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%. } f EUROPE. The Treaty of Peace in the French National Assembly, BISMARCK’S EXCHANGE OF TERRITORY. Thiers Declares the Republic to be the True Form of Goverament for France. THE GERMAN PRESS ON THE TRE The English Scheme. for the Federation of West india Islands. The Cunard sieamsnip Scotia, from Liverpool May 20, via Queenstown the 2Ist, arrived at this port early yesterday morning. FRANCE. The French Assembly and tue Treaty of Peace—The Exchange of Territory Proposed by Prince Bixmarck~General Chaazy and M,. Thiers at Variance. ‘The National Assembly discussed on the i8th the | Treaty of Peace with Germany. The reporter of the committee drew attention to the difference between the preliminaries of peace and the present Dnal treaty, which postpones the evacuation of a portion of French terrivory until after the restora- tion of order. He expressed a hope, however, that the stay of the Germans would be shortened, as the Minister of Finance had given the committee an assurance 10 the effect that the first Afveen hundred millions of the indemnity woula be paid in alump, and all be obtained by a single loan. ‘The report of the committee contained two clauses; ‘the first proposed the ratification of the treaty, and the second the acceptance of the territomal ex- change proposed by Prince Bismarck. The first clause was unanimously agieed to. General Chanzy ana some other speakers objected to the exchange of territory. M. Thiers, in reply, Sought to show that the Luxembourg trontier offered no military protection, and that the cession proposed in that direction in no way affected the political interests of France, whereas Beulort affords Btrong millury advaulages by closing up a passage ‘through the Vosges. Me Thiers aad “Belfort nas acquired a much greater Importance since the loss of ptrasvourg. 1 struggied for fourteen hours to ob- tin Beliort, with its surroundiug rict; but a simple stronghold does not suilice in the present tumes, We require a foriress ou our frontier capable of affording support to a large army by the extent of its territory—snch a place as Lyons. The new cautons added to belfort connect the Vosges with the Jura, and render Belfort one of the strongest fortresses in rope. Prince Bismarck desires the cual districts of the Ardenaes only, in order to gain over the Alsatians and de- velop the industry of the Rhenish provinces, but France possesses cisewhere tar richer mining dis- inicts, and (le territorial cession in question mat- ters litue.”” M. Thiers rm led the Assembly of Dis oppusition to the deciarauion of war, and re- ferred \o the pain it cost lui to sign such a peace AS Uhat velore Ue House. He protested against some Calumnious statements respecung him, and added:— “1 musi now deciure tiatl regard this ueaty as an act of the greatest patriotism. More- ‘over, as General Chanzy has sald, it is not the diplo- Matists but the military men of a country that make atreaty ef peace. The persons engaged in the negotiations have done thelr duty, and cover their iabors with wy re musibility.’’ M. Thiers concluded by paying homage to the defenders ot Belfort, especially mention the name of Colonel Donfert and quoting from a letter from that oficer, tn which he concurs in the opinions heid by M Thiers. General Ducrot and General Chabran ex- pressed approval of the exchange of territory on military grounds. The second clause of the report Was tuen agreed to by 440 Votes avainst 98, and the whole treaty was subse ly appro M. Thiers nod the ublii—The Republic the True Form of Government for France. The Jntépendence Beige publishes the foliowing from a correspondent at Versaules:— After te stormy session of Thursday M. Thiers had B reception. It was remarked tuat only the left centre and the whole repubilean centre were pre- gent. M. Thiers warmly rec had so firmly supported hi he, “for the patriotic assistat ou have given me. 1 am happy to see the men who represent the repub- lic support me in tne dificult task I have ac- cepted, and which I hope soon to bring to @ good end. 1 have declared myself for the republic. archist (monarchien), declare the repubite to be the true form which the government of France should assume, it is hot without much reflection that I have attained this conviction. I aman honest man. At the age | have reacted Ove has but one interest— Unat of being favorably remem ered. 1 shall there- Jore deceive no oue. I shali not betray the republic. As long as | am at the heaa of the government the repubile will be in no danger, A certam part of the Right has show 1seif hosule to me personally. What can I doin the matter? Is it because I will not Jend myself to any combination? The Duc D— wished for the Embassy to Russia. M. al. T. ‘wanted me to restore the official candidature in favor of one or his reiations. I shall not restore it. Mon Diew! 1 know why these gentlemen attack me. Ii is becauseI do not dowhat they and their friends ask of me. Iam sorry forit. But with your help and that of the country I hope at length vo re- establish order, which 1s so essential to us, with the republic, which is no less so. 1 feel a conviction that justice wili be dove me at last.” This lan- guage, uttered frankly and even with bDonhomir, Made a deep impression on the uumerous repubil- cans who iropged the rooms of the Preiecture. ite 1 thank you,’’ said GERMANY. The Semi-Oficial Journal on the Frankfort Treaty and the Views ef the French People. ‘The conclusion of the Frankfort Treaty 1s accom- panied py the following remarks in the semi-oficial, Correspondance de Berlin: — People at Versailies complain that the conditions lad down in the preliminaries have been rendered more severe in the definite treaty. The only ground ‘the French bave for tis assertion is the disappoint- ment they experience at the preliminaries not hav- ing been modified in their favor; and yet they ought to have been prepared for thia, Couut Biswarek in a sitting of the Keichstag having expressly aunounced that the original agreement would be maintained in its Integrity. The sup- posed grievance consists in F » being obliged to ity (500,000,000f.) as ‘nhs (1,600,000, 0001.) forts ure evacuated by our troops. But we believe w git In saving that this alte- ration in the original agreement is perfectly jusuflea by What has supervened in aud about Paris since the drawing up of the preiiminaries, After all, the amount or the indemnity remais te same, and as to pay it France must have recourse to a loan under any circumstances, it 1s a matier of indifference whether 600,000,000f. or 1,500,000,000f. are raised to pay the first instalment. The imsurrection once put down, the one sum Can be as easily borrowed as Uhe other; so that the reoccupation of the forts by the French will not in reaitty be retarded by the new arrangement. We can quite comprehend that the government of M, Thiers is a more responsible body than the chi of M. Gambetta was; that it has the Dappiness of france really at heart, and that incon- sequence it would have preferred putting off a loan Wil the complete pacification of the country, when ‘Dewer terms might have been secured than could so shortly after the re.establishment of anthority, But, with the public debt nearly doubled, that government in the present po- sition of France cannot expect that the quota- ton of the Rente will for @ long time to come ex- ceed 60 francs—that is, five per cent; and this rice Will be, no doubt, secure in negotiating a loan unediately aiter the reduction of Paris, as the frst victories of the Versailies army have sufficed to aise quotations above $4, Moreover, even assum- ing that the Rente should mount up beyond this figure sooner than expected, the loss arising from a remature loan will be fully compensated by the diminution of the expenditure incurred in paying interest upon the indemnity and provisioning the army of occupation. Accordingly the reproaches brought against us on the subject of the new treaty are so Many empty phrases, while whe advantages ¥rance will derive from it and the material and mora) strength to her government mecd not be en- jarged upon, before the Part: ENGLAND. West India Islands—The ili in the House of Lords Passed a Second deading—A Still Larger Federation Hinted. In the House of Lords on the 19th ult. the bill relative to the federation of the Leeward Islands was taken up. ‘The Bari of Kimern ey stated that this bill related w the federation of an interesting group of West India wiends. By letters patent, issued in 169, separate Legiiatures were estanlished in each of these isiands, together with one general Legisia- Jawureg but the latter met only mx tim@, the last tewmg ia 1796. Im 1616 they were divided inw two ved the Deputies who | You understand that if I, an old mon- | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE I, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. governments, tn 1836 they were again united wit! The addition of Dominica, and in 1837 Sir W. Cole- brooke tried to restore the General Legisiature, but failed, owing to the agitation consequent on the abolition of slavery. The question was revived in 1866 by Sir Benjamin Pine, the Governor-in-Chief, and the then Colonial Secretary (the Duke of Buck- imgham) sanctioned asche ne for the generat admin- istration of the islands, Wiuch, however, did not {n- clade a General Legisiavure. The c hange of Minis- try prevented the success of this scheme, but the subject was taken up by his noble fend (Kavi Granville), and t present bill, owing to Sir 8, Pine’s energy and lity, was | te'result. Prior to 1x65 each istind had wo legis. lative house oa the Briash pavvern, one nominatea and the other elected, but this arrangement Was a very cumbronus one for smail communities, and all the islands’ had adopted @ single assembly eacn, winch nad led to great administrative improve: ments. ‘The eutire population of the islands was 110,000, ‘Tie Anti Legislatnre had unanimously approved the prese but in St, Kitts it had encountered cousiderable opposition, six out of cight elected members of the Legislature opposing | it, bat at the election which had since occurred tour of the six members lost ineir seats, @ proof that their vote mad not been m= ac- cordance with pubic opinion. in Nevis there had also been much opposition, and an addveas had been sent nome deprecating the scheme. [t was, however, a very all isiand, and the largest landed proprietor was & strong supporter of the project, in the whole group forty-four «casio and nom- nated members and sixteen elected members voted in favor of federation, while only eleven elected members voted against it. The General Leaisiatare Would consist of twenty members, of whom ten would be elected by tae separate Legisiatures aod three would be ex oflc/o members, While the Presi- dent end six others would be nominated by the Grown, Each island would have one nomimated Member, while the ten elecied members would be apportioned according to wealth and population. The Legisiature = woald deal with the currency, mercantile Jaw, criminal law, the Post OMice aud other subjects, ‘Tne federa- tion was expected to prove very advantageous tn point of economy and administration, as also WIth regard to the police and defensive force, and it was, likely to attract the services of a bigher class of men, as higher smaries would ve given than under une present system. DiMeulty of communication, j the only objection which once prevailed to ihe | movement now going on ali over the wor'd for the concentration of small communites, no longer existed, and there was -a ciause i the bill empowertng the Crown to add the Windward Islands to the federation if they shoal i desire to join it, Jt was satisfactory to fad that the West India islands were at lengty reviving froin their long mercanuie depression. Jamaica, under the able administration of sirJ. P. Grant, and under a constitution adapted to lis wants, was resuming the position to which its fertility and re- sources entitied it, a deficit having, during the last been turned into a surplus. Antigua rably improving, St. Kitts Was pros- pering, Nevis was beginning to revive, and he hoped that ihe change would soon extend to Do- minica. ‘The noole Earl concluded by moving the second reading of the bill. The Earl of CARNARVON Qgreed with the noble Earl that the opposition of Nevis and st, Kitts would not have justified the abandonment of this important scheme, Under the present system the choice of governors and public officers was very ditiicuit, and good adminisiration was almost im- possible. ‘the change would no doubt tead to economy and improved administration, but he at- tached more importance to the opportunity of en- largea commerce which it would offer, He trusted that the measure was the germ of a still larger federation. (Hear, near.) 2 last few years, he beileved, had shown & marked tmprove- ment in the condiuion of these islands, par- ticulany i those whose institutions were more directiy under the imfluence of crown government. Nowhere had it been more marked than in Jamaica, the political and finaucial aim- culties of which long readered tt a thorn in the siue of Colonial Secretaries. Owing to the change in its constitution aud to the abuity and vigor of Sir John Grant, those dificulties were gradually disap- pearing, and a deficit had been. turned into a sur- pius. ‘The estabusament of au interco ontai steamer Was esscnital to the present measure, and in the rrespoudence between the Colonial OMice and the sury, the publication of which be regretted, ne | had been sorry to observe that the latter at first | gave an almost point blauk retusal to the proposal Uhat the saving accruing to the imperial government from federation should be appliNt to this object. The Colonial OMice was obliged to threaten’ the | abandonment of the scheme before the Treasury | Would give way. The ilst of subjects within tne | jurisdiction of the general Legisiature did not in- | clude ibe regulation of trade apd commerce, navi- gation or banking, aud he thougnt it might be wiser to follow the Canadian precedent and tusert | also @ list of Subjects left to tae local assembites, | The central Legisiature appeared also to have no | taxing powers, thougit in tae United states, Canada and and certain depariments of revenue were reserved tothe central power. This subject Was often in his mind during his short tenure of the seals of the Colomal OMce, and he supported the measure as one of great immediate uulity, and as the germ, ie trusted, of a sull larger federation, (Hear, hear.) Lord LYVEDEN was glad to find that a colonial | question of long standing had been at length brought oasettiement. ‘This matter had been before the olomiat Oitice for thirty years, he himself being in that department with tie noble earl at the table | (Russell) when Sir W. Coiebrooke, one of the best | governors we ever had, endeavored to untte these communities, The failure of that attempt was not owing, as stated by the noble earl | (Kimberiey), to the slavery question, but to the | quarrels aud jealoustes of the islands; ‘and but tor | the energy and ability of Sir B. Pine the same causes Would Lave defeated the present scheme. He should like to see a still larger federation, ana Was glad that powers had been taken for that pur- pose, With regard to the intercolonial steamer, he agreed with the noble Earl opposite (Varnarvon) that the pabushed correspondence between the Colonial Onice aud the Treasury was not of a credit- able character, and was likely to create ill blood in the colomes. He congratulated the Colonial Office on the success of the scheme, and hoped the clause relative to the steamer would not excite objection in the House of Commons. Earl GRANVILLE did not rise to defend the Treas- ury, but would point out that the two departments had viewed the question from a different point of view. Sir #, Pine had shown great ability, and had rendered an eminent public service in bringing this scheme to a conclusion. ‘The Earl of KIMBERLEY explained that the steamer would be provided for five years at the imperial expense, as far as the saving in the expenses of heutenant governors would allow, which was likely to cover the whole expense. As to the Treasury, it might sometimes appear to offer needless opposition, bat the public interest would in the loug run seriously suffer were not all schemes involving expenditure carefully considered. A com- mon treasury was originally imciuded in the scheme, but to this it was impossible to obtain the consent of the local Legislatures, and the remarks of the noble iord benind him (Lyveden) showed the wis- dow of accepting what one could get, thus layin: the foundation for future improvements. He ho} that Parliament would take the measure upon trust, for were it matertally altered its success would be defeated or jeopardized. ‘The bili was then read a second time. | | | | | The British Public Waking Up—It Discovers that a Revolution in Caba Has Been Going Oa. {#rom the Pall Mall Gazette, May 19.) Should there come a respite from troubles nearer home the attention of the British public may, per- haps, be tarned to tue Isiand of Cuba, where, for the last three years, @ revoiution has veen going on which las mvolved the sacrifice of some 30,000 Lives and the destruction of an incalculable amount ot property. So little interest in this struggle 1s felt in #ngland that it is almost necessary 10 say that the Cubans are fignung for the right of self- government and the immediate abolition of siavery, What {8 called the patriot | government has now the control of over two thirds of the island; but the struggle between the Spanish authorities and the successial republicans 18 still imuintained, nor does there seem to be any imme- diate prospect of its termination. It ts true that King Amadeus, in his recent speech to the Cortes. stated that “he tnduiges in the flattering hope of the prompt pacification of the isiand of Gaba," y there 18 nO talk of any concession to the demands of the Cubans, and without this there can be no solution of the quarrel. In a military point of view the belligerents occupy much the same relative positions a3 they aid two years ago, but meauwhile the Cubans have been daily learning more of the art of war and the spirit of endurance, and have on tneir side all the advantages which spring from a thorough knowledge of the country aud habituation to its trying climate. ThefSpaniaras, | On the other hand, can ill afford to spare the 16,000 men they have lost in the struggle, and are feeling very seusibly the effects of financial embarrassment. Cannot something be done tn the way of friendly tn- tervention to terminate this sad stave of affairs? The sale of tne isiaud to the United States has been again and again proposed, but, aa the patriotic press declares, “spain has no right to sell the @uban people, and the United States cannot buy with- outa demial of the underlying principle of repub- iicanism?” A hint has been thrown out Colonel Macias, which is at any rate worthy of con- sideraucn. He suggests that if Spain wants money, and 1s willing to sell her uncertain rights, Cuba itself wil buy them. The country would indnitely prefer to redeem itself with gol than by the on ice of further life, and can well aiford to give the sum demanded and jurnish ample guarantees for ita payment. “This,’ he adds, ‘is the sole solution of the Cuban question as It now presents itsell, by z Which Spain can save her bonor, and at the same ish her treaaury and preserve her share lime rep of the rich aud growiag commerce of ber lost colony AMERICANS ABROAD. List of visitors for the week ending May 29, 1371, at the office of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., Lon- don:— N. K, Patch, ©, A. Bradbury and Charles H. Baker, United States steamer Worcester: Cuaries Aadams, Captain Jennett, O. G. L. de Pothomer and wife, Samuel Norris and family, H. ©, Fannestock, Cap- tain Gadsuen, Miss Henry and W. B, Shattuck, New York; J. W. French, Hudson, N. Y.; Philip Moro and family, John BH. Oastie and J. A. Caldwell, Philade}- phia; Francis Dory ana J. Randolf Clay, Chicago; W. Hooper, Otncinnati; J. ‘M. Cox, Delaware; Mr. and Mra. Birdsall, Oaitfornia; J. T. Taylor and 0. P, ‘Thompson, Untted States steamer Plymouth; Colonel Byron, Brighton; General F. EB. Spinner, Miss Spin- ner, General and Mrs, F, 0. Joues and Miss Weston, Washington, THE LAST RIDE. A Ride Around the Fortifications in the Teeth of the Enemy. THE CHATEAU DE LA MUETTE. Preparations for a Grand Sor- tie Against the Besiegers. DOMBROWSKI DOWNHEARTED A Herald Correspondent Wounded and Disabled. ‘ MUTINY AMONG THE SOLDIERS. Terror in Paris and the Evidences of Dissolution. THE EXPLOSION IN THE CAMP DE MARS. Paris, May 19, 1871. “will you come with me?” said General Dom- | browskt. It was a leading question, From our position in the Chanssée de la Muette, near the | chateau, we could see far down the road running | along inside the ramparta, which was at that very moment being PLOUGHED UP WITH SHELLS. Here and there along ‘he whole distance the earth could be seen flying up, with the black smoke which always marks the explosion of a shell, and the pieces could be heard whizzing tn every direc- tion, It would be a dangerous ride, but General Dombrowski lookea as though he would say you are afraid, and so I answered, “Avec platsir.” Westarted down the road at an easy trot, and the same scene of destruction and ruin presented itself to our eyes that one sees at Neuilly and the AVENUE DB LA GRANDE ARMEE at “Issy” and wherever the biting touclf of this most horrible ctvii war has been felt. Five days ago, when I passed down this road, the houses were all inhabited, the gardens were being planted with flowers, and children were playing in the shade of the trees, and one could never have thought that such a work of distraction could have been wrought in so shorta time. Since then shells have been fall- ing almost continually. In the quiet, shady road Not a house but is riddled, nor a garden wall that is not battered down, nor a roof intact. Three-fourths of the trees have been broken off, THEIR SPLINTPRED FRAGMENTS lying in the road, which has been made almost im- passable by the broken branches and other débris, Some have fallen and are lying in the deep cut of the circular railway which passes here between the street aud the ramparts. And the rallway itself down deep behind the walls has received hundreds of shells and it ts still going on. Shells were con- tinually dying about us, some exploding on the ramparts, some in the streets, throwing up the earth before our horses, and many passing over our heads and falitug into the village uf Passy. I was astonished that we were not struck by one of the many fragments that WENT WHIZZING BY US, but General Dombrowski seemed to take it as a matter of course and I could do nothing less. Ar- riving at the Caserue, which is about half way be- tween the Cnateau de la Muette and the Point da Jour, we crossed the littie bridge over the railway ‘and mounted the ramparts. 1 descended from my horse and contented myself by looking through the loophole between the sand bags that were placed on the top. But General Dombrowski rode along with an eyeglass, his head and shoulders exposed above the walls a3 a mark for the enemy. There were a few men here acting as ’ SHARPSHOOTERS, watching the enemy closely, who were at a distance of about three hundred yards, busily at work throw- ing up the earth like gophers. Very few of them could be sven, a8 they were completely hidden in their trenches. Occasionally one would show him- seif, and then there would be a dozen shots ex- changed in rapid succession. But both parties kept too well out of danger to kill or be killed by this kind of firing. “But General,” T said, ‘if you do not drive them out of those trenches they will be in to the walls in less than three days.” “I know it,?’ he replied. “What do you intend to do?’ I asked. “Lam going to attempt A SORTIE this evening. “Do you hope to succeed ?”” No.’ “Why? “Because my men will not go out,” said Re. “I imtended to turn them trom the Neuilly side by working im the earth as they are doing. But the men ref to work outside the fortifications unless sheltered by houses.” “You have only one thing left to do then,” I re- marked, “that is, mount two hundred guns on the fortifications, and pour tn a storm of iron nail that will render the whole Bois de Boulogne untenabie.” “have found that also impossible,” he replied, “J have one hundred and fifty guns placed in post- tion upon the ramparts, but only eighty artillery. men, and half of them are drunk all the time.” “You consider then THE DEFENCE OF PARIS hopeless *”” I asked. “[do,” he said, “4f the provinces do not rise to help us. That is our only hope, and it 13 a feeble ope.”’ ) “why, then, do you continue to head the insurrec- on ? “Because I cannot honorably retire, nor can I do it with safety even,’ continued he, ‘‘as 1 will ex+ plain to you when we have a becter opportunity for conversation than we have at present.” We continued our promenade along the ramparts nearly to the Potut du Jour, the General remarking closely the positions of the enemy and exposing himseif in a most reckless manner. We afterwards returned py the same road to the Chateau de la Muette, where the General intendea CONCERTING MEASURES for the sortie which was to take place in the =. ‘The chateau is alarge, fine building, five stories high, just in the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, from the upper windows of which Mont Valérien may be seen. {tis surmounted with an observatory fur- nished with @ large telescope, by the means of which every Operation of the enemy 1s followed min- utely. Wie deme d tome that the building has not been shelled, as it 18 within easy range of the guns of Valerien, and it must be known that Dom- browski’s headquarters are there; and I can only account for it by supposing that they consider the building too fine @ one to be destroyed. At break- fast (which, by the way, was & very poor ove) GENERAL DOMBROWSKL told me that overtures had been made to him ana great inducements had been offered to him by the Versailles government to sutrender either one of the gates on that side of the city. ‘They had offered nim five hundred thousand francs, And when he informed the Commitiee of Public Safety of the offer they ordered him to accept it. This he did after considerable bartering and quarrelling about the price and the time when the money was to be paid, Their object was to Induce the enemy to march ina large number of troops near the walls somewhere, under the impression that the gates were to be betrayed into their hands, and then, when least expecting it, to pour in a murderous fire upon them, turow them into coufasion, charge them with THE POINT OF THK BAYONET, and thus gain a victory by which they should re- cover the prestige lost at [ssy and Vanvrea. The pian Was on the point of succeeding, when some of the members of the Commit of Public Safety were replaced by others—it was be- ginning to be known by too many, The Versaliles negotiators pecame suspicious, and it was tought better to operate the arrest of all those engaged in it beiore they should take the alarm, which was accordingly doue. This, General Dom- browski explained, was one reason why he could not well resign. The Commune, knowing he had been in communteation with the Versailles govern. ment, would immediately suspect him in case he nd his resignation, His position was there- ‘ore & VERY DELICATE He had come and offered nis sword to the fn pure revolutionary principles, out of # love of human liberty, and he could not avan- don the Cause under circumstances that might leave @ stain upon his honor, although that cause might be a hopeless one, He would therefore fight on till the : and rina le cat sword and his in- genu pe Binid the Coususion and disorder one dna ian ‘nis wife and children to Eng. le had al sent wife and children to land, $o put them out of harm's way, of which fact he iad invormed the (ee VERSAILLES NEGOTIATORS when they offered @ (aisser passer and safe conduct, one. Commune for hfs family. While talking an officer came tn with a letter nance, here, commenced attending to the various business which presented itself, First, there was a battalion to be sent to the Porte St. Cloud, **But,’’ said “Colo- Mathew,” we sent a battalion there yesterday.”” Yes, I Know,” replied the General, ‘but only three men of that battalion arrived there, aud Cap- tam Joastyn 1s left to defend it with only sixty men, who have been there for days aud are BROKEN WITH FATIGUE. He next ordered the Seventy-second battalion to be disarmed. The order was executed, and a few moments afterwards the guns of that battalion were carried into the ong room and de; ted on the noor, with a great deal of noise and confusion, a cgantiniere, Who looked exceedingly the worse ior Wear, making herself pertcniary active in passing them th through the window. Upon asking the General why this battalion was disarmed, he told me that the men were suspected ot reactionary principies; that they had refused to quit their quarters in Passy and go to Neuilly. Waen he cut of their rations and pay taey stil) remained, and it was pretty Weil ascertuimed thut they expected to serve as A RALLYING POINT, for the Versailles troops wien they should enter ine city, Moreover, several shots had been fired upon him and his staf! upon passing thew quar- ters, and the authors nad never yet been detected. He then commencee to give instructions and writ- ing orders for the sortie, Which was to be male that evening at sundown. fle was continually inter- rupted by despatch bearers or others, Who gene- rally brought in NEWS OF A VERY UNSATISFACTORY CHARACTER, First, the soidlérs of one battalion were re- Ported plundering the Convent or boarding school of Mile, St. Audre, The marauders were ordered to be arrested and sent to Mazas, and @ guard of three Men were stationed at the door to prevent any fur- ther depredations of the Kind. ‘Then the Fiftn come pany of the Sixty-third battalion had muaumied aud leit they position, aud were at that moment ov their way to Paris. “CALL OUT THE CAVALRY 1!” said the Genera: to an olsicer of the staff, “and bring them back. Sabre them, cut theca down if they re- luse to come. After them, aiter them, quick!” The ofticer was off Iike a shot, and soon the clatter of iron hoofs was heard down the road in chase of the fugitives. The General continued dictating his orders for the execution o1 the sortie, Colonet Maillot was to go out at the Pore d’Auteuil, with the Belgian Legion and the Eclaireurs de la Com- mune, to push in the direction of Martamar, destroy the Works of theenemy upon thatside aud bura the two chalets he would find there, Colonel Mathieu was ordered to go out at the Porte de Passy with the Two Hundred and Twenty-fourth and One Handred and iwenty-fourth battalions, the Detenseurs de la Republique, otherwise known as THE TURCOS OF THE COMMUNE, 500 marines, and accompanied by tne necessary sappers and miners to attack the enemy in the trencies, drive them out and destroy their works. He was lustructed that another column would ad- vance from the side of Neuilly to make a diversion in his favor. He was expected to atiack desperately and succeed at all hazards, This was at six o'clock, Measures were immediately taken to put these orders into execution, and at half-past six two battalions went by the chateau at double quick, crying “Vive la Commune!” “Vive la Répub- uique!? But it 18 seven o’clock and the mail closes. To-day, while passing along under the ramparts in company with General Dombrowski, a shell passed within a few inches of me, and the shock produced a severe pain in my back and has DISABLED M2, andI have been unabie to write to-day. All the foregoing I have, therefore, dictatea to my fair amanuensis. ‘This is the second time } have nar- rowly escaped death when with Dombrowski. Evidences of the Appreaching Dissotution of the Commune—Troops Deserting and Mea- sures to Punish and Compel—Particulars of the Explosion of the Cartridge Factory in the Champ de Mars. Paris, May 18, 1871, Gloom pervades the capital. The Communists are beginning to despair, The loss of Issy and Vanvres, the breaching of the ramparts at Auteall, the pre- sence of the government troops in’ the Bois de Boulogne, the heavy bombarding at this hour, the dissensions in the Commune and the defiant attt- tude of twenty-five of its members, the chaos at the War Oftice, the supremacy of the Committee of Public Safety, the terrible explosion of yesteraay and its attending loss of hfe and ammunition, arbitrary acts from hour to hour, pillaging, the absolute lack of responsibility attaching 10 any one for military disasters—these and a thousand minor causes ren- Ger it certain that THE SOLUTION 18 DRAWING NEAR. The Commune began last week by alienating many of 1t3 supporters in destroying M. Thiers’ house in the Piace St. George, followed by the ae- molition of the Column Vendome. Since then its only commendable action has been in supporting the Mayor of the Second Arrondissement in suppres- sing female vice in the public streets, It is curious that some of the men who at first gave the popula- ton confidence that no property would be destroyed are now in power. One after another they have either been displaced or imprisoned and the ex- tremer and more dangerous Classes have come to the surface, Pedestrians cease to command respect in the highways, and ten chances to one you may be stopped and insulted in many parts of the city by some dranken novice dressed up a8 & marine. The revolution has thus reached 1ts darkest phase, and unless there ls some sudden reaction Paris must be AN ABOMINABLE HELL. Last night, in front of the Café de la Paix, I saw an intoxicated tallor held back and restrained by a crowd lest he might shoot an unoffending old man who had been enjoying his freedom of speech. This is a common case. Foreigners are no longer respected, and many American houges have been pillaced and gutted. If you are seen lounging about in the presence of some soldiers of the Commune you are insolently invited to enlist as a soldier. “TAKE A GUN! TAKE A GUN, PARBLBU !’? is the cry, and the safest way 1s to vacate the vicl- nity without loss of time. Even the adherents, military and civil, are faliing off and deciarmg they will not serve. Iwas in the Place Venddme night before last, and @ captain presented his resignation in doleful words; but it Was tossed over to a future reference, Which will never be accorded it. OFFICERS COMPLAIN : that the Guard do not do as weil as they did; whole battalions refuse to march, and only squads in thousands respond to the rappel. The following 1s trom the Journal Omeiel of this morning:— Ereurn Lraton—All citizens from nineteen to forty, making part of the Third and Fourth battalions, who do not immediately rejoin thelr camp at the Casino of Kepiniere will be arrested and referred toa court martial. (The pun- ishment is that of death.) Three outside battalions are put at the disposition of the legion to execute this order. AUGUSTE PETIT, Seen and approved. Members ot Bureau Military. This offictal confession of weakness does not begin to illustrate the general feebleness of the Commune in military supporters. It is losing day by day, and there ig enough in Paris to discourage any citizen soldtery. THE RXPLOSION OF THR CARTRIDGE FACTORY on the borders of the Ciamp de Mars is thus of- cially stated:—“The gi nment of Versaliies has committea a new cri the most horrible and cowardly of all. Its agents have put fire to the car- tridges ip the avenue Kapp, and provoked a {right- ful explosion, ‘There are More than 100 victims, Women and children at the breast have been torn ito shreds. Four of the guilty are in the hands of the General Safety. Paris, 27 Fioerul, an 79. THE COMMITTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Instead of sefiening the disasters in tae minds of the Guards this manifesio ouly provokes more fear in their minds, because they are made to believe that at any moment they may be blown te atoms by traitors. 1 visited THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER last night, halfan hour after the explosion. At the moment of the conct®&sion | was standing in the Rue Lamartine, and the shock was very intense, win- dows fying open, doors moving, and large clouds of smoke rose from the vicinity of the aimp de Mars. Great crowds collected in the streets, discus- sing the event, “Oh, Montmartre has fred upon Vaiérien, that 18 ail” “The Fort of Vanvres been biown up \"” “AN EXPLOSION ! AN EXPLOSION !'? I crossed the Seine and drove rapidly to the old ex- hibition ground, But the quai was guarded by sol- diers and cavalrymen, and to pass was easy enough, but not to return. ‘“Descendez! descendeaz!” was the command | heard a dozen times in my ears, “TOUL LE MONDE TRAVAIL |’? 1 was ordered in line to pass buckets and assist in delivering the killed and wounded. Slowly going through the crowd of cuirassed firemen, National Guards and citizens working to extinguish the remainder of the fre, I at last got upon the ground an full view of THE RUINED FACTORY and the scene of terrible siaughter. Ambulances were coming and going and the terribly mutilaved were being conveyed to the hospital at the Palace of Industry, and sad, sorrow-stricken mothers and rela- tives were crying for their kindred. At one o’clock almost every corpse or portion of corpse had been re- meved, and the inen then got to Work to search among the charred and SMOKING DEBRIS. The factory itself was @ sad sight. The roof was off, windows shattered, garments hanging out of w sills, and the butidi was @ long, irregular ruin, But few apparently Wd escaped death, and those only by those marvellous circumstances that always aitena GRRAT HORRORS. The ground in every direction was musket balls, cartridge boxes, furniture and de- posits of crushed machinery. [could not help but doting What a besusltul golden dunast, What lore victims instantly hurried to death! ‘ven at the ‘very moment when the Women and children were mangied in unsighily TAB VERSAILLES BATTERIES Were playing upon Paris. All the barracks extend- ing along the Champ ae Mars were crushed and many of them badly shatterea. Windows within the radius of @ mile were broken and the tiled roofs fell in. | The damage was very great, and in a measure is irreparable. A greater concussion nas never been known here. A haif century has passed, and no old resident of Paris recalls such an accident as vhis. ‘The shock was even felt at Colombes and created reat riya among tae government troops, ju, @ breac! b ned mine and that ons ines si MAOMAHON was entering, the city. ‘To-day the Guards and fire- men are still working among the débris, and doubt- Jess tihany of the missing will yet be unearthed, while - considerable number will remain undiscovered forever. STORY OF A REFUGEE FROM PARIS. [From the St. Pau! (Minn.) Press, May 27.) Alady made application to our authorities yes- terday morning requesting information and assist- ance to enable her to reach friends who are sup- posed to be living in the settlement of Polanders, in the vicinity of Otter Tail Lake, She is apparently an educated and cultivated lady, but, like many others, is the victim of strange vicissitudes and changes of fortune. Her story contains all that is Tequired to establish the foundation of a work of fiction, and while it pears the impress of truth it is nevertheless ‘passing strange.” She was born, reared and educated in Poland, and some estimate can be made of the character: of her early ad- vantages when it is known that she speaks six diferent languages. Her father and other relatives were engaged in the Polish revolution of 1848, und tney were ultimately compelled to escape from the country and suffer the contiscauion of ali their property by the Russian government. Anuncie came to this country and settled in St. Louis, but subsequently removed to thig State @ year or two ago. Her lather escaped with his family, and in a few years the lady marricd 4 Polish gentleman named Palatky and settled in Paris, In the meantime her father died. At the breaking out of hostilities last summer her husband was an ofiicer ia the French army, and she never su fim after the French troops took up their disas- trous line of march toward the Rnine, and in one of the engagements around Metz he was killed. Con- siderlug @ longer residence in Paris unsafe, and overcome with grief at the loss of her protector and husband, Mrs, Palatky escaped to Switzer- land, where she remaied until February last, when she disposed of her little property, which was readily convertible into money—realiz- ing about $300 therefur—and started for St, Louis, arriving there avout two mouths ago. Her means were exhausted in the futile search for her rela- tives, she reserving Ouly a sufficient amount to pay the passage for herself and little boy to La Crcase. Arriving in tits city yesterday morning without any money and unable to obtain any direct Iniormation as to the whereabouts of her friends, the poor lady Was nearly distracted. Application being made at the Oity Hall, Judge Howard proceeded with her to the Capitol in hove of obtaining some information advantageous to her. Assistant ‘lreasurer Seeger immediately addressed letters to the proper officials of Otter Tali county, and a statement of the case having been made to Governor Austin, tuat gentle. man at once tendered a sutticient amount to deiray her expenses while here aad send her to her coun- trymen in the locality mentioned. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT, APLasTER CasTofthe fablet of Canopus, with the trilingual version in Hieroglyphs, Greek and Demotic, has arrived at the British Museum. It has been presented by the Khedive of Egypt. ELpgk Evans, of Mount Lebanon, anxious to re- move the ignorance which prevails concerning the pecuilar theology and opinions of the Shakers, is preparing to publish his autoblography and other works on Shakerisim in England. Two BRonzB Himyaritic tablets from Aden, sent by Lieutenant Priedeaux, have reached London. ‘They have been translated by the Baron de Malizan. They record a war carried on by Hanbaz, King of Arabia, against the town of Kadurameiek, and the offering of sacrifices to Athtor and other deiues. A Naw Epirion of F, T. Briffault's “The Prisoner of Ham; Authentic Details of the Captivity and Escape of Prince Louis Napoleon,” has been pub- lished in London, The Spectator says that while there 1s a certain opportuneness about its appear- ance, “at all events the distinguished person has risen in the world, The ‘Captive of Wilhelmshohe’ was decidedly greater than the ‘Prisoner ot Ham.’’? THE LONDON Atheneum 1s of opinion that, judg- ing from a specimen first number of a new etymolo- gical dictionary, by Dr. F. Ebener, called “Words, ‘Their History and Derivation, Alphabetically Ar- ranged,” put forth by Mr. E. M. Greenway, of Baltl- more, thut the work cannot be of great value. Dr. Ebener “identifies adder with otter, compares it with the Greek Audor and derives {t from the San- scrit und, to be wet, moist! The derivation from A.—Sax. aiter, Icel. eitr, 1s, surely,” says the Athen@um, “ihe true one, assuming that our early word neddre, A.—Sax. nadre, is not the original fofm, but a different word.” PROFESSOR FAWCKTT, in his work on pauperism, thinks that this social evil can only be suppressed by the lower classes conforming to the pradeatial restraints enforced by Malthusianism. He speaks in condemnatory language of “a man who incurs the responsibility of causing children to be porn.” It is evident that the Professor never read that admi- rable satire, “Ginx’s Baby.” If he had he would have ascertained that the class which produces pau- pers is profoundly ignorant of the system sug- gested by Rev. Mr. Malthus for preventing redun- dancy of population, and consequently, while depioring, af much as Professor Fawcett, the begetting of children, sternly oppose ieading any- thing like celibate lives. The fact is that to suggest asa cure for pauperism the suppression of instincts and desires common to all animais is to demand from the pauper classes a degree of moral resolution which is only possible in men whose tntellects are highly cultivated. PROFESSOR GILBERTO Govr has recently edited “Three Letters of Galileo Galilei,” one of which had remained up to the present day unpublished, and which Protessor Govi discovered in the archives of Mantua, among the correspondence of the Dukes of the House of Gonzaga, The first of these letters is directed to Duke Vincenzo the First, and bears date the 22d of March, 1604, In it Galileo gives the Duke information respecting a Milanese quack and alchymist, Aurelio Capra, to whom the Duke had had recourse in the hope of receiving precious drugs to restore his shattered health. The second, written on the 22d of January, 1611, is ad- dressed to the poetess Margherita Sarrocchi, who had sent her poem, entitied “Scanderbetde,” to Galileo. The third letter is datea the 15th of June, 1612, and Professor Govi has been able to ascertain that it was directed to Cardinal Ferdinando Gon- zaga, who, toward the end of 1612, became, on the death of his brother, Duke of Mantua. THE ARIZONA MASSACRE. Peaceable Indians Murdered in Cold Blood by White Vagabonds and Indian Allies. (From the San Franctaco Chronicle, May 24.) A few days since advices were received of the kill- ing of a number of Indians of both sexes at Camp Grant Reservation, Arizona Territory. These advices justified the attacking party, com) mainly of irtendly Indians, alleging that those killed, instead of being peaceably inclined, were deceiving the agents of the government, only awaiting a favorabie moment to perpetrate deeds of pillage and murder, From official news sinee received it seems that this was but another massacre in coid blood of inoifensive and peaceable Indians who were living on the reservation unaer the protection of the government. The perpetrators of the inhuman outrage were vagabonds of different nationalities who cowardly chose a fitting time for the slaughter when no danger could befall them. It 1s Buch outrages as these, perpetrated upon inoffen- sive Indians, that have rendered the red man in a Livy! measure suspicious of his pale-faced brethren. he military force in Arizona 1s not adequate to the proper punishment of the hostile Apaches; it is not even sufficient to protect the wards of the nation from outrage and murder. Contidence cannot be established between the government and the Indian tribes if these Wrongs are suffered to go unpunished, The military authorities in Arizona should use every effort to apprehend the ringleaders engaged in the massacre, and by prompt punishment show the Indians that the government desires to protect them when they place themselves under that protection, New StYte oF Rack Boat.—We noticed apon the river one day this week about the oddest shaped boat that has ever appeared in these waters, It re- sembies a floating ladder with a chair tn whe centre, upon which the boatman is seated, The sides of the ladder-shaped boat are hollow, pointed at the end: and made of one-quarter inch wood, When tl chair is occupied the air chambers are about en & level with tho water, and it requires a good L of skill on the part of the ridor to preserve his equilil- rium, ‘The motive power consists of a long, double- bladed paddle, which is rested upon the Enecs and ayy alternately on both sides of pped ‘The H would not ‘avooatg, May 21, YACHTING. THE BROOKLYN YACHT CLUB. Important Monthly Meeting—Reports of Special! Committees—The Prizes in the Coming Regatta—Election of Officers and Miscollanoous Business. The Brooklyn Yacht Club had an important monthiy meeting last night at their rooms, No. 26-Court street, The attendance was very large, comprising the majority of the influential members of this aquatia, asgociation. President George W. Kidd occupied! the chair. After the usual routine business nad been dis. Doed of the following gentlemen were unani-~ mously elected to active membership:—Thomas Clapham, sloop Qui Vive, Roslyn, L. Ly Henry Bishop, sloop Maggie B., Briage- port, Conn.; James 8 Dean, Brooklyng Samuel R. Probasco, Brooklyn; Henry A. Kent,. schooner Taralinta, Bay Ridge, L. 1.; William Ry Wadsworth, Brooklyn; W. J. Russel, Brooklyn; Jonn T. Barnard, Jr., Brooklyn; Samuel H, Hall, M. D., New York; James A. bishop, New York, and to honorary membership, Captain J. H. Merryman, U- 8. R. M. The Committee on Portrait of ex-Commodore Kidd then concisely made their report by present ing to the clup the elegant oll painting of that gen- Ueman, handsomely framed. The report was re~ ceived with cheers and the committee dischamed with thanks, supsequently to which the trastees were instructed to place the portrait conspicvously on the walls of the club room. Commodore Voorhis, Jr, as chairman of the Committee on Time Allowance, advised that the gentlemen selected to perform this important work had concluded their labors, and that,acting tn con- junction with the New Yory Yacnt club, they nad perfected a new scale, which woud undoubtedly meet the approbation or all yachten. ‘The Regatta Committee Aadvisel that they had secured the steamers Josephine axd William Fletcher for regatta day, and that music had been provided for. Upon discusaon it was decided that two classes of schooué's, two of sloops and one of open boats shonld sompete for tne Union and Ciub prizes. And, addition thereto, the Commodore, amid much enthusiasm, noufied the club that the oficers proposed to give, exclusive of the regular prizes, ‘our gold medals to club and outside boats av & trophy of their speed, without allowance of time. A communication was received from the New York Yacht Ciub im relation to the two prizes proposed to be given on the occasion of their annual regatta, open to all yaciits belonging to American yacht clubs, iuese belng Cups valued at $000 and $400 forschoon- ers and siloops respectively. Commodore Voortits advised that in view of the arrival of Prince Alexis of Russia in the waters of! New York he haa tendered to Commodore Bennett, of the New York Yacht Club, the command of the Brooklyn fleet at tno time of his ree ception, as a yachtman, and in reply he had received Commodore Bennett's arceptance of such, with thank’. Secretary Lee read this letter to the clap, Mr. Ostrander begged tnt the club would thank Commodore Voorlis for his kindly con- ation in the matter, 23 1t Was renewed aseur~ ance of his comstant regard for their prosperity. ilis reniarks were embodied in a resolution and unaaliously passed. President Kid presented the clab with the hand- some Oil palating of ils schooner yacut Alice, It was decided Lo hold a special meeting of the club Wednesday, June 14, to a@range the final bust of the forthcoming regatta, ‘The meeting then adjourned, YACHTING NOTES, The schooner Sappho, Vice Commodore Jouglas, New York Yacht Club, now lying at the foot of North Eleventh street, srooklyn, E. D., will \oon go into commission, The arrangement of her «wner's stateroom has been changed, as has the firward. compamonway, and the windlass has been ralaced by a capstan. The yacht 1s being thorougily re- painted, and in a few days will go on the dock The schooner Jessie, Captain J. Van schatk, is now ready for the season, Up to yesterday sh had been on the ways at Huntington, L. L, for ome time, but was then sent into the water. Herhea- sured length on the water line is fifly feet tree inches. The new schooner Caprice, Cuptain David Sars,. a@ day or two since returned from a trial tripsnd ‘was taking in more ballast in Boston harbor. She er- forms exceediugly well and to the satisfaction oher owner and builder, ‘fhe interior arrangements of the yacht are in excellent taste, her nmiain salon beiag i8 feetin length, with two staterooms aft adi one torward on er side, The measured lengthoft the Caprice is $5 feet on the water line and 19 Iee\6 iuches breadth of beai at the same point, ‘The schooner Palmer, Mr. Rutherford Stuyvesat owner, will go on the dock to-day. ‘The Jengtheniig and partial rebutiding which she has received male her look quite auother yacht, and hopes are ente. talned that sie will prove a ‘more formidable cok- petitor thanever. Her internal fittings are of te finest nature and creditable to those who directl, them. The new schooner yacht Columbia, Rear Comme dore Osgood, wil leave Camden, where she has bea fitted up, for New York on Saturday next. Her saib were sent from this city on Tuesday, and will bent to-day, Yachtmeu and nautical men gener are greatly Interested in this adaition to the Ney York Yacht Ciub, She is a centre-poard cockpit schooner, drawing but little water; has great bean. for her lengti, and it is anticipated that she wil | pie very stiff and able tq carry plenty of canvas ‘nen she arrives there will be many to inspect hep. We believe that her owner intends to cross the Ab lantic and enter her in the grand internation yacht race in the English Channel. ‘The schooner Vesta, Kichard Baker, Jr., owner, on the ways in Boston. She will soon be ready for the sammer work. The sloop Westwind, Mr. John W. Rich owner, wit be ready for launchjog in a few days. She » at the shipyara, Thiriy-fourth street and Third avi~ nue, South Brooklyn. THE MURDERER EACKER?S FU! ALe A Report that He was Brought Back to Life by Doctors. A letter tothe Troy Times, dated Fonda, N. ¥., May 29, says:— The town of Stone Arabia Ites about four miles north of Palatine Bridge, ana contains some very excellent land, whose crops have made the peopie rich, but as a class they are ignorant and much bee hind the age, and retain in many cases the brogue of Holland. In this town Charles Eacker was born forty-nine years ago, and here he desired to be buried. Among the most degraded of the “stone Rob- by Dutch,” as they are termed, are Hacker's kindred A week before his death they had invited the widow to bring the boay there, and hence on Friday after- noon the undertaker started with hearse and coffla for the piace. The widow remained behind, intending to go upon Sabbath, when the funeral was to take place, ‘he undertaker expected the friends would receive the remains with decent respect, but he was most disagreeably surprised when he reached bis desti- nation, The first place he stopped at was at the house of John Eacker (brotier of Charles), whose: wife immediately ru-hed out of the house like a fury, and opened a volley of oath, “By J—— 0—,’" she exciaimed, “you shan’t bring thatin here. It you do I'll break the G— d-— thing to pieces.” The Woman continued in this strain till the undertaker was satisfied that he had come to the wrong place, and he asked John whatshould bedone, Jonn didn't are a— what he did; but he mignt try Lon.’ “Lon,” or Alonzo, 18 John’s son, and lived at a distance of half a mile. The undertaker camo there with the coffin, and was again greeted by femt- nine innocenve. Lon's;woman cursed and swore as. bad almost as John’s, and addea that “the d—d thing would spook the house.” Lon joined tn with the woman, aithouga he had personally invited the funeral, for at first it had been proposed to bury the body at Fonda, where it would have had decent treatment, At last it was concluded to leave the coffin in a carpenter's shop near by, and here it re- mained from Friday night until the Sabbath. By that time a grave had been dug in the family plot, and the funeral took place in an orchard near the carpenter's shop. Rey. Nicholas Wert, pastor of th Lutheran church, oMciated. He 1s a judicious ae and when the text Kacker had selected was bi to him ne replied, ‘I cannot use that.” This text was, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, &c.”” Mr. Wert then proceceded with an able discourse on the words, “If ye live according to the flesh ye shall die,” &c., a theme which, as all will percelve, ts ap- Propriate to Kacker’s History. tase i] convened done the coftin was p! Lay large attendance at tho orchard, a good fon of which attended the Doria. ‘In the meantime the wildest rumors are afloat. Ithas been said that the ik would not let him be buried in the old plot and that he had beem brought back to Fonda. Another story ts that Dre Fisenlora, of Palatine, had restored himtohfe. He was only stunned and liad ‘come to,” and was now! around his old home. At St. Johnsville the report is widely canyassed that acouncil of six physicians had been held over the corpse and the result was that he had been brought to life again. These re- ports are creating no little excitement, for there 1# a clasa which will believe them readily, This class,; J from the past, is alarmed at the thought,) ‘aud in its opinion should “the thing really prove, true Judge Bockes hal better get his life insured a4) juick a% possible Or else stay away from Fonda.’? flow er, the fact may now ve Cn ae 2) aa of demonstration that Eacker ts five bene ores tinderground, and. that the be atil altve he ive si while anyhow. Mr, kes may aside all foar and come to Fonda whenever | nee Of tO da aay