The New York Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1873, Page 5

" ELSASS:LOTHRINGEN, A Visit to the Conquered Prov- inces of France. STRASBOURG AND METZ. Behavior of the Populace Under the New Order of ‘ihings, RULE OF THE IRON HAND. VERDUN, Sept. 9, 1873. Peasant women, dressed in red, white and blue, working in the fields; gardens planted with the red and white rose, aud the blue flower of the “Belle de nuit” in close proximity, showed that we were passing the limits of the new German frontier which once was France. On crossing from Switzerland into Prussia, alse, the signs of a strong military government were immediately ap- parent. There were soldiers everywhere, smart, trim uniforms in abundance, and, it should be added, much civility, a commodity now growing rare in other parts of Europe. The first cold salute of winter met us at Stras- bourg, and the first thing 1 saw was Compagnie Frangaise des Omnibus, which went a long way to prove that the German conquerors of Alsace had, bt all events, not interfered with vested interests. ‘The Strasbourg people are DISCONTENTED with their German masters, or, at least, they say sa There is no doubt of that, and it is not dim- cult to imagine that the Prussians sit upon them as uncomfortably as a bair shirt upon the human body. Nevertheless, as times go, it.1s as wll to be ® Prussian a3 @ Frenchman. There is not, after all, much more glory in being governed by Marshal MacMahon, a beaten general, than by Prince Bis- marck, @ successful statesman. But the fact is, the French authorities are always good fellows, and allow the governed to shriek at will; whereas the Prussians will not suffer them to be vocal, and, therefore, they say that they are oppressed, and possibly, though not probably, think so. But that B® new Poland 1s stuck like a pin in the neck of Prussia I do not think. IT am not so sure that there will be a Prussian or a German . Emperor ity years hence, perhaps twenty, for time never respects what it did not create very slowly and bring patiently to perfection; whereas this brand mew German Empire is of a growth more sudden than the dominion of Attila or Charlemagne or Charles V., and may pass away as soon, toppling over with its own bigness. France has shown for the last three years that Bven the old European nations can get on with very little governiug. The king and emperor fable is exploding, here and there with a loud noise, here aud there with no more sound than a bladder with fn unsuspected crack in it, which gradually but warely collapses till it falls fat. No, the Alsatians did not lige their position; and l asked myself and some other people why they were or pretended to be disquieted. They are a heavy, stolid people, having far more afMinity with the Germans than with the French. However, there is a gen- eral impression that they are out of temper. Thus at the Taverne Alsacienne, where the men of Strasbourg do mostly congregate to soothe their minds with beer, I observed that Prussian soldiers dia not venture to appear alone, but came together in companies of five or six, who sat to- gether and were ready to take part with each other in case of a rumpus, Achange not less surprising than delightful has come over Strasbourg since | last was there, It used tobe one of the rudest cities in Europe, aud its commonalty were not only impudent but ag- gressive. Now it is a mighty polite place, The ratiway station, for instance, is admirably man- aged, Courteous porters answer questions promptly, and carry luggage witha DOCILITY ALMOST PATHETIC, considering their antecedents as, free and inde- pendent voters before the war. Agreat many people had left Strasbourg; that ‘was the next fact which arrested my attention. I gaw afarnished room, in a good situation, adver- tised to let for fifteen francs a month—a rent never heard of in imperial France—and that spoke vol- umes; but I saw few ruined houses, and it was evident thata decent veil had been drawn as Jar a8 possible over the ravages of the war. ‘There were military attendants at all the public places; no rushing about headlong, no screaming and no commanding. The silent presence of the soldiers was enough to keep order. Perhaps au- thority can never be loved but by the very wise, and then hardly; but it may make itself feared if known to be strong-handed, and when it has once done that it can safely be mild and kind. “Wohin? whither so swiitly, Madame ?” said Authority in the shapé of raliway guard; and speaking very sottly, with acomplimentary salute, to distraught females with a multiplicity of bundles, ranning wild about the terminus of the iron road; and Authority, when it had learned their errand, led them whitherso- ever they wanted to go, or pointed out secure ways to their destination. Over all things and everywhere was the simple blue and red uniform, which is at present the only emblem of power upstanding in Europe, The dis- contented Alsatians have an extreme and well founded respect for it, but they were not cowed or brow-beaten. They seemed rather like children who had promised to be good after salutary cor- rection. There were no dispute, no catcalls, no singing of (improper songs about Badinguet or anybody else as the Elsass-Lothringen train moved soberly out of the Strasbourg station. A good natured HERR BAHNHOF INSPECTOR, with a fair beard and smiling eyes, said in all cases of dispute, very quietly, ‘This mast be so, or so,” Impossible to start a paradox under the nose of the Herr Inspector and cry ‘‘C’est logique,” which must be a thing altogether marvellous to the French mind, accustomed to logic from its youth upwards, On the other hand, ‘Die ‘machte ich bitten,” says the guard, very ct even to third class travellers, which, being translated, signifies, “Ma: I beg for your tickets’’—a very different style of ad- dress from that now usual in France. For sia is the only country in Europe where money is not set up as a god, and where itis generally admitted as a fact, not to be received with wonder and mockery, thai respectable persons may not be rich. The railway fares on the Elsass-Lotoringen line are not more than half those on the French lines, and the railway cars are better. Itound, more- over, that provisions and food, being lightly taxed, were cheap in the conquered te heat iver of Iv the best kind was to be had at the best tiverns tor three sous a glass, about half the price rged in France, No attempts at extortion were evidently per- mitted or advisable among this Prussian people, The pay of Prussian ofiicers is small, and they be ing uppermost just now are resolved upon all oc- casions to have fair value for it. Surely these Germans are a great people, though not always a noeenat pecnte, or, as yet, a tasteful people; for te is the outcome of wealth and leisure, and the Prassians have not long been rich—they were never idle, So habits of parsimony cling co them, and when they break out into expense they are grotesque rather than splendid mm their employ- ment of superfuous moneys. Their liveries tor servants are extremely ridiculous and are tre- quently kept in stock at noblemen’s houses of one large size lor ail varieties of men. These liveries, moreover, appear to have been designed for the urpose of combining every color of the rainbow in the sharpest and most inbarmonious contrast. The quiet dark dresses in use for domestics in London are never seen in Germany, save among ROYAL FAMILIES with English connections, and even then but sel- dom, When @ Prussian gentleman keeps a livery servant he is aetermined that a trath so moment- ous to his fortunes snail be told in a picturesque and striking manoer, ‘The dresses of the Strasbourg ladies, too, are be- coming German in their hues and character. They are solid, but at once loud and dowdy in their out- lines, Still the Alsatian women cannot help look- ing pretty, and their provers ten side »: Pity and together on the same card with the photographs of Prussian soldiers, show that they Are not unanimously disposed to push their notions Ol revenge on their conquerors beyond marriage, “Lam very pain/nliy impressed by all this,” said a French gentieman Whom } met in the street. “1 Nave not been at Strasbourg since the war, and now I find it thus,” He looked up at the noble Cathedral as be spoke, Workmen wera bnew effacing the marks of Krupj Prussian officer stalked bat sabre clattering against hi was touched at the French gentleman’s words, which had a certain far off pathos in them, I was sorry to observe that he a red rose, as | moved my hat respectfully to him and went upon my way. Tioubt, the French gentleman’s lament notwith- standing, whether a hundred well-to-do citizens of Strasbourg would vote for reannexation to France, by us, with his spul heels, and I if @ secret yote were taken Irow them. This is, however, A GRAND SECRET not as yet entrusted even to their wives, and pos- sibly unknown to themseives, though I certainly did see a twinkle in the eyes of some ol the plumper of them when they talked in lachrymose tones of the hardship Of thelr case, ‘The landscape along the line of rail trom Stras- bonrg to Metz is pretty. The country round is a bop country—a land of hops and orchards. In sone parts it 18 as pleasant and iruitiul as Kent, in others as beautiful as Wicklow. Very comiertable are the Jarmers of Elsass- Lothringen, who till the good land around Stras- bourg; Very well of the merchants and manuiac- turers, also very quiet and meek. No nonsense now about any of them. They stand up respect- fully, with their hats olf, wheu an officer speaks to them, and are taught to know that Lei ei is not among gentlemen im this country. No asser- tion of equality between honor and money bags Pelee here upon any terms; the Prussians king their own view of that question, and Steadily uphoiding it, as a truth forgotten among their neighbors, that there can be no simularity of value betwixt mind and matter, It was very cold as I left Strasbourg at day- break to hurry on for Metz and Verdun, ‘The last thing I remember to have seen in the conquered city was a little pothouse in a back street, which had changed hands recently and passed apparently from a French to a German landlord, The French- nan had painted over this establishment GRAND HOTEL OF THE UNIVERSE. ‘The German haa already begun to paint out this sounding de: tion and over it were traced skeleton lines for the bie sala word WIR! ART. Mists bung heavy over the Alsace country that morning and the sun came siowly through hem 5 but by and by it shone out brightly. enough an the mists cleared gradually away. I think that there was some resemblance between the autuinn dawn and the present state of the conquered proy- inces. A fog indeed broods over them. and the air is chill, perhaps unwholesome; but benind that bag ig the sun and a serene day is coming. fhe feeling whien lingers for France in the hearts of the young 1s merely kept alive by ro- mance, Itts devotion to @ myth, not unlike that beautiful fiction which made the Scotch so loyal to the house of Stuart, I have heard that noble ladies have vowed they would not marry till the. tricolored flag was again hoisted on the towers of Strasvourg. But— ¥ ‘80 pale, fond lover? Prithee, rey Lt te, f Prithet 80 pal will, u ‘coking well can’t win her, Looking Ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? “Crest égaltout de méme,” said @ French girl, looking back at the conquered. ‘‘J7s ne porteron' pas cela en Paradis.” Probably not, but in this world Strasbourg is at present German property, On rushed the train through the ripe harvests of the conquered country, itself the ripest of 6,000 years of human thought, There will be plenty of game and good shooting in Elsass-Loth- ringeh when the hereditary Prussian nobles get the large estates Into their hands, for there is Jamous cover. Fd Bs steamed by sequestered villages embowered trees, and sleeping at the bases of red sandstone hills; on by the white high road where thg poplars grew, and past quaint old wooden church steeples with their belis a-ringing; by browsing cattle and by herds of swine; by larm- yards where the dull bumpkin sat dazed amid the straw and chewed the fat bacon which is so sweet in rustic mouths. On through woods where trees conferred together with more than SENATORIAL DIGNITY, ana where lanes wandered, lost in snadow, leading nowhere—much like modern philosophy or rev- eries without issue, upon mysteries never to be explained in this world, such as the social question and others now much troubling tne neads of the overwise in Alsace-Lorraipe and other places. On by mount and by meadow, by river and copse, where Sly foxes lie hidden with their eyes upon stray poultry, and the fat fish swim rejoicing into the nets spread for them. On by wild marshes, where the swift-winged bittern whistles aud the plover calls, Past moors, where the blue heather bell blossoms, and that Plantagenet emblem of human strie and victory trembles at the iootstep of the trightened earth mole, Un by fieldand by stream- let, by hollow and dell. Past gardens, where the jJond sunflower welcomed back her lord, and waited on him ever with watchiul looks. Past commons, where the SOLEMN GOOSE of Strasbourg pie renown waddled as though con- scious of his merits; and so away farther and farther into the land which once was France, till anges are the Dutch villas, the hops and the cap- bages which surround the low-browed viigin of etz. What a relief it must have been to a noisy and excitable community all at once to have dropped down into periect quiet! How soundly the bank- rupt sleeps when hope is over! How very restless he is while his diMculties may be overcome and yet grow darker and deeper daily! ‘To know what the Germans pave made of Metz it may be as weil to note the contents of the Moni- teur de la Moselle, au Opposition paper, on the 4th of September. It announces in its best type that the navigable branch of a large river will be barred by a bridge set up for great mili- tary mancuvres und that trade will be told what to do with itself meantime by a corporal, upon discreet a r Signed, The Mayor baci ert wit, Paul Bezangon, but- tou maker, of this city, who once never thought he should have to sign such &@ decument, and he a light of trade, wholesale, retail and for exporta- tion, but now has to sign it with feedings of ms own too deep for words, or about which words are in a manner inexpedient. M. Paul Bezancon, Mayor of Metz, moreover, says the Monitor me Moseue, has something to do with the tobacco busi- ness, and has just been graciously permitted to sign @ convention orcontract with M, le Comte Arnim, President of La Lorraine, and there is a sum of 640,000 francs which has been paid to the town funds, with the approbation of superior authority, says, the Monitor of the Moselle, Very Ee this idea of superior authority to a whilom French patriot. ‘The Councilor General of the district also, being more or less unwilling to go quietly in harness, so arranged that every one of the Council must pull his share of the State burden, and therefore, declining to assemble in sufficient numbers jor the prompt despatch of business, the Councillors General have seen a singular thing happen to them. They have been briefly told “by superior authority” at Colmar that their session was closed and their servives— suppose we put it mildly and write—were not in- dispensable? Now bs all want to be re-clected, tor office is sweet to all and very indispensable to some of them, “Ah,” observes banged authority—that thing so long forgotten in this country—‘et us sleep upon it. And superior authority in Germany baving. once gone to sieep, and having no logic in it, 1s not easily roused, The Counciliors General think rue- my that perhaps they, too, had better have slept on it. “Last Saturday,” says the Monitor, being upon its good behavior, and indulging in no literary jumps or bounds of the festive—“last Saturday some Pome” (not some patriots) “living im the second story oi No, 12” (the Monitor has already learned to be precise), ‘in the Rue des Ciercs, threw stones at some Bavarian soldiers who were”? gaping about the streets; though the Monitor puts this fact more respectfully. “It is impossible to blame such acts suficiently,’”? con- cludes the newspaper, having superior authority now clearly belore its eyes, “Young Alsatians,”’ continues the Monitor of the Moseue, in its third page, “must not’ (only think. of tnat now, ye free minds)—“must not make them- selves Frencl irae without the consentol their parents or legal g' ”? “No reasoning possible with boys,” ruminates a superior authority, ana it will toler decisions, insisting upon. those capable of judging it, The young Aisatians made a row and Superior Authority took other methods with them. ‘Give up the cause of these young men,” said Superior Authority to M, LE GARDE. DRS SCEAUX, who was for putting the Frencn government seal to their protest, “and we will go away from Verdun alittie sooner.” “So be tt,” LK ny M. le Garde des Sceaux, who had taken cause in hand, and he gave it up accordingly, Three people were all pulled up short by Su- perior Authority only yesterday morning {or selling ‘watered milk to the unsuspecting, At Saargemund, certain persons, prints the Honttor, proating. by the confusion in’ administra- tive concerns which unmediately followed the war, have evaded the duty of sending their children to school. “Let us have a census at Saargemund,” decides Superior Authority. of eighteen and thirty may obtain service under him, if they want employment, Rvidentiy no scarcity of work for honest hands and heads under tliese conquerors. One “No” has made some good chicorée, Well, decrees Superior Authority, let “No” have an ad- vertisement gratis, Perhaps he will sell it and make a fortune, A schoolmaster has jound out SOMETHING NEW about the sun. Let the schoolmaster have honor- able mention and is name must be printed high above the name of No, who wants a sale for his chicorée, in quite another part he paper. That 1s how Superior Authority deais with the Montior of the Moselle and local politic: They speak German in Alsace with a homely, Pleasant accent, which sounds pleading and ex- cuseful, but ts not servile. They are a good and simple ple, L think, from all that I have heard of taem peor to be loved and trusted, but not to be pitied at this present writing. 1saw M. le Curé of @ village near Metz, and I asked him about the emigration said to be going On in his district. “The people who go away from us,’ said he rather sadly, ‘are generally poor people. They have not mach to lose, but these lose their all.” “Martyr patriotey” I inquired. ant aeeeey that,” returned the curé.) They have ends elsewhere—generally prosperous friends—and they seek them out; or they have enterprising ideas and intentions of setting in America.’ “Perhaps they wonld have had the same ideas And intentions if there had been no War and no conaucst, Toe Germans cannot be held criminaliy a upon it, A | responsible for the wishes of strong men to seek their fortunes.” erhaps,’? responded the curé, donbtingly. The rich Alsatiaus remain im their own coun- ie xem, the rich remain, as @ rule,” responded M. re, ‘And you, reverend father “I,” repued the priest, “give unto Cesar the things which are Cwsar's. My duty 1s not to em- bitter discontents, but to soothe them, and my place among my countrymen is wherever sin or Sorrow are unabsolved and uncomiorted.”’ Around Metz, as around Strasbourg, the gardens are olten sown with red, white and bine flowers, — the colors of the national flag of France. It 19% pretty sort of patnotism which does not cost muci& | doubt if the owners and planters of these ae 8 would give up any substantial interest ior a bitof bunting. Landis valuable around Metz and Strasbourg. It ts, well wooded and well watered. It brings forth corn and wine. Those who have got itdo not part with it cheerfully merely because Mr, Mayor will have to drink the health of the Emperor William mstead of that of Marshal MacMahon when he ‘eels 1oyal. I Saw only two priests in the Cathedral! of Metz, and thosd were silent and uncomfortable, for Prince Bismarck has been vexing them. He had better not have done that, Two ladies in mourning, looking very obstinate, saat me as I came ont of the Cathedral; but 8 Jeunes gens de Woippy have published &® hana- bill for a ball a la gaieté francaise. They will dance on the grand place of St. Stepen, or, in case of bad Weather, at the house of M. Lanaire. They do not despair, those *yeuncs gens’ of Woippy. The in- vading army, when doubtiul of the result of their operations, pespooted the Cathedral of Metz, as they had done that o1 Strasbourg. Both are uniw- jured. But these German people are GRIM JOKERS. Before the Cathedral at Meiz stands a statue of General A. Fabert. Beneath itis written,— * “Si, pour empécher qu'une place “Que le Rot ma “Ne tombat au pouvoir de Vennemt, “Tl fallatt metire a la breche “Ma personne, ma Jamille, et tout mon dten, “Je ne balancerais pas un moment a la faire.” ‘The Prussians have suffered this statue and in- soription to remain a8 @ queer comment on their ry. Alcan, libraire, which means publisher, living Opposite Mr, Mayor, at Metz, and having an eye ior. the main chance, has printed @ small book called “THUR LITTLE GERMAN; or, A New and Very Easy Method for Learning the German Language 4t is compiled by Professor J. K. Meyer, and has sold extremely well, the peo- ple of Metz, alter due consideration, having de- cided that it is most desirable to know German, if they do not know it already. Still, Metz was, after all, a body from which the soul bad departed for awhile, like that of a woman in a trance. 1 saw here what I had never seen before— Damely, Prnssian officers playing at cards seated before a beer ey im the open street at noonday. Possibly they had learned the habits of the people they have conquered. Itis not an unusual end to successful wariare. When I was in India I often saw Europeans who smoked hookahs, wore gaudy bedgowns and got themselves up as natives. Very little damage, indeed, no apparent injury at all, has been done to the surrounding country, Still the Dutch-looking villas of the Metz citizens had their painted Beensurs boats moored upon the banks of their oe is, and the willows waved un- harmed with the moss roses and the egiantine beneath their bedroom windows. Nor were the, neighboring farms knocked about; and the land was admirably cultivated in tl best style of French agriculture, which is periaps not sayin, much to Americans, though it is saying a good dea: under the circumstances to Frenchmen, The road between Metz and Verdun winds through a beantiful forest. Here also the trees were uninjured for all that I could see, and indeed, au army can do very HMttle against the prodigal hand of nature. At Batilies, on the Franco-German frontier, there was a riot which brought the two nationalities into violent conflict. A Prussian gentleman would not have his luggage examined, and a French custom house officer was equally determined to inspect it. After a hot dispute the Frencuman asked the Prus- sian ofMicer’s name, “1am the chief ofthe staff,” said he, “and now we are your masters I will get you into troubie.”’ “Ifyou are the cnief of the staif,”’ replied the Frenchman humbly, “I will take your word for the contents of your trunks.’? “1 will not fre, my word,” thundered the Rrus- sian, “Lf will get you into trouble.” He wasa morose, suiky looking fellow, who seemed very likely to keep his word; and the affair ended by the departure of the chief French policeman, who ac- companied our train, to tender apologies to the Prussian General at Verdun. This was a high- handed way of doing things, but some sullen feilows will always abuse power as soon as they get hold of it; and when rival authorities are brought so closely together misunderstanding must be Mevitable. The chiefof the staff wore no uniform, and I thought that he was in the wrong. I noticed that his own people seemed sorry that be was so noisy and consequential. At the French irontier I found the custom house oficers very strict in their search, and rather vexa- tious, whereas upon entering Prussta from Switzer- land my baggage was not examined at all, and I was noteven asked for my passport, I was glad however, to be once more among the light-hearted and kindly French people. SERENADING SENATOR BOOTH. An Immense Ovation Paid Mr. Booth by His Constituents—Stirring Addresses by Messrs. H. Delafield Smith, Deane, Gedney and Colonel Spencer—Senator Booth to the Front. To do honor to the newly elected Senator of the Fifth Senatorial district, Mr. James W. Booth, an assemblage, averaged roughly at 5,000 people, turned out last evening, headed by Grafulla’s Seventh Regiment Band, gathered in front of his residence in Bedford street and serenaded him on the occasion. The event was inspired by the members of the Lincoln Club, from whose club house, No. 12 University place, the procession started at about half-past nine o'clock. The shining lughts of the republican party particl- pated in the ovation and did the honors on the oc- casion. The popular Senator, though somewhat indisposed, received the compliment thus spon- taneously tendered him in his usual unostentatious manner, and was quite overcome with emotion at the demonstration of his constituents. He grate- fully acknowledged the compliment. As the procession arrived in front of Mr. Booth's residence cheer upon cheer for James W. Booth, uttered by thousands, made the welkin ring and aroused the usual quiet neighborhood. Only a very small portion of the serenaders had an oppor- tunity to go inside of the house, but ali who could gain access greeted the Senator warmly and en- thusiastically, which was as heartily returned, After repeated calls !rom the assembly, Senator Booth appeared on the steps, and at the conclusion Of the oft-repeated cheering made a neat and happy speech, in which he pointed with pride at the Immense ovation thus tendered him. He re- turned thanks to his constituents, in whom he recognized his fellow citizens of all parties, and romised to juifil the trust reposed in him to tne Best oi his abilities, Mr. E. Delafield Smith succeeded the Senator, and his address was replete with the choice oratory for which he is so famea, Mr. Smith complimented Mr. Booth on the great victory he had gained after @ hard fought battle, and made doubly glorious by defeating the strongest opponent.the opposition could command, Colonel Charies 8. Spencer, Assemblyman elect from the Thirteenth district, foilowed Mr, Smith with an able speech, in which he scattered flowery language broadcast all around him. The dougnty Colonel was succeeded by Assemblyman elect George B. Deane, Jr., and Mr, Fred G. Gedney. The Jatter wrapped himseif in the Stars and Stripes, grasped the American Eagle by the talons, an made the bird of freedom shriek a pen of victory. Mr. Geaney spoke exceedingly well, and was duly applauded. Among the distinguished personages present were Hon. John D. Lawson, member of Congress; Judges nston T, Morgan and George Kasmire, Police Commissioners Henry Smith and Hugh Assemblymen Spencer, Leake, Deane, ex-Police Justice James ls General P. UH. Jones, Commis- sioner George M. Van Nort, fire Com- missioner Cornelius Van Cott, ex-Senator Norton, Aldermen 8, B, H. Vance, Jon J. Morris and George Koch, Messrs, Charles Blackie, Dwight Lawrence, Jacob M.jPatterson and many others too numerous to mention. It was conceded by all hands that this serenade, in numbers and respectability, was the largest and best ever tendered to any citizen and that no man in New York was more deserving of it than Senator James W. Booth. LIBERAL CLUB. Argument on Municipal Government. A lecture was delivered last evening before the above-mentioned club on the subject of our pres ent form of muaicipal government. The lecturer, Mr. Simon Stern, handled his subject with great deal of ability, and advanced some novel arguments in the course of his lecture. Among other new and original id to which the gentleman referred was this—th the Police and Health departments properly be- longed, not to the municipal government, but to the State, as the people of the whole State were equally interested in the proper administration of justice and sanitary laws. Another point made by the lecturer was that the merchant of to-day had not the leisure to attend to his — political duties as his brother of 80 years ago. Then the merchant princes of our city Were compelled to wait three or four weeks jor \he arrival of their correspondence irom Europe. During the interval he occupied his time by attend- ing to the political affairs of city. At the present time the man of business is compelled to attend to che news of the aL as it 3 flashed over the wires from all parts of the commercial world. AS & consequence of this the control of the city government bas fallen Into the hands of those who make @ business of tt, and Whose inyellectual capa- city 18 Jar below the average. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. FORGOTTEN THOMAS. reenter The National Fund Seeth- ing with Gratitude. Chance of Investment. Scuxnucrapy, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1873. To THE EpITOR Or THE HERALD:— Schenectady claims her share in all good works. Election is over and I have two cents left. Idon’t care what becomes of them or me, If I had got on the bench I would have tried Nast cheap, but the skunks went back on me, 1 am going to the Legis- toor next year and will give Nast a boost, some- thing tn the way of a statue. if the contributions in your hands are mostly in cash J will scli him a country place cheap, with the food Will Of & Sunday school and a billiard saloon. think of going West. Draw on me for the money and draw hard, PLAYED OUT, A Covering tor the Read. Newark, N. Nov. 10, 1873, To THE EDITOR or THe HERALD: Seeing by the late editions of the HERaLp the valuable services you have rendered our friend, Tom Nast, we thought it would be a disgrace to Newark if some of her citizens could not appre- ciate his talents by subscribing towards such a noteworthy and charitable object. One gentleman was so kind as to present a lame canary ior a raffle, the proceeds to go to the Nast fund. Knowing the numerous friends Mr. Nast has in this city, the amount exceeds our expectations, which is herewith enclosed. Three postage stamps, already used by tue United States government. If this don’t meet the required demand we have a hat (plug) which we shall donate jor the benefit of Tom’s brains. It was worn by @ poor politician, took ten men to build, six of whom lost their lives in 1t8 erecuon, SHANGHAI A Quadruped. To THE ED)TOR oF Tuk HERALD:— After reading your paper since my dear friena, Ben’s happy days, 1 have not known of a more distressing case than Nast’s. Please have him call for my yaller dog, BU, MENA, A German Sympathizer, AN DEN GEEHRTEN HERAUSGEBER DES NEw YORKER HERALD;— New York, 6. Nov. 1873, Erlauben Sie mir, auch meinen Thetl (2 Cent Stamp), der ich in demselben Klima die Mutter- Mmilch eimsog, wie Thomas Nast, hiermit beizu- tragen. Ich wtrde es als eine Schande betrachten, wenn Landsleute von einem so erhabenen Nast (T.) Talent so theiinahmsios bileben, wo Fremde wetteifern, ihm auf die Beine zu helien. MITLEIDSVOLLER LANDSMANN, Something for an Artist to Be Proud of. ‘MONSIEUR LE REDACTEUR DU HERALD:— Apres avoir lu dans votre estimable journal Vabandon dans lequel se trouve Monsieur Nast, je ne puisdemeurer insensible au malheur de mon cher compatriote quand je vols de tous les cotés des mains gén¢reuses envoyer leur tribut. Accep- tez donc en son nom (ct-joint) 1a faible offrande de dix sous. Je sais bien que c’est peu de chose, mais j’esptre, sous quelques jours, pouvoir yous cuvoyenpne plus forte somme. & vous, Monsieur le rédacteur, ce nd homme pourra se relever et etre fier de la récom- pense que la nation américaine lui accorde. Soyez Certain qu’il se souviendra toujours de ce que ‘vous faftes pour lui et qu'il ne laissera pas écouier un seul jour sans bénir votre nom, Jal Vhonneur d’étre, avec des sentiments de titude et de respect, Mousieur, votre tres- jumble serviteur, EMILE, Admires Him Solidly. BROOKLYN, Nov. 9, 1873, To TRE Epiror oF THE HERALD:— Put me down for the enclosed ¢4 to the Nast fund. I have long admired him as an artist. JEFFREYS. A Two-Dollar Relic of theo War, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Iagree with “Uncompromising Radical.” Nast deserves well of the party, and should not be left at the mercy of the scribblers who are sarcastic at the low charge of a cent or upwards. I would getup a private subscription list; but the times Would scarcely warrant me in hoping for success, 1 send you, thereiore, my own earnest mire ($2), hoping Ovlers will follow my exampie. Yours, LIBBY PRISONER, Two Counterfeit Quarters. To Tug EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Enclosed find fifty cents, being my mite towards the Nast fand. I would share more with my mrienas, but times are too hard at present. O MEMBERS OF THE GUTLERSNIPE ASSO. CIATION. THE SPRAGUE SUSPENSION. —__-+_—. Meeting of the Creditors of Hoyt, Sprague & Co.—The Trust Deed—Dis- tress Among Operatives. Proviwencr, R. I., Nov. 14, 1873. A meeting of the creditors of Hoyt, Sprague & Co., of New York, resident in this city, will be held here to-morrow to consider how they will be rep- resented, if deemed advisable, at a general meeting of the creditors to be held in New York on Wednes- day, the19th inst, It is understood that there are quite a number here of the creditors of the firm and committee will very probably be appointed to rep- resent them at the New York meeting. I called this evening upon lawyer Thurston, at his residence, to see ifa copy of the Sprague trustee deed could be procured. He informed me that the counsel, com- prising, besides himself, several lawyers trom Boston and New “York, were engaged upon the deed all Thursday, and it is now undergoing the final revision. He says that the creditors, being naturally very particular in so important a matter, procured the services of lawyer Smith, of New York, and the trustees, being equally desirous of having it satis- factory to them, engaged Judge Thomas, of Boston. Mr. Thurston says that since the creditors’ meet- ing the counsel have been constantly employed in the arrangement of the deed, which has undergone revision after revision, and great care 1s shown as to the powers conferred and personal liabilities of the trustees. When questioned by your reporter as to whether the meeting or the creditors of Hoyt, Sprague & Co. would delay the execution of the deed by peseenelne any fresh ab- stracts or in any Way interiere in the pending ar- rangements, Mr. Thurston replied that 1 would not, as the action of those creditors would be only in reference to the New York house. Mr. Thurston has labored hard in this trying emergency and he will experience great relief when the matters are concluded. He has thus far freely and cheerfully communicated all desired information to your correspondent, and evinces @ disposition to afford all possible aid in giving the HERALD the news. The office of the Spragues here is daily the scene of very busy labors, and the maniets ot the company are all absorbed in their afairs, The Great Atlantic Delaine Mill, which has been run by Hoyt, Sprague & Co., and which mainly produced their failure, is, of course, yet idie and deserted. The hum of busy industry is no longer heard within its spacious apartments, and the working population of Ulneyville have been compelled to seek employmen’é in other arts, P A sad affair in connection with the stoppage of this mill was the closing of the Corporation board- ing house, in the immediate vicinity of Olneyville, where over 200 of the operatives boarded, De- prived of work, these couple of hundred of helpless people, men, women and children, were sud- denly cast out, without warning or any provision for shelter. Tranks, bags, furniture aud packages were thrown promiscuously outside, and that night, when the doors o/ the house were closed upon the boarders, many of them were compelled to take lodgings in the police stations, There ho immediate | ag apa of work at the mill being revived, and its suspension at this season of the year must necessarily produce great suffering and distress among the poor people. The operatives struck several montus ago for ahalf hour's reduction of time, which was retused them, and after the strike had continued a few weeks the ir people were obliged to resume work for the scanty—almost starvation—wages riven them and toil unremittingly for eleven long fours, only a half hour being granted for ainner. There is @ large number of people out of employ- ment in the city, and the conseqnences of siackied industries are severely telt. EQOLESIASTIOAL LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 14, 1873, The reception of a circular letter from Bishop Cummins, of the Diocese of Kentucky, announcing his withdrawal from the Protestant Episcopal Charch, nas created a profound sensation among Episcopalians here. Private letters from him in- timate his intention to continue his Episcopal office on the basis of Bishup White’s Prayer Book. Bishop Smith, censor bishop, will be written to at once to return to Kentucky to continue the Episcopal au- ppotlite Bishop Cummins’ withdraw: i is thought, will create some complications between the two phases of theology in tue Keatucky Bpis- conal Church. THE UNEMPLOYED. Labor Meetings—A Demand by the Masses for Work=—The Duty of Local, State and General Governments. As the cold season advances the ranks of the un- employed who throng our thoroughfares are swollen by daily additions from those whose idle- ness is compulsory. Many cra‘ts which usually at this time of the year employ large laboring forces are brought toastand by the monetary disturb- ance, and their employés are left to 1ace the win- ter upon the too small accumulations of the sum- mers industry and thrilt, Last night the stone- cutters in their meeting at Demilt Hall, and the carpenters at Masonic Hall, both reported work as extremely dui. In all the gatherings of the = Industrial classes, after the discussion of trade news, there is sure to come up the demand that the city should furnish employment ior those who wantit. Con- tracts now operative in the Department of Public Works would give labor to 4,000 men, but the con. tractors cannot proceed for want of proper sup- plies of money from the Comptrolier, Hundreds of men who have been tiil Jately engaged on city works were gathered yesterday in and about the New Court House, watching and waiting for some change in the situation which should set them again at work. Their distress shouid admonish the Comptroller that his most earnest endeavors shouid be used to open the municipal treasury for objects at once legitimate and oumane, To-night a labor mass meeting will be held, under the direction of the Workingmen’s Central Council, in Tammany Hall, Seven thousand persons can be accommodated, and the committee of arrange- ments express the expectation that the great hall will be filled. Speeches wil! be made by Messrs. Leander Thompson, James B, Hodgskin, A. 8. Hewitt, James Connolly, Joon McMackin, Robert Crowe, John A, Nolan ‘and others, It Is under- stood — that the principal theme will be the obligation of government to provide employment for citizens, and to guard them thus from pauperism and crime. Memorials urging these views have been prepared by the Council ior submission to the city, State and general governments, and have received many signatures from the working people, the class most directly and vitally interested in the subject, as Well as those whose preponderance of numbers gives them the power, if united, to make them- Selves felt through the ballot boxes. Such men Want no soup houses or free lodgings. All the! Tequire 18 what they claim as a right, the opportunity to earn their own support. If it be not absolutely conceded that government is under obligation at all times to Turnish employment to all who are willing to work, still there can be no doubt that where there is abundance of work to be done, the execution whereof will greatly benefit the public and en- hance the value of property, and at the same time Keep thousands from suffering, it is wise and pru- dent, as well as humane, to order the work to go on, If this view be not admitted and acted upon soon by onr city authorities it is likely the stary- ing masses will be tempted to use arguments weightier than words. Every day of delay aggra- Vates the situation of the men who are willing to work and whose lamilies lack food and warmth. THE SITUATION IN NEW JERSEY. Another Gleam of Hope for the Artisans— Bordentown Safe—Good News from the Rural Districts. From Bordentown, N. J., formerly the refuge of some of the exiled Bonaparte family, the accounts ofthe state of trade are not disheartening, The labor panic has not visited that town in any way that might give suMicient cause for serious alarm. The number of men lately discharged there does not exceed the usual quota at this season of the year, when it is taken into account that at the near approach of winter, even in the best of times, reductions are often made in the workshops that compose the _ princi- pal industrial pursuits of Bordentown. The Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad shops in that town stated yesterday to a HERALD repre- sentative that the panic did not affect their busi- ness; that there was no reduction made in the number of men employed tnere, nor in their time or wages. Before the panic occurred about 100 men left the shops, which is nothing unusual at that time of year. The prospects for the coming winter were that the present force employed (about 230 hands) could be retained ana no reduction made. Mr. McPherson, of the Union Steam Forge Works, said that a reduction had been made a few days ago of about 30 hands, which leaves 83 now employed in that establish. ment. This gentieman stated that the present financial panic could not be compared to the dis- astrous one of 1857. ‘then the flnanctal condition of the country was in a disordered state, but now the contrary 18 the case. He spoke very highly of the present banking system as compared with that of the wildcat banks of former days. He said that the prospects for the winter were not fioomy, and he believed that trade next spring would be livelier than it had been for many years back. He said, however, that coilections were diificult to be made and that mouey was tight, although his firm did not have much trouble in tting all that was necessary to pay their employés, On the whole they were very comfortable aud hope. jul. Thompson & Mott’s foundry has about 60 bangs empioyed. No reduction has been made, exctpt on time, which is reduced to nine hours a day. The ice companies in this district give a good deal of work during the wimter, which wfl be @ source of much relief to those in distress. Bor- dentown, on the whole, is pretty safe, according to the statements made by some of the leading bust- ness men there, The population is about 6,000. Altogether the accounts from the rurai districts of New Jersey warrant the conciusion that the dis- tress amon the mechanics and iaboring classes will be contined this winter to the large manufac- turing cities of Newark and Paterson. Jersey City is not seriously affected thus far. The Situation in Newark. Considerable excitement was created in Newark business circles yesterday in consequence of a re- port that the most extensive morocco leather manufacturing establishment in the country, lo- cated in Halsey street, had suspended work, On inquiry it was found that the report was not true, but that trouble existed between the hands and the employers. In the Eastern States the rate of wages Is irom 20 to 30 per cent lower than in New- ark. Hence the proprietor of tne above factory announced to the hands his intention to cut down their wages 15 percent. The men have shown a disposition to rebel, but witn the hard times before them it is provable that capital will conquer and tuat they will continue work. A THIBVING OLERK, Robbery of the Sylvan Lake Mining Company and Flight of the Thiet. POUGHKEEPSIE, Nov. 14, 1873. A man, sbout twenty-eight years of age, named Charles Howard, has been in the employ of the Sylvan Lake Mining Company at Sylvan Lake, Dutchess county, for about two years as telegraph operator and bookkeeper. Last Tuesday night Mr. Oliver Davidson, the agent at the mines, deposited in the office safe $4,300 in greenbacks and currency, which amount he had procured to pay off the hands with. Mr. Davidson left the ofmice that night as usuai about sunset, Howard re- maining at work at his books. The next forenoon, while in the telegraph office at Sylvan Lake store. Mr. Davidson received the following message :— Fisuxitt Laxpina, Nov. 12, 1873. Ottver Davrnsor, Sy Ivan Lake :— Had to go away on busi ness. Bome to-night, sure. CHARLES HOWARD, Sylvan Lake store is about one mile from Mr. Davidson's office, and to the latter place he hur- ried, thinking it very strange Howard sould go away 80 suddenly. hen he arrived there he pro- ceeded at once to the safe and opened it, discover- ing that the $4,300 he had placed there the day previous was gone, Telegrams were at once sent to New York and other points, nottfying the police of the robbery, but as yet nothing has been heard from Howard, ‘ihe night watchman reports that Howard was in the office on the ‘Tuesday evening in question after dark, and after he left the watchman entered the room, but noticed nothing wrong, the safe being locked as usual, The eps! is that Howard must have driven from the office to Hopewell station, on the Dotchess and Columbia road, and there took assage on a train pou South at 6.50 P. M. He eft the train @ jatteawan, and probably remained im Matteawan or Fishkill Landing all night, as he sent the message above referred to early the next morning from Fishkill Landing station on the Audson River road, giving it to the night operator. How- agd’s wife left with him also, which shows that the robbery was premeditated. He purchased a horse peg eohead y Of ee he vip apy house in which he lives ing to pay for the animal b; instalments, Mr, Delaney holding & mortgage on the same. tte leit the horse and wagon at Hope- Well station, Oa the day of the robbery he en- deavored to borrow $75 of Mr. Delaney, offering a shotgun as security, and Mr, pelaney was to let ave the money on the night of the robbery. him The case has been plaeed in the hands of de- tectives. THE SHIPPING OF CANADA. MONTREAL, Nov. 14, 1873. The steamer rictou left this morning for Halifax on her last trip for the season. The arrivais to date for the predent season were 644 vessels, 37 less than in last year, The departures tor 1873 wer 656 al 2 645, the , rwere 904 vessels and 629,779 tons, the number of ocean steamers 153 vessels and 196,900 tous. 3 i nd tonnage at Quebec to date for [me MONETARY SITUATION, Increased Firmness in Wall Street and on ’Change. FURTHER WAR EFFECTS. Rumored Death of Commodore Vander- bilt and What It Teaches. The only feature of special interest in the local situation yesterday was the renewed excitement growing out of later news from Cuba of further outrages committed by the military authorities at Santiago de Cuba. There was an intense feeling of indignation excited thereat, and the various ‘re- ports received of decisive action being likely on the part of our government in respect to the in- Bult offered to our flag, were duly discounted in the Gold Room, This discounting, however, took @ singular form here, quite the reverse of the effect of the same news in England. On the London Exchange American securities went up, with all other securities excepting Spanish securities; here gold went up, Tuis proves one of two things con- clusively—elther that THE ENGLISH PEOPLE HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE in our ability to come out of this possible quarrel with the advantage on our side than have ourown people, or there are traitors in the Gold Room, if notin act, then in sympathy. Strictly speaking, the possibility of a war with Cuba—for it would not really be a war with Spain—ought to have a ten- dency to reduce the premium, as, although tempor- ary inflation might be uecessary to effect the early operations, the island is rich enough to more than reimburse us for any expense we might incur in its pacification; while, if annexation should result, it would add largely to our material weaith. Hf 1s possible that the advance in gold may be upon the expectation thatour government will recede from its present firm position, there being, in truth, bat little cenfidence felt in THE: WARLIKE. SPIRIT OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRA* ‘TION, the consequence of which would be a rapid decline 1n our securities abroad commensurate with the contempt we had earned. Lacking other means of moving the stock market to a spirit of reaction from the prevailing dull feeling, telegrams were industriously circulated in the afternoon announc- ing the death of Commodore Vanderbilt. They were mostly signed “W, H. V."" or “©. V., Jr.,? the party who sent these despatches evidently forget- ting that if the old man were dead there would ve no “0. V., Jr.” It 1s told of one of the Barons Rothschild, or a Rothschild, head of the great house before the head became a baron, that, being on his deathbed, he sent for all the janior partners of the house and instructed them to sell short of certain securities in which the house was largely interested and which he knew would be depressingly - affected by bis death, Thereupon he died. The house, aaving acted upon his advice, made a large profit upon bis death. The street or somebody tn it seems disposed to make & similar proft upon the Commodore’s ending, and the suggestion is here made that he is most likely to preserve that “point” as a legacy to his most ip- timate iriends, THE AFFAIRS OF GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL and Joseph E. Williams were again made a point o¥ discussion yesterday before Mr. Alien, Registrar in Bankruptcy, and the creditors met for the purpose of selecting one or more assignees and to prove their claims against the firm. The creditors rep- reseated were:—L. Deimouico, Henry Myers, Wil- bur & Hastings, T. W. Rowe & Co., iteley & Neilson, Josep H. Isaacs, W. V. Carolin, Edward G. Judson, Mrs, M. E. binings, Mra. H. E. Mill, Dominick Dickinson, estate of H. Hogeboom, Mrs, ©. V. Ferguson, George H. Holt, Helen L. Grinnell, J. ©. Hogeboom, executor; William D. Bishop, N. ‘4, Baldwin, Mrs, J. A. Bishop, Frank A. Grinnell, J. 8, Kendrick, J. R. Kendrick, John Duff, William Orton, Morton Grinnell, Newcomb Cook, Mrs. M. N. Gripnell, Mrs. 8. E. Williams, Chauncey Depew, Boyd Vincent & Co., Mrs. M.S. Dickinson; Arnold, Constable & Co. The amount of money due creditors, as repree sented by counsel, was $787,000, An adjournment of the case was strenuously opposed by those present, who urged upon the Register to proceed at once with the appointment of an assignee, It was, however, decided that only those creditors not Secured were entitled toa voice in the elec- tion of assignees, and the case was adjourned until the 6th prox. It was said later that there is reason for believing that before the case comes up again, December 5, a settlement satisiactory to ali ds likely to be effected. This certainly seems to be the most desirable course that can be pursued, as the estate in such case will give each credtior more thun could possibly be received if the proceedings in bankruptcy are allowed to draw ont tneir slow length. THE EMBARRASSED BANK. At the close of business on Thursday evening the “street? was greatly exercised with rumors that “one of the leading city banks was in very em- barrassed circumstances, and that before this (Saturday) evening the atfair would culminate.’? By general assent this rumor was directed a the Park National Bank, for what cause, however, is unknown. The officers of this institution were questioned on the subject bya HERALD repre- sentative, and by them informed, as he was ona previous occasion, that there was not the slightest ground upon which to base any such unjust as- persions on @ bank that has maniully met an unex- pected call for $14,000,000 and has still nearly $10,000,000 left to carry on their business. The President exhibited to the HERaLp reporter the statement just then received from the Clearing House, by which it was shown that the Park Bank had $149,000 to its credit and stood third upon the list, the Metropolitan and New York banks being the only ones having a larger balance, The officers of the Park Bank are most emphatic in their assertions that there is no trath in the ru- Mmored embarrassments, and that they are not only able to hold their own, but are granting dis- counts to their depositors to tue fullest possible extent, THE UNION TRUST COMPANY again looms up before the public, although not as a reorganized institution, Mr. E. B. Wesley, the receiver, yesterday notified the Pacific Mail Steam- snip Company not to transfer the various boads mentioned herewith, as he claims that they are the property of the Union Trust Company. Parties holding these certificates, proving their prover ownership and by paying the full value for them, may obtain his consent to the transfer of the same: No. 54,78(—100—name, Clarke, Dodge & Co. 67,319—100—name, Edward Brandon Jendenning, Da Jay Cooke a 1)—name, Garland, Martin & Co. Frederick C. Lewis. ‘lume & Van Embergh. . B. Musgrave. ia & Amory. At the Exchange Salesrooms, No. t11 Broadway, Messrs. Dooley, Allen & Henriques sold yesterday the following securities, on account of loans issued. thereon by a prominent banking concern, which were not taken up at maturity :— $8,000—Michigan So} rthern Indiana Rail- road sinking fund 7 onds, due 1885, Interest May and November, ig anid $3.00 at 96% 000—Michigan Souttiern and Northern Indiana Rail- ‘oad second mortgage 7 per cent bonds, due A877. in- terest May and November. 89%. $2,500—Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Z,pet cent bonds, due 1980. Interest January and July. $2,000—Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Zper cent bonds, due 18%. Interest April ‘ud October $1,000—Chicazo, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 7 per cent bonds, due 1896. Interest January wnd July, 100), $15,000— Decatur and Kast St. iroad 7 per cent bonds, due August 1, 1839. " Interest February and August. $5,000 at 80, $5,000 at 79, $5,000 at 7254. $10,00—Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad consotidated mortage and sinking 1und7 per cent Dons e e January, April, July and October. 88 na eet mal The total amount realized from this sale foots ‘Up $35,461 25, THE UNION FERRY COMPANY have just issued their annual report, from which it appears that the total receipts for the year amount to $1,172,600, and the expenditures to $1,060,000, thus showing @ net earning of $110,000, Fifteen boats and 410 persons are employed in the servico of the company. Aca the statement of its officers, In a to the statemen Teter aa jon. The late dividend of ed cent scrip satisfed the stockholders, and ninety cents and upwards in cash, being about four and a half per cent, has been offered for the issue, ‘The traffic on the road bas increased largely this month, and the freight offered is greater than the facilities of the company. Twenty-thousand he cars are employed and joand inadequate to the de- mand of carriage. All irregularities in the company are denied in foto by the Omer the rumors to this effect, on the contrary, notwithstanding. CONCERNING THE REPORTED DEFALCATION. ‘The following certificate is furnished in reply to the rumors of an extensive defaication in a West- oa railroad company, publisned in yesterday's ERALD: — Orrice or tie _Laxp Gnawr Rattwar ann Trost Co., No. Rooms ac, 4 : bias ron, Nov. I aw fe Davin Crawrono, Je, New Yoru Duan Str—I haye been instructed by the Executive Committee of the Board of Dispstore of nd Gri Railroad and Trust Seeken, transmit rou the fol: vig, In ‘settlement ¥ lowing 1 In y mts wich said com all tiers have - Justed, pectiully ire gg "IH, FAIRBANKS, Secretary.