The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1874, Page 7

r SPAIN. NEW YOKK AMUSEMENTS. «Fomme de at Booth’s. ‘Castelar Still in the Capital—Provincial Pacifl- | ene pay which was produced last evening at cation—Carlist Capture of Army Companies. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, MADRID, Jan, 12, 1874. Notwithstanding reports that ex-President Cas- telar had left Madrid he still remains here. PHOVINCIAL PACIFICATION, The provinces of Madrid, Avita, Cuenca, Ciuaad. Real, Guadalajara, Segovia and Toledo have been declared in a state of siege. Carlist Capture of Military Companies. BaYonng, Jan. 12, 1874. The Carlists have captured three companies of republican troops without bloodshed. The Military Situation at Cartagenn— Insurgent Propositions for a Place of Surrender—Spanish Adherence to the Unconditional Rule. MapRID, Jan. 12, 1874. The Oficial Gazette of this morning contains the following intelligence from Cartagena :— “On Sunday evening a committee of the Red Cross Society and three Cartagenian officers ar- rived at General Dominguez’s headquarters, They brought a letter from the President of the insur- gent junta, asking for the suspension of hostilities and the appointment of a joint commission of gov- ernment and Cartagenian officers to consider Conditions of surrender. “General Dominguez rejected the proposals and gave the insurgents until noon to-day to make an unconditional surrender. He, however, promised pardon to all who, before the expirauon of that time, gave themselves up with their arms, except members of the Junta, ordinary crimmals, who are to be dealt with by the tribunals, liberated convicts, who will be compelled to serve out the terms of their sentences, and deserters from the ‘rmies of Spain, whose cases are to be disposed of by the Minister of War. “With this reply the committee returned to the city. “The government is confident that the surrender ‘Will be effected to-day. “Before these negotiations were opened the in- surgent leader, Galvez, with 200 men, made an un- succeasful attempt to recover Atalaya Castle.” FRANCE. Assembly Debate and Vote of Confidence in the Government—The Ministerial Res- ignation Withdrawn. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Paris, Jan. 12, 1874. In the Assembly this afternoon, after a long and ‘violent debate, in the course of which M. Picard Ditterly attacked the Ministry for its monarchical tendencies, a vote of confidence in the govern- ment was adopted by a majority of 58. The Ministers have, in consequence, withdrawn their resignatiors. GERMANY. Liberalist Gains at the Prussian Parliamentary Elections, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Jan, 12, 1874, Additional returns of the elections for the Reich- ‘stag are largely in favor of the National Liberal Party, especially in Bavaria, Wurtemburg and Baden. ACHEEN. Dear Bought Victory for the Warring Dutch. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. PENANG, Jan. 12, 1874, The Dutch troops, before achieving their su>cess over the Acheenese, were twice repulsed, with a (ose of 241 men. ASHANTEE. Royalist Reinforcements to the Native Army. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, Jan. 13—5 A. M. Special advices to the Standard from Cape Coast ‘Castle report that the King of Dahomey has sent ‘Reavy reinforcements to the Ashantees, ENGLAND. Bullion to the Bank on Balance. , TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERAZD. Lonpon, Jan. 12, 1874, The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on balance to-day is £121,000. ITALY. A Would-Be Regicide Escaped from Prison. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. RoME, Jan. 12, 1874. Manuel Pastor, who fired at King Victor Em- ‘Manuel! in 1872, has escaped from prison. CUBA. American Naval Visits—Counterfeiters Arrested. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Jan. 12, 1874, The United States flagship Worcester arrived in ‘this harbor yesterday. Admiral Scott and staf have visited Captain General Jovellar and the Admiral of the Spanish fleet. Their visits have been returned, and there have been frequent exchanges of salutes. AWRESTS. The police, on Saturday last, arrested six Spaniards, in whose possession were found counter- feit bills of the Spanish Bank to the amount of $315,000, Exchange quiet. 2p THE MISSING STEAMSHIP CHINA SPOKEN. The steamship China, which sailed from Yoko- hhama December 8 for San Francisco, and whose non-arrival at that port causes some uneusiness, was spoken December 18 by the Great Republic, which left San Francisco December 1 for Hong Kong, where she arrived on the 7th inst. The China sailed with 140 steerage passengers and a probably light cargo. Inthe telegram conveying the above information there is no mention made of cabin passengers being on board. The officers of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company here state, although the China is some 12 days overdue, they do not feel any great anxiety, as the Great Republic experienced very heavy weather, They are of the opinion that her machinery has been disabled, and that she will be heard trom at the Sandwich Islands, AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. The Geographical Work of the World. The annual meeting of the American Geo- graphical Society will take place this evening at eight o'clock. Chief Justice Daly, the President, will deliver the annual address at the Hall of the Histor- ical Society, Second avenue and Eleventh street. His subject will be, “The Geographical Work of the World for 1873,” comprising the explorations of the Far West, Arctic discoveries, P nang and re- searches In Asta, Africa, South America and the East Indian Archipelago; arcnieological dis- coveries; Palestine and Syrian Exploration; new discoveries on sea and land. The election of officers EXCHANGE. Jor 1874 will take place. THE DANA MANSION DESTROYED, PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 12, 1874, ‘The Oscar Dana mansion, the oldest in Falmouth, “Was destroyed by fire last evening, Bootn’s Theatre under the foreign title above given is a striking example of the. latest sensual. ism of the French school Generally speaking, when tne wi of the modern French playwrights reach our si Great deal of she dross of base Passion is elithinated, so that we only see imper- fectly the character traced by the hands of these grovelling evangelists of a modern religion of the senses. Sardon, in ‘Paul Forestier,” touched ® depth in this particular of deified, agon- ized sensualism which has with difficulty been ont-plunged by Adoipié Betot, Tho hunger for novelty of emotion which possesses these play- wrights is fed by lively imaginations, and when one of them has revelied in covering the creatures of bis fancy with the mire of some occult sin against chastity all his fellows are mad with envy until they succeed in discovering some greater or more recondite crime on which to break human hearts. Last night’s play is @ translation from the work of M. Belot, and his book, irom which the leading idea is taken, is, perhaps, the most immoral in the whole range of modern Frencn literature. We do not wish to bave the play answer for the crime of the book—it can afford to muster its own little battalion of enormities without any exoteric as- sistance. The central character of the piece is naturally “the woman of fire.” Around her the other characters revolve with more or less uncer- tainty of orbit, She believes in metempsy- chosis, like @ true modern pagan, who can’ believe in anything which is not generally beileved in, and has a decided symptomic remembrance that in a former state she swam in waves of fire. If there is any truth ina tuture of molten brimstone, as a reward for total de- pravity, Diane Berard’s life might be called “be- tween two fires, an interlude.” It requires six mortal acts to tell the story of the play, In the first we see & group assembled in a seaside casino in Brittany, consisting of Monsieur and Madame de Cabin, Marie de Rieux and some other ladies, M. de Cabin is a sort of chorus used for announc- ing approaches and connecting the links oi the story when they want it. He announces to the young ladies that Lucien d’Aubier, a handsome young deputy magistrate, has arrived, with his Mother, at the seaside from Nantes, This young man is a student, and does not want to marry, as his mother desires. Mme. Marie de Rieux, a petite blonde, loves him; but he is not touched by her affection, At length he meets the “woman of tire,” who, alter introduction, proceeds to enthrall him with a rhapsoay on transmigration. He is now anxious enough to marry, as we find im the second act, a month later, when at a casino ball he promises her to ask his mamma for leave. He does so, but the fond parent opposes it @ W’outrance and on purely French grounds, Diane returns to tell nim that her Jather is opposed to her marrying a poor, young lawyer, and she accordingly makes nim ‘swear that be will remain ae lor two years. He does so, and little Marie, for her part, releases him trom loving her. )Diane marries the aged Baron de Sery, who appeared for a moment in the first act, led on and off by his steward and adopted son, Lami, This latter is in love with Diane Berrard also. The chorus, M. de Cabin. tells all that inter- venes when the third act opens in tue study of D’Aubier. This act is cumbered with what is, uniortunately, one of the most amusing incidents of the pleces—namely, the telling, by De Cabin and his wife, of the story of a trialin which D’Aubier gained the acquittal of a criminal by pleading long-suppressed emotion. The stage is now cleared for the drama to begin. Diaue enters his room, resumes her empire over him. Her idea is to make D’Aubier wait until the old Baron dies. He consents to this question- able arrangement. A_ noise is heard. Diane discovers that Lami, her husband's steward, overhears, and she snatclies somid poise from a’desk in the room, he fourth aci is after the death by poison of the old Baron and the marriage of Diane and D’Aubier. Lami pur- ae na with renin ; ie oe, learn of visita which she makes $0 the Old castle at his command. She dares him fo iat Wee husband. He is about to £9, but she promises to renew her visits. Marie, fas become a widow, now comes to seek D’Aubier’s legal assistafice, but it ends m looking more like a lover’s. She 1s depar! hen the “woman of fire” enters and upbfaidd the innocent man with loving Marie. Indeed, in the filth act, D’Aubier’s visit to Marie’s home is suspicious, i nothing more. Diane follows him thither, and, stung by his coianess to her and his very apparent liking tor Marie, tells him how she murdered her husband to possess him. She threatens him with denunciation as an accomplice before. the fact. The sixth and last actshows Diane agonized with her un- returned passion, Lami enters and threatens to kill her. She kneels He relents for the stage to and welcomes death, @ moment. She runs off avoid the glance of D'Au- bier’s mother, who has been informed of the crime. D’Aubier now enters and informs his arent that it 1s a4 Ingention to commit suicide. 'wo Shove pre hear |. It is, however, Lamt who has shOé Diane and himself. She staggers on and ies at the feet o/ D'Aubier. -, This play, u8 will be seen, is exciting in parts, but rather long drawn-out. It is superbly put upon thé stage so far a8 scenery and appoint- ments - are concerned. -The proeghorets: ent sea scene, which, “although ridiculous that "it should be #80, nevertheless has not ‘he slightest part in the story, save as realizing the rhapsody of ‘‘La femme de Feu’ two scenes previously, A woman’s form is seen sprawling or swimming through the phospno- rescent sea—that is all. Nobody helps her out, for does she offer any remarks. The acne as fol- characters last night were distribute lows :— Monsicur Lami... seve. HF. Daly ‘rhe part of the heroine, as played by Mrs. Booth, gave all the most ftavorabie side of the flery woman’s passion, with as littie as povsible of 118 repulsiveness. She acts and dresses well, and has @ clear, distinct enunciation. In the third, fifth and Jast acts her acting was very fine, and worthy of @ character cleaner morally, Diane Berard is a modern French Sappno, who makes her Phaon wait until her old husband de convenance is well murderea. Indeed, beiore her marriage she makes a proposition to D’Aubier similar to that made by Heloise to Abelard when marriage was talked of She is as joud of mur- der trials as George Selwyn was, and, in fact, the sum of her viciousness mukes it wondertul that a woman can enact the part with decency. It is something to Mrs, Booth’s credit that she can do so. The character represents a depraved humanity which, we hasten to believe, no American woman can tully grasp. The hero’s part was very poorly filled by Mr. Wheelock. The man is reserved, it 18 true; bat Mr. Wheelock represented him as an awkward “stick”? He must mend his pronuncia- Vion of certain provincial solecisms, Such words as right, mind, child, retire, why, &c., he pro- nounced roight, moynd, &c., which, ad- ded tO @ monotonous talling inflection, managed effectually to tire the ear, Mr. Pateman’s De Cabin was a _ hearty, well-intentioned periormance, but ne has evidently misinterpreted the part, which 1s a mixture of cyn- ical shrewdness, with a talkative nature in conju- al subjection. Mr. Pateman only shows the more faurerous side and lets the finer portion escape altogether. Lami, by Daly, was a melo-dra- matic zumMan of the horrible mobile-eyeprow order. Miss Kachel Noah, as Maric de Rieux, made several very pretty pots. The newcomer, Miss Fox, played quietly, without much force. If she nas decided talent she has the future to show it in, The remainder of the company, excepting Miss Wells, were beneath notice. It suould be mentioned that the English of the tran#iation is slovenly and bad in parts, and the correct pronuneiation of certain French and Eng- lish words should be impressed by a iriend on all the characters. The play will run until further notice, Wood's Museum—Mr. Byron and His Plays. It would be foolish to expect every theatrical manager to provide for the public dramatic tood of a high, intellectual and pure emotional flavor. In the present state of civilization there must be a Bowery as well a8 a Booth’s, and we have no in- clination to sneer at the thousands of orderly and decent people who can find an evening's enter- talument outside of Shakespeare and the legit- imate. To do so would be just as absurd as to quarrel with a camp meeting because it did not pre- serve in its method of worship rittalistic elegance and ceremony. At the same time a candid and kindly indication of the taults and apsurdities of those performances which ape the heroic, and in doing 80 become the broadest burlesques upon honest feeling and correct taste, can do no harm and may possibly do good. It is at leasta litue grain of trath ditgeminated, and though we do not believe that that portion of the public which admires plays of this order wili be instan- taneously converted, it is better, on the whole, that the truth should be spoken than hid. Only one sometimes gets discouraged at reiterating criticisms which to him appear to be platitudes, and which do not seem to produce any proportion- ate effect, “Ben McCullough,” the play produced last evening at Wood’s Museum, and Mr. 0. D. Bryon, the actor who assumed the title role, are a play and an actor which beget precisely this state of feeling. The ignorance and conceit which make sucess in them vossibie have been 80 often HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1874-—TRIPLE SHEET, pointed out that when the task of doing so once More presents itself the critic falters, and asks, to what good? We do not kuow that any better answer is to be lound than in ti fact that when a bad thi is popular it is always Well that there should be @ habitual pub- ite | prenent against it. Mr. Byron is a bad actor, so bad that we do not believe he could obtain a qeominens situation in any first class New York heatre, And ‘Ben McCullough” is a bad pay. 30 bug. that it could not poxsibiy be enjoyed by an audience Capapte of appreciating a fine dramatic effort, But when we speak of the badness of. actor and play we do not wish to be understood as censaring either in a sense implying moral Victousness, It 18 the false emotion and the de- pressed intellectual levei to whicn we rer?. “in tii Plays like “Ben McUunotgh,” which please lsuge Tnasses of decent people, and in all actors like Mr, Byron, who have a certain sturdy strength and frank physical grace, which make them the god of schoolboys, provincial cousins und the ignorant and simple minded, generally, we “are anxious to Astect such points of genuine dramatic worth as shall serve to link them to an art whose pecu- liar province it is to represent human nature. ‘Ben McCullough’ is bad, less because of any directly immoral element possessed py it than because the intellect which constructed it (and we coniess to entire ignorance a8 Lo tts authorship) was not capa- ble of imitating the coherence of Iie and nature, and because sentiments and actions, meant to ve heroic, are descrived in language that is pinchbeck from end to end. We preier treating the theme thus seriously to dismissing it with the shrug and Taised eyebrow, to which the Bufalo Bill drama is usually treated when 1t comes up for critical men- tion, There is a large class of people who are amused by this kind of play. They come in family groups and hang with breainless interest upon the adventures of hero and heroine, until the villain is properly handcuffed in the last ase and the repentant murderer dies to music an slow curtain, Sut it is weil that the true place of actor and play should be recognized and pointed out, Mr. Byron is a young man with an excellent set of teeth and a bad seto! plays, All of these plays are bad in an intellectual sense, and some of them are bad in & moral sense. |Ihey no more come within the sphere of true drdmatic art than the picture of a pound cake on the door of a Broad- Way stage comes within the sphere of the art of Painting. We are sorry that a young man whom time and patience might make a useful stock actor should be thought by so many people to be @ great performer; but it is pleasant to reflect that the people who think him sv are not those who leave a lasting influence upon the age or mould the opinions o/ a generation to come, John Brougham at Association Hall. No lecture of the Mercantile Library course nas been better patronized than was that ot last even- ing, when the venerable Jonn Brougham appeared. It was, however, not a lecture, but rather recita- tions from his own humorous writings which kept the faces of the audience twisted intoall manner of shapes from the moment he opened his Irish drolleries iflustrative of Barney O’Carroll’s ad- ventures in fairy land until he closed with an original hymn commemorative of “Mike Mahon,” as he humorously styled the President of the French Republic. A leaf from the land log of Jack Bunsby, giving the experience of two tars in @ photograph gallery, were brim{ull of happy hits and clearly rendered; bat, perhaps, Mr. Brougham appeared to best advantage in the original extravaganza of “Columbus el Fili- bustero,” which breathed throughout it a fund ot humor and happy satire such as the author 1s Noted for, It 18 needless to aay that all appeared pleased, and the immense audience lefi the hall with reluctance. Musical and Dramatic Notes. The Strakosch Italian Opera Company have re- peated in St. Louts the success they won in Cincin- nati. Chicago is their next point @attaque. Gloomy reports reach us regarding the Italian opera season in Havana. The financtal diMiculties of the enterprise are said to be almost insurmount- able. “La Grande Duchesse”’ is having a very success- fal run at the Germania Theatre, the principal roles being represented by Mr. Neuendort’s ¢ pany. beet ese et i .. [he New Park Theatre, Broadway and Twenty: second street, whose unfinished front bears the announcement that it will be ‘‘opened on Christ- mas next,"? may, if work is vigorously pushed for- ward, be completed in from six to eight weeks, The cast of the frst opera of the Kellogg English opera season, at the Academy of Music, on the 21st inst., comprises the following artists:—Lucia, Miss Kellogg; Edgar, Theodore Habelmann; Ashton, William Carleton; Raymond, G. G. Hall; Arthur, W, H. Tilla. . Mr. Jerome Hopkins’ last Christmas Tide Fes- tival at the Academy of Music was signalized by the singing of choice madrigals by the Orpheon Society, which has supplied tor many years some of the metropolitan churches with excellent choir maveriél, Mr. F. S, Chanfrau appeared last evening at the Park Theatre, in Brooklyn, in the part of “Kit, the Arkaiisas Traveller.” Hé is wélf known in the character, and his rendition 1s pleasing. The play, though somewhat overwrought, is one of tne most probable of the sensational class of dramas, At Treasurer Zimmerman s annual benefit at Niblo’s on Thursday afternoon Mr. Wybert Reeves, supported by Misa Granger, will appear in a one- act comedietta of his own composition and enacted for the first time in America, entitled “1 Love You.” ‘His Last Legs” will bring Mr. Eddy to his feet as O'Callaghan. Davis, the funny ventrilo- guist: W. B. Cahill, the Foy sisters, Rickey and Barney, Cora Adrienne and cthers will help out the amusement. In the revival of “Money” at Wallack’s next Saturday evening the gambling scene, usually omitted, will be given. A magnificent “set” for this is in preparation, and it is relied on by the Management as a strong feature of the play. When comedy of an earlier date than the imme- @iate present commands gorgeous scenic and upholstery accessories we may be encouraged to hope that the meretricious will cease to be so much the object of managerial enterprise. ‘The complimentary concert to be given to Mme. M. Boligny this evening at Liberty Hall, Elizabeth, N. J, by @ number of eminent artists, among whom are the two Molleahauers, Eawin and Henry, and Mr, Alfred H. Fease, shows the high regard entertained by musical professors for this lady and her abilities as an amateur artist. This fair refugee from the South, who is thus struggling to support herself and family, has a dine voice and deserves success. : Hooley’s Opera House, in Brooklyn, has again passed from the occupancy of minstrels to the stricter exponents ofthe drama. It is managed by @ joint stock company of actors, several of whom are of first class repute in this city. Messrs. George H. Grifiths, lately of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, and Owen Marlow, formerly of Wallack’s, are among them. ‘The company last evening played “A Morning Call,” the farce of “Forty and Fitty,” and @ vary sharp burlesque of Gilbert’s fairy morality, “The Wicked World.” The per- formance was extremely good, every part being filled commendably, and the company may be con- sidered a good comedy organization. WEATHER REPORT. ae War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasuInoTon, D. C., Jan. 13—1 A. M. Probabilities. For the Southern States west of the Mississippi River generally cloudy weather and areas of rain will prevail, with northwesterly winds veering to southerly, lower temperature on the Atlantic Coast and rising temperature in the Lower Mississippi Valley. FoR THE MIDDLE STATES CLEAR OR PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER, WITH LOWER TEMPERATURE, FOLLOWED BY THREATENING WEATHER AND POSSIBLY LIGHT SNOW DURING TUESDAY NIGHT, THE WIND IN THIS DISTRICT VEERING TO NORTHEASTERLY AND EASTERLY DURING THE DAY, WITH FALLING BAROMETER, For New England, continued cold and partly cloudy weather, with light to iresh winds aud rising to falling barometer. Yor the lower lake region and thence southward to the Ohio Valley, cloudy weather, with rising temperature, falling barometer, easterly to south- erly winds and areas of light snow. For the upper lake region and the Northwest de- cidedly cola and partly cloudy weather, with areas of snow in the Upper Mississippi Valley and the upper lake region. ; here are indications that a ‘norther’ will oc- cur during Tuesday night im Texas, The Weather in This City Yesterday, The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past 24 hours, in compari- gon witt the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Mudnut’s Phar- macy, HERALD Building :— 1873, L874. 1873, 1874. 10 =80 3 35 1 2 F i 20 . 12M..... 16 3412 P.M. Average temperature yesterday.. Average temperature corresponding date inst VOM. sescecsseesereenee eeseeoeees THE RECENT TEXAS ELEC. 0X. President Grant’s Letter to Governor Davis— The Aid of Troops Refused—“Yiekd to the Verdict of the People.” WASHINGTON, Jan. 12,1874. © The following despatch was this morning sent to” Governor Davis by the President: EXECUTIVE MANSION, Jan. 12, 1874. To GEORGE Davis, Austin, Texas:— Your despatches and letters reciting the action ofthe Supreme Court of Texas, in declaring the State election unconstitutional, and asking the ase of troops to prevent apprehended violence, are received. The call is not made in accordance with the con- stitution of the United States and the acts of Con- gress under it, and cannot therefore be granted. The act of the Legislature of Texas providing for the recent election having received your approval, and both political parties having made nomina- tions and having conducted a political campaign under its provisions, would it not be prudent, as well as right, to yield to the verdict of the people expressed by their ballots? U. 8. GRANT, A Proclamation from the Governor For- bidding the Newly Elected Officers Tak- ing Their Places. GALVESTON, Jan. 12, 1874. The News has the following special despatch from Austin :— Austin, Jan, 12, 1874. The following telegram was received here this evening :— adopted that the candidate recewn vote S each ballot should be dro; bn fa pane lege of ‘O88 renomination. The batiouing was then proceeded with, Hunter, Withers, Goode and Barbour being the candidates. Hunter received h Was the highest, Goode veing 32 votes, whic! by ber 30, on the second ballot Withers received 5: and on the third 47, Hunter being aroypea aan Gosernoe. Smich commencin with 37. : recess was then taken for dinner, after whic! tne caucls Addembted at four P.M. Thirteen bat lots were then taken up to adjournment at six o’clock, 17 candidates being voted for. The ‘highest vote was hor A. H. H. Stuart, 61, Withers’ highest vote was 54; Governor Walker's, 42; Judge Robertson’s, 43, It takes 67—a majority of ai! Lhe Conservatives in the General Assembly—- to nomy4ate, though there were only 127 members present. Of the candidates voted for, all of them but Mr, R. E. Withers, Mr. Stuart and Judge Christian, Were dropped before the adjournment at six P. M. Upon reaysemblieg the balloting was resumed, the first ballet resulting:—Withers, 44; Christian, 36, and Stuart, 43, Christian was then dropped, On the second bakhot Withers bad 44, Goode 50 and Stuart 33, stuart dropped. FILIBUSTERING TO KILL OFF RIVALS. Throughout the entire day a filibustering system Was adopted ol throwmg away votes by the friends of Hunter, Walker aud Goode, in an endeavor to make a break in Withers’ vote, but without suc- cess. On the sixteenth ballot taken to-day Withers still held lus own at 50, Goode receiving 45, the remainder being filibusterea and dropped, At this time (half-past eight P, M.) the excitement on the outside, in the rotunda and the capital offices, which were thronged with people, was intense. On the twelfth ballot Goode received 53 votes, Withers 46, Judge A. 8. Cochrane 26. The contest Was narrowed down now between Hunter, Goode and Withers, but on every ballot some fresh name was brought in for the purpose of throw- ing away voles and deleating 4 nomination as long as possibio, in the nope of demoralizing either the iriends of Withers or Goode, On the eighteenth ballot Goode had 50, Withers 64—17 votes being thrown away. On the nineteenth ballot Withers 46, Goode 46; 13 votes fillibustered. Twentieth ballot— Withers 50, Goode 44; 31 thrown away. Twenty- first ballot—Withers 40, James Barbour 40, Goode 42. Twenty-second ballot—Withers 40, Barbour 41, and Goode 41. GOVERNOR WITHERS LEFT OUT IN THE COL This dropped Withers, on 41 ballots, for th time since ‘Thursday last, and the prospect now D, first WASHINGTON, Jan, 12, 1874, Colonel Swirt, Austin :— Your despatch received, The President recom- mends that Governor Davis shall yield after mak- ing a race under the bill. J. W. FLANAGAN, The following is the Governor’s proclamation, published in the Journal this evening :— AUvsTIN, Jan. 12, 1874, THE GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. To all whom these presents shall come, greet- ing:— Whereas the Supreme Court of the State hasina recent decision declared the election held on the 2d day of December, 1373, in substance to be invalid by reason of tne unconstitutionality of the law under which said election was heid; and, whereas, great public injury and further dangerous complications of public affairs are likely to result from any at- tempt on the part of those claiming to have been chosen as members of the Legislature and other officers at said elections to assume the positions they claim; ‘rherefore, for these and other reasons, which it is not necessary to incorporate herein, it 1s deemed advisable, and it is so ordered, that those who have been chosen as legislators or other officers should not attempt to assume the positions they claim unless by further action of adequate authority such election may hereafter be validated All good citizens are advised to abide by the de~ cision of the competent tribunal and aid in matu- taining public order and moderate counsols, Tn testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and caused the great seal of the State to be amxed, at the city of Austin, this 12th day of January, A. D. 1574, E nee comiy DAVIS, Governor. The Republicans Should Abide the Ro. sult. 5 {From the Hartford Courant, Jan. 12.) The Judges of the Supreme Court of Texas may have acted from the best motives in de- claring the recent State election invalid, but_ ee Ei Would be less of an evil t6 Bubmit t6° thé “result “or the efection than to plunge the State into the condition of an- archy and contention which now seems inevitable, If the etection law was unconstitutional the repub- licans should have Known it in advance, and re- fused to make nominations or tuke any part in the election. Having done otherwise and gone into the contest and been defeated, they should abide tne result, or, if they choose to settle the question of constitutionality at this late day, let them take the responsioility in their own hands and make no calls on the general government for aid, ‘Tue Louisiana case is already one too many. The Law Applicable to the Case. Aspecial telegraphic despatch from Austin in- forms us that the Supreme Court of Texas has pronounced, on a case made before that body, the jaw under which the recent election was con- ducted to be unconstitutional and void. It ap- pears that a section in that article of the constitu- tion relating to elections declares “that the State, county and city elections shall be held at the county seats respectively, until further provided by law, and that the poils shall be kept open from eight o'clock A. to four P. i. tor four days.’ The Legislature enacted an election law, under which the late election transpired, and the polls by this law were opened for only one day. In enacting the law the General Assembly of Texas had the State consti- tution before them, and we presume the limitation in the article of the constitution as to the regula- tion of polls in regard to the duration of the voting as well as to all the other provisions contained in the section, was held to be covered by the words, “until further provided by law.”’ The Legislature made provision by law covering the whole ground. ‘The Supreme Court would seem to have reversed, agit were, the jegislative interpretation of the meaning ol the constitution. Atany rate, Davis, the present radical Governor, and tue others on the State and county tickets, took their chances at the election, and having been deleated at the polls, now seek to hold on to oltice in the face of the popular condemnation by an overwhelming and almost fearful majority, Davis signed the bill, and it thus became a law, The “case” before the Court Was not made until after the election had gone against the radicals, the Judges themselves, we believe, being partisans to that polluted organization. It is in effect tne denial to the immense majority of the people of Texas of a government they have demandea in the name of iaw and most sorely need. The entire business is mtensely radical. But we shall say no more until all the facts come into our possession to be thoroughly weighed and appreciated, "VIRGINIA. Unsuceessful Conservative Caucus Nominate a Senator in Congress. RicumonD, Jan. 12, 1874. The failure to choose by the conservative caucus @ candidate for United States Senator on either Thursday, Friday or Saturday, and the adjourn- ment over until to-day, giving the various aspi- rants time to negotiate and pull wires, gave airesh impetus and interest to the subject. This morn- ing, among the members of the Legislature and | outside politicians, speculation as to the final re- to sult was as wild and as much at sea as | ever, To-morrow, the 13tu inst, & vote must be cast by the General Assembly for United States Senator, and many experienced politicians expressed the opinion that ifthe con servatives did not act with more unanimity and decision than they had heretofore manifested they would disrupt their party. REPUBLICAN TACTICS. Apropos of this, the republicans had made no nomination up to this afternoon, their policy being to await developments from the majority and com- bine with any disaffected conservatives they might find to defeat the caucus nominee of that party. One republican informed me there were two conservative candidates, who, if defeated, and if their friends would stick to them, could get the solid republican vote, which 18 41, These, with 45 or 47 disaffected conserv~ atl , Would elect the Senator. There was, how- ever, Very little probability of such a result STANDING OF THE CANDIDATES, Prominent among the candidates this morning was Judge Christian, of the Supreme Court of Ap- peals, There are some half a dozen leading law- yers in the General Assembly who would like and are auxious to get Christian’s place on the Supreme Bench, and im acertain contingency they had resolved to put their whole strengtn torward for him, u for nothing else, to create the judicial vacauey, lor which they would all then be aspi- ri ‘ats. Above all, the name of Mr. Hunter was spoken of as the probably successful candidate. His iriends were the most enthusiastic and confident, and his managers on the floor of the cancus conducted nis canvass with more ability than did those of any other aspirant tor the nomination, John Goode, of Norfolk, stood next tn public es- timation. Governor G. C, Walker, Janres Barbour, ©. H. H. Stewart and Judge Ould ranked as a sec- ond class to those above mentioned, although any of them were as iikely to carry the day. UNSUCCRSSFUL BALLOTINGS, The caucus met at oye P. w.. when &@ rule waa seemed tair for @ nomination. The next two bal- lots, however, developed nothing. Good held his own at 49; Barbour fell to 35, and 30 were Mlli- bustered. The same was the case on the 26th, 27th and 28th ballots, after which, finding it impossible to make @ nomination, the caucus at midnight ad- journed till to-morrow morning at nine o'clock, GENET’S SEAT IN THE ASSEMBLY. Tammany Convention—Nomination of Charles Crary. The Tammany Convention in the Twenty-first Assembly district met last evening in the hall cor- ner of Third avenue and East 1léth street, to Dominate a candidate to fill the vacancy occa- sioned by the conviction of Henry W. Genet. It was probably the largest Assembly Conven- tion ever held in this city, there being seven in- stead of only one delegate—the usuai number— Irom each election district, and as there are 37 election districts there were 259 delegates, Mr. John W. Smith, President of the Second Ave- nue Railroad Company, presided, and stated that it was the hope ot all the respectable voters of the district that a competent man truly representing all classes snould be elected to the Legislature. Mr, Charles Crary, ex-member of Assembly, and Who was defeated by Genet at the last election, was then named as a candidate tor the nomination and received the vote ofevery deiegate, amid im- mense cheering. Mr. Crary then made a brief speech, thanking the Convention for the honor conferred upon him by the nomination, and promising to do his best to tees eh just expectations in case he should be elected. ‘ne Convention then adjourned. Independent Candidates. In the Twenty-first Assembly district, besides the regular Tammany and liberal republican nomiase aud the candi who Isto be nomt- fiited by the administration Fepantesny, there are three independent candidates—James H. Sullivan, who is placed im _ the field as the taxpayers’ nominee; Francis B. Bazzoni, the people's nominee, and J. K. Gibbs, the temperance candidate, and there are also other independent nominees. The only fiominee of the three named who is supposed to have any considerable follow- ing is Suilivan, who, it 1s claimed, will obtain the support of the German independent democrats of the district. It 1s also stated that he will have a portion of the disatfected administration republi- can vote. Republican Primary Last Evening. The Twenty-first Assembly District Administra- tration Republican Association held 9 primary election last evening in Lincoln Hall, corner of Third avenue and 116th street, for delegates to meet this evening at the same hall to nominate a@ candidate for the Assembly in piace of Henry W. Genet. Two tickets were run, consider able excitement prevailed and a very heavy vote was olled. Bota tickets were headed by Colonel A. . Ketchum, but one was in the interest of William Haw, Jr., the republican candidate at the last election, and the other in the interest of James M, Thompson. [t was announced that the Haw ticket was successful; but the ques- tion will have to be decided by the Convention. Ii the Haw delegation controls the Convention it ts said that Isaac T. Reeve will be the nominee, and that if the other delegation is successful that Ho- ratio P. Allen will be nominated. In either event the feeling between the factions 1s so bitter that it is believed the friends of the unsuccessful party will either not vote at all or give their support to Crary or Sullivan, who are respectively the Tam- many and independent nominees, THE MINERS’ STRIKER. What the Workmen of the Schuylkill Region Demand. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 12, 1874. Despatches received here to-day from aH the districts in the Schuylkill region represent that at the meetings of the miners all had decided to strike, rejecting the $2 25 basis and demanding the minimum basis of $2 50 on contract work and $275 for day work, and in some instances de- manding higher rates. The men are very deter- mined, the basis question having been thoroughly discussed, and they are better pre- pared for a strike now than ever before. ‘There is much ditference of opinion among the leading coal operators as to how long the strike will continue and what length of time the men will be able to stand out, many believing that it will continue until the middle of April or the 1st of May, and some think a compromise may be effected by the 17th of the present month, the time given for a tinal answer whether they will accept or re- ject the proposition. . REVIEW GP THE SITUATION. The Daily Miners’ Journal will contain the fol- lowing editorial to-morrow on the coal trade, the basis question and the situation :— The men ata number of collieries having sus- ended work to attend the district meetings of the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association, for the pur- pose of voting on the proposition ‘made to them at the last meeting of the committee, finding the unanimity so great among them, resolved, in sev- eral of the districts, to suspend work until the basis was arranged. When the committees met in Philadelphia the impression prevailed that there was no difficulty between the partics on the basis question, except on the price of contract work and the mode of obtain- ing the average prices of coal, and so re- ported; but when they met on the 8th inst, | the committee of the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association stated that they found that Mr. Gowan had submitted a proposition to the coal operators, | which the operators endorsed, and which was | afterward submitted to the men. With this the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association found fault, ‘They say it ought to have been submitted to them simultaneously with its submission to the | Operators. They looked upon it as an attempt to | soree them into terms, and this led to a suspension | of work at a number of collertes until the basis was arranged. This, we think, was a mistake, as it would have been better to have con- tinued work until the 17th inst., when the com- mitrees Will meet to receive the report of the vote m the districts of the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association, which, it is expected, will be unan- imous in rejecting the proposition to reduce the | minimum basis prices, An effort will then be made to reconcile matters, At least there ought to be, and will be, it cool councils prevail. It is also | claimed that no change has taken place in the basis prices in the Lehigh Valley or Wyoming region, and that the prices of 1873 have been con- tinued for 1874, and why change them in Schnyl- | Kill county * ‘They say u contract work is too high al s | terms ang also raised where too low. [have en- deavored to ascertain the views of parties directly | interested in the regions and also the busi- ness community, and there {8 greater una- Dimity against any reduction on the basis below $2 50 or $2 75 than prevailed betore. It was a great drain on the business of the region. Even some coal operators, Wthough the committees represent them agreed to the proposition jade, Would prefer the basis as ibis But, at the same time, many ofthem would like to have con- ot work reduced some. mene Sie aituation in this region at this writ. ing, and, a8 we stated beore, with cool counsel on both sides we think the question can be ad- justed with a suspension of ay a few days, Which ® ould not be injurious to the trade, as the | market is supplied with coal at present, and, even {l a strike should take place in Schuytkill, 1t would nat aifect (he auoule Qi coal ad Wie Ober remigus f could rurnish all that would be required for severad movths to come. In order, however, to remov false impression that prevails upos some ques- tions, We most tively deny that there is any disposition on the part of any interest directly engaged im the trade to bring strike, It is not to the interest of an, party to do so, and all will endeavor to avoid tt if hey possivly can. The reason why men are so unanimous against any reduction of basis prices isthatif the panie had not occurred they would have asked for a basis of $270, which ls not con- sidered too high for coal to pay a fair income ow the investment to als parties. Ags it was, several districts voted for the higher basis, but a majority voted to continue the basis of 1873 for 1874, and Such seemed to be the feel ng of all parties up to the time the different proposition was made to them on the sth inst, Stce the above was write ten it has been stated to us that one or two persons of lufuence among miners would like to ring about a strike to advance personal interests, Whether the statement is correct or not we do nob know, but we hove that the Workingmen’s Benev~ olent Assoctation will not listen to any such advice from any quarter. Strikes are destructive to the interests of all parties, and generaily result im nore losses than gains, and everything ought to be done, except the sacrifice of power, on the stricé principies 0 justice, t avoid such a calamity. TWENTY-SECOND REGIME! iT RECEPTION. > A Brilliant and Crowded Assemblage a6 the Academy of Music—An Honor to tne National Guard. The reception given by the Twenty-second regt- ment at the Academy of Music last night was @ credit not only to the National Guard, of which the command forms so honorable and prominent @ part, but to the city of New York, which feels so justly proud of its volunteers, This ta, Perhaps, saying @ great deal, but when it is considered that the regiment is one of which our citizens are wont to boast, so far as skill, equipment and discipline are concerned; when, in fact, it is takem into account that the ‘Twenty-second” is re. garded on all hands as second to none in point of all the details which go so far to inspire confidence and admiration among the community at large, it would certainly appear strange if the ball given under the auspices of ita spirited members were not crowned with that success which ever foliows in the wake of liberality and reputation. in truth, the Academy has not pre- sented @ more festive appearance during the present season, and it would be unfair to the ‘wenty-second regiment to say less than that the annual reception given last night was faultless, It is gratifying to think, moreover, that the efforta of this worthy organization are 80 thoroughly appreciated by that class of society whose educa- tion and refinement give so much tone to all social entertainments, Seldom, indeed, has any bait given under similar circumstances attracted such a truly fashionable and aristocratic assem- blage. If any fault could be found at all it lay in the fact that the well known dimensions of the building were by far too limited for the occasion. In a word, the ball was a mag- nificent success, alike creditable to the regiment and to the metropolis of which it is so noble am ornament. It were useless to dilate on the superb toilets of the ladies, the attrac- tive and various uniforms of the mili- tary gentlemen present, but the whole made an ensemble that was certainly unrivalled, The attendance included many distinguished visitors [rom many parts of the country, all fhe heads of departments erermiie: complement of the chief militia officers of the city. In fine, a more picturesque scene couid not be imagined than that presented last night, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Twenty-second covered theme selves with glory. But it would be unjust to con- clude without a word for the music; and when tt ia stated that Mr. Gilmore had the orchestra under the control of his magic wand—that Gilmore, Whose name is now @ househoid word, was entrusted with the onus of charming the thronged) assemblage—comment would be out Ol piace. Indeed, & more choice programme has never been given at a ball. ‘This, at least, was the sentiment of those present. Altogether it is @ pleasure to congratulate the National Guard om the brilliant efforts of a regiment than which none more sterling, prompt on the call of duty or ppues in the time of pence exists in the Empire tate. eK tae THE BOND ROBBERY IN THE COMPTROLLEB'S OFFICE IN BROOKLYN. Reported Restitution. Last night it was stated by Alaerman Ropes im behalf of the Comptroller that there had beem $12,000 worth of bonds stolen from the office, but they had been recovered. A man who pre- sented the coupons trom the bonds for pay- ment at the Nassau Bank was told that the bonds were stolen, He was taken to the Com; trolier's Oftice, where the coupons Were retaimed, and the man was allowed to take his departure, but wi'l probably pe arrested to-day, Why he was not detdined at the time is not explained. On Wednesday last, the Alder- man says, the bonds, amounting to $12,000, were sent from Albany to the Comptroller; $3,000 wortlx of the bonds which were stolen by one Kersler, the bond clerk in the Comptroller’s Ofice, it is said, was also sent back. As it is quite impossible to get into the august presence of the Comptroller, the story concerning the robbery and restitution has to be taken second hand, ome places let that be adjusted on equitable | MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Algeria will leave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool, The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at eleven o'clock A. M. 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