The Montreal witness, 27 novembre 1873, jeudi 27 novembre 1873

[" -OVERTISING TERMS, Dury \u201cin 100, poe lias Hirst insorion Bc.e1Lh SUBSEQUENT insertion.Trichockly and Weekly, 100.first inssrtiomy 6c.each subsequent nsertion, Montreal Witness, TRI-WEEKLY EDITION, PUBLISIIED TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY.Voi.XXVIII, Nxw Ssans.Ootemporary Press and News THK FALL KLEOTIONA (From Herper'a Woskly ) We interpret the result of the autumn clec- tions not at ali as n Democratic resction, of which theru 1s no sigh whatever; not at all as indicative of Indifiorenes to ropablionn prie ciples and gene licy, but as a rebuke of he party To klesapcss of the Ropublionns.The salary gub was a sign of thet reckicmuess.Unft nominations are the sign ot lt.Contemptuous violations of the spirit and the of the Civil Bervice rules are s sign of ra silence of the party press upon improper nominations, or sophisticsl ican cence in them, ts a sign of it.The tut ! Democratic demoralization of last year au! the signal Republican success seem to have Intenicated tho party, and we ppparontir suppose that we can do anything if it can Lut be made \u201c regular!\u2019 Let this antumo, with its defeats and its redueed majorities, undocuive us al), from tte President to ths boatman in the custom house barge.Let ua support no measures, in this season of fiusacial anziety and prostration, that «re not of the plalaest economy, resisting and exposing all jobs, and every Aina of corTaplion ead oxiravagince And let us support no men except thoso of known hosesty and ability seperialip opposing those of the ther kind who imperil the party oltatuing Îte regular nomination.Party victory, like victory In the fleld, or like 6 at foriune, may be beught too dearly.here is no love of the Democratic party ia this ocuntry, with our sad and splondid history of twenty years,and no trust init.Bas that distiust alone wili not sustain an organis- cd opposition.It was not enough to draw out the thirty thousand voters who etayod at home in Oblo.It will not be enough, without the wisest messures and the most irreproachable capdidater, to maintain the offi.ciency and the supremacy of the Republican party.THE BAZAINE TRIAL.COLONEL STOFFEL'S BYIDENCE.{From the London Daily News, Nov.5 | Ttere has been Intense excitement to-day at the Trianon at the result of Colonel Stoffel's examination.He appeared in plain clothes, being dismissed from the army.His sf about Marshal Bassine's despatches which he did not tranemit to Mershal Mec- Mahon was brietiy this :\u2014Marshal MacMahon was nneaxy at the absence of news from Marshal Besaine.Colonel Stoffel obtained from M.Piôtri two Parla police imspectors, Habesse and Mies, who were to try to get in and out of Mets.Colemel Btoflel promised them 35,000 francs (£1,000) ms & roward if they succeeded.The policemen got as far only ss Longwy, and thon telegraphed to Colonel Btoflel that there was no chance of entering Metz.At the eame time, as thoy alieged, they tolegraphed to Colonel Stoffel the contents of four despatches from Marshal Bexaine and General Coffinières, confidud to them by Marshal Bsrsine\u2019s messenger, Goy- ard, Thess despatches were tho sams as those shown in the night to Colonel Absac, who declined to keep them, ou the ground that the contents bad been telegraphed before, Colone) Stoffel, denying any knowledge of the saticipstory telegram, admitted the receipt of the original despatches, but swore he put them in bis pocket and never read them, being under the impression that, the agents\u2019 mission baving failed, they could not be important.Ho repestedly pleadsd loss of memory about unimportant things.\u201cThe Duc d'Aumate remarked rternily ou the fmptobability of hie not looking at despatches brought by special agents of his own to whom ho had offered a large reward, sad desired him to retire, saying he should have to call him again.Colonel Stoffel attempted to meke a speech against General de Rividre's report, accusing Lim of suppressing despatches ; nnd, though interrapted by the President, he succeeded in loudiy uttering these words, \u201cI share In the contempt and disguat of the whole army for the reporter.\" A general officer near me whispered his surprise that this contempt of court was not visited by arrest on the spot.The Court, however, adjourned for luncheon, and remained absent for the unusual period of an bour.On retare- jog Colonel Btoffel was recalled, and the President repeated to bim, as having been heord by some members of the Court, the objectionable words he bad uttered.Colonel Btoffel refused to retract them, saying he was not a child and always thought retraction childish.Thereupon the Dac d\u2019Aumals dictated to the Registrar a decree, which, in substance, was an order to a divisional general to arrest Colonel Stoffel.Thus far ho could Bold his head Ligh: but worse was to coms.General Pourcet, the Judge Advocate, rose, and citing various articles of war, moved the Court that, whereas there existed sufficient toption that Colonel Stoffel was gatit: twoen September 22 and 27 of having wil- folly suppressed, destroyed or acer doe.patches addressed to Marshal MasoWahon he should be allowed to prosecute Colonel Stoffel.The Court granted this, after an objection by M.Lachsud that defective memory was not à crime.The meaning of oll thess formalifien js that by this time Oolone! Biofic] te in custody.ITALY.Reus, Oct, 21, 23ND OF TES CONVENT STATEM, The Government Comm lmioners are going forward with energy io the execution of the Jaw putting an ond to the convent system la the city and provinos of Rome, Last week eevecai more establishments of monks and Duns were taken ession of, among them the four houses which are the principal ssate of the Company of Jesuit.To-day, socord- vg te the notice printed in the official journal, the baildings must bo vacated by the monks 0 08 to be ready for imwediate uss by the Gevernment.Provision has been made for the payment of the pensions, raging from $30 to $110 a year, allotted to the disl religiosi, mals and female, the sume varying according to age and condition.1 have not een any notice yet that the monks snd nuns ere probibited receiving this ald from the Government.Rome time back it was {tively declared that nota soldo of the profane lucre of an excommunicated authority would be allowed to go into the sack of Fra Domenico, or Fra Francesco, or any of the reat of them.It is, perhaps, found that the ¢ bas already on his shoulders as much a8 can comfortably carry, and so, without enying » word, the money fa taken.The monks of Ars Cell, on the Ospitol Hii, who are the keepors of the sarro bambino, are among those this week turned out of doors.Theis convent 1s to be converted lato a place fer the lodgment of à lon of the garrieon ef Bome ; a use to which the great Jesnite Sotablishment, and many other such houses, Rave already been pat.TOPE AND BNPEROW.The publication of the letters exo between the Pope and the Emperor Willlam has given a new impulse to the controversy on beiwesa the pretensions of the and the rights of the State.Et bes ali besa said here by the writers of the onl Party, that the policy framed by Prince Bismarck, which hes obl the Ger- people has seemed eomewhat adeurd, ne to the sage partisans of escerdotal su.Shority appeared most reasonable, and likely The eagerness of their desices has better of thelr jodgment and kaow.of the aituniles.cordielly ls the that tlie clerieal Blemerek even ened be pottinehe of rotue- ing to give bim his title, neually desiynatiog bim as Sigoer De Bismarck \u2014all the more unreasonable or bocanse theme edvo- cates of logitimacy, and the mission of the altar and the throne, generalby exhiblt & super.slitions reverence for titlos and consider it a sin against good manners not 60 respect that which has the eanction of the sovoreign prere- gative, 1 make an extract from an article ia the Diritto upon the Pope's letter to the Km- piror, to show the general tone which the newspepers induigo in trenting these sub- \u201c The Pope bas deceived himself to the extent of lelleviog that a single word of the Emperor of Germany would have forced the gront Chanosilor to yield snd revoke all the measures taken up to this time against the Ca- tholle bierarchy.* * * The power of Papal Home, after traverslog [ts unlucky orbit, is passing to ita decline, and, we hope, never to rise \u2018again.In a religions pelnt of view, we do not know what consequences the movement in Germany end Switkerland, of which we are witucases, will heve, nor whether the movement in Italy may not take à wore decided form.But in & political polat of view, the Cbuich of Bome Is condemned to fall by its own errors, as well as by what is #1! more potent, the ever-increasing iutel- lccital aud weorsl foes of thé pupuissions, \u2018These are the immudiate results which the Vatican does not wish to recognise ; bat, for tbat, notthe loes certain.Tho first step lo to further transformations.Meanwhile we must congratulate ourselves upon that niready obtained as a work of progress and civibias- tiom.\" METROPOLITAN RECONSTRUCTION.Turalog from general to local affairs, it may be mentioned that the Municipal Council fe at length coming to some conclusions upon the question, long under discussion, of the plan for parly reconstructing Rome.That part of the project laying out s new quarter in the open flelds, under the fortress of St.Angelo, has already been voted, and betore long we may bope to see extended lines of handsome nes houses rising In what ought to be made the most healthy and convenient part of Rome.Five or six new bridges across the Tiber have been projected, and two ar three of them aie intended to put the quarters of the city to be bailt in communication with the old centre.The report made by the commission named Ly tbe City Government ahows that all the work laid out by the municipallty will demand sv expenditure of but little Jess than 170 millions of francs, and & period of five snd twenty years ie allowed for the full execution of the general scheme.A new order of things bas taken the place of the old, and the priests std monks, who neglocted to execute their task of presenting \u20ac good example of urban civiitsation In their administration of the a fairs of Rome, are now beginning to feel the guilt of their neglect.These people of the gloomy black robe begin to look ort of place here, and they gosbout with a depressing conscloueness that they are without the sympathy of a great part of the population.More {ban by anything else, they are rebuked by the greater cloanliness of Home, which promises to become perfect, If the present scrab- biog precess contiones.\u2014.V.¥.Times Cor, THOMAS NAST'S LECTURE.AN ANTEING BNTERTAINMENT-\u2014REMINIIOBNCES OF GAMIOATURING.A large audience gathered at Steloway Hall last evening to welcome Mr.Nast, the artist, on his first appearance aa a lecturer in the Me- tropelis.Mr.Nast's appearance on the plat.forma was the signal for enthusiastic epplause, wbfch contirued for eome secondu, the toctpiont bowing bisacknowiedgements.Mr.Nest sald : It is usual to Introduce a lecture with some wiseand deep-foeling remark.It ls my ples- sure on this occasion to announce that MAN IS A LAUGHING ANIMAL, (Laughter) I have read in books of natural history ofan animal known as a laughing jocksss.It is unnecessary to go as far as Australis for this animal.I will illustrato my meaning by drawing a isugbing animal.The artist stepped to the \u201cblackboard\u2019\u2019 of which we had heard so much of late, and rapidly sketched his laughlog animal\u2014s man of & good deal of avoirdupois, apparently bursting with laughter.The ploture was received with applause.The lecturer then said he had watched with a great deal of interest the outcries \u2018of our {illustrious ancestor, the monkey.(Laughter) He asked who, even among OUr judges, can assume so much gravity ?Not even Darnard or Cardozo laughter) can surpass that serious animal.6 lectures bere presentod n capital carica- tare of & monkey which he designated.\u201cTEN eBMIOUS AMIMAL.To give the last picture force he added a paw belding & cup.\u201cThis,\u201d he sald, 1e the author of the subacription for my benefit, (Loud spplause.) I will endeavor to show you how I look when receiving It.\u201d The Preture vue fuether emhalliahed by caricature of the lecturer behind an organ.e ptetare was completed by a fanciful design of the North Pole.\u2018\u2018Now,\u201d continued the lecturer, \u201cwhen the monkey bas collected all the money he cap for me, ke proposes to climb the North Pole.\u201d \u2018This remark was received with roars of laughter, On the artist-lecturer continuing bis discourse by au allusion to the Englleh traveller who paints Americans in such loomy colors, à decidedly swell-looking Eag- fiabmin was added to tho pictare, and Mr.Nast\u2019s conception of THE BAITISR LION à small péodie with & rufilod coller about his neck-compleéed the ideal drawiog.The lectures believed Americans to be the joilieet people in the world.He transferred to the ¢ blackboard \u201d bis ideal of the fnnuy man\u2014 Brother Jonathan leughing ef the British Lion, which had met with the misfortune to lose part of its tall by the beak of the Ameri.con Kagie.The style of alludi: to grave subjects in the West, as exemplis.by Western editors, was nextalluded to.Mr, Nast mid the funny men of some of the journals of America bad no respect for the gravest things in nature.Life and death were slike objects of thefr wit.For instance, he had Toad in à paper tn the West this brief an.mouncement of a man's departure FROM LIFR TO DEBATE: \u201cJohn 8mith, of Kansas City, found fault with the meat in hls boarding-houss.The coroner made $3 on him\u2019 Some time ago tbe funny man started \u201cCosmrism,\u201d but they killed it after à brief period.Cmsmr, ag re- presente by Me.NX: resonted Andrew ohnson, crowned and robed fn purple.Thle was ove of the most effective caricatures of the evening, avd was received with muoh merriment the audience.The supposed present Cott was represented as an am, crowned with a wreath of lmmortelles, \u201cThis, mid the lecturer, 1s not quite as ferocious & Cæsr a & prominent Journal woold bave us belteve, but Ît fe the only cor- Tt ein (be only exact likeness of an fndividosl who would dare proclaim bi! f a Cott fa America.This may nod resemble any ond ta particular; it is intended as à cari- oattire of\u2014nobody I\u201d Carfosture fu the eldest form of tt, TRE BARRANIARS OP OLD caticatured thelr enemies with the forms of Meats and the faces of men.I can imag! how Great Britala would catiostare aa ln.wading Dane.Politioal carlonture isof oom- vely modern birth ; I$ hes been & power k politics in Great Prilatn, and It fa not too much 0 say that catioatarists have made snd unmade dynasties time and u in that country.Atmerfcan carfontaring ie pot ia (te infancy.An illustrated porape must have à ptodigions tnoome to lavte ne means ne- cessary 66 1 ls one frature of trated Jour- alles.believe I am th persia a \u2018Ameria who wards 46 à pry- tométn Poe Ltis.origtast intention wis bo become an historical painter, but I saw Barton in the old Chambers Hireet Theatre ia \u201cToodles,\u201d and was impressed with the power of bomor and caricature, As au evidence of bis proficiency when he began the study of bis art, the iccturer drew a very fanny plotare of Burton in « drunken soene from \u201c Toodles.\u201d It was Barton, bo hed mo doubt, who first started him on lis career ns à caricatoriet and deprived the world of those grand, historical peintings which it would have reosiv- «d from him.(Lewgbter.) In drawing * AN BISTORICAL PAINTING,\" the lcoturer took advantage of the present Cuban complications to give his audience a loiure of an American man-of-war ring at à ipautsh Iron-clad, the effuct of the first shot deing tokuoek the Spanish Admiral out of the ocean and into Spain.[Leughter.] The lecturer sald, *\u2018 Ail the arts are akin, aod like the members of a good family, help one another, and I thick it only proper that I should draw you the beartrendiag scene which occurs when 8 would-be artist mests a rebuff from one be sake to employ him.When 14 years of age 1 applied at the office of an \u2018illustrated newapaner\u2019 for work.Here ls the soane: The iook of satonishment and oon- tempt on the of the editor, and my owu look of utter despalr and woe.\u201d Mr.Nast \u201cBete made 8 ce; sot of the Features oi the wali-imown proprietor of an illustrated weckly paper, snd a sketch from memory of his own appearance at that age.The ploture wus à very fanny one, and drew from the audience the warmosteppiause.Mr.Nast continued, \u201c But 1 got the aitustion at the magnificent stipend of $5 per woek.\u201d [Laughter ) Mr.Nast's FIRST POLITICAL CARICATURE was from General Butler's proclamation during the war that certaln slaves In Virginia were free, Bpeaking of Butler reminded the lecturer that Batler's face was à good one to caricature, and hu proceeded to show his audience how it was done, the result belog a caricatare of Gen.Butler in the artist's happiest manner.After the war, the artist mid, ho began a regnlar carom of caricature, Andy Johnson's attack on the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau serving as an invitation to attack that renowned hero who \u201cswung around the circle\u201d with such effect.Tao attack on the New York Ling, in 1871, was then alluded to.A history of its financial strength acd ite unworthy purposes was dwelt on at some length.First, he maid, Tweed aud Hall laughed at the Caricatures, but, things becoming equally, they made certain offers, which were not accepted.Thea they asked me, \u201cIf I dida't want to go to Europe for three years for my health ™ Well, I did wot care to go.(Laughter) Then all of Harper's publica- tons were taken from the public schools, diminishing the receipts of that frm by $50,000 8 year ; but, ta their credit be it said, they never wavered.They had enlisted \u201cfor the war,\u201d ard they fought it through.[Loud and continued applause.] To illustrate TES TAMMANY RiXG the lecturer drew a caricature of © The Bes,\" which was fully equal to Nast'a best efforts during the Ring campaign, The lectarer bad often been asked how ho got his tdeas for caricatures.\u201cThis,\u201d he sald, \u201cis one of thoes things which no fellow can find out.\u201d 1t might be inspiration or intuition, but the thoughts come, The attack on the Bing has dwindled down to a number of wuits against the leaders of Tammany ; but they are very expensive.The locturer thought he could suggest a cheaper \u201csoit'\u2014s convicts gatb\u2014 which he proceeded to draw, to the infinite satisfaction !of the audience.Ths last drawing Mr.Nast designated