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— win wer of padelng evénts, ana sans ite pected ye {a silent it is only vecause it has noth- ‘grave or interesting to communicate, A. THIERS, NAPOLEON AND VICTORIA. Whe Visit of the Queen of Engiaud to the Exe Emperor of France at Cnisolhurat, {From the London Telegraph, April 4} Yesterday her Majesty the Queen, accompanied ty Prince Leopold and attended by the Duchess of Rox Durghe, the Marchioness of Ely and Lord Charles Fitzroy, visited the Emperor Napoleon and she French imperial family at Chiselhurat Her Majesty ‘and suite left Windsor Castle shortly before three @cloek, and wore driven to the Windsor station of the Southwestern Rallway, where was waiting a Special train consisting of the royal carriage belong- tng to the Southwestern Company, one saloon car- flage, two first classcarriages and two breaks. At the station the Queen was received by Sir Edward Watkin, chairman of the Southeastern Railway Com- ; Mr, Eborall, the general manager; Mr. C. V. aiker, the telegraph superintendent, who ac- @ompanied the royal train to its destination; Mr. W. Williams and Mr. Jacomb, of the South ‘western ling. The royal train was driven at e: speed through Staines, Twickenham, Rich- fiona and Olaphain Junction to Waterloe, and there, ing through the station without Stopping, the train ran on tu the Charing Cross line of the Southeastern Company, continuing the journey via London bridge and New ross to Chiselhurst, which ‘was reached a few minutes before four o’clock. Here a consiaerable number oi spectators had as- sembled, Beyond Keenpg the platform of the sta- tien entirely clear, and laying down a crimson cloth Shrough the booking, office, no speciat preparations had been made—the visit being considered strictly vate. A force of the locai division of police, er Captain Baynes, the disivict saperin- tendent, and twenty men of the A reserve, under Inspector Ballard, had an easy task tn mar- s@nalling the expeciant ery (2 which had none Of the rough town elomeatin its composition, A quarter of an hour before the arrival of the Queen @ special train dashed through the station at the rate of fifty miles an hour, conveying the Princess Lonise and tie Marquis of Lorn on their way to Dover, en route for the Continent. The pace was so rapid that even those who knew whom the carriages eentained were unable to distinguish the royal lady and her husband, A few minutes before four o’clock tho Queen’s train glided into the little station at Chiselhurst, mid the cheers of those who were assembled to ‘witness its arrival. On alignting, her Majesty was Feceived by Sir Edward Watkin, Mr. Eborail, Mr. Watkin, Jr., the locomotive euperintendent, and Mr. Lord, the courteous station master, Passing through the booking oflice her Mujesty recognized the Vis- countess Welden, a lady in waiting to the Princess of ‘Wales, who resides in the neighborhood, and cor- @ialiy shook bands with her. A travelling carriage, drawn by four handsome greys, with dutriders, had come down by road from the royal mews at Buck- ingham Palace, and was in waiting. This carriage her Majesty and saite entered, and amid the con- tinued cheers of the spectators, which were gra- clously acknowledged, drove out of the station and up the bill to Camden ‘House—receiving cordial salu- tations from some thousands of persons who lined the road on eitner side. At the main entrance of Camden House her Majesty was received by the Em- peror, the Empress and the Prince Imperial, who, ‘with their gulte, were awaiting their au- gust visitor. The royal party were then ushered into the chief saloon, where her Majesty rematned tn conversation with the imperial family for more than half an hour. Returning to the station, the royal train was drawn up at the Platiorm, with a powerful engine of the Southeast- rn Railway Compiny attached, under the charge ‘of Mr. Watkins, who drove on the return to Wind- ger; and amid fresh bursts of cheering the train le:t ‘tho platform about ten minutes to fiveo’clock. The return journey to Windsor was accomplished ina few minutes under the hour. At every point along the route, and especially through the metropolitan district, wherever a sight of the royal tiain couid be obtained, crowds of people collected, who cheered lastily as it sped rapidly on its way to Wiadsor. Since hs arrival at Chiselhurst, the Emperor Na- leon has improved in health, and the favorable impression has deepened which he produced on the dents when he arrived. With the Empress and Prince imperial, he drives and walks in the meighborivod. PLON PLON. Prince Napolcon aod the Pri Ns. The following letter has been addressed by M, ‘Villot. secretary to Prince Napoleon, to the editors Of the Gazette de France and La Ltberté:— Loxpon, April 5, 1871, rangins is in holiday 81z—Your journal of April? s sttire. Since a few days Prince Frederick Charles is on @visit to Prince Napoteon aud Mnrshal Bazaiuie, and they are all feasting. On Monday last these three personages partook of m grand dinner, at which M, Pietr, tne ex-trefect Police, the ex-Prefect of the Rhone and other influential members of the Bonapartist party wero present.” As many ‘words, as many les, the object of which it 1s not dill cuit to divine, Prince Napoleon {8 London, not at Prangins, Neither Prince Napoleon nor Princesd Glotiide have ‘seen Prince Frederick —_Charies, vat whose whereabouts they know nothing whatover, Prince has not seen Marshal Baraine siuce the uret days Of Metz. The Prince could not have dined with M. Loveit, who isin lrussela. The Prince bas not seen M. Petri for several months. Princess Clotiide 1s momentarily alone with Ber children ina iittle house near Pranging, the castle of which place was sold several months ago. She lives in re- Wrement, and mourn, as all the ‘Napoloons, r) at” misfortunes of and her family. only entertainments whict have taken place in her douse are those given to the French soldiers of Bourbaki'a rred at N Tcontrasict the les contained 1 @ prescat time folly and the n ender ia our unhappy country ‘most anything credible. Tnis is another infamy on the part of our Sei adversaries, who, after having accused the Bo- of secret conhivance with the Insurgents, spread Tumore that they are feasting with the I'russians. All jest nen will judge these calumniea at their proper value, GEORGES VILLOT, Secretary of Prince Napoleca. LANEOUS FORUIGN ITEMS. en ‘Tho cholera is raging tu all the ports of the Persian Gulf. Blanqui is sald to be stil in hiding. yet shown himself at the Hotel de Ville. M. Rochefort, who passed tne time of his con- vValescence at Le Mans, is now in Paris. Five of the principal Paris clubs have taken quar- ‘ers at the Hotel aes Reservoirs in Versailles. A monument is to be crected in Triest for the late Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. It will cost 119,000 francs. ‘The Viceroy of Egypt has asked permission of the Sultan to issue a loan of s!x millions, The request ‘has been refused. Citizens Delesciuze and Cournet have resigned as Deputies of the Assembly, and are now members of the Commune of Paris. Sebastopol is now being fortified by the Russian government ona gigantic scale. Thus vanishes the last vestige of the Crimean war. It may be a8 well to state that General Chanzy arrived at Versailles on foot, through tne woods, mot thinking the journey by railway at all safe. M. Thiers declared in the Assembly that he per- Bonally was opposed to the pian of attacking Mont. martre, but that ne had ceded to the pressure which On all sides had been exerted upon him, The Figaro has it that the 600,000,000 indemnity ‘which were to bave been paid to the Germans on March 31 are now in the hansis of the Versailles gov- ernment ready for their destination, A bill for the suppression of the gambling estab- Ushment at Spa has been presented by the beigian finieay tothe Chamber of Representatives, ‘The ll provides for the pay” \t of two millions indem- mity to the city of Spa fox wie loss of this important attraction. The Brossels Nord announces that, according to advices from the Hague, the initiative taken by the Gabinet of the Netherlands to ratify by treaty the Reutralization CB gad property at sea has been Successful. Austrian has made a similar proposal to Prince Bismarck. The British government not only authorizes but fans M handsome income from the many gam- ne hells in Hong Kong. ‘The licenses for such @atablishments are yeurly sold by auction in the Government House. This year the highest bitder obtained this concession for the payment of $15,800 & month. A report that M. Lullier (who was one of the shining lights of the Central Commitiee in Paris) had ‘been condemned to death and executed turns out to be faise. Alter @ violent discussion he was ar- rested by order of the Committee and taken to the Conciergeric, where he remained two days. On belng released he entered as a private in one of the ‘battalions of the faubourgs, The Courrier du Havre publishes an article in which, V4 reference to the auti-Prussian leagues ow being formed, it suggests that France should pecs an alten bill of the nature of that of England. it proposes that no foreigner shall be permitted to exerciso any trade or profession, or to occupy a situation as clerk or Workman on the Frencn terri- ‘tory without having beon naturalized or having hs a an authorization to establish bis domicile Mi He has not The Chinese Embagsy, numbering forty-two per- @ous, Whose arrival in Paris has been aanounced, ited & hotel oa the Avenue @’Antin, The Embassy come for the purpose of presenting the excuses of its government for the massacre of the French residents by tho Chinese, {9 it at Versailles or at the Hotel de Ville that they will make thetr excuses? These Chinamen are tho beavers of nvmorous pre- sents tothe French government, Here is 4 chance Aor the ompty cash-boxes of the Commune ! * The Lausanne Gazette an account of o fear- ful railway accident at mbier, near Neucvatel. A train conveying Fronch soldiers returning home from Switzerinnd was turned oi the ling on a sung throngh an error of the pointawian and ran Witlt yio- lence on a number of trucks luden with coal, La iis disaster twenty-one men, Incinding the guard, ‘were Kijled and seventy-one others received injuries moro of les serious, A socond pceident occurred at Mouremont by an engine quitting she rails and blocking up the tratic for a time, but no serious RAMBLING AMONG TUE, Ki, A Herald Correspondents Ad- ventures in Montmartre. xk 2 * Interviewing the Cutthroat Republicans Undér Dificulties. VISIT TO THE GARDEN OF DEATH WIAT WAS SEEN AND HEARD THERE, Paris, March 20, 1871. Yesterday I interviewed the precious company of republicans that murdered Generals Thomas and Le- comte, or, as they soften it to themselves in a hor. rible phrase, made thoso gentlemen ‘‘pass the ordeal of arms,” This interview took place at the scene of the murder. It was in some degree invol- untary on my part, or rather it was an unforeseen consequence of an imprudent attempt to visit the famous “garden.” Furnished with a latsser passer, signed and sealed at the headquarters of tho insur- geut commander of the National Guard, I climbed the height of Montmartre in company with a friend. Itis ascoundrelly quarter of the town—not merely poor, but villanous. We had neglected to make ourselves look like blackguards or cutthroats before starting, for which reason we were observed for strangers on the instant and were received all along the way with scowling looks. Nobody spoke to us, however, or put the least impediment in the Way of ourascent, At tne highest part of the hill we came upon the Rue des Rosiers, It is a narrow, crooked street, 400 or 500 yards in its extreme length. It contains just wwenty-two houses—No. 22 being at the corner of the street by which it must be. reached. We had, therefore, to go nearly the whole length of the street to reach No. 6. As we approached it we saw a rough crowd in the now disgraceful unl- form of the National Guards standing 1n the atreet, and & moment later saw that they were in front of No. 6, and that it was the post or headquarters of their force im that vicinity, This was not an agree- able surprise, We had heard and believed that the insurrection, finding no foe to oppose it in the city, had abandoned its first position. We went forward, however, and presented ourselves at the entrance of No. 6, & porte cochére, surrounded by ® crowd of ill looking fellows. We were stopped at the entrance and we asked for the captain. He came and we showed the laisser passer of his commander. He scarcely troubled himself to look at it, but with a true revolutionary contempt for any authority but such as he chose to respect, in- formed us it was insuilicient. We could not visit the garden, therefore, and as we did not. find our- selves in very agreeable company the next thing was to get down the hill again. There is a universal weakness in regard “to returning the same way,” 80 We chose to push on through the street, expecting to find a way down at the other end. At the other end we came upon an abrupt descent, at the top, of which was a barricade, and the man on guard would not let us pasy Here also we would have shown our Jaisser passer, in the hope that it was at least good to let us go down the hiil we had found it so easy to got up; but we had been followed by @ man from tho crowd about the headquarters, who rushed forward denouncing us for tha very attempt to show again a Pass that had been once declared insufficient. In the heat of his denunciation he seized the pass from the hands of the soldier who held it, tore it to pieces and scattered the pieces to the wind, In all this war that is the first specimen I have seen of the celebrated Juria Srancese, He had bis gun slung loosely on his arm by the strap, and was under the influence either of a very exalted erder of patriotism oro a great deal of bad brandy, Our position was not comfortable. We were in the midst of men capable of any violence, within fifty yards Of the very spot at which two most atrocious murders hud been committed within a few days by such men as were all about us, and tne little piece of paper upon which we had trusted was destroyed, while the man who had aiready be- gun his attentions to us by that act of violence, not amenable in the least degree to reason, denounced us a3 spies and seemed determined to hound his fellows on to our destruction, as if the scent of the scarcely dried blood were stillin his nostrils. We tried as. nies, as we might to returnand leave the neighborhood by the way we came. In doing this we had to pass through the ugly looking crowd tn front of No. 6, and our seif-coastituted attendant followed us, We had gone but a few steps beyond the group wheo this man had so far gained the countenance of the others that he became bold enough to stand in the way and stop us altogether. jie was the exponent of the popuiar will in this great republic, aud we returned with him to the post in that fatal No. 6, This time it was easy to get in. We crossed a little courtyard and were taken into the room 12 which Thomas and Lecomte passed the last muserable moments before the murder. Here we were confronted by the captain who had afew moments before declared our pass worthless and by some other officers, one among them having the advaatage of being a reasoning human creature, and we were surrounded on every side by the horrt- ble faces of the brutalized crowd. One man, how- ever, controiled and commanded all the rest. It was heither one of the omcers. It was simply the most violent in the party, It was the man who had de- stroyed our pass. Here we were, therefore, face to face with a band of wretches whom it was impossible to restrain in avy whim of fury that might suddenly seize them and whom one of their number was doing is utmost to excite to the last act of violence that gives tne taste of blood. We were abie not only to see the room, but to experience a little of what Thomas and Lecomte felt when they were in it We got out of this company by the cooler man in the number proposing to take us ‘before the coin- mittee.” AS the committee was notin Montmartre it was not so wild ag it might have been, and we were set free, ‘To-day 1 procured another laisser passer from General Bergeret, who assured ime that ne would supply me with them as often as they were torn up by lis men, and availing myself of the company of three oiicers of the Sixty: rst battalion I ascended Montmartre once more, ‘thus armed and defended Lielt sure of success, and this time I was not mls- taken. We took a very circuitous route to get up, my guides giving as a reason that we would vy tuat means avoid a good many ugiy sentinels. We passed through a number of narrow, winding, crooked, climbing streets, some of them half fall of ashes and garbage and filth, overhung by dark, gmoky, dirty, shapeless masses of brick and mortar in the form of houses, mbhabited by iultitudes of huwan beings, swarming with Itfe, like ant hills, Mounting long flignts of steep stone steps, that have been worn away by the retreatung footsteps of ages, until at last we arrived tn tront of the litte old church Ihad seen the dsy before, and passed into the Kuo des Rosiers, The sentinel here looked at me clorely, a8 though saying to himself, « nap you when you try to get out. They let everybody in that looks suspicious, for tne pleasure of nabiing them just when they think they are out of danger. Arriving at No. 6 my laisser passer was examined by the officer in coinmani, a very different sort of mun from the stupid looking feliow who received me yesterday. He was very polite aud gave me permission to visit every place of interest in Montmartre, including we fatal garden where Generals ‘Thomas and Lecomte met their fate, This I naturally determined to visit frst, and, passimg through a long, dreary, dirty stone corridor, I opened a door and found my- seif upon the scene of the tragic event. A fit place for suchacrime, A garden about a hundred ieet jong and tifty wide, tuning vack from tue house to the verge of the descent, surrounded on all sides by Walla ten feet high, except on the back, where an iron piked [ence of the same height opens a vista to the plain and viliage of St. Denis and ihe heights f Monimorency beyond. The garden was half grown up with radk weeds, which have been trampled down by tie turious mob that rushed in and took possession of it to perpetrate their mad aci of ven- geance, At the leit, as you enter, about halfway down the Bs rden, Is @ rude cross, scratcned upon the Wall, and the name Clement Thomas written over it, marking the spot where the un- happy general swood, The wall around the cross 18 honeycombed with bullet holes, some of which are two or three inches deep, but the stains of blood which covered it bave nn removed. ‘Ten feet turther on 1s another e¢ross and more buliet holés,~ showing where Lecomte fell, and a small peach tree ig trainea against the wall, with one broken, shat- fered limb, as if mourning over the spot where a brave man died, Tie murderers stood about the middie of the gar- den, a& the distance of twenty feet from their vicum, — ‘those Who saw them from a neigh- boring window overlooking the garden say that General Thomas tirew up bis arms When shot and feli dead with a ery they will’ never forgot. Lecomte made a desperate attempt to escape by asmail gate fn the iron railing at the back end of the garden, but was overtaken aud brought back by those human tigers, He then foided his arms and faced them boldly and tooked upon the loaded muskets thut were pointed at hits breast with. out finehing, until he ig toli dead, pierced by a dozen balls, At the right baud side, near the other end, under some lime trees, is the bali flied grave where they were first burted. I) seems their murderers buried them In one wide grave a unmediately aiter the accom nentot fhe yrine; hat 'n the might ap orde: rived from somewhere commanding the bodies to be transported wo St, Vincent's Cemetery, which 1s situated on the north side of Montmartre. This was done shows Se o'clock on the morning of the 19th, Recess r the tragedy, and their bodies auill re- main there, Near this now empty grave im the qarden is an artistic sketch on the wall of a gallows, with & man hanging in it and under it the inscription: — EOIDIOIE RE IOL ELE LE aenenes A MORT, TROCHU, LE JESUITE BRETON. POUCOP EE SOICEE ETE NEETEEOLELE LODE LEEEAT ELLE OELE: Speaking of the murder to one of the guards, who for anything I know might have had a hand in it, he said— He cs nons avions A faire passer Vinoy aussi, quel Pl I walked down to the iron railing at the back end of the garden and looked down upon the smilip: eae # spread out before me, It was & beautl day. Off in the distance were the heights of Mont- morency, With its village shining white in the sun- ght, the woods above just commencing to turn green with the first touch o1 spring nearer the town of St Denis, its great cathedral rising lugh above the surrounding country, while far down tho long straight road leading to it the Prussian sentries might pe seen slowly pac- ing to and fro, their polished casques glistening like uulrrors jn the bright sunshine. And I thought if they had only known what was going on in this den that day and had taken it into thelr heads to throw a shell or two into the crowd of yelling, howl- ing devils at the moment they were about to fire upoa Thomas, it would have been an outrage very apropos, ing around again upon the garden 1t is scarcely possible to realize it all, Tuat savage mob of wild beasts rushing in, bearing thelr prisoners @with them, shouting, yelling, howling like demons. ‘The cries of rage, the trampling, the confusion, the howls of exulta- tion; the flendish, devilish, bloodthirsty visa; the murderers. the pale but determined iaces of the victims; the forming a circle around them; the sud- den silence; the order to fire; the hard, sharp, plunging report of the muskets; the desperate at- tempt to escape of one of them, hia capture and murder—it 13 all terrible. And then the hurried burial, the disinterment in the gloom of the night the funeral cortége, stealing through the dark ani silent streets to the graveyard, the Wioody corpses, the descent into the dark, deep vault, with only a tallow candice, make the gloom more oppressive. It 1s all silent enough now. The gardenis scarcely ever visited, and the military post that was in the house bas been removed to another quarter. A sort of melancholy desolation hangs avout the Place, contrasting forcibly with the wild scene of violence that took place there such a short time ago. Already the curse that will hang over the place for years 18 beginning to work. Even the few trees that are there seem drooping, and the withered leaves that rustle in the wind seem grieving, “if aught inani- mate e’er grieves,’? ; 1 afterwards visited tne stone tomb in St, Vincents Cemetery, where the bodies are still lying. Itisa large, siuare, stone vault, covered with a simple slab, and at its head were {wo beautiful oouquets of spring flowers. ‘The sexton told me that the bodies are lying there atill in the same clothes ped wore on the day of the Murder, bloody and ghastly as they came from the other grave. ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Roster of Officers of the Quartermaster’s Depart- mont April 1, 1871. ‘The seventy-seven officers of the Quartermastor’s Department are distributed as follows:— In the Quartermaster General’s office, tour; chief guasiaraners of military divisions, departments, C., nineteen; at various military posts and stations, thirty-three; in charge of depots, tree; settling their accounts, two; on duty as aide-de-camp, one; waiting assignment to duty, two; sick, one; military store- keepers acting as assistant quariermasters, five; military storekeepers at posts, &c., seven; total— seventy-nine, The subjoyred roster shows where the officers are statloned:— QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, | Brigadier General Montgomery 0. Meigs, Wash ington, D. O. COLONELS AND ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER GEN- ERALS. Robert Allen, Quartermaster General’s office, el D.C. 5 Daniel H. Rucker, Chief Quartermaster Milliary Division of the Missouri, Chicago, Ill. Rutus ea Chief Quarvermaster Department of the East, New York ty LIBUTENANT COLONELS AND DEPUTY QUARTERMASTER NERALS. Langdon 0. Easton, Catef Quartermaster Depart- ment of the Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, Kan, Stewart Van Viiet, Chief Quartermus' ‘Munrary Division of the Atlantic and in charge of depot and Schuylkill Arsenal, Philadelphia. John C. McFerran, Chief Quartermaster Military Division of the South, Louisville, Ky. Samuel B, Holabird, Chief Quartermaster Depart- ment of Dakota, St. Paul, Miua. Rovert O. Tyler, Chic! Quartermaster Military Division of the Pacific, San Francisco, Oal. Charles H. Tompkins, Chief Quartermastes De- partment of Arizona, Drum Barracks, Cal. James A, Ekin, Chief Quartermaster Department of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. James Bel: er, NOt yet assigned to duty. Frederick Myers, Chief Quartermaster, District of New Mexivo, Santa Fé, New Mexico. MAJORS AND QUARTERMASTERS, Alexander Montgonery, Buflalo, N, Y. Tredweil Moore, Fort Adams, K. lL Hyatt ©. Rausom, Quartermaster, District of Mon- tana, Fort Shaw, M. T. Asher R. Eddy, Chief Quartermaster Departinent of the South, Louisville, sy. Rutus Saxton, Olief Quartermaster Department of the Columbia, Portiand, Oregon. Judson B. Bingham, Quartermaster General's office, Washington. Alexander J. Perry, Chief Quartermaster Depart- ment of the Platte, Omaha, Neb. Henry O. Hodges, Chief of Third Quartermaster’s district, eae Of the Hast, Phiiadelphia, Jonn &. CI andier, Chief of Second Quartermaster’s district, Department oi the East, Boston. Charles G. Sawtelle, Cuief Quartermaster Depart- ment of Caiifornia, San Francisco, Cal, James J. Dana, Chief Quartermaster Department of the Lakes, Detroit, Mich. Joseph A. Potter, Chief eee District of New Mexico, Santa F¢, N, R, N, Batcnelder, Cnief of First Quartermaster’s district, Department of the East, New York city. M. J. Luddington, Quartermaster General's office, Washington, James M. Moore, in charge of depot, Fort Leaven- worth, CAPTAINS AND ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTERS. Wiliam Myers, in charge of depot, Washington, v.O. r Charles W. Thomas, settling his accounts, Wash- ington. Herbert M. Enos, on sick leave, Waukesha, Wis, Benjamin ©, Card, San Antonio, Texas, Charles A. Reynolds, Fort D. A. Russell, W. T. George B. Dandy, Fort Abercromuie, D. T. George H. Weeks, Si. Louis, Mo, Elias B. Carling, Fort Monroe, Va. Wm. B. Hughes, Department of the Platte. Augustus G, Robingon, Fort Hays, Kansas, Edward D. Baker, Oamp Halleck, Nevada. Henry W. Janes, Portland, Oregon. * Henry Inman, Department of Dakota. James G. 0. Lee, Pucson, Arizona Territory, James Gilles, waiting assignment to duty, Theodore J, Eckerson, Fort Richardson, Texas, A. J. McGonnigie, Fort Union, New Mexicu. Edward B. Grimes, Fort Wingate. James W. Scully, Ringgold Barracks, Texas, Wm. 7. Howell, Fort Grifin, Texas, Charles W. Foster, Fort Walpple, Arizona Terri- tory. George W. Bradley, Charleston, 8. C. George i. Alden, Fort McIntosh, Texas, Simon F. Barstow, Aide-de-Camp, Headquarters Military Division of the Atiantic, Philadelphia. Jolin H. Belcher, Omaha, Nev. Ezra B, Kirk, Camp Supply, Amos 8. Knnball, Depurunent of Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, Almon F, Rockwell, Fort Sill, 1. T, Gilbert C, Sunith, Sau Francisco, Cal, Tuomas B, Hunt, Fort Davis, Texas. Edward J, Strang, New Orleans, La. David W. Porwer, Fort Quitnan, ‘iexas, Natnantel 8. Constable, Port Randal, D. T. John V. Furey, Sioux City, lowa, Lewis ©. Forsyth, settling his accounts, Wash- ington. Ghaties Hl. Host, in charge of depot, Jeffersonville, Ind. Asa P. Biunt, Fort Buford, D. T. CAPTAINS AND MILITARY STOREKREPERS. Reuben M, Potter, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, Pittsburg. Charles A. Alligood, Acting Assistant Quarter- master, Baltimore. John F, Rodgers, Jeffersonville, Ind, Gustavus A. lull, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, Fort D, A. Russell, Wyoming Territory, G. H, A. Dimpiel, Department of Arizona, William G. Hodges, Acting Assistant Quarter- master, Galveston, Texas, . D. A. Sawyer, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, Tadianola, Texas. John Livers, fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Hamilton Lieber, Fort Snetling, Minn, Y. Van Antwerp, Philadelphia, Pa, Addison Barrett, San Francisco, Cal. Wiliam P, Martin, Charleston, $0. WAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Smallpox on Board the United States Steamship Plymouth, A despatch received at the Navy Department to-day from Commander Breeze, of the Plymouth, dated Brest, France, March 21, announces that, being en route to Havre trom Bordeaux, seve- ral causes of variaioid made their appear- ance on the stip, and by the advice of the surgeon he put in to land them and take such steps a3 might be necessary to prevent the spread of the disease, The following are the landed: Midshipman Boynton Reach, laudsman Alonzo Reed, ordinary seamen James Kennedy, Robert Creely, i G. Anderson; landsman Luke Keiley, rivate marine Wiluam B. Coyle. With the excep: jon of Reed phe cases are mild, Commander Breeze proposed to remain at Brest long enough to ascertain that the efip is free from the disease, aud Will tien proceed on ibe way to Havre. » NEW YORK, flERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1871-QUADRUPLE SHEET. $$ — ae THE DOUBLE-HEADED GOVERNMENT. THE PATERSON ELECTION TROUBLES, Bothersome Kelly—A Lively Time in the Board of Aldermen—A Democratic and a Republican Chairman Presiding at the Same Time— The City Under Two Governments. The troubles arising from the election riot in the Eighth wara of Paterson seem to be just commenc- ing. It wil be remembered that, waile counting the vote, a mob rusbed in, took possession of tho ballot box and strewed the tickets over the floor. Accordingly no returns were received from this ‘ward, and the question arose if the ward should re- main for the year without representation or a new election be ordered, The election not count- mg in the Eighth ward resulted in a Board of Aldermen of fifteen members, consisting of eight republicans and seven Gemocrats—one of the Eighth ward aldermen holding over. There arose also a question whether eight could be considered a quorum, the charter requiring that there should be @ majority of the Board, and furthermore providing that the Board should consist of sixteen members. The democrats SUBMITTED THE DIFFICULTY te ex-Chancellor Williamson and to Cortlandt Parker for their written opinions, which were given to tho effect that a lega: majority of vhe Common Council must be nine, and that Alderman Kelly, of the Eighth ward, whose term expired, should retain his seat until his successor was duly electedand had qualified. The democrats accordingly held a caucus yesterday afternoon and decided to maintain their position in accordance with the opinions referred to. This would give them eight members, and the Board would be EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES. The republicans also held a caucus and decided to combat this construction and to maintain that eight was @ quorum, and at the same time to prevent Kelly, trom the Lignth ward, from taking his seat. At two o’olock yesterday afternoon the Alder- men met,-The well-instructed republican City Cletk called them to order and refused to recognize Kelly as @ member, and de. clined ail motions to have the opinions read out of order. The democrats elected Alderman Hopper as chairman, and he took his seat, At the saine time the republicans elected Alderman Allen as chairman, and he demanded the chair. Alder- man Hopper refused to yield. The lebby cheered, hoe Allen got another chair and sat beside Hopper au SEIZED THE GAVEL. < Both chairmen then called up the regular order of business and both were putting motions and de- ciding them carried at one and the same time. It was A SCENE OF GREAT CONFUSION, The lobby could not restrain a roar of laughter, and the Aldermen of the respective sides wore terribly in earnest and each one demanding his “rights.” Alderman Allen was called upon to read off his list of standing committees for the year, and, at the same time, Mr. Hopper calied for the reading ef the opinions received relative to the right of Alderman Keily to keep his seat until his successor should duly enter into office, in accordance with the provisions of the charter. Another scene of great confuston ensued, in the midst of which oue of the members on the demo- cratic side MOVED TO ADJOURN until evening. The democrauc Common Council then adjourned, while the republican half of the Board remained and went through the form of the regular order of business, he democratic Common Council met last night and finished thetr organization and appointed their regular standing Cominitties for the year. Taus the city of Paterson has two Boards of Aldermen, com- posed of eight members each, and each claiming the right to act, to the exclusion of the other. How the matter will end no one can now Both sides assert Avie they will not yield, and the present pros- TWO GOVERNMENTS FOR THE OITY during the coming year. Both boards have entered into the Perfurmance of thatr dntiag pircady. ‘The proceedings of tho republican members are strongly condemned, inasmuch as ney, to Usten to the opinions of Cortland Parker and Javor or the admission of Alderman Kelly as the Chancellor Wiiliamson on the subject, which were in representative of the Eighth ward. rious troubles are apprehended before the matter is settled. For ‘the republicans to yield the pot demanded by the democrats would only make the Board a tle, at vest. But they demand the majority and control, and are not willing to submit to a tie, From conversation with Many prominent persons the HERALD reporter found the geueral feeling in favor of the democratic side, Although they took a pretty bold step itis thought the republicans have taken undue advantage ana assumed a position which they cannot maintain py competent legal authority. ‘There 1s evidentiy trouble ahead for thos@ Interested in the Paterson city govern- ment—that 1s, unless some of the members yield their point ana “go over.” THE BOARD OF EDUCATION met in the morning and organized, recognizing the right of Commisstouer Hogg, from the Elgnth wara, to hold his seat until nis successor was elected and had qualified. The Board was organized by tho election of George B. Day president, and P. A, Youngblood secretary. Tis Board is strougly re- publican. TAMMANY SOCIETY. Election of Sachems—Important Address. The annual election for the council of sachems and officers of the Tammany Society was heid last evening at the Wigwam. Among those who at- tepded were Mayor Hall, Judge Garvin, Recorder Hackett, Sheriff Brennan, Surrogate Hutchings, James Sweeny, J. M. McGregor, Jerome Buck, Judge Bedford and a host of other prominent democrats, ‘The following ticket was.clected ananimously, there being no opposition:—Grand Sachem, William M. ‘weed; Sachems, A. Oakey Hall, Peter B, Sweeny, atthew I, Brennan, Isaac Beil, Joun J. Bradicy, Charles G. Cornell, Nathaniel Jarvis, Jr.; Richard B, Connolly, E. B, Uart, Douglas Taylor, James B. Nicholson, Samuel B. Garvin; Joseph Dowling; ean William Smail; Sagamore, George ‘oome, The following is the call pursuant to which the meeting was heid:. Brorurn—The annual election for the Council ofSachems and ofiicers ofthe Tammany Society or Columbian Order will be held in the Council Chamber of the Great Wigwam, Tammany Hall, Fourteenth street, on Monday the 1th day 871, at half an hour after the setting of the Sun, ‘attention to tht lection is earnestly requeste ntful period in tue political history of the coun: try—in view of the steady march of the military power of the government to the overthrow of the civil rights of the peo- ple—every patriotic brother must realize the gravity of the responsibility which devolves on him in the performance of hia political dvties. The time is near at hand when the con- servative men of the country will be called onto grapple with the daring and audacious despotism at Washinton, and the hope {s a strong ono that in this struggle military government will be overthrown, and the conatitutfonal rights of the citizen and the principles of republican government rescued. ‘Our venerable society—the oldest polltical institution of the country—has always exeretsed a well-earned miluence in Its important, to maintain this influence, er should attend the clection of {ts Council ‘and worthily re- hat every brot of Sachems, that the society may be tra! presented, ‘Absence may reault in the election of sachems | who would degrade our society, destroy its weight in the | hational couvells of the party aud promote dissensions in the dem tic ranks, We specially invite your attendance at this electton. WM. M. TWEED, Grand Sachem. THE FAROITE’S FATE. A Young Clerk Plays Faro, Loses (of Course), a Steals trom His Employ ers—Accident- ally Overtaken. About three o’clock yesterday morning as oficor Finnegan, of the Tenth precinct, was patrolling his beat on the Bowery, his attention was called toa young man very much intoxicated, around whom some of the nymphs du pave, who traverse that alstrict, were plying their arts. The ofiicer took chargo of him and brought hin to the station house. On arriving there he gave his name as Alexander MoVonnell, and said he was re- ceiving clerk with David Valentine & Co., 366 Broadway. The Sergeant found a package of 166 wn tickets on his person, and, When asked where je got them, he said they belonged toa friend. Ser- eant Carr, snufling @ case, went to see Messrs, ‘alentine & Co, and found that the tickets repre- sented @ quantity of merchandise, such as silks, poplins and various kinds of silk dress goods,” which nad been abstracted from the etore during the last eighteen months, amountin, in all to $2,500. The tickets ran on regularly, with about four cy da difference in the dates, and were from at least forty different pawnshops in this city, Brooklyn and Williamsburg. When brouglit face to face with Mr, Macy, one of the*firm, McCon- nell confessed to having taken tne goods, but said that he always intended to redeem them and that was the reason he kept the tickets He said he had been playing faro ail along, and as svontie would make @ large enongh stake he Intended to get the goods our, make a full confession to his em- ployers and leave the city. McConnell 1 @ tall and sliniy bullet man, thirty years of age, modest ond gentlemanly in his demeanor, andg was always looked upon by his fellow clerks and employers as an honest, hard. working fellow, generally the first ia the store in the morning and one of the Jast to leave at night. When brought before Judge Ledwith at Essex Mar- ket yesterday afternoon he seemed very down- hearted and disconsolate, and thoroughly ashamed of the position in which his infatuation for the faro near e laced him, He was committed tor trial 9 THE CUSTOM HOUSE. Installation of. the New Nw Officer and Appralser—What the Clerks Think—cars of Decapitation. At twelve o'clock yesterday Mr. A. Hl, Ladin, the recently appointed Naval Oficer of the port, stepped into the sanctum of Mr. Moses H. Grinnell, in the Custom louse, and shook hands with that good-numored old gentleman, Having arranged last week with Mr, Laflin toturn over the Papers and documents of the offlce to him at twelve yesterday, Mr. Grinnell was fully prepared. MR. GRINNELL AND THE CLERES. Before the arrival of the new oMcer Mr. Grinnell ‘was waited upon by the clerks, headed by Mr, J. J. Couch, who made the following speech :— Mr. GRINNELI—The clerks here assembled to bid you adieu have selected me to convey ee their ‘warmest expressions of regard, ‘To us you have ever acted in & manuer that at_once assured us that in you we had a firm friend. Im the reorganization of this oflice our relations have been peculiar, and [I trust that our duties have been discharged in a man- ner that meets your approval. It is our desire that you carry with Fe our deepest feelings of respect and regard, and we hope that you will think of us as we do of you. Mr. GRINNBLL was greatly moved, and replied as follows:— GENTLEMEN—I own it 18 with regret that I part from you. Regret, because our relutions have been of the pleasantest character, and the zeal and ability Which bas marked your conduct has won my admiration. 1 thank you for this expression of regard, and Lehall say to my successor that you huve performed the respective duties of your oifice with fidelity, L nope that you all may enjoy the prosperity you deserve and dally earn, aud that your course in ie may be as w-day, bright aud clear, with no dark cloud in the sky. On the arrival of Mr. Laflin the usual oMeial com." pliments were exchanged between the exuberant “dn” and the philosophical “out,” and then the late ter put on his hat, and, bowing right and left, shook the dust of the Custom House from his feetand leit. He was seen turatng the cor- ner of Nassau_ street shortly aiter, with an clastic step and an elated took, and heading for home. After bis departure Mr. Laflin threw himself into the yet warm seat of the late incumbent of the office and fell to wock at once, engaging with great spirit an anecdotal and conversational couvtry vis- itor. At the conclusion of ‘the morning hour’ Mr, Lafiin got the clerks into COMMITTEE OF THR WHOLE and talked to them a good deal. Among other things he told them how glad he was to see them. In the absence of Collector Murphy, who was una- voidably detained at Long Brancn, Mr. Terwilliger, the Deputy Collector, made Mr, Lailin swear as all naval ofiicers have sworn since we owned a Custom House, Everybody seemed pleased when the fuss was over except the clerks. They, poor fellows, ran their fingers through their hair, spattered ink on their shirt frouts and looked considerably ‘‘off (political) color.” As long as Mr, Grinnell remained they were sure of retain- ing their places, as they understand their business, were attentive to their duties and Industrivas; but now they know not WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH, Most of then firmly believe that it will bring forth 8 horde of untamed agriculturists from the intertor of the State to take their places in the office. At the Appraiser’s oMice, in Greenwich street, Mr. William A. Darling made bis appearance shortly after twelve and was cordialiy recetved by General Paimer, He was accompanied by ® number of his friends, who stood by while he swore. Tney smiled pleasantly. The transfer of papers and books then took place, General Palmer soon after introduced the ten assist ant appraisers to THEIR NEW “2 P Mr. Darling addressed them brisfy, He should expect, he said, tiat thetr duties shall be pertormed honestly and ‘eiliciently; he should exact irom them @ proper degree of respect and strict loyalty to the President of the United States and to the republican party. His eflorts, he anid, would be go to administer the affairs of the de- artment asto secures strict performance of its juties, and if jee co-operated with him he had no doubt’ they would work harmonfously together. It might be sald that the business was at present so well conducted as to render any changes umneces- sary; but he should take an early opportunity to visit the different divisions, and when he became more familiar ‘with the duties he should be better enabled to judge. ‘The assistants then got out of the way and left him to peal el dei the ceiling and wonder how long iv would be before another turn of the wheel would yes utm from his couMortabie seat out into the cold. \d 80 eed the official lives of Mr. Grinnell and General Paimer, and began the sweet existence of their fortunate successO! PRESBYTERIAN SIISSIONS. Meeting of tho Ladtes’ Board of Missions Addresses by Rov. Drs, Prime and Adams. Yesterday afternoon a public meeting of the Ladies’ Board of Missions was held in the University place church, corner of Tenth street. Reports were presented from the missionaries sustained by the Board fu Africa, China, Syria, and among the Indians m Arizona, New Mexico and other of our Western Territories, giving encouraging sigus of progress in those missions, The treasurer’s report showed that the society had expended $2,534, including $570 to the Gaboon mission in Africa, $420 to the Syrian mission, $150 to China, $350 to the Nestorian mis- sion, $600 to the Cherokee Indians and $300 to New Mexico, and it nas a balance of $372 left. The Rey. Dr. Prime addressed the meeting on the subject of foreign missions and the importance of woman In this, as well as in other spheres of Church work. Tho success of any movement, he said, de- peuded upon its being in the line of God’s provi- dence, it was not long, he remarked, since the Christian Church awoke from the apathy in which it lay for 200 years aiter the Reformation in regard to missions among the heataen, And when Wiliam Carey, the cobbler preacher, suggested the idea to a body of ministers ihey scouted it, and the chairman of the mecting, in a sneering manner, replied that when God wanted to convert the heathen He would do tt without Wil liam Carey's assistance, and he might therefore set his mind at rest on this pomt. This, however, was the starting point for an laterest in missions, wich has increased until, tn the providence of God, the whole world Is now opened to the gospel. The his tory of this first movement shows it to have been in auswer to a divine call. And now there secins to bo another movement equally divine and equally ex- tensive, iu which WOMEN ARE TO LEAD. It is not more than tea years ago when the Wo- men’s Union Missionary Society was organize). It | did Its work without regard to denominationalisme, | but within the last two or three years the movement has spread tnto every denomination and a new era has dawned upon the mission work. ‘The doctor then spoke of the degradation of women tii Moham- | medau and heathen countries and at the same ume detnonstrated the power which the sex wield i THE PRESie Cunning, Combination of the Pennsylvanians. A Janus-Faced Game---Pere fectly Safe. President Grant Reduced to the Ranks. The Committee of New York—Solif Busiutss Men Desert Him—The Inde- pendent Press Against Him—Re- pubiiean Leaders Divided, WASHINGTON, April 17, 1871, The Philadelphia Sunday Times published the tole lowing some time since, It ts true so far as it goes, but the half nas not been told:— ‘i IL It has leaked out that General Cameron 1s head! @movement to put Speaker Blaine forward as republican candidate for the Fresidency in 1872, ‘he plan is to get Pennsylvania pledged fot Blaine, and to start him out with the united vate of, New England and Pennsylvania at hig back. Grant has been informed of it, and be; to suspect Cari ineron’s protestations of friendship toward nim. Mr. Cameron, when accused, stoutly denies it; there are several prominent members of Cony! who assert that he has on more than one o Mentioned it to them. Mr. Blaine being a native Pennsylvania, and favorable to protection, Mr. Cuan \hinks ho will be the most availabie Cag ate, Now, the fact 13, the Pennsylvania combination, of which Cameron is only a smal! part—a mere figure. head—does favor Blaine, & they cannot manage renominate Grant. Cameron did, unquestionably,’ help to give Blaine a good lift toward the Presi- dential nomination by inducing several Pennsyl-: vania Congressmen to withdraw their support fronv Dawes for Speaker and give it to Blaine. Without the Speaker's immense and valuable patronage’ Blaine would be nowhere as a Presidential candi we date, With it he ranks very nearly numberone. =, ~ Two weeks ago Grant’s prospects for renomma. tlon were perfectly hopeless, and the Pennsylvania combination addressed itself to the dificult tas« of) bringing Blaine forward, at the same time, for the sake of the loaves and fishes, making Grant think} he was the one favored above all others, Now that Grant's chances are, apparently, somewhat im- |) proved he Is getting a lit'le more attention. Both Blaine and Graut have immense patronage, Both are favorable to protective tariff, aud both! havo just about equal chances of getting the next ~ nomination. As @ matter of course both genth ‘ are aided by the combination, while each is made ] think he 1s the favored one. In short, the combination’s game ts to secure present patronage cf tne President and Speaker, and at the same time favor all the candiaates wh Dave any sort of a chance, for the or ing tho patronage of the next ever me be rresidont. ‘This Janus-laced game ts pe modern politician is the most crea crea alive, He takes all professions of iriendsuip an: offers of ets without discount, Having a exalted opinion of his own merits, he takes the ; hollow pees f sincere expressions of appreciay : tion of his ability, ; ‘SHE PENNSYLVANIA COMBINATION. y{ One word as to the composition of that 8 political orgamization that shall hereafter be knoy as the Pennsyivania combination, } If ail the repubiican leaders of New York, inctud. ing the Fenton and anti-Fenton wings, were unite tn secret council for the purpose of controll; the Presidential republican nomination, and shoul take into their council a few discreet Tammany, democrats and all work harmoniously together, thé Pennsylvania combination would Lave a counters art. ' ‘The Pennsylvania republicans, like their New York brothers, are apt tu indaige in tne Inside enr-throat rings among themselves in di times; but a ie te for the Presidential electio! approaches they drop all Inéornz! dissensions ai put their shoulders to the wheel as one man. go further, and take into thelr confidence a Ie lrusted democrats who prefer a snare of the patron. age of & republican administration to the success of the democratic party. 1 ‘At the next Kepubilcan Convention the Fennayts vantan delegation will be a unit. Will the New Yo delegauon appear as a straggling crowd of wri giers, each wember having a pet caudidaie of hw own? There 1s time enough to harmonize, THE NEXT CONVENTION. There are now in tus city between five and siz hundred of the leading poltticians of the nation, Aman with his cyes and ears open ought cerm tainly to know something betorelund of the conven« Uon of the dominant party. It is certata that th will be a prolonged contest—perhaps a split a breakup. The last convention was meréiy chila’: play compared with wiat we shall see, La Tact, tha Chicago Conyeution inerely nominated the Vice Pred sident—noining more, i Tho NERALD nomtnated General Grant for Prest, dent several years be.ore. The nomination was ene dorsed by @ commi:tee of the sold men of New York, ratified ngene people and werely recorded by the Cnicago Convention. In fact, there was no other; candidate presented, or even talked of. The only; contest was over the Vice President, and that was controlled by the Pennsylvania combination, a8 18) already known, At the next convention the case will be widely: different, ‘The contest will be over the selection of a candidate for President, A large number of cane oe are certain to ve presented in the conven. on. PRESIDENT GRANT has been reduced to the ranks, and will stand pom the same footing with the others. Thc HECALD hag not renominated him. Of the committee of twent tive solid business men of New York Who suppor’ him before ouly one stands by him now! ‘Lhe inde. pendent press of the country is unanimously agains him. A large pumber of the most trusted republi- can leaders bave repudiated him, and there aré strong indications that an over-taxed people favor a change. } These disadvantages are, tt ts true, partly counters balanced by the umeuse patronuge at the dispo: of the President, It ts, however, certa dates wili enter (he that a dozen or more candly vention, with about eq strength; and just there will be the opportumt the Pennsylvania high tariff! combination, Tnanagers Of that powcriul organization will be vere those countries, Ulustrating it by incidents of expe- rience during his recent travels. In China the maternal authority is superior to the pater net he thought this furnished a powerlul motive for | sending the Gospel to that jand that this authority | may be sanctified. In India th, nents, a8 Weill as some of the present customs, the powel and influences Which wowan wields tere lod ‘Lhe Doctor illustrated again by a Ligh caste Hindoo | who had entertained iim very munificently in Bombay, bub wio refuse to eat or drink with him, or even in his pres When asked for | an explanation the Hindoo declared tiat it Was not H because of any prejudice that he had to the Doctor | or to Christianity, but because if 1¢ was known ho should become & social ontcast. Dr. Prime there+ fore believes that the wouen of locia are Holding back thousands Who would to-day discard Molairy and accept the Gospel, aud this is another strong reason for sending it to them by the bands of women, The Poctor thougit that what is most | needed’ to-day by the Cimrch is not money nor wis ries, but baptisia of tie Holy Ghost. Dr. WiLLIast ADAMS sald the obligatians of the Gospel rested #3 much Upoa one as anotuer, WOMEN ARB AS MUCH CALLED 70 PRUACH AS MEN, When the Saviour was ascending to heaven He com- manded His disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until they were endowed with power from on High, and then go and preach the Gospel to every creature. But while they tarried ry forgot the mission work, and it was not until thanderbolt of perse- cution fell upon them tuat they went everywhere preaching the Word, except the Aposties. Lie word translated preaching here the Doctor showed meant talkimg, aod every Christian, he insisted, had an equal right to tell the story of Jesas and His loye. John Newton, being once asked by & Woman why he objected to Women preaching, repited that God bad appointed men lostead o} women that the excel- | jency of the glory might be of God and not of men, which, in the laiter case, might be claimed for fe- male persuasiveness. Tle Doctor gave some remi- nisceuecs of lus own early life, wien Harriet Newell, and afterwards Mrs. Furbush, went from New Eng- land to India as missionaries, to sot what a change had come over the sentiment of the Church in re- gard to employing womea tb tuls work during his own lifetime, and closed with a few words iu regard to home missions, A WESTERN MYST Murder Commitied in 1864 Brought to Ligut—An Army Officer the Vieiim. Sr. Louis, April 17, 1871. The body of @ murdered man was found ma shallow grave, partially covered with large stones, near the Quarantine Hospital, thirteen miles below this city, on Saturday. Papers were found on the body addressed to Captain Charies H. West, of Oom any EB, Sixth Mississippt ifantry, and signed vy eorge ‘TI. Balch, Other documents were found re- ferring to Mr. West as captain of the Fifty-ernth | Colored infantry. One of these was trom the Quare termaster’s Department at Washington, stating thas his property returns had been found correct, and that hig resignation had been accepted. This was dated in 1864, The skull of deceased was fract No clue to the murderer has been obtained. A | or some new man not now thougirt of | G ely to select tneir iavorie and nominate him. ‘That favorive may be Grant, Blaine, Colfax, Wilson, IN FULL FOI It is very certain that the ennsylvania combinae tion wiil attend the next convention in fall for The sharpest republicans in the State, secretly backed by cectain wide awake poliuciaus Who pase as democrats, are In it. In 1568 they controlled the nomination of Vice esident Without makmg half an efort, Only @ few of thelr smaliest men engaged ta the work. Tha next couvention Wil be diucrent. We shall see @ patie of political Titans, ion be Meld ?—Loulse is Competitors, Sr. Louis, April 1871, ‘The place of the next Democratic National Cone yentionis now mooted here. St. Louis, afler its recen) triumphs, puts ina claim for the honor, and Louisville 1s not siow to ak up for tle same ise tinction. The Courier learns from the national capital that “there is talk” of Loutsville, and adds: “Certainty, the convention ought to meet Uns side of the Allegianies and a5 close as possible to the Wiere Will tho Convo villo and &t. L border lune. Louisville the commercial metropolis of the State, that polls the heaviest democratic vote in the Union.” This May prove @ fa reason, for the couventiom may go where tierc seeins to be a spect of gaitte ing democraic strength, Be tius as it may, Ste Louls seems to have better claims for lying a3 it does im ciose proximity to t States, and having greater hotel capa’ 40,000 persons could now be lodged here with very lithic exeruon. Here, aiso, 18 to be found the rallye Ing point dt the democracy of Missouri, Times, Kansas and Yennessee. St. Louis, (hen, may be the seat of the next Democratic Nationai Conventions and here whi sound the dirst bugle nove of the came paign of 1872. YACHTING. Tho Yacht Josephine in the West Indies. Sf. Crorx, April 1, 1871, The Amertean yacht Josephine sascd from Brise tol, R. L, on the 19th of February, and arrived” at Barbadoes March 2 She has since visited Trinidad, nada, St. Vincent, Fort au France, St. Pierre, M runigue ‘and St. Croix. She bas on voaxd her owner, Mi, B. M. . Duriee, and Messrs. J. a B.'T, Wiikinson as guests, Her ols a T, Dayton, sulling master; J. P, Collins mates her crew consists of steward, cook and six s@ameie ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AND KILLED. On Sunday morning, in the town of Piscataway, N.J,, near the Four Mile House, a sad shooting accident of a fatal character took place, lt appears t while examining or playing with @ firearms yout lad named George Cocthers silot cred olan, Load ge of ihe Newer Oe a ‘The funeral takes om An Inquest was held and a verdict eases accordance With the facta. 4