lowed to enter. PRAYING AT THE TOMB. Imperial Cesar was peaceful enough—but not alone. A Sister of Mercy was at prayer at his side. Two or three ladies in mourning were near the altar im deep devotion. Two ribboned Frenchmen sat @ littie back, as if in at- tendance. It is not for me to write their mames, or I would write those of men who served the Empire with conspicuous, World-wide fame, The coffin could scarcely be seen | | ship remembered, perhaps, that an indiscretion of edor of the crushed and fading violets filled the | for the overwhelming contributions of flowers. The church, and must have disputed the fragrance of the incense during the celebration of mass. My attendant told me that the tomb was scarcely ever alone. The friends of the family came every day. The Prince Imperial had been with Prince Napo- Jeon, and had given some directions about the vault. But the Empress had not dared to come. ‘The flow ers were erty laced, The Queet had sent her tokens, ds well as the wholé Foy: , Hot to speak of the gentry and persons of quality in the neighborhood, with whom Napoleon had always been & great favorite, He had culti- vated the kindest relations with them, and as far ashecould—for he was really a dying man during his whole exile—had taken part in their amuse- ments and sports. Towards the poor he had always shown consideration and triendship, and many aGoody Two Shoes had to thank him for coals and bread. I heard ail manner of little anecdotes of his cordiality and friendly ways— to the English, to foreigners of all nations, to Ameri- cans especially, with whom he was glad always to Speak of New York and his life there, the marvel- 3°08 changes that must have taken place in the great city during his absence, and his desire to return and see America with his owm eyes. About President Grant he was always curious, as well as the whole question of recOnstruction of the South, @ subject that interested him greatly, as he never Seemed to believe that the comquered Southern States would be anything more than a source of trou- ble and discord, and, in the end, of great disaster, to the Union. To the very last he never ceased to take am active part in the political affairs of France, ruling his party as absolutely as when he sat im the ‘Tuileries, Nor must we overlook the tact which the Em- peror showed in his political relations to France. He was within ten hours of Paris, The NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. French government watched him very closely, and, had he violated hospitality to the extent of im- periling the public peace im France, would have brought complications between the two countries, The discreet Emperor avoided any ground for complaint, and there was no trouble whatever. Even while we were at the tomb there came one or two groups of French, who exchanged silent salutations with those who were in attend- ance, and knelt in prayer for the repose of the Em- peror’s soul. As each left he took a souvenir from the tomb in the shape of a violet, to be tenderly pressed and preserved for the eyes of his chil- dren. 18 THIS REALLY A DRAMA? T confess that this personal devotion which the Emperor seems to have inspired is a beautiful trait in his character, It isof course @ dimicult thing to say how much is or is not acting. It is the penalty of those who lived as Napoleon lived to seem, even in death, what they reaily are not. And it is hard todecide that which scems from that which is. Napoleonism—especially the third Emperor—was fond of the dramatic. This man’s whole life wasa drama, The world never saw him as he was. Even at Sedan, when the weight of an overwhelming, unexampled disaster would nate- rally seem to have developed him in his real essence and presence, he was dramatic as he had never been before. “As I cannot die at the head of my troops, I lay my sword at the fect of Your Majesty.” What study and effect and striving for effect, for condensation, antithesis and the utmost dramatic quality this sentence shows—which you will, of course, remember as the letter of surrender which he addressed to the Katser at Sedan! The only thing I can recall in any way resembling it is the first Napoleon's letter to the Prince Regent when comparing himself to Thermistocies, he sat himself down by the hearth of the English na- tion and claimed the protection of its laws, as the most powerful, the most persistent and the most generous of hisenemies, So we never know, when dealing with the Bonapartes, whether they are natural or simulating. And those who hear the Napoleon legend, as all that remains of their party, must see that nothing isdone to dispel it, No word is spoken, nothing is donc at this tomb to create any unpleasant illusions in France. Those who be- Neved that Napoleon in exile was, like Belisarius, glad ofan obulus, and nothing remaining of his grandeur but gray hairs and pity-inspiring indrml- ties, are now called upon to see in these extra- ordinary manifestations of respect and grief fecl- ings that come from higher sources than ambition and desire for reward, and show a deep-rooted affection for the man and loyalty to his system. ENGLISH FEELING TOWARD THE EMPEROR. A curious circumstance in these events is the English fecling towards Napoleon. Since the death of the Duke of Wellington and Prince Albert there has been no such emotion shown as Over the dead Emperor. With the exception of the Spectator the press has combined to speak of him as it has spoken of no man since the Duke of Wellington. And so far as one could read the popular tokens the griefwas sincere. I have tried to analyze it as @ curious phendmenon, especially in a people as cold as the English, This ts the same Napoleon whose uncle was chained to a rock to live and die like another Prometheus, who himself was de- nounced in pen and peneil and exaggeration of rhetoric, as acriminal who should be mentioned with Nero, But all is forgotten now. Ie was Eng- land's friend, we are told—her true friend. He knew the English people, and never ceased to bear testimony to their noble qualitics. It is true ho was the friend of England. He made the alliance, for which the world hgnored him,* as haying achieved a resnit the like of which history coulda not show. But this alllance, great as it was and full of bigaged conseqnences, wasn ides. gt _Mirabean, jedn also nade the commercial treaty and brought the two nations together. I can under- stand these reasons; but thore is another, The Englishman has a great deal of piety in him wma fome vanites of character, He, tn his soul, has only an indifferent respect for a Frenchman, Of course a Frenchman is a higher quality of aman than a Hindoo or even a Turk, put he is a French- man after alt, and unfit for liberty. Well, Napoleon ruled the French, and if he did shoot a number, why it was necessary, asthe only way tu govern ten Frenchman is to begin by sheoting one of them. Then he was a Napoleon, and all England shabbily, The world sees that England was afraid of him ana had to lock him up in an island in mid ocean. I take it there is no sentiment more deeply fixed in the average aglish mind than regret for the treatinent of Napoleon. It is the shadow that darkens the sun of Waterloo, So when his nephew came he was welcomed with all the earnestness that comes from remorse and atonement, Again, it wasa compliment to the nation for iim to find a home on the soil, as the average English mind begins to believe that the dying piace of French kings is in England, Add to this that the Emperor was per- sonally amiable, gud in all respects friendly; that fhe knéw the English Ianguage weil, and had a large circle of English triends—remembering above all thathe was Napoleon—and you will understand the outburst of sympathy and regret which his death has inspired, : ‘WHY THE PRINCE OF WALES DID NOT ATTEND THE FUNERAL, There is no knowing but that this sympathy might have resulted unpleasantly in some respects but for the prudence of Lord Granville. It was re- solved that as a mark of respect to the Emperor the Prince of Wales should, on behalf of the Queen, attend the funeral. Of ceurse, this was not a usual thing to do. But it was also not usual for Napo- leons and Emperors of the French to die on English soil. It was seen that public fecling was excited to an unusual degree, and in response the Prince or Wales, as an exceptionally gracious act, would walk behind the coffin side by side with the Prince Im- perial, Iam told that the suggestion came from the Queen herself, In response to her commands the Prince returned to London from his country place on a special train, which left after midnight, The journals breathed the fact, and the average English mind began to grow rapturous over the Prince of these islands, the heir to our own sacred throne, the descendant of George III., walking side by side with Napoleon IV., behind the hearse of Napoleon Ill, I am not sure but that the news- papers began their rhymes and the artists their designs, so as to catch the first market. But when Lord Granville heard of it there was earnest consultation, What would France say? [lis lord- Louis XIV., who, in a moment of weakness, inspired by the sorrows of the family 2f James IIl.—who diea in exile as his guest—recognized the Pretender as king, cu;minated in a long, fierce and bloody war. Now, of course, the attendance of the Prince of Wales ag a mjourner of the Emperor would not be anactofwar. Mut Napoleon was anexile. The rulers of France were gngmies: of his throne and arneat Brey woull, at fhe best, feel sen- sitive “over thé Napoftente adulation shown by England. The worship of Napoleon- ism was @ censure of the Republic, or, at least, the excitable French republicans might 80 believe. Of course the government could not control that. But when added to this the Princo of Wales was seen going out of his way to pay un- usual respect toa monarch whom France had de. throned—to pay him a respect which had not been shown to Louis Philippe, who also died in Eng- land—might it not be said that this was a recogni- tion of the Napoleonic dynasty, and now, of all times, when so much depends upon the favor and kindness of France? Russian troubles are ahead, and Germany is in a snarling uncomfortable mood, and Von Moltke is known to be reading engineering and military cssays upon the best means of invading England. France feels friendly towards England. Then why do anything to cloud that friendship simply to gratify a sad, bereaved woman and the vanity of a gathering of French political adventurers, who have no fature bat in the rising of the Napoleonic star? Certainly the French Republic would feel, and feel justly, that the unusaal honors to the Emperor on the part of the Prince of Wales would be such are- cognition of the Napoleom dynasty by the English Crown as would give the Bonaparte party in France an impulse that nothing else could give, The more the matter as discussed the graver it became, an¢ fually it was resolved that the Cabinet “advise her Majesty” that the Prince of Wales do not attend the funeral in per- Son; and that so far as the Court was concerned, the same ceremonies and etiquette be observed that were shown to the memory of Louis Philippe. So the Prince of Wales did not go to the funeral ; but making a formal call upon the Empress, returned to his country home. The matter excited a good deal of comment among the middie classes, who Were disposed to regret the absence of the gracious Prince; but all men feel that it was decided wisely and for the best interests of the two nations. TUB POLITICAL OUTLOOK.» Some one says that the only political function of oné Frenchman is to neutralize another French- man. I presume also that one might say, without being deemed as altogether sarcastic, that no con- @lderable body of Frenchmen could assemble with- out discussions and controversy. There has been more than enough of discussion and controversy. The Bonaparte family ta divided into two factions, or I might say, to be exact, three factions—namely, the friends of the Empress, the friends of tne Prince Jerome Napoleon, and Prince Pierre. I Place Prince Pierre atone and apart, as no one seems to accept him. He was not at the fameral. We has not visited the Queen. In fact, no one knows where he is, although he is supposed to be in America. Since the Em- peror came to evil times and no one to pay poor Pierre a pension he has been poor, and his wife, like an honest, resolute woman, princess or no princess, is now keeping a bonnet store on New Bond street, aslam told, As to what views poor wandering Prince Pierre may have, or whether he may have any, except as regards that pension, which was comfortable enough in its way, I cannot say. But Thave been busy with the other two parties, and, 80 far as can be written, the outlook is like this:— The Empress means to rute the party, in spite of Prince Napoleon; while the Prince, affecting sub- mission and deference to Her Majesty, means to Tule the party through his prestige, his genius and his name. PRINCE NAPOLEON, ‘The Prince Napoleon holds he court in Claridge street, at the hotel frequented by royal people gen- erally. He remained a day or two at Chiselhurst, saw his cousin decently buried and returned to London. He is accompanied by his wile, the Ganghter of the King of Italy and sister to the King of Spain, and assumes the name of the Comte de Montcallerie, an Italian title. He has been vis- ited by the aristocracy, and capped all by visiting the Queen in response to an invitation from Her Majesty. This Prince has an advantage over the family. He himself by his mother’s side is a de- scendant of a German king, and connected by blood more or less directly with the ruling famities of England, Russia and Germany. By his father’s side he is own nephew to the great Emperor. Nor can any vulgar scandal sully this origin, as they did in the case of the late Emperor; for his face is @ perfect type of the great Napoleon. God has written every characteristic of the Corsican chief on his form—I mean every physical trait. In addition, his wife is the daughter of King Victor Eimanuel, a real princess of the House of Savoy. In the eyes of those who look carefully at royalty as a legiti- mate decree of God, who believe in “divine right and the grace of God,” and these forms ahd legends of the throne, must accept Prince Napo- leon as one of the divinely-appointed and heaven- anointed of the earth. These are immense advan- tages over the other princes, who only go back to Corsican and Spanish ances- tors, beginning and ending with the great Napoleon, But advantages so great are more than counterbalanced by disadvantages that are hard to describe. I can hardly convey to you—nnless you know France and Frenchmen weti—the esteem 1m yhich they hold Prince Napoicon. The epithet “Pion-Pion,” which is his universal name in Vrance, fs one of those extraordinarily suggestive and merciless phrases which cannot be translated into English, nor can the idea it conveys be accurately translated, I saw a sketch the other evening in a collection of political cartoons made in Paria during the Commune, or rather just before the Commune. Prince Napoleon was drawn as @ rabbit in full fight. In the background ‘was a pole, from which a military coat was flapping in the wind, and thts was the cause of the rabbit's alarm, The motto was, as nearly asIcan render it, “Thrift and cowardice.’? The French rerard the Prince a8 a personal coward. ‘Why, said one ofthe radical papers, “why take the trouble to order Prince Napoleon out of France? Let Papa Thiers order him to the command of his regiment and he will leave France soon enough.” When the coup dctat was an undecided event the Prince—as furious Count Fleury could tell you, no doubt, were he to converse on the sub- ject—took pains to publicly deny any connection with it, and to disapprove of it. The men who made the coup d'état were of a different stamp, but when it did succeed, and the Empire came in all its wealth and glory, Prince Napolcon was the first to share in the spoil. He was covered with salaries and decorations. He lived in the Palais Royal, aud was designated as next {i duccession the Emperor. He had hia share, and more, of the good things that come with an Empire he did not approve in the he- ginning nor heartily support in the end. Being thrifty and @ good man of business and not over- weening in his confidence that the Empire would last, he put away all the money he could spare for a rainy day. He is, therefore, a very rich man—the richest in the family, I suppose, and, come rain or shine, Empire or exile, has money enough to keep the fires going, and his royal bride to insure his en trance into high society. Butstill he is not trusted. Intellectually Prince Napoleon is one of the first men of his time; more gifted than any one of the family since the first Emperor. As a writer, a speaker, a student, he was always regarded as one of the most brilliant of Frenchmen. But this availed nothing. People would not believe in him, ‘The army had its feeling that he was a coward. The Paris air was every now and then filled with stories of his recklessness in matters of personal morality, extraordinary stories recalling the worst days and the worst men of the Roman Empire. Whether true or not, people listened and believed, and the moral sense of the nation was alienated from him. The followers of the Erepire, the men who overthrew the Republic, hated him with a furious hatred; partly because ne had no part in their audacious venture, and mainly be- cause, having none of the awf1l risk, he haa more than bis share of the gain. Every now and then he would make public his dissent from the Emperor, and on one or two occasions ‘was publicly disgraced. So, while he was a man who conld not be spared from the Court, he was never welcomed to the steps of the throne. This, then, is the first man in the Napoleon party—for the Prince Imperial is a lad, not through with his school readings. And the question discussed in every Meee coveric Ly Will it be wise or just to admit the Prince Into the Raceney ? Wonta mesg tiot be a danger that his regency over the young Prince might end as that of Richard, Duke of Glos- ter, over his two nephews? NO MORE COUPS D’STAT. Then, on the other side, in legitimate authority and power is the Empress Eugénie. It is said that between the Empress and the Prince Napoleon the most angry feelings exist. I don’t know how true this is; but Ido know that the most angry senti- ments are spoken by their adherents, The friends of the Empress—those who are specially devoted to the Empreas—speak of the Prince in terms that I cannot repeat. Ihave given you an idea of the esteem in which the Prince is held in another paragraph. On the other hand, itis said that while all regencies are unfortunate, one with a woman would be especially #0. She is com- mended as a woman of courage and character, but full of impulses and under fhe sway of the clergy; of ® dependent emotional character and as a Spanish lady of high blood, but wholly uncon- nected with any royal family but her own; would be alone m Europe and have mo real sympathy from any power. “why,” sald one of the prominent lenders of the cause to your correspondent, ‘‘why throw away the dynasty because of a woman? We honor and re- spect the Empress, and every Frenchman feels for her widowhood. But we cannot decide these ques- tions by our sympathies. We must add strength tothe party. Now men say the Count de Oham- bord would restore the Jesuits to power, Thatisa strong argument against him. But the Jesuits Would have as much to say to the Empress as to Henry V. Princo Napoleon may have faults, and be open to every criticism that can be made; but who have we else? Say all you can against him, aud he is now the first of tne Bona- Partes. It is all very well to Itsten to Henry Pietri and the extreme men. They made one coup @état and would make another. But where are the men to accomplish that? Morny and St. Arnaud @re gone. Fleury is getting old himself, and, what ie more, France caunot be captured by a coup a'éiat, Great God! but it would have been better for the one who is dead, and all who bear his name, had there been no coup d'état. That was the over- shadowing cloud of imperialism. It is the same now. We can do nothing by fury. I am not a furious Bonapartist. I am for France, and believing the Empire the true form for expressing French power and glory, I am tor the Emperor, forNapoleon the Fourth or the fifth, or whoever may come. But I tell you it must come decently and in its own time. The Empress must, and I know will, see how wise it is to respect ac. complished facts—to unite the party. To quarre) with the Prince Napoleon now would be to ruin the party. He would become an element of discord, and, withdrawing from the party, would atm for Political power in an independent capacity.” “Thon, I said, “there will be no move in the way of a coup @état?” “Oh, never!? was the response. “That was a mistake, or rather, perhaps, a necessity, which his- tory has called a crime. No dynasty can repeat this kind of mistake. You might as well expect anovaer shooting of the Duc a’Enghien, No—the furious element in the Bonaparte party has died out, The Empire will return when France de- mands it,” “And when will that be?” I asked, “When? Mon Dieu! Once the Spring brought the violeta; but! am afraid the violets do not al- Ways return with the Spring.” THE FUTURE OF THE HIPERIAL PARTY. eee {From the London Telegraph, Jan. 22.) The funeral of the lute Emperor Napoleon was, a3 we have already stated, the occasion for the Meeting of @ large number of imperialists at Chisclhurst, Most, ifnot all, of the Ministers who had borne office _under the Empire, the various ‘Ambassadors of Napoleon UI. at European Courts, the more prominent members of the Bonapartist party in the National Assembly, many Senators, and the officers of the Im- perial household, assembled to pay a last tribute to the deceased Emperor. As may be readily understood, the importance of such an assemblage— embracing as it didso many men of knowledge of experience, of weighty and well-tried talents, and of services conspicuous in every possible eareor—was not lost sight of by those who con- stitute the advisers of the imperial family. A conference on the juture prospects of the party was, consequently, at once Yesolved upon; for it was absolutely necessary that the exact sentiments of the imperialists should be ascertained and some definite course resolved upon in order that a stop might be put to the rumors being circulated con- cerning the course which would be pursued by the Bonapartists, Two or three meetings of the leaders of the party accordingly took place, and we have received from undoubted authority the following commuaication, containing the decisions which were arrived at:— Both in theory and practice the unity of dirce- tion of the party remains as complete and perfect agit was during the life of the Emperor, and this the imperialists regard as the essential point. All divergence of opinions and all waning shades of feeling have been cleared away in presence of that great memory and of those immeasurable re- grets which occupied the hearts of all; and in a gathering ag great in number and compiete with Tespect to the representation of every section of the party as circumstances would permit the har- ony of wishes clo ergonal union of the arly We mionny froclaimed. ‘The Empress and the Prince Napoleon undertake the political guardianship of the Prince Imperial, aud consequently the direction of the Bonapartist pacty. Everything will be done by their order and under their mpcherity. There wili be no manifesto, no proclamation. ‘ihe policy of the deceased Em- piece will be carried out by the firay Erigoe ry his lood and the heroic widow who closed his éyés and received his last wo: ee oth will prove them- selves equal to those high duties. ‘The young Prince will not bear the name of Na- poleon the Fourth, excepting in the hearts of his EES adherents, Sa bi aa Le Prince ouls Napaeon, as his fatler did, beso: fe by her eight mitlions of votes, set on Hoga ans: imperial crown. [n private life, and while sojourn- ing abroad; he will take the name of Comte de Pierrefonds, There is in this, it whl be seen, neither pro- grauime nor striving for effect, but what is much more important—a caim and unswerving direction of policy and asound appreciation of existing cir- cumstauces. Vigor—but no impatience! —Nt pro- gramme ni éclat, mais, ce qut vaut mieux encore, un sens ealme et droit, et une saine appreciation des céroonstances, De la force, et pas Wimpa- tence!’ THE BERALD COMMISSIONER TO CUBA, ——_—_+—_——_—. [From the Trenton (N. J.) State Gazette, Feb. 8.) Some time ago the New York HERALD despatched Mr. James J. O'Kelly, one of its attachés, to Cuba to penetrate the rebel lines and ascertain by per- sonal observation the correct status of the rebel- lion on the tsland, In the faithful and successtul prosecution of this mission the United States is un- questionably deeply interested. It is subject upon which our knowledge amounts almost to nothing, and which we are interested in knowing everything. Well, the HeR«LD has received a despatch from Mr. O'Kelly, dated at Palma Soriano, in the Eastern Department of Cuba, conveying the message of the commander of the Spanish forces in that section of the isiand, General Morales, to the HzRaLp Cuban Commissioner, in reply to the application of the latter gentleman for facilities to pass the Spanish lines on his mis- sion to investigate the condition of the Cuban in- surrection. ‘The message is brief:—‘You can leave Palma and go where you like, on the understand- idg that if the Spanish troops find you among the insurgents or if you alterwards appear within the Spanish lines you will be treated as aspy and shot immediately.” The HgRALD's response is no less vigorous and to the point:—“If the HeRaLp Com- missioner receives any injury at your hands with- out violating the laws of your country you will be held to a strict accountability, and will be made to suffer the penalty of the outrage, not in the island of Cuba alone, but on every inch of soil that owes allegiance to the Spanish flag.” And we have no doubt that the HgRaLp’s threat would be curried out. The people of this country are in no mood to tolerate the murder, by Spanish minions, of an un- offending, law-abiding citizen of the republic. (From the Newark (N. J.) Journal, Feb. 7.) The New Yors Thunderer—by which it will be un- derstood, no doubt, we mean the HeRaLp—has a new sensation, which for tue hour, distracts its Atiéntion from riddling to pieces the rascals in Washington WN have aefiied their high places and besmesred ¢7en the high office of Vice President of the United States with tke foul mire of perjury and Mobilier. It has an exciting despatch from Cuba announcing that General Morales, of the volunteer army of brutes, has warned its special correspondent that he can ferret out facts if he pleases, but if found in the in- surgent lines he will be treated as a spy— shot on the spot! This news has anything but a de-Moraleizing effect on our contemporary, which snaps ite Ongers in the Spanish swaggerer’a face and in the course of a vigorous double-leaded column and a half editorial tells him to shoot if ke dares, ‘ {From the Hudson (N. Y.) Star, Feb. 8.) General Morales, of the Spanish army in Cuba, warns the HeRatp Commissioner, now pursuing his investigations in that island, ‘that if captured he will be shot as a spy.” The HERALD has there- fore opened war on the Spanish authorities and wants Morales’ scalp, THE HERALD IN KANSAS. {From the Abilene (Kansas) Chronicle.) The New YORE Henan is the great news- paper of the world. It possesses more enterprise than the London Times, and expends larger sums of money in collecting the news from all countries than apy Other paper on the giobe - 3 WASHINGTON. | Saints and Worldlings Hurling Anath- emas at Hoax’s Sinners. What Will Be the Verdict of Poland’s Committee ? VIEWS OF A COMMITTEEMAN. Ames, Brooks & Co. To Be the First Scapegoats. Probable Course of the Senato- riai C. M. Committee. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 1873, Probabilitics as to the Tone of the Re= port of the Credit Mobilier Investigat- ing Committees, People in Washington do not tire of talking about the Crédit Mobilier scandal. OMicials and mem- bers of Congress discuss the lateat phase of ihe national disgrace to the exclusion of everything else. This day seems the eve of a culminating event, and everybody stands on tiptoe for the ver" dict of the Congressional tribunal which is shortly expected to pass judgment upon these Congres- sional Cheap Johns who have traded out their honor for pecuniary profit. If the case was before @ police court doubtless the whole batch would be sent to the workhouse or somewhere worse. To- day, the Sabbath, all are at leisure, and after at- tending church indulge in the more exciting topic of damnation of Congressional sinners a8 a supplement to that of the pulpit concerning ordinary ones, There is now a general review of the subject, and forming of mental pools to bet on the coming result, which approaches a climax in the hands of Potand’s committee. For the purpose of sounding the committee your correspondent had the following conversation with one of its members, whose name he is not at liberty to mention:— CORRESPONDENT—\What was the result of the secret session of the committee yesterday? CommirresMAN—We have not arrived at any defl- nite result; we discussed at great length the legal question as to our jurisdiction, Itis open to doubt whether the present House has the right to try members of @ former Congress, This investi- gation is the first caso of the kind, and we cannot find any precedent to guide our action, The public may, however, rest as- sured that we shail not shirk tne responsibility, but stretch our powers to the utmost. The com- mittee in its report will express an opinion as to the guilt and innocence of the implicated parties. reviewing the case of each one separately, stating the relative degree of the offence, where offence there is, and the punishment merited. Of course we must suspend our judgment yet, because more evidence is expected, We have peremptorily sum. moned Oakes Ames by telegraph to return to Washington. He disregarded our first despatch, but replied to the second that he would be in at- tendance next Tuesday. Before his departure he told @ member of the committee tbat he would pro- duce some receipts from Vice President Colfax; in fact he thought he took recepte from all of the members, which he would be able to show, Should he do 80 the cases of several implicated Congress- men would be materially changed, andIcan tell you not for the better. CORRESPONDENT—Who are the members who, in your opinion, ought to be expelied ? COMMITTEEMAN—Well, Oakes Ames is the author of the greater part of the evil, afcer all, though he cannot be held reponsible for the subsequent course of the implicated Congressmen. I do not lke to anticipate the judgment of the House, but really Icantiot at present see any chance for his escape. He is aqucer sort of aman; lie has no delicacy whatever, and appears to have a very confaded sense of right and wrong, He thinks he Nas acted perfectly right, although he realizes his embarrassing position. Brooks’ case is bad. It has some very rough features about it. His speech in the House and his testimony before the commit. tee appear inconsistént with a delicate sense of veracity. The democratic side of the House is quité willing he should be expelled if a similar punishment is inflicted upon some of the republi- cans, Brooks has never been very popular with the democrats, and his expulsion will not be con- sidered by them as great a misfortune as if it nad been some other member. In his Congres- sional actions he has nearly always pursued his own ends, seldom consulting his democratic col- leagues. Brooks and Oakes Ames appeared to be marked out for some ritual punishment, Of course, I except Colfax and Patterson, over whom our committtee has no jurisdiction. Next in degree of guilt are Kelley and Garfield; and if Oakes Ames produces receipts from them, as he intimated he would, it will fare hard with both. CORRESPONDENT—Is there any division in the committee as to the report on the investigation? CoMMITTEEMAN—Well, there is no serions division as yet; at least none that seems impossible to overcome; and I have hopes that there will be no necessity for @ minority report. Merrick and Mc- Crary are the committeemen who are most dl- vided as to the guilt of the accused. Judge Merrick is for severe measures; he is for expelling eeveral members, including Brooks. McCrary is disposed to be more lenient, probably because so many Towa Congressmen and ex-Congressmen are impli- cated. CORRESPONDENT—It is suspected that Oakes Ames is trying to save some of his friends and will with- hold all the papers implicating them. ComMiTreEEMAN—Yes, he has given evidence in a very peculiar manner, retailing the most impor- tant parts by piecemeal, as if he wanted to drag out the investigation until the expiration of ths Congress, 80 as to prevent it from taking any action. He has shown & disposition to shield several of his friends, such as Senators Wilson ana Logan aini Messrs. Dawes and Scofield. The investigation has been delayed by many obstacles, but there is no doubt now that there will be time enough Icft for the House to pronounce judgment on the recreant members. CORRESPONDENT—DO you expect a long “iscus- sion in the House after the presentation of the re- port? ComurrrmEMan—If the report is severe there will probably be little discussion, as the majority feel that public opinion demands victims. In cage the report should be mild Bnd lenient a heated debate may be expected. The Senate Committee of Investigation om the Crédit Mobilier, finding that it would be impossible to have @ secret inquisition, annonnce that wit- nesses will be examined in public, but that all de- Uberations as to technicalities will be held with closed doors, So larso good. Now let the com- mittee obtain leave to sit during the sessions of the Senate, and conelude their labors in two or three days. Wilson, Harlan and Patterson will all cease to be Senators om the 34 of March next, and 4 verdict on their conduct will be of no avail unless rendered at once, Will an Extra Session be Necessary? ‘Those who desire to obtain the Speakership and the important chairmanships of the next House are now acting in concert with the lobbyists and rail- road men to. render an extra session on the 4th of March necessary. To secure this some ofthe ap- propriation bills must be defeated; but the stanch supporters of the administration will endeavor to prevent this, although they will not object to the slaughtering of the lobby schemes without mercy, This week's work will decide the question, Approach: nge in the Cabinet. With the exception of the Secretary of the Treasury, there is no probability of aa immediate change in the Cabinet, and this will depend on the election of Mr. Boutwell to the Senate, In such an nt there seems to be little, if any, doubt that Judge Richardson will be Mr. Boutwell's suecessor, and that a successor to Judge Richardson had already been indicatea. The President recently said, in replying to a question concerning reported Cabinet changes as to other gentiemen, that ha selected the members of it himself and did not leave that duty to be perforimed by the newspapers, The Movements of the Troops—A General March on Utah Possible, Some important movement of troops will soon ba ordered by the War Department, the eftect of which will be to take from the States of Ken. tucky, North and South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee, the greater portion of tie United States military ferces stationed in these States and to locate them at other points where the interests of the government mag require their presence, It is learned that thera are no troops now under orders for service im Utah, and it does not appear that the departmeng immediately contemplates sending any fn additiow to the forces of the government alreagy serving itt Proximity to the Mormon country, A regiment will soon be stationed along the Rio Grande ow account of the troubies in that section. In other parts of the South they will be gradually with- drawn, Counting the Electoral Vote for Presiv dent, Mr. Gorham, Secretary of the United States Senq ate, has, in accordance with @ resolution of that body, prepared a statement showing the action of the Senate and House of Representatives relativa to examining and. couating the electoral voted for President and Vice President from™ 1780 to 1869, The statement is of interest, esped cially to members of Congress, as the count+ ing of electoral votes will take place onl Wednesday next. In the earlier history of the country the proceeding took place in th Senate Chamber, in the presence of the Bessie and Representatives, the Presi¢ent «f the Sena opening and counting the votes, and one Sena and one Representative, sitting at the Clerk’ table, made a list of the votes as they were di clared. Afterwards that duty was performed i the hall of the House of Representatives, in th presence of both bodies, in joint meeting. Ond teller is required to be appointed on the part of ti Senate and ten on the part of the House of Repre- sentatives, to whom are handed, as they ard opened by the President of the Senate, the certifi; cates of electoral votes. The teller then readd them aloud and makes a list of the votes as they appear from the certificates. The votes having beeiw counted, the results of the same are delivered to the President of the Senate, who announces tha State of the vote and the names of the persong elected, This annonncement Is deemed a suMiciont declaration of the persons elected President and Vice President, and, together with the list of votes, is entered on the journals of the two houses, ,) joint rule requires that seats shall be provided aq follows:—For the President of the Senate, tha Speaker’s chair; for the Speaker, a chair imi diately on his left; for the Senators, in the body o! the hall, on the right of the presiding ofitcer; fo the Representatives, in the body of the hall et occupied by the Senators; for the tellers, Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Represen< tatives, at the Clerk’s desk; for the other officer: of the two houses, in front of the Clerk's desk ia upon either side of the Speaker's platform. A Joint cominittee will be appointed to wait o1 Ulysses 8, Grant and Henry Wilson to notify ine oftheir election. At the former joint meeting, ong February 10, 1869, objection was made by a mem< ber of the House to the counting of the votes of the State of Louisiana, whereupon the Senate res turned to their chamber for the purpose of cons, sidering the same, and, after discussion, adopted @ resolution that they be counted. ‘The Hous passed a similar resolution, and the Senate Pi returned to the hall, the votes were accordingly counted, On Wednesday a similar objection will probably be made as to the votes of the same Stated In all such cases the two houses separate, each ta consider the same subject. The Senate's Commitd tee on Privileges and Elections will to-morrow make a report of the facts on so much of the pend< ing Loutalana position as involves the peish vote whieh will afford them data for the deterd mination of the question likely to arise on Wednes< day. In joint convention no vote objected to can becounted except by the concurrent vote of tha tw houses, Probable Pardoning of Ku Kiux Prise oners. Itis believed that nearly all tne Ku Klux pris< oners who are now in prison will be pardoned within & very short time, and particularly those of the more ignorant class convicted for crime of tha character, The government will, however, prose<« cute vigorously allmew instances of Ku Kiux perg secutions, and it is very certain that should addi tonal cases arise the Executive and the Depart; ment of Justice would regard with great disfavor’ all appeals for mercy or lentency. Amounts Paid the Union Pacific fom Trnnsportation. In response to the House resolution caliing for a statement of the amounts patd to the Union Pacifi¢ Railroad Company for army transportation, and am estimate of what said transportation would havq cost ifthe railroad had not been constructed, th Secretary of War transmitted the report of tha Quartermaster General, showing that the govern] ment has paid the Union Pacific Railroad Compan; for such transportation the fellowing cand namely :— y During the facal Yous cndimg dune Woo During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969 During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870 During the fiscal year ending June During i oda year ending June § 53 1872 Durt eal year which will close Jui MArmehscsts cents Fotis tee t ann,ssq{ pons tt +++ 9,361, Of which one-half was paid in cash and one-hal in credits on account of railroad bond indebtedness tothe government. The Quartermaster Genera§ estimates that the cost of moving the same troop: and supplies by stage and wagon would have bee! $9,850,135, showing an estimated saving to the govd ernment by the railroad transportation of $6,607,283, or about sixty-six per cent. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. PASE Le E+ It ig understood that Signor Campanini is coming to this country next season with Adalina Patti. The Emperor of Austria has witten to Verdiy asking him to direct in person the forthcoming re« presentations of “Aida,” at Vienna. In another fortnight we shall have Lucca and Italian opera at the Academy of Music. The prima donna ts so great a favorite that the season Is wele come toall the lovers of the lyric stage. All minor theatrical interests in Paris are for th present forgotten in the discussion on the erie and defects of “La Femme Claude” of M. Alexang dre Dumas, Jlls, produced at the Gymnase-Drama« tique. Mlle, Christine Nilsson has written from Russi announcing her intention of playing in London 1 the ensuing season, in M. Baife’s last opera, “Th Talisman” (MS.), to be produced by Mr. Maplesond Mme, Parepa-Rosa has also been negotiating for th@ right of producing it in the United States, The members of the Union Square Theatre vo | pany who are not in the cast of “One Hundre Years Old,” including Miss Emily Mestayer, Mis: Philis Glover, Miss Jennie Lee and Messrs. D. iq Markins, Edward Lamb, J. P. Barnett and W. Laurens, appear in Brooklym this week in M. Albery’s “Two Roses.” Mr. G. F. Rowe and Mr. H, Orisp have also been engaged. ‘At the Opera House in Vienna forty-eight oper: and nine ballets form the répertoire. The onl, novelties produced in 1872 were Herr Rubinstein’ “peramors” (“Lalla Rookh’) and Weber's “Aboq Hassan.’ The works given the most frequently were Meyerbeer’s “Africaine,” M. Gounod’d “Paust,” Herr Wagner’s “Rienzi,” and Weber'¢ “Der Freischitz.” The largest receipts were [og Meyerbeer’s operas. ! “The Cataract of the Ganges,” at the Grand Opt era House, now in its last week, is one of tho: pieces which are long remembered for their sceni effects. The people who saw it at the Bowery Thes atre years ago were busy recalling its history pred vious to ite reproduction this season, and when I {a played years hence for the sake of the ascent the cataract it will be talked about by the old me’ now children as having beem better done at Grand Opera House,