The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1871, Page 4

1 EUROPE. The Dowry of the Princess Louise Be- fore the Lords and Commons. OISRAEL', ENGLAND AND AMER'CA. Life at the Imperial Head- quarters at Versailles. PRESENT CONDITION OF FRANCE, | Dreadfal Sufferings of the French Soldiers ia Switzerland, THE BLACK SEA QUESTION. The Inman steamship City of Paris, Captain Morehouse, from Liverpool February 16 and Queens- town the !Tth, arrived at tnis port yesterday, She brings (hree days later mais than the Partha, which arrived in Boston on Sunday night. ‘The library and galleries in the Vatican have been Meclared to be national property by the Iallan Par- Kamient, notwithstanding the Ministerial eiforts to secure a dierent result. The Levant Herald contradicts on authority the statement recently telegraphed to London of & con- centration of Turkish troops ou the Danube. Not a single regiment (the Herald says) has yet moved. The Italian Chamber of Deputies of the 13th, after Q boisterous debate and speech, adopted the Minis- terial proposal concerning the {mmunity of Papal residence, by 204 votes against 159, Tae Journal de Brus: <f the 12th pronounces | the proclamation of Napoleon WT, which is pub lished to-day, to be spurious, In consequence of the thaw, the waters of the ca- nal of the Danube have risen, and partly overflowed on the evening of the 12th. The suburbs of Vienna, opolfstadt and Roszan are thundated. In the Roumenian Chamber of Deputies on the 11ih inst. the President of the Ministry satd vnat the recent letter o: Prinee Charles was written in a moment of gloomy depression. The Chamber then gave an assurance of fidetity to the Prince and con- fio, and it ts supposed that the dangers hinted » Prmee’s letter have passed over. of the registered voters and of the num- have reised thelr privilege would bo interesting after the French elections were over. It Will probably be found that, out of the whole quall- fica population of France, not above a third, if so mauy, Will have token the trouble to express an opinion upon the mest important question which a nation was ever caked upon to decide. It 1s said that 1,000 electors, of whom taree-fourths would have vo.ed in the moderate seuse, have left Paris withouc walitng to record their vote. Paris on the day of the capitulation had meat and bread foreight more days. In these eight days 6,200 horses out of the 26,500 would have been slaushtered. The remainder of 21,300, at the rate of 8,000 per day, would have been just enough for gnoiher week. In other words, Paris might have held cut fitteen days longer, if it haa consented to | subject ilself to greater privations. A large body of the electors of Havre have for- warded a formal protest to the National Assembly asking that the elections in that arrondissement should be declared null and vold on. account of in- formality in the lsts @istributed 1n the cantons, and that arrangements should be immediately made for carrying out fresh elections, The Constantinople correspondent of the London Times alleges that the appomtment of Mebemet Rushdi Pacha to the Ministry of Finance has given a. Ie adds that while the revenue of Turkey has not proved suMicient to cover the ex- pendiiure taxation has not yet reached its last pos- mble limits, and as regaras a proper assessment mush remaias to be done. Constantinople alone could easily contribute £3,002,009 more. Ata recent sitting of the Malta Ooun ithe Chief Secretary to Government Sir Victor ow lton, made & Statement and some remarks thereon 3 howing the financial condition of Malta. I laying before ie Counceii the state of the Mnances the Ch efSecretary explained the nature and necessity .f the works proposed and the actua! fnancial e of the island revenues. The statement showed that there was a deticit of about £10,009to be provided for from Tuture reveutics, NGLAND. Princess Lesise’s Dowry—' Houses of Lords 9 Subject in the end Commons. the evening of the i3th tup her Majesty's gra- age relatin: f the Princess Loni: believed, would 1, marriage provi- ‘heir lordships, he ly en duty and affection thelr attachment to the royai concurring with the House ding @ suliable dowry for the Duke of RicHMOND cordially seconded the motion. Lord ORaNvonr, while yielding to no one in loy- alty and respect for her Majesty’s wisdom and vir- ft liament—hedged round with Ceremony as was the Sovereign—to con- vey the plain truth 10 her Ma; @1sappointment 8 Was then agrecd to nem, diss. Jn the House of Commons the same day, the Honse having gone tato committee, the Qneen’s mes- sage relative to the Princ Louise's marriage was read, and Mr. GLADSTONE rose to move a resolution granting ap annuity of 09 & year te her Royal Highness, | which, he explained, would supplemented in Committee of Supply we ut of a dowry of 30,000. Assuming with At regret and pain that | the motion was not to be passed unanimousiy, Mr. Gladstone went cn to Combet the objections which alsed to it. In marrymg her daughter to ded without the ers; and she had ith the Womaniy and motherly had always led her to choose character which for her daughters husbauds on whose prin- ciples she could rely. The practice, too, | was not a new one in our {history, and it was quite agreeable to the us: and celal spirit of the country. e Was Dot immoderate compared with analo- gous grants to the daughters of George IIL, for in- Stance, Replying to the suggestion that the Crown Ought to kaye ont of us income for these purposes, de pointed ont that, though the Queen’s income was large, 18 1 phenyl Was toagreat extent prede- termined, and that during the whole of the present reign its economical management had been an ex- ample to every household in the country. The ctvil list, he argue When settled at the commencement of the reign, aid nt contemplate provisions of this mature, nor would it be convenient that it should, He pointed ont that thongh the crown lands now produce an income only about equal to the civil list, if they were mat in the same manner us a private estate they would put the Sovereign in possession of the Income ih the country. What, for mstance, if iyde Park and the other metropolitan parks were | cut ap inte building plots? But Mr. Gladstone put the proposition on higher grounds, dilating on the ‘politica: importance of supporting the dignity of the crown in @ becoming mauner, the value of a stable dynasty, and on the wn’ dom ot entering ‘nto too minute pecuniary calculations on such an ercasion. 7 “he motion was seconded vy Mr. Disraeli, and carried py acclaination, though r peared to be rising to speak on ita ment altel 4x, Dodson bad put the question, when it was to sale. 0! Disraeli and the Relations Between America aui England. ‘rom the London Dally News, Feb. 13.) Mr, Disraeil’s rosereace to the attitude of American Ena power toward England was tie most effective Mr. ul of hie able speech on ‘Thursday. ponte We recoguize with Mr. Gladstone Mr. Disraeit’s peculiar right, derived from ius conduct toward the Northern side during the civil war, to rebuke the thoughtlessness of Alncrican statesmeu, If it were not always made evident that American wiatesmansiip must be judged rather by its decds than by ts words, we should sometimes quite despair of keeping the peace between the two ions. President Grant js not in as unconciliatory ® mood as last Message seemed to indicate. After perempiory speech he takes to diaiory action, apd, hgying ygpted. has feelings, submits to the guidaiive 6! aséie gre atene time ome te be eee fo o hurry to demand ju jrunediate settiemen the Alabama tala a ti rinost farikin Bub foean tie our government makes the conciliatory ut A Commision shat! inquire wito Ame- GQges Agaiayt Ganada and the President } Slvié nobodies on this side, NEW YUKK HEKALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. ea *~ “Ry all meana, and let chem inquire ito those betweer America and as weil.” We coraiwil, recognize this fmendiiness in action and gladly admit that a similar fmondliness has gene- rally characterized the conduct of res) ble American statesmanship. Bul while thus admit tug and feeiung Uhat ihe real substance of American poticy is friendly we can but regret tho unfriendli- hess Which c»ntinually finds expression m words, Words break no bones: as far as we are concerned we may add that they ruffle no Sane, but they are dangerous neveriheless. AS Mr, Disraeli said 16 is always possible that the Amerteaa people may really be aroused by the unfriendly language of thoir leaders, and soine overtact may be committed, such as tho seizure o: the ‘Trent, which public opinion iu this country cannot overlook. We do nod expect trom Aimerican politicians quite that excessive courtesy which European politicians learn in the historic courts of the Old World; but we might look for the seil-control and scif-knuwledge witich ought to belong to an educated people. Tho large alien population which the American sys- fem too hastily enfranchtses 1s probadly @ source of temptation, but it i¢ imposeinle not to regret that so many responsible persons give them- selves vulgar airs to please the vulgar, and imperil their self-respect to ensure a passing cheer. It may, indeed, be said, and 1s satd by Americans, that the langusa ol abuse i which they speak is often echoed Irom this side. But it comes from Irrespon- from our Beresford Hopes and Beutinoks and Mannerses, and it ts re- echoed from their side, not merely by thelr Butera and Chandiera, but by thew Sumners and Grants and by actual votes of their Legislature. We will however, not dwell on a matter Which is after ali only secondary importance, ‘Ine manners of Ameri. can statesmen are in somo degree ‘the affair ef all who wish to see free government clothing itself with dignity; but primartly they are the affair of Amert- cans themselves. Jt 1s perhaps their desire to re- verse all our Old World waxtas, and if they choose to read the old saw, ‘ortiter in , suaviter in re,” we will accept their new reading, and only re- joice that the gentleness which 1s denied to the method of their communication so often comes out iu the substance of their dealings with us. Sere, + Ht * Sinking of a Cunard steamer in the Mersey. The Livery Courier publishes the particulars of @ collision that occurred in the Mersey at dusk on the evening of the 18th instant, which resulted in the sinking of a fine steamer belonging to the Medt- terranean fleet of the Cunard Company, The screw steamer Morocco, Captain Leitch, 1,212 tons burden, Was proceeding to bound for Constantinople, with a cargo of fine goods, vaiued at about £150,000. The Guion steamer Wyoming, 2,505 tous burden, Captain Whineray, had shortly before come out of the Sandon dock, preparatory to sailing to New York. next day, and had cast anchor of Egremont Ferry. ‘The Morocco approached in such a position \hat sho was compelled to pass round the stern of the Wyoming, and the ptlu: was obiiged to oid giv her much of tie starboard helm for fear of ru into el that was under tow, The result was that the Morocco passed she Caught the quarter of the Wyomtug, which is a com- paratively high vessel, of considerable overbang at the stern. The Morocco bemg deeply laden and a much snaller vessel was m lower in the water, ‘The eflect of the collision that the stern of the Wyoming swept the Morecco’s deck fore and aft on the starboard side as the latter steamed past her, It 1s Supposed @.80 that one biade of the Wyoming’s screw propeiler struck the Morocco on her side under water and tore her plates open for some distance along her length. © Morocco began to fil ‘rapidiy with water, and it wes evident — ti she must very soon sink. The utm alarm prevailed among passengers on board and among persons on the river in the vicimity, Four tugboats got hold of the Morocco with the view of beaching her between Egremont and Seacombe, and the greatest expedi- tion was nsed, but in five minutes, so rapidly had the water coime into her, the furnaces were extin- guished and her machinery was of no use. Even- tually she sauk 1m four fathome of water. She was not wholly submerged, but the water was Jevel with her deck. The Wyoming sustained very little dam- age, and will proceed to sea in her usual course. In the evening the Morocco tell over on her starboard biige, and ali night lighters were engaged tz saving as liuch as possible of the carge. The English Army Estimates. ‘Tne army estimates for 1871 and 1872 were issued on tue eveuing of the 13tn. The increase proposed whl Involve a charge of 22,886,700. There 1s an in- crease on staif and regimental charges of £640,000; for divine service cf £8,000; for medical establish- meat of £1 for militia and inspection of reserve forces of 7,300, of volunteer corps, £73,300; of provision and forage, £307,400; of clothing establish- lshments, &¢., £327,000; of manu.acturing depart- ments, £996,400; of “works,” £238,400, and of mili- tary education, £400. The nominal decreases are:—Administration of mititary law, £16,700; Yeomanry cavalry, £200; control establishmeut, £600; miscelianeous services, £7,300; administration of the army, £23,300. The following statement shows the apportionment of the additional men mn the several arma of the service:—The horse artillery has been increased by sLx batteries, twenty garrison bi tterles hyve been converted into fiela batterics and the rematning garrison batteries increased in strengti. ‘he ariliery depot has also been largely increased, and so organized as to admit of the im- mediqve expansion of that branch of the corps which may be needed for active service. Nine regi- ments of caveiry are taken at a full war strength of men, aud ali the regimenta will cousisi or four squadrons, all of which will take the field when ordered on active service, and the troops will be traimed at a general depot. The troops of the engineer train have been strengihened and one troop added for telegraph equipment. All the nattalions of the foot guards and twenty-three battalions of infantry have an establishment of 859 rank and file as being frst for active service. The army service corps has been increased by three companies, two for? tlansport service and one for euppiy. The army hospital corps has been increased in order to improve the arrangements for ine m- ternal service Of hospitals under the control of the medical officers oi the army. The Ceyion Kite Corps ill be reduced by two companies on the wita- rawal of the treops from Labuan, where he replaced by 4 police force. FRANCE, Life at the Imperial Headqnarters at Ver- sailles=iharacter of the Old Kiug—Moltke and Bismarck at Dagsers’ Loints~Position of “Our Fritz”? A correspondent of the London Datiy News at Versailles communicates some of the tuings he heard there:— The eid King, it appears, is by no means happy as an emperor, lie Was only persuaded to accept this utle for the sake of his son, “Our Fritz,!’ and he gvesabout much like some nglish squire of long descent who has been induced to allow himseil to be converted into a bran new peer, over persuaded by nis ambitious progeny. William is one of tavy will ; that numerous class of persons endowed wih more heart than brains, Putting aside, or regarding rather as the delusion of a diseased brain, his notion that he is an instrament of Heaven, and that he is bora to rule over Prussian souls by right divine, the old man 1s by no means a bad specimen of @ good-n:.tared, well-meaning, narrow- minded soldier; and betweea Bismarck aud Moltke he nas of late had by no means an easy time. These Uvo worthtes, instead cf being, as we imagined in Paris, the best of friends, abommate each other, During the siege Moitke would uot allow Bismarck to have @ seat at any council of war; and in order to retura the compliment Bismarck has not allowed Moltke to take any pari in the negotiations respecting the armistice, except on the pomts which were heehee Military, —Bis- mmarck tells the French that had 1t not been for him Paris would have been utterly de- stroyed, while Molike grumbles because 1¢ has not bec destroyed—au achievement which tis talented captain somewhat simguiarly imagises would fit- Ungiy crown his military career. ut this is not tie only domestic jar which destroys the harmony of the happy German family at Versailles. In Prussia it has beea the habit from time immemorial for the heir Wo the throne to coqueite with tne liberals, and to be supposed to entertain progressive opinions. ‘The Crown Prince pursues this hereditary policy of hisfamily, He bas surrounded himself with intelli-. gent men hostile to the present state of things, and who understand that in the present age no country can be great and powerful where all who are not couniry gentlemen, chamberlains er officers are excluded from all share in its government. Bis- marck, on the other hand, is the representative, or rather the business man, of the squirearchy and of the vous; much in the same way as Mr. Disraell 18 of the conservatives in ahoeit As both are men of gentus, they in ail probability both despise their own friends and scoff at pom Li le @ pre- tended belief 1a which has served them as a step- ping stone to power. Tue conzequence of this diver. gency of opinion is that Bismarck and ‘Our Fritz” are very nearly What schoolboys call “cuts,” and censequenily when the old King dies Bismarck’s power wil die with him, unless he 1s wise enough to withdraw beforehand {rom public life. “uur Fritz,” I hear, has done his pest to prevent tho Prossian batteries from doing any serious damage to Faris, and has not concealed frow his friends wnat he considers that the bombardment was, in the words of Fouch¢, worse than a_crime—an error. The Condition of France. The London Times of the 18th concludes an arti- cle on France as follows:— Toe next six menths, even if the blessing of peace should be durabiy realized, will assurediy place im a light transcending that of all previous ex- [bn the unspeakable calamities of war. Never elore have we had its horrors brought 80 Close to Us Or On sv terribie a scale, and the sequel, with all its incaiculable miseries, is still to come. Half France is left with nothing but lis soil, and that soil ls without seed. Towns, villages, homesteads, have been ransacked er burned and rained. Woods have been cut down, bridges demolished, roads destroyed, and, worst of all, agriculture and trade everywhere suspended. It is rd to say how tho population lives, or expects to live, The proprietor reeeives no res, the laborer finds no work, money has been swept off by the Germans, and mdustry, froin want of custom and communication together, is fairly atanend. How 1s ali that shattered tabric f soca} ahd commercial life tobe restored once mop hen France returas again to the possession of Frenchmen what will casue? War and tis ravages Will cease, but the effects of the stori will re- inaln, and @ spectacle will be presented such as Was never witnessed in Europe since the days of the French revolution. Foriunately, halt France has been spared from the direct results of the contest, and the sympatuies of Europe will come actively In ald. We learn from Mr. Capper’s letiers, what ps alld not suilicientiy understood, how much ady been done by Germany and Swit- weriand, and certainly the subscribers to the War Victins Fund will have reason to reflect with satis- faction on the work their contribuuons have actieved. It is only tobe hoped that at least we now know the worst of the War itself, and that the speedy re-establishinent of peace may limit the evil to tie dimensions we van dhecorn aiready. Thero ts scope cnough and to spare for all the energies of even interiational benevolence, SWITZERLAND. Horrible Suffering of the Soldiers of Boure baki’s Army—Dropping Down Dend from Exhaustion and Want ef Food--Sleeping in Suow. ‘The following are extracts from a private letter received from Montreux and published in the Lon- don Standard:— We are all greatly interested about the poor French soldiers who fed for refuge across the Swiss Tronvet when surrounded by the Prassians. ‘rhey are the rematus of Bourbaki’s army, and are pour ing dy thousa ids along ine different routes through the Jura into Switzerland. We are told there «re about 8,000 here, ail in the most abject, miserable condition imaginable, The Swiss have, of course, disarmed thea), and, in a sort of hae: them prisoners, and they are veing po! out to every canton, Those who were tw be in Chilion did not arrive until satu evening. They were obliged to walk all the way from Lausanne, as the railway companies would not allow them to go in the tr because they were so dirty, We heard the most heartrending accounts of (\hent from all quarters; they nad to march shoeless and stockingless through the snow (which has been very Goon ail about here) with hardly any ¢loul to protect them against the biting cold. Many o! them fell down dead in the sireets of Pontariier trom ex! are ene ans of faa, Late on Bante aay evening, February 4, we became aware 0 Feat gH and Jogkin, t 4 fi ah vel Haren yh fine lower road. Tnere Wate se, few carts and carriages for those who were not able Lo walk, and through the suliness of the night we heard a hollow cough, which 18 what so many had so badly in Lauseag S Nurse and the servants ran dowu to meet and walked with them t» Chilion. There were a great many of the Swiss with them, too. They got Anto talk with several of the Tp solaiers, Wao told them that for three weeks they had been obliged to sleep, MW sleep were possible under such circum. stances, on snow, With nothing to cover them, and Q fire only, ag a great luxury, When they could dud a hitle stray wood. For three successive days they Wore fighting In snow up to their waists—they in the plain and the Prussians on the surrounding hills—without any munition whatever, and no arms save their bayonets; and, to crown all, to strengthen them for their hard work, they had the bountiful Supply of two biscuits for their subsistence tor two days. With po generals, all disorganized aud in confusion, they naturally asked what could they do—obey the orders they received, and rusa headioug on to the swords of their enemicg? it was desperate work; they tried it for a short time in vain, and then preferred cross- ing the frontier and leay the Prussians im undis- puted possession of tae fleid. ney will be well cared for here; every one bas stores of warm cloth- ing and food ior them, only waiting to be distri- buted. ‘dhe Swiss are coming out weil, especially one old woran, Who tie other night sent up a box full of stockings, all new and made of beautifully Warm wool, with various other articles, which papa values at over fifty frances. On Sunday morning she went down to Chiiton and gave every soldier a hand- Kerchief and some sugar candy fortis cough. Papa and some other gentlemen got up a subscription for them, and went round to every one in the place. Ho has been wonderfully successful, In three days they collected nearly 1,90 francs. I think it shows how kind-hearied and generous people are. THE BLACK SEA QUESTION. Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the Russian Repudiation ofthe Treaty o} 1856. Lrrom the London Globe, Feb. 14.) The Foreign Otlice correspondence respecting the Russian repudiation of tue Treaty of 1856 is published te-cay. It consists of 105 pages and courains no fewer than 200 despatches. The difMiculties that arose in connection With the attendance of a repre- sentative of France scemed at one time on the peiat Ol being overcome, but they afterwards reappeared ina fresh shape and the Comierence met without apy representative of France Me Present, In a note «0 Mr. Odo Russell, dated January 15, Earl Granville says that the diMculty which bad been raised bota at Versailles and at Paris with regard to the safe conduct for M. Favre was substantially a matter of form, and’ that either party, “if desirous of ane 60,” might eaally have overcome it, Earl Granville had previously stated that her Majesty's government considered it of im- ortance that the provisional government shouid e yes at the Conference, and that France should show that even at a time of temporary defeat she had not lost interest in questions of European interest, particularly im one in whicn she was so clesely concerned. “I sheuld not,’ he adds, “have consented to enier the Conference until France had been mvited to attend.” Earl Granville refused, however, to allow the question of peace or war to be formally brought beiore the Conference, as the French government wished; but at the same time stated that if the Plenipotentiary of France at the eni of the proceedings, or of one of the sittings, thought fit to imtroduce that question he would not be interfered with, When, on the 9ih of Noveniber, Baron Brunnow handed to the Foreign Minister a circular expiaining the reasons why tue Emperor of Russia no louger considered himself bound by the special Conventioa limiting the naval forces of Russia In the Black Sea, Eari Granvilie de- clined, owing to the importance and suddenness of the communication, to make any reply at tie time, and justified this course on the ground that “ner Majesty’s peor ererncns were determined to measure their words on all questions involving international diilicultags, so that there might not be the slightes, chance of their going beyond that to which they intended strictly to adhere,” It seems fen the earlier despatches that Lora Granville firsi sent to Sir H, Elliot, at Coastantino- ple, copies of the Russian despatches and of hts own replica, and reassured the Porte by pointing out the determmation of England not to admit the assum, tion of Russia { she was privileged to break the treaty of her own free will. With Lord Lyons, at Tours, 2 similar communication was made; putin the case of Prussia, Count Bismarck’s unavoidable absence from Beriin during the siege of Paris ren- dered it necessary to send Mr. Odo Russell as @ special envoy to Versailles with the Russian and English despatches. In devauit of instructions from bis Court, Baron Brunnow decided on maintaining areserve and deciining to reply to Lord Granvills’s arguments, The Austrian Ambassador was the first to bring the news that his government had ad- herea to the course takea by England. Austria would treat the question ‘without passion and without entrainement, but wouid reserve full liberty of action.” Lord Granville had been recommending the Tarkish Ambassador that no precipitate action should be taken by Turkey. Sir A, Buchanan on tue. igth of November presented Prince Gortchakoit with Lord Granville’s reply of the 10th. The Prince repudiated any but the most amicable intentions towards the Porte. He then retarned to the discus- sion of his objections to the treaty as set forth in the circular, but Sir A. Buchanan pointed out the irrele- vaney of the debate. Lord Granville haa not en- tered into these objections, but had d2murred Umine to the form of the Russian “renuncia- tion,” resting, as it did, on the assumption that any one Power signing a treaty might at any time terminate its obligations with- out censuiting the cosignataries. The Prince declined to discuss thts point, saying that “the Em- peror’s decision was irrevocable,” and that Turkey, by assenting, would secure Russfan good will; othe:- wise the consequence would be dangerous; ior, though the policy of Russia was “entirely ‘pacitic, the Christian populations of Turkey would rise in arms at the first misunderstanding between the goveruments. A somewhat discouraging telegram trom Mr. Odo Russell produced the impression that Count Bismarck was in favor of a revision of the treaty in the semge of the Russian demands, aud suggested a conference at St. Petersburg. Vount Bernstorit, in conversation with Lord Granville, labored to remove the disappointment, ana said that a St. Petersburg conference was a Kus- sian, pot a Prussian, suggestion. The ebjec- lion io St. Petersburg as the place of meeting applied equally to Constantinople, and during the war Berlin could not be thought of. Lord Granville suggested London, Vienna, Florence, the Hague, Brussels or Berne, a3 suitable places for the assem- bly. Count Bismarck, without much hesiiation, agreed to the English’ basis of action, and agreed upon London as the best place of meeting. it re- mained now to obtain the assent of the other Powers, but some littie dificulties here became apparent. Communications were sent from Versailles to St. Petersburg and Florence, and irom London to the Porte, Vienna and Tours. Lord Granvilie alludes to the Conference proposed hy Prussia, and reite- rates the resolution of Engiand not to enter 1t should there be any feregone conclusion. The Porte pressed on Sir H. Elliot that 1t was important the work of the assembled pienipotentiaries should be re- siricted to the Black Sea question. Lord Granville was compelled to refuse this restriction as inconsistent with the more Important reservation which he had insisted upon with Count Bismarck and the Russian Chancelior, On the 27th of November Count Bern- storff made a formal proposal for a conference in London to Lord Granville. The Porte still resisted the pian, unless confined to the Black Sea question; but Lord Granville endeavored to reassure Musuras Pacha by the declaration that the government thought it decidedly expedient maintain the sag- gested restriction, but could not adopt it as a “fore. gone couclusion.'? At Constantinople General Igna- liedf was doing his best to restore confidence to the ‘Turks, protesting, as Sir H. Elliot writes, that the Czar had no instant intention of acting upon the rights he claimed, of constructing a Black 8ea fleet, or of impeaching ay other article of the erg of 1866. In substitutfon for the neutralization of the Blaek Sea Sir H. Elliot does not believe that the en- tire opening of the Straits to ali nations would be acceptable to the Porte, A means of defence for ‘Turkey against a Russian Btaok Sea feet might bo provided by giving the Sultau power, “in case of pated gare FE call ap the foreign ficeta into the Straits. The acceptance, on the ist of December, of the Pruasian proposai for a conference was again accompanied with the protest against a toregone conclusion, The Turkish government, secing that the modification or repetl of the neutralization clauses was recognized as Inevitable, rapidly cooled in thelr ica of resisting Russia in the Black Sea by solemn protest THE COAL TROUBLES. The nn Situation Among the Miners. An Appeal of Operators for Martial Law—Tho Miners Determined to Rofuse the $2 50 Basis—Outrages on the Reading Railroad. Tamaqua, Pa., Feb, 27, 1871. The condition of things in the coal regions re- mains uncuanged, Everything is very quiet, The Miners’ Journal, organ of the operators, this morn- Ing recommends that the operators apply to the Grand Jury to put an end to the preaent state of atfaira, It says :—~ The Grand Jury of the county will meet in about ten and can then @ this region in a ie i301 ‘Then legal application can be made to place it under martial law and the men ordered to go to work or leave and give lace toothers that will, If any of these leaders should in- ertere in any way arrest, try and punish them on the spot. This is & couteat between ‘about 120 operators in favor of furnishing coal at a lower rate to suit the altered state of the trade of the country, and which will alyo secure much ehenper rates of trang, n OM the one aide and eight or ten operators wai wor! with the leaders of the Work- Sngmnen's Benevolent Associntiun to koop prices bigher than thoy ought to be. ‘The miners cau work at $2 60 basis and make botter wages, working only about sevon hours a , than other mechatiics make who work ten houra. The onl who are really oppresset in this county are the laborers working at the collicries, whose wages are too low. eS the miners are more to blame for that than tho opera- a The operators are heartily sick of the long con- tinued inactivity, and it ts believed would adopt desperate measures to_ get things started once more, yet they will not offer anything better than a $2 50 basis, “ ’ The Reading Railroad have offered a reward of $1,000 for information that will lead to the arres and conviction of the party who obstructed thelr track on Saturday by plugging a frog near Potts- vi ‘They believe the miners did it, and are making every effort to fasten the crime on them, Jonn Parker, editor of the Anthracite Monitor, just informs me that a messenger has arrived who reports that @ large and entuusiastic meeting of Tainers was held at Hazleton on Saturday, and they ‘unanimously agreed to accepts no terms but tue basis that was 12 force in 1870, thus publishing their determination to stick to the miners in the Schuyl- KU region, THE COAL EXCITEMENT. Who is at Fault, the Miners or the Corpora- tions ?~Wages of Miucrs. {From tie Philadelphia Ledger, Feb. 27.) The newspapers in all the large cities for all the week past have been largely occupied with state- ments inade and with proceedings of public meet- ings hela by tue various parties Interested in the an- thracite coal trade, As has already been stated in these columns, the coal operators and the coal carrying companies have united in de- fence of their respective interests in the trade, as agaimst what they allege to be the damaging effects or the “strikes of tho miners and workmen, ‘Yhe result of the differences up to this time 1s @ deadlock in the trade. Coal roduction has almost entirely ceased, and, in the face of the gradual bibeto away of the limited stocks of coal on hand, the retailers, with the aid of the more sensational writers of ‘the press, ate running the prices of coal up on consumers largely, and, as we are con- strained to believe, unnecessarily. The best im- formed in the trade, and those who have had the most to do in adjusting differences, are sanguine in the opinion that resumption of work at the mines Wil not be many days delayed, and that the stocks of coal at the great centres are abundant, especially for domestic uses, until trade ts resumed. {tis un- necessary to recapitulate what trom day to day has been done in reference to this matter. Suitice to Bay, 80 far as the Schuyikill region 1s aoncerned, be- tween the workmen of which aud the operators there ts little to adjust, the ditlerence of wages has, in substance, resolved itself into the comparatively unimportant point of Whether the minimum. basis for the adjustinent of wages shail be two dollars or two dollars and ity ceats per ton for coal at Port Carbon. The operators oiler two dollars and ity cents per ton, scaling up at a fixed rate per cent, bowever hign the price of coal may advance, and scaling down at the same rate per cent until the price touches two dollars, be- low which it shall cease to be operative as a basis, The miners say ‘No; make the lower limit $2 60 per ton.” There 13 mixed up With the negotiations on this vexed question an avowal on the part of tho operators aud the carrying companies that for the future they ean to control and direct their busi- ness, irrespective of the pleasure of the combina- ons o1 the werkingmen’s associations. In short, the operators, who are next to the consumers, mean to say that they will determine the question of sup- ply aud demand. ‘This is a very important matter, and really lies at the foundation of all the trouble That has been experienced in the trade for the last two or three years; and yet, strange as it may seem, we have not seen a direct reply to tt from the association of workiucn, against wheu it 1s auned. ‘The president of one of the” associa- tions has made a@ statement in detail ou tis point. This, however, is a question which has two Sides, ag we Wili show from reilabie figures taken from the pay roll of one of the largost tirms of ope- rators in the coal trade, To show the specious cha- racter of the onicial paper alluded to, and to correct the misapprehension v1 tne press and tue public on this matter, it is but nece-sary to state that the prices are set forth as the weekiy wages, or the average full wages of a miner, when the tact is that hardly one miner in tifty works by the day or week, the work of mining coal bemg virtually all done by contract or piece work, at which the wages earned are twice of thrice the price fixed asa standard by Which to pay for the sinall amount of work done vy miners at day’s work. To substantiate this state- ment the following list of wages paid durmg tre season of 1870 at several colierics in the Lehigh region is given as entirely reluabie:—At Eber- vale colliery, forty miners, being all who worked the whvle year, during which the colitery was in operation, wvout 260 days, earned an ree of $1,196 70, or an average per day of $4 60; the highest on the list being $1,821 and the lowest $912, At Milnesville colliery, thirty mmers, under the same eee ord earned an average of $1,114 83, or at an average of $4 25 per day—the highest on the list being $1,563 anda the lowest $723. At the Lattt- mer colliery, Working 267 days during the season of 1870, the highest on the list stands $1,932 47, the next highest $1,904 82, the lowest at $614 03 and the next lowest $624 10, An average of fourteen mers, taken indiscruminately, shows an average of wages: of $443 per day. At tie Hazleton colliery the aver- age is about the same—the highest belug over $1,900 aud the lowest between $600 and $700, When the highest wages were made the coliiery was worked 462 days, aud when the lowest was realized but 222 days. At the Jeado collieries, thirty-two miners, during the months from May to Deceiver inciusive, earned an average of $5 68 per day, Tae collieries named represent a production of about 1,200,000 tous during the season of 1870, We could foilow this Investigation through all the collieries in ail tho geverai Coal regions with about the same result. lu the face of facts and figure; such a3 these, and with- out any question at issue between the operators and miners, Work Was Swpped on the 10tu of January last by order of the Grand Council, in secret session. We leave these iacts with the reader without com- ment. The miners, just now, are said to be pe- cuntartly in poor cofidition to stand out in idleness, and, besides, great dissatisfaction ts represented to exist on the part of the workmen towards the leaders. These wo facis favor early resumption of work. and the present high prices of coal, which will be up to and probably above the three dollar basis, will tend materially to stimuiate them. The only uniavorable ieature of the difference, as it now stands, is the appeal of each face the public to ut the censure on the other, This aay, makes food for the newspapers, and these in turn form op- posing opinions that are inconsiderately taken up ‘and discussed with more or less denuiciation, to the deiay of resumption and to tne prejudice of all interested in the trade. On Saturday we had seve- ral telegrams from Pottsville, when. and where the representatives of the W. B. A, and a committee of the Anthracite Board of Trade met to consider the propositions of operators and carrying companies a8 expressed in their resolutions adopted at the Philadelphia meeting on Thursday. The first tele- gram was toat they lad accepted, but later this re- port was contradicted, and the matter in difference iy, 88 Wide Open as ever. ‘ihe New papers have worked up quite a panic there and at the surrounding towns, and coal by smali Tetall is quoted at exorbitantiy nigh prices. Bu‘ there is as yet no panic at Boston nor in the New England markets, prices there having advanced very little. In the yards of this city and at the Reading Railroad wharves at Port richmond there 18 nO doubt coal to meet the local aemand for two months or more, and there is certainly no reason, in @ present want of supply, to put up the price of coal now. The coal tounage lor the week. ending On the 18t' inst. was so lignt that we do not think it necessary vo go at all into detail. The total of anthracite reported by the carrying companies for the week was 44,092 tons, and for the year, !rom the ist of December, 1,262,602 tons—showing & de- crease of some 768,708 tons on tho anthracite von- nage to the cerresponding time last year. bituminous tonnage for the week was and for the year 93,039 tons, against 83,656 tons to corresponding date last year—an increase of 9,382 tons, In this city the retail price of coal is & dea! unsettled, with a very general desire to sell, The Lehigh Navigation Company have not advanced prices at all, continuing to sell in Itmited amounts to thetr housekeeping custumers at $7 Spe. ton; other dealers, we notice, are soiling at eight, nine and ten dollats per ton. It cannot be denied, how- ever, that the situation of tbe trade 1s the cause of much anxiety, and thas the development of the pre- sent deadlock ts watched with much solicitude, The Paterson Uoal Famice. The coal famine excit~mont still continues in Pat- erson, although some coal has arrived, which, de spite the exorbitant price, has afforded considerable relief, {Several of the local dealers and benevolent be lave made some noble contrivutions of coal althotigh in this respect the good people of Paterss1 hay not manifested their usual generosity. A aligns @eccline mthe price yesterday, It is hoped, ts, the herald of a still turther fall, and everybody fraya force, They resolved to init their resiatauce to | that the “tamlwe" may be rapidly approasul ing termination, i acai een families Who were suifering for waut of od RUTS AND ROMANISIL- Discnasion by Mcthodiet Prenebers on sectaz rian Misappropriations of Public Moneys ‘and Lunds. Tue Rev. Mr. Landon entertatnea thy Methodist Preachers’ Meeting yesterday with an essay on “Ruts,” 10 which he took the ground that there is little new or original in the pulpit preaching of the day. Tne same thoughts and ideas, clothed, for the ‘Most part, in the same language and phraseology, are heard to-day in prayer and preaching that were heard in our grandfathers’ days, He considered this in many respects @ mistake and a misfortune. Every age has its own lite and its own thoughts, ‘nd public teachers should talk up to the new life and the new thoughts, and not run along irom year to year and generation to generation in old ruts. Rey. GEORGE L. TAYLOR saw no Way of getting out of the ruts but by a datly baptism of the intel- lect and the spirit and careful study of books and people. This, he believed, would give them new en and they could present old trutns ina new arb. Rev. Mr. Janes and ey. J. N. pemon hea aise ay Dreaahing Get Nae ra mien al ral i : &@ Word to say on the essay, nder Dr. Fesus introduced the tonowang tad aa PREAMBLES AND RESOLUTIONS, Whereas large sums of money and millions jn value of have been abstracted from the olty proporty and misapplied to various churches and chu Toetitutittons, ‘mostly of the Roman Cathoilo Church; and whereas appil: cation nas been made or is about to be made to the city gor- erament for the appropriation of lands for certain ero. Sowmonts upon Protestant nitions ae canons sah ee, mn Protestant tastitutions are calculated, if not intended, to silence the Protestant presa_ and the Protestant jupit, and to open the for still Reta Sten se Hare ‘Mperentan Co prlagine, we are opposed to all such Resolved, Me i Methodist Church we rei vise our Mcthodist Churel {nstitutions neither to ask nor accept any such appropna- Rev. JOHN FE. SEARLES asked Dr. Ferris what Moth- Oatst Lustatutions had applied for such appropria- tons, and being informed that the managers of the Old Ladies’ Home either had siready applied or Would do so in. a day or two he defended their action, He betas dtp the city was bound to take care Of its poor, and if 1t helped different denominations to do this work it was doing no more thaa its duty, J rotestants pay & large proportion of the taxes and We.e entitled to some of tne benefits. Aud they hee ag well take what they oan get, inasmuch as their refusal to accept any will net prevent ap, priations being made to the Roman Catholic Chu: bab will enable the Ciiy Fathers to give that Churcit mere. Rev, Dr. CRAWFORD preferred to have every refer- ence to the Roman Church eitminated trom the pare. and let the protesi go forth upon principle. It looked now as if they objected, not to the appropria- tions of money or lands ior sectarian uses, but to te direcuon ia whica they weat. tie ‘wanted every churcl to inaintatn its own institutions, Dr, FERRIS said that bis ldea was to oppose all such appropriations on primciple, but atthe same time to oppose them as going to the Romish Church, which last year received trom the city and State be- tween Jour and five hundred thousand doliars, wiilo the Methodist Church received a httle over three thousand dollars, He regretted that it had ever re- celved or accepted a dollur, aud he hoped 1t would never take another. The discussion Was assuming a wide range, and not likely to lead to an tininediate result, whereupon Rey. W. C. Smith moved its reiereace to a commitiee of three to consider and report upon it next week. This motion was voted down, Various amend- ments were then made striking out certain words and phrases which have direct reference to the Roman Catholic Church, but none of which ap- feaea satisfactory to the meeting. Rev. S. Eas then moved @ substituie for the whole, a3 follows:— THE SUBSTITUTE. Whereas the practice of granting public money and pub- Mec lands to sectarian churches aud institutions lias grown Up fn thia-city and State; and whereas such grants incive preju- dices and are @ perversion of public pro} 1 auitutional Une, tidretore Pubu® Property from its cun- Resolved, That we enter our protest against any further grants of public property to sectarian uae), To this was also added the second resolution, offered by De. Ferris, This substitute, however, aid not prove sailsiactbry, and Mr. Smith renewed his motion for a committee of five, which was adopted, and Drs. Ferris, Crawiord, Smith, Catielle and Searles were appointed. NEW YORK CITY. Mrs, Victoria C. Woodhull will eniighten the Masses on the now all-important subject of ‘“Con- siitutional Equality” at Cooper Institute to-morrow evening, Richard Johnson, who was arrested on Saturday last for burglary at 837 Broadway, full particulars of which were duly publishea in the HERALD, was yes- terday committed for trial in default of $5,000 bail, Sober: f John Davis, of No. 60 Park street, who had been in the Tombs for some time past charged with stab. bing Charies Lane, of 476 Pearl street, was yester- day formally committed to answer for assault and battery instead of being arraigned for murder, as he anticipated, Mr. Lane was badly stabbed in the left breast, but has now almost recovered. On Wednesday night fast the hardware store of doseph E, Redman, at the corner of Fifty-second street and Third avenue, was entered by three boys, named respectively Charles Sparks, Abraham Qody and Michael O’Brien, and about fifcy dollars’ worth of soldering irons stolen by them. They were held to bail to await trial. At the Yorkville Police Court yesterday Robert Finley was held in default of batl to answer a charge of stealing $100 worth of silverware from his board- ing mistress, Mrs. Jane Young, proprietress ofa public house at the corner of 142d street and Highth avenue, He was also charged with stealing ten dollars’ worth of of napkin rings from another of the board. ers, for whica he was also held, Two young men, named John Cunningham, of 152 Forsyth street, and John Smith, of 121 Eldridge street, on Sunday night, met Michaei MacMahon in Spring strect, near Wooster, and observing that he Was somewhat under the influence of liquor, took advantage of his condition and took a silver watch valued at forty-one dollars from his vest pocket. They were arrested by otiicor Brady, of the Eignth precinct, and yesterday morning heid by Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, for examination. Mr. Edward A. Moore, Superintendent of Roads under they Department of Pubilc Works, was made the recipient of a handsome pair of horses on Sat- urday evening. The presentation came off at Ber- tholf’s, 144th street and Eighth avenue, and was made the occasion of a most pieasant gatherin tf, at which a large number of the owners and admiters of fine horseflesh attended. They all bore testi- mony to Mr. Moore’s zeal and efficiency in keeping the roads and drives in good condition, and the tes- timonial took the shape, as mentioned above, of a costly pair of horses, behind which Mr. Moore can more fully enjoy the frutts of his labors. ‘The pre- sentation was made by Captain Wilson in a felict- tous speech, and responded te by Mr. Moore in the true vein of “‘an old stager,” after which all hands partook of an elegant supper, The Central Park Meteoroiogicai Department re- ports for the week ending February 26, 1871, the fol- lowing atmospheric conditions:—Barometer, mean, 80,103 inches; maximum at nine A. M., Febraary 23, 80,604 inches; mintmum at Oh. Om. A. M., February 19, 20,622 Inches; range, .882 inches, ‘Thermometer, mean, $4.7 degrees; maximum at midday, February 25, 63.2 degrees; minimum at seven A. M., February 22, 10.5 degrees; range, $2.7 degrees, February 20, rain fell from nine P, M. to tweive P. M. to the depth of .06 inches; February 21 rain fell from Oh. 0m. M. to five A. M. to the depth of .16 inches; making the total amount of water for the week, inches, ‘The distance travelled by the wind during the week ‘Was 027 miles. TWO “BLARSTED. BRITISHERS.” Two Senmen from the Steamship Nebraska Figuting, Stabbing and Biting. James Delaney and AlexandorWindof, two Bng- lish sallors.employed on the steamship Nebraska, lying at pier 46 North river, on Sunday went on a spree together, and returned to the ship about six. o'clock in the evening. Shortly after their return to the ship Windof ciaims Delaney got two steerage men to hold him, while ho beat him ina horrivle manner about the head and body, and concluding his bratality by plunging his knire into his knee, in~ fiicting a re avd painful wound, During the scrimmage Windom of Denay’s thum» In pe mouth, and succeeded tm piting it near! jones was arrested by officer McAdaga, of tho 'wemty-elghrth precinet, and heii ‘committed by Ji Cox, at Jefferson Market, yA default of $1,009/bail, IMPORTING PESTALENCE, “ f The Dead Amovg tho Living: The people of Long Island Clty expressed much indignation yesterday at4he manner in which their sanitory interests &re disregarded. Scarcely does & Dight, pass that ‘ene or more bodies are not trans- Posted across the Last river in row boats, and Yanded on the dock of the Long Island Oil ‘Works Company, where they are received* and buried by an undertaker named Munn. ‘the people complain that this 1s the cause of the prevalence of the disease in their midst, The bodies are kept in the city over night, and driven through the city for burial. It is said that bodies have been kept In & house near a school, where 600 children attend. The Long Isiand City feaith Board will take action to, brovent this at tholr next mcetng 10-DL0rTO We ee a ace rE ARR 6, DICE AND DEATH... THE WINNER LOST Hi3 LIFE, 5 Examination by the Coroner Yesterday Into the Case of Baumann, Who Was Killed by o © Hatchet-The Rowdy Who Killed Him Out on Bail—The Testimory and Verdict—Conflicting Witnesses. The case of George Baumann, late of 331 West Thirty-seventn street, who died in Bellevue Hospt- tal from the effecta of violence infitcted with @ haschet in the hands of Thomas McGrath, at @ sa- loon in West Tairty-sixth street on the evening of the 14th of January, as heretofore pub'ished in the HERALD, was investigated yesterday before Coroner Young, at his office in whe City Hall, It had been reported that the blow giveu by MoGrath was the — result of @ quarrel between deceased and McGravis over divers games of dice which they were throw- ing for liquor and cigars, in which de ceased was largely the winner. Two young meu, however, who were present at the occurrence, testi fled that there had been no dice-throwing or between deceased and McGrath on that evening. On the other nand, deceased told his brother an@ oficer Brice that he and McGratn had been throw: ing dice, and that he (deceased) had won severad games, upon the resulc of which depended the pay- Mont for liquor and cigars to Peter McNulty, the saloon keeper. Below will be found a synopsis of the TESTIMONY AND THE VERDICT OF THE JURY. John Baumann, a brother of deceased, living ab No. 260 West Thirty-second street, deposed thay hearing his brother was injured, ho went to see him in Bellevue Hospital, and was told by Lim that he MAD BEBN THROWING DICK with McGrath, and had won several games from him, when McGrath got mad, picked up a hatches, with which he struck him on the leg; tis occurred on the night of the 14th of January, in a basement of No. 417 West Tuirty-sixth streot; the wituess, at the Teques’ OL his orottn wad Mcourath arrested. John Kiliean, 0: No, 255 West Tiurty-second street, deposed that he bad Known deceased Jor seven years; was in the saloon at the Ume deceased Was out; there had peea no dive throwing between de- ceased and McGraw duriug he eveniug; they had been driakiig, anit BoTd WERE VERY DRUNK; McGrath went 10 the place were the wood was generally chopped and picked up a hatehet which was there and strack tae ond of 2 block on which & barrel lay three times; as be strnck the fourta time the deceased moved his Knee and received A BLOW FROM TUE HATCHET; deceased was sitting very close to whe block; the top ol the plock Was nearly on a level with deceased's knee; there Nad been no quarreillng between de- ceased and McGrath previous to the cutting; the Wituess and AicGrath Look deceased to a drug siores deceased refused to be taken liome and was removes back to the suloon again; do not Know Who took do- ceased home; had to carry deceased to the drug store and back, as he. was too drunk to walk; de- eoased refused to go home, as he did not want his mother to know of his being out. Charles Munker, of 417 West Thirty-elghth street, was present at the time deceased was cut; do nos think that McGrath iitended to strike deceased, as he appeared sorry aiter it was done; there lad been. no quarrelling between deceased and McGrath pre- vious to the cutting. ‘ihe testimony of this witness was mostly corrovorauve of that given by Killean. Odicer Henry Brice, of the Twentieth precinct, testified that deccased told him that he and McGrath had been throwing dice in a liquor store, and was beating him every game, when McGrath got mad at being beaten, picked up @ hatchet and struck bun on the knee; DECEASED WANTED M’GRATH ARRESTED. Dr, Bryant, House Surgeon of Bellevue Hospital, made an afidavit, Which was read to the jury. Dr. Bryant made a postmortem examination on the bouy of deceased. Death was due to pywmla fol- lowing the tujuries received, ij ‘rhis closed the testimouy, and Coroner Young, in @brief charge, submitted the case to the jury, who rendered tue following . VERDICT: “We find that George Baumann came to his death from a wound received by an axe in the hands of Thomas McGrath, but whether the biow was dealt intentionally or not we are unable to determme from the conficting evidence.” McGrath 13 twenty-one years of age, was born in New Jersey, lives at 419 West Thirty-sixth street, and is a , marker. He considers himself iuno- cent of the charge. On the above verdict Coroner Young released McGrath i $1,000 ball, which was furnished by John Coyle, of 419 Weat inhirty-sixt street. Deceased was eightcen and a half years of age, and was born on the atlantic Ocean at the time hls parents were emigrating Lo this country. A New York Lunatic in Washington—Twe Bandred Thousand Dollars Found in His «+ Possession. [From the Washington Chronicle, Feb. 27. On saturday Mr. 8. M. Ferrara, @ prominent mer- chant of New York, was removed to the Providence Hospital, sufferlug from a ft of temporary insanity. Mr. Ferrara artived in this city on Wednesday las and took rooms at Boyle’s Hotel. On Friday he was ut the Owen House, and from thence takea to the Central guardhouse, it being discov- ered that he was suiiering from a@ temporary attack of insanity. On arriving at the guardhouse he sent after the Spanish Minister and his secretary, to whom he had letters of introduction from ti Spanish Consul at New York, and they had him re Tnoved to the hospital for medical attendance, The strangest part of the matter is that when Ferrara ‘was examined at the Central station $200,000 was found upon his person in bonds. Although several reporters called at this station, Lieutenaut Skippon, With bis usual churlisiness, refased any intorma- tion, and issued an order forbidding any oMcer to inform a@ reporter of the fact. What did this mean? We may be able to answer in a few days. What has become o1 the bonds? ARIAY ORDERS. A general army order has been issued as fok lows:— In consideration of the reduced number of mas- ters and plans to carry out the requirements of Gen- eral Orders, No. 7, 1871, on the recommendation of the Paymaster General, the departments and atvt- sions of chief paymasters, a8 heretolore designated in orders, are abolished. Tne Paymaster General will supply the chtef paymasters of the departments with tae funds necessary for the payment of their respective departments direct. The departments of chief paymasters will transmit their periodical est mates for tunds to the Paymaster (leneral direct. The Division of the Pacific is for tue present ex- cepted from the oneration of this order. Colonel N. W. Brown, Assistant Paymaster General, Will assume the duties of Ohief Paymaster of the De- partment of the Fast, relieving Major Henry Prince; Volonel Daniel McClure, Assistant Paymaster Gen- eral, will assume the duties of Chief Paymaster of the Gepereneds of the South, relieving Major A. H. Sew-: ard; Lieutenant Colonel Cary H. I'ry, Deputy pay- macter General, will assume the duties of Chief Paymaster of the Yepartment of tue Missouri, re- dieving Major F. E. Hunt. Department chief paymasters will report to their proper department commanders and be stationed at the department headquarters, unless otherwise directed by their department commanders. Major T. H. Stanton, paymaster, fs detached from. the a tment of the Kast and will walt orders tn this city, Major J. W. Nichols, paymaster, is detached from the Department of the South, He will close and make full return of his reconstruction disburse- ments without delay, and then re] neral commanding ue Department of Dakota for duty in. department wBungeon MacGruder bas been ordered to proceed to St. Louis to attend the officers and their fanilies, examina: recruits and. give medical attendance at. the St. Liuis Arsenal. 5s NAVAL ORDERS. Commodore Gillespie has been ordered to the. Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Surgeon Du Bois has oeen detached from the Naval Hospital at Chelsea, Mass., and ordcrod to the. Dithe ordering of Surgesn Kennedy ta tho Dictator has been revoked, BURNED TO DEATH. Yesterday morning Mra. Levy, living on the third floor of premises No, 238 Witham sireet, left her two smail children alone in the room while she went out th cary store. During her absence Jacob, her ain eitee youre of commenced a ee of paper by the fire in the stove, and his: clothes wore in flamcs. The child screamed fc help, but bofore assistance could reach him he w BO erribly burned all over bis body that death en- sued in a few minutes afterw: ‘The farniture im: the room was also much damaged by-tire, ' Sag tenet Young subsequently held an inquest om the body. LOVE LOVES DEATH. Coroner Keenan held an mMauest at 2,363 Third favenne over tie remains of Mrs. Hannah M. Love, who committed suiclie last Friday night by swal- ae a quantity of Paris green, Deceased haa been In poor health for a long time past, and om several occasions she had threatened to terminate her existence, On onq octasion, some months ago, Mra. Love’ attempted to or did jump overboard with the intent co drown herself, but failed in her purpose, She w: fifty-three years of age, & native of New York, a has lett a famuly of adult ohildrog i oe