The New York Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1871, Page 6

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LE SHE CONTENTS OF TO-DaY's HERALD, PAGE. i t—Advertisements. 2—-Advertisements 3—The Spectre Rouge: A Bloody Drama Enacted in Paris on Weduesday Evening; Scene of the Slaughter, 4—Insurgent Paris: First Scenes Tuaugurating the Seenes of Terror—Victor Hugo: A HERALD Correspondent Tuterviews the French Novel- ist—France Distracted: Stormy Scenes In the National Assembly—Gambetta: He Unbosoms Himself to 8 HERALD Correspondent. 5-Gambetta (Contianed from’ Fourth Page)— For ga Loans ia the English Money Market— Proceedings of Congress—The State Capital: Interesting Proceedings in the Legislature— Music and the Drama—North © ina Legis- lature—The Gambling Hells Near the Firth ue dotel—Drowned to Death, ls: Leading Article, “The Struggle and Anarchy 4 —Horribie Scenes ns to Re- turn"—Personal Intelligence —Amusements— Milsson in Newark—New York Y.ehi Club — Amusement Announcements, Rouge (Continued trom Third man Lutervention—Ouba and Telegrams—Basine S=The Cou A Cry from the Depth: Miuer’s Story—Keal Estate Mati ment of Docks—financial and Commercial Reports, 9—Si, Vincent's Hoepital—Marriages and Deaths— Advertisements, from Washington—Wedding in Bigh ‘The Legisiature I Night—Lecture by oi Sale of Prize Go Home—Congress, Wanstep—An enlargement of a graveyard, for the political burial of certain members of our Legislature. Waerk Do Thry Kerp Trem Fonps?—The Paris ’ it is reported, called upon the Paris Rothschilds for a little loan, but those great ers in national secur “couldn't see it Their surplus funds, no doubt, like the Bonaparies, afe in E: Conan finned their diseussion upon anti-Ku Klax measures rday. Mr, Sumner, in the Senate, mide a very unworthy aitempt to go behind the resolution of the Senate r eting the § nd intro- m censuring the President for orces agninst Hayti, but the the morning hour and the ve of Senators Morton and Conkling stopped In the House the debate on Southern legislation was rather lively, Butler coming nearer a bloody affray in his encounter than at any time in 2 since Dutch Gap. A special committee was appointed to consider the President's message, and the House adjourned until Mon- day. using the na expiration of remonst AFrains ty CcBA AND P< telegram from the Heraty’s special cor- respondent at Havana we learn that the trouble in Porto Rico arising out of the suc- cess of the liberals in the recent elections is assuming serious proportions and may lead to bloodshed. A very inflammatory manifesto has been issued, and it is evident that to Rrco.—By the feeling existing between the two parties is of the most bitter character. The action of the home government in removing an officer hag excited the indig- nation of those in Havana who desire to run the government of the island of Cuba, and they have sent a despatch to Madrid asking that the removed oificer be reinstated. Should the reply be unfavorable, it is said that the authority of King Amadeus will be quietly ignored. Rumors existed that au expedition ander General Quesada had been snecessfully landed near Trinidad, but they needed con- firmation. A Grow: Waion Mraxs Somztine--The growl of Count Bismarck that within twenty. four hours a certain telegraph wire connecting with the heart of Paris from the outside must be restored, or the German army will look iuto the matier. Sxnator Creamer’s Asszssmenv Bill, intro- Guced in the Senate yesterday, bas a very suspicious look, coming so closely on the new Tax Levy bill, Probably the cloar-headed Senators who father the two bilis wil! exolaia thelr connection with one another. NEW YORK HERALD. The Straggle Between Order and Anarchy in France—Horrible Sceucs in Paris—Bismarck Threatens to Return. Our special and other despatches from Paris reveal a state of things which has had no parallel since the Reign of Terror, A special despatch of our own, to be found elsewhere in these columns, is deserving of very particular attention, It would seem that on Wednesday evening a fresh outbreak took pl he city of Paria, An alterca- thon cae He a : ek ag gathered n argnd and brought out the armed surgdnts, who fired recklessly on the Sowa in the Place Vendéme, killing not fewer than fiva persons and wounding many. Large crowds of respectable people bogan to assem- ble on the Boulevards des Italiens and des Capucines, and on the open space before the Grand Opera House. The crowd was un- armed; but, baving made some demonstrations in favor of order, the insurgents fired upon them, killing and wounding large numbers, The result of the fire, according to our special, was that the Rue de la Paix was covered with dead and wounded. On the mass, which retired in confusion along the Street of Peace, the firiug was continued, and hundreds of all sexes and of all ages were mercilessly destroyed, Our other ‘despatches are “alarming and horrible in their details. The Rue de la Paix, we are told, isa pool of blood, and no man’s life is safe in Paris. The insurgents have so overawed the authorities of the Bank of Paris that they have obtained one million of francs against the deposit of a for- mal Treasury bond. A demand had been made upon the Rothschilds, which was per- emptorily refused. The most important piece of intelligence which we print this morning is contained in the letter which Jules Favre read to the Assembly from Count Bismarck, The Count claims that the events which have taken place in Paris‘have already resulted in violations of the treaty of peace, He demands that the telegraphic line which communicates with the city and the Germans, and which has been destroyed, be ored within twenty- four hoira; not restored, the forts occupied by the Germans will open fire upon the city, The wretched conditicn of the government and of the National Assembly is revealed in the answer of Jules Favre, who stated that ‘‘the government had no means of repairing the telegraph, but would ask the Mayors of the arrondissements through which it passed to have it restored and put 3 working order. A special despatch from Versailles to the London Daily News says “the letter of Count Bismarck created a sensation in the Assembly, and that M. Favre in his remarks hinted that if the insurgents did not yield, the government would co-operate with the Ger- mans.” This is certainly a lively budget of news. What are we to think of it? What can we think of it but this:—That France has afresh revealed the spirit which has made the years 1792, 1793, 1794, immortal in the history of crime; that she has for the fourth or fifth time sinee 1789 given proof that she is absolutely unfit for self-government ; that the breed has so degenerated that to-day there is no man who can take up the lapsed reins and curb the fiery steed of Revolution; that, to speak plainly, the Grande Nation, the land of Cor- neille and Molitre, of Bossuet and Fén¢lon, of Richelieu and Mazarin, the land of philoso- phers and statesmen, of warriors and phi- lanthropists, of writers and poets, is to be re- garded as nothing better than an offensive ulcer on the body politic of the world? In the present condition of Paris we see revived those horrible scenes which were repeated at intervals from the storming of the Bastile in July, 1789, up until the fall ef Robespierre in 1794, This shooting down of the populace by the populace warrants us to expect another Reiga of Terror, We have had what may he compared to the massacre of the Swiss ; time only is necessary to give us the massacres on the Champ de Mars, the butcheries in the prisous, the midnight fusiilades and noyadea, the guillotine and other becoming fruits of a revolutionary tribunal or of a Committee of Public Safety. One thing, however, is im- possible, The revolution of 1789 marched through blood and sorrow to strength and victory and glory, The revolution of 1871 has no prospect before it, It is this prospect which now animaies the the “reds,” which sustains their hopes, which incites them to deeds of blood. France is no longer France in the ancient sense. In com- parison with her former self she is dwarfed, stuated, insignificant. In addition to all this Furope has passed uader eatirely new condi- tions, United, France was more than a match for any of her netghbors. Now she is sur- rounded on all hands by neighbors more powerful than herself. And, what is more important still, Germany has her foot upon her, and a word only is requisite to make all the rebellious elements submissive to the will of the conqueror. Nothing, therefore, but misery can result from this wild and lawless movement, such We are unwilling to hold France responsible for the sin and folly of Paris; but France has been too slow in her movements to put down the rowdy elements of the capital city. It is possible that the men now in power are more to blame than the masses. of the French people. We cannot forget that the National Assembly has been but recently elected; that the election of members to the Assembly was fairiy and honorably conducted; that M. Thiers was the choice of the French people, and that nothing has happened in the interval to justify a change of the national sentiment, The present Na- tional Assembly and the new government have had, unquestionably, a most difficult task to perform. It was not unnatural that they should act with moderation, and feel their way eantionsly out of the many and perplexing difficulties with which they felt themselves surrounded, It is possible, however, to be too cautious; and we cannot hold M. Thiers and the Assembly guiltlees in this particular. Directly it was known that the Nationals at Montmartre were possessed of guns the gov- ernment ought to have demanded their surren- der, and in the event of refusal they would have had a fair right to insist on the retura of the Germans, The initial blunder of the gov- ernment of M. Thiers was the toleration of the Monimartrists. If it were not deemed desir- ment ouzht to have staked Its existence ia an effort to dislodge and subdue the insurgents. If there was a shadow of justification for timidity and hope every pretext for delay was removed by the cool-blooded murders of Generals Lecomte and Clement-Thomas. The time for prompt and decisive action had come, and M. Thiers ought, with or without the sanction of the National As- sembly, to have acted promptly or resigned. If the National Assembly was not with him it was his business to make known the fact gnd to save his owii reputation, As it is, the opporimity is gone, and the progumption is that the Germans alone can save France from self-destruction, On the 20th of June, 1792, two young men stood by witnessing the dis- graceful scenes enacted in the Tuileries. When the poor King, in obedience to the mob, appeared at a window with the cap of liberty on his head, one of these young men ex- claimed:—‘'The wretches! They should cut down the first five hundred with grapeshot, and the remainder would soon take to flight.” That young man was Napoleon Bonaparte. It was the want of such a man then that allowed France to drift into all the excesses of the Reign of Terror, It is the want of such a man now that has lost to France this other golden opportunity. The Latest News from Feance-More Fra- ternization ef Soldiers with Insurgents. Our latest despatches from France report that the insurgents in Paris have begun the organization of a regular government by the appointment of a delegate Minister of War and a delegate Minister of Foreign Affairs. Neither of the appointees is known to fame. On Wednesday last the Central Republican Committee ordered the occupation of the fort of Vincennes. The fort was occupied without opposition, the garrison, composed of troops of the line, fraternizing with the insurgents as soon as they appeared. Excepting the intel- ligence of the massacre in Paris there is no item of nows from France whieh we publish this morning as important as this, Are we to re- gard fhis second frateraization with insurgents as evidence of the spirit which prevails in the entire Freagh army? It is remarkable, in- deed, that the Pégniars should refuse to fight the mob of anarchists now ruling Paris, and their refusal bodes little good for M. Thiers’ government and for France. In view of the disgraceful surrender of Fort Vincennes it will not surprise us in the least should the insur- gents advance on Versailles, to hear that the army assembled there had deserted the au- thorities and forced them to seek safety in flight. The news certainly gives to such an event an air of decided probability, Senator Bradley’s Lite Insurance Bill. The practical inefticiency of all the measures introduced into the Legislature with the view of amendiug the laws of this State in respect to life iasurance hee at length induced certain parties, whose evident experience of the sub- ject entitles them to be considered as an authority, to bring before the Honse a bill which may be considered as possessing at least the desirable quality of simplicity, This bill which has been introduced by Senator Bradley glaces the power where it ought really to re¥ide—namely, in the bands of the department whieh haa been duly appointed to watch ¥ er the interes's of the policy-holders a, life companies, and whose duty is alsoéto guard these companies against ignorant and unprincipled attacks, tending to undermine the whole system of life insurance rather than to offer any recognized protection to the public. In the main the provisions of this bill give force to all previous laws and strengthen the authority of the department and of its superiatendent, Mr. G. W. Miller. Oa this gentleman is conferred the power of making a thorough investigation at any time of the affairs and condition of our life cémpanies, to watch narrowly the gharacter of their invest- ments, and to verify the correctness of their annual statements, whenever, at his discre- tion, he may deem it necessary. We doubt whether it should be left to the discrimination of the depariment to estimate the reserve or non-participating policies on a basis of interest not less than four and one- half, or not more than six per cent per annum, and in view of the rates of premium charged by companies doing business in this form. But, as Mr. Miller has evidently at heart the general welfare of insurance interesis, we may leave this poiat with confidence.to his decision. An important feature of the bill is the blow which it aims at the establishment of all such mushroom institutions as those which have of late years started into life, bringing discredit on the system and injury to the community, The enactment that no life insurance company shall hereafter proceed to business without a paid-up capital of $500,000, invested ia first class securities, one-half of which must be deposited with the department at Albany, will probably be a salntary check upon such organizations, The comprehensiveness of this bill, should it become a statute, will, we think, end mach of that ill-advised tinkering with our insurance laws which has really led to no practical good results, Life insurance interests in this State have now assumed proportions which demand the authority of a practised hand, the aid of those thoroughly acquainted with the science and its working, and, by no means, the Inter- ference of the inexpert. We understand that the Legislature of New Jersey has indefinitely postponed the consider- ation of a life insurance bill similar to the ono introduced at Albany by Mr. Flagg, on tho ground that it legalizes fraud. M. Truers IN A Fix—Between the Parls “reds” and the Germans, To save France and lift her to her feet again he may have to call in the strong arm that laid her in the dust, How To Carry New York For THE Rk- PUBLICANS—Peraistence in the present style of legislation at Albany. Tar Prorosep New Reeisrry Biwi opens up another way for repeaters to do their work, If they have not registered they may be allowed to vote on showing under oath any good cause for not registering. The genteel democracy in power must not surrender im- portant matters to the disaffected roughs in this manner, They must remember the great wble to usk the Germans to retura the govera- « work of 1872 before them, The President’s Message on feuthern Disorders~Special Legistation Recome mended, The President has at last.done that which he should have done at the meeting of the pre- sent session of Congress, He has sent up to the two houses a message recommending, as imperatively demanded, legislation on certain matters. He says that in some of the States (meaning the Southern States) life and pro- perty are insecure and the carrying of the mails and the collection of the revenue dan- gerous; that he is satisfied that the power to correct these evils is beyond the control of the State authorities concerned, and that he is doubtful whether bis authority to act in the premises under existing laws is sufficient for the emergencies suggested. He therefore urges such legislation as will authorize him freely to act in the protection of life, liberty and property in all parts of the United States, and euggests that the extraordinary executive powers which may thus be conferred upon him shall by the law be limited to the interval between the final adjournment of the present session and the reassembling of the two houses at the next session of Congress, The message is to the point and to the pur- pose; but if General Grant on the organization of this Congress on the 4th of March had in- formed the two houses as to the measures of legislation in his judgment urgently required, and as to other measures which might be safely postponed, the work suggested might have been done and the session closed a week or a fortnight ago. In the absence of any specific recommendations from the Executive, on the other hand, the two houses have been blundering along in the dark, and the members identified with the administration, for lack of better employment, have been wrangling among themselves and widening the demorali- zations of the republican party. In realizing the fact that he has been too modest by half in this matter, and that it is sound policy as well as his duty to communicate frankly and promptly his views upon public affairs to Con- gress, General Grant, it is to be hoped, will not stand upon any foolish reservations of non- intervention hereafter touching the legislation of Congress, The two houses expect him, and the country expects him, ‘from time to time,” as the constitution requires, the Congress information of the state of the Union” and to “recommend to their con- sideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” The constitution says not that he may, but that ‘the shall” do this. Hence we may say General Grant, in failing to send up a message to Congress ‘‘on the state of the Union” at the organization of this session failed in his duty. He did not like, perhaps, to interfere or seem to interfere with the free action of Congress; but it is his business to interfere, as the law of his office requires. Better late, however, than never, though it is best to act promptly where duty is con- cerned. Doubtless a law will now be passed covering the necessities suggested by this special message. In his information that in some of the States ‘‘life and property are inse- cure,” General Grant, doubtless, means especially the States of North and South Carolina ; the danger suggested in the carrying. of the mails applies to the late case in Kentucky, in which, from the mobbing of the negro mail carrier, the mails on that route have been suspended. As to the dangers con- nected with the collection of the revenue, the President means those contraband whiskey distillers and their confederates who, in North Garolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and elsewhere, not only defy the internal revenue officers, but kill them or drive them away. In all these lawless doings General Grant unquestionably means that the Southern Ku Klux Klans ave chiefly the guilty parties, from his reference to the evidence before the Senate, and the legislation hinted at is some- thing in the shape of the law of Washington’s time for the suppression of the Pennsylvania whiskey insurrection. We suppose, too, that some such bill as that proposed by Senator Pomeroy will be passed, authorizing the Presi- dent, in any district where he may deem it necessary, to suspend the habeas corpus, to declare martial law, and to employ the army and navy against the lawless bands indicated. Beyond this legislation General Grant has nothing to recommend as necessary at the present session. In other words, he suggests no legislation at present on the tariff or the in- ternal revenue—the very subjects upon which the whole people are most deeply interested, He is ia no hurry about St. Domingo, and here he is right. St. Domingo can wait o little longer. Lastly, it would appear that he expects nothing from the Joint High Commis- sion or from the Darien exploring expedition requiring the detention of Congress, Perhaps he expects that the “Joint High” diplomats on the Alabama claims and on the fishing line will fight it out in dining and wining, ‘“‘if it takes all summer.” The President, in a word, calls upon Congress to authorize him to fight the Ka Klux Klans; and this will probably be the republican programme for the fall elec- tions. Tae Leciscatore Has Vorep Five Mu- Lions for the viaduct railroad. Why not say twenty-five millions, and be done with it? Tue Panis INsuRGENTS AND THE SINEWS OF War.—The Paris insurgents have, it ap- pears, obtained a million of francs from the Bank of France ona bond, We may perhaps hear to-day that they have robbed the bank without giving a bond. Count Bismarck is right, The Germans are wanted in Paris, Tee Viapvor Ramroap Bix was amended in the Senate yesterday by a clause authoriz- ing the city of New York to take stock in the road to the amount of five million dollars, and was then passed. Notwithstanding the pneu- matic flurry, it seems probable that this is the bill whereupon the leaders of the Legislature will mass their whole force for the purpose of carrying it through; and, whatever may be its demerits, it is certainly far preferable to the underground imposition. Jamatoa.—By telegram from the Hkranp’s special correspondent in Kingston. we learn that the contract with the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company ‘for steam commanicatlon be- tween Kingston and New York has been extended twelve months, Waitina ror Tae (Cosxgotionr) Wagon— Congress, Better adjoura. FRIDAY, MARCH 24. 187L.-TRIPLE SHEET. |e em ye net tn The Proposed Amendments to Charter. Mr. Tweed has introduced in the State Sen- ate a bill proposing certain amendments to the city charter, which tho Legislature last year secured for us after such determined opposi- tion from the rough democracy, Of course the charter was not altogether perfect. If it had been it might never have become a law, but it was a great improvement on the charter which we had previously had, and far prefera- ble to the instrument that the young democ- racy propesed to give us, but the amend- ments that Mr. Tweed now proposes will, in some respects, improve it greatly, The most important changes proposed relate to the Board of Education, which is to be abolished, and a body substituted by appoint- ment by the Mayor, to be called the Board of Public Instruction, the members to hold office for five years. The importance and benefit of this change can be seen ata glance. It takes the question of the education of the children of the metropolis out of the hands of the roughs and rowdies, The education of the children is the perpetuation of the State, and it is a ridiculous burlesque on the right of suffrage to entrust the choice of a Board of Education to the bummers and repeaters who choose our Police Justices. But the proposed amendment {s in itself imperfect, unless it does away with the peity local boards, where the corner grocery influence is most directly felt, and gives the chief board as full power in its especial department as the Police Commissioners have in regard to the police system, It is also proposed to enlarge the powers of the Dock Commission- ers, The other amendments are of minor importance, Corporation advertising is to be kept more within bounds, expenses for any purpose are to be incurred only out of appro- priations already made, the Corporation Coun- sel is to be appointed and the deputies of the Comptroller and the Commissioner of Public Works are to be empowered to perform tho duties of those offices duriag the absence of their chiefs, the (ity Transformation of tho Battcry. Twenty years ago the Battery was one of the greatest charms of this city, Located on the extreme point of the peninsula, abutting, we might almost say, into the sea, there were fow localities in any city of the yorld more favored for a place of enjoyment—for a public promenade, for a sweet resting spot, where tired labor, upoa & gammor aeatag, could steal a little of the joys of heaven upon earth. The trees were green and the grass was fresh, The birds warbled in the branches and the voices of the sweetest singing birds of Europe could be heard in the Castle Garden Opera House, making the night air delicious with melody, But since then the Battery has been permitted to degenerate into a wilder- ness, Its trees had withered, the grass was trampled down into a mire, the shady walks lost even their outlines, But all this, we are glad to see, is changed now. A thorough transformation has taken place. The long neglected Battery begins to bloom again. Three- thousand trees—mostly evergreens— have been already planted there, and as the season of flowers approaches the charm of maniOid COIOr WII pe Gddea to wreak the nnt formity of the verdure, For this transformation and restoration of the Battery, as well as for the embellishment of all the other open spaces, large and small, whether we designate them as parks or squares, we are indebted to the Commissioners o@ Public Parks, They have certainly wrought a very pleasant revolution in all our public places, from our Grand Park to the Battery ; so much so, indeed, that one would hardly recognize some localities, where dreariness, filth and squalor have been replaced by green and pleasant spots upon which the eye can look with delight. Take, for example, the City Hall Park. For many years it has been half a common and half a mudbole. Now the walks are smooth, dry and are passable, The evergreens fill up the place once occupied by the slouching, the politician and office-seeker. So it is with Tompkins sqnate and all the other breathing places throughout the city, If we can make duil things bright and unsightly places beautiful, so much the better, and the greater merit is due to those who do it. We hope, therefore, that the Commission- ers of Public Parks will go on in their present course, If there is anything which the city can afford to pay for it isa work like theirs, which will add to its beauty, improve the health and comfort of its population, and increase the value of its property. The cost may be high, but the value reggived will certainly be an equivalent for the money expended, Repeal of the Income Tax Law Belore Congress, Several efforts have been made to repeal the Income Tax law and all have failed, A resolu- tion to that effect came nearer passing the Senate on last Wednesday than at any other time either in that body or in the House of Representatives, and it is interesting to notice the vote. Mt. Casserly moved as an amond- ment to Mr. Anthony’s resolution regarding affairs in the South the House bill to repeal the income tax. The yote stood on this twenty-seven yeas to twenty-seven nays, When the tie was declared Vice President Colfax looked anxiously around for some one to relieve him of the dilemma of de- oiding the question, but all had voted. Thereupon he voted nay, and by that de- feated Mr. Casserly’s amendment. If a full vote could be got at in the Senate this obnox- ious and inquisitorial tax, probably, would be repealed, The Western men appear to be in favor of retaining the tax, It is not such a burden upon the people of their section as upon the North and such a wealthy city as New York. But it isan odious tax and such sectional legislation—such legislation in favor of one locality and agaigst another—Iis unjust and contrary to sound national policy, It is amusing to see, however, the dilemma in which such a resolution aa this-of Mr. Casserly places those who are ambitious of reaching the White House and who are anxious to avoid all the shoals and quicksands that le in the way of popular favor. Still it is doubt- ful if Mr, Colfax will make anything by defeat- ing the proposition to repeal the income tax, aV————— Tuam Drav.”"— Ts “Ler vag Dap Sextous are wanted ia, Gambetta and Victor Mage on the Troncif Republic. We publish in another page of the Henan this morning two interesting letters from our special correspondents in Bordeaux, in which are detailed the conversations which took place during interviews with Victor Hugo and Gambetta. It will be observed in read- ing those letters that while M. Hugo is con- fident that the republic is surely established in France, M. Gambetta entertains an entirely different opinion, The latter believes the re- public is not safe and that its permanent estab- lishment is doubtful. The reasons for this he contends are to be found in the conclusion of the dishonorable peace just made with Prussia. Both, however, agree that the armies of Frauce were miserably offloored—a fact which will generally be admitted on all sides, M. Hugo declaims strongly against the government or Paris during the slege, ap- plauds the heroism of the people, denounces General Trochu, and declares that if the Pa- risians had at their head a brave, competent and able soldier the army penned up in Paris would have been able to cut its way through the Prussian investment, made a juoction with the army of the provinces, and have saved the country from the dishonorable and disgraceful terms imposed on it by Bismarck. M. Gam- betta, on the other hand, rails loudly against the generals to whom the army of the pro- vinces were entrusted, They not only lacked ability but wanted pluck, in the estimation of the ex-dictator, who believes that the war should have been continued until success was won. In speaking of Gen- eral Bourbaki, M. Gambetta is particularly severe, According to the irrepressible ex-Minister, Bourbaki’s army was well supplied with everything, and nothing short of tho incompeteacy of the general commanding it conld have worked its destruction and com: pelled it to save itself by flight into Switzer. land, The opinions of MM. Gambetta and Hugo run in parallel channels regarding the prospects of the future. The peace just con- cluded is only a patched-up peace, they con- tend, and the war will be reopeaed when France is prepared to move, Should France be successful in the coming struggle, and there is little reason to doubt that she will, the successes of France will result inthe estab- lishment of the United Siates of Axorner Cuaxce For Victor Hveo—To write a new book on ‘ Les Miserables” of Paris, ou the Jaco! platform of ‘‘liberty, equality and fraternity,” or license, debauchery and wholesale murder, Personal intelligend>, = 4 e! Mr, Oaks Ames, Member of Congress from Massa chusetts, is staying at the Fifth Avenue flotel. Mr. Marshall Wood, of London, and Mr. John GoMn, of Manchester, have arvived at the Brevoort House. Surgeon General J, K. Barnes, of the United States Army, 1s quartered at the Hoffman House, Ex-Magor J. S. Rumsey, of Chicago, is stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Mr. Rovert H. Pruyn, exX-member of Congress, from Albany, 8 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. Andrew Jamieson, colic ‘ of Alexandria, Va., ia temporarily at the Grand Central Hotel. General J, Vogdes, of the United States Army, te at the Astor House. Judge Sandford and Judge Granger, of Connectl- cut, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General R. D. Mussey, of Washington, Is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on a brief visit, Mr, Israel T. Hatch, of Buffalo, has arrived at the Grand Ventral Hotel. General Shriver, of West Point, has taken quarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mr. W. L. Scott, Vice President of the Pennsyl- vania Central Railroad, is among the arrivais at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. AMUSEMENTS. FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE.—Madame Seebach was to perform last evening inthe drama of “Gri- seldis,”” but on account of some misunderstanding between Mr. Grau and the management of the Stadt theatre, which peremptorily refused to allow two Prominent members of its company to go on in minor parts, the tragedy of ‘Love and Intrigue’* (Kabale und Liebe) had to be substituted, A great number of people who wanted to sce Madame See- bach in the character of Griseldis were disappointed at the announcement of this change and left the theatre in disgnst. The result was a cheerless void in every part of the house and a “beggarly account’? of empty money boxes, Those Who leit missed, however a rare treat, for Madame Seebach did not allow this unpleasant occurrence to dampen her spirits, but was tu her best vein and employed all the resources of her genius in the interpretation of the dificult and arduous part of the heroine Louise, Nor did she fail to arouse the small audience to mantfes- tations of enthusiasm. She invested the character with much pathos and that grace which is inherent in her nature. Mile Veneta as Lady Milford was up to her usual standard of excelleuce, In the tragio situation articularly in the scene where Lady Milford e history of Ler shane, Mile. Veacta was intensely pathetic. Mr. Harry’s Wurm was & fine piece of @eting. Mr. Kraus gave a good render- ing of the young hero Ferdinand, and Mr. Dom- browsky was very effective as Prime Minister you Walter. Mr. Paeteh as Miller, the musician, and ir, Bruckmann’s Cliancellor von Kalb deserve to ba entioned in terms of praise. This eveniag Mme, Seebach will perform the part of Lorlo in the play entitled “Dort und Stadt,’ ¥ ? STADT THEATER—MARIF FRTEDRRICE IN CouNoDg “Faust."—This great work was given last nigotin this house to a large and enthusiastic audience. The performance was ior the benefit of Mme, Marie Friederici, whose rendition of Margaret (Gretchen, as our German brethren love to call her, after the manner of the great Goethe) has gained her sucit repeated triumphs. ‘Thé opera was well placed on the stage, the choruses, particularly the male, being well drilled and very effective. Mme. Friedericl was in splendid voice, and sung with sweetness and en- ergy throughout, The garden acene with Faustmay be particularly referred to as bringing out ner best points in splendid style. She has the great advan. tage of looking the part with, perhaps, an additional weight. The Mephistopheles of Herr Weinlich wag & worthy support, and almost the same may be sat of Herr Himmer’s Faust, which was well played and energetically sung, with, however, a weakness for falsetto in the upper register. Siebel, the student, by Mlle. Romer, was very pleasing—her rosebud song particularly so. The Valentine of Herr Formes ‘was conscientious and painstaking. The numerous orchestra did justice to the author and gave credit to the accomplished conductor. NILSSON IN NEWARK. ‘The great musical event of the season in N2wark ‘was the Nilsson concert, at the Opera House there, last evening. The entertainment was inevery re- spect a brilliant success. The programme was va- ried and pleasing, the artists in excellent voice and spirit, and the audience meluded all tne beauty, intelligence, wealth and refinement of Jorsey's chict city. It was feared that Mr, Strakosch’s steo| figures for admission—four dollars for reserv: seats—would dampen the ardor of lar concerts era; but the crowded assemblage last night fully Semonstratea that, after all, the haut ton of Newark ‘Will not stand Cy a gene of filti Ait Bee! real Orat class entertainm provi . tion accorded the sweet Christine, the piquant Miss’ Cory and Brignoll, Verger and Vicutemps was of the very warmest character. purses sneered WEW YORK YACHT CLUB. A meeting of the New York Yacht Club was held last evening at Delmonico’s, Commotore J. G. Bene nett, Jr., presiding. ' After some discussion the annual regatta was postponed from the Ist to the 22d of June. It was also determined to make a radical change in tha mode of measurement for all vessels enteriag in tha contest. 1 ‘A committee WAS appointed to consider the quese tion of erecting a club house in the city, ‘There was @ fnll attendance of members, and the meeting lasted nearly tree hours, on