The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1873, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD] BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Volume XXXVIII. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, USEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st— nace ty Nuk Afternoon and ‘Evening, ATAENEUM, No. £85 Broadway.—Granp Vaniety Ex- FERTAINUBNT. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston streets.—Lxo AXD LoTOS. 87. JAMES’ THEATRE, Broadway and 2th st.—Bon- uxsque Orsea—La SOMNAMBULA. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker stroets.—Humrry Duurry. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union Broadway and Fourth avy.—A Business juare, between ‘OMAN. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth streot.—Davin GaRRice. BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third street, corner Sixth g@venue.—No THOROUGHFARE. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st. and Eighth ay.—Rovonina It, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Wairs or New Yosx— Cusatues or Luruigx. GERMANIA THEATRE, Fourteenth street, near Third av.—Din SriteuNnKORNIGLN. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteonth strect.—Kerar— Aneau-na-Pocos, THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 514 Broadway.—’98: on, ux Mumper at rox Far. NEW FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, 728 an@ 730 Broad- way—ALIXE MR&. F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN Axuonrtion. BRYANT'S OPRRA i Ne a a st. corner 6th av.—Necro MinstRzxsy, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Vanmery Entertainment. KEW YORK MUSEUM OF A) MY, — FORE MC UM NATOMY, 618 Broadway. TRIPLE SHEET. | New York, Thursday, March 13, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. THEATRE,— ‘Lo-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE CABINET CRISIS IN ENGLAND! MR. GLADSTONE'’S RESIGNATION’—LEADING EDITORIAL SUBJECT—SixTH Pags. GLADSTONE’S DOWNFALL! HE HAS AN AUDI- ft ENCE WITH QUEEN VICTORIA! POPULAR EXCITEMENT OVER, AND PRESS GOM- MENTS UPON THE ENGLISH CABINET ORISIS! DISRAELI OR GRANVILLE AS PREMIER !—SEVENTH PaGE. PRESIDENT GRANT’S VIEWS UPON NATIONAL SUBJECTS! WE OONVERSES WITH A HERALD COMMISSIONER ABOUT THE FINANCES, SPAIN, CUBA, HAYTI, THE MORMONS, SAMANA, LOUISIANA, THE INDIANS AND HIS POSTPONED SOUTHERN TOUR! AN UNRESERVED EXPOSITION OF HIS POLICY—SgventH Page, (CUBAN. FREEMEN THANK THE HERALD AND ADMIRE THE PLUCK OF ITS SPECIAL COMMISSIONER! CEBALLOS TO BE SHELVED! THE SLAVE-OWNERS’ QUAN- DARY AND THE NEGROES’ OPPORTU- NITY—Seventa Pace. BENATOR BOUTWELL! THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TRIUMPHANT OVER DAWES, OF MOBILIER MEMORY! THE FACT ANNOUNCED IN WASHINGTON! THE NEW SECRETARY—1uIRp Pag, SEVERE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE CARLISTS AND THE REPUBLICAN FORCES IN THE NORTH OF SPAIN! RUMORS OF DISASTER! PROGRESS. OF THE REPUBLIC—SsysntTH Paas. (MEXICO CITY SUFFERING FROM THE EPIZOOTY! NO FATAL CASES REPORTED—LATE TELE- GRAMS—SEVENTH Pace. HE MOBILIER OF JUSTICE! CALDWELL’S PUR- CHASED SENATORSHIP! CADETS AT LARGE! SPECIAL WASHINGTON ITEMS— TurD Pace. ANOTHER ATLANTIC CABLE! THE MONEY ALL SUBSCRIBED AND THE CONTRACTS MADE! NON-AMALGAMATION ESSENTIAL— Szventn Pacs. ‘EUROPEAN CABLE TELEGRAMS! EMPEROR WILLIAM BELIEVES IN THE EARLY EVACUATION OF FRANCE BY TRE GER- MANS! PERE HYACINTHE WARMLY WEL COMED IN GENEVA—SEVENTH PaGE. THE NEW YORK CHARTER TO PASS AS IT STANDS! THE ERIE INVESTIGATION! A ROW BETWEEN WEED AND BATCHELLER! THE JURY LAW! GREEN’S LIITLE EF- FORT—TEnTH PacE. MOBILIER AMES HOAXING HIS CONSTITUENTS! SPECIALLY FATTED CALVES KILLED TO WELCOME BACK THE PRODIGAL “PLAGER” OF ©. M. STOCK—Turrp Pace. FOSTER’S FATHER AVERS THERE WAS NO MONEY PAID MRS. PUTNAM! MRS. DUVAL TELLS HER SUFFERINGS IN THE MURDER CASE! THE INDEX OF THE POPULAR WILL—Fovrtn Pacs, ANOTHER MANSLAYFR ARRAIGNED! THE KILLING OF JOHN DANN! A CITY-RAIL- ROAD COMPANY SUED! GENERAL LEGAL BUSINESS—FounTH Pager. PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE JERSEY CAPI- TAL! RAILWAY MONOPOLISTS ENGINEER- ING IN THE LEGISLATURE—THE JERSEY RAILROAD LEASE—TENTH PAGE. BOLD BURGLARS BREAK INTO A BANK! A WELL-LAID PLAN GOES A-GLEY BECAUSE OF THE TIMELY ARRIVAL OF THE JANI- TOR! THE SCHEME AND THE ESOAPE— THIRD Pacs. DN CHANGE! THE MONEY, STOCK AND GOLD FEATURES ! MORE GREENBACKS CER- TAINLY WERE ISSUED! THE TREASURY CHANGES! ACTIVE DEMAND FOR RAIL- WAY BONDS—Firra PaGe. ENTRIES FOR THE AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB PURSES FOR 1873-HORSE NOTES—TROY- TING IN CALIFORNIA—EIcaTH Paces. A PROMISE OF MORE SENSATIONS IN ERIE—A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION—Fourta Paaz. BOSTON, HARTFORD AND ERIE IN THE COURTS! ATTEMPT TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE— THE JEWISH FEAST OF PURIM—TaiKxp Pacs ——————__— Tae Wan mw Sram.—French and Spanish advices from Spain leave little room to doubt tho news that @ very severe battle has been fought between the government troops and the forces of Don Carlos. The weight of assertion points to a defeat of the republican commander. Sefior Figueras is absent from Madrid. The constitutional progress, apart from the war reports, with the question of colonial emancipation, appears to be satis. factory. Mz. Bovurwexi Is Hurry, ir gislature of Massachusetts has elected him to the United Btates Senate. He will be » good roprosentas | tive of the State in that body, and a better one than he has been of the country in the Treasury Department. Hoe has had consido- rable legislative experience and is a good speaker. Now let us have a Secretary of the Treasury from the great financial and com- morcial centre of New York NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1873.—TRIPLE SHERT. Gladstone's Resignation. Mr. Gladstone's bill, looking to the im- provement of the educational system of Ire- land and to tho establishment of an Irish University worthy of tho name, has come to grief. After a protracted debate in the House of Commons, during which all parties had a fair opportunity to express their views, a vote was called for, and in a full House, there being present five bundred and seventy-one members, the bill was thrown out by a majority of three. It is not at all to be won- dered at, in the circumstances, that tho. Prime Minister should have regarded the vote as a defeat, and should forthwith have sought the Queen and tendered his resignation. A cable despatch, special to the Hunaxp, states that nothing will be decided until | to-day. There ara two courses open to Mr. Gladstone with the Queen’s consent—he may resign or he may demand a dissolution of Parliament. It is doubted whether Mr, Disraeli would at- tempt to form a ministry. The liberal party is so strong and so united that but small hopes are entertained that, with the present House of Commons, Mr. Disracli ond his friends conld govern the country. The gen- eral fecling is in favor of a dissolution of Par- liament. Mr. Disraeli hesitates, and in con- sequence of the absence of Lord Cairns, who is at Rome, and of the Marquis of Salisbury, who is at Nice, he refuses to come to any de- cided conclusions, Mr. Gladstone, on the other hand, has taken most decided ground. He is so disgusted with the vote that he not only persists in his resigna- tion, but threatens to retire altogether from public life. The excitement in London and throughout the country is said to be great ; and rumors are afloat to the effect that Lord Granville may be called upon to organize a temporary government, although it is not thought that he will obey the call. Itis now some ten days since we called attention in these columns to Mr. Gladstone’s Irish University bill, regarding it as a radical mersure which was likely to bring out the sentiment of the three Kingdoms more emphat- ically than any of the groat reforms which will be inseparably associated with his name. In this we have not been disappointed. Somehow the bill has not taken. It is not radical enough for the radicals and it is too radical for the conservatives, It does not please the Irish Roman Catholics, and it irritates and provokes the Church party in England. Cardinal Oullen op- poses it, and so does the Oorpora- tion of the city of Dublin. The great papers, one and all, have found in the bill something to which to object. The Times at first was approving, but the Zimes has latterly been cautious and somewhat stinted in its praise. The Daily News thinks that the scheme is not aslarge as the foundation laid for it. The Irish Roman Catholic prelates have a right to complain that the government has fully ad- mitted the grievance they assort without giving them the remedy they ask. The Standard pronounces the bill unsatisfactory. The Saturday Review, the Spectator and the Examiner have each pointed out what they consider radical defects, Yet almost all the journals admit that in point of comprehen- siveness it is worthy to take rank with the Trish Chureh act and tho Irish Land act. Itis pertectly manifest that Mr. Gladstone counted on its success. Only a few days ago, at a public meeting, he stated that, while the Min- istry were willing to accept amendments and to modify the bill, they were prepared to make it 9 vital question and to stake their official existence upon it. Sooner, perhaps, than he expected, Mr. Gladstone has been called upon to make good his word, On its second read- ing his pet measure has been defeated; and, true to his purpose, he has tendered his resig- nation. It is noteworthy that while the Irish Catholics in the House toa man opposed the pill, the Scotch and Welsh members gave it their hearty support. It was not unnatural that the vote should be so, and not otherwise; and any one who knows anything of Scotland, Wales and Ireland needs but little help to get out of the difficulty. Why has this bill failed and why has Mr. Gladstone, because of its defeat, thought fit to resign? These are questions which many are anxiously asking. The lending features of Mr. Gladstone's bill have already in these columns been stated somewhat minutely. To repeat them in detail is, therefore, the less necessary. It is desirable, however, that our readers should have a clear comprehension of the situation. It has long been o complaint that Trinity College, Dublin, the principal educational institution in Ireland, was prac- tically closed against the great majority of the Irish people. Its religious tests excluded alike the Presbyterians of Ulster and the entire Roman Catholic youth of the country. It was this exclusion which in times gone by sent the Presbyterians to Glasgow and the Roman Catholics to Douay, in France, and to the universities of Spain and Italy. To meet this difficulty Sir Robert Peel estab- lished the non-sectarian Queen’s colleges and the Queen's University. The Queen’s colleges have, no doubt, done good, but they have not satisfied the Irish people or made an end of the national demand for a national university. Mr. Gladstone’s bill retains the Queen’s col- leges, with the exception of that of Galway, which has proved a failure, with their grants undisturbed. It retains Trinity College, but | modifies its rules and slightly taxes its wealth; it establishes a national university, affiliating | to it Trinity, p ead College, Belfast; Queen's College, Cork; Magee College and the Catholic University of Dublin. The new National University is to be absolutely unsec- tarian. It is to have no chair of theology, no chair of moral philosophy, no chair of modern history. Considering the religious condition of Ireland, it is difficult to conceive how a more desirable bill could be framed. But it does not please. It does not please Cardinal Cullen, because Cardinal Cullen wants special endowments for Roman Catholic institutions, As the Queen’s colleges are endowed so would | he have the Catholic University endowed. Mr. Gladstone's graud disestablishment measure, to which this university scheme is a neces- | sary sequel, has made this impossible. The bill does not please the Church party in Eng- | land, becanse they see, or think they see, in it | the handwriting which marks them out for | destruction. What has befallen the Irish Cbureh may befall the Church in England ; and in the fate of Trinity they see the doom | of Oxtord and Cambridge. ‘This man \ Gladstone las become on offence; ho ia The Cabinet Crisis in England—Mr./ robbing us of our ancient rights and privileges; his democratic policy is leading us to ruin; him.” Such is the language of the tory gon tlemen of England. We do not blame the English tories so much as we blame the Irish Catholics. The English tories have every- thing tolose. The Irish Catholics have every- thing to gain. Mr. Gladstone's bill has failed because of a most unholy coalition, and he resigns in disgust because he finds himself at & most critical moment deserted by triends whom for four years ho has faithfully and laboriously served. To conciliate Ireland he in- troduced and carried through the Irish Church bil. To conciliate Ireland he introduced and carried through the Irish Land bill To further conciliate Ireland he introduced this University bill. Behold his reward! At the time we go to press nothing is certain as to the course which may be ‘pursued in the emergency. Mr. Disraeli appreciates the diffi- culty of the situation, and, it is said, is most unwilling to saddle himself with the responsi- bilities of office, The rank and file of the conservatives are naturally anxious for place and power, and are not unwilling to make an appeal to the people. On the other hand the liberals are anxious to test the scntiment of the Honse by asking a vote of confidence. It is feared, however, that Mr. Gladstone has made up his mind, and that he will abide by his determination. The presumption is that tho difficulty will in some way be bridged over until Easter, and that then an appeal will be made to the country. Mr. Gladstone has fought nobly in a good cause. Ho ought not rashly to abandon the fight. The en- lightened sentiment of the age is with him, and it is a duty which he owes to the world as wellas to himself to abide at his post and to test his strongth to tho last. To-Night’s Reception to Oakes Ames. There is always a corner where a thick- skinned man can retire from the contempt and scorn of the world to find some consolation. That is located in the depths of his self- consciousness. If a bad man, as is often the case, is in any way happy in his domestic circle he may fly there secure from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. This circle of condolence may be indefinitely extended if the man has dependents outside of his family, or has had the tact to make others believe that they have been pierced with the shaft that has stricken him. Last and not least, if he has money. Oakes Ames, whose Crédit Mobilier actions in Congress every man and journal in the United States worthy of the name of inde- pendence has condemned as dishonorable, debasing and demoralizing, is about to be welcomed home at North Easton, Mass. Not in the name of that friendship dating from before the crime, which induces respectable people to shake hands with a murderer in his condemned cell, is it that Oakes Ames is to be welcomed home. Not in the light of virtues which often exist in a man side by side with his particular viciousness is it that North Easton to-night will greet Oakes Ames. Not as the returning Prodigal fresh from his husks and swine will the fatted calf of North Easton be killed for him, Not even as the liberated convict, repent- ant of his evil ways, is the ‘absolutely cen- sured” Congressman to be féted in the land of pork and beans. It is because of his disgrace, and not in spite of it, that North Easton to- night will cheer and tiger for the professional corrupter of the nation’s representatives, Our special despatches from the classic spot will be read with that curiosity which observes with pain a number of people studiously en- gaged in self-degradation. The settlements which, after the Massachusetts fashion, play every change upon one name before choosing another and which have Easton as their generic term will have their inhabitants so engaged to-night, Shovels have been used in the founding of every town in the world, but North Easton stands perhaps alone in the fame of having been built of shovels alto- gether. For palatial residences it has the homes of the boss shovel-makers, with nice lawns in front of them. For poorer resi- dences it has the homes of shovel-makers of high and low degree, shovel forgers, shovel cutters, shovel temperers, shovel filers, shovel finishers and shovel handlers. For business houses it has shovel factories and the ‘“stores’’ where lower shoveldom obtains its food, its fuel and its clothing on monthly credit through the agency of the business office where shoveldom is paid off twelve times a year. Its children are shovel-makers’ chil- dren and its women are shovel-makers’ wives. What of allthis enumeration is not owned body and bones by Oakes Ames is owned bones and body by his brother, Oliver Ames. Itis all in the family and all will be trooped out to-night to sing hosanna to him who comes in the name of Crédit Mobilier and Con: onal corruption, The Rev. Mr. Chafiin, of the Unitarian shovel church, will be there, and with the soothing words of the religious magazine at his back will heartily greet Gakes Ames. Three hundred of “the The cards of invitation tell us that all this to Oakes Ames is ‘‘in recognition of ten years’ faithful service in the Congress of the United States.” Nothing could be added to this to make it look more ridiculous. Even the pledge of ‘undiminished confidence in your integrity,”’ which the citizens address to the Mobilier man, is feebly stupid beside it. Conaressman Ropers passes over his extra pay to the United States Treasury, to be counted among the ‘‘conscience fund,’ per- haps. Better have distributed it among the poor of his district, according to his original intention. Is Ex-Sewator Parrenson’s Fann, the re- publicans of New Hampshire sinned al. It will be many years, perhaps, ere they can regard the granite hills as ‘Paradise Re- gained,’’ Kerrrxa It mm tae Fammy.—The election of Secretary Boutwell to the United States ‘Senate from Massachusetts, in place of Vice President Wilson, is only keeping up the little family arrangements of the Massachusetts coalition of over twenty years ago, when Boutwell, Butler, Burlingame, Banks, Henry Wilson and some other leading democratic and freo soil leaders clasped hands across the chasm of public plunder and political prefer- ment, and have stuck together—save Burlin- game, who is dead, ond Banks, who is shelved-—ever since best citizens,’ says this divine, will join in. . President Grant on Things in General. In another column we print an interview let us be rid of | accorded by the President toa Hzrnatp Com- missioner touching the main features of his policy for the next four years, and his impressions regarding some things transpiring outside the Union. It will be seen that General Grant does not purpose taking any “new departure’ on the issues which are discussed so widely at present. His first point is that the Cabinet will undergo nothing like reconstruction. The election of Mr. Boutwell to the Senate will necessitate at least one ocbhange in the personnel, but the financial policy will not be changed. Mr. Boutwell, it would seem, does not intend resigning before December next, when Congress will meet, and unloss Secre+ tary Robeson is assigned a mission abroad the Cabinet will otherwise probably remain as it is until that time. It can very well be understood that the President is undesirous of altering the course of the Treasury manage- ment, which was his strongest card in the Presidential campaign. His hopes for the Spanish Republic will be shared by every American and do him credit; and whatever grounds he may have for his opinion of a speedy termination of the Ouban struggle in favor of the insurgents it will be heartily re-echoed by millions in America. His hopes of the Samana Bay scheme are very roseate, Ten or fifteen years, he thinks, will suffice to create a desire in this country for spreading the starry banner over that troublesome tropical island at some mil- lions cost. He puts the fulfilment of this prophecy so far off that wo can afford to record it without being much moved one way or the other. He promises to make polygamous Brigham and his highly uxorious disciples obey the lows, which they have so successfully evaded up to the present. He is satisfied with his Louisiana policy. Finally, he has great hopes for his Indian peace policy, and has postponed his Southern trip to ‘‘go West.’’ All these deliberate avowals convoy the idea that he is greatly contented with things as they are and holds on by the motto that ‘‘Whatever is is right.’’ Murder Trials—Clearing the Calendar. The determination of Judge Brady to dis- pose of all the murder cases on the calendar during the present term of the Court of Oyer and Terminer would be encouraging to the friends of law and order were they also as- sured that in the disposition of such cases crime would receive its due reward. But, thanks to the cumbersome machinery of our criminal laws and the maudlin sympathy for the murderer created by a few unreasoning people, the gallows is cheated of its due, and maurder becomes, to our shame, merely a means to gain notoriety for the perpetrator without ony attendant danger. What with juries that disagree, a stay of proceedings, new. trials and Executive interference, the way of the transgressor is made smooth, and his temporary detention in prison is alleviated by a crowd of sympathizers. Then comes tho plea of insanity, which would lead one to suppose that man is, under all circumstances, an irre- sponsible being. The family and connec- tions of the murderer and any Sunday schod antecedents that his counsel may be able to bring forward, are urged in extenuation of the unpleasant action he has thoughtlessly committed. All this time there is not a ord for the poor victim hurried into eternity without | moment's warning. The gentle- manly murderer absorbs the public attention, and there are naught but tears for the cruel fate that consigned him to a prison. While applauding Judge Brady’s determination to clear the calendar of all murder cases let us indulge in the hope that the gallows will not become an obsolete institution in New York. Tue Copan Conony at Key West ata pub- lic meeting signalized their appreciation of the Heratp enterprise in sending a Commis- sioner to rediscover their native land. After paying a high tribute to the journal and its fearless ambassador they made the sensible declaration that the Cubans were willing to stand by the truth when O'Kelly returns to tell it. This they can be well complimented on, for it shows that they fear nothing from the truth being nakedly stated. Since the Captain General has at length sensibly taken the same view of the case for his side of the question we only hope that the result will suit all, as it will be in the interest of all. Captain General Ceballos, it is rumored from Havana, is about to be re- placed by a general in full sympathy with the revolution at home. The slave- owners are represented as being in quite o quandary over their gloomy prospects, and | well they may, for if the Spanish Republic continués to exist it must speedily declare a complete emancipation of the slaves in Cuba as well as Porto Rico, Tere Seems to Have been a hitch in tho Modoe peace negotiations. ‘How would a “hitch” to the nearest tree bring some of these redskin ‘‘varmints’’ to a realizing sense of the bother they are creating? Taat Was Onty a little “Straw” which showed which way the political wind klew ip New Hampshire on Tuesday. Rhode Island and Connecticut come next. Some or THe Back Pay Granpuns are going to devote the proceeds of their plunder to the improvement of the cemeteries in their several localities. They all want to appease the out- raged feelings of their constituents, and are ready to lie down like lambs with the indig- nant lions they have offended. ‘And the lion and the lamb shall lie down together ;’ but when tho lion got up in the morning the lamb wasn’t there. Lrety to Prove Truz—Senator Cragin’s prediction that the back pay rascality would lose to the republican party the States of New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut, A Goop Stax—To see prominent news- papers printing in large capital type quota- tions from Herat editorials, embodying sound political truths and predictions, as standard maxims for the day and age. For tax Sounpyrss or THe Henatp’s views on the corruptions, and greed of the last Con- | gress see the recent magnificent verdict of the people in tho interior of the Empire State— showing anet opposition gain of eighty-shree | | Hue; by Bi PERSONAL INTELLISENCE. General Judson Kilpatrick is at the irand Cen- tral Hotel, General 0, H. Prentice, of Hartford, Is athe St, Nicholas Hotel. General George W. McCook, of Ohio, is atthe St. James Hotei. General Albert Pike, of Washington, ia in town St the Coleman House. Ex-Vongressman A. D, Hubbard, of Connecticut, 1s at the Hoffman House. Ex-Congressman J. 1, Getz, of Pennsylvania, 13 at the Metropolitam Hotel. Ex-Congressman J. Hale Sypher, of Loutsana, 13 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Congressman L. A. Sheldon, of Louisiana, is stopping at the Gilsey House, Ex-Governor J, Gregory Smith, of Vermont, ts registered at the Brevoort House. Ex-Congreasman H. H. Starkweather, of Connec- ticut, is staying at the Astor House. Our Vice President will leave the Astor House this morning to return to the capital. Congressman Frank Morey, of Louisiana, yester- day arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain H. P. Connor, of the steamship Rising Stpas, is staying at the Sturtevant House. United States Senator Wm. Windom, of Minne- sota, yesterday arrived at the Motrepolitan Hotel. General John F. Rathbone, Adjutant General on Governor Dix’s staff, yesterday arrived at the Hoffman House. In the Kansas bribery case it is diMicult to decide which 1s getting the most kicks, tke accused or the accuser—Pomeéroy or York, A Down East pundit wants to know what battle. in the Crimes should remind one of a fight with the Modoc Indians? Balak-lava! The new United States Senator from Missouri, Hon. Louis Vital Bogy, was at one time a page in the Missouri House of Representatives. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presided a few days ago at the annual festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for aged Freema- sons, Paris has a band of robbers led by & boy of fif- teen, They have committed eighty thefts, with violence, and at least six murders. Three of the band are females, : Hon, James Bufinton, representative of the First Congressional district of Massachusetts, arrived at his home in Fall River on Saturday last. Mr. BuMinton voted against the salary steal. John Sullivan, long known in England as “king of the bogging-letter impostora,” nas been sen- tenced to seven years penal servitude for swin- dling General Braybrook out of $5 by a lying peti- tion, Another king dethroned. General Butler is the only member of Congress from New England who voted to increase his pay for past services, He will probably devote his “extra” to the benefit of the ‘Society for the En- couragement of Mammoth Cod Associations in New England.” Mr. Edmund Yates sailed for home on the steam- ship Calabria yesterday afternoon, A number of friends were present on the vessel to bid him a kind farewell. He spoke to them of the pleasant memories that he must ever cherish of his sojourn in this country, and parted from them uttering ex- pressions of hearty good will. Edward R. Smith, nominated yesterday to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is now agent for the Red Lake Chippewas in Minnesota. Mr. Smith accompanied General Howard last year to Arizona, and has been employed on several other special missions by the Interior Department, where he stands very high as ene of the most efficient officers in the Indian service. WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, March 13—1 A. M. Probavilities, For Thursday, in the Middle and Eastern States, rising barometer, westerly winds and partly cloudy weather; in the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States rising barometer, falling tempera- ture, northerly winds and clear weather; in the Western Gulf States, nertheast winds, with clear weather, veering te south- east by Thursday evening; from the Ohio Valley northward over the Upper Lakes falling barometer, rising temperature and increasing southerly winds; cloudy and threatening ~weather over the Upper Lakes, with possibiy rain preceding the area of lowest pregsure in the extreme northwest. ART MATTERS. The Schenck Sale To-Day. To-day at noon a set of oil paintings will be sold at the gallery of Edward Schenck, 60 Liberty street. The sale will be concluded to-morrow. The pic- tures number 143, Those of chief merit are “The Pets,” by A. Walraven; “Family Scene,” by B. Nerdenberg; ‘The Favorite Page,’’ by T. Forengé; “Evening on Clear Lake, California,” by Harvey Young; ‘Tne First Born,’ by E, Schuback; “The Picture Book” and ‘Attention, Sir,” by F. Moor- manus. ‘Reading the News,” by H. E. Reyntzens; “After the Battle,” by E. F, Engel; ‘News from the War,” by H. Dauriac; “The Excursion,” by Comte Calix; “The Proposai,’’ by J. Carolus; ‘The Bas- ket,” by E. Tournay; ‘“‘Sunmy Hours,” by Emile Bemindt; “The Letter,” by E. Steinbart; “Country Bridge in Vermont,” by W. L. Sonntag; “Laxe of Thun,’ by Wagner; ‘The Spinning,” by E. Kost; ‘Fruit and Wine,” by J. Wilms; “Summer”? and “Autumn,” by W. H. Willcom “The Secret,” by Alboy Rebonet; “Lighthouse near Essex,"’ by Brecher; ‘‘Adieu,’’ by Tortez; “The Sayoyard,’’ by Leroy 5 “A Deubt- ful Case,’’ by Maurice Sloan; ‘The Gut,” Ban seu; “The Love Letter,” by Tannert; “Taking Toll,” by Dillens; “Spring,” by Tait; ‘Washing Day,” by Landell; “Opening the Ball,’ by Noten- nan; “Prayer St. Marc,” by Vincent St. Lerche; “Christmas Morning,” by Geselachaps ; “Lake George,” by David Johnson; “Interier,” by De Nater and Koller; ‘The Fisherman’s Family,” by GU ik “Summer Morning,” by Gerard; “Sheep,” by Verboeckhoven; “The Artist,” by Chavet; “Sailor Boy’s Return,” by Hubner; ‘‘War Stories,” by Kaufmann; ‘Prayer Meeting in the Black Forest,’ by Brion; ‘The Lovers,’ by Boilvin; “After Dinner,’ by Lambert; “The Parrot,’ b; “The Love Letter,”’ ee “Flowers,” y yze; “Spanish dy,” by Bougue- teats ie og Hw ! b aera “The rtist, Castigiions; The Baby,” Michels, ‘Pilot Check," ty James M, Hart “ne ‘aintatton,” by Milica: “Brittany Girl,” by Delorbe ; “Rhinestine,” by 8, R. Gilford ; “Taking a Nap,” by Beranger; “The Little Cook,” by Meyer Yon Bremen; “The Necklace,” by Krauss; ‘“Venctian Lady,” by Doyer; “Pleasures of Chilahood,” by Reincke; “Interior,” by Knarren, and “The Little Cat,’ by Pascutt.. The Palette Cinb—Sccond Annual Ex. hibition, The second annual exhibition of the Palette Clab js now open day and evening at the Somerville Art jailety, ond will continue until next Friday week: Many of the pictures are excellent, a iew are ex+ ecrable. We shall return to them again and gn- deavor to speak of the best, the worst and the mediocre with definiteness aad precision. RAILROAD MONOPOLISTS AT WAR IN VIR- GINIA. ammenities Ricamonp, March 12, 1973, In the House of Representatives a substitute has been offered for the Free Railroad bill introduced by Major W. T. Sutherlin, of which Tom Scott is said to be the patron. The substitute dees not differ materially frem the original bill, ex- cept that it authorizes the Judges of Cir- cuit Courts to grant @ charter to build railroads wherever applied for under certain limited conditions. This, on account ef its dis- criminating provisions, may probably gain a few alter the sentiment of the House, which is almost unanimously against the passage of any law look- ing tothe furtherance of the Penusyivania Rail- road interests in this State. The opposition of General Macwahon, President of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, and of Join M. Robinson, President of the Rictmoud, Fredericks- burg and Petomac Railroad, both of them monopo- lists, will defeat all Scott's schemes to obtain a connecting link with his Southern systems of rail- a through this State during the present ses- ston. pression. Eis s| i Will be coutinued to-morrow, towns—and the glad reverberations among the arauite hills of New Hampshirs hut neither he nor any of his irievds are hopeful o tie passage of any law having for its objec anecess OL Lym Scott's Southera Waiirord vroiee the tb. more votes for Scott’s scheme; but it will not | Major Sutherlin, whe Introduced the Free Rati- | road law, spoke jor two hours eada halt in favor of the substitute, Without making any decided im. WAR AGAIN. Captain Jack’s Band Fooling the Peace Commission. Steel Has to Return with Empty Wagons. -THE TROOPS IN THE LAVA BEDS. General Gillem Orders an Im- mediate Advance. Applegate Resigns in Disgust, Leaving General Canby to Make Peace. San Francisco, March 12, 1873. Eah Steele arrived at Yreka this evening from the fromt, He says the Modocs would have come: out had they not been frightened by stories told to them by persons who desire to nave thom: re main in the country. There ia a strong rivalry for leadership between Captain Jack and Schonchin. Mr, Steele thinks that nothing but fighting cam settle the difficulties, He says that it is impossibie: that Captain Jack has left the lava beds, as the snow Is too deep in the mountain ranges for travel. JACK TO BE STORMED OUT. The troops are in fine condition and ready for » forward movement. The officers have complete maps of the lava beds. General Gillem is in favor ofclosing in on the Indians, and expresses the belief that the whole band may be captured with- out great losa, HR INDIANS SUPPLIED WITH PROVISIONS. The Modocs depend on Tule Lake for their sup- pliea of water, but they have great quantities of ice stored and an abundant supply of beef and roots, GENERAL GILLEM ORDERS AN ADVANCE. Acourler, who arrived later, says that General Gillem has ordered an immediate advance an@ attack; that the soldiers are already in the lava beds and close upon the enemy, HOOKER JIM WANTS TO SURRENDER, “Hooker Jim” has sent word to Mr. Applegate requesting him to make a strong paper to lay before the Peace Commissioners recommend- ing that he be permitted to return to the Yianax reservation, Mr. Applegate says that he would strongly recommend that this murderer (“Hooker Jim’) be sent to the “happy hunting ground,” as he does not want him at the Yianax reservation, among decent In dians. APPLEGATE RETIRES IN DISGUST. Mr. Applegate has resigned from the Peace Comr sion and has gone away disgusted, The whole matter, therefore, relative to treating with the Modoc Indians is in the hands of General Canby. The Peace Commission ts a failure, Everything now indicates a war. AMUSEMENTS. “Der Freischuetz” at the Academy. The chef @auvre of Carl Maria Von Weber was produced last night at the Academy to a full house. It is many years since this great piece was heard in Italian in New York, if we ex- cept its singing once by the Arion So ciety. The cast last night included Mme. Pauline Lucca as Agathe and Signor Jamet as Caspar. In 80 tar it proved strong, but the Max of Signor Vizzani was an indifferent performance. The rest of the characters were merely further descents in the scale of indifference. The work in which Weber wove all the weird and wild dream- ings of his nature with a weird, wild story from the folkiore of Germany presents such varied features and demands such excessive care in production that it is not wonderful managers at the Academy have avoided it. It tests the capacities of the best srranged operatic establishments in Europe, and the haphazard manager here finds very little to his hand when he attempts to improvise jt in a week. It is over fifty years since it was first produced in Berlin, and it is nearly filty since Henrietta Sentag set all Germany ablaze with excitement over her Agathe. The stage could not boast of the same scenic aids then as. now, but it is questionable if it was ever produced with less regard to mise en scene, The terrible scene in the Woll’s Glen, which Weber tortured hig brain m the production of the fitful and demoniac in orches- tration, needs either a simple suggestiveness of the horrible visions on a darkened stage, or else a per- fect realism of the gloomy and awful cidoions that sweep shricking through the ghost stories of mediwval Germany. The incantation scene last night was farcical in the extreme, badly as it was conceived, werked worse. con- cealed echo chorus was out of all time and tune, and the orchestra and the performers labored thri the scene with despairing efforts, The chorus, In- deed, was poor throughout, and in the huntsmen’s for dashing song was feeble and disappointing. They alt) scarcely be heard above the Nourish of the Orns. It is pleasant to turn frem these things to the two characters we have excepted. Mme, Lucca’s Agathe, in the second act, where she first appears, | at once won the sympathies of the audience. The melodious, soul-filling melancholy of Weber could scarcely have found finer | or fuller utterance than she gave it. The foil, dramatically speaking, of a joyous, light- hearted girl, which Weber placed beside the dar! +4 foreboding Agathe in this scene, like a fall hgh’ | shadows, 9 POY hands, and Lucca’s cium) | Wan ond Lib tens what’ ste Wak occriand ft despite. The ‘vellous recitativa | and aria, “Come una volte " sonna,” was | the first proof how Lucca hate the part her ewr. At the end of the first verse the house broke forth in a whirlwind of bravos and clapping-of hands, The trying ordeal of varied emotion, rising ever to the enthusiastic dream of future neprinceae store, was mi incon sustained, and broaght forth’ a display of feeling on a rich tide of song that entaralied the beholder and listener. She was many times recalled at its close, but wise refrained from marring the success by a partial rej ion. The desperation of a soul strug; with an intangible fear could not been more ti in ir acting § An: of tye scent . The a “ ri wor n the lon scene filled the stage su i ety ith send smoke that Agathe seemed almost begemiy | in the fourth act while attempting to an of Ie siete Sestat ns e ir jor Jamet was his first a) ance in the character, and wherever the ether stage elements were uot against him he achieved marked success. His song in the first “Or via cantamo," was splendidly rendered well deserved its encere. The score is exceed- ingly dificult for Caspar to the end of the first acts but Jamet mastered it without effort. tight Freischutz” will be repeated on Friday Mast and Dramatic Notes. Mr. B. vies, the ventriloquist, is to have @ benefit at Niblo’s this afternoon. “Man and Wife” has been produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London with success. At the Winter season of Itahan opera in London, which has just closed, it was feund that only four operas were necessaty to make the programme attractive—“Il Uonte Ory,” “L'Ehsir d’Amore,’* “Ti Barbiere” and ‘Cosi fan tutte.” Miss Mary Griswold is to play “the business woman” in Olive Logan's new play to be produeed atthe Union Square atre thisevening. Mr. PF, F. Mackay 1s to play one of those eccentric charac. ters for which he has shown such remarkable apti> | tude. M. Sardou bas seut to Mr. American newspapers of in the first act of “Un the Frenein government aiows the piece to be played in Paris. The act is supposed to take place on @ Hudsom | River steamboat, and aca of tie passengers will, be busy reading an immense newspaour wuen the play ovens,