The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-04


l. Basque recruits. for the first time In tho his
tory OF the country. appeared at the depots OF
the regular army Of the kingdom. It is to Cuba
that these poor highlanders are going-sent to
die. 1t Is Cuba too. that is draining the treas
ury and driving the country into bankruptcy.
What sort OF progress In 10 be expected In the
present political and intelle tual condition OF
Spain can TO seen from the fat that the Cabinet
OF Sagasta suppressed in one year (tS7il
eighteen newspapers In Madrid and thirty a w
In the provinces. without reckoning soma hum
dred odd instances OF Hno and suspension
Canovas del Castillo suppressed In two years
ISIS and 1870. fourteen papers In Madrid and
four In the provinces. not TO speak OF nearly
three hundred press prosecutions resulting in
minor penalties. Several French and English
papers are entirely prohibited In Spain. Such
facts scem Incredible In the nineteenth century.
yet we have them on the authority OF the In
parcidi OF Madrid. The paper would have been
suppressed had II published incorrect statistical
figures OF this kind
From France the news Is very scanty this
week. 1t il a dull season in politics. and Lent
has put a stop to tho sspation OF society. Al
most all the news going is theatrical news.
Onenbach Is making money at tho
Porto St Martin with his Docteur OK"
NM. Mortler and Chic havo made q IL
hretto Of the we'll known book OF Jules Verne.
while Maestro jacques has written for 1t
some sparkling. laughable and somewhat
vulgar music. "Doeteur Ok" Is not spoken OF
as u particularly felicitous production Of the
erratic and erotic composer; bu, Mile. Jude
takes the part Of PtdscoUia. and Paris runs to
see her. That is all on ,nbach wants.
Tho great rival OF tho father Of opera boufYo.
NJ. Charles Lococa. has also produced now
work. MirJolline." brought out at the Renais-
sance. Tho lbretto IL by NM. Vanloo AMI
Ltcrrer. and Is said TO be rltl sr ind )sent: but
the music Is pronounced charming. more bril-
liant and elegant than anything Leco'q has
written yet. The now little opera bouifs star
Mile. Jeanne Granier. takes the leading part.
But tho great theatrical success Of tho year is
beyond doubt tho "Hetman." by Paul DeroulSdo.
1t looks as IL France had again genuine poet.
And who ls hep A soldier a lieutenant of the
chasseurs pied. The Holman" is Ave act
drama In verse. is produced at tho Ol6on. Is
drawing crowded houses evory night. anil has
achieved q success which the Oldest playgoers
and critics say is without precedent since the
"vepres Siciliennes" OF Casmir d ,lavgne.
The plot OF tho drama Is laid In Poland and
among the Cozacks OF the Ukraine. in the frs
half Of the seventeenth century. King Lddislds
w. the Little Russia Hrtman Fou Gherdz his
daughter Mikld. her sweetheart. Sienko. and Ma
ruchd. IA fcmale patriot. arc tho leading char
actors. The language Of the gods s,oms once
more TO come into fashion," says one OF tn,
severest literary critics of Paris. Her, arc a
few lines which give some idea OF the loitincss
Of sentiment and verse;
ntnes, du icvoir CONNIE de Ia fortune
n pour acquittor tout YOU. aifr,nchi.sant
slI iaut de Tor payel, mOurvk sil iaut du sansi
There Is decidedly perfume Of classicism
aboutthis. II makes ono think Of Racine. Tho
queer point Of the thing is that tn poet should
have selected such a subject L. 1t because he
could not ind true hcrosm at home How long
ago is II that the Cossacks. now sung rs heroes.
were looked upon as savages How long ago
Is IL that a Western Europe firmly believed
that by s,ratchins oven the most gentleman y
| Russ.an ono WIS sure to r'l IA 4 oelrl AMI
now Wa have within n few months tho DAM
chefs aud tho Hoffman,"
Paul Dcroulodo Was 10. brought up rs
soldier. IIo is nephew u Emile
| Augiet. entered the army during the
! Franco German war as volunteer. was
promoted on tho battlefield and has been "A
chasseur ever since. II bs'ane known IA a
postthroush his Chants du Soldat." His drama
IL full Of all sorts of blund,rs. but thcy are tn 9
blunders OF genius. Paul Deroulede is quito a
young man yet. and. II Paris and early celebri-
! T.
The week has been poor In scan
dal. 1t has given us only the Patti-Caux
separation and the renewal of the Beaurrre.
mont affair. The diva has written letter 10 the
Figaro confessng the separation. but denying
the elopcment with Nicolini. She says
arrived at St Petersburg on the iN of December
lat Ny husband ami myself took up our re.iruge IA
! oc.uprd Tor the ninth time remained there unul ia,
/ : IVt No
surrounded even IN NE last hour * STAY hy hume
earrAse which brought me direct To fans. accompanied
" ~ ,,'p y ny as,sr anl W. ~.Nant~
my snI AMI ~ order VA, miiht APPEAR TOMORROW he
lore ue fTesidenI VI The tribunal
That is what the great prima donna writes. A
very digniil 81 and laiy-ike letter il il but has
ths statement Of the Figaro boon utterly without
foundation She Gu ;ht to have brought an actor
for slandor. That she had not eloped witt
Ncolini WIS evident from the outset. for IN,
telegraph had informed the whole world that
nj the close OF the operatl season at st. Peters
burg, sho had started for Paris and Nicoln
for Vienna. But they have been singing to
gether for many years. they have Just spent fou
months together at st. Petersburg, and the,
arc at the present moment together in Vienna
As rule people do not elope under such cir
cumstan 'es there is no occasion for il
Tho Boaufremont affair is Of n somewha
different nature on the srandalous separation
a. prin B'aufrrcmont and his wife a few year,
ago. she was condemned hy the tribunal To pa,
to her former husband the sum Of one hundrc,
francs a dny "a hong ns she should refuse {,
surrender 10 him the two daughters. Thls give,
him an IN 'omc Of $1,000 fran 5 u year. hut h'
doos no, .'rm To hc satisfied. llo wants more
ON ih' ui "a that tn olstinney shown rs the lad,
IA rrs sting tn" law should be- punished Tn
] eut has not yet hsrn hrpug Ia close: hut M