The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1873, Page 8

GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR EEXKVIETT...........:000cceee ee No. 315 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ‘BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tus Giant's Causs- "War—Damien Boone. , MRS. F. B, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Norrx Daun. PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall.— Evxnynopr's Fuuny—Foury Winxs. HARLEM THEATRE, 34 av., between 129th and 130th si New Macbacun. THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 5i4 Broadway.—Vanirrr Enprentacaent. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston or sts. —itiy Van WINKLX. GERMANIA THEATRE, 14th street and Sd avenue.— ‘Ein Sountrr Vou Wear. BROADWAY THEATRE, 723 and 730 Broadway.— ‘Tux New Macparen. GRAND OPERA HOUS) ‘St.—A Fuasu or Lica _,,NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sia —Tux Buack Uxoox. Eighth ay. and Twenty-third WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteeuth —VoRs. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Broadway.—fux Gexeva Cross, WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway. corner Thietieth st-— Jack Mauxawar, Atternoon and evening. BOOTH'S THEATRE, ‘Bicuguisy. th av. and Twenty-third st.— METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 58 Broadway.—Vanixrr Eyrenraunt. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— ‘autery Extertaixwent. Matinee at 259. BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner *Bixth av.—Nwaxo Munsrrensy,’ &c. P. T. BARNUM’S WORLD'S FAIR, 27th street and 4th ‘avenue. Afternoon and evening. — AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, 34 ay., between 63d and 64th sis. Afternoon and evening. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No, 618 Broad- ‘Way.—Sciuncr amp Arr, ‘TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Tuesday, November 11, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE SITUATION IN FRANCE! A CUNTRAST AND A _ LESSON’—LEADING ARTICLE— Sixt Pags. FRENCH POLITICAL REVULSIONS! THE PRES- ENT EFFORTS OF PARTISANS TO OBTAIN SUPREME CONTROL! MONARCHIES AND REPUBLICS IN RAPID SUCCESSION! THE APATHY OF THE MASSES—TuimpD PaGs, THE FRENCH CRISIS BELIEVED TO BE OVER! M. THIERS DECLARES THE CONSERVA- TIVE REPUBLIC AN ASSURED FACT! AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AT DINNER— Sixra Pace. THE MURDERED OF THE VIRGINIUS! HEROIC CONDUCT OF RYAN AND BEMBETTA! SPANISH EXULTATION AT THE NEWS! THE CUBANS GETTING READY FOR aN- OTHER EXPEDITION—Turrp PaGE. OUR POLICY AS TO CUBA! SECRETARY FISH DEFINES THE ATTITUVE OF THE GOV- ERNMENT ON THE VIRGINIUS AFFAIR! “WORDS OF PROMISE"—SkVENTH PaGE. ‘CHANGES IN CUBAN CUSTOMS ORDERS—THE DOMINIVAN REVOLUTION—SrxtH Pace. ‘WAS IT A VICTORY? THE CARLISTS STILL CLAIM A SUCCESS IN NAVARRE! OFfI- CIAL DENIALS FROM MADRID AND GENE- RAL MORIONES—SEVENTH PaGE. BISMARCK REPLACES VON ROON AT THE HEAD OF THE PRUSSIAN CABINET—IM- PORTANT GENERAL NEWS—SIXTH PaGE. AN OVERDUE INMAN STEAMER DISABLED AT SEA! ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES OF AMERICAN TRADE VESSELS FROM EU- ROPEAN PORTS—SEVENTH PAGE. ENGLAND'S MONETARY ORISIS ! TEN TO THIR- TEEN PER CENT FOR ADVANCES | NUMER- 00S FAILURES SAID TO HAVE OCCUR- RED!. GRAND CIVIC CELEBRATIONS! SEVENTH Pace. AMERICA RECOVERING FROM THE FINANCIAL AGONY! THE BUCHU CANKER CUT OUT! TKANSFORMING BRITISH GULD! THE CLAFLIN SALE—FirTa Pace. OPERATIONS ON ‘CHANGE! THE BETTER CLASSES OF SECURITIES—LUCETTE MEY- ERS FOOLING THE POLICE—S, 8. COX’S LECTURE—FirTH Pace. “TRADE DISTRESS! THE BUILDERS’ STRIKE! MANY OF THE LABURERS ON THE CITY WORKS DISCHARGED! THE WORKING WOMEN! THE BROOKLYN TROUBLE— Tayra Pace. FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS OF WINTER SUP- PLIES FOR POOR NAST! MOVING EPIS- ‘TLES—Tuinp Pace. GERRIT SMITH THINKS TS" PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS THE CHURCH, SHOULD BE FREE FROM STATE CONTROL—FATAL COLLISION—EtcuTu Pace. WHREE-FOURTHS OF A JURY FOR THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM M. TWEED ALREADY GOT! OTHER LEGAL BUSINESS—METHODIST HELP FOR GOD'S CAUSE—Fovrtu Pace. THE DETECTIVES’ DEFENCE! COUNSEL FOR THE BANK WITHDRAWS—HYDROPHUBIA FROM A OAT BITE—FovurtH Pace. Is Toenz War vy Cusa?—If Spain is at war with the Cubans Spain is entitled to bel- ligerent rights, and this would involve the per- mission for her men-of-war to stop American ships and search them and, in certain circum- stances, seize persons found on board. But, save in the exercise of belligerent rights and with strict limitations, even then it is not ad- mitted that any Power has a right to visit our ships on the high seas, and we have had one war on this point. Spanish officers, therefore, in eapturing the Virginius did or did not violate the flag she bore, according as Spain has or has not belligerent rights, and she is entitled to exercise such rights only if there is war in Cuba; but she says there is no war there. Turery Cents on THE Dottar.—The First National Bank at Washington (Cooke & Co.) ‘was paying to such depositors as have proved their accounts thirty cents on the dollar, and it is supposed that they will receive about fifty per cent in all from present indica- tions. If so, ex-President Johnson's de- posit of seventy thousand dollars, on the good faith and soundness of Cooke & Oo., will only cost him some thirty-five thousand dollars, for which, if he should get it, he may be thankful, . _ Tar Wovrer Is Cominc.— Yesterday and ast night we had the coldest weather of the season so far, The next change may be a Snow storm, though we hope not. In any event we fear that another rough winter is The Mitaation tm and Lesson. We can better understand the political situ- ation in France by careful reading ot the letters from our correspondent in Paris printed elsewhere. It is amusing sometimes to read “the predictions" of a fortnight since, antici- pated, as they generally are, by telegraph. Wo can only come to a full understand- ing of the despatches we have by the cable from day to day in reference to French affhirs by reading the views of gifted men like our correspondent, written at the time under the impulse of events, and in the excitement attending ono of the most extraor- dinary political struggles in the history of France, Our correspondent makes one point clearly, which has no doubt occurred to the minds of many of our readers. «Will the American reader,’ he says, “try to picture the condi- tion 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 Congress had received no powers from its constituents to determine any question of the kind, but were acting of its own good pleasure in direct defiance of the popular will? Tumult, riot, exasperation are certainly mild 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.” When our people are disposed to criticise the French, as, indeed, they generally are, for the absence of those qualities of which, as Americans, we are so proud, it will be well to remember the situation so aptly pat by our correspondent. When we censure the French for their disposition to re- bel we ought to remember what provocations they receive, and especially what we should be apt to do ourselves if similarly provoked. The true cause of French revolutions, and, in fact, of revolutigns generally, is to be found in precisely suéh conditions of affairs as we have seen in France since the beginning of this monarchical conspiracy. Nothing in the history of France, not even in that of the Bonapartes—and for the purposes of our citation no history could be worse—can sur- pass the treachery, the persistent defiance of public opinion, the craving lust for power shown by the friends of the Count de Cham- bord. A year ago, and he exhibiteda stern and uncompromising virtue, the highest quality of manhood, and bringing respect and honor to the unworthy name of Bourbon. The world regarded him as one who would rather be a gentleman and a Christian than a king. He put away the crown when it was within his reach for a sentiment, which all men respected, even when they did not share it. But ambition has shown that the Count de Chambord is only a Bourbon afterall, and to-day, instead of being honored with those ideal kings of the early and austere times, he {They is seen to be a simple Bourbon of the stamp of Charles IX. and Louis XL Our correspondent leaves us nothing to say in illustration of the situation in France from a French point ot view; but there are some considerations that should not be forgotten. The true value of the current history of a nation like France is in its application to our- selves. We are told, in brilliant, graphic style, of the march of events that has brought on the present crisis. We observe in France the deadening of tone which comes from illegal actions in high places. We see the effect upon the people of a disregard for law by those who have sworn to maintain the laws. A nation easily moved and prone to passion remains torpid under the pressure of events that we believe—or, at least, hope— would drive the States of America into re bellion. France is not what we have seen her so many times during the last seventy “ years because of any sud- den impulse of her people. Liberty has been constantly attacked by the most powerful influences in the State—the aristocracy, the Church, the rich middle class, the army, or, at least, those of the army who make war a profession. ‘ Sometimes the attack comes in one shape, again in another. We have seen it by treasonable intercourse with foreign Powers, as in the case of Louis XVL; by sudden military usurpation, as when General Bonaparte dissolved the As- sembly at the point of the bayonet; by vio- lation of a charter granted only to make easy the way to the throne by Louis XVIIL; by an effort to -re-establish the ecclesiastical cus- toms of the middle ages, as, for instance, the death penalty for sacrilege, as was done by Charles X; by outrages upona free press and free speech, like those of Louis Philippe; by the coup d'état of Napoleon IIL, and, more re- cently, by this most dishonest conspiracy of the legitimists, who would have taken advan- tage of their country’s misfortunes to force upon it a prince whom no one knows and a throne which no one respects; a sovereignty without life and a dynasty which has long been dis- honored. These are the stages of the war against French liberty on the part of the friends of a monarchy. In every case the conspiracy springs from the one root—a dis- regard of the sacredness of the law. This spirit of indifference to law, which has had such an unhappy effect upon France, finds a parallel at home. When we have spoken—as has been our duty on many occa- sions to speak—of the growth of the spirit of Cesarism in the United States we have only pointed to dangers as imminent as those which menace France. Beginning with the unavoidable infractions of law imposed upon Mr. Lincoln by the sudden and alarming ne- cessities of war, continuing through the efforts of President Johnson to paralyze the Legisla- ture by the extreme use of the veto, we find in the administration of General Grant a ten- dency to regard the laws of America very much asthe enactments of the National As- sembly were regarded by Louis XVL The misfortunes of that prince were that he could never separate his own destinies from those of France. The throne came to him asa per- sonal heritage and his kingdom as a personal possession. In this same spirit General Grant has viewed the Presidency. It was a personal honor to him for his services during the war, His duty was to find a personal Cabinet, com- posed of men who would be members of his staff—aids and secretaries, not ministers of in- os yee dignity and responsibility. His impulse, when he found law which interfered with his friendly wish to honor a New York friend, was to ask Congress to repeal the law, although it came from the genius > A statute since the foundation of our govern- age. Mr. Washburne, for instance, is @ man who deserved honor from the President of any republican party. But as he wasa personal friend and benefactor of the President it was necessary he should have a nominal appoint- ment as a Secretary of State before he was really named Minister to France. Other per- sonal friends were appointed to minor Courts, as well as to official stations in this country, who had no claim to political or official con- sideration. The rearrangement of the army after the war, the selection of the Cabinet, appointments like that of Mr. Jewell to St. Petersburg, were made on the theory of Louis XVL, that the possession of supreme power was @ personal dignity and to be held for per- sonal uses independent of the duties of gov- ernment, From this root has grown the spirit we have called Crsarism. It ia not the spirit which Mr. Nast imagines he caricatures, and which the editors of the postal press fancy they ridicule in ridieuling the Hznatp. What we mean by the spirit of Cxsarism is the sup- port of General Grant. in his misconceptions of government, the apathy of leaders like Mr. Conkling in the presence of the desire for a third term, the packed and serried army of office-holders who stand behind Grant, as willing to march against the constitution as the soldiers of Napoleon IIL were to open fire upon the loungers on the boulevards— that sense of worship, subserviency, homage, criticism with bated breath, which pervades a party which was strong enough to overthrow Jefferson Davis and defy Andrew John- son. We see an enervated party, just as in France we see an enervated public opinion. Many wars destroy the fighting spirit and weaken the capacity for war. The Franco which overthrew Charles X., Louis Philippe and Napoleon IIL. is deadened and helpless in the presence of a pretender, who is more un- worthy than either; of an aggressive Church and arevengeful aristocracy. It is because Frenchmen—even men like Thiers and Guizot and Hugo, honorable, patriotic men— have condoned in other days what they mourn now. We see what France has be- come because those who loved France loved men more than principles, and were silent when the spirit of Cesarism began to flourish. They would not believe in the flower and the seed until they saw the tree. Shall we make the same mistake in America? What Is the Matter in London? Money in London was worth from ten to thirteen per cent.yesterday. These are panic prices. They are not accounted for by the movement of coin from London to this city, which was only a little over two millions ster- Jing for the last thirty days, nor yet by the discontinuance of our-regular export of specie. are significant of deeper troubles, against which there is no charm in the remedy of an increased bank rate. Itis the theory of the system of increasing the bank rate that if money is made officially as dear in London as it is practically at the points toward which bullion is flowing when a drain seems immi- nent it will cease to flow ; for of course money is never sent abroad when it can be used as profitably at home, and the practical operation of this system has sustained the truth of the theory. But now the rate has been ad- vanced to eight and nine per cent offi- cially, and from ten to thirteen is asked on the street, and the trouble is no less serious for these extreme prices. Does this prove that the theory is not true? No, it only proves that the trouble has a different origin, and that the flow of coin which the increased rate was designed to meet, and might have controlled, is not the main factor in the present difficulty. There is now in England widespread apprehension of very grave possi- bilities, and consequently a commencing col- lapse of credit, and for an evil of this nature the increased price of money is no remedy. England was not troubled by our panic, or was but very slightly troubled by it, for her financiers were not involved in what led to it, and she would perhaps have escaped scot-free if we could have got upon our feet again, as it was thought we would, immediately after the disasters that followed the failure of Jay Cooke. Unfortunately such good fortune was not in store for us, and ruin spread like a conflagration from the financial to the com- mercial and industrial interests. Though England might not feel the failure of all our railway speculators together, nor of all the banks that operate with them, it is a very dif- ferent thing fer her when our importers send no orders and when, through tle stopping of all sorts of industries and the consequent loss of employment, our people cease altogether to make purchases. With two nations so inti- mately related in trade as England and America are it is impossible that one can escape the consequences of a commercial crisis in the other. At this moment, no doubt, many great establishments in England are troubled to meet their obliga- tions, and the apprehension that they will not succeed—that there will be heavy failures, and that when this once begins no one can say what will be the end of it—is disturbing confidence to an extreme degree, and there is consequently a rush and scramble for money that is already onjthe verge of panic, and will doubtless go further with little delay. A Query m Bucnv France.—The great Buchu purchase of Samana Bay about a year ago excited the admiration of the world. A large payment falls due to Baez on that pur- chase on January 1, 1874. Since the days of that princely scheme Buchu has fallen under a cloud, financially. Buchu drafts are not 80 readily swallowed as in former days. How is Baez to be paid? And does the hint of the intended purchase of the privileges of a naval station at Samana Bay indicate that the na- tional Treasury will help Buchu in his troubles, so that he will not be robbed of his Samana Baez? Tax Misstnc Steamens.—The steamship City of Richmond was spoken at sea Novem- ber 4, latitude 48 west, longitude 30; engines disabled; all well on board. The steamship Ismailia, of the Anchor line, is believed at the office of the Company to be delayed only by disabled machinery. A Feesrx Ony—That of the liberal repub- licans over the possible election of their two State candidates selected from the republican ticket, ment. The personal idea ran into his patron- Necessity for the Recognition ot ban Belligerenoy. ‘ The indignation of the American people over the murder of at least four of the persons who were found on board the Virginius is manifesting itself in public meetings all over the country, as well as in the almost unani- mous condemnation of the outrage by the press. In this city an imposing demonstra- tion is contemplated, in which such citizens, as Judge Edwards Pierrepont, Henry Ward Beecher. Gerrit Smith and Goneral Banks are to take leading parts. In New Orleans there has already been an expression of popular sentiment an the subject. Everywhere the Cubans and their sympathizers are actively laboring to turn the assassination of their friends to the advantage of the cause, and the crime committed at San- tiago de Cuba has given a success to their efforts beyond anything they have heretofore been able to secure. But the question which stirs the heart of the American people goes beyond the popular sympathy with the cause of free Guba. It is a question affecting the honor and dignity of our own uation. We feol that the hurried killing of Ryan and hia associates was do- signed ag a defiance of any protest we might make against their capture. Woe feel that the ferocious haste with which their lives were taken was in a great measure due to the Spanish hatred of Americans. We believe that if the Virginius had been a British ship, sailing under British colors, the action of the Spanish authorities would have been more in accordance with the dic- tates of humanity and the requirements of the law. It is for these reasons, rather than because we sympathize with a people struggling for independence, that our citizens demand a prompt investigation of the affair of the Virginius and an ample atonement for the insult that under any circumstances has been offered to the United States by the mur- der of four of the persons found on board that vessel, without the form of a trial, in despite of the protest of our Consul, and before our government was afforded an opportunity even to learn of their capture. We publish to-day an interesting conversa- tion held by our Washington correspondent with Secretary Fish in regard to this deplor- able affair, in which the views of the Secretary are fully set forth. Briefly, they are as fol- lows: —The Cubans have been a troublesome set of people to the State Department, and while Mr. Fish sympathizes with their cause he is not impressed by the specimens he has mot to believe that they can accomplish their independence. They want the American government to do more than recognize their rights ag belli- gerent: They desire that we should do what England did not dareto. do daring our own rebellion—namely, to fit out expeditions, arm volunteers and land forces on. the island to far as the Virginius is concerned, she may have been legally captured, or she may not. It is possible that she was taken within British waters, in ‘which case we shall fortunately be able to turn the matter over to England to settle for us. If we are compelled to seek reparation for an illegal seizure we may rest assured our demand will be firmly made and readily acceded to. But Spain does not like demands to be made upon her; she prefers to be asked favors. The reason of this is clear; she is sensitive because she has two rebellions on her hands. As to the reparation we shall require, we cannot yet tell what it may be. We cannot bring the dead to life—of course not. But we have done all we can to prevent any more murders by prevailing upon the government at Madrid to telegraph to Cuba instructionsto stop the inhuman butchery. To be sure the wires are down between Havana and Santiago de Cuba, cut, probably, by the Spaniards, to prevent these orders from passing over them, in which case we may learn of the assassina- tion of others of the prisoners. Thp Spanish government, however, is not to blame; they desire at Madrid to do all that is right; only the bloodthirsty volunteers in Cuba make all the mischief, and it would be a good thing for Spain if she would—figuratively, of course— cut the throats of those who have been so long amusing themselves by cutting the throats of all the defenceless victims upon whom they could lay their cruel hands. We ara glad to learn that Secretary Fish sympathizes with Cuba; glad that he at last recognizes the fact that a war exists on the island. There may be some force in his re- marks and in the yet more emphatic criticism of others in Washington, whose views are published to-day in our Washington corre- spondence, in regard’ to the Cuban patriots who fight the battle of their country in New York, Philadelphia and Washington instead of on the plains of Cuba. To be sure the fate of Ryan and his associates proves that they might experience some difficulty in landing on the island, while the unsleeping vigilance of our authorities renders their escape from our own shores not a very easy matter. But we are willing to admit that they ought to be with Cespedes instead of here, and to believe that they might find a way to their native land if they had the will to be there. We accept the statement as true that the government at Ma- drid deplores and condemns the acts of its rep- resentatives at Santiago de Cuba, and we sym- pathize with the brave Castelar, who is com- pelled to struggle against so many difficulties .at home, as well as against the Machiavelian policy of ‘perfidious Albion,”’ always well dis- posed to foment revolutions among her neigh- bors, although strenuously opposed to such convulsions within her own territory. But, after all, we must insist that the affair of the Virginius demands the immodiate recognition by our government of the existence of a state of belligerency in Cuba. If the Cubans want more than this we are ready to refuse their unreasonable requests. Less than this we cannot accord in justice to our own citiféens. There is now an actual conflict between our government and the au- thorities in Cuba. They claim the right of search and seizure in a time of pretended peace ; we insist that it does not exist except in a state of war as declared by Spain or as by our own government. For the past five years the Spanish government has treated the United States like a nation of children or fools We have been told that no persistently war oxiata in Cuba, while irritating demands sonsistent only with » atete of war haye been Our government has committed an error in not recognizing the belligerency of the Cubans long since. We should do #0 our interest, to avoid. The City Go miment aud the Unem- ployed Poor. Here are two statements of fact which we submit to the people of the Empire City. The city of Philadelphia has resolved to push forward its public works, and employment was furnished on Saturday to seven hundred men, idle on account of the panic. On last Satur- day. and yesterday seven hundred men were discharged from the Department of Pub. lic Works in New York. In face of all the threatened and actual want arising from com- pulsory idleness in this city seven hundred men are thrown out to swell the hungry thou- | sands by one of the departments which should be able to give employment to seven thousand men in addition to those at work up to Sat- urday last. Why is this? Commissioner Van Nort gives an explanation. The Comp- troller, whose obstructive, pettifogging policy has already cost the city so much, retains the awards of contracts for public improvements without acting on them one way or the other, and hence there is neither work nor money to give the laboring men. We have seen quite enough of this official’s policy to know that a strong lever must be brought to bear upon hia peculiar obstinacy, and we propose to apply it—the lever of public opinion, Mr. Groen has spent thousands in resist- ing the just claims of the city’s credi- tors, in employing lobby counsel at Albany at one hundred dollars a day and ex- penses, in fighting poor scrub women’s bills. _ His cry has been ‘Thousands for lantern-jawed lawyers, but not one cent for labor! ’’ Now, in the hard season upon us, we want no such losing and ; obstructive policy. Our city’s credit should be as sound as that of the United States, and we want those concerned in ita guardianship to act up to the requirements of the hour. We have a difficulty before us which can be met by taking measures in time. We shall have to feed thousands before the winter is over, and the question is whether the men shall work for what they eat or be fed in idleness. The first alternative is not only the more economical, but the safer, ‘Idle bread in stinted quantity will leave the community exposed to the evils which a demoralizing plenty of time knows how to bring. Let needful work be given, then, at rates sufficient to keep the wolf from the door, and let our city government see that neither the tasks nor the funds are wanting. Even Brooklyn is ahead of us. Another Herald Prediction Verified. The metebrological indications which fol- lowed the extensive rain storm on the Atlantic seaboard strikingly confirmed the Heraxp's prediction of Saturday last. The prediction of another November air wave coming in to supply the vacuum left by the general rain storm of Saturday, and also of a fall of tem- perature through the country east of the Mississippi, is sustained by the report of snow on the lakes, high pressures and colder weather from the lakes to the Gulf. While ‘we may expect much more marked repetitions of the same phenomenon as November runs in we have in the late verification the first instalment of winter weather and winter winds, The late storm on our seaboard was also a striking instance of the force of the reasoning which recently led us to correctly forewarn our transatlantic steamers of the recent Florida cyclone as likely to meet them after leaving Sandy Hook—a forewarning which, our readers will remember, was justified by the stormy experience of the outward bound Cunard steamer Russiat The rain storm of Saturday, while its centre was near Sandy Hook on that day, was not dangerous, the barometer reading about 29.62; but before it had advanced to Halifax the mercury had fallen to 29.12, and the winds had risen toa high and dangerous velocity. This fact suggests a very important use that may be made of the weather by outward bound ves- sels—viz., to watch these American coast gales and to expect them to become, after emerging into the Atlantic Gulf stream, very severe cyclonic disturbances. The moment these gales enter the vapor-laden air around the Nova Scotia coast the condensation is liable to become sudden and excessive, and in that event the glass at once begins to sink rapidly, while the before gentle meteor develops into a terrific hurricane. These premonitions, therefore, based as they are on the published telegraphic reports, will be found extensively useful to seamen leaving our seaboard ports. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Lord Roseberry, of England, has returned to the Brevoort House, Professor E. N. Horstord, of Camtbridge, Mass., 13 at the St. James Hotel. Ex-Governor J. N. Goodwin, of Arizona, is regis- tered at the Filth Avenue Hotel. Mr. Mahlon Chance, United States Consul at Nas- sau, is staying at the Filth Avenue Hotel. G, Hilton Scribner, Secretary of State of New York, yesterday arrived at the Windsor Hotel. President Andrew D. White, of Cornell Uni- versity, has arrived at the Fiftn Avenue Hotel. Thomas H. Nelson, late United States Minister to Mexico, has apartments at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Senator Roscoe Conkling arrived at the Filth Avenue Hotel last evening, from his home in Utica. R. Dunning committed suicide in Montreal. A dunning has caused many a man to think of doing the same thing. Senator Isaac V. Baker, Jr., of Comstocks, N. Y., arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. “Art thou not well, my Lord Thurlow ?”” James H. Lucas, the wealthiest citizen of St. Louis, who died of paralysis on Sunday night, had Property estimated to be worth Fc ig or $10,000,000, Lady Thornton, wife of the British Minister, ac- companied by her two daughters and Captain Gore Jones, of the British Legation, yesterday arrived at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr. Alfred N. Young, United States Consal in Santiago de Caba, arrived yesterday at the Astor flouse with his family. He will sat! to-day for his pont, from which he was been for some time absent on leave, | M. Thiers on the Question of Government~ Party Conciliation im the Assembly— ‘American Ministerial Banq TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. Panis, Nov, 10, 1873. Acommittee representing the French residents and presented an address, The ex-President, im Nis remarks in reply, told his visitors that the mon- archists had suffered a check, aud that @ conserva tive republic was assured, : PARTY CONCILIATION UN PARLIAMENT. It is anticipated that the compromise offered by the Right will be accepted, perhaps with some mod ifications or additions. Both sides seem disposed to pursue a conciliatory course. The excitement here and at Versailles is subsid ing and it is believed that the crisis is over. American Ministerial Fete. Haver, Nov, 10, 1873, Hon, E. B. Washburne, the United States Minister to France, who is visiting this city, was entertained at a dinner on Saturday by Mr. Bridgeland, the American Consul. Hon. J. Meredith Read, the Con- sul General of the United States, at Paris aud fon, Joseph Medill were aiso among the questa, GERMANY. Cabinet Changes by Decree of the Crown. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Bercy, Nov. 10, 1873. Royal decrees have been promulgated relieving General Von Roon of the Presidency of the Prus- sion Ministry and appointing Prince Bismarck in his place, and Herr Camphauser, the Minister of Finance, Vice President. MEXICO. Constitutionalist Rejoicing—Freedom of Person and Conscience. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERBALS. i MaTAMoRos, Nov. 10, 1873. Throughout Mexico to-day they are ceicbrating the adoption of additional articles to the nationat constitution, among which are the abolition of peonage and the separation of Church and State. Amilitary parade took place, orations were de- livered and the city is illuminated to-night amid general rejoicing. CUBA. Customs Duties Relaxation—Port Charges Pay- ment. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Nov. 10, 1873. The deeree issued September 3, 1873, imposing & duty of fifty per cent in gold on articles of luxury imported into this island, has been annulled. The port charges on shipping will be collected in gold on and after January 1, 1874. HAVANA EXCHANGE. Exchange firmer. On the United States, sixty days’ currency, 52 8 53 premium; short sight, 69 a 61 premium; sixty days’ gold, 62 a 63 premium; shore sight, 68 a 70 premium. On Paris, 69 @ GL premium. ST. DOMINGO. Bevolutionist Resolve to Conquer or ‘Lie. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Havana, Nov. 10, 1873. Advices from St. Thomas to the 6th inst, have Deen received. News had reached that island that Generat Luperon, who ‘retired from the leadership of the revolutionary forces in St. Domingo two months ago, had been recalled by the insurgent chiefs, and will resume his old command, Ic is supposed that under his leadership the revolutionists will make a supreme effort, and either triumph or be annihilated. THE WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, } OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. Li—1 A. M. Probabilities. For the Northwest and upper lakes, winds back- ing to southerly, rising temperature, cloudy ‘weather and occasional light rain and snow. For the lower lakes, winds backing to sonth-- westerly, with rising temperature and cloudy weather. For Kentucky and Tennessee, risiig barometer, southeasterly winds and partly cloudy weather. For THE MIDDLE AND EaSTERN STATES, DIMIN- ISHING PRESSURE, NORTHERLY TO NORTHRASTERLY WINDS, PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER AND BISING TSM- PERATURE IN THE RVENING. For the South Atlantic States, northeasterly winds and generally clear weather. For the Gulf States, southerly winds, rising tem. perature and partly cloudy weather. . Reports are partly missing from the Southwest and Northwest, The Weather in This City Yesterday. ‘The following record will show the changes im the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of tast year, as indicated ot eee thermometer at Hudnut’s harmacy, HERALD Building :— 1872, 1873. 1872, 1873. 36 ) is Average temperature yesterday . 88: Average temperature for corresponding date last year.. 43 THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN CANAL Lieutenant Fred. Collins, United States Navy,, who was attached to the exploring expedition of Captain Seliridge during the perilous surveys of the Isthmus of Darien, will read a paper this even- ing before the American Geographical Soctety, at the rooms of the Historical Society, Second avenue and Eleventh street, on the practicability of the interoceanic canal. This paper will embody a de- scription of one of the most important surveys ever prosecuted by our government, prot Redhead LOST ON LAKE MICHIGAN. The Schooner Gilbert Mollison Sank Dur- ing the Gale of October 28, with all on brie rh Oswnao, N. ¥., Nov. 10, 1873, All nope of the safety of the schooner Gilbert Moilison, now @ week Overdue at this port from Chicago, is abandoned. She was caught in the gale of October 27 and 28 on Lake Michigan, and is believed to have gone down with all on board. Her crew consisted of Joel A. Turner, Captain; William Halliday, Mate; Judson Prosser, Second Mat George Mattison, Daniel Driscoll, George i y, George Messmore and one other unknown seaman, and Kate Shaughnessey, cook, All but two of these lived in Oswego and the immediate vicinity, The vessel was owned by BE. & O Mitchell and M. Murray, and was valued at $22,000. She was insured $10,000 in the Aitna and $6,000 in the Phanix Company, Her cargo of 20,000 bushels of corn was owned by E. & 0, Mitchell, which was not insured, ali POLITICAL BEJOIOING IN VIRGINIA, Nonrou, Nov, 10, 1873, Norfolk to-night celebrates the conservative vio- tory in the late election. Thousands of tar barrels are blazing on the streets, the et of bah om ‘9 sym rs, an bows ben ‘etanty “uuminaved. tho, whos city, trom the harbor, Aas the apveArance Of a Vaae 91 ‘ae: of San Fraucisco calied upon M. Thiers yesterday =~