The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1873, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. ablo War—Which Shall It Bot representative; that - s as a ‘Pachonorable Peace or an Honor-| to be read by our NEW YORK HERALD the American Legation at the Spanish capital BROADWAY AND@NN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR meeoooooooooaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoeoeeeeeSSV — —— = AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GERMANTA THEATRE, 14th street and 34 avenue.— KApaLe anv SieBk, 1C THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston ani Bleecker sis —Rir Van Winxix, Matinee at 2 NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—Tux BLAck Cxoox. ' Matinee at 134. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Tux Lian. Matinee at 144—Oors. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Unjon square, near Brogdway.—iux Wioxxp Wonup. Matinee at 13. WO D'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirticth st— Vicrims—Soton SuixGue, Afternoon and evening. AOADEMY OF MUSIC, Mth street and Irving place.— Travian Orena—Ricon Matinee at 1jg—Hugusnorts, BROADWAY THEATRE, 728 and 780 Broadway.—Tux New Macparen, Matinee at 1g. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth ay. and Twenty-third st—A FLasux or Licntning, Matinee at 1s. BOOTH'’S THEATRE, Sixth av. and Twenty-third st— Beovrvs; 08, THE Fat, or Tarquin, Matiuee at Lg. PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall— Faxcuox, Matines at 2, METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 58 Broadway.—Vanrerr ENreRtaiNnxnt. Matinee at 235. MRS. F. PR, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Taxon Cuxst—Tax Gorpex Farmer. Matinee at 2, THRATRE COMIQUE, No. Sif Broadway.—Vagiery Ewrerrainxent. Matinee at 23g. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Variety ExrertaiyMent. Matinee at 2. BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner Sixth av.—Nzcro Minsrretsy, &c. Matinee at2 COOPER INSTITUTE.—Lavemina Gas anp Macicat ENTERTAINMENT. STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street—Granp Symruony Concert. ARMORY OF 23D REGIMENT, lith sL, near 6th av.— Guanp Concern, UNION LEAGUE THEATRE, Madison av. and 26th st— Lyxorone on *Suors at Sootat Myrus."” NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad- SHEET. New York, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents ot the Herald. “A DISHONORABLE PEACE OR AN HONORA- BLE WAR! WHICH SHALL IT BE }’— LEADING ARTICLE—SIxTH PaGE. PREPARING FOR THE FRAY! A LONG SESSION OF PRESIDENT GRANT'S CABINET! MORE SPANISH IRON-CLADS FOR CUBA! THE CUBAN PRESS ON THE VIRGINIUS! HER NATIONALITY! AMERICAN SENTIMENT ON THE WAR ISSUE! A DISHONORABLE PEACE EVERYWHERE DEPRECATED! BRITISH = DIPLOMATIO CONCILIATION! FEELING AT THE AMERICAN AND SPAN- ISH CAPITALS—THIRD AND SEVENTH PaGEs. SPANISH VERSION OF THE SLAUGHTER AT SANTIAGO! BURRIEL TO THE PRESS AND TO THE AMERIVAN VICE CONSUL! WHAT ALFARO OFFEKED FOR RANSOM—Tuimp PAGE, “LET US HAVE” SATISFACTION FROM SPALN! THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS UNIFIED FOR WAR! THE GERMAN UPRISING— Founra Par, GOLD AS A RECOMPENSE FOR INNOCENT BLOOD! NATIONS COMPELLED TO RIGHT INDIVIDUAL WRONGS! SPAIN’S DUTY— FourtH Page. DON ALFONSO APPOINTED GENERALISSIMO OF THE BOURBON ARMIES! 400 REPUBLICANS “ANNIGILATED’ IN ALMERIA—TENTH Pace. AN ENGLISH COLLIERY HORROR! 25 MINERS KILLED AND MAIMED! THE BANK Dis- COUNT RATE WILL PROBABLY BE LOW- ERED—TznTH PaGe. WITH KAUFMANN IN KHIVA! DESERT LIFE AND ADVENTURES! ALUNE ON THE BANKS OF THE OXUS—Frtu PaGe, 4 TUGBOAT SUNK IN THE LOWER BAY! THE CAPTAIN AND TWO MEN DROWNED! FOUR OTHERS RESCUED—E1GuTu PaGs. IRVING'S STORY OF THE NATHA\ MYSTERY! THE MEMORANDUM BOUK CERTAINLY THAT OF THE MURDERED MAN! THE “DOG!” NO PROOFS—E1cuTH Pace. “ROYAL ROAD” TU JAIL! TWEED PRE- PARING FORK THE FINAL EXECUTION OF THE LAW! HiS TRANSPERSOF REALTY! RESCUE NOT PEASIBLE—Licuta Pages. INGERSOLL UNDER ARREST! THE JURY DRAWN! HIS MOVEMENTS YESTERDAY— E1oura Pace. WHAT THE POSTMASTER GENERAL RECOM- MENDS TO CONGRESS—IMPORTANT GEN- ERAL NEWS—Tenvu Pace, SSKRKEY’S HIDING PLACE NOT YET ASOER- TAINED! THK TWO WOMEN ARRESTED FOR AIDING IN HIS ESCAPE! $10,000 BAIL REQUIKED FOR MAGGIE JOURDAN! GRAND JURY AUTION! SHARKEY ON THE MINNE- SOlA—EiguTH PaGE, FATAL LOVERS’ QUARREL IN RHODE ISLAND! A MURDER AND A SUICIDE THE RESULTS! THE OOUNTY VUTE—THE MAYOR AND THE WORKINGMEN—Firra Pace. KILLED IN A PRIZE FIGHT! THE “CALIFORNIA PET” KNOOKS HIS OPPONENT “OUT OF TIME” LIVERALLY—Firra Pace. WALL STREET AND THE WAR! NO “WEAK- ENING” VISIBLE! BUSINESS AND PRICES— Ninta Pace. CHALLENGE FROM IRISA RIFLEMEN TO THE AMERICAN RIFLE FRATERNITY—GENERAL LEGAL NEWS—INE BOILER DISASTER INQUIRY—TKOITING IN THE NORTH WEST— ELEVENTH Pace, THE Tae Canmut Murtine at Washington yes- terday was the longest held during President Grant's terms of office. It lasted from noon till four P. M. The important point known to have been settled is the regularity of the registry and papers of the Virginius. This decides the point as to the nationality of the vessel, and proves her seizure to have been a direct out- tage on the United States flag and a violatio: of United States territory. ; “Wnat Do You Turmx or Ir?”—Was o question a hundred thousand times asked yes- terday. Tae Romon, Crrcuatep yesterday after- noon, of the attempted assassination of the American Minister at Madrid, proved to be a canard, yet the authorities at Washington be- Hieve such an outrage probable, and have two vessels to be ready to receive tho ler should he have to fly for his life. A nice nation, Spain, with which to make trea- ties and from which to accept guaranteos, ° eth Borizn’s Latest Apyroz, —Take possession of tho loading ports of Onba” is the latest ad- ice of General Butler, out £63 or retainer, € The people of the United States are not ad- voeates of war, They justly claim the credit of having practically established the fact that differences between civilized nations can be settled by appeals to peaceiul tribunals more satisfactorily and more profitably to all eon- cerned than by appeals to arms. ‘The ‘inter- ests of our country demand peace, for our na- tional growth and prosperity depend upon peaceful pursuits—upon immigration, tho set- tlement and cultivation of our vast unoccupied territory, the development of our mineral and other resources, the construction of works of internal improvement, the revival of our shipping interests and all those advan- tages of which a nation is deprived in a time of war. We recognize the fact that war is always a calamity, even to those who engage in it with honor and whose quarrel is just, When needlessly provoked or dishonorably undertaken it is not only a calamity, but a crime No good citizen, no true patriot, can wish his country to resort to war except asa last resort, when all other remedies have failed. Nevertheless, as peace has its triumphs as well as war, so peaco has its calamities as well as war. Purchased at the price of national honor, it is as criminal as war inan unrightoous cause. A disgrace- ful peace defeats its own object; for a nation that sacrifices its honor to cowardice or ex- pediency is always the object of insult and attack. We fear that our government, through its tortuous diplomacy, is about to sacrifice the national honor for the sake of a deceptive peace, or to suffer us to drift slowly into war after our honor has become tarnished and the enthusiasm of the people has passed away. Such appears now to be the inevita- ble tendency of the wavering policy of the State Department, which, under the influence of its highly respectable but very timid Secretary, has brought us to this shameful dilemma. For it must be evident to every clear-minded man who read our im- portant special cable despatches from Madrid yesterday, and who will read the feeble, shaky inspirations from Washington which we pub- lish to-day, that we are really in such a dilemma. Our opinions about the Virginius outrage have been freely expressed. We have urged, and we still urge, that the only effective remedy is to seize Cuba immediately and hold possession until some civilized gov- ernment is established there. But when we received our special Madrid despatches yester- day, in which the demands of our government upon Spain were enumerated with forcible brevity and decision, we were free to confess that these demands evinced the proper spirit—a determination to maintain the national honor through peace, if possible—through war, if necessary. We were willing to accept this action’ of our gov- ernment as one the people could approve, and we hoped that at last the popular spirit had galvanized the diplomatic deportment of Secretary Fish, or that our soldier-President had resolved to take this difficulty into his own hands for adjustment. But we fear that we have again been deceived. Brave demands, five in number, were made, truly enough; but we fear that, like the threats of a bully, they came noisily from the tongue, not earnesily from the neart. They should have been uccompanied by a farther demand—that the terms of settlement must be accepted or declined within forty-eight hours. They were made without any such limitation, and since the insolent refusal of the Minister of War even to allow them to be dis cussed in his presence they have been deferred, or ‘‘suspended,” as we are mildly informed from Washington, to give time for Spain to obtain the requisite informa- tion from Cuba, Information of what? That the Virginius, an American vessel flying the United States flag, was seized on the high seas? That is known already, and the intel- ligence has been welcomed with bell ringing at Havana and shouts of joy at Madrid. That American citizens and men of other nationalities who trusted their lives to the protection of our flag have been murdered without trial in violation of international law and treaty obligation by the bloody butchers of San- tiago? That news has already been officially received, and the brutal slaughter has been celebrated by a great bull fight at Havana and by a savage demonstration on the Amer- ican Legation by the delighted rabble at Madrid. Let us now address a word of warn- ing to our government, which in all its acts, consistent with national honor, shall have our earnest support. Lot us warn it that in this last Spanish villany the Amer- ican people will not brook farther parleying and delay. The game of biindfolding them by diplomatic falschood and chicanery is now a dangerous one to play. They have had enough of it in the past, when outrage after outrage committed agamst the United States by this miserable and dastardly Cuban government has been suffered to die out and be forgotten. They demand that our government shall deal frankly with them in this matter; that it shall cast aside the tricks of diplomacy and boldly avenge the outrage on our flag, the in- sults to our representatives and the inhuman butchery of our citizens and of those whose lives were under our protection. The Ameri- can people have information enough on this wretched subject, and can give it to the authorities at Madrid without de- lay. They know that the Virginius, an American vessel, was seized by @ Spanish gunboat on the high seas in a time of peace, when she had a right to carry what- ever cargo and whatever passengers she pleased, and carried into a Spanish-Cuban port, in violation of law and of treaty; that several of those who were found on board, American citizens and persons under the pro- tection of our flag, were inhumanly butchered; that our Consul at Santiago de Cuba was insulted, bullied and prevented from com- municating with his government; that, in accordanee with the open bonst of the savage little butcher, Burriel, the tele- graph wires were cut so as to render it impos- sible for superior authority to intervene to prevent the murder of the victims; that the news of the capture and wholesale slaughter was received with wild rejoicings at Havana end Madrid; that for protesting against these outrages our Minister at Madrid wos insulted by the Spanish Minister of War; that the de- mands of our government were not allowed was mobbed and that our Minister was making Preparations to leave when induced to sus- pend them by the British Ambassador, This is the information we have, and Spain is wel- come to it, What does she want more? What delay does she require in order to make up her mind whether these atrocities demand apology and repara- tion? Away with such ridiculous trifling and humbug! If the American government of to-day had any of the pluck of our fathers, any of the grit and vigorous patriotism of Andrew Jackson, these outrages would have been atoned for long since by the surrender of the Virginius and those of her passengers and crow who are still alive, the punishment of the buccaneer, Costillo, and the butcher, Burriel, inéemnity for the murders and free- dom for Cuba. How much longer are we to wait, with our flag trailing in Spanish mud and our national honor splashed with the blood of the Santiago victims? Are we to be patient until Sefior Soler, with his brilliant staff of flunkies, con- cludes his gorgeous pleasure trip to Cuba and reports to his government that ‘there is nothing in the Virginius affair?” Are we to wait ninety days, as in the case of the Lloyd Aspinwall, and then be satisfied with a money indemnity? Shall we wait until Spain has sent all her iron-clads into these waters, has purchased more guns in New York to be sent to Cuba, and has made all the preparations she can to resist our demands or slaughter our soldiers and sailors? Shall we wait until ‘the excitement dies out’ so that ‘diplomacy may be successful’ and @ compromise may be fixed up, dis- greceful in the present and _ without any real guarantee for the futuro? Shall we wait until Spain has indulged in her grandiloquent roar, twirled her terrible mus- tache sufiiciently and is prepared to allow us to present our complaints? Or, shall we do the only act that can insure reparation for the past and security for the future—occupy Cuba with our troops, guard her harbors with our vessels and hold possession until a final and satisfactory settlement can be made? This is the only course our government can pursue with safety and honor; and our soldiers should be in Cuba before their landing will cost a serious sacrifice of life. While the present political condition of Cuba is suffered to exist we can make no settlement with Spain that will be secure or permanent. Madrid cannot control and we cannot trust the turbulent and savage men who disgrace the name of humanity on the unhappy island. They are cowardly, treach- erous and cruel, without sincerity or honor, and guided alone by passion. They would break a solemn agreement to-morrow as they have violated treaty obligations here- tofore. The cases of the Lizzie Major, of the Lioyd Aspinwall, of the Mary Lowell; the murder of some American citizens at Havana and Santiago; the imprisonment and bar- barous treatment of others; the confiscation of property; the almost incredible atroci- ties committed by ‘the volunteers—all these things are not dreams, but realities. The ‘capture of the Virginius and the wholesale butchery of her people are no fable— the horrible truth is before our eyes. What faith can we have in the outlaws who, de- fying their own authorities, have committed these crimes? We must treat them as felons and scourge them into humanity. If Spain is mad enough to fight for them we must teach her a lesson her beggarly pride has long needed. If her so-called Republic is worthy the name _ she will disown the lawless acts of the cutthroats of the Casino Espaiiol and will unite with us in giving free institutions, peace and civiliza- tion to Cuba. Saould she force war upon us it will be a war in which we shall have the sympathy of the civilized world, for we shall fight for the freedom of the seas; to protect the lives of citizens of all countries from butchery withont trial; to maintain the sacredness of international law and treaty ob- ligations, and our triumph will strike down the last vestige of human slavery in the civil ized world. Yet our government trembles and hesitates between such a war and a dis- honorable peace. New Version or an Orp Pray.—Sheridan Knowles wrote the play of “Virginius.” It will be no child’s play, but rather a heroic tragedy, when the curtain rises on Uncle Sam's version of certain Spanish acts in the recent spectacle of the ‘Capture of the Virginius, or the Slaughter-House Butchery at Santiago de Cuba.” Tue Ice Brockapz or Our Canats.—Our State canals are locked up by the frost for the winter o fortnight earlier than last year, arresting the passage to the seaboard of mil- jions of bushels of grain and thousands of tons of other Western products. These masses of freight must therefore be transierred to the railways or held over in the boats till-the re- opening of our canal navigation in the spring, In cither event heavy losses will fall upon the shippers, and, to make the matter worse, the railways will no doubt, as usual, promptly adopt their winter schedule of increased freight charges, to the prejudice of producers and consumers, Nor is it a secondary evil resulting from this early winter embargo upon our canals that trom forty to fifty thou- sand persons are by it thrown out of employ- ment. There never was such an opportunity for volunteers for Cuba, Wit tHe Preswent Wart ror Concrrss ?— It is reported that an extension of time has been or will be granted the Spanish government for an answer to the ultimatum of President Grant in regard to the Spanish outrages con- nected with the seizure of the Virginius, and that the time may extend to the meeting of Congress (first of December). When the British government, during our late civil war, demanded the delivery of Mason and Slidell, taken by one of our naval cruisers from a British ship on the high seas, seven days were allowed for an answer. With this example of reparation before him President Grant should be encouraged to act as promptly with Spain. Tun Greman Mxxttnc.—Read the proceed- ings of the mass meeting of our German citi- zens last night on Spain aud Cuba. The Ger- mans have learned how to keep watch on the Rhine, and they speak as men having au- thority in such important questions as national tights. dignitv and honor, i ee The United States Navy—Should We Continue To Be an Inland Powert The Western man can now observe the fruits of his legislation as a patriot. The country is brought to the bitterest humilia- tion, and the administration is compelled to adopt a timorous and time-serving diplomacy in lieu of healthy broadsides from iron ships. Does any one suppose that a British Cabinet would have permitted an English vessel to be seized on the high seas, then to be convoyed into a seaport whose filthy terraces are in- habited by the canaille of the tropics, the Captain, crew and passengers told off accord- ing to the routine of Spanish etiquette and shot by scores, and carted away after the pop- ulace had, like vultures, preyed upon and mangled the mutilated dead? And if there ever were a British Ministry who would say, “We forgive you this time; please do not do it again,” could one be found who would con- done the offence after that British vessel had been sent to Havana as an empty bottom—a trophy to a gay capital and a jubilant population? Or, having been meek under all these eccentricities, would a body of British statosmon dare to say to the offending Power. ‘Take your time; consider the case. We wish an amicable set- tlement?” And would that same conclave permit their diplomatic representative to be snubbed, his house to be the scene of an angry rabble, insulting the nation and the flag? This would pass even the method of a stolid Englishman; it would confound amiable, mild-mannered Gladstone and soft and good-natured Granville, and British honor would not resort to correspondence to explain away these slight indelicacies of a friendly Power. Why, then, would Britain be heard? Why would she be respected? Because she has a navy, and in having a navy she has the respect of the world. Wo in the United States have no navy, and we have not the re- spect of the world. But what does that matterto the Western member of Congress. He can fill the halls of Congress with echoes of ‘The Great Northwestern Empire,” “The Valley of the Mississippi” and ‘Trade to Europe via the Gulf of Mexico.” The Western member thinks we must live within ourselves. What iscommerce to him? What isan affront to the nation? Well, it seems the Western member of Congress does care sometimes. It seems that Senator Morton hurried to Washington to tell the administration it should not trifle with the people, and we find that the Western people are quite as angry about Spain as the Eastern people. In fact, the Western passion for war is stronger than the Eastern clamor; yet the Representatives of the West are to-day guilty for the crippled condition of our navy, for our senility on the sea. We are all famil- iar with the history of naval legislation, A bill is presented in Congress for a more effi- cient navy, allowing liberal appropriations for the end in view. The Western member of Congress says to himself, ‘Oh, this is an Eastern scheme. The Lightning, the Desolation, ‘the Holocaust and the Phenix, which this Eastern gentleman wishes to build at an expense of several mil- lions of dollars, do not interest our people; they are only for those Eastern protective tariff chaps who wish to spree over the world while we are building Pacific railways and propagating stock. The navy is not our insti- tution; we have nothing to do with the sea- boards, and what do we care for shipbuilding ? No. Wharves and piers at St. Louis, and the future capital of the nation at Denver, the future capital of the world— there’s where the money should go.’’ The navy goes into “‘ordinary”—very ordinary— and the result is that Mr. Fish has to write de- spatches to cover the nation’s shame. ‘These are plain words, but they speak the sober truth, and the evidence of its emphasis may be seen near the slaughter house wall of San- tiago de Cuba. Now we wish to ask our members of Congress whether they intend to permit the country to remain in this condition of naval decrepitude, even if war does not supervene. Shall ‘the Great Northwestern Empire”’ forever condemn us tothe punishment we are enduring now? Would it not be the better part of wisdom to legislate upon the ground that without the East the West would be like a subterrapean community, destitute of outlets? Would it not be better to say, We will no longer consider the interests of the West, but we will consider those of the nation? We hope that the mar- tyrs of the Virginius, if they have died for no nobler cause, have at least Jaid down their lives to teach the American people that without ® navy we are not a nation, “Apsect Surrenpesr.’’—The Mobile Regis- ter asks, under the heading of ‘Cuba Americanized”—*Will the government act, or are we to have a disgusting repetition of the disgraceful scenes which preceded invaria- bly the abject surrender of our national rights wherever the United States had not to deal with weak foreign nations or unarmed Indian tribes?" Tox Jam, Breaxmsa or SHARKEY, THE Morperes, is still a mystery, so far as the movements of the escaped murderer are con- cerned after he jumped off the Bleecker street car passing the Tombs, when he issued from the badly guarded door. Warden Johnson has suspended some of his keepers, and one has been locked up. The two suspected women have also been put under lock and key; but the astute detectives are, as usual, at sea. Let us indulge in the desperate belief that the “confident expectations’’ of the secret police may be realized, and Sharkey soon again en- caged. It would be refreshing for a change, Tue Outrage on THe Amxnican Lroation at Mapnrp.—The riotous and threatening demonstration by the Madrid mob at the resi- dence of the United States Minister in that city followed close upon the angry interview between General Sickles and the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, and although the government prudently intervened to sup- press the outbreak it was no doubt incited by tho demands made on behalf of the United States in the Virginius affair. The suspicion arises that the demonstration must have been prompted from official quarters, or it may have been the overexuberance of the delighted rabble who wero glorying over the butcheries at Santiago, The United States Minister, is is stated, was abont to leave Madrid, but was induced to remain through the offorts of the Britis Ambassador, Where Shalit We seok™ Rearess? If the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs had been a person somewhat more cultivated and less tinctured with the vanity of his coun- trymen for playing the hidalgo; if he had been moderately informed of the conditions of international relationship in this century and had known rndimentally the laws which gov- ern those relations, now that there are no Spanish armadas and that Charles V. and Don John of Austria have been dead several years, in such a case he would clearly have understood that the right or wrong of the seizure of the Virginius is not to be determined by the principles of Spanish municipal law, and he might have known that in the execution of our citizens by summary process his gov- ernment had violated its treaty obligations with this country, and was liable to be called to account by us on that fact, if .on no other, We have now supposed an intelligence on the part of a Spanish gen- tleman which would render it very unlikely that he could be a Minister in the present condition of his country ; but, this degree of intelligence and culture granted, we may sup- pose, turther, that itis probable he would have recognized that the reclamations of our repre- sentative were such as he had a right to make, and that he would have discussed the situation with him as comfortably as two gentlemen can discuss anything in the cold winter weather seated alongside a brass dish full of dead ashes and dying embers, He might thushave come to be convinced that the demands pre- sented by the United States were just, and that the reparation called for was due us, and he might have reported in that sense to a Oabinet Council, and in consequence the Spanish government might have firmly de- termined to do us justice. And if he had done all that, if the case we have supposed were a picture of the facts and not a figment of fancy, how much better off should we be than we are? How much nearer should we be to the material reparation we require? Could the government of Spain, though animated by the best possible inten- tions in our favor, have made its intentions felt in Cuba? ‘Would a decree such as we might desire on all the points of our demand, telegraphed from Madrid to Havana, have been of any more value than was the decree for the restoration of the confiscated property of American citizens or the order that no penal- ties should be inflicted on the persons taken on the Virginius—a decree and an order which have been scorned and laughed at and trampled in the blood pools near ‘‘the slaughter house wall.” Oursupposition tends to put aside some delusions and to place us face to face with the central fact of the situation as we must meet it, which fact is that we must deal with this subject in Cuba, and notelsewhere. Though Madrid were animated only with the idea of complying with our demands it would be of no avail practically. Though the Spanish Ministry were as complaisant and just as it is arrogant, supercilious, ignorant and insulting we should still bo as far from the realization of any adequate satisfaction as we are at the present héur. In this condition our only hope of redress is in such a line of action as will show to the authors of these outrages in Cuba that there is a force behind our demand which must be respected. We must demonstrate that we are no longer to be sent to Madrid in order that we may come home again with a harvest of empty promises. The Tweed Sentence To-Day. This morning, if the highly considerate Sheriff redeems his word, William M. Tweed, after settling his business affairs, will appear before Judge Davis for sentence. What that sentence will be interests a great many. The remaining friends of Tweed console them- selves with the hope that the ideal municipal burglar will not have to wear the convict’s garb for more than a year, and not have to part with more than two hundred and fifty dollars from the proceeds of his daring frauds. The question whether or not a separate sen- tence shall be passed for each offence in the indictment is to be argued to-day by the op- posing counsel, and His Honor will then do- cide whether the trial has been a big cry of indignation and little wool of punishment or otherwise. We know that to the ordinary cit- izen a year’s consorting with convicts, as a fellow convict, is as much to be dreaded as any increase of that term; but to a man deadened to loss of honor as ‘T'weed every hour of a sentence is worth fighting. Macrobius, the Roman, wished ‘‘to cancel at three score a life of fame,” because ‘dife is ended when our honor ends;’’ but Tweed and those who ad- mire him are not so nice. But the pity cry of such as these appeals to no feeling which justice can respect. Perhaps, when the sen- tence which the case imperatively demands has been passed, we may hear something con- cerning the document which was handed at the beginning of the trial by tho prisoner's counsel to the presiding Judge. It has been hinted round that it contained reflections upon the propriety of Judge Davis trying the case, and if it comes within the scope of a contempt of Court we may hope to hear something concerning it. The unanimous approval by the honest public of the verdict reached in this case is encouraging to Judge and jury, and justice to the end is now demanded. The only things which can stay sentence are the failure of Tweed to appear when called for or the issue of a stay of pro- ceedings covering an arrest of judgment by a Judge of the Supreme Court Which is the more likely? Brains mm THe Navy.—We are sure to have brains in the navy so long as we have one good ‘Braine” commanding one of bur war ships. Irving and the Nathan Murder. The written statement of John T. Irving, the sell-confessed accomplice in the murder of Benjamin Nathan, which ve publish else- where, will again revive recollection of this most atrocious homicide and the efforts made to discover its guilty perpetra‘ors. With that degree of circumstantiality ar} the particulars of the story given as to justify almost a be- lief that, after all, there may te something in it, although the police officials and the District Attorney havo seen fit, in the hbsence of cor. roborative proofs, to disregard it, as being only the subtle strategy of a bold, bad man to shield himself from punishment for lessor crimes. According to Irving's story two per- sons besides himself wero tho criminal con- spirators—ono Daniel Kelly and Caleb Gun- union, Kelly, he days, kill Nathan aud por- petrated the robbery while he ond Gunnion were lying in wait in the cellar, He then tells how they escaped from the house, and how the booty—some six thousand dollars in bonds and two hundred und _ seventy- three dollars in money—was subsequently divided between thom. A description is also given of entries in Mr. Nathan’s memorandum book, which he claims to have now in his possession, and it is told where the ‘dog’’—that sole clew left for the police to work upon—came from. Kelly and Gunnion, it is added, are both now in State Prison. And such, briefly told, is the last new chapter in this terrible tragedy. It would be strange if, after all, the final un- earthing of this crime, that has so long baffled the sharpest detective skill, should come through this man Irving. There have been stranger things than this. First Gun rnom West Virainra.—A rege olution has been passed by both houses of the West Virginia Logislature urging the recogni- tion of the independence of the island of Cuba. This is a step in advance of belliger- ent rights, but it marks the advance in public opinion under the pressure of recent events. Under such conditions peace may still be de- sirable, but it may be purchased too dearly by the administration if it shall fail to give us ‘dndemnity for the past and security for the future.’” PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Judge Reuben Hitchcock, of Ohio, is registered at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Captain Moodie, of the steamship Cuba, is stay- ing at the New York Hotel. Congressman J. W. Nesmith, of Oregon, has ar- rived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. State Senator H. L. Swords, of Louisiana, ts rege istered at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General H. W. Wesselis, United States Army, t# quartered at the Grand Central Hotel, , A patent was granted to ex-President Andrew Johnson yesterday for a combination plane. Congressman James G, Blaine, of Maine, is among the late arrivals at the Filth Avenue Hotel. Senator Reuben E. Fenton arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday from his home in James- town, General Albert J. Myer, Chief of the Signat Service, United States Army, is quartered at the Windsor Hotel. General N, A. Miles, United States Army, yester- day arrived at the Metropolitan Hotel. He will probably soon be miles away in Cuba, Yeong Ping Yu, a metnber of the Chinese Com- mission sent to this country to examine our edu- cational system, arrived at the Sturtevant House yesterday. Charles P. Kimball, who led the forlorn hope as democratic candidate for Governor of Maine at the last State election, yesterday arrived at the St Nicholas Hotel. A learned doctor in Iowa has given his opinion that tight lacing is a public benefit, inasmuch as its tendency is to kill off all the Joulish girls and leave the wise ones to grow into women, Eleven ladies were elected as school superin- tendents in Illinois at the last county elections. But 4 Miss Duncan and a Mrs. Decker were unsuc- cesstul for a similar office in Jackson county. The latter lady will probably go into the canvass next year as a “three decker” and sink all opposition. The McKeesport (Pa.) Times thinks it not im- probable that Judge McKennan, now presiding over the United States District Court at Pittsburg, will be appointed by President Grant as Chier Jus- tice of the United States Court, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Chief Justice Chase. Captain Speedy, a British officer who dis- tinguished himself in the Abyssinian campaign, has entered the service of the Rajah of Larut, and is to receive a salary of £1,000 per month, Until lately Captain Speedy was the tutor of Prince Alamayu, son of the late King Theodorus of Abys- sina, MARSHAL BAZAINE. Bie Sey GRA Beda TELEGRAM 10 THE NiW YORK HERALD. Paris, Nov. 21, 1873. M. M. Gambetta and Jules Favre appeared as witnesses to-day in the Bazaine trial. There was a crowded audience, and the testi- mony was listened to with the deepest attention. M. Favre gave an account of his interviews with Bismarck, and declared that the iatter told him that he had reason to believe that Marshal Bazaine would not recognize the government of September, The statement caused a profound sensation in the court room. OBITUARY, James Linen. James Linen, the popular American poet, died at the residence of bis friend, William Gibson, in this city, on Thursday, the 20th inst, His remains will be interred from Beekman place, East Fiftieth strect, to-day. Mr. Linen was about 65 years of age, He was porn in Scotland, and was a man of gicat natural genius and fine poetic talent. His demise will be greatly regretted by a wide circie of friends, both here and in California, where he re- sided previous to his return to the Empire State. Charles Livingstone. Charles Livingstone, brother of Dr. Livingstone, the African explorer, died at the hour of five o'clock this morning (22d instant) as announced by cable telegram from London. He was devotedly aitached to his brother and deeply and fondly tn- terested in the esarch expeditions for his re- covery. THE LAST GAMES OF THE BILLIARD TOUR- NAMENT. CHIcaao, Nov, 21, 1873, The concluding games of the billiard tournt- ment, being the tie between Garnier and Ubassf jor the first prize, and that between Joseph Dion and Daly for the fourth prize, were played to- night. The attendance of spectators was the largest of any time during the tournament and was attracted by the game between the champion of America and the great French expert. The game between Dion and Daly was played lirst and resuited in an easy victory for ay in the 42d inning the score sfinding:—Daly, 400, and Dion, 236, ‘Ihe winner's average was 9 22-42, The largest runs were :—Daly, 49, 41, 61; Dion, 66 and $2. The game between Ubassy and Garnier began at a quarter past ten o'clock, Ubassy bad tie call on betting at slight odds, Both contestants appeared & little anxious and played with some nervousness at the start, each missing a number 0! casy shots and neither making any notable runs in the first hundred points. assy turned the first string 60 points ahead with a run of 33. THE LATEST ACOIDENT ON THE THIRD AVE. NUE RAILROAD. ‘The friends of Charles A. Gernin, who has ust died in consequence Oo! injuries which he sustained onthe Third Avenue Railroad, are anxious that passengers who witnessed the occurrence oj the accident will give all the injormation they can concerning It to the Coroner, by calling at No. 213 Kast Filty-first street at tea o'clock in the fors- #0 that @ full investigation may be made ve to the sad affair. noon, relat STEAM BOILER BXPERIMENTS PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov, 21, 1873, Experiments by the Government Commissioners to-day were made on a double rivited iron botler, which was subjected to a pressure of 360 pounds, but in consequente of the packing not standing the steain experiment was abandoned, ‘The tesus will be resumed to-morrow, and will probably be concluded on Tuesday next, SYMPATHY WITH THE IRISH POLITIOAL PRIBONERS, CHICAGO, Nov. 21, 1873, A mass meeting of Irish citizens was held to- night, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with Ireland's imprisoned patriots, A number of addresses were aelivered and resolutions, in age cordance with the object of the meciing, were adopted. A telegram will be sent to the mass maceting to be held in Dublin op Sunday noxt.