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firm “of “Seward, Weed aid Gresley,” and to ? the brogking up of this firm by Grepley and others Chicago Republigan O ration of 1860, defeat of Seward and thp noml- nation: coln, Im retaligtion for this swamping of Seward he and Weed have left upon the political records of this State 4 num- ber of damaging blows to Grogley and the antl, Seward faction, such as the defeat of General ‘adsworth and the election of Séymour as tin 1862. In the defeat, however, of Edwin 2, Morgan asa candidate for re-elec- tlon te the United tates Senate in 1868 by Mr, Fenton, of the Fentéi-Greeley faction, Fenton supposed that ho had ained a decisive telumphi gyer the Soward-Weed,Morgan fac- tion, and began aceordingly {> dictate to General Grant’s adtninistratlon the distribu. tion of the New York federal] spolld, In asking too much, however, the Senator succeeded in the other faction of Morgan, Murphy Conkling to turn the tables completely t him and to turn him out of the Custom fonse with all his influential followers, Hence, in the weakness of human nature, Senator Fenton's desire to demolish General Grant Is stronger than his desire to maintain ntgot the republican party, Mr, Greeley, it must be confessed, Ig rather a milk and ter supporter of Goueral Grant for another and, in .fact, still considers the repub- oa nomination for 1872 ani opén question, What followa? The defection of Winans in 1@ Albany Assembly, which, with the suc- of the big party measures of Tammany thé docket, secures to the democracy tho D m of this State in 1872 against all the a of General Gran and Qongress. Had Winans gtood firm with the republicans in the rene all those big democratio ‘party easurea”” ‘would have failed, and so, in these lefeatd of Tammany, and in the unity of the publicgn party, there would have been a fine pening in this State for the republicans even ext fall, Without New York the democracy ave no hope, and so, in the event of their loss New York next fall, the Presidential issue Would at once bo decided against them, ‘ This fight for New York Mr. Winans has given to Tammany Hall; but his treachery, or whatever you may call it, is, we think, due to fofiething more than the money of Tammany and Erie, and may be traced to the rebellious (ttitude of his political guardian, Senator Fen- ton, toward General Grant as the head and Presidential candidate of the republican party, The money power of Tammany and of the eat railway corporations with which she is efilliated is a tremendous power, but the defec- tion of Winans, we apprehend, may be traced, through the New York Custom House, to Sena- tor Fenton, What next? We expect next to hear from Senator Fenton a distinct and phatic plea of not guilty, or that he, too, as joined the invincible sachems of Tammany Hall. We live in the midst of such moment- ous events and dreadful surprises in the politi- cal world in both hemispheres that there is no telling to-day what may happen to-morrow in the Old World or the New. We must take things as they come, hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and, like stout old Oliver Crom- well, learn to trust in the Lord and keep our powder dry, Personal Intelligence. Mr. George Goldtnwait, member of Congress of Alabama, ts stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. John Keily, of Liverpool, owner of the quick- silver mines in South California, has arrrived at the Brevoort House. Mr. J. M. Cavanagh, Delegate to Congress from Montana, ts staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. D. H. Mahan, of the United States Navy, Is at the Albemarbie Hotel. Mr. M. P. Bemus, member of the Assembly, of Mayville, N. Y., 18 among the arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain W. Watson, of the Cunard line, is sta- tioned at the Hoffman House. RUNNING NOTES—POLITICAL AND GENERAL, The Rome (Ga.) Courier states that the pastor of one of the colored churches in that city has adopted a novel pian in teking up collections at the close of each sermon, He sends around two hats; one he calls the ohurch, and the other the world. The church is pent to the members, the worid to the non-professors. ‘That plan might be iried with success in some of our New York churches. ‘Tho Macon ((a.) T!cg-aph, a well known and ro- spectable democratic paper, printed an imposs ible story of the seizure of a man (@ radical) near that city by a band of masked Ku Klux, of his being flayed alive, and finally skinned and roasted whole at the sake, The very extravagance of the par- ticularsa, the name of the pretended victim—Adam Sekoh (Adam Hokes)—and the circumstance that the Narrative appeared on the first day of April, should have been sufficient with any sensible reader to Stamp the story as a burlesque, although a very stupid one, But the story, exiravagant as it Is, is Not far behind some of those circulated in the col. umns of our radical contemporaries about Southern outrages. The Charleston Courter regards the Amnesty bill, imperfect and partial as it is, ag “the advance mes- senger of the period, when every citizen of the South shall bo equal in rights and privileges to every other citizen of tne United Staies.”” The Albany Jowrnal, under the head of “Found— @ Knave,” says Winans received probably a nundred thousand dollars for his desertion of the republican party in the Legislature, and goes on to remark:— Words are inadequate to express tho Leta and indignation which this base act will excite in the minds of all honoravie men of all parties. Even 086 Who are to be benofliel by the treason will jor the traitor. He will be hissed and spurned from afi decent associauon; and unless he is aa SE Sone Ss slness Sete ot ecience. M) Hast thou not, oh Journal, a kindly thought for one poor Callicot? ‘The Oregon Bulleftn says eo many Governors have beon appointed to Idano since the best Governor the Territory ever had—Governor Ballard—tleft there, ‘tbat the inhabitants do not know who 1s the real Governor. None of the appointees have ever put in Nn appearance—one or more 1s expected. In the Meantime Acting Governor Curtis rans the machine pretty well. Dumont, of Indiana, is the last ap- Pointée, and the papers of idaho do not even adver- tise to discover nis whereabouts. Charles W. Woolley (author of wha‘ are known as, the “Buckeye Letters’ exposing certain intrigues in the last Democratic National Convention) has been elected to the Common Council of Cincinnati, and it is stated that itis proposed by the Pendleton Gomocrats to make him President of the body as evidence of the feeling against Thomas A. Hen- dricks. The Boston Advertiser 1s authorized to say that on the ist of July next Mr. James T. Fields will re~ tire from the editorship of the Atlantic Monthly and the chair he vacates will be taken by Mr. W. D Howells, for some years the assistant editor of the magazine, General Duff Green, once so prominent a politician that he received the credit of making Andrew Jack- son President, and who, during the war, was a most violent and virulent supporter of the rebellion, {9 now living very quietly, and almost forgotten, in Dalton, Ga. Darius Cadwell, of Ashtabula county, fs another eandidate for the republican nomination for Gover- ngr of Yhio, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. THR ROUGE REVOLT Herald Special Reports from Paris. The Champs Elysees Quarter Badly Damaged by Shells. THE AMERICAN LEGATION STRUCK. Barricades to be Erected Around the Tuileries. ATTACK ON FORT VANVRES. Cowardly Flight of the Communist Advanced Lines. Severe Fire from the Fort and Trenches. GREAT SLAUGHTER ON BOTH SIDES. Insurgent Claim of Having Taken Four Hundred Prisoners. A DENIAL FROM VERSAILLES. Popular Outcry Against Arbitrary Arrests in Paris. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 16—Evening. T have received the following despatch from the New York Henratp’s special correspon- dentin Paris, dated at noon to-day. Your correspondent says :— FIGHTING ALL DAY. Yesterday morning attacks commenced in front of the Porte Dauphine and continued all day. All that quarter of the city in the vicinity of the Champs Elysées was greatly damaged by the shells, which are still falling in large numbers. THE AMERICAN LEGATION STRUOK. On Saturday the American Legation build- ing was struck by fragments of shells, Never- theless, Minister Washburne continues to resid e in the Avenue Josephine, MORE BARRIOADES. Orders have been issued by the Communist authorities for the immediate erection of bar- ricades in the quarters of the Tuileries and Belleville, so a3 to render Paris impregnable to the assaults of the army of Versailles, IN A TIGHT PLAOE, Paris continues very much excited. At Asnitres yesterday I saw the fighting, which was furious, at 4,000 yards distant from Paris, On this side of the Seine I was arrested by a party of insurgent National Guards, who wanted to shoot me, It was with difficulty that Iobtained my release through General Cluseret’s passport. Iam told that six men were shot as royalists this morning. AFFAIRS AT ASNIERES, The fron-clad cars on the railway at As- nitres carry heavy guns, Asniéres is well fortified and is rogard2d as a position of great strength, AN ATTACK ON VANVRES, At nine o'clock yesterday morning the forces from Versailles made a sudden attack on the insurgent positions in front of Fort Vanvres, Tho Communists fied precipitately, those of them in charge of the fleld guns cut- ting the traces of the horses attached to the artillery for the purpose of facilitating their escape, GREAT SLAUGHTER. Immediately after the heavy guns of Fort Vanvres opened fire on the advancing columns anda severe musketry fire was kept up on them from the Communists in the trenches, At one time the distance between the opposing forces was not more than one hundred yards, and, as @ consequence, the slaughter was great, The Versailles troops fought well. It is estimated that during the last two days they have lost one thousand men killed and fifteen hundred wounded, LIBERTY TO LRAVR, All persons, so desiring, are allowed now to leave the city without permits, excepting men between the ages of nineteen and forty. Pro- visions are rising in price. All the gates of the city, excepting those in front of the govern- ment forces, are open all the day. ARBITRARY ARRESTS. M. Chandrey, the editor of the Sitcle news- paper, has been arrested on a charge un- known. Not even-his wife is permitted to visit him. There is a great outcry from the public at the number of arrests which have been made, and no more will take place with- out a report from the Commune appearing in explanation of the cause, Assaults on Fort d’Iesy Repulsed—Four Hun dred Prisoners Taken at Nenilly—Mont Vaierien Bombardcd—Strict Discipline. Loxpon, April 16, 1871. I have received the following despatoh from Paris, dated this morning, and forward the same for publication in the New York HERALD :— THE GOVERNMENT FOROES REPULSED. The Communists report that Fort d’Issy Tepulged the succogalve aagqults of the Ver. saillists on Friday and Saturday, with severe losses to the assailants. FOUR HUNDRED PRISONERS TAKEN. General Dombrowski attacked the govern- ment forces at Neuilly yesterday and it is claimed took 400 prisoners, The engagement continued through the entire night. MONT VALERIEN SHELLED. The batteries on the hill of Trocadero have opened fire on Fort Val¢rien, which replies with vigor. DISOIPLINE AMONG THE INSURGENTS. General Dombrowski enforces strict discl- pline among the National Guards and is doing much to render all branches of the military service more efficient, REPORTS FROM VERSAILLES TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Dontal of usurgent Reports—tireat Waste of Ammunition, Lonpon, April 16, 1871. Iam enabled to report the following for the information of the Heratp:— A DENIAL, Despatches from Versailles deny that the insurgents took 400 prisoners yesterday and declare that no fmportant military events have taken place, A WASTE OF AMMUNITION. They say the insurgents in the forts waste their ammunition by firing at night to no pur- pose. On Saturday night, though they kept up a continual cannonade, only one Verauillist was wounded, LATEST FROM FRANCE. Herald Special Reports from Paris. Fighting at Various Points All of Yesterday. A SIEGE ANTICIPATED. Thiers’ Demand for the Surrender of Paris Pronounced ‘‘Nonsense.” The Are de Triomphe Much Damaged by Shells. CROWDS IN THE CHAMPS ELYSEES. Further Details of the Fighting on Saturday. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 16—Midnight, Ihave received the following despatch from the New York Heratp special correspondent in Paris, dated to-night (Sunday). Your cor- respondent says :— FIGHTING ALL DAY, There has been fighting at various points before Paris all day. A SIEGE ANTICIPATED. It is anticipated that all the railway lines leading into the city will be cut to-morrow and a state of siege declared. At present there is only a three weeks’ supply of provisions in Paris; hence if an investment takes place there will be a speedy renewal of the suffer- ings of the late siege. OLUSERET ON THIERS’ DEMAND. General Cluseret, the Communal Minister of War, says:—‘‘The demand of M. Thiers for the surrender of Paris within twenty-four hours is nonsense. It is all very well coming from men who are accustomed to capitulate, but the soldiers of the Commune will let gun- powder bear back our reply.” THE ARO DE TRIOMPHE STRUCK. To-day your correspoadent visited the Champs Elys¢es and saw a shell strike the Arce de Triomphe. The arch bears tho marks of much damage. Since the bombard- ment from Fort Valérien began thirty-three shells in all have struck it. OROWDS ON THE CHAMPS ELYSEES. At the hour I send this despatch the Champs Elyacs is full of people, Carriages and omni- buses are running almost up to the Arc de Triomphe. Stalls are open and Punch and Judy shows are exhibited. Crowds are holi- day making, moving about curiously examin- ing the lampposts which have been struck. The people pay little attention to the bombard- ment, excepting when the reports of the guns are loudest and then they merely look to see if tho shells are falling. DOMBROWSKI WOUNDED. General Dombrowski, the commander of the insurgent National Guards operating on the west side of Paris, was wounded slightly on the shoulder in the conflict at Nenilly on yes- terday. MISOELLANEOUS ITEMS, No interest is manifested in the elections. The family of Minister Washburne has left Paris. The Fighting on the South—Severe Engnge- ment at Neuilly—A Rear Movement Folled— Manutacturers Arrested~Tho Barricades— War on the Churches, Lonpvon, April 16, 1871, Lam enabled to forward the following for the information of the Nuw York IzzaLp:— FIGHTING ON THE SOUTH, A despatch from Parls dated last night (Saturday) says that there was a heavy can- nonade Iagt night on Vanveed, Forjs Tapy and | tery complaining of Montrouge opened a heavy fire on Chatillon where the Versailles troops were supposed to be massed. Only a few shells wero fired in reply. The loss of the National Guard was trifling. SEVERE ENGAGEMENT AT NEUILLY. The fighting yesterday in Neuilly was very severe. Houses were taken and retaken, with severe loss to both sides, At Neuilly the National Guards were several times repulsed in endeavors to take the houses in the Park. The soldiers have two mitrailleuses and are barricaded strongly. Most of the soldiers and gendarmes on the Island of Grand Jatte escaped. A REAR MOVEMENT FOILED, A hundred only are prisoners, The National Guards yesterday advanced from Bois des Colombes along the Seine to Hauterrine, intending to take the troops at Courbevoie in the rear, They were met near Colombes and forced to retreat, with a loss of many prisoners, Tho regulars still hold the bridge of Neuilly, Val¢rien replies to the Paris batteries, and has sent shells into Passy and Auteuil, The Prussians have occupied Stonen, near St. Denis, MANUFACTURERS ARRESTED, In the Quartier du Triomphe a number of manufacturers have been arrested by order of the Commune, and their manufactories closed in order to force the workmen to join the National Guard. PROVISIONS. Provisions are becoming scarce. The price of fresh meat has been doubled, and preserved meat is difficult to obtain now. AN OFFER, A well known American banker has offered to purchase the Column in the Place Ven- déme, and to transport it to Central Park, THE WAR ON THE OHUROHES, The curé of St. Roche has been arrested, Yesterday a delegate of the Commune took an inventory of all objects of value in this, one of the most fushionablo churches in Paris, THE BARRIOADES. A powerful barricade has been begun in the Place Venddme. A twelve-pounder is already mounted. The barricades in Rue Cas- tiglione have been strengthened. STATE CARRIAGES SEIZED. The state carriages of Prince Murat and Marsbal Canrobert have been siezed. NEWS BY MAIL. The steamship City of Brussels, Captain Kenney, from Liverpool 6th and Queenstown 7th inst., ar, rived at this port yesterday, with seven days later mails than those brought by the Cuba, Tho Movement on Vorsailles—tiow the Battle of the 24 Was Brought Gn, Conducted and Terminated—Traitors in the Ranks—Valerien Gpens Fire on the Revels—Large Numbers Cut Of—Treatment of Prisoners. {Paris (April 8) correspondence of London Times,} There seems to be no doubt that the Communists, finding & prolonged policy of inaction fatal, planned and provoked the engagement of yesterday. It dis- appointed their expectations, as the Versailies troops, with the exception of one regiment of the Une, which at a critical moment of the action cried “Vive la Commune /”” remained loyal and fought well, proving cleariy their immense superiority over the National Guard. Still they lost no time 1n foliow- ing up the engagement by an attack on a grand scate to-day. All last might the rappel was beaten and large camps were formed in the Avenuo Neullly, the Avenue de la Grand Armée, the Champs Elysées, and as far as the Place de la Concorde. Bivouac fires were lighted and great movement and antination prevailed all night. The “Marseilles” and the “Chant du Depart’! were sung, and in addition to-the ordinary cy, of Vive la Com- mune!” the new cry, ‘A Versetlles!” came gener- ally into fashion, like that @ few months ago of “A Berlin!” In the morning it was found that the Vommunist troops had responded to the rappei bet- ter than Was generally expected from them, and that some even of the so-called reactionary arron- dissements had furnished certain contingents, An army of over one hundred thousand men, ready for @ sortie, had assembled, under the Commander-in- Chief, Gereral Bergeret, who divided them into three columns, At avout tive o'clock they set ont, the leit Column marching upon Fontenuy-aux-Roses, the right upon Courbevoie and Versailles, the centre upon S.vres and St. Cloud. _ The three were to con- verge upon Versailles, the object of tne attack, VALEREIN OPENS FIRE. The plan is here believed by the best Judges to have utterly failed. ‘The principal cause of the iailure of the plan seems to have been a delusive im- parun on the part of tne Communists that Fort Vaiérein would not fire upon them. in this pelief they advanced close up under the guns, end even pluced batteries within a few hundred yards of the orf. ‘The commandant of the tort lett them unde- ceived as long as possible, and allowed a large num- ber to march by unmolested to Nanterre and Ruel, When he at last opened fire they were takea by surprise and thrown into utter confusion. A large number returned to Paris, crying out that they were suranis.” This retreat began before elght o'clock and continued some hours. The rappel was beaten ty collect reiuforcements but was llitle responded to, Meantime those who had passed beyond Valérein found their retreat umexpeciediy cut om by the fire or its guns, BERGERET AND FIFTERN THOUSAND MBN CUT OFF. ‘The position of the Communists is generally be- lieved to be seriously compromised, The latest news, Which, however, 1 have had no time Co verily, is that General Bergeret, with 15,000 men, has been completely cut of; that Fiourens, going to his res. cue, Was purposely permitted to effect & junction with him, so that the two, with a united force of about thirty or thirty-live thousand men, kiust either surrender or give battle at the greatest disad- vaniage. THE GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS MASTERS OF THE GROUND. Otner accounts, highly improbable, declare that Fiourens has reached Versailles. The centre column advanced under cover of the forts of Issy and Van- vrea, up to which batteries had been carried. These kept up @ heavy fire on Sevres, The hottest flre was between Sevres and Chatilion, Chaullon was occu- pied by about ten thousand of the Communist troops. Severe fighting 18 also reported in the low ground lying between Vatcrien and Buzénval. About eight the Versailles troops were completely masters ofall the ground stretching from Kueil and Nan- terre towards Courbevote, and their cavairy was scouring the adjacent country tn search of Commue nist slagglers. REIREAT AND DEMORALIZATION, It was a litle after eight that [ first saw the Com- munists returning to Paris in scattered bands, ap- pavenuy in fullretreat, The omuibuses down the Avenue Batignolles and the Champs Elys¢es were filled with them. ‘The gates were ali shut, and for long time I found it was impossible to get our at any of them. Meantime Reavy canuonading was pee Late nin especialiy from Fort Vaiérien, which appeared to be tirmg chiefly in the direction of Argenteull, At avout ten I succeeded in getting ou: at the Porto Maillot, 1 found the Avenue ae Neutily filled with Communist troops. Some were returning to Paris, some were lying about on the round or drinking at the few restaurants open. fhe houges along the avenue, which yesterday were filled with people av ihe windows and baiconit seemed to-day avaudoned, There was no movemen whatever of troops toward Courbevole. ne reveating Communists were loudiy and bit. tho treachery of their chiefs in ieading them up to Fort Valértea by telling them it was in Communist hands, ‘Yo tins they attributed their defeat. ‘They secuied demoralized and with litte or no discipline. There were a few Garibaidians and regulars among them. Isaw a zounve carrying Uiree chassepols, At the Pont Neuilly © found a batvulien formed in good order, Just tien there was 4 panic, We could see iy te distance, near the Napoeon Monument, a crowd of men rushing down towards the briage. Was rumored that artillery was descending from Mont Valerian and going to sweep the avenue. A battalton hurried up to the barricade, and with rides lowered, ready to fire made a good front. Tho stream of fuyitives, however, sull towed on acrosa $he Reidy, “Tuory Wad ALGOY MUAY ruAl Co Hho lel along the river bank, as if to seo whether a flank movement were not being made from Vaiérien. | crossed the bridge and joined some ambulance car- Tiages which had just come up. We advanced to vhe monument and, turning to the left, went nearly to the top of the Avenue St. Germain, under Valérien, wnich was firing incessantly towards Argenteull. ‘The lew people, nearly all non-combatants, were TAKING SHELTER UNDER Tilk WALLS. The bodies of two horses, said to be those of Gen- eral Bergeret, were lying stripped of their flesh in the road. In the houses we 1ound @ wounded Na- tional Gaard and @ dead Garibaidian ofiver, A shell was fired close to us from \al‘rien, and the carriages were obiiged to fall back. We found aiterwards that the shel! had probably been fired because some Communists were taking advantage of the vicinity of the ambulance to carry olf @ can- non abandoued in the road. A little further on Was another canuon also abandoned. The trin from Valérien grew slacker, and three of us ad- vanced to Nanterre to see if ambulances were want- ea there, Beyond the second deserted cannon lay ima trench the body of a Communist officer, A fleld battery had hag cron been piaced there to act against Valérien, though immediately under the point biank fire of its heavy guns. A sharp fusillade ‘was going on in front, seemingly near Buzenv and we could hear now and then mitrailleuses, ane shells were being unceasiugly thrown by Valérien to our right at troops whom we could not see, but who must have been somewhere within range, under cover, as their bullets passed over our heads, They were probably a portion of the troops whom we heard aiterwards had been surrounded at Nanterre, The demoralization of the Communists was com- ies. We found two officers hiding in a house, and he men were begging the villagers to lend them clothes in order that they might not be canght tn their uniform by the troops. They seemed to have no other idea of thelr own position, or of the mill- tary movement of their party, than that they were surrounded and betrayed, The wounded were cout- ing In, a3 ghting was going on close by; but these were not numerous, The tighting covered so much ground thas itis impossible to fori even the roughest estimate of the killed and wounded; but I think they must be very few in propurtivn to the mumber of men engaged. The Communists kept greatly under cover, and were attacked chieiy by shells, which did comparatively lite mischief, Lsaw very few buliet wound: THE FIG OVER FOR THE DAY, About three o’viock Mont Val‘rien had ceased firing, and the fighting thereabouts seemed over, ‘the gendarmes were galloping about in search of fugitives. Isaw many of them brought in, and in their treatment of tiem the troops ceriainly showed none of that sympathy for the Communisiic move- Ment which they laud been suspecied of harboring. The prisoners Were loaded with curses and every form of abuse, and one caught in his uniiorm was received with blows [rom the butts of rifles. Three appeared to run some risk of being summarily shot by the soldiers, but a general interfered with the re- mark thut the proper treatment ior such men was to despise them, Even the badly wounded obtained ho sort of Compassion, but were pitilessly jeered at. ‘The animosity could scarcely have been more bitter, ‘The gendarmerie were conspicuous for tt. heard one say there Was Lo occasiuu Lo look ior ropes to Ue tie prisoners, a8 they would be shot on the slightest attempt being made by them © escape. Anvther told them that, bat for the superior oiicers, they would be shot in any case. When i returned to the Pont de Newilly 1 found it strongiy protected by the Communists. Four neavy guns had been placed behind the barricades on the Paris side of the river; more were brought down the Avenue de Neuilly as Ipassed, The gates were shut and National Guards Who tried to silp through after the ambulance car. Tiages were resolutely retused a passage in spite of their remcnstrances, limimediately inside the gate the popular excllement was very great, but furtier on, down the Champs Elys¢es and the Boulevards, Paris seemed astopishingly tranquil, That an attack trom Versatiles was, however, discussed is not im- probable. ‘The trains between Faris and Versailles have been stopped. Thiers’ Despatch to the Prefects—Account of the Fight on April 2—Tho Bridge of Neullly Carried by the Government Troops—Flight of the Insurgents—The Elan of the Asseme blista. The following despatch was telegraphed by M. Thiers to the prefects of departments, giving an ac- count ofthe engagement between tho Assembists and Communists on April 2:— THE CHIKF OF THE EXECUTIVE TO THE PREFEOTS, VERBAULLES, April 2, 1871. Since two days several movements on the part of the insur- gents have taken place around Rueil, Nanterre, Courbavote and Puteaux. ‘The bridge of Neuliiy having been barricaded by them, the government would not let these atiempta go ui Punished and has given the order to sane the insurge: without delay. General Vinoy, after having convinced -him- Self that the demonstration which was made by the {naur- gents on the side of Chatillon had no serious object, left at with the brigade of Audelies, the Galifet forming the leit and two ix o'clock this mornin, jasseurs of Hh ‘ades of the Garde Repuvlicaine the right wing of his army, The troops advanced in two columns, one by way of Kuell and Nanterre, and the other by Vaucresson and bon- tretout: ‘They ace Four batvaitons of ina bevole, such as the barr tue. ‘The troops carried these bi the other witi w remarkable el by the marines, and the great barricade of Courvevole by the 11th regiment of the line, ‘The troops then charged the bridge of Neutlly and curried the barricade which closed ft. The insurgents took dight, leaving co.tain number of dead, wounded and prisoners in our hands. The sponta- neous ean of the troups having hastened losses were quite unimportant, ‘The exa: soliters was extremely groat, particuiarly ayatnat t ers who were recognized. At four o'oluck the troop: tered thelr barracks, a‘ter having reudered to the cause of order @ gorvice which France will never forget. General Vinoy has not for one momeut» leit his command. The wretches whom France {s forced to combat have com- mitted a now crime, The Surgeon-In-Ubtef of the Army, dM. Pasquier, who advanced alone aud without arms too near the position of the enemy, was coward.y assassinated. ‘R1IGKS, JAPAN. HERALD SPECIAL REPORT VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Uncertain Condition of Affairs fn the Em- pire—The Expedition to the Corca—United States Ships—2he Market. Yoxouama, March 24, Via San. FRANCISCO, April 15, 1871. An officer of tne Mikado’s Council was assassin- ated on the 11th inst., by reason of political dis- affoction. There are insurrectionary trouvles in the southern part of the empire, but the information thereon is very vague. The expedition to the Corea is preparing to leave, The United States Minister will accompany it ‘The United States ship Alaska is in port, Exchange—Bank bills, four months, 4a. 6d., ster- ling. positions one after ‘The barracks were taken Minister Lowe and the English and American Residents. SAN FRANCIS00, Cal., April 15, 1871. Advices by the steamer America report toat United States Minister Lowe has rebuked the English and Americans, who, he says, have assumed diplomatic functions, and pretend to determine the necessity for a war between Buropean nations and China before there is an opportunity for the adj ust- ment of the claims growing out of the Tien-tsin riot. BASE BALL IR NEW ORLEANS. New ORLEANS, April 16, 1871. ‘The attendance was large at the base ball match to-day between the Waite Stockings, of Chicago, and the Lone Stars, of this city, The weather was fine and the playing good on both sides The White Stockings wou by tue following score:— White Stockings. 8 0 1 0 6 O 0 Lone Stara. God. OF 6 1-9 0-7 TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. ‘The Boaton journeymen bakers have determined to ‘“atrixe”* on the Ist of May, unless their demand for increased wages ts acceded to. ‘The French Fafr in Boston will be continued another week pts amount to about $50,000. eam bakery, in Lafayeste, Ind., was rday morning. Lose $9000) on the North American Railroad, was thrown from & and run over on Saturday, at Lincoin, Me., aud Ineiaouy killed. THE SCANLAND MURDER IN Catcago.—Tho lady who was “mixed up’ sv unfortunately in the Leo- nard-Scanland shooting case at Chicago was Mrs. Cvicnei Farrar, wile of the proprietor and business Manager of the Evening Journal, of that city. Since the death of Dr. Scaniand his widow, has published a long commanication, in which she alleges that her husband had become infatuated with Mrs. Farrar, and she was tutending to per- suade him to remove to some other locality, to save him from shame and ruin. On the other land, Colonel Farrar comes to the defence of his wife, the imputations upon whose character he charges to be basely ialse. ‘The picture about which the quarrei ensued, which culminated in murder, was @ joint hotograph of Mrs. Farrar and Mrs. Scanland, taken tong before either Wore married, and while they were inumate friends. The dificuity between Mrs, Scantand and her husband he aileges to have beo'a caused by @ declared enemy of bers, in an anor,y- mous communication written to her while she ‘was on @ visit te Missourl, and out of this grew th’s un- happiness between her and her husband, whieh led finally to the tragedy. ‘Tue arfair has caused a pro- found sensation in Chicago, where the parties moved in the highest circles aud were wWiiversaliy respected, New YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD PROPERTY SrizeD.-— This forendon Sherif! Cauypbell received from the court in Buialo fifty-four executions, or judgments, agaist, the New York Central Ratiroad Company, and be at once proceeded to levy upon the locomotives, machinery, uyiterials and roiling stock to the amount of the Aggregate sum of the executions—¢90,000—in this ciuy. At noon the executions fad been completed, and the company ts restrained from moving Or disturbing any of tno attuch¢a property. The Sneriff, if security or bail 18 not eycon for the payment ot the executions before five jock this eveDing, will proceed to close up the shops. The seiZure will not interfere matertally ‘ith tho operations of the road tg-day.- Uilions dvrik be Charles Everitt, firet ed Inch by inch. ESCAPED, ; The detachment of the government troop on the Island of Grand Jatte has escaped. THE VERSAILLES ARMY OONOENTRATING, The Versailles army bas been concentrating posTse RIPT. MONDAY, APRIL \i—4 A, M. ee ee ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM PARE An Obstinate Conflict in Pro« gress at Neuilly. A Formidable Attack Momene tarily Expected. THE VERSAILLES ARMY CONCENTRATING, A German Army Prepare ing to Intervene. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOAX HERALD. Lonpon, April 17—3:30 A, M, T have received the following intelligence from Paris, dated yesterday (Sunday) evening, which I forward for the Heratp :— CLUSERE?'S REPORT. General Cluseret, in his official reporé te the Commune, says Fort Vauvres was ate tacked five times in succession on Saturday, AN OBSTINATE STRUGGLE, Cannon and musketry firing continued olf day to-day. An obstinate struggle is now golng on at Neuilly, where the ground is digs for the last four days, A general and formiy dable attack is momentarily expected. 1 PREPARING TO INTERVENE. : The Germans at Creteil have been rete forced with 18,000 men and are preparing te intervene, The Commune is resolved to cone tinue the defence to the last. FOOD SOAROE, ‘i The sale of horse flesh has again comte menced, and there are other signs of scarcity’ of food in the city. New Local Tax on Sugar. ; SANTIAGO DR CuBA, April 15, 1871, A new local export tax of fifty cents per cask sugar or molasses las been levied here, DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR OF IPAHO, INDIANOPOLIS, Ind., April 16, 1871, | General E. Damunt, recently appointed Governoe of Idaho, died at his residence near this city thig morning. A SAD CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH. Asad instance of sudden death occurred last week atSamithtown, The wife of Captain Jonn A. Smith,” who haa been suffering for some time, died early tm the morning of the 10th inst, Before the corpse hag been prepared for the grave the wife of a brother of Captain Smith, who through the sickness of his wife had been attending her, suddenly sank into what was at firet supposed to be sleep, on account af ex< haustion, but which proved to be her last best medical talent of the neighbornood Le to restore her, and at three P. M., le, sho, too, died. The funcrals of the wives af wo brothers were held at the same time, The currence has caused a gioom throughout wt community. VIEWS OF THE PAST. APRIL 17. 1833—Austria and Prussia protested a ogale mark’s anuexation of Bahr whue grant ~~, ing independent rights to Holstein. } 1860—Disgraceful scene occurred in the United States Senate; Seuators Benton and Fvot quar relied. and the latter drew @ pistol to deleng himseif. 1790—Benjamin Franklin ated. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Cimbria will leave this port om Tuesaday for Plymouth and Hamburg. ' The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMlce at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. Tur New York Heratp—Editlon for Europo— will be ready at half-past ulne o'clock in the morning, Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six conte, Died. FLeMrng.-—On Sanday, April 16, DAvID FLEMING, @ native of Longford, Ireland, aged)73 years. i ‘The relatives and [riends.are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, at three o’vlock, from 23& Nassau street, Brookiyn, to Greenwood Cemetery, [For Other Deaths see Lighth Page.) A.—Perfect Fitting ai SHOES FOR LADIES, GENT: CHILDREN, THE LARGEST ASS WORK IN THE CITY. NEW STORD AND BROUKS, 675 and 1,18 BROADWAY, corner 29h stre nished Lox: and bath open always. Elecant Hat at as si fuerte ite Nassai, cornccot Aum, Ylish and popular prices go to DOUGAN, 10s sireet, Time for All Thinga—An wn heavy, uncomfortabie looking hat ts past. 2 SERIO , bright and joyous, and every man of tapie should eat ESPERSOHBID'S auriug style of Hage, They are Reuperior fabric, Call and judge for yourself, ctl Nassau. street. (er va Patent — CHAMVION SAFES, 2ol Broadway, corner Myrny strest, All Heney Ward Beecher’s Suffrtace fri rupture, Beo under Miscolianeos, tenth en ie Mount e pil Do Not Let Your Prejudice Siam! Betworm be abeot SOSTHING your suffering child and the rellef tha: will sure to follow the use of Mra. WINSYUOW' SYRUP, Fane eee cred vecetante and animal matter st thie Mecayed wok LN igo tae gorse o snmnons eteahares guasenle Supe i Minter the water and you prevent many intestinal disor! det *Tmangre river water, i'n freisful source.of disease : Let strain through the compressed, quayts 0 sented much iiee oblablished: Street, corner of Uireene sir GEORGE CLAR RANARD: ie ot en Infaltihlc Rema HENRY, No, 8 Goliage place. J One Cold Afier Another will, with Many constitutions, securely estabiish the seeds of Consumption im the system, Those in need of @ remedy will find JA EXPECTORANT always prompt, thorongh and efficacious, Sold everywhere. aes all cities, Minsiequot edo for diseases Amateurs of uate meg the ti ih ‘warerooma of -D. Rt, STAN ? Great Jones street. Professors an: public are tovited to Pumps That Will Raise Water from Any nce from the aonece Of wi 5 f water, umps that will raise water to the upper a of city ana where tue prosaure of the water works it auficient ‘Sean Pumps for high or low peessure; the best in thé mate ket. r Sora te yoars ‘and still, pepe city 9 e Shove “articles pat ‘Up in ‘the country by depth and dist acting enced workmen apd ga) Fons wre Bem Vote :