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6 ‘THE NEW EMPIRE. The Liberal Party in Germany and Questions of Reform. BREAKERS AHEAD. Ugly Deformities of Absolute Monarchy. THE PRESS MUST BE SILENT. Severe Restrictions Against the Marriages of Army Officers. CHURCH, SCHOOL AND STATE. | Existing Relations Between Germany and Russia, Austria and England. IN, March 8, 1871. While tt cannot be gainsayed that the mutation | from a many-headed Germany to a united empire in- sinuated itself very quietly and suaviter in modo, it | is now beginning to thrust itself forward in a more tangible shape, so that “he that ranneth may read.”* 4n long-winded official proclamations the subjects are told that—"I, Wiluam, having notified the Ger- | man people by my proclametion of January 18 of the acceptance of the imperial dignity for myself and my descendants on ihe throne of Prussia, am pleased to confer the tile of imperial High- | ness upon my son, the Crown Prince of Prussia and the future heirs of the Prus- slan throne.” Documents of similar tenor treat of the titles of Emperor, Empress, imperial | Crown Princess (Victoria of Engiand), &¢.; and, what with the new colors to be adopted—black, silver, red, gold—the new coats of arms of the courtiers and court purveyors, the new etiquette and the thonsand-and-one inevitable paraphernalia, there will be enough to satisfy the cravings of those most thirsty for outward show and material manifestations of the new empire, The regular old fogies are per- fectly enchanted at the vision of what they conceive to be the splendors of a new Roman empire, and are eager to hail it, and acceptits traditional hierarcho- theo cratical tendencies as a matter of course. To them national and cosmopolitan tendencies are a horror; they only think of the continuation of the Roman empire, ihe existence of which ceased Au- gust 6, 18306. If told that the present empire can only be a secular and federal institution, they shake | their heads. In Catholic circles 1t 13 dreamed that the new realm will be found the champion of the Papal chair, which, according to the most sanguine, ‘will be securely established for the future at Fulda. Itts only the progressive and liberal party which contemplates the new dignity of Kaiser as a symbol of German unity and strength, and gives forth the motto, “ Italy to the Italians, and Germany to the Germans.” It is the same e LIBERAL PARTY =" which has just published its platform for the coming German Reichstag, wherein it is plainly sald that, as a recompense for the vast sacrifices of life and property in this glorious war, the people are entitled to constitutional development, to liberty and pros- Verity, and that never must be allowed a repetition of the experiences of that woeful time which the German people submitved to after the wars against Napoleon J. in the same platform the hand 13s stretched out to the South German States, and all the liberal clements there are mvited to join in one grand league. This timely action bodes a lively and inter- esting strife in tie coming Parliament, and tere may be expected a siont opposition to the narrow- minded poiicy se long maimtained by We Prussian Ministry. Tie great QUESTIONS OF REFORM ‘will not be crowned, it is noped, in the triumph of military glory; but the opposition will boldly stand by its banner, on which inseribed:—{ndrvidual | responsibliity in public offic complete budget | right, f eedom of the press, the ryzhi of assembiy, trial by jury in all political cases, free schools, re- duetion of ihe time of miltary service, separation | of Church and State, and other inalienable rights of | the people. Strange to say that demands so natural | should be looked upon here as a direct negation of | the powers of a government ‘by the grace of God; | but as th claims can never be silenced until the country 1s governed de sacto consutuuonally, the | resumption must be that rigid absoitism wil not | be able to take roct in the new empire, and that, | with the addition of the liberal elements from the | South, the parliamentary tight will redound in the | end to the advantage of constitutionalism, FINANCES, How little the important budget right of the people fas been respected is shown by the present discus- Sion in the Diet, where the revort of a committee denounces the iliegal action of the former Finance Minister, Von der Heydt, and his expenditure of publié funds for railway purposes contrary to the conditions of the appropriations of the Chamber. For this violation of the constitution, the fact of which is undisputed by all parties, the present Fi- hance Minister requests the Chamber to grant in- demnity, which the liberals opposed, insisting that the former Minister, a miliionnaire in the widest sense of the wora, should be held responsible, But ali opposition, just at this time, is futile, and a large majority voted that the State should suffer the loss, as an impeachment of or suit against a former Cabi- net Minisier is looked upon as inopportune anu un- precedented. ‘The most importam matter of all, however, is the CHURCH AND STATE QUESTION with which, at ieast in Prussia, tl obnoxious Minister o! Public Instruction, Von Mihler, seems bound to stand or fall. When this bone of conten- tion stall come up im the German Parltament, com- posed, as it will be, of numerous Catholic members, the strife is sure 10 wax very hot, and will not be allayed by temporizing measures. The opposition in Prussia does not accord to the State government a direct control of tle affairs of the Church, This revolutionary view is deprecated by Von hier, who points to article 15 of the Constitution, which Bays: The affairs of the Evangelical Church are regulated and administered by the King in person.’? it is true, indeed, that the old Palatines of Brandenburg exercised complete control over the Chureb, and the same prerogative has been maintained ever since by the monarchs o! Prussia, without regard to the contradiction that temporal monarchs have no power in the kingdom of Christ. Can there bea better proof of the con- m of the Germans than their having suffered | centuries such ap undue interference? When- ever, for the last 300 years, a public road was to be constructed they were allowed to deliberate over it; but not so m the case of the hymn and prayer book! 1h must, forsooth, be thrust upon them by the royal Consistories. As for the FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, itis in the most pit'ful condition, and confiscations of all journals which dare to have in the least an independent opinion are the order of the day. Any disapproval of oficial action, any word of sympa- thy for the distresses of the French neighbor, any biame of anything wel! accredited with the govern- ‘nent, is visited with persecution and fines. The tuost ordinary proceedings of military commanders Who Wish to give vent to their spire against i1beral organs is to prohibit their distribution, and this high-handed measure has been decreed against several Frankiort journals in particular, How as- tonished wili the faces of the Souther members in the Reichstag look when these grievances of their Northern brethren are brought before them in their fall dimensions ! But this is a mere trife when com- pared with otuer defects respecting the fundamental rights enjoyed, or rather not enjoyed, by the people of Prassia. Were we to speak exhaustively on such topics we might fill a dozen of closely prinied col- umns, and astonish many a nati of the United States. But let us confine ourselves to what hap- pened only a short time ago, to show up one of the agly deformities of absolute monarchism and its utter disregard of the rights of the people. A ukase, deted Versailles, January 22, 1871, and signed vy Emperor King William, has reference to’ the DUTY OF ARMY OFFIOEKS, and says:—“It has come to my kKnowleage that at the late mobilization several ofticers of the standing army bave contracted marriage without my consent. I therefore take occasion, without adverung to the Jegal punishment attending such a proceeding, to nifike known that every such marriage is legally null and void, and can only obtain legal valldity by wie celebration of the rites a second time and with my consent. ‘The Minister of War wi!i make this known to the army.” It may be necessary to explain to tue trausauiantic reader the meaning of this amiable royai decree. The old royal law of Prussia enacts that every subaltern pilicer, including all below the rank of colonel, cannot marry without the permis- sion of the commander of the regiment, who iu his turn has to obtain the consent of the King. This is not given uuiess—to say nothing of the blameless tion and social standing of the bride—a ie; of the office: pay, the futere pair a revente. This old law wes revised and comp! in 1798, and its evident object was tu prevent om- cersand their families from falling upon the State for support. On the sudden vutureak of tue present war some of them, before rushing to the fleld to shed their blood for Fatherland, may have entered wedlock without observing the letter of the law. If they wre yei alive ley way, uccordiug wo the 10yad NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY. MARCH 26. 1871-—QUADRUPLE SHEET. ukase aforesaid, have the ceremony formed over again; butifaiain the weeping widows must con- sider that they, have lived in concubdinage and that their children are timate. As for Catholics, the case with them ts still more vous, that Church not permitting a repetition of the sacrament of mar- riage, Inasinuch as it would invoive the invalidation of the ree act. No Catholic priest will conside! ii uself justified in such a procedure. ‘The beauty of this law ot 1798, and which is again raked up at such a fitful moment, is that the King is supposed to have no right. under the present consil- tution, to dectare its avolition. Nor does that seem to be his intention, else he might have occu- pied himself on the 22d ult. with something more sensiole than resuscitating this forgotten statute, if it had beerf only a visit to the fine galleries of Ver- sailles and the study of the great variety of uniforms: and military paraphernaiia as exhibited on canvas by the Davids and Horace Vernets, which matters, it is well known, have a particular charm for him. Instead of this he allows nis tnterest for an obsolete military class law—which would not at this day be suitable even in Japan—to be aroused, and does not hesitate to maugurate his emperorship with an act which we dare not properly qualify for fear of offend- ing polite ears, Sentiments in Berlin—Democratic Element Increasing—The People Thinking--Proceed- ings in the Prussian Diet=Chearch and School, BERLIN, Feb, 26, 1871. All the reports of unlimited joy and enthusiasm in this new-iledged metropolis and imperial residence which were so eagerly spread by sensationalists must be taken cum grano, The truth 1s that at the announcement of the capitulation of Paris there were few if any demonstrations, not exceeding the customary display of flags and the salute ofa huan- dred guns fired three or four days afterward, when the news had grown quite stale. In many other citiesand towns of Germany the expressions of joy were of a more lively character, and the universal shaking of hands and embracing which some imagi- native correspondent conjured up in Berlin may have been a reality in Hanover, Leipsic or Munich. Indeed some of the foreign journals blame the Berliners for their callousness, and point to the exalied patriotism exhibited elsewhere, The char- | acter of the people here, however, is not very in- flammable; the event in question had long been fore- seen, and when it took place it excited and surprised nobody, and was met by a downward tendency on the Bourse, It is undoubtedly, too, owing to the democratic element widely prevalent here that sober | reflection supersedes blind exultation over results the benefits of which tothe people are not clearly perceptible. If any proof were wanting as to the growing intelligence of the masses it may be found in this very fact. Buta few years ago, during the war with Austria, it was found easy to inflame the whole nation with unquestioning contidence im every step of the government, to doubt the wisdom of which would have been almost seaition, It then happened to the writer Unat, standing amid the “crowd and witnessing some military array, his simple observation “That all this was at the expense of the overtaxed peopie’’ brought upon him the evident displeasure and re- sentment of the listeners, To-day the masses seem to have become more inquisitive and to vetter un- derstand the sacrifices entailed upon them by the energy and power of the government. There seems tobea DAWNING OF POLITICO-ECONOMICAL UNDERSTANDING, of which hitherto it was impossible to find a trace. Iflarge contracts were given out for military sup- plies or heavy expenditures made for court festivals and empty show the general approval used to mant- fest itself in the words, “This is the right way to scatter money among the people.” Bat at present such views are less often met, and the last six months have brought home to many the conviction that the biood and treasure offered up in this war are something else than the mere promo- tion of a healthy circulation; and that the hundreds Of millions were not so much scattered broadcast as allowed to flow into the pockets of the gop reed few. We are, of course, speak! here of the middle classes. The rabbie, as well as ail those connected in some way or another with the aristocratic clique or having an imterest in the loaves and fishes, cannot be considered as the owners of an independent judgment as to the progress of a: THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE PRUSSIAN DIET are suffering much from that absolute sway which governments are wont to exercise in war times, and when so many timid delegates are glad to rally under the standard of military necessity. ‘The few useful and sensible motions emanating from the lower Chamber are insolently rejected by the upper Chamber, whose committee, having returned jrom Versailles, whither it went ta congratulate tne Em- peror, seems to have received assurances that im- mediately after the war the reins of the Prussian government will be drawn tighter than ever, and that fire and brimstone will be the reward ot liberal or Fortscaritt tendencies. Much of the time of the lower Chamber was abserbed 1u discussing the re- lation of CHURCH AND SCHOOL in Hesse and Hanover, and in efforts on the part of the liberals to free the latter from the influence of the former, The reactionary influence so ably re- presented by Herr Yon Munler, still hopes to main- lain the power of fhe Church fn all matters pertain- ing to public instruction, and finds a strong support in the upper Chamber and government circies, which have ever found it to their interest to keep up a close alliance with the hierarchy. 1t is impossible vo enumerate the wily efforts made by ‘he clerical party. Let it suffice to mention a circular decree of une Koyal Evangelical Church Consistory, just issued to all the clergy. Alter sanctimonious counsels respecting religious devotion this document recommends that in cases where banns of matrimony are published between persons of the Protestant and Catholic faith, who avow their in- tention to rear their children in the latter, the cus- tomary prayer and blessing shall be omitted, and that the names of such parties as may hitherto take the “abominabie step” of conversion to Judaism shall be published im foll to the society by eee siding minister, for the believers of the Jewish faith say they are stiil the sworn enemies of Caristlanity."” Such are the terms employed in a royal decree of a State, the laws of whicn visit with heavy penalties those who stir up hatred and contempt between the different denominations. Speaking of Judaism in Prussia, where, according to the great monarch Frederick I., “everybody migut go to heaven in his own fashion” and the constitution of whicb guaran- tees liberty of conscience, we may cite A PRUSSIAN MORTARA CASE, the case of a Jewish mother whose illegitimate child Was reared, with the consent of his Christian father, in the Mosaic religion. The ceremony of circumcision had been performed, when the Court, at the instiga- ton of the Church authorities, Issued a mandate directing the mother, under threats of legal pro- ceedings, to have her son baptized within four weeks. fhis order was based upon an old statute dating from an antediluvian period, wnen Jews and actors were looked upon as outcasts. The obstinate remonstrances of the mother, and the no less ob- stinate attempts of the Sheriffto kidnap the child, had gained the utmost notoriety, and the scandal became 60 great that a petition was addressed to the lower Chamber, which, hav- ing referred the case to its Judiciary Com- mittee, resolved almost upanimously—not excepting even the voice of the biguted Von Miahler—to ab- rogate the obosiete statute. But, io and behold! the Upper Chamber interposes its veto, and in a veln- minous memorial, draited by one of its members, a judge of the Supreme Court, advocates thai—1he House of Lords must stand unmoved, notwithstand- ing the mighty current of the times; that the fancy for modern ideas must not deprive the child of 1ts right to Christianity, and that no law can free the Christian father trom the Christian duty of atford- ing his child (legitimate or illegitimate) the sacra- ment of baptism.” Once upon matters of this kind’ it may be propeg to say 4 Word about the As in Prussia tnt DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION embraces not only the churches and schools, but aiso the museums, academies and conservatories, We have again to chronicle an act of unexamplea arrogance on the part of Herr Von Muhier, with re- ference to the last exhibition of paintings in the Royal Academy. This bigoted gentleman saw fit to ‘find fault with the. nakedness of the figures in some of the mythological represeniations, and, with- out consulting the trustees and learned protessors of the institution, ordered those pictures vo be re- moved from their places and to be hung up in other rooms, and almost out of sight. The pro- fessors entered a liveiy. protest against tunis infringement, while Mihler raked up an old paragraph entitling the chief of the department to a genera supervision over all acadewical exhibitions. He went further by hurling anathemas against nakedness on canvas in general and setting forth how he was shocked by the vicinity of pictures of the passion of Christ and of heathen goddesses, at the same time notifying the Academy that he would no longer tolerate such indecorum. voor Mr. Miihler! Ali ne earned for his remoustrance was a heavy RAP ON THE KNUCKLES in the shape of wo energetic protests, both from the artists as a body, and the Senate of the Academy, Wherein they rather bianily tell jim that ne understands nothing of trae esthetics; that they will not submit to his unwar- ranted Interference, which 1s, morover, altogether ented; that piety had noching to do with study of the naked body; that the beauty of the human torm js the object of study to the artist, Whether in the “Crucifixion of Christ’? or in the “Choice of Paris Between the Goddesses; and, in- deed, that in mutters of this kind it beaooved the governm Whenever questions arise to taste and arrangement of works of art, to apply for and be guided by Une matured council of the Academy— for stich had been the admitted custom—rather than attempt to struct it and force upon dt views contrary to artistic principle, aud which will never Me > apeating to by conscientious and independent artisis. Bismarck and Beust—Relations Between Ras- sia and Germany—Prospects of the Resio- ration of Poland—VDemonstrations in the East Possible—The Wur Policy of the Puture. BERLIN, March 26, 1871. & may be of interest to you to learn the relations @ the newly established German empire to the great European Powers, The relations of Germany and England are amicable on the whole, as the British government sec very well that it 1s their interest to court the friendship of 80 powerful a State ag the new empire will be. There ts, however, some difll- culty for the English Cabinet openly to display their policy, a3 pudiic opinion in England seems to feel instinctively that im the course of time, when Germany will have as powerful a navy as she now has an army, England will sink to the position of a second rate Power and at the same time lose much offher trade. There is also some suspicion of the formation of a coalition of Germany, Russia, and America against England in case of complications in another quarter. For these reasons the British Cabinet has to be very carelul in showing any tendency of favoring the German cause,and the German Cabinet, appreciating the good wishes, but fully recognizing the aificuit position of Mr. Gladstone and the impossibility of his taking those measures for the inhibition of pe transport of arms aud munitions of war which Count Bismarck tirst required of him, has renounced these claims. BISMARCK AND BEUST. With regard to Austria, you know already that a most friendly interchange of despatches between Count Beust and Bismarck inaugurated a new era in the foreign policy of the Chancellor of the Austro- Hungarian empire; but you do, perhaps, not know that the feeling in Hungary has undergone a com- plete change since the proclamation of the German empire. Formerly the Hungarians were most ae- yerminedly philo-French in their views, while now the contrary is the case. They are now freed from the fear that Austria will again attempt to gain ad- mittance into a German Confederation and try to assume her former preponoeraciag position there, to the detriment of her Hungarian subjects, which would thereby be thrown into the background, while now they see they have a fair chance of be- coming of first importance in the empire. RELATIONS BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND RUSSIA. ‘With regard to Russia there 18 very little to say. The relations of Prussia and Russia were always very friendly; but that there is some sort of a written document by which they bound themselves to sup- rt each other in certain eventualities I do not »e- Heve. ‘The fact is that Russia 1s more in need of the support of Germany than Germany 1s in that of Russia, 1 believe the position of tle Poles to the German empire will bea key to this question. Some time ago the Poles propagated the news that Count Bismarck had expressed himself to the eifect that he was by no means unfavorably inclined to the pro- Ject of the RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND. ‘The semi-ofticial Berlin papers denied this. How- ever, the report recurred, and was largely circulated by the Polish press, no doubt with a view to sound Connt Bismarck, But as he seemed to prefer the support of a powerful State, which it might be his interest one day to repress in its advance to the West, to the uncertain assistance of & possible future tate, the report was denied in @ manner which left no doubt as to his views on this point. I belteve that his resolution to discourage the Poles ‘Was also the consequence of negotiattons with Rus- sia, according to which the latter Power was induced to alter its programme in the Kast and rearrange its relations with Turkey on a ditferent basis, the consequence of which was that the feoling between ‘Turkey and Prussia became very friendly and the solution of the Pontus question was @ mere matter of time. But the Poles, a3 soon ag uley saw that they could not count on Count Bismarck and that their chance with Count Beust who had tried to conciliate them by making them concessions was lost as soon as the interests of Austro-Hungary compelled him to enter into friendly relations with astra became furious in theirhatred of the new empire. I shall now quote some of tue most significant passages from different organs of the Polish party, The Dztenntk Poznanskt of the 17tn January says:—“The treaty of peace which will be concluded will not by any means satisfy the Germans; they will, therefore, try to get compensation in the East. For this purpose they have sought the support of Austria. The nation of philosophers are of opinion that thetr fatherland is Tich enough now in glory, mental culture and free- dom, but not in territorial extent. If this be no sublime ideal it is at least the national one which Moltke has to realize. THE EAST MUST BE ON THE WATCH, It is dimcult to say whether the biow against Russia will be aimed from the Nortn or South, put aimed it will be, and Russia can but guard against it by adopting the cause of pansiavism. Russia’s hope for Prussian friendship has been dis- appointed, and the orders and honorable distinctions showered upon the Germans have not bought them over to Russia, as the position ol Count Bismarck at the London Confer- ence shows. ‘Thus it may happen that Russia’s owm field marshais in Germany may one day invade Rus- sian territory.’ You willsee the drift of tuis article without further explanation on my part. The Kraj of the 2ist of January, which appears in Kracow, tries to influence the decisions of the Austrian gov- ernment as Dzvennik Korn tries tu influence those of the Russian government. 1t says:—+‘We harbor zhe same suspicions as the Czechs. There is no hope that the alliance of Germany and Austria is directed against Russia; tor the friendsalp of Rus- sia is at present more valuable to Germany than that of Austria.’ THE FUTURE. Czas, the organ of the aristocratic party of the Poles and Czeahs, blames the Imperial Chauceilor, Count Beust, for nis having entered into friendly re- lations with Germany, and thinks that the proclama- tion of the new empire is the result of tae war, and its continuance will be the continuance of a war policy. The Gazeta Naradowa, of Lemberg, says, au alliance has really been concluded between Germany and Austria, Russia would have no cause for fear. A long time would yet elapse before Prus- 81a, bound to Russia by tradition, predilection and interests, would fuifll her German mission, and ty to remove the centre of the Russian empire trom the Baltic to the Black sea. MANUFACTURE OF IRON. Lecture by Professor Eggleston. A large and appreciative audience assembled last evening in the lecture hall of Cooper Institute, to listen to a highly interesting lecture on the Manufac- ture of Iron, delivered by Thomas Eggleston, Pro- fessor of Metallurgy in Columbia College. The fami- liar form of Peter Cooper occupied an armchair on the platform, and the venerable gentleman was warmly congratulated on bis recent narrow escape. Several tables placed near the lecturer’s desk con- tained numerous specimens of magnetic ore, brown, red and speckled hemaute; lMmontte, or, as it 18 called in this country, brown hematite; carbonate of fron, from veins, erroneously called ore of steel, 80 called because it is véry fine and can be manufac- tured into steel, Diagrams were hung up coutain- ing an analysis of ihe component parta of spathic ore, siderite ore, metallic iron and the diiferent kinds of hematite; also diagrams of blast furnaces, erty Sates eed connected with them. A large map exhibited the coal and tron regions to be found throughout this country, The lecturer treated hig subject in the most thorough und exhaustive manner, and was lustened to with the greatest attention. With the aid of his maps, diagrams and specimens he illus- trated and followed the ore from the time it left the vein in the mine, through all its workings in the furnace, until it finally came forth, purified from the alloys with which it was first joined. He men- tioned ‘how prolific this country was in iron and coal mines, pointing out on the map in the different States and Territories where coal and iron have already been found; stating at the same time that wherever coal is found there will fron be found aiso. A large number of substances tn nature contain iron. to the extent of fifty or sixty per cent, some as high as thirty or forty per cent; still from these iron ¢an- hot be manufactured. When visiting furnaces you fre- quently find persons who will tell you that their ores yleid from ninety-five to ninety-six per cent, when really they cannot yleld more than seventy-three at the very highest. In manufacturing iron for every cupic foot of solid matter 2,500 cubic teet of air are used; @ furnace producing thirty tons in twenty-four hours uses 125 tons of air per hour. Counting the fuel, flux and ore, four pounds of air are used for one of charge. At tne conciusion of his lecture Professor Eggieston was warmly ap- plauded, TER SMITH. The Gentleman with the Uncommon Name, Who Expected to Become a Member of a Kansas City Firm, Again in Trouble. George H. Smith, who claims to be a member of the firm of Jewett, Smith & Alien, of Kansas City: Mo., the individu al who obtained over $1,000 worth of jewelry from Tiffany & Co. on a bogus draft, the facts of which appeared in the HERALD yesterday, 18 again in trouble. Jacob R. Tyson, of the frm of Tyson Bro., No, 24 Dey street, yesterday accompa, nied detective Rocawell before Justice Shandiey, at Jefferson Market, and charged that on,) the 14th of ‘ebruary last Smith came to him, and revreseniing that he was a member of the firm of Jewett, Smita & Ailen ordered a bill of goods, Before jeaving the store he informed Tyson that he was short of funds and would be under obli- gations to him if he would loan him $100, giving as security a draft on the First National Bank of Kan- sas City, drawn payable five days after sight, The drait, upon being forwarded to the bank, was de- clared wortiiess and returned to alr, Tyson by the cashier, who tntormed bun he would counter a favor upon the bank and the cluzens of Kansas City if the New York authorities would arrest Smith and hang him to the nearest lainppost. He will be held to an- swer the latter charge. Mr. 3. P. Squires, of 182 Bowery, also appeared as complainant against the prisoner, and slated that on tie 15th day of October last he visited his place ot business and made similar representations as he had in the above cases. He induced Mr. Squires vo part with a diamond ring, valued at $176, by pay- ing $25 cash, aud giving 4 draft on the Mecnanicy’ Bank of Kansas for the valance, which was returned vo Mr. Squires as worthiess, When visited in his cell yesterday he still had the ring in lis possession, and handed tt over Co Mr. “quires, who prelerred a complaint agatust hit. THE NEW REPUBLIC. The Plots and Intrigues of Men and Parties in France. BEHIND THE SCENES. Two Hours in the Political Whirlwind of Bordeaux. THIERS’ ADDRESS TO THE REDS. Further Particulars of the Strength of the Paris Insurgents, THE STREETS BARRICADED. Southern France Desiring Annexation to the United States. BORDEAUX, March 1, 1871, Victor Considerant has said of his own country- men, the French, during the war, that they were lons in the fleid and poltroons in ideas, All of which has proved true, save the lions in the fleld, Ineed not say that the French, having failed by their agglomerations of levies in the field, have massed all their intellectual strength in the Chamber, but that it is as torpid, tardy and non-effective as were its material displays at Woerth, Welssenvourg and Gravellote. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY now convened there is in its individual nomencla- ture a great body; but, as a whole, it 1s a poor expo- nent for that lofty intellect and supreme superiority ‘Which the French say they possess in a higher degree than any other nation, Tome the National Assem- bly is a gathering of highly respectable {and slow proceeding merchants, with now arid then a clerk, a porter and 4 carter to be found in the convention—a body that has met to liquidate the heavy debts of @ disastrously bankrupt and mutual concern; but finding the ovligations too immense it hesitates to touch them, or to provide for the disbursement of what may remain to the needy and suffering. The Natlonal Assembly 1s a too numerous body and altogether too unparliamentary, dt seems to have NO COHESION, save when ruled by the chief fugleman, M. Thiers; and in all the debates that have yet transpired it has been unruly and chaotic, giving ample indica- tion that when it satisfles its creditors there will be some impuisive fermentation. In fine, imagine France again set up with sufficient capital in peace and plenty of stock in external tranquillity, and you can easily foresee at Bordeaux the domestic troubles that will arise between the copartners of this extra- ordinary firm. ROCHEFORT AND FELIX PYAT, the world knows, from their two organs, Mot @ordre ana Vengeur, are not possessed of lamb-like amiapiiity. Ifa cent is given to Bismarck, a fortress or a rood of ground, Rochefort will add a new signi- fication to his Mot d’Ordre, and call for the block that did so much bloody work at the end of the last century; and Pyat—now a self-proclaimed Robes- pierre—will orly manifold his victims, VICTOR HUGO 1s now in no mood of sweetness, and his gall and that of his co-laborers -will begin to curse the men. who shall have signed the convention with Bis- marck. Add to these bad, trascible spirits, the tendencies of advanced socialism and even of civil war, DISAPPOINTED MEY OF ALL PARTIES ‘who see in faction and quarrels an opportunity for their own ambition, and there 1s no fine future for the stability of France internally. The republtc ot ‘92 and the one of ’48 did not follow almost national poverty, cession’ of territory and sudden humilia- tion by arising German State. But witn this one side the case is not half stated. There are old, ttled, rich, gloating legitimists, who see now in the transitive condition of France an opportunity to re- instate their lifeless nobility, re-enthrone the Church with controlling political power and give tothe nation the government of the Bourbons. These supporters of Henry V. are not pooror inert and when convinced of their own prowess are ready for ap attempt. THE REPUBLIC. It seems to me from what Ican observe that they would prefer the republic to continue to the success Of the Orleanists at this hour, and would undoubted- ly fuse with ‘the left’ to obtain this result, for it 1s, well understood that should the Count of Paris ever get the throne he will fortify himself beyond any immediate power to remove tim. Even the imperi- alists like the republic better than they do any king except their own Emperor—all believing that it 1s easier in a moment of popular revulsion to establish & partisan scheme from A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE than it fs to seize upon and occupy the throne of a rival. As the situation now is it is one ef political hesitancy, intrigue and proselyting; Henry V. vs. the Count of Paris, angeaci one individually vs. the peo- ple. The republicaas, however, hope to say ‘‘French- men! a monarchical Assembly giving you a repubit- can Ministry to disguise its treason, has surren- dered French territory, impoverished France and signed a dishonorable peace. Our voice was against itim the Chamber. Overthrow these men who have betrayed you 1” M. THIERS, And M. Thiers will say, when he brings back his beloved princes, *Frenchinen | even though opposed to the popular will, I give you a republic tnat you might allow it a last triai before renouncing tt for- ever. You have had it in peace and in war; it has failed you both. It 1s correct in principle, but im- possible in practice. Erect, then, a constitutional monarchy, stavle, like England, which I admire, and France and you will have stability and peace.”’ THE CLERICAL INFLUENCE. But before the plebescite shall be voted for another party will de heard, the legitimists, with most of the transferred influence of the priesthood from ,the Bonapartists—demanding the restoration of “tne Pope's spoilated temporality. NO CHANCE FOR THE BONAPARTES. For Bonapartists I'see no future save in the army in Germany, and a large element does not now seem probable. THE FRIENDS OF THE COUNT DE PARIS AT WORK. Here in Bordeaux at the present moment these various parties are organizing and secretly plot- ting. Caucuses are as frequent here as at the sit- tings of Congress in Washington, and party lines are becoming a8 marked and rigid. In these party reunions the future government 1s being canvassed, @nd the future elections are being planned. Depart- ment by department the Deputies are looking over the poiitical horizon, and are preparing for a vig- orous campaign, Itis a great struggie, the one that is being here inaugurated with increased strength in lavor of the legitimists, but final success for the Count of Parts. TROUBLES AMEAD. Tam satisfied that Rochefort and hts party will permit no king to ascend the throne of France with- out calling the people to a violent resistance. And as this present Ministry must: soon aissolve—as a& King 1s inevitable when the proposition 1s put to the people—now, in less than two months, assuming there wiil be peace, and as assassins will begin their work without the iron hand of an emperor to check them and punish them, who can vouchsafe many months of internal peace? Wil nota bloody revo- lution begin? 1s it not near its inception? WANT TO BE ANNEXED TO TH® UNITED STATES. Geographical hates are also growing up. Meet- ings are now being held in the south of France de- manding that ali the departments south of the Loire shal! be annexed to the United States of America, and shall remain forever tn that status, And when, with these bad prospects for unity, France begins the work of recrimination—of fixing its disasters upon its public men; of going through that political contest which even in the United States affects the national prosperity of the country; of beginning to organize a large standing army; of binding the people to a fresn slavery by obedient refects and nired favorites, aud of paying off 11s Tage, indemnity, oververs here say, look out for revolution. LEAVING FOR AMERICA. Many people—yes, thousands, of small property— intend to leave France for the United States, Here they say there is too much discord, and there will be more, pase Scenes in Bordeaux During the Sessions of the National Assembly—The Deputies Over Their Cate nud the Demi Monde Over the Deputies-Who Go To na Cufe, and What They Do When They Get There. BORDEAUX, Feb. 26, 1871. As I write I am seated at marble tabie in the Café Commercial, at Bordeaux, and in the widst of an uproar and an assembly that would be lost to history were it not for the daily press. Over two hundred people are sitting around ou} the veivet cushions, before mirrors that reflect images, some of which at least Titian would, perhaps, have neglected were he abroad for either gods or angels, Impressed upon some of these faces, indeed I might say upon the majority, is the mark of sadness—not personal grief, but a national humiliation following a long war and a dis- astrousend. Yet there 1 no lack of vivacity, The whole café resounds with merriment and the long Unes of café noir, cognac, Strasbourg beer, Amert- can grog, absinthe, curacoa, marischino, and many of the mixed after dinner drinks of France are upon the different tables, The younger men pre- fer the stronger drops; they cail for HOT DRINKS, TALK LOUDLY, DISCUSS BOLDLY, urge impetuously and conclude suddenly; but not with their liquid. With them to-day is the war @ outrimce, and to-morrow shail we again hear “4 Berlin! @ Berlin? Look at them! They are those to whom the use of firearms is a for- eign subject—like reason or logic, But, good for France they do not preponderate, either here or in the other departments, Ishould be glad to analyze their appeals—rather thelr wild, em- Phatic curses—which one hears repeated in the streets, and which, I may say, sound like an oration Tonce heard behind the trun bars of the Blooming- dale Lunatic Asylum, Turning around, I find at my right, as I try to push this sentence through Mts regular course of English, a young lady— @ more tranquil, amiable spirit. She thinks, I wot, not of war, but of peace; for every now and then she smiles, so deliciously, and inclines her head, richly covered with sumptuous hatr, toward a ~~ of the late imperial artillery, who is dressed in the gorgeous uniform worn at Solferino and Magenta. Her discourse is ays contined to a word or two, and then she rolls up her eyes, parts her lips, sips her coffee, throws out her chest and jooks with satisfaction upon the many who have been casting sheeps’ eyes at her. “That is a beautiful woman !” I hear. “Yes, lovely !? says the one interrogated, not anxious to be interrupted in the eye communica- tion he has established. Whether or not this mans a, Deputy I will not Say, Only there are plenty in the Assembly who have bonnes amiés of brief acquaintance and unknown antecedents. I turn around from this disagreeabie scene Lo survey a quarto who are quarrelling over & game of dominoes and making loud ejaculations upon the terms of peace. But here 1 must say that some Frenchmen who have just entered the door strike up a conversation in a low key upon the nature of this ae which Tam now turning out,for the HEgaLp. They look very dubious, very suspicious, very mad, and think, perhaps, even as 1 write this word, that Iam a spy. ut 1 give an imposing toss of my head and dig into the work more rapidly than before. Four foreign journalists I recognize two tables distant playing a hand at whist, the first, from Con- stantinople, rolling cigarettes and unrolling his ideas, with an accent bordering on the Mediter- ranean, 1 see now six Americans enter. The suavity of the proprietor {s something that can only be pur- chased by the highest bidder; and the Americans are bot poor, They linger in their seats, and have the only cheerful faces in the throng. It is now getting late. A glance over the tables reveals that many glasses liave been many times filled and that several young ladies are still without partners. From the others, who are smoking, cursing, debating, halloo- ing and mildly remonstrating, from the cashing of bills, the quarrels over charges and the interesting Woman at the desk, [ turn to one poor fellow whom I have seen at all hours of the day and every time I have visited this caé smoking cigarettes and drinking absinthe from the glass. He sits taere now, in this old corner, a cripple, one leg gone, hearing, perhaps, his dull, deathlike, stony expres- sion of face. 13 eyes seemed to be enclosed in rings of iron, and his head, like a marble rock cov- ered with trickling moss, 1s the nucleus of hair, thin but long, and which bears the poor poetic aspect. This man’s life is a mystery, Cold and leaden, he is one of the many in such cities as this in Europe, who come out from their humble hermitages to ten, but not to speak to the world. Now, fast ap oeeting the time when men should sleep, I turn to take @ parting glass. Deputies of the Chamber; officers of the army; disappointed intimates of Gambetta, talking over the obscurity of their late chief; local poli- ticians; (hi plesecaeenp French journalists of vast and varied misinformation; a few jolly fellows, who have taken too much from the landlord’s caves for their own level heads—such is a ca/é to-night in Bor- deaux. aon. populous, jull of crawling humanity, but necessarii ante-chamber of the present Na- tional Assembly of February, 1871. Proclamation of Thiers—Twenty-four Hours’ Notice to the Insurgents to Lay Down Their Arms—After That They Are to be Trented as Traitors. The Paris Journal of March 10 contains at the head of its columns the following announcement of the tenor of President Thiers’ proclamation:— A proclamation signed by M. Thiers will appear this very day, declaring that the republic, being the form of government accepted by the country, he M. Thiers) will respect it and see that it be respected yy everybody. In conformity with this declaration and the obedience due the law, which ts the sove- reiga guide of every republic, he stigmatizes as a traitor to his Cos fi and will treat as such any one whois fomenting rebellion and should be taken with arms in hand outside of legitimate and authorized duty. At the same time twenty-four hours are to be accorded to the factions for resti- tating the arms which they may have seized and for ceasing the military occupation of certain parts of the capital. Fatling tnis, they will, after tnis delay, expose themselves to be considered as tn- on ere and treated as such with the utmost rigor of the law. " If those to whom this proclamation is adaressed are true republicans and not men of disorder they will make amends, abandon this folly and hasten to deposit the arms, recognizing that they have no more right to fortify themselves at Montmartre against imaginary enemies than the National Assembly would bave cause to fy from them to Bordeaux. Further Particulars About the Rising in Paris—The Strength§of the Insurgents—Dis- cipline—Suppression of Rents—The Streets Barricaded by the Reds. The Gaulois of March 10 gives the following ec- count of the strength of the Montmartre tusur- gents:— The attention which is paid to the affairs of Mont- Martre induced us to visit that part. After night- fall it is diMcult and even impossible to pass certain lines, Thanks to the protection of a national guard we could penetrate as iar as the top of the hill, where 250 pieces of artillery, seventy mitrail- lenses and @ irge quantity of ammunition are collected. Of the twenty battalions of National Guard belonging to Montmartre feight only obey the orders of the Committeegof Resistunce. ‘The other tweive are considered as refractory and looked upon with suspicion. Their part only consists in pee the night under arms on the Place St. eire. Every day new pieces. of artillery are adaed and dragged up the hill. They are pulled up by men of great physical strength, while the women and children push the wheels, On the evening of the sthe all the National Guards of the 120th battalion had abandoned their posts, and forty sentinels, left to guard the cannons, who were not relicved, also forsook their charge and re- turned to their homes. Yesterday, however, five companies of the Twenty-fifth gbattalion mounted guard, and every precaution was taken to avoid the lack of discipline of the previous day. When leav- ng the nill we were placed between four men, in orter to arrive without mterruption at the rue St. Marie, which is situated outside the lines, On March 8 there was a demonstration in memory of the 24tn or February on the Place de la Basule, The 220th battalion turned out, accompanied by a number of gamins, who bore standards with the following inscription:—“Suppression of Rents.” At a public meeting held in the Rue Lijas, Belle- ville, on the same day, a government composing the following members was prociaimed:—Henri Roche- fort, Minister of War; Dorian, tor the Works of De- fence; Malon, Minister of Finance; Pindy for the Organization of Work; Screeps, for the Organization of banks; Garibaldi, for General-In-Chief, and Flou- rens, organizer and chief of the struggle a Vou- trance. The deliberations were held on the pyve- ment, and by 4 rising vole the following resolutions were uvbanimously adopted:— The streets at present barricaded by the insurgents are Carriéres, Poissoniers, Dejean and Myrrha; but ean, these wil! be taken away. Belleville 18 so thickly populated wiih the Gardes Nationaux that circulation 1s almost impossible im the streets, Many are without arms; Co these there are many Gardes Nationaux and frequently angry discussion, but nothing serious. The points of anticipated dis- turbance comprehend those places im Parisian bis- tory that have been bathed in blood by rioters. The battalions of the National Guard engaged in the menacing business comprise portions of the ‘Tsth, 125th, 1avth, 187th, $2d, 169th, 166th and 216th. A THOUGHTFUL GERMAN. Tue Poppenheusen Institute—Auoth@® Dona- tion of One Hundred Thousand Dollars— The “Kindertest.?? Five years ago Conrad Poppenheusen, of College Polnt, L. I., founded the Poppenheusen Institute with a donation of $100,000, A splendid building was erected for the education of the youth, and particularly those of German extraction. uce Uat time Mr. Poppenheusen has been to “Fader- d,’? aud returned a short time since. On Friday ning, When the ustees of the instituté inade their report, he donated an additional $100,v00 to extend its branches. THE NATHAN MURDERER.—During last week the murderer of it, Nathan was either arrested or re- be in New Laven, Louisville, Cambria, Mexico, Mobile, Texas, veiand, Now Urieaus, Halifax, ‘Alaska wud Tuckahoe. N. Je PRINS MEMORIAM, The General’s Son Opens the Coffin of His Father in Madrid. Spanish Soldiers and Statesmen in the Presence , of the Dead King-Maker—The Church of Atocha—Its Age and Images, Manrip, March 4, 1871. Wednesday, the ist instant, in the afternoon, an affecting scene took place in the Basilica-de-Atocha, General Gaminde, Captain General of Catalonia, accompanied by the Commissariat General of the Spanish army, with his aides-de-camp, as also the the aldes-de-camp of King Amadeus and other intimate friends of the unfortunate General Prim, went to the Church Atocha and descended to the Pantheon tor the purpose of paying a tribute of pro- found respect to the mortal remains of the illustrious General and statesman who, on termmating bis work in procuring a king for the Spaniards, fell by the hands of assassins, THE SON OF THE DECEASED AT THE COFFIN. The young Duke de los Castillejos, Prim’s son and heir, @ youth of some thirteen summers, was of the party, and stood beside the cofiln of his deceased father. The young Duke wore the uniform of the Hussars, to which corps he _ belongs. The ad's countenance bore an aspect of calm resolution, hardly to be expected from one so young, so nearly related and so fondly be- loved by the late General. He@drew the keys of the comin from his pocket, and with a steady hand ap- plied them to tho Jocks, gently raised the lid and after looking for a moment on the face of his dead father turned round to the generals ana other of- cers forming the party. He spoke nota word, but with his right hand pointed to the coflin. As the young Duke, with up turned tace, looked at these distinguished visitors to his dead parent's narrow abode, his expression wore something like an ap- peal, His dark eyes flashed, his face paled and his lips quivered. He seemed to say, “Behold the mutllated remains of my father—your chie/, your friend; he with whom you have fought side by ‘side in @ hundred engagements—is justice never to be Gone him? are his assassins never to be discovered ? ig his murder never to be avenged ?”” As the gray-headed veterans d with sadness on the maroled features of the hero of the African campaign tears glistened in thelr eyes and trickied down their bronzed cheeks. ‘Their lips compreased, and more than one hand convulsively grasped the hilt of his sword, and seemed ready to respond to the silent though eloquent appeal of the young Duke, A long aud painful silence followed; fle passions subsided and better thoughts predomi- nated. The stern features of the veterans relaxed, and their lips moved in prayer for the repose of the soul of vheir comrade, the general, statesman and king-maker. ADIEU. The lid of the coffin was silently closed, the bolta of the locks again turned on their levers, and Prim’s orphan having taken possession of the keyd the mourntul procession reured, FUNERAL CUSTOMS. The Spanish word tor coflin is caja, a box, and in reality it 18 @ box, with hinges, locks and keys. The near relatives of a deceased person do not assist at the funerais here; an intimate friend generally acts a8 Chief mourner, and after the melancholy service is terminated takes the keys and presents them to the nearest relutive of the deceased. CHURCH OF ATOCHA, Tae Atocha, where the remains of Prim are de- posited, was built A. D, 1623 lor the Dominican irlars, and was their monastery. ‘This church is fa mous for the celebrated image of the Virgin, which has always been revered by Spanish monarchs, Jt Was wile on a visit to this shrine that Isabella II, the ex-Queen, was stabbed by the priest Merino, The Spaniards attribute innumerable miracles to the protecting influence of this image, Which 1s said to have expelled a devil from a poy named Blas, gave speech to a dumb beggar, to say nothing of having Taised a cobbler’s son Irom the dead, stopped a ma- son in mid-air who was falling irom a roof and a hundred other wonderful things. ‘The image 1s nearly black and very ancient, said by some Spams writers to have been carved by St. Luke and by others to have been brought to Spain by St. Peter. Above the heavy altar and around the church are hung banners of Spanish victories. To tis church were also carried and deposited the remains of Prim’s political enemies, Generals O'Donnell and Narvaez. QUEEN VICTORIA. Her Majesty as a Vocalist, Described by Mendelssohn. An original letter by Mendelssohn, written in 1842, giving various details of the private life of net Majesty and the late Prince Consort, has just been publishea ina German paper. The famous composer had, it seems, been on a visit to Buckingnam Palace, when the Prince Consort Albert asked him to try hia organ. While they were talking together the Queen en- tered the roum attired in a simple morning dress. She satd, conimues Mendelssohn, that she wag obliged to leave 1or Vlaremont in an hour, and then interrupting herself, exclaimed, “But goodness, what a confusion :” for we wind had uttered the whole room and even the pedals of the orgun with leaves of music from @ portfello that lay open. As she spoke she knelt down, and began picking up the music. Prince Albert helped, and 1. too, waa not idle. I then begged that the Prince would. play Ime something, so that | might boast about in Ger- many, and he played a chorale by heart with the: pedals so charmingly, and clearly, and correctiy, that it would have done credit to any professional; and the Queen came and sat by him, and listened, and looked pleased. Then it was my turn, and I began my chorus from “St. Paul,” “How lovely are the messengers.’ Be- fore 1 got to the end of the first verse they both Joined iu the chorus, and all the time Prince Albert Imani the stops for me very cleverly. Prince Albert next proposed that her Majesty would sin; one of my sougs, and after a little begging she sai she would try Fruhlingsiied in B fat, ira it 1s sdll here.” she added, “tor ail my music 1s packed up for Claremont.’’ Prince Albert went to look for it, but cume back saying it was already packed. “But oue might perhaps unpack It,’ said 1, and the Que; then leit the room to see after it. Wille she wat gone Prince Albert said to me, “She begs you will accept thig present as a remembrance,” and gave me a little case with a beautiful ring, on which tg one te “*V. Re, 1842.17 ‘Then her Majesty came back and said, “Lady — 4s gone and has taken all my things with her. I¢ 1s really. most annoying.” (You can’t think how that amused me.) I begged, however, that I might not be made to suifer for the accident, aud hoped she would sing apother.song. After consultation with her nusband she sald she would sing sone. thing of Gluck’s. Meantime the Prince and Prine cess of Gotha had come in, and we tive proceeded through the varlous corridors and reoins to the Queen’s sitting room, where there was a gigantio rocking horse standing near the sofa and two ig bird cages and pictures on the walls, and splendi bound books on the table, and music on the piano The Duchess of Keut was the next comer, aad while they were all talking | rummaged about among the music and discovered my frst set of songs. 80, Of course, I begged to ‘sing one of tiose than Gi ; lo which she very kindly consented—and which did she choose? “sohoner and Schoner Schmuckt Sich.” phe sang it quite charmingiy, in srict tune and time, aud with very good execution, enly the line “Der prosa hasten und muh,” where it goes down to D, and then comes up again chromaticully, She sang D sharp eaci time, and as I gave herthe last note both umes, the last time she sang D, and then it onght to have been D sharp; but with the exception of this little mistake 1t was reall, cha*m- ing; and the last long GL have never heard beiter or purer or more natural from any amateur. Yirld- ing afterwards to further solicitation she sang the “Piigerspruch—Lass Dich Nur’ really quite faulte lessly, and with charming feeling and expression. I thought to myself one must not pay too many compliinents on such an oceasion, so 1 merely thanked her a great many times, upon which she said, “Oh, if only 1 had not been so frightened t generaily I have such a long breath.” Then I praised her heartily, and with the best couscience in the world for 0 that part with the long “G" at tae close, she had done so well, taking the tree fol- lowing and connecting notes in the same breath, as ond seldom hears it done; aud therefore itamused me doubly that she herself should have begun about it. After this Prince Albert sang the ‘“Acrnitelied es ist ein Schnetter,” and everything went of tn the Most pleasant manner possivle, the Queen before leaving saying to me several times that she hoped I baie soon come to England again and poy them a Visit. By-the-by, I forgot to tell now, just as her Majesty Was going to sing. she sa “but the parrot must go out first or he will screech louder wnin I shail sing,” upon wich Prince Albert rang the bell and the Prince of Gotha said he would carry tout, and T said, “Allow me,” and carried the great cage out, to the astonishment of the ser ts. THE RIVERSIDE PARKA PROTEST, To THe EpivoR OF THE HeRaLy:— You are perhaps not aware that a number «t pro. perty owners have entered a protest to the Board of Pubue Works against the assessment for opening Riverside Park, ‘They offer some good reasms why this work should not he un: Jertaken:—First, nobody 1, itis altogether out of ple, we ‘ark belug so wear the locality ielected ide Park, and vext, that vie assess. ments Will be exorbitant Tie property owners de- sire to be Neard by the Board of Public Works, so that there taceccems in the matter should be froperly considered belore auy furtner action 18 tikel. s A CLILZEN, ee EEE EE EEE