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6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR e XXXVIII.. : AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Broadway.—Tux Gexxva Cxoss’ Matinee at Ls. WO D'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st— Jack Hankaway. Afternoon and evening. BOOTH'S THEATRE, Sixth Ricuxuv. Matinee at lg—Mou nd Twenty-third st— Apo Asou? Noruina. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway.—V arity Enreerainment, Matinee at 255. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tnx Grayt’s Cavse- war—Nick or Trae Woops—Der Freiscuvta, 0. MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Norgs Dawe. “Matinee at 2. PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City HallL— Viotims—Souon Savoie. Matinée at 2 THEATRE COMIQUE, No, 5l4 Broadway.—Vanisrr EntgatatNment, Matinee at 255. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Montague st— Trautan Orera—Mantia, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker sts—Rir Vax Winx.’ Matinee at 2 GERMANIA THEATRE, 4th street and 34 avenue.— Dur Raussen. BROADWAY THEATRE, 723 and 73) Broadway.—Tux ‘Naw Macparex, Matinee at 1. GRAND OPERA HO! 6t—4 Fosse or Licut: hth av. and Twenty-third Matinee at 1. NTBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and ‘Mouston sts.—Tux Buack Crook. Matinee at 1s. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, léth street and Irviug place.— ‘Gaanp Concent. Matinee at 13g—ERnant WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth atreet.—Ocrs, Matinee at Ii. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Vaguery Extxetainment. Matinee at 2. BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner Sixth av.—Nzcro Minstretsy, &c. Matinee at 2. P. T. BARNUM’S WORLD'S FAIR, 27th street and 4th @venue. Afternoon an’ evening. AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, 8d av., between 63d and 64th ats. Afternoon ang evening. STEINWAY HALL, Srursony Concxrz COOPER INSTITUTE.—Lavcuina Gas any Macicat ENTERTAINMENT. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad- ‘way.—Sc1eNCk anD ART. “TRIPLE SHEET. Fourteenth —street.—Granp New York, Saturday, Nov. 15, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘To-Day’s Contents ot the Herald. “THE COMPLETION OF THE SPANISH BUTCHERY ! NOW FOR ATONEMENT!) — LEADING ARTICLE—Srixtu Pace. SPAIN'S DAMNING CROWN OF ATROCITY! ALL BUT EIGHTEEN OF THE DEFENCE- LESS PEOPLE CAPTURED ON THE VIR- GINIUS SLAIN BY TENS! 148 REASONS FOR WAR! THE ENGLISH AND AMERI- CAN GOVERNMENTS PREPARING FOR IT | INTENSE FEELING EVERYWHERE—TurIrp AND TENTH PAGES. THE FRENCH CRISIS NOT YEr ENDED! A BREACH IN THE ASSEMBLY COMPROMISE ON MACMAHON’S TENURE NOW POSSIBLE! A FURTHER APPROPRIATION DEMANDED BY THE WAR MINISTER—SEVENTH Pas. THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE! DEAN STANLEY TO PERFORM THE PROT- ESTANT CEREMONY! NO CHANGE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF BY EITHER—SsveNtH Page. GERMANY’S RHINE HOSTAGES! THE NEW RE- GIME IN THE PROVINCES OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE! HOW THE MASSES RE- GARD THEIR STERN RULERS—Firra Pas. OR. LYON PLAYFAIR SUCCEEDS TO THE BRIT- ISH POSTMASTER GENERALSHIP! LOOK: ING TO A RE-ELECTION! THE SOLICITOR GENERALSHIP—SEVENTH Pace. SPECIAL SHIPPING NEWS BY ATLANTIC CABLE! SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND— SEVENTH PAGE. EXTRADITION BETWEEN HOLLAND AND THE UNITED STATES URGED—KING LUD VIC- TOR IN THE SHREWSBURY (ENGLAND) RACES—SEVENTH PaGE. FAMINE DECIMATING GREENLAND BECAUSE OF THE FISHERIES FAILING! 150 PER- SONS STARVED TO DEATH IN ONE VIL- LAGR—SEVENTH PaGE. THE PARTIES OF THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY! HOW THEIR NAMES ARE DERIVED! THEIR .POLITICAL CREEDS—Fovrta Pace. ENGLISH AUTUMN TURF SPORTS! THE NEW- MARKET MEETING! THE RUNNING FOR THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES—Fovrta Pace. “POOR TOM’S ACOLD !? MORE FUNDS FOR NEGLECTED NAST—THE SPRAGUE DIS- TRESS—-IDLE LABOR—SENATOR BOOTH SERENADED—Firti Pace. WHAT THE “BONE AND SINEW” OF THE LAND ARE DOING D WHAT THEY HOPE FOR! NEW AVENUES OF TRADE—Evev- ENTH PAGE. FINANCES AT HOME! GOOD EFFECT OF THE CUBAN NEWS ON ALL CLASSES OF SE CURITIES! THE TELEGRAPHIC KILLING OF THE COMMODORE—Fir1u Pace, OPERATIONS AND RUMORS AT THE MONETARY CENTRE YESTERDAY! THE VANDERBILT CANARD TO BE SEARCHINGLY INVESTi- GATED—NInTH Pace. ‘Tae Cuances mn THE GLADSTONE CaprNet, which have been accomplished in accordance with the report furnished specially to the Henatp from London, will necessitate the holding of a couple of Parliamentary elec- tions, which will have the effect of testing the popularity of the British Premier and his policy before the people of the United King- dom. Tae French Canmerr has experienced another complication at Versailles. The po- litical compromise which was lately effected between the parties of the Right and Left has failed. The Right remains in union with the government, but the question of the pro- longation of MacMahon's term of power still presents a difficult and very delicate subject for legislation. Tae New Yorx Srare Ticket—A Lipenat Rerosrscan Vicrory.—‘‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.” It appears now that the State ticket elected in our recent State election is the ticket of the liberal republicans, including the democratic and the republican candidates se- lected by the liberals at their Elmira Conven- tion for the suffrages of their party. Thus of the regular republican ticket Hopkins and Platt come in, whilo all the rest are thrown out by the liberal republican vote. So much to the “Custom House ring” for its rejection "of the liberal republicans and its bad bargain With Apollo Hall, ’ Completion of the Spanish Butchery—Now for Atonement! The full measure of the crime committed by the Spanish butchers at Santiago de Cuba ap- pears now to be known. Out of one hundred and sixty-three persons on board the Virginius at the time of her capture one hundred and forty-five have been murdered, and of the re- maining eighteen four or five are to be set at liberty and the rest condemned to the chain- gang. The additional butchery does not excite surprise. The only wonder is that the cow- ardly wretches did not complete their carnival of blood by the massacre of every soul on board, so that not one might be spared to testify to the facts attending the capture of the vessel or to the subsequent events. The probability is that those who have escaped death are men who know nothing which the The | Spaniards may desire to conceal—firemen and engineers, who, being below at the time of the chase and capture, can give no evidence on these important points. The object of the butchers has no doubt been to seal in death the lips of all who could bear witness to the true character of the outrage, so that the false- hoods by which they might endeavor to escape its consequences might pass undetected. Fortunately there will be no need of other evi- dence than our government already possesses to prove the illegality of the capture, and a trial is not needed to establish the guilt of the murderers, taken with the blood of their vic- tims on their hands. The American owner- ship of the Virginius, we are told, will be firmly maintained by our government until it shall be positively disproved. This being the case, her chase and capture were in violation of treaty obligations and international law. The character of the vessel or cargo apart from this is immaterial. Tho Cubans havea right to buy munitions of war in our market and to ship them under what guar- dianship they may please to any port in the world. When within three miles from the Cuban shore they would be answerable for any violation of Spanish law, and subject to seizure there- for; but beyond that limit both passengers and cargo, if in an American vessel, must be held as sacred as if they were on the soil, of the United States. The attempt to excuse the action of the Spaniards by the charge that the Virginius was engaged in the cause of the Cubans and all on board were filibusters is therefore idle, and the argument of the counsel of the State Department that the United States cannot, under any circumstances, defend filibusters is the merest sophistry. According to her own persistent avowal Spain is at peace, and hence she cannot exercise any of those powers or claim any of those rights which belong alone to a state of war. So much for the seizure of the Virginius. The Tornado was the true pirate in the affair, and Costillo, her commander, the true buc- caneer. When we come to the more heinous offence, the butchery of the prisoners, our position is equally free from doubt. Evenif the Virginius had been other than an Amer- ican vessel the lives of the Americans on board were sacred, unless forfeited to the law and taken after proper trial and conviction. It was their right, if charged with a capital offence, to be de- fended by counsel and to have the presence and aid of the representative of their country, the American Consul, at their trial. Their execution after the mockery of a drumhead court martial was an outrage and an offence against the national honor, for which due atonement must be made. They were not taken on the soil of Spain in active hostilities against the government, and hence, besides being illegally captured, they were illegally subjected to the extreme punishment of war in a time of professed peace. There is ample proof that the wholesale murder of the Virginius’ passengers was de- liberately planned, and was the unauthorized act of subordinates who knew the character of the crime they were committing. The Gov- ernor of Santiago de Cuba vowed that the prisoners should be killed before any outside interference could save their lives. That out- side interference could only have meant superior orders which he would not have dared to openly disobey, and without which no execution ought to have taken place. He intercepted and stopped the despatches sent by the acting United States Consul at Santiago de Cuba to Havana, because he knew they might induce the Captain General to stop the massacre. He refrained from re- porting the capture and requesting instruc- tions until some of the victims had been butchered. The telegraph wires between Havana and Santiago de Cuba were suddenly interrupted, and no reasonable mar. can doubt that this interruption was designedly brought about in order that the commands of the home government or the Captain General should not reach Santiago de Cuba until too late to save a single life. The last victims were butchered on the 10th inst. Before that time messages were received in Havana from Santiago de Cuba, and hence it is absurd to suppose that the messages sent from Havana were not received at Santiago prior to the last slaughter. It would seem, therefore, that the butcher Burriel not only executed his prisoners without orders, but in defiance of orders. Upon this evidence, although death has sealed the lips of his victims, the crime of wilful murder is brought home to the Governor of Santiago de Cuba. This is the American case, and the question is, have we the right and the power to punish pirates and murderers who seize our vessels on the high seas, carry them into port and butcher their passengers and crew? We have nothing to do with the Cubans or their cause, their rights or their wrongs. The insult is to our nation; the outrage is to our honor; the murders have been committed on our citizens, or on foreigners under the pro- tection of our flag. It is no wonder that at the Cabinet meeting in Washington yesterday the sentiment was unanimous in favor of a de- mand for full reparation; no wonder that the English press expresses the hope, as the cable informs us, that the American nation will avenge the outrage. The Spanish villany has struck to the heart of the American people and has aroused the indignation of the civil- ized world. The long list of Spanish outrages in Cuba springs up in the memory to intensify our anger, to justify the conviction that Madrid has no longer any power over the cutthroat hounds of the Casino Espafiol, that her authority is scoffed st and defied by them, and that the punishment due to their crimes must be yisited on their own guilty heads. There is reason to hope that our government has at last reached this conclusion and is prepared to act accordingly. We learn semi-oflicially from a Washington administration paper that Madrid has voluntarily promised, within a given-time, without requiring any demand, to make such “reclamation” for the Virginius outrage as may be required by the laws of nations or treaty obligations, and that the time specified has not yet expired. We are told that at the Cabinet meeting yesterday our government resolved to demand of Spain the punishment of the parties who have been mainly instrumental in conducting the out- rages of which we so seriously complain, and if this is not to be obtained from Madrid to proceed to extreme measures to obtain it. By a cable despatch from Madrid we learn that Castelar's organ, the Jn- parcial, comments on the Cuban butcheries, and endeavours to show that it is impossible for our government to make any demand on Spain in consequence of these proceedings. From all this we conclude that our Washington authorities feel the useless- ness of applying to Madrid for redress after waiting the specified time for her action, and that the Spanish home government admits her inability to control the rebellious volunteers or to exercise any authority over them. This is the situation, and the duty of our government can no longer be misunder- stood. We have no desire to provoke a war with Spain. We believe there will be no war; for the republicans at Madrid have our sympathy and will not be likely to go to war to defend an act they admit to have been unjustifiable or to protect ruffians who are as offensive to Spain as to the United States, But we must send a sufficient fleet at once to Cuba to pro- tect our rights and redress our wrongs, and this is within the province and the duty of the President, as Commander-in-Chief of our naval and military forces, without the action of Congress. A sufficient force of iron-clads at Santiago de Cuba, with guns loaded, must demand the return of the Vir- ginius, the release of all the survivors of her passengers and crew and the surrender of the buccaneer, Costillo, and the murderer, Bur- riel. If these demands are not complied with within a reasonable time they must be enforced by the extremest measures. If the destruction of the blood-stained town should follow the atonement will not be too heavy. Spain ought to have no quarrel with us for taking our own meas- ures of redress, when she is powerless to work her own will on the island or to control its ruffianly people. Our work should be done quickly and decisively, and, while we vindicate our national honor, we shall really strengthen the Spanish Republic, with which we sympa- thize and which has its worst enemies in the slayeholders of the Casino Espaiiol. Party Divisions in France. We print elsewhere an analysis of French political parties in France which will be of unusual value now. We hear so much of Right and Left, one Centre and another in the French Assembly, that to keep a thorough knowledge of France and French politics requires a special education. Parties change so whimsically that what may be conserva- tive to-day is radical to-morrow. Thus Jac- obinism, as it was regarded in the past, is lit- tle more than imperialism now. In other words, the Jacobin principle of a strong, cen- tralized government, resting on Paris, as taught by Robespierre and practised in the Reign of Terror, was the ele- ment of Napoleonism and the main griey- anee which led to the Commune, while the Commune theory—which we regard as 80 radical and calculated to subvert society—was almost identical with the views of the Girondists, who were beheaded for their con- servatism. Parties in that strange French country change like the shoals and banks of the seashore. Where there is a bank now we shall find the deep water to-morrow. So to speculate upon French politics, upon any division of parties as known in history, even in the history of fhe late Empire, would be impossible. Thus Jules Favre, who was so extreme under Napoleon, is now classed among the conservative republicans, while M. Thiers, who was the chief minister of a king, is now the chief of the republican alliance. How to Cut Short Diplomacy, The questions for our ships of war now on their way to Cuba to determine are narrowed down to a few points. Hasan American ship been seized upon the high seas? Have any American citizens been executed? To save time an international lawyer of ability should accompany the fleet, on board the flagship of Admiral Scott, and decide these points. To send our ships to Santiago de Cuba and have them await the slow ways of diplomacy with & government powerless as Spain is, means to waste time and effect no good in the end. All the points necessary for a final determination of our position could be learned on the spot which witnessed the bloody scenes of the outrage. The opinion of an able jurist would leave the road clear for such action as would be necessary. As o hint of how the matter of responsibility will be divided by the Spaniards, in case the matter is left to long despatch writing, we may construct from for- mer cases the following formula:—Gencral Burriel’s butchery will be boldly condoned by the Casino Espafiol; the Casino's condonation will be mildly condoned by the Captain General, and the Captain General's mild condonation of the others will be mildly rebuked by Castelar’s min- istry at Madrid. In the latter city the mild rebuke will be smilingly shown to our Minister to Spain, who will gleefully send acopy thereof to Washington, where, after awhile, it will be exultingly whirled forth to the world about the time ofthe next Congressional election. Compare this distant result with the outrage to our flag and the brutal murder of our citizens, and ask, willit satisfy any citizen with a soul that does not belong to Spain? The questions to be settled are of the simplest nature, the reparation to be taken quite as simple. Let all be settled at once—settled on the spot where the crimes were committed and in » manner that will show we are a nation worthy of respect—that is, able to command it. Tar Anoxo-Russtan Roya, Marntaae will be celebrated according to the rite of the Protestant Church by Very Rev. Dean Stanley, of Westminster. Queen Victoria bag, as will be seen by a Heratp special cable report, already commissioned the Dean to proceed to St. Petersburg for the purpose. Her Majesty is prudent in her management of Court matri- monial alliances. Neglected Admonitions — Ameries Spain. In connection with the question which now agitates the country comes the stern demand from the people—Let the navy show a bold and determined front. But following this comes the inquiry, What naval force have we at ourcommand to represent the American flag in Cuban waters and forever stop the re- currence of the brutal outrage which now startles the world? The naval service of America has long suffered from gross neglect, the result of which will now be keenly appre- ciated. We venture to assert that if the wise and frequent admonitions of the Secretary of the Navy—and the appeals to Congress have been earnest and incessant within the past eight years—had been attended to our ships returning from foreign squadrons, generally but of repair after service, would have been placed in a condition to be available in a perplexing situation like the present. Re- calling now many of the timely suggestions made to the government, it is plain that, had the advice of able and distinguished naval officers been carried out, we would be able at ve. | this critical period to place in Cuban waters 9 squadron of ships-of-war, with Officers and men unequalled in the world—provided, of course, that the number of vessels would be sufficient for the purpose. But what a mel- ancholy spectacle presents itself! Between the false economy on the part of the govern- ment and the idiotic stubbornness of a few block-headed Congressmen it is impossible to get many of our ships ready for sea before two or three months. Meanwhile our citizens tighteously call for retribution because their national flag has been ignominiously dis- graced, We have reason to believe that Secretary Robeson is performing his share in the busi- ness with zeal and promptness; he is not to blame for neglected hulks and the miserable niggardliness which has characterized the administration of naval affairs. The situa- tion is truly a sad one, But perhaps it is not too late, even now, to provide for approaching contingencies. True, it were better if Congress hadassembled. The present situation would teach a wholesome lesson to those whose short-sighted selfishness has largely contributed towards the present unfortunate condition of affairs. But one remedy remains. In view of the important issue at stake let President Grant order out every available man-of-war without delay— surely every officer—and the naval officers of America are her greatest pride. Still it is mortifying to think what asorry front the American navy presents just at this crisis. In comparison with the Spanish fleet it is sadly deficient both in point of strength and numbers, Congress is alone to blame. Time and time again have the most experienced naval officers in the service urged the pro- priety of certain measures. But the pluck and profit legislators invariably interfered, and the result of their ignorance now unfolds itself in a startling form. Look at the register of the American navy. The array seems formidable enough, but the list will hardly bear investigation. The corroded iron-clads lying at Philadelphia and New Orleans form the backbone of the service at the present day. Towards the speedy fitting out of these faithful safeguards the attention of the government should be earnestly directed, and, in connection with the admirable torpedo system of the American navy, the results will doubtless prove of credit tothe naval service. This is an important point to be remembered, for of the home and foreign squadrons of our navy that encircle the globe only twenty-seven vessels are avail- able. Of these only seven are within what might be termed immediate call—and not that, either, for one has gone to tow an iron-clad to the scene of action, another is in the dock at the Norfolk navy yard, the third is repairing at Philadelphia, leaving just four active ships to meet the present contingency—one being at Aspinwall, one on the way and one will probably start within forty-eight hours. Well may we feel the want of preparation; most earnestly may we implore the government to prepare, for the hearts of the people are throbbing with anxiety, and the prevailing feeling will scarcely brook delay. Now let us look at the odds against which we may have to contend. The Spanish navy, aside from the vessels seized by the revolu- tionists, represents a strength of seven iron- clads. One of these is nowin dock at the navy yard in Brooklyn ; another is at present cruising in Cuban waters. Six of them, in fact, are available for prompt orders in case they could be spared from Spain. It may be men- tioned, however, that while these iron-clads are formidable, considering the number of guns they display, they lack the calibre, and, so faras their coating goes, might, in naval parlance, be designated as tin-clads. Their vessels are clad with from three and a half to four inches of iron, but the nine and eleven inch shot of our navy, delivered at short range, would readily penetrate their sides. Still they are not to be underrated as rams or as to the speed they unquestionably possess; and it must be conceded that they would make sad havoc among our wooden ships. It is, nevertheless, a consolation to think that the commander of one of our monitors, prop- erly equipped, might well consider two of them, under fair circumstances of weather, an easy prize from the first moment she got sufficiently near to make her fifteen inch shot tell. But besides these iron-clads Spain possesses ten first class wooden frigates, thirty-seven second class wooden frigates and seven gunboats, to say nothing of the notorious mosquito fleet built in this city for the Spanish government. Now, when it is considered that all these ves- sels are at present in commission, and that the best of them are concentrated around the island of Cuba, the force is no mean one to contend against. Above all, it behooves the government to turn its im- mediate attention to our iron-clads, that they, in connection with the torpedo ap- pliances already brought to such o state of perfection in this country, may redound to the credit of the service. Among the torpedo vessels is one at present lying at Newport. Sho should be speedily equipped and de- spatched to the scene of action. Under all the circumstances the proseyt J NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. crisis furnishes a wholesome lesson. Let us hope that, despite the disheartening surround- ings, solely the result of ignorance, stupidity and indifference, the important cause at stake shall not fail for want of earnest effort. The Effects of a War with Spain. Ifthe horror-filled series of events which have transpired at Santiago de Cuba should necessitate the formal declaration of war with Spain it is well to consider how it would affect this country in a material point of view. A doleful despatch, which came from Washington a few days since, pic- tured the difficulty which the government would experience of paying the interest in gold upon that portion of our debt held abroad in the event of a war with Spain. The reasons why no difficulty of the kind could arise are plain enough. A war with Spain might diminish our imports in some direc- tions, but, as these have to be paid for in gold, it would be a clear gain to the country in the balance of trade, which would be otherwise almost undisturbed. Our wheat and cotton would be grown as usual, and find their markets in Europe without any loss to the Republic. ‘These would bring back their streams of gold. In the war of the rebellion our shipping was our vulnerable heel. Now the carrying trade is ly in foreign hands, and, at the worst, this vehicle would be open to us for disposing of our products and importing what we require. But Spain has a commerce which would need all her protection and would yield a rich harvest to our privateers. Such a thing as the blockade for any length of time of any of our ports is out of question. Harboring the thought, too, that America would be unable to protect what ships we possess, is to forget the war of 1812. We have, unfortunately, little to lose in the way of mercantile marine, but, under a war with Spain, American ship- building would receive a stimulus which few can foresee at present. We should soon have a fleet of swift steamers, which on the resumption of peace would fall into the channels of commerce. The need of supplies of all kinds would stimulate industry. Money would be plentiful, and the rich island of Cuba, which we would free from Spanish rule forever, would compensate us in some form—how, not to be decided at present— for our outlay, even should poor, bankrupt Spain have not the wherewithal to meet it. If war comes it will be because it has been forced upon us ; but let no croaker think that materially it would bring anything hke diffi- culty, not to speak of danger. A Fase Prerence.—Comptroller Green has raised his ‘‘contingencies’’ and “extra contingencies” this year to seven hundred thousand dollars. To this extravagant amount the Aldermen object. In order to remove their objections they are told that none of the amount can be used except by concurrent vote of the Board of Apportionment and Audit. They probably are conversant enough with the charter to know that this is a false pretence, and well enough posted on last winter's lobby operations at the State capital to understand that the money in the ‘‘contin- gency’’ fund is wanted for ‘‘services at Al- bany,”’ such as were rendered last session by Mr. Hawkins at the rate of one hundred dollars a day and expenses. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. State Senator W. Tobey is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Governor J, B. Page, of Vermont, has arrived at the Windsor Hotel. Judge E. H. Durell, of New Orleans, is again at the Fiftn Avenue Hotel. Judge Levi Underwood, of Vermont, ts stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Assemblyman Smith M. Weed, of Plattsburg, N. Y., is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Governor Washburn, of Wisconsin, arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday from Washing- ton. D. B. Woodworth, member of the Provincial Par- lament of Nova Scotia, is staying at the Grand Central Hotel. Commander L. A. Beardslee, United States Navy, has taken quarters at the Gilsey House. He would look better off at Santiago de Cuba. Colonel H. ©. Hodges, United States Army, ar- rived at the Everett House yesterday. Let his next registry be ‘On the march to Guba,”” General John G. Parke, United States Army, is registered at the Brevoort House, “Headquarters Casino Espaiiol, Havana,” would sound better, Lieutenant Commander J. J. Read, United States Navy, is staying at the Hoffman House. We should rather read of him taking possession of the Vir- ginius. Captain J. H. Merryman, of the United States Marines, has returned to bis old quarters at the Everett House. Let somebody tell him Spain has apologized. Prince Bismarck says of the choosing of mem- ‘ders of the next German Landtag:—‘It is per- fectly immaterial who is elected, provided he is not an old conservative or an ultramontane |” Inspector General R. B, Marcy, United States Army, is among the recent arrivals at the Astor House. How much better he could inspect the army in the fleld at the Department of Camaguey! Prince Frederic, of Hohenzollern, @ major in the Prussian Dragoon Guards, has gone to Bucharest, to spend his six months’ leave of absence with his brother, Prince Charlies of Roumania. If his brother should have no mate issue Prince Fred- eric will succeed him—that Is, should he be able to establish @ previous connection with the Rou- manian people. WEATHER REPORT. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, War DEPARTMENT, 5—1 A. M. Wasuinotoy, Nov, 1 Probabilities. For THE MIDDLE STaT#S AND NEW ENGLAND WESTERLY WINDS, BACKING TO SOUTHERLY, WITH A SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURE AND PARTLY AND IN- CREASINOLY CLOUDY WEATHER. For the lower lakes southwesterly and south- easterly winds, rising temperature and cloudy weather. For the upper lakes and the Northwest south- westerly winds, rising temperature and cloudy weather, followed by occasional snow tn the North- west, For the Obio Valley and thence over the Guif States southerly winds, rising temperature and cloudy weather, For the South Atlantic States southerly winds, rising temperature and clear weather, Reports are generally missing from the South- west, the Northwes' 4 the Pacific stations. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's Fitarmacy, HERALD Building -— 19h, 1873. 3. . vay Ave! ure yesterday... see QTY Average temperature lor corresponding date last year.. First suow fel] at THE LATEST FROM WASHINGTON. Activity in the State and Navy Departments~ The Neutrality Law and the Ameri- can Answers to Spain. WasHINGron, Nov, 14, 1873. The Navy Department does not seem willing to contribute to the popular excitement against Spain: by encouraging the idea that the naval prepara- tions now under way are significant of war, or are intended as a menace to Spain, or are even designed for the justifiable purpose of lending a moral support to the proceedings of the State Department in the diplomatic setulement of the case of the Virginius, and the obtaming of substantial guarantees against further brigandage and butchery in Cuba under a perversion of Spanish authority in the island, In the opinion of the naval authorities there are many reasons for the Department doing what it is now engaged upon without calling in the suggestions ot war, deflance or threats, If nothing was done at this juncture, the officials say, there would be acry raised that the govern- ment was supine and inefficient, and, worse than. that, if the popular ferment on both sides should eventually drive the government into a hostile attitude, and we were not prepared to vigorously and instantly maintain our own side by a display of naval power, there might be LAMENTABLE CAUSE OF CENSURE. ‘These are two of the assigned reasons and there @re others following, such as the necessity of keeping a force in Cuban waters, now that the local authorities have shown what they are ca- pable of doing, and are more likely to be deterred from doing 1t again through fear of the United States than from any respect for the orders and power oftheir own government at Madrid. Further- more, the triple influence of resentment against the,Spaniards, the depression in trade, and the hope of relief by the acquisition or independence of Cuba, is expected, together with the renewead efforts of the Cuban organizations and agen- cles in this country and elsewhere, to lead to further attempts to land men and warlike supplies on the coasts of the insurrectionary districts, and thus there will be more lives to save from absolute butchery, more rights to a proper administration of even Spanish justice tobe guarded, and more rights of lawful navigation and trade by American vessels to en- force against Spanish search and SEIZURE ON THE HIGH SEAS. With these explanations, the Navy Department omMcials make no secret of their activity in putting our own vessels in order and overhauling Spanish: charts and navy lists to ascertain the distribution and strength of Spanish fleets and fortifications and the secrets and dangers of navigation into Cuban and Porto Rican harbors. As a minor consideration, Secretary Robeson is gratified that, without creating a supposititious necessity, he 1s enabled to yield for the time being to the appeals that persons of influence and position are making on every side of him, to continue, if he cannot increase, the working force of.the navy yards in this time of indus- trial distress. The work now progressing, is not only one of present necessity, but will be use- ful should the pending emergency disappear, and he thinks that Congress will not grumble at ade- ficiency bill if it be not extravagant and be due to energetic action to maintain our national righte and character. AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT. there is the same confidence of a peaceful issue to the Virginius difMiculty as at the Navy Department, but with the same determination to secure as much future protection against a recurrence of murder and robbery as our navy canafford. Itisa moral certainty that the government at Madrid will wholly disavow the acts of General Burriel, since to assume the responsibility would be an outrage against humanity that even the weakest civilized Power would feel compelled to resent by war, or by an appeal to the great Powers to jointly redress such a universal offence against civilization. Bot a disavowal will not by itself ve accepted by the State Department. There must be coupled with it, it is authoritatively said, a@ suitable expression of regret that the color of Spanish authority has been used to perpetrate an. enormous offence against the sanctity ofa vessel carrying an American register and fag; an ampie compensation to the families or dependents of those who were taken from the vessel before her criminal character had been determined! by a Spanish prize court; the same reparation to owners of the vessel, unless she can be held as @ lawful prize, and the removal and punishment of the barbarots officials. Itis this last indispensa- ble requirement that really constitutes, im the opinion of the autnorities here, the crisis of the Cuban question; for if the Spanish governmeat cannot control and punish its own officials and subjects its failure to do so will be a lawful and full justification of our government in disregarding the empty sov- ereign rights of Spain in Cuba, and intervening directly to protect the lives, property and inter- ests of our citizens there. jut as the law of nations raises the presumption that the un- lawful acts of distant oificials are against and not in pursuance of the orders and wishes of their respective governments, the State Department feels bound to allow tne Spanish government the opportunity of tavestiga- tion, disavowal, reparation and punishment of the offenders, This will unavoidably consume time; but the only alternative beyond providing for the immediate safety of what we have left in Cuba im the way of citizens and property would ve to BOMBARD THE CUBAN PORTS in imitation of the British treatment of Asiatic and African nations, and apologize afterwards to Spain for acting so hastily and effectively. It is not doubted at all that che Spanish government will set up strong allegations that the Virginius had actually forfeited her American nationality before her capture, and that if she had not she was guilty then, and had been before, of fagrant viola- tions of the American neutrality laws. To the first of these allegations our government is pre- pared to reply that the possession of am unexpired American register by the Vir- ginius is conclusive upon the Spanish government, and could only be a proper subject of controversy between our own government and the vessel, This was substantially the position taken by Commander Reed when he asserted the prima Jacie right of the Virginius to her American char- acter by baat § the guns of the Kansas and, clearing his deck for action a few months ago, and received the warm commendation of the Navy Department, VIOLATED NEUTRALITY. The question of violation of neutrality our gov- ernment will also maintain to be one between itself and the vessel, though Spain will un- doubtedly be allowed to prove both asser- tions in mitigation of pecuniary responsi- bility, if she so desires, but for no other purpose. Any other course the State Department coniesses would be aac envanre of the rightof a foreign government “to construe our navigation and neutrality laws, and apply them to our own shipping. AS an evidence of the impossibility of the Spanish government do- ing otherwise than completely disavow- ing the Virginius massacre, it stated authoritatively that to justily or excuse the act would be necessary to establish @ chain o! facts, providing that a declared blockade of the Cuban coast in whole or part existed; that the blockade was maintained by an adequate naval force; that the Virgintus was discovered within four marine leagues of the Cuban coast and appareutiy attempting to ran the blockade; that she was cap- tured Rither within the four leagues or on the high, seas Delore she could reach @ neutral coast or port; that sho was condemnedjas a prize by proper ju- dictal proceedings in an Admiralty Court, and that her crew and passengers, after their resumptively guilty character had been estab- fisted by the condemnation of the vessel, bac! been fairly tried before a competent coart, which might properly be @ court martial f the place of trial was under martial law. It is obvious that such @ chain of proof cannot be, even in great part, established in the case of the Virginiua,, though prize proceedings might yet be taken andi the condemnation of the vessel secured, OBITUARY, M. Bischoffsheim. , A telegram from Paris, under date of the Mth; instant, reports the death of M. Bischoffsheim, the eminent banker. He expired in the French capt- tal yesterday, 14th instant, to the great regret of his friends and associates, who esteemed him for his probity and industry. M. Blacho! im inter~ ested himselfin American finance in Europe in a, manner iriendly to our national interests. John E, McClare. A Dr. John E. McClure, a well-known physician of Rockbridge county, Virginia, 18 dead. He was paralyzed, but on election day he had himself car-\ Tied fo thé polls on his bed and voted. BILLIARDS, MI0AGO, Nov, 14, 1873. In the billiard tournament to-day, Jonn Bessun~ ter Snyder in 71 innings, In the wer fea ae ‘between Garnier and Siosson the: tormer was victorious. At night Ubassy defeated Joseph Dion gud Garnier Cyrilig Dion,

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