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fn The Political Agitation Through- out France. ae Besangon the Chosen Base of Opera- tions of the Republicans, MEN OF THE RESTORATION. Panis, Oct. 25, 1873, ‘When France has passed through tne present crisis in her affairs it will be the duty of historians to remember that the bulk of the nation remained es unconcerned during these anxious days as if the two parties in the Assembly were merely pre- paring for a game of skittles, It is as well to take mote of tne fact thus early, lest foreigners should imagine that the battle of Monarchy vs. Republic ‘was preceded by a period of public excitement as intense as would be witnessed in the United States or in England under similar circumstances, Will the American reader try to picture the cundition of New York, if Congress were going to meet at Washington, on the 3d of November, to determine whether the Republic should continue in existence, and if, furthermore, this Con- gress had received no powers from its constituents to determine any question of the kind, but were acting of its own good pleasure, in direct deflance of the popular will? Tumult, riot, exasperation are certainly wild Words to describe what would be the state of matters, and, indeed, the supposition will best be met by saying that no situation like this is possi- ble in America, or conceivable. But the French are 80 accustomed to illegalities in high places and 80 little acquainted with the use of public liberties that events which-would arouse the population of free States to fever heat leave them perfectly cool and torpid, Since Louis XVI. ascended the throne, just ninety-nine years ago, Charles X. isthe only man who has risen to and kept the supreme power without violence. The first Republic was founded by deposing and beheading Louis XVI, and it was transformed into a dictatorship by General Bona- parte roughly dispersing the Legislature with his soldiers, When Napoleon was, in his turn, forced to abdicate after his deieats, the Bourbons were imposed upon an unwilling nation by foreign armies, and to get rid of them a murderous revolu- tion was required, which drenched Paris in blood for three days, Louis Philippe climbed to tne throne over the mounds of bodies slain in these three days, and eighteen years later three more Gays’ bloodshed and other heaps of carcasses served as stepping stones to the second Republic. Then ame Napoleon IIL, who strangled the Republic one December night, and was in due course upset by a handful of revolutionists, who governed the country jor six months without asking anybody's leave, M. Thiers, to be sure, was daly elected by the Assembly, but he only kept his place by crush- img one of the most formidable insurrections the ‘world has ever seen; and now we are about to see 0 unpopular faction, who overturned M. Thiers while he sti! enjoyed the confidence of the nation, try to set up a form of rule which they well know is disliked by the large ma fority. of the people. When will these things cease When will the French learn that there is a middle course between armed rebellion and abject subserviency, and that in political as in bodily disorders, prevention is better than cure ? {tis evident that, 1f the public opinion of France could assert itself at this moment by lawful agita- tdon, public meetings, demonstrations, petitions, Outspoken warnings, in newspapers, the royal- ists would never dare venture on the step they are meditating. Unfortunately, nothing is lawful here which bears the color of agitation, Political meet- ings are prohibited save during the twenty dass that precede an election. Street demonstrations would cause & general panic and be repressed by the military. Anything like a printed threat of civil war would encail immediate suspension on the journal which published it, and the other day we had the Gaulois officially cautioned for simply printing lists of such among its readers as were in favor of a plédiscltum. In a word, French law provides no outlet for popular discontent, and the consequence is that when this discontent grows too strong a farious explosion ensues, Let us be just towards the royalists, however, ‘and acknowledge that if they are forcing on a grave constitutional crisis without holding any suthority from their electors to so do, they have a famous precedent in the proceedings of an Assem- bly of which even the reddest republicans speak with amely, the States General, con- Voked In 1180, These States General were elected simply to vote supplies and petition t! to re’ the fiscal laws; but when this part of their task was ended and Louis XVI. wished to dissolve the time to summon a model within twelve ths’ time, juties of the Third Estate met in a tennis court at Versailles and took a soiemn Oath not to separate until they had voted a con- stitution. Hard as it may seem, there is ig Of natural retribution in the fact that ~ somethin; those who would bow unto the work of 1789 are urging the example of '80 as a justification of their conduct. The Deputies of the third estate kept their word; they resolved themselves intoa tional Assembly, suppressed the privil mobility and carey. confiscated well tives O1 crown and voted a constitu- it paved the way to the Republic. The roy- ‘Nous voulons notre ya] revanche RATION. who have plotted the resto- wish to retaliate on world at ing the great revolu. m ate much known out second Empire they led aloof from politics and amass- ochefoucauld, th te anor vot e sarcastic author of Le Splendid type of the old ity. He is now forty-cight, and pos- esses ® jortune equal to that of an English duke. and Catholic tothe he refused ali the lace and diplomatic ions made him roinent of Napoleon iL, just as his a all the fa a nha Bes He Proprietor of the Mon: ir, and the leading wire-puller or “whip” t. During the past two years he has enormous sums in dinners, hunting par- Other festivities designed to bring Orlean- legitimists together; also in private sub- apers and in political tracts, which tered about the country districts by Million, spreading (or endeavoring to spread) everywhere the notion that republicanism is Synonymous with spoliation and the guillotine. THE CHIEFS ‘THI Next to the Duke de should be mentioned, isa handsome man, of ex- ite Manners and most winning presence, comes Duke d’Andiffret Pasqater, nepnew and heir by tion of that celebrated Chancellor Pasquier had sworn fealty to eleven different iorms of Se ous Paes ended his days under the reign of Louie P ppe ae President of the House of Peers. The Duke d’Audiffret was little known last year, when, being appointed reporter to committee to the late war contracts, he de- Stich @ tolling impeachment against the second Empire as ci ry at once among the foremost the Chamber, He is about raon thin, in tanners frank Ae peaks ike & ciarion and has so er ¢ of his utterances by eae 28 it etn eae dela ‘and when these two dukes had to understand each other the fusion was three- settled. M. Bocher, member for Calvados solicitor to the Orieans inces—a slim, whis- man, who looks the very image of an Eng. al a was the next most im it man ‘i For alot counctis, Jor he was, e secret, Oricans party, : Cotrnat Paris, the Gout of Paris’ of of the Duke d’Aumale,” room aker. speaker. his influence to win ie Leit centre. IBS, Me Fiver and in pre: in oyertnrow the directly to the Count of and induce to forego the white order that France “might not, become a to modern heresies.” Ménseignenr Dupaniou| and writes the purest French of any native living; be is an excellent, charitable prelate, much loved in his diocese and much re- spected in the Assembly even by his politi- cal enemies. But, for all that, he is a riest of the fighting school, who plies his crozier ke @ battle axe and will have no compromise on questions of dogma, At elections he issues a pas- toral directing his flock how to vote, aud whenever @ party division is about to take place in the As- meu are may see him gliding about the lobbies wich hid gold cross round his neck, his eager, scholarly face lit up, and his thin hands feverishly gesticulating as i! ne were marshaling crusaders to the fray. Monseigneur Freppel is a little, bustling man, full of French wit and vigorons discourse. At his prelatia! palace in Versailles he holds politi- cal “ut homes,’ attended by members of ull shades and their wives, and it is chiefly tirough these feminine channels that he makes his spiritual in- fluence ieit over the Legisiavure. THE PERSON BEMIND THK NEW THRONE. It may be noted that the Duke Deseazes, Count @ Harcourt and M. de Larcy take their cues al- most exclusively from Monseigneur 'reppel, who is supposed to be in constant cominunication with the Count of Chambord, through M. de la Kochette, a Breton Deputy, proprietor of the Eelatreur de Nantes, and Agent General to the future Henri V. This M. de la Rochette holds tittle direct in- tercourse with his brother members; for, though a first rate man o! business, he is a poor talker; but he conveys the Count’s wishes to Monseigneur Freppel, who inculcates them with striking argu- ments on MM, Descazes, d’Harcourt and de Larcy, who, in their turn, spread them among the members, in lobbies, rail- way carriages, ministerial parties and at dinner tabics. The Duke Dexeazesis at present French Ambassador in London, which does not prevent his being generally in Paris or at Versailles, and Count d’Harcourt was his predecessor at the Court of St. James’, he likewise being more often absent trom his post than present there. M. de Larcy was Minister of Commerce for the first year of M. Thiers’ rresidency, but resigned when M. ‘Thiers pronounced, openly jor the Republic. He now industriously seconds M. Bocher in button- holing and persuading members of the weak-kneed order; and he has considerabie eloquence in addressing the House from the trinune. MM. Chesnelong and Lucien Brun, who were the mterviewers of the Count of Chambord at the recent Salzburg interview, are neitner of them men of much importauce, the former being a retired draper and the second a country banker, They were delegated to Salz- burg asa reward for having seceded from the Bonapartist section, who, numbering but twenty- six members in the house, could ill afford the loss of two Deputies, however insignificant. If Heuri VY. be restored MM. Chesnelong and Brun will doubtless be created counts; in 1act, 10 is generally reported that a formal promise to that effect was given them before they started. .General du Barail, the present War Minister; M. Leon Renault, the Preiect of Police (formerly a republican), and M. Batbie, the Minister of Public Instruction, com- poe the qnorum of those who may be called the len of the Restoration; but, of course, we must superadd tothe number the Dukes of Aumale and Nemours andthe Prince of Joinville, who, by purse aad other methods avowed and secret, labored indefatigably to compass an object in which théy re so personally interested. THE SURRENDER OF THE WHITE FLAG, a te tee a Paris, Oct. 24, 1878, Well, the great surrender bas taken place at last, and Henri VY. has foliowed the suit of his an- cestor, Henri IV., who recanted the faith of his early life, observing:—‘Paris vaut bien une messe.” To have announced the surrender a couple of months ago would have been to afford the.republicans and Bonapartists an opportunity of sinking their differences, closing their ranks and offering a formidable battle front, with the democratic party cry of ‘Dissolution and appeal to the country.” As itis, the alliance of republi- cans and Bonapartists is too recent for mutual mistrusts to have heated and for combined action to have been settled with any method. The ‘‘dem- ocrats,” as the two parties have begun to call them- selves, were allowed to believe up to the last that the obstinacy of the Count of Chambord would jeopardize all the fruits ot the fusion; so each half kept shyly from the other, and the whote legion was weakened. It was cleverly managed on the part of the royalists, and one may say that the white flag nas been dropped just in the nick of time. The original intentton'was’to postpone the sacrifice till the ist of November; but some of the minor royalists, who were not in the secret, were growing disheartened, so, instead of making the surrender tally with the meeting of the Assembly, the Assembly will meet at once because of the surrender. From all parts of the country members will be trooping up to Versailles to-day and to- morrow at the summons of the telegraph; and just about the moment this reaches the Unitea States the 760 lawgivers of France will’be fighting out the question as to whether Frenchmen are to remain citizens of a Republic or call themselves once again His Majesty’s subjects. A HISTORICAL PARALLEL. Meanwhile the last of the French Bourbons, lay- ing down bis old-time principles to win the crown, reminds one in more than one point of the founder of the Bourbon line abjuring his Protestant creed after repeatedly declaring that he would be hanged first. It is not yet three centuries since Henri IV.’s famous bit of apostacy was accomplished to the general satisfaction of a religious people, and if the walls of the Louvre ever fallto meditating about public business they must contrast the Paris which refused Henri IV. because he was not Catnolic enough with the Paris which rejected Henri V. because he was too Catholic, and conclude that this is a mad sortof globe after all. It is on record that as soon as HenriIV, had formally abjured Protestantism the Le: rs, Who had closed the barriers of Paris it him, laid down their arms, and the King rode in, amid loud cheers, through the gate oi St. Denis. He wore a rosary over his breastplate to mark nis thorough con- version to the popular principles of the day; and, having dismounted at a glover’s shop, took hi atand ata wee to see @ couple of hundred ob- stinate ers, Who mistrusted the sincerity of his abjuration (they were the irreconcilables ot that time), fle out with the honors of war. To one of these, who was @ Gaseon and looked a Inerry rogue, the King wagged his head and shouted, ‘Better stay with us, man; yonder road doesn’t lead to heaven.” “No, certainly,” answered the other, ‘for if it did I should never hi met you on it.’ Henri IV. aughed at this queer hit, and, remounting again, went offto a taree o'clock dinner at the Louvre, where he found everything to welcome him as if he had been in ge ee all his lite. ‘'Ah, Crillon! said he, sitting dowm to table and turning towards his favorite Duke, “who would ever have thought it Was so easy a8 this to become king? If I could only have guessed itI might have recanted ten years ago and been firmly rooted throne by this time.” ‘“That’s not so sure,” replied the blunt Crillon, who enjoyed all the privile; of @ candid mend. “Let Your Majesty wait ten years more before you talk of firm rooting;” and these words were ominous, for exactly ten years afterwards Henri IV. was assassinated b; fanatic, Ravail- lac. Now, there exists a wellknown picture of Henry IV. sitting down to his inaugural dinner, and a companion painting would not come ami next winter showing us Henri V. proceeding to dine wt Versailles—-not at three P. M. however, but at eight, for the advance in the dinner hour has kept pace with the great march of progress—and id and confidant, M. de la hette, “lf I could only have guessed how simple it would be to stow away that white flag I ven (gt have got the job over in 1848, that ts five and twenty years ago, aud been finely consoli- dated by tits time.” But to this M. de 1a Rochette may ans’ as Crilion did, “Wait the five and PSL te elon Si mate ok shoul restored next month, where will be in @ quarter of a century irom thie? ” Let it be noted oy the way that the Cor fy ant oO} Chambord, ei Mien ghar it has long been known amon; intimates that if he ascended the throne at he would take care to ascend it and get the formalities of Frgcemation all over before the present year (1873) 1s ended. The reason for this is that Louis XVI, of headiess memory, began his ill-starred re’ in 1774, and the coincidence between the two '74s would be of evil be et Suggesting a vista of troublous years, to be closed anew by that anti-regal instrument to which Dr. Guillotine lent his name. tis natural shas kings should always feel a distaste for such araliels. Tne SKIRMISHING IN THE LOBBIES BEFORE THE PARLIAMENTARY BA’ Chambora’s candiuth eh sie’ x "was Feteuing liber jn er, Charles X., a ral aper ~ (ay 1s safely rded on hie throne fection of his Parisian subjects a by ten regiments—six of iniantry, two of cavalry and two Olartiliery.”” An equal number of regiments, or, perhaps, more, will assist the loyalty of our now- Aday Parisians in restoring Henri V. to his an- cautions are ny the. pin against factious influences from without.” mn the day of the vote squadrons of Sey, ‘Will surround the two railroad stations in Paris th: to Versailles be the road be- ni palace aeban ni many ot as a reporter. ‘no doubt, hata yore hea y icraeabator sass ania ’ in truth, even if Henri” terres oy ‘ i bly d-es not a¥ tms moment represent the nation. its members were, for the most elected im the agitated period which jellowed the war, and their sole mission Was to conclude peace with Germany and appoint a provisional government. To re- store monarchy without first appealing to the peopie would be in excess of their prerogative; and the republican sections are considering whether they shall lend their sanction to such an illegal act by voting at ali, If they re- signed in a body they would not prevent the royal- ists from voting ; but their withdrawal would reduce the monarchical restoration to its proper propor- tions as @ coup @’clat, and nota lawiul act of par- lhamentary privilege. Unfortunately, the repubil- cans are much divided in their lobbies, and there are battiesome spirits among them who hope by dint of speeches to drag the majority over to their side at the moment of battle. They torget the remark of a wise old parliamentary “whip” in England, who said he had never known a speech to change the result of a division. At the last computations the royalists reckoned their strength at 388, while the republicans eoula only muster, counting the Bonapartists, 334. It is more likely that there will be desertions from the latter force than trom the former, because m every French parlamentary engagement there are numbers 01 waverers, who, from principle—or the want of it—go over to the stronger party, and in this instance the number of such Waverers is sure to be largely increased by the thought that every man who votes against the new King will have @ biack mark set aguinst his name during the whole of the coming reign. No hopes of preierment, patronage, pensions or decorations tor such a one; and, indeed, the prospect will be so poor that it will need a man of strong nerve and elastic pocket to face it, On every ground the repubii- cans will do well to decline accepting battle. Their position will be strong if they can say they were No accessoriesto promoting a revival of kingsiup, effected in direct defiance of the national will, GATHERING FOR THE BATTLE. Paris, Oct. 2, 1873, At the present writing it is not yet certain whether the National Assembly is to meet on the 28th inst, or on the 3d of next month; but in either case we are only a few days distant from tne crisis, which, among other matters of more importance, will determine whether French postage stamps are in future to bear the impress of a king's heaa, Reduced to these propositions, the struggle for authority looks a poor thing enough, and, really, when we remember how olten these untamable Frenchmen have knocked their crown into the gut- ter, it 18 a marvel how any man can care to pick up the battered headdress and air a precarious king- ship in it. Where are the memories of 1804, 1814, 1814, 1824, 1830 and 1852? In each of these yearsa sovereign ascended the throne amid loud acclaims, addresses of congratulation and vows of fealty; but twenty years later where were the loyal cheers and the oaths of allegiance ? A PRACTICAL VIEW OF RESTORATION. Not long ago I was visiting a country mayor, who Opened a cupboard and demurely showed me five marble busts, standing of a row, on the same shelf. They were those of the two Napoleons, of Louis XVUI., Charles X. and Louis Philippe. Each had had its turn of heyday over the mantelpiece of the Mairie’s Council Chamber, then been removed in disgrace and stored as lumber. My mayor in- formed me that if Henri VY. were enthroned the corporation would be at the expense ofa new bust, to say nothing of painted ’scutcheons, and of royal dies for engraving the municipal stationery; and this observation disclosed to me a new aspect of monarchical revivals, There are 36,215 Communes in France, and, reckoning but one bust and one coat of arms to each, what a picture we have of active sculptors and inaustrious decorators! But we must allow more than one bust to each Vom- mune; for the prefectures, courts of justice, lyceums and indeed all government establishments are ex: pected to have each their presentment of the sov- ereign, either in marble or plaster; also in many cases loyal paintings portraying His Majesty in the act of saying this or doing that, enscrolied ciphers, banners, and, when they can afford it, full length statues gorgeous to look upon and dear to pay for. No wonder that restorations should be accounted good things for trade, and that artists shouid feel they are better patronized by kings than by repub- lics. On the other hand, it is fair to state that there is at least one section of the commercial fraternity which looks with @ cool eye upon autocrats of ail shades, and never grieves over their mishaps, and this section is that of the glaziers; for, as a glazier once feelingly expressed it, ‘the best form of gov- erment 18 a revolution, because it breaks so many windows.” WILL THERE BE BLOODSHED ? But though the restoration seems to be as much of a certainty as anythiug can be in this uncertain country, it seems thatthe throne is not to be won without a wrestle, and, perhaps, not without bloodshed, The most conflicting rumors are rife as to the tactics which the republicans mean to adopt, and some timid people are already sending their famities out of town under the conviction that the faubourgs will rise and smoke the city with petroleum. But I happen to know on good authority that the present pian of the republicans is one that will involve no armed movements in Paris. The Parisian workmen have received orders to keep quiet, and the republicans mean to rally unreservedly round M. Thiers: butif at the last moment it be seen that the royalists are secure of @ majority THE REPUBLICANS WILL RETIRE BESANCON, summon the Councils General, tender their resigna- tions, and then issue a manifesto protesting against the parliamentary coup d'état which the Right are seeking to accomplish and calling upon the con- stituencies for a general election. This course would be constitutional, for by a law passed last year 1t was specially enacted that in the event of a coup détat the majority of Deputies, or a8 many of their number as could get away, should adjourn to a provincial town, invoke the Councils General, and remit the government to their keeping while an appeal was being made to the country. Now the A eg are not @ majority in the Assembly, but ail the elections held during the last two years prove that they represent a sub- ‘antial majority ef the nation. At the general ction which followed the war, in February, 1871, @ large number of monarciists were returned without reference to their epinions, because no constitutional questions were then at issue aud the simple matter in hand was to make peace. But since then 151 elections have taken place, and the republicans have carried no less than 119 of them, whence they argue with good reason that the members of the Right no longer represent the opinion of the electoral body; that any attempt on their part to restore @ monarcby without first consulting the nation is consequently in excess of their prerogative, and that they (the republicans) are justified in acting precisely as if the Republic were in danger of armed violence, as at Louis Na- leon’s coup detat in 1851. I may add hat «Besancon has been chosen as the place of retreat for two reasons—first, be- cause it is near the Swiss frontier and would a ar means of escape in case the secessionists were followed up by an army; and, secondly, because the republicans think they can depend upon the general in command of the garrison. If this general pronounced for the re- publicans he would become @ rallying point to other officers and soldiers—perhaps, indeed, to en- tire regiments—who might raise an insurrection among the radical populations of the South, and either PLUNGE FRANCE INTO CIVIL WAR or en the government by tne prospect of such & contingency into dissolving the present Assembly, which is ail the republicans require. But if this plan be a fine and bold one, likely to succeed if carried out in perfect union by the entire repub- lican party, there isno denying that it may lead to the most sanguinary repression should it be attempted by a mere section of republicans. For the secession to succeed at all it must be headed o™ Thiers, Whose name is universally respected. The royalists dare not take and shoot M. Thiers, and his presence at Besancon would be certain to rally the Councils General, among whom the republican element largely predominates and give to the secession an air of lawfulness and respect- ability which would be wanting were a few extreme members of the Left alone to secede. The repub- licans are bound to bear this in mind if they wish to avoid the fate of those three dozen Deputies, Who, on the 3d of December, 1851, met at the Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement in Paris and were dispersed withouficeremony at the bayonet’s point. Gambetta, who i8 an energetic man, though apt to be too sanguine and to over-extimate tie power of his own name and opinions, would com- Init @ fatal blunder if he were to le: jece ssi without Thiers’ ip, for this would supply the royalists with just the excuse they want for crushing the radical party out of all existence. THE ROYALISTS IN A BODY TO lu Barail, the War imist, and has been in removing to out- risons all generals and colonels wno as known jh re aplieans, sad bat ng. eee es—Paris, Lyons, Marseilies, Nai Lille ri} St. Ettenne—officers on whom he can rely to the death. The only reason why the Assem- bly Was not convoked last Monday is that General Barail wanted ten days or a fortnight more -to complete the military movements which are to close is" and Lyons into @ [ret hetwork. I know for certain that neral de Ladmirault, Governor of Paris, being questioned the other aay as to what would happen in event of Paris or the a sonata po ol sl ire, they Without remission. Ministe: of-the-wi the the south passing resistance answered significantly :— we u mune M. Thiers “alter red the Com! M. Tat the exevution of rebels when we had not the number we ought. If there be the radicals a lesson tations . : ~NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER J], 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. tions of the south are Gambettiss, sua would seeede altogether irom the north and set up a re- puolic of their own if they could ; but any attempts m this direction will be checked with a prompti- tude that will astonish them.” General de Ladi. rault is not wrong in saying that the south would secede from the north they could. During the Commune M. Emile irardin brought out a daily paper—La France rale—\ ‘hich he ad- yooated the partition of France into Miteen States like tuose of America, each having an independent governm ud atl being bound together for im- perial pi ode by a national congress. This idea sank dey into the minds of French radicals as realizi a legal and practical form, one of the aspirat: of the Commune; but, of course, itis thor distastefal to such Frenchmen— and y are the majority—who look upon tne present excessive centralization as the only safe guarantee for national union, and it might give rise to an internecine struggle more murderous than Europe has seen gince the religious wars of the sixteenth century. This, then, is the actual position of affairs:— France is passing through one of those crises which may lead to anything. All may end quietly after a noisy vote in the Chamber; but probably the vote may not take place at all, or, if it do, this vote may be the mere prelude to a period of agita- tion and violence such as cannot be contemplated without great apprenension. THE CASE OF BAZA - PARIS, Oct. 24, 1873. Marshal Baziine’s trial stil} continues, and the testimony eliciied against him is so damaging that ‘the genera! opinion of the army is that BAZAINE WILL BE SENTENCED TO DEATH, though the Committee of Pardons, or the King, as the case may be, will commute his sentence into degradation, I do not think myself that such will be the sentence, for it would act as an apotheosis of Gambetta and the Tours government—a consum- mation to which the military judges are not likely to lend themscives, I persist in thinking that the sentence Will be one of simple dismissal ior incom- petency, and that the Court will contrive in its nding to censure Gambetta’s operations equally with those of the Marshal. However that may be, Bazaine 1s already judged by public opinion— and that on his own confession—as guilty of having sacrificed Metz and i 140,000 soldiers to political considerations. He has admitted that he did not consider the gov- ernment of Tours as a lawtul government, and was resolved to hold no terms witnit. In other words, he was determined that Metz should capitulate rather than be sayed by republican aid. As the Duke d’Aumale ‘tinently remarked, “Those are strange principles for a soldier. If in your eyes the republican government had no existence, surely France existed.’’ But to this the Marshal simply shrugged his shoulders. He is very well satisfied with himself, and has produced a letter trom Napoleon II}. proving that the Emperor was quite satisfied, too.” Apparently it is a principle with Bonapartisis that victories are only goud when they come from Napoleonic hands, and that if once the Emperor be beaten it is a duty for ail his generals to be vanquished too, to prove their loyalty. BLACKBOARD RELIEF _————- The “Party” Arousing to Its Debt to Nast. a | A WORLD'S DONATION TO GENIUS. Handy to Have in the House. BROOKLYN, Nov. 5, 1873. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Alter the many hearty responses to the Nast fand which have appeared in the HERALD it would be unjust did any citizen tail to do what he couid to further the end and aim of the enterprise. Feel- ing that I had a duty to discharge in this matter I have circulated a subscription paper among my friends, with the 1ollowing result:— number, A Friend—Filteen teet of stout hemp rope. Fine Art—A used up goose quill. mer. Others of my friends have been solicited and cided what they will give. When their subscrip- tions come in | shall send them to you. AJAX. A Stamford Repeater. StamMFoRD, Conn., Nov. 7, 1873, | To THE EoiToR oF THE HERALD:— A few days ago I contributed a small mite | (25 cents) towara the Nast Rellet fund, and being avery ardent admirer of Mr. Nast’s illustrations, and also feeling somewhat more “‘plethoric in purse,’ have arrived at the conclusion that I can “go ten cents more,”’ as you will please find en- closed the above amount. Would send one cent mure, but haven't got it. Yours, respectfully, Dr. GEO. F. DENNIS. Glimpse of a Horribie Fate. HartrorD, Conn., Nov. 1, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— When I went home from work last night, I found my wife in tears with the Wednesday's HEeRaLD before her. She said she had been reading of tne misfortunes of tne nation’s delineator, Thomas Nast, and she felt overwhelmed with grief that such @ worthy man is 80 distressed. She hada brother once who travelled with a pack (he was a German pedler) and be was frozen to death one winter’s night. She says “Just think of poor Nast meeting with such a fate with his blackboard and chalk basket on his back.’ I feel very poor, be- cause I have to quit work next week and lose $4 a day, but, to please my wile, I inclose $0 02 (by United States stamp). A WORKINGMAN, A Man and His Money Seon Parted. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Please accept one cent, enclosed for the worthy Mr. Nast, and would give more with heart and soul but that I was ingeniously robbed by a scamp on the Belt line. And only think what a lively scene our brilliant artist could portray if he was made acquainted wit! subject! Butas lintend to employ one of our scrutinizing detectives to tap nim on the shoulder I will subscribe myself A READER OF YOUR INSPIRING HERALD. Radicals Come “Stamping” Down! New York, Nov. 8, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— “Uncompromising Radical’ has struck a keynote to which all true republicans should respond, Among the members of our little coterie I collected yesterday the following sums, the total of which I enclose, $6 93. Let : really help Mr. Nast:— J. F. BARTON. A One Cent Poet. New York, Nov. 10, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Enclosed find one cent which please place to the credit of the inflexible Thomas Nast. He has stood unmoved before his enemies, and now, when hard pushed by want, he remains firm in his decision to brave the flame of public opinion; hke “Casa- bianca,” that brave boy on board the burning ship, he is faithful at his it. Why not erect a mouu- ment in Central Park, with the tollowing inscrip- tion, to his honor:— The boy stood on the burning deck, His blackboard graced the mast: He chalked, but never walked his chalk, His vame was Thomas Nast. 4 FRIEND OF THE BRAVE. A Brother Black Leader to the Rescue. New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 9, 1873. To THE EDITOR OF THE HeRaLD:— Looking over the Nast fund not one of our in- habitants had contributed towards it, As I ama boss over oné man that blackens stoves I want another one to blacken old Lt providing he don’t blacken people's characters. 1 Will give Mr. Nast the job if he comes under these rules, Iam always ready torelieve the needy. SNIPEY-VAN, A Hollow Contribation. Mount VERNON, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Isee by your paper that such things as bones, medals, chews Of topacco, stove pipes, second hand comns and such like handsome and necessary articles have been contributed to the Nast fund. 1 now enclose one-half of a second hand cellar (which was made so iM the great fire at this place last October, and which I have no further use for), to be used a8 @ place to deposit the Nast fund in, Yours truly, MIKE, Two Sous for the Fund. Monpay, Nov. 10, 1873, To tne EpiTor oF Te HeRaLp:— It being hard times and only receiving $4 per week, still having made a promise with a distant irtend to help any of the suffering poor, who are recommended by the HeRatpD for aid, I send you enclosed a fer the benefit of His Royal Highness Thomas You will conleess favor on me by asking T. Nast to call at No. 100 avenue C for @ pair of old boots that 1 wish to get rid of. If they are not rt gyy eagmaagy AN8 (9 1B two) _ ia ME Simeon Hornpipe—A litter of bull pups, seven in | Jennie L.—A pound of uitro glycerine and a ham- | have promised to contribute, but have not yet de- | THE VIRGINIUS. The Execution of the Four Pris- oners at Santiago, Ryan and Bembetta Die with Firmness and Courage. wane Hib caaticmcs Another Expedition to be Organized by Cubans. Mey West, Fia., Nov. 40, 1873, A letter from Havana, dated November 5, gives the following account of the execution of the Vir- ginius prisoners at Santiago de Cuba:— The four prisoners were shot at the place made famous by previous executions and im the usual manner, kneeling close to the slanghter house wall. All marched to the spot with firmness, Bembetta and Ryan showed marked courage, although the former was slightly affected toward the last. The two others quite broke down before they were bandaged, but Ryan kept up to the last, never flinched a moment and died without fear or regret. Bembetta and Ryan were killed at the first dis- charge. Spanish Rejoicement Over the Capture by the Tornado—American Official Reclamation—Looking Out for the Tornado and Her Prize—Question as to the Point of Capture. Hay. Nov, 6, 1873. The closing lines of my letter yesterday to the HERALD gave the just then received intelligence of the capture of the steamer Virginius, witha number of Cuban expeditionists on board, and all the cargo of arms and munitions of war. The gov- ernment immediately spread the news by extras printed at the office of the Oficial Gazette, and other journals followed suit, SPANISH REJOICEMENT. «* Great enthusiasm and rejoicing has been dis- played by the Spaniards throughout Havana at the reception of this news, and in the streets where Spanish shopkeepers do hold forth the national emblem has been spread from store to store across the streets. Telegrams of felicitation are received from the “unconditionals” tn the interior, and a subscription has been started to raise funds to pre- sent a testimonial to the commander and officers of the Tornado for the capture of the Virginius, the first success of’this nature since the insurrec- tion commenced. At noon a deputation from the Casino Espajfiol, headed by its President, Don Juilan de Zulueta, took occasion to visit the Captain General to com- pliment him upon his arrival, and also upon the auspicious inauguration of his command by the capture of the Virginius. In the evening a sere- nade was given both to him and the Spanish Ad- miral, and crowds of enthusiastic Spaniards circu- lated in the streets. RUMOR OF EXECUTION. All sorts of ramors were given out, and among the Spaniards there exists the general clamor tor the execution of all the captured expeditionists, and all hands found on board. The Voz de Cuba, “Voice of Hell,” as it has been frequently called by the liberal press, is especially jubilant over the event, and publishes all the meagre particulars known as yet witha sort of | ferocious joy, something like a tiger scenting blood, and demands capital punishment. The capture, atcording to the Voz, is due to the well adopted mneasures of Admiral Rigada in ordering the Tor- nado, the fastest Spanish vessel afloat, to watch that part of the coast, although much against General Pieltain’s views, who wished to order the Tornado to Jamaica. UNITED STATES OFFICIAL RECLAMATION. I have learned that the Acting Consui General, Mr. Hall, has addressed a communication to the Captain General, caliing bis attention to the fact that the Virginius was not captured within the waters of Cuba or Spain’s maritime jarisdiction, and claiming for any citizens of the United States who have been captured all the rights and con- siderations to which the treaiy of 1795 between Spain and the United States entitles them, and furthermore asking that no sentence of death shall be enlorced upoa such citizens until the same shail have been approved by the government of Spain and the government of the United States made acquainted with all the facts. THE NEWS TELEGRAM from Santiago de Cuba was dated 1st inst., and had been delayed on account of the cable being out of order and the land wires down. The wires are still out of order, and no direct communication by wire can be had with Santiugo de Cuba. It is supposed that the telegram which gives the news of the cap- ture was forwarded to Tunas, on the south coast, per steamer, and from that place telegraphed to the authorities here. LOOKING FOR THE PRIZE, The Tornado had arrived at Santiago de Cuba on the Ist, the date of the telegram referred to, with her prize. Fuli details regarding the chase and capture have not come to hand, but it would appear from all indications that the Virginius as soon as sighted by the Tornado directed her course towards Jamaica, and after astern chase of eight hours’ duration—which must have brought her close into British waters—during which horses overboard from the Virginius and @ number of hams were burned in the furnaces to increase the speed, the Tornado overhauled and captured her and all on board. The despatch is not clear enough upon the exact place of the capture, whether it occurred in neutral or British waters; but the latter is the most likely, as it speaks of effecting the capture “towards the coast of Jamaica.”’ This point will give rise to diplomatic corre- spondence Comments of the Press of Havana, {From the Diario de 1a Marina, Nov. 6.) The notice of the capture of the Virginius and the arraignment of the prisoners before a naval tribunal will doubtiess rejoice the heart of every loyal citizen, since the Virginius 1s the first pirate vessel that has fallen into the hands of our brave sailors, The filibusters have been taken to San- tiago de Cifba, where they have been put on trial. The crime of piracy is that which is most antag- onistic to the laws of all civilized peoples, We pre- sume that among those captured are Santa Rosa, the American, Ryan, and several others who were mentioned in the letters of our correspondent in New York, which have already been before our readers, There will be many notices touch- ing this very important item of success, which we shall publish without the least delay. To-day, however, we shall content ourselves by tendering our acknowledgments to the commander of the trigate Tornado, Sefior Don Dionisio Costillo. We have now neither the time nor space to enter iully into the consideration of the capture of the Vir- ginius, as we have so many other subjects to oc- cupy our columns, but we cannot conclude with. out ardently felicitating the Spanish navy, and in articular the brave men of the Tornado. To His sxcellency, Captain General Jovellar, we would express our entire satisfaction with this exit of the Virginius at the commencement of his com- mand in this Antille, regarding it as the nuncio of complete victory in the future, and with the loyal of Gua we will exclaim, with the most hearty en- thusiasm, “Viva la marina Espafiolal Viva la integridad del territorio patrio!” At tweive o’clock to-day @ ccmraittee of the Casino Espafiol of Havana arrived at the palace to congratulate the Captain Genera! on his safe ar- rival and to compliment him on nis taking posses- sion at the head of the government, and at the same time they took the opportunity of expressing their joy at what they considered the most favor- able augury that could be conceived on his ar- rival—viz., the seizure of the Virginius. On learning the news of the capture the inhabit- ants along the streets of the Muralia and Merca- deras decorated their dwellings with flags, &c., as iu the days of the old patriotic feasts, Another Large Expedition B ized—What Cubans and Americans are Doing—Was the Virginius surren- dered 1—Who Owns Her? The Cuban element in New York city fs exceed- ingly active just now, and there is every likelihood that a tremendous effort will soon be made to avenge the deaths of Bembetta, Ryan, Del So! and the younger Cespedes, who were so reientlessly executed a few days ago at Santiago de Cuba. The exertions now being made in behalf of Cuba Libre are being made in two directions, The Cubans are chiefly ve in their efforts to fit out & hostile expedition, larger, stronger and better equipped than any that has yet leit American waters, The American element which sympathizes with Cuba is preparing to awake @ public senti- ment, which will be heeded at Washington and in- duce'if not compel the administration to demand and exact full reparation for any offence which may have been offered to this Republic by the cap- ‘susp of tho Yexaipius ead py the execution of Gea- and a considerable quantity of arms were thrown | ’ era Kyan, 1 veing maintainea anu susceptible of proof when proof is the Virginius was an American ship and Ryan am American citizen. ; In reterence to this latter question the probabile ities are that no direct action will be taken Wednesday or Thursday of this week, By- time, it is believed, more authentic and PREC.SE OFFICIAL INFORMATION - Will be received in relation to all the circumstance@ ~~ of the capture of the Virginius, as well as of tne is execution of her passengers, Then, should ther information show that she was regularly cleared as an American vessel, beyond the limits of the — marine jurisdiction of Spain, and that Ryan and ~ others were American citizens, it is proposed ta ~ organize and hold a monster mass meeting to pro= Lest against such iliégal and summary action om the part of Spain, The committee having the mate ter in charge are in consultation daily on the sub= ject, and have already communicated with manyt eminent gentiemen, with a view to securing theimt co-operation and advice or their attendance ag speakers on the occasion, Mr. George W. Browl, of No. 62 Beaver street, is in charge of the i Tangements, aud has already had conjerences wit! Judge Edwards Pierrepont and Henry War Beecher. Judge Picrrepont strongly advises a course of DELIBERATE ACTION, } as there will be nothing to retract asthe consee quence of tuo great precipitation. Itis the inten- tion to secare the attendance, if possible, of th gentlemen above named as speakers, together with Gerrit Smith, the champion of emancipation, and General N. P. Banks, the soldier and states< man and advocate of liberty among all nation: There 1s little doubt but that the meetng will be very large and influential one should the detatie despatches show that any injustice has been rashly and defiantly done, # Among the Cubans themselves, although there ig union ol sentiment, there does not appear, unfors tunately, to be unity of action, and each of the tw branches is working independently of the other. Thi society of ‘Amigos de Cuba’ has its he juarterst at No. 50 Exchange place, and there wa: privat session of the leading members of that ly hel there yesterday afternoon. General Francisco V. Aguilera, Vice President of the Cuban Republi who was present, informed the reporter, upon ii quiry, that the Cubans in New York are exertin; all their power to fit out A NEW AND LARGE EXPEDITION, and that the indications are now that the — prise will be carried out within two weeks. course nothing could be learned as yet regard the personnel of the party or the point from whic! the expedition will sail. MANY STRANGE RUMORS are afloat concerning the capture of the Virginiusy which include one to the opinion that she was sur: rendered unnecessarily to the Spanish corvett Tornado. It is stated that the Virginius took 01 boardat IRON Jamaica, prior to sailing for Cub: 300 tons of coal; she was decidedly fast, havin a steaming power a equal to nearly fourteen knot an hour. She ieft Kingston on the 22d of Octobe! and was chased and captured on the 30th, Accord. ing to the testimony of engineers who have server on the Virginius her consumption of coal average twenty-two tons per day, and twenty-five ton: would be a very large allowance, net average speed of the Tornado is aboug@ nine knots, but in emergencies she may ushed to eleven knots, an extreme rate of 8] for @ War vessel unier any circumstances. ow”d in the time the Virginius had been at sea, it it the fact that she took on board 300 tons of co she should have consumed not more than 200 ton: leaving a balance in her bankers of 100tons. Fro! these data it is argued that she never should havi been overhauled by any such vessel as the Tornad The insinuation in those assertions against he: commander, Captain Josoph Fry, is a very grav one, and as he is now a prisoner, with no opportu. nity for making a defence ol the charge, it woul be well to consider it lenientiy. WHO OWNS THAT SHIP ? A question having arisen as to the actual owners ship of the Virginius, involving, of course, tn right of protection, a HERALD reporter yesterd: called on General Manuel Quesada to learn th facts. It has been asserted that she belongs t General Quesada, but the General denied cir stantially that she does or ever did, for ever short a period, belong to him, either since he been a resident of the United States or while hal was in Venezuela. He further asserted that’ shi has uever—since 1871, at 1east—carried any othor: than the American flag, and she has always durin: that period received her clearances in the usu: form irom American consuis in ports abroad, is said that she is owned by Mr. John Paterson. The following rape received in reference to a case of the Florida, seized some two years ago an overhauled by a Spanish man-of-war, is pertinen' at this time, as demonstrating in some measu: lel 2 Grant’s views on the question of neu- trality :— WHAT PKESIDENT GRANT THINKS ABOUT NEU TRALITY. DerartMxnt oF Taz InrERIOR, ‘Wasuincron, Oct. 1, 1869. H To Fraxcis Darn :— Your despatch ot to-day came while I was at a Cabinel meeting, and atter [haa brought before the lent Your letter on the same subject. Aiter full consultatiot with the Cabinet the President was of opinion that shipment of arms was wot prohibited to either party il the Cuban struggle. The revolutionists have as power to buy and ship as the Spaniards. It is upon the fi ting out of 4 military or naval expedition, warlike in it character, that the neutrality laws operate. It is an en. tire mistake to suppose that the United States office: have ever been instructed to stop the shipment of chandise, thovgh it be in form of articles contraband mers of war. The owners and masters of vessels must ply take their own risk in these cases. But if an expeditior whether naval wa: q of our duty even if we “our duty and our rule had directly and publicly espoused one of the question by making war upon th other. You must remember we constantl; tha during the rebellion, and ni Fight ot Englishmen to sell The blockade runners took theii the Alabama was fitted out ip of war. is must learn to make this dise tinction before — ining of our conduct. ‘In this res Doughit arms of England one questioned the legal ‘us or the Le ergg 2 own risk ofcapture, but make war upon us a# ‘The Cuban republic: spect, as 1 have sal ove, the recognition of their indee pendence would not alter the law. . D/ COX, Secretary of the Interior. Alleged Difficulties with the Governor of Puerto Principe. A private letter from a trustworthy source, date@ Havana, November 6, says:—, An oMcial telegram was yesterday received af the palace, from Puerto Principe, of an ei ment between a Spanish force and a column of in« surgents, under command of Sanguiti, in whic! the insurgents were severely beaten, losing twent; killed and eighty taken prisoners. The Spams commander caused all the prisoners to be shot (pasado por los armas) on the ficid of battle. 7 Governor of Puerto Principe, upon hearing of i! took the command away from the Spanish coi mander and arrested him, telegraphing the Svea to the Captain General. ‘The latter immediate! telegraphed to Puerto Principe, causing the coms mander to be reinstated and ordering the Govere nor to Havana, It is thought here that the Gover« nor feels an undue sympathy toward the insurs geuts, through the influence of his wife, who is am @unt of the late Agramonte. ‘ours: oy: Cuban Meeting in New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10, 1873, There was an enthusiastic Cuban meeting her@ yesterday, at which the Surveyor of the Port an@ other prominent federal officials participate Resolutions were adopted condemning the bi barity of the Spaniards and calling upon the feaq eral government to recognize the Cubans as bellies gerents and demand indemnity aud apology for whg recent outrages on American citizens. “Phe Outrage of the Virgi To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Will the HERALD please auswer a few questiong for an old army officer, who in many ard foughs battle tried to uphold the dignity of his countrm and now deeply feel the disgrace heaped upo! us by a nation that cannot even govern its owm immediate territory, much less its colonies? F enclose you a certified copy of resolutions adopted) and approved by the Mayor, Aldermen and Come monaity of the city of New York in 1869. Question—Did ce during our war for inde~ pendence require as much from us as we now re# quire Irom Cuba beiore she recognized our bellige ba en a Q. Was England at that day a more powerfull nation than Spain is now t Q. Have the American people since the war wit! Mexico and the South become demoralized? Ar they so disabled that they dare not make resis ance ? mie ti The HERALD of November of Bora yreit is 8 a8 Incumbent upon our gove! i nize the Delligerent rights of the Cubans, and it is aduty which Secretary Fish cannot apy longeg safely postpone.” 5 of our representatives in Congres ont are tr omicials or their relatives re! be | counsel to the Spanish government ? . How much longer are we to remain without @ as? “foreign policy *”” a foreign policy, what is it? OURS IN I AND 1 48, 1861 AND 1863, following are the resolutions of the Mayors aueraen madcommonalty referred to;— s the citizens of New York have ¢ patuiced with aad. favored, as tar Wherever struggling against fore jom! Whereas the peopie of Cuba ore now engaged in struggle with the Spanish Imperia? Power that has Jone scourged the American hemisphere, ereaeere Resolved, Thi Mi Aldermen | ai monaity of the ei thes frosent strug m1 Ris‘tayor be, nd oe neces, juested to memorial the government of the United States, in it of Corporation of the city of New Re) to render all assistance 1n its power (0 the patrio Kesol That the representative in Congress this city, on the reassembling of Fone ress, requ to vote for and urge the immediate recognition of independence of the Republic or Gnba. y Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, September 20g