The New York Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1873, Page 7

ASHANTEE. ——-e Herald Special Report from Cape Coast Castle. LANDING OF THE BRITISH SUPPLIES The Ashantees Flying in Dismay Towards Their Capital. eee rightful Mortality Among the Troops. “THE EXPEDITION THUS FAR A SUCCESS, — Abyssinia and Ashantee § Compared. TELEGRAM TO THE NCW YORK HERALD, _ We have received from our correspondent ‘in London the following highly important ‘lespatch from the seat of war, on the Gold ‘Const of Africa :— Lonpoy, Nov. 17, 1873. Tam in receipt of special despatches from filo Heraup correspondent attached to the JEnglish expedition moving against the ,Ashantees. Under date of Cape Coast Castle, October 27, he writes :— THE RAILWAY DOUBTFUL. The military stores are being landed here, Tout not at the rate expected. The govern- tment, however, is in earnest. The railway towards the interior is not begun, and its con- struction is doubtful. Only a few trucks have ‘been put on shore. The commissariat has danded quantities of rice, munitions and huts. NO WHITE TROOPS AT CAPE COAST CASTLE, There are no troops here, with the exception wf a few West India colored soldiers. The pwhite troops are expected in six weeks. On hheir arrival they will be obliged to march twithout tents towards the Ashantee capital, tend no porters or serving men will be allowed to any extent, HARD TIMES IN PROSPECT. ‘The troops must march to Coomassie on foot. Only one servant will be allowed each ‘officer. The war is calculated to demonstrate ithe superiority of the liberal government of {Mr Gladstone over the conservative govern- tment which conducted the Abyssinian expe- hdition. MINISTERIAL RIVALRY. It will be Sir Garnet Wolseley versus Lord iNapier ; scampaign of Napier illustrates wanton ex- ypenditure; that of Sir Garnet, nice economy. SAD HAVOC AMONG THE SOLDIERY. Coomassie versus Magdala. * The Tho troops have been exposed to frightful mortality. AFTER THE BLACKS. Sir Garnet is a dashing and energetic gen- eral Hoe started last night (the 26th inst.) swith only 109 marines, for the purpose of har- wasing the rear of 40,000 Ashantees retreating on the Prah. A FLANK MOVEMENT. ‘Tho traders believe this movement ruse to draw the British troops from Cape Coast Cas- tle while the Ashantees attack the Castle and assail the English forces under Captain Glover on the right flank. Sir Gar- met is making great efforts to accomplish ‘the great work which he has undertaken of a military advance from the valley of the Volta ‘to Coomassie. Captain Butler starts ior Was- jsaw and is collecting troops there and at ‘Dunqua. Thus the natives are to be utilized, andI may add that the expedition thus far ‘promises success. THE ASHANTEES TAKE TO THEIR HEELS. ‘The British troops are now over 20 miles ‘om Elmina, the scene of the recent war. ‘The Ashantees have been defeated, losing heavily in killed and wounded and villages irazed to the ground ‘back toward Coomassie in dismay and will yprobably rally on the banks of the Prah. ARABIA, They are now moving .Arabs and Turks in Deadly Conflict—British Military Interference Probable. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, Nov, 17, 1873. Aspeciai despatch from Aden to the Daily Tele. sgraph, says an encounter took place recently in ‘the district of El-Ahsa, between bodies of Araps sand Turks, in which 300 of the ‘ormer and 70 of the latter were kiJled and wounded. It is probable that in consequence of this oceur- srence the British force at Aden will interfere and prevent encroachments by the Turks upon the ter- uritory of surrounding tribes. ~ ENGLAND. ence ate for Money—Bullion Moving to the Bank. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Nov, 17, 1875. The rate for money at the Stock Exchange on movernment securities is (4:30 P, M.) 7 per cent. BULLION MOVING TO THE BANK. ‘The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of Fi Sand on baiance to-day is £59,000, “GERMANY. | Remonstrance to France—Electoral Preparation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Nov. 17, 1873. The German government has addressed a re. monstrance to France on acconnt of a pastoral issued by the Bishop of Nancy ordering prayers for ‘the recovery of Metz and Strasburg. PARLIAMENTIST PREPARATION. The Federai Council has decided that the elec- tions for the German Diet shall be held early in January, unw YORK HERALD, TUESPAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1873—TRIFEE SHREK FRANCE. | THE SIC) MURDERS. | President MacMahon'’s Message on Prolonga- tion of Exetutive Power, A National Necessity and Conservative Policy— Acton of the Assembly Committee— Vote of a Seven Years’ Term. TELECRAM TD THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, Nov. 17, 1873. President MacMahon sent # message to the As- sembly to-day, which was presented and read by the Duke de Broglie. ‘Ihe President says that it has been decided as best for the interests of the country to ask of the Assembly the prolongation of the powers of the present Executive jor seven years. He deemed. tt his duty to indicate the guarantees, without which it would be im- prudent for him to accept the task of governing the country, He points out the bad effect of & postponement of the beginning of the prolongation until after the constitutional bills are voted. Such @ course would diminish his authority and render it the more uncertain. He expresses the strongest desire jor a speedy discussion of the constitutional bills. If his term is prolonged he will use the powers granted in the defence of con- servative ideas, which, he is convinced, are those of the majority of the nation. COMMITTEE CONSULTATION AND RESOLUTION. After the adjournment of the Assembly Ministers De Broglie, Batbie and Ernaul attended a meeting of the Committee ‘on Prolongation, and submitted the propositions of the President's message, The committee consented to the term of seven years, but refused to yield on other points, MARSHAL BAZAINE. a ol ee A Banker Forewarned of the Fall of Me! TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Nov. 17, 1873. In the Bazaine court martial to-day M, Blondin, @ director of the Bank of France tn Metz during the siege, testified that General CoMinteres urged him to conceal a quantity of gold on the 20th of August, saying the Prussians would enter the city op The Embassy at Washington—An Ex-Captain General in Cadiz. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MADRID, Noy. 17, 1873, A report which was current here yesterday that Admiral Polo de Bernabe, the Spanish Minister at Washington, was to be superseded, 1s denied this morning. AN EX-RULER FROM CUBA. General Pieltain, late Captain General of Cuba, has arrived at Cadiz, on his return from that island, WEATHER REPORT. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEY SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuinaron, Nov, 18—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty.four Hours. The Carolina storm centre is now off Cape May, with high northeasterly winds, rain and snow over the Middle and Eastern States; the Iowa storm centre has moved iato Illinois, with northeasterly winds, cloudy weather and occasional rain over the lake region; southwesterly winds, cloudy weather and rain in the Ohio Valley and thence southward over Tennessee; high northwesterly winds, snow and rain in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valley. Probabilities, For tne upper lakes aud lowa and southward to Arkansas and Western Tennessee, northwesterly winds, falling temperature, cloudy weather, rain and snow. . For the Middle and Upper Ohio Valley, and thence northward over the lower lakes, north- easterly winds, clondy weather and occasional rain, A For the South Atlantic States, northwesterly winds, colder and clearing weather, FoR THE MIDDLE AND EASTERN Srarks, maa NORTHEASTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS, CLOUDY WEATHER AND RAIN, PARTLY CLEARING IN VIRGINIA IN THE EVENING, Cautionary signals continue at Norfolk, Cape May, New York, New Haven, New London, Wood's Hoie, Boston, Portland, Eastport and Duluth, All the reports are missing from the Northwest, the Gulf of Florida, the Southwest and mostly from the upper lakes, the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific stations, i 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 year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, UekaLD Building :—* 1872, 1873. » 2% 36 4 36 26 38 12 M eves 85 80 18 PLM. Average temperature yesterday. Average temperature tor corr last yea Severe Storm Along the Hudson. POUGHKKEPSIE, N, Y., Nov. 17, 1873, A violent northeast snow storm prevails to-night along the Hudson. The wind is blowing a gale, and in all probability the night steamers will be delayed, Ronport, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1873, It has been snowing here all the evening, and, at midnight, the storm is increasing in violence. A strong northeast wind is prevailing. Sieighing in New Hampshire. MANCHESTER, Nov, 17, 1873. Sleighing ts good in this vicinity, A Thunder Storm in Illinois. CatRo, Nov. 17, 1878, There was a heavy thunder storm here last night, which prostrated all the telegraph lines hear the city. A light r revails this morning. Severe Storm in Tennessee. MEMPHIS, Nov. 11, 187% The storm of last evening has been general, as for the first time within six years the press of this city is almost entirely without reports, the tele- graph lines being prostrated in every directien, A new hotel at Raicigh—a village nine miles north of this city—was blown down and the fencing levelled with the ground. Through the country and at Decatur, Ala., iderable damage is reported; but, as yet, tt is impossible to obtain reliable information, ‘The Storm in Georgia. ATLANTA, Nov. 17, 1873, Sunday night a terrible storm visited Fairburn, | Houses were anroofed and a brick wall was biown down upon a wooden store, killing John Bird, one of the proprietors, SUPPOSED LOSB OF A UNITED STATES STEAMER Kinaston, Ont., Nov, 17, 1873, There is @ suspicion prevalent here that the United States steamer Ada, which léft Kingston With 40 officers and men on board, has been lost with all hang THE TURE. SAN Francisco, Cal, Nov. 17, 1873. A surgeon who has examined the leg ot True Blue gives it as his opinion that the horse is not ermanently tamed, Chamberlin, however, says ¢ does not think he will ever be able to run again. Efforts are being made to get up ® match race between Joe Daniels and T! Stevens ior $20,000, four mules and repeat , Burriel’s Faint Attempt to Deny the Killing of the “57.” GREAT BRITAIN’S ATTITUDE British and American War Vessels at the Cuban Slaughter House. Secretary Fish and the President Again Discuss the Question, THE LATEST FROM SANTIAGO. ASS es TELEGRAM TQ THE NEW YORK HERALD. A “Keeler” from the Place of the Butcherics—Faint Denial of the Shoot- ing of the 57 Men. HAVANA, Nov. 17, 1873, The report received trom Cienfuegos that 57 men of the Virginius prisoners had been exe- cuted is not confirmed by latest advices from Santiago. The following despatch has been made public here :— SANTIAGO DF CuBA, Nov. 12, 1873, There have been no further developments. ‘The man-of-war Isabella la Catolica has arrived here to convoy the Virginius to Havana, The attitude of the authorities is unyielding. They insist on, their perfect right to dispose of the Virginius as a pirate, in, accord- ance with international law, and that no one has a right to interfere with them, There have been no more exccutions, but the trials are proceeding. The British man-of-war Niobe is stillhere. It is reported that correspondence is going on be- tween her captain and Governor Burriel about the Britisn and other foreign subjects captured on the Virginius. There are rumors that an American corvette from Aspinwall and another from Key West are on their way here. 5 THE ENGLISH ULTIMATUM. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HEALD. The Attitude of the British Government, LONDON, Noy. 17, 1873. It ig stated on oficial anthority that the Foreign OMece has instructed the British Minister at Madrid, the Consuls at Havana and Santiago and the Governor of Jamaica, that the government re- serves its decision on the question of the execu- tions which have already taken place at Santiago, but will hold the Spanish government and all con- cerned responsible for any additional executions of British subjects. FEELING IN THE WEST INDIES. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Great Excitement at Kingston, Jamaica, and at Panama—American and British War Vessels To Go to Santiago de Cuba. ASPINWALL, Nov. 9, 1873, Adespatch from Kingston, November 8, report- ing the capture ot the Virginius and the execution of the four prominent patriots, says:— “It is rumored that Ryan and Verona, not dying easily, @ Spanish oificer thrust his sword through Ryan’s heart, and that the bloodthirsty mob sey- ered the beads from the bodies, placed them on pikes and marched through the city, The Vir- gintus is reported sunk at Santiago.” ‘There is great excitement here (Panama), where Ryan was so well known. TUE UNITED STATES STRAMER WYOMING FOR SAN- TIAGO. Itis reportea that the United States steamship Wyoming will sail to-morrow from Aspinwall for Santiago de Cuba, A BRITISH WAR VESSEL THERE, Her British Majesty's steamer Niobe sailed from Jamaica for Cuba on the evening of November 6, WASHINGTON, THE MATTER IN ~+ The Secretary of State Closeted with the President—General Grant Recalling the Past Outrages Against Our Citizens and Consuls. WASHINGTON, Nov, 17, 1873, There were but few visitors at the Executive mansion to-day, nearly all of whom were admitted to an audience with the President, Secre- tary Fish, who brought his portfolio of docu- ments on the Cuban question, was closeted with him for an hour, and explained the present state of the correspondence withthe Spanish gov- ernment, which, the President subsequently said to the writer of this article, it would now be improper to make public, because only these were diplomatic usages and courtesies, which it was neces- sary to observe pending the ¢ontro- versy; but, in dune time, the result would be announced, This government had thus far acted on such facts as had reached it, and was now engaged in collecting from all available sources further information concerning the capture of the Virginius and the particulars attending the re- volting executions which followed thatevent. It was desirable that all information should be of such .@ character as would leave no doubt whatever as to its reliability. The propriety of this course Was too evident to require explanation, the government being careful in what it is now doing and what it may hereafter do to act upon facts and not upon assumptions and unconfirmed reports. It was essential that we should be prepared to maintain our position, The President said he had changed none of the views heretofore expressed by him concerning events in Cuba, but had more than ever been confirmed in them by recent oc- currences, THR PRESIDENT'S DIPLOMACY. He shared with the public their denunciation of the capture on the high seas of @ vesse! sailing with @ reguiar clearance under the United States flag and the startlingevents which so quickly fol- Jowed, Spain never having considered the isiand of Cuba in ao state of war, and there being no proclamation by the United States according belligerent-rights to the insurgents, the Virginius, if regularly cleared tor the Island of Cuba, had a right to enter Havana or any other open port of the Spanisn possessions. This gov- ernment did not recognize any right on the part of Spain, in the present affairs, to interfere im any manner with our merchant ships upon the seas, except in the usual right in her own porte and witht one Marine league of the coast of any of her dominions, and of this fact she {8 aware, Asa matter of course, it is the determination of this government to protect our citizens in ali their rights and to compel respect to the flag. The present naval preparations were with this view, not to initiate war by the President, that power being vosted in Congress, but to be prepared for | all possible contingencies. Congress would meet two weeks from to-day, when everything in Possession of the Executive Department relative to Cuban affairs, would be laid before that body with such recommendations as the o>casion might demand, To-morrow he said he would commence the preparation of his message, but would defer that part relating to Cuban affairs until within a dev or two of the meeting of Congress, desiring state of | first to obtain all possible information upon the subject, GENERAL ORANT’S MEMORY. Tt was Stated by President Grant, in the inter- view with him to-day, that none of his views here- tolore expressed with regard to Cuban affairs had undergone a change. On the dd of July, 1869, information was received at the De- partment of State from Dr. Phillips, Vice Consul of the United States at Santiago de Cuba, that Charles Speakman, a ciuzen of the United States, who had, against his will, been forced to accompany an expedition against Cuba in the Grapeshot and had voluntarily surrendered himself to the Spanish authorities as @ non- combatant, had been cruelly murdered with @ formality of trial that amounted only |to @ farce. <A few days afterwards another despatch was received containing an ac- count of the execution of Albert Wyeth, another American citizen, under circamstances of bar- barity and cruelty. The conclusion of Ad- miral Hof, who went to Santiago de Cuba to make a thorough investiga- tion of these cases, waa that these men were cruclly murdered, owing entirely to the weakness of the Spanish official at that city in yielding to the demands of the Catalan volunteers, and in miscontruing or acting upon the cruel decree of the 2th of March, 1869, In bis opinion, and in the forcinle language in which {t was expressed, the President fully concurred, and Genera! Sickles was accordingly instructed to demand of the Spanish government full reparation to the families or representatives of Speakman and Wyeth for their murder by the Spanish authorities, so far as pecuntary compensation could make reparation therefor. It is nut known outside of official circles whether any such reparation has yet been made. “You will also,” said Secretary Fish to General Sickles, “in the name of the President, solemnly protest against any longer carrying op this war in Cuba in this barbarous way. For now nearly @ year the insurgents have maintained themselves against all the forces which Spain and the Catalan volunteers have been able to put into the field against them. In the judgment of the President, in which I believe the whele civilized world will concur, the time has come when this struggle should be carried on 1n @ more humane way. To shoot prisoners of war, simply because they are taken with arms in their hands, is notin accordance with the customs of the Christian world. This country is deeply in- terested in the proper solution of this question. OUR RELATIONS WITH CUBA are sO Many and so intimate that we cannot regard this struggle in all its details with anything but intense interest. Our earnest wish has been and is to do our whole duty as a neutral nation toward Spain in this controversy. Feeling that we have done so; that under circumstances of peculiar difficulty we have en- forced our laws and maintained our neutrality, we think that we have the right on our part to in- sist that Spain shall carry on this war hereafter in a manner more in accordance with the humane and Christian spirit of the age.” In the report of Admiral Porter, made to the Navy Department two years ago on the general condition of our navy, he said:—“In two years the navy will actually be less than it was at that time by 10 efficient vessels, carrying 128 gons, and there is not one ship bnild- ing to supply their places. Under the Stand-still system we must lose our naval prestige, sooner or later, As far as it goes our little navy does its work bravely, but it looks very inefficient compared with the average navies of Europe. AS regards the personnel of the navy I feel at liberty to assert that no service possesses a more intelli- geut set of officers than our own." SALE OF CUBAN BONDS. PHILApELPatA, Pa., Nov. 17, 1873. The gale of Cuban bonds has been com- menced in this city by the agent, Jos¢ Gonzales, They are sold at twenty-five cent on the dollar, and as they bear seven per cent interest many prominent citizens are, either through @ belief that the investment is a good one or through a disposition to aid the cause, purchas- ing the bonds freely. PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD. Secretary Robeson’s Visit and Recep- tion—What Is Being Done and Review of the Work—fhe Feeling tor War with Spain. PHILADELPHIA, Nov, Your correspondent arrived at the this morning at a very early hour, but not before the arrangemegts for receiving the Secretary of the Navy had gotten pretty well under way. At the gates leading in a large crowd had gathered, a long line of marines stood uniformed within the enclosure, officers in gay uniforms moved here and there, many supernumeraries were burnishing the brazen cannon, which stood in rows down to the wharf, so that with the ringing of metal and the clattering of hammers the scene was one of ex- traordinary bustle and activity. THE WORK ON HAND. Anticipating, as I did, the arrival of the Secre- tary by several hours, an ample opportunity was atorded me to compare the movements of to-day with those which, at the ontbreak of the Cuban trouble, engaged the energies of the yard last week. On board the iron tug Pinta the activity shown cannot be described. Her decks were literally cov- ered with workmen, bunched up in such close con- nection that it was a diMcult thing to see how they could work without interfering with those next to them. The order came for her repair early yesterday, and all day long this immense force of men were using all their energies to put herin good trim. She could sail to-night if so ordered. She is very large, very powerful and very fast. Below herI saw the grim and dusky monitor ‘Manhattan. The changes wrought upon her since Tjast was on her deck were really surprising to me this morning, and bave made her Appear altogether like anot her boat, so that in the opinion of th authorities she is as good as the day she was | turned into the sea from the stocks, SALUTE. Time flew rapidly as these observations were made, and, alter leaving the deck of the Manhat- tan, I went up to the quarters of the commandant ofthe yard to await the arrival of the Secretary. After @ little While a booming round of arttilery announced the coming of the party, the great iron os few open, the band struck up 4 lively air, marines presented their arms, the superior oficers saluted with their swords, the artillery thundered, and thus in @ single moment the pro- gramme of reception culminated in a very credit- able and somewhat brilliant demonstration, The Secretary was a'tended by Mr. Hanscom, Chief of the Bareau of Consiruction; by Commo- dore Rogers, ex-Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Borte, and by many others. No sooner had the party arrived than the scene grew busier than it was even beiore. From the Navy Yard the Chief of Construction sent an imperative telegram to the Chester and Wilmington ship yards, ordering ry gunboats and ships-o!-war undetgoing repairs f be pusbed for- ward with the utmost vigor, while orders we-e given which involved the engagement of hundreds of more hands to put the Ajax in trim at the ear- lest possible moment. LBAGUE ISLAND. ‘The Secretary did not remain but a few moments | tn the yard. A tog was waiting jor fim at the whart to convey him to League Island, and he, along with the naval officer, went immediately on voard. Your correspondent was kindly permitted to accompany the party, and the tug made all haste tor the island. A bitterly cold wind was biowing; the waves were heavy and full of lumps; and the skies Were dull and jowermg. The Secre- tary spent most of the time on deck, studying the improvements along the river front, Alter @ tido of 30 «minutes the tug neared the isiand, and drew up alongside the immense tron monitor, the Terror. A dreary rain here setin, and it seemed us if the wind hourly became more biting and bleak. A careiul survey was made of the 20 monitors as well as of their arma- } ment recently described tn the HERALn, an es mate Was made concerning the time necessary fit all of them for sea, u thorough investization was instituted as to the shot, shell and geacral vy ordnance, alter which the Secretary jomed friends on board the tug, and on the way home upied a chair in the cabin, THE FRSRUING FOR Wan, J had an opportunity of conversing with a promi- nent and oMictal representative of tue government aud had also the privilege or hearmg him converse with others. The gentioman was not aware at the beard by @ commissioner of the UFRALD, and therefore I do not consider myself justified in giv- ing his name, His reputation, influence and posi- tion are all very prominent and powertul, and bis opinion is wortuy of every cousideration, Le id — “U would reeret to see another war. Tua terri NN time that he Was conversing with or being over. | ones .¢ OUF last straggio were sum: oie Soren "8. of those who craved: most Hy 10r Datta yes” Nese great and signif. eagerly tor battie, ho me great); a cant rumors of war tr evi “oe we must look at the facts. Pertiape “Very one khows the character and onject of ak YirpgDht Pere haps death taay bave been the just fete Of tl rr 1 ha nak who were prominent on board of her. Say this is really true; but, tor the sake of puttiag it in the best possible light for the Spaniards, let us admit all that they say. in my opinion, geL- tlemen, even with this admission, the cir- cumstances under which that vessel was taken, the conditions under which the death of those on board of her was effected, are such as nv civilized nation on the lace of the earth would en- dure jor # moment. Such a prec tI believe no nation wouid dare to permit to be established," Despite the constant efort which the Secretary of the Navy mude on the way to the yard to be jo- vial and merry, and despite the cagerness with which he" caught = up — one mmon- place theme after another, it was evi- dent that his mind and energies were Severely taxed, and that hia heart was not in the ordinary and ephemeral topics which he tried to indulge in. ‘To-day was only one of the many occa- sions upon which & have seen th cretary, for your correspondent has had relations with him under one or two other exciting circumstances; but to-day, while apparently iull of humor and good cheer, he appeared to me really more ner- yous and uneasy than [ have ever seen him at other times. His mind seemed fixed upon some particular issue, and every attempt upon tus part Wo contine it to other themes seemed, in my eyes, as au effort. pon my approaching him and placing in his hand atelegram, in which was stated the wish of one Of bis admirals, he read it carefuily, turned partails away, and, placing the telegram hurriedly in his pocket, asked me to give nim time to think awhile aboutit, The Secretary will leave no means untried to place our navy in such a con- gor as to resist, if need be, the worst that can THE GUNHOAT TERROR Will also be made ready for service at once, This afternoon a tugboat, carrying with her immense quantities of ordnance stores, arrived irom Wash- ington for the supply of ali boats now being made ready for war, ‘The screw steamers Powhatan and Monongahela are expected to arrive trom New York to-night, the latter bringing torpedoes and torpedo apparatus, While the former will act as convoy to the monitor Mannattan, The Secretary left in the seven o'clock P. M. train for New York. AMUSEMENTS, Academy ot Music—Italian Opera. Each representation of Meyerbeer's chef @wuvre, “Gli Ugonotti,"’ by the admirable opera company of Mr. Strakosch surpasses in finish of detail and general spirit its predecessor. The performance last evening had many points of merit which were hitherto wanting. The most notable one last evening was the excellence of the impersonation of Queen Margaret by Mile. Maresl. This artist was in better voice than usual, aud the few de- fects which we observed before in regara tosloven- liness in recitative singing have entirely disappeared. Miss Cary’s two arias as the page were fauitlessily delivered, and Signor Nannetti Was quite at home in the music of Marcel. The muiitary band, the orchestra, and the chorus in the finale of the third act, “Ii Destin,” were tor once in accord, thanks to the diligent ex- ertions of Maestro Muzio and the fine barytone voice and finished school of M. Maurel, lent an air of dignity to the rdle of St. Bris, ‘he intagnant retusal of the Count De Nevers to par- ticipate in the massacre of St. Bartholomew brought out M, Del Puente in the best light, and the celebrated “Benedizione dei Pugnali” und the “Rataplan” left nothing to be desired. Had nothing been presented but the grand duo of the fourth act, as sung by Mme. Nilsson and Signor Campanini, the expectations of the majority of the audience would have been satistied. It is, without exception, the grandest exhibition of lyric aud dramatic power witnessed on Amerivan operatic boards for many years. The trio ot the filth act, which serves as a farewell between Valentine, Kaoul and Marcel, was an impressive close to this fine representation of the grandest of operas. ‘Il Trovatore” on Wednesday aud “Rigoletto on Friday, with a Saturday matince of “Gi: Ugonotti,”’ ponseinute the other operatic attractions of tne week. Mr. Gilbert’s Fairy Comedy, “The Wicked World,” at the Union Square Theatre. Mr. W.S. Gilbert's fairy comedy, the “Wicked Worid,” was produced at the Union Square Theatre last night for the first time in this country. The play is in blank verse, and deals with the loves of fairies and of men, the fairy maidens being jealous even a8 Women are jealous, The action turough- out takes place in fairyland. Selene, the Queen of the Fairies, summons to her realms three mortais, the counterparts of fairies Etuats, #hylon and Lutin, All the action depends upon the rivairies among the iairies for the love of these, Selene loving Ethais, who is also loved by her fairy sisier Darine. Lutin is an earthly leecn and squire of Ethais, who is loved by Zayda, among the tairest of the fairy maids, Selene was taken last night by Miss Clara Morris, Darine by Miss Maude Granger, aud Zayda by Miss Kate Claxton. ‘Fhe two.knights were Mr. Charles K. Thorne, Jr., as Sir Ethais, and Mr. McKee Rankin as Sir Phyllon, and Mr, Stuart Robson as Lutin. Mr. Gilberc’s play 1s a poem, and in the representation last night nothing was over- looked except the poetry. Fairyland was exquts- ately painted, and the dairies were adorned wit judgment and taste. But Miss Morris alone seemed able to grasp the imaginative caaracter allotted to her. Selene is not by any means her best creation. It is, indeed, a part in which she shows her strong powers only at rare intervais, but in.a few episodes, as the close of the sec- ond she is very strong, indeed. If Miss Morris is not stronger, however, in the stronger episodes of this part than insome others, upon whieh her reputation mainly rests, she is ut times weaker than in any play in which we have seen her. Her yoice, so singuiarly sweet, alWays aided her action, but its monotone in blank yerse becomes aimos painful at times. In the first act, for instance, where. speaking of love, Selene says:— It isa stranze enchantment which invests 38 With loveliness, 1 ‘The maiden tasciva Sees everything as sh Her squaiid cot bee: Its stunted shrubs are groves of stately clins; ‘The weedy brook that trickles past her woo 1s a broad river tringed with drooping trees. Aud of all marvels the most marve MEXICO. 2 ae Congressional Election at = *m°ret— Petition of the Snoosssfal C,,adidaton, TELEGRAM TOME NEW YORK HZRALD. j Matamoros, Noy. 17, wre ‘ The election for a member of Congress from tie district hag Wesulted in favor of Selor Vulasco, His friends — here are cele~ braung his triamph with @ procession, music, fireworks, &c, Valasco is a stedafast frien@ of the Zona Libre. He was & member of the Mexican Border Commission recently tnvesti- gating the claims of the inhabitants of the Mexican frontier States for losses sustwined an account of depredationa trom Texas, and he is an active opponent of General Cortina, His re- election to Congress ts regarded by his purty asf great import to the frontier States of Mexico, LAW AND ORDER, ‘The mail for Monterey to-day brings intetligemee that the national troops under General Reus are occupying Monterey and Saltillo to maintain order, DEFIANCE OF CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY, General Zepeda, who was deposed as Governor of the State of Coahuila, is again at Saltillo, and has organized several hundred State troops with which to oppose the forces of the Congress of the State which deposed him and recognizes Salas aa Governor, and another conflict bevween them is anticipated. TREASURE IN TRANSIT. A large conducta of silver 13 on the road betweem. Zacatecas and Saltillo. Five hundred federak troops were despatched to escort it to Monterey, to prevent it falling into the hands of either of the parties who are opposing each other. CZSABISM. Justice Miller's Views on Imperialism. WASHINGTON, Nov, 17. 1873, Tn a lecture before the law students of George town College to-night Justice Miller, or the United States Supreme Court, himself a hopeful candi— date for the Chief Justiceship, referred to the late press discussion of Cesarism in incidental comnee- with his illustration of both the indepem- and the dependance of the three great branches of the government tn their relauons to each other, ie rned jurist agreed ao far with the position taken by the HERALD as te ad- mit inferentially the possibility of the establish- ment ofimperiglism in our goveroment, but ont in a case where an ambitious president could enlis! the aid of the Lower House of Congress in hts de- signs. The futility of an attempt by a president to exercise powers very far short of imperialtsm, ugainst the will of Congress, the lecturer thought, was amply proved in the case of ex-President Johnson, where, for the first time im our history, the actual relative strength of the ex- ecutive and legislative branches of the government, in @ struggle to use against each other the author- ity that each claimed to possess under the consti- tuition, was fairly and fully tested, ‘The lecture being restricted to an explanation of the theoretical workings of the government, ae occasion existed for reviewing the possibility of tho execative patronage in Pepolnene es to oilice being so used as to return a Lower House of Con- gress which, though nominally independent of the President, would be practically under his influence and control. Consequeutiy the leading point of the discussion of the growth of Ciesarism by the HERALD did not come under the luminous eXpoat- ton of Judge Mille hE Ts MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Minnesota will ieave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at twelve o’ciock M. Tur New York Heravp—-Edttion for Rurops— will be ready at half-past nine o'clock in the mork- ing. ‘ Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six cents. A Terrible Season for Weak Lunges coughs and cclda were never so prevalent, Fortunately WALES HONEY OF HOREHOUND AND TAR will cure the Worst of them, and the people know it. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in one minute. A.—For a First Class Dress or Businest HAY go direct to the manut ‘| vurer, SHLD, 118 Nass au street, Caontchoucin Applied to Shoes Pre- vents wet feet. Mailed on receipt of 25 cents, Sold every where. SS. STAFFORD, 215 Pearl streot, Dr. Radway’s “ SARSAPARILLIAN RESOLVENT, THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIBR, | ments ot art The fol The coarse, unholy man who rules Is a bright being—pure as we are pure, Wise in his folly, blameless in his sin, ‘The incarnation oi 4 pertect soul, A great and ever glorious demigod. —the measure of the line is closely followed without | any Inflection or emphasis. In an actress of iess | than Miss Morris’ power this would be fatal, Ta } | another passage she turned Mr, Gilbert's rather high-flown verse into mere bombast. The othe! amied Would have be comedy, but they were not the fairies of Gillert's*fairy verse. ‘The Knights | and Sir Ethar's henchman were three rough, rude | lellows. They dressed their hair like young | butchers and swaggered more outraeously than | a@ New York politician or a Washington lobbyist. They were as rude and uncouth im the delivery of their lines as in their manners and appe ‘This may have been the author's ideal, but if it was he chose a dress stranger even than that of his ideal Knights. Both 4 Mr. Rankin were as rude as the fairies «i them, Mr. Thorne especially being as ill suited to | the measure of the verse as he was unlike the knights of any age, except among ladies of the baser sort, Mr. Robson, as Lutin, in the measured verse had an excellent opportunity for ihe | measured cadence o1 his voice. Mit had not been | for the verse it is possible we should have tad no fault to find with the performance; but, even with its shortcomings, it {8 well worthy of public atten- tion, both on account of the novelty of the dra- miatist’s idea and the approach fo the real of that idea which is made by the Union sq Theatre Company, at Musical and Dramatic Notes. Mr. Jolin Brougham makes his first appearance | as a reader at the Lyceum Theatre this evening. Verdt’s “Alda” will be produced at the Acatemy of Music on Monday night, with Mile. Torriani, Miss Cary and Messrs. Campanint, Maurel and Nanvetti in the cast, A benefit is to be given at the Academy of Music on Thanksgiving night in behalf of Father Mc- Donal’s church, Among the artists who are to appear are Mr. Barney Willams, Mr. George Fawcett Rowe, Mr. W, J. Florence, and a number of others of almost equal celeprity. The first symphony concert of Theodore Thomas takes place at Steinway Hall on Saturday, th 1 inst. The programme consists of Beethoven's overture, ‘Consecration of the House,’? Schubert symphony in; Seherzo, “Queen Mab,” by Bi lioz, end asymphony by Svendsen. The soloists willbe Mr, Whitaey, basso, and Mr. Luteck, vioe lonceliist. THE ALLEN-HOGAN MILL. 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