The New York Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1870, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD The Ocemmtion of Rosen toowsies the “The iliames the anon is’ an exalted BROADWAY tached ANN 5 STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, p FOURTEENTH STREET THEATKE (Theatre Francais)— BOOTH'S THEATRE, 33d s1., between - tren d Sth and 6d avs. LINA EDWIN’S THEATRE, 720 Bi ie D SUZING—-CAMILLE. oxi canned camandal NIBLO’S GARDEN. Broadway.— Deans or Maree hae way.—Tu New Domnerio amperes MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- ‘Sch st. —Performances every afternoon and evening. OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth avenue and GRAN! 2d ot.—UeikLia, DEMON OF THX NiGut. BOWERY THEATRE, Jaok Lona. feign _AVEHOR THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—MAN AND wery.—Rony oF raf HILLS— NEW YORK STADT THEATRE, 45 Bowery.—Guanp GERMAN OPzRA-—FIDELIO. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Orsna Bourrs— Lirtie Faust. MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklya,— Bir Van WINKLE. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Va- minty BNTRRTALNMENT. THEATRE COMIQUB, 514 Broadway.—Comio VocaL- tam, NXGxO AcTs, £0. SAN FRANCISCO MINST! BALL. 585 Breadway.— Ne@no MineTRELsY, FaRogs, Bone RSQUES, £0. FELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, No. 906 be ep ile — ‘Tux Basis oF THE PERIOD—TuE ONLY Leo: HOOLEY'S OPERA Lo miei Brooklyn.—Neuso Min- STRELSY, BURLESQURS, & CBNTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7th av., between G8tb and {6th sts.—GRAND GonoxeT AND BALL, AMERICAN INSTITUTE BXHIBITION.—Eurine Rink, Third avenue and Sixty-third street. Pe SeRK gta OF ANATOMY, 618 meeedony.— TRIPLE ‘SHEET. New Yorks Thursday, Segpenmer 22, 1870. ~ CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S “HERALD. Paar. 1— Advertisements, ‘2—Advertisoments. 3-The War: Paris Comptetely Invested; The Pras- sians Claim a Victory on Sunday; Reported Defeat of the Germans in the Plains of Meudon and Sevres; Capture of an Outwork of Stras- bourg; King William’s Report of Operations Before Paris; M. Thiers on His way to Vienna— President Grant: Appelibnent of Senator Mor- ton as Minister to ae Sketch of the Life and Services of the New Minister, 4—Fieetwood Park: Second Day of the September Trotting Meeting—Yachtt Woo et Equalization Throughout te State—Political Intelligence—The Odd Fellows: Session of the Nationa Grand Lodge—Educational Affairs: Meeting of the Commissioners of Common Lal vga a Five in Kingst . Y.—The Political Vendetta in the Eight th Ward—Personal Intelligence—Suicides. 5—New York and Brooklyn Courts—News from Colombia—The Dark Days of 1860-61—Agri- cultural Fair at Trenton, N. J.—Financtal and Commercial Reports—Marriages and Deaths— Advertisements. G—Editorial: Leadfng Article, “The Occupation of Rome—Crowning the Italian Empire"—Amuse- ment Announcements, ‘y—Telegraphic News from All Parts of the World : ‘The Italian Army in Rome; The Pope About to Fly from the Royal Flag; German Kevolution- ism Towards @ Repubdlic—Explosion in Jeresy Cea tree Tne ‘lligence—Business Notices. S—Advertisement: 9—Advertisen 10—The Dem Meeting of the New York State Convention at Rochester; The Old Ticket Renominated by Acclamation; Hoffman for Governor and Beach for Lieutenant Gov- ernor; Slaughter of the Young and Foolish Democracy; The Bolters Wiped Out; Ontrages by the Offscourings of the Rough Democ- racy—City Politics—Christine Nilsson—Adver- tisements, VW1—Advertisements, 12—Advertisements. A Nero has been aomineteal by the radi- tals in South Carolina for* Congress. One good effect which a baich of negro Congress- men might have on that body would be the abolishment of a long summer session, such as was held during the summer pias passed. Mayor Hati was rather | severe on General ‘Woodford in his speech at Rochester last even- ing. He called him a sardine. We cannot approve of such expressions in a political campaign; but undoubtedly, if the present promise for Hoffman holds good, Woodford will be in a ho bya) election aay. ~ THe GERMANS aT Roonesrer turned out in pretty good style to ratify the democratic nominations last evening, and in the course of their speechmaking made several allusions to the Prussian war on the French republic that indicate a strong leaning towards republican- .ism in themselves. Can the revolution threat- ening in Germany have already been fore- shadowed in the brains of the deep German thinkers on our own coil? Toe New Minister To ENGLAND.—A suc- cessor to Mr. Motley has at last been decided upon, in the person of Senator Morton, of Indiana. The appointment was made yester- day by President Grant, and our correspond- ent at Long Branch asserts positively that it has been accepted. It would have been hard to select a man better fitted for the position, and we are confident that as our representa- tive at the Court of St. James Mr. Morton will reflect credit on the administration and gn the country. FAMINE AND PESTILENCE are following close in the wake of this bloody and destractive war in the-fairest departments of France. An area of that country equal, perhaps, to that of the State of New York has been laid waste or exhausted of its cattle, sheep, swine, bread- atuffs and forage by the great hostile armies operating therein, and still the work of deso- lation goes on. From the Rhine to the Seine the inhabitants, not by thousands, but in mil- lions, are left destitute or very nearly desti- tute of everything in the way of subsistence. Thousands are roaming about, not only bread- less, but bouseless, and the summer is over; nothing more can be produced this year from the soll, and the winter approaches. Famine is already among those suffering people, and fevers, resulting from war, hunger and expo- sure, have already appeared in the fearful form of an epidemic around and in Metz and other battle fields. There is every reason to appre- hend a great loss of human life from famine in the French departments ravaged by this war should it continue even a month or two longer. But immediate peace will not supply the press- ing wants of those destitute people. We are gratified to see that movements are on foot here for their relief; but the relief required is and will be so large that it can only be met pro- perly by some great organization for the pur- pose. To this end we submit to the solid men of New York the suggestion of a great relief organization. ‘They to the call of humanity have never been found wanting, and we are sure that they need only a hidt for action in this arisis of suffering to the people of France, .NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1870,-TRIPLE SHEET, and significant motto when rightly applied. Such, we trust, may be its use at Rome. Our very full and graphic special accounts by tele- graph published this morning announce the formal occupation of the Eternal City by the Italian regular army, under the command of Major General Cadorna, and the enthusiastic reception of that distinguished officer and his troops by the Roman people, In this truly great event—one, assuredly, of which every succeeding day will prove the immense im- portance—the eager aspirations that Italy has cherished for a generation past approach dis- tinct and practical fulfilment. Jtaly ts dead / haughtily exclaimed the men of reaction when they saw the risings of 1821 and 1831 put down in blood. Yet in the very agony of those ill-fated efforts the real Italy of. our time began to live. The desultory attempts of secret conspiracy and open rebellion working disconnectedly in many places remote from each other, and chiefly for local objects, were then foiled and the petty tyrannica existing under foreign auspices seemed to triumph. But beneath this pressure of a salutary "chas- tisement the ‘‘federative” idea which, the his- torian Botta had made famillar to his coun- trymen in his great work’on the American Union took birth and was nursed into strength and beauty by a brilliant school of political writers, the influence of whose genius was felt, not only throughout their own penin- sula, but in every part of Europe. ‘‘Yet,” says the Abbé Gioberti, whose nanie stands side by side with that of Count Balbo at the summit of the list that enumerates these illus- trious minds of Italy's revival, ‘‘the idea of federative unity, far from being new to the Italians, is of very ancient date in their coun- try; it is natural to their genius, to their manners and customs, and is in conformity with the institutions and geographies! condi. tions of the Peninsula.” .; A confederation, then, of ‘all the Italian States, at the he: or auch should be placed one en tenod | “beloved prince, was the gra thought that, after sixteen years of earnest discugsion, took positive shape in 1847, when the voice of Pius IX. was heard summoning the nation, in his name and in the name of Rome, to rescue Italy from the arro- gant pretensions of the Austrian Power. “Fuori lo straniero!” (‘‘Away with the stranger!”) was the cry that rang out, at the Pontifical signal, from the Alps to the Straits of Otranto, and it was immediately echoed by shouts of “Viva Pio!” all over the Peninsula. Those words of affection were wrought into harmonious numbers by the musical, and poetic genius of the hour, fired to its highest flight by patriotic emotion. ‘‘Evviva Pio!” became at once the rallying cry of all the Italfan youth, and the naffonal ‘Hymn of Pio Nono” was heard at every threshold, in évery street, in every valley and on every mountain side. .. It was sang In chorus by delighted thonsands in the pleasure gardens of Turin, Florence, Rome, Naples and the Sicilian cities, and, chanted on the battle field, it nerved the young soldiers of the Peninsula who flocked to the defence of the Italian fron- tiers. In a word, the chief and head of the Church, proving himself a patriot and a true son of Italy, was designated by the new school of thinkers and writers and by the grateful people as the most comprehensive and universal embodiment of influence, moral, political and national, that could be placed at the head of the proposed confederation. A certain analogy was even discovered between the position of the District of Columbia, com- prising the city of Washington, and that of the Papal States, comprising the city of Rome. Pius IX., then under heppy influences, en- couraged this foderative idea” by suggesting and advocating the Italian customs league which was concluded on November 3, 1847. What followed this Italian revival, within a few months, is part of the most thrilling annals of our thrilling time. Pius IX. became the cynosure of all eyes. His name was honored and sung in every land. The florcest opposition relaxed into friendly smiles, and a new dawn of conciliation seemed to be ascend- ing brightly over a world so long discordant. What the influences successively brought to bear to obscure this halcyon vision may have been it would occupy too much of our space just here to tell. God worked in His grander way. On the night of February 22, 1848, a party of Americans, celebrating the birthday of onr first President under the very shadow of the Pantheon, appealed to the glorious memories of Rome and hailed the opening of another splendid epoch under an enlightened and patriotic pontiff. Of the little band who sat there that night some are now in the Senate of the United States; others preserve the memory of those youthful hours of high faith and hope amid the labors of secluded paths. On the very next day the echoes of the revolutionary uprising in France were heard around the Vatican, and within a week the trumpets of the _Fepuplic rang over the whole Continent. Ttaly’s hour of struggle came; Rome hoisted the democratic flag; French diplomacy, then working for reaction, bore Pius IX. away to Gaeta for a time, and afterwards carried him back with fire and sword over the smoking ruins of outer Rome and the dead bodies of hundreds who had sung the ‘Inno di Pio” only two years before. The noble scheme of 1847 was, for a moment, eclipsed, and men ceased to count Rome as an immediate part of the unity that was yet to be, so long as the usurpation that was throned in Paris should still keep its iron tread also upon Rome. But the work of Italian confederation went on, in spite of the possession of the Seven-Hilled City by out- side influences. Sometimes by arms, some- times by quiet negotiation, State after State was added to the circle, until united Italy at length stood forth a real thing of beauty and of power before mankind. Yet all this edifice, noble as it was in its proportions, remained incomplete without Rome—Rome which, in the downfall of her physical eupre- macy, seems to have found the secret of an endless intellectual control. From the hour when the genius of Cavour proclaimed Rome the real capital of confederated Italy, and, in so doing, took up the lofty work of Gioberti, Balbo and Canino, no statesman, no govern- ment, no party, mo prince, no army, no influence whatever on the peninsula could, very short space of time. “as perfect as the musio of the spheres, harsh word, not aripple of dissent, nothing, in short, to recall the spirit of democratic con- Ventions in former days, was present on this occasion. Young Democracy against the ‘‘tyranny” of Tammany was warbled out with all the soft, sweet tones of the dying swan. ful giants were quietly ruled out. no part in the Convention. as the people of the city and the State appear to recognize it, represented by the govern- ing minds of Tammany, had an overwhelming support, as might have been expected. The leaders did not cgunt without their host. had the popular men upon their ticket. had the force and the organization to back them, and, what was more potent still, they had such a record in that of John T. Hoffman as might well carry their ticket in the State over all opposition. of all the State offices were renominated :— Governor, Nichols for State Comptroller; for Canal Commissioners, Chapman and Fay, and for State Prison Inspector, Solomon E. Scheu. Everything was unanimous. contested the choice of the Convention. It was, in fact, pretty much of a ratification meeting. body was prepared for them, and probably the public generally, outside of the limits of mere faction, are satisfied that Governor Hoffman is to continue in an office which he has adorned, to the duties of which he has brought some qualities which we have been accustomed to consider rare in a politician— inflexible integrity ‘and an honesty of purpose that recognizes neither political friend nor foe in the discharge of his official duties. this standard bearer the democracy can safely go before the State and claim a majority of fifty or sixty thousand. not very original ; democractic it could not be in exact accord with the ‘‘time-honored” principles if it was very fresh. enough. It pitches into the republican party. It favors free trade; it demands a reform in the internal. revenue system; it denounces heartily the act of Congress remodelling the naturalization law. Europe neoessarily claim some attention. Upon this question the the Cdhvention are very at the same time very cautious. of France and the unity of Germany, the downfall of imperialism and aspirations for the freedom of Ireland and Cuba were grace- fully interwoven in the platform. As there “was nothing very new to be said concerning the future fortunes of the democratic party except a squint at the succession to the Presi- dential chair in 1872 the orators of the Con- vention did not waste much time. fui governs S this “city absolutely. That the democratic party, with its able leaders, in a measure governs the State also is undeniable. We shall see whether the leaders of Tammany, enough to keep control of the State and hold the party so well together that not only with impunity, ignore the flat. ‘of rule, be it o monarchy or a republic, dared ignore it. ‘‘To govern,” says Machiavelli, ‘‘is to foresee,” and the best way of all to secure peace is to avoid the causes that may lead to war. Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, has perceived this, and has obeyed the voice of occasion and opportunity. The Italian tri-color waves over the castle of St. Angelo and the heights of the Capitoline Hill amid the hearty acclamations of a race of whom some ‘‘beyond the Tiber” are the true descendants of the ancient people. The Vati- can, St. Peter's and all the appurtenances of the ecclesiastical residence and Court of the Pontiff remain undisturbed, and Pius 1X., in ceasing to be the virtual vassal of France, of Austria, of Spain, or of any armed Pretorian force that might be gathered within the walls of the Papal city; in ceasing to have the re- ‘sponsibility of immediate temporal power to cramp and compromise him, now, again, has the opportunity to become the venerated head of a mighty and progressive nation of twenty- seven millions of souls over whom he may, at last, treely stretoh forth paternal hands, The confederation stands before us at last a virtual reality, and the head, centre and front of that free confederation is Rome. The republic, proclaimed in France, assured in Spain and emerging even in Germany, will not tarry long ere it shall perch on the Janiculum. Then, surrounded by the republic, sustained by the regard of an entire people and the veneration of his adberents in every part of the world, Pio Nono, having become reconciled to the in- evitable movement of the. age, reconciled ‘‘in Christ” to non-Catholic Christendom, and re- conciled to the temporal rulers of hia native land, might readily enough fill the noble idea of the best and brightest minds that have wrought for their country in the modern day, and preside over the patriotic progress in religion, Peace, science, commerce and the arts of ae ‘united wey Italy. Finis govern this metropolis must be a party of brains, It must have experience and states- manship at its head. For many years this city has been singled out for persecution by a republican Legislature unt not a municipal right was left unimpaired. Under the present rule, since power fell into the hands of the democracy, we cannot but recognize an im- provement which we hope will be continued. The Rochester Convention has done its duty, with the result which everybody expected. The nominations were a foregone conclusion. There can be very little doubt that the votes of the State will ratify the choics of Governor Hoffman and the whole ticket on the 8th of next November. Count Blsmarck’s Peace Programme. While the press and public are flooded with statements and counter statements and -all sorta of speculations about peace or con- tinued war between Prussia and France, the great Prussian Minister, Count Bis- marck, has spoken ont plainly and given us the key to the situation and prospect. The very important document containing his views was published in the HERALD yesterday and was copied from the European despatches of the Hvening* Telegram. It was a letter written by Count Bismarck from the army headquarters in the field and dated September 11, and was received in Berlin September 19." He says:—‘‘The next phase of this most wonderful war will be developed in Paris, and all hope for the two countries after that will come from the conclusion of peace.” This was written some days after the battle of Sedan, and shows that the Prussians were intent on investing Paris as a necessary step before peace negotiations could be eftertained. In fact, Count Bismarck says in another part of his letter:—‘“‘In the meantime no overtures for peace on the part of France can now be received with exact propriety until the moment when the German armies are before Paris.” It is evident, too, that the Premier expected peace might be made there and then. He ‘fie Der ae tte ‘State Convention. ~~ gaalseg_an ai ument, indeed, to thow_y why The light labors which devolved upon the | ene Thould be made. “It isin inipSssible,” "he metabers of the Democratio State Convention, anid, “that tho) men. in power in France, who “came, and saw, and conquered” at whosoever the men may be, can desire the perpetration of a further slaughter of human earipeies -souterday, ee er aoe life—can wish to perpetuate such a terrible a | ®mount of human suffering—when all that they will be required to do is to give, in the name of France—if they are entitled so to speak— an.absolute, certain guarantee that the misery and suffering which they themselves in the main have brought upon two great nations shall never be renewed.” From this there is no doubt that Prussia anxiously desires peace, that she is appalled by the horrors and suffering of this most ter- rible war, and that she is not disposed to throw obstacles in the way of peace—dynastic or others—if France can. give a guarantee that peace will not be disturbed here- after. by her. * True, Count Bismarck does not directly recognize any particular authority in France; but from the ex- pression, ‘the men in power in France,” w infer that he will not refuse to treat with the provisional government or the republic that may be established by the Constituent Assem- bly. When he says that the French have brought upon themselves the misery and suf- fering of the war we do not understand that he applies this directly and specially to the actual government, or that he means Prussia will not make peace with any but the govern- ment that made the war. ‘‘The guarantees that are necessary in order to secure a lasting peace between France and Prussia’—he re- marks—‘‘the guarantees necessary to prevent France from ever again making aggressive war against Germany, partake more of a military than a political character.” It is not, then, after all that has been said about restoring the Bonapartes or forcing a monarchy on France, the intention of Prussia to interfere with the political institutions or aspirations of the French. Evidently Bismarck is too able a statesman not to see the danger and im- practicability of dictating to the French nation what form of government it shall have. It is fair to suppose, too, that he expresses the views of King William, however much that monarch may dislike the republic or would prefer to treat with a monarchy. The guaran- tees required are of a military character. ‘What these may be we have yet tolearn. The negotiations for peace, which it is to be hoped may soon take place, will show what fortresses are to be transferred or dismantled and in what other ways the military power of France is to be reduced. In conclusion the great Premier says that when the safety of Germany and the peace of the world is secured ‘‘not one single obstacle will be placed in the way of the cessation of the horrid war into which her people have been dragged unwillingly.” To be “secure from further aggression by war and from the chances of cruel and unnecessary slaughter in time to come” is the only object now in view. With such a declaration from the man who has ruled and rules the destiny and policy of Germany more than any other there is surely a prospect of peace. France earnestly desires to close the war, and if Prussia should be as liberal as Count Bismarck’s letter indicates she may be, and does not exact too humiliating terms, we may in a short time hear that hos- tilities have ceased and that the French people will be permitted to establish unmolested the republican form of government they desire. This is the heartfelt wish of every American and of every friend of liberty and humanity throughout the world. No form Even the‘ feeble protest of the The youth- They had The democracy, They They Of course the incumbents Hoffman for Governor, Beach for Lieutenant No candidate As far as the nominations go every- With The platform adopted by the Convention is in fact, to be thoroughly It is, however, plain and frank The affairs of resolutions of emphatic and The republic (Jt ig.a ma matter ¢ of history that the democratic with all the power which they possess, are wise shall the democracy of the city, with its immense majorities and able leaders, run the party in the State of New York, but exercise @ powerful influence upon other States, tend- ing to the future success of the democratic party in the direction of national affairs—in short, a democratic majority in Congress and a democratic President in the White House. This is not impossible to good management and the good use of favorable opportunities, As for the opposition of the ‘Young De- mocracy,” it is hardly worth a thought. The few disappointed politicians who represent it are not fit to carry out the aims or the mission of the democratic party. They may be able to manage a ward with great success, but as for governing the city or making any impres- sion'upon the people of the State they have shown their utter incompetence for any such task in many ways—such, for instance, as subsidizing petty newspapers to publish scur- rilous and contemptible paragraphs, and all such paltry devices. The party that can Tax Presipent, with his family, will return to the White House at Washington from his “Cottage by the Sea” at Long Branch, by the close of the present month, and {t is understood that Collector Murphy will pull up stakes at his ocean cottage alongside the President’s, and return to town about the same time. Meantime the division of the Custom House spoils is under consideration in view of the November election and, a dead set upon the powers ef Tammany Hall. Procress 1N LovistANa.—We give a letter from a colored clergyman in Louisiana ad- dressed to his race in the State and advising them to stand by their former masters and their old home ties instead of ranging them- selyes with strangers and unscrupulous politi- cians and adventurers. Thfs -is good advice, and if followed will be realizing the truest | principles of liberal reconstruction, that country—first, for complete national unity, and, next, for democratic liberty—so long foretold by us and rendered doubly cer- tain by the present gigantic war with France actually is advancing with rapid strides. From Berlin, under yesterday's date, we learn that a caucus of leading politicians from all parts of Germany is assembled at Berlin to con- sider the best means of reforming, or, rather, of remodelling, the old Germanic Confedera- tion, with a view evidently to the closer iden- tification of the South German States with those which now compose the Northern alli- ance. experience and President of the ‘North Ger- manic Confederate Oouncil—has even been summoned to the ters for the North German Cabinet is working’ with feverish activity in hastening its negotiations with the Cabinets of the South German States. At the same time Herr Lasker, a political orator of the liberal (i. ¢., really democratic) stripe, is about to agitate on the effective American system of popular ‘‘stump” speeches in behalf of the newly proposed plan of federative unity. In fact, that such unity will positively be brought about, official assurances are given at the Prussian capital. offspring of the Congress of Vienna and dated from the act passed by that body June 8, 1815,' and confirmed by # common statute of the Powers interested on the 15th of May, 1820, was really a compact for the closer super- vision of the people under the ‘pretext of mutual defence and the preservation of ‘‘law and order.” Yet, after all, the very meeting of a “Congress” was a step toward German union and an indication of a tendency to imitate one grand point of the American system, even although the delegates present at the convocation, were crowned Seat or their immediate agents. .* strong body, with an army of six hundred thousand men, made up of proportional con- tingents from all the States composing it, to back its pretensions when the latter were not menacing or aggressive to outside States; and, it was one of the modern glories of Frankfort to have been the seat o! Confederate Diet, if we can justly term it “glory” to have been identified with a machine that was directed mainly against all attempts at popular movement in the liberal sense. No outside efficiency existed, and Austria, when sorely beset by France and Italy, in 1859, having claimed the assistance of the Bund, found her appeal in vain. On this same plea Prussia, when preparing the way for her war with Austria, in the beginning of 1866, on account of the disagreement of the two Powers as to their joint administration of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, claimed federal help. She was refused it by the minor States, who referred her to article eleven of the federal pact, members of the putes before it for Diet would then mediate or pronounce what was termed an ‘‘Austragal judgment,” towhich the contestants were bound to sub- mit without appeal. This did not suit Prus- sia, who announced her determination to take counsel with those of the minor States that favored her, and Count Bismarck at the same time pronounced the words ‘‘Civil and mili- tary reform” in reference to the Confederation itself. aia crushed the power of Austria, her only greatrivalin the old Bund, A new North Ger- man alliance sprang up with Prussia at its head, and now the attack so recently mgde by France providentially, or Bismarck-ically, seconding the general plan of an entire Ger- man Union, the former Buna embracing every part of Germany, is to be revived in a new form, and Frankfort (city and district) is to be neutralized as a convenient central place of session for its parliament. formation of the ‘United States of Germany,” to which Austria must consent or be dis- membered by the loss of her nine million Germans, who Fatherland. Such a Confederation, includ- ing the ‘ Austro-Germans just mentioned, would number fifty million souls, controllable by Prussia only on condition that she should fully represent popular opinion. sustained her grandly in her war of defence against the Napoleonic empire; it begins evi- wars upon the republic and the people of rian capital) have met and passed resolutions ritory, and Johann Jacoby, the fearless and eloquent leader of the Prussian democracy, the fortress of Konigsberg for having called tower by the Rhine, who sends his cheery many are earnestly, steadily and surely mov- A German Republic on the Horizen., Our special telegraphic letters received last night from Germany and published in another column show that the grand movement in Herr Delbruck—a man of ability and ministerial conference, and, headquar- meanwhile, The original Confederation, which was the: This Bund or confederation | was really a the Bundestag or requiring all Diet to bring their dis- adjudication. The The events that followed are history. Prus- This is evidently the first step toward the long to be one with That opinion dently to stand aloof from her now that she France. The democrats of Munich (the Bava- against any forcible annexation of French ter- was yesterday arrested at Berlin and sent to a meeting with similar intent. It is clear, then, to the sentinel on the watch- message to the West, that the people of Ger- ing. King William must hasten to garner the good that he has done and fortify it for his hopes of future empire. There is no time to be lost; the voices of ’48 are heard again on the banks of the Elbe and of the Neckar, among the crags of the Saxon Switzerland and in the recesses of the Schwarzwald. The new German Bund is coming, and with it comes the German federal republic. The Equalization of State Taxation. The taxpayers in this county have at last got reason to congratulate themselves on hay- ing received a show of fairness in the matter of taxation for State purposes. Hitherto there has been an undue leniency shown towards other sections of the State by the State Board of Assessors; for while property in the interior would be assessed an a small fraction of its real value New York city and county property would be subjected to taxa- tion on a much higher figure. This evil was growing year by year, until at the last session of the Legislature » Board of Equalization was created, whose duty it was to equalize the taxation throughout the State. This Board has finished its work, and by the table which appears in another column it will be seen that the Board has reduced the amount for Now York county some thirty-seven millions of dollars. On the other hand, Westchester county has been increased ten millions, Albany county five millions, and so on throughout the State. This is but a simple act of justice to New York county, and the news will undoubt- edly be received with much gratification by the property holders in the metropolis. Tho Siege of Paris—Movemeuts of the Armies in france. Our despatches indicate that the investment of Paris is completed. The city is surrounded by @ line of Prussians so closely that all communication by railroad or telegraph is cut off. No date of Paris telegraphic columns at present, and may not for some time. The beautiful capital of France has drawn completely within herself to fight, and perhaps to fall, alone and isolated. The investment was not completed without severe fighting and determined resistance on the part of the French. Three divisions under General Vinoy met the advance at a point between Villeneuve and Montrouge, and fought them obstinately, but to no avail. driven back within the fortificatious of Paris with loss, and the heights of Sceaux remained in possession of the Prussians. the despatch of the Crown Prince the in- vestment extends from Versailles, on the west, to Vincennes, on the east, thus com- pletely closing all communication south. It must not be inferred, however, from this that the northern and western segments of the circle are left unoccupied. The forces which came in on the northern side of the city are donbtless extended in a thin lino on both sides of the Seine on the north, far enough to meet the other segment of which the Crown Prince speaks. The line is evidently a slim one; for it cannot be the intention of the Prussian King to attack from the north at all, as the fortresses about St. Denis and Mont- martre are among the heaviest in the whole circle. and, west of the city, and the thin one on the north serves mainly to close communication. We may, therefore, look for the hottest work about Fort Mont Valerien on the west, and Forts d'Issy; south. In fact, the despatches yesterday show that the Grat weight of the siege has been thrown against these forts, Sppears in our They wero According to The strong line of investment is south d'Ivry and Montrouge on the In the meantime the movement of the new French levies in the south of France—tho Army of the Loire—are assuming practical importance. rating along the line of the Orleans Railway, with the view, probably, of striking short and decisive blow against the force thus threatening the rear of the whole Prussian army. Some severe fighting has undoubtedly already taken place; but the reports concern- ing the result of this fighting are unfortunately so contradictory that we cannot safely venture on any opinion as to the upshot of the move- ment. had been repulsed with loss and driven back upon Pithiviers and Malesherbes, and another that they they had been defeated on the plains of Meudon and at Sevres, yet another despatch says it is rumored that the Prussians are in Orleans. spatches, contradictory as they are, indicate that the army of Southern France is in motion, intent on the relief of Paris ; but what success fhey can hope for, untrained peasantry as The Crown Prince has been epe- One despatch states that the Prussians while These de- they are, against the trained veterans of the Crown Prince, is a problem that we must look to future despatches to solve. Another move- ment for the relief of Paris is noted at Lille, near the Belgian border, where troops and vol- unteers have organized and are almost ready for the field. The government at Tours has ordered all these troops to converge upon Paris, and if the gallant defenders of the city are vigilant and stubboro and the armies of elicf are well managed King William’s wish to dictate terms of peace from the Tuileries may yet be thwarted. First Appearance of Murie Seebach. This evening, at the Fourteenth Street theatre, familiar to the public once as the Theéftre Francais, where Ristori won the best of her American laurels, the new German tragédienne, Marie Seebach, will make her débfit. The part selected for her first appear- ance is one in which she has achieved hor highest success in Europe and which, indoed, she has almost made her own—that of Mar- guerite, in Goethe’s exquisite poem of ‘‘Faust.” Out of the rich treasures of her répertoire Seebach has wisely selected this character for her introduction to an American audience. Not alone the student of Goethe, who has penetrated the depths and revelled in all the beauties of this grand dramatic poem, but the habitué of the opera, who has become fami- liarized with the skeleton of the story, clothed in music by Gounod, must also take an interest in the to us new interpretation of the loving, the innocent and the lost maiden Gretchen. We shall be able to tell to-morrow the im- pression which this great artiste has made upona New York audience, and we do not doubt that it will be favorable. She comes to us with a reputation unparalleled in Europe. She stands in her native Germany on the pin-., nacle of tragic art. For years no rival has - disputed the place with her. We may safely predict that her career in this country will be a brilliant one. We remember the great suc- cesses of Rachel and Ristori, who, though rendering the works of the Greek dramatists and the adaptations of Shakspeare in tongues unfamiliar to most of us, drew all our sympa- thies about them by the magnetic force of genius. Marie Seebach is a postulant for like recognition and like fame. We think that sho will win both from our close-judging, critical and appreciative people. Mexroan Arrarrs.—The Mexican candi- dates for the Presidency are busy at work scheming, planning and pipelaying for the next Presidential term. Juarez is not yet tired of office. He desires another term, and is work- ing for it. His Minister of State, Lerdo de Tejada, is also ambitious to fill the seat occu- pied by his chief. Porfirio Diaz, too, like Barkis, ‘‘is willin’ ” to serve his country as her Chief Magistrate. How many more may take the political field for the Presidential prize be- fore the campaign closes we cannot with cer- tainty say. However, with Juarez, Tejada and Diaz in the field the prospects for a’ Kealw. campaign are very good.