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4 UNHAPPY FRANCE. Scenes on the Boulevards of Paris. PALADINES BEFORE THE MAYORS Why the National Guard: Seize the Cannon of Montmartre. THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. HM. Thiers’ Argument in Favor of Leaving Bordeaux. GENERAL CREMER AND THE RIOTERS, The National Guard—Belleville—A Calamity Averted—ibe Cirque Narrowly Escapes De- struction—Arrest 0: Supposed Murderers Riotous Demonstrations—No Germans Need Apply—Various lems. Panis, March 6, 1871, The Prussians have evacuaicd ail the forts on the left and Montmartre is aruied Lo the teeth and occu. pied by the National Guard. The Place St. Pierre is a little artillery park, containing twenty-five pieces of caunon., Tlese cannon are polating on Paris and not towards the enemy. The discipline and service carried on are more strict than they were ever, aud when Paris was in a state of siege Montmartre was almost a threatening citadel for Py aud especially Belleville. Tais threatening attitude has atiracied the attention of the popula- on tn tual quarter of the cily, Who demana of the governinent aa explanation of the matter and the displacemeut of the cannon thus directed on the city; and they say that if the National Guard had attended as well to their duty and cannon during their de‘ence against the Prussians as they now appear to do towards the population of we city things would beara diferent aspect to-day. The Guards who are stationed there say that the repub- lic is threatened, and they mean to defend it, even atthe risk ofa civil war. Their commander is a almpic sailor, whom at a recent club meeting they elected to direct the cannon wien needs be. ‘hey have also a large quantity of powder and balls hid- den, ‘fhe press im general demanded an explana- tion of the government—what means this threaten- ing attitude at Montmartre? aud why so? questions to which the government make no reply. THB POPULATION OF BELLEVILLE are calm, but much anxiety prevails on account of the strange mauner in which this adair of pointing the cannon on th» city is carried on. At an early hour on Sunday the Guard Mo- bile received notice to be reaiy for an early start on Monday morning. They are going to Orleaus, and will march there, taking three days to complete the journey, ° SCENES ON THE BOULEVARDS, All day Sunday the Boulevard Malesherbes was completely taken up with che troops folding up their bedding, clothes and cooxing utensils. It was almost impassable irom Lue chare’ of St. Augustine to the Madeieive. Although the conduct of the moblois hus been beyond reproach, it is a great relief to the residents in the vicinity to be rid of them, be- cause Ol their daily smokiag, eating and arinking im the street. The boulevard was turned into a cookshop or laundry and very frequentiy a barber shop, the tine weatuer permitting ull kinds of oui- door work. NEARLY A CONFLAGRATION. Paris came very near having a terrible fre through the carelessness of the Prussians. ‘The Cirque on the Champs sees, Wluch they occupied during their short sta), Was im a most Hlity state; they ‘used all the wooden benches for frewood and cut the cushious in several seats. they leit early, le. several i ing candles burning, ane the janitor of the building 2 the momeut tney evacuated it woald have been in fames. in the C Marble, one ine ex-Emperor and Empress. they cut the besa off the former und the nose off the lal Yer, taking tem as souvenirs of their enrée tuto the capiiui. Tney really neeaed to take something, Decause, were they willing to pay any price for a hey could vot obiaim one, as ali the stures Were closed. Among Ule accused Jor THs HEARTLESS MURDER OF VINCENTINI, @ policem n, who was seized by an infuriated crowd at the Bastile, Fepraary nd thrown into the Seine, are two soidiers of ight infantry. Tuese two young men are now In prison to answer the charge Of wiiu! murder, RIVTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS carcely a day or night nas passed since February 26 but Some demoustiauon or disturbance las occurred, and there seems to be no authority to pre- Vent these disturbances. which amount to nothing more than great excitemeut and broken mb, Dur- ing the past moutus some of the National Guards have taken it upon themselves tv smash open prison doors and iiberate their political trienus, who have beeu micarcerated for exciting civil War and taking advantages of the uniform and arms they bear. Landiords have publicly declared that all Germans bo.ding leases in Paris cannot renew them. NO GERMANS NEED APPLY. Some have gone so far as to get up lists and hold Meetings, refusing to lei any houses, stores or land to any German. Some of the large houses, where from fifty to four hundred have been employed, have gone so far as to uoulfy, through the medium of the ere two busts in Pp no Germans employed here,” and even on many of the stores and warehouses, Many families, who have always had German servants, feel this keenly, but 1t caunot be Otherwise ; the feeling of hatred is so deeply rooted 4n the French mind towards a uation woom they feel has so entirely humiliated them. In the city of Panis alone 59,00) Germans were employed, while 30,000 were employed or engaged in business pur- sults and professions. THE RUINS OF ST. CLOUD. ‘On Sunday no jess tuan 8,000 visitors were seen at ‘the ruins of St. Cloud and its environs. It is not ne- Cessary now to have a laisser-passer to go and come; all communication 1s iree, although the gates of Paris are closed as usual at six, and will be tilt the Prussians leave the forts, Landowners at St. Cloud have rented the ruins they possess to ambitious speculators ty start restaurants lor the visitors who ‘Wil probably come in large numbers to visit the desolated and burned down village. Pieces of siells are all carefully gatherei ap and sold at trom ten cents to one hundred, according to the size and tre Spot where they fell. NUMBERLESS FAMILIES FROM ALSACE AND LORRAINE, who reluse to live unger the Prussian Power, have arrived in Paris and will be employed in tne banks and commercial houses where heretolore Germans have filled the position. Great sympathy has been expressed for them in the city,aad the papers have made . warm appeal in their favor to the public. With the news of peace and the evacuation by the Prussians PARIS LIGHTED UP WITH GAS the evening of the id, all the caiés were opened, the boulevards thronged, and things in general pre- sented as lively an appearance as If such suffering as a siege was unknown. Nearly all the places of amusement were open and many interesting pieces produced. Several new pieces are in active prepa- Fation when peace is settied, THEATRES. A new com*dy has just been presented called ‘English Assistance,” and is tair, Entrée to Gym- nase theatre wus fmpoasible on we evenings of Saturday and Sunday wiih the immense crowds awaiting adinission. The Porte st. Martin, like- wise all the cafés chaniants are opened. Paris is the Paris of old. The transformation 13 wonderful. Two weeks since a little dim oil lamp here and there and tie streets periectly deserted; to-day all bright, ail ight. THE SANITARY CONDITION OF PARIS Improves every week. The deaths from smallpox Sre oniy 147 ud scarlet fever only five, while ty- phoid fever remains about the same. The number Of deaths this week is 260. ‘(he whole number for the week ehding March 4 was 3,500. Measures are being taken to better the condition, and quick lime will be put in the trenches surrounding the city where many of the dead were buried during the different baities which Wok place. Nothing wul remain undone to purify the air ani condition of the city; nearly all the wounded are sent o and others are quite well; So that Paris Will be as safe as ever It wes in afew weeks. ITEMS. The Parisians, commenting on the Emperors of Rossia and Prussia congraculatipg each ower, say, “The two Cwesars” to eacu one his Poland. The mobilized Nationa! Guard will not be patd after Marci 11, The goverument will send them home to the ciues and towns in the provinces trom whence tey came. Many Will go to cultivate the soll, a8 hands are badly needed iu the country, and how in Ube spring they suould commence, Several Une troops left for Algeria en Saturday. . Counterfeit biils on the Bank of the Repubdiic are in circu.ation in and around the city, and some poor soldiers have been the principal victims, Jt has been proved that they are gotten up by the Prus- slans. Rumor says that Emperor William demanded $0,000,000 francs of the ex-Emperor before giving him bis Itverty, and that he cen well pay It. The Garden of Plants, possessing some of the tmost rare collections in Europe and perhaps in the world, suffered severely during the siege. All the fine plants and a large collection ef rare shells were completely destroyed by the bombardment, Us Wok pearly Seventy years Wy coilect them, aud the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY. MARCH 25, 1871.—TRIPLE | loss ts an irreparable one. As to the menagerie, the losses caused great, but um tha oomoner will replace du e mone; 11 them, Over one hundred Y monkeys died from cold and hunger, The number of birds that died is innumerable, A fine lion, who died trom exhaustion, was eatem by the gardeners and keepers. A fine African elephant deer, poreupines da of animais dead from empty stomachs, The Rae de la Paix is to be calied Rue de VAlsace. Rue de Berlin is now called Rue Richard Wallace, in honor to this gentleman, who aid so much for the poor of Paris sice the war. Several other streets Will be christened the coming week. Finanotal amurrs are dull at the Bourse, and it will be some tme before it resumes its ancient pros- periiy. Mouey ts scarce, and what there 1s needs to ¢ Ciployed in the agricultural and commercial line, months, and meetings held on the subject at the different clubs, Scenes in the House—Members Reprimanded by the Speaker=speeches of Louls Blancs Delescluze and O:hers=The Government of National Defence Crarged With Treason. Bonpeavux, March 6, 1871, The Speaker, M. Grévy, opened the proceedings to-day by reading a letter from the famous Colonel Charrette declining his election as Deputy from the Bouches du Khone, preferring, ay he sata, to serve his country tn the capacity of soidier to envering the stormy career of polities, Soa M. Grevy took the occasion to administer a well- merited rebuke to the memoers for their nolsy and unruly conduct, telling them that If they wished to arrive at any satisfactory result in transacting the business of the nation they must conform to strict parliamentary rales, M. Grévy is a large, fine-look- ing man, with bald head, square jaws and side whis- kers, and as seen from the reporters’ gallery bears a striking resemblance to King Willam. The reprimand was admintstered rignt royally, and has not been without its effect, this being the quietest day we have had yet, although there were two or three little incidents which might have led to the ‘usual disturbances if the members had not made an effort to goatain themselves, @M. Louis Blanc put ina petition asking that the members of the Paris government be requested to give an uccount of their acts since ine investment of Paris, remarking, ina very moderate manner, that the conduct of this branch of the government Was greatly blamed by many of the members, and especially by the Deputies of that city liself. He wished to speak farther, bat was interrupted by cries of “Déposez la!” “Déposea la!" and reured, afier having read the petition, M. Delescluze, one of the reddest of the reds, then demanded that the whole of the government of the National Defence be tried for the crime of high treason and put under immediate arrest. He read his petivon and was immediately assailed with cries of “Tae signatures !” “The signatures! which he declined reading, however, and descended from the tribune looking deflantly at the Assembly, as if ask- ing them witat they were going to do about it. M. Milliere followed M, Delescluze with a petition worded differently, but having the same end in view, including, however, only the members of the Paris government. He was also assailed with cries of “fhe signatures " and upon iaiorming them that his own Was Ue only name attached to the petition, was greeted with a purst of derisive laughter, Cy member put in a motion propost the that after 1.8 adjournment from Bordeaux, ther town but Paris not supporting the preposition with any arguments, however, as 16 1s understvod that the majority of the House have their reasons lor not wishing to go to Paris. M. Thiers here arose and insisted that tuey should take the matter into immediate consideration, add- Ing that under ordinary circumstances, with @ part of tie government at Bordeaux and a part at Paris, 4t would be very dificult to transact business; but in the presen. state of affairs, wiih ratirvad and tele- graph communications in the hands of tne Prus- sians, it would be utterly impossibiec, and moved the urgeucy of their transferring the seat of government to Some point nearer Paris, This Was agreed to, not without some reluctance, and the speaker proposed thai they should rete im- mediately to their respective bureaus and decide upon the poiat they should think most desirab-e ior holding the ucure sittings of this Assembly. “Non,"? “non,” demcn, denuun, “to-morrow” irom the Right, who are evidently not in the least inclined to hasten the matter and get any nearer Paris than are at preseut. TT discussed the question a few minuies, and it was clear that they were gomg to put It off just as long as possivle, saying they did ter. ‘Thiers arose again and insisted that they should relire Instantiy and dectie it, telling them that m an aljair ol so Tauch Importance upLeCcessury delay was tue most culpable negligence; that as the communi- cauous with Parts Were difficult and uncertain, 1t was alm it was of the utmost importance to come to a deci- siou immediately. ‘Zrés_ bien, rcs bien,” from all parts o! the House. They obeyed, therefore, and withdrew, remaining out about two hours, and came in about hali-past five, having decided, 1tis thougat, for Versailies. it ssed pretty warmiy, however, the members ng nearly equally divided’ bewween that place and Paris, The comupssion charged to examine the wat- ter not having had tme to report wil be heard to- iorrow, and then we will know the decision of the house. Those who are opposed to going to Paris say there ts too much the cily at present, andethey wish to deliv peact ‘The papers say they are uiraid, Without pretending to pronounce upon so giave a question, I must say it seems rather strange tnat nould prefer Versailies, Where Lhere ts neither accommodation nor a place to meet, even if they do uot improvise one, as they have gone here, in Paris, where everything is ready to receive them. Of course, 1t cannot be supposed for a mo- ment that the government 18 not able to protect itself, and yet it is rather a curious proceeding to go to Versailles, unless, indeed, they preter that piace because King Wiliam wes made Emperor there. ‘That might be a reason, ys ovee @ suilicient one, however, and i they are not atraid of the Parisians, ii they are notin real bodily fear, one might natu- rally think they woud not mind a little noise. Some Will Say, at least, that men of such delicate organiza- tions are scarcely the men to treatof peace and bi Ot a these great animals, Bismarck and foltke, The ratification of the election of Prince Joinville Will probably come up to morrow, and it 1s said that ‘Thiers will oppose it. If he does so the Prince will not stand the ghost of a chance, for the majority seem perfectly disposed to obey ih:ers in everything. “It he should resign,’’ they say, “wnat woula be- come of us +’ The question is not witkout its sigui- Heaton, What would become of them, indeed, Wtnout Thiers? He 1s the only man in France to Whose staudard all parties seem to feel they can rally—the only man to whose authority all seein in- clined to sxomit, ‘Shere 1s sumething touchiag in this sentiment of respect and sort of Childisn obe- dience on the part of the Assembly to the great statesman. They seem to feel that they are mere children in everything relaung to politics and affairs of State; that they know nearly nothing of the questions that are to be supmitted to them; that they do not Know, in fact, how to make @ government, and they are looking with hopeiul eyes for help and deliverance in thelr great need to the white-headed patriarch who for fifty years has served his country in almost every capacity—whose advice, if 1t had been taken, wouid have spared France ner present terrible mis- fortunes—who has gained the unbounded respect and confidence of Kurope, and whose statesman- ship, honesty and patrivtisin are acknowledged by all, even his.most bitter political enemies. He has a cs role to play—a great mission to fulfil; but he will, no doubt, be equal to the occasion, and history wil write the name of Thiers first among tne names of the great men of France, Meeting of Commanders of the National Guard and the Mayors of Arroudissements— Speech by D’Aurelle de Paladines—He Is for Peaceful Persuasion and Will Remain Trae te the Republic. Translated for the New YORK HARALD from Roche- iors paper, Mot d’Ordre.) ‘al D’Aurelle de Paladines convoked tne staff of the National Guard and the chiefs of battalions of the four arrondissements around Montmartre on the 9th inst. The mayors of these arrondissements, who were also invited, were present at the meeting, General de Paladines declared that he desired to conform a8 much as possible to the wishes of the National Guard and to act according to their laeas. ‘The Mayor of the First arrondissement then spoke and declared in terms of indignation ihat the suspi- cions of the National Assembly, which persists in its refusal to sit in the capital, are an insult the populauon of Paris, and __prin- cipaily to the National Guard. | He requested the General to see that this state of affairs should cease. ‘The Mayor of the Ninth arrondissement then said that he feared that the abrupt suppression of the daily pay of one ana a hall franc, which was corded to citizens who had no resources, would lead to terribie disorders in Paris. He spoke also of the payments of rents and saw in this question many dificuities, Which sioula be solved as svon as posstbie, ‘The General replied that this question was under his consideration and that the attention of the gov- ernment was occupied by the pian of reorganizing | the National ‘Guar. He added that the Minister of te Interior had already chosen a commission of | | competent men and that the work would be finished within @ few days. As to the question of rents, the General coud only advise the iandlords to be indul- went vowards their lodgers. The commander of a battalion then accused the municipality of the Eighteenth arrondissement of haying encouraged the citizens of his battalion to refuse him obedience, and he added that at the mairie of Moutwarire the disorders in that quarter are opeuly applauded. He was foliowed by the citizen Clémencean, who ! expressed nis appreliensions of grave troubles that | would ensue tn his arrondissement. Commander Barvaret (a rouge) then drew the attention of the General to tue incendiary articies of which have been at a standstill the past eight | ‘The question of rents ts daily discussed not see that tuere Was any reason to hurry the mat- | impossible to transact business, and Wat | noise and tumult and confusion in | te in | the reactionary press, whicn encourage civil war. | The rappel ts beaten everywhere, and the citizens are kept night and day in alarm of an enemy that does not exist, Such a state of affairs, continued | the speaker, can be tole! longer. He de- | clared that the National Guard only seized the can- non of Monumartre; 1¢ was in order to prevent their ied of hunger, | falling into the hands of the Prussians, aud that ‘These are as Boe IR. Somers with the number of nd al they shduld not serve as an instrument tor any army what might be directed by a tyrant who could | Maugurate another 2d Decembre. He afirmed that the cannon are not directed against his fellow cit- zeus of Paris; that who occupy Montmartre do not desire civil war More than the popula- _ tion of the other arrondissements, and if these arms | Were to be confided to the National Guard the citl- zens who Compose It would distribute them among the other battalions of Paris, In concluding his dis- course citizen Barnaret requested the General to give a formal contradiction to the rumor of those sinister plots which some unworthy papers charge him with eh toward the Parisians, General De Paladines replied that he was an hon- est man, that he had @ record of thirty years’ good and loyal service in the cause of his country, and that in accepting the ohief command of vhe National Guard he had no thought of serving as an tostru- ment to anybody, He declared that he would serve the republic, and was for persuasion rather than for means of violent suppression, One of the Mayors then gatd that tranquillity nas not been restored because the people had no contl- dence in the present government and National As- sembly, and that in order that the present fermenta- tion of spirits should cease it is necessary that the representatives of the people should sit in Paris and | the members of the government declare that the re- public would not be put in question, General Cremer, One of the Leaders of the Paris Insurgente—His Farewell Address to the Soldicrs when Relieved from Command by the Thiers Government. General Cremer, one of the present leaders of the Parts revolt, addressed the following proclamation to bis soldiers when he received his order from the Thiers government te resign his command into the bands of General Polhts:— SOLDIERS, LORRANIANS AND ALSATIANS !—T mutt | Address to you my last farewell, I am no longer our general, Toe illustrious General Le Flo, Min- ister of what formerly used to be called “War,” has supplanted me by the equally ulustrious General de Polhés, oue of the victors Of Mentana, I am whe victim of Bonapartist, clerical and legitimist in- trigues. They have condemned me without a hear- ing, four brothers, your sisters will henceforward bear the marks of the Prussian livery. ‘Lhe cousins of | Bismarck will smile upon your sisters, But we must remain what we are, Fareweli—no, not farewell, for we shall meet again. You are republicans; so ami, Each of you has a carbine; so have 1.’ In the moment of danger you will find me on your side to fight the Invader; if not as your cluef 1t Will be ag @ brother soldier. Brethren, they have abandoned Us; Do Matter, we can carry on the delence our- selves, Let us all swear death to th: Prussians. Death to the traitors and cowards who have be- trayed and delivered us to theenemy. Vive la Re- publique! Death to Prussians aud to cowards | Which is the Government of France® An- archy the Hydra With Many Heads—The So-Called Government of Montmartre—The Reds Revolt Because Taey Don’t Want to Pay Rent. {From the Journal des D¢bats of Paris, March 9, ‘aranslaied especially for the NEw YORK HERALD.) if it were hut a tragedy in prospec it would be a Verltable comedy; but uniortunately the present sliuauon has a teudency to lead to the jormer. ‘They say We have no government, We have hall a gozen of thew, We have already ali the govern- ments of Nauonal Veence, which are, however, at present ouly occupied mM mutual accusations— asure Way Ol promoting the public welfare. But at last We Comuience to believe that we have had elections ‘iat produced a Natwnal Assembiy, which agalu producea executive power. Vain delusion; for aii ut once We are brougut face to iace with an- other goverument, whose memvers are as unkuown as unexpecied—the government of the Mont martre. ‘uis 1s the only and true one, 1t appeurs by its deciaratious that we are ie factions; thatit is We Wuo arein lasurrection, The ciuzens who hold forth at aioutmartre have decided that they alone constitute the legal government; the eiectious don't count; the Assemuly is @ myth; there is n0 legitimate autuority but thai of Montmartre. ‘hus, if we {ol- low the National Assembly and the government which proceeded frou it, we flud ourselves, by a re- versal of parts, the real insurgents. We thereiore must accept tuts new rdle and say to ourselves that we are rebelling. Comsequenuy We snull borrow the maxim of our Jellow citizens of Montmartre and declare that insurrection is the holiest of duties. We shall not accept their decrees atall. »utthe clearest of their decrees amounts | after all but to tais—not to pay tueir rents. This has, | however, nothing to do with the nauoual defence. j itis net necessary for that to retain the cannons | and mitrailieuses, wor to erect barricades, 1t 1s nut | even necessary to make earthworks which are now | all but posthumous works aud would nave been far more useful a few months ago. We are told tuat if the citizens Of Monumarire have taken ion | Ofike Cannons it was only done to preserve them for us, Talis is the argument of Uggin, who ate his children jor tue purpose of preser¥ing | them a father. 1a the same way our fellow c.tizens | Fetain Le cannons and witrailleuses in our vwn in- teresis, ‘1lus cannot be meant seriously—this Inust not Jast. If the imsurrection of one part of Paris against the city of Paris and against France is @ serious matter it 13 necessary that a stop should | be put toit, If itis only play all we Can say is that | it 18 guilty and pernicious piay, and that it 1s equally necessary that it shouil be stopped. ‘This anarchy can only resuit in preventing the re- turn to work and to undermiue confidence in the | creaat of the country, How can we expect that Eu- rope should have more confidence in us than we have im _ ourselves?’ We have not only before us the work of reorganizing the country from its foundation, but an all but crushing aebt to pay. It may be seen by the exag- gerated reports which have been spread in Bordeaux &nd 10 the National Assembly on the state of Paris, ‘They might form the stuudard for the opimions of Europe if this state of things should ve prolonged. Avready this eternal anarchy is made a powerlul ar- gument and weupcn in the Assembly to condemn us to ostracism; and certainly we did not seek to ex- cite and encourage this unfavorable sentiment, whicn, to our beuef, 1s quite erroneous, For us Paris 18 the only possible centre for political action, and the removal of the government to the provinces 13 @ perilous measure. Believing that France should have her seat in Paris, we can, however, quite understand that she is unwilling to have her headquarters at Montmarsre, and that is the reason why we demand that an end should be made to the prevent situation. The Armaments of the Montmartre Insurgents —List of the Cannons, Mortars and Mitrail- leuses—Their Value. {From the Journal des Débats, March 9.) The attention of tne population of Pans is still absorbed by tne armaments which Montmarttre, Bellevilie and a few other quarters persistently re- tain, We shail give some interesting details of this war material that will indicate its force and value. The cannons which the National Guards seized we day before the entry of the Prussians are those which were manufactured during the siege, n pri- vate works, partly from the proceeds of subscrip- tions, and partly at the cost of the government. Tnis War material was portioned off to the National Guard, comprising 360,000 men, and having by its humerical strength a right to 875 pieces of artillery. Part of these armaments were delivered to the Na- tional Guard at different times, and deposited in the Avenue Wagram. On the 28tn February there must have been enclosed and guarded by them 192 can- nons and 53 mortars, and a number of military trains, forming in all twenty batteries with com- lete armaments. The total material which is be- eved to be 1n possession of the Nationai Guards comprises 400 pieces, of which, however, only 256 are ready for service; 202 mitrailleuses, of which 80 are 1n readiness, and 53 mortars, the wnoie rep- resenting @ value of 15,000,000 francs. AN EXPLANATION OF AN “APOLOGY” AND A WORD FOR PARis. New York, March 22, 1871, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— A month ago I sent you a letter correcting a state- ment which had appeared in your columns that Hugo, Blanc, Rollin and Delescluze had been elected tothe Assembly “from the slums of Paris.” The calumny Was 60 ridiculous and absurd as to be un- worthy of notice; moreover, as calumny has been the daily dish served up to American readers since the beginning of the war by nearly all American Journals, in order to cast a stain upon Frenchmen, and especially republicans, it was useless to sup- pose that a straw of truth thrown upon so foula stream could have any effect. But I yleldea my own conviction that no statement of fact, however incontrovertible, can have any influence in arrest- ing the flow of malignant scurrility constantly digected toward France, and, at the solicitation of friends, J wrote to you in the month of February the letter which you published yesterday. In that letter 1 represented to you that “the slums’? ef Paris, unlike those of New York, never voted, and that thieves, vurglars and convicts were de- barred the franchise, and could take no part in French politics, and had no control over our judges and politicians. That Hugo, Blanc, Rellin and De- | lescluze were as far removed from “the slams’? as Sumner, W. ©. Bryant, Philips, and other Americans who speak in behaif ef labor and liberty. I ex- panes how republicans, during the siege of Paris, ad urged, and in vain, vigorous war ou the enemy | by the immense and idle army of Trochu; und now, | When the fate of all France has been sealed, and when I had almost forgotten the letter sent to the HERALD 8o long ago, 1 find it produced in your col- } umns at a moment of revolutionary outvreak as an “apology” for riot and assassination, 1 have read somewhere in American newspapers— wherein 80 many wonderful facts are related— ofa boy having been struck by lightning and changed into a girl. This smartness on the part of Yankee lightning did notat all surprise me, but I most emphatically object to my letter undergoing a like process in passing through the lightning press. Now as to Paris. The only thing which astonishes ‘Me 1g that the well known Sagacity of the HERALD should not have discovered that the “ref Tor” at Paris 1s a temporary storm, produced blundering of the government, with its to future plans; its choice of dukes and counts for diplomatic service; its erasing of the words “French republic” from State papers; its coldness and indif- Terence to the Paris deputies, and its parleying of locating the government elsewhere, Paris is in a passion. Rutacity that behaved as she did during starvation and months of siege—@ city that behaved as she did while a horde of vain- flonons thieves, @ part of the flock of military pack+ orses of the Hoheuzollern, hoping that “the gay and frivolous Parisians” would flock to gaze upon their glittering new uniforms donned for the occa- sion, passed through her streets—inay have and many ‘of them, of ter. by the faults, but the future will not shame her past. There is but one of the hundreds of recent falsehoods set afloat which I care to correct. Jt is entirely un- true that any application from the French govern- meut, Paris or any individual has been made to the “Germans” to quell the revolt now agitauing in my native city. The meanest Frenchman of the ‘slums of Paris’ would not stoop Lo such a degradation. No government but a very unwise one wil treat Paris with indifference. There 1s no other proof of her importance needed than the intense agitauon now moving the American press, It can calmly look on while “a band of assassins, powerful, well organized and widespread throughout the South, murders whole families, tears men Irom their beds and hangs them upon trees, drives mayors and go ernors and federal officers fleeing for their lives from the place assigned them by the American gov- ernment—despised, hated and deed by these mur- derers,” This is the 1 age of an American soa nal, and written only two days ago. But let law and arder be outraged at Parts and chaos ts all come #gain—Awerican editors are in @ blaze of excite- ment and indignati But if the reports of Con- re°s are true there 13 & “revolt” slowly preparin, for careful attention among you to which th: Paris 16 as the summer breeze te the whirlwind, HENRI DELESULUZE. THE AM.RICAN PROPOSAL TO ASK FOR CANADA, (From the London Economist, March 11.] It is, Of course, thereiore the object of his enemies within the party to frustrate his nemination; and their leader, Senator Sumner, is satd to have de- cided that the easiest metiod of epposition will be to represent President Grant’s foreign policy as too favorable to England. More, they wish to insist on il, could be gained if the Alabaina claims were kept open, and more 1s angruy demanded; and they pro- pose, as the demand most accepiavle tu the electors, that England shoula be requested, as the first con- dition ermanent peace, to retire from the Ameri- can Continent. Such a proposal, it 1s reported, has been gravely made by a Mr. Howard, and gravely considered in the Senate; and although it had no chance of acceptance in that body, it may have a very great influence upon people outside. It is doubtful if the monstrous character of the propost- tuon would be perceived at ail in America itself. It 18 a fact throwing a curious light on the effect of demecratic institutions, that great cessions of terri- tory without the consent of the inhabitanis do not greatiy surprise, lar less horriuly, the inhabitants of the United States. They are accusiomed to them. They themselves are there without the con- sent of the aborigines, and they have ac- juired at different times Louisiana, Florida, Texas and California, without the consent of their white inhabitants, ‘they have bought Alaska, they have wade repeated offers for Cuba, they. are in treaty for St. Domingo, and it is natural, therefore, that they should regard the cession 0! Bridsh America as quite within the limits of diplo- matic proposals. Moreover, their habit of erecting conquered Yerritories into States with almost com- plete internal autonomy, so complete as to allow of enormous differences of civilizaion—for example, free divorce exists in Connecticut, prostitution is le- alized and made a@ source of revenue in a fixed district of St, Louis, and polygamy is tolerated in Utah—conceals most of the oppressiveness of conquest, Which secms to American eyes to partake rather of the character of absorption. And finally, there ts a belief, almost universal, tu the Union, ai not without a certain truth, that any honorabie method of severing herself from her Continenial possessions in America would be welcome to Great Britain. It is by no means incredible, therefore, that & proposal to negotiate for the cession of British America might strike the people of the United States asa display of mere diplomatic skill, quite within the bounds of propriety, aud involving no particular diMecuity; and in that case President Grant would be, as it were, outbid, and bis chance of obtaining the party nomination very materially diminished. Toe ns 48 Worthy of aitention, but it will, we be- lieve, fail. In the first place, the political leaders will probably consider the election of tueir own man to the Presidency more advantageous than the ad- dition to the ranks of the eiecturs of vast numbers of new Canadian electors with unknown sympa- thies, able favorites aud a tendency to make geo- graphical rather than party alliances. The Domuin- ion would make at least ten States, and that would upset almost all calculations, parucularly if the new States were suiticiently out of temper at an- nexaton to jom some depressed section of the Union, such as the South or New Engiand or the Pacific Coast, This fear would of itself make Mr. Sumner’s proposition thuch less tempting to poditicians, for the Canadiang are strony euough to insist on their own terms of admission. In the second place, the Irish yote, ‘hich Mr, Sumner woutd like to gatu, would ee lest Bonce. The lrish are ruled by en who hope uitl- mately for war with England, not for the removal of all Causes of war, and of all probability of waging it successfully. They care for what tuey conceive to be the interests of Ireland, not tor the ‘in ed grandeur oi the Uniow, Aud faally, ali Americans Will reject the proposal as soon as they Know that It would be entirely inadmissivie, except as a resuit of the defeat of Great Britain. They do not want to wage a vast, doubtful, and dangerous war, in order to absorb a people Who, as a consequence of that war, would be hostile for a generation, And there 1s no doubt that this is the fact. The Canadians may quit the empire by vote whenever they picase. When they have quit- ted it they may join whomsoever they choose. Bat any attemp*, to’ surrender them without their own cousent, or to make their consent the makeweight in any treaty, would cost the governmeut which made the propo:al to Parliament its existence, The British peopie are not anxious to reiain Canaaa; but they will de.cnd it as long as it chooses to re- main a colony, and wui neither cede nor sell it, The proposal is, therefore, rejected from the beginning, and the moment that is comprehended it ll cease vo stand in the way of the labors of the Jofht Com- imission. FOREIGN ITEMS. The oldest rabbi died on February 19, in Lovas- Bereny, Hungary, at the age of 102, Thg Paris L'Opinton Nationale has resumed tts former size. Princess Dora d'Istria has been nominated hon- orary member of the Sillogos Philologikos, a learned society in Smyrna. At the request of Bishop Dunpanloup the churches which had been transformed into military ware- houses will be returned by the government to their former. A shocking railroad accident lately happened in France by the collision of the trains from Redon and Rennes. Both engmes and eight carriages were completely smashed. There were six dead and ‘twenty-four wounded, According to an official statistical report the im- ports of Italy for 1870 amounted to 888,539,293 francs, the exports 757,076,905 francs, showing a consider- able decrease in comparison with the figures of the preceding year. This, however, may be ascribed to the late Franco-German war. : The Itallan Parilament has granted a credit of 150,000,000 francs for the fortification of the passages ofthe Alps and the increase of the fortifications of Alexandria, Civita Vecchia and Rome. It is said that with a good system of defence and a population 01 500,000 souls tne capital of Italy could, at an ex- pense of 50,000,000 francs, be made strong enough to hold out for six months. The Echo du Parlement, a clerical paper in Brus- sels, has formally announced that the Pope will, at the-earnest entreaties of the Belgian Roman Catho- lics, take up his residence in Belgium. The other Brussels papers, however, say that the scheme was got up by the Jesuits of Rome, wao have threatened the Italian government to take the Holy Father with them if they should be expelied from Rome. The Paris journal Figaro makes thus known the key to the cipher by which the correspondence be- tween the government of Paris and the delegation of Tours was carried on during the siege. At the be- ginning of the investment the Ministera of Paris and the delegation agreed upon & num- ber composed of several figures, no matter which. Let us take, for instance, 3, 2, 0, 7, 4,9, 8. Admit- ting, now, that General Trochu wanted to send to M. Crémieux and Glais-Bizoin the following despatch:—‘Gambetta arrivé,” the expeditor pro- ceeded in the following manner:—te had under his eyes the twenty-six letters of the alphabet—A B © DE¥FGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX Y Z. He wrote the number as many times as tt Was necessary, and under each figure the corres- ponding jetter or the despatch in observing the ro. tation. ‘That done he counted three letters after the G to I, two ljetiers after A to C; the O (zero) repre- sented the veritable letter M; seven lettcrs after B to 1, and so on, The following will better explain tne system:— 82074988 207498 GAMBETTA> ARRIVE. JCMIICBD CZYMEM The last series of barvarlan consonants left for Tours; and, in order to decipher the despatch, the person to whom it was addressed had only to do the contrary operation, coant three letters before the I, two letters before the O, and so Jorth, and he obtained the words “Gambetta arrivé.” As a mat ter of course the number may be changed or re- versed from time to time, according to previous agreement, in order to elude discovery. © Such despatches, which fell into the hands of the Prus- glans, must have puzzied them a little. Taking, for bi arr Jemiicbaczymem, what could they make 4 Of ity SHEET, YACHTING. Promising Prospects for the Coming Season. Additions to the Atlantic and Brooklyn Yacht Clubs—The Agnes, Alert, West Wind, Maggio B, William M. Tweed and Others Not Named—Alterations and Additions to the Sloop Addie V and Schooner Made- ‘leine—Interesting Particulars. Not alone are the enthusiastic members of the New York Yacht Club doing their utmost to make the coming yachting season of that nature to satisfy the most aquatic epicure, as the same feeling noticeable among them seems to actuate all like organizations in the country, and the notes of preparations that come from the Brooklyn, Atlantic and other clubs are of the most satisfactory nature. New vessels for the several plaasure navies around us are being constructed in great numbers, and alterations and additions to well known and weil tried craft can be counted BY THE SCORE. On the borders of the Hudson, on Long Island Sound, on the Delaware Md at Gowanus creek symmetrical hulls are going on frames or being fin- ished and furnished, cach with an eye single to one purpose—that speed may be developed and this or that yackt not be last in the coming races of her class. The HEeRap has frequently of late adverted to the construction and models of the larger yachts now in progress of erection; but while these larger sisters should demand their meed of attention, the smaller boats must NOT BE NEGLECTED, as in such many veterans of the aquatic school pass their pleasantest days, and they do much towards educating the rising scions of the country in a taste for and thorough knowledge of sea-gotng pursuits that has so much helped to make the United States of to-day and aided the spirit of adventure and en- teprise among us. First of these, and possibly the nearest comple- tion, Is the centre-board SCHOONER AGNES, being constructed for Mr. Edward Harney, of the Atlantte Yacht Clab, Although her owner declares shat she 1s not intended for a racing vessel, her lines are such that she may have a right eventually to dictate terms to some of her aquatic companions. ‘The dimensions of the Agnes are:—Length on water line, 564 feet; length over all, 60 feet; breadth of beam, 17 fect 6 inches; depth of hold, 6feet. Her frame is of white oak, hackmatack and locust, which is fastened in the most workmanlike manner. It Will be fully three weeks before she 1s 80 far pro- gressed as to be launched, but yet her spars and camyas have been determined upon, and are as loliows:— SPARRING. Feet. Mainmast. 54 Foreinast Bowsprit SES8S gi ‘The Agaes wil be i the Particular of a foretopmast, which she will not carry, in this being alike to our pilot boats. She will be Mied wiih inaiasail, foresail, jib, main gaffcopsail aud maintopmast staysail. In her finish and appointments this yacht wili be handsome and tasteful. Her cabin wili be finished in white and gold, while rich black walnut trim- mings will be observeble throughout. THE SLOOP YACHT ALERT. Mr. John Dimond, of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, is having constructed a centre-bvard sloop, to be called the Alert, at the yard of Mr. James Lenoox, which next demands attention. Much care has been taken with the model Of this pleasure vessel, and indeed if archicectural appearances are not altogether decep- tive, she will prove among boats of ber class a diiti- cult ve-sel to run hull down. Her lines are hand- some und denote speed. For this she is being built, and it 1s hoped her owner will be fully sausiled when her abilities are measured with THE KEEN ONES in the enterprising Brooklyn C.ub. The dimensions of the Alert are:—Lengun on deck, 40 feet; breadth of beam, 15 feet; depin of hold, 4 feet 9 inches. The frame of the yacht 1s of white oak abd hackmatack, while her botcom ts of cedar. Her spars will be of the annexed dimensions:—Length of mast, 45 feet; mas: lead, 3 feet 6 ches; maindoom, 4v ieet; mam gat, 20 feet; bowsprit, outboard, 18 feet; topmast, 19 ieet, Sue will spread in racing trim 2,050 square feet of canvas. In finish and interior ornameniation the Alert will be of black walnut, and paited in culors that will be pleasing to the eye. Alongside of the Alert 13 the centre-board 8LOO” YACHT WEST WIND, building for Mr. John W. Rich, of the Brooklyn and At- lantic yacht clubs, Her model will command atten- tion irom ali yacitmen, and it will uudoubiedly be a sad disappointment if she proves unworthy of her name. No such fate wili overtake her owner, it 1s believed, as everything indicates that the littie boat will be poth sone. saucily 80, and beautitul in the water. The dimeasions of the West Wind are:—Length of keel, 43 feet; length on deck 48 feet; breadth of beam, 15 feet; depth ot bold, 6 feet 4 inches, ‘The frame of this handsome “feuther weight” is of white oak and locust, while her planking through and through is of yellow pine. Her spars are nearly finished and will be of the following dimensions:— Length of mast from deck to bounds. Masthead. 5 Mainboom. Mt Maingal!. 22 Bowsprit outboard. 22 Topmast.......... see 20 ler canvas will be Ip ) and enough of it tushow on a good day in a good breeze @ clean pair of hecls to many captains of sloop yachts that claim their boats are Invincivle, Appreciating that the motto of the true yacht- man should be progress, Vice Commodore Langley, ot the Brooxlyn Yacht @lub, has caused his pretty little craft, the SLOOP ADDIE Y., to be lengthened, resparred, rigged anew, and re- fitted and reappointed. This work has been ac- tuvely prosecuted at Nyack, on the Hudson, for some time past, and is in such @ state of forward- ness that the taut craft will be in perfect trim early in May. The addition to the hull consists of making her nine feet louger ait, which, with a handsome stern, so changes her appearance thi many of her old friends will not recognize her. Her cabin work will be entirely new, as Is the entire INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS, which have been pianned with the view to obtain- {ag more comfort and convenience than formerty. Her gen On the water liue, with the addition noted, will be 68 feet. ‘The character of her new spars may be adjudged from the following:— Length of mast, 67 feet; masthead, 6 feet; main- boom, 59 feei; mainga&, 30 feet; bowsprit, out- board, 26 feet; topmast, 30 feet, which is two feet longer than her old mast; gaff-to) i! sprit (large), 36 feet. Her smaller .gaff-topsail will furl aloit. The best charcoal wire 1s used in her new rigging. The canvas of the Addie'V., already made, ‘will be in various sails, of the following areas:— Square Feet, Matnsail Jib... Jib-topsail. Gat-topsall, small. Balloon jih ¢ S & the present he will achieve greater victories than een before. If he does he may feel proud of his craft. ALSO APPRECIATING the fact that improvements could be made in his yacht, Commodore Jacob Voorhis, Jr., of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, and also member of. the New vit ‘acht Club, has made exteusive ign in the SCHOONER YACHT MADRLEINE. ‘This consists of lengthening and hipping her, fitting her with longer topmasts, new rigging and sails, coppering her and arranging anew the plan of her cabin aud accommodations. It 18 be- Yeved that Commodore Voorhies has increased the speed and stability of his yacht by mpping her and tuereasing the length o/ his topmasts. ‘The ad- dition to her lengih is 12 feet and to her width 3 feet. Her new topmasts are 40 feet long. Her main- boom ts 63 feet; hoist of sail, 55.feet; maingaif, 31 leet; foregaf, 25 feet; foot of ioresall, 42 feet: foot of Jib, 63 feet. The smaller topsail will fart aloft. She will have all light satis, balloon jib and squaresalls—in fact, & complete racing suit. The Madeleine was launched last week, and will seon be ‘m readiness to throw down or accept the gauntlet from any racer. Her new rigging is of wire. MR. T. ©, Ly MAN, of the Atlantic Yacht Ciub,thaving sold. the schooner Low to Rear Commodore Monsell, of that cinb, 1s having built, in Brooklyn, at the yard of Mr. McGar- rick, a centre-bourd sloop, forty-eight feet in length on deck. ‘The Keel of tnss yacht was laid but a short time since, yet sue will be finished in time to particl- pate in the early regattas of that club. The Lois, since she changed hands, has had a new bow put In her at Greenpoint, L. 1, and in many = she 1s @ much superior boat than last year. building at lis yard auother sloop yacht designed to be added to the large feet of the Avantic Yacht Club. Her owner is Mr. Houry Bishop, of that city, and sbe will be named the MAGGIB B. ‘This yacht, tt ts unaerstood, is being constructed ander the most careful supervision, and the best materials used in every respect. She will bo forty- tive feet in length on deck. Her spars are in readi- ness, and of the following dimensions:—Length of mast, 49 feet; main boom, 45 feet; main gait, 24 feet; bowspriy Out voard, 24 fect, Lopmast, 24 Seon. {| choumsiance, Maggle B. will be in the first regatta of the pe 5 TaDLow LIVINGSTON, MR, LU! Berroco of ls Whe? ina apa with the latter, has on the stocks at Chester, Pa., or in that neighborhood, a new sloop of dimensions Similar to nis old love.: She wili be fifty-one foes keel, and of superior accommodations for vessel of her c! If the new yacht prove as mi @ success as th omen @ Annie Jt will require a good one te A WIITE STREAK. Referring to the sloop Annie, it may not be inape ropriate to mention here that her present owner, ir. Henry Johnson, of the Manhattan Club of Har- lem, has ordered a new suit of sails fer her. In addition to the above the Eolowing yeonsa al being constructed for members of the Brooklyn Ana vaone che Be eC es new sloop of 60 feet keel for Mr. George Almy, at Noank, Conn, . The sloop Wm. M, Tweed, of 38 feet on deck, for the Americus Qlub, by Mr. John Munn, Asloop for Mr. Garrison, of Brooklyn, at the foos of Bridge street, that city. She 1s 33 feet in length, 18 feet beam and 3 feet depth of hold. Will soon be launched and bids fair to be very fast. Certainly at the tirst outlook from the New York Yacht Cluo this exhibit of new yachts and aliera- Uons and additions to old favorites in sister cryin zations ts most satisfactory, and promises well for the growth of the exhilarating pastime ot ys ‘That one and all at the end of the season may prove to be what thelr owners now anticipate, and that they may be useful and advantageous, as well as ornamental to their respective ciubs, is certamly the wish of every trae yachtman. LITERSRY BLOSSONS. The famous politico-convivial association which occupies the old Townshend mansion, at No. 129 Fifth avenue, and is known from the rising to the setting of the sun among the democratic ranks ag the Blossom Club, has since its organization been Without what is most needful in a large club, a well stockea library. Of late, however, the members, shaking off their lethargy, have given alarming indi- cations of an approach of literary tastes and high toned culture, In London and Paris every club has ® magnificent library, with newspaper files and all the montiily and weekly periodicals on the tables, so that no member need leave the olub who wishes te amuse himself by reading. In this city, how the clubs, and particularly the political clubs, afe very deficient in the matter of libraries, some of them not having @ book of any kind on their shelves, Any person on entering the Curiton, the Ath Reform or Garrick clubs in London, or the Cercle Rape the Jockey Club or the vercle 1'Ktranger in Paris, cannot but notice the shelves full of bouks, richly bound, that line the walls of the reading rooms of these world renowned clubs. The Blossom Club so far has beeu the first of the | enn clubs to provide itselt witha handsome ibrary, as the Oriental, Jefferson, Jacksen, Good Enough, Neptune, Manhattan and other public so- cial clubs are without decent livraries, althouga if the members were polled generally 1t would be found that two-thirds of them all were in favor of having compicte libraries for reference or amuse- ment. To remedy the deficiency im the Blessom the members, some five ur six weeks siuce, requested Mr. John Pyne, bookseller, of 109 Nassau street, WO is also one of the three directors of the club—the other two being Owen W. Brenuan and James M. Taylor—to furnish the club witi @ selec: library aud to have tne books bound in the highest style of art Among the works ordered were the following stan- dard volumes:—‘ British Kesayists,”” Cariyie,’ “Sidney Smith,” Sir James Maciutosh’s “Jetfries,” the British Poe foore,” “Goldsmith,” “Byron,” jurns,’? &c.; “D'Abrante’s Napoleon,” “Lown snend’s Manual of Dates,” ‘“Appleton’s Dic- Monary of Biography,” “Hult Hours with the st Authors,” "The Waverley Novels,’’ Kirwan’s “Palace and Hovel,’”’ *vickens’ Novels,” “J. Fennimore Cooper's Works,” Mark Twain's Chambers’ Eneyclopedia,” «Comic History of Rome and Eugiand,” Chambers? Book of Days,” “Kaight’s History of England,” “Carlton's Tracts an! Stories,” “Thackeray' Works,"’ “Burton's Wii and Humor,” “Shakspeare,”” superbly illustrated; i@ Works of Washington Irving,” the poems of “Tennysou,” “Longfellow” and “Whittier,” and other volumes of equal reputa- tion. Never vefore in sew York has tne skill of the bookbinder been put to such @ critical test as on the binding of those volames by Mr. i’yne for the Blos- som Ulub. The hnng is fairly gorgeous in all the varied richness of cali, brown morocco, levant gut, Russia green calf, Koxburg iorocco, calf a with gilt and marbled edyes, siues, fly leaves handsumely worked backs. Those who are curioug in the matier ef tne \ookbvinding should pay a visit to the Biossom Club and examine the new Ubrary and they will eajoy a very unusuul treat. g PERSONAL NOTES. List of Americans registered at tho offices of Bowies, Brothers & Co., 449 Strand, Gharing Cross, London, and 12 Rue de la Paix, Par Atthe London office for the we:k ending March 11:—New York—A. H. Hovey and famuy, C.F, Wet more, H. H. Perkius and wie, John G. Marshal, Arihur Bronson and family, J. H. Glover and family, Miss S. Grinnell, Mrs. L. A. Cuddeley, Fitch Shepard, Captain Mayne Reid, E. Hepyie Hall, Mrs. A. Manu, SU. Smith and sons, Mrs. Lizzie 0. Sinith, B. M. Neville, C. J. B. Miller, C, Oscanyan (Uttoman Cone sul General, New York), M. M. Harris, Albert V. Nolen, E. Miller, Jr.; ‘Boston—J. C. ‘Talbot and wile, Richard 8. Haven, Kobert haw, George J. Jobnson; Baitimors—Lieutenant S. Wilkins Cragg, & Cumberland D, Hoilins, Mrs. 0. D. Hoilina, Miss = Holiins; Columous, Ohio—Frank U. Hurt; New Have: Coun.—Mrs, = Henry Farnam, Miss Farnam, Dr. G. _ _Bron- son Farnam aud wife; Wisconsin—Rufus B. Kellorg, John Hugues; Philadelphia—Major Warren Edgar- ton and wife, 0, Hophinson, G. M. Fisher, W. F. Lewis; Penusylvania—s. A. McDowell; Chicago— Chauncey 'T. Bowen, J. M. Clark, Wayne B, Chat- field; Paris—William Rigden, sire, Dr. Pratt, Miss Sims, Miss Mary Ellis, Miss Ellis, Miss Maria D. Tilden; Ohio—C. M. Goulding; Cincinnati—L. B. Thoms, Dr. James D. Webb, Mra. Georse Curitsle, the Misses Carlisle; Brookiyn, N. ¥.—Sdward J. Ovington; San Francisco—Mr. Shiels, Miss Shiels; Burllagton, Vt.—Albert B. Herrick; Sacramento, Cal.—Dr. H. W. Harkness, E. B. Crocker and family; Oswego, N. Y.—Theo. irwin and wife, ‘Theo Irwin, Jr.; Albany, N. Y.—M. W. Irwin, Miss biiza Irwin, . Teller; Cambridge, Mass.—William and wile; Caltiornia—airs. D. T. Murphy and tamily, The tollowing are the ist of arrivals at our Paris House tor the week ending March 10:—New York— Miss Florence Rice, 8. F. La ¥arge, H. D. Ward, M. C, Stanley, Chester H. Lillie, Heury Harrisse, Mra, M. A. Connelly, Huchez, H. OC, Ariner, We J. Brown, A. S. Southworth, C. M. Knox; Washing. ton—Charies A. Page; Boston—Jeremiah Nash, Miss Marion T. Nash, Edward King, Miss Catharine Ad- ams; Philadeiphia—Mrs. Harriet Fuller; Unt Miss Kate Cameron, Jonn M. Olark, Wayne Is, Chat- field, J. M. Durand, Mrs. Durand and family; Savan- nab, Ga.—R. W. Woodbridge; Salem—A. W. Joha- son; Newport—H. B. Tompkins; San Francisco—F. M. vixley; Portland—Miss Helen M. Greeley; Hartford, Conn.—H. C. White; Colorado—Wilson Wadding- ham, Governor Witham Gupin; Calfornia—c. Ww, Norcom; Paris—W. H. Frear, Dr. Good, George L, Whittaker, Benjamin Gerrish, Jr., United States Uon- Loriilard Spencer, Shelden . Leavitt, Henry J. Phipps, O. H. A. Carter, . H. Wells, Gene- ral Charles 1, Gorham, the Hague; Charles M’Lane, Berlin; Mr. Friguet, No. 4 Rue St. Florentine, 1, IT oy RUTGERS. FEMALE COLLEGE RECEPTION. A reception by the academic and preparatory Classes of Rutgers female College was given yesier- day in the College Hall, No, 439 Fitthavenue. A fashionable audience crowded tne hall and mantle fested its appreciation of the performances of the young peopie, The programme—in two parts—con- sisted of recitations, dialogues, solos, choruses and duets, vocal and instrumental; songs and gymnas- tic exercises, Miss Gussie Crane recited, with fine effect, the story of “How Little Katie Knocked at the Door of Heaven.” Miss Hattie Simon told how and Miss Be.la Petit recited the thrilling piece, “the Ship on Fire. Miss Mary Althause reminded her associates of the aby and By,’ to which they ail so fondly asptre, and im striking contrast to this was the recollection 01 “Childhood's Hours,” by Miss Sophie Herts, and the “Child’s Dream of a Star,” by Sale Hall, “Tin Her Little Bed We Laid Her, “A Stray ‘Little Girl,” the former @ solo, by Fannie Siurges, the latter, @ recitation, by Rachel Simon. Amowg the dialogues spoken were “School and Pay," by Fannie Sturges, Annie Lang, Mamie Periey an Millie Overbaugh; ‘Feathers of Fashion,” by twenty ‘oung misses; “The Frolic,” “Tue Gossips,” ‘The ‘ioral Wreath,” &c. ‘The committee of arrange- ments consisted of Misses Laura Decker, Ida San~ ford, Hattie bdwards, Gussie Crane, Clara James aod Mary Waydell, who periormed tueir parts with admirable grace. The singing was excellent, and the entertainment altogether was of the most pleasing kind. BOUND TO DE. Coroner Herrman yesterday recetved. information \hat James McPherson, an inmate of the Workuouse on Blackweil’s Island, whither he had. recently been sent by Sustice Scott, on a charge oi intoxication, bad commitied suicide by hanging hinmseif in his cell, Deceased had placea a sirip of muslin about his neck, and then, fastening it to tue grating of the door dropped upon his kuees, thus ughtening the Musiin rope, ana speedily producing strangulation, While on the way to tue lsiaud McPherson attempted to jump overboard from the steamer with the view of drowning himself. Deceased was forty-four years of age and @ native of Scotland, “GROSSING THE TRACK. A Brookiyn Car Briver Killed. James Ryan, a car driver on the Atantic avenne and Bast New York cars, was crushed in a terrible manner yesterday by being run over by the cars on the Long Island Ratlroad, at East New York. His horses, becoming frightened, threw him over the dashboard of his car, and he fell upon the track of the Long Island Ratiroad just as tie ears were passing. He was taken to the Brookiyn City Hospl- tal, but died shortly wereaiter. ‘The unfortunate man leaves & wife aud Uuree children ta Gesuiule of EEE EEE