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~ BAZAINE The Ex-Marshal’s Letter to s the Herald. A High Appreciation of Impartial American Journalism. ate I RS ‘ THE WAR REVIEWED. MacMahon at Sedan—Bazaine at Metz. Hard Feelings Against a For- mer Comrade. . , NAPOLEON AND THIERS LAUDED. is Why He Left the Ramparts of Ste. Marguerite. eS , S<Plamations on’ the Mexi- ; ‘can, Campaign. The Document in French » ) and English. ™ [SPROUL DESPATCH BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.) Bow ox \Brxvx, pris de Lidge, Me cena tae } & Monsieur James Gorpox Bennett, Pro- priétaire du Heraup :— Monsmrve—L'impartialité de votre hono- table journal devant les rudes épreuves que j'ai traversées, et en dernier lieu les marques ile sympathie que j’ai recues de vos représen- tants en Europe, me portent 4 vous remercier * ‘publiquement. La presse anglaise et la presse américaine en général n’ont point laissé égarer leur jugement sur le terrible ilrame dont, aprés l’Empereur, j'ai été la plus malheureuse victime. A part le Times, dont on connait l'égoisme et les attaches alle- mandes, au commencement de la guerre la presse anglaise était extrémement bienveil- lante; la presse russe, trés-sensée, m’a sou- vent apporté de précieuses consolations ; j’ai trouvé dans les journaux américains mes meil- leurs défenseurs et les critiques les plus im- partiaux. Ds ne m’ont jamais injurié systé- matiquement comme on 1's fait ailleurs. » SYMPATHIES AMERICAINES. Derniérement, & mon passage par Cologne, des groupes américains sont venus me visiter spontanément et m’assurer de leurs sympa- = \ i} ~ thies ; des officiers ont voulu me serrer la main, comme l’avait déja fait Sherman lors de son passage & Versailles, J’aime peu les démonstrations; mais j'ai été vivement touché des démarches des Américains. Les citoyens américains ne sont pas comme les démagogues francais, qui croient faire acte de patriotisme ' en insultant des soldats vaincus. VIOTIME DE IRARMEE ET DE LA NATION. On 4 jagé d'une bonne politique de faire de moi une victime expiatoire; l’armée et la nation m’ont chargé de toutes leurs fantes, de toutes leurs faiblesses, de tous leurs péchés, et m’ont sacrifié. Je ne veux pas me plaindre du jugerhent qui m’a frappé, at- tenda qu’il est invalidé par ls composition au tribunal, en vertu do I'antique loi qui dit qu'un scousé doit étre jug’ par ses pairs. Cette guarantie m’a été refusée. Le conseil ‘\) était présidé par un prince du sang rayé des cadres depuis 1848, renfermé forcément dans Ja vie civile juequ’en 1871, n’ayant jamais conduit d’opérations importantes, et ne pos- sédent @autre mérite militaire que d’étre, fils de Roi ot d’avoir été colonel & vingt-deux ans par la grice de sa naissance. LES DEUX APPUIS—NAPOLEON ET THIERS. Je n'espere plus que justice me soit promptememt rendue. Je n’avais que deux appuis, dont ‘autorité et |'impartialité me yassuraient durant la lutte contre ceux qui me laissaient immoler pourapaiser une coterie et In douleur publique ;.oééait 2 Empereur, qui est mort, et Thiers quia été renversé et remplacéi:par MacMahon, mon ancien camarade. 1D m'a ‘done falla passer tout \, catien.pat le tarsible engrenage des événe- ments, Depuis le temps oi!on.m's imposs le commandement de ]’armée du Bhin, j'ai bu le calice jusqu’s la lie; mais je ne dois pas % me plaindre, car I'Empereur a perdu le trine et la vie, et la France, malgré la valeur dé- ployée, a perdu’ trois départements. Lea Allemands seuls ont profité, et aveo eux coux qui sont restés loin des champs de bataille pour mieux flatter les passions du peuple et mieux exploiter une grande douleur. Je pourrais dire comme cet ancien Romain, «Justice, tu n’es qa’un vain mot;'’ mais je préfére tout attendre du temps ot de I’histoire. LES OPPRESSIONS DE MACMABON. Je ne me serais méme pas évadé de prison si mon ancien camarade avait voulu adoucir les rigueurs de ma captivité. Lorsde mon proces j'surais pu employer les mémes armes dont MacMahon s’est servi contre moi; j’surais pu exposer pour ma défense comment MacMahon a 64 battn et a évacuél’ Alsace sans chercher a dé- * § fendre les Vosges, eans arréter |’ennemi, sans utiliser les voies ferrées; lnissant ma droite aéoonverte et tournée malgré]’ ordre qu’il avait acu do ne ons dinpanct Nancy: j'aagais pu) y ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SATUKDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET, Jules Favre m’a flatté, Gambetta m’a qualifié | of the disasters to the French army and complains montrer son ignorance des forces et des mou- vements de ’ennemi, sa présomption en ac- ceptant la bataille & l’aveuglette, son impra- dence en risquant sur un coup la réputation des vieilles troupes d’Afrique qu’il comman- dait; j'aurais pu enfin faire voir qu’en ou- | bliant les premiers.devoirs d’un général pour remplir le réle d'un combattant, il pouvait fi- nalement étre regardé comme l'un des premiers auteurs de nos désastres, IMITANT L’EMPEREUR. Mais j’ai imité la conduite de l’Emperenr, ne jamais accuser personne, et ne point cher- cher & rejeter la responsabilité sur les autres. MacMahon avait été malheureux & Sedan, comme moi & Metz; comme Trochu, comme Ducrot 4 Paris; comme Bourbaki et Clinchant dans l'Est; il avait, oublié tout cela en deve- nant Président, et son manque de mémoire m’a donné de l’énergie pour m'évader. J’en- vie une chose & MacMahon, o’est la blessure | qu'il a regue 4 Sedan, qui lui a permis de pas- ser honorablement le eommandement sau gé- néral qui a signé la capitulation de Sedan, et de décharger sa responsabilité sur l’Empereur, qui l’'a gracieusement acceptée. Loin de ré- criminer, je crois que chacun a fait ce qu'il pouvait, La France, accoutumée 4 enregis- trer des victoires, croyait de bonne foi qu’elle ne pouvait étre vaincue; elle avait été gitée par les campagnes de Crimée et d'Ttalie. LA OABBIERE MILITAIRE DU DUC D’ AUMALE. La lettre énumére ensuite les désastres con- tinus de l'armée frangaise et se plaint amére- ment du duc d’Aumale, qui a profité de l’occa- sion pour se mettre en évidence. Elle pour- Le seul fait d’armes de ce jeune soldat, qui prétend vouloir juger un maréchal tel que | moi, est @avoir, par une marche hardie, sur- pris le campement et enlevé les femmes et les troupeaux d’Abdel-kader. Quelques mois pas- sés en Afrique ne suffisent pas pour former un homme de guerre et lui permettre d’ apprécier la conduite d’un général en chef. * * * Aprés une longue enumération des circons- tances dans lesquelles il a accepté et exercéd son commandement, l’auteur continue en ces termes: — TL SB Fart POLITIQUE, Mon excuse pour avoir fait de la politique, c’est de l’'avoir fait malgré moi, et parceque les révolutionnaires en avaient fait avant moi. Javais prété serment & l'Empereur et Ala cons- titution acclamée parle vote populaire. Je tenais mon commandement de l'Empereur et non du gouvernement insurrectionnel, in- digne faction qui mettait 4 profit l’absence de YEmpereur et de l'armée pour envahir le Corps Législatif. Je croyais que I’Empereur de Russie viendrait & notre aide, que Victor- Emmannel pourrajt passer les Alpes et payer la dette de reconnaissance qu’il avait contrac- tée depuis Magenta et Solférinon, * * * §Si c’est la faire de la politique, alors j’en ai fait; mais ceux qui m’en font un crime en ont fait autant sans y étre autorisés, ‘UN ARRET SUSPECT. Le conseil a trouvé moyen de me condam- ner et de m’absoudre en méme temps, de m’appeler en méme temps'un criminel et un héros. Les juges ne savaient que''faire. Le devoir leur disait d’appliquer une: loi : dra- conienne, leur conscience leur disait que je n’étais coupable ni de trahison ni de conspira- tion, Des subordonnés appréciaient trois ans aprés la conduite d’un chef d’armée. La paix signée, tous éprouvérent le besoin de reporter leur colére sur quelqu’un, et & défaut de l’Empereur, ce fat moi que l'on choisit dans un concert général de récrimination. Ceux qui avant la guerre demandaient le dé- sarmement universel, qui auraient soulevé la France si l’Empereur avait tenté d’appliquer Yorganization militaire prussienne, 1’accep- tent aujourd’ hui. ’ AMI DE NAPOLEON. L’Empereur, sachant & quoi s’én tenir, a toujours ‘eu confiance dans ma loyauté et n'a pas voulu m’abandonner. Je dois aussi de la reconnaissance & Thiers, qui a osé prendre ma défense & mon retour du Mexique. Je suis convaincu que, s'il n’avait pas été ren- versé, il aurait su trouver une solution, et éviter l'unique procés que l'on m'a fait subir, UA PERTE DE L' ALSACE. i " On m’impute la perte de 1'Algace, mais la vérité est que l'Aleace était perdue aprés Reichshoffen. Méme apréd le désaatre et aprés la retraite précipitée de l’armée on aurait pu sauver-Metz lorsque Thiers, qui seul gardait » le sens commun, venait apporter lo paix; mais on continua Ia lutte afin de conserver la dictature et d’empécher la constitution d'un gouvernement définitif, LES MILICES BT LES PRUSSIENS, On ne pouvait jamais espérer écraser l'on- nemi avec des milices incohérentes et sans nerf; on éprouva déroutes sur déroutes, et quand il ne resta plus rien on fut compléte- ment d la disorétion de l'Allemagne, On pré- tendait sauver l'honneur national; mais Varmée du Rhin l’avait sauvé avant que les démagogues y eussent pensé. Une journée avait fait subir plus de pertes aux Allemands que toutes les forces de Paris pendant quatre mois. ‘ MALBEUREUX, MAIS PAS RIDICULE. MacMahon et moi nous avons été parfois malheureux, mais jamais ridicules, Aucun Allemand n’a jamais ri en me combattant, Des spectacles tels que ceux que l'on a vus & Paris et & Tours pourraient seuls compromettre Yhonneur national. Pour moi, je suis un vieux soldat ot ne connais rien en politique ; je fais des campagnes et non des discours, ot ne me leis vas prendre avec des eros mots, du nom de traitre ; mais cela ne m’a pas ému. LA MORT DE MAXIMILIEN. En ce qui concerne le Mexique, !’Empereur avait & choisir entre l’évacuation et les chances d'un conflit avec les Etats-Unis. Pour éviter le conflit, il donna l’ordre de revenir; mais Maximilien ne voulut ni retourner en Au- triche ni abdiquer, bien qu’il comprit trés bien que Napoléon ne pouvait pas soutenir une lutte contre les Etats-Unis, Maximilien, malgré de sages conseils, préféra chercher une mort honorable, Voili la verité, et voild la mesure de la responsabilité de chacun. Il me reste pour me consoler la pensée que méme Washington n’a pas été complétement & I'abri de l'injustice, et que Lafayette a passé par des épreuves plus terribles que les miennes. CONSOLATIONS DU MALHEUR. Je suis loin d’étre riche; mais, outre la liberté, il me reste des trésors inappré- ciables ; j’ai pour compagne une américaine qui me donne les plus grandes preuves de dé- vouement ; j'ai des enfants que j'adore, un frére et quelques amis restés fidéles. Ma po- sition n’est pas désespérée ; au besoin je sui- vrais exemple du duc de Richmond vaincu et demandant du travail. Simple soldat j'ai porté le fusil ; le labeur n’a rien qui hymilie. Je ne considére pas ma vie militaire comme terminée ; je suis plein de force et de santé, I me reste des devoirs & remplir, et je les remplirai lorsque le moment sera venu; 'es- pére que la fortune m’accordera un dernier } sourire commie elle en donne souvent aux vieux soldats. Recevez, cher M. Bennett, avec tous mes remerciements, la nouvelle assurance de ma considération la plus distinguée. BAZAINE, Maréchal, THE TRANSLATION. To Mr. JamEs GoRDON BSNNBETT, Proprietor of the HERALD:— Bots DE BREvX, near Lidge, Sept. 6, 1874. Sim—The impartiality of your honorable )ournal before the rade trials which I have undergone and the strong marks of sympathy which | have since received from your representatives in Eu- rope, induce me to publicly thank you. The Eng- lish press, and the American press in general, have not allowed their judgment to be piassed con- cerning the terrible drama in which, next to the Emperor, I have been the most unhappy victim. With the exception of the London Times, whose egotism and German sympathies are well known, the English press was extremely favorable at the commencement of the war. The Russian press ‘was algo very sensible and often brought me items of the most precious consolation. ‘But it was in the American journhis that 1 found my dest de- fenders and the most impartial criticisms. They have never systematically abused me as others have done, AMERICAN SYMPATH Recently, as [ was passing through Cologne, sev- eral parties of Americans came spontaneously to ‘visit me and to assure me of their sympathy; Amer- ican officers wished to shake my hand, the same a8 they had previously done to General Sherman on the occasion of his passage through Versailles, Lcare but little for demonstrations as a rule; but l contess to having been deeply affected by the ex hibition of American friendliness, American citi- gens are not like the French demagogues who pre- tend that an act of patriotism is an insult to de- feated soldiers. Yu THE VICTIM OF THE ARMY AND NATION. They deemed it to be the part of good policy to make of me an expiatory victim; the army and the nation charged me with all their faults, with all thetr weaknesses, with all their sins, and then they sacrificed mag Ido not wish to complain of the judgment rendered against me, becanse that judgment is invalid on account of the composition of the coart which rendered it, for the old laws declare that an accused individual shall be ‘tried by his peers. This legal guarantee was refused me. The council was presided over by a prince of the blood, whose name had been removed from the rolls of the army since.1848, when he was compelled to seclude himself in the walks of civil life, who has never conducted any operations of importance and who possesses no other military merit than that of being the son of @ king and of having been colonel at twenty-two years of age through the privileges of high birth. THE TWO SUPPORTS—NAPOLEON AND THTERS, Ihave no longer the hope that strict justice will be promptly done me. I had but two supports, ‘whose authority and impartiality assured me dur- ing the contest, against those who allowed me to be immolated imorder to appease a certain coteric and public » These were the Emperor, who is dead, and who bas been set aside and replaced by MacMahon, my former comrade, It resulted, tne! fe, that I alone had to pass through the whole terrible complexity of events. From the day that the command of the Army of thé Rhine was imposed upon me I have drank the bitter cup even to the dregs; but I ought not to complain, for the Emperor lost both the throne and nis life, and France, notwithstanding the bravery displayed by her armies, has lost three @epartments, The Germans alone have profited by the war, and with them those who remained at home, far from tne field of battle, so that, they might the better flatter the passions of the people and the more easily bring about great national calamity. I might truly say with the ancient Roman, ‘Justice, thou art but a word;” bas J pre- fer to await the verdict of time and history. MACMAHON’S OPPRESSIONS. I should not even have attempted to escape from prison had my former comrade seen fit to Jessen the severities of my captivity. During my trial Ighould have employed the same weapons that MacMahon used; against me. I should have shown in my defence how MacMahon had been ‘beaten, and had evacuated Alsace without en- eavoring to defend the Vosges, without resisting we mae of the efiéniy, without utilizing the ralls Toads, leaving my right uncovered snd turned, notwithstanding the order he had received not to Tepass beyond Nancy. 1 should have shown ‘his ignorance of the numerical strength and the movements of the enemy; his presumption in accepting battle blindfolded; his imprudence in risking the reputation of the old African troops which he commanded in one battle. Icould have shown clearly how, in for- getting the first duties of a general in order to Play tne part of a fghting soldier, he most be re- garded as one of the first authors of our disasters. IMITATING THE RMPEROR. But I imitated the conduct of the Emperor, never accusing any one, and never seeking to throw the! responsibility upon others. MacMahon had been as unfortunate at Sedan as I was at Mets; as Trochu and Ducrot were in Paris, as Bourbaki and Clinchaut were in the East. He had forgotten all this when he became President, and his want of memory was the chief incentive to my escape. I envy MacMahon in one thing, and that is the wound that he received at Sedan, which permitted bim to honorably pass over the command to the generai who signed the capitulation of Sedan, and to cast his responsibility upon the Emperor, who ‘Most gractonsiy accepted it. Instead of indulging in recriminations I think that each did his utmost to succeed. France, accustomed to record vic- tories, really believed that she could not be con- quered; she had been spoiled by the campaigns in ‘the Crimea and in Italy. THE MILITARY CARBRA OF THE DUC D’AUMALE. " Bare phellaver conuaugs to enumerate the) causes bitterly of the Duc d’Aumale, who had profited by the opportunity to place himself on record, and continues :— The only featof arms performed by this young soldier, who pretends to be anle to judge a Mar- shal like me, was his adventurous march to sur- prise the campof Abd-el-Kader, and capturing the women and cattle. A few months passed in Africa 1g not suMficieng to make @ military man and to Permit bim §@ appreciate the conduct of a com- mander-in-chief. Alter @ lengthy enumeration of the circum- stances under which he accepted and exercised his command, the writer continues as follows :— HE DABBLES IN POLITICS. My excuse for engaging in politics ts, that I dia 80 1n spite of myself, and because the revolution- ists had done so before I did. I had sworn al- legiance to the Emperor and the constitution ap- proved by the popular vote, 1 held my command from the Emperor and not from the insurrecttonary government, an unworthy faction that took ad- vantage of the absence of the Emperor and the army to invade the Corps Legislatif. I be- heved the Emperor of Russia would come to our assistance; that Victor Emmanuel might pass the Alps and pay the debt of gratitude he had contracted at Magenta and Solferino, * * * If that be to meddle in politics then I did so; but those who reproach me ‘with it as a crime have done as much without any authority. AN UNSOUND VERDICT. ‘The court martial has found a way to condemn and to absolve me atthe same time, and in the same breath declare me a criminal and a hero. They were puzzied what course to pursue. Their duty urged them to apply a Draconian law, their consciences told them I was guilty neither of trea- son nor of conspiracy. Three years after the events subordinates sat in judgment on the chief of the army. Peace being signed, all found need to direct their anger against somé one, and as the Emperor was no longer there I was chosen as the object of general attack. Those who belore the War demanded universal disarmament, who would have urged rebellion had the Emperor attempted to introduce the Prussian military system, accept it to-day. NAPOLEON'S FRIEND, The Emperor, understanding the situation, always had confidence in my loyalty, and would never consent to abandon me, My gratitude is also due to Thiers, who had the courage to defend me on my return from Mexico. I am convinced that had he not been overthrown he would have found a means of avoiding the disgraceful trial to which I was subjected, ALSACE Lost. The loss of Alsace has been imputed to me, but the truth is that Alsace was lost after Reichschop- pen. Even after the disaster, and after the pre- cipitate retreat of the army, Metz could have been saved when Thiers, who alone retained his com- mon sense, came to propose peace; but the strug- gle was continued in order that the dictatorship might be retained and the organization of a defi- nite government prevented. | ‘THE MILITIA AND THE PRUSSIANS. ‘The enemy could never have been crushed with Taw levies witnout discipline or ardor; defeat fol- lowed defeat, and when nothing remained we Were completely in the power of Germany. The pretended motive was to save the national honor, bus the Army of the Rhine had saved 1t before the demagognes thought of doingso. In one aay it had inflicted more logs on the Germans than did all the iorces of Paria in four months, UNFORTUNATE, BUT NOT RIDICULOUS. MacMahon and 1 have been unfortunate, but never ridiculous. No German ever laugned while fighting me. Such sights as were seen at Paris and at Tours could only compromise the national honor. For myself, [am an old soldier, and do not understand politics. I make war, not speeches, and do not allow myself to be frightened by big. words. Jales Favre flattered me; Gambetta called me a traitor; but that did not move me. ‘THE DEATH OF MAXIMILIAN. AS irds Mexico the Emperor had to choose aeteih eaponeion and ® War with te United 8t ‘To avoid a conflict he gave the order to Yesurn; but Maximilian was unwilling etther to return to Austela, of,t0. abdicate, although he well understood: t Napoleom. comld not sustain a atruggie with the United States. Maximilian, in spite of wite counsels, préferred to seek‘an honor- able death. 'Thatis the truth, and thats the ex- tent of each one’s responsibility. For my consola- tion the thought remains that even Washington 41d not escape injustice and that Lafayette passed through ordeals more terribie than mine. OONSOLATIONS IN MISFORTUNE. I am far from being rich; but, besides my lib- erty, there still remain to me immeasurable treasures, For companions I have an American lady who gives me the strongest proofs ot devo- tion; Ihave children I adore, @ brother and some friends who have remained faithful. My position is not hopeless; if need should be I would follow the example of the conquered Richmond and take refuge in labor. Simple soldier, I carried a mus- ket: labor does not dishonor. I do not look on my military career a8 ended; I enjoy health and bodily vigor, Some duties remain to be fulfilled, and 1 shall fulfil them when the time comes; 1 hope fortune will grant me a last smile, as she often does to old soldiers, Accept, dear Mr. Bennett, with all my thanks, renewed assurance of my most distinguished con- sideration. MARSHAL BAZAINE, GREAT FIRE IN MIDDLBTOWS. Destruction of Two Manufacturing Es- tablishments—Loss $460,000. ) MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Sept. 11, 1874 The greatest fire known for years visited this city last night, by which the grist mill, at the Pa- meacha Pond, occupied jointly by Meech & Stod- dard, millers, and the Limons & Miller Plate Com- pany, was totally destroyed. An alarm was promptly sounded from the new fire bell, which ‘was placed in position in the Court House tower yesterday afternoon; but the Department and jople not reat thinking the bell was Pirdek simply for trial. The fire thus ad headway, id 7 coe With all thelr contents, THE Lossns, In July last Simmons & Miller's stock inventoried $70,000, their capital stock was $38,000 and the} had insdfance amounting to $24,600. Meech Stoddard had @ heavy stock of grain and floor in their mill, The loss cannot yet be correctly stated, but they were insured for $40,000. THR INSURANCE, So far as has been ascertained the insurances are 9s follows:—Fire and Marine, Springfield, $2,725; Phoenix, Hartford, $2,500; North Briti /500 ; Oriental, Hartiord: $2,000:'Royal, London, $1000; Atlantic, New York, $2,000; Nort! delphia, $2,425. America, Phila: 3; Royal, Bi F ae 1a yal, ingland, $3,600; Amazon, = NEW JERSEY POREST FIRES, Progress of the Contiagrationd—Thou- sands ef Acres of Timber Destroyed, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 10, 1874. ‘The fire in the woods north of Atsion, N. J., bas been subdued. One in the south has been burning all night, and another to the east started yester- day, causing much alarm to the residents of At. sion, as the wind is bringing the fre toward the town. The fires near Elwood are out, Five cran- near Egg Harbor are ai: danger is antictpated. Seven acres of cranberry meadows, several thousand acres of timber and the large steam saw mill of 8S. Crowley were de- stroyed. The whole loss amounta to $20,000, A OBIVALROUS VIRAGO. A Woman Attempts to Castigate a Gov- ernment Clerk for Scandalising Her Home. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 1874. Considerable excitement was created at the Treasury Building this afternoon by the appear- ance of a Mrs. Skippon, who, calling at the secret service division, demanded to seo a clerk named Shaler, and upon bis approach made an attempt to castigate him with a small whip, After strixing one or two biows, however, she was disarmed by Shaler. The woman’s ma: and loud language, Saserting that the party was attempting to cowbide had ruined the happiness of her hom brought into the corridors great crowd o clerks. She was finaily taken away by an officer. Shaler and his trends denounce the Woman as a teGmcneient prevailed misay. persons iter thas nudtuee Mary Harris Stir woe about 10 tane Ras dot AMUSEMENTS. Central Park Garden Concerts, Notwithstanding the reaction in the public mind whicn might be expected to take place after such remarkable demonstration as that of Thursday night when Mr. John Koch, proprietor of the gar- | den, had a benefit, there was no falling of last evening. The orchestra of Mr. Thomas has taken every time it 18 announced there ig sure to be good audience, The programme was attractive in many respects. Kreutzer’s overture “Nachtlager | in Granada”; the andante_ from the extraordinary “Surprise” symphony of Haydn, a bit o! pure fun; the lovely ballet music from ‘Robert le Diabie” ; the “Tunnbaeuser” overture, ior the rendering of which Mr, Thomas should get out a patent, as lis orchestra plays it in au inimitable style; a lively Qute solo, interpreted in @ thoroughly artistic manner by one of the beat futists we have ever heard, Mr, Carl Wehner; Liszt’s superb ‘Rhap- sodie Hongroise”’ No, 2; selections from “Il Trova- tore,” the Polonatse from “Mignon,” and two waltzes, “Fantasieblider” and “The Nautilus’? made up a mélange of musical attractions that only Thomas could supply. The concerts are now drawing to an end, and they become in conse- quence more interesting. Musical id Dramatic Notes. Svendsen, the Norwegian composer, has received 8 email life pension from ms government. Mme. Ristori reached Valparaiso on the 1st of Angust, and after a short season there will pro- ceed to Pero. Her advent is awaited with much impatience. The new Alexandra Theatre, situated in Camden Town, London, which was built and opened not more than two years ago, has lately been sold at auction for £11,900, Mile. Albani’s engagement at the Liverpool Musical Festival promises to be one of exceptional brilliancy, to Judge from the flattering comments of the Liverpoel journals. Sothern has played Dundreary 4,952 times, If he averaged $500 for each performance he has re- ceived the enormous sum of $3,026,000 for his ef forts in this one character, Sefior Agramonte had a benefit concert at New- Porta few days ago, at which Mrs. Guiajer sung With success Vengzano waltz, “Ave Maria,’? Gounod, and a ction trom “Lucia.’’ Mr. Max Maretzek has taken the direction of the vocal department in the New York vonservatory of Music and will organize the amateur opera there. A good idea and a wise selection. ‘The Willow Copse” is about to be substituted for ‘Janet Pride” at the Princess Theatre, Lon- don. It gives the public another of their last op- ortunities of seetng Mr. Benjamin Webster in one of his most famous parts. Theodore Thomas proposes next season to have @ public rehearsal before each of his symphony, concerts—an excellent idea, and one which will enable thousands to hear him who could not be in New York in the evening. Asinger at a court concert 1s lycky when she can sing @ melody composed by some royal duke. Mile. Grun did so the other day at Coburg, and the composer, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, presented her with a set of brilliante, Schira, Pinsuti, Mattei and Campana are all at work on new operas for the Italian stage, The greatest representatives of Italy (Veral alone ex- cepted), Gobati, Marchetti, Ponchilit and Gomes are also prepared for the winter season. SHAKESPEARE OR BACON? Et Tua, Brute! To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Your agitation of the Shakespearian question while developing many curious facts and fancies, has reached at lasta dramatic interest. It bas brought out the genuine bald-headed Boncicault in the character of Bratus. Wrapped in his robe of dignity this stupendous character has stepped upon the stage and made his statement. He bas brandished his plagiaristic paper knife and, in his friendly way, settled William Shakespeare. ‘The questionable staps of others wounded with- outa cause, his Killed with 4 reason. ‘You see,” gaye this modern Brutus, ‘Bill had these little Plays, known as Snakespeare’s, handed in to him by others. He read, improved, adapted and adopted them. It’s\the custom; ‘you know. --Trag,: Blanche, Sweetheart and Boucicault, all do the som w Ergo, why not Shakespeare? Echo 1 lot Siiakespeare! Yet the picture re- ucicault, standing tip-toe on all the Pi he basin hus ‘original’ Way appropriated, Teaches up to place mark On Shakespeare. What next?” lackett was once lecturing in a purely literary way 00 Shakespeare. Two mea “who haa no souls for postr” fienged ous. apeare?” said one. “Why, he’s @ other, ‘“Book—the devil! He's a the rejomder. ‘‘No more @ man than I am,’’ re- torted bis literary friend. “He's a boox; I’ve seen it,” “Pll bet $10 he’s @ man,” ejaculated the other, ‘You must be a fool,” was the conciading reply. and the argument ended io a fight, the ac- tion 01 which was Jovaraised only with the words, 2, “A man!” “a book 1)?“ v? “Book )’ as elther arose to the surface and launched convincing arguments at his antagonist. jow these two worthies, in their general inno- cence, Were not so hard on Shakespeare as is Mr. Boucicault, Above their strife there was to them ® glimmering ofa man and @ vook—both great things, of earthly objects greatest—but now that the Boucicauitian sacridce is over we have neither, The “poet of eternity” the mythical anybody, Noboay is on the pedestal. The statue is broken,, Tne image is gone. Stratford is dead in memory and desolate in inspiration. Another Gastrell nas felled the twee of Shakespearian knowledge and razed the temple built with more than mortal hands, Mr. Brutus Boucicault has stabbed great Cesar Shakespeare, and many an Antony wil weep over the remains, Tt Bacon Never Claimed Them. SEPTEMBER 9, 1874. To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— I ventare to submit to your impartial considera- tion and to the public generally the following re- marks relative to the authoranip of certain works commonly ascribed to one William Shakespeare. Itis obvious and conceded that the works I men- tion either were or were not the productions of Francis Bacon. Af they were not, discussion ceases, If they were, # contradiction is involved. aver permitted an gporvanicy, of ey irtug opt. never perm! an o} opu- fence er distinction tH eacape him. Hy thorship of such sublime try and profound Philosophy as is contained in the eo-called Shake- spearean plays wouid indisputably have conierred both opuleace and distinction ypon any man who could substantiate bis claim to Ii Bacon assuredly never attempted to claim their authorship, therefore he must either not have been their author, or, assuming the contrary, be must have been so groasly ignorant aud barbarous ae -Not to perceive and appreciate the beauties whi he had created, which lest supposition is absurd and incompatible, with the admitted facta of his- ory. Ergo, &c., YLON. Sir Walter Scott’s Idea of Glorious Will. To THR Eprror oF Tim HRRALD:— With respect to the Shakespeare-Bacon theories, which are now being discussed with so much learning ana logical ability in the columns of your Journal, 1 beg to recall your attention to the jact that Sir Walter Scott, in his famous novel, ‘“Kenitl- worth Castle,” publishes a foot note, in which he prints & copy of @ petition, which was forwarded to Queen Elizabeth by “Oscar Pinant, Keeper of her es Bear Gardens.” That por: tant mare of the ih measures ye one = William Rese ah os ti e public m Henle ge era ye ‘A copy of Oscar Pinant’s works, whi Kentiworth Castle, the struggle which was maintained tn Elizabeth's time bevween the advocates ofthe rough jousts and tournaments of the day and the converts to the new light of the legit:mate drama. Sir Waiter, in the same novel, 8 one of the Court Bi h read to the Queen & portion of a Shakespear work, while Her Majesty wi Towed down the river towara the scene of the Leicester 5 Scott does not refer to Bacon. HIBERNICUS, A Word for Him. To THE EDITOR OF THE HeRaLp:— There is altogether too much interviewing for the elucidation of the problem. That Shake speare wrote his own plays is, or should be, an apparent fact toevery man, notably to an author. ‘Ul course, as Mr. Lester Wallack suggests, be had “Who is Snake- | | the part of holders of | Sates jut the au. | aday and Spencer undgabtediy gave to Mr. Shak speare that Keen and profound insight which enabled him to apply Tupper’s “Proverbial Pht losophy” witn go much ¢| matic force. Of alk: the Shakespearian sch Mr. Wallack alone. seems to appreciate whe extended source of ti great dramatist’s learning; aad I am surprti that so thorough a reader as Mr. Grant White has such a firm nold of the metropolitan public that | lent pane of Mee ee cand classified, the compo; hent parte of the great aramas into their origina) elements, However, the myriad-mindedness of the great Shakespeare is thus Serens shown. )LPERINO, Puzzling Facts. [From the Boston Post.) Bacon was a lord, a man of learning and high !m legal ofice, But in the Elizabethan era to bem) Diaywright, as well as to be @ player, was In the eyes allke of the law and of society to be.® vaga- bond. Bacon was poor, and, according to the Holmes theory, resorted to the writing of plays to replenish his purse. He, an ari: of the wise Lora Burleigh, a ‘cousla af Sir RoDOre Cecil, & favorite of the Maiden Queen herself, the, inumate of the greatest nobles, the highest it one in the kingdom, could not bond” by accnowledging playa: and 80 he hired the good-natured, royater- if Managers of the Globe and the Biack! to put his name to them. Those who read almul- taneously the essays of Bacon and tne dramas of Pier oleae wil be struck by their marvelioug simula a Nowhere else are there such learn. tng and concentration of style, such vast comprehension, such fatho! reflection, such abounding such beauty of iancy. Moreover, =} speare was rather la at than revere enced by the literary men of his own generation. Greene himself, @ man of indisputa' goaine, flung at him the contemptuous epithet of “Shaxe- acene.” Ben Jonson bad s kindly regard for him which seems wanting at least in it for ex< alted attainments; it wae rather ae basronising esteem Of a superior. ese are Pi y ana there are many more weil Bother to shake one’s faith in the universal knowledge and fone lesa tancy of the low-born boy who t Stratford, and whose highest stage performanca aa ‘imly across boards as an was to strat if the royat ne. PERU. and Chureh Conflicts the Exccutive—First Assault on the Ministry—Action in Regard to Cubam Independence—Movements of the Britt ish Squadron. Loea, August 18, 1874. Since my last despatch of the Sth tnst., Congress has been very busily employed in the uninterest- ing labor—to foreign readers—of examining the credentials of the newly elected Senators and: Deputies, and, so far, it must be said, that the government holds the advantage. Nevertheless, the Chamber of Representatives elected yester- day, by a marked majority, the opposition candi-~ Gate for the department of Ayacucho, a son of Colonel Herencia Zevallos, who, it will be remem~ bered, was shot on attempting to escape from bis guards early in 1873, while om an enforced voyage to the Upper Amaszon., This inctdental victory does not appear to have disheartened the supporters of the administrad tion. Sofar the conflict has been conducted im the moat amicable manner, and were it not for @ suspicious cloud that is now apparent on the gen« eral political horizon of Pera, if that term is allow- able, the prospect would be satisfactory to an ex~ treme. The bellicose people of Arequipa, the fountain head of all disturbances in the Repub: Mc, again are on the rampage. THB CHURCH QUESTION, It was made known to the readers of the HERALD, & Jew mails since, that the government had is, sued two most important decrees bearing directly on religious matters, the rock of danger in Peru. One of these ordinances was to the effect that, im accordance with the prescriptions of a law passed in 1855, no Jesuits should be permitted to remain witnin the limits of the country, and a few of these heroic teachers, to whom Peru owes much of her present prosperity, were ordered to leava their listle college established in Huanuco, a town farin the interior jrom Lima, The second de. Clared that the Bishop of Puno, an extensive de. partment bordering on the famous Lake Titicaca, bad disobeyed the laws of the Republic—had re« ~taned--9p- reqagnimas. its covercignty—and conse. quently should be brought to trial for his offences, As far as executing the existing regulations, no question can be made as to the periect right of tha President in these proceedings, but at the mo- ment tt tht have been remembered that by tem- porizing with Matters so pregnant with perit a great deal of unnecessary trouvle would have bee! avoided, The last news from Arequipa iniorms that a consideravie portion of the. ped ple of that city, on the receipt of the intelligence relative to these decrees, arose ia arma, formed pr ns through the prin y streets, stoned the windows of several houses ant clubs supposed to be the headquarters of the friends of the government; and tne Pr timean- while, intimidated by the popalar maniteatation, kept bis troops and bis pap sncted, ei ensconcea. A battalion of ps will shortly leat ee for the Ley Sociomppenant a een e_ presence met a ofticers, will immediately put 3 atop to the menac- Ing attempts of @ few bigots, who always find in ‘their train a © of reckless adventarers, veager to improve apy opportunity from which booty or advantage may be derived. The betier Class of citizens in Arequipa Dave Kept aloor this movement, and are loud in their dent ’ ations of such @ senseless procedure. . ic} he example of the y of interpellations.. A Prominent member of Congress summ: he Minister of Finance to the bar the other and demanded the reasons why and whereloré the celebrated Fiscal Commission in Europe, appointed oe ee le! purpose Of looking into the = ‘and the ae —_ on Pr oneran aan ey ne house of Drey! ways wel wen accused of having been”, & prince, ’ par- ticipator in the sq a schemes leading to the depreciation of Peruvian securities abroad. This gave the House an occasion jor the publica- tion of a vigorous and a6 yet unanswered reply, stating that up tothe mt time the an is unknown 1n Anancia! eaten or ach action vi the same ata high pri id from the tude. ign says would lower those, ire entalling heavy loss on the urchasers, Still as it appears to bea carain! idea among the Ministerial party that no one ia be closely identified with the powers that be, . cent acumen to at During the discussion Warranted in making money save those who commercial establishment, even acting under con- tract with the egveromeny, and Lewy ley Anterest on very considerable advances, should ‘on one side its desire to augment its poe endeavor to aia the President in bis isndanis jeavors to. arrive at the desired-for equilibriug between revenue and expenditure. “Tas perused or, thes Sekelet ceuneasnty pee on. journals os: support Rimiiuistration it is whe sole deduction what oon be made. RELATIONS TOWARDS CUBA. News reached us sy the steamer before last from Panama that the patriots in Cuba had id on & compromise with the Spanish au the island, offering to surrender most humiliating terms. T! ceiv: Dill let z he report was ed wit! nce sate was introdoced in a ee ned by the ading members of the and govern. ment parties, calling for an "Rmerican Congress wo deliberate upon the dest means for ees, dependence, and in the meantime auto: the Executive to ald the patriots materially wi! the very respectable sum of one million of hard dollars. The resolution was referred to # Com mittee, and has not yet been reported upon. BRITISH NAVAL AOVEMENTS. The English squadron in the is concetie, SUK colvarte, arrived la Callao’ on the ion from Coquimbo, and, after tal im coal, pro- to CODROFTS a& ceeded under speed San José, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. 2 See ee et eee vl e has con services of the dist hed rence Pradier Fedéré, who talents. in the sevtions of tue. University, representative com! ce of at last seas ete le1 Rbied to induce six ey to Peru in their ‘nis is in accordal with will receive Arrest of Charles H. Bullard, the Ala leged Principal in the Crime. Boston, Mass., Sept, 11, 19% “Woxin Gus gariier saucadion, "What hed cur own in bi ee? own | Charies H. Bullard, the alleged principal of the been avie accomplish but SULNOT ne “invaluable, substitetes for college | Boylston Bank robbery several years’ sio,/was 8 curriculams? sr. Shakespeare’s chief al rested in New* York a few days since, aud is now were undoubtedly the AY efter the “Encyclopedia,” ama the indispensable “ where he bas 4 priere,” With its at intor. mont as. Ly mation, His acute ig Howisdge game, of | New York, He is su; 3 wa Sour Gr Potton” ana the “oeart Oireular” served Boymton ink’ aud through vooms seoees him" jn BO oma) dewres. Mi Cullas Rrvantia | was optained to the Vaults