The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1873, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK HERALD “ BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR «No. 351 GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth ay. and Twenty-third st.—Humery Durty ApRoaD, PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall.— Auma; om, Hep 1x Bonnar, FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, 28th st. and Broadway.— Pawricipe. BOOTH’S THEATRE, Sixth Kir; on TH ARKANS. ‘Trave ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Lith street and Irving place.— Samsom. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway,—Vagiery Eyrertainment. Matin: wt Bsa. MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE,— Luian’s Last Love, LYCEUM THEATRE, Fourteenth street.—Lapr or Lrons. THEATRE COMIQU' Enrserainaent. Matin OLYMPIC THEATRE, Brot yy. between Houston and Bleecker sts.—Drap Heant, Matinee at 2. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—CuiLpREN IN THK Woop, WALLACK'’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street—Tux Liax, UNION UARE THEATRE, Union square, Broadway.—l.ep AstRay. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Tux Inisu Detectiye, Afternoon and evening. and Twenty-third st.— 514 Broadway.—Varrerr near BROADWAY THEATRE, 723 and 790 Broadway.— Tux Wowas is Watts, GERMANIA THEATRE, Iith street and 3d avenue.— Magia Sroaxr. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Vanuery ENTERTAINMENT. BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner ‘Sixth av.—Necro Minstexsy, dc. STEINWAY HALL, léth between 4th av. and Concer’ Irving place.—Graxp © T. BAIN HALL, Great 3 and Bowery.—Tuk Puscein, THE RINK, 8d avenue and 64th street.—MeNacrnts AND Musxum. Afternoon and evening, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad- Way.—SClENCE AND ARr. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Wednesday, Dee. 17, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. street, between Broadway To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “CHIEF JUSTICE BUCHU!""—LEADING ARTICLE— SixTH Pace. THE LAMENTABLE “NEW DEPARTURE” IN THE OBIEF JUSTICESHIP! DISCONTENT OF THE PRESS AND PEOPLE—Turrp PaGE. PRESIDENT CASTELAR PERSONALLY NOTIFIES MINISTER SICKLES OF THE SURRENDER OF THE VIRGINIUS! THE MEETING, AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN MINISTER, A MOST CORDIAL ONE—Szy- ENTH PaGE, HUSHING THE VOLUNTEERS’ CLAMOR FOR WAR! CASTELAR THREATENS THEM WITH INTRANSIGENTE TREATMENT! THE CAP- | TAIN GENERAL'S PROMPTITUDE! AMER- ICA FOSTERING THE SLAVE CURSE! | BRIBES FOR MOBILIER “PLACERS!? A BULL AND TIGER (?) FIGHT—Fovrtu Pace. | PANCHO AGUILERA CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF | FREE CUBA! THE PATRIOT CONGRESS DEPOSES CESPEDES! CALIXTO GARCIA, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF® IN THE EAST— | SEVENTH PAGE. @ARLIST CLAIM OF THE CAPTURE OF BERGA, SPAIN! THE TRIAL OF THE “FIGHTING CURE”—SEVENTH PAGE. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF THE RE’ ENGLISH DELEGATES TO THE E GELI- CAL ALLIANCE! GLOWING EULOGIUMS | OF THEIR AMERICAN BRETHREN—Szvenra | PaGe. TERRIBLE GALES IN ENGLAND! SEVERE DAMAGE AND LUSS OF LIFE IN SHEF- | FIELD! MARINE LOSSES—SrventTH Pace. NAPOLEON'S WIDOW VISITS THE ENGLISH QUEEN—ONE OF THE TICHBORNE WIT- NESSES, A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN, RE- MANDED AND TO BE PROSEUUTED FOR | PERJURY—SEVENTH PaGE. FRENCH PARTISAN SCHEME TO DEPRIVE 4,000,000 VOTERS OF THE FRANCHISE— SWISS REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNT STAEMPFLI—SEVENTH PAGE. FEVER RAVAGES IN THE BRITISH ASHANTEE EXPEDITION! LARGE NUMBERS OF THE MEN STRICKEN! SIR GARNET RE- COVERED—SEVENTH PaGE. BOSTON'S CENTENNIAL TEA GUZZLE! THE LADIES AND THEIR CHAMPIONS DRINK TO THE SUCCESS OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS—Tgnta Pace. THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT RYE NECK FIVE YEARS AGO! A WOMAN IN THE CASE—ART SALE—FIrTH Pacg. MR, YREMAIN FIGHTING THE BANKRUPTCY LAW! ITS REPEAL SECURED! LOUISIANA’S | CONTESTED SEAT IN THE SENATE! HOW OFFICIALS “MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET” — SEVENTH PAGE. CONGRESSIONAL PROCKEDINGS—Firta Pace. GOLD UP TO 1125 YESTERDAY! STRENGTH OF THE MONEY MARKET! THE GOVERNMENT POLICY—E1cHTH Pace. ‘Tae Surrenper or THE Vincrnivs BY Srarn | was the subject, according to a Hxratp special despatch from Madrid, of many con- | @ratulations between Minister Sickles and Sefior Castelar, who, with his Minister of Foreign Affairs, called on the former yester- day. Very pretty! Frovanctan, Success.—Mr. Richardson be- lieves that Congress will authorize him ‘to make up the deficit in his accounts by ® new loan and not by renewed taxation on articles alrendy relieved of the | fiscal burdens of the war. So we reach an altogether ridiculous point in our financial history. We have paid off our debts so fast that we must borrow money to keep afloat. We are sorich, so prosperous, so magnificent, that we must needs set a splendid example to the world at large and pay off forthwith our enor- | mous national obligations, that the dazed financiers of old-fashioned countries might hold up their hands and open their eyes in | mute wonder; and then, as a consequence of the inherent rascalities of our financial system, | comes a halt, and instead of continuing to pay | our debt we find we cannot pay our current Accounts. Queer playing at government they have in Washington. Tor Mostaxe oy a Lirerime.—The Au- gusta (Ga.) Chronicle affirms that ‘Mr. Stephens has made a most inauspicious be- ginning for himself in defending the back- salary grab.” Yea, verily! ‘The same paper Also declares that his speech ‘will elicit from the people of Georgia (especially from the people of this district) prompt and emphatic Chief Justice Buchu. rey When wo related the grand and glorious triumphs of Buchu, especially in Buchu financiering, we were not aware that the same potent article was useful in the manufacture of Chief Justices of the United Statea. Since then, however, a Buchu Chief Justice has dawned upon the astonished gaze of an admir- ing world. Like many of Buchu’s best im- personations Chief Justice Buchu was born of New England parentage and then went West. The West isa grand field for the growth of Buchu. It has contributed to the country many notable Buchu statesmen, orators, financiers and business men. It has built hundreds of Bucha towns and cities and bound them together by Buchu railroads. Buchu bridges span the rivers and Buchu steamboats ply upon them. The West has even given to the world a Buchu religion, with Buchu doctrines, dogmas and ceremonies. hore Buchu marriages and Buchu divorces are common. It is no wonder, then, that out of so much Buchu the West should also have given us a Buchu Chief Justice and that Chiof Justice Buchu should be am honor to the whole Buchu family. Chief Justice Buchu began his career earlier than almost any of the Buchus. At twenty-three he was a judge, and already in a fair way of becoming a chief justice. As a matter of course Ohief Justico Buchu became a judge before he became a lawyer, and he has been a Buchu judge so long it was im- possible he ever should be more than a Buchu lawyer. But not being a lawyer is no dis- credit to Chief Justice Buchu. It isa pe- culiarity of the Buchu family to be willing to undertake the highest trusts, and to suc- ceed in them, too, without any preparatory education whatever. There was Ghoul Buchu, for instance, who blessed the world by the example and influence of a great and good man, without ever having been inside of a Sunday school. And there was the re- nowned Buchu, the great railway king, who taught the people the philosophy of watered stocks, but took mo stook in orthog- raphy and grammar. And Buchu, the banker, who begun business in noth- ing and failed for a million, was a mere self-made man. How, then, is it to be ex- pected that Chief Justice Buchu should be learned in the law? His chief qualification for his high office is in not knowing any law. If he understood law he might be restrained from doing his duty by precedents, decisions and statutes, whereas, not being restrained by these things, he can only do right. It is characteristic of the Buchu family to always dare to do right, and in this, as in every other respect, Chief Justice Buchu is one of the most enlightened members of the family. It is not to be assumed, however, that Chief Justice Buchu sought after this high office. Offices came to him too easily for there being any need of his seeking them. Few men, as we have said, know much law at twenty-three, but at twenty-three the superior intelligence of the people of Iowa found him out and made him a judge. President Pierce, with that sagacity he often exhibited in detecting | Buchu, even in the plainest forms, robbed Towa of the prodigy and made him Chief Jus- tice of Oregon. But he was not known at that time as Chief Justice Buohu. Indeed, the Buchu family had not yet asserted its pre-eminence, Another decade passed be- fore Buchu as a statesman, orator and finan- cier began to be felt in the land. In the meantime Chief Justice Buchu had got into the United States Senate, where he scarcely did eredit to the varied abilities of the Buchu family. He was a mere Western Senator, who occasionally exhibited a delicious Buchu modesty and sometimes showed the Buchu aptness for business. Business has always been the stronghold of the Buchus—business and statesmanship. It was his. aptness for business which made Buchu, the banker, rich during the war—that business aptness which enabled him to make a profit out of every dol- lar the patriotic people were willing to lend, because it was absolutely necessary the gov- ernment should borrow. Ghoul Buchu would never have been able to go about doing good if he had not possessed the Buchu aptitude for business. Old Buchu, the railway king, was pre-eminently a business man. It was this business aptitude of the family which prompted the formation of the Buchu Savings Bank, in which the poor put their earnings and found the investment a terribly permanent one; the great Buchu Silver Mining Com- pany of Utah, Limited, by which we extracted another indemnity from England, and the Buchu Pacific Railroad, which the Buchu Ring induced Congress to build from Nowhere to Nowhere, and make the people pay for twice over. We have not heard that Chief Justice Buchu had any interest in the outside con- cerns of ths Buchu family—though there was a Senator Buchu in the famous ‘Buchu Silver Mining Company of Utah, Limited’’—but he participated in much of the Buchu legislation of the period. He learned his statesmanship under Buchu tutelage—a tutelage so thorough that one of its mest eminent professors has since retired to an island as peaceful as was Blennerhasset’s before the insidious Burr found the abode of the doves. And so rapidly did he grow in a knowledge of statecraft and diplomacy that he was required to take part in framing a new code of international law, and though it is doubtful whether he knows anything of the Rules of Three, be is one of putative fathers of the Three Rules. This was the only training Chief Justice Buchu received for his exalted position, ex- cepting that he was for a time the law adviser of the government. In this position he ap- proved himself a Buchu lawyerwf the first order. He gave Louisiana especially Buchu law and order, and showed the country how completely he believes in Buchu State govern- ments. In every respect he was an admirable member of the Buchu family. As a matter of course Buchu was better as an Attorney Gen- eral than a wild lawyer from Georgia, who had never learned any of the Buchu mys- teries of the period, and was incapable of earning any of the ways of a Buchu society, It is not such an easy thing as some people may imagine to keep a Buchu house and give Buchu dinners and balls and receptions to | Buchu diplomats and Senators and Repre- sentatives and adventurers. But Chief Jus- tice Buchu is skilled in all the accomplish- ments of Buchu society. The representatives of the Bucha press have told us all about that, and even hinted at Buchu condemnation.’’ There never was a mistake of @ lifetime committed more deliberately, words on @ silver tongue which reached the President's ar, in regard to tho exceeding merits of Chief Justice Buchu. It is not to be wondered at that even the words of Chief Justice Buchu himself should be potent in the White House. All the Buchu family are glib of tongue and convincing of speech. Who else but a Senator Buchu could have convinced the English people that the “Buchu Silver Mining Company of Utah, Lim- ited,’ was a good investment? Who else but Ghoul Buchu himself could have convinced the wicked people of Wall street that Ghoul was a good name for a fair to middling Ohris- tian and a pious man? And who but Attorney General Buchu could show the President and the Senate that Chief Justice Buchu would sound well in the government directories and the Heratp Almanac? And, withal, no one, except a Buchu, could bear himself with proper humility when offered high station. Does anybody suppose that Attorney General Buchu was not aware of the honor the Presi- dent and the peoplo were doing themselves in naming him Ohief Justice Buchu? It would be a mistake to think so. All of the Buchu family, though they are modest, have yet a proper appreciation of themselves. From Ghoul Buchu down they possess a humility as remarkable as that of Uriah Heep, and when the President offered him the place Chief Justice Buchu said, in the exact words of Uriah: —“I thank you, Master, I mean Mr. Copperfield.” As a matter of course we have no intention of dismissing Chief Justice Buchu with a single article. A man of his supereminent merits is entitled to more than one tribute to his virtues. Indeed, so heartily do we go into the work of praising and exalting him that we cannot refrain even now from glorying in one of the great advantages of his exaltation. It will be remembered, after the Buchu poli- ticians of Louisiana had overturned a State government and set up a fraud instead, that when their wronged opponents telegraphed to Washington that they were coming to ex- plain the situation, Attorney General Buchu answered, if not in these words, to this in- tent: —‘‘Give yourselves no trouble. I know alland have settled everything. Buchu for- ever.” Such knowledge ina Chief Justice is invaluable, and in political controversies, to say nothing of suits affecting the Buchu Loan and Trust Company, the Buchu Savings Bank, the Buchu Silver Mining Company of Utah, Limited, and the Buchu Pacific Rail- road, itis delightful to know that the inter- pretation of the law and the administration arein the hands of such acapable jurist as Chief Justice Buchu. Terrible Storm in England. The late extraordinary fog which prevailed over London and for fifty miles round St. Paul's for three days has been followed by heavy storms throughout England, culminat- ing in a regular hurricane at Sheffield yester- day. From the violence of the wind a large number of buildings and chimneys were blown down in the city and many persons were killed. One immense chimney in falling crushed a building and steam boiler within it, and from the resulting explosion several persons were killed or wounded. Naturally enough, from this unusual and wholly unex- pected visitation, great excitement prevailed in the city and dense crowds of frightened people filled the streets, The climate of Eng- land within the last fifty years has evidently been undergoing a great change. The numer- ous railroads intersecting the kingdom in every direction, the growth of manufacturing cities and the steady reduction of the area of the forest lands throughout the island have doubtless been among the causes operating therein to change the old regular order of the seasons and to give to England a climate of violent transitions, including the summer heats of New York and the opening winter storms of Nebraska. If so, then, within the limits of a century the change in her climate may become a question as important touching the future destiny of England as her short- ened supplies of coal. Reaction Threatened in the Assembly. The monarchical party in the French As- sembly are discovering new difficulties, and in their own way they are preparing to meet them. The late supplementary elections have produced results not quite to their mind. France is becoming more and more republi- can, and the new delegates are not of that stripe of politics which the men now in power most love. The Right have become somewhat alarmed, and according to one of our despatches of this morning they have resolved, while they have the power, to check the growing evil. Itissaid that they intend to alter the suffrage law, by which four millions of Frenchmen will be disfranchised, We will not say that such a measure will not be carried, but we will say that any such attempt to put down republican sentiment will defeat its purpose, It will rouse the republican spirit of France; and what is almost as good, it will secure for the republicans of France the sympathy of the world Disfranchise- ment is @ much more dangerous experiment than enfranchisement. Nations, like men, must be trusted; and as with the one so with the other, what has once been conceded as a right cannot safely be withdrawn. If this rumor speaks truth 4we may look for lively times in France. French Sante Cruz Caught, It is reported from Spain that General Lizarraga, of the Carlist forces, has laid his un- holy hands on the exciting Santa Cruz; and in consequence we shall probably see that, savage as the Spaniards ean be where it is safe, they will probably be mild and lamblike enough in presence of this ferocious priest. Santa Cruz, though a priest, is by-his nature | a cutthroat of the first order. He is one of | those characters who rise in troubled times, | simply because they are superior to the re- | straints of ordinary humanity, and his fame, | as it now stands, is due to the absolute and | outrageous incongruity between his acts and | the character of his priestly office. He became | a soldier in the Carlist revolt against republi- | can authority, and at the earliest possible op- portunity revolted against the Carlist military authorities and resisted the decrees of Lizar- ragaphis commander. He has been tried by an irregular court for his offence against dis- cipline, but without result, as he was then at large and with his armed supporters near. He is now, perhaps, in custody, but nothing will be done with him, a8 Don Carlos dare not assent to his death, Loa a, Bankruptcy and Buck Pay im Congress, Tho Senate was blocked yosterday over the question of Pinohback or no Pinchback. Sen- ator Morton took considerable time to brow- beat the Senate in his usual forcible stylo in seeking to convince all concerned that black was white—that Pinchback was genuine metal. His principal argument was that the President had recognized the Kellogg Legis- lature, and the House had followed suit, and that, therefore, the Senate should not exhibit any spirit of manliness by calling the legality of the Legislature in question. The Senator said it was not a question of politics, buta question of law. Mr. Morton as a towering firebrand of unoonditional woe to democ- racy is an old character; but his transposition of the pretended for the actual motive in Pinchback’s case fits him for the leading part in “Cool as a Cucumber.'’ It is somewhat astonishing that he condescended to make any apology for his motion, when he can threaten the President on any recalcitrants as old grannies do the ‘‘bogy” upon small boys. Mr. Tremain, in urging his Bankrupt law upon the House, was not slow to hang up the Executive sword over the head of every mem- ber who did not want the Bankruptcy law repealed. This had more effect © on the House than any hint that the measure was intended to help a pet firm of Buchu bankers, and the repealing bill was passed by the House after it had been amended by Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, in a sec- tion which preserves the laws for all pending suits whereon adjudication of bankruptcy has been made, but cuts down tho Court feos fifty per cent. The Senate and House are being subjected to severe tests by the analytical chemists of the administration to see if any traces of the poison of rough- shod-rule manliness can be found. The re- sult, so far, must be encouraging to the White House doctors. Back pay and increased salary came up in the House yesterday in the shape of a new bill from the select committee. It is very funny one respect. It is prepared to sacrifice both the back pay and increased pay of the Senators and Representatives, while in the shadow of the constitution its own increased payis snugly entrenched. It will, of course, be always within the power of the President to ‘‘cover’’ his increased pay into the Treasury. It seems, indeed, as if the House would go through the form of lopping off $2,000 from the salary of $7,500, while retaining a littlé elastic” margin of actual travelling expenses to make up for mileage. An accepted amendment to the bill provides that the reduction take effect from March 4, 1873, instead of ‘‘hereafter,”’ as the bill reads. As a mandatory disgorgement of the back-pay steal was impracticable, so faras moneys drawn by members of the last Congress goes, the Secretary of the Treas- ury is ordered by the bill to “‘cover’’ back all that remains unpaid, and to do the same with all the conscience money he can get. This will not be much. Ex-Empress Eugenie at Windsor Castle. The ex-Empress Eugénie paid a visit yes- terday to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. No doubt the dethroned Empress was kindly welcomed by the reigning Queen, for the widow of Napoleon will find the readiest and most heartfelt sympathy from the widow of Prince Albert. And while Victoria, a regular sovereign by divine right, can find, perhaps, but little to admire in the French Republic, there are with her many recollections of the Second Empire calculated to keep fresh and green her respect and affection for Eugénie, such as the entente cordiale between England and France, dating from their alliance in the war of the Crimea, the interchange of royal hospitalities between the Tuileries and Wind- sor Castle, and even the retreat which the un- fortunate ex-Empress has chosen on the soil of England. Nor can we doubt that the ex- Empress had much to say to the sympathizing Victoria of her prospects and her hopes for | the future, or that she was encouraged bravely to hope for the best. There is something, too, so touching and heroic in the confirmed friendship of these two distinguished women that it cannot fail to strengthen the universal | respect which is entertained for the one and the universal sympathy which is felt for the other. The Exeter Hatt and THE Evancenican At- 11aNncg.—A brief despatch special tothe Hzratp informs us that yesterday the delegates to the Evangelical Alliance meeting recently held in this city were formally received ata public meeting held in Exeter Hall, London, Lord Ebury was called to the chair. Lord Alfred Churchill, the Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Par- ker and others addressed the meeting. The meeting was large and enthusiastic. Special mention was made by the gentlemen who spoke of the courtesies which were paid to them on this side of the Atlantic. Ata happy religious gathering, fairly representative of the Protestantism of England, John Bull, in spirit if not in reality, shook hands with Brother Jonathan. The Evangelical Alliance has not done in Europe all that it promised to do, For its fruit here we are yet waiting. The association, however, is praiseworthy. | By honorable means it seeks noble ends, If its purpose fails no evil will follow. For the present we are pleased to know that John Bull has afresh been taught and has afresh ad- mitted that his brother across the Atlantic is a | good sort of fellow, after all. sentiments prevail, Tar Barris War i Arnica.—The news | from Ashantee to the 24th of November is not by any means encouraging for the canse of | the British expedition against the native African King. Sir Garnet Wolseley has re- covered his health, but the very serious fact that military operations had been entirely suspended during his illness was made known to him’ at the first moment of his convales- cence. The progress in the field since has been slow, and the army columns of the Queen are being encumbered and tho advanco impeded by the number of the sick. Then there are difficulties on the seaboard. Tho authorities at Madeira have placed obstacles in the way of the establishment here of a sanatorium for the shelter of English soldiers stricken with fever. This action, apparently inhgspitable, may lead to complications be- tween the Portuguese and British govorn- ments, as it is absolutely mocessary that the fever-parched and enervated Europoans | this season of the Churc! Long may such | {} | Jaith of the community in the dignity aud worth of all should be returned to the influence of the sea breeze, so far as it may be practicable to do so. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. D. R. Locke (Petroleum: V. Nasby) ts staying at the Hotel Brunswick. Assemblyman J. McGuire, of Havana, N. Y., is at the St. Nicholas Hotel, General George 8, Batcheller, of Saratoga, is stay- ing at the Gilsey House. General Gordon Granger, United States Army, yesterday arrived at Barnum’'s Hotel. State Senator William Johnson, of Seneca Falla, N. Y., has arrived at the Windsor Hotel, State Senator elect John A, King, of Long Island, is registered at the Brevoort House. Richara Nevins, of the Columbus (Uhio) State Journal, is registered at the New York Hotel. Lieutenant Commander H. B, Robeson, United States Navy, is quartered at the Everett House. Ex-Congressman W. D, Bishop, of Connecticut, is among the late arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Signor E. Tamberlik arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday, from Havana, after a very brief visit. Sir Hugh Atlan, who has been on a visit to Washington, arrived last’ nignt at the Brevoort House. rs 3. Edgar Thomson, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, yesterday arrived at the Hotel Brunswick, Congressman Alexander Mitchell, of Wisconsin, arrived at the Hofman House yesterday from Washington. Director Frederick Billings, of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, hag apartments at the Brevoort House. Charles R. Thorne, Senior, the veteran actor and theatrioal manager, is confined to his rosi- dence on the Seventh avenuo boulevard by pro- tracted illness, The Albany Express feara that Governor Dix will establish a bad precedent if he selects a republican to nif@he vacagcy on the bench of the Court of Ap- peals fn place of Judge Pecknam, who was a demo- crat, and elected by the people by 90,000 majority. Agrand Tea Deum was celebrated in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the 16th inst., in honor of the cen- tennial anniversary of throwing the tea overboard in Boston harbor. The tedium of the occasion was whiled away by some fine specimens of Shang- hat oratory. HEALTH OF VIOE PRESIDENT WILSON. Boston, Dec. 16, 1873. Vice President Wilson was in Boston to-day look- ing in fine health. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF CAPTAIN RITCHIE Newrort, R. I., Dec. 16, 1873, Captain D, M. Ritchie, of the revenue cutter Moccasin, and well known to the readers of the HERALD for his services in capturing the Cuban privateer Pioneer, and also in saving so many lives from the wreck of the steamer Metis off Watch Hill, has been obliged to give up his vessel, as he is seriously iil and grave doubts are entertained as to his recovery. He also distinguished himseli during the late war. First Lieutenant Sturgis assumes bis position in command of the Moccasin. CHURGH MUSId ASSOGrATION CONCERT, Stelaway Hall was crowded even to its second gallery last night by people anxious to hear the first concert of this society. There were a chorus, large in numbers and including many prominent choir singers in this city; an orchestra in which some of the best members of the Philharmonic Society took part; @ solo quartet consisting of Miss Henrietta Beebe, soprano; Miss Sarah Barron, contralto; Mr. Eugene Clarke, tenor, and Mr. Franz Remmertz, barytone, aud Mr. 0. E, Horsley, con- ductor. There were three works on the programme, Haydn’s Symphony in C minor, Niedermeyer’s Mass in B minor, and Beethoven’s only oratorio, “Christus am Oelberg.”” We have already spoken of the first performance of the symphony by this society last season, and have nothing to add to our previous remarks. The mass was not satisiactory in the rendering, There was too much mechanism and an entire absence of expression from begin- ning to end. ‘The conductor is principally to blame for this, as his ideas of tempo are destruc- tive of all effect, Whether the time was marked Largo assai, —00, or Andante mosso, —88, Mr. Horsiey did not seem to mind the difference, ‘The work of Niedermeyer might have found a bet- ter substitute in some of our modern masses, despite the intemperate onslaughe made upoa tie well known compositions of Kossini and Gounod in the programme. We can only designate this mass ag an ineffective imitation of the old fashioned style of writing masses. The sublime words of the “Gloria” and “Credo” are not illustrated in the vivid colors that some of our pres- ent composers make such liberal use of, and the “Sanctus” and ‘Benedictus” are subject to the same criticism. The ‘Agnus Dev’? is the best part of the mass, although its rendering last night was of a nature calculated to destroy all efiect. Beet. hoyen's oratorio, which was originally imtended to represent Christ on the Mount of Olives, but which squeamishness ‘on the part of the English people changed to ‘David in the Wilder- ness,” does not present the immortal symphonist ina favorable light, especially when chimes and orchestra were at sixes and sevens last night and the soloists were unworthy of special notice. [he English and American public object to a tenor taking the part of our Saviour, and hence the change to David. The royal prophet had a very poor representative in the Tanks of the Church Music Association. The choral art of the concert Was anything but satisfactory in both works, and the orchestra seemed to have & commune of their own. Mechanical correctness or Tather the avoidance only of a positive break- down Inthe rendering of great worke, cannot be considered a8 @ satisfactory reauit of such @ pre- tentious concert. When blunders thicken and Teal intelligence is absent, there is little to hope for. Yet this is what et at the first concert | Music Association, HONORS TO PROFESSOR AGASSIZ. Bosron, Mass., Dec. 16, 1873, Acting Mayor Cutler, of Boston, has directed that the flags on public buildings be displayed at half staff and the church bells be toiled on Thurs- day during the of Professor Agassiz. The undergraduates of Harvard College and the Boston Society of Natural History have adopted resolutions appropriately noticing the death of Professor Agassiz. THE FUNERAL CRREMONIES, The funeral of the deceased scientist has been appointed for two o’clock P. M. on Thursday in Appleton chapel, and wiil be devoid of all furmality, A Jew seats will be reserved tor the Immediate friends of the Professor, the rest of the chapel be- ing free to every one wishing to attend. Many of the scientific and other bodies of which he was u member have expressed a desire to take part in the ceremonies, but it has been decided as more conformabdie to what would have been his own wishes to decline all such offers. Harvard's vu Eulogy Upon Her Lost Savant. Boston, Dec. 16, 1873. Ata megting of the President and Fellows of Harvard College to-day the following entry was made upon the record :— The President and Feyows have heard with deep re- gret and a strong sense of personal bereavement of fhe death iat Cambridge, on the ita inst, of Louis Agassiz, They desire to record the ‘ser. vices which he has rendered to the universi uring the 25 years ot his connection with Ik He has illustrated the university by his scientific re: searches. By his direct teachings and by his example he has ralsed up a generation of younger teachers. ot natural science who cultivate this spirit, emulate his de- yotion and spread abroad his methods of instruction. He has exerted @ strong influence upon the whole university to broaden its foundations, quicken asin “and liberalize its discipline. By | uence of his unselfish en husiasm | 1 y, versity. Finally, by the inspirin, c| sympathetic ardor and natural eloquence he has awakened in the minds of thousands of his adopted countrymen & warm interest In and respect for the pure seleneé to which he was devoted, thus strengthening the liberal culture. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Key West, Fin., Dec. 16, 1873. The Ossipee lett at daybreak this morning, its Supposed for Bahia Honda, SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 16, 1873, The monitor Manhattan and sloop-ol-war Pow- hatan arrived here ee ASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 187: Licutenant A. F. Ravemen, of the Uuited states Tevenue marine service, ts ordered to report to General Meyer, Ohiet Les leer, U.S. A, of Washington, lor special duty. ‘4 EMBRAVERY IN NEW JERSEY, Paterson, N, J., Dec. 16, 1873, At the opening of the Passaic county courts to- day Judge Bedie charged with particular reference to the recent falling of a build at Passaic caused the death of two well known citizens, Ho ire nda tos wk Sato Bs tised here lately. ‘mde JAPAN AND CHINA. American Hospitality at Yokohama—Accidenf to Royalty—Fire—The Steamship Ariel Investigation. TELCGIAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 16, 167% ‘tho steamer Alaska brings dates (rom Yokohama to November 20. Mr. Delong, who is a passenger, was Offered @ farewell banquet by the American and German reat, dents of Yokohama and Jeddo previous to bia des parture, COURT ALARM, The Empress and her mother were thowa frou @ carriage at Tokei into a pond. They escaped uas hurt. The horses were drowned. POLITICS, Political matters in Japan aro quiet. It is bo lieved that the new Miuistry will carry on tho government quietly. FIRg. A fire at Tokei destroyed 200 houses, Several lives were lost. THE ARIRL CASE. The inquiry into the cause of the loss of the staamer Ariel, before the American Vice Consuy resulted in the exoneration of Captain Newell frout all blame in the premises. SHIPWRECK. The British steamer Columbine has been wrecked near Oosima, She was run ashore by a Japanese pilot, ROYALTY. The Mikado’s birthday, the 3d of November, waa celebrated with great pomp at Yokohama. Mi KARTHQUAKE. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Yoxo- hama on the 16th of November. No damage waa done. Chinese Mission to Pera and Cuba. San FRANCISCO, Dec. 16, 1873, A mission has been despatched by the Ohinese Emperor to Peru and Cuba to inquire into the coolie tramic and the treatment of coolies in thos@ countries, SPAIN AND GERMANY. Naval Reparation to an Imprisoned Officer. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, San FRancrsoo, Ded. 16, i873. » ‘The Spanish authorities at Manila have release@ Mr. Field, the supercargo of the Marie Louise, cap¢ tured by them recently, THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION; Adoption of the New Constitution by @ Decided Majority. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16, 1873. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Returns from Philadelphia justify the statement that our people have declared in favor of the new constitution by at least 20,000 majority. Thisisa great victory for the cause of good government, The State has gone overwheimingly in the same direction. ge JOHN W. FORNEY. » The Vote Through the State. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16, 1873. A very light vote was cast in this city to-day, nov More than balr the usual number having voted. The returns, so far as received, show that 21 out of the 29 wards give 25,000 majority for the constl- tution. Q The following are estimates:—Carhon county, $00 majority; Chester county, 4,000 majority; Bed- ford county, 1,500 majority; Monroe county, 1,500 majority ; Northumberland county, 1,000 majority*~ all for the constitution, ‘The following are, so far, the only instances of opposition :—Adams county, 1,200 majority against and Lower Swatara, Daupliln county, 126 major- ity Giese Philadelphia complete gives 54,778 for and 27,914 agatnst the constitution. Majority, 26,864. ‘otal Vote, 82,602, ‘rhe tollowing are majorities for the constitu. tion:—Cumberland county, 1,500; Huntingtoa county, 1,000; Blair county, 6,000; Centre, 1,500; Reading, 3,300; Harrispurg, 3, Berks county will give from 7,000 to 10, Union county, 1,000; Lancaster city, 1,000, county, 2,000; Mititin county, in four boroughs, 6: Schuylkill county, 4,000; Pottsville, 1,303 coming county, 1,500; Wilkesbarre, 117; ston, 88; West Pittston, 127; bite Haven, 152; Hazleton, 225; Roaring Brook, 45; Scran- 900; Luzerne county, about 2,0005 Easton and Bethlehem, 786; York county, 1,250. ‘The following are majorities against the consti- tution:—Dauphin, 60,000; Plymouth, 104; Wright, 30; Lebanon county, 400. Colonel Forney estimates the total majority in the State for the new constitution at 150,000, Returns trom the State are being read off at tha Press office, where the Executive Committee of the Constitutional Convention had their headquarters, Colonel Forney made a speech to the masses in tha street, alluding to the overthrow of the ‘ring’! by the success of the new constitution. 7 Ly: King- The Verdict of the Western Section— A Reproof for the Ring. Prrrssurs, Pa., Dec, 16, 1873, Allegheny county to-day gave the Cameron ring a rebuke that ought tobe a wholesome lesson to it in future, Notwithstanding the politicians, for the most part, were arrayed against the adption of the new constitution, and worked with tooth and nail to accomplish its defeat, they retire to-night utterly discomfited. Allegheny county will give at least 15,000 majore ity in favor of the adoption of the instrument, and some estimate the majority for it as high as 20,000, One ward in Allegheny City shows a vote of 80010 favor of it to some 15 against it, It has been one of the purest elections ever held in this county, and clearly points out the views of people which are to wipe ont much of the existin; political iniquity and bridle the officials at presen’ in power. The ballots which were cast represented the intelligence of this community. The absence of that rowdy element so numerous and poweriul at all previous elections was generally remarked. Returns from the adjoining counties of Butler, Beaver, Mercer and Washington show the vote cas¢ oe Ue largely in favor of adopting the new consti- ution. Pittsburg, always intensely republican, went back completely on the ring. This action on the part of the people may partially be attributed the wholesate irauds in management of our loc: government recently brought to light. There ia much rejoicing here to-night over the adoption of the instrument, Roughs Attack Friends of the Con: tion. PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 16, 1873. The only distarbance during the day was af attack upon a wagon bearing .the inscription :— “Vote for the New Constitution.” The roughs tore off the canvas inscription and a méiée occurred with the occupants, Pistols were oteharees wounding one of the horses. Police were sent t the scene, but too late to make arrests. THE UNITED STATES StNATORSHIP FROM OALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 16, 1873. The Senate met at Sacramento to-day at on@ o'clock P. M. Henry Edgerton nominated Newton Booth for the United States Senate for the long term. J. McM. Shafter was nominated by Mr. Oulton. J. F, Farley was also nominated. On the first ballot the candidates received 12 votes each, ‘The voting will be continued to-morrow in Joint convention, The first ballot in the Assembly to-day for @ Senator jor the long term resuited as follows :— Booth.. Farley. a Shafter + In the Assembly, for Senator for the short, or Gaseeriy's unexpired, term, a vote was taken, hich stood :—Hager (democrat), 32; Cole (repub- lican). 18; Goodwin, 10; Haymond, 5; Swit, Lewis, 1; Edgerton, 1. The Assembly then ad- Jjourned, Governor Booth’s Friends Confident. SAN FRrANcrsco, Dec, 19, 1873. Governor Booth’s friends are confident that he will be elected Senator on the first ballot to-mor- row in joint convention of the Legislature, Booth havi ved tie nomination from the jooth having received the Assombty, andthe yore in the Senate being a tie, his election is deemed certain. Hagar thus far is ahead of ail the candidates for the short term. a DEMOORATIO GAIN IN A OLTY ELECTION. ‘Warrntown, N. Y., Deo. 16, 1873) At the charter election here lay, the whal@ demooratic city tioket was elected by majorition from 200 to 500, The republicans carrie@ the ier in Novembor by 196 majority, ad