The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1871, Page 7

EEE EEE Eee \ Yowers of the ring, St. Nicholas, once the fi Tm saint of Gotham, has given place to t. Tammany, and the devotees of the Wig- jwam are In the ascendant. These later comers are destined to emblazon with new ames the heraldic pages of the family history. itead of the Vans and the Dams as affixes nd terminations to patronymics, we shall have ithe O's and the Macs without number—the cSweeny's, the O’Sullivan-McT'weeds, the cB. €onnollys, the O’Murphy-McBrennans, ‘the McBrien-O'Briens, and so on through the rhole catalogue of O’s and Macs. These will uphold their supremacy till nother deluge comes to sweep them away, or Mill ap overwhelming irruption of a tidal wave f fresh immigrants arrives to push them to he wall as they previously did the old nickerbockers. Should this time come it ill be but a further proof that “‘history re- ats itself,” and that there is nothing new ander the sun—especially in history or politics. ‘ue Battle of the Equinox and Our Storm ; Signal Service. ; Already the batile of the equinoctial ele- ents has opened. Judging from its begin- ing, there is reason to apprehend a violent onflist, Within tie next ten days, it is not | Improbable, the whole country may be swept yy storms and cyclones whose fiery track will e aprinkled with the ruin of houses and the loss of human life. We have just had accounts from the West of he fearful tornado in East St. Louis, which ‘eaped a fine harvest of destruction; also of me in Memphis, and still a third in Mobile. he loss by the first of these alone was at least ven lives and one milliondollars. I¢ is a fact well known to meteorologists, and to be seen on htheir isobarometric charts, that at this season jthe atmospheric pressure over all North \America between the sixtieth parallel north latitude and the Gulf of Mexico will diminish nd continue to diminish until July. The low rometer in the United States meantime will mecessarily invite heavy storms from the two yoceans that wash their shores, and also from | the Gulf, via the Valley of the Mississippi—a vorite highway of tempest. It most unfortunately happens that at this ery time the operations of the Signal Service, ‘whose weather telegrdms and storm warnings {have already proved so beneficial, are inter- upted and thwarted by the Western Union Frelograph monopoly. The demands of this orporation for the service rendered to the overnment were originally far beyond the limits of moderation, and would have absorbed wice the appropriation Congress made for the ignal Service. That these demands were un- asonable was evinced by the fact that the ranklin Telegraph Company—a much feebler | nd poorer institution—came forward and wffered to do the work on much lower terms, ad-on the terms fixed by General Meyer. ‘he lines of the latter company, however, not xtending to all the southerly and western tatiens of the Signal Service, their proposal ould be accepted only in part. But whatever may be the issue of the cop- | roversy between the monopoly and the | overnment, the people throughout the whole ountry will be greatly disappointed nd annoyed at any interruption to the new ervice. Happily for American commerce and cience, it is not now necessary to appeal to the English storm signal system to justify and llustrate the utility and importance of our eteorological bureau. Although it is yet in its infancy and needs patient and fostering | are and a liberal endowment, it has already | on some laurels, and its daily bulletins of | eather probabilities have been generally ost signally verified. The percentage of {*‘probabilities” fully verified (according to the odest estimate of the officer at the head of he enterprise) is fifty in every one hundred, erified in part twenty-five per cent, and failed weaty-five per cent. It should, however, be rne in mind that the failures have been, in a easure, due to the lack of information by | jelegrams from stations not yet established. A ost beautiful illustration of the value of the ervice was given last month. The tremen- ous storm which wreaked its fury on San ‘rancisco on the 2ist of February was closely racked to Corinne, Utah; across the Rocky Mountains to Cheyenne and Omaha, and storm arnings of its approach were issued thirty ours in advance of its arrival to Chicago, a nger time to Milwaukee and Cleveland, and wo days’ forewarning were given to Buffalo nd Oswego. The! storm, which in crossing he Rocky Mountains had broken off only the ase of its revolving column, ravaged Chicago, ilwaukee and Cleveland, unroofing and verturning houses; it struck Buffalo and swezo with great violence in its course, and finally passed out into the Atlantic. Had navi- a on the lakes been open doubtless the forewarning had been the saving of many lives | nd richly freighted ships. - By rights the Signal Service should have een inatituted for the benefit of commerce at he same time that Admiral Fitzroy’s system as established in England, moré than ten ears ago. It is to be earnestly hoped its perations may suffer not another hour’s sus- ension. The knowledge of Amerjcan storms be gained at this season is too important nd invaluable, both to the Signal Service and e country, to be lost or tampered with. Yue Navigation of the Dardanelles and the London Conference. : In the Herarp of yesterday we printed letter from Mr. McVeagh, of the United States gation, Constantinople, and dated January 4, 1871. We have had no such statement of the uestion from any source at any former period. r. McVeagh very clearly shows that the olicy of the Ottoman Porte has been gen- ous from a very early period. The mer- hant vessels of the Western Powers have had ut little hindrance in the Dardanelles. ermit allowed them to enter the Black Sea; a ermit allowed them to leave the Black Sea. ecent treaties have only had reference to the | ar ships of the different nations. War ships ave always been excluded, except by special mmission, which permission was, according (0 usage, granted to armed vessels of bmoderate size on missions of friendship or attached to the service uf the foreign legations. /The Treaty of Paris, 1856, recognized the ancient custom, six of the great Powers sign- Ing either directly or by representation. hat conclusion the London Conference has come te wa know not: but we must endorse Al the sentiment of our representative at Con- stantinople, and say :—If the Conference robs Turkey of her rights thero is wrong or cowardice somewhere. Sectarian Appropriations—The Herald Right Again. The relations existing between the Church and the State were pretty well defined yester- | day by some of the leading Methodist minis- ters of this city. The excitement created a | few weeks ago by the offer and subsequent acceptance by the Baptist Home for the Aged : of a grant of land by the city touched every ; Protestant denomination in a tender spot, and | for the past two weeks the Methodist | Preachers’ Association of New York ; have had the matter of a grant of ‘twelve lots of land in the upper part of the city to their denominational Old Ladies’ Home under discussion, The subject grew in | importance the more it was thought over, and yesterday the entire session was devoted to it. | Among the ministers who took part in the debate were Rev. Drs, Curry, Crooks (both editors), Crawford, Cattelle and Ferris, and Messrs. Willis and Smith and others. The | resolutions on which the debate was based were originally introduced by Dr. Ferris. But the meeting was not prepared at the time either to accept or reject them. It appointed a committee to prepare such resolutions as might reflect the conflicting views of the mem- bers; but when this committee presented its report last week the same conflict of opinion | appeared even among themselves, but the institution to which the grant had been made had the. best of the arguments. The matter then went over until yesterday, and any one who will carefully read the report in another column will see that the principle which the Hrgaxp alone a week ago insisted } was right and good was declared by those gentleuen to be so, and all their opposition was based on ‘‘propriety” and ‘‘expediency.” They found it rather a hard thing to knock down a principle which has been acknowledged in this ceuntry from the foundation of our ! government. It is rather late in the day now for any religious denomination to contend against an actual or gvasi union of Church and State for the promotion of wise, benevolent and Christian ends, and the preachers very sensibly did not attempt it. The Church is, with us, a part of the State, and the State a part of the Church, and our republican insti- tutions could not long exist under any other relation; and as such part of one another their obligations must be mutually recognized. The State may provide the home for its poor, but the Church must give it that which shall make home happy and beautiful; and, as Dr. Curry so admirably expressed it, the Church, to fulfil this higher duty, must perform the grosser duties also. After all, as we read the discussion we can see only oppo- sition to the Roman Catholic Church as the principal plank in the opposition to seetarian appropriations by the city or State. The principle itself is acknowledged to be good enough, but its application is the ugly feature. It is altogether a question of whose ox is gored. One thing, however, is demonstrated by this discussion, namely, that the HeraLp ‘alone of all the city papers, secular and religious, took the true view of the question. The Suspended Paris Journals. The sensible and reflective people of Paris, those who believe in law and order as op- posed to those who advocate violence and in- subordination, have little to regret that a number of the Parisian journals have been suspended by orders issued by General Vinoy. Nothing is lost by the absence of those sheets | from the streets of Paris, as they taught the most unlawful hostility to the government when its administrators happened to be an- tagonistic to the views of the radical editors who controlled them. These journals fed the revolutionary spirit of the mobs, suggested evil doings, and counselled resistance to the established authorities, In the name of liberty and republicanism they taught the most violent doctrines. ‘The effect of these writings on that portion of the popu- lace not remarkable for its intelligence may be well imagined. The roughs and rowdies of Paris too often took their cue from the teachings of a Rochefort or a Pyat, and so long as they had such counsellors to urge them on in their evil doing peaceful people were in constant apprehension of the inaugu- ration of a riot which might result in revo- lution, The orders, then, of General Vinoy in suspending the publication of Vengeur, Mot @ Ordre, Crie du Peuple, Caricature, Pere Duchene and Bouche de Fer are, in our esti- mation, good ones, and we hope this determi- nation of the General will have the effect of deverring others from attempting to pursue a course which was wicked in conception and dangerous to the public peace and the best interests of the State while endeavoring to enforce it, Congress Yesterduy. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Fenton ad- vocated his bill regulating the Custom House service in a speech of considerable length, in which he gave some instructive figures relative to frauds im the collection of customs, the settlement of smuggling cases under judgment and the irregularities in the general order and carting business. His bill proposes additional guards against abuses in these matters and suggests a general reorganization of the Custom House depart- ment. The Custom House system undoubtedly needs many changes and corrections, but the combined wisdom of our Senate can never render it so absolutely perfect that disap- pointed men will not pick out flaws in its administration. The adjournment resolution of Mr. Dawes, providing fer a final adjeurn- ment to-morrow, was passed again in the House, but, as the joint committee charged with shaping a bill for the better protection of loyalists inthe South have agreed upon one which is sure to excite considerable debate and to arouse the fiercest opposition on the part of the democrats and conservatives in both houses, it is not probable that the Senate will concur, The republicans are determined to pass the bill, and it will take not only time but very delicate finessing, especially in the House. We Ark Guap to see that Mr. Tweed has put a stop to that silly move of silly men who proposed to make an Augustus Cwsar of him—jq brass, The New Hampshire Election. An extraordinary degree of interest prevails in reference to the probable results of this day’s election in New Hampshire. In addition to the Governor, the State ticket and the Legislature, three members of Congress are to be chosen, and to hold their ground the re- publicans must carry them all, But, though they are hopeful, they have their misgivings and the democrats have their expectations. In addition to the two regular parties the labor reformers and the temperance reformers have each a State ticket in the field. The labor reformers will probably weaken the democrats to some extent, while the tempe- rance reformers will reduce the republican poll. It is feared, however, by the republicans generally that the removal of Mr. Sumner from the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations may fall like a wet blanket upon the party in this day’s work in New Hampshire; and here, we apprehend, there is some real danger. This Sumner affair will be apt to chill, for the time, the en- thusiasm of those granitic radicals who have been accustomed to look upon the rebuked Massachusetts Senator as the great apostle of republican principles, while, on the other hand, the democrats will be encouraged to extra exertions. Should the republicans lose the State the result will be felt in every fibre of the party throughout the country as threaten- ing a general break-up on the squabbles be- tween its disaffected leaders and the adminis- tration; but, should this Sumner affair fail to make any real impression upon New Hamp- shire, then Mr. Sumner, from his fpolish course of hostility to General Grant, may be regarded as ‘‘a dead cock in the pit.” New Hampshire, however, is a closely divided State, and a little leaven of discord may leaven the whole lump and make a baking of sour bread for the republicans. But we shall know all about it before to-morrow morning. Mr. Flagg’s Insurance Bill. Mr. Flagg’s insurance bill has passed a third reading in the New York State Assembly, and may possibly become a law. It provides that after the payment of the third annual pre- mium all policies shall be absolutely indisput- able, whatever fraud may have been perpe- trated by the assured through misstatements in regard to his health and family record or through any breach of contract, and that, how- ever much he may have deceived an insurance company in his application for a policy, such company has no defence at law. In the prac- tical working of the insurance business, both at home and abroad, it is found that the pay- ment of a policy is very seldom refused, and in the few cases where any dispute has been brought to a legal decision the leaning has usually been in favor of the policy-holder, out of sympathy, perhaps, for widows or orphans as against a large moneyed corporation. We havea report from one of the principal insurance companies of this city which states that out ofan issue of nearly sixty thousand pelicies only three have ever been disputed in court. The bill of Mr. Flagg is thus, perhaps, of little import to our leading companies; but it is suggestive of something in the future which may well be worth consideration. We are not prepared to admit that dishonesty is entirely confined to the officers and managers of life insurance companies. May not, then, such a law, if passed, open the door to many grossly fraudulent applications for insurance, the na- ture of which those accustomed to the details of the business know that it is almost impos- sible to detect? The family record and the past history of a man’s life are in this country almost beyond the power of any company to verify. [tis perhaps enly at his death, and when the cause of it has been ascertained, that the truth of his previous statements can be judged of. Would not, therefore, the re- sult of such legislation as that prpposed by Mr. Flagg be positive injustice to the four hundred thousand persons already insured in our New York companies? It is the policy- holder who is the real sufferer by such frauds upon his company. Losses incurred by such means would be felt by our large mutual companies in the dimin- ished returns or dividends to the assured ; and it is this sort of deception which it is now sought to legalize by special enactment. Lord Mansfield has ruled that ‘insurance is a con- tract on speculation, and, therefore, the spe- cial facts upon which the risk is to be com- puted lie chiefly in the knowledge of the assured only. The insurer trusts to his state- ment and proceeds, upon confidence, that he does not keep back any circumstance within his knowledge to mislead the insurer into a belief that the circumstance do not exist. The keeping back, therefore, of such circum- stance is a fraud, and the policy becomes in- valid, because the risk run is really different from the risk understood and intended to be run at the time of the agreement.” If then, as it appears, the point in question requires no further legal interference, why offer a pre- mium to acts of dishonesty which may only serve the purpose of clogging the wheels of life insurance business in this State, and check- ing the healthy progress of an institution which, for over a century, has been considered one of the greatest boons to society ? Political “Influence” in the Courts. We refer to a somewhat remarkable case tried yesterday in the Court of General Ses- sions by Judge Bedford. It was that of James H. Brady, alias Morrison, who had been indicted for burglary. In the course of the trial counsel for the prisoner suggested that the prosecuting officer was urging on the charge evidently under the pressure of some “influence” and with an earnest desire to secure a conviction. To this the prosecuting officer replied that no less than one hundred persons had sought to bring “political inftu- ence” to bear upon him to obtain the discharge of the accused. if Such an attempt was simply scandalous, and the fearless manner in which the prose- cuting officer discharged his duty, coupled with the conviction of the prisoner, who was sent to jail for five years, must prove a stern rebuke to political rowdies and teach them that courts of justice have a more sacred obli- gation to fulfil than to throw the mantle of their protection over well known violators of the law. Well, indeed, might Judge Bedford exclaim in sentencing Brady, that ‘it is a burning shame which casts a dark stain uvon the fair fame of the eity for a notorious burglar and thief to be able to command such influence.” Ifthe sentence be rigidly carried out Brady cannot, for the next five years at least, exer- cise any more of this influence; and if one or more of his political friends get into trouble, say for burglary, we hepe sincerely that they will be tried in the Court of General Sessions, where the claims of justice and respect for the law are stronger and higher than the combined forces of political ruffianism, PARIS. ALL PARTS OF THE CITY QUIET. Some of the National Guards Still Disaffected. Radical Incendiary Appeals to the Army. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, March 13, 1871. Advices from Paris, dated to-day, have been received and are forwarded for the infor- mation of the New York Hrranp :— PARIS QUIET. A despatch reports that the French capital is entirely quiet. There are at present no sigas of arenewal of the recent agitations, which are strongly condemned by the entire press. SOME OF THK NATIONAL GUARDS STILL TUR- BULENT, This afternoon the situation at Montmartre and tranquillity reigned throughout that quarter of the city. Notwithstanding the quiet, however, a frac- tion of the National Guards continued hostile to the government, retaining possession of a number of cannon and refusing to surrender was unchanged, perfect them to the military authorities, INCENDIARY APPEALS TO THE ARMY. Placards have been posted up throughout the city by the radical republicans appealing to the soldiers of the army not to enter into The appeal has had no effect whatever upon the treops, who remain firm in their adherence to the authori- ties. The Débats of to-day indignantly de- nounces the placards placed in circulation by the reds as inciting the army to revolt, NEWSPAPERS SUPPRESSED. In consequence of the violence of their lan- guage and their endeavors to excite the Pa- risiaus to insurrection General Vinoy, acting under the orders of the government, has sup- pressed six radical republican newspapers. A DENIAL, Another despatch from Paris gives a posi- a conflict with the people. tive contration to a report which has obtained some circulation, that M. Pouyer Quertier, the French Minister of Finance, intends to make reforms in the management of the mints, RETURN OF THE VICTORS. The Emperor William En Route for Berlin. A Brilliant Staff of Princes, Statesmen. and Officers With Him. Great. Preparations to Receive Him at Weimar. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 13, 1871. Despatches from Germany received to-day contain the following information, which I for- ward for publication in the New York HERALD:— THE GERMANS EN ROUTE FOR BERLIN. The Emperor of Germany has left Ferrieres and set out on his return to Berlin. He is accompanied by a large and brilliant staff, comprising many princes of Germany, dis- tinguished officers of the army and statesmen representing the several German governments, At noon to-day the Emperor and suite arrived at Epernay, where the party were received with great enthusiasm by the troops returning to Germany, with whom the city was crowded. NO VISITS TO THE GERMAN PRINCES. As the Emperor William has been ill at Ferrieres his health renders it imexpedient for him to lengthen the trip. by visits to the Princes of the German empire, which he in- tended making. The journey will be direct to the Prussian capital. RECEPTION PREPARATIONS IN WEIMAR. A telegram from Weimar reports that ex- tensive preparations have been made in that city for the reception of the Emperor of Ger- many, the Prince imperial Frederick William and General Von Moltke. On Thursday next these distinguished personages will pass through Weimar, on their return to Berlin. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Hawalian Group Disturbed by Earth- quakes—The Volcano of Lanai in Active Eruption. SAN FRANcIsco, March 13, 1871, Shocks ef earthquake occurrea tn the Hawalian Isianas on the 19th ull, They were general through- out the group. In Lanai great rocks were hurled down from the cliffs, and some of the villages were rendered uninhabitable by the aébris irom the mountains, Great wonder is expressed that no lives were joston any of the islands. At Honolulu the shocks conmmenced at seven minutes past ten P. M., Were three in number and followed in rapid succession, lasting altogether over one minute, At the other islands the time was different, the last shock occurring at Lanama at Gwenty-four minutes naat eleven P.M ee aie Re SE TT 8 Rae AE Ee a ee es it ee Se ee NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAKCH 14, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET, GENERAL REPORTS. Marshal MaeMahon En Route for France. Arrangement for the Release of French Prisoners. Announcement of the German Army of Occupation. THE FRENCH ARMIES DISBANDING. EVACUATION OF VERSAILLES, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 13, 1871. Tam enabled to report the following news for the information of the New York Heratp:— MARSHAL MAOMAHON HOMEWARD BOUND. Advices from Germany report that Marshal MacMahon, of the French army, has left Weisbaden, where he has been on parole, and is now on his way back to France. THE OROWN PRINCE OF SAXONY. The Crown Prince of Saxony, who will re- main in France during the German occupa- tion, will establish his headquarters at Com- peigne on Thursday next. RELEASE OF THE PRISONERS IN GERMANY. It is announced from Paris that a conven- tion has been concluded and signed at Ver- sailles for the return to France of the soldiers of the French army held as prisoners of war in Germany. made, some of the prisoners are to return by According to the arrangement sea from Bremen and Hamburg, while others are to return overland by the railroads. THE FRENOH SOLDIERS IN BELGIUM. A despatch from the special correspondent of the London Daily News in Brussels an- nounces that all the French soldiers held as prisoners of war in Belgium have been re- leased by the Belgian authorities and have returned to their homes in France. THE GERMAN ARMY OF OCOUPATION. A Berlin telegram dated to-day states that it is officially announced that the German army of occupation in France will be com- posed of the Seventh and Twelfth Prussian corps and the corps ef Wurtemburgera, These corps will remain in the French territory, as provided in the treaty of peace, until the con- ditions of the treaty are fulfilled. THE FRENCH ARMIES DISBANDING. A decree has been published by the Journal Offciel of Paris, in which the formation of regiments of infantry now in process at Bor- deaux is approved. The decree furthermore dissolves the headquarter staffs of the French armies recently operating in the north of France, and also dissolyes the camps of in- struction at Havre, in Brittanny and in the Vosges. VERSAILLES EVAOUATED, A Paris despatch dated to-day reports that the German forces. have evacuated Versailles. The city has been occupied by a garrison of French troops. THE RIOTS IN SWITZERL AND. Zurich (Switzerland) advices of to-day’s date report that a judicial investigation into the recent fatal riot between the French officers and German citizens in that place kas been ordered: by the Federal Council of Switaer- land. The Swiss troops called out to preserve the peace have been dismissed to their homes, as no further trouble is expected. FRENOM REVENUE MEASURES. It is reported from Paris that the govern- ment intend to levy a tax on imported raw material, especially textile fabrics. The tax on cotton alone is expected to produce annu- ally from sixty to eighty millions of francs. Foreign manufactured articles will also, is is said, be taxed proportionately. THE REOENT RAILWAY DISASTER. It has been ascertained that twenty German soldiers were killed and sixty injured by the accident at Puteaux, on the Northwestern Railway. THE EUROPEAN CONGRESS. The Pienipotentiaries in Session—France Repre- sented—Prohable Last Meeting of the Envoys. TELEGRAM T0 THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 13, 1871, The “vacant chair’ of France at the “Green Table” in the Council Room in Downing street, where the European Conference for the revision of the Treaty of Paris of 1856 and the settlement of the Biack Sea pavigation question holds ils sessions, bas been filled. Iam enabied to report to the HERALD that up toa late hour on Sunday the Due de Broglie, French Envoy atthe Court of St. James, was without in- structions to attend the meeting of the Congress, and the organization was Incomplete, as it has been from the beginning, in consequence. The Pienipotentiaries met in session again to-day, when all the members, including the Dac ae Broglie, a8 representative of France, wero present, Ibis believed that ali matters under discussion have been arranged, and this is probatay the last meeting of the Conference. Karl Granville Qutlines the New Treaty to Pariiameut. Lonpon, March 13, 1871. ‘The Right Honorable Earl Granvilie, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, announced to the House of Lords to-night that the Conference or the Powers on ‘vha Eastern question in London had closed. A treaty had been signed at vhe Foreign Qiice apro- gating the restrictions on the admission of foreign wen-of-war mto the Dardanelles and Bos- phorus. The Porte in time of peace may admit into those waters the naval vessels of friendly Powers, whenever needed, to enforce the ‘treaty of 1856. The Danubian Commission is prolonged twelve years, The protacol expressly declares “that no Power oan relieve itself of the obligations of the treaty without the consent of all the siguatorics.” CUBA. Herald Special Report from Havana. Proclamations by the Rebel Officials. SURRENDER OF AN IMPORTANT REBEL, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Havana, March 13, 187. A proclamation was issued by Cespedes im January and another by Ignacio Agramonte on February 5, in which the former signs him- self President and the latter General-in-Chief of the Cuban forces, The Marquis of Santa Lucia was wounded in the attack on the Tower at Pinto, and has since had an arm amputated, Dr. Francisco Argilages, one of the princi- pal promoters of the rebellion in Camaguey, has surrendered to the Spanish authorities. Troops Taking Oath of AllezianceAnother Rebel Defeat. Havana, March 13, 1871. The troops yesterday took the oath of alle- giance to King Amadeus and the constitution. The volunteers only took the oath of fealty to- the King, but not to the constitution, because the volunteers are a stationary island corps, and the Spanish constitution does not rule Cuba, which is governed by its own laws. The insurgent Villamilo’s corps has been defeated near Sancti Espiritu. The troops pursued the insurgents and killed eighteen. ENGLAND. | TELEGRAM TQ THE NEW YORK HERALD. Confidence in the Gladstone Cabinet. Lonpon, March 13, 1871. The Right Honorable James Stansfleid, one of the Junior Lords of the Treasury, having accepted @ Cabiact office, vacated bis seat in Parliament, ac- cording to the provisions gt the law and constitu. tion. As 13 usual in such cases the newly commisstoned Minister of the Crown presented himself to his com- stituents in the City of Haliiax, Yorkshire, for re- election and was returned without opposition. This citizen endorsement of Mr. Stansfield in his new official position is accepted a3 an expression of confidenee in the existing Ministry. Mr. Stansfleid—who ts classed as a radical in the House of Commons—was tirst elected for Halifax im April, 1869, Electoral Fatal Sbipwreck. LONDON, March 13, 187L, Eight lives have been lost by tie wreck of a steam launch upon the coast of the Isiand of Jersey, THE SOUTH CAROLINA TROUBLES. Conflicting Statements Concerning the Yorks ville Affair—Governor Scott Consulting with Democrats. CoLuMBIA, March 13, 1871. Captain Christopher, commanding a company of the Eighteenth United States infantry, at Yorkville, Ss. C., im letters to Governor Scott and Sherid Glenn, of Yorkville, asserts that the guns taken from the negro militia by the Sherif were used by pickets to prevent the negroes from getiiug away from Yorkville to their homes, and that the pickets were the same illegal, unknown and armed band that made the raid oa the oitice of the County Treasurer, Acard will appear In to-morrow’s papers here, signed by thirteen white citizens of Yorkville, deny- ing both statements, ‘Ihey explain their course rally, and show that Captain Christopher's own troops did ail the picketing rom Whica trouble arose, and that Christopher mi uted the case. They snow that they who came inte Yorkville and the raiders upon the County Treasurer are different parties. Sherif Glenn has written @ statement, but it has not reached here yet. Governor Scott has summoned leading democrats to advise with [im upon the up-country troubles. They are im couucil to-night. United States Troops Ordered to the Dise- affected Districts. WASHINGTON, March 13, 1871. The Secretary of War to-day telegraphed to Gen- eral Terry, commanding the Department of the South, to send troops to Chester and York counties, South Carolina, to assist im putiihg down the insur- rection in tat part of the State. tures this evening atthe Church of the Strangers, Mercer street, near Clintom place, on *Proverbs—not Solomon's.” VIEWS OF TSE PAST. § MARCIL 14, 1870—General Prim assatied by an anti-conscription mob in Madrid. 1857—The “Sound dues” abolished by Denmark. 1690—Battle of Ivry, France; the Catholic Leaguers defeated py the Huguenots under Henry of Navarve, 1359—Battie of Monticl, Spain; Peter the Cruel de- feated and captured and subsequently mute dered by his bruther, Heary of Trastamere, MAILS FOR EUROPE. steamship Westphalia will leave this port om Tuesday for Plymouth and Hamburg. ‘The mails for Europe will ciose at the Post Oulee at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. Tux New York Heratp—Edition for Europe— will be ready at hatf-past nine o'clock tm the morning. Singte copies, t rappers for mailing, six, cents. sb and Elegant Hat Go Di- ESPENSCHEID, U8, Nassay A.—For a Sry rect to the manufacturer, street. Price $7. A.—Hearing’s Patent CHAMPION. SAFES 21 Broadway, cocace Murray sirast. A Spectaity.—Gentlemen’s Hats, $4. Broadwax styles at about half Broadway prices. ©. D. HAT COMPANY, 12 Cortlandt street, All the Spring Styles of Hats for Gents, Youths, Boys, Ladies, Misses and Children now ready. J.B. TERRY, 19 Univn sq A.—For Moth Patches, Freckies and Tan, use PERRY'S MOTH AND FRECKLE LOTION, 49 Bond street, New York. Sold by druggists every where. eliable.— ll be found foraluable to those exe ved to sudden changes, a(fording prompt relief in cases of ugha, Colds, #e. For public speakers and singers and those who overtax the voice they are useful in relieving aa irritated t ‘and will render articulation easy. As there are inaitations, be sure ta obtuin the gen A.—For a Scylish and Elegant Spring Hat call on DOUGAN, 102 Nassau, earner af Ann struct. ht nnd Sold. owe eEEE 213 Brosdwny, onder St. Nicholas Hotel * q ¢ Chandon’s Meet & C a Cham ARON elog assorted invoice of these ince Aner g) ‘Noatved and for sale Ph class dealers in wines here, with all brst class dealers in wines Heres Sole Agent in the United States, New York, March 8, 1871. Mineral Water, Saratocn Springe.— seeks Sr others. in, Dyspepaia. @ iscanen of Liver oper neye. BJ. LEVY, Ageuy No. 7 Hudson River Baile road depot, Vat reet, ‘To Increase and Thicken the Growth of the bair use HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RE REWER. Nothing better Known ta aclemce,