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0 t NEW YORK HERALD|™ BRVUADWAY AND ANN STRER':. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR ee THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the vear, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12. Volume XXXVIII AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 51¢ Broadway.—Vaniery Extertanment. Matinee at 24 OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker sts.—Enocu Anprn, Matinee at 2. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—Tux Bick Croox. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Tax Liar. UNION SQUARE THEAT: \‘Broadway.—Tux Wickep Wont. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Mth street and Irving place.— ITALIAN OPERA—AIDA. Union square, near WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— ‘Vicrims—SoLoy Suincue. Afternoon and evening. BROADWAY THEATRE, 728 and 730 Broadway.—THe New Macpaen, GRAND OPERA HOUS st—Humrry Dumpty Asnoap. nth ay, and Twenty-third BOOTH'S THEATRE, Sixtu av. and Twenty-third st— OTHELLO. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 535 Broadway.—Varirry ENTERTAINMENT. Matinee at 2s PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City HalL— LOUDS. ae YS BROOKLYN THEATRE.— MRS. F. B. Gunezva Cross. conwa HOOLEY'S OPERA HO! Rovat Manionertxs. Afternoons at 3. . Court street, Brooklyn. — Eyenings at 8. GERMANIA THEATRE, Mth street and 3a avenue.— ‘Dix GescuieENen. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Vaniery ENTiRTainmeNT. Matinee ai 24. BRYANT’ Sixth av, OPERA H¢ SE, Twenty-third st, corner RO MINSTRE BAIN HALL, Great Jones street, between Broadway and Bowery.—tne Puenia. ASSOCIATION HALL, 23 street and 4th avenue.— Granv Concert. STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street—Granp Coy. cert. THE RINK. 34 avenue and 64th street.—MeNaGeRtE AND Museum. Afternoon ant evening, COOPER INSTITUTE.—Lavoninc Gas axp Macrcat ENTERTAINMENT. YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad- CIENCK AND ART. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘To-Day’s Contents ot the Herald. “RUMORED CH SPAIN'—LEADING OF GOVERNMENT IN ARTICLE—SixtH Pace. AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN YS. SPAIN! OUR NAVY RAPIDLY PREPAR FOR THE VINDICATION OF THE NATIONAL HONOR! THE BRITISH DEMAND FOR REPARATION—Tairp PAGE. THE SPANIARDS IN CUBA! ARRIVAL OF THE VIRGINIUS AND THE SPANISH MEN-OF- WAR AT HAVANA! THE MURDERS BY THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE WALL! THE WAR IN CUBA! RUMORS OF PLOTS AND ARRESTS—FirTi PaGe. *THE SPANISH MISSION TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES ABANDONED—ENGLISH BULLION MOVEMENTS—SEVENTH Pace. A SECOND TENDER OF RESIGNATIONS BY THE FRENCH MINISTRY ACCEPTED BY PRESI- DENT MACMAHON! THE RECONSTRUCTED CABINET—SEVENTH PAGE. “THE ASHANTEES IN FULL RETREAT BEFORE THE BRITISH—WOMAN AND HER DEs- POT—TENTH PAGE. GREAT BRITAIN’S AFRICAN REINFORCEM FOR WOLSELEY—SEVENTH PaGE. BISMARCK AND BONAPARTISM—GERMAN PUN- ISHMENT OF A CATHOLIC PRELATE— SEVENTH Pace. . *FUNERAL OF THE ASSASSINATED COUNT SAN FERNANDO! HIS MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE—SEVENTH Pace. (MARCHING UPON KHIVA! MENT AND CAPTURE OF THE KHAN’S CAPITAL! NOMADIC WARFARE! CURI- OUS FACTS OF THE CAMPAIGN—FovurTH VaGE. “MAP OF THE KHIVESE CAPITAL! ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SURROUNDINGS—FovrTa Pace. . PREPARING FOR THANKSGIVING! THIS YEAR'S OBSERVANCE OF THE HOLIDAY! A GOUD DINNER FOR THE NEEDY! CHARITABLE PROJECTS—EVACUATION DAY—FourtH Pace.” INGERSOLL AND FARRINGTON INDICTED FOR COMPLICITY IN THE “RING” THIEVERY! OTHER LITIGATIONS—NintH Pace. ON CHANGE! THE BUCHU STOCKHOLDERS AND BANKS HAMMERING AWAY AT THE SITU- ATION! THE TRANSACTIONS IN AND PRICES OF GULD, STOCKS AND BONDS— THE CITY’S HEALTH—EicutTH Pace. CATHOLIC CHAPEL ON WARD'S ISLAND THROWN OPEN TO ALL SECTS! AN EX- CITED SESSION OF THE EMIGRATIUN BOARD—SEVENTH PAGE. ‘TWEED IN STOKES’ FORMER CELL—THE PHELPS DEFALCATION—OBITUARY NO+ TICES—SeventH Pace. WAR! ANOTHER SIR GARNET THE BOMBARD- a@HE SeRrano's Accession to Power might be ‘the end of the Spanish Republic. Such is the ‘general belief. American sympathy with the Memocratic effort on the Peninsula has been ‘strong since the fall of Amadeus, and, as a result, our government has admitted a senti- -mentalism in dealing with Spain on the Vir- iginius question. If military dictator, like Serrano, should succeed Castelar in the Span- ish government, we should have all trouble about injuring a republic in pressing our claims off our conscience—where it now weighs most heavily. Tar Frenca Canrnet.—President MacMa- “hon, having accepted the resignation of the French Ministers, as already reported, has reconstructed his Cabinet. One new member, Duke Decazes, has been commissioned to office. This gentleman takes the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, M. Bueld, Minister of the Interior, has retired, Duke de Broglie has assumed the duties of that office, relinquishing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Duke Decazes. With these exceptions, MacMabon's Cabinet remains the same as it did before the resigna- tion. Duke Decazes is an experienced states- man, cautious and prudent, a reformer of the conservative school, with an inclination, tra- ‘ditional and firm personal conviction, towards Toyalty, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. yea tnange in Spain, Change in the government at Madrid is so imminent a probability that it is searcely pos- sible to diseredit the report of it, however vague or unsubstantial the report may seem. Castelar’s so-called government—his commit- tee in possession at Madrid—has stood till now, not because it had any element of strength in it—not because it had the consent or respect or even the recognition of the coun- try, but because of a universal indifference— because those who might have tumbled it over atany moment had no definite opinions or purposes as to what they should put in its place, and waited with fatuous apathy the drift of events. But an occurrence like the present difficulty with the United States would naturally stir a national impulse and could easily gather at any point of opposition force enough to overthrow an administration that only awaited the jostle of a hostile party to fall by necessary gravity. { No one who knows Spain needs to be told that the idea of setting up a republic in that country is farcical. Itis an idea entertained in Spain only by a coterie of dreamers, who believe that they can write something on a sheet of paper that will make their country suddenly become like the United States, and enable its people to com- prehend self-government and give them the self-restraint and moral dignity that are necessary to act on its conditions. People with common sense scarcely require to be informed that an ig- norant, degraded and depraved race, brutal- ized by the bad rule of a thousand years, is not to be changed between Christmas and Easter by the vapid declaration that their country is a republic. Yet Castelar and his coterie, with this fact very clear before them, have persisted in a propaganda against the nature of things, and have not advanced re- publicanism in the least, but haye brought their country to a lamentable condition. With the Carlists in the north, the irreconcilables in the south and the Castelar government in the middle, Spain was in a state of disintegration. It was decomposing very much in the same lines in which its parts had had a separate existence in the days before the Moors in the south, the Goths in the north and the people of Roman and Cartha- ginian origin in the middle, were com- bined to form the Spanish nation. And of the three divisions that were then struggling for possession of the country, the one that had no real party, that was simply an intrigue and a conspiracy, was the Castelar division, and it is this fact that has now cast him down. It is reported that a combination has been made strong enough to insure success that will make Serrano regent to hold the throne for young Alfonso, the son of Isabella, in whose favor his mother will abdicate. Al- fonso has long been looked upon as the only candidate in whose favor any combination could be made likely to secure an extensive assent im the country. All the moderate and conservative elements will support such a candidacy, looking upon it as the only hope for the restoration of tranquillity and order. Only the Carlists and the red republicans will oppose, and, with all the other elements united, these can be put down and kept down, as they have been in the past. It is now thoroughly safe to say that, except the Carlists and the faction of Communist republicans, all the political ele- ments can be rallied to the support of Al- fonso. Where, then, is Castelar’s party? He has none. There is no party in Spain ac- cepting or believing in republicanism as Cas- telar understands it. He does not sympathize with the only type of republican that flour- ishes in Spain, and it is to his honor that he does not. The Spanish republican is a man who giories in the Commune as it was organ- ized in Paris. He wants to cut the throats of the aristocrats and plunder the rich men’s houses. These were the republicans who swept Spain, the monarchists not voting in the last election, giving an enormous majority for a federal republic; but Castelar and his few adherents defeated their scheme in Madrid, which made the revolt in the southern cities; but though they defeated the federal republic, they did not gain from the conservative or moderate people a support ora party in lieu of the party they lost in the republicans whom they drove into revolt. Therefore they have stood ever since as a governing coterie with- out a party—without a legitimate hold on the sympathies or a legitimate claim to the sup- port of any considerable portion of the people. They have stood as an intrigue and a con- spiracy; for, unless we go to the extreme of the old monarchists and argue that there is a republic by divine right, as they argue that there isa monarchy by divine right—unless we deny popular sovereignty, we cannot un- derstand a republic existing in defiance of the or Government will of the great majority of the people—nor | a government which repudiates absolutely the politics of the party in whose name it came into power. It seems to us, therefore, only a natural result of its inherent weakness that the Castelar government should go down in the first shock it was called upon to endure. Yesterday there was a revival on the part of our government of that eager preparation for warlike possibilities which had been discon- tinued somewhat the day before, which re- vival, coming swiftly upon the heels of the Spanish news, may, perhaps, be taken as the Washington view of the significance to us of the fall of Castelar and the elevation of Ser- rano. It would be unwise for our government not to be in as forward a state of preparation as possible with such events on foot, and the sudden agreement in Spain to cast down an orator and put up a soldier—the fact that the public view of the necessities of their country has been so potent as to induce the members of the monarchical party to forget for a moment their dissensions—must be allowed due value in considering the attitude toward us of the Spanish nation. But we believe that the ele- vation of Serrano is likely to result in a pacific solution of the difficulty. Despite his many shortcomings and the very great blunders of his later political career, the Duke de la Torre has sagacity enough to perceive the necessi- ties of the present position of his country, the courage to act on these necessities and adroitness enough to put the disagreeable part of the responsibility on the shoulders ot those whose selfishness, party fury and inca- pacity placed the country where it is. He is a soldier, and knows that his country is absolutely without the means to meet a capa- ble foe in a single battle, even though the foe never was an army so thoroughly crumbled away with dry rot as the Spanish army is now in Spain, and since the troops in Cuba cannot even put down the insurrection it may be said that Spain practically has no military force with which she could meet a small force of foreign troops on this side the Atlantic. Even the law declaring every able-bodied Spaniard a soldier has not enabled the govern- ment to win a single battle against the Car- lists, and on what other material could it draw for a war with the United States? As it is with the army so it is with the navy. It is crippled by demoralization, Although there are some fine ships, the organized force that might give them value in hostile opera- tions does not exist. It lost its allegiance to the colors and has gone to pieces. Without an army or a navy that could possibly be made effective Spain is also without money. Her financial condition is deplorable. She has not only exhausted her means, but she has exhausted the faith of the world in her capac- ity to pay—she cannot even borrow on ruinous terms. All this Serrano knows thoroughly well and cannot but recognize; and he has the practi- cal wisdom to make this knowledge the basis of action in the case before us. It would be easy for him to do what would have been ut- terly impossible for Castelar, since he has only to accept the situation that others have made. Compelled to accept the terms proposed by the United States, because he cannot for a moment contemplate the alternative of those terms, he will’ make it clear to the country that the Carlists in the north and the intran- sigentes in the south are the people to blame, if any; because it is their revolt that has re- duced the government to its condition of im- potency. Would his acceptance of the terms | proposed by the United States provoke an- other spasm of popular fury, to drive him also out of office? We do not see the likeli- hood of his being driven in that particular difection in the cireumstancesin which he is now likely to obtain power. His becoming regent would be a great fact in the reorganiza- tion of the army, by which he is lovedand re- spected, and he would stand in virtue of the support of the soldiery. Dictators, with the control of military power, are not driven out by popular tumult. We are of opinion, there- fore, that the coming to office in Spain of a practical ruler would at once insure a pacific acknowledgment of all the requirements we have to make of that government. But we trust our government in its further negotiation will attach sufficient weight to the fact upon which we have several times dwelt, of the small dependence to be placed upon the fulfilment in Cuba of promises made in Spain. Without saying there is any bad faith in the case, we have had to regret on nearly all occasions, that the government of Spain succeeds in getting very little respect paid to its decrees in the Ever Faithful Isle, and the decree regarding the confiscated es- tates has only just now been published in Cuba, under the pressure of excitement caused by this recent butchery. We do not want any promises to meet our demands; we want the fact, and in order that we may have the fact, it must be provided in the negotiations that in case of any delay we shall have the right to a material guarantee in the military occupa- tion of the island of Cuba. Our relations to Cuba and our duty to ourselves in regard to the political future of that island are the cen- tral points of all our relations with Spain, and it is, of course, because of our peculiar situa- tion with regard to the island that we have now to complain of Spanish ferocity. It would, perhaps, be an economy of human life and of diplomatic difficulties, as it would be the only thoroughly satisfactory settlement of the case, to have the island fall into our pos- session, and only a fact leading to that can reconcile us for a moment to regard with pa- tience the possibilities of Spanish delay in this negotiation. Pacitic Railroad Scheme. It has been bruited about for some time | among the knowing ones that Tom Scott, of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and Jay Cooke, of the Northern Pacific, with all their retainers, | henchmen and forces generally, are about to | make an onslaught on Congress for aid to | carry through their lines. It has been said, | A New Lobby too, that there is an alliance, offensive and defensive, between these chiefs, and that whether they move together or separately the campaign has for its object the benefit of | both. This, we say, has been the current | talk, whether true or not. And now it | appears Colonel Scott is in Washington | sounding the depths and shoals of Congres- sional consciences. He has had interviews, it is said, with several members of Congress | already. The report is that an application | will be made to Congress at the ensuing ses- sion for aid to both these Pacific railroads, but that it is not proposed to ask such aid as will add to the public debt. What is exactly meant by this we do not know, but imagine it means a large slice of the public lands, and also, perhaps, the loan of bonds, such as was made to the Union and Central Pacific roads. ‘That may not be considered by such financiers as adding to the public debt. True, the gov- ernment and people of the United States are bound to pay these bonds, and do actually pay interest on those of the Union and Central Pacific. Still, they are not reck- | oned by the Treasury Department as a part of the public debt. Can any simple- minded citizen fail to see the difference between being responsible for and actually paying a debt and not being burdened with it? That, at least, isthe way in which the | Pacific Railroad managers and the Treasury | Department make it ont. But have we not | had enough of this sort of financiering and | extravagance on the part of the government ? | Lf people will make railroads before they are wanted, or, as has been said of Jay Cooke's, from nowhere to nowhere, let them do so at their own risk. Let not the people have to pay for them either by the loan of bonds or by appropriations of the public lands. The | inheritance of the people—of future settlers— has been shamefully squandered away upon | railroad companies. Let us have no more of | that. We protest in advance against any | more reckless waste of the people's property. Tur Event or THe Orenatic Srason.— The production of Verdi's last work, “Aida,” to-night at the Academy of Music, in ad- vance of London, Paris and St. Petersburg, is an event of no ordinary significance in the : J showa come to Spain for the purpose. There } history of opera in America, ‘There is a com mendable spirit of enterprise and boldness shown by Manager Strakosch in tius present- ing one of the most remarkable operas of modern times to the American public before it has been heard in the three great operatic centres of Europe. The rehearsals have been of the most exacting kind, under the direction of Verdi's representative, Signor Muzio, and nothing has been omitted to make to-night’s representation equal to those which convulsed Cairo and Milan with excitement. The most popular of modern Italian composers is hardly recognizable in his new dress. There is more thought and dramatic purpose in this work than in all his other operas. Instead of pour- ing forth melody after melody, as in former years, without any more distinct purpose or design than a mocking bird, the composer here combines his wondrous gifts of song writing with the scientific genius of a Meyer- beer or Wagner. The mise en scene is an exact copy from the La Scala performance, and both chorus and orchestra have been considerably enlarged for the occasion. With the excep- tion of Mme. Nilsson the entire strength of the company is in the cast. The United States Navy—A Few Facts very abrupt which leads us to the point in all this question, and it is this—that without a large commercial marine the people will not stand a powerful navy, and without a power- ful navy we must expect to smile and say we are sorry whenever a Virginius is boarded and her people are shot to death. Will Congress listen to these plain truths, which are written in the interest of the nation, and will it give us a navy in harmony with the times? AMUSEMENTS, Christmas Pantomime Grand Opera House. The production of the Christmas pantomime at the Grand Opera House last night was a great success in every respect. We have seldom seen a larger au- dience in the immense theatre. Every seat and every available spot of standing room was occu- pied. As to the pantomime itself it was new in every respect—in conception, in treatment, in scenery, in properties and in detail. It is as nearly a play as it 1s possible to make a trick and show plece. The special attractions are included in the action of the piece, and not, as has been cus- tomary with theatres which include variety busi- ness in their performances, in an act by themselves, We have frequently complained of the system of stopping the play for acrobats, ventriloquists, The at the That It Would be Well to Re- member, When the war closed in 1865 we found our- selves in the possession of one hundred mil- lion dollars invested in Monitors. We did not know what to do with these craft, but, after several attempts to sell them, we laid them up to rust and decay. A few sensible, plain- spoken men, who had studied the science of marine architecture during their whole lives and who had practised it with rare success, had protested in the name of reason against the wild mania which had seized the Navy De- partment under Mr. Welles. By a combina- tion of fortunate circumstances the little Monitor, with her heavy calibres, had driven the leaking Merrimac from Hampton Roads back to the Gosport Navy Yard. There was a simultaneous howl throughout the Union— “Monitors! Monitors! Give us Monitors!’ and they were given without parsimony. The navy became Ericssonized, and the idea that any other form of vessel of war would in the future be serviceable was suddenly aban- doned. Our war was fought out to the end without encountering the enemy in any very dangerous strength, and our Monitors gained little other reputation than that of going to the bottom. They simply proved, as long as they would float, good marine gun carriages—nothing else; and in harbors they did valuable work. Europe took the hint from these operations, and did not with the same hoarse voice shriek for “Monitors! monitors!’’ The different Powers marshalled their naval constructors and engi- neers, and proceeded to apply principles already proven. England, after tedious and costly experiments, developed a gi- gantic squadron, and if America ever equals it in point of ordnance, speed, or armor protection we shall be most agreeably disappointed. France built some fine vessels, but the iron employed, for all the service her cruisers ever did in the critical emergency, might as well have remained unsmelted ore. Spain and Italy were alive to the improve- ments needed, and both of these Powers em- barked in the construction of iron-clads that now do credit to their marine importance. During these eight years our commerce has been emitting its protracted death rattle; our navy has taken again to wooden walls and third class steamers; and officers who should have been commanding powerful cruisers have been performing the duties of executive officers and navigators. Secretary Robeson, anxious to employ the fine talent at his command, did not unwisely order the surveys of the Valley of the Atrato under Captain Selfridge, the Nicaragua route under Commander Lull, the jugglérs and the like, and we were pleased to see that wherever they are used in this piece they help rather than retard the action. It ts true the Mar- tens in their Tyrolienne scarcely harmonized with the village scene, but this can be easily remedied by blending the action more completely. In the first act of the pantomime there are the usual machinations of the sairies ana the spirits, The struggle is be- tween Docillion, the son of a magician, and Humpty Dumpty, for the possession of a magic watch, OS BY, Dumpty expects to marry Belline, the village belle, but, as the owner of the watch, he throws her oif for the Princess Admiranto, to whom he is wedded, The wedding feast 18 a model in its ey the turkey and roast pig being exceedingly large and ‘done rare.’ More than this, the dinner is exceeding], lively, both flesh ana fow! becoming invested wit! life again, and exhibiting special animosity toward H. D, In this scene Mr. G, L. Fox is very tunoy, and his humor harmonizes by contrast with his ex- travagant dress suit of white satin. But Humpty Dumpty is as luckless as a Chicago husband, and on account of his fatal forgetfulness to wind his watch be is divorced from his bride in ‘the Palace of Instruments in the Isle of Harmonie,’ and transformed into a clown to wander over the earth, The principal ballet in this act takes the shape of musical instruments, closing with a beautiful tableau and the appearance of harle- quin on the back of an immense dragon. In this ballet the premitres are the Rigl sisters, Betty and Emily, but in the transformation the latter be- comes the columbine. The harlequin is Herr Karl Lind, called in the theatrical advertisements ‘Tae Stockholm Wonder.” Herr Lind also appears in two excellent acrobatic feats in the last scene of the first act. The second act is in China, where there is great Tooling among the People on the arrival of the royal junk with the Emperor. Humpty Dumpty also arrives soon after in @ balioon, accompanied by his grees grand uncle Vid One ‘Two, We need not enlarge upon the acting of either Mr. G. L. Fox as clown or Mr. C, K. Fox as pantaloon, their meritsin these parts being too well Known to re- quire discussion, We may say, however, that everything they do in this piece is as new as the pantomime. The spectacular feature or the act is a grand Chinese ballet, calling into requisition all the resources of the theatre, including the Jackley troupe, both in dances and in acrobatic feats. The performances of this family are remarkable, and as their feats are only parts of a picture the effect 1s among the best yet seen on the New York stage. The changes in this act are from China, by way of the Burning Forest and the North Pole, to sunny Italy, and thence to New York, with the return of the New York Yacht Club from the ovean race. The last act takes place in New York, the changes of scene being exceedingly rapid. This act, like the others, 18 full of tricks, feats, dances, specialties and fun, Humpty Dumpty’s mischief and misfortunes being, of course, a particular feature. The pantomime ends with a grand transformation representing the Realm of the Hours. The scenery 18 well painted, the Palace of Instruments being especi- ally gorgeous. The perspective in the Italian scene is well worthy of remark, and the transforma- tion from this to the effective canvas of the yachts called forth much commendation. The bal- lets were all dress and character ballets, the cos- tumes and dresses being very rich and contrasting well with all the surroundings. Musical and Dramatic Notes. Next week the Florences appear at Booth’s and the Lingards at the Broadway. The Martens have been playing in St. Louis for that eminent tragedtan Ben de Bar. Marten’s account of it is as follows0:—‘“They give Richard No, 3 and cat duet, Cat duet great success— Richard No. 3 no good.”’ Last evening Blind Tom, the negro pianist, per- formed to @ house at Steinway Hall which was about one-third filled. There was not any pro- gramme printed or distributed to the disconsolate audience, and yet every one was satisfied with the delicate fingering of tne colored lad and his imi- tations of Thalberg and Liszt, and the touching manner in which he played “Home, Sweet tiome,"’ Tehuantepec Isthmus under Captain Schu- feldt, to say nothing of the valuable surveys prosecuted in the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. These scientific labors have received, as they deserved, world-wide recognition. But in our naval dockyards there has been nothing of im- portance accomplished but “repairs,” and unless Congress evinces a patriotic spirit we must resign ourselves to ‘‘repairs’’ until the close of the century. Now, there is a gradual method by which we can regain our commer- cial ascendency, again cover the ocean with American ships and again protect them with a navy in harmony with the spirit of improve- ment observed among foreign nations. We must direct legislation in such a man- ner that American steamship lines will seek out all quarters of the world. Congress, we believe, has passed a law giving a small percentage towards the payment of the cost of each vessel built in American ports, On a ship costing one hundred thousand dol- lars this sum would amount to about three thousand dollars, which is no subsidy at all. However this may be, it is not necessary to subsidize shipbuilding. Our ships have always cost more than those of other nations by ten to twenty per cent. But this never prevented foreign buyers coming to our market. Years ago, in our happy commercial days, our rivals began to get frightened at our growing carrying trade. Why was it advancing? They saw the reason. We made swifter passages, we built faster ships and, desiring to compete with us, they said to themselves, ‘‘To beat the Americans we must use their ships, which are faster than ours."’ They came to us, and our ship- building interest was a thriving power up to the outbreak of the rebellion. We are still the best marine mechanics in the world, and it only requires intelligent legislation to achieve again the triumphs of our former days. How can it be done? Patronize our steam- ships in preference to those of other na- tions! They are the avant-courriers of the sailing ships; they carry the orders which are filled by the freight-bearing bottoms which follow them, and the larger our fleet of steam- ships, the larger our fleet of sailing ships, the more powerful our navy must become, the more sensitive our national honor will grow. England has maintained her dominion of the seas by the wisdom, industry and intelligence of her legislators; and not less, we may add, by their sagacious and far-seeing diplomatists. Walk into our own halls of Congress! Seven. eighths of our members cannot distinguish a schooner from a full-rigged ship. ‘To be com- pelled to listen to an argument in favor of maritime prosperity is to them a bore, It is none of their business; they do not care. So was deserving of much commendation. WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—1 A. M. Probabilities, For the Northwest and thence to Missouri, south- easterly and northeasterly winds,’ warmer and cloudy weather. For the lakes and thence to Kentucky and West Virginia, northwesterly winds, low temperature and clearing weather. FoR THE MIDDLE AND EASTERN STATES, NORTH- WESTERLY WINDS, COLDER AND CLEARING WEATHER, For Tennessee and the Gulf States, southerly winds, warmer and partly cloudy weather, For the South Atlantic States, aortherly winds and generally clear weather, Reports are partly missing from the Western Gulf. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature Jor the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's ‘harmacy, HERALD Buuding :— 1872. 1 1872. 1st, 5 0 873. of Bl 28 t % Average temper last year.. at Railroad Extension—-Suicide of an Editor—Expected Res ernor Woods—Spiritualism vs. monism, Sa.t Lake, Nov, 25, 1873. The extension of railroad communication to Provo was celebrated to-day by Brigham Young, the church and territorial guthorities. There was great rejoicing and speechifying. The Prophet was jubilant over the blessings of the Lord, and the Gentiles saw in the construction of the rail- road and telegraph wire the Of freedom for the people of Utah, Horace W. Myers, Gentile editor ef the Corinne Reporter, took laudanum and committed suicide last night. He had been a violent opponent o! the Mormon prophets, and recently suddenly veered round to their defence. He came here last w met the cold shoulder from federals and liberals, Went home and ciosed his accounts. His parents live in beg and are highly respected. Governor Woods is expected to resign ina few days. General P. his successor. munity. Foster, the great spiritualist, is here and ts up- setting Brigham’s kingdom, The faitniul are rush- ing to his rooms. Brigham thinks his day of reckoning has come. A BANK PRESIDENT HELD FOR EMBEZ- ZLEMENT. Ricumonn, Va., Nov, 25, 1875, The examination of G. T. Brocks, late President of the Merchants’ Nationai Bank of Petersburg, charged with embezzling $100,000 of the funds of that institution, which has occupied two days be- fore United States Commissioner Pleasants, was concluded this aiternoon, The accused will be sent to the April term of the United States Circuit Court for indictment, bail being Axed at $16,000 for his appearance, RESIGNATION OF THE MAYOR OF BOSTON, Boston, Nov. 25, 1873, Kdward Conner is likely to be He is popular with the entire com- year after year we behold the same fight at Washington and the same ill-starred result— our commerce continues Waning ‘he logic ix, fect on the 20th inst. Alderman Cutter will be- 0 ACHR Mayor 19K be Zi al the year, Mayor Pierce has resigned his oMice, to take prospective dawning | ‘WASHINGTON. eee WASHINGTON, Novy. 25, 1873, The Prosident’s Message. ‘The President's Message will not be printed in advance of transmission to Congress, it will be manifolded, as heretofore under President Grant's administration, and copies given only to the local press and for teiegraphing. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the finances will be printed but not distributed before the Message shal! be sent to Congress. The public printer has largely increased his force, 80 aa to keep pace with all demands upon his bureau, Chairmanships of the House Committecs. There has been s0 much conjecture regarding the appointments of the House committees that it has become tiresome to listen to mere surmises, in view of the fact that the time is near when the certainty will be known, Of course no one doubts that Mr, Blaine will be re-elected Speaker; but as to the committees nothing is known for certain to anybody except himself, for he has so far kept his own counsel. There are atter all but four committees, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Foreign Affairs and Banking and Currency, about the appointments of which publi¢ curiosity stands on the tiptoe of expectation, ‘The question is narrowed down to this: Will Mr. Blaine appoint men of Crédit Mobilicr and back pay notoriety to chairmansnips of tmportant com- mittees? It is highly provable that he wilt draw the line between those grossly tainted and those who have lightly caught the infection, and might, by proper fumigation, be put in a presentable condition. He will hardly appoint, Gartleld chairman of one of the two most im- portant committees of the House, though it is tol- erably certain that the holy Dawes and the solid, respectavie Sam Hooper will retain their respec- tive chairmanships of the Ways and Means and Banking and Currency committees, It is contended by some people that the members are not on trial before Mr. Blaine, and that it isnot tor him to discriminate on the ground of their Crédit Mobilier or back pay record, but on the ground of their personal fitness. Those who argue in this way forget, however, that he merely bows to the verdict rendered by the highest tribunal, public opinion, With regard to the Chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Leonard seyers will have to bear his disappointment like aman, for his fona aspirations will not be realized, Mr. Orth, of In- diana, has, on the ground of fitness, better claint to that position, and will most prob- ably get it, having served on that committee during eight years of his former congres- sional career. There 18 no doubt, however, that the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee will be a Western or a Southern man, most likely the former, for Mr. Blaine is against giving the chair-, manships of the two most important committees, to the East. Mr. Blaine Defines His Position. Mr. Blaine authorizes the statement that tt never entered into his mind to propose the inter- vention of a caucus for the purpose of relieving him of responsibility in the appointments of the House committees. Ifelected Speaker he will cer, tainly not do anything tending to curtail the privilegés and responsibilities of that position. The Department Reports. The Postmaster General was the first of the Cabi- het officers to finish his report, and, contrary to custom, furnished copies to the press in advance of its transmission to Congress. The report of the Secretary of War 1s printed, but awaits General Sheridan's and several other accompanying papers. The Secretary of the Navy has commenced but not yet finished his report, That of the Secretary of the Interior is in for- wardness, The report of Attorney General Williams wilt soon be printed. The diplomatic correspondence is party in type and will make several printed volumes. The report of the Comptroller of the Currency ts nearly ready for the press, All the other reports of tne heads of bureaus are either in type or ready for the printer. Congressional Caucus. The Republican Congressional caucus will be held in the hall of the House of Representatives om Saturday evening next, at half-past seven o'clock, for the Selection of candidates for office to be voted for Monday in the organization of the House. Presidential Pardons. Seth Hudson and James A. Patterson, who were convicted in the United States District Court of New York of depositing certain unlawiul circulars in the mail, and sentenced to be fined and im- prisoned, have been pardoned by the President. Trustee of the First National Bank.. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to-day an order was issued authorizing the Re- ceiver of the First National Bank of Washington to sign the proposition making FE. A. Rollins trustee, with the consent of the creditors, as heretofore submitted by Jay Cooke & Co., un- sess good cause to the contrary be shown by the proper parties by next Tuesday. The application was made on the sworn petition of the receiver and by direction of the Comptroller of the Currency, after consultation with the Secretary and Solicitor of tne Treasury. As the matter resis by law in the direction of the Receiver and the Comptroller, the order is deemed to be a Mnality. An Increase of $25,000,000 to the Cur- rency Recommended. The forthcoming report of the Comptroller of the Currency wiil contain the following on the subject of “Interest on Deposits and Certification of Checks :— In my last annual report! referred briefly to the evils resulting from the payment ot interest upon deposit and my predecessors have frequently referred more length to the same subject. The difficulty has been that the proposed legislation by Congress upon this subject would apply only the national banks. ‘he effect of such legislation would be to bring State banks and savings banks, organized by autho- rity of the different States, in direct competition with the national banks in securing the accounts of correspondenis and dealers. The national banks wil be desirous of retaining their business and the more un- scrupulous would not hesitate to evade the law by offer- ing to make collections throughout the country treo of charge, to buy and sell stocks without commission ana to rediscount paper at low rates. The proposed actiom of the Clearing House in the city ot New York, if adopted by the clearing houses of the principal cities of the Union would do more to prevent the pay- ment of interest on deposiis than any Congres- enactment But the evils. resulting upon — deposits t the payment of interest aire by no means confined to the city banks. It may be safely said that this custom, which prevails in almost every city and village of the Union, has done more than any other to demoralize the business of banking. State banks, private bankers and jations, unter the guise of sayings banks, every where ofler rates of interest upon deposits which canny in legitimate business ning the business of their m4 the result is not only an increase or interest paid by busi- hess men, but, as a consequence, investments in unsecured , bringing ultimate loss both upon the shareholders bank and the de o 110m positors. the kind is that which sl ers alike, whether organized under the Nati Funey act or otherwise, A law prohibiting the payment Of interest on deposits by the nauonal banks will have Tittle effect unless followed by similar leyisiation under authority of the different States, and there Is little hope that such legislation can be obtaiued. ‘The National Cur- ct, whieh was Pasied during the war, provided tax of one-half of one. per cent upon all de- and subsequent internal revenue pepisesion extended tax to all deposits made with State banks and individial bankers. This was essen- tially a war tax, and should In my judgment be repealed with other similar internal revenue taxation, Aid. T recommend, it legistation is proposed on. this Subject, that the law be so amended as to repeal this tax Solur as It applies to demand deposits, and that an in creased rate of taxation be imposed uniformly upon all Geposits which directly or indirectly are placed with pahks or bankers with the offer or expectation of rocely- Ing interest. Such legislation it rigidly entorced will have the oflect not only to reduce the rate ot Incerest through but the country but Will at the same time prevent the Hegitimate organization of savings banks, the organiza: tlonot which sould be allowed only upon the condition that” the savings of the pe fall be carefully and pradently invesied, and the Interest arising thercfromes atter gleducting Teasonable expensen ‘distributed. trom time to time to le depositors and to no othe whatsoever. The act of March 3, 186), ve the ape pointment. of a receiver, Ifjany ofc Ray natioual bank shall certily said bank, unl check shi legial: wail apply to all banks and jonal y check drawn nless the person or company drawing aed have on deposit in the said t tthe ume is certified, an amount of n a c appointed tor th of New York and the New Orleans Banking Association, during the pasty or Violation of this act, and it 14 the intention of ptroller hereaiter to rigidly he is satistied of such vio- The Comptroller repeats the recommendation in Jast year’s report tor the repeal of section 6 of the act of July, 1870, which provided that after the Whole $54,000,000 of the circulation shall have been distributed $25,000,000 additional shall be with+ drawn from the banking associations orgnized in States having an excess and distributed among States having less than their proportion. Under this section that amount would be withdrawn trom New York, Massachasetts, Connecticut and Rhode Isla The Comptroller also recommends the authoriza- tlon of of $25,000,000 more of currency, to be dia- tributed among the States which are deficient, namely, those of the South and West. He is of the opinion that if would require from three t@ tive wddutionas OMQURL, Lyears to distribute (ula