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2) : themselves greatly deceived, so far as the court | * dilation has been offered and accepted in the Span- compensation due to them by the government for the transportation of treops and supplies and mails and to reserve the other half only, to be placed to their account for interest on their bonds. The law requires, according to the construction of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, that all suoh compensation should be reserved and applied to the refunding of interest paid by the United States on these Pacific Railroad bonds, and that the companies should be required to wake good the annual deficit; but Congress pro- poses to step in, annul that law, trample on the interests of the government and the People, for the purpose of ‘‘bulling” Pacific Railroad bonds and stock in the market. If the transaction be honest it has the misfortune of having appearances very much against it. We question whether the House, with its more immediate responsibility to the people, will venture to concur with the Senate in that action, “Political Influence” in the Courts. A oase tried in the United States Circuit Court yesterday revealed, to some extent, the effect which “‘political influence” has upon the course of justice, though that influence has never yet extended to the federal bench. A man named Joseph Hartnett, a letter carrier, who had been indicted for stealing money letters from the Post Office, was found guilty of that offence—an offence of a very common character in the postal departments of this city. The Assistant District Attorney, in ‘summing up the case, took occasion to observe that letter carriers, appointed to their situa- tions through political influence, expected that, when they got into trouble through violating the Post Office laws, they would be saved from the consequence of their illegal acts by the friends who had procured them their places. If this ‘‘political influence” can override the verdicts of juries and the sentences imposed on criminils by judges, it is very evi- dent that we are, indeed, in a dangerous condi- tion. Men who hold public office should hold it, not because they have political friends te keep ithem there, but because they are honest, faith- fal and trustworthy in the discharge of their duties, If employés in the Post Office indulge ‘in theft, in the hope that when they are found out their political friends can free them from difficulty, they should consider that, before the judges and juries in the United States courts, they must be first branded as criminals, un- ‘worthy the confidence of all honest, well-dis- posed men. In his charge to the jury, in the case of Hartnett, Judge Woodruff declared that men who expected to find mercy after they had broken the law deliberately would find was concerned. A little more of this leaven j of law and justice introduced into our State courts would prove of infinite benefit to the whole community. SinavLar ForGEt¥rciness.—One of the New ‘York weeklies gives an article pretending to show the importance of February in the -calendar, and enumerates a number of memo- rable anniversaries that occur during the month, but altogether forgets that one George Washington was born on the 22d. Are the historic days of America really passing away ? Tae InvestiGaTION INTO THE CHARGES against the Children’s Aid Society now going oo before a Senate committee at Albany con- ‘tinues -to develop tho fact that this worthy charity has been worthity auministered by all ‘connected with it. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH I, 1871.—-TRIPLE SHEET, PARIS. The German Entry to Tako Place To-Day. Barricades Surrounding the Quar- ter to be Occupied. Parisian Humiliation the Price of Belfort. INTENSE POPULAR AGITATION IN PARIS, Government Notices Disregarded and Prisons Invaded. Appeals of Editors for Calm- ness and Dignity. Non-Resistance to the Germans Counselled, Everything Ready at Versailles for the Entrance. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD, Lonpon, Feb. 28, 1871. I have received the following intelligence from Paris, and forward the same for the in- formation of the New York Hrnatp :— THE ENTRY. One despatch states that the Germans will certainly enter Paris on Wednesday (to- morrow), notwithstanding the efforts to induce them not to enter. They will, however, eva- cuate the city immediately upon the ratifica- tion of the treaty of peace. THE OOOUPIED QUARTER. The Prussian forces will occupy the left (?) bank of the Seine. According to the agree- ment between the authorities no Frenchmen in uniforms are to be allowed to enter the por- tion of the city occupied by the German army. It will, in fact, be surrounded by barricades which will effectually prevent ingress or ogress. THE PRICK OF BELFORT. It is stated that the price paid to save Bel- fort to France was the entrance of the Ger- It was not until M. Thiers had consented to this humiliation that Count Bismarck consented to abandon bis demand for Belfort and the adjacent territory. mans into Paris. LONG NEGOTIATIONS. Referring to this subject the Paris Patrie says that the question of the entry of the Ger- man army into Paris occupied the attention of | the peace negotiators ten times longer than the questions of territerial cession and war indemnity. THE GERMAN MOTIVE. The action of the French negotiators in con- senting to this is severely denounced here. The belief is general among the Parisians that ‘Review of Australasian Legislation—The Mar- riage Law—Ixperial Taxation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, Feb. 28—Night. The Parliamentary proceedings during the even- ing, a8 will be seen by my cable report tothe + HERALD, were net of any very decided importance or particularly interesting. The House of Lords voted an address to the Queen praying her Majesty to veto the bill passed ‘by one of the Australasian Parliaments legalizing | marriage with a deceased wife's sister. In the House of Commons Mr. Lopes introduced a bili “to remove gross irregularities in taxation and prevent local capital from being driven abroad for jtnvestment.’? IRELAND. The Land Que'tion Agitation Again Serious— Outrage and Murder. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LOnpon, Feb. 28, 1871. 1 have to report to the HERALD by cable to-day the Tact that Ireland remains deeply and seriously agi- tated. The land question and its local diMculties furnished, a8 Mr. Disracli declared in the House of Conmona last night, the main exciting causes of much crime and many outrages. Despatches reached London this morning from ‘various parts of Ireland which announce that seve- ral acts of violence have occurred, in which some ‘persons were killed. The English government ad- vices, 80 far as they have been made pubiic, are ‘very meagre as to the exact condition of affairs in the provinces of Ireland. They say:—‘“Acts of agrarianism have occurred, in which a few persons were killed.” DIFFICULTY. Noutral Mediation Accepted. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Feb, 28, 1871. Tke European neutrals, alarmed, it may be, at the prospect of an Eastern war dificulty, have acted promptly in their mediatory capacity between Spain and Ezypt. Tam enabled to report to-day to the Henan, by advices from Madrid and Cairo, that foreign me- ish-Egyptian diMiculty, and that a peaceable solution of the question 1s anticy i ENGLAND. TELESRAM TO THE NEW YOAK HERALD. The Supply of Cotton from America. LIVERPOOL, Feb, 28, 1871. The steamship Norway, from Savannah, Ga., Feb- Tuary 7, arrived at this port on Sunday, with 2,258 ‘ales of cotton, VIEWS OF THE PAST. the Germans Intend entering the city with the deliberate purpose of provoking a conflict, which will be seized as a pretext for more exactions. PROPOSED ACTION OF OITIZENS. Thousands of the citizens of Paris have determined to keep within their dwellings in the quarter occupied by the Germans. Many of them have purchased and stored away a week’s supply of provisions, so that they may be able to avold appearing on the streets until after the city is evacuated. THE PRESS URGING NON-RESISTANOE. Although the Parisians are intensely ex- cited, it 1s believed that there will be no conflict. The futility of hostile demonstra- tions is recognized. All the papers of Paris, including even the ultra-radical publications, unite in recommending non-resistance on the part of the people to the entry of the Germans. During the occupation of the city all the papers will suspend publication, EXCITEMENT IN PARIS. But while the press gnd authorities unite in urging a calm and dignified course it is un- deniable that the populace is very much agi- tated. On Sunday night a scene of tremen- dous excitement followed a report that the Germans would enter the city immediately. Vast crowds flocked to the Place de la Con- corde and the National Guard erected ram- parts in the Champs Elysces for the purpose of repelling the enemy on his appearance. There was, however, no actual disturbance, and by midnight moderate counsels prevailed, quiet was restored and the crowds dispersed and returned to their homes. RENEWAL OF THE AGITATION. Yesterday (Monday) morning the city was again violently agitated. M. Picard had j issued a notice, which had been placarded in various parts of the city, appealing for the preservation of order and dignity in this emergency. Crowds surrounded this notice, denouncing Picard, Thiers and the other mem- bers of the government. A PRISON INVADED. The prison of St. Pélagie was the scene of an exciting demonstration. It was invaded by a crowd which released from confinement two commandants of the National Guard who had been placed under arrest. MARCH 1. 1870—Prealdent Lopez, of Paraguay, killed. 1860—The Assemply of Svhleswig protested against its annexatiun to Denmark. 1840—M. Thiers appointed Minister of Foreign Adairs of France, 1815—Napoicon left Elba, 1852—Massacre Of Protestants at Vassy. France » Dy direction of tue Duke of Guise THE MURDERED POLIOEMAN. The policeman who was drowned in the Seine by an enraged crowd on Sunday proves to have been an emplové under the Napoleonic Prefect Pietri, and to bave been murdered in consequence of his acts in that capacity. Everything Prepared for the Eotry—Paris Agitated—Editorial Appoal for Order. VERSAILLES, Feb, 28, 1871. Everything has been prepared for the entry PEACE: The Terms Read by Thiers to the Assembly. of the Germans into Paris, The issue of the | (Jeggion of One-Fifth of Lorraine and final orders has, however, been reserved until to-morrow. PARIS AGITATED. All of Alsace. The agitation In Paris continued throughout |} The German Troops to Grad- yesterday, but there was no disorder. AN EDITORIAL APPEAL. A manifesto signed by the editors of forty- Rothschild P three newspapers exhorts the people to calm- ness and dignity under their approaching trial. MINISTER WASHBURNE’S REPORT. Letter from Minister Washourne to Secres tary All Property of Americans Safely Protected—Courtesy aud Uonsidera- ion of the French Authorities=Tho Prus- sian Legation aud Germans Peotected— Newspaper Abuse. Wasminaton, Feb. 28, 1871. The following letter fvom Minister Wash- burne to Secretary Fish will be read with great interest. ful that he remained throughout the siege, and does justice to the kindness and courtesy | extended by the French authorities :— LEGATION OF THE UNITED SraTsS, Panis, Feb. 6, 187L. } Sin—During the past weck the people of Paris have been patiently and quietly awaiting revictual- ment and agitating the question of the election of members to the National Assembly, which is to convene at Bordeaux on the 12th inst, Small quantities of provisions have commenced coming i to-day. The first train contained suppites sent by the population ot London to the population of Paris. These supplies have been distributed among the twenty arronaissements in proportion to their respective population, and are to be given out only to the most necessitous. It will be but a short lime, £ hope, before all can be reasonavly supplied. The lower classes in the city have, during the last months of the siege, suffered untold miseries of cold and hunger and with a patience and fortitude which does them great credit, In- deed, the suffering of all classes has been very great and it might be sald that all ciasses have sus- tained the sufferings and privations of the siege in @ manner that must excite the wonder and admira- tion of ihe world. Now that the siege is over I am. thankful that [ have remained through tt all, for I believe I have been of some service to the interests with which Ihave been charged. It is with pleasure that | am enabled to state that I have succeeded in protecting all American property in Paris and that no harm has come to any of our americans | who have remained here. This statement must be qualified, however, so as not to apply to the young American, Mr. Swagar, who lost his life by having his foot torn to pieces by @ Prussian shell, and to the two young men whose property was destroyed by the bursting of a shelt in thetr apartments in the Latin quarter. Several attempts were made to Interfere with He expresses himself thank- | American property at different times, put 1 must ao the government of the national deience the credit to } Say that they nave treated all such matters as I have deemed it necessary to bring to their attention with the utmost fairness and consideration, In the first place It was proposed to quarter the Garde Mobile in the American apartments; but upon an application to M. Gambetta, then Minister of the Interior, he gave an or.er thas it should not be done. Afterwards the city authorities proposed a special tax upon the apartments of the absent, which bore very heavily npon our countrymen, I hea a correspondese with M. Jules Favre upon the subject, which I had the honor to transmit you, and by which you will have seen that the city authorities were overruled and the fax not enforced. Then it was proposed to put the refugees from the neighboring villages who had come into Paris into the apartments of some of the Americans. I resisted that, and the intention ‘was not carried out, and when the bombardmens took place and the people from that part of the city exposea to the shells were driven out, it was proposed to shelter them in the vacant apartments in other parts of the city. Many of the apartments of the Americans were threatened tn this way, but [ gave orders that 4m No case would I consent to have furnished apart- ments of Americans occupied in this manner, and I am happy to say that no apartment has thus been occupied. And, lastly, after the armistice was de- clared and all the troops came into the city another attempt was made to quarter soldiers and ofticers also in the vacant apartments of Americans, but I protested against that and no apartment has yet been occupied in that way. I hope, therefore, that when our country people return to their homes in Paris they will find everything in as good condition a8 when they ieft. Very little damage has been done to the proverty of the people of other nationalities with whose pro- tection [have been charged. At one early period the house of a German, Mr. Hedler, was invaded by tne Garde Mobile in search of Prussian spies, and some damage was done to the furniture. Upon my Tepresentation of the matter to the government, Count de Keratry, who was then the Pretect of Po- lice, took the affair promptly m hand, brought the offending parties to punishment, and permitted agents selected by mae to assess the damages, which were promptly paid. Immediately after the break- ing out of the war I took under my protection the magnificent hotel of the Prussian Embassy tn the Rue de Lille. Ail of the persons who had charge of it down to the canciergere nad been expelied irom Franco, and as it seemed to be the objective point of the hostility of the Parisian population. I had great fears for itssafety. I at once placed it under the charge of an American friend m Paris, who has exercised a most vigilant guardianship over it and Protected it from all harm. While there has been a good deal of hostility against me among a certain number of the popula- tion of Paris during tne siege, and while | have been assaiicd in the clubs and In the newspapers on ac- count of my protection of the Germans, I have no cause, whatever, for complaint against the govern- ment of the national defence. I have been treated by them with the greatest kindness and with all the con- alderation due to meas the diplomatic representa- tive of our country. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obe- dient servant, E. B. WASHBURNE. To Hon. HAMILTON FisH, Secretary of State, THE FRENCH REF ELND. The Goud Werk still Progressing. The Treasurer of tie French Reltef Fund an- nounces the recelpt of the following subscrip- tions:—Total amount received by Chamber of Com- merce Committee, $05,583; by Produce Exchange Committee, $15,045. Grand total, $110,623. ‘The dulatory manner of loading the storesiip Sup- ply 1s a subject o1 regret to the committee, who have constantly urged despatch. [t ts conddently expected that she will get off on Thursday or Friday next at the latest. Ss Mr. Charles Lanter teaves for Europe to-day in the steamship Cuba, at the request of the Chamber of Commerce Committee, to cou er with the London committee. He will await the arrival of the Supply and will aid the commitice in making the necessary arrangements for the distribution of her cargo. Contributions can still be sent to Mr. Lanier, at New York, and they will bo received and acknowl- edged by the other members Of the Cha ber of Com- arce Committee. miilte. 0. Bousson, of 860 Broadway, acknowledges the receipt of the following:—V'rom Miss Watson, of 284 Fifth avenue, four sults, four dresses and four sacques, all tn goed ; from Mme. Unegaray, of Paterson, N. J., per United States Express, tree, one bundle, consisting of women’s clovhing, all new and in good order; from Mrs. Spencer, four pair overalis, twelve boys’ snirts, six meu’s shirts, six women’s petticoats, three smaller size, six chemises, women’s size, nineteen smaller size, six women’s dresses, Mfteen smalier—in all seventy-seven garments. Mile, Bouasson has also received an order from the farmers of Frenchtown. Pa.. (or one hwadred bags for seed and gratu, ually Withdraw. roposes Paying the Indemnity in One Year. Priace Frederick Charles to be Gov- ernor of Champagne. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, BorpRavx, Feb. 28, 1871. I am enabled to inform the New York Heratp that President Thiers read to tho Assembly to-day the conditions of peace. THE TERMS. France cedes one-fifth of Lorraine, includ- ing Metz and Thionville, and all of Alsace, except Belfort; and pays an indemnity of five milliards of francs ($1,000,000,000), one milliard (200,000,000), this year and the balance in three years, will gr-dually withdraw from French terri- tory as the payments are made. The armis- tice is prolonged to the 12th of March. The German troops Additional Particulars of the Terms—The In- demnity to be Paid in a Year—Tho Gover- wor of Champagne=Tic ‘Treaty and the Assembl;. Lonpon, Feb. 28, 1871.39 The evening edition of the London Times contains a special despatch from Versailles to- day which gives the following additional par- ticulars of the treaty of peace signed on Sunday :— The fortified cities of Luneville, Nancy and Belfort are left to France. Longwy (?), Thionville, mines and the iron districts will go to Ger- Metz, Sarregue- many. THE INDEMNITY TO BE PAID IN A YEAR, The London Times’ special also says that M. Rothschild promises to pay the entire in- demnity to Germany within a year, by which the German army of occupation will be got rid of at the ond of that time. THE RED PRINCE TO BK GOVERNOR OF ONAM- PAGNE. Prince Frederick Charles is to be Governor of Champagne, with headquarters at Rheims. THE TREATY AND THE ASSEMBLY. The Consuliative Commission goes to Bor- deaux on Tuesday, and the debate upon the question of the ratification of the treaty of peace will commence immediately. THE VICTOR'S RETURN. The Emperor William to Pass Through Tlis New Possessions. Preparations in Berlin to Quarter South German Troops. All Parts of Germany to be Represented. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Feb. 28, 1871. Reports received for the New York HERALD state that the Emperor William will merely pass through Paris and his new possessions en route to Berlin. PREPARATIONS IN BERLIN. A despatch from Berlin, dated to-day, re- ports that the Prussian Cross Gazette states that orders have been given the municipal au- thorities of Berlin to prepare quarters for the Saxon, Baden, Bavarian and Wurtemberg troops, who will pass through Berlin with the other returning troops. The orders say that it is the wish of the Emperor that all parts of Germany should be represented on the occa- sion of his entry into the capital. GENERAL REPORTS. A New Minister of Finance Appointed. Havre Attacked by the Ger- man Forces. Hostilities Stopped on Aun:uncing the Pro- longation of the Armistice. De Paladines to Command the Seine Mational Guard. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOSX HERALD. Loxpos, Feb. 28, 1871. Despatches from Paris for the New York Herarp state that M. Poliyer-Quertier has been appointed Minister of Finance. ATTAOK ON HAVRE. A despatch from Havre says the Germans, unaware of the prolongation of the armistice, attacked that city to-day. Their operations were checked by the @ flag of truce from the city with the news, and hostilities at once ceased. DE PALADINES IN COMMAND. It is said that General Aurelle de Pala- dines has been named commander of the Na- tianal Guard of tha Seing, appearance of a Herald Special Report from Havana. ‘The Case of Zenea Before the Spanish Court Martial. Strong Effort Made demn Him. to Con- TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Fob. 28, 1871. Zenea, charged by the Cubans with being a Spanish spy, but held as an insurgent by the Spaniards, is still in prison in the Cabana, and his trial progresses slowly. No doubt he came to Cuba with a safe conduct from the Spanish Minister at Washington, and that the Spaniards aro bound in good faith to protect | him; but there is a strong desire among the volunteers for his death, and great pressure is brought to bear upon Valmaseda for condemnation. Zenea was implicated in the attempted revolution of 1851, and was then doomed to death, but escaped to the United States. Now the court which is trying him is seeking to compel him to prove tbat he was pardoned at the time, hoping to shirk the effect of the safe conduct, and condomn him for In answer to the questions asked him by the Court, he said that after the Queen proclaimed general amnesty at that time he went to the Spanish Consul in New York, where he then resided, and took the necessary oath of allegiance. He adds that the Consul told him this was all that was required. Un- der the proclamation the Captain General has tried to save him, but he has no friends either among Cubans or Spaniards, and will be exe- cuted if this pretext can be established, These facts are known to many people here, and are the subject of much criticism. the offence committed twenty years ago. Rebel Atrocities on the isiand—Execution of Six Persons wio Desired to Surreader to tho Spanish Authorities—The Kebel Pap:rs on the Herald’s Specials. HAVANA, Feb. 26, 1871, A Cuban, just returned trom Puerto Principe, re- Ports that Ygnacio Agramonte has recently execu- ted six persons who he suspected of a desire to re- turn to Spanish allegiance. One of these was a mulatto woman, the wife of a soldier named José Béle, who formerly belonged to the corps of Cor- nello Pono, She was accused of trying to persuade her husband to surrender, and was hung on the 1st of February, near the village of Las Paflas. A man named Luis Argilagos was executed at the same ume, Colonel Bobadilia, charged witn their execu- tion by the Cuban court martial, was ordered to bury the woman # ith her clotuing on out of respect to decency, and her property was given to her hus- band, ‘These events eticit much comment as opening up new horrors in the closing days of the rebellion. The Spaniards have never yet executed a woman for disioyalty, and it 1s not the least part ol the sur- prise occasioned by the event that it occurred so soon after the virtual pardon of Madame Ces edes. The Dtarto, to-day, in reviewing the manifesto published in La Revoiucton, refers to that paper's accusation against Mr, Pryce as the autnor of these despatches, saying it knows not whether he Is your special correspondent, but the picture of insurrec- tion in its last agonies naturally provokes the charge of his belug bought with Spanish gold. Pryce ts well known here and in New York, and it ts due him to say that he is not answerable for the HEAALD's special news from this place, and that all the accu- sations against him are unfounded. Meeting of the Cigar Manu‘acturers. Hay, Feb. 28, 1871. The cigar manufacturers held a meeting to-day and adopted a petition for the repeal of the tobacco monopoly law for Spain which was passed in Janu- ary last. This law affects the tobacco interest unfa- vorably in Ouba. THE ST. DOMINGO COMMISSION. Why the Tennessee Was Not Sooner Heard From. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 1871, While the country was agitated over the probable fate of the Tennessee, much stress was placed upon the fact that no news had been recetved from the Commission, whereas if they had arrived safely at St.:Domingo tt was bus a rew days! sail to Kingston, Jamaica, which isin direct telegraphic commun cation with New York, and intelligence should have been reoeived from that source soon after the land- ing of the Commission. The following statement ts im @ private letter to a genticman in one of the departments, and will show that the earliest epportumity was embraced to send the news of the safe arrival of the Tennessec:— On the arrival of the Tennessee at Samana a party of five started for St. Domingo City by the overland route, and on reaching the city the New York HERALD correspondent, one of the party, engaged a vessel to proceed to Jamaica for the purpose of con- veying @ telegram to the HERALD. le paid the price advance in gold. The vessel left St. Do- mingo on Sunday evening, January 29, and the Commission arrived on the following ‘Tuesday, when they were deterred from send- ing a despatch to Jamaica, considering the HERALD despatch amply suficient. ‘Ten, days passed by, when the Nantasket was ordered to St. Thomas with the mail, to connect with the Brazilian steamer North America, when, to the sur- rise of all, the crew of the vessel engaged by the Heeatp correspondent returned to St. Domingo with a dolefal story about their wreck on the rocks of Alta Vela, a point about one hundred miles below the city. As the mail steamer would reach New York almost as soon a3 a vessel. could arrive at Kingston, further efforta at telegraphing was con- sidered unnecessary, So the news which should have reached New York in seventeen days from the date of the satling of the Tennessee did not arrive for thirty-three days. HAYTI. Reported Insurrection im the Republic of HaytimProclamations Against Buez. Havana, Feb. 27, 1871. The Dominican Consul at St. Thomas has reports of an attempted insurrecuion on the eastern frontier of Haytt, Men living in the woods, under com- mand of Sanon Muraille, marched during the last days of January to the neighborhood of Saltion and Fond Venetis. The commander of La Croix des Boquets. hearing of the movement, marched from Port au Prince, with 106 men, to encounter them. Also General Rabel, with 250 rebels, who attacked | Muraille, driving him from his position, while the commander of the other body of rebels prevented his retreat, fring into them. Several were killed, including two chiefs, Muraille and Jean Joseph, ‘the arsenal at Port au Prince was attacked on the night of Fepruary 2®y a party of rebels, but they were dispersed and some were caught. A commitree of investigation discovered that there were three leaders to the movement, A proclamation has been issued for distribution | im St. Domingo, signed Gregoria Luperon, dated Capetijo, printed at St. Thomas, and written by Perra, formerly Cabral’s right-hand man. Luperon was to leave Turk's Island on the 18th January, #0 it ts reported at Port au Prince. The proctama- Vion is very bitter, saying that Baez is selling the eminatana. as Santana sold them to the Spaatards, — They are by Mr. J. B. Tay! ' LESLiE’s. TLLUSTRATED x wi in the T 7 JAMAICA. Heraid Special Report fronr Kingston. Steamship Communication Wit York---Revival of Od ‘Times. Difficulty Between the Prussian and French Consuls. New THE ITALIAN OPERA IN JAMAICA, The Government and the Negro Population. TELEGRAM TO THE MEW YORK HESALD. Kinaston, Jamaica, Feb. 28, 1871. The steamship Henry Chauncey, from Now York, arrived at seven o'clock this morning, and sailed at three PM. this afternoon for Aspinwall. During the day the strects wero filled with American passengers, causing un usual excitement in the business thoroughfares and indicating a return of old timos. We have had a great excitement to-day in consequence of the Prussian Consul remarking in the presence of the Consul of France, in a jocular way, that he was no longer Prussian Consul, bat Consnl for Europe. A serious altercation ensued, but friends interfered. Popular opinion was with the Frenchman, be- cause the rendirks of the other, although in joke, were ill-timed and quite unnecessary. General Munroe, after inspecting the de- fences of the island, sailed on Saturday last for Barbados, On Saturday evening last we had a grand performance of Italian opera, given under the patronage of the Governor. The theatre waa crammed to suffocation with the wealth and fashion of Kingston. It was the grandest per- formance ever witnessed in Jamaica. The entire audience, on the entrance of the Gov- ernor with the Commander of the Forces and American Consul, rose en masse, the orchestra playing the national anthem. The Domini- can residents of Kingston cheered the Consul of the United States, who responded, and the There is to be another performance next Saturday, and the enthusiasm was unbounded. company will then proceed to Caba and New. York. The British government contemplates estab- lishing a university in Jamaica. It is ramored that the Rev. John Radcliffe will be the prin- cipal; Judge Blair the chair of law; Rev. William Murray of moral philosophy; Dr. Milne of the English language; Bowrey of national philosophy. The Jamaica government is taking posses- lon OF all uurepreseated properties and lands. The Greencastle estate was taken by the gov- ernment and leased to William Sheriff, a black man, for one hundred and eighty pounds per annum, half in advance, snd the money has been paid. Sheriff afterwards rented the house on the property for thirty pounds .to W. Bond, an Englishman, who had previously squatted on the property. The Jamaica negroes are wealthy, although they cry poverty and are miserable looking. A negro fiddler—Old Rose—who has . been bogging charity for some time past, waa found dead, and in her house was found over a buo- dred pounds in small silver. Governor Grant has directed circulars to alt parochial revenue officers, to observe all ‘black and colored men or youths who lead an exem- plary life, who are industrious and truthful and deserving of notice, to record their names and report the-same to the Colonial Secretary, with the object of rewarding them with ap- pointments to government situations. At a me x of the Warketmen’s Asnocine Mon of Washington and West Washington Markets, he at No. 199 Washington street, on Tuesday, February 88, it was unanimously Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt thanks to the Hon. R, B. Connolly, Comptroller of the City and County of New York, for kis promptness tn authorizing the Superintendent, of Markets to remove certain obstructions placed in Wash- ington Marxet on Sunday night, February 26, without au- thority and fn violation of the Just and equitable rights of the arketmen. Resolved, That we tender our sincere thanks to Jeremiah Feore, Eaq., Superintendent of Markets, farthe prompt aud fearless manner in which he removed the sald obsiructiona, , and sustained the Marketmen in their rights against am armed mob that defied alt authority, Resolved--That a copy of these resolutions he transmitted tothe Hon. R. B. Conuoliy and Jeremiah Feore, Esq. ROB’ CORNELL, President, R. H. THORN, A.Facaring’s Patont WOHANPION SAPES V1 Brondway, corage Murray tity ste A.—Sciled Boots and Shoes Selling at Half; price at E. A. BROOKS’, 57% Broadway. A.—Perfect Fitting Boots and Shoes, and ‘warm Overshoes, cheap, at £. A. BROOKS', 575 Braadway,, A.—The Most Popular Remedy for Caids i« CHERRY, PECTORAL TRUGHES,, Depot, 11 Barciay.st, A Card.—Miss Antoinette Sterling Rearets. thather extreme fliness will prevent her Crom .appearing, im., coneert thia week. Bareains In Dinmonds—Dinmosds Boucht.— GEO. C. AuLEN, 513 Broadwag, under St. Nichojas Hotel. Batchelor’s Yair Vye.—The Seat world. The only perfect dye;, harmless, reliazin, neous. Factory 16 Bond atreot. Chapped Hands, Sore Lips aed all Skin. diseases cured by GILES SUNFLOWER OREAM. Spldk by all druggists; price 350. Depot, 249 Sixth avenue, 2/n0r the staatn ‘Thirteenth at Floctrical disease by Dr. C: Treatment for the Remornal: off, BERLIN, Na. 7 Woest.Pourteents al mingo—The First Veacil in ¢ has pleasure. in sanqune! ‘ated, Newspaper and {ts Supplemast for su week-—now for sale. contain a great wal pletures to thw santo Demingo Comminsioa. oy are special. artist for FRANK EWSPAPER, wio waa seat Mr. Leelie’s own th the Commixsionere art reporter, and who was the sole sion. This week are published reltat fug the present state ot Santo Domingo City, and Harbor, and the Coasing Station of Carrenero Jaland le Samana Bay; also grapate sketches of the Commissioners! Reception by Baez, of Fred. Dougiaas Addi United ‘States Colonists iu 8a mana City, and guner of the visit; Studies of Dorainican Life aud Character and authes Bort of Capral, Baex aud the latter Genoral-in- succession of rations be Carni rican and uropean for Pare, stl ‘walled “ Inte Hitnme’ Cs Bier the Chiaces New Youre mcatieal on the Belleville Jéaundry and many other ‘of cugren| events, aby maintaining the position of ru, paper as purveyor, of illustrated 0 9 on the A\ Nem, ‘cad You Liky, a Book by a per ay WV itaninetoe rd es Se ‘au 4 beat business pointed 0 ne 4 Jujubes tor thy, Throat—Taey Are Pid ag 7 “a ntipure ‘ard other leading druggiata’, Se. a bor