The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1874, Page 5

‘ BAZAINE The Ex-Marshal’s Letter to ’ the Herald. A High Appreciation of Impartial American Journalism. ‘ THE WAR REVIEWED. MacMahon at Sedan—Bazaine at Metz. » Hard Feelings Against a For- mer Comrade. ‘i . . NAPOLEON AND THIERS LAUDED. Why He Left the: Ramparts of Ste. Marguerite. i , ExPlamations on the Mexi- i ‘can: Campaign. Thé Document in French | » and English. [SPROUL DESPATCH BY CABLE 70 THE HERALD.] Bors pe Bruvx, pres de Litge, 6 Gitiuiee, tre } & Monsieur James Gornpon Bznnert, Pro- priétaire du Henaup :— Monstava—L'impartialité de votre hono- table journal devant les rudes épreuves que j'ai traversées, et en dernier lieu les marques de sympathie que j’ai regues de vos représen- tanta en Europe, me portent & vous remercier * ‘publiquement. La presse anglaise et la presse américaine en général n’ont point laissé égarer leur jugement sur le terrible drame dont, aprés |’Emperenr, j’ai été la plus malheureuse victime. A part le Times, dont on connait I'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. Ils ne m’ont jamais injurié systé- matiquement comme on 1’a fait ailleurs. SYMPATHIRS AMERICAINES. Dernitrement, & mon passage par Cologne, des groupes américains sont venus me Visiter spontanément et m’assurer de leurs sympa- thies; des officiors ont voulu me serrer la main, comme l’avait déji 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 frangais, qui croient faire acte de patriotisme ’ em insultant des soldats vaincus. VIOTIME DE INARMEE ET DE LA NATION. On a jugé 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- tendu qu’il est invalidé par la composition du tribunal, en vertu de l'antique loi qui dit qu’un accusé doit atre jugé 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 la vie civile jusqu’en 1871, n’syant jamais conduit d’opérations importantes, et ne pos- sédant dautre mérite militaire que d’étre fils de Roi et d’avoir 66 colonel & vingt-deux ans par la grace de ss naissance. LES DEUX APPUIS—NAPOLEON ET THIERS. Je n'espare plus que justice me soit promptememt rendue. Je n’avais que deux ‘ appuis, dont Vautorité et 1l'impartialité me zassuraient durant la lutte contre ceux qui me laissaient immoler pour-apaiser une coterie et Is douleur publique; cétait Pf Empereur, qui est mort, et Thiers, quia été renversé et remplacé!:par MacMahon, mon sncien camarade. DD m’s, done fallu passer tout \, cation, pet Je tersible engrenage des événe- ments, Depais le temps ot.1'on.m'a imposé le commandement de 1!’ 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 tréne et la vie, et ln France, malgré la valeur dé- ployée, a perdu’ trois départements. Les Allemands seuls ont profité, et aveo eux ceux qui sont restés loin des champs de bataille pour mienx flatter les passions du peuple ot mieux exploiter une grande douleur. Jo pourrais dire comme cet ancien Romain, «Justice, tu n’es qu’un vain mot;’’ mais je préfére tout attendre du temps ot de I’histoire. LES OPPBESSIONS DE MACMAHON. Je ne me serais méme pas évadé de prison si mon ancien camarade avait voulu adoucir les rigueurs de ma captivité. Lorsde mon procis jsurais pa employer les mémes armes dont MecMabons’est servi contre moi; j’aurnis pn exposer pour ma défense comment MacMahon a 64 battn et a évacuél’ Alsace sans chercher & dé- * — § fendre les Vosges, eans arréter l'ennemi, sans utiliser les voies ferrées; laissant ma droite déconverte et tournée malgré!’ ordre qu’il avait \ ann de ne yaw dénpaser Nancy: j’augais pu) ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, 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 l’ennemi, sa présomption en ac- ceptant la bataille & l’aveuglette, son impru- dence en risquant sur un coup la réputation des vieilles troupes d'Afrique qu’il comman- | dait; j’surais pu enfin faire voir qu’en ou- bliant les premiers devoirs d’un général pour remplir le rdle d'un combattant, il pouvait fi- nalement étre regardé comme l'un des premiers auteurs de nos désastres, IMITANT L’EMPEBEUB. Mais j’ai imité la conduite de lEmpereur, ne jamais accuser personne, et ne point cher- cher & rejeter la responsabilité sur les autres. MacMahon avait été malhoureux & Sedan, comme moi & Metz; comme Trochu, comme Ducrot & 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 !’énergie pour m’évader. J’en- vie une chose 4 MacMahon, c'est Ia blessure qu'il a regue 4 Sedan, qui lui a permis de pas- ser honorablement le commandement au gé- néral qui a signé la capitulation de Sedan, et de décharger sa responsabilité sar l'Empereur, qui l'’a gracieusement acceptée. Loin de ré- criminer, je crois que chacun a fait ce qu'il pouvait. La France, accoutumée & enregis- trer des victoires, croyait de bonne foi qu'elle ne pouvait étre vaincue; elle avait été gitée par les campagnes de Crimée et a'Ttalie. LA CABRIERE 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- suit ainsi: — Le seul fait d'armes de ce jeune soldat, qui moi, est d’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 exercé son commandement, l’auteur continue en ces termes: — IL SE PAIT POLITIQUE. Mon excuse pour avoir fait dela politique, cest de l'avoir fait malgré moi, et parceque les révolutionnaires en avaient fait avant moi. Javais prété serment & l'Empereur et da cons- titution acclamée parle vote populaire. Je tenais mon commandement de l’Empereur et non du gouvernement insurrectionnel, in- digne faction qui mettait & profit l’absence de YEmpereur et de l’armée pour envahir le Corps Législatif. Je croyais que l'Empereur de Russie viendrait & notre aide, que Victor- Emmannel pourrajt passer les Alpes et psyer la dette de reconnaissance qu’il avait contrac- tée depuis Magenta et Solférino. bd 8i 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, Dessubordonnés appréciaient trois ans apres 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 fut 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. ) L'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 procts que l'on m’a fait subir. TA PERBTE DE 1’ ALSACE. On m'impute 1s perte de 1’Alsace, mais la vérité est que l'Aleace était perdue, apris Reichshoffen. Méme apréé le désastre et aprés la retraite précipitée de l’armée on aurait pu sauver Metz lorsque Thiers, qui seul gardait mais on continua Is lutte afin de conserver la dictature et d’empécher le constitution d'un gouvernement définitif. LES MILICES BT LES PRUSSIENS. On ne pouvait jamais espérer écraser l’en- nemi avec des milices incohérentes et sans nerf; on éprouva déroutes sur déroutes, et quand il ne resta plus rien on fat compléte- ment i Ia diserétion de l’Allemagne. On pré- tendait sauver l’honneur national; mais Tarmée 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 Vhonneur national. Pour moi, je suis un vieax soldat et ne connais rien en politique ; je fais des campagnes et non des discours, et ne me leis vas prendre avec des eros mots, prétend vouloir juger un maréchal tel que | le sens commun, vensit apporter la paix; du nom de traitre; mais celane m’a pas ému. LA MORT DE MAXIMILIEN, En ce qui concerne le Mexique, I’Empereur avait & choisir entre I’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. Voila la verité, et voila la mesure de la responsabilité de chacun. Il me reste pour me consoler la pensée que méme Washington n’a pas été complétement & l'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 l'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 lea remplirai lorsque le moment sera venu; j'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 BSNNETT, Proprietor of the HERALD:— Bors DE BREUX, near Lidge, Sept. 6, 1874. 81R—The impartiality of your honorable Journal before the rude trials which I have undergone and the strong marks of sympathy which I 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 theif jadgment 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 egotiam and German sympathies are well known, the English press was extremely favorable at the commencement of the war. The Russian press ‘was also very sensible and often brought me items of the most precious consolation. “But it was in the American journhis that 1 found my best de- fenders and the most impartial criticisms. Tney have never systematically abused me as others have done, AMERICAN SYMPATHIES, 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 as they had previously done to General Sherman on the occasion of his passage through Versailies, I care but little for demonstrations as a rule; butl contess to having been deeply affected by the ex hibition of American friendliness. American citi- zens are not like the French demagogues who pre- tend that an act of patriotism is an insult to de- feated soldiers. “ 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 their weaknesses, with all their sins, and then they saerificed mae Ido not wish to complain of the judgment rendered against me, becanse that jadgment is invalid on account of the composition of the court whict 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 Tolls 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 a colonel at twenty-two years of age through the privileges of bigh birth. THE TWO SUPPORTS—NAPOLEON AND THIERS, 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 coterie and public sorfow. These were the Emperor, who is dead, and who has been set aside and replaced by MacMshon, my former comrade. It resulted, there! , that I alone had to pass through the whole terrible complexity of évents. From the day that the command of the Army of thé Rhine was imposed upon me I have drank the bitter cap even to the dregs; but I ought not to complain, for the Emperor lost both the throne and nis life, and France, notwithstanding tne bravery displayed by her armies, has lost three departments, The Germans alone have profited by the war, and with them those who remained at home, far from the fleld of battle, so that, they might the better fatter the passions of the people and the more easily bring gbout a great mational calamity. I might truly say with the ancient Roman, “Justice, thou art but a word;” bat I pre- fer to await the verdict of time and history. MAOMAHON’S OPPRESSIONS. T should not even have attempted to escape from prison had my former comrade seen fit to Jensen the severities of my captivity. During my trial Iwhould have employed the same weapons that MacMahon used; against me, I should have shown in my defence how MacMahon had been ‘eaten, and had evacuated Alsace without en- Geavoring to defend the Vosges, without resisting ‘eh march o/ the efieniy, without utilizing the ral. roads, leaving my right uncovered and 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 @ general in order to play tne part of a aghting soldier, he must be re- garded as one of the first authors of our disasters. IMITATING THE EMPEROR. 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 Metz; as Trochu and Ducrot were in Paris, as Bourbak! a Ciinchaut were in the East. He had forgotten all this when be became President, and his want of memory was the chief incentive to my escape. I envy MacMaton in one thing, and that is the ‘wound that he received at Sedan, which permitted bim to honorably pass over the command to the genera: who signed the capitulation of Sedan, and to cast his responsibility upon the Emperor, who Most gractousiy accepted it. Instead of indulging in recriminations I think that each did his utmost to succeed. France, accustomed to record vic- tories, really beileved that she could not be con- quered; she had been spoiled by the campsigns in ‘the Crimea and in Italy. THE MILITARY CARRERA OF THE DUC D’AUMALE. " Bare thelletier conuangs to epumerate the) causes bitterly of the Duc d’Aumale, who had profited by the opportunity to place himself on record, and continues :— The only feat of arms performed by this young soldier, who pretends tc be anle to judge a Mar- shal like me, Was Dis adventurous march to sur- prise the camp of Abd-el-Kader, and capturing the women and cattle. A few months passed in Africa 1s not suMcief® to make @ military man and to permit bim ‘$0 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 {s, that I dia 80 in spite of myself, and because the revolutton- ists had done so before I did. I had sworn al- legiance to the Emperor and the constitution ap- proved by the popular vote, I held my command from the Emperor and not from the insurrectionary government, an unworthy faction that took ad- vantage of the absence of the Emperor and the army to invade the Corps Legislatif. I be- Neved 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 Solferinn. * * © 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 at the same time, and in the same breath declare me @ criminal and a hero. They were puzzled what course to pursue. Their duty urged them to apply @ Draconian law, their cousctences told them 1 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 aa the Emperor was no longer there I was chosen as the object of general attack. Those who beiore the War demanded universal disarmament, who would have urged rebellion had the Emperor attempted to introduce the Prussian military system, accept it to-day. NAPOLBON’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 myght be retained and the organization of a def. nite government prevented. | THE MILITIA AND THE PRUSSIANS. The enemy could never have been crushed with raw 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 Rhioe had saved it before the demagogues thought of doingso, In one aay it had inflicted more logs on the Germans than did all the !orces of Paris in four months, UNFOBTUNATE, 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, lam an old soldier, and do not understand politics. I make war, not speeches, ana do not allow myself to be frightened by big words. Jules Favre flattered me; Gambetta called me a traitor; but that did not move me, THE DEATH OF MAXIMILIAN. AS rds Mexico the Emperor had to choose meth emouaion and ® War with te United 8 » Toavoid a conflict he gave the order to Yerurn; but Maximilian was unwilling either to retorn to Austela, of,to. abdicate, Although he well understoo@® that Napoleom could not sustain a struggle tee United States. Maximilian, in spite of wi insela, préferred to seek'an honor- able death. 'That is the truth, and thatts the 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 ordeais more terrible than mine. CONSOLATIONS 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, a 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 @ mus- ket: labor does not dishonor. I do not look on my military career as 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 @ 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. od MARSHAL BAZAINE. GREAT PIRE IN MIDDLETOWS, Destruction of Two Manufacturing Es- t ishments—Loss $460,000. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Sept. 11, 1874 The greatest fire known jor 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 people not rent thinking the bell was struck simply for trial. The fire thus got headway, id the at buildings, with all their contents, en THE Losses, In July last Simmons & Miller's stock inventoried $70,000, their capital stock was $38,000 and the} had instfance amounting to $24,600. Meech Stoddard had @ heavy stock of grain and four in their mill, The loss canuot yet be correctly stated, but they were insured for $40,000, THR INSURANCE, So far as has been ascertained the insurances are as follows:—Fire and Marine, Springfield, $2,725; Phenix, Hartford, $2,500; North British, 500; Oriental, Hartford, $2,000; Royal, London, $1,000; jelphi 5 nglan } Amazon, | $2,425. Penis i . Total, ete NEW JERSEY FOREST FIRES, Progress of the Condi jreiiond—Thou- sands of Acres of Timber Destroyed. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 10, 1874. ‘The fire in the woods north of Atsion, N. J., has 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 cra near Egg Harbor are also subdued, and no farth danger is anticipated. Seven acres of Granberty meadows, several thousand acres of timber ani the large steam saw mili of S. Crowley re de- stroyed, The whole loss amounts to $20, A OBIVALROUS VIRAGO. A Woman Attempts to Castigate a Gov- ernment Clerk for Scandalising Her Home. WAsuInaton, Sept. 11, 1874 Considerable excitement was created at the Treasury Bullaing tuis afternoon by the appear- ance of a Mrs. Skippon, who, calling at the secret service division, demanded to see a clerk named Shaler, and upon bis approach made an attempt to castigate him with a small whip, After striking ‘one or two biows, however, she was disarmed by Sree ta ae pany tae tan tnounntae ring as attempting to cowbide bad ruined the happiness of ner rem broaght into the corridors # at crowd ol clerks, She was finaily taken away by an officer. Shaler and his trends denounce the woman blackmailer, Frade | Tead to the 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 om last evening. The orchestra of Mr. Thomas has taken such a firm hold of the metropolitan public that base} time it 18 announced there is sure to be a good sadienes. ‘The programme was attractive in many re Kreatzer’s overture “Nachtlager in Grani the andante from the extraordinary “Surprise” symphony of Haydn, a bit of pure fun; the lovely ballet music from ‘Ropert le Diable”; the “Tunnhaeuser” overture, ior the rendering of which Mr. Thomas should get out tent, a8 bis orchestra plays it in aa inimitabl yle; @ lively Qute solo, interpreted in @ thoroughly artistic manner by one of the best flutists we have ever heard, Mr. Carl Wehner; Liszt’s superb ‘‘Rbap- sodie Hongroise” No, 2; selections from “Il Trova- tore,” the Polonaise from “Mignon,” and two waltzes, “Fantasiebiider” and “The Nautilus’? made up s\siana of musical attractions that only Thomas could supply. The concerts are now drawing to an end, and they become in conse- quence more interesting. Mausteal a Dramatic Notes. Svendsen, the Norwegian composer, has received 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 brillianoy, to judge from the fattering 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 $2,026,000 for his e& forts in this one character, Seflor Agramonte had a benefit concert at New- ports few days ago, at which Mrs. Gulajer sung With success the Venzano waltz, “Ave Maria,’’ Gounod, and a sélection 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 seeing 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. A singer at a court concert 1s lycky when she can sing a melody composed by some royal duke. Mile. Grun did go the other day at Coburg, and the composer, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, presented her with a set of brillianta, Schira, Pinsuti, Mattei and Campana are all at work on new operas for the Italian stage. The greatest representatives of Italy (Verai alone ex- cepted), Gobati, Marchett!, Ponchilli and Gomes are also prepared for the winter season. SHAKESPEARE OR BACON? Et Ta, 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 has brought out the genuine bald-headed Boucicault 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, settied William Shakespeare. The questionable stabs of others wounded with- ont a cause, his Killed with a reason. ‘You see,” gaye this modern Brutus, ‘Bill had these little ays, known as Snakespeare’s, handed in tohim yy others. He read, improved, adapted and adopted them. It’s'the custom; you know. -Trag, Blanche, Sweetheart and Boucicault, all do the same ti Ergo, why not Shakespeare? Ecbo re) lot Shakespeare! Yet the picture re- ucicault, standing tip-toe on all the he basin his ‘original’ way appropriated, to place mark,On Shakespeare. Teaches up hy next kett was once lecturing ina purely literary way on Shakespeare. Two meo “who had no souls {or poetry’’ asbned out. “Who is Snake- speare?”? said one. “Why, he book,” said @ other, ‘Book—the devil! @ man,” was the rejomder. “No more @ man than I am,’ re- torted bis literary friend. “He's a book; I’ve seen it.” “MU bet $10 he’s @ man,” ejaculated the other, “You must be a fool,” was the concluding reply, and the argument ended io a fight, the ac- tion 01 which was interiarded only with the words, “a man!” “4 book) “Man!” “Book!” as elther arose to the surface und launched convincing he Sr at his snes jow these two worthies, in their general inno- cence, Were Dot so hard on Shakespeare as ts Mr. Boucicauit, Above their strife there was to them ® glimmering ofa man and ® vook—both great things, of earthly objects greatest—but now that the Boucicaultian sacridce is over we have neither, The “poet of eternity” is the ical anybody. Noboay is on the pedestal. The statu is broken,, Toe image is gone. Stratford is dead in memory and desolate inspiration, Another Gastrell has felled the tree of Shakespearian knowledge and razed the temple built with more than mortal bands, . Brutus Boucicault has stabbed great Owsar Shakespeare, and many an Antony ‘will weep over the remains. Tt. Bacon Never Claimed Them. SEPTEMBER 9, 1874. To THE Epiron or 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, # coutradiction is involved. Fa pete au opparamtr of oii 3 never per! opu- ‘lence or distinction % escape him. But the au- thorship of such sublime poetry and profound philosophy as is contained in the so-called Shake- spearean plays wouid indisputably have conierred both opulemce and distinction yea any man who could substantiate his claim to ii Bacon sesuredly never attempted to claim their authorship, therefore he must either not have been their @uthor, or, assuming the contrary, be must have been 40 gr igi t and barbarous not to perceive and app! © the beauties wh: he had created, which lest supposition is absurd and incompatible: with the admitted facts of his- tory. Ergo, &c., YLON. Sir Walter Scott's Idea of Glorious Will. To THE Eprror OF Tim ARRALD:— With respect to the Shakespeare-Bacon theories, which are now being discussed, with so much learning and 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, ‘Kentl- worth Oastle,” publishes a foot note, in which he prints @ copy of a petition, which was forwarded to Queen Elizabeth by “Oscar Pinant, Keeper of Her sey? Bear Gardens.” That jpor- tant cl prays of the gue fh to take measures r one William Shakes- spere, an ‘idie person,” who e public morals by drawing the Playhouses, and such like resorts, away mane , healthy, “British sport of bear C0! guesn printed in an edition of Scott's works, Which I read very many years since. In Keniiworth Castle, Sir Walter Scott portrays the atruggie which was maintained in Elizabeth’s time between the advocates ofthe rough jousts and tournaments of the day and the converts to the new light of the legitimate drama, Sir Waiter, in the same novel, makes one of the Court officers Queen & portion of @ Shakes) work, while Her Majesty was being rowed down the river towara the scene of the Leicester fetes. Scott does not refer to Bacon, HIBERNICUS, A Werd for Him. To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— There is altogether too much interviewing for the elucidati of the problem. That Shake speare wrote his own plays is, of should be, an apparent fact toevery man, notably to an author. ‘Uf course, as Mr. Lester Wallack suggests, be had books of reference, which explains bie Jack In bis earlier education. What had our own authors been able to meet te it jor these invaluable substitutes for college curriculams? Mr. Shake "s chief aide were undoubtedly the lames of Appletot “Encyclopedia,” aad the indispensavle “Lem- ere,” wiv its ai people to jm the batting.” the Virgin es 5 Shes auctuee MOry Harris sifeir wee’ about to take Ws pho ted of clasatcal inior- trom icone ad jowledge ot ic! raon’s “Hand of,” and the “Vourt aiar” served him 9 90 @mal) deeroe, Me niles Rrvantis 2 was aman who | fo. betng chrono- » Was the most au shen} and Hugo’s “Studies of Humanity” in for thetr share of reference. The works of Far." aday and Spencer andga! ly gave to Mr. Shake- speare that keen and profound insight which enabled him to apply Tupper’s “Proverbial Phi- losophy” witn so much ¢ matic force. Of alk the Shakespearian sch Mr. Wallack alone. seems to appreciate vbe extended source of great dramatist’s learning; and I am surprisea that so thorough a reader a8 Mr. Grant White has not hitherto grranged and classified the compo- nent parte of the great aramas into their origina) elements. However, the myriad-mindedness of tne great Shakespeare ts thus biel shown. /LFERINO, Puzzling Facts. (From the Boston Post.) Bacon was lord, a man of learning and high !m legal oMlce, But in the Elizabethan era to be ®} Diaywright, as well as to be @ player, was in the eyes alike 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 ta replenish his purse. He, an of the wise Lora Burleigh, a ‘CoM of'8ir Raper Cscil, @ favorite of the Maiden Queen herself, t0G, inumate of the greatest nobles, the highes® law officer but one iu the kingdom, could not write himself “‘vagavond” by accnowledging big plaza: and 80 he hired the good-natured, royater= if Managers of the Globe and the Blackfriars’ to put his name to them. Those who read almul- taneously the essays of Bacon and tne dramas of Shakespeare will be struck by their marvelioug learn. similarity, Nowhere else are there such ing and concentration of style, such vast comprehension, auch fathomless depun of reflection, such abounding {ruitfulness an such beauty of ancy. Moreover, Shake-} speare was rather jaughed at than rever« enced py the literary men of his own generation. Greene himself, @ man of indisputable ere flung at him the contemptuous epithet of *Shake- scene.” Ben Jonson bad & regard for him which seems wanting at least in respect for ex< alted attainments; it was rather the patronizing esteem of a superior. These are all Sacta,, 'e are maby more well calculated to shake th in the universal knowledge and match. lesa fancy of the low-born boy who aq Stratford, and whose highest stage riormanca as & man was to strut grimly across boards aa the ghost of the royai Dane. . PERU. " | ake Congressional and Church Conflicts with the Exccutive=—First Agsault on the Ministry—Act! in Regard to Cubam Independenece—Movements of the Brit ish Squadron. Loaa, August 18, 1874, Since my last despatch of the Sth inst., Congresa’ has been very busily employed in the uninterest- ing labor—to foreign readers—of examming the credentials of the newly elected Senators and: Deputies, and, so far, i¢ must be said, that the government holds the advantage, Nevertheless, the Chamber of Representatives elected yester~ day, by a marked majority, the opposition candi-~ date for the department of Ayacucho, a son of Colonel Herencia Zevallos, who, it will be remem~ bered, was shot on attempting to escape from his guards early in 1873, while om an enforced voyage to the Upper Amason., This inctdental victory does mot appear to hava. disheartened the supporters of the administra< tion. Sofar the conflict has been conducted im the most amicable manner, and were it not fora suspicious cloud that is now apparent on the gen= erai political horizon of Peru, 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 lic, again are on the rampage. THR CHURCH QUESTION, It was made known to the readers of the HERALD, & 1ew 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 witntn the limits of the country, and a few of these heroic teachers, tv whom Peru owes much of her present prosperity, were ordered to leave their lptle college established in Huanuco, a town farin the interior from 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- ~faned--$p- Pecagnimgnsts.. covereignty—and conse. quently should be brought to trial for his offences. As farasexecuting the existing regulations, no question can be made as to the perlect right of the President in these proceedings, but at the mo- ment It nigh have been remembered that by tem~ porizing with matters so pregnant with perit @ great deal of unnecessary trouole would have bee! avoided. The last news from Arequipa iniorms that @ consideraple portion of the. peo ple of that city, on the receipt of the intelligence relative to these decrees, arose 1m arms, formed pr through tne princip: streets, stoned the windows of several houses an clnbs supposed to be the headquarters of the friénds'o! the government; and the temean- while, intimidated by the popalar manifestation, kept bis troops and hig own sacred rt pe wil shorty tear ensconcea. A battalion of ‘Callao for the scene of disturbance, and, no dow! led by determine: the presence of armed men, ofticers, will immediately put, 8 stop to the menac- ing attempts of @ bigots, who always find in ‘their train a mi ir of reckless adventurers, veager to improve any opportunity from which booty or advantage may be derived. The better class of citizens in Arequipa Dave kept aloor this movement, and sre loud in thelr aenuncky, ations of such 4 senseless procedure. CONGRESSIONAL INDEPENDENCE, Peru seems to be‘following the example of ‘th Versailles Agsemb!¥ in the way of interpellations.. A prominent member of Congress summoned the Minister of Finance to the bar the other day, and. demanded the reasons why and wherefore thi | celevrated Fiscal Commission in Europe, appointed with the express purpose Of looking into the ace counts of the former consigning companies of ano, “had nos fulfilled ite duty in: of wast. Ing time in useless squabbies as to seniority authority 7” The Minister gave s lame excuse, and the Senator had not sufficient acumen to at- tack him on the weak aide. Du the discussion: the houge of Dreyfus, always well abused, waa accused of having been a princi, | ticipator in the sq] schemes ieding! to the depreciation of ruvian securities abroad. ‘This gave the House an occasion jor the pubdlica- tion of a vigorous and a8 yet unanswered reply, | stating that up tothe present time the an ; 1s unknown 1n financial practice of such action the part of holders of yey the same ata high price, d from the magnitude. ig ihe interestg Would lower those, obligations ire entatling heavy loss on the jasers, Stil asit appears to bea cardinal id mong the Ministerial party that no one ia Warranted in making money save those who may. be closely identified with the powers that be, any. commercial establishment, even acting under con- tract with the government, and gain’ dntereat on very considerable advatoon nfosid pa ‘on one side its desire to augment its only endeavor to aia the President in bts | ete teeta ae ue and expenditure. seem to be somewat absurd, but from a carer? perusal of the journals ostenali supporting the Bnistration ty is the ole deduction thee oan be RELATIONS TOWARDS CUBA. News reached us sy the steamer before last from Panama that the patriots in Ouba had sarees nish auth on & CoMipromise with the S; of the island, offering to surren Most bumiltati ceived with cr Dill was introduce ent parties, Calg (OF atl American Congress 19 an Ame! deliberate upon. the pest means for moins ee agen ence, and in the meantime aut! eee a ~ wit ecutive to ald the patriots materia’ the very respectable sum of one million dollars. The resolution was referred to a com~ mittee, and has not yet been reported upon. rane dice arth er Mctet ree bo, after taking im coal, a eae fall speed V0. join her COMRES 86 San José, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, ‘The Minister in Paris advises the government that he has contracted for a term CF pee for. V4 services of the dis ned French scientist Pradier Fedéré, who soon arrive in Lima ta. employ his talents in the arrangement of several sections of the University. Lettres, ao and the same represen communicates the- pleasing intelligence of st last having been en- abled to induce six skilled masters of schools to process to Peru in their professional cal his 1s in accordance With & law of Co! 4 the professors will receive a lberal salary.. THE BOYLSTON BANK BOBBEBY. Arrest of Charles H. Bullar@, the Al. leged Primcipal in the Crime. Boston, Mass, Sept. 11, 1fts Charies H. Bullard, the alleged principal of the Boylston Bank robbery several years ago,/was sr Tested in New*York a few days since, aud is now 1D jail im Boston, etter the roover, Bullerd sailed for W he bas tll two mont hg New York. He is su to one Hopton hatte tga reve Bene was optained to the vault