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NEw YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1871.7KIPLE SHEET. Heavy Bombardment from Fort Mont Valerien. Who Government Forces Driven from Neuilly, GENDARMES SURROUNDED AT ASNIERES. Siege Guns Mounted in the Avenue dy Trocadero in Paris. he Xasurgents Operating Against Gourbevoie. ff THIERS ON THE SITUATION. Denial of Communist Claims of Victory. Reception of the Peace Delegation from Paris. THE COMMUNE MUST DISARM. Advance of an Insurgent Column to Clamart, REPORTS FROM PARIS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YI3< HERALD. Violent Cannonanding—Excellent ServiceThe Versalllos Troops Driven from Neuilly— Heavy Losses—Gendarmes Siege Guns Mounted in Paris—Centre of OperationsA Thrent of Inccudiarism. Lonp: April 13, 1871, Advices from Paris, dated last night aud to-day, fontain the following news, which I forward for publication in the New York HERALD:— VIOLENT CANNONADING. A despatch from the city, dated to-day, say3 that fhere was a heavy but iniermittent cannonade fluring the whole of iast night, which has grown More violent this morning. Fort Mont Valérien 1s firing keavily. The members of the Commune are personally on the field to encourage their wearied ‘troops. THE INSURGENTS DOING “EXCELLENT SERVICE,” General Dombrowski reports to the Communist pommittec that the troops under his command are doing excellent service, that they already hold Mhree-fourths of the town of Neuilly, and hope to have possession of the bridge across the Seine to- night. HH VERSAILLES TROOPS DRIVEN FROM NEUILLY. The Cri du Peuple says the Vi uilles troops have beon driven from Neuilly, and are fytug toward Cour- Devote. Tho attack made yestertay by the Versatiles forces was a failure. The Ovleans Railway has been cut vy the Versailies troops. i Surrounded— HEAVY LOSSE3. The London Times’ special despatch from Paris jays that the portion of the Versailles army en. gaged in the attack upon the ontiying forts to the gouth of Paris bas suffered greatly in both killed nd wounded. GENDARMES SURROUNDSD. ‘The Communists have surrounded 3,060 gendarmes ‘pear Asnicres, and their capitulation 1s thought pro- ponte. SIEGE GUNS MOUNTED IN PARIS. A despatch from Paris says 2 battery of big guns has been mounted in the Avenue du Trocadero, pointing toward Fort Gu Mount Valéricn. + The Nationais are massed near the Arch of Triumph. DOMBROWSKI'S CENTRE OF OPERATIONS. General Dombrowski bas selected Asnieres as the centre of operations against Uourbsvele. Long: champs and Aspicres are both well fortified. Paris is calm, but the exodus of the tuhabitauts con- unucs. A TUREAT OF INCENDIARISM. Gencral Dombrowski 13 very popular with his troops. He declares he will burn Neuilly, Villers and Puteaux if such a step should be'necessary for ‘the defence of Paris. The bombatdincat of the ‘Maulot gate continues, WARNED TO LEAVE, The British Consal at Paris has warned all En- giisnmen to leave the city. THE VERSAILLES GOVERN- MENT. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. A Circular from M. Thiers—Comufnist Claims ef Victory Denied—Advance of Insurgeuts te Clamart—Concentration of Troaps—Ulti-+ matum of tho Authorities—Parla Mast Lay Dowa Her Arms. Lonvon, April 15, 1871. Versailles despatches, dated to-day, contain tho foliowing tutelligence, which I transmit for the Hrnarp:-- A CIRCULAR FROM M. GIIERS, M, Thiers, In a circular bearing date of yesterday evening, describes the situation as in the main un- hanged, and says:-—“The government will act at tho proper time, The Commune accounts of o victoxy at Paria ere as falso as they ate unprincipled. Our victory will come Dloodlessly, The Paris delegates have arrived, and ‘Wore recetved, not because they are Communists, but because they are ropablicans. My answer to them was that no one meuaces the republic but Sssassins, The lives of the Insurgents will be spar- ed; but tue workiaen, temporayily subsidized in Paris, wust return to their lavor, and secession be suppressed as 16 has beon in Amorten. COMMUNIST CLAIMS OF VICTORY DENIED. Tt is oMeially announced that tac alleged commn- nist victories wre entirely without foundation. No engagement took place on Tuesday, and on Wednes- day there was merely av Insurgent fusilade followed by cannonading. There has peen no engagement tis morning, Ali the roads leadiag to Pans are @-vuplod by Versallies troops. ¥ ADYANOE OF INSURGENTS TO CLAMART, The London Zin’ apecia 1 despatea from Ver- Hailes says a column of insurgents has advanced to ‘Clamart without meeting with opposition The samo correspondent say ". Tutors ts op- Posed to the bringimg om of @ decisive action nati $),000 additional men shall Lave relaforced the Ver+ dailles army. CONOENTRATION OF TROOPA. Another despatch from Versailles says there ts a groat concentration of troops before that city. Marshal M; alion has gone to Villeletang, and a dooistve atiack upon the insurgent postion 18 ox. peoted, ULTIMATUM OF THD VERSAILLES GOVERNMENT, The delegates of the party trom conetitation have xerurned to Parie, Tue conditions of peace pra- posed (0 tham Hy President Thiers were that Parks shan lay her arms, and then the mant- cipai franchise will be granted to the city. OPPOSED TO CONCILIATION. M. Thiers is now opposed to conciliation and thinks the success of the army certain, GENERAL REPORTS. Rees TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. M. Guizot on the Situation—The Peace Confercnce—Marseilles Quiet. Lonpon, April 13, 1871, 1 am enabled to forward the following Intelligence for the 1uformation of the New York HERALD:— M. QUIZOT ON THE SITUATION. Aletter from M. Guizot on the state of affairs in France is published to day. The veteran statesman approves the conduct of the Assembly, trusts that the struggle will be short and expresses confidence that the result is both certain and decisive. THR PEACE CONERENCE, A telegram from Brussels says that the German financial deiegates who are to assist im the Peace Conference there arrived to-day. MARSEILLES QUIET. A dospatch from Marseilles says the city 1s quiet and the poiice force ts being reorganized. GERMANY. The Coxt of the War—Monoy Credit Demands of the Empire—Military Promotion—The French aval Captures— Probab'e Reati ution, TELEGRAM TO. THE NEW YORX HERALD, BERLIN, April, 13, 1871. Tho imperial German nation is avout to.expe- Mence an inevitable and rather gloomy result of war. Ihave been informed to-day that the amount of the government budget credit which the Prussian Cabinet will demand of the North German Par'la- ment has been fixed at 120,090,000 thalers. His Majesty the Emperor William does not by any means forget the men who sustained the national banner Inthe fleld. General Herwarth von Bitten- feld has been promoted to the rank of Field Marshal of the German empire. Ihave received telegraph advices from Homburg, dated in that city this morning, which inform me, for the use of the HERALD, that itis reported pretty extenalvely there that France has undertaken to restore to their owners all the German ships which were taken by French cruisers, but which have not been condemned as prizes of war AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. Rich Gold Fields in New Zealand—The Harvest— Discovery of Coal Beds—Shipping News—The New Tariff of New South Wales Before the Parliament—Advocating the Fiji Islands to be Placed Under the Protectorate of the New South Wales Govern- ment—The Australian Crops— Business in Auckland. San Francisco, April 13, 1871. The steamship Ajax, from Honolulu, brings ad- vices from Sydney up to the 28th of February, and from Auckland to the 7th of March. ‘The war steamer Ojo, carrying the Governor of New Zealand and a party of excarsionists, strack a rock in Bigh Sound and ran mito Bounty Haven. The party reachod Queenstown overland with much difiicuity. The steamer will be repaired. Captain Giadwia Winyard, son of Governor Win- yard, and First Superintendent of Auckland, died on the 12th of February. Some claims in the Thames gold flelds have pro- duces tremely rich goid this month, and the share mania has again seized upon the community. The crushings for Febraary ylelded 30,749 ounces, and heavy parcels nave been deposited in the pank by several companies. ‘There was pald in divi- deuds £31,009 nm six days. ‘fhe harvest in the Souch and Mtddie Isiands has bocn abundant. In Waikabo the average yleld was forty bushels per acre. Numerous beds of coni have been discovered in the North and Middle Islands, and railways and sur- veoys ave being actively pushed in both islands. Six hundred grouse and other English birds have arrived at Otago for acclimatization. ‘The steamship Avondale, carrying southward the last San Francisco ane European mails to the 15th of Jauvary, Was wrecked near Taranaki. The mail end passengers were saved. She ran ashore in a fog, owlug to the deviation of har compass, The schooner Banshee was wrecked on the coast Of Urugo, and ali hanas were iost, with the exce p- tion of the captain. The steamship Rangltoti, having the Suez mall on board, foundered at Pictouron February 27, Tae da 3 sight. The bark Johanne Marie is loading with gum and flax at Littieton for Boston, ‘The bark Farmingham was to leave Sydney on the 165th of February for New York via Auckland. The schooner Success reports the following i lying at Norfolk Island:— Sarsmonney, with 690 barrels sperm ofl and 1,600 barreis whele oil; Morning Light, with 120 barrels sperm oii since leaving the Bay of Islands; Robert Towis, with ten tons sperm oil ana ten tons black oli; Onward, with nine tons sperm oil since 14th of January; Fanny Fishers empty. The al arrived at Russell:—Minnesota, from the South Seas, with 1,230 barrels oll; Orown- insiucid, from the South Seas, with 725 barrels sperm and 60 barrels whale oi ‘rhe whaleship Jona sailed from Russell for New Bedford With a full cargo, “ The ‘oilowing whalers have been spoken:—Hun- i, 2,300 barrels Oil; Eliza, with 950 barrels } Sea Ranger, with 439 barrels’ oil; St. Leonard, ‘with 300 barrels on, ghe whaler Addison has arrived at Monyomin with ninety barrels of oil, and the Matila Sears has arrived at Dunedin with dvd barrels of sperm and 160 varreis of whale oil, The following vessels have arrived at Anckiand:— The ship Queen Bess, from London; at Weiungton, February 9, the ehip Belam, from London; at Dune- Pa ain, February 8, the bark Mary Russel Milford, froin Boston; at Dunedin, February 25, the Warrior Queen, from London; at Dunedin, February 23, the Harvest Home, from Liverpool. ‘The following vessels have sailed:—From Dune- din, February 28, bark Mary Russeil, Milfora, for Sydney; from Dunedin, Febraary 16, the ships Robert bi and Chile, for London, enderson, Otago with wool; from Littleton, February 28, the Peter Denny, for London. The ship City of Auckland ts advertised to salt March, and the Queen Bee is to for London 3uth have carly despateh for the same port. Tae Now South Wales government has before Pariinuent & new tarif, which imcreases the duties on soe arlicles and Imposes new duties on others, including one pound per ton on four and fifteen be eaten in pertin ot all kinds, Ol ad va- loreny duties cular are, ac if th tarili, to be increased, resis ahem The sicamstup Lady Young, of the Australian Steam Navigation Company, went ashore near Port Step ens on her voyage to Brisbane. She got off with Reeth gry The directors of the company have accepted the resignation of tain Gnd dismissed her chief omieer. vane ert The operations of the centrat telegraph party have been checked at Wall Creek for the want of water. hon sourhers portion of tie line is proceeding satis- actorily A requtaliton to the Mayor of Sydney to convene a public meeting for the purpose of advocating the as- sumption of te protectorate of the Fijis by the New South Wales government is tn course of signature. The Gectong and Tumbaroora gold telds yleld re- markably well. ‘The estimates of tho government show an exten- aive reduction, ‘The salaries of civil servants have been reduced from 244 to 74¢ per cent. The Melbourne Argus favors the subsidizing of the Steamers between Queeneland and Java until the completion of the Port Darwin line, The elections In Victoria resulted generally in favor of the former meiwbers, but Meekie, the attor- General, and Sir Franeis Murphy, the Speaker, were defeated, crops tb Adelatde are good, Sydney markets are aul, Wool and tallow r eatly improved in demand; Wools are higher, Keroscne ts in demand; trade lots sell at 2s, 6d, a aa. ode At Melbourne quicksliver 13 firm at 900, for best. Spanish and American nails are dull at $4 56 a $4 80, Kerosene 18 In good demand at 68e. a 620° Ta Auckland business Is vory dail, The gales of Wool and Nax at auction are largely attended, wool vealtcing nr quality parcels 9d. 100. One extra lob sold at iid. Kerosene {s scarce and in good demend. Fiour and grain ave frm and the market 1s withont yariation, There is no Catfornia eae in the market, Kumrt grain 13 inadequate to we demand, and buyers refuse to give the prices asl Kod, Tho Ajax brings Australlan and New Zealand miaus and elghty-two passongerm WASHINGTON. Nomination of Officers of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Proceedings of the Joint High Commission. Important Ruling of the Southern Claim? Commission. TROUBLES OF THE UTAH JUDICIARY, WASHINGTON, April 13, 1871. Repcal ef the Law Providing for the Organi- zation of Congress on the 4th of March. The most decisive business transacted by the House to-day was concurring in the Senate amend- ment to the Deficiency Appropriation bill, which repeals the law providing for the orga nization of Congress on the 4ihof March. There was a long debate over it, and when the vote was taken it was 80 close that one would have changed It elther way, At all events, it was repealed. An effort was made by Ben Butler and others to have it reconsidered. but they failed. An attempt will be made to-morrow to non-concur in this amendment, and many members assert thatif this fails the bill will be laid on the table, There ts avery strong fecling in favor of re- taining the present law. Execuiivé Order to Territorin! Officers. ‘The President has caused to be issued an order to prevent Territor.al officers from absenting them- selves {rom their posts of duty. Hervafter leaves of absence shall be granted only for reasons of a press- tng nature, and then only for the shortest possible thme. Dinner at the Britivh Minister's, The Joint High Commission were In session to- day gt the State Department. This evenmg the British Minister gave a dinner, which was attended by Earl de Grey, Sir Stafford Northcote, Professor Montague Bernard, Sir John A. Macdonald and Lady Macdonald, Lord Tenterden, M. Catacazy, the Russian Minister; Mr. Fransis Lawley, correspond- ent of the London Telegraph; Miss Kate Kiggs, Miss Frelinghuysen, W. W. Corcoran, Hou. Le Poer Trench, Colonel Bernard, Mrs. Le Strange, Mrs. Howard, Senator Payard and Sir Edwara Thornton and lady. At the conclusion of the banquet the British Minister gave a reception, wh was at- tended by the members of the foreign legations, and prominent government oMicials. Telegraphic Counnuuiention and Cuba. Mr. Henry G. Norion, of New Yorx, who has se- cured the exclusive privilege of laving a telegraph cable from Mexico to Cuba, deposited to-day with the Mexican Minister the sum of $5,000, in United States bonds, as security for the completion of the work. ‘Ihe cuble 1s to be laid from Vera Cruz to Minatitian, Tabasco, Yucatan, the Cape of Catoche, and thence to the Cape of San Antonia, Cuba, so as to connect with the cable from Cuba to the United States, The work is to pe completed in elghteen Months from December 13, 1870. The Legislature of Yucatan has gran‘ed Mr. Norton a subsidy of $10,000 for ten years On aceount of the cable, and itis ex- pected that some of the other States wili follow the example. Tho Judiciary of Utah in Want of Moncey. Judge Strickland, from Utan, is here for the pur- pose of obtaining from Vengress an appropriation to pay the expenses of the district courts In Utal for the tria! of criminal cases. Recent decisti of the foderal courts in Utah have transferred the duties heretofore performed by the Territorial District At- torney and ti tritorial Marshal to the Distriet At- torney ani the Marshal appointed by United States authority. These decisions were based upon a legal definition of the organi ‘t aud previous decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Brigham Young, finding the occupation of his Distmet Attorney and his Marshal gone, refuses to pay the expenses of the courts for the transactien of the Territorial business. Tae effect of this refusal is to stop the course of justice. Indictments have ben found against many persona, somo of them Mormons, for criminal offences, and the partics cannot be prosecuted because Miere are no funds to pay the necessary expenses, It is feared thas if the courts continue to be prevented from considering criminal cases summary vengeance against murderers and other criminals by the action of vigliance commitiees will be the consequence. It ts to preveut the re-enactment of suci iliegal san. guinary scenes as those whick have been witnessed in other Territories that an appropriation of $20,900, to be added to the Deficiency bill, is now asked from Congress. It is suggested that, 1f deemed neces. sary, Congress could subsequently reimburse the Treasury by levying a tax upon the Territory. Treasury Order Relative te Merchandise in New York. Complaiats have been made tothe Treasury De- partment of a want of sufictent caution on the part of merchants in New York tn conveying from the docks packages of merchandise designated for examination by the appraisers. In some cases it ts reported by we customs oMicials that packages have been openea and the goods put into consumption before an appralsement could be made, whereby the importers become liable to the penalties of their ro- tura bonds. The offence having been so frequently repeated, it has been determined by the govern- ment, in cases of this nature arising in future, to sue for the penalty of the bond. Impertant to Liquor Dealers and Rectifiers, The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has pre- sented a new form of book, to be kept by the whole. sale Ilquer dealers and rectifiers, and has issued the following special order, No, 94, to revenue officers and others, announcing this changes The order 13 a8 follows:— Fea EN eee . TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Orrick OF INTERNAL REVENUE, WASHINGTON, April 6, 1871. Tho book, form No, 62,in which rectifiers and wholesalo liquor dealers are now reviewed to kecp an account of all spirits rectifled and sent out by them, prescribed in special No. 71, dated Between Mexico forth. Ex parte aMdavits will mot be gecclved As evidence, ” ds The second case taken up by the Commission was that of the two sons of ex-Adjutant General Thomas, whose brick-kiln, near Arlington, was taken posses- sion of by the government during tho late war. Nasional Banks’ Reports. The abstract of the reports to te Comptroller of the Currensy show the condition of the national banks at the close of business Marci 18 as tol- lows:— STATE OF NRW YORK (LXORUSIVE OF THE CITIFS OF BPW YORK AND ALBAN oes ke, bond: ny fr stocks, bon ‘gages. Practional currency... te Individual depo Resources an Number of bank Loans and disco United States bonds. Fractional currenc; y F oent certificaten.. Capitel stock, Individual deposits. Resources and ital! Number of banka,. Loans and discoun United States bond: Fractional currency. The Mex:etn Bal The War Department has not yet received infor- mation conceraing the reporved conflict between the United States troops aud Mexicans on the ‘texas border. The New Loan. The National Park Bank of New York has sub- scribed for $1,610,000 of the new loan. The total of subscriptions thus far amount to $68,000,000, The Secretary of tne Treasury 1s encouraged by the prospect of the continuance of large subscriptions; especially when the bonds are ready to be delivered, Which will be about the Isto May, the subscriptions being thus far tu antictlpation of the bonds. Raval Orders. Lientcnant M. B. Fieid 13 ordered to ordnance duty at the New York Navy Yard; Master Uharles W. Christopher to report vo the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation for duty; Paymaster H. W. Meade and Chief Roginerr Lackey to the Wachusect, Lieutenant Commanders Colton, Glidton and Field, Lieutesant Graham, Masters Coruwell and Nickels, Ensigus Turner, Mahan, Monahan and Cot- fin and several minor ofiicers have been detached from the Tennessee and ordere to the Wachusett. Captain Temple, Lieutenant Commander Wide, Surgeon McMaster, Passed Assistant Surgeon Ruths, Chief Engineer McComb and other minor officers of the Tennessee are placed on waiting orders. Lieu- tenant Commander Hayward has been orderca to the Naval Academy. The Territorial Government of the District. The President sent the following nominations to | tipon new lestslation and on a new poliey. 4 a al % | itdid not amount to anyihing. | away. the cometruetion bri g@ across the Missoar! river at oF near St. Joseph, was taken’ ap, disovssot, amended and pasaed. The House then proceeded to”, Gpuate amendments to > a THE DEPIOIBNOY DILL, s. the q@estion being on the amendment repemiix the law wh{el'egauires the meeting of cach new Congicas ob the 4th Uo eonmideration of the of Mare Mr. Ladwanv MrEns, rep.) of fs., offered an amendmout prevaing ee ro fst et take etfect until afer the ory Pot Int., acyued ‘eyainat the reves! of Of Lit, sei ‘ove the day when man would conn (0 L, branches of the government, as there the and that was bat one great awer ry was the People, whose Viewswevp, expreaved through Congress. He favores any policy whigh would take the power from the Executive and lodge i lm the badds of the poople throug their reprosentativas, Mr. GanriRtp, (ron tiog Ohio, attributed the ed re- | pealito tse desire of “Ui Bemate to be le(¥ alone to exercise he great powers which &- had obtained and extended within the last few kw could not gmterstand why the House shouid se vonsent ¢s ignore its own existence. Mr. h pokaiog hs of Mawe., 86s vary stro 9 CON a reasons fd none wiacevar app! for the repeat ot ile Inw, 18 t0 ita continuanee, The ‘tet objection to {t was, it Tequired the organization of the House at the be- glaning of ay “aimiuisteation betors ft was | known ‘what the polley or perone of that adminwtration was to be; another objection to it wae thst it gaveto ofd mem- bers who were re-cteeted control of the nivatton of the House. This fet: to the perpetiation of wcolerle tn the House, and thus the changes mat ia thé representation were al opntber fnefcctive, Ho huped, therevorm that the law wonld be repeated. If the Houstwere to be organized it should nave a complete and perfect organization, a4 that contd only be obtaréd by a Postpouenipnt untit suel tine as members child have wa opportunity of forming @ deMberate duggment ag to what Hey hau to do, 7, OOX, (com.) of N, ¥,, argued in (tvor of the repeat of thelnw. After an eckauscing session b¢ over three months H was very dideuit for the re-elected tne*Abers to ¢o to york he resent most every tte adrainistration,” | tent, fi, one of hs seaton had béen peraicious aud pestiteromw conceivable dexree, Asta the policy oi he Pre: » objected to free ships, hid after in with @ enecial meio at session tavor of ‘fra@ abips, r the House bad refused to sitetain that polley swherea’ now, when it cume to soldivr moseaxes or to the neliay of force, Congress was willins enough to jve the Presi tent the power of tue aword throusia Ku Kiux bil, He bellavet that the body of the people ‘would rether that Congr #nouid go Allfts tegistation tonded to the dist business intereats of the cewn Hou. 4 the purpose of reducing tax ition trude, ‘he traue of the country was crippled, and even the bonds of the government were tailing in the market. e Mr Me., avkel Mr. Cox whether the last Congr J taxation 180,000,000, aad whether he. Mi ) had not vo.ed against th Mr. Cox replied that the reduction was only 40,000,000, and that {twas all a sham, as it discriminate ‘against consumers, ‘Mr. DAWES, (rep.) of Maas., speaking In favor of the re- poal, said that the present session waa a mistake, amd that they should have more to repent of than to boast of atter all was done, Tf anything had occnrred withia the lage tew days to make the people forgive Congress for fis dissenstons and wranghug and tor the deep wounds inllicted on the re- publican party in the other ent of the Capitol, the more dan. Kerous because they were bleeding. internally, it moderate counsels ind founa their utterance in le rather than exireme measures that-waved the prosent session of Cong: unmitizated eval in the judgment of the pe hmpeoperly ng an ple. ng to Mr. Dawes! re. Mr. BUTLER, Crop.) ‘of Mass repirl maria about !mouerate counsbla” Having, prevatiod, said that that gentieman had got the measures # s:ttlo differently worded from those which he proposed, but that they were not abit more moderate. ‘The debate having closed Mr. Ta Lik amendment. Mr. LyNou moved that the repeal shall not go into effect | till after the termination of the Forty-fourth Couzress, which WAS rajectod by a vote of 66 to FU. AnD MyeEns withdrew ‘Tho Senate amendment repeating the Taw was then con- curred in—yens 99, nays 93, The KR having hesitated some asconda In announe- fogthat the yrashadl it, expinined that bis besitation was as to whether he should exereige the right whieh he had of Dit that after conaideration he 50,090 for exper in the South 90,000 for the in dment appropriating ily Was concur SANDWICH ISLANDS. Herald Special Report Via Sam Francisco. ©‘, > Mutiny on Hoard an American Whaling’ Operations of the Mutineers— Earthquake Shocks % ‘ Honoree, April’ Via $aN PRANCi8cO, April ie ‘att. F vn" The crew of thé whaling ship Roman, of Bedford, Captain Jutiegan, mutinted on the 12th ef | Maven, at tue Marquesas Iélands. Seventecn of the? | mutineers escaped after severely wounding the fire | and second mates. They took with them taree | boats, and as they Intended to return and run tae ship ashore the captain thonght it bast to pub | to sea. \ om Eartiquake shocks are fééquent gince the heavy one of February last. ‘ CUBA. ri—Tho Bishop\ef | Hevanse HAVANA, Apr)1 13, 1871, On) the arrivai of the steamer Missown' yesterday fromjNew York-the govermment took charge of the \ ~ Ra sintoring: Lette | Mod, and every letter containe® ‘ine \was regis- : } tered.\ Alter this operation, which o¢cupiad scverae’ hours, the mails-were distributed, \ ‘the {Bishop of Havana, who Was @ Dassenger om ; te Mistourt, still remams on beard tae steamer, tae goverment refusing him pertmtasionto land, The” Pishop isallowed t go wherever i> chooses outside cfCube. The publigappiand the \determination of treautorities, Hl ORTO RICO\ Tho'Vaptain Generat Reiuntntody Deputies te \ tho @ortes, \ HAWANA, APATU 15 18Tt Advters te the 2d inst, have been re cei 76d frome Porto Rico. ; Genernt Bakdtich haa again assumed the Oaptats Generalship. Romero, his newly appots led #ecree tary, Withnot take possession of biy off47e for the present. The lat. of Depaties to the Gortas soon ty) be voted for has been published. ‘The conserva uve party ts making strenuoas efforts to organize for em eMetens campaign. ‘VIEWS OF THE Past. APRIL 14, ‘ ‘ 1895—Prestdont Lincotn shot by J. Wikes, Booms Pord's re, Washington, .... d3eere- t ard, while lying sick at resi-? y Was attacked by ‘Louie he, and severely wounded, as was ala 0 Mis -~ son, While attempting to protect him, = | 1861—K ort Sumter surrendered to tho rebels, M47i—Batile of Barney, Eagiand; Lancastriana de- to 204, ndment approprin: 000 for mo. life nnd property on wat Of e echea in its favor by Messrs, Hill, Cox an: cd oy was, alter y Bird, concurred im, with an amendment making i applicable also tothe Long Istand coast. ‘The Senn'o acieudment approp etion of the Court Howe an joiner, Towa, was coneurred ia. Without disposing of all the amendments the House, at ten riuting %6,836 for the com: Post Odice building at Des the Senate to-da: To be members of the Leyisia- tle Assembly of the District of Columbia for one year: —D. L, Eaton, J. A. Gray, A. K. Brown, G. P. Gulic and Samuel Cross; and the foliowing for tho term of two years:—Fred. Douglass. Adolphus Hail, o. eck, N. H. Miller, Wm. Stickney and Daniel Smith, The election of delegates to Congress and members of the House of Delegates will take place on the 20th inst. The republicans bave, for the lat- ter, nominated nineteen white and two colored men. Of the eleven members of the Council the co-ordl- nate branch of the Teritorial Legisiature for this dis. trict were nominated by the President to-day, ‘Three of them are colored, and one of the jatter is Frederick Douglass. ti FOBLY-SECOMD CONGRESS. Kirst Session. BENAE. WaAsiINGToN, April 13, 1871, The Viow PRESIDENT appomted Messrs. Wilsoa and Carpenter visitors to West Point. Mir. Wilson, upon his own request, was excuse’ from ser- vico on the Southern outrage tavestigation. THE KU KLUX DILL. Mr. Ropratson gave notice that he wou'd ask fora vota on tue amendment to the order of business to permit action on the General Amnesty bill as soon as the Ku Klux bill waa disposed of. The regular order, the Ku Klux bill, was then proceeded with. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, took the floor in a lengthy argument against the centralizing tendenctes of the bil. Ina critical examination of the defects of the bill he re first the substitution of the tederai for the State cou the disparacement of the latter. He declared his cont in the justice and impartiality of the judiciary of his own state. He was unwilifug to say tothe peer of Ohto that the Congre-s of the United States distrusted the judges of the State courts, As to the second section, he would approve of some perts of It, while other parts were highly objec able, ‘Ite allegaiions of conspiracy were vague. Wh was) meant, im the language of the bill, by “the privilezes and fmmunities of citizens of tho United States, or depriving the citizen of the due and equal protection of the law.” ‘To constitute a conspiracy It was bot necessary that a combination should do any overt act at all. The combination itself made the offence. ‘fhe intent to be attributed to persons thus combining wasnot defined, and the utmost discretion in framing Indictments as to this intent was placed in the hands of district attorneys ignorant of law, of whom there were many in the South, where the juages were but little better, the government taktug auch as ft could get, white the grand jurles were probably two-thirds fiti- terate negroes, The provision of the bill in regard to ‘a conspiracy against a United States officer while discharg- December 29, 1869, neing unnecessarily complicated | and dimcuit to Keep, its further use, on and alter the Ist day of May next, is dispensed with. In pur- snauce of the provistous of section 45, act of July 20, 1863, form No, 62, revised and herewith published, 1s prescribed as the form of book on which each rece tider and wholesale liquor dealer will keep an ac- count of all distilled spirits received and sent out by him on and after the Ist day of May noxt. On the Ist day of May next cach rectifier and wholesale liquor dealer will ascertain the quantity of sptrits 10 bis possession out of bond, and open a new account of spirtis received and sent out by entering the aggregate quantity of each kind of spirits on hand under the head of “Spirits Re- ceived,” and thereafter keep said account in ac- cordance with the letter of instructions from this ofice of tits date. Purties who have on hand books in the form prescribed in Special No. 71 will be per- mitted to keep their account of spirits received and sent out on that form, Laden tS with the use of the coupon, until the Dooks already procured are exhausted, All persons required to provide them- selves witii books in the form prescribed tn this special are at liberty to do so in any manner they please, A. PLEASONTON, Comuisstoner The Contested Seat of Lewis D. Campbell. Certain citizens of the Third Congressional dis trict of Onto, now represented by Hon, Lewis D. Campbell, represent to the Committee of Rlections that they have discovered new evidence to show Campbell js not entitled to the seat, The period fixed by law for taking the testimony having expired, they ask that additional time be allowed. Argument wil! be heard to-morrow. General Schenck Is got a party to the contest, The Souther Claims Commission. The following ts the ruling of the Southern Clatms Commission on the question of taking testimony for use before the Commission;-— > In every case where 11 is possible the Commission Will require testimony of ail witnesses, both as to loyalty of tho claimant and the facts of the case, to be givon before them oraily. In all cases whero, from the smaliness of the amount at issue,’ the poverty of the almant, | the remoteness of witnesses, the inability from any reason to come to Washington or from any goow cause When oral testimony cannot be heard velore the Commission, application mast be made In each Case for permission to tako the testimony in some other manner, the names of the witnesses, their places of abode, the material facts to be proved by thoir testimony and tne respective causes of thelr MaabUity to be examiued in Washington boing aes duties had beon amended by the Judiary Committee by adding the words, “or while engaged in the discharge of bisdation.” By thic any person trespassing upon the rro- perty in Tilinols of federal o would be liable to ail the penalties o er eugaged in Washington the bill. ‘This whole undertaking to furnish offences against State laws, through the machigery ot the federal goverument, was plainly an- on AS an instance of the monstrous pane ies ‘of the Dill Mr. ‘Thurman anid that Sumner's Supplementary Civil Rights bill should pass, then, under this section, the proprietors of the Ariington or any other first class hotel would be liable toa fine of five hundred dollars and alx months’ imprisonment ing White and colored guests to separate tables, or ‘or both at tlie sane tables, Tho aame proprietor of a pnblic conveyance. or musement. On tho oiler hand, a few darkies for robbing w henrvost or pluadering the wlgpen of gre moan would suffer the same penalties for having in- nged upot “the iminduitles and priviioges of American citizens.” ‘Thess sections might ivo riso to vexatious gud haracelng peragcntjonsy bub their estraordinary detevity would practically make theni a dead lettor. The essence of the measure was in the third and fourth sec: tions, which vested the President of the United States wit f& power _now only wielded by the Suitin of Tarkey and the Czar of Russia. le could at will declare war against the People ‘of any State and suspend the writ of labeas corpus here. Thia power of auapension was a legialat! i could not ed to Presidents. served surrender to @ Vresident was most dangerous to the liberties of the country. The question now was whether we are to have vet ove etar instead of thirty-seven A gl our flag; whether the State governmonts, the source of our prosperity, are to be obliterate, and with them our whole aystem of free government. On motion of Mr. TRUMPULL the Pecretary of the Interior wes directed to furnish a statement of the popnt tion of the United States, giving the reproseutative and tots of éach State separately as ascertained og the ninth censna, Mr. B REMAN, (rep.) of W. Va, epoke at length in vindl- He attributed South: place of pubdt cation of the reconstruction measurer. ‘a8 well aa in tho fourteenth amendment. Mr. Davrs,(dem,) of Ky.,nald. the design was to bring the eS im contact with the people at ep is, and gee | to give the Presvient control of the elections. The bill weuld be executed oniy in democratic and doubtful States to cal the republican ticket. He thet ad a long constitution argument aga!ost the suspension of the writ corpus for srivial causes, ‘Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., assorted the right and duty of national protection where the 1 invert oF property of the individual citizen was jasper where, asin tho case of the freedman, that citizen had been the frien of tho government. That fearful outrages had been perpetrated in the South could not be denied, and the power of Con, was ample. No cry of contralism or Imperialivm could deter him. fe was for the centralism of liberty and the imperial- fsm of equal rights, Once the nation sarved slavery in the interest of tate rights; now it must serve liberty even to the denia! of state rights, Mr. THORMAN inquired whether the Senalor (Mr. Sumner) tages to vote Loy al ata. Ir. SUMNER repited that he did, Mr. THURMAN said that the President of the United Staten 1y been arraigned, and in his judgment justly by the Senator from Hassncisasetie (ar, Sumner, war power agains the 0 F poemed now to be Tosensivie the white people of Ainerica. ding ‘amendments, being. ® more waltd phraseology of the bili, wad then voted w power Improvement of upon, Mr. TRUMBOLE, called for the yens and nays to test whether the Sonate was disposed to amend the bil! t shape. ¢ amendment was agreed to—yeas 41, nays 7. Athalf-past five o'clock it was arranged by unanimous consent to hold an evening session for debate on the bill, and }* that the measure shall be disposed of finally to-morrow,4bo session to commence at ten, and Mr. Edmunds, in charge of $s bill, to be assigned the floor to close the dubate at one » M A recess was then taken untl! half-paxt seven o'clock. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WAsHtxe TON, April 13, 187h. Mr. Barnum, member elect from Connecticut, appeared aud took the oath. BRIDGING THR MISSOURI AT BT, JORBPH. Sho bs Meigoduged sostoraay by Mr, Pprkar authorizing minutes past four o'clock, adjourned. " ENGLAND. feated by the Yorkists, THE WZEKLY HERALD, Tbe Cheapest and Best Newepaper te the Couutry. The WEFKLY HarAup of the preseat week, now ready, contains a splendid Cartoom representing the Working of the Wires and Wheels of tho Tame Mavy Machine, together with the very latest News by Cable up to the hour of publication of the situa The Bank Rats of Discount Reduced—Money at Two and a Hilf Per Cont—The Stock of Bullion Beorcased. TELEGRAM T) THE NEW YOXK HEAALD. Lonpon, April 13, 1871. The directors of the Bank of England heid a par- lor, or oficiai, meeting to-day, and passed oa resolu- tion to reduce the rate of discount. A reduction of one-half per cent was voted. The Tate of discount 18, consequently, two and one-half per cent, an important fact, which [hasten to an- nounce to the American trading community by TIERALD cable despatch, I have also to state that the regular weekly state. ment of the Bank of nd, made pubiic this afternoon, shows that the amount of bullion m the vant of tie bauk has decreased £220,000 since last ‘Thursday. THE CRITTENDEN HOMICIDE, Close ef the Testimonys—Hard Swearlug— Argument to Commence To-iorrow. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 13, 1871. ‘The evidence in the Futr-Crittenden murder trial was closed this neon, having occupted over filteen days. Snyder, one of the prisoner's lave husbands, testified certain facts regarding the manner of their marriage and divorce. She, on the other hand, swore that he came Lo her ceii since the murder and offered to swear so as to clear her for $6,000, which she refused to give. Her counsel (Cook) corroborated this, The arguments will commence to-morrow. FEARFUL STORM IN OMAHA, | Tragic Fate ot a Prospectiug Party—A Maa a Squaw Frozen to Death. OmManA, April 15, 1871. Monday last @ party who were looks ing at Western lands wore overtaken by & storm about 120 miles west of this city, Three of the party took refuge Iu a hut, while two started for @ barn half amile distant to put up their horses, but £0 binding was the storm that both lost their way. Oke of them was fonnd in the barn, and the other, ee Henry, was tound alter the storm frozen to featn, ba ed was frozen to death during the storm near the same piace. A nuoiner of fires have lately taken place here, which are thought to be incendiary, and there ts considerable alarm i Consequence, on METEORIC DISPLAY, Megnigvent and Unusual Appearances—The Aurora Borealis. PovGnxeeErsix, N. Y., April 12, 1871. There was the graudest auroral display here to- nightever witaesset. The entire northern P.M. was Hghted up with green and white ligt, and at five minutes past ten o'clock P. M. & white belt, appa rently three fee: wide, started from the northeastera |) horizon, at ten o’clock streaks of red, horizon and glided slowly toward the South, an- other belt of the same dimensions starting from the northwestern horizon «atthe same time, and aiso working soath. When at a pointdne west and east and opposite each other, the two belts advanced toward the genith, and connecting mate one broad white belt from the western to the eastern horizon, through which the stars were plainly visible, while waves of colored light rolled toward the belt from the north. For teu minutes this singular and beautiful phenomenon was visible, and then it gradually faded away. The telegraph wires were visibly al- fected, FATAL RAILROAD ACC DENT AT CHICAGO CHmicaco, UL, April 15, 1871. Taat night at the South Park station Edwin Marston, foreman of the Prohtvitionisis office, in this city, and his wile, Jenny Marston, were ran over by the Kalamazoo train on tiie Michigan Central Ratlroad and killed. The conple had crossed the track for the purpose of geiting aboard the Hyde Park train, which was about to start, At tis moment the Kaiamazoo train approached at a high rate of speed. Mr. and Mrs. Marston, sup- thero wi no danger, kept their Fomnte beside ‘the other train, but as tho engine passed the long dress of the lady was drawn by the current of air under the wheels of the loco- motive and ahe was almost instantly drawn under tho fast flying train. At the same time her husband selzed her, With the intent of rescuing her, but he wav also drawn under the wheels, They were @ young and highly respected couple, and ad becn married bat afew mouths. The verdict of the Cor- oner’s jury exonerated the railroad company from Diam, APPAENENSIONS OF AN INDIAN RAID. MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 13, 1871/ Late Minnesota papers say that fears extst at Leech Lake of another Indian raid, The coniem- ovement will be made after the maple eS makin 14 over. 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