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FRANCE The Result of the Communist Elections in Paris. LIBERTY FOR PARIS AND FRANCE. M. Thiers Declares Before God and Man | to Stand by the Republic. LYONS AND TOULOUSE ORDERLY. The Paris Elections Declared Null and Void by the Assembly, THE BONAPARTIST PROGRAMME. The Government Which Can Ke- siore aud Maintain Order. The Inman steamship City of Paris, Captatn Mier- house, from Liverpool Marck 30, via Queenstown the Sist, arrived at tals port last evening, with one day’s later papers than those brought by the Weser. PARIS, Tha Commune—Tho Result of the Elections, The following, based on ofMclal information fur- nished by the Central Committee, is a complete list of the candidates elected on Sunday, the 26th uli in the severa! arrondissements. Where no other in- dication is given of the result the elected are mem- ‘Ders or adherents of the Central Commiitee:— First Arrondissement (ouvre)—Adam, M¢line, Rocbart, Barre—ali conservatives, Second (Bank)— PBresiay, Tirard, Chéron, Loiseau— also conservatives, Third (Vemple)—Demoy, Armand, Ptady, Murat, es Laree dret being candidates oi the com- tive, Fourth —Lefran;ats, Arthur Arnonid, Clémence, Gerardin. Im this arrondissement M, Was at the foot of the poll, and not elected, | Fifth —Reg re, Jourde, Fridon, Blanchet, Ledrott. BIXth (St. Sulpice)»—Albert Leroy, Goupu, Robinet, Beslay, Varliu—tue two last being caudidates of ine commiitvec. Seventh—Parise!, Lefevre, Crhain, Brunel. hth (Fauoourg Si. Houore)—Rigault, Vatilant, Arthur Arnold, Juies Alix. M. Carnot Was one of The unsuccesstul candidates, Ninth (Rue Druot}—Ranc, Ulysse Pareat, Desmar- ests, Ferry, Nast Tenta—Felx = Pya Champy, Babick. Bleventh— , Avrial, Delescluze, Mortier, Eudes, Prowl, Verdur Fortune Heuril, Gambon, Twelfth (Hercy\—Varlin, Geresme, Frumeau, Thei ‘enth—Metier, Duval, Chardon, Frankel. ZPourteenih (Moulrouge)—Billlray, Martelet, De- Tanmps, Fifteenth—Clement, Valics, Langevin, Hendriot— the last only bers the commitee’s candidate, and Their oiler Caudidaies, te former Adjolots, belug eaten. fixteeuth (Passy)—Marmotean, conservative caudidartes. Seventeenth (Batiguolles;—Variin, Ciément, Gé- nD, Chalin, Joa. ighieenth (Moptmartre)—Dereare, Theisz, Blan- gut, Clement, Ferre, Vermorel, Pascual, Grousset. Muewenih (La Chapelie—vugel, Oudet, Cournet, De Bonteiller, Delésclaze, Osiyn, Miot. Twenticth (Helleville)}—Ranvier, Bergeret, Flour- Blangnt. Eleven mer of whe committee and four ¢, Luxembourg, Palais Bour- Vasey arrondissements the re- sults Were contrary to the hopes of the comuitiee. Mégy. Who killed the policeman last year, was a caudidate for ihe Seventh arrondis t, but was not elected, neither was General Cluseret, Who was Proposed by delegates of tue Corderie (I'weilth ar- Toudissement . Blangai, Vario, Arthur Arnould and Theis7 were elected in each of iwo arrondissements, Committee The Central guing ‘Their Powers. The Central Committee published proclamation in Paris en the 26th uit, ission is terminated; we are your Hotel de ia V. the following bout to e to your newly Aided by your patriot enu the ditic iy your persever t ing wt whi do not lose aight 2 yok hing Pisirust ambitious men as we ly coosider themse.v P apeble of passing ints a venues apf end always fortune ta disponed to rege: Lastly, search Frue merit men, nut for them to presen ed that if you observe these remarks popular represen- miarives who will canvass you giectors io know tye! neives, We are cony ou will at the part of the Ventral Committee: for althougn many of thei are certain of election, the majorliy sre not candidates—tiat 43 vo say, if ‘the list pub- Irshed by the Rappe! vecorrect. Oaly twelve names eut of thirty-five figure upen the fist; Dut it ts possi. ‘bie that other lists are in existence bearing the naiwes of a greater proportion ol the men at present an power. Cariousiy enotgh, the pame of Assy does not figure upon the lists as given bv the Kappel. "The jouraais are undecided in the course that they take. some have given way ana advise their read- ers to vote; others p est in, consir ing the cir- he mest plucky Manner against Paris Fielding to the will of the tareaient rabvbie of We vuras. All aré nnited in blaming the utter bleness and the astounding tnea y h Assembly The Rioters. Justification of the Massncre in | the Place VYendome—Ceneral *heridan’s Name Made Use of. The cut-throat government have put forth an Biadorate justification of the massacre i the Rue de Ja Paix. Fsuboin it emark that it 18 a Rassue of jaisenood f a:— The Centew events wu 4 90 the air is it was brvke the same for tue secon bayouev; biti express y The foremua ang ae comite were valet *M the individ ord was Wiese snd the wifair bee rot, In fact a 5 Maljoura ai Coma hasten: moned t) sue voll 0: % as. Fope aribual G vounad be place, mew ver of the tutors atrove ue lines a 0 head We seventh and Ma jourm Labur le the amatalanee of the Orerttt 1, struck at the back of the crowd, He fell at the corner eure des Pethe Champa, on the tw We grouud, ot Cocker, dic ‘unin’ a pontard at wuimuer of re Tn the Rue de ta yy, formerly aut we de ta Vie ert to attend vaiuabies }. Peorganization of Franc | consequence of a communication from V NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, Irom & window fn the Rue dela Patx, has asseried that shots were fired by the mea of the manifestation General Sheridan wtil, of course, ps to this, and no doubt resent the impertinence of these citi- zens in making use of his name, The garrison in the Place Vendome are stili further stredgthentog themselves. In addition to the barricades they have built a redoubt for musketry round the column, eeated Oficial Journal The Journal Oficiel of the 28th ult. publishes an article by M. Vaillant, the delegate of the Committee for the Home Department, in whch that gentie. man states bus surprise at the Duc d’Aumale hav- ing found it possible to eater France withont mect- ing with a citizen to Kill him, M, Vaillant adds that such facts prove how much mora! and civic sent ment have deteriorated, In ancient repudsites such was the AW; OW af affectation of morality would call this act of ong an assassination, He con- cludes by saying that society owes to princes but one duty—death, Society 1s bound but to one formality— the veritication of identity. Tee Paris Students and the Insurgents. According to the Paris Soir the Central Comiit- tee, at present claiming supreme authority in Pars, desired to take possession of the Ecoie de Medecéne, The pupiis, as a body, were opposed te that arrange- ment, and held a meeting to consider what steps \hey should adopt. Delegatea from the students of the Beaux Arts, the Polytéchnique and the Faculty of Law also attended, and after some discussion tt Wus agreed that the whote of the Yonng inen present should place their services at the disposition of tae Matres, or of Admiral Saisset, who has been ap- pointed to the chef command of the National Guards. The following resoluion was also unani mously passed The students of the various ag that the Central Committ a5 Upon universal suifrage, declare that y Ou CAUSE WIth the representatives and the Maires of Paris, and that they are ready to act with them by all possible meaas against t committee, Which has no mission irom the peop.e. They declare, moreover, that they repudiate any kind of complicity with reacilonary views; that they intend to resist aay coup delat proceeding from aay authority, and they desire to mainiain Twly and entirely tue republic one and idivisibie.”* ViRSAILLES. The National Assembiy—The Mayors of Paris— M. Thiers and Louis Blanc (he Reorganizas tion of e—Tae Paris Eloctions Declared Null and Void. In the sitting of the Assembly on March 27 the Initiatory Committee brought in is report upon M, Assassination Ad in the the mayors of Paris. The committee reiers the matter to the wisdom and firmness of the gover ment, but it is of opinion that the resolution should not be taken into cousideration. M. Thiers thanked the committee, and said that the government would endeavour to show itself worthy of ihe confidence reposed in tt. He laid stress upon the gravity ef the occurrences in Paris, which might be increased by hasty debates. It was necessary that nothing should be done that mgut lead to any single city deimineeriug over France. Te called upon the Assembly to vote as speedily as possible the bili fur municipal elections, adding :— “We wish for liberty for Paris and tor the whole of Frauce, but we wish also for union with hoerty, All that human foresight can do for the re-estat- lishment of order wili be done and the authority of the jaw will be upheld, Ido not conceal from my- self the aitacks Which are directed against the atu. tude I have assumed aud to which the Assembly has given in tte adhesion, Bui that which docs most honor to & politica! assembly is a@ grave demeanor, and there 1s nothing more dignified than silence jen principles do not thereby suder.” M. Thiers repelled us a calumny the accusation Ulat tie Assem- bly and the govecnment intend to overtirow tae re- public :—"'We are solely Occupied with the 1 repeat that order will be maiutained and that ne one wiil be betrayeu. I givea formal contradiction to those who accnse me of lead inz the Way lor a monarchical settle ent. 1 found the republic an accomplished fact; before Got ani man Ideciare I will not betray it, and tat tiose who say to the contrary speak falsely. “he maintenance of order and the reconstruction of the country are my sole alms; victory will rest with tue most wise it Will be the pr i reason and France will issue irom her tilais in ali her eternal grandeur.” steyrie said:—“All the members of the y are animated by one thought alone, he good of their country and Latved of dis- edo not wish to mupede any step tending towards coucilation; but 1 it be destined that pli- lage and assassination stall id sway, we should | then tell you to prepare, tor it would be necessary to act.” The conels adopted, ubers of the Kight sabmitted the follow- ution;—"ine Naiioval Assembly declares the mumotpal elections which have Just taken pl.ce in Paris to be null and void.’ A proposal to con- r this resolution urgent was rejected, he Asseimbly, on being consalied as to whetner it would proceed to a second cveliberation on M, Giraud’s proposal res; ig the electoral law, de- cided im the affirmativ ue intelligence of tbe assassination of the Pre- fect ol the Loire 1s confirmed, and te National As- sembly ananinous.y adopted a tavtion, emanating from (he deputies of that department, ig honor ol the memory uf tue deceased Prelect, fons of the Committee of Initiative Thiers? Proclamation Announcisg the Kestoration of Order at Ly: und Towe louse. On the 28th of March the Chief Executive of the covernwnent publisued the following proclama- tion:— er, which haw alyeady been re-established at Lyons, has just been restored in Foulouse als, completely and with promyikude. The Prefect, M. de Keratry, Wuo has de- termined to adopt i m, re-entered Towouse nad has dispersed the representatives of the Com- M. Duportal, who was the oppre ouous, this great city. sary Lo carry Into eftect these r Assistance “of quod. citize ke to which they bad beon : the insurgents of the great cities has t owes, thanks exasperated au f thus 1 the opietely £ vough. auihors Of these disorders will have to render an ac- coat for % beiore Justice, fluence oniy ia Maree d “i government, A! gus the compieicat calin. ‘The elections, to which @ poruon of the Mayors had resigned themselves, were Wherever they ed the major ted to Meantime the orders nning to be seat to wil the centres of tu- ‘idenly stopped, and the well } workinen—ao humerous in proportion to the Hikinelinmed noaet know that if bread is once more kept out of their me his to the adept male, who x of which they assume to be the ibe- ce of whom the German army has France, a.ready so unfortunate, owes s: misfortunes, and knows well that ture, owes it. Lu rety Mt the government, to pie the ateddidg of biood, has tempo: is pemaived inactive, and the menue sgonler will only on this acvount be the hetter re certain, A. THIARS, Thiers’ Commoanication to the Preferte—ie ix Confilent that All wili Yet be Well. The tollowing oMcial communication was tele- graphed by M. Tiners to the Prefects of all the de- partments of Franc Verne sities, March 26, 1871, Nothing new in the situation, In Lyons order has been re- ie energy of the General ational Guar this wad i With exception diguant, ‘nai Assembly, | the tho ake pince ty, and there‘ore wituout auy and have goverment, Urder w eviished bo A. TH1EKS. The Forces at Versnillos. The London Times contains a significant despatch from its Berlin correspondent announcing that “in Tsailles, the extradition of the French prisoners will short Tt was asserted at Brussels on Monday Uiat at inilitary dewonstrauon, under Generat Vir Was proparing at Versailles. The foliowing appe in (he Londen Jie Four generals are ter of War, 1 gests upiod at Veraailies, nnder the Min: ther the military prisoners and re rvice of the country. were of all grades retur * each day more considera, , general of cavairy and une iors, bas recelved the command of the bri eave sailoa and is charged with organizing, at St. Ger volunteers for the National Guard of the depart th and Ofse. Livery moroing @ reconuals saiice uf cavalry proceeds from Versailies and by Bt. Cloud, as (he gates oF Varia, to @ee that no obstruction ip Hered to the communications between the capital and thi town. ‘The Prussian eovernment renews cach day a demand neoupy Paris for the purpose of restoring ori The Frewon goveros is demand witu a relusal, LYONS. Delegates of the Lusurgent Central Comuiitee at Lyons--The Commune Triamphant. ‘The following communication tas been published by Ue Paris Coatral Committee; — The Centra! Committee hastens to communicate to the populavion of Paris the following despaten re- ceived from one of its delegates at Lyons:— To Te CLriZRNS, MoMveRs OF Ke CenTnat. Com MIVTER IN Panto arrived io Lyons and were Immediately tniro- We have so Ville, We bave bad to appear on the Louis Blanc’s resolution relative to the conduct of | —- e daloony to the applause of more than twenty thousand cluzens, tee: batialions out of twenty-four are glad to unite with the 215 battalions of Part, Not a drop of blood has been shed, thanks to the measures of the Provisional Commission. The government of Versailles t# not recog: The lewune OF ue peorie ie tricimplant and Paris ‘the ea AMOUROUX. ni alone ta ree Ze. For the delegation Proclamation by the Lyons Commane. The Democratic Committee of the National Guard of the Rhine to the people of Lyons CUTIZENS—The Vommune has been proclatmes from the dalcony of the Hotel de Ville amid the frantic applause of the whole population. Our etty, which, om the 4th September was the first to prociaim the republic, could not be bebin hand in imitating aris. »ble and courageons popntation of Lyona. Honor to this The city ts about to lend her aid to. the re-estabi ment of liberty and m trae republic, She is about to reassume "the management of her _ interests, which has been too long usurped vy the contral power, With the Commune, citizens, we 1 bave a united government, which will concentrate in ff the armed forces and meni- cipal police, With the Commune the taxea will be reduced, the public treasury wilt no longer be plund A new era, citizens, begin for our city. Many auffer- ings and misery im genoral will be lessened, ant with the Commune that bideons social plague cailed pauperism will disappear. Let the inhabitants remain calm and worthy of their victory! Let them have contidence, and in a very short time order -and prosperity will’ not be emuty words. Let us prove by our attitude to the enemies ‘of free Hoerty that the people never mistake that sublime in- stitution calle i commune for the exca:sea of which. they are cused. Soon our detractors themse!vea will be foreés to acknowledge that the people are wor-hyto live under repub- ican instititions, Let us remata united and armed to’ up- Loi the repubiicyone and undividable, Vier la Gomemune! el rep gue Tho Committee of the National Guard and the Committee of the Repubiean Altiance, (Follow the signatures of the BOULOGNE. 5 Arrest cf M, Rouher—Aa Explanation by the bx-Minister—What He was Doing When He wes Arrested—Rensons for the Outrage—ihe Paris Rioters—Tuiers and Fnvre. The following letter of M. Rouher, who was ar- rested at Boulogne by Order of M, ‘Thiers, explalus ihe reasons which led te the outrage:— ‘The lawa which guarantee personal liberty to every Freach citizen have been Violated in my Case, 1 hope you will insert my protest in the columns of your journal, [have no wish at present to make Any statement as to the facts whici preceded, ac- companied, or followed my arrest, sul less dol desire te describe the outraves to which I nave had tosubniit., [donot co s.der the loyal and hone.t population of Boulegue responsible Jor the savage occurreaces of Monday last. 1 know that the wretches who attacked me were strangers or the dregs of the populace. They did not even Know my name, for when they insulted and struck nie they sani that | Wasa French general, At present wisa only to point out the real reas: ol my arrest, The diréct canze of the arbitrary and vio ntactof which | was the victim was the eilcial calumny published in the government proclamation, } Which accused Me imperiaiists of Naving taken part | in the abemmatie fasurrection witch bas ted to pdshed and loss of life m Paria, ‘The intention ‘aslo give some probability to this tie by seizing upon and casting nto prison a former Minister of the empire, but the calculation 13 only deserving of contempt aud indignation. ‘The men Who have just established a reign of ter- ror in the capital ef my anfortupate country are the same woo, by means or riot, founded the govern- mcyt ol the 4th September, for tie proceedings of | the isto Maren are the navural resuit of those of Sep- tember 4, The Parisians may now witness the fear- Tal results of the overthrow of & regular govern- ment, The language ef M. Juies Favre to the Na- Uonal Assembly is foolish or wicked, The imperial. ists are ardently desirous thatthe government of Versailies may triuaph over democracy, They, with all France, despise aud detest the wretched rabble who, to the craci calamities of foreign, have added the horrors of civil, war. I see in a letter be- tore me that M. Thlers asserts that 1 was “«dlscov- ered” at Boulogne, and that the steps taken agatast me Were justitied either by my arrival there in com- pany with MM. Chevreau and Solvelle, or by my possessing @ box Of papers with a mysterious seal upon it, Now, here ts the trath as to these points. I was not “discovered” at Boulogne, I had been there for five days, Ihad inscribed my name on the hotel book, and Was the bearer of a passport delivered to mee ght days previously in Loudon by the Consul General o France. My visit to the town was no secret. It was Known to the inhabitants and to the authorities, MM. Chevreau and Boitelle were with me in England part of the last six menths, and in the course ol that period I have every day more and more learned to love and esteem them. One of them came over to France ia the same boat as Tid. Was it not natural that we should both return to our country togetaery The assertion that M, Buitelie was at Boulogue is not correct. If he had been tne accusation would not have been the more forcible, As to ny papers, they were i a white wooden box, With other things useful iu uraveuing. The myste- rious seal which appears to have excited the saspi- of the President of the Council, and of which be has informed all France, Was nothing more than the seal placed upon the LOX by the so.s-prefet of Bowogne when he seized it in my absence, M. Thiers has sent a special agent to Arras to exa- mine those papers. In a detailed telegram this agent has given to the President of the Council an acconnt of 1s examiation, Has he “discovered” a single line ora single word Which can justity evea the shadow of an accusation against me im word or deed? No! Arrest, imprisonment, search npon search, all these odious proceedings have only re- suited in coufasion and powerlessness, And yet M. Titers has forwarded to the preiect of Arras the folowing telegraphic despatch:—“Liberate »., Rowe her, Send him oat of France on his giving his word Of honor that he Wil not take any part 1a the pre- sent chsorders. Choose, alter consulting with him, the rse Which wil entail upon him the least dange ‘to ask me to give my word of honor that f will take no part inthe present disorders! Traty that is @ scandalous request, What 18 there in tts Lo justify the culpable and perfidions pro-eedings by Which acruel calumny was cast upon an innocent person’ M, Thiers should not have recourse to Uiese petty expedients, Let him leave to te Com- nuittee of the Hotel de Vitle the care of denouncing us as “suspects”? This is a part of his task. All équivoque is out of the question. The red flag of the Paris insurgents floats over all—the infamous red fag of Socialism and of terror. To treat or to tem- porize with such men is to desiroy (he country. Safety hes only in energy. Honest citizens are ready to fight, For myself and my trends our greatest grief is not being able to take part in the dangers which at the preseut momeut be-et all good and ivyal cinzens, B. ROUHER. BRUsseLs, March 25, 1871. NAPOLEON. The Bonapartist Programme. The London Observer of the 26th ult. says:—The following statement of the programme adopted by Napoleon has been communicated to us:— ‘The arrival of the Emperor Napoleon in England has given rise to a variety of rumors which have no authority whatever. Napeleon III. may not be so solemnly reticent as he has been resented to be, but certainly he will not explain his views and in- tentions to every enterprising person who, per Jas aut nefas, gets into Camden House. It has been asserted that the health of tue Emperor 1s very bad indeed; but we are lufermed that, on the contrary, there is a marked improvement in his heaith, The story of the National Guards of Paris being bribed by Lonaparust gold is sufficiently refuted by the facts that Bonapartist gold ts very scarce, and that the Belleville men and their adherents are and have in urgent need of money. The ex-Emperor Will not sanction intrigues on his behalf, Wheneyer he deeins it necessary he will address the nation openly, a8 he did on the eve of the els after the anti-lmpertal vote in the Assemb! Napo- leon IIL., it 1s stated, will not depart from the passive attitude he has maintained since bis departure from France. An Imperialist anifesto—The Future Gov- ernment of France—The Duty of the ¢ servatives—A Kepublican Ministry and a Conservative Chimber. The Pall Mall Gazette of March 30 has the follow. jug: M. Clement Duvernois, who for some years acted asa kind of literary aide-de-camp to the Emperor Napoleon and was afterwards Minister of Agri- culture under the Regency, bas addressed a letter to M. Thiers, which may be taken as a sign that we linperialists are now prepared to enter on an active campaign for the restoration of te dynasty, if hot personally of the ex peror him- self. ‘Tis letter, of which we have received an early copy, Will be published in the Sicuation of to- morrow, and deserves attention both as an able and Vigorous argumeut in favor of the empire and as an dudicalion OF the leelings aad opinious by an appeal fo which the impertausts hope to carry the day, White the war was going on, the latter felt bound to follow the example of reticence set by the Emperor and to abstain from saying or doing any- Uiing whieh could weaken the goverpment of the hour, Batthe war being over, the sitaatiom has changed, and in aoty to their country as well a8 In Justice to themselves they are constrained to answer tue attacks of M. Thiers and his fiieuds and strike out a line for themselves. Starting with the assumption that the chief neces- sity o\ (he hour 18 @ reorganization and consolida- tion of the diferent sections of the conservative party in France, in order to make head against anarchy aud prevent the dismemberment of the country, M. Duvernois prgeess to consider how this 18 10 be | pled eg 8 From te present goy- ernment he has nothing to hope. Just as the gov- ernment of National Defence occupied itself much more actively in fighting against the empire than In fighting against the Prossians, so we wovernment Which eucceeded have Ns ag only of denouncing Ue Bouaparitsts, instead of ‘repressing tiie designs of the demagogues. Reviewing the prin cipal accusations against the empire, he re- torts them upon M, Thiers and his Ministers, It was they, he declares, who, by ter speeches denouncing the aggtandizement of Prussia, rendered war inevitable; it was they who eripp the military resources of France by their opposition to permanent armies, the war budgec wud the contingent. M. Duvernois also asserts (hat Peace on favorable terms might have been made after Sedan If M. iliters ond bis frends had not overthrown the responsible government, and re- minds them that for the miserable state ot Paris at the present moment Wey are responsible, in 60 far as they demanded the aruitag of the Nationat Guards of Hetlevilie and Montmartre, National vankruptoy mast be te inevitable resujt if Givi war comes to complete the work of invasion; but ‘With a strong and respected government, @ govern- ment that could restore and maintain erder, and 80 fortify the Snancial cre tit of France and secure free scope for industrial aciiviry, the country would soon. emerge from her preseut ‘desolate condition. The ques 108 is where such @ government is to be OU: Let us ace, then, whether you represent order. | Took resent state of aase it i difficult to accord yr Paris in revolution, Maraefiles, Lyons, St. f tfer pat is what ut diret necets the eve; pat is it transitory? Is there in your government the Of onler, a principle. of wuthoriy which can. be ea tablished? ‘The answer, alae! is ceasy. ‘The source ot your power fs an eminently monarchical Assembiy, and * republican, at Ibast in appear You ‘leclare that the Chamber represents the country auc that all authority emanates from kon that atleast three out of four Deputies are inonar- ‘ou have a republican Ministry, a republican adm tile. surgent— istration. In the face of this comp-ete contradiction. face of this apectacle of a monarchical Assembly xoveraing the agency of jicans- the conservatives aro diseoncerted 1 the fe llcans = are ‘The former ask what is the good of asserting rated, thelr 0) iniona if they are ipnored and condemned to inactivity. ‘Tne others, with good reason, distrurt a republican Ministry, accerting the hands of « monarebical Chamber, I power ant they, bring their eunnon to bear upon ron, Viole assulied by the ‘one, faintly. aupporied by he other, your uncertainly between the Let and Gictatorahip of the Lei of Right you ave nich as you are you have nobaaia of PI * This in the ‘reason why there 18 at order {n the streets, ‘There is no ordor in the streets, be se there is coniusion in the government: the expectant government floats the Right. As a world have ay inast the ‘sympathy of government the a 18 wudacious because a triumphant ements in power; the | arm: tates becuse ite de- tractors are ‘now Ministers; — the conservative party Is Inactive because . monrrohleal lections nave produced # repnblican goverame! you desire to re- extablinn order you must re-esiadlish the principle of au- thority; and In order to re-establish the principle of au- thority you must do one of two things—unite the conservative party fistead of diseoiving it, and then emerge from a pro- visional condition, M. Duvernois then goes on to unfold the pro- grapime of the empire: ‘The empire, as we undoratand ft, is nol a party; it isa rineipe anda avstem, The principle ts that of 4 monarchy Cased upon the national will directly expressed; the systern ix the concilistion of classes under the auspices of a strong power. We velleve that in a country where the monarchy is no longer a docma of civine right, and which does not again desire the repubhio, the on government js & monarchy resting om the national sovereignty, Wo Vetieve that ina country where soctalism is at work it is necessary, on the other hand, to protect the bourgeoisie, an, on the ther, to take Into account the asp rations of de- mocracy in as far as they are practical and legitimate. We have neither hatred for oF se of the great towns, who are stirred up in 2 period of qniet only to be ehot down when ther lave been fairly roused, mor rancor avainst that on- Nghitened, intelligent, but emotional bourgeotsie which pastes part of | ite time in preparing | revolu- tions and the rest in groaning over them.” But, in place of taking our standpoint on the one or the other of There two unstable elements, we are resting on that which In all countries of the worl is the basis of government—ianded , Ta England we should be tories, and in France we porate, becauine in England property ts concentrated, while In France {t ix divided. A monarchy having for is base the conservative democracy and conciliating the mter- ests which the revolution brings to the front—that is our sys- tem. What is there factlous in tt ? As long as @ government of this kind ts estab. lished Duvernois professes to be indifferent whether the old dynasty is re-established or the princes of the ight divine restored. All he asks is that the country should be saved by the union of the conservatives and should then be leit free to choose whatever government it pre‘ers; but there can hardy be a question In What direction his letter points. . simian MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN ITEMS The cholera has broken out tn St. Petersburg. Victor Tingo has given in his adhesion to the Paria Communists. The Indépendance Helge states that Cit'zen Blanchet, who formas part of the new government of Parts, was formerly a barber at Brussels. M. Rouher, who had been transterred to Arras aiter his arrest ut Boulogne, has been Iberated by order of M. Thiers, and 1s now in Brussels, M. Murat, a well Known meniber of the Interna- tional Union, declares vhat he has no connection whatever with the Central Committee of Paris, The stonecutters, stonemasons and bronze workers are organizing to assist the Central Committee. The commitice's sole source of revenue Is the customs duty at the gates of Paris. The Emperor of Germany has established a ‘“‘Uross of Merit” for those women who have distinguished themselves during the war by their devotion to the German sick aud wounded, The Emperor of Germany has established a * cross of merit” for those women Wno have distinguished themseives during the war by their devotion to the German sick and wounded, Alphonse Karr resumes in these few words the Motive that led to the Red revolt: Alter all what do they want? Not to work.’ (Apres lou’, que de- mandent-ts ? Ane pas travaiiier.) The Cr: du Peuple opposes the election of a Com- mander n-Chief of the National Guard as useless and dangerous, and says, also, that it votes for the deposition of the Assembly at Versailles. The Verité points out the hindrance by the com- mittee to the despatch by railway, in the occupied depariments, of the see] corn given by the English Society for the assisiance of the ugriculturists, The ternational ot Florence says:—“The Japa- nese deputation, so long announced, has arrived and been recetved by the Minister of Foreign Aiairs, Who escorted the iInembers to the Chamber to hear the debates.” Serious riots have occurred at Bucharest in conse- quence of the celebration by the German residents of the Emperor's b.rihday. The nail im which the Germans were assembied was demolished by the mob and several persons were wounded, On the day of the marriage of the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorn press messages of ail kinds, amounting to Close upon 65,000 words, were jorwarded trom the central station of the Postal Telegraph Deparunent, in Telegraph street, The tort of Vincennes was handed over to the in- surgents by the Eighth company of the workmen of the administration. General Ribourt, who com- manded, was condemned to death atter the act of treachery, but he contrived to escabe, aud has ar- rived at Versaiiles. The Notional aMirms that Menotti Gartbeldi, whose presence at Montmartre has been several times affirmed, 18 at present in London. M, Thie- bault, orderly olficer to Colonel Rucciottt Garibaldi, writes to the Journals to state that nether that oM- cer nor his brosher Menotti are at this moment in Paris. The workmen of two cigar factories in Antwerp, 240 1n number, struck on March 23 ior an inciease of salary. The proprictors not yieldiug to their demands, the facwuries were closed. Before the strike several meetings were held im the oftices ot the International League, the old members of which form actually part of (he lasurrectionist government in Paris, A calamitous fire occurred on Sunday morning, the 26th ult, at 22 Pavilion Road, Cnelsea, near Sloune square, London, in a shop occupied by Mr. Greene, corn dealer. The first Noor was occupied by Mr. and Mrs, Chalk and two children, and the sec- ond by Mr. and Mra. Wiason and eight children. ‘The flames originated in the shep, and gained so rapidly that the retreat of the inmates was cut or, and Mrs. Winson and four children were burned to deat. The bodies of Generals Thomas and Lecomte, killed at Montmartre, were placed in oak aud lead coins and temporariiy deposited in a vault of the old cemetery, St. Vincent, Sixteen wounds were to be seen on tue preast, arms aud head of General Clément-Thomas and nine on the corpse of General Lecomte. The balis, Which have been preserved, were fired [roi Chassepoi ‘The victims must have been shot at aiter they had falien, The watches and other valuables found on them have been reiuined to thotr families. One bail had cut the gold chain of General Thomas. The Saiut Public, of Lyons, relates that a very ex- traordinary fact came vo ligitt in the case of Com inander Arnaud, Who Was assassinated, One of te accused present, nated Suqoe, was acquitted, while another, calied Bonveret, was condemned to death by defaalt; but 1 appears that these two are im reality but one and the same person, Bouveret had beea living im iilicit lotercourse for several years in the Oroix-Kousse with & married woman, and had changed nis Dame to Suque for the purpose of con. veaiment, The wiinesses, who only knew tim ua’ tue latter appellation, all gave evidence ta a favova- ble sense, as he apparently & regular bite, and was not proved to have fired his gun on the day that A:naud Was assassinated, Hut other testimontes collected during the examination and given by per- sons ignorant o1 the alias, suowed that Bouveret was one of the murderers of Arnaud. He has tuerefore been again arrested, and will be tried anew. The Meuse, of Liége, gives the following detaiis of the passage of the ex-Hmperor of whe French through that city:—“Napoleon LiL. arrived, as we announced, at a quarter tv eleven in the evewing, at the station of Les iiemins, coming from Cassel, enroute for Ostend. The spectal train was coin: of nine carriages—four tor passengers, three luggage vans and two traveling coupés. ile wad 1 the diligence of the Count de Fianure, in which he had alreariy made the transit from Libramont to Cassel, after the battle of Seiau. His suite con- sisted of about thirty persous, The Princess Mathilde, another lady and two other personages had quitted Brussels at five P. M. to meet hin at Herbesthal, At this iast station nese persons took their places In the Carriage with the ex-Kmperor and accompanied him to Matines. The train halted for a few minutes in our station, Napoicon HL, seated In an armchair, appeared to be dosing. wore a general's uniform, covered by & cwoak, He seemed in good lealit, onlynis hatr has become considerably whiter, ‘The Princess Mathilde was in deep mourning. One ot our con- tributors Who was on the spot, having had occastoa to exchange a few words with the Prince de la Mos+ Kowa, communicated Ue contents of the despatches received relative to the ovedts in Paris, The H’rince immediately alighted and hastened to the door of the carriage occupied by the kmperor, A iew mo- ments after the nnperial compartincut, Which bad been previously almost dark, became tluminated, and Napoleon was seen reading the despatches by the lignt of @ wax candle, fis countenance ree matned tmpassipie, as usval, but not so that of his companions, to Whom the news must have given Abecret satisfaction, At five minates afer eleven the train again started, We may adu that it reached Maltnes towards one fn the morning, aud stop, there to change the locomotive. The Princess thilde and her sue alighted at Malines from ihe trayn poring from Herbestial. After having ex- changed adtenx with the falien Emperor, the Princess and her companions got into a special train to return to Brussels, Where they epiered tue North ern station towards half-past APRIL 12. 187L-QUADRUPLE SHEET, THE PARIS REDS. A Herald Correspondent With Leaders of the Commune. the DINNER AT THE PLACE VENDOME. Mutiny of the Guards in the Barricades. THE MEN WHO DEFY FRANCE. Who and What They Are and What They Look Like. WHAT {S$ MEANT BY THE COMMUNE, The Negotiations Which Were Opened With the Frussians, GAMBETTA, HJG9 AND LOUIS BLANC, Preparations to Repel the Expected Attack of the Reactionists, WINDOWS BRISTLING WITH CANNO) Pants, March 26, 1871, T was invited to dine with the Commander in the Place Vendome and went at six. I should explain that this officer 1s the commander of the National Guard for Parts, appomted by the Committee, at the Hetel de Ville. His headquarters are in the large public puilding which furms the east face of the Place Vendome. I was received in a large room on the ground floor, the windows of which look upon the square. The General was away at the moment, but his chief of staff did the honors, and I was soon at my ease, with leisure to survey the extemporized official world about me, Naturally my curiosity was most turned to the men coming and going with ; quiet activity—the oMcers and leaders of the move- | ment, Sinister looking fellows were many of the men I saw; bus it was twilizht and the gloom of tic hour may have lent a shadow to faces that would have been fair aud frank enough tn the daylight. It Was, moreover, the fifth day of the movement, and the circumstances in which they stood were not favorable to a regular tollet, The only notable potnt in the furniture of the room was a large and beauti- ful bust of Liberty before a mirror between the two windows, There were, therefore, two Liberties, a substance and @ shadow, and I could not but won- der which would prove the type of that my friends were struggling for. ALL THE MEN I 8AW there were workmen, men of mechanical occupa- tions, and [ learned subsequently that this 13 a boast and pride of the Jeaders—that they are all from the ranks of the great working day world of humanity. ‘The chief of staff was a man, 1 should judge, of Wat Tyler's trade—a mau of sturdy lineaments, who had been developed by bodily labor rather than intellec- tual exercise—an honest, straiguiforward, earnest sort of man, without any of the elements of man- hood tinged by the refining touch of study. ARRIVAL OF A SCOUT. While 1 waited a scout caine in to report that the authorities, “‘reactionists” they were called, were making preparations to detend the bank, He was seutin to report to the General’s secretary, Pre- sently came in a report of quite another character— that the men In one of the barrlvades were in o state of MUTINY. They bad bees on duty ali day and haa nad nothing to eat, and now that it was dark they wanted to go home. “Cannot the oicer keep them until he Is re- lieved 1” “The captain 1s as bad as the men, and is golag, too.”” “Send that captain to me.” was off on the lustant, An inquiry came next from the National Guards who wanted to know where aud bow they should get good tubacco, THE TOBACCO HUNTERS. “Send them up.'’ And in a few minutes the two tobacco hunters came. They had come from the country, had been here three or four days, on duty most of the time and ont of money and had no tobacco. What shonid they do? “Well, my brave men, I de not know whether the government undertakes to furnish tobacco or not. 1don’t think it does; but I will send you to the Quartermaster's department and you can see, If it does not, you, of course, will know how to undergo the privation for a few days when you remember what it is for. If we succeed now we establish the republic forever aud there will be no more wars, no more fighting, no more suffering.” The men said they were willing to undergo any- thing and intended to fight to the last breath if necessary, but that If there was any tobacco to be had they would like to have some all the same, aud weut out in search of the Quartermaster, It was now seven o'clock. The lamps were lit, and stili the General had not come. Several de- spatches had been received requiring immediate answers aud which the chief of staff did not wish to take the responsibility of answering, He showed me one from some general (I could not make out the name) Who said he was avout MAKING AN ATTACK upon the Mairie of the S.cond arronaisseméni, wish- kuoW if General Bergeret approved it, and if he conid count upon his assistance in case of need, He would awatt aa answer on the Pont Royal, MORK KPORTS OF MUTINY, More of the men tn the barricades were reported to be ina state of mutiny or discontent, They were being cut of on the casi side by the reactiontsis, Who had placed patrols in all the streets upon tiat lowing bo one Wo pass, and the chief of siatt end the General's secrelary were geting exctied and were on the potr sive step, when General Bergeret and commenced signing despatches aod seucdiug od messengers a way tat looged like business, A PRISONER, I was conducted tito another room, where there Were three or four oflicers, one of whom Was situng al atable, Mis head jeaulng upon his hand, the others slanding around, ali sileat, I did not ob- serve anything particular in thelr appearance at first, but afier a lew minaies I came to the conclu- sion that tie One at the table was a prisoner. My suroiises proved to be correct, In avout half au hour the General came tn, followed by several oMl- cors, and loriued & ring about the man al the Ladle, who wore the uniforia of a capiain of the National Guards, The Genoral told him he was sorry to trouble him; that he had no doubt he could prove Hinsele Mnvcent, Lut thay several persons had told him he was a friend of D' Aurelie de Paladines and a spy, The captain seemed cousiderably astonished gud somewhat embarrassed; raid he did not Know dow any one could have imagined such & thing as that, is battalion be ng wader Lie General's own command, and obeying his orders prompuy. “Nevertheless,” Said the General, “TMave never Seen you beiore. Ldo not know Iz and | woud like you tu show ihe a simple word or Itae from the Central Commistee.”? ‘The Captain sald he contd not do that, but that if they would send Him wider guard to one or two men he named, known to tie General, ey would Identify him. “Why did you come here to get the countersign,”* asked the General. be 2 “1 was going home and thougat It might keep me Out of ditlicully tu case | was stopped,’ “1 think it very strange,” said the General, “that Gu officer should come here to got the countersign without betng known, and with no paper aboat hin to prove his Lyi t See if you have no paper-—« line, @ Word, any thing for this purpose,” ‘Tne Captain jooked, but could only show his com~ Mission, Issued some mouths ago, showing be was a captain of the 1601h battaiion of the Nauignal Guards, which did not In the least tend to Cag ty Bus: piclons that were guthering around lt tie Gen- gral told hin he would wend a letter to the men he had spoken of, and asked him if he had any objec- tion to waiting Jor au answer, He sald he had, and asked if they could pot send him under guard to un own house, where they would Mhd papers tat woul EWS his innocence, He remarked that Wie reason 6 had been suspected was probably because te had And the messenger written a book, which he had dedicated to DiAu- relle de “41 Know it," aald che General. “There tt ts,"" and pointed to & pamphlet of about two hunared pages lying on the tabie, entitled “sa Famille, from the Faritest Down to the Present Time,” by Ch, Moussy, dedicated to D'Aurelle de Paladines. Everybody looked at the book in question, looked through it, but there was nothing treason. able iu it, as far as 1 could see” as it did nol trext of politics at all, Phe deateation showed him, how. ever, to Gave had some connection with D’Aurelle. He mace some explanation about the book which Was not at ali accepted by any one present, and the General said fo tin:— “Weill, Captain, I am very sorry to detam my duty will compel me to keep you heve ui rt au answer from the men of whorl you speak, you #re innocent ! will apolugize to you pel jor the wrong done you. | wit take you to oMcers wader my command and mtrodace you as & good republican anda brother, and will be giad to call you friend. If you are gulity you Will be shot in twenty-four hodrs. Jn the meantime will you accept the diuner J shall otter you :" AY GINNSR, F The Captain bowed nis submission and we ad. journed to the dinner tabie, leaving liu under ward. e ithe table wos set for eighteen persons, lighted by two large lamps und a chandelier, and garnished at one end with an iuumense roasi, at the other with four or five stuiied fowls, We sat down at the tabie, and for the first time [ had an opportunity of observing closely, under astrong ight, tie iaces of THE MEN BY WHOM L WAS SURROUNDED. Workinen, mechinics, every one of them, Iwas astonished veyond measure. Are these, | thougat, the men who have overthrown the government of #rance’ Are these the men 0 boldly dey ‘Thiers, Favre, Troctu, Chanzy and ail the supposed strong. men of Francey—the men who have grasped the reins of goverament; who have assumed the authority; woo, without hesi- tation or halting, warch right to thet end in the tecch of power? ‘These are the men who hold a city like Paris in subjection, belure Whom the Nationat Assembly iy trembling—an Assembly composed of the most intelligeut men of France, of Wie greatest orators, poets, staresmen and nistorians of the age— @ doven mechanics, wiih grizzied bearas ane browned faces und horny hands, On one side re- dnement, latelliyence, education, cuaning, polish; Ou the other simpie, biunt, outspoken determination; on the one side reason and enlightenmeat, on the other ignorance and truth; and we siatesmau and the soldier ure tremoling betore the mechanic, ‘They ali sat down quietly at the table, the most of them awkwardly, Very 1ew words were exchanged between them, and they seemed oveccome with fa tigue, some of them drepping asleep before the meal Was over, A TALK WITH THE GENERAL. T soon engaged In conversation wita the General, and he informed me (hat they were alt honest, hard Working men, but men who had devoted their lei- sure moments to reading and study, and who, seeing how often they have been de- ceived by the great mea in whom — they confided, have determined to take their adairs in their own hands, resolutely making up ther iminas to die, if necessary, lor the repubiic. In auswer to my question he told me that or tie present they had no decided programme further vaan heiding the eiections avd lormmg a government iounded upon universal suifrage. “But thus Assembly has issued from universal suf- frage, has it not?’ Lasked, “Yes,” he replied; but they were elected only to vote peace, and their-mandate bas expired.” “But if the elections go against you and the peasants vote a monareny’’ Liunquired, “Tie peasants always vote with tne strongest side, they aiways vote with the government, what- ever Wal may tlappen to be, If we have tne govern. ) mene au Our Bands they Will Vole With us," THE COMMUNE. “You are forthe Commune, I suppose? Do you understand by that a general distribution of pro- o, sir, We only understand the abolition of all privileges and a modification of the present so- cual syst What tus modilication inay be we do not yet know. We have not yet had time to study it out, and 1 will take years to accompisn it, But some change must and will take place. Workmen and peasunts are despised im France, and, in fact, all over Europe. This should not be 50. Perhaps they are iguorant and unreiined, as the worid goes, “But ts it their fault? Wouid they not be educated il they could? Is it not the mterest aud iMtentiva Of our opponents to keep us bynorant? Have they not done so for hundreds 0! years? What has atuousaud years of monarchy done to educate us? Nothing. Butiook what eighty years of a re- pubite has done for America. They Keep us tu ignor- aace and then reproach us Wihit. Frou whence comes the greaces. Opposition to the present meve- ment? broin the aristocratic portion of society, wha object to us simpy and svlely because we are Work- men,” GAMBETTA, HUGO AND LOUIS BLANC. “What isyour optaloa of Gambetta, Hugo and Loats Blane :’? “Phey are great men and patriots, and we look for them to Join us as soou as they can. hago is oid now, however, aad we need young men, aud Gam- Detta 18 sick.’ “What do you think of - GENERAL CREVIER “Fic 18 @ good patriot, but he gets drunk. noi think He wil be chosea.’? NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PRUSSIANS OPENED, e you opeved*>*Bilalions with the Prus- Ido 7 “Yes, sir, and we shall dave no aificuity in fr- ranging matters with them. Wuey are indierent to our jorm of goverment so long Ms we adiere to tle terms of the peace already sigaed, gta tual We shal do. Besides, we have nothig against the German people. They could nt easy help it. tt is oniy governments and Kings We ae lightuig. Tue peopic wiil be with us everywhere,’ A DANGEGOUS MAN, During the course of tiie evening one of the oMcera spoke of some one, | do not remember the pame, and thoaghi ne wi wid be a good man to 4 soe] “Whatare his poiitical opla.ous :” asked General Bergeret. “He is rather a neutral,” was the repiy. “Therefore a dangerous man,” said tie General, In such Umes as these We must have meu of posl- tive opinions—inen Wo are hot blown about by every Wiid of doctrine.” GENERAL BERGERET, I have alrealy described General Bergeret ina former leiter, A 8 vail man, wita large, dark eyes, a thin face, nervous temperament, aad evidentiy a wan who decides and acts quickly, WATCHING THE PRISONER. While the dinner was going on one of the mea who itad beeu detalled to keep guard over the man Suspected of bemg a spy, caine in and gave the Gen- eral a letter, wich the prisover lad written bo lug Jiancee and dirceted to be sent to het im all haste, ar she was awaiting lim dor dimuer, ihe General opened it and found it ty commence with “on ener Monsieur,” which Caused a general laugh, It was simply written to a friend, telling him he was in fouble and asking him jor help. Soon after caine a letter irom the man who was to have proven lis Impocence, This letter stated tial the writcr knew the captain in question, bat that he was not under the command of the Central Committee, and that he had no business to go about asking the countersign. THE FATR OF TNE CAPTAIN, ‘This decided ihe matier aud he was immediately hustled oif to the ilotel de Ville, were he wil be tried by a courtinartal, and fam afraid it will go hard with him. The fact of his comimg there under such circumstances, represeuting lilmself as cous manding a battalion under the orders of the com- mitiee Whea he was not, demanding the counter. siga when they were m mowe lary expeciation of being atlacked, Wears @ Very suspicious LOK. A FALSE RevoRt, Soon after it Was auaounced that the troops Versallies had revolted and driven oi the Asseut bly, Which provea to be a false report. But just av we were getting Up from the table a messenger came in With the announcement at JUB REACTIONISTS WERE CONCENTRATING FOR AN K; which caused considers#le exeliement, “Let them try 10!" ericd General Kergers!} “let, Hem try at, and they will hear from us ina way vies op’ Jha pect. Vhe guns of Montmartre are pomtea a? the Place de VOpera and the Bourse. Let thear ome.’ EXCITEMENT. The Placo Vendome was m a state oi intense ex- citoment. ‘The men had gathered into the two barricades deiendiag the passage from she Rue de la Puix aod the hue Vastigitne, Cannons were Pottitod up tie Kue de In Paix, down te Kue Newye des Capucines, the Rue Neuve des Petits Chamos | and the Kue St. Honore, Twenty men were seat ap to the lop of (he column of the Glace Vendome with instructions to SHOOT DOWN UPON THY ATTACKING PATYY. General bergeret ordered 100 men to be placed diagonaily on eacu side of the eutrauce to the place 0 as (0 cross tire Hpon the AtlacKing forces Mm Case tiey should pasa te barricades, 118 manner of Oxplaining this movement Would have made a reau- larly educaved miliary man simile, perhaps. TACTICS, “Do no! attempt to nse & echnical tering to your men,” said he to the oilicer to whom he entrusied the execution of this movement, “for they will not undersiand you. Vince them in Position and teil Uiem they must net tre strate across ihe piace, for their compantons are Uiere, but ouly into the mouth of the Rue de ja raix and the Rue Castighue, aud Wf any of the enemy snececd in passing Unis Cross fire the ten at the Column will take care of them, The meain the barracks have Instructions Rew to avold Gils ure in case tiey are obaged to retire’? PREPARED FOR DAE ATITAOK. This order was quickly executed, and in less tian ten minutos $00 men had taken ther postions ut four Gagonal tines, extending trom (he four coruers of the place almost to the column in the cenit awaiting, with loaded guus, the advance of the enemy. Tn stls position they were out of the reach of muy fusilade that might be directed upon them from the Rue de la Paix or the Kue Casiigine, and were at the same time ready to pour in a tinideroug fire upon any atiacking party that should) show itwelf in the entrance to the piace trom either of. those streets, ‘Lhe windows of ail the lotses on too place were BRISTLING WITH GUNS, @lancing In the \ighe of the watchires below. Ever thing Was Coufusion aNd Noise lor a tew minnter; then all was stil Noting was to be beard buble occasional Clicking Of A Chussepot or a Whispaod Word passing Wong the line, TUR MEN ON THE TOP OF THY COLUMN inight bo distinguisiod against the clear shy, lke silent statues, Surrounding ile fect of the mifhuy Agure avove, as If Ligh up tnere, they were aspun: Ling at the all of the votce whieh had cuwerey (le Freavh people so olen vo vietory, iy t MIDNCGHT CAME, | ‘The dark (igures of the men in the bi miigh( be secn Moving slontly about oF pee