The New York Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1871, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Hrrap. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Volume XXXVI. AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOIN AND EVEN.NG. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway ana Win street.— MonEx. LINA EDWIN'S TI SKETOUDS— NAVAL Broadway,—LInG ABD £0. Matinee ata GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of #th ay. ana 23d st.— LBs GRORGLED SES. NEW YORK STADT THEATRE, 46 Bowery.—Man- RIAGE OF FIGARO, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.-ON Hayp—A Day Wein SPeNt, FIFTH AVENUS THEATRE, Twen SaRaroca, GLOBE THEATRE, 72% Aroadway.—Vanrety ENTER- TAINMENT, &0.-JUDGR DOWLING. Matinee at 23g. fourth street. — ROOTH’S TH“ATRE, Bid #t., vetween Sih ans 6tn avs.— OTHELLO WOOD'S MUSEUM Broadway, corner 80ch at.—Perform- aces every aiweracon and evening, THEATRE, Broadway.—Tux Drama oF Matinee at 2. OLYMPIC Honrzos. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Rroadway.—Tum SPECTACLE OF ‘THR BLAOK G2OOK. Matinee at lig. te STEINWAY HALL, Fourteenth street.—Guaxp NILseox Concent. MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brookiyn. — East Lynne. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL, 58 Broadway.— NEGRO MINSTEELSY, FaRoes, BUR:.ESQUES, £0, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. 21 Bowery.—Va- RIEIY ENTERTAINMENT. Matinee at 235. THEATRE COMIQUE, IMB, NEGRO ACIS, a0. M Broadway.—Comio Vooar- inee at 235. BRYANT'S NEW OPERA HOUSE, 934 at., bet! 6th ang 7th avs.—N&@RO MINSTRELSY, £0. cian, HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Hoouer’s axp Eeiiy & Leon's MInsTRELS. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street.—SoRNES IN THE RING ACROBATS, &C, Matinee at 234. DR. KATIN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Brondway.— BOIENOE AND AxT. New York, Wednesday, March 22, Pree CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. PaGE. mse t—Advertisements. 2—Advertisements. 3—The Royal Marriage: Heratp Special Report Tromn London of the Wedding of the Princess Louise, of Engiand, to the Marquis ot Lornae— News from Jamaica, Porto Rico and Cuba— Affairs at the State Capital—Miscellaneous ‘Telegrapiuc News, 4—Toe Fashions: Spring Openings and Strles; What ‘lottet_ Worshippers Can See To-Day— The Rain Storm—Man Neither Monkey Nor Angel—A Lenten —Se:vice—The Dethroned Dynasty : Napoleon's Sentumenis Before Leay- ug Wilnelm:hche—Pro Pio Novo: italian Demonstrations in Support of the Pontitt— Suicide in Newark. S—Proceedings in the Courts—Peter Pilger’s Plunge—A Notorious Forger Sentenced—How Smuggling Works—The Schmidt Murder— Reai Estate Matters—The shader-Ward Tragedy : The Secretary of the Great Western Life ins .rance Company Shot in the House ot a ae Stamping of Resewal Re- ceipts. 6—Editoriais: Leading Article, “Paris and France— What Next’—The ‘Reds’ or the Empire, Anarchy or Despotism;’—Amusement An- nounceinents, 7—-The Parts Revolt: HERALD Special Reports from France; Tie Insurgents’ Thirst for Blood Unsi dd; M. Phievs still Hopeful: Action of onal Assembly—Napoleon in Eng- land—The German aud Austrian Parha- ments—The St. Lomingo Commission—Per- sonal Intelligence—Miscellaneous Telegrams— business Notices. S—Finauctal and Commercial Reports—Foreign Miscellaneous Items—Yacihting in Maine— Marriages, Births and Deatus—Advertise- menis. 4 1 9—Advertisements. 410—News {om Washington: Proceedings m Con- gress—The Joint High Commission: The Powers of the Delegaies Assembied at Wush- ington—The French Relief Fund—The Crspins’ Strike in Massachusetts—Amusements—omip- ping Inteiligence—Advertisements, 11—Advertisements, 32—Auvertisements. A Mornine Conrzmporary, announcing the arrival of Napoleon in England, says that he met its correspondent there as ‘“‘an old friend.” The Heearp readers will bear in mind that at one time Napoleon was a member of the London police. Gorp Quartz has been found on the Poto- mac. So far all is reported quiet on that classic river, but if it be true that the gold is likely to pan out in paying quantities we hope to hear of an exciliag rush of ex-members of Congress there to engage in the honest busi- vess of mining. V Tux St. Dominco Comission IN JAMAICA.— The Commissioners while in Kingston ex- pressed themselves delighted and surprised at the contrast between Jamaica and St. Do- mingo. We do not wonder at that, the former being a civilized and enlightened colony of Great Britain, while the latter isa shade lower, if that is possible, than the yet cannibal islands of the South F c. Tue French Army anp M. TutErs,—Not the least significant among our despatches from France is the one which announces that the French army journals denounce M. Thiers as the author of the troubles in Paris. These journals, more or less, represent the sentiments of the soldiers, by waom they are supported, so that their denunciation must be regarded as boding little good for the govern- ment should the Paria insurgents venture to advance upon Versaille y Tue St. Domixco Commrssios.—By special telegram from the HERaLp’s correspondent at Key West we have the announcement of the arrival of the Tenuessee at that port yester- day morning from Jamaica, The Commission- ers have agreed upon a report which favors annexation excepting upon a few points. They will leave for Washington overland; but it is understood now that the subject of anne ion will not be pressed upon Congress during the present sess.on. Whar Nonseysk'!—The question of the repeal of the duty on coal bas aroused the Pennsylvania Senators toa threat of retalia- tion against the New England Senators, “You repeal the duty on coal,” say they, “‘and we will repeal the duty on manofactures” The people of Pennsylvania, if their Senators do not, know that the Keystone State is nearly as much interested in the protection of home manufactnres as the people of any one of the New England States. Hence, when a threat of this kind comes from Pennsylvania in Congress, the exclamation may be well made—‘'What nonsense !* NEW YUKK HERALD. WEDNESDAY. Paris and = = France—What Next ¢—The “Reds” or the Empiret—Anarchy or Dospetiam ¢ Paris continues in absolute possession of the Jacobin mob, If since the butcheries of day night no farther assassinations are re- ported it is because all resistance to the “eds” has disappeared. Within the city’s walls they have unquulified ‘liberty, equalily and fraternity,” as they understand these things, which means unbounded license, debauchery and spoliation. Fresh barricades have been erected; the omnibuses have stopped running; traffic has ceased; only the cafés and drinking shops remain open; the Police Commissioners have bern arrested ; again the fishwomen are in arms. General Chanzy was so maltreated by the mob that he had to be sent to the hospital; the insurgen's have seized the funds of the city in the Hotel de Ville and the Mayoral- ties; all the approaches to the cily are defended by the Nationals against the national government ; the Jacobin juntas are issuing numerous manifestoes ; they will shoot even M. Thiers if they catch him; people are leaving the city by thousands, citizens and strangers, and so oa, to the end of tue chapter of this most astounding and alarming red republican Paris revolution. The only thing respected or promised respect from the revo- lutionary Central Committee is the treaty of peace with Germany, which they promise to respect for the sake ot the republic, or, in other words, because they have learned to entertain a wholesome fear of the German armies. Such is the state of things in Paris, The capital of France is under the control of a howling mob, the elements of which have nothing to lose and much to gain from the overthrow of liw, order and the rights of property. These subterranean savages and sans culottes, brought to the surface, have ordered an election in the several communes to-day for a new city administration, and no doubt they will carry it through to their complete satisfaction. Meantime the National Assembly and the executive government of the nation, chosen by it, or from its authority, by M. Thiers as head of the State, and the diplomatic corps are at Versailles under the protection of an army of twenty, thirly or forty thousand men, commanded by General Vinoy, Versailles resembles a camp ; but M. Thiers is hopeful and the Assembly is firm. At its meeting on the 20th the “reds” belonging to the body were all absent. This signifies, we apprehend, that their ultimatum is the overthrow of the Thier’s goveroment, including the Assembly, and the substitution of a Jacobin estabiishment on the platform of the guillotine. Tbe Assembly, on the other hand, in the resolution adopted providing for the appoint- ment of a committee to consider the condition of France, and the necessity of placing the Departments of the Seine and the Seine-et- Oise in a state of siege, has taken the proper course for the exigency. The Paris ‘‘reds,” again, have called upon their partisans in the provinces to act promptly; and it is possible that in Lyons, Marseilles, Bordeaux and Lille, where they are numerous enough to be anda- cious, they will follow the example of their brethren in Paris, and take possession in each case of the city aad all the public funds and arms they can lay theirhandsupon. In short, this reign of the reds in Paris must be speedily suppressed, or anarchy, with all the horrors of civil war, will soon prevail from the north to the south of France, and law and order will be limited to the Rhine provinces taken pos- session of by Germany, and to the champagne districts, held as a ‘‘material guarantee” by the German armies for the payment of that in- demnity. Here we see the sagacity of Bis- marck and Von Moltke in the securities they have exacted for the payment of said indem- nity within the stipulated time. The money must be forthcoming when due, or those cham- pagne districts will be apt to share the fate of Alsace and the Vosges, of Strasbourg and Metz. There can be no doubt that if the Emperor William were to say the word the Napoleonic empire, under the protection of the French im- perial army from Germany, would be at once reinstated. But the Emperor William does not appear to be in the least degree concerned about these revolutionary discords in France. Louis Napoleon probably expects in a month or two to be recalled to the Tuileries as the only alternative to France against general reign of anarchy and political, industrial and social ruin. The ‘‘reds” in Paris are cer- tainly making a better vindication for the empire than any that Napoleon has given since he set out on that disastrous journey to Berlin. It appears, too, that the prisoners of Metz and Sedan are offer- ing their services to the Thiers government, which, even through M. Thiers, would seem to offer a chance for Napoleon, But those sol- diers can do nothing else under the circum- stances. Siill, between Napoleon, Thiers and those French imperial troops, there may be an opening for the restoration of the empire through another coup d'état ; but the odds against such an experiment are so very dis- couraging that we think it will hardly be attempted. The Germans, we are convinced, are per- fectly indifferent concerning these internal dis- orders in France. They do not care whether law and order are completely re-established in or are completely driven out of France. Empire, monarchy or republic, anarchy or despotism, the Germans have no fears, no anxieties, and no assistance to offer. Suppose a condition of chaos shall come upon poor France, involving the prostration of her agri- cultural and manufacturing industries, the utter demoralization, bankruptcy and beg- gary of her people; that her law- abiding and industrious classes by thou- sands emigrate, for their personal safety and the security of their property, to other lands; and that such government as may exist in France for the time, instead of meet- ing the indemnity to Germany, repudiates the whole national debt. What will this signify to Germany? Only this, that if the indem- nity agreed upon is not forthcoming at the appointed time, and there is’ no prospect of getling it, Germany will foreclose her mort- gage, and appropriate another slice of the inviting soil of France, and such a slice as will make the appropriation to the Germans a botter bargain than the money. li will be observed that even these sans 7 | oulottes and “gentlemen of the pavement” of Paris have a glimnering of this thing in their proposition to respect the treaty stipulations with Germany. They propose, then, to pay the indemnity of a thousand millions of doilars required of France, though they may upset the republic of Thiers, and set up the republic of “liberty, equality and frater ity,” as they comprehend it. How, then, will they meet this indewnity? By the very simple process of the confiscation of the surplus property of the wealthy French people; for, according to the rel republican theory of eqnality, ‘‘pro- perty is theft,” and the profits of banks and money changers are stealings from the commu- nity, and belong to the community or the State. That such fears exist among the French pro- perty-holders concerning the “reds” we know from the elections to the present Assembly ; that such fears exist among the Catholic pea- santry in reference to the property and insti- tutions of their Church has been proved in the sume elections against Gambetta and Com- pany. Most likely, at all events, from the ex- cesses of the ‘‘reds” of Paris, the French pro- vinces and the returaed soldiers of the late im- perial armies will support M. Thiers in the res!o- ration of the Orleanists or the Bonapartes. It is still possible, however, that M, Thiers may effect a compromise with the ‘‘reds” of Paris, which will give the republic, upon a reasonable and conciliatory platform, another chance in an appeal to the French people. It is still pos- sible, on the other hand, that France has reached that turning point in the downward road of revolutionary factions, demoralization and confusion, which may reduce her to the political and financial condition of Spain. The Royal Mar:iage. By special telegram from London, for- warded through the Atlantic cable, we are enabled to place before the readers of the HERALD a complete report of the marriage of the Princess Louise of England to the Marquis of Lorn, The ceremony was performed in the Chapel of St. George, Windsor, yesterday, in the presence of a royal and aristocratic as- sembla-e. The scene which was presented inside of the sacred edifice was brilliant in the extreme. Queen Victoria was present and gave the bride away. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll attended. The bridegroom and bride were accompanied by gentlemen and ladies of the most dis- tinguished lineage. The “happy man” appeared nervous and slightly agitated. The bride made the responses to the officiating prelate ina clear, audible voice. At the conclusion of the ceremony Queen Victoria folded her daughter in her arms and gave her a loving, motherly kiss, The bridegroom knelt and kissed the Queen’s hand. The far Orient was represented by the presence of the Right Honorable Benjamin Disraeli and an Asiatic princess, the latter bluging in scarlet, diamonds and gold. Mr. Disraeli occupied himself, previous to the advent of the royal party, in studying the rubric of the Church of England, which directs the performance of marriages, in a copy of the Book of Common Prayer. It may be for future use in Parlia- ment, The people were out in crowds, joyous, good-natured and festive. The newly wedded pair took their departure from Windsor for Claremont for the honeymoon amid enthusi- astic demonstrations of the good will of the populace, The Emperor William Parliament. The members of the North German Reich- stag assembled in Parliamentary session in Berlin yesterday. The occasion was one of more than usual interest. His Majesty the Emperor William presided on the throne. It was his first official appearance since his return from the seat of war. The Emperor deli- vered a speech in which he referred to the “glorious but trying struggle” which had just been terminated, its mode of corpluct and probable consequences. His Majesty paid due honor to the soldiers of the nation and @ merited compliment to the unity and patriotism of the people. He promised that Germany, ‘‘independent,” would “respect the independence of others.” The war har- ness being taken off, the Parliament is to apply itself to the work of recuperation, to the healing of the ‘‘wounds” which were sus- tained in treading the path to victory, For South Germany he has conciliation; for France, pity; for Europe in general, hopes of peace. Glory, with territory, is not acquired cheaply, We find, therefore, thet his Majesty Willism touches to the German gently on the financial economies, glanc- ing mildly toward an increased budget of treasury expenses, The Emperor endorsed the recent work of the London Con- ference. He thus quietly acknowledged the restoration of France to her position in the family of the European nations, and, as it appears to us, tided over the Eastern question of the Black Sea navigation in a very easy and non-committal manner, The Emperor William is prudent as he is valiant. Tne FEeRLine IN THE Feexon Provisces.— Strangely enough, we have no intelligence of revolutionary uprisings in Lyons and Mar- seilles, those hotbeds of insurrection and dis- affection. Heretofore they have never failed to respond with alacrity to the call to arms in Paris, and on more than one occasion they have set the capital an example in the way of an uprising against the regular authorities, However, should the Paris insurgents main- tain their position fora few days longer the Southern cities will doubtless join in the movement to overthow M. Thiers and the Na- tional Assembly. Thus far the only symptom of active sympathy in the provinces with the Paris insurgents has been exhibited at Kouen, where copies of an insurrectionary proclama- tion have been seized and their circulation prevented. But even there, as, indeed, throughout France, the reports agree in repre- senting the country quiet and orderly, Tue Frvat ApjouRNMENT Proposrtion in- troduced in the Legislature by Mr. Tweed is said to have been called for by the exceedingly shaky condition of the democratic majority. Two members of the Senate are sickly and a third is wild, so that the Boss does not know at what moment, through death or severe illness on one band, and the fascinations of the flowing bowl on the other, he may be brought to bay by a republican maiority against him, MARCH The Ladic:’ Spriazg Fashioos. Waterproofs, overshoes and umbrellas were the universal wear of the ladies who ventured out yesterday to see the preliminary display of spring fashions in the shops, But the shops, like so many hothouses, forced the season, and, in spite of outside wind and rain, bloomed with every variety of cameo shades and other novelties in color as well as in eut. The cameo shades have been decreed to be fashionable, not only for spring silks, but also for less costly dress goods, On Monday, the opening day with a few dry goods houses, many suits, each comprising hat, sacque and underskirt, were exhibited, in which “‘the dresses are finished with trim- mings of the same color, but of a lighter or darker shade, according to the taste of the wearer.” Such are the so-called cameo suits. The color of the gloves may match with the suit or even with the strings of the hat, the bright- est blues gnd green being admissible, although for evenity delicate lines of yellow, lilac or flesh color are preferred. The shops seem to be amply supplied with gloves, but those imported from i’aris must have been invoiced before the French capital was besiege. The marquise is tho latest style. In boots, em- broidery has supersded rosettes and bows. The absurd attempt to revive long trails for walking dresses has happily failed, and while the skirts are longer than they were a few years ago they are sti!l short enough to clear the mud of our street cross- ings and the water pools of the worst and most neglected sidewalks in the world. But without further entering into details with which more than twenty thousand visi- tors will become familiar on the opening day of the dry goods stores, it will suffice to record the suggestive fact that the largest proportion of the fabrics offered for spring wear are of American make and are comparatively mode- rate in price, It may be added that although the Parisian modistes, who have for long months been languishing in exile at Brus- sels, declare it to be impossible to invent acceptable new tashions anywhere outside of Paris, and authoritative fashion journals here are, therefore, compelled to have their fashion plates drawn in the shops of New York modistes, the latter have proved fully equally to the emergency. The endorse- ment of their skilful inventions by our most elegant belles will basten the time when New York, instead of Paris or Berlin, shall give laws to the realm of fashion throughout the world, The Pneumatic Tube, The bill for the construction of this under- ground bore has passed the Legislature and remains now in the hands of Governor Hoff- man to decide whether this great wronz shall be imposed upon the people or whether he shall strangle it by his veto. We hope that Governor Hoffman, who has, ever since his accession to office, evinced so much discretion in dealing with bad legislation, will not con- sent to making this bill a law. We hope, fughermore, that he will not only veto it, or let it go by default for want of bis signature, but that he will give us, in his explicit and forcible way, the reasons why this outrageous piece of legislation should never be allowed to go upon the statute book. What is this pneu- matic tube scherte? It is the underground arcade railroad over again, which was killed in the Legislature last session. It means underminiag Broadway, to the great danger of every building on that thoroughfare. It gives to the company almost unlimited rights to take and dispose of the property of citi- zens. If the road were to be built it would obstruct the traffic of Broadway for years to come, for it will take ten or fifteen years to complete it. K would ruin the business of that great hizh- way, and reduce the value of property there nearly fifty per cent. If scientific experi- ments of this kind—and the pneumatic rail- road is only an experiment after all—are to be tried, why not select some less valuable and less populous portion of the city, east or west of Broadway? Why pick out this street, without which the metropolis would be nothing, to bore under, to shake it to its foundations, to impede its business and destroy the value of its property? It has been intimated that there is no iotention of building this road at all—that the charter has been sought and pushed to its present position in the Legislature on the part of some indi- viduals for the purpose of getting bought off by the owners of property which this scheme threatens toinjure. If this be so, if it be a blackmailing job, it is an additional reason why Governor Hoffman should put a quietus upon it. We regard the passage of this bill as the most atrocious piece of legislation for this city which has occurred for many years. We have confidence in the Governor, however, that when he gives the bill due attention he will see its enormity, and will refuse emphatically to confirm it with his name. ° Tax Heraup in ENGLANp.—An English nobleman’s estate on the island of Jamaica ia destroyed by fire and the first intimation he has of the disaster is on reading the Heratp’s special telegram from Kingston. Tur Broapway Wipentna Casz.—The mat- ter of the proposed widening of the upper por- tion of Broadway and appointment of commis- sioners under the recent act of the Legislature to that effect was to have been argued yesterday before Judge Cardozo, of the Supreme Court. It was impossible, however, for the Judge to hear the argument, owing to the multiplicity of other causes on the calendar requiring his immediate attention. It was arranged, how- ever, to have the argument of the counsel begin at ten o'clock next Tuesday morning and to be continued from day to day till the close. There is a formidable array of lawyers retained in the case, and the amount of talking that will ensue is sure to be proportionately exten- sive. The old saying that ‘‘talk is cheap, but it takes money to buy land,” applies only partially to this case. When first class lawyers do the talking it is expensive, but the later partof the proposition holds good. It will take money, anda good round sum at that, to put the widening job through the courts, Report oF tax St. Dominco Commission, — Bon Wade’s report oa St. Domingo will be favorable to annexation excepting on those points relating to debt, boundary and grants. Grant's what 2 22 1871.-TKIPLE SHEKY. Revival of Opera in Now York—A Bril- Mant Prospect. We understand Miss Nilsson has resolved to remain in the United States and to pre- Pare for us brilliant season of opera next fall and winter. While Nilsson has cap- tivated all hearts here by her exquisite singing and charming demeanor and appear- ance she herself has become captivated with America, She has experienced the liberality of the American public and is confident that an operatic company combining the first order of talents must be successful. Thus, then, after being deprived for a long period of genuine opera, we are to have a revival of this most delightful and refining amusement through the enterprise of our favorite canta- trice. We say our Nilsson now, because she foregoes advantageous offers in Europe to remain with us, and because she identifies herself and her future with America by pur- chasing property here, and by this resolve to revive opera. We are sure that our people and all lovers of music, particularly in New York, will be pleased to learn the fact as com- municated to us, Nilsson is now the centre round which our hopes of a revived Italian opera must circle. Just as General Grant became the necessity of the republican party as their candidate for the Presidency, so Nilsson is now the only available candidate in the cause of Italian opera. If Mr. Strakosch is wise he will bring us an unexceptionable troupe to support Nilsson. There are really no difficulties in the way. The Paris opera houses will be vacant fora long time to come. Theatrical engagements will hardly be made by the Parisian managers while the red flag of revo- lution floats from the Hotel de Ville. The artists, therefore, are in want of em- ployment. In London, also, Maple- son’s Italian Opera Troupe are not performing, and some of the finest living sinzers are among them. Here, then, is a wide fleld from which to cull the sweetest flowers of musical art. But the manager who undertakes to revive Italian opera in New York, with Nilsson as its shining donna, must bring here no brokendown tenors, baritones or bassi, whose voices have been played out in the service of the European public. The prospect for a revival of Italian opera next autamn, therefore, we say is very fair ; but there is an obstacle in the way for all that. It is the selfishness of the two hundred stock- holders of the Academy. If they are not will- ing to surrender their right to the best seats for the sake of art they might at least make some commutation or agree to some plan whereby the public would have a chance of obtaining good seats ata fair price. It is a pity that we should be dependent upofl the Academy for the production of Italian opera ; but as it unfortunately is so the opening pros- pect of an autumn season can be made or marred by the two hundred stockholders. If it should fail the blame will rest heavily with them. Miss Nilsson will visit the dif- ferent watering places and other parts of the country during the summer season, and the fashionable world will have an opportu- nity both of seeing her and of discussing the season of brilliant musical entertainments promised them when they return home. M. Delecluze’s Apology. Following our usual custom, which is to do justice to all and wrong to none, we printed a letter from Henri Delecluze, who, it seems, has a brother somehow mixed up with what we have been in the habit of calling the ‘‘reds” in Paris. We never had any desire to misrepre- sent French republicanism or French republi- cans. We shall be glad if MM. Louis Blanc, Ledru Rollin, Victor Hugo and Delecluze de- nounce the conduct of the faction which now rules Paris, and which has, to all intents. and purposes, inaugurated a Reign of Terror. Until they do denounce such scoundrelism we must hold these recognized leaders responei- ble for the excesses of the so-called republi- cans of the moment. If Victor Hugo, Ledru Rollin, Louis Blanc and the others do not cry out against the murderers of Generals Clo- ment-Thomas and Lecomte, then Victor Hugo, Ledru Rollin, Louis Blanc and Delecluze, if Delecluze be one of them, must be regarded as participes criminis, If we properly un- derstand our correspondent he is not sorry for the excesses which have been committed afresh in the name of the republic. We are sorry to have to say it, but we honestly avow our belief that a French republic is not a pos- sibility. The French people, it seems to us, have lost not only self-control, but self-respect. Napotgon’s Capriviry aT WILHELMSHORE.— We publish in another page of the Heratp this morning an interesting communication from our special correspondent at Wilhelms- hohe, who, since the captivity of Napoleon, has been stationed at that point in order to keep the readers of the Hrratp thoronghly posted on incidents relative to the fallen Em- peror and other matters of interest likely to occur in that historic locality. The events which from time to time have transpired have been duly chronicled, and from reference to these records, as well as to the present letter, it will be seen that Napoleon's captivity at Wilhelmshéhe has been employed in earnest study and careful thought, noting changes, watching events, and calculating the chances for the restoration of his dynasty. If his studies in the ‘College of Ham,” as he at one time facetionsly termed the prison of his early years, gave him the empire which he recently lost, it now remains to be seen whether during bis detention in Wilhelms- hihe he has been able to study out a plan by which his restoration to power may be accom- plished. : Coneress.—The Senate busied itself altogether yesterday in debating Mr. Anthony’s resolution relative to Southern affairs. The democratic members made a very fierce onslaught on the reports of terrible outrages that come from the South, but the debate, although brilliant, developed nothing new. It was finally agreed to take a vote on the bill to-day. In the House nothing whatever of interest was done. Bovurwst is reported to be about to retire from the Treasury, and Morton is named to succeed him, President Grant, it seems, has at last come to the conclusion that Boutwell as a financier is not a success, and conse- quently concludes that he ought to have a successor. The Duty on Coal and Salt ond tho Duty ef the United States Senate, Tea and coffee are really luxuries; but their universal use has caused them to be looked upon as necessities. Not so with salt and coal. They are real necessities, No one can live long without them, and every man, woman and child in the country is interested in obtain- ing them in the easiest manner and at the least cost. Public policy is against speculation or mono- poly in connection with either of these arti- cles, They ought to be prepared for market with as little cost as is fair to the labor em- ployed, and transported and sold with as small profit as is just to the capital used. To obtain this result is a legitimate work of legislation. To stave off such legislation when the oppor- tunity to make it effectual is offered is to co- operate with oppression and monopoly. Labor and capital are so at swords’ points in the coal regions and so involved with various interests that they can be straightened out only by that law to which all must eventually submit—viz., the law of demand and supply. Open the avenues to an unlimited supply and demand will be furnished -at the cost of production and transportation, Shut up the avenues of supply, tax and obstruct with custom houses the production of the rest of the world, and you play into the hands of a few thousand miners and a few hundred capitalists at the expense of thirty-five millions of people. If the present duty on coal of one dollar and twenty-five cents in gold per ton is permitted to remaia, the coal consumers will have to pay one dollar and fifty cents per ton (in currency) more on fifteen millions of tons in one year than they would if the duty were removed, If the duty is not taken off this session it will be two years before the necessary logislation in and production out of the United States will bring the trade to its true level, In other words, the coal consumers must pay forty-five millions of dollars within the next two years to a few thousand miners and a few hundred capitalists in Penn- sylvania, Maryland and Virginia for an eces- sity of life, which millions they need not pay if the United States Senate would respond to the demand of the people of the United States and remove the duty from coal. It is an insult to say there is no duty on anthracite coal, and to take it off bituminous would have no effect. No other country pro- duces anthracite coal to any extent, but remove the duty from bituminous and it will take the place of anthracite whenever the lat- ter reaches an unreasonable price. Now, Messrs. Republican Senators of the United States, are you aware that your party is tot- tering and ready to full to pieces simply because you are holding on with grim tenacity to a tyrannical protective system which is used to enrich a few at the expense of many? Will you give one day, or as much time as may be necessary, to do an act of justice and statesmanship, and take the duty from salt and coal? You may then feel, and the country will admit, that this Congress has accomplished something. Or do you wish the public to ponder over the meaning of the word telegraphed one day last week to and printed in Forney’s Press, in Philadelphia, that if the tariff men were not more liberal they would find the duty off from coal and many other articles in which Pennsylvania is interested? Messrs, Conkling and Fenton, what answer can you make to the voters of New York State when they ask why you did not aid in routing this monopoly of salt and coal? “Will you say the Pennsylvania and Maryland Senators threatened to talk us to death if we persisted in bringing up the bill, and to save our lives we concluded to let it rest until a more convenient season?” The voters of New York State will be very likely to reply to you that they will vote with a@ party which can supply, when the time comes, Senators who can talk as well and sit as long, if necessary, as Senators Cameron, Scott and Vickers, Are these the Senators to whom the Representatives of the great State of New York are to play second fiddle? We tell Senators and political parties that the men or the party who aid directly (or indirectly by doing nothing) in retaining the odious duties on salt and coal, will never cease to regret their personal and political blunder. b AFFAIRS IN JAMAICA.—By special tele gram from the HkraLp correspondent at Kingston we have later advices from Jamaica. Great excitement has been created on account of the arrest of deserters from the United States steamer Tennessee by the negro police, the inhabitants contending that under the cir- cumstances it establishes a bad precedent. The people of Jamaica have not yet recovered from the effects of the St. Domingo Commission- ers’ visit, the Queen’s counsel announcing it an event in the history of the island. On account of the prospect of increased trade with the United States improved wharf facilities are being constructed for the steamers of the Pa- cific Mail Steamship Company, that now call regularly at Kingston. It is evident that affairs in Jamaica are prospering, and we hope they may continue'to improve. Ovrraces WiTH THe KNIFE are becoming an ordinary pastime among the ruffians of this city. The affair in Tompkins Park on Mon- day night, which was fully reported in our columns, was a case of great atrocity. The part which the police are said to have played in the bloody business has become a subject of investigation by the Police Board, and it would not be proper to prejudice the case by any remarks of ours. We can only hope that the investigation will be of the most searching character. The charges are that the police officers assaulted the victims of the attack and permitted the assailing parties to escape. This is a question of fact which, we presume, can be easily settled by competent testimony. Tne Sovurnern Press anp Sovurnern Ovrraces.—The Southern press exhibit a good deal of feeling upon the pending action of Congress in regard to the alleged outrages in the Southern States. What the Southern press should do under the circumstances is to invite and encourage investigation. The South undoubtedly has a good rejoinder to make to radical declarations, Morcover, the Southern people have a right to a fair oppor- tunity to explain tueir grievances, and the government is bound to give them @ fall and | careful hearin °