The New York Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1873, Page 6

NEW ‘Volume XXXVIII....... YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR a eas AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thictieth st— pJacm Harkaway, Atternoon and evening. BOOTH’S THEATRE, Sixth av. and Twenty-third et.— Ricusuiey, METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway.—Vanisty Exum BOWERY THEATRE, at—Daniei Boone. MRS, F, B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Noree Dau, wery.—THe Grast's Causr- PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hatl— Wierus—SoLon SuinGrx. THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 514 Broadway.—Vanierr JENTERTAINKENT. OLYMPIC THFATRE, Broadway, between Houston fad Bloooker sts.—Kir Van Winkux. LYCEUM THEATRE, ‘Ormua—Ie. Tnovatone, GERMANIA THEATRE, Mth street and % avenue.— ‘Eu Sounre Vom Wrox. Fourteenth — street.—Irantax \ BROADWAY THEATRE, 728 and 730 Broadway.— ‘Dax New Macpaten. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth ay. and Twenty-third BU—A Fuasu or Licntninc. ‘ NIBLO'S GARDEN, Rrondway, between Prince and Houston sia —Tax Brack CRoox, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Mth street and Irving place.— Traltan Orena—lt Trovarone. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth bireet.—Ouns, UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Broadway.—Tux Gxxzva Cross. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— "Vaniers ENTERTAINMENT. ( BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner Sixth av.—NxGuo Minstretsr, &c. P. 7. BARNUM'S WORLD'S FAIR, 27th street and 4th avenue, Afternoon and evening. | AMBRICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, 8d ay., between 634 rand Gith sts. Afternoon and evening. COOPER INSTITUTE. NTRRTAINMEN T. NEW_YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad- ‘ay.—Sctmnce amp Arr. “TRIPLE SHEET. ‘THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. GuInG Gas anp Magtcat 'To-Day’s Contents of the Herald.’ “THE OUTRAGE ON OUR FLAG! IMMEDIATE REPARATION OR IMMEDIATE AND ADE- QUATE PUNISHMENT’—LEADING ARTI- CLE—SIxTH PAGE. WANTON BUTCHERY AT SANTIAGO AROUS- ING FREEDOM-LOVING AMERICA TO HIS DUTY! “GETTING READY FOR CUBAI" THE GOVERNMENT FITTING UP ALL ITS WARSHIPS FOR DUTY IN CUBAN WATERS! THE MILITARY DONNING THEIR HAR- NESS—THIRD PaGE. RECORD IN PREVIOUS OUTRAGES UPON AMERICAN CITIZENS! SOME NOTED CASES—SEVENTH PaGE. SPANISH INSURGENTS OPEN A HEAVY CANNONADE UPON THE GOVERNMENT FORCES BESIEGING CARTAGENA—SEVENTH PaGE. AN INMAN STEAMER OVERDUE! MOVEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN TRADE MARINE—SEVENTH PagE. MEXICAN REVOLT NIPPED IN THE BUD! THIRTY LIVES LOST! CONGRESS AND THE RAILWAYS—SEVENTH Pace. WHE BANK OF FRANCE LOSES 1,000,000 FRANCS IN SPECIE WITHIN THE PAST WEEK: COLONEL STOFFEL PUNISHED FOR CON- TEMPT—SEVENTH PaGE. ‘ENGLISH BULLION STILL BEING SHIPPED TO AMERICA! A NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL— SEVENTH PaGE. WALL STREET “LOOKING UP!) OPERATIONS OF THE BULLS AND BEARS! THE DRY GOODS CRISIS! FOREIGN EXCHANGE— Furta Page. MHE BULLS MASTERING THE SITUATION ON "CHANGE! MONEY ACTIVE! GOLD HIGHER— POOR JACK!—NinTu PaGE. PARALYZED LABOR! WILL “THE POWERS THAT BE” FURNISH EMPLOYMENT TO OUR IDLE OPERATIVES! THE BUILDERS— ELECTION FRAUDS—Firtn Pace. "WITH GENERAL KAUFMANN IN CENTRAL ASIA! THE PERILS OF THE HERALD CORRE- SPONDENT! THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN— FoustH Paz, WHE OUR HE HE GOOD WORK GOES BRAVELY ON! CHAR- | ITY TO NAST (T.—TOM) A BENEFIT TO | POSTERITY—ELEVENTH PAGE. A PROVIDENCE BANK CASHIER ATTACKED WITH IT! HOW HE TOOK AND DISPOSED OF $45,000—SixTH PaGE. CHAMBORD WILL NUT “SACRIFICE HIS HON- OR”—DR. LIVINGSTONE A PRISONER— GENERAL BELLEMARE’S MONARCHICAL ANTPATHY—FourtH Pack. ~ INQUIRY INTO THE HAREM BOILER HORROR— THE EMIGRATION BOARD—THE SANITA- RIANS ON CONTAGION—FovurtH Pace. GENERAL LEGAL SUMMARIES—KIDNAPPERS IN TROUBLE—EicutH PaGE. Inramorment or Manrrme Ricats.—‘‘That quick sense of injury and that prompt asser- tion of the national dignity in former times at every infringement of our maritime rights ‘was the bost guarantee of the safety of citi- zens and property entitled to the protection of our national flag.” — World, Nov. 13. Goop News ron Lxyomwtators.—A dead- head, while riding ona railroad in Indiana, met with an accident and sued the company for damages. The plea was put in that the injured party was travelling on a pass, but the §ury gave him eight thousand dollars, notwith- standing. We have no sympathy with dead- heads, but the result of the trial will be good news for Congressmen, State legislators and needy Bohemians, Waere Lies tar Respoxswmity?—The responsibility for the outrage on our flag on | the high seas lies with Spain; the immediate responsibility for the murder of the ship’s pas- sengers, officers and crew belongs to the Spanish cutthroats of Cuba acting upon their own authority, To simplify the settlement, while Mr, Fish is negotiating with Spain a Tew iron-clads should be sent down to the Gulf do look after those Spanish cutthroats of Cuba. Watt, Srreer.—Operations “on 'Change” yesterday exhibited a healthy reaction from ithe late heavy depression—a returning spirit of confidence, which is encouraging, and ‘there were no canards afloat calculated to \grighten lame ducks or green goslings, Com- vmon sense is taking the place of the late stam- +pede, and the idea is gaining ground that the NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, I873.—TRIPLE SHEET The Outrage on Our Flag—Immediate Reparation or Immediate and Ade- quate Punishment, Mr. Secretary Fish ought to see in the unanimous sentiment of the press of this country the deep feeling of indignation which is felt against the Spanish authorities in Cuba for the recent outrage upon the American flag. Seeing this, he should see also that the pres- ent is not a time for that peaceful mission of diplomacy in the exercise of which he s0 much prides himself, When the territory of the United States is invaded by the capture on the high seas of a ship bearing the Ameri- can flag, when every man found on the vessel is doomed to death and barbarously murdered without even the mock forms of a mock trial, diplomacy only means a demand for immediate reparation at the oan- non'’s mouth. The outrage upon the Virginius «is = not equalled = in the annals of the past. Retribution must be as swift and speedy as the offence. Mr. Fish's diplomacy must be left to take care of itself, and, instead of waiting for official informa- tion, the strong arm of the government niust demand a full atonement. Enough is known to make gny unnecessary delay a crime, The Virginius was a vessel bearing the Ameri- can flag, captured on the high seas and car- ried into a Spanish port, where all on board were murdered. More than this need not be known to make the duty of the government plain and immediate. Every available man- of-war must be at once despatched to Santiago de Cuba to demand immediate reparation by the return of the vessel and the surrender of the men who committed the foul massacre, at which the whole world shudders, Only twenty-four hours should be permitted to elapse from the time the demand is made till its fulfilment or the punishment of its non- fulfilment. In a word, war must take the place of diplomacy, and the vengeance of our insulted government follow quickly upon the outrage to its flag. The Virginius had violated no law. Admit- ting every allegation of the Spaniards, she was still as untainted as if she had never carried a musket to the insurgent Cubans. When cap- tured she was on the high seas, aud every man on board was under the protection of the American flag. No treaty stipulations with Spain operated against her, for Spain always claimed she was not at war with the Cubans. | This vessel, whatever may have been the pur- pose and intent of those on board, was simply an American and as such she must be regarded as ao part of the territory of the United States. The American people, proud of their national honor, will insist now, as they always have insisted, that the national territory must vessel, not be invaded, and will punish its invasion. We may have a war with Spain, but the Spanish barbarians in | Cuba will be taught how dangerous it is to trample on American honor. War is a thing | always to be deprecated, but to be courted when national humiliation and disgrace are the only alternatives. As we said before, im- mediate reparation, full and complete in every particular, toust be made or the guns of the | American navy be opened upon the un- civilized community Spain has planted in | Cuba, who, like savages, revel in scenes of butchery and blood. Our despatches from Washington this morn- | ing contain one sentence which should make | the blood of every American citizen tingle with shame:—‘‘The newspaper accounts giving the details of the capture of the Virginius and | sabsequent proceedings, while they serve to gratify anxious seekers after intelligence, do furnish sufficient foundation for | government action.” And so Mr. Fish is | truckling still, and forgets the honor of his country in the weakness of his nature. He | waits for official information while his country- | men, smarting under national dishonor, are | panting for immediate action. The only question which needs be asked is one our | government can answer for itself—Was the | Virginius an American vesscl? If she was | there can be no true policy except the one we have suggested. Immediate reparation or the immediate and adequate punishment is | the necessity of the hour. With the flagship which carries out the order of our government | to obtain full redress by the return of the vessel and the surrender of the culprits who com- | mitted this wholesale assassination, or to lay | the city of Santiago de Cuba in ashes, a repre- sentative of the State Department might be | despatched as the adviser of the adm iral charged with this important mission. A man | learned in international law and ready ata | moment's notice to determine the legality of any meditated action—as Mr. Evarts, for in- | | stance—should be chosen for this purpose. | Thus the outrage npon the flag may be speedily avenged, and avenged in ® manner in strict | accord with the law of nations. | Since the news of the outrage was received there has been much active preparation in the Navy Department. All the available vessels-of- war are being putin commission. The iron clads are preparing for service, The Kansas is to sail to-day for Santiago de Cuba. The only thing lacking to make the occasion honorable to a great people is the backwardness of Mr, Fish. He hesitates when hesitation is dis. grace. War is the only thing that remains if reparation is refused. The Spanish authori- ties in Cuba are barbarians, fiends, butchers, They neither obey the government in Madrid not Apantay will weather the storm, peace or war, | nor rempect the xiehta of other nations Primarily wo have not to deal with Spain, but with these barbarian cut- throats. They neither listen to the dic- tates of reason nor hear the cry of humanity. It is impossible that their inhu- man work should continue ina land so con- tiguous to ours, National safety as well as national honor alike forbid it. We have the remedy in our own hands, and it is swift, overwhelming retribution. It is better that we should subdue the whole island, that we should destroy every seaport town from San- tiago de Cuba to Havana, than that these out- rages should continue, This is the sentiment of the American people, and the administra tion must yield to the popular will, Long suffering as we have been this latest outrage must prove the last, There is no longer any respect for the weakness of the Spanish Republic, any forgiveness for tho fearful crimes of the infuriate volunteers, in a single American heart. The whole nation ories for reparation or retribution—reparation by the return of the Virginius and the surrender of the murderers or retribution at the cannon's mouth, Anything short of this is a dis- honor which no American has over yet ac- cepted. Though Mr. Fish may beg us to wait for official information we cannot endure it now for a single day beyond what is neces- sary to get ready for action, The flag has | been stricken down on the high seas, and those whom it protected have been murdered with- out a trial and without excuse, Delay is a mockery as grievous as the crimes which have roused the great heart of the nation to teach the criminals the weight of a great people's wrath. General Grant, we know, is too true a sol- dier not to readily apprehend the situation. Ho is too much an American not to avenge America’s honor in a crisis so clear and so appalling. He cannot fail to see the neces- sity of adopting the course we advocate. Till Congress meets he has the honor of his country in his keeping. Ho can only fulfil his trust by dealing vigorously with the Span- iards in Cuba. Congress will soon be in ses- sion to second and approve all his efforts. Now is the opportunity to put an end to the bloody and barbarous struggle, and we cannot but believe the President will make the most of the opportunity. “No Aurernative but to topple their in- famous and impotent provincial government into the sea and take possession in the name of outraged humanity.’’—Lvening Post, Nov. 12. The Cemptroiier’s Accounts—Informa- tion Wanted. The first and last report of the Commis- sioners of Accounts did not show the affairs of the Finance Department to be in a very promising condition. Months elapsed before they could ferret out from old papers and badly kept blotters, which were made to sup- ply the place of bookkeeping, the correct amount of the funded debt of the city. Even then they found the sinking fund securities apparently ninety-four thousand dollars short, this amount, as it was afterwards claimed, being represented by receipts for which no bonds had been issued. But the receipts, although quite as important as the bonds themselves during the absence of the bonds, on eee mene we Bape EB we Pe hot in the tin box where the sink- ing fund securities were kept. They were probably poked away somewhere in a clerk's desk, if the bonds themselves had, in fact, ever been issued. Where so much confusion and irregularity prevail, however, it must be difficult to decide whether the amounts taken from the sinking fund are rep- resented by bonds or receipts, or where either may be. In one instance a bond of one hun- dred thousand dollars was found bearing date in June or July last, although the morey was taken from the sinking fund one year and three months previously. Itis singular that the ninety-four thousand dollars’ worth of bonds, which were missing from the box, and which it is claimed were represented by re- ceipts in some other place, ought to bear date about the time the bond for one hundrod thousand dollars, which had been absent for fifteen months, was placed in the sinking fund box, It is singular also, and certainly it does not appear desirable, that a box con- taining many millions of securities should be kept in the Comptroller's office, apart from the other city treasure, instead of being placed in the bank of deposit, where neither the Comp- troller nor any of his clerks could have access to it. We have been promised amother very neces- sary report from the Commissioners of Ac- counts—namely, o correct statemént of our floating debt, including, of course, all outstand- ing claims against the city. This report should have been before the people weeks since. It is probably delayed by the confused state of accounts and books in the Comp- troller’s office, or probably by the obstruc- | tions notoriously placed in the way of the Commissioners by the Comptroller, Yet it is necessary that we should have this information before we can tell how we stand financially. It is precisely because no one can find out exactly what our liabilities are, while our ex- penditures and taxes are largely increasing, that our city bonds do not find as ready or profitable a market as they did even under the corrupt Tammany rule. Let the Commis- sioners of Accounts hurry up their report, or tell us why it is delayed, Tue Cupan Stavomtern,—‘“The shock of such a wholesale slaughter we all feel, and the demand in the name of humanity is that it shall be stopped.’’—Hrpress, Nov. 13. Tux Sarons Anoanp.—The seamen of the port of New York held a meeting yesterday to Temonstrate against their alleged wrongs and give vent to their opinion of Commissioner Duncan's course. They signed a petition praying Congress to repeal the present Ship- Ping act, and resolved to make a public dem- onstration on Saturday, by means of a parade, {0 enforce theix oraver for relict, The Harlem Explosion—A Jury Needed. In the sickening review of the culpable acci- dents that occur during the year, whatever doubt may be felt on other points, everybody agrees that a great wrong exists somewhere, which it is in the power of the law to do some- thing toward righting. The terrible Harlem explosion is the latest opportunity that has occurred of testing what patience and intelli- gence will do in discovering the cause of the calamity, and what courage and impartiality can accomplish in rendering an appropriate verdict. The Coroner's jury in the prosent instance is a much more intelligent one than is ordinarily had, The danger is not so much that the truth will not be known as that indi- vidual responsibility will not be definitely declared and adequate punishment inflicted. No one can take a retrospect of the his- tory of ‘‘accidents"’ of this nature which have occurred during the past year without being disgusted with the weakness and ambiguity of lawa whose function it should be to reduce such possibilities to a minimum, and with the ignorance, venality and cowardice of jurymen. If such accidents are accidents in the true sense of that term, if they are absolutely un- avoidable, then let the dreary acknowledgment be made that tho steam boiler is the very Frankenstein of machinery, which the nine- teenth century has brought into existenog,and of which it does not know how to obtain the mastery, If we are not masters of steam, then steam is master of ua, and a horribly cruel and capricious master, giving us the semblance of power from month to month only to take o more malignant advantage of some unsuspi- cious moment to scatter death, mutilation and agony around. The jury summoned on Wednesday by Uoroner Kessler has a duty to perform the importance of which can scarcely be overrated. The age is one in which crime too often receives the name of accident, andin which accidents happen which would better be known as crimes, The Harlem disaster is a case in point. Either the blame lies with an individual or individuals, who deserve heavy punishment, or else the explosion was una- voidable, and on the latter supposition we are left to the mockery of the knowledge that we are at the mercy of a monster named Steam, who serves us thirty days in the month only to mutilate and destroy us on the thirty-fir.t. “A COnime for which no apology or explana- tion can atone.’’— Times, Nov. 13. Tue Fisaery Question.—The final settle- ment of the fishery question between Canada and the United States was one of the advan- tages secured by the Washington Treaty. But the matter is not yet arranged, and there are likely to be some sharp controversies before it is happily closed. Mr. Rothery, a gentleman of much ability, is the British Commissioner, and, having spent some time in Canada gather- ing information as to the views and interests of that side of the question, he is now on his way to Washington, where he will hear the American story. The fisheries have always been a source of disagreement and of some danger between the States and the colony, but there is fisn enough in the sea and trade enough on land to furnish a profitable busi- ness for the adventurers on both sides of the St. Lawrence, and a very little conciliation and liberal spirit will make all things agree. able. The Commission will meet at Halifax shortly, and their labors, if brought to a suc- cessful termination, will conclude another gratifying branch of the Washington Treaty, Watronan, Honor.—‘‘We call the national honor a possession which, like the chastity of woman, must be kept far above the region of assault, doubt or controversy.’’—Hvening Mail, Nov. 13. iz sigh tae x Amateur Derzctives.—There are several amateur detective agencies in New York, and they occasionally distinguish themselves by curious vagaries. Some of the parties belong- ing to such a business are now under bail on a charge of attempted kidnapping and assault in Jersey City. Itappears that they held a warrant and a requisition for the arrest of an alleged offender against the laws of this State, and it is charged that they proceeded to cap- ture their prisoner and take him bodily to New York without waiting for the formal pro. ceedings. A collision with the police was the consequence. An efficient regular detective force is the more desirable because it renders the amateur detective business the less likely to flourish. We ought to have a good muni- cipal torce and a law against these private con- cerns, which are generally public nuisances, “THe Most Ampte Reparation must be exacted for this terrible outrage.”—Sun, Nov, 13. “A Dancrrnous Precepent.”—They aro be- ginning to talk of a dangerous precedent at Washington. We catch through a window of the State Department a glimpse of the white feather. To avoid a dangerous prece- dent why not cover the whole ground in apologizing for the Virginius and in reim- buzging Spain for the gosty inyolved in her capture and the Spanish assassins of Cuba for the cost of the fixed ammunition used in shooting the ship’s passengers and crew? Wan.-—‘Nothing left for the United States government but to declare war against Spain.”— Times, Nov. 13. A Heavy Syow Storm descended upon Que- bec on Wednesday last, continuing through the day and the night. Excellent sleighing is reported and snow drifts two or three feet deep. Another sign, this, of the approach of winter for @ regular siege over all the land north of the cotton States, and another warn- ing to all hands to prepare to meet the inevit- able trials and duties of the season. Our Dory in THe Fururz.—‘‘We must in future protect our own flag and our own citi- zens in Cuban waters.’’— Tribune, Nov. 13. Oxy Hicxory’s Way.—In the matter of those French spoliations on American com- merce, General Jackson gave notice to France that she must pay the indemnity, or that he would take it out in reprisals, and the indem- nity was paid. We would now commend that satisfactory chapter of our diplomatic history to the special attention of General Grant, “UyconprrionaL Sunnenpen.""—This ulti- matum to the rebels at Fort Donelson was the making of General Grant, Something of this sort is now needed to sot him right on the Qnhan anaation, Mx. Szcrerany Fisn has beon described by his opponents as a man of peace at all hazards; as one of those nice old gentlemen who will not forget his dignity or his dinner under any Provocation; in short, as a straitlaced, dip- lomatic peacemaker, who is always ready to apologize to a troublesome customer, right or wrong. , But this is a mistake. Our amiable Secretary can be aroused like the sleeping lion, and he is terrible as a lion when aroused. Touch his official dignity and his wrath is the wrath of Achilles, The importunate Catacazy, for example, gave it as his opinion that Mr. Secretary Fish was an old granny, or in words to that effect, and what followed? The in- dignant Secretary, rising to the importance of the occasion, pounced upon poor Catacazy, tore him to pieces, and, scattering his frag- ments to the four winds of heaven, defied the great Gortschakoff, yea, the mighty Ozar of all tho Russians, as Ajax defied the lightning. Yes, and he made things lively; he inspired his friends, confounded his enemies and amazed the world, If the Spanish Ambassa- dor at Washington would only call Mr. Fish an old granny Ouba would be froe before Christmas. Cannot the Spanish Minister bo persuaded to call Mr. Fish an old granny? Tow Durr or Ovr Governmunt.—‘‘A prompt and thorough reprisal for the repeated acta of hostility to our flag.’’—Commercial Advertiser, Nov. 13. Tus Boarp or Emranation.—Tho Commis- sionors of Emigration, at their meeting yes- terday, put the principle of economy into practice by cutting down salaries of em- ployés and abolishing offices, The Super- intendent of Ward's Island was dispensed with by not filling the vacancy and leaving the deputy to do the work, under the super- vision of the General Superintendent at Castle Garden. The Commissioners also cut off the salaries of the resident clergymen at Ward's Island, on the principle, we presume, that the good work they do is sufficient reward for their services. The Commissioners are either 80 godly as to believe that religious labor is | compensated fully in another and a better world, or so irreverent as to reckon a parson’s work of very little account. We see, how- ever, that the treasurer's salary was increased from three thousand to four thousand dollars. This is the difference between God and Mam- mon in tho ethics of Castle Garden. We Most Derenp Ove Crrizens in Cuba the same as in New York, even if war should be the result.""—Telegram, Nov. 13. Tar Mexican Government has, as we are specially informed by a Herat telegram from the capital, put down the revolutionist move- ment which was lately undertaken in opposi- tion to the laws on national reform. Thirty lives were sacrificed in the operation. Congress remains prudently cautious with regard to the important matter of railway contract awards. The members act in harmony with the Ex- ecutive. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Sir A. T. Galt arrived at the Gilsey House yester- day from Montreal. Viscount Tarbat, of Engiand, yesterday arrived at the Brevoort House. Senator Windom, of Minnesota, arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday morning and leit in the evening for Washington. Mayor Dwight, of Binghamton, is registered at the St, Nicholas Hotel. Mr. E. A. Rollins, formerly Internal Revenue Commissioner, now @ resident of Philadelphia, is among the arrivals at the Union Square Hotel, Rollins moved and Vermont calm! ‘Tis passing strange !’” Ex-Congressman F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, has arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. James R, Osgood, the Bo! Hofman House. ~ a a3 Chief Engineer William W. W. Wood and Lieu- ees Commander E. N. Kellogg, United States avy, ate at the Union Square Hotel. A. Barbanson, Secretary of the Belgian Lega- tion, is registered at the Brevoort House. Wisconsin papers do not like the idea of a heavy, soggy school marm of 150 pounds avoirdupois bringing a ruler down upon the shrinking flesh of @ child of feven years. These papers do not, per- haps, reflect that these are times of “shrinkage” in many things, and that cruel school marm should shrink from rapping seven-year-old knuckles, ART MATTERS, Mr, Page’s Lecture on “Shakespeare and the Mask” To-Night. This evening Mr. Page will deliver at Steinway Hall his lecture of ‘Shakespeare and the Mask,” which embodies the results of the experience and investigation of years. Those who are per- sonally acquainted with Mr. Page know that he is an accomplished talker, The words which stream fluently irom his lips always contain interesting and frequently valuable ideas, but he never remains @ monologist when he finds any- body ready and willing to give him valuable ideas in return. The qualities for which he is eminent asa painter and as @ conversationist will very likely find round ana harmonious expression to- night. Zeal, affection, patience, industry, genius will have worked together on the best terms in the preparation of the lecture, and several masks upon which Mr. Page has wrought at intervals for years wiil give vivid illustration to his explanations. There are those who believe that Mr, Page’s enthvsiasm on this subject verges upon monomania; but if they are right the monomantia is based upon so ad- mirable 4 1oundation of research, conscience, con- yeh and intellectual and artistic lacor that it is @ pity professional men in this fleld are not oitener haunted with such hallucinations. If Mr. Page’s doctrines are illusions they are tilusions which have enabled him to accompilsh beautiful and im- Portant results. We sball not be too much antici- Ppating the details of the lecture by announcing Vhat it seeks to support the theory that the Shakespeare mask, formerly in the possession of the Von Kesselstadt family and now owned by & descendant of Mr. Ludwig Becker, and occupying ® niche ip the cabinet of Prince Lows of Hesse-varmatadt, is the only authentic material upon which odern likeness of the great drama- ust can be based. We know that Mr. Page’s logic ‘Will be fervent; we think it will be strong. [fit is half as interesting a8 the informal monologue of the painter in the seclusion of ms studio tt will be sure to give pleasure to every one who appr the theme, 7 ppreciates THE MUCH LIBELLED STEAMERS, The Fifth Edition of Libels on the Southern Railroad Company's Steam- ers. Newront, R. L, Nov. 13, 1873, Again to-day James H. Caggeshall, United States Marshal, visited this city for the purpose of placing thirteen additional livels on the steamers sup- posed to be owned by the New Jersey Southern Ratiroad Company. He stated that he had more on the tapts, which would be forthcoming, and that when he had covered the masts with notices he would paper the cabins, The livellants on this, the flith series, were Jolin Harris, of Now York city, against the Metropolis, Empire State, Plymouth Rock and Jessie Hoyt; Pollock and W. A. Genen, of New York, against the Empire State, The latter parties, nounced in Wednesday's HERALD, previously attached the other steamers. Jonn F, Correy, of New York, against the Metrop- olis; F. A, King & Co., of Brooklyn, against the Jessie Hoyt, Empire State, Metropolis and Plymouth kK; H.R. Bradway & Co., of New York, against the Empire State and Piymouth Books, Lagar & Reed, of New York, against the Jessie Hoyt. The above are ail called for a hearing in Providence on the 28th inst. but when all the previous attach- ments are settled, not much will remain for settle. ment of the latter claims, a8 the above are the fifth instalments of similar actions, by the credjtors of the company. The Cashier ef the Commercial Natlonas Bank of Providence a Defauiter to the Amount of $45,000—How He Did It, — PROVIDENOS, R. L, Nov. 13, 187% The latest local sensation here is a bank defal- cation to the extent of $45,000, Our whole com- munity was thrown into surprise to-day upon learning that Stephen P. Wardwell, Cashier of the Commercial National Bank in this city, had become & defaulter to that institution to the amount stated. It is the same old story of speculation, Joss and ruin, and furnishes additional evidence of the inattention and too confiding policy of our bank ofiictals and the general loose system npon which some of our moneyed in- stitutions are conducted. For several years thus cashier has carried on his dishonest transactions, and during that long period has adroitly and auc- cessiully managed to conceal the business from the knowledge of the directors and other officers of the bank—even escaping the quarterly exami- nations, It transpires that a former teller of the bank, W. J, Clarke, had a hapa in the doings, hav- ing carried on the greater portion of the pre ings, and when, several years ago, he waa ais- charged from the bank, he succeeded by persua- sions and threats 1n Z SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITY and burden of the affair upon Wardwell. The actual extent of the latter's speculations exceeds, it 1s said, not half the Whole amount abstracted; but with a fear and weakness produced by the pateatened exposure he assumed the whole iy The money panic which has spread with stich disastrous effects throughout the country bas already brought to light numerous financial irregu- larities, and no doubt forced the disclosure of Present one, which has startled our community. A portion of the money taken was 1 the form of @ loan at the New York corresponding bank of the institution here, and when Tie last payment of this loan was required further ,concealment was useless, and the uniortunate cashier was at last compelled to disclose the secret of his guilt, which he carried jor so long a time. Ward- well shocked and surprised one of the directors b} first revealing the matter, and as the news of it spread it was generally considerea A MATTER OF WONDERMENT how he managed to continue so long and clude the observation and scrutiny of the bank officials. The directors, immediately upon hearing of the defal- cation, assembled, and, summoning the National Examiner of eoge Island, Mr, Mygatt—who, ry by ‘om the rey. hands full of late tr weak banks placed in a critical condition by the great Borers, suspension—an vxamina- tion was instituted into the affairs of the bank. The oonfessiong@ of the cashier thus far has been found correct, and the examiners eaten can only show uring all these seven years of abstraction and tion. ‘ardwell, as @ matter of course, was at once displaced, and his position is now yy Mr. Alexander Farnum. filled temporaril; The bonds of the deiaulting cashier amount to $15,000, and his private property, which is understood to be considerable, he being the owner of real estate to some extent in the city, is valued at about the pany eed ah and will be transierred to the bank, 60 THE ACTUAL LOSS TO THE BANK, as far as it appears at the present time, will not be very large. The institution has a capital of $1,000,000 and has an excellent standing, so that ic will not be seriously affected by this deiaication. It is an institution that was generally thought safe and secure against any guch business, Ward- well is & man about ort ve years, is married and has three cnildren. His father, who died ro- cently, was a deacon and a'so cashier of the Kagie Bank fn this city. Stephen Wardwell enjoyed the contidence of his associates and the business com- munity generally ; but his case is only another illus- tration of how such confidence is oftentimes abused. The general expression is that he is the last person and the Commercial Bank the last institution that one would think likely to be subject to such @ sur- prune defalcatian. The official report of the Bank ‘xaminer and directors will be completed to-day, and, when the real situation of the bank will be made known, WARDWELL AND CLARK will fare about the same as Hoar and Pearsons, the defaulting cashier and teller of another one of our national banks, who were discovered nearly two years ago, and who are now serving out their terms of imprisonment in the State Prison. This late defalcation, following as does the dis- closures about the banks in connection with the Sprague crisis, occasion an increased feeling of in- security and uneasiness in money circles. It is said Wardwell was placed under arrest this afternoon. Walker, the discharged teller and ac- complice of Wardwell, has fled, and, tt is reported, one West. The bondsmen for Wardwell are ieneral Ambrose E. Burnside and Wardweul’s father-in-law. AHUSEMENTS, Lyceum Theatrc—“The Magie Flute.” Mr. Maretzek made a great mistake last night in attempting Italian opera ina theatre utterly un- suited in every acoustical point of view for any performances where acoustics must be considered. He presented the ‘*Flauto Magico” with @ cast similar to that which we spoke of a few weeks ago at the Grand Opera House. The effect of the voloes of the three principal singers, Mile, Di Murska, M. Jamet ppd 3 ucca, owing tg the wretched a properties ap the” hows, iat wits; OUsegect on the large audience assembled on tha, occasioi#, We cannot recall a performance in this city in whic Operatic artists have boon p unfor- tunately placed. The Astrafiammente ot le. Di Murska was as brilliant a8 ever, and Mme. Lucca’s wondertul voice—wonderful on account of the im- mense breadth of tone and thrilling effect of the lavish giits of nature with which she is endowed— produced the usual effects on the multitude, An Boe. was made for Sarastro, on the score of in- disposition, in the second’ act, yet, strange to say, three minutes after, M. Jamet sang without the slightest trace of indispositiun, but in his best voice, the grand aria, “Qui Odegro Non S'accende.”’ Such an extraordinary proceed- ing is one of those mysteries that operatic mana- gers in this city. occasionally indulge in, and the audience last night did not seem to understand it. The staccato passages of the second air of the Queen of Night, eg Rig) “Gli Angut D’in- ferno,”’ were delivered by Mle, Di Murska with an éian and dash that such an accomplished bravura singer could alone produce, and Mme. Lucca brought to the rdle of Parmina ail those qualities that a prima donna possessed of such a grand voice can furnish. Mais apres elles le déiuge. The general tenor of the performance was not calculated to inspire confidence in the Sg detid of the company. What between the theatre, horrible for all acoustic purposes, and the company, always accepting the rime donne, the performance of the “Magic jute” last night was a complete fiasco, Even the prime donne, artists though they undoubtedly could not succeed in making the performance even within the reach of mediocrity. It is to be hoped that no such periormance will be allowed to dis- grace the operatic boards of the metropolis again this season, Musi and Dramatic Notes. Miss Emma Cella Terry sings at Robinson Hall on Saturday evening. Seflor Delgado, the Mexican violinist, will shortly appear at one of the operatic concerts, Mr. 3,.N. Pattison will play at the celebrated Henselt concerts with full orchestra this season. A new symphony, by Mr. George F. Bristow, will be the chief feature of the Philharmonic season. It 1s settled beyond doubt that Wachtel, Santiey and Parepa Rosa return to America next season, Ullman announces @ concert tour in America next season, with Hans Van Bulow, pianist, ag the chief of the company. Rubinstein has well nigh exhausted all sensation in that line, Rev. Father Fiattery, of the Church of St. Cecilia, in this city, has engaged the entire Strakosch Italian Opera troupe for a concert for the benefi of his church, at Tammany Hall, on Sunday even- ing, the 28d inst. The rehearsals of ‘“‘Aica,"’ Verdi's latest work, are going forward with diligent energy at the Academy of Masic. It willbe brought out by Mr. Strakosh in a week or so, Mile. Torrtan! will sus- tain the title rdle. Mr. Theodore Thomas’ programme for his first symphony concert, on the 22d inst., comprises works by Beethoven, Bach, Sciuubert, Berlioz, Molique and Svendsen. The soloists will be Messrs, Whitney and Lubeck. Mme. Natali Testa has severed her engagement with the Maretzek Italian Opera company on ace count of an alleged breach of contract on the part of the management, the part of Azucena tn “IL ‘Trovatore” being given to Mme, Lucca without her permission, “Die Riuber,” which was given at Neuendori’s Germania Theatre on Monday last, 1s the chef Womuvre of German drama, The occasion was & happy one, being the anniversary of Schiller birth- day. Mr. Neuendor( proposes to devote each Mon~ day periormance to German classical arama aa’ represented by Goethe, Schiller, Lessing, Unland Raupoch and other authors, This company 18 a well-chosen array of artists, and our German friends speak highly of their attainments, PITTSBURG COAL MINERS COMING TO TERMS. , no, Pa., Nov. 13, 1873, Prrvs At a meeting of coal miners in this city to-day resolution ve adopted accepting the reduction an ten per cent, or $3 00 ver hundred busicis,