GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXITL-NO. 305. WEDDING OABDS, INVITATIONS for Partieß, Ac. New style. MASON *OO., 907 Chegtnnt street. ~ da3ofmwtf§__ IMAIMUED, BN* ttVJ)EN-McJNNKB.~On tlto 4th Instant,V Rov. Peter Btryker, George Snowden to Anolo IS., daughter of John Mclimos. DIED. * JOHNSTON.—At Bridgeton; N. J., on the evening of Apt iHtli, Hobort R. Johnston. . . The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Friday morning, the Cth instant, at 11 o'clock, punctually*from the residence uf A:J. Dumont, North, Eleventh street. ** VANDEGRIFT.—On the 4th Inst., Allen Tanaegnft, toped 48 years. . „ . . . The relatives and friends of tho family are Invited to attend the funeral,from his late residence, Tacony, on Thursday mornlnp. at‘lo 30 o’clock. WAKKKN .-Suddenly, in thlH <4tj\on Wednesday,!llio Ctlj iiintaiit. Kll'/a Atwood, wife or John Hobart Warrjn. find daughter of ,QcoygejL_T|blMtB2 > of <M i < r£y2^L^^ MMMMIMM fDISABODV BLACK MOHAIK. 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THOMAS* formerly operator at tho Colton J)ental Rooms; devotes hla entiro praotico totfhe painless extraction ot teeth. Office, 911 Walnut nt. mUMyrpjf C~ OTTON.-94 BALES OOTTON. NOW landing and for salo by COOURAN, IiUSSELL & C<J„ 111 Chestnut Btreot, OUR HARRISBURG LETTER. DIAMOND VS. WATT. The Report of the Senate Committee In this Casev-The Alterations In the Twen . ty.lxth Ward Denounced—Repeaters nndPemonators Rc viewed—Several Di visions Thrown Out—Watt’s Majority. [Special Corrcepomltnco ol tho Phils. Eyon'g Bulletin.) Harrisburg, April Oth, 1870.—-The report of the Committee on the- contested election case of Diamond vs. Watt has given general satisfaction to all parties-hero, except the bit ter partisans ; and it is hoped that the action of the majority of the Committee will hi) a warning to the Democracy of Philadelphia. Never before was the testimony in proof of the repeating system, as practiced, by that or ganization; so overwhelming. The repeaters themselves appeared on the stand; and,not only that—they were corroborated in every particular by witnesses whose characters were unimpeachable. This, together with the re ception of illegal votes by tKo election officers —and the disorderly behavior of those outside of the polls, induced the Committee to throw put the vote of several election divisions. : The report of the majority of the v Commit tee, which is appended, though comparatively short, speaks volumes: Tho Select Committee appointed to try the matter of the contested election of William W., Watt, the returned Senator from tho First Senatorial District, respectfully beg leave to report: That since their selection .they have met from day to day, as required by law, and have beard a large amount of evidence, meeting for that purpose in Philadelphia three times, for the convenience of the parties—the remainder of tlieir sessions being held in the city, of Har risburg.; The facts as complained of were that in the third and fourth election divisions of the Twenty-sixth Ward of the city of Philadel phia, and part of this Senatorialdistrict, some person or persons bad fraudulently deducted 200 votes Irom the return of Mr. Diamond, the contestant, and had added the same num ber to the return of Mr. Watt, making a dif ference of 400 votes in favor of Mr. Watt aud against Mr. Diamond, and changing tlio re sult from an apparent majority of 17(1 in favor of Mr. Watt to an apparent majority Of 224 in favor of Mr. Diamond. This was the only allegation of error or fraud complained of by the contrstants. When, where, and by whom it. was perpetrated were notshown by the evi dence, but your Committee have bo hesita tion in expressing tlio conviction that the proper prosecuting officer should take this ease iu hand, and see ttiat the guilty perpetra tors of this, and the other frauds proved in this case, are punished. It is but proper here to say that not only was there no proof that Mr.. Watt bad the'slightest knowledge of the perpetration of the fraud, but the counsel for the contestant expressly disclaimed even a be lief in his cognizance of the matter. In answer to this apparent case, Mr. Watt alleged that many frauds were perpetrated against him which inured to the benefit of Mr. Diamond in the return. These frauds consisted of miscounts, of ballots iu various election divisions; of false personations .of persons whose names were on the lists': of mi.scomputations of Ward returns; of violence tit and around polls 'sufficient to Intimidate the weak, the timid and the sick r from attempting to exercise the right of the elective franchise; of wilful frauds on the part of election officers, so grave in their character as to require the exclusion of the returns of whole polls from the computation of votes ; and of wholesale repeatinij, as it is termed, by gangs’or squads of men from New York and Baltimore, wheVeby a much larger vote was secured for Mr. Diamond thau.-hls ...apparent majority after making the correction above stated. " ■ „ ' four Committee very much regret to say that most of these allegations have been sub stantiated by the evidence .before'' us; that' there are certain facts so indisputably proven in this case, aud so appalling in their character, which uiust control if, that we do not deem it necessary to refer to. the specifications in de tail. . That a Committee of the Senate, in a con tested election case of a member of that, body, has power to throw out a return cannot be questioned.' It Ims been repeatedly doue in England: bvtlie, Courts of Pennsylvania; by the lower House of Congress, and in both branches Df the State Legislature. So often lias this been decided in the State by the 'courts that we do not deem it necessary to re fer to the cases in detail. In Mann vs. Cassidy, that pure jurist, since gathered to his fathers—Judge Oswald Thomp son-held- that when the whole proceedings were tarnished with fraud the eutire returns will be rejected. In Thompson vs. Ewing, •Judge Ludlow said, in referring to one of tho election divisions here in controversy, “-Wfc must reject the entire vote polled in this division, because we cau not,with certainty,determine which candidate received a majority of votes.” Judge Allison, too, gave additional emphasis to thesame prin ci pie in the same case, and J udge Peirce con curred in the views of the President .1 udge. Thus we have learned jurists of all parties proclaiming the doctrine to bo settled that, wherever a division return is attacked and the result cannot be ascertained, the poll is to be rejected; and this,“ whether the disturbing cause he fraud, or gross a/id culpable negli gence,” or even, in the language of .1 udge Lud low, “ a mistake.” With these principles ot law well settled, what are the faets in this case? „ ~ Witnesses were brought before your Com mittee from New York and Baltimore who I testified that a large number of men were en- I gaged in those cities aud were taken to Phila -1 delphia, and who voted over and over again • in this Senatorial district.some of them voting Several times at the same poll. As to the main fact, that.sueh,persons were seen trav ersing through this district from poll to poll and votrngagain and again, these witnesses are fully -sustained by unimpeachable evi dence ; men who saw them arrive at the depot; men who knew where they went after their arrival; men who saw them at their nefarious Wprk, some of whom knew them and where they were from ; others to whom they boasted of their presence and purpose. And the clear, undoubted' evidence of false persohatiotis, ■proved before us and sustained by the lists of voters of various divisions which were in evi dence, satisfy oijv inijjds that these things were done as alleged, j’; It has been' argufedtliat to throw out these '■ polls bodily would disfranchise - legal voters. This may be so. ~We can only regret that the election ni them wds' s'p conducted positively against the plain requirements of the law as : the uncontrovertible facts in the case show it ! to have been. It bus been argued that it has [ not been shown for wliom-these illegal votes ! were cast. "We cannot see that this alters tho ; case. “ A frqud is a fraud, no matter by whom I committed. A violation of law is . the same, I whoever may be the agent in perpetrating it. We firmly believe that iu the seventh division of theThirdWard; SixtU’division of tho Fourth I Ward, and after twelve o’clock in the first ' division of the Eighth Ward, the fraudulent voting, the personation, and the general vio ! lation of all law enacted for the purity of the ballot,wereso entirely overrided or overlooked!. ; either by the wilful neglect of-tlie election offi cers, or by their failure to discharge their duty, that these polls should be stricken out of the return. Four different ballot-boxes were counted by the Committee, and no one Of them show the‘ballots to sustain the returns made PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6,1870, from them, but showing a large gain to tho respondent. . - ' • Your Committee, in conclusion, after allow ing Mr. Diamond all that be claims in his petition, and confining Mr. Watt to. the speci fications in his answer, are of the opinion, and so report, that William W. Watt had .a large majority .of the legal votes at-the last October election, and is entitled to the seat now held by him. Jas. L. Graham, Chairman. 1 M. B. Lowry, James Kerb, H. Jones Brooke, John B. Waiifei.. The following will show'the majority for Mr. Watt,' according to the report of the Com mittee : ■ Majority for Watt, according to his certifi cate... 176 Gains for. Watt by actual count: Ninth division, Fourth Ward. 34 Ninth division, Third Ward., 40 fourth division, Fourth Ward 10 Divisions thrown out: W. D. First, division, Eighth Ward.... 83 . 148 pixtli division, Fourth Ward.... 49 240 Seventh division, Third Ward.* 86 008 Total gains for Watt: t. !*43 Votes lost by Diamond by the miscount in the Twenty-sixth Ward 400 Watt’s majority... 043 This excludes 110 personations proven which the Committee refused to count, on the ground that it was not in evidence for whom they voted. Tbe Rooster Bins. The extended report in tho Bulletin of the operations of tho Booster King has been the theme of conversation ever since its ap pearance, and has served to cause not only considerable uneasiness with those who were actively engaged in its villainous schemes, but lias also been tbe means of bringing gentle men who have the misfortune to be the col leagues of these fellows into reproach at their homes. The article in oueslion has been ex tensively copied throughout the State, and some people who have been venally disposed have taken advantage of the expose, and al lied the names of as honest men who have ever been in the Legislature with those who have justly earned the title of “ Boosters.” Your correspondent has been appealed to in order that some protection might oe afforded the innocent gentlemen, and he takes this oc casion to say that of the counties mentioned as being represented at the meeting held “to pinch” the Jersey Shore bill, tbe following gentlemen were not present: Messrs. Kefier, Fulton, Hill, Dill, Harvey, Ellis and Steele. The Appropriation Bill. Tbe general appropriation bill went to the Governor to-night for his approval. The amount appropriated for tho present year falls $150,000 short of that expended during 1869, and is nearly $600,000 less than when first reported to the House by the Committee on Ways and Means. Paul. THE NEW DOMINION. !il*lnnent of Hr. Donald Smith, Cana . dlan Conimiietlouer to the Red River In. Sargents. Prescott Junction, Aprils.—Mr. Donald Smith, Commissioner to the Bed Biver coun try, now on his return to Ottawa, says in ef fect what I herewith communicate to yon. Our conversation this morning lasted more than an hour. He left in December as Com missioner, having previously occupied a gov erning position under the Hudson liay Com pany. On arrival at Fort Garry he Introduced himself to 3lr. Biel as connected with the Hudson Bay Company, whereupon the Pre sident of ’ Winnipeg expressed pleasure. Ultimately-. in the Fort, Mr. Smith was asked to" take' aft -oath; which oath is now explained to be an engagement not to take up arms or attempt to overturn the exist ing state of attains. Mr. Smith said’ he would certainly promise not to leave the Fort for those or any other purposes that day, but posi tively declined to swear, promising, however, ro take no steps whatever to revolutionize Mr. Biel's Government. He then asked Biel if lie was to consider himself a prisoner. Biel replied, •• Certainly not,” but m reality Mr. .■Smith was under restraint. Mr Smith at length declared himself in the capacity of Commissioner of the Canadian Government. His papers, the Queen’s letter, his commission, and public documents, were taken away from him. He demanded their return, bnt was refused. Afterward, after almost daily representations to Biel, a public meet ing of English and French settlers was called to receive, him as Commissioner. At the mass-meeting there was great excitement. Biel refused to give up his papers. After a tough debate, in which Biel warningly said: “I do not want to remember how 1 took a pistol at yon before on that platform ”—re ferring to a former meeting, at which he had threatened Mr. Smith. The meeting agreed to a delegation to Ottawa. The subsequent doings of the Convention were the formation of a Provisional Government, which was To be provisional or temporary in the strictest sense, find the appointment of a committee to arrange preliminaries for a basts of action. The committeemen, with the exception of Kiel, voted themselves, into all the public offices properly pertaining to the establish mentof a government, Kiel being President. THE BONAPARTE TRIAL. A Scene in Court. Oifi- European files state that the scene which, as has been already mentioned, took place at the trial of Prince Pierre bn Thurs day, March 24, was one of terrible violence. Some disparaging remarks had been made by an advocate, and in return Prince Pierre; who generally sits passively, violently exclaimed that the individual depreciated possessed that' courage which was wanting to The Republican faction. It was at this moment, says a correspondent, that a loud, ringing voice was heard throughout the halt “II a bien assassine Victor Noir” were the words which I distinctly heard. Then an awful tumult arose, when the exclamations, “Assassin! A I'assassin!" again resounded. I stood up and looked back trom our press stalls into the thronged pit in our rear, and saw it eonvnlsed with' excited groups sway ing to and fro, while in the middle stood Ulric de Fonvielle in tho hands of. about a score of gendarmes, Who shook and dragged him violently, his friends vainly endeavor ing to press forward to the rescue, but being forcibly held back by the neutrals, or by men of the opposite, or -imperialist party. On tho very first alarm Princn-Pierre-Boniv parte stood up in the dock, burst open the' door behind him and .vanished through it,'fol lowed by the captain of the gendarmes acting as his escort. He had evidently been prepared for some riot which might serve as a signal for an attempt on his life and had probably been instructed in any case of alarm to nan from the hall. Awe and amazement prevailed everywhere. . . After the ordinary sitting of the’court was over, M. de Fonviello was brought in and made no attempt to deny, but rather boasted, of having said“ You have in truth assas sinated Victor Noir, you Pierre Bonaparte look mo in the face and deny it if you dare, Assassin! Assassin! ” He was sentenced to ten days’- 5 imprisonment for outraging tho majesty of the court. ' Mate of Thermometer This Day at the Bulletin Office. 10 A. M.v 48 dDif. 12 U .....47 dog. Weather eloudjr. Wind Northwest, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. The sfx-<lneen;M Intention to Abdicate In Favor of Her bou—Sbe Bess a Papal Blessing for tbe Young Prince. , | From tlie London Times.] The following is a translation of the letter Queen Isabella sent the Pope by her son, Prince Alfonso: Most IHcsscU Father : The day has arrived so pleasing for mo to fulfil one of the most .vehe ment desires of roy soul, and which has also been so benevolently concurred in by your Holiness; My son, "the Prinoe qf Asturias, goes to Rome to receive the promised Sacra ment of tbe Eucharist at tho august hands of liis venerated father and protector. Heaven grant that tho boy who under such auspices enters into puberty may inherit the religions piety ever felt by ; his mother, now that she cannot ask from God for him that he inherit her fortune! ‘ The Prince travels under the title of the Marquis de Govadonga, in charge of the Captain-General the Conde de Chester always a good Catholic and a loyal subject. who is accompanied in his mission, as persons also of all confidence, by tlie Conde de Heredia Spinola and Gene ral’ Don Jose de Reiaa, with others of his very few ordinary attendants. Bv Cheste, whom I instruct for the: purpose, your Holi ness will be made to umferstand the reasons which Lave impeded myself and the King, my husband, from realizing others qf tho du ties ‘of which I- spoke to your Holi ness. We both cherish the hope of ful filling them as soon -as circumstances permit us; meanwhile my sorrowful heart, which has suffered so much, is anxious- to reeeive from your Holiness your benediction for the daughter of tbe Church, and your consolation for the Queen dethroned. Not a little com fort was it for me, most blessed Either, when I received your first letter, so sweet and com passionate, in which your Holiness manifested te me that you directed your prayers to the Most High for my health,, and for God to re store me to the.throne wliich belongs to me of right. Ido not now aspire to preserve this right to mvself, recognized even yet in my misfortune by the wisest sovereign of tho earth, but to transmit it, as I say, to all who were my subjects on the best and most fitting occasion to the ■ Prince, my son. Hence my vehement desire he should ob tain his principal strength to exercise it by becoming imbued with the Holy Catholic spirit—the only thing by which he will be able to associate the grand principle of authority with the true liberty, equality and fraternity which are indispensable to make all men happy. For this reason also I have formed the proposition that the Prince shall be edu cated in such a manner chat, if some day the nation needs bipi, and God wishes it, he may go and perform’his labor without exciting the hatred or the opposition of any of the numer ous factions into which our country is unfor tunately divided, for he will have learnt that the good king for Spain mast not. belong to any party, but .'to all the Spaniards, and that God has given the kings for the people, and not the people for the kings. May God’s divine justice not permit that by his fault one drop of blood shall be shed, nor the peace and tranquility of our beloved compatriots be disturbed for one single day. Oh, that so much blood had not been shed for his mother, innocent as she was of it. If during our civil war I had been found in the state ofreason of which inv infancy deprived me, I would not have wished to reign at so much cost. I wish not now that my boy should fnount a throne erected upon tears and misfortunes. Ido not desire the throne for him if he is not raised to it bv the legitimate hope and general love of the" people. May God preserve tor many years the life of vour. Holiness, so necessary to-dav for the world; and permit me very speedily to receive personally your blessing, which I now ask for myself, for my husband, and my children, -yrjth tbe fervor with which an your Holiness’s most humble, grateful, and most.loving daughter, Isabel, Paris, February 20,1870. 218 . 896 r 218 _ 078 A St. Louis Booh-Ueeper Makes Away wltb 985,000 of His "Employer’s Jloney. The Chicago Republican says : Officer. Simmondsj of the Central Station staff, arrested, yesterday, at the Hotal Garni, corner-of Randolph anil Wells, streets, a mid dle-aged and- respectable appearing man, named ,1. C. Powell. The man was arrested on charge of embezzlement, to the amount of Son,ooo, from tho firm of J. 0.,Ha1l Co., merchants of St. Louis. Powell has been in the company’s employ .as head book keeper for over three years, 'and during that. time. or. mbst .part ot' it, he has succeeded in • abstracting from his employers pretty round sums, with out anv suspicion attaching to him. Finally matters began to grow serious, and, the man dreading detection, fled last week from St. Louis, and-came to this city, where he put up atrthe'fplace iwhere he was captured. His flight opened the eyes of the firm which he had swindled, and, after a careful inspection of the books, the large defalcation mentioned was discovered. The police authorities of St. Louis immediately, telegraphed to Superin tendent Kennedy the whole affair, and that oflicial set his men to work with the success already stated. Powell, when arrested, was greatly agitated, and appeared to feel hts posi tion keenly. It is understood that he bore a highly respectable character up to the.da.te of bis unfortunate crime. He has a wife and family, resident in St. Louis, Und on them, as much as on himself, the penalty of his misde meanor, poverty and disgrace, must, for a rime at least, fall heavily. No definite reason was given by the wretched man as to what induced him to plunge so recklessly into ruiu. Some hint gambling,others wemen and.wine, and some say all combined had t j d© with his fall. . . t ' The prisoner was given in charge last even ing to deteotive Keinhardt, of St. Louis, on requisition from the Governor of Missouri, and Powell was taken on the night express back to the scene of his crime and misfortune. COUNT MONT ALEMBERT’S FUNERAL. Strange Behavior of the Pope. A startling illustration of the present temper of the Vatican i» to be found in the inter ference with regard to the funeral service of Count de Montalemberfc. Monsignor Merode, one of the hottest of zealots in behalf of tho Pope’s rights, and bvotlier-in-law of the de ceased Catholic hero, does what is only his natural duty under the circumstances, and orders a funeral for the repose of his soul in that church of Bonio which is emphatically dedicated as the national temple for France and Frenchmen. Thereupon the Pope steps forward to forbid tho celebration of the in tended service,and commands that if celebrat ed at all it shall be at the hand of a strange priest of his own selection in one of the obscurest churches in the most obscure quarter of Homo. Montalembert’s funeral mass prohibited by Pius IX. as a demonstration of the spirit ot Sedition and disloyalty to the highest interests of Catholicism! ' What a whirligig ot incon ceivable combination is presented by these words, yot they arc hut a dry and prosaic statement of fact. Things havo come to this pass in Borne—that the honors about to bo paid to the memory of oho of tho most dis tinguished,sons,of the Churoh have been pro scribed by a fiat from tho Pope, who is on tho brink of being proclaimed the infallible oraele of law henceforth, tia something that cannot be tolerated without scandal to himselt and religion. IHABEEI.A AND THE DOPE. EMBEZZLEMENT IN ST. LOUIS. -Toledo is to have a>70,000 opera house. MUSICAL. Parlor Concerts. • The sixth and last of these charming musi cal entertainments, in Natatorium Hall, will bn given next Saturday evening, April Dfcli. Tho entiro programme lias been well selected, not only with a view to please, but to satisfy the most fastidious.. The opening Trio, for piano, violin and violoncello, in L) minor, by Schumann, is a great >• and difficult work, the meaning of which some think to be almost incomprehensible'. So, also, the great string quartette by Bntfi a work full of strange and difficult harmonei.s,and therefore requiring the utmost nicety of intonation; difficult in rhythm and time ; and therefore demanding the greatest precision of beat," and at the same time calling out tho individuality of each per former. Mr. Hennig had the pleasure and advantage of playing this work from the ori ginal manuscript when the composer took it to Leipsic for trial, before publishing it. Miss Jackson’s playing of the piano, is, we know, more satisfactory to her audience than 1 to herself, for she is a relentless critic. Mr. Guhhnann, who, as a-pianist, has given pleasure in those concerts in th© early .part of the season, will play, the first movement of Mendelssohn’s Concerto, in G minor, accom panied by Mr. Boettger on a second piano.. Mr.' Hennig will charm, as lie always does by bis tender and sympathetic tOne, with that lovely AdayiOj transcribed from, one of Mozart’s Quintettes. Mr. Emil Gastel, who already has won so good a character as a classic singer here, will sing two-beautiful songs by Schubert and Schumann. -» f SAD ENDING|OF A ROMANCE. A Private Soldier Condemned to Death for I’alllnsr In Love. [From tho New Orleans Picayune.} To-day, just as the sun is at meridian, just as with solemn sound of the great bell of the old St. Louis Cathedral tolls forth tho hour of noon,' aholdler will pay the penalty of a crime for which military justice knows but one ex piation. The United States barracks, below the city, has been the place selected where the execution is to take place, and the green sward of the parade ground will ere.many hours be stained with the crimson liferblood pf the unfortunate man. He was a member of one of the companies of United States troops stationed near a vil lage in one of the interior parishes of Louisi ana. Near the camp was the plantation of a wealthy gentleman who bad sympathized with the Union cause during the war, and who, therefore, was the object of special attention on the part of the oflicersof the command then performing provost duty. The planter had a large family, among whom was a daughter, who possessed in a remarkable degree that rare type of beauty for which the women of the South are noted. She had imbibed the sen timents of her father, and, therefore, took great pleasure in entertaining the officers who frequently visited the house. The First Lieutenant of the company, Am brose Black, at onee conceived a warm at-, tacbment for the beautiful young creole, and endeavored in every way to induce her to share his feelings. Strange to say, however,' the lady treated him in a peculiarly .polite but formal manner, that proved hpr heart was ice toward him. This was a great shock to his vanity, and he was at a loss to understand it. Finally the explanation came, when one of his companions, playfully rallying him upon Ins ill success, stated that he had discovered why the lady refuaeij to smile upon him. He had accidentally witnessed an interview be tween herself and private Alfred Blake, the soldier who had been detailed to .guard the house—an interview which proved conclu sivelyrthat the heart of the young creole was irrevocably the private’s and not the officer's. This intelligence was too much for Lieuten ant Black. His pride was Wounded in its most vital point. He had been forestalled where his heart was most enlisted; and by one of his own subordinates. Seeking I’rivate Blake at once, he pbiired out the vials of his -wrath upon liim, taunted him with his position, and declared, he would send him where he should have no more opportunities of dallying with a shameless girl while on duty. Alfred Blake had borne much, bnt tliis'eoarse allusion to the woman he loved better than life fired heart and brain, and with one blow he struck his of ficer'prostrate upon tho ground, in the pres ence of his company. Then followed the trial—which was ren dered inexpressibly touching by the presence of the woman who had dared to love a private soldier—the sentence of death, to be preceded by imprisonment at Ship Island. To-day the sentence is ,to be enforced,'aud the majesty of the law sustained. THE LATE INDIAN TRAGEDY. A British Opinion. The Fall Mall Gazette says: ‘ ‘These 140 women and children were' o ll'cred up as a solemn sacrifice in honor of industrial progress, Christian civilization, and demo-: cratic institutions. There is some talk about an inquiry by Congress; butit is almost certain that the'talk-will come to nothing, aud quite certain that, even it' held, the inquiry itself will come to nothing. Meanwhile, the butch ery taust have been directed-by an officer who is amenable to a military*trial, and who has over him, besides his immediate superiors, a General commanding, a Secretary of War, and a President, who is ex-(i(!icio Commander in-Chief. It is these high personages who will he responsible for all similar crimes in "die future if they allow this one to go un punished; and, in the probable event of their thinking it beneath their notice, we commend their conduct to careful considera tion of discontented Eadleals in England.” Less than a century ago the English Govern ment was paying American Indians for the scalps of white men, women and children, which were sent in hales to London to he counted, or as vouchers, and are, I presume, still to be found among the archieves; but that is a good while ago. It is not long, however, since we saw tho death ot the last native ot Tasmania. It will not be long before we see the last of tho Australian aborigines. It was only the other day that I read, I tlunk also in tho Pall Ma.ll Gazette, an interesting account of the way in which “ niggers” are now treated by British subjects in South Africa. Slavery is, of course, prohibited. The moment the foot of a slave is pressed upon British soil that moment ho is free—except m India. But you are allowed to have apprentices. When the South African planters want a new supply of apprentices they take their guns, go into tho bush, shoot down the dusky adults and carry oft tho chil dren, who, being orphans, can be legally apprenticed by tho Magistrates. Some ot the orphans, however, are too young lor appren ticeship, and are otherwise disposed of. The account I read states thatin one instance these were thrown in a heap aiul covered with long, dry grass, which was then set on fire. Here poorbabies are smothered a good deal, but this South African horror reminds us of tho stories of the Druids. Thocoronov of Middlesex has made some startling exposures of infanti cide, which may excite the horror of future generations, if tho world, assome people hope, really makes progress in.what are called foel ings of humanity.—y T. Times.' "" THE COURTS. 5 Quarter Sessions— Judgeßaxsbii.—Prison cases wore taken up this morning. John Hopkins, colored, pleaded guilty to a charge Of assault and battofy. ’ ■ • Wnliam Scott pleaded guilty to a charge of la James McLaughlin was convicted of an attempt to pickpockets.; R John Schmidt was convicted ot a charge of stealing a lot of chickens. F. I. FETHEESTOX PuMislitf, PRICE THREE CEtfTS. FOREIGN COICREBPONOENOB LETTEH flton PABIS. [CorrosDondcnco ol (ho I'liMadcfpMiutvonlne EWJoUn.J Vabis, Fridhy, March 25, 1870.—The Ernpe ror has taken another long atep in advance, ond has once more lent a hand to destroy the edifice which wan built up by hlineelfi ■ To apeak of “ crowning the edifice ” will soofl’b* quite a misnomer; for there Will nolongerito any edifice left to crown. The Imperial cca st itnMoii of l& r >2,wHichhas beeiTso long talked of as “ neithenSeen’pdrfecte^ nor amended; it’ has been simply, abro gated and destroyed. Trojf Juit may be as truly said of it a» of old Ilin«» itself. , It has become a thing oftfie past. The sovereign has been transformed; the ministers have been transformed.; the Chamber has been trans formed ;and now, lastly;the Senate isabout to he transformed in its turn. FoT, as SK Prevhst Paradol says this morning; in tli<s ./o'tVrpal' ddt J).ebaU. the “Senate created fiy the, Cdnsfitu tiori of 1862 is duly and definitely suppressed, and is gone to join the- other ditfeeiktinenv bra of that sgme Constitution, in; eider.,tq make way for an entirely new Aspomhljr,” Am I not j«stiffed, then, in saying that the Imperial Constitution of--Franco has not* beam “perfected,” but replaced,’and that nothing remains of it but tbo name of Emperor?' The terms.of the Emperor’s letter are*very remarkable; more so, perhaps-, than any-of Mst former utterances. He distinctly “restoresto* the nation ’’ the authority which it had'dele-* gated to Mmself, and as distinctly recognizes, that the past system of government was merely provisional and temporary, and’ has-" died a natural and inevitable death as boon as the abominable circum stances which gave birth to - it have ceased to exist. There can be -no mistake possible in such language, which re veals not only the necessity of the total change which has been effected, but the con viction of such necessity on the part of the* speaker. The Emperor is cleariy convinced that he must henceforth rule, if he is to rule at all, as a constitutional sovereign. I explained so recently the character and powers of; the French Senate (especially aa distinguished from that of America), that itria unnecessary, I think, for me to dwell upon the> contemplated change. The Senate is to oeaso to bo a “ constituent,” and to become a “ legi slative” body, in conjunction with the Lower Chamber. It is to return very muoh to > wliafc the Chamber of Peers was under- Louis Philippe, or what the same Jjotly is ih Eng land. But will this remain its definite form? I confess I doubt much this being the case. I do not think that either the nation will remain content to see the Emperor nominate tho members of an entire legislative chamber,with, incomes for life of 30,000 francs a' year, or will such a chamber ever-”; bw really dignified and independent, enough, of the executive. It is greatly to bo regretted that the Senate did not take the iin ative in its own reform,which, as I remarked*, was recently offered it by Prince Napoleon , and President Bonjean, and transform itself,’ at least parti ally,into an eleetive and represen tative assembly. But I defer further remarks' on this subject for the present; and until tho changes on which M. Ollivier is known tod>& at work are laid before'the,pulilii- " The trial at' Tours auji .j-wijl hardly; I think,' be brought; tq ; ' a 'jjtila. evening, aj was ‘ ,qn the disputed points continues to be diotory as ever; hut these apd all else, ffavo almost been forgotten amidst the .i,sensation created by the scene which took place: in )tho Court yesterday. This.was so l extraordinary that I must relate it’as given in the-pubifeb'ecl accounts. "Witnesses were being examined ip. to’character on. the part of the; Prince, apdq an. old officer who had served with him; insisted; with great energy, upon hiscoinage; 'arid 1 es pecially upon his-having , a coup. ’.d’piigfc ndturd! Tliis extraordinary, as to diction . and meaning, i raised. a general laugh throughout the Court, in' which, it appears that M.Lanrier, one of the. counsel for the prosecution, "mus~t have joined, and thereby greatly irritated the prisoner,.who, unable to restrain himself,- exclaimed! that: “ though M. Touchet (the officer in question) might have less -rhetoric at his command, ho ■bail more courage than JI. Lanrier and- the. whole faction he belonged to.” While the audience stood astonished at. this outburst, do Fonvlello suddenly sprung to liis feet and Shouted to tte prisoner at the top ofhis.v6i.ee: “ You assassinated Victor Noir! You-are a cbward, and assassinated Victor Noir!”—with, as some say, the words “A n\ort; amort!’* The tumult became frightful. The ladies present rose from their seats in terror. People seemed to dread a pitched battle in Court be tween the witnesses on either side. A Com missary of Police began dragging do FonTiello one way, while the gendarmes dragged hipi the other. The presiding Judge could not make himself heard in the tumult, which, say the reporters, “ exceeded anything we ever before' heard.”’ All sorts of contradictory orders were given, and at last the prisoner was removed out of Court- When, at last, silence was obtained, the Procureur Generate rose and demanded that official minutes of the incident should he taken in. order that ho might subsequently proceed against de Fou vielle for his language and interruption of tho •proceedings of the Court. SI. Laurier, tho advocate; whom the Prince had first insulted and thereby began the disturbance —and who, to his .credit, never lost bis temper, or made any reply to what had been said—.pleaded -on behalf of deFonvielle, “whose 1 outburst hd regretted,” tlic provocation lie had received; and' the Procureur Generate himself said that “be blamed tho words, uttered “by: ;tho prisoner.” The Judges; * retired ■to consult for three-quarters of an Lpur on tho incident. On their return they proppijpcedin favor of the demand made by the • Procureur Generate for judgment of contempt of Court, and at the close of tho Jay's 'siitihgs de Fob. vielie was brought,up iand' sehteUced to ten. (lays’, impriaonnsrent, ; qftpv' having, expressed his regrot for w*hat hoi had said;> and (extenu ating circumstances ' boing • admitted in hia’ favor;' But 'the excitement created by the al|ove ’ ineidont , baa evidently been immense, and 1 has tended un fortunately; to i ’ exasperate public fool ing and give a political tone to Ike pro*
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