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There have been isolated cases of gross mis- ‘conduct on the part of passengers toward drivers and conductors, but these; we must repeat, are only isolated cases, We do not expect to find in conductors men of cul- ture; but we have a right to expect that they should have common sense, common decency and common politeness. It is the modest and the gentle who stand in need of protection, Now, if conductors and drivers would bear in mind that they are not only servants of their employers, but in a greater degree servants of the public, there would be no necessity at all for these re- ‘marks, The recent car murder shows to \what innate brutality may degenerate when encouraged by @ kindred spirit. We hope that it will be a beacon of warning ‘to car drivers and conductors and their employers—the railroad companies. This brings us back to the beginning of this article. Riding in a Fourth avenue car we noticed the above announcement, with this addition— “conductors must enforce this rule.” This is a step in the right direction, and we hope it will be followed by other lines, Ruffians have long enough tyrannized over respectable mem- bers of the community, and if this notice is carried out faithfully our records will not be darkened again by a car tragedy. Stnge Attractions for the Week. The closing weeks of the present season of amusements full of promise. The next six nights present many fea- tures of interest in music and _ the drama. To-night the very best of Verdi's operas, “Rigoletto,” will be given at the Aca- demy, with Kellogg, Villani and Orlandini in the principal réles. Albites’ short season has 60 far been successful beyond all expectation— an incontestable evidence of the intense love of the metropolitan public for Italian opera. The four first performances have been attended by audiences as large and as brilliant as any impresario might wish for, and no other pub- lic entertainment has received such homage from fashion, Without presenting any feature of extraordinary novelty or sensational talent, Mr. Albites has given us a company of satis- factory calibre, in which there aro at least three artists of genuine ability, capable of fill- Ing any réle with credit, He has also endea- vored to present an ensemble in cast, chorus, ‘orchestra and appointments superior to what we have been accustomed to for many years past, and has carried out this good resolution to the sati:faction of the habitués of the are opera. A new comedy, “Randall's Thumb,” succeeds the successful produc- tion of “The Liar” at Wallack’s, and Mr. Charles Mathews gives at the Fifth Avenue boudoir theatre, for the first time, his match- less impersonation of Sir Charles Coldstream, in his own play, ‘‘Used Up.” Sheridan’s rat- Hing sketch, “The Critic,” has met with such emphatic approval that it will likely be retained on the bill while Mr. Mathews’ engagement lasts. ‘‘A Winter’s Tale” is, likely, the last of Mr. Booth’s Shakspearian enterprises for the present season. Miss Lina Edwin attempts a Robertsonian comedy this week, under the taking title of ‘‘Rank,” and Chanfrau gives an idea of life and adventure In the Southwest at Niblo’s, Daly’s play, “‘ Horizon,” will be withdrawn after this week from the boards of the Olympic to make way for Ainsworth’s ‘‘Jack Sheppard,” and the opera season at the Stadt will close with a couple of nights of “‘ Lohengrin” and ‘‘!’Afri- caine.” The smaller theatres are resolved not to be behindhand in attraction, and put forth their choicest bills this week. Altogether a theatre-goer must be exceedingly hard to please not to find in this musical aud dramatic ‘pill of fare everything desirable. " The TraMc in Opium-Serious Facts for the Temperance societies. His Excellency the Governor General of British India has presented to the local ‘Imperial Legislature the financial budget of that portion of Queen Victoria's dominion. The pxhibitis of a satisfactory character in the matters of income, expenditure and the reduc- tion of local taxation, The items of recelpt chow one source of vast revenue, the means of attainment of which is not in any way con- soling to humanity or encouraging to the Civilizations of the age. Lord Mayo, the Gevernor General, estimates the government income which will arise from the opium trade in India during the next twelve months at eight millions of pounds sterling. Eight millions of pounds sterling—forty millions of gold dollars !—and this from a legalized sale of opium in the Queen’s name! hat becomes ‘ofso much poison? It is certainly not all fused medicinally or by order of the physicians. We fear that our illustrious friend the Emperor of China could, young as he is, reply even now to this query by pointing to the physical emaciation of his people ‘and the gradual reduction which has taken place in the population of his empire since the moment when Great Britain undertook, in the interests of the East India Company, to force opium down the hroats of the subjects of his predecessor on be throne atthe point of English bayonets, it was a cruel war waged for an immoral pur- ‘pose, Like other undertakings of a similar character, that war is bearing very bitter fruits foEngland proper. The daily use of opium is obtaining in an alarming degree of increase among the English people. What is still worse, itis increasing among the English speaking peoples all over the globe. The practice of opium eating and laudanum drinking begets a yulnous debauchery, a wasting of the body, an obliteration of the mind. Still it obtains more and more. A main cause of this is to be found in the fact that the empire of the Star of India requires forty millions of dollars every year to keep it agoing, and to put money in the pockets of the members of two or three vast commercial corporations in Europe. If rd Mayo is resolved to continue to aid in the work of public demoralization we would advise him—and, as he is a jolly Irishman, he will, no doubt, consider our advice favorably— to recommend the victims to use whiskey {nstead of optum; let him, if it must be so, proclaim in Asia the old ballad motto of his tenantry in Ireland, ‘Where punch flows like the Solway,” and thus become again, he has been In days past, “the man for Galway"— ay, even in India, away out ameng the uncon- verted Asiatics, | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 8, 187L.—rRiP FRANCE, Herald Special Report from Frankfort. Result of the Conferences Between Bismarck and Favre. AN AGREEMENT REACHED. Bismarck Insists on a Plebiscite to Estab- lish @ Permanent Government. THE BONAPARTES IN FAVOR. A Complete Understanding Desired by the Emperor William. IMPERIALISTS ACTIVE IN FRANCE. Heavy Cannonade from’ the Government Batteries Around Paris. Communist Report of Fighting Near Montrouge and Issy. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Bismarck’s Ultimatum—Germany Favorable to the Bonapartes—Another Conference—An Agreement Reached—Views of the Emperor William—A Complete Understanding De- slred—Activity of the Bonapartists, Our special correspondent in Frankfort sends us the following important and interest- ing report of the result of the Conference be- tween Prince Bismarck and Jules Favre:— FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, May 7, 1871. In the interview between Prince Bismarck and Jules Favre, on yesterday, the German Chancellor insisted on an immediate fulfilment of the treaty stipulations, GERMANY FAVORABLE TO THE BONAPARTES, Prince Bismarck requires the government of M. Thiers to enforce its authority and call a plidiscite-to establish a legitimate government, The belief gains ground that Germany favors a restoration of the imperial regency, and the belief is also prevalent that a fairly conducted prébiscite will accomplish that end. AN AGREEMENT REACHED, To-day a third conference was held, It was attended by MM. Favre, Pouyer-Quertier and Ducroc(?), representing France, and Prince Bismarck and Herr Von Arnim, representing Germany, and also by Baron Erlanger, the French banker, who was present part of the time. The conference lasted four hours, at the expiration of which an agreement was reached. The main points of the document decided upon will be drawn up to-morrow, and on Tuesday the treaty will be sent to the French Assembly and German Emperor for ratification. VIEWS OF THE EMPEROR WILLIAM. Yesterday the Emperor of Germany tele- graphed Prince Bismarck that, while insisting on a strict adherence to the preliminary stipu- lations, he was willing to afford all possible facilities to the French government, and to come to a complete understanding with it. He was also willing to fully discuss the means for an early suppression of the anarchy now existing in France, and for the establishment of permanent and legal government in that country. AOTIVITY OF THE BONAPARTISTS. Advices received here represent the Bona- partist imperialists as very active in the rural districts of France, agitating among the pea- santry and small landed proprietors, who were the chief supporters of Napoleon, in favor of a restoration of the empire, BISMAROK’S RETURN. Prince Bismarck will return to Berlin on Tuesday next, instead of on Monday, es he first intended. Great Pressure from Bismarck=—Paris to be Reduced Within a Week—The Prussians Will Not Wait Beyond Next 8: jay. VERSAILLES, May 7, 1871. Prince Bismarck has brought great pressure to bear upon M. Thiers to hasten the reduc- tion of Paris. This week must end the con- flict one way or the other. The Germans will hold aloof for a few days more, but will not wait beyond Sunday next, VERSAILLES WAR REPORTS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Heavy Cannonading—Frovk Batteries Erect- od-Tronches Rapidly Constructing—The Proposed Congress of Municipal Councils Repudlated—A Commanist Decree. VERSAILLES, May 7, 1871. A heavy cannonade was kept up all last night and continues this morning, MILITARY PREPARATIONS, It is given out that fresh batteries have been erected and will open to-morrow, direct ing their fire especially against Montretout. The work in the trenches, between Issy and Vanvres, is rapidly advancing. No engage- ment during the night or to-day is reported. THE PROPOSED CONGRESS REPUDIATED. The official journal of Versailles, referring to the proposed congress of municipal councils at Bordeaux. says the government would be- tray France, the Assembly and civitization if | it permitted Communist rebellion to exist side by side with the regular government. A COMMUNIST DECREE. A decree of the Paris Commune orders the gratuitous restoration of all pawn pledges under five francs in value, on the establish- ment of the identity of the original pledges. THE PARIS COMMUNISTS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Fighting Before Montrouge and Issy— Versaillists Repulsed—General Rossel on the Situation—He is Certain of Final Success. Paris, May 7, 1871. The official reports published by the Com- mune represent that all is quiet at Vincennes. FIGHTING BEFORE MONTROUGE AND ISSY. A reconnoisance of the Versaillists before Montrouge was repulsed. An engagement took place between outposts near Issy, in which several Versaillists were taken pri- soners, BARRIOADES AND ARRESTS. The work of barricadimg the Avenue of the Grand Army is still going on. Many arrests have been made, GENERAL ROSSEL’S REPORT OF THE SITUATION. A gentleman who had an interview with the Communist Minister of War says :— I have received the following from General Rossel :—‘‘ We have set the park near Issy in flames and driven the foe from their posi- tions, The 194th battalion has dislodged the foe from the barricade in the Boulevard Bin- can (?). The 142d battalion has carried the barricade of Grandegatte, and holds the posi- tion. The foe attacked tho trenches at Van- vres, but were repulsed with loss,” THE DISTURBANCE AT VINCENNES. “The disturbances at Vincennes have been repressed and many arrests made. All is well. We are certain of final success,” ITALY. The Reds in Rome—Annual Celebration of the Republic of 1849 Prevented. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, FLORENCE, May 7, 1871. In the Chamber of Deputies yesterday the sup- porters of the government defended its prohibition of the celebration in Rome of the anniversary of the repulse of the Freuch by the republicans, April 30, 1849, on the ground that disturnances were in- tended, Marquis Mighorati, the Italian Minister at Munich, who had been recalied for having grossly insulted the Minister of the German Confederation at a ban- quet in that city, has now been transferred to the post of Athens. YACHTING. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Sailing Qualities of Commodore Ashbury’s New Yacht. LONDON, May 7, 1871. In the tial trip of Commodore Ashbury’s new yacht Livonta yesterday, the yacht atthe conclu- sion was very fast when to windward and was smart in stays, butshe scarcely showed to advan- tage when off the wind. Personal Intelligence. J. S. Morrell, United States Senator from Vermont, 1s a sojourner at the Fifth Avenue. John B. Brownlow, of Tennessee, is domiciled at the Everett House. George Dolby, formerly the agent of Charles Dickens, having returned to this city by the Abyssi- nia, is stopping at the Westminster Hotel. Ex-Mayor W. McMichael, of Philadelphia, is a guest at the Hoffman House. Colonel Samuel Tate, of Tennessee, is sojourning at the St. Nicholas. General Alex. Henderson, of New Orleans, 1s doml- ciled at the Grand Central. J. W. Patterson, United States Senator from New Hampshire, is staying at the Fifth Avenue, Colonel Henry T. Smith, of Buffalo, is residing at the St. James. Alex. Moir, of Sco*land, is among tne latest ar- rivals at whe St. Nicholas, H. C, Hobart, of iliinois, Is a guest at the Grand Central. George Jerome, of Detroit, Mich., 1s domiciled at the St, Nicholas, H. W. Golding, of London, England, 1s a sojourner at the st, James, Colonel W. D. Snow, of Alabama, is residing at the Grand Central. PERSONAL NOTES. General Joe Hooker will visit Boston this week, Hon, Thomas W. Ferry, M. C., of Michigan, left Chicago on Wednesday for his home. Senator Ames, of Mississippi, is visiting his rela- tions at Northfleld, Minn. Judge Russell, who was tried by the High Court of Impeachment at Austin, Texas, has been dis- charged, Ralph Walto Emerson is now visiting the Yo- Semite valley, looking at the wonders of nature and the big trees. The venerable actor, Mr. James H. Hackett, has rented the Brinokerhoit mansion in Jamaica, L. 1., where he will herealter reside, Ex-Governor John Wood, of Tilinols, has donated property Vained at hall @ million doliars to found a female seminary, to be located at Quincy, Advanced age and broken health render it ex- tremely doubilul whether Justice Reed wiil resume his seat on Wie bench of the Supreme Court of Penn- sylvania, Lieutenant F. M. Symonds, United States Navy, at present visiting among his friends in Utica, N. Y., has recetved orders assigning him to the Torpedo stailon at Newport, R. 1. Apartments have been taken at the Revere House, in Toston, for President Grant and suite, Major General Meade@and stail, Major General Pleasonton, siajor General Ingalis and several other prominent military geutiemne: FOREIGN PERSONAL GOSSIP, —General Steinme: 3 been made a field mar- shal by the Emperor of Germany. —Generals Changarnier, Bourbaki, Cissey and Bisson have cach received the Grand Cross ‘of the Legion of Houor. M. Christopoulos, Grecian Minister of Foreign AMairs, Who has been suffering for a long time from @ pulmonary affection, is dead, — The French Ambassador in London has tn- formed M. Favre that pictares belonging to the collection of tie Louvre have been sent to Englaua and sold there by order of the Commune. —The Prince of Wales has tntimated his willing- ness to become ‘on of the Grampian Club. The club, which was established only two years ago, bas now 200 members. The Duke of Argyll was tue first president of the Grampian Clab. THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION, Harrrorp, Conn., May 7, 1871. The ofMclal return from the Fourth ward of New Haven gave Jewell 679 votes for Governor, The count of the votes on Friday by the Legislative Committee showed only 479 batlots tn box. On Saturday the signatures of 620 republicans tn that ward were obtained to a deciaration that they voted for Jewell, and (urther signatures to the declaration Will be oblalucy, Nt PROM PARIS. Lat Herald Special Report from the City. Repulse of a Reconnoitering Party of Versa'lles Troops. ANTECEDENTS OF Proposition to Kill Archbishop Darboy if Clanqui is Not Liberated. ROSSEL. THE VERSAILLISTS GAINING §=— GROUND An Avenue Thronged With Hearses. The Tuileries Converted Into an Asylum. Parisian Old Men Demand Arms to Fight for the Commune With. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. We have received the following despatch from our correspondent in Paris:— Paris, Sunday Night, May 7, 1871, Via Boutoang, May 8—Morning. Yesterday evening the forces of the Ver- sailles government reconnoitred in the neigh- borhood of the forts and were met by a terrible fire from the mitrailleuses of the Communists, which decimated their ranks and routed them. ROSSEL'S ANTECEDENTS. General Rossel remained at the outposts during the night, and did not return to Paris till five o'clock this morning. The mother of the General is a Scotch woman. Rossel, at the beginning of the war, lived in Bourges. He came to Paris and demanded active ser- vice, having been discouraged from the thought of engaging in journalism by the editor of the Z’emps newspaper, who persuaded him to remain in the army, The gencral opinion is that in General Rossel France has at last found a true soldier, A BLOODY PROPOSITION, Ata meeting of a club at the Church of St. Nicholas, in the Champs Elysées, held last night, M. Perrin proposed that the Commune summon the Versailles authorities to liberate M. Clanqni (?) within twenty-four hours, on pain of the Communists putting the Arch- bishop of Paris to death. The proposition was carried by acclamation. A MUCH WOUNDED INSURGENT, Lhave just seen a member of the Seventy- ninth battalion of the National Guards, who was wounded in the late affair at Issy. He states that the Communists were surprised and that the commander of the Versailles forces refused to give them quarter, My informant received twenty-five wounds—one in the mouth, four in the chest, two in the left shoul- der, six in the right leg, and twelve others in the hands and arms, He laid on the ground for two hours, when he managed to crawl to the Commumist outposts, where he was rej ceived and sent to the hospital. INNUMERABLE FUNERALS. The funerals in the Quartier des Gobelins were innumerable to-day. The Avenue Italie was thronged with hearses, PATRIOTIO OLD MEN, A great meeting of men over fifty years of age took place in the Place de la Bastile to-day. Some five thousand old men were present. They marched in procession to the Louvre, where they demanded arms, they wanted show the young men how to fight. They have been promised the arms taken from prisoners and will be sent to the front, but should they refuse to fight for the Commune when there, they will be returned to Paris, the insurgents being unable to feed useless mouths. COMMUNISTS EXASPERATED. The announcement that the Versailles troops are killing wounded federals (insurgents) has greatly exasperated the latter. as to The Firlog Ceased—The Versaillists Gaining Ground—Priests Arrested—Conversion of tue Tuileries Into an Orphan Asylum. Panis, Sunday Evening, The firing has ceased, and quiet now pre- vails between the lines, where, apparently by mutual consent, parties are burying the dead and removing the wounded. THE VERSAILLES TROOPS GAINING GROUND. The Communists admit that the Versailles forces are gaining ground. The latter are pushing between Neuilly and the villages of Levallois and Perret, with the object of clear- ing the Seine and driving the Nationals to Clichy. THE CONGRESS—PRIESTS ARRESTED. The Republican League sends five delegates to the Congress at Bordeaux, Five priests have been arrested on the charge of being spies, REMARKABLE CONVERSIONS OF PUBLIC PRO- PERTY. The church of St. Eustache has been con- verted into a political club room, that of St. German l'Auxerrois is used for public meet- ings and concerts, and the Tuileries have been turned into an asylum for the widows and orphans of the National Guards killed in the prosent struggla LE SHEET. MEX!CO Herald Special Report‘ from the Mexiean Capital. Triumph of Juarez on the’ Guerrero Question. Romero and Mejia to Remain in the Cabinet. PROLONCATION OF THE CLAIMS COMMISSION. Lerdo’s Partisans in Possession of the Munici- pal Offices of Mexico City, A Historian on Manifest Destiny. Practicability of a Canal Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Our special correspondent at the Mexican capital sends us the following interesting report of affairs in Mexico through our cor- respondent in Havana:— Crry oF Mexico, April 30, 1871, Via Havana, May 7, 1871. The supporters of President Juarez in the Mexican Congress have triumphed in the Guerrero question, the final vote standing 94 to 90. administration. NO MINISTERIAL ORISIS. A ministerial crisis is much talked about by the press, but I learn from good authority that none is imminent. retain the services of Sefiors Romero and Mejia as long as those gentlemen will remain in his Cabinet, A VIOLENT ELECTION OAMPAIGN, The election campaign continues as violent asever. The revolutionary element is strong in Guerrero; but so far comparative peace reigns in the interior of the country. Of course each political party accuses its opponent of bribery, dishonesty, horrible outrages on the rights of the people, and disregard of the peace and future prosperity of the country. These charges and counter-charges, however, are nothing more than were to be expected, RAILROAD MATTERS. The road from Vera Cruz to the capital is safe. The railroad has been completed to near Cordoba. bridge, au iron structure, three hundred and thirty feet in length, by the English Railroad Company, was presided over by Mr. Nelson, It was the keystone question of the President Juarez will The opening of the Atoice 7 BURNED TO DF« >) Explosion of Kerosene ~” a Window Enve’ band Lose te 179 Gy sridget Hug aug meal tm comp. dren, and they were co «ible repast before them afte of the day, when one of the chil. around the table jm inno. cent glee, cas aitact with ® can of Kerosene oll, upsetting © gortion of it agatnst the red not stove. The poor chid was instantly thrown apom its back by the exploston that Immediately tollowed, and in her excitement and anxiety to place the child beyond danger Ms, Haghes stooped over tue flaming liquid as it ran uke A LIMPID STREAM OF FIRE: across the room, The flames caught her dress an@ in@ moment, even before the boy was-safely re moved, she was enveloped in fire, The stove, which was of a pecullar construction, exploded by some extraordinary means ab present unexplained and the shock was 80 great and tne force se-concen- trated that nearly all the windows in the house were smashed, causing a general crash and leaving the room tn a fearfully dilapidated state. Hughes for the moment thougnt only of the cnild, withous regarding the shrieks of his wife, which he at first attributed to fright and the dangerous position of the infant, After reaching the child, and finding 1¢ unhurt, he turned round and saw lis Wife Ln the aCe of leaping trom the window ENWRAPPED IN SHEETS OF FIRE that seemed to play from her feet to the neck of her are: He made a rush for the window, and just 8I eded in catching hold of her arm, There she hung, the flames still raging around her; the poor husband, half frantic, not Knowing what to do, holding her. A crowd collecved on the walk, and called to the husband to let her drop, He did so a& length, but nobody caught her, and she fell to the ground heavily. By tis time she had been fright- fully charred about the boay, neck and face, and the flames continued to spread even after she was om the ground until extinguished by some of the epece tators, who rolled her up in store matting, She was at once removed to the Centre Street Hospital, but the injuries she had received were of such a painful nature that she gradually succumbed, and died in & few hours. 'T oroner Was notified, and will hold an Inquest on the remains of the unfortunate woman to-day. DELSARTE. Lecture on Dramatic pression, Mr. James Steele Mackaye wiil this evening again: deliver lis lecture on the “Science and Art of Dra- matic £xpression,”’ as perfected by his great master, the Abbé Delsarte. This lecture, when first deliy- ered, was by ali pronounced marvellous, evincs ing as tt did such complete mastery over, the features and body in expressing the action of the passions. Mr. Mackaye is delivering these lectures to procure funds for the maintenance of Delsarte, who now tm old age is almost uestitute, He is algo endeavoring to induce the Abbé to take up his residence in this country, that he may impart to our actors and ora tors that art with which in its completeness he and hard study have endowed Mr, Mackaye. TELEGHAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. The trial of McKay, the notorious stage robber, is progres sing at Provo, M. 7. A Los Angelos (Cal.) stage was robbed near Salinas river, Monterey county, by highwaymen on Friday night. The steamboat Maggie Saifuld struck on obstructions fm the river, at Savanuab, Ga., and sunk on Saturday might Black caterpillars are worse in Arkansas than was ever known betore. They are stripping the leaves in the forests, In the base ball match yesterday at New Orleans betweem the Lone Stars aud the Lees, the former won by a score of tod Weston, at St. Louis, completed his walle last night of 200 miles, two of them betng backward, in forty hours, fifty minutes and forty-five seconds. Four children of G, N. Owen, of Wolfe Creek, Outagamie county, Wis., were poisoned last week by eating wild pars nips, And three of them have diel. H.C. Long, Edgar Unter and Oury Chaplin were killed Mr. Mackaye’s Exe the United States Minister to Mexico. THE OLAIMS COMMISSION. The period in which the Claims Commission is to complete its labors has been prolonged for one year. The treaty of prolongation has been signed by Minister Nolsoa and the Mexi- can Secretary of State. THE LOWER CALIFORNIA QUESTION. Messrs. Wood and Kellogg’s resolution in the United States House of Representatives touching Lower California has been discussed at length by the Mexican press, and the New York HeRaxp’s editorial on the subject, which will be remembered, quoted at length. TRIUMPH OF LERDO'S PARTISANS, President Juarez has yielded to Congress on the question of the Municipal Council of the capital. He says that he yielded to preserve the peace, The partisans of Sefior Lerdo now hold possession of all the city offices, MANIFEST DESTINY. The well known statistician and historian, Manuel Payno, has written and published a series of articles, holding that it is the mani- fest destiny of the Northern races to absorb the Southern, and alluding to the fact that Mexico is among the latter. The Mexican newspapers dispute his theories, THE TEHUANTEPEO OANAL, News from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec con- firms the reports previously received of the practicability of a ship canal. FREE ZONE OHAMPIONS COMPLIMENTED. The champions of the Free Zone in tho Mexican Congress have been again compli- mented by the State of Tamaulipas, GENERAL ITEMS. Consul Hoyt, of Minatitlan, is dead, and Herman Brouson has been appointed in his stead. The Mexican Protestants are making con- siderable progress. CUBA. TELEGRAM TO THE MEW YORK HERALD. Expected Retuin of Valmaseda to Havana. HAVANA, May 7, 1871, Valmaseaa has left Manzanillo ani 18 expected to arrive at Santi Espiritu to-day, It is not known when he will return to Havana, but it is supposed in a few days. The municipal government and the volunteers are preparing a reception and serenade, WEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA. {From the Cape Argus, March 17.] A Waterspout burst over Victoria West, causing a loss of about 100 lives and tne destrnetion of pro- perty to the estimated amount of £35,000, Two diamonds of great size are reported to have been found—one of 107 carats, beyond the Orange river, and one of 115 on the colonial side of the river. Prick oF LEGISLATION IN ILLINOTS.—The late session of the lilinois Legisiature lasted 104 days; the expense was $200,000, or about $2,000 per day. ‘the cost to qe Stave of gach law pasued was $4,000, and several other settlers carried off at San Pedro Valiey by the Apaches last week. Major William P. Odtey, of Dolawarn, formeriy sovern- ment oficial and agent of the New York Associaied Presa, died at Camp Douglas, in Utah, yesterday morning. Tn tho baso ball game, at, Rockford, Ils om Saturday, bee tween the Forest City Club, of Cleveland, and the Forest City Club, of Kockiord, IL, the former wou by wecore ut Bod The Cincinnati and Dayton Short Line Railroad Company ned @ contract with the Cluctnnat! and Ba.ttmore o ‘ny for the use of their road, now In process of con- struction. The excursion party, Including « number of Boston tlemen Interested In the K: pacttic Raflroad, arrved: atthe Kana ed in laying the ralis across the Ii Nebraska. State ling and between Kangas THE METHODIST BOOX CONCERN, SYRACUSE, May 7, 1871. Yesterday a sale was effected of the St. Charles Hote! and adjoining livery stable property in this city to @ prowihent Methodist, who proposes te donate the same tothe Methodist Book Concern of New York for the establishment of a large branch of their publishing house, The purchase price was $120,000, It 1s proposed to occupy part of the building for publishing the Northern Chrisitan Advocate, an organ of the Methodists now puvlished at Auburn, A part of the butlding ts also to be used for a university law school. VIEWS OF THE PASI, MAY 8. 1346—Batile of Palo Alto, Mexteo; the America troops thoroughly defeated a greatly superier force of Mexicans, 1793—Battle of Vicogue; Austrians defeated tne French, MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Thuringia will leave this port om Tuesday for Piymouth and Hambarg, ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMce at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. 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