The New York Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1870, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND A iN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic despaiches must be addressed New York Hera. Letiers and packages sould be properly sealed. Volume XXX WALLACK Tug SEetous NIBLO'S GAR Brosdway.—ENGLien Orrra— Matinee—Bourm nL. Evening~Rir VAN WINKLE. LINA EDW Buinp B: ‘s THEATRE, 720 Broadway,—ALappr A&3—ROMEO JAFFI£R JENKINS. Matinee, SE, corner of Matinee at 2. GRAND OPERA Ls Guanpe Ducunsi hav. and 23d st.— Le Perr Fausy. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadwa: —Taet PANTOMIN Wee Wine Wiser, SUSy Matineo at 2, Woop's MU " orner 20th st,—Perform- ances every ait BOWERY RE, Bowery,—Tuye rae » fa dp Bowery.—Tuue ro Tur Last— TRE, Twenty-fourth st.—MAN ROOTH Kir Van HATRE a Wines jen 5th and 6tb ave,— FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE (Theatre =e Ma rUART, Dhatinee at, tea oe MRS. F. 8. MAN AND Wy TONY PASTOR RELY ENVERYAL THE 15M KELLY & Lt Ns Tux OxLY Leox—La Kose 3, No, 896 Broadway.— re BL &o. 3 MINSTREL HALD, 585 NEW YUKK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1870.--TRIPLE SHEET. The Pence Attitude of Russian, Tn another columa will be found an interest- ing special correspondence to the Heratp from St, Petersburg, In which, as nearly as may be, the position and feelings of the Rus- sian goverament in relation to the existing war between France and Prusaia are officially as well as pointedly set forth, Russia, $0 long the bugbear of timid dip'o- matists in Western Europe, claims at this hoar of the nineteenth century to be an en- lightened as well as a mizhty Power. The traditions of Nesselrode have been abandoned in all but the broad, abstract views which that statesman cherished for (he safety and honor of the vast realm to which his gentus gave so exalted an influence at the moment when Nepoleon I., having trampled all the rest of Europe under foot, recoiled from the banks of the Moskwa in utter dismay before the resisiauce and self-sacrifice of a people whose martial courage was but the oul- ward symbol of their devotion to their priuce and their country, Another epoch of Russian history camo in with the Czar Nicholas and has continued in progressive expansion with the accession of Alexander to the imperial throne, The ideas which made Peter the Great the leading monarch of his time, in his honest respect for the toiling people and his wise efforts to bostow upon his native land the practical improvements and advantages already acquired by Western nations, have found an advanced interpreter in Alexander, who is recognized by his contemporaries as a maa of most amiable disposition ia private life, a deep thinker, an accomplished scholar, a wise coun- sollor, and, in all respects, a truly able intel- lect. For these reasons, also, and as an in- evitable deduction from the rost, the reiguing Emperor of all the Russias abhors the sangui- nary horrors of war and loves the very name of peace. This noble tendency of his mind ron Way. — Fanoss, BuRLEsQuEs, &e. YORK M2 E AND ART. «DR. KAHN’S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway.— SCiKNUZ AND ARR. ‘“ TRIP@S New York, Saturday, Noy HEET., mber 12, 1870, “PAYS HERALD, mportant Action of the Neutral ation On an Hquitable Basis of termined On; Russia to @ A Congress La be Reld; Heratd ’ initiatives Special Report of the Peace Overtures of A Vourbaki Ac’ man a Situation; the Fortress ¢ Innocents: Den of In- arvation ff the City F titude of ans in Bu Brookiyn and ie Liberal t Sugges- sof the Ball Play- Hill-Haniey i York State As: k City Common Senge At I yoman Suf- Meeting—The Irish Crenadiers—Poitiical nd Comments—Disasirous Carriage Ac- : V Vave—The Murder at Dawson, \. road Accident Near ‘irenion—Scan- dai in the “Land of Steady Habits’—Finan- olat pe Commercial Reporis—Marrlages and Deaths. 10—Wesi Coast of America: News from Colombia, Central America, Chile, Peru and Botivia; the Accident to the West India Telegraph Cable; the Alcaide of Taboga Kilied in a Row—New Jersey Legisiature—Reopening of Business in New Orleans—Serious Railroad Accident— Shipping Mitelilence—Advertisements, i asa Joke—The Lost Found : Sequel of 39.— oration in Asia—Cotton Trade in sia. India—Tea Cultivation in Indta—News from and China—A Kemintscence of Weehaw- Strange Affair tn Auburn—Mysterlous istow, N. H.—Poisoned Faces— mort—Another Helress of Great —Advertisements, Persil ken—S Death at Plo Rum and C€ I 12—A Tur Stormrst Tune Ovr—The Cox im- sroglio with the administration. Mixniz Barna, of Wheeling, who took the law in her own hands against her seducer and meted out to him the penalty of death, has been acquitted of the murder, Jomn Covopz says the appointment of Vaughan as Governor of Utah won’t answer, John is in Chicago now, but no doubt he will hurry to Washington and have it revoked at once, Senator Spracvg’s Money, it is insinu- has been repeatedly proved on occasions when brusque word of a mere military martinet in his exalted place would have cost the lives of thousands of poor wreiches on his Asiatic frontiers or in some of the agitated towns of his German principalities, ast spring his long conferences with the King of Prussia at Ems, as our correspondent re- minds us, lod him to hope that there was no danger of any rupture of the European peace, and when the Hohenzollern-Spanish difficulty subsequently arose it was largely to his influence that the withdrawal of the German Prine might have been ascribed, Alexander hoped that such withdrawal would end the troub!e. When, however, the war at last burst forth and began to assume Huropean proportions, it was the Russian Emperor's judicious management which prevented Aus- trian onjthe one hand and the Scandinavian countries oa the other from taking part in the quarrel, | This line of policy, which Alexander deemed the best for his people, was main- tained in the very teeth of public sentiment at home, which altogether favored France. Moreover, discovering the existence of secret treaty between France and Austria, by the terms of which the latter Power was to send an invading force of two hundred thousand men States the atmost admiration for the character of Washington and his brother soldiers and patriots, and to predict a brilliant future for this republic, His successor now on the im- perial throne haa, from firat to last, manifested similar sentiments, and has practically illus- trated them upon every proper occasion, In 1861 Aloxander resisted all the blandishmenis of Napoleon ILf., who tried every means to win him over to a European coalition against us, In doing so he spoke of our Union as “2 blessing and a necessity to mankind.” Fortunate, indeed, is it, therefore, that such a Power, so strong, a8 well as so enlightened, at its seat of government, and controlled by a man of such exalted views as Alexander, holds the fasinesses of the North and the East of Europe at a moment so pregnant with the fate of Old World civilization, Her immense political weight is the ballast of the Con- tinent, as her sensible policy may yet become its guiding star. Russia in the Old World and the Great Republic in the New have each a civilizing and restraining mission. In many respects, although in a different light, they are the complement of each other, and form, even now, the true “balance of power” to steady the nations. In the earlier phase of our national life the At- lantie ocean was the chief scene of commer- cial activity, but in these later years our gaze has been directed to a far grander area of en- terprise upon the broad Pacific. San Fran- cisco aud the noble seaport cities that are springing into vigorous life along the bays and inlets of the Columbia river and Puget Sound look wistfully across to the splendid trade of eastwardly-advancing Russia, which begins to debouch from the abounding waters of the Amoor, The opulent préducts of Asia roll dowa to the sea, awailing the gold and silver of California and her sister States, which thrill back the tidings over wires and rails that never rest to our own glorious Em- pire City. The hundreds of millions of Ori- entals who within anether generation are to virtually feel the sway of Russia will, through her and with her, gladly hail the splendid in- crease of American liberty and prosperity. Tn such an alliance, as it exists to-day, and as it shali be cemented and developed into joint action in years no longer distant, mankind has substantial guarantees of peace at last, The statesman is no doubt already living who, in- formed by the true spirit of American fore- sight and sound sease and imbued with the genuine. fervor of Christian freedom, shall utter words at Washington which, re-cchoed by St. Petersburg, will impose silence and reconciliation where tumult and discord now trample dowa the law and consign thousands to violent death, Such may well be the lofty aim of the two really leading Powers of the earth—America and Russia, The Military Stiuation. The French have undoubtedly retaken Orleans. If any doubt had remained of that fact it would be dissipated by the inevitable proclamation of the general commanding, to be followed immediately by the proclamation of Gambetta, General Paladine has announced A Now and Promising Movomont for Pence. The neutral Powers of Europe seem to have been aroused at last to the stern necessity imposed upon them, even by regard for their own national interests, to intervene in the now hopeless struggle between Germany and France, and to prevent the victor from utterly crushing out the vanquished. A despatch from Brussels to London, and received here by cable last night, intimates, with a strong probability of its truth, that an ‘arrange- ment has been effected by four neutral Powers for an arbitration of the questions now pend- ing in the terrible tribunal of war. These four Powers are, of course, England, Russia, Austria and Italy, Russia is said to have taken the preliminary measures for assembling a European Congress; and the conditions of a peace, equitable and acceptable to both France and Prussia, are said to have been laid down. We have had go many stories of peace move- ments which ended in nothing that we are naturally sceptical about this one; and yet the into Prussian Silesia on the signal of a victory gained by France on the right bank of the Rhine, Russia, without wading through the tedium of diplomatic forms, promptly signified her determination to oppose any such extension of the area of tho war. Her remonstrance was emphatic, and. it was heeded. <Aastria withdrew from her equivecal attitude, and any demonstration that she may now attempt, as the despatches pubilished this morning fore- shadow, can only be for the benefit of peace, unless the Prussian government has come to the doubtful conclusion of braving the opinion of all Eurepe. In a few words, then, the bearing ef the Czar and his counsellors has been equally wise, dignified and benignant— worthy of a great sovereign and a mighty people in a junciure of vast responsibility. Again, after the terrible collaps of the French empire at Sedan, Alexaniler once more, even while complimenting King William of Prussia on his wonderful succjess, inter- ceded for the sake of moderation anf generous dealing, and his efforts now are directed to a settlement of the sad conflict and fhe restora- tion of a cordial peace, ! Far from being hostile to the republican government of France as recognized by the will of the people, the Czar has directly pleaded in its favor, and by the force of his example induced both England and ‘Austria to join him in recommending an armistice and a final peace to Prussia, That Russian diplomacy does not look with fear and dislike upon the principle of republicanism in the abstract, in countries where it meets the requirements of the people and the time, may be honestly infer- red from its protection of Swiss independence in 1815 and its earnest friendship for the American Union in our recent struggle for existence, The policy of Russia to-day is ‘peace, She is struggling to extend her railroad system, in which she has 1,000,000,000 roubles invested, throughout the empire; to develop her vast internal resources; to ameliorate the con- dition of her 70,000,000 subjects; to civilize and Christianize the motley tribes acknowledg- ing her sceptre, and to prepare her way through kindly channels for the grand control that awaits her in the East. While we cannot admit that the thinkers and traveliers of America—many of whom are pub- ated, defeated Jenckes for Congress in Rhode Island, at the rate of five dollars a head for free and independent voters. How is that for low? Evernrr Visirep Narorezon lately at bis prison at Wilhelmshohe, as stated in our spe- cial eable telegram. The course of true love may not run smoothly at times, but love breaks through barred doors. Two on THREE more railroad accidents are reported this morning. One {n South Caro- lina was somewhat serious, resulting in the death of four persons and the injury of several others. akicheeae How Harry Lrrrte Deraware Must Br!-—She has always been famous for raising the earliest crops of strawberries, ~raspberries and huckleberries—now she has renewed her fall crop of Saulsburys. Ovr Cunraat anp Sourm AMmeRioAN AD- viogs, which will be found in another part of the HERALD, contain much interesting news. Our correspondents on the isthmus and in the principal cities on the South Pacific coast sup- aly all things of interest in thege localities, licists and some of whom have both traversed and studied the Russian empire and system thoroughly—are always at fault, we can readily accord to the reigning Czar and his Cabinet the credit of heartily cherishing peace, of detesting war, of seeking to localize and restrict the quarrels that political ambition awakens among their neighbors; of favoring rational liberty and progress at all times, and of desiring to go hand in hand with their friend—our own great republic—in all things that are for the benefit of their mighty State at home and for the good of mankind, That the friendship of Russia and the Russians for our own country is real we have had con- stant and convincing proof, The Czar Nicho- las, during his entire reign, showed every pos- sible favor to Americans visiting his realm or sojourning there for githgr pleasure or busi- nese, ite Pasa Aieeteat Sigineors upon the most flattering terms in the construction of his railways, harbors and fleets, and invariably received our men of science, of literature and of commercial, manufacturing and mechanical skill with marked distinc/ion. He was wont tg express to leading men from the United his victory in a congratulatory order, and there remains no\doubt of that much; but that the Prussians are in full retreat on Chartres and Etampes, and that the entire Army of the Loire is moving forwaril to the relief of Paris, are matters that still require something more than the general cable despatebes to induce full belief in their truth, The French have such a habit of hallooing before they are out of the woods that we must take their outcries with a liberal margin for the enthusiastic hopefulness that has become an element of their character. With King William it is different. When he announces an event we are pretty sure that it has occurred. He has fully earned a character for veracity that entitles us to take him at his word the first time. We may therefore conclude that Neuf Breisach, in Alsace, has surrendered. This is the last re- mainiug stronghold of France in that debat- able province, except the fourth class fortress of Bitsche, that has not been taken by the Prussians, They will soon hold undisputed pos- session of at least one of the Rhenish provinces that they claim, and, with the movement on Lyons, will overrun the other. The Prussian troops have already commenced dismantling the fertress just surrendered into their hands, evidently intending to take out the fangs while they have the snake by the neck, The armies under General Michel at Lyons, and under General Cambrel in the Vosges, still present a determined front to the Prassian corps under Prince Frederick Charles charged with the re- duction of Lyons. Chagny is to be firmly de- fended, and a heavy force is marching out of Lyons to meet the enemy outside the walls and stay his progress. Too Muon Freepom Nor Goop For France.—Napoleon does not believe in the capacity of the French people to endure free institutions. He accuses himself for having weakly consented to the removal of the last existing check to the right of free assemblage, and says that the privilege was abused to an unlimited extent; that public meetings be- came tumultuous, and that assassination, poi- soning, rebellion and the most abominable passions were openly preached to the masses and urged upon them as the best and only means of saving the country, We have seen the outcropping of this licentious spirit re- cently in Paris, Tours, Lyens, Marseilles and Perpignan. The ex-Emperor is right. The French system is too weak for over-indul- gence, ReMovVAL oF THE CaprTaL.—Referring to the Western project for removing the national capital, the Davenport (Iowa) Democrat says:— The movement {s now really weak—not neces- farily, It might be a mighty power, Most of the States west of the Alleghanies acquiesce in the re- moval, but in nothing else. Ask any one of tne ‘Western States where they would have the seat of government of the nation removed to, and the answers will be ad Various ag the States are numerour, If this removal of the capital project ever comes to anything it will have to be carried out on the plan of the Iowa boys who fought for shares in an unexpectedly found treasure— tho biggest boy got the lion’s pertion. Now ‘Honest Tom Munpny,” they say, is to retire or be retired for his failure to turn the tide in our late election. Well, as no man can serve twe masters, so no man in our Cus- tom House can give satisfaction to both Fen- ton and Conkling. and that’s the trouble with Mr. Murphy, necessity of such a movement on the part of the neutral Powers is so immediate and press- ing that we are inclined to lend credence to it. We hope that the great neutral Powers of Europe will adopt and insist upon General Grant's famous motto, “Let us have peace.” The City and [ts Suburbs. We are surprised to find a city journal of some intelligence ascribing to purely local political causes the fact that so many of our citizens locate themselves in the surrounding suburbs—for example, in Brooklyn, in West- chester, on the Jersey side, and so forth, To attribute this to any oppression in the way of taxes resulting from Tammany rule, as this journal would have it, is simply very silly and exceedingly ridiculous, People live in Brook- lyn because they can obtain houses there for one-third of the rent which they would have to pay anywhere within travelling distance of their business on Manhattan Island, They are buying property there for just the same reason, because the prices of real estate are not excessive, while the prospects of an im- mense advance in the value of property is a matier of certainty, in view of the magnificent Park, now ripe in full beauty; the bridge now in course of erection, uniting the two cities, which will be completed in a few years, and also the great convenience of the city rail- roads, which are much ahead of New York in comfort, good management and pleasure in . travelling, All these advantages send New Yorkers to Brooklyn to live and to speculate in real estate, and not the high rate of taxa~ tion in this city, nor anything which the Tammany ring has any desire to do, as alleged by our contemporary. Every gregt city has ils suburbs, and in most casesthe suburbs are the most attractive por- tions of a metropolis. They are the quiet resting places of the wearied denizens of a great cily, whose daily toil finds relief from the noise #id bustle of the day. They are the garden spots which, happily for human comfort and health, fringe the great dull mass of brick and morlar which constitutes tho daily prison house of so many thousands of our population. Without such suburbs as we enjoy on the East and North rivers much of the attraction which New York presents to strangers veld be lost. With its rapidly improving environs New York must become to America what Paris was to Europe before the days of hor terrible sorrow came upon her, As the wealtby people of Europe flocked to the French capi- tal as the great centre where their wealth could purchase the most refined enjoyment, the largest variety of pleasure, the most cos- mopolitan experience of life, so do our men of fortune, whether they come from the large cities of the West, the East or the South, eome to New York to spend their money. And so it must be, Strangera from distant parts of the country cannot be indifferent to the charms of our suburban surroundings, Our own citizens certainly give evidence that they do not despise the beauties of Brooklyn, for instance, because thousands of them make it their home; not, however, for political rea- sons, as foolishly alleged, but for reasons of economy and comfort. A Special Telegram from Lille. By special telegram from France to Lon- don, and thence by the cable to New York, we have a very important and interesting news exhibit of the situation for war as it presented in Lille yesterday, Lille, formerly the seat of the Dukes of Burgundy, and the prize of French conquest in 1667, remains stanch in its allegiance to the nation, Its govern- ment and people have prepared fora siege— prepared methodically and witheconomy, Its citizens were at work every moment for the production of war material, The citadel, bar- racks, magazines and ramparts were placed in complete order. Five hundred guns were ready for its defence, Six lines of railroad brought in food from the surrounding country, Lille, therefore, a8 will be seen by our special telegram, ‘“‘made ready” for the crisis, avoid- ing the errors of Metz and Strasbourg. The municipal annals of Lille speak of former siege and bombardment. The allied armies under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene took it, after a three months’ siege, in the year 1708, It was bombarded by the Austrians in 1792, and will most likely be bon- ored by a shot from the Prussians in 1870, if only for the purpese of enabling the munici- pality to note in the city records the improve- ment which has taken place in the matter of artillery development. Ose or THE DespatoueEs from Tours reports the French forces to be in a good position at Chagny—a town on the Lyons Raflroad—and that forces had left Lyons to meet the German army. But little has been made public of the operations in that partof France, The German forces advancing on Lyons are under the com- mand of General Von Werder, ~ They cannot heave made any considerable headway as yet if they have not reached Chagny, that place being eighty-seven miles {roi ste objective point, ag Tar Government at Pants, or that half of the provisional government of France which re- mains in Paris, has, it appears, appropriated, and according to law, the money in the savings banks, whereby the sufferings of the poor are much increased. The question recurs how long can this French government stand upon such a financial basis as that? The answer is, the concera is 9 failure and must soon col- lapse, Austria and Prussia~Hands Of, Wo priot a large amount of telegraphic matter, most of it special, relative to German consolidation and to Austrian and Prussian sentiment. At Versailles, the headquarters of King William, while the war is watched and conducted the consolidation of Germany is being successfully arranged. Baden, Hesse and Wurtemborg have no difficulties, and the scruples of Buvarla, which are notoriously encouraged by Austria, are reported to be not serious, The confederation of Germany, North and South, with King William as Empe- ror, may be regarded as a settled question. Austria naturally opposes, because Austria knows that her Grman provinces will not remain out of the Union. In our telegraphic columns to-day it will be found that in the Germany of the future, in the empire that is to be, Austria will have. no voice. This is a wise and proper arrangement, The rumer that Austria has declared war against Prussia is a good enough Wall street dodge, but it will not affect the issue of this war or hinder the consolidation of the greatest nationality on the European Continent, perhaps, in the world. In this connection it deserves to be noted that Prussia will not at this stage of the stragglo allow of any interference. Until Napoleon went into this war Von Beust, who is botha good and a great man, bad a mission ; but his mission is no more. Say what Austria or Russia may, the Germans iu Europe mean to be one; and Austria and Russia will have to sub- mit'to the inevitable. Henceforward France will fad it necessary to keep the peaca, and the descendants of Rudolph of Hapsburg and of the Czar Peter must turn their eyes to tho rising sun, More Work for the Grand Jury. Notwithstanding that City Jadge Bedford was enabled to congratulate the community upon the decrease of crime only the day be- fore yesterday, it is singular that the criminal history of that samo night left a very remark- able return of bloodshed and violence upon the record, A fierce attack was made by a gang of rowdies upon the premises of Harry Hill, in Houston street, and the proprietor was beaten savagely, although it appears that the place was occupied at the time by an ex-ser- geant of police and other officers, enjoying the catertainment of the saloon. Two or three more very violent affrays also occurred in the city about the same time, arising, no doubt, out of the election excitement—a fact which would admonish us that the Grand Jury have a good deal. more work to do; and, as they are still in session and under the active influence of Judge Bedford, these later out- rages will no doubt receive their attention, Election times are always provocative of vio- lence, and we must expect that the rough and desperate elements of society will run loose and play desperate pranks just now. How- ever, we necd not fear while we have vigilant magistrates and intelligent grand juries to bring the criminals to justice, The City Government—What the Expect. The people cf this city by their vote on Tuesday gave a pledge of their renewed confi- dence in the Tammany leaders. What do they expect in return? They expect that the heads of the departments of the city govern- ment will be more active and assiduous than ever in the performance of their duties. They expecé that the public works, including all the street openings, gradings, the extension of the boulevards, and so forth, will be pushed forward with a view to economy, as well as to progress; that the Department of Public Parks will not relax its present activity in beautifying the city from the Battery to Har- lem river, The people have endorsed the conduct of the gentlemen at the head of these departments. They have confidence in their integrity, their skill and their willingness to serve the interests of the city. Having re- posed fresh confidence in these officials, by the endorsement of the Tammany ticket, the people are not likely to be disappointed in their expectation that the city government will be carried on in an honest and economical man- ner, Some of our best citizens are members of the public departments. In their hands the interests of the city may be considered safe, and so the people evidently thought when they gave that overwhelming majority for Tammany on Tuesday, People One or Present Grant's Wisesr Aors.— The selection of so able a statesman and sound jurist as ex-Attoraey General Caleb Cushing to repair to this city and consult with the federal and State authorities and counsel on the sub- ject of pending difficulties was one of the wisest acis that has yet distinguished the ad- ministration of President Grant, It required the exercise of a high order of legal knowledge and calmness of temper to dispose of the knotty points in dispute, and the emergency was happily met in the person of Mr. Cushing. It should be a cause of congratulation to all our cilizens that the controversy has been happily settled, atleast for the present, and that its disposi- tion was not left to such hot-headed digni- taries as Marshal Sharpe and other officials of the Hotspur class, RepusricAN Fevps anp Faorions.—The recent election results in New York, Mary- land, Tennessee and Missouri tell the story ; but they leave General Grant master of the situation in Congress, which is a great thing, Tue Corpiar Reception Archbishop Spauld- ing received from his friends in Baltimore on his return from his visit to Rome was among the most striking demonstrations of the day. To be thus loved and honored is a jewel in memory’s casket that but few men are blessed with in this our day and generation, A Dezsrrrapo in Marshalltown, Iowa, has been killed by his wife, she having drawn a revolver and shot him three times while he was bratally beating her. Tho inferred fact ofher having the revolver about her person in the house {s highly suggestive of how plea- santly this couple must have lived together. Wnar the important captures made by the French fleet amount to is not stated, but if there be any truth in the rumors current in London yesterday on the subject we sball doubtless learn to-day. Thus far, although France has, perhaps, a better navy than England, her fleets have only been distin- guished for what they could have done aud did not. da duriux the exiatine ~-e le , Special Letters from Paris, By balloon from Paris to Tours, and thence to England and by the European mail at this port, we have a series of special letters from a correspondent resident in the French capital. The communications are dated to the 27th of October, They convey a picture of Paris society as it presents in the face of a great na- tional danger, {ts levities and demoralizations, its hopes and doutts and fears. The represen- tation is not encouraging, Paris, as our writer observes, had ‘been petted to death,” and tho Parisians languish in their manliness under their present reverses. City residents, par- ticularly Americans, met with adventure and novel and romantic incidents at almost every step which they took in the streets. Some few of theso are narrated with excellent effect, The mind of tho populace was distracted, first by a continual contrivance of plans to get out, next by the constant study of how they themselves, if out, or their friends then out- side, could get in, and thirdly by the endeavor to mature some plan or other by which to get rid of the Prussians, or, at the very least, to injure them severely, A very interesting statistical table, which sets forth the amount of the population of Paris as it was at the time of the Prussian approach, as it has varied io numbers during the siege and as it aggre- gated in total at date, is embodied in the lot ter, with a considerable amount of useful matter besides. From the headquarters of the Prussian army at Versailles we have a special letter, in which the writer describes Paria outside the fortifications, taking Meudon aa his standpoint. This despatch presents the panorama of the siege, a very beautifal and elegant one, no doubt, to the Prussian sol- diers, but one which serves to assure the world still more emphatically of the rapidly approaching municipal doom of Paris—the coming of the dics we to its metropolitan en- joyments. More Hzre ror Cuna.—The latest news from Port au Prince anuounces that a schooner end a steamer recently touched at Curacoa, having on board about forty thousand dollars! worth of all kinds of arms and a large quans lily of ammunition, The belief is that the vessels are Cuban craft and that the war material is intended for the Cuban insurgents. General Quesada is supposed to accompany the expedition. If the news proves as stated it is evident that the Cubans have profited by repeated failures and by this time know the value of secrecy. Silence is a good ally in most cases of this nature, Toe Frenom Bazaar.—The French Bazaar will be opened next Tuesday evening. On each following day the public will be admitted from one o'clock until ten o'clock P, M. The German bazaar, which was held in the same place, yielded $72,498. It will not be the fault of the ladies, who are specially interested iu managing the French bazaar, if it does not attain a similar success, America will virtually re- tract all.her professions of gratitude, for the early sympathy and aid of France if she shall now fail to improve so pressing an oppor- tunity to make them good by a most liberal endorsement, The example of San Francisca and New Yorkin holding fairs for the benefit of the French victims of the war is likely to be followed by many other cities throughout the Union, Newark and Philadelphia are each making preparations for a French bazaar. Several theatrical entertainments and musical concerts have also been announced, the pro- ceeds of which are to bo devoled—like those of Professor E. Millet’s concert at’ Trenor’s Lyric Hall, this evening—to the same laudable purpose, Allsuch contributions will help to swell the fund for the Freach victims of the war lo very creditable proportions, Burvesquing GREAT AOHEIVEMENTS.—There scarcely ever was a great achievement in literature, art, diplomacy, the drama, music, science or war, that did not have its clever burlesque. Punch bas done more to immor- talize British statesmen than their heavy speeches or long-winded despatches could ever accomplish, The late Paris Charivari helped to mislead the French by ridiculing the Prussians, The Berlin Kladderdatsch was a potent auxiliary in arousing Prussian enthusi- asm and in breeding contempt for the French, The Fischictto, in Florence, aided with its pun- gent illustrations and-satire in bringing about the present state of thingsin Italy; Therefore the world is much indebted to the funny pa pers for many of the most extraordinary changes in dynasties and governments that this age has witnessed. It is in view of these facts that we express ourselves highly compli- mented with the admirable burlesque of the HERALD correspondent’s interview with the Emperor Napoleon, which appeared in the World of yesterday. It was more than clever— it was superb, The World may well claim the laurel of being the ‘Punch of America,” par excellence. Tne Puoituarmonio Soorrry.—The first rehearsal of the Philharmonic Society came off yesterday at the Academy, We have looked to the Philharmonic Soeiety for some time past as the conservator of musical taste in this community, and it has not hereto~ fore been found wanting in this particular, In the absence of well organized and successful opera the Philharmonic was the prop and pil- lar of that elevated taste which we so much desire to see flourishing among us. In the production of the highest classic works of the great composers we had reason to feel proud of the Philharmonic Society whe under the management of its late presidnt, Dr. Ogden Doremus. It would be a piy if tho society should deteriorate in the leat degree from its work of usefulness under wy new management, - However, we think that the public have not yet ceased to regret that Dr, Doremus is nolonger the presiding official, We shall be glad to see the Philharmonic So- ciety fulfil all its glorious promises this season, We owe much to it for its former offirts in be- half of art, It might have a future of great usefulness befora it, under skilful coutrol. Frenon Taste Yor THe Immoray AND IN~ prcorovs.—The imperial philosojhor who discussed affairs the other day with ) HeraLp correspondent at Wilhelmshihe itlusrated tha, relative public sentiment of Fratce and of America by referring to the theatres In Now York or Boston, he said, if an improper piece were put upon the stage it would bo de- nounced by tho pres and Would ke com