The New York Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1871, Page 3

a rd FRANCE. Herald Special Reports from Versailles and Paris. The Duke of Mecklenburg in Disgrace. Prince Frederick Charles’ Ar in Danger. Details of the Last Sortie the Besieged Capital. from PARIS CLAMOROUS FOR ANOTHER SORTIE The German Army Retreating from the Loire. Speech of King William on New Year’s Day. Severe Battle and French Victory at Gray. REPORTS FROM GERMAN HEADQUARTERS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, ‘Tee Duke of Mecklenburg Disgraced—Prince Frederick Charles in Danger—German Pros- pects Becoming Gloomy—Something Start- ~ . Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871. Ihave recetved the following despatch from the New YORK HERALD correspondent at Versailles, dated yDecember 30. Your correspondent writes:— MECKLENBURG DISMISSED. It is.reportea here that King William has summa- wily dismissed the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg from the command of the nght wing of Prince Frederick Charles’ army. The reason for this is stated to be the failure of Mecklenburg to keep the French forces at @ respectful distance from the investing lines around Paris. PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES IN DANGER. At the present moment it appears probable that the French armies commanded by Generals Bour- ‘baki and Chauzy will assume the offensive and make a combined attack upon Prince Frederick Charles. It 1s feared that such an attack will result success- Tully for the French, who are reported to be in supe- rior numbers. GERMAN PROSPECTS BECOMING GLOOMY. It is evident here that the German soldiers are growing tired and weary of the struggle, the in- cessant marching and counter-marching and the repeated battles without decisive results, Outside of the investing line before Paris the French ring 4s dally contracting, white from inside of Paris the French ring is continually expanding. SOMETHING STARTLING EXPECTED, ‘The Seine river 1s now frozen hard, and the ice js solid enough to bear the weight of large numbers of men and artillery. As the French garrison in Paris is quite plucky you may hear of their doing some- «thing astonishing shorty. THE LAST SORTIeE FROM PARIS. TELEGRAMS TO THE HEW YORK HERALD. Letter from Paris—Excitement on the Boule- varde~A Call to Arms—The Rendezvous— Bn Route for the Fromt—The Scene—The ‘Wounded—Disheartened Frenchmen—Home- ward. Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871, I have received the following letter from the NEw Vor« HERALD correspondent in Paris, dated De- cember 23, He writes:— EXCITEMENT ON THE BOULEVARDS, The boulevards presented a scene of unusual ex- @lemeni onthe afternoon of the 2ist. Oficers and Soldiers in large numbers were hastening to join their corps, caissons full of ammunition and batte- ies of mitraillenses were dashing along the thor- onghfares, and the too well known wearers of rea crosses were flitting past in the direction of the forts. All thig bustle and confusion gave evidence Shat military operations on a large scale had been un@ertaken, and wildly excited groups of persons gathered in the boulevards anaiously watching the Movements of the troops, artillery and ambulances. A CALL TO ARMS. At two o’clock in the morning, quite suddenly, ‘the bugles called the national guards to arms. From every quarter of the city resounded the nolse, and, as if by enchantment, every window in Paris was Mluminated, and heads peered through upon the streets,as if desirous of ascertaining what had transpired.that citizens should be summoned from their.beds.to report for military duty. Those men not called to march from the city and meet the enemy gazed from their windows inte tke im- penetrable darkness of ‘he morning for a few munates and then crept back to their beds, shiver- ing with the-celd. THE RENDEZVoUS. Shortly after five o’clock I started for the rendez- vous of the Bvangeline ambulance cerps, and found a long Une of.carts and carriages waiting for orders. The numerous blankets, mattresses and stretchers told painfnlly the destination of the ambulances, Near by the men employed as stretcher bearers stood ready to take thelr departure. Everybody listened, but no sound of a cannon was heard for some time. EN ROUTE FOR THE FRONT. At Jength the order was given to advance, and we deft the city by the Pantin gate. The heuses en the utskirts, deserted and dismantled, echoed the noise vf our rattling cavalcade. Passing on to the open oountry, our ears were grected by a well sustained cangouade, the heavy mist which hung over every- thing reudering it impossible to see the Gashes, THE SCENE, ‘The thuader-lke reports of the heavy guns gave to the scene a strange eect. On our right was Forts Romainvile and Noissy with their neighboring redoubts, and on our left was Fort Aubervilliers, the guns of which thundered until the earth shook, while from the direction of La Grand Drancy and Le Bourget came the gound of sharp firing. At La Folie the ambulances were ordered to halt. There, As well 49 Ot All ofher polis on the cuviroug of the city, the destruction of property has been great and is painful to witness, A GLIMPSE—THE WOUNDED. At last the fog rose and I was able to catch a glimpse of the adjacent country. I moved towards the front, passing Bobigny, and soon reached the cross-roads leading to the village Le Grand Drancy. Here the entire force of ambulances were collected, the red crosses of the French corps attached to eech conveyance. The members of the corps, en- deavoring to catch a glimpse of the fighting, gave to the scene the appe arance of a race course rather than of a battle feld. Shortly after my arrival some wounded were brought from the front, but they were few in number eonsidering the incessant firing. GEITING DISHEARTENED, The reserves of infantry were in force some hun- dreds of yards further off. For three hours they re- mained there, but the men finally became fatigued and began grumbling about the cold, and otherwise exhibited symptoms of being disheartened. On the left of the ne, however, the men were in a happy state of mind. Whether tn advance or on retreat is @ matter of indifference to the French, 80 long as they are doing something. Alter visiting Le Grand Drancy I returned to the reserves and found a large party of engineers about to throw up entrenchments on the right. HOMEWARD. It now became evident that any troops re- maining in Drancy would be only the extreme out posts. Although it was not later than three o’clock there was a general movement homewards. On ar- riving in the city we found an anxious crowd awaiting the official account, which was published in the evening, giving full particulars and claiming @ great success, Later—Another Attack Expected—The Gen- eral Situation. Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871. Under date of December 24 your correspondent in Paris continues his narrative of the operations from that city. He writes:— ANOTHER ATTACK EXPECTED. Yesterday I gave you an account of the military operations of the previous day, It was understood that the attack on the French lines weuld be re- newed on the following day, as orders were given for the ambulances to be on the ground at an early hour. When I left home everything appeared unin- viting, and the prospect was altogether a disagree- able one, THE GENERAL SITUATION. At Pantin I met several companies of infantry and many stragglers returning trom the front, rolled up m their blankets, Far away on the plain to the left I saw bivonac fires and some troops, although it was evident that the main body of the French were not there, I made various attempts to approach the main body of the army, but all were fruitless. Time passed, but no order arrived for the ambulances to advance, and I suggested the advisability of dash- ing forward in the ight wagon and satisfying our- selves as to the state of affairs. Three of the party agreed to accompany me, and we took with usa stretcher and two mattresses and started on the road which led to Gostay farm, then the extreme outpost, THE BESIEGED CAPITAL. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. " Parisians Clamorous for a Sortie—Trochu Stull Obdurate. Borpgavx, Jan. 3, 1871, Advices from Paris to December 30 received here state that the Parisians unite in urging General Trochu to make a sortie with an enormous force, which can readily be spared for the service, as the weather is moderating and the artillery for the defence of the city isnow so numerous and well manned that the enemy will be unable to make any serious impression upon the fortifications, TROCHU STILI. OBDURATE, It appears tnat General Von Moltke, after the battle at Pont Noyelles, between the armies of Gene- rals Faidherbe and Mantenffel, sent a message to General Trochu that the French Army of the North had been annihilated. General Trochu paid no at- tention to the statement, News from the City—Provision Supply—Field Operations—Chauzy’s Successes—Spirit of the Press—Threatened Points—Severity of the Weather. LonpoN, Jan. 3, 1870, A correspnodent of the Tribune at Paris sends letters and papers to the 3ist uit. He says:— PROVISIONS SUPPLY. Coal cannot be bought, as it has all been used for casting cannon and by the railways and mills, Wood is nearly gone; the trees of the Bois Boulogne and the boulevaras are now being cut. Children are dying for the want of milk. The total number of deaths for each of the last two weeks was 2,700. Bread is plentiful; it is not rationed, and 1s expected to last to the end of February. FIELD OPERATIONS. The Prussians continue their fleld operations, notwithstanding the cold weather, Trochu says Fort Avron was evacuated voluntarily to escape the Prussian shells, their guns being of a longer range than those of the French. PREMATURE. The French papers here are joyful over the report of the resignation of the Gladstone Ministry. CHAUZY’S SUCCESSES. ‘The contiaved victories of Chauzy over Frederick Charles causes a genera) enthusiasm, SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Tne Electeur Libur admits discussions to its col- umns as to whether the French should protong re- sistance or not. The Electewr Libur of the 31st De- cember demands more engggetic military measures, .nakes incessant attacks upon the provisional gov- ernment, and quotes the Presse as saying that the authorities show sluggishness and hesitation, Je Frangais complains that the inhabitants of Rueit and Nanterre have been notified to take refuge in Paris to escape the Prussian shellg, and says.tkatan altack on Valerten 1s expected te.com- mence immediately. THREATENED POINTS. The same paper explains the slight loss at Avron by saying that the garrison were protected by caso mates. Electeur Libre says that cannoneers of the national guards are distributed among the threatened torts of Romainvilie, Noisy and Rosmo, SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER. The same correspondednt at Paris writes on the 2eun wiumo:— The Pavrie has been suspended for three days for givung 1nformation to the enemy, The troops are cantoned because of the severe cold. No less than 606 cases\of frost-bite occurred in one night. Fieid works are Impossible, the frost belpg wenty inches deep. The government affirms that field works have been sespended momentarily. ROYAL RECEPTION AT VER- SAILLES. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, New Year’s Reception by King William— Speech to His OMcere—When Peace Is Pos sible. VERSAILLES, Jan. hy Via Lonpon, Jan. 8, 1871, King William gave a reception vwo-day in the Palace of Versailles to the officers of the German army, in honor of the opening of the New Year, The occasion was signalized by the delivery by the King of a brief address, in which he said:— THE KING'S BPERCH, The great events whicn must bave preceded our celebration of such a day in such a place are due to your heroism and perseverance, and to the bravery of the soldiers. Our goal is, however, still unat- tained. Important tasks remain to be performed before we shall have achieved a lasting peace, and it would be censurable to make any peace which in- volves the continuation of the duties which have brought you here. re THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Retirement of the German Army. Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871, ‘The reports that the German Army of the Loire has retired on Glen are apparently confirmed, Chauzy Strongly Posted—French Successes Germans Drowned. BoRDEAUX, Jan. 3, 1871, A portion of General Chauzy’s army is now strong- ly posted near Vendome. FRENCH SUCCESSES. The engagements along the Loire for a week past have all been successes for the French, Near La- chatre 1,200 prisoners were taken by the French, GERMANS DROWNED. A Prussian column recently lost 300 men by drowning fn an attempt to cross the Loire on the ice. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. French Victory at Gray—The Prussli Plications with England. Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871. A severe engagement, in which tne French were successful, preceded the evacuation of the town of Gray by the Germans. THE COMPLICATIONS WITH ENGLAND, The London Zelegraph announces on authority that the demands made upon Prussia by the British Cabinet relative to the seizure and sinking of Eng- lish colliers in the Seine are in a fair way of adjust- ment. Com- PRIM’S FUNERAL. An Imposing Cortege in Madrid—The People Out in ‘‘Multitudes’’—No Report of Ex- citement or Riot. Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871, General Prim was buried to-day. His remains were honored by a grand funeral pageant, one of the most solemn and at the same moment exciting which has perhaps been ever before witnessed in Madrid. The telegram advices state that ‘multitudes of people” crowded the streets, There are no reports of the occurrence of riot or disorder during the progress of the cortege, HOLLAND. End of the Ministerial Crisis—Change of Cabi- net—The New Ministry. THE HAGte, Jan. 3, 1871. His Majebty the King of Holland has formed anew Cabinet, after the country had expertenced the effects of a Ministerial crisis, which endured, with greater or less intensity, during the past two weeks, ‘Tne following are the names of the Ministers, with ther offices of portfolio, viz.:— Harbecke, Minister of the Interior. Guaricke, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jolies, Minister of Justice. Vandosse, Minister of the Colonies. Bluhse, Minister of Finance, Boons, Minister of War. Broex, Minister of the Marine, ENGLAND. Parliamentary Tactics—Ministerial Exposition of a Tory Bid for Popularity. Lonpon, Jan, 3, 1871. The Right Honorabie Sir John Pakington enjoyed the Christmas and New Year’s holidays among his friends in Somersetsnire. He has not neglected the political interests of Premier Gladstone and his own party in politics during the recess, Yesterday Sir John delivered a speech toa body of electors, in which he aaticipated the tactics of the coming Parliamentary session. He asserted that the tories had already adopted a pregramme of action to be observed by their leaders in both houses of the legislature, particularly in the House of Commons. They are to appear in the character of ardent defenders of the national honor and anxious to affiliate with or support the Cabinet ina plan for the appropriation of additional and large sums of money to be used beth for army and navy purposes. It is said that this will do very well as a temporary cry. The people are suffering for want of employ- ment, and, as 1s alleged, care very little where the money comes from, or how it isto be repaid by taxes in the future, so that they may have work and wages and bread for their families, Hope:ul of Ireland. Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871. The Cabinet appointment of the Marquis of Hart- ington, lately Postmaster General of England, to the important office of Chief Secretary for Ireland—a position which has taxed the abilities of the greatest of the modern statesmen of Britain, Peel and Morpeth included—will, it 1s hoped, be very popular in that country, as his Lordship {is regarded as ga friend of “mixed education,” and the question of public education is really the question ot the day in the sister isle. The Marquis’ ideas of ‘mixed education,” or the com- mingling of children of all religious denominations witnout the exercise of the priestly office, for pur- poses of secular instruction may not agree with those entertained by nis Eminence Cardinal Cullen, and His Grace of St. Jarlath’s, the Archpishop of Tuam. In such event the Gladstone Cabinet will not, it is thought, gatn much in the way of political support by the appointment, PROTEST AGAINST PAPAL SPOLIAT.ON, NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan, 3, 1871. Ata Catholic'meeting here to-day, the Bishop of Nashville presiding. resolutions were adopted de- nouncing Victor Emmanuel for despolling the Pope, and calling upon the Holy Father to reassemble the Council of the ican, address to the Pope was adopted deciaring thal at his call millions 1 rush to his standard and ee that a retinue woukl be provided for the Bishop ef Nashville that would wsure Us safely By aticnulug the councils ROME AND THE PAPACY. The Christmas Festival in the Holy City. Gloom, Tribulation and Agitation in the Season : of Man’s Rejoicement. His Holiness the Pope Absent from St. Peter’s. ROYALISM AND POLITICS. The Controversy Between Church and State. WHAT IS ALLEGED ON BOTH SIDES, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOAK HERALD. Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871. The HERALD special correspondent in Rome tele- graphs an interesting letter from the Holy City un- der date of the 27th of December. He details the Progress of the struggle which 1s being carried on between the extreme Church party, and the civil leaders and politicians of modern Italy, as exem plified in the person of King Victor Emmanuel, and which was then about to be assertea by the royal visit from Florence, THE CHURCH IN GLOOM AND ALARM. The HERALD writer says:—We have had the usual Papal Bull, which directs the solemn yet joy- ous observance of the festival of Christmas in the Catholic Church, although the extremists of the clerical party very possibly, indeed almost certainly, desired that there should not be any services of un- usual splendor performea, in consequence of the pecultarly diMcult and lowering aspect of public affairs, His Holiness the Pope did not officiate at St. Peter's on Christmas Day. SOCIAL CONVERSE INTERRUPTED AND “FRIGHTFUL” WEATHER. ‘ There were very few social enjoyments, consider- Ing the season. The ioreigners present in Rome were fewer in number than they have been at Christmas during many years past. The state of the weather was frightfully bad, and with popniar discontent and citizen discouragement: prevathng on all sides. THE “‘MESSIAH OF ROYALTY.” The arrival of his Majesty King Victor Emmanuel im the capacity of menarch of united Italy may have the effect of rousing the Romans from this feeling of lethargy. ‘The present preparations for the formal reception of the King, and which look to the celebration of that event on Tuesnay, the 10th of January—[as has been specially reported in the HgRALD, the King went into Rome on the 3ist of December and left the city on the Ist of January]—have been com- menced in the capital. The Municipal Council of Rome has voted the sum of 100,000 lire for the purpose of building a monu- ment in honor of King Victor Emmanuel, and it is supposed just now that the work will be competed for by the most eminent sculptors. THE EARTHLY SWORD. The members of the Commission of Defence are engaged in studying @ plan for the improvement or reconstruction of the system of fortifications of the city. PARTY POLITICS. The political Ifberals, ragicals and “reds” have attacked his Holiness the Pope for his voluntary absence from St. Peter's on Christmas Day. Their newspaper organs assert that ‘‘the partisans of the Pope-King cannot reclaim the temporal power, but they can, and should, consequently, exercise the spiritual ministration in a more worthy manner. They desired, notwitastanding, to make use of the latter merely as an aid to, or to reinforce, the temporalities. They desire not that the throne shall serve as a controlling agency to increase the decorum of the Church; but that the Church shall stand forth and act, and be acknowledged, as the sole prop of the throne.”” ‘To all this the clerical journals reply, and so the controversy is maintained, projonged and intensi- fied. The Church newspaper writers proceed to “justify” the policy of tsolation, or political ingula- tion, which has been adopted by the Papal party, adding in conclusion, “The entire Church deplores the mourning and social desolation which have been produced by itsown woes and the veritable im- prisonment of the Vicar of Jesus Christ. The Church assures the Romans that they will soon behold the Sovereign Pontiff, who has been miraculously pre- served by divine grace, at the head of the Christian Catholic congregation of the world and free again, on the day of his infallible triumph.” RELIGION REASSERTING ITS MISSION, To-day (December 27) the churcnes of Rome are crowded with the usual faithful congregations of the Christmas season, those who are not disposed to fol- low the example of the supreme pastor, the Pope, and remain away from the foot of the altar, DEEP SEA TELEGRAPHS. Sale of a Telegraph Lime by the British: Government—A Cash Loss Somewhere. Lonpoy, Jan. 3, 1871, ‘The submarine telegraph cable which communi- cates between the British possession of Malta and Alexandria, Egypt, has changed hands of proprie- torship. The line has been sold by the English gov- ernment, and passed under the control of the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph Company. All tne stores and material in hand on shore go with It, ‘The price realized is $126,000. The property cost the English government over $2,000,000 in the first Instance. The Europo-African Cab!e—Continuity Ceased. MALTA, Jan, 3, 1871. The submarine electric cable which opened and has maintamed communication between this island and Tripoli, the most eastern point of the Barbary States, has ceased to work. The interruption of communication occurred quite suddenly. It is feared that the wire is broken. The Atlantic Cubles—Searching for the Point of Rupture. Sr. Jouns, N. F., Jan, 3, 1871. The steamer Robert N, Lowe put in here last Fri- day evening, as already reported, short of coal and wanting provisions. The Robert N. Lowe ts engaged tn the service of the Adanti@fable Company. She will take her de- parture co-day and proceed to sea, continuing to watch for the advent of more favorable weather, so that she may be gabled to grapple the broken or miured cablesy NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1871—TRIPLE SHHET PAIN. The National Loan of the Spaniards Concluded in France. Financial Position and Material Resourees of the Kingdom, Lonpon, Jan. 3, 1871. The Bank of France has just agreed to take the balance of the Spanish loan on the terms which were originally agreed to. The Financial Condition of Spnin—Material Resources and Taxes of the Kinadom. To deserive the actaal financial condition of the present kingdom of Spain would be a very diMeult task indeed. It 1s an important public duty, how- ever, the discharge of which 1s really of Interest to the world—Cuba included—just at present. Com- piling from the most authentic and reliabie sources we find the annexed facts and figures, viz.:— ‘The public income of Spain Is derived from six several sources, The revenue derivable from direct taxation was estimated by the Cabinet of the late Queen at about £7,037,800 tor the financial year end- ing on the 380th of June, 186% The mdirect taxes were expected to yield for the same period about £4,788,470, The stamp duties were calculated at £8,284,000, A total of about £4,257,376 was expected from the profits and sale of State property, The colonial revenue was estimated at £1,339,010, and the special resources of the ‘Treasury at £140,000, The total estimated in- come ter the year 1869-70 (to June), therefore, amouuted to about £25,846,747, The expen- diture for the same period was fixed at £26,564,787, leaving an estimated deficit of about £71540, The actual amounts are some- what higher, as in this calculation, for convenience sake, 100 reals are taken as equivalent to the pound sterling, the actual rave of exchange varying from 95 to 98 reals. The Finance Minister, Senor Figue- rola, informed the public “that a detictent amount- ing to about 25,000,000 sterling had accumulated un- der the government of his predecessor."? The esti- mate of the produce of wirect taxation in the same ear includes the property tax and .ax on industry, with their additional percentages; a temporary income tax of five per cent; taxes on transfers of property, tities, horses and carriages; free port dues in the Canaries and a tax upon mines, ‘The estimated revenue from the property tax, with asurtax of ten per vent (upon estate, live stock, cultivation, &c.) was £4,7.0,000 for the year. The tax on industry and commerce, also with a surtax of ten per cent, Was estimated at £877,800; tax on changes of ownership, &c., £600,000; on grandee- ships, titles, &¢., £20,000; tax on carriages and horses: (used for pleasure), £20,400; temporary flve per cent income tax, £726,000; free port dues (Canaries), £13,000; charges on mines estimated at £50,000. As regards the indirect taxes, the revenue was thought likely to tail far short ef the estimate of the govern- ment. The two most important branches of this revenue have hitherto been the customs tariif on imports and the tax on consumption levied in the shape of market dues and octroi at the gates of towns, The customs revenue was estimated at £2,400,000, and the taxes om censumption at £1,987,589, making £4,387,589. An English economist and the Secretary of the British Legation in Madrid (Mr. Robert Lytton), speaking of the material resources of Spain alter the late revolution, says:— The real sources of her national wealth being essentially unartificial, Spaip ts In the enjoyment of @ physical vitality capable of rumen ‘nocial disorders and violent political experiments whi would be destructive to the more jelicate foundations of any State whose prosperity, like our own, 18 the product rather of human ingenuity and patience than of fertile soils and favoring suns. In less than twenty years the value of the external commerce of this country (under a commercial sysiem so ilitberal and com- lex as to be almost an anachronism in Europe) has increased from 8,000,000 to more than 30,000,000, Under equal disadvantages the revenue, always elas- tic, has steadily increased; and, what is far more imvortant, the Spanish race has, in the character of 1M, More epergy and capacity for labor than either the Portuguese or the italian. The harm done by the revolution is obvious, It may be easily reckoned im pounds, shillings and pence. But the utmost amount of this nationai ‘bill ter damages” is, per- haps, a cheap price tor the good which tae revolu- tion 1s pledged to effect, if it can. RATTLING COCK FIGHT. Spirited Main of Bess fen Long Island and New Jersey. Eleven Battles $40 Each and $200 the Odd Fight—Long Island Victorious and the Sanguine Jerseyites Cleaned Out. Yesterday the first main of chickens of the season was fought in the mew pit at Hoboken, a quiet, re- tired place destined to be the centre of cock fighting im this section during the winter. It was made by sagacious and experienced parties living in New Jersey and on Long Island, veterans in the business and honorable men. Fighting game birds could not be in better hands than these breeders and feeders, tor they are prompt im every engagement, and are generally willing to accommodate all con» ers on very fair terms. The agreement in this series of contests was that each should show fifteen chickens, or “stags” weighing from five pounds four ounces to four pounds, and fight ali that fell in tor forty doliars a battle and $200 the main, or odd fight, Eleven couples fell in, and it 18 a long time since such good fighting nas been wit- nessed, as the youngsters afforded, although both sides were unlucky in possessing some ol the “run- away” strain, a fact that troubles a breeder so ex- cessively at times that when he returns home ail of the “loafer’s” kin and kindred are at once igno- muiniously consigned to potpie and soup. The stags depended on by the Long Islanders were all bred in their isiand home, Those of New Jersey were from divers places, The attendance at this chicken dispute was very large and quite orderly, alihough excitement ran high during the several battles as the moneyed men, who were on hand in numbers, lost and wou. Be- fore the birds were pitted New Jersey had the call one hundred to eighty on the main, which oifer found many takers by those who consider that the districts between Brooklyn and Jamaica cannot be whipped without @ hard vussie, It was a@ tough job through- out, and Long Island won a decisive victory, but badu’t anything to spare, a8 at the end or the tenth battle the fighting was even, with New Jersey a heavy favorite. Attwenty minutes of four o'clock the respective handlers announced themselves ready for THE FIGHTING. First Fight.—The games began with the heavy weights, two five pound four ounce birds, and New Jersey was the favorite at 20 to 16. The Long Island stag Was a black red, with light hackle. New Jersey showed one of the same color, big stationed, but with his comb slightly sore. They set to work in good earnest, and the representative of the Je:seyites had the best of it forsome tme alter tke frst buckle, and they shouted accordingly. There was a change soon, and the Island bird being awakened by one keener cut in the body thanthe rest, rewurned his opponent's fle in lively style, and never stepped his quick, effective fighting until Jersey lay dead at histeet, Time, 21:22. Second Fight.—T hts, four pounds, The Islanders brought out a handsome black red, while Jersey presented a lemon-vack pyle. These little gentiemen excited the audience to we pitch of enthusiasm, and they justly merited it, as both were rattlers and gamest of the game, doing honor to their owners. New Jersey the lavarite at forty to thirty. The little ones fought well, and Long Island had so much the best of it that Jersey showed its hands aga, thinking it was gone; but as the money Was about being handed over and Ue lemon-bac! was thought to be dying he got ina stroke through the biack-red’s brain, which instantly cooked hum, and he died in the pit. Time, 13:50, Third right.—The impression was general at this stage of the e that the New Jersey gentlemen had their birds in better condition than those trom Long Island; but this opinion was modified beiore the fighting was over. ‘Two four pound six ounces. New Jersey sent in a black red, white hackie; Long Island a@ savage-looking blue red, with a single white tail feather, smaller than his antagonist. Jersey the _ favorite. ‘Verrhic was the beginning, and ferocious was the battie throughout, The biack-red never rested a second, but he had his match, and it was ny for fly, tat for hat, until each was covered with blood, and many of the oldest cock fighters wondered at the spectacie. At last the powder was kue-ked out of Jersey, and one straight brain blow from the Isiauder sent him dead as a stone, This resuit made Jersey feei sick. ‘Time, 17:15, Fourth Fight.—Four pounds, eieven ounces, Jer- sey @ brown red, black hackle. Long Islana a mutt, with white tall feathers, bred in Washington. The former the favorite ten to nine. The muf, though a clean heeler, hadn't any mouth aad coulda’t take hold, which placed him at the mercy of 3 fights, while New Jersey had got but one, Both were black-reds, but the Islander was the largest and best siationed bird. lt was quite & long fight, and tor a while a very even one, Afterwards the Islander sheweu great distresm t ie Windmill, He was hoy ull baekea at odds, when the odds ought to have been the othe way. The Jersey stag Wax much the gamest and after a long and tedious tune the ot alked off and lost, Time, 29 minutes. Sixth Fight.—same Weights, Long Isiand had @ black red: New Jersey a mult pyls. Betta It was a good fight, giving hit tor Wit unt stashed to » Chance for vietory ed greatly, and the betting men were ike ‘ocks, until some of the vid siagers didn's know how they stood, It Was ended by the black winnin red, when in @ sinking condition, ug it, bis handler, through the good generalship of ‘Time, 22 minute: Seventh Fight. ‘he glorious uncertainty of tna LT twas now about to be Mlustrated, The weight were fonr pounds tour ounces. New sey sho! ty a goodlooking blue red, led by a noted v rr Long Island a black ‘red, Of ail ihe stags brought from the isiand to fight this one wag the prime favorite among both the professionalt and amateurs, Even the Jerseyites had a longing eye for him, as when he was pitted the owner of the blue r took one look at him and said to a friend, are gone again.” Mut ib was now so, as, after the second or third fiy, nig in the air, the black wis ‘couple wiftn rendered him eless, and in a short while after he got another in the brain, and ther. went the way of all game chickens. He Wwortle about a bushel of the one that whipped him so easily. ‘Time, 6:10, d Bighth Kight.—kour pound eight ounces.—New Jersey sentin a black red, as did Long Island, tna only difference in them beg @ single white ieather in the tail of the latter. ‘Twen. ty to sixteen on Jersey, and he was rattler, He was fast and all over his bird doing great execution. Long Island got in the, head and body, heart and throat, and althougn he inflicted some punishment upon his an agonist, Was Of no use, as Jersey secured the victory, amt the huzzas of ts adherents and the gurgling of thes dying Islander. Time, 4 minutes. inte Fight.—It was even work now, ag each had won four battles, and Jersey again offered 10a to 80 on the main, Long Isiand showed a black red, five pounds. New Jeisey 3 bine red, white hackle, five pounds on ounce. Heavy odds on the bine red and tt was good tight, but Long Island had too much punish ment to give and the Jerseyite after tightuug awhil turned tall and went looking after corn, much t the disgust of his frienus, Time, 15:20. Tench Fight.—Long Island, a brown red, fous pounds fiveounces, New Jersey one ounce tess. Tha latter was the blue red of the eighth fight. He main: tamed his gallant and wellearned reputation an whipped one of the best youngsters ever In @ pit. Time, 23:16, Eleventh Fight.—The main must be decided now, and New Jersey felt sure of the victory, ana bet at cordingly. They seut in a pyle, four pounds thi teen ounces; Long [siand a dark red, two ounces lighter, Both were sick fighters and the pyle was a “wheeler,” and he cut up his pranks anti Long Island it him in the train, which sent him kicking under his handier’s feet and winning the main for, his owner. Time, 19 minutes, THE PUBLIC DEBT. The January Statement, Compared with That of the Corresponding Month of Last Year and with That of December, 1870—De- crease for the Past Year $112,753,863 and for the Past Month $7,726,688. The statement of the public debt as it stoo yesterday, January 3, has just been issued by the Treasury Department. We compare the figures with those of the statement made a year ago:— DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. J 1, ls70, Jan. 3, 1871. Five per cent bonas, 89,300 $214,267,300 Six per cent bonds. 1,720, 775,400 Total bear’g coin int. . $2,107,989.100 $1,935,342, 700 DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Four per cent cert’s _ $678,362 ‘Three per cent certs. $45,545,000 43,550,000 Navy Pension fund 14,000,000, 14,000,000 Total bear’g cur’y int. Matured not paid..... Gold certificates... Total bear’g no int.. $430,046, 143 RECAPITULATION. Debt bearing coin int. ), 100 Debt bearing cur’y int... 5! 000 Debt bearing no mt. 436,046 143 Matured dept not paid. . 4,140,956 TOtAl........00s0006 Bonds to Pacific RR. Co. Grand total...........$2,071,806,490 $2,487,70,802 AMOUNT IN TREASURY, . on Sinking fund, coin int. on bonds and accrued Interest thereon...... . Other purchased bonds. Total in Treasury..... $209,387, Debt less cash in Treas., 2,462,615, 753 Decrease of the national uebt since January 1, 1870....... Sats if 22,545,927 —_ 64,008,350 ee $112, 753,863 The following table compares the statement Just made with the previous one of December 1, 1870:— DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. Dec. 1, 1870, Je n. 3, 1871. Five per cent bonds..... $218,977,300 214, 267,300 Six per cent bonds...... 1,724,774,8.0 — 1,720,775,400 Total bearing coin int. $1,043,752, 100 $1,935, 342, 700 DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Four per cent certif’s.... $678,000 $678,362 ‘Three per cent certf’s... 45.050,000 43,550,000 Navy Pension fund... 14,000,000 14,000,000 Total bear’g cur’y int. Matured, uot pald.. DEBT BEARIN United States not Fracuonal curren: Gold ceruticates.. 8,362 7,315,822 $356,101,086 89,995,089 26,149,000 $422,245, 175 16,582,620 Total bear’g no int... $41,851,957 RECAPITULATION. Debt bearing coim int. . . $1,943,752,000 $1,935,242, 700 Vebt bearing cur'cy int." 59,723,000 58,228,362 Debt bearing no interest 411,851,357 422,245, Matured debt not paid. 3,341,087 7,315,822 Total............ 0+. .-.$2,418,673,044 $2,423,132,060 Bonds to Pacific RR, Co." 64,618,832 64,618,832 Grand total...s.......$2,483,201,876 $2,487, 750,802 'T IN TREASURY. $57,868,577 . 28,453,201 Total in Treasury..... $125,321,868 Debt less am’t in Tre’sy . $2,357,470,008 Decrease of the national debt since December 1, 1870, *In the above stateme Coin.. Currency $7,726,688 is made of ac- crued interest, and the bouds issued to the Pacific Railroad Company are calculated as part of the puv- lic debt. According to the report of Secretary Bout- well, who adds accrued interest and ignores the bonds issued to that road, the total debt exhibits a decrease during the paat month amounting to $2,240,700. The debt of the United States, less cash in the Treasury, Was a8 anuexed at the undermentioned dates:— March 4, 1861. $66,180,855 », 540, 707, 201 Jan. 1, 1869. .2 860 July 1, 1861.. 88,498,670 Fen 1869. . 2,556, 205,608 July 1,1862.. 502,921,404 March 1, 1569. 2,545,036, 904 July 1, 1863. .1,093,464,000 April 1, 1869. July 1, 1864. .1,721,847,934 May 1, 1869. July 31, 1865, .2,757,253,275 June 1, 1869. Sept. 1, 1865. .2,757,689,571 July 1, 1860, Jan. 1, 1866. Aug. 1, 1869. Aug. 1, 1566. Sept. 1, 1869, Jan. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 186% April 1, 1867. Nov. 1, 1869. July 1, 1867 Dec. 1, 186% Oct. 1, 1867 Jan. 1, 1870. Nov. 1, 1807 Jan. 1, 1863 Feb. 1, 1488. .2.5: Mareh 1, 1868,2.51 Feb. 1, 1870. March 1, 1870. 431,698,879 June 1, 1870. .2, 428,211,016 July 1, 1870. .2,400, 208, 363 Aug. 1, 187 Sept. 1, 1870. Oct 870. i, 18702358 384) 306 Dec. 1, 1870.3, Jan. 3) 1871. /2)349/664,320 Aug. 1, 1868, , 2,523,534, Sept. 1, 1868. . 2,535, 53 Pacific Ratlroaa Companies, interest payabi ful money, under the acts of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864. Rate of interest six per cent, pi years from date of the authonz pg ac aud July:— the red, untul he was soitened by three or four Vigor ous blows, and then tue steady, earnest work ef the muff began to tell, and he finally won a gallant bat- Ue, which at first was very hot for him. The red quitted strong. Time, twelve minutes, FIth Fight.—The weights were four pounds three ounces, Long jan bad now won three PKS i Tnlervt | Interest | Balnce of Name o. \p. ineipal | Interest | Paid by ee Anterest Pa je | Oubtant- | Accrund | tie [by Trane | Patel by = | tinge | Not Yet | United | portation |the United nay. Paik. | Stace. |Waikeyger. | Statens cid ke fan oes | ea Central B776,490/ 8,261,767] $941,683] 83,020, 129 Kansas.| 6.30% 000|" Teas] 1,212,998] “Te8.148]”“aaaraea Kpion..| sigamory] siimal SSSI) aKeba] zr Se18 ol bh Union| 1,600,(00| 48,000] 301,808} ,41} 9t.4os Western| 1970.00jq@ 58100] Wks} aK} a6 Six City.| 1,008,320) 48,849! 207 3,950) 193,811 Total . A meeting of the Brennan Soctety will pe held this evoning at Lion Park, 108th street and Eighth ave- nue, The special object of the meeting is to consider the question of “Public Lmvrovements and Warts yf the People,”?