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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. MARCH 31, 1871.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FI11ST EDITION
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Notes of the War.
Dore and the Empire.
The' Father of Grant
Good -Old Man, but will be Talking
Exploits of the Maryland Navy.
EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN MAILS.
M.(iiiKtnvcPoicii(lfhc I,ntc Empire.
A literary gentleman in Liverpool has received
a letter from the widow of a member of the
l'aris press, who died from privations directly
attributable to the siege. The statement which
the lady desires to refute is the following, which
lately appeared in the Daily News: "When
Napoleon II T started on his military promenade
to Berlin, Of! en bach composed a triumphal
inarch for him, which will probably be attached
to the picture which M. Gustavo Dore drew of
that sovereign crowing the Rhine at the head
of his victorious hosts." She writes as follows:
"My dear Mr. . Yesterday I had a letter from
Paris, one from Madnme Dore (mere) ; but tt Is not
to gossip that I have taken np my pen; it is to ask
yon to help me refute a paragraph of the Daily Xm,
which 1 enclose, and which is a libel on oar kindest
friend, ttie great artist Dore. I know you admire
lilm and appreciate him. If you knew all he was
during the siege to your dead friend you would feel
as I do when a calumny is propagated. Gustavo
Dore, as well as his whole family, lias ever been
staunchly antl-lmperlallst. lie gave the strongest
proof of this when he. on two distinct occasions, re
fused to accompany the Empress to the inauguration
of the Isthmus of Suez Canal, as artist attached to
her suite. Cnstave Dore was at one of her Lundi
balls at the Tallerles. A chamberlain Informed him of
her Majesty's wish to speak to him on the dais. The
Prince of Wales was engaged In conversation with
her; but (lie turned from him to Dore, and made
him the tempting offer. He unhesitatingly declined.
A few weeks later he was at nfete given by the Em
peror to the somewhat recalcitrant deputies at the
Palace of St. Cloud. The Empress met Dore in the
gardens and renewed her oiler. Dore again re
fused. Throughout the whole selgeDore was out at
every sortie until Jnk-sFavre and (leneral Troetiu
personally begged of him to make drawings of
the provisional fortliicatlous, which they
wished should be preserved, to show future
generations what I'arls had accomplished
for her own defense. Knowing how
gallantly he acted throughout the siege in the de
fense ol the repnblli-M felt it a duty to refute this
calumny. I have often neon tie drawing not pic
ture In questi in ; I, moreover, possess a photo
graph of it. I enclose you a copy of the letter I
have addressed to the editor of tho Daily .Yew, but
I do not know whether, as he does not know my
name, he will insert it. Do try mid gat Dore done
justice do by the Kngllnti press. No report conld
vex him and his family more."
The following is a copy of the letter to the
editor of the Daily Neirs, referred to above:
"Sir: Having read in a paragraph of the Daily
Sew of March 12, a statement to the e fleet that
Oustave Dore lias executed a picture of Napoleon
HI crossing the Rhine, I beg to give to that state
ment the most nnnnaltiled dwilal. If you will ex
amine the published photograph of the chalk-draw-Innnot
picture to which allusion is made, yon will
fail to discover any representation either of Napo
leon III or of rdv of his arr. The French-Arm? u
represented a naTchmrtoward TOciiaine, while
the armies of Louis XIV, of the Republic, and of
the First Empire, rise from their graves and with
shot-riddled colors salute the advauclng troops. I
saw the drawing at the residence of M. Dore. Xo.
73 Rue St. IDominlque, St. Oermaln, Paris, a few
weeks since. M. (iustave Dora has ever been a
staunch anti-Imperialist, ctc.V
A CARD
FROM THE PRESIDENT
FATHER.
TlicScangul abouHlieClneluiinApiiolut
mcnts 3lr. Jesse It. Grunt Mkkcuu Ex
planation. " .
To the Editor othe Cincinnati Gazette.
Sir: If I remain silent, people will think tht
what the Stomses have said, and what reporters
have told as being said by me, is true.
The canse of my trouble is in having placed
confidence In the Stomses. This is the way I
came to have any: I was going along Lower
Market street, abqut a month before the Chi
cago Convention met, when a young man came
out of a store, and said his father wanted Ap
see me; I did not know who his father wJI.
He said Mr. Stoins. I did not know
any more tflan I did before, but followed him in.
A vcrv pleasant, smiling little man met me;
was glad to see me; said he was chairman of the
Republican Committee of Hamilton count', and
was going to get elected a delegate to the Chi
cago Convention on purpose to vote for Gene
ral Grant. He saw me twor three times be
fore the convention, and after the nomination
kept coming often, and whenever I was near the
store they would run after' me to come in. He
was very pkusunt. He is a talkative, confidential
kind of man.
Towards the end of February he came and
gave me tickets for Miss Grant and myself, and
ftaid the railroad company had sent them. I
never expected him to get any tickets, or do
anything. He went on the same train with us,
and did every little thing to make toe journey
pleasant. On the way he told me all about his
bon Horace, the assessor of the First district;
what a good 6oldler he was, and what a good
Republican he bad always been, although Pre
sident Johnson did appoint him, and that he was
a first-rate young man, and very popular.
During the journey, and at times when we
met before, he told me all about hfiiself that
he was one of the original Republicans, and
had always worked hard and spent a good deal
of money for the party, and thought he ought
to have General MeGroarty's place, the Collector
of the Becond district, lie said if be got that,
his son Horace would give up the assessor's
office.
I made other recommendations, but I think
the only persons that were ever appointed by
Horace just on account of my recommendation
were Peaee and Sackett. I nearly always talked
with Mr. Wo. Stoms, because he seemed to run
the office from the same fatherly care which
thevnow charge me with trying to exercise.
This state of good feeling continued to near the
close ol the year isoy. l did not sup
pose he naroorea any malice because i bad
talked to him, but it seems from the date of a
certificate of Pease that he publishes that he
did. The thought then likely came up that be
conld make some ute of the conversation about
Weitboff in April, but he did not show it, and
our meetings continued friendly until a week or
ft.vi .f(A Wflrrht f'larL'A f&mn l.arA T IKInb- in
December. I 'called at his store, and told him
Horace had tried to Insult me in the manner he
bad turned Pease off. I told him that Pease
and Sackett were the only men that had been
aDDolnted at my request, and ought to be treated
as well as the others, and not turned out with
out any hearing or any notice, and told him
that Horace ought to do as he would be done
bv. and think how be would, feel if be was
treated in that way. About the 2 2d of
January, 1S71, I received a few lines from
the President, with two letters Inclosed
written to him by William Stoms and Horace
Stoms. They shocked me. The ingratitude
and perfidy of these two men bewildered me.
About a month after 1 received the let
tcrs one of the city papers had an accouut of t
private conversation with me. It seems I had
been deceived by an impoutor, who had called
to see me to express the pleasure he felt at see
ing his old classmate and intimate friend con
trued Minuter to JJenm&rk, He Uiked
familiarly about things connected with my
family, and I was much entertained by Lis talk.
If he told bis name I have forgotten It, and he
lived in Xenia.
I believe now that somebody sent him to find
out whether I had heard anything of the two let
ters, and to tell anything I said. Somebody, who
was willing to believe such a thief, made a long
story out of what be told him, and published It.
Every one knows what use the Stomses and
their friend Bloss made of it. They tried to
drive me to publish their confidential letters,
and, when I would not, they did it. William
Stems said he had kept no copy of his, but pub
lished what he could recollect of it, and Bloss
published Horace's from recollection after hear
ing it read.
Before I close I will correct other falsehoods
that have been spoken, saying that I have been
setting np the offices here. This is all I can
remember doing; I wrote a letter recommending
Mr. Stephenson for the Custom House, and I
tried all I could to get the Post Office for Fred.
Mayer. I do not remember of hearing: of
Weitzel or Pnllan until after they were made
Collectors, and I never wanted Shaw for Asses
sor. All I did about the Supervisor's office was
when Wright Clark sent for me
to help him turn out Weitzel and Pullan, and
put John Hooker and James Sands in their
place. Then I blew no the whole plot that
atoms and Sands and that set had laid to get
hold of the revenue offices. I think I did some
good then in stopping the whisky and tobacco
ring from starting again. I do not remember
ever to have said anything abont any ot the
other offices. The only thine about the offices
here that I ever thought the President did
for me was to leave Stomi in the
office Johnson gave him, and he has turned
out so bad that I conclude to give no more
recommendations. I find that good men do not
come for them, and mean ones do: one or two
of that kind have lately. I think the papers
will not make anything by abusing me, now
nearly 80 years old, only because I am the
President's father, nor that all of them pnt
together can cause him to honor his father and
mother less in the future than he has in the
past, even as God has commanded him.
J. K. Graxt.
Covington, March 20, 1871.
THE MARYLAND "flAVT."
It Daring
Exploits THe
Duck-Oyster
War.
The Easton (Md.) Star of this week
contains
the following:
On the 21st Inst. Captain Thomas J. Valilant,
master of State Oyster Police sloop Nannie
Merry man, pursuant to orders of Captain David
son, proceeded to look after the gunning inte
rest of the State, anchored In Captain Johu's
creek, made sail on a canoe, and started for the
flat, on the Susquehanna river; saw a man raise
up and shoot from a boat, which was repeated
six or eight times. Captain Valliant then made
for the gunners, the w ind by this time haying
increased to a storm. The gunners were in the
act of taking in their game and decoys when
they were informed by Captain Valliant that
they were nnder arrest. The gunners said
"we are caught," begged bard to be carried to
llavre-de-Grace, . because they could not give
security from home. Captain Valilant informed
them that his orders jfre "not to take any one
to that place." At length, through force of cir
cumstances, the gale continuing, he
was compelled to do so. Tho wind having in
creased to a storm, twelve miles from his sTood,
no hard tack with him, and Havre-de-Grace the
moat accessible harbor. Captain Valliant took
the gunners before Squire Sanderson, with posi
tive proof of violation of the law. Sanderson,
alter a sort ol Bham trial, auimesea vue case.
The wind in the meantime abated. Captain Val
liant, dissatisfied with the result of his bard
day s work, reached his sloop about o'clock f .
M., partook of refreshments in way of supper,
and turned in for the night. Next morning the
captain started in Lis yawl boat, rowed an
around in every direction, but no gun
ners were to be seen and no gun
heard. After a fruitless search he returned to
his vessel, which had followed at a distance as
lur up the river as the first battery. It being a
calm be rowed the sloop into harbor, and an
chored for the night; went out the next day with
the same result. On the 24th the wind was
northwest, blowing hard; weighed anchor at 8
o'clock A. M., ran out Swan Creek around the
Hats, but found no gunning nor any gunning
apparatus. He concluded to run down the bay
to look at the dredgers: saw six vessels dredging
on forbidden ground, captnred three of them,
made chase aftor the rest, but was only able to
overhaul one of them and take his number.
Night setting in. he gave up the chase al ter the
other two as hopeless.
SAN D0M1XU0.
Cabrnl nufl tlic Commissioner. '
A N. Y. Herald correspondent writes:
In a former letter l stated that a messenger
had been sent by Cabral to the Haytien lines
with letters to the Commissioners from Cabral,
which messenger had been detalued there by
the liartion forces to await orders from the
Pj'l - T.fler much negotiation the messen-
gei owed o come to lort-au-Prince.
wh,. uervleWwas had by him with the
C'oui'm-uners, and the letters received and
answered.
The iuteivlew amounted to nothing, and Mr
Wade became disgusted at the importance given
to the occasion, auu aeciiner aving any lur
ther to do with the matter, th' ilaytien Govern
ment nndonbtedly being at the bottom of the
whole arrangement. The following is Cabral's
principal letter, together with the reply of the
commissioners mcreio:
COD, COTNTRY ANU I.IF1KTV. &.
CiENEFAl. IlKAPOUAltTKHS, YA0.1K, March ft, 1371.
io Nenors jieniamin r wane, Andrew u. wmteand
Samuel U. Howe, members of the Commission of the
I nlted States (ieiitleiueu: I have read the con
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the pant month, with an additional note dated on
the 8tn or the same inoiitu in Azua, and nave duly
considered them, but not having any power to enter
into any class of negotiations, or to treat in any way
as to tne annexation of my country, aud having pro
tested In the month of 21 arch past in behalf of the
people and the army which 1 have the honor to
govern, It appears to me altogether useless to be in
terviewed as to the subject which you propose to
me.
If yon have Instructions from your Government
to study the opinions and desires of tho Dominican
people upon these particulars, according to the ex
pressions in your communications, the best way in
which you can fulfll your instructions is to pass
through and visit the people, and in this way yon
will be able to assure yourselves better of th.it which
1 have already said in my communication of the 27th
oi tcoruary. Ana it win appear mai we nave not
alone protested in uniting against the annexation.
but that it will be shown to be a fact that for more
than a year we have been protesting against annexa
tion wnu arms in our nanus.
Oentlenien, Generals Wenaeslas Alvarez and
Francisco Tavleso are commissioned to visit you in
oraer to invite you to visit these people, ana lr you
will so to decide to honor us with a visit to these.
ny general headquarters they are charged to accom
pany you.
With assurances of consideration ami regard. I
have the honor to subscribe luvttell your t bedient
fcfrvaui, Jur-B 1MAK1A CASUAL,
General of the Revolutionary Movement.
Bav of l'UEBTi I'kinck, March. 1871 To Gene
ral Jose tt. caiirai, etc. bir: The underslgued,
members of the United States Commission of In.
qiiiry to bt. Domingo, have received by the hands of
General WenaesUs Alvarez and General Fran
cisco Taviese, tie two communications which
you were pitaefl to suitress tho commission on
the iith of lust mouth aud the lid Inst., respectively,
Sf.d hasten to state that it will not be convenient.
for the present, to enter npon the Investigations In
dicated, but it U possible that they may be able to do
so soon, in which cge they will avail themselves of
the attentive ofler of services made by Uenaral
Alvareai and General Tavleso.
The underslgued have the honor to be, with due
consideration auu esteem, your obedient servants,
l AKDKKW D. WHlTS,
Hi Ml HI. U. Hows.
Mr. Made peremptorily declined to a.ga tLU
; vi ii,
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE HEWS.
Piincc Bismarck Interviewed.
Internal Affairs of France.
Germany Will Not Interforo.
TLo Treaties Must bo Observed.
Tho Insurrection in Cuba.
Pacific Coast Advices.
Indian Troubles in Arizona.
FROM EUROPE.
niHiunrck'a Views on the Sltuatlou.
Londos, March 30. A correspondent ob
tained an interview with Prince Bismarck, in
which the state of affairs in Paris was dis
cussed. After a courteous reception and some
preliminary conversation, during which Bis
marck expressed appreciation of the good eense
and consistency displayed by the people and
Government of the United States daring the
war, the correspondent asked, "Does your Ex
cellency think the events in Paris are important
to Germany?"
Gcrmnuy ami tlic Crisis.
Prince Bismarck replied, "Not Important to
tho degree supposed. One would have thought
that the public mind of Germany would have
been much more engrossed with the rising and
success of the Beds than has actually been the
case. The German pnblic see only
Two Points of View
when the matter is discussed. These are the
possibility of the German soldiers being de
tained in France by the rising longer than would
else have been the case; and, secondly, they
point to the present Mate of Paris as proof that
the German appreciation of the population of
Paris was more correct than that ot neutrals,
who considered Paris the centre of civilization,
and regarded it as almost too sacred to be
touched by the German barbarians."
Tlic Policy of the PrtiKHla ng.
Correspondent What is the policy of Ger
many In the present complications?
Bitmarck The matter Is as simple as possible
to the eyes of German statesmen. The Reds
now In possession of Paris are simply rioters.
The Government of M. Thiers is the only legiti
mate Government, do soon aa mo insurgents
transgress the terms of the conventions con
cluded with the legitimate Government of
France, the Germans will treat them as rioters
and disperse them by force of arms, but so long
as they do not transgress the stipulations they
will be left alone.
AVtll Pi-ututla Interfere In France T
Correspondent Then there will be no inter
ference in behalf of the Government ?
Bismarck Not directly, but facilities will be
afforded to the Thiers Government with regard
to the concentration of troops at Versailles.
They will be allowed to mass a larger force
there than they conld according to the stipula
tions of the peace preliminaries. It is also likely
that npon the direct application of the French
Government German aid will not be withheld.
Germany antl the Thiers Government.
Correspondent But is not Germany interested
in the preservation of the Thiers Government ?
Bismarck Only so far as the fulfilment of
the conditions of peace is concerned. Cer
tainly the Government of M. Thiers is the only
one which gives guarantees for a compliance
with the stipulations of the peace preliminaries.
No Collusion with the "lied..'
Correspondent Did Germany send a message
to the Reds declaring that she would not inter
fere, but would maintain friendly relations ?
Bismarck Certainly not; there is a mistaken
idea prevailing in England with regard to the
PohHIou of Germany Toward, the Rioter
in Paris, in consequence of the wrong trans
lation of the letter of General Schlobein. The
Journal Ojjiciel said so long as Germans were
not Interfered with, a "passive attitude" would
be preserved. This was made to read a "friendly
attitude." A very different thing.
Then there were telegrams sent from Germany
relating to the riots, and two of them were
simply of a military character. One of tho6e
was my own, addressed to M. Favre, which was
also misinterpreted. In short, Germany will
never interfere with the internal affair of
France, but all parties muBt respect and observe
the peace stipulations to the letter; and If, in
order to do this, the legitimate French Govern
ment appeals for aid, Germany will probably
extend it to a certain degree. Germany will
also aid the Governmeat of France to enforce
law and order by releasing the Btrlcl regulations
of the peace preliminaries. Further than this
Germany will be passive.
The Pari. Revolution.
London, March 31. Advices from Paris state
that at noon yesterday the sub-Central Com
mittee remitted its powers to the Communal
Council, and a proclamation announcing the
facTto the citizens was at once issued. A decree
w as also made public
AbolUhlug Conscription,
stating that no force except the National Guards
wlll.be introduced into Paris, and ordering all
able-bodied male citizens to belong to the Na
tional Guards. Another decree remits lodger
rents from October, 1870, to April, 1871, and says
rents to be paid shall be reckoned by months.
The tale of all pawned articles is suspended.
Another decree orders all public ofllclals,on pain
of dlemlesal to
Disregard the Order,
emanating from the Versailles Government.
CbaBges in the routine of military duty are an
nounced dally.
The Place Vendome is placarded with the
decrees of the Commune.
All Document, from the Vtrsulllt. Au
thorities are forbidden circulation in Paris.
Deputies Delescluze and Gourmet, desiring to
remain with the Communists, have resigned
Heir itU U tic AMcmlly,
A Proclamation
bearing the caption of "The Federation Na
tional" urges the cltirens of Paris to prove
for themselves and descendants the value of
liberty, and they will eurely aslst In founding
the universal tepnblic.
Paris Grows Sadder
In appetratce dally. Ode hundred and sixty
thousand people rave left within ten days.
The chaplains are orde d to cease
The. Performance of Ma
in prison?, i
The insurance offices have been seache 1 by
order of the Commune for Jewels and money
deposited ty the Empress Eugenie.
91. Perry Goes to Brussels
to take part in the peace negotiations.
Troops from the south and west of Frame are
ordered to concentrate at Angoulem?.
The Marine Infantry
are at Versailles, and expect to be reviewed on
Sunday In the Champ de Mars.
Pabis, March 31. A despatch from Berlin
Bays that the , J T
State of Siege
in the districts of Franco occupied by the 1st,
2d, 8th, 10th, and 11th Corps is raised from
March 27.
The prisoners will, however, still be subjected
to trial by court-martial.
The Echo du rarlemenl of Brussels says that
a convention has been signed modifying the
Preliminaries of Peace
by granting a delay on the payment of the five
hundred millions of francs due from France to
Germany April 1.
The Independance Beige states that General
Ulric Fonvlclle is organizing a force of
600,000 National Guard,
at St. Germain for the support of law and
order.
A special despatch to the London Times
anticipates
JAn Approaching Struggle,
which must be of a desperate character.
La Vengeur threatens a
Forcible Ejection of the National ;As
Kentbly -
from Versailles. The insurgents seem confi
dent thai the Government troops will not fight.
M. Blanqni has information thit the Paris
Cabinet has imitated the example set by Maz
zlni in the founding of hi Ministry at Rome.
The Communal Council is deliberating upon
a proposal to pay the Prussian indem
nity selling Versailles for one mil
liard of francs to an Anglo-American
company; St. Cloud for eight hundred millions
of francs to a German gambling proprietor, and
Fontainebleau for live hundred millions of
fraacs.
Paris Standing Another Siege.
London, March 81. Tho Daily News' special
despatch from Versailles says that the Govern
ment has stopped all the horses and cattle from
entering Paris. The mails to and from Paris
are greatly delayed, and will, it Is expected, be
stepped entirely.
The Commune is actively disarming the loyal
National Guards.
Till Morning' Quotation.
Ijuimk. March Bl A. MCon.ula 01 V for
both isouev ana accouut. American sovurltleS Arm.
l alted States ltondsor 1802. a;of 1865, old, 92;
of 1S6T, 91?.' ; ten-forties, 69 V. stocks nrm. Krle
Railroad, is;; ; Illinois Central, 110; ; Great West
ern, 43.
UvERr-eor., March 81 11-30 A. M. Cotton dull;
uplands, 7;d. ; Orleans, T.Vd. Tuo sales of to-day
are estimated at 11,000 bales. The sales or the
week have been 81,000 bales; for export, lts,0oo;
on speculation, 90oo. Srock, 750,000; American,
415, 000 bales. Receipts of the week, 50,000 bales;
American, 17,oou. Actual export, 2:1,000.
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Crop Prospects.
San Francisco, March 31 The weather is
very warm, with drying winds prevailing through
out the State, which seriously affect the growing
grain.
A Heavy Gale
of wind drove the schooners Helnrich and
Minerva ashore at Stewart's Point. Both vessels
are a total lose. The schooners Staghound and
Meldon are ashore at Seilman creek and badly
damaged.
Mrs. Fair'. Trial
for murder will not be concluded before Wed
nesday next.
Trial Before a Vigilance Committee.
Wells, who confessed to the Vlgllants of VI r
glnla City, Nevada, that he had committed
arson, pleaded guilty of the crime in the first
degree, when placed on trial in that city.
The Domiuguez Family, ..
who were arrested, on the testimony of a pre
tended accomplice, for the murder of one
Trowller, in order to obtain his money, proved
their Innocence and were discharged.
Great Drouth.
The cattle in the upper part of the San
Joaquin Valley are dying for want of water. A
great drouth prevails there.
The Iudiau Depredation. In Arizona
are increasing with frightful rapidity. Jerry
Redmond, a Canadian, was murdered by them
in Camp Apache on the 8th, and on the 10th a
Government supply train was attacked near the
infantry encampment, and two men were killed
and sixteen mnles run off. On the same day
Hinds & Harker s beef supply tram was at
tacked and two herders killed. On the 13th
AVUllam Cask was killed at Camp Crittenden,
and the stock stampeded. On the 20th L. B.
Wooster was killed on a farm near Tubal, and
a Mexican woman carried off. On the same day
JJaequi Ranche was attacked, and the sentinels
at the infantry camp fired on. Other murders
and attacks by the Indians are reported.
FROM CUBA.
Reported Succes.e. of the Insurgent..
Havana. March 27 General Modesta Diaz,
the lnsurtrent chief, and a native of Han to Do
mingo, surprised in the neighborhood of Bayamo
the contra-gueruias 01 uie uauana negimeni,
composed of t eventy men. The attack was so
ndden and well conducted that the contra
cruerlllas. after a very sllzht resistance, scattered
and fled, but, with the exception of the chief
were all captured and killed.
General Diaz also surprised a cavalry force,
killing twelve men. The rebel loss in these en
gagements was insignificant. The continued
activity in the Eastern Departmeut gives color
to the Cuban claim that part of the Hornet's
cargo was landed alter tuo uulortuuate attempt
at Puenta Brava.
These successes, following the great victory
at Mayart, inspire fresh hope in insurgent cir
cles here, and tne reports from tne insurrec
tionary districts show much warlike spirit.
Trustworthy information gives the insurgent
loss in the attack on Lower Pinto as six killed,
all Chinese and negroes, with the exception of
THIRD EDITION
HATTERS AT WASHINGTON.
The Darion Ship Canal.
Tho Ku-Klux Debate in the House.
Concurring Amnesty Amendment.
Later from JEinopo.
Critical Condition of Paris.
Whispers of the Guillotine.
FROM EUROPE.
Critical Condition of Pari.
London, March 31. The evening edition of
the Times contains a letter describing the situa
tion in Paris as critical.
The Gravest Apprehension Is Felt
in all quarters. Measures of proscription are
secretly enforced everywhere, and tho signifi
cant word
"Guillotine,"
though spoken only in whispers, is in every
body's month.
The German Occupation
The Evening Standard has a despatch report
ing that the Germans will occupy Paris imme
diately npon the downfall of the Thiers govern
ment. A proclamation from the Commune
predicts the establishment of a
Universal Republic.
The insurrection in Marseilles is dying out.
Lyons is qnlet.
A despatch from Paris says
The Communal Council
holds deliberations in private, but the foliowiog
has been divulged: An executive committee of
seven members has been appointed.
The Commune 1. Divided
into nine sections, viz., finance, war, justice,
safety, subsistence, education, labor, foreign,
and municipal.
Tho names of the members are all obscure,
except Endes, Pyat, Flourens, and Delescluze.
This Afternoon's Quotation..
London, March 81 1-30 P. M. Consols, 93 for
both money and account. American securities quiet
and steady. Great Western Railroad, 49V-
London, March 811-80 P. M. Linseed Cakes,
io ViaMW ; fperm Oil, 83s.S4s. ; Linseed Oil, 82s.
Liverpool, March 31 1-ao 1. M. Corn, sii. for
new. Pork, 80s.
T.otrKt Quotations.
Liver tool, March 313-80 P. M Stock or cotton
afloat, Kimono osies; Ameucan, aw.ooo. varus ana
fabrics at Manchester steady.
FROM WASniJfQTOJi.
r'jrmy Iuipcrtlou.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, March 31 The General of the
Army will, on the 4th of April next, start on a
tour of inspection of tbe frontiers of Texas, the
Indian Territory, Kansas, and Nebraska, going
out via St. Louis, Mo., Baton Ilouge, and New
Orleans to San Antonio; thence westward and
northward along the line of posts to Nebraska;
and thence back to Washington, D. C. Colonel
R. B. Marcy, Inspector-General of the army,
and Colonels J. C. McCoy and J. E. Tourtellotte,
aides-de-camp, will accompany him.
Naval Order..
The order of Commander Quackenbush to
command the receiving ship Vandalia is re
voked, and he is placed on waiting orders.
Paymaster Bat foue is ordered to the Benecia,
in the Asiatic fleet.
The following officers are detached: Com
mander Hatfield, from New York Navy Yard,
and ordered to command the receiving ship
Vandalia, at Portsmouth, N. II.; Commander
Stanton, from command of the receiving ship
Vandalia, and placed on waiting orders; Ensign
Edward P. Wood, from the New York Navy
Yard, and placed on waiting orders.
The Darleu Ship Canal.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, March SI The Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations had a session to
day, and considered the Darien Ship-canal
treaty and various other treaties left over from
last session. It was agreed to move for an
executive session after the morning hour to
day for the consideration of these treaties. The
Darien Ship-canal treaty will meet with opposi
tion from Senator Sumner, who wishes to pro
pose some important amendments, which will
necessitate a new negotiation.
Sumner'. Speech.
Several of Sumner's friends have called his
attention to the fact that it would have been
better had he left out of his speech any refer
ence to the Ku-klux. They thiuk this Is too
strong and will damage his speech. Sumner, in
his reply, says that a year hence this part of the
speech will be regarded as one of Its strongest
points.
3lr. Miellahnrgrr on the ICtt-klux Bill.
Mr. Shellabarger this morning called atten
tion to the fact that there are so many names
down on the list for speeches, thai he thought
it impossible to close the general debate on
Monday. He, therefore, suggested that the
House have a night session thl-j evening, which
was agreed to.
Thet'oui'iirrliijr Amue.ty Amendment,
which many Republicans are anxious to offer to
the Ku-klux bill, Mr. Maine will rule out inas
much as this Is a bill which requires a two-thirds
vote to pass it, it cannot be oliered as an ameud
meet to a bill requiring only a majority vote.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
IlAKiutr.vito, March 31. TLe Semite is not
in tension.
Houmc.
Tbe House devoted its whole time to the lie
publican Apportionment bill, which passed
finally by a party vote at 12-80 o'clock, and will
go to the Senate as reported by the House Com
mittee on Apportionment, without amendment.
The Democrats alleged that the Senile will re
fuse to adjourn until a bill which they deemed
fair was passed. The Republicans, replying,
asserted that they would carry a bill fair to
them, or be satisfied next election with the ap
portionment of 1SC4. The Senate and House are
certainly diametrically opposed on this measure.
Mr. Hager (Rep.) protested emphatically
against what he deemed an injustice done by
the Republican Apportionment Commltlea to
his district, but he voted for tbe bill.
Adjourned till Tuesday morulng.
New York Produce Blurket.
Kkw Yoki, March 81 Cotton quiet auJ weak;
sales 1600 bales uplands at ISo. ; Orleaa l
Flour quiet and without decided changa; sales ssto
barrels. Wheat nrm but quiet: new uprlug, ll to
lt; winter red aud amber Westru, r.Vrfrio.
corn firm ; sales 8,ooo bushels new mixed v t-.u-rn
at H3(4S3!yC. Oats quiet and uuchsBed ; sales lil.ooo
bushels. Beef .teady. Vori flruier; new mess,
l-ii-ftu; prime mess, $1M180. Lard dull ; suain,
uxic.; ketue, Wniy quiet at a
FROM THE SO UTH.
Adjournment of the Virginia T'egUl.lure.
Richmond, Va., March 81 The Legislature
adjourned tine die to-day.
New York Money and Stock Market.
Nsw York, March 81 utocks strong. Money
easy at 4 per cent. Gold, lio'. Mos, 1M, cou
pon, lis, ; do. 194, do., nays do. iseo, do. 112:
10. i860, new, 111 X ; ao. 186T.1UVS; do. 1868, 111,;
Ie-40s, 10H,y; Virginia 6a, new, 72: Can
ton Co., 82 ,v; Cumberland preferred, 84 yf;
New York Central and Hudson River, 96; Erie,
81; Reading. 103; Adams Express, 74; Michi
gan Central, i21)tf; MlchUrnn Bouthrn. 102; Illi
nois Central, 13j Cleveland and Pittsburg, :il3Vji;
Chlcsiro and Rock Island, 114a ; Pittaburg and
Fort Wayne, 97; Western Union Telegraph, tx.
AN UNFAITHFUL TRUSTEE.
Commodore Balnbrldffe'a Daughter In
Court.
The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of last
evening says:
Commodore Bainbrldge died In Philadelphia
in 1883, leaving a large estate to his heirs.
Mary T. Bainbrldge, his daughter, inherited a
portion of this property. She subsequently
married one Charles B. Jaudon, and a relative
of the latter, Samuel Jaudon, became trustee of
the property owned by Charles' wife.
Part of this property consisted of
about $20,000 In Delaware and Rarilan
Canal stock, the certificates showing on their
face that Commodore Bainbridge's daughter was
their owner, and that they were held by Samuel
Jaudon simply as trustee. Samuel raised loans
on these certificates from Duncan, Sherman &
Co. and the National City Bank. Samuel failing
to repay these loans, the parties who had ad
vanced them sold the certificates to reimburse
themselves.
Commodore Bainbridge's daughter now brings
suit in the United States Circuit Court to have
Duncan, Sherman & Co. and the National City
Bank restore these certificates to her with the
dividends and interest which have accrued, on
the ground that the loaners had legal notice,
from the face of the certificates, at the time
tbey loaned money on them, that the certificates
were not owned by Samuel Jaudon. who hrpo
thecated.them. 1 be'complalnant also prays the
removal of Samuel Jaudon from his trusteeship,
on the ground that he has proved unfaithful to
his trust.
The trustee makes no answer. Duncan, Sher
man & Co. plead ignorance of the fact that
Samuel Jaudon was not the real owner of the
certificates, and the National City Bank answers
that it supposed that Jaudon had the legal
power and right to hypothecate the certificates.
Commodore Bainbridge's daughter alleges
that she was Ignorant of the fact that the cer
tificates had been hypothecated until long after
the time of such hypothecation, and never gave
her sanction to the transaction.
After tbe points in the case had been argued
before Judge Blatchford, he took the papers,
reserving his decision.
legal irarTBLUQniffon.
The Grand Jury Presentment.
Court ef Quarter Sessions Judge Peirc.,
The Grand Jury for the March term having com
pleted their labors this morning, made their linal
presentment to the court. They have acted npon
838 bins, of which iss were returned as true bills and
163 have been ignored. The greater portion of the
Ignored bills were for casus which the UrandJury
were of opinion should have been ended in the
magistrates' onices, and in this connection It ap
peared that the discretionary powers with which
committing magistrates were invested were
not properly exorcised. In many cases
a wrong was committed against the accused, who.
naving ix-cn maliciously or unjustly charged with
crime, were Imprisoned In default of ball until audi
time ss a hearing could be had before a Orand Jury.
Trivial cases, not worthy of a public hearing, wre
acted upon by these magistrates as though they
were of grave Importance as an Instance of which
was cited a case in which a little girl about five
years of age was charged with an assault and bat
tery for making facts at the accuser, and was now
under ball in 1400 to keep the peace, and had she
been unable to furnish the ball the child would have
been thruBt Into prison.
The evils connected with the present system Indicate
the necessity of a reform in the police magistracy of
Philadelphia, especially In the mode or compensa
tion. So long as the emoluments of the oniue de
pend upon the event and costs ot conviction, Justice
will be overlooked, the magistrates become brokers
in crime, and alders and abettors la spiteful and
private quarrels. The ends of Justice would be
more attainable were the police magistrates removed
from political influences bv a change In their mode
of appointment; If they Jield their office during good
behavior, were required to be learned in the law,
and were adequately compensated by fixed salaries.
In examining into the causes of crime It was found
that the origin la two-thirds of the cases was the
use of lntoxl.atlng liquors, the baneful effects of
which upon society could not be too forcibly de
picted. From the Warden of the Penltentlaryit
was learned that of 818 prisoners admitted last year
Sou of them were addicted to this vice. The same
applied to the County Prison, where of the commit
ments In 1870, numbering 18,288, 12,80 were tracea
ble to intemperance.
The stereotyped mention of visits to public insti
tution, was made.
Judge I'eirce said that the remarks of the Grand
Jury were deserving of the most serious attention.
They had called notice to evils that
affected the very vitals of society,
aud he sincerely hoped their presentment would not
fall dead upon the public ear. Vet he thought the
corrective power was not with the courts, the publlu
prosecutor, or the Mayor of the city, for they bad
duties to ierfrm which were restricted to the ad
ministration of public justice and the preservation
of 1 lie public peace, and could not step beyond these
to institute measures for the suppression of an inju
rious custom. The Court ana District Attorney
were empowered only to act upon matters presented
to tbein, and were not to take the Initiative. The
remedy was witi the body of the people,
and they only could apply it with any
pood result. The great fault seemed to be the inac
tivity of tbe pnblic, who see evils grow under them
and passive)? look for relief from those publio au
thorities to whom they have not given the power to
aid them. Kach man suiters, and yet seems to think
that it is his neighbor's buHlness and duty to take
some steps to correct the matter. This was a grave
mistake. Citizens should know that a public wrong
is an oiiense against each and every private indi
vidual, and it Is his right to make charges and press
prosecutions against the guilty parties. When thl
idea was once recognized aud acted upon, we should
have a better condition of society. Thanking the
gentlemen for their valuable public services, the
judge discharged them.
The Martinsville Outrage.
Court qf Quarter Sessions Judge l'eir e.
In the case of Edward Thorn, John Trlmler, anil
Michael Webb, charged with committing an outrage
upon Marietta llerschberger, Mr. Hheppard closed
for toe prosecution in one of tbe most able and elo
quent addresses ever heard in this Court.
Judge Pelrce delivered a clear and impartial
charge.
Bluntly after 8 o'clock the jury rendered a verdict
of guilty.
Tpon motion of counsel for the prisoner tbe jury
was polled. ,
A motion In arrest of Judgment and for a new trial
was made, and the Court men adjourned.
jPlillaaelptiia Trade Ileporf
Fkiday, March si. rk Sales of 70 hhds. No. I
Quercitron at fo V a decline..
Seeds Cloverseed la quiet and sells at 10o. i
lb. Timothy wJ be quoted at 6-006-76, and Flax
seed at 2-0k '10.
Tbe flour market is steady, but the volume ef
busiueM is light. Sales of 600 barrels, in lota, for
the supply of the home consumers at is-eo for super -Hoe;
IU-7&36 for extras; 17(37-87 for Wisoonsla
and Minnesota extra family ; -607 for Pennsyl
vania do. do. ; I7-2.V97-75 for Indiana and Ohio
do. do. ; and fancy brands at jrtf-oo, u la quality.
Rye Flour sells . at f &-&0vi&-x. la Com Meal
nothing doing.
The demaad for Wheat Is limited and confined to
ri line lots. Males of bushels Western fed at
164(4168, and 4iH bushel ludlana red at l-ft.
He may be quoted at lit for Western aud Penn
sylvania. Corn is Uliout special change. Hales of
mo bushels yellow, part at tk.$lc and part on
private tenus. Oat aie firmly held; itooe bushel
Pennsylvania sold at bliA&dc.
In barley no further sales were reported.
Whixky is quiet at 93c. for Weatera Irou-bound, tt
wbku fjure w bbls. were deponed of.