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VOL. XV. NO. 78.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. APRIL 3, 1871.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
CIVIL WAR INT PRANCE.
Details of the Revolution.
Triumph of Hob Law.
The Flight of Thiers.
Versailles and tao Rebels.
Awful Scenes in Paris.
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ntc. Etc.. Etc.
BtC.
THE FREXCII REVOLUTION.
Full Details Drunken Men with Undcd
lllflcs "Women Armed Flight of Thiers
Mob Law Trlmiipliaiit HoWlble
Scene.
We Rive the following highly Interestlni de
tails Irom Paris papers and the letters ot the
correspondents of London journals:
Paris, Saturday, March 187 P. M Erly
this morning the Government endeavored to
put into execution the promise that it had milo
daily for a week before to take possession of te
cannon and arms held by the rioters of Bellv
ville and Montmartre. The expectations of th
peaceful citizens had been worked up to an ex
citable pitch by several proclamations issued in
the name of the Government. The first ot these
was the following:
Inhabitants ot Taris We address ourselves again
to jour reason and to your patriotism, and we nope
that we shall be heard. Your great city, which cat
live only by order, Is profoundly disturbed la some
of Its quartern, and the perturbation of these quar
ter!, without communicating Itself to the others, Is
nevertheless suillolcnt to obstruct the impulses of
industry and of well-being. For some time evll-ln-tentioncd
men, under the pretext of resisting tin
Prussians, who are no longer within your walls
have constituted themselves masters of a pan
of the town, have there thrown up intrench'
menu, there mounted guard, forcing you U
mount. D-iiard with them bv order of a aecnt
committee, which assumes to have the so
command of a part of the National Guard, ttitj
despising the authority or General o ah relies, so
woriby of being at your head, and wishes to form a
government la opposition to the legul government
established by universal suffrape. Those men who
have already caused you so much mischief, whom
sou have dispersed yourneJ'l'S on the 31st of Octo
ber, advance the pr.-tenslon of defending you
against the Prussia!") who have bat made an ap
pearance within our walls, and whose definite de
parture Is odij delayed by thes disorders ; they
train cannon which, if tSey tire, would demolish
only your houses, your children, anc yourselves In
a word, compromising the republic, tmtead of defend
ing If; for, if they establish In the oplyon of France
the belltf that disorder Is the ngsary con
sequence of the republic, the repuoic would be
ruined Believe them not, and Usteato the truth,
which we tell you in all sincerity. Theoovernment
established oy the entire nation should lavo already
retaten those cannon stolen from the State, an(j
which at this moment menace oniy jiurseive...
should have stormed those ridiculous intrench-1
menu which stop nothing but commerce; ana
should have put under the hind of Justice the
criMlnals who would not fear to mak civil war
succeed war with the foreigner; but It has desired
to give to men deceived time to separate thflmselves
from those who deceived them. Keverthe.ess, the
time accorded to men of good faith to separate
themselves from men of bad faith is robbed from
vour repose, from your welfare, from the welfare
of all France; that time, therefore, must
not be Indefinitely prolonged. So long as this
state of things shall endure, trade is stopped, your
shops are deserted, the orders which would come
from every side are suspended, your hands are Idle,
credit does not revive, and the capital of which
the Government has need to deliver the country
from the enemy's pretence is slow to present itself.
In your own interest, in that of the city, and in that
of France, the Government is resolved to act. The
milltv men who have assumed to have established a
lovernmeut of their own will be given up to regular
justice. The can non plundered from the State shall
be replaced in the arsenals, and In order to execute
that urgent act of justice aad of reason the Govern
ment counts upon your cotcurrenee. Let the good
..itivona aonnr&tA themselves from the bad ; let them
assist and not resist the public force. By so doing
they will hasten the return of tranquillity in the city,
and will render service to the cause of the republic
itself, which disorder would ruin In the opinion of
vartwiftnH ! we use such words towards you be-
.no w Pktoem vour eood sense, your prudence.
n natnntiMtn. 'liut. tkttt warning given, you will
compel us to have recourse to force ; for it Is neces
sary that at any price, and without one days delay,
order, the nrst condition oi your wenure, suouiu re,
vive entirely, Immediately, and unchangeably.
PoTla -March IT. lfeTL
a. Thiers. President of the Council and Chief of
the Executive Power.
Dufaure, Minister of Justice.
Picard, Minister of Interior.
Pouyer-tiuertier, Minister of Finance.
Favre, Minister for Foreign Aualrs.
General Letio, Minister of War.
Admiral Pothuan, Minister of Marine.
Simon, Minister of Pabllc Instruction.
De Larcy, Minister of Public Works.
t.Rmirce.ht. Minister of Commerce.
The following proclamation to the National
Guard had been issued on Saturday, March 18:
RXPCBLIQUB FRANCAISK,
To ths Kational Guard otht Seine,
The Government calls upon you to defend your
city, your hearths, your families, and your belong
lngs. Some misled men, placing themselves aboe
the laws, and obeying only secret leaders, dlput
against Paris the cannon which had beearemoea
from the power of the Prussians. By force the; re
sist the National Guard and the army. Wlftu
suffer It 7 Will you do so under the eves
enemy prepared to profit by our discords? ''''J
abandon Paris to sedition 1 If you d9 iio a "
m the bud. it is all ud with the republic a?- per.
haps with France. You have their uttU yout
bands. The Government has chMen that our arms
should be left with. you. GraBp them ltu resolu
tion to reestablish the relgu of law, ft8 the re
public from anarchy, which would brw r tun. Mus
ter around ytur chiefs; that is e only means ot
escaping destruction and the -animation of the
'GeS CommMitag-ta-' ?a' National
Guards, ' uaurellks.
Minister of tw Interior.
Fails, March 18, IS-"-
In conformity W .th to thee Woc'
matlons, there prodded to the quarters in the
northeast a large rce of troops, composed to
a large extent of counted gendarmes and Chas
seurs a Cheval, seneral Vinoy himself being on
th- around A. 6 o'clock Immense crowds of
persons assented In the streeu. All the shops
were shut. J" ne troops approached, the people
Ihratadl la lipie!" when the soldiers of
the line ent over to the side of the rioters.
The (renames immediately firec upon the sol
diers of the line, who returned the volley, and
ao did the Insurrectionary Natloaal Guard. A
caDtala of the chasseurs was shot dead, and
several on both side were wouuied. General
Vinoy Is said to have left the ground lmmedi-ate-'y
when he saw the threatening position of
'The' Government now issued tie following
proclamation:
Ketmbltoue Francatse, National Guards of Paris:
The absurd rumor is propagated tost the Govern
ia ,,rnar!Hir a coup d(at. The government of
ine republic baa sot, and cannot hare, any other
-u " . . ....... r. I .Ka u rill I H VPhA iiiuQlil rn
whteVitfhas taken were indispensable for the main
tenance of order. It wished, and tUow wishes, to
t Trtona with an lnsnrrectiouary tommlttee the
mtnZn of which, almost all unluwa to tne lu-
habitants, represent only Communist doctrines, and
would thrust Tarts under pillage, and France Into
the tomb, lr the National Guard and the army did
not rise to defend with one common agreement the
fatherland and the republic.
A. IUIEK8, Pouter QSBRTIIR,
DcFAfRK, (leneral Lkfi.o,
K. Picard, Admiral Potuuan,
.Tplks Kavre, Lamiikkcht,
Jules Pimon, Db L'Arct.
Tarls, March 18, 1811.
The proclamation has bad a bad effect. The
troops aie going rapidly over to the side of the
rioters, and handing over tlie.lr ammunition.
Eeveial guns which had been taken from the in
surgents at Montmartre were given back by the
regular troops, and it was even reported that
five new cannon had been captured by the in
surgents. Barricades are now being thrown up
in all directions in the disturbed districts, of
carts, and of stones torn up from the streets.
All carriages passing along were immediately
emptied and overthrown. The National Guard's
in the cause of the Government formed lines
across the Hue de la Paix and in front of the
Hotel de Ville, and also before the house of
M. Thiers, as well as other prominent points.
All passage was denied to everybody through
thofe thoroughfares. At three this afternoon
the Flace de la Bastile was covered with depu
tations, arriving with crowns of immortelles.
At four o'clock, in the Place Chateau d'Eaux
there were strong bodies of National Guards
marching into the barracks Prince Eugene.
They were received with cheers by the troops
of the line.
Shortly after this Generals Clement Thomas
and Lecomte were arrested and murdered, in
the manner described yesterday in the letters of
our correspondents. At 5 o'clock barricades
had been erected at the Rue Piat, near the
Theatre de la Villette, Rue Vincent, Faubourg
du Temple. Faubourg St. Martin, Place Blanche,
Rue du Chemin Vert, and at the corner of Hue
Pcplncourt. Several soldiers of the line de
fended the latter barricade. At 7 o'clock a
mixed crowd of National Guards, the Line, and
other insurgents, marched on the Place Vcn
dome. The officer commanding there ordered
the men to load, and told the Insurgents he
would fire. After disputing for some time, the
latter retired for reinforcements of National
Guards. The troops, however, declared they
would not fire on their comrades, but would go
home, and their commander, finding remon
strance useless, dismissed his men.
FLIGIIT OF TOE THIERS GOVERNMENT.
10 P. M. A report just published on the part
of the government, that it has abandoned the
city, has intensified the excitement. At this
hour the Insurgents, finding no opposition, have
virtually seized possession of the city. The shops
are shut, except the wine shops, which are filled
with insurgents in various states of drunken
ness. Barricades have been thrown up in all
directions, men, women, and children working
nara. i he pavement is torn up. A terrluc bar
ricude has been erected at the top of the Fa a
bourg St. Denis, opposite to the St. Lazare
Women' Prison. The National Guard are forced
all to work or to leave the streets. The Chateau
d'Eau is crowded with Nationals under arms,
vivandieres plying the soldiers with drinks.
Drunken men lie about fondling loaded rilles,
and others are sleeping helplessly on beaches,
with clasped rifles in their drunken embrace.
Women are armed; mob law is triumphant.
Peaceable citizens, hurraing homeward terri
fied, are stopped at the barricades. In every
quarter of the city the rappel is beating and the
bugles sounding the excitement general and
ininient-e. The report that National Guards are
QghtiDg in the Place Ilotel de Ville is not true
merely a rifle discharged by accident. Barri
cades are thrown up in the neighborhood. The
theatres are closed, except Palais Royal. The
Municipal Guards in force, with arms, baggage,
ud twenty ambulance wagons, followed by two
riments of the Line and a squadron of mounted
Jr..Nsailles. Midnight the insurgents spent
in StrCfVipntn,), hurrinnrlAa at tho Vna Piirnllo
jH.ce Blanche. A body of Insurgents
7t I Ti, , the Ministry of Justice, of which
tney iook PSeg8i0Dt posting around it strong
guards, lue dals lied at their approach. At
A O ClOCk A. Al. tKiorol rnnrAvontatW. ftf thft
Seine and somclairor8 ofPftrig who met at
11 r. il. at the We of the 8econd Arrondisse
ment, separated !uQ tnree or four jrroup. aad
n.iaiir1aH Van ... - . . . .
pUv.vvUSU '"-jib quarters or the town, nav
Ing accepted oiLeril missions. There is a
report mat tne uov,mcDt ac.epts the demand
of the nomination oy,e Municipal Council and
u wsLiiuu xt '"?.auonal liuards of their
general-ln-CiliCI. AttVlnlr iha nnunmnt
which left the Minis Varim iIm t
10 o'clock, and went wiv General Vinov and
Geneial d Aurelles de PaMlnes. received
overtures from the Uen'M Ummitt. !..-
biche, the Secretary-Gene of ie Ministry
of the Interior, was sent fo by Gen-! vinov
Full powers were given hia to offer th largest
concession. Labiche went the Mairie-,f the
Second arroodlssement to fijd the membvg of
the Central Committee. Tbjy had, however
left for the 'jJairie of the Iliet arrondlssemett
Jules Ferry iavlng expressed desire to resign
the mayoralty. Labiche gafe Ciase. The com
mittee aemaiaea ine noninamn ot L.M)glol8
as General Cbmmander-in Chief cf the Natin0al
Guard, Edaond Adam as Pre.ect of Police,
Dorian as Xayor of Paris, anfGeneral Blllaut
as Commandu- of the. Army of ?aris.
FROCLAMATI0S8
AND COUN'ER .
TfONS.
PROCLAMA-
Thns Saturday night wore avay. On Sunday
nxrning, March 19tb, the Govenment issued the
following proclamation:
A committee assuming the tit of Central, after
having seized a cerfaib numbe of cannons, has
covered Paris with barricades, ns taken possession
durlngthe night of the lloteiof the Mlnlstrrof
Justice, has tired upon the deleters of order, has
made prisoners a ud assassinated a cold blood Gene
rals Lecomte and Thomas. Wloare the members
that committee no one knows; Veir names are
new lo the whole world. No osecan k-en say to what
party they belong. Are ttey Comaunigtc, Botia
partlsts, or rrusslans? Aw they agena trini
coalition? Who are the enemlo UKrig who will
deliver France up to pillage? Vho wlll Heiiver the
republic to the Prussia Who will ds've, us to
oiiotlfilu? Th sboniiDable crimes they .ave com
mitted remove all exctue from th( se who '0now or
suumii v) mem. vn hi you iase upon yourstveg te
responsibility of their assasslnatiOBS and their time8
ttien kfeep with them But If you have anyiar(j
iw your boner and your most sacred miereau, j
rownd the government of the republic and the v
tloN.l Autmhlf ."
Tls Droclamation is sinned by the Vinisters at
present in Paris MM. Dufaure, Favre, Ficard, Jules
blmoa,Pothuen, and General Letio.
Ptr contra, the Insurgent officers new commenced
their share of the proclamation busUcss by issuing
the following: ... .,
Citizens-. The French people, intll the attempt
was made to Impose upon it by .'orce an impossible
calm, has awaited, without fear and without provo
cation, the Hharaeful fools whf desired to touch the
republic. This time our brotUtr of the army would
not raise their hands against the arch of out liber
ties. Thtmks to all, and that you and France have
proclairoe the republic with HI its consequences,
the only Government which can close forever the
era of invasions and civil wars. The state of siege Is
raised. The people of Paris ae convoked In their
coniitia for the communal elections. The seourity
of all citizens is assured by theco-operatlon of the
National Guard. ' .
The Central Commtttte ef lie National Guard
Assl, Beilioray, Ferrat Cabttk, Moreau, Pupont,
Variin, hourslr, Mortif, Koraer, Valette, Jourde,
Kousseau, Sullier, BlaJ'bat, Grallard, Baron Ge
resrae, Ualse, ai d p8eret.
Hotel de VUle, warch 19, lffl.
Another proclamation lays: "You have en
trusted us with the defense of Paris and of our
rights; we have commenced to fulfil this mis
sion, assisted bv yotr generous courage and
admirable coolness. We have driven out the
government which h betrayed us. Our com
mission has now exfired, and we hasten to
report to you, since w do not pretend to imi
tate those whom the popular will has over
thrown. Prepare yoirselves, therefore, and
hold your communal sections, and give to us
the only recompense wj have hoped tor, to see
you establish a real republic. In the name of
the reople we hold the Ilotel de Ville."
Here follow the signatures as on the previous
proclamation.
THE rilIF.8TS A8FAULTED.
The following events occurred during the day:
A priest was taken prisoner by the National
Guards and led to the Place Hotel de Ville.
Some f aid he was a spy in disguise. They forced
blm to walk bareheaded, so as to show tonsure.
8L outs are raised, "A ban lesprctres!" 8ome
call out "Shoot hlra!" The women call out,
"No; arrest whom you like shoot them If you
will but not the priests. Yes, down with them."
The priest was then marched by his cap
tors through the opening of the barricade.
They prepared to shoot the unfortunate
man. "What for ?" said a lady, standing near
me. "We saw him," replied a National Guard,
"standing in Rue Rivoli: he had no business
there; he resisted when arrested." "What!"
replied the lady, "is this liberty ? Is this repub
lican ? Shame ! You assassinated generals; you
will now murder priests. No one is safe." The
National Guards, thus tackled by a woman,
skulked away: the priest, however, was hurried
on, and was soon out of sight.
TUB VERSAILLES EDICT.
The Government, which had now fled to Ver
sailles, leaving Paris In the hands of the insur
gents, issued the following proclamation, which
was despatched to the prefects and other func
tionaries throughout France:
Versailles, March 19. The whole of the Govern
ment Is now reunited at Versailles, and the whole of
the Assembly reassemble there. The army, to the
number of 40,000 men, is there concentrated In good
order, under the command of General Vinoy. All
the authorities and all the chiefs of the army have
arrived. The civil and military authorities of the
departments will execute no other orders than those
of the legitimate Government residing at Versailles,
under pain or neing considered in a state or for
feit nrc. The members of the National Assembly
are Invited to accelerate their return in order to be
all present at the sitting of the 20th March. The
present despatch shall be at once placed within the
cognizance of the public. M. Thibks.
MASTERS OF THE SITUATION.
The Insurgents, thus left in undisputed posses
sion of the capital, on Monday morning began
to exercise their rule. They issued two procla
mations, being the names of their leaders, de
claring the deposition of the government ot M.
Thiers. France, said these proclamations, pro
claims theOommune the veritable republic. The
state of siege is raised; new elections are de
creed, and Lullier, an ex-marine officer, is de
clared Commander-in-Chief of the National
Guard. In the quarter of Montrouee. where the
Central Committee hold full sway, the following
proclamation was issued to the National Guard
of the Fourteenth arrondissement:
Citizens: To am"rm the Republic the union of all
forces devoted to her was necessary, and you have
understood lt
1. By adhering to the formation of a Central Com
mittee of the National Guard.
8. By electing in your respective companies five
delegates, who constitute a committee of arron
dissemeiit. S. By sending to the Central Committee with a de
finite and Imperltlve mandate two delegates elected
In the General Assembly of the delegates of the ar
rondipsements. 4. By proceeding to elect a "Chief of Legion-' to
execute the orders of the Central Committee.
e, By joining to the chief of the legion a consulting
commission chosen amongst your delegates also
elected on General Assembly, and of which each
member belongs to one of the battalions of the
National Guard of the arondlssemenr.
The Chief of Legion elected,
Ubnky (Lucisn).
The members of the Central Committee
elected Billoray Avolne Flls. The Consulting
Commission elected Sabourt, Herbert, Charbon
neau, Roqueoffre, Ledreux, Dleu, Verret,
Julien.
SCENES IN TIIE CITY.
Barricades formed of paving stones are raised
on the Avenue Victoria, Rue de Rivoli, on the
Quai, the Place Lobeau, and all around the
Mairie. The Ccinture Railway has been cut at
Charronne by order of the Central Committee.
The quarter between the Faubourg St. Martin,
the Rue Lafayette, the Boulevards exterleurs.
the Rue de Flandres, D'Allemagne, and Puebla,
i quite closed to circulation. Double barri
cades are raised with omnibuses, artillery car
riages, and wagonB filled with paving stones.
The approach to the Buttes Chaumont is im
possible; the National Guard retain the park of
artillery they had established there. The regi
ments of the line, amongst others the 36th,
which since Saturday morning occupied the
outer boulevards of that part of Paris, have
been surrounded, and are prisoners between the
barricades. A picquet of the Mounted Guards de
Paris were disarmed In the Rue de Puebla, and
conducted to the Mairie of the Nineteenth arron
dissement Several attempts have been made to
raise barricades near the Place des Gobelins,
and in a email street, Rue Godefroy, between
the Boulevard de l'Hopital, and the Boulevard
de la Gare, boys between the ages of twelve and
twnety have erected a solid barricade.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Kvknino Telegraph Office,)
juonaay, April it. itni. i
The week opens on a rather quiet market, the
condition of trade being very sluggish for this
usually aotive period of the year. Currency is
flowing quite freely, however, and the tendency
of the rates is decidedly downward, though it is
"H liEeiy mat any material change in mis re
P,ct will take place for a faw days to come.
jote cal1 loans ftt 5ii per cent., ac
cording o collaterals, and prime paper is steady
and rathet quiet at 78 per cent., without
much referene to the dates of maturity.
The gold marvet is quiet but steady, with a
slight upward turn In the premium. The range
up to noon hag been 110;'i110, closing at the
latter.
There Is a steady demand for Government
bonds, and the entire list has advanced from X
w)4 per cent, as compared with Saturday.
M the Stock Board everything and everybody
Were vnpant, and prices, under a very active
movement, advanced. Sales of States 6s, 2d
series, at Xtf$m- old and new City 6s sold at
101M ?nd Lchlfrbaroui joan at 88a
t S??)?ro?"i "rs excited and sold largely
at 5252; Pennsyhja wa8 actlve and BOld
at b-; sales of Lehigh a-,y at (jo, oil Creek
and Allegheny at 48, ex.-c-..,deBd Camdea
ana auiduv at no; auu vaiawia nraforrod
at 43M3, an advance. 27, b? J.9 km
for Philadelphia and Erie and 44 tuTim
n.titiviiMn. wue
The balance of the list was steady but strong
Sales of Manufacturers' Bank at 29V and Cen
tral Transportation at 46.
The fnllnwincr hanVa h
Ja Cooke & Co. to-day for the new five per
cent. Government bonds:
F-astot. National, Easton, Pa $100,000
Centrevaie National, Warwick, R. I. . . . 44.50U
Total tut, 500
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Market steady.
We are furnished, by the politeness of Hon.
James rollock. Director, with t he following statement
of the coinage of the U. 8. Mint for the month of
March, 1871:
Valu.
Gold deposits 20,Wi 61
Silver deposits and purchases 303,834 -61
Total deposit. 1028,777 12
COINAGE EXECUTED.
GOLD.
Pmoniinnllnn. Ho. nf Pi'ru.
Vnhi;
498,B(H)-0O
16,306 00
14,15000
8,990
13,87600
8,930-00
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26,5l-72
146,549-00
21,800-09
1743,645-72
Double Kaglcs..
24,925
Engles
Hair Eagles
Three Dol ars...
(Quarter Engles.
uuarter Eagles.
Fine Bars
l,r:o
8,830
1.330
6,9f,0
3,930
Total 39,995
; SILVER.
Dollars. 140.100
Half-dollars 10,400
quarter Dollars 400
Dimes 10,150
Half Dimes 400
Thyee-cent Pieces 3,60
Total 165,250
K ICK EL.
Five-cent Pieces 70,000
Three-cent Pieces 180,000
Total 200,000
BRONZE.
One-cent Pieces il,080,00O
Two-cent Pieces 180,000
Total 1,260,600
RECAPITULATION.
Gold Coinage 89,995
Gold Bars ....
silver Coinage 165,250
Base Coinage 1,460,000
Tot '.No. of Pieces. . . . 1,665,245
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Monday, April 3. Bark In the absence of fur
ther sales, we quote No. 1 quercitron at f 30 per ton.
The Flour market is without change of special
note. There is no shipping demand, and the home
consumers purchase only enough to supply their
immediate wants. About 600 barrels changed hands,
Including superfine at 15-60; extras at tW596-25;
Wisconsin and Minnesota extra family at !77-a7 ;
feuDBTivaum uo. ui. ai trouim : unio ana inaian i
do. do. at I7-25W8. Rye Flour sells at 5-505 62V.
The Wheat market la somewhat firmer, but there
is not much activity. Sales of Indiana red at $l-C5,4
1-68; Pennsylvania and Ohio do. at $l-65l-6S; and
400 bushel No. 1 spring on private terras. Rye
may De quotea at ii-uo. corn is aau and nroOD nor.
4000 buBhels sold at SOfaiSlc. for yellow and 78X9oc.
inr western mixed, oats are uncuanged. Sales of
Western and Pennsylvania at 67)tSc.
in uariey and .uait no sales were reported.
Whisky Is quiet at 9i,va93c. tor Western Iron-
boa nd.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Monday, April 8. The market for Beef Cattle was
rather dull to-day, but prices generally were well
maintained. We quote choice at 9a9jtfc,. fair to
good at TX(i8xc., and common at 4X($,axc. per lb.
gross. Receipts, 1963 head. The following are the
particulars of the sales:
HtKKt.
86 Owen smith, west va., 69,v.
80 K. Maynes, Lancaster county, 7i8.
75 A. Christy, Western and Lancaster CO., 8$9.
86 J as. Christy, Lancaster co., 7;g8'tf.
65 John McArole, Western, 78$.
30 Dengler & McCleese, Western, 7(8.
75 P. McFUlen, Lancaster county, 7 9.
28 B. F. McFUlen, Lancaster 00., 8s
66 Ph. Hathaway. Lancaster CO.. 6i)9.
120 James McFUlen, Jr., Western, 7A,'a9tf .
90 dames . Kirs, Lancnsier co., 7
116 J. J. Martin A Co., Lancaster co , 79.
60 E. S. McFUlen, Western , 8(49.
60 Ullman fc Bachman. Lancaster co.. 8a85.'.
134 Mooney & Miller, Lancaster co, 7s(S9.
100 D. Smyth A Bros., Lancaster co., 7tf(,8tf.
60 Dennis Bmyin, lancastcr co., 6Xt4;'i.
64 Thomas Mooney A Bro., Lancaster co., 88j.
25 H. Chain, Western 67X.
46 James Clemson, Lancaster county, 7SX.
60 Gus. Schambcrg, Lancaster co,, 7"8j.
90 Hope A Lev!, Lancaster co., 7kj.
18 H. Frank, Lancaster co., 7tf3.
42 Elcorn A Co., Lancaster ex, 7&S.
42 L. Frank, Lancaster co., 78.
80 Kimble fc Alexander, Lancaster co., 7,'4'(g9.
80 E. k L. Chandler, Chester co., 0tf9.
80 L. Home, Lancaster co., 4(5f.
25 H. Chain, Jr., Western, 78tf.
45 L. Leavenstlne fc Co., Montgomery co , 6(7.
Cows and Calves were in steady request, and 200
head sold at 4065.
Sheep were firm and fairly active at6)tfSc. for
woolled, and 66,vc for sheared. Receipts, 10,000
head.
The offerings of Hogs were more liberal, but
prices were steady. Sale of 6000 head at f 9 -6010
for slop and illll'B0 for corn-fed.
LATEST SIIIPPISQ INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. APRIL 8
MATS OF THSRJfOlMTBH AT TH1 1VININO TILK3BAPB
OFFIOB.
8 A. M. 49 1 11 A. M. 60 S P. M. 6
Bun risks 6-41. moon sbts. 4-69
DON BBT8 6 26 HIOH WATIB
(fly Telegraph.)
NBWTOBl, Api
ru v..
Arrived, steamship City of
Brooklyn, from Liverpool.
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Mars, Grumley, New York. W. M. Balrd
& Co.
BtT Beverly, Pierce. New York, W. P. Clyde it Co.
Schr James Martin, Baker, Charlestown, Slnnlckson
& (JO.
Sloop Seal, Ballenger, Bridge ton, do,
Barge Lark, Kourke, New York, do,
Rar?e B. J. O'Kane. O'Kane, New York. do
Tug Thomas Jtrrerson. Allen, Baltimore, with a tow
of bargeB, W. P. Clyde fc Co.
Tug G. B. Uutchins, Uarmer, Baltimore, with a tow
Of barges, Wi uyae vo.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING,
Steamship Volunteer, Howes, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to John F. Ohl.
Steamer Salvor, Sharpley, from Richmond via
Norfolk, with mdse. and passengers to W. P. Clyde
& CO.
Steamer H. L. Gaw, Her, 13 hours from Baltl
more, with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
steamer Nevada, Grumley, from Hartford, with
mdse. to W. M. Balrd Co.
Steamer Novelty, Shaw, 2 hours from New York,
lth nu'.xe. to W. Vl. Balrd A Co.
Steamer A. C. Sttmers, Davis, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Schr D. K. Burton, Moore, 8 days from Milton,
r.i with dthIii and wood to John L. Keuner.
""""la., with lumber to Soudi r A Adams.
toKoger?
Schr Ida L',,
bear Paul frnm Alexandria with irraln
..stm lIAotAn with wnAan t
Schr S. Oilman, ,.m T,.,iall(i Wi.-h m,iaA
to Allen fc Co. "
With lum"W" VVsou'l!?. &sJaCUOnVi1
at..k. r. . 13 fit O JUB.
i,n . ufJS.i-.i f'-ndria, Va , with
f , - -J 110, UV, I W . V.
nt lntrireR tn V V 1vA k WllU a VOW
Tllff I'hUBhA.b. t ...mil. An. MAm Dnllli .
Itna (it hnroroa tn u.' V l 'l.l. rv, - W1U1
Tug Fairy Queen, Wilson, from Havre-de-Grau.
wiin a low or barges to W. 1 . Clyde & Co.
tr Brigs Ooldflnder, from Matanzas; Hat tie S.
Bishop and E. P. Sweet from Cardenas, arrived
yesterday, are consigned to Messrs. K. C. Kuight A
Co., not to Knight A Sons.
CQrr8Txmdmc cf Th Evening Tcltrrravk.
EASTON A. McMAUON'S BULLKTIN.
Niw York Ofkicb, April 1. 8 barges leave In
tow to-night, for Baltimore, light.
William Walker, with slab iron; Maggie, with blue
stone ; and City of Boston, with pipe, all for Phila
delphia. Baltimohi Branch Office, April 1. The fol
lowing uargt-s leave in tow 10-uigut, eastward:
Kuhgian, oamea uocnt, v. F. rI
Vincent, G. B.
Early, m. auieit, u. uaii.-iav, cj. r . Uvermore,
ana
Vt. Glenn, all wlih coal lot Mew York
G. II. Stewart, with coal, ur Phlladeliiila.
Fhh-adklfhia Bkanch erFicB, April 8. The
L. At. Norton, with coal, tor Ntw York, leit on Satur
tiy. L. 6, U
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
The French Revolution
The Fighting of Yesterday.
Shooting of Rebol Prisoners.
Traitorous Government Troops.
The San Domingo Report.
No Action to be Taken at Present.
FROM EUROPE.
llebcl Prisoners Shot.
London, April 3 The Government troops
have shot their prisoners as rebels.
The Popular Indignation
against the Versailles Government is terrific
The Nationals threaten to attack Versailles.
Traitorous Government Troops.
The despatches report that tho 74 th Regiment
of the Line came to Paris on Saturday and fra
ternized with the Nationals.
Victoria and Napoleon.
Loudon, April 3-0 30 A. M Queen Victoria
visits Napoleon at Chlselhnrst to-day.
Fighting Between the Regulars and the
cominnuiMiH,
Paris, April 2 Evening. A serious engage
ment occurred this morning between the Gov
ernment troops and the Communists. About
two thousand National Guards marched on
Courbevolc, and were met by the gendarmes and
Gardes Forestiers. The captain of the latter
galloped np, waving his cap, intending to ad
dress the Communists, when a Zouave with that
body shot him dead.
A General Action
followed, in which the gendarmes took five
prisoners over 7ft years of age, who were shot
immediately.
The Guns of Fort Vnlerlcn
swept the road, and the Communists tied.
Twenty-five insurgents were killed and many
wounded. The engagement wasover at 1 o'clock
The National Guards still hold Porte Maillot
Battalions of artillery are hurrying up,
The Rappel Is Renting,
and the ramparts are being manned. The
greatest excitement prevails.
The Ci-lalg at Hand.
Versailles, April 2 Evening. The crisis is
at hand. Two batteries are in motien on the
Paris road, and the ambulances are all ready,
Abdication of Prince Charles of Ronmanln.
London, April 3. A despatch from Bucharest
says Prince Charles has postponed the abdica
tion ot the throne of Koumanie until the result
of the elections for the Chambers is known
The Italian Chambers.
Fi.orbncb, April 3. The Italian Chambers
adjourned until the 12th Inst.
This Morning's Quotations.
London. April 311-80 A. M Consols 92V for
both money and acconnt. American securities autet
and steady. U. S. bonds of 186'i, 92X; of 1966, old,
92X; of 186T, 913; ten-forties, 89. Erie Kallroad,
19W5 : Illinois Central, 110 v Great western, 43.
frank roBT, April L u. D. D-xo Donds closed at
96 K 096V.
Liverpool. April a 11-30 a. Jii. cotton oulet:
uplands, TKtgTxd. ; Orleans, 7X7d. The sales to
day are estimaiea at iz,uuu naies. ureaastuns arm.
This Afternoon's Quotations.
London, April 81-30 P. M. American securities
quiet. U. S. 6-20B of 1862, 92. Stocks dull. Erie
hallway shares, 19 ; Atlantic and Great western,
FROM WASniJfaiQX
The San Domingo Report.
Despatch U the Associated rrent.
Washington, April 3 The report of the San
Domingo Commissioners is not yet ready to be
sent to Congress. So far from the President
pressing the question of annexation, as still
asserted by some newspapers, he will in his
brief message transmitting the report to Con
gress recommend that no action be taken during
the present session.
Government Weather Rehort.
Despatch to th Auoeiatei Prtu.
War Department, Office of the Chief
Signal Officer, Washington, April 3, 1871
10 30 A. M. Synopsis for the past twenty-four
hours: The pressure, which was high on Sunday
morning on the gnlf, has varied somewhat, with
clear weather. The low pressure of Sunday
mornln in the extreme northwest has moved
to the southeast, developing into a storm, which
is now central between Lakes Huron and Onta
rio. Brisk and high winds have been expe
rienced in aBd north of the Ohio Valley. Cloudy
and threatening weather now succeeds on the
middle Atlantic coast, the pleasant weather of
Sunday. The barometer continues fulling, with
inbreased cloudiness on the Pacific coast and
rfftinor in thfi extreme northwest
Probabilities It is probable that clear and
clearlug-up weather will be experienced on the
likes: falling weather on the lower lakes;
threatening and falling weather ou the East
Atlantic, and partially cloudy weather on the
Bouth Atlantic ana unu.
AKOTIIER BUBBLE BURST.
The Collapse of the Commonwealth Fire
Insurance. Company How to Iluu
Institution Into the Ground 100,000
Lost.
nn Ratnrdnv afternoon Judge Cardozo. on
Detltlon ef Attorney-General Champlain, granted
, 1 . 1 IHIII Tn,nt.A Tr ra.
an oruer appoiunuK iiuiwui u. v, v. .,
celver ef the Commonwealth Fire Insurance
at this citv. on glvlntr a bond with
two sureties in 5000. The bond was executed
by J. P. Cummings and William Edleston, and
if. Tii in,k Timse-4iion of the assets
. ' thA pomnanv. This action did not
IhA nuti lc AlK Keiucr uv buii-uog. iug
Ju.ne Titnni of February called the atten
tlou wthe public and of Superintendent Miller
to tbe aimiug condition of this company, and
demanded b searching investigation into iti
aftairs. It is n doubt dua to the exposure of
tbe Insurance Ttten tb.it two commissioners
were appointed to investigate the fuira of the
comranv. The report of these comtnUtloaers
to tbe Attoriiey-Geneinl showed that the asita
of tbe company were but 3oO 053 2i, while its
liabllitles.lncludlng capital stock (5O,O00), were
415.478 40; or. In other words, that its capital
stock had been impaired to the extent of
ties. 420-11.
The general law relating to insurance provides
that when it shall appear to tbe Attorney-Gene
ral, bv report ot the uomptroiier (uow the insu
raace General Superintendent), that the losses
of any insurance company shall have diminish 9d
lis capital U5 per cent., be snail nave the right
to caupe the affairs of the company to be wound
np unless within sixty days the stockholders
shall make good the deficiency. According to
the above report the capital stock of tbe Com
monwealth Company has been diminished nearly
75 per cent.
As shown by the company's sworn exhibit to
the State Insurance Department, January 1,
io i, me impairment 01 capital was 3o,48'4'.i.
or over 15 per cent. The gross assets of the
company were then put down at f320,048,53,
but reduced to a cash baa's they would not have
netted over $282,349. Included in these assets
were the following items: Cash in the company's
orllce, $ 13,940-17; cash in bank only f 3501-TO;
Ktofs premiums in aue course 01 collection,
129,292 U3, being over 15 per cent, of the net
premiums for the whole 3-ear; Judgments,
f 8153 63, which has done duty under the same
bead for four annual statements: office furni
ture, f5000. Its liabilities were placed at
$ 25,605 -95 for unpaid losses, and f 82.031-17 for
reinsurance of outstanding risks In all, f 108,
29712. Taking the company's sworn exhibit,
and reducing its assets to a cash basis, the Im
pairment of capital was, on January 1, 175,918 06,
or over av per cent.
The cause of the disaster to the company is
the losses which it has sustained for the past
two rears. In 1809 its expenditures were 1318.-
323-34, and its Income only 304,858 93, showing
a loss of $13,464-36. In 1870 the expenditures
nn,. 4. 1 f, 1 1 fl anI J1.A imsmA Anlw A'lli .
909-47-a loss of $100,744 63. How long a com
pany with Its capital stock Impaired over thirty
per cent, could stand losses and expenses to the
extent of 150 per cent, a year is a problem that
com a soon be soivea.
Mr. Tweed was busy on Saturday afternoon
examining the assets of the company. It is
rumored tnat ine ooncit win oe made good by
the stockholders, and the company placed upon
its legs again. Mr. George T. Haws is Presi
dent of the company, and Mr. D. M. Doughty
Secretary. JV. 1'. Hun to-day.
HOAIi INTELLiaENOH.
THE GEAND JUUY.
Judge Pnx goii's Charge m Review of
C riminal Matters In the City The Crime
of Drunkenness.
Court of Qtiarter Sessions Judge Paxnon.
In opening the April term of the court this
morning, his Honor Judge Paxson appointed
Henry A. Styles, Esq., foreman of the Grand
Jury, and then proceeded to deliver a lengthy
and instructive charge.
After referring to tbe administration 01 jus
tice in a treat citv like Philadelphia, and the
true objects of punishment, Judge Paxson said:
"In looklim back over the statistics of the past
year, I am glad co be able to say that there Is nothing
to indicate any Increase of crime In this community.
un ine contrary, tne inaicaiions are reasonaoiy
satisfactory that there has been a decrease
thereof. It in, of course, unsafe to draw
general deductions from the statistics of a single
year; but a comparison of tbe commitments to the
uoumy iTison ior me year iuiu witn me commit
ments for several preceding rears exhibits a gratify
ing result. I learn from the twenty-fourth annual
report of the Inspectors of the Philadelphia County
Prison, recently published, that the total number of
commitments to that Institution for tbe year 1878
was ir,288, and that the number for the four pre
ceding years was as follows:
in 1H69 18,305
In 1868 17,620
In 186T 18,675
In 1866 19.f488
while in 1S60, the year preceding the war, the num
ber was S0,80L Taking Into view the large increase
of population since L60, this marked decrease la
significant, and.lt Is earnestly to be hoped, Is an indi
cation of a permanent check in the progress of
crime.
"From the able and interesting report referred to,
I extract the further facts that, out of the above
stated number of commitments for the past year,
8f3 were for intoxication ; and that of the entire
number of commitments, 12,206, or about four-fifths,
are traceable to Intemperance. This is a startling
fact, and one which should be brought to the know
ledge of every person, not only in this city, but
throughout the Commonwealth. The offense of
drunkenness Itself, snlile from the crimes of which
It 1b the active cause, has become a very great evil
in this city. It Is so common that many persona
have ceased to regard it as a violation or law;
whereas not only public but private Intoxication
has been an offense for a very long period. By the
third section of the act of ilA of April, 1794, It is
provided that I'lf any person shall Intoxicate him or
herself by the excessive drinking of spirituous,
vinous, or other strong liquors, and shall be con
victed thereof, he or she shall forfeit and pay the
sum of sixty-seven cents for every such o ire use ; or
if such person shall refuse or neglect to satisfy the
said forfeiture, or goofs and chattels cannot be
found whereof to levy the same by distress, he or
she shall be committed to the House of Correction of
tbe proper county, not exceeding twenty-four
-hours.'
"This, It will be observed, inflicts a penaltv for pri
vate drunkenness. So greatly does the law abhor
this vice that it punishes it even if committed In the
privacy of a man's own house.
"Public drunkenness Is a'so aa offense, and is
more serious by reason of its evil example. The act
of Assembly, 81st of March, 1856, provides that 'any
person who shall be found intoxicated in any street,
highway, public house, or public place shall be fined,
upon the view ot or upon proof made before any
mayor, alderman, or justice of the peace, not ex
ceeding five dollars, to be levied, with the proper
cost, upon the goods and chattels of the defendant.'
"A subsequent act has reduced the fine to two
dollars, which Is certainly a very moderate one for
an oilense so hurtful to the public morals. Tbe pro
ceedings, it will be seen, are summary in their na
ture, and it is to be regretted, in view of the numoer
of drunken men, boys, and even females, to be seen
upon our steetn, that the law upon this subject Is
not more rigidly enforced. No man, however re
spectable his position In society, should be allowed
to exhibit himself upon the streets ot this city in a
state of intoxication without being arrested and
fined for such conduct. For the respectable man
the excuse is less, and tbe effect of the evil example
tbe greater. The law recognizes no social distinc
tions. It falls, as the dews of heaven, alike upon the
poor and upon the rich.
"There are many other Interesting facts state! in
the report referred to, among others, that 11, 300 per
socs were commuted last year to the Connty Prison
for trial. Of this number, 7(W8 were discharged by
the committing nisgltrates, and ai cases were Ig
nored by the Grand Jury. Thus it will be seen that
abont two-thirds cf the prisoners committed for trial
were discharged without trial.
"This is afactsiigireBtlvd of great hardship and
oppression. A vast number of these cases ought
never to have been commenced, aud it la not too
much to say that very raauy of them were not only
of the most petty character, but would never have
been returned under a different syst-m of police
iragletiacy."
Judge Paxson then dwelt upon the crowded
condition of tbe male convict department of the
Countv Prison, and said the authorities ought
cot lo lct another season pass without correcting
this evil. He ured also the enlargement of
the Incane department of the Almshouse, and
referred in closing to the endorsement of Gov
ernor Geary's discreet (?) exercise of the par
doning power by the inspectors of the County
Prison.
Important Patent Case Parhain vs. Ame
l icuu lluitouhole Kewlug Machine Com
iauy. United States Ctiruit Court -Jud e HcKtn iaa.
Judge WcKencan delivered a very elaooia e
opinion, deciding that the reissued and extended
letters patent of Charles Parhain for sewing ma
chines were valid: that the reissue I letters patent
w re for the same invention as that mentioned ia
bis original patent; that the invention was un !'u' ;
that it was well described and claimed; thatibi
claims were not for functions, but for devices, aud
were valid; that the Wlckershmmachlne, aad;tt e
Fifcher-Witkersham m.chlne, were not perfected
inventions, and were not similar to Parham a inven
tion: that InsweiltT was not shown to be rr-or la
date to Pa ham; that his invention was nn the
tsme as Parham s, and that he abandoned it.
The court further decided that the respondents
c!early Infringed both claims of Parham patent
nd a decree that Parbam recover the profits earned
by the defendants and the damages Incurred by Par
bam, and that it be referred to Thomas N. Wills n
as muster, to estimate them, and that a perpetual
injunction issue restraining the defendauU from
further use of Psrhsm's Invention.
Harding for plaintiff; Cuyr Sod Co!)er for
1 defendants.